Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-18
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

The electric telegraph now extends from s.: Pe.
tersburg 10 Lake Baikal, in Siberia This year
it is expected it will be extended along the AmOor
River whence il will be stretched to the north.
west coast of the American continent. II is now
almost certain that before very long time tcc-
graphic messages will be sent TO New York by
way OF Northern Europe. Asia and America,
over 20OJO miles Of Geographic wire.
Aic;;cr received in San Francisco lately from
Smiths ranch, at the entrance Of the San Cor.
suuio Pass, thirty. five miles from San Bernur.
dino iated April ID mentions the fact that heavy
G,Ius had been falling in that vicinity. and there
AZ that tine an excellent prospect for more
Oft same sort. Enough had AREA " fallen 10
be- Of great benefit 10 the stock in that section OF
tla cuuutrv.
The New York World states that latterly re.
at The rate OF about q thousand per dav 1t i,
evident that il the rebellion is not wiped on; in
the campaign OF 1864 the failure will no, bs for
tac want OF neil IN wear the Union blue, bear tie
s.giugic!d rides. and carry the tag and keep
step ~ the music Of the Union.
Anuur5cr OF Western capitalists are making
arrangements 10 so extensively and legitimatcly
il.n the cotton business. both by cultivate :;
abandoned plantations in Louisiana and Nssis.
s3pui, and BY purchasing vi the old Planters.
They mean 70 demonstrate on n large scale the
advantages OF free labor.
H.. ~. estimate in the Cincinnati Commercial
ii appears thar the Federal Army must have AZ
the present iIInc-thc LOSSES in lS0S bcia. aa-
iancrd, by voluntary cnlisGments and the draft
IN the same prEioG-strcnS:h greater by at least
$4,000 men than i; had the LIST OF January,
IS6S.
The Office Of the Democratic Press, at Waus-
seon Ohio. was destroyed by soldiers recently
As the Democratic papers are all loyal it Is
singular that so many of them are destroyed by
soldiers and that Republican papers wholly e.
cape. How can il be accounted for
The Union says the Pacific Railroad Company
has been without ties for LAYING the track f"r
nearly weeks. This deficiency has. of course,
caused delay in the progress OF their work
There are several vessels outside freightcd with
ties and the deficiency will soon be supplied
\ telegram from san Francisco says that there
will be no draft in this State unless have Il
foreign war. Where are the wiseacrcs who
have kept the people excited about expected
draft and by their articles contributed 10 drive
many away TO the mines Of Idaho
Empire Greek. a tributary of the klamath RI
Yer, is spoken OF AZ rich mining district 1t i,
said 10 contain both placer and quartz mines. As
high Us So per day was made in the placer dig
gings and quartz lodcs have aSsayed from $50 TO
SlOO in silver and gold
The Douglas Monument Association at Chicago,
have authorized the preparation of n design for
the proposed monument. the cost not to exceed
fifty Thousand dollars. 1t is designed TO com
mence work on the monument about the first of
the present month.
Extensive deposits of coal had been discovered
on Highland Hill in the town of Denver. \ ton
of it yielded 1000 feet Of cubic gas Before ano'
Their winter. says the News, Denver will draw
her fuel and her illuminating substances from be.
meath her own streets.
The Stockton Independent of April 18th, says
these pests to the farmers (Grasshoppers), are
making their appearance in very large numbers.
In the region of the foothills locusts show
ing themselves if they meant 10 play havoc this
summer among green things.
The Stockton Independent has an item on a
crows rookcry, which is located on the lower
Mokelumnc 1t is special roostng place for tens
OF thousands of crows who are rapidly construct
ing guano mno for tho use OF future genera
tons.
Recently, a little son of John Hamilton, Sheriff
of Wasatch county. u. t., was shot through the
head by the accidental discharge of pistol, for
which he and another lad were struggling. His
recovery was doubiful
The people of Santa Fe, New Mexico, have
held public meeting TO express their indignation
concerning charges naaue IN New 1Ork papers
against Gen. Carleton, and 10 avow their conf
dence IN him.
General Wright has issued the following gene
raj order: Vessels ofevery description entering
the harbOr of san Francisco will be required to
pass up the channel TO the south of AlcRtraz
Island.
The question, whether negroes are competent
witnesses in military Courts. having been sub
mitted to the Judge Advocate of the Missouri
III a. H. i.Jt l,t
tent;
and champagne two dollars bottle How many
Man dies landless, who, during his life, has
swallowed fertile township-trees and all.
| Rose Bingham, who threw her infant out of a
| third story window IL San Francisco, is but Is
wears of age She takes the matter but little to
| heart, and talks and laughs about it.
Gov. Evans, of Colorado Territory has issued a
proclamation calling an election of Delegates to a
| Convention 10 frame State Constitution, on the
first Monday in May next
! Mining stock suits occupy the constant atten-
| ton oil the San Francisco Courts. Judging from
| the reports there must have been some nice men
on Montgomery street.
Another of the San Quentin rebels who was
| wounded in the demonstration which the prison
ers made a few days ago, died Wednesday. Ho
! was Mexican.
a large number of emigrants, says the Yreka
| Journal are passing through the town nearly
! every day on their way TO the Northern mines.
The Call is informed that the eldest boy of the
Orrin family Of gymnasta recently broke his neck
while exhibiting on the flying trapeze, In Chill.
4 T. Stewart, Of New York, has given 900
for the erection of new building at Yale College,
| to be used as dOrnitores and study rooms.
! There were 100000 pairs of shoes manufactured
in Auburn, New York, last year, it giving employ
meut to 1900 persons.
| Extensive arrangements are in progress for
| getting out timber from the region round about
| Lake Tahoe.
| Messrs Houston aud BRADBURY, of Carson
! Valley, are curing 10000 pounds of ham and
I bacon.
| The California steamer which left New York
| on the 18th had four hundred frkins of butter
| aboard
Gen Grant is in command of forces which &C.
| cupy front of nearly four hundred miles.
! The Chicago water works lake tunnel is to
be completed in TWO years
| The Government cannot make cents without
making eopperheads.
The valley of Owens river is rapidly being
\ filed up with emigrants from all parts Of the
| southern mines and the Tulare valley.
John Hewlett, a temperance lecturer. pro-
noCuced superior to Cough. is coming to Cali
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