Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-23
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[rRox THE VIRGINIA UNION OF YESTERDAY

Loss at nZoO GIty-Bnnks ordered
to New Orleans-The loss Of Virgin.
ia will be the loss of all TO the Con.
fedcracy-Deaih of Nathaniel Haw-
thOrnc-The New York World aud
Journal of Commerce Offices closed
for publishing false and damaging
disPatches--Ccrtain Telegraph on
ces also closed.
CAIRO, May l9.-In the late capture Of
Yazoo City the rebels are said to have been
badly worsted. They lost heavily in killed
and wounded.
Gen, Banks has been ordered to report at
New Orleans.
Arrivals from Duval's Bluff report that the
rebels have erected battery on White river,
dare not attempt to pass.
BosToN, May l9.-Nathaniel Hawthorne, a
great American author, died to-day.
The Richmond Examiner of the 10th, says
The enemy have concentrated in Virginia; if
beaten there, they will be beaten everywhere;
if they win there, they win everything. The
war will and the Confederacy might con-
.inue; but if Virginia is lost, the present
Confederate organization will not probably
survive.
CHICAGO, May l9.-The New York World
and Journal Of Commerce published yester-
day morning what purported to be procla-
nation from the President appointing day
of humiliation, also calling for 400, 900 troops.
A second edition of the World says that 1t,
with other city papers, was made the victim
Of malicious hoax BY some scoundrel who,
in imitation of manifold dispatches OF the
Associated Press, sent copies to all the pa
pers. The Herald printed large edition,
but discovered the hoax in time to suppress
it. The World and Journal Of Commerce
are now under seizure by the Provost Guard
for publishing it.
Neither office has published a paper to-day.
The Offices OF the Independet Telegraph Com
pauy in New York, Philadelphia and Wash
ington have been closed for transmitting the
bogus document from Washington. Several
persons have been arrested, and will be tried
by military tribunal for reasonably attempt
ING to give aid and comfort to the enemy.
Gold, which closed on Tuesday night at
70, opened at ST, under the influence, doubt
less, of the false proclamation. The steamer
which left at noon yesterday for Europe, in
all probability, took copies out, but without
the announcement that it was bogus.
A Skirmish Turned into n Severe
BatrIe-Despernie Effort of the Reb-
els TO get supply Trnins-UniOnisis
Attack the Rebel Earthworks and
nre Received with nurdcrons Ariil-
lCEy-A Va
Captured
New YORK, May IA special dispatch
to the Tribune from headquarters of the
Army Of the Potomac, l p. NJ, 18th, says
that desultory firing which commenced at
daybreak has grown into a very considerable
battle. The enemy discovering the changes
OF position that had been made last night,
took advantage of the same and were found
to have massed all their strength on our
tIisn', No" 80, " .T La go" ~ ,,,
oeSpetS.e assault w oie@N ou. ~ Snt So'
az supply uains ms nioaeiitn1 VI - 'l'v en Ia
my occasioneo lhe re-oGcupaL'on 1i our o,u
pos.tpn Si !S 60" ', o,,r AZ
TINS Tue S,'I S 1oipn, UoSDP Pa ,ho s,r,,H-
ue"ie itSL', oe.a'ns 80 o"oraI, p
Sie was AeP' up ''o'e VI 100 ~
noon .d,.,,,,d - ,r;,,;r
Io-uas ouI uooPs VIZ" .h, MahaI oa-,bwari's
very ciose Iause 3a 'ne 81. oao.o;',,
""eh ~ ~. - 900,
ing conslaeraole 1855 put our eu's "ete sun
got INTO PoSi"o"' anu uuuei co'Et VI rs :at
hre we charged anu tooh Tue hrst me VI rue
pits, capturing conSiaerao!e numoer OF pm
soners and several guns. Az me present
writing there Is Gessatlon OF hItuS Inc
rebel loss Is oehevea 10 De greater thah ours,
mountaineering the niollient"fy advantage
VI Shen az ans "PO"
Congressionn!-Thc Nevada Consiitu-
nonnI Esc3u ES,a,,i;,, ""
I'll 49,, 30 Ench OtberCRort
narI;neNRutler and Benurexard-
ButIer Rctircs Behind His Works
The Pirate FIoridn-GuanO and
the spaniards.
WASHINGTON. Nav l9.-Senator Harding
introduced hill To amend an act Of Con-
or.ss onnroyed September 18th. 1850, rela-
fino 70 donation to settlers on public lands
in California. The House passed the Senate
bin amendatory of the Act authorizing Ne
yada to form State Government. 1t chang
es the time Of submitting it to a vote of the
people, to the first day Of September.
Reports from General Sherman's COM
mand, dated Kingston, Georgia, PPM. to-
day. announced that he had reached Kings
ton, and encamped there last night. This
morning he advanced upon the enemy, who
again retreated.
DISPATCHES stale that while they were be-
ing written Hooker and Towards guns were
hammering at Johnston, and that the two
armies are in plain sight of each other. Two
miles east of Kingston, Dukes division of
the Fourteenth Corps are in possession of
Rome. Sherman reports the weather pleas
ant, roads good and country more open and
less mountainous.
Dispatches IRON bermuda hundred the
18th, say that on Monday the reoeis came
out of their intrenchments in front Of Fort
Darling and made three advances, all of
which were. nromntlv and theoretically re-
pulsed, with a loss to them of 1000 or 1900,
while our loss was slight. Butler having as
certained that Beauregard had been heavily
reinforced, and learning from Richmond pa
pers that several miles of the Danville rail-
road had been discharged, and that dams,
locks and embankments Of the canal leading
to Richmond had been destroyed, decided to
fall back from Darling, and gave orders ac-
cording!y. Our army securely arrived be-
hind our own line OF intrenchments. Several
Of Longstreet's men were captured, who stated
that his whole army was cooperating with
Beauregard. The object Of our demonstra-
ton against Fort Darling was for the purpose
of drawing off as many of Lees troops as
possible, and also to attract the attention Of
the rebel forces in and about Richmond to
enable General Kurt to more eifectually de-
stroy their communication South.