Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-09
ARRIVAL AND RscEprIoN OF VICE
PRESIDENT COLFAx AT RENO.

About two weeks ago, Vice President
Colfax wrote to several friends in this
part of the State that he intended visit
ing the Pacific coast with a number of
friends, and that he would probably
come over from the Pacific Railroad to
visit Virginia City, Gold Hill, Carson,
and Lake Tahoe. A few days ago, the
city authorities Of Virginia and Gold
Hill, and also the Odd Fellows Lodges
in Storey County, adopted measures to
give Mr.. Colfax and his friends q suita-
Bile reception and to extend to them the
Inequalities of our cities. The Alder
men Of Virginia City designated o mum.
Der of committees, consisting OF citizens
Of that place and Gold Hill, while the
Odd Fellows also appointed q number OF
brethren of that Order to welcome MIR.
Colfax, who is amember in high standing
among their fraternity. A telegraphic
dispatch was received fromthe expected
guests last Saturday, announcing that
the party would arrive at Reno on
Monday (this) morning ut 2 o'clock:
| So the different committees prepared
and left for Reno last evening, some
fifteen carriages being required 10 con.
yey them, aud a very pleasant n
healthy drive they had down the Geiger
Grade and over the clover-perfumed
| Truckee Meadows. We went in the
f~our-hor.e carriage of Mayor Gibson,
Town Trustee Mcclellan, Town Clerk
Doane, and Eugene Bittner, Esq., and
all in all, it was rs jolly q ride (camp
meeting, "old ship Ziou," and other
accomplishments %included) as we have
had for several years.
At 10 o'clock last evening the va
rious committees assembled together in
the parlor Of Chamberlaiu's Hotel. at
Reno, and organized o meeting to de-
wise the best ways and means to give
the expected party o neat and well.de-
served welcome. Hon. j. r. Jones,
Superintendent of the Crown Point and
Kentuck mines, was called to the chair,
and the arrangements were discussed
concluding with the appointment of'the
following named gentlemen as a special
Committee of Introduction during the
stay of the Vice President and his
party in Virginia and Gold Hill Gov
eruor Blasdel, Judge B. @. Whitman,
Mayor Adams, Mayor Gibson and Judge
d. o. Addison.
At half.past 2 o'clock this morning
the cars from the East arrived at Reno,
but tho palace sleeping-car containing
the Vice President and his party, was
switched off a quarter Of a mile East Of
Reno, where it remained until daylight,
the Introductory Committee not feeling
authorized to 60 and disturb the happy
~sleepers. At daylight a regular old
Federal salute was fred by the Reno ar
tillery, not far from the car containing
the distinguished guests. There was
q little strategy in this; it was to awaken
the ~sleepers, partly to let them see whal
a beautiful sunrise we had at Reno, and
also to prepare for q trip to the Com
Stock About q dozen early %risers, such
as Judge Whitman, Judge Atkinson
Mr.. Sharon, Mr.. Jones, Captain Hop
kins, and a dozen others, were in wait
ing to receive the Vice President, moi
far from the sleeping car, just as soor
as the Federal salute might arouse him,
The committee did not have to wal
long, for Uncle Sans artillery brought
him from the arms Of Morpheus and hi!
really handsome and amisble wife, be-
fore many guns were fired. He came
right out among the committee in thai
plain, good natured way which is sc
natural to him, and shook hands with
the committee, talked with them, ant
then arranged to accompany them with
his party to Virginia. Half an houl
elapsed before Sam Bowles
Esq, fright bower Of jim
Fisk, Of New York City, old Governor
Bross, and the balance Of the party, go
up-the horrible sleepy-heads mot
withstanding the artillery thundored q.
If O battle were going on (Colfax IL
getting too wide-awake for Bross and
Bowles, wo believe.) On becoming &C.
quainted with the visitors, we found
them to consist of Vice President Col
fax and wife, Hon. Samuel Bowles, wife
and lady friend, Ex-Governor Bross and
daughter, and three other persons.
At I o'clock, after an early breakfast
at Chamberlain's Hotel, the whole
party left in carriages, fifteen, contain.
ing about sixty persons, and arrived in
Virginia City at about 10 o'clock.