Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-07-09
tSHomntain 9emutrat.


OEoaoETowN, July 9th, 1882
Me-. vo,,o,s. 7 ,uceeeded 10 making the peO-
81. h-,.-. ,h., lived At Bottle Hill, for while,
IN, sinca things occur here which are unknown "
The d.nzeus Of the village whose name makes the
Iov., of " red eye" feel jublant, It becomes me "
hail from home.
we'll. o6Iate, many things have transPired here
,h., are interesting and funny, butthe space usually
,,;vsn TO . correspondent. could not contain the
s.lf 40 shall simply send basket Ofehips picked
an on the public highways. You would have laugh
cd had you seen FIALCv holding on to RichGTd'S
coat tail ON yesterday, being conducted aud intro
Sluced u the triumphant Mr. SlOss The negro
Worshiper Of the last Assembly from FL DoradO
county," approaches near the "IIcad Quarters"
Richard: Mr. SlOss, this is Dir. - Finley, the
nominee from Bottle Hill. "A cordial shake Ut the
hands each gentleman throwing himself back on
his dignity, aud you know the unUbtrusive eI.As-
seinblyman has 5uperAbundance).
Mr. .SLOss: Pleasant day, cir.
FTmlty: Beautiful, charming; never more love
".
ISL0~: Who are the other nominees Of our party
On this side Of the South Fork!
FTnley: Rather taken aback.) What do you say !!
Sioss repeats the question.
ElnRys wen, TeAii uOb AOlG 7" b1I "" .
nave never thought or cared for any but myself
tFCrls the force Of his iimSy answer but passes it
Uff with one of his knowing funny laughs)
SIOAs: Forgetting bimscEJ Well, but our ticket
in the papers. Forgetting that no paper had
husled their ticket and most likely would not ex.
cept - an advertisement, the same As Prof. Ilaun
not his trash inserted iu the Union budget stuff.
vient To have given him ticket W the Insane Asy-
fun at Stockholm But what arc your chances over
here!
F..ISy: n lam a cdAdildts on he IA NJ .Septena-
Esr you bet III be elected As u the others can't
say, for have been around but little. make my
calculations from the vote at Bottle Hill There are
thirty forty votes at that place. and may count
Ut, nearly every tine sure III get first the Brudcrick
vote as they are certain and no mistake. III get
the Republican vote, for between you and nIe, they
knote nm Ill right aud believe III get sumo Vi
the GeorEians, Tor they tell me MN quite clever
fellow. Yes, and c0nfound me il don't think Cdcll
CalumrieS, Denton. aud others are my men but rs
for few they sold to their ido~ Rock. one Of
the +. +. Va, thinks he'll play the devil and the
fact is be down rather hard butt sing popular
sovereignty and SLAYER! to choke him of butpOpu-
lar sovereignty must be defined 10 mean something
err sink. for its extremes lead tn mobocrAcy, vO-
lcnce and ouiragP just surh u state Of things Us
We see existing in Mexico.
.Sio": What do you link u the negro question
a. it nOW stands!
I.nLy: II is rather perpIexing live make them
Our equals. as some Of our friends wish. they will
SION outnumber Hs. They remind me II the patent
hens neat invented By shrewd Yankee. II bad q
hole in the bottom which let the egg 60 through "u
hon il ulid afs nf
hen She would eackle and look for the egg. but
not see u, would continue laytWg al day. so be-
lirve il " ould b. it'll the negro. Just SOon ~
we make them our equals they Ill increase In like
proportion, and we will be overpowcrcd. Don't
You see! And then We might have . eolOr-d
Southern party. which, IL t'ned to Me1cu, might
thrash our free S"il party cut and rsve IA in the
liz they are themselves now. so the great question
Srih W. 10, which 10 the best, the Southern white
or the Northern negro. and think but II won
do To say SO, the white man nearly a. g'Od.
Richard: What do you think Of Col Baker, opel-
iDg speech
!SlIm: rather like it. True. there is nothing in
It. but then il IL like our platform. Il wSS very
weak 10 him To say he did not expect to be elected
lie should not have said that even il he thought it,
Richard: Did you see how well John played his
part to-day IN the ccIebrAtlUn! Most PcrsODA hard
~ notice such 'hnEs. but you see il the Argus-eyed
.'Spy" don't speak Oft. Col. H. WAS Grst spoken
AZ 10 deliver the Grafton; but no. he 10 n nominee
"n the Democratic ticket 1t might help him, as he
makes beautiful ezt'mpors addreSs, (uone of your
written cues. Aud our worthy candidate ETSher.
"a read the Declaration Of Independence. All this
may seem purely accidental. but John knew what
he vas about And did you see how very busy he
in conducting strangers to seats. smiling Ill the
time, thinking no doubt it would help him in the
election. The Marshall was selected y victim.-
lie 10 candidate for Township favOrs.
am informed that Finley rather feels the lash,
IN the AlluSiUn made IN his packing bis carpet
sack will amend the remark BY using language
more nellIgILle, and say yfsr the election he will
tote himself out Of the State blAnketa, carpet sack
aud all. SPY.