Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-31
ThA Fire Riends.

has at length touched our community
with a real sensation. The simultaneous
Ignition of twelve hotels, and of several
vessels in the harbor, exceeds the large
latitude of Mozart politics; and even the
Gunther Copperheads, are now satisfied,
that the brooding refugees, whom they
have cherished as auxiiarIes, are danger,
Gus neighbors to all who have house ana
home. and who know the ties OF wlte ana
children. What is more to the purpose
the loyal portion of our citizens are con-
yiprad of the same thing; and there Is
now a determination that these skulkinS
miscreants shall be put under the surVelll-
,pce of the police; and that all VINO are
guilty, hereafter, of disloyal ianS9ase' VI
of overt acts, shall be either locked up ot
hanged. Especially. is the latter penalty
invoked, against the incendlaries VINO
have been parties to the recent horror.
Reused by the atrocity Of the OCCASION
General Dix has given notice thas ho
mercy will be shown to the perpetrators
of such deeds; and he has also suinmolleu
all persons who have settled here from 'ie
insurgens States, since the beginning VI
the war, to register themselves at once u
he. or she, would escape surveillance anu
treatment as a spy. A similar hot,ee "
this last, was issued from the same head
Quarters previous to the election; put II
was very meagerly responded to-the aus
loyal refugees preferring to torego tnelf
votes, rather than be inscribed on sucn
record. General Dix now sends the order
forth again, and he calls upon keepers OF
hotels and boarding houses, TO oring MIN
the names of all persons from the insut-
gent States, who may offer to take up
lodgings with them. In order, however
to make this measure thoroughly effective,
all good citizens should cooperate with
the military authorities, and, OF them
selves, send the name and residence OF
every southern refugee they know OF, to
the Generals headquarters, with notes
and dates of disloyal. conversations, Il
any, to be filed away, for reference, IN
case of subsequent arrest.
By this means the loyal portion of the
CITY would be converted into one vast vi
GLANCE Committee, and every mischievous
refugee be known. One other condition
should then be addrd to the Generals Or
der, and that should require the party
claiming an asylum here, to take an oath
of allegiance to the Government. \ re-
fusal should subject him to imprisonment.
with rights of exchange as regular prl-
soner of war; or, of a female, to being sent,
forthwith, into the Confederate lines. A
much severer course is pursued upon the
other side; for there, if the loyal malcon-
tent be not hung or shot, the rebels place
a musket in his hands and force him to
fight against his country. 1t Is time we
were equally vigorous with traitors; and,
at least, lock up every refugee who refuses
to declare his adhesion to the Government.
The dreadful admonition of last week
must not be treated with indifference. As
sure as any refugees are left at large, who
openly repudiate the ties of loyalty, so
sure will our city be constantly in danger
OF pillage and of conhagration, While
proclaimed enemies are thus at large, no
citizen is secure upon his pillow no ship
safe from her passengers, when putting
out to sea. We trust, therefore, that Cen
aral Dix will insist upon the oath of ale
glance with all residents from the lnsur-
gent States; and we trust, also, that every
good citizen will contribute his personal
Share of information toward making all
such persons known. If they are loyal,
neither the oath nor the registration will
be regarded as hardship.
There is yet one other thing which our
citizens should do, the neglect of which
has eliminated in the recent crime; and
that is, to punish Immediately, and OF
themselves, any persons who ventures to
publicly declare secession sentiments. or
express a sympathy for the Confederate
cause. lis to our disgrace that we have
permitted these skulking wretches, who
are too cowardIy to take manly service in
the South, to openly blow their treason
in our ears and if we institute the disci-
pline of resolute kicking to each case,
or, if necessary, brain half dozen of the
wretches q week, we shall soon have a
decorous and loyal city. Upon the in
diyidual citizen, after all, rests the largest
share of the responsibility in REFRESHING or
Kidding the city of these disloyal pests.
If they will but do their duty as We have
suggested, and Gen. Dix will, in addition
to his other acts, establish corps of de-
tectives constantly at the principal Con-
federate Hotel, all active local treason
would be knocked directly in the head.
At no place would his agents be so likely
to fall in with the active members of the
phosphorus brigade. They doubtless
filed their phials in the chambers of that
convenient lair; and those who have not
been arrested are probably covering there
still, watching for another opportunity OF
mischief. The authorities should no
longer be circumspect with that odious
caravansary. The fact tina. 1t is the head
quarters of secession in the North, is a
matter of common notoriety, and every in
telligent officer in the department knows
that, could it be lifted by the ears and
quietly STEPPED, to the roof, into the wa
tiers of the bay, there is no time in twenty
four hours, when dozen persons, FREUD
" to our Government, would be drowned.
That inimical resort should, therefore, be
the object of a special surveillance, and
the elements which congregate within it,
be distributed into less hurtful combina-
tons. Its inmates, and all others of like
sentiment, should at least be made to re-
spect the public sentiment. - Wilkes
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