The Sierra citizen., 1854-03-04


piece to your nose. IA sudden rebellion
of the stomach often follows such an act
of imprudence. Mule meat resembles
beef in flavor. A fat mule makes very
palatable eating. Young fawns are fine.
Terfapihs, rattle-snakes, prairie dogs and
pole-cats are very good. The Mescalero
Indians take their name from the mescal
plant. 1t belongs to the order Of plants
usually called "bear grass has white
head like a cabbage, is cooked by digging
hole in the ground, building fire in 1T,
removing the Goals and ashes, and lining
the bottom and. sides with prickley pear
leaves, deprived Of thorns by burning,
putting in the meseaL, covering with
cactus and buildinga fire upon the same,
which must be kept up for twelve or
fourteen hours"
Spanish Delegate to Congress. od7
The New York Sunday Times gives
the, translation of a letter from Manuel
Gal, ,gos, Spanish Delegate tothe House
of Representative from New lMeNico.--
The Don seems perfectly y satisfied with
his comfortable seat among the ~ Northern
Barbarians," and is determined to take
the world easy--like his progenitors have
been doing for hundred years, aag f..as.
Eds. Sunday Times AS your excel
encies have previously done me. the great
honor of mentioning my humble name in
your large paper, with much appreciation,
L feel slight delicacy though q stranger :
in sending you my epistle, ! cannot read
or write English-and, indeed, l am tod
that Washington is not the cityto, acquire
either in purity. But | have q aprecepter
who teaches me very quick and very cheap
| was much astonished by. the city, Of
large distances which, they call Washing
ton; and would rather lasso buffalo
than to walk, on, a dusty day from the
treasury buildings to the capitol. / only
arrived in town two days before the session
opened, and had but little time to perceive
things before. / took my seat. was much
bored byet people whom they cali the
lobby gentlemen, until they found out two
thngs---one, that i could not speak
English, and another, that | was only a
delegate without a vote. After this
uioop' VI gNtfo AiscAO, uttNt liO Dttsl UIttiliN
or cigars forced ON, me, Indeed, many
who at first were polite, did not seem to
know me. find my seat very pleasant
If ain tired, the buzz about me makes
slumber3 very inviting; and when the talk
is loud, | expect every minute that there
will be some interesting fight. As yet, l
have seen none, although many members
use their arms as if about to use their fist.
The pay is not very bad, and is more than
| could make at home trading in hides and
ore. My, mileage money was very snug,
and is now in bank. One gentleman, who
talked Spanish, offered me much larger
sum if would promote Pacific railroad
by my influence. When l told him that
this just suited me and my constituents,
and that | would push. it without money,
be shook my hand and said was the only
pure patriot in Washington. / felt
honored without knowing why he said So.
President Pierce is very kind to me,
but like Mr. Cushing best, because he
can talk Spanish equal to any poet of
Madrid. He and have had many jokes
together, and lie says that am the only
member to be envied, because have all
the honor and pay without being annoyed
with speeches and votes. Perhaps he is
right.
/ have been to one evening party, but /
saw SO manly black coats that i thought
it might be funeral, particularly as the
ladies looked as gay and smiling as if
they had just lost their husbands. /
caught bad cold, however, which Gen.
Gushing says is not to be sneezed at. ail
nfs Yours with great respect,
ssyaae,!. 81 MANUEL GALLEGos.
p. SeWhat shall do with the large
piles of unbound books with Pub. Doc"
on them :? = k ts s35.taa'sittlN
LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER MINEs.-A cor
respondent ofthe Iron City,who had return
ed from visit to the copper mines, says:
"Of all the Lake Superior mines that
have been faithfully wrought with view
to dividends, the Cliff and Minnesota are
the only ones old enough to have attained
!, measurable maturity. "A subscriber for
100 shares OF the Minnesota, six years ago,
would have expended on his adventure
about $4,000, besides losing the interest
up to the time of his first lar d dividend in
February, 1853. The present market
value of these LOO shares of Minnesota.
on which no cash dividend has yet been
paid, together with the market value of
the land dividends. already declared. is
$4,000; and the land dividends now
formed into separate mines, are reputed to
possess as rich veins as the Minnesota
itself. IS 'isit e s8
Again. 100 shares of the Cliff mine
have really cost 81 500. The holder Of
this quantity, from the commencement,
has already received about 1900 in cash
dividends, and his stock would sell to to-
day for Sl4, 500 to $4,000" -