The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-08-17
o,.mENTo CORRESPONDENTS.
SAcRAMENTo, August 18th, 1861.

SACRAMENTO, August 18th 1861.
,,-,,,s. EprroRs: Perhaps at no time within
Me-, year has there been such vacuum in
the P" otv news No horrible murders are perpe
i.D'rd no awful and shocking suicides; no
taIIi leaking young man runs away with Mr.
goG,,h's wife ; and no young woman. who. Il few
Sml" a.o married Mr.. Brown. the rich old bach
yea' has cloped with youthful suitor: the Sac
e'oI ,"to runs slow and calmly. md will not per-
ran blow-lp among its many steamers; the en-
NV l:"oers of the Sacramento Valley Railroad can
s.,ootcb fellow taking whiskey nap on the
nov M one gets killed ly talking LOUD mouth:
l,i secession, and nobody gives the lie thnt Il
t Gu known may be reported. So You see Mes
AnJSI Iitors. that there is very poor show Tor II
70 '.nsct ble letter from the Capitol. am hoping
";pns will improve soon. aud that your reporter
"l;l have an opportunity to ea more with facts.
~" WI r.lv less on the imagination though I TO
ant wish your readers to infer thai ever write
s,o or 20 cut OF the record for IN ,tcr,l
THE SUNDAY LAW
T.. dead letter until after the election then
,ont out for squalls Here. on the first Sunday
,bo l,wwls pretty generally obs rved few cx.
.nntious But the saloon Keeper. learning on the
Wanday and Tue day following. that no suits
wonl come t6 trial until the election was passed
,hav all m ,ie Il bold stand on last Sunday and
kent open doors. Here is pretty good chance Tor
soliloauy upon the impariality and uprghincss
Of our officials. as we'll rs thos' ut San Fralcco
whore they~lscovcrrd that it was policy for them
10 hear their cases on the 9Th OF September. one
Joy after election. Such proceedings must salts
,y an stra ght- forward and honor ,be men. that
he office. holders i: not the whole people, are as
corrupt as the ID
J. r. MCCONNELL.
This pcntem,n and nominee Of the Den,ocr It,
10 marty for Governor, addressed the citizens Of
Sacramento in front of the ST. George Hotel Last
10 , inf,I I,nR n ni.,n
resembling President I.incoln somewhat in the
nhysioue slender in FORM nearly six feet tall.
dark complexion, and man Of determination.
force and industry is his external appear
,ncc so represents J. L. Mcconnell to a stranger.
His speech was listened to with attention and res
pect although few impertinent questions were
nut him. which. Of themselves were not difficult
TO answer snti siactorily and could not have been
mt only for the purpose ofannoying and discon-
cering the speaker. The Governor. however.
took things coolly. being Judge OF human nature.
and the kind ofintellectual material before h!m.
His speech was not Of the popular order but ar
gumentatve- treating Of the diseases Of the body
politic OF the day. He was followed by Hum
phrey Griffith. who would have made an exec
lent speech. but the "roughs' We're determined
that he should not speak in peace. He was dis
conrleously received, and such Il noise and con
fusion was created that he could not be heard by
those who were anxious to hear. Freedom Of
speech seems TO DC ClTcUHlSCflDtu II Ill secondary
for the suspension OF the writ OF habcas corpus.
Mex. comes ma ial law and the suppression OF
the press, perhaps, anarchy-th'n monarchy.
Who knows. in times like the present. how long
it will be before mi ght will make right and The
ID take the hindermosl. Things seem to
be drifting that way fast. d those who have the
most oil the goods of this world may be thinking
about making division.
fcLlrIcS GENxtittY.
The enthusiasm generally prevalent on the eve
of an important election. seems to be wanting
with all the parties. The Republic ms have had
two or three small meetings; the Douglas Rcpub-
LEANS appear to meet with no better success. al
though they making strenuous efforts for the
county and city tickets. Something appears to
clog all mere political efforts. There is Il some
Thing which seems to detllct from special efforts
Of politicians. Perhaps the throeS and mp hcav-
Jugs Of the Government ITSELF absorbS to great
extent, he public mind. and patriots look upon
mere party politics just At ihis time as too super
fetal. y true Onion MIA should be found girl
ing on his best energies to save his bleeding aud
suffering country, instead OF prtyIogglng the
success Of the Republican or Douglas EciIt!hl can
ticket. Save the country. and parties will II du"
time org iliIze an secure ahl dispense the >p0lS
TO the victors. John CONFESS is u great Union
man g.; but will his elevation to The Gubernltorlal
chair heal The wounds OF the Union and the Con
stitutioH? Leland Stanford is another great
Union man btr will his election stop the unholy
war and bring abodl a comlpromis ? But these
gentleieii wish to lie erclJd Is the oti,c, and the
''Unioi'' seems to he Tie hol'''y-hor.r. The one
who ctirs war and the Union" longest aud
loudrst, thinks su, cess Most probable. And so ii
may be-hut that they, or any bt their Worship
pcrs. are better Union men than tie MASS OF the
Breckinrgc Democracy is all sham. Slam for
the spoils and the spo's are the state offices TO
be filed this fall by the people. The result will
OrOIUthV In, this shall the country,
itsaved at all. and these hobby riders will get Of
lice Tor the next two years.
PROTECTING THE OVERLAND MAIL.
A regiment ofinflntry and five hundred horse
have been ordered from this State to protc the
Overland Mail. This force is now rrndczvoolng
at the Preside. neat San francisco. The Sacrd-
mentu Company. composed OF seventy mon. snip
ped for San francisco yesterday afternoon. rms
company is composed OF entirely young men and
knowing many of them personally. | can speak
with confidence of their qualifications for such in
expedition Several Of them were i0t'herly resi-
dents OF Placer. Tie entire force will probably
be ready for Il march about the lst of September
CHEAT FRITZ.
don't know hut that fruit sas plenty and con-.
seduently as cheap in the mountain towns MS it is
in the city. Ii so, you have plenty withou, price
All kinds. particularly peaches. 90 begging here
You can ret the finest kind of basket of peaches
for rs cents and for the ordinary fruit there is
not demand equal TO half the quantity in mar
ket This is very we'll for consumers. but tOugli
on hursery men who have spent thousands i'll
rearing up orchards.
MORE OPPOSITION ON THE RIVER
Next Saturday the new steamer Sacramento,
of the opposition line. makes her first trip 10 this
city. Business men here, wholesalers. have com
planned bitterly OF this opposition but, notwith-
standing it seems we are to have more OF it. Ihe
Combination line seems to go along if nothing had
happened, and no one would know 10y amy acts
or motions of theirs that there was an opposition
steamer within thousand miles OF the Sacramen-
to river. The skill and sagacity of this line is not
equaled in the United States, and they ask mo
odds nor crave no jobs
THE TATE FAIR.