The Placer herald., 1863-05-30
A RACY LETTER.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel, contains racy
letter from a correspondent in Virginia City,
evidently written before he had obtained the
desired number of "feet:"
"Virginia is high old place; in fact, it is
much like New York dandy-awful stuck
up; a mile and Il quarter nearer Heaven
than your beautiful little city of Santa Cruz.
The altitude is so great and the atmosphere
so oppressive that ones throat becomes dry
and parched Walking up the hills upon
which the city is built, makes one puff like a
a sick calf; and real hard work is out of the
question. During most of the season high
winds prevail from sunrise to sunset, and
from sunset to sunrise. The dust, mixed up
with rock which has become pulverized as
fine as -four by the constant passing of heavy
teams, has most insinuating way of get
ting acquainted with people
The water is 50 mean that it has been
ruled out of good society, the people having
unanimously declared that, though water
may answer occasionally, yet for cons tant
drink, give them something else.
The buildings are nearly all cheap one
story wooden affairs, built of rough boards
placed upright and battened There are a
few brick buildings, and Suppose there will
be more-when they are erected.
The people have all gone mad on "feet."
1t is feet in the morning, feet" all the
time. They have given up all amusements
except music--retaining that only because
it is feet" They may now and then lei,
fall word about the war, but it ends in
hoping that Hooker will perform some bril-
liant feat" An account of what occurred
in an eating house here the other day, will
place tins feet mania in a clear light. A well
known stock broker aud Spectator of this
city went into restaurant to take lunch.
lie took seat opposite successful pros
pector, who wore his hat on the side of his
head at angle of self relance-sure sign he
had "s,ruck it," Mr.. Stock-broker who
wore his hat on the back of his at an angle
of speculation, fancying he had a customer
before him, tried hard to throw tincture of
piety into his ugly phiz--a sure sign some
body was in danger of being cheated. Just
then the polite waiter comes round, and ask
cd "what will you have, sir!' Being com
pletely absorbed in specuations, Stock -brok-
er replied, feet" but amid the roars of
laughter that followed, he showed himself
master of his subject by cody remarking
that it was pigs feet he wanted just then.
Amidst all the hurry and breakneck chase
after turnpike material, it could not be ex-
pected that much attention would be paid to
the social ameneles of life. True now and
then, some gallant bean may be seen prom
enaling the hiI-sdes with a fair damseI-
leaning on his arm for support, and he pour
ING the "milfferous" strains of love into her
sunburnt ears!
What show has poor man? About as
much as Virginia specula,or has of going
to Heaven. Wages have already been cut
down; and there are so many seeking work
the monopoies talk of making another re-
duction. The work is killing the men. |
was told by a person who works in a quartz
mill, that he knew eleven men who were
salvatel in one day. 1t is fine thing for
monopolies to have rush of laborers. To
sum up, the work is unhealthy, the climate
despicabIe, living enormously high the
whiskey, like the citizens, nearly lightning,
and the water at least forty degrees worse
than the washings Of an apothecary shop"