Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-05-23
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Democracy Of Gold Hill assembled at
Theater Hall last evening. Tho num-
Der present was perhaps two-thirds as
great As the attendance at the meeting
of tho First Ward Union Club in the
same place last Monday evening. There
was q sufficient sprlnkling Of Republic
cans prOsont-t to give = hue OF iatelli-
gcuco, intellectually and consequent "a
rieiy to the scene. II was nearly il not
quito 0 o'clock before tho orator OF the
occasion" Col. R. II. Taylor of Vir-
ginia arrived. The interval was prof
itably improved by diagnosing tho vio-
lent eoRat-ah symptoms Of President
Lansing /; ndmiring the graceful, lady
killing attitudenizing of Vice President
W. II. Stone listening to the brief bht
eloquent reading of the minutes of the
last meeting BY alacritously-volunteering
Secretary Cassidy, and witnessing the
throwing of nm immense bomb!sholl
into tho Radicai camp by Nodsiear Peter
Blouin. The tedium resulting from tho
c~ncryating reaction which naturally fol-
lowed tho excitement flowing from the
brilliant forensic display OF Secretary
Cassidy, was relieved by Col. VIM. II.
Watson, Chairman Of the Executive
Committee, by promenadins tho south
aisle, mcerschaum in mouth and putting
Justify, In solemn dignity betting tho
Grand Turk and tho Great Mognl of
Gold Hill Democracy.
Just rs the Colonel had completed his
eighty-third grand march Monsieur PEI
ter Blouin, with a hop, skip and jump
worthy Of a dancing-mastcr, " frame
quivering with excitement and n II
t~cnance p~ortchtously eloquent Of ns'
founding tidings, took his stand in
front of the audience, and electrified
his hearers by tho anomalous statement
Of tho incongruous fact that hc pro-
tossed to be q Union man, but was still
q Democrat and not q member Of the
Union Club, rs had falsely been stated
and made to appear by the entry Of his
namc on the Club-roll. The announce
mcnt Of this strange vaghry-that n
man protesting attachment TO the Union
had failed 10 leave the Democratic party,
elected thunderous applause. ln'the
| cxhilaration of tue moment the altitu-
| dinous %side-boards of President Linn
| sing would have inevitably clipped an
ear off, had no not, with rare presence
| Of mind, recovered from nm involuntary
lurch. The thrill Of this momcntous
episode still pcrvadod tho nsscmblagc,
| whom the arrival OF Colonel r. n.
Taylor, of Virginia." was announced,
and that war-worn veteran took the
stand. His first half hour was most
proftably and Interestingly devoted to
tho narration Of sundry thrilling incl
| dents in the career of Colonel Bob"
He had waited for tho bus until no had
asccrtaincd that it would not como
down until after tho close Of the per-
formances at the theatre, and had con-
| cludcd to walk down to these theatre
calls at Gold Hill. [Grcat applause,
which prevented tho Colonel's stating
whether he considered this n tragedy,
farce, or mrllow drdmmy performance.
The Colonel had walked down and was
U blowed from tho effects Of the
walk, no would have them understand,
and not by the cannoH-fring ut Fort
Homestead on the evening previous.
Tho relevancy, pcrtinency and appli-
cability Of this remark was fully apprc-
ciated, aud the applause was so violent
as to shake tho very foundations OF the
building.1 In connection with tho
gun-fring the Colonel deemed it fit
ting aud appropriate to Introduce his
audience to tho Taylor family, and
repeat the ~colloquies of the homo cir
Gle aud the conjugal prophecies of him
| the said Colonel Bob. Tho patcrnal
and maternal heads Of tho house OF
TAYLOR and tho adolescent tailors and
tailorcsscs were calmly enjoying qniet
domesticity on Thursday evening, when
boom ~ went tho first gun at Fort
| Homestead. Mother aud children arc
startled by the unaccustomed, Earring
sound, but "the old war-horse," "the
hero of o thousand fghts,' sits calm,
cool, imperturbablo, ''nor eyclid shakes
nor doth a muscle quiver." Recovered
from her wondering admiration Of his
cool indifference, the timid wife in
quircs, What's that7" To which the
chieftain bold, In style sang (Ioid, re-
spends, "oh, nothing /; only tho first
gun for Grant. They make much noise
Just now, but they won't make so much
in November" As a prophecy, uttered
within tho sanctifed limits Of the home
circle, its sincerity could not be doubt
ed, and the oolonel's audisneo accepted
it as of almost divine inspiration and
chocred accordingly. Noxt tho Colonel
told how hcand Jesse Pltzer came down
to Gold Hill, how Pitzcr spoke, and
then made him, the Colonel, speak. This
good joke, sound argument and tho cul'
minating cruel inliction Of making the
gallant Colonel speak were duly apprc-
ciatcd and appropriately a%pplaudcd.
This closed the original portion Of the
discourse. Tho balance was made up
of extracts from the In Crosse Democrat,
Examiner, Reporter, and of limitations Of
Andy Johnson. With the personal
narrative tho interest and enthusiasm
ended and tho audience gradually dis
psrsed.
ANOTHER SAD SurcrpE.-A young man
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