Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-13
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
T UP TO
nav Tcle.raphie Movement.

New TeleEraphic Movement.
CHICAGO, Dec. IA Washington
special says: "Leading members of
| Congress are in favor of making an ex-
pertinent to see if the Postofice Depart
ment cannot advantageously manage the
telegraph. The proposition is to build
a line from Washington to New York,
declare it a postal route, put it under
the control Of the Postmaster-General,
and require each message to bear a cent
postage stamp for every twenty or thirty
words"
Early E~leotioneering.
New YORK, Dec. IA special from
Pittsburg says the Republic, Of that city,
hoists the name of Andrew johnson for
President in 1868. His friends are re-
ported as organizing throughout Penn
~sylvania.
Surratt-Bis Disclosures Anticipated.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l?.-lt is SEMI
officially reported that Surratt~-will be
offered II pardon if he discloses his
knowledge of the assassination plot.
Congregational.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l2.-The House,
yesterday, by a vote of Is against l32,
rejected Mr.. Stevens Amendment, de-
claring the disability of any nominee
rejected by the Senate, to hold office for
one year thereafter.
Princess Cnrlottn.
PORTLAND, Dec. 1.-THE steamer
Moravian brings Liverpool dates to Nov.
18th. 1t is reported that the physicians
Of the Empress Carlotta fear the abso-
Lutte loss of her reason, as well as her
life.
From ireland.
The London Times complains that the
loyal people in Ireland do not show
themselves, but seem to leave every
thing to the Government police and the
army and navy.
Army Regulations.
WASHINGTON, December l2.-General
orders of the War Department just issued
materially modify the army punishments.
| They forbid the ball and chain, and con-
| fnement in the State Prison or Peni-
Tertiary, or limit confinement in the
most aggravated cases to one year.
From vern Cruz.
New ORLEANS, December 1.-THE
we'll informed correspondent OF the
Picayune, writing from Vera Cruz, I'M
der date Of December I'd, gives the fol-
lowing: 1.-THE Emperor has just passed
through a serious crisis. Macmillan
has proved himself a clever gold seeker.
| He has done more than draw blood
from a stone He has got money from
the Bishops and clergy Of this country.
A few days ago they placed at his dis
posal twenty-five millions dollars for
immediate use. and promise a similar
sum annually to enable him to keep an
army. The merchants of Mexico pledged
| themselves at the same time to give him
ten million dollars annually, and on
these terms he decided on retaining his
crown, and shedding the last drop Of his
| blood in defense Of the nation"
Csngrossiousl.
NRw YORK, December l2.-ln the
Senate to-day, Mr.. Morgan, of New York,
offered a joint resolution thanking Cy-
rus W. Field, and requesting the Pres
ident to cause a gold medal, with suita-
BILE emblems, to be presented, together
with these resolutions engrossed on
parchment. 1t was referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations.
The House Committee on Banking has
agreed upon a bill to limit the issue of
any one bank to one million dollars,
| cutting down the circulation of existing
banks nearly thirty millions, which will
be distributed among Southern and
Western banks, whose circulation is
below the average.
The District Of Columbia suffrage bill
was under consideration in the Senate
to-day.
Mr.. Cowan's amendment, striking out
the word "male," was voted down by
| 81 to 8.
Pending the discussion of an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Dixon, of Connec-
ticut, providing that voters shall read
and write, the Senate adjourned.
The House had under consideration
the bill reported by the Judiciary Com
mittee, repeating the provisions of the
law of 1890, so as to prevent treason be-
ing barred by statute of limitation.
Mr.. A. ]. Rogers, of New Jersey, in a
violent speech, denounced Congress for
its course toward the South and the
President.
The bill was re-committed.
Universal Suffrage.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l2.-There is no
doubt of the passage of the District of
Columbia Universal Suffrage Bill.
By the Atlantic Gable