New-York tribune., 1873-01-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


ssvmwe IT. By sAsx rr.w svS pN s''. American Pub
f,m inyeterate American humorist here re-
,ates tissue OF vagabond adventures In mingled
yarn OF fancy and fact during residence at various
ponts the Pacific coast in the early days OF the chase
Gar gold and silver His book he assures us, contains
quite good deal Of Information" which he very much
regrets but 1t coud not be helped information ap
peArs TO stew out OF him naturally like the precious
altar Of roses OF the otter" He not only deas III
hs en hand way with all kinds OF Information "neno
true OF otherwise but iavors his readers tn
expressions OF his personal opinions. when arc "u'
novel nothing else. HIS excnse for polygsmy' ior IN
stance decidedly original and leaves 'e nOio " 10
said on the subject Our stay IN sait iAAAo wy
amounted 10 only two days and therefore we ia" no
Nme 10 make the customary inquiston INTO 'ne "olA
ings Of poygamy and get up the ususi s'atsue anu
asctions preparatory calling the at'ehuon u 'uU
ton at large once 20 the matter. hau tnc WI" "
90 IT, With the gushing selfsunieiepey oi 9o"'n W.
t.versh % punge in headlong and achieve great re-
,a,.o hero--nntl saw the Mormon women Then was
.aoo,ad NY heart was wiser than my head III Warneo
s.vand these poor, uDgainly and patheues'H noni0H
atnres and as turned TO hide the generous moisture
IN my eyes, / said 'No-the man that maIrles on0 '"
shem has done aD act OF Christian chary "nion on
,,,les him to the kindly applause OF mankind not the
hsrsh censure-and the that marres sAV "a
them has done a deed OF open-handed generosity
a spblime that the DauOns should stanh
uncovered IN his presence aud worship I'D SILENCE
fs facetous sketches of Nevada lie are sh"ueu Ny "
occasional touch Of grim humor Inc ways OIL sisei
mining Boards are exceedingly dark and sinuous. We
took up various claims and commenced shais ana tun
uols ON them but never finished any of them We hsd
% do certain amount of work on each TO hold H.
els. o. r parties could seize property after the ex-
prauon of ten days. We were always hunting up ne"
claims and doing little work on them and then w@it
ing for buyer-who never came We never tound any
ore that would yield than fifty dollars tun; ana
ss the mills charged fifty dollars tun for Torki"9 ore
and extracting the silver, probationary melted
steadily away and returned 10 take its place we
nyca in a little cabin ana cooked for ourselves; aud
altogether il was hard life. thOlgh hopeful one-for
we never ceased expect fortune and customer 10
burst upon US some day At last when hour reached
asar pound and money could not be borrowed on the
best security at less than eight per cent month Il Oeing
without the security tool abandoned mining and went
IA milling That is say, went to work as common
laborer in quartz mill. al dollars week and board
The wild harbarc life the primitive California mineriS
enbalmed in The authors uRdiluted descriptions they
were rough in those times They fairly reveed In gold,
whisky, fights and fandsngoes, aud were unspeakaby
happy The honest miner raked from hundred to
thousand dollars out OF his claim day, and what with
the gambling dens aud the other entertainments, he
had Mt cent the next morning il he'had sort OF
lack They cooked their bacon and BEANS sewed on
their own buttons washed their shrtsbue woolen
snrs and II wanted nght Oh his hands without
apy ANNOYING delay all he had 70 do was TO appear in
public a white SHIRT stove-plpe hat and he would
be accommodated For those people hated aristoorats
They bad a particular and malignant anmosity toward
what they called biied shirt" One peculiar feature
cf that groesgue society the absence of women and
children In those days miners Woud flock IN crowds 70
catch glimpse OF that rare and blessed spectacle,
woman Old inhabitants tell how, in a certain camp
the went abroad carly in the morning that woman
was come They had seen calico dress hanging out
Of wagon down at the camping grOund-s'gn OF emf
grants from over the great plains Everybody went
down there aud shout went up when sn
sea bona de dress was discovered huttering in the
wind The male emigTant was visible. The miners
said Fetch her out He said: II is my wife. gen
tIemen-she is sick-we have been robbed Of money.
provisions everything. by the Indians ns-we want
10 rest Fetch iher OUT We've got 70 see herr
But gentlemen, the poor thing, She Fetch HER
orTr He fetched her out and they swung their
hate aud sent up three TOusing cheers aud tiger;
and they crowded around and gazed at her, and
tsuched listened to her voice with the
Iook Of men listened a memory rather
than present reality and then they col
leeted twenty-five hundred dollars in gold and
ssye II 10 the man. and swung their hats
again and gave hrecm cheers and went home salts
sed Once Idined in san Francisco with the family or
,Soneer and talked with his daughter, young lady
whose first experience San Francisco was an adj
though s0e herStU uOt oo
was only years old Ut the time. Her father
said thai, after landing from the ship they were
walking tIp the street a servant leading the party
with the little girl IN her arms. And presently
huge miner bearded, belted spurred, and brstiing
with deadly weapOns-just down from long campaign
M the mountains. eyidently-barred the way, stopped
The servant and stood gazing with face all alive with
qualification and astonishment. Then he said, rev
erently: 'Woll, IL it amt childP And then he
snahed little leather sack out Of his pocket and said
70 the servant: There's hundred and fifty dollars IN
dust there and I'm give TO you to let kiss the
shildv That anecdote is true But see how things
change Sitting at that dnner-table listening to that
sbeedOte If had offered double the money for the priv
aege of kissing the child, would have been re-
fused. Seventeen added years have far more than
doubled the price" The present volume may be re-
Earded a. one Of the most racy specimens Of Mark
Twans ssvory plessantries. and their effect is aggra
waited by pictorial illustrations which swarm on every
sage many Of which are than the letter
press.
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As a work of artistic invention, this volume