The weekly ledger., 1857-08-01
Democratic Meeting.

Democratic Meeting
1t is in contemplation to have great Dem
ocratic Mass Meeting at jackson August
18th. Our gallant and eloquent standard
barer, John b. Weller, T. II. Williams and
other speakers will be present Ample ar
rangements will be made, with the expecta-
ton that the Democracy of various precincts
will be present. Turn out, gentlemen; come
up to the meeting, and hear your next Gov
ernor make talk" Let us put the Demo
cratic ball in motion. Republicanism must
be defeated, and the final funeral rites Of
Know Nothingism must be duly celebrated
on election day. For these purposes the De
mocratic forces must be marshaled Come up
to the meeting Remember-at jackson,
August 18th, 1857.
VINO is TO ELECT Hm?-If we are to
take our friend Brother Crafford at his word.
he expects to be elected to the Assembly
Some of his X. n. supporters seem to think
he has a dead thing" Now the question
arises, how is he to be elected? Certainly
not without Democratic votes, for it is admit
ted that the Democracy are in the majority
in the county. What kind of a Democrat
would vote for Briggs? Certainly none but
some miserable political scalywag whose
Democracy is of the fshy kind r. NJ.
Briggs is the most bitter and unrelenting
Anti-Democrat.we ever knew Of He is the
very last man in California who ought to re-
ceive Democratic votes and it is the heighth
of nonsense to contend that he will receive
any considerable number of them Brother
Crafford will be most dsastrously defeated;
he has the remnant of Know NothngiSm in
his pocket, and he may have the fshy Dem
ocrats in the same position if he wants them
the genuine Democracy will clean him out
of his boots
CENTRAL CoMaIrrEE.-T Democratic
Central Committee held meeting on Mon
day last The proceedings are PUBLISHED
1t will be seen that Mr.. Mcintyre has been
chosen as the candidate for Superintendent
of Public Schools He is the present incum-
bent Of the Office, is fully competent and quail
i6ed, and attends strictly and industriously
to the duties which devolve upon him. He
is substantial citizen, and just the kind of a
man for the Office in question. He will be
elected The Committee meet again next
Monday. We understand that the County
Surveyor, James Masterson, Esq, has resign
cd, and the Committee will therefore have to
make a nomination to fill the vacancy.
THE SUPREME COURT AND TUE Treasury
Peter IL. Burnett one of the Justices of the
Supreme Court, and James l.. English, State
Treasurer, were appointed by the Governor
These Offices would therefore become vacant
after "the next general election" and hence
elections must take place Tor persons to fill
the Offices in question from the time of the elec-
tion until the first of January. The Conven-
tion having failed to attend to this, the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee have named
Messers. Burnett and English. They are
excellent men, and will of course be elected.
We have placed their names in the ticket.
SIcKNEss.--A disease which physicians
would probably designate influenza" is prev
alent in this part Of the country. Almost
every one you meet complains of bad cold.
1t is somewhat strange, as there is no appar-
ent cause why the disorder should be so gen.
eral. There has been no peculiar change in
the weather. From notices which have APP
peared in newspapers published in other parts
of the State, it seems that the sickness is not
confined to this locality.
DENIAL-It has been asserted on the
streets, and printed in letter to the Union,
that "the Democratic candidates in Amador
dare not take the stump against their oppo-
nents the K. N. candidates" This is false
the Democratic candidates dare do anything,
and are at al times ready and willing to de-
fend the faith, from the stump or otherwise.