Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-16
A NEW CORRESPONDENT.

CToTsnrRd, April IL, ls;a.
Il SsEs ErirOEs When an uupretcnding indivd.
uaI like n,ysclE-a blur-sLirted, practical miner
presumes to address paper having the same num-
Der If intelligent Fca0-. 90 has the MorSTAIS
DEnOcRAr-dong may it wave: an ICY is due
for the presumption. As apologies u this kind.
however, are tWO frequently hollow and Earmal,
shall Oh" subject myself to the imPutntOn Of insn
CERTIFY but let The result speak for itself Aud in
the first place permit Mae to say that the OENcRAr
politically, speaks our sentiments 10 T. We are
here-rOund, in and about the furnishing camp Of
Cayotebnrg-exactly Uf it's mHde n thinking. We
are for Inc Democratic party and down ON all bOl-
tiers, disscAtera aChismtc~ factiOnsts and herccal
teachers We vote. unanimously, Dave Frederick
hunlbug, Joe. McCOrklc lumbuggcT, and joe.
MeKibbea humbuggest. by the way, where Is
the handsome and distinguished representative Of
that immortaIized Cayote Hole! And where is the
locality Of that celebrated excavation: Some say it
is iu lIumbug CanOn-Othcrs in JAckass Gulch-
bat on this point am unimiOrmed. Can you not
enlighten the boys, But to get back. ! say you
talk right fur Us. We are down upon any man cali
ing himself Democrat, who. because he docs not
happen TO agree With his party on some particular
question, bolts to the enemy and plots treason
against his former friends. And when we find Out
such-have them cOrralled and spOtted-we are un'
willing TO trust them again,-at least until they
have done works meet for repentance. You may
take il for granted all such DemOcrats-Or 81
best fair weather, selfish Democrats. who 90 with
the party as long they think they have a chance
for the spOilH, aud bolt when the prospects grow
dark. We are willing-wc CayOteburg Democrats
that the Blacks may have aud safely keep. all SUCH
As il is a long time, Mr.. Editor, since we have
seen your juvenile aud smiling face about these dig
gings. yoH may probably like to hear how we amuse
ourselves. Well, our chief sport is literature and
conversation. We meet an evening or two in q
week, in Bill Swipes' Club Rooni. adjoining III,
Bar, convenient place that and discuss politics
literature, sometimes religion, &c., always including
the &C., which, BY the way, generally elicits The
greatest interest The chief political disputants-
the leaders on each sidc-is Tom Staunch and Mike
Blower. Tom is, as you know, = regular out and
out Democrat, who gues the whole hog for his par
IT, and Nike il the nOisicst kind Of lIrOdcrick ia
siOnst. You can bet they have Il hot and heavy
somctimes-tLO' latteIly Mike has manifested symp
tons Of profound disgust for bis distinguished chief
and was heard TO say once, when pressed hard
"D.-n BrOdcrick" IdOn't know If you wer,
ever introduced 10 our literary Cuss or not. How
ish! Few know Dick Vagary, but every bOdy
ought TO know him. lie 10 one Of 'em-A regulA
genius. He does up things for the amusement o
the bOyS-geis or squibs, witticsms, and local dog
GeralO-sOmstimes brings cut manuscript illus
trated sheet. called the " ChyOteDVy Cocktail" OI
the general styIe Of the London P1hck, only . lit
tic moro SO-in fine dies q variety Oflhings Of "in
hnitejest which to DO appreciated. in oil thci
bearing, needs trip to our HOurishig town. DicI
sometimes, however, gets his muse OF at highc
game than the politicians in and about Swipes' Cu
Room. lie keeps himself posted In politics geneE
4 ally-tor although CASOtSbGrs ia remotely an
mOunainously located, being oil the stage road, "
get the papers regularly, and Phil Gordon, the dr
ver generally throws us an extra one two for th
benefit pf the Club. tagary having nothing niue
else TO do: ipprOpriates these in the name Of tn
Club. and when We meet, they ore ell there.
they contain anything strkingy interesting he nc
Inteqdchtty gels OEG ballad 10 10 read before III