Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-26
FROM JUsriCE-DAL-
GETTY.

TO II EDITOR or THE GOLD Hull
NEWS: On Saturday evening the Cor
nishmen gave an ovation to General
Bing Williams, the victor In the glad.
atorial contest with Judge Chatham,
which came of on the 24th inst.
Enough whisky was drank to float a
man OF war; the utmost hilarity and
good feeling prevailed, and General
Williams received the compliment Of
\ serenade by 4 brass band. l under
stand that he called on Judge Chatham
whom he pronounced 4 perfect gentle
man, aud with n feeling Of generosity
which reflects great credit OIL him as n
man, rendered him II hundred dol
lars as n mark OF his appreciation of
him as q gentleman and 4 plucky
tighter. Yesterday being Sunday, "a
is my custom. | attended church, and
was grieved to notice the slim attend
ance. | was OH the point Of saying,
like the Pharisee. thank God | am not
like other men, when better feelings
prevailed, and, like the publican, |
said. God have mercy upon HE \ poor
miserable sinner. While l was thus
engaged in my meditations, my wife,
[ regret to be obliged to say, was critl.
cising minutely tile dress and general
appearance Of n lady who sat directly
in front Of her. After tho services
were over. my wife and | wendell our
way home to partake Of our customary
dinner Of pork aud beans. | say custo-
mary because my better.half, who was
formerly Il New England schooluiam,
will insist that it Il emlnently proper
and correct that we shall follow the
custom of her Industrious ancestors,
and they invariably had pork and
beans OIL Sunday. After dinner my
wife fell asleep in her chair. as She
generally does, from partakins too
heartily of these delicious edibles, aud
| thought | would avail myself OF the
opportunity to write you another Ie:-
ter. As you are, | understand, not a
married mau, I will let You Into u &C.
cret. No msu can form 4 correct
opinion Of 4 woman until he marrles
her; WHY. |, in my innocence, thought
that my wife was n delicate eater, anu
that the expense Of keeping her would
ne vcrr light, but to my horror, after
we we're married, | found That she
used her kuiie ~ u coal HEAVIER would
his shovel. aud the quantity Of food she
contriyes to stow away under her corsets
q wonderful to behold. Again. |
Thought she was such 4 plump little
larliny. but | discovered IL was owing
10 the manner in which she waS
dressed; that she was in fact anything
nut plump. I will now tell you CREST
secret. which you must consider 4onn-
lentill. She Is noH engaged In writ
lny one of the most thrilling and In
terestmg stories that was ever pub
lished, under the eu]phoneous noinen-
clature Of The Midnight Cry, or the
Mysterious Visitor" The scene Is
laid In Virginia City. and the priicl-
pal heroine will be Il lady who boards
It the International llotel, aud !, IA
mou. for her beauty and hur big -;
40, [ will not mcution her other dis
tinyuiSling features, as she would 10
recognized 1T ouce. aud being \ lady
II delicate organization, tho sudden
shock OF discovering that she was 80
.oon 10 be brought prominently before
the public, might prove fatal to her.
The other characters are thu editor oil
4 morning paper, the editor II II
II the proprietors OF the Ctroaicie, a
Superintendent Of a mine, al eminent
lawyer. n clergyman who Is not emf
nent. the urbane and accomplished
clerk of one OF our tirst-class hotels, a
young civil and mining engineer, the
.on OF ono OF ~ literary ceieorities, a
merchant OIL & street, u Mickey Free,
4 Freuch gentleman from Cork. Lem,
Of our African brethren, aud An
Sing, \ Cninaman. The female char
from motives which the most
obtuSe III divine, | refrain from men-
,ioning. have no hesitation In pre-
dieting that the book will create a
sensation in Nevada that will probably
never be plralelled. 1t will be sub
United to u distinguished editor OF this
city for his supervision, revision, ex-
cision aud decision, before being pub
lished. lie will probably prunc IL OF
some r~cdundancies which ] think it
needs, but as my wife has no CONT
demce In my literary Judgment, have
not thought 1t worth while to mention
it to her. On dit that u marriage In
high life 10 soon to come oil. The gen
lleman is Mr.. Tim Lucky, a gallant
young miner who works in the Ophir
mine. aud the young lady is the beau
titul and accomplished Miss Sallls D.,
only daughter of \ gentleman who IL
proprietor Of n ilrst-class lash house
on South T. street. Pald.
JusTTcE-D ALdETTY.
Nircinio ANVIist 2t lS7l.