The Georgetown news., 1856-05-08

| Mountain democrat.
Our neighbor has undoubtedly been look
ing at an accurate map gotten up for the
use of the denizens Of the rayine city during
their efforts to obtain the location of the
county seat at that place in 1854, which
map represented P!acerville as being in the
exact centre, geographically, Of the county.
They failed t. deceive the voters in regard
to the matter then-probably they will
now. The Democrat further says:
In 1854 nearly one-half of the votes of
the county were cast in the immediate
neighborhood of Placerville. Upwards of
$500 votes were poled in Placervlle, Dia-
mond Springs and Mud Springs; while Co
Iona, Georgetown and Johntown, whose
vote has since materially decreased, polled
together but SOB votes. Placerville alone
polled more votes than all three of the above
towns, and yet the NelUS, with this fact
staring it in the face, attempts to deceive
its readers into the belief that but few per-
sons are living in the neighbOrhood of Pla-
cerYille."
AS an answer to the above, we copy the
following paragraph from a report made to
the Legislature by Messrs. Taylor, Oliver,
White and Welch on the subject:
"The total vote of El Dorado county in
1853 was eight thousand two hundred and
ninety-four, and in 1854, whom the question
Of county seat was pending, the number of
votes polled was eleven thousand five hun
dred and fOrty-fve, and in the last election,
1855, the number polled vas eight thou
sand seven hundred and eighty-one, showing
at the time when the county eat was pend
ing, an unusual and unprecedented VOTE
1t also appears by official papers now in
the hands of your committee, that in 1854,
when vC ling for county seat, the city Of
Placeryille polled fifty more votes than was
polled at the last election in the whole
township. Diamond Springs, another town
competing for county seat in 1854, pOlled
nine hundred and forty-three votes, while in
1855, this town polled only four hundred
and eighty-two votes; all of which shows a
remarkable falling off in these places. Co.
Iona, the present county seat, on the con-
trary, shows a singular contrast compared
with the places just mentioned. In 1853,
Coloma township polled thirteen hundred
and lightweight votes, and in the two sue
ceeding elections, ten hundred and ninety
eight and ten hundred and sixteen votes re-
spectively showing a less vote on the coun-
ty seat than was polled preceding year"
BY the foregoing IL will be seen that
there was a surplus vote in the cOdnty in
1854, on the question of locating the county
seat, of about three thousand; and the pre-
sumption is that it was nearly all polled in
Placeryille, Diamond Springs and their ad-
joining precincts; for we believe the returns
will show that Coloma, Georgetown, and
all the towns north of the South Fork with
perhaps the exception of Greenwood, polIed
less than their usual vote If the city of
Placeryille polled more votes in "a than
the whole township did in '55, and Dia-
mond Springs double the number in "a
that it did in 50, it either proves that there
was q large Illegal vote polled in those pla-
ces, or that their population has alarmingly
decreased. Neighbor Democrat, don't you
think that had there been no illegal voting
in "a, the towns of Coloma, Johntown and
Georgetown would have shown a much
nearer approximation to the vote of Placer
vile, Diamond and Mud Springs? We
think so. And then you leave out of your
calculation on this side of the river, Green
wood, which polls some six Or seven hun
dred votes, and ask us:
"Does not the News know that number
of mining camps on the North, South and
Middle Forks of the American River, are
entirely deserted, while Indian Diggings,
Cedarville, Brownsville, and number of
other towns southeast Of Placervile are
constantly increasing in population? These
are facts which the NelrS, with all its inge-
nifty, cannot controyert."
So far as the South Fork is concerned it
may be "entirely deserted" for aught we
know to the contrary; but we beg leave to
question the correctness Of the implied as
SertiOn that the number of miners is de-
creasing along the Middle and North
Forks. 1t is true that some of the older
bars are less worked than formerly, but
other points on the last named rivers have
grown into Importance; and from observa-
tion end the assurance Of those we'll inform
ed in the matter, We are satisfied that there
will be more miners employed on the Mid
die Fork this year than ever before.
MAY-DAY FEsTIyAL.-The festival of the
Snndar-S School childrnn Of this nlncn which