The Empire County argus., 1854-12-09
Correspondence of the Argus.
IA 1-o JoHNTowK Dec. G. 1854. d.
Ram Lar S~i-Big Lump Of GOld--A Duel
Prospects of Jotntoqrn

fall on the roof of our cabin--the Major declares
he heard three and now have bottle of schnapps
bet on the subject, having got iuto q dispute about
the matter. The bet is to be decided by Doctor
Gwin when he comes up to see us again. If the
Senator cant tell whether two three drops fell
on our cabin nobody on earth can. The diggings
here are good but the clerk of the weather re.
fuses to let us have water, and greatly fear we
shall have to visit the bankers and draw some Of
our deposits. If you may look for stringency
In the money market Of San Francisco; for be it
known, when Johntown is hard up, there will be
tight papers below among water lot SPECTATORS
There was great lawsuit in Georgetown the
other day and immense" excitement Four law
yors were engaged, the matter in dispute was a
mining claim. The defendants were foreigners
and had paid no license plaintiffs plead the statute
as near as could understand it, Defendants coun-
sci admitted foreigners could not take gold out of
mining claim without having paid license but
contended that nothing in the statute prohibited
foreigner from holding mining claim whether he
had paid license or not. This opinion he fortified
by saying that he had read in his time the fifty
books of Roman Law carefully considering each of
the 534 decisions, he had read everything of Black
Letter and every law book and opinion from My
Lord Eldon down, including Scammons reports
and by way of climax, | suppose, he said in voice
OF thunder, 'Sir, received my license to practice
law direct from the Supreme Court of El Dorado
by the express order Of Chancellor Johnson and
what don't know about law is not worth learning "
AT this point the living compendium of all law
UOSSnr;aS md dr;o oJ
and audience drewa long breath and then adjourn
co. heard the editor of the Georgetown Ne,cs
promise to have a reporter in attendance, and say
he would publish the opinion of the Court.
A great nugget has Leen found near Klaveras
Hill weighing lS9 pounds it has been weighed in
and out of water, and closely exaimed by power
full microscope, and only one speck Of gold can be
seen about the size of nothing whitfield to point
plenty more Jumps of the same kind can be found
by an expenditure of small amount of elbow
grease, and little perseverance under difficulties.
duel was fought day before yesterday in Green
horn Valley-cause of difficulty, a dark skinned
beauty dubbed by both gemman--Carolina Bob
and Black Bill. Weapons Aliens revolvers---dis-
tance ten paces-Bob won the choice fpostion and
the word. At the first fire Black Bill hit Carolina
Bob where the lrishman hit the deer The second
fire Bill hit Bob in the same place. Great efforts
were now made to reconcile the parties but with
out avail, so pistols again provided, the COM
batants resumed their places looking the imperson-
alton of courage and defiance. At the word two,
both fired Black Bill hitting Bob within one inch
of where he had hit him twice before the ball
lodging in an oak tree twenty PAGES to the right of
Bill, making severe wound in the bark. Bobs
ball accidentally hit dog square in the killing
him on the spot. Ano ther effort was now made at
the seconds Bobs second won the game The
surgeons thereupon produced jack knife and cut
two holes through Black Bills coat, and besmeared
his shirt with the blood of the dog Bob having
agreed to stand the liquor for six Thus ended this
fatal duel dog having been killed Awful things
these wicked duels.
We are to have port of entry soon and john
town is the place preferred. Our imports are large
and increasing every day Our exports consisting
Of lumber and long ex-Justices of the Peace. We
have steam saw-mill, a daily line of stages, and
post Office Besides stores, an express office, and
State Senator. Justices of the peace, constables
(Crow Bar wasn't elected) defunct politicians. and
deputy attorneys of any kind. Crow Bar is read
ing law and will begin practice in the Johntown
Sessions soon.) In word we have all the con-
comitants of great town except fights and rowdy
ism. Our Main street beats the Broadway Of
Georgetown, being twice crooked Our banks
are unriyalled, discounting mint drops every day
in the year, Except Sunday,) being seventy-eght
in number; all the endorsement paper requires to
pass the board of directors is pick and shovel.
Every is a bank clerk (belongs TO the aristoc-
racy) and pans out as much gold as he pleases.
Last, though not least we have the handsomest la
dies and the prettiest babies in Johntown of any
place in California the biggest and best of every
thing, and the brightest prospects for the future
for Senator Gwin says he will come and live among
us during the of every Congress. q don't be-
lieve he ever said so, and if he has nobody would
believe it.) We are behind the age in only one
thing We have no soup fraternity; no free lunch
dead-heads. We have plenty of gumbo, but we
pay for it. We knock under to San Francisco,and
acknowledge with tears in eyes that we have
no five thousand good for nothing mortals organiz
ed into free lunch dead-head eating society.
A new drink has lately made its appearance
among us called Muggins. have never tried
one in the way of drinking, although occasional
ly meet walking muggins. The thing reminds