The Placer herald., 1862-04-26
SACRAMENTO CoRnEsPoNDENCE.

| SACRAMENTO. April 24th. 1852.
Editors Herald:--That political movement in
tended TO- have been inau gurated by tho Stanford
letter seeEs to. move slow. The GovernoE,, apd
his clique Of State officers, are either too fast on
two slow to prevent Or spbvert the eWepte in the
| Republican party BY the action Of those teEm
ed "Union AdministIation men," since the Gov
erpor spoke, it would seem that His Exccllenc'y
bait is not grabbed at very sharp.
THE UNION ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATION,
| inaugurated by the conservative Republicans,
! and the adherents of John Conners. is likely to
take the Governors sail down. This is the .'pop-
ular breeze" to which at first believed Stamford
was endeavoring to appropriate to his ends and
purposes. But it would seem that Gov. Nye, of
Nevada, is the sharp sighted, political observer.
| He is evidently shaping himself an available
candidate for an office outside the silver mining
Territory. 1t has been charged that he advises
Gov. Stanford in direct opposite political course
to which his private acts point. He, too, is
charged with having Senatorial aspirations, and
it is inferrable from his late speech the 'signs
of the times" that he looks for them in an op-
posite direction from which he advises Governor
| Stanford 10 find them. But before the charter
election canvass closes in San Francisco. which
will draw out to view the new organization. we
will be better advised of what new political
| movements are on the taps.
! STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The annual meeting for the election of officers,
was held Nt the capitol on Wednesday. when
there was quite lively time among the Office
seekers. About l30 voters were present, and the
| contest for Recording Secretary was very warm.
The present incumbent, o. c. Wheeler, Esq was
| however, reelected, and resolution reducing
| his salary TO 500 per month. also voted down.
Tae small vote may be attributed to the fact that
before member was entitled to vote, he had to
pay over his $5, the amount of annual dues. n
A. H. Ball. Qhe expert Of mixed accounts, and
very good fellow. forgetting his self-esteem)
who so long has held the Office of Recording
| a oar dat nd nj lacpW VIC
filled by E. Black Ryan, our Assessor. Colonel
Haruszthy, of Sonora, was elected President. and
| II Vice Presidents, one from each Judicial Dis
| trct About these there WAS contest, and in
| their selection only the interest of the State
| Society was consulted
| LATER--THE FREE BRIDGE sustained.
| The Board of Supervisors to-day appointed n
| Committee to confer with Colby and ascertain
what amount would satisfy him for surrendering
| his franchise. This looks as if the Board was
| returning to reason.
THE BRoDERICK WILL CASE
has occupied the Supreme Court most of the week,
| and its argument has drawn here The best legal
| talent in the State.
TEE INCENDIARIEs.
| Four Of the convicted incendiaries will appear
| in the District Court for sentence tomorrow.
Judge McKune will give them the full extent of
| the law.
YOLO COUNTY SEAT.
The election, us was icpa ted, has resulted in
favor of Woodland by about 100 maj ajority--
Washington done WELL polling $40 votes, where |
there is less than 100 legal voters
THE WAR NEWS.
Very little credit is given here to the late dis
patches from the East. In fact. iii plain enough
to see that the reporter at the other end of the
wires is hard pressed to make out one connected |
and unconflicting statement. He, whoever he
may be- is probably doing very well for the ma
terial he has on hand to make up his srepOrt.
LABORER's WANTED
~ 70 bo o;tx,of
help in the city, male and female. Those out of |
employment had better travel this way--though |
wages are low.
NOTAREs PUBLIC.
The late act of the Legislature ousting all
Notaries Public is not Il law rs vet and our
Notares are still taking acknow edgments.
THE STREET BRIDGE EXCITEMENT.
In these dull days that which would he deemed |
insignificant. lifts itself into Importance, and
creates an excitement equal to the taking Of
city in the Eastern States by the Federal forces
Your readers ought to be we'll posted on the
bridge question" in Sacramento. but if not let |
me as briefly possible give them the points.
Several months ago when both and X were i'm
passable. the Board of Supervi sors gave G. W. |
Colby the special franchise to mprOv J street. |
build bridge over Burns slough where it passes
at the head of }, and in compensation therefor be
WAS given the power to collect tolls thereon from |
the time when finished till the frs, Of August !
Colby's work was completed several weeks ago, |
and his exchcquer was fast filling up-the amount |
of tolls reaching about $lOO per day-when the |
people concluded that toll bridge, over the only |
tboroughfare to thee city from the East, detri-
mental to the trading interest, and therefore re-
solved to erect temporary bridge over the |
slough at the head Of K street. and within !
stones throw of Colby's. This was found to be
very practical from the fact that the weather had
SO improved street, that 1T could be put in tra
yelling order for two three hundred dollars. |
The work imm ediatey commenced, and "pon-
toon BRIDGE" of five or six scows used during |
the flood, were soon planked over. This whole |
concern cost perhaps one-twelfth as much as the |
street improvements. But no matter about the |
relative cost or the justice of the transaction as
l only propose to state facts, and let those more
interested look to their own dollars and cents.
The Peoples Bridge ESQ called) was opened to
the public last Saturday, and as a matter of
course, has taken all the travel. Colby has not
taken S. since, and probably will not receive any
more from Travellers But he does not give up |
his speculation rs quickly and as easily rs have
done it for him, and has called on the board to
sponded by declaring the Peoples Bird ge "nuis
ance.' and consequently the Chief Of Police is in
structed to abate it, Now, the query will natu
rally occur TO you and the teamsters of Placer,
Will not the latter as they cross back and forward
on the Peoples Bridge: look and point to Colby's
structure and say, Through the enterprise of the
people OF Sacramento, in opposition to this city
| government. we are saved from passing over
Colbys nuisance" But there is legal point
in the contest. Have the Board authority to
grant such wholesale franchise?" Can the Board
adopt President Lincoln's plea in palliation for
arrestng Pierce Butler?-"the necess ty warrant
ed the act" Or, was the city so poor that it was
forced to give away that little which was left?
] shall not admit it to be true because know the
street could have been improved by the citizens,
| or the Board, as we'll as by Colby, who has nary
red" to do the work. This is long yarn but the
end has not yet come. The whole people are now
| nliYa % thn froa hrid nd oil