Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-05-10
INIGOINGs.

SooA0 1aCiuU uuu SsSF
Sacramento" near Acapulco, to his
paper, tho Californian. Among other
"things," he says:
Nor am I the only distinguished psssen-
ger. My old friend, u. K. Fitch, Of the
Bulletin, is also on board. The report
that he Is accompanying me East through
motives OF disinterested affection has no
foundation in truth, and the rumor that
he contemplates a visit to Bierstadt at his
chateau, and the purchase Of q few Of his
last and best pictures, is equally incorrect.
He is really going East to import foreign.
talent to assist in the local and editorial
departments Of his paper, having made up
his mind that the judgment of his resident
partner in selections is not to be relied
upon. AS to the current statement that
he is bound to Europe on important bust
ness, with which another eminent Cali
f~ornian, Dr.. Czapky, is intimately con-
nected, l attach no importance to It what
soever, from the fact that the aforesaid
gentlemen did not part friends at their last
meeting. .n. d
Webb's description OF the great comfort
Of a steamer trip is decidedly rich, and
will be endorsed as :" correct" by many
readers, tcstifying from experience:
A slight drawback to comfor. is an in
suficiency Of chairs. They have only one
to each passenger, and 1t is a well known
fact that most men generally employ three
-one to sit in, n to rest their elbows
upon, and another one to support their
feet. .. .lr r. snggsy
But what is lacked in chairs is fully
made up in children. This is the four
teenth trip Of the Sacramento. Never be-
fore has she been allowed to carry any
but adults. Notice Was given, though,
that on the fourteenth trip, children would
be allowed. Knowing what q comfortable
vessel she was, parents with large families
have been holding back for her. The con.
sequence is that the c6nglomerated chill.
dren Of all previous trips arc crowded into
the present one. You can hardly sit down
without spelling a child, and, as for prom
enading, it 10 next to an impossibility
The water tank in the main saloon is &C
constantly surrounded, that I've not dared
to take q drink there, for fear Of swallow.
ing q baby. Never till now did I appro
ciate King Herod At his true value. A few
minutes ago, for instance, ! had just 60
comfortably settled to my work at a tabl'
AN interval Of five minutes intervene
between clearing away the lunch and set
ting the tables for dinner-when q font
mother came in with q baby at her breas
and took a seat directly opposite. Tn,
little wretch opened It's batteries at once
with yell as though
Ali the fends from Heaven tina. fell,
Had pealed the banner cry Of He'll,
driving me from the position at once. AM
directly opposite my stateroom is a famil.
with two little responsibilities, that opel
out regularly at -four in the morning.
From the mouths Of babes and suck
lings" and all that, may be well enougl
in theory, but it is their noise that prey
upon my unaccustomed ears.
And of the fair sex, on board, he thu
causticly e1patiates:
AS for tho women, what shall ] say
There Is no scarcity Of the material Ger
tainly, but TO say that there was q super
abundance of beauty would be to utter
~lamentable untruth. Were it not for
few who leaven the lump of uncomeliness
I would say that the concentrated essenc
of female ugliness was to be found aboar,
this steamer. But some Of the women ar
so pretty, that they cast q positive halo Q
glory over the whole horizon Of ill-favor
ed femininity. 1"ir.ErN ngE
Shall I name these exceptions All
no! The list would not be so long as I
give me much trouble, but sometimes
vague uncertainty is much more satisfac
tory than positive assurance. As the mat
ter stands, every one Of our lady passen
gers that happens to SEQ this article vii
think that shs is one Of the few of WHOM
complimentary mention is made, and hap
piness will be her lot for at least q week
But, I am proud to say that my Sc.
fully atones for any lack Of comeliues
that there is among the opposite one
Most Of US are pretty, and those that ar
not have pretty ways-this latter is wher
l come in. rECtT TIA TlEg'
or the troupe " on board, and OF Mis-
Sallio Hinckley (Don Guzman) in partic
ular, he talks: LE1 @'EsR%
We have about half an opera troup
and a whole theatrical one aboard, but q
yet no performance has been brought ou,
though 1.-THE Ships Foot" might yer
well be, produced. Don Guzman, VIII
has recovered from q slight spell Of se
sickness, and now declares that she 10 a
brave as her sword or a s~wordfsh, an
Signora Leonora, declare their willingness
to resume their roes-and Don Nigodi
nus, for proof of his readiness to assist
refers everybody to Lazarillo.
Thus far very little has occurred Z
break the monotony Of the voyage. Dc
c~asionallya few porpoises happen along
kicking up their heels as though by acct
dent, but really doing It a.porpoise-ry
ing to emulate the marvellous gymnasti
feats which the Buislay brothers do. An,
they come pretty near those wonderful
acrobats, standing on their heads ant
throwing handspring and somersets a
though they had been doing nothing els
all their lives-which I really think the,