Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-20

SAN FRANCISCO, August ID, 1871.
Bayard Taylor, In his letters to the
New York tribune, says that the pop
ulation of California Is not Of so high
a character, morally and intellectually,
as 1t was ten years ago, and that the
only growth during that time has been
of n material nature. Numerous other
disappointed lecturers have returned
East with the same statement, evil
IDENTIFY making the appreciation of
their own literary abilities the STAN
dard for judgment. To refute these
assertions It Is only necessary to point
to our newspapers, school-houses and
libraries, and If these are insufficient
to convince, then to the noble pro-
visions made by the State for It's
University. That institution now
lacks nothing to insure Its practical
success, the election of Professor Henry
Durant, of Oakland, completing the
preliminary work necessary for Its
Inauguration. If the Regents had In
the first place sought near home for a
President, instead of offering the posi-
ton to General Mcclellan and Profess
sor Gilman, they would have given
better satisfaction but the homage
thew have paid to literature by ap-
pointinp F. Bret Harte, the popular
editor Of the Overland Monthly rs
Curator of the Library and Museum,
fully atones for all shortcomings. A
salary of $1,000 per annum Is attached
to the post, and as the duties are to a
great extent nominal, Mr.. Harte will
have plenty Of time to follow up his
present literary engagements.
The income of the University Is de-
rived from q State donation Of salt
marsh and tide lands, the sale Of which
will yield q sufficient sum to produce
an annual revenue of $4,000. A pre-
paratory school has been organized,
for the purpose Of preparing young
men to enter the institute, and rs
every department Is free, there Is no
reason why the youth of the Pacific
coast, who are able to avail themselves
of tho proffered opportunity, should
not obtain as thorough an education as
1t Is possible to get at Oxford Harvard
or Yale.
War Items.
The war has already given birth to
innumerable cartoons, most Of them
directed against LOUIS with mercileSs
severity. The cleverest Of these, called
"The first exploit of the French
army" represents a row of stalwart
Grenadiers, blubbering like children,
at the spectacle Of the Prince Imperial
nicking ND a bullet which he consigns
with sundry schoolboy treasures OF
marbles, candles and apples, to the
safety of his trousers pocket. The en-
tire male juvenile population OF san
FrancIsco has apparently gone Into
| the Wextra " business. At ten O'Clock
| the Chronicle gets out a second edition,
| and for about an hour has the field to
itself. At eleven the Bulletin comes
ont with an extra, and at noon the
Eramfner follows suit, then the young
sters rush round the city. In SQUADS,
dart into the restaurants, jump on 10
the street cars, penetrate into obscure
| Offices, and drown every other noise IN
a continual bawl about battles ana
| SLAUGHTER. This lasts until evening,
when the regular edition Of the By
,st;n and EIaminer furnish thenf with
fresh material, and they exercise their
vocal powers In disposing OF those
N~-.ic a., into tha nioht. Sometimes
The AIta prints q special near midnight'