Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-13
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
washinston Intelligence.

washinston IntslliGcnce.
CHICAGO, August l0.-The President
will loon make appointments for Alas
ka. There are several applications
for the position of Collector of Customs.
Two appointments for Wyoming will
also be made.
WASHINGTON, August l0.-By direc-
ton Of the President, General William
s. Harvey, retired, will report in per-
son for duty to General Sherman in
St. Louis. First Lieutenant G. II.
Wheeler, of the Corps Of Engineers,
has been detailed for duty on the staff
of the General commanding the Depart
ment Of California. Captain George T.
Emmons has been detached from the
command of the Ossipee and ordered to
return to New York, and Captain l.. G.
Shurton has been ordered to the COM
mand Of the ossipee, stationed in the
North.
Cattle Disease In the East.
NEW YoRK, August 9.-Au investi-
cation into the slaughter houses at
Communipaw yesterday disclosed the
fact that most of the meat there was
diseased. Sixty-nine car loads Of cattle
arrived there yesterday.
NEW YORK, August l0.-About one
hundred diseased cattle have been
killed at Communipaw and placed in
tanks for rendering. The market is
seriously affected. The price for live
stock has fallen off considerably, and
the demand for beef in restaurants has
fallen off to-day. Strict precautions
will be taken to prevent further ship.
ments Of diseased cattle here.
PROVIDENCE, August l0.-Seven Of
Iowa and thirty-three Illinois cattle
purchased at Albauy on Tuesday, dnd
here on Saturday. Eleven had preyi-
ously been killed, apparently In good
health. The meat is stored and no
meat will be allowed to reach the pub
lie. A similar lot Of cattle has been
bought for Boston, some Of which were
sick on their arrival here.
Louisiana Affairs.
NEW ORLEANS, August "a bill re-
ported by the Military Committee yes
teriay was rushed through the House
ON suspension of the rules. 1t forbids
the formation aud organization for pur.
poses Of drill or exercise in the manual
Of arms Of any military company unless
organized according to law and under
orders of the Governor, under n penalty
uf not less than one or more than three
yenrs imprisonment. II provides that
all organizations now existing, coming
under tue provisions Of this Act, shall
be ut once disbauded.
NEw ORLEANS, August 10. - In sup
port Of Governor Warmouth's assertion
that one hundred and fifty murders had
been committed during the last month
and a half 10 this district, the Repubh.
| can contains two columns Of extracts
from letters to the Governor, detailing
outrages in the country.
Kentucky Election Returns.
LOUISVILLE, August 8. - The latest
returns show for Stevens a majority Of
about ninety thousand.
South Carolina Democracy.
COLUMBUS, S. c., August 9. The
Democratic Electoral Convention yes
terday appointed q full Electoral ticket.
The resolutions indorse the Tammany
platform; express gratitude to Andrew
Johnson; extend thanks Of the Democ-
| racy of South Carolina to the Northern
Democracy for the cordial reception OF
the Southern Delegates at New York.
Wade Hampton made a speech in which
he declared as false the reported utter
ances of his published in Northern pa
pers. He said the flag Of the Confed-
eracy was forever buried in the grave
of the ''lost cause"
Rumored Veto BY, b Governor OF Ain-
hnma.
CHICAGO, August l0.-A special from
Montgomery says the Governor intends
to veto the bill providing that the Leg
islature shall cast the electoral vote Of
the State.
St. Louis News.
ST. LOUIS, August l0.-Mike McCoole,
the pugilist, wa married yesterday to
Miss Mollie Norton, daughter of a rich
contractor of this city. The church
was densely crowded and the street out
side thronged so that street cars were
impeded.
The railroad from St. Joseph, Mis-
souri,, to Council Bluffs was completed
to-day.
A. Black, OF the firm Of Black 4 Co.,
bankers, was arrested to-day. He had
largely overdrawn his account, and, it
is supposed, intended to abscond.
Railroad Train or the Track.
PoRr JrRvIs, August 10. A stock
train going east on the Erie Railroad
ran of the track yesterday. The engine
and a number Of cars won't down the
bank, killing the fireman. A large
quantity Of stock was killed.