Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-17
fnr San Francisco Correspondence.

En- Coin HILL News - Dear SIR
San Francisco still lives, but she moves slow
nowadays, and no mistake. The best thing
We have had to laugh over during the past
week was the
GREAT LAoUSA HONDA DUEL.
Now it come to pass on a certain day that
| a tailor and barber, the first Of German and
the latter Of French extraction, quarreled in
the store occupied in part BY each, on the
west aide Of Montgomery street, not mile
and half frsm the Montgomery Baths, near
Merchant street. One said unto the other in
| the presence Of outsiders, Thou liest! |"
Whereupon the other sat down and indicted
an epistie to the other, demanding "the sat
isfaetion due to n gentleman" which, in the
language of dilapidated posteriored chivs.,
meaueth "blood" or an apology. Then came
certain outsiders, newspaper scribblers,
liquor sellers and drinkers and other
graceless scamps Of that ilk, who delight in
what they term practical jokes, even were
they written upon the tombstones Of their
maternal progenitors, and these same did,
by their lies and impertinent interference,
aggrayate the quarrel until the challenge was
accepted and seconds were engaged BY both
parties. Then these ungodly outsiders did
hold converse together, and said one unto
another, at is not good that one or both OF
these men be killed, lest peradSenture the
law taketh hold upon US and we be made to
stretch hemp. Let US therefore take one OF
them into our confidence, and he shall aid US
to run a saw upon the other. And they saw
that this advice was good, according to their
kind, and strai9htway proceeded to act upon
it. The barber was selected as being the
bigger coward Of the two, and they did en-
tighten him as to their plans. Then they
instructed the second Of the tailor to require
his friend-who howbeit he is reckoned but
the ninth part Of man-possesseth no small
share OF pluck, despite his near-sightedneSs,
to go daily into the shooting gallery and
there practice at the target at an expense Of
three Shekels of silver every time. And they
took the young man who tendeth the gallery
aside privately and put something in his
hand which caused his eyes to become opened
about the space Of four cubits. more or less,
and he did lend himself unto them.for con-
sideratinn. Now the tailor wears spectacles
and could not see to hit the oroadside OF a
barn, so to speak, but the young man tied a
string to the bell ofthe target, and each time
the tailor fred he pulled the string aud so
and rung the bell every time. At this the
tailor became greatly exalted in his own
esteem, and came to consider himself death
on all creeping things. And when the Sab
bath day arrived, about 6fty Of the ungOdly
men rode out to the Laguna Honda and
staked of the ground for deadly encounter.
The tailor thereat relented little and de-
clared that his honor would, in his opinion,
be sufficiently indicated by a simple shot,
even IL he did not kill his man, but the barber
seemingly waxed wroth, and demanded at
least ttco pops at the Knight Of the Shears.
Then they compelled the tailor to take his
position and shoot twice at his antagonist,
and at the second shot the barber fell, and as
il struck BY lightning, and cried out with
faint voice that he was done for. Then man
with q white hat who ACKNOWLEDGMENT
that his name was Rnwell, and that he was
man skilled in the saving OF bones, ran up
TO the barber, and showed q chicken, whose
head had just been pulled of, into his bosom,
bloodying his linen over much, and declared
him shot through the gizzard and wounded
unto death. Then was the tailor arrested for
murder, by men who called themselves Off
GERS, and the hair OF his head did rise in hor.
TOR, like unto 1.-THE squills upon the dreadful
porkentiue." Then they carried the body OF
him who was said to be dying, into house,
and after a time sent . message unto the
tailor that the morlbund would depart in
peace il he could shake him once more BY
the hand, a. Of old, and bid him farewell.
Then the tailor with tears in his eyes went
in unto the room and found the late friend Of
his bosom ueltering in gore, and took him
by the hand in silence. Then said the barber
unto the tailor, "verily, am persuaded that
thou art death shot, and could not help
hitting me, but that thou didst not intend to
wound me unto death, though thou hast
gone and done it. Let US therefore drink to-
vether as Of old and part fast friends" The
tailor drank with him As he was requested,
and, then asked the barber to drink with nam,
which he did, and after that, they did drink
together. Aud about this time four mounted
policemen, who had been sent by the Chief
Of the Police, to stop the fight, which it was
said was to come of, arrived upon the ground,
and the outsiders who had done this thing
took unto themselves legs and fed to the
uttermost parts Of the earth, even unto the
Mission Dolores. And when the policemen
came in unto the chamber Of the murderer
and the murdered, behold they both lay dead.
drunk in each others arms upon the floor.
And this is what the b'hoys Of Sau Francisco
call good joke" Be it known unto all
men that the tailor don't see it, and avoweth
his intention to make mince meat OF the re-
Wiling scribblers Of the Aka and Cal, who
have made his name by-word and re-
proach in the land.
MEXICAN MATTERS
Are in statu quo. The so-called Colon con-
spirators have been held for trial at the
County Court, and the absurd farce of taking
down the testimony Of the prosecuting wit
nesses TO be used against them, has been
gone through in the Police Court. say
"absurd farce" because there Is no shadow
Of law for any such proceeding, and as 1t is
well known that the aforesaid witnesses are
anxious to get away from here, to avoid un-
pleasant results which are sure to follow the
liberation Of the prisoners, it is evident that
the "power behind the throne is simply
bent on getting them out OF the country as
soon as possible, and that the show Of zeal to
secure a conviction is but show, and not a
reality. The testimony cannot be used
against them any way in the County Court,
il an Indictment is ever found. We have
plenty Of talk about starting an expedition
for exploring and developing Arizona,
under Z. S. Marshal Dufheld, and 1t is not
improbable that two or three hundred young
men may get of this week for San Diego,
but beyond that they will hardly get, and we
must look for the overthrow Of Macmillan
through other means than petty expeditions.
like this. The French Consul has done his
work we'll through the aid Of the police ofthis
city, and 1t is no longer possible for the
friends Of Mexico-the more shame to US that
it should be so Ito effect anything practical
in the way Of an armed emigration from
the Pacific States Money, my boy, will do
almost anything, and he knows it, and acts
on that maxim. General ochoa is at work
on another and more feasible plan than
Vegas. or this, more hereafter.
The Eureka Theater, which has been shut
up for some months, has been re-opened by
Charles wheatlsigh, with small but excel
lent troupe, and is running altogether in the
genteel comedy line. The company consists
of Wheatleigh-who is host in himself
Fred. Franks, Mrs. Fanny Morgan Phelps
q very pretty woman and fair actress-Mrs.
Judah-one Of the best Commedie,tses ever
seen on this or any other stage - Miss
Frances R. GAss, Mr.. Meyers-Whoae nose
IL q marked feature Of the company-Hill-
who is capital singer, and BY no means in
different actor-and some others; making
an told, good company. Hitherto the audi
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