Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-21
THE EVENING NEWS.
Rvs.ins..--.--..Jan. 81, 1870
Rnnro.a yo,as, to car,on.


to Carson, composed of the Virginia
Choral Society and several friends,
together with the Gold Hill Brass
Band; the party numbering about
fifty persons in all. The regular after.
noon passenger train from Virginia
brought down some Of the Choral So
ciety, and at 4 p. NJ, together with the
brass hand and others, we took our de-
parture from the Main street landing,
Gold Hill, conveyed by the locomo-
tive "Carson," the fleet being made
up Of six loaded ore cars, and the reg.
uiar passenger car bringing up the
rear, the whole being under command
of Superintendent Yerington, and the
party marshaled by y. a. Ii. Ball.
TIE VOYAGE.
Under all drawing sail we took our
departure from Gold Hill, steering due
south. Away past the Yellow Jacket,
and over the tall Crown Point bridge
we sailed. weathering the Belcher and
other dumps handsomely and directly
shaping our course to the Westward we
encountered n strong southwest wind.
which being right dead ahead, we
were obliged to beat against II,
all the rest of the way. lacking ship
every few rods, and following the
winding, hilly conformation of the
country. Owing to the late heavy
rain. the track was settled q little and
out of trim, therefore the train bobbcd
,bout with the gentle undulating mo-
ton of 4 down East pinScy in 4 chop
sen. We, like all the rest OF the male
passengers, preferred the forward deck
10 the cabin. so the platform carS We're
the fayorite resort for the interested
lookoutS. where we might gloat over
the rude. sterile s~age-5ruSh scenery.
and shout greetings, rs We passed, TO
the Chinese laborerS scattered along
the line of the road, keeping it in
order. The grand difficulty Was to
keep run of the locomotive. At Il
time it wa to the windward and next
minute to the lceward; then it was oil
the larboard bow. and next thing you
knew there it was cruising away abcam
of III, rs though trying to set around
ON a stern chase after the c car. II
IL hadn't been hitched fast TO the train.
It is hard to say where 1t would have
brought up. After ~wcathering Ameri-
can Flat. the train steercd awhile due
north, going back toward Gold Hill.
IL was the widest steering we ever
saw In all our maritime experience.
There was one grand source of con-
ISOLATION, however, in the fact that
there could be no such thing u "tclc-
scopino" on that road. IL was too
confounded crooked TO admit of such
an arrangement. Through the deep,
rocky cuts and across lofty ellis we
plunged and rolled. dashing through
the long dark G00-foot tunnel. and on
into the daylight toward Carson valley.
Gradually our course became less &c
centric, the steering was st%raighter,
allowing of palmer sailing and faster
progress. The "woodcn mile stones,
us Dale called them, beside the road
seemed nearer together, and even the
swiftly-fitting sage brush appeared IN
the gathering shades of evening nor
like a grassy pasture or n drifting beu
of seawecd. Directly we tackled ship
and stood more TO the westward again,
coaSting up Carson river for half Il
dozen miles or so. That ambition;
little stream rolled In dirty turbulelcy
away down below W. to the left. and
we so high up on the mountain shelf
that the Santiago and other mills and
buildings scattered along il bed looked
like mere baby houses. As we passed
the Santiago mill our iadomitablc band
stood ont in the cold, frosty breeze.
shiyerinr while they played "a Life
on the Ocean Wave" Cottage by the
Sea-" and other appropriately roinas-
tic tunes suited to the occasion. Tie
darkness of night decpencd ~ we
pasSed the neat little villages OF Mer-
iimac and Brunswick mills, and GAL
lantly dashed into Cowtown, where we
stopped for five or ten minutes to
switch off our ore ears and play a time
or two for the delight of the yellow
Jacket mill people. Then we got I'M
der way again, and raced of tliron%h
Empire and across the broad. dark,
SAGE brush sea for ten minutes more,
when we arrived safely into II des-
tined port, and came to anchor near
the Carson Mint, which likes grim
fortress with frowning batt'emcnts
overlooked the landing place.
THE RECEPTION.
Friends met us as we stepped from
the cars. and we found way into
town with the most perfect Facility.
Our brass band marched Sail!y footing
their horns to the special JOY OF the
natives, both young and old, anu leu
the way directly to the Ornlsby House.
which was made the headquarters OF
the excursion party during the visit.
After the usual beverage indulgcnccs
at the bar by the gents, all partook of
n substantial and bountifnl repaSt,
furnished by our h%ospitablc Carson
friends, and shortly afterward all
hands adjourned and found their way
10
TIE TIItNTT:R.
The Carson Theater is quite S,tScep-
tible of Improvement in some respects,
but more especially in the ceiiinS oi
tile same. That is much too low anu
made Of cloth, deadening 10 all good
music, vocal or Instrumental. Even
IL it were arched 1t would be an IN
proyement.' Carson should possess a
larger and better theater building than
that, and the sooner the better; this Is
better than no theater. however. Oar
brass band played outside while the
people We're gathering in, and soon
every seat and every available inch OF
standing room was occupied. n more
densely packed audience is seldom
seen. OF the vocal entertainment CIV
en- by the members of the Choral So
ciety-Proiessor Gee presiding at the
piano-our Carson friends all speak in
terms Of highest praise and satisiac-
ton. The choruscs were all given with
excellent effect, and considering the
disadvantages already mentioned. the
singing generally sounded well. The
first solo, .sI'm King Of the Sea-" was
reeally sung by Mr.. Ball, in = ricii,
deep staccato style, and received its
dine need Of applause, rs did also the
trio which followed. Life has no
Power" sweetly rendered by MrS.
Rosener. aud Messrs. Ball and Ma
",Iire. MI. Hull sang "A Fathers
f'oye.- and next the pretty duet
What Mountains" had ample mu;i-
cal iustice done it in the sweetly
blended soprano Of Mrs. Storer. WIN
.Joe Maguire's superb tenor. "'ine