The Placer herald., 1870-06-18
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent


that a solitary borseman might have been seen
riding" from the Fourth District Court TO No.
3l8 California street, the Office OF the Mercantile
Library Lottery scheme. bearing 10 Messrs. Dorc
4 Peters the sad tidings that one Daniel O'Con
nell - unworthy nameslke Of the great Irish lbe-
ral-bad commenced legal proceedings TO eDjon
the continuance of the project. II the news Of
rung out from the city hall fire bell il could not
have circulated more quickly than it did, By 3
o'clock everybody from the water front TO Lone
Mountain and from Telegraph hill 10 Bay View
was aware that the Ixonsh performance of bind
ing us all Tor an hour or two to the lottery wheel
was in danger OF coming to sudden termination
Dolorous groups congregated at street corners
aud condoled with acquantances, lying unsc ru-
puously about their own wisdom in not taking
tickets and at the same time making anxious en-
guires as TO the probability of money being re-
turned Spectators, who had purchased largely
to resell at premium, were much troubled in
mind. and more limited investors suddenly walk
ed off 10 sell their lucky number 10 some friend
who had not yet heard the news. Two hundred
thousand air built castles were instantly knocked
into shadowy ruins; two hundred thousand people
who had set their minds on the first prize, con-
fcssed to some slight disappointment; two hun
dred thousand resolutions Of future piety, to be
inaugurated after receiving check for the big
prize, were instantly forgotten, aud in place
thereof a bitterness of spirit was developed that
only found relief'in wholesale profanity. That
was on Thursday; and since tLen TO within an
hour or two. the sole absorbing topic of conver-
slion has been Daniel OConnell's malignancy,
and its anticipated result. To-day however, the
heart OF the public was gladdened by the an
nouncement that an injunction had been denied
bate in bon lin hun pt
and every coupon holder is again calculating his
chance !, becoming a small millionaire. Messrs
Dore d Peters have been so very reticent about
the management of the lottery that it has been
very difficult TO obtain reliable information, but
you will find the following statement nearly cor
rect: Those gentlemen have given heavy bonds
to the Mercantile Library Assoc iltion. to pay
over to it the sum OF 1915 600 in gold coin. re-
serving to themselves Sl2j 000 ior which they
are 10 sell tickets. advertise pay the cost oil print
ing, hire OF pavilion. expenses oil concert, and in
fact take all and every risk, even including loss
OF money by fire and deacations. .fs advertis-
ing has already cost $4,000, and they make n
discount OF ten per cent. to all purchasers of more
than 100 tickets the margin Tor profit is not so
great as many suppose. 1t il understood that
Daniel OConnell is a porter at one OF the
hotels is merely the eats paw of the Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum BY the terms Of the
Special Act the Library is permitted to have
three lotteries, and the Asylum desired the Asso-
cItion to make over one Of these rights, or rather
TO hold second gilt concert and assign it the
proceeds. This modest request not being enter
tanned. led to the late proceedings Mr.. Barnes
says that Immediately after the first scheme is
successfully carried out they will vitiIte their
power to hold the two additional lotteries, hy
putting up a couple of dollar artic es-l 10 chances
at 10 cents each.-and thus remove cause Of fu-
ture complaints
DELEGATION
OF gentlemanly burglars, artist 4caly blessed, q la
Boston commercial party, accompanied our e .st-
visitors on their recent excursion to Caiistoga.
They were full of statistical information, pointed
out all the objects Of interest on the way, aud
made themselves such agreeable companions that
they were requested to join in the Yosemite trip.
but dec lined on account OF PR ssing business. -
Mr. Paten, OF tie Cosmopolitap found himself
minus one hUnrlred dollars. Mr. Connolly. of the
Geyscrs, bad his store ot wealth diminished by
some forty dollars. and several of the Eastern
gentlemen were victimizeG for t1ties and siSle
After going through the rooms at Sans Brannan :
hotel. and collecting all the stray watches vii hin
reach the operators retnrlsG so the city and the
roiica are puzzled to kAow IL Il is IN Importation
OF scoundrcIism, or old hands ~ a new roie.
THAT LAST splBg
Which was driven at Promontory Point Try Gov
crnor Stanford on the completion of the Overland
Railroad, multiplied as rapidly as a saintly relic.
The Pioneer Society OF this city is supposed TO
have it in its possession; Woods Museum at New
York also claims the original, and veracious
Chicago lately advertised the abiguous wonder
as on exhibition there. Every celebrity who has
visited California within the past twelve months
(and our nation is very prolific of eminent men
all of whom come to California; from Seward to
Barnum, has had presented TO him some portion
of that last spike" until we thought there was
no more of it left. But now comes Mr.. Hewes -
Deacon Hewes OF DR.. Scudder's church and on
Saturday evening gives Bayard Taylor gold
ring, which he solemnly AYERS was made ont of
that miraculous piece of metal. If we lived in
the days OF the prophet Elijah, when few words
would make widows cruise yield like Penn
sylvania oil well, the question would not be sur
rounded with so many difficulties; but it is hard
to believe that even the ultra piety of Scud =
derite can now accomplish such Scriptural deeds.
LAUNDRY woMENs ASSOCIATION
Some one hundred laundry women have or
ganzed a Women's Cooperative Anli-Chinese
Laundry Association, for the purpose of making
an effort TO regain the custom that has been taken
from them by the Celestials. There are some 400
white women in San Francisco dependent upon
their labor in washing clothes for a living; but
people generally patrouze the Chinese. because
they work so much cheaper. It's almost hercsy
to say that it is altogether the fault of white
women that they have lost this business; yet such
is the fact, as their charges are just double that
of their Coolie competitors. and the public
ardently opposing Chinese labor not prepared
to pay an extra dollar per week to crafty this
dislike.
THE RAILROAD SUBSIDY.
An official recount of the vote cast last Tues
day the railroad subsidy question, reveals such
a remarkable discrepancy from the figures first
reported that people are pertinently asked -
"Who has been paid for the fraud :" and " Have
the old days of ballot-box stutling again return
ed?" In the First Ward. the vote as given by
the clerks on the night of election. stood 3l7 for
o66 against the subsidy. But a committee of the
Board of Supervisors now find 403 for $50 against,
making difference Of l72 votes. The question
was supposed 10 be ncgatived by a majority OF
1874, but this discovery changes the result. That
the tickets have been tampered with since elec
tion is undoubted, but as every one dischims re.
sponsibilily, and the matter has been very deity
managed, the Southern Pacific will get their 81 -
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