The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-25

NEw YoRK, July 23.-Tbe investigation
Of the charge Of swindling agsins. Mann 4
stration, Of the U. s. Service Petroleum
Company, was continued yesterday. some
part OF tbs day was occupied in hearing
tue testimony Of Col. Hill, formerly OF Gen.
Grants staff, on the conclusion Of which.
the ea'e was adjourned TIL 10 O'Clock, to-
day,
New photographed couutsrfsi's of one
dollar green backs, well executed, made
their appearance pretty extensively last
night IN this city, Brooklyn and WiIlism,-
burg The police, by getting early inior-
nation Of the fraud snd notifying sh5p-
keepers, prevented it from being successful.
Parties Of Meadvile, Pa, who were
brought before Justice Dlwling yesterday.
on charge Of sw.niliag N. sheldon. Of
Brooklyn, BY ia Sc rep esentalOns in regard
to oil lads, were released oa bail.
The Times Washington special says the
President, accompanied by Secretary Wells,
Assistant Secretary Fox nnd Hon. Preston
Kin :, left this P. NJ, On ao:excursisa down
the river. The party viii be absent till
Monday m,rning.
A large number Of applications for pen
sion' ara nov being received from heirs Of
prisoners who died Of ofstaryation in southern
prisons. and nm ul5f
The Harald's special correspondent says
special pardons were granted by the Pro.i-
deaf 10 G. W. Wooifosi OF La, now New
Port, Ky, and Albert Berry, SUDDEN J. Barry,
son Of Gen. ". T. Barry, Of New York.
Among the personal applications for pardon
is the no ori0us JEFF. Thompson.
The Government takes 6nal possession Of
FOrd's Theatre on Monday. livery thing is
being pscked for removal. The Government
is to pay rent 10 Ford til Februsry, and if
by that time Congress has no, msds appro-
priation for its purchase, Il viii b returned
to him.
Tne Herald publishes a statement from a
staff officer who accompanied JEFF. Davis In
his flight from Richmond, giving the
details Of the passage Of the party
through South Carolina The residents Of
that statec.ossd their houses agaius, JET.
Davis and the officers accompauving him.
and compelled them TO live in tho cars on the
railroad track, aud the few nscesaf.c,s thev
got were given grudingly, and he SAYS that
there is no mistake sbout the So th Csrolin-
ians being thoroughly subiue1. The varf
GUS departments Of the rebel government
were 10 ded n cars, and scattered sIonr the
road, waiting for the signal, which never
came, 10 again assemble at some safe place.
The archives Of these different departments
were destroyed in instsllmests at different
points ss the flying government moved
southwark, as one hope after another expir
ed Tor its ultima'e re-sstabiishment The
Navy Department ceased to exist at Char
lotte, South Carolina, the State Department
at Lexingt0D, and 80 on, one after an other
these institutions collapsed by the roadside
The Herald's Selma, Ala, correspondent
says that hne plantations, including build |
ings, can be bought FOR three to five dollars
per acre, worth fifty dollars before The war.
Many who have lost ali they had in cotton, |
negioes and stock are anxiOns to sell part Of
their plantations in order to raise means Of |
carrying on the ba aale. Many Of Last
Ditch men wish to emigra.e to Brsz5l aud |
some other foreign ports. The usual amount |
Of trouble with freedmen has been expert
enced here, as elsewhere at the South. 5ut /
as general thing the negroes have nov re-
turned to their homes and are generally at |
work, Wherever proper Efforts have been
made TO explain 70 them TIE nature Of iree-
dom and What is exPee ed of them IN their
new positioo, there has been but little i-o1-
be.