Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-09-14

WAsHoE vIcIssIrupEs.-Talk of up
and downs in life. No place where yor
a see the real human hush-and-dead'
broke see-saw so we'll or so frequently
as in the Pacific States-especially il
Nevada. On day before yesterday We
heard a man t~estifying before Judge
Harris, in our County Court, who said.
and to our knowledge truthfully, thai
four years ago he was worth $780, oC
could have made a forced sale Of his
property $50, 000;-a a who, to-day,
isn't worth a thousand dollars. That
a common thing. But here is a recital
Of the Washoe experience ola Califor-
MIA forty-uiner that is worthy of record,
The man is living in this county, and
has degenerated in many respects, but
very greatly and most as a ~''hnancial
cuss." Coming to 'sWashoe' in 1889,
he saws he hibernated during the Win
ter of ls59-60, after a brief engagement
"a a Johntown miner. In 1860 he open
ed a saloon in Virginia, and from that
time to ls63-64 his fortune ran up
through all the good luck Of the ophir,
Gould & Curry and the first flush Of the
Hale L Norcross. He got above u sa-
loon bushes in 1868, sailed for San
Francisco, took some Of his money out
of the mines and we'll invested 10 real
estate at the Bay; then had hands laid
on him by the San Francisco brokers,
and commenced a course Depreciation,
n, their humble request, which took
him.clear up and around and through
eighteen hundred thousand dollars-as
The luck run-aud left him, a rusher for
free lunches and a veritable lighthouse
teetotalism. He now spars at the free
lunches in our towns, every day. But
Yesterday we were told that q niue
t.way east" 10 this State, in which be
is the largest holder, has been sold in
New York city-msking his share over
$50, OOO-and that the fact is carefully
concealed from him by his friends, who
are determined that neither he nor his
large family shall suffer any more, and
SO are arranging for ahomestead invest
ment, and an endowment OF his excel
lent wife-past the chance ofhis squan-
dering. He signed notes for friends, in
early days, some of which he has re-
uewed, which are waiting TO "nip' his
prospects; but it is believed that the
windfall can be carried to his home
credit, as iutimated, in spite of rayenous
sheutpershent chaps, who are as yet ig-
norant of the new turn up in the old
Washoeite's run. We would mention
names, but for the little circumstance
just disclosed. One Of his friends re-
marked to us last night, at would be
damuable if those FIVE aud ten per
cent. per month fellows, should scent
this thing, and come in and gobble this
dividend" Butthe prospects are fair,
we should judge, for success in II COM
promise with all creditors-they being
ignorant of the ''stroke," and being Of
fered a right settlement, on reasonable
interest. In the meantime, there is
something exciting in the suspense, ex-
pectation, etc.. involved in the affair.
We would like to see this sold Wnshoe-
lite" get his homestead and annuity all
safe; and il and when he does so, We
will spell his name.
AT BGGLE's.-THE GALAXY commences
its monthly issue with the September
number. Among its noticeable articles,
we may mention ''Opium and its Vic
Tins" comparing the effect Of that po-
tent drug with those of alcohol; AN
other View Of Madame Recamier;" a
very amusing paper on "Parisian
English" "New York and its People,
showing the elements which compose
our city population; "Ars-Criticism Re-
viewed" complimenting the ability and
sincerity Of that department in the Tn
6une, and consuming it for certain faults
are specified by the writer;
and their Uses treating par
.icularly of British English and Ameri-
,au-English. and maintaining that on
the whole English is better spoken in
the United States than in Great Britain;
md "Russiau America"