If it shall serve to amuse a dull hour, or to inform the residents of the Eastern States and of other lands of the manners and habits of the mountaineers, and of the life of danger and excitement that the miners in new countries have to lead, before peace and order are settled on an enduring foundation—the author is satisfied. If in any case his readers are misinformed, it is because he has been himself deceived.
As a literary production, he will be rejoiced to receive the entire silence of critics as his best reward. He knows full well what criticism it deserves, and is only anxious to escape unnoticed. And now, throwing down his pencil, he heaves a sigh of relief, thankfully murmuring, “Well, it is done at last.”
J. M. CASTNER,
Mayor of Virginia City,
AND
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Will Attend to all Claims and Collections,
And also to the preparation of