The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-16
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Special Dispatches 70 The EOtRt10 Telegraph
WASHINGTON, January l6.
Persecution of SOuthern Union Men.
A letter has been received here from A. II.
Stephens, in which he states that the condition
and prosecutions of Uniol men in Georgia are,
at this time, vastly worse than during the days
of the Rebellion.
QuarterInaster's Sales.
Brevet Brigadier. General j. f. Boyd, late Chief
Quartermaster Department Of North Carolina,
mas this day deposited in the United States Trea-
sury the sum of 100000, which, with former
deposits made by him within the last few weeks,
amounts to the sum of S7OlO being proceeds
arising from sales of Quartermasters property
in the Department This is the only Depart
ment in the United States, as we are informed,
in which deposits of that amount have been
made over and above the ordinary expenses OF
the Department. General Boyd will soon leave
the military service and engage with the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad.
Naval Examining hoard.
An Examining Board of the officers of the
United States Marine Corps has been ordered by
the Navy Department to convene at the head
quarters in this city on Wednesday, the 18th
instant, to decide upon the qualifications of can
didates for appointment as Second Leutenants
The following compose the rehabilitation G.
r. Graham, President; First Lieutenant r. S.
Colburn; II. G. Cochrane Recorder. There are
OILY six vacancies to be filled, and it is known
that there are over five hundred applications on
file The Marine Corps has always been ia
vorite branch of the service.
The Pirate Semmes.
Raphael Semmes, the famous captain of the
Aiobdma, is held in close confinement at the
Marine barracks, awaiting the action of the
Government Colonel Commandant Jacob
Zeilin, U. S. Marine Corps, is entrusted with his
safe keeping. Semmes is in good health and
spirits, and confident of being able to justify his
conduct during the Rebellion.
EquaIIzIug the BOuaties,
The proposition to equalize the bounties of
soldiers is not abandoned, though it will cost
six hundred millions. Secretary McCulloch is
known to oppose it.
The Alexandria Riot.
The evidence taken thus far in the trial of the
Alexandria rioters shows that the negroes were
innocent, the outrages being committed by
whites.
The POIlard.BrOOks Fight.
Pollard, of Richmond, publishes a card here,
| calling attention to what he calls the true
account of his fight with Brooks, He seems to
fear that the Northern people will believe that
| Brooks was not sufficiently punished.
An Internal Machine California Ven-
| &eance.
Judge Field, of California, received by ex-
press, on Saturday, a small box with printed
| address, which came from San Francisco by the
| last steamer. Not knowing its purport he pro-
| ceeded to open 1t, with the ordinary caution
| which curiosity inspires, in the presence OF
Judge Lake who is also temporarily here. Upon
unscrewng and raising the lid about half an
inch, Judge Lake caught sight of several little
copper wires, and instantly suggested that it
was an internal machine. Further operations
were suspended, and the box placed In tub Of
water until to-day, when it was taken to the
War Department where it was opened, and
twelve large metallic cartridges, with heavy ball
nicely adjusted with Illuminating powder, so as
to explode upon the raising of the lid, were
found. There was single line written upon
the inside of the lid, as folows:-"Last October
you decided the Puebla case" The affair has
greatly increased the excitement already felt in
certain circles here, in consequence of the grow
ing frequency of these belligerent occurrences
Precautions Against the Cattle Plague
The Secretary of the Treasury, learning tha
the cattle plague might possibly be introduced
by the importation of hides of cattle that have
died from its effects, to-day issued the following
circular to Collectors
WASHINGTON, January Is, 1866.-Slr-I have
been informed that the ship SdRdltsky, recently
arrived at Fayal, from Bristol for New York, il
laden in part with hides SAID to have been taker
from cattle that have died from the disease now
prevalent in England and known as the "cattlC
plague"
Customs officers cannot exercise too much
vigilance in guarding against the introduction
of this terrible disease, and will permit nc
foreign hides to be landed without first report
ing in each case and receiving instructions from
the department allowing the entry.
| Very respectfully, HUGH MCCULLoCH,
Secretary OF the Treasury