Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-24
IHE sPEAKING LAST NIGHT.

aoL.p HILL. f, SATURDAY. OCT. "A. 1874
THE SPEAKING LAST NIGHT.
Colonel Charles A. Sumner. General
RoSsrt N. Clarke and Colonel John III.
Mills being announced to speak at
Miners Unisn Hall last evening. agood-
IL number Of the citizens Of Geld Hill.
including two ladies. gathered in to hear
What this ~illustrious trio Of military Of
ncers had to say. II was understood to
b an independent meeting. but fully
ssvsn-sishths Of the audience was com
posed Of Republicans and good square
Democrats. there not being enough
"Indspsnisnts'' /. this honest, easy
going town 10 form q respectable squad
fer those officers to call into ranks. A
load Of wsod from Sharon's wood-pils.
formed q good comfortable bonfire in the
street, and the Miners Union Brass
Band did the music for the occasion.
Colonel Mills. who travels " the reg
ulsr chairman Of the military board
Aforesaid, called the meeting to order;
stated the object thereof to be political
speaking. and without further GER
spony introduced Colonel Sumner.
The Colonel was in his best trim and
happisst vein for speaking, inspired by
the presence Of such a hns audience Of
his old Republican and Democratic
friends. and he sailed in ON his merits.
We regret to say. however, that
the occasional tropes Of coarse pro-
family. low. personal abuse. vituper-
stivs slang and obscene vulgarity which
he INDUCED in by way Of spice to his
discourse soon drove out the ladies', and
some few Of the most ~fastidious Of the
gentlemen. but most Of Us being case
hardened sinners stood IL n~rst-raie, and
were uproariously amused. We regret
that the Questionable points Of pro-
family. filthy psrsonalisms and excessive
obscsnity we have referred to will not
admit Of our Publishing any more than
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YET no omitted 70 sipiain now
vosn the surface deposits oil the great
lode were exhausted and the bottom had
dropped cut. those same hard working
could have sunk hundreds Of
feet deeper BY means OF powerful and
costly machinery and immense shafts,
without capital. Hsomitted to mention
this very capital was brought to the
country at that darkest and most de-
pressed period by Sharon and the Cali
Bank, and the deep explorations
Of the Comstook carried IN until suecess
was finally attained in the discovery OF
the great Crown Point ore body at the
iioo-footisvsl-slsve hundred feet from
the surface. Then he talked about the
Chinese. brought up the regular old
Chinese ~basaboo. and held him up
dangling and kicking before the audi
sncs for half an hour. He discussed the
horrsrs attendant upon the Introduction
Of Chinese labor into our mines and
mills, yet neglected to state that such q
calamity il impossible. that point nav
ing been definitely settled oy hrm
compact made oss~esn .h' miners aaa
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