Show i y 1 I S liau or sews nets NOTES FROH FRO from 1 A POLICEMAN i A am it E R II 11 I 1 I 1 A chiefs you note and faith hell heli prent them 2 in my last I 1 adverted to certain characters mho who labor under a peculiar disease of the brain known as cacoethes caco ethea seri sri bri bendi bendl an itch for writing and I 1 hope that the little ointment I 1 applied gently will he heal al afew unsightly blot ches though it is like hoping a against hope hopey when people are so shortsighted in public communications to the eastern papers by A ABC B C and others to conceive that slang term terms and low phrases understood only in certain localities are strokes of wit and shafts of satire 0 temporal tempora 0 mores grovelling Gro velling squibb squibs suit the aspirations of such minds better than sound reasoning dand gand and deep thought and if a few loafers in dandy attire and cigars a r s pok ing from livid lips applaud the cobweb cob eb satire and shout cb bravo curavo ravo the horn of vanity ia is exalted while thinking 1 minds exclaim these cheso little things are great to little men but I 1 dismiss the subject at present mending Z some person act to teach vain wits a science little known to admire superior sense and doubt their own every marh mari of upright and honorable feeling will in his gereral conduct obey the laws of the place in which he resides and it they seem beem biem siem opposed to his interests will seek to eradicate the supposed evils by y the legitimate means which our constitution provides for reform the patriot and nd philanthropist will be distinguished by their straightforward 1 course in publicly exposing so far as wisdom warrants the secret breakers of the law as well as means employed to screen the culprits from the eye of the administrators of 0 justice many abuses may exist and be all but known by the public officers yet such evidence cannot be obtained as to get indictments against the offenders because men will wink at the deprad iti ity of their friends or acquaintances and not render that service which their country requires and arid yet such men will prate of loyalty constitution laws honor respect rights of men ac it is well known that ehe the laws of this territory are opposed to gambling of any kind arid and that that vice is repugnant to the feelings fe eings of the people generally but that it is indulged in pretty f reely freely i in this city is not questioned for a moment in my nocturnal watches I 1 can sed see the midnight taper shed its faithful light night after night in several places splendidly furnished 2 where fortunes are lost and fortunes won by the rolling of a ball the cast of a adie adle flie die tile or the toss of a card regular professors of the games are united to infatuated and unsuspecting into the vortex of ruin rany many individuals are cognizant of 0 the facts existing but are pleased to see the just laws of this territory defied and are gratified to know that their friends elude detection not only do we suspect the existence of those dens but we overhear their feats add arid fortunes boasted of by those who desire to be thought gentlemen gambling ia is a vice alike repulsive to every feeling of propriety and sense of justice it absorbs the sensibilities and etier enervates vates the faculties designed by our creator for higher and nobler purposes disappointment loss despondency and often premature death are the concomitants of such vices and thus endanger the morals and ties of society wisely then has our legislature meant to meet the direful consequences by eb acting enacting laws to prohibit the influence from sapping the interests of society and it becomes the duty of every man to strike at such immorality bearing the delusive appearance of respectability As lavater has said it is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on t to 0 game but it is impossible that a professed gamester ga should be a wise and good man again houses are licensed for the accommodation Ino mo dation of the public of which the law says they shall be closed at a certain hour and 0 oh n the sabbath but frosted panes of glass are not sufficient in themselves to prevent the sounds of votaries vot aries of bacchus from saluting the public ear sabbath and law are alike disregarded and from those places issue at untimely hours those characters who are frequently the cause of so much trouble to the police and have us poor fellows parade the streets in cold and storm while barred doors and outposts prevent as yet the disclosure these are encouraged by parties who would deem themselves a insulted if called lawbreakers law breakers and opposed to the constitution of our ria nation tion this spirit manifested itself in the secretion of peale the murderer of the late rucker enabling him under the mantle of midnight to escape the sword of justice here and probably like the beast that once tastes human blood can never be satiated he may destroy some worthy member of society in another place those who disregard local laws disrespect national laws those who despise the rights of individuals will infringe upon the rights of the community and of the nation will those misdemeanors be publicly exposed and our laws be vindicated by those correspondents who set thet themselves selves up to be public censors we shall see FATAL ACCIDENT we are informed by br evan al greene of grantsville Grant Grants iville ville tooele thoele co that on tuesday nov 9 emery alexander bon eon of emery and huldah A barrus was crushed to death by toe the falling of a projecting in I 1 bank of gravel in their plays playa the children had bad dug a large hole bole into the bank in which the little fellow was playing a at cheti the time me of odthe the accident the children h ilda e with h him im who fortunately were beyond the reach of the caving mass upon seeing it begin to fall called to him bim to come out but too late it being quite a distance from any house some time elapsed ere assistance could be rendered finally capt jefferson hunt being informed of what had occurred by the affrighted companions of the lad ad hastened to the spot and after throwing off from two to three feet of gravel found him but life was extinct his age was 10 years 7 months and 11 days too much caution cannot be exercised by parents in watching their children and in keep ing them from plazes plaes of danger and inaudi injudicious clous cious exposure COM SUDDEN DEATH BY ACCIDENT on saturday last gilbert hunt son of the hon jefferson hunt left this city with passengers to california by the southern route he had not driven far out of the city when by some accident he fell fram the wagon arld and his head struck the ground bending his neck shortly and severely towards his bis breast he was raised from the ground and drove on to cottonwood ton wood where his big family resides but was unable to proceed any further he suffered much pain from the fall th greatest care and attention were shown him by liy his friends but in the course of 0 a few hours he be expired he is reported as being a young man well respected spec ted CITIZEN |