Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-10
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SAX Francisco, Feb. g, 1866.
EDS. Com HILL News Gentlemen -
II we have had dull week in business
point Of view. we have had abundance Of
local excitement of various kinds. First
comes the
ouARTBRGAsTER OF THE EIGHTH.
The appointment of Felix O'Byrne, as
Quartermaster Of the Eighth Regiment,
California Volunteers, by Governor Low,
is another evidence of the carelessness
which even the best business men are
wont to exhibit in the matter of signing
petitions for all sorts of purposes, when
ever one is showed before them. am
told that some of the leading merchants OF
San Francisco, men who would not trust
a man of doubtful character to carry
crossed Spanish pistareen to the next door
to get change, actually put their names to
this fellows petition without question.
Felix, despite his nickname of " Teddy
O'B-k," is philosopher and genius
that is if cheek is an evidence of brilliant
intellectual development. 1t is now about
fifteen months since, Capt. Sayward, OF
this city, ferried the gallant Felix, in the
dark hours Of the night, across the waters
which separate the British American pos
sessions from the United States, and the
Victoria papers announced that Of.
OBJ" had nEH' .rrEIs-
fHh'" Folded his tent like the Arab, 'a..'...
And as silently" etc. etc.
He is not a citizen of the United States,
and year since declared positively that
he never would be one, and his history of
his adventures in Victoria, in Grass VAL
ley and different parts of the interior of
this State, as well as in San Francisco, is
now an old story to everybody, and yet
he gets an appointment of honor and trust.
Whether General Mason will complete the
act and muster Felix into the service or
otherwise, remains to be seen. Verify
this IS a queer world, and no mistake.
GRAND REVIEW.
Many of our citizens took advantage of
the beautiful weather last Saturday to
witness the review Of 1850 men of the
Second and Seventh Regiments, Cali
fornia Volunteers, by General Mcdowell
and staff, at the Preside, and were repaid
for their trouble. The review was fol-
lowed by long examination Of the quar-
tiers, hospitals and kitchens, and the full
refutation Of the slanderous mischief-mak-
ing statements of short and improper "a
tons being served out to the men at this
post, gotten up by small but villainous
clique of disappointed politicians for the
purpose Of preventing enlistments and
annoying General Mcdowell.
THE BIGGEST THING OF THE SEASON.
did not positively know that the old
cow would really eat up the grinastone-
neither was I aware how great sell the
"Sickles Reception" over the prepa-
rations for which the great-httle poll
ticians and mutual admirationiss of San
Francisco have been going nearly frantic
for three weeks past, was to turn out
but you will bear me witness that I pre-
dicted its squizzling out at the little end
of the horn, nevertheless, two weeks ago.
1 need not tell you how the news Of the
Constitution being telegraphed ran
through the town like "greased light
ming" and the possessors Of axes which
wanted grinding rushed pell nell to Fol
som street wharf, each nearly breaking
his neck to get there FIRST and play the
toady or make nuisance of himself; how
the Joe Lane and the Shubrick fred sa-
lutes as the Constitution came up the bay;
how the people fought around the barriers
and almost overwhelmed the soldiers on
guard, in their eagerness to get at the hero
of many bloody field and make him
wish he was under rebel fire once more, if
not absolutely dead and buried; how the
four-horse team was gotten out, and the
grand dinner spread at the Occidental I;
how the Committee swore and stamped
their feet with rage and skedaddled in
stanter when it was announced that the
gallant Dan wasn't on board, and never
started for here at all (she telegraph didn't
even say he was coming here, now that
we come to look at 1.-THE people Of this
coast jumped at that conclusion); and
how the crowd outside the gates whooped,
yelled, hooted, and dispersed in disgust,
when they too heard the news-for be-
hold, is 1t not all printed in the local col
umns of the city papers which you have
received ere this! But will tell you one
thing which seems to have escaped the
sharp eyes of the local editors of San
Francisco, viz: General Mcdowell was
not at the wharf to greet his gallant COM
panion in arms; and while the U. S.
revenue vessels, which are under the con-
troll of the Collector of the port of San
Francisco, belched forth a sulphurous
welcome to the hero supposed to be on
board the Constitution, not a gun was
fred from Alcatraz, Fort Point, Angel
Island or Black Point, nor did the U. S.
war steamer Wateree beat to quarters,
man her batteries, hoist her colors and let
heave her thunders. Query: Did Cen
eral Mcdowell know that Sickles wasn't
coming, and the whole thing was blk
Child Of my hearts sffections-me thinks
smell rat ] hav'nt seen man this
week who went down to the city front to
meet Sickles. The race seems to have be-
come suddenly extinct. What the -
has become of thems That's what want
to know. .t s.. .r
AN OLD AND A NEW PACE.
Among the passengers by the Constitu-
ton were Fred McCrellish, long known to
the newspaper world of the Pacific in con-
nection with the proprietorship of the
Aka, and Thomas P. Kittell, for twenty
five years leading commercial editor in
New York, and widely known from his
connection with Hunts Merchants Maga-
zine, and. similar standard statistical
works. The first returns after a six
months visit to the Atlantic States, on
business connected with the Overland and
Russian and Liberia Telegraph enterprises,
and the last comes out for the first time to
assume the commercial editorship of the
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