Enter a name, company, place or keywords to search across this item. Then click "Search" (or hit Enter).
Go to the Archive Home
Go to Thumbnail View of this Item
Go to Single Page View of this Item
Download the Page Image
Copy the Page Text to the Clipboard
Don't highlight the search terms on the Image
Show the Page Image
Show the Image Page Text
Reset View and Center Image
Zoom Out
Zoom In
Rotate Left
Rotate Right
Toggle Full Page View
Flip Image Horizontally
More Information About this Image
Get a Citation for Page or Image - Copy to the Clipboard
Go to the Previous Page (or Left Arrow key)
Go to the Next Page (or Right Arrow key)
Page: of 179
4 JANUARY 1, 1863 NEVADA TRANSCRIPT
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1863
Whereas, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of North America, has proclaimed, that
all slaves in the insurrectionary States shall be free, forever free, on and after this day, and
Whereas, the said Abraham Lincoln has not had sufficient time to learn of the insurrection in the
office of the DAILY TRANSCRIPT,
It is hereby declared, in view of the absence of the editor and the President’s proclamation, that
every one connected with the aforesaid establishment intend to-day to lay all work aside and have a good
time on this the Ist day of January, 1863. In accordance with the above decree no paper will be issued
from this office to-morrow.
SACRAMENTO STREET.—This street is again in a most deplorable condition. Our Marshal has
spent more time in fixing this street than all the rest put together in this city. In the summer time the dust
is about two feet deep and in the winter it is hub deep in mud. When the rains commenced about ten days
ago it opened a hole about fifteen feet deep and was filled up, as it was thought, to last for a long time.
Yesterday morning another hole was discovered about five feet deep and twenty feet long. There has been
two tunnels run under the street to the hill from Deer Creek, and are about 40 feet deep. The Board of
Trustees ought to put up bars for this part of the town and declare it impassable, or fill it in with gravel
and make a respectable thoroughfare of it. As it is now, it is a disgrace to the city.
Marshall [sic] Davidson informs us that he is [about] to make another attempt to repair it, and
wishes all the teamsters who have volunteered to inform him when they will be ready to haul gravel on
the street. Every teamster and stage driver that comes to town from places below, report the road from
Broad street bridge to Gold Run bridge [many] times worse than any between the latter place, Sacramento
and Marysville.
The party given by Mrs. Blum last evening was a fine affair. Everything went off well—goodly
number present, good supper and first rate music.
The Postmaster of this city has notified us that the “List of Letters,” will be given to the paper that
has the largest circulation in Nevada, Eureka, Washington, Little York and Bloomfield townships. Now,
Mr. Postmaster you can’t catch us in such a trap as that. Our neighbor the Democrat informs us that it
yields 80 cents per month, which won’t pay for the composition. We would not have it. We are after
bigger fish. Credit of having the largest circulation when paper is $10 a ream is “played out.”
McCUE’S WASHOE LINE.—Jim McCue has been in town several days past, completing
arrangements to run his stage to Virginia City every other day, as heretofore, through the winter. He has
succeeded. New wagons, new sleighs, new horses, and plenty of feed, have been purchased. The stage
leaves Nevada this morning.
GYMNASIUM.—Our friend Keller continues to hold out on Main street. He has a large number of
scholars and all of them present a very healthy appearance after exercising for the past three months, on
the bars, ladders, rings, etc.
Night before last and yesterday morning the weather was pretty rough. Rain, snow and hail in
abundance.