Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-02-21
WASHINGTON 8

everybody Will JOIN IN the festivities,
balls, etc.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Washington correspondent of
the Iaload Empire, writing under date
of February 9TH, says:
Fred. Douglass delivered q lecture
here on "Composite Nationality" He
is a large, heavy-set man, with an i'm
mense shock of kinky gray hair. AS
we'll as l could see from where l sat,
he has rather good features, and u
pleasant, patriarchal, "paterfamilias"
kind of countenance, in hue that Of a
dark mulatto. He was slow and heavy
in his movements, apparently feeling
under great restraint, but lie has one
of the most magnificent, powerful,
orsan-toned, deep, thorough-bass
voices YOU ever listened to. There
was one deep note in it he used to
strike when greatly excited, that rolled
through the house more like the thun-
der tone of a powerful organ than any
thing else | can liken 1t to. The thing
that astonishished me most of all was
the remarkable elegance of his pronun-
| citation, having that same cultivated
accent so noticeable In Summers
speech, which is derived from the Eng
fish authorities, and Is quite in con-
trast with the fiat manner we have OF
sounding the vowels in the West. As
to the matter Of his speech, 1t vas sim
,lu , rOo1 lacfnra nothing remarE-
ably striking in it, but the subjects
treated were handled well. The gist
Of it q that miscegenation was q
good thing for a country, aud that we
must incorporate all peoples, Chinese
included, into III body polite. and
let Providence take care Of the result
that whomsoever God put on this globe
had the right to live on any part of 1t
he pleased.
PERsoNAI. = Billy Wood darted
through here on the wing, 4 few days
ago, snapped up the United States Dis,
trict Attorneyship rs he passed, and
never once stopped for breath, but kept
OH his direct course toward the land OF
the setting sun. The old fogy, SLOW
coached fellows here watched his re-
firing flight with amazement, eXclaim-
ing With gaping mouth and glaring
eyes:
"Can such things be,
And overcome US like 4 summer cloud,
Without our special wonder
Governor Stafford Is still trying to
convince the War Department that the
theory held by many that Arizona was
the original Garden Of Eden is most
certainly true, and that all that is nee
essary to restore it to its pristine beau
ty Is to run the Apaches out. The
Governor IS not rs serenely happy rs
when he arrived. He went through
Congress aud three or four Depart
ments within forty-eight hours after he
struck the place, and in about three
days complacently Informed some OF
us who had been here q month or two
on one-tenth Of the business he had,
that he would be ready to leave in q
few days; he did not come to Wash
ington to acquire 4 residence he was
not waiting for the rise of real estate ;
some folks might like to leave their
bones on Capital Hill, but he had bust
ness back on the Pacific Coast; he
hoped we would write to him once n
year or so while we remained, as the
relations of old friendship ought to be
kept ND, etc. But he has been here n
month now, and Is getting quite sub
dued, for | heard him answer the i'll
quiry yesterday rs to when lie was
going home, by meekly replying that
lie thought he would be here about for
ty-four years, as he had expected to
remain all day when he came, and q
friend of his had been here twenty-five
years, who had only come to spend the
forenoon.
Virginia City is represented by Cap
tain Warner, Tom Nosler and BIZ
Leete-a healthy trio. Leete has got
so reticent and cautious that bets are
offered that he will leave Washington
without trusting himself to tell even
those with whom he came to treat the
object Of his visit. Curt Hillyer ar
rived to-day. Susan Is. Anthony is
looking for him.
John Altman is supposed to be on
the lookout for mail contracts also.
He is the busiest man in Washington /;
he does a days work every morning
before 0 o'clock.
Joe Woodwork, late Sheriff Of Hum
boldt, has put in an appearance. He
and Cresswell are running the Post
office Department.
Welch. County Recorder of Hum
boldt, called to post Grant on a few
little matters he wanted to attend to,
and in the meantime dissipated small
fortune running the Italian Opera,
which was having 4 season here.
Bob Rowland Is here with his charnl-
ing wife. There's a model husband
for you; second trip East within u
year, and brought her along each
time.
Lew Moore is here looking after the
general average"
SERIOUS QUESTION IN ETIQUETTE
Wives Of Senators already here must
call first on the wives Of those more
recently elected; and the calls must
he made = no sighting permitted.
What is to be done with Mrs. Senator
Reyels (colored)? Our Caucasian
queens are In = terrible furry. What's
to be done?
The JUVENILE REHEARSAL. = Or