Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-05
Our San Francisco Correspondence.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. /, 1864.
EDITORS GOLD HILL NEws-GentIemen ::
We are all in high spirits on this side Of the
mountains on account Of
THE RAIN, THE GLORIOUS RAIN
There is no use in expatiating on the sub
ject. We have had almost as much rain
within the past week as had fallen within the
year previous, and the long agony of doubt
and dismal expectation is over. The farmers
are now paying their debts, having no fear Of
another failure Of crops and consequent ne
cessity for Withholding every dollar as re-
serve fund against the hour Of greatest ne
cessity. Merchants are ordering goods which
they are now sure of selling, and everybody
in town is jubilant over the improved pros
poets Of the country and the city. Well, we
needed it, and rain never came on a dryer
soil, or in better time another month, and
it would have been all up with California, for
another year at least.
A PIcHwIcKIAN DUEL.
The b'hoys Of San Francisco are having no
end offun over a duel which they got up be-
tween householder, who sometimes imag-
ines himself circus-manager, and livery
stable keeper, all on account Of an accom-
plished actress and coincidence with whom
neither Of them ever spoke a word in their
lives. The doctor was put up to challenge
his opponent to mortal combat, and it was
privately agreed that the livery stable man
was to drop dead, to all appearances, at the
first fire, when the doctor was to be surround
ed, hoisted into a carriage, rushed into town
and sent off on q seward bound vessel under
the impression that he had sent his antago-
mist into kingdom-come kiting. Friday
last was fixed for the deadly contest, and the
doctor, in fear and trepidation, actually rode
out to Point Lobos in company with his sec
onds and an eminent surgeon, who was to
dress the wounds inflicted but the other
party, fearing some accident, or thinking the
joke had gone far enough, did not go out, and
the belligerent doctor, after getting badly
soaked in the cold rain, came back to town
under the impression that he had bluffed his
antagonist entirely. On his return the bows
put him up to post his enemy as a coward,
which he did, and then on the newspapers
coming out in ridicule Of the demonstration,
set him to publishing cards, in, which Lindlay
Murray, Of blessed memory, is treated like a
thief, challenging all the "locals," " item
mongers," scribblers," newspaper proprie-
tors, etc., ETC., to come out and fight him like
men, or dry up and forever after hold their
peace. have seen such jokes played off in
the backwoods Of the Southwest years ago,
but 1 was not prepared to believe that
"spoon" sufficiently pliable to become so
ready victim Of these incorrigible wags was
to be found in San Francisco. The fun is
still going on, fast and furious, and what
shape it will take next is mord than am
able to say. You can rest assured, however,
that the boys, having struck so rich lead,
will never abandon it until it is thoroughly
worked out.
ARRUIsISG MATCH.
One Of those hearty exhibitions 'yclept
"mill" or "prize fight" took place at Horse
Shoe Bay, near Saucelito, in Marin county,
last Monday, between two third rate bruisers
Moore and O'Farrell, in presence Of about
100 roughs from this city. The fight, if such
it could be called lasted 70 minutes, during
which 81 rounds were fought. The last 20
or 80 rounds were mere forms, Moore being
blind and falling every time like an OK when
knocked down by a butcher. O'Farrell on
the other hand was hardly marked. Both
parties displayed "pluck" but neither much
Il science." The affair was brought to
close by darkness setting in, and to remune-
rate the bruisers for their toil-since the
stakes were, of course, drawn-a purse Of
$40 was made up by the audience and diyid.
ed between them. Patsey Marley and John.
ny Devine have been coquetting with each
other for some days, have arranged two
fights and drawn both, and it is doubtful If
they will finally come to time. Both are of
a better class Of br'iisers than the first named,
and would show some "science" II they
fought.
FASHIONABLE AAusEAENTs.
Our town has been somewhat dull in bu.
sin.ss point Of view Of late, but the people
have managed to amuse themselves In quiet
way nevertheless. Several cases Of Grim,
CON. have been reported and duly comment.
ed on, we have had at least one robbery in
dead fall every twenty-four hours, and about
the same number OF highway robberies.-
Last Friday night, about half past nine
o'clock, two young men met an old oyster
pedlar, known to have plenty Of cash about
him, at the corner of Clay and Battery street,
and presenting pistol at his breast demand.
ed his money or his life. He shouted muir
der at the top Of his lungs, and they snapped
the pistol at him, but not succeeding in get
ting it of, ran away just in time 70 be seen
by the police and arrested. They were both
sent up to the County Court for trial yester.
day by Judge Shepherd. On Sunday even
ing, soon after dark, young "scalper"
hGckman went into the room Of . woman at