Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-06-26
ouR CENTENNIAL FOURTH.

ouR CENTENNIAL FOURTH.
Our Fourth Of July Committee began
The work Of collecting the money
nscsssary TO carry out ths dssign for the
Centennial celebration. on Saturday last
They visited numbers Of our msrchsnts
and business men. and were received by
al with open hands, and. what was
much more 10 The purpose. open purses.
The amount collected on the hrst day
proves mot alone the generosity OF the
atissns Of Geld Hill. II also shows
What . dssp interest 10 taken BY all
classes In the coming celebration. and
hov determined We are that Il shall b
made . grand success, II money lavishly
expended. and energy enthusiastically
used, can make Il . success To-day
the committee win continue to levy a.
ssssmsnts on the people. We need not
appeal to thoss upon whom they call to
treat them literally. The collecting Of
the money In . town such - ours IL the
smallest part Of the committees work.
q ID Ii the sasisst. The great labor IL
yet to come in psrfscting the arrange
msnts and seeing to II that they are
faithfully executed.
In this connection u IL proper to 70
call 10 mind the proclamation Of Prssi-
dent Grant. signed on the i5ta day Of
May last. Nisa short document. and
We reprint u entire. The suggestion
which IL makes il we'll worthy Of being
hssdsd. and We sincerely trust that Sto-
roy county will do what Congress and
the President requires Of 1t. Here Ia
the proclamation:
wHx.kAs. A joint resolution Of the
House Of Representatives of the United
States was duly approved ON the 18th day
u March Last. which resolution reads ~
follows:
be Il Resolved. by the senate and House
Of Representatives VI the United States of
America In Congress assembled. that II be
and Il hereby recommended by the Senate
and House Of Representatives, 10 the peo-
pie Of the several States. that they assemble
In their several counties or towns on the
approaching centennial anniversary of our
national Independence and that they cause
10 have delivered on such day IN historical
sketch III said county or town from its for
nation. and that . copy Of said sketch may
be fled In print or In manuscript In the
Clerks ONCE of said county. and an Addi-
tional copy. print or manuscript, be filed
In the ofice VI the Librarian Of Congress,
IN the intent that . complete record may
thus be obtained Of the progress Of our In
Htitutions during the first centennial Of
their existence; and
wHKREAs. II IL deemed proper that such
Recommendation be brought to the notice
and knowledge VI the people of the United
States. nov. therefore, I. Ulysses \. Grant,
President VI the Unitcd States. do hereby
declare and make known the same. In the
hope that the object of such resolution may
meet the approval of the people Of the
United States. and that proper steps may
BE- taken TO carry the same into effect.
Given under my hand. at the city Of
Washington. On the 18th day Of Nay. In
the year Of our Lord. 1876. and u the In
dependence Of the United States the one
hundredth.
By the President. U. 4. GRANT.
HAMILTON FtsH. Secretary Of State.
A sketch OF the history Of Storey
county will possess more than aloeal In.
tersst. Every citizen will listen TO Il
with pleasure. and 10 properly prepared.
Il will prove Of great value 10 the future
historian Of the nation. II will b read
In every part Of this broad country. and
will prove Of more widespread interest
than the history Of any other city or
county in the United States. Everybody
In intsrsstsd In the history Of the Com
stock lode. The story Of the discovery
Of silver. the early trials and struggles
Of our miners. and how BY the efforts Of
u pioneers thriving cities and towns
have been made to spring from these
rocky mountains and sage.brush deserts.
cannot bot Be instructive. n well a. ~
tsrtsining TO the entire world. Let the
story b written. then. by some master
hand. and incorporated in the national
archives. Il will be n fitting comment
on American perseverance,. and . tribute
70 the power Of American institutions.