Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-05
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Washinrton Items.

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confer upon matters concerning the
army, particularly in reference to main
tanning garrisons in the Southern States.
The Times Washington special dis
patch SAYS the House Judiciary Com
mittee have become satisfied that the
testimony already adduced, including
that of General Butler, is sufficient to
warrant articles of impeachment against
the President. This is based Oh the
testimony Of Radicals only. There has
been no testimony yet heard on behalf
| of the President, and when this is offer
ed, it may materially change the minds
of the Committee.
The Tines special dispatch says the
strong vote given in the House on the
provision in the Tenure Of Office bill,
that Cabinet officers shall not be re-
moved except by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, was brought
out by q statement previously made,
that in no other way could Secretary
Stanton be retained.
1t is reported that Senator Salisbury
has determined to resign.
The Worlds special dispatch says
there is foundation for the report of a
new plan of reconstruction being under
consideration. The President has asked
for the views of leading Southerners,
and will submit to the Fortieth Congress
in his message a programme which, it is
thought, will commend itself to the lib
eral element of the Republican party.
A dispatch to the Commercial says: 1t
is said General Pope will be appointed
chief of the Indian Bureau if it be trans
ferred to the War Department.
The Tri6uae's Washington special dis
patch says: We learn from a private
letter, from a source entitled to full
credit, that there is another side to the
Cheves plantation outrages in South
Carolina quite different from that pre-
scented by the Associated Press report.
The trouble on the Savannah river was
easily settled by Gen. Scott, Commits
sioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. Some
officer sent a squad of soldiers to the
plantation, under charge Of an ex-rebel
officer, and the negroes took exceptions
to being killed by United States soldiers
under a rebel officer.
The Tri6une's dispatch says Ashley is
very busy working up the impeachment
case, and has just come into possession
of very important facts exceedingly
damaging to the President. The Judi
ciary Committee will not begin active
operations until Ashley makes up his
case. They expect to obtain important
facts from Surratt duplicating Davis in
the assassination.
The name of the author Of the letter
to Seward, speaking Of Minister Motley
as a man Of wealth making a pleasure
tour in Europe, will probably be forth
coming.
Official publication is given Of the
Act to repeal the thirteenth section Of
the Amnesty law, which became a law
without the approval Of the President.
The Secretary of War has addressed
a communication to Gen. Schenck, for
the information Of the Military Commit
tee, inclosing letters from Generals
Grant and Sherman strongly protesting
against the authority given to Bogy and
others to sell arms, ETC., to the Indians.
The military officers say the troops had
better be withdrawn at ace if the arms
are to be placed in the hands Of the
sayages.
A bill introduced into the House by
McRuer of California, relative to postal
communication between the United
States and the Sandwich Islands, pro-
vides for semi-monthly service by first
class steamers, the subsidy being fixed
at 500, 900 annually.
A bill was introduced in the Senate,
a few days ago, granting lands and right
of way to the Lake Tahoe Water Com
pany. The o~riginators Of this project
are sanguine of success.
The Commissioner of the Land Office
has received q list of two selections
made by the Western Pacific Railroad
Company from San Jose eastward to AL
ameda Canon, including l3,257 acres;
also, the return Of a survey of the RAN
cho De Los Aquillas, in Monterey
county. including 81, 900 acres.
LAWRENCE, Feb. "A letter from a
soldier at Fort Phil. Kearney says the
Indians are still hostile and very threat
eniu in that vicinity. It was with great
difficulty that the bodies Of the victims
Of the late massacre could be buried,
OWNS to the presence in the immediate
neighborhood of bands of savages.
FRANKFORT, (Ky.) Feb. 2.-The House
referred to the Committee on Federal
Relations a resolution providing that
the President be requested to issue a
proclamation for q general amnesty,
and if not now considered inexpedient
BY him that John G. Breckenridge may
be pardoned and allowed to return.
Numerous Rsbberiss In New York-Cali-
fornians Cheated.
New YORK, Feb. 3.-Numerous daring
robberies have lately taken place in the
Eleventh Ward, tho perpetrators Of
which are still at large. Eight houses
were plundered in the same night. Ia
Jos. A. Neill and VIM. Neill, from
California, were yesterday induced by
sharpers to exchange $4,000 in gold for
a bogus check for $6S, $50. g--
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New YORK, Feb. 3.-The Fenians have
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fered for sale, as they expect something
to turn up soon-a war between France
and England, perhaps, growing out Of
the Lamirande case.
The house of Nicholas Bowen 4 Co.,
bankers and brokers, in Wall street, has
been seized for deficiencies in payment
of Government taxes, amounting to
SIS 900. This house has done a large
foreign and domestic banking business
for the last fifteen years. ,lgs1
Tho Presidsnrs Now Plan Of Reconstruct
New York, Feb. 4.-The Worlds spe-
cial says the highly important consulta-
ton which the President and Cabinet
have been holding with leading South
erners on the new plan for reconstruc-
ton, ended last night with q n agreement
that q series Of resolutions drawn up at
the conference in favor of suffrage based
on reading, writing and a property quail
ifcation Of 5000 should be submitted
for adoption to the Southern Legisla-
lures to pave the way for the submission
Of the question by the President in his
message to the Fortieth Congress.
These resolutions were sent to the Gov
arnnre - %bo Sonfharn Statea