Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-01-21

numerable. Then raised, aiser I"eA'o
months of trial, at an immense expense
new difficulties arose, and the city was
obliged to come in and guarantee the pay
ment of 100000 in gold as damages oy
the water, and consequent ueiay oe.oe
the work of putting together commenGeu'
and even then, all the claims Oh the on.
derwriters and contractors, Government
and individuals, were not fully settieG'
When she was launched, most valuable
citizen lost his life, and now tnat sne IS
completed and ready to be turi-eG over 10
the Government, nobody Is READY 10 re.
ceive her. and we are as much III Goupt
about her future as ever. none VI lHe
Government officers, from Richard Chen-
cry down, have been directed to receive
her from the contractors, and even the DIS
patches to Washington calling Tor author
ity to take the requisite ammunition On
hoard for ballasting the vessel INTO ngnt-
ing trim, and testing the fifteen guns, re-
main as yet Unanswered. A Chief En-
gineer has been appointed, but no cap
tain, sub-officers or crew, and as there is
no other way Of disposing OF the elephant
she will be hauled out into the bay TINS
afternoon, in charge of guard furnished
by the Provost Marshal, and to-morro"
will be taken up to Mare Island under
steam, and delivered to the Commandant
if he will accept her; otherwise she VII!
be tied up to the Government wharf, anu
left there subject to Uncle Sans orders;
She is the model vessel of her class, and
Peru has been endeavoring to purchase
her. having sent 81, 100000 here for the
purpose, under the impression that she
would be sold by the Underwriters. II
Peru had secured her, parties here would
have taken her to the Chincas and cleaned
out the Spanish fleet in short order. l
would not like to have her go out OF our
country's hands, but would be very glad
to see her loaned to the Peruvians long
enough to accomplish that job. We are
having altogether too much of foreign in
reference in American affairs.
ANOTHER HORROR.
Last night carpenter named Sumner,
a peaceable Woodworking and worthy me-
chanic, who had become insane by at
tendance at the "revfval meeting" of the
Howard Street Methodist Church, walked
out with his daughter, young married
lady, with devilish cunning enticed her
to the edge of the high precipice on the
bay shore, at South Beach, and then
bursting into sudden frenzy, seized her
and hurled her as he supposed to certain
destruction over the rock. She fell some
sixty feet, and strange to tell, escaped
with her life, and without serious in
juries, although terribly bruised and
frightened nearly to death. Sumner was
taken to the calaboose raving maniac,
shouting hosannas to God, clapping his
hands and dancing and singing, as if
afflicted with "the power" at q camp
meeting. and will be sent up to Stockton
on this evenings boat.
WILL THEY FIGHT:
1t is reported that Bennett, formerly
connected with paper in your State, and
John Il. Ridge. now of Grass Valley, are
to fight a duel, and this Bennett has
secured as second, person from this
city who travels on his reputation for
courage, gained BY assassinating man
up the country, Ridge is dead shot,
and venture to predict that this fact,
which is known, will have some weight in
deciding the question of fight. don't
admire Ridges politics, but do not doubt
his pluck, and if he did fight, would make
an open bet on his getting his man. OF
Bennett. you know more than do, and
can better Judge of his lighting abilities.
Dueling is cowardly, barbarian amuse-
ment at best, and whoever falls will find
no sympathy in this community. ,
lNcENDIARIsM.
We are afflicted at present with gang
of incendiaries, who nearly every day fire
one or more buildings in some part of the
city, for the purpose Of plumber, probably.
Thus far their efforts have amounted to
little more than causing series of alarms
and turning out the Fire Department at
all hours of the day and night. No ex-
tensive confagrations having been in
augurated, and no plumber worth men,
tioning having been secured. Not one OF
the scoundrels has yet been caught, and
their operations are thus far unchecked.
It appears probable that part at least Of
this gang is from Sacramento, but where
the Others came from is uncertain. Large
rewards have been offered for their arrest,
but SO far without avail.
TELEeRAPHIc.
The new Fire Alarm Telegraph is in
process of erection, and the new system
will soon be in operation. Street, the
famous telegraph builder, came home on
the Sacramento, from New York, on SUM-
day, and will leave again on the steamer
next week, for New York, having nearly
perfected his arrangements for the build
ing of a second Overland Telegraph, with
a double line, from the Missouri river and
Chicago, to this place. The line will be
built this season, certain, and henceforth
we shall probably have regular dispatches
by one line or the other, every day and
at rates within the reach of the multitude
sHANGHAEING. r .
Several occurrences of late have salts
fed the public that the business Of
Strengthening" men, and even small boys,
for the whalers and other ships frequent
ing our ports, is still being carried on
with full yigor in our midst, although
popularity supposed to have been entirely
suppressed. A few days since a boy on
board of the ship Vineyard was able to
get a note struggled ashore, and his
parents thus informed Of his whereabouts
at once procured his release by ha6sas cor
pus. He states that three or four other
boys, who were enticed on board like
himself, by false pretenses, were crying
and anxious to escape, but as he did not
know their names no hdoeaS corpus was
taken out for them, and next DAY the ves-
sci put to sea with them on ooard: Last
Sunday the crew Of the whale-ship Ed
,,ord H. s,d;nu that thew had been