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GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Wnre]1 ouses on South Street Burned
loss SGOO,OO0-Firelneu Injured by
Failing Walls.


About one O'Clock yesterday nftesnoon, q
disastrous conGagration, involving loss Of
property valued at upwards Of SGOu,uuo, oc-
cured il South, Water and Catharitle streets.
The fire originated in Nlcssrs. 7. Baxter and
4. AlcVoy's slip joincr's shop on the second
floor Of No. 204 South street. Tbs loft being
filled with combustible materials. the flames
flashed through the second story rs though
they had been In powder magazine, and the
workmen barely escaped with their Gyes,
So speedily did the fire leap through the build
ing, that when the tircnen reached the scene
within ten minutes Of the first alarm, the
upper stories were cnvetoped, and the Vim
loft on The fourth floor, were be'ching forth
dense volumes, Of black smoke, which indi-
Gated taat the fire had reached The Jared
shipping furniture nnl become uncomfortable
60 iar MS the building at No. c04 South street
was concerned. Tho flremcn, therefore, made
no effort TO save this place, but bent their en-
e s5giea to tue sasins of adjoining p, property: ;
the fire had entered Vandykc's Hotel, in Cattl-
urine street, and the intense heat laad sprung
and burst an iron shutter On the rear Of Mr., j.
j. Hicks bonded warehouse, at No. 40l Water
street, thus giving admission 10 fire there. IN
this building, also, tic flames spreal with
ereat ragidity, and soon batiled The fire MA
chincry that Ind hsen brought 10 bear.
The losses by this eos.Lagsation atc very
heavy. In Ats. ]. j. Hicks bonded ware
house, at No. 40l Water street, Messrs. John
CasWcll & Co., Carey d Co., and ". II. Fogg
d Co., had on storage about II, 600 1alf-chests
Of lea, and Messss. sturscs, Bennett y Go,
about 5000 bags Of coffee, and III the base
nient was consignment Of eroekery, all Of
which valuable merchandise was either cou-
sumcd or rendered worthless before the Gre
men gained the mystery at about four o'clock.
The building, which Is owned by. 91r. Hicks,
Is DAMAGED to the extent Of about 81, ,Qo, and
Is understood to I've fully Insured. i stock OF
goods Oh storage in the bonded warehouse ut
No. d0G Water street, was very seriously dam
aged by water; but VIC have Learlt no esti-
Mate Of thu loss. Many OF the tenants On the
west side OF Water street, apprehensive. Of
danger, morel tlrir goods, and suffered loss
from brcaknse and thcft.
During the progress of the tfe m end wall
Of the budding at No. 204 South street, tcll on
the roof OF No. ar;, where scrcral ilrenlen
were at work, and two Of their number were
severely wounded, jeremiah d. Calaghan, for
mer1y Of Hose Company No. 81, was taken
from under the ruins. Tie Is very seriously
burned and otherwise injured.
, 1865-08-25
Steamships.

HAVANA AND VERA CRUZ.
Tbe amer,eaa and Mexican 5Ia!l ste,,r.htn COM
n,nr r,li fesnntch ther new md elegant stdcTheel
steamers ron New YotE. fer II sse & sb1se @ Gors,;
Vat trfl1Ht q pss.aEe Apply to CHtS- A. WllISEf-
Arsnf- ~ Ffondwny. New York 7uSka's,Su Sdp
, 1865-08-25
T1adtfr Jl(hcrlS.

M ATER WHEELS, Manufac-
w tu.ed BY A,1EE1c,S WAFER TuEzL Co, 81
Exyhmse s:seet Bassoa, Mass. Tie most ec"no"''""'
, 1865-08-25

rEHE UNDERSIGNED
l. na,e asvoeEatcd thcu,selyes together 1or the
rrpettra or In the rrI,-s' ~ >N@- 'Nf'
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THE CHARGE AGAINST WRIT.

The fowllowing are the charge and spec
ifcations against Wertz, the keeper of the
Andersonville prison, soon to be tried at
Washington -
Characterization Of the laws of war
Specification l. In this that Henry
Wertz, at Andersonville, in the state o.
Georgia, continuously from the lst day
of March, 1864, to the 10th day Of April
1866, then and there being an officer o
the so-called confederate states Of America
of the rank Of captain, and as such officer
then and there being commandant of
prison there located by the authority 0
the so.called confederate states, for con
fnement Of prisoners Of war taken ant
held by said so-called confederate states
from the armies of the United States 0
America, was, as such commandant, the
and there fully clothed with comreten
authority, and in duty bound to trea'
care and provide for such persons belong
Ing 70 the United States as were or migf
be placed in his custody as prisoners
war, according to the laws and ussgea
war, which he then and there we'll kne'
| as
but he, tho said Henry Wertz. willfull
and maliciously, designing aud cOntrivir
) to impair and iniure the health and d
stroy the lives Of such persons in bis Gu
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Mistell u.
From the Springfield Republican.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

FROM SALT LAKE TO VIRGINIA-THE
GREAT lNTRU- MOUNTAIN BAsTA OF THE
WEsT-A RAPID STAGE RIDE-THE
SAGE BRUSH AND ALKALI COUNTRY AND
ITS CONVERSATIONS.
VIRGINIA, Nevada. June %. 1866.
We are nearly out of the Sage Brush |!
Nearly into "white country" where the
grass grows green, and water runs and
trees mount skyward and spread sweet
shade. Like some of the dry, barren
plains that lead up to the Rocky Noun
tains on the East, the six hundred miles
We have come over from Salt Lake to this
point, pass through region whose uses
are unimaginable, unless to hold the rest
of the globe together, or to teach patience
to travellers, or to keep close-locked in its
mountain ranges those rich mineral treas
ures that tho world did not need or was
not ready for until now. The Basin of
the Great Salt Lake that roughly des-
cribed in late letter as the center of the
Mormon development, is but the South.
eastern and most fertile corner of an i'm
mensely large intra. mountain basin, that
has no water outlet to the ocean, that alb
serbs all the water developed within its
limits. and cries, oh how hungrily for
more, whose chief natural vegetable pro-
duct is Sage Brush, and which holds
within its bounds the great, if not the
sole, silver mines of the nation. This
great desert basin-but desert only be.
cause comparatively waterless--lies on
the very central and commercial line Of
the Iepublic,-the line of greatest popu'
llation and thrift and wealth both Eas,
and West Of it,-stretches 800 miles from
North to South, and 600 miles from East
to West, is about equally divided with
the two States of Utah and Nevada, anc
is walled in on the one side by the. TTock,
Mountains, and on the OTHER BY the Sier
ra Nevada. Not d wide, unbrokeu plain
however, ,.s this vast basin desert of tn
,""cst. Through it. North and South
run subsidiary ranges of mountains, aver
aging at least one to every fifty miles
> and the intervening valleys or plains a
| dip, though almost impCrceptibly, to th
centre, which gratefully suggests tha
they we're once not altogether SO tearle'
/. as now. Mountain and plain are aliE
J. above dew.point, rain is rarity ne'
Q peiphbor to absolute stranger; and onl
an occasional range of the hills mounts
I. b;ph AZ to hold its winter SHOWS into Il
summer suns, and yield the streams, th'
J; give. at rare intervals, sweet lines
green, affordipg forage for cattle and T
!. fresbmept and rest for travellers. sPript
: are even more infrequently, but not Q
together unknown. and water may som
times though hardly be got, when all ell
fails, by digging deep wells. Such strea1
as rise from springs, or snow banks in 4
mountains, begin to shrink as they rea' @
n :.
!, the plains, and end ip salt lakes or Sill
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gnetry.
Written for the Newsdealer.
NEYERMORE.

oh! stricken heart oh! heart so sad
So sad. when other hearts are glad
Though many voice ascends in prayer,
And shouts of welcome fill the air,
For the safe coming of the loved and brave
To hearts and homes they've fought to save
Thy voice is silent, and thy lips are still,
Nor joy, nor hope can e'er thy bosom FILL
Thou rememb'rest when from out thy home
Went forth thine only, thy cherished one;
Golden his locks, and purely white his brow
Oh where, where is thy brave young soldier nowf
The others come with footsteps light,
And many home to-day is bright
But thou see'st only far-off grave,
And Southern blossoms o'er it wave,
And Southern zephyrs floating by
Pause gently there to breathe sigh.
Yet thou carest not though skies are blue,
And midnight stars are watchers too:
Though sweet-toned birds and fairest flowers
Are his companions through the hours.
For the face so dear. meath the coffinlid,
Is pale and cold, and forever hid
And the hands thine own have fondly pressed.
Are folded now oer the pulseless breast;
flushed are the tones of thy darling's voice.
Nobly he died-yet thou can st not rejoice.
Lost in the gloom of wearisome night,
For thee there is neither sunshine nor light
Thy fond hopes all dead, thy heart oh, so sad
So sad when others are happy and glad.
| E.E.c.
| Wafprvilia JuIv
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IL 10 au Interesting proolem Wnetner
these unpromising valleys, gray and
brown with an unnatural sunshine, can
ever be subdued to the service Of the pop
ulation that the mineral wealth Of their
hills invites and will inevitably draw in
to them. Save sandy desert of 60 miles
wide, which comes after the fertile strip
of eastern Utah is passed, there is moth
ing in the soil itself that forbids valuable
uses 1t is made up of the wash and
waste of the Rocky mountains, and wher-
ever even moderately watered is very pro-
ductlvc Some theorists contend that with
the occupation and use of the country,
rains will multiply; and the observations
Of the Mormons give a faint encourage
ment to this idea. Another theory is
that by plowing during the later rains of
spring, and sowing during the long, dry
summer rest, the smaller and hardy grains
will sprout with the fall rains, strengthen
in the winter, and quickly ripen in the
early spring. Such treatment involves a
years fallow, as the harvest would be too
late for another blowing the same spring
This culture is doubtless practicable and
proven in the high sage brush plains in
California but it would seem as if these
and alkaline valleys Of the great interior
basin were too cold, and 60 dry too long,
, for like successful treatment. 1t is wor-
thy intelligent and persistent experiment
however; for I observe that wherever the
3 sage bush can grow, other things can and
} with the addition of water.
s Do not think such country is altogeh
e er without beauty or interest for traveller
8 Mountains are always beautiful anc
< here they are ever in sight, wearing every
b variety of shape, and even in their hare
e and bare surfaces presenting many facts
d nation Of form;-running up into shar]
n peaks; rising up and rounding out int
innumerable fat mammillas, exquisitel,
e shapen, and inviting possibly to auriferou
e feasts sloping down into faint foot-hill
e and mingling with the plain to whicl
i they are all destined and now and the
e Offering the silvery streak of snow, tha
d is the sign of water for man and the prom
IS Use of grass for OK. Add to the mountain
1T the clear, pure rare atmosphere, bringin
h remote objects, giving new size and dis
IT tinctness to moon and stars, offering sur
II rises of indescribable richness and reac
to of color, accompanied with cloudless skie
le and south wind refreshing at all time
Of and cool and exhilarating ever in the a
* ternoon and evening; and you have lare
l. compensations even for the lack Of veg,
lie tation and color in the landscape. Thel
e. is a rich exhilaration, especially, in ii
r fresh evening air, dry, clear and strigh
in ening, that no eastern mountain or ocea
= breeze can rival. In looking out throug
IL it at sunset on the starry heavens, and
TX taking in its subtle inspiration, one a
ID most forgets alkali, and for the on
II. does not remember flowers and grass al
he trees.
in Our experience in Austin and here, al
UT the silver mines Of Nevada, must wait a
ou other letter. 5. b.
N
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Susin&ss GarNs.
Hotels.

Hotels.
1IvESTCOTT'S HOTEL, Cambridge Boro',V
w. o. Westcott proprietor. Travellers Will
find this pleasant place to stop.
EDEN HODSE, Eden Mills, VT. DR.. D. Ran.
IL DALI Proprietor. W
Union HOUSE, North Hyde Park. Il. H.
y SMITH Proprietor. 70
WATERBURY Hotel. Waterbury, Vt. N. P.
" Keeler. proprietor. New house and new
furniture. II
MATTHEW'S HOTEL, Stowe Lower Village)
llyt., W. Matthews, proprietor. IL
NENTREvILLE HOUSE, or" OLD FAR
| MER'S HOTEL" Waterbury Centre, Vt,
Iemuel Lyon, Proprietor. Travellers will find
this an excellent place to stop. AZ
CENTRAL HOUSE, johnson. Vt, w. Denio
I ] Proprietor. Stages leave this House north
and south Daily. 20
,IoRRIsvILLE HOUSE, Morrisville, Vt, R.
NJ 0. Spaulding, proprietor. The proprietor
hopes to be able to make the traveller feel at
home. IT
GREEN MOUNTAIN HOUSE. Wolcott vt.
(I K Day proprietor. This hense has been
fitted up and additions and improvements made
during the last season, SO that the proprietor
feels confident that he can make the traveller feel
AZ nome.
VILLAGE HOTEL, Hyde Park. VT, J. l.
Y Nesmith, Proprietor.
VILLAGE HOTEL. Waterbury, VT, Jeremiah
Brown, proprietor.
v1LMORE POND HOUSE. Elmore VT. A. W.
II Averill, proprietor. Conveyances to any
part of the county on short notice.
MEXICAN HOUSE. St. Albans VT. s. G.
n Field, proprietor. IL
JRASBURGH HOUSE, Irasburgh, VT, by X.
| W. Nye Stages leave this house daily for all
railway stations. Horses and carriages to let. ~
uUBBELL'S HOTEL, wolcott, Vt, Justus
III Hubbell, proprietor, on the stage road tt
lrasbuigh. Conveyance to any part OF the coun
ty vn snort notice. "a
CDEN HOTEL, Eden Corners, Vt. j. Har
II rngton, proprietor. Good Accommodations
for man and beast.
LAGLE HOTEL, by H. P. Seeger, Cambridge
IL BOro'., Vermont. ~
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Attorneys.


@ s. PIKE, attorney and licensed Claim and
y. insurance agent, johnson VT. Having had
large experience in collecting Military claims for
bounty land. arrears money bounty and pen
sions;l am prepared to prosecute all such claims
to speedy termination, for a reasonable COM
nen sation, 33m6
IL b. SAWYER, attorney at law and solicitor
II. IN chancery, Hyde Park, Vt.-Agent Tor
the prosecution Of ell claims against the U. s..
government Office in post-office building. Il
ID c. BENTON. Attorney at Law and solicit
IL. or in Chancery. Hydepark, Vt.
brigham & WATERMAN, attorneys at law.
ID and solicitors In Chancery. Hyde Park. Vt.
Particular attention given to the collection OF
all claims against the Government. widows in
valid, and other pensions, bounties. back pay
&C. WALDO BRIGHAM, GEO. l.. WATERMAN. 10
n W. HENDEE. attorney and counsellor at
". law and solicitor 10 Chancery. Morrisville,
Vt Office In Masonic building. of
llWERS Il GLEED. attorneys at law and so
l hdtors in Chancery. Morrisville,Vt. (omce
Nrnery occupied by Hon. I. Gleed.l II. H. row
hS'PK gLEED.
X F, PARKER, attorney and counsellor al
" law, Wolcott, Vt. Particular attehtou
SYHen to collecting all kinds of military Claims.
mnavng an experienced agent and attorney III
.TaSsingto n, b. O.. am prepared to procure pen
'.Vs'' Dor mites, back pay, &c. on reaSonap''
anS. 'A'''''
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Waterville, July 10, '65.
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aanA smna sonl gtps: aha the yntur gnnpe County
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FROM SALT LAKE TO VIRGINIA-THE
GREAT INTRU- MOUNTAIN BAsTA OF THE
WEsT-A RAPID STAGE RIDE-THE
SAGE BRUSH AND ALKALI COUNTRY AND
rTa EnMDpNc ITJnNS
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-06
THE EPISCOPAL CnuRcIrs OF ALan.m,

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCHES OF ALABAMA
ALL CLosED IL TIE M:L!1Aay We publish
this morning an order issued on the Doth Of
September by Majoc-General Charles r.
Woods, Commanding the Department of AL
ALBANIA, in which that officer, acting, as he
says pursuant to the directions of Major
General Thomas, assumes by virture of his
military Office, to suspend Richard Wilmer,
Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Of Alabama, and the Protestant Episcopal
clergy Of that diocese from their functions,
and forbids them to preach, or perform di-
vine service, and closed their places Of wor-
ship until such time as said Bishop and
clergy show a sincere return to their allie
glance to the government Of the United
States, and give evidence Of a loyal and pa
triotic spirit by Offering to resume the use Of
the prayer for the President of the United
States and all i'll civil authority, and by tax
ing the Amnesty oath by the President -
This prohibition, says the order, shall
continue in each individual case, until spe-
cial application is made through the military
channels to these headquarters for permis-
sion to preach and perform divine service,
and until sach application as uppro,nd at
these Or superior headquarters. "-Neo Iork;
Ne,cs
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-06
Episcopal Convention Of New York Re
union Of the Church North and South.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28.--At the session Of
the Episcopal Convention Of the Diocese of
New York to-day, Ex-Governor John A.
King, after the address Of the Bishop was
concluded, offered the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted.
"Resolred, That this Convention eordi-
ally responds to the sentiments presented by
the Bishop ct this diocese in his address res
pectins the return Of peace to our land, and
ths state Of the Church in the Bouthern
dioeeses."
The bishop in his address had said that
the Northern brethren should do all that in
them les, to re-establlsh the unity Of the
churches. There were no nohler spirits
r;;t,,;a the yale Of the Church than are 10
be found IN the South and nc was happy
ahus to testify to their worth, and to express
the e1ti,naticn il y hi4A they we're hcld Ky
I'm,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-06
HEAVY ROBBERY OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS

HEAVY RoBBERy OF Government FUNDS. :
A HIGH MILITARY OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH
TILE Theft Gen. j c. Briscoe, late m
command Of the sub-district Of Lynchburg,
was arrested in this city on Friday last,
charged with abstracting a large sum Of mon
ey, reported to be over sixty thousand dol
lars, from the safe Of the Quartermaster,
Major n II. Alberger The theft was COM
mitted while Maj. A. and his clerks were at
dinner and the safe was entered by means OF
a false key. The robbery was witnessed by a
detective, and while Gen. Briscoe was placing
the money in his o sn trunk, he was arresteds
Immediately after his arrest, Gen. Briscoe
was relieved from the command Of this dis
triet, and sent to Washington, where we I'M
derstand his trial will take place A. W.
Lackey, an accomplice Of Gen. B. was ar
rested and sent to Washington at the came
time, and we learn that there are other par
ties implicated in the robbery, but whose
names have not been divulged. -Lynchbuzy
Republican.
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= TRADE WITH THE SouTH. Secre-
tary Of the Treasury has issued circular
ordering that all articles in whatsoever hands
found, which can be shown to the satisfaction
Of the assessor to have been manufactured
before the establishment of collection districts
in the States lately in rebellion, shall be held
free from the prescat assessment or collection
OF tar ',nless transported beyond the limits
III ss.1~!sss,cs< manufacturers neloine ssSis
clcs liable to seizure are directed to have there
goods inspected and to furnish The assessor
with evidence that they were manufactured
prior to the establishment Of the district
The Secretary further orders that all articles
transported beyond the limits OF the States
lately in insurrection will be subject to the
tax due under the law in force at the time
they were manufactured
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-06
Miscellaneous.
Commissioners Of Election.

IN the Court Of Augusta County, September
L term 1865. The Court doth appoint the follow
ing named freeholders of the County to superin-
tend the election to be held on Thursday the 18th
day of October next, for the election of mem
Der of Congress, a State Senator and three mem
bers to represent the County of Augusta in the
next General Assembly of Virginia, and the Court
doth also appoint the officers hereafter named to
conduct the said election, at the Court House and
each Other. nlace Of xntinr in this County tn-Mit
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-06
Insportant from Mexie0-Tssc Flight OF JUa-
req Confirmed His Cause Lost-The French
In chihuahua.
ia MrsILLA, n. TT, Sept. 2, 18t

La MFsILLA, \. II, Sept. ?, 1868,
Juarez the President Of the Republic Of
Mexico, is at El paso. he is running from
the French, who entered the capital Of Chi
huahua fifteen or twenty days since, and are
now reported on their way to I'll Paso. Jaa-
rez has no army, and is only attended by
his Cabinet and some few fugitive officers Of
his disbanded army. He talks confidently of
receiving assistance from the United States.
Juarez is an unadulterated Indian, edu-
Gated and polished in bis manners He
ayows his determination not to cult the soil
Of Mexico N. T. Nems
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-06

IMPORTANT TO MINISTERS. Ministers Of
the gospel are required BY law to affix five
cent revenue stamp TO each certificate OF
marriage they may return to the clerks Of
fee, This is necessary before it can be adj
mitted to record. We would also state in
this connection, that failure to afix the
proper stamps, to any instrument of writing
requiring the same, subjects the party exc
cutting such instrument to a penalty of ss2o0.
We would suggest. as far as the stamp On
the marriage certificate is concerned, that
the PARTY to be married should invariably
furnish It. He does not deserve wife, M
lss he gives the stamp.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-06

rTvasoS 5. CTIls.ES, 18th Georgia. Rcgt, OF
I Cornucopia, Jones County Georgia, Is mar
rTS, and resides five miles east Of Stanton Va
has written often by Post and Express and has
received no reply He is in toleraole health and
desires to hear from honc-Telegraph to stanton.
rs Macon Telegraph and I4aGrange Reporter
publish St and send marked copy TO Michae |. ?.
Chiles Cornucopa, and send bill to tins oihee.
f1rt c--lt.$
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/ will sell at public auction, in Front Of the
Court House, on MONDAY the 23rd of OCTO-
BIER, Court day a Valuable House and Lot,
ten Acres, with all necessary and comfortable
improvements-for owned by the late Miss
r. G. Lewis.
TERMS-One, two, three, four and five years,
interest included, purchaser giving bond with APP
proved personal security, title retained as ultimate
security.
Attorney in fact for Virginia B. Cochran.
Orf e-tds