The Placer herald., 1865-05-27
$50 Per Day.

ment OF the State Insane Asylum. The
Times seems to be the only paper ofthe par
ty possessing sufficient moral stamina to
speak ont against the late disgraceful pro.
ceedings in connection with the Asylum:
Under the head of $50 Per Day, the Times
says, "This is the amount which the Board
of Directors of the State Insane Asylum are
paying for an armed guard around the nsli-
tuition in question, to protect it from an as
sault from Dir. Tilden, who is not within
miles of tie place. The little brief author
ity with which these men are vested has
turned their heads, and in their strategetlcal
movements they imagine that Sherman, in
comparison, is sardine, and Sheridan
mushroom. AS matter of course the
EARNED guard" are friends and relatives Of
the Board, and if few hundred dollars can
be distributed among them at the expense OF
the State, aud to the detriment OF the IN
mates of the Asylum, why it is so much
gained. Mrs. Tile, the mother of one OF
the attendants who assisted to drown the
woman in the bath, has been appointed mat
ron of the Asylum, but then as the Directors
never heard of that murder, why it is all
right, and if it isn't, what right have the OUT
siders, who contribute to support the Asylum
to complain! We trust that the poor female
patients, during the temporary absence OF
DIR. Tilden from the Asylum, will not be
compelled to make the clothing for the mat
ron, her family, and their friends, at an adj
dtional expense to the State. Neither do
we think that the State should be compelled
to pay for the washing of a half dozen or
more families, who are not connected with
the Asylum, and have no business there
We hope too, that the practice Of allowing
the male attendants to invade the sanctity of
that portion of the Asylum devoted to the
females, will be stopped Immediately, or we
shall be compelled to call more public atten-
ton to a certain state of affairs that we un'
derstand exists there
The female reception room should be
closed at o'clock, p NJ, and not opened
again until the following worning, and the
male attendants should not be allowed to
have ingress at all hours of the night. We
understand Nepoism, in tho management
of the Asylum, exists to great extent, and
this, if permitted, will be found to be more
incurabe than some Of the diseases which
are under medical care. The Asylum is too
large and should be divided. There are up
wards of seven hundred patients confined
there, and under the present limited size of
the building, the establishment is far from
lately erected being entirely unified for the
purposes intended, no benefit of course can
be derived from that"
The Assassination.
One of the most rascally things under the
sun is the attempt to foist upon the Demo-
cratic party, or upon any party, the assassin
alton Of the late Presidents: and for our part
any region Of country would countenance or
approve such a crime. Fanatics, radicals,
and the ver and more corrupt of our oppo-
nents, may make charges against the DE
mocracy of completely in this assassination,
but we opine the more decent and honest
portion will endorse no such assertions.-
Why should Democrats countenance such
crime? What possible good could be real
lied from doing so? How much better off
would they be politically or otherwse!-
These are questions which we would put to
our Republican contemporaries, and would
like them to answer, if they can. We may
60 step further aud inquire into the why's
and wherefores of such move on the part
of Southern leaders, OF jeff Davis, of Breck.
enridge, or others Of like thoughts and feel
ings and opinions! Why should these men
prompt the assassination of our President?
Was one of their friends to take his place?
On the contrary, it was to be filled by still
more bitter enemy for however much we
may have differed with the late President in
his policy and principles, we have yet to
learn that be was exercised by any particular
amount Of personal maIignty. or gralifica-
ton Of personal revenge. It's pity, a
great pity, n looking at the social future
and strength of our country, that the people
are not cognzant, have not full Information
of the terms of capituation first made by
Lee and acceeded to by Grant, of the part
President Lincoln took in the matter, and of
the concessions and compromises and dispo
stions to bury the past and agreement to
stand together hereafter. It's a pity this is
all covered with darkness - hidden from
view, for there are those who think if it
were fully and fairly known it would dispel
the idea that the South, or the Democratic
party, or any party, could for moment wish
the death Of the President, while it would
rob the venom of those who profess to fol-
low in his footsteps of its sting and show
that Mr.. Lincoln, if radical on some points,
was not radical on the side of inbumanity,
lack Of Christian spirit and want Of forbear'
ance in the hour of victory. The Demo-
cratic party is the party of law and order
and good citizenship, counsels and indorses
no crime against the lawful authority of the
land, much less against the acting head of
the Republic, and hence we trust the spirits
Of the Republican party will be made to
strike out Of their programme any connec-
ton Of Democracy with the assassin of Mr..
Lincoln. Marysvile Eapress.
The immense value Of the New Amaden
Quicksilver Mine, about twelve miles from
San Jose, may be inferred from the fact
that the profit of the mine for fourteen