The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-12

they made the most Of it, and glorfed themselves
ana the republic as having gone ahead Of the uni.
States Of Europe nowhere. SO the destnies. al
Ways easily provoked, udminiderd corrective,
and restored the balance on the side OF monarchy.
Gold suddenly TUNED up TO the light in An
English colcuy ana California found rival q
TeIrtor, ii allegiance t. the English crown The
newest ara bnphest star of tie republio--the gold
en- radiance OF the gaiaxy-was eclipsed; the
Brtishers had tioir gold fields also, with demo
clotic Institutions ~ account for the phe
Even III htme OF the details OF the two discoveries
there was kind O. identity Hnrgreayes pairs OFT
IN riftoiy with suitci, Melbourne became very
vigorous reproduction Of San Francisco; monarchy
fairly tirmled The best card OF tho republican hand;
AID The Old World was not SO completely distanced
after All.
Not that California has ceased to lie what it pro-
mi cd; II has ony coased 10 stand alone and unpar-
ali,ltd. This j. the act which We think the Amer-
cnfs'do not Guile iorgct whea they draw conpari-
SOUS lotwoen Tho sceal = o their own gold fields
and those % Australia. We published not long ago
m sytu 1t nom New York contemporary, who "in
the rise aud progress OF Cali olia and Australia
saw - !aH cprol,uAit, Of comparing the colonial
system 81 Great rfitHin ard the working Of demo-
cIat.c irstiiit.one' Ctsu as il l. asu nothing is
more difficult to do ,nipart1ly tsDz To co
Ia.e oussly,s will others. egx Sse metaphy-
floisn may accomplish il, but resolutc p'etAphy-
eiclais aIo furc National con,paIi ons ere made IN
cel ll,af difficulty, ana may generally rnis-
uust tlom. IL arrive at the truth. do n 4 recog-
me- tAe necessity q seeing ourselves exAcuy as
sistcs col rcd Tie medium IL a little tinged in
tie present oase. After describing the iawi,s3
GitiOn OF CabiorLla during the early peri ID oil its
liioiN-a eonditior much worse than that OF
Australia a, any tmc--our American contemporary
pants It. pre- eh orderly and prosperous state ia
wl.lh should heartily rejoice Il the last letters OF
our cofIosl nnGeut NJ san Flanci5c0, and several
preceding, did not eAciie msgiyinss ~ to the per-
cct Corr.ctre5s Of parts OF The picture. Thus
tic New York Paper says =" Saoh l. now the re-
epect foI INV that lie and property are about as
safe m CaliIofnp as III any other state OK the
Union There must lie large qualification in the
Gltut, Il This IL tire One OF the last letters of
cur cor eslchGert At Sar hIaEci-co reports twenty
casee OF MURDER during tue month OF June, and 2l3
Tor the ha.9 year Ia the same period, twenty fonr
men are retained as having been" hung BY the
mob; while hgeiity and the Sheriff succeeded in
doing the same jueiice only On two.
The causes chat produce all these murders appear
"hdiCicuaiy trivial and thus recklessness o. lie
il attributed to the universal ard cowardly prac
tice of ing iovolversn again, California; it is
said tunlile Australia) has oven bearing officials
scattered the godfieds, whose object it IL to
laiass the miner, and who apparently care for
rothiig save to gather monthly tax" But col
lector ay do worse thar harass a miner he may
sheet him; In til same month OF June one Caliior-
han collector killed Mexican miner at Tuttletown;
AID another botll shot and killed three Cinnamon in
MaIlos cornty. Thee four murders were perpe-
trafod vi b the eserhandy revolver on slight re-
sestsnCo 10 the payment OF the tax Passing by the
loss OF lie N private brawls AID the prevalence OF
vim, street ghia and difficulties In san Fran
cisco, IL viii h politicians, lawyers and merchants
Ggie extensively and speaking only ofthc godiieds,
apltaIs 10 M that democratic institutions do not ne
cossary Glide either al efficient police or very
sculultus lax cole c,oIs Tie Australian type OF both
does not suffer in The comparison. The last letter
Of Gun cores ondent exhibits Sheriff quite NJ de-
oidtd in h. mode Of proceeding as the collector.
lie vas conveying two prisoners 10 Alriposa when,
a Gifciliy occurring with them by the way,
he shot one ard hanged the other" but this
oilc lad a previous reputation Tor nerve and
al in, IN ls. DIV ie lnt ~
read 10 stockton 10 lie married" he made
eight detorr fought duel with rides, and having
fe'tloG this little affair, calmly pursued his
journey, and concluded the other, II may be
bored satis actoiily. Another incident 81
californian life given in the letter. would
Rave loon wilCiy despsrate but for tlc turn that
makes i almost ludicrous. p,or frenchman,
| named IIiant, believing himself swindled by y
san Frgnciscan broker, walked into his ONCE With
GER et lag in lis hand, hed with cnhp5a,..
and fcpar IN bs north; he oaietly INFORMED tbc
broker taid bis two irieudsJ that he meant to blow
| Up then and The house togeih,r. They Thought nc
was i'kIP md kept tler places; but the nun was
III ealreti he Threw his btrrinx segar into the bng
| ard tie ground floor was nearly blown to pieces;
! YET 10 one was seriously hurt. The Frenchman
| himself was lie most feserey burnt the two
writer's we've Injured. but Il broker against whom
| lie IMPROVED inernal maolirc was direced, cs-
caI6d nhuIt The next day tue whole affair was
/ TAXED az 'as good ioke and IL ii supposed no
| hIy VIII convict man who morely meant to sSes-
81 ate q money lender, tie class being unpopular,
| especially II Hey venture 10 hold mortgage ~ a
material z, nra,tce for advances The accounts OF
! tie deadly f,Lds tciweon the Americans and the
heAicaIs or spaniards, a. they called are con.
med Thee appear 10 have been atrocities
both sides, tai tho indist Intimate shoOtDgs, and
roi YER discriminating h,ngiugs by tie Americans
during an excitement prove that organza.
iicT, civil military exists that b. called TO
ioprtss outrage; ard, az our correspondent says,
/ the Peep. always take the L,w INTO their
/ hart ~ thc occurrence OF these emcrgencies.'
i VIC fpl
bound titus g. conect one two features rather too
ffyorby touched IN the American portraits of Cali.
| ionian society. Az tie descrpti 81 Australia
Ike all tie descriptions 81 that country we have
| teen-deals as much with what II might lie and
! is not with what il il, we have nothing t.
| Object 10 ii. We hope every anticipation Of
| is ip'ure may he realized. The worse than
| absurd lind regulations, which iettcr every
lenitly movement, We have often denounced,
ara fully ADMIT they contrast most unfavors,,l;
with the lrttr system OF the United States. The
ruki 81 population a. Caior IN found an open field
10 which tie ltleral provisions a sted on in other
ports q the Union wee Immediately applied; when
the torrent Of British emigration poured into VIC
ioria tic people FOND to their diemay, the whole
land, though in it, primitive state Of wilderness al
feacy roskcsstdf ysome Goo men more truly lords of
tie laid han any class in Europe; and they viz
fuaIi! bed The governing power ~ vel as the soil
they made purchase and settlement IA dilicu az
possible, producing a state IL society which an
EnfibhuaD, who has not teen t. a;ill less an Amer
can cor hardly conceive. There Is 4 large demand
Tor land ard linitless supply thai would meet the
demand ten times over; yet the price IL exravagant
from the artiiCally created scarcity. the local go-
veTumert having teen permitted to extprt all il can
tie crest land obber between the s1uattes il has
elevated into powerful class and the general com.
mLDity.
ROMANCE or RIAL LrE-Thc Chicago Times
relates story, The incidents In which arc aid to be
real In a ANAL town In the interior Of Ohio lived
beautiful young woman, uhGse father dying wiIled
her the whole Of large fortune, which she was 10
inherit when iw,nty-oEe years OF age, on condition
that sic should remain single until that time She
otoy.d tie injunction for years, but her Young
affect ons became at er 9Th, and some three years
previous 10 the expiration Of the time named in
the will the prey of an artful man. Of snowy adj
dress who removed from another place and took NJ
bis residence in the village where the young hoiFcss
resided, for the purpose Of laying sege u her heart
He succeeded TOO we'll, aud under pretence that he