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The Trinity journal., 1856-12-06
Sketches of Mining and Agricultural Lo-
calities in Trinity County.
BY A. II. EARL.-NO. iii.

REsrMTNG again at Bolts diggings on the North
side of the Trinity we have several miles of fats,
benches and ravines, composing a rich mineral
section, which would furnish employment for at
least one thousand miners as soon as the water
could be brought on the ridge above from Stuart S
Fork of Trinity
The same range continues on down the river to
Rush creek, where gold is found and considerable
mining done for several miles from its mouth
From this creek race has been taken out some
two and a-half miles in length. capable Of carry
ing twenty-five sluice heads of water. 1t was
constructed by Fehley & Co. in '53 and 54 A
branch of this Race is conveyed across the Trini-
ty by means of a bridge and 1ume which pays
the Company well for their investment.
A little below Moneys ferry we come to East
mans diggings which have been worked since
'5l, and still continue to pay we'll The gulch
has been worked for three miles in its bed and
the miners are now working its banks and find
better pay than in the stream. About 100 miners
are now at work here. Scarcity of water pre-
vents more from working
whom the diggings take their name.) who has
made great Improvements in the way of draining
clearing and cultvating, and has done much as
a horticuturalst He has a large lot of fine ap-
pie, peach, pear, plum, cherry, almond and ounce
trees, nearly all budded with the best varieties.
He has also large numbers of grape settings which
have thrifty appearance.
As we pass along down the Trinity we see here
and there beautiful little ranches dotting its
bends, with occasionally settlement of miners
who have laborcd long TO drain their claims and
build suitable machinery for working them, and
are now reapng rich harvest for their tolls.
We next come to Deadwood creek its mouth
and trail leading up it are almost obscured by a
deep canon, covered with heavy growth of un-
derbrush, hiding its water from view, but as we
follow up the dim trail for half mile, we como
to its bed, which assumes the appearance of
mass of mortar, contrasting strongly with the once
pure, limpid stream that gambolcd playfully from
its mountain sources to the mighty Trinity. We
soon reach the cabins of its numerous mining pop
ulation, mostly Portuguese, many of whom have
taken mates from the fair Aborgines and settled
down contcnted. There are a few Americans on
the stream and all make more than wages most
of the year. Several small races have been taken
from it, but it is difficult to run the water ia them
on account of its being so thoroughly impregna-
ted with mud. The gold is mostly coarse and
mixed with platinum.
We next come to Lewiston on the new trail
from Shasta to Weaver, where there is good suS-
pension bridge, market, blacksmith shGp. and a
good hotel for the accommodation of travellers.
keptby the Messrs. Phillips.
WEAyERvlIdE, December lst 1856.
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Sheriff,s Sale.

II Y Virtne of an execution to me directed issued
- ont of the Hon. District Court of the Fifteenth
judicial District, on a Judgment rendered there
ip on the 25th day OF November. A. d. 1885, A.
gainst Henry Woodward and II. NJ, Channcey.
and in favor of J, II. Prickett, for the sum of
one thousand two hundred and seventy-two 46-
l0G (SlZT2 46) dollars, principal, and $50 rs
costs Of suit, amounting to the sum of thirteen
hundred and liity-nine 20-lOO (Sl359 2O) dollars,
have levied upon and seized and will expose al
public sale, at the Court House door in the town
of Weaverville, en-
Saturday, the 9th day of December, 1855,
at the hour of II o'clock a. m all the right, ii,
'Ie, interest and claim Of the said III. M. Chann-
cSry apd Henry Woodward, Of. ia and to the fol~
loving described property situate, iyiAg and be-
ipg IN the Co1Rty oi 1TfAity State Of VAlifornia,
70 Wit saw Miii situated 0A the wqst fork Of
East Weaver eg@9kl npARs enc ANA oRs.AAlf miles
above the residence vi G. r. Rice, on said creek,
known as Chaqneey y Woodwapdts saw mill, to-
getnsr with all appprtenances, improvements and
heriditaments in any wise appurtaning and no.
longing, H. NEBLETT Sberig
By |, G. MEssEC Deputy.
Wcaycryillc, Dec. 5, 1856, 46-ae
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thizing mood sheds tears over aborious but now
snoring husband. Still she marves somewhat
why he goes to sleep so soon with such head
pain, and so lately married too Sweet, trusting
wife, your husband is as drunk as Bacchus. con-
Quoted him to your arms while he was discOurs-
ing fustian. We left his boons in ungodly revel
in the haunt of fetid harlots, whose each breath
is curse and whose contact is DEATH Your low
ed husbands sobrety and business reservations
were in his pipe"
Merchant and merchants clerk simper and smile
over the counter. Upon their word they vcnd the
cheapest and best wares, and men and women
boys and damsels and eonfding servants listen
with earnestness and purchase with free heart and
open purse. That merchant is a sharper his
clerk is confederate. The honest smiles that
radiate their countenances burst in their eyes,
Believe them not Their integrity is " in their
pipes" and they light their pipes from the
burning waves of Tartarus
A lawyer rises before a jury and descants upon
the woes of his client. Warming in the subject,
the old legal rat sheds tears copious and hot. No
interest has he in the case on hand. He pleads
for right and Justice and the verdict of present
jury in favor of the party he espouscs will digni-
fly the Genius of law and bind up the wounds in
ficted by the moral tomahawk of his adversary.
Hence are muzzled the hearts of jurymcn and
blindfolded by eoquence Of advocates, they lose
their reason. The feeling of that attorney was
assumed and theatrical. lie looks alone at his
lie ic JTn ic
Dolgethy, he tolls for pay. His honor and re-
gard for justice are " in his pipe"
The country is in danger From the waves Of
ocean over mountain and through valley is heard
the groans Of the oppressed. The bird of Free
dom with dropping wing on some lone crag is
chaunting dirge for buried liberty. Arouse fel
low countrymcn and drive the Goth from the cit
adol. |, George Washington Bohoar Stoke. am
a candidate for constable of this precinct, and
should you elect me, fellow citizens, to that high
and responsible office, the sweet bosom of peace
will remain ungored and the proud bird of Free
dom will nuttrr once more. Such is the cant and
hypocrisy Of your candidate for Congress or your
constabulary asprant. We say the country is
rather safe-that the patriotism of these misera-
bic, vagabond politicians is " in their pipe"
Then comes the sausage vender with lubuci0us
countenancc and oily person. lie hates dogs and
never allows them upon his premises. The grunt-
ing pig and believing bovine afford meats sayory
enough for his wares, and so he deccives honest
and proyident housewife. But HE to his slaugh
terhouse after nightfall and listen to cur of high
and low degree in th iir death agony Porker
and OK never become parcel of his sausagcs-
They are " in his pipe" and he smokes away in
sell-gratulation at the deusion and innocence of
the good public
Thus has the saying of demented Sam mounted
into an aphorsm.
WEAVER, Dec. l, 1856.
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LET JUSTICE BE DoNE--We noticed in the
Yreka LRi0n of the Z6tn u, al article giving an
account of the detection and arrest Of Patterson
Cotter, in Yreka, the persons who were suspect
ed of having broken open the Gun Smith Shop
of L. B. Thorp Esq. of this place,
In the article above referred TO full credit is
given to S. p Fair Sheriff of Siskiyou county for
having used great diligence and efficiency in
tracking out and arresting the guilty parties.
The notice of this matter in the Union, is in
every particular wrong. Mr.. /. G. Messcc Esq.
Under-Sherif of this county. was the only officer
who followed and detected the guilty parties and
afterward succeeded in aTesting them. Fearing
that the public mind might be prejudiced against
the said parties before trial, Mr.. Messec felt re-
luctant to detail the facts and correct the Lnions
statement.
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Ditch Meeting on Trinity River,

We have never had the pleasure of attending a
meeting more enthusiastic and at the same time
more determined in its action than the meeting
on Wednesday evening at IIaslIells trading post
on Trinity River
The meeting was held pursuant to an adjourn
mcnt of previous meeting. to hear the report of
the Committee appointed to draw up a plan of
organization for the Trinity River canal company
The meeting was called to order by Mr.. Mac
cumber, who was appointed chairman. The plan
of organization was read and committee ap-
pointed 10 sell stock composed of the following
persons:
WcaverviIle- N. Lowe, II. J. Seaman ;
Arkansas DAM. A. Sturdvant Texas Bar
Charles Sole Mouth of Weaver Creck--AIr
Mabie Red Bar-Mr. Anderson Stciners Fiat
B. Steiner, J. Garouttc, E. Haskell, john Fritz,
Mr.. Sproul.
On motion, it was resolved that the committee
appointed to sell should proceed to examine the
same at the earliest moment and have copies
printed for the use of the committee
On motion, it was resolved to adjourn to meet
at the same place on Sunday, December llth, at 2
O'Clock p. NJ.
The expression of the above meeting is good
indication of the feeling of the miners on Trinity
in response to this contemplated work There can
be not the least doulr of success if they make
beginning, and that the work will be commenced
we have not the slightest fears The argument
in favor of this measure is brief but forcible.-
Without this Canal there are hundreds on Trinity
River who must in a few months seek other places
to work With the completion of this Canal
profitable employment will be found for years on
the line over which this ditch will run
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Pnny is one which is both ellectual and at the

pany is one which is both ehectual and at the
samc time easy to the Stockholders. If the whole
shares were taken, an assessment could be levied
Of per cent per month on each share, which
would in few months afford a cash capital to 60
to work on in the spring, sufficient to insure the
completion Of the work. Those of the stockhol-
dcrs who desire to work out their stock can have
the privilege of doing so but in order to make
an assessment the whole amount of stock must
he taken. The amount paid in by assessments
ly those who may desire to work out their stock,
can have the amount so paid in placed to their
credit, which will lessen the amount to be worked
out by those persons before they receive certif-
cate of Stock. Let our citizens turn their atten-
tion to this matter, and show their Willingness by
taking Stock.
The Trustees desire to locate the ditch imme-
dately and have it all ready at the opening of
spring to commence on. 1t only remains now for
the mighty people to speak and show by their ac-
tion and cooperation whether they mean any
thing or whether it is all bombast, hollow pre-
tension and blind stupidity on their part which
can accomplish nothing but their own loss and
perhaps rum. Every IHtelllBehl man KNOWS Wnat
a prosperous state Of things the completion of
this work would bring about and how many men
il would open rich harvest for Let every man
weigh well this fact Now is the time for action.
We are getting less able to do without it every
year. Don't let the citizens of Weaverylle and
vicinity occupy the position of the old horse who
stopped so long in the barren hollow that be was
unable to cross the ridge TO good grass.
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Court NEws.--The Grand Jury for the Decem-
Der term of the Court of Sessions, was empanneed
on last Tuesday. and adjourned on Thursday af
true bill against James Patterson and James Cot
ter, now in the county Jail the charge of Grand
Larceny.
Judge Miller stated to the Grand Jury in refer
ence to gambling and prostitution, that the jurs-
diction of Justices Courts was identical with that
viduals felt themselves agreved by the commits
sion of these offences they can easily repair to
Justices of the Peace and obtain the same rene
dy as in higher tribunal and thus save the coun-
ty from a vast and useless expense.
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FRANCO RESTAURANT.
A. BERGER e. ca

"A DEH0ER & 90.
AVE fitted up this establishment for Restau-
l. rant accommodations
Tu~Boardors by the Week. Us
Suppers after o'clock, p. IN. A GOOD FrcnoA
Cook has been engaged,
Snppcrs every night Oyster Stews snsluded)
for 81. Tho patronage of the public is solioite1
Weaver, nco 6, 1856, 46.tf
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Administrators Notice

NOTICE is hereby given that all persons hav-
l. ing claims against the estate of John Coll,
deceased, are required to exhibit the same with
the necessary vouchers to the undersigned Ad-
mnisratOr Of said estate at his residence in Wea-
Yervllto, within ten months from this date or they
VIII be forever barred, and all persons knowing
themselves indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate settlement of the same with
the undersigned Administrator.
WM. MALONY. Admr.
Estate John Coll deceased
WeavervilIe. Dee. | 1856. 46-tf
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Arrival of the Golden Age.
Election News.
Buchanan and Breckenridge Elected
News

As we were about going to press we received
through Blake & Co.'s Express the following in
telligence
The Golden Age arrived at San Francisco on
the 3Oth, bringing 500 passengers. We notice
among the passengers the names of w. l.. Low
den and lady of this County.
The following are the latest returns received at
New York up to the hour of sailing.
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Married

At Eastman's Flat. Trinity river, on the 2stb
ult., by the Hon. R. T. Miller, JOIN L. CHuRcT
ESQ, of Wcavervllc, to Miss LIZZIE A. MARTIN,
of Trinity river.
Wisconsin and Eastern papers please copy
We take pleasure in recording the above union
May their journey on earth be as happy and de-
lightful as the sensation that agitates their low
ing hearts.
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APPOINTMENT. Bennett Esq has been ap-
pointed agent for Rhodes & Co. at this place
We congratulate this Banking firm upon the
choice they have made in Mr.. Bennett. His kind
and popular traits of character and capacity for
business, together with his known reputation for
integrity, will inspire additional confidence in
this staunch house.
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EStraV.

TAKEN up on the 2Gth ult., by the undcrsign
l. ed a small, dark bay horse, with slit in the
right ear.
The owner can have the same by proving prop
erty and paying charges. DID. MILES.
Browns Greek, Dee. q, 1856. 46-3t
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C0TlLLIoN Panty On last Monday night there
was a very nice COtillion party at the residence
of Alr. Bliss, on Trinity River The company
was large, the music excellent and the supper
sumptous. a number of ladies from Wcayeryille
graced the festivities Of the occasion with their
presence
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DISTRICT CouRT.-The District Court has ad-
journed to Monday next, Nov. Sth, by which time
it is believed the official proceedings of the Su-
preme Court in the case of Fehley will have been
received
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Religious Notice.-REv. S. D. SMoNDs will
preach 1T the District School House on Sunday
morning at IL, and in the evening at O'Clock.
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DLACKsNTBING.--O old friend John Mccoy
has commenced the Blacksmithug business at the
lower end of Main street, nearly opposite Woods
Corral. John enjoys the reputation of being not
only a clever fellow but master workman.
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Quarterly Meeting.-The first Quar-
terly Meeting will be held in the School House
on next Sabbath. S. d. Simonds p. L. will be
present. d.
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AMBRoTYPEs.-We have seen some very excel
lent Ambrotypes taken by Mr.. Hendee. The fin
est samples of the art may be seen at Anderson S
Drug Store Main street.
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MASONIC NOTICE.
To the Public.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Books for
" subscription to the Stock of the Trinity Wa
ter Company are now open, and will remain at
the store of Richard Clifford until the goth De-
ccmbcr By Order of the Board of Trustees.
S. CLARK JONES, Secretary,
Weaver, Dec 6, 1856 46-3w
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THE WEATHER has been extremely cold through
the week. The long wished for winter has fairly
set in but has brought no rain with its severity
The miners are still living in hopes that rain will
soon come plentifully. What blessing it would
he, if those who suffer most fro1 the want of wa
ter, would only give their aid in completing those
Canals which can alone supply this woful dcsid
cratum
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LOOK oUT FOR THEM, There is food of cut
throats, thieves and assassins prowing about the
mountains to see where they can steal and seek
ing whom they may devosr.'
Crime has increased to an enormous extent
throughout the State within the last six months.
San Francisco is clearing out thieves by the hun
dred every week, and in consequence our noun
tains and mountain towns are becoming infested
by these dregs of socety-those who will not
earn a living by honest labor md can only exist
by plunder.
There has been within the past month an ingress
of some very suspicious characters, having no Wis
ible means Of support. Our citizens must there
fore keep close lookout. Pick your locks and
keep your double-barrelled shot guns and revol-
vers in good order. a few buck shot and a slug
or two is the best remedy for these evils.
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MOUNTAIN MARKET
T S,sl'. HAMS. BACON AND LARn

which we recommend to the public as yery s,pe-
rlor, being entirely selected from grain fatted
Pork ''
We also manufacture a first rate article of Tai
low Candles, which we offer with confidence at
such prices as must he satisfactory.
We respectfully invite all in want of the above
articles to give us u call
LOOMS, HUSOROFT e. Co. ,
Weaver, December 6, 1856. 46.tf
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Speaking Of a crazy Indian reminds me of a
crazy white man.
in little town afar to the eastward was q era
zy fellow named Sam Stebbins. A great favor
itc was Sam with all the Juveniles of the yiCin-
age, in whose sports he participated with much
zeal, and there was not housewife for miles a.
round who had the heart to refuse the poor de-
mented creature meal of victuals or a comfort
able lodging place for the night. With all his
stolidity and gibbcring laugh. and queer grim
ace and shackling gait there was sometimes a
spice of humor about old Sam that would grace
and characterize the most sane of Gods hand-
work
There was gala day of some kind, I rccol-
lect, ard the town was suffocated with strangers.
Down the street rushed Sam with excessive ra-
pidity, with alarm depicted upon his countenance
and shouting " Fire, Fire" with the strength of
his lungs. The fearful cry was caught up by a
thousand throats Fire Fire" and ponderous en-
gines rolled over the pavements and the clangor
of hoarse and inarticulate fre-trumpcts rose a.
bove the din and all was hurry and CONSERVATION
| approached Sam as he reached the foot of the
street and was gazing in much glee at the tumut
he had aroused, and queried him as to the locali-
ty of the fire. why little boy was his re
sponsc, " its in my pipe"
Since then have floatcd a long distance down
the stream of Time. Multitudinous care has crust
ed and ossiiied heart once youthful and tender
and ycarning, while the nerves of memcry itself
have become relaxed and as a mllers seiye, but
they still retain Sam within their treacherous
grasp, and his response wells up upon the mind
as fresh and piquant as though uttered yesterday.
1t has swollen into corpulcnt adage l have
submcd it into copious moral.
A susceptible girl, just emerged from the plat
itudes of boarding school with her sweet little
heart in her hand, listens to the honied words of
her lover lie is on his knees and he pours into
her greedy ears plant of alteration. She is his
venus, the incarceration of personal and moral
charms. With her dear form by his side he would
brave the horrors of the ocean, he would set him
self down in the centre of Sahara's desert. His
love is limitess space, as warm as electric flu
lui as puh6eht ana penetrating as the myrrh OF
Cleopatra and as enduring as eternity Dear one.
If you ally your person and fate to that rhapsodi-
zer. you will find him lreckled all over with hl-
man faults. He has beard that your parents dv-
ing left you much real estate and fat account
at the bank. lie would WOO and win Won that he
may revel in your wealth. Tares of dscord will
soon spring up, and in brief period he will de-
sert you with charms rihed and steeped in nitt-
less poverty tell you, fair one, the love of that
young man is " in his pipe
Married woman, of boundless confidence. after
midnight's hour hears husband annroacbine bor
couch. Then begins the sweet matrimopiaI con.
verse. Husband, thick of utterance and Of nm.
steady footstep which darkness conceals com-
plains of aggrayatng headache. lie met pen-
tlemen that night on pressing business. Confd-
. ing "lie pi'Ies aud then in wakciuI aud sympa-
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d. NJ. EDER Co.-This firm have received
through the week heavy cargos of goods from
uniontown, Humboldt Bay.
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OUR MEAT MARKETS We took stroll yesterday
through the Meat Markets of Weavervle There
is no object which can better please the eye and
taste than large and systematically arranged
market. In all opulent and well regulated towns
and cities the meat markets are generally regard
ed as an ornament. A visit to the meat palace
of Loomis, Iiuscroft & Co., at the head of Main
street, will well repay the trouble and time of
those who even have no marketing to do for
themselves. The fatest and finest quality of
beef, pork, mutton, &c, can be seen therein
fact every variety of meat from the Rabbit to the
Grizzy Bear. Read advertisement of their winter
arrangements in another column
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-07
Office of the Commissioner of Lotteries,

Office Of the Commissioner Of Lotteries,
BALTIxoRE, APRIL 49, 1855.
VuNHE undersigned, Commissioner Of
IL the State Of Maryland, bei- ,ottar;os q,
u ,e' ;,I i,U ..g In receipt daily
country 10 o..sr Sch.,,a ~ % n.t .,h;o an
" = aoodsd and which purport to be decided
.-nc drawings Of the Maryland Consolidated Lot
teries takes this method to answer all such letters
OF inquiry and inform the public that all Lotteries
purporting to be decided BY the Maryland Drawings
are gross frauds that certain parties who style them
selves Morris Co., and pretend 10 be Managers or
Sole Agents for the Grand Charter Lotteries Of Cleve-
land, Ohio are mpostors, and said Lottery fraud,
having neither legal nor presumptive existence; and
that another fictitious firm, styled hurry Co.,
Cleveland Ohio, also impostors, and all Lotte-
res which they profess to be managers or agents for
are also frauds sf
RICHARD FRANCE, of this city, is the contrac-
tor for Drawing the Maryland Lotteries the business
conducted under the firm of R. FRANCE 4 CO., as
Managers, and they have sole agents in the city
of Baltimore. There are however some forty licensed
vendors for the State of Maryland who derive icens
under him, through this office, to sell tickets in the
Maryland Lotteries.
d. H. McPHAIL,
Commissioner of Lotteries for the State of Md.
ap 21-2md&cp
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-06-07

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- burning material, made from coal, and gives a
light unparalleled for its brilliancy and steadness
II perfectly harmless, it does not burn on the
surface or generate any explosive gas but its great
est recommendation is that it costs in the end nearly
less than any other oil now used for giving
light The public are requested to look int, this, as
It Will one day undoubtedly supersede all other burn
ing fluids.
For sale by j. r. McGREGOR
June 2-dlwif