Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-15
Campo Seco Correspondence
CAMPo SEco, June Sth, 1856

CAMPo SECo, June Sth, 1867.
EDITOR CHRONICLE Il would like to make
few remarks about the County Convention,
Mokelumne Hill, and other subjects of less
note, and will be GLAD you will allow them
n space in your paper. In the first place l
have always heard that once at the Hill you
can never get away with any money, and
our delegation made ample preparation for
the occasion, and the first thing to do after
our arrival was to engage roolns-but we
had no use for them. l am satisfied frcm
what saw while there that the above state
ment is not correct, but must say from
what we had heard, that we little expected
to get away for at least two or three days.
AS for the Convention, it was decided sue
cess in the way Of dispatching the business
orderly and quickly, and the nominations
are the very best that could have been made
to give strength to the ticket IfeveTy man
of the party docs his duty as lie should at Or
from this time until election day, we will
bury the Democratic party, in Ca!averas
county so deep that it can never be resur-
rected again. Again, would remark, the
nominees of the Convention are the very best
of men, chosen from amongst the working
class Of people-just such men as the officers
of State and county should be. Just so long
as State or county is under the control of
political gamblers, we know that our taxes
will increase from year 20 year. The speech
es of candidates before the Convention were
good, particularly that of the young and gal
liant Capt. Hopkins, although he did not
meet with the success that he and his friends
anticipated we wish him better luck next
time. Well the business of the Convention
over, and very unexpectedly to US, we find
our delegation on the road home the same
evening; and it being moonlight no accident
befel Us on the road till we came to a dead
halt al D. w. Briant's, who keeps hotel on
the old Stockton road, 18th township, and
our halt was not for few minutes, but for
all night; we had jolly sood time, end re-
freshments of nearly all kinds, such as ovs-
ters. wine, ale, and little liquor, with ci-
gars; we did some tall electioneering, and
made numerous raids through Gcorsia. Now
there is an old saying that every man can't
keep u hotel, but D. W. Briant can. \
stranger travelling on the road could tell that
at the first sight Of the place The fine
buildings, and the Improvements surround
ing them, tell the manner Ct the man, and
any person or persons wishing to learn how
to keep a hotel to accommodate the public,
ought to take lessons from him. In my opin-
ion there is where the county scat should
have been moved to. Now, with an item or
two from Campo Seco. l will close my re-
marks. By special order from Headquarters,
Campo Seco Union Guard held an election,
on Saturday evening last, for the purpose of
electing officers for the ensuing year, when
the following named gentlemen were elected
commissioned officers; Captain. Hiram A.
Messenger; lst Lieutenant, Thos II. Peck :
I'd Lieutenant, John Lebar. The non-com-
missioned officers have not yet been appoint
Cd With those gentlemen at our head with
their experience and ability, we are bound
to be the best company in the county. That
part of our village known as Chinatown.
which was burnt down a few days ago, is
building up again rs fast lumber can be
had, but if they did not build we should not
miss them much. Yours,
FREEMAN.