Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-01-02
The createst Humbug of the Agef

The Greatest Humbug of the Aget
Since the breaking out of the rebellions
the craving of the American people for ex-
citing news, always more or less morbid,
has become utterly deprayed: The effect
of war news perneates through every
branch Of industry, trade, business, and
profession, operating like an electric shock
through the telegraphie wires OF our occu-
pations. The public mind nowadays is
torpid ut the recital Of "railroad acci.
dents" horrid murders" and "myste-
rious occurrences" Cobblcr's wives no
longer eagerly devour police reports in the
daily papers, and all old sensations are
obsolete and displaced BY the dbsorbing
topics of army correspondence and the
daily dispatches Of the associated press'
The public Justly complain, however,
that they are not permitted to receive the
truth-that many facts and statistics are
withheld from publication, and that fefRy
more ignorance Of national affairs now ex-
lists than at uny period in our history as d
people. 1t may be possible that this
reservation Of facts accounts, IN no ihsig=
nifcaht manner; for the utter, reckless
depravity with which our general and
special dispatches are put forth upon the
The nubIic mind is hungry and must be-
tod e not ~ Nth tr,tb then with untruth:
IN IN ,o-,ortors . ~ aro ,be caterers m tbis NOR.
III u .npo.;te .nd tbev mnst moi. let their
resdeTa stsrye. or " Othello's occupation's
.oSoT Ths donobd, howevef, exceeds
ehe c,,nnfv. THE news we Get is so recti.
Ga LII ohcurditv, contradiction. nttef
,,onsonso n.y. co and miserable si,bterfuee, that
snnded snaar watered whisky. cbicoried
ooFao cotsmeat sausage. wooden nutmeRs,
bOasNwood @ hams and Peter PindsIs
roSors ua'o % o;nt INTO ~ mite, i;fs;ahifcance when
L-o,,oht ;S.o cor,ror;son vitb such a humI
trn .. tb;s | ~ - -, -.T
Rarnnm seif.confessed to be the peince
of bnmbugs. is now reduced 20 a mere
niomy-a yretched I6lliputian, with ali
fbe pIarine hypocrisy of mermaids, woolly
horses wbat-is-its. Joice Heaths, Toni
Tbnnbz Commodore Nutts. and grizzlies,
Tic hnlIs and hears of Wall street manu-
fant,ra ene 80 ronorts, nor cs1,se their publ;cstion,
s-J roo,, smcb boyef;ts and rpyerses as
sn a. LappJ - ,aor nroJuco Tho ;dea ia IN
the naHau auJ me. ".,apata p rnon tbe decention,
Gseg,o', Ge . ,'hIo a cpn be made to believe that
~ n ani p TnoIos crart Thomas oy Rnrn!
% s;Jo b,s boeT; ,voTstcd then mn goes ex.
I .Lanao ~ cold and fancy stocks while
Jna J f,,is @ aovornmont nm syret;es ike chill.
Iomn IuO~ nIar;ng i" ~ aoo'saw in n inmher vard,
uiTm ~ PC a:o.a &c ogo;rs has acsnmed such
ms LmS o.a.o .oro,ort;nna ~ ~ &c ~ - baye become d
so:hin sot.o ;,p,,oo p.S1t. n,b;oh Shorl6 be obated
"it,U,e " nmoe. | The columns Of omr newsnapers
~ ~ nn oio,,d With an unhealthy nlet6ora-
s.1am s,nroi H. Jro,sv' ~ w We src, an3 kEyc long
= ,,oor. Vss ssha NOD a. wbSt we arc compelL, q
" 49,, .,,bI;ah IN making this confession.
,ro ~ p oro certain that il Is the uea cuba Of
w. ". AZ hs,..ror of ,bo nross IN this and other
o;t;os & T. ia not nlcasont TO announce one
JaN | that Tho ntiduitous Mosby was shot
III ~. ,,;o.os. ond Iieo ~ deaths door.
ait " P.ISe ~ 49,. - ,,ML1;cat;oII hi Ixo startle
VIM .nio-' - u -, n tho sta,or.on, that Nosbv
out iedu IoaJ y tiS Josnoro,e band dashed
AT the hISu Todor,i y. Ho oa-,3 cantur;ne several
hm~duoJ in,O non and bagssge trains in pro-
,ort;nu ] Nor ;s Il nscnl;arlv gratifying
- p nnhi;sh in ,hc morning that Lee has
boen Hanked, his army completely netted,
Si,d ,tI,St bo caDtfied tt n man. when the
d;sno,cbos @ of tbr evening state that the
Snptho-n oeneraliss;mo has turned our
IN co,o5sII;na nc 10 rctire brbiHd our
i;sn of ' Sart;Gcat;ons aAIi oriet on the
IN. ml VI ~ H.. .ho 80 o,,;to ro-,
foloHiac oie "".