Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-29
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tracts In Aoathcrn etates-DiStillery
Blown up St,Duba4ao-NeSro In-
surrection Reports a HumbuR
n aiAeisa Rios n Alsxan.
drin, VirEinia-The Rebels Detected
and RxPoSsd N sho Iastigators-
Centraband Articles for Mexico
New Ronte q .Max-Bad LTidinHs
from Texas-SurEo0ns there refuse
to attend PresIdent JohnSon's Bro
,therWhenU oaHded, ard / wound.
ed man dies for want Of proper Med.
icaI Aid (Humane Chivalry D.
Change In the tamnicR Governor
ship-Fcnian Trial-O'DonovRn dc.
fends hiuSelf- In aII0nS Speech 70
she Jury-His Life S~entenco-ste-
vens Safe In Paris-A "Spiritnal
Medium" Murderess.
WAsHINeTos, Dec. 27.TThe President
has prepared a reply to the resolution Of
Congress, asking information why JEFF.
Davis has not been brought to trial.
The ground taken, will embrace legal
difficulties heretofore announced as in the
way Of q civil t~rial.rw .arfrnnasl "a
The Post Office Department, to-day,
awarded contracts for mail service on
forty routes in Virgins and West Vir-
gina, which nearly completes the arrange
ments in those States. ~ "'Vl 's.".
Upwards Of thirty routes in South Car
DINA, Georgia, and other Southern States
are being freely disposed Of; and cores
ponding efforts are progressing, by ap-
pointment Of postmasten,A to reopen
offices in every Southern State.
DUBUQUE, Dec. 27.-At noon to-day
Jaeger's distillery in this city was blown
to atoms by an explosion Of the steam
boiler Seven men were at work in the
building, of whom all but n escaped.
The fireman was buried among the ruins.
The cause of the explosion was too little
water in the boiler. Loss, $4,000
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-Reports from South
ern cities show how unfounded and cow
ardly were the fears Of negro instructions
on Christmas. No -exA precautions
were taken, and negroes were allowed to
| celebrate unrestrained.
At Alexandria, Va, however, free
whisky and the instigation Of white men
resulted in a riot, in which colored men
who had been engaged were OF course the
sufferers.
Judicial investigation Of this affair show
beyond doubt that the secesh element
manufactured the riot, and were only dis
appointed that it did not become more
general.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-The casualties
in the riot at Alexandria, on Christmas,
were over estimated. Only one white
man and two colored men were seriously
injured.
General Augur has directed thorough
investigation Of the case Of the riot, and
has ordered the commanding officer at
Alexandria not to surrender any Of the
offending parties to the demands of the
civil authorities /; but to refer all such de-
mands to the commanding officer Of the
Department. 10 Z.
The Secretary of State directs the U. s.
District Attornies to keep vigilant watch
on all vessels Isailing for Mexican ports 4;
and to seize all contraband articles. Par
ties in New York engaged in this bust
ness. allege that they have a carrier route,
entitled 'Maximilian's Express Company
Some facts will shortly be made public,
showing up the matter more definitely.
General VIM. J. Strong, Inspector Gen.
eral,' on General Towards staff, returned
to Washington yesterday from o three
months tour in the Southwest. He re-
ports affairs in the interior Of Texas in q
deplorable condition. Much restitution
exists among the blacks and whites.
When President Johnson'S brother was
accidentally wounded by the discharge Of
his gun, a number Of physicians were
called on for his professional treatment.
Each one refused his services, on the
ground that he was q brother of the Presi-
dent; and he was obliged to send nearly
one hundred miles for q Federal surgeon.
He died solely for want Of timely surgical
aid
NEW York, Dec. 27..-By the arrival
OF the steamer City Of Washington, we
have Liverpool advices to the l4th.
Governor Rice had been suspended
from his functions in Jamaica, and Sir
Henry starks~ temporarily appointed in his
place. q ,r .r..r
At the setting Of the Court for the trial
of FenianS, on the 18th, a day wal occu-
| pied by O'Donovan in his address to the
jury, in his own defense. He commenced
at the opening Of the Court, and did not
desist until aftor elk in the evening. He
insisted tina. no had done nothing crimi-
nal; asserted that his case had outraged
all law; and gave it as his opinion that
Ireland would never be free without fight
ing. His bearing was insolent, and when
he remarked upon the Court, his language
was offensive and sauey ! nO'Donovan,
owing to a similar conviction. sixteen
years ago. WA ssntsncedto penal servitude
for life.
A letter receivsd in Liverpool confirms
the statement that Stevens is safe in Paris.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-Mr. Sarah Havi-
land, a spiritual medium, at Battle Creek,
Michigan, has been arrested for the MUIR
der of her three youngest children, on the
10th inst. She confes,es that she gave
them arsenic, thinking it bette. to END
them to the spirit world while innocent.
/ ACoRREsPoSDENr y LrcH.-The Sac
ramento correspondence the MarysVills
appeal is living in clover there. Hear him
al am doing the part Of bcsnt tenees for a
friend who has gone, a. all infatuated Ben
'edicts do go once in 4 while, to see his wife.
And he has been as gracious TO mo as was
Dyonisius OF Sicily unto Damocles. A large
s,nYs NJ Ynoma with n 6na narlOf to begin on,