Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-04-08
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The officers of the Great Republic are being
convicted every time on the charges Of horri-
BILE cruelty to seameu but, as was expected,
the kind-hearted jurors, nearly every time,
recommend the brutes to the mercy Of the
Court" "Mercy Indeed. How that word
sounds in connection with the names Of men
who perpetrated the unutterable horrors
which have been1but half narrated in our
local papers, bad as the details published are.
The only one yet sentenced is Ross, the
boatswain, who gets, on one charge, " SIX
months in the County Jail, the imprisonment
to date from his arrest" in March last. Such
is the "justice which is dealt out to "poor
Jack )" and poor Jack he is indeed. Judge
Hoffman, in passing sentence, said that the
defendant might be thankful that the Grand
Jury had not indicted him, as in that case the
penalty would have been two years instead OF
six months. What a pity the Grand Jury
didn't indict him!
DEBUT.
Mrs. GRAVITY, the dramatic reader" made
her long threatened debut at Muguire's last
night, as Mariana, in the "Wife." l am
sorry to say that her success was not marked.
say sorry, because she is trying hard to
support younger brother and herself, and
she ought to succeed. He reading was fault
less, and she dressed for the part with excel
lent taste, her voice seemed 10 lack power
and compass and her manner was constrained
and somewhat awkward. She may improve
hereafter, but I can't help thinking that the
stage is not in her line.
FELIX.
Eol;x tha ennpnQ
be cast down of late, and not as hopeful OF
final results as he was few days since. Mat
tiers looked very favorable to him for some
time at the outset Of the investigation, but
change seems 20 have come over the feelings
and leanings of the Board--from what cause
l do not know-and since that it has been
all the other way. The testimony this week
is perfectly damning-leaving no question as
to his true character. What the result Of the
matter may be do not yet venture to pre-
dict, but it is pretty generally believed that,
to use common, slang expression, his
goose is cooked" He certainly could not
now get a situation as waiter in a hotel
where the table service was high toned and
the forks valuable; and how he can retain
the post Of honor and trust he now holds is
more than l can imagine. l am told that by
far the most damaging evidence against him
comes in the shape Of affidavits and testi-
mony Of women taken while the Board was
sitting with closed doors-but not being in
the confidence OF the military authorities I
am unable to get at that part Of the story.
One thing is made evident by this examine
ton; barefaced pretender of the lowest
grade can fight facts and damaging truths
longer and with better success than an honest
man can hold out against a persistently
urged lie. AS Wheatleigh would say, AZ
don't know why it should be so, but it is so,
though"
POLITICAL.
The politicians, moved as ever by deep
love for the "dear people," are actively at
work laying the pipes and pulling the strings
preparatory to the municipal election which
comes of next month. The excitement
seems to De thus far confined entirely to the
ofice-seekers and their immediate partizans,
not much interest being manifested by the
public at large in the matter. The old
!" Democratic" and Citizens" Committee
men came up this season as usual, but this
time under the name of the Union Party"
having found former titles slightly played out
and no longer taking. The names which
they present this year have been on defeated
tickets year after year, and will, in all proba-
bility continue to occupy the same position
to the end of time, or thereabouts. The
Peoples Party" came out strong with an
address signed by some 5000 we'll known
citizens, and it looks very much as il they
would again carry the city, and perpetrate the
very satisfactory order Of things which has
existed for some years past. So far as am
concerned, don't know as shall be much
worried either way, unless the Copperheads
slip in between the two and carry off the
prize, Of which don't believe there is great
danger. did think that / might run for
Supervisor of the Thirteenth District this
season, but my wife reminds me that our
daughters are not yet married and settled in
life, and as / have never been accused OF any
thing meaner than stealing, think on the
whole I won't run the risk Of making fool
Of myself and clouding the prospects Of my
children at this late period of my life. Take
it for granted, therefore, that / am not a can
didate, and that all reports to the contrary
are raised by my enemies for the purpose OF
injuring my private character.
Adios, AMIGO.