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The Placer herald., 1867-07-06
VAN 1R e g g o USE.
ROCKLlN. PLACKR COUNTY. car,

AA MRS. VAN TREES respectfully as.
:sss:f II unccs to the citizens Of Kocklin, and
I.sAsx the travelling community generally, that
she continues 10 keep the above named popular
Hotel. where all those favoring Der With CALI
can rely upon kind and polite attention; a. welt
as superior hotel fare; her table being supplcA
with all the dtlicacies Of the season. Snperin-
lenuing the culinary '"pa,t ,tnent herself the will
cndcavor to keep up The 10. mrr reputation Of the
House. Bar -i. .lN .-
THE BEDS ARE CLEAN AND WELL AIRED.
presenting favorable laces where rest and r-poss
can b. enjoyed. In fact the entire arrangements
are such rs 10 insure the com fort Of guests. She
so.ieits ahare Of public patronage.
TIL E BAL 1ytG .;7--.. -..
will always be stocked with "creatuie eemfoy ~
OF the best brands. I9i h7i 1885.
July 9Th. lS67-3m -1-+f
The Placer herald., 1867-07-06

F,asr PAro.-ses frs. page for corrs-
pondence from Cisco; and prosesdings Of
the Democratic Convention of OiMsict No. J.
The Placer herald., 1867-07-06
AUBURN, JULY 8, 1867.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.

sleesion-wednesday sspscmbe< 4, lse
FOR GOVERNOR,
II. II. II A IGH HIT,
OF Alameda. 81.
FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM HOLDEN,
OF Mendocino.
ron sEcsETAxY or STATE.
II. L. NICHOLS,
OF sacramento.
FOR CONTROLLERS,
ROBERT WATT,
30 OF Nevada.
FOR STATE rRrAsrHYR.
ANTONIO L. CORONEL,
OF Los Angeles.
YoR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN ". BOsr,
OF Mciced.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. "----'-
J6 HAMILTON,
OF Placer.
YoR uAEBoR COMMISSIONER.
JAMES II. CUTTER,
OF San Francisco.
FOR CLERK or THE sCpREME COURT.
GEORGE Slt KELS,
Ol Tuulumne.
FOR STATE PRINTER,
DANlEL w. GELWICKS,
OF Ii Dorado.
FOR scp'r or PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
o. II. FIT ZGERALD,
OF San Francisco.
FOR CONGRESS-.
JAMES W. COFFROTH,
Ot Sacramento.
The Placer herald., 1867-07-06
EXAMINER.

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION OF DIsrRlcr No
3 -Ihis body me, in Forest Hill on Thurs.
day. July %lh. and made tho following nom.
iuatiout: Collector. Is. b. Dunnsm; Asses.
sor. J. d. Pursley; Supervisor, Michael Fan.
non.
The Placer herald., 1867-07-06
COUNTY TKEAsURER,s sTATEMKxT

We are lnUebttu 10 CNunty IrtNtUrtf Dc ktTNOn
for the following statement Of the month ending
June 30th, 1867.
Amount received for the County, Sl0297 II
Received Tor the State, l,402 Is
The Placer herald., 1867-07-06
III this be true, indeed,
Some Christians have u miortablc creed"

The Democracy are daily maki'g arces
sions 10 their ranks. We are c.nfden, that
w will redeem old Placer from the clutches
Of Rad"aism, and once more hand it over
to party that will pay more attention TO
white men and ess to negroes.
The Dem ocracy all through this section
are very anxious ,ha, Judge Arnold shall he
placed upon the IT, ket for Prosecuting Al.
,ornsy. lie is an allie man. and will make
Craig feel that hs has no lease or claims on
the POSITION. We hope to sss the Judge
the nominee. and pledge ourselves 10 roll up
= Numbering vote for him and tbs whole
ticket next September.
Yours Truly.
OLD GUARD.
The Placer herald., 1867-07-06
INsoLVEMT NOTICE..

July 9Th, 1867. Cw o-.a 30, w
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06
THE ANTIETAM CEMETERY.

We learn from DR.. j. f. SnOdgrass, Commits
sioner for New-YOrk and Chairman of the Commte Of
ARRANGEMENTS for the dedication Of the Antietam Ma
tous Cemetery which is to take place the 18th inst
that the programme nearly perfected and that the
sponses invited guests warrant the expectation that
there will he I'm attendance addition 70 the President
of thc United and several members OF his Cabinet
Including Mr. Seward ChieJustice Chase and other dis
tngushed officials at the National Capital large pro
pofOn OF the Of the loyal states having dead
on the field Of Antietam including Gov. FentOn. Some
OF these such as MajOrGen Burnside of Rhode Island
and Brevot MaiOrGen. Fairchd Of Maine, aud Others
were that battle, and therefore will revisit the spot
with A tWofOld interest while their presence Will be
specially attractive the public The letter OF PTesl
dent Johnson reads follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Aug 20 1867.
''GrNTIFMFN: | have received your invitation to
aten9 the ceremonies Of the dedication OF the Antetan
National Cemetery the 18th OF September The recO
Iecos which cluster around the place and day constran
accept this invitation and II IL shall prove cOnss
tent with my Official engagements VIII be present with
you that day. With great respect very truly yours
ANDREW JOHNSON.
81 f. snodgrass, Thomas A. BOnen, &. L. Cranmer,
Committee
ncy preside the OCCASION while another distinguished
son of that state who the earliest official friend OF
tho Cemetery (eXGOv Bradford, will deliver the oration
Notwithstanding the doubts expressed by some OF the
Newspapers that the invitation TO the poets 70 compete
for the distinction OF reading original poem at the
Antetam Cemetery Dedication the 18th inst without
pay would fail of creditable response, Dr Snodgras5
the chairman OF the committee having the matter IN
hand reports large number Of poems, several OF which
OF merit already in hand in advance OF the
time appointed for the decision which Will be made In
tWO three DAYS
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06
COMMISSIONS.

The Ring, the rum-sellcrs, and with them
perhaps some good citizens deceived by the
Misrepresentation of their bad neighbor5, are
clamoring for the abolishmcnt of Commissions
in our City Government. They are bescging
the Convention to get a clause inserted in the
new Constitution which shall prohibit them
hereafter If they succeed all the better class
of intelligent citizens will know that the knell
of good municipal government has sounded
In the midst of the bowling wilderness
of fraud, corruption, extravaganza, and official
malfeasance and imbecility which surrounds
us, the four Boards of Commissioners to whom
the Police, the Fire Department, the Central
Park, and health affairs are committed, are the
only pleasant objects upon which we can rest
our eyes. If they are swept away, theyery
and waste will hold high carnival all over the
city. Some people seem to imagine that the
voters of NewYOrk have an inalienablo right
to do as they please about everything
that is to say. that whatever the
majority choose to do, they shall have full lib
erty to do it, This is very dangerous alb
surdity. 1t is the duty Of the Legislature to
secure to all the people Of the State security
of life and property and if majority of the
inhabitants of a city are silly enough to vote
for form of municipal government which
will not secure those blessings the Legislature
has no business to let them have their way.
Government by Commissions, moreover, is
just as much self-gOvernment as government
by Common Council. Legislative officers.
being the direct representatives of the people,
ought always to be elected directly by popular
vote but these Commissioners are merely ad-
ministrators of the law, and there is no more
reason why they should of necessity be chosen
by ballot than there is for the election of DO
lice officers, frcmen, or clerks in the public
Offices
But let us see what the Commissions now
in existence have done for us. The Police
Commission during its seven years existence
has unquestionably rendered the police force
vastly more efficient than it was or could hope
to become under the old management. OF
course it is not perfect nor can 1900 men be
expected to afford great city like ours COM
plete immunity from crime and disorder. But
their efficiency and good discipline were amply
evinced during the riots of July, 1868, and are
every day demonstrated by the stringent exc
cution of the Excise law, which, if they were
not faithful, would be no more than % dead
letter The expense Of the department-about
S3,OOO,0OO year-is sometimes complained of;
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06
THE SUPERTLSORS.

Can anybody divine a reason why the peopio
of New-York should be cursed with the burden
and disgrace of double set of officials The
territorial limits of the city and county are
precisely the same. There is absolutely no
difference between the two except verbal
one. Yet by costly fiction it is supposed
that two sets of officials are required to govern
one territory and one population Every city
officer has his double, appointed to discharge
the same functions on behalf of the county I;
or if the two men are rolled into one, as some
times happens, that one gets double salary
No advantage whatever results to the public
from this arrangement; but taxes are enor-
mously increased by it, and opportunities for
corruption are multiplied When the Board OF
County Supervisors was created, 1t was sup
posed that its members would be able to check
extravaganza and misconduct on the part of
the Common Council From the manner of
their appointment it was supposed that a
part of them at least would be honest
men. Hence great deal OF power,
especially over the Treasury, was left IN Their
hands. They were made sole judges OF the
expediency and amount of certain approprla-
tions. The law relieved them from many OF
the restrictions which it imposed upon the
Common Council for instance. How far the
expectations of the devsers of this Board have
been fulfilled the New Court House, the Ar
mory appropriations, and a hundred other
swindles and rascally extrayagances are sufi-
cient to show. Now let the costly, corrupt, IN
famous organization be wholly abolished. 1t
has never done any good. 1t is ready tool ot
the municipal thieves. Its functions could be
perfectly well performed by the Mayor and
other city officers. We call upon the Conven-
ton to rid us of it. That will he one pest ont
the way, and perhaps by degrees we shall
reach all the rest.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

but has anybody shown either that the men are
too many. or the salaries too high, or that IN any
way the cost could be reduced without impair
ing the efficiency? Beside, it should be remem-
bered that the police bring into the treasury,
under the Excise law, about Sl,OoO0OO a year,
while the city formerly received from that
source only about $4,000. The Board OF
Health. against which a loud cry comes up
from the forty-fo liquor-deallng Health
Wardens who used to take care OF us
under the famous Boole, has made
the preservation of the public health
q matter of science. 1t saved lis from pestl-
lence last year; we hope it will save us this
wear also. 1t cost during the last twelve
months only $77,943, while Boole and his forty
four loafers spent 100000 per annum, and ala
nothing for the money. In the Fire Depart
ment the same improvement is perceptlole
that has attended the labors OF the
other Boards of Commissioners, although 1t
has not yet been long enough IN opera
tion to develop fully its advantages
over the former system. But the rowdylsm ana
vice that made the old volunteer companies a
disgrace to the city have been abolished; the
new organizations are admirably efficient; the
engine houses are no longer the strOnghOlds OF
pot house politicians and the expenses OF the
department, notwithstanding the system of pay,
have not been increased. The benefit which
the Central Park Commissioners have done the
city is so generally admitted that we need
not enlarge upon it, Nobody wants this Board
abolished except the most INSCRIPTIONS OF the
municipal punderers. What the Park would be,
and what it would cost, if it fell into the hands
of the same honest men who manage the new
Court House. the Armories, the Harlem Bridge
and the other great swndles of New-Iork, we
leave the public to imagine. The Ring had
better let the Commissions alone. The public
knows its own interests, and in this matter
does not mean to be trihed with
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06
A NFV city GOVERNMENT.

The Citizens Association have submitted to
the Convention a plan for the government OF
the City of New York. which embraces many
very radical changes. The Board OF Aldermen,
according to this plan, Is constituted as at
present. Five Councilmen are to be elected
from each district, and, beside possessing the
qualifications now required, they must have
paid taxes for the two preceding years on
at least $4,000. Electors for Councilmen
must have paid taxes for two years
on $1,000. The Mayor is elected for two years
has $4,000 salary, possesses an absolute veto
power, and may remove heads of departments,
&C., for cause. He, as well as all heads of
departments and members OF the Common
Council, may, upon complaint OF three
freobolders. be examined before Judge
of the Supreme Court for any alleged
delinquency. The Controller the District.
Attorney, and all Judges are to be ap.
pointed by the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The
Superyisors are abolished and all distinction
between the city and county obliterated. A
Department of Wharves and Piers and Board
of Public Works are to be created Persons
doing business in the city and paying taxes
here, but residing elSeWnere, may FoIe aI mu
nicipal elections. The most important section
of the plan relates to taxation, and reads as
follows: "All annual taxes to be raised from
" the estates in the city and county of New
"York shall be authorized by local juries
/" of tax payers, as follows: Two hundred and
fifty taxpayers, paying taxes on property OF
L" the taxable value of not less than twenty
thousand dollars, shall be summoned by the
Mayor of the city, from among whom, III
"the presence of the presiding justice oi
the Supreme Court, twenty-four shall be Sc
elected by lot who shall sit as jury. Be-
% fore them every branch of the local Govern
"ment, including all Boards and Commissions,
"shall be by law compelled to present theiI
budgets, and any taxpayer may appear and
"oppose the amounts asked for, giving III:
"reasons for SO doing. A majority of the jury
"slall determine, after hearing all sides, the
"sums necessary to be raised for all local pur
"poses in the City and County OF New York
and their decision shall be final"
Some of these suggestions are unquestlonably
excellent About others there will be wide diff
ferences of opinion; but we bespeak for the
plan careful and candid consideration.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

1t is very poor satisfaction to be told in dis
patches from California that the Republicans
might have elected their Governor. A great
many good things "might have been" There
is scarcely doubt that IIaight is elected
Governor, and that Phelps is defeated for
Congress in the San Francisco District.
More than this, the disafiectlon in
our ranks imperils the Legislature. and
threatens a Democrat in the place of
United States Senator Conness. The defeat in
itself is not Of vital Importance; but the man
ner in which it was brought about, and the
elation it will produce in the ranks of the
enemy, are not the most pleasant matters for re-
Election. Large Democratic gains in the popu-
lar vote are reported, but they are probably of
the negative sort, the result of nOn-voting on
the part of disaflected Republicans.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

A dispatch from st. Louis says that q grand
receptiis be given 10 Mike McCOole the pugs' on
ais arrival there to-day.
There was n furious snOw-stOrm on Mount
Washington last Thursday. Parties ascending were
driven back The thermometer fell To below the ireezg
point and ice made the telegraph poles several Inches
thick. which still remains.
Gov. Chamberlain of Maine it is said, has
sent earnest request 10 the Government that Admiral
Farragut who in the Mediterranean, may DO in-
ytructed 20 send United States ship 10 transport the
suffering Jaffa cOlOnists 20 their old home IN Maine
A Mississippi letter SAYS "There is a petition
u circulation and already has numerous sgners 10 be
sent to Gen Ord urging him TO military authority TO
prevent last Legislative cotton tax law being executed
n ia asserted that this law bears with especial
severity on and freedmen, who work for share
f the crop ObigDg them 10 pay heavily for the prOtec
.i and improvement Of lands In which they have
tf..st aud GVlA which they derive 40 bonedt."
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

An epistle to T. w. in our Washington
column will attract notice. 1t appears that the
individual so denominated recently wrote to
Gen. Grant, charging Col. Hillyer. special rev.
enue officer with dishonesty, and urging that
he should be removed Gen. Grant handed the
letter to Mr. Hillyer without note or comment,
and the accused officer replies to II. W. III
language that is decidedly explicit, to say the
least. As a question of veracity there will be
no difficulty in saddlng the right horse
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

"Maximilian and Carlotta" is the title of a
poem sent TO U.S. and Inscribed with sincere sympathy
TO His Imperial Maj sty Francis Joseph Emperor OF Aus
tia by s. r. citizen of the United States" We print the
last stauza can't promise the enthusiastic author any
general support The chvalry Is not likely TO fly, nor
glory to wait on vengeance. The poet had better le'
Mexico alone.
Awake. retribution, In these our great States
Fly now. all our chiyalTy,ry!
To vengeance, where glory On vengeance awaits
Carlotta. Cailotta! our cry.
Thus Haye,ock let loose on "A Nhainous crew,
Whose hands mbued IN Tie gore
OF maidens and mothers. his clabmen 50 true
To their watolword. Remembe CawnpOre. :!
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

In the State Convention yesterday reports
were made from the Committee Oh Cities. The
majority propose to make Mayors the chief ex-
ecutive officers, elected for three years, and
ineligible for the next three to have a fixed
salary and no fees, and to hold no other Office /;
to be removable for cause by the Governor.
In New-Yor and Brooklyn they propose twelve
Aldermen, elected for four years by the city at
large, three to retire each year, and one COun-
Gilman for each Ward, chosen annually. All
other cities have Aldermen only, to be chosen as
the Legislature may direct. Controllers to be
elected by the people, and also Receivers of
Taxes in New-YOrk and Brooklyn, to hold for
three years. removable for cause by the Gov
ernOr Mayors appoint other heads of depart
ments and the heads appoint subordinates-the
appointing power to make removals at pleasure
Justices of Police and of Courts not of record
elective; term, four years. There is a section
forbidding the division of territory for local gov
ernment into other form than counties, towns,
cities, and villages, and no territory shall be
annexed to a city except to change its
boundaries. The repeating clause added to this
section seems to be aimed at the various Met
TOpOtan Commissions in this section of the
State. General laws are to be enacted for the
government of cities. The New-York Board
of Supervisors is to be abolished, and
all the people will say amen. City
elections to be on the second Tuesday
in April, and their official year to begin the 1st
of May. The State retains control over Quar-
antne, the port of New-York, lands under
water, and the regulation of wharves, piers,
and slips. The minority object to the Spring
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

We print elsewhere the Report Of the Board
for Equalizing Estimates of Property for Tax
alton in the State of New-York. The aggre-
gates are Real Estate, 81 ,237, ,7O3 O92 Personal
42G,4O1,G33; total, S1,GG4,1O7,72j. This is a
trihing increase (s4655,1lO) over 1866. New
York City is put down for S4jj,393,O& real
property, more than one-third Of all, and
$257 7.994,94 personal property which is more
than three-ffths Of the aggregate NewYork
and Kings Counties foot up little more than
one half the entire taxable valuation of the
State.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

We are informed that among the "docu-
"ments" sent out by the Republican
Committee of Congress to enlighten the
South are many gorgeously illuminated
advertising posters of FOneys Washington
Chronicle. We dare say it would do tho
Southerners some good to read The Chronicle
though it may not help them much to read the
posters; but we suggest that this is not ex-
actly the sort of documents which We con-
tribute our money to circulate. Col. Fome.'
had better pay for his advertising out of hi
own pocket.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

The Alabama Conservative Convention at
Montgomery, yesterday declined the building
of a platform, as they found that of the Dem
ocratic party of Pennsylvania ready made and
exactly fitting their case. The adoption OF
another States resolves is not common event.
but as the Keystone Democrats so exactly set
forth what the Auti- Unionists of the South de-
sire, it was a happy stroke of wit to save time
and hrain-Work bv the borrowing.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

tv- On the second page oftO-doys TRIBUNE is
General Ne,cs. Police Trials, The Oyster Season
from Marx Train describing Cirita ,Vecchia;
Present Condition of the Streets, and Screrat
other items of interest; on the third page are the
Money and Market Reports, and on the S'Th
DaGe LITERARY Items.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06
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The Trenton (N. J.) Emporium, little p

TIE Trenton (N. j. Emporium, little penny
paper by u inches is q It's editor announces
that his heart swes "wth gratefuness'o kind Proyi
dence who has so blessed undertskis and TO tho
citizens native place through whose sheets first
wandered barefootcd nankeens and te cent
hat The strain Oh our nervous system dung the first
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number were engaged twenty consecutvehcws IN
writing scissoring composition, and other work essary
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New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

Gen. Sickles's letter to Gen. Grant which
appears entire in other columns, will receive
attentive and thoughtful perusal 1t is frank
in tone and clear i'll statement, and throws a
great deal of much-needed light upon the
working of Reconstruction in the Carolinas,
and the special hindrances with which the Dis
trct Commanders have to contend. Ii is almost
needless to say that the most serious hindancc
came direct from Andrew Johnson.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06
THE MAINE STATE HORSE FAIR.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 5.-Ths Maine Stae
Horse Fair closed this afternoon, after three days So
sion. A large number OF persons wers In etepdsnce
The principal attraction Of the day swestakes fos
sLOo0 for which the contestants Bill velmsn, pag
Mace and Lady Chapman. Bill Wellman ron the first
heat, and took the sweepstakes the othe two horses
having been declared dstanced Dan Mse for running.
and Lady Chapman for foul driving.
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06
THE AMERICAN CHAPEL IN PARIS.

We have received from the Corresponding
Secretary OF the American and Foreign Christian Union
q copy of the following letter. which explains itself
To ne Rcr. Or. CAMPBELL.
DEAR SIR: That communication pnrporting TO be a
Telegram by the Cable which published the Ameri-
can papers OF the 10th july giving account Of din
ner ma Paris aud the laying OF cornerstone OF
Protestant Church for Americans in Paris &c. a
purc canard no such stone having been Laid or any
,usl, enterprise dreamed Of. Yours truly,
~ A. ELDRIDGE, Pastor of the American Chapel
Iul
New-York tribune., 1867-09-06
Government.

In justice to Mr.. Bidwell, the acting British
Consul in the City of Panama, we publish the
card which appears elsewhere, defending him
from the aspersions cast upon him in "a letter
which appeared in THE TRIBUNE of the cd
ult. We regret that any remarks in disparage-