Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-09-05
Lower Rich eulch Correspondence.
LOWER Rich GuLcH Sept. 1, 1868.

LOWER Rich GuLcH Sept. 1, 1868.
EDITOR CHRONICLE :-On the 3Oth of last
month. while indulging in siesta, my GUS
tom always in the afternoon. along comes
Puck. puck. Mr.. Editor, is my favorite
attendant sprite.) "How now, Puck. what's
the matters What means that melancholy
facet" He answered, "Hari Kari" "Puck,
thou hast been up to Bob Redmond's store
frolicking with kindred spirits till thou art
tight, for do you not know, stupidest of
spilits. that we are in the United States of
America. and not in Japan, and in the nine
teenth century to boot: go to-take nap
He persisted in maintaining the truth of his
assertion. and after some trouble gathered
from his incoherent words, that the place
was Redmonds store; time, that evening !;
victim, w. l.. Hopkins; witnesses, "Chap-
arral Confederacy" IN particular, and any
body else WHO was inquisitive enough to go.
Being inqusitive, went.
The sight was painful, to see this young
man who, until very lately. was so full of
Republican energy, and whose voice was ever
raised in behalf of the right. of truth, of JUS
tice, thus fall into the arms of the "Chapar-
raj Confederacy," committing political telo
de Sc thereby for It's but little more than
year ago. that on tie stump and in conven-
ton (when he was candidate for the nom-
ination of District Attorney he dealt such
sledge- hammer blows at confederates in gen.
eral and Northern Democrats in particular.
But now, o tempora, o mores. He killed
himself with the niger; the niger was every
wherein the constitution and out of it !;
before the war, through the war, and into
reconstruction; the negro was issuing from
every pore, with profuseness that was CO.
pious, even to redundancy. lis strange,
tits passing strange that one so young should
be SO tickle. had written thus far when I
heard breathing close to my shoulder, and
looking up. saw the twinkling eyes of that
mischievous spirit, Puck. 10 most wise
MASTER" said he, Il will tell you: Jeff.
Gatewood. the regular candidate of the
'Chaparral Confederacy' for District Attor-
ney, has left Calaveras and gone into the
fish business in San Diego. and the door is
now open for this young gentleman to en-
ter" He made me mad. 10 YOU wicked
spirit" said I, ''to insinuate that the Con-
federacy' would give this young man. who
has just now told them to their face, that he
helped to whip them out of their boots, the
position in their affections formerly held by
the consistent persistent, jovial epicurean
jeff! Be gone" He left me with an express
sion of pity on his face which seemed to say:
"You don't know anything"-and perhaps
don't.
l have to report in respect to the Palomo
mine. change in the superintendency. Mr..
Staples retires and Mr.. W. NJ. Gwin, Jr.,
takes his place. Mr.. Gwin is man of fine
attainments, in department perfect gentle
man, and evidently possesses administrative
abilities of the first order. A system of more
rigid economy will be pursued in the man
agement OF the mine than under the old re-
gime. From the level now being run from
the north shaft southerly. there is being TAX
en- ore of higher grade than the Paiomo
Mining Co. have extracted heretofore. In
the opinion of those best able to judge. the
further will strike the rich chimney known
to be at or near that locality; SO that by the
time the additional battery is erected and the
sulphuret works completed, there will. l
think, be returns from ore reduced at this
Hllue liidI Will cause ''urS. tettlcOaL TO
look to her laurels.
Nothing new from Alexander & Co. The
same old pounding is still going on; their
battery never stops. These gentlemen seem
to possess the peculiar faculty of knowing
what to do-and-doing it.
MIR. Smiths claim, below, seems to be in
somewhat of fix, but time, that straightens
everything, will doubtless, after while,
strai9hten out this.
The terrible catastrophe that occurred on
Saturday last by which Mr.. Mudgett suffered
a horrible death, has cast a gloom over the
whole community. Mr.. Mudgett, as man
and gentleman, was esteemed highly by
all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance
"a kind husband. loving father, sincere
friend, a man whose integrity and worth
was known to all. His untimcly death is
felt as great calamity.
The Grant and Colfax Club of this place
completed their organization on Monday the
3lst. The members of the Club intend to
keep the ball rolling until the Sd Of next
November, and will, without doubt, render
good account of themselves.
Yours, ARIEL.