published in the San Francisco Time he referred to “the wretched reptiles who slunk through the war, trailing their slimy tracks in crooked lines through the edges of both parties — at first giving hearty assistance to the rebel side, then deserting it to render lukewarm aid to the Government…”
politics
Chinese Massacre in LA
Chinese immigrants are slaughtered by racist mobs. Many flee north and east.
Bank of Nevada wins
The bank of California closes it’s branch in Virginia City, a clerk in San Francisco branch of the Bank of California is drowned in the Bay. The Big Four are left to plunder the Comstock Lode unchallenged