Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-02-03
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
s.,tuvr Win sI,-ir Credmsrs.

settling with their Creditsss.
Bosrox, Feb. 3.-Tho COMMITTEES Ut
Credentials Of Harvey Chapman + Co..
report tho liabilities Of the firm ut $32o.'
JOG, and assets si5s. $50. not inclniipy
800. 900 due from John Cochnnr. 5r..
sud s75. 900 which Chapman claims i.a
loan not invested. Tho firm o6rr 37ts
cents on the dollar. on time. Tbs cretli.
tons want so cent. nj 30 days. or will
place the frm III bankruptcy.
ssrisus RsiIssss Accident.
lfrppLrrows. Feb. 3.-whils clearing
snow from the Midland Rsilroad yrsier.
day. The pillow left the track. crashing
into . bridge over the wilmsnse river.
smashing 1t down. aud tho bridge. pillow
aud engine tumblsd into tho river with
nine men on tho pillow aud cab. Those
on the pillow were all more or less bruised
aud cut. while those In the cab. In al.
dition 10 other wounds. were severely
scsldsd, one or two fatally. The mail
and passenger train was tagged by .
man who sItricatsd himself from tho
debris In time TO prevent Il from plung.
Ing into the wreck.
1hs l,sssslsr syssso-Tsstimssy %
an Ex.Csnsui In Regard - sais-
ries, CSC.
CHICAGO, Psb. S.-Ths TIbms's sps-
cial from Washington says the House
Committee ON Expenditures Of the State
Department has examined W. W. Muir
ply, Of New York, who for eight years
previous to 1869 was United States Con.
sui at Frsnkfort-on.ths- Main. aud who
was at that time removed 70 make .
place for the brothsr.in.law OF General
Butler. He. did not complain. a he
expected Of some time or another 10 DO
tho victim Of the system under which
appointments are made. He
said the salary which he received was.
he thought, ampls; but his successor.
this. was allowed . clerk. at .
salary Of $1,000 per year; and managed
to eIpsnd, besides this. for clerk hire,
81. 900 more. He was Of opinion that
the salary OF . Consul should not be
regulated entirely by the amount Of
business which he had TO do. For 10.
Consuls at Liverpool. Paris and
London rsosivs, In addition to their sals- =
psrquisitss. etc., which make their
pay $lQ.OO0. $4,000 and si5, 900. while
those u vienna and places In Turkey and
having not much less business.
almost nothing but thsir salaries,
which should on this account be In.
Murphy thinks, In most cases.
The salaries paid our Consuls are sufa-
pisnt, but In some special cases they arc
TOO small. In his opinion the consular
system OF the United States Was more
expensive than that Of some other coun-
tries, because many Of the European ma
tons employ bankers or business men
10 attend TO consulate business. In this
way tho representative Of the house Of
al Prankiort-on.the-M Main,
acts o. consul for Austria; and Baron
Erlsngsr. the banker who negotiated the
Confederate States loan. attended 10 the
consular business for Sweden and Nor
way. These bankers are willing 70 serve
as Consuls without salaries. on account Of
advantages they derive from their
positions. Murphy believes the same
system might in many cases Be adopted
by the United States. Tho witness dss-
cribcd at some length the manner in
which Captain stsnbsrger Of Navigator
Island fame, and who was sent TO Europe
In 1872 M inspector Of %consulatss, per-
his duty. Although Murphy
was mot then In tho ofics OF Consul.
Stsrnbergsr called on him for such In.
a. he could give. He said
stspbsrgsr lived In magnificent style.
bis hotel bills being from ss6 to $50
iaily.
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