Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-04-11
WEAVERyIILE CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, APRIL Il, 1887.


The doctor regarding good nights repcse for
his father above everything else necessary, left
the camp without disturbing him, and returned
early the next morning with his brother The
meeting of the father and sons was such that the
writer could not attempt to portray 1t in IAN
guagc When the doctor and his brother arrived
in camp, they took each Il position by the old
mans side and as the tears OF JOY dropped fast
upon the withcrcd form of the aged Sire the Judge
proclaimed white sitting up in the bed aud hold
ing in his embrace his sons: oh God, the de
sgncr ofall good may my humble acknowledge
mcnts be heard in thy heavenly mansion for per
hitting me to realise this day the RfrNloN or Ny
SCATTERED HOUSEHOLD ON EARTH The joy was
intense, and every one in camp felt sincere
sympathy, and sort of participation in the hap
py meeting. In twenty days we were all in sac
ramento, we'll and hearty The old man returned
to his home accompanied by his sous, Tim, Char
ley and Grotius went also on the same vessel. The
writer took nm anectiouatc leave OF the party.
The doctor returned to California again in u few
months and has since gone to the Sandwich
Islands. Tim married Sally Chsm in the fall of
-, and is now wealthy farmer in the State of
Wisconsin. Grotius married the young lady from
Tennessee, whose cause he So cloquently Odvo.
Gated on the plains He is now, as he we'll de-
serves to he, rising in fame and fortune in ono of
,he best of the western States in the Union. Char
Icy accompanied the Judge to his own home, and
while there formed an attachment for tho Judges
youngest and only daughter, that rpcncd into
marriage on the first of July, 1854.
Gentle reader. have not attempted to clothe
or decorate the facts and events in this pioneer
paper with the language or color of romance. If
it lacks the beauty of Gction, ii possesses the vi
tulity Of truth which in this case is the strangcs
TuE PoWER or MuslC- Never has the power
of music been more wildly portrayed than by
D'lsrAcil in Vivian Gray '-' bluN nom thy
trumpet. and thousands rush forth to die one
peal from thy organ and tens of thousands knecl
to pray We quote the pa sage from memory
Every one knows the effect produced on the Swiss
regiments in the French service by the perform
ancc of their national air, the RanH dcs Nachcs
that hundreds deserted. Drawing death in thor
desire to return to their mountain homes 50 viv-
idly called up by the simple melody. ON the
Ilghilanders in colonial service the n'rof Lochn-
Scotch warriors gathered before the noWning
batteries of Srhastopol were often melted to tears
by the air Of Annie Laurie played 10y their reg
mental band. The editor OF the Ncw York HH-
Hcai ll'orH says: A German gentleman told
us short time since, that on the previous sunday
he had chanccd to attend services at Trinity
Church when as it happened. solid old Ger
man choralc was performed. He said that he va,
transported literally ~ well as mciuphorcally
TO hcnr ii sung lay large choir and congregation,
accompanied bv powerful organ that he was
carried instantly to his old home far away across
the mighty ocean. and that he was fairly cnrap-
turcd. We believed him for his eyes glstcncd
with recalled emotion a. he narrated the circum-
stance
Music i. nndcniahly power OF first rate i'm
portancc and may be used with vast effects in
the spiritual elevation OF mankind. 1t prompts
to deeds OF daring, it stimulates the most ardent
deN NOion. We would not therefore. Danish from
our streets even the organ grinders or the hurdy-
gurdy men, and il they could be- dissocatcd from
tamborincs and monkeys, We could regard them
as a beneficial Institution. Who shall say how
many evil thou dts and dangerous passions have
been banishcd or hu,hcd by the influence of some
well known melody some secular or sacred stain
casually striking the ear in the crowded thorough
fare ;-BHiOUS PtctOIiH
OrrosrrroN 10 rnE Tut NDEnnn. The London
.4tias says that the National Newspaper League
Company. whose object is the publication OF
a first class daily Journal TO be called the
Didi has already disposed Of shares Of the a
mount of between 10000 and c30 900.
TEE MOVEMENT WESTWARD The Chicago Dem
0craiic Press publishes table Of the returns for
the past year Of the four principal railroads run
ming west from that city. II shows that these
four roads alone have taken west 2Ji ,Sjj passen-
gers more than they brought back
TnE MEMORY or THE DEAD. II is nn exquisite
and beautiful thing in our nature that when the
heart is touched and soltened by some tranquil
happiness or feeling, The memory Of the dead
comes over it most powerfully aud irrcsistably.
It would seem almost a. though our hettcr tho IS
and sympathies were charms, in virtue Of which
the soul is enabled to hold some vague and mys-
tcrious intercourse with the spirits Of those whom
we loved in life. Alas how often and how long
may those patient angels hover around us, watch
ing for the spell which is 50 seldom uttered and
so soon forgotten Dicftus.
young fellow eating some cheese full of
shippers. ut tavern one night exclaimed
" Now have done as much rs Sampson for |
have slain my thousands and tens Of thousands"
Yes retorted another, and with tho same
wcanou the law hone of AN ass