Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-11-25

Heaven only knows l pity the poor tcmale
who goes to the expense Of putting revenue
stamps on her bills before presenting them ;
she will be obliged to 90 through the Insolv-
ent Court.
After nearly two weeks Of p~ostponements
from day to day, the " Cocos Island Treasure
and Exploring Expedition forgery and
grand larceny case, which promised so much
enlightenment to the community, went d.
rect to the County Court for trial, without an
examination in the Police Court, so that the
| public curiosity must remain for q further
time unsatisfed, and the question "Who got
| the stock !" is still pertinent. All the news
paper men in town are under recognizance to
prosecute the case, however, and the chances
are that soone or later, the facts will come
out. Whoever got It was swindled still l
can't help feeling q curiosity in common
| with others TO know who in this ~virtuous
| community allowed himself to be bribed into
writing puffs OF a manifest swindle for the
sake OF such p~iratical literature as that. In
| other words, I want to know who is ION it."
I shall incorporate my claim in Reese River
as the "Blue Birthstone Blazes" soon, and
I want to know who TO present with a few
shares as a "token Of regard" merely.
DON'T CONE Up TO THE MARK.
l see by the papers Of to-day that we are to
have the postal money order system intro
duced in San Francisco within a few days.
1t will doubtless be o great convenience to
the public, or to that portion thereof which
INDUCES in the luxury Of paying small debts
and sending home presents Of $40 or SI5 to
| f.-.l. - kho Lat hat x HNntf ha nj tho
| slightest use to me. / never remit less-nor
more-than S45 at a time, and the postal
system as adopted by Uncle Samuel only ad-
mits of orders being drawn for $50 or less.
So nv friends in New Jersey will have to
"learn to labor, and wait " q little longer. l
have not made any remittances Mt all for
some years, as the banks only draw for $50
or upwards, and never had but S45 on hand
at any one time. Well, the expectation is
said to be- better than the enjoyment OF
| a thing after all, and I claim to be something
| of a practical philanthropist; l have given
| nv friends q chance for worlds Of enjoyment
il they have only had sense enough to i'm
prove it; but human nature Is human nature
| the world over, and I don't believe they have
ever thanked me for it, much less made use
Of it. 1t pains me to think so, my boy; it
| does indeed-but such is my u~nbought, un-
biased opinion, nevertheless, and when l gire
an opinion you know me well enough to BE-
lieve that It will do to gamble on. l don't
treat my friends to such luxuries gratis every
day in the week, I assure you. Hang the
money order system! I shall be dunned for
little contemplate debts Of s., $40 and SIS,
I presume, now. Why the blazes don't the
country stick to hard currency and no mall
drafts: That is what / want to know? By.
the.by, speaking Of currency, reminds me Of
the fact that the California Steam Navigation
Company paid its last dividend OF two per
cent. per month
IN oREENBAcKs.
Well, legally, they had a right to do 1t, no
doubt, and it may be that we shall have moro
dividends Of the same sort hereafter; but
there is something a little singular about this
action, nevertheless. When the opposition
steamer Nevada was running in 1861, the
company knocked the fare to Sacramento
down to ST., and when that steamer was acct
dcntaNy snagged and sunk by a pilot who has
dressed we'll and done no work ever since,
they announced their intention Of keeping
the fare down to SO, in order to leave no ex-
cuse for the establishment OF another opposi-
ton. They soon raised it to 81, however,
and kept it at that figure for some months,
when they ran it up to %, on the plea that
they were obliged to accept %greenbacks in
payment. The g%reenbacks were never taken,
boweyer-unless from soldiers-and the fare
remains at SIS, payable in gold, to this day.
The stock went down to zero on the an.
nouncement OF the paying Of the dividend in
~orcenbacks; and would you believe it, there
Are men in San Francisco mean enough to
suppose that the large owners who sold out
nj S85, had the dividend paid in that cur
rency lust to produce that very effect, buying
Il IN again at $50, yesterday Can such
thinos 6e? I believe il, my boy, and throw
IN nv hand in disgust. This world is all a
blk, and I am going to leave it and go back
to New Jersey. I'll do it, sure.
THROWING UP A HAND
Reminds me Of a peculiarly Californian in
cideut which occurred at the St. Francis
Hotel, the scene Of Billy Mulligan's demise,
on Sunday last. A party Of acquaintance
were PLAYING "piteh seven up when n Of
them named Hardy, a pawnbroker, who sat
down 70 the game to all appearances in per-
fec, health, remarked, ~ don't feel very well
iust now, suppose some Of you play my
hand 2" and leaning back IN his chair,
breathed heavily, as X In pain. A physician
vas sent for, and arrived IN lew seconds.
Hardy was found sitting upright, with his
ewes opened wide, staring at the company as
II astonished; dead from heart disease: u
these things did not occur almost daily in
San Francisco, they would terrify the people
worse than the threatened advent OF the Ash
attic cholera.
THEATRICAL.
The We. weather has knocked theatrieals
higher than a kite-so TO speak. There is
literally nothing doing. At the Mesropoli-
tan Savannah" was plsyed out in a week,
,pi,e of the scenic attractions, and they are
doing q very poor business with the Col.
issn Bawn,h Wheatleigh appearing as Danny
Mann. and Mn. Brown As the Colleen. They
h1ino out the "Octoroon" again soon. At
Mneuire's, with the best company ne has ever
had the story is the same. Bandmann will
nnnesr as " Narcissc" this evening, and will
nav for the remainder of the week, but he is
prei,y well PLAYED out here. At the Academy
rrah.Na-Poke is doing toleraoly well, con.
siderinn, but houses are Light. The "Poke"
IL The best thing Webb has ever done In Cali
fornia, Vestvali Is going TO play an engage
ment of a week with Wheatleigh.
YR NEW BROOK.
General Miller 10 making some sweeping
changes in the Management Of the Custom