Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-31
From Washington.

New YORK, July 29.-The Heralds Wash
ington special says another heavy INSTALL
ment of applications for pardon was re-
ceived at the Attorney Generals office to-
day. Among the number was that of the
rebel Brig. Gen. W. II. f. Lee. About 50
acquisitions are daily made on the State
Department from the Attorney Generals
office. The remainder have to wait. 1t is
reported here that Dill, the editor and pub
Usher of the Memphis-G Jackson
Meridian "A Augusta-Southern-Co Con-
federacy- Appeal has obtained pardon.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that interest paid to depositors
by savings banks is considered dividend
within the meaning of section 120.
Maj. Gen. M. Dodge has been assigned to
the general command of the United States
forces serving in Kansas, Colorado, Ne
braska, Montana and that portion of DacO-
tab lying west and south of the Missouri
river. -.r
Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasanton has been as
signed to the command of the district OF
Wisconsin, headquarters at Milwaukee.
The trial of the Andersonvlle jailor did
not come off to-day as anticipated. A pre-
liminary examination of the witnesses is
now being made for the purpose of prepar-
ing the specifications to the charges pre-
terred against him. The trial will doubt
less commence in the early part of next
week.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-The President
has appointed w. b. Thomas, Collector of
Customs at Philadelphia; also Edward Wal
lace, Naval Officer and E. Reed Myer, Sur
veyor OF Customs at the same port; G. Tay-
lOr, Agent for the Indians at the Upper
Platte Agency; Samuel L. Day, Receiver,
and M. A. Williams, Register Of the Land
Office at Tallahassee; and w. p. Dosty,
Register Of the Land Office atNew Orleans.
Hundreds of former residents of WASH
ingtOn, who left for the South on the break
ing out of the rebellion, continue to return
hither, but very few of them have succeed
ed in obtaining employment. Major Gen.
eral Augur has just issued an order requir-
ing all persons heretofore belonging to the
rebel armies arriving in this city to report
Immediately on their arrival to the head
quarters of the Department of Washing
ton, and furnish copy OF their authority
for being here. Those now in the city who
have not already done so, will at once COM
ply with the requirements of this order.
About two hundred pardons have been
granted during the past week. There re-
mains on file over 1000 applications, and
the petitions are still coming in at the rate
of 100 to 200 per day. f.- c.-.I
The President to-day pardoned T. X.
Miller, sentenced to be hanged for the MUIR
der OF G. G. Long, deserter to Canada;
Duff Green, OF Georgia, who Is well known
as having formerly for years beenan editor
in Washington; also Charles Green and r.
L. J. Blair, both rebels. Arthur Corren,
another rebel, was permitted to leave the
country. "l H.G
This vicinity was visited with heavy
hail and rain storm this afternoon, COM
mencing at four o'clock. .,
The term of office of s. II. Brown, Navy
Agent at this point, having terminated by
Limitation, Paymaster Hambleton has been
temporarily assigned to the post thus made
vacant. This is in accordance with the act
of Congress placing the business of navy
agents in the hands of paymasters, and was
the last case requiring such change, the
transfer at the other stations having been
made some time ago.