New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-18


yesterday. about 10000 barreI, we're eCassi q pr,
ranging from b 81 to Oil per barfst 0uly 1000 bard
at % 81. and so barrels ct 90 q were tsksn.
SPECULATION WHEAT.
Information at the aicultural Bureau m.
to show that the recent rise the price Of wheat
dour results from speculative smbnatioas rsthsr q
from scarcity in the crop. r wheat yield, t,oseh \
than last year. is vastly mo than can be consumed ,
the American people. ahF n
EXIT cox. ...
Cox, the fugacious Rebel, has returned -
Gently and put 10 claim for his Georgetown estata j
long furnishing retributive shelter for such little n
rentless negro waits az benevolent
could succor and sustain. Thslpdy managers auOe..
to the President. to Gen. Howard, and fipsI,r Il
Attorney General Speed, who decides that the e,t,,
shall Be confiscated. Exit Cox Advance, coonsi|
orphans home
A SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
M. .. johnson, President of the Georgia Cen
tral Railroad. has effected an arrangement throussl
Gen. McCallum. whereby be obtains iron and rolis.I
stock on time from the Government sufficient to eouiI
the entire line from Macon to Savannah. tat conf
pleting railroad communication with the North.
IMPORTANT TO SOLDIERS. i'l
The following decision relative TO GovernI
men property while In the hands of q soldier was "a
day made BY the Second Controller of the Treasury
"A soldier in possession of Government property AMI
losing the same by neglect of duty responsible fx
its loss aud subject to the deduction of the amount
Its value from any pay or bounty due him. unless ths
Government shall be otherwise Unidentified for the loo
OF the same In the case Of accrued pensions, whers
the pensoner Is deceased and without heirs the SAND
authority decides that the unpaid pension revers to the
Government. In case soldier receiving advanced
bounty on entering the service and aterward desert
ing 1t is held that an honorable discharge Is essential
to the payment Of such bounty and that the sodie,
committing the crime Of desertiou having forfeited TIE
right to such discharge Is not entitled to such bounty
An officer commissioned by Governor and doins
duty prior to the Sd day Of March, 1865 but not must
cred in until after that date Is not entitled to the thre
months extra pay"
SOUTHEREERS IN WASHINGTON.
Hundreds of people in town on business OF
the greatest public Importance and who have fingered
at the White House for weeks In vain attempt to SET
the President complain bitterly that they are prevented
from having interview on account Of the immens,
crowd of Southerners pressing him for pardon. TheJ
that In many instances they prevented
from laying before the President business Of the utmos
importance to the Government and earnest in the
that general rule be adopted relative
to pardons. whereby the President win be relieved
from the annoying pressure under which he is NOV
daily suffering.
DEPOSITORY OF PUBLIC MONEY.
The National Bank of Madison, Ind, ha
been designated depositary Of public money by tL
Treasurer of the United States.
INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION.
The Commissioners Of Internal Revenue mad,
the following ruling on Saturday:
Policies of insurance issued BY accident Insurance.
companies. notwithstanding they contain q clause o.
life Insurance. are held to be exempt from stamp dutl
under section l60 Of the Revenue law.
sALB OF OFFICERS PROPERTY.
Capt. James n. Moore, A. @. NJ, has on
hand large amount Of property belonging to officer
that has collected since the beginning OF the War; and
is now stored In the warehouses under his charge IL
this city The property is to be sold the 10th day
November next unless called for by the respective
owners previous to that time. t'
APPOINTMENTS.
The President yesterday appointed Marshall B.
Holland Collector Of Customs for the District q
Brunswick Ga. and 4. NJ. Murray Surveyor OF Gus
toms for the Port Of Paducah. KY.
PARDONS.
Samuel II. Moore of Alabama, and Jacob
Csrvel Of Texas granted pardons yesterday uade
the $4,000 clause Of President Johnsons Amnesty
Proclamation.
THE Stewards.
Secretary Seward and family are of again or
a pleasure trip down the Chesapeake Bay.
To thu A,,oci.,.d Preu
WASHINGTON. Sept II. 1865.
THE EIGHT-HOURs MOVEMENT.
Last night there was convention of dele
gates from 20 different Trades and Workingmens As
sociations Of Washington. to take into consideration
the proposition that eight hours shall constitute day
work. They appointed q committee to publish an ad
dress to workingmen throughout the country. and u
take measures for National Convention in furheranc
Of the object. gao
NEW SOUTHERN CONSTITUTION.
No action will be taken by the Executive
Department on the Mississippi Amended Constitution.
recently received and all others which may be semi
them to Congress '
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
It is true that information was received here
not long ago that President Juarez had fled to III Pass
from Chihuahua but from the tenor Of the same advces
it does not follow that the fortunes Of the Liberia ar
irretrievably destroyed. However that may be- II ID
certain that there change in the policy heretofo
discovered by our government in relation to Mexicsn
affairs.
GIN. SPINNER.
Gen. Spinner has left Washington for sever5
weeks soiourn in New.York. During his absenc
Standish Barry will by appointment of the President
be the Acting United States Treasurer. Gen. Spinner
has been in that office four years and hail. and hs
lost only 10 days in that time and ls OF them In cons
auence Of sickness For over two years he has workd
IL hours every day. 1t is not known that any OF te
Government employees are ambitious Of following ns
example Of industry.
CONTEMPLATING TREASURY NOTES.
The utterance of spurious 800 compound.
interest notes and other dangerous cousterfets Slow
the Importance Of the Governments using altogetne
the paper especially adapted to genuine issues an'
which is now manufactured in the Treasury pulu,"s