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Show Latent li-qni Alia. Alta City, Feb. 17, 1874. Editors 'IrraM: Since my last letter (.horp his been hut little excitemeit in camp yorthj of notice. But to-day, (,'he commencement commence-ment ol China New Vc:lr there has been some sport in watching the Celestials celebrate, and also in seeing one ot our guardians of the peace packing a wonjau to the lock up, she being unable to puck herself in consequence con-sequence of the amount of gin on board. Such mines as are working at present are all looking well, and we have every reason to presume that upon tlie disappearance of snow our camp will again assume and hold her old time celebrity as the monarch of all this argentiferous region. The excitement consequent upon the shooting by Archelaus Barrett, of Lizzie Saunders, and her death, has in. a measure abated, but ns I know your readers are more interested, in the tragic thatl the financial, I will suite that the impression of the busi ness community, to whom Barrett was long and favorably known, as ft sturdy, honest and , forehanded fore-handed miner, a man of hard work, and true word, is that the shooting was purely" accidental "upon his part, an impression that has gained ground from the declaration of the deceased, that she believed Barrett did tlie shooting by accident. acci-dent. I have heard many regrets expressed for the unfortunate prison-or, prison-or, and I deem it but a matter of justice jus-tice to those hard-working rrten who I ! pioneer us to wealth amid the asso-l eiatious attendant upon a rough and , dissipated mining camp, to distin-' distin-' guish this one of their number from the criminal desperadoes wliq are so numerous, , We have had beautiful weather for . the past two days, being bright and clear; and we all hope that the predictions pre-dictions of tho "oldest inhabitants" 1 will be vcriled by a warm and early Spring, Respcctfullyjyours, M. |
