The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-02-09


very Wild when they see or smell per.
son. but act very simple when person is
hid and shooting at them; they don't mind
the crack of gun more than the falling
Of a tree unless they have been shot at be-
fore.
Elk are very hard to kill-inlly four
times a. hard .as deer. No furs of any
consequence here, except beaver; any
amount of them. They have their dams
from twenty to one hundred feet apart for
mile in place, some FIVE feet high and
very ingeuiously built. They say they are
easily trapped and occasionally shot, most
ly after shutdown. We cooked the tail Of
q large oUe--a foot long and six inches
vide-the best meat have eat iG the
mountains, tastes more like pig than
anything else know Of.
We are anticipating some of the East
ern Kansas scenes here. Not for the
hanging nor for the poor down-trodden
negro But we have Provincial gov
eminent forced on US by sculldugery, BY
parcel of lazy demagogues. such as could
not get the Office of dog peter in the States,
ye, by some are called smart and honest
men here, got up mostly by valley men,
and some from the mountains, own, with
them, for the sake of office. They held
Legislature with as much pomp and dig
nifty as Congress at Washington; passed
laws to pay the members and officers biz
salaries las much more than in the States
as the difference in brandy and cigars J.
$40 per day for the members, $1,000 per
annum for Governor, S250O for Supreme
Judge. and others in proportion. They
issued script to the amount of $4,000,
To- be raised by taxes, and another expense
70 10 be added. The Governor has issued
a proclamation calling an extra session
this month, to organize counties, and reg
ulate officers salaries, &C., and we noun
tain working men don't intend to stand the
taxes and pay those !oafng demagogues.-
We think the miners law good enough un-
Ill the country is settled with permanent
settlers, which will be in year or two
more. We mountain men held a rass
meeting the 30th of December, in large
store-room; some $50 men were present,
al for killing the monster. but differed in
the way to get at him. DR.. Stone gave
speech, very good one. and at the close
he said his plan was to recall the mountain
members, and have them Withdraw from
the assembly. so they could not have a
quorum, and then We would have them
where ''Gabe had the hen" (Great ap-
plause. Some were for taking the ball
lot box and not letting them vote. 1t was
put to vote and carried, and they agreed 10
meet at 8 O'Clock, a. NJ, the Cd day Of
January. Accordingly they met and went
TO the nearest voting precinct, having none
here. The voters met them. armed to the
teeth. in friendly manner, and invited all
to drink, which came very acceptable to
some. as they had TO money TO buy with,
and then told them what they might ex-
pect if they undertook to take the ballot
box So they drank friends and let it all
''6zzle" out. What the consequences will
be we know not But back TO the meet
ing: AS We entered the house we beheld
pendant stretched across the room with
the words-"No Provincial Government.
No county organization. No taxes" with
row Of candles full leugth, and at the
end of the pendant tax collector, full
size hanging in effiSy, with board across
his breast. lettered, Tax Collector" and
under his arm large roll Of paper. Near
him sat the mountain band of music, four
violins, one flute, tambourine, and bones.
Before speaking. the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner' was called for. After the first speech
the "Rogue's March," for the tax collect
or. After the second speech, "Old Dan
Tucker" and so on till winding up with
Hail Columbia" all good and in proper
time.
One thing can assure the working en-
iyrants that wish to come here: it will not
be as last spring. no work to be had, no
mines opened that would pay grub; but the
mines are discovered and opened, and lots
Of quartz mills. All want hands, wood
chopped. and quartz dug out. Last spring
j! vas like the DEVILS hog, "great cry and
little WOOL" Men writing liza to the pa
psrs, of the fine prospect Of gold, when
they had found nothing that would pay;
and when the emigration got here all cried
'humbug,' and Enoch cried 'humbug' as
lustily as any. and wrote to that effect;
but | wrote as then discovered Enoch
stay ed. however, to hunt for the gold, and
-, found gonna ano axnaof- IN find moro