The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-15

TIE TRIAL or WIRE.

The trial Of Captain wirz, rebel commander OF the
Andcrsenviile prison, will commence tomorrow be-
fore the military commission Of which General Under
wood s President and Colonel Chapman is Judge Advo-
cate About hundred witnesses have already beeu
subp0naed andby them many individual Of
city are expected to be proved against the accused
Ihey Will testify from personal experience.
THE ANDERsoNvILLE DEAD.
Captain J. M. Moore telegraphs from Andersonvile
that he will DO through with the work Of reinerng the
remains of soldiers who died at that place during
war by the latter part OF this week Fourteen thousand
headboards are to be set up
az THE REBEL GENERAL FORREST.
As slight Indication OF the esteem In which many
rebel general officers held by their fellow citi
Gems whom they 30 long and so cruelty deuded it may
interest the public 10 know that General Forrest cannot
return TO his plantation and old home on the Mississippi
river with safety TO himself unless protected by federal
bayonets Forrest is or tho bravest living and
should DO as little obnoxious his neghbors as any ON
Ger OF the confedeacy but the facts are as stated He
Is At the present time endeavorng lease his land to
resigned federal Officer because he feels his life would
not be safe day among his Infatuated acquaintance aud
former associates. Doubtless there are many similar
cases
APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON.
Applications for pardon flow 10 steadily, but few are
granted The President evidently intends to exercise
this function Of his Office eisurey and with great care
AS the fact becomes known importantly will sbste
Southern people should understand that 10 amount Of
personal solicitation will obtain a pardon burriedly:
neither is IL within the power OF any combination OF
'pardon brokers or others to expedite their business
the least All must submit to delay. Some may
be pardoued; those who should accep. & asa boon:
mono must demand it as right
PARD0xEp.
ma has,
convicted In Wisconsin Of counerreiing amnestisd
number Of citizens OF Mississippi.
SCHOOLS Goa rRExDxRN IN THE sourHras STATES.
From printed report upon the schools established Tor
che blacks BY the Frcedmens Bureau In the department
lately under the supervision of Colonel John Eaton "
and embracing the western parts OF Kentucky and Zen
nessoe, together with Arkansas and Mississippi.
gather the following facts relative 10 the magnitude
and conduct Of the freedmen's schools Of those
sections. The report embraces period Of four
months beginning with April 1885. and the sutolned To-
caiities arc designated the points where the educs
tonal system s being principally developed ;paducah
and Columbus Kentucky; Memphis and Presidents
Island Tennessee Little Rock, Pine Blur and Helena,
Arkansas; vcksburg, Davis Bend and Natchez. hssis-
sppI; camps the Mississippi Duva's Bun, Arkan
sas and three remote camps In Arkansas or the cities
above auumerated Memphis takes the lead in point Of
ntfoO00Uce
which are represented at-numbsr Of schools teu NUN
Der Of scholars one thousand nne hundred and fory.
eight the latter paying aggregate tuition, du. neb>
c.tn e May, Of eight hundred and ten to,,arA e ia,
s.l number al schools in We district Got dows at a.
- -. - ....,or, - srsrs
- $50 -.poyed, two hundred ..
sse lumber Of scholars enrolled scvcu tboos,pd
VINO duringt the month Of May, voluntarily pad tuitou
sseregatng one thousand two hundred and sixty six
dollars.
FRREDNEN IN LOUISIANA.
stter from General Conway, Commissioner Of Freed
meo's affairs in the State OF louisiana was to-day re-
ceived ct the bureau, In which that officer speaks most
enocuragngy Of the prospects Of the freedmen every
whore in that department The State more thoroughly
and oectivcy invested with tho agents Of the bureau
than any other in the South and quietly and rapidly
being made TO conform 70 the ussges adopted for tho
reformation Of the labor system.
DEVASTATING HURRICANE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
The government has received ofnciai information,
dated May a. narsting the devastating effects of the
terrific hurricane which has visited the Society, Harvey
and Palmeston Islands and most probably others One
OF the Pamerston Isands the Rear the northeast,
has been entirely washed away, rendering navigation
extremely dangerous. Nothing but the coral breakers
rsmaIp which, in OF heavy sea- are entirely in
visible 10 the eye, but in perfectly calm weather they
are observable All these islands are well known to
whsler In the South Sea- Owing to this damage by the
hurricane several vessels have been wrecked but so far
a. known none American Tahiti also suffered
considerably from the same cause.
rf PERSONAL.
Major Wiley late Depot Commssary a. City Point, has
assigned to the Board Of Examiners to meet
in Richmond, Va, In tho interests Of the Subsistence
Department
Lieutenant Colonel Pelouze, Of the War Department,
leaves for the North tomorrow, on q visit
Brigadicr General SIocum arrived from the depart.
ment Of North Carolina this morning, via Weldon and
Petersburg, and reports affairs satisfactory In that quar-
ter He Of the many general officers relieved from
duty there by the late order OF the War Department aud
Is NJ yet unassigned.
Major General Crocker formerly Of the Seventeenth
army corps ID lying quite ILL., though not dangerously So
at Wizards Hotel.
General Muzzy, Military Secretary TO the President,
resumed his duties this morning.
Major Howard, formerly on duty In the War Depart.
mcnt, and sftcrward Assistant Adiutaut General ou
the star Of General Hartsuf, has boon promoted to
lieutenant colonecy
Governor Norton OF Indiana 10 still in the city but
expects 70 leave tomorrow.
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander Pierre al.
rand ordered to the command Of the United States
steamer Onward, now lying at New York. and will
probably sail for Brazil within two weeks Commander
Grand has participated In tbrtynve engagements, and
q Of the most promising occrs In the naval service
Brgadier General Dent has been assigned to the com.
msnd of the garrison Of Washington vico General Giles
relieved. AZ
TEN CASH or FULLER, rHn ALLEGED FoRoYR.
= statement was heretofore made, and Is now going
Me rounds Of tho press that T. w Fuller who rs In
confinement 1t the Old Capitol under order from tho
War Department, Is the party who defaudcd tho Union
Congressional Committee out Of $4,000, by NJ
drafts drawn and signed In blank by the treasurer Mr.
Harlan, which drafts the said Fuller stole, filed up and
collected and receped for using receipts also signed In
blank This It now appears, is erroneous Senator Har
Ian mover signed either drafts OF receipts blank Cor
ihaf committee The drafts and receipts forgcres,
wen az letter presented By the rogue voucher
fof ns authority 10 make collections None OF the sig