New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-20
GENERAL NEWS.

oafion to the Board Of Aldermen. saying that the mp
prooriaon for advertising for the year ls65 (sOocO
was exhausted. and recommending that no more al
vertisiug be done until another appropriation shall be
made The communication was referred to the Com
mittee on Printing and Advertising
The English ship Empire reported in distress
OF Cape Henry WAS towed of Hatteras Shoals on
Wednesday last by the steamer Andrew Fletcher ana
three men put on board. she having been abandoned
The steamer A. WnaDs sent to her relief has returned
not being able to find the Empire. She was probably
picked up BY some steamer.
The Virginia Central Railroad bridges over
RavennA Moss Greek and Mechanics River are rePair
Ing and hopes entertained that the whole road VIII
be in operation in four weeks The Orange and Alex
andria Railroad Is also requiring from Charlottesville to
Lynchburg. Cars are running from the latter
place to Lye River, 80 mics.
In consequence OF correspondence with Sir
Frederick Bruce. Secretary Seward has notified the
Navy Department that Great Britain wiihdraws her
recognition teligerents from the Rebels but as she
docs not absolutely rescind tho twenyfour hour rule
vessels not to pay the customary coureses to
those OF the british navy.
Letters of administration on the estate Of
the late President Lincoln issued on Thursday by
tho Probate Court Of Saneamoa County to Hon. David
Davis Of Bloom ington. Judge Of the United States
circuit Court for tie Southern District Of Illinois The
Hon j. f. Stuart is surety upon the bond. The value Of
the estate IL t75.COo
The Hon. Joseph Segar Of Virginia has
published letter in defense of Gov Pierpont who. he
says has appointed but strictly loyal persons TO
office In tina. State. and that the Governor bnt be
allowed to 20 quietly with the work OF organization
and reconstruction loyal man need fear the result.
The receipts Of tolls on the canals Of this
State for the month OF May amounted to s5607e, be-
ing ts els lees than the corresponding mouth of 1864
The tolls reached their highest figure 5lss,s4a in
1862 and il is estimated that this year the receipts will
faI back to the aggregate Of 1859 ti7sasaa
There is spirited contest going on between
tho FOURTH. ave. and the East Broadway and Dry
Dock Railway Conpsnies relative to the right 10 lay
track 10 Thirty fourth.st The Fourth road sue
eeeded In laying Sunday night but the matter
will have to be decided by the courts.
The u. S. Grand Jury at San Francisco has
dismissed the complaint against the Mexican "emi-
grants" charged with an attempt to violate the
neutrality laws. The trial OF those who seized the
steamer Colon is still pending before the local courts
The bodies Of two children, q girl aged Ia,
and her brother aged l2 were found in the woods
Ro1bury Mass. yesterday. The girl had been out
ragged. The parents reside in Boston. and had missed
their children since Monday week.
Seven thousand four hundred and fifiy-four
men Of JEFF Thompson's Robe command have reached
Cairo on a flag of.truoe boat JEFF. remains at Men,
pAis awaiting the decision Of President johnson rola
tive 70 ais petition for pardon.
Postmaster-Ceneral Denison had an inter-
view with Gen. Grant yesterday relative to the use Of
the railways South for tho transportation OF the mails
Postal facilities are to be extended throughout that
section rapidly as possible.
A resolution was adopted in the Board OF
Aldermen yesterday giving the City Gas Company per
mission 10 lay mains in various sieets for the space
20 years The resolution was concured In by the
Board Of Councimen.
The Rebel Msjor.Gen. Maury and family.
Er.Gov Moore Of Ala. and Col Gazley. the man who
o. stated TO have offered reward for the murder Of
President Lincoln reached Fortress Monroe from New
Orleans on Sunday
Col. Bill Jackson, son Of Clsiborn, who recently
surrendered at Glasgow. hos been arrested by tine
Sheriff Of Saline County Mo. on an indictment by the
Grand jury of that County for acts committed while in
the Rebel service.
The commanding general Of the military de-
psrtment which includes Washington authorizes con-
trsdicton Of the rumor that the recently
erected on the Bull Run battlefield. have been de-
stroyed.
The Nashville Press and Times II informed
chat I'll of Gen. Wilson's cavalry who arrived at Nash
vilje are ordered to Louisville to be paid off, All Hi
pois troops belonging TO the command are TO DO dis
banded.
A Board of Inquiry, Of which Gen. Graham Is
the President Is nov in session at Fortress Monroe TO
snyestigats the crcumst attending damage done
Government vessels by collision, &c. and assess dam
ageA
The Hon. Caleb Lyon Governor of Idaho, is
= Washington. Report says he was driven from tho
Territory BY the citizens Of Lewiston. In consequence
~ difficulty regarding the site Of tho Capital
Gen. Mcdowell in California has turned over
% the civil authorities prisoners charged
With making disloyal speeches There are local laws
which are said to meet their expressly.
The Sd Illinois Cavalry has been ordered from
Senersou Barracks. Missouri to Minnesota, TO put
down the turbulent Indians in that region The rcgi
Jnsnt passed up the Mississippi on Friday.
An unofficial Convention Of non. Episcopal
1sthodists. representing some four or five different
Methodist bodies 10 10 be held in Cleveland, oommenc-
alg On the 2lst Of the present month.
Gen. Reynolds has taken initiatory steps 10. |
ward rssstab sbng civil courts In Northern Alabama
The people Of that State said to be rapidly beoom
Ing orderly and peaceable citizens.
Capt. Henry Wurx, who had control Of the
Andersonvile Prison where Onion prisoners endured
suob unspeakAble suaoringa Is awaiting his trial In
osn1nement at Washington.
The Board of Aldermen yesterday adopted Q