Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-04

vE1rs' wITxEssEs.
The Chrepicis makes the following statsnen
concerning Werts' defense: More than . noptl
ago 9. II. Emerson. bailif OF the Military Com
mission appointed for the trial Of werix. vas or
dsfed By Colonel Chapman, J Judge Advocate. q
VISIT the Iprisoner's cell and obtain from him
full List OF such witnesses as he dssired to hav,
| summoned. WertE furnished the names Of 33.
witnesses, and wrote o. the close OF the Iist:
These are al the witnesses / desire in IN.
case WEsTs, Capt G. s A"
Mr.. Cameron on presenting this al The Wa
Department vas ordered by Secretary Stantor
10 proceed at once TO the South and subppnl
every person whose testimony vas desired BY ih,
prisoner, and that contrary custom in suci
cases is not required OF the prisoner to stat,
the character Of testimony bis witnesses vsr,
expected to give. In many cases Wsrtz cosls
give only the name Of the Individual aud Stat.
10 which be resided. net knowing 10 what tovs
or county the party belonged. At Macon, Ca
Gen. Wilson detailed officers Of his persona
staff to assist Mr.. Emerson At Csihbert, In tb.
| State; Col Adams detailed other officers to aic
him, and the result was that after travelling al
through the States named BY wsrtz. Mr. Ensr
son succeeded in subpensing all the witnessed
named By the prisoner with the eIceptoe Of two
who had removed to Texas, and four or i've vhs
had gone to Europe. More chan half OF thos'
saspensed have reported to the Com mission. IND
are here Awaiting their turn TO swear 10 the good
character of WsriI.
THE ATLANTIC cABLE.
The correspondent OF the London Daily News
writing from The Great Eastern says The su
liberties on the electric telegraph concur in say
ing that the record Of undertaking as furnished
by telsgrans 10 Of decidedly an encouraging
| character. The chief danger is delay. The
ocean buoy left 70 mark the spot will probaby
be found, il still exists without much die ulty
but il must be remembered that in the event oil
foul weather. the Atisntic waves would dash
about and upon it with such violence 40 TO max q
the chance of mere buoy. however strong,
wsathering the storm extremely doubtful
Another danger 10 that the Cable may sink
deeper and deeper into the oexy bottom of the
sea, and graphing and hauling Is will be impos
sible. IL will be noticed that on the 10Th. wher
the third suamps was made at raising, il
the grspnsl was lost, and $40 yards u
| rope came up. covered with this Shiny eoze
which is sufficient proof that the Cable, if recov
cred at all. must be recovered quickly.
DENIAL FROM GENERAL BUELL..
The World to morrow will contain long let
ter from Gen. Buell. denying the recent state
ments of Gen. Sherman concerning his move
nents before the battle of Shiloh. Gen. Buel
gives many Official letters aud dispatches relatiy,
| to bis movements from the Cumberland TO the
Tennessee rivers, some of which are now pub
lished for the first time.
TIE JRKScH UNIVERSAL IMPOSITION.
wAsuISerox. Sept 3.-The Government ev
IDENTIFY regards the French Universal Exposition
for 1867 with much interest From all the infor
ton received, the probability is that il will
pass any exhibition that the world has yet seen
hence is is important that the American public
should be infor nsd OF some facts in relation tc
it; that those who entered 10 exhibit prodnc
tons Of American art or industry make suitable
preparations commensurate with the require
ments Of the occasion. and such as will be cred
| table to national character.
The exhibition is to open On the LIST OF April
1867, and to close on the 3lst Of October OF Tho
| same year. All applications for the admission
OF articles must be presented before the 3ist day
Of October, 1856, and prior to which time also
| the plan or chart Of the uses to which the space
will be put by each nationality respectively. nusl
be made from the Commissioners on . prescribed
scale, and send to the Imperial Commissioners
detailed plan Of the articles aud their distribution
in the space assigned them. which must be furn-
shsd on the same scale by our own Com mission
ers, as we'll as materials for the official catalogue
before the 3lst of January. 1866.
| As Congress has not been 10 session since the
proposed exposition was determined upon, and
as that body will not convene until the limit FOL
applications and other preliminary proceeding!
of the exhibitors has passed, our Government is
| consequently without any appropriation oil
legal authority which would enable th,
Executive to take steps involving the eX
| penditures. Ii would be well for the leadinl
Representatives of the classes interested In th,
matter to concert such measures may bs
deemed expedient to promote the creditsble rep
resentation of the United States Ii may b,
presumed Congress will do as much. il not more
than on similar occasions heretofore, iD provd
ing for transportation OF articles and in othe
respects
| RIrIREMKSr OF MINISTER.
Senior Don f. Salgsr, who for some time ha
represented the Colombian States as envoy ex
trsordnary and Minister plenipotentisry, yester
day took leave of the President in his diplomatic
character and made some appropriate remarks oil
the occasion, in which be spoke Of the grst6ca
ton afforded him by the fraternal aud uninter
rupted relations Of the two countries, and con
cluded as follows Columbia 10 her place ba
a sympathy for your calamitiss, and with your vic
tories she has celebrated, with jubilee the return
Of peac.
THE ANpKRsoSvILLE REcoRDs
NEW YoRK. Sept. 3.-The Tribune's Wash
ngton special says: The statement that the re
cords Of the Andersonvile prison pen had bee
stolen needs qualification. They were solo
for $500 and q clerkship to the War Depart % en-
by Dorrance Atwater, Who. while a prisoner
managed to abstract them from the rebel officials
he was Afterwards detailed to accompany Capt
Moore and party 20 Andersonvile. and during BIZ
sbsense he secretly made a copy Of the original
with the intention of repeating their sale in snothe
quarter. he is now undergoing court martial 10
the offence. Captain Moore has the original cop
still in his possession.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
NEv YoRx, Sept. 3.-The Tribunes Rich
mond special says: Railroad accidents in Vir
gina are of 90 frequent occurrence as to hss,
lost their usual novelty. Yesterday the matt
train over the Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road, bound north, was detained several hours b,
the breaking of An aIel. The train coming in
TO the city the same day was run of the tract
by carelessness of the switch tender. No ont
was injured materially
Jos. Johnston, late Colonel in the army, ha.
been rendered the position of Post Commands
at Danville.
RECRUITING.
recruiting tent has been pitched. where in
ducements are offered to join the Twelfth Reeu
leas. The average number received daily il
fifteen. mostiy such az have served during th,
war in the rebel ranks.
BANKS.