Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-08
JOURNALISTIC HOSPITALITIEs.
MASON DE SANTE,
San Francisco, May 4, 1873. !
THE EYES OF SPECULATION.


in those eyes which thou dost glare with "
As to the truth of Mscbeth's remark, the
question must be relocated to the immaterial
court of disembodei spirits whose province
It is to preside over raps and taps and table
cummings; for we may not summon credible
sitaesses of tangible stuff to inform us upon
the subject But there ore eyes in these parts
.hich have the bright light of speculative
-lare within them light which is never dim
II glare which is not abated by any cir
cumstances however melancholy or delicate.
William S. OSrien, of the Bonanza Bank, is
Lad Close following the announcement of
the lucky stock dealers demise very bust
ness like breeze was observable in and about
the stock exchanges and on the corners whore
buyers buzz, button-holes are torn from
thoir moorings, and the curbstone broker in
tates himself with the superintendent inhala-
ti0n3 of his Own Importance. 1t was all
about the poor, dead bonanzanaire. Would
h., in the ccttin, bull or bear the market?
Would his cold face bring any new life to the
dead who have died in bankruptcy Might
not his decease inlpart Il new soul to the cad
avorous body Of this stock-jobbing money
crazad, fevored generatonl Here and there
some lille words of commendation and regret
found uttoranco across the clinliug glasses of
sho social and the bibulous; but the sense
mainly felt was like unto that which is expert
cnCod when a pageant, presented by some
tsicndless stranger, has gone by, and the oc
c4sion for wonder and curiosity has passed.
Il have heard men express ''wonder how
much these bonanzl-men will accumulate.
The important question is quite settled III
poor Bill o Brieus clse.) Pursuing its I'M
frelnily comments upon the falnous firm
Hhoso moneys line the vault of the Nevada
Eluh; the Chronicle hesitates not to fling its
bitterness upon the dead mans grave-as if
his he was to lie severely reprehendcd, for
sierra morality's sake. Can insatiate archer
IN shooting at the target of immortality and
Worldiiness, is the Chronclt) Of course
th1rc can be no vulgar speculation in all this.
It IS the ohedient bending to the dictates OF
scrogo and upAorahle c3usci-nce But my
" hitt -hoadol lid friend Marriott Of the News
Letter loses no time, neither makes he any
weak DISCUSSES He mca,a 10 drive a little |
lively post-mortcm trade at the news stands, |
.,uG 50 he advertises the next issue Of his pa
ny~ something which is going to be peculi |
.,>iy attractive from being the vehicle of an
-iA.,onal chapter in the illustrated biograph- |
l,l w1y-the dead capitalist being the subject |
J 1 1. { II.
ion i, promised to the priests and levites who .
"... rround his bier to-day, | cannot guess.
BH perhaps am hardened toward those who
are o"er-quick to turn to their own account
were 49, 1t would not be altogether unnatural.
/ had strange experience once in my life
1t was during the lull which succeeded the
'irst lay s fight at the first
BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG.
There had been bloody fight and great
slaughter on the day when Burnside made
ms disastrous attack upon the rebel lines.
The dead and dying were on every hand. A
night interviewed after the fercest of the strife.
During that night there came over from the
clean vultures. These were the varlets, who,
for whatever pittance might be in the wretched
venture, did the work of advertising the bus
moss Of the embalmers. Whom day broke the
next morning, dead walls and trees, fences
and tho sides of houses and sheds were labor
ously patched with the handbills of rival
professors i'll the art of preserving from decay |
he iifcless human body | don't think it {
shocked me much; but it was not pleasant to t
10 reminded, as you stood within the range of
heeuemy s fire that there were eager men with
II the protecting lines of the Union forces who G
yere waiting for a profitable harvest of which +
ourSelf might very soon be a part. | don't E
hink | was going to be, in any event, of the +
cry least profit to these enterprising specu- +
ators; but think felt sympathy for those 7
Who might. AT all events, as | recollect the +
IMPRESSION produced, it was not of the most "
heerful character 1t is bad enough to be a
illcd without being ''twitted' about it.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
! set With pleasure that Senator Dorsey of Il
arkansas reports to the Republican Congress 81
onal Committee that our noble President, h
uly impressed with the Importance of having IT
pajority of the party which elected him, in ~,
he next House of Representatives has not h