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The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19

To any person sending club Of 10. We will send
the Albany Daily AtGS d Argus, one year, gratis.
Subscriptions may commence with any number.
Letters, whether containing remttAnees otherwise,
should be addressed To the undersigned. Corner Of
BroGdloGy end Park Place, opposite CITY HaA
PtLrk, Meio York.
coMSrocK 4 CASSIDY,
febl5 Proprietors.
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CALHOUN BENHAN.--The Cincinnati Ga.
zette is responsible for the following state
ment in regard to Calhoun Benham:
"When Senator Gwin was arrested at
New York, on his arrival from California,
Calhoun Benham, of Kentucky, one of his
personal friends, was also taken in custo-
DIV. Bcnhan had been an officer or clerk
in the Custom House at San Francisco.
Passengers on The boat from that place
saw and heard enough TO prove that Gwin
and Benham were traitors. BY the aid OF
sympathizing Union men both these gen.
tenen were released. Mrs. Gwin has
also been sent to Join her husband South.
The value Of Benham's parole can be es-
tmated by looking at Beanregard'S report
| Of the battle of Shiloh. In that Benham
is compimented for the gallant part he
played on that day as Volunteer Aid Of
the General in Chief. Swear them and
let them 60. '" ----------
Prentice Of the Louisville Journal, who
is relative (by narringe) Of Benham's.
replies to the above charge with some
feeling:
1--WE have no idea that the Gazette
makes an intentional miStatement in this
case, but it speaks without knowledge
of the facts. Calhoun Benham was never
an officer or clerk in the custom House at
San Francisco. lie held the office of
United States District Attorney Of Cali
fornia, first under Fillmore and lastly I'M
der Buchanan, and he never held any
other civil office. And, much as we re-
greet his having joined the rebel army, we
can say that he did not break any parole
in doing so. He and DIR. Gwin and Brent,
on their way from California, were arrest
ed, as they alleged, without cause, but
not from the representations Of any pas
sengers on the boat. and sent to Fort La
fayettee. Shortly afterwards they were
released from the Fort "upon parole of
coming to Washington for explanations"
and at Washington they received permits
sion to go free without giving any parole
or taking any obligation, written or oral
We state herein what we personally
know to be true, and we have no doubt
that the Gazette will take pleasure in cor
recting the statement. Calhoun Benham,
much as he may err in opinion, never did
an act that he thought inconsistent with
the purcst and loftiest honor"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
THE copSrtnership heretofore existing between
i Joseph White, NJ. &. MetLler, II. q. Clrudr,
and John FoI, under the hrm of "White, Fell 4
Claude" in the business Of Retail Butchers, at the
corner Of Main and Ccloma streets in the City u
Paceryiie, is hereby dissolved by mutual consent.
All accounts due said firm to be paid to N c.
Neither and John Foil and all claims against same
to be presented to said NJ C. Neither ard JohIFol
who will continue the business at the same stand
underline hrni or . Aet1jrr 4 Foil =" ,.
JOSEPH WHITE,
NJ. c. METZLER,
II. G.. CLAUDE.
JOHN FOIL.
YIaceTSI;e. July list, 2saS.--jySn
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miscellaneous an6frtistng.
FOR SALE.--HOMESTEADS
AND
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE!

DCILDlNG LOTS for from go to $500 each -
ID Also, 50 Vara lots and entire blocks Of VI
beautiful garden land, In the City and County OF san
Francisco, the line OF the San Jose Railroad, ut
the WEST.END DEPOT. .~---.---
THE TITLE Is PERFECT!
Being = Spanish Grant. finally confirmed and pa
tented by the United States. The Shafter Bill re-
spects this title the city authorities respect II, the
District Courts and Supreme Court OF the United
States respect it-besdes
The Title has been Forever Quoted by
q Final Decree and Judgment
Against the Citv!
90 that there l. not even cloud shadow upon it
Whenever purchases one Of these lots will buy lot
and not laU suit.
ONCE, No. 10 NAglee's Building, corner Of Mont
gomery and Merchan: Streets, San Francisco.
june2Sn8 HARVEY 2. BROWN.
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Attendant and Resident Physician,
L nZAPKAY M n

Late in the Hungarian Revolutionary War, Chiei
Physician to the 20th Regiment OF Honveds, Chief
Surgeon to the Military Hospital Of Pesth, Hungary,
late Lecturer Diseases OF Women and Chdi en-,
and Honorary Member Of the Philadelphia College
OF Medicine.
t~ Particular attention paid to the treatment Of
diseases peculiar to Women and Children. Al
OFFICE HOUkS-From . A. N till o P. n. COmmu.
nications strictly confidential. Permanent cure
guaranteed, no pay. Consultations, By letter or
otherwise, free.
address, DIR. L. j. C2APKAY,
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On the aeth Day of July. A. D. 1862,

At the hour OF o'clock p NJ all the right, title in
terest and claim OF the above named defen dant In
and TO the following described property lying and
being In the Township Of Placerville, County and
State aforesaid, to wit:
That certain Ranch and Improvements, situated
on the Sac ramento and II Dorado County Wagon
Road, about 4e miles east Of the City OF Plscervlle,
bounded on the west by Icons Ranch, and On the
north, east and south By vacant land and known by
the name Of the Blockade Ranch, together with all
appurtenances belonging to said descTibedtreal
Given under my hand, this ID day Of July, A. D.
1s6s J. DWELL,
iuly4 Constable in and for said Township
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19

Remarkable Instance of Medical
publish the certificates of three
Of the sufferers from the pangI of disease Who hay
ing recovered their former health and impelled by
gratitude, make known their cases and rrmedrl
agent, and their statements authenticated by d
Notary Public. The demands Of society nlperousy
command their publicity, and We commend their pc
rusal to the attention OF the afflicted:
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On the 2eth Day of July, A. D. lse
CONsTABLE's SALE.

WRY virtue of an execution to me directed, issued
3 out OF the Court Of G. W. Stout, a Justice Of
the Peace in and for the Township OF Placerve,
County Of Fl Dorado and State Of California, upon
judgment rendered therein on the 26th day of June
A. o. lSG2, in favor OF G. W. hewlett and q. Burn
ham, and assigned by them to G. X. snowden, AMI
against john NJ. Giliard, for the Of hundred
and seventy and 81 100 dollars, debt and six 81 100
dollars interest and thriysx dollars costs Of suit,
together with accruing cosS,-I have levied upon
and seized and will expose for sale at public auction,
the highest bidder, At the Court House door in the
Ctv of PlacerVille
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Calvert Comstock, William Cassidy,
Elon Comstock,

with ample additional special assistance in the
raj departments of the paper.
Next to vigorous support Of the Federal Govern
in its present peril-the first great duty Of
cry patriotic ctiEen-the leading purpose and design
Of the Editors will be TO advocate Democratic and
Conservative doctrines, and to engraft them upon
the policy and administration Of the Governments
State and National At the same time they will
strive to furnish their readers the best possible gene
raj newspaper. The latest intelligence-foregn aud
dOmestic-will always appear in the columns Of their
paper; and its Commercial Department will embrace
the fullest and most reliable information, including
correct and ample reports Of the Money, Produce
and Cattle Markets at New York and other leading
points Of commercial transactions Great care will
also be bestowed upon the literary character Of the
paper, and such original and selected articles
tees Of new publications, &C., will be given will
be likely TO interest the reader. For the benefit Of
that large class engaged in cuvating the soil, We
shall give prominence to Agricultural subjects devo
ting to them original articles editorials and commu
nicatiOns) and carefully selected matter from the
leading journals Of the country.
The Editors may be allowed to express the hope
that the knowledge which the public have OF their
editorial experience affords the best guarantee Of
their intention to make the Neic York Weekly
Argus the most useful and complete general news
paper in the Union. 1t has already large and val
liable subscription list, which they trust will be rap
idly augmented, until the paper shall reach every
PostOfice, and find its way into every neighbOrhood.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19
Mr0iraI ami Surgical,
DIR. L. j. CZAPKAY,S
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL
1 N s I'll II q T L

Sacramento street, bNlOSe Montgomery, opposite
PaciFc Mad Steamship CO's CDscs,
San FrdnciscO.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19
TERMS

The Eew York, Weekly Ar0us is published In
quartO form. each number containing eight pages or
forty-eight columns, printed on new and handsome
type, in the beet style. 1t will be furnished to sub
scribers the following terms, payable always in
advance:
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19

DIR. L. j. CERpkRy'S Private Medical and
Surgical Institute Is on Sacramento street. below
Montgomery, opposite the Pacific Mail Steamship
Cumpany's Office, San Francisco. Tie Df.'UGers
free consultations, and asks remuneration unless
he effects n cure Office hours from A. N. to P. NJ
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19

COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES,
SenatOrs--(not elected this yearl-A. St. c. Dsn's
-. Harvey.
Members Of the Assembly-seneca Dean, J, Eras'
J. II. Dennis, II. G. Parker
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19

Established in 1854, for the Permanent
Cure of all Private and Chronic Dis
eases and the Suppression of Quack-
cry
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19
MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.

eE- Those who have hitherto ratroniIed us are
ss tisfed that what We have above announced Is
strictly correct those who have not yet pAtronized
us, need only make one trial to he convinced. We
are both PRACTICAL PRINTERS and are fully capable Of
fulfilling to the letter all We promise here.
GELWICKS JANUARY,
PRoPRiETORS.
PLAcERvILLE, January i, 1852.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19

The following letter which empla,cally
speaks for itself was written by the Dean Of the Fac
ulty 81 the Philadelphia College az Medicine the
editors OF the Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal,
san Francisco, for publication:
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-19
A Poster 10 a Visiting Card!

Being fully convinced of the fact that the prices
for Printing like all other NECESSARY things in Cali
ifornia, have greatly decreased within the past
We have accordingly bought and put into operation
all the latest and most desirable
The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19
BURIED ALIVE.

In the early part Of last week, 4 wo.
man who resided on Milton street.
suddenly died, and in the absence 81
her husband, who is soldier ii the
army, was placed by her friends in in "a a
vault in the Cumminsville buryine
ground. On Wednesday last the hus.
band OF the deceased returned home.
to be not only surprised, but severely
shocked by the melancholy news that
awaited him. Anxious once more 10
behold the beloved features of his de-
parted wife before her remains were
deposited in the grave, he had the cof.
fin opened in the presence Of several
friends, when, what was his horror
and astonishment 10 find she bad
changed position, and was lying flat
upon her face, having in her struggles
and extreme despair, torn the flesh
entirely of her shoulders. The feel
ings Of the husband end friends can
readily be imagined AZ the exposure Of
such an awful death. The lid of the
coffin was replaced and then lowered
in the ground, there to lie forever.
Csncinadts Eng,siiyyr, lse. 81 .
The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19
THE GAME OF LIFE.
- .
By JOHN G. SAKE.

%..sss f5.l @l.---- - .Es5.-.- frf... 5.
There's a gamsemuch in fashion, think it's
called EUoHRE; ~~3'::s,&. ~
(Thoog h never have played it, for pleasure or
Mcre) 49, ta:, -. ':'E~ III
In which, when the cards are in certain co,ndi-
tions,
The players appear to have changed their posi-
tions,
And one Of them cries, in confident tone,
. think may venture to GO 1T A1oNE!"
While watching the game, tits a whim of the
bard's
moral to draw from that skirmish of cards.
And to fancy he finds in the trivial strife
Some excellent hints for the battle of Life;
Where-w neither the prize be ribbon or throne
The winner is he who can. 6 60 it alone ~ ..,.:
When great Galileo proclaimed that the world
In regular orbit was ceaselessly whirled,
And got-not convert-for all of his pains,
But only derision and prison and chains,
. 1t moves, FOR ALL THAT !" was his answering
For he knew, like the Earth, he could "go it
When Kepler, with intellect piercing afar,
Discovered the laws of each planet and star,
And doctors, who ought to have lauded his
name,
Derided his learning and blsckened his fame.
" Can WATT" he replied, "t;ll the truth YOU
shall own;'
For he felt in his heart he could ego it alone ~
Alas for the player who idly depends,
In the struggle Of life, upon kindred or friends:
Whatever the value of blessings like these,
They can never atone for inglorious ease,
Nor comfort the coward who finds, with groan.
That hlscrutchcs have left him to ego it alone!''
There's something. no doubt, in the hand YOU
may hold
Health, family, culture, wit, beauty and gold,
The fortunate owner may fairly regard
As. each in its way, q most excellent card
let the game may be lost, with all these for
your own,
Unless you've the co rage to "go it alonem
In battle or business, whatever the game,
In law or in love, it is ever the -ame
In the struggle for power, or the scramble for
pelf,
Let this be your motto-"RELY ON YoUnsE1F,,,
For, whe cher the prize be ribbon or throne,
lhe victor is he who can Ego it alone "
The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19
LONDON STAR on THE TIMES AND
POST.

Any Englishman who desires to
learn what extent Of brutal bullying
may be tolerated and encouraged in
moment of national passion, can do
nothing better than to read over, in a
calm moment, the leading columns Of
of the Times and the lNornind Post,
tor the past three or four weeks. We
think with shame, as English journal
lists, OF the manner in which, day after
Gay, these two English newspapers
have been slandering, taunting, in
sulting the government and the people
of the United States. No Language
more foul and bitter could have been
employed by either journal if the very
name of American had been the ac-
knowledged synonym Of all that is
base, false and cowardly. People talk
here of the New York Herald in terms
Of just contempt and detestation.-
When has the New York Herald
written anything so coarse, so SANDER
Gus, 50 vulgar, so false as the Times
and the Moruing Post have written of
the American Government and the
|people day after day during the recent
crisis, with a systematic infamy of Ian
guage and baseness Of purpose? .
Had nil this been done to intimidate
the Federal Government, to force it
into yielding TO onr demand, it would
have been sufficiently mean and cow
ardly, but not, perhaps, wholly mex
cusable. 1t,might have aeemed a sort
OF brutal extravagance Of zeal OH be-
halt OF our national interest. But it
had not this excuse. It was not done
to induce the Americans to concede.
1t was done with the deliberate pur-
pose Of goading on the proud and sen.
sative people Of the Northern States
into some passionate defiance Of Eng
land, in order that England, being the
stronger, might crush and trample her
free offspring. All that the Times
and Morning Post could do by taunts,
by jeers, BY vulgar insul, of every
kind, was exhausted in the effort4o
provoke the North into vehement
refusal. It was the. hope and the ef.
fort of those journals that at the very
least the Federal Government might
be forced into a collision with the peo-
pie of the United States, and the prin-
ciple Of Democracy be thus endanger.
The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19

.s=3E Z SO 4 -a Ii -
b The APPROACH OF, ,SLEEP.sIt is =
delicious moment, certainly, that Of
being well nestled in bed, and feeling
that You shall drop gently 70 sleep.
Ine good to come -iIot past; the limbs
have been just tired enough to render
the remaining IN one position delight
tnl. the labor Of the day is done
A gentle failure Of the perespt;oDe
g creeping over one; the spirit of
consciousness disengages itself more
and more with slow hushiiog degrees
Ike : mother detaching her rnand from
TINT O her slesping child; de mind
appears g have : balny lid closing
over 4 ike The eye I'll s. clUs.
ing 81 more closii1,, u close
Ihs ! nyst ions spifit ~ .; y taks
IL aifY Iou1da ss.ss s. sss1s
The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19

VELOCITY OF L1Gur.----Professor
Tlndall, in one of his recent lectures
on light, at the Royal Institution, Lon
don, stated that it had been proved by
computation that light travelled thro'gh
space at the rate Of 193 900 miles in a
second, and that it came to US from
the sun in seven minutes and half
while it would take a cannon ball tif.
teen years to perform the journey
An express train, travelling night
and day, would require three weeks
to go round the earth light would
do it in the interval betweentwo puffs
of the engine.
The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19
RED WING GooDHuE COUNTY WEDNESDAY FEBRAR1 10
CUTTING Or FORT PULASKI

The Hartford (Conn.) PRESS relates
how the opening of the artificial chan.
nefknown as 2''Wall's Cut, . by means
OF which our gunboats were enabled
Ito pass into Savannah river, between
Fort Pulaski and Savannah, was ac-
complished. The Press receives the
fact from a participants: ####, as
/" Wallis Cut, one Of the inland pas
sages to Savannah, was obstructed by
the rebels when our forces took Port
Royal, by the sinking Of brig, and
driving three rows Of piles across the
passage. The delicacy Of the opera.
ton Of removing the Instructions can
be imagined when we state that tile
place was SO far within the enemy's
lines that they left it entirely un guard
ed thinkinga.that our troops would
have neither the ternerity to approach
the channel, nor the ingenuity to re-
move the distractions.
But they did not know the Yankee
daring and skill. Sometime before the
middle Of January, the three compa-
nles OF the Connecticut Seventh that
were left on Hilton Head We're sent
down to the lower end Of Danfaskie
Island to act as guard to party of en-.
gineers who were to attempt to open
Wallis Cut. From the house, which
formed the headquarters of the party,
Savannah was plainly visible, at a dis
tance of eight miles, across the marsh
es and bayous. The line of the river
could also be traced, and the men seen
on the decks Of the black little steam
ers that piled between Savannah and
Fort Pulaski, the port holes Of which
could be counted.
During the daytime the party kept
concealed: At night strong guards o1
soldiers were placed at favorable points
OF observation, and the engineers with
muff1ed oars and hammers, silently
worked till daybreak. This was con.
tinued five successive nights before the
work was accomplished. But the
piles were all removed and the old
sunken bulk moved to position which
renders the passage of the gunboats
easy. So unsuspicious were the enem,
all this time, that our pickets captured
two innocent duck-shooters, who sup
posed they were rowing in rebel wa
ters. II is one Of the c1cycrest achieve
ments Of the war;
The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19

THERE was a curious case on trial
at the United States District Court, in
Albany, last week. A man and his
wife, living at the western part of the
State, had separated and lived. apart
by mutual consent, During this Pc
Rod the husband opened a letter writ.
ten to his wife,; He was arrested fo,
this at her instigation, several months
since, and the trial took place last
week: Thejury brought him in guilty.
The Judge sentenced him to twenty
four hours imprisonment in the county
jail, and fine Oslo.
The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19
MONEY IN THE SOUTH.

A Norfolk correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch gives the follow
ing graphic picture Of the difficulties
attending the present condition of Con.
tederate currency: Cleaning over the
counter, puzzled volunteer was en-
deavoring to add up the change lust
paid out by the sleek haired clerk
Before him lay quantity Of mutilated
bills, ragged and dirty pieces Of paper
bits OF cardboard, printed checks, a
few copper pennies, milk tickets, post
age stamps, and other interesting spe.
clmens ofthe present outrageous 'coi,,
Of the realm Over and over again the
puzzled volunteer cssayed to count the
pile OF villainous currency, and over
and over again he failed to find it sat,
lstactory. 1t was too much for his rus.
tic arithmetic; the problem was toe
difficult to solve upon only ten fingers.
The bystanders laughed. Tie money
was spread out upon the showcase, as
young ladies lay cards upon a table in
telling fortunes, and the soldier stood
before it, searchingly examining every
piece: DO you call this ,noney?' he
asked, taking upa small yellow paral.
telegram looking very like the brass
card on the top Of a sardine box. DO
you call this money! holding up an
advertisement Of fine Havana cigars
'and this pa bill for fifteen cents, in
which some weak-minded printer had
gone raving mad in different varieties
of type. Good for one shave tread.
ing slowly Dick the bar6er-' DO you
call this money p The sleek-haired
clerk was puzzled also It'll pass all
over town indeed it will, SIR Once
more the soldier scrutinized the ragged
and incongruous pile, and grasping it
in one hand, soliloquized: { SO o,this is
money-money ? ha! / call it stuff!
Why, a man might hold his hand full,
and then have but thirty seven cents
in money.'"s ts'Sg@5 @sSi ~ *''1s %.st7 ,as.5
The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19

A SAILOR IN CouMAND.-The rou.
tine OF camp Gfeis full of bright as well
as of stiff colors.s A correspondent OF
a paper writing from Camp Scott, re-
lates that Capt. Mitchell, Of the U Mon
Rifles, formerly Captain Of revenue
cutter, wished his men to file to the
right, and forgetting the regular order,
sung OUT S'asf5 So 1afl5 sE'''t'1 'n& ,7"1
Starboard, boys! I don't know,
what In thunder you call it on land ?;
The file leader being a sailor, the
cemmand4was duly. obeyed. ..~.lr., Snr
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= CONNECTICUT DRAFr1NG.---The se-
lectmen of the various cities and towns
OF Connecticut, commenced on the
9th to draft for members of the seac.
tive militia" pursuant to recent en-
actment Of that State. BY its pro-
visions those drafted are liable at all
Tins to be called into the service of
the State, "and, in case of war or in
surrection, to be turned over into the
service of the United States,'' by the
Governor, to comply with any requisi.
ton of the President.