The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-21
By Telegraph
AfssrneOu DlspssOhes
Destructive fire IN New York.
The JeiE Davis Freasare.
PaeIIic Railroad Bonds.
The Number OF Negro Troops
Mastered In.
Mr.. stephens to be Released.
Destructive Firs m New YoFk.
MI. stephens 70 be Released.
The Freeamen's Bureaa.


Nav YOKK, Sept. 2o.--Betveen twelve
and One o'clock thm morhing ere broke
cut in the upper part Of the AneFicsn Rice
Mills, No. Isl South street, (Bsil, ncver 4
Peck,l and before he aames csald b
checked, entered large ave story brick
building adjoining, which Was consumed To-
gether with It's eoRieEts. The buiidiat &C.
eupied BY A. n. PsnsE, grocer sna ship
and thrse upper stoEies wese badly
impaired, and the stocks mostly damsged
By the deluge Of water by the 6semen- Loss
estimated at so, ,ooo 70 S5e,Oee.
NES YoRE. Sept 20.--A Times Wishing
ton special Of the 18th, says JET. Davis
treasure, brought here in charge of Treas.
ury Agent, has been counted in the Treasury
Office, and found 70 consist Of SIS. zoe in gold
coin, 50, 600 in silver soins mostly Mexican
dollars, old coinage, and thirty bars Of sil-
yer. The total value ia slightly over
SIoO. o6O.
There Is some doubt exiating ss 10 The
course the Government would sdopt as to
the payment Of the Paei6c Railroad bonda-
The President Of the Bank Of The AetroP-
oils in this city, addressed 3 nots to the Sec
resary Of the Treasury on tho subject To-
dag ne received the following reply.
TREASURY DEPAaTzENr, Sept. is, ise5.
sR:-Your letter to-day, ssking vhether
she obligation q the Goysrnmeat 70 pay Al
maturity It's bonds issued under the acts Of
July LIST, Is62, aud July I'd, 1884, 30 aid ia
the construction Of the Pacific rail lsoad. is
absolute or eOutlngeuts upon aaa perform
auee Of the Railroad Cooperation Of its obH-
cations, is at hand. From Aa examination
Of the terms Of the acts, the various PTovis-
ions therein made ia respect 10 The issue Of
these bonds, am satisfied shst the faith Of
the Government ia pledged % their redemP-
ton in the hands Of any lawful holder. and
without regard whether the obligations Of
the Railroad Company are ulsimaaely IN
filed OF not
I remain, &c,
Isignedl II. McCuLEOcH. seey.
To Jos. B. HUrouIssOS, Eas., waahias-
ton.
The Herald's Washington special Of The
1sth says: The whole namber Of nesfe
troops mustered into service since Tho com-
mencement Of the war Is, in round numbers.
ls0, 600. Deaths and easaalsiea among them
greatly exceeded the proportion among The
whites, and amounted % so,0oo. ef The
60 900 remaining, II, ,0eo have lately been
ordered to be mustered oul in The several
Departments, and these oRly ars entitled 20
vote. Underths laws aud regulations gov
erning the service, this small number, Dis
tributod among the several States. sould
not be an element Of calculation IN any Of
them.
It Is said that sx-rebel Vice Prss.aent
stevens, now confined At Fort Warren, -
soon 10 be released, and viii return % oeer-
gia, to co operats with ex-Govefner BFoEn,
and o. hers, in reeonstrnetien aud rsutoTa
ton Of that State.
Gen. schofeld Is sllll in the city, bat ex-
poets to leave for Europe about the lat Of
October. He goes oslsnaibly, ou lsags Of
absence, but the impression prevails, that
he Is charged with some BoEs Of q mission 70
some foreign Government
The friends 9f Gen. 10. Fulieftou aso
pressing his claius for he once Of post
master Of St. Louis. Gen. Fullerton ia .
citizen Of that city, and prsviooa % the var
was engaged in the practice Of Law. He is
known among the most efficient Of The As
sistant Adiutant Generals Of the army. He
was for long time attached 70 he 9Th A.
c., but since the disbandiBg Of the array he
has been assigned to the Freedman Bureau
in this city, ss Acting Adjuiant Geperal.
NEw YonE, Sept. 2o.--The Tribuns's
special Of The 18th saya Gen.
Howard Of lths Freedman's Bureau, intends
70 make thorough personal inyssiigaiios
into the affairs Of the Freedmen Of Virginia,
and for this purpose he leaves here IN q dag
o. two. Afisr returning 70 Washington be
viii journey through all the Southern States
for the same purpose.
An unofficial letter recently reeeiyed from
an oficsr Of the Fresdman's BuFoau, a
Miss, states that Of 3lsi7o desti-
tuie people sustained By the Governments,
hat 77a are negroes.