The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-29

AURORA. Mono County,l
lima 81 1871

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AURORA. Mono County,l |
June 81. 1851.
DEAR DAx: Herewith send you =
COPY of the FesOlutlchs adopted by the
"AnrOra DemOcrsiic Union Club, which
wasorganizea here on last Saturday night.
under most flattering circumstances. AL
though the meeting was not generally sd. !
vcrlised, We had full attendance; and,
at the close of the meeting, we had the
pleasure Of counting over one hundred
names signed to the resolutions as men,
bers Of the Club. learned yesterday
that large Club was formed in MonOville
on Monday night The Democracy Of
Mono will he thoroughly organized BY
the September election, when, We are de-
termined, the news shall 60 oter 10 the
Democracy Of the "wcStcrn Slope" that
our cause is triumphant In our new
county that, although We are widely
separated from the rest Of the State, We
still cling to the true Democratic faith.
We were rcjoiced TO hear Of the great
victory obtained by the Democracy Of
Placervillc, in your recent city election.
in re-clecling our old friends, Thomas b.
Wade, Mayor, John +. Kunklcr. Clerk
and ASsrsSor, and ciecting jack McD0u.
gald MarShAl-which shows that the real
friends Of the country are still around.
You will be amused to hear that your
old friend, and exp. NJ. Of Placerviilc.
A. NJ, Thatcher. is here and is a candidate
for Justice Of the Peace. lie had been
living in Monoville during the Spring.
where he was first = candidate for J. p
hut, after canvnssing for . few weeks.
concluded, as Aur1ra was larger pace,
he would transfer himself thiihcr, where
his talents wOnld have q wider field for
ac,ion-and here he il lie tells how he
once directed all the moves Of the Democ.
racy in your city and county that al
plans for campaigns, etc, were concocted
in his Office. which was headquarters
and takes particular painS to publicly DE-.
nouncc Dan. Grlwirks rs INV political
trickSter and demasoguc, adding on dis.
uniOnist and seceSSiOnist. This I was
told by your old friend, and true Demo.
crat. John Nowlan, from Gold Till, who
happened to be present. and caused the
exp. n. 10 wish he had been some place
else. liz is looking forward to legislative
honOrs next Fall but he comes out
little too strong against the Democracy
cursing our Club a. secession arrange.
mcnt, and Awenrs he don't want the SUP
port Of any of its members. lie need no;
trouble himself. however. on that score,
for he will not get one, that's certain
nor will he get ten from any other portion
Of the citizens.
Times are improving here. although
everything has been very duh. and no
money in circulation hut We expect a
reaction as soon As some of the ttnrcl~
get in, so IS TO prospect few Of our prin
cipal lodges. To day the lode was struck
in the tunnel on the San Francisco iot'
which is the only and first one that has
struck . ledge and their authorizations
are more than realized. a. | saw with my
own eyes thu. pure native wire silver in =
specimen taken out Of the lode: the
stock Immediately went up to $50 per
foot. although it is but a small lode.
Our first quartz mill commenced run.
ming a few days ago. !, belongs to F.
Green, Of SACRAMENTO. r. p. Culver, Of
Pacerville, and others They are now
making q trial by crushing powders near
the mill; and, from the amount Of ana.
gam already shown. (thcy have not yet
cleared up.) they will prove very rich
The mill is Emall-only eight stamps
but is perfect success, and will greatly
assist in developing the lodes in this dis.
trict Mr.. E. Lamb (Solen l. Coz viii
SOon have another in operation and
San Francisco company have one OH the
road. Of tho capacity Of twenty four
stamps. which they will have in operation
during July next In a few days more
will DO able 10 give you the news OF
" strikes" in other tunnels, in some of our
prominent lodes, that will aStonish the
natives, and leave the Ophir and Mexican
claims At Virginia in the shade. Then
we will have good tunes. l.. b. II.