Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-03
Later Dispatches.
ESPECIAL TO THE GOLD HILL DAILY NEWS
From Washington - The Pacific
Railroad.


From Washington - The Pacific
Railroad.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The House to-
day passed the Senate bill for the military
protection of emigrants to the Pacific States
and Territories. s.-
Owing to the indisposition of Associate
Justice Grier, the argument in the Quick
silver Mining Case is postponed until Mon
day, March 7th.
CHICAGO, March a. The Washington
Chronicle of February 2Sth, says: Sherman's
bill to amend the Pacific Railroad law pro-
vides that the shares shall be one hundred
instead of a thousand dollars each. The
number of shares to be a million instead Of
thousand. Persons holding thousand dollars
share may have hundreds instead. The Com
pany can take land for the track, and trees and
materials for construction. Damages to be
assessed by commission.
The company to use the coal and iron on
the public lands, may have the lands that
have been entered upon under government
title, which are to be made up by others on
each side of the road for twenty miles. The
company may select good lands for sterile
sections wherever the track may pass. Sec
ton five is amended by striking out the word
sixteen, and inserting twenty-five, and by
striking out the words may be paid in
treasury notes, etc.," and inserting "shall
be paid in the same manner as the bonds Of
the United States are made payable" The
time for designating the general route, and
filling up the map of the same and the time
for completion of that part of the Railroad
is required BY the terms Of said act is ex-
tended one year. The Central Pacific Rail-
road in California, to build but twenty-five
miles of the road yearly, one half Of the COM
pensation for securities Endorsed by the Gov
eminent, shall be required to be applied to
the payment Of the bonds issued i'll aid OF
the construction of the road grades and
curves are not to exceed those Of other roads
in the United States in successful operation.
The iron may not be Of American manufac-
ture exclusively. The company may import
iron rails and locomotives free Of duty.
From Memphis and Sherman's Army.
The Worlds special correspondent says
since the disastrous retreat of Garrison and
Smith upon Memphis, most serious appre-
tensions are felt in official political circles.
Their retreat interrupts Sherman's commu-
nication all along the line Of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, and sewers his army from an
important source of supply, without which
| it is believed he cannot maintain his ground
Worse still, it deprives him of the cavalry
force upon which he relied to prosecute oper-
atoms. Military men believe Sherman will
now be obliged to retrace his steps and re-
turn to Vicksburg.
A private letter dated February 10th, says
Sherman reached Meridian, but hearing o.
the cavalry retreat, dared not proceed, and
erected earthworks around the city. The re-
port of his occupation of Selma is discred
tied, that being hundred miles from Meri'
dan.
News from the South reports Polk between
Selma and the Tombigbee watching Sher
man, and prepared to dispute his passage o.
the river.
Leniency to Deserters.
WASHINGTON, March 2d.-The Presiden
has ordered that all punishment of deserter:
now under sentence of death be mitigated t
imprisonment during the war, at the DRY
Tortugas.
Congressman Rejected.
The Committee on Elections has decided
in effect that Col. McClurg, Union, is not en-
titled to the seat which he now occupies a!
Representative from Missouri.
From the Army of the Potomac
New YORK, March 2.-The Post says re
ports from Virginia state that fitzpatrick
cavalry force got into Lees rear, and is work
ing its way toward Richmond, and also that
one corps of the Army Of the Potomac il
making a move in Kilpatrick's favor agains
the main body oil the reoel army.
From EurOpe-Maximillian about Ia
Proceed to Mexico.
PORTLAND, March 2.-The Damascus
from Liverpool February 18th, and London
derry February 10Th, has arrived. 1t was
stated that the arrangements for the depart
ure of Macmillan for Mexico were com,
plete.
The Prussians continued operations agains
Duppel. 1t was stated that they demanded
that the Danes should evacuate Duppel ant
Alsen, giving up every part of the Duchy.
Copenhagen papers say the Danish govern
ment has not received the propositions for al
armistice.
LONDON, Feb. l9.-An attack on Duppe
by the Prussians and Austrians is imminent
It's said the place is defended by forty thou
sand Danes.