The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-28
Gen. Hanco. k to Succeed
Gen Sheridan. or
The Cholera on the Plai' s.
WASHINGTON.
Cholera on the Plains-Order Re-
moving Gen. Sickels-Gen. Candy
his SuccessOr-Order Assigning
Gen. Hancock to the Command of
the Fifth District.

WASHINGTON, August Zb.--A prl-
vate letter, dated near Fort Hays,
Kansas, August Goth, says the cholera
has been the scourge of the plains this |
Summer, and it seems strange that it
should ever become epidemic here, !
the air being so pure and so many
thousands of square miles of it.
One company of cavalry at that
DOS: lost q men by cholera, and
thus far eighty-two men in all by that
disease at the post.
The following is the order remov
ine Gen. Sickles
+" EXECUTIVE MANSION, ~
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. --.
Brevet Major General Edward r.
s. Canby is hereby assigned to the
com mand of the Second Military Dis
of March I'd, 1866 and is of the Mill
tary Department of the South, en-
bracing the States of North Carolina
and South Carolina. He will as soon
a. practicable relieve Major rGenera
Daniel 4. Sickles; and on assuming
the commanded which he is hereby !
assigned will when. necessary TO a
fair hfal execution OF the laws, eXer
else any and all powers conferred by
the act of Cons s's upon District
Commanders, and any and all author
ity pertaining to officers IN command
Of Military Departments. Major
General Daniel h. Sickles is hereby
relieved from the command of the
Second Military District. The Secre-
tary of War. al interim, will give the
necessary instruc ton to carry the orr
der into effect.HaoiyDrf ho q
Signed. lan ANDREW JOHNSON
The order assigning Hancock to
Sheri ridan's place is as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION
WASHfNGTON,' Aug. 26, 1867
.Sii-In consequence of the unta-
vorahle condition of the health of
Major General q III. Thomas, as re-
ported to you in Surgeon Hasson's
dispatch of the 2lst inst, my order
dated August 18th 1867, is hereby
modified so as to assign Major Gen
era. Winfield s. Hancock to the COM
1nand of the Fifth Military District,
created by Act of Congress passed
March I'd, 1867, and of the Military
Department comprising the States of
Louisiana and Texas.
mapd of the Department of Missouri
by Maj Gen. 2. I'll. Sheridan, Major
Gen. Hancock will proceed directly
to New Orleans, Louisiana, and as
sumo command, to which he is hereby
assigned. He will, when necessary
to the faithful execution of the laws,
exercise any and all powers conferred
by acts of Congress upon district
commanders, ,and any and all authority
pertaining to the officers in command
Of military departments. ,.s.-...r-.t, !.
Mai. Gen p Ell. Sheridan, will at
once turn over his present command
to the officer in rank next to himself,
and proceeding, without delay, to
Fort Lawrence, Kansas, he VIII re-
Iieve Maj. Gen. Hancock of the com
mand of the Department of Missouri.
Mai. Gen. G. FL. Thomas will, till
further orders, remain In command
OF the Department of the Cumber-
land Very respectfully yours, &c,
[Signed1. A, JOHNSON,
To Gen. u. S. GRANT, ~ ~
Eo vv0Secretary of War qd interim, 4
WAsHINGroN, Aug. p. Amount
gold in the Treasury to day. S93 ,617,-
900; gold certificates, $19, LOG, 900;
currency, S5l.3l2, 600 The receipts
for six days up to the 26th of August
were; Internal Revenue 81, ,S79, 900;
CUSTOMS, s3.343, 900. Total receipts
trom51st of July. 5000, ,260,000.
WASHINGTON, August ~ The
President to-day appointed I, Z:
Sherman Postmaster at Chicago, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
deathlof Col. Gilmore. e9D1'Fo r3aso F
The Comptroller of the Currency
gives notice that the circulating notes
lof the National Undilla Bank, New
Yoqk,, viii be paid in lawful money,
upon the presentation of the same 10
the Treasury Of the United States,
During the year ending jane 30.
1867, there were of total imports OF
foreign merchandise and specie SIP,
233, ,123; less foreign merchandise and
specie exported $19, ,941 ,227 net i'm
ports S392, ,291 ,9e6;~on this amount
; )2S42 ,54S, Al remained in warehouse on
= the Both of June; domestic export:
for the same period were 1884, ,004, ,904
AL these values are in gold.
Maj Gen. E. A. Hitchcock, of the
United States volunteers has beer
q. mustered out, to date October L. =
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