Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-20
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,,,n,-o,i 70 THE MORNING PAPERS.
Cannes Urges the Necessity OfSend-
Ing n Fleet of War Vessels on this

CO2ASLS
The New York Hsralfs special of the 18th
Says: sensation was created In the Senate to-
day nv the statement of CONFESS relative to the
imperative necessity Of sending feet Of war
steamers to the Pacific coast without delay. The
authorities have positive information that the
rebel steamers have left Asia for that coast, and
IL is feared that San francisco will be menaced
before the Navy can afford the requisite protec'
lion.
Conness introduced Joint resolution which
passed the Senate, authorizing the President to
transfer persons from land TO naval services
AlSo, the discretionary power to transfer seamen,
enlisted in tho army, to the navy, and to make
up crews for ships of war to be sent TO the Pa
citic eoast He said the Navy Department was
ready to send the ships, but by reasons of the
great bounties paid to soldiers the Department
could not get sailors, and this resolution was to
meet the difficulty and enable Government Ia
send such feet TO the Paciio rs 10 give ample
protection against at'aek-
The Senate cnnirmed Charles Hatchlns, OF Or
egon, Indian Agent for Idaho.
Amnesty Proclamation Sent to Lees
Army.
Sey.ral hundred copies OF the Amnesty PrOcla-
nation have been sent TO Lees army within the
past week and the effect is already pereePtible, in
the increased number Of assertions
F'urlOushed-.074,O 100000 in Gold to
he in the Treasury on the LIST July.
Officers who escaped from Richmond have been
furloughed for thirty days.
In tn. House Mr.. Garfield stated that there will
be s74,0O00O0 Of gold In the Treasury on the LIST
of July at the present rate of receipts The
pledges of the Government for coin arc 81,
1000
Rebel Movements.
DErARrNESr WESTERN VIRGINIA, Feb. Is
Prog, the reports Of deserters and refugees, il is
evident that the rebels are making extensive
preparations along the line Of the Tennessee and
Virginia Railroad. either apprehendlng an advance
from u.s. preparing for an offensive movement
themselves
An Important Bridge DeStrO yed-
Reported Battle.
A Chattanooga telegraph says Sherman's troops
DESTROYED a bridge on the Mobile and Ohio road,
thereby severing the connection between Polk =
forces and Mobile. Great conservation exists IN
consequence, Rebel papers also report a battle
at Enterprise, Mississippi. Result not stated
From New Orleans All Quiet in
Texas.
NEW YORK, Feb. l9.-New Orleans dates 10
the llth, report Farragut, with greater portion
Of the fleet, had left New Orleans Nothing new
from Texas, not even q skirmish reported. Near
IL mile OF the levee NJ Point Coupee recently
fell into the Mississippi The leveeS near Baton
pretended. The steamer Sallie Robinson was
fred on by guerrillas near Donaldsonvic on the
10th. No ons hurt.
BOSTON, Feb 19.-The fire in Gloucester de-
Stroyed tfty stores and fifteen dwellings.
Capt. Fisk's Report-An Idaho Miner
Sends the Presidenta Gold Nugget.
Capt. Fisk. Of the Northern Overland ESpc-
dition reports fifteen millions in gold dust in
Idaho waiting transportation to New York. over
twelve thousand miners are on the ground, most
IL old Californians. Capt Fisk has nugget
valued at $50, present from miner to Lincoln.
He estimates the emigration to Idaho this summer
at one hundred thousand.