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Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

GSs We clip the following items from the
Du Quoin Progress Of the 18th inst.
CAIRO-On n recent visit to Cairo, we We're
surprised to find so many inducements held out
to the trade of Southern Illinois, by the whole
sale merchants Of that growing city. Goods
there are low, and they can offer our merchants
greater inducements than Chicago, Cinclnnatl
or st. Louis No business man should fail to
give this mart at least one trial. personal
acquaintance with several houses there war
rams the belief that no one will rue the trial
They can buy as cheap there AS at either OF the
above named cities, and the freight is less than
half.
CAIRO DAILY TIMES. This excellent daily
has been changed recently, from an evening
to IA morning paper. 1t is one Of the ablest
and best conducted papers outside OF Chicago.
| 1t reaches this point on the o'clock train ev-
| cry morning-seven hours in advance OF the
| ST. Louis papers 1t should have a large cir
culaton IN this place. All orders left at this
office will be promptly forwarded.
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14
JACKSON TENN.

Fire--Full lParticulars--Estilna ed Loss
Names Of the LOsers--Revival of BUS
iness in Observation-Disclosures Going up
--Opening of the Mississippi Central
Railroad--The Cotton Crop--Lack of
LabOrers.
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

NEW York, Oct. l3.-At tle Government
sale OF cotton to-day POO bales were disposed
of. Sea Island brought from II to l65; Geor-
gia middlin5 59l to 66; New Orleans middling
60 to 65.
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

TUE JONAS PowELL.-Ths favoritc steamer
arrivel here on Thursday night at - o clock,
having on board one hundred bales Of cotton,
few hogsheads of tobacco. and several tons
Of promiscuous freight. Much more cotton
could have been secured by the Po9oeV, but the
water was so low in the Tennessee river, that
Capt. Lee refused to take it.
Capt. l.. informs US that he intends tying up
his boat here for the present, or until there is
a higher stage of water in the Tennessee. He
reports but twenty eight inches in that stream,
and the holders of cotton are unwilling to pay
low water rates forthe carrying ott, hence his
determination to Withdraw his boat for the
present
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

FORT MONROE, Oct. ll.-Qlarters are being
prepared in Carroll Hall for Messrs. Clay and
MITCHELL preparatory to their removal from
their caSemate prisons.
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14
THING STRANGE.
WHAT -
EAlSSOLuTION.

Tie firm Of Renne McGce has this day been di-.
solved by mutual consent All OccOunis due sad all
debt against the late firm viii he settled by John y.
IL nnie. Mr. McGee having Withdrawn, the business viii
he reafter be carried under the cement and
perin, endencc of John r. Rsnnie
therefore solicit Of the public share Of It's patronage
as liberal has hitherto been received, and hope BY
strict att entop unring energy and punctusty
merit a continuance of the same.
[signedl JOHN r. RENNfE
Cairo, Oct. -, isG5.-df wM..v. McGET
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

IS Cotton is reported as coming in freely
in Memphis-consequentl business is good.
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Gen. Grant issues an Important Gen.
eral Order.
ALI Colored Troops, Except Sufi.
cient to Garrison Seacoast Ports,
to be Mustered Out.
PRESIDENT TO ISSUE A GENERAL
AMNESTY.


ANAFFRAY At THE WHITE ITO USE,
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. l3.-The general con-
vention ofthe Episcopal Church re-asse mbIod
to-day.
The collection for the burial service was re-
ceived III reference to the death OF the Rev.
Latimer Jones Of New Ork.
The Committee on the prayer book, to whom
was referred the several propositions to cor
rect the punctuation and reading of the prayer
book, reported that there was such u want Of
conformity in the various editions issued for a
long series of years, that it was impossible for
them to make any recommendations; but they
would offer a resolution TO appoint a Joint com
mittee on standard prayer books, to act dur
ing the recess.
Tie Committee on Mctrical Psalms and
hymns made "a report omtting certain hymns
and psalms.
The Military Convention was made the or
der Of the day for Saturday 1o"n.
WAsuINGToy, Oct. l3-The Wirz Com
mission rcassembcd this morning
Mr.. Shade read two letters from the letter
book of Capt WirH. One oE these letters,
dated Decem0er lst, 1861, is addressed to
Assistant Quarter Master Nicely and says that
Wirl had received sixteen packages Of clothing
for the Federal prisoners, including blankets,
shoes, pants. socks aud shirts and that he
would distribute them without delay. The other
! letter, dated January %, 1868, was adrcsscd
! to Assistant Adjutant Thomts, saying that the
/ guard to ascort men gathering wood, be in
| creased from twenty five to sixty men.
| Benz. F. Foley Of Pennsylvania, testified
that he admitting clerk in Capt. Wirl' )
! office, and his business was when prisoners
arrived to make out the descriptive roll; he
was also ward master, having charge Of one
| hundred and fifty men and twenty nurses.
There was much trading in hams, bacon, flour,
meal, pea nuts, sweet potatoes, cigars tobacco,
&c Clothes were taken from the dead 10y oul
| own men and sold to the rebels.
| Witness never heard Of the stocks being in
side of the stOckade ConedCrates aS we'll as
| Yankees were forbidden to wash i'll the stream
Capt Wirz made an Intellectual effort to m-
press 500 negroes for the purpose Of cnlargine
the Stockadc. aad our own men refused tt
work for.tcar of compromising themselves.
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14
A WORD OF ADVICE TO THE EVANS s.
WILLIE PACKET COMPANY.

We learn that it is the intention of the
Evansville Packet Company to make Pa
ducah the terminus of their route hereafter,
daily betwe n this city and Paducah to con-
meet with their line of steamers
We desire to notify the Company aforesaid
that Cairo Will not sit supinely by and suffer
any such action on their part to pass unEotced.
We have interests at stake which the concep-
inimcal to.
OF course the Evansville Packet Company
are at liberty to do as they please in the prem
ises, but we wish to warn them that 10y carrying
out the above plan they will but induce the
''Cairo Transportation Company to start an
opposition boat on the line, which will have
ahe effect Of making the ''Evansville Packet
Company regret the adoption OF the policy
! Indicated. 1T they their steamers III the
interest of Paducah they need never expect a
Cairolte to step upon the gang plank of any Of
! their boats. A word to the wise should be
sufficient.
We are authorized to say it is not true, that
the Conservative chap who applied to DIR. NC
| DoWell Tor his signature to the call FOR the anti
Radical meeting was kicked into the street by
''Old Sawbones.'' The story is another of the
Republican, $ lies upon the Doctor.--Nissonra
| Democrat.
The Republican is evidently down on the
| Doctor since the publication Of that circular,
in which its editor was compared to the infant
Trislram Shandy.
FoUND.-The discharge Of Ferdinand
Hecker, Co. X, lst Kentucky infantry. was
found. in the streets last night and left at this
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

FOUND Tho discharge Of Ferdinand
Hecker, Co. X, lst Kentucky infantry. was
found in the streets last night and left at this
office. Ferdinand can have it by calling for it.
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

II We are indebted to Capt Parker, or
the Tra-sist Steamer, and Triplct, tie cler.
for the Mobile Tribu0c Of the llth. and also
for other iayors, for which they win please ao.
ccpt Our thanks.
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

BELFAST, Me-, Oct. IA fire last night
consumed nearly all the business portion tf
this city. Below Washington and Cross streets
over one hundred buildings were destroyed,
and the loss at least $500, 900. The fire was
caused by an incendiary. A strong wind ia
vored the flames, which threatened destruction
to the whole city. An engine from Searsport
rendered good service, and the commander,
w. y. Whitney, Of the L. 5. steamer Tioga,,
and his officers and crew, were most energetic
ii their etfort' to sub6ue the conllagrauon.
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Providence, II. L., Oct. l3.-The Randall
Mill in Johnston, used for the purpose Of man
utacturiug shoe strings, was burned yesterday.
Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-14

The Commission assembled at Post Head
quarters, which are located in the building
formerly used as a Branch Bank Of the North :
ern Bank Of Kentucky.
The New York herald., 1865-03-02

SATURDAYS CEIEBRAroN.-Our latest news
from Sherman's army will give . new impulse
70 the preparations for the general cele-
bration on Saturday, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast, Of our recent effective and deci-
sive victories over the disjointed, rebellious
States and their defeated, diminished and de-
moralizsd armies. We have them now as the
allies had Napoleon after his disastrous strug-
gle ct Leipsic, and the Paris Of the rebellion is
near its fall The proposed celebration Is in
honor Of our great victorious and the glorious
prospects before us Let us all Of the loyal
States, Of ell parties and creeds and colors,
unite in the rejoicings over our cheering pros
pect Of an early and glorious peace on the solid
basis Of the Union restored. Let US show our
gallant soldiers and sailors in the field that we
appreciate their splendid achievements in be-
half Of peace and the Union.
The New York herald., 1865-03-02
Conviction OF Frank Ferris OF Murder In
the First Degree, &c.
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.

Conviction OF Frank Ferris Of Murder In
the First Degree, &c.
COUNT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.
Before Recorder Hoffman.
The trial Of Francis Ferris charged with the murder
Of his wife in James street, last september was resumed
yesterday.
DR.. Michael Hudson who dressed the wound on the
head OF Mrs Ferris, was examined by Mr. :-He
said he found terrible wound tn, left side OF the
head the brains proruded several parts OF broken
bones fond b. driven into the BRAIN the doctor
stitched the wound and she was removed to the hospital
her right side was perfectly parayzed and it was on the
left side she received her injury.
This closed the case Tor the people, after which Mr.
the prisoner in an able speech stating their theory
would be homicdal monomania
Only one witness called Charles Curtis who testi-
fed that on tho morning OF the killing he saw the prs
oner tho stoop Of his house sharpening knifc he
Ssss; sssss as ne h'a been having some "''a' WIN some
Cross s-examinsd-I did mot think 81 The time the
Dr. Simmons was called by Assistant District Attorney
Bedford He stated that he was the physician attached
the City Prison, and had the prisoner frequently
since his Incarceration; he the slightest ev
dncc Of insanity In Ferris on the 18th Of November the
an examination Of the prisoners mind, which they did
Thoy found appearance Of insanity about the man
The witness examined by M Anthon
Mr. Bedford asked Dr. Simmons II he agreed with Dr.
Parker in his views upon moral insanity given in the
Huntington trial. 70 which he replied that he rather diff
Mr. John H. Anthon then proceeded 70 address the
jury claiming from the circumstances Of the case that
the prisoner OF unsound mind at the time the deed
perpented His speech was ingenious and eloquent
but he evidently felt the pressure Of the terrible facts
brought out by the prosecution.
Assistant District Attorney Hutchngs summed up the
testimony and reviewed the question Of insanity in
leghy and able speech, occupying the attention OF the
jury for two hours
Recorder Holman charged the jury in his usual sue
cinct and lucid upon the law applicable 70 the
facts proven and the theory Of homicda mania set
by the prisoners counsel
The jury evidently understood their Instructions for
after an absence Of minuter they returned into
and rendered verdict Of guilty Of murder In the
first degree.
The Recorder ordered the prisoner 70 be remandcd ill
Saturday, when sentence would be pronounced.
The Grand Jury came into court and, having stated
that they had finished their business discharged by
the Recorder who thanked them for their assduy In
transacting the public business.
The prisoners against whom the indictments wero
found viii be arraigned this morning
The New York herald., 1865-03-02
n A v A N A +.

Arrival OF the MORO Castle-soms OF the
blockade Runners from Charleston.
The steamer MORO Castle, Captain Adams, arrived yes
terday afternoon from Havana whence she left the
Goth ut We are indebted 70 Purscr Mather FOR late
news
Tho Spanish troops from S. Domingo soon ex.
pscted 10 arrive at Havana Many were already there,
and scky looking lot they Many Of them, in q
sanitary point Of view are ruined for lifc
On the Oath inst the English steamer Zephyr arrived
here in distress She left this port the 10th for Gal
weston and Is said, chased back by United States
cruiser On the 23d tho English steamer Edith arrived,
bringing twentyfou passengers from Nassau. She
brought news from Charleston TO the 10th Charleston
being evacuated by the rebels and the steamers
Coquee and Badger had been ordered 70 leave there
be burned The guard ofehe rebel troops began
the work Of page and destruction previous to leaving
but were driven out by armed inhabitants.
The New York herald., 1865-03-02

Details Of the Recent Dsprsdetions - the
Shenandoah.
oUR CAPE TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
Carr Tows, Cape Of Good Hope Jan. IA 1885.
The United States steamer Iroquis arrived here on the
9Th inst and leaves to-day.
shs brought the Consul here twenty men CAP
tured by the pirate ship Shenandoah who belonged
TO the schooner Stacey OF Boston, and bark I'd
ward (whaer), Of New Bedford These were on tbe
Island Of Tristan dAcunhs three weeks before the Ir
quois picked them up M
The captains Of the two ships report that the shsnan
doah after leaving MADEIRA fell in with eight American
ships, ss folows:-
The Alma Of scarsport Me- bound 70 South America
Burned.
Tbe Susan, Of Boston, bound 70 South America, Win
coal Burned.
g. D. Godfrey, from Boston 10 Valparaiso.
Charter Oak, Of Boston, bound to San Francisco
s. Kate Prince, from England 70 Bahia, with coal
This ship bonded and all the prisoners previously
taken put on board Of her. feAtMM
O. The Adelaide, under the Argentine Dag. Captain
wadde Of the Shenandoah ~ st decided 70 burn ths
ship and the tar spread for the purpose but the
master informed him that Mr. Pcndergas Of Baltimore
would be ruined by the act and the ship allowed 70
60 free
J. Lizzie NJ Stacey, from Boston 70 Honolulu. Barned
November 13, 1894 M
g. Edward Of New Bedford Burned December q
1894 In latitude 81 30 SOUTH longitude II - west That
was the last seen Of the pirate ship sxcsps s and
ina Of the prisoners as Tristan dAcunhA ev8
The New York herald., 1865-03-02
THE LATEST NEWS.

Capture OF Payssndu by the Brazilians.
The steamship Moravian, which arrived at PortlAna
yesterday brings the following important
RIO JASuRo, JAN -, 1885
The Brasian army captured tho city Of Psysandd on
the I'd OF January
The New York herald., 1865-03-02


Stirring News from South Carolina and
Georgia-General shcrman's Progress.
The news which we publish this morning Of
the movements and operations Of General
Sherman's army in South Carolina and Georgia
is OF the highest interest and Importance. Upon
unfortunate South Carolina the penalties Of this
rebellion are falling with heavy hand. To
the ruins, the destitutions and desolations Of
her once wealthy and Hourishing seaport Of
Charleston are now added the field Of ashes
and broken walls which mark the spot where
once stood her State capital, the beautiful
little city Of Columbia.
This visitation the inhabitans Of that un-
fortunate place brought upon themselves
by their intolerable treachery Of firing
from their houses upon the quietly retiring
troops of General Sherman, killing and wound
ing considerable number. We may deplore
the su6erings thus entailed upon the women
and children and other helpless ciH-
xens involved in this calamity Of the
burning Of Columbus; but snch, when crimi-
inally provoked, are the stern lessons Of
dreadful war. Sherman, where the people Of .
captured city receive him In good fAith, - ct
Savannah, is their protector and benefactor;
but where they deal treacherously with him, as
at Columbia, in the stealthy assassination Of his
retiring soldiers, his mode Of punishment is
swift and terrible. We may say, too, that If
any Of the reckless and implacable Carolina
chivalry deliberately contrived this thing for
the purpose Of "fring the Southern heart" again
with an outcry against Yankee vandalism, they
will make nothing BY this desperate expert
ment It is because this war TO them il de-
struction that the Southern people, under the
despotism Of Davis, are now in their agony cry
ing for peace.
More important, though less impressive, than
the burning Of Columbia Is the occupation Of
Augusta, Georgia, by detachment from Shsr-
mans army. But this piece Of intelligence
may not be true. In that city Of rebel manu-
fAoturing establishments, from military cloth
ing TO gunpowder, shot and shell, the most
valuable TO Davis were ib extensive pow.
der mills In one Of his Georgia speeches
last September, Jea. boastully informed the
world that the mills Of Augusta alone turned
out more powder from month to month thar
wss consumed by all his armies. II 90, The
loss Of Augusta, after the loss Of Wilmington
and IL English supplies Of arms and ammuni
tion, win BE- moro severely felt 81 Richmond
| than the los Of the corn bread and bacon O
bountifal Georgia. & feh
But what h the progress Of sherman's army
The Rlchmond papers admonish us that the!
are reduced 10 silence upon the subject But I
rebel despatch from Charlotte, N. O., Of th
Gath ult, unwittingly gives Us some valuable
information. II says "there Is no alarm here,
and that "the enemy (Sherman) Is supposed 4
be moving in the direction Of -" Blu
why was there ''no alarm" at Charlottei Fo
the very good reason. as IL is broadly hinted
The New York herald., 1865-03-02

italian OpTRA.-Lo So~mambsla was given last night
70 very good house The incpisnt plety OF the peni
tsnal season just opening not particularly obsorv-
able in the general appearance Of tho house In fact
Ash Wednesday made but little mark the Academy
the toilsttes good, and the erssbls about
bright usual The opera accepsably rendered and
well received. change In the programme, however,
became necessary by the indisposion Of sgnor Bsin
and his place In the y5s Of the Count ned u short
notice. by senor Garibald This evening Ia Toiso del
Recgsmswo will be sung In Brooklyn Tomorrow even.
ine Ia Tsa del Dssino will b produced for the third
time, a our own Academy.
The New York herald., 1865-03-02

that Sherman had wheeled or in another direc-
tion. Undoubtedly, aftsr sending of Beaure-
regard, Hsrdee and Bragg upon false scent
northward. he had turned to the east for .
junction with General SchoHsld from Whining
ton; and, In the very fact that the Richmond
journals have nothing TO say Of his movements,
we are assured that Sherman is repeating In
North Caroline his march through Georgia. We
dare say that all the rebel forces in North Caro-
lina-the odds and ends Of different defeated,
broken and demorslised armies-do not ex-
ceed the sum total Of thirty thousand men;
that SchO6eld's compact column 10 strong
enough to cope " th them all. and that sgainst
the resistle~ mass Of Shermans veterans from
q line Of Victories thousand miles long there
Is no impediment TO Richmond or any other
place. . esg.A X, .Ha Z .s's. ~ !.
Significant signs from the Rebel Capt.
tal-Flight OF the Rebel Congress from
! Riohmond. pQTs g aJI--aisa aoA
Two remarkable articles nom the Richmond
papers Of February n, which We publish else
where, are significant a. indicating the agita-
ton BY the rebels Of the question Of evacuating
Richmond. It appears from the statement Of
the Nsrsiv~ that the rebel Congress, frightened
by tho threatening aspect Of affairs south Of
Richmond, haos one By sNs fed from ne capital
to auoid tho approaching dissolusion of The rebel
government The abrupt dissolution Of the
legislative branch Of the rebel government is
already threatened by the flight Of the mem-
bers, Of whom barely quorum remained The
Enquirer, in pathetic strain, entreats the rene
gades to return and cast their fate with Rich
mond and the army, and quotes General Leo
himself as demanding their return as necessary
to the restoration of confidence among the
people.
The Examiner Of the Same day (and the con-
currence of the date itself Is Significantly has an
argument against the abandonment Of Rich
mond. II quotes Davis and Beauregard as
asserting that the existence Of the confederacy
does not depend on the occupation Of Richmond,
and takes direct issue with them. It declares
that the abandonment or capture Of Richmond
would cost the South the respect Of all nations,
would disintegrate and disband its armies until
only body guard for few officials remained
intact and, in short would be the ruin Of the
cause. Richmond, it rightly argues, is the
rebel citadel, and with it falls the confederacy.
These significant utterances are the cries Of
despair. The rebel Congress first, and now the
rebel press and people, begin to perceive how
rapidly the unwieldy structure they have reared
Is falling about their heads. We shall soon
hear the alarm sounded in even more positive
terms, and behold Davis, Benjamin, the Exam
iser, and each Of their deluded victims, taking
care Of himself as best he can in rapid fight or
abject submission.
The New York herald., 1865-03-02
Fire An Newburg.

EnwBuRo, March I, 1895
The boiler shop Of the Washington Iron Works In this
city was destroyed by nro this morning Most OF the
machinery removed 10 adjacent building and the
hnsinssa Of the works will bo seriously interrupted
The New York herald., 1865-03-02
REBEL ACCOUNTS.


General Grant Massing ON the Rebel
Right at Petersburg.
PKrDR :BUR0, Feb. Is, 1850.
The enomy massing ON our right No plans dove
loped All quiet except occasional sheling Of the city
Tho tobacco factory formerly owned By David Dunlop,
together with large stock fixtures &C. were destroyed
by nre last night Messn. Thomas Woody, r A. Young
and W. r. Mallory heavy losers. The factory and
fixtures insured In tho Mutual Insurance Company
Richmond. 81 M as
Am Early Battle Expected 1T PoterSburg.
fFrom the Petersburg Express, Fob. 264
Au appeor0nces tndic0e thai inp0ans b0ue sgW De
fought IN osr right within tAs nert re days. prob
ably within shorter time The enemy h massng very
heavily on his of and has weakened his foTce on the
lines this city strengthen his threatened move
ent there For days and nights past his trains
have busily running, and may now presume he
has coll cted most Of his available troops in the vicinity
Of Hatcher's That his lines have been well thnncd
In our immediate front 70 from moro than one
reliable sourc and may look for the Issue TO DO
staked Tho rain OF Thursday and yesterday probably
prevented the earlier op ming OF hostes which, unoss
signs deceive destined 70 commence ere the set OF
many sums.
We believe or generals fully prepared for this
threatened movement tho pnrt OF the enemy and VIII
be lciently able to defeat ts object bold eiort
will doubt be made TO break through our lines and
gain the Boydton plank road whence, II they sue
be easily conducted against the S01nsde Ra lroad
We confident II such attempt BIO made that 1t will
fail.
Tho enemy kept up persistent sholling on o. r
centre and left nearly all day yesterday, probably TO
the movements Of troops towards Hatchers run
The day will fully develop the enemy
plans, II not show tho results Of his operations