Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-02-24
Our San Francisco Correspondence,
SAN Francisco, February 81, 1866.

"S Peos WYNN Auo
on the Mexican question and the pro-
posed repeal Of the Specific Contract Act
is, Of course, long since known to you
other channels, and l need not
dwell on those subjects. The Mexican
resolutions meet with the hearty approval
of the whole bulk Of u people; but the
proposed repeal Of the Specific Contract
Actinaugarated a panic and a run which
came near being the death Of some Of our
moneyed institutions, while the defeat Of
the measure stopped it in an hour; it is
fair to presume that the weight Of popu-
lar opinion is against the repeal or any
meddling with the currency question as it
now stands. The action of the Legisla-
ture on this question has inaugurated
Another Investignting Committee.
The Flag of this city, having charged
that eight Senators sold their votes for a
total Of $4,000 in gold coin, the Senate
has taken the bull by the horns, and ap-
pointed an Investigating Committee, every
member Of which voted for the repeal, so
that it is fair to presume that there can be
no covering up or s%henanigan in their re-
port. The papers were served on Nc
Carthy of the Flag ON Monday night, and
it is said that he means to have all the
bankers and newspaper men in San Fran
cisco summoned to appear before the
Committee to testify to what they may
know concerning the matter of the al
legged bribery and corruption. If he can
prove his assertions, he makes a strong
point at once /; If not, he had better have
let it alone, for the recoil will not be
healthy. These Investigating Commit
tees are generally death to one side or the
other-sometimes both, and it don't pay
to start one unless you are sure Of your
points.
A Now Entcrprise.
Our moneyed men and most e~ntcrpris-
ing merchants are bestiring themselves at
last towards controlling the trade Of Mon
tana, Idaho, Utah and Arizona. Meet
ings have been held and arrangements
made for opening half q dozen routes. II
their efforts are successful, they will d.
vert from St. Louis and Chicago q large
amount Of trade, and the prize to be won
is worth the effort. Even II q part Of the
trade now going to other points is secured
it will be o great thing to San Francisco.
We have been lying still long enough, and
it is high time that San Francisco awoke
from her Rip Van Wrinkle sleep and went
10 work to avail herself Of the advantages
nature has given her. She must make
good use Of her time now, for opponents
are springing up in every direction, and
she will in q few years more have formid-
able rivals at several points on the coast
of the Pacific. Among the new and i'm
portant enterprises projected, and now be-
ing actively carried forward. is q scheme
for the building Of a railroad from San
Jose TO Watsonville-a distance Of fifty
miles-as a commencement for a much
larger line reaching u towards and
ultimately terminating on the banks
of the Colorado. Some Of our wealth.
lest citizens are interested in this enter
prise, and I am informed that your
old friend Colonel Bee. Of Placerville,
whose energy and business abilities are
proverbial, has been or will be called to
the management of it. The southern, OF
old "Beal's Overland Route" is again at
tracing much attention, and it is not i'm
probable that before the close Of the pres
ent session Of Congress some steps will b.
token towards The. CONSTRUCTION OF II rail
Tuu- ACROSS Tho Continent IN uiav-1T'
recsion. Il is conceded that two or mere
railroads must be built eventually, and &c
secure the creates: possible amount Of
trade ami The fullest accommodation 20 the
public the routes should be as widely
separated as possible.
Nothing Came Of H.
The Investigations Of the police into the
alleged robbery Of Government funds
mentioned in last weeks letter, has as ye'
resulted in absolutely nothing, and I am
free to say that I don't believe that they
ever will turn up the robber. 1t has come
to be accepted as a fact that Government,
officials are always robbed Of about q GER
tain per centage Of their receipts, and peo-
pie, when they hear of such q robbery,
take it almost as q matter Of course.
The Horror OF Horrors.
There is q case before the County Court
to-day, the details of which are 80 unut-
terably horrible and disgusting that I can
only allude to them in the b~riefest possible
manner. A little white child, in shor,
skirts and pantalets, said to be in her thir.
teenth (lSth) year-small and frail looking
for her age-is applying for divorce from
her husband, a full blooded negro of the
mos. revolving Asiatic type. 1t is alleged
that this child was sold to tho negro by
her parents, forced to marry him, and actu-
ally locked into a room with him and COM
PEELED to submit to his wishes. Applica-
ton has been made to have the child taken
from the custody Of the father, and d.
vorced from the negro husband. And
this happened in San Francisco, where
fair ladies sit and weep at the theatres
over the sorrows Of the "Octoroon !"
Tho What Cheer Robbery.
1t is claimed at last that the police have
unearthed tho What Cheer House robber,
and tina, the evidence is dead against him.
I must confess that the belief had become
tolerably well grounded in my mind that
there had been no robbery committed, or
at least no robbery under the circum-
stances alleged, but the facts laid before
the public yesterday are, II substantiated,
sufficient to stseger my confidence on that
question. It begins TO look, after all, as
il the police had plugged it tolerably smart
on the public, and had really been doing
some tolerably sharp work, while leading
everybody the robber or robbers in
cluded-of on a false scent. am told by
a member Of the Grand Jury. which in
dicted Welch, tho alleged robber, that the
testimony showed that he had been fol-
lowed in the most persistent manner, and
that the testimony on the trial will reflect
great credit on the management Of the
matter by the detectives. The amount ac-
tually stolen turns out to be far less than
at Hrst stated-under $26,0oo in all hav-
ing been taken. Speaking Of this matter,
reminds me that I ought to say a word on
The San Francisco Police.
Every two years, just before city cleo
ton, a terrible hue and cry is raised
against 1.-THE police" by certain parties
who have a1es to grind, and any cumming