New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-30
asIses..pp.u G.sur..

NRw YoRK, July 2T,-It is proposed to clear ~.
dis.riets infected by cholera, The suhlect VIII
prob6b be discussed on the meeting Oh the nysso
day On Govefnor's Island Hopes were euao t
tanned lat the ehalers lad reached IT'S ma
No new cases were reported yestei day anu Wy "a
ones were ceusideredfsssl, Diarfnosa s4n - n
largely among the men. me onoeie Vn $50
Isl nd was increasing iaers Wese i ~ ,sr5 Of
and deaths on Wednesday in the lSth ward OF
| Jronkly-n n vas still on the increase, tlete pc
X; sas rennrted on the health board bulletin
/ and one death st the hospital.
| Cenprois Ste9dman aud Fullerton were among
| tt1s ARRIVALS liz this city yesterday. .r5
The Portland relief committee received S545 yes
tafJay making sl0.SSSQ56E2l in all.
Ths lsurk on the monster ram Duuderberg is beng
pushed to completion with the utmost pGssioie
rspiditv and as there remains but little to do she
may he expected to make her trial trips N tne
coarse Of q few weeks.
Morning papers contain the following specials
from v Warrington:
General Dix is reported here to be exceedingly
indignant at his nomination to the Hague, which
he AYERS was without his knowledge or consent,
and that in view of his past and present promi.
hence aud public services, he cannot accept IN
self respect g..
Coionel Ashley was arrested to-day while pass
ing through the city for the crime Of treason, but
| was baird out in the sum Of 5000.
! The British government has proposed to the
\ United States, through the department OF STATE a
4 Reciprocity of agreement between the two coun-
| tries in substance as follows That England
sgrees to send home to the United states all dis
tfessed American seannen in British waters, the
| IInrsd States to follow suit. In order to eject
| this CONSERVATION lF viii be necessary iof ooh'
| gressionai action.
An official letter from the paymaster general to
4 an army officer mustered out st the close OF the
war SAYS The amount due LIST lieutenant pnael
the original act of Congress granting tnSse Ihree
months extra pay proper, is $3.50, the commute
/ ton and allowances are not included 10 the pay
ment The amount due other officers is in the SAINT
proportion their rauk. BY the original act, OH
| GERS rpsigniog or mustered out for other reasons
than their services being no longer required, vert
not entitled to It's benefits. The present act grant
them to all officers who served until the close Q
| the war.
The President has appointed General Hancocl
to the major generaiahip IN the regular army va
Gated by The promotion Of General sherman, AM
I General Ord to the brigaaier generalship, vic
Hancock.
4 board of officers has been appointed by th
commssionersot the treedmens AFFAIRS, Tor TN
purpose of revising the regulations for the govern
/ ment Of the bureau to meet the requirements o
the recent act Of Congress extending the duration
Of the bureau two years. The board will convene
at tie office Of the buresu, and commence rs Ia
bors tomorrow, and Is composed OF tine following
Breset Msior General Davis Tilson, assstan
commissioner fur the State OF Georgia, president
Brig. Gen, Z. M.Gregory, formerly assistant com
missioner for the State of Texas, Maj. Gen. j. W
Kansas and the Indian Territory Chaplain N
French aud CaptainJ, W. DeForrest, OF the vet
eran reserve corps, secretaries, All the member
Of the board have arrived except Gen. Sprague.
The Herald's OTTAWA special says in the Cana
dian parliament the new militia law was discusses
yesterday. and the clause enabling the govern
ment to raise an indefinite number of troops wa
passed. A stormy discussion ensued on the pro
priety of taking pattern after the militia laws o
! The United States.
! a Montreal special says the Hon. Arthur Cor
don for sometime past lieutenant governor Of tht
province of New Bruswiek, has been made Cover
nor and commander-in.chief of the Island Of Trim
dad and its so-ealed dependencies.
a wretched woman in Chicago got up charge
of incest with his daugeter against her husband
for the purpose Of running him but he was hon
orally acquitted Tie Infamous yirago had evi
IDENTIFY taught the child story to tell in court bu
she declared her father had done nothing to harm
4 her A