The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-22
FROM WASHINGTON.

sale Of Railroad stock...Ale1ande'
III. Ssephens.-.Gravesa NJ Anoefson'
ville...FavOrable Report ITO" Al@'
bama...The Wirz Iraai'''Coioraoo
w.eu,xcroN. Sept Al Special to Times.
~. extensiye sale of locomotives and carr
800. ~ Portland, Maine, in few days, an(
so15oW;np with Boston, New York, Philadel
nhia. Alexandria and other points. Lively
cempetitiOn is expected. large amount o.
military railroad stock in Virginia has beer
leased to the railroads of tnat State until thu
Government is ready to sell.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Ill Special to Herald.
-Herschell V. johnson returned to Washing
Ton to-day from a visit with A. II. Stephens II
Fort Warren. He spent last Friday with Mr.
Stephens and reports him in ordinary health
and as comfortably situated a. any one can De
in confinement. He has freedom of the For'
and is allowed visits of friends. Just as many
are admitted as he wishes to receive. Hls
brother, Linton Stephens, who accompanied
Mr.. johnson to Fort Warren, remains there
still and is permitted to sleep in his orotners
apartments and join him in his walks. MI !;
Stephens will probably not be pardoned H.. un NJ.
tied by the admission of representatlVe~iro"
the Southern States. H vou,-
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-the New !Orh
Worlds special says letter mas peen ieSolt 20
mere to-day from AndersonVllie, containing IL
teresting particulars of friends OF deceasea sol.
diers buried there. The burlai ground Is G Ce,us
and laid out has eeen al work there
since Nav last No bodies can be removed
until November. as the military authorities
prevent II After the LIST of November the rel
atiyes of those who are inferred there can pro-
cure metallic collins at that place Tor trans
nortation to any part of the Union. Persons
dash have not means In visit
that place, can have the bodies sent by express
by application to T. r. Brock. They are all
numbered and each can be ascertained without
trouble.
Dorance Atwater, charged with the larceny
OF the Andersonville prisoners records. which
were purchased from him by the War Depart
ment, for the sum of $500, was tried by court
martial at its headquarters at Washington. His
sentence has been submitted to the War De.
partment and is now waiting the approval OF
the proper authorities when it will be carried
ont
U. s. District Attorney Plantz, of the South
ern District, Florida, arrived in this city this
morning with a'favorable report OF affairs
there.
The Orange and Alexandria road have COM
pleted all bridges on their road and are now
running cars from Washington to Richmond.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-It was reported this
morning that Captain Wirz died during Last
night, but on lnqulrlng at the Old CAptoi, II
has been ascertained that he is somewhat I'M
proved in health. The prospect Is that the
trial will be resumed on Monday.
WARRINGTON, Sept. 15.-The Irs6une's spe-
cial says T. j. L. Ringwam, of the Philadelphia
Press, has been appointed by the Secretary of
the Treasury an agent to visit Denver City,
Colorado, to ascertain the best mode of trans
porting silver bullion by the government from
the Rocky Mountain to the Atlantic cities, and
also to take measures to accommodate miners
with eastern Exchange.
At the land office in Douro, Mich, 1926
acres were taken up last month for actual set
element unders the homestead law.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.-The Press this
morning contains reply from Judge Holt to
Montgomery Blair.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-The Times special
says the President to-day pardoned Reid of
Ohio. He is one of the brothers Reid, who
lately figured in the habeas corpus case where
there was conflict of authority between the
different courts. Reid is in custody on war
rant charging him with the crime of treason,
and the Presidents pardon recites this fact and
psrdons him of this offence