Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-08-14
Latest State Events.

The Nicaragua Steamship company are repair
ing their vessels for the new line. Two oppo-
sition mass meetngs-Douglasa and Administrator,
were held in Sacramento on Thursday evening
week, one in front the Orleans, the other before
the Dawson house. -. "A CAMP MEETING was held
last week five miles from Sacramento. THREE
political conventions were in session in Sacramen-
TO on the 9Th Administration, Douglas Demo
cratic and Republican. "A CAMPAIGN paper,
named the Independent is issued in Jackson; it
supports the Independent county ticket. JOHN
H. SMITH was to be hanged at Napa, on the 9Th,
for killing b. F. ylor. j. BTGHAM shot himself
in the head with rife, at Mountain Springs, in
Placer county. "A rARTY at Stockton attempted
to hang one Mr. Deputy, for retaining funds left
in his charge for safe keeping; he was hung up
several times, and was only saved by being put
in Jail. Deputy is the Missouri man who wheeled
a barrow across the plains in lS49. AN Inde-
pendent convention of 35 persons was held
recently in Nevada. THE Marysvle .Nttcs has
been watching a weather cock for three months,
and though blowing great guns, the stubborn
fowl points steadily, all the time, to the southwest
....W WIN. Toy was drowned in the Sacramento,
near Jennings ferry, on Monday weck-Indians
found the body. A DOG fight for 5000 was had
at Nevada on Sunday week--moral community
-. D. E. BUEI, of Ell Dorado, is appointed Indian
agent fer Mendocino Reservation. THE Vigi-
lance troubles in Carson Valley have been settled
~ THE Republican Convention at Sacramento
nominated Mr. Currcy for Judge of Supreme
Court; DR.. Gum for Controller; DR.. Hunt for
Clerk of Supreme Court, and endorsed Broderick
and McKibben's Congressional course. .. . Four
hundred and forty passengers came down from
Frazer river by two steamers arrived on the 4th
49,. A CALL has been issued in Sacramento for an
Independent county ticket THE Crsycroft saw
mill, at Downevile, was burned on the 7th-loss
$4,000. A saloon, in the same place, was robbed
on the night of the 5th. -. SIXTY buildings were
burned in Sonora on the 8th. -. A NEWLY married
man in San Francisco took morphene to ailay
nervous rrtability,' which nearly laid him out
. TIE aggregate cost of bed rock tunnels in
Sierra county is estimated at $3.50, ,00O-all mi
ming claims are valued at 81 $50, ,000- Democrat
-. They are about to construct telegraph from
Pacerville to Carson Valley IA NOR of two
thousand took drunken offender from the sheriff
at Victoria, but they were overawed by the mill
tary, and the man was retaken and punished
A PEOPLES party has been started in Butte Co.
... THE editor of the Marposa Gazette has dis
covered another grove of big trees at the sources
of San Joaquin and Fresno rivers, some Of which
are l20 feet in diameter. CITIZENS of Red Bluffs
have built smallpox pest house. The Beacon
corrects dispatch sent to us by stating that Ritch-
lie shot the negro for no cause, whatever; he is
said to be insane. THERE are S3S00 in the
State Treasury now Jos. c. MCKIBBEN and +.
p. Tracy are nominated for Congress by the Re-
publican State Central Committee Mckibben is
not Republican. THE Salt Lake mail is at
! Placerville, having come through in twelve days
Soldiers deserving the U. S. army The Nor.
mons have forbid public preaching in the terrific
ry.. "A SAN FRANCISCO crazy man got possession
of buggy, drove out to the Willows house and
cleaned out the establishment. Gov. WELLER
has pardoned Rodman NJ. Bachus We fear, John
you're getting too tender hearted--a little insane
on the subject Of prison humanity THE Neva
da National in its second number is mostly occu
pied with combating the Nevada Journal We
are tire mendously interested in the result of the
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