Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-24
THE EVENING NEWS.

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fit, and during his writings very severe
" injured his face and nose. He was a
poor, friendless, object of charity-and
our police hired job spring wagon and
started him off to the County Hospital at
Virginia. But it is the rule of the county
Commissioners not TO admi. patients only
upon the order of one of their body. The
policeman who had charge of this sick
man, exerted himself for several hours in
trying to find some one in authority to
gain admission to the hospital with his
sick patient, whose only shelter was in the
bottom of the job wagon, exposed to the
raw and cold air of the storm of rain then
coming on. But two of our Commission
ers are absent in California, and the third
one, Mr.. Knox, was not to be found.
Night was coming on; drizzling rains
were falling, and something had to be
done by the officer with his sick and help
less patient-so he hunted up the County
Physician, DR.. Pinkerton, who, after con-
siderable circumlocution, consented that
this patient from Gold Hill might be ad-
mitted into the County Hospital, prorided
the officer went ard bought new under
clothes for the sick man =" as he might
be lousy" This was the "lousiest'' and
shabbiest trick we ever heard of DIR. Pink
erton, Physician to the Storey County
Hospital. The officer had no money be-
longing to the county; he had none be-
longing to the town of Gold Hill-but he
had some OF his own, so rather than bring
his sick patient back, he went, and with
his own money bought some new under
clothes for the man, in order to get him
into the hospital belonging to the county.
Well, this little incident does not amount
to much-but it is true-and people can
draw their own differences.
LETTER FROM SEcEsH.-The Union
says a few days ago an open letter was
picked up on the hospital grounds, which
has been sent to this office. 1t is dated
Visalia, California; May u, 1864, and
directed to " Luther y. Hobe, Esq" The
closing sentence of the letter is the one to
which our attention has been called. 1t
reads thus: my love to all Southern
women, and respects to all Southern
friends. Hoping the news of Lees defeat
may prove to be he, as think it is, 1
write, etc. This letter is signed Joseph
K. Riley. From the other portion Of his
letter, We gather that he owns property at
Visalia-property which is guaranteed to
him and protected by the laws of this
country. What right has the traitor to
ownership in a single foot of ground over
which the flag he scorns, and would tram
pie under foot, waves The loyal people
and authorities of Visalia should keep an
eye on this man Riley. He is deserving
candidate for Alcatraz. In all probability
the " Southern friend to whom the letter
was sent, is subsisting upon the charities
and nurSed by the hands of the damned
Yankees" against whose brethren in the
field every orison of his black and rotten
rebel heart goes down to the king of hell,
PEOPLES UNION MEET1NG.-At the
meeting of the Peoples Nominating Com
mittee, held August I'D, pursuant to ad-
journment, the ticket was completed and
an Executive Committee appointed, as
will be seen in another column. The fol-
lowing resolutions were passed, and the
Committee adjourned sine die:
Resotred, That it is the sense of the Peo-
Piles Nominating Committee that it is de-
sirable that the proposed State Constitution
should be adopted, and that they, and
each of them, will advocate the adoption
of said Constitution; and that they also
favor the passage by the Legislature OF
the State of Nevada, should the Constitu-
ton be adopted, of a Specific Contract
Law at an early day.
ResoIred, That vote Of thanks be ten
dered by this Committee to the President,
Secretary and Sergeant -at-Arms for their
able and efficient performance Of their du-
ties during the session of the Committee.
Quick TNE.-Last night, about half
past nine o'clock, two Pioneer coaches,
with six horses attached to each, rolled
up the steep hill through Gold Hill, and
each loaded with passengers, there being
between thirty and forty in all. These
passengers left San Francisco on Monday
afternoon in the steamer, arriving at Free
port, on the river, fifteen miles below Sa-
cramento city, they took the cars on the
Railroad, which connects with the Folsom
road, and continued on to Latrobe, fifteen
miles above Folsom, where they took the
splendid coaches of the Pioneer line, ar
irving here seven hours ahead of their
usual time. Owing to the fact that these
stages were loaded down with passengers,
and heavy rains in the mountains, several
hours shorter time would have been made.
The Pioneer deserves credit for its enter
prise.
LIGHTNING TrNE.-The Pioneer Com
pany must look to its laurels. Yesterday
afternoon, at o'clock, the California
Stage, from Newcastle ria Dutch Flat,
arrived at Virginia, bringing the San
Francisco papers through in trcenty hours
from the Bay! Such time IS little fast
er than regular business can be done, and
the California company were only show
ing off the capabilities of their route.
When it Is considered that the distance
from San Francisco to Virginia is over
three hundred miles, and the last hundred
over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the
average time is, perhaps, unprecedented.
From Sacramento to Newcastle the time
on the cars was 46 minutes, and the
whole railroad and stage time from Sacra-
mento was but Is hours and minutes.
SERIOUS AccDENr.-Last evening
about s o'clock, a man named Richard
Price. miner working at the Overman
claim fell about 40 feet, knocking him
senseless and severely injuring him. He
was in the pump shaft assisting in lower
ing the pump when chain partially sup
porting the latter gave way, knocking
down the platform on which he was stand
ing. He brought up on platform about
40 feet below the one on which he was
standing, and was therefore saved from
falling to the bottom of the shaft distance
of about 100 feet. Dr.. Weber was IN
stantly sent for and the injured man was
soon revived.
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