Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-09-09

tasteful to the then ruling authorities.
GPshaw! No n was ever threatened
With being taken to Fort Churchill who
did not burrah for JEFF. Davis or the
Southern Coufederacy, or make treason
able remarks when he was, at the same
time. known by the military authorities
10 be- a member of the Knights of the
Golden Circle. Colonel: unless you
were guilty of otfensesof which you
were never suspected by the public,
Won never came within "a miles of,being
a Fort Churchill sandpacker. The COL
ouel then read a resolution Of congratu-
lation to the Democrats OF California,
which was on motion adopted. The
Colonies speech was rather OF a general
glorifcation talk, delivered with a great
deal of energy and elegance of style; and
he reused considerable enthusiasm by
some of his fine periods. He expressed
Indifference as to whether the Republic
cans loved or hated the assembled hosts
of Democrats or their principles (; lay.
ing such a vim of emphasis on q hated
that we presume he referred by pun to
the fact of the Democratic triumph
in California being greatly due to their
taking Haight from the old Republican
ranks. He concluded with an eloquent
peroration, and retired amid great APP
plause. Then came,
JUDGE JESSE s. PITzER,
Who was named by Mayor Currie, "tho
old wsr-horse of the Nevada Democ-
racy."
The Judge said he had recently been
to California, was there three or four
weeks before the election, and had often
told his Virginia City acquaintance
that there was going to be a Democratic
Revolution 10 California. He had talk
ed n little to the boys over in California
himself, and be knew that the tide was
turning. He said that seven hundred
men went from Marysville to Oroville,
on IL free train, to attend an "opposi-
ton" Union meeting, held there to coun.
ter-blast on j. P. Hoge's appointed
meeting, and 10. drew off ESQ Of the
free-train men, who had to pay their
way back to Marysville because Of their
deserving the Republican stand and
lending their ears and yielding their
convictions to Hoge. He said that on
tina. day (last Saturday, he had been
shown dispatches from an agent Of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which
read that if Bill Stewart had any friends
in Nevada who wished to have him At
Washington this season, they had bet
ter send over money enough to pay his
expenses to the National Capital, as the
Steamship Company would not dead
head. him any longer. Great cheers
and laughter.) Bill Campbell is the
man who has the dispatch, the Judge
iutimated. [By the way, where is Bill
now, p~olitically?] The Judge said Tom
Fitch went to California to make n
stroke for the party he thought was sure
Of victory, and then come back to Ne
vada and run Bill Stewart q tilt for the
United States Senate. "a voice,
'.T6ey killed the Republican party,
in California The Judge said
that he had no preferences in particular
to express in favor Of the Democratic
United States Senatorial candidates in
California or Nevada; only elect white
men. Cheers. He ridiculed the
assertion that the Independent Press
carried California for the Democracy.
That Press did not advocate the Demo.
cratic ticket. He placed the cause Of
the defeat where Mr.. Anderson did-on
the issue of negro suffrage and Chinese
brotherhood. He said that more than
a hundred Republicans in this county
had told him, that when the issue in
this State came on the question Of negro
suffrage and Chinese brotherhood they
didn't care what was the name OF the
opposing party, they would support il.
The Judges speech was replete with
humorous points, which we have not
the space to record, and vas greatly
~applauded throughout. At its conclu-
sion there were loud calls for Mitchell.
Mr.. H. X. Mitchell came forward, and
a~pologized for not speaking, as he had
been afflicted with a sore throat for
several days; being hardly able to speak
above his breath. But his heart was
With the meeting, and greatly, more
than he could say, did he regret his
inability to address the Democrats pres
eut on this occasion, when, If ever be:
fore, it was his duty and would have
been his delight to speak.
Mr.. Woodburn was loudly called for.
He was not present.
The absence Of General Thomas d.
| Williams Wal then accounted for, by
the Presidents statement that he was
confined to his room from illness.
The meeting then adjourned, with
three cheers for H. q. Haight.