Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-11-21
Letter from " Dnrtmouth.o
OREGON GULCH. Nov.

OREGON GULCH. Nov. II, 1857.
EDITOR JOURNAL My attention has been di-
rected to couple of communications which ap-
peared in your last weeks issue, wherein the
writers, Zone an Irishman, and the other gen.
man in decayed circumstances have endeavored
to impress upon the minds of your readers that
there is no difference of opinion among the natives
of the Emerald Isle. The gentlemen have opened
their batteries upon me in rather cowardly and
personal manner, and l hope that they will not
be offended if venture few words in reply.
The gentleman in decayed circumstances says
that he has lived five years upon the Gulch, and
he has yet to learn that any difficulty has occurred
between the Corkoniaus," Far-downers" and
"Connaught-men To my own knowledge the
gentleman has been abused several times within
the past five years, in endeavoring to make peace
between these very same factions don't know
what he would call 'dificully,' if knocking a
man down and pounding him so that he is unable
to tell whether the sun rises in the east or west
is not considered one, why then confess that
have erred in my statement in regard to the pu-
gilstic propensities Of the residents of Oregon
Gulch.
The gentleman in decayed circumstances is
particular friend of mine, and if his bump of self
esteem was not quite large would be a very
clever sort of n fellow. AS it is, this 81 large
sized protuberanco' is continually leading him
into difficulties. Not many years ago he con
ceived the idea that he possessed considerable
Legislative talent, and was u fit man to represent
the county of Trinity in the halls of Legislation.
l labored strenuously to remove the erroneous
impression from his mind, and tried to convince
him that no person wiM a head shaped Ike hiscould
possibly succeed i'll such an undertaking. but all
my efforts were unavailing, and my poor friend,
In the language of Shakespeare event through
like dose of salts never discovering his mis-
take until the vote of the county was cast and he
found that out of fifteen hundred votes he had
not received quite one-third OF the whole num-
Der. Since then he has devoted his time and at
tenton to raising vegetables " soft soaping" the
Irish, and building wagon roads ION paper) from
Oregon Gulch to Weaverville. A waggish friend
intimated to me few days ago, that if he had
been elected TO the Legislature at that time, the
Central America, with her cargo of living freight
Cape liatteras, aad in all human probability the
financial storm which is raging in the Atlantic
States would uoD have occurred!
My Irish friend, who speaks or the " f,culent
pool OF deiunct oblivion" . spicy metaphy sical
dsquisit0n, " anxious crcumspect political OPP
tics, and all that sort of balderdash, was never
INTENDED by nature for letter writer, and
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more cOngenial TO his temperament would sug
gest that he purchase monkey and hand or
gan, and travel for living He would undoubt
ndly q" do well in the country" if his talent was
applied in the proper direction. Because | stated
iu a former communication that there had been Il
S." fought" upon the Goolch," this individual
who is engaged in the rural occupation of ped
ding adulterated milk, has asserted that have
been guilty of = national misrepresentation"
This is decidedly rich. He also says that his
friends will never again support me, My dear
follow if should ever again run for an Office"
you and your Corkonian companions could con
fer no greater favor than by voting against me
If you imagine that yon are the censor OF the
press, aud can dictate to and compel persons in
this vicinity to write nothing for publication but
that which suits your fastideous taste, you WILL
in my opinion, be very much disappointed.
And now, Mr. Editor, and you, gentle reader,
did you ever see two Irishmen, or an rishman
and his wife, engaged in the amusing and lauda
BILE occupation of " tanning each others hide"
lfyou have ever witnessed this interesting opera
tien, and ventured to express an opinion upon
the merits of the controversy, to take sides
way or the other, my word for it that both of the
cembatants have pitched into you, compelling
you to flee in order TO save your bacon. This is
Irish the wide world over, and am not surprised
to find all of the different factions arrayed against
me, because stated that they did occasionally
amuse themselves by indulgng in puglistc en-
counters with each other
Yours truly, DARTMOUTH.