, 1860-08-02

4 rory attosg prejudice exists in this, u IL
aeeo ~ III the country parts Of California, bt
) tEeen the settlers from different parts of th
Union. There IL no mora marked antipath
even IN Washington city between Northern an
Southern people than here 1t is carried iut
aii the relations or life, and IL BY no means cor
tined to polttics. The ruder and less educate,
portion o. tue ammigants from the South ar
called "PIke'. They are. the pioneers, th
saSsnoed ware OF ciTllizasioa. They coma frou
Southern lllinois. They have peculiar {scuIt, Mt,
for hating their neighbors. thou gh this perhaps,
is no fault OF theirs, for it Seems the object n
their lives to avoid neighborx. A lodre in th,
wilderness, but one degree above The wiewam.
ofthe Indians, Is preferred by them to q more
they can leave it without regret, AmouG theu,
solves they are not peculiarly quar1elsome but
they instinctlyely combine to harrasa ali other,
in whom they discover want Of symna,hy
with their manners md modes Of life. The
struggle, however. is unequal; and after q few
years Of sni1en resistance to painted houses,
schools, spring carriages, and oth-r YanIee
notions, the PlKe sells out bis improvements,
packs up Its plunder,' and totes himself'
bis family, aud stock to new aud wider range
The Plke does not feel quite ut home where le
| does not enjoy his annual shake Of tho acue.
This is disease which follows the trail Of tbs
bear and the panther 1t cannot abide the RI
finished walls It welcomes the covered wagon
to the woods and the sides Of the foamy stresm.
where the vegetation dauriahes in unpruued
rankness, mud ills the autumn air with the o1ols
Of its decay. II comes, an upbiddeu but ex.
pected guest, through doors without hinees,t'
domiciles itself upon the clay 1loor Of the set
tiers hut Us one of tile family.
"BAny KILLER"
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ity to" ards the Indians, They butcher them
from habit, aod without the hypocrisy Of pre-
tc3dln9 reason or nccessty for it. There ii
one Aendrcino County, not much worse than
his nelghbors, and not regarded By them US a
person Of bad and singular disposition, who is
known as tho bsby.Iiiier. He has slain with
his o~n hands more than sixty women and
children within two years. His last exploit that
is recorded, VAS TO bruin with hatche. wo.
man and Eve children, to put their slaughtered
bodies upon raft, Ind set them alloat on the
current Of Eel River, directed to the care Of 8
person who had expressed some disapp1oyal Of
h1s acts. cannot expect Jour readers to be.
IS tolerated among community Of white men,
without scmc corroboratiye evidence. l had no
doubt Of its truth for the utrocity is ouly
ahade Jnrker than abonnations proved to hare
been Committed near the ZANE place BY other
demons Of the sa1e complexion as this crea-
aud whois an agent Of the Government informed
me that he knew the nan, and could Fouch Tor
bis character which fitted him for such decds,
SAVAGE FgRocl7r.
The same Government agent further stated.
that oo0 Indians hare been slaughtered near
Round Valley, within few years, aud left on
the ground to rot. The Government had with.
drawn tue appropriations. anl lett the Indians
Ia ssarre; but he could not commend tie
course Of the inhabitants. neither would he
blanc them. When the Peninsular Counties
bstweeu the sea and the bay began to be settled
by the present population, the Indians were |
quite numerous. They were friendly aud use /
tal, aud were employed in farm lahors On the |
ranches, receiving without mu1muring whatev-
CT the settlers chose to give them. There |
seemed prospect Of The t'Fo races harmouizing |
as they had done under Spanish dominion.
This hope was soon exsipru,shed in blood. A |
Pike reared bis cabin at CLEAR Lake. near TIC
head of Napo Wiley. lie appropriated the wife
OF the nearcst chief ~ bis companion, The |
husband rectuimed her, and the rayishtr again
abducted her md made her the mistress of bis
sty. Most justly and properly the Indians
killed the villain. Thereuprn his brothers COL
lected hand of fifty or SIXTY kindred epirits,
aud went upon I'LL Indian hunt. Their custom
was to ride up 10 the solitary ranches, order ont
The Indian reta!ners. aud slaughter them ~
they appenred. The inhabitants wore I'm able to |
de'end their poo: dependents against these
armed mlscrean.s, and none Of tue murdererB
Tere ever punished.
A"0REAr WEST" WANTED.
d singular Inconvenience is ftI. here. There
Is mn great West beFond this. During two
onward, bound for the West." Hence is tue
lima 1hute. They can 20 no further. Those
IT them who c1Iafe under the restraints of civil
zed Ute, find themselves brought into conflict
*hich they nerez anticipated and know not
3ow to meet. They scowl upna those who hare
ol!owed upon, tue traces which they have
MARKED out They lock with E perple1ed de-
'pondency upon the western sea- Tbey would
.ladly plunge into the depths OF undiscovered
Tood-, and continue the good fight with tue
beasts who inhabi: them. But ths backwoods-
nan has reached his goal. lie must disappear
IS a type of auknd, and sink down lnIo the
1ull responsibility Of the citizen. Perhaps j. is
IS well. Tie hardy pioneer, the Daniel Goones
# our race, lock best ut a distance. Viewed
oo near, he seems much like the noble savage
whose homes he usurps and whose I lace b.
ills
TIE wAsuoE MINES.
A. tue risk OF tirihg some of your readers
7ifl make q parting reference to Washoe il,
:landet t: ON L3ndon, stated to be- an sgent !
rom the Rothschifd, charged with the duty OF
the silver mines in relation to the
VI u Stie!%tuK NAA ISuQ1uE1 u0uSC |
n San Francisco, has just retuI ned froM a visit
# three weeks ia Carson Valley, during which
'e thoroughly investigated all The c!ain,s tar.
lshlpH tnu least indication of mineral in tue
!hole region. learn that be will report against
II Of them except the three or four Companies
d the Comstcck Lode, and as to them, it is un-
ertaln Whit he will report. They bare taken
mt and are still cxtract!ng considerable guam
tiles Of very rich ore. This ore has begun to
rive quite freely at Sun Francieco. 1t has
'eresnlose cost Il 800 to get to t1ia place. Pre-
.arations arc making to smclt it ut the mines.
Tue question yet unsolved IL, what is the depth
+ the silrer benring rocky 1t is in proof th1t
be Vein near tue surlace il very rich, but it il
ot proved .hat any one Of the Companies has
deposite Of ore which will pay loE working
pon large scale.
fn the meantime am informed By gentle
nan interested in the Oahir 5l,ne, that taey vii
lip bp yessels soon to depatt, 100000 worth
{ ore from their mine, for reduction elsewhere.
he reason gisen for not sheltiny and coinlng
here. is the great expeuSe Of such pruccSs