The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-08
The MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT,
ran oIrx- .A.ED COUNTY.

al complaining Of the bad condition Ut the
roads. Evidently the rad Overseers are care
less OF negligent, or decline to rerve, or have
not. the means 10 improve the roads. in some
pasts they arc almost impaaSable for teams
sidelisg, washed sway or full Of deep bOies.
At the present time, when digging is easy, they
could easily Be fixed, at little labor aud expense,
and We hope those having eOntrnl Of the matter
will ses 10 Il that they are speedily repaired.
Our people ere taxed heavily for road purposes,
and they desire to see the money thus raised
expended on the roads. In Kelsey, Green
wood, White Oak and Salmon Falls townships,
the rUads are represented to be in worse con-
Hision than ever known before, and the people
complain bitterly at the indifference OF those
whose duty II is To see to their improvement
In our own township they are oOt "a much oet-
YER condition, and unless they are soon 'mP'OV-
ed the result may prove serious injury to the
business Of our city. We have felt it our duty
- say tAus much, without cOndemniDg any
one. In compliance with the repeated requests
of old resideuts u oar county, wha haze her
welfare 1t heart Nothing can be gained BY
delay. PrO@pt and vigorous action is imPera-
tiveiy rvquiTed.
PAssrOxT.-We we're Yesterday shown one
ofMr. sswsFG's celebrated passports, BY which
and only By which, . eitisea Of the United
SsaGss-a naGve born and IOysl-COUa0 PNsA
from cae loyal State TO another, witAO1i @e-
Iesta,iOn. Happy country what glorious
freedom We enjoy!
COuET OF SEssloNS Court net on AOa.
day last, and the following gentlemen were i'm
paanelsd a. the Grand Jury: ThOs. b. Wade,
Foreman, G. J. ArvidssOn, Cbas. Broad, J. 4
Bu@ns.OD. NHgh Barker, T. d. COlburn. John
'Cartheehe. E. Hawkins. J. p. jackson, D. W.
Levau, Hsury Lsrkin, Thoa. McAaOus, T. N.
.StilIweH. J. o. SsAndIsh. J. II. Vanderbilt aud
David walker. The GraDd Jury have reported
one Indictment for murder; O0e for assault
with intent 10 commit murder; tWO Ser assault
with intent TO do bodily injury; one for mali
-e;ous mischief; one Tor cOunterfeitng; one Tor
having in possession counterfeit gold dust with
zeie..A e inter the same: ..I ., .s..--, -. .
LscTulE.-The Lecture o. Gov. EEes. sh.
'"Hunsa Sympathy" in the u. 6. Church
Wednesday evening, eODpeisnt jadges assure
- Vas 6nished production. Otbcr engage
meats prevented Us from hearing it. The
.ehuscA was SLED with an intelligent and dis
'eFiminAting audience, Notwithstanding the
unGavorahIs weather, and the lecture was re-
.eeived with subdaed manifestations Of delight
Gov. Nye l. . pleasant Speaker-easy. Aueut.
earnest; occasionally eloquent. always enter
n ekaN h. f,nrr I'D he
Tim1sa copy Of bis lecture, and as it will aP'
tpsas 10 hs issue II to-day. those who did not
'hsar Il will have an opportunity Of judging Of
.iss merits BY reading Il.
DurvvT Asssssoss.-CoOuty Assessor Nc
DouaId has appointed A. !. Lo~rey and J
Kennedy - bis DePuties. They will commence
assessing on Monday 0ext. and il industrious
will 6nish their work easily in two mOHths, and
tAus save The county large and needless ex-
peOse.
sOu1 o. 0avIoE--When public officer, who
has served Me people ereditably and faithfully
G.& two 3ears, and given general satisfaction,
vesires trOA ~tlee, IL is but proper aud sPPFo
pirate Gor the press tn chronicle the fact
gAHM =. AxDsEsOs, ESQ.,, who surrendered bis
"Ol5ee and assets 10 his Successor last Monday,
retires from Office with sD eoviable reTHsati.'a
for courtesy, competency. industry and Probity.
All who have bed business With him, aud that
iucIudes nearly every property holder in the
county besides Q number Of others. will bear
al ous 10 the assertion that he was ever pr''mPi,
.earefsl cad aGable in the discharge Of hts du-
ties. D.aering frum him politically, our sin
eeritT cannot b. questioned in speaking thus
complimentary but deServedly Ofa worthy Off
e<y nor car ~e be accused Of manufacturing
political capital for Our young friend. In the
collection Of the revenue and the other business
OF his ofice, he was ably seconded By bis dep.
utica. Nesars. Hume. NAtbeny, IDghAm and
Svmoos, end IL 10 10 be hoped tina, the present
4CoII=etor, James n. Reynolds, Esq. will be as
faithfully served.
DnrUr1 COLLEcroRs. N. Reynolds
Esq, County Collector, has made the following
appoi.ts.euts: Collectors with the Assers"r;
q. ]. C.rOeuter, IL volcanovilIe John Curtis.
CoIona. asd n. 8. HHlburd. Grizzly Flat. Col
Iseanr Of Merchandise Licenses: James Ellw'
Of PiacerviIle. Collectors Of Foreign Miners
Licenses: L. d. Wicks, Of Reservoir HILL; q.
n. Bssuham, Georgetown; A. J. BAber. Span
Il Fiat and D. W. StandeEord. Fl Dorado
Messrs. Carpenter, Hulburd. Ellis and Baber
are ell energetic business men, aud will make
e@eient collectors. The other deputies we are
mot acquainted with, bat take it for granted
they are honest and capable. otherwise they
would not have been appointed BY the Collect
or.
InPonSAxY.-M. A. Lynde, County Superin-
teudent Of Public Instruction. advertises in TO-
days DEnocRAT, "thAt on Saturday. April Sth.
An election will be held in the various School
Districts in this county, for School Trustees.
The present Trustees are required t" give at
least one weeks notice Of the time and place
for holding said election" None but those
who take an interest in The matter and will at
tend to It's duties and discharge them faithfully
should be elected Trustees. Much depends on
their eapabiIity and efficiency.
COux5x TREAsURT.-The following sums
were paid into the County Treasury on Monday
llsss, TO the credit Of the State end County