Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-09-10
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, l., q, Sept. g. Noon.
Ali Government business has been suspended
The tnbi!c buildings ,irapeit III deep mourn
ing.
The following order was issued at Norwich
Conn, to -dav:
TIE Parties in whose botIalt the petition was
made ale bow On trial Iefnre mn asy c9mnls-
SION at calvert, L N.s, Tor tla Alltg. murder of
Ir. Maxwell in rineiOw.
Er pa1'te Ben Rrown Eli Wood, John II Hall
gan, Granville ROse, william Draws Gnd Phil
StoEenietZ petition for habeas corpus ct Cham
beIs, before $ J.. thase, Chief Justice. The T.
= Reporter. &, SEQ. upon healing Of the petition
IN Tins ca sc, 1t appearing from the statement Of
u. N. BarEiZ3 Esq, counsel for the petitioners
that there IL no good reason to apprehenl that
the sentence of the military commission now
trying the said peltioners will II & ainst the M or
either nI them, lie carried INTO execution until
the questions arising upon their petition shall
have been deter mined bY the Supreme Court Of
tho United States.
Upon hearing OF an application in behalf of +.
nj. Iei&::r 4 writ OF habeas corpus, with writ of
certluGaii 1t war directed to the circuit CDult Of
tilf, unft States tnr the district 81 M,sssa Ippi.
to ba made at the session OF the supreme Court
the United States in October.
rs corpus with certarlori Directed to the Ulrcuit
Court CT theU nlted st ates ttr the Western dis
ttlct OF Iexas to be made to the sail Supreme
C0art at It's eali October sesson in behalf OF the
petitioners. 1t is, therefore, and on motion of
the c,,unatl for the petitioners.
13dprfd That further action upon this petition
he postponed until the second Monday in Octo-
Der next, at Chambers III the city of Washington,
f., ;1I, a lies If Ea nj
this Application may he reeumed
3. p. CHASE,
Chlet Justice OF the United States.
The Secretary OF tho Navy has gwen orders
that minute guns be- fired at the naval stations
AMI war Yeast Is IN honor OF the late Secretary,
Rawhne
Grant ana Sherman We're III consultation at the
War Department this morning
The President to-day appointed sherman Sec
rotary OF War
1t is supposed that Dodge viii ultimately
obtain the portfolio Of the War Department
From Philadelphia more about the scrBn~
tom Disaster.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Sept 8-Noon.
A special disp atch to the Evening Telegram
says:
The AvOndae mlce has been opened, The
miners are all dead.
1t now seems that the efforts made to save the
lives of the miners in all probability caused their
deaths,
1t is supposed that the means used Tor the VEN
tillation OF the mine carried the fumes down the
burning shaft.
There is nothing now doing except throwing
water down the shaft. blue damp ascends-
making the approach to the mouth of the mine
dangerous.
Two bodies have been brought up. They are
swelled beyond recognition. There were clots of
blood about their mouths. They are horri
BILE objects
Joseph Snyder, who killed the master mason at
Paramount, succeeded in committing suicide in
Moyamensing prison by holding his head in
bucket OF water.
From Portland, Me-Death OF Hon, Mr.,
Fessenden.
PORTLAND Ne, Sept. 8-Noon.
The Hon. William P. Fessenden died here to-
day