Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-09-30

in other words, that he never intended to
do it at all, and the weather was only a
good excuse for getting out of it, but the
mass Of the community had sense enough
to know better. The weather cleared up
before night, and if the attempt had been
made at 6 P. NJ, it would have succeeded
beyond a doubt. AS it was, Cooke was
so annoyed at the failure that he post
poned his sailing for Australia for two
days in order to renew the attempt to-
day, paying demurrage on the vessel mean
time.
The attempt to-day was a complete sue
cess in every respect, and put the noses Of
the smarties who "knew all the time he
couldn't do it, and didn't near to try"
completely out of joint. He walked out
to within 100 feet of the rock, when q
guy breaking let him down, and he lost
his balancing pole, but on his return he
did it "like a major," and was received
with tremendous applause as he reached
terra frma. The most singular part OF
this performance Is that he never stepped
upon a rope until within W weeks, and
as he cannot SWIM at all, a fall would have
cost him his life.
BIG THING FOR THE POLICE.
Some time since, when incendiary fires
were the order of the day, the Insurance
Companies became alarmed, and offered
$1,000 for the arrest and conviction oil
one of the gang of house-burners which
infested the city. The city added $3.50,
making the total sum $3.50. The first
incendiary convicted was Augustus Sum-
merville, q miserable wretch who set a
stable on fire in revenge for being dis
charged by a night-work contractor. He
filed the bill. nevertheless, and as he was
sent to San Quentin on Saturday last for
four years, the officers who made the ar
rest, Marsh, Coffey and Pratt, pocket the
spondulix. Lucky boys.
THE doTTscHALK-LE GAY RAID.
His Imperial Majesty, Norton l., d. e.,
having been seriously scandalized by the
row raised over the Gottschalk-LeGa
raid into Alameda county, and the com
ments Of the press thereon, that he has
arrived at the conclusion that it is abou,
time this thing was stopped. 1t is, there
fore, his royal will that you publish in
your widely circulated and valuable
journal" the following
PRocLANArIoN-orF WITH THEIR HEADS.
WHEREAS, Reliable information has
reached us that a personal political en-
counter has taken place between one
Gotschalk, a pianaist, and LeGay, a Union
hombre, on the other, PoiaSker; Whereas,
We are determined and sternly resolved to
put down all dissension between the
northern and southern portions of our
Empire: Therefore, We, Norton, Emperor
U. S., do hereby order the Commander
in-Chlef Of our armies to behead the two
belligerents and send their scalps to US as
a trophy. NORTON.
Given at our Imperial Palace of Goat
Island, 10th Sept, '65.
MRS. seldom BROWN.
The debut of the new candidate for pub
lie favor, Mrs. Seldom Brown, in the
character of Arrah Mulish, or Arrah.Na
Pogue, at the Metropolitan. Though q
success, cannot be called a triumph. She
is petite and pleasing in figure, decidedly
good looking, a fair blonde in complexion,
and makes up admirably for the stage.
Her voice is not very clear or agreeable,
and her acting not strikingly effective,
but as n Soubrette I have seldom seen her
equal. She dances with grace and spirit,
and even descends to the vulgar gags SO
common on the stage nowadays. She
figures TO admirable advantage in scenes
partaking of the character OF tableaux,
and taken all in all, is an acquisition to
the stage. Wheatleigh has also added
Pauncfort to his already admirable com
pany, and for the first time since Leighton
died, we have two good theatrical troupes
performing at once in San Francisco.
WENT FURTHER TO FARE WORSE.
AS was generally anticipated by their
friends here, the departure of Frank Mayo
and Mrs. Perry from our shores to seek q
better position in their profession among
strangers, proved a bad move. At last
accounts both were in New York unem-
ployed and getting discouraged. Mrs.
Perry could have had an engagement, but
she insisted on Mayo's being engaged
also, and not succeeding in carrying her
point, was left out of the bill also. Frank
says he gets two square drinks for %
cents postal currency, and finds New
York barely endurablc, but thinks it rather
dull work p~romenading Broadway from
morning to night without meeting a soul
he ever saw before. Such is the fate of
youthful ambition, my boy. Thanks be
to the Giver of all good, ! have none of it.
Adios. AMIGO.