The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-17
accepted the seeming paradox with q


the quarrel between York and Scott could
not be settled after the usual local methods
il gave no further conc, rn thereto But
presently it was rlmored that the Amity
! Claim" was in litigation, and that Its pos
session would be extensively disputed by
each of the partners. As it was we'll
known that the claim in question was
worked out and worthless, and that the
partners whom it had already enriched
had talked OF abandoning it but day or
two before the quarrel, this proceeding
could only be accounted for as gratuitOus
spite Later two San Francisco lawyers
made their appearance in this guileleSs
Arcadia, and were eventually taken into
the saloons, and what was pretty much
the same thing-the condolences of the in
habitants. The results of this unhallowed
intimacy were many su5p9nas; and, in
deed, when the "Amity Claim came TO
trial, all of Sandy Bar that was not in COM
pulsOry atten lance at the county seat came
there from curiosity The gulches and
bitches for miles around were deserted. L
do not propose to describe that already
fimOus trial. Enough that, in the language
of the plaintiffs counsel, at was one of no
ordinary significance, involving The in
hcrent rights OF that uniiring industry
which had developed the Pactolian re-
sources of this golden land" and iii the
homelier phrase of Colonel Starbottle,
:" A fuss that gentlemen might have settled
in ten minutes over social glass, eff they
meant business; or in len seconds with a
revolver, ct they meant fun Scott got
verdict, from which York Instantly APP
pealed. 1t was said that he had sworn to
spend his last dollar in the struggle.
In this way, Sandy Bar began to accept
the enmity of the former partners as life
long feud, and the fact that they had ever
be friends was forgotten The few who
expected to |, arm from the trial the origin
of tie quarrel were disappointed. Among
the various conjcctures, that which as
cribed some occult feminine influence as
the cause was naturally popular, i'll Il camp
given TO dubious compliment OF the sex.
My word for it, gentlemen" said Colonel
Starbottle-who had been known in Sacra-
mento as a gentleman of the old school
" there's some lovely creature at the bot
tom of this" The gallant Colonel then
proceeded to illustrate his theory, by
divers sprightly stori S, such as gentlemen
of tho Old school are in the habit OF re-
peati Ig, but which, from Differences to the
pTejUdices OF gentlemen of a more receLt
school. | refrain from transcribing here.
But it would appearthat even the Colonies
theory was fallacious. The only woman
who personally might have exercised any
influence over the partners was the pretty
daughter of 'Old man Folinsbee," of Pow
erty Flat, at whose hospitable house
which exhibited some comforts and refide-
ments rare in that crude civilization-both
York and Scott were frequent visitors
Yet into this charming retreat York strobe
OAe evening a month after the quarrel,
and, behOlding Scott sitti g there, turned
to the hostess, with the abrupt query
" DO you love this MANI" The you
woman thus addressed returned that an
swer-at once spirited and evasive-which
would occur to most of my fair readers in
such an exigency. Without another word,
York left the house. Miss 10" heaved
the least possible sigh as the door closed
on Iork's curls and square shoulders, and
then, like a good girl, turned to her ia
suited guest. :. But would you believe it,
dear" she afterward related to an intimate
friend, " the other creature, after glowering
at me for a moment, got uponits hind legs,
took its hat, and left, too; and that's the
last I've seen of either"
The same hard disregard of all other in
terests or feelings in the qualification of
actions. When York purchased the land
below Scots new claim, and Obliged the
latter, at a great expense, to make long
detOur to carry 'tail-race around it,
Scott retaliated by building a dam that
overflowcd York's claim ON the river. 1t
was Scott, who, in conjunction with
Colonel Starbottle, first organized that ac-
tive opposition to the Cinnamon, which
resulted in the driving off of York's Mon
gOllan labOrers; it was York who built the
wagon road and established the express
which rendered SCOTS mules and pack
trains obsolete: it was Scott who called
into life the Vigilance Committee which
expatriated York S friend, Jack Hamlin it
was York who created the Sandy Bar
HerCtld, which characterized the act as a
lawless outrage and Scott as q Border
Rutiian it was Scott, at the head of
twenty masked men, who, one moonlight
night, threw the offending forms into
the Yellow river, and scattered the types i'm |
the dusty road. These proceedings were
received in the distant and more civilized |
outlying towns as vague indications of
progress and vitality | have before me a
copy of the Poverty Fiat Pioneer, for the
week ending August -, 1856, i'm which the |
editor, under the head of County In
provements, says: The new Presbyterian
Church on & street, at Sandy Bar, is com
pleted. 1t stands upon the lot formerly
occupied by the Magnolia saloon, which |
was so mystcriOuSly burnt last month. |
The temple, which now rises like a
Phoenix from the ashes Of the Magnolia, is |
the free gift of III. j. York, Esq,
of Sandy Bar, who purchased the lot and |
donated the lumber. Other buildings are
going up in the vicinity, but the most no.
ticeable is the Sunny South Saloon
erected by Captain Matt. Scott, nearly OPP
posite the church. Captain Scott has
spared no expense in the furnishing of the |
saloon, which promises to be one of the
most agreeable places of resort in old
Tuolumne. He has recently imported two
new first-class billiard tables, with cork
Our old friend, Mountain
Jimmy, Will dispense liquors at the bar.
We refer our readers to the advertisement
in another column. Visitors to Sandy
Bar cannot do better than give Jimmy
a call" Among the local items occurred
the following: I'll. J. York, ESQ, of
Sandy Bar, has offered a reward of S 100 for
the detection of the parties who hauled
away the steps of the new Presbyterian
Church, G street, Sandy Bar, during Divine
service on Sabbath evening last Captain
Scott adds another hundred for the capture
Of the miscreants who broke the magnifi-
cent plate glass windows of the new saloon
On the following evening. There is some
talk of recognizing the old Vigilance
Committee at Sandy Bar"
When, for many months of cloudless
weather, the hard, unwinking sun of
Sandy Bar had regularly gone down on the
wrath of these men, there was
some talk Of mediation. In particular,
the pastor of the church to which | have
Just reierred-a sincere, fearless, but per
haps not fully enlightened man-seized
gladly upon the occasion of York's liberal
ity to reunite the former partners. lie
preached an earnest sermon on the abstract
sinfulness of discord and rancor. But the
excellent sermons Of the Rev. Mr.. DAVIS
were directed to an ideal congregation that