The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-25


urged him to remain til the crowd departed for more
extended conversation Mr. Randolph rs hale and hearty
and apparently about sixty years of age. He resides
near Charlottesville, Va and had but moderate com
petence before the war
THE OLD GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS IN TIE SOUTH
Since the close of the rebellion the old government
pensioners living in the South, whose annulies nave
been interrupted from the Inauguration OF the war, are
BEGINNING 10 make frequent and earnest application,
both IN person and by agent for resumption OF then
pensions Upwards Of fifty have already thus applied
all anxious and confident showing record of ccar and
unquestoned loyalty As yet but two or three have
been readmtcd 10 the stpendary the rebellion deprived
them Of and these only by ndubitable proof
of their thorough fealy the Union. Il is intended 20
appoint pension Officers throughout the South as
soon as possible that viii be unnecessary for tie
former pensioners OF thai section do reessb
lish their dependent relations upon government han
merely stating their 70 the local agencies who w'
obtain the decision OF the Commissioners
rARpoNs.
Prosid Mt Jobuson to day granted unconditional
pardon to g W Lee, who, in April 1865 was convicted
by the Criminal Court of The District II Columbia and
and sentenced TO ono years Imprisonment
He also granted parons under the provisions of his
late amnesty proclamation, TO C. Slocombe of LoIs
ana, and Henry Taylor, Of Virginia.
PRESENTS FOR INDIANS.
Ex-Congressman B Van valkenburg, acting Commits
soner il the absence Of Judge cooley, Of ,he Indian
Burea1, accompanied by General Curli, of tho de
legatcs appointed 10 vsi, the Northwestern ndsn tribes
left Nea evening for the purpose of Sc.
ing a suitable assortment If presents To- be given tho
Indian delegates at the approaching to be held
with them. Both gentlemen expected 10 return to
morrow
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain Thornton Jenkins has been appointed Chief
Of the Bureau of Commerce and Navigation the Navy
Department, will its duties To morrow.
Francis NJ Gibson has been appointed Examining Sur
geon for the Pension Bureau at New ipswich y H.
THE CHOLERA IN SPAIN.
Tho Consul at Port Malon writing under date of
August reports that the auhorit there enforce
the most rigid quarantine regulations and thai inorna
had been that the cholera s certainly ad
vancing eastward rhe accounts received a por Mahop
Of the prevalence of The disease at Ancona such
to apprchcnsions Much alarm f>' in
the Balcarc islands
nsALrH OF BARCELONA.
Information has been received at the State Depart
from The United States Consul al i@arccOna, tha
mp TO the lst Of August he date Of The dc pstch the
health Of Barcelona and that consular district eS ri
lent there being signs of the cholera "hr' was pre-
vaiiing 10 some extent Apcona AlcXandia and else
| where.
| SALES Of rralC LANDS ~ MICHIGAN
The Traverse City, Michigan, land district exhibits re
turns FOR the month OF July showing The net cash sacs
been 81 SOS and that O. sG' were entered
! for actual settlement under the Homestead law.
MANuFACruRE oF nrnP EAGGING.
The manufacture Of hemp bagang material in tie Cen
trs STATES shown ny The last To be of the follow
| Ing observation-disclosures Of establishments, a. capita
| inv .sted, sJo5.2J0 tons Of hemp consumed, o,2f'
costing sso 800 of employees 6sl ales and ice
! f,nalcs of labor, $l4i $50, annual product
! 9540, 900 yards Of basgipg, worth 81. lO9d2
GOVERNMENT gAKEgIEs.
Captain =. G. Greene, OF the Fifteenth United SLATE,
infantry for four years assistant conm,sary Of sub
sistence in charge Of the government bakeries ia Wash
inglon, has made official report, from which il ap
pears that forty emp!o, al and large force
kept constantly employed 10 hi requstions from suci
bakeries Bsrper's Ferry, Frederick, Point Lookout
Aqua creek, Fortress Monroe, City Point Alexandra
! Cha Bridge Fort i.unyon Gesboo Point and Annapolis
! From July 10, 1851 10 July 81, 1865, the number o
rat ons issued from bakery ~, 5T3 7as. Th,
| savings $6Gi, ,796 ~. The expenditures wer,
s4oo ~ o. The net savings s257 Isl ~ Cap
tain Greene will probably be ordered 10 reion his reg
| men, present in Georgia
! rHk REGISTRATION LAW IN MARYLAND.
The rrturus from precinct in Prince George.
county Md snow that ont Of one hundred and eighty
voters, one thirty have been dsenlisn
! slised by ih@ repistration law OF thai state
rEoxorio>.
Colonel Bacheid.r for some time Chief Qusrterma-te,
o. the Army Of the Potomac, yesterday breveted
major heutcnsnt colonel and colonel IA The regular army
| and brigaiier general of volunteers.