Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-05-06
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 1871.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 1871.
Some years ago a coterie OF the I'M
terrified, headed by Nouges, Judge
and Charley Weller, formed
themselves into a club called the "Je'-
the object of which was TO
celebrate the birthday Of the immortal
founder of Democracy, by eating a
good dinner and drinking innumerable
toasts to his memory. Every 18th of
April these Jeffersonians would assem-
BILE ut one Of our prominent hotels and
indulge In a grand lament over the
political heresies Of the American peo-
pie, while the Examiner would fill Its
columns with reports Of the lamenta-
apotheosize Mr.. Jefferson as the
equal Of Its Acknowledgment and
JEFF. Davis, and hoist its stars and
as for a festival day. 1t Is now
a year since the Jeffersonlans met at
the Cosmopolitan for their annual wall,
and resolved that as long rs time lasted
they or their descendants would COM
mennonite the great anniversary yet
here 1t Is the 4th Of May, tho Jeffer-
natal day day three weeks past.
and not even the mlldest Of revels has
been held to prick the memories of
their forgetful fellow citizens as to the
merits of the Jefferson Of 1901 and the
Democracy of 1871. An anxious city
has been making private inquiries
about the amission All anxious city
has been pumping Nouges, and Judge
Sawyer, apd Charley Weller; an anx-
ious city has been mutely asking the
Examiner for an explanation. But
neither Nouges, Sawyer, Weller or the
Eraminerrise to explain, and the great
conundrum of the hour now is, "What
has become of the Jeffersonians ?"
A Recslleeden Of an Kvontral Day.
The last of the suits brought against
the city by those who suffered damage
from the action Of the people on the
memorable 18th of April, 1865, when
news reached here Of the assassination
of President Lincoln, was decided to-
day In the Fourth District Court. The
notorious Beriah Brown, formerly pro-
prietor Of the reasonable Democratic
Press, was the plaintiff, and his feel
ings were assuaged by obtaining judg-
ment for the sum Of $1,000. Beriah
little thought when he made his hasty.
exit from his office, with q crowd Of
5000 indignant citizens on his trail,
that the time would ever come when
he would have such substantial re-
yenge. Since that eventful day he has
been more or less Of a journalistic
outcast, and except In the kuklux dis
tricts of the Southern States, or In
some backwoods settlement Of migrated
Missourians, will never again attain q
respectable standing. Public odium In
this State hangs around him like q
milestone.
Dsubiy IBjurod.
San F~ranclsco has probably no more
than its proportion Of short-card thievs
and confidence operators, but 1t does
seem as If they were allowed to prac-
tice their professions here with an Inn
punity not vouchsafed to them In other
cities. Sometimes, however, they over
reach themselves, m instance Of which
occurred yesterday. A few weeks ago
"a young man from the country" re-
joicing in the name Of Bracket, ar
rived In town with a we'll lined pocket,
and n vaulting ambition to fight the
tiger. A stranger need not wander
round very long without obtaining an
introduction to that animal, and so it
happened that Bracket soon came
across two kind friends who engineered
him to an establishment OIL Bush street.
There he fought to his hearts content
and his purses discontinue, retiring
In an hour or so completely vanqulshed.
When Mr.. Bracket found himself dol
larless, he did what was perhaps the
best thing to do under the circum-
stances, {. c., waited on the Chief oil
Police and asked him If he had no
method of making the tiger disgorge.
Mr.. Crowley thought 1t might be done,
and with that object in View sent al
officer to procure warrants and arrest
the keepers of the animal, Mt the same
time taking good care to detain its
victim. Tie next day the gamblers
furnished bail, and Bracket was In
duced to give bonds In the sum Of
g. 100, as a reminder to DO present
when the cas zane on for trial. This
was n difficulty that the youth from the
cow counties had not anticipated, and
he was about vending his way to the
Sheriff's hotel, when his Bush street
friends charitably stepped forward and
offered to procure the necessary Sc
curity. The offer was gladly accepted,
and when, In addition, 1850 was placed
In his hands, with the intimation that
he had better make himself scarce,
Bracket was decidedly of the opinion
that even gamblers are not so black as
they are painted. SO no returned to
Gilroy, and when the case was called
In Court yesterday had 50 far forgotten
the transaction that he did not appear.
Now, according to the established for
mula on all previous occasions, the de-
PENDANTS should have been dismissed,
but a prying policeman happening to
know of Mr.. Brackets whereabouts,
asked Judge Stanley to issue a bench
warrant and, armed with that docu-
ment, he trayersed the distance between
San Francisco and the luckless wit
ness abode, and this morning the un-
happy individual again stood face to
face with the representative Of Justice.
Judge Stanley at once ordered him to
pay the $3.50 he had received, for con-
tempt OF court, and In addition re-
uuired him to give bonds In tho sum Of
&c, 900 for Ills prompt attendance the
next time he was wanted. The gentle
CHANDELIERS were also told they would
lose the 81, 900 they went security for
him; so Bracket IL doubly injured,
and the gentlemen Of the tiger are out
to an extent they did not contem-
plate. EoCa
The Rstass or David O. Frederick