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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-10-01
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Will be speedily relieved and efectually cured by
using these admirable medicines and by paying proper
attention the Directions which attached each
Pot Box.
Sick Headaches Iaa want VI Appetite Iuci-
dental 10 odiers
Those feelings which sadden US, usually arise from
trouble annoyance obSructed PRECIPITATION eating
and drinking whatever is uuwhoesoRIe, thus disturbing
the healthy action of the liver and stomach These
gans be relieved, if you desire to he well. The
Pills. taken according to Drnted distinctions will
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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-10-01

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The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

PETER THE Macaulay does not
fatter the great autocrat of Russia in the
following description Of him as he appear
ed when he visited England one hundred
and sixty years ago. His good and evil
qualities are equally portrayed by the
faithful historian:
His stately form, his intellectual fore.
head, his piercing black eyes, his Tartar
nose and mouth. his gracious smile, his
frown, black with all the stormy rage and
hate Of barbarian tyrant; and, above
all, a strange nervous CONFUSION which
sometimes transformed his countenance,
during few moments, into an object on
which it was impossible to look without
horror; the immense quantities of meat
which he devoured, the pints Of brandy
which he swallowed, and which it was
said he had carefully distilled with his
own hand the fool who jabbercd at his
feet the monkey which grinned at the
back Of his chair, were, during some
weeks, popular topics of conversation
With all the high qualities which were
peculiar to himself, he had all the filthy
habits which were then common among his
countrymen. To the end of his life, while
disciplining armies, founding schools, fra
ming codes, organizing tribunals, build
ing cities in deserts, joining distant seas
by artificial rivers, he lived in his palace
like hog in a sty; and when he was en-.
tertained by other sovereigns, never failed
to leave on the tapestried walls and velvet
state beds. unequivocal proofs that say
age had been there"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

PRICE AND MCCULLoCH.-A letter from
st. Louis says that Price has been under
rated a. General, and that the mischief
he hasadone since the commencement Of
the war is incalculabe. His capture Of
MulIigan's batteries by advancing his men
on them under cover Of wet bales Of hemp,
rolled along before the men until they
were able to enter Mulligan's entrench'
ments, was skillful and original feat,
which has had no parallel in any other
General on either side
Price and McCuloch have raised an al
most incredible number Of men in Mis-
souri,, Arkansas and Texas, and their ar.
mics have been composed of men and
boys, from four score, down to fourteen
all kinds of weapons, from pistols to
pitchforks-infantry without drill, cloth
ing or armS-cavalrym mounted on stations,
geldings, mares, mules and jackasses-
with air for food and the naked earth for
a tent; and yet his industry and general
ship have given him control of more than
half of the State, and enabled him, until
within the past few weeks, to hold at bay
all of his opponents and maintain his pO-
sition. What he may do in Southern
Missouri and Arkansas, by way of re-
cruiting and making head again, We have
yet to see.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

MASONRY. New Orleans Bulletin
pays the following merited compliment to
the Masons of the United States. 1t re-
marks:
Here is body Of men, composed Of
all classes and professions, entertaining
every kind of opinion upon religion and
politics, and existing in every State of the
Union, who come together and exhibit
among themselves the utmost harmony Of
feeling and action. No word Of oppro-
brium escapes from the lips of any one to
insult and wound the feelings of another.
No fierce anathema of sections is heard.
No extravaganza is INDUCED in. Every
thing is done decently and in order
Everything is quiet, gentlemanly, respect
ful, dignitied. The bitterest political enc
mics meet face to face, and you shall never
know by their actions or words that they
do not belong to the same party. Relig-
ionist the most opposite embrace each
other in arms Of an exalted character
FaDaticism finds no entrance into the so.
ciety of the Brotherhood. Not wave of
diScord disturbs the waters of the inner
temple; no plunge into the abyss of athe-
ism, rant, lawlessness, shocks the moral
sense of mankind. No revolutionary n.y.
dra comes up from beneath to break up
the foundations of order and send the tor.
nado over the fair face of society.
But what is the secret of their una
nimity. of their harmony, of their broth
erly love, of the conservative front which,
without a tremor, they maintain, amid
the general commotion, hatred and fanati-
cism existing around them? tits found,
it seems to strike US, in one word-ToLE-
RATION"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

THE Cars WHISPERS Every one must
have observed what are usually called the
whiskers, on cats upper lip. The use
of these in a state of nature is very i'm
portant. They are organs of touch. They
are attached to bed of close glands un
der the skin and each of these long and
stiff hairs is connected with the nerves OF
the lip. The slightest contact of these
whiSkers with any surrounding object is
thus felt most distinctly by the animal,
although the hairs themselves are insen,
sible. They stand out on each side in
the lion, as wcll-as in the common cat !;
so that from point to point, they are equal
to the width Of the animals body. II wc
imagine, therefore, lion stealing through
covert Of wood, in an imperfect light,
We shall see at once the use Of these long
hairs. They indicate to him, through
the incest feeling, any obstacle which may
present itself to the passage of his body ;
they prevent the rustic ef-boughs and
leaves, which would give warming to his
prey, ifbe were to attempt to pass through
too close bush, and thus, in conjunction
with the soft cushions of his feet, and the
fur upon which he treads (the retractile
claws never coming in contact with the
ground), they enable him to move to.
wards his victim with stiffness greater
even than that Of snake, who creepS
along the grass, and is not perceived till
he is coiled round his prey.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

WBAT Is ARABIA ARABIA is not what
Englishmen hAbitually conceive It to be,
. mere sandy desert, fiat as sands general
" are, traversed by bands Of half.starved
horsemen, with but two little sacred cities,
and port which an English frigate can
reduce to reason by bOmbardmenL II
is vast, though secluded peninsula, with
an area l00,000 square miles greater than
that Of Europe west of the Vistula-gTeat.
er, that is, than the territories Of four oil
the five Powers, with Germany, Spain,
Portugal, Greece, Scandinavia, Poland
and Italy added thereto. This enormous
region, SO far from being q mere sandy
plain, is traversed by high ranges Of
mountains, filled with broad plateaus,
many of them as wide as European king.
domS, and full Of magnificent, though
dreary and awe.inspiring scenery. The
highest Arab tribes-and the point is one
too often forgotteD-are mountainecrs
share in the fervid imagination, the brood
ing and melancholy thought which have
in all ages distinguished men bred on the
higher regions of the earth. Even the
aridity of the soil of Arabia, though great,
is, as a political GAS.s sSsiOOsly exaggera.
ted, partly because the districts nearest
to civilization are the worst, partly be.
cause travellers select the winter for ex.
plorations-a time when even the fertile
plains of Upper India look hideously DIES.
olate but chiefly because the European
mind has difficulty in realizing terrific.
rial vastness, or compromising how enOr-
nous may be the aggregate of patches Of
cultivation spread over peninsula like
Arabia. When, some two years ago, the
Governor of Alden was permitted to visit
Lsbpi. be. 6lled ike all other Englishmen
win the ''loea' Of Araola, was startled
to find himself, only few miles from his
own cracking cinders. amidst pleasant
corn -lands and smiling villages, in which
dwelt a population showing every sign Of
prosperity and content. There are thou
sands Of such spots in Arabia, to which
the eternal boundary Of the desert blinds
all but the keenest observer NatiOnd,
ReriPN
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

SIMPLE CURE FOR CRorP.-We find in
the JourRal Of Health the following SIM
pie remedy for this dangerous disease,
Those who have passed nights of great
agony at the bedside of loved children,
will treasure it up as an invaluable piece
Of Information. If child is taken with
Group, instantly apply cold water, ice
water if possible, suddenly and freely to
the nes;k and e}sest, viii a sponge. The
breathing will almost instantly he relieved
So soon as possible, let the sufferer drink
as much as it can; then wipe it dry, cover
it up warm, and soon a quiet slumber
will'relieve the parents anxiety, and lead
the heart in thankfulness TO the Power
which has given to the pure gushing
fountain such medical qualities.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

HINTS TO HUSBANDS not jest with
your wife upon any subject in which
there is danger of wounding her feelings /;
remember she treasures every word you
utter. DO not speak of great merits in
another mans wife, in way to imply
faults in your own. Do not reproach
your wife with personal defects, for if she
has sensibility you iniiict wound diff
cult to heal. DO not treat your wife with
inattention in company. Do not upbraid
your wife in the presence Of third par
ty; her sense of your disregard for her
feelings will prevent her from acknowl-
edging her fault. Do not entertain your
wife by praising the beauty and accom-
plishments of other women. lfyOu would
have pleasant home and a cheerful wife,
pass your evenings under your own. roof
DO not be stern and silent in your own
house, and remarkable for your sociabili-
ty elsewhere.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

A ToPRR's ADDRESS TO HIS PoT CNsHAN.
IoNS-Topers, drunkards, and swagger.
ersl-Hear me for your own sakeS, and
lay aside your tankards, that you may
hear; believe me for your welfare, and
have respect foF your welfare, thar you
Ebay believe; censure me in your sober
moments, and be sober that you may the
hsttsEjudga. II there be sRy around this
table, any dear lover Of ardent spirits, to
him I gay, tina: Stingo's love of ardent
spirits was no less than bis If then, that
hover demand why Stingo rose against ar
dent SDirits. this is my answer: NOT that
>,SvSNa 1sNesIN SpltYNs Aess, U'As that G-N.N>sA
health and . sound constitution more
Had you rather that ardent spirits were
ruling, and die Sll rum.burnt knaves, or
that ardent spirits were condemned, and
live stout, hearty, honest mens As ar
dent spirits were pleasant, | tasted them ;
% they were exhiIarating, slipped them ;
as they recruited my spirits, | drank
them bit IS they we've yMiNONs,I spurned
them. There are tastes for their pleasant
ness, sips for their exhilaration, drains for
their recruiting power, but Punishment
and deteStation for their ruinous tendency.
Who is here so brutal as to be drunk
ard! 81 slS>., ~ f'-'tsteN6Af7s - tss.i"- ess
him have l offended. Who is here so
foolish as to be swaggcrer II any,
brawl-Ior him have | offended. Who
is here so mad as will not mind his health?
II any, let fever speak his burning rage
for him have | offended. pause for n
reply. None! Then none have 7 offend
ed have done no more to ardent spir-
its, than you should do to Stingo. The
act Of Punishment is recorded on the pri-
vate pages Of Stingo's journal; their use
fulness not extenuated, wherein they
were worthy nor the injurious tendency
enforced for which they were banished.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

THEY DoN'T Treat WHITE Men So.-In
the Geographic dispatches from Washing
ton last night it is stated:
There are seventy fugitive slaves at
the Washington Navy Yard. They have
all bssn comfortably provided for by Sec
rotary WelIes, and most Of them are
working for compensation of ten dollars
per month";"
Seventy" negroes comfortably pro-
Vided for by Secretary Welles," indeed
And furnished with work at ten dollars
per month"; This is, doubtless, consider
ed "big thing" or it would not have
been telegraphed over the country
White men, however, are no longer Of
any account save as food for powder and
ball. Seventy" rhite men may starve
and rot in their novels at the Capital, but
the country would not be informed that
the amiable Secretary Of the Navy had
comfortably provided for" them. "Sev.
enty" achite men might beg for bread, but
it is doubtful whether they could obtain
work at the Washington Navy Yard
since the negro has become of so much
more importance than our-awn race and
blood.-Ddyt0n (0hio) Empire.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

An 1912 WAR SToRY.-The following,
we believe, has never seen print. Ogden
Hoffman used to tell the story. He was
in the great BSbt between the Constitu
Iion and the Gurrrlere, and said that, Us
the British ship came sailing down on
them, as they heard the sharp orders,
when the guns were run out aad the men
could be seen ready with their matchlocks
an officer came IN haste to Capt. Isaac
Hull. aud asked for orders to fire. mot
yet" was the quiet response. As they
poured in her fire, the first lieutenant oil
the Constitution came on the poop and
begged permission to return the broad.
side, saying that the men could not be
restrained much longer. mot yet" was
the Indifferent reply. Still nearer the
British ship came, and the American pris.
onerS who were in the cockpit of the
Guerrero, afterwards said that they be-
gan to believe that their own countrymcn
were afraid to measure their strenth with
that Of the enemy, and this thought gave
them more pain than the wounds some OF
them were still suffering from. In mo-
ment after, the Guerriere rode CALAMITY
forward, showing her Furnished sides
and as the swell carried her close to the
very muzzles of sold Ironsides," Capt.
Hull, who was then quite fat and dressed
in full tights, bent himself twice to the
deck, and with every muscle and vein
throhbing with excitement, shouted out
as he made another gyration, -" Now,
boys, pour it into them" That broad.
side settled their opponent, and when the
smoke cleared away, the COMMODORE
tights were seen to be split from waist
band to heel. Truly the Commodore had
soul "too big for his breeches." Hoff:
man used to add that Hull, nothing dis.
concerted, gave his orders. with perfect
GOODNESS, and only changed his tights
when the British commanders sword was
given up to him.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01
COUNTY OFFICERS
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.

BE IA r TOwEsHP.-Road OvePseer, James EvAS.t
Justices Of the Peace, Z. d. Roach, A. W. Ha1kai
COnstables, Joseph COrl, John Tearney.
COLOMA TOwSsHIP.-Road OVeFseeR, D. A. MeHssI
Justices OF the Peace, George 4. Douglass, wins
Gibbs; COnstables, John Curtis, Pat. Peeney.
CosUMNEs TowEsHP.-ROAd 0veFseer, 3. II. RIchass
son Justices OF the Peace. }. Lock, John Ensg7
Constables, n. N. Renick, c. ,. Peck.
DIAMOND SPRINGS TOwNsHIP.-Road OverseSF, Q.
Young; Justices ofthe Peace, John Fleming, Az
seis6uttle; Constables, Jno. W. KeyseF, Iosepa =
Smith.
GEORGETOWN TOwNsHIP.-Road OveFseer, A.. v
Parties Justices OF the Peace, Z. L. Smith. j.
Spau!ding; C0nstahleS, James HusSey, 7. J. CD1S
GREENWOOD TOWHSHIP.-Road Overseer, Geo.
Freeman; Justices Of the Peace, =. A. HOrnbloSs'
). l.. Moore; COnstables, Thos. p. Lewis, j. y
Smith.
KRLsEY TOwNsHEP.-RoAd OverseeF, T. Demuei
Justices Of the Peace, L. BornemAn, H RolEq'
Constables, James II. Hughes, johnson OdeneA-
MoUSTAIE Townsville overseer, wIIlIa% KD: ,;
Justices of the Peace, WHham' Knox, o. 8. PalnS'
COustables, J. Smith, J. H. RSder.
MUD Springs TOWSsHIP-Rsad Qverseer, n! Gilnes'
Justices OF the Peace, james McCoLmick, hs
Faik; COHstabIes, G. r. RonssIn. Jos. Z. eimuone
PLAcERvILIB TOwEsmP.-Roa Overseer, John - =.
T. Justices OF the Peace, John Bush, @. Vice.
COnstableS, a. SimontOn, r. K. EmmerSon.-
sALNoH FALIs TOWEsHIP.-Road 0verseer, Chsns
Green; Justices OF the Peace, 4. K. Berry, ~
smith ; Constabled, Nathan Cakes, Samuel AH~
sou. -''-~~-'
WHITE OAK TOwNsHIP.-.-Road 0verseer, RA5
man; Justices Of the Peace, George Braman, Z
kodahan; Constables, J. 9. Nowlan, z. brena9ss%
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
PLAC DIRECTORY
Business Advertiser, for 1859.
PROSPECTUS

WE shall, in few days, commence canvassing for
w subscribers to the Pl,tcerriHe Dire't0ry and
Business Adrertiser, to be issued or before Feb
ruary LIST. 1862
This volume will contain a complete list Of the
names, place OF business or occupation, and resi-
deuce Of every inhebitant OF the City OF Pacerville
and town of Upper Placervile, FL Dorado County,
California. history Of the City Of Placerville, its
rice and progress together with valuable mining and
commercial statistics will also be given. The Direct
org will be issued at 81 o. to subscribers alone,
no extra copies will be printed. few pages Of ad
vertisements will be taken at reasonable rates.
Parties residing in other towns Of the county,
wishing to subscribe, must send in their names be-
fore the 18th of January.
An agent will visit the towns OF Coloma, George
town Ell Dorado, and Diamond Springs, and II sum-
cient encouragement be received there, Directory
of those places will be included in the volume.
TH0S. FITCH co.
Placervile, December 2Sth, 1S6l.-tf
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01
PIaeervIlIe Post OMee.

TIRE MAILS for Sacramento, San Francisco al
for all parts 81 this state, close every day ~ III
once AZ = O'Clock, pm.
Tie mails Lr the Atlantic States, and 6nFOpsa
close At this ofir'e every day At - O'Clock N.
The Mails for Oregon aud Washington TeFritsEy,
, close every day at9 o'clock P.M
The Mails for Grizzly Plat close at this ohes
every Wednesday, morning 1T 60'eieek.
The Mails for NeWtoWn close Al O'Clock, A. \.
on Mondays, Wednesdays. and Fridays
The mails for Cedarville and Indian DigVtsr
close ut O'Clock A. NJ, every MosdAy and PFiAss.
The Mails for Cold Springs and Coloma closet
cry day, Sundays exeepted) At 5 O'Clock.
The Kelsey, Spanish Plat, and Georgetown Msh
close TuesdAys, Thursdays and Saturdays 81 "
o'clock r. VI.
The Mails for Carson Valley and Salt Lake CT.
close every day nj ~ o'clock NJ
OFFICE HoURS.-Prom 2 o'ciock, A. N. I'M ].
M; and from till 6, r. 81, { Sundays exeepteSl
On sundays-Prom until 10. A. NJ. and free
until p. NJ. p. NJ. W. H. RODGERS, p. y
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

THR REPUBLICAN PARTY.-In view Of
the deplorable evils which the Republi-
can party has directly and indirectly
brougAA upon the country, 1t Is not
strange that its leaders and presses are
anxious to "ignore it for the time being, "
and labor to delude the patriotic masses
with the idea that they do not now seek
to promote the declared purposes Of its
organization. 1t is not strange that they
even seek to avoid the use of the word
Republican" lest they should remind
the people of the evils which have come
upon them under the management Of the
leaders of party bearing that name. Yet
we occasionally see paper which boasts
that "the Republican party still lives. "
In commenting upon this declaration by a
Western paper, the Milwaukee Ners re-
marks:
Eyes, it lives-but we have civil war,
broken Union, an enormous public
debt, a direct tax, an oppressive tariff, an
empty treasury. deserted capital. The
grave of Washington is in hostile land.
Half million men in arms maintain the
President in his seat. A thousand battle
fields drink the blood of our cOWDtyy's
children. The deep trenches are filed
up with the bodies Of our fairest sons. -
The nation awakens each day to the boom
of hostile guns. The glittering bayonets
Of regiments Of men are passing along the
streets to the murderOus work Of the bat
tie field. The people rise in the morning,
and lie down at night, amid scenes VI
strife. The newspaper columns thrOng
with sickening details Of murder and
death. The old gorgeous banner Of the
Union, with its cheerful blazonry, once
the radiant emblem OF greatness, progress,
unity and power, troops amid the smoke
of the conAict-itS glory paled, MANY
stars stricken out. Prisons full, grain
fields barren, homes in mourning, huS'
bandmen turned soldiers; the pillow idle
in the furrow; great ships rotting at the
wharves Of our cities; grass growing in
places where busy feet were wont to
tread the avenues Of trade locked up
the voice of humanity stifed in the din
of the deathy work Of fighting men; the
family circle torn asunder in hostile
groups; free speech restrained; a free
press hampered the writ Of habeas cor
pus suspended; the civil law superseded
military law existing, and its permanent
establishment threatened, predicted and
probable is Republicanisln in its
full lruition All this the bitter fruit Of
Republcanism not yet deadl For the
sake of the country, the world, and fol
the cause of liberty and union, would that
it had been strangled in its BIRTH"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-01

"TmE SECEsm ARE UPON Us. IIo, MIG
GERS, TO THE RESCUE. Can it be believ-
ed, asks the New York World, Jealous
Republican organ, that there are Ameri-
can freemen dastardly enough to raise a
cry like that? There is not q day that we
do not hear it. 1t is bawlcd at every point
Of the compass, and comes down to us
from even the sacred walls of the Capitol.
They demand emancipation as a military
necessity. In effect. we are told that the
twenty millions Of the North are no match
for the six millions of the South-that we
are doomed TO defeat, unless we get the
help of the black man. They do not like
to have it put just in that style, but it
amounts to exactly that. Short Of that,
their "military necessity" would be a
missioner, and their claims TO Abolition
ize under the war power the baldest pre-
text. We say thata viler insult was never
dealt upon the Northern name. The worst
libel ever uttered by Southern slave dri-
vers does not equal it. If it be true that,
with such numerical odds in our favor,
and with the noblest cause that ever ap-
pcaled to man, we must crave the succOr
of slaves; il We must look to the poor,
blind, creeping African to help vindicate
our birthright and stay US up in our ex-
tremity, then let it be recorded, We are
mudSii&y" ;"derd. There is no word of
scorn too low for US. We cannot court
the alliance of slaves, without proving that
we are ourselves fit to be slaves. 1t is our
heritage that is assailed, not theirs; and il
our own good right arms, with all the ad-
vantage they have, cannot protect it, we
may as we'll at once advertise our degen-
eracy to the world, and prepare to take
our place as underiings. Emancipation
as military necessity! A MILITARY NE
cESsIrY! If emancipation must come, for
the honor of our fathers, for our own in
dependence, for the prospects of our chill
dren, for the good name of free govern.
rnent, and for the dignity of the white
race, let it take any shape but that.