Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-05-11
Railr road Fiat Correepoudsncs.


Winter through which we have just passed
has entirely prevented any continued labor
upon our mines, still damp sceathsr 10 good
time to "hunt Aoat." and prospecting has
been prosecuted with considerable success.
But now that Spring. or rather Summer, has
opened upon rs, our people are once more
''delving in the bowels of the earth" /" and to
all appearances are doing well. We have q
number Of excellent mines in our neighbor-
hood. some of which must prove fortunes to
their owners amongst them are the Empire,
Two Dollar Gulch, Brown Co., Wei 4
Co.. Hazel Dell, Occidental. w. V. Clark's,
and . number of others which promise large
ly for the future. What this district re-
quires is the judicious outlay Of little mon
ey, and an energetic expenditure Of consider
able muscle, and am glad to find that our
people begin to understand the rule that
holds good elsewhere, that posting notices
and recording claims transform but few mi-
ners into miilionaires. But while the SHOWS
rains and mud have kept us pretty closely
housed for the greater part Of the time, still
We have been able to get together often
enough to talk over the political situation, -
and discuss the questions which have agitat-
ed the country. and the policy which we
think should govern the Union party in the
coming campaign. Most of US, if not all, are
strongly imbued with what are known as
radical Union sentiments, and if we have
thus far failed to see .'treason made odious"
in the sense in which that sentiment was first
uttered, we still have ON abiding confidence
in the determined patriotism of the nation,
and in spite Of all obstacles and delays,
whether they come from the Executive, Leg
islative or Judicial departments Of the Gov.
eminent. We hope to see our whole country
united upon the broad basis of civil equality
and equal justice before the laws. The days
of weak compromises passed with the smoke,
noise and bloodshed Of the battlefield, and
whatever concessions might have been proper
to avoid an appeal to force. now. at least
with the history of the rebellion before US,
its causes and its consequences, the wrongs
which have been expisted in bleod, the suf-
ferings of the past, the troubles and distrae-
tions Of the pyesent-the Union people of the
nation should 4nsiht that the '.fruits Of victo-
ry" SO much talked Of should be secured for
the present and for all coming time, by doing
and exacting equal and exact justice through
out the length and breadth Of our land, with
no distinction ariring from race or color.-
Republican institutions require only loyalty
founded upon the idea that less than one.
sixteenth Of the blood of any of its supporters
was derived from African forefathers. The
atty of the negro, his love of liberty. and his
ords of the present disclose his capacity and
desire to acquire that intelligence SO neces-
sary to prevent them becoming the mere
pf e6ns nd A~,,ks Il
negro suffrage is insisted upon for the South.
the people of the North should not demand
that which they are unwilling to concede.
Nowhere in the nation should q distinction
arising from difference of color be allowed
to retain its place in the Constitutions of the
States, and we hope and expect soon to see
the word "white" as qualification for any
civil or political right, expunged from the
Constitutions and statutes of all the States of
the Union, and first and foremost from the
Constitution and statutes of our own State.
We hope to see it because it is right, and we
expect to see it because it is one of the inev-
table things of the not distant future. And,
furthermore. we hope to see the State con-
vention of the Union party, which soon will
meet, take this question squarely in hand,
and give US no more milk and water plat
will really mean nothing. but in plain, un-
mistakable language; plant themselves upon
a platform which will bear investigation and
scrutiny, and for which sound Union men
will not blush to struggle.
For the success Of the Union party in this
county-as you say in your last issue-we
need only unity and organization. 1t is q
notorious fact that our party is strongly in
ha al 81 g, r..
the utter annihilation of the remnant of De.
mocracy which we once in . while hear
growling near the outskirts Of political soci-
ety-"on the verge Of the Government" As
It were is for us to stand shoulder to shoul-
der in the coming canvass burying all past
animosities, work for the whole Union ticket
whoever may be placed thereon. We un-
derstand that all. or nearly all Of the old Of
6cials of the county are candidates for re-
election. and probably they would constitute
as good and acceptable ticket as could be
presented, ahd'a we hear Of no other candi-
dates. they will probably receive the nomi-
nation and if SO, there can be but little
doubt that with the proper exertion they will
all be again elected. But whoever may be
the nominees of the party. so they be sound
and honest men. we promise for this COM
tuuHity au e0AAeos s"o nearly SuPpOIt.
Yours, C.
Proceedings Of the Board Of supervisoss.
MoSDAr. Nay 9Th. 1867.
Board met, present Messrs W. P. Peek and
A. b. Coulter. Resignation Of F. o. Barstow
County Superintendent of Public Schools,
received and placed on file, and the same il
hereby accepted: Petition of A. H. Herch-
ner and others for the formation of q road in
9Th Township received and placed on file.
Petition of citizens of Calaveias county for
the appointment of J. H. Wells County
Superintendent. to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation off. D. Barstow, received
and placed on file. Petition of citizens Of
Calaveras county, for the appointment Of O..
v. Currier county Superintendent. to gil the
vacancy occasioned BY the resignation off.
o. Barstow, received and placed on file. In
the matter of the appointment of County
Superintendent, to gil the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of F. o. Barstow, it 10
hereby ordered that J. II. Wells Le and 10
hereby appointed County Superintendent Of
Calaveras county, for the uuexpired term oc-
Bsrstow.
- TUESDAY, May 7th. 1867.
Board met. present Ncssrs. W P. Peek and
A. II. Coulter. Report of J. A. Morse, Road
Master of 9Th Township for the months OF
November and December 1866. and also for
January, February, March and April 1867,
received and placed on file. Allowed and or
dered paid from the road fund of 9Th Town.
ship to J. A. Morse, for labor and cash ex-
pended on roads, the sum Of 1881 ,48. W. P.
Peek presents Bills for services of Robt.
Briggs, Jus tice of the Peace. for the sum of
$4s 8I-l0O, and A. McFadden for services
for election $500. ordered that said bills be
allowed and bond for $50 issued therefor to
said W. p. Peek. Resignation Of E. L.
Thsyer, Tax Collector and Assessor Of 9th
Township received and placed on file, and