The daily Butte record., 1858-07-12
PIumas County-Its Mineral Resources.
Its County seat Its $50 cR1ied) DEM
ocratie Convention, 81 c. tse.

astonlshed to see 80 many of her citizens
leaving what ] conceive 10 he certainties, for
uncertainties among the gold fields # the
North Men are leaving claims in this
county daily. which have beer payinz them
on an average Of ~ per day. to O. 70 Frazer
River, upon the Sau Francisco newspaper
reports, or advice of some supposed irieud
who has been Stopping for the past month at
Victoria or Belingham Btv. and who Knows
nothing from actual experience in the Fra
zer River mines. 1t is amusing to see how
the excitement affects men ia the mountains.
whose oppor,unies for acquiring reliabic in
formation in regard 10 the Northern mines,
have been exceedingly limited. When one
Of them takes notion 90, there is 10 use
Of reaBoIing with biIa, . flc. ;Eey will not
hear t0 reason or erers.cTt, and get angry
if you attempt eilLtr. You are told ia
short, that they have 'nade up their minds
to go, and that call be c1u't stop them "
| hardly know where, or in what this ex.
citement Is going 10 end. One would sup
pose that tho equity Of Pumas, with her
hundreds Of hills AMI gu'ches snprospec,ed,
and numerous fertile valleys susceptible Of
n high state Of cultivation, would afford sui.
ficient inducement, for men to stop aud think
before they act-to consider the uncertainty
/
crn country is, up to the present time in
voved, before they sacrifice all, to chase
delusive phantom. venture to say, that
can take you to three claims situated within
! ten miles Of this place, out of which there is
| more gold taken in one week, than has been
/ shipped from Frazer and Thompson river
| during the past three months This may
seem to yon unreasonable out it is ncverthe-
! less so. The mines Of Plumas which are now
being judiclously worked are turning out
immense quantities Of gold. | met man
only yesterday with ninety six ounces, the
result Of four days work, with three men.
These hills are full Of just such claims.
The wheat crop in this valley has been in
| jurcd some what this year by the frost, but
not to tie extent Mt fret supposed there
will be n very fair cup. In Indian Valley
the frost was hardly perceptiIle, and the
crops are looking fine.
You would be pleased to visit these valleys
n this season of the yenr, and experience
the decided change Of climate from that Of
the Sacramento. The atmosphere Is at the
present time cool sni bracing, and morning
| rides nerve one for the business of the busi-
ness Of the day. The citizens Of Quincy are
mauiestug some public spirit Mt the present
time in the erection of Court House upon
| their pub ic square, which, when completed,
! viii be an ornament t. the town. Some of
other buildings are in the course OF erection,
and upon the whole the llace wears an mir
Of prosperity The 4th IF July pasSod #
here with the usual festivities pa aie, m
oration by o p Hundles Of this place, which
| (by the way) was an exec lent one, and II
bali in the evening, which for gAyety and
general cheeriuln 50, throw most Of your
Butte County Balls in the Shade. Take the
performances nil together, | must say they
passed oil to the entire satisfaction Of all in
attendance.
Since have been stopping Mt his place,
have ina le 1t ny business N part, TO in.
! qulre, t,Cn time to time, Of delegates who
were present md in Attendance NJ the late
Conye Itlon which assembled here how The
thing was managed Although, have had
soma experience ia County and S.ate C.n.
ventions, ie'tusthough misht learn some.
thing from m I'M GIT into thn manner in
which the Plumns Convention was conducted.
! have been conf tent for s,rc time past that
Douglas had at lcast, three to oue. in this
county, ana how Il Ufmoerdiic CoHreutj0H,
composed. as snpposel, Of m"n who inten.
del to maint,in the principles emto lid in
the Cineiuatu Platform, Cou,d deliver them.
selves Of IA ticket, the very face Of which was
indicative OF fraud aud corr1pnou--c mpOs.
cd solely OF Lec0mpton men. was mystery
to ne, and as the fellow said kiu3 jraat.
ed 70 know how il was ne After ioknc
into the matter carefully, | fni that the
: fault lies at our own doors. In other words,
TINT the anti Lecompton men allowed them
selves to be duped Mt the primary meetings.
They were green enough 20 listen to the cry
OF peace aud reconciliation from the Admin
tyfY OF . 1, 4
the con uvention stocked, their mouths clo.cl,
and hands 'icd and am told that Douglas
men WIRE hissed duwn aul rot allowed to
, speak in democratic convention. The
truth Is they were were going to have n ma
jurity IN the convention. aud rs soon as il
, WAS reduced to certainty, they closed he
Z doors upon the Douglass wing, who from that
time, stood about the same show, Go use a
common phrdse) ms "ctts in hell without
Z claws The result will be nj the elec ion,
I in this county, hard fought battle between
, the two wings Of the democratic parry The
ant-Lecomptou, or Popular Sovre guty wing
who in this county with every other Iortion
e of the State. will stand by the Cincinnati
p Platform, SINK or sicim. must carry the
daY. Principles and not men, must pie.
vail. In this county the Douglas men wi
have TO fight for the ground 'hey lost while
j. asleep before and Mt the Convention at.
tribute the defeat of the Douglas party in
this county, in part, to the course pursued
4, secretly by the editor aud proprietors of the
Argus. They now confess that their course
c has been suicidal, and that the Lecompton-
! ties tcooied them beautifully. l hope tbs
lesson taught them will be remembered, aud
of service in future to the entire press
throughout the State. The fact is that thi,
cry OF peace and reconciliation, when there
}, is, or can be no peace only through the win
4 dcation of principles, should never be listen
! ed TO for n moment. IL is only raised by III,
Office seeking men of any party, and whe,
N raised, intended to ensnare and deceiv,
G those who wish to pursue a straight forwarC
4 course, and to be governed by principles an,