The Empire County argus., 1854-06-03
Correspondents Of the Argus:
KELsEYs AND SPANISH FLAT,

kELSEYS AND SPANISH FLAT,
HALF Way between, exacty,--June l, 1854.
Mr.. ARGUS Having been told that you desire
information about the diggings and of miners toe
have concluded to try my hand at Quill driving
fyou. are pleased with my inklings, print them
will read them and keep both ears open to hear
what is said about the Argus its Editor, and par
ticulary about the correspondence.
First and foremost then I do not care a tnkcrS
whistle about politics, but wish all the entire Stock
of Politicians now living had died ten years ago.
mean wish they had never been born | live
just about half way between Kelseys and Spanish
Flat. Kelsey is four miles from Coloma, Spanish
Flat six miles, not six miles from Kelsey, but from
Co,oma. where Suffers old Saw Mil is. hear that
Won have Goths and Yandals- unmitigatcd heather
who sometimes come to see the Nil and cut out
great pieces of the frame to make into canes What
sacrilege! | would just as soon think of proane-
ing the holy sepulchrc. That lady who came up
from San Francisco to see the Old Mill, and was
content to carry away chip as relic, was chris
tian, and ladies' by the way, are generally chris
tians.
We haze very good diggings here, we get just as
much Cold and us big Jumps as any body The
Hills pay in every direction, good supply of water
is furnished by the Rock Creek Canal Co. new
Canal leading to Musqueto Cannon will be compile
ted this week--diggings good, no new diggings, we
are done with new diggings up here every hih
gulch and ravinc will pay and pay we'll. All there
is to be done is to pitch in, and out comes the Oro
We can 81 ow, bigger lamps Of gold than any sett
of miners IN any other quarter California know
we get beat sometimes in the newspapers but we
can beat the entire State, when good pair of scales
are brought forward.
Kelsey and Spanish Fiat arc both handsome
Towns. The miners arc doing V H. and merchants
and Bankers look pleasant. Now When merchant
laughs Oh both sides of his mouth at the time.
you may be sure, every thing is going we'll There
are no vinegar faces in this community, sir except,
and only when some stranger comes along and
speals of having the county scat removed to Plac-
erville from Colona, then Sir, you can scowl.
We have also a regular Line of Stages every day,
four horses every pop. Bob. Ellis is to come
along every day as the sun is to rise. Ellis runs
what you may cali an accommodation line to carry
Uncle Sans mails, passengers, and particularly
old watches down to 10 Seeleys Sccley is great
man on watches and rings. If there is any good
time to spare it goes into watch quick as a wink
We have heard Mr. Editor that you are miner
as we'll as printer ifso can you notte US something
about mining, Slucing, Tunneling, Quartz crushing
Sc something useful to know We are tired OF
reading an eternal string of lies about strkes ste
rotyped in 40. They may be interesting to steam
ship .prQprietors, and very useful for insertion in
steamer editions, designed for the Atlantic States
to supply the gullble there with wonders loul
readers hercabouts would be pleased, to have you
publish the 'codc Of honor" We have been in the
habit Of hanging rascals from time to time but have
an occasional fool and desire information from tho
code" of the most approved method of disposine
of this class of humanity. | shall so prospecting
before long and will give you an account OF the ex
pidition \ few of us think we can find new dig
cings and sell claims to green horns Crow BAR.
CLOTHING SroRE-'rhe attention of our clothing mer
chants and those in The other villages in the vicinity il
directed the advertisement of Reyes Co, in to-day
paper. They have splendid stock on hand, and thoet
dealing in ready made articles probably cannot do bette
than rive them a call while making their purchases.