Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-21

ldonsscordIngfy. But Instead Of sell.
ing twelve hundred tickets, o. bad
been anticipated, the demand was 80
limited that Messrs. Lawler d Co. re-
solved to defer The affair until the
holidays were over, hoping that the
delay would enable them to dispose OF
the unsold nine hundred. Thh ant eis
\ patton has not been realized, but the
ball Is nevertheless to come of, and Its
exclusiveness may make 1t all the
more enjoyable to those who do attend.
II q saidgthat the ladies' costumes will
be unusually magnifcent-some Of our
bellies, whose papas have more, money
than Wit, having sent all the way to
New York for them. s{ri
ChInese Missions In San Francisco.
By yesterdays steamer from China
there arrived the pioneer Of q choice
assortment 81 Monaghan missionaries,
who are coming here to assist the man
ayers of the Chinese Mission In their
hopeless labors of converting John
from good heathenism to bad Chris
tianity. Hew Sing Ne is the appro-
pirate name Of this first instalment of
Celestial piety, and he has the reputa-
ton Of being q mar Of marked ability,
possessing great influence with his
countrymen, and, moreover, thoroughly
conyersant with the peculiar ways and
dark practices of the Christian Ameri-
cans to whom he Is accredited. Apart
from brother Fung, of this city, and
the Chinese gentleman over at Oakland
who speaks Latin and quotes from
Horace-he Is at present under a cloud
for robbing a priest-there are no &C.
lestial laborers In the vineyard. Fung
works as hard as a MAJ can do, but his
unaided efforts hardly produce an I'M
preston. l saw him last Sunday after
noon standing ON a dry goods box at
the corner Of n filthy alley running
from jackson street. He was address
ing a listless audience of about twenty
with much earnestness, though appar-
emily without the least effect. All the
way up the alley were groups Of Chi
nese men and women, the former talk
ing, smoking and lounging-the latter
waiting with vermillioned cheeks and
elaborately-arranged hair for the ap-
proach Of night, which would bring
them custom, for their painful charms.
joss sticks were burning before many
of the doors, and the smoke from them
seemed to curl defiantly In the air, as
If seeking TO assail brother Fung's nos
trils with heather incense. The Rev.
Mr.. Gibson, the founder of the Chinese
Mission, was standing by distributing
hymn cards, printed III the Chinese
language, to those who would take
them-and they were few indeed. The
small audience In front of the preacher
consisted merely of passing pedestrl-
ans, and was constantly changing In
It's component parts. No one took the
slightest interest In the proceedings,
the speaker was not even an object Of
curiosity, and the whole affair seemed
to me to be about as stupidity useless rs
1t Is possible to conceive. Perhaps
brother Hew Sing Ne may be the
means Of inaugurating a revival, but l
should not like to bet on 1t. Yet All
event almost rs strange as the whole
sale conversion Of the Chinese would
be is about to take place, and 1t is an
event that will exercise quite as much
influence on society. What do you
think of the contemplated formation
Of
JsIat stsck Hack Company,
with polite drivers, q material reduc-
ton of carriage hire, and no extor-
ton? 1t does seem almost too i'm
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