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EXHIBIT G.

Letter of Mr. Eaton, by whom the message mentioned in the Narrative was sent to Judge Turner.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Aug. 7, ’50.

DEAR JUDGE:  I have given your message to Turner.  He does not like it much and flared up considerably when I told him.  But it was no use.  I have made him understand that you do not want any personal difficulty with him, but that you are ready for him, and if he attacks you he will get badly hurt.  I will see you soon and explain.  Give him ——.  You can always count on me.

Yours truly,
IRA A. EATON.

The Narrative of Reminiscences was sent to a friend in San Francisco, soon after it was printed, and was shown to Gen. A.M.  Winn of that city.  He was in Marysville in 1850 and also gave Judge Turner to understand the line of conduct I intended to pursue.  The following letter has since been received from him.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 10th ’80.

FRIEND FIELD:  In looking over the Early Reminiscences of California I was pleased with the faithful recital of your trouble with Judge Turner at Marysville in 1850.  Being there about that time I recollect to have met with Judge Turner and found him in a fighting rage, making threats of what he would do on meeting you.  Although I have not an exalted opinion of men’s courage, when they talk so much about it, I thought he might put his threats into execution and warned you of approaching danger.

The course you pursued was generally approved, and public opinion culminated in your favor.  You made many warm friends, though Turner and his friends were the more enraged in consequence of that fact.

With great respect, I am, as ever, your friend,
A.M.  WINN.

Hon. STEPHEN J. FIELD,
Washington, D.C.

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EXHIBIT H, No.  I.[1]

After the Narrative of Reminiscences was written, the Proceedings of the Assembly of California of 1851, on the petition of citizens of Yuba and Nevada Counties for the impeachment of Judge Turner, were published.  Annexed to them was a statement by the editor of the causes of the indefinite postponement of the matter.  They are there stated to be:  1st, That it was supposed that I had acquiesced in such a disposition of the case, because by the act concerning the courts of justice and judicial officers, Turner had been sent to the northern portion of the State, where he could do no harm; 2d, That the legislature did not wish to extend the session for the period which the trial of an impeachment would require; and, 3d, That the whole matter had become extremely distasteful to me.

A copy of this statement with the record of the proceedings was sent to the surviving members of the seven, mentioned in the Narrative, who voted for the indefinite postponement of the matter; and they wrote the replies which are given below as part of this exhibit.  They are preceded by a letter from a member, written soon after the vote was taken.