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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
corsIcan Brioands.

Brigands Of the good old.fashioned
typo are fast dying out ; but some very
fine specimens of the romantic sort are
still to be found In Corsica. A cores
pondent Of the Temps mentions that.
besides some thirty-four very doubtful
characters, who systematically slude
tho police Of the island. there are three
individuals, named Germani. Suzzoni
and Albert. about whom very sensa-
tional legends are told. The exploits
Of these brigands are, however, but
child's play compared to those OF SUI.
zoni's predecessor, the famous Santa
luccia. He was perhaps the last OF tho
old race, and was q power In Corsica
some thirty years ago. He took TO the
woods on account of q misfortune
which happened to one Of his brothers,
who was convicted OH the evidence OF
false witnesses and sent to the hulks.
Santaluccia gave himself no rest until
he had got these men Into his power:
The first OF these he tied toa tree and
addressed as follows: "Yours Is q
lying tongue you are about to lose
L." which assertion he Instantly made
good. 10 the next he said: "You
have declared that your eyes beheld
that which they have not seen ; you are
going to lose your eyes," 10 the third
he said: "You have sworn that your
cara heard what they had not heard ;
you will lose your ears" He then tore
out the eyes Of one and cut of the ears
Of the other.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
Colfax INDICATED.

In a very sensible editorial upon the
subject Of Colfax's complete vindica-
tlon Of himself Of all orimlnslity or
completely In the Credit Mobiller swim
die, the Sacramento Record Of yester-
day says:
When the Credit Mobilier Inquiry
was instituted, and Cakes Ames, en-
tering the committee room with =
hopeIessly damaged reputation, alleged
that he had paid Colfax dividends on
Credit Mobllier stock, though Colfax
denied the allegation point blank, and
though Ames could not and did not
prove his charge, yet the press with
almost one accord assumed that the
self.confes.ed rogue's word was better
than that Of the unsmirched man, and
proceeded to denounce Colfax with an
eagerness that bespoke either a shame
full pleasure in the fall Of a prominent
citizen, or a panic terror equally con-
temptible and equally weak. We take
no credit to ourselves for having held
aloof while the reputation Of Mr. Col
fax was being torn to shreds. 1t was
the duty Of honest journalists to with
hold their opinions while this mans
character was being tested. The case
looked dark at first, but the accused
had not been afforded an opportunity
to clear his skirts. He las now been
heard. He has fully and completely
the suspicious circumstan-
ces, and we have not the slightest
that In the eyes Of all just and
honorable men he stands acquitted Of
blame In the premises.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
A Dissatisfied Stakeholder.

Henry N. Wyman yesterday, says
the Sau Francisco Chronicle of Thurs
day, brought suit in the Fifteenth Dis
trict Court against the Pacific Borax
Company and Michael Kane, Edmund
Luba, Adam Merle, Justinlan Caire
and Joseph Mossheimer, Trustees,
charging them with Encouragement
and misappropriation Of the funds Of
the company. He alleges that If the
business had been properly managed
It would have proved a lucrative one
to the stockholders, but that the trus-
tees are colluding to advance their
own interests ut the expense Of the
stockholders. He further charges that
they have sold to n another large
quantities of borax produced from the
company's mine in Nevada, for
500 per ton, when 1t was worth
over $500; that instead Of making
the working of the mine profitable, as
1t would have been with proper man.
agemene. they have collected since
1870, $4,000 III assessments OF the
stockholders ; that since October 81,
1879, they have levied and collected
go, 900 In assessments, of which there
Is no record on tho company's books ;
that on the 3lst Of December, when
they had ample funds In the treasury
for the payment Of expenses, they lev
led an assessment Of twenty-five cents
per share on the capital stock, delin.
quent February 22d. He now prays
for an injunction restraining them
from selling the stock for a decree
removing them from office, and that
such OF them as may be proven to have
been guilty Of fraud Or gross negli-
gence be decreed to reimburse tho
stockholders.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
How Counterfeit Notes are Made.

A party Of men, say from three to a
dozen, yet together and hold frequent
meetings, and act according to a plan
laid down. One or two will find out
some copperplate printer In the EN-
ploy Of tile bank note company lin
fact all such pricters are known BY the
party. These men will manage to
meet one of the printers. Then they
offer him $50 to $3.50 to procure a cer-
tain kind Of impression. This impress
sion Is procured In this wise: The
printer will take an impression upon
the tin foil from the plate from which
he Is printing, which a be done In q
moment. Thus you see every line and
size Is obtained correctly. From this
tin foil an electrotype IL made. They
then get some plate printer that can
be found about the city, have a good
time with him and engage him at
twenty dollars a day to do the printing.
By this plan thousands Of copies are
struck of which defy competition, ex-
cept in the quality Of the paper, which
will slightly differ from the genuine.
The place OF manufacture Is generally
some distance from New York, like
Staten Island. Flatbush, or some time
Baxter street, or similar localities In
that city. It Is 4 strange fact, In every
case where a party Of this kind exists,
that every member lacks confidence In
his associate. Every move made by
one Is narrowly watched by others or
the party. 1t would be death to an
informant or spy that did not look
we'll to himself.-[Petcrson's Detect
or, Philadelphia. |
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
How II Looks In Heaven.

A colored female preacher Is making
Macon lively. In one ,'of her street
sermons she thus relates her expert
ence: 81 started to 20 right to hebcn.
De debit started right at my heels, and
he followed me cherry step OBJ dc way.
When I got to North C'liny, he was
dar; and when l went through Mis-
souri, and New York, he was still dar.
l was Altered to look around for fear
I'd see him, and he'd lead me right
straight down to hell. He followed
me cherry step OBJ do way right straight
to de gate OBJ hsben. and when dey
opened de door to let me In he glib one
monstrous yell and den lef me, and I
walked right In. I walked right In.
Oh, my frens, 1t was the most beanti-
fullest place l eber saw. Everything
was gold. and deY brought me a gold
bible, and you jes ought to hear me
read. Here I don't know de A B G;
but up dar / could read jes like q
preacher. / could read cherry word.
and did nothing but sit under de shade
oh a juno apple tree and read my gold
bible cherry day. 1 tell de gospel
truth, cherry word l say l seen heben,
for | done been dar, and read de gold
bible through"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
Sam patcb's Last lump.
From tho Commercial A~dvert,ser.l

[From the Commercial Adverttser.l
While in Rochester I met Mr.. Heb
bard. an old resident Of Genesse coun-
ty, who saw Sam Patch make his fam
Gus jump of Genesse Falls. thirty or
forty years ago. He says that jump
day was a great day In Rochester.
Tie people gathered for miles around
to see this intermittent American
Jumper, as he performed his last feat.
Sam Patch had previously jumped
over Niagara. Then, saying "some
things eau be done as we'll as others"
he siashed around like Sergeant Bates
through the western part Of the State
to back up his proverb. Before his
last Jump he bought a big black bear
of a circus man, and led him over the
turnpike to Rochester. The morning
of the day came. Sam had arrived In
town with the black bear, and the
crowd rushed into Rochester from
miles around. Twelve o'clock was
the hour to jump-to jump a hundred
feet downtown the terrible fall into
the boiling caldron below. A staging
had been built out over the water, and
Sam appeared on the staging dressed
In a sailors fancy jacket. His friends
now took up a collection on shore,
while Sam swung his hat and said that
after jumping himself he would return
and throw the bear over. Then, amid
a death-like stiffness, he ran a few
steps and gave one leap into the air
and fell, cutting the mist like a lead
sinker, two hundred feet into the seeth-
ing whirlpool. As lie left the staging
his body assumed an oblique position,
his head foremost, but above his feet.
As he struck the water there was a
dreadful silence, while the populace
awaited with choking breath his reap
pearance. One minute-two minutes
three minutes-and no signs Of the
daring jumper. Then the people set
up a loud wail-a long murmur OF sor-
row.
This was tho end of Sam Patch.
They say he had been drinking du-
ring the morning. and failed to keep
his feet together and his body perpen-
dicular, as on previous occasions. SO,
when he struck the water the breath
left his body, and he was knocked
senseless. A month or so afterward
they found his body away down below
Rochester, drifted upon the rocks.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
Gospel Gambling.

The expulsion of the Rev. William
C. Clark from the New York Confer
ence of the Methodist Protestant
Church, for engineering a religious
lottery, the New York Sun thinks, In
dlcates healthier moral feeling in chat
part of the Christian public. The move
ment against religious games of chance
1--WE are told) should not end here. The
rafting Of silver-plated tin trumpets,
the sale Of these at fifty cents apiece.
and all other questionable method Of
raising funds for gospelpurposes should
be sternly rebuked and discounte-
panced. 1t is Inconsistent to preach
against vanity and pride when those
weaknesses are worked upon to
obtain contributions from reluctant
church members. Let the ministry
stand on the intrinsic value of their
goods, and they will find plenty Of
The New Testament doesn't
look we'll when offered for sale In a
prize package.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
FnoM THE DErrus.-rhe Sacramento

FRoM THE DEPTHs.-The Sacramento
Union Of February l4th, says:
The iron tube which Is being sunk
In the Sacramento river In the en-
deavor to strike pure and clear water,
has been sunk about 81 feet below high
water mark, and Is In the ground Of
the bed OF the river 81 feet. Yesterday
the workmen engaged struck an oak
tree, and were all day ~endeavorlng to
cut through it. A small quantity Of
the sand brought up from various
depths has been saved for the benefit
of the Agassiz Institute. That from
the extreme depth, when washed a Ia
tinpan, shows color" freely. Yester-
day, III addition to the small particles
of gold, there was obtained a piece Of
gold amalgam about the size Of a ker-
mel of wheat. 1t Is assumed that the
tree mentioned above must have occu-
pied its position scores and probably
hundreds of ycars-long before the
California "gold fever" broke out, the
question therefore arises rs to how the
quicksilver got down there.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
The Historical Tea Wharf.

The Boston Journal of a recent date
relates the following:
Among the points burned over by
tho conf1agration OF the 9th and 10th
was the famous GriGin's Liverpool
Wharf, on Broad street, at the foot of
Pearl. At this wharf, on the evening
of the memorable 18th of December,
1878, lay the ship Dartmouth, Captain
Hall the Eleanor, Captain Bruce,
and the Beaver, Captain Coffin. Their
cargo consisted, among other articles,
OF 342 chests Of tea, upon which the
British Government had placed q tax
most obnoxious to the Americans. All
but the tea had been discharged, but
this the Captains were forbidden by
the Citizens Committee, Samuel Ad-
ans, Hancock, Otis and others, to land.
The first Of these ships had arrived on
the Goth of November. Meetings had
been held about the matter. On the
18th Of December an energetic hand
bill called upon the people to meet at
the Old South. This meeting adj
journed to Thursday, the 18th, when
the largest meeting ever known In
Boston was assembled In the after
noon. 1t lasted into the evening.
when, 1t being ascertained that the
consignees refused to send the tea
back, a large party OF men, disguised
as Indians, raised the war whoop In
the place and started pell NELL for the
wharf, followed by 5000 or 1000 per-
sons. The Indians" boarded the
ships, smashed In tho tea chests and
emptled the contents into the dock.
When the tide came In the water COW
cred and much of the article was
lodged on the South Boston shore.
The wharf itself has been but little
damaged, though several buildings
upon 1t were destroyed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

HEAVY ON PNrTERsoS.-The WASH
ington correspondent gets of the fol-
lowing good thing. 1t may DO the
connections Of his Imagination, but 1t
nevertheless sounds just like Nye:
patterson" said the genial, con-
scientious and clean-mouthed Nye, APP
preaching the sorrow-stricken victim
Of Credit Mobilier. Patterson, "you
have often said to me, 'Nye, what a
pity it Is that a man Of your kindly
impulses should not be- a Christian :
and here Is Schuyler, too, who has
urged me with tears In his eyes to stop
swearing and join the Congressional
Temperance Society, and, now-I don't
want to hurt your feelings, but amt
you in a pretty fix? Idon't think you
have really done anything wrong, Pat
terson, continued the cruel Nye, but
II aver l apply for a patent for q id
fool, | want to file you with tho caveat
as a model"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

One Of the editorial staff Of the Reno
Journal, we think it was Powning, has
been closeted with Sarah Winnemucca,
the we'll known Piute Princess, and
got up a double column on the subject.
He affiliated with her, drew her out,
and Sallie made him her bosom friend
and eonfidant telling him wen how,old
she was and all that sort Of thing, and
revealing to him lots Of important
Pluto state secrets. Powning must
have been mighty thick with her ac-
cordlng to his account. He makes
special mention Of her attractive ap-
nearance.O
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

Wrrn the compliments Of A. N.
Fisher, State Superintendent Of Public
Instruction, we have received the sec
ond biennial report Of that officer for
the school years Of ls7l-a. 1t contains
a large amount Of interesting statlsti-
cal matter upon the subject Of schools
throughout the State, we'll and expllc-
lily arranged, together with copious
extracts from the reports OF County
Superintendent, and gives much in-
teresting Information to all who have
the cause of public school education
at heart.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
Proposed New aaslroad.

Our kilograms Of day before yester-
day made mention Of q proposition for
a narrow-gauge railroad between Oro-
Vile (Cal.l and Reno. In this State.
The San Francisco Alta Of yesterday
gives the following particulars:
By invitation, Mr.. Caleb T. Fay ad-
dressed the Board of Brokers on the
necessity of narrow-gauge road from
Oroville to Reno. In the course of his
remarks, Mr.. Fay said his reason for
bringing the project before the Board
was, that the Board was the represent
alive body Of the property interests Of
the great Comstock Lode, and the
building of the road affected that lode
very materially. One OF the great diff
culties at present to contend with In
Virginia City was the high price and
the scarcity Of timber. This road will
pass through IS miles Of tho finest thu
Der land In the mountains. OF the 100
miles Of road, the go miles from Reno
to Feather river would be the easiest
to build. The iron deposit would
prove very valuable to tho mines, for
It was OF very superior quality, and
such as could not be found in England
mot q single pound OF 1t, although
| England provided half the worlds
supply Of iron. The shoes and dies
that could be made from this iron
would not cost more than the mills
were now paying for them In Virginia
City, and would outlast two sets OF the
4 akNna a&l Itaa nNtp In san A \ ahnna
and dies had to be duplicated 10 or IL
times a year, the saving In the expense
Of iron for crushing ore would DO one
half. The consumption Of iron 10 Viz
ginia City was 16 tons per day. Two
thirds OF this quantity was new ron
and one-third old so that the con-
sumption OF iron was very great. What
| desire, said Mr.. Fay, 10 this : II wish
the Endorsement Of the Board In this
work, and I ask that you will appoint
a committee of three, i've or seven, to
investigate and report upon the prac-
ticability and usefulness Of the enter
prise In the interest Of the great min.
ing projects which you represent. II
a favorable report Is made, | desire
that 1t shall be coupled with . recon-.
mendation to the stockholders In min
ing companies on the Comstock lode TO
take stock in this railroad company, as
an encouragement to the work, as we'll
as with a view to improving the facill-
ties for production In mining proper
ty." On motion, the following named
gentlemen were appointed a commit
tee to investigate the subject: NJ. l..
Mcdonald, j. Freeborn, B. +. Sher-
wood, A. H. Llssak, Jr., A. G. kinsey.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

PRESIDENT GRANT lately sent to two
youths Of Bsrne, Switzerland, a collec-
ton of our postage stamps In response
to a courteous request. The President
said he would like to have gathered the
stamps himself, but as he was too busy
his youngest son had done it. Euro
pean toadies are In ecstacies over this
piece Of simplicity.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

GREAT Britain owns 19. 1872 sailing
vessels, with a capacity Of 5,46s, 3a7
tons, and 2,53s steamers. with 2,3s2,-
lis tons. Total Of both vessels, 81, 7a0
with aggregate tonnage Of 7,s50.472.
Against these figures the United States
a only show 7,003 sailing vessels,
with 3. 279, 100 tons and 400 steamers.
with 40l,043 tons. Total, 7,5l2 YES
sells, with aggregate tonnage Of 1885,
1873. France comes next in the scale,
having 6,l15 vessels, with tonnage Of
1,14a,3s9 Belgium comes last, with
GO vessels and 30,897 tons.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
0rlgln Of the Credit Mohiller.

Mr.. Smith, a member Of the Penn
sylyania Constitutional Convention, In
debate January 30th, gave the follow
Ing account OF this famous corpora
ton
The charter which has produced so
much excitement within a short time
has this origin /: A distinguished DEM
ocrat Of this commonwealth, a gentle
man who had been a clerk Of both
Houses Of the Legislature, met Duff
Green on one occasion, and that gen.
tleman was, as usual, full Of specula-
tive theories. The project he then
had on hand happened to be the crea-
ton In this country Of an organization
similar to the Credit Mobilier that ex-
listed In France.
The gentleman to whom | allude
took the matter up, framed a bill and
had 1t passed BY tho PENNSYLVANIA
Legislature before the Pacific Rail-
road was barely conceived Of. A COM
pany was organized In this city, and
each of the directors then elected was
voted thirty shares of paid up stock
(they being ION the ground floor'') n:
one thousand dollars a share. Subse-
quently, at another meeting, the name
OF the corporation was changed to the
Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency. but no.
thing was aver done by the organiza.
tlon. The charter, tho stock-book and
the papers were stolen and bodily car
ried Off TO New York, where the Credit
Mobilier Company was organized,
with tho character which it has since
assumed, the name adopted here being
changed and the original title assumed.
After the organization In New York
a question arose as to Its paid-up
stock, and q party, sent to Phlladel-
phia for the purpose, purchased the
paid up-stock OF the original members.
The gentleman who was the author Of
the bill received for his thirty shares or
stock $270. Upon a calculation after
ward he found that these shares, ifhe
had held On to them, would have been
worth to him 81, 100, 900.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

Our national Senate, since the days
of Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Benton,
Crittendsn, Seward and others Of the
same kind. seems to have degenerated,
and the brightest lights Of the present
day are Chandler, Stewart, Nye, Car
penter, Cameron and a few others Of
similar calibre. Whether the former
high standard will ever be attained
again, remains to DO seen, but 1t Is
most earnestly to be hoped that It will.
Yet, wherefore this evident degenera-
cy. Arc there not just as good and
talented men living at the present as
there was In the past? Most certainly
there are, but in those days political
bribery. corruption, and wireworking
were comparatively unknown, and
men were elected to the highest offices
In the nation, upon their true, honest
merits and ability as statesmen, and de-
served prominence among their fellow
men. The present style Of ambitious
moneyed individuals, deliberately buy
Ing themselves into Office, regardless
Of adequate merit, Is simply a most
discouraglng sign Of the times, as well
rs an outrage upon political civillza-
ton, and the sooner 1t Is done away
with the better 1t will be for the ma
ton. Stringent laws should be passed
and enforced, making it . felony to
bride or be bribed In electoral matters,
and also making the election Of Ssna-
tors, as well rs Presidents, to be done
by a direct vote Of the people. The
members Of the United States Senate
are supposed to represent sovereign
States, and In point ofpolitical dignity
a Senator ranks next to the President.
Who are to be the future Clays, Cal
houns and Websters? We shall see.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

AN Iowa clearinghouse keeper, who
lives near a glue factory, makes a very
luscious article Of jelly cake BY taking
cold buckwheat cakes and piling them
up with alternate layers Of glue. A
neat top dressing Of pulverized. chalk
sets them off and the boarders' mouths
water, until they bite into the decep-
tive structure.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

A WASHINGTON correspondent speaks
ola fashionable young lady as wear
ing her laces down to her knees"
Lord! Lord! We never knew before
that a young lady had any knees.
What next?
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

Mrs. EDWIN FoRREsr will I'M
doubtedly obtain her legal dover,
since her husband failed to obtain a
divorce from her In the Pennsylvania
Legislature.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

LYDIA SHERMAN, the Connecticut
Borgia, Is said to be reviewing her re-
cent confession, In order to work In a
few more dead bodies that she entirely
forgot about before.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

A Mass Convention OF women In IA
vor of female suffrage in Oregon and
Washington Territory will be held at
Portland on the 18th Inst.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

An old lady has taken her first ride
In the cars. and remarked when the
train ran of the track, "you fetch up
rather sudden, don't ye?"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

JoHN OWENS, the comedian, tired Of
travelling. has concluded to settle
down In his native city Of Baltimore,
and build q museum theatre there.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-14

A MOVEMENT IL being made to inau.
gurate soldiers colonies on the line Of
the Northern Pacific and Southern Pa
cific Railroads.