Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-01-22
BIZ TELEGRAPH!
rRo,I THE MORNING PAPERS.
Gen. Foster to be Relieved.

EVSSCA W UC 1sChOfS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-Gercfal Grant
tclegraphed to Halleck, to-day, that Gen.
Foster, who is suffering from a wound,
/ has asked TO be relieved. He suggests
that Schofeld or Mcpherson be immedi-
atcly assigned to that command.
General Steele and the Troops in
l. .rE# Arkansas. s
Stccle.is m command of the Department
of Arkansas, except the Fort Smith SOL,
diers. Steele's command constitutes the
seventh army corps, and is subject to the
command Of Grant
BIOckade.runners Captured.
Admiral Farragut has reached Key
West. Several blockmIc-runners were
captured, and large, quantity OF gun
powder for the rebels sliced at Havana.
Affairs in Mexico. .
Stewards letter to Banks on Mexican
affairs directs the strictcst neutrality, as
we maintain diplomatic relations with the
Republic of Mexico which is engaged in
foreign as well as civil war. Citizens
of the United States in Texas will be de-
Tended against any enemy, but our forces
must not enter any city of Mexico unless
it is necessary for the protection OF our
own lives against aggression from the
Mexican border. If the Consuls find
their positions unsafe on the Mexican side
of the border, let them leave the country
rather than invoke the protection of our
forces. Also, to observe military and po-
htical events as they occur in Mexico, and
communicate all that shall be important
for this Government to understand con-
corning them. ... ....
Mexican news, via Havana, of the 10th,
confirms the defeat of Juarez, and his
flight.
Accounts via Tampico say Juarez was
successful in six different places. San
Luis Potosi was occupied on the oath by
Mezia unopposed. On the 9th he was
attacked by the forces of the States of
Durango and Zacatecas. The action last
ed four hours, when Juarez's forces were
driven back. They lost all their artillery,
wagons, etc. In the battle of Morelia
one of Juarez's generals was killed and
four wounded. They penetrated to the
Public Square, and were only driven out
after hard fighting. The Jaurista retreatcd
toward Macotico, where it is reported they
had been routed again by the French.
\ fight took place at Azasco, i'll the
Valley of Mexico, in which the Juarists
were defeated by a French detachment,
with loss Of sixty.
More News from Richmond.
! New York, Jan. 2l.-The Hcralas
g -
! \ gentleman who says he left Richmond
on the 10Th reports that one or two diyis-
ions of Lees army have gone to Long
| street, who was said to be advancing on
Knoxville. 1t wss believed in Richmond
/ that the Yankees were about to abandon
Virginia, and that the whole rebel force
would be concentrated for move on Ten
neSsee and Kentucky.
A False Rumor-Exchange Of Prison.
Special Washington dispatches to the
Times say Butler was i'll Washington yes
tcrdav when he received dispatches from
Fortress Monroe, stating that the rebels
| had evacuated Richmond and removed
the archives to South Carolina. He i'm
mediately ordered a reconnaissance in force,
which went within twcnty-sevcn miles of
Richmond, and reported the rebels still
/ there.
, Butler went back to Fortress Monroe
to-day, clothed with full power to conduct
the business of exchanges in his own
way.
lie has proposed to the rebels to OK
/ change man for man and officer for officer,
/ without ifs or butts. 49,.
Gen. Blair acknowledgement
! Assistant Secretary of War.
! Gen. Blair has resigned his position in
the army.
The Tribunc's special says the Senate
! Committee have determined to postpone
! the consideration for the nominations OF
| major and brigadicr generals for the pres
cnt, in order to ascertain how many va
cancies and unemployed major generals
Z there are on hand. ...
\ Court Martial in the case of Surgeon
General Hammond met here yesterday.
He pleaded not guilty, and asked for a
/ postponement for four weeks to procure
witnesses from the West, but it was not
granted, and the trial will proceed.
Charles A. Dana was to-day nominated
in executive session as Assistant Secretary
of War under the law recently passed.
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