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Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05
PucKER CITY, April II, 1850.
An Act to Provide for the Conveyance of
Mining Claims.
Bedrock soft and shelly,
JACINro.

The PcopIe Of The state of CRifornia, represented
IN Senate and .1ssemJiy do enact as totioUS:
SECTION |. Conveyanccs of mining claims may
be evidenced by bills Of sale, or instruments in
writing not under seal, signed by the person from
whom the estate or interest is intended to pass,
in the presence OF one or more attesting witness
es and also all cOnvyances Of mining claims
heretofore made by bills of sale, or instruments
in writing not under seal, shall have the same
force and effect, prina tdcie evidence OF sale,
as if such conveyanccs had been made by deed
under seal provided, that nothing III this Act
shall be construed to interfere with or repeal any
lawful local rules, regulations or customs OF the
mines in the several mining districts Of this State;
and provided further, every such bill of sale or
instrument in writing shall be deemed and held
to be fraudulent and void as against all persons
except the parties thereto, unless such bill of
sale or instrument in writing be accompanied by
an Immediate delivery to the purchaser of the
possession Of the mining claim or claims therein
described and be followed by an actual and con
tinnal change of the possession thereof, or unless
such bill of sale or instrument in writing shall
be acknowledged and recorded as required by
law in the case of conveyance of real estate.
SEC. 2. This Act shall apply TO gold mining
claims only.
SEC. 3. This Act shall be in force aud take cf
feet from and after its passage
Approved April 18th, 1860.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05
California Matters.

Coz. BUEL, Indian Agent, has removed all the
lower Mad river Indians, about one hundred and
fifty in number, to the klamath Reserve. IL is
proposed to remove all the coast Indians thither
if they can be got together. How long will they
remain, we wonder p. Tue Sierra Citizen tells
that Mr.. Alex Kennedy went to Washoe last
winter, looked for silver, found it, frozc his feet,
and lately has sold q portion Of his claim for
$4,000. -. TIE Sonora .Age tells of u Chinaman
who sold his wife to another for 500. Indlg-
nant that she should be sold at such u contempt
ible price, she gorged herself to death with OPT
um. :. THE papers lately made Mrs Woodward,
the actress, owner of rich Washoe claim, which
she says she has no knowledge of .TuE Epls-
copalians of San Francisco are building Rev
Mr.. Ever a church which is to cost $50, 900. -.
TnE .Northern Californian says the whole of the
first instollmcnt of 10 per cent. on the stock of
the Humboldt aud Trinity wagon road has been
paid in, and that the road is now fixed fact -.
TnE Amador Ledger thinks Attorney General
Williams was entirely out OF his proper place in
appearing as defense for Stone, the killer Of
Assemblyman Bell i. LIMA WuDMAN has obtain
ed verdict of $1,000 against Nicholas Bernal,
in Alameda, because he promised to marry her
and then wouldn't. =. INDIAN Agent Geiger is
about to be overhaulod because he employed In-
dians to farm public lands, and then pocketed
the proceeds. He wants to resign, but they
won't let him. THE citizens of Cherokee, Ne
vada county will make an effort to stop gam
bling in that town. REPORT says that Il lady
who recently arrived in San Francisco, has com
mcnccd suit against distinguished captain with
whom she came passenger, alleging seduction on
the trip. .JNo. O'MEARA, late State Printer,
died in New York recently, of consumption His
wife and two children live in this State. DR.
REID, OF Stockton, has Il wonderful rose IL the
Repu6Iicdn tells the truth IL is the YeHoO
Banbsd rose, and is estimated to have over one
hundred thousand blossoms on IL at the present
time POLAR STAR LODGE, No. So, l. o. o. f.,
at Indian Digglngs, met and passed resolutions
of regret and coincidence on receiving the news
of the death Of their brother member, Assembly
man Bell
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

Rich Discoveries IN NEVADA CoUNTY-The
Grass Valley National tells that rich gold
quartz lead has been discovered on McCarty 's
ranch, two miles from that place Gold is visible
in all the scattering quartz found on the surface,
and the rock, it is believed, will yield more
richly than any of the leads now being worked
there. The same paper says that Mr. Aurey
lately found a spot in Grass Valley which he be-
lieved would pay well and went to work, which
in four weeks yielded $3,700 No fuss is made
over the discovery there, but the National thinks
if it had been made hundreds of miles away, it
would have been surrounded by an army of rest
less adventurers ere this.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

BETTER LET HIN DO IT.--President Hawortb,
of the California Stage company, offers for the
same amount now paid the steamship company,
to carry daily overland mail between San
Francisco and Portland Oregon. A very liberal
offer, certainly, and as we are in favor of abol-
ishng all ocean mail routes, we hope the propo-
sition will be accepted.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

LUsUs NATURE-Semblins says that as he was
passing q garden fence few evenings ago, he
stopped to gaze in wonder on what seemed a
remarkable phenomenon. Two chickens the
fence, and only two legs-one apiece. AS he
gazed, and still his wonder grew, along came a
thlevsh- looking Chnaman, and each particular
chicken Of the twain on instinct put down anOth-
er foot" Loose as natural" 1t was an awk-
ward check to Semblins' rhapsodies over the
wonders of nature but he took consolation from
the reflection that he is not as Cinnamon are
Sierra De,a0crQt
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

VIA DoLoK0sA.-We found curse Ives at last in
the Via Dolorosa. This street, hallowed by the
tradition Of ages as the path along which the
weary Man Of Sorrows bore his cross is in itself
calculated to arrest the attention Of the ira veer,
as he proceeds between houses whose blank white
walls echo every footstep, and under somber ar
ches which cast gloom over your spirits as well
rs the path you tread And though one may not
believe that this was indeed what its name as
serts, yet envy not the Christian who feels no
emotion rising in his heart, and awakening the
saddest memories, as he looks through the arch
ways Of Time, and has brought up vlvidly before
him the beginning Of that day of gloom, when
lie, who was King of Glory, amid scorn and de-
rision bearing that cross so soon to become the
landmark of the ages, wearly walked to Gogh-
been named The Mournful Way. -RememJran-
ees Of Jerusalent.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

MoTIIER.-The final word of Assemblyman
Bell, whose enemy killed him, was, " Mother"
Bographers, aud the witnesses of scenes where
men were dying, have recorded last expressions
which are instructive, beautiful aud brief but
no one ever ended his words with worldly affairs
in more touching and beautiful manner than in
the utterance OF that sweet. that incomparably
expressive, word" Mother" 1t IL OF itself
more than word, more than a book of words
it is word and spirit, shrine of gladness and the
essence Of love ; it is the first to illuminate the
soul, the first and last to brighten the pathway,
the undiminishing lustre of life, the untirng
monitor, the faithful guardian and the angelic
guide. 1t is the earliest voice of infancy the
happicst thought of youth. the purest impulse of
perfect manhood, lhe light in the vision of expi-
ring age. Who would not die with its sweetness
lingering on his lips ?-AmadOr Leoger.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

UNJUST MISUNDERSTANDING to the hue
and cry raised against Gen. Kibbe, the San Fran
cisco Herald very justly says:
BY those who dsapprove the Indian wars that
have been engaged in by the State for the past
two years, who object to the debts that have
been incurred, it should be remembered, that
Gen. Kibbe neither projected the one nor had
control over the other He simply did what his
oath of Office required. lie obeyed the orders Of
the Commander in-Chef And If, again, excesses
were committed, as doubtless many were, by in
human and unthihkihg men, during the progress
OF those wars, Gen. Kibbe could not justly DO
held responsible for them. Certainly none were
committed with his approval or without his Sc
we're and indignant reprobation.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

CULTIVATE Flowers AND ADoRN Your MINDS.
Persons, and especially children, derive much
of their character from the circumstances that
surround them. The loveliness of the mind and
Of the heart, is often reflected in all the various
and multtudinous incidents and surroundings Of
Il home. Green arbors, flower bespangled walks,
smooth turf and shady groves, are the invarabe
indices of cultivated and refined tastes-thus
written in beautiful language, unobtrusive, but
leglble they speak in strong voices OF the good
and pure, of the natural, beautiful Instincts of
human nature. A stranger entering town will
readily determine the general character of its
population by the appearance of the dwellings
and grounds. Rudeness hangs its banners upon
the outer wall, and Goth and " Vandal" are
as indelibly portrayed upon the habitations of
the mentally vulgar, as upon the harsh features
OF the human flood that swept away Roman civ
ilization. The action is reciprocal, and while
you adorn your homes, that cultivated taste and
care In turn beautifes your own mental capaci-
ties, aud becomes new source Of happncss.--
Shasta Herald
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

THE BELL IloMICDE.--ln the absence Of editor
Thomas, of the Christian AdDocate, somebody is
occupying bischar and the columns of that paper
who understands his business well, and who
number contains an article relative to The Bell
homicide, and referring particularly to the dan
gerous and shameful practice of carrying con
cealed weapons, with which on any aud all
occasions to revenge the most petty and often
unmeant insult. There has been enough sad
results from the practice, aud we believe it was
a just remark made by the Alta, that carrying
concealed weapons except for purpose Of defense
where life is threatened, is n cowardly practice.
OF the killing of Bell the Adoocate says:
Bribery and treachery are crimes of compare
lively small magnitude and are Of so frequent
occurrence as to excite but little surprise but
quitous acts, il is time for men having any moral
sensibility to awake to the actual state Of affairs,
and set themselves about the work of reform.
Is it possible that a member Of the Legislature
of this Christian State can be shot down like u
dog In the halls of the Capitol, in broad daylight
with scarcely any provocatOn wha tcver What
in the name OF all that is good are we coming
to? We had fondly supposed that the morals of
the State were becoming purer, but we are com
PEELED now to relinquish this hope, az we believe
this is the first time that the world has been
called upon to witness the foul crime Of murder,
perpetrated within the walls of the Capitol
This act will mark this session as the darkest of
all the dark convenings Of this august body.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

TnE PoNY EXrEEss.-On the arrival of the
first express overland, the San Francisco christian
AdOocate editor wrote in the following mcditative
strain:
A flash, rush, a catter, and flash, and New
York is in San Francisco
Here at least, is live thing; alive with the
throbbing pulsations of great heart, with the
immortal energy of thought alive from the
indomitabc force of mighty will, from the ir-
resistible power of accumulatng commerce {;
alive with the glowing fires of burning age
Let it dash on. We like it.
Fifteen months ago we Landed in San Francis
co. and were three weeks and more away from
home. Mind has tried its power on intervening
obstacles for fifteen months and we are but eight
days and ten hours from home. In few months
more we shall be six days-two days--no days
at all from d" home" 1t is God arranging this
world for the millennium. re DeUm Llud0ilits.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

THE APpeal relates that newly married man
in Marysyile had occasion to call family ply
sician, and enquiring what was the peculiar af
Fiction Of his wife, the Doctor put his hand to
his mouth and said, laconcally Look out for
squas!" The responsible father is going to
WashOp
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

Mr.. BOXER, the inventor of Boxers Biiters
and John Deans wife, is dead Sierra De0t
Yes, and "Scmblns," inventor" Of the
above and like wicked frivolties, will be soon,
we expect. Look out, Forbes A rush of blood
to the head will certainly follow such brain effort
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

PARIS hiss nearly gone mad over the newly-in
vented rifled cannon. Chariuari gives an illus
trative drawing, in which an artilleryman has
just fired. Stranger asks If the ball hit the mark; /;
artlleryman replies that he will know day after
10 morrow-the mark is too far off to hear sooner.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05
Gbe Gtmiitg aomnal.
WEAVERVILLE, CALI,
Saturday Morning, May ), 1850.

PoIYGAMY QUARREIING.-Ther is fair pros
pect of general row among the vitiated adhe-
rents to the doctrines of Joe Smith and Brigham
Young. But there seems to be a right side to
The case, as Joe. Smith, jr, denouuces the polyg-
amy antecedents of Brigham Young and his
benighted co-snners and evil doers The dsat-
iected Mormons under Brigham's reign lately
sent delegation to confer with Joseph Smith,
jr., son of the original prophet, now residing at
Nanvoo, asking him to go to Salt Lake and be-
come the head of the Mormon church. Smith
deprecates Mormonsm as it now exists there.
He has not yet declared his determination to go,
but should he proclaim himself the regular aud
rightfu successor to the apostolic office, he will
probably draw large majority of the reprobatc
saints to his standard. The harboring of polyg
amy within our boundaries is n disgrace to
American government, and if civil war among
themselves will better the matter, let it come.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

CRoPs IN SHAsrA.-The HeraId says the hay
crop in that county will he larger this year than
ever before In some portions of the county
farmers are about harvesting it.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

Nor HEAVY Cross TO BEAR.-A Florida lady
named Cross recently gave birth to a son which
weighed only one pound.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

A FREE LOVER on A RAiL.--At Utica, New
York. free lover named Skinner was recently
rode upon rail by the citizens.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

"IF we are to live after DEATH why don't we
have some knowledge of it?" said a sceptic to
clergyman. Why didn't you have some knowl-
edge Of the world before you came into IL" was
the caustic reply.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

REIIGIoN.-The humble cottager in the wind
ing valley is the recipient of its blessings, as the
dying husband said to his DEAR weeping wife,
who was administering the last act of kindness
and wiping the cold sweat from his brow,
:" There's light in the valley, Mary" and, with
heavenly smile, passed to the other shore, for
Jesus was with him. II on the deep, blue ocean,
it triumphs there as the old tar said to his dying
shipmatc, :" Where are you now, Jack?' "Just
casting anchor in port" said he, and then he
was " safe at home" where the dark bilows of
life never mc.-ChriStitR 1dDOcate.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

AN INVITING RETEEAT."-H. |. Van Horn,
late clerk of that county, gives notice in the
Shasta papers that he has opened a" Retreat" on
the Shasta and Middletown road, where hence
forth he will deal out lighning,"" strychnine"
and the " essence of arsenic," neither of which
will kill in sight of the house Is there short
turn and jump-on either side of the house. Van :?
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-05-05

WHERE ARE THEY.-R. f. Strickland, agent
of the California Stage company at Shasta, gives
notice that stages leave that place daily for
Trinity river and Weavervile. Perhaps they
do, but which road do they take, Bob? We are
anxious to know, as something must have hap
nnned thcm
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-05-31
A TaII'' Candidate.

It is said that Abe Lincoln, the Republican nominee
for President, is six feet, three inches in height
The New York friends of Mr.. Seward appear to be
very considerably put out by the oversaughing of that
gentleman at Chicago Thurow Weed and the other
managers hardly take any pains to conceal their chagrn
and disappointment at the promotion of comparatively
new and undstingushed man. the head Of the great
leader and organizer of the Northern Sectional Party
Mr. Seward himself felt confident of his nomina-
tion that he went home to Auburn so as to be in a
position to receive the with calmness. We may
fancy his feelings.
Lincoln, it is said, is a Kentucky man by birth. 1t
is a remarkable thing how many leaders of the anti
Southern party their birth to the section against
whose rights they From Birney to Lincoln, nearly
all the Abolition and Black Republican candidates for
President have been natives of the South Fremont and
Lincoln are ready illustrations.
The general opinion appears to be that the Chicago
Convention made mistake in their nomination for the
Vice Presidency. The New England States will be
pretty apt to go Republican, at any rate-the object
was to have concilated Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Hamn is too far to the Northeast to meet the views
of these mineral States.
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IS Prize DecIamatiOnS,'

The examination and Prize Determinations of the
" Wilmington Male and Female Seminary" took place
yesterday afternoon and evening in the Town Hail.
There gocdy attendance OF parents and others and
the impression that the young gentlemen acquitted
themselves most credably and that their proficiency
spoke volumes for the industry and ability of Mr. Jew
EFT, their instructor.
We understand that the prizes for Determinations were
awarded to the different classes as follows
FIRST CLAss.-First Prize, to James Med. French
"The Irish Union, second Prize, to William j. Fl
Bellamy " The Prisoner of Hercuaneum.'
SECOND CLAss.-FuSt Prize to James M. Brown
Destruction of Sennacherib, Second prize to James
G. Stevenson, &" Death of Adams and Jefferson"
THIRD CLAss.-FlrSt Prize, to William Martin
" Death of Napoleon Second 'iee to leighton l.
Boon, " The value Of Education. "-Daly Jour-, 24th
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Additional California News.

ST.. JosEPHs, May 23.-At San Francisco, on the
llth instant 10000 bags of Costa RIGA coffee brought
at auction 1873 cents Rio is quoted at Is cents and
dull Sales of 1000 tons of Cumberland COAL in bulk
at SIG.
gslature for the ensuing fiscal year oots up 81 600
about $4,000 of which goes to pay off claims Some
thing over 100000 will remain in the treasury after
satisfying all the demands now DUE
In two or three days the teegraphic communication
viii De complete between San Francisco and Vassaa
2lO miles southeast, on the Butterfeld route
The Washoe silver mining accounts continue exciting
IN details Every day it is shown that leads which had
been reported very rich turn out of little value whilst
Others of which nothing had been heard are found to be
immensely valuable.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-05-31

R1g~ 1t will be seen by letter in another column
that Hon. VIM S. Asbe for reasons satisfactory to him
Legislature of Meth Carolina. We need hardly say
that we sincerely regret this determinations while it
makes duty to urge upon the Democratic citizens
in the several districts throughout the county the added
necessity for taking prompt action in sending delegates to
the County Convention to be held at June Court We
trust that all the districts will have held meetings this
week, or will hold them next week at the farthest
The remarks and suggestions contained in Mr.. Ashes
letter will be found worthy of attention
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-05-31

YIELDING THEIR MANHooD.-This is a favorite form
of expression with certain of the partzans of" Mr. Doug
las or nobody" They contend, Mr.. Richardson, oil
Illinois, did at Charleston that neither upon platform
candidate can they concede anything to the just
rights and feelings of the South without yielding their
manhood" The Cincinnati Enquirer, one of whose
editors "a. D. Banks, formerly of Petersburg, Va)
present spectator at Charleston, repeats this
cant. The Enquirer cooy claims that the only object
of reassembng at Baltimore is to ratify Mr.. Douglas
nomination his terms. This it claims is due to
somebody's manhood. But different course might be
thought consistent with the manhood of Others who
have desire to give up all claims to the possession
that quality.
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PLANTATION FOR SALE

- THE SUBSCRIBER offers for sale the PLANTA.
EN- TlON situated at the head of Sapelo Sound in Geor-
- ga, containing 900 to 500 of LAND of which
50O are open for cnltvatonl5O0 of it will produce
80 ~ 90 BUSHELS GRO UND NUTS to the acre, (be-
ing peculiarly adapted to this cutvation) and ESQ
Will produce 80 to 40 bushels Corn the acre On the
place Is very comfortable framed Dwelling, and Cabins
which will accommodate leo Negroes together with Sta
beS, Cotton Houses, and all necessary buildings.
This of the most desirable residences on the Sea-
board OF Georgia. perfectly healthy, good Water and an
abundance of Fish, Oysters and Game Vessels drawing
twenty five feet water load the landing The steam
ton daily - 1870 ~
A great bargain and liberal terms will be given.
c. A. l.. LAMAR. Savannah.
Ca. ~ - wy " ns 'on' ~
April 5th, 1890. l8IS33-3m
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b65~ The nominations made at Baltimore and Chica-
60 do not appear to give much satisfaction Stewards
friends of course are mad the little william Ray
mond, of the New York TameS is down On Massa
Greedy, and Massa Greedy comes back him. Thur
low Weed and the Albany Regency threaten to bolt
but they u0on if they any chance of the spoils
Weed and Raymond poked fun at Greely during the
sessions of the Convention at Chicago but then he Stayed
Seward there, and now cooy mocks them. The happy
family" get along.
The Bell and Everett ticket is of course, quite re-
spectacle :" but live issues must be met planly-they
cannot be slurred Candidates must be live men
of the day-not of different era-not rhetor
icians In the earnest struggles of the day, Bell and
Everett will hardly bear hand
There is another Convention to meet. The Demo
Gratis are to try their hands again Will they succeed
A review Of the field will show any thinking person that
the chances for the success of the Democracy daily
gaining ground from the of their competitors and
it only remains for them to make the proper of these
chances.
Upon the party's knowing how to do this, and doing
it, will depend much Of its own future and of the
future of the country; for, we have already
said the prospects rapidly improving and it only de-
ponds upon ourselves to realize the promise which these
prospects hold out. We can realize such promise
1t is plainly the programme to elect the Democratic
nominees trumphanty upon principle. Let us not sacr1
flee that and we will be perfectly safe.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-05-31
News from New NJ. xico.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, May 23.-The mail from Santa
Fe, New Mexico arrived to-day, having left there on
the 18th inst.
Six companies of dragons had arrived and with the
mounted rifles now at Fort Union are making prepara-
tons to open the campaign against the Kowa Indians
They are also looking out site for fort on Red
river, forty miles this side When this is establish
ed Fort Union will be abandoned Large forces are
concentrating also at Pawnee Fork and with proper
management the Indians will he thoroughly punished
No Indians were seen on the route