Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-20
THE EVENING NEWS.

evening, and flew all 10 pieces A"'sean
NON was cas-, about three years ago at one
~ o,r Gold Hill foundries, and mounted
ON . yery heavy carriage. 1t has been in
use on Fort Homestead ever since, when
ever news Of q glorious Union victory
over rebellion has been received /; when
ever occasion has arrived for a public
demonstration of a patriotic or a Union
political purpose. Its voice has made
more noise and music than any other sim.
liar implement, within the time Of useful.
ness, used for a similar purpose in all the
land of Washoe. Its name was "rhe
Kearsarge." christened in honor Of a glo-
rious naval even, recorded in the history
of our late rebellion. But the "Kear-
sarge" is no more! May her fragments
men,s be gathered up and preserved as
mementoes sacred in the history Of Gold
Hill during a period tina, appealed to the
loyalty, the patriotism, and the generous
loerality Of the people OF III mountain
town. \ sight Of its shattered fragments
will wildly bring to the minds of many
Of US years hence, the dark and bright
days of our country's history. We say,
then, preserve the good and glorious rel
les Of our local gunpowder monitor, the
"kEARsARGE"-which, like the earthly
remains of a true and tried friend. having
become Inanimate and powerless, but
whose good deeds live green in the memo
~ of the living.
The acciden, which happened last even
ing al Fort Homestead is certainly one OF
the most singular We have ever read or
heard of. The First Ward Union Club
had an appointment for a meeting at their
Hall and. as has been customary for
some time past, a few guns were expected
10 be fred at Fort Homestead. Mr.. Louis
Wagner. an old man-of-war's man, who
has had charge of the cannon-and who.
if there was anything on earth he seemed
20 set his affections upon, or 10 take a
particular pride in, It was in ~bes,owing his
attentions to keeping the "kearsarge" al
ways in good trim and good voice. But on
this occasion he was absent. and the firing
devolved upon others, who, instead OF the
usual charge ofabout a pound OF powder,
doubled the quantity. and owing 10 a want
Of proper experience, It is supposed, failed
10 drive the wadding home. so that there
must have been a good deal Of air between
it and the powder; and when hred. II be-
ing done by 4 slow fuse, the cannon went
all TO pieces, hurting fragments Of solid
iron in every direction into the air and
deep into the earth underneath. Solid
masses Of iron. almost as heavy as a hun
bred pound shell, few over the town IN
several directions. One piece, weighing
ninety -four pounds, actually went hurl-
ing through the air a distance Of a quar-
ter OF a mile and struck through the
plank sidewalk in front Of the office OF
the Yellow Jacket Mining Company, on
Main street. This fragment, nearly two
feet long, is now on exhibition in the bar
room Of the Vesey House. Il struck on
the porch just about half a minute after
two men had passed the spot, and as an
other man was approaching it, and not
more thar ten feet of. (rhese gentlemen.
Just about thar sine, might have been
seen" making tracks with considerable
haste in different directions, with the idea
Of nitro-glycerine IN their eye.) Another
piece, weighing about forty pounds, struck
the roof Of Henry Eckert's blacksmith
shop. not far of from where the
other piece struck. II evidently broke
through the roof as easy as a sledge
hammer would smash a dinner plate.
Passing The shingles and board sheeting,
j, struck a rafter, two by six inches, and
broke il as easy as a person might snap
off a clay pipe stem. l, struck and bu-
ried itself in the dry and hard clay
ground floor a distance OF 5 inches, where
il was afterward found. Not less than
ten men were sitting in an adjoining sa
loon, within fifteen feet Of where this
fragment struck the ground. and stopped
its voyage OF destruction. (There was a
big CONSERVATION among the beer drink
ers Just about this time; and an exami-
nation Of the blacksmith.s shop revealed 10
the CONSERVATION struck imbibers that old
Vulcan never hurled such q weapon of
iron the same distance. nor Of such un-
comely shape. as that presented TO their
gael. This piece OF the cannon, weighing
abou, forty pounds, can be seen on the
counter OF the Gold Hill Brewery, oppo-
site Odd Fellows Hall. Another large
piece OF the demolished "kearsarge,"
weighing about ninety-two pounds, can
be seen on exhibition at the Gold Hill
Exchange, Harry Clawson having indus
triously ''lugged' il down from Fort
Homestead. The cannon carriage was
also entirely demolished, the heavy oak
timbers, axle and wheels being wrenched
and broken into many pieces. This ter
rible explosion occurred without striking
and iniuring any person whatever, al
though there were eight or ten persons
standing within forty feet OF 1t.
"PRrMARY" RuLB.-At a meeting Of the
County Central Committee Of Storey, held
on the 10th day Of August, it was resolved
that. THE Secretary Of this Committee
shall forthwith prepare a Club book for
each of the precincts, containing a copy OF
the pledge, and furnish the same 10 each
Club established under this direction, and
all persons applying for membership to
any Club shall subscribe their name IN SAID
books to said pledge. No vote shall be re-
ceived except Of members duly registered
on the Club book before IL o'clock NJ. Of
the Qay OF ELECTION. LuC aOO'S ~ SuNSH
from the minutes Of the Secretary OF the
Union County Central Committee. and
may be desirable for reference.
For COUNTY TREAsURER.-In our list
Of candidates for County Treasurer, pub
Used yesterday, we Inadvertently omitted
the name of our kind genial friend, Geo.
W. Hopkins, ESQ.,, Of Virginia city.
Mr.. Hopkins is SO well known to the
Union party as a firm aud consistent 10y
alist, and alo recognized in the community
as such a thorough and competent business
man, possessed of every qualification TO
make a most excellent County Treasurer
that we need scarcely direct the atten-
ton OF the County Convention. TO be held
next Saturday, to the fact that no better
man is likely to have his claims presented
for q nomination.
ONE THING CgRTAIN-That A. ]. Beals
ia taking some of the finest Photographs
we have ever seen, and we would advise
all who want a fine carte de ctSit or any
Kind of a likeness, TO give the Doctor a
call, and you will be sure to have a perfect
likeness.
DISTRICT ArroRNBY.-The candidates