Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-06-16
NUMBER II.


lace His cruelty to me hsd been remarked
before; now it was universally allowed that
must he taken from him, and his establish.
mcnt broken up Seeing matters at this pass.
he sod his store and stock privately, and IA.
king me nth him. fled in the night to Lower
PeHthrakc, where we have lived fO neaTlv
year. lie has divided his time between hunt.
! ing, fishing. working at odd jobs, stealing and
making Inc steal for him. God knows how
much have suffered from his brutality. l
harc lived IN constant dread ef his faliillneRt
Of his thrcnt, in case refused to marry him;
but mcrriful Providence has delayed it thus
far On the hight Of the burglary, when he
I saw this Mr.. X. in front of the hut he Judged
hy his dress and by watch he saw him take
out, that there was fine chance for plumber.
lie followed him at q distance which nc ruutd
easily do as the gentleman rode slowly, and
law where he took lodgings. He told me that
the window was too small for him 10 enter
without noise, and that I must 60 in, take the
watch aIrt what money could find, and bring
them out to him. begged him on nv knees
10 spare inc this crime; but he insisted, and
sw"rc horrible oath that should take .
knifc in my hand, and if / let the man awake,
he would cut my throat with it. / took tho
/ knife and went in; but never would have
touched that gentleman Oh gentlemen"
exclaimed the poor girl, bursting into an agony
81 tcnr+, believe me, | never, never would
have done IL"
! The opposing counsel submitted the case
without argument | arose for my last effort.
May 1t please the court and gentlemen Of
the jnry-f0u have heard the evidence. and
] see by your conntenanccs that there is no
need Of argument from me. If y0n cannot
@hinyr ncuuit his vnun1 lnIv ,f ali cha IN ho
robbery, hcncrfo-th let innocence be tramplcd
under i"ot and murdercrs go unhung"
sat down. | might have been slightly
bombaNtic, for was deeply interested and ex-
cited. fit the blood surging through my
veins, and boiling up into my face. The jury
returned a verdict in favor Of my client, with.
ont leaving their seats. The Judge arose to
give his decision, but the crowd waited for no
decision. There was n tumult among them,
like the Iuinbling before the eruption Of q vol
emo; ard with whoop which rings in my
ears 10 this day, they rushed over the boundA.
lies between them and the guilty man, over
the shc'iiI and his posse. who were nnsparing
If their efforts 10 secure the execution of the
lnw; tore the trembling caitif from the bar,
dragged him out Of the courtroom, and away
to tie woods, their yellS Of execration dying
away in the distance.
took Esther under my charge and returne,
To the village. At the distance Of half mill
from the court house we overlook the crowd
They were gathered beneath a lofty oak, ant
looking up with tiinmph and cXnltaton where
high above their heads swung the liicess body
Of Bully Lake.
In a few days returned to Philadelphia,
taking Esther with me. She became nv ward
dwe't under my roof, was the darling OF ms
mother, md the idol Of all my friends. Did
She find husbandr To be sure she did; and
the happy man was no other than myself
THE CArsE AND REMEDY OF PEACH BLIoar.-A
writer in the LdijIoynia Edr,ner takes Tia. poaition
that the cured leaf Is caused by the sap Of the tree
becoming chilled in the damp. cold weather occur.
ring generally in April, after the vigorous growth OF
the tree has commenced. Acting upon this theory.
about the lHt of March. he says, he hauled straw
from the refuse 0f Hn old straw stack with which lie
mnIchth ic trees IN part of his orchard. lcav ing
offers Of like quality, in Ike situation nd growing
IN Ike soil. without mnlching. The result shows
that the trees which were well protected about the
roots nr, liaded with fruit, and present very thrifty
nhd healthy appearance while the other trees not 50
well protected nb"ut the roots, have shed both cnvea
and fruit. GLd present diseased appearance. This
Is ii very suppl" preventive ind should be remem-
b'rrd ~ rtc l'ldisis Thousands of trees have been
injured by tie blight and TIE peach crop, in conse
4i"nce, VIII be much smaller Than last year.
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VIZ YAScET Of Alahamn the leader Of the secession.
!"S' "a native Of Troy, n Y. lis sent to vii.
lHms' College. but no college could hold him. nnL the
ft"ty weie glad To Y,t rid II him YAncey, In south
tr"hI,Sh"i Lie uncle dead and was Imprisoned nneen
months "r the act, md then Aas sent to Congress
where he fought bloodlesS duel with Mr CllngmanEr
chdn0e.
Without any knowledge Of the birth place or an.
teecdrnis m anccv pii"r to his advent upon The
floor If Congress. We have always thought him q
h"r.braned. unsafe leader aud shaky Joliiical in.
sltuiIon generally. Ills conduct at the Denocra ratio
Convention NJ ChHrlcslon, WINS rather that Of fac.
ilonN denagogur, thnn that of sound advocate Of
the constitutional rights 0f the South Personally.
Ne L..
mnn, but his ambition to I'LL large space in tho
public eve induces him, we fer. to practice arts Of
demag0guery, Inconsistent with . true patriotism.
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81 know ] am perfect bear in nv man.
ners," said young farmer to his sweetheart.
NO. indeed you are not, John; YOU have
never hugged Inc yet. You nre more sheep
than bcar! was the innocent reply of the It.
less damsel.
THE CoNJCRoE DoSE.-Tierr B!itz selected
from the audience bright little fellow to as.
S>t him in his experiments. "Sir," said he.
ID" you think that could put the sovereign
which the lady holds into your coat pocketY"
NO, said the boy. cnfidrntly. "Think not?"
II know you couldn't" said the little fellow,
with great firnucss. "Why not?" cause the
pocket is torn out"
REMARKABLE CuRE OF LoCKJAw.-The New
A"n N"o''t' S"I ~ youiS IH'V ran u nnI
into her foot recently, and the injury produ-
ccd lockjaw Of such malignant character that
ncr physicians pronounced her recovery hope.
less. An old nurse then took her in hand,
applying beet roots to her foot, removing
them aS often as they became dry. The re-
suit was most complete and astonishing cure.
This simple remedy should be borne in mind.
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Debt is not the worst kind of poverty, bad
as it is. There nre people SO roor that they
can't get into debt. Debt to them would bo
property instead Of poverty.
The young woman who was driven to dis
traction, now fears she will have to foot il
back.
AS man drinks he generally grows rcch-
less. In his case, the more drams the fewer
ScruplCS.
a doctor detained in court as q witness.
complained to the judge that if he was kept
from his patients they might recover in bis
absence
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