Evening star., 1869-09-09

Island, Ny.
PRESIDENT GRANT will leave Washington
tonight on the nine O'Clock train for New
York, himself and members of the Cabine
will dine this afternoon at the residence
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of state.
SENATOR SUMNER will lecture for a few
weeks previous to the opening OF Congress
He has been invited to preside at the Massa-
chusetts Republican Convention, which meets
on the 22d instant.
PERSONALLY. G. Ribon, of Colombia, and
l. Ccrtes, OF the Colombian Legation. General
Irwin Mcdowell, u. s. A., Hon. ]. s. Black
Pa. Hon. T. J. Robertson, South Carolina, are
at the Ebbitt.
JUDGE J. :. BLACK arri we'd here last evening
from his home in Pennsylvania He is still
obliged to carry his right arm in a sling. not
having fully recovered from the effects Of the
accident on the Louisville and Nashville rail-
read.
MOURNING FOR THE LATE SENATOR Fss-
sBNDKN.-The following order has Just been
sued: Treasury Department, Sept. 9th, 1867
As 8 mark of respect to the memory OF the
Honorable William Pitt Fessenden, formerly
Secretary Of the Treasury and late Senator of
the United States, who died at Portland
Maine, on the sth instant. this Department
already draped in mourning, and the Gu tom
House at Portland will be closed, and the flags
on the Custom Houses and public works under
control Of this Department throughout the
country will be placed at half-mast on Satur.
day, the 11th instant, the day on which the
obsequles Of the deceased will be solemuized.
WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON,
Acting Secretary.
TIE Washington correspondent Of the Gin.
cinnati Gazette says that gentlemen In this city
TO whom ex-Postmaster General Randall ex-
planned his connection with the alleged letter
OF Senator Pomeroy to Legate, give Randall's
version Of the story. He said Cornelius Wen
dell was in his room at the Post Ofice Depart
ment when the alleged letter of Pomeroy to
Legate was shown him. He (RandalD assert.
ed that he knew the Senator's handwriting
well, and that the original was in that hand
writing; that he (Randall) insisted upon hav-
ing the letter or copy. The original was re.
fused, but at Randall's request Wendell made
copy in his presence, and certified it, Ran.
dell aiserward took the copy to the President,
and explained his possession OF IL. This was
In the presence OF gentleman now in the CITY,
TRIAL By MILITARY COMMISSION IN TEXAS
IMPORTANT ORDER OF JUDGE CHASE
ue IOilOWlng OIueI WAS issued at Norwich,
Connecticut The parties in whose behalf the
petition was made are now on trial before a
military commission, at Calvert, Texas, for the
alleged murder Of DIR. Maxwell, in June last:
"ES pdrte, Ben Brown, Eli Wood, John II.
HollIgan, Granville Rose, William Andrews
and Philip Stinemetz-petiuon for writ of
haoeas corpus, at chambers, before 5. p. Chase.
Chief Justice of the United States, Septem Der 6,
1863.
Upon hearing the petition in this case, 1t ap-
pearing from the statement of ID. U. BarziZa,
Esq, counsel for the petitioners that there is no
good reason 70 apprehend that sentence of the
military commission now trying the said petit
TONERS, will, If against them, or either OF them,
be carried into execution until the questions
arising from their petitions shall have been de-
termined by the Supreme Court of the United
states upon the hearing Of an application in be-
half OF Il. NJ. Ierger for writ of nabeas cor.
Circuit Court of the United States for the dis
trict of Mississippi, 70 be made at the session OF
the Supreme Court OF the United States, in
October next, or upon q hearing Of similar ap-
plication for writ Of habeas corpns, with a
writ of certiorari, directed to the Circuit Court
Of the United States, for the western district OF
Texas, TO be made TO the said Supreme Court
of the United states at its said October session
In behalf Of the petitioners:
alt is thereupon, ana on motion Of counsel
for the petitioners, ordered, that further action
upon this petition be postponed until the
second Monday of October next at the cham
bers, IN the city Of Washington, at which day,
or earlier, II il be found needful, this applica-
tion may be renewed. rs. p. CHASE
"Chief Justice of the United States"