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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-04
BOTTLED WINES AsD LIQUORS,

FOB MEDICINAL PURPOEEs.
GiGAiJ rssoMmendsd ~ the most eminent PAyh
sisns Of the q = Army.
GOLD MEDAL CoGSAO,
GOLD MEDAL MADEIRA
GOLD NEpAL PORT,
GOLD MEDAL SHERRY,
OLD TON LON DON CORDIAL.
RIP VAN wIEKLE GIN,
WHEAT NUTRIENT.
OLD HOMESTEAD RYE,
HARVEST BOURBON 1888 RESERVE.
AROMATIC sWI WIss HERB BlI1ERs.
Wsinyits the attention OF Physicians Druggists
81 aroeers 70 thess excellent goods wsich sell
q View York prices, freight .atded.
We trust ths, the istsiaSie 1legtis Ot the above
SooAs viii insure the satisfaction md confidence Of
discriminating people, Who r.jeet the stale IA
sslrre o. irresponsible dealer viz ppffs of news
papsrs and so-csled chemists, gsudy .hsw cards
80. JOHNSON d NAGLE.
seG Sois Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-04

PRICES IN RIcHhoEB.-we hear ,hs, o.e
following are the ruling prices now ia Rsch
mond: Sugar, 81 per pound; salt, q per pouad:
beef, SO cents and upwards; eggs, siG per
dozen; cabbage, rs per head; applos. "a Der
dozen; SWEET potatoes, 80 per peck; chScksss,
g pei pair boots, SOS 70 $50 per pair; ehoes,
sl5; calico. ei per yard; matches, IS CENT. t,pr
Eox -. - -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-04

Tbs splendid Hsll fss y New Stage. New Scene
~ Private Boxes beautifully fuCn shed Or aher r,
ssgts srrs nSed With -NPtE con- ru~L IE -4usts will
covered saatI. and Gale - shat viii commend ,
iCl i nj - .hG Stsge The atIers G.oGs made G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-04

PoLIcE.-Sscosf Preoinct.-F. KiIHsu, desl
drunk; locked up ~ hours. Geo. Fay, soldier,
Grunk in the street; taken to hospital.
Iktt5 IrsttnotS-yas. W baien, disor6erly: die
miss q. John Brown, Mary Simons, Joseph
GouIn, drunk; die missed. Theodore Lppineot,
disord rly; RIO.
7ta'h I'rs-tnc:.-Daniel Caughlin, drunk aud
dis oTdt rig; fined S2.9i. John Pearce, lighting:
Ean.rl Nolan. ao.; finpd s3al each. Jam-s
Maa'k, do; turned 10 military. Jno. Thomp-
- n, stealing. foT a hearing. Dennis Mitchell.
drunk; cism 'sSed. John Wilson, do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-04
GRAND MATIN FF

Doors opec, t7a C'o,ncs; performs nos. -.
Animation x cent?. Orchestra, & ce,LtA
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

ABOLITION INsoLESCE.-The Providence
Post, the organ of the patriotic Governor
Sprague, well says that from the speech
Of Senator Wade in reply to Senator Ne
DOugal, relative to the case Of Gen. Stone,
1--WE get some idea Of the extent to which
insolence can be carried by AbolitioniSts
in our National Legislature, without pro-
voking breach Of the laws" Again, the
Post says: THE declaration by Wade
that the man who quotes the Constitution
in this great crisis, is traitor, is worthy
Of this Abolition leader in the Senate, and
shows to what lengths the party now con.
trolling that body would carry their as
saults upon the rights Of the people. il
they dared to 60 further than they have
already gone in thrusting loyal nen into
Bastiles. The time is fast coming when
the people will get their huge paws upon
these fattened and pompous higher law
vaunters, and then look out for full set.
Element Of old accounts! Insolence, profit
gacy, corruption and tyranny are having
their day now, the people will right mat
tiers ere long" Bold talk for Northern
paper, published in the heart Of Abolition
ism! What Union Democratic paper in
California dare be as fearless and as hon.
est rs the Post
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

PAYING FOR THE NIGGER.-Our people
are paying dearly for the glorious priv.
lege Of negro worship which they have so
fully enjoyed for the last dozen years,
says the New Hampshire Patriot. The
war itself, which is running the country
and impoverishing the whole people, is its
chief fruit. But among the interesting
incidentals is the direct purchase and sup
port Of negroes. To free the slaves in the
District Of Columbia 81, 10000 is to be
paid and it is estimated that the Gov
eminent is now paying at the rate Of
tseenty thousand dolIars day for the sup
port Of negroes who have been enticed
from their masters, or liberated by other
unlawful means, and this sum must groto
larger ddilyl All this the people have
got to pay, and the most of it comes from
the hard earnings Of the labOring classes,
and for the benefit Of worthless vagabonds
who will compete with them for work.
Willing as most of them are to pay the
legitimate expenses Of suppressing the
rebellion, we think this negro tax may be
reasonably objected to; and when the tAx
gatherer demands the National tax in
which this will be included, not few will
conclude that negro worship has become
too expensive.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

SUPPORTER OF LINCoLN's POLICY.-The
Marysville appeal, the official organ OF
the Republican party and edited by the
State Printer. speaking Of the letter OF
CONFESS, says:
"Ths is manly letter, and places Mr.. Con-
ness in the position Of al UNEQUIVOCAL
SUPPORTER OF LlNCOLN'S POLICY"
It is . proud position" A man can
not be Democrat and ian unequivoCal
supporter of Abolition measures. An
"unequivOsal supporter of LincOln's pol
icy" means one who approves all the
measures and acts Of the Administration,
including the appointment Of such men
as Helper, Burlingame, Giddings, Clay,
Corwin and other rabid AbclitiOnists, the
abOlishing Of slavery in the District Of
Columbia, the arrest of innocent parties
without due process Of Law, the violation
of Constitutional stipulatiOns, retaining in
Office convicted thieves, etc. AS Conness
is an "uneqaivOcal supporter of LincO)p's
policy" he cannot consistently or honest.
ly claim to be Democrat, nor oppose the
Republican party. If he be, as his friends
assert, . bold and honest politician. he
will n6'lOnger hesitate to take the "posi-
ton" assigned him by the appeal.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

observation-disclosures, at the close Of
his letter, snappishly and bitterly aIludes
to the fact that the National and State
Administrations have prescribed him and
his friends. To this the Marysville Ap-
peal ungenerously and cruelty retorts:
The Republicans in the Legislature elected
VIM. H. Parks, Democrat, rs Swamp Land
Commissioner to Washington"
The sting and cruelty OF the above viii
he appreciated when properly understood.
It is stated that Gov. Stanford promised
to appoint CONFESS Commissioner. He
solicited it and thought he had dead
thing" on it. A bill was introduced in
the House, for his benefit and supported
by his friends, authorizing and empower
ing the Governor to appoint two Com
missioners and one was- ir>sxH6Seea iN
the Senate for the appointment of one by
the Legislature-three Commissioners in
all. The Senate bill, with the name Of
Mr.. Parks in it, passed both Houses
speedily; the House bill was rejected by
the Senate, which left CONFESS "out in
the cold" How unfeeling in the appeal
to call the attention of CONFESS to these
painful "reminiscences
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

TIE DEMOCRATIC VIcToRY IN CHICAGO
The official vote for Mayor of Chicago,
at the late municipal election, is for Sher-
man, Democrat, 1909; Holden, Republi-
can, 6,ls6; Democratic majority, 1928.
In 1861, it stood thus; Republican, 1874;
Democratic, 6,eO1 Republican majority,
1873. Democratic gain, 2,996, and this
in the great Republican stronghold of the
Northwest! What better evidence could
be offered of the decline of Republican
ism and the advancing strides of the DEM
Ocra.ic party. To catch the unsuspecting
the Republicans called their ticket the
{" Union ticket, and induced some Rshy
Democrats to run on it. 1t was an artful
dodge, but it did not succeed. Men are
no longer deceived and misled by the
hypOcritical professions Of Republican
Unionists. The masses know that the
Democratic party is the true Union party,
and that as soon as it is restored to power
the Union will be reconstructed on an
equitable and permanent basis.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

The Gov. SPRAGCE PAMPHLET INPosr-
URE.-It will be recollected that the Sacra-
mento Union, Marysville Appeal, Shasta
Courier and other Abolition sheets, pub
lished extracts from a pamphlet, of a vile
Abolition character, which they ascr,bed
to Gov. Sp'ague the patriotic Democratic
Governor of Rhode Island. We thought
at the time it was forgery; now we
have the proof Of it. Will those papers
that published retract the SANDER? The
Albany argus, on the authority of Gov.
Sprague, thus disposes oft:
ut appears that some copies of the PAM
phlet, an abolition essay, were sent to Gov. S.
After reading enough OF the thing to ascertain
its character. he handed the copies in his pos
session (the Legs lature then being 10 SESSION.
to certain Republican members Of the Senate,
with the remark that the pamphlet might prove
interesting To them, but that he had no taste
for that kind Of reading. He heard no more Of
1t until it appeared in Republican paper. un-
der the caption. "GOvernur SpragneTs Pam
phlet." A brief introduction to the pamphlet
held forth the idea that il was Written Iv Cor,
Spr00ue, with the addition that he was circuLd-
ting It amongst his friends.
Explaining his part 10 the deception, the ed
tOr Of the village journal which first published
it with this ascription, says that this caption
" was furnished only on the eve of going TO
press, at q time when its due consideration
was impossible; and under no consideration
would We have admitted it had we understood
its full import"
The affair was premedtated contrivance to
commit Govern"r Sprague to the abolition
cause, and 10 give 10 that conspiracy against
the Contribution the authority Of bis NAME"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

Suppose Breckenridge had been elected Pres
ident, and Senator Seward bad offered "com-
promise" TO the effect that the Breckinridgers
should abandon their platform, adopt the Will
mot Proviso, and put it 10 the Constitution, or
else the North would secede, what howl of
derison would have gone uR all over the land.
'-Repubiicdn.
What insufferable stuff The Brock
inridge party asked for nothing but what
was clearly right-for nothing that had
not been advocated and sanctioned by the
wisest statesmen and purest patriots Of
our country-nothing that the Constitu-
ton did not warrant nothing that was
inconsistent with or in violation of it
nothing that interfered with or ignored
the rights, the interests or the privileges
of any section of the Union. The Repub-
lican party did. They solemnly declared
war-implacable and acknowledgements
the institutions of fifteen States Of the
Union. They laughed, in bitter mOcke'
~, at the doctrine of States equality, and
insisted that Southern property should be
excluded from the common territory,
Northern property admitted. Against
this unjust and sectional doctrine the
Breckinridgers" contended and rightly.
Had their platform, so broad, comprehen-
sive and equitable, been adopted we
would not now be engaged in on unnatu-
raj and disastrous war. Unfortunately
sectionalism and fanaticism triumphed,
harmony was destroyed, and the conse-
quences all good men see and deplore.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31
AsslAGasA ProeIfvataes 1t the PrssA-
&AAas
Abolishine slavery in the District


AbOlisbing slavery In the District Of
Columbia was purely an Abolition meas
ure they had petitiOned for II for years !;
the bill was passed by their votes; the
President approved 1t; still his followers
declare he is not an AbOlitionist. The
Abolitionists desire the emancipation Of
the negroes Of the South the President
recommended to Congress to pass such =
bill, yet he is not an AbOlitiOnist. The
AbOIitionist disregarded the fugitive slave
law the President has forbidden officers
Of the army and navy returning fugitive
slaves to their masters, thus virtually ig-
nOring the fugitive slave law, yet he is
not an AbOlitioniSt. The AbOlitiOniSts
say they desire "no Union with slave
hOIders;" the President says I believe
this Government cannot endure perma-
nentIy half slave and half free." The
Abolitionists say, 1.-THE meaning Of this
war is the doom of slavery;" the Presi-
dent says, If the Abolition Of slavery be
an efficient means Of ending this war, IL
| find cannon unsuccessful, | shall try
efficient MEANS" In what does the Pres
ident differ from the most rampant Abo-
litiOnist? Again, Wendell Phillips, who
boosted lately in Washington, Cincinnati
and Chicago that " for nineteen years he
had been disunionist, stated in speech
delivered in Boston az the nh If april,
"a his resS-n :Eo1D s-siSit to the President,
that
"The President said to leading Republi-
can politician Of New York, why don't you
hold conventions often, and let me feel the
mind Of the nation? You cdnnot create as
much ANTI-SLAVERY feeling as zoe shGN need
before sOe get through this oUGr'."
Here the President is represented. by
.one of his cherished friends and admirers,
who would not knowingly miSrepresent
him, as urging a "leading Republican
politician Of New York to create an anti
slavery feeling" For what purpose does
he want nm anti.slavery feeling created?
Phillips answers, and the answer was re-
ceived with cheers, "ihat this war shall
not end until slavery is swept from the
continent" Is this not explicit? What
more does the most violent, the most IA
natical Abolitionist ask And this man,
who is so soliSitous to "create an anti
slavery feeling" John CONFESS, the leader
of the Union Democrats" of California,
calls patriot" Does John expect an
appointment from the "patriot" for his
fulsone adulation? 1t looks like it. The
RepubIicG" says John was snubbed by
his party friends in the Legislature, and
this may account for his "paying court"
to the "patriot" at Washington. We
hope such delicate sycOphancy will not go
unrewarded!
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31
ORLEANS HOTEL,
CSrAsr AAa Aad SserAnests ssrsets.
PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA,
j. H Vanderbilt .Pr0pRAeeOR ,
Fornsrly Of the Cary HouSs.l

TINE HOUSE having been thoroughly overhAuled,
i remodeled and newly furnished With elegant
furniture, are prepared to accommodate the
travelling public In Amer style than any hotel 10 the
city. Having had extensive experience As caterer,
ell Who may be pt, ased to paironiss the House
not fail to be we'll cared for.
ZINE READING ROOM 10 connected with the
House. which will always be Suppird with the latest
newspapers IRON ell parts Of Ihe STATE and the
Eastern cities.
The Dining Room will be under the immediate
control Of the veil known caterer. NJ. JAMES
BROWN.
The BAR will be under the supervision Of Mr..
JOE ELDRIDGE. formerly Of San FFlnciscn, and
Mr.. SAN. BOOSE. formerly Of sonora. which lie .
sufficient guarantee that but the HIRST qOAI'sy
Of Wines, Liquors, Ac, will be served.
Every department Of the House wiil be kept in
such . manner - to make itseeond TO NONE IN the
State.
ses STAGES arrive ct and deaArt from the
Orleans from and to all parts Of the State.
Meals................. .......... SO cts.
Lodging .................... so and IS 90
gE House open ali night. mAySi
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

WADE, the fellow who replied to Nc
DOugall and defended the rascality of
Cameron, was recently denounced on the
floor of Congress as "a liar, a scoundrel
and q coward" This associate and apol-
ogist of villains the Sacramento Union
puts. It may be that the old saying is
true-"A fellow feeling makes Us Won
drOus kind"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

CAUsTIc.-Says the Folsom Telegraph !!
"The editors of the San Juan Pres and
Sierra NesOs had better go to bed than
occupy their time in writing denuncis-
tons Of Hardy's dissipatsd habits. Re.
member the axiom of glass houses and
stones, gentlemen"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

BLACK MAIL.-One S. W. Morton, a
Government agent in New York, has been
arrested and is in prison on the charge Of
extOrting money from persons falsely &C.
cused of disloyalty, upon threats Of send
ing them to Fort Warren If they refused
to pay the sums demanded The Albany
Argus says he is not the only person
against whom this charge has been made.
When the full evidence in these matters
is unfOlded, we will learn why innocent
men we're fixed upon by the Government
agents, and at what price they escaped.
Will Old Abe come to the rescue Of Nor.
ton, and assume the responsibility Of Ais
agent, as be did in the case Of Cameron
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

GENUINF.-The following speech re-
ported BY the Louisville Democrat, bears
the impress of being genuine niger, and
no invention. Is it not pointed and sting
Ing, and worth & column Of argumentH
Says the liberated contraband:
"Bress de Lard, hallelujer, dat dis ole Niger
should lib to see dis ere happy time. when
white men must hsb pass TO move about, aud
niger 60 whar him please wild out one. Bress
de Lord"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

How DsPOsE or TaEnf-Repub leans
don't tell Us what's to become Of sOpeFan'
nuated old negroes in the District Of Co
lumbis, emanCipated and thrown upon
their own resources at the same stroke.
Are they to become Government pension
arsP
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

WELL SAID.-The New York Tribune
calls this I" the era Of Bastiles and muzzled
presses" Who madeit so? The Tri6une's
party.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

Fer MsyOr.-lf GEOAcH F. JONES, Esq.,
win consent to become candidate for Mayor, he
will be warmly supported BY
MANY CITI ZENs.
Placervills, May 18th, ls62.--tf
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

John "has been willing and DESTROYS
that the true, loyal and patriotic people Of
California should constitute one party"
for his especial benefit. but when he found
the true, loyal and patriotic people Of
California" contemptuously declined to
indorse him, he periodically kicked
against the lone party" movement 1t
wasn't quite patriotic enough for him.
His patriotism run in different direction.
John modestly rebukes his Republican
allies for " combining their efforts to adroit
movements to add to their party numbers
and their partisan strength" John
wouldn't do anything Of the kindl He
is too patriotic. Ungenerous in the Re-
publicans to nip John and compel him to
I 6&tscT :" s:Sg' FStFi0s wiiU sGahIs az the
head Of the Government"
In conclusion, John spitefully and
mOurnfully and feelingly alludes to the
fact that the National and State Admins
trations have prescribed him and his
friends. The conclusion is irresistible,
that if they had not done so he and his
friends would have warmly supported
both. 1t was stated, some months ago,
that "the patriot who stands at the head
of the government" had some notion Of
appointing John Brigadier General, and
would have appointed him had not the Re-
pubIicans Of California protested against
it. This may explain Johns adulatiOn Of
"the patriot" and rebuke of the parties
who defeated him. John evidently has still
an eye on the Brigadier Generalship, and
hopes by fattery of "the patriot" to se-
cure it, in spite Of the protestatiOns Of
sensible men.
John is trying an impOssibility. John
slobbered the Republican party prepare
tory to swallowing them. The dose is too
hefty for him it sticks in his throat and
threatens to strange him. 1t can only
DO removed by the skillful hands Of the
patriot" Will he come to the rescue Of
his fawning idolator3 Your case is hope
less, John, without his assistance. Be-
seech him again to give you relief.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31
MARRIAGES.

On the 2sth inst, at the Cary House, in this
ei,y. by Rev. J. II. MeMOnagle. Ma. n. sLIEoaR-
Lard 70 Miss LAMB, Of Mount Gregory. Fl Dorado
county.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-31

the faith, as John has done IN Innumera-
BILE instances.
John is magnanImous. Personally, he
says, he has " no hostility to the men who
vot, d for John R. Mcdonnell, or who sup.
ported General Breckenridge" Permit US
to remark, John, in all kindness, that il is
a matter of profound indifference to them
whether you like or dislike them. "Alike
to them your friendship or your hate
Personally they may think you "good
sort Of fellow" politically, a mendicant
and sycophant. They are uncharitable
fellows, John, and carried their hostility
so far as to rejoice lover your temporary
discontinue" last fall. Some Of them,
John, go SO far as to say they will pursue
you until you "retire in good order" to
the "Iast ditch"
John has not yet found his "proper
place. and says he will not find it until
the Federal authority is acknowledged,
and the mandates Of the Courts are obey.
ed" When this occurs, then he will take
an unmistakable pOSiSh. AS the IMAM
dates of the Courts" are daily disregarded
by the patriot who stands at the head Of
the Government" and as John most cor
daily and enthusiastically sustains him,
it is doubtful if be will find his "proper
place" until "the patriot" retires from Of
tice. On this point John is slightly mys-
tical. lie is not bold nor cunning, but
r;Vv,ulxy ciilv,
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-03-28
SOLDIERS FER THE WAR.

i HE undersigned, just from Virginia,
with authority to Recruit, wants 40 men for
Artillery Service. Terms Of enlistment, for
the war. Capt. Duke is Also authorized,
asd will muster in rs many as three COM
panies Of Infantry, for the purpose of FORM
ing Il Texas Battalion with the companies
now in Virginia. All men enlisting on the
above terms, will receive Fifty Dollars
bounty. q >6
Full particulars given by calling on him,
or A. j. Stacey, Esp, of the firm ofstacey
a. Wells. Will leave Shreveport for the
seat Of war, on the 1st Of March, at which
time u.,d place, all should meet him, who
wish to enlist. CAPT. w. III. DUKE,
t.pl Atf c. S. A.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-03-28
Old shirts, Rags. Etc.

j He undersigned will receive. and for
ward old shirts, rags, aud such articles con
pitals: Persons having such articles, COM
paratively useless to han, ere esxaestly So
ficitsd to bestow them upon tle aick and
wounded soldiers, who would bGfOamforted
by change of . clean shist, even though
IN old one.
They maybe left at the store Of Mr.. G.
McCarty, in Shreveport, who hes kindly
consented to take Charge Of them, untl they
can be shipped. ~
febl2tf ROBERT v. MARYR.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-03-28

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Shafting.
Circular Saws. SIS t>..ss..
Burrows Corn and. FIGURING Mill.
Straub Corn Alills.
India Robber Betting.
Wooawruth Planning and Matching
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Steam Guases, Whistles, &c,
and every description Of Plantation
and Railway Machinery
Send and get an illustrated cata-
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