Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-09-02
IHt San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN FRAScIsco, August 80, 1866.

Uur san FRANCISCO correspondence
SAN Francisco, August 80, 1865.
ED. GOLD HILL News - Dear SIR
The city is as quiet as well regulated grave
ward this week, and for materials for a letter,
l shall be compelled to silt closely ''the day
of small things" Among the notable incl
dents is the arrival Of
v~EsrvALI,
Who came out under a limited engagement
to Mcguire. She has left the lyric stage for
the time being, and To- aspires to dramatic
and terpsichorean honors. She is said to
make Il very healthy Cupid, and to play the
Tyre enchantingly. Fat, fair, and forty, is
Vestvali, and as she weighs a ,riae Of $50
pounds stripped, we may count upon a solid
entertainment when she comes before the
footlights. OF this matter more anon.
THE BrIsLAY FAMILY
Are performing as acrobats and gymnasts at
the circus on Jackson street, and l can hon.
estly say that I have never seen their equals.
The Carlo, Hanlon and 0rrin families are
"nowherc" beside them. Their "double
giant swing" on the bar is IN astonishing
feat, and their whole performance is OF the
very highest order in their line.
SHELLS
Is playing at the Eureka, with decided sue
cess in his line Of broad Scotch characters.
His Bailie Nicol Jarvie and Dandie Dinmot
are both capital representations, and as he
was in a class Of characters not utterly WON
out on the San Francisco stage, he may con-
fdently calculate OH a permanent popularity
and a profitable engagement.
FANNY BROWN, ETC.,
Is playing the "Black Statute" at Worrelrs
Me!odeon (Olympia), and draws crowds
nightly. Some people object to her style, as
heing too much on the Adam and Eve in the
Garden Of Eden order, for a cold damp eli
mate like San Francisco, but it strikes me
that is her business, not theirs. 1t is moth.
ing to them il she catches her "death cold"
They get what they go there to see, and pay
their money for ; let them feast their eyes
and be content. The fact is, that she docs
not play the character in the purely classic
character Of the Greek Slave, but wears a
complete garment Of burnt cork, and | am
told that the contract for dressing her for the
stage sells at a high premium nightly; the
undressing part is nothing-a mere sinecure.
Setchell still burlesques the Children Of
Israel in Leah the Forsook F" and kindred
characters at Maguire's, and Gottschalk &C.
casionally gives a Grand Matinee or Concert,
at which, owing to some delay in the prepare
tons, the grand fantasia on ten pianos does
not take place as announced on the bills, but
will next time, positively. There is really
nothing especially worthy Of notice in amuse-
ment matters this week beyond what / nave
alluded to.
LEAVING Us.
The Colfax Party don't say d-n the COL
fax Party, for they are all right, if the sub.
ject is a little hackneyed, J leave US on Satur-
day mex, for the East. They came back from
the Geysers and Sonoma on Monday night,
delighted as usual with what they had seen
and tasted, and tomorrow night they are to
receive the compliment Of a grand ball ut the
Occidental Hotel, at which the beauty, wealth,
fashion and talent Of San Francisco are ex-
pected TO be largely represented. II is to be
u magnificent affair, got up by Leland in his
inimi,able style, and throwing into the shade
everything which has ever been attempted
heretofore in that line, the Russian Ball in
cluded. The tickets have been placed ut SIS
each, but / am told that so far from this prov
ing n barrier to success, it absolutely increases
the demand for invitations, and that there is
a heavy pressure upon the Committee of Ar.
engagements from parties who desire to go,
but have not yet been asked for the plea
sure Of their company" I would be glad to
20 myself, in order to let your readers know
how Miss Gu looked in red silk, Mrs.
Be in white lace, etc., ETC., a Ia jenkins /;
but various circumstance combine to compel
me to deny myself this pleasure. Among
these circumstances may mention the fol-
loving: I am not the holder Of an invitation,
I have not got the S25, and my wardrobe is
not up TO the required standard, even If the
other difficulties were overcome. The other
reasons are Of a private character, and l shall
not trouble you with them.
GENERAL HALLEcK's WELCOME ~
With the fact Of the arrival Of General
Halleck, new commander Of the Department
Of the Pacific, you are Of course aware. He
met with no enthusiastic reception, like that
given the Colfax party, on his return to this,
his old home and there seems to be no PROS
pect Of his being bored or lionized. To be
plain, the General is not excessively popular
among our people, aud spite Of the fact that
a "prophet hath no honor in his " cOun-
try" I think that there must be some reason
for the feeling which seems to prevail
throughout the entire community in his case.
No one seems to have anything particular to
say against him, and on the other hand |
have yet TO see the man who cOnfesses to an
ardent admiration for him. The forts salut-
ed him MS the steamer brought him up the
BAY, but that WAS done BY order Of General
Mcdowell, and the military band from the
Presidio also serenaded him, By direction, l
presume, Of their officers, but no popular
demonstration took place on his arrival, a
circumstance the more noteworthy from the
fact that our people are a little given to de.
monstrations on the arrival Of distinguished
gentlemen from abroad. On Monday night
the Board Of Supervisors passed resolutions
of welcome to him, and-that is all l have to
say on that subject.
PASSING AWAY.
Death has been unusually busy among the
editorial fraternity, and all the old knights Of
the pen seem TO be passing from US. Within
three years u frightfully large number Of the
members Of the press have left us to return
no more. Gerbarding, Bartlett, Father lay
lor, Judge Sackett. Judge Smith, Deaf Smith,
Mr.. Nisbet, are gone, and only Yesterday the
telegraph brought US the announcement Of
the the death, by consumption, Of DR.. Frank
Tuthill, Of the Bulletin, who left here a year
since to endeavor to recuperate, by travelling,
the energies overtaxed and health broken
down by too long labor in that accursedest Of
all treadmills; the daily newspaper Office.
Kind hearted, generous old Dick Robinson,
than whom II more whimsical and testy, but
withal noble and honest souled fellow never
lived is dying also from consumption. For
years I have seen him at his post in the
Police Court rs regular as a clock, keeping
the daily docket, and furnishing the various
reporters with items Of interest for their col.
umns, until last Monday week, when l miss
ed him. Poor fellow, he had been failing
steadily for some months, bleeding at the
lungs set in, and that day he was unable to
come down. He has not been there since,
and I am told that he has given up hope OF