The Placer herald., 1862-12-27
SACRAMENTO CORR ESPONDENCE.

is being observed by the church people mere 10
some extent in memory of the birth of Christi
The Festival includes twelve days, but In our
Protestant country, is not generally observed ex-
cept by the Catholic Church. BY the worlds
people it is improved as day of recreation and
sport-particuarly in the East, where "hot rum"
abouuds in proiusion. Here, judging from gene
raj appearance, one would put down Thursday rs
Sunday, although there is a slight balance IN
favor of out door business to be credited to Thurs
day Besides the usual church services, the
"Chrislmas Tree" has been loaded and plucked of
its artificial fruits. The little boys and girls COM
posing the Sunday Schools, are joyous with the
fruits of last nights harvest and their little hearts
are overlooking with mirthfulness and happiness.
At the sight of such manifestations. every one
involuntary exclaims would that were young
again."
THE LATE STORM.
The rain storm of the week has not been heavy
enough to be digniied into Il food-the rivers
only showing slight rise. But sufficient water
has fallen to nearly overflow the entire city with
mud and water. Levees may turn the currents
of the rivers but it requires the expenditure OF
many thousands Of dollars in drains and filling
and paving. to keep us out of the mud. Some OF
our sidewalks are high and dry but enough poor
and low ones intervene, on any street. to make
boot-blackng an useless and wastefu expenditure.
But the inconvenience of little mud must not
be weighed against the great value of this rain
to the producers. II the droug ht had continued
few weeks longer, spectators would have com
menced to harp upon 'short crops in prospective"
and up barley and wheat would go-though there
might be half of the two last crops in store
Anything to raise Il price, real or phantom.
PAPER AND NEWSPAPERS.
What are publishers to do about the rise in
printing stock? II the cause of the scarcity con-
inues, who can calculate the limit to the advance?
Capitalists are grabbing the stock on hand. and
contracting for the future thinking there is to be-
. mil in tic totp
will probably find rags sufficient to supply the
demand here, but then their prices will be entire
lv governed by those in the east. Papers with
small circulation, and fair advertising are in
luck. The Sacramento Union. with large cir
culation, will feel this rise more than any paper
in the State. The advance will add not less than
$4,000 per annum to Anthony Il Co.'S expenses.
In fact, to effect this, they have raised their adj
vertising rates about 33 per cent. To fill up the
Union with advertisements is the most indirect
way of taxing its subscribers. 1t is much pre-
ferable to raising the price of subscriptions, be-
cause the rates are high now, and to add 25
per cent. would pI obably only have the effect
to lop off rs per cent in the circulation. But
Anthony Il Co., can stand the press" and after
wards declare large dividend. | wish all the
good papers in the State were as well able to
meet the advance. By the by, how will the State
Printer, this year, get along with his work? Won't
brother Avery ask for relief bill? And then. too,
will not the price of stock materially affect the
success of the new Democratic journal to be COM
menced here next week? In this respect, the
time for this experiment is very unpropitious.-
Patrick q Conley have been in the city for the
past week and their material has also arrived and
is being arranged in the rooms formerly occupied
by The Democratic Standard. The entire estab'
lishment editors, hands and devils to be re-
moved here, and therefore affords no open
ings for ''jers."
CABINET RUMoRS.
Peace men. war-men, and neutrals generally are
discussing Cabinet troubles. To all. the position
of matters relating thereto seem ineXplicable,
although the difficulties have grown out of the
Emancipation Proclamation Parties seem to be
going through another mixing process. The
Radicals are getting moulded into Conservatives.
and rice versa. Daniel S. Dickinson is assuming
the radical robes discarded by Gov. Seward
Lincoln has evidently been going it on his own
hook since his Cabinet has been divided. The
President, however. is amt on the Emancipation
issue, and is determined he will not quarrel with
himself. He is going to adhere to his posish
and issue his January Proclamation, enancipating
slaves of rebels. and re-clinching the chains OF
the slaves owned by Unionsts How this work
of segregation is to be accomplished, is more
than | can surmise, unless Gen. Butler, at New
Orleans, has given the programme. He goes it
strong takes supreme possession of plantations
and negroes owned by rebels, and obi ges Union
lists to pay their slaves SIC per month
THE RAILROAD QUESTION.
The San Francisco, San Jose, aud Stockton
Railroads.&c. have been appeased by the Sacra-
mento Company giving them sop of the Gen
cral Government appropriation. The waste of
paper will now cease, and the work Of building
the road from San Francisco to Nevada Territory
will be prosecuted with the greatest energy
The grading between this city and Lincoln will
be commenced Immediately. and two or three
hundred laborers set to work. From Lincoln,
East, the route is not yet permanently located,
which is evident from the surveys being made to
your place. The greatest effort should be exerted
by yourcitizens to throw the Placer Road, already
constructed, into the line. Better, by far that
your Company should donate the entire labor and
material, than that the Northern route should
be adopted. But this is exclusively your PEG
pies business. not mine.
SACRAMENTO on THE SENATORIAL.
The Sacramento Delegation in the next Legis-
lature will stand on the Senatorial vote precisely
according to your political classification. AT the
time of the County Convention, wrote you that
COnncss nominated whOmsoever he pleased
Adams, Duncomb, and Estee of the Assembly,
and Booth, of the Senate, were well known to be
for Conness then. and they are for him to-day
Barton and Warwick are Republicans. as well as
Senator Nixon. They will support the Repubi-
can nominee, which nomination when made. (as
predicted in letter last FALL will be the first
step towards the division of what was known as
the "Union Party" at the last election. The
strife for Speaker will hardly have the effect to
separate the democrats from the Repuls. Pos
sibly the Conservative Republicans may go over
to the CONFESS Democracy, and make trade on
| the Speakership and other Offices, giving every
thing and anything to advance CONFESS But his
chances seem to be less bright since the late State
elections. There will be more Seymour Demo-
Gratis" in the next Legislature than were elected
at the polM! These Democrats cannot support
John CONFESS, and perhaps would prefer q radical
Republican. TheItussle will be quite interesting
and will end in perfectly knocking the Union
Party" into q cooked hat. 1t will be very mix
ed contest. The regular Democracy cannot sup
port CONFESS, and if they did, some of the radical
Democrats would leave him. The conservative
Republicans and Douglas Democrats might go in
for him, but there is not enough of them to make
a majority. The radical Republicans would not
vote for him under any combination which could
be produced. Whoever is successful will be
elected in about the same manner that McDougall
was. There will be a Democratic caucus a la
Seymour Democracy, and there will probably be