Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-23

/ caught surreptitiously reading the
mysteries Of the Court Of London"
and requested him to epitomize In
writing. This is what he says, Ierbat'm
ct iterdttm:
Y. NJ. C. A. ROCKS,
SAN Francisco, April 81, 1870.
NY dear brother: Those besuteful lines
that SINFUL n~oyilist Shakpere the only
thing he wrote worth knowing
while the lamp holds out to burn
The silent sinner may return -
gives one Hope that your orful profanity
may yet be turned to spiritual joy. II il don't
the Seventh Commandment provides for all
such cases, with which I hereby return your
pamphlet and have not time to sully my mind
things worldly, especially such debasing
literature a you incloied. / have prayed for
YOU and will continue to do for you remem-
Der you yet owe four dollars for whisky which
I let YOU have when I was q lost VESSEL and
kept q bar. Yours in SORROW,
don't entirely indorse that report.
The reference to "debasing literature"
stand, the rest is tabled. And
really I begin to discern that not only
Is there such a thing as "debasing lit
erature," but that the expression may
be .truthfully amplifed to read "lit-
erature is d~ebasing."
Paddy Pungeat.
Think Of that poor fellow, "Paddy
Pungent," who blew his brains out on
Wednesday morning. A mar Of talent,
a born writer, one to whom scribbling
came as naturally as singing to q bird,
perfume to a rose, or beauty to a
woman. For years he had been strug-
CLING, now for fame, now for bread,
to-day selling peanuts and apples, to-
morrow an article that would have
done credit to al accomplished jour-
nalist. His thought was>originai, his
manner of expression happy, and his
native Irish humor infused 4 wit Into
his contributions, that ought to have
made them In greater demand. II he
had been able to dress In broadcloth
and fine linen, breakfast ut the "Mai-
son Fer" take his cocktails ut the
"Bank Exchange" and dine ut the
"Rotesserie;" If he had pushed him
self amongst the representatives of
San Francisco literature. and boldly
demanded that he should take his place
with them, his abilities would probably
have been recognized, and Instead Of
adding one more name to the fearful
catalogue Of suicides, the "nom de
plume Of "Paddy Pungent =" might
have become a household word on the
coast, and its owner courted, admired
and admitted into the most refined
circles. But, poor fellow, his boots
were unpublished and his clothes
shabby, his shirt not spotless, and bis
hat dilapidated, and worst Of all his
pockets moneyless. Verify, dress does
make the man, and many
"A mute inglorious Milton"
Fails to rise because he has not credit
at q fashionable tailor's. It's very
we'll moralizing now, but none OF us
lent him a helping hand.
A Few Commercial Items.
1t is reported In financial circles that
a new bank is soon to be organized,
and will operate In a somewhat differ
cnt manner from any doing business
at the present time, which is under
stood to mean that they will discount
paper with less scrupulousness than
any institution at present established.
That may be all very well for the
merchants who desire cash in exchange
for accommodation bills" but hardly
likely to satisfy shareholders. The
Bank Of California lucky ground,
Jack) is perhaps little too speculative
for a large monetary concern, but 1t Is
governed by smart business men, who
will always lend gold OH good secu-
rity, personal or otherwise. What
this State essentially needs Is, a sound
National Bank Oh a gold basis, with
branches In every agricultural burg
and mining town, one that the people
could depend on, and deposit their
dollars in without fear of a collapse.
The capitalists who invest In such an
undertaking will reap 4 rich harvest,
and we'll deserve 1t.
Item number two is, the excitement
caused by the Savings Banks withhold
ing $15, 900, or more, Of deposltors
money, being 10 per cent. Of the
amount of mortgage tax paid by prop
erty holders, but which tn" late Legis-
lature abolished. The corporations
say they spent that sum In counsel's
fees and "other expenses" or IN plain
English-lobbying, and think that the
public, for whose benefit they fought
so hard, should reimburse them. This,
the gentle public fail to see, and rs the
latter have law, II not strict moral
right on their side, it is easy to divine
that the "Sayings' and Loan Societies"
will come out second best.
Item number thrss:-I guess those
two last paragraphs r as much as
any decent man can read at one time
without going to sleep, so we will
postpone the consideration Of the Aus
tralian steamer line, the Fiji Islands
annexation scheme, the grade ofMont-
gomery avenue, the debate in the
Board of Supervisors oil street COIL
tracts, and many other important and
soul-thrilling subjects to some future
date-say this day twelvemonth.
That Blossom Rock" explosion
positively takes place tomorrow ut
1880 p. NJ. Look out for the report,
journalistic and acoustic.
JACK HoRNER.