Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-10-12
ESTIMATE OF HIS CHARACTER By
A PERUVIAN.

A PERUVIAN.
Contest for the S~psaksrshlp Of the
House.
ESPECIAL prsrArcurs TO rHs Coin HUI
DA 1t NEvsl
Harry Meirys Not worth . Cent
NEW YonK. Oct. INV. r. Grace. head
Of tho chief Peruvian firm In this city,
speaking OF the financial condition Of the
late Henry Meiggs at the time Of his death,
says he thinks that really nothing except q
mass Of worthless securities aud contracts
10 left behind by Meiggs. and that no should
DO very sorry TO be . creditor Of the estate.
Everything Of real valuo. or nearly every.
thing. had been gotten rid Of by him some
time ago. and what may DO left was proba-
bly, m~ortgagod for its full value. Msiggs
was . visionary man who carried out vast
schemes. but they were often things that q
sound business man would consider WORTH
less, and he thinks the estate cannot DO
settled so a. TO pay his debts, lot alone
leaving any surplus.
The project OF continuing tho OroyA
road TO the Cerro Do Paso mines has not
been carried out. Tho road 10 finished 10
about ninety miles from Lima. at place
called Alchi, having been pushed 81 an
| enormous cost 10 that place, which 10 about
II, 900 feet above tho level Of the sea. The
road Is not doing any business. A. for
this project Of opening tho Zorro Dc Paso
mines and draining them OF water. Grace
considers Il visionary In the extreme.
There Is nothing new In the project.
II was . nursery fable when Mr..
Grace was q boy In Peru. over twenty-five
| years ago. and was thought about a. FEAST.
bic a. tho discovery and recovery OF the
buried treasures OF the late lAmented Cap
| tain Kidd. One large English arm ruined
| itself years ago on the same scheme. The
| sugar haciendas on the line OF the un1n-
| ished Chimbote Railroad no longer belong
10 Meiggs /; but are In possession OF Der.
tiano, Of the house Of Drayfous a Com
any These two estates. Of which over
81, 900, 900 apiece was expended In improve.
ments alone. were s~quAndered and paid
AWAY as q commission for the sale OF Pc
ruvian bonds. They arc now paying hand.
somely. Tho Chimboto road was expected
10 open up . rich mining country. but
failed TO do 30. There are. however, some
coal and silver mining interests about
there fairly prosperous, but they have
passed out VI Meiggs' hands. His town
house In Lima he never owned, but his
two neighboring estates, villejas and La
Laqna, he owned. subject, however. to
mortgages for more, probably. than they
will ever realize. l do not know whether
Meiggs still owned his magnificent house
al Santiago do Chilli or not-La Qulnta, no
called Il. I know he valued u OF $500, 900.
and put II up and rafied II of. winning II
himself. with the luck that has always fol-
lowed him.
Political Notes.
CHICAGO, Oct. IA T'mss Washington
special regards Randall ss pretty suro TO
secure the spcakership, all combination Of
the opposing clements having failed.
Senator Tellers. Of Colorado. Is hero on
route TO Warrington.
Senator Davis bill Is almost completed.
II 10 similar 70 that OF McCreary. which
failed TO pass the Senate last session. pro-
viding for tho formation Of an interme-
diate appellate court In each United States
Circuit. composed OF the Circuit Judge
and District Judges In each circuit. The
full bench would be composed Of five
Judges. This would have Jurisdiction In
cases OF fact. whenever the sun In suit was
under . thousand dollars ; also In criminal
cases. At present there Is no appeal from
the decision Of the Circuit Court In GRIM
inal cases. The bar Of all the circuits
and the Judges have always felt that
this was Q severe responsibility. and II
was their almost unanimous opinion
that o court Of appeals should be
given power to review the findings In
criminal cases. This appellate court would
not have Jurisdiction over any cases In
which tho amounts involved exceeded ten
thousand, or which were constitutional
questions on . treaty or act OF Congress.
This was q point Ut issue. This, In brief,
was the McCrsry bill. It's object 10 good.
namely. 10 lessen the pressure OF business
In the Supreme Courtof the United States,
but II had some objections. The Supreme
Court Is terribly behind and now is work
is constantly increasing. McCrary's bill
would tighten its labors, but would In.
crease those OF the already ovorburdsncd
Circuit Judges. Judge Davis proposes TO
donble the number OF Circuit Judges,
making eighteen In all. The increase In
the number Of Supreme Court Judges could
be Of no avail. since all must sit on each
case. Senator Davis expressed the hope
that Judge Drummond would succeed him
on the Supreme bench.
senator CenkliaE on she Situation.
New YoRK, Oct. l2.-senAtsr Conkling
arrived in town yesterday. He declined
10 DO interviewed. but talked freely with
friends. lilo expressed himself as friendly
10 the Administration, but doubtful Is to
the practicability Of tho Southern and
civil service reform policies. He thinks
there Is too much sentiment and too little
real work on the part Of the Administra-
ton. and that II Is time that attention was
paid 10 tho actual necessities Of tho
try, and that little minor questions ~ 70
whether q postmaster speaks In . caucus,
might be lett on the table for . time. He
contrasts tho present condition OF tho Adj
ministration. Its personnel and It's sup.
porters, with the Administration OF
President johnson, and thinks there 10
q remarkable historical parallel between
them. Ho thinks IL not unlikely. that
events may show that tho historical par.
allel will not hold good In the day OF trial
Of the policy. and that time may show the
wisdom Of the Administration ; but he OBJ.
jects TO Republicans being prosecuted and
read out by . party because they are OF the
opinion that the logic Of events will show
that the time has not yet come for . South.
ern and civil service reform policy 70 DO
engrafted into practical politics. He DO
lieves Ohio has been Lost 70 the Republi'
cans In consequences Of the attitude OF the
Administration. The election will re-
suit In sending either Ewing or Pendleton
70 the Senate. and on that very momentous
consequences will result. There was no
doubt that there was . clear majority OF
$500 Republicans In Ohio. and when the
present un~pleasantncss was over. and men
had made up their minds not 10 bludgeon
one another because they differed In opin-
inn. thesa meu would vota A thoy bad