The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-16

by order OF tho general date of
December TO- 1864, in Clinton Prison. New York. for two
years and six months yostcrday pardonod by tho
President
Tho President has also RENTED tho sentence OF John
Holden citizen who ordered by the Military Com
mission 20 be- confined in the penentary OF tho State
OF Tennessee and kept hard labor during the con-
t,ausaoe OF ihe war with the so-csed Confederate
States .ttt,
THE NEW Yonx ooLtEcroRsHIr.
The appointments Of Hon. Prostoa King 70 tho Col
leCorship Of Now York known 10 but fcw officials
here yesterday For rcsson not given, 1t was par
posely kept by them profound secret
BUSINESS or TIN INTERNAL REVENUE DuRBAu.
Nearly $500 OOoOos have passed through tho Internal
Revenue Bureau its organization, and 10 Far has
not sustained the Of single dollar by the msoon
duct of any OF its officers
Tho receipts Of ,ntesnAi yesterday amounted
To 81. 55o.5s5 SO,
INTERNAL REvENUB DECISION.
by decision Of Commissioner Ovton OF the Internal
Revenue Is held that whcn person purchases trees
OF nurserymen To Oil orders previously obtained and
delivers the same at different stations railroad,
either by himself agent he is required TO take out
Dealers license for each evory station which he
delivers the trees and the may no held in regard to
oach Of ms agents. ~"
APPOINTMENTS.
The following appointments were ma<e to-day By tho
Thomas Thcaker, OF Ohio. to DO Commissioner Of
Patents, August Is.
B, Franklin Martin TO DO Collector OF Internal Rove
nue., Seventh district Of Ohio ~
Jesse Wheeler 70 b. Assessor Of Internal Revenue,
Second district, Of North Carolina
John Hudson, 10 be- Assessor Of Internal Revenue,
First district OF Virginia.
Francis Fuller to be Surveyor Of Customs, district
Samuel 4. Pancoast, to b. direct Tax Commissioner,
district Of Georgia.
The Hon. Isaac N Norris OF Illinois, is visit TO the
city
Hon. Freeman Clarke, Comptroller Of the Currency
turned to this city last evening after brief absence for
the benefit Of his health.
Hon. Z. B. French Second Auditor Of the Treasury,
has returned om vacation and resumed the duties of
his ONCE
General Schoneid United Staes Army ia at Willards
Major General Charles Devens late In command Of
military district under General Terry arrived In Wash.
inton last evening"
Senator Garrett Davis Of Kentucky, and General Ho
race Boughton, Of New York, a the Metropolitan
Hotel
General A. I. Hovey, Of Indiana AID Hon. Clark W.
Thompson, Of Minnesota arrived In town this morning
and are at the National.
FORDo THEATRE.
Fords theatre being nr proof rapid
ly as effective corps Of mechanics make It. GAL
lees boxes and stage paraphernaa process Of de-
motion The door, furniture and partitions Of the box
occupied BY Mr. Lincoln ahe terrible Of the
sinaton have been carefully removed and deposited
under lock and key Notwithstanding that every object
intimately connected with the fearful tragedy has been
taken in charge by the government, relic hunters
tinue a numerous before, and content themselves
with odds and ends Of tinse and bits Of gliding which
strew the door Of the ed6ce while the process Of reuv
enaon goes forward. The contract made with Mr.
Ford included everything in the building, few
articles Of personal property, 90 that eli its appnrte
disposed Of the authorities think Best As
has been before stated the rcmodeed structure will be
used for the deposit Of the archives Of the late Southern
coufederacy and other mementoes Of the rebellony
THE TRIAL or WIRE.
The trial Of Captain Wirz to have commenced to-
day, but has been further postponed until morrow.
This morning several government witnesses sere in
attendance and there others in the city who At
any be The accused has for counsel
Judge Hughes General j. w. Denver and Meesrs. Peck
and Schade The prisoner is Swiss by birth. When
the United States forces captured New Orleans he de-
serted his plantation and negroes in Louisiana and with
his wife and three children went 10 vicksburg In 1868
the rebel government sent him 10 Europe military
commissioner He remained there eight months, when,
returning TO Richmond by running the Wilmington
blockade he appointed assistant adjusnt general
with the Of captain and assigned the command
Of the Andersonvilie prison
THE ARREST OF A TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT AT
NEW ORLEANS.
General Candy ia fond Of having his criticised
The New Orleans correspondent OF the New York Trbuns
having undertaken 10 animadvert rather sharply upon
General Canbys administration Of military Affairs that
department promptly sent back TO New York under
and put charge Of General Hooker The Pres,-
dent 10 reported 10 have said that IL General Candy did
not behave better he would be ordered report Wash
ington in person for investigation into his conduct
concerning this affair, and matters relating the
Freedmens Bureau. The day for such high handed
measures has we'll nigh passed
MILITARY CLOTHING DEPOT.
The Armory Square Hospital has turned over by
the medical department. General Ruckcr and will be
used hereafter . clothing depot.
SURVEY or THE MINNESOTA VALLEY RALRoAD
ROUTE.
The General Land once has Just died o map Of the
survey and line Of Of the Minnesota Valley Rail
road the former embracing stretch Of country from
township i37 and range 81 township IA and range 49,
Instructions have been the local land agencies
above State to withhold from settlement the land
lying each side the entire the depth Of twenty
miles The Congressional act Of March 1857 granted
Minnesota for this railroad alternating sections Of
land each mile Of the route and by The act Of May H.
1894 four additional alternating sections per mile were
GRANTED 10 the road
csxsus sf7rrsrIcs OF xAssAcHusgrrs nASurAc.
fsN TOBIBs
+ The county of hiddiessx, Mass, 10 reported by
the last census 70 have nine heodred and seventy
eight manufacturer, With ~ ed capital Of
s2s,sle, s27. These sstablishn> y pay for the
material they consume ga, ,so4, aud employ
Ile2s females and ~ lo< males for which they pay
sIo oe5, 1865 Tho value Of the annual product thus
secured 10 estimated at s44,slo,773 Dukes county,
same State has nineteen manufactures, with a capital
OF s3ie 80 The Of material used Is estimated Al
S429 9s2 and the annual value Of products held at