The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-05-02
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENCE
SACRAMENTO, Thursday, April 30, 1868.


well as Election Day--the real purtans attend
ing church, and the Black Republicans doing the
political work. 1t has been very quiet day at
both places, but more especially at the Church,
as there was fight or two in the second District,
1t appears that couple Of the fighting race, Two
Cells, fell out about which was the best Union
man, and the more powerful Of the two whipped
the weaker to satisfy him that he was the best
U. S. man. The election will be a mixed up
affair, the Citizens Committee holding the bal
ance of power over any nomination which may
be made. The Railroads are more or less inter-
ested in 1.-THE S. V. Il. r. being opposed, as
matter Of interest, to the county taking S35O,OOO
in bonds for the benefit Of an opposition route to
| Washoe. Many will vote the ticket made to-
morrow without reference to politics, local III
terests swaying against political predictions.
THE DEFUNCT LEGISLATURES.
| The Legislative Chambers look like "banquit
halls deserted )" and so do our hotels. The har-
vest is passed." and the politicians have gone
home to their parents. We never expect to see
their equals again. 1t is we'll for taxpayers that
adjournment took place on the 9th, rs an0 Their
month Of such financial legislation would have
bankrupted the State
NATIONAL MATTERS.
The war still goes on though at slow pace.
The ardent still think the Admiral DupOnis fleet
of gunboats will attack Charleston. but a little
item of war news dropped yesterday, to the
effect that Chief Engineer Wood had proposed
/ W ICuuCe ON uOHI ltNOI All l!Iulcul-
ate attempt. The gunboats under Dupont met
with bigger guns at Charleston than were looked
tor' ana 1t now LOOKS ITO a man up Tree as II
that hot-bed of treason is to be squelched in some
other way imam by the moderh-lg9eu 8uhpo"is'
col. KEWEN SPEECH;
one oil lne largest meetings hei4 III I- lniS cry
Tor many a day, was addressed by Col he"el, OF
Los Angeles, on Monday night, in the Assembly
Chamber. 1t was real old-iashoncd Democratic
gathering, and the speaker delivered himself OF
one oil MS happiGst eiorts' DurInS lhe Gay
there was some tax OF disturbing the meeting
MODS peln9 "ShiohtpIe' IL was tnFe|teneu W
MOB Col; hG"eh on inns occasion. put oiScre'oh
/ proved the peuer part OIL Falof, III thlS Instance,
ana no interruption was oiereo' a NUMBER OF
iau!eS We're present G!ules Symp'th'ain@ WIN
thelr 1rienGs al inc haSt-Wno Sho"erGd the
Colonel with Doquets at every eloquent anus ION
to the restoration OF the Union and the Conslltu-
tion. The Colonel is a fine political speaker.
ANOTHER DiSGRACEtUL ACT
q. Avaline, editor OF the olson 1efegraph. on
| WISH 10 O1nlP ohon on Iuesu'!' was assaulted
| ana beaten ny squad oil soldiers ana ooi9ed TO
nee the grounds 10 save serious damage to his
person 1t appears MS oienSe was thal OF ccnsur-
ing the soldiers who entered the Repu0|1co"
ONCE "uu ueS.loyeu tue types; t'St week. lie
was recognlzeq ny Mag. Moore, (l3te captain OF
Company Is, 81 Infantry who had the courage to
set ms mhlons upon this single man: 1t was
most coW!rdly aii4lr and well accords with the
crime Whlcn the company Is chargeu-mobblng
! the HePHdficdn Office. The party which would
90 one, would not llkly scruple at the other.
LOCAL SMALL TALK
On Tuesday. Frederick Cook ASS slant Tra,s
rer of the Overland Stage Company. was thrown
! from a carriage and killed. To-day the same
| four horses ran away with a driver named VIM
| Hodge and the man very seriously il not fatally
injured.
Oar State Treasurer. has been verv seriously
scandalized of late on account of serious domestic
| detalcations. The lady implicated was formerly
a resident of Iowa Hill
The Sacramento river was yesterday IS feet
above zero the highest point reached this season
Metropolitan the last week to ordinary honsos
=, our stock EHchlnge IS having Slight collapse
rich. and dealing in "leeto is ecttina to he loo
SLOW gi r. ,.e-.
new boat. the Yosemite !" is cynected To- make
lie r., trltl 'rlp on saturday.
CITY. was undermined on Tues,ay and The low
I Ia IN that vicinity are likely to be Inundated
Brighton to that locality will be s1Jmer@ed '''-'
There IS an immense quantity of freight GO
direct from San Francisco. '' - 10 p 'i''''
10 d9y. Jacobs Auction house (he original
atachments jacobs is on" Of e tie H. 'G oGp'
settlers, having been engaged in his special way
always put down as one of our wealthy mer-
1t is now said that Gov. Stanford will not be
pa cnnalaae i0r rGnGmln"tlon-too much Pacific
A. A. De Long. cx-Tax Collector. since the in
ductloa OF ms successor looks as if he felt damn
against the Naturalization. p''''''s '''''S0"
There are some indication of improvement in
the city, though there are still many vacant
nou $685. III several localities brick Dwellings
TIM Tro,s, ,r,rg pnoonn l. :. ,,o
l 800 ,l ''l->' n i'"'0"D 10 9e' 700
early, before the printing OF the statutes, to
,;on r,ot has hoo, ouol.o,
~ Wv" 0'''''0u 0u'''S 'Io SoS-
s'on' here and there, as bills have affected