Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-04-11
VOLCANO:
SATURDAY MORN. APRIL IL, 1851
To Patrons and Readers.

of the WEEKLY LEDGER, the Establishment
will be removed to jackson The motives
which induce this proceeding will not we
trust, be misunderstood by our friends in Vol
cano or elsewhere For very nearly eighteen
months we have lived comfortably and pleas
antly in this place We have lived with
peace and good will among neighbors and ac-
quantances, and have found none other than
kind and generous friends Our business,
Also has prospered proportonately with the
general prosperity Of the place. and we avail
ourselves gladly Of this opportunity to CRATE
fully acknowledge the support we have re-
ceiged from this people.
In removing to the county seat we are
following alike the dictates of interest and u
desire to make our paper as useful and inter
esting as possible to the people of the whole
county. This latter, especially in local
point of view, can be best accomplished at the
seat of justice, for various reasons, among
which might be named an opportunity of daily
conversations with citizens from all parts of
the county whereby al the local news, and
wants. and desires, and complaints, can be
readily collected We shall also be within
reach of all court and other official proceed
ings and transactions, and shall be able to
keep ourselves and our readers thoroughly
posted as to the exact condition Of county
affairs, sc. &c
The same reasons 90 to make it our pecu
mary interest to remove to the county seat
We have families to support, and however
much the regret with which we leave Volca-
no, it is our duty 10 seek that location which
promises the greatest pecuniury reward If,
with increased facilities, from location or 9th
erwise, we can make our paper more useful
and interesting, and extend personal aud
newspaporial acquaintance, it may be relied
upon that patronage will correspondingly in
crease and extend.
There is an error, popular with some, con-
corning the publication of country newspa-
pers, which should not pass uncorrected 1t
seems to be taken for granted that the paper
receives its main support from the town in
which it may be located, whereas the reverse
is the fact 1t is mauifestly advantageous to
have the paper located in a nourishing place,
(such, for instance, as Volcano, but anything
short of a city Of considerable size will fail
to secure the existence Of newspaper with
out strong outside support Ina word, coun-
try papers depend not upon single town for
their support but upon an entire county, with |
all the towns within its boundaries.
We trust, therefore, that our friends will
readily perceive that the change of location
is not induced from motives OF dissatisfaction
or distrust towards any particular town or
portion of the county. We have formed
an attachment, very naturally, for the neigh
borhood in which we have resided for a year
and half, and beg to remind our friends that
we shall continue, as heretofore to greet them
regularly every Saturday through the col
umns of the paper.
In Volcano, the paper will be delivered to
subscribers, and arrangements have been
made by which we will be regularly furnished
with reliable information concerning all her
local interests, and likewise supplied with all
items of local news worthy of note.
STAMP Tax BY paragraph in the Union
we learn that the San joaquin Republican.
(have not had copy of it for many mouths
comes out strongly in opposition to the "od-
Gus stamp tax" that is proposed Good; give
us retrenchment, instead of increased taxa
tion. The people are already taxed enough;
money sufficient to conduct the government
economically may be collected under the
present revenue law if collecting officers viii
only do their duty and discussing officers
will only give up stealing for few years
I'VE ASE under obligations to Mr. Barker,
the obliging driver of Coover's stage, for
Satrameuto papers in advaace Of the mail