Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-09
Letter From Nevada.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
VIRGINIA CITY, NEv.
Oct. 2Sth, 1867.

L.
VIRGINIA CITY, NEv.
Oct. 2Sth, 1867.
EDITOR CHRONICLE We are still enjoy
ing lovely weather on this side of the noun
tains. 1t is neither too cold nor too hot !;
too this nor too that-but just right. The
general health of the city and country around
is good; indeed, practicing physicians COM
plain very much of the continued good
health, and were it not for the frequent &C.
cidents occurring in the mines, they would
be compelled to emigrate or seek other pur-
suits. The past season having been one of
general success in all branches of business,
the counting, wooing and wedding. has been
greatly neglected. Very few willing hearts
have been spliced during the past year.
Money making and the universal suffrage"
questions seem to have absorbed everything
else. and the men are deserving of much
censure for devoting all their time to these
latter idols and allowing so great a number
of fair forms to journey on through life alone,
by so doing wilfully and knowingly violating
ladies, grass widows and widows in fact, are
becoming very indignant, differing somewhat
on the universal suffrage" but agreeing
that if this universal suffering of remain
ing single continues much longer, they will
segregate from hereabouts and seek a more
congenial climate. Divorce suits are of rare
occurrence lately, arising from the fact, no
doubt, that married folks have been so bu-
SLY engaged in making money that they had
no time to devote to divorces, disposing of
the many little vexations incident to married
life, would, l suppose, when differing in
opinion, take a knock down or two, take a
glass of wine or cocktail, shake hands,
and go on their way rejoicing, dispensing for
the present with the hitherto popular sudden
resort to application for divorce. l rather
of faces and pulling of hair is sort of pu-
gilistic exercise and calculated to benefit
health, and after the storm abates, the at
tachment will be more deeply rooted than
ever. Far better than obtaining a divorce,
leaving each to wander and fall in the pit by
the way side, finally falling into depravity
and buried at the expense of the county or
city.
POLITICS IN NEVADA MUCH EXERCISED.
+1o c.l,a IL al,
have taken place IN different States, during
the past two months. politics have been
pretty thoroughly discussed, and many con-
ficting conclusions have been arrived at.
The Enterprise, published here, the favorite,
and by far the largest and most extensively
circulated, has launched out its banner,
plainly pointed in unmistakable language,
that universal manhood suffrage" must and
will be the verdict of the people of this State
at the general election in November, 1868,
being followed by nearly all the papers in
the State, entertaining the same views as the
Enterprise, on the great issue now before the
American people. Recently, however, sew
eral of the outside papers, the Virginia
Tresposs and Gold Hill Ne,cs, have become
convinced that, to force suffrage" upon the
greatly endanger the success of the party,
not favoring the propriety of discussing or
advocating a question so certain to prove
fatal to the party. The Enterprise persists
in saying that the great battle approaching
must be fought on the broad principle of
equal rights to all mankind
Charley De Long, the tender-footed Re-
publican candidate of long endurance and
almost unforbearable anxiety, has no opinion
for the public in the premises, at present, at
least, reserving his great little views for
future consideration. aiming to stand on the
broad platform containing the largest num-
Der of voters. The Republican party in this
State is far from being united-and if the
suffrage" question is insisted upon, defeat
will surely be its portion.
The Democrats feel greatly elated over
their coming prospects, and were an election
held one month from to-day, Nevada would
give Democratic majority of 1000. have
heard many leading Republicans admit the
fact, that the long continued loyal and pa
triotic little Nevada was in danger-fearing
the next vote taken it would pass into the
hands of the opposition.
1 give the political condition of Nevada as
a matter of fact, not desiring to favor either
party. lest might be charged with giving
prejudiced view of the chances of either.
NEw DEMOCRATIC ORGAN.
Rumor has been current in this city for
sometime past that a first-class paper would
So n be started here, as an exponent of the
Democratic party. l have heard nothing d.
rectly relative to the new organ referred to,
that l consider reliable. Undoubtedly one
will be started during the coming twelve
months; but when and by whom is more
than am able to say at present.
ABOUT OLD RESIDENTS OF cALAvERAs.
People are generally pleased to hear of old
acquaintances. Recently it has been my good
fortune to meet with numerous old Gala
verasites in this city. Of those remember
meeting and hearing of are:
VIM. krouse, m erchant of this city, for-
merly of Vallecito) is engaged in selling
general merchandise and making money
rapidly.
]. D. Gray. formerly Postmaster in Vale
cito, now owns and occupies the Four Mile
House on the Ophir Grade, leading to