The weekly Placer herald., 1852-10-02
Z IfoRL THE IsERAlLD. {
,e1n,eriic,an HoHo,e, Sept 26, ,ls5'

5Of ,oA"fSstC*H 1AOS VtVJ tpSPetJ ~, ftqv~s Iif
.s Mg. ilEpiEpk :--iBy some agency nn7
known to- the, writer lyour babdominal
has made its appearance among the mir
ners.. of this Locality .. and. as -uaay worry
reasonably be supposed otis eontents, were
most greedily devoared blythe news hung
rys bipeds here ,onrthe river.1s ltis Al good
specimen pf wbata ewspapersinsC Chlifor-
MIA should be--deyotedi to the developer
ment of the wonderful resources Of The
favored section in which it is printed, and
eschewipgs party politics at a, rime when
its advocacy of them would have no other
offect than to, exaspefate the minds Of a
humber Of men whose fvorite doctrines
are destined to suffer Il defeat at the Pres
dental election On On the 9ides Of next next No M
yenber.io M .,,, -, 70 ',.'a 'u,0
1t Was = Jefferson, | believe, Who once
said it, he had tochoose between a gov
ernincnt without newspapers, or news
papers without a government, he would
infinitely prefer the latter, and the truth
Of the remark Of that departed sage, since
its utterance, hasneyersb been felt with more
force than herein GaGfoyniaaQ00 YGs
Men from every natiop++0fevery, shade
Of character, are thrown together here in
state of society, ANIL as "a matter of
couseithere must he some efysEbad ones.
NJ hat mighty influences is itthht has en-
abled the good principle tofprepontierate
over the bad, and caused right and justice
to the extent IL i1as,it ID lie observed by man
in his interceurset with his felIow man & :
The anshveriis, given by every one of the
least Treflections-ssit ais ithe3 PREss,n the
IIArchmedian lever which has dispeIled
iAnoranoe. from the world. These prefa-
tory. remarks, will easily b. understood BY
those, Whp design max inng, California their
future ;home.9o tWithppt any attempt at
fattery Nor no, man Of sense, would de-
scend to any thing 50, ,foolish) permit me
to, compliment, you. on the evidences OF
usefulness which present themselves, to
The sobserYant rye ,thropgh Tie columns Of
theseaend number lofi the p Fl AcclER il 1R7 IS
a1ithatt htsIp /. needed to @ make both Placer P ra-
and FL Dorado, cnoptles the .,rv9 nrst ID,
the State is capable and honest men to fill
the various Offices elective by their people,
Placer, from what i can learn, is peculi7
aElY fprtgnatecia this respect. Her fnanp7 "
COS arc tipA a Sgeed condition. her officers
dischargeifaisbfnlly the trusts copfided to
them,isnd, n class yef men who feed and pti
fatteqo osppD the asrumbs of litigation are
not pslnperedt 10 breed dsturpapces among
her rcitizepsy Is itso with our sister across,
the riyer2ygI ana Greqitably, informed that
at,the9 last term oti the Court of Sessions
in Cploma n tive attorneys Were awarded,
three hundred dollars each for qssistsnce.
rendered the District Attorney ip the dis.
charge of hisiduties before the Grand JH-r
ry, which was isMissed on Jhe, third day
after its eppanpelments OF h am further
informed thatln business came, before the
jury which could not be solved without
any seat,a isgel assistance, and that this.
extra legal assistance was paid for in
county warrants bearing interest at the
rate OF ten per cent per anpspnt-a consi-d
derable, iteinnto be- extracted from the
pockets of the tax payersoftbe county. Va
As this subject interests many ia both
is Ehoped thatthe publication
Of this letter will elicit more Information
Oh the subject. .ss8t .hli inaS
The miners on this part of the river