New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-25

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y From Our Special Correspondent.
I JARREIrs HOTEL. PEtEgsBuRG. Va, July 20, 1865.
Petersburg. 81 miles from Richmond is to be
reached by rail direct in hour and forty minutes, st
fare Of 49, via boat City Point thence by car %
miles time three hours and thirty minutes, fare 81 90
Railroad distances Travelled rate OF ten cents
per mile and the arc Of the stamp less
convenient and comfortable than our elnigrant trains
at the North rough wooden benches without backs
sash frames with board, leaky roofs and dooress
entrances added to the asrayaton of a funeral gait
Stopping here. there anywhere. and at every curve
yon accomplish what any ordinary horse could easily
surpass.
At Clark's Station. on the City Point Road is the
Government lde-curirg establishment The hides Of
all slaughtered cattle are gathered in here either dried
or salted and turned to the Qusrtermasters De
partmont where contracts arc effected monthly for
their sale Daring the last Winter there were II cat
lie killed every OTHER day each brigade of the Armies
OF the Potomac ard James averaging three brgades
TO division lreo divisions corps and FIX corps
the Second, Fifth, Sixth Ninth Twen'y.iourth and
\ Twenty fifth composing those armies, 1t gives 9le
head of cattle am Informed that the usual number Of
hides turned in to the curing department was over
I 1890 a week.
TIE troops stationed in arl about this city arc tie
9Th New.Yok Artillery having been increased by tie
consolidation Of the 10th snd 18th NewYork Artillery
to 90 men; the 4lst and l09d New York Cd New
York Mounted Rifles oh and 18th Ohio Cav01y. LIST
Maine Volunteers. 10th West Virginia. % PenDsylva'
MIA Cavalry An order has been received for the mus
terng OF all the cavalry and ii is expected the vol
unieers will DC sent home while heir places VIII be
supplied by gular andlcooIedtroops For some rner-
planabe cause unless IL be secesh whisky the soldiers
have been up the old tricks of raidirr the dark
les bat tie very stringent orders of Gen lartsuh,
shutting up all bars and pln.shing oenses with terri
be severity has restored affairs 70 their proper state
Suffering under the Affections II oyerzeacns pro-
vost guard petition by the colored men was sent Gen.
Har,suir IN which the following very pertinent ques
iiors were put;
/ /. Are we n, the bia ana call OF military. while
/ white persons Gre exempted -
Q. Are colored people 70 bc treated differently
ffou white under martial lawT'
3. l. colored peron. not receiving Government
raiions subject 10 the rfoyos; call, when whites do
receive food the Government and are not subject
/ TO the same call ?"
a. shonid Idle negroes Ne arrosicd'and held tovork.
/ 6. "win the OovernmcsisGf'
I Il .Ir the S.uth ward 400 white draw re'ons 10
pnt 30 coored aho oGirumbrTug Them almost two to
Doe. and having employment. ne gnceFemoniously
halted b, toe glerd aud forced 90 10 fatigue du''es
While ideurss among the whites "a plainly evident at
every hand"
Toe rctifion was ndorsed by Cen II. directing the
Provost Marshal 20 quaint himself with Gen. Terry
orders relative ,he uniformity - respect due ana
expected 10 every clnss. cordiilon ~ color
On the 18th int an election foT city officers was
held recalling IN the returning o. al tie old function
ar.. 70 their respective positions. held many OF them
the mas. ten wears Hgt the rs' days meeting OF the
council satisfied the military authorities theJ were
the wrong stamp administer justice and enact laws
1t luch a time this. Notwithstanding the order o.
Gtn Terry tina; nl lawt In tho code % Virginia treat
ing with ,he negro IN any different manner nom II
white should stand anuG.lcd. these boc.facee kcbe
refused to see how they could override the State a~'
IN tie punishment Of crime and eBactng ordinances
Martial law was therefore resarroc;ed and trust shall
continue so until reconstracton IN Virginia shall hay'
been shaped 80 that the no.; shresd shah detect TIA
treason entails punishment.
w ". Townes Mayor elect, has held that Office fo
years he has been known e. send coored men 10 h'
front FOR mine and thirty lasLes on being foun'
smoking in the street, Ho IL well advanced II
years and bears reputation akin to that u Mayo
MAYO O. Richmond when our troops FIRE, appeared be
lore that city, he took musket and served with con
siderable fervor in the trenches.
One Of Gov. Pierponts commissioners, T. w. Wal
nee cast somewhat Of reflection npon the appointing
rower Previous to the surrender Mr. Wallace. own
ing female slave took from ben quite little sum
gold investing it in land. Contrary 70 his desire sh'
married slave Of another persof. whom Mr.. W. se.,
her out TO service, ayoving she should not have h'
property Slaves not being allowed TO hold lands. &c.
she was obliged TO have her master own 1t for her
when the Federal authority had beer established ap
plic.tion wat made TO Mr.. Wallace for the property
he refused to give 1t up; appeal to Gen. Hartsaf
: wa. made and ON investigation Mr. W. wac compelled
to hand II over TO the rghtful 1nis man
An original Seeessionist a candidate for the Con
, yenton on States Right platform against WE Branch
+ Union. who was barely elected.
Two large brick residences on syearnorest perhaps
the finest In the city have been occupied by the mill
tary for Offices and ofcers' quarters. The owner.
10 Mr Raglin Of Alabama. addressed his brother ina
N quite savage letter iDstruetng him TO eject the In
truders Fired with the fervor Of chiyary this oil
rected agent issued to Gen. Hartsuf very furious
edct the reply TO which give You verbatim ius'ra
. tive Of the animus Of the General:
1T 10 stated for the information of the applicant.
that those Rebels who strovc with hands, pIa M,
purse for the overthrow OF the Government when hns
30 completely paraly2ed tber efforts ana efusneu -,
reasonable hopes that they have robbed ~
every right except what that e oner 81 these
hOlses belong 10 ono " those classes iIom WYNN '.o
President of The United States considers necessary "
withhold his amnesty anu NY th"an made and