Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-13
The Journal.
A California Adventure.

We are comfortably seated in our ranch in
Plumas county, California Pat, Vrs, ard myself,
whom ! will now introduce TO you. Pat was 70
Irithman, as perhaps you NAV imagine. bnt tail.
staiysrt black whiskered Ohioan He weigh
90 'non,lds aud was iovial, good hearted. hon
est old brick Yes was his brother and physically
his verv antipodes Below the medium hight.
rather snare in form, with light brown whi,keis
and hair he was the most universal genius, and
nosspssrd The most varied accomplishments of
any man ever came across in my somewhat eX-
tensve knocking ronnd in the world Every
Californian who reads this sketch will recognize
him. Once a representative. and twice a senator,
had be represented the hardy miners Of Plumas
county II was of the warmest personal
aud political friends of the lamSnt.d Brodcrick,
and during the fierce struggles that ragged in the
Legislature, was as highly houorcd and admired
lv one party as be was respected and feared by
the other.
Your humble servant, the writer. was a tall,
lean Nantucker, newly tlrdg,d alumnus of an
Eastern college, who had gone to the Land Of
Gold for his health.
As said before we were comfortably seated
in our ranch, enjoying our regular smoke. 1t
was after supper, a magnificent night, aud the
tolls of the day well disposed us to enjoy rest
We were all three of US engaged in the packing
business, and had at this moment stored in our
shanty fifteen thousand dollars in dust, and
quantities OF other valuables. which we were to
Yes was in the midst of some ridiculous story
when We were interrupted 10y the appartion o
villainous Chnaman, Ohm Sukee by name wh
poked his ugly shaved head into the shanty, tool
rapid but scrutinizing glance around. aud benl
asked what be wanted begged some tobacco and
left. Our gold lay upon the floor somewhat care
lessly, in some long canvas bags about the siz
and shape of Bologna sausages. Soon after JOIN
had vamosed the ranch, Pat, swearing at us io
our carelessness, hid the gold between the ma
tresses Of the bed, and in few minutes we all
turned in.
| must here explain the interior arrangement
of oar shanty somewhat. 1t was roughly divided
into two rooms In the inner one Pat and Ves
slept together the outer room | occupied by
myself
In few moments, worn out by the labors and
fatigue Of the day, all fast asleep.
had slept awhile, when suddenly half awoke, ex
perieucng the vague and ndescrbable feeling
that somebody or something was in the room
suddenly, as stretched out my arms above my
head with yawn, and bal: opened my eyes it
the pitchy darkness, felt sharp pain in the
flesby part Of my arm, succeeded by the warn
sensation of flowing blood i gave yell whicl
would have done credit to any Indian, and start
cd up just in time TO see the dim outline Of re
treating figure. Ny shout raised the other fel
lows, and out they tumblrd rcvolvers in hand
/ could just eXclaim-" There he goes down th
canon. Shoot the scOundrel," when tainted
away from loss Of blood. Vrs, as he afterwards
told me. fred almost at random, (it being in
possible to distinguish any thing ten feet oti,) an
not dreaming that bis shot took effect came bacl
into the shanty.
soon came to- and found myself with an ugll
cash in the arm, aud the tip Of my chin nicely
sliced off. The villain evidently intended Il
stab me in the neck. We picked up his bowl
On the floor, by the side Of the bed, and it is noy
IN my possession.
We did not sleep much more that night. eilhe
OF US, can assure you. As soon as it was Hight
we wunt out to see if we coul discover any sign
OF the foiled assassin, and were most agrerably
surprised by indng the dead body of Johu Sukee
the ChiGaman, with bullet hole in the back o
his skull where the ball entered. We split his
head open and found the bullet, which Yes now
The Chnaman was lying Oh his face, just as h
dropped, near clump Of bushes, over twelv,
rods from the door u The ranch.