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


procuriug the issuance by Judge Wye of Washington
of writ Of habeas corpus for the production before
civil court Of the persons Of his father Samuel Burch
and his brothers Charles and Orlando Burch now con-
fined in the Old Capital Prison the charge Of stealing
Government horses and branding them with the letter
S. On Saturday the writ presented at the prison
with an Endorsement by President johnson, suspendng
the habeas corpus writ in the case ofthe accused.
The Board of Supervisors held meeting on
Saturday The report of the Committee on Taxes on
the Tax Levy for 1865 taken up, but no definite
action was had thereon The total amount Of the levy
is sls0 o99 o. Mr. Shook moved to insert the sum
OF $50 for the payment of the Census Enumerators
but the matter was laid until the board meet again
on Tuesday next.
The steamboat Chicopee, belonging to the
Stephens Condit Transportation Company of New
ark n j., was burned at her dock, in Newark. at 2
O'Clock on Saturday morning. The Chicopee, which
was an old boat was formerly between this city
and Newark as a passenger boat
A merchant at Washington has contracted to
furnish one thousand tuns Of coal to the Treasury De-
partment ct Gil 43 to sll IS per tun. Stove coal is
retailing in Rochester at So 95 per tun in this city at
80 25 and in Boston at sl3.
Iowa has now only two infantry and four cav
airy regiments in the service with one battery OF ar
tilery The 9th and 18th cavalry are in Nebraska I'M
9th in Arkansas the list Louisiana and the 9Th ant
18th infantry in Alabama.
A telegram from parties with Gen. Grant
announces his intention of being in Quincy, Illinois. oil
next Wednesday. the Goth inst. Extensive prepare
tions are being made to give him grand reception.
On Saturday morning Mrs. Mary Laddinl
leaped from a second.story window at No AS Worth
at. and sustained compound fracture Of the skull
from which she died three hours subsequently,
The Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
fast advancing toward completion Uninterrupte
travel win be resumed at early day.
Capt. Wirz is now permitted by the War De
partment to see his wife, His spiritual advisers hav
not yet called upon him. His health is improving an
he is necessarily engaged in writing
A most destructive fire swept throug
Augusta. Maine. yesterday morning carrying befor
it the entire business portion Of the city. includin
many Of the public buildings.
The Treasury Department last week issue
s342l $50 in national currency. making total issue
date Of sls3. 4O2,s70
A firm in Illinois has recovered verdict O
$3.50 against the Great Western Railroad Compan
for the destruction their warehouse by sparks fror
apassing train
Msjor-Gen. Slocum has definitely cceptet
the nomination of the NewYork Democratic State Con
yentiol.
The number Of troops furnished by the STATE
ofIllinois from April II. 1861, to April 30. 1865 wa
256257
Troops garrisoning Mississippi are congre
gated at vicksburg. preparatory to evacuating thu
State.
jeff Davis has been transferred to his new
quarters in Carroll Hall, Fortress Monroe.
The Alabama State Convention has decided
oot to repudiate the Confederate State debt.
The Government bakery at Washington is.
sued in four years 40, $40, 793 rations.
The receipts from Internal Revenue on Satur.
DAY. were sl.l230oo.
Pennsylvania produced $24,0O0.O0O worth Of
petroleum last year.
Returns give Hancock County, Illinois, a
population Of 80, SOC.
Gold opened on Saturday at l423, and closed l43t
sorder State Stocks stron: and wanted The Mbces
,sous Shares steady The general railway share market
strong and holders not inclined to sell at the improve
nent Aer the Board the the market strong
out later Ia the day 1t rescled and closed dull.
Money easy and the supply call large At sac
commercial paper change. Best at "a per cent