Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-05
Mountain Correspondence.
LA PORTE, MAY lst, is

LA Ohih, NAY lsIJ loOJ.
EDITOR DEMoCRAr Since l wrote YOU
last.th weather has been quite warm, with
occasional showers of both rain and snow
and now whilst am writing the snow is fall.
ing fast, but is melting about as fast as it falls.
The old snow is about five feet deep.
Our fiourishing little town will soon as.
sumo Its place amongst the business towns of
the mountains. We have at the present time
elgot retail stores, one wholesale liquor store,
one drug store, one hardware store, three
tobacco, nut, and fruit stores, one jewery
store, six hotels and restaurants, three billiard
saloons, fourteen retail liquor establishments,
three banking houses one daily express to
all parts of the mines, two meat markets or
butcher shops two blacksmith shops two
carpenter shops, two tailor shops, two shoe
maker shops, two bakeries, two livery sta
bles, four lawyers, three doctors, one Notary
Public, two Justices of the Pence, two Con
stables one printing Office, ard two barber
shops, besides many other places of some kind
Of business not necessary to mention at this
time. We have also one masonic lodge in a
fiourishing condition, and one lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows; also,
one public school, in a fourishing state, with
about twenty five scholars, and one church,
which is well attended on every Sabbath,
both night and day. We think in La Porte
that our town lays over all other towns in
the mountains, or in the State, according to
population, both for business and social in
tercourse, and the rich yield of our mines.
The mines in these parts are beginning to
look up again. Our banking houses have
commenced taking in the shining "oro"-
One company, at the head of Rabbit Creek,
took out last week, from four days washing
in sluices, $4,000. Other companies in this
locality are doing full as well.
At Pine Grove, Gibsonville, Howland's
Flat, St Louis, Pine Wine, Secret Diggngs,
and all the rest of the mining localities in
the northern part of Sierra, miners will soon
begin to clean up large amounts of dust. 1t
is impossible yet to give correct estimate of
the amount of dust sold in this market.
On to-day our worthy Representative
(Hon. james A. Johhson) arrived at home,
and was received with open arms by his
many friends and admirers Mr.. johnson de-
serves much credit for his course and zeal in
support of the bill for the formation of the
proposed county of "Alturas," and as an able
representative of the wishes of his immediate
constituents in Sierra county. His friends
seem determined to re-elect him again at the
coming election, to again represent them in
the Councils of the State, as a token of their
regard and appreciation of his services in
behalf their interests.
Politics begin to assume quite different
shape since wrote you last. AS then sta
ted, the Custom House has its agents in this
county, but they have no chance to get the
Sierra delegation for their spap,, NJ. s. La
than. Governor Weller is sure of the dele
cation from this county, that is, mean at the
Lecompton party If the Governor does
succeed in defeating the strong arm of the
executive, (the Custom House, then the true
Douglas Democracy may well be proud of
their position, as victory is sure to crown
their efforts at the next electcion. The De.
mocracy are gradually joining here every
day, and are determined to carry this county
at the next election, and believe they will
Yours, REKLAw.