Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-27
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
'~srnciIL DISPATCH TO TIE GOLD HILL DAILY sxws
DATES UP TO YESTERDAY.
The Penian Troubles in Canada.

want OF tNlucnCe W COuNiCt tuc"i now
a petition, which will be for
to Secretary Seward at Wash
ington, asking him to demand damages
from the British Government for depriv-
ing them Of their liberty for over six
months.
Fire Mt Elmira.
ELMIRA, Dec. ga fire occurred
here to-day. Loss, $4,000.
Heavy Treasure shipment.
New York, Dec. 26.-The steamship
Cuba, took out $500, 900 in specie.
Death ofnn0 facer.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Intelligence
has been received here Of the death OF
Lieut.. Wilson, of the Sixth United
States Cavalry, son of Senator Wilson,
of Massachusetts,.
French Minister.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Montholon,
late French Minister, left to-day.
The Secretary of the Treasury has, it
is reported, yielded to the pressure, and
will not discharge the female clerks on
the LIST Of January as threatened.
Expected.
An interesting report is expected in
response to the Congressional inquiry
about the advertising patronage of the
Navy Department, showing that the Sec
rotary of the Navy advertises only in pa
pers supporting Johnson-including
many VIGOROUSLY disloyal sheets.
Partially.
It appearing that Minister Harvey, in
Portugal, draws pay regularly from the
contingent fund of the State Depart
ment, Seward will probably be called
to answer why the intentions of Con-
gress are disregarded.
The Mexican Question.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-lt is ascer-
tanned from official sources that Minister
Campbell has been instructed to remain
at New Orleans for the present, in order
to await further instructions.
From Richmond.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Letters from
Richmond declare the Legislature as
nearly unanimous against the ratifca-
ton of the Constitutional Amendment.
The President still Advises the Southern
States to Reject tho Constitutional
Amendment.
CHARLESTON, Is. C.), Dec. 26.-Col.
Wetherby has just returned from Wash
ington, where he had an informal inter-
view with the President on the subject
of restoration. In the urse Of their
interview the President gave it as his
deliberate opinion that the Southern
States, through their Legislatures,
should reject the proposed Constitu.
tional Amendment, but in such terms
as not to give offense to those who are
urging it on the South. Such action
on their part, he is reported to have
said, would be sustained by the Su.
preme Court. At least he had reason
to hope that it would.
Important Dispatch frsm Napoleon to the
Government oftho United States-Napo-
Icon offers to Withdraw the French
Troops md Assist In Re-Establishing q
Republican Government.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-The dispatch,
which was copied from the New York
Herald, stating that Stewards dispatch
of the 22d ult. had never been received
by the French Government is false,
Stewards dispatch was received, and
Secretary Seward received an answer
on the 5th of December, from Napoleon,
assuring the United States Government
of the good faith of France, at the same
time specifying the time when the
French troops would leave Mexico, and
expressing satisfaction at the Campbell.
Sherman mission, and proposing the
cooperation of France with the United
States in the establishment of a Re.
publican Government to Mexico, the
United States to sustain such Govern.
ment after its re-establishment.
Great Slaughter Of United States Troop,
Mar Fort Kearney by Indians.
FoRT LARAMIE ID. IT,, Dec. 26.-Lieu'
tenant Colonel Fetterman, Captain
Brown and Lieutenant Grammond of the
Eighteent Infantry, with ninety men Of
the Second Cavalry and eighteen of in
fantry, were surrounded by the Indians
on the 22d, neal Fort Phil. Kearney,
and every officer and man killed.
An Unsuccessful Attempt at Revolution
In Venozuclln.
New YORK, Dec. 26.-Advices from
Maracaibo, Venezuela, by the bark
Iowa, state that the rebel General Pull,
gar made an attack, November 18th, or
the Fort below the city and was severely
wounded and, with one hundred men,
was taken prisoner. The steamer &C,
companying Pulgar, with several smaller
vessels, surrendered. Pulgar's forces
retreated and subsequently disbanded,
Test Case-The Civil Rights LAW.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The constitu-
tionality OF the Civil Rights law will
soon be tested in a case before the Su.
preme Court which has been made up
in Maryland.
From Mcxico-The Reported HANGING Of
Escobodo Confirmed.
NEW YORK, Dec. ga New Orleans
dispatch says: Later news from Mata-
moras confirms the hanging Of Escobedo
by Canales and it is believed 0rtega in
stigated the murder.
WOMAN MURDERED.-A terrible MUIR
der was committed near the village Of