Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-02-05

b0cnls, out nlms DOOutb hue
the reputation of being somewhat con the
shoot" and this fact will go far to coun-
terbalence his good qualities and other.
wise fair REPUTATION, nd deprive him ot
sympathy in This community. The fact is
that shooting il now unfashionable In San
'Francisco except AMONG the " fancy and
the lowest claap IN the community. The
day has gone BY when the man who hauls
ousa revolver and bang aASy q snybody
who happens to offend him can get clear
of the law, and shooting except in self de-
tense is now tolerably certain to be severely
punished. Judge Rtx has done much to-
wards working Q wholesome reform in this
respect since taking his seuton the Police
Court bench, BY sslting al parties caught
carrying deadly weapons with ruinous
fines and merciless imprisonment. And
here let me ask how il happens that the
advocates of aItNsI1J uIA HId "GT
Pa r. H0isi THE MANLY ART ialsr
who pirate so much about the good effect
Of pummefhg wretches as tending to do
away with shooting, and teaching people
to rely on muscle only, for defence, are
invariably mere walking srsenals, and do
more shooting and cutting than all other
classes In the community. There is not q
pugilist in town who ever goes out on the
street without Q pistol in his pocket.
4SG ssLtrNo our
In spite Of the attractions Of a solid coin
currency, this country spd especially San
Francisco, 10 losing SHINE Of Its most en-
terprisine business men. who have already
closed out, or 1areciosihg out business. to
leave for the East, where trade 10, for some
cause, more lively than here. Singular,
is It not. that such be tho case ! notice
among the latest OF these. my friend Otto
Wiedero, the jsweler, on Montgomery
street, one door south Of Sacramento, who
closes out regardless Of cost and goes
back to Maine, to live. i also hear that
two other leading jewellers will sell out
and 20 East as soon as possible. The
general .complAintiii that business 10 too
dull, and rents and other expenses too
heavy, and that in the East a more liberal
system Of credit enables a man to do fve
time tho business on the same amount OF
c6pital that he can do here.
THE BOOT ON THE OTHER Leo.
Yoa will remember the horrible atroc-
tiles perpetratsd on the crew Of the clipper
ship Great Republic, owe a year since,
and the trial Of the officers for the crimes
by them committed against the laws, hu-
mainly and decency. All were convicted,
but the "gentlemanly captain" was
promptly pardoned by the President, at
| the intercession Of the merchants and ship
owners of San Francisco. The mates,
who were simply acting under the cap
tain's orders, were left to serve out their
time in Jail, while the party legally and
morally responsible for The outrage went
free. More recently another captain
starred a sailor to death, and he was
hanged-excuse me, I am writing what
ouqht to have been done, not what sds
done. The captain was convicted of !" as.
sault and battery" and sentenced to few
months in. jail. But It did not end there |;
not a bit or Il! The merchants and ship
owners came to- the rescue of the u
derer and had him pardoned by the Presi.
dent, by telegraph, before he had been an
hour in Jail. But now we have a case on
tho other side. The clipper ship Storm
Cloud came in from New York on Mon
day night, and yesterday, just a. the crew
were coming ashore, it leaked out that the
crew had mutinied while on the voyage.
The friends of the "gentlemanly captain"
state the case % follows: While the ves-
sci was of the coast of South America,
and below the Equator. Q storm coming
on, all hands were ordered on deck to take
in sail. The order not being very promptly
obeyed by the crew, the second mate
sprang into the forecastle't to turn the men
out Of their berths, when a sailor, who is
supposed to have been the ringleader Of
the mutiny, threw . blanket over his head,
and he was instantly gagged and tied
without being able to make q noise sufi-
Gent to attract attention. The m~utineers
then went on deck, and seeing the first
mate on the poop, knocked him down
with . handspike and dashed him to the
mast. The captain hearing the noise,
came out Of the cabin, and before he could
zee what was going on, was knocked down
with a HEAVIER and tied. The mutineers
then took the captains keys and brought
-out of the cabin all tho arms, then put the
three officers in irons. and attempted to
run the ship on their own account. 1t is
supposed that they intended to run the
vessel into Rio, or plumber her and run
her ashore on the Brazilian coast, but
after four days they came to the conclu-
sion that they could not navigate the YES
sci, MONT of the mutineers being fully up
to the business, and they then extorted
from the captain q written agreement that
il, they would release him and the mates
no punishment Of any kind should be in
Cficted upon them The agreement was
signed, and Captain Knowles seems to
have acted upon it in good faith, but on
his arrival here and the facts becoming
known TO the bonSignees and other mer-
chants and shippers, It was decided that
the safety Of ship captains hereafter de-
pended on an example being made Of the
mutineers. A warrant was taken out be-
fore United States Commissioner Huestis,
and the crew were last evening brought
ashore and placed in jail BY United States
Marshal Rand, All very well, but how
about the President's pardoning powers
Do you imagine, oh child Of the sage
brush hillside, that II will be invoked by
the kind hearted merchant and shippers
of San Francisco in behalf Of these sailors'
Nary a.tine.. Mind I have notitold you
what the sailors say Of tbs, abuse which
drove them into the commission Of the
crime. but have ~gfvensthe captains most
favorable statemento Of the case. Should
il DO p~rovsnithst the poor devils were, as
they allege, kicked. cufied, starved and
otherwise abused until they could stand 1t
no longer, do you think It will avail them
anythingi Not q bit. One law for the. cap
tain, and another for " poor lack )" mercy and
sympathy for one, and jusios, stern, infex-
IDLE and merciless. forithe other. That 10
our style, now-a-dsys.
ben 4'' ~BARBAcoA
The South American gold fever il justnow
bssinning to rage, In San Francisco, badly.
It 10 Of no use to tall people that absolutely
nothing % as yet known here regarding the
gold fields Of Balbsooa-Tif indeed. app such
actually lexiss 4, thSs the elikiks oENew Gre
NADIA 10 death to the unaeclimated foreigner; ;
and that yoykrmepn0he prosecnted, there,
at best, during but few months In the year
thAtthsy Yinfnd nothipgAc 1pbsist opspnd
successful mining. They have got the fever.
and must, see Blrbtcpa. Or de. l fear, In