Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-06
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
BY OVERLAND TELEGRAPH.
SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
NEW YORK.
New YORK, April 5

NEW YORK. April 5.
Nixon, who was yesterday sem
fenced To be hanged, remains i'm a
most pitlable condition in his cell. He
is only Kept up by stimulants. His
wife was with him this afternoon.
The scene i'm the cell was the most
painful that can be imagined. Unless
a change takes place it is believed he
can't live to the time fixed for his ex-
ecution.
The newest phase of the Goodrich
mystery is that James w. Knox, a
prisoner in the Brooklyn Jail OH a
charge of forgery, claims to have i'll
formation that would result in the
detection of the murderer, but refuses
to disclose it unless the charge against
himself is dismissed. Knox was tour
years on the New York police.
The SANTANA Bay Company have
purchased a new steamer FOL SANTANA
waters. 1t is proposed to construct
thirteen wharves. a mile long each,
capable of accommodating 200 large
steamers.
In conversation with a reporter yes
terday at Halifax, Captain Williams
said be spent Thursday night on
Meagher'S Hill and personally X
amined the bodies found none were
mutilated, but he believes many had
been robbei. lie saws the Atlantic
was sufficiently coaled before leaving
Liverpool if it had not been for the
three days heavy weather expert
enced. The vessel went out of posi-
ton solely on account of the current
which must have had a northerly set
as well as westerly. He allowed eight
degrees eastward to offset it, believ-
ing that to be ample. Monday he was
nrIltn SI1rn Of hiS nnSitiAn both ohro-
nometerS agreeing, but the nOrtherly
set proved greater than that allowed
for.
MAINE.
PORTLAND, April 5.
The steamer Falmouth arrived here
this morning from Halifax. with S25
passengers of the Atlantic. Among
them are $. w. Wick, of North Caro-
lima, and Simon Comacho, a French
man. The latter's feet and legs
badly frozed. They were in the
rigging eight hours. They praise the
officers for their %gallantry, but are
bitter against the crew.
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, April 5.
To-day, as Herr Dubois, who has
charge of the lions in the menagerie
lIo" Gall olGiiIr lltIC, was dttCIll DtlIIS
to change the animals from one cage
to another, one OF them turned on
him and gave him a fearful wound
on the left side of the head and face.
The animal was secured and the
wounded man pulled out and sent to
the tent, where a physician dressed
his wounds.
ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, April 5.
A Washington dispatch contains
the following statement of the APP
preparations made by the last Con-
gress, which shows an increase of
t~wenty-four millions for the short ses-
sion over the preceding long session.
The deficiency amounts to over eleven
millions. The largest appropriation
is for the PoStot1ice, thirty millions /:
for sundry civil service, thirty-one
millions for the pension list, thirty
millions, an amount unparalleled in
time of peace.
NEW JERSEY.
TRENTON, April 5.
There was some excitement created
here to-day in consequence of the
arrest of of the Senators. Imme-
diately after the adjournment sine die
an officer walked up 20 Hon. G.. +.
Sheppard, Senator from Cumberland,
and arrested him OF a warrant issued
on the complaint of James Shaffer,
one of the contractors of the National
Railroad, charging the Senator with
%corruptly receiving S25, 1000 in co,lsid-
Grafton of his vote in the interest of
said National railway. 1t is stated
that Sheppard received money but
did not vote as was expected or agreed
upon, and it is said he intended to re-
turn the money. That's too thin
ED. SENTINEL. Sheppard gave bail
for his appearance before the Court in
May next to answer the charge.