The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-29
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THE PLAcERvILLE RoUTA-Strange, isn't it,
that the bitterest enemies Of the PlacervllIe
route aud those who habitually misrepresent
it, come Out Of their way some distance, At
great expense and no little Inconvenience, It
their statements may be relied upon, to pass
--aReE- III Is it inclination or necessity tba'
drives them to this Notifying alternative!
20 The Noble and the HeDness Pass routes, we
are assured by such disiateFested travellers as
Lance Nightingale. are vastly superior TO our
and Set. strange as il may SEEM Lance
Sjghtiagill, judging by bis conduct, Prelers
our route tO others A few weeks ago, ac'
cording to the Marysville APpSGI,hlHe present
ed the PlacerviIle route as utterly ruined.
and by his gratuitous misrepresentation may
have deferred persons in the Northern counties
from coming to Placerville to cross the noun
tains BY uur route. The article in the -IRpedt
attracted attention, and was copied and com
mented upon by our neighbors up North an
was presented - 70 evidence Of the useless
mesa Of attempting to reach Washoe by the
Placerville route, us some Of them boasttullJ
remarked. A few days after he furnished the
Appeal with these important TdctS, so encoura-
ging tn our Northern neighbUrs, who desire to
divert the trade and travel from our to their
routes, this same Lance Nightingale, who re-
,-pux4sa the - PtncecE,ils Sonls as atterIy ruin-
ed" rode into our city in the evening, and
next morning started over "tbe utterly ruined"
- sfr,..a..
ed his own statements. We hope our North
eru neighbors will notice Lauce's return to
WSshoe BY the PlAcervilIe route. few days
ago . lsge number Of men from Grass Valley,
Nevada county, passed through our city, E"
route for Virginia City. They are employed by
George D. Roberts, Esq, Of Grass Valley, to
build turnpike road, we understand, in Neva-
dA Territory. Every day gentlemen from the
cUuOties Of Sierra, Tehama, Nevada, Yuba and
Placer pass through our city on their way to
Nevada Territory by our route. Would they
do so were the Northern routes, in which they
are interested, passable? Is it reasonable TO
suppose they would come out Of their way to
pass over bad road, and give it preference
over better and safer road near their homes!
The idea is absurd. Experience has demon
strAted that the Placerville route is the only |
practicable winter route; that it is the short.
est, safest, best constructed and freest from
ObstructiOns; and that, in spite OF misrepre-
sentatiOns, it must always be the route to Ne
vada Territory. THIS is not very encouraging
to rival routes, but it is true, and they may AZ
we'll cease putting their own and miSrepresent.
ing our route.
THE NATIONS SICKNESS AND ITS GONZALES
cKKcE."--Such was the subject Of the lecture
delivered on Friday evening last by Rev. NJ. e.
Briggs, Of San Francisco, in the N. E. Church
in this city. The widespread reputation Of the
reverend gentleman, coupled with the desire TO
hear what might be said so interesting
topic, drew together the largest audience that
has been 10 attendance on this course OF lee
lures. The theme evidently a genial one
10 the speaker, who, in peculiarly Impressive
manner, unfolded to his auditors "the malady
Of our nation in its early stage, its increasing
debility, now its convalescence, and soon its
complete recovery" Starting with the idea
that the principle that " Al men are created
equal" etc., was the germ of health, which, as
It grew and expanded in the nation, gave
strength tn the system, enabling it to cast off
from some Of its parts, "as the serpent soughs
its skin, the disease slavery, which, at first
vas confined to the cuticle, aud which would
soon have been entirely eradcated, had not
agitation Of the subject commenced, which the
speaker compared to scarfyng process. that
81 enabled the virus to penetrate into the life |
current below, and so poison the source of
health" Pursuing thls train Of thought. be !
briefly reviewed the struggle between the an |
tagonistic principles which constitute the ma
item health and sickness: the disease gradu |
ally increasing until, at length. after long pc
Fiod Of lethargy, from which it was awakened
only by recent startling events, the nation was
now in IA state of convalescence, with fair hopes
OF ultimate recovery" The lecture was listen.
ed u with deep attention, aud a seemed to
feel, whatever their own opinions might be,
that the speaker wus expressing his firm con-
victl0ns. Earnestness is evidently the rever.
end gent leman's forte, and no one would ever
suspect hun Of trting with his subject 10 the
expression of his vieTs he seems to be rep.
resentaiive Of q class whose politics may be
compared to the Indians tree" so straight
that it leaued little the other way" Its to be
regretted that the lecturer fine abilities should
be devoted to the PRONUNCIATION Of the treason
able heresies of Abolitionism, and that his
heart should be filled with its virus to the ex-
clusion Of love and charity for the white men
of tbe South. We are indebted to such men
for the "natlons Sickness" and its "conva-
lescence" and "cure" will never be brought
about if the patient 10 submitted to their treat
ment.
Qua blAckamoor friend of the Republican is
continually harpiDg on the fact that the Demo-
cRAT publishes the list Of postoiiccs for the
benefit Of its seventeen hundred subscribers
INCREASING at the rate of forty weekly He
evidently takes q deep interest IN postoffice
matters, as all good Republicans should We
are anxious to have you on our side, Prince
Dammith," for we may some day stand in need
Of friend at your uucle's court, in Washington,
therefore, we are willing to give you thirty per
cent. of all the compensation we receive
therefor, if you will only permit US to publish
the list of postoffices in peace, hereafter. What
say you, Prince' Is it a bargain?
- TRAvEL INcREAsTNG.-A friend at the River
Side Hotel. near Strawberry Valley, on Swans
new road, writes N us that, on Sunday last,
one hundred and twenty-three men and one
hundred and ifty-eght animals passed that
place, en- route to and from Nevada Territory.
LacTUREs.-We are pleased to state, and the
statement will crafty those who appreciate fine
oratOry, that Thomas Fitch, Esq, will deliver
two lectures in the N. Z. Church, the first
Politicians and Statesmen"-THIs EVENING
the second" Last Hours of the Thirty-sixth
COBgress"-On Tuesday evening next. Mr.. I.
II fluent and graceful speaker, and the sub