Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-03-11

went 10 San Fraaeseo % devote him
self 10 literature o. tbs Stage. He
failed and went back 10 Northern Ore
pon. The Bannack Indians attacked
The camp where be was Is . miner. A
company was ciganized 10 fight them.
Joaquin was elected Captain. and fol-
lowed them up. and was soon joined by
sp9aII force OF regulars under Captain
Waymine, whom he speaks Of As brave
and capable soldier and rs tfne 2 little
gentleman as ever lived. The Indians
whipped them.
Meanwhile, without bis knowledge.
Joaquin had been elected Judge, quail
fled, and served four years, and he
says administered law. - IL !
know whether i: was Law or not, but !
tried 10 administer iustiee-with one
law book and two ,revolvers. After
his term was over he practiced law for
4 year or two. Ambitious for a-sestOn
The Supreme Bench Of The State, be
wsnt 10 the Nominating Convention to
secure place on the ticket. His wife
there served papers for q divorce. By
mutual agreement the divorce was
granted. In the meantime he bad pub
lished in a pamphlet bis Songs OF the
SIerras," but they had attracted no no.
lice save kindly mention from Bret
Harie In Overland Monthly. Joaquin
abandoned bis political ambition when
the divorce papers were served on him.
He went 10 San Francisco he was 70
bv this time, } stayed there . month or
two. and then started for New YORK, en-
route to Europe. Among the San Fran
cisco literary people he met, he speaks
OF Ina d. Coolbrith as zone OF the
brightest and best women in the world,
who deserves more fame than do, Tor
she has done better things"
He landed M Glasgow, stayed about
a month at Burns's old home, went to
the continent 10 the theater OF the Fran
CO. Prussian war, saw several battles.
was arrested both by the Prussians and
in Paris as a spy, and then crossed the
channel and lived three months near
the home,oi Byron, writing poems and
preparing to descend on L0ndon. He
could not get a publisher to print bis
poems, and was forced TO issue small
edition himself, which he sent to the
English papers. He became famous
At once. Since then he has lived chief
ly on English money-the copyrights
for his books oil poems and his novels
in England.
Rep.-How many books has he pub
Eshedi
J. R." Songs of the Sierras.
" Songs Of the Sunland," !" Songs
of italy," The Baroness of New
York"-poetry, zone Fair Woman"
" The First Families Of the Ser
ras" andi"Life Among the Modocs. -
Since then he has been thrice to Eu-.
rope; he has seen the best English lit
erary society, and he has twice revisit
ted the Pacific coast. He has settled
down new in New York-at least he
thinks he is settled down. He has lee
.ured little. never heard him, but
I asked him once what sort Of q lectur-
er he was, and he said "The worst
in the countrv; can't lecture any more
than a nue. From what have heard
i guess IuiS Stateuicut 10 COftSSeJ oouuEs
of course, little tor poetical exaggera-
ton. Besides has books, he has writ
ten the successful play Of The Danites,
and he has three or four other plays IN
progress. He also dabbles in stocks
He has made great deal of money BY
his books. He expects to write The
great American play. / believe the
Chronicle is responsible for forcing him
TO write bis most successful book, 6nsn-l
cially considered, Life among the Mo
docs" The Chronicle, when he be-
came famous, mentioned the fact that
he had been once arrested and put in
,ail as horse-thief, and published the
Indictment. He was forced to tell the
story Of his savage life to vindicate him
sell. He made SIS. 600 out oft in a
few months. Miller says that "Wal-
ker in Nlcaragua" is the best OF the
"Songs OF the Siefras, and that Real
and IDEAL" in his "Songs OF Italy," IS
the best poem he ever wrote; "but," he
added, "few read it, and nobody likes
it,"