Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-05-21

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Memorable Dscument = The Cali
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ignnt Act.
Ta SAX FRHcBcogMsy 20, 1870.
PickwIck Cub Revived.
When Charles Dickens wrote his eel
ebrated history Of the Pickwick Club,
the world laughed at the humorous
conception, and supposed that such Q
Of inqpiring, benevolent
fogies might by some possibility exist
in London, butcertainly nowhere else.
It appears, however, that some Of the
migrated to San Francisco,
and keep up the old organization by
semi-monthly meetings rs an Academy
of Science. 1t was Mr.. Pickwick, p!
believe, whose antiquarian research led
to the discovery Of a wonderful stone
with an almost illegible inscription,
and presented 1t to the Society as
relic of the Roman conquest, until sam
Weller pronounced it to be merely q
prosaic "Bill Stubs, his mark" and
1t is to Judge Yale that California owes
the remarkable announcement that the
Potrero is q very mine of antedeluvian
deposits. AT the end Of the Long
Bridge there are two or three mounds
Of earth, possibly sand drifts, perhaps
a natural rise In the ground, or more
likely artificial elevations made Tor
some forgotten purpose by an early
settler. But the Judge has got 1t into
his head that these hillocks are the
work of an extinct race Of Indians who
inhabited the continent about the time
that Noah's Ark was in the shipyard
waiting to be launched, and ne has SO
impressed this view upon his colleagues
that last night they solemnly agreed to
meet OH Saturday and make a careful
pick and shovel examination for bones
and fossils. May no Samuel Weller
disturb their mild amusementS by the
information that the mounds in ques-
ton were the work Of q California Bill
Stubs.
Our scandal-loving community have
all inexhaustable fund Of gossip in the
Divorce Case
Commenced yesterday by Mrs. Ann
Eliza Brannan against the redoubtable
Sam. The petitioner has been living
in Europe for several years, and conse-
qucntly apart from her husband. She
now prays for a dissolution Of the mat
rlmonial bonds OH the ground of her
liege lords cruelty, habitual intemper-
ance and breach of'the seventh COM
mandment, and moreover asks that
one-half the common property be
awarded her. That last demand will
be the principal subject of controversy,
rs the amount involved runs up to a
million, and Sam don't care about
halylng Calistoga and his other real
estate, especially as legal wit promises
him q way out Of the difficulty.
Matrimony Discouraged.
Either this case or some domestic
disturbance has had a sour effect OH the
Board of Education, for they yesterday
decided that any school marin contcm-
plating matrimony must drop her
ferule on the hymeneal altar, as in fn-
ture they intended to have none but
maidens in the department. The
members think 1t impossible to serve
two masters; that while the young
ladies arc teaching the young idea how
to shoot, the husbands shirt Is button
less, his dinner uncooked, his bed I'M
made, and his general happiness neg
lected. There Is almost enough wis
dom In that Board of Connubial Super
visors to furnish material for another
Solomon.
The Cocos Island Treasure Hunters,
Who left here last December OIL the
schooner Mary Taylor, returned yes
tsrday, somewhat disguised with their
wild goose chase. They took with
them one of those remarkable men to
whom dying pirates always confide the
secret hiding place Of their stolen
riches, and following this wortlly's di-
rections, landed, prospectcd and dug
for seventeen days, but found nothing
more valuable than tropical soil.
Although the race Of Spanish Main
buccaneers has been extinct fornearly
three-quarters Of n century, 1t Is Won
derfll what q number Of their intimate
friends still survive. Every water
front GROCERY has some mt connected
with the establishment who could q
tale unfold about the disposition OF
Kidd or Morgan's booty, If sufficient
lnducement was only offered. 1t Is
generally an old salt, who In his
Younger days heard or read some wild
yarn on the subject, and then related
It so often as his own actual adventure,
that he at length firmly believes he
was himself present ut the occurrence.
These Cocos islanders bear their disap-
pointment with q stolcism thoroughly
Californian, and had the rare magnan-
unity to bring the guide back, not only
alive but with a full complement of
arms and legs. They had a splendid
opportunity to wreak vengeance OH
their misinformer, and probably would
have done so had not that individual
convinced them by his eloquence that
the defunct robber must have made a
slight mistake In locality when describ-
ing the treasure cave. Notwithstand-
ing the Ill success of this expedition,
If any speculative genius was to insert
n flaming advertisement In tile papers
tomorrow for a joint stock treasure
seeking company, plenty offools would
earerlV purchase shares. =
Remarkable Document.
For the expenditure of twenty-five
cents l had tho rare treat on Wednes-
day night Of listening to an important
original document. AT least it was