Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-14

that my performance would have been
handed down to an admiring posterity as
the biggest thing Of the season-next to
Cookies rope walking and the earthquake
itself. I happened to be standing in front
of the City Hall at the moment, and from
past experience I knew that the structure
was not to be relied upon. Therefore, as
the building tottered and almost came
down, I "tortled" and quito vanished from
that part of the scene.
THE FORCE OF THE SHOCKS.
I need not tell you much about the
particulars of this affair, for 4thssTeason
that the locals of the city have already
exhausted the subject, but I may say that
the force of the shocks has been in no way
exaggerated. The plain fact is, that had
another shock of equal violence followed
the second, after the walls of three-fourths
of the brick buildings in the lower part Of
the city (below Montgomery street, had
been crushed and splintered by the rolling
of the earth, the loss Of life and property
would have been incalculable and another
Coquimbo, Mendoza or Lisbon disaster
would have been recorded-probably BY
other pens than mine. Such a shock did
not follow; therefore and for that reason
only l am able to say, in the words Of the
Dukes Motto, III am here staunch and
true" This earthquake will teach San
Franciscans a lesson, beyond a doubt, and
henceforth the erection of mere shells Of
buildings, fit only for deadfalls to bury
people under, will be discontinued.
l., l n THB STREETS g-
More of the grotesque, ludicrous, horrible,
absurd, fearful and ridiculous could hardly
have been compressed into one short min
ute than was exhibited on the occasion Of
this grand terrestrial demonstration. It
was hard to tell who was the worst scared,
and muscle was at a decided premium
over intellect. In one place q married
lady belonging to the elite dashed out Of
a bath down stairs into the street and ran
some half q block before she came to a
realizing sense of the utter undergraduates
and absurdity Of her costume. In another
place o man who had q family residing far
up town made his appearance on the street
with all his outer clothing on his arm, and
finished dressing on the sidewalk. A
woman snatched something from her bed
and ran frantically cut into the street.
only to find, when the excitement had in
q measure subsidized, that she had brought
the pillow and left the precious baby be-
hind. Men who were in buildings which
did not fall and were not seriously injured,
crippled themselves by jumping out Of sec
ond and third story windows, and I might
go on all day citing instances in which
people behaved like fools in their terror;
but cui Jonoi 1t is past, and besides !
was one of EN-. Let that suffice for the
earthquake.
THE HoRsB PAIR.
The great Horse Fair" played itself
out at Bay View Park, on Saturday, and
closed for the season. Taken all in all, it
was a very moderate success, and the only
really interesting feature of the affair was
the ladies' contest for equestrian prizes.
Even there the old adage kissing goes
by favor" was exempli6ed. The best
looking and most influential at Court"
got the best prizes, and rice versa /; but
little regard being paid to actual merit
at least so said outsiders. But, Lord
bless you, these fellows will say anything
ARRAH-NA-PoGUE.
This sensational piece-thanks in part
to the magnificent manner in which it is
put upon the stage, and in part to the
Fenian excitement, is having a run, be-
side which, the run on Adams & Co.'S
bank was not a circumstance. It is now
in its third week at the Metropolitan, and
its popularity seems not in the least abat-
ed. Calling at the box Office, this morn
ing, at l01 o'clock, to see what the chance
was for seats, the answer was "All sold
for tonight, two-thirds for tomorrow,
and half for next night" Wheatleigh is
making q small fortune out Of it.
THE vEsrvALI.
Vestvali has recovered sufficiently to be
able to appear once more on the stage,
and has taken to performing female char
acters. Last night, she appeared as "Bi-
anchi, or the Italian Wife," and met with
tolerably fair success. She will play on
alternate nights with Bandman for the
present.
MADAM BISHOP.
The success of this wonderful vocalist,
in her two evening and one matinee con-
certs, last week, was decided and unquali-
fed. She retains her magnificent voice
in all its c~lcarness, purity and delicacy,
and age seems to have no effect upon her
powers.
LAscELLgs.
Charles Lascellcs, the vocalist and plan
ist, who accompanies Madam Bishop, is
an artist Of a much higher type than
Gottschalk. He possesses the peculiar
gift of being able to sing in bass and tenor
alternately, as well in one voice as the
other, and remarkably we'll in both, and
as q pianist 1 have never heard his supc-
r;or. There is none of the "grand flourish"
Vi uOLtoCNulh uOOuI INN, Oub tlCIC 10 tcll
times as much Of the real music.
BANDMAN
Is just about holding his own, neither
getting much ahead or falling much be-
hind in popularity. His Shylock was
much admired by many-as much con-
demned by Others -and will be repeated
again tonight to perhaps a fair audience.
NAIL PAcILTTIEs EXTRAORDINARY.
We received the Gold Hill DAILY News
of Saturday, September Both. and six or
seven subsequent dates, by mail yesterday
morning. Now as the trip from our city
to Gold Hill is made in thirty hours Or
thereabouts, by passengers, and we re-
ceive letters from you in two days by K
press, l trust that l shall not incur the
charge Of a disorganizer," if 1 suggest
that ten days for a mail is a little-just a
triple-slop. This thing happens so often
that I am inclined to think that the fault
lies on your side of the State line. the
more especially as such i~rregularity is
noticeable in the mails from no other
quarter.
THE FINNA0INs.
The Fenians, or as they are now invari.
ably designated the F~innagins," are ap-
parently Gin blood earnest" about the