Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-03
DISPATCHES
Cold Wnnther.

Cold Weather.
CHICAGO, November 30.-The weather
has turned bitter cold.
Severe gales have been prevailing on
the lakes, and several disasters to Ves-
sells have been reported.
Tho Journals special says several
members of the Committee on Appro-
miations ore opposed to an appropria-
to pay for Alaska. 1t will be fierceiy
opposed in Congress.
Indinn Affairs.
CuIcIao, November 30.-A dispatch
from the North Platte says that Spotted
Tail and three hundred Indians are here
waiting for tho Commissioners. The
northern Indians are still belligerent.
A suffers train, with an escort of forty
Indians, was attacked near Fort Phil.
Kearny by Red Cloud and his band.
Two men were killed. The Indians ran
off six wagons and twenty thousand dol
lars worth of goods. On the 18th four
teen Indians came within two miles of
Fort Laramie and ran off seventy head
of horses. Troops followed, but were
unable to overtake them.
Controller OF Currcncy-Nationni Bank
Failures.
WASHINGTON, December 1.-The re-
port of the. Controller Of Currency
shows that since the first National Bank
was organized, in October, 1868, ten
banks have failed, with an aggregate
capital Of $l,870,000, and aggregate
liabilities q little less than $1,000, 900.
The assets will. realize enough to pay
creditors so that the total ultimate loss
to the public will BIO about q million.
The failures in every instance have been
traced to the incompetency or dishon-
esty Of tho bank officers, or On habitual
violation of the plainest provisions Of
the banking law.
Now Jersey Court Of Appeals.
New YORK, December 1.-The Court
| of Appeals of New Jersey has finally
decided that the Camden & Amboy bust
ness will be interfered with by the Del
aware l. Raritan Bay Railroad, which
built q connecting line and shared the
monopoly of running trains between New
York and Philadelphia.
Alabama Reconstruction Convention.
MONTGOMERY, November 3d. The Con-
vention has passed an ordinance to or
ganize q volunteer militia force. 1t
authorizes n company to every thou
sand voters ; oil officers to be appointed
by the Governor, and to be of known
loyalty. A great many Offices with
heavy cmoluments are provided for.
The Conservatives declare that this
measure places the State under q militia
dynasty similar to Brownlow's. An
ordinance passed declaring all State
liabilities directly or indirectly incurred
in aid of the rebellion null and void.
MONTGOMERY, December An the
Reconstruction Convention an ordinance
giving the Legislature power to disfran-
chise rebels who havo not aided in re-
construction, was reported from the
committee and its reconsideration post
poned till tomorrow. The Convention
granted eight divorces to-day and dis
missed one suit for bigamy. An ordi-
nance was reported declaring void all
marriages between white and freed peo-
plc, and requiring the Legislature to
prescribe severe penalties against such
marriages, which caused considerable
| discussion and was tabled until Satur-
day. An ordinance was passed declar-
ing valid all special acts of public affairs
under military authority.
South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, December 2.-The Con-
y~ention is certainly defeated. The total
vote is far short of the requisite major
ity Unregistered voters.
CommIssioner Rollins-Custnr,s Sentence
Approximately Declines.
CHICAGO, December l.-The Times
special says it is now definitely known
that Commissioner Rollins intends to
resign. This action has been long con-
t~emplated as the result Of the present
pressure.
Hancock, in his order on taking com
mand at Now Orleans, declared that
military power should cease and leave
| civil administration to resume its natu-
raj functions. The haJeas corpus should
be respected. This is believed to indi-
cate that he will depart from Sheridan's
course and possibly revise some Of the
l%atter's official acts.
The court-martial sentenced General
Gustav to DO suspended from his rank
and pay one year. Grant has approved
the sentence.
Postmaster OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Foster.
CHICAGO, December 1.-The Postmas-
ter Generals report gives details ro-
specting the ocean mail service. Tho
demands of the Cunard line have been
exorbitant. The Government has been
paying for the last six years from a hun
dred and fifty to three hundred thou
sand dollars in gold, over receipts, to
the British Government. This amount
we have been compelled to pay under
the old treaty, which expires in January
next. The Postmaster General has re-
fused to renew this contract, as two
other lines have entered into a contract
agreeing to transport all foreign letter
mails ct fifteen cents per ounce, making
the cash price of each letter FIVE cents
and books, papers, ETC., six cents per
pound in currency, giving three mails
weekly. The report shows an unex-
pected balance of $500, 900 available for
the current year. 1t estimates the de-
fciency for 1869 ut two and a half mil
lions.
Ex-senator Foster will probably be
Amounted Minister TO Austria IL Greeley