American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-06-21
Late Washington Items.
Nav YORK. June I5

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dent
Postmaster General Dennison is TAX
ing active measures for the restoration of
the mails throughout the southwest.
Mr.. Klbbourn, Special Agent for
the Government of Florida, yesterday re-
ports great destitution in that State, and
in some districts there is actual starva-
ton.
John Minor Bolts is not opposed t
the creation of the new State of West
Virginia acknowledges Pierpont as Gov
ernor, accepts the abolition of slavery,
but doubts the validity of the Constitu-
ton framed at Alexandria by eleven men,
asserts Gen Patrick has appointed disloy-
al men to Office in Richmond, and disap-
proves of it. Gov, Brown, of Georgia
has returned to Washington
1t is thought more testimony will be
taken by the conspiracy courts.
The Commercials special says del
egation of influential Unionists, from
Tennessee, is in Washington urging the
appointment of r. e. Meigs as Justice of
the Supreme Court vice Cation, deceased.
parties from various parts of the South
represent the people thoroughly weaned
from jeff Davis, and regard his execu-
ton as foregoing conclusion and acqui-
estes in it.
"A delegation of colored men who ar
rived here yesterday from Richmond,
were at the White House this morning,
awaiting an interview with President
johnson for the purpose Of making spe-
cal inquiry into their condition under
the military restrictions at Richmond,
which condition they allege is not better
than it was when they were in slavery.
The Georgia and Mississippi delega-
tions were in consultation with President
johnson again to-day.
President Johnson's daugeter, Mrs.
Patterson, is expected toarrive here next
week to take charge of the Executive
Mansion.
Honorable discharged soldiers have
been granted the privilege of retaining
their arms at the following rates Mus
kets, six dollars Spencer carbines, ten
dollars all other carbines and revolvers,
eight dollars sabres and swords three
dollars.
Secretary Stanton to-day remarked
to the friends who called to see him in
regard to the establishment of colored
schools IN the Southern States, that he
was in favor of establishing school on
every plantation in the South, and that
his influence would be given to effect that
laudable object,
We are now enabled to form some
idea of the length of time the Military
Commission will be further engaged in
the trial of the assassins. By arrange
ments among the cousel, the argument of
Hon. Reverriy johnson will be read on
Friday This will be followed by the
argument Of Mr.. Stone, counsel for DR..
Mudd and Harold On Saturday, Mr..
Cox will present the defense of 0Laugh-
lin. On Monday, Mr. Aiken will sumup
finally on behalf of Mrs Surratt. On
Tuesday Payne and Atzerott's counsel
presents his argument, and on Wednes-
day Mr.. Ewing sums up in behalf of DR..
Mudd, Spangler and Arnold 1t is be-
lieved that Judge Advocate General
Holt will present the final argument on
behalf of the prosecution on Saturday,
the oath inst, and on the Monday fol-
lowing, the Commission will conclude its
work by the finding and sentence. The
sentence cannot, under the rule, be pro-
mulgated until after it has been approved
by the President, so that the end of the
trial may not be reached before the first
day of July.
Numerous inquiries are made as to
what military organizations are entitled to
muster out, under oroer to reduce the
army. Under the instructions of the
War Department, these are regiments or
men being white volunteers, except vet
eran reserve corps, whose term of service
expires before the 1st of October also
most of the volunteer artillery, without
regard to service, and all men who have
been prisoners of war No other orders
have yet been issued, but it is said, all
white volunteers will be discharged in
their turn, that is, thos being discharged
first who have the least time to serve
There is no law to deprives any class of
veterans or any of their bounty, and they
will receive all they contracted for.
Letters from Mobile give utterances
of warning against too free shipment of
goods to that city from the North, for the
reason that The supply from New Orleans
and the State itself bids fair to exceed
the available means of the people to pur-
chase. One writer says, "we can do
nothing without greenbacks, and as we
have but little % give tn return for these,
it will be impossible to lay in supplies
even to the extent Of our ordinary wants
Cotton was arriving very slowly, and the
old factors were doing nothing.
The President is exercising the par
doniug power much more freely than is
generally supposed, and report says that
scarcely an application for special pardon
has been refused.
The Boston Transcript publishes let
ter South Carolina, in which the writer
says he has in his possession some account
books books of blockade running COM
pany, wherein the name of VIM. Aiken
appears as stockholder, and no other
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