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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-12-04

See Chase has received Sll0, sent by
some one who had defrauded government to
that amount IL couldn't have been an army
contractor
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-12-04

An ingenious person has discovered that
the three most forcible letters in our alphabet
are y u; that the two which contain moth
ing are NJ L; that four express great cor
puience, y b Z L; that two are in II decline.
h; that four indicate exalted station, Y
l. NC: and three excite our tears, vet, when
pronounced together, are necessary to a good
ndestanding-LEG
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-12-04

A LOYAL DOG.-When our 9lst Regiment
was at Pensacola, they became possessed of
handsome pup, which they christened
Jim" and were all very fond of. Lieut..
Riley took him under his special supervision
and he soon grew up to the full stature OF
magnificent doghood. He shared in all the
perils and hsrdships Of the Regiment IN It's
subsequent marches, until they reached
"lrish Bend" La. There the Regiment
lad a very pretty fight with brigade OF
hetels, who threatened, for time, to have
everything their own way. But the 9lst
Went at them on charge, and drove them
iTon the field, after a short contest. In
Their retreat, the Rebels had TO jump over a
ience, and while one of the ragged rascals
was 10 the act of making the leap, "Jim
(Who bad joined in the charge with all the
spirit and enthusiasm of veteran) seized
the Rebel with his teeth, and held him tight
until one Of the boys came up and released
jim" from his novel vocation. When
marched to the rear, the Rebel said he
"dld du't mind 50 much being prisoner, but
70 be captured BY dog was rather mortify-
ing "Jin" is still hale and hearty, read
for any new hght which may turn up, and,
ia, OF course, more than ever the pet of the
Regiment
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-12-04

The ExcHANGE or Prisoners follow
ing is a letter addressed by the Solicitor of
the War Department to gentleman IN Bos-
ton. in reply to some inquiries for iniorma-
non as the cessation IN the exchange Of pris-
o,,-rs - idrerfIser
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-12-04

WAR MEETING At ENTHUSIASTICALLY
evening last a thronged assembly Of old and
young, male and female, met at the Town
Hall Of Williston to hear Col Randall THE
late 18th Vt.,-now engaged in enlisting men
for the I7th (yeteran) regiment, which be is
10 cpmmand His discourse, one of two
hours continuance, was listened 70 with
great attention and part Of it ELECTED earnest
applause. We are told however that it hack
ed in concentration and methOd-that with
a good application of those qualities, it would
have been brought into a third Of the compass,
and with greatly improved effects. town
meeting was held on Wednesday to consider
what ought to De done to encourage vOlun-
tccrins but no conclusion was reached and
the meeting was adjourned TO Tuesday Of
next week ON Thanksgiving day a collec-
tion Of about S25 was taken up at the united
Thanksgiving service of the Congregational
and Methodist societies for our suffering sol
diers at Richmond. Va.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-12-04
lCorrespondenoe OF the Free Pres
From the Ai!eghanies.

The late ooPperLead jud'oiei doosioa m
r. ulsylr0aia.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

PATRIOTIC Bedford, Mossachu-
setts, is the hotbed of Abolitionism. The
Congressional district, Of which it is the
centre, is the strongest Republican dis
trict in the United States. In it two
thousand nine hundred and sixteen men
were drafted. OF these the Government
gets just forty-five men. Sixty-cight paid
commutation three hundred and eighty
two furnished substitutes, and seventeen
hundred and forty were exempted. In
the Portland district in Maine, nine -tenths
of the drafted men-a large majority oI
them Aboltionists, Democrats being very
scarce in that courageous district fled to
Canada in order to escape fighting the
rebels.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

WORTHY OF NoTE.-It is worthy of note
thAt,all the cruel, barhaEoHs, and ,yjndic-
tive measures of this Administration have
been originated by the meek eyed, silver.
tongued, d,gcntle-heartcd philanthropists Of
other days-by men who have shuddered
at the idea of hanging a murderer, fog.
ging a negro, or going to war to vindicate
our national rights or honor. They now
witness unmoved, with silent tongue and
stony hearts, white men manacled and
driven at the point of the bayonet into
the army. Had they witnessed anything
of the kind during our war with Mexico,
how the cowardly scoundrels would have
hurled their curses upon the Administra.
ton. These men have dug the graves OF
hundreds of thousands of American citi.
zens, and are now calling loudly for more
blood. And they are backed in every
city and town by pensioned miScreants,
some of whom, unfortunately for the
country, are at the head of influential
journals.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

For THE UNION. supporters OF
the Administration claim to be the eSpe.
cial friends Of the Union. All outside of
their wretched organization are traitors
TO the Government Is their claim well
founded? Did not the Convention which
nominated Lincoln for the Presidency OBJ
iect to the word national" and strike it
out of their platform? Did not the par
ty which elected Lincoln rally around a
sectional flag in 1856? Did it not pro-
claim an irrepressibe conflict" between
the North and the South? Was it not
then, and is it not now. the exponent Of
the Northern. and not the National senti.
ment? Had it an organization in any
but the free StateE? Has it not warred,
since its first Organization, against the
institutions Of n number Of the States
composing the UniOny Certainly. How
insuherably hypOcritical in its leaders
and followers to claim to be Union meu I
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

HrMBUG.--The Stockton Independent
copies and comments upon what purports
to be resolutions Of a Democratic con.
venti"n held at Decatur, Illinois," The
Independent is endeavoring to humbue
its readers by calling the Decatur con
vention a Democratic convention"
1t knows the convention was got up and
controlled by federal officials rene
gades and sycophants. The Joliet Signal
says it was a slim affair, Only about fifty
delegates being present, three.fourths ol
whom were federal Office. holders and un.
adulterated Abolitionists, who assumed
the name Of 4" War Democrats" TO deceive
the people. Every Democratic paper in
the State, without single exception, rid,
iculed its managers and exposed their du
phcity, and the convention has become
the laughing stock Of the State. The
cheat was so transparent that the more
respectable Republican journals spoke Of
it with contempt Try some other dodge,
Mr.. Independent; the Decatur convention
is an exploded humbug. We have too
much respect for your intelligence to be.
lieve you arc duped by it.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07
TOTAL vorE.-Tbe total vote Of our cour

TOTAL VorE.-The total vote Of our county.
at the Judicial election. was but 3S52-a fall.
ing off Of two thousand in less than two
months. The Abntionists turned out al.
most to man, and pOlled, we believe, their
legitimate vote. Muny Democrats, seeing the
fruitlessness of con'ending against promises,
money and fraud, refused tn go to the polls
An Administration, by far the weakest and
most corrupt known to our history, has reciev.
ed the Endorsement of the people, and they
have encouraged it to continue in its mischiev.
Gus course. Unless all history proves lie,
they will repent in dust and ashes of their
thoughtlessnese.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07
A CoPPEnnxAD. President LincoI

A CoPPERHEAD. President Lincoln,
before he became convert to radicalism.
said in his inaugural:
Happily the human mind is so con.
stituted that no party can reach the au.
dacity Of denying any right plainly writ
ten in the Constitution. II. by any mere
force OF numbers. majority should de,
prive minority Of any clearly written
constitutional right, it might. in moral
point Of view, justify revolution"
1t is quite evident that President Lin.
coin, if he held the same doctrine now,
would be classed by his own friends as a
copperhead. Has not his party, "by the
mere force Of numbers" deprived Demo.
Gratis of clearly written constitutional
rights? Has he not sanctioned such
unwarrantabIe and tyrannical proceed.
ings? Lincoln breaches one thing and
practices another, and violates his obliga.
tions with supreme indifference.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07
EXECUTORS SALE.

NOTlCE is hereby given that. in pursuance ~ an
\ order OF the Probate Court Of ~ Dorado Coun.
". state 81 California made on the 26h day Of Oc.
tnner iS65, in the matter Of the Estaie Of SARAH
mAKNEf deceased, and by virtue Of the terma and
nirecons 81 the last viii and testament OF the said
deceased the undersigned will sell at public auction,
10 we hehest bd~r, for cash, IN parcels rs desert.
Ded' subject to the confirmation OF said Probate
Court, at l2 o"inrL NJ, On the
2sth Day Of November, 1868.
IN TUE TOWN "F COIOMA, on the premises de.
sctioeu, al the right, title and interest that said
IesiAtrix had, at the time Of her DEATH or which
Sau LS'ate may have since acquired by operation OF
IA" or otherwise, In and 10 an that certain real e..
'",e an" premises described rs follows to Wit:
- IN RI Dorado County, State Of California in the
I"~h "' C"ioma, on the south side Of the road lead.
ing r1m Cnlcma to CniontOwn, being at IN. YES.
enc oi tle Town Of Cnlom1, adjoining til. pronertv
OF ;. wilder on the taSt, being House. Lot and
premises upon which the deceas std formerly resided
ESQ u use and Lot in Chinatown in said Town oi
to the same. "S""s'"e
At'he same time will also he sold a large amount
OF PERSONA property, belonging To the Estate Of de
ceased consisting 0f household and kitchen furni.
tir-, wearing apparel, &c
Terms Of sale-Cash upon con6rm.,ion ~ ..i. h.
Court RoE,T pptI ''t " sa'e Oy
Placerville, Oct. 8lst 1868 -ts
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

JUsTIcEs OF TIE PEAcE.-The Board of Su-
pervisorS, at their meeting on Monday last. de-
clared the following named gentlemen elected
Justices Of the Peace: A. L. Goodenow. John
Curtis, for COloma Township; Lewis Wetherby,
for Costumes; E. G. Bradbury, Jesse Stanton,
for Diamond Springs; E. L. Smith, II. II. Cow.
den, for Georgetown; G. ". Ferre, Ed. Hall, for
Greenwood; Samuel A. Smith, W COe, for XII.
sey; E. Clements. p. Grossly, for Lake Valley;
WIN. Knox, o. s. Palmer, for Mountain; R. K.
Berry, Harrison Roberts, for Salmon Falls j..
Fowler, E. Il. Smith. for Whueoak Jas. Nc;
G1'oTu'iok' Richardson, iUr &ud Springs
J. Bush, J.. Sumner, for PIacervilIe.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07
MILITARY DEsPorIsN-It

MILTTARY DESPorISN. iS painfully
apparent to every lover Of free institu'
tions that We are absolutely in the midst
Of military despotiSm, which encour.
ages mob violence and protects those en-.
gagged in it. There is no more civil law
for the protection Of the citizen in the en-.
joyment Of his political rlghts-rights
heretofore respected and regarded as 50.
cred-rights which our fathers acquired
by their blood and bequeathed to u.s.
The Constitution, which was made to
guarantee those rights, and especially the
freedom Of the press and Of speech, is
wantonly and wickedly and audaciously
trampled under foot by those who have
sworn to defend it. A white man, who
is not an AbolitiOnist, has no rights that
AbOlitionistS are bound to respect. A
Democrat who is opposed to the Admin
iStration has no claims on the Govern.
ment for protection. The Republicans
are Patriots-their opponents, "traitors." ="
This is a strange, sad picture, but is 1T
not true9 Are not loyal men suspected,
denounced, arrested, imprisoned or exiled
without the slightest evidence Of guilt? -
on the mere statement Of malignant, un
Scrupulous, pejured Abolition informerS?
Has not the Administration employed
band Of spies to watch the movements
and report the utterances Of Democrats? |?
Has a single AbolitioniSt been arrested or
even molested or rebuked for preaching
treason? Are not Democrats daily Will.
fed for advocating 1.-The Constitution as
it is and the Union as it waS"g Has not
the Administration AFFECTED to render
the military independent Of, and superior
to. the civil power? Has it not appoint
ell military governors" in States of the
Union? Have not the military intcrfrred
with elections. taken possession Of the
polls. destroyed ballot boxes and prevent
ed citizens from exercising the right of
SufFragr? Have they not mobbed print.
ing Offices and inSutel and shot citizens,
and defed State authorities! They have.
We all know it. 1t is matter of history.
Docs not this prove that military deS'
potism rules the people of tie United
States?
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

A New SPECTACLE IN AMERICA. The
Trenton New JerSey) Gazette has the
following account of conscripts or substi.
tutes passing through New Jersey to the
Army Of the Potomac:
"Several cOnScriptS were marched
through our streets to blacksmith shop.
for the purpose Of having the irons al
justed, to prevent any furthor attempt to
desert"
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07
Facts nron History.

Facts GFo2 HistOFy.
History teaches Us that the arrests Of
State PrisOneIS" and their incaFcera
ton in the Tower Of London and French
Bastiles, without trial, and the contisca
tion ofproperty to the Government upon
such imprisOnments, led not only to the
revolutions in England and France which
established the writ of habeas corpus and
destroyed the Bastile, but led the trainers
OF the Constitution of the United States
to incorporate in that instrument provis.
ions which were never, under any cir
cumstances, TO be interfered with, in war
or peace, by any department, or all the
departments together, of the Government
Of the United States. Suspending the
Constitution under the plea of " military
necessity" is new idea, and as prepos.
ferrous as new. The pure and illustrious
trainers Of that sacred instrument knew
that it would be dangerous to place al
most unlimited power, such rs President
Lincoln claims and Illegally exercises, in
the hands OF one man, and they wisely
conferred but little power upon officers of
Government, and they placed the exer.
else Of it under wholesome restraints -
They knew that "powcr is insinuating
ard grasping," and in the hands of weak
bad or ambitious men would prove de.
structive Of the liberties of the people.
There are some rights which the Con.
stitution secures to the humblest and
meanest citizen, and it is undeniable that
some Of these have been trampled upon
by those who have sworn to support the
Constitution. They have no respect for
laws or Constitutions, when either mill.
tate against the miserable creed of their
party. They place their party platform
above both, and deprive citizens Of their
rights for opposing it. A distinguished
jurist says that "mere expressions of
opinion, or criticism upon public men or
movements, however severe or unjust, or
free discussion concerning public men or
policy, or the peaceful advocacy of erro.
neous doctrines, or the exercise of other
lawful rights pertaining to the privilege
Of citizenship, does not constitute trea-
son" and yet, for exercising some OF the
rights above mentioned, citizens have
been arrested and imprisoned for treason,
and their property has been destroyed,
and this, too, by the pro(essed advocates
Of the Constitution and the enforcement
of the laws! The President may sus.
pend the writ Of habeas corpus OF his
pleasure, Republicans may rob loyal citi-
zens and destroy their property, party
leaders and pets of the Administration
may swindle the Government out of mill
ions of dollars, military upstartS may de,
stroy ballot boxes and depose legally
elected servants of the people, and pen
stoned speakers and thoughtless persons
will justify and even commend their acts,
but let Democrats question the conslitu.
tionality Of the one or denounce the infa
nous and lawlcsS proceedings of the 9th.
ar, and they are stigmatised as traitors
and punished for treason. Is this not so'
Have we not stated facts well known to
every intelligent reader? Ought not
such disgraceful and tvrannical proceed.
ings arouse the indignation Of every true
If tamely submitted to, will
not the result be fatal to free institutions?
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

No OPPosTroN.-What happy time
the plunderers Of the Government, the
violatcrs of law, the robbers of the liber-
ties of the people, would have, if the
Democrats would diSband their organiza.
ton and join in upholding a corrupt and
tyrannical Administration How the
Camerons and Morgans and Fremonts
and Buffers would enjoy their stolen
riches! These Swinders and the party
which they represent say that, when the
country is engaged in war, there must be
no opposition to the Admini>tration-no
cenSure Of its measures no exposure OF
the villainy of its agents. Under this
theory, therefore, to keep an Admini<tra,
tion perpetnally in power, it is only ne
ceSsary to keep the nation continually at
war. The doctrine is Slavish and detest.
able, and is not adopted even in monarch.
ical countries.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

The NExT GRAND JURY.-The next Grand
Jury, for a special term Of the Court of Ses-
sions, which meets on Monday next, are to be
drawn from the following list: ). F. Child,
Samuel Lemon, c. 7. Roussin. J. Kensel, Gen.
Merkindollar, p. F. Covert. d. w. Cary. R. Ii
Black, Thos. McManus, h. Brunson, Robert
Chalmers, Joshua Yeadon, J. J. Mediation, W.
J. Burwell, Thomas Crusen, WIN. Grossly, w
Bartram, A. J. BIakely. F. A. Dow, W. Miller,
C. W. MOntjoy, John Graham. Saml. Colburn,
C. J. Carpenter, j.. NJ. B. We,herwax, C. N.
Hartwell. Oliver Merrill, D. L. Munson, Henry
Larkin, Thomas Frazier.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

"TnE Constitution and its guarantees
are our birGhright, and am ready to en-
force that inalienable right to the last
extent"
The above words were uttered on the
first day Of May, 1861, by Stephen A.
Douglas. Less than four weeks after
wards he was told that he was dying, and
asked If he would send q message to his
sons. His answer was" Tell them to
obey the laws and support the COnstitu-
tion." These were his dying words. He
justly Considered the Constitution Of more
value THAI the Union. He said, in reply
to Stewards higher law" doctrine
" What is the Union worth, unless the
Constitution is preserved and maintained
inviolate in all its provisions ?" The De.
mocracy are pledged to preserve and
maintain 1.-THE Republicans are endeav.
oring to overthrow nH They ridicule
those who cherish and defend il, and say
it is suspended in war times. What
right has Lincoln to be President, if the
Constitution is suspended -? Is he not
President by virtue Of it? Has he any
other title? Does he not derive his pow.
or and authority from itg II the instru
ment that makes him President is nul.
lity in times Of war, is not the creature
it makes powcrlesS =
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

The CoNTRABANDS. The Administra.
ton has freed. and the people are heavily
taxed to feed and clothe thousands Of
idle and worthless contrabandS. Their
freedom does not seem to have improved
their condition. In few years the free
States will be overrun by them, and their
labor will come into competition with the
labor of the poor white men, who will be
forced to work for starvation wages" ."
The "poor white trash" of the North.
deprived Of their liberties and impover.
iSheti, will be reduced to the contraband's S
level, and be made to feel the superiority
Of the ariStOcratic lords of the loom. ~
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Ga.
zette, writing recently from Natchvz,
says:
There are now about 900 negroes
in camp, in Natchez out Of these 800
will be tit for military duty. What is to
become of the rcSts How shall they be
supported, fed and clothed ? The United
States Government cannot undertake to
support them, and they will not do any.
thing for themselves. They scken and
die in camps very fast indeed. They
will not take care of each other. They
seem to be very selfish, and the only idea
Of freedom they have is to bask idlv in
the sun. How long it will take to SO far
counteract the baleful influences of tbs
life they have led, as TO render them both
able and willing to support themselves,
none can tell, but it seems to me that the
great problem forced upon us by the re-.
hellion, is growing greater and more diff
ticult every day."
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07
FERRY NOTICE,

N OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned In.
IN tends IA amply to the HIM, Board ~ Snnervi.
sors OF Fl Dorado County, at their eEular meeting
In November next or soon there's ter "a the same
can De heard Tor license TO keep ferry across the
sPAnish Bar, in said County
octobeY l7Ih, 1883. SO"N'
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

ELEGAXr,-Dan Bnnker'S place, The Metro.
Politan Bathing and Hair.dressing Saloon" is
one Of the most elegantly furnished establish.
menis OF the kind in The whole country, and
is the place to get Il luXurinus bath ar com.
Portable shave, or 10 have YOUR hair dressed "at
the top Of the mode Bnoker's Vegetable
to be used by every lady, and gentleman, too,
as it is really an elegant and valuable prepara.
tion. We never see crop Of harsh. dry hair
without saving to ourself "a She tor hel don't
use Dan. Buoker's hair tonic, that 5 certain"
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07
GOODS AT COST !

T SHALL continue to cell o6 ell the old stock o.
L DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOE
HATS, etc. purchased Of the creditors Of u. .
Cagwin CO.. at SAN FRAN 1890 COST. BargAns
can be secured BY calling early.
CHAs. B. FETTIf.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07
The WOrld-RenOwned RemedIes.
HOLLOWAY'S
PILLS AND OINTMENT,
for sale in any quantities by
CRANE & BRIGHAM,
Wholesale Druggists, San Francisco.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM DAvrs
DECEASED

NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned. Al.
~ minstrator Of the above named Estate, to the
said deceased, to exhibit the same with The neces.a
~ vouchers, within ten months from the frst nnb.
cation OF this notice, to the UNDER gned mt the once
OF sanderSOn Williams, Main street, PacrrviIle.
THOMAS EVARTS,
D,..u,. Administrator.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07


A PRoPnEcY VERIFIED. In q debate in
the United States Senate, in 1856, WIN.
II. Seward, Mr.. Lincoln's Secretary Of
State, uttered the following significant
language:
"Thc State that begins with denying
the habeaS corpus to the mcaneSt and
most obscure Of her citizens, will not be
long in reaching a more indlScriminate
proscI iption."
The prediction is already, in the main,
verified but who, at the time it was ut
tered, was prepared to believe that the
distinguished prophet would himself be q
chief instrument in the denial of the great
writ, and in the prescription executed :?
But, we must add, it is not indiScrimi.
nate prescription" the unscrupulOUs Sec.
retary directs or favors. Only those who
do not sustain the reckless, unconstitu
tional and despotic acts of the Admins.
tration are prescribed. Seward, the
Prophet, and Seward, the Premier, think
differently, it appears. He is the advo.
cate Of sterner doctrine now that his
party is in power. The possession Of
power has had q wonderful effect on his
principles, and has transformed the amia.
ble Senator into severe Secretary.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

WoLT, HER1oG, b Co. have received large
invoice of elegant dress goods, house.furnIsh.
ing goods, and all other articles pertsining IN
the dry goods business. Our fair readers will
6pd The proPrietors to be polite and Oblieing
seutls1neu, and their goods pretty and ebeap.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07
RE ERENcES.

ms is to certify that the Underlined have uscf
me New England Family Sewing Machine for one
year WIN entire satisfaction, and prefer 1, to nnv
oIher s-T'ng Machine in use We have worked i
constantly during the wear without its getting out d;
ORDER We heartily recommend it to ,he public.
AGNES sEALEY,
p,., . WM SEALEY.
'''e' May I'd 1903. mAy9m6