Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-05-04

to q ueSTee VI IusCdliIy
crime clings to a sailor ashore like a
barnacle to a ship, but they have be-
come altogether too outrageous, and it
remains to be seen II they can be
checked by law and enactment.
Literary Gossip.
Colonel Albert Evans will shortly
publish an account Of his recent jour
ney with the Seward party through
Mexico. The book will be issued
simultaneously in New York and Mex
leo ; translated into Spanish for the
benefit of Juarez's citizens. A firm In
Hartford has requested him to write a
work on California, to be splendidly
illustrated, and sold by subscription.
Mr.. Swift, the clever author of "Going
to Jericho" has written a tale, the
scene of which is laid in California and
Nevada. 1t will probably be issued
by Roman g. Co. One Thomas Driver
has had q vision. He puts 1t in type
and expects the public to purchase.
This remarkable document is entitled
"The Way to Glory and the Road to
Destruction, as seen in a Dream" To
judge from the contents, Mr.. Driver is
likely to take up his abode in that pal
atial building, situated in San joaquin
County, for all such cases made and
provided. Bayard Taylor will arrive
here in q week or two, under engage
ment to lecture for. the Mercantile
Library. The lottery scheme for the
relief Of that institution prospers favor
ably. 1t will be conducted after the
manner of the Royal Havana under
taking, and includes homesteads, land,
coin, shares, etc. Mr.. Bowman, late
editor of the Chronicle, accompanied
by his wife and the young poet, G. n.
Stoddard, are going ON a visit to the
Sandwich Islands. Miss Josie Orion
Is coming to this coast with a new SELL
sation play called "onc More Unfor-
tunate."
Theatrical.
A. general depression prevails at
every house except the Alhambra. We
are going to have n week Of light
comedy at the California. Frank
Mayo, at Maguire's, produces the
"Streets Of New York" as played
by him for four hundred nights.
Camilla Urso gives 4 farewell concert
for the benefit Of the French Hospital.
Miss Lizzie Parker Northrup, n we'll
known local singer, again changed her
name on Sunday Mr.. Hurr being
the happy man this time. The unap-
probation Of Mrs. Gladstane's acting
has raised quite q pother amongst the
critics, some "Damning, with faint
praise" others claiming for her the
highest abilities.
Theatrical Critlcism In Gnu Francisco.
1t is impossible to say what will
please a San Francisco audience. They
defy all rule, applaud when Others
condemn, condemn when the world
applauds. When Charles kean and
wife were here the public ~unfavorably
criticised them. On the other hand, q
little lady, Alice K~ingsbury, of whom
no one had ever heard before, came
unheralded, unpufled, and unable to
procure all engagement. An adven-
turous manager advertised her for II
week, and she opened in FdRchon.
The first night there was a slim audi
ence, the next, and for ten weeks after,
the house was q perfect jam, and this
unknown actress played, | believe, to
the most remunerative houses since
early days. 1t would be untrue to say
that the leg drama is much in favor,
for Elise Holt was q decided failure,
and mirabils dictu. The reason given
was her alleged immodesty. But the
Bonfanti and Sangalli Ballet Troupe,
who certainly did not oyer-drape, took
immensely, and the Ztvistowski Sis
tiers, who play the same characters rs
| Elise, have been dancing the Moo:fy
Can-cam to respectable houses and ali-
| diences for fifteen weeks. Blood and
| thunder dramas never take, and al
though this is essentially q Celtic city,
4 late attempt to produce q Fenian
play was an. unmitigated failure. In
fact, San Francisco's support or neg
lect is apparently altogether a matter
of chance, and neither managers o
critics can say beforehand which way
the wind will blow. Walter Mont
gomery, one Of the best English actors,
Is on his way from Honolulu. Europe
and Australia have stamped him as q
genius, for fifteen years his name has
been sufficient to fill a theater, but it
would not be the least surprising If he
failed here. 1t il no recommendation
to be applauded, nor depreciation, to
be neglected by a California assembly,
and the artist who is supremacy indif-
ferent to the one or the other Is most
likely to succeed.
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