San Andreas independent., 1858-04-17
LETTER FROM cALAvERITAs.
UprEr CALAvEnIrAs. April l4th, Is

Mr.. EDITOR Almost every mining camp
where the Independent circulates, occasionally
avalls Itself OF its columns to take a first rate
notice, and Ican't see why this camp shouldn't
have finger in the pie. Imight commence by
describing our public buildings,such as church
es, colleges, &C., but unfortunately we haven't
got any, though, as sort of offset, we have
neither criminal statistics nor jais-the males
ty of the people of California being only rep
resented by a Justices Court, which. as we
are not of a litigious disposition, is not yer,
often in session, except when some lucky Mex
lean hnds horse or two 'laying round loose, ;
or some unlucky miner takes the benefit O
the noted Ranch Act, for digging a ditch
to bring water On his claim through the do
main OF some of our landed proprietors. W.
are not much infested with bummers at pres.
ent: there being but little opening for that elias:
of gentlemen round here, unless they feel like
making one for themselves in some of the nd.
jacent hills, kind of employment that isn1
exactly in their line.
Though we all discuss politics. we have nc
professed politicians i mean those black
coated fellows, with stove pipe hats, who are
found, generally, in our large cities, who
swagger and prate in bar-rooms about thcil
principles, board at the free lunches and bor-
row two bits from every soft looking stranger
they see just to get their boots blacked.
Mining is going on brskly on every side
The San Antonio and Table Mountain bitches
are both running full of water, but not more
than they can sell, and of course it is very
dear, from So to SIS per day being the price OF
an ordinary sluice head. notice that some
Of your correspondents are in the habit OF
naming the claims in their neighborhood, that
are paying big wages. If was to attempt
doing SO, I'm afraid I'd tire OF writing. or you'd
get tired of printing them, therefore to avoid
making invidious distinction, suffice it to saw,
that nearly every body who is at work. is max
ing first rate wages.
AS we have no cod fish aristocracv AMONGST
u.s. we are rather socially disposed kind OF
people over here, inclined to lager beer. and
very much given to dancing We have man
aged to have little dance nearly every week
since the winter has set in, apd it has helped
to pass it off pleasantly enough. No fear of s
suicidal mania breaking out AMONGST us-as
laugh anc grow fat" is our motto. We are
cultlvating taste for music, besides. For
merry we hulrmed Garry me Back" 80
Susannah," and "Mary Blain' bnt now we
near nothing but the very last imported
RcSe Of England waltzes schottisches, &c.-
" hlsky, our heretofore national beverage. ap-
pears to be giving way before lager beer
which, with the aid Of California wine, will
do more towards promoting temperance than
thousand, Neal Dows and Maine Liquor Laws
] think | said we had no public buildings
was mistaken. We have one, just finished q
plain, wooden building, that boasts neither
stucco work, stained glass windows, nor iret-
ted vaults but which is more closely conaec-
TED with the perpetuation of our free institu-
tons, and should be dearer to every citizen
who has at heart the true welfare Of the Re-
public, than many Doric columned marble
hall;--lt Is school house, and we are indcbt-
ed for 1t to the exertions of the public spir-
tied and noble hearted ladies of the camp and
It's vicinity; and know no higher tribute o.
respect | could pay them than in saying so.
Some of our citizens have been agitatinc
the question OF having the Capital moved u
TO CalAverltas. but there not being time tt
send to San francisco for, and still less &c
erect, distllIery to manufacture whisk,
enough to propitiate the committe that tht
Legislature would send up to report upon thC
locality, 1t has been dropped, very wisely, too
think considering the contaminating effect.
OF the presence Of such gang in a peaeeabl,
and well regulated community BY the way
speaking of the Legislature reminds me tha
the Assembly has passed an Act prohibiting
the entrance into the State of Chinese, &c
Well, better late than never. A correspondent
OF San Francisco paper, writing from Sacra
mento, says it will be warmly opposed in til,
Senate by members from mining counties I
1t should be so, let us have their Names anC
we will try and keep them at home next time
where, If they can do no good, they will no
have it in their power to work so much mis-
chief
cannot conclude without noticing one o.
our own institutions-I mean "Rcd," our very
popular Expressman, who, besides being a
regular 'brick' of a good fellow, is as regular
as clock in delivering ''de papers, Many a
one OF our Post masters might take him as an
example of accommodation and punctuality.
BORDER RUFFIAN.