The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-10-23
Correspondence Of the Sc Mountain Sentinel
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
September Is lS51

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A. j. RHEY, Eso.-Dear SIR: After hard
fought battle, we, the Democracy, have carried
this State-Gouernor, (BIGLER,) Congress. Leois-
lature and all. 50 We hare met the enema and
they are ours" Our majority in the Legislature
will be as three to one in the lower House. and
in the Senate the Wings will only have four
'nem6ers!! This is gl,ry enough for one day
and secures beyond doubt the election Of an
honest, unfinching Democrat as United States
Senator, despite the Vaccinations of Fremont's
Free Soil aiders and abettors. He is now DO
litically used up, and such should be the fate of
all traitors such rs he and his venerable father
ln-law, Benton, Van Buren, SC.
The honest old Democrats from the West. on
the election day, abandoned their sslong TOMS
picks, pans, &c, and gave up one day for the
success of the principles of that party, whose
wise policy, under the lamented Polk, annexed
this country, with its rich aurifeTous treasures,
to the American Confederacy. They were too
honest to support the men and the measures of
the Wings, well knowing that, had that party
continued in power from John Adams the elder
to the present time, that our people and institu-
tions never would have crossed the Mississl.a api
river, and that ''the extension Of the area Of a,l,san
freedom" never would have been made, nor
would the "Star Spangled Banner" now be
proudly floating upon the shores of the Pacific
Ocean.
Here, in San Francisco, we elected one Sena-
tor, Hon. J. r. SNYDER, native of Philadelphia,
Pa, for many years citizen of ST. Louis, and
one of the California Pioneers The other
Democratic candidate, Capt. James Blair, a son
OF old "daddy" of the "GLo5e," although he
straddled the Democratic Platform of 1874 and
AZ, rather reluctantly, could not clear himself
sufficiently of the taint of Free .Soilism to cause
free Democrats to vote for him hence his defeat
We elected four out of seven members to the
lower House, and could have elected all, had
the proper precautions been taken by our Demo
cratic Convention, to its nominees
Had we the proper number of Democratic pa
pers IN the State, edited and controlled by rela-
bic Democrats, this State is Democratic by ten
thousand majority, as it is, and under the diff
cuItles We labour, our success is almost Proyi-
Dental; and it plainly proves that what our
still cling to and cherish.
The Pacific Star, sickly fungous eye-sore on
the Democratic party here, caVed n the day be-
fore the election: thus placing our party in a
beautiful predicament on the eve of the election
reason because they wanted the Democratic
candidates "to come dO,cn Handsomely" or else
they would stop. This is the second time that
the party has been tricked in this way last
spring, T. Butler King. the Wing Collector of
this Port, bought out the party paper and this,
II he had considered it worth buying, he would
have done the same
There is no city in this Union where an honest,
fearless Democratic editor could do better tfian
in this; and if the right kind of party paper
was established here and properly conducted,
the party conducting it, could, in few years,
realize splendid fortune.
The news from the Mines still continues
cheering. Quartz mining now appears to be
absorbing more interest than heretofore. Quartz
mining in this country will become as much of
a business, in that line, in California, as Coal
and Iron is in Pennsylvania, Lead in Illinois
and Missouri, or Copper in Michigan. Many
companies are now engaged in it, but with va
RED success 1t is supposed by those who ap-
pear to know, that when capital and the proper
kind OF machinery is introduced, that it will be-
become much more lucrative than damning
streams, &c.
The health of this city and the entire State is
much better than last year. considerable
number of emigrants arrived in Sacramento
few days ago, via the Plains. Many persons
who returned to the States have came back here
with their families, intending TO make this their
home. Where we used to look upon a Woman
as phenomena, we now have hundreds of in
teligent Ladies with their families This country
is fast becoming human. All that our Califor-
mans desire is wives to make them happy; and
If you have superabundance of antiquated fe-
males in your Alpine region, this is good mar
ket for them-send them along
HOMBRE
6sG" The following Eastern Banks have re-
Gently failed or become doubtful AS bills of
these banks are in circulation to a considerable
extent in the West, it would be well to preserve
this list, as convenient reference.
Bank of Chemung, n. Y.
Commercial Bank, Friendship, N. Y.
Commercial Bank, Whitehall, NY.
Farmers Bank, Nina, n. Y
Putnam county Bank, n. Y
Mcintyre Bank, n. Y.
HOLSTERS Bank, Buffalo, n. Y
Oswego county Bank, N. Y.
Drovers' Bank, N. Y.
Bank of Watervilie, N Y