Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-18

ates, that Is utterly wanting In the
other society. Now 1t Is bad enough
to be laughed at by the monster man
but TO receive, in addition, this 'unkind
cut from one Of the sex, must be almost
u~nbearable. The first reply appears
In the Bulletin this evening, and rs IL
will no doubt be followed up by charge
and countercharge, attack and defense,
wordy thrust and verbose parry, the
whole tinctured with just a little Of
the acrlmony that adds such spiciness
to a feminine debate, the quarrel Is
likely to be the most interesting and
readable of any that has disturbed the
placid surface Of society for some time.
Judge and Jury.
Lawyers generally know too much
of law to have a very clear perception
of justice, just rs diyines are often too
deeply read In theology to appreciate
the full grandeur and the proper ten
denotes Of religion. An illustration Of
this took place in the Municipal Court
yesterday, in the trial Of prisoner for
an assault with a deadly weapon. The
case was. very clearly proved, but there
was q slight discrepancy In the testi-
mony Of two officers on the irrelevant
point Of the time when the assault was
committed. Judge Lake, forgetting
that he was not q lawyer, but a Judge,
t%hereupon directed the jury to acquit
the man point blank, telling the pris-
oner's counsel that 1t was unnecessary
to introduce any evidence for the de-
Tense. But it happened that the jury
was a very intelligent one, much above
the average of the good mel and true
who usually sit In judgment on crimi-
mails, und It thought somewhat differ
ent. So, after n few moments consul
tation. the jurors said they wished to
hear the defense, but Judge Lake again
remarked that it was unnecessary, as
the prosecution had utterly failed to
make out a case. The jury then asked
leave to retire. and In an hour returned
into Court with q verdict of guilty.
This contumaclous disregard Of the
Judges directions created quite q SEN
sation, and to-day the prisoners law
yer moved forand obtained q new trial.
Masked Bale
are In season just now, most of them
being given by the literary, social and
semi-beneyolent clubs with which this
city so abounds. They are generally
recherche affairs, and are the means of
putting n large amount of money In
circulation. 1t Is so difficult to devise
anything new In costumes, or In the
characters assumed, that when any one
shows marked originality, o dozen i'm
itators spring up Immediately. A few
weeks ago, for instance, at tho Lick
House ball, one lady appeared MS Ger
mania, and since then Germanias have
been almost as plentiful at masquer-
AIDES as black and red dominocs, or
Spanish Counts. The im~personation
of street beggars has of late been also
much In vogue, and Mt a ball last week
this character carried of the first prize.
The winner-a man, by-the-by. dressed
up like an unfortunate, or rather for
tunatc young woman who, having lost
her arm In n cotton mill, 80 she says,
makes fifteen or twenty dollars n day
by grinding al organ on Montgomery
street, and he assumed the character
so we'll that, until he unmarked, many
thought 1t was actually the mendicant
herself,
Massunicllo,
ut the California, Is drawing excellent
houses. The last scene introduces a
scenic effect that is, 1 believe, a nov
city to tho stage, namely the specta-
Gle of q volcano In active eruption,
with burning lava running down the
mountains sides. Apart from the
magnificent scenery, of which this the
alter makes a feature, the play has little
to recomm nd 1t. JACK HoRNER.