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


Oncea year, in the first days Of our
January Spring, there comes a time
when every Californian conjures ups
fearful mental yision-a vision OF hills
still clad in the russell robes Of Autumn
instead of In new garments Of bright
green; Of pastures parched thirsty and
barren instead of rich in %succulent
grasses and brilliant with flowers; Of
cattle dying by thousands, instead Of
grazing in sleek fatness; Of the pre-
cious grain seeds choked beneath the
surface, shrivelled and rotting, instead
Of rlpening into bountiful harvests ; OF
the State ruined and %pauperized, In
stead Of growing in richness and pros
perity. In the center Of this dreary
picture stands the spectre Drouth, at
his feet a dried-up water-course, and
above his head an expanse Of sunlit
sky, blue and beautiful, but hopeless
In its cloudlessness. The first drops of
rain that dampen the streets dissipates
this black vision Of evil to be, and the
foreboding Of calamity passes away
for another year. Such was the condi-
ton Of things last week, and so 1t was
last January, and so 1t has been every
other January since I can remember,
and so it is likely to be for all other
J~anuaries, until Elder Grants New
Jerusalem is established, and prophets
Of good and prophets of evil alike
cease to be. So, having got over our
annual croaking, the future seems to
have very perceptibly frightened, and
a more general feeling Of cheerfulness
pervades business circles than for sew
eral months past.
The MRgdaIena Oelsny.
There has beenquite an exodus from
this city during the last four weeks for
the new colony on Magdalena Bay, In
Lower California. Five or six schoon-
ers have cleared for there with full
compliments Of passengers, and the
Panama steamers, which now touch at
the settlement carry numbers bound
for the place by every trip. Our Jour-
nails are doing all they can to discour-
age emigration thither, and 1t really
does seem foolish for people to build
up homes under the uncertain shadow
of the Mexican flag, whom there Is
plenty of land In the Southern part of
this State still open to presumption by
the settler. But the rose-colored pic
turs painted by the projectors Of tho
colonization scheme is so attractive
that all warnings are unheeded, and II
the departures continue to be as nu-
merous as they. hare been, tho City OF
Corky-as the focal point of the settle
ment Is called-will have q thousand
inhabitants before the year is out. It
is yet a disputed point whether Lower
California Is good for anything as an
agricultural country. According to
some, 1t Is little better than a sandy
desert, while others represent 1t as o
land rich and fertile rs any on the face
Of the earth. If the latter should
prove to be the'case, 1t will not be long
before there Is an agitation for a change
Of ownership over the whole pcnll-
sula. Such men as Ben Butler, August
Belmont, Leonard Jerome, Reverdy
johnson, Ben Holiday, Caleb Cush-
ing, j. W. Forney, Robert McLane,
and others of similar influence, do not
lend their names to a simple colonlza-
ton project In q foreign country with
out having sundry views of their own
about manifest destiny in the extcn-
sion Of empire.
Generssiiy OF Actors.
There was a matinee performance at
tho California Theater this afternoon
in aid of the family Of the Int George
Holland, the we'll known actor, the
peculiar circumstances Of whose fune-
raj from "the little church around the
corner" have attracted so much atten-
ton throughout the country. The
whole of the company volunteered
their services, and rs there was quite q
large audience, the gross proceeds must
have been considerable.
81 Saving vetes.
The recent decision Of the Supreme
Court of this State about the iuadmis-
stability Of. Chinese evidence against
white meniwill save to the Democratic
party fully two hundred votes between
now and the fall election. Hardly a
day passes without demonstrating the
usefulness Of the ruling. Yesterday,
for example, a voter named Wilson,
who formerly held the honorable posi-
ton Of Sergeant-at-arms to n Demo-
cratic club In the First ward, was dis
charged from custody after being tried
and found guilty, by a jury Of his
countrymen, of robbing a Chinese firm
of 5000. The only testimony against
him Tas that of three Chinese mer-
chants, whose signature would be taken
on California street for $1,000, and q
policeman who found the money in his
rocket ; but as the evidence of the
former Is. according to law, unworthy
of credence, the latter fact possessed
no significance-and so the injured
Wilson was let out of prlsonwithout
n stain upon his character. The Chi
nese companies are justly indignant at
the partisan decision Of our consclen-
tious Daniels, and will carry a case on
appeal to the United States Supreme
Court as soon as possible. ~
Memeuts Letter..
1 The Mercantile Library Association
Is not unmindful of the means by
which It escaped from financial dill
c%ulties. As Alexander the Great en-
ployed q slave to whisper In his ear
an occasional reminder that he, the
conaueror, was not immortal, so the
of the Mercantile have
mounted the large glass globes which
were used In the lottery drawing on
fancy lamp-posts in front Of their
building. to Jog their memories with
the fact that though now In funds their
coin Will not last forever. And from
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