Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-30
TUE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE.
A Case ial Point.

our coi pdnlOn called our n t(
a rough-visaged wreck OF a man pass.
ing by, and gave us an outline of his
history as illustrative of the muta.
tons OF life on the Pacific slope. The
fact of an old resident possessing
riches one day. and sinking into pow.
erty the next, is too common to de-
serve even a passing notice, but there
are some facts in this mans career
that deserve recording. To look al
him, none would suspect that the re-
nneinents OF life had ever grazed him.
His attire consisted of 4 pair of duck
ovefalls, a soiled wooden shirt, a tat
tered a that had withstood he
storms OF many a winter, and hung
against the cabin wall when the fierce
summers heat compelled the owner
to dispense with the use of the gar
nent; a pair of coarse boots, and a
battered hat, through the holes of
which his sparse iron gray locks
Struggled out and tossed in the breath
OF wind, completed his costume. One
would judge that his hold on life's
pleasures and enjoyrnents we're very
slight, yet this man was once a noted
figure In the world, had swsyed thou.
sands by the force and charm OF his
oratory, pleaded noted cases before
Judges, himself had worn the judicial
erinine, fought and won fierce polili-
cal battles, whispered soft words
into the willing ears of fair wonien
and ended it all by seeking oblivion
in a shelter called 10y courtesy a cabin
in a canyon a few miles from town.
PIONEER.
He had just graduated at Yale Col
lege when rumors OF the gold discov-
cries on this coast reached the Eastern
States, and drew his attention to what
was then an unknown land. A little
persuasion was al that was necessary
to induce his father to provide him
with the necessary outfit, and he vas
among the earliest OF the Argonauts
that sailed in search of the golden
fleece. On bis arrival. he drilted into
one OF the counties, and bent
his energies to the manipulation of
pan and rocker, in common with the
balance OF the population. Some six
months after his arrival, two Mexicans
were detected robbinG a miners cabin,
and Judge Lynch was appealed 10 Tor
redress. The prevailing sentiment
leaned toward hanging the culprit,
but our hero's heart reoelled at the
cruel punishment, and he felt i'm
PEELED to plead their cause, which he
did in so able a manner that their SEN
teDce was commuted to whipping and
Punishment. The speech made his
fortune, and although he still plodded
along at mining, he WAS looked on as
the leading nan of the camp. When
California was admitted into the
Union he was sent to represent his
District in the Legislature, and on his
return a elected County, aud on
the expiration of the term, District
Judge. In SO he was a prominent
candidate for Congress, but was beaten
a few votes in the convention by the
notorious Phil. Herbert. He stumped
the District for the party, and such
was the power of his oratory that
thousands flocked TO hear him wher-
o he was announced 10 speak. AT
the conclusion of the campaign he
opened a law Office in NJ, and rapid
- accumulated a fortune by his
ful plradings at the bar. During this
period, he met his fate in the person OF
a young lady whose parents had
chosen the town for a residence, and
his suit was as successful in the courts
of love as at the bar.
HIS MARRIAGE.
They were married, and he sur
rounded his bride with all the luxuries
that money could buy, or affection
suggest. 1t seemed as if nothing could
his felicity, and the years
rolled along in calm enjoyment. At
the breaking out OF the rebellion, his
voice vas IN of the first lifted In the
v~indication of the old flag, and his
and stirring appeals IN behalf OF
our common country are well remem-
bered by those who listened to his
patriotic utterances. just al this time
the blight tell on his life. A TEMPER
entered his little garden of Eden,
and besuiled with oily tongue
he wife of his bosom. The hus.
band suspected nothing until his
from a neighboring town, where
he had teen engaged in III important
Ease, when he found his home desolale,
companion of his life having flown
10 some distant land with a gambler.
He sought no consolation, and made
attempt to follow or punish the
ones, but quietly disposed OF his
property, and gathering his wealth to
disappeared from the places
knew HIM, and became a wanderer
nver the face of The earth. Little Is
of his subsequent history.
Rumor hath 1t that he served in thu
army until the close of the war, dis
tinguishing himself by his daring aud
bravery.
RECOGNITION,
Nothing more was heard of him
until he was recognized by one of his
former friends-our Informant who
met him in Clark's store, in this town,
where he was purchasing some pro-
visions. While not denying his identi-
~, nothing would induce him to refer
or speak of his past life. Our +. lend
afterward visited him at his cabin, and
renewed his efforts to rouse the mans
ambition, but met with no success. He
does no work, but seems to have plenty
of means to support himself, and
passes his time rambling over the
mountains or reading classical works
from a small but well selected library.