Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-14
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
lsrrcrAL TO THE GOLD HILL DALr srws.]
DOMESTIC INTELLicEHcE e.
mememts OF Captain Hall.

memcmto OIL Cnptoin aAaii'
New York, May 14.-In June. 1872.
juts before embarking on his voyage OF
exploration, Capt. c. F. Hall deposit
ed with reggett & Storm, hotel keep
ers, In this city, q package marked c.
F. Hall, care Henry Grinneli. 1t was
to be kept In their safe with directions
that if anything happened to him that
it be delivered to Grinnell. The In
structions of Capt. Hall were carried
out last Monday, and on opening the
package Mr.. .Grinnell found that 1t
contained three books, comprising val
liable memoranda In the flrst,a journal
kept by Capt. Hall when on the King
Williams Land expedition In search
OF Sir John Franklin, and also notes Of
various Arctic explorations, from which
he contemplated a book. The journals
contained much Important Information
relative to the Arctic regions known
only to Capt. Hall.
The Vacant Chief Justiceship.
A Washington special says the Pres
ldent recently expressed regret that
the appointment OF a Chief Justice
would devolve on him, and that he
would willingly shrink from the re-
sponsibility IL he could. He further
said he would appoint a man indepen-
dent Of political considerations, and
one whom the lawyers OF the country
would endorse. In the meantime he
hoped his friends and prominent men
IN the country would give him their
views upon the subject.
Hsnsrs to Judge Chase.
The Bar Association has appointed
q committee to cooperate with any
committee OF the bar In paying a trib-
ute Of respect to the memory OF the
lete Chief Justice. 1t Is understood
that q large public meeting will be
held.
Cslored Mas Meeting.
The colored people are organizing for
a mass meeting, to be held ut Cooper
Institute, to take Into consideration
their rights under the law guarantee
Ing them full and equal enjoyment Of
admission to theatres and entertain
mont by hotel proprietors. The meet
ing Is preliminary to the prosecution Of
Lester Wallack, whose agent denied
two colored men admission to his the
alter on the ground that there was no
room for them {; and Of one Dixon. a
saloon keeper, who refused to serve
three colored men at the tables Of his
saloon.
Suicide.
Philip Strauss, of 6s5 Lexington
Avenue, shot himself dead in his house
yesterday. A few years ago his father
left him $4,000, all Of which was lost
In unlucky business-ventures and stock
speculations.
Stokes Gets n Writ Of Rrrer.
New YoRx, May 1.-THE Supreme
Court in general term to-day granted
a writ of error In the CASE Of Stokes
upon a stipulation by the defense to
take the case at once to the Court Of
Appeals now In session.
Nixea 70 BE Hanaed en Friday.
Five Supreme Court Judges and the
Judge Of the Court Of Appeals refused
a stay of proceedings in the case Of
Nixon, to be hangedF Friday. Gsv. Dix
also declines to interfere on the ground
that the Judges have refused; also that
the murder Of Pft"r was cruel and un-
provoked. perfectly unjust, and did not
admit Of any palliative features. The
counsel of Nixon will go to the re-
mainder of the tbirty-two Supreme
Court judges, or such OF them as he