Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-27
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
Reclamation of Voter. In VIRGINIA.

NEW YORK, April ga special says
Schoield has already commenced the
registration Of voters in Virginia under
the Reconstruction Act. Several non
residents have been appointed Registers
as it was impossible to find enough
white persons who could take the oath.
Arizonn ~Nows-Sovere Shock of an Earth.
quake In Kansas and Missouri.
ST.. LOUIS, April 24.-The Prescott
(Arizona) Miner Of January 20 says :
Fourteen members Of Captain Hodges
party of rangers surprised q camp OF
Indians about 100 miles from Prescott,
December 81, and killed % Of them. One
ranger was killed and 3 wounded.
Two distinct shocks Of an earthquake
were felt here about five minutes before
three o'clock this afternoon. The oscil-
lation was from north to south, lasting
about Ave seconds. The same shock
WAS felt throughout Missouri and Kan
sas creating great alarm among the
people.
ST.. JOSEPH, Missouri, April PA
severe shock of an earthquake was felt
here this afternoon. Buildings were
shaken and swayed to and fro with a
rapid motion. No damage i, reported.
KANSAS CRY, Missouri, April IA
heavy shock Of an earthquake was felt
this afternoon. There was great alarm
but no damage was done.
Senator Wilson nj Richmond.
New YORK, April 24.-Senator Will
sons speech at Richmond is severely
denounced by the ultra rebel papers OF
that city, one Of which calls him a "red-
handed political missionary"
Indian Ainirs on the Plains.
Sr. LOUIS, April ga dispatch from
Julesburg says the Indians stampeded a
large number Of cattle fifty yards from
Fort Mitchell, on the 18th. The Indians
afterward attempted to draw the garri-
son out Of the Fort, but without success.
| The number of Indians is estimated At
$500. It is reported that a lare party
| Of Sioux are on the other side Of the
creek, wishing to come to Fort Laramie
to live peacesbly with the whites.
The Indian Campaign "A Mixture OF
Councils and Hostiliriss.
New YORK, April 26.-The Herotd's
For Sedgwlck (Nebraska) special Of the
25th says: The council between the
Special Commissioners and the Brule
and O~gallalla bands Of Sioux, represent
ing ZOO warriors, is concluded. The
Indians agreed to remain upon a tempo
rary reservation along the river during
the existing war. A party Of eighteen
Brule Sioux came in last night from
Powder River, desiring peace. One
party acknowledged their participation
in the Fort Phil. Kesrny massacre They
state that the Indians engaged numbered
1000; 1900 ri Of them were killed,
among whom was a number of chiefs.
Many were wounded. Hostilities be-
tween the Southern Cheyennes and Han
cocks troops are reported. II these
hostilities continue, a general Indian
wal is inevitable.
ST.. Louis, April 26.-Dispatches from
General Gustav say the Indians have
burned three stations on the Smoky Hill
route. and killed three men and scalped
and burned them. Orders have been
sent t. each post OF the SAINTS Fe and
Smoky Hill routes, warning all to be on
the alert, and informing them that the
Indians have broken out at last and in
tend to make true the threats they issued
during the winter. This raid is attrib-
uted to the Sioux. General Custar has
divided his command, taking FIVE COM
panies of cavalry himself to pursue the
main body of Cheyennes and Sioux,
while three companies Of cavalry go
after the band tina. committed the raid,
supposed to be part Of those Sioux that
committed the massacre at Fort Phil.
Kearny.