, 1865-07-14
Eastern News.
News of June 21st.

AdUices from Charleston.
! New York, May 21.-The Herald's Charleston
correspondent says: The delegation from South
| Carolina to Washington, whose arrival was an
nounced yesterday, will ask the early appoint
ment of a provisional governor for that State.
Their first choice for this position is ex-GOver-
nor Aiken; second, General Gurney, Command
ant at Charleston.
The late rebel Secretary of the Treasury, Tren-
holm, was arrested at Columbia, taken to
Charleston and placed in confinement.
Charleston has again assumed business-like
aspect. The work of rebuilding that portion
of the city destroyed during the war; is in actual
progress
Wholesale merchants ii Charleston are rapid
ly disposing of their stocks of goods. Purcha-
sers from the interior are coming in in large
numbers.
Heavy mortality prevails among the negroes
in Charleston.
1t is said that there are more than 10000
bales ofcotton along the line of railroad between
Charleston and Columbia, awaiting the compile
tion Of the line, to be forwarded to market
Washington, June 2O.-Judge VIM. F. Nord-
ing and District Attorney Fox, Commissioners
for South Caroline, have arrived at Charleston,
and report the people of that city, notwithstand-
ing the great scarcity of money, paid into the
treasury over $9O,0 900 on account of taxes for
Hon. James Johnston is appointed Provisional
Governor of Georgia.
Peoria, June 2l.-A special from Washington
announces the death of Mrs W. H. Seward, wife
of Secretary Seward.
Washington, June 21.--Woodruff, of Virginia,
who fired the first gun on Sumter, committed
suicide near Richmond on Saturday last, by
blowing out his brains with gun. memo
randum was found among his papers, says the
oh 10 etofi ba live
under the Government of the United States and
that he preferred death to doing So
Washington, June 20.-&n order has been is-
sued reducing the Mississippi squadron to fifteen
vessels. Acting Rear Admiral Lee will remain
in command. These gunboats are left at Red
River All wooden vessels and all iron clads
except the Tennessee and Missouri, are ordered to
Memphis and will at once be put out of commits
sion All other vessels now in the squadron will
be sent to Mound City, also to be put out Of
commission.
New York, June 2l.-Secretary Stanton re-
port of the operations of his Department for tho
last year of the war is published, from which it
appears that there were forwarded to the field
489, ,626 soldiers, and mustered out and discharg-
ed 268, ia. Over two hundred flags were cap
turOd from the rebels. There were 100000 col
ored troops in service
News OF June 2Gths
Washington, June 23.-The President to-day
issued proclamation raising the blockade west
of the Mississippi, declaring all ports open to
foreign commerce on the LIST of July, on terms
set forth in the proclamation Of the 22d of May
last.
New York, June 81 The steamer EaGls brings
Havana dates to the l7th of June The rebel
Gen Slaughter was driven out of Brownsville
by his own soldiers and had reached Havana
John G. Breckinridge, Col Wood Taylor Capt
Nelson, Aid to JEFF. Davis, two soldiers and some
negroes, arrived at Car9inas in an open boat on
the 11th, probably from the Florida coast Breck-
inridge was accompanied from Cardinas by a
Spanish officer charged by the Governor of the
Carolinas to present him to the Captain General
and Ire is now in Havana
The Herad's special dispatch says General
Buffers friends are proposing his name for the
Military Governorship of South Carolina in case
he should fail to obtain the post of Governor of
Idaho
New York, June 22-Rich raond papers Of the
goth Contain the following: At the late election
in Accemac and Northampton counties VIM. H.
b. Curtis, for Congress, received ,I13 maj Gritty
For the House of Delegates in Virginia, Thomas
Williams and John W. Field were elected. Both
were conservative. Curtis was Onion mem
Der of the Virginia Convention and opposed to
the confscation. Tyler is the present. United
States Collector for the District. The citizens
of Dinwiddie held meeting and adopted reso-
lutiOns prohibiting negroes from coming upon
their plantations except upon business, and fix
ing their pay at FIVE dollars per month; refusing
to hire any unless recommended by their pre-
Yious employees. While recognizing Gov. Pier
pont as Governor and appreciating his generous
sentiments, they deprecate the Constitution of
the State of Virginia as now in force and ask
that the same course be adopted for Virginia
that has been for North Caroline
The Trbune's Washington special says that
among the vast number of applications for par
don filed at the White House, there is not a sim
gle instance where the applicant does not asser-
that he was opposed to the Inauguration of the
rebellion.
Washington, June 28.-Gen. Grants health
is somewhat impaired. He will seek few week s
fepose, and is now in Philadelphia
The Secretary of the Navy, in general orders
announces to the Navy and Marine corps the
death of Admiral Dupont. after an honorable ca
reer of nearly fifty years in the service of his
country.
The South Carolina delegation are to have an
other interview with the President on Saturday
in regard to reconstruction
The Mexican Imperialists ct Matamoras. are
much exercised in CONSEQUENCE Of the appear
ance in their immediate vicinity ofso many Uni-'
ted States troops.
No prisoners of war above the rank Of captain
are being released at present. Numerous appli-
cations for pardon from prisoners and civilians,
are fled away for future action. None but ex-
ceptonal cases are Immediately acted upon.
Maj Gen. Sickles left the Isthmus on the 18th
for New Yorls.
The negroes are going BACK to their former
owners to work for wages.
Conventions have been held in various coun-
ties in Georgia, at which resolutions acknowl-
edging the laws and authority of the United
States, were passed, and requesting Provision
al Government unit the reorganization is affec-
ted.
Washington, June 21.-This morning, by the
direction of the President, the Army of Georgia
was dissolved All the regiments not discharged
are not to 6e transferred to the Army ofthe Ten
nessee.
New York, June 22.-The Herald's Richmond
correspondent says: Gen. Gordon was relieved
of his command at Norfolk; on Monday last, and
the city restored to civil rule. His successor
was instructed to act merely as the military
commaDdant of the post,
The President has issued proc
lamation providing for the reorganization of
Alabama and appointed Lewis T. Parsons Pro-
visienal Governor.
The Ohio Uniorr Convention yesterday non1i-
mated General J. D. Cox for Governor by accla-
nation.
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