The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27

nus losses; and MaTShaU 1eIL JnaL ne,
the real gold-finder had been cruelty
sllShted. Hence the book.
Maa-shaIls second featuring tour, like
the first, ended in a catastrophe
brought ON by drink. Parting with
Burke he then made a. pilgrimage 60
his old home in the east. His route lay
through Indian territory where the
government did not allow liquor to be
sold; and in speaking of that awful ex-
perience afterwards he said Jest
think of it. I had to travel 500 miles
without drop of whisky. What kind
of government do you call this, any
how?"
PENSIONED BY THE STATE.
After MarshhLd's return, an organized
effort was made to get am appTopTia-
ton from the Legislature for him, and
the manifest injustice of penSioning
Sutter and leaving Marshall out in the
cold made this a comparatively easy
task at first The following are the
appropriations which were made:
February 2 1872, 5000 per month
LOT TWO years. 81, SUI
March %, 1874, 500 per month
Tor Two years.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 400
+ April l, 1876, 500 per month for
Total .............. SO, 500
When the first appropriation was
made, Marshall had not attained the
fame which he afterwards acquired as
a drinker. Although he drank consid-
cradle, and as he grew older was more
inclined to go on periodicals, still he
was not considered a remarkable drink
er. However, when the appropriation
was made all this was changed, as
partly from inclination and partly from
the influence of alleged friends who
encouraged his drinking propensities in
order to profit the more by his money,
he became little better than a common
sot. Naturally liberal, he scattered
money right and left among his friends
and parasites. 1t has been stated that
he drank UP all of his appropriations,
but that is not so, for the larger por-
ton of the $4,000 which he received
from the state of California was spent
on and given away to others. He cir
culated from saloon to saloon, treating
the whole crowd in each place, while
fellows that wanted some money
would strike him, and the Indians, with
whom Marshall was very friendly
would come for miles to receive his
bounty. The second appropriation was
cut down one-half, on account of his
style of living, out that made no diff
ference, for he was as lavish with it
as with the first.
The third appropriation was the last,
and soon he was penniless.
Marshall had never been satisfied
with the size of the appropriations, but
had he been presented with cool mil
lion, he would have received it with a
snarl, saying, What is that? Ten
million would have been little enough
in return for what have done for the
country
He had property enough in Kelsey to
have kept him comfortably all his life,
but he would neither sell it nor work it
to advantage. Mainly he lived upon
apples and charitable contributions
from the neighbors. On August 8, 1885,
this singular character was found dead
in his wretched cabin, by a chance
visitor.
A FIGHT OVER THE POSSESSION
OF HIS REMAINS.
Immediately a grimiy humorous bat
tie arose over the possession of his re-
mains, between Kelsey, Coloma and
the Pioneers society. Coloma carried
the day, and Marshall was buried on
Monument hill in that town, within a
stones throw OH the spot where he
had discovered gold. A heroic statue
rises over his tomb, which contains a
fulsome epitaph-truly strange com
mentary ON the mans unloVely later
years.
Not California alone has desired to
honor Marshall for his chance discov-
cry. His native state of New Jersey,
during the current year, has taken
steps preliminary towards the raising
of monument to his memory.
Altogether the honors which Mar
shall vainly craved during life seem to
have been showered literally upon his
grave