Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-31
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DAT TO AUGUST 40,
Petersburg Railroad Bridge Burned
Death Of Gov. BrouEh, Of Ohio
News from HaYanu,

Petersburg Railroad Bridge Burned
Death OF Gov. BrouEh, Of Ohio
News o Havana.
New York, Aug. 2s.-The Tribune's
special says the Petersburg Railroad
Bridge, spanning the James river. at
Richmond, was destroyed by fire on the
2Ssh of August. 1t will soon be replaced
by a neat and substantial structure.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 2s.-Gov. Brough,
of Ohio, died in this city, this afternoon,
at l o'clock.
HAVANA. Aug. 1.-THE steamer Little
Hattie, formerly blockade runner, will
soon leave for Rio Janeiro under com-
mand Of Blanche, who commanded the
Denbigh. 1t is generally thought that if
Gen. Hergende takes the place of Gen.
Dulce as Captain General of the Island,
the African slave trade will commence
with renewed vigor.
The Spanish mail steamer has not yet
arrived. 1t is reported she was seized at
Samara by the revolutionists Of Hay!i,
who knew the Spaniards had evacuated
the town and that the steamer would
touch there. A large party of them, in
~schooners, under the English flag, sailed
to that place and made the seizure.
A disturbance occurred on the English
steamer Florida, in which several negroes
were stabbed and one killed.
The cooperage shops Of Axillis & Sell
lane, with a large quantity of sugar and
molasses, were recently destroyed by fire.
Loss S25O,O 900.
From the Rio Grnnde-Intcrviews be.
tween Officers.
New York, Aug. 29.-The Tribune's
Brownsville correspondent, under date Of
the 25th, says: This evening. Senior
Robles, Mexican Minister of Public
Works, was over the river on a visit, and
was received by Gen. Steele, who gave
the distinguished visitor a dinner at Mil
lan's Hotel. Among the guests were
Gems. Weitzel and Draper. After q pleas.
ant repast. at which friendly sentiments
were exchanged, the party broke up. Senior
Robles recrossing the river. Senior Rom
ero and Gen. Ortesa are said to be on
their way here to visit the distinguished
Liberals. 1t seems to point to something
about to be done on the Rio Grande. All
is quiet along the river at present"
Financial G0ndition OF the Govern
mcnt-rhe CONTRACT 20 Carry the U.
=. Mails from sam Francisco TO Chi
na Lie to the r. NJ. =. Co.
a special dispatch to the Times says
that the financial condition of the Govern
ment is easy. and that the Secretary of the
Treasury will be enabled to meet all de-
mands with the means he has at COM
mand. No statement Of the public deb;
will be made on the LIST of September, MOI
will there be a statement hereafter oftener
than once in two months, so that the next
statement of the public debt will appear
October LIST.
The Postmaster General has accepted
the tender of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. Allan Mclean, President, for
a mail steamship line between San Fran
cisco and China via Honolulu, Sandwich
Islands, authorized BY an act of Congress
February 18th, 1866. The tender of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company was the
only one received for the service. The
compensation thereof is half q million dol
lars per annum for the performance of
twelve round trips between San Francisco
and Hong Kong, touching at Honolulu
and Konogawa. The company are to
build for the service four first class Ameri-
can side wheel steamers, from $500 to
1000 tons burden each, Government
measure; to be constructed of the best
materials and after the most approved
model, with all modern improvements
adapted to sea-going steamers of the first
class. The first steamer is to leave San
Francisco with mails for Japan and CT ina
on or before the LIST of January, 1867.
The term of contract is TO be ten years
from the date Of the sailing of the frs,
steamer from San Francisco.