The Empire County argus., 1855-12-01
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.

SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.
Neuo Candidates for U. s. Senator Phil. L. Ed
acards and General James Ailen being brought
out by their Friends. Sacramento and El Dorado
Cou,ity Boundaries. The Disputed Territory
Which County shall haze II?
SACRAMENTO, Nov. %, 1855.
DEAR Argus After an absence of ten days I
have again returned to my old haunts about this
city, The new political under.currents that have
been flowing the while have not yet had time to
discover, sufficiently to judge of their intended or
proper course. 1t is, however, fact about which
there is no concealment, that Phil. L. Edwards,
the "War horse of Pike as he is familiarly term
ed, is an avowcd candidate for U. s. Senator So
his friends assert and he does not deny it. He
was the whig candidate for this position before the
last legislature, and on several ballots received
larger vote than Gwin--in fact, plurality vote
and when not ahead of, was next to that great po-
litical humbug. This course has been determined
on by Mr.. Edwards and his friends, to head off, if
possible, the movements Of the Sacramento Junta,
in favor of Ralston-which notwithstanding the
sneers of the Tribune, has real existence. How
this new movement will eventuate, time alone can
tell but it has already carried dismay into the
ranks of the secret conclave.
There is another sub rosa candidate in the field,
and he is no less parsonage than the bland, gen
tlemanly and accommodating State Printer elect.
Holding high position in the party, not only as
one of its chosen State officers but also the pro-
prietor and leading editor Of the partys chief or
gan in the State he or his friends will not at pres
ent make the avowal, lest such an indiscreet act
should interfere with the emoluments of Office
Nor will he or they bring his name forward, even
in convention, save as compromise They hope
to create dscord by directing the wires and at the
proper time, when repeated attempts to elect
Senator have proved unsuccessful, to throw the
General into the breach, and thus heal the lacerated
wounds of all sections of the party, and unite it
for the fall campaign. But will write you fuller
on this important point hereafter.
1t is unnecessary for me to re-assert the positions
I have taken in former communications, regarding
the objects and intentions of parties and papers
here. Their own would-be denials admitted the
truth of all | said.
Perhaps should not call attention to a fact that
must necessarily lessen the revenue of this coun-
ty; yet nevertheless, justice compels me to say,
that since the death of the late Surveyor General,
no surveyor can be found who will take the law
defining the boundaries of this county, and the
line between it and Ell Dorado. Of course our
county authorities not going to refuse to collect
taxes from from the rich mining localities about
Michigan Bar, Cooks Bar, Katesville Live Oak
City, and Sebastopol; but the surveys show that
portion at least of these districts, is in your coun-
ty, and that nothing but the mis-instructons of
former Surveyor ever gave Sacramento claim to
them. In fact, it is stated and generally believed,
that one of the Representatives elect from this
county Giving somewhere in the vicinity of Wallis
disgings,) is legtimately a citizen Of Ell Dorado
If this idea in regard to our county boundary be
correct which hardly doubt it was lucky for our
present Sheriff that it was not found out before
election--for if either of the precincts named is
truly in your county, he would have been defeated
TONY.