The Placer herald., 1869-12-04
Communicated.
SUPREME COURT REPORTER.

Editor Herald The State Of California
pays salary to the Supreme Court Report
er Of $4,000 per aunum. His duties are to
report the decisions Of the Supreme Court
of this State. Three or four volumes Of
reports are issued every year. The Reporter
sells bis books a. $40 per volume and makes
great profit. besides the salary paid by the
State. the profits Of the Office are reputed to
be- about $4,000 per anaum. When Gov
ernor Stanford went into Office be appointed
G J Hlllyer, lawyer OF Placer county,
Reporter. After the election Of Governor
Low, and just before the expiration Of Stan.
ford's term, iliIlyer resigned and G. A. Tut.
tie was appointed Reporter, ,-cbsaling Low
out OF the power to give IL to one Of bis
friends. TuttIe held the office during Lows
Administering and few DAYS before Gov
ernor 1aight went into office Tutie resign
ed anJ J. E. Hale auother Placer county
lawyer was appointed, thus cheating the
Democrats out Of the Office. Hale, unless
leg gsla'ed out will bold it for two years lon
ger. Then the Office has rotated with
the three Placer county lawyers for The
last eight years, by low, miserable triekery.
1t is expected that the uext legislature
will l.gisate Hale out, which ough. to he
done. The Office ought to be aboished;-
there are plenty Of legal gentlemen in the
State, entirely competent, who would be
glad TO report the decisions OF the Supreme
Court for the profits to be made on the
books. The pee pie, without respect to par
ty, are Interested to have some Of The Iseches
on the public Treasury cboked off.
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DIED IN A BAD CAusE-A. d. Richardson
noted war correspondent Of The New York
Tribune, and long attached TO that Office,
died at New York at five o'clock Thursday
morning last, from the effects Of "a pistol
shot inflicted by a jealous husband. II,
seems that Paul Mcfarland, civil officer
under Grants administration, became in
censed at Richardson's having allenaied the
affections Of bis wife and attempted to shoe,
him. while be, (Richardson). was galan,ing
Mrs. Mcfarland on the street, about a year
ago. Soon afterwards Rich ardson published
card, stating that be intended to marry
Mrs. Mcfarland as soon as divorce could
be procured for her. On the evening OF the
25,h uIt., Mcfarland entered the Tribune
office and shot Richardson, the ball passing
through the abdomen and lodging near the
spine. Richardson fingered seven days and
died. When it became almost cerlai. that
death would be The result, the marriage cere.
mony was performed, joining Mrs. McFar-
land. (who 1t seems bad procured The
divorce), and Richardson in matri,nony.
BALANCE OF, TRADE The Bulletin and
Union have been figuring on the vast bsoe
fits of the China trade, and it comes out
thus: We have sent to China in 1869, 10
gold and silver $6 936 GIG, in produce
80 .44o 96l, making total of exports so,
377,577, while we have received from China
IN produce 81 2l3,Slo This shows that
the balance Of trade against US in produce
has been 81 672 S5S, which we had to meet
ty shipment Of coin. In addition to this
heavy shipmen! Of coin to meet this balance
of 'rade they have drawn from u.s. in coin,
s3.4909 900, for which we received nothing
but the mpoverishment Of our coast to tha,
figure. This SO, 100000 is the amount ex-
pended for China labor, snd dug ont of our
mines, every dollar of which would now be
in the country, bad the work been done by
Americans. This is a damaging showing
for the Chinese importation friends, aud we
only wonder at the ve'danry of their organs,
the Union and Bulletin for making The
crushing expose.