The Placer herald., 1862-09-20
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDING
SACRAMENTO, Thursday, Sept. lth 1862

SACRAMENTO, Thursday, Sept. llth 1867
Editors Herald:-The result of the late elec-
ton has as much surprised the Administration
party as the Douglas Fusion-the mUorltles be-
ing SO much larger that was anticipated. by the
most sanguine In this city-and county, lit was
almost certain among Democrats that Gov. Biger
and Patterson would be elected but the returns
show that they received only about 100 votes
more than the average. Moore, candidate for Sen
ator, is beaten by Booth 1881. In the city there
is a clean sweep of all the present incumbents.
from Chief Of Police to Pound Master. The Pres
dent of the Board of Supervisors, the Chief OF
Police. and the Police Judge appoint the Police
officers and as the latter are Administration
clean sweep will follow. But, under the present
state of our finances the pay will hardly afford a
living. For instance, the pay OF apoicemon Is
Sl0O per month, in warrants worth perhaps S30.
The pay of the Clerk of the Water Works is also
500 per month-and the fund on which his war
rants are drawn is so low, that the present incum-
bent in office a year, has not received as yet one
cent To the victors belong all the "spolls re-
sulting from the city election. and il they Keep
them above absolute poverty, IL is more than
expect.
SENATORIAL MATTERS.
Perhaps Conness has better prospects for the U.
S. Senate than many have supposed. BY looking
over the names OF the members elect you Will
perceive that large number OF them are Douglas
Democrats of the softer kind -Conness Democrats
Every Democrat who went for ''tuson" may be
safely nut down for him in preference to Repub-
lican = and Republican or John Conness will he
elected as sure as the day comes. Take Sacra.
mento for illustration. Here we have elected
four Douglas Democrats, and only two stralght
Republicans. The three Assemblymen, hstee
Adams and Dunc0mbe, and Senator bootp, VIII
vote for John Conness. He has also many votes
in San Francisco. Ell Dorado Nevada; etc. ms ns
prospects, taking a calm an unbiased view OF the
matter, is pretty fatterng. L don't know put
would choose his chances to that OF any other
candidate, or all of them. Next to him stands
Phelps, and between him and the great Irish ag-
tator" the battle must eventually be fougnt.
Stanford, Park, and Brown, have not ghost OF a
chance. All they can do is to sell out to fheps'
and that they will do after vote or two is taken
in Joint Convention. Conness is busy. and so is
Phelps Between this time and the day oil the
meeting Of the Legislature, no doubt every mem
Der will be sounded on the great issue existing
between these two rivals for the Senatorshlp.
NOT RIGHT.
The work on our levees is progressing finely,
that is, the embankments are being thrown up
very fast but in what manner it is not generally
known. A contractor on the levee goes AT ms
job with the view of making money. That's his
first object. Whether the work stands the noods
or not concerns him verv little. l then allude to
the matter from the manner in which the levees
are being built in the most dangerous place
from about Smiths Garden to Thirty first street.
The contractor these sections takes his DIRT or
material from the inside OF the levee, instead OF
the outside. By such excavations, the levee is
very much weakened as any one with the least
dgment will observe. suppose this is accord
ing to spccications--and if so, it shows a great
lack of Judgment in the levee Commissioners.
NARROW ESCAPE.
By the fire of Monday your old friend Guiou
mine host of Tolls Hotel barely escaped heavy
loss. His furniture was considerably damaged
and his house thrown into considerable confusion.
CALIFORNIA PIONEERS.
Our 40 Pioneers had Il grand Banquet at the
Orleans on Tuesday evening. The Pioneer Asso-
citation of Sacramento is quite an institution. 1t
is composed of many of our most prominent cltl-
zens, and it members are gradually increasing
ONE WAY TO LIVE.
The floods of last winter posted small one
story house nearly in the middle of Seventh be-
tween o and streets, where it remains to-day
1t is occupied by the owner and family, and there
are no outward signs of any effort to remove the
same 10 the lot from whence it sailed. Ihere are
other localities perfectly blockaded by buildings
dropped by the waters in the same way. street
between Fifth and Sixth, is impossible from
buildings which remind the observer of the ola
whaers which seal the harbor Of Charleston, S. q.
GET READY FOR THE FAIR.
The State Fair is being made ready for you. and
it is therefore proper you should prepare for it,
Let Placer be well represented and carry away q
| and officers of the Society are eXerting them
selves this season more than heretofore for sue
| cessul exhibition in consequence OF the great
| losses the State has suffered from the floods.
| They probably deem it necessary, in order to eel
| sure of full exhibition. They are also mani
testing the best of feeling towards the District
rs-scnding special Delegations to attend
them ALL In return, no doubt, the District Socie-
ties will exert good influence in favor OF the
great parent society. So il ought to be-so no
doubt,it will be. Tickets to the exhibition
have been materially reduced, and to so low a
figure that no one will complain on this score.
| MORE ABOUT THE LEvEE
Surveyor jackson (by the way OF parenthesi'
I would say he is a relative OF Stonewall Jackson
but terrible Union man) has lately made care
ful examination Of the American, and reported tC
the Levee Commissioners He talks great dea
Of sense. Among other things he says the city
cannot be solely protected by emhankmcnts, anC
that all the old outlets, (the numerous soughs
must be spread to give vent to the floods, which
are sudden and voluminous. So you see he hal
not as great faith in the levee as some people,
He points to the same dangerous places to which
| alluded in q former letter, and says they mus
| be protected by other detences If, as jackson
recommends. these old channels. or outlets Of the
American, were opened. then the levee would bt
| relieved But what is the pros 4 ct OF their being
touched? Very little, and if at ALL only scratch
ed over and to no effect. Any body who walks
over the territory in question: can very readily
see where the surplus water OF the American
have been emptied during foods of former ages
But these slonghs are filled with sands and debris
from the mines and the banks of the river There
is no longer space for water, and it must neces
sarily be forced into other and lower channels
l."Water will run down hill," and all the levee
combined into one and deposited along the Anne
rican at shis point, will not stop the waters, un
less all the old outlets are re-opened. All that i
| feared ia that the Commissioners will trust too
mucb to the sand embankments which are being
erected in the easiest possible way by the con
tractors II the city is preserved, it must b
done by the Commissioners taking hold themsel
YES and opening and clearing every channel b.
which the American can he discharged of its wa
ter during its highest flowing. No boys play il
this section is going to dam up the American
river. >,
Twenty thousand cubic yards Of earth have t.
be eycavated at the California Navy Yard. BID