Daily national Democrat., 1861-01-06
1allp Natlonal 4emutrat
CAMPTONVILLE CORRESPOND
ENCE.
The Times--A MarysviIIien Instructed on
the Goat Snbiect--SnOw, etc., etc.
CAMPToNvILLE, Jan. 8, 1861.

% CAMPToNvILLE, Jan. 8, 1861.
EDIroR DEMOCRAT Several months hav
elapsed, since dipped my pen in ink, for
correspondence with you in fact there ha
been but little of interest transpiring in ou
neighborhood, until the advent of the Holi
days, gave our citizens on opportunity to en-
Joy the time-honored customs appertaining t,
Christmas and New Years day.
The festivities commenced with party
Galena Hill, on Christmas eve, which wa
well attended and passed off happily, to tn,
satisfaction of all That was followed by on,
in this place, on the Wednesday night sue.
ceedng. But the feature of the times, wa
the Soiree given last night by the Royal Arcl
Masons, on the occasion of the Installation O
the Chapter Officers. The Fraternity of all
degrees were invited to attend, in company
with their female friends and at on early
hour the Hall was filled the ladies occupy
ing the body of the hall while their attendant
partners sat around the sides of the room
Theceremonies were conducted by compan-
ion J. P. Brown, President as well as Past Ii
T. assisted by companion McNulty, and were
beautifully and impressively rendered. The
more solemn ceremonies of the occasion being
over, space was cleared in the centre Of the
hall, and table was spread with an excellent
collation., got up under the auspices of com.
panion Troxel, who never does thing by
halves, and then with the choicest Wand:
procurable in these parts, assisted by gener-
ous wine, the assembly passed an hour or two
in one of the most pleasant reunions it has
ever been my good fortune to witness. Then
followed dancing party at the Arcade Hall
which was even more fully attended, and
continued into the wee hours in the morning,
every one going to their homes well pleased
with the festivities OF the occasion.
The miners of this neighborhood have not
yet got fairly to work the gale of month
ago, blowed down all the high fumes in thi:
part of the country, and the late deep snow
has broken down many more. The effects oi
the gale have been generally repaired, ex-
cepting the high flume at Indian Hill, which
the English Company are having replaced at
the contract price of twenty-one thousand
five hundred dollars, and another, also high
one, belonging to the Celestial Valley Com
pany, Of three thousand feet in length, which
is being replaced by an excellent iron pipe,
or inverted syphon, made at the shop of Ev-
,(r MoT a.
portant feature in this connection is, that the
iron pipe is laid by contract, at a cost but lit
tie over half the sum expended on the orgi-
nal wooden structure
Last year the mines Of this place were idle,
on account Of disagreement with the Water
Company, the latter has in part changed
hands, and under the new management the
grab-all policy will be abandoned, resulting
in a real benefit to both ditch owner and mi
ner
Passage to Downievile is now effected by
sleighing ; notwithstanding the deep snow,
the communications was only interrupted one
day, and it, will have to snow deeply upon
the Ridge, if Rogers and Green, with the in
defatigable Pony King upon the line. again
fails to connect.
Oar town appears 10 be as lively as ever,
supporting two sets of Hurdy Gurdies, SO
that if any of the Marysvile gents desire the
amusement of dancing, SEND them up, they
can have dancing to safety. More than one
of your citizens can testify to the "Intellectu-
6kty" of onr amusemeRts, one who has oecu-
pied high seat in the gift of your municipal
ity, once attended meeting of our Lyceum,
and was vastly edited by discourse on the
Substitution of Goats for Oxen, as an arti-
Gle for Food among the Mining Population.
My last epistle to you was criticized and
ventilated Through the columns of one of
your eotemporaries,) by the distinguished
and very select Timothy Tugmutton," who
read me letter on Ethics and Polite Be-
havior. The youth is still in our midst and
another lesson from hiaa, might prove in.
estimable benefit in reforming my rough dis
position @ E***