The Placer herald., 1870-06-25
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent
SAN FRAxcrsCo, June 2

pOwucb Oh MOutgOmery street., tDe OrdlnMy
average Of country cousins from the bucolic
counties taken in and done for by the Barbary
Coast gentry, the weekly decomposed corpse
found floating in the by, and chokel innocent -
result of not wisely, but too wel-discovered in
an ash barrel, the cHstonsary record OF cracked
Celestial crowns by expatriated Erins, of still
alarms Of FIRE, and nightly garottings, are all just
~ much the history Of the past week M they have
been OF all weeks since this year commenced and
will be for all weeks. until that prophetic reve-
lation by the tiian woman i,out our sudden col.
lapse by earthquake shall he one OF the fulfilled
things. Stepping out of the beaten track Of these
ordinary topics. which every reader has read
over and over again, must refer once more to
that
RAILROAD SUBSIDY,
Which, by the by, has furnished more food for
the reporters and newspaper men in the shape OF
items than any murder or the past three months.
!. B. Haggin, Vice President OF the Southern
Pacific has addressed communication TO the
Board OF Supervisors saying that the company
does not desire to avail itself of fraud, and in
timating rather indefinitely. that ualess the city
forces the million dollars upon them they would
rather not take it. This assume virtue it you
have it mott style, is supposed to he very ehec
tive with the people and expected to convince
them that such dsinterestedDe-s could never EN-
anaie from "a corporation that had bribed impe-
cunous John Doe to alter the public verdict u,
rendered ut the ballot box. But the people al
belt mostly fools when voting have thoroughly
made up their minds hat STAFFORD Il Co. pere
behind the scenes in the attempted fraud. and are
moi quite such asses as TO he caught by the we
don't care Tor the mon"y" of the Railroad Kings
Besides. the railroadists have an eye to future
contingencies. is soon as popular Indignation
bas cooled down. they may ask for vote on the
proposition OF advancing five mil lion dollars
from the city treasury allowed by the entbling
Act. which permits the people TO donate five per
cent on the amount OF nominal cap tai and if
they do this spectators can wager heir iis coin
that the wire pulling will he managed better
than on thi. late occs sion and that no clumsy de
lection will be allowed 10 defeat She manipulated
affirmative m,j ,rily. Five thousand dollars re-
ward is offered ny the city for the discovery Of
the gentleman who so iacetiousy wrote the hun
dred odd "For" on the counted ballots; hut il is
not expected that he will confess or that any
confederate is likely To come forward renitently
and acknowledge his friends sins.
NEwsPAPORIAL.
Mrs. Respectabily of Clliiorn, strcet-b,p-
tismnl name, .dita California has been compeil-
ell to yield 10 the pressure Of the times and reduce
her price from fifty to twenty five cents a week
| believe she will soon start an evening edition.
to compete with the BmHetin, MS the latter jour
nal commenced today the issue of morning edi-
tion for city circulation; price reduced from three
TO two bits per week. The days OF dear ncwspa-
pers in San francisco have gone by. never 10 re-
turn until Pacific railroads ald telegraph wires
are superceded by the old style oil Panama steam
commune tion with the outside worl which re-
quires no 81. John to pre- iict viii never be- Peo
pie are often puzzled TO know bow ii is that the
Alta. with IA circulation never exceeding 200.
possibly. not reaching more than 500. is still
made the speci l medium Tor auctioneers adver-
tsements The fact il that Mrs alta has clavcr.
ly allowed the going. going, gones' to run
largely in her debt, and it any OF them talk OF
their adds u huge bill is instantly
made out. With r. quest Tor immediate p ymrnt.
which has the effect of bringing them TO reason
and inducing continuance OF patronage. The
Can and Cby0nicie have Wa'le tremendous in
roads lately with the subscription lists of their
! igger brethren. and the able Examiner has also
hur; the independent press. The newspaper
hight premises 10 be a warm one, but as there is
room Tor all. AMI one morp(if the right men could
be found Tor it) the only result will b. smaller
profits and better papers Tor thc people
THE CARRIE DIAMOND MURDER TRIAL
Newspaper readers are likely to see great
NANNY columns of matter headed as above for the
next three weeks. Two days have been spent in
trying to empanel jury, and still The "lwcve
COOL men and true" have OF been found Miss
Diamond kept millinery store on Kcarny street,
was young, good looking, wealthy, well known
and we'll liked. She managed her business with
skill and industry and it brou ght her in q large
income. In an evil moment she was ini oduced
to Francis n Ncuval a man OF neither prcpos-
sessing appearance nor much mental ability. Dy
q zane ipt, i,h
be explained, he soon exercised fascination over
her. aud |, ia alleged borrowed large sums
without giving even i'm acknowledgment. In the
course OF three or iOuT months Miss Diamond be-
came slightly indisposed, aud doctor was called
IN, who sad her only ailncnt was caused by busi-
ness anxiety and over attention to work. week
afterwards, while still confined TO her bed Il .uc
ceeron OF iainting fits came Oh. in one OF which
she expired. Neuval being the only person pres
ent at the time. A past motftm revealed that
death resulted from the administration Of chooro
form. and Nenval was arrested. Although the
evidence against him is very si ght popular feel
ing IL so much p rJuced that no one could be
found to 90 his bali. and he has been in IL! since
the inquest. The result will undoubtedly be one
OF Mqalltal. but the expressed opinion Of nine
teen out OF twenty is is"guiliy but no proof"
PATRIOTIC ADVERTISING.
General Cazneau, who was appointed Grand
Marshal for the approaching Fourth OF July cele-
braiion, has ssue' notice that the procession il
not intended this year TO be as btherto,a medium
for the display Of advertisements Cons quently
all those who proposed TO covert it into an occa.
sion for pufing their wares are much pnrturbed
in spirit. and the butchers, bakers and candle.
stick mahcrs' asa. Indignantly. what manner of
man is this who will not allow u to combine
patriotism with profit The vendors of meat are
especially vex"'l that no tit sheep or oxen will
be permitted to parade, and have called n meeting
to determine what they can do in the matter.
FORCED LOTTERY TICKETS
AS was TO be expected. forged lottery tickets
are as plentiful as the genuine ones, aud not to
be detected from the original. l saw one yester
day that was exceilenAy executed. and only dis
covered 10 I've an imitation by comparing it with
the tag ut the Office Of the association.
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
"a womans views on the Chinese question" is