Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-01-13
Our San Francisco Correspondence,
Sax FRANcIsco, January 10, 1866.

the hills Of New England in carly winter,
rather than on the far verge Of the continent
and among the evcr.blooming flowers Of the
Pacific shore. The valleys around the Bay
Of San Francisco are green as emeralds, and
the snow clad peaks above contrast SO start
liugly with the scene below, tina, one seems
TO be back again in his school.boy days,
reading the tales Of travellers amid the wild
scenes Of the Andes, and looking up, in I'M
agination, from the valleys where blooms
eternal spring to the mountains where end
less winter reigns with undisputed sway. l
always did admire snow-at n distance-and
this demonstration just suits me. solomon
says, THE snow is beautiful in its season."
but Solomon was no, a stone-quarrier, and
got his ideas OF the snow from seeing it as l
now see it, and always wish to see it, from a
long distance below the point where water
conseals in the open air. Had he been u
Washoc mule.driyer, hauling goods from
Dutch Flat over the Sierra Neyadas in Janl-
AIRY, he would have given US a different ac-
count Of the matter. I'll gamble on that.
\ DISAPPOINTED FORT.
A few evenings since, an English boxer,
who fancied himself heavy on the muscle
and able to punch the head OF "hany Hamer-
lean hout ov ELL" went down to the ball Of
the Olympic Club to astonish the natives.
II so happened that among the members Of
Of the Club were a number who had seen the
professional at benefits Of the fancy, and
knew exactly what manner Of man he was.
He WAS introduced by his friend as Mr..
| ~Blackwood," aud soon got OF the gloves.
Louis Cohen gave him n rough but healthy
turn, surprising him somewhat NJ not falling
dead when hit on the cocoa-nu,, as he had
expected the Hamerican 10 do; and then 4
gentleman named Bennett put on the gloves,
and "Mr. Blackwood' in 4 few minutes came
out Of the contest with Il badly swollen eye,
and n nose out Of which the claret flowed
like the water out Of Lake Tahoe, with the
remark, "D-n me lheyes, hi came ere TO
show EN- 'ow to Dor. Hif they think hi
came ERE 10 make a bloody chopping block
Of my cad, they are d-dly mistaken, that's
hall" and he left with the bigges, disgust on
imaginable. He has not offered to teach the
mobile art OF self-defense" TO the members Of
the s. F. o. c.
T~HEArRICALs
Don't seem to flourish nowadays to any
grea, extent. Mcguire is still running "Miss
Charlotte Crampton" with fair success, and
our thea,er-gOers seem TO so and admire her,
acting very much as the antiquarian fumblcs
over old mus,y documents penued BY hands
long since turned 10 dust, and admires the
quaint characters aud neat work Of the PEN
man. Her style Of acting belongs to the
past, and we look upon il as we do on Frois-
sart's Chronicles, as 4 mirror Of times far
back Of the memory Of this generation.
II BrISLAYs.
The Buislay family are just TO- attracting
a great deal Of attention; there is nothing
like getting your name up, even il you have
TO get up in 4 balloon, and at the risk OF a
broken neck. Sunday after Sunday they
have been going up from Hayes Valley in a
huge and very SNOWY balloon, inflated with
heated air only. making short flights, and Of
course coming down through the cooling Of
the rarifed air within a mile or ,hercabou,s
Of the starting point. The thing did not
draw very largely, but it paid expenses, and
they went on going up with logged persever-
ance, trusting that sooner or later something
would turn up TO create an excitement. On
Sunday last they drew their man-got what
they went after; filed, | may say, and were
made a. once. The wind caught the balloon
as Mons. Auguste Buislay went up, hanging
from 4 rope far beneath it and performing on
4 bar, and carried il II race-horse speed over
toward the Golden Gate. He saw thai he
mus, go into the water or 60 over to Marin
county, and roost all night on the ridge OF
Lime Point in u cold rain storm, and he had
TO choose quickly between the two. He
looked over toward Marin county and Sauce
Tito broke upon his vision that decided him.
lie
saw the village lights
CLEAN through the rain and mist,
Aud "a fcclius of sadness came Ger him,
y feeling he could no; resist"
So he deliberately Invested himself Of
his toggery and dropped it piece by piece
from the car, reducing himself TO the con-
dition in which Adam was before the cstab-
lishment OF the Pioneer Apron Mills; then
watching his opportunity, dropped like a fish
hawk going down on u club in a spring brook,
/ or n gull on a mess Of entrails just thrown
from a butcher stall Of u steamer, into the
Bay. lie vent under. Never before did
such 4 thing occur with him he had inyari-
ably carried 4 life prcscryer up with him until
that day, but on this occasion he had forgot
ten it; and as | think | previously remarked,
he went under. He came up again-he
struck out like 4 seal, for shore-was picked
up by i boat, and after securing his balloon
alongside Il schooner which CHANGED to be
within reach, was taken ashore Will his
teeth chattering with cold, dressed and hur-
ried away 10 4 warm house, and warmer bed.
Would you believe it, most unsophisticated
dcnizen OF the land OF sage-brush, alkali,
silver mines, and early grave yards, there are
individuals in this town so utterly corrupt as
10 be willing TO believe that the entire sub
marine diving operation-the greatest 'water-
fall" OF the season-was a dead, put-up and
contriyed thing-a cheat, swindle, gag; in
short, u blk, and only calculated TO make
capital for the performer through the noto-
riety thus gained. l know you would not
credit il, but nevertheless such is the fact;
and while | don't believe the story myself, |
an confident tina, Providence gave them a
good turn in the way Of furnishing them \
capital advertisement al a very cheap rate.
Let next Sunday be a fair day, and see If
HAYES Park is not crowded with admiring
visitors. And when, on Monday night, Julio
and Adolphe, while performing on 4 horizon
tai bar in the double giant swing, got a fall
which the stage manager solemnly assured
the audience had knocked both out Of time
and very nearly killed Julio, making it neces-
sary tOE 0oth 10 be sent nome on btretcners,
will you swallow the story: a pitiful Bohe-
milan assured me on his sacred honor-some
thing which he holds so sacred that il isnever
seen by his most intimate friends-that he
knew before hand that the gag was to be
played" and had, since the curtain fell, seen
the two drinking hot rum punch at Squarza's-
but he did, and there were those present VIII
protested to believe him.
OPERA.
The opera is of, on account OF the
illness OF Morley /; and the third and last fare
well engagement Of Mr.. Setchell is about to
commence at the Academy OF Music, where
perhaps he will meet with much success.
MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY.
The Bohemian Mutual Admiration So
ciety," consisting Of men Of genius, who
have been imported from Victoria, New York
and Washoe to act as local editors Of diff
ferent daily papers in this city, but failed to
NIL the contract on account Of the prevalence
Of bad whisky on their beats, or other causes
not necessary to be mentioned, are just now
in 4 peck of trouble about
"PAssEs."
The old dead-head system had become
thoroughly run in the ground, and theatrical
managers found it necessary to require some.
thing more than a mere nod Of the head from