Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-27

I7y- W--F--Ey7S-E7NES 54ETZZEE7z5 .
and Maguire's has only been open for
benefits that were anything but ben
e1ts tosfhe recipients. y the great
cornet player, has descended toopen
air concerts at the; City Gardens, willie
Miss Adelaide Phillips, whom be &C
Fcompanied here, has gone East richer
by 5000 than when she arrived.
w. H. Rhodes, alias Caxton, alias the
Earthquake Prophet, has also taken
his departure to Manhattan, to super
intend the production Of his new play,
Marimiiian. MI. Lorraine Rogers and
wife Charlotte. Thompsonl are traYel-
Ing In Europe, and John Nc ullough,
as you know, isin New York, but ex-
pected back at the latter part Of this
week. We are to have The Lin1rds
here again In October for q brief en-
gagement, at the conclusion Of which
they 90 to Australia. The Alhambra
Is once more going to try Its luck, this
time with "a new and original mill
tary drama, strongly suggestive Of the
approaching Titanic war In Europe"
The California Is preparing Charles
Reads Meier. Too Late to Mend and
somebody talks Of renting the Pavilion,
Illuminating 1t with lanterns, doing
other things to hide Its native ugllness,
aud then giving a series Of promenade
concerts-but Pavilion projects never
pay.
The Census. &C.
In three weeks more the San Fran
cisco census will be completed, and 1t
is stated that the result will rather re-
duce our dignity. We have always
claimed a population of l75,OOO, and
thought we lived In q fast growing
city, but Uncle Sans enumerators say
that our calculation of inhabitants Is
about so, 900 wide of the mark, and
that, including Chinese, San Francisco
does not contain more than l26,OOO
souls. Rejecting for q moment that
our weekly death rate Is only about %,
the improbability of such a small NOR
tality in q population Of $4,000, Is at
once manifest, and ought to be Of itself
sufficient evidence that we have been
mortgaging the future for u Stats
tics. Even 125, 900 Is an increase Of
more than one hundred per cent. since
the last census. There were $685.
then, and to double In ten years Is not
so bad. Anyhow, we can spare several
thousand without hurting the prosper
ity Of the city, as the place Is much
too crowded for the amount OF work
and business done in 1t.
JaIaE Ju.IIee.g So 4
Judge Lake, of the new criminal.
Court, Is dealing out justice In a style
that almost frightens the unconvicted
into honesty. Three knights Of the
Jimmy" got twelve years each on Sat-
urday for a small burglary, two others
were secluded from society for eigh-
teen months In consequence of lax no
lions respecting the rights Of property,
and II the Judge goes OIL at the same
rate for q little time longer, there Will
be such an exodus Of alarmed rogues
as has not been seen since the days Of
'55. That a stern Judge has much
more to do with REFRESHING crime than
many people think Is instanced by the
falling of in "Chinese outrages:"
When Proviner vas on the bench-in
the Police ,Court-a nominal penalty
was generally inflicted for the ofense
of half numbering a Celestial. Judge
Sawyer astonished his first few culprits
by some righteous fines, and since then
the roughs have been much more chary
of endangering their liberty by making
antiCoolie demonstrations on individ-
ual Cinnamon.
Ista FIIIbustevinH Rxpeditisnf
About the end of this month a for
midable expedition leaves here for
Magdalena Bay, In Lower California,
to take possession Of certain lands said
to have been granted to Americans to
encourage colonization. Prominent
Eastern politicians and capitalists
father the scheme, and claim that their
intentions are free from trace Of guile.
But the prospectus Of the company
hints at more stirring projects than the
cultivation of the soil, and it Is rather
evident that the expedition Is not alto
gether on pastoral purposes bent.
"Lbwer California, Gays the mani
festo, "has merely pretended to belong
to Mexico In order to protect herself
from seizure by some vigorous power,
while Mexico, on the other hand, has
gladly ~contented herself with q mere
nominal allegiance. There Is no piece
of coast of such geographical import
ance to the United States as Lower
California. The acute statesmen Of
Mexico, foreseeing TINT they could not
expect to hold such a fortress as Lower
California constitutes for the command
OF the Pacific, are wisely prepared to
pass 1t into the more powerful and con-
seryatiye hands Of the United States In
a manner which will not be In the least
humiliating to themselves" These
extracts sufficiently determine the
character of the enterprise ; but If any
thing further was wanted, the declara-
ton that the company Is armed with
powers tsequal to- those Of the great
East India, Company removes the
last lingering doubt respecting the de-
signs entertained. JACK HoRNER.