Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-10-19
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Washington, Oct l0--Some new compli-
cations seem to have arisen in the Louisiana
affairs. Provisional Governor Wclles has
made some doubtful appointments in General
Canby's opinion, and he, therefore, calls for
the political antctcdcnts of the appointces
before allowing them to enter upon the duties
of their Offices Gen Sheridan is understood
to approve of his proceedings The Presi-
Stanton on hearing of the imbroglio, and IN
quircd with some warmth whether the inter
ference of the military commanders was by
order Of the War Department.
Mr.. Stanton, by the same authority dis
claims any and all interference, and left the
onns on either Cen Candy or Gen. Sheridan,
according to the report of the affair Presi-
dent johnson is determined to support Gov.
Welles, and To tolerate no interference with
his legitimate duties &@
The garrison Of Washington is at present
composed of seven regiments of the Veteran
Reserve Corps. The 18th, 9th, 10th, 18th,
l4th, 18th and 9th; the 3d and 10th Rcg;-
mcnts of United States Infantry and the
l95th and 2l4th Pennsylvania Regiments,
and the 10Th Ohio Volunteers, numbering in
the aggregate about 4 600 men. ,,l.
The 5th U. s. Cavalry is on duty at Gen.
Grants headquarters. The duty required Of
these troops is light, it being no more than
patrollng Lcng Bridge, and doing guard du-
iy Mt the White House and the various stock
houses where surplus Government property is
kept As this property is fast being disposed
of at auction and private sale, the garrison
will ere long be reduced to merely an orna-
mental body of troops.
New York, Oct l1.--Thc Herald s Fortress
Monroe correspondence says: f
jeff Davis, am told, expressed himself
greatly pleased in his change of quartcrs.--
Temporary steps have been built,and admit
ting his going to the parapet from Carroll
Hall direct. He takes his walks daily, and
continues in the enjoyment ofcxcellcnt health.
There is the same guard on him now, as from
his first entrance to the Fortress. 9f
New rumors are getting in circulation asto
his trial, but not traccable, Of corrsc, to any
reliable source. The most important tof
these rumors puts his trial down as to com
mcncoin few days, and that it takes place
here A counter rumor gives Washington as
the place OF trial, and the time to commence
directly after the close Of Wirz s examination.
-hhia thSoC
cs, the only satisfactory recourse, after all, is
to leave the final decision of thematter to
time, that great arbiter of events and desti-
nies.
Within the past twehty-four hours there has
been an unusual arrival of gunboats. They
consisted of the double turreted monitor Min
atonowal, the sde-wheel and old blockade
runner Trstram sShandy, and sloop of war,
just come in, whose name / have not yet as
ccrtained. ag Eg72 sH5 st{R
As the election draws near there is grow
i.Ig interest as to the local canvass and result
of the coming election in Norfolk Most in
tercst, of course, centers in Congressional
|candiiates. tits understood that Mr. Spang-
Ter will be the successful candidate. TX /,
There is no lie. up in the antipathy to North
|ern emigration and Northern capitalists A
growing system is developing itself of letting
Northern business men entirely alone, in the
hope and determination to drive them iii this
way from the city.
An extensive fire is sweeping over Dismal
swamp Itisprobable that thousands Of acres
have already been burned over sg7tit, !,
There has been an unusual amount of gun
practice to-day inside of the fort. The shoot
iHSi uh H''StoiufSi huo pCCh pibiSipuiiy W tcot
the strength Of the guns.
Major Farquhar, of the Engineer Corps,
to-day, mounted the irstgun on the Rip-Raps
rREEDMAN's TESTIMONY IN MISSISSIPPI.
New York, Oct ll.--Provisional Governor
Sharkey, of Mississippi, on the 25th ult,, is
sued proclamation in regard to the recep-
tion of the testimony Of colored Witnesses
The Governor says that in all civil or crimin-
al cases in which the rights Of the negroes are
involved, their testimony may be received in
the Courts Of the State, subject to the same
rules as govern the taking of evidence of
white persons. This was issued after an
agreement had been entered into with Col.
Thomas, Assistant Commissioner ofthe Freed.
mems Bureau in Mississippi, by which that
officer consented to transfer all cases affecting
negroes from the military to the local civil
tribunals. i. /.
Mr. Romero, the Mexican Minister, has in
telligence that President Juarez was still in
FL Paso MS late as the 18th Of September. If
forced to leave that place, he designed remov-
ing TO Sonora, but in no event did he Contein-
plate giving up the contest or quitting Mexi-
can i,oil. 81.
During the month Of Septeinher {, 300 acres
Of public lands we're taken up at the Land Of
fce at St Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and up
wards Of 5000 acres we're entered at the Of.
6ce Il, A Crosse "a ~ -si IT,.
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