The Trinity journal., 1856-12-13
All Sorts of News.


There is probably no country in the world in
which the vicisstudes of life have been more fully
e1emplfed than in California. The rich man of
yesterday is beggar to-day, and he who a few
years ago was tumbling at the foot of the ladder
in his vain efforts even to gain the lowest round,
is now at the head--rides around in his coach,
and fares sumptuously every day But there is
nothing in California which should warrant such
violent reverses, and they are to be attributed
rather to wild speculations and the sovenly man
ner of doing business which has so long prevailed,
than any radical error in our local system. Even
cities and towns are not exempt from the changes
observable in human life. A rich mining locality
is discovered. The people flock there. The tents
ard rude cabins Of the miners give place to fashy
stores and handsome residences. Real estate goes
up. Small building lots are purchased with
avidity, and the man of small capital who has in
invested his all in spccuations of this kind, sits
down at his ease with the confidence that he is
identified with the rising little town. and that as
it progresses he will progress, and finally leave
his heirs millionares but Il change often comes
over the spirit of their dreams. The mining To-
colities in the vicinity do not continue TO be
as profitable as at first One by one the popula-
ton leave, attracted by the reports of richer dig
gings; but still he hopes on, and never gives up
I'LL silence regns where once were life and hustle
and the green grass grows over the deserted
streets Here is ase in point, copied from the
Mariposa Gazette:
Pleasant Valley, on the Merced river, which
grew up mushroom-like, little more than year
ago. Is now comparatively deserted. In passing
through 1t recently we were much astonished to
see the change within few months Most of the
buildings, including the Hotel, which was one of
the largest structures in the county have been
taken down and removed to more favored loca-
uons, or sold as lumber, the builders and owners
OF which have suffered large losses through their
lnconslderate enterprise. We saw but two per-
sons in the place. Crows and ravens were the
tenants at pleasure of the butchers shop and
numbers of lean dogs and half starved cats swarm
ed about the place, seeking something to devour
we Judge from what we saw, that the place had
gone in.''
The London Times falls into the philo-
sopcal vein, and thus utters its reflections:
Political and national events are apt to be
small in their beginnings and their endings. In
shape they are pointed at both ends. aud bulge
out in the center. They make very little noise
at first then they get to be understood, excite
attention, and create discussion. and form the
subject of debates in Parliament then they grad
usl!y withdraw and disappear from the public
eye, an occasional a;usion in the press just keep
ing up faint shadow of existence, till at last
every trace is gone. They are cmblematic, in
short, Of human life which is brought up in the
quiet of the nursery, is next found making great
show in Parliament or at the bar or on the field
Of battle, and finally withdraws into the retire
ment which precedes the grave. The great Cen
trail American question has gone through the
first, and is now in the last of these stages hav-
ing widened out from very small point, it has
now arrived at point again, and, having started
in the nursery, in which it was training for the
noise and publicity which it subsequently attained
has now entered on the retirement which precedes
total demise. How difficult il was to attract
any sort of attention to it at first 1t was in vain
that the press put on grave look, or told its
readers that there was more in the matter than
they thought, that it might have serious issues,
and that the little cloud which was less tnan
mans hand might herald storm In spite of all
warnings, the public would not, for a long time
either understand care anything about Central
America. Half the world did not know what |
Central America was, and it was too much trouble |
to look it out in the map. This was the nursery |
of the Central American question. Then gradu-
ally the public ear was caught, the contents of |
blue books were exposed, fresh dispatches came
il, questions from time to time were asked in |
Parliament, an ambassador was dispatched, the |
affair assumed an air of Importance the press was
full of it everybody talked about it, and it arrived
atits climax in the shape of an exciting debate in
the House, That was the middle life Of The Cen
trail American question. The second retirement
then followed, preliminary to decease, in which
passing ailuson in the columns of American in
tellgence was all that remained of former great
ness and now the fatal goal is reached
The following passages from letter re-
Gently received from Ohio farmer, settled at
Fort Riley, Kansas, will at this time, be pcrused
with interest
Fish abound very plentifully in nearly all the |
rivers and tributaries in the Territory. A party |
of us, few days ago, went to the Republican
Ford, and with our Wagon-sheet caught catfish !
ranging down. The catfish is very fine eating
fish. The other varieties are quite numerous.
There is party of us going a Buffalo hunting |
in few days, starting from Sort Riley, aud fol- /
lowing up the Saline Fork. A party of our neigh |
hor claimants have just returned from a four
weeks hunt, with the meat of one buffalo. and |
two live buffalo calves They give such great
accounts of them, that those of us who stayed at .
home u guard the wagons and crops have be- |
come somewhat excited in our rapid arrangements |
Tor another hunt.
The soil OF this Territory is rich vegetable
loan, strongly impregnated with limestone The
geological tormat on Of the country is very sim
pie. 1t is very likely there is some coal IN this
Territory there may he considerable. The M
ben and prarie are proportoped, in my judgment,
of about one acre OF timber 10 three hundred acres
of prairie. There is water in great portions of
the Territory and considerable deficiency in
Others. The country is we'll adapted to the rails
ing of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs to the cul-
ture of hemp, corn, potatoes and the grape.
gentleman OF considerable agricultural experience