The weekly Butte record., 1867-07-06
OROvILLE. SATURDAY, JULY 6tt
San Francisco Correspondence.

Ed REcoRD-Ouce more in the field and on hand
70 furnish items Of news or gossip. seem to have
found great dearth of material out of which to
make up a readable letter. Barring politics-and
that's folly it isn't best to fool with-there is an
astonishing lack of letter material, either in the
raw manufactured state. Even the regular b.
bemans Of the press are at their wits end. and
have 10 dish up strange mixtures ior their readers.
something like boarding house hash. The arrival
OF the Colorado from China and Japan in less than
schedule time, and with large passenger list, has
revived the interest in those Cssstai regions and
the news she brings Of a contemplated raid upon
US by the children of the amondeye and pendant
has sent a thrill OF despair through our Anti
Coolie associations, who had but barely recovered
from the dose of Gore-em they took at the prma-
res. The political stew is now in an advanced
stage of fermentation and as those hit hardest cry
the loudest there has been huge OLD wailing
among the press. the Independent" press in par
ticuar The regular party hacks, of course. have
to swallow the dose and smile. even though the
pi II be bitter; but the Independent are in an
full rage that but one man. and he a youth, shoaid
dare to beard the whole tribe OF Ink singers" of
the State-aye, and even beat them in the raee-is
more than they can bear with good grace. Our
worthy evening paper the Bulletin, has even work
ed itself into Mysteries the matter, and has got
'.Gorham on the brain Although | would have
preferred to have seen the nomination bestowed on
Bidwell, yet believe that far as manipulating
primaries and stocking conventions go. Gorham
has done than has been done before by
some of best officials. And it Is generally con
ceded that all is fair either in politics there
fore look 10 see Gotham the next Governor OF the
State of Calf ornia.
The Democratic Convention is in session,
and the proceedings are marked by more enthusi-
asm than has characterized their meetings since
so many of their leaders drew off to help their
friends in Dixie The "Old Liners" generally
are working the wires. and putting up less objec.
tionable men for the offices. hoping that the pres
ent schism in the Union ranks will enable them TO
draw enough from the Union party to give victory
to their side 1T is hard to learn an old dog new
tricks was never more exemphied than in the
proceedings of the socalled Democracy of the
State. Not realizing that the old issues among
the things of the past and unable to learn that the
inevitable logic of events denotes progress,
they still cling 10 their old platform. and rayng
CRIES like tue GfONUlS Nllo ue-nctdle'N NiuN-
ches the slender reed that fails support him. and
rejects the raft that has hoated within his reach.
But to turn from things political to things theat-
rical. At the New Opera House the new star, Ed
win Adams proves to he of the first class, and is
attracting crowded houses by his maSterly rend
ton of Shakespeare divine conceptions. Heis one
OF the most finished actors that has favored us with
A visit and his assumptions denote both the scholar
and actor-a close student as well as fine eocu-
ronist. All the Metropolitan troupe of Japs have
held forth doing their own peculiar style of gym
nastics very cleverly but the novelty having worn
off did not attract as large audiences as some of
their predecessors Heller. the weird aud witty,
holds forth nightly to good houses. doing clever
tricks and horrible puns at the same time-poor
fellow he can't help it; one must he bad, you know
for no man can do two things well at the same
time However his music Is good, his gossip
Sertaining and his tricks are nearly quite Heller.
At the Academy of Music little girl only ten
wears is,astonishng the natives by doing the most
difficult aud daring feats of the most practised
gymnasts. Her execution of the "Giant Swing,
aud the Niagara Leap most certainly suFpass
ANYTHING of the kind ever before attempted here.
The name of this youthful wonder is Zoe De
Laws.
ARCrURIA
cur new possessions in the north are attracting
considerable attention among the business portion
Of the city. and there will be several expeditions,
most probably, fitted ont for the purpose OF deve-
oping its resources. large number Of the He
hrews of this place are interesting themselves in