Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-02-09
Overland Dispatches
New York Intelllgeuce.

New YoRK, February S.-The adj
venturous ladies who started q brokers
office in Wall street are having q large
share of curiosity if not business. All
kinds of rumors are in circulation In
regard to their credit-one to the effect
that they, brought 100000 into the
street, and another that they are
backed by Commodore Vanderbilt.
Surgeon General Hammond and
other physicians have examined Key
nolds, who murdered Townsend, the
grocer, and pronounced him perfectly
sane.
At q meeting of defrnuded soldiers,
Yesterday, the President announced
that a test case will be tried this week
or early next. The association num-
bers $50, and new names are added Mt
each meeting. -,
A northeast snow storm Is prevail
ing, the heaviest of the season.
JAY Gould received credit q few
DAYS since. for q contribution Of $l0,-
900 to professorship Of mathematics
in Princeton College. 1t Is probable
the donation vas from Jay Cooke.
The Conference of the NJ. Z. Church
met Yesterday morning for the purpose
of preparing q. report i'll reference to
the proposed movement to admit
women to the Ministry, which will be
brought before the Conference at the
session to be held in April next. The
preliminary points of the report are
agreed upon and it will be put in shape
in the course Of 4 few days.
1t is stated that Brazil has estab-
| lished a military station ut Higuerltas,
which is ut the mouth of the River La
Plata, q position commanding all the
interior river commerce Of South
American republics. The attention OF
our Government has been called to
this fact.
Richmond News.
RICHMOND, February S.-The Legs
lature meets to-day. The Governors
message will declare the opinion thai
all offices in the State arc vacant, mt
advise the Legislature to appoint q
Board or devise some other means 0,
making appointments to fill them until
an election can be held. The Governor
deprecates keeping up the hostile feel
inSs evinced in the campaign, ant
promises to be Governor for every cit
lien, irrespective of party or class.
Nominations by the President.
WASHINGTON, February S.-The fol
lowing nominations were sent to thu
Senate to-day Joseph B. Bradley, o
New Jersey, Associate Justice Of tht
Supreme Court of the United States
william Strong. of Pennsylvania, As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Cour'
of the United States /; John w. Long
year, District Judge Of the Eastern
District of Michigan.
Wnshington News.
CHICAGO, February S.-A Washing
ton special mentions the following
among other changes in the re-assign
ment of engineer officers /; ColoneI
Stewart, from Philadelphia to Sal
Francisco: Major Elliott and General
Whipple, from San Francisco to Wash
ingtOn. =.
Three gentlemen from California
have nut In a claim for Goat Island, II
San Francisco Harbo.. and there Is
prospect of some litigation before the
case Is settled.
From Hnynnn.
HAVANA, FebruaryS.-Senor Oviedo,
of diamond wedding notoriety, Il
dead.
General L.oynauche sends official re.
ports of his operations. He captured
an insurgent fort January 10th. y
nephew of General CeSpedes was
taken prisoner. The engagement the
following day resulted in the defeat OF
the insurgents with q loss Of " killed
Spanish loss, 3 killed and u wounded,
The General found houses in ashes and
plantations destroyed along the line
of march. The city Of Puerto Prin.
cipe is surrounded witha circle of fires.
The incendiarles have approached SC
near that embers from burning houses
full into the streets.