Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-21
Eastern DISPATCHES.

Eastern D1SpaCCneS.
WASHINGTON, June 19.-The President
to-day nominated Horace n. Congdon, OF
New Jersey, for Consul at Prague; B. F.
Potts, of Ohio, for Governor of Mon
tana; S. A. Windsor for Register of the
Land Office at Cheyenne.
The Senate has confirmed Major Baird
as Assistant Inspector General of the
army.
The President has approved the act
extending the time for filing additional
bounty claims; also the act admitting
duty free articles intended for the Cen
tennial, and the act authorizing the sale
OF the military reservation at Fort Rey-
Mods, Colorado, and the Government
buildings there.
The Senate Appropriation Committee
reported the following important amend
ment to the Miscellaneous Appropria-
ton bill: 81, 800, 900 to pay the interest
on the funded debt of the District of Co.
lumbia and the employees OF the District
Goyernment-the rest to be devoted to
its current expenses. The committee
also report an appropriation of half
million for the relief OF the inhabitants
of the overlooked lands of Louisiana.
They also strike out the section abolish
ing the Civil Service Commission, and
insert therefor an appropriation for the
continuance of the same.
1t is probable that the Canada Reel
procity Treaty will be postponed until
the next session.
Boston, June l9.-Lieutenant Cover
nor Table. to-day vetoed the bill estab-
fishing a State detective force, and the
House refused to pass it over the veto.
The Hayes License bill passed to en-
grossment to-day in the House.
PITTSBURGH, June 19.-The trial OF
Ernest Oman for the murder of the
Hammet family was ended to-day. After
deliberaton of fifteen minutes the jury
returned verdict of guilty of murder il
the first degree The Court fully ell
dorsed the verdict. The prisoner mani
, tested no emotion.
LOUISVILLE, June 19.-The widow O
the celebrated naturalist, John j. Audi
bon, died at Shelbyville, KY, yesterday
aged IS years.
LITTLE Rock, June l9.-Cass Macin
took, the Rock Creek murderer, wa
: hanged to-day in the presence of 200
people, mostly colored. He protested
/ his innocence to the last.
t AUBURN, June 19.-The Republican
o Congressional Convention for this dis,
II drict, to-day nominated VIM. P. Frye 70
, reelection.
>, Providence, June l9.-The last ballc
= to-day resulted as follows: Burnside 4;
Dixon &c. Barstow II.
New YORK, June 19.-The America
% brig S. Owens, Captain Martin, has a
y rived from Cienfuegos, with seventee
~ refugees from the draft in Cuba.
- A Washington special says the Di
trict ring made a final struggle in IL
i. Senate last evening, and died hard. A
. Day Shepherd, John o. Evans, OIL
!, Kilbourne, Magruder, Secretary Gorhal
I. and Delegate Chapman, lobbyist, havir
:. their headquarters in Gorham's offic
- Sargent was selected to present an amen
:, ment providing that one Of the commi
L. sioners to be appointed by the Preside
under the new bill should be designate
Governor. This was intended as a qul
vindication OF Shepherd. They failed
this, as in every other effort to fix THU
!, for their profit and pleasure. Anoth
er plan was to have the interest on t
is funded debt bonds increased to A P
as cent gold or 5 per cent. currency. He
of les big job. They had formed a poe
be a I'd obtained the option Of about "a ,00
in 061 of Auditors certificates at from fl
n, to sixty cents on the dollar. II th
coul1 succeed in amending the bill
they desired, they would put these c.
70 tiica.s up to par and make half N
r lion clar. Chapman took one side
~ the Sci ate and Gorham the other, a
:. spent thu whole day in appealing to 81
" ators. S.rgent's first amendment
20 take the au ,iting OF the District accoul
~ from the { ontroler and place it in I
w. hands of commissioner appointed
of the Secretary of the Treasury, got OF
ms three votes-hmself, Conover and Gil
nd ton. His amendment TO strike out
ed authorization of the Controller to emp
of an assistant in his work received OF
bis own vote. They then abandoned
Il ship, and the bill passed as it came FRI
the committee, without dissenting vo