, 1865-08-15
.. .-.... -
POSTSCRIPT.
4 O'CLOCK Il. II.

prt.s.l
NEW YcEk, AnS. H.
Marine.
On Satutdzy there we're in thia port 81 steam
fsr, o& shipa 1t9 ha1k., 1a3 br3gs and 81 schoon-
eIs.
Jen. Davis.
Tbs correspondent Of tie Boston Trureuer
wrlcs that Or. Cfsven, Medical Director At
Fortress Montoc, under uhoss especial csre Jeff.
Dsv1s is placed, gives accounts Of the condition
and department Of hte prisoner. He represents
Davis In t1cels Mt healsh, but troubled ia fpfrtt.
The guards ars regular in their attendance On
h m, too constant In their attendance to p.easc
the fal!en chief. Conversations occur between
Davis ard Dr. CEayen, but no one else 1s permitted
To sngtee Dav1s in talk. For few moments the
othe. dsy. Davis and Clsy met in tha grounds,
st,d had very brief conference IN French, 0.
which The guards understood nothing. With this
exception, JEFF. Darls has had no comnunlc4-
ton With sny one but bis medical adVl-er, and
none whatever By letter with anybody. H f.e-
qu.ntIy mAket attempts to a1ludc to his own caae.
10 dHcua. the chances Of bis trial or puniehment,
or get toms tdes OF the purpose Of The Govern
ufnt toward him but such eoosta arc elwsys
tfu.t!es., for Dr.. Crayen fnmet1ately chauges the
subject, -.
TIE Ueraid's Washington special ssys 4 vide
.r1cad 6pd generally accredited runor prevails in
from WAthlngtoa forbi3atng the selling OF any
more Government property, and it Is said aud
be ieyed thai war with France relative to tho
expulfioEfof Maxtm'llian from Mexico, aud in
vclvtpg other Euiopssn powcie. Ia imminent
These rumofn have found their way throughout
the State. Great excite m nj everywhere peT ills
cn tie subject Of the foreign war,
y, Louis Pest Office.
The contest # the st. Louis Post Office IL very
setye. Tht re IL very little probability OF Floy g
renewal
Hon. D. Holloway.
Hon. David P. Ho'lo~a, visited the Prceld ut
yesterday for tho second time, and rendered his
resir uatlon as Comm'tsto7cr Of Pltents. Mr.
Jchpsou dlstlnc t1y Informed him he vou'd not
turn E!m ont but safd II be was determined to re.
sign, SD would hx Gay beyond which he woa1a
rot 1emaln. tat he wcu d reluctantly accept his
RESIGNATION. He furthermore expTcas ID bis entire
satisfaction With Mr. uol1owaJ's management ci
the Burtsu. The latter gaye the President res
cons Fer having his successor appointed By fnes'
lay Of ,his week, and expects to vacste the cf e
Ut Inst time. Mr, Holloway leaves litste les. than
ore hundred thousand del.xrs a. . surplus fun
In hl. office for bis tnccssot.
Trial or Capt. Wertz
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE trial of C.pt,
Wesx retel ccmmfndsnt OF the AnoeEeo1si1lt
N%tA
nary Commission, Of which Gen. Underwood L
pIesident and CO.. Chapmln judge Adsocats
About one hundred wttneesna have slreadT beer
enbpGnaed, md by them as many Of indlvltua
CASH. Of cruelty arc e1psGed to bs proved aEa1ot
The accused. They wlltteRttlS lron pracslca! ex
ps1icnee- :.
From Texns,
p:lyate letters received hare from prom iucn
citizens Of Texas state that very many there VIII
we're secets;oniEts are now equslly as tetysrt an
| ze2tous for The Unicu. Tha larger slave
| 20 de1s express themselves reconci1ed to th
changed condition Of affaIr!, and FAY that II vii
| regulate fec lsbor, ard prove mora prohtab:
than se,ytle help, ths war having rratrt=yably dt
.uoral,xed their ecnesttc institution.
Tie crops throughout Te1as are represented q
good. The opinion p.evlils among leading me-
that no lstent rebellion. State will Hore easily II
turn than Teza'.
Cosi Shippers.
"A la1ge Increase in The coal trade and the scatc
II Of toal veaae1s has induced Goa: shippers =
Georgetown, D. G., to largely Increase the rate
o. ftelght to New York, Boston and other thiI
plg points.
mir. Fuller, the Forger.
The staterent heretofore mate, and low goin
The rounde n the prces, that r. ". Fuller, VII
1s ucH in confinement ut the Old Capitol nader a
| order from the war department, e. the p ri
who deffauded the Union Gong rettIenal Comm.
| tee out Of rs cC1 By means Of drafts drawn an
tis1ed in blank by the treasurer. Mr. Har1al
which diaIts the eaid Fn!!er ttole, filed up al
collected aud reeetpted for, using receipts ii:
ueusd in bank, It row sppears, is er1
reons,. Senator Harlan reve1 signed eth,
drifts or receipts in blank for thAtcomuittee. n
crafts aId receipts we're forgenee as we'll
the letter presented BY the rogue a voucher Il
| bis authority to make the, collection. None
the signatures were es1uiue. He had searee
commenced, when beng advised by friends Of b
pefa,1ous work, and line Of travel, be was into
1upted by mesns Of telegraph. arrested and Ii
p.l:cned, Int eeesped tome wceka al,erwa
through the aid o. acme Of bis scconp ices
R cine, Wls, where tha a,rest IVES made. II
who1a amount collected By means OF this Erg. r
"a lss a. The committee could leazn, did uot
ceed $40.
Reports about the Freedmen.
(. The 7r.bu7e's Wash.pRto. specii1 tays Gen.
S. Fullerton, Of the Fseedueu's Bustau, who Y,
recently cent BY Gen. Howard On to.
throuph South Carolina, Geosg1. and Flol
d., has returned. He states that th. majority
| the planters told him they could obts,u more
cor from freedmen under the contract syste
It IN they ever did before. The smount Of lab
psrfe.mcd ty them depends altogether On thu
Ftmp1o,ers, md taa 1t2nt kind qf p