Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-12
Pickett ON the Press.

Pickett, the Ishmaelite, has long been
figuring in the public eye in this State, as
man who thinks differently and writes diff
ferently from almost any other living man
in the world He has been in fact "a char
acter," and his right to be entitled "an orig
inar none has been found to dispute Last
4th of July, he delivered an Grafton in Sac
ramento, in which, if we recollect Alright, he
avowed the sentiment that republicanism
mot in the partizan sense of the word) was a
humbug, and that monarchy was the only
form of government fit to exist. Mankind,
according to his notion, were not fit for lib
erty, being utterly incapable of rightly gov
erning themselves. Among his many vaga-
ries, he has certainly uttered, however, some
startling as well as forcible truths. We shall
not undertake to say whether the following,
from his pen, published in the San Francisco
Times, of Friday last, rightly represents the
San Francisco press or not. At any rate it
is Picketts last"
Editor Times The Evening Telegram
and its next friend, lament mournfully that
| the character Of the San Francisco press
has departed Now, was not aware before
that the press of this city ever had any char
aeter, except very bad enc; and that, GER
tainly, as a whole, has not changed The
Telegram is much mistaken, however, in
supposing it has grown any worse of late,
since this was impossible. AS the editor of
this little sheet is young, and evidently a
stranger to the newspaper biographies of our
section and the taste of readers, permit me to
say, his structures on them, especially the
Bulletin, are altogether gratuitous and mis-.
taken. Why, the sweet tempered, crcum
spect critic seems not aware of the fact that
the Bulletin has grown so mild in manner and
chaste in language latterly-has departed so
widely from the spirit infused into it by its
founders and which alone gave it such inn
mense popularity, that its dear friend and
co laborer, the Alta, expresses vast uneasi-
ness lest it soon suspend for want of patron
age. But no fears of this, for its keensight-
ed, appreciating editors, hailing from the
purlieus of ST. Giles, London, Five Points,
New FORK, and other equally as moral and
fashionable localities in Washington City and
New Orleans, and knowing SO well what
suits the refined, filstidious, mental appetites
of our community, have and will, ever and
anon, dish up the most popular and palatea-
bic food AS you and the public are aware,
my exchequer has long been exhausted, and
| much puzzled to know how to replenish it,
To do 50, however, through means of the pen
rather than pick, has been my preference
In vain, though, have | waited the opportu-
nifty to hang out my feeble light amid the |
shining illuminate of the land; have thought |
several times of purchasing an interest in |
the Sunday Varieties, which from its start
I've looked on and often proclaimed to be |
the most legitimate paper in California. But,
although this is an extremely popular and
moneymaking concern. have been deferred
taking stock in it on finding all the other
newspapers in town, at certain stated inter
vals, invading the peculiar province of the
Varieties, and sometimes going so far beyond
as to put its modest editor to the blush when
reading their choice morceaus. The past
summer, spoke to certain parties about aid. |
ing me to get up Cyprian Din ectory of the |
city, with short biog Apply of each fair
syren. But here the enterprising spirit of
the Bulletin threw cold water on the scheme |
For we recollected the columns of this paper
had, on several occasions, furnished pretty |
extensive list Of the various brothels in town, |
where located, number of inmates, etc and |
knowing the greater facilities, better ac.
quaintance, and fonder aptitude of the Bulle-
tin conductors for such kind of business, we |
concluded the speculation would be losing
one should, as we had every reason to ex-
pect, our labor in such work be anticipated.
hope the Telegram will, in future criti-
cisms upon style, suggest to the Herald that
when again it wishes to publish specimens of
California "classic literature" not to copy
inferior matter from the Bulletin Alta and |
National, but turn back through any of its |
old volumes and find plenty of the same sort,
only little more so. PICKETT.