The record-union., 1891-06-20
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
The d-Timers, Harry Worthington
and Jim huffman.
A Tragedy on the North Levee-Lin.
coins Tender Nature-A Local
Poets Downfall.

opera-house Henry G. Worthington,
colonel Monroe and Judge Porter Of
CalaVeras were standing there, and Mon
roe replied that the firemen could whip
twice their number of Southern troops.
Porter replied hotly, words followed, and
Monroe attacked the Calaveras man, in
Juring him severely with his cane before
Worthington and Jim huffman, one of
the firemen, could separate them.
Speaking of Harry Worthington recalls
the fact that he is still hale and hearty in
New York. He was a prominent figure
in politics in California thirty years ago,
and was one of the most eloquent men
then on the stump. D. F. Verdenal, who
now writes up weekly the doings of old
Californians in New Y ork for San Fran
cisco paper, has this to say about Worth
ington and huffman:
1t was Memorial Day, and they sat
there for three hours by the clock earn
estly conversing all of that time. Of
course there were Interruptions and occa-
sional adjournments for spiritual COM
forts, but the conversation otherwise
went right along, and when the one said,
Well Harry, l must go now" the other
reJoined, Sorry you are in such hurry,
pu see you again soon, Jim," and Jim
went his way while Harry turned once
more into the Coleman and Joined
brother Pearson, who was looking little
lonely. The Jim" here referred to was
James e. huffman, pioneer fireman of
parsonage than Hon. Henry G. Worth
lngton, politician, lawyer, statesman,
Congressman, almost United States Sena
tor.
At Harry's invitation "Jim" had come
up to talk old times, and well qualified
hElyr 70 Il
If there was anything from early times to
the eighties that they didn't pass in re-
view and comment upon it wasn't worth
talking about. And here were these old
two yamps, twenty and more years after,
Interlocking arms and fighting their
battles over again. Jim" isn't the stall
wart he was, because he says his stomach
went back on him two years ago. He
has nest-egg stored away, and doesn't
worry much about the future.
Worthington's hair is gray, his mus
tache lighting white, but his eye is as
bright and sharp as it was in Broderick's
and Gorham's days. He is here just on
lark, so to speak. Still lives in South
Carolina, and is a blacker Republican
than ever. "Some like me, some don't;
but just go hacking away at the Bour-
bons, and manage TO get along pleasantly
enough and with all the comforts of life"
.........On the 11th of June a bloody trag-
edy was enacted on the north levee at
Thirteenth street. George journey, a
farmer, who lived down on Old River,
shot and killed young Chileno named
a. j. Hermosilla, whom he accused of
having held criminal relations with his
Journeys young wife, who was then
visiting her parents in the city. A few
days before the shooting Mrs. Journey
attempted to drown herself in China
Slough. Journey had secreted himself
in 60 hUTCl l,1s.
wife and HermOsilla were about to meet
at that point, when he emerged and shot
the latter dead.
One story was that Journey and his
wife went there together and that Mrs.
Journey had made an appointment with
her alleged seducer for the purpose of
having him killed. Journeys story was
that he had heard of proposed clandes-
tine meeting and hid there unknown to
either his wife or Hermosilla. 1t was
also said that the deceased had ruined
both Mrs. Journey and her younger sis
ter.
The affair created sensation at the
time, and there was some talk of lynch
ing.
George G. Allan of Nevada City
has in his possession the day book for
1928 OF the Nevada Quartz Crushing
and Mining Company, whose mill was
about the first one constructed in that
district, and was situated on Deer Creek,
nearly opposite the Gold Tunnel mine.
The mill was washed away in the early
zoos by the breaking of the Laird Dam.
The old book shows that in June, 1852
the price Of crushing ore had been de-
creased from S25 a ton to Sl2, which latter
was considered dirt cheap
This mill did part of the crushing for
the Gold Tunnel Company. and notwith-
standing the cost of milling the Gold
VAL
Among the men who did work for the
mill company were Steve Venard, Phil
Manuel, John Endicott (afterward Sher-
i'll, William Heugh, John ID. Allan, John
Macarthur, Harry Layton, and other
men, who afterward became famous in
one way or another. The mill had eight
wooden stamps. The point of discharge
from the batteries into the creek was not
over thirty or thirty-ive feet from the
mill.
........A little scene occurred at the
White House one day that serves to illus
trate the tender side Of Lincoln's nature
Some gentlemen called on official busi-
ness, and on being shown into his office
they found him standing at window
looking out across the Potomac River. He
turned and said, as they approached,
Excuse me, gentlemen, cannot talk
now"
q few moments of silence ensued. when
the President took his handkerchief from
his pocket and raised it to his eyes. He
could no longer control his feelings for a
burst Of anguish broke from his lips, and
tears stTeamed down his cheeks.
Gentlemen" he sobbed, "I have no
apology to make. Captain Fox has Just
acquainted me with the circumstances of
the assassination OF the gallant Colonel
Ellsworth to-day at Alexandria, over
there. Ellsworth was a brave young
man and true soldier. He was my per-
sonal friend-you must excuse me now"
The visitors departed, deeply moved by
the Presidents emotion and sorrow over
the death of the youth from whom he had
looked for brilliant career in the field
And the whole North mourned with
Lincoln.
lewis Cass gave S25, 900 of his own
money toward equipping the Michigan
volunteers for the war, and 100000 more
Tor the support of their families, and John
IS. Cough, the temperance lecturer, gave
the proceeds of six months lectures TO
help the Northern troops.
one New England farmer called up his
eight stalwart sons and asked them all to
shoulder muskets for the defense of the
Union, which they did.
Old Judge Turner of Rochester, n. Y,
veteran OF the war of 1912, raised COM
pany OF his old comrades-in-arms to do
battle IN the nations cause.
In Albany, N Y, "slick" youth
raised 5000 with which to purchase and
distribute copies of Bunyan's "Pilgram's
Progress" among the volunteers The
soldiers never got the books, and the
slick young man was seen no more.
........The Auburn Republican saws that
Mrs. Harriet j. Crandall of that place en-
Joys the distinction of having been the
first white woman oarriye in Auburn in