The Nevada journal., 1851-11-01

idea enters his mind that he can make
something. " Waiter, hot whiskey
punch for two, one brandy toddy, gin
and water" The miner is winning
the money, and the brandy is winning
the miner. Excitement is the order
of the day. Stakes are doubled, tre-
bled-.-wife, and children, and home
are all forgot, and who cares, boys,
d---n the odds, there goes the pile, -
hot punches for the crowd---the deuce
is up, and---gracious Heaven the poor
miner is down, penniless beggar.
"No wife nor children moro shall he behold,
Nor friends nor sacred home"
The bright blue eyes at home will
look in vain the aspirations to Heaven
are all unheeded prayers are now Of
no avail, for disappointment first, and
then disease, or perhaps crime, has
paid the penalty of one false step, and
earth closes over the wretched victim,
thousands of miles from those whose
joy will turn to grief. Do you like
the pictures p? One of the best which
have seen in California is that of a
party of miners playing old sledge, on
the top of an empty keg, at the cabin
door. The red shirt, the old hat, the
torn pants, the short pipe, the sun
Drowned faces with the dell may care
expression, are drawn to the life, but
will be set down q vulgar taste. Look
on the walls of hell.> there you will
see refinement. Naked women in va
rious postures, pleasing, voluptuous.
wonder if they are true to nature.
Oh, boys! boys it seems to me as if
your eyes are strangely gloating on
the forms, rather than giving credit to
the artist for his skill, and the way you
occasionally look ct that lady, so
beautifully dressed, who is dealing at
the table, makes me think that you
would prefer that your wife or sister
should neither be pictured upon the
walls, nor preside at gaming table in
quite so public a place, and that the
artists study, or the academy of arts
is the proper places for such exhi>
bitions.
Brandy smash and gin cocktail -
F., when your are in hell, { mean Rome),
YOU must do as the Romans do. Dou't
draw the inference that, because that
well dressed gentleman there was a
pious leader in the church at home,
and was looked upon as an example
of truth and purity, that he does not
appreciate the truthfulness of the
adage. Send him home and he could
come it as good as new, but here he
can handle the cards, and pull at the
pit equal to the best Of them, and in
the language Of st. Paul, is all things
to all men," But as the law, the cor
poration, and society sustains such
things, why, oil is fair in trade, and
making money is what we came to
California for. Hut, tut, tut, do you
see that STRIPPING, ten or twelve years
old, with cigar in his mouth, bucking
at monte, and as he loosss or wins, ex-
pressing his dissatisfaction or joy alike
with an oath, which would do credit to
an old salt in storm ? I say, boy,
does your ma know you're out. l
wonder where you got that money to
bet with. But I've always heard
where there are big devils there are
little ones too. I say, my lad, do you
know they begin to hang men for crime
in this country, and-some day you'll
be man? Nice place this to finish
boys education in.
But now "the fun grows fast and
furious" for between the orchestra
and the pleadings at the bar, the blaze
of lights and brandy smashes, the
gingle of glasses and dollars, the
"down with the DUST" and the down
with high hopes, l begin to think that
"we cutty sack" hath come from Kirk
Alloway to California to astonish
BLoCK-HEAD.