Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-15
our San Francisco Correspondence
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 1864.


EDITORS GoLD HILL NEWS Gentlemen
Business dull but everything else lively, is
,be inyariable answer TO questions Us to
how are things" in San Francisco this
week.
POLITICAL ouTCRoPPINGS.
n The Copperheads and Union men are alike
lively aud at work nowadays, and the vari.
Gus ward or district meetings of each, several
OF which are held nightly, are numerously
attended. Al the oilers in town, strangers
from the mines, new arrivals overland from
the East, and desperadoeS whose prejudices
I against anything in the shape Of law and
in the words "the Administration only
another term for order and established
| society, against which they are ever at war,
the strikers along the city front, and all other
/ disturbing elements, on the side of the Cops,
and having plenty OF spare time, can we'll
! afford to attend meetings and turn out strong
, in professions. The grand torchlight pro-
| cession Of the Broom Rangers and other Nc
/ Clellanites, on Tuesday night, was Il very i'm
! posing one i'll every sense of the term. The
| actual number of men and boys in the pro-
! ceSSion was about 2S00, as | found BY count
/ ing, but the number OF rioters was probably
not over one half that number. Many of the
/ bowling crowd came from Oakland and other
/ places as far away even as Martinez, specially
| for the occasion, to aid in making show OF
strength which was in great measure tctl-
tiouS, but which would nevertheless so far to
impose upon the more ignorant portion Of
- 4 IN, ha lie
nearly every ayowed Secessionist in the city
and vicinity, and a number whom | knew
were not citizens Of the United States. As
Oh the previous week, large force OF police
men moved along the sidewalks parallel with
! the procession, wherever it went, to see that
no breach of the peace occurred. The loyal
Irish" although unfortunate in having sew
eral men expatriated BY the Vigilance Com
mittee few years since, and one notorious
! blk from Victoria who has been well adver-
tised for his swindling operations of late, on
their list of officers, will turn out strong
this evening, and are really formidable
! and important body of voters. The grand
Union parade, on Saturday evening, will
knock the spots of all its predecessors,
and under the stimulus OF the good
news from the East, will be the greatest
| demonstration Of the kind ever seen IN San
Francisco. The Geographic election news
yesterday sent Mcclellan stock down 0O per
cent. in no time, and a longer faced set OF
men than his supporters to-day l never saw
I on Montgomery street. The CoppS appear,
( furthermore, 10 be divided in their own house.
/ Downey knowing, through dear experience,
| that to be 4 Copperhead candidate for an I'M
portant Office in California is not only an eN-
penSive one, but far from being as soft as
! downey pillows are" declines the barren
/ honor of being defeated for Congress, and the
Irish won't stand Crockett, the old Know
( Nothing, as his succesSor-So 1t is hard tell
| ing who is to be the unfortunate victim this
I time.
BUSTED OFT.
+ The combination between the Pacific Mail
Company and the Nicaragua Company, rails
! ing the fares to New York on either route to
the same old flush times rates, has already
/ fallen through, and will no longer hold water.
! The Constitution to-day carries steerage pas
/ sengerS at SIS and second cabin ditto at
! 800. and on the 10Th the Moses Taylor will
! carry BY the Nicaragua route ut still less.
! Bully for opposition say /. Its the life OF
! trade and the benefit of the competition. All
! inures to California and the other Pacific
! States aud Territories.
Sd. THEATRICAL.
| Charles kean and wife made their debut at
Maguire's Opera House Oh Saturday night.
| The former as Cardinal Woolsey, in Henry
| VIII, and the latter as Queen Catherine,
with Miss Chapman, who came out with the
Keans, as Anne Boleyn, and Frank Mayo as
King Henry, supported BY the best company
l have ever seen on the stage in San Fran
cisco. The "Jealous Wife," condensed from
the original comedy, finished the bill. The
house was crowded 10 sutfocation, and the
audience unusually select. They appeared on
Monday night in Louis "" in which Mr..
Kean is peculiarly at home. His impersona-
ton of the character Of the crafty, hypocritl-
cal, murderouS, SuperStitious, blgoted and
cruel old tvrant, being one OF the most
| thoroughly finished pieces Of acting ever seen
on any stage. Mrs. kesn has an unpleasant
way OF manipulating her countenance when
! expressing deep emotion, which reminds one
I something too strongly of the days when we
used to indulge 10 excess in watemelons,
green apples and lemon beer; but Of her
| ability as ali actress Of the first class, there
( can be no question at this day. She is slightly
| Bianchical in proportions, but not so much
| so as to detract from her majestic carriage and
/
same pieces have been reproduced during
| the week with no abatement Of interest on
! the part Of the public, and the engagement
seems likely to prove paying one for Ma
guire. On Sunday evening, Coppin, come
dian from Australia made his appearance on
I the Opera House stage in number of broad
farceS, "To Oblige Benson, which is telling,
but full OF double eutendreS and absolute
vulgaritieS, being the best of the lot. He
closely approaches Burton's standard Of eX-
cellence in low comedy, and "makes up
strikirgly like him, but there is peculiar
Cockncyism about his style, which, although
laughable in the extreme at first, would be
apt to weary an American audience sooner
than colonial English one.
The Richings Opera Troupe commenced a
second operate season on Monday evening
at the Academy Of Music, but spite of their
undoubted excellence, the rival attractions
at the Opera House, and the political excite
ment on the streets interfere materially with
their pecuniary success this week. There is
nothing else Of special interest to note in
the amusement line this week. The Circus
has dried up with the approach of the wet
season, and the Metropolitan still remains
"closed for repairs" save when it is opened
as on last evening, when Paul Julien took
his farewell benefit, whichi was benefit in
deed, the house being crowded almost to suf-
location. --r . .-...... ~. ...a
BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.
Sambo and Dinah were jubilant last week
over the decision of Judge Pratt, which in
effect, affirmed the. right of negroes-I beg
pardon "colored citizens" to ride on the
street cars, but alas it was soon discovered
that the decision only covered the right to
ride somewhere on the cars, and as the OBJ
stinate directors refused to let them ride an
the cars, assigning the front platform to the
especial use Of Mongolians and Americans
of African descent" Sambo and Dinah are
as detected as ever, or more so. A few ne
groes got into the cars only to be elected on
the instant, and after the first day we saw
their faces no more on the public convey
ances. l'.i..- r-.1r. '..
POSSIBLY BIG swINDLE.