Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-28

Washinston IntelliEonee.
CHICAGO, Observation-Disclosures
specials say Government has instituted
measures to bring about q treaty be-
tween all the maritime nations on
the subject of ocean cables. In
structions on the subject have been
sent to our Ministers in Eng
land, France, Germany, Spain and
other countries. Government asks that
no exclusive concessions shall be given
to any party, and that no Government
shall have the right to examine tele-
grams ; that cables shall hayesall the
rights of neutrality, and that their de-
struction in time Of war shall be
treated as an act Of piracy, and the
persons engaged In the work of de-
struction shall be tried in the courts of
any country capturing them.
The death of Stanton has led some
to believe that Hoar may now be con-
frmed as Supreme Justice. Their idea
Is to have Hoar appointed to q North
en Circuit. II b not probable, how
ever, that this will succeed. Pennsyl-
vania will present Judge Strong for
the vacancy caused by the death of
Stanton. =.
The SANTANA Bay treaty will be ready
for presentation upon the Resembling
of Congress. The Administration de-
sires early action upon 1t. :
The Times special thinks there is mo
truth in the rumor that n IL attempt will
be made to break up q quorum in the
Georgia Legislature for q few weeks,
no matter what its political complex
ion is now. The State is forced to
adopt the terms presentedby Congress.
The opponents of the confirmation
of Minister Sickles have got up a long
series of charges against him, which
will be laid before the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations.
A movement is on foot to develop
Texas into three States, to be called
respectively Houston, Lincoln anu
Texas. This will be developed when
Texas is admitted into the Union.
Now York News.
New YORK, December 26.-Sanitary
Inspector, DR.. Frank j. Randall, died
ut his rcsideecc in the city on Saturday.
Rev. DR.. Cox, father Of the bishop,
has Just married the belle of this city.
General Frank Blair has connected
himself with n prominent insurance
company of this city, and will probably
soon establish his residence here.
A number of prominent citizens left
for Washington last evening to attend
| tho f,,,nro1 of Stanton
The last of the Spanish gunboats
sailed yesterday.
Brigham Young, Jr., did not address
the Germans ut Williamsburg, yester-
day, as advertised, he having been
called to Philadelphia to persuade his
third wife, who had left him, to return
to his seraglio. She refuses, however.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher eulogizcd
Edwin NJ. Stanton in a discourse in
Plymouth Church, yesterday.
DR.. Thomas C.. Moffatt, Chief Ply
sician of the Scamen's Retreat, Staten
Island, died yesterday, aged 10.
In many churches yesterday sermons
were preached urging abstinence from
Intoxicating beverages on New Years
day.
The new chapel, Seventh avenue,
Methodist Episcopal Church, Brook
lyn. was dedicated yesterday. The
building and furniture cost about $780,
600.
At St. James Church, yesterday, the
evergreens and decorations caught fire,
and there was q panic in the congrega-
ton.
George Francis Train delivered one
Of his characteristic harangues in Tam
many Hall, last evening.
A case has come to light where the
agent Of; "a prominent South American
Republic, who was deputed to come to
this country to purchase gunboats. has
been swindled out of nearly $1,000, DOC
in bonds by a pretended ship broker.
A Father Kills His Son.
PRovIDENCE, r. l., December &c.
At Mapleville, one day last week,
| Charles Murray, q wool sorter, had an
alteration with his son and cut his
throat sosbadly that he died soon after.
The murderer escaped.
Burglary and Murder.
UTICA, December 26.-On Thursday
night burglars entered the house of J.
d. Stebbins, n mar eighty years old,
| who resides u mile east Of Clinton,
Oneida County. A struggle cnsued
between the parties, and the robbers
left the old man inscnsible Oh the
floor. He died at nine last evening.
Two men, Sweeney and Rush, have