New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-11-21
GENERAL NEWS.


Gen. Turner has detailed three officers to in
~estigate the depredstiOns committed the farmers
an tho vicinity Of Richmond with instructions TO
charge The amount Of damage the guilty persons and
when the robberies can be traced 10 any particular
regiment of troops the amount OF damage dore to be
deducted pro rata from the pay Of the officers ana men
comprising such regiment Mary farms near the city
have been entirely stripped Of provisions.
At an informal meeting of the Health Com 4
inSsioners held yesterday communication was read
from Henry +. Bartlett OF Walton. N Y, Health OH
Ger during the cholera visitation in 1854 giving some
Interesting facts in connection Herewith, and also
Telegram from Secretary Stanton, in answer to one
from Mayor Gunther in which the former consents TO
aov the steam.transport Illinois TO be used ior hosp'
1al and quarantine purposes by city authorities.
The reception to Gen. Grant by our citizens
last evening was enthusiastic and overwhelming In
deed the number Of guests far exceeded tie Isepa
rations made TO receive them. that chaos again
The rain also inerfered with TIE p!roteenic display
bat could deup the erdouI Of the masses who as
senbled around the Fifth Accrue Hotel and would not
disperse until the Hero of Richmond had appeared be
iore them.
At the present time there are only - PRISON
oners confined in the Old Capitol Prison. Secretary
Stanton has ordered Major Turner, Judge. Advocate
oth War Department. to direct the release FROM that
prison Of certain prisoners committed there b. order Of
Gen. L. c. Baker. they having been confined sufi.
cient ongth Of time without the charges being
tanned
Simeon Jackson, keeper Of a clearinghouse
at No. 3ec Hanover.s Boston, had his skull terribly
fractured early Saturday morning while asleep in bed
1t is supposed that the deed done by Of his
boarders who has escaped. Six thousand dollars II
E.eenbaoks in Jacksons bedroom remained untouched
jackson remains inseDsible. and viii probably die.
The funeral of Mr.. Henry l.. Gordon pro
prietor Of Wizards Hotel Coaches at Washington
who was killed by the railroad accident at Newark
N j.. was attended at Hoderness y. H.. Sunday
lie was buried with Mason5 honors lodges from Laro
MIA and Plymouth uniting with Mount Prospect Lodg,
ofHolderness, of which Mr. Gordon was a member
Col. Henry p. Lautz Of Indiana, Military
Agent in Washington, has been removed. and Capt
J.. b Wilson appointed in his place. There is No
charge touching his competency, or Of any msman
agement in connection with the legitimate business Of
tie Office.
1t is currently reported in military circles that
the Secretary of War has ordered a military court 70
convene fer the trial of Winder Duncan and Gee now
confined in the Old Capitol ct Washington, upon the
charge Of cruel treatment toward Union prisoners at
Andersonvie
The body Of an unknown man in a state Of
nudity with the skull fractured was found on Sunday
morning Riverside Trotting Park. in Brighton,
Mass. He is supposed to have been murdered robbed
stripped ard the body conveyed the place where ii
was discovered
The telegram from San Francisco, published
Ia the journals Of Monday in regard to The number Of
passengers on the steamship America contained an
The correct numbers follows First cabin
passengers. 7j second cabin 10; Storage J2s total
673
The hearing in the case of the alleged frauds
against the Internal Revenue Department in the 70.
1urns Of oil, will take place before commission at
.Aeadyile Pa, Wednesday next Several prom
anent have been notified 10 appear and
The members Of Hook and Ladder and Bucket
Company 80 9, snowdrit pagaded Staten Island yes.
xerday, headed by band OF music. havilr received
their apparatus which is splendidy deco ated and
painted. They made 1ne appearance.
Among the arrivals On Monday, by the Henry
Chauncey, from Aslinwall, was Major Cen Bosecrans
ON his return from three mouths tour through the
gold and silver regions Of the Pacific coast.
The Philadelphia Engine Company left Phila-
delpha Tor New. YORK yesterday morning with steam
engine and hose carriage They design going far as
Troy stopping at Albany on the way.
All the regular cavalry regiments excepting !
the Fifth, have been ordered for duty TO the command
OF Gen Merritt at San Antonio, Texas.
The British steamer Delaware, from Liver
pool the 9Th and Queenstown tho 9Th inst. arrived at
Boston yesterday with $50 passengers.
The French town Of ST. Pierre, Mquelon, !
was destroyed by fire the 9th; 80 houses we're
burned. Loss, 4,OO0, 900 francs.
God closed al Il64 m l1G7 and duII vesfcr1av !
Government stocks continue G with moderrs business
The miscellaneous shares strong aud in many higher
Railway shares quoted higher early the day but under
<be banL statement lost their bnoyancy and freely
offered Al the second Board the offerings OF stock
soundsn' and the rise Of the morning was to great eyten
lost, Hoaey Il quoted at sal y cent on call but there il
little dong at Tie lower rate The oaerngs Of coneria
paper Tge and IA the cp.l seeking use Ga that
direction.
Our Panama correspondent says that il seems
10 be the prevailing opinion in well-jnformed