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Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-01-23

II NOW ALL MEN, By these presents, that I.
N AARY HU0He, the TownshIp Of Mounta.n,
County Of II Dorado, and State Of California, avail
ing myself Of the benefit Of the Act passed April 12tA
1859, entitled IAN Act TO authOFss married. women
to transact business IN their own names - sole tTa.
ders," do hereby declare my intention to carry on
and transact the following described business In my
own name and on my own account ~ sole trader, In
the County Aforesaid; 10 VT: That Of Rsnching.
TeaminR, Raising and Buying and aelIlnG Stock and
Mining; and that will be individually responsible
for all debts contracted By In the Sad busIDesS-
And do declare, furthermore, that the capital In.
vested In said business does not exceed the sum Of
Five Thousand DOllars
In witness whereof. have hereunto Get my hand
aid seal, this Ninth Day Of January, A. .. 1858.
MARY MUGIAG, IL. 81
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-01-23

Ky Virtue Of the authority conferred on me, I viii
~ expose to public sale, on The Plaza n front Of
my ONCE Davis Roy's) IN PIaeervIlle, on Monday
he lst day Of February, 1858, Tire following deSoT.
oed property Tor taxes -the same having been re9.
uiary assessed and the owners thereof having failed
70 pay the kaXan tharann. n nh.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04
Shipbuilding Extraordinary.

1t is clear that ship-bnildng, says Punch.
is merely in its cradle The Yankees are dc.
termined not to be outstretched By the Lev
latham. We are informed that, in New York,
they are building a ship so tremendously
long, that there is no part Of the ocean suffic-
iently broad to enable it to turn. This diff
ticuty is to be obviated by the ship having
two weeels--one on the American end, the
other on the English. The passengers will
simply have to walk across. Long be-
fore you have time to stroll from one wheel
to the other, you will be at your journeys
end. There will be cabstands at various
points, for the convenience of those who can
not keep up with the speed of the vessel
An omnibus will also start at the com.
mencement of each trip. 1t guarantees to
reach the other extremity of the vessel pre-
cisely at the same time that the vessel touches
at the desired harbor For the accomoda
ton of pedestrians, persons going from Eng.
right hand side Of the vessel, whilst passen-
gers walking from American to the Euro
pean are directed to 60 on the left. There
are to be shops on both sides all the way
The mere rent Of these is expected to pay for
the outlay of the building. The ship is not
vet christened, bnt it is expected that, out Of
compliment to the Yankees, it will be called
tbs 'Stretcher"
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04
NUMBER 50.

Bay Company's charter. Mr.. Roebuck said
that the charter ought not to be renewed;
that the legal validity Of the exclusive rights
claimed by the Company under their charter
ought at once to be determined by process
of law, and that 80 much of the Territory
hitherto held by the Company as may be
needed for the purpose Of colonization ought
without delay to be resumed by the Govern
,nent; he asserts that he had in view the
building up in British North America of
great English lines of settlement from the
Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, which would
act as a colonial counterpoise to the i'm
mense and "overshadowing" national terrific.
lial power Of the United States The Cab.
net ministers assume in some measure the
same tone; Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton stating
that it was the desire of the Government to
make powerful military and naval stations
at Vancouver Island, and to own and control
commercial "viaduct" from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, into which the immense trade
of China and other Eastern countries would
fall
The proprietors Of the Eastern Steam
Navigation Company are in financial Difficult
ties, and acknowledged that the mammoth
steamer Great Eastern could not go to sea
for want Of cash. At a general meeting,
committee was appointed to report on the
subject Of sale of the mammoth ship.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04
From the Springfield Republican.
THE ESTRANGEMENT.

We have been friends together in the happy day
of yore,
We've spent together many hours that come agair
no more
And we meet as passing strangers, in the gay ant
heartless crowd
With dark averted faces, or with glances cold auf
proud;
There is no flush upon the cheek, no light within
the eye,
AS when in days forever gone, each knew the
other nigh.
On, wherefore should this anger cloud veil heart
and cheek and brow,
awe have been friends together-shall a light
word part us now"
We have been friends together, my hand has lain
in thine,
I've gazed into thy earnest eyes, and they have
answered mine;
Together in the twilight we have watched the
first star CLEAN,
And our hearts were blent together like the cur:
rents of stream.
On it was but little thing that turned our barks
Light, careless words that wounded, though they
came not from the heart:
And still at the same spiritshrne we both in Sc
cret bow:
"We have been friends together shall light
word part us now?"
Oh, look not down so sternly, with thy darkly
shadowed eyes!
do not need thine angercloud to darken lfe's
dark skies;
We have been friends together. let us be friends
again;
1t is not well to tread alone life's path of care
and pain
And as thou hopest at the last to gain glorious
heaven,
Forgive my wayward wandrings as thou wouldst
be forgiven;
Look kindly on me once again, as in the days of
We have been friends together shall we not be
friends once more?
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04
From th.
DODTAIL'S CREATPRlZEST
The Doomed Monarch,
OR THE FIEND CODFISHi
BY X. II. b. B1 AL.
CHAPTER |.

1t was III GIT, nowhere, and nowhere was as
daik as a bottle of ink in a bottle of pitch at
the bottom Of well, and forty four thousand
times darker than the concentrated darkness
of forty thousand midnishts, when upon a
throne of petrified turtle soup, stood the
mighty Gengulphus, monarch Of the Fe Fo
Fl Fun Islands, eating slice of buttered
bceswax, occasionally wetting his lips by
drinking tuidical wrought iron sheet anchors,
t1uke foremost.
Around him stood eighty,two thousand
nine hundred and eighty-seven and half
Courtiers!!
''Brng forth the whangdoodle and place
it on the bewgag' exclaimed he in terrific
voice, at the same time cutting off cour-
tiers head with the sharp edge of an llumi,
minated cotton bale.
CHAPTER II.
The whangdoode was placed upon the
hewgag-but before we 60 further, let us take
glance at the political state of America at
the date our story opens. We were involved
in war with Mexico, and Gen. Scott was
carrying our victorious flag through the halls
of the Monte-looscrs. General Washington,
commanding the home army had formed a
Junction with Christopher Columbus at Nau
VOC and defeated the combined forces of
England, France and Hndoostan in sangui-
nary retreat on the Bungtown heights. j.
c. Fremont, President of the United States,
had appointed James Buchanan Governor OF
Cape Cod; and Napoleon Bonaparte, as May
or Of Bunker Hill, assisted by Lieutenant
General Barney O'rwigger, of Ireland, was
preparing for descent upon the tories at
Cerro Gordo, whilst DR.. Jane, U. S. Surgeon,
was constructing strong fort at Cairo arm
ed with chain pump and one hundred Of
his Carmanative Basam.
Under these tremendous circumstances nc
wonder the men and women of the 10th cen
tury were highly intellectual, and generally
speaking, born when they were young.
Turn we again to our story.
CHAPTER III.
The whangdoodle was placed upon the
hewgag. Dismay and terror set upon the
countenances of the nobility. Lord De Moe
involuntarily clutched Prince Blowhushy
coattai, and the Countess of Fizfum disap
peared hystericaly within her hoops, willis
bold Count de Scratch, hitherto the braves
of the brave, threw himself at the foot o
the throne and elevated one leg as signal o
distress. But the mighty Gungulphus was un
moved. Drawing golden wire safety fus'
from his bosom, be was in the act of attach
ing one end of tito the whangdoode when
Oh! Horror Of horrors! He beheld in on
corner of the room his beloved Selleh lock
ed in the arms of Fee ii le Swash Bosky
Envoy Extraordinary from the Isle of Wight
CHAPTER Nv.
To say that Gengulphus was angry woul
be but an Indifferent statement Of the truth
He was in rage. He couldn't contain him
self, and consequently boiled over in tor
rents that formed puddles Of wrath at hi
feet He foamed, raved, ripped and tore
stamped, rolled, kicked and roared. At las
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04
seizing battering ram by the horns, he
made furious rush at the guilty pair.

oeeo'1FE f"r1 Uy Cne HOTHs, He
made furious rush at the guilty pair.
CHAPTER v.
"Die!" shrieked the Gengulphus, as he
twirled the fearful instrument above their
heads-but alas! in its swift descent it came
in contact with Baron de Boosey's pipe, and,
gancing at right angles, Glove asunder the
massive door leading to the Royal Menagerie!
Birthstone and torpedoes! Numbered Gengul-
phus-but he was too late. Ere he could
again raise the huge weapon, fierce demon,
ical like howl! ran through the rooms, and
the next moment an infuriated grizzly Cod
fish ran madly forth from the demolished
door and buried its deadly fangs in the seat
Of the mighty Gengulphus nexpressibles!
lie uttered sharp cry of pan-made one
desperate effort to shake off the monster
and then fell to the floor, as dead as June
bug in January.
CHAPTER VI.
But little more remains to be told Selleh
soon after the death of Gengulphus, stabbed
herself with bed wrench, and her paramour,
Fee tt lie Swash Bosky, becoming stricken
with remorse, buried himself in pot of por-
ter--heeIs up. The Counties Fitz Fun elop
ed with an Egyptian mummy, in good state
OF preservation, and the Count de Scratch,
having lost the whole of his fortune in play
ing "Simon says wig wag" with Lord Monzo,
he was forced to emigrate West, where be
enlisted as orderly sergeant to lime kiln,
and was shortly afterwards killed by the &C.
cidental bursting of a cabbaoe head.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04

PARDON DEHIED.-Governor Weller, yea
terday, refused to pardon John Roberts. l.
will be remembered that Roberts was con.
victed Of the murder Of bis partner, Mr.. vsn,
at Iowa Hill, in ''55, and that Gov. Jol nson
commuted his sentence to imprisonment for
life, = Sac Mereuyv Au1. 22d.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04
Sketch of q Gentleman.

Moderation, decorum and neatness distin-
guish the gentleman; he is at all times az
fable, difident, and studous to please.-In-
teligent and polite, his behavior is pleasant
and graceful. When he enters the dwelling
of an anterior, he endeavors to hide if posi-
bic, the difference between their rank in life;
ever willing to assist those around him, he
is neither unkind, naughty or overbearing.
In the mansions Of the great, the correct
ness of his mind induces him to bend to
etiquette, but not to stoop to adulation; cor
rect principle cautions him to avoid tho
gaming-table, inebrety, or any other foible
that could occasion him self-reproach
Pleased with the pleasures Of reflection, be
rejoices to see the gaeties of society, and is
fas;idious upon no point Of little import
appear only to be gentleman, and its shad-
ow will bring up you contempt; be gentle
man, and its honors will remain even after
you are dead.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04

Hard to catch "Old Jack Jones" in place
to high for him to slip. There had been a
heavy frost the night before, and some of the
knowing ones propbesied an entire failure Of
the wheat crop.
Il have got 100 acres" says Old Jack, that
I'll take 800 for"
"Done! I'll give it, and hand you the mon
ey in an hour" said Mitchell.
Before the expiration Of the hour negro
from the plantation reported the wheat un-
injured, and Mitchell advanced money in
hand.
"Thank you,' said Jones' when will
you take your wheat awayl"
"Take it away! Why as soon as it is ripe
mo you dop'ta You must cut it this
week. want to plow up that field and put
it in corn.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04

tive and its train, let them roll through at
the pace OF pedestrian or roll through with
the birds flight time, the idea is not, after
seeing the structure, in consideration 1t
has but one burden-itself. That borne, its
work is all done.
Four more of these tubes are to be laid
in this years work. It must be recolected
that it is only from May to November that
work can be done, for a Montreal Winter is
no time for up air outdoor employment
Twelve hundred men are employed Prep
arations for every department Of the work
would suffice for the energies of most COM
munities. To build in this deep rapid, Golfer
dams, in which working as securely as if in
a mountain shaft, the masonry is laid, is of
the most arduous undertakings. All manner
OF anchorage is necessary, and with these,
with great cribs and piles and whatever else
can bind and hold, the contest is unceasing.
If the pier will 60 up the river will 60 down,
and it is only the sure supremacy Of patient
perseverance, that brings these great masses
of clenched masonary to the surface. When
the foundation stones are once laid, six weeks
suffice for the construction of q pier. Men
work, steam works, and wheels and cylinder
will lift and tug and build when human arm
would weary and human heart fail
Great frame works Of solid timber are
temporarily built up, and on there the plates
are brought for the tubes and the rivetters
to do their work; no fragile scatfoIding
where there is constant limitation of the
labor by the insecurity, but firm floor is
made, and the clinging hammer swings clear
and full. The sides are put together in the
workshops on the shore, and the next tube
finds the proper arrangements, ready for
complete union with the one already placed.
Each tube weighs about three hundred tons,
and the span is 24O feet, the center ones to
be greater. Sixty feet above the water all
this iron work is suspended. 1t is said that
Stevenson saw an iron boat fall, and caught
by bow and stern, remain suspended, and
while he looked for its fracturing, it remain
ed entire, and this was to him tie origin of
the Tubular Bridge.-Men may come from
the Meniai to the St. Lawrence to see the
grandest display of this iron heart The
river Mr.. Ross has braved, has dangers, tbs
overcoming Of which will associate his name
with all that is eminent in engineering.
Beyond all that had expected to find of
the secured and strong, in the Victoria
Bridge resulted, and all this set in scenery
such as is framed within the Isle Of St. Hell
en- and all city and mountain, and river side
that the ST. Lawrence in beauty portrays
have given no colorng OF deneaion.
We saw it amid the gloom of storm; but
gloom or glitter, it has been one of those
acquain,anc,s with the result of art and labor
that teach inetfaceaby the lesson how much
of power the Creator has given to the Great
ure.
Finished-yes, even now, incomplete and
un6nished-the Victoria Bridge takes rank
as the noblest structure Of art this continent
has within it. Courier.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04
Direct Taxation.

OlTcCC AdXdLlOu.
1t is we'll known that many Southern men
are in favor of direct taxation to meet the
expenses of Government, instead of the pres
ent mode of raising revenue. They argue
that their portion Of the Confederacy is enor-
mously taxed, and quote from the reports
of the Secretary Of the Treasury to show
that the North has every advantage over the
South in this respect. If the figures are
correct, there is no escaping the conclusion
that the Southern States pay, in comparison
with the Northern States, an immense amount
to support the General Government. The
Secretary Of the Treasury, in reports for
1880, and 1845 and 1910, otctoo that the
whole amount Of duties from 1891 to June
80, l845, after deducting the drawbacks on
foreign merchandise imported to this coun-
try, was $o27,o5o,o79. And of this vast
sum The slaveholding States paid Sill, ,2OO,.
900, while the free States paid only $685.
e50O27. 1t will thus be seen that the South
paid into the Treasury $4O5, 5,349,973 more
than the North. But if each State had been
taxed according to its constitutional ratio of
representation, the North would have paid
the sum of $532,342,l7O, and the South
$397,707,9l7 instead of $7ll, 100000. This
simple presentation of facts is, in our estima-
tion, the strongest argument that could pos
sibly be used in favor of direct taxation. 1t
at once shows the inequality of the position
Of the South in the Union, and in the most
forcible manner presents her in the attitude
of newer of wood and drawer of water
We see no other mode of obviating this state
of affairs, whilst the South remains in the
Union, except by resort to direct taxation
Then the great burthen would be taken from
the Southern and placed upon the Northern
people; not, however, in the unjust proper
tion of the present state Of things but in {
just and legitimate ratio.
CharkestoWn Spirit of Jefferson.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-04

JACK PowERs.-A letter has been received
in San Francisco, says the Cull from the no
torious Jack Powers who is in the Apache
country having arrived at Guaymas in the
schooner Mary Z. Owens. He states that he
has discovered a "mountain Of silver" and
writes to be furnished with crow bars, picks
and arms. He confirms the statement that Au-
brey was shot with golden bullets and alleges
that he has some in his possession. He gives
a glowing description ofthe country, and pro-
nounces i far superior to California as .
mineral region. He recommends that a
pioneers 10 settling the section he is in and
subduing the Apaches He says he has
purchased the land of man in Ures, Sonora,
including the moutain, and wherever, he has
prospected he has found silver IN chunks, and
he considers himself wealthier than Roth
childs. Although we place no credit i'm his
statements concerning these discoveries 1t
would be strangei if the expatriation of des-
perado like Powers should result in exposing
to the world such unlimited wealth in Sonora.
WHALES AND MAcKEREL-On the 18th Of
August large hump back whale, says the
Santa Cruz Sentinel was captured in Mon
terey bay by the Portuguese whalers there
1t made "a barrels or $500 gallons of OIL
On the nth, the aforesaid wlalers had two
boats stove by another big hump back-no
lives lost. She same journal says that
the season for mackerel and smelt fishing has
now opened in Monterey bay. For the last
week mackerel and smelt have been taken in
large quantities near Monterey, and good
schooner with nets and curing materials,
could salt down any quantity desired for the
California markets.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-31
EDr.2E GOODS.

Q. a. BARRIERE 3 HER,
1870 Canal street, Touro Buildings.
Have hand very extensive and varied stock Of Staple and
Fancy Dry Goods which they would call the aerson
their friends and the public.
The ladies are particularly invited to inspect our
EmbroIderies.
| EMBROIDERED JACoEET COLLARS.
RICH :. SWISS
:. TULLE ;.
EMBROIDERED L. c. HANDKERGHIEFs.
RICH LACE !.
EMBROIDERED CAMBRIA SKIRTS
LADIES' LINEN CAMBRIA cHEMIsEs
!. EMBROIDERED 1. 9. HDKFs
COLLARS AND SETS.
EMBROIDERED JACoNET AND SWISS BANDS.
GDIPURE !.
beautiful assortment.
Black Real Thread LACE Wells, Round and Square.
j. J. POINTS, s5Oto $3.50
Black MoharLace POINTS.
EMBROIDERED TAFETA MANTELs
RICH EMBROIDERED VELVET CL0AKs.
CLOTH CL0AKS AND TALMAS
sHAWLs of every description
silks.
Our assortment is surpassed by none in city
hosiery
Ladies', Gentlemen's and Chdren,s-a great variety
Mourning Goods.
"a and 81 ALL WOOL BLACK DE LANES.
54to8.4 BLACK MERINos AND GAsHMEREs.
BLACK SATIN DE CHINE.
:. DRAP CHIETEN, BARPoURs.
E. PoPLINs, REPS, etc. etc.
=, ENGLISH GRAPE.
Housekeeping Goods.
ENGLISH AND FRENCH BED BLANKETS.
LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS
B0BBINET and MUSLIN MOSQUITO MEETINGS.
l0-4 to 1874 FRENCH and BARNsLEY LINEN SHEETINGs.
PILLOW CASE LINENS.
"A to 1874 TABLE COVERS some extra rich.
All Wool and silk and Wool CURTAIN DAMAsKs.
French, English and American FURNITURE PRINTS.
LINEN DAMAsKs, TABLE CLOTHS AND NAPKINS.
DIAPERS, CRASH, aud KITCHEN TowELING.
Planters
Are particularly invited to examine stock of PLANTA
TIoN GOODS, which comprises all the best makes of
LOWELLs,
DENNIS,
STRIPES,
FLANNELs,
APRON and FURNITURE CHECKS,
LINsEYs
PLAINS AND KERsEYs,
KENTUCKY JEANS,
BLANKETS
We particularly recommend
CrImea Blankets
for plantation use weighing from to Il pounds superior
10 any others.
The goods will be sold on liberal terms either
wholesaleor retail. DIS 2p5t
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aMas 0. NIXON BiihiAM ;. ANAAs
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TheOdO1' Damstger,
rs and $50 ROYAL Street, Corner of ST. PHILIP,
BRANCH STORE AT JULIUS DANzIGER's,
I25 RAMPANT Gate oirens) Street,
Has Just opened his NEW GOODS for the Christmas Holt.
days. received per steamship oahaTba Embroidered
Collars Sets Handkerchief Silks yeyets Ruban Ghiuoe
shawls Mantle shawIs,
SILK and WOOL PopLIN DRESSES at 81 80 with agreat
variety Of
New Style Prints,
Which will be sold at TEN CENTS PER YARD.
a. Country merchants will do well to examine prices
before purchasing elsewhere, az 2p6s