The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-05
THE WOOD CHOPPERS BRIGADE
WAR WITH CHINA. THE BELIG-
EaENTs REFUSE TO SURRENDER
TO THE c0PPERHEADs -! ALL
QUIET AT THE FRoNT!!.!

ones of all mathematics came pouIluS
into the town during the day, moved
BY an imperfectly defined but commonly
shared intention of" doing something
toward clearing away from the forests
of the Sierra Nevada the polluting
presence of the " moon-eyed children
of1he Flowery Kingdom" They came,
thev saw, they conquered-conquered
more of the Corbett House grub than
is consumed on ordinary Sundays ;
and when the shades of night set IN
they adjourned to the Carson Theater
and then and there held council Of
way. Few and short were the prayers
thew said If any-when they pro-
caeted to business by the election of
Captain and, we believe, Lieutenant
We failed to learn the names OF these
warrior chiefs, but no matter, they
were elected, and shall not be unknown
to uos:erity and fame if we can only
fud them out. Having proceeded so
far as so elect their leaders, they were
about ad;ourning when those able, con-
s;stent, devoted, afectionate friends Of
the lab0riug man, the Honorable Mr..
Seymour Pixley Esquire and the Hon
orab,e Mr. Patrick Henry Clayton Es
quire, Q. G. &c, &c, &C, Suddenly
appeared upon the stage of the Theater,
the FIRST as Chairman and the latter as
Spokesman Of and for the down trodden
Levers Of wood and drawers of
water" as Mr.. Clayton was fanciful
enough to designate them. 1t would
not have been remarkable If these two
earnest aud unseIfsh patriots had got
themselves into such prominence before
such an audience because they had " al
az to grind .; but of course they had
nothing of the sort-baing entirely un-
.hakied By political bias and serenely
free from the lust of Office and the cor
reding influence Of party prejudice.
BIZ. il '-Gs cheeky for old Pix to take
that chair and sit there as he did, like
a yellow, ghostly lamppost, while the
verbose and grammar-defying Hal
shriehed oEt in earpiercing accents the
roaring thanGers OF his ragged rhetoric
in loud and lUsty advocacy of - white |
mans government" It would be scan
GaIous 70 style Hal Clayton q dema- |
gogue euG TO say that his imFassioned
manner and eloquent sentences were
vulgar fustian. cIap-trap aud bosh ! We
appreciate Halls virtuOus motives too
fully 10 azcr;be any unworthy purposes
10 h.a and as to Pixley, is he not a
conscientious proselyte to the " regen-
Grated Democracy ard sympathetic
believer il the divine rights Of eau
casian wood choppers?
But we digress from our narrative.
Mr.. Clayton was just about reaching
tie zenith of his oratorical exhalations
when woodsman who had the main
question il his minds eye, moved to
adjourn and the meeting dissolved in
so abrupt and discourteous a manner
as to leave the devoted Clayton saving
the air and s;raining his lungs to empty
benches. Having survived Halls ora,ory,
the crowd withdrew to the street where !
they soon formed in line Of march and
moved off, about . clock, impelled By
the watchword ION to Genoa -
The news from the seat of war was ,
au1i0usly waited for yesterday morning +
and the widest rumors flied the air +,
The woodchoPpers were represented as c
having made fierce onslaught upon c
gang of Cinnamon employed by Lon.
jim. Haines and driven them over the J
California line. Reports were current q
of the movement of troops to suppress .
the rioters and withal an eager appe- :
lite for bloody details was everywhere b
cyinced. About noon some camp fol-
lowers and "war correspondents " c
came struggling into town who, upon d
being questioned as to the awful news,
very coolly impaired the intelligence Il