The Placer herald., 1856-05-24
THE PLACER HERALD.
AUBURN. MAY "a, 1856.
JAMES KING OF WIN.

Il no more. He expired on the the afternoon
OF the goth inst. The heart of the great public
has been kept quaking between hope and fear.
ever since the hour be was shot. by the different
reports from the wounded man.
At one time it seemed certain that with care he
would recover, then along the telegraph wires
came the news that he was worse-then better
then. that be WAS sinking hopeless
DEAD!
Mr. King WAS born in Georgetown, D. c.. in
January. 1922. and was consequently in the thir
ty-ffth year Of his age. He was married in lS43
and leaves behind him widow and six children
to mourn his loss.
lie came to this State for the improvement Of
bis health, and before the discovery of gold.
He was once considered rich, but misfortune came
upon him and while the less scrupulous concealed
their property from their creditors Mr.. King gave
up all and paid to the utmost farhing. leaving
himself and family pennylcss AS means OF
subsistence he started. by the assistance OF friends
ON the 9Th of October last, the Bulletin. His pa
per espouscd the cause of none of the political
parties but fearlessly denounced crime wherever
is showed its hideous head.
One Of his city contemporaries says of HIM
ut is not claimed that he made no mistakes.
for be WAS mortal But none can deny that he at
tackled great wrongs and mighty wrong doers
with an impetuosity unparalleled, and not untre-
quently with complete success However men
might differ with him. none could deny that no
holder hand ever welded pen. His determine
tiOn to strip OF at all hazards the CLOAK Wnlcn
concealed crime, may have led him in his on
.laughta at times. too far. But the great evils
which he attacked. the corruption which h eX
posed the terror he created among those whose
lives and deeds were evil hide all rling errors
of Judgment. He battled mlnfully. riskcd all
achieved much and fell Just when he had attained
q position and power capable of doing immense
good.
He has gone down suddenly in the midst Of life
in the full possession of its powers. in the strength
of manhood. while much Of valuable and useful
life seemed his. and mighty work waiting for
him to do. With no editorial experience he at
once took high and prominent position. With
no capital. his paper soon outStripped all compel
itors And could he have lived 10 continue the
work he had undertaken. he would undoubtedly
not only have retained the friends he had made,
but won back many. if not all of those who did
not entirely endorse his policy.
II is not necessary to tell our citizens how esi-
mable he was in his family relations: how with
him home was his palace. his family the circle of
bis happiness. Life outside was duty and labor.
but within il was his world where the domestic at-
fections reigned as gods. and ilumincd life as the
.tars But the home is desoate now; the silence
of death rests upon the voice which formed its
music: the prattlers tongue lisps the father !
name but receives no answer and the widowed
heart throbs for him in vain. Honor to his manly
virtues tear to his memory, sympathy and pro-
,ection to those whom be loved more dearly than
bis own life