Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-30

monopoly OF the
Chinese Question.
We are shipping them on right anu
left. Texas, Minnesota and Wisconsin
have applied for a thousand each.
New Orleans receives them in regular
batches-direct importations from the
Flowery Kingdom, and the Celestial
ulcer or blessing Opinions differ Will
spread all over the, Union. 1t
seems to be the fate Of the United
States to have to settle all the most
difficult problems Of the age, and es-
pecially those which arise from the
contact Of the so-called superior ana
inferior races. Our late Legislature
tried to tackle the subject, but failed
most signally. and a conclave OF schooi-
BOYS could have done more than they
attempted. In the meanwhile-while
waiting for the advent of the coming
statesman whose intellect Is to solve
this Asiatic puzzle, each n has his
own ideas as to the best means to be
adopted in conforming their obsolete
civilization to modern progress. Joseph
Sanloff and Judge Sawyer hold dia-
metrically opposite opinions on this
important question. Joseph is not a
celebrity, but merely comes into tenn
porary prominence as the victim of
circumstances. He believes In the
moral influence Of brickbats and diff
fered with the Judge to the amount OF
sixty dollars. The Rev. G. Gibson,
Chairman of the Chinese Sunday
School Association, is All advocate for
their Biblical education, and thinks
that a good crop Of virtue can be reaped
by literally sowing Johns mind with
scripture and hymns. At the third
quarterly meeting Of this moral cult.
walton society, reports were presented
from thirteen schools and churches,
showing an attendance Of 967 scholars
and proportionate teachers, though
complaints were made that the latter
did not come forward as readily as
they ought. DR.. Scudder's ladies Bible
class, it was limited, was never short Of
the male instructive material, while
Mrs. Coles Chinese woman's school had
ne'er a volunteer. Perhaps q want OF
spiritual affinity is the matter. These
Sunday Schools are doing an immense
amount of practical good. No one
with n grain Of sense really believes
that It Is possible to convert a China
man to theological Christianity, but
his intellect may be Quickened, his
notions of q common property IN
chickens corrected. and habits Of truth
telling and cleanliness %inculcated.
They might rs well attempt to change
| the character of o ~tobacconist's wooden
| Indian as a regular opium bcsotted
| Chinaman. So Mr.. Gibson and his
| fellow-workers take hold Of the Pill
able, bright-eyed youngsters and ham,
mer into their heads that joss Is a STU
Did .numbskull, his temples IN insult
to our community, and his worship a
| p~layed-out, abrogated superstition. In
addition to this they are taught how to
WELD the pen and name the alphabet,
| and who knows but that these small,
| small, efforts to elevate our fellow
man, may not eliminate in q mighty
movement, that shall shake all Asia
| with the throes of a people Kidding
| themselves ofan intellectual thraldom?
Great authority says that. a little leaven
leaveneth the lump. Our Chinaman
| returns home, the owner of q scrap Of
Western knowledge, he tells to mere
| dulous audiences the wonders he has
| seen, they doubt but think, and the
| end will surely be much good, and
perhaps eventually q great conquest
| over custom and tradition. One Of the
| New York illustrated papers Frank
| Leslie's has an artist here busily
| sketching C%hinadom, and several full
page pictures Of genes familiar to
every San Franciscan will shortly be
published.
Theatrical Gossip.
joseph Rosters New Pacific Theatre
changed hands recently, Charles Fl.
Platte, formerly agent for the Buislay
troupe, and James Miller, once COIL
nected with the Bowery, New York,
and Convent Garden, London, being
the purchasers. Frank Mayo has de-
developed into a first class actor during
his five years absence, but can't fill n
house. Mrs. Gladstone, who is starring
at the California Theatre, Is rather
roughly handled by the critics, and was
unfortunate In her selection of opening
pieces. She reminds II very much
of Mrs. Bowers, has a splendid stage
presence, dresses well, but doesn't
draw. When we have picnics every
day, sometimes attended by fifty-four
thousand people, theatres must suffer,
and it Is no fault of managers or conf
pany If the treasury is poor. The Ia
vistowsN and Lauri pantomime COM
bination attract reasonable houses at
the Alhambra. The great Circus folds
up its tent to day and commences Its
summer peregrination. The Spanish
| Opera Is nightly receiving more appre-
citation. Aft. Burnett, humorist and
facial artist, opens Mt Platt's Hall OH.
Monday, May 18th. Mr.. j. Z. Bishop,
author Of Kitty Wells, Darling Nelly
Gray, Lore Among the Roses, and other
popular pieces, has organized a troupe
for an interior tour. Rumor marries
little Lolita in a month to-not Willie
Edouin-but a Cuban patriot, fighting
the battles of his country in New York.
Our community has been much exer-
cised during the last few days by an
unusual exhibition Of clerical intoler-
ance and bigotry. An estimable lady,
who earns a living for herself and child
rem by an occasional appearance on the
boards, received notice from the yestry
of the church she attended, that unless
she gave up her occupation they would
expel her from communion. Not
defgning to take any notice of this in
solent epistle, these righteous Phari-
sees withdrew their hand Of fellowship,
as they called it, and formally handed
her over to Satan. This reads like a
romance of the Fifteenth Century, or
the action Of a Spanish Inquisltioii, but
the circumstance has actually occurred
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