The semi-weekly mountain Democrat. (Placerville, El Dorado Co. [Calif.]) 1860-1860, 1860-08-22
tSNoaHtaiW democrat.
GEoRGRrowN, August goth, 1850.


GEORGRrowX. August goth, 1860.
EpIToRS DRMucRAT: can hardly believe that
YOUR correspondent ut this place, would do the
editor ii the tthfrdi (dliTprhidn MI injustice,
though he, like myself, differs with him politi.
cally.
Everybody who lived in Georgetown in lsi5,
knows that Mr. McCallum had no connection
With the paper published here, ut the time any
"Sel'' was pructcrd upon it. II was J. Wing
Oliver who received the "nncicnt vessel, II
was at work in the "IIicr ut the time.
\ CIRCUMSTANCES DENOCRAT.
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OWGANIzE.-Thc Republicans and their
allies are calling on their friends to go to
work to organize Clubs, and appoint COM
mittccs for each precinct; and they excite
their fears in order to arouse them to ef.
font. Let encouragement prompt our
friends to countcrncting labOrS. If we
have a better organization, n perfect un.
dcrStnnding and union, a distribution Of
documents and papers, We will succeed.
Those who enter in carn>t upon the cam.
paign first are likely to hold the lead
The time To commence is NM, how
when many are undecided and are being
mislcd by unScrupuIous wirc.workers,
who habitmally miSrcPrcsent the Demo
cratic party. The trcmorS which affect
the opposition will increase as we press
forward AMI their fears will keep pace
with our growing confidence. Let us form
the column now, which we are to lead Oh
TO victory in November. The first cX.
Citcmcnt is over; and many who incon.
hlcratcly embraced DouglnSiSIn, deceived
10y false representations, are coming back
to the good old faith. Organize, friends,
in every precinct, and the result will be n
brilliant victory in November.
TME story which is going the rounds.
said to have been copied from the Wash.
nstrn correspondence of the Boston Ter.
aid. to the effect that Hon. Isaac Tonccy.
Secretary Of the Navy, hal recommended
TO the Connecticut Democracy To support
Mr.. Douglas, is authoritativcly pronoun.
cod a Justification. lie dcplorcS the split
in the party, regrets the acton Of both
Conventions, bat "a a National Democrat
ahhcrcs TO tho platform Of the party,
which was adopted by the Convention
that nominated Brcchinri,lgr.
RrNlwAV SLAVES ~ tI>\nN.-A re-.
-rcirt rr,,+,i-- itl-t'nRM,la- NeNt->aaWH that
there are +i.W'h runaway slaves now
there, and that they are coming in at the
rate Of l0,noo year. The Canadians are
SiTk Of them Hu'i wish tn grt ri'l If tl,rrn
They are represented a. being idle. Vie
i"u> and lcSrajr'l-a set "f thcvinG. ~
ing. drunken ,aSal"m,l>." They loaf
around villages and refuse To work. nnd
ArroSatr to themselves more privileges
than the whites Their in>"cn'c is in.
tolrrahIc. And such fellows the Rrpuhi.
cans wish toeplarc ON m equality with
she white people Of the United States.
SENAr"R SEW ANS SLr JoAE urnN lIiN-
>rLr-ln \ conversation with q Southern
politician. S.ward is Reported To have
A"id :. Somebody in Virginia offered
80, """ reward for my heal, tn I've given
/" the Snrth, hut the Republican Con-
vention at ChicUI" gave it over to you
without compensation. The d!>pairinS
wall ui proud spiiit >tunS To the quick
hv the incratituic and hasenc>> Of pro-
G'$s"'l friends. lie, the brains Of his par
y, Was
- Dr."Tird in hi. utmost need
Uy those hts fuin,T bounty ted"
\S Enn"E.-lhc types. last Saturday.
in the DLN"cH>T, were allowed to say
" Randolph VA ever the StcalIa>t friend
VI Breckenridge. when VIC meant Bro,l-
"rick. instead of Brcckintidgc. The mis-
take occurred in an article on the rc,pcc-
tive chances Of McDouSal, IIogc and Ran
'iolph for the L. $. SrnatorShip, should
che 4'cugla>itcS have a majority in the
next legislature. Of which there is not
the slightest probability.
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GEoRGIA. Savannah .Nrs gives
thc names aud politics of the several pa
PcrS in Georgia, summing up as follows ::
For Breckenridge and Lane, %; for Rcll
and Everett, 10; fur Douglas and John
son. Not declared. ~. In Georgia,
Douglas is not considered in the fight,
and the contest is narrowed down to Bell
and Breckenridge.
Ir may be interesting to those Of our
citizcnS who are acquainted with the gen
tlCman, to know that Benz Il. NickeTson.
Esq, one Of the most active Anti I.ccomp-
tonitcS in our county last fall, has trans
frrrel his political allegiance to kincnln.
Such is the fact. lie became q member
Of and made speech before the Repuhli-
can Club OF Placerville. on Saturday night
last.
ltRrrHNEp.-RObert Rodgers, ESQ, an
odd resident Of this place, aud formerly an
active and influential politician, who has
'-ckidcd in New York for the last three
years, has returned toreSidc permanently
lin our midst. lie likes Placcrvillc better