Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-08-14

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one, two or three days previously. The
Health Officer declares the disease to be
on the decline. The whole number Of
deaths, from all diseases, during thu past
twenty-four hours was fifteen.
The Philadelphia Convention.
PHILADELPHIA, August l0.-Although
the National Convention will assemble on
Tuesday, the l4th inst, it will probably
adjourn over until the following day after
a short.session, as the Wigwam will not
be entirely finished until then.
When the Wigwam is completed it will
be the larges. structure ever erected in the
United States for political purposes.
Seats have been provided for n hundred
and thirty journalists, in front of the
speakers stand.
The National Union State Central Com
mi,,ee Of this State have agreed upon a
full list of Delegates, including Edgar
Cowan, VIM. F. Johnston, ]. R. Flame
gan and W. H. Tracy, as Delegates at
large. The Delegates are already arriv-
ing, and 1t is believed that at least three
thousand will be present from all sections
Of the country.
From New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, August lO.-The chol-
era deaths from six o'clock yesterday to
six P. N. to-day, number twenty-four.
Texas.
HousroN, August l0.-The Legisla-
ture Of this State convened on the sth,
and Governor T~hrockmorton was inaugu-
rated yesterday.
Savannah.
New YORK, August l3.-The Savan-
nah Herald, of Friday, 10th, reports twelve
deaths by cholera.
A Declinntion.
Edward Pierpont telegraphs to the
Evening Post that he declines to be a Del
egate to the Philadelphia Convention.
Leaving Mexico.
Advices from. the City of Mexico, dated
July goth. say there is no doubt that
Macmillan will leave this continent at an
early day.
Indian News.
WASHINGTON, August 10. - Colonel
Leavenworth, Indian agent in the country
of the Kiowahs and Comanches, has ar
rived. He states that the Cheyennes from
the north and :hose from the south, with
the Arrapahoes and Sioux, are meeting in
the Smoky Hill country. and say the
whites shall not make roads through that
country. Much depends upon the result
of these councils, and the attitude Of
these tribes toward the Government.
Cans Pay Arrears.
The Controller of the Treasury reports
that arrears OF pay and bounty cannot be
paid to disloyalists, nor can such arrears
be passed over and payment be made to
the mex. person in the order Of inherit
ance, as prescribed BY the Act Of July IL,
1868. In regard to the case which called
forth the above decision, he says the cast
is not similar to that of a non-resldent Of
the United States, inasmuch as the Act
referred to provides for the payment tc
the next heir resident in the order pre-
scribed; that no such provision is made ii
any law for passing over a disloyal heir
and that in such cases the money is re-
stored to the United States, in compliance
with a recent order Of the War Depart
ment r~earranging the commanders OF the
different military departments.
Military Changes.
General Candy has assumed command
of Washington, vice Brevet Major Genera
Agur.
Arrival Of the Queen OF the Sandwich
Islnnds.
WASHINGTON, August l3.-Queen En-
ma, of the Sandwich Islands, arrived here
this evening.
The INK ON CIRuTss
The Acting Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue has written the following rela.
tive to the tax on cigars:
WASHINGTON, August l3.-SIR In an
swer to your letter of the LIST, / have to
say, that by bonding your cigars, you can
have them appraised at the wholesale mar
ket value /; and on withdrawing them for
consumption, you can sell them as you
please at wholesale or retail. as you may
find customers !; but if no tax is paid upon
the cigars until they are sold, the actual
price received, whether at wholesale or
retail, must be assessed upon such price.
The tax on cigars sold at thirty dollars
per thousand is ten dollars; but If the
same quality of cigars are sold at fifty
dollars per thousand, the tax will be four
teen dollars.
A Sensation Report.
HARRIsBuRe, August IA special
dispatch appeared in the New York Her.
aid Of Sunday, stating that Gov. Curtin
had secretly called for two thousand
troops. We are authorized to state tina,
there is no q word of truth in it-such an
idea never having entered the mind Of the
Governor.
vaIlnndighnm Rnrolied.'
New YORK, August ia Philadel-
phia special dispatch says that c. l.. Val
l~andigham has teen enrolled as a member
Of the Convention, and there are indica.
tons Of trouble being caused by his taking
a seat.
Mint Removal.
Governor Pollock, Superintendent OF the
United States mint, has been removed.
Deaths In Brooklyn.
New York, August l3.-Three hun'
dred and seventy-eight deaths occurred in
Brooklyn last week, Of which lib were
from cholera.
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