The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
Correspondence of the Argus.

The smoke of ba4tle begins. to clear
away, the wounded show themselves, and the dead
| (politically9 arc being counted The sAgeons are
out performing duty, having already chopped of
the heads of the whg party in portion of this State,
while the whig operators have amputatod many
limbs in other places ); meantime the whig doctors
are preparing to administer adose to the body pol
itic 1T will be sport to witness the conduct of
these new operators to seesthem op off the excres-
ences with the great knS df reform, and ,infasee
new vgor into the patient: Will they do it VIII
they perform tithe Of their PROMISES Shall we
have milk and honey and wear inc linen, unde
their model Administration EAH0W
An election once q yearsis g. rarity and especial
ly when the people are, called upon to vote fora u
S. Senator for six years. voted, and struggled
hard to find a printed ticket with Gwins name
fer u S. Senator, and could not find single one
The major told me finally, that was a fool, that
the people could not, nor never did vote for U. S.
Senator, and that all the noise about it was gams
mon. ,iygfe b.H s..tlifr.s ,-r-...sI =, 81, f-e,g
AT this | was satisfied and condoled with myself
on the disappointment as well as could for to
tell the truth, have boen preaching, swearing and
praying for SIX months past order to see the day
and have the privilege of voting for u 81 Senator;
nowa wheuI am humbugged by anslippery. lot of
politicians again, you can easily place salt on
birds tail. - ~. sr
b Thereisa glorious prospect in the future, -next
year we can vote for governor and perhaps thepow-
ers that be- will petition congress to allowfus teroc
for U. S. Senator next time. II hope 30, ff hate
to be disfanchsed and the peopss will not be much
longer. 0 what a glorious ptiile ego 1T is. to vote
for u S. Senatoc.is73 20 sstaeo1H Die brs fsslis
The great struggle is over for 'c6uhty seat and
are toldthat Cooma iof, the vale is the favor
ed town. The mountain has labored and brought
forth, ,---Coloma for county seat.nI Now let Co.
Iona prove herself worthy the compliment, let her
close her stores and shops on the Sabbath day and
remember to keep it holy we haEedone SO in John
Town and Garden Valley already, and yet Colorna
is behind her neighbors. Tell it not in Gath pro-
claim it not in Askalon nor let the sound thereof be
heard III the valley of Greenwood nor in the Ravine
Of many people. .l...,. ae,l.. i. .........
What can wo do now to keep the blood in active
circulation The struggle for county scat is con.
signed to the tomb of the Capulets, the political
battle fought the Wings gorifylng over the State,
while the wings of El Dorado hang down the lip
down, down,--to the sidewalk, and the Cog and
Magog Of the Democracy have anathenatised each
other uutil they have exhausted the entire vocabu-
larry of Walker. / wonder if thei Democracy ever
read that scriptnre,--''A house divided &c. if
not they had better do so forthwith, and make
note of this election, commentary thereon.
Well the miners are happy people, they digand
delye in the great bank OF Nature and occasionally
wash their own flannel on Saturday, (not Sunday
sleep alone, oftentmes on the ground with stone
for pillow. r And why not digR Miners were not
made to fill fat ofdces-no they were created hon
est men. Then what business have they with wiycsl
The denizens of towns and cities who breathe the
air of corruption, in their ignorance suppose that
miners have no hearts Mos 81. .a'so l.aao zpI
This is great mistake, miners have hearts big
as creation, and fondly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sisters and mothers Indeed ifths snezt Legislature
performs half its duty, it will take miner from
the sluice boz, and send him to the u S. Senate
then the national council can be enlightened about
the loading intlrests of California To represent
the mining interests Of this State, you might Just
we'll send native ofJapan to congress, asa man
who is not practical miner, This doctrine viii
be unpalatable to the standing shirt collar gentry
know, bat it is true srrii ID r.,g b,g sq1r7 ,'i
When can you give us q great strike, say a
lump Of solid gold weighing eghty-seyen ounces,
pvt, "a grains, or good lick,of seventeen hun
drcd dollars TO the paadirt tgenty-sx feet sixnch
es deep, and paying from top to bottom, ave-
rage at the rate eighty four dollars per day, Sun
day inclusive If you have no great mining lies
totell, give big squash, big beet tremen-
dous yield ofbarley A story about peaches, plums,
-plums, we have acres of plums among the noun
tains, and then the Nutmeg, yes nutmegs grow up
here in FL Eorado; the city papers told US thisa
year ago Please write to San Francisco and have
nutmegs quoted in'the prices current we can fur
nish few casgoes in q short time, can send the
nutmegs down by the teams going to- Sacramento
for goods. If putmegs will bring six dollars bush
cl we can furnish freight enough to make the Cal
ifornia Steam CATION Companyrich Every
miner can take down d sack of nuthdegs to pay his
fare Every thing grows up here and big too and
quick. You havehcard ofJonah,s Gourd perhaps
you have scehit If not younfe poorly qualified for
California editor. nj Watermelons grow up here,
as quick as that gourd, and much larger, and of
political gourds we have had crop every night for