Weekly Trinity journal., 1863-07-18
Letter from Humboldt Bay.
ARCATA, July 10, 1863.

mine, too. joins ours, and between US there are
common and district interests, united as against
common enemy ; separated only il the differ.
ences OF our vocations. Your people, as a class,
seek for that hidden treasure Of the earth that
yields a golden harvest" though planted not
by them in seed time. Ours reap only where
they have sown. My reading of your valuable
paper is quite regular, always pleasurable, but
your items from Humboldt Bay are limited, and
generally credited to our good county paper the
Times Don't yOu want a Irregular correspond
ent " from these parts? Such attaches you know
are very fashionable now a days. Everybody
printing newspaper has all of such Institutions
that It's possible to endure, and this being I'M
portant locality to hear from, | imagine you
desire for a contributor and herewith offer my
attention TO your columns at a reasonable rate.
! can't give yOu the " latest" from our armies,
for ,ce are dependent upon yOur extras for
I that but | will drop for your pcrusal, our
locals they occur, noting our progress,
from this forward, till stop, in POLITICAL com
mercial agricultural, religious, and Digger.kll
ing interests, which last is by no means the least
of our mutual concerns, is now quite the con
trolling element in the way of our progress IN
all the others, and we have not only suffered from
the red Williams direct but from the constant and
long protracted mismanagemcnt OF our Indian
war by the Colonel in command of the regiment
of Volunteers in our district, who with his Lieut.
Colonel understands much better about " red
fame" circumlocution," and office campaign
ing. than overtakng and chastisng an enemy
native to the Redwoods But thanks to Gen.
Wright, wholesome change is being effected
and our " Mountainecrs " are soon to have
hand in these affairs, and we are waiting patient
~ and hopefully for the Trinity company TO be
full, Of which there is now detachment ~ our
suburbs doing duty as guard against any imme
tAu NVh1
is feared by some We anticipate good service
from the braves of Trinity, for we recnllect Capt.
Mcssic and his command in the campaign ot '58
and SO, and their courageous stand, on The
morning Of the 9Th inst against the enemy at
RcdwOods entities them to our conidencP.-
/ Eighteen Of them were acting as escorts TO
pack train, and were on their way from Hoopa
TO Arcala. Early in the morning, while in camp,
and about to saddle the mules. a voley from the
Indians was the first santatiOn they received,
and four wounded was the result Of their fire
Following this came the "yells " indicating the
presence of warriors all around them. The In
dams had the timber, and thus all the advantage
of ground. The boys of Company c, and the
packers Shear Fort and John Motif, and W. II.
Wall, of Company B, were on an open fiat just
below the site where Minors house was. There
was no chance for retreatng to cover without
breaking through the cnemys line and abandon
ing their wounded comrades who were now help
" stand their ground" and we'll they did it. For
hours the fighting continued ; once they made
charge" upon the Diggors. but Intellectually.
as they were followed up in the rear by Others
Of the redskins. Finally the Indians withdrew.
leaving the volunteers victors, but with ten Of
their number woundcd-thrcc it is feared NOR
tally. The damage done the Diggers could not
be correctly ascertaned, owing 10 their being
among the trees bu: four is known Of As soon
MS night came on, two men proceeded to Fort
CASTOR for assistance, and Capt. Onsley sent all
the men he could spare, and the Surgeon OF the
Post As soon as the news reached here, party
of citizens aud some of Company C's mon, and
Drs. Spencer aud Miller started to the battle
ground. The wounded will be brought here and
properly cared for and a. soon as it can be done
will procure list OF their names and condition,
and send you. This is the bravest Sighting the
Rigpcrs -h9yeeXer done in these parts Verify
or d" redskins" must have the counties 0i fidm
boldt, Trinity aud klamath.
With Col. Whipple at the head, the Battalion
now being raised, Of which the companies Of
Captains Long, Ouslcy and Miller are, we hope
samples Of those to come, creates "grcat cXpec
tatons among our people. The plenty and
prosperity Of other days is expected to follow in
the train Of this service, and lasting peace eS
tablishcd. Such only will re populate our now
desOlate mountain farm sites. nearly every one
of which has associated with it victim OF In
horse in the lead of loaded trains TO be heard
again continually upon our mountain trails, and
re-occupatiOn of the ferries, trading posts.
mining grounds and ranches now abandoned in
the lower part Of your county. the present cvacu
alton OF which seriously eff cts individual pros
perity, and depees town, county, State and
National treasures.
Politically. our town is so overwhelmingly for
Union and the exercising of eUery force constitu-
tionally within the power of our Government TO
put forth, to preserve aud pcrpeuate invioate
the heritage Of our Fathers, aud to put down and
punish treason and rebellion, in one, or many,
that all persons, clans or clqups. in any degree
opposed thereto, can have no abiding place among
us in power or authority And as is Arcata, So
is Humboldt county from the beginning and
now, and thencelorth to be, full OF earnest desire
for the success of our National arms over all enc
mics. For the fall election, the various candi
dates are already preparing for the primaries"
an institution OF much leverage, heretofore quite
unknown among the people. | prognosticae
; the nominees of the Union County Convention,
to assemble in Eureka, about the 22d, will hold
the various Offices in the gift of the people Of this
county after election day.
Our celebration of the Fourth-America's
great day. was some different from the pro-
grnmmc made out previous to the rain of three
days preceding the jubilee. But we had good
time, and enjoyed tho day. Our exercises con.
sisted of patriotic singing, prayer. reading OF the
immortal Declaration, deolamatons by " Young
Americas" Of our Public Schools, most all of
whom were born on the soil of Arcatn and
pthy speech by Judge Wyman. From the Pres
byterian Church all repaired to the Town Hall,
aud gorgcd themselves with the good things
gatuitously furnished by the good housewives
| OF our village All in all, the day was joyOusly
spent, and all honor given to the patriot sres
whose geniua, courage and perseverance, gave
us this day of days.
or various other matters | had thought TO
write, but my present -dottings are too numerous
for more at this time.
Faithfully yours, TlAN.