Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-30

Bowery with her high tragedy. she was then
in the hey day Of her charms and was report
ed to be thirty-two years Of age. Well, years
have passed away, the boys Of those days
have become the fathers and grandfathers Of
our day, and Of the tens Of thousands who
saw, heard and admired her then, few are
left among us. It was so long since the
world had heard her married name that It
had become forgotten, when tho playbills
announced to the grand children who saw
her years ago, her temperance under her
maiden name. 1t seems that when the i'm
mortal Fourteenth Infantry came out here
from New York, Mrs. Thomas Mcguire was
among the passengers on the steamer. On
the voyage out she saw among the laundresses
attached to the regiment this ancient actress,
and recognized her. The result Of the rccog-
milton was the return Of the old "Mrs. Will
kinson," now once more "Miss Charlotte
Crampton," on the stage. / went last even
ing to Maguire's Opera House and heard her
cracked voice, like an echo from the bygonc
ages, as she personated Shylock after the
ideas OF the character prevailing thirty years
ago. It seemed to me that there was some
thing weired and unnatural in the light which
played Upon the stage, and q certain musty
charnel-house smell about the atmosphere Of
the place. I don't mean to say that the old
lady is really dead and that it is her unquict
ghost which is now walking before the foot
lights, but blame me il there is not something
out ~ofjoint and "uncany" about the matter.
l say
'''' LET the dead past bury It's dcad."
This raking out the ashes Of by.gonc ages
may do for ghouls and unclean spirits, but l
protest it is not after my taste ut all. More
to my liking any day is
NEW ENTERPRISE.
The Cal. Steam Navigation Co. has pur-
chased and fitted up the new steam propeller
Ajax, which recently arrived from New York,
and on the 9th OF January will dispatch her
for Honolulu, as the pioneer steamer Of their
new line between San Francisco and that
point. The Ajax is a splendid vessel, and II
there is business to support her, this will be
a great addition to the facilities for travel
between the two points. The average time
by sail vessel, from port to port, is at least
twenty days, and by the Ajax it will be but
eight days, or whereabouts. The fare will be
SIS in the cabin, and $40 in the steerage /;
and the accommodations will be equal to
those Of the best ocean steamers.
YOUR HEAD IS V
The small potatoc Bohemians Of San
Francisco, who make II practice OF putting
each other daily, and Ge out a miserable
existence BY scribbling for the cheap prints
holding the same position in regard to the
legitimate press gang that the guerrilla and
iayhawkcr hold to the regular soldier-are
making n great hullabaloo over your criticism
Of their collectioniof nursery rhymes entitled
"Outcroppings." The fact is, that shot took
them square between wind and water. 1t is
"purp stuff" and it would be q very ordinary
and no-account purp that could live on such
fodder. II the outcroppings are any indica-
ton OF the value Of the main lead, the quicker
that mining company quits work and disin-
corporated the better for the stockholders.
FAREWELL APPEARANCE.
Signorina Elvira Brambilla announces her
farewell appearance in California. She will
give a short Opera season, and then leave us
for good. I think her visit to this coast has
not greatly enriched her, although her merit
is everywhere acknowledged.
HOLIDAY PANToMIMEs.
The Buislay Family and a strong corps Of
ballet dancers and tableaux artists, are giving
a very successful series Of Holiday enter
tainments, at the Metropolitan Thcater. /
think their performances equal to anything
I have ever seen on the stage, and do not
wonder ut their being so well patroniscd.
Thank Heaven. with all our over culture and
the undue, premature development OF our
youth, children are still children, and can
still be amused by the harlequin and gymnast.
They may not enjoy the spectacle so thor
oughly and enter into the spirit OF the scene
SO deeply as we used to do when we went to
see "The Miller and his Men," Beauty and
the Beast" 4" Fortunio and the Dragon" etc,
but still they enjoy it, and are made happier
by it. May the time never come when it will
be otherwise. 1t makes me feel that | still
belong 10 the human species, and that the
sympathies, the feelings and the tastes which
prevailed in ny time have not yet become
wholly obsolete and forgotten.
TIE HOLIDAYS
Are being enjoyed with hearty zes<, by young
and old, and, despite all the cry Of "hard
times" I think that the amount Of money
being spent BY the community generally is
fully Ms great as during any previous year.
The number Of Christmas Gifts distributed
among the Sabbath School children and the
orphans was never greater, and the testimo-
malls to public and private individuals were
never more numerous. The weather just
now is delicious, and that has nc little effect
in making people feel rich-a man with n
stream Of rain water pouring down his back,
a pair wet feet, the rheumatism in both
knees, and the tooth ache, couldn't feel lib
eral, even il he had a million dollars in seven
thirties in his pockets. As for myself, | am
still alive; my house, on Telegraph Hill, II
putty did enter largely into its composition,
still sheds the fog tOlerably we'll, and has not
yet yielded to the pressure Of time and cir
cumstances and gone up in one Of the balmy
zcphyrs which occasionally blow in through
the Golden Gate. II | am not richer than
last year, I am at least no poorer, and that is
more than any stock broker can say: /
thank Heaven that 1 get my regular two
square meals n day, and can afford to buy
Mrs. Amigo a new dress every three years,
as usual. "Trusting that this may find you
enjoying the same blessings" allow me, for
the third time, to wish you and the readers Of
the NEWS, IL " HAPPY NEW YEAR"
AdIos, AMIGO.