Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-06

officer, who led that glorious Ecbsrga q
which the newspapers were so full. must
inevitably serve his Turn at cooking and
securing, like good patriotic cook and
scullion that he is-he must accommodate
his genius to circumstances, ind &Sphy
as mucbg gallaniry in charging aEoM0i
cook-pots as. he did in scattering hatto.
lion ofthe enemy's cayalry.fefssIIo , 4a1s
| ksszy ys5g.zE az SPORTS. yo1zssa.s4ss (
| In; order to lessen the tedium Of tn
winter evenings, recourse is had to.au
sorts of games, in which the majority pAFs
ticipate with great zest. SOMETIMES. ~
a ludicrous intimation Of country show,
in which figures an elephant represented
by throwing blanket over the shoulders
of two officers, or gEotesQu6 IfeAal0
giant in which one is mounted upon the,
shoulders of another; these are paraded
through the rooms. preceded BY torch
bearers and band'of music performing
favorite airs on hair combs-the whole
headed by some comical genius, carrying
broom, in the character of an absurd
drum-major. AT other times grand.
cock-fight is inaugurated, IN which the
two contestants selected, having patiently
submitted to that arbitrary process known
as !" bucking," but at each other around.
the ring In fine style, the defeated !" rooS-
ter" being oyerset in the most ludicrouS
manner. Bets are made, and great faith
exhibited in the fighting qualities of the,
several BIRDS .,,,, .s-r ,.ss,.. ..,-s-
Another species of amusement is that
barbarous one called "redding, which
consists IN that some twenty Of the most
desperate characters dash through tbs
room, sweeping before them all they meet
overseeing card tables and chairs and
throwing into confusion everything and
everybody that comes in their way. "ThiS
heathenisb practical joke is the tenor Of
the more sedate portion of the communi.
ty, for the raiders respect nothing and no
one, and the just complaints Of such as do
not relish the rude sport only adds to their
zeal and contributes to their merriment:
Gymnastic exercises are also much in
dulged in /; an old hickory broom sus-
pended at each end from one of the, cross
beams furishes trapeze, which, although
not very safe, is perhaps not much more
dangerous than sharp skirmiSh or dss.
perate cavalry charge. 19I III .s-ra5
MUSIC. - r-ssf..,. r.Er "a
The passion for music is quite general
in the prison; a tolerable orchestra has
been organized, consisting of a violin,
banjo, guitar, tambourine and the bones.'
They have done much to enlven the gloom
of the prison, and invariably attract q,
large crowd of listeners. They have given
several performances initiative Of the Ethi-
opian minstrels, in the cook -room; these
performances are quite creditable to the
musical taste of the performers, and are
attended by large and enthusiastic audi
ences-notwithstanding the Scotch mist Of
tobacco smoke which ascends in perpet-
ual cloud from the inevitable pipes of tbs
Teutonic element of the assemblage, and
which reminds one of the guaze curtains
in the Midsummer Nights Dream; and
notwithstanding the necessarily abortige
illumination of the dingy apartment by
tier of suicidal tallow dips; and notwith-
standing the fact that the spectator must
lug down his own barrel to sit on, or must
stand on dining table az the risk of break
ing his neck, and with the certainty Of suf-
fering from severe attack of the cramp in
the legs; and notwithstanding the odor
of slops, and the rancid yapors from the
cooking stoves, which are apt to transfer
the cramp from the calves of the legs to
the pit Of the stomach notwithstanding
all these unavoidable collaterals of the
Libby Concert Room, the results benef.
cial, and merits and receives the encour.
agement of all. The performers have q
grand and exciting time preparing their
| performances-and the spectators while
pleasantly away, in listening to their hu-
morous Jokes, the tedium Of the long eve.
nings. g r , g.L IL r7aIg
YANKEE TRICK. s,.,..,. - "a
Two officers (Maj. Halstead. 1920 n.
J., and Lieut.. Wilson. lst Nd. Cav have
lately escaped from the hospital, under
rather amusing circumstances. ltappearS
that one of them, who bad been tailor
in his pre-mili,ary life, offered to make up
uniform coat for one of the Confederate
surgeons on duty at the hospital. The
unsuspecting surgeon procured the mate.
rials, and the Yankee" kept his word
and made the coat; he did not intend it
for the surgeon, however, but for himself;
for, one bright afternoon, donning the
gray garb OF the Confederacy, he coolly
walked out of the hospital. accompanied
by another Federal patient also disguised
as rebel. and not only walked out of the
door, but all the way down the Peninsula
into the Federal lines. He had the admi-
rable impudence to adopt his victims title
as we'll as his coat. and assuming consid:
cradle airs, gave himself out as Confed.
crate surgeon on duty in the Richmond
hospitals. ss.-q. ...............r.-.. ~.