Year: 1860

have been watching and waiting fort the last
month for something to..''turn up for some
body to shoot somebody or run off with
somebody's wife, or get killed or married.
no not married, for though we have plenty
of "worser halves" we have no "better
halves" to fit em, and there will speedily
have to be an importation or else some of
our old (all quite young) bach's will either
have to go minated or go back to first prin-
ciples and part with few of their ribs for
the manufacture of women after the manner
of the first. But where am travelling to?


believe set out to say that nothing in
the line of news could in any manner be
coaxed to transpire; but still, when come
to think back for few days can discern
the fast fading outlines of numerous mild
disasters, a few Slightly startling occur
rences, but nothing that 'sticks out " in
very bold relief.


The news of the Indian troubles beyond
the Sierra. produced profound impression.
Some were impressed with the idea that
they were heroes and ought to be "off to
the wars 4" to "kiver themselves with plo-
ry," while others were under the impress
ion that it was best not to lessen the dist
ance between themselves and the "seat O.
war" may mention, in passing, that the
latter appeared to be the prevailing impress





sion; but lack of warehouses constrained
even our heroes to remain. As our warriors
could not reach the seat of war to charge
on the enemy they made repeated and val
liant charges on the bars of the saloons, and
it is limited that during their skirmishes the
bar-keepers also done a smart chance of
charging. Muggins, the military man of our
town, might be found in one or another of
the saloons every evening, showing up the
gross mismanagement of the leaders in the
affair at Pyramid lake: "Gentlemen," he
would begin, and, on these occasions, he
always drew himself up as stiff and straight
as though he had breakfasted on ramrods-
gentlemen, there is no use of talking.
there was in this affair gross, I may say
gross and gldring, ignorance of all military
tactics manifested and displayed by the
leaders. They should have formed hollow
squareP' Here Muggins waves his hand in
graceful military style and glances around
over his audience triumphantly. ayes,
gentlemen, the hollow square is the grand
maneuverl it was owing to an intimate
knowledge, thorough understanding, and
a practical insight into the principles, the
capacity and power of the hollow square
that Napoleon was invincible. Gentlemen.
had | been in command of the American
forces at the affair at Pyramid Lake, should
have Immediately formed my men into a
hollow square, with the Indians in the CEN
tire, and any man knows, or had ought to
know, that surrounding an enemy is great
step toward victory, in fact, more than halt
the battle; and once had them surrounded
should have ordered my mep to advance
and fire by platoons, which is maneuver
more annoying, if possible, than the hollow
square, and if persisted in for sufficient
length of time could not possibly fail OF
gaining the day" Here three cheers went
up for Muggins, who headed charge on
the bar, and soon that valiant military hero
might have been seen performing his favor
ite maneuver of forming the holloW squart
with the rim of his ivory box" and in
closed in the centre; the neck of his deadly
enemy, viz: the brandy bottle. But, enough
of this; let us see what else we can fish
up:


Well, last Sunday some hundred or two
of our quiet villagers were treated to a view
(free) Of sparring exhibition. The strug-
gle was not for bet, neither the champion
ship of any particular extent of territory MOI
sum of money but came about in this
wise: The keeper of boarding house had
taken in a stranger" who to return the
compliment not only tried to take the land
lord in by not paying for his lodging, but
threw tn a considerable amount of clip ,
which was an extra the landlord could not
consent to receive, so at it they went. But
behold they had made but a few passes
before each found out what he little expect
ed 1. e. that the other was a scientific hand
at the nose smashing business, or in other
words, son the shoulder" therefore it be-
hooved them to have an eye to their p's and
q's, will not try to give the number of
rounds, more than to mention that they
were quite numerous, or the minute partic-
ulars of the fight, but only say that being
confined within no ring the field of battle
shifted up and down and back and forth on
the principal street, and that the landlord
planted his " mawleysn into the peppers u
and upon the "smeller" of the "willing
stranger" with such frequency and effect
that at the end of half an hour he found
himself victorious" kivered with glory"
but nearly unkivered" by a shirt Con-
sidering the interest manifested IN the Say
ers and Heenan affair, think our fight ought
to attract some attention. l am sorry am
unable to give the number of rounds and
all the particulars but, now that think of
it, will add for the further qualification of
your readers that the landlord drew the first
blood.


Also, on the same day, the keeper of a
fandango house was arrested for beating