Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-18
WORD

In the Ef{efprtJe Oh tnio .Ao r
pears a communication, written at the IN
stance of Geo. +. Jones, and by one Of his
regular agents, which the principal had
not the courage to sign in his W name.
It wal thought advisable to date it "Gold
Hill" and subscribe it "a Genuine Union
Man." We are glad to see this commu-
nication in print, for it brings legidmately
to our public notice u lying report which
Geo. F. Jones has been studiously but
s~asaAngly circulating respecting US, for
the past week or two. Almost every mer-
chant on C street. Virginia, has been an
noyed and disguised, within the present
month. by being pulled from their bust
ness by the Shylock candidate for Mayor,
and having, in some dark corner of their
store, the falsehood. now opened to-day,
whispered in their ears.
Jones, in his epissle of this morning,
says that the " ~animosity" Of the GOLD
HILL News towards him "is due to the
fact that the gentleman (Jones) refused to
make an advance Of fifteen or sixteen hun
dred dollars to the present publisher Of
that paper, some months SINCE"
Mark how plain 4 tale meets this dirty
insinuation:
Nearly two years ago our then and recent
partner, Mr.. Mundall, expressed himself
inclined to go East, and ready to sell his
interests in the paper to me. I told him
if he was really anxious to dispose Of his
share in the establishment I would raise
the money and buy him out. I accord
ingly wen. to Virginia City, and sought
a loan in the amount which l required, in
addition to means on hand, to make up the
purchase money. Some n to whom I ap-
piled for the favor or tor information as to
where l could obtain 1t, referred me to g.
F. Jones, as a well known money lender.
l went TO Mr.. Jones and asked him for the
sum specified. He said he had not that
amount Of money ready; but he would
have it within the week, and he would
lend il TO me as soon as he received an
expected payment Of $4,000 which he
showed me on his memorandum book was
due him in a day or two. Returning to
Gold Hill. l found that Mr.. Mundall had
changed his mind, and I said no more to
either him or Mr.. Jones concerning the
matter herein set forth. This is the basis
Jones has for his lying cardiff basis it
may be called.
In his printed statement he adopts a
little more decent style than that in which
he has been in the habit Of lisping it to
innocent citizens. In his own proper voice
he has said that I wanted to get $1,000 Of
him, within q few months past, but he
/" couldn't see IT,"
take occasion elsewhere, to demon
strate the eminent propriety with which l
review his conduct as an officer. The
people o. the whole county are as much
interested in the defeat Of Jones, in his
aspirations for Mayor, as are the citizens
of Virginia. I believe his record shows
that, beyond q doubt. He is Of q firm
whose speciality is to make a clean sweep
Of city and county moneys, by their scrip
and other spsculations. I m well aware
that Jones has threatened to injure my
business. That threat neither frghtens
me, MOI dis,urbs my equanimity. He has
also threatened to be again elected Mayor
| Of Virginia. That menace of municipal
bankruptcy l heed /; and l have called and
shall continue to call upon the people Of
Virginia to avert the impending financial
ruin of their corporation, which Jones'
complete a~scendency in the management
| Of city affairs would bring about. I know
that he has procured, in the face Of all
party precedent and right, a list Of desig-
mated ~nominators, whose nominations, If
they should ever be made-which l do not
| believe they will be-he intended should
conform to his slate. I denounce his
method it is demoralizing and destruc-
tive to the Union party. Who will say it
is not? Iprotest against his selection,
upon a recital Of indisputable facts and
upon the force Of his official record I be-
gan and I approve my course towards
him, and expect that both he and his crea-
lures will meet with q popular and over.
whelming defeat thereon. I shall do what
I conceive to be my duty towards such a
contamination.
As for the miserable wretches who on
due, the venal sheet which protrudes
Jones ISLANDERS, I must beg to be excused
from taking any extended notice Of them
at this time; though they prefaced and
appended themselves to the head and tail
Of the communication with evident desire
and design upon my prominent editorial
notice. Their present master has already
occupied too much space in a strictly per-
sonal notice. know I might quote from
their W columns, Of q year or two's
date, to show that he whose feet they now
kiss was by them mathematical as a
usurer and an extortioner, and not near so
ft on any consideration to be Mayor Of
Virginia City as was their then bosom
companion, Rufus Arrick. A copy Of
their rejected proposal to sell out to the
Copperheads for fifteen hundred dollars is
at my command, as is also testimony that
they regretted a lower and satisfactory bid
had not by them been made. It is quite
natural to expect that they should now be
Jones champion, and the "cause why" is
thoroughly appreciated, this side Of the
Rocky Mountains. 1t is natural and
equally humorous for them to seek to
cover up their past and present attempt to
sell out or break up the Union party, by
foolish assertions in regard to my well
known, uniform and consistent political
standing. And while I repeat that I have
not time or room for a square talk about
their status, l must be permitted to add
that / am unwilling to stink my types
with a fitting review of their history and
. correct exposition Of their character.
PHILR LYNCH.
The CIVIL RIeHrs BILL.-ln another
| column the reader will find the Civil Rights
bill in full. II differs in some respects