Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-09-04
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
Destructive Fire at petroleum Center

Destructive Fire al Petroleum Center.
PETROLEUM CENTER, Pa, Sept. ga
ERE last night destroyed several oil ship.
ping yards; also twenty passenger and
oil cars on the Oil Creek Railroad. The
loss is about $4,000. A favorable
wind prevented the largest conflagration
ever seen in the country.
Naval Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-Admiral Far
ragut sends an account Of his enthusi-
astic reception in Russia.
Rear Admiral Gordon forwards an
account of the part taken by GU feet in
the naval ceremonies on the occasion Of
the arrival of Prince Alfred at Rio.
The Susquehanna left Aspinwall Au-
gust 10th. She will visit Carthagena,
Curacao, Porto Cabello, etc. 1t is very
sickly along the coast. ,
TRANSFORMATION of Governor Helm, Of Ken.
tucky.:vnledictory Address OF Governor
LouIsvILLE, Sept. Sowing to the
feeble health of John L. Helm, Governor
elect, the inauguration took place at his
residence at Elizabethtown. Governor
Bramistte, in his valedictory, reported
the State finances 10 q very gratifying
condition. The entire debt is only about
So, 900, 900. The State has ample means
to discharge all her liabilities. After
congratulatiug the people on the return
of peace, be said: Radical action, born
of sectional hate, threatened to wreck
our republican form of Government and
lay waste the peace and security Of
our bouuteous country. The people are
threatened with a frightful despotism.
We should adopt considerable counsels
and take prudent and united action
against the movements of the Radicals.
The New Amnesty Observation-Disclosures
to Remain North Awhile on Account OF
the Yellow Fever In New Orleans-Grnnt
Abseuts Himself from the Cabinet Meet
Ing Through DelIcacy.
CHICAGO, September ga Times
special Of tonight says the amnesty
proclamation was again considered in
the Cabinet to-day. The President is
urged to make the amnesty universal.
He has not decided to do so, though it
is probable that he will yield. Pardon
has been granted the following classes;
All civil or diplomatic agents of the
rebel Government, all absentees from
the country for the purpose Of aiding
rebellion, all Who left judicial or Con.
gressional stations to participate II the
rebellion, all Governors Of rebel States,
| all who took the oath Of amnesty pre-
scribed by the proclamation Of Decem-
Der, 1865, all military and naval Off
| GERS below the rank Of Lieutenant Gen.
There is such variance among the Cab
| met that these classes may be changed,
and perhaps universal amnesty may be
granted.
In view Of the terrible rsvages Of the
| yellow fever, Hancock has asked per-
mission to avail himself Of the privilege
of the recent order from the War De-
partment allowing officers ordered to
| duty in that location to remain North
till October l3. Sheridan being order
ed to report Immediately to Leaven-
| worth, the command Of the Fifth Dis.
trict will devolve on General Griffin till
the arrival Of Hancock.
1t is stated that the Investigating
Commission appointed to examine into
the Treasury Bureaus has discovered q
defalcstion in one of the departments of
several thousand dollars by a clerk.
The investigation has not been conclu-
ded. The guilty party has not been ar
rested.
Denth of Ex-senator McDougall.
ALBANY, September 3.-James A. Nc
Dougall, late Senator from California,
died in this city to-day.
The Wires occupied by Ex-Governor
Bramiette's Message.
CHICAGO, September 3.-The wires
are loaded with Bramlette's message.
Can't shake off till after midnight.
Petition for the Reinstatement OF Sher-
idnn In the Command Of the Finh Dis
trict-Yellow Fever.
New ORLEANS, September 3.-Peti-
lions are being n%umerously signed ask
ing Congress to provide for the return Of
Sheridan to the command Of this Dis
trict.
The yellow fever has become epidem-
ic throughout Texas and the Gulf ports.
It is raging here with unprecedented
violence.