Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-02-14

EASTERN DISPATCHES.
ESPECIAL TO TINE GOLD HILL DAILY sEwr.
o O N Es INTELLIGENCE
An Inter.Oceanic Ship Canal Tx.
petition.

CHICAGO, February IA WASH
inton special to the Mter.Ocem says
that at the request Of the Committee
OH the Construction Of an inter.ocsanlc
ship canal the United States ship Get
tysburg has been detailed to DO In
readiness OH the 18th inst, at PEN
sscola, Florida, to convey Major Il.
Mcfarland aud Captain lleur, ". S.
engineers, and Prot. Henry Mitchell,
Of the U. 8. Coast Survey, to Grey
town. These gentlemen will DO ac-
companled by Commander I.ull. re-
Gently In charge Of the expedition to
survey the proposed canal route, Mr..
A.. G. Mershal, civil engineer, who &C.
companied the surveying party OF
Commander T.ull. and also Lieut..
Miller of the Navy. Distinguished
civil engineers, who have been In
vited to accompany the expedition.
except Mr.. David s. lIolton OF New
Orleans, have declined to accept the
invitation OH account Of other PRESS
Ing engagements. The party under
the direction OF Commander Lull will
be supplied with whatever Is neces.
sary In any Of the stores for Its COM
tort, aud with instruments and means
sufficient to insure q thorough and
critical Inspection Of the proposed
canal. The Gettysburg will sup
port thl, expedition with men. boats
and u aterial, aud when the inspection
Is completed will take tho party to
Asplnwall, whence they will sail home
by mail steamer. Captain Selfridge,
who also commanded n surveying
party Oh tho Isthmus, has orders TO
sail with the United States steamsr
Saranac. and Is expected to arrive at
Aspinwall ten days sooner than the
Gettysburg, and cooperate with her
In forwarding the objects Of the ex-
petition.
The Moiety System 10 BIO Exposed.
A special to tho Tribune, referring
to the information OH the Molety Sys-
TEN which the Ways and Means Com.
mitttee have finally secured, says that
members Of the Chamber Of Commerce
and the special agent OF New York
will be heard next Tuesday. Start.
ling revelations nre promised. There.
Is evidence In abundance to show that
these informers aud Custom house DILL
Gals have made It their business to
corrupt the clerks, whose business II IL
to look after Cu.tom.house affairs In
large mercantile houses by p%er.nadlng
them to sees that small errors Ia In
voices sufficient to condemn tho whols
should be allowed to creep In. II any
thing like a fight Is made by customs
officials 1t will result In the ~
covering Of frauds. such rs must
end In wholesale reforms. The COM
mite now propose to do away alto
pether with these notifies. and to pro
Scribe by law that only that part Of the
Invoice that may be undervalued
shall be conilscated. They say
that possibly through this proposed
change of the law the Government
may lose n little money, but they
claim that 1t would put al end to
frauds by which great wrongs have
been inflicted upon the mercantile In
terest. OF the country. by whlbh 4 few
base scoundrels have been benefited.
Express Company Robbed.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 4i.-W. Il. Smith,
agent Of Adams Express ut CRANKY.
Mo-, reports that several men entered
his office yesterday afternoon. gagged
him and robbed the safe Of IS, 100. The
robbers are supposed to belong to tile
Gads Hill hand.
bank Statement.
New York, Feb. 1.-THE Bank
statement shows All increase Of loans
Of $3.50, 900; decrease Of specie, g..
500, 900; increase OF legal tender,
$4,000; decrease Of deposits, s2si,-
600, aud Of circulation, $1,000.