Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-11-17
DIRTY. DESPICABLE AND DAS.
TARDI.N.

nd villainous calumnies which were ,
forth utterly regardless of the
ruth, by men who we'll knew their en-
ire lack of foundation. In the papers
opposed TO Mr.. Sharon we have been {
like amazed and disguised. Astonished
I the malignant folly OF his enemies.
nd reyolted at the glaring absurdities
md arrarent falsity of the charges
brought against him by a pack of reck-
ess hohemians, hired TO defane better
nan than themselves or their employers.
But during that long continued sicken-
ng iuuadation of mental and moral
ilth, we never saw a paragraph
letaated with meaner spirit, or
a more scandalous though |
baseless an insinuation than we
ind in the Virginia Enterprise of the
18th inst. That paper says; at is re-
ported from the east that Democratic
organ is soon to be started in Washing
ton. Columbus Alexander of safe-bur-
glar lame is one OF the movers in the en-
terprise and is to have charge of the
financial department" Now any per-
son not acquainted with the published
details Of the villainous plot known as
the Washington safe burglary, in which
there is no doubt high officers Of the
government were implicated, and for
which several OF their accomplices are
now on trial at Washington. II we say
person was not cognizant Of that affair,
the natural conclusion they would reach
on reading the paragraph published by
the Enterprise, would be that Columbus
Alexander was in some manner impli'
Gated in that vile affair. That would
certainly be the conclusion reached by
those not cognizant of the plot, while
the truth is, that Alexander was to be
made the victim Of a set of villainous
scoundrels and a scape goat for lot OF
thieving officials, who hated him be.
cause he had greatly aided in exposing
their crimes. This is indisputable and
matter of record, and yet the Enter
prise comes along and covertly attempts
to cast stain upon citizen of unblem.
ished character, simply because he holds
different political opinions to the Enter
prise. So false calumny, so malignant
and base an insinuation, we do not re
member to have seen excelled in the In
dependent, the Evening Chronicle ant
the other Mazeppa class of papers tina
disgraced the State and the Coast.
The DIFFERENcE.-H arper's Weekly il
in sad taking, because it fears that
Boss Tweed is not treated with the Sc
verify it would like to have inflicted
Now, we have nothing to say in favor of
Tweed He stole and helped to steal q
vast amount of public money, and it is
proper that be should be punished.
That is all right; but seeing that the
Nasty paper is so hard on Tweed, why
does it say nothing about that other ras.
cal. Shepherd of Washington. The
latter stole rs many millions probably
rs Tweed, but has been spending his
Summer hobnobbing with the Presiden,
at Long Branch. What is sauce for the
goose should be applicable to the gander
If Tweed had been n Republican b,
would have been given foreign mission
or judgeship of the Court OF Claims, O
appointed commissioner to inquire il
his own wrong doing, but as he was
horrid Democrat he was sent to the pen
itentiary, while his brother rogue Shep
herd, defies the law and retributive Jus
tlce, because he is Republican and az
intimate friend of the President.
- -
HE Cork Constitution mentions tn,
safe arrival of Boynton. who jumped
into the sea seventeen miles from tn,
coast of Ireland, in order to test the mer
its of newly invented swimming appa
ratus. The Cork paper said he wanted
to jump into mid-ocean. two hundre,
miles from land, but was absolutely pro
hibited by the captain of the steamer i,
which he had taken his passage.
AND now another fool paper come
along and dubs the late Thad Steven
1.-THE great commoner." Such O sickl
piece of imported stilted folly would dis
gust any decent person. If Stevens wa
SO exceedingly common, what in tn
world do the N. Y. Times, the Inter
Ocean and the other apostles of balder
dash want to make such a fuss abou
him.
The Pacific Railroads have mad,
propositions to the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company looking to a compromise
on the rates for passengers and freight
The directors of the Steamship Company
replied, that while they were DESTROYS OF
coming to an equitable agreement with
railroads, the terms offered by the Inter
were unsatisfactory and therefore must
be rejected.
The Virginia Enterprise publishes a
table showing the supposed political
complexion of the next Legislature. In
this the Enterprise puts Lincoln county
down at four opposition. This is a mis-.
take, for Lincoln county will stand two
Republican and three opposition.
The contest between Stewart and
Whitehill, candidates for State Mineralo-
gist, is so close that it will require the
official count to determine who is the
victor.