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MEMOIR OF JAMES BUCHANAN.
FACTS AND FIGURES FOR TIE PEOPLE

We have rcrraincd from saying aught
against Mr.. Buchanan, calculated to inure
his prospects of nomination. If we had
wish, it was to sec him occupy his present
position, that honest Democrats might sec for
themselves, to what shifts the demagogues OF
that misnamcd party would resort. For
changing and shuiling, sycophancy and
time serving, blowing hot and cold, and
adaptation to the varying shades and hucs Of
political cbuGces, we venture the assertion
that James Buchanan cxcels the yilcst truck
Ter that ever made politics trade.
This history, we take from the Lancaster,
Pa.,) american Citizen, paper published at
the home of Mr.. Buchanan, where his friends
would be prompt to detect and expose the
smallest error Of this truthful narrative Of his
vascillating, shu1lling, seven sided, Janus
faced career. The history is credited to the
Pensyranlan, and is most truthfully review
ed bv the editor of the Citizen, who is familiar
with his history, and who challenges contra
dicton upon single point. The reviewer
quotes and proceeds to comment as follows:
MIR buchanan is in the sixty-ffth year of his
age, and in tho vsor Of health, Intellectually and
physically.
In 1852 Mr.. Buchanan in letter to citi-
zcns of Bradford county, put III the plea that
he was too old to make them u speech
More than sixty" and asked for can hon
cradle discharge" How unkind to force
him into the Presidential harness. Again:
lie was born in the county of Franklin, in the
st tic of Pennsylvania, of honest and industrious
parents and may truly be called the architect Of
his own fortunes. lIayin: received good eiuca-
ton he studied tho profession of law. i'll the county
of Lancaster. in the same State, which has ever
since been his home In 1911 and 1878 he was
elected to the State Legislature where he distin-
euishcd himself by those exhibitions Of intellect
which gave promise of future cnhcnce."
So he was elected to the Legislature, but
why not state by arhoml Wcwill supply the
record for 1870
ASSEMBLY.
James Buchanan. FEDERAL, 30jl.
Motion G. Rogers, DEAocRAT, 2oO2.
Again;
.sfn 1890 James buchanan was elected t. the
House of Representatives and retanc. his position
in that body for ten years, voluntarily retiring at
ter the first Congress under the administration OF
Andrew Jackson
Ten years in Congress as q Democrat, we
suppose, but let us examine the record and
CONGRESS-.
182O-Jamcs Buchanan, FEDERAL, lGi2
Jacob ilibshain. DENoCRAT, 1865
IS22-iancS buchanan, FEDERAL, 2l53
p" Jacob lii sham, DEMoCRAT, 1910
| 1S2i---Jamcs Buchanan. FEDERAL, 1850
Samuel / o stln, DEMOCRAT, 30i6
| IG2j-.Jamcs buchanan, FEDERAL, 2IG0
| - Ir. Jchu MGCanant, DEMOCRAT, 2J07
152&-JHnt3 buchanan, JACKSON, 1908
| William Hester, ADAMS 1901
Here the citizen make; choice extracts
.lulu Mr. BuGlanau' > celebrated Anti Demo
cratic It'll of July grafton, which VIZ omit 40
we publish 1t entire.
In & confidential circular cot up by the
/ NJ [ 1iIl-l Midi INN. ANn
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APPOINTMENTS

APIUIN lEEN 10
HY TIE COUNTY COMMISSION EKS.
A T meeting held by the County Com
"A raissioncrs ON Thursday, the 1911 &c
June. inst, the Iulicwirgng aproinlIn, ht4
were madc for 1856:
TAN CDLLECTDkS.
LIST Ds,rict-JosItA HALL.
md J.snrN .. rttEcE,
@rl u tLLIAM +. MIhL;:R,
Ith OrEo NvwLANb,
9Th FRAa"is \. fpsrhH,
9th NILLIAs CAHEEuX, OF RUhty
18th JouN r. hNiGiIr,
9Th Thomas GfCBB.
JUDGES OF ELECTION.
LIST District-Santuri Hayes, john ". Nor
gan. jeremiah &. Pre-
md Dist-Kichard II. Bryan, George l..
Fiinil,am, Noble Eiddln.
ard Dist-Andruw McIntrc, YIN. j. Grant
john p. Price.
4th Disl--Joscph Miller, Vim. 7. Warbur-
ton. Alexander Hin.
9th DISt-Jomatlian Z. Burns, Samuel
larson, John Aldrilgc.
9Th Dist-Darcliy Reynolds, joseph r..
Thomas, Thomas j. Gillespie.
It'll Dist ncrson Ramsey, Roswell
Waicman, Robert Montgomery.
Sth Dist-JolnT. Richards, o. Z. Killings
worth, Edwin Il. Ewing.
9th Dist--Charlcs II. llaincs, Reuben Grit
fifth, Sutton Scarborough.
FISH-POT CONSTABLE,
YIN. L. Citing.
BY order. JAS. S. CRAWFORD,
Clerk County Commissioners Cecil county.
June 2l--3w
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4 .a>A beG sale bY Il L MAY
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
Goodnight.

The Portsmouth Gazette says the following beau
tiful verses, in manuscript were discovered among
the rubbish of an ancient Cabinet at the Navy
Yard, where they may have been laying for half
a century or more. The manuscript bears all the
marks of age What an unwritten history of love
friendship or romance. these lines may indicate
When the ocaan before thee its dark waves is hea-
wing,
And the peaks of the distant hills melt on thy
sight,
Look thro the mist to the land thou art leaving.
And think Of the friend who now bids thee good
night.
The sky is all clondless, the moon full appearing
Looks on the cold ocean serenelv and bright
Oh may her meek halo, thy lonely way cheering
Make thee think of the friend who now bids
thee goodnight
And fair be the winds as they traverse the ocean
And play around thy bark. be friendly and light
Should they threaten to set the wild waves in
commotion,
Be they sooth'd by her prayers who now bids
thee goodnight.
And oh when the horizon behind thee is glowing
And the sun in pavilions of clouds setting
bright;
long lingering look to that setting sun throwing
Think think of the friend who now bids thee
goodnight.
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
An Adventure in California.

The truth Of the following tale of adven-
turc is youched for to us, by person who
heared it from the lips Of one of the party j:
"A party Of three men started from Sac
ramcnto on prospecting tour, and, being
well supplied with provisions, they pene-
trated much farther into the mountains than
any other party, without meeting with any
success. Being men Of great perseverance
however, they determined to pursue their
course still further, although they had nearly
reached point where it was believed the
foot of white man never trod before. The
party began to feel somewhat discouraged
as luck appeared to have abandoned them.
They were many miles from any habitation
and their provisions were getting very low.
A melancholy feeling pervaded the whole
three, but they kept on until they came to a
deep gulch After making thorough cx-
animation, they returned to Sacramento for
ropes and provisions. Having procured
these, and loaded their mules with as much
as was thought necessary for Their purpose,
they proceeded again to the gulch. TO get
down this rayine was the next object
They tied a rope to tree, and by this
means one after another descended to the
bottom, after lowering down the provisions
and tools Here they found gold in abund-
ance, and labored assiduously to secure their
pile as soon as possible, not being particu-
larly in love with their habitaton. BY a
mere accident, after having been in the ra-
vine for several weeks, they discovered that
the rope had been cut by the Indians, or let
loose by some other means, which cut off all
hopes Of escape. The lodges of rock were
perpendicular for hundreds Of feet, and
climbing up was out Of the question. Their
provisions rapidly diminished, and starvation
stared them in the face. The gold which
they had secured was of no use. They had
made up their minds that their end was
near Proyidentially, party of friendly
Indians came by and hearing the men hal
looing they discovered their whereabouts,
and Immediately went to work to release
them. Ropes were obtained, and let down,
when they were drawn mp one by one, and
their gold also. Being released from their
prison, they literally rewarded the Indians,
and went ou their way to more suitable
location, thankful for their preservation
from the awfnl fate with which they had
been threatened.-N Y Com. Advertiser
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
Gold and Silver in the World.

A Russian counsellor Of state has recent
ly published work styled Gold and Sl-
vcr-thcir origin and the amount extracted
from all the countries of the known world,
from the most remote times to the year
1856" The following particulars are inter
cstng
:" The amount of gold and silver annually
taken from the mines of Europe, including
Russia, is 2G,S05 kiIogrammcs of the for
mcr y 7-l0pounds to the kilogrammc, and
l6l, ,444 kllogramcs Of the latter, valued to-
gcthcr at $25, 600, 900
:" In America including California the.
annual product is lG9S34 kiIogrammes of
gold, and 735.l .lS0 kilogrammcs of silver,
worth in all, $lAG000.000.
" In Asia, the annual product is 270O
kilogrammes Of gold, aud ll00 600 Of silver,
amounting in value to $22000000.
Australia, too, yields no silver, but the
annual product of gold, amounts to 900. 2GO
kilogrammes, valued at $200.000.000
Sum total, in all parts Of the world,
5l0.l99 kilogrnmmes Of gold, and ,026.-
GA kilogrammes of silver, valued together
at l.98SO0O.0O francs, or over $307 000.-
600. The whole sum extracted from the
earliest times up to the present will amount
to 15.3l5G53 kiIogrammcs of gold and
254, ,4lO 10 Of silver, worth together some
thing more than 500 53G. 900 600"
The annual production of the precious
metals at the present time iscnormous. At
the present rate we gain more in fifty years
than our ancestors did in fifty centuries -
The annual increase Of gold and silver for
the period of three years ending 1851, more
thar doubled that Of any previous year.
amounting to Col 100000 francs and in
the last four years ending 1855, it has in
creased nearly l5O per cent, and now
amounts to 1902 ,63l. GGl francs, or $3lS.-
52G, $50.
America has furnished more gold and
silver double the amount--than Europe
Africa, and Australia put together, and only
$20.000000 less than Asia has furnished
since the beginning Of the world.
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
COUNTY, CAL SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 49, 1856

/ them they tore Off the saddles, and placing
them on others, hurried on, leaving the poor
animals to be devohred by the cavotes. or
recover rs chance might bring about. Ever
at the head, the last to dismount, and the
| first to leap into the saddle was this noun
taineer, this companion of Kit Carson this
pioneer of empire Fremont Rarely
speaking but to urge on his men, or to qucs-
tion some passing native, taking the smallest
modicum of refreshment, and watching while
Others snatched moments repoSe, was he
wrapped up in his project and determined to
hare some of HefgM.
Josepha they dashed like the phantom ri
derS of the Hartz Mountains, startling the
inhabitants, and making the night-watchcr
cross himself in terror as their band flew on.
The River Sacrfcios was reached swollen
by the rains, it rolled on, rapid, muddy
stream his men paused
" Forward forward !" cried he, and
dashed in himself the struggle was a fierce
one, but his gallant mustang breasts the
current, and he reaches the opposite shore
in safety his men after to join him two
brave fellows finding watcry grave, and
many horses being carried down the stream
but nothiug can now stop him the nights
adjacent to the Pucbla oppoar-now n smile
might be seen on the implacablc visS0ge Of
the leader us the S:Th dag, and Tie gael
Is icon
With ninety men on the last of his cara
van of horses, lie fell like thundcrbolt ON
the rear of the Mexicans The day was
with them the little band of stout hearts
guarding the Preside taken by surprise,
and not having the advantage of the McXi-
cans in regard to horses. were bcginiug to
waver. On comes those riders of Fremont
nothing can withstand their shock
With shouts of triumph they change the bat
tie to n rout 1Hc field as woH
The rout was II complete one and had
not Fremonts men been utterly exhausted
none would have escaped. SO ended the
Rtde of the ONE Huadrcd.
| would state that the governments, with
their unusual speed in such matters, passed
an appropriation to satisfy General Vallejo
and others for their losses, Str gears after.
This put u virtual end to the war, for
though they again made stand at the San
"o''., "V"ucu pl ICo, as lhty "cIc us
pirited, and Gen. Kcarny with his mounted
men defeated them with great loss The
govcrnorshp Of the country being decided,
which had long been II source of trouble be-
tween Kearny, Stockton and Mason, affairs
become more settled, and the American
force, now largely augmented, was placed
on such footing as to soon crnsh the
head Of rank rebellion" and Pco and Cas-
tro fled to the lower country, to fight for
time longer against meruahc Jate.-Nc,o
York Ir1buRe.
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13

THE SPIDER DANCE."-A writer in the
BuIttiah has some funny ideas about the Spi-
der Dance lie thinks the way Lola Mon
tcz got the spider among her dry-goods was
in attempting to kick cob-webs from the cell
ing. lie says;
"She kicked up and she kicked around in
all directions, and first it was this leg and
then it was the other, and her petticoats
were precious short, on purpose to give her
fair chance. Then she was just a-going to
stoop down and take rest, when she saw
the spider a-dropping right on to her, and
She got excited like, and she worked her body
round and round and squirmed like snake,
and then she jumped up again, and she kick.
ed up so high Well, put my hat over
my face and just pcepcd over the brim and
looked at Spriggings--there he was with his
neck stretched out and a-looking right at
her with double-barrced spy glass look.
ing right at her Just then q man mp stairs
hollered out hey hey 7 and people all over
the house commenced hollering hey hey =
and hi hi 7 and took my hat down away
from my eyes to see what was up !"
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
Smith O'Brien's Return

The Nation congratulates the distinguish
ed Patriot, VIM. Smith OBrien on his re-
turn to his native land in the following
beautiful and just tribute to his genius and
patriotism
After eight years spent in prison, or In
exile William Smith O'Brien touched his
native soil, freeman, on Thursday last -
after eight years which have been as eight
ages to him and to poor Ireland. The sunk
en- and spritless city did not open its gates
with the air of its old patriot glory, to the
martyr who had suffered so much for the
cause of Ireland-who had been borne away
from its bosom with all the barbarous pomp
of a successful tyranny, and who had come
back unchanged in heart and spirit-un-
stained in honor by the least compromise or
the faintest complaint-the pureSt patriot,
the noblest gentleman that God ever breath
ed the breath of life into, in this island
But the welcome which is quietly waited to
his manly heart, not in Dublin alone, but
from end to end of the island, though not
loud is deep, and strong, and fond indeed
Every honest Irish voice is combined in it.
All men of all parties forget their animosi-
ties to do quiet homage to that nature, so
pure, so chiyalrouS, of so far lofticr standard
than that which obtains in Ireland to-day.
With one acclaim the Press, Wing and
Tory, as well as Nationalist express in unil
son sentiment full of cordial respect, which
are echoed and applauded in every Irish
home. If our cGd nlate faiHe be less demon
strative, less enthusiastic than it would have
been in the old high-spirited days, it is not
O'Brien who feels that he comes home to a
race humbled, and saddened and Sclfde-
graded who are hardly fit to be the coun-
treymen OF one so magnanimous, and unSelf-
iSh-but who have at least the good taste
silently to respect the modest dignity with
which he again returns to the station which
he had sacrificed for them. lie is too gen
erons tofeel aught but noble and pious pity
for the country, so weak and wretched-but
this sentiment with which he is welcomed
back, confess a sorrOwtul truth
1t is not yet time to speak of what his
future may be amongst us His character
has been tried and canoniscd by exile, by
suffering bravcly borne, by long sustained
adversely, by the sacrifice of home, fame,
fortune, family-by that long death in life,
more trying to the heart than the crueIleSt
death that internal ingenuity ever conceived
But sure we are that whenever OBricn
feels it his duty to advise the People of Ire
land, he will speak in tones to which they
will listen with respect more general and
more earnest than they have accorded to
any voice that has been raised in Ireland
since the day he received sentence Of execu-
ton in the dock Of Clonmel.
Let us, too no longer obtrudc on the
peaceful welcome which he is this day enjoy
ing in the Old house of Cahirmoyle-in the
happy home from which the sunshine of his
smile has been so long absent amid the
scenes which in the distant forests of Tas-
mania, or among the glorious relics of
Greece, he longed for with lovers longing
There the Irish Blessing, and the Irish Wei
come, await the Chief come home to his
own arain
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
The Position of Walker,

Since the late news from Nicaragua, rep.
rcsenting the footing of Walker in Central
America as anything but secure, some of the
papers, with the view, probably, of eliciting
sympathy and aid in California, have taken
considerable pains to torture the affairs Of
the ncwly-lledged President into n comcly
shape, and the anarchy he has created into
good government. They have attempted to
prove his popularity with the people by
quoting the handsome majority by which he
was elected President, and the purity Of his
motives by the good he has already accom-.
plisled.
AS to the election by which he was placed
at the head Of the Republic, there can bd
but one honest opinion in relation to it, and
that is that the affair was complete farce.
He deposed Riyas because he imagined he
could dispense with his services and his in-
lluence, and assumed the Office of Chief tx
ccutiyc, not in compliance with the wishes
Of the people, as expressed through the bal
lot box, but in accordance with his own aim
and ambition. Can any one acquainted
with the character Of Walker for a moment
believe that the official vote Of the Rcpub-
lie, as published in the Government organ,
was correct exhibit Of the ballotlngs p
We do not, nor do we believe that had any
one, or all Of the three other candidates.
received u larger vote than himsclf-eyon
admitting the possibility Of fair election
the result would have been at all different,
There might have been some wrangling,
possibly some fighting, but Walker would
have been President
The official returns indicate the casting of
90 600 votes, of which number Walker re-
cciycd over 1900 This showing looks
well to the world for whose eyes it was in
tended, as a justification Of the seizure Of
the reigns Of government but events which
transpred Immediately after the inaugura-
ton Of the new administration, conclusyey
prove the election an unbushlng fraud. If
Walker received more than twO-thirds of
the votes cast, how happened it that in
month after the election he found the people
in arms against him, and led by Riyas. the
most popular man in the Republic, who ac-
cording to the official returns, received but
800 votes If 1900 of the qualified elcc-
tors of Nicaragua threw up their hats for
Walker on the 18th of June, how comes it
that he is now ut the head Of less than 1900
men, which number is daily being reduced
by deserton, and that nearly the whole ma
tive population is in rebellion against him!
And what has he accomplished to recon-
mend him to the sympathos of his own
countrymcn, or the love of the people Of
Nicaragua Not less than 1000 Americans
have been sacrificed by disease and war nj
his various expeditions, and he has been the
occasion of bringing the United States and
England to the verge of a collision. Near
aqua was never in a more deplorable cond-
ton. Her lands remain untitled her treas
Dry is empty, her revenue is reduced to oil.
most nothing, and her people are crushed
and humiliated Besides the majority of
his own people, headed by Rivas, four of
the principal States of Central America
have united for his expulsion from Nicaragua.
-GoideN Era.
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13

A LATE NUMBER Of the Nevada Journai ap-
pears Edited by the Devils" The two ed.
itors were delegates to the Know Nothing
Convention, The new editors sny:
A couple of long, unntercsting letters llavo
been received from below purporting to come
from the editors of the Journdi, but being
exceedingly stale, fiat and unproftable.'
we have been compelled to lay them aside
MS rejected communications"
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
The Hope that BreatheS of Spring.

Ieat by leaf the roses fall,
Drop by drop the spring runs dry;
One by one, beyond recall,
Summer beauties fade and die.
But the roses bloom again.
And the spring will gush anew
In the pleasant April rain
In the summers sun and dew.
20 in the honrs of deepest gloom,
When the springs of gladness fail,
And the roses in their bloom
Droop like maidans wan and palo;
We shall find some hope that lies
Like silent germ apart,
Hidden far from careless ewes
In the garden of the heart.
Some sweet hope to gladucss won,
Thatwill spring afrcsh and new.
When grief's winter shall have fed
Giving place to sun and dew.
Some sweet hope that breathes of Spring,
Through the weary, weary time,
Budding for its blossotning,
In the spirits silent cline.
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13

AT THE Fourth of July dinner in Boston,
the following toast was offered Yankee
Doodle-the tune to which our fathers march
ed to victory May their sons, as they com
memorate Yankee Doodle-dOo, never forget
what Yankee Doodle DID,"
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
GREENWOOD & NEWBAUF
WEAVERVILLE THEATER

TNHlS Theater has been enlarged and put oa
Il in thorough repair, and will be rented by N
the single night, month or season. The The G-4lS
ater is well supplied with scenery and properties
aud will accommodate five hundred persons Fol-
terms, DC. apply to f. w. BLAKE Weaver, Trinit,
Co.
Weaver, July IL, 1856. 25-tf
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13

THE Golden Era in answer to one of its
correspondents, says:
The remedy you suggest for the man with
the snake in his stomach, seems to us but lit
tie more comfortable than the disease itself
However, we will name it to him. 1t is that
he drink, for three days, as much train oil
as his stomach will contain, and at the same
time abstain from food as far as possible /;
after which drink pint Of fsh-brine three
times day until the snake is disposed of.
Train oil and fsh-brine very agreeable
beverages, truly
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13

An EDITOR out West, announces the birth
OF hls ninth child under the head of obs
tressing Casualty
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13

Ii IsBErTER to sleepwith an empty stomach
than llc awake with an accusing conscience.
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
0. H. P. NORCROSS,

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
AND NOTARY PUBLIC
Office, on Court House Hill.
July 10, 1856 26-tf
The Trinity journal., 1856-09-13
]. B. GORDON. M. D.

nR GORDON will continue to practice Med
Dcine and Surgery. Calls from distance must
be accompanied by the FEE to insure his attention
Weaver June 2S, 1856. 23-tf