The Placer herald., 1862-12-06
sACRAmENro CORRESPONDENTS.
SACRAMENTO, December 5th, 1862

the east Is so myStlueu tnut IL 10 Nciy o'0"i' "
arrive at any very definite idea OF the progress
OF the army together with the season OF the year,
renders an advan,e very dangerous and hazard
Gus. The rumor, too, that Hooker has taken
command. pice Burnside, is some evidence tina I
the army has not fully recovered from the shock
of McCelan's removal.
At Washington, the movement of politicians
from the border States is calculated to Give assur-
ance that there is to be strong effort made fora
National Convention. We are too far distant
from the scenes of war TO form any opinion Of
the value or Importance of the move by Davis,
OF Kentucky. for such n Convention. The object
is to stop the war and inlugurLtc peace in some
way. 1t is not reasonable to expect success will
attend the effort. II the proposition came lromthe
jeff Davis government, more Importance would
attach to it. Congress can do little towards the
restoration OF peace so long us the Cotton States
are uncompromisingy opposed to the Union rs
it was. To treat Tor peace is to consent TO give
the Southern Conicderacy an independent gov
crnment.
ELECTION FOR SCHOOL DIRECTORS
The annual election for four Directors of the
Board Of Education, was held in this city ON
Monday. The Board is composed OF eight mem
bers. four elective yearly. 1t has II general su-
pervisiOn and direction Of our City schools
appointing teachers, paying them. building
and repairing school houses-in fact, official
cognizance Of everything pertaining to our
schools. This election. too, has been fixed 1T u
special OCCASION so rs to keep the schools rs far
from politics rs possible So much for an in
troduction and that which may write subse
qucntly, may be better understood. AS | stated :.
The election took place on Monday There was :.
little more attention than is usual given the mat
ter Ivy many citizens but our best peope-those
who pay taxes and have children in our schools
gave the election little heed.
THE OPERATING INFLUENCES.
The most active element in these elections is
the quiet influence brouyh to bear by female teach
ers, and other aspirans. The position OF teach
ers and monitors is fought after with gr, at zeal.
The females are not candidates for Directors per
Sc, but they might about as we'll be, us almost
every candidate for the position of Director can
be traced back to that starting point. One has
Il wife Il sister. Il cousin. an aunt, or Il 'triend.'
There is no salary attached to tae flee hut that
which incidentally flows IRON the opportunity
afforded Of giving somebody position which is
rewarded by Il salary. a year ago. there were
two book men in he Board. and each bookstore
in the city has been earlier or later represented.
Ergo schools must be supplied with books aud
stationery, and who could sell books cheaper
than the representative member in the Board.
HARMONIOUS FELLOWS.
Our Boarls of Education. the past three years.
have been the most conflicting and unharmoni-
GUS bodies ever made up OF eight men. Politics
has had but little influence to this end but every
member has seemed TO be comp !srd Of IN i'm
mense measure of stubbornness. AT times the
Board would he almost p.rtlyzed by Il sense OF
economy anl reform -rrsulting generally in Il
reduction of the number of teach rs. aud their
salaries. This course caused a number OF our
best qualified teachers TO resign This policy
drove A. R. Jackson aud others from the III gh
School. To use a very expressive though ugly
phrase "the ID has been 10 pay" in our
schools ever since their separate organization.
About Il year since. spasnodic effort WAS made
by few citizens to bring another class of men
to the Board OF Education. Two or three of
our worthy Divines were induced to take seats
therein. The Episcopal and the Methodist
Churches were represented. What advantages
were gained by this moral addition remains to be
made known by somebody more ''piousy incin-
ed" | believe it has led to a sect;,rE.n rgor
Improbable TO the schools and unpleasant to the
teachers One OF these gentlemen, Capital in
the pulpU was defeated at the polls On Monday
NO SHOW FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
The new members to the Board 1.-TWO Of them
exmembrrs) give little assurance that there will
be an improvement in that oily. Mr.. Morrill,
oil The Daily Union is probably the only man
who is unpledeed to carry out some schem: Tor
the advancement OF this or that Miss to com
mand.' ii. ii. Hartley, is lawyer of ability
aud an aspir INT for Judge McKunc's scat in the
District Court Or course he WAS not il candidate
with his own desire. He would. hoA ever he
proud OF the Presidency of the Board. He would
however, have been defeated i,y Alex. B;uilim. ir
(egeryhooy knows Aleck) had not all The team
stcrS driving between Sacramento and Wa>hoe
voted for Hartley. Dan. Thomas is an odd cas-"
anyway. aud although beyond suspicious of mat
rmony has many female trieirt, who desire to
leach the young itie;, how to shoot. Hidlrnan
the fourth member elect is almost ditto to homas
on the point OF oddly. Politically. he is con
sdrred very eccentric. He is Il Seymour Demo
orat. Mr.. Lincoln has ouly one supporter amo, .
the four members elect. AT the next election
there Will probably be a greater effort made 10
elect other men, Personally. all arr unoicctinn.
able -Lut two ut least OF The four elected on Mon.
day, are not just such as eigh trnths Of our
citizens would place in control Of our schools
There WAS considerable money Indirectly spent at
the Third District Polls Where it came from i.
not known. Some two or three OF those mot
active ia the election of Hartley. | suppose 6or-
r0,ced it of somebody. Whisky and cigars were
cheap. and too free use of the former puynci.
Gus stimulus was the primary cause OF The killing
OF Henry Pierce, by officer CaIttcr. Those who
contributed their iunGs Can have this fcli:ito US
reflection to digest.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The re ding OF the Message has not improved
the reputation OF Lincoln for rhetoric or states
manship 1t is IN honest abolition document,
but the weakest intellectual State piper ever
issued by any President. Mr. Line oln has not the
intelligence he gained the reputc for possessing
in his old political renconlres with the lamented
Stephen a. Douglas.
1T HOLDS GOOD
Our reputation for mi rdcrs mansaugh ers,
honcides. &c, holds remarkably good. The kill
ling Of Harris Pierce, on Monday night Nv Off
Ger Cartier keeps the record II little ahead Of our
usual reputation for good order" and quetude."
This is the second man, within year. that Off
Ger Cartier has killed IN sHfdefence. 1t is
strange what Il disposition people have to kill
Cartier! II every officer had many deadly
enemies $50 deadly as TO justify killing lhem)
dead men could be picked up in the streets every
morning by the dozen. The impress on appears
to be that this plea Of "selrdelence" is about
played out. specially with Cartier. He is
held Tor manslanghler. with $4,000.
UNDER MILITARY ORDERS.
The Agricultural Park Grounds (unler the
military name OF Camp Union) are now virtually
taken by twocompanes of California Volunteers.
The grounds are "picked"-and no stranger
approaches there who is not Immediately hailed