The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-10
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
APRIL j. 1872.

I II u 81 Lko ONNL
AS l stated in a previous letter, the
inv estigation of this important subject
before a subcommittee OF Mines ana
Mining. who will prepare the report
10 be submitted TO the House OF rep
re~senfatives, is developing facts OF
great value to the mining interests
generally, and of especial advantage
TO the Tunnel enterprise Itself. II
of he Commi-:i ners appointed
by the President, while undoubtedly
favorable 70 the great project, was nee
essarilv @ IA great degree impartial IN
lis tone, to avoid offending the great
interests arrayed against the w"lk.
The Bank of California, With It's host
of we'll paid retalner> i'll high and low
positions. is not to be despi>ed even by
tie officers ofthe Federal Governments;
and great allowance must be made Tor
the APPARENT eau, ion displayed by the
commissioners in their Official report
lest the Bank parry should charge
them with unfairnes>. The hlgh
| character and great sttainments OF the
commissioners weUld, of course. nave
outIived the petty malice OF h Rms
rang. had they even seen proper, III
their rep0rt. to have stated All theN
knew OF the benefits To arise from the
Tunnel; but the mere imputation of
bias on lie part of a public Official Is
TO him a burden grevious to he borne
however unworthy OF ~notIcetie source
from which it emanates. Hence they
preferred. perhaps, to shbmIt a report
THAI lacked vitality. and which was by
no means exhaustive of the subject
committed to them for investigation.
Isr~rro's HEAD Is LEVEL. HOWEVER,
With every obstacle a. vet thrown
across his path by an u~n>cfup"toos
lontosnion. and he has demonstrated
the above assertion, (Which j deem
worthy to put in SMALL CAHs,l ey ihe
~anerny and tact he has shown ln pro
curing the appointment OF a sue-con'
mitfee of honorable gentlemen, mem
berS of the House of Representatives
tn sit As a iurv of inquest on the ll1eles'
, ~report. and summon lAIore them 'h'
aufhors thereof for examination IN de
; tail. 1t is at this point OF the gam
/, that
.s,UE GREAT NEVADA BORE"
il,s Senator Bill Stewart has nick
named Mr.. SutrO) rises to the ihi
: maasureofhis greatness. Hi, thorough
= educaiion in the science of mining
. and his perfect Familiarity with IN
particular question under oonsldera
ion. enabled the interchangeable luil
e neIist 10 pump his distinguished VIII
Il resses at every point where he coni'
! lain an advantage. and about WHO
they had preserved a gloomy reticeNc
in their official report.
SUNDERLAND, SLAVE OF TAh ilN''
/ OlherwiSe attorney for the Bank, "h
10 Is a '9oOu enough ""so
l. civ. where his quiddets ana MS qul
II lets. his cases, has tenures, ana II
d tricks, may pass Cor trumps III sho
v ard game of law, was here utterl
= Observation-Disclosures by a mel
&c deliver in the earth, "a man whose an
pi1ion is 10 dig biz hole III Inc Sfout
1!nder Mount Davidson; but beloI
whose Ii,ht the astute lawyers I'll
t ~et1ectual fires" paled like the SloN
warns at the mat1n hour-thanks
" Hamlet,s fathers ghost for The cor
~ uarisonl. In his agony, Mr. Sufde
ic land cried aloud along the lines l
lie helm. and the Bank responded |
~ sending in a special train tao OF the
:, most skillful strikers-t:equa al
sc Batterman; Requa to conduct the a
10 sault. and Batterman to finish the VI
,ims.s Thus far, however, they ha'
1t. ,aot succeeded in bewildering t
committee.
THE TESTIMONY.
By the published volume OF les
ng mouy elicted during this eNamlnati
a IT have about one half of it before II
" NOW covering nearly five hundr