The Nevada Democrat., 1859-12-28
NEVADA DEMOCRAT
LETTER FROM sIsKIYoU COUNTY.

| FERNCH GUICH. Dec. lotb, icoS.
EDrroR DEMocRAr:-Since the date Of my lart
communication, but little worthy Of note has
sranspired with us, and doubtless most OF that
little has reached you through the columns OF
exchanges, leaving me but meagre, and per-
haps uninteresting, record to make up.
Our late spell Of winsry weather has not pro-
dueed 90 favorable an effect upon business a.
we had expected, and the hopes we expressed
Of q lively aud profitable season, ere likely to
end in disappointment. Every thing lie dull
exceedingly dull. We are not. however, alone
in this respect and derive some little consola-
tion from the fact that the same ppirit OF inac-
tivity presides over the affairs Of nearly every
mining camp In this section.
The severe weather has seriously affected our
commerce with ether places TO the south OF Us.
By closing up the route over which the heaviest
portion OF it passes. (the Pit river road,) and
forcing the wheeled craft engaged in the carry
ing trade into winter quarters here. or to seek
employment on reads further south. What
freight 10 now passing between Red Bluff and
Yreka is borne upon mules. and at the rate OF
ten dollars per hundred pounds Fortunately,
the most Of our merchants bad received the
bulk Of their winter stock before the storms set
in, and are thus saved heavy tax The stages
continue to run over the Trinity road aud make
their trips in good time. though not quite so
regular MS when the roads were in better con-
dition. This is the only route coming into
Yreka from the south, over which passengers
are now carried, the proprietors of the ether
stage line. by the Sacramento road, having
drawn OF their stock early iu the fall.
An unfortunate occurrence took place at our
neighboring village OF Deadwood, few days
SINCE resulting in the death Of little girl aged
about four years, daughter OF Mrs. Dolan, OF
that place. 1t seems that the mother had oc-
easion to leave the house for short time, aud
shut the child mentioned with brother younger
than she, in . room where there was fre
While playing around, her dress came In con.
tact with the blaze; her screams we're heard by
q man who Was ehoppiug wood uear the house.
and who Immediately FASTENED 10 her relief
On entering the room, be found the little girl
enveloped in q mass of somoke aud fame, and
although he succeeded in extingpishing the ere
without difficulty and at once. yet che was 20
badly burned that death ensued in few hours.
An Irishman named James Ditfeu, resident
Of this place, but who has been working for sew
eral weeks past at Scott Bar, night or two
since walked over bank some thirty feet high.
at the latter named place, and received Injuries
that il is though. will cause his death in short
time.
A few evenings ago two OF our town bucks,
conceiving that cause Of hostility existed be-
tween them that could only be removed by the
blood Of one or the other of them agreed TO re-
pair TO some lone secluded spot, and with pis-
tolls, pop at each other until one should be pop.
ped out OF existence. Unfortunately, however,
for the success Of their scheme, and doubtless
for the good of the community. during
the time allowed for the settlement Of their
earthly affairs, a few oEicous friends having
got wind Of the matter. set to work, and soon
had matters auicsbly adjusted between the par
ties. What the cause Of trouble was, whether
lore, business or "bad whiskey," has not been
made public, though 1t Is thought that the lat
ter had most TO do with the affair.
On Saturday last. an itnerant fruit vender
from sway down in Oregon" arrived in town
with load of apples, but too late in the day to
admit OF his selling out the cargo at retail, and
rather than job of the lot st Wholesale price.
aud at the sacrifice Of some profit, be concluded
to postpone business until the following morn
ing, which being Sunday, he rightly judged
would witness town full of people, and thus
open fair market for bis operations. Not de-
string to 90 to the trouble Of unloading and re-
loading the wagon. be ran 1t with he freight
into an open shed adjoining the stable where be
put bis team. Here, relying upon the honesty
ofour people, and confident In the secnrity Of
bis stock in trade, be left it and went circulat-
ing about town. Late 10 the evening. be was
not little surprised at finding that apples sud-
denly became very plentiful. Wherever be
went, everybody was very ii6vrsi With sirrir aP-
pies. At 6rst, this astonishing increase Of an
article usually 80 scarce in this region, and lib
erality with one 80 expensive, perplexed the Or
egonian a good deal, but soon he began to
smell every large mice" and forthwith made
"bee line" for the place where be bad left bis
trading establishment. Arriving here, be found
the shed vacant, aud bis Oregon clipper with its
valuable cargo missing. On looking around
however, be soon came upon lie track In the
snow, following which few hundred yards he
discovered the craft moOred among some bush
es on hillside. Advancing quickly but quietly
as possible to the front Of the wagon, he found
it closed by pair Of legs and part posterior Of
human body, and believing that where so
much of human being was in view, full COM
plement might be inferred as existing. though
out Of sight-bs applied both hands to the part
presented, and succeeded in collecting slack
cloth enough to form pretty good haud-hOlds,
by which means be was enabled to draw forth
one OF the worst scared and ms astonished
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