Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-06-20
SAN ITEMS.
From the Alta of the 18th inst:

SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
From the Alta of the 18th inst:
MANGANESE SHIpxESTs.-The steamer
Commodore now brings down from san
JOAQUIN City, an embarcadero on the
San Joaquin River, II full load OF man
ganese at each trip. This ore is from q
mine fifteen miles back in the country
towards Mount Diablo, and is very ricn;
The Commodore has already landea
three cargoes of this ore, each OF from
$50 to l6O tons, at her wharf IN this
CITY. since the LIST of June. The ore Is
shipped to England, and is said to pay
the owners Of the mine q handsome
profit over all expenses. 1t contains,
besides manganese, which is usea III
bleaching linen goods and for other pue-
poses, arsenic, sulphur, chloride OF hine
and the materials for the manufacture
of yellow paint, and in fact there Is no
waste in il, all its component parts
having a commercial value. The mine
located ON Red Rock yields a similar
kind of ore, but this is said to be OF "
higher grade. There appears to DC q
market for all that can be produced,
and quite O trade in this material Is
likely to spring up, for the benefit OIL
California.
RKwARp OF MERrr.-Detcctive Henry
Johnson, of this city, has just received
$1,000 from Governor Blasdel, OF Ne.
yada, for the detection and arrest OF
Eugene La Fevre, the escaped murderer
from that State. It will be remembered
that LIE Fevre was discovered in San
Quentin, where he had been sent under
On alias for q crime committed in the
northern part of this State, and was ar
rested at the moment Of his discharge,
ut the close Of his term of imprison-
ment here, by johnson, who had n re-
QUESTION for him from Nevada.
JOHN Becoming DENoRALIzED.-For
some reason the Chinese have never al
lowed females to appear upon their
stage. In oil dramatic representations
the female characters are represented
by men so artistically gotten up that an
outside barbarian would never be able
to detect the imposture, while looking
and listening from the dress circle or
parquette. But q change Is coming
over the spirit of their dreams, and the
Chinese residents in California, or a
portion of them, have sanctioned q
startling innovation. One OF the Ce-
lestial managers has introduced a new
feature in tho performances at his tenn
pie Of the drama, on Commercial street.
On Tuesday night, for the first time,
perhaps, In the history Of the Chinese
drama, q band of female minstrels and
dancers appeared on the stage ut thai
establishment and opened the evenings
entertainment in their W pecuiia!
style. The females were from q well
known melodeon much f%requented by
miners and "poor whites" and we
much doubt whether the general char.
acter of the establishment Is elevated
by the performance. However that may
be, tho American melodeon performance
is TO be engrafted on the ancient Chi
nese drama, and hereafter the female
minstrels will commence the entertain.
ment at that place nightly, the Chinese
drama following after closing the pro-
gramme. "The world moves" but
which way; forward or backward? Thai
is the question.
Tho Vallejo and Sacramento Railroad
came to q halt a week ago, at Bridge
port, for the lack of chairs in which the
rails are fastened but the last steamer
from Panama brought enough for five
miles. These were sent up yesterday,
and the tracklayer will resume work to-
day, with the expectation of reaching
Suisun on or before next Monday ; and
two or three days later tho trains will
begin to run regularly between Vallejo
and Suisun. A supply Of chairs for ter
miles is expected on the next steamer,
and on the following enough are TO come
to reach Sacramento.
From the Bulletin, sane date:
THE STEAK Day DocK.-The San Fran
cisco Dry Dock, located near Hunters
Point, is rapidly approaching compile.
ton. About eighty men are employed
upon it, and the contractor has hoped te
have it ready for service by the 4th Of
July. But It will not probably be fin
ished before August. Access to 1t IL
Just now q little inconvenisnt, as there
are three distinct companies controlling
the railroad line, requiring three fare:
and changes Of cars. As oon as the
deep cut through the Potrero ridge |:
made and the rails laid, there will be q
continuous car line from the City Hal
to Bay View Park, which should be con
trolled by one company. This will per
haps be finished by the first of August
The Dry Dock is large enough to admi,
any American vessel afoat-except the
Great Eastern. The Constitution, of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company's line,
can float comfortably in it, and leave
room enough on all sides for any work
to be done. The excavation for the
Dock is made on the firm soil, and looks
like a mould in which to cast q giant
ship.
A nan named Fuller has yictimized
business men and others Of this city il
fraudulent mercantile transactions Il
the extent of about $35, 900. 1t is sup
posed that he left for China on the
steamer Colorado.
It is stated that the Builders Insu.
rance Company have insured q field o.
wheat, in Alameda county, against FIRE
A case Of small poI was reported at
the Health Office this morning by the
Harbor Police. The vaccinations by the
Health Officer and assistants exceed fifty
persons a day.
The decapitated rooster is dead a,
last.
MAGNIFICENT SPrcrAcLE.-The most
remarkable thing in the marine illumi-
nations on the arrival Of the Duke oil
Edinburgh in the harbor Of Sydney, was
q huge representation Of q fiery dragon.
The Australian Steam Navigation Com
pany's steamer Yaamba was inclosed on
both sides by transparencies, which
formed o very striking and minutely
accurate picture Of the popular notion
Of q dragou-the eyes, scales, claws,
teeth, aud ears Of the monster all being
we'll proportional and distinctly dis
oernible at o considerable distance.
The length Of the figure was one hum
dred and two feet, and the hight at the
head lin the bows Of the vessel) was