The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-01-26
WOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
--rxD-oEz~ AND VICINITY.

,.r,c1yOx.-On Tseaday last, Mr.. J. II.
,..,,,,ss commenced suit In the District Court
=. ,s.,rain the payment 81 the three thousand
IolI.rs ruised By taxation OfOur citizens for Tie
.,,,Dose of meeting the expense n the suPey
I,h. route Of the PIscerrilIe aud Folsom raiI.
"a 10 WIN. J. Lewis, Esq, the SurveyOr,
.Od,he temporary writ II injunction was issued
..A served uPOn the Treasurer and Mayor.
IN. action IL based upon the grOund that the
cannon Council, even with an endorsement NJ
maturity II the citizens, have No right under
m. Cite Charter to appropriate mOney EoF any
.o,k ~ improvement outside IT the city limits.
NJ. merely nSsics the fact ~ the institution Of
an. anti % an item II local interest, without
,o,,OdlnR comment either upOn she motives n
n. vlsintiR Or the probable result II the action
I, il true that . msjoFity ~ the taxpayers
,O,ed 10 favor ~ IeVying tax f"r the payment
Or,he e0ntrsct 10 question. and ere u0w desi.
rus that the payment Sh"uld be made; yet IL is
.ousIIy true that sny Taxpayer OppOsed thereto
has right 10 institute suit to prevent it. Here
/, the cuOeluding paragraph Of the complaint:
~whereas, the premises considered, said plain.
,iG brinRs THE actiOa and prays decree d..
rIaripg I'll of Said proceedings null and void
,.eludiaR the levy and collrciioH Of said tax
and ssid agreement with said defendant Iewh !;
and epbiuisR and restraining said Common
Council and City Treasurer fF"m ever paS ing
s.id three thOuaaOd dOllarS 20 sAid defendant
Lewis ~ any part Ihercof. and directing them
IN hold The same subject 10 the nrder Of the
several iax.VsyerS whO have paid the same, OF
10 repay tie same ~ said taxpayers, Ur 10
hid the zane In readiresa TO meet any judg.
meu, which msy be rendered By said tax pay.
rrs Er the money ~ a. aforesaid paid by them,
ar 10 I,ay the same into the General Fund for
Municipal purposes; and that said HDanc,ion
NAV be made perpetual upon the hearing ri
this cause" &c. y. W. SandersOn, Esq., Ia
counsel EW pIaigtiG.
AGaIcrLTCRAL During the
past few H'ouths quite sauHber n our citizens
hsve purchased 0r heated lands in the imme.
date neighborhm'd II the city, for agricultural
purposes. Almost every hillside 10 the vicinity
will have been taken uP and subjected tn cult
vuion beftFe the year has expired. Indeed,
land suitable Er such purposes u slrrudy be- Z"
coming ri great value. and 10 By nO means .
drug in the market, but finds purchasers with.
'mt dihieulty aud 81 g'n'd Pvicr~. Twenty ~
mfr d'tIsVa I'ee sere b considered bat small
price E& laad " R@d quality aud desirable
L~a'iOO, any where near the city, and frequent
Sara bare recently been inside at prices ranging
tetucsn ih"se sgur~s. These lands ere mostly
designed for vlHey ards. and thousands II the
el"deeSt varieties of grapes will BE- plAnte !
up-'n them during The next few nlOntlls, besides
"Iher species u fruits that gruw most luxuri.
an'ly here. We En'k upon this increasing
spirit u Improvement with the Utmost salts.
tArti"M, sNd bail Il - the harblnger ri great
wealth u oar cs'nnty and city. E'r u 10 BY no
means e"Saned IN this neighborhmni. but per-
vsdes the e'Hanty in every direction. II will
6eneht every eiADs Of"uT citizens. by creating
an Increased demand ER Isbor, Oar y'opalaIi on
Wil he iDeTeased. aud the demand for the
wares 'T"uF merchants aWA the services uG our
mechanics will swell eth The iSaux. The poe.
stability "f'he " n'iDes Giviag osG'' WiIl ." hOger
l~ b"gbeas - frGhtes The hbovvV, G~ he
will have the asasruUes NJ wsOss Fcmupevative
and less PreesFiOuS employment in the culiiva.
tim II EensFuaS soil sad the prOduciiOn OG
staples which will ever iud 9 market 90 hnR
- 'nsa liveth. '' The day l. not far Distant.
in "uT "Pini'o. when the wine press II Fl D,,.
rad" c"aH'y will make her a. we'll know to the
W"'ld a. did the discovery Of gold ., CoIoma,
and yield tn Der far more Of abiding wealth
aud prosperity. 81 mote Il be.
IsuExsS FALL ~ SxOw. Iew perrOaa have
any i'ra at the large quantity of snow that falls
IN The aHmmiI Of The Sierra Nevada IN the Fall
and Winter moniha. Snow saovsns have been
u'"Ts frequent, more 0erce aud eUaaissOus In
Ihe last G''aF saOnihs than ever bSeOre, 10 the
lndiaSs Be good authority. Mr.. Cary has fur.
mixed % the E'IISving is,we.tinG tabular
II the number u inches " ANEW the,
'rll m the sa@mls In the monihs II OcloLes.
November. December sRd January:
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