The Placer herald., 1855-12-22
For the Placer Herald.

Dear Mttchett: Having passed the summer
and autumn months without benefit to my
impoverished finances or other compensa-
ting equivalent save the usual amount of
reliable Information in regard to other dig
gins and canons, and rivers, and towns, and
overland Wagon Routes, upon easy grades
etc, have finally returned as you perceive,
By my head, to the old stamping ground.
Well, am now willing to confess, that a
tillibusterng miner, like the ''rolling stone
gathers no moss" besides, the stock of
knowledge he may amass in his rambles, is
only valuable in amazing camp companions
about this or that encounter with some huge
occupant of the land, whose extreme sensi-
tiveness upon their urSa major rights, is a
constant source of war between the tillibus-
ter and the uncivilized monarchs of the
mountains, In this, however, the miner is
generally successful, for he advances to the
brush regardless of the meum ct tuum laws
of society, determined to appropriate the
territory, court martial the monster and
"divide the spols.'' Speaking of the division
of spoils, am reminded that this lower re-
gion is not exempt. Here, too, observe the
trail of the fillibusterlng spirit engaged in
other efforts, and with other objects than the
humble miner away in that Al pine land ever
dreaned Of. Some. (mav God tai themO
have gone to fight the battles of Walker in
a foreign cline; and some, (Oh, woeD are
left to war against the bulwarks of old Pla-
Ger. Of these last, they with the triple X'd
artillery-they, the partitonerS, tie disuaion-
ISIS, they, the vampire triplets, who in ad-
vance $50 sure Of their game), ere defining
the boundaries of a county formed from
poor, distracted, deb-ridden, diSmembcrcd
Placer, have a word to say bv and by.
Put Mr. Editor, permit me to suggest to this
or these divsionists, that before the people
of Placer county consents to n division, more
Leqq5n will be necessarv-better reasons ad-
vanced, than simply that of distance from
the county seat, which alone constitutes the
gist of everything thus far produced. Were
the wishes of the people of the lower end of
this county to be disregarded. still it would
in our opinion be improbable that a majority
of the people of the Divide would consent
to be saddled with the enormous taxes Incl
dent to the organization of a new county.
and to be brought forth subject to the debt,
contracted for the most part in the construc-
ton Of our county buildings, sum which.
in case of division, would leave the new
county in debt $4,000 to start, without a
dollar in the treasury to pay up. | remark
that the inducements to secede, to divide,
with such drawbacks before them will hardly
obtain favor with the people Of this end of
the county. But we shall be answered, that
it is contemplated to petition the next Leg
islature to permit the County of Placer to
fund her debt, and that the portion assumed
by the new county will not be burdensome
as time will be given to turn ourselves in"
Now, dear Mitchell, do not know your
opinion in regard to this Funding project,
but confess to discover little good in it, and
for one, do not wish to leave another gen
GRAFTON to face an evil contracted by this
Let every tub stand upon its own bottom"
is the true doctrine, and if we have either
wisely or foolishv incurred an Indebtedness
of a hundred thousand, more or less, let the
assessments be levied, the taxes collected our
bonds cancelled, the county free, and then
talk of division.
Were the people Of Wisconsin Hill, (near
which place | ''stick my stake,") to be con
suited to-day in regard to a DIVISION | firmly
believe that large majority would reject the
proposal as unwise and impotic for our true
interest-unwise in point of time, as shown
above-impoltic under all circumstances as
leSsening our influence abroad. and organ
izing double system of expenditures to be
supported and sustained by doubling the
blood-lettng Of the dear people.
But is not the impudence of this world
wonderful? The dear petted triplet, of the
Ioeca Hill Nel0s, conlesses even frankly con-
fessos, in his article of the 8th instant, that
he said triple X, has "about as small pecu
mary interest in the matter as any good citi-
zen" and yet he urges that measures be i'm
mediately taken to divide the county-even
says "et the dividing line" be drawn thus
and thus Well, there are many good cti-
zens in old Placer, and no doubt exists that
said KS have some good qualities, but the
people Of the county will be slow to appre-
ciate the benefits of double sequents in office,
double tariffs in the way Of 'aid and com
fort" and a double number of spoils- hunting
office-seeking drones to feast upon the hard
earnings Of the disciples Of the pick and
shovel
BY the way, in the case of success, where
does the triplets propose the county seat to
be? The people Of the Bluff Todd's Valley.
of Yankee .jims, and all south of Shirt Tail
Canon, would as soon 90 to Auburn as Iowa
Hill, and can do so at as little cost. Then
where will the dividers locate the 'seat?'
Ny opportunity to send this is a. hand,
and | must dry up" promising more anon.
QUI VlvE.