Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-30
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4 Ny last letter contained an account Of adinner.
thought 70 have been given TO coliax, Bross
Co. by the heads Of the six great Chinese CON-
panies OF this city The truth 10 relation 20 tbs,
dinner is Just coming TO the surface. IL was got
ten % by AmeHcans inIthds city and paid ior by
the-n y cfhe Chinese ~ere vriy hired TO sppeat
on that occasion, and give ecl0t to the scene
s-.o.dsss "a sscns paid tor tasir whsstle once
st any rate
MO- GRAND slIL
Leading citizens Of the city go. up grand
ball SThufsdsy evening, Tor Cstax And pity. At
the Occidental Hotel
One hundred men subscribed s. 600. the price
paid for the ball and supper. Only 400 invite
ionspGe sent ont. aud the invited we're the
very creme de la creme Of San Francisco society
Some very beautiful and gorgeously dressed
women were in attendance, and one wore $780,,
600 worth Of diamonds upon her person. She
created a decided sensation as she sailed ma
estically into the ball room. How these San
rFrsDcisce women do drsssl n Those who. move
IN The upper circles of society are generally very
rich. and the costly manner in which they array
themselves az balls. parties and the opera is ao
seiutely stunning. One lady n the ball on
Thursday evening had 90 dress that cost the
ing founder Of THIS city sported lace, satins, &c i,
to tho tune of s. 900. At the supper table there
we're toasts aud speeches spoken amid the pop
ping Of champagne bottles and the climbing of
glasses Coliax, Bross. Richardson and Bowles
all made speeches.
Saturday morning. % inst., the Colfsx party
left us on the steamship Golden City for Pam
anna, thence they will embark for New FORK
am sure that am not sorry, for We have heard
of nothing else but Colfsx and Co. out here for
several weeks. They are doubtless all pleasant
and worthy gentle men; but the amount of toady-
lem that has been lavished upon them has sick
ened and disgusied the public.
80 80 CASE NIscEeENATIos.
The delightful doctrine OF miscegenation has
ardent xotaries in this city. 1 have recently
come in possession OF the facts in case that
NAV interest your readers. Several years ago a
young man. about uenty five years old. in this
cisy, married ancient maiden from Msssachu-
sets, on whose head the foot prints of forty
winters were left The course of true love ran
never so smoothly, until 10 the natural course OF
things the woman, who shall be called Mrs.
Somebody, was blessed with baby. Its com
plexl0B was so extremely dark that the loving
husband became alarmed, aud wanted to know
the reason of the darkness of his child. The
wife replied that the babe had the "jaundeIs,
and propos ed to send il to friend Of hers down
az Halt Moon bay til it should recover. The
husband assented, and away went the baby
Time passed on, and the baby did not return
To the repeated inquiries of the husband rs TO
the whereabouts of the babe. the mother replied
that the people where she had the little dear
had become so attached 10 il that they were
unwilling 10 give il up just then. 4 his
seemed to satisfy the husband, and he gene
rou,ly agreed to LEI his baby stay at Hall
Moon bay for ~ time Instead of being at Hall
Moon bay all this time, the baby Was really il
this city; ana instesd of The baby having the
'.jaunders." there negro blood coursing n
lts veins TO make il dark. Mrs. Somebody had
taken to her embraces a negro hackman of this
city, aud he became the father of her baby. She
had deceived her husband oil the time The
way the cheat was discovered was this: The
nurse in whose keeping the baby was placed
died recently, and another one was employed
who was unacquainted with its parentage One
day Mrs S. went 20 nurse her child, and
her husband, whose suspicious had become previ
ously aroused, followed her She reached the
house and entered. The husband remained or
guard outside. After an hour had passed, be
went in ALEC. Looking into room, he saw hi.
wife lying on sofa, with black baby on her
breast la nursing the child she had fallen
asleep Alr asked the lady OF the house
whose baby that She replied that il was
Mrs S p, naming biz wife. The terrible truth
flashed upon him. he rushed into the chamber
aroused his sleeping wife. and demanded tho
name of the black scoundrel whose babe she was
nursing La her bewilderment che confessed the
whole story A separation has taken place, and
divorce will follow. These parties are well
known in this city, the woman being bowling
- loyalist OF considerable local notorieiy
The facts as have stated them are true to the
letter.
GAMBLING IN FRANCISCO.
This accursed vice is carried on to a fearful
extent in this city and is producing its Legitimate
results. Recently young man named Thomas
@. Loehr clerk 10 the state prison at San
Quentin, got enmeshed in the tolls of the gam
blers of San Francisco. San Quentin being only
twenty miles from this city, and o stea mboat
plying between the two places, Loebr was en-
adj ed TO come down here frequently. He was
CAV and fast, and made frequent visits to the
"uger's" lair He became so infatuated With the
fascinating sport that be Lost all the money be
had. To "get ever" as be called il. he appro-
pristed money which was placed In his keeping
by parties at the prison, aud gsmbled that of
vainy hoping to via back his other Losses. he
finally became so deeply involved that his vii
lsiny was discovered. He fed from San Qaen-
tin. and lett behiBd him letter expressing great
penltepce for his misdeeds, and avowing his in
rention TO commit suicide Ii was discovered,
however, thns he did not kill himself. bat that
be was hid in this city. The detectives got on
his track, aud speedily found him. he is now in
i.a. awaiting trial: Only fe~ weeks before
this case came 10 light similar one occurred.
The culprit, however, was let of, aud he left
the country Every time the grand jury OF this
CITY meets, indictments are found against
some of the gamblers; they are fned $500,
aud are set free. In a stones throw OF
our City Hall four gambling bells are in full blast
every night, surrounded or absorbed and eager
players. OF course the greatest secrecy has 10
be observed BY the gamblers, and al sorts of
doors, and pass ges, and windng-rays have to
be gone through before one can enter the