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The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-02

"TnERE is n girl nf twenty.0ne, in the priSnn
at MOrgantOwn, Virginia, WIN has become
hopclcssly insane from the inOrdinale use Of
tobacco"
Such is a current statement; it helps
to confirm our long entertained opinion
that the real cause Of great degree Of
insanity in California is the use Of tObac-
co, particularly in pipc.smOking. ItiSan
established fact with scientific physicians
that the poison Of tobacco will produce
insanity, and instances have been reported
by learned medical attendants in Europe
but it is not little astonishing that med.
ical researches in the United States have
not elected important conclusions con.
corning tho relations Of physical and men,
tai health with the universal use Of to.
bacco It is strange, also, that, in the in.
quirieS into the causes Of insanity in Cal.
i(ornia, the medical class do not even sur
mise that tobacco is the chief cause. The
tendency Of every poison, when used as q
stimulant. is toward the brain; tobacco,
in all its uses, is a Stimulant, a very active
one, upon all Of the nerves employed in
the action Of the brain; it is not possible
that, among the many thousands who
constantly PnrtNke Of the stimulant Of to-
bacco, there arc none who arc suffering
arrangement from the practice. Smoking
is worse than chewing, and we will BE-
nearly correct when VIC say that there are
not more than two Of every ten men who
do not smoke, and not moro than three Of
every ten of the smokers who do not
smoke excessively. We affim that. upon
the results of this habit, scientific inquiry
has been ccnsurably ncglectfpl, AMI that
there is nothing more certain Of ultimate
development than the fact that most Of
the mental maladics, and many Of the
physical disorders, in California, are pro-
duccd by tobacco.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-02
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PLACERvILLE MELODE0E
o'DoNNELL's THBArER.
NOTICE TO HOLDERS or
RI DORADO COUNTY WARRAHTS;
CorNTY THEAsURKH's O1vrcE.
l1aeeRVille, March 2. lHSl.

COUNTY TlKAsUREHb OFFICE,
I7aeeTvillr, March ., 1851.
A IL PERSONS holding said Warrants, r.ri,.
N tered upon the General Comfy FUND, Of IA.
following numbsTp and regiSITy, are nOtiaed 10 prr
cent the sams eOE PayAent. at the C0pDty TTeas
ureT's Once, on MOsday, March :, 1851, Of witLiK
si1ty days frOm that date, OF the money will b.
applied to the payment Of Warrants neat In order
Of registry. IN accordance with On Act 81 the Leg
iSlaturr, approved March 3lpt. 1857 The iDierr,t
witt be stopped on said Warrants altrY Ihat date
RODENT BELL,
County Treasurer Of ~ nuTaJO Co. Cal
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-02

The above eals is hereby POSTPONED to
Saturday, DOoomhsF 18th. A. d. 1890!
A. 10 oseloak. An, CHI. MEREDITH,
Pebble AdminiStSatoF, aUd Administrator
a n e said Estate.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-02
HOPE AND NEPTUNE
NEW CIGAR STAND.

NaSVw VIVA - ~ = - 'NaDs
HENRY RADJESkY IsAss PS-asWre IN IN,
Turning his fTtend.. sRh the eiIiSenp Of III
reTviIIe, that he has opened Cigar Stand
IN THE CARY HOCRE OPPICE,
WlIete ne 10 TeAAy to accommodate an wbO the
=. WEED" With the Irst II HAVANA CIGARS,
as I1L eem0s . piece, aud Also 18th the 6nr,i
srlCeIIeu 81 CHEWING TOBACCO, grssnRs
NreFSehaNm Pipss. aR- Cutlrvy, ctr.. At bU ri
vsiesS. Deaf GFveI, CARY hOCsE. AaT9
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The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-02

American States! Europe is now tran
quill; French imperialism must DO main.
tanned by warlike adventures England
must keep those adventures In constant
view may not the vast preparations for
emergencies in both those countries be
turned directly upon the territory hereto
fore protected by tho greatness Of the Uni
ted Statcs9
0f this danger there is, however, a view
which gives us the hope that through for
eign interference our domestic troubles
will be lost in fraternal defense. The
French writer from whose expressed views
We have above quoted, remarks, 'Sce how
Providence, having such an instrument as
Louis Napoleon to work with, eau bring
everybody back to harmony" Wcargue,
though the Frenchman may not, that the
harmony resulting from foreign interte'
renee with the separated States, will par.
take Of a reconciliation Of the States, for
while VIC may be unwilling to fight among
ourselves and to seemingly be willing to
let the Union be virtually dissolved, the
presence Of a foreign invasion in any Of
the single States, will arouse the ChiNalric
spirit and arm the whole peOplO-yes, all
Of the people Of the broken cOnfedcracy,
and all Of the cstrangcd kindred ties will
be glOriOusly and irreSiStihly revived, aud
the suudercd brotherhood will be united
for the exhibition Of the grandest method
Of common and victorious defense which
has ever been witnessed. And when the
conflict shall cease, though it may be long
and terrible, the American people will
have formed trucr estimate Of their past
follies, and molly become again one ma
ton and be Of one Union, forever secured
against the prevalence Of desire To tread
the rayless paths Of Starless empire.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-02


on the Sierra Nevada SUBMITS when
mountain roads arc mentioned in CalilOr.
mia, has caused the Eastern public to sup.
pose that, for the greater part Of the year,
the California mountains are envelopcl in
worse than Alpine dangers, and the idea
has prevailed that frequent snowy TEN.
pests so rage on all Of the crossing places
that it would be foolish to attempt any
means Of establishing a railroad passage.
way, even for use in the summer season.
This idea is conceived by government men
and capitalists in consequence Of the cqui.
vocal statements sent from here in rrla.
ton to tho wintrry distractions on the
Placcrville and other routes. We say
again that snow does fall deeply on our
route; storms rage along il; the atmos.
pherc is cold, aud frosty, aud sometimes
gloomy, around it. Does perpetual Spring,
or Summer, or Autumn, stay with any
other route! No, but all of the routes
are subject to "thc inclemcncy Of tho
weather" and to deep snow. None Of the
routes, however, remain long impossible,
and the Placcrvillc route, being a road
way, can he as readily "brOken" as the
ordinary roads in the countries where
snow falls upon all Of the roads, and when
the traveller cannot cross in n saigon he
can go in . sleigh, and it will be wonder
full IL he, at any time, encounters storms
in which he will be likely to perish.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24

general; First Lieutenant Jack" Gordon, and
Lieutenant Sanders. The last mentioned is q
Mississippan; the rest are Virginans.
PEHsoSAr.-Mr. Russell, the correspondent
of the London Times. publishes cad declar.
ing that he occupies perfectly neutral and
Independent position during his tras, Is in this
country, aud that, writing for foreign paper,
he cannot take sides with any party. He also
denies that he is accompanied by any person
holding connection with any American journal.
At an Aldermanic banquet in London. on
the lst instant, Lord Derby alluded to the Uni.
ted States as THAT great Republic, the stability
Of whose institutions is undergoing at this mo.
ment melancholy proof suggesting by its ap.
preaching dissolution, to the minds Of its great.
est admirers, that we have the happiness to
possess an institution worthy of the affections
Of loyal people in n constitutional monarchy"
Charleston is badly of for small change. 1t
is suggested to the city authorities TO issue
notes tron 10 cents to half dollar each, and
it is added that large profit will accrue, as
large number Of notes would be lost or de.
stroyed
The Hume Guard are practical at East Med.
ford, Mass; after an impromptu mseting on
wednesday, they proceeded, well armed with
horticultural implements and seeds, and put
the gardens of their volunteer comrades in ad.
mirabe order.
A gang of armed burglars attacked the
office OF the Treasurer of Martin county, Ohio,
on Friday night, blew open the safe, and ab.
stracted 81 800. The Home Guard turned out,
shot four dead, and took nine prisoners.
The Charleston Courier Of the 18th says the
steamer Gordon, of that city, has been cruising
off the bar, and that no United States vessels
are in sight.
The schooner Marshal Perrin, Capt. Gibbs,
at Boston, May 20, from Sagua, states that on
the 18th inst, lat. 81 80, long. IS 40, spoke
schooner Victoria. Capt. Gibbs was warned
to keep sharp look out for privateers, as he
had been chased by one the night previous,
but had outsailed her. The Victoria purport.
ed to be from the Southern Confederacy, bound
South.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24
PROPOSALS FOR FUEL.
QUARTERMAsTERs OFFICE,
U. 8. MARINE CoRPs,

Washington Moy %, 1861.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- Office until Tuesday, the 25Ih day of June,
1861, at o'clock p M for supplying wood and
coal to the United States marines, stationed at
Washington, D. o., from the lst July, 1861, to
the 30th June, 1862.
The wood to be best oak saplng and to be
delivered, piled, measured, and inspected, at such
point within the walls of the marine barracks
as may be designated by the commanding marine
officer, free of expense to the United States.
The coal to be best white ash anthracite egg
coal, free from dust, and to weigh 2,24O ID to the
ton, to be weighed, inspected, and delivered at
such point within the walls of the marine bar
racks as may be designated by the commanding
marine officer, free Of expense to the United
States, and both wood and coal to be furnished
at such times and in such quantities as the said
commanding marine officer may require.
Payment will be made upon the quarterly re-
QUESTION of the commanding officer, stating Il Q
quantities required tor the use Of his command,
agreeably to regulations.
A guaranty, to be signed by two responsible
persons, whose responsibility must be certified
to by the United States District Judge, United
States District Attorney, or United States Col
iector, must accompany each proposal, other
wise IL will not be considered.
To be endorsed, I" Proposals for Fuel" and ad-
dressed to the Undersigned
W. B. SLACK,
may 24-w4w Q, NJ. Marine Corps.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24
STALE NEWS.

Persons, who would turn from New York
paper two days old in utter disgust, will spend
hours in poring over the stale comments Of
the English press, upon news from America
still more stale. An English paper just ar.
rived in this country, is necessarily ten or
twelve days old when it arrives, and its edito.
rials upon affairs in the United States, must
necessarily have been predicated upon advices
from the United States still older, by another
ten or twelve days. In round numbers, these
English editorials which are served up to US as
something new, are really comments upon our
affairs as they existed a month ago. If there
has been no material change in these affairs
within the month, these comments have a value,
as indications of English action in the future,
but where there has been such material change,
these comments have no value whatever.
Thus, the course Of the English Government
in respect to the Southern Confederacy will de-
pend, not upon the aspect Of affairs in the last
days of April, which was the aspect commented
upon in the London papers brought by the
Persia, but upon the present and future aspect
of affairs.
We need not trouble ourselves, for one single
moment, with the speculations of European
editors, who are necessarily "behind the times"
so far as America is concerned, being separa-
ted from it by wide ocean, which is not
crossed in a day, even in this age of steam.
The independence OF the Southern Confederacy
will be recognised in Europe, if it is achieved
as a matter of fact, and not otherwise and as
to the probability Of that, we, who are on the
spot are much better judges than men on the
other side of the Atlantic.
The question is, not what Englishmen have
thought, or said, about affairs at an old date,
but what they wN think and say and do, when
they come to the knowledge of American events
as they present themselves to-day.
We may be certain, that their views, as to
the probability of the successful establishment
of Southern Confederacy, will undergo the
same change, as has been wrought in observers
of events here, and that in due time, such a
consummation will be regarded abroad, as i'm
possible as it is now regarded here.
As long as the nation protects itself, as a
matter Of fact, from disruption, it need have nc
apprehension that this revolt will be recog
nised by foreign Powers. We are complete
masters Of our own destnies in that particular
The Navy Department will in the course Of
this week, invite proposals for building the
steam machinery of a number of screw gun
! boats.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24
ELEGANT EXTRACTS FROM SECES.
SION NEWSPAPERS.

From the Richmond Dispatch of May Is >
Preparing with rapid strides to meet the iii
nois baboon and his co.workers Of iniquity on
the borders of our once happy old State, TO vel.
come them with bloody hands to hospitable
graves. Stepped forward to drive
back the halfstarved Lincolnites, who, with
open mouths, are seeking to devour US with
eager avidity. y Well, let them come
those minions Of the North. Well meet them
in way they least expect; we'll glut our car
rion crows with their beastly carcasses. Yes,
from the peaks of the Blue Ridge to tidewater,
will we strew our plains, and leave their bleach.
ing bones to enrich our soil.
From the Memphis Appeal.
If the hungry and ravenous pack of hyenas
who are sent upon their helish missions of
plunder and rapine are driven back into their
dens, they will turn upon their silly betray ers
only to make them the victims of their devour.
ing wrath.
From the Memphis Avalanche,
Abe Lincoln is ft successor and represent
ative of the cruel king who thir.ted for the
blood Of the infant Jesus. His cowardly and
murderous heart prompts him to wreak his
mean and hellish spite upon helpless children,
manly fight. He will never be caught in that
We would be guilty of inj ustce to the doomed
spirits of hell, were we to style these assassins
OF infants, fends, demons, or devils. Those
apostate angels, we may we'll believe, have too
much pride to wreak their immortal hate on
such victims. A respectable devil would blush
| at such crime.
From the Tallahassee Sentinel.
Lincoln keeps five men in his room to guard
him by night, and Mrs. Lincoln two to guard
her! Old Abe, in order to keep his spirits and
courage up, "pours the spirits down." and is
half drunk all the time. For fear Of being poi.
soned, Mrs. Lincoln has turned cook, and pre-.
pares all the food they eat. Some ministers of
the Gospel recently called to see him, to en-.
treat him to desist from his mad policy of CO.
ercion, when the indignant Abe cursed them
away, swearing that the Southerners should
wade knee deep in blood, before entering
Washington city.
SOUTHERN NEws.-Letters to the editor
from friends in the South mention these i'm.
por,ant facts as certainly true:
lst. That Gen. Joseph Z. Johnston, late of
the Federal army, and now Brigader General
of the Southern Confederacy, has been ordered
to take command at Harper's Ferry, and ought
to have reached his destination either yesterday
or day.
I'd. That General Beauregard has been or.
dered to the command at Norfolk, and is on his
way there.
Sd. That President Jefferson Davis will
come to Richmond so soon as his business at
Pensacola is concluded, perhaps by the close
of the present week.-Richmond Examiner.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24
SATAN'S KINGDOM.

Hon. John Wentworth, of Chicago, some
times called "Long John Wentworth" ex.
presses the opinion in his paper, in reference to
the downfall of the banks in the Northwest,
that " ISatan's Kingdoms tumbling dorn." We
should have more confidence in it, if we had
not heard it for forty years and more, while we
have not been able to see precisely in what par.
ticulars the power and resources of that king
dom" have sensibly diminished. A man of
Mr.. Ventworth's age and experience, should
not suffer himself to be deceived by temporary
appearances.
Satan's kingdom has its foundations laid
broad and deep in human follies and passions,
and survives eternal with successive generations
of men. 1t changes its aspects, as manners
change, with a power of adaptation which is
one of its chief characteristics, but it is the
same old kingdom, all the while.
Paper money has been one of its great man
ifestations during the last century, and nowhere
more successfully than in America, the people
of which seem actually to love to be cheated
by it.
Thus, in the Northwest, we have some mil
lions Of men who raise corn, pork, and beef
partly by hard work, and partly by the favor oi
u kindly soil, and who might get honest gold
and silver for their crops, if they would, but
who prefer to be robbed out of half they sell by
a wildcat currency. 1t is this Satans kingdom
which Mr.. Wentworth imagines, in a momen,
of enthusiasm, is tumbliug down. We, farther
removed from the scene of excitement and per
haps constitutionally more cool, wait to believe
| it when we see it. We have observed Satan,
kingdom, and especially his paper-money king
dom, too long, to have our confidence in il
| shaken in a day,
The national Republican., 1861-05-24
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
Friday, May "a, 1861.

THE REPUBLICAN ERA.-This large, hand.
some, and well6lled weekly, for this week, is
now ready at the Office of the National Repub.
hcan. 1t contains all the original matter Of
the daily Republican, including local news in.
teresting to the country at large, and full re,
ports of the workings Of the different Depart.
ments. 1t contains, also, oil the news of the
day, both foreign and domestic, as well as
original correspondence from all parts Of the
country. This is just the paper for our voun.
teers to send to their friends in the States, who
wish to be informed in regard to matters trans
piring at the seat Of Government. For sale at
the office of the Republican, on Seventh street.
Price, in wrappers, four cents each. To regu-
lar subscribers, it is furnished at 81 per year.
W. ]. Murtagh 4 Co., proprietors.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24
THE SITUATION.

The latest advces from Missouri indicate
the entire abandonment Of the attempt at Sc
cession. If the State troops under Cen Price
are to be disbanded and if the diversion OF
funds from the interest on the State debt to
military uses is given up, the contest is over.
From Kentucky the indications continue fa
vorable. The House has rejected the bill to
arm the State, and voted down resolutions en-
dorsipe the sham neutrality of Gov. Msgofin.
And both the Senate and House require the
State Guard to swear to support the Consti
tuition of the United States.
Missouri and Kentucky have white popu.
laton nearly equal to that Of all the original
seven Confederate States. With Delaware and
Maryland, their white population is about three
Millions which is a large deduction from that
United South with which we we're threat
ened at the commencement Of these difficulties.
Nor are the remaining eleven slave States
at all united. Civil war among the Virginians
aud Tennesseans themselves, is already imm.
nent, and as the national flag moves south.
ward, Union parties will manifest themselves
in all the States.
In the mean time, the unanimity of the free
States is becoming confirmed, and their enthu
siasm rises higher with each successive day.
There is no break in their ranks, and their
patriotic cries are now being echoed back from
the endless shores Of the Pacific" Califor.
MIA and Oregon are blazing with ardor, and
offering their contributions of men and money,
without stint. An observer looking to the
North may well repeat the famous words
" On ,ohicherer side turn my eyes, behold
everything full Of ualor and strength"
The national Republican., 1861-05-24

D@ At mass meeting recently held at Al.
bion, Orleans county, N. Y, the sum Of thirty
thousand dollars was raised to sustain the
Government, and the greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed. The rush to enlist was so great as to
compel the persons officiating to place police
force at the door of the room they occupied.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24

NUMBER OF THE ESEMY's TKooPs.-A gen.
tleman just returned from scouting tour, ex
tended as far south as New Orleans gives it
as his opinion that the sum total of the South
ern forces at all points, does not exceed thirty.
five thousand men. He arrives at this conclu
sion, by presuming that there has been the
same exaggeration of this force at the places
which he did not visit, as he found at the places
which he did visit. We know him to be man
ofquick observation and good judgment, al
though we think he undertakes the enemy's
forces. But he does not err on that side, so
much as the reports generally current at the
North err on the other.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24

MARYLAND.-Col Christ6eld, who is the Union
candidate for Congress in the first district, which
embraces the lower part of the Eastern Shore,
is stated to be in favor Of supporting the Gov
ernment in its determination to sustain the
Union by all necessary force.
In the second district, now represented by
Mr.. Webster, and embracing the upper part of
the Eastern Shore, with portion of Baltimore
county, it is expected that Union man of the
same stamp will be put in nom nation.
In the third and fourth districts, embracing
Baltimore and portion of Baltimore county,
Aessrs. Davis and Leary, who are both Union
men Of that stamp, have already been nomi,
mated.
In the fifth district, embracing Frederick,
Allegheny, and Washington counties, the Union
men have been Sup to the fighting point" for
good while, and will send reliable man to
represent them here.
The sixth district embraces the counties ad.
jacent to this District of Columbia. The Union
men in it have, as yet, made no Congressional
nomination, but we presume, from the ndica
tions in other parts of the State, that they will
require in their candidate distinct pledge to
support the Union, the Constitution, and the
enforcement Of the laws."
1t is of less consequence that the Union men
should elect their candidates for Congress, than
that they should nominate them on the right
platform, and thus make a distinct issue be-
fore the people, between supporting the Gov.
ernment and acquescing in disunion.
And in this connection, we express the hope
that in the fourth district the Republicans will
let bygones be bygones, and rally to the sup.
port of Henry Winter Davis. Whatever com.
plants, or causes of complaint, there may be
ss TO the distribution of office, Mr. Davis, in
this contest, is the standard. bearer of the flag
of the United States; and there is no other
Gag than that to rally under in these times.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24

B~ The Wheeling papers confirm the re.
port that Grafton, one hundred miles this side
of Wheeling, has been occupied by the insur
gent forces. The occupying force is one com
pany, another company being at Pruntytown,
in the neigbborhood. tbs in Grafton, that the
Parkersburg branch joins the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad.
The national Republican., 1861-05-24

FRoN RIcHxoND-A young lady, who has
Just arrived here from Richmond, states that,
when she left, the number of troops in that city
was very small, not near as many as had been
reported. The rations of the soldiers consist
Of salt pork, corn bread, and Coffee without
sugar or milk, at which the men are very much
dissatisfied. The prices of every article had
advanced to an enormous figure. She was com.
PEELED to pay twenty FIVE cents for spool Of
cotton.