The Georgetown news., 1856-04-10
GEORGETOWN, Ell DORADO COUNTY,

offered to take the contract as cheap as any
one else would or could. By referring to
our paper of last week, it will be seen that
Drs. Kendall and Brown offered to take
care of the INDECENT sick of the county
furnishing everything, for S22 week fol
each patient; Drs. Dakan and Day for $40
and DIR. Canton, for SIG. So there were
two bids lower than the bid made by Drs
Kendall and Brown.
DIR. Canton gave sufficient evidence of his
ability and competency to fulfil the con
tract, and it was given to him, because he
V'as the to1rest biddef' But our democratic
organ would have had the Supervisors re-
fuse Dr.. G. the contract for no other rea
son than that he was foreigner by birth
and give it to the native doctors at six dol
lars week for each patient more than DR.
Z. was willing to take them for. This is
the manner in which the democracy eXhib-
its its wonderful love for the 'dear foreign
er," and the pecuniary interests of the eoun-
| ty
We do not consider the post of hospital
| physician to be political Office; what is
required in that position, is medical skill
and person competent to take care of the
! sick; and when naturalized citizen, in ey-
cry way competent, agrees to do the duty
at cheaper rates than the native born, econ
omy and the interests of the public demand
that he should be selected to perform the
work. sonora Herald.
LIFE IN POWDER Mn.L.-Dickens thus
| describes visit to the powder mill oi
Hounslow, near London:
In this silent region, amid whose ninety
seven work places no human voice ever
breaks upon the ear, and where indeed NO
human form is ever seen, except in the iso-
! lated house in which his allotted task is
performed. There are upward of 25O work
men employed, are peculiar race, not OF
course by nature, in most cases, but by the
habit OF years. The circumstances of mo-
mentary destruction in which they live, ad-
ded to the most stringent and necessary
regulations, have subdued their minds and
feelings to the condition of their hire
There is seldom any need to enforce these
regulations. Some terrific explosion here
or in the works of similar kind elsewhere,
leaves fixed mark in their memories, and
| acts as constant warning.
Here no shadows of practical joke Or
| caper of animal spirits ever transpires-
witticism, no chatting, or slang. A laugh
is never heard; smile seldom seen. Even
the work is carried on by the men with as
few words as possible, and these uttered in
low tone. Not thatanybody fancies that
mere sound will awaken the spirit Of COM
bu6tion or cause an explosion to take place
but that their feelings are always kept sub
dued. If one man wishes to communicate
anything to another, or ask for anything
from somebody at a short distance, he must
go there-he is never permitted to shout OF
call out There is particular reason fol
this last regulation. Amid all this silence
whenever shout does occur everybody
knows that some imminent danger is eX-
pected the next moment, anG all rush away
headlong from the direction of the shout
AS to running toward it to offer any assist.
ance, as common in all other causes, it j;
thoroughly understood that none can be
afforded!
An accident here is immediate and he
yond remedy. If the shouting be continued
for some time (for man might be drown
ing in river,) that might cause one or two
ofthe boldest to return; but this would be {
very rare occurrence. 1t is by no means t.
be inferred that the men are selfish and in
sensible to the peris of each other; on th'
contrary they have the greatest cOnsidera
tion for each other, as well as for their EN-
ployers, and think of the danger to the live
of others, and of property at stake at al
times, and more especially in the more dan
gerous houses. The proprietors of the va
rious gunpowder mills all display the SAM
consideration for each other, and wheneve
any improvement tending to lessen DANCE
lie made by one, it is Immediately communi
Gated to all others. The wages of the mel
are good, and the hours very short; no arti
fetal lights are ever used in the work. The,
leave the mills at halfpast three in the al
ternoon, winter and summer.