Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-12-28

! Sn,NEFrL.-A little boy only six years
of age, and son of respectable parents at
! Virginia, Joined with his parents and others
/ in drinking wine on Christmas day. and be-
came very drunk. Before the effects of the
liunor became overpowcring he made his way
! to the sidewalk, where he waS picked up APP
parcntlv crazy by policeman, and taken for
protection TO the Station House. We are
TOLD that this is not the first time this prcco-
cious youth his been allowed to get bcastlr
intoxicated.
MAMMOTH BAR.-'fRc larecs. bar ever
made in the Territory manufactured III
Virginia on Saturday last. It weighs l'?Io
2O-luO ounces, or about III pOuIiGS, and .
worth S2,SUl o.. The amount Of gold 1t
contains is SS.3 rs, Of silver 81 81 W.
CoRIrcrtox.-Thc description given IN
our Saturdays paper Of the Gold Canon Con-
Solidatcd Company was nn error. / he dc'
srription applied to the Gold Canon lonlpa-
nv, and not the Consolidated.
uooKEK's BATTLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS
QuartermaStcr General MciSS, in his 1--we
" account of the three days conflict be-
fore Chattanooga, mentions the notable
fact that in General lockers fight up the
slopes of Lookout Mountain. "much OF
the battle was fought above the clouds,
which concealed him from our view, but
from his muSkctry was heard. There Is
ON record ut least one parallel to this i'll
the campai"n of Napoleon in the Carnic
Aims. in 1877. The battle of the Col dc
. Jarvis. March -. 1877, was fought above
the cloud>---thc artillery laundering i'll
the very laboratory of storms and arsenal
of the electric battcricS-wtilc the cavalry
charged and performed their cvolutionS
on the ice. and the infantry tioundcrcd to
the attack through snow three feet thick.
v. \. Times.
RAIL IRox.-Both the ship Winfield
Scott and the Crcmorne, lately arrived at
san Francisco, have iron on board for the
Pacific Railroad. The Thatcher Magoun
and the Courier are also at the san Fran
cisco docks di$charging iron for this road.
There are now about eight miles of track
laid. and the iron at san Francisco and
on the river will lay about seven miles
more. About dozen ships, with addi-
tional iron. are on the way out here from
Boston and New Iork.-Sac. Union.
THE STATUE OF FIrrpoN SAFELY SET
Ur.-Thc head OF browning feature of
the statue o. Freedom was successfully
huiStrd to its position on the dome of the
Capitol, at Washington. on the I'd inst.
amid the cheers of the spectators below
and salute of cannon. Tho figure Is
made of bronze, is 10 feet high, weighs
$1,000 pounds, was designed by Crawford
and was cast by Clark Mills.
MrS<tSG.-A man named Stephen
Ham left SACRAMENTO on the 9TH inst, for
the vicinity of Auburn, and has not since
been heard FROM lie had about his per-
son 500 or upwards. and il is feared that
ne may have been foully dealt with.
\ REBEL officer brought 10 Washing
ton. few days since, was asked II Lee
intended to make another invasion of
Maryland. when he cmphatically en-
claimed. ''d-n Maryland"
TuunrGm benefits and otherwise, Miss
Charlotte Cu>hman has contributed to the
United States Sanitary Commission the
sum Of eight thousand two hundred and
>ixty-Scvcu dollars.
u An csnt;>tical article is an I-sorc TO
readers.
IUoeboa ctooLy on3 Evahoora Roord