Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-05
,3ailp s1atlonaln nemotrat.
Nevada Territory Correspondence.
HurFAKEn's RANCH, May /, 1861.

nevada Territory Correspondence.
HurFAXER's RANCH, May l, 1861.
ro,rop DrmocaAT To one who has lived
no;derable time in any of the mountain
ns Of California, where the Hurdy-Gurdy
a;r,. have become prominent feature in the
,usemepts of the place, it seems strange not
boar their music, or see them dancing, on
-. .;de tbe Sierras. | was told at Carson,
.hot none of them have yet visited the Ter
..onu Their absence has probrbly been
.anssd bo the distance which separates the
on the east from those on the west side
f,,o mountains, the Hurdles prefering such
,,.,;ties as will allow them 10 make short
STAGES by the natural means of locomot'on' In
49, day time, and lose no time from their
,..;,;n,ate business during the evenings. Nor
a;3 witness any gambling on my recent
.r;n although the tables and other tools of
A., enorting gentry were apparent both at
O...on and Virginia. The want of capital
ssrbaps, is the great reason why it is not
aorried on at present. as it usually Is IN all
newly settled countries, among so excltaole a
nopulation as this Territory is possessed of.
Won are not to sappose that "Alioth has
been in the habit of running with either OF
those classes during his sojourn in California,
for he is innocent of those pranks, unless SEMI
OCCASIONALLY. when he had to do the honors
to some young gentleman friend from Marys>
vile, who away from his home associations,
would sigh for the pleasures of the dance
with one of the Hurdy girls. Then, Of course,
he could do no otherwise than extend hospi-
talitv, by joining in the same set While in
,h;s connection, think | will have to tres
mass upon your patience, while relating
nretty good thing which befell one of your
largest and best looking citizens land high
civic fanctionary,) last fall. 1t was i'll Far
time He attended the Pavilion Ball and
while enjoying the pleasures Of the mazy
dance, cast an admiring eye upon charming
little dancer, partner of young friend OF
mine from the mountains, and solicited an
introduction, which was cheerfully given, and
she accompanied him to the dance, which be-
ing over, and the charmer seated, he found
my Young friend, aud after lauding her as the
finest partner in the room, (probaby desiring
to cultivate further acquaintance inquired
where she lived "Phancy his pheelinks,' as
he subsidized into a seat, on hearing my friend
reply, "Well, when she is not daucing around
with the boys in the mountains, for twenty
five cents dance, she lives in Marysville"
In riding over this country, one frequent
y meets with human skulls, which from the
general form and the faciel angle, appear to
have belonged to the Indian race. l have,
on nv various trips about this neighborhOod,
found and examined several, and from their
frequency have concluded that the Pah-Utes
have no method or rite of aepulture, nor do
any Of the farmers in this section with whom
have conversed, know OF their ever attend
iinrs-to ones body after death. 1t is thought
tNat they allow them to moulder away upon
the surface of the ground being in that re-
spect, less careful than the Dggers of Cali
foruia, who burn their dead.
Laugton has, by the late Expresses, fur
Wished your excellent paper here, in three
days from date, thus anticipating the time of
the placerville route at least one day, and
will soon be able to excel the present time,
about twenty-iour hours
All honor to the Marysville Rifles for their
prompt action in taking again the army OATH,
thus testifying at this critical period of our
couutry's affairs, their fealty to the Govern
ment under which we have grown great and
prosperous. May their example be followed
by other corps, wherever organized through
out the State. In this Territory, SO far as
expression has reached my ear it has been
unanimously on the side of the Government
and the supremacy of the laws Again l say,
all honor to the brave Rifles
Yours, ALIoTH.