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The Trinity journal., 1856-03-01
THE INDIAN WAR.

n LADY's LETTER FROM THE SCENE OF
HosTILTIEs-DEAR * x Yours of the
3Oth ultimo came to hand some davs since
x | only regret | am not with
you. 4 The past ten days have been one gen
era excitement, and yesterday we were at
tackled in good earnest. | made out to get
to the Fort with the babe, though the bull
lets were flying all around us. l came near
being shot by an accidental discharge in the
Fort. | am now on board the Decdtur.-
The poor little babe is unwel, and am al
most crazy with excitement. We are SO
crowded together, it is almost impossible to
get any rest | expect everything will be
destroyed. There has been but two of our
men killed yet-young Holbcrt and Robert
Wilson. The Captain says there are about
450 Indians | heard their war-whoop as
| was making my escape, and surely it was
mournful sound. They have burned Wilt
morc's and Bells houses Collins house is
reported burned; the buildings this side Of
Collins are all burned; / saw the fires. |
am afraid every thing we have will be burn
ed; but | should not regret that much if we
escape with our lives. * < * and s = Is
navy I'uU tilNll EOONo VII bUttIN lAt iJitNttS
for San Francisco. The town is not on fire
yet. The Indians have ceased firing for the
present. The steamer Actrc has just ar
rived; but | expect she will go to Stella
COON tomorrow, as that place was to be at
tackled at the same time with this. The
people are talking ofgettng away from here
as soon as possible. y # = ! must
close for the present, as | am unfit to write
Hoping all things for the best, and that
when this reaches You, we shall be ont Of
danger remain, &c.
January 28--At homc.--I open this to
say that the Indians have left to return in
five days. They have not gone far. The
Captain OF the Decaiar will not let his men
stay ashore to help guard the town A
thinks we had better pack every thing and
leave by the first vessel Almost every
family is preparing to leave. In haste, as
the -4ct1re is ready to lcaye-AHa
The above letter refers to the attack upon
the town of Seattle, Washington Territory,
in January last, and gives a vivid picture Of
the condition Of the settlers in that section
Seattle is situated upon Puget Sound, and
was, previous to the war, one of the most
fourishing towns on the shores Of that mag
nilcent harbor.
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$4,000 M.SJJA@,D5l
Competition tho gllc Of TraGe.

w + take this method Of Informing orr friends
and the public that we are now oparcd to
deliver the Grst quality of House Ljniuga scWod
at - cts. ptryard. Parlio. purchasing domestic,
at our c.tab -hment, can have the same .cwed
G#II|N. Mir. LOR1 EA, the most exp ricLc
operator in California is at all times ready to de-
liver three hundred yards sowing at one hours
notice. We intend to DO what we reprosent-
To parties who have sewing TO be done, we would
say, call at our establishment, and have il acNcd
as above
n. Grain Bags, Flour Bags and Hose win
De old at the cost Of material, with no charge for
sewing y. NJ. EDER d Go.
Weaver Feb lG. 1856. Ar
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The Bulletin.
A PARODY BY COUNT D.

The Bulletin came down like wolf to the fold
On the lawyers and gamblers and traders in gold
And the gleam OF Its columns made all the houhus
bark,
As it Cooked up banker or fenced in a Pdrk
Like leaves of the forest when summer is green,
The bankers, express carts and fast men were seen
Like branches of Woods when the autumn hath
blown,
The gold dust, and bankers, and fast men had
flown.
The wall of the people was heard on the blast,
And checks were presented SO thick and so fast
That bankers. receivers and lawyers combined
To keep 'twxt themselves all the cash they could
find.
And there lay Alf Cohen roll'd up in the coal.
And Dave Scanncl dragging him forth from his
hole; ;
And his face with the coal dust was black as his
heart,
SO they locked him in limbo for fear he'd depart.
And doctors, forgetting their potions and pills.
Prescribed by the pen for the dear peoples ills
And Gibbons decline and the fall mot of Rome.
Butt of Cohen was published, and why he went
home.
And Palmer, Cook Brodericl and Cohen did wall.
And Cora, Van Read and McDufilc grew pale;
And Doyle, Jones and others, whose names won't
rhyme in,
Were destroyed by the CORY and fierce Bul-letin.
--Bulletin, 23d.
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I9lsOlVe.lt Notice.

! y the matter Of Al. Thompson. Iusolycnt Delft
4 or-lu the District Court, 18TH Judicial Dist
IN aud for Trinity County, California.
ltappearing from reading the affidavit and .ched-
ulc, and the petition Vi said A. j. Thompson
upon application 10 cede his property a4d asse Is
to his creditors, aud he discharged from his debts
mat sad petitioner application is in accordance
"ilh Inc statute IN such case made and provided
1t IS hereby ordered that the creditor Of the afore
aa,d a. j. thompson, petitioner, be and appear
before me at Chambers. ia Weaypryillc in the Co..
Of trinity State OF ofCaliornia, on the = Stsi Cgav
O9 March, 1856, then and there 80 show
cause, II any they have, why an Assignment Of
the estate OF the said A. j. Thompson. petitioner,
should not be made and be br dsehargod from
hls debts. And the Clerk OF tLls Court is hereby
ordered to give notice 0f this order to the said
creditors Of the said petitioner, BY publishing the
same IN newspaper published in said County. for
thirty days, and il is hereby further ordered that
all proceedings for the recovery OF debts AGAINST
said petitioner be stayed
Given under my hand this 10th day Of Feb. 4.
d. 1896. j. 5. PIIZER, Judge 10Th Jud Dist.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, /, II. J. Seaman
County Of Trinity, s. $. { Clerk Of the Dist
Court, aforesaid, hereby certify the foregoing to
be a true copy Of the order made and now on file
in my office, in the above entitled cause
Witness my hand and seal OF said Dist.
L. 6. Court hereto affixed Done at Office in
Weaverville, Feb. 10, 1856
Il J. SEAMAN, Clerk,
Fen ~ ls5o, Az.
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EherifH3s GnIe.

DI virtue of a decree of foreclosure aud order
- Of SALE issued ont Of the Hon. District Court,
Of the 18th Judicial District, in and for Trinity
Co. and Judgment rendered therein, on the 2Sth
day of Feb. 4. d. 1856, in favor Of +. W. Blake,
and against Jerome Beardsicy,fo, the sum OF eight
hundred and ninety-liyc and l0-l00 i695 I0) dol
lars, principal, interest, and costs of suit TO date,
together with the accruing costs for the forecos-
ure OF certain Mortgage, executed by said Jcr-
ONE Bcardsey, and in favor Of +. ". Blake, /
will expose to public sale at the Court House
door, in the town Of Weayeryilc, TO the highest
and best bidder, for cash, on SATURDAY. $ .
March l5th, 1886, between the hours Of 10
O'Clock A. NJ. ana 1 O'Clock, p N. to satisfy the
above judgment, the following described prop T.
ty, TO wit The Ranch ON Browns creek, known
a- the Bugbee Ranch, situated about miles east
OF NcaFcryille, in said county bounded as fol-
lows: Commencing at a small oak tree On the
bank Of said creek, running thence casterly 40
rods. to a small oak tree on the southern side Of
the hill, thence northcrly l20 rods to an oak tree
on the side Of the hill, thence north Of west so
rods to large oak tree on The west Side Of said
creek, thence down said cree, to The place Of be-
ginning, together with all aud Singular the tauc-
mcnts, herdtameut- and appurtnnaucns in any
wise thereunto belonging This 18th day OF Feb
4. d. 1856. l.. NEBLETT. Sheriff
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RELATIVE SpEED.--Thc velocity of ship
Is IRON TO 10 miles an hour; of race
horse from 20 to 30 miles; of a bird from
so TO 60 miles; of the clouds, in a violent
hurricane, 50 to 100 miles; of sound 823
miles; of cannon ball, as found by expert
ment from 800 to 1000 miles; of the
earth round the sun 68, 900 miles; of light
about SOC, 600, 900 miles, passing from the
sun to the earth 95, 900 900, in about eight
minutes, or about a million times swifter
than @ cannon ball
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DISTRICT JUDGES.
Trinity Co. Official DIRECTORY.

Trinity Go. Official OiriCtOry.
County Judge. T. Miller
ouutN Cllk. ........,.. H. j. y 'Nman
District Attorney. ............HJ }. Howe.
Sa'r'Il ..t.,,. ,,.....,...,. Edward Ncblctt.
I oroner ...... .............. A. shepard.
Treasurer ...................t +. Lynn.
Assessor, ,........ .,...,... u. W, Iotter
Surveyor ....................H H. l., Wheeler
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
District No l............ ......A Munroe.
2.,.-,,........... ", Rnch.
.............,..... s, Bailey,
The Board of Supervisors meet the LIST Monday
in Fobuory May, August and November.
DISTRICT COURT-l5rn DISTRICT
Composed Of the Counties Of Trinity and Hum
boldt
IrMs-Ia the County Of Trinity, on the Sd
Monday in February, May, August aud Novcln-
ber-i in the County Of humboldt, the first Mou-
day in January April July and October.
COUNTY COURT
TrrWs-At Monday in JnnuotJ, March, May,
July, September, and November.
COURT or SESSIONS
TERMS let Monday in Fehumy April, Jane.
August, Octohct and Dee 'r'tar.
PROBATE COURT.
TEGNs-lth Monday of coth nou,A.
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TIE LATE EARTHQUAKE-Thc following is a
specimen from the Gossip column" of the Golden
IRA.
Some people were disposed to consider it no
great shakes : but it brought some shocking dis
closures to daylight. The alarm was general and
the bell eff that the whole town was coming down
about their cars, brought great many people out
OF their beds at an earlier hour than they be
fore dreamed of,and what was worse, they appear
ed in very limited wardrobes for such cool morn
ing. stranger just arriving would have sup
posed we had adopted the South Sea Islands fash
ion, where they give such practical illustration
of their belief in the sense of the quotaton,-
beauty unadornod,' &c.
We saw fat man making Easty toilet as he
ran, but owing to a mistake in pants he found
great difficulty in thrustng his fat legs into pair
ofshanghais intended for set Of spindle shanks.
He got one leg partly in, but gave it up on the
other
Another was all right on cravat and vest, but
the combinations were wanting.
One nice young man took what he supposed to
be his own clothes, and rushed to the Plaza, but
on attempting to don them under the lee of the
iron fence, discovered that he had his arms full of
feminine toggcry Appearances were decidedly
against him.
We don't know whether all creation was tight
the evening previous or not, but are inclined
to think So We don't know any other way of ac-
counting for the mistakes in rooms Certain it is,
that nice young men emerged from different To-
calitcs from those they were supposed to inhabit.
Now, there was our friend, Fitz Augustus Brown,
nice young mana Uey nice young man-who
always looks as if butter would't melt in his
mouth attends church regularly, &c. Ifyou call
, to see Brown at the -- House, the order is,
show Mr., the gentleman, to Mr.. Browns room,
No. 4OO' Now, the morning of the earthquake,
just at the moment the door of room No. 400 was
thrown open, and out rushed very pretty wo-
man, en- disha6iHe, and badly frightened. We
can't think there was anything wrong in it., GER
tainly not. Brown had probably moved to an
other room.
Married men, who had gone out to attend i0aqe
meeting, were seen descending from attics six
stairs at time, clothes in their hands. They had
undoubtedly been up on the roof to enjoy the
fresh morning air, and see the sun rise.
According to Spanish prophecies, the shock the
other day wasn't circumstance to what is com
ing. The old Californians believe that this city
is doomed to go down in heap, and be swallow
ed up in the bay, q la Callao. Many of them con
slider this as the preparatory shake, intimating
what is coming.
All we have to say is, that if
the earthquake will only come our fills and che
vcr day, we will start fair, and bet hat that we
can outshake it it,
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SHAKsPEARIAN ILLUSTRATIONS APPLIED TO CALL
W. NJ. GwN.-IIs promises were, as he then
was, mighty. But his performance, as he now is,
nothing.-Henry PIH
JoHN b. WELLER-So farewell to the little good
you bear me,
Farewell, long farewell to all my greatness
Hemy PHL
d. c. BEoDERCK-Away with scrupulous wit ;
now arms must rule,
And fearless minds climb soonest into crown
Henry W.
j. A. McDoUGAL.-Now, in the name of all the
gods at once
Upon what meat dost this our Caesar feed,
That he is grown so great?-Juliu8 Cesar.
JOHN BIGLER.-O, that this too solid flesh would
melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew Ha,ald
J. NnELF JoHNsoN.-My deeds, and speeches,
sir,
Are lines drawn from one centre.
What promise to do, I'll do.-king John.
II. S. FooTE.--Whcn the butt out, we will drink
water;
Not drop before. Give me cup of sack-Hen-
ryIV
II. A. CRABB-Be just and fear not,
Let all the ends thou aims at be thy country $
Henry "
E.A. MARsHALL.-A married man,
Within the limit of becoming merit,
never spent an hours talk wthal-( Lore's La
Dor LOSt)
WILSON FLNT-I have reached the highest
point of all my greatness,
And from the full meridian of my glory,
haste now to my setting shall fall
Like the bright exhalatOn in the evening,
And no man see me more:-Henry VHL
PALMER, Cook & Co.-Let me tell you, Cassius
you yourself,
Are much condemned, to have an itching palm,
To SELL and mart your offices for gold
To undeservers.-JutiuS Caesar.
NED MCGowAN.-Hell is empty,
Aud all the devils are here Tempest.
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Mountain Market.
On Court St. at the head of Main

Ou NOIiTC cC dC UIS mead OF Main j
,-----. This Market is constantly sup =
zysS piled with every thing in this SsSA
e&AssNw.ltne of business. such as BEEF. sT -
PORK CORNED BEEF, PICKLED PORK. .SAC-
SAGE, SMOKED AM. FRESH, TRlPE, HEAD
CHEESE, BLOOD PUDDlNGS. LIVERWORST.
&c. Corned beef and picked Pork, always ON
hand and for sale in KEGS, and in quantity or
quality our assortment Of
b AEON A n u II A NJ s.
cannot be surpassed. They are cured by us for
this market, and are warranted to be sweet and
good. Those wishing anything in our line viii do
we'll to give us a call before purchasing elsewhere.
We have always on hand good A.NER{CA.N'
BEEF C1TILE, which we oder for sale at the
market price, fer CASH only
LOOMS, HUSCROFT x Co.
Weaver, Feb. Is, 1856. 4-tG
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County Warrantg.

TREtsUREE's OFFICE
Trinity County, March 1, 1895.
7 5NIE following Warrants viii be redeemed All
/ the Office Of the County Treasurer. on Tuesday
next March 4th, Nos. Ill, lGl o., 1l3, lI2.
G. f. LYNN, Treasurer
Weaver March /, 1856. Civ.
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BASE DEsERuoN.-Joseph w keyes,
resident of this city, left here on the 10Th
inst, saying to his wife that he was going
out to Granite City, on business. He did
not return, but in Il few days after, she re
ceived a letter from him, dated at Marys-
vile, apologizing for his absence, and inform
ing her that he would remain there for a
day or two, and then proceed to Shasta on
important business. Nothing fnrthcr of his
whereabouts was heard, till the publication
of the following notice in the Marysyille
Express of last Monday:
We are informed that on the 18th inst,
a man named Joseph w, Kcyes, late Sac
ramento, fell down dead, on the road be-
tween this city and Shasta He was in com
pany with MIR. James j. Whiting, and com
planned few moments before he fell of hay
ing a pain in his side lie seemed to be in
trouble, and often spoke of his wife in Sac
ramento. His death is supposed to have
been caused by disease Of the heart. De
ceased leaves q wife and other friends to
mourn his loss'
The Eapress has been imposed upon
| Kcyes is not dead, but lycth. If the Et-
press doubts let it ask the Coroner, who
ought to know something Of the matter
The fact would seem to be, that keyes set
the story anoat himself, or through friends,
for the sole purpose Of dcceiying his wife,
whom he has basely deserted He was seen,
by persons who cannot have been mistaken
in his identity, in Marysyille, on the 10th,
and San Francisco on the 10Th of this
month.
In June last, this Keycs married a girl
not yet fifteen years of age, and whose pa
rents reside here. Through her friends, he
became possessed of some real estate in this
city, which he sold on the llth inst, and
prevailed on his young wife to join him in
the deed lie received for this sale $1,000.
pockcted the money, and left next day, as
he said for Granite City, taking the money
with him. He has deserted his wife, left her
destitute, and got up this false story Of his
death to elude detection. "Whip the ras-
cal naked through the world d"--State Jour
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EnsOlvclAt Noticc.

TN the matter Of John II. Bobinson.-Tu the Dis
trict Court Of the 10Th Judicial District Court
Trinity Co.
1t appearing from reading the Affidavit and
schedule and the petition of the said j. H. Robin
son, upon application to cede his property and as
sets to his creditors, and be discharged from his
debts, that said petitioner application is in ac-
cordanco with the statute in such cases made and
provided. 1t is ordered that the creditors Of the
aforesaid John II. Robinson petitioner, be and ap-
pear before me, at Chambers, in Wcaverville at
the County Of Trinity, state Of California, Oh the
Lst day OF April, A. ID. 1896, then and
there to show cause, ii any they have, why an as
sgnmcnt Of the estate Of the said John il. Rob
inson, petitioner, should not be made and he be
discharged from his debts, and the Clerk Of this
Court is hereby ordered to give notice Of this or
der to the said creditors Of the said petitioner by
publishing the same in q newspaper published in
said County, for thirty days, and it is hcroby fur
ther ordered that all proceedings for the recovery
of debts against said petitioner be stayed.
Given under my hand this 18Th day Of Feb. a.
d. 1856, j. 3 IIlZER,
Dist Judge, 18th Judicial Dist.
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INsURANcE-We e understand that the Life
Insurance Companies have inserted new
provision in their policies. Persons leaving
for San Francisco, or those residing in that
city, vitiate their policies by walking over
the streets and whares at night Wy. Pa.
IEoN.-It is said that Pennsylvania now
produces as much iron as was manufactured
in all Great Britain thirty years ago.
Rsg~ The debt of Sacramento County is
reported to be $442, 934 Is.
r&9~ Crt|cas proposes the passage of an
act for the suppression of hand organs
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3TATE OF CALIFORNIA,

STAIE OF CALIFOKNIA,
COuNTY or TRINITY, !, II. j. Sea
man. Clerk Of the District Court, in and for the
County and State aforesaid, hereby certify the fore
going true copy Of the order in the matter Of
j Ohm II. Robinson, now on record in my Office.
Witness my hand aud seal Of said Dist.
L. S. Court hereto affixed, Feb. 26, 1906.
If. SEAMAN, Clerk.
March |. 1856. G-1W.
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3 e a g x s M Z r LIxV q .
SOlysti0IE

' VIE opartnership heretofore existing between
< |outecou ~ Rnggod, expired by Limitation.
on the first day Of feb. 1896 f. Bouiecou viii
settle the accounts Of the firm Of Eoutccou d Ring
gold. t. BOATECOU.
J. b. BIAGGOLD.
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PRETTY GooD-One Of the most amusing
incidents we have heard in connection with
the late earthquake at San Francisco, is re-
lated to us by friend from that city. A
married lady, wife of one Of the most cncr-
getc and deserving business men there, sud
denly aroused from deep sleep by the
shock, exclaimed: Joseph! Joseph! what
is that my dear" To which abrupt inter
rogatory the ahectionate husband replied
Nothing but an earthquake, my love" The
half awakened member Of the gentler sex,
with charming simplicity Instantly asked:
Is 1t near here, Joseph"-PlaorcsAc inner
1cdH.
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FOR THE STAR
THE CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS.
BY YIAJANTE

Just twelve months ago was travelling in
that most delightful and most beautiful po-
siti0n of California which lies amid the Coast
Ranges" in the vicinity of the Old Mission
town ofSan Louis Obispo. The winter was un
usually mild; the rain had not yet begun to
fall, and we were favored with genuine In
dian summer, for Autumn, with its by 40
nears sombre hues, still reigned in Winter
stead, with his cold and ghostly vestments
During the winter months we had frequent oc-
casion to visit and explore some of the most
hidden and numerous recesses Of those inter-
estiDg mountains between the bay of Monterey
and the plain of Los Angeles, now defling
through some yawning chasm or climbing ''the
trackless mountain, ""where mortal foot hath
ne'er or rarely been;" and now winding gently
over the grassy plains, through the dark live
oak groves or along the shores of the Pacific
ocean. Among the mountains, at from two to
three thousand feet above the level of the sea,
spring does not commence so early as between
the foot Of the mountains and the coast. In
few hours have frequently ridden from bar
rem and desolate to green grassy slopes; from
fall, skipping severe winter, to fecund SPRING
in word, from silence and solitude, to strife
and animation N The ocean, from the tops of
high mountains, with its numerous islands re-
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sSwamp and Overlooked Lands.n

DUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE
Il Instructions Of the Secretary OF the Interior,
pubic notice is hereby given that, I'm order to
bring to close the business under the act Of Con
gress approved September o. 1850, entitled, can
act to enable the State Of Arkansas, and other
States, To reclaim the swamp lands within their
limits" )" and at the same time afford 10 parties
who claim that portions of the lands selected un-
der said law are dry and t for cultivation, an op
portunity to introduce evidence, all lands so Sc
lected, to the approval whereof no objection be
made within six months from the date hereof,
will be certided and patented to the States.
Such objections as are contemplated by the
above must be made under oath, and nled with
the register and receiver Of the proper land ofice
for Transmission to the General Land Once. The
necessary forms for afadavits are in the hands Of
said officers.
The following classes Of land are exempt from
objection, to-wit:
LIST. Lands entered with cash, or located with
military bounty land warrants or scrip, after the
passage Of the act Of 2Sth September, 1850, and
prior to the passage Of the act Of I'd March, 1855
or the relief Of purchasers and locators Of swamp
and overhowed lands" .....
I'd Lands already patented to the State under
the swamp law.
In all cases where objection is raised, testimony
must be taken before the register and receiver Of
the land Office, at such time after the expiration
OF said six months, as they may appoint. with the
consent OF the Commissioner OF the eneral Land
Once. -
The lists Of swamp and overfowed lands are
open to inspection during the regular business
heurs Of The Land Office.
Given under my hand, at the city Of Washing
ton, this 2lst day Of December, 1855.
.....r.-. THOS. A. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner General Land Once.