Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-08-02
Letter fiom Dan De Quille.
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE GAZETTE.
SILVER Cry, N. T., June IA, 1856

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last that was going out in the desert wilds
beyond the Sink Of the Carson prospecting
if not you, then it was somebody else No
matter, didn't 60 as soon as told some
one would, but am going in two days from
this date, as sure as my name is Dan. l
have formed new company, with new
stock of animals, and will now have three
men and one pack mule. Each man to be
armed with a double-barreled gun and six
shooter, and mounted on good horse. We
will go into yc wilderness at least three
Gays journey" and tarry till our boards be
grown a trihe longer than at the present
writing, but that we find gold that is good,
or at least Strike the land of the onyx, the
sapphire, and the ruby. When return
will report unto We GAZETTE a full and true
account of ye remarkable adventures and di.
vers admirable sights had by me of the
mountains, lakes, rivers, deserts, Indian
tribes, and whatsoever may appear worthy
Of mention.
Now, we will talk Of other matters. There
is a grand joint-stock consolidated, upper. ten
bali in town tonight; everybody and every.
body's wife and daughters, will go it on the
heel and toe till broad daylight will say
nothing further of the ball tonight, but will
leave room to report the number of men shot
when hear the facts tomorrow morning.
Since my. last there has been three men shot
and quite number Of fights A man was
shot the other day in Chinatown, but there
was so many persons shooting at him that
it was not>kiiown who had the luck to bring
him down. Officers showed their good taste
by saying nothing. When man is killed
here the people talk about it many times for
a whole half hour; after that they 20 in
search of new wonder. l am not testing
in this, it is fact that there is not one hall
the excitement, nor half of the talk here when
half a-dozen shots are exchanged and man
shot down in the streets, that there would
be in Cedar Falls over a bit of fist fight
We have been expecting lively times with the
secessionsts. They, it appears, have banded
together in secret to the number of upwards
OF 400, have borrowed all the arms they could
get and and had their plans laid to get up a
fight, either at this place or at Virginia City,
when the sheriff Of this county was to come
up from Carson City with the Carson Guards
Ga part Of their secret bandD capture both OF
the parties to the fight, declare the country
under martial law, and hold possession till
a Governor could be appointed by jeff DAY.
is. A great many ex-custom house officers
and other beheaded hombres have been col
lecting here from California to assist in this
scheme. Some one who seems to have been
posted in all these things bowed the whole
plan in the Sacramento Union; the Secess-
ionists deny the truth of this expose, but no
doubt it was too true to suit them their
rage is proof of this. There are spies in
their ranks, doubtless. Blackburn, the sher-
III, came out in card, which is posted all
over the three cities, saying that the author
OF that Union article" is LIAR" and a
"cowARD," and he is responsible person
ally for having SO styled him." Part of the
programme Of the Secessonists appears to
have been to take Fort Churchill, but Capt.
Moore was on the lookout for them, and had
sentinels posted out seven or eight miles from
the fort, in all directions. A flag (Pamctto)
was raised in Virginia City the other day,
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ly in this place and Carson. Everybody
commencing arming. We supposed the ball
was about to open according to the bills
When the news reached Carson, which town
we had supposed to be more titan half Seccsh,
the Union men came swarming into the
streets like bees, and run up the Stars and
Stripes all over the city. Secesh didn't dare
show his head. Here we run up all of our
flags, and there were mutterings Of dcathly
import to those who should dare to unfurl
airy other banner to the breeze in our city.
The news of our proceedings flew rapidly
to San Francisco, but in flying grew, as such
things are apt to do; the story there was
there had been most savage battle in one
Of our cities, and numbers killed on both
sides. The excitement produced by this
news, bothin San Francisco and Sacramento
City was intense. Things still have an un-
settled look, and General Sumner has ordered
troops over to reinforce Fort Churchill
perhaps be here tomorrow. The Union
men here arc not without arms or an organ
ization. There is enough men enrolled at
this moment to sweep the territory without
aid from the Fort, and of the leading men of
the country. We have over 300 stand of
Minie's -somcwhere-and more COM
ing, besides we have revolvers, Sharp's rifles,
and other arms in our cabins. Union men
will shortly be ready to drill openly. don't
think the Seccssionists will dare make sin
gle move here, without they do it within a
week. So much for Secesh in Washoe.
| saw in the last Sacramento Union big
snake story; and as snake stories are always
in order will give the most prominent fea-