The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-07-26
General Intelligence.

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acting quartermaster and the 1st regiment OF Gen.
Hancocks LIST corps, under the command OF Col Bird
were employed in this duty, which duty they performed
credltaby 10 themselves.
The operations were commenced the 18th inst,
and continued without interruption until last Saturday,
when their sad duty was completed; They commenced
operations the extreme right and worked around to
the left. All the bodies that had not been properly
buried were reInterred and in where the graves
could be identified new head-boards, painted, were
placed over them with the name and regiment inscribed
upon them Carpenters and painters were taken along
to do the work promptly and thoroughly. About 700
! graves thus identified and Marked and where it
impossible to identify they marked as United
! States soldiers unknown
On the extreme right two sites for cemeteries were
laid out and enclosed by neat fences. One of these
was the Orange county road one mile and half
4 from Laely, and the other the Orange C. H.
plank road The remains Of all who not found
properly inferred, placed in the cemeteries. The
number of bodies found unbuIed not as numerous
as has been represented and there odor from de-
cayed corpses as has been by parties
! The head-bOardS many OF the graves, previously
placed were IN many instances obterated to
/ der Identification almost impossible.
| NEW YORK. June 30.-The Herald's South Carolina
dispatches to the 26th, state that Gen Gilmore would
shortly issue order dividing the State of South Caro-
lima into four military districts, be known eastern
and western DISTRICTS and the district of Port Royal and
Charleston is to be commanded respectively BY Gems
Beae, Van Wyck, Hatch and Potter.
/ New YORK, July This morning the New York
Geman Shutter corps consisting of sixty men, sailed for
Bremen to take part in theinternaona shooting match
at that place The corps consists of the best marksmen
in the city, nearly all of whom wealthy Germans
The Heralds Richmond correspondent says J. F. Craft
has been appointed chief Of police of Richmond.
It's now known that it contemplated by the rebels
last to blow up the Watervet arsenal opposite
Troy, n Y The plan was part of the one which
succeeded in the we'll remembered explosion of the
powder boat at Citws ~ .--
A delegation of M asasccking modification of
the 10000 claus 6f tie amnesty proclamation saw the
president on Saturday evening but were not given any
encouragement
The presdeht asked them if they would like to have
the amnesty Proclamation removed? Coudthey desire
He had acted on the principle that men had aided the
rebellion according to their wealth.
A Delegate-No, we don't.
Presidenf-Yes, YOU do You know perfectly we'll
it the wealthy men in the south who dragged
the people into secession. Why lived in the south,
and know how they did. our State oyerwhem-
ingy opposed to secession, but your rich men used
their means to force the State into secession. II it
hadn been for the worth than $40 00O there
would have been war; and it was ten chances to one
that the worth more than $4,000 made 1t out
of the rebellion by contracts etc We might as well
talk plainly about this matter don't think you are SO
very anxious about returning poor. You want this
clause removed to be able to make money don't
you? fyou very eager to he the poor, why don't
you take the surplus of the $4,000 you and give
TO them.
in that way you will help them and bring yourselves
within the benefits of the proclamation. | am free to
say you that think of you ought to be taxed
the rate of twenty thousand dollars TO help the
poor When was military governor of Tennessee,
assessed such those who had been leaders in
the rebellion, and it had good effect
Delegatelf so, suppose that of us were lead
We stood out as long we could, and were the
last to go.
President Frequently those who went in last were
among the worst after they got into it. Be that it
may, gentlemen, do not say that the policy just
speaking of WILDE general.
There has been effort among some to persuade
people that the amnesty proclamation nurng them
by shutting up capital and keeping work from the poor
Ii does such thing If that is done ut ALL 1t Is done
in consequence of the violation OF the laws.
Tl,pv, M udp6h Inv
at the papers they presented but far as he had seem
there for removing the thirteen exceptions
1t is rumored that jeff Davis will be tried by military
commission for completely in the assassination e presl
dent Lincoln before his civil trial for treason.
Judge Marvin only is being pushed for provisional
governor of Florida.
European advces are to the 30th ut They quote
5-20s u. Cotton god IT, Weekly sales 10, 900 bales
Stock Liverpool 900 bales American gold opened
New YORK July 1.-THE Hcrald's Athens Ga. cor
respondent says light is thrown upon the hitherto
secret history of the initial proceedings of jeff Davis
IN Geornie Of doe@menss and archives containing
record Of the rebel provisional government at Mont
gomery, Ala They show that the rebels lost time,
when they got fairly at work. in organising their
provisional government which they had in full opera
| ton in less than five weeks from the assembling of
their national congress convention, in the work of
framing their constitution. The documents show they
had considerable tnkerng and discussion There was
strong feeling in favor of naming their southern esab-
! lshment the republic of Washington, which only
defeated by majority of vote in favor of the title
Confederate States of America There were long de-
bates over propositions to insert in the preamble of the
constitution recognition of the divinity of both the
old and the eStaments of the bible and in the body
thereof provision enforcing the observance of the
christian Sabbath The former is understood to have
been voted down out of respect Judah P. BENJAMIN
and the latter Difference the wishes of the people
of Louisiana and Texas Many other curious disclos-
besides those noted made by these documents
New York, July by order of the War Depart
ment all commanders of departments except the de-
partment of Tennessee department of the Gulf Po-
md Toy tn thairf IN
| the minimum numbers.
The Atlantic cable will be laid on the 10th of July
Tariff, IS per word.
provisional governor will be appointed for Florida
this week
A strong pressure is being exercised to induce the
president to reconsider the twenty thousand dollar
nesty exemption clause.
Meanwhile, the excepted parties are being pardoned
almost as fast as applications are made.
Gold closed at l40 last night, weak.
Fvetwenties lo4& The European price on the 25th
June was Il.
independence day was quietly celebrated in New
| York.
No excitement was manifested. The day was more
like Sunday.
u s. district attorneys in the southern States in
junction with their respective governors, to assist in
granting pardons under the amnesty proclamation, by
examining cases and recommending the same to the
president.
At the celebration at Albany yesterday Gems. Grant
fitzpatrick Sickles and Butteried attended. The lat
ter presented hundred battle flags to the State
referred in speech the OF Lees surrender
saying that Gen. Grants honor was pledged to theil
observance
Rev Dr. L. II. Chaplin then made address, urging
the reduction Of the army equality and negro suffrage
and caused great applause.
Gold closed at 1895.
1t is upheld by strong clique.
Cotton excited by reported short stock and high prices
at Liverpool.
AIddling IS to 80.
At Philadelphia, in the haeas corpus case, Judg
Thompson OF the supreme court of Pennsy vana, or
de red the release of Cozzens and delivered opinion
that the right of the president to suspend the writ
habeas corpus is only granted him by congress during
! | the continuation of the
NEW YoRK, July Cool Northrop, chief oommissai,
of the rebel army has been arrested and imprisoned
Castle Thunder
! Judge Oud has been released
Four of the conspiratoYs were to be hanged yescr
t day. The sentence approved