Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-20
WHOLE NUMBER OF RLACKS
MUSTERED INTO THE
U. S. SERVICE.
MORTALITY AMONGST THEM
Juarez not Coming to
this Country.
ETC, ETC, ETC.

New YORK Sept. 2O.-Between II and this
morning fire broke out in the upper part Of
the American Rice Mills, l5l, Smith street, be-
tween Dover and Peck streets, and before the
flames could be checked, the entire building, a
large five story brick, with its contents, were
consumed The fire communicated to the ad-
joining buildings, occupied by Archibald NJ.
Pentz, grocer and ship chandler, and the three
upper stories were badly injured and the stock
greatly damaged by the deluge Of water poured
upon it by the tiremen. The loss cannot fall
short of S4OO, 900 or $500, 900.
The Times Washington special, of the 10Th
says Jeff Davis treasure brought here in
charge Of Treasury agent, has been counted
at the Treasurer's Office and found to consist
of Ss7, 600 in gold coin, 5000 in silver coin,
mostly Mexican dollars, old coinage, and 80
bars of silver Total value slightly over
500, O0O
Some doubt existing as to the course the
Government would adopt as to the payment Of
the Pacific railroad bonds, the President of
the Bank of Metropolis, Ill this city, addressed
a note to the Secretary of the Treasury on the
subject, and to-day received the following re-
ply:
TREASURY Dept, Sept. IS, 1865.
SR:--Your letter Of to-day asking whether
the obligation of the Government to pay at
maturity its bonds issued und er the acts of
July lst, 1862 and July %, 1864, to aid in the
construction of the Pacific railroad, is absolute
or tbo arfr Of bo
railroad corporation Of It's obligations, is at
hasd From examination Of the terms of
the acts and the various provisions therein
made in respect to the issue Of bonds [ am sat
stied that the faith Of the Government is
pledged to their redemption in the bonds of
any lawful holder and without regard to
whether the obligations of the railroad COM
pany are ultimately fulfilled or not.
| remain, &c,
H. McCULEOCH, Sec'y.
To Jas. b. Hutchinson.
The Herald's Washington special, of the
10th, says the whole number Of negro troops
mustered into the service since the commence
ment of the war, is, in round numbers, $780,
600 The deaths and casualties among them
greatly exceeded the proportion among the
whites, and amounting to over so, 600. 10000
of the remaining l3O, 900 have lately been or
dered mustered out in the several departments,
and these, only, are entitled TO vote under the
laws and regulations governing the service.
This small number, distributed among the sew
eral States, would not be an element Of calcu-
lation in any of them.
1t is said the ex-rebel vice President, Ste
phens. now confined in Fort Warren, is soon
to be released, and will return to Georgia, to
co. operate with ex-Gov. Brown and others in
the reconstruction and restoration of that State.
Gen. Schofield is still in the city, but expects
to leave for Europe about the lst of October.
He goes ostensibly on leave Of absence but tile
! impressit prevails that he is charged with some
| sort of mission to some Of the foreign govern
ments.
! TIE friends of Gen. J. S: Fullerton are pres.
sing his claims for the office Of Postmaster Of
St. Louis. Gen. Fullerton is a citizen of that
city, and previous to the war was engaged in
the practice of law, and IS known among the
| most efficient OF the Assistant Adjutant Gener-
ais of the army. He was for long time at
tached TO the fourth corps, and since the dis
banding of the army has been assigned to the
! Freedmen's Bureau, in this city, rs Assistant
Adiutant General.
The Tribune's Washington special, of the
10Th, says Gov. Howard, Of the Freedmen
| Bureau. intends to make thorough persona
| investigation into the affairs Of the freedmen o.
! Virginia and for this purpose leaves here
within a day or two. After returning to Wash
ington he will journey through AL the South
ern States for the same purpose.
An unofficial letter, recently received iron
An officer of the Freedmen's Bureau at Sheri
dan. Miss, states of 30, TO destitute people
subssted by the Government, but no are ne
groes Another private letter from Mississippi
saws most of the militia, now being organized
in that State, express their determination no
to be mustered under any other but the Stat'
flag the stars and str pes not excepted. Th
same letter also states that regularly organ
ized gang, composed of ex-rcbel soldiers, ha
recently been formed at Vicksburg, for the pur
pose of embarrassing, in every way possible
the action of the Government officers in TIL