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The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

RAIN.-At last, after somo anxiety, much
grumbhng and earnest prayers, we have been
blessed With rain. Not much, but we are
thankful for little; and the indications for
en- old-tAshioned, long-continued rain are de.
cidediy favorable. For several days and nights
1t threatened to come down freely, but we we're
favored with but slight showers until yester.
day morning, when it commenced falling in
earnest. If the aspect of the heavens be any
criterion by which to judge we may reasonably
expect to bear no more complaints of dry
weather, dust and short crops. So mote it be.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
AoteA'''..' .'''''''. '.'''..'''sOfsoi 1fdlf
Llncoln's majority 1874

ONE OF LNCoLN's PAcIFIcAToRs.-Th
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, the lead
ing Lincoln organ in New England, thus
speaks Of the brutal General Paine, who
murdered 81 inen during his command Of
81 days in Western Kentucky. Paine is
swindler, robber and murderer, but his
AbolitioniSm excuses his crimes. Being
a favorite of the President, be "has not
yet been arrested" nor is it likely that he
will be. Had he murdered negroes in.
stead of white men, swift and terrible
would have been his punishment. The
Republican says:
"Gen. Paine's administration in Western
Kentucky, as developed before the court of in
quiry at Paducah, has been of most astonish-
ing cruelty, robbery, aud crime of all sorts.-
He fed into Illinois. instead of appearing to
answer before the court, and has not yet been
arrested. The people under bis rule have suf-
fered more from him and his associates than
they did from the rebel guerrilIas. Some Of
his associates are under arrest, and officers are
IN pursuit Of the Others"
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

A LARGE number Of vessels are now in
the harbor of San Francisco. Exclusive
Of coasters and lumber freighters, says
the Bulletin, there are upwards of75 of
what sailors call deep water" craft. OF
these, are French vessels, 4 British, 3
Hamburg, Danish, 2 Chiian, Tahi-
tian, and the balance American. Thirty
are ships, % barques, 7 briggs, and 10
schooners.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

JUDGE TANEY was eleven years older
than the Federal Constitution. He re
membered when it was established, and he
went to the grave under the impression
he had seen its end, that it had perished in
the mad vortex of fanatical violence and
passion.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

THE reelection of Lincoln has been an
Endorsement, not of any line Of policy,
but of the right of the President to con-
duct the public affairs according to his
own will, without regard to the Constitu-
ton or laws, the rights of the people or
Of humanity or decency. He has had no
policy, consequently there was none to
indorse.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

Adamr German Tonic and Are
matte BitterS are q never falling Femejv -,
Bilious Diseases and all Derangements OF ~.
Stomach and Digestive Organs, Jaundire. nv.
pepsia. Indigestion, Liver Complaint, Costiv.,.
&c: Where the system has been reduced bt FcvsI
and Ague, Il will prove valuable auxiliary For :
speedy and permanent restoration to health -
strength. They are highly refined, grateful "a ~
taste, and remarkably warming, stimuIatjnS -
inyigoratng in all their effects upon the syst.m.
Druggists and Grocers. ToetIxS
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

HOlIOway's Pills.-Where are they
NOT?-well may these Pills be called an univer-
sal medicine, for they are in demand throughout
the habitable globe. Even the medical dogmatists
who regard ell deVia:ions from college rules as
sacrilege, are electrified by the cures of dyspepsia,
liver complaint, and dysentery accomplished by
Holloway's Pills,
Fold At the manufactures, Ne. 50 Maiden Lane
New York, aud No Ss4 strar d, London, and BY
all druggists. II the reader Of this "notice''
cannot get box of Pills or Ointment from the
drug store in bis place, let him write to me, 80
Maiden Lane, enclosing the amount, and will
mail box free of expense. Many dealers will not
keep my medicines on hand because they cannot
make as much profit as on other persona make
25c., 6SXc. and 81 per box or pot. y
Tho WOrId-RenOwned Remedies,
HOLLOWAY'S
PILLS AND OINTMENT,
For GAle in any quantities by
CRANE & BRIGHAM,
Wholesale Druggists, San Francisco.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
Nem Establishments TusDRu.

The Agent OF LIE DOyen's sarsaPa-
rilla win send 70 every Physician and Surgeon
in our State. the recipe Sur his celebrated Blood
Medicine, so that the pFosession may be Satished
OF its genuinsnsSS. We believe it win take place
ss the 6rst medicine for all arrangements of the
blood, requiring Alternative vegetable compound.
See advertisement. (uov2om6
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

The Physician is often blamed IN,
want Of success in his when the dsspDon,
ment in the recovery Of the sick is To be traced -
the administering impure medicines Robert Whit.
apOthecAry, is paying particular attention 70 n.
compromising rhysiciaus' prescriptions and 1awiI,
recipes from medicines Of ofundoubted purity. ROb.r,
White, Medical Hall, Is appointed agent Tor mo,,
Of the gen iine Patent Medicines.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

RAILROAD BoNDs--The recent action Of
the Attorney General to prevent the issu-
ancc of Sl5,o0o,OO0 of bonds to the Pa
citic Railroad Company, is such as to as
sumo vast importance in the eyes of tax
paying public, and the people will natur-
ally await the decision of the Court in this
matter with great anxiety. If the bonds
are issued, says the Bee, the expenses of
the State will be thereby increased one
hundred and five thousand dollars annu-
ally, and all this for the humbug railroad
scheme Of Stanford, Crocker & Co. Are
not our taxes sufficiently burdensome al
ready? We hope the Court will sustain
the action of the Attorney General.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

TIE monumentrto Senator Douglas, at
Chicago, will cost $50, 900.
The monument to Abraham Lincoln
will cost 1000, 900 of lives, and $4,000
1000. Better DO Douglas dead than
Lincoln living. [Marysvile Express.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

EOUND, ON THE 0GILBY ROAD, near No
IL Murtry's Station, purse, containing gold coin.
The owner can get the same BY describing It and
paying for this advertisement.
Apply at McMurtry's station, or to the under1ign'
ed, on the road. J. G. GO6S.
McMurtry's Station, Oct. 20, 1SS4.-S1m
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

CHEERING PRosPEcT.-It is announced
semi-o6lcially in the New York Times,
that the Administration has not offered,
and has no intention of Offering any terms
of peace or any proposition for a cessation
eff hostililies Its only policy is war and
abolition. If the Union cannot be saved
by war and abolition, it is not to be saved
at all by this Administration. The an
nouncement is wholly superauous. There
was no need of informing the public that
this Administration had not sense or pa
triotism enough to make an honest effort
to secure peace and restoration of the
Union. 1t is we'll known that the men
in power are for sacrificing .Ae '@e. ,'TN1N
and the last dollar" to accomplish the
abolition Of slavery, regardless of the fate
of the Union. It is a cheering prospect
for conscripts and taxpayers For three
years the Administration has been earn
estly engaged in its negro.liberating mis-
sion, and at the rate it is liberating them
it will take thirty years to destroy slavery.
1t is noble miSSion,-a little expensive
to be sure, but what's the odds, so long
as Shoddy flourishes and negro is plac-
ed upon an equal footing with white men!
SNN
A LITTLE SINGULAR.-It is not a little
singular that the men and the party that
pretend. to be Union men par excellence,
should so earnestly strive to convince the
people that there is no possible way Of
rcconciling the two sections, or Of preserv-
ing the territorial unity Of the Republic,
except through continued war and mise
ry while the men who affirm their belief
that the Union can be restored and peace
re.established without further waste Of
lives or treasure, are denounced as " dis.
uoionists, copperheads and traitors" 1t
is not little singular that the men and
the party that advocate "new nation
claim to be unconditional UnionistS;' y
while the men who desire and are labor
ing to preserve the old Union are stigma
tized as traitors. It is not little singu.
lar that the men who first advocated
dissolution of the Union and petitioned
Congress to dissolve it and voted to dis
solve it, should all belong to the former
party; while the men who denounced
and voted against such petitions should
belong to the Democratic party.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

CHANGE OF VENUE.-Iu the case of the Peo.
pie 70. Pool ct. al, which came up before the
District Court in this city on Tuesday last
Judge Brockway granted change of venue to
the Sixth Judicial District Court at Sacramen.
to. The prisoners petitioned for a removal to
che county of Santa Clara, their place of resi-.
dencs, where they are well known. but tho
Court declined to grant their petition.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

We are, as usual, obliged to R. S. Herman
dsz, for the Sacramento Union; to Wells, Far.
60 Co., for San Francisco papers, and to W.
M. Bradshaw, for Atlantic papers, etc., ETC.
May they continue to shower such acts of kind.
ness upon US.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

St. James Chapter, R. A. NJ, No. 16, will
hold its stated annual Communication, for the elec
ton Of othcers for the ensuing year and the trans
action Of other important business, on Wednesday
evening, December 7th, At 6X o'clock. All members
are hereby notified to AtteBd promptly.
By order Of the Most Excellent High Priest.
Il. D. RAPHAEL geey pro ZEN.
G,srArvilla NovAnksr IStb 1oAA
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

MAsoNIc.-There will be an assembly of El
Dorado CommaDdery, No. 4, at O'Clock this
evening. A punctual attendance is desired.
Sierra Nevada Council, No. 4, will hold a
called communication tomorrow Sunday, at
9o'clock A. N.
ST. James Chapter, No. l6, will hold called
communication, for work, on Wednesday even.
ing next
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
MASONIC NOTICES.

\A/ Sierra Nevada Council Of Royal
w and Select Masters, No. 4, will hold Its stated
annual communication on the evening Of
Tuesday, December 9Th, 1854, at o'clock. Compan-
ions will take due notice and govern themselves
cordingiy. AARON KAHN, T. 1. NJ.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

TEE Territorial Legislature Of Arizona
has passed law giving bounty Of 800
for each scalp Of an Apache Indian.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
Republican saws /:

VILLAINoUs.-The number of troops ac-
tually in the army is much smaller than
the pay rolls would indicate. The Ad-
ministration, it is evident, winks at the
most outrageous frauds when perpctrated
by any of its supporters. Cameron and
Butler have both been convicted of enor-
nous swindling, and it is notorious fact
that they are Administration favorites. -
Is it strange that if they are permitted to
swindle the Government with impunity,
their subordinates should follow their
loyal example? They are acknowledged
leaders of the party in power, and are pro-
tected and encouraged in their villainy by
that party. The New York Sun, Lin
coin organ, thus exposes a new kind of
swindling, which is practised extensively
by loyal officers
The vast difference between the number of
colored troops on the army pay rolls and the
number in actual service Che difference is
about -balf) has been discovered The ar
my officers employ them as laborers on their
leased plantations about New Orleans, and let
the Government foot the bill. Is there no
place free from fraud? Or is the word "otfi =
cial'' synonym, nowadays, for corruption
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
TO RENT.-.CHEAP.

TTNHE undersigned will rent his homestead 81 OcSS
i Hollow, at very low rate. It ID comiorsee.S
residence, With large grounds and SSpiendd bssnpb
Orchard. For terms, apply Oh the premises:
oct92tf T. o. DAISSERFTELD.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
Dwelling for Sale.
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN
Book and Periodical Depot.

~ EO. II. BELL, BOOKSELLER AND STA.
" toner, Gil Montgomery street, corner Of Mer-
chant street, san Francisco, receives subscriptions
for any Periodical published in the United States or
Europe, among which are the following
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

Europe, among wliICh are the following
PER ANSrA PER AMIN
Harper's Monthly. $3 50i Harper's Weekly. 3 5,
Godey's Laiy's Book 81 Lcslie's Illustrated. 3 B,
Atlantic Monthly. 81 y. \. News 8 ~
Leslie's Family Mag 3 81 Les!ie's German pa
knickerbocker MAJ 5nl perez. 49,. 3 81
Continental Monthly 81 Y. Stats Zeitung 8 ~
Peterson's Las Mag 81 Illd London News,
Arthurs Home Mag ~ with supplementslS 90
Merrys Museum l 81 tifd London News
The Little Pilgrim. ! 90 OF the World. .13 on
The Boys Own Mag ~ The London Weekly
Every Boys Mag. I VOI Times ........ 10 %
lie Bon Ton ....... 3 81 The London Weekly
World Of Fashion. 5 so Dispatch ....... .l2 %
Eclectic Magazine 81 The London Index l2 O0
Ballou's Magazine. ~ Lnndou Punch 81
| Once Week, Month The Spectator.....l ~ o.
ly parts. ........ 81 saturday Review. IS M
London Art Journal.l0 40 Public Opinion III CU
London AtAeneum IL tH The London Mining
Cnrnhil Magazine. b. Juurnil... .......i2 U0
Temple Bar Mag. ) Little's Living Age. 10
London Society,". . ankte Notious.... "a
Good Words ....,. U' Nick NaX.......... "a
Uall's jour Health dr' Budget Of Fun..... o4
London Lancet. -. 81 Nrrrvmans Month'y2 81
Braithwaitr's Retro Literary Companion 5,
spcc;. Medical. ... 81 Flag 81 our Cnirn.. -
ATl. Jour. Of Phlr- Waveriy Magazine. s s.
All thg Year Round. Nv York Mercury. 3 o,
English Edition s. New York Leader 3 90
/ ChduberS Journal, Y. Y. Home Journal ) ci
Monthly ....... 3 81 y. I InGepe ide'.t, 5 tI
Bisckw oui's Edin- scien,if, american 3 s.,
burg MJgazine.... 80 Banner Of Light -. 3 s.
The -Four " F.r,ign FT.tHd Of Progress. o.
Reviews" Black The Irish American. -
wood. ..l2 IN The Scottish Ameri-
Sixpenny Magazine. % can Journal ...... 5 81
english Women's Do The Country Gentle.
mestic Mag zine. 50 uan....'........ 9 -
Intellectual Observer 81 wilkes Spirit OF the
Mining and Smelling Times. Co
Magazne......... tn y. Clipper ....... 3 81
Am. Mining Gazette 5 ~ Natinn1 Inteliig-nc'r 61
Hunts Mrrch's Mag 81 Mo. Republican ... 3 5 d
The Iortcuurist o. F"rhey's Var Press -
The American Agri, Boston J5uruai..... 81
Culturst t." Boston Transcript. 81
chronological Jour. u Boston Pilot ....... s.
Water-cure Journal % Y V. Herald for Cal 81
s. p Weekly Alta Sl.Weekly TrbuAe 2 81
California ........ 90 NY. Weekly Times 81
WeeklE Bulletin.... 00 n. Y. Weekly World 81
Weekly ANN Flag. % n. Y. Daily Times. 10 10
Sacramento Weekly Leslie's Historyo Of
Union. ........... o. the War 12 Nos. 1 90
Congressional Globe Harper's Hist of the
and Appendix 40 Rebellion, l2 Nos 4 0D
Bells Life in London 1900
Agency for the Art Union OF London Snbscrp-
lions received for the Annual Distribution Of Paint.
ings and other Works Of Art. Any Newspaper, Mag
aZine Review, or other Periodical not mentioned in
the above list will be furnished to order Special
tention will be paid to importing books that may be
wanted AMI cannot otherw sc be obtained. gene
raj assortment Of Books always on hand including
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
FOR SALE,

ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE BUILDING
" EUTS In me City, situated on High street tuF
Terms, ETC., apply to !. 8. T1TUA
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
As aLithontrintin

It has no equal-being chemically combined with
Iodine II possesses In high degree, the power Of
diSsoVlng stone In the bladder and uretes of the
kidney preventing gravel formations and enlarge.
ment Of the prostate gland irritation Of the neek of
the bladder, structures, dropsy, &c. "
% Sold by all Druggists.
CRANE & BRIGHAM,
Wholesale Agents,
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

Masonic NOtlce.--Stated NJ eetinGs Of
II Dorado Lodge. No 95, are held at Masonic Hal
on the Monday o: or next preceding the Pull Moon
In each month.
FREDERICK P. BARSs, ". n.
L. VI. FEcBHHNER, Secretary
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

It Is ordered that the summons IN this cause be
pub ished In the Mountain Democrat, once week
for three months. JOHN BUSH,
Court Commissioner for z. Dorado County.
Nov. 17th, 1s64.-[nov19-2ml
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

MasOnic..-SierrA Nevada Council,
No. 20, OF Royaf and Select Masters, holds stated
meetings on the evening Of the arst Tuesday Of
each month, in Masonic Hall, Plaeerville.
AARON KAHN, 7. I. n.
L. W. FEcHHEIMEl, Recorder.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
Yield to this Remedy,
UNSURPASSED
FOR ALL BLOOD D1sEAsEs,

While, as preparation, free from noxious ingre.
dients, posons or Notwithstanding skill, science
and medical knowledge, containing all that is valu
able In the vegetable kingdom for this class Of dis
eases, II is
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

Palmyra Lodge, No. I5I, +. 4 A. N
holds :'s stated communications on Thursday nights
next preceding he full moon Of each n uon,h in Odd
Fellows Hall, Pldcervle. All brethren in rood
standing are invited to attend
WILLIAM II. CROKER, ". n.
s. A. PENWnL, Secretary.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
LIE DOYEN,S
Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock
IODINE ALTERATIVE.
FOR THE CONS7ITU7YOE.
For Diseases OF the Blood, Bladder
Kidneys, Gravel, Dropsical
Swellings, &c.

I E DOYEN'S SARSAPARILLA, YELLOW
IL DOCK AND IODINE ALTERNATIVE cures dis.
eases with the following symptoms: patient labor.
ing under chronic affections, complains OF general
weakness, languor, both bodily and mental the sleep
unrefreshng, appetite impaired, frequent pain of
weak, aching character. in one both loins occa.
sionally shooting towards the groins. Rheuma attic
and Mercuriai Pains are at once abated, and
Yield to this Remedy.
Chi onic inflammation of the Bladder, the conse-
quence Of structure urinary Abscess; istula In
ano false passage; confirmed structure; enlarge.
ment OF the postate; retention calculi or stone
irritable bladder; mioturtion, frequent and painful
the water loaded with mucus, sometimes tiDged with
blood with frequent desire to pass; lurinary heat
palsy OF the bladder. All other remedies prove in.
effectual when the kidneys have been abused by in
ordinate indulgence in strong drinks falling into
disease
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26
INCOMPARARLE!

And entitled to, merits and receives the enyiabe
appellation OF
TIE INvALID's FRIEND!
The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-26

T1<% CzTx AND COUNTY.
, 1864-10-18
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS. 1864.

etil in doubt, and the vote is SO close that
official count will be necess 1T to decide it..
Abou. 4, 600 men, soldiers, drafted men.
and substitutes, are at Camp CarrIcgto1 aud
more arriving every day. The drafted men
and substitutes are being sent to the ft0nt
rapidly. Parts Of two new regiments, the
10th and 141st, have arrived and will prob
ably be consolidated.
lND1aSAro11s,sOct. 15-The Military COM
rniesIon mat To-Day. The Judge Advocate
asked the Commit8ion to proceed to a YER
dict against Harrison II. Dodd in bis absence,
citing as presidents the '7th Ohio Reports,
page $50; 18th Indiana Reports, page 80; /;
and 10th 1ndtana Reports, page 957-the last
The decisions hold that Court N y proceed
to verdict In the voluntary absence Of the
nccuBcd after the trial has been once COM
mer ced. The counsel for the accused held
the declslons to be doubtful law, and denied
that there we're any military precedenss for
COMPLETING az tTial ia Mhers the accused had
claimed the right to Introduce farther evi-
dence- The Judge Advocate replied that the
authorities did not go to tho extent of allow
Ing the prisoners counsel to go on in the
could be done In civil courts, it could not be
dote in military courts. TIE prisoner hay
ing abandoned Ills case, could not come in
hy counsel and .claim to be present when he
was Lot present, SO thht the law could nut
act on him. He had concluded the trial, and
left tht Curt uoturther step, except to ind
ve1ditt. As ams1ter Of f.vor, not Of right
the Commission might ALLOW the summing
ur OF tic case by counsel.
The Court retired, and decided against
the introduction Of further evidence, aud Id
favor of preceding to I verdict. It then ad-
jousned 10 2 p. III, On Monday, to hear the
couneels arguG1: mt.
, 1864-10-18

Matters In "eetefA Aen1 q tkr and o.l
the Lower 11asst=slppl.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trihuue.}
Cairo. Monday, Oct. Il.
The following are the names Of the ILL.,
rois soldiers whp died In the q. s. General
Hospital at Memplis, during the .Teek- cue-
ing Ocl. Is, 1864:
Joseph Fuller, Co. B. 9Th Illinois cavity
Helry High, Co. l, 18th Illinois cAyllry.
Jotn s. Grain, Co. D, 122d ui1ncls iufAntry
Dnriel Chi1rI, Co. c. 10th Illinols cavalry.
CA1Eo, Mopday, Oct. 1.-THE steamer
Be1,e St. Louis, from Iitmphi on the 18th,
hrs arrived win eighty. i've bales Of cotton.
TIE steamer Magenta brings New Orleans
dans of the 12th. The general market is
Se1, Gull. The -four mark+t Is largely over
stocked, AID considerable quantities are be
There Is some inquiry for cotton al s1.2o
for mi1allnG.
There Il some diversity often regarding the
practical result of the new trade regnlatt 3ns,
urdrr which 1t ia Understood the Government
over our lines, st twenty five per cent bei3T
New York .prices. allowing sellers to take
! buck one~third OF the amount in family sup
| plies. The other t~o:thirds, 1t is inferred,
| will be paid in greenbacks.
Gen. Dana's raid from Natchez within two
weeks pr yious to the 9th yielded 1900 CIT
| tie, several hundred horses ard mules, eeve-
| rel HUNDRED able. bodied negroes, aud about
100 prisoners. Nearly The same numbsr were
killed.
CAIRO, Mondsy, Oct. 17.-Mr. Duncan,
| nail agent on the steamer Armada, from
Evansville, 1ndt6na, states that on last Fri.
| Gay evening force OF rebels under Colonel
Lyon, attacked squad Of twenty.dVe Union
soldiers, while iu the Court House at Eddy.
vile, Kentucky, ss]eep. They surrounded
| the Court House, and there was no hope but
| to surrender. Our eoloiers were under com.
nland Of Captain H5att, OF the 36th Kentucky
| regiment. -
:jhe rebels afterwards had fight with oul
forces al Princeton, bu. IRE could not 1earr
| the result.
, 1864-10-18

There are still twerty-onc days remaining
for the Uplou nominees in Cook county to
carve out their election. One member of
Congress ard eight members Ct the 1cetsla-
ture d.pend upon the rseult, and We tell
them, one and a1], that Providence Is not 60
7ng to do their work for them. It Is time to
hee,n, Tie splendid results in Pennsylya-
MA, Ohio aud Indiana have given us work
5nf capital which can b= turoed to great &C.
1ou1t, but 1t will be worse than wasted If
We rest suptnels upon those achievements,
AND al1ow the enemy to reap the harvest
which bsiongs to ourselves. The times have
.becn tlat every ward in the city, and every
4oyrin the county, ware ablaze With Rspub.
1,c., mecices apd enthusiasm at this period
q, thc 6. npaisn.
The Dtmoctats hare nominated their tick
IT,. We know exactly what We have got
4obcat. It is not much to be sure, but it is
s,uct1dng which We must meet at the bal.
nt-box in November There is no more
,iue to be lost. Let the candidates asscmr
,,lc and appoint campaign committee, and
~, take Oft their coats Tor three weeks Of
sa,d work, There is Union msjority Of
~. :, thousa1d yotes in Cuok county, II they
are g. arched cut and brought to the polls.