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Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-09
FRUIT TREES
GARDEN SEEDS.
Smiths 1'OMlOsORicm1 Garden and
Nursery,

We Offer the present season, finer and larger
"a stock Of FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL SHADE
TREE8, PIONEERING SiRCIH, AND GREEN
SA HOUSE PLANTS, than any season heretofore
.I..all IL i..llu.a vnrlellea- AiI
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-09

Axis Of The mouth often touches not III
heart
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-09


i!GO Peach, do do do g do
2,WU Hrctarlne, do do do ~ do
1900 Apricot, do do DO " do
2,Mh Plum, DO do do IW do
Also, California and Foreign Grape Vines With full
assortment Of the other kinds Of smaller fruits
The above Of the most vigorous and thrifty gTOWtl
and we'll shaped Trecs, Of very large size, from to Il
feet Ia height.
Shade and Ornamental Trees,
Consisting Of the Elm, Maple. Linden Ailnnthus. Catnpa
Iaburnui, Curled Ivsf ad Weeping Willow. (hinA Tree
and Locust NIL Of ue eroHih aud large size, sufficient fol
setting In private or public grounds.
Our stock Of CnnelIAS, Rs and endless variety o
Green House Plants. Is unusually large and One.
Our Camsllas have now conl'Hrneed bossOln"E IN al
their beautiful varieties and cUlOrs, and viii continue
blooming during tile winter and spring mouths
Garden Seeds.
We invite the attention of Planters anR Dealers 10
very extensive and general assortment Of VEGETABLE
SEEDS the crop Of this years growth, which pure and
10 vrRstae, and which offer Ut grrHiy reduced
prizes We hold out great nducenSn S to parties purcha
sing Wholesale stock being very large, and to DEALER
and planters wanting large quantities
We will sell for cash At less price than densnded In
any part Of the State.
Trcrr Plants aud Feeds packed with the greatest
To- insure them transportation to any part u the Pacific
Coast
CAUTION
We caution all purchasers against huyng Trees from
lIawkers and Prllrrs, who pretend To have trees from
our Nursery and "vi:c a." to send their order, direct t.
through Authorized AFCus, WhI they will b.
sure get trees true TO their lHhels.
TREES ordered from the Nursery. will he packed will
great and he In much better condition for planting
Than those which have been long exposed to sale, in haul
| ing about the country.
k~Psrsons planting Orchards, cannot he too
ful IN planting but the sirs varVtirr ri Frt Ear
ly planting when prAetchhes particularly recommended
Catalogue. con.ainnS full Descriptions Of our stock rn'
prices sent free to all applicants Al orders, to receive
attention, must be accompanied by the eAsh.
Addrcas, A. u. SMITH,
| Idec. lS-fl ~ Street, Sacramento
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-09


TnE OSTrsE JrDGE.-A certain California
Judge was noted for his ObtuScnSS in case
where the District Attorney desired to have q
case continued, in which ono Sarah Mony was
n witness, and she was abscnt-he remark.
cd:
"Your Honor, cannot try this case with.
out Sarah Mony" Ceremony y there was
some laughing, but his Honor couldn't see tho
pointl
A few days after as he was riding home
alone, the revelation Of the Attorneys remark
flashed suddenly on his mind-hc laughed
immediately, and continued laughing very
loudly as hC rOdO up to his own door. His
wife attracted by tho unusual phenomenon Of
the Judges MCrriment, came out and inquir.
cd.
why, my dear, what arc you laughing
Ai"
I'm laughing at ono Of the District Attor.
ney'S jokes" and Straightway tho Judge col.
lapHcd again in convulSivc tit OF laughter.
"Wcll, what was tho joker" said the wife.
"Why," replied the Judge, the Attorney
said when I urged him to proceed with the
trial Of q case, "Sir, cannot try it without
Sarah Mony!"
But, " said the wife, ~ don't sec the point
Of that joke"
Nor | neither, just now" said the Judge
,nusingly, "but did few minutes ago y"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-09

A clergyman was cndcavoring to instruct
one Of his Sunday scholars, plowbov, Oh the
nature Of miracle. "NOw, my boy" said
he, suppose you sec the sun rising in the
middle of tho night, what should you call
thatt"
1.-The moon, please, SIR"
"NO, but" said the Clergyman, "suppoSe
you knew It was not tho moon, but the sun,
and that you saw it actually rise in the middle
Of the night, what should you thinky"
please, sir, should think il was time to
get up!"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-09

choice assortment OF the finest
PERT NERIE.S, EXTRA cts, II 4 I II
OILS, C0L0GNEE, PONATF'NS.
soaps. CONS, BRE.SHES, 70 WDER>
IND III TOILET .iR7ICLES,
That desirable just received and for sale very low by
PETIT 4 CllOATE.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17
MANUFACTURERS AND TARIFFS.

The Erening Post asserts that Glass is now much
cheaper and more extensively produced in Great
Britain than il was prior to Sir Robert Peels low
Tariff, and that the reduction or removal of the
imp( ST is tie cause. Prior to that reduction, it
AYERS, the manufacturers had no motive for improy
ing their processes or cheapeuing their products,
but Free Trade has changed all this; hence the
result already noticed.
We cannot say that The Posts facts are mis-
taken, but IFS logic is surely .alacious. Since the
manufacture Of glass in Great Britain was not q
monopoly, but was open to all on equal terms, the
required motive for improvement must have always
existed in the shape of Home Competition, just as
has always been the ease with Us ia the matter of
Newspapers and thousand other things. The
journalism of this country is scarcely, at all az
fec.ed BY foreign competition; yet what prodigiOus
strides have been made in il during the last twenty
thirty, or fifty years. SO with Edge-TOols, Cut
Nails, Brown CottOns, Flows, &C., &c. We az
firm as q fact which any candid and patient Observ-
er must confirm, that the average improvement Of
the last thirty years has been decidedly greater in
those American Manufactures not exposed 10 or
affected by foreign competition than in the other
class.
We have repeatedly arraigned the utter dis
crepancy which exists between Free Trade logic
and Free Trade acts. For generation, our doc
trinGires have been arguing that American Manu-
features could do better under Free Trade than
under Projections but ask one of them to invest his
money in an iron furnace, broadcloth factory,
delaine min, and you viii soon learn how shallow is
his faith in his own theory. Doubtless, the greater
share Of the capital OF this City is to-day in the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17
STOP THE NCENDrARIEs!

We wish TO call the especial attention OF Post
master General Holt the Virginia POSmasterS, the
South generally, and the UniOn-Savlng meeting IN
particular. to the freight of ncendary matter dis
patched into the Slave States by yesterday morn
ing's mail through the columns of The ". Y. Herald.
That incendary sheet embraced full reports of the
Rev. Dir. CheeyerS and Wendell Phillips's speeches
at the John Brown meeting of Thursday night con-
tanning all the infammatOry matter that excited the
ire of the dsturbers of that meeting aud which was
attempted to be drowned in its utterance at the
Cooper Institute. What would not be listened to
BY the indignant representatives OF Southern lnstl-
tutions among us, and the intelligent hearing OF
much of which was wholly destroyed, has been all
carefully gathered up by the reporters for that mis-
chief-making newspaper, The ~ y. Herald, and is
at this moment winging its fiery way into oil the
Slave States in vast numbers of copies. OF what
avail are all attempted suppressons of speech here's
of what avail the turning back of Northern trav-
elers suspected of bearing fugitive copies OF Help
er's hook in their trunks; of what avail the
suppression of Anti-Slavery newspapers and Anti
Slavery discussion in the South. If the Slave
States may be flooded with HerdldS containing oil
this ipfamnotory and dangerous matter We ask
you, Postmaster Holt, we ask all ye Virginia Post
masters, we ash Southern men generally. You de-
clare that even the moderate form of Antl-Slavery
sentiment expressed by Republican journals ia dan
gerous TO your peace, yet you yourselves scatter
broadcast over the entire South the fiery fulmna-
tons of the rankest Abotoniss the country holds.
You say that all discussion and denunciation Of
Slavery should cease in Congress, should cease in
the North aod shall cease in Congress, and shall
cease in the North, or you will retire from the Ma
tiona partnership, and go out Of the Union. Yet,
YOU yourselves load down the United States mails,
and send to every Southern city ana town, and to
hundreds of Southern plantations, the fiery radical
ism of Cheever and Phillips, as though il were milk
for harmless babes.
What answer TO this inquiry have you to make,
Mr. Postmaster IIctl What answer Virginia,
mother of States, rich in laws to exclude iucendary
matter from all your bOrders' Are Cheeyer's dis
courses, and Philips's orations on John Brown, in
cendiary matter or mott If they are, with what
consistency can you circulate The Herald containing
them, when you say journal holding the moderate
opinions of THE TRIBUNE is dangerous to your
peace
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17
CONGRESS.

SENATE Dec l6-Not in session.
HorsE. Dec. 16.-On motion Of Mr.. Niblach, Of
Indiana the Clerk was directed to act as Speaker and
enforce the rues relating order until organization
was effected and alec that the Sergeant-at-Arms Of
tho last House be under the direction of the Clerk for
a ike purpose. Mr.. Bonbam, Of South Carolina,
took the floor and said tho reason why the House did
rot elect Speaker was that the majority wore un gll
ling to put in the chair an iBdorser Of Helpers book.
lie AGREED with the resolution that such man
was unfit for the position. He regarded it as
fatal error when the Missouri Compromise was
accepted by the South, as it encouraged Northern
ageressons against Slavery. He characterized
Mr. Hickman renegade, who, hav-
ing cast bis vote for Mr. Sherman, settled the ques-
ton as to his being any longer Democrat.
he believed that the plurality rule in choosing a
Speaker was unconstitutional. The South, he said,
claimed the right to carry Slavery into common Terri
tories and have II protected like other property by
Territorial law. AZ to disunon, he said without hesi-
tation that ON the election Of Mr.. Seward, or any
other man who ndorses pocaims, and holds the sent
iments declared by Mr.. Seward-call the party by
whatever name you please-be would be IN favor oil
immediate dsunion and he thought he spoke the sent
iment of bis entire State. He warned gentlemen
that tie South would preserve Slavery or perish
in the attempt. Mr.. Mlson of Va, took occs-
sion to deny he ever said that any man
who indorsed Helpers book was not fit to live.
Mr Clemens wanted to vote for Speaker, and OBJ
iected to gentlemen taking the toe of the House for
ventlatiDg their rhetoric. lie would not cit and hear
| them. Mr.. Simms Of Kentucky made an onslaught
| upon the North, and claimed for the South the
| largest patriotism. A vote for Speaker was had,
which resulted as follows: For Mr. Sherman, &C. Mr..
Bocock, 60; Mr. Gilmer, &c; Scattering, 2. No
choice Mr.. Gilmer then withdrew bis name, and
dominated Mr.. Boteer. Another vote was had with
this result: Fer Mr.. Sherman, III; Mr. Bocock, 49,
Mr. Boteler %; Scattering 9. Whole number 22o.
Necessary to a choice lis. The House then ad-
iourned
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17
MIR. FLOYD JONES AT HOME.


HEhFsTEAD, Queens Co., Dec. To- 1859.
The Hon. David K. Floyd Jones was the Democratic
and American candidate for Secretary of State at the
recent election.
He was chosen for Office by 400 or 500 majority.
dom propose to seize the capitol State asenals
that account.
But the Hon Jones s a resident of Queens. He Is
deseryedly popular m that county and therefore re-
ceiyed an unprecedented VOTE Stacks Of weakened
Republicans cast their ballots for him because they
knew and liked him personally. The subscriber, how
ever, knew and liked Mr.. Leayenworth quite well
as be did Jones'.
In the eeryeeeence of their JOY at his success the
political supporters Of the honorable gentleman lately
issued call inviting AL his friends tcittout distinc-
fi0H Of party to greet him at Hewletts Hotel in this
village ast evening at banquet then and there to be
offered 10 the Secretary elect by his aforementioned
political supporters. The admission fee was fixed at
the moderate sum Of one dollar per head The dollar
was paid and the people, without distinction of par
ty assembled in spirit responsive to the call. But,
aas they found thar they had paid their money for the
dubious satisfaction Of being informed, in substance,
by the orators OF the evening that the opponents OF
the Democracy, personfed in Mr.. Jones were traitors
10 the Union, the existence of which contingent
the maintenance in power Of the aforesaid Democ-
when the election returns came in, you inquired
properly, "Wbat il the matter with Queens /" The
mater H. that numb ers Of Republicans, who such
from principle, cannot be persuaded TO vote for their
own candidate when fellow townsnan, though Of
opposite sentiments presents himsefior their suages
This il the besetling sin of Queens County.
STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN,.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17

hoe. .,wsvs be.u ready TO defend the msjesty Of
the law. and preserve the cause OF pubic oruer
from any seditious attacks upon the rights oil their
successful opponent This universal PEACEFUL
cheerful submission of the beaten minority mas
constituted at once the glory and the guaranty Of
the great American trial of popular selfgoVern-
ment.
After eighty years Of successful experiment, we
DOW for the fret time find great party, which
controls the Federal Executive, the Supreme Court
the army, and the nsvy--wbich has large ma
jority in the Senate, and eighty-eighs members o.
the House of Representatives -soletnnly declaring
its intention Of abandoning this prosperous and ad
mirable usage, and Of installing in its place the
opposite system Of revolution and cinl war. AS
if the benefits which we in the United States have
derived from the habit of submitting to the MAJOR
ity. and the curses brought upon the other Amerl-
canrepubIes by the contrary habit, were not already
sufficient for our futu guidance, this great party
arropatinr to itself the name OF Democratic, deio-
eratey warns US that if il is defeated in neat years
election it will resort TO revolution, and will destroy
the Union and the Constitution. We put the iac'
anew on record with emotions OF sadness as "el
as of Indignation. Let no man say it is an e1ag-
geration of political opponent. There has not
been a day since Congress met in which the de-
termination has not been avowed by prominent
Democrats in both Houses, and avOwed without
rebuke from any of their political associates
But there il no reason for serious alarm. These
schemes Of revolution will have no effect but to
destroy their authors. With this open aVowal Of
dsunion purposes as an essential par. Of the Demo-
cratic programme, that party will lose its little re-
manning hold upon the people of the Northern and
Western States; while the common sense OF the
South waking up out Of it's panic must ere long re-
act AGAINST these noisy traitors whose folly can have
no practical result but to pure the States they re-
present. The truth is ndisputable that the only
safety Of the South lies in the Union the preserya-
ton of which the success Of the Republican party
will secure That event will also make 1t certain
that Slavery is not to pass beyond the States where
il now exists and thus tranquility will be restored
and. so far as the General Government is concerned
the rrepressibe conflict will be ended Peaceably and
forever
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17

Shields Green and John Copeland thetwo colored
men who were convicted with John Brown. were
hung yesterday at CharlestOwn. The execution
was witnessed by least at sixteen hundred people.
The prisoners mountedthe scafold with firm step at
ll;O5 q M, accompanied by the Rev. Messrs.
Waugh, North and Lerh. Mr.. North Of the
Presbyterian Church made prayer, and the
prisoners bid farewell to each of the ministers.
Green was heard to offer up feryent prayer.
At III minutes after IL O'Clock the rope was
cut, and they both fell at the same instant.
Green's neck was broken, and he died
without struggle, while Copeland writhed
in violent cOntOrtiOhs for several minutes.
Cook and Coppic were then brought our of the
JAIL and being ridden TO the scaflod, were launched
into eternity few minutes before o'clock p. m.
They evinced the most unhinchng firnness and
said nothing except to bid farewell to the ministers
and Sheriff.
An attempt to escape was made on Thursday
night by COOl and COppic, in which they succeeded
so far as to relieve themselves Of their shackes and
break through the brick wall Of the jail. They
were discovered, however, by sentinel who fred
upon them, when they reiterated again into the Jail
and delivered themselves up.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17

1t seems that among the rioters at tho John
Brown meeting on Thursday night, were some
members of that famous body the Fifth Avenue
Democratic Yiglant Association. One of them,
Jeremiah Larocque by name, lawyer By trade
whose residence is given in the Directory as being
at AS West Twenty third street, was 80 noisy and
disorderly that he was arrested by the police and
carried to the 9Th Ward Statnn-house. While
waiting there prior to his incarceration for the
night, a dialogue took place between him and
citizen standing by, which is reported in The EreH
ing Post a. follows:
Loyocque-They will no, lock mp gentleman win they'
d" ihzep-Certsnly they viii they lock up anybody.
g L0forgue-Eor what .
Cfff-ca-for disturbing meeting Of They lad
BoweEged Sam here the other night Tor the thing
LarJrquo--N ho Is Bow-legged sam
." CuizcH-Be is thief on the Five PointS They don't
any distinction IN this station house between such and
Filth avenue lawyer"
Larocque passed the night in the prison
the Station-hOuse; and we trust, went home in
the morning sadder and wiser man. He pro-
badly understands by this time that even gentlemen
and members Of the Fifth avenue Democracy can
not safely act the part of rufiaRs and rioters. The
usaces of Virginia or South Carolina cannot be
tolerated here.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17

4 most honorable feature of our American pub
lie life has always been the perfect Obedience of the
people to the viii of the majority as declared in our
elections. No matter how excited the preliminary
canvass; no matter how important the questions at
issue; no matter how nearly equal the parties; no
matter how bitter the personal hostility'of the
minority TO the successful candidate; in all our
experience the declaration Of the relative numbers
Of votes hss always been received with cordial ac
Quiescence; and the masses Of the defeated party
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17
THE LATEST NEWS.
RECEIVED VT
MAGNETIC TELlSGRAPH.
Democratic Caucus--A Fizzie.

SpcCial Difpa'ch 70 be n T. ItOune a. ,oro
WASHINGTON, Friday, Dec. 10, 1909.
Al the Democratic Caucus tonight, Mr. Hcusson
of Alsbsms presided. There was mucs discus'ioa
a. to TIE future policy of Administration members
Messrs. Pryor Clemens and Montgomery were sse
principal speakers, who insisted upon standing ~
their Northern friends, who would be damaged BY
any sffliation with Americans. The Csucus agreed
TO sustain Mr. BOcock until better prospect APP
peared of eecting another candidate, and to resist
the plurality rule.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17

hands Of Free Traders; how much 81 il. think you'
is, or for the sst fifteen years has been, invested IN
such manufactures az are most directly exposed TO
foreign competition Try them all tomorrow villa
o subscription paper for stock in new Linen fac
tory. or Rolling MIL. and see how much they VIII
take.
We trust there Will be revision Of the Tariff
this Winter, and we should Ike to have it so shaped
that each theory may have fair trial. Let ths
Free Traders simply indicate those branches OF our
yet immature, struggling Manufactures which they
will in good faith undertake to develop If subjected
TO the operation Of their coveted policy, and wo
will DO our best to have them so subjected. Take
the article cited By The POst-Giass-for example:
II the Rooseyelts, Wilson G.. Hunts, Schuyler Lv-
ingstons, and other wealthy men of our City who
tslk Free Trade, will enter into sufficient bonds
that, in case the duty be wholly abolished, the pro-
duction Of Glass in this country shall be increased
ty at least twenty per cent per annum Tor what
ever may be settled as fair ratiO), until we shall
export as much annually as We import, we
viii do our best to have the duty taken on.
So of Silks, Cloths, Iron, and any or every
article now subject to duty. This Is an emf
nontly practical matter, and should be
approached in a corresponding spirit Let US have,
say the duties of ~ on IrOn and see if we do not
run Up the home product of Iron BY at least twenty
per cent. per anDum, as we did between az and
~. Let the Free Traders have Silks or Broad
cloths, or Glass, or so many of them as they are
willing to undertake in good faith to develop and
expand, subjected to hoir regime; and so let the
two policies have fair trial, side by side, for q
period Of FIVE or ten years, subject to the same
chances of currency imitation or reVulsion good and
bad Harvests, intestine commOtion, &c, &c. II,
then, the Free Trade policy shall develop the
branches of manufacture subjected to it faster and
better than the Protective, we agree to admit the
fact and commend the theory. If the reverse
should be the case, we ask our adyersaries to do
Likewise. The end we seek is the conversion OF
American-rown Wheat, Beef, Pork, Wool, Tim
Der, Cotton, Flax, &C., &c, into the Metals and
Fabrics We need on our own SOIL by the labor of
residents Of our own country in lieu of their trans
portsiiOn TO Europe and return in the shape OF
Goods at rlinous cost for freight, commissions In
sursnces. &C., and to the certain and constant u-
poyersbment of our soil We kaop that it is better
to bake our bread at home than to export our
Grain and import our Bread, we aresure that there
is like economy aud advantage in producing our own
Wares and Fabrics, and thus creating an unfailing
Home Market for the great bulk Of our farmers
surplus products. Now if Free Trade, not Protec-
ton is the direct and true way to the end we seek,
- 10 tha
Tie Post join us in deyising some mode of putting
our rival theories to the test Of contemporary and
thorough experiment
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-17

The steamer America arrived at Halifax yestor-
day noon, bringing dates from Queenstown TO the
attn inst being three days later than last adsces.
The news is unmpOrtaDt The approaching Con-
gress absorbed public interest exclusively. 1t was
rumo1ed that the first sitting of the Congress would
be on the fifth of January. The London Times
urges that Lord Palmerston take part in it as the
English penipoteDtary. The French fleet had de-
strOyed two Moorish forts on the river Tetuan for
firing at French vessel, and then assumed posi-
ton of neutrality. Breadstufs quiet COnsuls 96s
G962.