Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-22
Especial to the Gold Hill Daily News. by the AtAn
tic and Pacific Telegraph Llne.J
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS,
From WnshIngton.

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the President has fully determined on
the policy of sending Quaksrs to deal
with the Indians. He will soon begin
the appointing of.prominent members Of
that society ms Superintendent aud In
dian Agents.
W%AsHrSGroN, March l9.-The only
nomination submitted by the President
to the Senate to-day was that of William
A. Richardson rs Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury.
Colonel Chandler is announced rs
Chief Quartermaster Of the First Mill
tary District, and will relieve Colonel
Moore.
Deputy Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Harland has rendered his res
ignation, and John w. Douglas, late
Collector of Internal Revenue in the
Erie District, Pa, is appointed his sue
cessor.
The Committee of Ways and Means
called in a body to-day on President
Grant, Secretary Boutwell, and the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, and had
II long talk with Boutwell, upon money
affairs, in the course Of which he de-
clared his determination to sell gold
publicly and never in private. He be-
lievcd he had the power to invest the
surplus gold in bonds, and thought he
would do so. He informed them that
the income from customs was increasing.
Tho conversation with Grant was maisly
of a social character.
The Tuscarora, Commander Queen,
and tho Kearsarge, Commander Thorn
ton, have been ordered from the Pacific
to the North Atlantic squadron, and are
10 report to Rear Admiral Hoff, Of the
Cuban squadron.
Dispatches from Admiral Holf, dated
Havana, 18th, say that in company with
tho newly appointed Consul, General
Hall, lie had called on the Captain
General of Cuba and secured the release
of Trist, an American citizen, but n
native Of Cuba, who was q short time
since arrested on a charge OF conspiracy
against the Government. The action of
the Captain-G General in this case was
marked by great courtesy, he having
ordered the release of the prisoner al
though the charges were serious.
The Postmaster General has ordered
that the commissions of special agents
of the Department who are underpa and
assignment, shall be revoked from and
after the 3lst of March. The commits
sions of all special agents expire on
the LIST of December, and then they
must be renewed.
II. C. Lauck, Chief Clerk Of the
Pension Office, died to-day.
The President has signed the bill for
the better security of equal rights in
the DlBtrlCI OI OOluiluih'
The Senate to-day confirmed Eliza
beth Van Law as Postmistress at Rich
mond, Va, and John Ross MS United
States Judge for Arizona.
Frank Moore was appointed on
Wednesday as Secretary of the Lega-
ton to Paris instead of Madrid.
WASHINGTON, March 2O.-A special
says Boutwell, gives n satisfactory ac-
count of the condition of the finances.
He thinks no additional financial legis-
lution is necessary at present. He has
an abundance of money, and he indi-
Gated his purpose not to keep n large
amount on hand, but to use the surplus
in the purchase and canceling of bonds,
claiming that there is ample authority
for such purchase under existing laws.
He is opposed to secret sales of gold.
The same special says 30 Senators are
certain to vote for the repeal of the
Tenure of Office Act. The opponents of
repeal claim 80. Great efforts will be
made to reach n vote to-day.
The Pennsylvania delegation called
on the President to-day in n body, rclA-
tive to appointments in that State.
Grant said his regard would first be
paid to the c~apability of Applicants, after
which the recommendations Of Congress
mon and Senators would have great
weight.
Commissioner Deans has information
that the mountain districts of Tennessee
are infested with Illicit distilleries,
whose proprietors defy Government Off
GERS. The Collectors are pursuing these
distillers with Federal troops. Five
distilleries are reported seized.
Thomas L. Tullock is appointed Clerk
of the Treasury Department.
The President has appointed james
W. Haines, Fred. A. Tritle and William
Sherman Government Commissioners to
examine the completed sections of the
Union Pacific Railroad.
DEATH Of General Fesscnden.
PORTLAND, Me-, March 2O.-Gencral
Samuel Fessonden, father of Senator
Fessenden, died yesterday, aged IS.
Fire I'm New York-Wcstern Mail
Burned.
NEW York, March ia fire this
evening destroyed the contents Of a five
story marble building, No. 40 Warren
Street. Loss in goods, 100000. The
building was damaged to the extent OF
SEC, 900.
NEW York, March 2O.-The Western
mail which left here on the 10th, was
burned next day on the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The mail was very large
and valuable, consisting of 80 letter
and leo newspaper bags. Five of the
letter bags, containing the California
mail were saved.
Brcech-I !. ondcrs Wanted.
SPRINGFIELD, March Ian order