The weekly Placer herald., 1853-02-19

Caiifornia9afe a fast people, and don't
consume much time in examinations of
Feithers.C Congressional or Common Laws,
for the simplesreason that either of which
tare seldom seen in the mines. The stat
sof our State Nre look ed upon by nine
tenths OF our population, as the only gov
-ernng law, especially in obscure locali-
ties in the mines. f1e.i~qr9 4SiT u 4uah
win some of our Representatives see
to this matter? 1t is of vital importance
to every settler upon "a town lot, that
when he builds, his house may not be torn
down the next day. g. -a-.., 4ad,o ga.
The STATE CAPITAL.-We have heard of
the walking philosophers and have been
interested IN the history OF the Wander
ing Jew-even "Peregrine Pilgrim'' Oc-
caslonaily attracts our attention, hut what
takes us down is this wandering State
Capital. For it there seems to be no rest
ing place. Like the dove at first sent out
from the ark there has not AS yet been
found a spot Of dry land on which to rest
! its foot. From Monterrey to San Jose,
from San Jose to VafIejo, from Vallejo
back to San j Jose--from San Jose to Val
Llejo again; from Vallejo to Sacramento,
from, SacnT Tepto to Vallejo, and now
from Vallejo TO Bencii have the State
archives been removed. How iong they
Will remain where they are, will depend
we suppose on the IDEAS which the mem
bers Of the present Legislature may enter
tain of the comforts and conyenenres
afforded hy the new Seat Of Government.
If Benecia does not come directly up to
the mark in furnishing al the amusements
and sources Of qualification which the
Honorables may desire. they will oticnurse
pull up stakes and COUP or down country.
1t would seem that Il convention is ,eres-
safy, if for no other reason, to establish
permanently the capital ofiour State, and
1T is il question whether even that would
effect Il permanent ,ocation, aS It's lwanirr
ing habits have become so confirmed that
lit will be hard to break them up.
One of the most sensible recOnmenda-
tions made by The Governnr-One alike
demanded by considerations Of policy and
Justic, was that ia future greater economy
be practiced in the management of our
State affairs. The method which. the
members of the present Legs lature have
taken to carry this recommendation into
practice is certainly navel. 1t would seem
that one-thrd of the time tlIrre is no
qunrum-anh o, er week has been spent
in this first-of-May operation which seems
to come on an average, about twice Il year.
Wen, no doubt VaIItjo was very poor,
miserable, uninteresting sort of p ace,
entirely destitute of the lnxuries and per-
haps some of the comforts Of life, stimu-
lar no doubt 10 some Of the lonely gurhes
and ravines up this way, from which are
drawn the sources of the prosperity of
our tate, what il pity that the miners dol
not all rush down 10 the towns and VII
lagos where they can enjow themselves.
" is certain to he lanentrd that our
R nch men do not drive thei stock ii upI
into The neighborhood Of our cin-, where
they can see fe. But the question is,
does Benicia possess any better or great
er facIiliies for legislation than did Val
Iejo? Has Benicia public library off
great value! Are there men residing
there who can materially aid by their
counsels the deliberations 0f the members!
The mere matter of a few PERSONAL com
forts will scarcely be considered by the
hard working and hard farIng miners, n
good and sufficient cauSe for break ng up
the session, and that too, ut an expense
of eight or ten thousand doll RS. The
inhabitants Of Placer have no fau to
find with the votes of their representatives.
in this matter-th opposition to this
measure we believe meets with the APP
proval of their entire constituency, mot
that they are in favor of or opposed to
Benecla but that they are opposed to this
Waste of time and money, when the bills
are to he footed by the people, ,,...,- 1
Well gentlemen; members of the Legs-
lature; you have had your holiday, your
drinking and dallcing- now are you ready
to go on and do what The people want
and have a right to expect of you.
You can go from Bencia to the Blue
Wing and fromthe Blue Wing to Benz ia
every week and not waste more than one
day belonging to the peapre--you should
have some recreation; your. duties are
arduous, immense, overw helnlng, and
you iabor so diligently and faithfully that
you should recreate at the "Blue Wing"
enicia and the ijlue Wing, TO say the
east there is enphony in those wnrds,
and we would recommend that there e
established new order the members of
which shall be kno wn as ."Blue Wings"
STEVENS, of the New York Shaving
Saloon, will accept our thanks for bot
tIa of Dr WitIiarI,.i A.,;r I,,,;.rnrotnr