Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-07
Sierra County Correspondence.
MINING MATTERs-MoUNTAIN TowNs-ELorE-
MENT IN mGH LIFE, ET GET.

GrnsoNvLLE, Oct. 4th, 1858.
EDIroR DEMocRAr Not with budget o
alarming news; but things of fact, of fancy
and of gossip newly born.
1t is said that Sierra county is the richest
mining county in the State by those who
know no better, and it may be so At Is said
that La Porte is the most important town be
tween Marysville and Salt Lake by those who
know no better, and it may be so 1t is said
that La Porte will continue to be a great
town even after the mines yield no more Of
the auriferous, and it may be so. But there
Is very little danger of that useful mineral
becoming scarce, or being all dug out in that
region for some fifty years to come.
1t is said that Gibsonville is the best min
ing town in Sierra county by those who
know no better, and it may be so. And it is
a pretty good proof of the saying to remark
that there are upwards Of hundred paying
tunnels bored into the surrounding hills, and
that more dust was bought this season than
any one preceding it. And there have been
eight good buildings erected in the town
within the last four months
1t is said that Newark, formerly called
Whiskey, will surpass Gibsonville, by those
who know no better, and it may be so. The
diggings are extensive, and proving very
good, and new houses are being built 10y the
half dozen per month.
1t is said that Pine Grove is the second best
mining town in the county, and it may be
SO. Your commitment has been there with
in the past week. and builders are busy,
business lively, and money plenty.
1t is said that st. Louis is the most pros
porous town, and will and must be the capt.
isal of the new county, when a division takes
place, and it may be so 1t is said that Port
wine will be the capital, and it may be So
1t is said that Downieville is going down
fast, and will be, in time, place of but little
Importance, by those who know no better
ha ha ha dem foine" that is it not
Yet, it may be so. 1t may be said and safe
ly, too, that from ten to fifteen teams pass
through La Porte daily. loaded with goods
for the above named places Old winters
frown is shadowed in the sky, and he will
soon begin to shake his white locks DER all
this high land.
1t is said that the gossip of the ladies in
this place, in consequence of the familiarity
nf i,f,t ta1 al ;tb l.
miners wife, caused a separation, which is a
fact. The bereaved husband has not shot
anybody, but lives in peace the sole occu
pant of his neat little cottage, and the fair
deserter hath gone down to the sea but the
said hotel keeper followeth not the fair lady, |
which proves him to be what he was once
good and honorable fellow but as
% that, the ladies cannot be rooonoiled.-
The occurrence, unhappy as it may be
hought, has been a bone containing more
neat and marrow for scandal than any here
ofore picked and sucked by this community
But the public need or weep, for there has
been no blood not tears shed by the parties
Interested; and from the altitude of this re.
gion, we may call it only little flare up in
nigh life.
The graceful art of dancing is being taught
1y the proficient Monsieur and Madame Peri,
which gives artificial life and happiness to
many of the young and the old Long may
they dance, since they wear not the boots of
your commuuicant HENRY JACOBS.