Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-31

ter, al a great expense, to make a
long detour to carry tail-race
around it, Scott retaliated by build
ing 4 dam that overfowod York's
claim on the river 1t was Scott,
who, }" conjunction with Col. Star
bottle, nrst organized active opposi-
ton TO the Cninamah, which resulted
In the driving off of Y0rk's Mongol-
ian laborers it was York who built
the wagon road and established the
express which rendered SCOTS mules
and pack-train obsolete it was Scott
who called into lite the vigilance COM
mlttee which expatriated York's
friend, Jack Hamlin it was York
who created the Sandy Bar Herald
which characterized the proceeding
"a "lawless outrage" and Scott as
a border ruflian ;" il was Scott at
the head Of twenty masked mon, who
one moonlight night, threw the Of
Tending "forms" into the river, aud
catered the types in the dusty
road. These proceedings were re-
ceived in the dista and more civil
lzed outlying towns as vague indi-
cations of progress and vitality.
have before me u copy of the Poverty
Flat Ltoneer, for the week ending
August 10Th, 1856, in which the ed
ltor, under the head of County I'm
provements," says: The new Pres
byterian church on G street at Sandy
Bar is completed 1t stands upon
the lot formerly occupied by the
Magnolia Saloon, which so mysteri-
ousy burned last month. The tenn
pie which now rises Phoenix from
the ashes of the Magnolia, is virtual
~ the free gift of Ii. J. York, Esq /, of
Sandy Bar, who purchased the lot
and donated the lumber. Other
buildings are going up in the viciaity,
but the most noticeable is "Sunny
South Saloon" erected by Capt. Matt
Scott nearly opposite the church,
Captain Scott spared no expense in
furnishing this saloon, which prom
ises to be one of the most agreeable
places OF resort in old Tuolumne. lie
has recently imported two new first
class billiard tables with cork cush-
ions. Our friend Mountain Jimmy"
will dispense liquors at the bar. We
refer our readers to the advertise
ment in another column. Visitors to
Sandy Bar cannot do better than to
give Jimmy" call. Among the
local items occurred the following
sd. J. York, Esq, of Sandy Bar, has
offered reward of 500 for The de-
lection Of the parties who hauled
away the steps of the new Presby-
terrain church, @ street, Sandy Bar,
during divine service on Sabbath |
evening last. Capt. Scott adds an
other hundred fer the capture of the
mscreant who broke the m gnif mt !
plate glass windows of the new sa-
loon on the following evening There
is some talk of re-organiziDg the old |
vigilance committee at Sandy Bar"
When, for many months OF cloud
less weather, the bard, unwinking
sun of Sandy Bar had regularly gone
down on the unpacifed wrath of |
these men, there was some talk of |
mediation. Ia particular the pastor
OF the church to which | have refer
red-a silent, fearless, but perhaps
not fully enlightened man-sezed |
gladly upon the occasion of York's
llberality to attempt to reunite the |
former partners. He preached a
sermon on the abstract sinfulness of !
discord and rancor. But the excel
lent sermons Of Rev Mr. Dawes were
directed to an ideal congregation
that did not exist at Sandy Bar-a
congregation of beings of unmixed |
virtues and vices, of single impulses
aud perfectly logical motives, of pre-
ternatural simplicity and childhke
faith, and grown up responsibilities
As, unfortunately, the people who
actually attended Mr. Dawes church |
were mainly very human, somewhat |
artful, more selt-excusing than self !
accusing, rather good natured, and |
decidedly weak, they quickly shed |
that portion of the sermon which re-
ferred to themselves, and excepting
York and Scott, who were both in |
defiant attendance, as curious ex-
amples Of those ideal beings above |
referred TO. felt certain satisfaction |
which, | fear, was not altogether
Christianlike in their "raking down"
If Mr.. Dawes expected York and |
Scott to shake hands after the SER
mon, no was disappointed. But he
didn't relax his purpose. With that
quiet fearlessness and determination |
which had won for him the respect
of men who were too apt to regard |
piety as Synonymous with effeminacy,
he attacked Scott in his own house. |
What be said has not been recorded, |
but it is to be feared that it was part
of his sermon. When he had con-
cluded, Scott looked at him, not un-
kindly, over the glasses of his bar,
and said, less irreverently than words |
might convey: Young man, | rath-
er like your style; but when you
know York and me as we'll as YOU
know God Almighty, it'll be time to
talk"
And so the feud progressed and |
so, as in more illustrious examples.
the private and personal enmity of |
two representative men, led gradu-
ally to the evolution of some crude. |
half expressed principle or belief. 1t |
was not long before it was made evil
dent that those beliefs were identical
with certain bread principles laid
down by the founders of the Ameri- |
can constitution. as expounded bv
the statesmanlike A or were the
fatal quicksands on which the ship of
state might be wrecked, warningly
pointed out by the eloquent B. The
practical result of all which was the
nomination of York and Scott to
represent the opposite factions of
Sandy Bar in legislative councils.
For some weeks past the voters OF
Sandy Bar and the adjacent camps
bad been called upon, in large type.
to "RallyP In vain the reat pines