The Placer herald., 1862-04-19
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE.

EMIroRs HERA1p:--S Since my last shat political
bantling of Gov. Staniord's has been born Ia
light, but the color OF the offspring proves moi
exactly to correspond with my expectations. The
position the Governor places himself in is exactly
the one TO have been expected under ordinary
circumstances. should have placed him there
but for the information to the effect that he would
get over on the Phelps side, in order to take the
wind out of Phelps sails. The document itself
amounts to nothing here Nobody cares or Won
ders what are the opinions OF Stanford. In the
country, his ipSe dirit may go for something.
ENTIRELY DEMORALIZED.
The sum total, long and short, of the whole
matter ls-tbc party is disintegrated and scatter
cd. The letter to the Governor would seem to be
Il feeble effort to rally the rank and file. But it
is useless. for several reasons. In the first place
there never was real party to rally at the
last election. Thousands of men voted for Stan
ford out Of pure fear that J. r. Mcconnell would
be elected The Governor happened to be a can
dida.e. when he would by the peculiar force OF
circumstances be elected. This he foyesaw when
he packed The State Convention against Senator
Phelps.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
The Governor lrags into his letter the Chinese,
us il he was hard pressed for some subject to fill
ont his document to a respectable length. But
then. perhaps His EXcelency wishes us to under
stand that the cclestnls part OF his admiring
constituency. So fur us color goes, perhaps they
IL
per for him to iutorm them what they might ex-
pcct from his hands. In this. the Governor treats
his Chinese supporters about rs fairly as he has a
large number of his whittier supporters Each are
under great obi igatons. and doubtless both, will
unite their suffrages in elecing legislature next
fall favorable to his senatorial aspirations!
THE GREAT BATTLE.
We have been patiently waiting the particulars
Of the great and bloody fight at Pittsburgh Land
ing. such as have reached us are not satisfnctO-
ry, being veiled in doubt and mystery. 1t is
greatly feared here by the thoughtful that the
loss to the Union army has been very severe,
while the Confederates suffered lightly in compar-
ison. The telegram of Sunday raised great
doubts by the vagueness of its statements. and
those published yesterday morning are little bet
ter. There is not the least doubt, but for the
Federal gun boats. operating on Monday, the en-
tire army under Genl. Grant would have been
driven into the river. The blame is charged to
General Shern an and Prentiss.
BUSINESS SLIGHTLY IMPROVING.
The season is fast advancing. but there has been
far but slow Improvement in business here.
Our mechanics are getting their workshops into
operation, and home industry begins to wear Il
more healthy appearance. But still there is a
dullness and void in business avenues and
streets. That life and hustle. formerly so appa.
rent, is It'll lacking in great measure.
DUST AND SPRINKLERs.
For the past day two have been shrouded
in clouds Of dust. and persistent has ii been as
to penetrate every crack and crevice. One
would hardly have believed these dusty streets
were so lately hidden by lake of water. Th'
nuisance was somewhat abatcd to-day by the free
dispensation Of water through the tail of Il water
cart.
FIRES AND INSURANCE.
OF late we have been visited by several fires
which have occurred under suspicious circumstan
ceS. The buildings destroyed have been general
ly in unexposed locations. and covered with insur
ancr. Hard times may cause spontaneous COM
busion." but it is hardly reasonable to expect so
many Of these rare occurrences to happen in so
short space OF time!
SALMON RIVER MINES,
l have received letter from Walla Walla,
dated March 25th which contains some reliable
information. and something new in relation TO
the extent of the mining region. The writer
says:
Il will now tell you something about the Sal
mon River mines, their richness and extent
They are beyond doubt very rich, as the miners
make from SIG to eight and ten pounds to the
rocker. allowing two men to the rocker. In ex
tent they are very limited, as an extent of four
miles in length and one in breadth covers the en-
tire diggings. The mountains in the vicinity for
five and six miles have been pretty thoroughly
without success. A great many Cal
fornia miners would judge, from the richness of
these diggings, that there must be more close by.
bat digeings occur here only at wide intervals
4 spot here and there. The consequence is. that
the few who are lucky in getting the first news of
A gold discovery. get claims, and the great mass
who rush on afterwards are disappointed. There
have been diggings struck on Powder River this
winter. which, it is said will yield from six TO
twenty dollars per day to the hand There is
more excitement here about these mines at pres
ent than about Salmon, as the people begin to
get posted about the small extent of the diggings
on Salmon river. A man who has money. might
do we'll to come up here and trade. but any one
who is doing moderately well in California, had
better stay there"
The letter is written by very reliable man.
who has been in the country about year.
THE LEvEE COMMISSION.
Among the five commissioners of the evce. you
will notice the name of II. T. Holmes, an old
resident of Auburn. This Office (ike that # AL
dcrman, TO which he was duly elected several
years ago. is perfect snecure so far as services
go--the pay is the honor of The thing. The
Board met day or two since and organized by
electing c. II. Swift, Zone Of our wealthiest citi
zens). to the chair. 1t is asserted that they will
proceed to let the work as soon as Engineer Leet
makes his report. in which he is said to be rather
delinquent.
MORE SHOOTING.
1t is notorious that only short time can inter
vene between homicides committed in this city.
IT blood thirsty resident fails 10 connect"
some outsider steps in aud makes our reputation
good. A link in the chain light have been bro
ken last week, but young lawyer from Colum
ba. TuolumEe county. WAS kind and liberal
enough to come into town, find victim and
make the record good. Hunter is ferocious ap-
pearing young man--abrupt in speech. sullen in
general intercourse, and obstinately Independent.
There is great sympathy for the man 10y those
who know him best but first impressions" in his
case are decidedly adverse. He has been refused
bail by our County Judgc--but he will keep trav
cling from Court to Court till he obtains it. 1t
would seem that he deserves hanging. but have
not the least idea that he will die at the end of Il
rope or be sent to State Prison.
YOI.o COUNTY SEAT ELECTION.
The shire town Of Ynlo County is 10 be deter.