Show anc literature P ocar or Califor especially our sau san francisco ex canace for tho the pat fow few weeks havo bare been filled avith ath column after thodis tho dis t guati nj ceils 1 or uan a breach r ench of promise suit fijut detail lino in 0 been pit pic of that denominated in in newspaper parlance sensational enst ional the case no doubt derived much of its inter crA from the fact that the tha do dc michael las has long been becu known as one of the richest rich cat and is is reputed to bo be ono one of ef the mont moat miserly citizens of san F francisco ran cisco an enterprising widow with grown up chil arn cither fascinated fascinate a or caught in her toils the israelite croesus nad add sued him for a breach of marringa inar mar ringo contract laying her bar damages at the princely rom of ono one hundred thousand dollars the defendant undertook to prove the bad character aud and unchaste conduct of the th plaintiff us as a decenco to tho the action several witnesses were produced who testified to their own shame and dis dishonor bonor giving calor to the charge of tho the plaintiffs plaintiff t counsel that they were purchased and by tile tho n wealthy defendi int tho the ezial fated many days ns AS we havo sal said and he faal san francisco seemed to vie with each other in laying wore before the gibat public the dirt dirty y details its as they aber roll fell horn from the lips of the witnesses it is neither our province nor our desire to affect to sit in judgment upon our oa nines with anything sa nav oring of mock prud prod elry cry but we nc cannot but express our regret that uch ruch papers OB an the ava alto and limes should deem the public taste so vitiated as I 1 to tho the reproduction of such than bemb we know that R prurient public beati reent craves hankers after and demands tho the doport of just midi buch trials as the clark beeso me but bet wo we suspect that its publication tends little toward public morality t kiwo said gaid and claimed that a newspaper should h bo be the chronicler of the times and that dint it in bi a part of ita duty to publish old and ex cx ase the of all sorts of people bat hotnit lansi it not cot A higher mission than this la Is even aliv or rather tho the fact at all time ad in ali places to bo be spoken wo we suspect not which oue one of the proprietors or editors of ui thres enterprising and respectable pa purs pors fumed bained above would carry homo home and read it ht his bia fir fireside emide circle the published testimony is in the trial referred to or would co commend it to ilis his difo od draughter for perusal nod and digesting a there tire ar inde folks iks we very buelt wion fear that thai they hoy constitute A majority of newspaper border t who insist on having baying something pomo thing spicy as a they mildly denominate it they y are re nevar 0 o n well pleased as when tho the foibles or follies or of fences of their neighbor mt are held up to public view they mem to have a notion that it is 1 a I newspaper mans peculiar r province pro vinco to go about finding outs out no mutter matter how her tho escapades and of fences of other folks folk whether public or private and drag then them out to the prurient gue gaze of A greedy community those sort of folks folka arc am very apt to regarda gardn rc newspaper that does doea not do these ahinga and aad rehearse every neighborhood gossip as A very imn huril drum no account after onla the other day we received quite a lecture hom a correspondent we had cut and slashed his coric colw and dropped out several pir pieces S of what he regarded as ai spicy items but which to uis u refined to be un unmitigated i gossiping wandal scandal oven oten though the statements might all hd han boen been true title our correspondent gravely informed us that if wo continued this course our list in his neighborhood would bo be rapidly diminished we ra ye a better opinion of the taste of tho the reading public of that community but ye wo may as well ll 11 say here and now w that wo we prefer losing our subscribers subscribe rg to making the VEDETTE the vehicle of that sort of gossip ft AD whenever tho the public shall BIL an ivo IN 0 at that point tant a nn shaper roust must prostitute its columns to tho the pub publication licati on of nil all tile tho in which transpire drag out from klark reemer every avery act of private i immorality mm 0 bality it a and youthful indiscretion which village ril lago go gos rip mar discover or indulge in indiscriminate abac for appetites to gloat over we propose to retire from the abo business busine busi nesa sn find cud loa aae it to more con congenial c nial souls soula while wo we do not nine itne to condemn any of our neighbors neigh bora for pursuing ursu illg a different course we strongly strong iv incline to tho the opinion I 1 that h at it would bo vastly better for mankind if newspapers would hesitate moro than they do lu iu jand aring Bg to a 1 vicious public taste such papers as the bitite hi alla alia and sacramento ution 0 can r purely afford to do to eo while perhaps por haps we ive little fish out in in the wilde wildert lem cannot neighbors wont you aso set got hs is I 1 a bettor better example amplo ex |