Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-08
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. @, 1871

It would have been difficult for the
most sensational playwright to devise
a mop thrilling series Of incidents for
the heavy villain of his drama than
were enacted yesterday morning by a
subject Of the Brother of the Sun-one
of those individuals now known far
and wide as a "Heathen Chinee."
Sunday, 1t seems, Is collection day with
our Chinese residents, and in accord
ance with their usual practice, the two
members of a Chinese firm on Com
mercial street went out about 0 o'clock
for the purpose Of paying and collect
ing their bills, leaving the store In
charge Of a boy some ton years old.
Soon after their departure a heather
gentleman named All Chez, who, but
for the misfortune of being born with a
yellow skin, would undoubtedly have
developed into a frst-class road agent
or legislator, walked into the store,
and without wasting any time In cerc-
mony, sprang upon the boy, placed a
gag in his mouth, bound him hand and
foot, and then pushed him under ono
of those wooden platforms which, when
covered with mating, serve our Asiatic
abiders for the double purpose of sofa
and bed. Having thus cleverly taken
possession of the premises, he pro-
duced two ans of powder, ont of
which were %protruding strips of punk,
80 that the application of q spark
would enable him to explode them
without difficulty. He then repaired
to the cellar and attempted to break
open n chest containing q thousand
dollars, the capture of which was the
objective point Of his well-formed
plans. But fortunately for the youth
who lay half suffocatcd up stairs, and
the company In whose office the prem
ises were insured, one of tho Cinnamon
to whom the store belonged happened
to return unexpectedly, and seeing the
bombs placed ready for explosion, his
mind at once comprehended the situa-
ton, and he sounded al alarm that
quickly brought half a dozen neighbors
to his assistance, All Chez In the eel
lar, finding that his dark ways had
been frustrated, rushed up stairs with
q hatchct In one hand and a bowie
knife IN the othor, and tried to out his
way out into tho street, but before he
could infiict any damage was disarmed
and secured. Could Brougham or
Bouclcault devise n more effective
scene than all this? With q little
stage exaggeration it would be perfect,
The hero bound hand and foot In the
corner ; the heavy villain with the old
mans will in his hand, which he has
lust taken from tho oak chest ; q bar
rel of powder with an inch Of lighted
candle stuck In the bunghole. "In
two minutes more you Will DO blown
to atoms. Nothing can save you! This
Is my r-r-r-evenge!" Enter lovely
maiden unseen, makes o rush for can
die, screams, blows 1t out, cuts her
lovers thongs, and faints. Grand
tableau. Enter detective. 81 arrest
you for murder" Red fire. Curtain.
Every requisite for n flrst-class Bowery
drama, and all furnished bya "Heathen
Chinee." rr .a
Opening OF tho Earthquake Season.
The earthquake season opened last
evening with a very slight shock, so
slight, indeed, that but for confirms
tory kilograms from San Jose and Santa
Cruz, we should hardly have known
that there was one. It Is nearly year
since we have had anything like an
unmistakable vibration, one that n
man could swear to with an easy con-
science, and We have almost forgotten
what tho sensation Is like. They fur
nish such excellent material for CORES
~pondencc, that It is o pity they do not
come a little oftener.
The Lower CnIiEornia Company
has not a word to say in regard to the
complaints Of the returned colonists
from Magdalena Bay. 1t preserves q
guilty silence, and yet continues to
placard tho walls Of the city with
posters headed "Free Lands" "No
Rum Shops" 'tNo Taxes, "etc. Drake
DeKay, the moving spirit in the swim
die, is ut present giving the Company's
office q wide berth, for fear of being
un~pleasantly interviewed by some OF
his dupes, and a small boy who doesn't
know where Mr.. DeKay Is, or card
announcing that somebody will be back
In a few minutes, Is the only satisfac-
ton a caller Is likely to receives