The Placer herald., 1862-11-08
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDING

our city authorities and the Central Pacific
r h Co. was amicaby settled to-day, the
Board of Supervisors correcting their mistake
$, and conced ing the franchise. 1t is all
right now, and the Directors are as well
satisfied as if no correction or alteration had
been made.
SURVEY COMMENCED
The first absolute labor on the Pacific
Ri road was performed yesterday by squad
ofEngineers under the command of Douglas
Judah, brother of the Chief Engineer. The
party start out to make preliminary survey,
which, however, on the main, will no doubt
be the route Of the road After leaving the
Ievee near Smiths Gardens, where slight
curve to the North is made, the route will
be nearly in straight line to a junction
with the California Central near Lincoln
The Union says ths~pont is about nine mile.
South of Lincoln. This estimate is too far
South as mine miles South" would bring
the junction not far from Williams Half
Way House. People here are perfectly de-
! lighted at the prospect of the early compile
ton of this section of the great Pacific Raih
road. as they believe they see in it the sud,
den growth and prosperity of Sacramento.
The carrying trade to Washoe is immense,
but am inclined to believe that the means
of present ansportation-horses and WAC
ons--is much more beneficial to Sacramento
than it would be by raiIoad. Perhaps my
head is not clear on this point. No one
doubts but that the road would be paying
one-equal perhaps to the Panama-but
that it is to pave our streets with silver ore
from the mines of Nevada, is coIoring
added by those who have capital to i vest
in the enterprise. Before the building of
the Sacramento Valley Railroad this city
was crowded with business directly attribute
| be to teaming. 1t is now divided between
Sacramento and Folsom-and wher the
Central Pacific shall have been completed
over The first fifty miles, there will be another
depot from which goods will be taken
making second diversion from Sacramento
And when the road shall have been com
/ pleted to the other side of the mountains
"Othello's occupation will be gone" But
again, in few years, the road will be com,
! pl ted from Sacramento to Stockton and
from thence to san Francisco 1t is quite
probable that the entire route will be finished
at one aud the same time, excepting the
| first tifty miles The idea advanced by some.
( that railroad along the Sacramento cannot
compete with steamers, is not sustained by
experience in the East The Hudson river
Railroad ruined steamboa'iDg on that route |
'wArCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT" !
What say YOU aud your readers Of The |
political news from the East? "Ilav'nt we
cleaned them out handsomelyW Bat what
does.spch a victory amount to, when the
"ws2ng of the war; question is kept in
yiew3 we are in the dark. It seems that by
the declarations of many of the Democratic
Congressional candidates, before election
that they are a little stronger for "coercion'
than the Repub.icans-if possible. Bat | |
imagine many Of them in favor Of prosecut
| ing the war With the "contrabands out of the |
ring" Now and then. however, strange as it |
may appear-(O II Brownson of n J.)-
who goes the war, niger and all. Things
are getting very mach mixed in the East.
When the N Y, Herald declares that the
e ection of either Wadsworth or Seymour
is likely to create "civ war; in New York, |
our suspicious are greatly aroused that we
! are on the hrink OF a terrible prescipice, that |
the calamiles Of this war is yet destined To-
fall heavily upon the Northern and Eas
tern States.
FOLLOWING a BAD EXAMPLE.
1t is estimated here that our Federal Tax
! Co 'lecicr is following in the illuStriouS foot
| steps of the State Treasurer The Federal
taxes are paid to him in gold, silver and
green backs. If the Federal subtreasurer at
San Francisco settles with the several Coli
Iectors, as with the State Treasurer, receiv-
inc exclusively green-backs, WHY should not
| ~ III ;,,
backs, aud pay them over? Green backs
are good, and more easily forwarded to San
Francisco than gold and silver. This kind
Of a speculation might be very easily prose
cuted, and 20 one in particular be the suffer
er excepting Uncle Sam. If all the Col
lectoIs should pay over their gold to the
Sub Treasurer at San Francisco, that officer
might make the exchange himself, Make
hav while the sun shines" In a short time
there will be greenll aclls in abundance, aud
every one must pay his taxes in that coin"
FALLING OFF
During the past month there has been an
immense rush Of goods into Nevada Terrific,
~ from this city. Merchants there, antc
pating another severe winter, have put in
! large stocks. For the last week teaminy to
that quarter has fallen off Freights are up,
and but few goods going over. The Barley
trade has evidently been overlone as tele-
graphic dispatches to parties here, report
this article selling AT SIC cents.
GOING AHEAD FINELY.
The favorable weather affords our levee
contractors fine opportunities for finishing
up their work. which they are doing in a
satisfactory manner. MORE ANON.
NEGRoEs PoURING NoRrH-A letter from
GaIopolis, Ohio, September 30th says: The
free blacks and the slaves in Western Vr
ginia, have nearly all come to Ohio. This
town has been filled with some five hundred
of them at time, while some of them left
for the army at Pomery, and others have
worked their way out into the State from