The Placer herald., 1870-06-04

SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
[From our Regular Correspondent

SAN FRANCIsco, june lst.
For the hast six years the community has been
scandalzcd by the existence Of an infamous sheet
which would not be tolerated by the municipal
authorities of any other city in the world. Its
owner. J. D. NJ. Hylton, was formerly proprietor
of paper called The Skedaddie, and was i'm
prisoned several months in the County Jail for
Publishing disgusting obsccnity. After serving
his time he started Our .Nazeppa. ard by a sys-
TEN of outrageous blackmailing he accumulated
some sixty thousand dollars. Week after week
its columns have been filed with vile ISLANDERS
No woman was too pure, no man too noble to es-
cape its attacks. and it was in the power of any
one to blacken the most blameiess life by paying
five dollars for the insertion OF a scurrlous para
graph. Mere children were often accused of i'm
moralities, in order TO induce their parents to pay
heavily .or the suppression OF supposed facts.
Innocent girls were made the subject of shameful
insinuations. and any one who might be supposed
weak enough to ward off a false report by money
was considered fair game for SANDER. For the
past three weeks defanaory articles have ap-
peared about the wife OF VIM. G.. Lansing, p gent
OF the U. s. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com
pany, and that gentleman waited on Hyton and
cautioned him not to repea. the calumny. On
Saturday the attack was renewed, and Mr.. Lans-
ing now determined TO abate by force what be
had failed 10 stop by cxpostu ation 1T 10 clock
on Monday morning, as Hylton was walking on
Montgomery street, Lansing approached him with
derrnger iD his hand and fired at his head, the
BALI ent eriDg the lower jaw and coming out under
the right eye. The wound is not necessarily IA
tai, though ii the expressed opinions OF the crowd
who instantly gathered have aDy weight with
Providence. our .Ndzeppd will soon be in want
OF an editor. Lansing was arrested. but could
have procured million dollars worth of bail if
necessary, and several legal gentleman voun-
teercd to defend him free OF charge. He has Ia,
sympathy of the whole community, aud there is
not the least likelihood of finding jury who will
convict him oil the assault.
THE LOTTERY.
Up 10 the time Of closing the Office last night
S2,706 tickets for the Mercantile Library Gift
Concert bad been sold. Seventy orders were re-
ccived by mail and telegraph for number ls49,
aud $50 have been offered for it, and refused by
its possessor There is sharp competition for
l776, and 1870 WAS disposed.of for premium OF
S54. Mediums cllrivoyants astrologers, and the
rest of the mysterious fraternity who live on the
credulity of fools are reaping 4 rich harvest by
taking advantage OF the prevailing speculative
tendency. Professor Cohen 1.-The only living
asrologer; ali Others are imposters," is coming
money by selling lists of lucky numbers. Madame
Clara Antonia, who tells the past present and
future" is disposing of charms by the wholesale.
and accumulatng a sleeky fatness that generally
bcspeaks plethorc purse. Others are casting
natvilics To determine the day and hour the
ticket must be purchased, peering into futurity
TO catch glimpse OF the combination OF figures
that will draw the big prize. and disposng for
cash all kinds OF impossible jargon by which at
least one OF the smaller gifts can be secured. The
managers OF the lottery are very retccnt ann
have not deGned TO answer any of the pertinent
questions asked by the press. 1t was said last
week that steps would be taken TO prevent the
maturing OF he scheme, by an appeal to the
courts, for the permissivc law is decidedly against
the State Constitution; but the Chronicle asserts
that opposition WAS bought of by promising to
have another raffie for the heneft OF the Roman
Catholic. Protestant and Hebrew Orphan Asy-
lums. DESTROYS OF asceriaining what means have
been taken to prevent forgery Of the tckcts |
stepped into ID. llck K Co.'s establishment on
Clay street, day or two ago, and watched the
process OF numbering them. They are printed
in various colored inks on various colorcd . per,
and on the back of each one is Il series OF rrcgu-
lar lines, running in every direction. Every
ticket has Il different arrangement Of these lines.
so that when it is separated from the tag No other
one in the whole series could possibly have lines
that would perfectly connect the tag and the
tcke. together For instance, ii ticket No.
wins ptise and some smart lorger holding No.
II grasses those figures and substitutes the former
all that the mtnagera have TO do TO detect the
fraud, is to place the presented coupons against
The tag ef the winning ticket Ied az the lines on
the back would not match, the attempted rascal
ity would be instantly discovered.
MEMORIAL DAY
Was celebrated on Monday with impressive cere-
monies. Several thousand people assembled
round the tomb OF Baker at Lone Mountain and
after prayers aud an address, the graves Of the
sleeping heroes were wreahed with flowers by
their surviving comrades. In the evening Platt's
Hall Was crowded with an audience that remind.
cd one OF the old war days, and Cr. Stone teliv-
cred splendid grafton. and one thit was marked
by the unusnal feature Of fairness for he paid
glowing tribu G to the soldierly qualities of the
Confederate dead and spoke OF Robert T. Lee az
man Of whose abilities no American need be
ashamed.
NC0NE RETURNS.
The depression Of trade that existed land still
exisis) in this city last year is strikingly cxem-
rlihed by the recently published returns of in
come tax for 1860. Reduced to gold basis it is
about $50 ,00o less than for lS6S Several of our
leading financial men, who rerorted good incomes
Tor the preceding year, give no return, their
losses having more than balanced profits. Only
two persons report over 500 900. One Of these
is SlO3, 600, and the other $l0l 600.
CoAaoDoRE DOT
Is the name OF a 25-inch dwarf, weighing Is
pounds, that the indeiat.able Barnum. ever ON
the lookout for showmcn's treasures, has discov-
cred amongst tie Juvenile product ctious Of the city
Leopold Kahn is the boys baptismal title and he
is the son of a worthy German couple, either of
whom could turn the scale at l;5. One hour af.
ter birth, his mother says he was an eight pound
er, and he has consequently only gained seven
pounds OF feeb blood. muscle and sinews during
The succeeding twelve years OF life Barnum has
procured tut or for the little fellow. and is ini-
tlating him into the mysteries of phenomenal
polileness, miniature selt-compIaccncy and stage
wit replrec. When he is pcrtect in these nccom.