The Empire County argus., 1854-10-07
Correspondence of the Argus.
JOHN Town, Oct. 8, 1854.
Rich Quartz--Matrimonia--Dog Concert.

rich vein of quartz was struck at Mamaluke Hill a
few days since, prospecting from dollar to two
and four ounces to the PAN The party Of three
making the discovery are taking out as high as two
hundred and seventy-four ounces in week. This
discovery called me among Others to Georgetown
last week. went up determined to have claim,
but OH my arrival found the ground all staked off
to great distance Being an old miner, and know
ing considerable of gold-bearng quartz, was not
at all disheartened but marked out big claim two
and half miles from the point where the gold was
first found in the rock being careful to claim all
the dips and angles of the lead. have no doubt
the lead runs exactly through the centre of my
claim | shall sink a shaft, and drift till find it,
and send the gold down to the U. S. Branch Mint,
and have it run into chunks about the size of a
brck These bricks will deposit from time to
time, with Adams & Co., Wells Fargo & Co. and
Page Bacon & Co., so that if one or two of these
houses should break down, or break up will have
enough in the remaining solvent bank to make me
evcrastingy rich Meantime, will with my loose
change, visit the Legislature next winter, and buy
up large amount of State Scrip, and lend a few
thousand dollars to members, by way of getting
myself into permanent and endless collecting bu-
slness Speaking of the Legislature, learn that
we have eight members and four senators in this
county, and that the members have all been sold
out without their knowledge consent keepers
have been appointed, and deputy keepers are now
being selected below under the supervision of an
old stager, to manage them when the Legislature
assemblies. Some of the Honorable Gentlemen will
kick at the arrangement | returned from my
claims to Georgetown Sunday morning last and
found the town all agog about rumor ola wedding
about to take place, and enquiries were made for
Crow Bar to chronicle the event. sailed forth to
learn the particulars, and soon found that an invi
tation for Crow Bar to witness the ceremonies had
been extended to the wrong hombre, so the before
mentioned Crow Bar, did not personally witness
the ceremonies aforesaid and hereinafter described
Here is an authentic account of the exciting affair."
from an eyewitness who informs me in postscript
that he could not do the occasion justice in Eng
lish
G. T. Septrembre !, 1854.
Muy Senior mio:
Assist un casamiento en- virtud de invtacon
drida V. creyendolo susene de la poblacion, pero
havendu sabdo que estaba v apresuro ell dar
los parcuares de dicho matrimono. Ell alto Sheriff
Buel Sc case hoy la Seforta - la ceremonial
fue ceebrada por ell Esq Souhworh, presencia de
crculo lucido, numeroso de moda.
Iarga vida deseo al dstinguido Sheriff pues bastane
largo para merecerla.
Deseando igua elicidad soy siempre atten-
toyS.S oSMB ODONOJII.
! AL Sehor Crow BAR.
Having this document started for Iohn Town,
arriving there, presented it to the Major and desi
red him to translate it. He said he would turn it
into Greek, and then into English waited pa
tiently for this performance, half an hour when he
ground out the following
Ell DORADO COUNTY S.
You are hereby commanded to be, and appear,
at the Court House at Cooma in said county, forth
| with, without delay, to answer complaint for con-
tempt of court this morning You will start mme-
diatey on receipt of this order and not stop to eat
or drink Witness the great seal, &c.
Having great confidence in Greek, did ''start
Immediately" and found myself standing at the court
house door, last Sunday evening just after dark
Here waited until nearly starved to death, then
examined the original letter, and then the transa-
ton and resolved to take look at the town. Very
soon learned that grand concert was about to
take place, being fond of sweet sounds, anticipa-
ted rich treat. After waiting while and being
tired and hearing nothing of the concert, retired
to rest, on cot sixteen inches wide kept my can
die burning At eleven o'clock precisely. about
forty-nine dogs began to bark, and barked inces-
sanity for one hour and FIVE minutes ten or eleven
experienced musicians of the canine race, contrbu-
ting prolonged howl, by way of variety no doubt
All was then STILL and hoped to sleep, when after
lapse of seven minutes, sturdy cock blew blast
from his throat that reverberated throughout the
town He was answered presentlyby another of the
Growing tribe at Union Town, whose voice can't
bounding from point to point along the hills, echo
ing clear and shrill in the town of Coloma. This
was signal for the whole tribe to begn about two
hundred of these feathered musicians tuned their
voices and crowed every possible note in the range
of musical science. This portion of the concert
, continued just seventeen minutes exactly Next
came herd of hogs grunting and squealing, they
made violent attack upon all the gates in the vi.
cinity and finally after great exertion and greater
uproar, succeeded in unhinging one--then the way
tin cans and old barrels ratified was caution tc
all grown people. A petulant gentleman in the
room next to mine having but little of the patience