The Nevada journal., 1858-02-12
TRINITY JouRxAL.-C. B. Mcdonald,

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Y best of writer's and we wish him
ey success his talents deserve. The
number from the far North has the
following article on Mountain Journal
ISM"
-Four years ago the writer of this
abandoned proftless mining claim and
undertook to conduct mountain jour-
nal. The enterprise was successful, and
through the forbearance and partiality
of cotemporaries, the paper attained
considerable degree of popularity and
influence. But then we did not fully
comprehend the importance and privi-
leges of the position, and we removed to
what we supposed to be wider labor
field. Ere long the mistake was appa-
rent; we found that the city press,
while it demanded four-fold the labor,
had less of influence than the journal
published among the rocks and fir-for-
ests. We were soon convinced that
country journals are the makers of
sound opinion, and that while their edi-
tors may be unaware of the mighty
power to be exercised in their fancied
obscurity, they are helping to swell the
great tide of public sentiment, which, if
impure at its sources, must continue on
its course turbid and poisonous stream.
So with the great rivers which the
genius of steam has freighted heavily
with commerce. little brook rising
among the rocks, and, feeble in itself,
flows on its course to the sea, joined by
other allies as it goes, gathering courage
and power until reaching the plain the
united strength of waters is resistless,
and meeting the ocean, it stays the land
ward coming waves. But when the riv-
er has become swollen with thousand
tribute bringing streams, the little brook
which leaps ambitiously Y from the bank
is lost in the multitude of waters, and
leaves scarcely ripple at the place of
its sepulture It's contribution is unrec-
ognized unless it bring poisonous ele-
ments to trouble the waters or worthless
food wood to disturb the waterman.
'California has cause of self congrat-
ulation on the ability of her journalists
and the intelligence of her people.
Whoever can attain respectable rank
in the editorial profession in this State
need not fear comparison if required to
Even the newspaper writers who sits
within hearing of the busy implements
of rioneers, has to write for the inteii-
gent and educated of all lands he must
possess fire himself before he can en-
Tighten others he must be enduring
and vigilant and yakeful before he is fit
to stand on the hill tops of truth, a
sleeplcss sentinel of the people"
MR AND Mrs. SENATOR DouGLAs
DiRECTlNG AND FRANKING DOCUMENTS.
w Htt'pAt ttiC ioILuN DhHos Z liNiI
Washington letter printed in the Gin
cinnati Enquirer: Il called on Senator
Douglas last evening for short time,
and found him busy in his study frank
ing copies of his speech all over the I'm
ion. Diligently engaged in directing
the speeches as they were franked was
Mrs. Douglas, radiant and beautiful in
her evening attire She wrote rapidly,
Il bold, firm hand, which evinced energy
and decision of character, while she car
ried on part in the conversation at the
same time. She is trnl very beauti-
tul lady in form and figure, with a coun-
tenance expressive not only of intellect
and energy, but affection and pure wom-
anly sympathies. She has evidently
the mind to investigate and comprehend
questions of politics, for some of her re-
marks exhibited considerable feeling
concerning the position of Kansas af-
fairs. 4 gentleman had just brought in
some three hundred names OF citizens OF
Cincinnati, and she proceeded at once
to direct each copy of her husbands
speech, while Mr.. Douglas added his
frank. Those who receive the speech
es will, therefore, have specimen of the
chirography of Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas. P"
LARGE AouEDucT.-A correspondent
of the San Andreas Independent, writing
from Campo Seco, says:
An aqueduct is about being built at
Jenny Lind. which surpasses anything
of the kind ever contemp plated. 1t will
be five eights of mile in length, and
one hundred and FIVE feet high. 1t is to
be a suspension-the cables resting
upon seven towers, the highest of which
will be lao feet. The estimated cost IS