Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-01-03

youpu Kctchun-A Heavy Claim
against the City OF New York Re
fused strong Divorce Case - The
Currency Que.tion in Congress
From (ieorgiR-Froni North Cnro-
Iinn-The Cholern-Genernl Grnnt
Goes to New Orleans Dis
Heavy Defalcntion Clement q.
Clny-JcT DaYis.
New York, December 80. = Young
ketchum, the forger, has been sentenced
to State Prison for four years and a half.
He received his sentence with composure,
but his father and brothers were deeply
affected. Horace Greeley, Geo. Opdyke,
David Dudley Field, and Nm. Z. Dodge,
went to Albany a few days since to OBJ
tain from Governor Fenton pardon for
ketchum. They were fortified with let
tiers from Chief Justice Chase. and abou
all the persons whom Ketchum had thus
wronged. No reply has been given.
John Is. Haskell. to whom Judge Bar
nard referred the claim of Charles Devlin
against the city Of New York, amounting
to $4,000 has decided the case in favor
of the city. ..a.
The jury in the Strong divorce case is
still out, without an immediate prospect
Of a verdict.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-The majority
of the new Committee on Banking and
Currency are known to be opposed to
any further imitation o! currency.
A telegram from Augusta (Ga.), in re-
Spouse to an enquiry, says that after dill
gent search it cannot be ascertained that
there were any disturbances in that Sec
ton by freedmen during Christmas holi-
days, but on Thursday night, the 18th, a
squad of U. :. colorcd troops and dis
charged colored soldiers made an assault
on the house Of i widow. six miles from
Augusta, supposing her to be unprotected.
They however met with unexpected re-
sis,ance. Three of them were MORALLY
wounded and two seriously injured.
Colonel Ruth, in command OF the ar
Senal, arrived with a squad in time to re-
lieve the inmates of the house, but not
until everything in the lower part OF 1t
had been destroyed. The Colonel treated
the rescued inmates with great kindness.
The soldiers engaged in the assault en-
pec,ed to be discharged in a day or two,
and Their TO be free to range through Au-
gusta aud its vicinity at will.
WARRINGTON, Dec. 80. 1t appears,
from official announcement. that the peo-
pie Of North Carolina declared null and
void the ordinance OF secession by a vote
of 1877 to 1910, and 1880 votes were
cast TO rstify the ordinance to prohibit
slavery, and 1896 against.
The United States Consul at Port Ma
hon writes to the State Department that
the cholera has entirety disappeared from
that Province.
The Republican says the report that
General Grant was about TO sail for the
Rio Grande, is without foundation. He
intends to visi, New Orleans only.
New YoRE, Jan. 3l.-Judse Leonard,
to-day, in the Supreme Court, discharged
Martin, the accompllce of Kennedy, in
the conspiracy TO burn the city, on a writ
of hGJsas corpus, taking him from the Gus
tody of General Hooker. Martin was
again arrested by the United States Com
missioner on n charge OF arson.
X. b. Bradford, late Public Admins
traitor, has sent u letter 10 the Board Of
Aldermen, stating that his report for 1865
will show II deficiency in his accounts Of
$40, 900. which he acknowledges to have
embezzled for stock and other specula-
tons. lie has assigned his own and his
wife's property to secure deficiencies.
The Herald's Fortress Monroe CORES
pendent says tha, Clement Z. Clay has
recently been permitted by the President
to receive visits from his wife. Mrs. Clay
arrived at Fortress Monroe on Thursday,
December 2Sth. and was soon afterwards
admitted to an interview with her hus-
band. She found Clay in good health,
his confinement, not appearing to have in
~juriously affected him.
The health Of JEFF. Davis is also said to
continue good.
Mrs. Clay will probably remain at For
tress Monroe for some time. 1t is sup
posed that she has given up the hope of
getting her husband pardoned.