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William Young of Long Valley arrived in Virginia, lately, with a drove of cattle, sold the same, and put the proceeds in his saddlebags and the saddlebags on his horse. He then adjourned to the dance house, and having partaken of the sinful pleasures of that place, he came back and found that somebody had carried off saddlebags, money and all during his absence. The fact of his leaving the horse and saddlebags lying around loose in the street at night is sufficient proof of Young's confidence in the honesty of our citizens and the fact that the thief didn't take the horse also when he took the money, is sufficient proof that that confidence was not entirely misplaced.
[Text recovered by Michael Marleau from Sacramento Daily Union, Oct.
17, 1862. Reprinted in Mark Twain Journal, Fall 2004, p. 12.]
