The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-09-06

The election Of such wise and honest and
patriotic men proves how thoroughly
loyal and discriminating the soveregns of
Ell Dorado arc-provcs that none but men
Of stainless character and pre-eminent
ability, can succeed here--proves that
everything the national Administration
may do will be cordially Endorsed here
proves that our liberal and enlightened
fellow citizens are willing to confer upon
the negro all the privileges and immune
ties granted to white men. Taking all
this into consideration, have we not rca-
son, as loyal Union men, to rejoice at the
election of Union savers? We want to
save the Union; SO do Harvey and SAN
derson, five may credit their professions,
and they are in position to do it, are
pledged to do it, are expected to do it, and
VIC all know they'll do it or, in the classic
language of Saxton, "bust!"
THE POSTAGE STAMP CURRENCY Says
the National Ihtettigencrr:: There APP
pears to be a very general misapprehen-
sion with regard to the act authorizing
the payment in stamps, and to prohibit
the circulatiOE of notes of less drnOmina-
ton than one dollar" which was approx
Ell July II, 1862.
| Under the provisions Of this act the
Secretary of the Treasury, and not the
| Postmaster General, is directed to furnish
postage and other stamps to the Assistant
Treasurers and such designated deposito
rieS of the United States as the former
may select, to be exchanged by them on
application for United States notes; and
from and after the LIST Of August next
such stamps shall he received in payment
Of all dues to the United States less than
five dollars, and shall he received in eX.
change for United States notes when pre-
scented in sums not less than five dollars
to any Assistant Treasurer or designated
depository, selected as aforesaid. Hence
this law does not make postage stamps
legal tender, nor does it require PoStmas-
tiers to receive them il exchange for Uni
ted States notes.
1t is expected that the Secretary of the
Treasury will furnish postage stamps to
he used as a circulating medium under
this law,n such form that they cannot be
attached to letters or other mailable mat
ter. Such stamps will be exchanged by
poStmaStcrs for the regular postage
stamps, besides being redecmabe in Uni
ted States notes by the Assistant TreaSu-
rerS and such designated repositories as
the Secretary of the Treasury may select.
No postage stamps can be thus exchanged
at postoliices or redeemed by the Trcasu-
ry Department unless furnished through
the agencies of said Department. Postage
stamps now sold by Postmasters are not
exchangcable or redeemable by them and
I if such stamps are gummed to pasteboard
or other paper which soils or otherwise
renders them unfit to he used in the pre-
payment Of postage, they will be rejected
for postage, because when so sOiled they
cannot be distinguished from stamps that
have already been used for pOsta"s'
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TIE KLAMATH INDIANs.-A correspon-
dent Of the Alta, writing from Fort Ter
Waw, gives the following account Of the
Indians at the North:
The Indians here, although no towards
naturally, as their combatS with each 9TH
er and with the bear and other wild ami
mails cunclusively show, are constantly in
awful dread Of the white man, looking
upon him as superior creation. They
have at some former time evidently felt
the weight of his power, and their proud,
wild spirits have been humbled. They
have nothing, no right nor interest which
they will not yield at his demand, howev-
err they NAV. prateSt against il, and thSy
wifi patiently submit to any indignity or
any invasion of The sanctity of their
homes by the bascSt and meaneSt of white
men where they would punish one of
their own or neighborinS tribe with the
greatest severity They have a singular
mode of settling their domestic troubles
among themselves The intruder, as soon
as discovered, il seized by the enraged
husband or father and his friends, and ev
cry rag of clothing torn from him, with all
money, beads or other trinketS he NAV
chance to have about him. These are
rent in fragments, and distributed among
the crowd, as proof of the laws fulfill
ment, while the culprit is allowed to es-
cape amid the .jeers of the multitude. 1t
is not uncommon to see bevy of squaws
Furnishing some poor fellow in this man.
ner for some imaginary wrong or insult,
and there have been cases, and frequently,
where the same punishment has been adj
ministered among themselves. The In
dams do not object to white men marry
ing squaws if they will keep them and
treat them well. But it is not uncommon
for them to abuse and send away their
squaws, and often with several little re-
sponsibilities on their hands, which the
Indians do not like, as they become bill
of expense on their tribe.