The Placer herald., 1862-02-22
SACRAMENTO CORRES PONDENCE.
SACRAMENTO, Heb. 2O, 1862.

| Editors Herald-By reference to our dailies,
you will see that the war has already commenced
| between the farmers and stockraisers. The
sheep and cattle herders, of Sacramento county,
| are opposed to the passage of what is known
| Saul's fence bl-the bill he has introduced
to compel owners of stock to fence them up!
| They have made their first demonstration, by in
ducing the Board of Supervisors to pass reso-
luton ms ructing our Representatives to defeat
the bill This conflict between ''mine and thne,'
| anticipated in a former letter. would arrive
and, provided the bill became law, that il s
Constitutonality would be tested on the grounds
that it was not passed ut the Capital OF the
State! Mr.. Saul, the introduccr of the bill, is IL
farmer, and his ranch lying on overlowed
ground. has been swept of all fences lie is II
partner of A. p Smith Il Co.. the nursery men,
and on his lands grown the seeds for the firm.
THE STAGE BUSINESS.
| Everybody ought to know that staging, the
present season, has been an uphill business
From the 9th day of January to the first of
February, not II stage departed from or arrived
in this city. They however, have all assumed
their regular trips, and arrive and depart with
full loads. The mining excitement at the North
| -CariboO. Salmon River, &c.,-it is expected will
give large business to them this Spring, as the
fools are not all dead yet The venture to these
mines is a subject for daily discussion among
those out of employment, but I apprehend that
| the humbug will not take as we'll here as that of
| FRAZER river Dut OuCTalncHIO VIII luTnlSu Il lew
vctIms-just enough for witnesses to the folly.
| BUILDINGS BEING COMPLETED.
| Before the floods there were u number OF brick
blocks being erected in different parts of the city
The work them was Of necessity suspended.
! In corroboration of the fact that the city "stil
| iveh" and is progressing. | can refer to the
fact that work several of these blocks has been
| resumed
WORK CAPITOL.
Some labor is being done about the Capitol
| Building. but nothing more, suspect than is an
object with the contractors for the preservation of
such material as may lay in an exposed condi
tion. The work, it is generally understood will
not be renewed until next year, and the contrac
tors time will be extended by special act
However, this matter OF going ahead with the
work we supposed rests entirely with Blake q
Connor They have contract and if they are
able and disposed to fulfill it Immediately there
is no way of stopping them, without subjectng
the State to damages, which would grow out of Il
| orcible suspension.
WATER FAST DISAPPEARING.
| have written so much Of late about mud
and water" that | begin to fear your readers
will conclude that we are troubled with water
on the brain" and muddy at that. But | must
continue to aude to the gratifying fact. that
'boatng'' is fast approaching an end in the cor
porate limits Of Sacramento. In nearly all To-
calites, these "vehicles of business" have been
l. id on the dry docks. Passing any house. block
or street, the ''lite-boat' can be seen high and
! dry. and generally lying in u careless or indcr
| ent position. Occasionally, however, the owner
| has provl lded it with new suit Of paint and
pitch as If he either expected further use of the
same. or would some day place it in market, and
sell out TO the highest bidder. Those who have
shown so much kindness and regard for this spc
cies Of property are the owners OF the best class
of boats But no one now pays the slightest re-
gard to those substI initial watering troughs," or
to the .'dug-outs'" though they once safely car
ripd " yllalp throu Crh
Like poor old horse, they are turned loose upon
the world. In the Spring they will lie given TO
the wood pile. The boatmen however, are eXer-
ting their skill, las well as muscle, to keep the bu
siness alive, and to this end have organized IL
Club and instituted boat racing on Sundays.
But its no go much longcr-boas cannot well
uuvi gate dry ground I've tried it myself, and
speak the truth when say it is easier to pull Il
cart, than boat. over terra frsna.
THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY RAILROAD
The work OF putting the track down Il street
has progressed rapidly during the past three
4 days. The track is SO nearly repaired that pas
senger trains now run To 10th street, where they
are transferred across il short break and then
take seats in the waiting train. The freight
| trains come down to lGih street, where they load
In short time this last link will be connected,
and we shall again have The satisfaction oil being
connected bv irou-tieS with Folsom
THE VOLUNTEER LEvEE LABOR.
Just as judged When writing last week about
building ievecS by volunteer llbOr--the plan
did not work, and has to be amended. 1t is now
being carried Oh scmi-voluntarily. Our citizens
have volunteered their money to pay ltboring
men a doilar a day and board. The embank
ment goes up quite lively and there is fair
prospect that the waters of the American will be
shut out for this season. Though if the rains
should tall they have fallen the levce proposed
would be obstacle whatever to the progress of
the waters through this new channel.
ONE HUNDRED GUNS.
The late Union victories in the East were sal
uted here on Monday night with 100 guns. The
citizens were quite excited over the telcgnphic
account Of the successive victories. A regret
however, was generally expressed over the escape
of Gen Floyd.
NEPTUNE HOSE COMPANY.
The Grand Jury still continues to make repri-
sails out of this fire company. Four or five
more have been arrested for arson making twelve
in all About half of these will he tried for ar
son in the first degree The evidence against the
defendant is still with the witnesses and the
Grand Jury, but it is believed that the "boys'
are in tight place. The numerous fires of last
season all charged to them, guilty or not
guilty. presume some of them are innocent,
but they unfortunately run in bad company.
| SLIGHT DAB OF POLITICS.
Although politics have gone to seed. l can with
confidence give little space to the subject The
Republicans, although out of water, and clear of
all danger taking cold by damp feet, are kindling
a considerable feud among themselves. The war
between Phelps and Stanford, which was suppos
ed to have ended in the nomination of the former
| for Congress, begins to show life again. | first
noticed the reaction in the appointment Of A. A.
De Long, of Folsom, to Lieutenancy in the
Army. Dc Long was ignored last year by the
Stanford clique, but managed to get clerkship
in the Legisature--the Republicans selecting the
two Secretaries in the Senate from the Stanford
and Phelps factions. But it is evident that Stan