The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-08-10

4 GUILTT.-Wm. O, Williams, for aD asaauIton
one Duvid O. Kitchen, With "fotk, !" q CEar.
den Valley. some weeks ago, Ial; on WSdpes-
dHt' 10 the COdrt Of Seess6ns. found gritty Of
an assault with the iStsnttO inaIct upon The
person Of Kitchens an iaidfy; and Oh Thursday,
Peter Meyrts was convicted d sEhiblting q
deadly weaPOa q ride lnd tkssztsning man.
her. Both win b. sS6ttnSed tO-day, at ten
O'Clock AN. On Friday, Charles Horace, said
to b an I'D OlIehdsf; convicted 81 grand lar.
eeny, was senIeneed To seten years' coniue.
ment in the States prison; and jeremiah Al.
e1ander, d" cuilud Remhtan," WIN plead guilty
Of nh assault with deadly weapon, was sen.
tehced to pay hne Of two hundred dollars. or.
In default thereof, TO be cohEhed Ia the coutty
Jail one hundred days.
tbs SrSDAf Law.-The business houses and
saloons were all closed on Sunday last, and our
streets were less thFOsged and more quiet than
usual. The thirsty eyed .wis,fnlIy the closed
'aiOohs aud imrutiently counted the hours a.
they Ito them slOwIy passed away. An inquis.
Tive hummer informs Ne that q large crowd
gathered in front Of saloon on Main STREET
late ON Sunday night, and Ms soon Us the clock
struck twelve the dOOrs we're thruwh open, the
crowd entered and quenched their thirst.-
II WAS The 6rst "squsrs drink" many had bad
fur iwenty-fOur hours, and they seemed 70 en-.
J"y Il more heartily for being deprived Of il for
4 short time.
SEvERELf IuURgD.-As Charles Meredith,
Esq, was coming from Fl Dorado to this city,
on Tuesday evening last, weregret to announce,
lie met with an accident the effect Of which
now confines him to . bed Of suffering. He
had dismOUnted from his horse, spirited aad
skittish animal. for the purpose Of recovering
glove which he had dropped, when the brute
became frightened BY the approach Of another
h"rseman in the rear aud started 70 run, drag.
ging Mr.. NJ, who had entangled his hand 10
the reins. considerable distance, and severely
injuring his left knee and leg. The injureSre.
ceived By Mr. d., though severe, are not deem.
ed serious, aud when we last called on him, he
was feeling much improved and hoped to be
able to leave his chamber in a few days.
COLLEcToR's OETIcE.-During the month Of
July the County Collector aud his Deputies
collected from various sources the sum Of
tlj.47S 50. OF this sum 1854 90 were re-
ceiVed from the sale Of foreign miners licenses;
1910 op from the sale Of State aud county licen-
SEES; o., 6jl 90 from the sale Of county liecn.
aes. and e4,7l3 9j from property taxcs. Four
hundred more foreign miners licenses were
sold during the month than the present Cullcc-
has ever before sold during the Samc length
Of time, which is to be attributed to the opera
ii"n NJ the new law which compels all China
men to pay the tax, whether engaged in mining
or other employment.
FESTIVAL POsTroSEO.-The Ladies' festival
Tor The beDeft Of the new Methodist Church,
which Was to- have come of M Thursday ere
ming next, has been postponed to ThuFaday
evening, the I'D inst. The reason for the
change is that the new building could not be
got ready by the first appointed day. Wetrust
our readers will bear in mind that the proceeds
nf this festival are to be devoted to the finish.
ing and furnishing Of one Of the mos, elegant
Church buildings in the mines, aud that every
"ne Of them will patroniEe it at least to the ex-
tent Of purchasing one ticket. The ladies will
prepare q sumpiuouS supper fur the occasion,
and the tickets Of admission, which will be sold
At one dollar, will entile the purchaser To sup
Z per.
/ CONCERT AND DALL.-Ths evening. there
will he . concert and ball. at Confidence Hall,
, for the benefit uf the venerable and accomplish
ed Highland Piper oG whom We made mention
some weeks ago, Mr.. WIN. Campbell. Among
/ other attractions, we may mention that Mr.. c.
will appear in Highland costume and play sew
cral IL tie airs with whose thrilling notes he
inspired the gallant "F"rty Second" 10 deeds
of clivalry and heroic daring on the blmdy
field Of Watcrln. We hope to see the hall
filed to Overlooking. Admission. one dollar.
Tux following named gentlemen were elected
at the last regular meeting If Neptune Engine
! Company, M. =. to ill vacancies: Ed. Chris
tian. Second Assistant Foreman. vice Ed. An.
drewS. resigUed; T. u. Wade, Recording Sec
rotary. vice J. C. Kericy, resigned Jas. II.
0ranthum, Delegate.
pEAcHEs.-Jim Zimmerman, the gOod.l"Ok-
ing. go"d.naiured COloma fruit-dealing cuss,
deposited In Our sanetun, Yesterday, about q
blIshel If ksciOus, redel,ccked peaches. We
didn't wisl thcpI W "spils," % we pitched in
and ate them. We hereby warn him that oil
good fruit left IN our premises will meet .
similar fate.
CATaOLIc SERvlcE.-IIiS Grace, Most Rev.
Jas. S. Allemany, o. S. D., Archbishop Of Cal
ifornis, will oficiatc in st. Patrck's Church ~
MORROW morning Service At II o'clock-Mass
at s o'clock, a. ~, and vespers at quarter past
in the evening.
PROF. MiLLIx0ToS's subscription party, on
Wednesday evening last, at Confidence Hall,
WAS ell that the most enthusiastic dcVOtee Of
TerpsiehOre could desire. With . select aud
pleasant company, Nkillful dancers. and en-
usually 6ne music, how could the participants
fail to enjoy themselves:
"SPEAKIxa or GuMs"-Frank Bekeart, for.
merry Of ColOma, thoroughly practical gun
smith, has commenced business in this city, In
the building occupied BY Cullen Seeley, two
doors abOve the Theater. Frank warrants bis
w@k. and his guarantee 10 always good.
CAMP MEETIxC.-A camp.mseting, Of The
Methodist Church South, will DO held between
Garden Valley and Georgetown. to-day, Sun.
day and Monday-the Rev. Mr.. Simmons, pre-.
siding. All are invited 70 attend. G.
TnAHKA-Heuaudes 3 Anderson are enti-
tied to our thanks Sbr late Eastern Pict"rials
aud magazines, aud w. NJ. Bradshaw i Co. for
the Sacramento Bee, and Thee. F. Tracy. Of
Wells, Fargo Co.. for tho daily delivery Of
Atlantic aud State papers.
TuE alarm Of Hre on Thursday was sccasoned
BY the burning Of some brush above Stony