Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-25
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
IN. surra,t Trial

The Surrntt7 Trial. ~
wAsH1seroS, Gully 23.-ESrs B.SWeiti
fall; train master Of the Philaaeipnia
and Eric Railroad, testi6edin-the Sur
raft case to-day that he was at Williams
port April 18th, 1865. There were TWO
trains and an extra, from Elmira tnas
DAY., Aman came on the extra who
was very anxious to get through. He
raye him no satisfaction as he believed
him to be a rebel spy or Government
detective. He believes the prisoner was
wasths man, but was not positive'AR
Municipal Veto Excise Decision The
Feninns.
New York, July 23.-The Mayor mas
vetoed the resolution granting 70 tne
Harlem Railroad permission to run DUN.
my engines between their freight and
passenger depots, on the grounds oil
danger to human life and the depreeia-
ton Of property. r.-,rg yrEr.pgLE
Judge Leonard, Of the Supreme Court,
has granted a mdnddmus, compelling the
Excise Boards q pay over to the Com'
missioners of the. Sinking Fund the bah
n c in excess of the necessary e!pendi'
tures. Licenses for the sale Of liquors
amount to half a million for the month
ending May 25th.
The Express says the statement re-
Gently published, that an excursion o,
the lighting members Of the Roberts
wing Of the Fenian organization would
come of on the 18th Of August, is en-
tirely devoid Of foundation. No move
ment Of Il hostile character will be at
tempted until after the forthcoming Q
general Congress Of the Brotherhoodsst &c
be held a, Cleveland in September.
Arrival OF Naval Vessels.
,JPHILApKLPHIA, July 22.-r6eSU United
States steamer Augusta and the moni'
tor Miantonomah arrived here last nigh
from Europe = 90
Suicide Of n Student.
SpRIxarIstD, Mass, July 23.-Asmi'
ranat, one Of the students at Munson
committed suicide by hanging himself
on Sunday. Cause-mental depression
amounting almost to insanity. 2YOOl
Now Jersey Republican state Convention
TRENTON, Nj, July 23.-The Repub'
lican State Convention assembled TO-
day. All counties were represented
C. Parker, the President, in his address
took strong ground in fayoEofimpartia
suffrage. Resolutions to the same effec'
were passed. Parker, Frelinghuysen
Wilson,, Nye, Cattell and others ad'
dressed the Convention. AIuthe evening
n mass meeting was held.
General Grant Nominated for h Presi
dency by the New York Republican
Genorai Committee =
New YORK, July 2+.-At a meeting o.
the Union Republican General Com
mittee, last evening, General Grant wa!
nominated for the next President, sub
ject to the decision of the Republican
National Convention.
The Cholern.
MEMPHIS, July 23.-The cholera is de
creasing. Accounts from aArkRnsaI
represent that the disease was prevail
ing there. On ono Of the plantations il
the vicinity Of Pine Bluff one planter
lost twenty-five hands last week.
LAWRENCE, July 23.-The cholera il
raging badly at Forts Harker and Hays
Fifty new cases were reported at Harkel
on Saturday and seventeen deaths
Seven cases occurred in one family a.
Saline aud three deaths. LAN-
Affairs In Texns-The Yellow Pever.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-General Grit
I'm, Assistant Commissioner of Texas
under date of May 81, says the freedmen
are working we'll, and tho demand TO,
labor is great, and wages high. The
treatment of laborers by employers /:
much better than usual. He also state!
that in many counties there is very LITTLE
lawlessness or violence, but still in 6
large part Of the State murder is bolC
and unchecked, in this part the life Of {
white man is worth but little, and thu
life of a negro is worth nothing. Gen
eral Griffin remarks that very grsa
numbers of planters, seeing the eager
ness Of freedmen for education, have
offered TO furnish school buildings, ant
want teachers. ri
Information has reached the Treasur,
Department from a special agent a
Galveston, dated July 10th, that owinl
to the prevalence Of yellow fever at In
dianola, which had assumed an epidemic
form, all commerce with that port hat
been suspended. No mails have beer
received from there since the 5th inst.
NEW ORLEANS, July 23.-The Indian
ola Bulletin, of July 18th, reports thu
yellow fever increasing. There ar,
cases in every. house in town, it says
and makes an appeal for assistance o
money and hospital supplies. The feveI
had also broke out at La Vacca.
A Convention Of planters is in session
in this city to endeavor to raise meanl
for rebuilding the levoes. The result Il
We. uncertain.
Specials to rho New York Press.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Washingtor
specials say the President has unde,
consideration the propriety Of calling
the Eve district commanders to this city
that they may confer with each othe,
and the Executive relative to the execu
ton Of the Reconstruction Acts, ant
determine, near as may be, upon uni
form rules of action and practice.
The Judiciary Committee closed tn,