Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-06
SPECIAL purArcn TO rnI GOLD I'LL DInI u,ws.
DATES UP TO YESTERDAY.

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Weather Ia the East Pardon In Illinois.
CHICAGO, Feb. Alt has beee snow
ing all day. More snow has fallen this
winter than for many years. The ice
gathering in the Ohio river between
Wheeling, S%teubenville and Marietta
broke on Saturday (2d), doing consider
able damage. Navigation is practically
resumed.
Mollie Trussell, the notorious Chica-
90 prostitute, who shot her lover last
September, has been %pardoned, She
arrived at home on Saturday (2d).
Fenian Prisoners.
TORONTO, &c. W. Feb. 4.-Seven
Fenian prisoners Lynch, Mcmahon;
Quinn, Whalen, Hayden, Haron m
School-were sent on Saturday, the I'd,
to Kingston prison. -.a !
From Louisiana.
NEw ORLEANS, Feb. 4.-The House
Committee reported a bill, which passed,
calling a State Convention to alter and
amend the State Constitution. 1t pro-
yides for an election to be held the
second Monday in April. If the people
decide in favor Of q Convention, it shall
assemble the first Monday in May. IL
is expected the Governor will veto the
bill. Should he do so, 1t will be passed
over his head.
Important Decisien In the . Of Gold
Hill Mine.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-In the Supreme
Court to-day the Yellow Jacket Washoe
mining case writ Of error was dismissed
for want Of jurisdiction, which leaves
the original judgment Of the Supreme
Court Of Nevada undisturbed, and is in
favor of the company. About one
fourth of the mine-valued at ak or
eight hundred thousand dollars in gold
was involved.
Congregational PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Son motion Of
Morrill,, the Secretary Of War was asked
if General Sherman had issued any or
ders for the protection Of trains crossing
the plains; and if so of what nature.
The Bankrupt bill was taken up, and
on motion of Henderson the minimum
of Indebtedness for which voluntary
bankruptcy may be instituted was fixed
at 81, 900 instead of $4,000, as in the
House bill. The bill was then taken
out Of the Committee Of the Whole and
reported to the Senate. On motion Of
Sumner, the provision that no dis
charge to a debtor whose assets do moi
pay fifty cents within a year from the
passage Of this Act shall be granted
unless with the written consent Of q
majority Of the creditors in number and
value, was stricken out. After discus
sion, a vote on the bill was taken-ayes
20; nays, $50 the bill was lost.
The Senate Financial Committee this
forenoon took favorable action on the
bill for the conversion Of interest-bear'
ing notes into bonds to be held as a re-
serve BY banks, as was predicted some
time since.
Now Constitutional Amendments.
The following is the amendment &c
the Constitution which the Southerners
in Washington have agreed to, and thai
the President also agrees to it:
ARTICLE XIV.
SECTION l. No State has the right to
! secede, nor has the Federal Government
the right to reject q State or deprive II
of representation in Congress.
SEC. 2. The United States debt shall
be held sacred and i~nviolate; the rebel
debt shall never be paid by the nation
or any State.
Sec. 8. All persons born or natural
lied in the United States and subject to
its jurisdiction shall be citizens, and
shall have the rights and immunities
in all the States, of life, liberty and
property. ,
SEC. 1. Representation shall be based
on number, counting all persons, except
Indians not taxed; but when a State ex'
cludes any of its population on account
Of race or color from voting, then those
excluded shall not be counted in the
basis of representation.
Also the following, to be part of Con.
situations to each State:
Every male citizen, who has resided O
year in the State and six months in the
County Immediately preceding the elec-
| ton, and who can read the Declaration
Of independence and the Constitution
Of the United States in the English Ian
guage, and owning two hundred and
fifty dollars worth of taxable property,
shall be entitled to vote; provided, that
no person who has heretofore voted
shall be excluded from voting.
False Report.
DENVER, Feb. 4.-The reported Indian
massacre at Smoky Hill is disbelieved
here. Coaches are arriving regularly,
and no hostile Indians have been heard
of between Junction City and Denver.
Another Ocean Cable.
NEW YoRK, Feb. 4.-Cyrus ". Field
leaves for London Wednesday, to en-
deavor to have a cable laid from Hearts
Content to Boston.
.T.f From Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Feb 4.-The Press ana
Times of this morning asserts that the
citizens of White and other counties
have banded together and large sums Of
money been raised to procure the as
s~assination Of Colonel Stoker and other
Radical leaders in the South. A reso-
luton has been adopted to investigate
the matter. .7Ers. w.rpa