The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1862-12-20
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDING
SACRAMENTO, December llth, 1862.

is very meagre, and nothing but "rebel" news
at that The fact, however, that our pickets
are freezing to death at their post Of duty, is
heart,rending. Both armies will be COM
PEELED to 90 into winter quarters, notwith
standing the stubbornness Of the conflict.
At least, 50 far as the army Of the Potomac
is concerned, can see no prospect OF An
advance. If, however, the war is to be one
Of exhaustion, perhaps the ,igors Of a winter
campaign will be as fatal IS eaden bullets.
SCHOOL MATTERS AGAIN.
A paragraph from my last letter having
been published in the Daily Bee, quite a
little excitement has been created in school
circles, and among those wishing to become
"school madams." The discussion thus
brought abou, has furnished material for an
interesting expose, showing the complete
ramifcations of the male and female COM
pact. It was evidently the intention Of the
new members formed before election) to
make either Beatty or Hartley the President,
upon the theory that the Rev. Mr.. Hill is too
much governed by his prejudices; (he is very
dark,) but the failure to elect Beatty in the
Second District, broke up the little conspi.
racy formed to decapitate President Hill.
He will now be re elected by the Board
without a no. Several of those 20 voting,
however, doing 80 under a sort Of mental
protest. But will quit writing about those
high in office, and come at once to the small
talk, taking each District in its numerical
order. In the First District, Director
brennan (holJover, and fine young mar,
ried man. rumor has i. that he will sacrifice
f,~ nj ,ho .haoo
Of the school lot on his block) for Mrs.
w >; and will then aiI X :. &c. ....s
and Miss G .......n. Thomas, of &C.
centric notoriety, (and who has contrib
more than any other member, by his well
aimed efforts, TO get the Board out of debt,
will support Miss C........n n and Il. ...n;
and then holds in reserve Miss Mem n
and one of the Miss X ....s; besides as
he and brennan, an old and tried friend,
dining sumptuously every day from the
same table. 'Dan" cannot but stand by the
project of purchasing tho lot adjoining
Dreman's dwelling. | should prefer the
school house a little the other side of the
levee, than under my door Dan ia not
only an "odl cuss," as said before, but he is
a per,inarious ID, as willing to encounter
big odds for point, as he is unwilling to
give up when he is defeated. In the Second
District, BidweIl (hod over) is toIerably free
from engagements since Miss E ....s bel
came Mrs. However, he stands ready to
support all good girls who aspire to class
Morrill,, (nsw meInber) is unpledged, as
before stated lie would not support poor
candidate In the Third District, (ihe Pre-
siden,ia terra frma.) we find Hill s6d Hart
lev. President Hill has Miss !, -. on
the right arm, and Miss Ii =. Q, on the left,
and the members Of his church. generally,
as reserve corps Hartley, had his heart
on the Presidency, and | believe has no
female train. In the Fourth District, Col
lns (holL over) has no one to stand by but
Miss c 8, and he is lound to do that.
Bideman. (new member) is politician, and
no body is any body with him unless he is
Democrat. His lady, formerly teacher)
perhaps would take her old position, but MS
"Hank" is so radically conservative, l fear
there is no hope. Hank" will probably
bide his time, he'll p those who hold over till
next year, and thus do the best he can. But
| will close this uninteresting subject, by
giving one useful item of news. 1t is but
Justice to say that the Board will re elect all
the old teachers who may so desire. This
is complimentary to the teachers, and doing
the Board due justice.
THE RAIN AND EFFECTS.
1t WAS little singular and quite COZ
Incidence that the rains began to fall in
earnest on the anniversary Of our first flood.
OF course our streets are, as usual, in
horrible plight, and precisely as should be
expected when every drop of rain stands
where it falls. We want surface drainage
amos: as much as we need big levees. Mad
is now very handy at every cross,walk and
on many of the main thoroughfares. The
city looks little dirtier than usual in cont
sequence of the sediment left last winter.
But give us two or three inches Of mud, all
the time in preference to two or three feet
of water. We do not wish to enter again
upon the hydraulic sports of last winter.
We are not amphibous, though we then
came near this double existing state.
LEGISLATIVE AND SENATORIAL.
Several members of the incoming Legis.
lature have bespoken accommodations at our
hotels and in the course of next week, they
will begin to show their benign faces, inl
creasing in number daily until the day OF
the organization. The Senatorial fight, to
take place early in the session, begins 10
make little rifle on the political surface.
John Conness and Senator Phelps are >tiI
the leading candidates, and one or the other
of these sspirants will doubtless carry off the
prize to Washington.
LEvEEs COMPLETED.
Our levees are all ready to be tested. and
there is no doubt but that it would be for
the interest Of Sacramentans it they were
thoroughly tried thv winter. Nothing could
do so much towards the perfect restoration
of confidence as the rise of the waters a foot
or two above the high'water mark of last
year, provided the levees can stand the press.
If they are perfect surety against another
inundalion, then the quicker the fact is
demonstrated by a great food in our rivers
al IL hon