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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-25
Questions Not to be Settled In a
Passion,
From the Springfield Republican

lrEOm tuu SpEiuSuelQ IpepuuiCau-l
We have allowed this prostltuted
craft a privilege far greater than that
Of mere outfit, the privilege OF carry
ing our flag. It has been outfit and
cannon to her. ard up to this time has
clad her with an atmor more impen-
etrable than iron. If the "honor Of
the flag" requires at this moment the
barring OF the national arm Of might.
1t Is q most humiliating circumstance
that It Is the honor Of the flag already
dishonored and prostitute. We be-
lieve It will better comport with a
high sense Of honor to assume more
elevated ground In wi intercourse
with Spain OH this SUBJECTIVE ground
that the State of Cuba daily violates
and outrages, not merely our national
emblem, but the sense of the Christian
world. 1t Is a state Of things not to
be endured. We believe that the
statesmen now at the head OF Spanish
affairs are ready to disavow respon-
sibility for this state Of affairs, and to
attempt Its improvement, though 1t Is
impossible that they should See Cuban
affairs, free from Spanish bias. What
then are we ready to propose? Are
we ready to ask anything more than
ample disavowal aud reparation for
the present aud solemn obligations for
the future, with an evident sincerity
for activity In Cuban reform? Are
we ready to overthrow the present re-
publican or any possible. Government
In Spain with vain demands upon her
and insults to her pride? Shall we
take Cuba by force and place her In
charge Of the statesmen senores who
lounge about New York In such num-
bers, and who within a year would be
shooting rebels with as much glee as
the Governor OF Santiago or the chief
taius Of Cartsgena? We submit that
there are questions here which cannot
be settled in a passion, and in regard
to which the momentary clamors OF a
foreign mob cannot be taken for the
sober sense Of the American people.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-25
THOSE

The GOLD HILL News, being now
the only Republican psper In Storey
county, aud the largest in the State,
has Of late, as In duty bound, been
showing up the efforts Of the pretend
ed Reformers," those Dolly Warden
political malcontents and old profess
sional wire-pullers who, seeing no fur
ther prospects of ruling the Republican
or Democratic parties. are bent upon
running them. They loudly call for a
new party, and thinking that they see
in the farmers Grange movement their
most favorable opportunity, they
eagerly embrace 1t, and think to float
gaily into office or power and enolu-
ment on n new tide Of success. 1t Is
only these old reeking boils on the
body POLITE which seek to form or
join the new party. They want to be
Changers. How pure and good the
Republican and Democratic parties
will be when these old corruptionists,
these reckless ship-scuttlers, have all
left. and what a corrupt new party
will be the one they form or get into
Forbes new paper, Measure for Meas
Wc, thus aptly states the point:
Sand now these fellows corne before
the country. with borrowed hay-seed
In their hair, and raise the cry for Re
form" the honest farmers have been
paying too much for the locomotive
whistle, and these vlrtuous fellows are
not going to stand it any longer
They are going to protect the poor.
Ignorant farmer-Msy are! And they
come, reeking with corruption. offer
Ing to pilot the country out OF all Its
troubles Into a safe administration o!
just laws"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-25

A DISPATCH from Washington says
the following letter has been received
by the President, respecting the Chief
Justiceshlp Of the Supreme Court :
''rhe undersigned, business men OF
Chicago and members of the Chicago
Bar, respectfully recommend the Hon.
Thomas A. Drummond for the position
Of Chief Justice Of the United States.
Judge Drummond, as District and
Circuit Judge, has devoted himself ex-
clusively to the duties Of the Bench
since lsi9, and in our opinion, his long
experience, sound judgment, eminent
learning, and acknowledged purity Of
character, render him specially fitted
for this position" Similar letters
have been received from the Southern
District Of Illinois and the District Of
Indiana, which were extensively
signed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-25
INDICATION.

The movement In Massachusetts, to-
ward the repeal Of the d~isgracsful
legislative act cersuring Charles Sum-
ner for his manly and fearless course
In the United States Senate, Il gather
ing strength and volume daily. Mr..
George Hoyt, the distinguished MEM
Der from Athol, who introduced the
~disgraceful resolution, was badly
beaten In tho late election, and will
hereafter fail to grace the Massachu-
sets Legislature with his presence.
The Springfield tMass.) Republican pub
fishes the views Of seventeen new
members OF that body, all of whom
are unqualifedly In favor Of repeating
the act ; and says it has addressed an
inquiry upon the subject to a large
number Of members aud has found but
three out of tho number who are not
In favor Of resembling the resolution.
A petition to the Legislature on this
matter Is published in the Boston
Journal, which, after setting forth the
facts In the case, concludes in these
words: Therefore we, the under
signed, citizens of Massachusetts,. with
n jealous regard to tho honor and good
name of the State, and with a proud
and grateful appreciation Of the char
acter and public services Of Charles
Sumner, respectfully hut earnestly
ask your honorable body to resclnd
aud annul the resolution aforesaid,
passed by the Legislature OF Mass
achusetts on the 18th OF December,
1872" That the act Of censure will
be rescinded this Winter we can
scarcely donbt. The eyes Of many
politicians, as we'll as the public, have
been opened to the fact that in over
Smuggling and refusing to heed
the counsels Of the wisest and
purest Republicans, the party Or
ganization has In many local.
tiles been suffered to become the prey
of corruptionists and deInagogues ; and
as natural sequence, lost the COLI
fidence Of large numbers Of its sup
porters. The vindlcation Of Charles
Sumner will be the entering wedge
which will in time dlsplace the gang
who, led by Butler, Carpenter and
Cameron, have so disgraced the party
and the nation.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-25

TIE SIN OF Tue TIMEs.-A public
officer thinks it no shame to complain
in public documents Of his salary, and
ask for more. A President, II he don't
ask more, takes 1t when 1t Is offered,
and lends, consciously or not, the In
iluence Of his a%cquiescence to increase
the disposition to make office the
means, not Of exhibiting s~elf.sacrifice
AID the virtues a nation delights to
honor, but Of getting more money;
Office has come to mean money, siu
little else. And this degradation OF 1t,
this prostitution of Its opportunities,
this contempt for Its honor and adora.
ton of its enoluments, Is the Sin OF
the times. 1t is not a party SIN. It is
national. 1t taints every State anu
community alike. The elections
are a protest against Its pcrpetu'
ation.-Indianapolis Journal.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-25

The best String and Brass Band In the State
has been engaged for the occasion.
The ball and all It's surroundings will he under
the direct management Of members OF the
Miners Union at Gold Hill, gentlemen fully
conversant with every detail In connection with
the entertainment, and promise TO make this
the finest and most recherche ball Of the season.
Participators in the ball can obtain supper at
any hour during the night In the Immediate
neIChborhood Of the hall. oc22 I'd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-25

THIRTEEN hundred men are at work
In the Washington, D. c., Navy Yard.
In the Charlestown, Mass, yard p
100 men are now employed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-25

The administration and the party
behind It have had their large ears
cufed; cuffsd with distinctness y
emphasis In the face and eyes OF the
world.
, 1873-01-19

aaults. riots, fights, and brutal attacks can be
decreased, the number of murders will DO do
creased in proportion. They may be decreased
by providing soyerer penalties and scverer exc
cution than ara now awarded in these cases.
When the dangerous and violent clnsaes learn
that they cannot resort to brute force, endanger-
ing human life, with any more Immunity than
they can commit theft.-and certainly the pun
ishment in the former cases ought to hold it's
proportions with the punishments OF the latter,
then there viii DO less danger Of fatal results, -
and rarcr indulgence in tho crimes that lead to
murder itself Tho bills which have been out
lined go far seem to be confined to a limitation
Of tho power Of the higher Courts in reviewing
murder trials. There is, however, still greater
necessity for limiting the power OF the lower
tribunals, in which crimes Of violence are per
mitted to escape with such alight penalties az
clear the way for IN increase Of murders
, 1873-01-19

Tho most serious innovation which has yet been
made On tho conservatism Of the Chinese Em"
pire was recently announced in Hong hong
journal. The statement OF this journal is to the
effect that certain gentlomcn have gone from
China to England to purchase the rol1lng-stock
and equipments necessary for the operation OF
one hundred miles Of 1nilroad, to be laid down
il, the Flowery Kingdom. It is by no mems
nremature to assert that the introduction OF the
locomotive in China is destined to work .
wonderful transformation 1t has been stated
that tho ruling authorities favor this project
because it will open tho country moro thor
ouphly to tho influence OF tile Government, and
that the officials at PeEin will be better ablo to
control those distant Provinces which hsTe
hitherto act many of the royal edicts at defiance,
and governed according to their own notions,
owing to the extreme difficulty OF commun1ca-
tionB. What tho Pekin Court aatters itself tho
locomotive is going to accomplish for the Gov
ernment, it will also accomplish for China IN
general by bringing it into communication WIN
tho outside world. The rapid advance Of the
Russian railroad systems has already nroughs
Ct. Petersburg almost to the very doors OF
China, Tho locomotive has always been the
auonk courier OF civilization, and when once II
commences to shrick inLilo the Chinese walls,
the wall must fall a5 surely as tie Walls OF
Jericho came down at the bidding Of Gideon'e
horn.
, 1873-01-19

With q proper regard for the morals OF our
people, We advise them all to road their bibles
carefully, and some sermon on the enormity Of
profane swearing before they go to tho City
Collectors office to pay their taxes Unless thus
prepared beforehand, the footings Of tho several
items will be temptation oprofnnity which many
will be unablo to resist. OF the Justice or the
necessity OF the present taxes VIC have nothing
to soy hero. Tho rebates OF the last year. owing
to tho fire, and the injunctions heretofore sued
out to defeat tax collection, have forced our c'ty
officials to make an unusual levy tor the year
1872. Let uB bear it as best wo may, hoping for
lower rates in the futule, But it is to be hoped
the Courts and the proper officers will follow the
Law go closely that ali persons will have to walk
up to the Collectors office and settle. Let the
rich be made to pay like their honest and poorer
fellow-cisizens.
, 1873-01-19
A MODEL EATHER-IN-LAW.

Tn nil the Congressional linen which Is just
now hanging ont for an airing upon thn cloole
Mobilier clothes:Ine, there is mono mora soled
and tattered than that which is marked On the
corners with the monogram OF Mr. James
Brooks, member of Congress from New YORK.
and fatller-in-law of Mr.. Charles H. NELSON,
vim docs business in Pine street, near Wall
street. It will DO remembered that, when the
charges were first made, and Mr. Brooks name
was connected with tho Credit Moblher
scandal. no man Was 80 loud in assev-
erations of innocence. He called everybody
to witness that he xaa q terribly slandered man,
and before he got through his speech he called
Divine Providence to- witness that ho hao
touched not, tasted not, handled not tie uncIeai'
thing. So much eloquence has never before oeen
expended in the service Of private lndlgnasion'
The stock of 1onial,would hayo Eufhced Tor the
soven cardinal sins. It sent thrill of satisfac'
tion through the country. Here, ut least "af
one man the insides OF whose hands were white
No Certificates had .1ound their way into his
pockets Credit Mob;lier gold had left no yei
low stain On his po1teraonnaie. He had q son-ln
law, to bo sure; who dill business in Pine street
near Wall street. his son-in-1aw might hav'
bought Credit 11obile1- stock, but that was moth
ing to Brooks
AIr. Neilso d now conn,s to the front. It IS III
Nei,2on's sc cd fortune that he has tather-in
1sw who is always putting him in the way Of goo
Investment Is, although ha only recalls this paE
ticular I'M stance OF the .fatherly Intervention
1t ia alr. Crooks misfortune that he has eon
in-law vi 10 has put hin, inta very tight place
Tho rna1 mor in which the t.son-in-law was pu
into tb d particular good invcs ment Is crod4sao'
to tho, fathor-in-lav's genero .isy, which III
,nonfo, hodrithout guarantee by b nd OF note. l
, 1873-01-19

the La "a 11-flly no colI1telaAo ao "'osoo
The eon-in-law L.. +wo Credit hiobl1er cert1h-
Gates, one for 100 shares 80. me for ~ shares
the latter derived from the fori2-t. He "as
certain that the -father-in-law advanced -"
money and put him into Credit Moblle1; that
tho dividends came to him and he To-
ceived the money Then the son-in-
laws memory grows treacheroua. as docs no1
romembor who gave him the certlhcates, nor
how he rot them, nor how much premium he
paid, nor whether the father-in-law had any
thing to do with tho last fifty shares. he does
remember however, that he began to receive
dividends shortly after getting the Stock anu
that ho received one dividend amounting 10
$4,000, and that he paid portion Of tho money
to the father-in-law, who had advanced 'he
money without note or bond. Ho also Eemem-
bers that, in settling up with his 1ethef-1n-
law. LIE turned over several shares OF
stock in tho Union Poetic Ralroad which
lie had got as dividends from Cre-it
MobiIier. It was roundabout process
The original money went from father-in-la~ to
son-in-lav from son-in- Jaw into the hopper OF
Credit 1Iobilier, from which it came ont as
Union Pacific stock then back to the son-ln-
law. and once more to the father-in-law.
There is grim sort Of humor in the manner
in which Mr. Brooks tries to dodge after his son-
in-law gets him into the corner, and in the suo-
cesaful way in which he gets MCombed down.
Whichever way ho turns he gets peppered with
the Colonel's smau shot. Upon the waivlng OF
any further cross-e1amination OF the son-in-law
for the dny, Mr. Brooks springs question OF
high morality and offers n 6rst-class character,
which he would Like to compare With
Colonel MCombs character, although
| whnt particular connection the comparison would
have with Credit Mobi1iar is worry difficult to see-
He might with the same prcprioty have COM
menced canvassing tho committee-room Tor
! subscriptions to his newspaper, or offered to
measure boots with Judge Poland. Nevertheless,
nrComb was ready to accommodate Brooks in
the matter OF characters, or anything else. "hen
| Mr.. James Brooks desired to summon certain
Witnesses to prove that M'Comb lad bad char
actor, Mr.. M'Comb suggested several other W.T.
nesses to help him out. Then, to mako things
even. he would also be glad to offer few names
Of gentlemen who could tell. thing OF
two about Brooks character, and Expressed
sincere desire also to compare chatac'
| ters. Judge Poland, however, could moi
| sec that these witnesses would have anything tt
do with Credit Mobilier. and declined to enter
tain A1r. Brooks desire to havo championship
mitch with Colonel ArComb for moral chalac
ter. Mr. James Brooks being undor invest1ga'
ton as to his relations with Credit Mobiler
rather than with Colonel M'Combs character
the decision was eminently proper. Mr. Brooks
must stand or fall By tho Credit Mobihor, but
standing or falling, it cannot be denied that a'
father-in-law, he has been maRnanlmous ant
.nunidcent, benedcent and benevolent, to hi
eon-in-law who does business in Pine street
near Wall street.
, 1873-01-19

The Archbishop Of Canterbury has recently
made himself the laughing g-stock Of England.
Rejecting upon the persistent bud weather, ne
madc 10 his mind that it Was due to the fact
that the clorgy had rot been using the prayers
for fine weather contained in the Liturgy with
eu1Bciont diligence, and the1eupon administered
to them sharp rebuke. Vow, ho:7"Ver'
celebrated writer on draicago elbows that ces8a-
ton of rain at present would be . national
calamity, as the excessive rainfall OF tho last
month is only the natural compensation for tho
deficiency of the former year, and that the wells
arenot even yetup to the mark of q sufficient sup
ply. Another writershows that the public health
ia greatly improving. becauset the rains aro flush
ing the sewers. A clergyman has answered tue
Archbishop very pointedly by declaring TINT he
has not used the prayer and will not, because he
believes the Almighty knows what is wanted in
the way OF weather better than the Archbishop
of Canterbury. There is very general feenng
that it is nothing less than an absurdlty to
request Divine Providence to alter the la"s OF
nafu,e which he himself has fixed.
, 1873-01-19

4 prayer was offered in Washington, some
dnys ago, for tho moral improvement OF editors,
and now tho New York World suggests that no
better opportunity than this will be found for
testing the merits Of Professor TyndalFs pro
posed prayer-gauge. Tho details Of applying
this gauge are not suggested We
snnnoge that editors might DO permit
ted to rango themselves on the side OF
their choice. This would be tho most interesting
portion Of the experiment. What proportion OF
editors would rango themselves on tho side to
be prayed for, and what proportion on the side
to do without prayer; and whether tho former
would acknowledge themselves {al1iblo and
wicked, and tho latter thereby confess that they
are past praying for, would be rs important af
the final results Of tho test.
, 1873-01-19
UbeGbifaDp 0Iibn11t.
Sunday Morning, January ID; 1873.


STREET v1ADUCTs.
The plan of 3iaducts at MI points where rail-
roads cross tho streets within the city has go
fur progressed in public favor that it may now
be assomcd to BIO tho fixed policy Of the city.
In the contracts made with tho city for the ad-
l,icsion Of new lines Of railways, this condition
Ct yiaducta at street crossings has been incor-
porated, and it will be found that all the rail
roads will in time discover that they had better
pay the cost Of constructing yiaduct at every
crossing, than to endure the interruption to
business, and tho danger and cost Of ac-
cidents. Tho construction Of yiaducts
at each OF the street crossings On
the weet side of the river was for long time
vigorously opposed By the railroads, but 10 one
can now look at that part Of the city without
pcrceiving that, in the absenceof such viaducts,
tie use OF tho railroad track would long since
have been abandoned, or the uso Of Erie, Lake,
Randolph. Madison, Adams, and Van Buren,
streets would have been stopped to the gen.
e1rl public. No one can look at tho Halsscd
street yiaduct without being convinced that
there can be no safety TO life, and no certainty
III the use OF the streets, 80 long as the rnlrosa
end the Etreets aro upon the same 1ercl At the
crossings. The necessity for Il series OF these
7educts orcr West kinzis street at al tho cross.
tuss OF s.:ecta running north and
goath viii bocor1s obTious to any
per-on who attempts 10 cro*a that
.n.+ T., d ~ -rfapa Tbs continuation 1T those
vta1ncts has another xoo1 effect. Of fofcloa thu
, 1873-01-19
railroads to concentrate their tracks as much ~
possible on fcwer number Of general thorough

railroads to concentrate their tracks as much as
possible on fewer number of general thorough
farea.
Besides those viadncts already constructed
and in cou-se Of preparation, the Board OF PUBLIC
Works Of Chicago hare prepared Z partial list OF
Yiaducts TO be- built within tho next three years.
This list is to be continued until such tina as all
the streets crossed By hora:1road tracks shall
be covered By yiaducts. Tho List at present
stands IS follows:
ia be Butt in 1s73-rolk and D,sch strts!f. 1""ntn
End Beach ftrests, Sixteenth and Canal sszee.s, Ang
r,on md Einzie streets, North ayrnuo ard Cherry
strees Hawthorne avenue Halated aud kiuzie Streets
TIM Inst tyo Of these are already provided for by
ordinance.
N h< Ru;u in 187+Dlue Island avenue and 6i1-
teenth street, ualsted street and Chicago aSenuo
uvice Eighteenth street ana stuurt avenue, Aoisted
etseet and the st. Louis Alton Railroad, Dcspanes
and Fourth streets, State street, Wabash avenue,
Michigan avenue.
: To b Buit in 1B75-Iake and Rockwell strcots,
Madison and Rockwell Streets Washington and Rock
well Streets Ashland avenue and kpze street, Centre
avenue and Sixteenth street.
It should be borno in mind that re have by no
means reached tho whole number OF railroads
which will want entrance to the city. The
necessity for having many Of these concen-
trated upon tho same street is eTen now 1e1t !;
bnt it will be more seriously felt ten or twenty
wears hence, when the number OF railroads
will be double or more what 1t is now.
The result Of this system Will be the e1-
tension to the railroad business OF the
amp1est facilities, without the dangers and
interruptions which are inevitable when tho
tracks and the street ways are on the same level
It will permit uninterrupted travel upon tho
streets, and will of necessity reduce 1argely the
expense Of railway management and transfer
within the city limits. The railroads can well
afford to pay the whole cost Of these Viaducts,
in consideration of the extraordinary facilities
they will afford for tie movement OF trains III
the city.
, 1873-01-19

+n the charge Of Rebel sympathies IN tue MINDS
Of many ,-onlo. They are not Of class, how
ever. that would LIZ 80 tn attend mr. boue'-
cault's performances in any case Fortunately -
him and his manager. Those people "fo pat
ronize, public anuse1nouis have hearo OF NJ.
Boucic..:lt as versatile and accomplished
drarantist, whose writings include half hundrea
plays, ranging from ''London Assurance, and
nOid Heads and Young Hearts, through the ro-
n,antic dramas euch as s' Tho Corsican Broth
ers," and "The Willow Copse," down to tho sen,
sational school, Of which "The Flying scud.
"Fozmosa," and s'Tho Streets Of New 1o5k
are samples; but it is not probable that hall
dozen OF these people ever thought, or VIII ever
care, whether s1r. Boucicault's sTmpathes were
with the North or the South, or with Franco OF
Prussia, during the two latest wars Of conse'
quence.
, 1873-01-19

The town OF soonghur, which We 'a ..1;aba
destroyed by an earthquake, With suep - Br=
loss Of lifs, ia located LII miles n1s,T nolm 81
hsv with which it is connected b! ts'l'c, ~ c,,t:s1
Telegraph. It is an appendsss OF a.nt =. S.,
CITY Of Barods, which is an indePenasr I'D d+
bonud to the British only by o1ensi'e r<c.
fengivo treaties.- Tho town Tas titasg a,a,: Fl
lated, and situated in tho midst o. ."nst.,T 81
tive country, which in point Of -ef uupr
commercial resources is one OF fno .1 vse4
tant localities in 1ndia- Rico, nSl1o; totse.
barley. indigo, sug2s-cane. opium sna m r,1u,!s,
are raised in great quantities. and msn n,it,ss'
drugs are indigenous. Nearly al Gtss. s.ns No. ~
a,,n11v - nitre and nitrate Of soda o1s''
tha 1ooallt1 of this unfortunate toFo' !.