The Placer herald., 1872-11-30
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.


The condition of the weather thnt ever prom
inent topic, is dull, dreary, drizzling and dis
agreeable, sufficiently to continue the
grims among mankind and the opzootic among
the equines. Pennsylvania avenue, our prnci
! pal promenade and drive, usually lively, pre-
sents quite deserted appearance, owing to the
above causes. while those streets which the
Board of Public Works--our Capitol ring-are
grading and paving amid the sighs and groans
of the taxpayers, are so many mud pudd!es.
SO much for u.s. locally.
GRANT AND CAMERON.
There is small speck in the Radical political
! sky which indicates the brewing of storm be-
tween Grant and Cameron. The former has
initiated movement TO heal all the local trou
bles in the Radical Iarty in the States. This
does not include The Liberal Republicans. In
doing this he has taken John w. Torney, Cam
eron's bittcrest foe, to his heart This is no.
in accord with Camorons threat to have the
scalp Of every one who opposed the election Of
ITaltranit, in October. The politicians are all
at his back and as he feels himself i'll posi-
ton to dictate terms, it is not presumable that
he will permit FoIney to occupy n seat at the
Radical feast. He may however, h:de his time,
and tolerate the Presidents weakness for For
ney until be accomplishes his own aim Of Sc
curing for himself or one of his family Cab
met position, which one of his organs, the Har
risburp State ,yo,,rnql, indicates he desires
Should the President deny Cameron what he
wants, and also persist in his recognition of
Forney, whose Paper, the Press, he fears, there
will be trouble in the camp However, as
Grant stands by those who him, and to
Cameron he owes much, and from this fact
alone | think Forney will be sacrificed at the
shrine of Cameron s vengeance if not his aInbi-
ton. Should Grants mulishness be greater
than his love of case, there will be a squalls
THE VACANT MAJOR GENEEAIsHIP.
The vacancy caused by the death Of Major
General Meade has started quite a scramble
among the regular Brigaders for the position.
! General O. O. Howard, of Freedmau's Bureau
notoriety, and street corner preaching and
psalm singing fame, was thought to have the
inside track, but now that Grant is firmly seated
the pious dodge will scarcely do so well rs here
toforc, and his eyes cast in the direction OF
Gen. Burnside, who has been specially useful in
engineering Soldiers Conventions, but the
wrange has grown SO hot q compromise has
been determined on, and Quartermaster- General
Montgomery c. Meigs, Senior Brigador on the
Army Register, will be the lucky one Megs.
as he signs his name, thus aping Cesar, Ma
poloon and other Wholesale slaUghterers who
dropped the handle to their names is held in
high estimation n scientist and civil engineer.
He is 81 years of age rs stiff as ramrod and rs
airsh as pretty woman. Let us have any
in prcfert to the canting Howard or the
trucking tool, Burnside. Bull Run Mcdowell
has since been appointed.-Ep. HERALo.l
OUR LOST CoA!MERCE.
Quite an effort viii be made this session 90
induce Congress to adopt some general system
in order to revive our lost commerce. The
measure granting subsidy to the Australian
Mail Steamship Company to enable them to
continue their line Of steamers to Australia,
which has thus far been maintained by the en-
ersy and ability Of Mr.. w H. Webb, of New
York will pass, oven if the legislation he not
made general. The friends of this bill point
very significantly to the simple and humiliatinc
!act that our once proud commercial marine IL
now complete wreck, while the commerce Of
England, under The fostering care of the Gov
ernnent, is the most extended in the world.
| The commerce of the Atlantic is almost en-
tircly in the hands of foreign nations, and that
of the Pacific soon will be if change of policy
be not soon made, and aid extended TO
struggling shipping interest. The immense
trade of Australia--the future great Republic
naturally ours by the building of the Pacific
| Railroad, will fall into our hands If We but
reach out to grasp it. The benefit to be derived
from the markets thus opened to our products
and manufactures 10y this Eastern trade is be-
yond computation The foresight and enter
prise displayed by Mr.. Webb in struggling for
his commercial prize will go for nausht unless
be receives aid, as he cannot alone compete
against the heavily subsidized Peninsuar and
Oriental Steamship Company, which is even
| nov irving to crowd him off. The friends OF
the Austrasian Mail Steam Ship Company are
confident Of success
THE VIENNA II.
Austria through Baron Schwortz Director Gen
eral of the international exposition to be held in
Vienna in 1878, has requested that our system
of Education be fully represented at the expos
Ition. At meeting of educators held here yes
terdav, Mr.. Harvey, Commissioner of Educa-
ton for Ohio, presiding, it was stated by Gen
Van Buren, that application would be made to
Congress for $500 coo to pay the expenses of
the representation of American interests. 1t was
resolved that full reports, embracing educational
statistics, school reports of the States, cities
towns, law and medical schools colleges and
universities of this country should be forwarded
to Vienna, and suitable buildings erected on the
ground set apart for this country so that spec
tators could the practical working CT our
school system.
REASONS FOR IT.
The election is over, the Radicals nio happy
and the Democrats philosophicly accept the
situation, but the theorists are still at work
Hon. Montgomery Blair says the cause of our
defeat was, that instead of fighting the money
power, which united to crush Greeley because he
pronounced in favor Of an early resumption OF
specie payments, went to crticising the
civil service, foreign and domestic policy of the
| ...nyerment. eXposing the corrnntion OF tic cnr.