Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-04-04

on u large Hat rock my attention was attracted by
the ringing OF pick amongst the stones on The
lower end of the bar | hailed the owner in the
following very familiar manner, :" halo, you old
yellow belicd gopher from Pike, come take q
drink and read the news This though very
rude way to invite gentleman to your presence
was only taken by him rs it was given, in all kind
ness We read and talked, talked and drank, and
then smoked. An article in the RcFVbiicda in
reference to the Improvement of the navigation
of the Ohio river took his attention particularly.
lie talked as though he was perfectly familiar
with the subject aud the policy which it was in
tended to pursue to carry the measure out lie
spoke of men and measures like q man who UNI
dcrstood what he was saying. | could not but
, survey the old gentleman from head TO foot lie
wore his beard long, and his face indicated both
health and Intelligence, His pants had, | think,
been once new, and migh have been called Ken
tueky jean TWAS very evident that dress was
of but little consideration to him. There had
been at least some six holes or fierce rents in the
pants in different places. One particularly at
tractcd my special attention, situated and lying
in that part that always comes in contact with
the chair first This tremendous dcsidcrutum Was
supplied by large piece of domestic goods that
had once confined within its limits one hundred
pounds of -four, from New York via Cape Horn,
We laughed and jestcd about life in the mountains
and life in the refined wards of the great motrop-
oils, lIe compared the nightly pleasures and rec
nC u,iuara' ,,,i,i Nit Of
Governors mansion. lie remarked (thoagh not
with amy Kind of uftetation) that he knew them
both 10y experience. What :" said L. "a real
live cNGorernor of one Of those great sovereign
States ol the Union ?" Yes said he, and OF
one the best States in this glorious contcdcrucy.
what | a0y,-npr nccd | refer you to my own
humble documents 90 show and convince YOU that
her agricultural resources are very great The
Governor tool, the black bottle and put it to his
mouth while was igniiug match to light my
pipe. For fear the Gov. might possibly get an
inch or two more Of steOm helped nlysclf This
was perfectly agreeable to him, and he eagerly
gro-pcd the bottle and raised the bis eud mp
wards auu though there was no cork in tAc small
end there was not q drop spilled On his clothes or
on the etonr-. This was above all ths place to
speak the mind and tell the honest truth in all
matters ot public or private caarac5c', more
particularly Of tho former thought woult
take the advantage of this opportunity to hcal
his honest opinion about political men and po
lticnl organizations. The Governor replied to
my inquiry that he would give me candidly what
he knew and what he hclievcd what his eyes
had seen ana what his heart entertained lie
went ON. " You ask me what Is it (hat acts as
the controlling element political bodies now u
days? Asa general thing ! say it is money more
than honor Strict political organizations are
principally maintained aud kept up by thos, men
who expect to he the recipients of thj spois, &c.
IrJ uE CONTINUED.