Show western summary ry I 1 I 1 in our ourt Western papers we wet notice not ice but few items ite ms of newal newil except except of a local int interest grest irest dec dee 31 a severo severe sevire storm visited quite a it portion of the northern par part t of during which houses house hoase roofs trees arees tents jents awnings ac were brawn down town and bome some mining blumes flumes washed away a wa ly or damaged byk hyk b the sudden rising of the s streams t is much rain and snow had falle fallen 11 in the ifie forepart of january Ja nury but at latest accounts accounts not dot enough to fully tupp supply lythe the requirements of the miners though sufficient to moisten the soil for til eplow the plow which were busy in us using i ad r 1 there chere aitha usual ti J nai nal lengthy le atly list af pf f re revo velling ilyn lilu crimes of almost every description and ana occurring I 1 in various parts par ts of the state the printing of which aside from being worse than useless would crowd 0 out ont ut matier matter matter that is much more interest interesting inel and valuable to our readers aders another feature in their society might awaken the tha reflective i lithey althey would but stop a little in their n after money and immoral pleasures e I 1 s u res a aliah 14 that is the frequency of the death penalty by lynch court and paid administered by its officers I 1 especially espe cully where they have tower towering dog rOg church steeples s such uch a numerous corp so ot priests ibid judges esaud and aud lawver lawyer au and und d so aluminous a mass of statute law and bacod tip up by tv the labyrinths mazes dainties taint tain ties ieSt lest injustice and nonsense of common law I 1 1 0 I for a of the position of 1 aters aders ottas in hi i ione one locality we publish tile the following editorial found jound ill in the sac Pu pimento lento union ot of bec bee ec 30 I 1 lwi IWI 1 tnie T trie 1 ia the unenviable un no notoriety ri itu JV 1 eba the vitis ol 01 san an francisco long since bines acquired wr as a town unequalled unequal led tor for the number of dels duels dueis addran affra dowsy rog row and pomonal of various kinds permetra per perpetrated petra ed within its fIrt itts td hag been enhanced by the disturbance b ot of the last few days daya of which full particulars have bave h a ve bee beet heretofore given la in the columns of this journal thes ther ers ess pers perA personal onal 1 encounters on public thoroughfares echi b Q an utter the lawsy laws a recklessness ness of or humin human I 1 ile e tn n t public opinion and a spirit of ce and revenge unparalleled by similar occurrences elsbre els eis Fre e there is a radical I 1 detect defect somewhere either our abes statutes apes are so inoperative or our legal authorities s W lax lar or corrupt r that the violator yio ylo lator of the tha laws stands in no dr d of f punto ment or ewe the passions of me nien cleo are g r ls ve here than in the lands from f rom whence w h ence v came c certain it is that crime and its attendant ills am afe by no mean means s on the decrease in the metropolis of M de rs forgeries dueks duels robberies robbe hiet riet theft s abl ahl 11 its Ats per sonai adulteries adul teries and a nd s were never neve r more rife rite than thin now the laif law sometimes reaches reache the perpetrators but the guilty or tealer escapes through its meshes in a community abl the law maker Is so frequently the law break breau breaker it I 1 lancet t to impossible ia for justice to bo be visited upon the oneader et when wiled tice vice vice and corruption are countenanced and indulged in by those who sit elt in judgment on the evil doings omen ot men it is folly to suppose that society will bo be improved io go iong long as they are ares by fy their example if it not in precept undermining its stability and purify we do not want established laws subverted but such result will assur assuredly oaly eAly in time be brought about it if the officers and ministers of the laws lawa continue to be either unprincipled incompetent derelict in duty or unduly exercised by extraneous influences 2 |