Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-08-19


thirty men have joinsd togsthef 10 ~.
ulats his county, and they have bssn
encouraged 10 acts Of lawlsssnsas By -
fact that conviction for their crimes has
bean impossible beoause Of THAR d.
guiss and because the punishmsntundts
the State Law was 20 very light sven
II convicted that they might soon return
TO the county and murder The prosecute
ing witnesses. He says the officers Of
the county propose 70 perform their
duty and respectable citizens are pre-
pared To sustain than In % doing. The
kuklux In this county rids about 1t
night In disguise and commit rdspssda-
tions. bat thsr ofHsnses ars vsyy' Hight
under the statutes. BE says ths laws Of
the State provide no adequate penalty
for the offenses which these men
commit. II they threaten q person with
whipping. the only legal ofsnss -
Language calculated 70 provoke .
breach Of the peace" II they threaten
killing, the offenss II treated very light
ly. II they do take . Citizen out md
whip him. u II only an assault for
which . trihing Ans 10 the only penalty
which could be made. The usual 40
ton II an Indictment for RIOT md the
utmost penalty for this h q hnc Of $500
and six months In jail.
Split AmeaG che H~ississippi Rspsb-
MkxrHu, August IA special 70
the Appeal says the Republican Congress
sional Convention Of the Fnt Nissis-
sippi District, which met to-day, split.
One wing. numbering twsnty-four dele
gates, withdrew, and, assembling In
front Of the hotel. nominated q. Wiley
Wells, ex-Unitsd States Distnct kttor.
nsy. as their candidate for Congress;
while the other. numbering thirty SIX,
nominated A. Il. Howe. Of Psnola.
Wells In supported by ex.Unitsd States
Senators Rsvsls and Psass. Ths ms
jority Of colored voters favor Howe.
A rhresss.sd I.ssrrsesiss Sop
pressed.
AUGUSTA. Ga, August 18.-Eighty
negroes were arrested to-day and lodged
In Jail ON account Of . reported attsmpt
at insurrection by thsm. The alleged
plot contemplated the massacre Of whites
on the 20th instant. No further trouble
Is anticipated. (, niT' nH.iar
Andy JsA.ss.'s sssesssss. men
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, August 49,
Hon. d. n. Key, Of this city. hes been
appointed by the Governor 10 all the va
cancy In the United States Senate, caus.
eddy the death Of Andrew johnson.
GENERAL shsriaas Z. Rsuts - shs
Pseiac Cssst.
CHEYENNE. W. T.. August 1s.-Gsn-
erals Sherman, Sheridan and Slocum
arrived to-day. They were met at the
depot by officers and The band from Fort
Russell. General Sherman, With his
daughter and General Slocum, lunohed
with Colonel Stanton. after which they
drove 70 Fort Russell. and 1t 4 o'clock
p. u. departed for Denver. General
Sheridan. accompanied by his wife, Col
onel and Mrs. Sheridan, went west, IN
route TO California and Oregon.
Aes AokhuL
Du QUoIN, August 49, The latest
news from tho seat OF war In Franklin
county says two arrests have been made
since the fight. Great excitement pre-
walls around Benton. The Sheriff In In
close pursuit Of the remainder Of the
band. II In hoped he win succeed In
capturing them and bringing them 10
justice.
A stage Rsbbsr PEELED. p
0RoviLLx. CAL, August 1s.-Ths
Quincy stage was stopped seventeen
miles from this place last evening by one
man with n shotgun, and Wells, Fargo
Co.'s box demanded. While be Wa
talking to the driver, Colonel A. w. Won
Schmidt. who was q passenger succeeded
in getting out Of the stage and attempt
oil to shoot the robber. but was imms-
diately covered by the shotgun, while
the robber backed of into the brush and
succeeded In escaping. Wells, Fargo 4
Co. have offered $500 for his arrest and
conviction.
Return sr Dave Hiii.
ASHLAND, Oregon, August 18.-Dsye
Hill. the Indian Chief who was lost
from A. s. Mcacham's party in New
York, Inns arrived at homo at Klamath
Agency. He Rays he was kidnapped,
and after being held until his captofs
despairod Of q reward being offered for
him. was furnished with money 70 come
home. He says he vas treated we'll du.
ring his captivity.
Daily Paper as Kike-Anirs II Ger.
Observation-Disclosures Assassination
Of Lisatesaas yss9sP.
ELKo. New. August l8.-Gsorgs @.
Gorham, also Monsieur and Madam
Sauret, passed east last evening.
The Daily Elho Independent made IL
first appearance to-day.
Ex- Governor Blasdsl 10 In town, on
route 10 Comuoopia. Major Tossr re-
turned from there and went west this
morning. Reports from the mines there
ars very fiattering. The H~ussey-the
FIRST north extension Of the Leopard
cut into tho ledge day before yesterday
at q depth Of two hundred and twenty
fve feet, and at last accounts had pens-
trated II four feet without getting
through II. We are moi advised a. 10
richness 81 the ore.
Lieutenant Jaeger, Of Camp Hallsek.
IL reported 10 have been fred upon
night before last while returning to tho
most. He eacausd unhuyt-