Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-23

object Of a thousand attentions, and may we'll
wonder at his sudden popularity. There Is
nothing 30 conducive TO popularity as sue
cess, rs ! found TO my cogt, when ran for
the Legislature in New Jersey and found that
the other fellow had the Camden and Amboy
Railroad Company, 20 say nothing OF Divine
Proridence and some littls talent on his side.
A OR UNPAID?
Just now the project Of establishing a paid
Fire Department in San Francisco, to take
the place o. the old, and as It were, worn out
volunteer system, is being discussed with
renewed energy, and the indications are
strongly In favor Of the success Of the move
ment at no very distant time. The grand
fight among the iremen on Sunday evening
last, has not been without its effect IN open
ing the eyes Of tho public to the evils OF the
present system. The sober fnct-unwhole-
some as It may be-that the Folunteer sys.
tenn is one Of the fruitful causes OF the pre-
vailing and constantly increasing demorali:
cation Of the youth Of our cities, cannot well
be overlooked. The cost Of a paid depart
ment might be directly = triie greater than
that Of the Volunteer Department, as 1t is
now organized-though that has not been the
experiences Of other cities on the continent
where the change has been made-buti in the
end It 10 far the cheaper system for the COM
munity. What is paid out for steam engines
and regular fremen who have no other bust
ness to attend to and no object in starting
false alarms or unnecessary conhaSrations,
will be saved ten times over, in the long run,
from the appropriations for Jails, state
Prisons and ropes for the gallows. Blythe.
| by, speaking Of the pallows reminds me Of
the fact that we are soon to have q trial OF
the ameliorating effects Of
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
In San Francisco. Barney dwell, q miser-
able, God forsaken ~rufian, ignorant, debased
and brutal in all his instincts, murdered the
proprietor Of u hog ranch (James 1rwin) in
cold blood, because he could not pay him
$40 on the moment. And this brutal fellow
is to be hanged on the 22d Of next month
| while the infinitely more misunderstanding
scoundrel, Burns, who deliberately enticed q
friend and acquaintance out among the
sand-hills at night, murdered him without
the slightest provocation, and in the most
revolving manner, robbed corpse and buried
it-then went to the murdered mans room,
washed off the blood and dressed himself in
the murdered mans clothes-he is 10 go free.
I say 20 free, because that is the real end Of
the case. His friends are moving Heaven
and earth to secure the Communication OF his
sentence to imprisonment for life-and in a
few years, at most, viii move with equal sue
cess for his unconditional pardon. Burns is,
beyond question, the most hardened criminal
and most thorough brute ever sentenced to
death in this community, and he is as cool,
collected, ugly and Indifferent in his cell to-
day as he was before the fearful deed was
done. II he is pardoned-and I believe he
will be eyentually-the death penalty should
| be abolished at once, for no such fitting sub
ject for its operations will be found again in
years, If ever.
THE EIGHT ouR MOVEMENT.
The movement in favor Of the lcight hour
standard of day labor in San Francisco is
progressing slowly. A mass meeting Of me-
chanics and others interested in the matter
is called for Friday evening. With our in
dustrial interests all depressed and the coun-
try struggling under a load Of debt and heavy
taxation, with the prospect Of a financial re-
vulsion ahead, it would seem as though the
time for the Inauguration Of such a move
ment was not we'll chosen; still it may sue
coed, as it has done in some other localities.
One thing, however, is morally certain: wages
are now higher here In proportion to the
cost of living than in New York, and il the
standard OF q days labor is reduced twenty
per cent, as proposed, a corresponding re-
duction in wages must follow within q short
time, and all the Unions and Protective
Associations" in the world canno prevent
it. The laws OF demand and supply arc as
memorable as those Of the Meades and Per-
s..,, apd osnaky- nina hundpodfha nf the
"strikes" and similar demonstration by
combination Of ~artizans or laborers the world
over have failed for that reason. The same
men who engineered the abortivc strikes Of
the grooms, boiler makers, steamship fire
mems and other laborers and mechanics
strikes which occurred in this city within the
last two years, seem to be engaged IN this
movement, and singulurly enough, those who
have had aud still havo least work to do, are
the ones who make the most noise in the
matter. They cry increasingly, eve must
combine against the extortions Of capital"
but are so s~hort-sighted, as q rule, that they
cannot discern the difference between . com
bination OF laborers to redress q real lgriey-
ancc and m attempt to set at defiance the
laws of trade and Of demand and supply,
which can never succeed. As u general
thing, the manufacturing and industrial in
terests Of this city are now badly depressed,
and il the employers accede to the demand
for the reduction of time, 1t will be with
rather bad grace and some mental rcserya-
tons, I apprehend.
THEATRICAL.
There is not much to be said in this line
this week. Wheatleigh's company is not
playing, and the Academy Of Music is only
open on alternate nights, when Madam Bish-
ops small company appear in operas. Ma
guire brought out "The Serf, or Love Levels
All" last evening in magnificent style. As
for the play I can only say that it is very
much after the style Of the "0c.oroon," the
scene being laid among the mobiles and serfs
Of Russia instead Of among the masters and
slaves OF the South. The incidents are stir
ring, the scenery magnificent, and the piSce
ought to be q success.
OFF AT LAST.
The Representative elect for Arizona, Ex-
Governor Goodwin, is off for Washington at
last, having sailed on the Sacramento yester-
day. Pesten may therefore set his heart at
rest; he will not Dust the Ex-Governor this
year.
81 WHERE II MONEY GOES.
The sudden and almost complete loss Of
confidence in mining stocks has reacted for
the benefit Of real estate, and while every
thing else is depressed, improved inside lots
are selling "like hot cakes" all the money
withdrawn from Gould & Curry, etc.. going
into that class Of property. San Francisco is
in this manner getting back some Of the
money she has paid out unproftably within
the past three years.
1.-THE best property in San Francisco to-day
was built up by Washoe men and money. II
it had not been for Nevada discoveries and
developments, San Francisco capitalists
would have gone to the bugs "threO years
ago.".-ED. NEWS. na
Adios. AMIoo.
AT a Fenian, ball at st. Joseph, Mo-.
Hon. jeff. Chandler thus epitomized the
historical relationships Of England and
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