Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-03-20
NEWS OF THE STATE.

NEWS OF THE STATE.
THE Humboldt Times says that accounts of new
diggings on Methodist Creek have been much
exaggerated. The Times knows of some parties
baving made S25 day to The hand-no more.
Tue Anti-Lccompton newspaper was to start
last week in Marysvle
The Lee and Stakes sort Of Assemblymen are
trying to have 5000 appropriated to pay Gov
Johnson's anti-Vigilance, invisible army.
THE Superintendent Of Public instruction has
addressed a letter to the Governor, in which be
claims that the State of California is entitled to
five per cent of the sale OF all public lands with
in her limits. The sales to come off in May next
embrace some 2,500,000 acres, the States per
centage on which would amount to some $l0O, 900
They trying to move the county seat of
lol0 back to Washington
The object of the riot at Alder Creek was to
reduce the price OF water from a big ditch which
cant be done while Cinnamon are there to use
il, at the company's price.
4 FEMALE doctor is practicng medicine at Sell
hy Flat, Nevada county.
The Butte Record said that chain-g gang was to
make its debut in Oroville last last week. We
trust the innovation will not cause any falling off
in the Record'S variety and usual excellence.
A PAPER, called the Southern Vineyard is to
start, shortly, at Los Angeles.
THE wife of Capt. Baylis drowned herself at
Petaluma on the lst inst. She was only twenty
two years old
A PETITION from the Hebrews of Placerville,
praying for Sunday law, has been presented in
the Assembly.
A GREAT chess tournament was to be given in
San Francisco on the 10Th
THE Are SAYS The venality Of the press is no
where more plainly excmplifed, than in the reck-
less and unprincped manner in which the news
paper reporters alter the speeches OF the legisa-
tors, so as TO make them bear the resemblance of
common sense. Such corruption cannot be tole
rated
Honey bees are prospering at Moksuppe IiiiI1I Fiji
tbey work on manzaniia blossS9''hs
Tue owners g. Reed's Block, in Sacramento
offer to rent the county court room for 81 a
year-for the sake of the additional consumption
OF whiskey in the shops below.
ONE-HALF the people of Mokelumno Hill signed
the Temperance plcdge-drink nothing stronger
than lager Of which they drauk l20 gallons the
first night of abstinence.
NEW tragedian, of the McDermot school, was
tossed in blanket at Mokelumne Hill, two weeks
a@n.
MRS JoHN WooD had an immense audience at
her first appearance in sacramento.
A RELIGIOUS revival is going on in San Jose
most of the adult population are affected, more
or less
THREE robbers took teamster off his horse,
in Nevada county, searched and robbed him of
$50.
THE Placer Grand Jury are candid set of
fellows. They say Gambling and prostitution
we believe have much to do in arousing those
passions of our nature which nsensibly lead us
on 10 the commission of fearful crimes, and which,
If they do not lead us to the gallows, often ere.
ate those wounds in the heart which are worse
than death itself
GEORGE FREANER, formerly of the YrCka
ta'cn, is now editor of the Hagerstown, Mary
land, Mail.
HENRY SUNDERLAND dug up a dead squaw, in
Scott Valley, to get the shells and beads buried
with her. lie fled from the soldiers
SHERIFF FAIR of Siskiyou, had nothing TO do
with the late duel threatened in Yreka.
JAMES ALLEN, of Napa has been sent to the
penteutiary for p years, for second degree mur-
der.
TIE Spiritnalists of this State are to have a
convention at Sacramento on the 18th of May.
A CARAVAN has reached Nevada, consisting of
few bears, two seals a iackass-rabbit aud no
snakes. 7. S.--Also a monkey
The Nevada Journal has a column and a half
descriptive of Buffers dying agonies-Ainsworth-
ian in taste, little. 1t hopes never to be called
upon to witness aud naTrate the like again, We
hope so, too.
NoRTnuP, who killed Reynolds at San Juan,
has been arrested in the Coast Range, west of
Colusi:
A CHlNAMAN was caught robbing suices, in
hariposa, and was shot dead.
YOUNG fellow of Mariposa, who had been to
see the play Of Jack Sheppard undertook to
play robber and attacked an old man on the road,
using short stick for a pistol. The robber
threatened TO take in the old mans sign, at
which antiquity jumped out Of his coat, and as
lie says, ran ike quarter horser
The Giant Judge has been seen at OroviIle.
lie was going up the mountains to tear M bear
for bee-bait.
The bias phe mi GUS little Age says that .peo.
pie are taking to the water now for various rea.
sons--some for ablution from sin, others for ALI.
luton from dirt The same paper says that the
lie is going the rounds OF the Capitol almost
every day it is passed from one member to the
other.
THEY intend to build fre-proof theater iu
Sonora