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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
DEARTH OF NEWS.

Making newspaper" is an uphill bu-
siness about these days. The all-absoro-
inc tonic of interest with all men Is the
war. The telegraph is still down east
ward and our latest intelligence from the
army is now more than week old. Al
an bour like this when the great struggle
is apparently nearer tremendous crisis
than at any period since the commence
meut of the war, to have our communica-
tons cut off and to be in utter darkness
and doubt as to what is transporting in and
about the stronghold of the rebellion, is
worse than provoking. 1t is a state of
suspense that Is painful. Each hour of
silence adds to the intensity of the public
anxiety, and although there is no reason
to look for tidingS of any but a favorable
character, still the mind desires to be put
on a rest as 10 the actual condition of
affairs. Men take up the papers, cast
their eyes over the usual Geographic col
umns, see the unwelcome announcement
that 1.-THE wires are still down" and toss
the paper aside with an expression of i'm
patient disappointment. The editorial
fraternity feel the depression perhaps more
keenly than others, for the reason that the
matter of news comes more within their
special province. Left in the dark as to
the state of affairs in the East and unable
to furnish their readers with anything
more than mere speculation and conjecture
they find it difficult to perform their daily
task of satisfying the public craving for
reading matter. To attempt
to interest their readers with subjects for
eign to the one engrossing theme is diff
cult task. 1t is only whiting against time
and space. We feel the effects of this
ourselves and notice it very
plainly in the columns of our cotempora-
rieS. In the ordinary course of things this
silence ofthe telegraph cannot last much
longer.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
LAaoaEns FOR raE PACIFIC RAILROAD

LABoRERs FOR THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Yesterday morning about one hundred and
fifty laborers from the Vicinities Of Hamilton
and Chatham, Canada, Detroit and Saginaw,
Michigan, arrived in this city, en- route for
Kansas, to engage on the Pacific Railway.
A majority Of them were from Canada, who
from the great plentitude Of laborers in that
province, and the deprecated prices, caused
by the stockholders from the United States,
were compelled to seek to better their for
tunes by coming over to the States. They
were employed BY Mr.. Huckett, chief engi-
neer of the Pacific Railroad line, who stipu-
lates to furnish them transportation and food
free to the works, 81 IS per day after their
arrival, and board at three dollars per week
during the time they are employed. He also
established an agency in this city for the EN-
ployment and transportation Of any number
Of laborers on the same termS.-C Chicago Po,t
May 18Th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

SOME two years since, says the New York
Tribune, Colorado had a good private Mint,
coming all the gold brought to it at a very
moderate charge. Her people-at least her
Delegate-wouid have U. S. Branch Mint
at Denver-Colorado could not do without
it. We protested, and begged that the out
lay (S75, 900 to start with, might be post
poned till the return Of peace. No use, the
money for it-and it was. The firm that was
coming all the gold offered to them for tri-
fling seniorage, now sold their Mint out to
the Government. poeketed the money, and
shut up shop and it stays shut to this hour,
and nothing replaces it. And now Colorado
has no Mint at all.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

THE BoGUs PRocLANATIoN.-A New
York correspondent thus relates how the
proclamation hoax was stopped from going
be seen that nothing but the vigilance and
activity Of the United States officials prevent
ed this document from starting, without truth
for competitor, upon its errand Of mischief:
The steamer had left her dock for Europe
before its bogus character was fully known.
A swift sailing steamer was sent AFTER her
which overlook her. Every paper was re-
moved except those in the hands Of passen-
gers. An instrument was drawn up expos.
ing the forgery, and placed in the hands Of
rusty citizens on board, which is to be tele-
graphed to London on the arrival of the YES
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

FRED. BIRaE.-A letter from our towns
man, Fred. Birge, Esq, was received to-
day by Hon. John II. Mills. The letter
is dated May 22d-somewhere among the
manageable young ladies of Connecticut
and bore the gratifying intelligence that a
barrel of Connecticut river shad were
about being shipped to Mills, Lynch, Hy-
att, Robinson. Arnold, Winters, and sew
eral other friends of the shippers. The
shad are expected by Express, and will be
here in time for Fourth of July dinner.
At last accounts Mr.. Birge was doing
well, and evidently in the enjoyment of
all the blessings which glorious New Eng
land can afford.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
Delegate in Congress from Colorado Territory

How THE GREAT BATTLES ARE REGARD
ED BY AN EMINENT CRITIc.-A private letter
from an eminent officer of the United States
Engineers, we'll known As \ military writer,
dated Washington, May 18th, to friend in
this city, contains the following observations,
which, being Of great public interest, the re-
cipient takes the liberty Of laying before the
public, though well satisfied they were not
written with any view to such a use being
made of them: Nothing can be more alb
surd than the allegations in certain Of your
New York papers, to the effect that the recent
battles south of the Rapidan have thus far
furnished a mere exhibition Of brute force
on the part Of General Grant. When the ac-
tual figures Of the contest come to be known
it will be seen how preposterous are these
suggestions. The enemy being on the defen-
sive, we have had, Of course, to a certain ex-
tent, to accept battle upon ground Of his
selection, and our troops have occasionally
been called upon to advance at great cost
through 4 country heavily timbered, and
against lines Of earthworks and rifle pits con-
Meeting dense woods and other natural OBJ
structions. But to the superb vancouver: and
combinations BY which the various positions
of the enemy have been successfully turned,
too high praise cannot be accorded. Very
nearly all the reports Of our losses that I have
seen are exaggerations, the best informed
estimates at this point not placing our killed,
wounded and missing at over thirty-fve
thousand, Of whom, probably, about four
thousand are prisoners, and some four or five
thousand stragglers, skulkers, or dererters.
Far from there having been any useless sac
rifce Of life on our part, it will be found that
the quickest and toughest work always costs
least blood in the long run, except where
regular Notifications have to be assailed; and
l am convinced, from all we have thus far
heard, that the Army of the Potomac will be
found to have been handled during the past
ten days with tenacity Of purpose and a
mastery Of the science and art Of war which
will hereafter challenge the admiration Of
every competent soldier in our own and
European. armies.-N. Y. Herald, May l4th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

Boilers AccLIMATIoN.-Tahoe John,
having tarried at Steamboat until he could
swim in boiling water, has gone over to
Humboldt, to get used to birthstone. BY
pursuing this system of acclimation, he
viii ere long be fully prepared to enjoy
the atmosphere of the abode preparing for
the reception of the patriots of Buzzard's
Roost.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

Gold Hin District, \. T.-NotIce Is hereby given
that at meeting OF the Board OF Trustees Of said
company, held on the 18th day of June, lS64, all
seSsent OF Ten l0l Gents per share levied upon
the capital stock Of said company, payable on the
18th day Of june lSii. in gold coin Of the United
States OF America to the Secretary at the office OF
the company, No. go Montgomery street In the city
Of San Francisco, California to j. c. Soyes, Su-
perlntendent, Virginia, N. T. Any stock upon which
said assessment shall remain unpaid on Saturday,
the 10th day Of July 1851 will be advertised on that
day as delinquent. and unless payment be made be-
fore will be sold on Saturday the 3Dth day OF july,
1864 pay the delinquent assessment. togetherSth
costs Of advertising and expenses Of sale.
By order Of the Board Of Trustees.
f. G. MCCOMB, Sec'y.
ONCE, 2IO Montgomery street, San Francisco. Cal.
I,,If., 81
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

Miss Sallie Pollock, an interesting little
rebel sympathizer, has been sentenced to the
Washington Penitentiary until the conelu-
sion Of the val, because she choose TO play
the part Of mail carrier fer soms Tebsls.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

Jim Mcclellan Gold and silver Mining
Compnny.-NOtice is hereby given, that In accord
with the laws Of Nevada Territory and the by
laws OF the company, there Will be sold ut public
auction in front OF the Secretarys Office In American
City, N. T., on MONDAY, July Is 1864, at o'clock
P.M so many shares Of the capital stock, OF the
above company as may be necessary TO lquidate the
amounts due thereon for assessments together with
accruIng costs:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
Jackson Gold and silver Mining Com

jackson Gold and silver Mining Com
pany.-Sotce is hereby given, that In accordance
with the laws Of Nevada Territory and the bylaws
OF the company, there will be sold AZ public auction
on SATURDAY, the 10th day OF July, AID, 1854, at
O'Clock Pm, ut the cOmpanys office, on Main street,
Gold HILL " T., 50 many shares Of the capital stock
OF the Jackson Gold and Silver Mining Company,
standing In the names OF the following persons, as
will be necessary to pay all assessments due thereon
together with costs Of advertising, sale and trans
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
Cro.h Consolidnted Gold and silver Mi

srOsh Consolidated Gold and silver NIi-
ming Company, Storey county, y. T-NOtlce is here
by given that at meeting OF the Board Of Trustees
OF said company held the 18th day OF June, ls6f,
an assessment Of Twenty Cents per share was levied
upon the capital stock Of said company payable i'm
medatcly In U. S. coin to the Secretary. Any stock
upon which said assessment shall remain unpaid on
Saturday the 10th day OF July, 1851 will be adrer-
tiScd on that day as delinquent, md unless payment
shall be made before. will be sold on Wednesday the
ID day OF August 1884, to pay the delinquent assess
ment together with costs OF advertising aud cSpen-
ses of sale By order Of the Board of Trustees
CHAS. II. RYDER, Sec'v.
Once, No. {, Court Block Clay ST., San Francisco.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

To RNoNEERs.-we call the attention
Of Engineers to an advertisement in our
columns to-day.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

1t is suggested that the Danish war will
materially affect the foreign grain markets
and make 1t cheaper for England to import
oreadstufts from New York than Western
Europe.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

Gold Hill Tunnelfng Gold and Silver
Mining Company. Location Gold Hill Mining Dis
trict Storey county. Nevada Territory.-Oaice go
Montgomery street, San Francisco, Cal.-Thc first
annual meeting Of the stockholders Of the above
company will be held at the Office OF the company
2i0 Montgomery street, San Francisco, California
on SATURDAY, the (l6th) sixteenth Lay Of July,
1884, at "a PM for the purpose Of eectlng Trustees
to serve for the ensng year, amending by-l and
such other business may properly COME before It.
II. WEGENER. Sec'y.
S.B-An stockholders who cannot be present are
earnestly requested to file their proxies with the
Secretary.
San Francisco June Is 1851 inl6 I'd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
NEW TODAY.

Notice to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of our patrons
whose places OF business are at the upper end OF
town. can save themselves a walk, by depositing
their advertisements or messages in our box at the
Post Once.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

New Oregon Gold and Silver Mining 20.
Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the
laws OF Nevada Territory and the bylaws of the
company there will be sold at PUBLIC auction in front
9th 1884, at O'Clock Pm many shares Of the cap-
al stock of the above company as may be necessary
to Qudate the amounts due thereon for assessments
together with accruing costs:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
Births.

BLOoMFIELD-In Virginia. June 18th, to the wife
of s. Bloomfield. q son.
PHILLlPS-In Gold Hill, June 18th, to the wife of
l.. L. Phillips. a son.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

Can a man take fire In his bosom, and his
clothes not be burnedS Can one go upon
hot coaIs, and his feet not be burneds
Men do not despise n thief, if he steal TO
sntIsfy his soul when he is hungry; but
whose committeth adultery with n woman
Iacketh understanding; he thar dOeth 1t
destrOyeth his own soul.
Proverbs VI. 27,32.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
ass AY OF f I @ f
q. H Ar R IS,
ITIB PAUL & CO.'S BANKING HOUSE
cold HilI,,N. Il.

o,uy undersigned, established as Assayer eight
a..r, in California and for two years In Nc
1.d; Territory, is now at Gold Hill. Th.I. ~
sn ..tsnd 10 sny business entrusted to him with
nromptness and dispatch.
Gold, silver and Ores OF every
description Assayed,
- r.,ur,, NJ Bullion mado within six houfsh
sar. or Coin, at the option of depositors'
r,...., =, hi. Asaays he refers to-
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
- - -
Notice.

Notice.
THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE ENGI-
neerS OF Gold Hill and vicinity at the Gold Hill
Foundry, lower Gold Hill, on SUNDAY, June 18th,
IS64 Ut ~ O'Clock I'm. All Engineers are respect
Inl6 az MANY ENGINEERS.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
Pioneer Omnibus Line.
Good Investrnent
For Sale.

sHAFTING AND GEARINa
EoR TWENTY BARREL AMALGAHAroRs.
T. Apply to the supsrintsldO1i q tHs SantisSc
June istt ,aisn 4
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
Deaths.

Deaths.
ALLEN--In Carson City. June 18th. Emma, wife of
Charles W. Allen, aged ~ years, formerly from
Michigan.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16

Notice Is hereby given that an assessment OF Fifty
Gents share was this day levied on each and every
share Of the capital stock OF the Abel hey Gold
and Silver Mining Company, payable immediately
to the Secretary at his Office in Gold Hill, n. I.
BY order Of the Board Of Trustees.
WIN. W. BISHOP, Sec'y.
o1J I'm A in
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-16
IIHlRIN B. PAUL D. L. ILIs; IL Ia s1
a L N A r I N B. p a U l. q w.,
IHEMNMRS
T. BARNERT e. CO.,

N. ,,,.ntIon OF their friends and the public In
zanerai to the
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-26
Present POSITION of nc EngIIsh A


Mr. Golden in a recent speech, made
the following statement concerning the
location of the British army
at is proposed to send an army either
to Germany or elsewhere to contend in the
field against a great military nation p
Your army is already engaged in other
fields. You have at this moment upwards
of 10000 troops in India, and 5000 troops
for the depots at home, making about sO,-
900 troops for India alone. You have two
little armies in China, separated from each
other by 1000 miles Of country For the
first time you have this year placed de-
tachment of troops in Japan. You have
10000 men fighting somebody's battle-I
will not say whose battle hear, hear lin
New Zealand; you have from 10000 to
$4,000 troops in British North America
committed as a point of honor TO the task
of defending frontier line Of 800 miles
against country which can keep 1000
men in the field You have besides other
detachments at the Cape Of Good Hope
and the West Indies, and you are just
emerging from war with Ashantee, to
say nothing of your garrisOns in Malta,
Gibraltar, and elsewhere. The wOrldnev-
er saw such dispersion of forces Us that.
Hear 1t used to be a received maximin
war that concentration gives strength, and
dispersion entails weakness
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-26
Ietter carriers deliver IN the business Dart

Letter carriers deliver IN the business part
of the town five times daH, each time
Immediately after the arrival of some i'm
portant mail. Nine-tenths of the business
men only go to the Office three times
a day. In the territory between Ontario
and Perry, the carriers deliver letters three
times, although people whose occupation
does not call them down town, do not go
to the Post Office once day. The same
can be said of the territory beyond Perry
Street, where the delivery is twice day.
Why did you raise the price of draw
ers and boxes to $40 and 81 respectively,
per annm, and who gets the increased
proceeds ?"
The price Of of drawers and boxes was
raised by order of the Post Master Gen
eral, for the purpose of putting it on a par
with the price charged in other cities of
the samesize with Cleveland. In cities like
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Cincin-
matt, Chicago, &c, the price of drawers
and boxes is nearly double what it is here.
The proceeds of the drawers and boxes
go entirely to the Government.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-26
The south DepopuInted.

A correspondent writing from Cairo,
says Refugees still are coming, and
though well provided for, such is their
condition, that about half of them die
The accounts from Southern Missouri and
Arkansas are, that society is broken up,
and that everywhere out Of our lines Sa-
tan's viii is adone on earth The guer-
rillas have become nothing more or less
than robbers and murderers. They have
deserted from both armies. Those who
can get away do so-many are wholly un-
able to move, and state ii in plain words,
they are starving TO death. The question
whether they belong to the Union or the
rebel side no longer exists, for whatever
is out of the rebel army is nothing. In
one year more there will be no people in
many parts of these States left. 0fthe
whole South it is to be said that no country
ever was so rapidly depopulated. Of this,
there is not the least doubt.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-26
From the New York Post. J
Flax Wool.

We have received from the manutactu-
rers in DAYTON, Ohio, some specimens Of a
substance which they call er-o-lin, or wool
flax. sand which we are assured can be
used bv spinners of wool il the proportion
of twenty-five or thirty per cent, without
alteration of the machinery now IN use,
and without perceptible or material altera-
ton in the quality Of the goods
The inventors of the process by which
flax is thus prepared to take the place Of
cotton in the important and extensive
manufacture of "mixed goods s'-Messrs.
George c. and James G. Davies, Of Dayton,
have benn experimenting for several
years. and a year. and half ago
succeeded in perfecting their product
and the machinery necessary to prepare 1t,
so that they have since then furnished
Wool-manufncturers with such quantities
of their wool-hax as their limited machine
ry enabled them to produce. Thus this
substance has been in practical use 1or
more than year; and 1t Is said to have
given satisfaction, and now finds ready
market amongst that class OF manutactur-
ers in the WeSt 1t can take the place OF
cotton in all mixed fabrics in which cotton
and wool form the component parts, and
has the remarkable property Of being
worked in any proportions with and exact
ly like wool-an advantage that no other
vegetable fibre possesses in any very great
degree The machinery now set up IN
Dayton works up several tons of the raw
material per day into fax-wool.
In use spinners treat it precisely as
they do sleeps wool, and twenty-five to
thirty per cent, can be added without in
terfering with the fulling and felting of
the cloth, while its presence in the fabric
can only be detected by exprets. 1t gives
strength and firmness to the cloth, and 1t
is supposed will add to its wearing qualities.
1t is not yet, so far as we know, been spun
by itself but it will only require Il slight
modification of the railway heads and
draw-frames of the cotton spinners to pro
duce yarn of ordinary fneness. 1t would
seem, then, that stuff made from this pre-
pared fax should become common in the
market.
The operation of preparing the fax Is
very simple The rotted straw is spread
out one creeping apron of the first ma
chine or breaker which deliver 1t at the
end, without the Intervention of hands, i'll
the form of the quality or rather short sta
pie tow, quite clear from shives and the
greater part of the seed stems. This tow
IS fed into another or finishing machine of
larger extent where it is freed from the re-
naming seed ends. and reduced to a uni
from staple of about two and half inches,
ready to be packed into bales Of three hun
dred and fifty pounds each, for shipment
to the woOl-spinners.
We have received some specimens Of
fax wool from the Ohio company's works,
which can be examined by those interest
ed in the progress of this most important
branch of industry. Farmers should save
their Aax-straw, which will be in demand
if the manufacture ofthis substance proves
as successful as its inventors and those
who have used it expect.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-26
A Curious Battle,

The wofshippeFs at the Baptist church
of Worthington, Marion County, Vert
ern Virginia, witnessed in their church
yard a Sunday or two ago, what must
have led to the belief that the spawn ofthe
old serpent had fallen out Some of the
ceildren in the churchyard discovered two
snakes doing desperate battle among the
graveyard tombstones. A crowd of fifty
persons soon assembled to see this novel
fight which was carried on with various
twistings, turnings, advances and retreats.
The snakes fought and mmeuvred for a
long time but in the end. the black snake
obtained the victory. He may however
die ofthe poisonous bites inflicted by the
other.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-26
a NotorIous COrperhead On Psaee.

The Chicago Times chief agentOf JEFF.
Davis in the Northwest, has the following
on the subject of Peace:
The Union can be restored without the
loss of another man in battle The seeded
States are willing to close the contest and
re-establish the government in its original
integrity and proportions. Their PROPOSE
ton to this effect has been contemptuously
spurned. They are officially informed that
they will not be permitted to return until
they consent to fthe abandonment of slave
ry."
The above statement, if based upon the
assertions of the debauchees and adven-
turers of Niagara Falls, is not correct.
They did not in their correspondence even
presume 10 say that territorial integrity
was admissible. The truth is, the object
of these rebel diplomatists at Niagara was
two-fold. To get safe passage for them
selves to Richmond, whence they have
been in exile for many months, and to pre-
cipitate the Democracy at Chicago upon
an out and out peace platform in order to
insure greaterdistraction among tho people
of the north