Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-01-13
THE GRAND NUISANCE OF THE
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for tour wears has been threatenlns =,
struc,ion. bu. the whole civilized WORM
seems upon the verge OF a s aon,o of
hrs.t ~ bo,t;li,ies that the people Oh
n. p.c;sc States, so far removed nom
az .o 49, Of strife, ye. SO deeply involved
n The mOmsntOus results should feel the
:. -, ,sr,;ble anxiety to be constantly and
s,,,~ informed upon passing events. To
,unn,y this crying want of the people, the
Associated Press of California have, at an
enormous expense, made arrangements
with the Overland Telegraph Company
for constant supply Of the latest Eastern
and European intelligence, and the daily
press of this State, in their turn, pay
heavy sum for the immediate transmission
and publication of the news so received.
AL that lies in its power has been thus
done by the press Of this coast to keep the
people fully informed of the great events
that are daily transpiring. The manner
in which that intelligence is collected in
the East and transmitted to the West has
been already described in our columns.
The compiling of the news is done by
agents of the so-called Associated Press"
of the Atlantic States. 1t is beyond the
control Of the publishers of the Pacific.
Just as the "news" is dispatched from
the Eastern Offices, so it appears in the
columns of the Pacific journals. The eff
forts and intentions of the press are all
that could be expected by the people; but
the results are far from satisfactory, and
the trouble is this: For every ounce of
fact received, we have about ton of
rrG"sOr and speculation. The dispatch con-
corning peace Negotiations" which we
copy from this mornings papers, is a case
perfectly in point. IF true, it is the most
important dispatch which has come over
the wires in years. But is it true! Is
there anything on the face of the whole
dispatch that entities it to any credence or
respect whatever: Read it and judge.
Upon what authority is single para
graph of this most important news stated
The Worlds special says" Who is the
Worlds special, and who gave him the in
formation with which he thrills the nerves
of the nation: ut is said that the rebel
Congress, in secret session." did so and so.
Who said it: Who in Washington
knows what was done in secret session
of the rebel Congress How did he find
it out: "It is known that Blair goes to
Richmond" etc., etc. How is it known?
If the President has revealed the fact, or If
Blair has made known his instructions,
why not say so at once, and give the peo-
pie some assurance of the fact: at is
stated on what seems good authority"
etc., etc. Why not state the authority,
and let the people judge of its CREDIBLE
itys at is reported that Rives and
Ord are now on their way to Washington
on a peace mission" Who reported p
and how likely was he to know anything
about Rives' and Ord's business, or
whether they were coming at all These
are the things that the people want to
know. We have no desire to be informed
of the drunken speculations and gossip
that is floating about the bar-roorns OF the
Capitol of the nation. We have got
whisky of our own, and can get drunk
and talk diplomacy in saloons, and plan
campaigns on the sidewalk with walk
ins-stick, on this side of the land, as
wisely and as well as they can do 1t at
| Washington, and save the expenses OF
telegraphic dispatches. These "rumors
and reports" and ait is saids" are
merely aggravations to people who are
hungry for reliable information upon the
condition of their country. We want
facts. If the Eastern reporter has such in
his possession, let him send them. If he
has none, let him say 81, and have done.
| IL AC ACokS AVN ASAAocAS e-~
thority," let him state the rumor and give
his authority. 1.-THE Worlds special" or
"the HeralGs special " is just no authority
at all, unless the especial" states his
source of information. The people of
these far-off States are not so "soft in the
horn" as to believe that these specials
are conAdentially informed of great events
by the President and Heads of Depart
partpents, and allowed to publish them
to the world, when those matters are too
grave and too secret to be published d.
rectly from the source from whence they
emanate. We enter our protest against
this system of humbug sensation reports,
and hope the Associated Press of Cali
fornia will exert themselves to bring it to
an end. ~
The Challenge mine is steadily pro-
gressing in its development, and while we
were there yesterday, we saw very many