New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-02

NaRe-Perpctual SHOWS of the Sicrras
The Senatorship-The State Capitol
BuiIding-A Granite $Iucture-PrisOn
Springs Nevada Legislature The
Chaplain.
Carson, a city bordering on and sur
rounded by the foot hills of the Sierra Ne
vada range of mountains, ls about forty
miles Oft the Central Pacific railroad, con
nected by Il branch road, and is about 9OO
miles from San Francisco, and 300 miles
west of Salt Lake City. This section of
the country originally belonged to Utah
Territory, was settled by the Mormons, and
known then, about 1850, as Eagle Valley"
The first actual settler was the celebrated
Indian trapper Kit Carson, after whom
this town was named, and whose name has
been made immortal in cong and story by
pens far more fertile than mine.
The Siurras are about ten or twelve miles
distant, and on a clear, dry day do not
seem to be that many hundred yards, and
whose cone-ike SUBMITS are covered with
perennial SHOWS. This county is named
after Major Ormsby, who was killed III 1901
in a battle at Pyramid Lake, between the
white settlers and the Pute Indians, led on
by Winnemucca, then numbering about
5000, semi civilized and savage.
In 1861, this portion of country lying be-
tween California and Utah, east Of the
mountains was organ zcd into a territorial
government, with the celebrated Jim w.
Nye, the best poker payer in the Territory,
as Governor In 1861 a constitution was
constructed, and Nevada admitted as
State in the Union, having less than 10000
population, and claiming equal senatcria!
representation with States containing ten
and twenty times that number.
party by the name Of Jones has been
unanimously nominated in open caucus
for United States Senator. Jones is worth
several millions, which he made by lucky
speculation in the celebrated Crown Point
mines, in which, it will be recollected, there
was great "bull,' then a bear" and then
a crash last spring in san Francisco, which
created quito panic, and many went I'M
der and are still under, but Jones swan
smoothly on the surface, and has an extra
$500, 900 ready money to Fix things" SO
that his road to ambitions summit will be
easy and undisputed. He is a shrewd
business man, and scarcely above the aver
age intellect, but he will doubtless find
others in the United States Senate who do
not rank him to a great degree. He is
literally one of the people, and though
good man at heart, and generous to q fault,
his greatest fault is in being surrounded
%.fb the soughest element Of this rough
couRtry. This class oF men did the tout
side work in carrying the primaries, and
had the members elect went back" on him
ia caucus, there is not the least doubt but
chat there would have been blood shed ia
Che very sanctuary of lib rty.
our State Capitol is beautiful building
of granite, hewn out of a quarry on the
outskirts of the city, and, like the Bridge
OF Signs has an orphan asylum and a
prison on either hand The building cost
about $3.50, G00--of course it was built by
contract One-third Of that amount would
have done the work.
The prison so POLITICALLY alluded to ia
State institution, and is also built of granite
from the quarry hard by. In it are sew
@nty convicts, only one of those a woman,
sentenced for life for willfully butchcring De
man who never before saw or spoke to her.
The "'lor gest residentcr" is dated six years
bacia YIe ripped open an unarmed six
seen year old boy for laughing at his
drunken antics. As he is untitled for la
Dor efforts are being made to secure lis
Daldon CA the ground that he is an useless
expense to the State. The State might
gell afford 70 stand a small ''useless ex-
Dense' in such cases. 1t matters not What
Che length of sentence may be, eonvicts are
generally pardoned out after few years of
servItude, when their crimes and dead vie
fins are forgotten. Six years as in the case
Just mentioned is considered a long time
for person TO serve. and lie wears the
palm of IAN old pioneer.
Adjoining the prison are the springs,
which are both a pleasure and heaitAful
resort The .'pslatial cottage originally
erected for pleasure-seekers was purchased
at an enormous sacrifice to the State and
converted intoa prison, because Of its near
location 10 the quarry. But another hotel
vas built near by, and the pleasure-seeker
can take in both at one and the same time,
including ride to and from town, and
warm bath. all for the moderate sum of
fifty cents-the cheapest thing have struck
vet.
Our Legislature is composed Of seventy
two members-twentv-f four Senators and