Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-05-29
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OVERLAND DISPATCHES
From Mexico.

From Mexico.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The following
was received at the Department OF State
May 9th, 1867:
ITO Seward: Have this moment re-
ccived the following dispatch BY tele-
graph via Galveston, dated Matamoras,
May 2lst: San Louis Potosi, May 18th
General B~errisabal: Ny esteemed friend:
Yrq Ia patria-Queretaro has fallen by
force of arms this morning at 8 o'clock.
Macmillan, Mejia, Castillo and Mlramon
are prisoners. Signed by Bedito Juarez.
Yours, truly, NJ. B. MARSHALL,
Z. L. PLUME"
MArAnoRAs, May %, (via New Or
lesns).-The following was received
from General Escobedo to-day by the
Minister of War:
"At 3 o'clock on the morning Of May
18th, La Cruz was taken by our forces,
who surprised the enemy. Shortly after
the garrison were made prisoners our
troops occupied the Plaza, while the
enemy retreated toward Cerro de Ia
Campaua, where our artillery caused
him to surrender at 8 O'Clock A. ".
Macmillan and Generals Mejia and Cas-
tillo surrendered Internationally. You
will please give the President my con
gratulations on this triumph Of the ma
tional army.
(Signed) E~scoBEpo.'
General Escobedo reports from the
interior that Juarez had ordered MAXI
milan and all his Generals to be shot.
MArAxoRAs, May 25.-The Liberal
force which took possession Of Queretaro
have started for the Capital.
Commodore j. D. Payne, Of the Next
can navy, has been ordered by General
B~errisabal to command an expedition
to Vera Cruz. The Liberals have taken
possession Of the steamer General Sheri-
dan for naval purposes.
So ends the struggle in Mexico.
Confirmation of tho News Of the Capture
of Macmillan.
New ORLEANS, May 37.-A dispatch
from Brazos, via Galveston, May Goth,
states that q letter has been received
from the American Consul at Monterey
which confirms the fact of the capture
OF Macmillan. The reply Of Juarez to
Minister Campbell recounts the grier-
ances of the party in consequence Of the
conduct of Macmillan and justifies pre-
yious executions, and declines to prom
| Use safety to Macmillan in the event Of
his capture.
G~ALvRsroy, May 27.-General Griffin
| has issued an order suspending the COL
l -... ,~o. ln,,.l lnrsnr tha yvar
Judge Reeves Of the Ninth District
Court has decided that negro witnesses
are not competent in q trial OF white
men.
The Sheriff of Victoria County has re-
fused TO receive greenbacks rs legal
tenders.
Colored People OF = Louis-IndInn Fights
on the Plains, etc.
ST. LOUIS, May 27.-A majority Of the
| managers of the street railroads Of this
| city have decided to admit colored peo-
pie in the cars on an equality with
whites.
An Omaha dispatch says a fight oc-
| Cured on the 10th, at Pine Bluff, be-
tween q party of men cutting railroad
| ties and Indians. One Of the former and
| six of the latter were killed. Another
| fight at Cheyenne Pass took place on the
| 10th. One white man was killed.
The grass on the northern route is in
sufficient for pasture.
Communication of the Sentences Of FenIans.
Western Pacific Railroad.
New YORK, May 27.-Seward has re-
ceived a dispatch from London announ-
| cling that the sentences Of Burke and
McCafferty have been committed to i'm
%prisonment for life.
The Commissioner General of the Land
| Office announces that the President has
accepted the first section of twenty miles
of the Western Pacific Railroad, com
mencing At the corner Of Dame and San
| Pedro streets, San Jose, and extending
to point near the eastern boundary Of
Alameda Canyon, and has ordered the
issuance Of q patent on account Of said
| section.
The Case of Surratt.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The trial Of
| Surratt, on motion OF the Government,
is postponed until the 10th Of June, in
order to afford time for the proper at
tendance Of several important witnesses.
New YORK, May 27.-The Tribune has
a rumor that the removal Of Sheridan
and the appointment of Thomas is con-
templated by the President.
Forrest Divorce Case.
NEW York, May 2~7.-Judge Nelson Of
the United States District Court has de-
| MED the motion on the part Of Edwin
| Forrest to restrain Mrs. Forrest from
collecting certain moneys due under an
| order Of Court for alimony.
New York Bank Statement.
New YORK, May 27.-The bank state
ment shows a decrease in loans Of
eighteen hundred and seventy thousand;
a decrease Of deposits Of seventy-seven
hundred and si1ty-three thousand; a de-
crease in legal tenders Of three hundred
and twenty-siI thousand; q decrease in
specie of fourteen hundred and eighty
three thousand.
KANSAS CITY, Nay 27.-Twenty-fve
citizens of this place started in pursuit
Of the Richmond bank robbers yester-
day. As a part of them approached a
house near Independence, n of the
party was shot by a notorious bush
whacker named Payne Jones, who es-
capped. 1t is thought most of the gang
engaged in the robbery were protected
by bullet-proof garments, as many Of