Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-09-16
Our San Francisco Correspondence.

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Which are now in the full tide Of energetic
opposition as Of old. The Nicaragua Transit
line is now in good running order, and max
ing fair time. On the other hand, the Pan
anna line seems to be as badly ~mismanaged
on the other side as ever, judging from the
bitter complaints made by passengers here
and in New York. The steamship Costa
Rica, of the Vanderbilt line, is the theme OF
constant and fierce animadversion, n to
tell the truth I think that she and her officers
get no more than what they deserve. But II
is a question in which you and are out
slightly interested, AFTER all the paohc wants
opposition, and the interests OF the country
demand it; opposition, vigorous and etfeetiye,
we have got. Neither line Is perieet-let
them fight it out between them.
vBsTvALI, THE MAGNIFICENT.
The sensation Of the week has been the APP
pearance of "Vestvali, the Magnificent as
Angelo Romano, ip " Bel Demonio," Slight
" altered to avoid the copy right at Ma
CURES. vestvali achieved a moderate sue
cess as a singer, and since she has taken TO
the stage in male characters has succeeded
in dividing public opinion as 10 her merits as
an actress-or actor: I hardly kno which
term to apply. A part Of her hearers declare
that she is a failure in the dramatic line,
while others declare her ahead Of the uni
verse. She had a crowded house at her
debut, and another as good last night. To
me she appeared a very tall, heavily-onilt
woman, weighing fully $50, perhaps 200
pounds; fairy face, not ungraceful IN man
ner, springy and quick in her movements,
and possessed Of the most singular voice
which ever came from the well developed
chest of n woman. That voice, ringing, clear,
and not unmelodious, might be mistaken any
where for that of a young, healthy man, and
certainly is wonderfully well fitted for the
stage. She is u head taller than Menken,
and although somewhat given TO "posturing,'
does il with less show Of effect, and carries 1t
out to a less disagreeable extent. She also
differs from Menken in that she plays mostly
with her face to the audience-rather a good
trait in an actress, especially II she is playing
male parts. She played Romano-or Ro-
manic, as she has it on the play bills-re-
markably well for a woman, better IN fact
than most men, but not better than some
men. and il is a question with me still whether
nature intended her for man or woman-she
seems about equally at home as either. She
is the rage, anyhow, for the present, and with
judicious management will run through her
line Of characters with success, drawing pay
ing houses for weeks, which is more than
most people can do now a-days.
THE WARS OF THE DEMONS.
Meantime, Wheatleigh has been playing
"Bel Demons" LITERALLY "The Beautiful
Demon y, for which he holds the authors
COPYRIGHT in its original form, and in spite
OF all drawbacks, played it not merely well,
bu, extremely well. Warwick, THE King
Maker" who has within my memory bid a
formal adieu TO the stage at least one hur-
dred and twenty-seyen times, and laid MS
bones among the audience on every occasic (,
has re-appeared, and played Angelo Romano
yery well indeed, while Wheatleigh's Cardi-
nal Montalto was one Of the best ttint l
have ever seen on the stage-equal to kcen's
impersouation OF the character, to my mind.
This evening Wheatleigh takes a benefit at
the Eureka, and tomorrow he opens the Me-
~tropolitan Theatre with "Arrah-na-Pogue,
with Mrs. Seldom Brown, a fair blond wo-
man, well known as an actress, and an excel
lent soubrette, Who arrived from New York
BY the last steamer, as the star OF the com.
pany. When she makes her debut, / will
make a note Of it.
THE NDAY LAW.
John Wilson, Of circus notoriety, seems to
have made up his mind to test to the last re-
sort the validity Of the "Suuday Lava
law by-the-by which lost the Union party
Peoples party wing) the last election, the
Germans all going in a body over to the ODE
mocracy" on its account. Last Sunday
week he gave an evening entertainment at
the tent on Jackson street, and was arrested
for it the next day at the instance Of the
Young Mems Christian Association. He
having called for a jury trial, the case was
postponed until day before yesterday fer that
purpose. He then changed his mind, paid
the $50, and was discharged on the first com.
plant. Last Sunday night he did the same
thing, and had a crowed house. There seems
To be a large element in this community Bit
terly opposed to the Sunday Amusement
Law, and strong efforts will be made to have
it repealed at the next session Of the Legis-
lature. doubt its success, however, as q
majority Of the country members are in favor
Of il, or indifferent to it, and they outvote the
San Francisco members three to one.
STREET SCENE on THE SABBATH.
I don't profess to be much Of a gospel
sharp, and lay no claim to the championship
Of any particular creed, but l must say that
I have some little respect for the "~social
amenities" and think that religion, If Of any
account. can find some other place for opera
ton beside the public streets. Street preach
ers have ever been fomenters Of rows and
disturbances, and done more to bring reli-
gion into utter contempt than almost any
other one cause. We have in San Francisco
a class OF fanatics who persist in this sort Of
Sunday amusement, much to the disgust OF
thinking people, and greatly to the annoy
ance Of the residents in the neighborhoods
favored with their labors. The worst Of these
is an Englishman, whose name is Hopson,
or Hopkins, or Hopkinson, / am uncertain
which-a seedy old fellow who publishes a
little sheet which he calls The Worlds CRISIS.
His hobby is the utter destruction, not the
eternal wasting Of the wicked, and he
ekes out a miserable existence by selling a
few Of his papers at a bit apiece. You can
hear him any Sunday sharranguing II crowd
Of fifty or 4 hundred idlers from the What
Cheer House, from the steps Of the Pacific
Mail Company's office or Donahue, Kelly &
Co.'S Bank. Here is a specimen Of the peo-
cecdings at the average run Of his religious
IucSIllkS. wi. las NeS hN !"
known 10 the irreverent locals Of San Fran
cisco)-Yes, my dear hearers, the wicked
will hall be burned hup! (throwing his head
over back and shifting the air rs il he al
ready smelled the aroma Of the roasting sim
ners and rather liked it), yes, my hearers,
you may think you can get to heaven through
some Of these old fashioned church creeds,
but you are badly fooled, you bet! You will
hall be roasted TO a cinder; nothing whatever
len Of you. Now about these priests Celtic
gent with big stick, "0h, dry up, you Guild
vagaboue; don't be abusing your bethers! ")
as was going to say, these ignorant preach
ers will tell you that this hell FIRE (irrever6t
miner, "Well, il blowing will put it out, you
are just the man to do it, As I was going
to say, policeman, with emphasis, Move
on there, old fellow! you have blocked up
:he street long enough!") Yes, I am going;
but as I was about to say, German gentle;
man, with a big pipe, "You lie, you old
s~choundrel, you shuss say itD the thieSing
priests will tell you policeman, making a
dart for the opposite side Of the street, "You