Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-25
1ailp National 4rmotrat.
FOUNTAIN CORRESPONDENTS.
ORLEANS FLAT, Nevada Co.,

ORLEANS FLAT, Nevada Co.,
Nov. 22d, 1853.
FDIroR DEMocRAT AT this season of the
year, this, like many mining towns, is dull !;
still there is apparently a fair supply of wa
Ter. and some mining done. Mining here is
Of very heavy character; it is almost i'm
possible to Civ: descriptive account of t. ?
axteut of work that has been done-it mt I,
he seen to be truly realized. Acres of ground
have been torn down by the force of the hy-
,]raulic system from surface to bed rock, many
rlaces over hundred feet; tunnels have
been run through hard rock, which have
been the labor of years, costing many thous-
ands of dollars, but in most cases companies
have been reimbursed for their patient toll
and outlay.
This is not good section Of country for
those of limited means; capital is required to
embark in mining operations, and shares in
claims are held at high rates. In nearly
every mining locality there are some compa-
nies doing well, but it is with the great ma
iority, the old and universal omplaint-"dull,
dull.-times are hard, no chance, no work,
no money" Still, hope runs into tomorrow
the better day is in the prospective.
Gambling is also carried on here to a CON
siderable extent, and with as much publicity
as that Of vending boots and shoes Howev-
er, as a single individual, your scribe will
take the liberty of saying, that this matter of
gambling is none of his business; but at the
same time, knowing that law prohibitory
has been enacted, it seems strange that it
should be SO completely annulled by the pre-
Valency of the vice it was intended to abol-
ish. At the same time too, he is willing to
make great allowance for the stupidity of law
makers, and for the corruption of those EN-
powered to enforce them; and also for the
great difficulty attendant upon the eradication
of an evil SO infatuating to the human heart,
and 50 moDstrously universal But, when a
law so significant proves SO great II failure, it
reflects against the honor and stability ofour
far famed republican government; and for
the good name and honor of the country of
his nativity he is ever zealously regardful.
There are some pretty tender jokes passing
amongst the swains in this vicinity, and some
of them feel that great injustice has been
done them by some Of the long headed old
folks, sending their marriageabe daughters
below to school but it is regarded the rather
as pretext; they have acted from causes
more significant; the flexible dispositions of
the virgins has excited alarm in the mind of
the parents and to prevent the consummation
of matrimonial designs, based entirely upon
cashless cravings, a removal has been thought
advisable. This, by some, may be called far
seeing, or looking ahead, ard I, regarded as a
master stroke of policy commendable in the
parent but your scribe is, from past obser-
vations, inclined to view it in different
light be sent where she may, go where
she may, the virgin will be caught; and in
most cases it has been found full as well, if
not better, to have her caught at home than
abroad. And abroad there is less restraint
upon the virgin and she is just as apt, if not
more so, to be overcome and yield to the
persuasive opportunities of the painting and
infatuated lover-cashless or otherwise; he is
permitted to "leap to these arms unthought
of or unseen" 10y the parent; and after the
thing is once done, it is, or has been found
rather difficult heretofore, to undo.
On all the mountain tops around about a
heavy frown of fog rests, and seems to couple
with the dark and heavy drapery of the sky,
through which for three days past the sun
has not been seen to wink. But, for all, and
for all, the sun is shining, some place, light
ing both misery and joy,-and so, adieu.
HENRY JACOB.