Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-07-24
NOTES ON
PLAcsRyILLE, July Is, 1865.
Generates with Sena.
fOR N0nnnns -

walls" noticing the cottage residences on
| the side streets,I find that the through
rushing traveller has no opportunity to
observe the pr~ettiness, and withal, sub
stantial home-comfort of the place. The
residences of Mr.. Reynolds, of Swan
Tracey, McLane, Bee and many others
whose names I do not now recollect, but
whose dwelling places are pleasingly pic
tured in my mind-all these have about
them the air of convenience and beauty
which awaken even in an old pioneer
(heterodoxy) the sentiment of home-sick-
ness. And fruit! Talk not OF 1t until
you have visited this foot-hill village. In
the long summer season of this latitude,
every species of apple-fruit and berry are
brought forth in amazing abundance.
Out of the very deepsI can proclaim this
fact. \ few days ago Mr.. Reynolds in
vited me to taste" Of blackberries in
his garden. Such luscious disclosures
were made by lifting the under briars I!
And, unconsciously and very speedily we
had far surpassed positive wants Of appe-
lite. The supply on this border of one
garden seemed sufficient for the reasona-
Ole wants of the whole population. My
friend B. broke off q briar-limb Of about
a foot in length, on which there depended
hfty-four (54) berries, black as coal, and
every one Of most exquisite flavor. And
this was n sample of the under growth.
Peaches! Although in some portions Of
the town the spring frost dealt severely
with this fruit in blossom, / saw front
and back door orchards where the limbs
were stayed up on every side to prevent
breaking down under the enormous and
delicious burden. Apples! Mr.. Reynolds
has gratis which were put in last year, on
which 40 hearty little fellows crowd each
other with their chubby, putting cheeks.
There seems to be a very impudsnce OF
OVERLOOKING yield in the apple depart
ment. But let these all pass as extraor-
binary product Of a character with which
we were familiar when you and I lived
among our German forefathers in the State
of Pennsylvania. Here is the altogether
new wonder: Grapes! Grapes of all
kinds, trained and wild. Grapes that
grow like sweet-corn-well hoedi in a row,
and intractable for arbor-trailing. And
then, vines that take kindly to lattice
work, and plump their goblet clusters
from beneath their awning leaves-them-
selves c~ornucopia Of transcendent rich
ness-suggesting all Of luxurious plenty
to the eye, and then touching and thrilling
| the palate with n sensual excellence that
fully corresponds with the bounty it typi-
fes and the hope it excites. There can
be no question that localities on this
range, and enjoying this climate, will have
vineyards in all respects rivaling the pro-
ductiveness Of the lower coast regions Of
California.
GNoTE.-We have some clever friends
in Placerville among those named herein,
| and we Just wonder whether some of
them, on reading this, wouldn't send us a
box containing samples of this bully fruit :
Shouldn't wonder at seeing one at the ex-
press Office one Of these mornings.-ED.
News.
l find that PlacerviIle has not been as
much moved - as Artemus Ward
would say-as have Sacramento, and Ma
r~ysvillc, and Nevada City, and Downie-
vile. There are q great many "stand
bys." Here, for instance, is Col. Bee,
who built the first house in the neighbor-
hood, and who, while he is n Of the
most enterprising men I ever met, and q
k,;no,, 1.ox,a1a-1 h. nrofosa;on 10 Shor.
oughly domesticated on the northern
boundary of the town. No wonder there
is so much proverbial public spint in Pla-
c~erville. The leading citizens are mostly
old settlers in the place. They cooperate
with each other on old and well tried as
sociations.
This morning Placcrvillc is very lively.
There is a County Convention, and the
town is chuck full, estimating things By
bed and board accommodations. (And,
By the way, the Carey House is the best
hotel I ever struck outside of San Fran
cisco.) It is said that anti CONFESS Low
delegates rule the roost.
l propose to go back and say that Cali
f%ornia's only sober Senator" was here
a few days ago and made a talk. l heard
it. The Senator seemed to be much mad.
He said that a dastardly portion Of
the Press had detained him; and
be proceeded to justify himself as against
their defamation. He claimed, substan-
TALLY, that he passed the China Mail Bill
that his relations with President Lincoln
had always been pleasant ; that he was the
first one to cmphatically urge the making
of n preliminary railroad survey by the
Placerville route, and that he had always
been ready and was now prepared to do
all in his power to secure from the Gov
eminent for a Trans Montana road through
Placerville q subsidy, or series Of subsidies
equal to the bounty given the other Rail
road. He explicitly stated that he did MOI
believe the best route over the mountain;
had been selected and left the inference
that he considered the Placerville route,
the best route. In retort upon those who
had said that he had no influence with the
Departments at Washington, he stated thai
this was absolutely untrue with n Incl.
dental exception-which he afterwards
named privately. He declared that talk
ing was not his forte; but try him or
work, and he was fat. He said, substan.
TALLY, that if he did not equal or out-work
Colfax in his endeavors tor securing Gov.
ernmen, aid 10 the Placerville route, ht
would agree to be drummed out Of the
State to the same tunes that Colfax wa
drummed in. q heard several parties say
that the only sober Senator" was very
much yexed at the mnrtial-mugic r%eceDtion
Of Colfax s Co. 1t didn't seem reason
able that he should have been.) / had Q
little talk with CONFESS. He said he had
no hesitation in announcing that his only
Department enemy, was Fessenden, Of
Maine, who for a short time left the United
States Senate to take the Treasury port
folio. He explained how this enmity
came about. He credits Fessenden with
being a man of very great ability, cleal
and sharp as a debater, and generally
speaking. a man of generous action towart
an in debate, When Mr., Con-