Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-07-30
run the 8. =. Chronicle. July s0)

have been obtained last night by looking
down from tho galleries Of Horticultural
Hall Of the armed men massed below.
The hall Is the special headquarters OF the
commissioner Of the Eighth Ward. The
active force Of this ward consists OF Com
pany A. rs men, under command Of Capt.
w, A. Strong; Company b. 80 men, com.
mandeA by . Lieutenant; Company Q, ~
men, Capt. E. 7. Preston; Company ID. ~
mon, Capt. n. d. Merrick; Company z.
80 men. Capt. +. W. Blaney; Company y.
80 men, Capt. J. @. Fitzgerald. and Com.
psny O. as men. Capt. F.. II. Taylor. The
whole battalion IL under the command Of
Capt. Strong Of Company A. whose four
Year, experience In the war would come In
very conveniently In an encounter. Com.
piny A 10 armed with seventy Springfield
rifles, aud each OF the other companies
with thirty. those not having guns being
supplied with clubs.
GOVERNOR IRWIN
Was present In the hall last night and was
introduced 10 the drilling Committeeman
by their President. Being called upon for
a speech, Mr.. Coleman pithily remarked.
"No speeches ; We are here for work. and
tho drill Of the men and consultauon OF
tho officers proceeded. Tho Eighth ward
force has been on duty for four consecutive
nights. including ono day. They meet
every night and will continue 70 do 30 I'M
Ill further orders. Each Of the other
wards has It's special headquarters where
its forces also meet nightly and drill. The
total force enrolled IL over G,0O0 and In u
there Il not a man that q recruiting ser
geant would not be delighted 10 enlist.
The personnel Of Company A Of the Eighth
Ward Is particularly excellent. consisting
Of bankers clerks, young Stockholders and
others following kindred pursuits, and
though mono Of them would desire To have
a civil broil, still II II was forced on them
they would find q good deal Of compensa-
tion In the scrimmage.
TIE MILITIA.
At the meeting for the organization OF
tho Committee OF Safety. held In the
Chamber Of Commerce ON Tuesday last.
the dauntless Brigadier General McComb.
"who had been feeling the public pulse
hourly" and evidently appreciated to the
full extent the danger bctokened by its
beats, made q speech, In which hc said
cit would not do 10 permit tho military
10 he murdered In tho streets. Tho troops
must be assured Of tho moral support Of
the order.loving and %lAw.abiding citi.
zens." Tho resolute civilians present
could not resist this touching appeal Of the
soldier. and to avoid tho Agonizing sight
Of seeing the Driyadier lying wounded ON
California street. with n congregation al
hoodlums cutting out his heart aud other
v~iscera, they
TOOK nm At MS WORD.
delegated him 10 his headquarters at the
Alta Office and the military 10 thoir sew
eral armories. and took charge OF the city
and guarded Che armories 10 rcsolutely
that neither General nor private has yet
been murdered. But the citizens took tho
General q little more literally than no had
intended. As Is tho custom with warlike
nations tho world over, tho General dcsir-
ed the citizens 10 protect his forces
and his armorics from being cap
tured, but he desired that II should DO
done In some delicat5 way by which Brig
adler General John McComb would be-
come the ~rcsiduary legstce OF all the glory
Of the conquest over the rabble. In order
10 this do DO pctitioncd the proper authori.
ties that the city 10 placed under martial
a. ..r. sn%aicientIy irroyereDt OF military
nsov..s IN I,nyb' I'm ihe meantime the
citizens went on guarding tho armortes
and the Aha Office and the city generally
at the risk Of being wounded aud murder
ed In the streets. They fought and whip
ned the mob on "wednesday night. they
eowed II utterly ont OF sight on Thursday
night. they had tho city as decorous ~ q
Quaker meeting on Friday night, aud they
marched a ship load Of newly imported
Cbinsmep through the very hearts 0f the
Instructed districts Yesterday without 40
much "a
~ ,xvrcr,vr
p.,,, ,r,,o,, n them And now. when
~ ~ a. o,ar. when Tho smoLc al
hs,,ia r. blown awsy. when the hated
ChInsr,sn ara ..feIy bonsed. and wb,n
,h... c.nnot Ina fonni within tho munici.
n.I rimi,. man so rectiess "a In whisper
hat he sympathiyes with a striker, the
ucnersl has Accumulated the daring wish
asbi La.r, Ifnon a n~ctitIon 10 tho Chief
~ po,ica ,ha latter an,liy consented last
nicbt to orJor them out. The companies
rsssired IN The various headquarters Of the
Citizens' Committee. where they were Wig.
ilsntIy and tendcrly cared for, and where
N ws: carefully secn 10 that no harm came
"