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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-08
Revenue Rulings OF Rollins.

From The ~. Y. World.
There is a story told in official circles a.
Washington to the efect that shortly after
Mr.. Buckley entered upon his duties as Solici-
tor of Internal Revenue, he remarked that it
was difficult for him to determine what was
the real construction Of the Office upon the
important points which had come before il up
to that time. This may have surprised him,
but 1t would fail to surprise the hundreds of
revenue officers throughout the country who
have been hampered and perpexed time aud
again by the conflicting decisions which have
emanated from the revenue headquarters, all
of them bearing the official signature of Mr..
Rollins or those business men and others
whose interests have been iniuriously aa.oted
by the Commissioners sublime disregard of
uniformity and consistency in his decisions.
IL ls common occurrence for two radically
opposite rulings to be- rendered on idsnticaIlv
the same question within one week. The
records OF the office are full of such rulings. and
they are due to lack of an efficient system
which is always wanting in an incompetent
administration. The trouble in the Reyenns
office is want of ability at It's common head
and at the head OF the various Departments
into which 1t is divided. Tbs Commissioners
seems to be seized with the idea that he h as
the right to set up at will, aud knock down
az pleasure, rulings governing interests cover
% 'eiues vi ullllops. IO5slOly he may
regard 1t as an accomplishment to be able to
MAKE MAKE Two decisions on precisely the same
Pon. which hatly contradict each other; but
.no saA payers, who incur loss by his Capri
s'i. S,yuS 0ourse, do not 80 regard it, A formal
iiaIg Tuhng upon given point at issue Is pub.
iisneu' que, lor example, admitting an srro.
> nsous asEessment and collection of soma taW
Those V3a;o VINO Psdd o it are informed that upon
peously paid will be returned suns W 80 etEG, tt;.
70 parties interested forward their claims
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

THE Now York Tribune has some SEN
sible comments, called forth by the late
terrible collision at Simpsons Station,
and an accident on the Harlem Rail-
| road, each the result Of tho iucompe-
,ency Of the switchmeu. It attributes
the accidents Of this nature to the
American custom Of employing worth
less, ignorant, drunken men az switch
men, because they can be had cheap.
| Thus human lives are risksd and often
destroyed by the parsimony Of those to
whose care they have been entrusted.
| There is a marked difference between
English railways and American. The
former cost three times as much as
ours, although labor and iron are so
much cheaper there. Aud then English
railroads are run with the first principle
Of safety to the passengers. American
roads are operated with the idea, first
aud foremost, Of making the mos. money
possible, human life and its protection
and safety being q minor consideration.
Now we appeal to tho Legislature, and
to Congress, aud to the people, to force
upon railroad companies a different sys-
tom. As the Tribune says, " the people
have it in their power to remedy this
crying evil"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

Publishing NEwsPArERs.-Nsny per-
sous have an idea that the publication
of newspapers is 4 very easy affair and
many scholar, rs well rs money men
think that tho conducting and editing
one is a matter OF mere amusement and
pa,,ime. To say nothing now Of the
simple editorial work, the expenses OF
publishing a daily newspaper may be
imagined from the financial statement
recently givsn by the proprietors Of the
Louisville CoWisr-Journal "The items
of the cash disburssmsnts during the
pas. rear were as follows Printing pa
per, Ss5, 900; type setting, S73,642 /;
editors salaries, S25, 600 ; business sal.
aries, SCI, 900 special and press dis.
patches, SCI 900 office expenses, Slo,-
900; correspondence, Slo,5oo; cos. Of
delivery Of paper, $4,000 current incl
dental expenses, $4,000 ; making a to.
tai Of $3.50, l57, or S., 900 a week"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

Dr.. LrvISGsroSE.-The New York
Tribune Of November 22d, publishes a
long aud very interesting letter from
Dr.. David Livingstone. The great eI-
plorer confirms all that has been reported
to US by cable Of the value of his re-
cent discoveries. 1t is his belief that
the Niles chief sources rise between 10
and IL degrees south latitude, or 400
miles southwark Of the more southern
part of the Victoria Nyanza. His ind
ing Of a chain OF lakes connected by
rivers far to the south Of Lake Tan
Sany'ki has encouraged him in this
view, the farther realization of which
will, as DR.. Livingstone promises, aud
as Sir Roderick Murcbison believes, set.
tie the question of the final sources, OF
that mysterious river. To solve one of
the greatest problems of geography is
M exploit worthy of a hero, and no ono
better deserves to do il than the brave
Euglishmsa who has claimed already a
continent for his fame.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30
WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

We have just returned from y visit to
San Francisco, and having com by the
Western Pacific Railroad from Oakland
to Sacramsnto-the route upon which
the dreadful calamity and loss Of life
occurred, by which Judge Baldwin was
killed-we a speak Of this new rail-
road from personal observation. Since
the unfortunate collision on the l4th,
several other accidents occurring, inter-
estsd parties, directly aud indirectly
connected With the Sacramento and
Vallejo route, have used every means
possible to create o prejudice againss
the Western Pacific Railroad with all
classes Of strangers aud travellers
citing the different accidents, the risks
Of travelling on the road, aud dozens Of
other rumors calculated to poison the
minds of people visiting San Francisco
or Sacramento.
We can assure the public on this side
of the mountains that the reports about
the Western PaciSc Railroad being in
an unsafe condition, are entirely with.
out foundation. II is true the calamity
on the l4th happened-and a very sad
aud unfortunate one it was to all con-
cernsd-similar ones happen on other
roads-but q new set Of %switehmeu,
new engineers and 6remen and con-
ductors have displaced the old ones,
and for tho past four days an entire
change Of management has taken the
place Of the old, and We can readily at
test to the efficient and prompt careful
ness Of every nan employed on the
trains and on the work along the route,
AZ We especially observed it yesterday
from San Francisco to Sacramento. The
road.bed, the ties, rails, bridges, loco
motives and cars, arc all similar to
those on the Central Pacific Railroad
and Jus. as substantially built. Our
Washoe friends will find tho Western
| Pacific route from Sacramento to the
Bay entirely safe in every respect, and
passing as. it docs through some Of the
most beautiful valleys of farms and sot-
Elements in Califoruia-makiug the trip
a real pleasure excursion.
We have made the foregoing remarks
simply to correct the many reports and
rumors which have been set aloat to
scare people from going on the cars OF
the Western Pacific Railroad-and We
make Thorn without the knowledge or
solicitation Of any one connected with
the road.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30
NEW TO-DAY.
CENTRAL And WESTERN
PACIFIC RAILROADS.

Change Of Time, November Sth, 1859.
FXPRESS TRAIN-EASTWARD-
II "DAILY."-Leayes San Francisco at SOC
A. NJ; San jose S:45 A. n; Stockton 12:OO H.;
Sacramento 1:so p. n; Junction sos ]. Nj Col,
fax 6:l0 7. e.; Reno 11:5O =. n; Wadsworth 2:Oo
p. "; Carlin 400 I. NJ; Elko $40 7. ~; arrive
at Promontory 5:45 A. n; Omaha 1:l0 P. T.;
EXPRESS TRAlN-WEsTWARD-"D AI.
Lr."-Leaycs Promontory 800 P. n; Exc $3.50
4. n; Carlin $50 A. H.; Argcnta 1l:45 ~;
Winnemucca $40 r. H.; Wadsworth 1885 P. n;
Reno 1885 4. n; Colfax 7:52 A. ~; Junction
1910 A. H.; Sacramento 1900 NJ; Stockton 1913
p: T.; arrive at San Jose ESQ r. ~; San Fran
Way NifL-EAsTwARD- Daily, Sundays
e~1cepted). leaves San Francisco 400 p. NJ;
San Jose 800 7. y: Stockton s:2s r. NJ; arrives
WAY MISUNDERSTANDING (sun.
days excepted, leaves Sacramento $50 A. H.:
Stockton, S:19 A. NJ; arrives at San Jose 12:45
T. NJ: San Francisco 1890 z. n.
ATLANTIC HOTEL EXPRESS, composed
OF Pullman Palace Coaches, with Restaurant
Commissary Car attached, running through on
fast time to Omaha without change OF cars, will
leave San Francisco every Wednesday ut ESQ
4. NJ; arrive at Promontory Thursday 600 T. n.
and Omaha SATURDAYS 5:30P. "; RETURNING,
LEAVE OMAHA Thursdays 9:15 4. n; arrives
at Promontory Saturdays 1000 A. n; San Fran.
SioSo SuhuoJs re- AiSnSh' enu VIVIAN ioA
this train can BIO secured only at the Company's
Office, 415 California street, San Francisco.
Marysvills Exprcss-Daily.
LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO 500 A. ~;
Sacramento 1:40 I. NJ; arrives at Marysyille $40
r. n.
RETURNING, LEAVES MARYsvILLE
0:l5 An. Arrives at Sacramento 1880 A. NJ,
and at San Francisco $40 r. n.
MARYSVILLE ACCOMMODATION TRAIN
Daily Sundays excepted. leaves Sacramento
8:l0 A. n. Arrives at Marysville 1915 A. n.
Leaves Marysyillc 1870 I'm. Arrives at Sacra.
mento $40 i. n.
Through Fares Payable In Currency.
From San Francisco TO Omaha. Sill 90; st.
Louis, $129 %; Chicago, $3.50 90; New York,
$3.50 20; New Orleans. SIC? 90.
SILVER PALACE SLEEPING COACHES
arc run daily from San Francisco to Promontory.
Double Berths, Sc 90; State Rooms, $l2 on.
Double Berths accommodate two persons; State
Rooms. three persons.
SECOND CLASS TRAINS leave San Fran.
cisco 400 r. T.; Sacramento 500 4. ~. Fare
Currency rates) TO Omaha. 500: st. Louis, $50
Chicago. SEQ; Nav York, SG6 70.
CHILDREN not over Twelve n2) years oil
are, Half Fare; under Five @ years Of age,
100 POUNDS OF BAGGAGE Cper adult
passenger) Free. so Pounds Baggage (per
child between 5 and - years Of age) Free.
EXTRA BAGGAGE lover 100 lbs.) between
Sacramento and Omaha currency $l5 per 100
pounds. A. n. TOWNE. Cent Sup't.
T. X. GOODMAN, Genl Passg'r Agent.
November 80, 1863, nO30tf
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

BY a recent decision Of the Postofice
Department, communications may be
seut outside Of the mail, if Enclosed in
stamped e~nyelops being equal in value
and amount in rates Of postage to which
such letters would be liable if sent by
mail, and properly sealed, 30 that such
letters cannot be taken therefrom with
out tearing or destroying such envelop,
and the same duly directed and adj
dressed, and the date Of such letter on
the envelop ; and it is not required that
such letter and enrelop be handed 10
the Postmaster at the point Of destina-
ton. 1t is the duty Of route agents to
receive letters written after the mail is
closed, aud all letters prepaid by
stamps.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30
DsArH OF CALIyoRyrA IsrxyroR.-

DEATH OF A CALIFORNIA INVENTOR
Zcnas Wheeler, late Of San Francisco,
died in Melbourne, Australia, on the
18th Of August last, at the age Of 50
years. Mr.. Wheeler was a native OF
Maine, e%migrated to California in ls4s,
and soon after located ia Grass Valley,
Nevada County, where he was we'll
known as n mechanical engineer. He
was among the %earlies. Of our inventors
to introduce pan grinding into quartz
mining, and his name has for the las,
six or eight year, been prominently con-
nscted With this class OF mining ma
chinery.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

An eloquent evidence Of the scarcity
of money in Cincinnati is found in the
fact that some of the leading saloons
have reduced the straight" drinks to
ten cents. Tho Enquirer, local is jubi-
liant thereat, and has sweet visions Of
tho return Of old times, when a man
could treat q couple Of friends half a
dozen times, ruin his reputation, and
put las,iag stain upon bis manhood,
all for the small sum of one dollar"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30
FROM SACRAMENTO.
Do1th OF n Railroad Conductar-The N
Stnte Capitol OccuPicd-Fire IN

Death Off Railrond Conducter-The New
State Capitol -Occupicd-Fire ia this
Tules-Raiiroad Trains to Marysvllle.
SACRAMENTO, November 30.-Samuel D.
Chamberlin, who has for several years past
been connected with the Central and Western
Pacific passenger trains, az conductor, and
more recently with the latter road as train
dispatcher, died at the Railroad Hotel yes.
terday afternoon.
The State officers are rapidly moving into
the new Capitol, and many Of them are al.
ready at home there. The books Of the State
Library will all be moved by this evening, as
will all the documents and furniture belong.
ing to the Clerk Of the Supreme Court.
The tules, II few miles below the city, were
ablaze last evening, and presented a more
splendid sight in their wild ferceness, as
viewed from the upper stories OF buildings in
town, than any Fourth Of July illumination.
Trains on the California Pacific Railroad
commence running to Marysville to-day.
Governor Haight came up from San Fran.
cisco yesterday noon, BY the Vallejo route.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30


THs CAUSE Or Ir.-Referring to the
recent attempt in New York to assassi.
nate A. D. Richardson, the Sacramento
Bee says: GA little over q year ago
this same Mcfarland attempted to as
sassiuate Richardson, while the latter
was passing down Broadway with the
wife Of the former, but missed his mark;
and the fact caused SO much newspaper
comment that Richardson published q
frank aud manly card, in which he ad'
mittsd that he sympa,hizsd with a good
and much abused woman, the wife OF
this Mcfarland, who had left him and
was seeking q divorce for sufficient
cause; and that no (Richardsou) had
agreed to and would offer her his hand
in marriage in due time after a divorce
had been obtained. The cause Of this
shooting is the ssme as that attempt to
Observation-Disclosures protesting TO
believe, and perhaps he does believe,
that Richardson had alienated his wife's
affections. Richardson, it will be re-
membered, came here with the first
Colfax party, and was in California
several weeks last spring, as tho Tribune
correspondent"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

PHILIP LYNCH, Esq, Of the Gold Hill
News, was in our office on Tuesday last.
His appearance indicates a quiet conscience.
-Smsun Republican.
Aye; but is it a clear one, brother Lynch
-~Sacramento Record.
As il old Lynch ever had any conscience
CURSOR appeal.
We haze u good cousciencs-as serene
and pure as any man who can read his
"%titles clear in mansions in the skies"
or anywhere else. HoM's that?
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

CONCERNING Jefferson Davis, the New
Orleans Pieayuas says: "Mr. Davis will
not and cannot, under any possible cir
e~um,tances, be induced to enter into
the politics Of the day or accept any
position in public life. As to thi, he is
content TO be Of the past; rs to works
of material usefulness he desires to be
Of tho present."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30
SPEAKING of the late terrible accident

SPEAKING of the late terrible accident
in Alameda County, CAL, whereby
many valuable lives were lost, Forney'S
Press of November 10th says:
The Western Pacific Railroad employs q
man as switch-tender who, In the words oil
the dispatch, although having a timetable,
could neither read nor write, and did not
know which train had the right OF track
BY the ignorance Of this man sixteen persons
were hurried into eternity. The Coroner's
Jury has not yet brought in 4 verdict. It Is
not upon the switch.tender, poor ignorant
fool! that the blame Of the tragedy should
be laid, but upon the officers Of the company
who employed him. And they should be
prosecuted to the full extent Of the law. 1t
Is time that death upon the rail ceases to be
n daily occurrence.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

The PIONEERS OF CALIFORNIA. 1t
was q driving, vigorous, restless popn
lation in those days. 1t was q curious
population. 1t was the only population
Of the kind That the world has ever
gathered together, aud it is not likely
that the world will ever sec its like
again. For mark you, it was nm assem-
blage of 200, 900 young men-not sim
pering, dainty kid gloved weaklings,
but stalwart, muscular dauntless young
braves, full Of push and energy, and
royalty endowed with every attribute
tina, goes 10 make up q peerless and
magnificent manhood-the very pick
and choice of tho worlds glosious ones.
| No women, no children no gray and
stooping-none but erect, bright-eyed
quick-moving, strong headed, young
giants : the finest population, the
Straugest population, the most gallant
host that ever trooped down the startled
solitudes of an uupcopled land. Aud
where are they now? Scattered to the
ends ofthe earth or prsmaturely decrspit
-or shot or stabbed in street affrays-
or dead Of disappointed and broken
hearts-all gone or nearly all-victims
devoted upon the altar Of the golden
calf-the noblest holocaust that ever
waited its sacrifcial incense heaven
ward. California has much TO answer
for in this destruction OF the flower Of
the worlds young chivalry. 1t was II
splendid population-for all tho sleepy,
slow, sluggish. brainsd slo,hs stayed at
homc-you never find that sort of PEG.
pie among pioneers-you cannot build
pioneers out of that sort of material. It
was that population that gave Califor-
MIA n name for getting up astounding
enterprises and rushing them through
with q magnificent dash and daring, and
n princely recklessness Of cost or con.
sequences, which she bears unto this
day-and when she projects a new
astoni,her, the grave world smiles and
admires rs usual, and says. Well,
that is California all over."-M Mark
Train IN m, Buffalo Frpress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

GRSsRAL Wool is said to have left a
fortune Of about 500, 900, the bulk OF
which i, bequea,hed to his ~nsPhsws and
%nioces. A few days prior to his death
he added a codicil TO his will, setting
apart $780, 900 for a monument to himself
and wife; also $4,000 to the Poly.
technic Institute, and $4,000 to the
Orphan Asylum.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

As an evidence Of the coldness Of the
weather at Laramie, Wyoming Terri
tory, q paper at that place says: An e.
timsbls young lady Of this town go'
choksd two days ago, while drinking q
glass of water, by a piece Of ice stick
ing in her throat, where it still remains,
A council of eminent physicians decided
tina. nothing could be done to remove
the obstruction before next spring.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

TEE apple crop of the West, the larg'
est and finest that has been for many
years seen in that region, was seriously
injured by the recent sever weather,
The fros. made ice = quarter Of an inch
thick, and frozs the applsc on the trees
In the vicinity Of st. Louis, thousands
Of barrels Of the fruit were killed, and
the farmers are TO- busy making them
ia.o cider.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30
Gxoncs FRIycIs TRa1y il the oec

GEoRGs FRANCIS TRAIN is the occasion
Of a large amount of characteristic ell
oqnence from tho Western press. One
Wisconsin paper, after alluding to him
as q 7" notorious Anticipated %"indbag,"
and to his hearers as ia meager audi.
ence Of d~eadhsads and the uusophisti-
Gated" thus ~playfully and politely pc.
rorates: " Good bye, old wind good
bye, old gas pipe 60 homo and soak
your head with whisky, SO as to give
some strength to your apology for
brains. Good bye, old George Francis
Train. Don't come this way sgain-the
people appreciate you too we'll"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

Before the building of the San Jose
Railroad, the travel between that city
and San Francisco was mainly By way
Of Oakland, this being the shortes,
route. This business is likely to return
to its old channel, for there is a differ
ence Of almost an hour 10 favor Of the
route by the Western Pacific, and we
hear it reported that in a short time the
Company will give increased facilities
for Communication with San JOSE
Oakland TRANSCRIPT.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

A MISSIONARY who went out from
Boston to the Cannibal Islands, a year
ago, has just como home in a barrel, his
friends managing to get hold Of some
pieces that the cannibals threw away as
too tough.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

SURVIVING soldiers Of the war Of 1872
IA are requested to meet in ST. Louis
on the 9Th Of January next, to sign a
memorial to Congress for placing their
names upon the pension list.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

As TO being conficted with the gout,'
said Mrs. P%artiugtou, "high living don,
bring II on. Itis coherentin some fami.
lies, and is handed down from father to
son. Mr.. Hammer, poor soul, who had
been so long i'll with it, %disinherits it
from his wife's grandmother"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30
JUDGE JOHNSON, in acknowledging the

JUICE JOHNSON, in acknowledging the
receipt of bis credentials as United
States Senator for Virginia, writes to
Governor Walker, iudorsing the princi-
Piles of the Fifteenth Amendment, and
hoping it will soon become a part of the
Constitution advocating the observ-
ance Of m exact and complete good
faith in the payment of the public debt,
and advising the casting behind us of
all dead issues.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

JOE CoBURs, who at present wears the
champion belt Of America, publishes a
challenge to Tom Allen, who is making
claims to the champions belt. Joe
cheerfully offers to "put a head on v
Tom for $40, 900, or any other sum, pro-
vidiug it is not less than 81, 800, if Tom
will come to California to receive it.
As an inducsnent, Joe offers to pay
Toms travelling expenses and Doctors
hills.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30
MarriRGes,

FELT-HARNER-rn San Francisco, Ira W,
Felt to Maria l.. Harner.
[Good girl. Wasn't Felt til after shc wal
married = White Pine NtWs.
Forbes is too confident in drawing conclusions
as the good gal" was married eighteen
years ago, and being q widow until she Gk FOL
another husband. Forbes jokes sometimes 70
semblc an Ole felt hat.
FoURLEN-SMITH-In Diamond Springs,
November 3lth, John 8. Fourteen to Mary j
Smith.
L0VELY-H0LLY-In San Francisco. Norem-
Der 2Jth, Horace Lovely to Eliza A. Holly.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT San Francisco,
November eth, Alfred Rising TO Ida +. Hutch,
ings.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

The Bee says that General. Lagrange,
Superintendent Of tho Mint, has gone to
Washington to look after his confrma-
ton by the Senate, Of which he
evidently appears to think there is a
dorbt.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-30

Town AND SrlGr.-We have received
copies of the Togn and Stage, q neat
little daily devoted to local intelligence
and the drama, published at San Fran
cisco by an association of printers.