The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-07
A Los ANaELos SKETCH SUNDAY
SCENES IN SoNoRA.-The Los Angeles

otuT uaS tue SuDJOtneQ:
There are few scenes in every day life
equal to those enacted every Sunday in
that portion Of our city known us $50
nora" AS most OF our readers are
aware. Sonora is inhabited chiefly by
the lower classes of our native California
population. Main street, the principal
avenue passing through it, is lined on
each side by series of brothels, gam
bling dens, and miserable billiard and
drinking hclls. AS passing by an open
ut regular intervals. and q deeply inter-
ested crowd standing or sitting in the
interior, pronounces it to be gambling
house, we step inside. Tho game is
keno. The caller stands at small table
fucing tho open doorway, and has in
his hands tin cylinder continuing the
dice. These dice bear figures represent
ing various animals aud vegetables,
counterparts of which are supposed to
be on the cards in the hands of the
players. a few vigorous shakes of the
cylinder, and the game nnd sing-song
call commences. So intent are tho play
ers in listening to the words falling from
the callers lips, and to the cards lying
before them, that tho entrance of
stranger into the room js unnoticed, and
consequently attracts no attention. y
girl Of some fifteen or sixteen years ol
mgc utters IN exclamation i'll Spanish, and
alter comparing tho dice with her card
is pronounced the winner Of the pot"
We make our exit, and proceeding IL lit
tic farther up the street, encounter n
group OF Indian women congregated be-
lore the very corner saloon where they
have undoubtedly obtaiucd the liquor
that las intoxicated them. With dis
heveled hair, foaming mouths, and dis
ordered and dilapidated garments, they
present disgusting yet pitiable sight,
while their dlscordant voices, joining in
some Indian song, grato harshly upon
the ear. Similar sOunds come forth from
the open doors and windows Of an ad-
Joining house, indicating the presence of
others in like condition. In front of u
row of crumbling adobes are number
of game cocks picketed nt regular dis
tunces apart. By-and-by these will Of
ford amusement to their owners by being
pitted ono against the other. They also
provide the means by which the insntia-
bio desire to gamble, which seems to
have taken such firm hold of the native
Californian people, muy he gratiied.
Perchnnce haud-to- hand fight with
knives will close the days orgies In
striking contrast with these scenes of de-
bauchcry and degradation is that of Il
couple Of Sisters OF Charity proceeding
from one house of poverty TO another on
their blessed mission Of mercy, feeding
the famishing and comforting and nt-
tending to the wants Of the SICK The
delighted countenances Of the poverty
stricken inmates proclaim how welcome
their visits arc. Such are few of the
many Sunday scenes in sonora"
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A Morro FOR MORSE When tho fame
of Franklin had spread over tho world,
the French gave him, as sentiment or
motto, the we'll Unknown sentence which
is inscribed on the base of his statue in
the city Of Boston: "Eripun coelo fui-
men sceptuun4ue tyramnis" So He snatched
tho lightning from the clouds and the
sceptre from tyrants.) In 1948. when
Professor Morse was in Kentucky, at
tending to his lawsuit with O'Reilly at
Frankfort, Hon. Henry Pirtle, OF this
city, who was counsel for O'Roilly, one
evening gave to Mrs. Morse motto for
her distinguished husband, which was
suggested by the motto of Franklin. and
is equally beautiful and striking. 1t has
since been widely known, and was adopt
cd by Tai. p. Shaffner as MI appropriate
inscription for the cover of his magazine,
devoted to the science of tclegraphy and
electrical phenomena. It is this: 'Et
non 'eripuH coelo .fnlmen;' Fuiyuyi mcm-
tenn futit, ct 0rbem lumine cincH''-(1f he
did not snatch the thunderbolt from the
clouds, ho gave to the lightning thought.
and pnt bolt of light around the
worldly Now that all the nations Of the
earth are mourning tho death OF Profcs-
sor Morse, no epitaph for his monument
more eloquent and suitable than this
could be composed or adopted
Courier JounM.
SENATOR'S TKUMDULL AND LoGAN.-A
Washington despatch to tho Baltimore
GnzeNe states That Senator Trumbull
says that he did not authorize the pub
lishcd statement placing him among the
outspoken supporters of Judge Davis
for President, but does not hesitate to
admit substantially that ho hopes the
Cincinnati Convention will be mado up
Of tho best men Of the Republican party,
and will nominate candidates who will
command tho respect and votes Of the
great mass of the Republican party, as
we'll ms all clements in opposition to the
Administration. Ho added that ho ex-
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