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The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21

ADDR ES IS
or democratic Members OF Congress
TO The
Democracy Of the United States.

FELLow.CITIzEN The perilous condi-
tion Of our country demands that we
should reason together. Party organiza-
tion, restricted within proper limits, is a
positive good, and indeed essential to the
preservation of public liberty. Without
it the best government would soon degen-
crate into the worst tyrannieS. In des-
potism the chief use of power is in crush
ing out opposition. In our own country
the experience of the last twelve months
proves more than any lesson in history
the necessity Of party organization. The
present Administration was chosen by a
party, and in all civil acts and appoint
lnents has recognized, and still does, its
ftalty and obligations to that party
There must and will be an opposition. The
public safety and good demand it. Shall
it be new organization or an old one
The Democratic party was founded more
than sixty years ago. 1t has never been
diSbandcd. To-day it numbers 800, 900
electors in che States still loyal to the
Union. Its recent numerous victories in
municipal elections in the Western and
Middle States prove its vitality. Within
the last ten months it has held State Con-
ventions, and nominated full Democratic
tickets, in every Free State in the Union.
OF no other party opposed to the Repub-
licans can the same be said
Shall the Democratic party be now dis
banded Why should it Are it's an
cient principles wrong? What are they
Let its platform for thirty years speak
ResOleed, That the American Democ,
racy place their trust in the intelligence,
the patriotism and the discriminating JUS
tice of the American people.
"That we regard this as q distinctive
feature in our political creed, which we
are proud to maintain before the world as
the great moral element in form of gov
ernment sprnging from and upheld by
popular will and We contrast it with
the creed and practice of Federalism, un.
der whatever name or form, which seeks
to palsy the will of the constituent, and
which conceives no imposture too mon-
strous for the popular credulity.
THAT the Federal Government is one
of limited power, derived solely from the
Constitution; and the grants of pewer
made therein ought TO be strictly con-
strued by all the departments and agents
of the Government; and that it is mex
pedient and dangerous to exercise doubt.
ful constitutional powers"
And as explanatory of these the follow.
ing from Mr.. Jefferson's inaugural:
"The support Of the State Governments
in all their rights as the most competent
administrators Of our domestic concerns
and the surest bulwarks against anti-re'
publican tendencies.
The preservation Of the General Gov
ernment in its whole constitutional VigoI
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21
AutrIs, Rtstaurants, Etr.
ORLEANS HOTEL,
Corner Main and Sacramento Streets.
PLACERvILLE, CALIFORNIA,
J. H. Vanderbilt. t.............. .........PrOPrietOr,
Formerly Of the Cary HOuSe)

7NHE HOUSE having been thoroughly overhauled,
Il remOdeled and newly furnished with elegant
furniture, We are prepared to accommodate the
travelling public In finer style than any hotel in the
city Having had extensive experience as caterer,
all who may be pleased to patrenze the House can
not fail to be well cared for.
A FINE READING ROOM is connected with the
House, which will alWaySb be supplied with the latest
newspapers from all parts Of the State and the
Eastern cities
The Dining Room will be under the immediate
control OF the we'll known caterer, Mr.. JAMES
BROWN.
The BAR will be under the SNYk>> ,SSSN Ss Mr.
JOE. ELDRIDGE. formerly Of San Francisco, and
Mr.. SAM. BO0SH, formerly Of Sonora, which Is
sufficient guarantee that none but the FIRST quality
NnlaH ines. LfHaaVE- Ac-. ~NASA served. - A.,
Every department Of the House VIII he kept in
such manner as TO make II second TO NONE In the
State.
-. STAGES arrive at and deaart from the
Orleans from and to all parts Of the State
'':'OO CtS'
LodRinR................"o and 10
IB- House open all night. may0l
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21

GEoRGE1owN, June 9, 1862.

GEORGETOWN, June 9, 1862.
EDIToRs DEMOCRAT: My heart is in sym
pathy with the cause you advocate-the
cause of true Democracy and popular
rights. Since the Inauguration Of pro-
scriptive Administration, and the culmi.
nation of sectional feeling in civil war,
snoSe than ever our country demands the
healing application of Democratic princi-
Piles and Democratic policy in the councils
both of State and Of Nation.
The history of the present National Ad-
minstration is written in blood and the
ruined interests of the whole country, and
the people begin to see it. They are Bit
terly awaking from a delusion as the pro-
gress of the war, step by step, develops its
true meaning and intent. The protection
of the Capital and the preservation of the
Union and the Government, so speciously
and ingeniously uSed as rallying crys TO
draw the conservative and patriotic ele-
ment of the North into an unjust and un-
holy war for the abolishment of Elnvery,
can no longer be employed with success
under like pretense, to kindle the zeal
and enthusiasm of people who have been
made the victims Of such an enormous
deception.
The power-clad arm of Federal authori-
ty that has stricken from the National
watch towers so many faithful sentinels,
and stabbed, with impunity, the COnstitu.
ton and the liberties Of the people, is
yielding to the arrcsting grasp Of an Au.
thority still mighticr-the aroused masses.
The madness and folly Of the Lincoln
SeWOrd dynasty. as evinced in measures
and acts 30 arbitrary and oppressive, may
cause an outraged people to indignsntly
exclaim: rs
Fling down your aaepteEps-tAks tAe red anl ~.
And make the murder - you wAke The laWI'
How much has this misnamed Repubf-
can psFty--s party Of passion and plaques
done 70 the injury Of society + II peii:
sonous influence has disturbed every Gls;
ment Of social order. Il has bEoksn ~
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21
The Key OF Death.

In the collection Of curi0sities preserves
in the arsenal at Venice, there 10 . kcJ
Of which the following singular tradiGicA
is related: -------------s--- -
ABOUT the year 1900, one Of tbCSs
dangerous men, IL whom extraordinary
talent is only the fearful sotifce OF critNe
and wickedness beyond that Of Ofdihkkf
men, came to establish himself as net.
chant or trader in Venice. The straneee,
whose name was Tebabdo, hecamS enazns
cred Of the daughter Of an ancient hOus.
already aiI3anced to another He demand
ed her hand in marriage, aud' WAs FsfaSsas
Enraged at this, be studied bow TO bsFs.
venged. Profoundly skilled in TIE me.
chanical arts, he allowed himself no rset
until he had invented the most Formidable
weapon which could be imagined. This
was key Of large size, the handle og
which was so constructed that Il could b
turned round with little difficulty, WheA
turned it discovered spring, which 81
pressure, launched from the other snaa
needle or lancet Of such subtle fiaeness
that it entered into the flesh and buried
itself there without leaving external tEa1
Tebaldo waited in disguise st the dpOEsef
the church to Whick che mAidea, ,xA0m ~
loved was about to receive the nuptial
benediction. The ASSASSIN sent the slen-
der steel, unperceived, into the breast o.
the bridegroom. The wounded man had
no suspicion of injury, but, seized with
sudden and sharp pain IN the midstuf
the ceremony. he tainted and was carried
to his house amid the lamentations Of thu
bridal party. Vain was all the skin u
the physicians who could not diSine fhe
cause Of this strange illness, and IN 6 ~
days he died. Tebaldo again demanded
the hand Of the maiden from her pareH1a,
and received second refusal. They tnn
persisted miserably in few dAyR. -.
The alarm which these deaths, which
appeared almost miraculous, occasionad
excited the utmost vigilance Of the masia.
trates and when, on close exAmtnatioA
of the bodies, the small instFumehk -
found in the gangreened flesh, tsssss ,a1f
universal; every one feared ~ his 1Hai
life. The maiden thus esuslly
bad passed the first month nf nla'
in . convent, when Tebaldo, hoessl q
bend her to his viii, sntFeated .
with her at the gate. Hsr pspF ssl
most decisive il the negAlleh
beyond himsstf with rsgs. 1tl
wound her through the eSsfs ~,
ed. The ohsenfsly q Il Il
| his moYament iron hsii&
her return to hsr room Ii
q paiu Ia hsr bfsns1s -
/ - fn.nt.d a af,aafai1 s0.e, i
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21

tiss cf alausllr q
the bonds q -
conadshcs haENH ~ q
pI.ntsd NJ
Fust and asssloa ~
blow that has 49,
en- men Of Cne5 -
citizenship. Nor = AIg
ant principles % syldsl
tl6naf and unjust, hssNs
Union, OrigiDstsd Soulhs1
cy, brought upon great and pu
people suicidal civil strife, yiftnGI. -.
ished State lines by crushing Hlllk -.
thOrity, and made farce Of fFeSs. -
and outraged the feeling and thssSie eassSf
= Democratic people byReasegi NJ F
representatives ahd expsIling the6t I'm
the Congressional halls, Tor sxsScisiNg ths
freedom of opinion and Of speech-s5ssht
guaranteed bx;sAe qaqGtitptlens and 1hes
the boast of an American cftfSse aaA
glorious and patriotic, this license Ofllss
ut;erance among the politics. saints, DE
Republicans themselves; how hcsntiOhs
and reasonable in all who have the ismsr.
ity to differ from thsnI FqsthseBssszs
what must the people think Of SpsTty
which indorsed in Lincoln the First Of
America, in q Republic, that for which
Charles the First of England Was exeen.
ted in Monarchy
Obi glorious popular sovereignty -
Oh inestimable privilege Of freedOaI-
when the power Of tfeats llcissEi h RaRsP-
ed by the Executive, and the sovereign
citizen is punished without trial or cons
victiOnl Obi hallowed right Of AmsEi-
can citizenship-the elective fraRchiss-
when the strong arm Of The militsst -
suspended over the ballot boz, and tie
representatives Of the people are excluded
from the National councils and ssps bach
to their constituency when electsdi
And yet we are told that the Ad@iais-
tratiOn is patriotic and conservative, aud
every man is denounced as disloysl snd
traitorous who dares to dissent from such
an opinion. But thank God, that theFs
yet fingers in the bOsOms Of Amsrioanl
some relic Of that proud, unyielding spiFiI
that gloWed in the breasts Of their latheTs
IA spirit unseduced by the blsmdishmentI
Of Executive patronage, aud unAwed 6J
the menaces Of arbitrary Federal power
The wholesome leaten Of pure Democracy
is beginning to work among the intslligea'
and thinking masses. The glorious mem-
cries of the good old days Of the Rspub'
lie, when the pilots Of the Democrats
party steered the ship Of State safely
through sectional breakers and the stOrlii1
Of popular excitement, are makiag theiI
resistless appeal to the hearts Of . dissat.
istied and deceived people. Acsrtni6tnd
salutarY reaction is being. ineagarGted
and an intelligent and humane peoPls VI
soon decide ratiOuGliy between the -.
slavement of four million negroes or thal
of six millions of white men; for the esaam-
cipation of the blacks can only be effected
by the complete subjugation and enslave.
ment of their Southern owners. The art.
ful appeals of the advocates Of this war,
are hapeily losing their power to move
the hearts Of the people, and deeply they
feel the truth that
"Not all that heraldS rake from eo6lnsd clay,
Nor Aorid prose, nor houied lies Of Thyms
Can blaEon evil DECIDE or conseerate crime"
VOY
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21
PLACER HOTEL,

MAIN STREET. .PLACERVILLE
wUNsCH q SUPP. ..PROPRIETORS.
THE undersigned having leased the Placer Hotel
i respectfully solicit n continuance Of the liberal
patronage heretofore extended TO II, and assure its
former patrons and the public generally that no ef-
fort shall he spared on their part to promote the
comfort Of all who may favor them with their pa
troaaRe.
THE PLACER HOTEL, situated in the very heart
Of the business portion Of PlAcervile offers snIe'
Jolce1reD1s FeSdepts ard i6e fraTe ing pub
lie. ThIorABLE will always be supplied viii The
hest Wand. to be had in the market, and the Lodg-
ing department will ever be clean and comfortable.
RT Prices in accordance with the times
Aprl2 WCNSCh SUIT.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21
LEON.S NEW STATION.

"; One of the Cheapest Houses In 69C
mountains-on Henry 4 Swans new road, aud also
on the old county road to Carson Valley and Esme
raldA, S6 miles from Placervile and diamond
Sprinc.. and miles west Of Strawberry Valley.
The above House is large two-story frame build
ing, win rooms for families and other gnest~:
6.TThe EAR is supplied with the best OF Liquors
and Segars.
.s.t,ood Stabiine for horses, mules etc. Hay and
may:uf W. p LEON, Proprietor.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21

TERMss.nA.Lr DyAscI3on. Year 81 Six Month, Gs,
FisFl, 80 cents; Single Copies, l2l1 cents.
ADVERTISIN0One square, Of 10 lines nrst inserton ~
saeh subssqueat S 50 Business Cards Of 10
e. lsas year o1 Cards. Of 10 lines or less
OArsa sahs 0lO liberal dscOant viii he made on inc
aboVe rates NJ yearly and quarcry AdVeru'e"en'' n
sHoaed one SQUARE.
JOB PRINTMG.-OaP ONno Is Tspasae With all the modern
mpfOvements eHEAr AHD nArtD eHeettlon OF
eVeTv nfVte af PRINTING such bookn Pamphlets Briefs
PsstaFs Handhls, Cireulars, YER
Hseats. q Stock or DeEIs A. Tses cnl,rS InI
,SuaTIcKS RIANKs-AmdAvts, Undertaking. and wrs Of
Attachu0snt the new law for sac 1t this once also
6snI DeIsrtIoas II Homestead the most convenient forE
Iiso = SsauhiaIly executed MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
L. p TIsHER Ss my wssAingsOn opposite N.suire.
EuoCRAT sliy ot aan FFSscirea. All oTdsrp for
Pupsr AdVsrisaG len With him will Be promptly AZ
tssAei 70.
j. C. KERLEYi is authorized 20 receive moneys Once
~ subseFPsloau, advertising, etc.
W r 0IBRs IL the authorized Agsnt Of the DEMOCRAT At
oeotessva Orders iOr the advertsng or for job
I1sek- ~ Euh Al-- ~ ~ AFE~->H"SN NaaaNAaA@-
H.SSS T. SfcfrdS = Sat aut6orfre,s <rrur kateS
TAIN DEnoCRAT At VI Dorado Orders len ~ith him gill
~ prOmPtly attended 70.
H. j. BIDIEAAN s AathSriEed agent At saeramento-
All for AAVersihG o with aim ~li receive i'm
uss1iAss Ats-atiea.
A. BApLAM IT. Il authorized Al Sacramento and
Dro@yy forward advertisements handed him Tor US
col. L. HOPKINS Is cur authorized agent at Aurora
MSao coanty.
Ar L. DIAs aeeAi Tor the DG~ocHAT at Virginia City
Nevada Territory.
,xSi GA 24II tsS.r A1s~1Sfted GrirFv F'se-
All ordsrs gveA hin for the Democrat will le promptly At
tsaAcd -.
A. gMIrH s au,hovlrA solicit advertisements and sub
serptioas for the Democrat in Sacramento city
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21
GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL
Corner Of X and Seventh .t.., Sacramento.

~ r. CALLAHAN, the proprietor oi this
long established and popular Hotel. informs
his former patrons and friends in II Dorado County
that he has resumed the keeping of his old stand
where h, would be pleased to meet them aRain-
Nntwirbstandng the storms and the Hoods, he as
snres all that the GOLDEN EAGLE is in the best or
der for the accommodation of guests, and that the
terms are low aud in unison with the times
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21
RIVERSIDE HOTEL,
Nine mil,. wc. Of sraA rry and Il Eat - FiHe"r'"
On Henry and Swans New Road

TIE undersigned having made every
Arrangement for the accommodation "t
lsss TRANSFERS ASD TRAVELLERS, as
s.Bkse sures them that all who favor him with
their Patronage, shalt he entertained IN manner
that cannot fail TO give satisfactiGn, and at very
loE prices
Purchasing everything the season Affords and
employing the best Of cooks he pledges himself I"
spread before the patrons o' the KlNer'Slue' thr
REST TABLE to he found between PScerville and
Nevada Territory.
The Bar will always be supplied with the hest
liquors and cigars
=. Stable room for teams. Hay anu barley Al
wavs on hand and for sale cheap.
jan7yi J. w. BARRON, Proprietor.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21
L1vERY ACCoMMoDATIoNs.

lie has directly connected with his Hotel prime
Livery stable where horses and carriages are let at
reasonable rates.
His patrons are always conveyed, TREE oF CHARGE
to and FROM the cars and steambnAts.
Sacramento, April l2th, ls62.-3m
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. BV
OIL w rs Sc "a N u a n " =
~. auWpcEa ~, A, gANULRV.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21

The first step towards restoration of
the Union as it was, is to maintain the
Constitution as it is. So long as it was
maintained in fact. and not threatened
with infraction in spirit and in letter, ac-
tual or imminent, the Union was unbro-
ken.
To restore the Union it is essential, first,
to give assurance to every State, and to
the people of every section, that their
rights and liberties and property will be
secure within the Union under the Con-
stitution. What assurance so dOubly sure
as the restoration to power of that ancient
organized consolidated Democratic party,
which for sixty years DIT secure the prop.
erty, rights and liberties Of the States and
of the people; and thus DID maintain the
Constitution and preserve the Union, and
with them the multiplied blessings which
distinguish us above all other nations?
To restore the Union is to crush out
sectionalism North and South. To begin
the great work Of restoration through the
ballot-box is to kill Abolitionism. The
bitter waters of Secession flowed first, and
are fed still from the unclean fountain of
Abolitionism. That fountain must be
dried up. Armies may break down the
power of the Confederate Government in
the South, but the work Of restoration can
only be carried on through political or
CARNATIONS and the ballots in the North
and West In this great work We cordial
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-06-21

OAee, on ColOma street.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-23

ToRruRzs OF a WIcKED CoNsclEScE.-A
convict in Van Di,mln's Land. after quarrel
ling with one of the ovcrscers, brutally
murdered him. He Immediately escaped,
with few c.olhcs anI a gun. 10 the wild
solitude OF the bush The murderer lived for
some time like Il savage, occasionally making
his appearance, armed 10 the teeth, at various
buts. where be peremptorily demanded food.
The conyict's mind ultimately succumbed to
the severe men al agony and physical distress
TO which lie was exposed, aud he became a
dangerous lunatic. he was eventually per-
ceivcd to be under the dominion Of a terrible
halIucination. He imagined that be was
constantly being pursued by the ehastly phan-
tom of his murdered victim. He was observed
to rush from tree TO tree, bush 10 bush, house
to house, from one part OF the district TO
another, endcavoriug 10 1y Cikc an animal
hunted 10 death by icrocious bloodhoundS)
from the clutches of a person constantly in his
wake and steadily tracking his path. The
maniac eventually surrendered himself TO tie
hands Of the police alleging that annihilatior
was preferable TO the agony Of mind he su-
frrcd In fact, although insane, he prayed
! earnestly for dcah at the hands of the public
! exccu,ioncr in order to extricatc himself from
/ the spectral image that was never absent from
. his mind.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-23


In The recent 81. Lnuis papers We End the
full ofEcial report of tie great battle Of Pea
Ridge, Arkansas. and. although the lime which
kRa elapsed since that event hiss been SO filed
Up with other occurrences Of absorbing impor-
tance ss to obscure 20 some extent that
6cEP~rate struggle, yet these reports are Of
such character rs TO command general alten-
ton. in the western journals they have cous-
"a considerable remark. The previous accounts
Of that battle were made mp by newspaper
correspondence who we're not vithin a hundred
miles Of the Geld, bat who went tlithcr after
The hahs and gathering up struggling tttrieF
from such officers and soldiers as they coald
reach. These narratives were partial, exag-
gerated anj totally unreliable. In mauy re-
spects they committed gross injustice TO the
men who did ihe meet and worked the bardes
50 achieve that signal victory.
The generals all now tell their stories, each
enc for himself, ard they tally so we'll together
ss 70 be accepted generally. From these re
ports We gather what . terrible struggle ii vas
Al Pea Ridge, how every officet and man was
seetcd severely and had 10 do his Htmcss, and
where the heaviest Of The Gght fell. These re-
ports set at rest all the stories against Curtis,
circulated BY those who we're Interested in strip
ping hin Of his weil-earned laures, and show
that be was untiringly active from frs, to last;
that be never Tor moment lost his presence
Of mind or sef possession; that all the move
nents Of shs army wese Objected by him, aud
that bat for his shrewdness, caution and vigi-
lance, the battle must have been in danger Of
proving q defeat. His force in this fearful
Aght vas only little over ten theusand men
While that Of the enemy was between $4,000 and
10000.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-23

During the last few weeks rumors of intend
cd Intervention in American affairs on he part
Of the governments of England and France
have again been quite prevaenti and they have
seemed to come through SO many sources, and
in some cases appeared so well authenticated.
as 10 cause some uneasiness. 1t seems, however
that these stories have generally been put a1oat
10y secession nqenis in London AMI Paris, aided
by certain journals in those cities in the inter
est of the rcbe!s The Paris correspondent Of
the London Post Q-ord PuImerston's organ)
decidedly rcpudiates the idea Of intended inter
ference on the part Of France, and there il
little rtason inr experimenting that in the pres
ent aspect Of afirs Englaal will venture
upon interfrr,1.cs witloat tIe ail Of F9.nca.-
The progress that has lutcly been ma le toward
crushing the rebellion, AMI the new light that
has trcu she'd upon naval warfare by the r.
cent exploits Of our naval forces, will doub;lt.ss
canSe EarnPran powers. If 80 disposed, to re-
fleet seriously upon the probabe conseq1eno-s
before ventming any ihpertinent Interference
in oar lo nestle aff,ir-. The sweeping Of our
''small navy from the face Of the ocean" won d
prove much mare serio u Undertaking !iiaa
was supposed nj the tima the taunling threat
wSs inHda 10y he Loalon Times.