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Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06

DR.. Batef late State Treasurer has returned to Shas
and resumed the practice ofhs profession. His pro-
rssional services cost the State pretty round
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-06
S. SILBERSTEIN.

TCcVVS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
STATIONERY. I, ...ERY, YANH"! NorI"!S
Fruits, MUS. Candles, Enc, Etc.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05
Taa,,,

Zach route has its advantages. but, prob.
ably, tue Nicaragua line would be generally
preferred "a was shown when the former
route wss in operation by the number OF
passengers taking this line. The Nicaragua
,rarsi, IS made by taxing the steamboat a,
Sau Juan, thc Atlantic pori OF the route
aud proccci.ng up the San Juan river uinc.
" miles. then across Lake Nicaragua 10
miles River Tipitaps, l. miles; Lake Ma
uagua or Len. 5S miles II N Lake Mana
qua 10 Realcjo, 10 niles, total, BOB mlies.
The height Of the various axes 20 bc passed
ard the elevations Of Anl are a. follows
heigh, OF Lake Nicaragua. IL, feet, inch
a. above Atlantic, ! p ie,t, 3 inchc; above
raclac heiga, ol LAKE Mauagaa. 40 feet
) lnchys above A,.2l;c, 80 ieyt 4 inches
above Pacific highest point Of land 10 hc
passed. e3l se; ! ! i1ches above Atlantic.
all seet 3 inches above Pacifc Lake Me
ara ,aa itself has d,ep water Throughout. AMI
; Adapted tor ,a.ps OF ihe .asg,si bGH.sg.
II, ,..s,ancc bcIwtvg iht Southwestern
shore and he Gulf q Papa-ayo, on III
Pacific. - only - so tre, " Is 81 rli'es
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05
From Washington.

Corresp1nience q JheN y. Herald.
WASHINGTON. July %, ls5S.-The Pres.
idential succession engages much more of
the attention OF the Democratic aspirants.
here and elsewhere, than the MASSES OF the
party can have any notion Of. The Union
continues 10 pour its hot sho, into Douglas,
notwithstanding his defeat must be the de-
feat OF the Illinois Democratic party. Bu,
there is little firm here for the Presidency.
consisting OF Senator Slidell, of Louisi na
and Senator Bright Of Indiana. who are de,
terminei, at all hazards. 10 bring Douglas
to the block. because he and his friends
stand in the way OF Messrs. Sidcll and
Bright, between whom it is agreed that Sl-
dell shall be the Democratic candidate in
60 for President and Bright for Vice
President. These are the men that are egg
ing on the tsIon. As for the President, he
il disposed to lct Douglas have his wish in
letting him fight out his battle withou, in
terruption. Que way or the other.
GA the other hand, Governor Wise is in
the same boat with Douglas, and the Rich.
monl Enquirer j. therefore working for
the Iittls Giant like a HEAVIER. which will
make. by and by. very pretty kettle OF
tieh of the Virginia democracy tor the
Hunter men. when the time comes, will
move heavsn and earth 10 get Wise under
the hatches. You will also perceive that
while some OF the more Southern fire eaters
are perfectly ferocioas against Douglas. 9th
ers OF them are disposed to give him the
right hand Of fellowship ior l-60. so that
you will perceive that the Democratic Pres-
identlal wireworkers for lsGO are pretty
thoroughly mixed up, and in as beautiful a
state OF harmony as the plotting aud coun-
;e.plo,:.as factions Of the opposition
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05
Under the Stars.

I'M hot going to sentimentalize az out
stars in general, although if there is any
thing which should make poet OF dull
fellow, it should be the stars of our Mime
sofa sky. ! think that "day in and day
out, )" we have more blue sky in Minnesota
than they have anywhere else in the world.
We have it in larger masses, a larger aggre-
gate area of it, in the course OF the year,
than they have in New England in five
years. Another way Of saying what mean
is, that we have five cloudless days to their
one, and that they have five cloudy days to
our one.
And what is true Of our days is also true,
in greater degree, of our nights. Night,
which in eastern climates comes with gloom
and darkness, and is used by Poets as an
image of terror and despair, in Minnesota is
the apothcosis Of the day-it is day exalted,
purified, spiritualized.
To compare quantities again.
We have more stars and more moons, in
Minnesota, in one year than are spread over
New England decade. l observe that
strangers are struck with this.
Lieut. MAuRY pays the following hand
some tribute to our sky:
"At the small hours OF the night, at dewy
eve and early morn, have looked on with
wonder, love and admiration upon the steel
blue sky Of Minnesota, set with diamonds
and sparkling with briliants OF the purest
ray. The stiffness of your small hours is
sublime. feel constrained a. gaze and
admire to hold my breath lest the eloquent
silence OF the night should be broken by the
reverberations OF the sound, from the SEEM
ingly solid but airy vaults above.
lierschell has said that in Europe an a..
tronomer might consider himself favored, if
by patient watching of the skies for one
year, he shall during the period find, all
told, one hundred hours suitable tor satsiac-
tory observations. A telescope mounted
here in this atmosphere would have lis pow
ers increased many times over what they
would beunder canopies of heaven less bril-
liant and lively"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05
Huat,ng AZ Gen. Harney's Hsadquartsrs
Peril Of aa OMeeT.


Torres poniEace OF iae 81 In1s DfnocrA
BEYoSD FoRr kEARyEY, July 3.
Wolves were sen frequently during the
day, and just as we came on the camping
ground, large one was started. Gen. Har-
ney's greyhound caught sight Of him, pur.
sued him. overlook him-and never touched
q hair. Whether be was afraid Of the wolf,
or merely friendly TO the wolf, | am unable
TO say. This chase was hardly over, when
herd Of buffalo iseven or eight were dis
cerned about two miles off, Capt. Pleas
anton, Gen. Harney's aid, set out in pursuit
by himself, armed only with Colts pistol,
and had dangerous adventure. His pur.
pose was TO run the game towards the camp.
lie succeeded in driving them in the drec.
tion intended, when a body OF teamsters, de.
sirous Of witnessing the sport, came in sight.
The buffalo took fright and made for the
hills. The hunter pursued them, but he rode
q horse which had never seen buffalo, and
which was hard to manage besides. The
hunter singled out u bull, and shot him
twice, wounding him both times. by this
time he was quite close to him, on the verge
OF one Of those c!ayey precipices with which
the place abounds. The hunted animal sud-
denly stopped, stretching out his forelegs,
and wheeling upon them as upon pivot,
bringing himself face 10 face with his pur.
suers.
The horse was unmanageablc and
rushed on the bull. who set his horns to
meet the onset. The collision was fearful.
Pleasanton, conscious Of his situation, had
disengaged his feet from the stirrups, and
just AZ the shock took place, or perhaps a
moment sooner, sprung upon the back OF the
bull, from which he rolled down the preci.
plce. The horse having been gored in the
breast and belly, died instantly. The bull
next charged the dismounted rider, but two
more bullets from the revolver persuaded
him to alter his course. Capt. Pleasanton,
am rejoiced TO say, received no personal
injury. lie took the affair very coolly, un-
buckled the girths of the slaughtered steed,
slung the saddle and acoutrcments across his
shoulder, and carried them into the camp.
No 0rreador or matador in the Spanish cir.
Gus could have more formidable antagO-
mist or narrower escape. The sport OF
buffalo hunting is now fairly initiated. Capt.
Hitchcock, with the guide, chased another
herd for miles. The Captain succeeded in
lodging bullet from the new burnside rita
in one Of them, and the guide hit another
but it was so late they had to turn from the
pursuit before running them down. The
buffalo has such great vitality that he runs
for miles after being mortally wounded. No
shot, unless it penetrates the heart, brings
him to the ground ut once.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05
Sew Direction for Tourists.

Apropos of what we have said in another
column, with a view to give fashionable
travel more practical and sensible tendency
than heretofore. We find the following in the
New York Herald
As it is opened up for travellers and yet.
tiers, we shall find some adventurous spirits
taking the lead in pleasure excursions across
the plains to the Great Basin. 1t has al
ready become fashionable among the young
men Of England to make the tour Of the
States, instead Of going TO the Continent
and some OF the more daring of them have
hunted the butlaloes and skirmished with the
Indians upon their own prairies. We hear
that the scions Of the noble houses of Cav
endish. SALISBURY and Grosvenor, who are
now on a tour through this country, con.
template making the excursion to the plains,
and the time will undoubtedly soon arrive
when the whole fashionable world will de-
sire to follow in the track OF Fremont and
Carson. Already our pleasure seekers are
beginning to tire Of the same round of travel
and the same faces year alter year, and to
pine for something new. The yachtsmen,
who were formerly satisfied with harbor and
river sailing, now begin to enlarge their
cruises, running down in the winter to the
Virginia Capes or the Havana, and in the
summer dashing away to the northward
along the Atlantic coast to the sandy shores
Of Massachusetts, or the wooded inlets of
Maine. The time will come when travellers
by land will avoid Saratoga, Lake George,
the White Mountains or the Catskills, and
fit themselves out for journey to the Rocky
Mountains and back"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05

Judgment. ard Of high character The
thing is yet bat an experiment. but there Is
evidenly good reason to believe it will be
successfui They advise no on 10 come
singlehansled, but in organized companies,
with capital sufficient to build siuices, dams,
&c, &c.
One mile below the Oronoco Companys
IL "Whipple's Claim" which, from appear.
aIces, is richer ia gold dust than the other
Here also, sluice and tom are being con-
structsd. Many men are prospecting here
and still further below, with good success.
An examination OF the bars and the bed
Of the streams, disclosed that large por
ton Of them is composed OF fragments Of
quartz, much Of it decayed, and lava like
stone containing larger proportion Of iron,
which had evidently been melted which
rock has undoubtedly come from the same
source as the gold dust. This put me in
mind that | had frequently seen the same
before 10 Minnesota in the beds OF the
streams, and even on the tops Of the bluffs,
sometimes in great heaps. This broken
quartz, &c, must have drifted into this
country 10 a former age, when Minnesota
was vast sea, and the gold dust was prob
ably contained in the quartz, which decay
ing has released il. That is the only ex.
planation am now able to give
Last night We had the heaviest rains
ever knew, which have unfortunately raised
the Zambro to an almost unprecedented
height. The miners were lodged in tents
and temporary shanties, and got up this
morning, wet, cold and hungry, to see the
result of two weeks hard work, sluices,
dams, toms, lumber, &C., all aoated down
the stream. 1t was lugubrious sight
But the sun has come out warm and bright
their gloom has gone with the clouds with
a laugh and joke they are ready to com.
mence again as soon Us the water falls
Miner luck k--neyer mind.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05
Direct Trssfe from NJ. Paul To Liverpool.


Few persons have any conception Of the
commercial significance Of tbe situation Of
st. Paul at the head oi navigation on the
Mississippi. The impulse which recent
events have given to the extension Of colon
ization into the region northwest Of it--giye
II q practical value as a commercial outlet
for the New Northwest, which has al.
ready begun 10 DC iclt in the new direction
which has been given to the trade Of The
Hudson Bay Company. Instead OF toiling IN
canoes and barges up the old Superior aud
Hudson Bay routes, they have this year Ia
ken short cut 10 their posts on The Red
river via 81. Paul. Nearly the whole sup
plies Of the Red river settlements ard posts
Of the Hudsons Bay Co are now obtained
at, or at least pass through, st. Paul.
But We are apt to look too much to our
relations with New York, US the decisive
element In the importance Of our CONNER.
cial position. Hence the vane we attach
10 direct Railroad connection ,herewith--or,
at least with Lake Michigan or Superior,
whence an uninterrupted water communica.
ton connects US with the markets of the
world Undoubtedly, a Railroad To Supc-
rior would afford US the cheapest outlet in
the direction Of the great enporia Of At
lan,ic commerce. But at the same time
We arc apt to forget the mission of the mag.
niGcent stream which rolls It's noble volume
at our feet, and which brings us into direct
water communication, without the necessity
for q single transhipmcnt, with the Queen
City Of the Gulf-New Orleans. II Is per.
haps not generally known that some Of our
merchants import their supplies of European
wares directly from Europe, by the way Of
New Orleans and the Mississippi river and
prefer this mode Of direct importation
through this channel, even with the cost Of an
annual visit to Europe, to the expensive IN.
,ervention Of the New York importer aud
jobber.
RIcuARD MARvis, Esq, Of this city. an
extensive wholesale dealer in glass and crock
cry wares, and who imports his goods d.
rectly from Europe by this route, informs US
that tho whole cost Of transportation from
Liverpool to 1t. Paul by the way Of Missis
sippi, is scarcely greater than that Of tran.
shipment and charges from New York.
Commerce usually takes pretty good care Of
itself, and sooner or later il will be found
out that the Mississippi river was not made
for nothing, Us lar, at least. "a the trade Of
81 Paul IL concerned.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05

THE Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger, writing under date of
July 20, says:
a voluminous report was made TO the
British Parliament, some time ago contain
ing full and very interesting information con-
cerning the geography, soil, climate and pro-
ducts OF the Hudsons Bay Companys Ter
rtories. That report has not found its way
to this country, except in one instance. a
copy of it is not to be found in the public
Libraries here, though it is document Of
great political Importance to American in
tercsts, especially at the present time. A
member Of Congress who had perused the
report, assured me that it gave him entirely
new views as to the importance OF the large
portion OF the continent which is embraced
in the limits Of the territories Of the Ilud-
sons Bay Company.
A copy Of the Parliamentary Report
above referred TO- was received in st. Paul
by Mr.J. W. TAYLOR, nearly two months
since, thaving been forwarded from London
through the ArrLEroSs) and was freely used
in the preparation Of the report upon the
Minnesota route to Frazer river,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05

star. He ha1nts your backyard and kiteh.
en-, and leaves the taint Of a fearful suspi.
cion on the sirioin which lay on the table.
Under IN audacious pretenee Of sanity, he
steals into your pirlor, and iicks, oh hor.
ros 4, fixes the print Of his deadly teeth On
the caressing hand Of your babe, and wbe's
his internal fAngs upon the hope OF your
house
You stumble upon him stretched at full
length, painting IN the shadow OF your door
way, and lolling out his tongue in terrible
warning, as you pass. The recoiling blood
knocks with shudder at your heart, as a
big bulLte rushes like swift bosom past
you, brushing your leg as he passes. The
touch burns you like the pang Of an adders
wound. Did be bite, There is dirt in the
spot Of contact See IL not that the mark
Of teeth? You pull up the leg Of your
troasers--you tear of the strings Of your
drawers. You thank Heaven the skin is
whole but are there dogs enough 10 kill
to atone for the horrible fear Of that mo
ment
Last week bleareyed, shaggy cur, my
mortal enemy, .Ieaped out at me from the door
Of shop, with iiippant, irate snap Of his
teeth, and sharp vindictive growl. Was
he mad T. | asked his master, when he, too,
showed his teeth. Not, mad, say you but
how do know IL And be will not bite,
say you but how do know that? You
will vouch that he Il very respectable dog,
no doubt, Of kindly nature, erring only in
excess Of vigilance.
But dog is u dog, | take It, and has
teeth therefore have vowed the death Of
that dog to Sirius and determination to all
his tribe. devote him and his kind TO ia-
discriminate slaughter. Spirits Of dead In
dians, give you celestial dogieast No
longer hunt for dlsembodied muskrats
through the swamps Of Elysian fields. de-
vote the incense Of canine holocaust to ap-
pease your names. Die then hounds, dog 8
death-and all that bark 20 with you
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05

We aro now on the dreadful brink Of the
canicular period. The lurid dogs squints
malevolcntly above the Southern horizon
with q crooked, bloodsho,, basilisk stare.
The CAMS MAJOR hangs in the sky like tho
urial dagger Of Macbcth-motioning TO fell
murder
"And on Ia blade and gudgeon gouts Of blood, "
Dripping IN luminous star drops.
zee chance of future slep in the red por
tent. ste deliyeraucc from tho tyranny Of
nocturnal ululation in the subtle poison Of
its barbed point--beat sharp upon the red
hot anvil OF the sun to pierce tho brains
and blast the monstrous progeny OF dogs
Howl, then, accurs,d race Of NANCY
whelps hay your last moon invoke the
aid OF all celestial influences aud all earthly
powers TO wrenk my fell ov,ngcs on you
Pour, . demon star thy eprous disti
ment into their ours ears venerable city
fathers. give them strychninc-- TO the
dogs devil with them all. for yilainous
pack OF hounds
have good reason for the impreca,on
| hate dogs-in dog-days---and love them
never, One hates what ono fears and |
confess 10 u mortal terror OF dogs--in the
present conjuncturc of the consultations |
have that uneasy ircling Of being at their
mcrcy-which makes man the mortal enemy
of raitlesnakes. | see hydrophobia am.
hushcd In their every whine. see incipient
madness cleaning from their balelul EYES,
Imminent. impending, diabolical teeth, set
IN keen, white rows and seething with ma
lignant virus, environ m like palisades Of
poisoned Per,h an spears, wherever go.
/ seem 10 live and drink water but by suffer.
ancc Of my neighbor's dog Actual mad.
nes--stark, Ioamiug explicit madness if
could but know where to meet il face 10
lace, in open combat, | should not fear. |
should pity the poor whelp and kill him.
Wha, hate Is not frank, undoubtei mad
ness, but the latent, lurking possibility OF
madness, which assumes all the lmmunities
OF innocent unconsciolsncss, w'lhcu, any Of
its securities; which depncates muszles
while it meiitaios bite Every dog whc
crosses your path in dog-days brings YOU
history to a crisis, and impairs your chancc
o! the mex, Presidential domination. Will
he is snaking familiarity about your hccI
aud nosing himself into the confidence
your moonligh, walks, he imposes upon yo'
the leariul contingency Of hydr"phooid
There Is nothing but your skin between yo
and u dogs death. lie follows you every
where, Us il he had special commission
execute upon your psrson, and involves 20
IN all the malignant fatalities Of his acendar
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05
The Atlantic and Paeih,---rhc Routes

The intercourse between the Atlantic ard
Pacific is increasing 80 rapidly, that it has
become a matter of interest to know not
only which is the bcst route, bat which is
the most available. The discovery of an
other Fl Dorado in the Frazer river region,
is calculated to impart 10 this subject still
greater importance. According to the New
York Courier the following are the distan-
90, l,, IN, yartnpa rn,,tas
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05

Tgs British Parliament has before i, a
bill to organize n Territorial Gowrnneni on
the Pacific cas,. between Russian posscs-
sions cn the north, and our Territory on the
south. by the name OF New Caledonia.
This incllaes all their poscssioos west Of the
Rocky Mountains, except Nanccuyer's Is
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05

Tux 18th Anniversary o; the srst settle
mcut Of Detroit. was celebrated on SATURDAY
las, with great rejoicing. Salrtes were
fired. bells rung, rrocssious l~rambula,ei
the city. AMI long historical adlrSS in
English was delivered by G. l. W,LSER.
followed by the delivery by r.. y. LAcRoiy
OF an address in French.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05

IHs telegraph reports from Washington
tha, there s good reason 10 believe that the
United States is in fair way 10 purchase
Cuba, The information Is said TO be de-
rived rom an "unques,ioned sourr" II ii
car be fairly purcbasNi, even a, a high
price. We are in favor of IL.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-08-05
ccs by the various routes

The several transit distances, and the tota
distances from New York to san Francisco
are shown Nv the following table
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-01-16
7 Ell5 2zI5W wv lsE co u R1tz r.

LEcrURINo. .--Parson Brownlow, of the
Knoxville lEhig, is to deliycr lecture on
slavery ja Memphis, tonight. He purposes
making q locturing tour first through the
Southern cities, and thence to the North,
whore ho will enlightcn the abolitionists
about our institutions, IIcis just tho man
!. to undertake such a Gthanklcss t,tsk-blesscd
with dauntless energy and the frmestfaitb
in the progress of his belief, as he is.
An OLD EpIroR.--Tho venerable Phincas
Allen, of the Pittsfcld Sun, has probably
been connected with one paper longer than
any other editor in the country. He estab-
lishod the Sun in 1900 as a democratic paper,
and still pursues "thc even tenor fhis way"
He is over eighty years of age.
SALTPETRE WILL BxPLoDE.-This asser-
ton has often been questioned, but by files
from South America, we perceive that last
month the British bark Elizabeth, of Liver
pool, loaded with saltpetro, &C., blew up at
lquique, having taken fire from an attempt
to smoke tho rats out This settles the ques-
ton "Will saltpetrc cxplodo?" The loss was
$l50,000.
ELEcrED.-Ton. N. L. IIutchins has been
elected Judge of the Superior Courts of tho
Western Circuit, in Georgia.
SrEcIE IN New YoRK-Thc New York
papers say that there is more gold and silver
in circulation in that city at the present time
than was ever before known.
Run AND MrssIoNs.-Archdcaco Jcffrys
missionary to the East Indies, states that
for one really converted Christian, as the
fruit of missionary labor, the drinking prac
tees of the English have made fully Que thou
sand drunkards in India" Rather hard
report.
ARRIVALS AT New YoRK.-The arrivals
from foreign ports during the past year, al
New York, number SO, 100 emigronts passer
gers 2l4, lG5, including ,265 from Califor
MIA OF the vessels, 2,S02 were American
and rs British.
( A LEGAL TENDER.-By law of Congress O
26th February, 1857, legal tenders are now
Restricted to our own gold coins for any a
mount, and to oar light silver CONS OF oU cents
and under for all debts not exceeding So
Foreign coin is no longer legal tender for
the payment of debts