The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-22

her of men capable of working or bearing
arms, is calcu ated ut onetourth of the
population.
The STATE PRINTING SPoILs.-Of the
contest now in progress before the eyls-
lature for the printing spoi $, the San
Joaquin Republican writes:
Ihe printing fight now going on at
Sacramento may possibly deceive the
public. In ther un>uSpirinuS hearts they
may believe that "economy" is the watch
word ON the one side, and "extrav agance"
the motto on the other. God bless you,
good people, bur don't believe ii word of
IT,; don't he gammoned by any such rdiru-
Gus idea. There is tn Hon. John Con
ness, who has been chattering about
economy necessarily since he first took
his seat, and yet has cost the people more,
we believe, than any other three men
in the legislative body. Nay, it appears
thar in the eary part of the session the
regular hours were not enough for him,
so he got up with the sun and drurnned
up the A>senh y,nen hy nine "r ten O'Clock
every morning We cannot tell how
many times he has called for the yeas and
nays, hut we expect to see half the jour
nails of The present year taken up with
their record. Now, we are rather par
tial to the Hon John ConneSs-there is
many worse man than he; but, for de-
crncy'S sake, he >hou practice as we |
MS preach economy.
he object of those who started This
present State printing quarrel is not so
much to effect reductions in prices as it is
to change the State printers In some
particulars, Mr.. Colby'> bill is more OBJ
jertionahp on the score Of extravaganza
than the present contract. The people
may have forgotten that the prices AT
present paid for State printing are con-
tract prices. The pub ic printing was
thrown our for the competition Of all the
printers in the State. Now, if the con
tract system is as wise AS it is represented
to he, these present prices should be re-
tanned
Mr.. Herbert has Introduced bill to
make the office of State printer elective
by the people To this measure we Civ.
our unqualified support; it is Democratic
and Just. We Furthermore believe the
bill will become law. Ii is 4 most inn
he responsible directly to the people.
New COUNTY OF PLUMAs The Butte
County Record, speaking Of this new
county, says:
Business in Plumas county is rapidly
assuming lively appearance The road
is lined with persons on their way to the
new county, for the purpose of securing
chance to spend the summer in the
mountains. New discoveries of rich pla-
GERS are heing made, and it is probable
that business will be much more brisk
during the coming summer than it was
last Pack trains are again in motion,
which, as the river ia very high, makes
our ferrymen "smile" without entering
bar-room.
The Democracy of the county held
meeting at American Valley, on the lst
inst, and made the following nominations:
For County Judge, VIM. II. Ward, of
Indian Valley; Prosecuting Attorney.
Thomas Cox, Of Meadow Valley; Coun-
ty Clerk, John G. Lewis, of Nelson Creek;
Sheriff, VIM. Kingsbury, Of American
Valley; Assessor, C Porter, Of Smi his
Bar; County Treasurer, D. Gates, of
American Valley; Surveyor, }. Il. Taylor,
of Indian Valley; Administrator, P. Fl.
Russell, Of american Valley; Coroner,
VIM. O'Neil, of American Valley.
The follow ng gent elnen were appoint
ed County Committee: Messrs. McNab,
n. P. Russell, D. Gates, j. F. Kerlin
and w. s. Dean.