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The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-20
A Democratic and Conservative News
paper in the City of New York.
NEW YORK WEEKLY ARGUS.
To Restore the Union and Maintain
THE CONSTITUTION.

Fer several years the Democratic and Conservative
sentiment OF the Nation has been keenly alive to the
necessity Of being faithfully and ably represented by
rst-class Newspaper, published in the City Of New
York, adapted to popular circulation, and welding
IA wholesome influence throughout the Union. The
great want has been, and Is, II paper which shall
sustain the same relation to Democratic and Con
sentative principles does the New York Tribune
to AbOlitiOnism and all kinds OF Radicalism-a pa
per conducted with talent and prudence, With cor
rect appreciation Of the true principles OF our Gov
eminent and fidelity to them in all respects first
class newspaper, aud yet Afforded ~ price bring
lag within the reach of the masses Of the People
throughout the country.
The undersigned, from their connection with the
Albany ATLAS ARGCS-one of the Oldest and
best known Democratic papers in the Cnon-have
been constantly urged during the last three four
years, to respond to this demand, by establishing
frst-class Weekly Newspape. In the City of New
York. adapted to general circulation. We yield to
the wishes Of political friends, and have there
fore transferred the publication of the WEEKLY
ATLAS ARGUS to the City OF New York, wheIe
II will hereafter be issued under the name of
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-20
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY ARGUS.

Ills published in quarto form, of the size Of the
leading New York Weeklies; and We promise that in
its News, Editorial, Literary, Miscellaneous and Ag-
rcultural Departments, in its Market Reports. and in
all other respects it shall be least equal TO any
paper published in that city. While devoting to it
own editorial services it has also the benefit Of
the entire time and constant supervision of Mr..
EL0N CoMsTOcK for several years of the editors
Of the New York Journal Of Commerce, . gentle
Of recognized editorial ability and experience.
The editors will therefore be
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-20

Here SAA Ibs Passl Tie hcSpas's rights nalatalss
CaawSd 81 inausses nd aAbgibsd By gals"
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To any person sending club Of 10. we will send
the Albany Daily AtLdS d Argus one year gratis.
Subscriptions may commence With any number.
Letters whether containing remittances otherwise
should be addressed 10 the undersigned, Corner Of
BtoddloGy and PARK Place, opposite city Hal
Park, Neln YORK.. a.
COMsToCK CASSIDY,
febl5 ProTrIciors
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DEEUS, MORTGAGES AND DECLARA-
~ tione Of Homestcads, for sale at this Office.
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For the prompt correct and careful execution Of all
the various descriptions OF
PR INTI NG
re- be found anywhere North Of San Francisco
which facts they are prepared to prove by occulsI
aenonsffanon Il an who may desire anything IN
their line, fron,
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Geing fully convinced of the fact that the prices
for Printing like all other NECESSARY things in CALI
ifornia have greatly decreased within the past YEAR
We have accordingly bought and put into operation
all the latest and most desirable
LABoR-SAVING MACHINERY
Known in the business; and arc thus enabled to
compete with EVEN San Francisco-:hcreby conf
pletely multiplying the hitherto good argument that
Money could be saved BY sending below for print.
ing" Our stock Of
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Is always of the best quality, selected with due re-
and, being in constant communication with
Agent in San Francisco, anything INV, or Of NuNEL
DESIGN, introduced there can be speedily transmitted
to us.
Having thus enumerated our facilities and deter
uination to do all classes of work that fault
Sor he found with prices execution, we will now
reitcratc that
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AT FIFTY PER CENT. LESS
Than former prices, aui in the same style that has
always been the commanding feature Of printing
emauating from the Office Of the
MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
tX- Those who have hitherto patronizcd us are
satisfied that what have above announced is
strictly correct those who have not yet paironized
us, need only make Que trial to b. convinced. We
are both PRACTICAL PRINTERS, and fully capable Of
fulfilling to the letter all We promise here.
GELWICKS & JANUARY,
PRorRlETORS.
PLACERvILLE, January /, 1869.
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DIR. L. j. CLapkay's Private Medical and
Surgical Institute is on Sacramento street, below
Montgomery, opposite the Pacific Mail Steamship
COmpany's Once, San Francisco. The Dr. offers
free consultations, and asks remuneration unless
he effects a cure Once hours from A. NJ. to NJ.
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A Poster to a Visiting Card!

Eeing fully convinced of the fact that the prices
for Printing, like all other NECESSARY things in Call.
fornia have greatly decreased within the past wear,
We have accordingly bought and put into operation
all the latest and most desirable
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ITAs tsils.ias .saEas found the Of res
the StOnewa Brigade recently by tn
AsAsEalr1sspa. Winchester, virgiIa:l
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re- be found anywhere North OF San Francisco
which facts they are prepared to prove by occulaI
ae,ponsffanon ,S an who may desire anything IN n
their line, from
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-20

Remarkable Instance OF Medical
Reltef.-Beow we publish the certificates of three
Of the sufferers from the pangs Of disease VhO hav-
ing recovered their former health, and impeIled by
gratitude, make known their cases and remedi. !
agent, and their statements are authenticated by L
Notary Public. The demands Of socirty imperiously
command their publicity, and We commend their pc
rusal to the attention OF the afflicted:
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LABoR-SAvING MACHINERY

Known III the business; and arc thus enabled to
pletely multiplying the hitherto good argument that
Money could be saved BY sending below for print.
ing" Our stock Of
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AT FIFTY PER CENT. LESS

Than former prices, aui in the same style that has
always been the commanding feature Of printing
emanatng from the Office Of the
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-05-13

favor Of the LOWEST bidder,-it does
not appear in the published proceed
ings-we return them thanks on be-
half of the News Office, the city trea-
sury, and the corporation. To those
of course, who did not, we are under
no obligations. There's no use try
ing to get around it, by any plea, for
we offered to do the Corporation
printing, combining ourself to no par
ticular work, but all that the Corpo-
ration would need in the way Of ad-
vertising. Magma est rer'tds, 81
pyeualcbit.
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The Federal Gunb0atS Running
the Batteries at New Madrid.

a correspondent. writing from
New Madrid, gives the following ac-
count of the enemy's gunboats run
ming the batteries at that point:
l wrote you from Benton that the
plan of RAINING the rebel batteries
with the gnnboats was the one most
likely to be adopted in order to furn-
ish General Pope with facilities for
crossing the river. Last right it
was adopted and was entirely sue
cessful..
Commodore Foote issued orders to
Captain Henry Wake, Of the Car
ondolet, to conceal ALL his lights,
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tronery. They have been parroled
and set at liberty, and will Of course
be protected in New Orleans by their
Federal friends, to whose govern
ment they will probably take the
oath Of allegiance. We hope, how
ever, that We shall yet have an OPP
portunity to bring them to that
punishment which their base conduct
so richly deserves.
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.TNo.DICI[Ir[9Or
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
To Correspondents.

We will be pleased to receive con-
tr;hutions from, our friends, in and
around Shreveport. An occasional
article from our planters, relative to
the crops, will be very acceptable
In fact, we desire correspondence
from every section Of the States.
Personal articles will not be pub
lished, either as communications or
advertisements.
Those friendly to our undertaking.
who may hear Of any local, or other
items, that may prove Of interest to
our readers, will favor us by handing
in the same at the Office of the News.
In writing, be brief and concise,
bearing in mind, that lengthy com,
,nunications are seldom appreciated
Nv newspaper readers.
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We are pleased to hear that the
rivers are falling; we are deharred
from receiving AM ,nails from Vleks'
burg on, account Of the overflow,
which we think will soon be remi-
eIied,-so we understand at least
Gov. Moore is now reported to be at
Camp Moore, Several gunboats are
reported to be in the vicinity OF Fort
Adams. on the Mississippi river,
other reports contradict the rumor.
Yorktown is said 20 have been evac-
uated by the Coufederates, who were
falling back towards Richmond
From New Orleans, we have no news
Of Importance. Our readers should
bear in mind that all the rumors we
publish, we do not vouch for.
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The Surrender Of the Forts.

We find the following in the Alex
andria Democrat
While We were contemplating the
determined stand taken by the peo-
pie of New Orleans, and picturing to
ourselves the effect it would have
upon the result OF the invasion as
long AZ the Forts were held by our
forces, We were panied to receive in-
telligence that the Forts had been
surrendered to the enemy by an act
of perfdy and treason unparalleled
in the history of the revolution. AL
though the damage to the Forts and
it's inmates had been but tritiing.
Notwithstanding the terrible bonn
bardmcnt Of two weeks; although 1t
had ample provisions to hold out
for months TO come and although
Gen. Duncan was confident of his
ability to defend it against any force
that was likely to BIZ brought against
lit, the soldiers under his command,
with the exception Of the Cannon
ecrs' from ST. Mary, threw down
their arms and demanded surren-
der, alledging that it was useless to
fight any longer since the city had
fallen into the hands of the enemy.
When an army is forced to surren-
der after Il hard fought battle. when
further resistance is hopeless, we are
consoled in our defeat by the retlec-
ton that We have done everything
that brave men and patriots could do
to avert the calamity. But it makes
the heart sick to think that We should
be betrayed into the hands of the
enemy by the treacbery, cowardlc'
and disloyalty of those who were
tentrusted with our defense. at Il time
when success OH our part, to partla
degree at least, was within tn,
boundsof probability. If the forts hat
heidou, and blockaded the river, eve,
y shor, zine longer, the enemy's vic
ttorv would have been but a barre,
one, inasnuch as he would have
z been thwarted in his scheme of sup
plying the European market will
{ cotton stolen from the plantations 0
= the Southern people. 1t was tn
f knowledge on the part of Gen. Dun
t can and the people of New Orleans
y that theyhad the enemy in an awkwar
: predictnent, which made the for1ne
so anxious to hold his position. an
o the latter so determined to thro,
o Obstacles in the way of the occup:
e ton of the City by the Federalist
But all their efforts have been rel
e dered migratory by the unexpecse
1t surrender of the Forts. Treason an
'e cowardice have done what the en'
,e my, with his powerful feet, nigl
Of never have accomplished.
e. There can be no excuse for IL
lr conduct Of the soldiers who refus.
~ to fight any longer. Whether the
6. was any use in fighting any long
Of or not, was question with whit
ur they had nothing to do. Gener
It Duncan was competent to decide
Id and, when they enlisted, they ;
e- took solemn oath to obey the CO,
ot mands of their superior officers.
IS he said they should not surrend'
he but die at their posts, it was thu
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Fuel for The Enemy.

=
The subjoined pithy article we
find in the Vicksburg Wing, and it
is one of the most important things
we have overlooked in making ar
rangemsnts to retard the progress Of
the enemy up the Mississippi or
other rivers. A gentleman from New
Orleans, informs US that it was evil
dent the enemy's vessels were nearly
out of fuel, and as misfortune would
have it, they secured on their arrival
at the city of New Orleans. large
number Of boats laden with coal.
AS tho authorities have taken the
cotton question in hand, why not
also include fuel?
at seems to be the general dispo-
sition of all true Southorns to de-
prive the enemy Of every facility
calculated to aid them in Carrying on
their unholy crusade against u.s.
but their is one mode of put
ting them to great Inconvenience OF
which little has been said or perhaps
thought of. We allude to the placing
out Of their reach every article that
NAV be used fer fuel ON their ships
and gunboats.
1t is reasonable to suppose that
they have not come prepared tol
this Emergency Indeed, it would
be no small matter for them to bring
a sufficiency Of coal and wood te
carry them through such river
campaign as they havo undertaken
Without fuel their boats will b,
powerless and with our citizens
living along the river it remains t.
deprive them Of this important "sin
ew of war" Not Il stick Of cord
wood or u bushel Of coal should b.
allowed to fall into their hands; ant
the man who would not, under sucl
circumstances, destroy the last YES
tige of anything likely to aid them
deserves the severest punishment
The enemy. if this be done. vii
find it very diff to get their boat
up the river, in the first place
and much more hard to keep O.
hand supply thereafter--at all event
until after Fort Pillow has fallar
, l(Of course it must eventually fall
Let us use every possible means t
annoy, and, if possible, defeat on
! enemy. The time has come TO do O
2 die. Already do we hear the clanl
t ing of the letters with whicE we III
;, to be bound hand and foot. Let L
: act calmly, but with determinatio'
: and never give up the ship" viii,
e there is q soul left to man her"
81
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ExemptiOns Under the CouScriptiOn
Law Of Congress-.

The Richmond (Va.) Examiner Of
April 23d contains the following bill
passed by the Confederate Congress,
certain persons under the
CONSUMPTION Act now in force. The
Examiner observes that the bill is
similar to one passed by the Virginia
State Assembly, and will very little
diminish the number Of conscripts.
For the benefit of those Of our friends;
who have become considerably ex-
cited and nervous since the pas
sage Of the bill. We will lay
it before their eyes. so that they
may be benefited by pcrusal of it,
and no longer keep them in suspensc
Some of them may breathe frecr:
The following Exemption Bill was
passed by Congress, and signed by
the President just before adjourn
ment:
A BILL to be entitled "-ln .1ct IL
exempt certain persons from enroll
ment tor sereice in the armies cft tn
Confederate States:"
SECTION /. The Congress OF til.
Confederate States do enact, Tha
all persons who shall be held to b'
unfit for military service under rules
to be prescribed by the Secretary o
War; all in the service or employ 0
the Confederate States; all judicia
officers Of Confederate or State Gov
ernmcnt; the members Of both house
of Congress-, and the legislatures O
the several States and their respect
live officers; all clerks Of the Stat
and Confederate Governments allow
ed by law; all engaged III carrying
the mails; all ferrvmen on pos
routes; all pilots and persons engage
in the marine service; and III actu:
(seryice on railroad routes Of trans
portation; Geographic operators an
ministers OF religion in their regul'
discharge Of ministerial duties; a
engaged in working iron mines, flu
naces, and founaries; all journey
men printers actually employed
printing newspapers; all president
and professors OF colleges and acat
.mics, and all teachers having 1
many as twenty scholars superi'
f tendents of public hospitals, lanat
, asylums, and the regular nurses al
attendants therein, and the teache
in the institutions for the deaf al
dumb and blind in each apothecal
T. store now established one apothecal
/ in good standing, who is practic
v druggist; superintendent and ope
: a,ives in wool and other factorit
). who may be exempted by the Seer
j. tarv of War, shall be, and are hereb
exempted from military servive
d the armies of the Confederate Stat
The Federal GunboatS Runni1
II <Lo D.,tx rsnc NJ Envr NJ n dri6
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It is reported that there are at
Ship Lsland from fifty to sixty YES
sells of the enemy, some of which
are large class steamers. Assurediy
Shin Island deserves its nalns.
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SINGLE Copies, 10 Cents
l]Sec Every Page.

Persons sending ne remittances will be
good enough to send no other paper money
than Louisiana State or Confederate Notes
or shreveport Corporation bills, none other
u;ll he received. Individual and other cor
porstion bills are Of no use to US, as we
cannot get them off our hands.
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~ Gen. Seigle, of the Federal
army is reported to have died in camp
near BentonyiHe. Mo-. Of typhoid fe-
yer. ON or about the 14.h instant
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rics to General Pope's command
A large barge filled with coal, and
then covered with bales Of pressed
hay, piled up so high that it covered
the tops Of the ports. was made fast
to the side nearest the tennessee
shore.
The darkness was so intense that
we should have run the gauntlet I'M
observed, but just before We reached
the cnemy's upper battery one OF our
chimneys blurred out" and the fire
ut once discovered us to the sel,tl
nels. They at once opened fire up"n
us with musketry. but Of course,
without effect. Their floating bate
nv had been moved down the river.
and we were subjected to a furious
fire from all the rebel batteries, but
the bullets which rnined against the
mailed sides and pilot house ut the
Carondolct fell harmless. We did
not FIRE n shot-our ports being
closed.
The lines of Gen. Hopc's command
nearly three miles III length. wer.
abon. two miles from the river-h's
to be uselessly exposed to the slnry
artillery practice upon the bank.
! Capt. Wake, Of the Car"nd"'"''
Went below the lower battery, a"'!
turning the bow Of his boat toward
the shore steamed up to it. 1t ma'l'
!, vigorous sistenee, but the gun
n.rs fled, and our officers went ashore
and spiked them. They We're both
there were only two-:;i2- Founders
, Capt. Walk. then engaged the
; Next battery, two miles above and :
f after u lively engagement, drove out
f the enemy and took possrsSio". splk-
! ing both guns. His boat was not
: struck by single shot from either
81 From NAssAU-Ihc Charleston
Mercury, OF the 2Sth ul,.. has new
). from Nassau to the Esd. Vie North
ern intelligence Of the arrival OF thu
Nashville at that port, and her change
I ofname to IT. l.. Wrag=,' is confirm
4 ed, and it is further stated that she
i sailed again on the sth Of April with
! Il cargo of arms brought out to Mas
d s,u by the British steamer "South-
r ward" Hercapture not having been
Il reported by Northern authorities We
- NAV draw our own inference. ! H.
stea,ner "Econ.mis,'' arrived from
;, Charleston with Il cargo of cotton OF
: the 9th of April, as also had th'
, schooner pride" from Georgetown
-. =. c., with Il similar cargo. IEt
l. British packet steamer "harnark
had been wrecked in the harbor o.
Il Nassau.
49, A letter from Bordeaux, datee
! March 18th, SAYS that British steam
-, er was in that port, loaded with Il car
~ go worth 100000, part Of whlci
a, was brought from England, and was
. intended to run the blockade of tn
g. Southern ports. The schooner Al
s- bert, Capt. Erickson, cleared iron
Nassau TOR Cardenas, on the 10TH ult
:, The schooner Chase. Capt. Habenlch
49, cleared for Baltimore on the same da,,
with cargo of salt. The BIRTHS
lS screw steamer Minna had arrived a
Nassau from Iondon The xchoone
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4 MORE MoNIToRs.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the N. y
Herald says:
The navy department has invited
propositions, by mail or telegraph
to the 3Oth inst, at noon, with gener-
a, specifications and plans for the
construction Of one or more gunboats
for the Mississippi and gulf service
with two turrets, on the plan Of the
Ericsson battery. for I1-inch guns
thickness of the iron plates to be S
inches the sides to be plated with
iron of three inches thickness, in ont
or two layers, to extend two and hal
feet below the load line thu vessel:
not to be less than 220 feet in length
and Sc feet in breadth, and not t.
draw over six feet Of water. wheI
loaded and ready for service /; to b.
propelled by screws, to insure speed
Of nine knots, or sea miles. through
the water per hour, ard state tim
and price.
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Boats which arrived last night report Red
River blockaded at the mouth. Let oul
vigilance Committee look out for spies.
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Going-Going-Gone.-Fo For the
information of the people interested
in the Corporation Of Shreveport, we
would remark, that at the urgent 30
Acitation Of a member of the Board of
Trustees of this city, bid was put
in for the Corporation printing, by
the office of the Semi w eekly News
Said Office offering to do it for $50 I;
and strange to say, it was given to
the Office OF the Gazette with no
apparent opposition, for S75,-one
third more!
We had no intention of noticing
the course pursued by the Board but
to satisfy some of our friends, we
make mention of the fact. Let it be
distinctly understood, that it was not
our purpose to offer bid ut the time,
and that as we deyiated from our
q fixed determination not to bid ut any
!; time whatever for the public printing
it was not with any expectation Of
having the contract allotted to oul
Office, far from it, but merely to sat
isty the request made. that WE. SHOULD
put in bid. We told the gentle
, man, at the time, "that we could no
get it, and that it was out of the ques
ton to harbor any thoughts to tn
y contrary" Therefore friends. you SCI
1--we are not disappointed.
! 1t; any Of the members voted il