Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-04-29
Our San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN FRANoIsco, April 26, 1865.

Since my last was penned, what terrible news
have we been called upon to hear; what ter
rible scenes Of excitement and sorrow and
humiliation to pass through. The murder Of
the Nations President, the chosen Of Free
dom, the champion Of humanity and the
rights Of man, will never become ian (
story" 1t will be as fresh to the children 10
Eve hundred years hence, almost, as it tc
US to-day. But all which could be So fd on
the subject at this day has already bee said
or will be said before this reaches yf)d, so
shall content myself for the present land pass
to other subjects, only expressing he sincere
hope that vengeance, swirl, certaii and terri
BILE, may overtake the assassin. Gain muir
dered his brother only; Booth plunged the
knife into the heart Of his country and muir
dered father, brother, son, friend, aand loving
benefac.or, all in one. What was the crime
Of Cain compared to his'
DESTRUCTION OF OBNOXIOUS PAPERS.
You know, ere this, how the people Of San
Francisco, maddened BY the TERRIBLE outrage,
and further melted to violence BY the counsels
Of designing men, attacked and destroyed in
succession the Offices OF the Deu ocratic Press,
Newsletter, Occidental, Monitor, and Union
Franco-Americaine, and were only stopped
from further demonstrations by the police
and military, aided by the counsels Of the
better portion Of our citizens, who, while they
had no sympathy for the proprietors Of the
establishments mobbed-and they deserved
more-still felt that such demonstrations
were not in accordance with the dignity which
should attach to the conduct Of free and en-
lishtened people, and that the precedent was
one which once set would lead to results
which would be more to be deplored than all
the harm which ten thousand copperhead
papers could produce by their reasonable
twa6dle in ten thousand years. 1 differ with
them, You know, in their conclusions; for my
part, think riots are healthy. know that
a Montgomery street photographer was de
mOnstrsting his loyalty BY advising the
crowd to clean out the concern of a business
opponent next; that a Clay street whisky
seller was asking to have the same slight
favor bestowed on his opponent in the fluid
heart disease business; and that II the ex-
element had been kept up little while
longer might have had the house of my red
headed and squint-eyed Irish washerwoman
pulled down and burned. Itmay be true that
the rival photographer was getting all the
cream Of the business, that Smith over the
way sold double the whisky that the patriot
who wanted him cleaned out did, and that l
Am hopelessly indebted to the washerwoman
aforesaid for bill which she has twice in
suited me By dunning me for as walked to-
wards the Theatre, along Montgomery street,
with my landlady's two daughters on my
arm; but what Of thats ask II n man is to
be denied the exercise Of the right Of patriot
ism merely because he is poor? Perish the
thought The fact that the man l want
robbed is my personal enemy and stands in
the way Of my business success, has nothing
to do with the matter. No, say; mob rule
for me. ! don't own dollars worth Of real
estate, and my personal property is confined
to my personal apparel-and there is precious
little of that-so let US have riots. l have
nothing to lose and everything TO gain. II
old Hakodadi, the importer, has accumulated
a store Of the good things Of this world, and
imagines he is interested in the preservation
Of order, it is his misfortune, and his loyalty
may well be doubted; whereas, the loyalty
of a man without a shirt must in the very
nature Of things be above suspicion. Down
with his house! and let him prove his loyalty
BY quietly submitting to "the will Of the peo-
pie !" that's my doctrine. Perhaps you
think that ! might better demonstrate my
patriotism by shouldering u musket and
marching against my country's enemies, or
endeaToring to punish the really guilty
through the means provided by the laws Of
the United States and the State of California.
Heaven help you if such is the case! Your
patriotism is open to suspicion.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ROW.
The investigation Of the charges made by
School Director Thompson, against the Board
Of Education, is taking exactly the turn an
ticipated, and prophesied it would. The ar
rangements will admit of nothing like the
standardization Of single charge, and the
man who preferred the charges, in good faith,
for the public good, will be lucky If he es-
capes a libel suit at the end. There are
wheels within wheels in all public bodies in
San Francisco, and mutual protection is a
matter Of absolute necessity.
A PLEASANT LITTLE PARTY.
Out at the corner of Sixth and Brannan
streets is a notorious saloon, kept by one
Jeremiah Coughln, GERRY" for short
who is known as sort of rough politician,
enthusiastic on any side he happens to be
employed by, and possibly not exactly up to
the moral standard Of the New Testament.
At this place il is understood that soldiers
are sometimes induced to invest in game
called "pocaire." in Sunny France, but
known to the vulgar on the Mississippi and
elsewhere as "draW." II Is rumored tina I
the soldiers who set down to play at this en-
ticinS game in this locality seldom gU away
winners, and it is believed that not a few
have been absolutely robbed there. Last
Saturday night a party Of the soldiers sat
down with the aforesaid Jerry, and the game
went on until far into the small hours Of the
Sabbath morning. About A. n. a change
came DER the scene. Somebody had learned
the tricks Of the trade, "lapping" had be-
come chronic, and the sudden appearance
of an "ace straight flush, California Vol
uuteer service, caused the loss to Jerry Of 81,
lawful silver coin Of the United States. Jerry
was indignant. Jerry wouldn't be swindled,
Jerry seized the cash and attempted to over
turn the table, as if by accident. Now, the
game Of "draW is one Of those intellectual
smusemeuts which can only be INDUCED in
BY gentlemen, and any inattentiou to the
rules, or carelessness, leading to mistakes OF
the nature referred to, invariably results in
heated discussion or coldness all around,
even among the most intimate friends. On
this occasion the discussion was Of the heat.
ed character, spontaneous combustion fol-
lowed, and a couple Of tie police
Heard by the distant random gun
That the toe was suddenly firing"
Rushing to the theatre OF war, they found
Jerry stretched prone upon his back, with
bullet in his lett thigh and an ugly cut IN his
head, as il he had been testing its soundnes:
by bucking it against club, or the butt end
Of revolver, or something Of that deseriP-
tiou. The rest Of the party had skedaddled,
travelled, vamosed and left ..... --...r.
The banquet hall deserted"
Jerry was taken. to the hospital, where bis
wounds were dressed, and he was closely
questioned a. to the story OF the tight, but
STORY God bless you. have none to tell. Sir,
Only last night in drinking at the Chequer'-
Etsettery, etsettery, as Artemus would say
you know the rest Of the poem, gentle reader
was all that could be got out OF him. DE
had his own opinion Of the gentlemanly way
of settling these little affairs Of honor, and
obstinatefy refuses to tell who his assailants
were. Ali this occurred "in the city and
county Of San Francisco. Take the wit
ness