| Show LESSONS IN about the spiciest sp iciest paper that we have seen for a long time is the gold hill daug daily nemi neui aa a young paper in nevada territory oa on the 1 dinst the editor takes a dig at circumlocution with a freedom that is refreshing it la is a blessing he ia is not a 16 mormon kormon or the united states would be this is his style tue THE OFFIC orifice ECharles charles charies dickens once spread himself to a very considerable extent on the BU su eject ct ol 01 the circumlocution public bureaus where rethe the science of how not to do ity it is practised practiced as a high art and the chief end of public officials we have one of those institutions institution is in this territory and if it there is one thing more than another maculated to disgust one with the contemptible nuisance which here at least con constitutes statutes utes Tenito rial government and drive him hi m state government mad like our friend frend of th the eDul letin it is to have any business trans actions with the t e stinking abortion the whole system is a burlesque on the name of governments an insult to free hhite white men of common bense sense and ought to ie be abolished by the application 0 of a cowhide boot to the stern of j each ch and every eiery representative ot of the bogus concern what it amounts to acte acre than to keep a lot of lazy bean eaters down at careon on a beggarly salary of low to hire a man of common sense and a nd energy enough to keep heep his nose clean is more than we can discover we punished pub dished yesterday a complaint made to us by an officer volunteers grounded upon the ind fforence tle the wooden heads at carson and their guira ageous disregard of their own owa duty and the rights of the soldiers last evening vre we gave room to the complaint com faint of the volunteer volu ateer today we have an dirdal di idal pt growl of our own the circumlocution shoe pinches our ouy f got this thia time lime and it is our say the amount to which we are tj maged damaged is no great shakes shake only about aa lucri as the government pays old beeper rye iye per month in greenback the wear and tear of patience and tempera and the score that bab baa been chalked down on our profanity account have been beon enormous we ive have been havin bavin having dealings with the circumlocution office at C carbon carson a and i i that that shop owes us u no more tb than it does I 1 is our good fortune and the bad luck of df some other man the more that office owes you the poorer you yoo are list winter we were very kindly proffered the privileges of doing certain airas kinds of printing at certain prices named we did not accept it for three reasons first the prices did not suit ue us secondly our bills would be compelled to take a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe with a good chance ot of coming back like him who went after wool horn thirdly wed see them d d first that cock failing to ight fight f we were honored with official patronage in the shape of sundry proclamations united states of 0 america territory terr tory of nevada god and liberty Lib labeit Li beit eity etty james W nye nyer attest orion clemens etc etc with the great seal of the territory attached thereto in in due and ancient form talk la is talk but it takes money to buy land y the book of proverbs in ilke lae manner proclamations are big things but I 1 staring staling at them dont pay printers a dollar dolar a 1 thousand for setting type we made out in I 1 due time our bill and sent it to the secretary of state that pubic functionary occupied several beveral months i in n finding out that we guht to talave have sent it to the executive department I 1 I 1 it would have been contrary to the forms of high official etiquette and against the peace and dignity of the territorial government for clemena clemens to have banded across acres the tahle table to nye certainly C thlik of itt ill it I 1 waa was suggested that in order that everything be done up magnia we send a power of attori 1 i ney to some ody to apply to the proper i pigeon pigeonhole hole bole of the circum locution office for our money warrants scrip or whatever was coming to us we proceeded to send such a document back it came by return maily mails mail mall wi wl h divers erb era objections as follo follows w 9 to wit i OF or NEVADA SECRE OFFICE carson CITY april 13 1864 1 P linch esq dear sir yours of yesterday I 1 received and bown to the territorial I 1 auditor ile he says there ia is no stamp on oil the power of At torny attorney that he does not pay for the military proclamation procla procia mation matlon at all and that he hil will not pay f r the others ti I 1 you jou maksout make out a bill certified by governor nye to be correct and that consequently you will have to wait till gove governor anor nye mye returns I 1 therefore return you the papers and documents it you wish to write to ite the territorial auditor dif dit wor tor his address is tylo wm IV ross rosa carson city yours Respect uly orion onion CLEMENS secretary of nevada territory written in iu ba dred ink ED now governor nye has gone to the east on a p political trip when be he is coming back rib nobody knows knors kno rs anh and ani if everybody is of our car taste nobody particularly cares aa As for him his auditor secretary and treasurer and whatever other f functionaries function aries arles go to compose the government of the territory of nevada they bave have our permission to go to the devil and as for our little htwe bill they can shove above it i nto into the fire |
