Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-12-30
Later dispatches.
Sacramento, Dec. 30.
SPECIAL TO TIE GOLD HILL NEWS.

Sacramento, Dec. 30.
Illness Of Chief Justice Tancy.
NEW YORK, Dec 29th.-A telegram from
Washington says that Chief Justice fancy is
lying at the point Of death.
The Draft.
In such States as Michigan and WiScon-
sin, in which the first draft is not vet com.
pletcd, the Government will secure hardly
any Of the drafted men; communication money
being almost universally paid.
From Savannah.
Gilmorc's expedition for attacking Savan-
nah was abandoned in consequence of the
return of the rebel troops sent to Bragg'S as
sistancc.
Hooker Ordered to Washington.
The UorlTs dispatch says it is rmnorcd
tonight that Hooker has suddenly been Or
dcred to Washington.
From Charleston.
A Charleston letter to the Baltimore Amer
icnn, dated in the fleet December oath, says
GAS intimatcd in my last, we have sailed
down here after month or more of inactiyi-
ty. The strike of the engineers of the North,
which has delayed the completion of the
monitors and deprived our iron-c!ads of the
rcinforccments which were expected here
more than month since, has been the pri-
mary cause of the delay.
The disaster to the Wcchawkcn and the
coming of the winter season with its constant
storms, have still further enforced this delay.
Two months hence the spring will have adj
vanccd here, and with our iron-clad force in
creased by three or four new monitors, we
will be prepared to take advantage of the
most healthful and pleasant part of the
season.
Let us hope that if Grant docs not steal a
march on us by one of his fayorite rear at
tacks, that Charleston will then fall. In the
meantime, if we cannot look for immediate
and decisive results here, no great disaster
need be apprehendcd. Gen. Gilmore's posi-
ton is impregnablc.
The monitor Lehigh by the time this reach
cs YOU, will have completed the repairs rem
dered necessary by the hammering she re-
ceiyed while aground. The PatapSco has al
most completed her repairs, and will shortly
relieve the Nantucket at Warsaw Sound
Both the Patapsco and Lchigh have been
provided with extra decks, that will add to
their invulnerability.
Later from Europe.
ST. JoHNs, n. F., Dec. 2S.-The Adriatic,
from Galway, arrived to-day. Her dates arc
five days later.
The Government employees at Sheerness,
who assisted in fitting out the Rappahan.
mock, for the rebels, have been discharged for
violation of the Neutrality Laws.
The names Of persons serving in any rebel
vessel, who belong to the naval service, arc
ordered to be stricken from the list.
The Vanderbilt returned to Cape Town,
and remained till October ODD. She then
visited Penguin Island, the rendezvous of the
Confcderates, where she seized the British
bark Saxon in British waters, on the suppo.
sition that she was loaded with the cargo Of
the Federal ship Conrad. The Saxon was
sent to New York with prize crew.
1t is reported that the mate of the Saron
was shot by the Federal officers.
President Lincoln's Message and proclaim.
alton were generally considered as imprac,
ticable.
In message to Earl Russell, Lord Lyons
is reported to have predicted the termination
of the war in three months.
The Message of JEFF Davis is noticed, as
showing no signs Of Cancellation on the par,
of the South.
1t was stated that the rebel government had
made provision for the Cotton Loan Bonds,
to be drawn for in March.
The rebels European Agent writes to the
London Morning Herald to show that the
Richmond authorities are taking measures to
support their credit.