Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-12

actress to speak Of, certainly not superior to
several of the stock company already here.
She strips however, and as this is the style
nowadays, she draws goodly number Of
male admirers. On Monday last an entirely
new actress made her debut here, under the
stage name of " Miss Louisa Dedrich, In the
petite comedy of 1.-THE Little Treasure.
She is really married lady recently from the
East, whose husband ia now in the Union
army, but has sweet childish voice, an easy
modest self.possessed style, really beautiful
features and fair figure, and her debut may be
set down as very decided success.
PLAYED OUT.
| The "Poor Girl" proved as l anticipated
she would, very poor girl indeed, so poor in
fact that on Tuesday evening there was not
audience enough in the house to even make
a show of playing it, and the money taken at
the door was refunded. The house Is now
"closed for repairs again, and when next 1t
is opened, l understand it is to be with
paradise Lost" en- coS,fme on the boards.
The company is good one, but poor girls |;
that is to say girls of but moderate inteli-
gence, little education and no money, are
played out in California, and it don't pay any
body to import them any more. The market
is overStocked and no purchasers Offering.
l wish this Theatre and company could have
better luck.
A GLORIOUS BENEFIT.
Benefits" as they are commonly desig-
mated, are usually anything bat what would
be implied by the name, the unfortunate ben
efciary generally having to foot round bill
for expenses over and above receipts.
have known instances where the benefit cost
a thousand dollars out Of pocket, but the
benefit Of the National Guards, one Of our
finest military companies, at Maguire's, last
evening, tcas benefit, netting the company
81 900, which will pay off their entire debt
and leave them with new armory; on Post
street, costing ST. 900, free Of incumbrance.
LET Up ON JOHN INDIAN.
The practice Of shooting or hanging Indian
prisoners without trial, and in many cases
without the; slightest real cause, has prevailed
in Northern California and Southern Oregon
too long, and the following order from Gen.
eral Mcdowell has just been printed for gen
eral circulation among the troops OF the De-
partment of the Pacific:
Headquarters Department of the Pacific,
San Francisco, CAL, Nov. Is, l864.-lt has
come to the notice Of the Major General
Commanding, that officers in this Depart
ment have assumed to act in a summary
manner in reference to Indians charged with
crimes and there are cases where they have
had Indians executed BY the troops. This is
against all law; is in no way to be justified,
and will not be sanctioned. As His Excel
lency, the Governor Of California, correctly
states, Indians are amenable to the civil law
equally with whites, and should be tried for
offences committed, and punished accord
ingly.'
Hereafter no officer or soldier will execute
or aid in executing any Indian prisoners on
any pretext whatever. II an Indian commits
any crime, the military may hold him under
guard until the civil authority can take charge
Of him. By command of Major General Nc
Dowell. K. c. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-G General"
AN UNEXPECTED DENouEHENT.
On Tuesday morning last, at . o'clock, the
night air around Portsmouth Square was sud-
denly rent with shrieks and cries of Muir
der! murder help murder!" etc, and a
man clad neatly but not gaudily, in single
garment, sometimes vulgarly known as
shirt, came tearing through the Plaza at 4
2:4O speed, the tail Of his garment streaming
out upon the wind like the caudal appendage
of comet. Close in his rear came an
avenging Nemesis in the shape Of full grown
and we'll dressed white male citizen Of Stock
ton Ia town situated near the Insane Asylum,
on Webber's Slough, in the San Joaquin VAL
ley). Swiftly fed the man with the snowy
costume, and fercely followed the avenger,
until Merchant street was reached, and the
pursued, charging up stairway, gained the
roof of a building and eyaded his pursuer by
climbing over battlements and disappearing
among chimneys and darkness. The pur-
suer then turned back to the West End Ho-
tel, where he found full suit of clothes by
the bedside Of his wife, who hadn't expected
him down BY that nights boat, and getting
them together, burned them, then undressed
aud placed himself by the side Of his wife,
and
Drawing the drapery of his couch around him,
Lay down to pleasant dreams"
Decidedly pleasant, undoubtedly, but for
one, can't see it in that light, exactly.
Adios, AMIGO.