The Trinity journal., 1856-09-20
Aoouital of Durkee and Rand,

and Rand, indicted for piracy, and ar
ragned before the U. S. District Court
The law and murder presses have not only
indulged in the most unseemly eXultation
over these proceedings, but by every taunt
and irritating expression they could devise,
endeavored to excite the members of the
Vigilance Committee into the commission of
some haSty act, which would involve in its
consequences collision between the Federal
authorities and its members. So far, these
attempts have been as futile as similar ones
proved to be in the earlier stages of the
present crisis, and We trust that the good
sense and moderation of the Executive Com
mttee will still be operative to prevent any
such disastrous cOnSummaton as the law
and murdcrlingS are striving to bring about
There is no present necessity for any steps
ON the part of tie Committee of Vigilance.
When that necessity does occur, its action
will be as prompt and triumphant as it ever
has been. 1t was to be expected that
efforts would be made ON the part of the
traitorouS faction, who seek to plunge us in-
to civil war to punish those prominent in
the reform movement by process of law
We have little fear that they will be sue
ccssiul We do not believe that Durkcc
and Rand can be convicted of piracy, and
any action in their behalf previous TO such
conviction would be pcrmaturc and unwiSc,
The advocates of shooting and stabbing
have no faith in the legal technicalitcS they
invoke to their aid They are we'll aware
that unless they can excite the Committee
to collision with the United States author
itics, they have no hope of accomplishing
their coveted revenge, In this effort they
are doomed to disappointment
The same feeling that instigates the per
lowed up in spirit of petty vengeance the
men engaged in the struggle Of ZIG. The
patriots of that day were stlgmatlzed as
traitors, and the claw and order men of
the present crisis find fit eXcmplarS in the
Tories Of that memorable epoch. The fu-
turc has for both the same reward in the
detcstaton of postcrity- 'tdc Vest.
NEWSPAPER BUSINESS or SAN Francisco
COMPARED WITH THAT Of OTHER CTlEa.--n
the city of San Francisco, with a population
of about fifty thousand people, there are
printed and published daily no less than
thirteen newspapers, as follows;
"AHa Cahjoyaia, HcraM, CAyomdc
GtoLc, SIM, 1own 1aH, BuHctia, Post,
Ecao du PoaGquc, Le Pnore, German Demo-
cr0t, German Jonrnal 0nd Ice del PaciGco
Besides these there are six weekly papers,
as follows Goldea Era, " Mc II~t PoGGc,
christian Adrocotc, Ermon'S Journoi and
H'cStcyn Mondard, Mormon papcr) --
making in all nineteen newspapers published
i'll San Francisco. The colorcd population
are about starting another, which will bring
the number up to gOOd round score.
We have thirteen daily papers in San
Francisco. If the newspaper wants of u
are to be graduated by its popu-
lation, and San Francisco is fair criterion
III this matter, the city Of New York, in the
same ratio which our population bears to
our daily newspapers ought to have no less
than one hundred and eighty We can only
now, however, call to mind the names Of
nineteen. There may be one or two more
but not enough to mckc any material differ
cnce. Taking New York as standard,
then, we would not have population enough
for two daily papers
In London, with population Of three
millions, there are about the same number
OF daily papers as there arc now being
published III the city Of New York.
Now, taking the number Of daily papers in
San Francisco again as u criterion, London
ought to have no less than seven hundred
and eighty and taking London as the
standard, our number would be reduced to
onc-third Of one paper Beside this, it
should be rccolcctcd that the New York
and London papers have much larger num-
Der OF supporters and readers outside Of
those cities themselves than we have
Now it is evident that, in the old settled
Of New York and London, the
proper ratio between the number Of daily
and the population would natu-
rally be more likely to be determined upon
and established than in u new city like San
Francisco, where everybody "pltches inp
willing to take the chances Of success or
failure in all sorts of business and it is cyi-
dent, from the figures We have given above
that the newspaper business in San Francis
co hos been terribly oyerdonc. It's true, we
are IL reading people but our superiority
in this respect is by no means sufficient to
balance the enormous difference in the
means for the qualification Of our newSpa-
portal tastes
And yet there seems to have always been
4 mania here for starting newspapers, and
we suppose that it will continue to affect
certain men in our community. BY hook |
Or by crook, they manage to get hold of
little type, and by promises and assurances
Of success, induce landlords, paper-dealers,
.eporters, compositors, pressmen, and the
public generally, to give them credit, and
hey thus go on, all their creditors living
lpon hope until they can stand it no longer,
md then they suddenly disappear, leaving
heir creditors to mourn over the credulity
If their natures. San Francisco could ably
nd well support two morning nanerS he