Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-12-22
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FROM THE MORNING PAPERs.
San Francisco, Dec. 81.
Discovery of Buried Rebel MUM.
tions Of War at Fort Putnam.

New YORK, Dec. ia Folly Island
correspondent of the 10th says, a brass r.
FOUNDER and 400 solid shot were discov-
cred buried near Fort Putnam. 1t is
thought the rebels, before the evacuation
of Fort Gregg, buried large quantity of
ammunition, of all sorts. Search being
made for it, it was discovered that storms
and high tides have had the effect of
washing away some of Dahlgren's great
est enemies. Morris Island, for a mile,
was lined with immense logs, thirty feet
long and eighteen inches thick, fastened
together with very strong bands of iron.
No traces have been discovered where tor
pedoes had been fastened to them. Now
is the time to make an attempt to go into
Charleston.
Rescue of the Chesapeake Pirates
at Halifax.
HALIFAX, Dec. l9.-This afternoon, the
steamer Chesapeake, and prisoners on
board, were delivered over to Govern
ment. Upon the arrival of the boat con-
tanning the prisoners at the Queens wharf
the excitement became intense. The
prisoners were Immediately seized and
hurried off by the crowd in attendance,
and Government officers going to arrest
the prisoners under warrant were seized
and held by prominent citizens, and rem
dcred powerlcss to perform their duties.
The crowd finally succeeded in getting the
pirates off in q small boat, which imme-
diately moved down the bay. The affair
has caused the greatest excitement
throughout the city. What course the
authorities will pursue in the matter it is
impossible to say. The pirates are now
all at liberty and are scattered throughout
the Provinces.
Buffers Enrolment - News from
Richmond.
FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. l9.-Gcneral
Butler has issued an order for the enroll
ment of all able-bodied male citizens,
colorcd and white, between the ages of
eighteen and forty-fivc, in this district, to
be completed January LIST.
\ magazine explosion, at Yorktown
destroyed nearly all the buildings in the
town.
Creditable witnesses from Richmond
state that our prisoners are better fed than
their own people, and much better than
they would be were it not that the dcSpcr-
ate straits of citizens of the Confcdcracy
must be kept from our knowledge. Fresh
beef now sells at four dollars per pound
fresh bread, three dollars and fifty cents
per loaf, such as formerly cost five cents
the consequence is thousands must starvc
or go into the army and divide rations
with their families.
1t has been determined by the rebels to
conscript every male between the ages of
fifteen and fifty, inclusive, for one last
desperate effort. In this CONSUMPTION both
negroes and whites arc to be included,
and thrown into the ranks together indis-
criminately. With this immense mongrcl
horde, jeff. Davis means to precipitatc
himself upon Washington, Pennsylvania
and Ohio, commanding in person. He
will endcavor to stimulate passions by
most cXtravagant stories.
From New Orleans-Destructive Fire.
\ dispatch from New Orleans of the
18th SAYS: Three or four thousand troops
under Writ, Adams, Crosby and Logan,
appeared i'll the vicinity of Natchcz, carly
this week, and attacked our forces under
General Gresham, but were rcpulscd and
pursued. We took eight hundred pris-
oncrS.
4 destructive fire on Tchoupctoulas
street this morning destroyed property to
the amount of quarter of million of
dollars.
New YORK, Dec. 90 The Morning
Star, from New Orleans the 18th, and
Havana the 18th, has arrived. Mcagrc
reports from Vera Cruz state that the
French were slowly advancing toward the
interior. Communication with Vera Cruz
was prccarious. Conveys both ways arc
being attacked. Sometimes they are cut
up by gucrrillas.
Gold, 52I.