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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-02
Departures.

ny WELLS, FARGO AND co.'s LINE.
J ] Ayres and wife, Mr. Griffin. Rev Mr.
Maccmber and wife. Mrs Underhill, Louis
Snyder, Mr. Masourka, Mr. Walters, Carl
Curse, John Moss, c B Hall, Mrs Barney.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09
Sale Of Placer Claims.

bill providing for the sale of placer mines
has passed the United States Senate, and
Washington reporters think it will undoubted-
ly go through the House without much oppo-
sition. Sales Of mining ground can be made
on tracts of not less than ten, nor more than
one hundred and sixty acres. No ono can
purchase who has not spent at least one thou
sand dollars on improvements, is in posses
sion, and has a title recognized by the local
mining laws. This bill, if it become a law,
will make great cha nge in the old order OF
things, and il is difficult to determine whether
the country will gain or lose by the enactment.
On general principles, it is good maxim to
ito let well enough alone" The mining CON-
munity has been generally satisfied with the
old regulations. which permitted the miners
OF each district to determine for themselves
the extent Of their claims, and the conditions
Of title. 1t is questionable whether under
this law the mines will not pass from the
hands Of those who have heretofore controlled
and worked them by their own personal labor,
into the possession Of SPECTATORS, who can
afford to purchase large tracts and hold them
until they can be disposed of in smaller diyis.
ions at profit TO tho holder. The expert.
ence Of this coast in land matters has not had
an encouraging influence, and few men will
desire to see repetition of those influences
at work on mining claims.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09
THE ELKO INDEPENDENT.
Laks lirlsr on -. r.ha,.

A1ko u iot on 1Ako IAAoa.
The California Legislature has passed ar
act legafxing the name of Lake Bigler, as IA,
~ It 10 applicable to that State. A great deal
Of bowling has been done about this restora.
ton Of the old name. and nearly every pape,
in the country has taken tilt at the subject,
pro or con.
As general thing. legislative enaetments
arc unavailing to fix the nomenclature OF
natural objects. Custom and general usage
Is more powerful than Law on this point The
title that has once been applied and become
popular is usually more Interchangeable than the
laws Of the Modes and Persians. This Lake
Bigler, or Tahoe, seems a partial exception TO
the rule. The original application of this
name to the lake may have been in question.
able taste. A more appropriate name might
have been selected; but having been applied
and become familiar to the public, it ought to
be retained. In ordinary times the change
vonld have been impossible; but the intensity
Of political rancor not only made it possible,
but made 1t in a few years an accomplished
fact. Lake Bigler practically disappeared
from the books, while Lake Tahoe has be-
come famous the world over. A half-dozen
explanations of the meaning Of the term have
been given to the public, such as deep
water" elevated water" "clear water. i"
while some contend that it has a most oppro-
brious Specification. 1t is doubtful whether il
has any meaning at ALL and certainly there is
nothing very euphonious in the sound There
Is very little to recommend it as a name. and
under ordinary circumstances il would be as
well to permit the lake to take care of itself,
and allow prescription to determine the title:
but it appears from the confessions of certain
parties, who claim to father the new title of
Tahoe" that the qualification Of political
malice was the overrulins consideration in
making the change. r. G. Dean claims, in
the Enterprise, to be one Of three "strong
Union men" who kept q hotel on the shores
Of the lake, who were instrumental in wiping
out the old name. He says: when we found
Bigler acting with the disuuion party in Cali
fornia, and using his best efforts to carry the
State out of the Union, we determined to
change the name of the lake and wash out the
name Of Bigler, if possible" He states that a
communication Was addressed to the Sacra-
mento Union by himself and associates pro-
posing the change, and finally Bayard Taylor
was induced to select the new title in his
Views Afoot, which gave it a widespread
celebrity. If this was the real origin of the
name of Tahoe, it is no more than right and
just that the old name should be restored. II
was an act of injustice and prescription, orig.
mating in falsehood, and executed in malice.
1t is never too late to repair wrong, and il
the retributions Of time have enabled the CAL
ifornia Legislature to wipe out this contempt
BILE exhibition Of meanness, it was right in
doing so.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

HE ANNEXATION SCHEME.-There is n weep.
ing and wniling, and hurrying to and fro, in
Idaho, about that bill of Stewards, anDexine
Owyhee to Nevada. The Boise Statesman
says twenty-one pages of signatures to the
remonstrance against the annexation have
been received at that Office, and calls for more.
II warns them not to be deceived into tho be.
lief that the bill will not pass, and urges them
TO fresh efforts to beat the dreaded legislation.
As they seem to be so much excited about it.,
and are doing SO much TO block the bill, It
would be well for tho people of this State,
and especially of the town Of Elko, to take
the matter under consideration, and circulate
petition In favor Of the bill. Elko, more
than any other portion Of the State is inter-
ested in the passage Of the bill. II will make
Elko the geographical and political center Of
the reconstructed State.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09
Sheriff Fitch in San Francisco.

The telegram in the White Pine papers
stating that Sheriff Fitch, of this county, had
been severely wounded in the hand was not
strictly correct. The facts are briefly these
While Mr.. Fitch was conversing with Mr.. Lit
tie and Captain Armes in Congress Hall, on
last Thursday night, n man by the name of
Barney Conneley came into the room and
commenced making himself dsagreeable TO
the proprietor. Mr. Little. Little then asked
Conneley to leave the room, which he refused
to dc, until Little took hold of him TO put him
out. Some one cried out, He has got a weap-
on, and Fitch then went TO Little's assis-
lance and put Connolly ont on the pavement.
A few minutes afterwards Fitch started TO
leave the Hall, and was met by Conneley out
side Of the door. who at once covered him
with revolver. Fitch sprang forward.
grasped the pistol and pressing it downward.
it was discharged, the ball passing through
Conneley' thigh. COnneley was then taken
to the station house. and thence To the hospi-
tai. The wound was serious but not danger
Gus. Fitch gave the pistol to Captain Han
ma, Of the police force. and related the cir
cumstanccs Of the ease. Fitch was slightly
wounded in the hollow Of his left han,l. bnt
not badly. Connolly ha. the reputation oi
being n hardened, dsSpcrnte chnracter. and
has made IA practice Of browheating peOple
for living, but he struck the wrong man
when he woke up the Sheriff of Elko.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

Ex-SESkToR CONFESS, IL is said, made appli-
cation to General Grant for the appointment
OF Collector OF the port Of San Francisco.
The Bulletins correspondent says:
HE made personal application 10 tho
President last week. and urged his claims ms
an ever faithful Republican, long in public
service, conspicuous for his modest zeal and
retiring disposition (now plainly evident in
his retiremenD in 80 moving and effective
manner ms TO make strong impression upon
the President, which II was the pleasing priv
lege OF Cole to weaken and remove the next
morning"
Senator Conness is studying law in New
York, aud his friends there say that he will
soon make an effort to be cleosed 10 Congress
from that CITY
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09
nah..nr,6HnnNola,

VINO knows Who frst explored this portion
Of Nevada, and when. and who gave names to
those objects of nature, or changed the st,
Mary's into the Humboldtl-Eiko Independ-
emf.
We do not copy the above for the purpose
Of attempting to answer categorically, though
we have an impression that the Piutes were
there first; at any rate they were there when
we came.
Baron Won Humboldt was the first white
man who has left any record Of his explora-
tons in that region, and John Z. Fremont Is
the man who changed the name from st.
Mary's to Humboldt, in q report to Congress,
remarking that he did SO in compliment to
that SeS.or of scientific travellers. Baron Won
Humboldt. As to who gave names to other
objects of nature, 6s:h:less I'd Wirre-aucca
could throw some light upon the subject; If
not call on Tom. Rule, Dave Melarkey. Pat.
Harris or any of the old Piutes around Union
willie, Dun Glen, or along the nver; they can
tell you.-0acyhee Tidd! Wdu.
The Piutes may have been the first here.
but We supposed the editor Of the Tidal Wave
was ahead of them; for if our recollection is
correct, on a certain occasion he left great
many of them behind him. Winnemucca and
those "other old Piutes about Unionrille" al
luded to, are unquestionably very interesting
natural antiquities, and from their appearance
must have been here at a very remote period
probably before the birth of Christ. II so,
they will probably remember the venerable
.'Nestor of scientific travellers, Baron Won
Humboldt" certainly no one of much later date
retains any recollection Of his presence in this
valley. There is popular impression abroad
that Humboldt visited this river, and de-
scribed it in some of his works. We often
see illusions TO what Humboldt said about
this river in his Cosmos" but We have
never been able to discover any evidence of a
visit by him in the ten volumes on that sub
ject, or in any of the numerous works describ-
ing his travels in America. 1t is possible
that he was here, but We should like to
see some evidence of it worth more than
hearsay.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

MONTANA AFFAIRs.-The Helena Herald re-
ports more sickness at Helena than has ever
been known before in that place.
The Deer Lodge Independent condemns the
Herald in the severest language for the couu-
tenance given to the Vigilante mob which re-
Gently hung Chinaman for the killing Of John
r. Bitter, and calls upon the grand jury to
investigate the rnntter.
The Independent denounces the Territorial
officers and favors the organization of State
government.
Correspondents Of several Montana journals
are giving the Cedar Creek mines the cold
shoulder. A writer in the Independent says
no pay Of any consequence has been found
except on the rim rock Of the main gulch
Fifty houses have been erected a. Cedar juno
ton. About five hundred men IRE in the
mines, but were doing but little prospecting.
The country seems to be overdone.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09
Ia9fan H~a

On the xsh instant, the President sent 10
the Senate the following nominations: II. II.
Heath, Marshall for New MEXICO; Samuel
Bard. Of Georgia, Governor Of Idaho; Mary
E. Prindle, Postmistress Of wsposha, Mime
sofa The Senate has confirmed the nomina-
ton Of L. b. Church, Assessor Of Internal
Revenue for Montana.
The President had not been officially ad-
vised Of the rejection of Judge Hoar by the
Senate. The rule Of that body is not TO in
form him Of its proceedings on nominations
until after two intervening executive sessions,
unless otherwise specially directed. The
reason for this rule is to give members time to
reconsider their action upon them IL they
think proper. . ... -
On the 4th instant Secretary Fish received
the Chinese treaty. with the official seals ofthe
Empire. ratifications having been duly eI-
changed. The treaty was wrapped in yellow
! silk. The Secretary laid the package before
the President on that day.
The most intense excitement prevails in
Clark county. Indiana, in consequence Of the
discovery Of gold about twenty miles from
Terre Haute. A lately returned California
miner Of eighteen years experience has been
prospecting the ravines for some days past
In every handful Of earth he found gold in
paying quantities. The people of that vicini-
ty are Wild with the gold mania, leaving all
other business to search for the precious met
al.
A Washington special gives the following
hist of Senators who voted against Mr.. Ho&r's
confirmation: Abbott, Bayard, Barsrnan.
Brownlow, Carpenter, Casserley, Chandler,
Conkling Carbett, Davis, Edmnnds. Fenton,
| Fowler, Harris, Howard. johnson, McCreery,
Mcdonald. Osborne, Pool, Rice. Robertson,
Ross. salisbury, Sawyer, Spencer. Stewart,
Stockton, Thayer, Thurman, Wickers, Wiley
! and Yates.
In the Florida Legislature on the Ith in
slant, the committee appointed to investigate
the official acts and charges against Governor
Reed, reported in favor Of impenchment-4 to
/. The minority report is said TO be weak.
telegram from Rome dated the 5th inst.
says the Pope has announced that hereafter
he will decline 10 participate in the controver-
| sy respecting the dogma Of personal infaii-
bihty.
The frequent rumors of the i'll health of
Plus N. causes the public To- be bnsy With
names Of candidates for paracy. The cleo
ton OF Archbishop Manning is strongly adro-
| Gated in England.
REDCCED PEICEs.-The Alta on the 9th in
| slant, commenced operations with printers
who were willing TO work for GO cents per
| 1000 ems-R reduction Of 20 per cent
Nearly all the old hands quit work
SUNDAY ASiUsEdESTs.-A All the theaters
! IN San Francisco, With the exception of the
| California, and the melodeons. we've open on
the night Of the 9th instant. The latter call
their performances for this night legitimate
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

THE CARsos MNr.-The Committee on An
preparations in the House Of Representatives
has agreed to cut down the branch minis at
Carson, in this State, and Denver, Colorado,
to assay oflices. Tho expense Of last year in
supporting the Carson mint was s74, COO. The
estimate Of the expense for this year was fixed
Mt S9l, 800. but tho Committee have reduced
the figures to $4,000. This reelection is q
SERIOUS blow 10 The Carson mint.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09
WHITE PNE.-We take following items from
the White Pine News of the 9Th instant:

WHITE PNE.-We take following items from
the White Pine News Of the 9Th instant:
We learn from q gentleman from Spring
Valley that mass Of horn silver was struck
in the Mollie Ruter mine, Cooper district las,
week, which surpasses anything of the kind
ever seen in America before. The precious
metal is so pure and massive that il cannot
be blasted. and at last accounts ''the boys
We're gouging away at il with picks The Mol
lie Ruter is n square location on the western
slope of the ensterly ridge of the Schell Creek
range constitutiDgthe' Lower Camp" Of Coop
er district, about half way from the first lateral
canyon to the top of the ridge overlooking
Spring Valley. The country rock Of the ridge
is limestone, and bnrite is found in connection
with the beds OF veins as part Of the gangue
of the ore.
Freighting between this city and Elko is
very dull Just now, most of our merchants
having laid in large stocks Of goods before
Winter commenced.
Our neighbors in Treasure City have n
trouble on hand, Since the recent heavy fill
of snow so many Of them quit buying water.
melting snow instead that the water market
was ruined-no demand for il. Then the wa
ter froze and pipe bursted. The Water Com.
pnDy says II costs S14 day to keep the upper
engine going. in order to raise the wnter to tho
Treasure City level; and unless they can get
an assurance Of disposing daily Of water
amounting to $50, they will not repair the
damages.
Perhaps the most efiicaCious medicinal wn-
tiers in the United States are those of Ian.
meister's warm and cold springs near Elko.
John Rice, Of Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'S Office in
this city, recently went there TO battle for
rheumatism. with which he was badly Grip
pied; and ten days bathing has made new
man Of him. The proprietor of the springs
told us last Summer that the use Of his baths
were free to any one having an obstinate case
OF rheumatism which those waters would not
cure within ten days and we think he ia safe
in making the offer.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

SoME OF our neighbors who had about des-
paired of ever being able TO leave Idaho, have
seized upon the opportunity To sign the petit
ton asking to be set into Nevada as n ready.
convenient means Of getting away from the
Territory; while others who Ind vowed never
to leave until they had made enough 10 buy a
cayuse and ride out on horseback, are in
clined to demonstrate against being transport
ed into Nevada 30 summarily, as il breaks in
to their prcarrangements for going out by diff
ferent means.-O1yhee Tidal Wdre.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

The Ely TEoUm.Es.-Gcneral =. +. Conner.
Jimmy Eddington and another gentleman left
here yesterday for Ely district, TO reinforce
the platoon now holding the mining ground Of
the tirst named gentleman. The district was
originally called Meadow Valley, and the
Phoebe ledge was discovered and located under
the name Of Mammoth, by citizens and one
or two officers Of General COnnur's command.
The Phoebe Company, composed OF the
wealthiest men Of California, took and for
about year have held possession of the
ground, and have commenced suit to auiet
title. The original locators now hold armed
possession OF 1000 Of the 5000 feet Of the
ledge claimed 10y the Phoebe party. and We
believe II is their intention to recover the
Who'll" of their location, somc way or other
Wan, Tins S,rs
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

ELY DrsTRICT.-They are having lively
times in the Ely district among the miners.
party Of men have jumped the Phoebe mine,
locating between the shafts Of the company.
Fighting is anticipated. A stage load Of rifles
went out recently from Hamilton for the bel
lgerents.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

POCKET PIEcEs.-About seven hundred dol
lars have been issued from the Carson mint
and distributed as pocket pieces. The coin
is issued as dollar pieces. Elko would will
lingly take the whole amount, if it is any OBJ
ject to Curry.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

A bill has been proposed by the brokers in
San Francisco amendatory of the California
Mining Incorporation Act. Should it be
adopted, it will be Of some Importance to this
State. If It become q law, we shall publish
the act in full
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

LINING FOR SMELLING FURSAcEs.-A dis
patch from Hamilton says n substance has
been introduced into use in that district for
lining furnaces which is proving superior to
anything heretofore used. 1t is n stone
brought from Pancake mountain. Should il
prove perfect success, it will encourage the
erection of a number Of new furnaces.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09
n. T,n..ntA A...aa.a. and II. Gaines

A ivy.
That school Of politicians who regard white
men IS Of secondary importance to negroes
and Cinnamon. have had good cause for rejoic-
ing during the past week. in the ratification Of
the Fifteenth Amendment and the arrival of
the ratified treaty with China.
The required number Of States has been OBJ
tanned to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment
Georgia, after returning to the Union and vot-
ing for the President at the last election, WINS
turned out again. until she would consent TO
ratify this amendment. She has done so at
last, or as Prentice would say: Congress has
ratified the amendment in the State Of Geor-
gia." So the last act of the negro insurrec-
ton may be considered ended. The consum-
nation long predicted by the advocates Of the
supremacy Of white men in the affairs Of this
Government, and as roundly denied by the
Radicals, has been perfected, and politically
the negro is the equal of the whites in every
respect.
The Chinese treaty has made its appearance
by the hands Of a special messenger from the
Flowery Kingdom, and Secretary Fish has
been tickled with the silken envelope and
gaudy seals of this documentary evidence of
American degradation. And over all this
coast, once the paradise Of free labor goes up
a cackle Of delight from the Chinese ATTORNEYS
in the shape of Radical newspapers. There
was time when the Republican party could
rightfully claim to represent the interests of
the white laborer Of the North. That was in
the days of Fremont and Dayton Republi-
can speakers in that celebrated campaign de-
clared from stump and press that it was not
for the negroes they were contending, but for
the laboring white men Of the North How
changed is all this now ! For years nearly
the entire legislation Of the country has been
shaped to fit the form Of the negro, and now
the climax is reached by the ratification of a
treaty which deluges white labor in a sea of
Asiatic serfdom. The Chinese treaty has
nothing to recommend it. II is one-aided
1t grants nothing new or valuable to American
citizens, but it infiicts q train of evils upon
the people of this country which no mathema-
hcian can estimate, no Imagination conceive
The bill reported by Senator Trumbull few
days ago, extending the provisions ofthe Civil
Rights Act TO the Cinnamon, perfects the out
rage ratified by the treaty, and it only requires
the passage of Summers BILL striking out the
word white from the naturalization laws, to
complete the subjugation of American citi-
zens. The yellow-colored slaves of Mongolia
may, if they will, become the masters of the
American people within few years.
And thus we drift! ever down to more all
solute decentralization, following swiftly along
that old. beaten track which bore the old Ro-
man empire from imperial grandeur to shat
tered fragments. decav. and death.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

The White Pine News appears again as
daily. being now published at Hamilton.
Treasure Hill has now no newspaper represen-
tative. We wish the News success, and plenty
of Il
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

USrED STATES DISTRICT CoURT.-Hop. T..
w. Hillyer. our newly appointed United
States District Judge, will commence a session
Of his court at Carson next Monday.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-02-09

The roads arc now dry everywhere, and in
some places quite dusty. g street il Just
about as in summer. When kept we'll sprinkled
Eirginia EnIcyprtes, FEB 6ih. -. =. :.