The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-09-06

irr one half q mill0n 81 collars worth ~ ti ahl
coffee. lately owned by hennett, SturGes y Co' anu
principally insured.
PA bridgeport dispatch says the coroners' Jury rem
d.rfor eleven persons killed on the Housatonic railway
mn Ire 18th, was caused by tie ~culpabIe neglect Oh
Tho part Of tue road.
Tbr Tribunc's Washington special SAYS: Inc chicago
and North western railroad company having furnished
-" MN of thc new line or their road to those who have
bouoht even sections on III" original route, the laHd
.t,TGg fbc original line IL reduced to one dollar aaa
thirfv.fve cents PSF acre.
TIra SIGNATURE IF president Johnson has been affixed
~, I.ss tb1n one thousand applications for pardon.
Thr number lately announced IL pardoiped is simplF
tha names of those recommended and forwarded. from
from thc Office Of tile attorney general. The prc+idrII5
invariably rejects all applications unless sufficient rca-
sons Are shown for the exercise Of executive rlemencT.
Th. president is somewhat ANNOYED by the Tact That
certain persons hive been accepting money for then
influence in obtaining pardon. He wished i QaueF-
stood that nd investigates each case himself, ana Only
grants such petitions as recommend themselves TO
clrmcncy.
IN Which he Significantly replied il would be some time
before many more parionS would be granted.
cen. Hancock Ias been brevetted major general II
the regular army.
Two hundred paymastcrs are ~ be discharged irelA
tlc army the present week.
An scamcn having less than two years to serve will
lac immediately discharged. The eutire naval force il
soon To be reduced to ten thousand.
Victor Smith, agent or the treasury department, who
was wrecked on the steamer Golden Rule, reports that
alter being five weeks on the reefs, and with the help
of divers and two w%reckers, he has recovered OILY one
hundred and forty thousand dollars, Of ii million ana
a half Of treasury notes in the safe. This was found
some distance from the wreck, indicating that the safe
had been broken TO pieces. \ revenue Cutters % by
sent to the relief of Mr. Smith.
The UcraII's fortress Monroe correspondent saws
mr. partitions indicate tile forthcoming speedy rial Of
jeff. Davis.
Joc Johnston, on hring asked ir he wished to see
JeI. Davis, replied: ~ don't wish to see him, ar To
hear his naWr ever mentioned.
NEW YouK. Aug. 2E-The gold markcti Is weak, and
flc speculative movements feeble. The opinion il less
positive Of the probability of au important foreign ex-
port Of specie. The quotations average during tie
mOruiug 40 about lI&8.
IN the trial Of Wcrtz at Washington, the counsel for
the defence asked for postponcmcnt, which the court
orcrrulcd. Additional evidence received confirms the
charges Of brutality, etc. towards the prisoners. Mr..
Shade, for Wertz, presented several pleas torEthe dis
charge Of the prisoner. Among them, are that he was
promised by Capt. Noyes, Of Gen. Wilson's staff, that
il he would give certain information, he should not BE
arrested; that the prisoner denies the jurisdiction of
the court to try him on the charges named; that the
war is ended and civil low restored, he moves to quash
the Indictment on account OF it, yagicnesS and being
indefinite concerning the place OF the alleged Offences,
and that he pleaded not guilty tie Charge Oh The 2ist Of
August before the military commission; and that the
Plea was broken UP without his consent. He Claims
that the court be organised again as before, but cnti-
lied to The benefit Of acGuitnent.
They proposed to discuss the pleas when thc coart
NMu YORK, Aug. 25-The Ohio democratic conven-
ton has nominated Gen. Morgan for governor.
The resolutions adopted by the convention, oppose
consolidation Of the powers of the Federal govern
mcnt; maintain the doctrine Of State rights; regard
7hc national debt as 4 curse; and oppose the lnr0dnc-
ton Of negroes into the State. 1t appears that the
convention which nominated Alex. Long for governor,
rs already announced, vas called the "Ohio Democratic
State Sovereignty Convention" Ed. True Delta
The Liabilities Of KetcEum & Co., and Mr. Charles
Graham are So, 100000. Assets s $1,000 900.
Young Eetchum is still at large.
Senator Given has arrived in Washington to inter
ccdc for his brother Alexander.
The friends of Alex. II. Stephens are making siren
nous efforts to obtain his pardon.
Gold is quoted at =. Exchange on London Ca
Cotton unchanged.
NEW YoEK, Aug. 2j.-The Herald's special SAYS
Judge Lochr;Ie and other Gcorgians report te work
of reconstruction as progressing satisfactorily. They
are confident the people viii aceede to all tbe condi-
lions, and settle the principle Of the negroes right to
vote, subject to proper restrictions.
The soutbernersi in Washington coincide in the belief
that the transition from slave to free Labor will pro
duce but little trouble.
Lieut.. Cul. Birney, paymaster at Richmond, il said
bv the fIerald'S correspondent to have been ordered 70
Washington to be examined on the charge Of paving
of the men with 7-3Os, sharing with the banks the
discount thereon
The CORRESPONDENT or tic Tribune At Constantinople
WHITING oa the 2i, says official reports announce that
the cholera l. epidemic there, the deaths summing up
80 a d&y, but.{t is thought that 600 daily is che true
average.
New YaRE, Aug. 25.-The bark Gen. Pike has ar
rived at San Francisco with the crews Of seven New
Bedford vessels, burned by tile Shenandoah. The
Gen. Pike was bonded by the Shenandoah for So 500,
and two hundred and seventy-one officers and men Of
DESTROYED whaiers, who were put on board for san
Francisco IT. is believed the Shenandoah will DESTROY
Fifty more vessels.
In a conversation with Capt Smith, Of The ship
William Thompson, the pirate asked the news. Capt
Smith replied that president Linc0ln had been assassi-
mated. The pirate replied exulfingly, Il was prepared
10 hear that" The pirate would net believe III Lees
surrender. An Fnglishmaa On her appeared 70 be pros
pccting for five vessels Er LRe line Between Australia
and New Zealand, and probably would purchase some
Of the captured.
The officers of the Shenandoah talked Of arning
Two whaIcrs to 90 and destroy others, aud added that
in some cases they had succeed in cnlisting captured
crews. An English vessel, coal laden, was reported
bound for the Shenandoah
New York, Aug. 25.-Mqjor Gems. Baa5F, Casey,
IIeintzIeman, Butterfeld, Doabeday, Peck and Hart
suG; thirty-ive brevet major generals and fofty-three
~brigadjer generals have been offcially mustered out of
service.
It is reported that the government recently refused
to receive a letter from the emperor Macmillan eX-
PrcsSive of coincidence on the death Of president Lin
coin, and co graduating his successor.
The Canadian parliament has suggested that proposi-
tions be made to the United States government for re-
ucwed reciprocity.
NEW York, Aug. 26.-Edward KctchVm, the de-
faultcr, was arrested in this city to-day.
The president has issued an order allowing passports
10 all paroled prisoners, against whom 10 special
charges are pending, to leave the country, provided
applicants do not return without permission Vt the
president. Otherwise parties implicated in fhe rebel
lion, wishing to 60 abroad, can apply for passports, and
such applications will be disposed of according to
merit.
Eight more vessels have been destroyed BIZ the
Shenandoah