Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-14

road. As to the lands in Nevada
and Utah it is only fair to say that
they embrace very considerable
proportion of grazing white sage)
lands, and that these are far from
valueless. Indeed, / know OF no
pasturage equal to the white sage
for fattening cattle. Where the COM
pany's lands are located in Eastern
Nevada this white sage is very
abundant. 1 find the Report of the
Senate Committee on Railroads end
ing as follows;
It is necessary, before concluding this
report, to consider what guarantee the
Government will have, in case the new
arrangement proposed by the bill IS
effected, that this new agreement will be
carried out by the companies, and the
payment duly made Hereunder. The
answer is that the Government will have
the same security which it now has,
namely. its second-mortgage claim. to
which it can resort ct any time upon the
failure of the companies to make the
payments provided for under the new
arrangement
The bills provide that the mortgages
of the Government created by the fifth
section OF tho act of July l 1862. and
modified by the act Of 1864, shall not be
in any way impaired or released by the
ions of this new agreement unless
or until the obligations of the Companies
to the Governments under that agree
mert are fully performed: but that the
mortgages shall remain in full force. and
upen the failure of the companies to
perform the obligations OF the new
agreement, shall be enforced as if the
latter had not been made, all payments
which nav have been made in part ex-
ecution thereof 20 be, however, duly
credited and allowed.
The new agreement being on the
whole advantageous for the company. 1t
is fair to presume that they will be both
able and willing to carry it into execution
faithfully. Should they not be so able,
however, the Government Is III no worse
position than it was before; 1t will have
received all the payments which have
been made up to the time OF failure OF
the companies, and can resort TO Its
secend-mortgage lien, which has IN 10
vav waived, concealed, or released,
except to the extent of the partial pay
ments made by the companies, with
which the latter are in any event entitled
to be credited.
1t may not be out Of place for me
to remark. that even if this bill does
contemplate favor toward the COM
pany, there are not wanting reasons
why favors should be extended.
When they built their road the price
of locomotive engines which can now
be bought for $4,000, was no less
than So, 800; and iron rails cost
then 80 per cent. moro than steel
rails cost now. AS I have said in
the outset. the facts presented entitle
the company's proposition to a re-
spcctful hearing, if not favorable
consideration.
l had intended to make this a let
ter containing much miscellaneous
and general information; but l must,
in order to get it into the mail, make
what l have already written suffice
for this once; and so l reserve my
chit-chat, gossip and small talk for
another time. NJ.
COOP P1cTURE.-A large and very
handsome oil painting by G. B. Nc
Clellan the well known lanpscape and
portrait painter, says the Virginia Enter
prise. has just been placed on exhibition
at the saloon OF Col. Dick Ross. The
picture shows the Morgan mill, Carson
livsr, with the Mexican mill and other
buildings about Empire City in the dis
lance. There is q fine view of the river
and tho distant mountains. In the
foreground are several groups Of
Indians. which are done to the life. All
that is seen about the Morgan mill,
which ia the principal feature Of the
picture, is as correct as though photo
graphed - railroad train, wood-piles,
water-tank and everything else about the
place. There is also to be seen at the
Julia Office portrait of John Il. Kin
kead, which has just been completed
and sent to this city. and which is III
McClellsn's best style.
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
William Condor. notorious BUSH
wacker of Australia, and at one time the
terror Of all travellers in that country. is
now in this city. 1t is his first sojourn
here, he having been in seclusion in a
British penal colony for the last fifteen
years for the murder of an army officer
who attempted to capture him, and
where he has been wearing various silver
plates on his Uranium to prevent his
brains running ont. He is very viva
cious gentleman in his way. quiet and
and by his many lawless
operations has amassed an inexhaustible
fund Of anecdotes and adventure, which
he has the faculty of retaining. He is
covered with scars, and. in bis own
words, has been shot more times than
he can reMomber.'