Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-08-25
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still HarpinS.

er Democrat, and Statesman, aided by one
Mathew johnson who is paid BY the Uni
ted States for looking after aniggers, are
now shedding ''whole pints of tears over
three slaves which they allege Judge Ghol-
son sold when citizen Of Mississippi,
some fifteen years ago. They even parade
with moving sbowels Of compassion the
tbe bills of sale which the said johnson
pretends to have dug up, We trust be
will continue his benevolent slabors in that
direction, and will, in due time, furnish
the Dealer and Democrdt with the bills Of
sale by which Douglas Wise, Hunter, Cobb,
Davis, breckenridge. Guthrie and other
Democratic candidates fdrithe Presidency,
now hold their hundreds of slaves. Fhe
sympathizing Democracy Of Ohio would
like to know how many they now sell an
nually. Parade the s.bilIs of saler by ell
mean, good abolition converts for the nonce.
If selling slaves fifteen years ago, by Ghol-
son, disqualifes him for Supreme Judge as
you urge1 to the people of Ohio, @ba.
measure Of disqualification should be me.
ted to your Presidential, candidates who
still own and traffic in. human flesh Z awe
pause. for a replyP sloiergis ;r.lais h9:iaJ
Seriously The cant and hypocrisy Of our
Democratic cotemporaries on the subject
pf1Gholsons former slaves is akin to their
efforts to substitute Swan for Whitman on
their own ticket. It is shallow preiense
and nothing else. The trick IS too bald
for a respectable dhumbug, and deeplvdis
graces the political athiinbls-riggerss who
play it in public. They only make them
selves the laughing stock Of sensible Dem :.
ocrats as well IS all Republicans, Play
the game aout, by alt means Mr. Trick.
sters.- Morahg Leader. - ,:..,, 11s i,.. ,s..n3
Dark Side Of the Mining Picture.
= A letter iniahe Rockford Register from
Mr.. H G. Clark, brother. Of the editor,
and who is a respectable and reliable man,
dated Rock Mountains Valley, Iuly 2Ath,
presents a gloomy prospect for mines gen
orally, and a Clerelahd Company in par
ticular. d His company were 10 leave the /
next day for home, and Mr. c. states that
hundreds are leaving every day, and as
many more coming in. OF the diggings,
wages, and prospects, he, writes;sss bs;,aJ
That there is gold here, and sini large
quantities do not sieny; but that more
than one in five hundred IS doing better
than common day7aborer in the States
is untrue Some say one in athousand is
q fair average a'=9 30 lo faallss adi ga diEs
There are three kinds Of diggiugs here,
viz. lead, gulch and bar. The leads are
in the rocks on the mountains They are
found by the "Blossom Rock, asit is call
ed; or burned stone on the surface, occa-
stoned, as is supposed, by internal heat or
volcanic action of some earlier day, which
opened the rock, forming a seam now full
OF dirt or rotten stone, in which the gold
is. found. Gregory's lead has only the
flcur gold, and they are or were the richest
found. These leads commence al the foot
Of the mountain and run in northeastern
and southwestern direction. The dirt has
10 be washed, which requires considerable
water, and all the water is produced of
snow as il tmelts,' and that is nearly used
up.su, Besides this, for some cause these
leads have nearly ceased to be profitable,
Or, as they say, ailosse the pay dirt. sa'aa
Some have dug eighteen or twenty feet
in solid rock and have not found the OBJ
ect OF their search. Claims that once
sold for $4,000 can now be bought for
81, 900 r. A company from Cleveland, 4
Ohio, camped near us and purchased one
Of these claims, paying down all they bad,
sven TO guns and most Of their provisions.
They worked j. nearly four weeks with
put one cent Of pay dirt, when one Of their
company was nearly killed BY the nnex-
oected explosion Of blast What will
become Of them God only knows. 'i.'.1i q
Wages here are only $3.50 per day, and /.
I costs 81 least 81 per day for board, and
work is very scarce at that. Gulch dig
yings sfe those located in sloughs at the
DOT of the mountains. They cannot be
worked when the water is high, and when
{ is dry they have none. They have paid
veil when they could be worked. . 81
The bar diggiugs are on the banks Of
reeks and are nearly forsaken at present.
t requires two or.three months to openaa
cad, and II may pay when opened, but no
ertainty Of it. There are great many
ick in the mountains live died yesterday, /,
md fourthe day previous, in -oar, Vicinity
4 the mountain fever. Our company have
'een sick, all Of us during the past two K
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