Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-03-10

Tie Methodist Church is doing wonders here.
Nearly everybody here is Christian, and those
who are not want to be- | think about the next
time, they will corral all the good citizens here
abouts They say that "a man cannot he Chris
uan and correspond with newspaper, for he is
continually coming in contact with the derU
suppose you can tell whether man is "A Christian
or not, by looking in that big ledger of yours, at
tDe end Of every year; for he that is Christian
viii pay the printer aud escape the wrath to
come.
FOLSOM GRANlTE.-The splendid granite quar-
Eies of Folsom, extending for miles along the
American river and the mere out-croppipgs of
which cannot be exhausted for centuries, are
justly regarded by MONEYS Elgrqs9 as The source
of immense future wealth. When those palaces
are built which Bayard Taylor predicts will line
the shores OF CarquncZ Straits and make ii an
other BoSphorus, Folsom granite will be there
10 see.
DRoprING OFF THE Hoops.-There has been
some excitement in society" at Washington, in
consequence Of the appearance in public of the
daughters of the Austrian Consul General sans
Grinolne, A matnee was given in their honor
ly one Of the Diplomatic Corps, and the room
VAS crowded by persons who had forgotten how
woman looked who were without the great eX-
tenders.
SIGRRA.--The Democrat has an Oregon cores
pondent, " LeatherwaX," who spells very badly.
The editor OF that paper has also received a COM
plimenary ticket to a st. Patrick's day lunch, at
which be is rejoiced. lie also appeals to Mr..
Haskell to bury some carrion which disturbed
his Oil-factores on the road to Coyotevle.
NEWSPAPER REcEIpys.-The receipts Of the
New York T,iJqAe for the month ending Jan. G,
1858, were S72,4S9 IS month ending Jan. Is,
1859, $7l,6G5 10; Jan. il, 1860 Sll0,G78 81.
The receipts OF the N. y. Hefai2 Office in Decem-
Der, 1851, were S47,OI3 40; December, 1858,
1918 % December, 1859, $G0.76j O8
FIVE AT Bm1H.-They were calves, though,
reader, and the COW which bore them belonged
TO Jno. W. Brigham, Marlborough. Mass They
were all born in one day, and averaged thirty five
pounds cach-total, one hundred aud seventy
five pounds
Az abscnt.minded lawyer sat down to write
deed and began it, know one woman" when
his clerk immediately interrupted him with,
" You are wrong sir, you are wrong il should
be, Know all men, " "WelI, never mind. "
retorted the old crab, " If one woman knows ii,
all men will soon know it,"
message TO the Assembly op highway robbery
and its punishments, thinks the commission of
that crime frequently involves murder, and
does rot see why it should not be punished with
death"
TIE Sierra Denocrat says there is a town
Excclsor-a few miles away from Downieville,
containing about a hundred people, where not
Iron of ig Col Is
paper printed in it, Forbes
WHEN my wife was very sick called in an
Alopathc physician but she got no better. /
then called in Homeopathic, and she mended a
little /; one day he broke his leg and could not
come at all, tlien sue got well.
WE are indebted to Surveyor General II. A.
IIgley for his last annual report. 1t contains
the returns of all the county Assessors of the
State, and much valuable information not TO be
obtained elsewhere.
TIE California Steam Navigation company
have authorized its Directors, if they thiak
proper, to close up business and dissolve. Rea-
son, decline OF trade, opposition and idle boats.
"TnE PLEDGE."-An excellent temperance
newspaper Of that name is published at the Bay
City, by Goodman Mccarthy, the first and sec
ond numbers OF which we have received
Expensive GossIP.-Mss Van Wrinkle, of Cam
bridge, H., used some slanderous language tow
ards a lady neighbor prosecuted aud SEN
tcnced to pay $4,000 damages.
FREMoNT's QUARTZ MnLs.-The Marposa Star
says the Benton Mills are operating successfully,
aud that 81 900 were crushed out the first week
in this month.
The telegraph announces The loss OF Mr.. James
Loag, by the late destruction Of his residence in
Shasta, to be $1,000