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Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27
SheriH's Sale.

DY virtue Of an execution issued out Of the
ID Clerks Office of the Hon. District Court Of
the 18th Judicial District, in and for Fl Dorado
County, on Judgment rendered on the 9Sth day Of
February, 1855. in favor Of A. B. Scott, G. n. Ad-
ans, John Wilson, C. J. Garland, and z. W. Baus-
man, and against Peter FELTON,, Henry Hasa, ct
al, for the sum of One Hundred and Twelve and
lO-lOO (Sll2 10y Dollars, costs Of suit and accru-
ing costs, l have levied upon and will expose 70
public sale, at the Court House in the City Of PA
ceryille, on the 10Th day Of March, A. D. 1885, at
10 O'Clock A. Nj, all the right, title, interest and
claim Of the Said Peter FELTON,, Henry Hasa ct al.
Of, In and to the following described property, IT,
ing and being in Diamond Springs Township, u
Dorado County and State Of California, to wit: A
certain shed or frame building, situated about 500
yards south Of the old road leading from Diamond
Springs to Tiger Lily Mill, and about the same dis
lance from the residence Of II. Rhodes on Q line
running west Of south, said building being on or
near the Uncle Sam Quartz Co.'S Lode, and used
a. Quarts Mill, being owned and occupied BY Said
defendants also, two arastras in said building to-
gtther with the sheds attached TO said building,
and, also, all the fixtures and improvements be-
longing thereto, also, the ground on which the
same stands together with all the improvements
thereon.
Sheriff . Once, PlAcerville, February 9Th, AID.
1855. 4. B0GARDCb,
Sheriff Of FL Dorado Co., CAL,
LtSl By L. D. HoPKsNs, Deputy.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27
msuaoval Of she County seat.

The consideration Of the Ell Dorado
Oounty Seat question has been postponed
b tie Assembly to next Monday. We
ere 0smly Of the conviction that genuine
DSm0cEatic principle-the principle that
allOWs communities to control their own
sGhigs when by 90 doing no law is bro
ksn, no violence is done the constitution,
- injury inflicted on another community
the principle that tho PEOPLE shall
Ranags their domestic affairs, will pre-
vail with the members OF that body, and
Er. Buel's substitute will be consigned to
% the "tomb of the Capulcts. The
members Of the Assembly will remem'
Der that little over a year ago an over
whslming majority of the people Of the
county decided that Placcrvillc should be
TIE scat Of justice; that the frauds ofthe
agents Of Celoma thwarted their dcciS-
ion, and that the Legislature, while these
frauds were fresh in their memory and
blot and disgrace to our free institutions,
INDICATED the outraged voters Of the
county by declaring Placervile the coun.
y seat, and they will do with Mr.. Buel's
substitute as the people would have done
with its author had he not been pledged
against the agitation Of the question at
issue - defeat it. Mr.. Buels excuse for
presenting his substitute, - Mr.. Lees
6ill) does credit neither to his head nor
heart. It's an old and homely but, new
theless, true saying, that 1.-TWO wrongs
never made a right" And we will ven.
ture the assertion that Mr.. Bucl is the on
" sensible man in the House who thinks
that the agitation Of the question Of re-
moval Of our county scat BY another men,
Der absolvcs him from the pledge Ito OPP
pose its agitation. " But, now, he has
not even that excuse. Mr. Lee himself
has reported in favor of indefinitely post
poning his bill. With his only reason for
agitation gone-deprived Of even an ex-
cuse for urging his measure on the AS
sembly, will he persist! If-as he as
surcd US in San Francisco a short time
since he would do he c0nscieatiouSly
performs his duty towards the people Of
Placerville, ignoring unt founded prejudice
he will not persist, but vote against the
substitute himself.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27
Ovsr-RSaGmatsa lgSm.

The following truthful article we clip
from the Trinity Journal. We commend
1t to some Of our whilOm political lead
erS" whom lack Of capacity and moral
wOrtb,-Ot every quality Of head and
heart that would endear man to an hon.
est and intelligent people has laid on the
shelf 1t may console them. There is
another class Of nen-men of fair INTEL
lect and requirements, but lacking in
moral honesty, who even at this late day,
by loud professions Ofpatriotism and dis.
Interested motives, succeed in obtaining
position TO these, also, we commend
the article, with the assurance that the
people of California will place their seal
Of condemnation upon them at no distant
day, and permit them to retire to private
life and merited Obscurity. In our apinion,
the time is not far distant when honesty
in politicians will be deemed as indispen-
sible as it is in the business relations of
life, when a strictly consistent adherence
to principle will alone entitle aspirants to
the support Of their party; when a
broken pledge, dereliction of duty, will
irretrievably damn a public servant and
win for him the contempt of his country.
" California ia full Of over-esiimated men,
who took advantage Of the time, when others
Of greater capacity were intent ON their pur-
suits, 10 climb to eminence from which the
competition Of genius or talent would have
hurled them to inglorious prostration. All
professions have Of these halfbaked mud
gods; they are found in legislative assemblies,
at the bar, ON the bench, behind the sacred
desk, in the medicine shop and at the tables
where editors write, burlesquing statesmen,
betraying confidence, nisinterpretng law,
ing the public health and begl0Oming the COM
munity with the smoke Of gOnr-ont iapers.
But, one by one. they are falling from their
perch into Obscurity, like wOrn-Uut idols in
which the people find nothing more Of deity.
We could mention scores now, the tail ends of
oil professions, Topped off tor inutility. who
wriggled in the curly dawn and died in the
strengthening light. Political deClaimers RI
valling the great Roman, lawyers initiating
Burke in fer0cty of denunciation, judges per-
sonating the pr0fundity Of Story, and editors
welding the incendiary pen Of Marat-ns they
believed-all gone out, set aside, forgotten,
like machinery superseded by new invention.
They have failed in the Battle Of life, been dis
tanced in the race, irodden under the shoe Of
latent enterprise and ambition. Like noisy
brooks, fed BY no certain source, they have
run down to the level and lie in stugnant, use
less POOLS ;"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27
Sheriff SSale.

DY virtue Of an execution issued out Of the
ID Clerks Office Of the Hon. District Court Of
the 9Th Judicial District, in and for Sacramento
county, on a judgment rendered on the 9Th day vt
January A. ID. 1858, in favor Of George Waling-
ford and Z. Danford and against r. O'Brien Muir
ply for the sum of Forty Fight 2S-lOO (4+6 25l
Dollars, costs in Supreme Court, together with
the sum of One Hundred and Forty Three and
25 100 Dollars, costs Of suit and accruing costs. !
have levied upon and will expose to public sale, at
the Court House in the City Of rlaceTvile, on the
goth day of March, A. ID. lhi8, at 10 O'Clock AM,
all the right title and interest Of the said p OBJ.
Murphy, of, in and to the following described pro-
perty, lying and being in FL Dorado County and
Sta Of California, TO wit A Lot Of Ground en-
closed, containing about one acre, occupied ~ .
garden by Rice T. Co., and also house situated on
same also, 100 acres Of Land adjoining the sane
and known and claimed a. "Murphy's Raneh, /" all
lying and being on Irish Greek and Sailor Fiat,
about one half mile west from the town Of Peru,
FL Dorado County, California, and bounded ~ fol
lows: On the east by WHllingford & DanfOrd's
Ranch, on the west BY Goes Ranch, and on the
north and south by vacant land together with
the improvements thereon.
Sheritf's Once, Placervillc, February nth, A.
d. 1858. BOGARDUS,
Sheriff Of Ell Dorado Co., CAL,
ttSl BY W. J. BURwKLL, Under Sheriff.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

QUERY.-Werc San Francisco to offer
TO build State House and present it TO
the State on condition that law should
be passed declaring her the Scat of Gov
eminent, would the Legislature accept her
proposition and pass the laws3 Certainly
not "a majority Of the people of the
State would be outraged by such an Act.
So It Is with Ell Dorado County: The
people have chosen Placervilo for their
county seat and to remove it would be aS
great an outrage as to sell tho Capitol Q,
tie State to the hiahAst bidder!
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27
PETTIT's DRUG ST0RF

CHAS. d. PETIT has now in store, the larv.,, .
best selected stock Of Drugs, Paints. windos G."s
Pure Medicines. Fine Chemicals, and 0enuins y.
tent Medicines ever offered for sale in this City ana
desiring to increase his psesent large trade ana s
tend Il TO all parts Of Fl Dorado County, he inv..
the attention OF Country Dealers, Pbysicans 5sn,.
ers and Miners to his extensive and VafieS N,sc.s
ment, assuring them that he can sell all SSticeS n
er In the mountains. WAR
He has been engaged in his present Pushes, "a,
twelve years, is thoroughly acquainted with ItS DE-.
care, purchasers may rely with safety uDon Hn1r.s
and GENUINE. "NSH'
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

The Miners Drug Store. A. n. - \.
the Big Mortar Main street. h Sun,,I; Ign q
the best assorted and most extensiye ssN %hh
fresh. and pure Drugs and Incidence 'c o.
found in the mines. The patent D0o6;o.oe
sold at this establishment, are received S;nles:
from the manufacturers, and every psctS"S 3
warranted genuine, Perfumcry and ",has
tcles for the toilet all Of the choicest ounI; AZ
are sold at the Miners Drug Store lower NY
At any other house in the county. 1t is Sl.o
wei Supplied Sa; with paints oils window glass
see DIR. Jervey's advertisement in anothsr c"'
umn, or call at his establishment-thS, po wi.
beautiful and tastCfuly arranged drug stor" !"
the mountains-and see for yourselves. ~
beriDg that he keeps none but the best artciu:
and sells at the lowest prices. "''VS
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

In common with the people of the county,
we regret tn learn that JOIN G. EusrIs, Esq,
has resigned the Office Of county Superintendent
If Public instruction. He made most filth
full and efficient officer, and 80 discharged his
duties as to acquire the confidence and win the
praise of ell who had business with the office
He did very much towards systematizing the
echOnl interest Of the county. and had he con-
tinued In Office, we ure c"n6dent that The pub
lie would have been largely the gamers. Mr..
Eusts arrived In this county ia 1874. and since
then has, like most young men, experienced
those vcisitudes of life so inseparable from
California. But while struggling daily for e
subsistence, he commenced the study Of the
law, and has for several years mainly devoted
his time TO that profession, in manner cred
liable 10 himself and u, efGl to the community.
For energy aud determination of purpose, and
strict integrity of character no man among US
stands higher.
He mas established himself in Sacramento,
in the hope Of more Autobiography pursuing
his professional career. He leaves host Of
friends behind him-who sincerely wish him
God speed.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

A LANE DoDGE.-Wc are informed that
when Mr.. Galbraith said last summer
that he was opposed to removal Of the
County Seat, he meant ".from COIOmG."
That is what we call mental reservation,
with vengeance. If he will only reflect
tSat the County Seat was, at that time,
Placerville, he will discover that his dodge
is Q lame one.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27
Sheriff s Sale.

DY virtue Of an execution, issued out Of the
I'D Clerks Once Of the Hon. District Court 18th
Judicial District for FL Dorado County, on judy
ment rendered on the 18th day Of November A. d.
1851, in favor Of William Jones and against WIN.
AlverSOn, for the sum Of Four Hundred Twenty
Seven and Y5-lOO Dollars, with interest the cum
Of three hundred 6fty-two and 2O-lOO Dollar, At
the rate Of two per cent. per month"; from the 3S4h
day Of November A. D. 1851, and on the Sum Of
twenty five and % 100 dollars at the rate Of ten
per cent. per annum, together with the sLm Of for
tyfour aud 1910 dollars, costs Of suit and aeeru
ing costs; have levied upon and seiSed and win
expose to public sale, at the Court House In Pa
cerville, the Goth day Of March, A. D. 1858, 1T
10 o'clock A. NJ, all the right, title, interest and
claim Of the said William AlVerSon Of, In and te
the following described property, lying and being
in the city Of Pacerville, County Of Fl Dorado and
State of California, 70 wit: certain lot or tract
Of land the east side Of Sacramento street. bOun
ded on the north BY the premises and residence Of
Seey, on the east BY Quarts street, on the south
by the premises Of the defendent, occupied - .
residence, and on the west by Sacramento street,
said premises being known ~ the "Grey Eagle
Stable, altogether with the Improvements there
on. z. BOGAkDU6,
Sheriff Of FL Dorado Co., Cal,
By L. B. HOPKINS, Deputy.
eheriE's Once, FlAcerville, February %. A. D.
lS50.-Ttsl
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

CASH IN THE TREASURY the close
of business on the 10th inst, tho funds
in the State Treasury amounted to $780,
1873 80; on Saturday, the goth, the sum
Of $l0,S7 46 was paid out, leaving a
balance on hand at the close Of business
on that day Of S430, 1887. The State
"crib" continues in plethoric condition,
Notwithstanding the extraordinary bleed
ing it is supposed to be subjected to du-
ring the session of the Legislature.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

MINERALS IN SoNoMA C0UXTY.-From an nr-
ticle in the Sonoma County journal Of last
Saturday it would appear that that county is
in some danger Of being classed among the
mining counties. The JOar"0I says: "Last
week we announced the discovery Of q rich
cinnabar deposit, in close proximity to this
town, and this week We are called upon to
chronicle the discovery Of equally important
mineral deposits, to wit: lead of copper ore,
and one Of either platinum or tellurium, which
Of the two we are unable TO say. Both of these
deposits are found in the same locality. The
specimens Of copper ore shown US are of ex-
ceeding richness-one Of them being, in fact,
nearly pure metal. The others, on being sub
jected to an assay, yielded about 40 per cent.
The rock containing the platinum, ortellurium,
which ever it may prove to be, we are told ap-
pears to predominant; there being immense
quantities of il in the locality iron, which these
specimens were taken. The location of these
depoiits, We are informed, is also within q
short distance Of PetOluma.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

DISCHARGED. - E. A. Rowe, who has
been confined on the prison brig at Sac.
ramento, for over a year, for refusing to
answer certain questions in the Bates
case. having answered the questions to the
satisfaction of the Court, was discharged
on Monday last, by the order Of Judge
Robinson. He is said to have attended
ball on the evening of his discharge, and
appeared as gay as bird on the wing.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

How IS TH-The bed Of Hangtown
Creek. beneath our windows, has not
been disturbed by the pick or shovel Of
the miner for three months or morel -
What is the reason, - will it no longer
pay? It has been worked at least twice
a year since our " first appearance "hcre
in the fall Of 1850 and should it remain
unclaimed by the miner much longer, we
will begin to think that our population are
getting either too rich or too proud to
work.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

CHE1AP ToHEI9
THE WORKING MANS RRIRNDl
LIE challenges one and ell 70 come down 70 he
Ii prices. He 10 bound TO sell
Is Per Cent. Cheaper
Than any other Store outside Of San Francisco.
He has just received, per Clipper "Fioga Temple,
Q large assortment OF
.LA.NAAAhGt- u FURNISHING GOODS;
BOOTS AND Shoes
HATS AND CAPS;
YANKEE NOT1ONs3
TOBACCO; sEGAHs. ETC.
COME ONE AND ALL and give .us . can before
you purchase elsewhere. II We can't suit you, Vhs
cam
one PriCe ana mo- DevtatlOMS TIA s0,
Y0u Bett
REMISH 3 ELLIS,
Original Cheap Johns, Main IT,, eppOsils he OF
RaosTVdlO, October 9dAh. 1867.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

SPANISH FLAr.-A gentleman who re-
sides at Spanish Flat, informs US that
the miners in that vicinity are doing re.
munerative business. The average wages
made are from four to six dollars per day,
while some "lucky cusses " are making
az high as twelve dollars per day
These diggingS are supplied with water
by the Pilot and Rock Creek Canal. The
miners at Kelsey and American Flat,
Irish Creek, Dutch Creek, and other
points in that vicinity, are doing equal
" as well.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

SUIT DISMISSED. - We learn from the
Amador Sentinel, Of Saturday last, that
q suit which had | cen instituted against
that paper for alleged libel, by Rev. Mr..
Cool, has been dismissed. The Sentinel
saws that the cause which led to the dis
miSsal of the suit was plentiful luck Of
filthy lucre to carry it on" on the part of
the plaintiff We would recommend to
our friend of the Sentinel the cultivation
of q virtue which, in his remarks on the
Rev. gentleman, he seems to have forgot
ten,-cHARlTY. Why not attribute the
withdrawal of the suit to better motive
the discovery that he had been mista.
ken or deceived in the matter,-bearing
in mind that the plaintiff is "moral
cuss D." and presumed to be beyond the in
fluence of "f1lthy lucre. "
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

MOUNTAIN ROAD. - The Scott Valley
people, says the Trinity Journal, have
fund Ot $4,000 which they intend to ap-
propriate towards the opening Of a wag-
on road to the Sacramento Valley. The
Journal recommends them tn expend It
in opening q road over Scott Mountain to
Trinity Centre, leaving the people Of Trim
ity to complete it from that point to Wea'
YorXillA.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

"IN FULL REoALIA. We zee II sta
ted that at late Masonic Festival the
wives and daughters of the Fraternity
appeared 'in full rCgalia." We should
liked to have been there to see 1t. We
are at q loss to know what the ''full rega-
lie" looked like. Will some one who
knows inform usP
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

DR.. L. j. CzapkRy..-In another column =,
this paper will be found the advertisement Of X =
CZAPKAY. The Doctors testimonials are Of sucht:
character - TO justify " In commencing him 20 pu
lie consideration ~ gentleman and phyalcIan Sna
one Who 10 In every way qualified for the faithful ns,
Torrance Of his promises VII
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27
Prof d. w. Raenhart will deliver an adj

Prof g. w. Raenhart will deliver an adj
dress on the subject Of Temperance at
the Court House In this city, on Tuesday
evening next. Mr.. Raenhart has obtain
ed an enviabIe eel, brity as q public lee.
turer throughout the State Of California,
as we'll as the Atlantic Stairs, and VIC
would recommend our citizens to improve
the prOffersd opportunity Of enjoying an
intellectual treat.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

A New PoLIrIcAL MovE.-There is project
on foot, says the Nevada Den~crGt, 10 get up
secret political society in this State, for the
purpose of furthering the cause Of Black Re-
publicanism. We have not heard of its being
inaugurated in any Of the older States, but sup
pose 1t will find its way there. We suppose it
to be California bOntIing, and caution the
Democracy to beware Of it. We presume the
agents of the trap will soon be around institu-
ting lodges. and "laying the ropes" for the
next campaign. We are not at liberty, at this
time, to more than allude to this matter, but
will endeavor to get, as soon as possible, such
information as will warrant Us in making q
complete exposure Of the neiariOus designs Of
our Black Republican friends.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

SMITH's FLAT.-Some of the best paying
claims in the mines Of California, ore located at
Smiths Flat, some three miles above this city.
We do not know who was the lucky man that
first struck " big pay" on the Flat but we re-
member that in ihe winter Of 52 some very
rich surface diggings were found there. and
many Of our citizens fastened to take up claims,
anxious to become honest miners when the ORC
could be picked up on the SUFFICE. These sur.
face claims did not all pay largely and conse-
quently many Of the standing collar miners de
serted the diggings they had SO eagarly staked
of and trenched around, making room for o
harder and more laborious population. This
second set of miners, after working the surface
diggings, concluded that they would try the
hills that so beautifully surround the Flat
thinking the gold they had already found had
originally been placed on deposit within their
slate bound circumference, and had found its
way thence to the Flat. Acting on this suppo.
sition, many tunnels were driven into the bills.
and, although oil have not proved productive,
several have richly rewarded their industrious
and persevering proprietore for the labor spent
upon them Several Of these tunnels, the
Fremont. Hook and Ladder, Native American,
Henry Clay, &C., nre, as we said above, among
the best paying claims in the State, and recent
discoveries have been made which 60 far to
prove that the "richest spot" in the bill has
not yet been found.
When we first visited the Flat, there were
but few miners camps upon it;-now, the
scene has changed: Neatly built and comfort
able cottages are scattered over il, giving an
dir of cheerfulness to the view and denoting
the presence of ''lovely woman" Some six
teen families reside there, and once week the
young folks get together and have Nh old.fash.
toned dancing party, without any Of that prim
straight-Iaced formality, that prevails in many
communities. All in all, Smiths Flat is one
Of the pcasantest villages in the county.
Should any Of our readers wish 10 visit the
Flat, they will find good accommodations with
our old friends Titus or Peipmeyer.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27

The following persons were convicted and
sentenced to the PeniIentiary, during the late
term of the Court Of Sessions Of Tu0lumne
county: Charles Coffee, grand larceny, three
years; J. N. Gomez. assault with intent n
commit rape, three years; VIM. Gresu. grand
larceny three years.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-27
WAsuNcroN's Brnru.DAY.-The ann

WAsBrNGToN's BIRru.DAY.-The ami
versary of the birthday Of ":hc Father
of his county," seems to have been
pretty generally observed throughout the
country. Here, in the evening, our
young folks generally participated in the
ball at the Cary House. TWAS thronged
with a gay and happy company. and ev-
erything went of with the greatest eclat