The Placer herald., 1867-07-27
Colfax rrespondence.
CoLrAx, July 26tb, 1867.


ED1roRs HERALD:-My last communica'
tion seems to have made quite stir among
the Mongrels in our little community
They swear at Robin Rough for bis exposi-
tions, and then they swear at "Old Tweed"
for bis speech here; declaring be is trying to
kill off ",he party!" And taking it alto
gether they are in a wonderful stew.
My little bird reports that the Kentucky
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to smell large
sized defeat, and has gone down below to 20
a hunting after guile. Even the Railroad is
getting very much alarmed and has ordered
the trackmen to be prepared to attend tho
Gorbam meeting in Auburn ou the 3lst.
inst, so as to swell the crowd.
We have rich story on Spread Eagle
Norton up here. The story goes, that he
lately quartered on Alex. Upset, Of the Or.
leans Hotel, without letting Alec. know the
fact. Every morning the landlord found
bed tumbled, 80 he concluded one night he
would set up and watch. At late hour
along came Spread Eagle retiring to roost.
Alec. spotted bis man. On Monday evening
last, just before Norton was going to speak
Alec. presented his bill, with the information
if it was not paid he would get up in "meet.
ing" and read the account and state the
circumstances! You bet old Spread Eagle
rusted The bill was soon settled with
some of Gorbam's Chinese funds.
The Mongrel party have got pretty low
down when they are compelled TO employ
Norton, and the woman whipper Brown 10
stump for them. Dennis McCarty informs
n,e they only had 40 persons present at their
meeting in Auburn on Monday evening last
and that about one third of them were Dem.
ocrats. Auburn always was poor place
for political meetings, and should judge
the one Of Monday night last was about as
poor as was ever got up.
see Selkirk says in his issue Of Wednes.
day, that Spread Eagle and the woman
whipper had an audience Of 500 at Bath the
other evening. Now, when a man does lie
let him tell a good one.
The MongreI party is now something like
dying animal-it is gaping for breath. In
fact, as my friend, Judge Arnold would say
"disinlegration' has commenced. The beau
ty Of Mongreism in this County is shown
in the manner in which their candidates are
quarreliug among themselves. Recorder
AIy u" uds UeCoiHe 81 uISSuSteu tudl ue HAD
concluded to let the rest of the ticket 90 TO
the devil, and he is now working for Lyon
and nobody else. And then at least one
half of the ticket are down on Selkirk, ow.
ing to his slate making previous to the Mon
greI County Convention. Tutte has goue
back to bis home in Oakland, and will prob
ably remain there in disgust until the cleo
ton is over. lie may, however. crawl out
and make speech, but he is not disposed
to help Conness, Gorham 4 Co., and Selkirk
is afraid to ask him any questions upon that
point. Tweed, Norton, and woman whip.
per Brown will soon disgust the people with
their niggerism. hope they will travel the
whole county, and preach the nigger loud
and strong. 1t helps the Democracy every
lime. The fact is their light has gone out,
and they are cropping in the dark, and it is
amusing 10 hear the curses that they utter
against each other. They swear worse than
pirates, and wind up by cursiug the damned
nigger." lie appears to oe an elephant on
their hands, and it looks as if some Of them
would like to get rid of him, but be is the
mill stone about their necks who will yet
sink them to the bottom.
Russell sends me up word tLat his bank is
still in full tlast, and that he expects to fur
nish money to Corbam. BidweIl, lIaight,
jim Croffro,h, Hines and others to make
the canvass on. Yours hurriedlv,
RORIN ROJ1CH