Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-24

PORTLAND, Aprn lo.-h "ah NS~
this city. Of cholera, this morning. he Is
said to DO one of those who escaped from
the steamer England.
Arrival OF n Diseased Cargo OF Hu-
mainly.
New York, April lS.-The British
steamship Virginia, from Liverpool Aprh
4th, has arrived. with l,O4S passengers.
She had thirty.eig deaths on the pas
sage. The disease is said to be similar to
tina. with which the steamship England is
infected. The Virginia is at quarantine
anchorage, twenty miles below the city
Minister Appreciated - Conner Bro
Vettcd.
WASHINGTON, April l9.-Gen. Edward
McCook, to-day, received his commission
as Minister to the Sandwich Islands.
General Patrick E. Conner has been
brevetted a Major General.
Division of tho Atzeroth Reward
OF the reward for the capture OF At
zeroth, Sergeant Finnell, Of the First
Delaware Cavalry, received $4,000; ten
privates received $4,000 each.
The Payne Reward.
OF the $1,000 reward for the arrest OF
Payne, Maj. H. W. Smith received $4,000,
and the balance is distributed among
seven others.
Travelling on the Plains Safe.
The Indian Bureau has received a letter
from Colonel Wynkoop, dated For. Lar
ned, April 10th, saying: ~ have got all
the hostile bands in, and declare the In
dams to be at peace; consequently tho
different routes of travel across the Plains
are perfectly safe. The effect is already
plainly visible, from the fact that the mail
is travelling without an escort, and small
parties Of emigrants, with freight, are
pushing over their course in perfect safety,
without anticipation of any danger from
Indians. I have visited the Indian camps
without an escort aud to all appearance
they are as peaceably disposed as I ever
knew them to be prior to the opening Of
hostilities."
A Treasury Department Seizure.
WASHINGTON, April l9.-The Treasury
Department has seized the steamer Co.
quette, lying at Baltimore, upon informa-
| ton that she was built at Glasgow under
q contract for blockade running. She is
valued at $4,000, and is claimed as pri.
vate property ; but the Government will
proceed against herfor coni,cation accord
ing to law.
Ne Renian Raid on tho Border.
New YORK, April 20.-The Tri6Hne's
Passport (Me.) dispatch says that there is
no Trouble, hardly even an excitement on
the border and that the Heraids special
concerning Fenian raids and capture Of
an English flag, and a mutiny among Brit
ish troops and sailors is purely sensa-
tional. The presence of General Meade
efectually exploded the bubble. The
whole thing was managed in aid Of the
| Confederation scheme.
Bounty Swindles md Prize Pay
ments
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-A voluminous
report to the Secretary of War, on bounty
jumping, shows that of 500, 900 volunteer.
mustered into service only 1853, 900 reached
the field, although most all the others re.
ceived bounties /; and this wholesale sys-
tenn Of fraud was perpesrated in nearly
every State.
All payments Of naval prizes upon the
lists from which no payments have yel
been made are suspended until a decision
is given by the Supreme Court upon the
question as to whether prize money does
not belong to the Government.
Indian Treaty Money.
WASHINGTON, April lS.-The Senate
passed the joint resolution appropriatinG
Sl27, 0s5 for the fulfllment of certain
treaties with Indian tribes on the upper
Missouri and upper Platte.
Protection against VexatIon TO Union
Officers.
The Senate debated the bill protecting
Union officers against vexatious prosecu-
ton for acts done during the war. Ed
monds, Of Vermont, offered an amend
ment, providing that the act should not
apply in States not declared to DO in re-
bellion.
Clark, Of New Hampshire, hoped the
amendment would not prevail, as it would
excep. Kentucky, where over three thou.
sand such suits were pending.
Conness, of California, also opposed the
amendment, saying that as the rebels are
being p~ardoned, why not extend an am.
nesty also to Union officers
Army Increase Discussed.
The House debated the bill increasing
the regular army, but reached no impor-
tans conclusion. The bill will occupy
several days yet.
Ne Modification OF tho Test Oath.
The House Judiciary Committee have
had a full consideration Of the President,
late message and will report against any
modification of the test oath, believing
there are plenty Of men to hold office un-
der it.
McDouGaH Apologies.
WASHINGTON, April ls.-McD ougall,
of California, having understood that q
resolution would be offered for his expul-
sion from the Senate for language used by
him in debate on Monday, April 10th,
promptly apologized to the Senate to-day
and also to his colleague. He seemed to
appreciate very fully the indecorum he
had committed, judging by tho manner
and matter Of his apology. His statement
was accepted in the spirit in which It wal
rendered, and there the matter ends.
Division Of jeff Capture Money.
The reward Of $780, 900 for the capture
NJ left. Davis has been awarded among