The Sierra citizen., 1854-04-01
DOwneVie Sierra County, California Saturday April 1854

before the God whose presence was visible
in the beauty of the heavens, prayed il
the sincerity Of q grieving heart--"i "in6de
or not, may my last end be like his y
A year more had passed, and / was
among the graduates of - College.
bade farewell to it, walls and its inmates
and its pursuits, and even before my home
| sought the grave of George Barnette.--
The green grass was growing upon it, and
Gods flowers were blooming there, and
the fresh, warm wind blew upon it. and
sunlight and starlight fell upon it, until il
seemed to me that God 8 smile rested there.
Again prayed, kneeling upon the gra $
which grew upon his grave, that / might
live and die as worthily Us George Bar
nette, the inidel!
Ell PAso.-1He Aust n Gazette Of the
18th contains the latest news from FL Paso.
Fort Webster has been abandoned and
the troop removed to Santa Isabara.--
Gen. Gurland was at the town Of El Paso
on the 10th December, with the intention
Of selecting place for quartering the eth
Infantry. He is ordered to encanlp as
nearly as possible opposite FL Paso.
One company of dragons and two OF
infantry, under COL Chandler, left Ell Paso
on the 3Oth December for the White
Mountains.
There had been difficulty between the
citizens of FL Paso and party Of Mexi-
cans, the particulars Of which are thus
given by participant in the conflict:
I" give you detail OF
a trip I had to prevent the Donana people
from stealing salt from the lake. Mr..
Magofn complained, and the sheriff sum-
moned the ancient Briton and myself in
his posse. We started from here in the
night. and reached San Augustine the day
after. There we remained but two or
three days, but nothing Of the thieves was
to be seen or heard Camp was then
broken; we proceeded to San Nicholas.
and from there to the waterholes called
Chinos, where we awaited their arrival.
Their force consisted of 26 carts, l25
Mexicans, determined to have salt or blood
Our nun ,cr was som what short of 80, and
a howitzer. The parties me: and the
sheriff presented his papers, &c, but they
laughed ut them, and refused 10 come to
any terms whatever. They said they
would die before they would give it up, or
come on to Mago6nsville t. answer for
their deeds This happened at in the
evening, and the water was two miles
rom camp.
= We started and took possession of it
and when the oxen came the fun COM
menced. You can imagine twenty-eight
men in the midst of one hundred and twenty
i've. AS soon as the oxen reached US we
were ordered to surround them and to
retain them if possible. Soon the Mexi-
cans found what was going on and began
shouting look out, but it was impossi
ble for them to see-it was dark. Pres
emily gun was discharged, and from
that, bang, bang! was all that was heard
for ten minutes. Then the howitzer was
discharged the Mexicans stampeded,
a second and the third shot was fired before
we succeeded in taking the oxen. After
our victory we started and reached home
in salty.
g We left the battle-ground that night;
therefore was known nothing OF the num-
ber that were killed. We heard after our
return that three Of the patty were mis-
sing. several mules and oxen killed, and
one hundred and fifty-two head we cap
tured. l think this trip will prove to them
that they cannot go to the lake without
having to fight for the SALT