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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
Returned.

Es- We were glad to welcome back
again our respected townsman. E. B. Or
DER, who has been, for two years past, at
Pixies Peak, seeking after the yellow dust
which gives attraction to that region
Mr.. OLDER reports an abundance of gold
in Colorado Territory, and says that ex-
perience in gathering it is fast improving
the receipts. Veins which at first did
not yield anything like proper pay. are
now yielding eight hundred dollars and
upward per cord Of rock. The gold in
tina; locality differs, Mr.. OLDER says, in
the state in which it is held, from any
other gold region in the world. There
are no quartz veins, properly so-called,
but the gold is held in mineral sulphur
etts of various kinds, mixed with quartz.
by oxidation, where exposed to the at.
mosphere, and other chemical changes,
the sulphuretts have largely been de-
composed and passed off, leaving kind
of rotten quartz, from which the gold is
obtained. Increased knowledge in the
methods of saving the gold will doubtless
make the yield of these mines very rich.
Mr.. DAVIS. Of Quasqueton, also return
ed with Mr.. OLDER, and it is probable
that both will return. Mr.. MYRRs and
Mr.. THOMPSON were at the mines when
Mr.. OLDER left there.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
Business Changes.

NE- Mr.. ASA CLARK has removed his
Drug Store to the west side OF the
river, in the frame store formerly occu-
pied by FONDA q BROTHER.
Messrs. Pooh & Cook are occupying
the store Of VIM A. JONES, with good
stock of everything in the variety line.
HEGEE has brought his meat market
up town to the building adjoining CAT
FALL & Closes store.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
Another Blockade.

TT We apprehend that somebody
whose prayers have wonderful efficacy,
has been petitionng the elements to
make the Dubuque IL Sioux City Rail.
road Company the victim Of their wrath.
For no sooner had the road been thor
oughly opened for travel last week than
the cloud, opened again, and the white
flakes came down in quantity, and with
g tierceness that soon piled up barbados
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
Oysters at the Cheap.

EF- Messrs. MUNsoN d DuNHAM have
on hand large lot of Oysters that have
been for some time detained on the road
by the blockade They are in excellent
condition, but as M. IL u. are DESTROYS
of selling them, they have concluded 10
offer them at the marvellously low price
of 40 cents per can. Every lover of these
glorious bivalves, who desires feast,
has now an opportunity for indulgence
that he certainly cannot afford to neglect
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25

~ The violent snow storm OF
Wednesday and Thursday last seems to
have set us back aagin into the middle OF
Winter. We are drawing rapidly to the
end of March, and there is scarcely a
bare spot of Earth to be seen. This is
not at all complimentary to our climate
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
Original Notice.
B { f COUNTY. IS

sI BDcnA an lSG ooojUNrY,} IS
To Hamilton Megonagle, Thomas L. Went
worth, William } Barney, j. *. Potterf, G.. I.
Potterf Eliza A. Potterf, Elvira Pottclf, Sa-
rah E. Potterf Amanda Potterf, Henry Pot
teri, Samuel Potterf, Joseph A. Potterf, Sa-
rah A. Sours, Susanna Cline, William II
Potterf, Mary G. Dunlap, Christianna Ozias
Phebe G. Singer and Hester Fouts
You are hereby notified that there is now on
file in the office of the Clerk of the District
Court of said County and State, a petition OF
James B. Orput, for the perfeeting and quiet
ing his title of record to the South West quar-
ter, of the North East quarter of Section I,
Township So, Range 8, West of the 9th p. NJ
in Buchanan County, Iowa, which said premi-
ses said James b. Orput purchased of said
Hamilton Megonagle on or about the 18th day
of November, 1853, and which said Magma
gle conveyed to said Orput by deed executed
on or about the 18th day of November, 1853
And that unless you appear and answer there
to, on or before noon of the second day of the
next term of said Court to be holden at indie
pendenee, in and for said County, on the first
Thursday after the second Monday of April
A ID. 1862, a decree will be entered against YOU
as prayed for in said petition.
JAMES B. ORPUT, Prf,
BY LEE d LEAvITr.
STATE OF IOWA,
| hereby order that the above notice be pub.
lished, for the time prescribed by law, in the
Buchanan County GUARDIAN a newspaper pub
ished in Independence, in said County and
State.
+. BREWER, Clerk
March 10Th, 1862. [5l-4w
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
Federal Tax.

rE- Az will be seen, from notice OF
the County Treasurer, as well as from
the law which we publish on the outside
of o-day's paper, the Legislature has as
sossod a Federal tax of two mills on the
dollar to be added to the tax OF 1851
now due and being collected.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25

WHOOPING COUGH may be great
ly relieved and entirely cured by the free
use of Hollands Balsamic Cordial
Read the advertisement in another col.
umn.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
FANCY SOAP

Honey Soap, Windsor Soap. Camphoraecd
Soap, Bar Soap. Transparent Soap. from the
mandatory Of \. W Harrison, PHILADELPHIA.
III WALLACE's Drug Store.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
Glass & Glassware.

A large assortment constantly on hand, suit.
able for Druggists and Housekeepers,
Al WALLACE'S Drug Storc.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
NOTICE.

rENHE accounts of DR.. II. II. HUNT have been
L placed in my hands for collection. All
persons indebted to him will please call at my
office and settle Immediately by note or other
wise. RANSOM BARTLE.
Independence, Feb. 6, 1862. T41-tf
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25

Connections.
Stages leave Earlville, ON the arrival Of the
cars from the East, on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, for Straw berry Point, Brush Greek,
fayette, West Union. DEBORAH and ST. Paul;
and from Manchester on Monday Wednesday
and Friday for Strawberry Point and the North.
Stages leave Cedar Falls daily for New Hart
ford, Arlington, Island Grove, Acklv Hardin
City, Iowa Falls, Alden. Waller, Webster City,
Fort Dodge aud Sioux City; also for Janesyille,
Narerly, Syracuse, Nashua, Bradford, St
Charles, and Minnesota.
j. A. PINTO, GEO. YOUNG.
Gen. Frt & Ticket Agt Sup't
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
I.STRNN NOTICE.
CORN STARCH SAGo. T4PIocA.

Oatmeal, Pearl barley. Chocolate, Extracts
for Cooking, Rose Water. &c Re.
Al VILLAGES Drug Store
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
TO Builders:

A large assortment of French and American
WINDOW GLASS from the best nianulac!u
rers, PUTTY in blndders, &c.
At WALLACE'S Drue, Store
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
PER- MERY.

Lubin's Extracts. Wrights Extracts, jules
Haulcs' Extracts, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes.
Fancy Soap, Toilet Pow ders. De. &c.
Al WALLACE'S Drug Store.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
PATENT MEDICINES.

Agent for all the Popular Patent Medicines
The Trade supplied at Manufacturers prices,
At WALLACES Drug store
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-25
ESTRAY.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

INHE Copartnership heretofore existing be
L tween Woodward d Marshall, is this day
dissolved by mutual consent.
J. S. WOODWARD,
W. S. MARSHALL.
The undersigned viii continue in the prac-
tice of law at the old office of Woodward d
Marshall. j. 5. WOODWARD.
Independence, July 8th, 1861. lily l6, If
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

KIHDNEss TO NEGRoEs. Gen. Banks is
noted for two very different things-for
his excessive fondncSs Of negroes and his
mastery retreat" from Winchester. In
that strategic movement" accomplished
so successfully under such trying circum-
stances, he did not forget his colored
friends, but provided for them at the ex
pense Of wounded soldiers" His sym
pathy runs entirely in one direction-in
the direction of the negro. White men
he evidently thinks can take care of them
selves, even if weak and wounded in their
country's service. We take the following
from the proceedings of Congress on the
10th of last June, and ask white men to
read and reflect upon it:
"Mr. VOORHEES,, of Indiana. offered as pre-
amble, II statement from the New Albany Let
ger, in which it is said that during the retreat
Gen. Banks furnished Government transporta-
ton far "egr0rS, Ibus caring for them to the
exclusion and negLeef Of our 'rounded 'otdiers,
who had to walk. Appended to this was a
resolution instructing the Committee on the
Conduct of the War to inquire into and report
the facts.
Mr.. Richardson said he had heard the came
charges mdde by soldiers.
" The resolution was adopted"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

OuTsIDE.-In 1858, il the city Of Phila-
dephia, the veracious and. accomplished
Parson Brownlow, who is now the pet Of
the North and is bleeding them rather ex
tensively, held debate with Rev. Adam
Pryne, on the question, Ought Ameri-
can Slavery to be pcrpetuatcd ?" Brown
low appeared as the champion Of Slavery
the culogizer of Calhoun and Brooks-the
dcfamer Of the North and her institutionsI
After the controversy closed the two de-
batcrs jointly published, in book form,
their speeches, extracts from which We
publish on the outside of today's DEMO
GRAFT. No man in the Union has SANDER
ed the North more perSistenty, causelcss-
ly and vilely than Parson BrOwnlow; no
man has done more to engender hatred
between the two sections and provoke
hostilities than he. Examine his Stats
tics, read his slurs, sneers, sarcasm and
contempt for the blue-bellied Yankees"
as he elegantly called the people Of the
North, and then say whether the state
ments of such common calumniator arc
worthy of crcdence. He is now fawning
upon the people he but lately ridiculed
and traduccd, and traducing the people
he lately euloGized. So much for Parson
BrownlOw's fairness and sincerity.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

SICKNESS IN THE WESTERN AEMY.-The
extent to which sickness has prevailed
among the Western troops, in conse-
quence of the rascality of army contrac-
tors who furnished poor provisions, ap-
pears from the single statement of the
Sanitary Commission, that the number Of
patients admitted to the fifteen military
Hospitals of St. Louis up to June LIST, is
10, 467, of whom 400 have died; 1917
have been furloughcd, discharged or re-
turned to their regiments, and 3, $50 re-
main. This is the record OF only one city
The hospitals along the Ohio and upper
Mississippi are filled with sick and woun-
ded. A letter dated Pittsburg Landing,
June 1st, has the following: ~*
"FOr twenty days previous to Thursday
week last, II 900 sick left the army for home,
hundreds and perhaps thousands Of them never
to return. Since the battle Of SbiluL, IT is safe
70 say that the army has lost thirty or thirty
five thousand men 10 this way alone"
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

WHAT Dot%LAs SAiD. -" | viii nrNer
acquicsce in any warfare upon the conS'!-
tutional rights or institutions Of the
South" said Mr.. Douglas in his address
before the Legislature oF Illinois. a little
more than yenr ago Has the Admin
istratiOn respected "tlle constitutional
rights or institutions Of the SONth"2-
Crittenden and Davis and johnson and
other Border State Union men say it has
not. "If any attempt is made to invade
their rights or incitc servile instruction
among them, would be first to rush to
the rescue" said Douglas in the same ait
dress. Their rights, as all know, have
been invaded, and the property OF 10y
al men stolen by Abolition eniSSnrieS and
protected by the army and navy. The
duty Of respecting the Constitution, and
all the rights under it was the cardinal
principle Of Douglas. II is not strange,
then, that Democrats in this hour Of ma
tional danger, arc willing to forego all 9th
or questions to plant themselves firmly
upon a platform to preserve the Ccnstitn-
ton as it is, for the purpose Of restoring
the Union as it was. The trac-hcarted,
gallant Richardson cmbodied in the ad,
dress Of the Democratic members oil Com
grc>S the sentiments and principles Of
,youe,o~, anu lnnl auoress has been APP
proved by the Democracy of the Atlantic
States.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

How TO TELL AN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
one who has studied the subject carefully
and understands it thoroughly, says it is Il
little difficult, as we all know, to find men
who will openly confess to Aboltionism.
As a directory we will suggest the follow
ing, as infallible. An Abolitionist adores
Fremont and finds in his emancipation
proclamation in Missouri, a sufficient ex.
cuse for all his populations and corruption.
He worships old John Brown as saint,
believes Greedy a prophet, and Sumner
and Phillips statesmen of the first order
Of ability. He styles all men, of whatever
party, who differ from him in measures
of policy in the conduct Of the war, as Sc
cesSionistS and no better than jeff Davis.
lie gives aid and comfort to the enemy by
prOclAilning that a large portion Of the
North are secessionistS and Sympathize
with the South. lie don't believe in the
freedom Of speech or the press, unless to
preach and disseminate the principles of
negro equality. lie believes the Chicago
platform worth fifty Unions" He is
opposed to a reconstruction Of the old
Union, ard believes the decisions Of the
Supreme Court humbug. He delights
in blood letting, as Senator Chandler ex-
presses it, but prefers to fight his battles
at home over some Abolition newspaper.
Such are the distinctive features Of Abo.
itiOuism. He who refuses to indorse ev-
cry Abolition measure Of the Administer
ton, who refuses to swear that old Abe,
is statesman and n patriot, isdenounced
by those fanatics as a secessionist. And
Democrats Of the CONFESS stripe have uni
ted with them to defeat the Democratic
party,
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

REPUBLICANIsM ~ ITS GLoW.--The
Secretary of State of Kansas, John W.
Robinson, has been convicted of high
misdemcanor, and removed from office.
The Governor and Auditor are on trial,
on similar charges, and the notorious Jim
Lane has been publicly charged with be-
ing perjurer and murderer. And these
are the leaders Of the Republican party in
Kansas
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26
Nem ADVERTISEMENTS T.o.pau.

NOtICc.-Ths candidate, Of thr last Republic Az
Count! Convention are respectfully Requested t"
call upon me and settle their bills, contracted for
printing bills, circulars, tickets, &c. by promptly
attending to th'' call they ma! avoid expense. |
have begged earnestly and waited patiently for
what is due me, and 'hall put off settlement ~
longer. Unles. settled spredil! will puGli'h tho
names Of the detniucnts or rrpudiaiors.
-. DEGOLIA,
1larCrNilP July Doth. lAGh
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

PASSED THRouGH.--Col. Connor's command,
about seven hundred strong, passed through
our city on Monday. en- route to Salt Lake
City. The men appeared to be in fine health
aud spirits. There is fine band of music
attached to the regiment. which played some
appropriate airs rs they marched gu.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26
uRsbsi Cruslties.o

The Sacramento Union takes malignant
pleasure in searching for and publishing
ISLANDERS On the Southern people, which it
jOyfully styles Rebel cruclties. ltknOws
them to be Elise and vindictivc, but that
renders them the more attractive and pal.
atable to the Union, 4 correspondent Of
the New York 7Tsets-good Republican
authority-writing froa the battle-fields
Of the Shenandoah Valley, says that the
accounts Of rebel barbarities which adorn
the pages Of such papers as the Union
and crafty the hatred Of the Abolitionists,
are manufactured by knavcs and told by
fools, with the purpose Of engendering a
mutual hate" lie evidently understands
the character and motives OF the rampant
Abolition set who own and conduct the
Union. Instead of finding fault with the
Rebels, the Union had better devote its
time to correct the errors Of the brutal
scoundrelS who are in charge Of the hos
pitfalls of the Federal army. They need
watching and condemnation. They treat
their own brothers and friends, the poor
soldiers who fight calamity for the
Union, cruelty, brutally, fendishly. Are
We doing them injustice? Let us intro
duce the testimony of Republican Uni
ted States Senator. We take the follow
ing from the Congressional proceedings
Of the 18th Of last month:
"Mr. Foster Comm said that there had
been very great misnIsnagement in the appoint
ment Of army surgeons. Many " the surgeons
TeSe USSsrAy rS&t CIV their duty. Atthe battle
~ ,>---s...>.S , r>'% EAr ecOdH'Eed solEiere
hay for eight or nine ,kdys Soss,1OUt Adciay Meir
tC0unds dressed, and some we're buried in the
very clothes they we're wounded 10. If the
Committee on the Conduct Of the War would
examine into the matter, they would lind that
all the cruelties were not perpetrated by the
rebels. There were men i'll our army who had
had thtir LtIS dmPMtdttd, and then been laid GA
the floor and told to get up and go out by the
surgeons, and when the pOOr men said they
could not 60, because Mfv hdd no lsgS TO ,rdk
lruh, sUCH MIN HAD BEEN KICKED by the sur
geUns, or by men connected with what is call
I'd the Medical Department Of the Army
Such things had occurred utter the battle of
Winchester"
Reader, recollect that this statement
Was made on the floor OF the United States
Senate BY prOninent Republican SEGA
tor, jealous Of the reputation Of his party
and devoted to its interest What think
you of the treatment the sick and wound
cd Of the army receive from "surgeons,
or those connected with what is called the
Medical Department of the Army? Had
not the Union better launch it's powerful
weak" fulminationS against them? Had
it not better insist upon their treating the
sick and wounded and manned kindly -
Or demand their diSmiSSal9 Has it no
sympathy for the poor soldiers who have
lost an arm or leg in their country'S
service: Why does it not assist Foster
in exposing the brutality Of army sur
geOns: Because it is hirclinS of the
Administration aud dare not rcbuke its
agents.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26
democratic state Convention

Ate nsotinR u tire Deacefatie State Central
CO9AiItee, held 81 SaefamentO on the 96th Of May
ass, 4 was RoSDtSs1, That Democratic State
Osaveaeagh b called, 10 meet at 6acFamsn:O, ON
wednesday. the 9th Day OF August,
tSss, ~ SAS paEPose Of nominating . candidate
foT the Oaice q Superintendent Of Public InStFue
Rioa, and isF Ne EEAnsaetion Of such other bust
1ssS a. may cS@e before It, and that Delegates to
such CoaVsaafCa be elected according TO the fol-
lnainR AnnnllinnmRnI:
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26
40 FRWFWRs.-FoR SAFE.

TAs usAeFsigssd OesT for SAls an rIssSnt new
ss1ssssssl WsShiassoa PSsss, wiIA ssking apps
FNsus, FsllsF 1sald, eAaSss, sse., ell - SanFable
orass. Also, HAlf-SsSeSa Ads@s Press, suitA-
Gle ~ printing Ssrds, quarter ShcSs Posters, etc.
04LWICES 4 JANUARY.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

A MARION OF BANKRuPTs.-The New
York Erening Post, in urging upon Con-
gress the importance of a General Bank
rupt Law, says: "Nearty One-third Of
our merchants are insoIcent." The Ece-
ming Inquirer responds: "Then we have
indeed paid dearly for our negro whistle
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

On motion, Il was ResOIVed, That, In the exist .
Ang e0nditi0n Of the country, recognizing the
s0ssiGy e aAhsTiRG u and sustaining the Demo-
critic organisation, vs cordially invite all voters
Who abide BY and advocate the principles Of De-
n0sEAey ~ expOunAsd BY ThO@as JeEersOa and AS
Get forth by the address Of the DemOe rattle
0enbeTs Of Congress, 70 cooperate with Us in our
pSimaHy meetings.
o. moi ion, the Committee adjourned.
IKE. 6. TITUS, Chairman.
HRNRY LAAKIN, Secretary.
P1aesrville, July 18th, 1852.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

DEFEcTIoN.-A lage number of Union
Democrats" of Sacramento have come out
in card and very unnecessarily announ-
ced themselves as Abolition fusionists.
The party with which they acted is rapid.
ly dwindling into nothingness," and
soon will be "heard of no more" The
fight is between those who are for "the
Constitution as it is and the Union as it
was" and those who trample upon the
one and oppose the reconstruction of the
other. All patriotic men will unite with
the former-all fanatics with the latter.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

4. P. CNUTENDEN,
Democratic state CentrAs Committee.
WILLIAM J. HOOTON, Recording Secretary.
Democratic paperS please copy.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

THE San Francisco House, on the road to
Nevada Territory, 48 miles east of this city and
81 miles west of Strawberry Valley, is one of
the best hotels on the road, and its proprietor
James H. Miller, the very prince of landlords.
Jim knows how to keep hotel, and does it.
REPUBLICAN defaulting candidates are re-
specially requested to read the significant no.
tice of Mr.. De Cola, late proprietor of the
Placervilc Republican, in to-day's DEMOCRAT
1t is interesting to them if not unpleasant.
READ the Grand Jury Report ou the third
pave
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

FLUfTEKING IN THE CANr.-ConncSS is
an indetatigNNle w"vler AVID s"I's>''>"N 80,
lie is determined to control the Abolition
fusion convention. lie has got his ennis
sarics in different parts Of the county, for
the purpose Of stocking primary meetings
and clccting delegates TO the convention
favorable TO his views. These trading
chaps call upon prominent men, assure
them that ConncSs wants them to run For
the Senate or Assembly. and promise
them the support Of his friends. by this
dodge he hopes to secure tho nomination
Of Senator and A>Semhlyman, in this
city, pledged to his Support 1t is nice
trick, John, but it won't win.
The Republicans are sleeping with
6oth eyes 0rcn, woto&ing his movements
and preparing 10 Illustrate his plans -
Strange as it tuay SrT'sHr they xii! have
something TO SAL In the Convention, and
not he humhuctcd ny MoS>rS Perkins,
Mcdonald. Hunter X Co. who have been
plannny secretly for thrir patron John
FOR weeks. Perkins, Mcdonald and Hun
tcr-a pretty uinmvirate to dictate To the
Republicans Of FL Dorado county. They
have mistaken their mission.