Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-02
ST, DAY.

ST' Dali
Tomorrow, St. Andrews Day, is to be
observed with unusual eelat by the Cany
Scots resident in San Francisco. Their
grand ball and dinner, g Platt's Hall. is
expected to be one of the finest affairs Of
the kind ever attempted on this coast. I
have not the honor of being a country
man Of the gushing youth. who on being
asked his age replied, "Weel, I dinna ken
exectly, but I hae gist had tae seven year
itch tae thaird tim" nevertheless, ! have
a huge respect for the people of the "land
o cakes" This respect is founded on at
least as good a basis as Maximilian's
claim to the throne'o Mexico. My wife
had o great-uncle, whose name was Jones;
he was an Englishman, from Carnarven-
shire, Wales-and Paul Jones, the great
naval hero Of the American Revolution,
wal a Scotchman. These facts, I repeat,
make me think kindly of the Scotch, and
feel as If was in q measure related to
them. Perhaps you don't see the connec-
ton; well l don't see it myself, very
clearly, but it seemed all clear enough to
me on the occasion of my great after-din-
ner speech at the St. Andrews Banquet
last year, and know that it must have
seemed equally clear to the S%cotchmen
present, for they cheercd me vociferously.
and one Of them told pe that after that !
ought by all means to take a little hot
whisky-which I did to the memory Of
Paul Jones, the hero aforesaid, and my
wife's great-uncle. Such being my senti-
ments on the Scotch question, allow me
to say that I shall spar for a dead-head
ticket to the grand banquet tomorrow,
and i'll get it, will attend out of respect,
as I said before, to the memory Of George
Washington, the Father Of his country
men, and the genius of American Liberty,
as represented in the person Of my wife's
greatest Of uncles." ...a.y .s.r.~,.
,ru o. .,s.s.s A FIzzIR. .r
The b~ruising match between Chandler
and Farley, last week, was u grand hum
bug. The town got rid of the pressure of
at least 500 thieves, and three or four
hundred idlers, whose presence could well
be spared, for ten or twelve hours (bet-
ter forever, and that was about all. Far
ley was no match whatever for Chandler,
and was simply knocked down like a bull
lock, at nearly every round. A few
pockets were picked, and the party came
back to resume business on the barbary
coast.
.'.gg. CHINESE CASE.
One of the most singular cases which
our police have ever gotten hold of has
come to light within a few days past. The
office Of the County Treasurer Of Sonoma
county, was broken open one night, early
in the present month, and q safe contain
ing $1,000 in coin, carried off into the
woods, broke open and robbed by six
Cinnamon, who divided the spoils and
then returned for a larger safe which con-
tanned $4,000, but were surprised in the
attempt to remove it and ran off. Two of
the number were arrested, and the other
four escaped. The four who got of, CANT
here. and one Of them returned to his home
on Fourth street, where he lived with his
wife. Some $1,000 Of the money wa
in his possession. A few days after,
two Cinnamon and an American went to
his place. pretended to arrest him, tied him
hand and foot, took all the money and car
ried him ofin broad day light, since which
he has disappeared and it is supposed that
they have murdered him. They after
wards returned and carried off the woman,
having first thrown q handkerchief satura-
ted with chloroform over her head causing
her to become insensible. She was, ac-
cording to her testimony, taken to a house
on Sacramento street, where her person
was repeatedly violated by a gang Of eight
or ten Cinnamon, and her jewelry was
taken away from her by violence. The
police had meantime got on the track, and
finding that they must get rid of her, her
captors took her to another den where
they kept her in confinement until they
sold her to the keeper Of a house Of i'll
fame for 1910 cash. To-day the two
Chinese robbers have been locked up by
Chief Burke and detective Rose, and the
police are now in search of the other par
ties engaged in the outrages mentioned.
You see that civilization is spreading
among these benighted savages from
Asia. They got an idea from the murder
Of Hill by Byrnes, out in the San Souci
Valley, and as they see that Byrnes is likely
to have his sentence of death committed to
imprisonment for life, and will doubtless
be ultimately pardoned by the Governor,
they justly argue that grand larceny, rob-
berry, murder, etc. ETC., are not such very
serious affairs to the perpetrators after all,
as they have been heretofore taught to be-
lieve. The uncertainty of punishment in
cases of crime is doing much to encourage
violence and outrage Of every description.
ANOTHER STRANGE CASE.
As I go to close, Captain Hall, Of the
bark Glimpse, and his mate, are being ex-
amined before the U. S. Commissioners on
the charge Of an attempt to murder the
owner of the vessel, on the high seas. 1t
is alleged that some ten days since, while
the vessel was returning from Australia,
with the proceeds Of the sale of her cargo,
belonging to the owner, some $4,000 or
100000 in all, the captain and mate sent
the crew all forward, and then knocked
down tho owner and tried to throw him
overheard. He was not entirely stunned
by the blow, and catching by the sides as
he went over, he. held on until the steward
and some Of the men came aft, when they
desisted in the attempt, and stated that he
had gone crazy, and attempted to commit
suicide. 1t is supposed that their object
was to obtain possession Of the money
which he had, and wreck the vessel. The
harbor police arrested them on board the
vessel this morning. It is time for the
mail to close, and I must Finish my letter
without waiting for the decision Of the