Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-23
The. Miniature.
Lynclaing Scene ina California.

liOHtu u august, felU CacFlHlent
tCity With party Of six includin
e effmyselG for the rerh note regions {
h Feather river. ! had tried severa
other rivers, without much success
hnd as some friends whom i met i
town endeayored to convince me tha
!. this was the only {ru@ and legitimat
7 spot whore the pile could be made
/ very willingly gave my consent t.
make one of their party.
We settled all the arrangement!
i to our satisfaction and then bough
provisions enough to last us for tire,
months, hired a 81 K mule team
packed our stuff oh t their backs, ant
! one afternoon about SIX o'clock tool
up our line of march for the above
named place, distant dbout one hun
dred and fifty miles Fl |om' Sacramento
Gity. One among our company
nlayed on the bugle decently well.
and as the soul inspiring notes rang
oqt through the valleys, we all I'M
agined ourselves worth, at the least
calculation, fifty Il lEousand dollars =
or soon would be.
! Alas! where are they, and their
Hopes and expeditions now? All
fBut one have hid their bones in a
Is orange land. Famine, disease and
murder have taken them one by one,
/ until I alone am left, d m Monument OF
God $ mercy.
| But I am digftssing. Nothing
worth noticing Occurred on otfr route,
I and after four days hard travel, we
arrived, with blist@faa feet and ach-
| ing bones, everybofg as disagreeable
as any six men coul d conveniently be.
| After unloading the team, and
taking q good bath in the clear, cold
waters Of the riyef, we pitched our
tent, cooked our supper! ard then,
as men generally 10 in such cases,
|. ftlt better. ALI ne Htired early, aud
all enjoyed 4 good fight's sleep.
All went on slnoI4 4tbly br week.
We made the scluh hfntande Of most
Iof the miners at WI prk in the neigh
IHorhooa, and f6un them to be all
pretty good fellows| ltheir worst fault
appeared to be in blinking, but then
they worked hard, and plead as an
q dxcuse that th4 climate was 50 bad
that drinking Was H4nefci4l-
One morning, jaHf as the day was
breaking our aceu$tomed hour for
getting up TO breakfIst-we observed
a large crowd gathering around the
store, and curiosity getting the bet
ter of US, We started to see what the
matterwas, leaving 9ne to cook the
breakfast. As we drew near, l could
see the form of jon 4ks mingling with
the crowd, and gest ticulatipg violent
". l enquired d f him what had
brought so many together, thus ear. |
~ in the morning, |
'Matter enough he replied;
'there's that scoundfel of a Morgan
stole no less than three thousand
dollars from Dory, I be store keeper.
is he taIen?' 4 asked, astonish-
eli at the robbery.
Yes, we have Aim safe enough,
and the money alsoj chuckled Jones.
After some inqdlr rfes, | found that
about 2 o'clock I'D the morning,
Dory was awakened by a Slight noise
inside Of the tent. In an instant
ali was quiet, but thinking every
thing was not right, took his revolv-
ef from under hs bed, and com
nenced to search IN the dark. All
IT once his hand cam : in contact with
/ mans had.
WHO'S this2' he asked, and re-
,dived for answer Tremendous blow,
vAich nearly stunned him; but in-
tFntly railying, he discharged bis |
eFolver repeatedly at form that
Iaried past HIM, and then followed |
S swiftly as possible in pursuit;
h outing stop thief
+ Some dozen or two turning out, !
ave chase, and succeeded incaptur- {
lg Morgan, after desperate resist (
nh4, in which he used his knife
atfer freely. About sixty yards
,ola the store he had thrown away 9
wb buck-skin bags that contained the I
ust, which were safely delivered to $
hq owner. Theyowere now about |
,rtnihg d. jury to Try him for rob |
efy, anu twelve Americans we're ac- |
oIdingly chosen, With Jones as