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Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-01-21
G5e Trmitp -gomnal,
WEAV CAL,
Saturday Morning, january ~, 1860.
Loss of the Steamship Norfhcrner and
Thirty-Six Lives.

The ocean steamer Northerner, from Puget
Sound to San Francisco, struck a sunkcn rock u
few miles above Cape Mendocino, on the after
noon of Jan. 9th. Low tide exposed the rock,
heretofore undiscovered, which being sharp, rip
ped through the vessels bottom, with so slight a
shock that but few of the passengers felt it. The
captain and first officer, on deck at the time sup
posed the vessel had struck whale, but on eX-
animation found that the vessel was rapidly fill
ing with water Six pumps, throwing 10000 gal
Ions minute, were set to work, notwithstanding g
which the water gained at the rate of an inch per
minute. The captain ordered the boat to be
headed for the shore, and the life boats ready for
launching. The boat was run at close as posi-
BILE, with the hope of Bleaching her in good
place, and after the anchor was cast drifted to
within one hundred fathoms of land. Three
boats were lowered and filed with passengers,
two Of which swamped Immediately First off
Ger French received all the ladies but two into
his boat and succeeded in landing them safely
He then returned to the ship, and at the captain
request endeavored to take line ashore, in
doing which he was drowned. The Northern Cal-
Jornian says French was warned by those on
shore not to return to the vessel, that he had
done his duty, to which he nobly replied"
have as much to live for as any man, but my life
belongs to those on that wreck" He has wife
aud three children in Boston. The engineer sue
ceeded in landing the line, which, as night set in
was the only hope of escape left to those who re
mained on the wreck. None of the ships hand.
were allowed to land until the passengers were
safe. Mr.. Haas, Portland merchant, after the
captain had refused to allow him to land in thC
ladies' boat, offered that gentleman $4,000 tC
place him safely on shore. He was lost. The
captain speaks in the most praiseworthy terms o.
the people living in the neighborhood, for assist
ance rendered, among the rest, Seth Kinman and
his aged mother Seventeen passengers and nine
teen of the crew wore drowned.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-01-21

REMENnEg, youhe ,.:dies, that oranges are not
apt to be pri1ed Ter icing squeezed few times
-LOuisrla 5ss-s-1sts
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-01-21

SHELL MOUND NURsERIEs.-Mr. Dungey has
ordered another lot Of two year old Fruit Trees
from Washburn's Shell Mound Nurseries, which
will arrive. shortly. We hazard nothing in say
ing that the Trees for sale at Dungey's Nursery
are the finest and healthiest ever brought into the
county. They were packed with extra care, and
arrived without damage to either body or root,
which usually occurs to Trees packed SO great a
distance. They should be planted out immedi-
ately, so that they may become thoroughly set
tied and the roots placed before the growing sea-
son arrives. Examine the Shell Mound Trees,
you who intend to purchase
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-01-21

THE IIUMBoLDT RoAD.-From the Californian
of Jan. 1lth, we learn that Capt. Snyder, survey
or of the Humboldt and Weaverville Road, re-
ports twelve miles of good natural wagon road
on tho portion already surveyed. Twenty five
thousand dollars of the stock has been subscribed
in that county,-a fact which speaks well for the
energy of Humboldt people, and their determi-
nation to have the Road. A. Jacoby Esq, Pres
ident of the Company, is on his way to Weaver
Vile, where he is to meet Capt. Snyder They
very naturally expect the people of this county
to lend hand in carrying out the enterprise so
earnestly begun.
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GONE FoREyER.-
There are gains for all our losses,
There are balms for all our pain
But when youth, the dream departs,
1t takes something from our hearts,
And it never comes again.
We are stronger, we are better,
Under manhood's sterner reign
Still we feel that something sweet,
Followed youth with flying feet,
And will never come again.
Something beautiful has vanished,
And we sigh for it in vain;
We behold it everywhere,
On the earth and in the air,
But it never comes again,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-01-21

EXPERIENCES has fully demonstrated that where
a man, in q commercial community, has any
thing to sell, he must not keep dark about it /;
he must hold it up in contact with that universal
and powerful reflector and ilumnator-the pub
lie press be must paradoxically light 1t up with
iak-printer's ink and he must do this not
once, or twice, or three times, bnt persistently
and Systematically.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-01-21

Senator Gwin gave notice on
the frat day of the session of Congress, as usaa
that he would intfcauce Pacific Railroad bill
The Senator has done such things before.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-01-21

SKELETON SKiaTs.--A woneS ia this rig hangs
in her skirts like clapper ins ell, and never
meet ono without being tempted to take her by
the neck and ring her. Atlantic .aoatAiy.
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the fatal result in this iastnnce 1t
was rather the uncertainty, the strained
expectation as to what was to be de-
cided upon.
| need hardly say that the other
common cause, namely, for doctor
or friend to leave the patient and com
municate his opinion on the result of
his visit to the friends just outside
the patients door, or in the adjoining
room, after the visit, but within hear
ing or knowledge of the patients,
if possible, worst of ALL
1t is, I think, alarming, peculiarly
at this time, when the female ink bot
ties are perpetually impressing upon
us woman's particular Worth AMI
generally missionariness," to see that
the dress of woman is daily more
and more uniting them for any
mission" or usefulness ut all. 1t is
equally untitled for all poetic and all
domestic purposes. A man is now
more handy and far less Objectionable
being in sick room than woman.
Compelled by her dress, every woman
now either Shnffles or waddles-only
man can cross the floor Of sick
room without shaking it. What a
become of womaE's light step ?-the
firm, light, quick step we have been
asking for ?
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gabbath gealiug,
The Last Day.

To everything beneath the sun
there will come last day, AMI Of all
fnturity this is the only portion Of
time that can, in all cases, be infallibIy
predicted. Let the sang1ine take
warning, and the disheartened take
courage, for to every JOY and every
sorrow, every hope and every fear. will
come a last day, and man ought so to
live by foresight that, while he learns
IN every state to he content, he shall
n each be prepared for another what
nver that other may be- When we
set an acorn we expect it will produce
m oak; when we plant vine we
calculate npon gathering grapes; but
when we lay plan for years to come,
We may wish, and we can do no more
except pray, that it may be accom-
plished for we know not what even
he morrow will bring forth. All that
we do know before hand Of any hing is
that to everything beneath the sun
there comes last day.
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Popping the Question.

One evening | was sitting by Hettv,
and had worked myself up to the
sticking pint, seq +" Hetty, if a
fellow should ask you to marry him,
what wud you say ?"
Then she laughed, and seq she, THAT
would depend on who asked me-"
Then, SEE I, Suppose it was Ned
Willis ?"
SEE she, "I'd tell Ned Willis, but
not yon."
That kinder staggered me. BIT 1
was too cute to lose the opportunity
and so seq / again, Suppose it was
me 2" and then yon ought to have
seen her pont up her lips and SEE she
" | don't take no supposes.
Well now, you see there was moth
ing for me to do but touch the gun
off. So bang it went. SEE /, "Het-
ty, it's me. Won't you say yes p
And then there was such hullabalno
in my head, don't exactly know what
took place, but | thought / heard a
"yes" whispered somewhere in the
skirmish.
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The Silent Con1icss Of Life.

A triumph in the field is theme
for poetry. for painting. for history,
for all the eulogistic and az gran Using
agencies whose united tribune consti-
fntes Fame; but there are victories
won by men oUer themselves, more
truly honorable to the conqnror than
my that can be achieved in war. Oh,
these silent successes we never hear.
The battles in which they are obtained
are fought in solitude and without
help seve from above. The conflicts
is sometimes waged in the still watch
eS of the night, and the struggle is
often fearful. Honor to every con-
queror in such warfare Honor to
he man or woman who fights temp
alton, hatred, revenge. envy. selfish
ness. back to its last convert in the
heart and then expels it forever AL
though no outward show of honor ac-
orues to the visitors of these good
lights, they have their reward - high
ar one than Fame cln bestov Tlev
come out of the combat self-ennobled.
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Celestials and Yankees---The
Contrast.

One of the missionaries in China
shows up the following /" they's' and
"we's":
The Chinese parents select the wives
for their sons, and decide whom their
daughters shall marry. Their badge
of mourning is white, and their funeral
cards are written with blue ink They
mourn for the dead by proxy, and Sc
lect bnrying place for the departed
by the aid Of one who makes that his
profession. We read horizontally
they perpendicularly We read from
left to right; they from right to left.
We uncover the head as mark of
respect they put on their caps. We
black ball our boots; they whitewash
theirs. We compress the waist they
the feet. We give the place of honor
on the right; they on the left. We
speak Of the North west; they of West
north We say the needle Of the COM
pass points North ; they TO the South.
We shake the hand of friend in salu-
tation they shake their own. We
locatdthe understanding in the brain
they in the belly. Our officials desig-
nate their Office or rank by star on
the breast or epauletts on their shout
ders they by button on the apex
of the cap. We page our books on
the top; they on the margin We
print on both sides Of the sheet they
upon one. We place our foot-notes
at the bottom of the page; they at
the top of it. We mark the title of
book on the back of the binding they
on the margin of the leaf In our libra.
ries we set our volumes up; they lay
theirs down. We keep our wives in
the parlor; they keep theirs in the
kitchen. We put our daughters to
school they put theirs to service.
We propel our canal boats by horses
and steam they pull theirs by men.
We take our produce to market by
railroad !; they take theirs on mems
shoulders. We saw lumber and grind
-four by steam and water power they
do it by human muscle. We turn a
thousand spindles and fly hundred
shuttles without single hand to pro-
pei; they employ hand for each.
We print by power presses and metal
types /; they on wooden blocks with
hand brush We worship God they
offer incense to the devil.
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VOLUME 2, NUMBER II.
Writings.
The tinker's theology is pon-th,

The tinker's theology is pon-theism.
Is there any difference between an
unprotected female and an abandoned
woman?
The fsherman's motto: What shad-
ders we are and what shad we pursue
Said conceited young lady lyon
men are coyet- us set"
A rhetorical figure Webster's mind
inhabited brown. stone front, with all
the modern improvements, the mort
gage included.
Starers are in the habit of taking an
uncivil-epcs-ed view of things.
The pious sea captains oath--he
blesses his (s) tars
The man who challenges comparison
has to fight against fearful odds.
Notwithstanding the little noise they
make, hay dealers do business on
large scale.
New Workers witness stage fright
when the omnibns-d driver (who does
Jehu) knocks for his fare.
The worlds golden rule: Get and
forget.
A lady whose dress is on fire may be
said to stand in her own light.
The father who, in passion, chastises
his son, is truly like him that beateth
the air
Young heiresses, however homelv.
always "come down handsome
In practising benevolenee we should
give, as did the widow, with all our
mite.
To ladies only: In loves archery
the beau should not be overbent, lest
he snap.
A man may be said to be in stew
when you make his blood boil.
The orator who deals largely in
quotations speaks volumes.
A painted spire, like that of Grace
Church, is specimen of high color
ing.
The dogs tale has gratitude for its
moral
The kitchen is the scene of MANY
stirring events.
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Immortality.

Beantifulthoughts expressed. Why
IS it that the rainbow and the cloud
come over MS with a beauty that is
not Of earth and then pass away. and
cave us to muse on their fadded love-
linesS ? Why is it that the stars.
which hold their nightly festival around
the midnight throne are placed above
the reach Of our limited faculties,
forever mocking us with their map
proachable glory And why is that
bright forms Of human beauty are
presented to orr view and then taken
from MS I've are born for a higher
destiny than that of earth. There is
a realm where the rainbow never faies,
where the stars viii stay in onr presence
forever, and where the good men of
earth shall live the new life in unre-
mitted felicity.
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Aonth's Department.
iFoR THE PRESS.
Enigma.

l am composed of 53 letters.
Ny 80, 81, IA, 10, II, 90, 46, 4S,
IS, Al, AZ, is mans
name.
40, Is, 9, Is, is one of the points
of the compass
33, SO, 81, is kind of drink.
43, 30, 2, 40, 81, "a, 80, IA, %,
26, SO, was used in print
ing this weeks Press.
8, 4, II, is an article.
10, 5, IL, Is, is number
7, 81, 6, is nickname.
81, IS, 20, is = number.
8, AZ, 81, So, 35, 8, is used in
cutting grain,
{" 26, l, 2, AZ, 25, is what l dis
like TO hear persons do.
d" Al, SO, As, %, are small ami
mails.
"a, 2, 3S. is weight.
so is a consonant.
Nv whole is few words to writer's
Of Enigmas.
Answer next week. E. NJ.
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A Horse Advertisement.

A man in Wisconsin advertises his
horse for sale, and thus disconrses
Thou canst trust thy labor to him,
because his strength is great.
Thou canst bind him with his band
in the fnrrow, and he will harrow the
valley after thee.
He will gather thy seed into the
barn.
His strength is terrible, in which he
rejoieeth.
The glory of his nostrils in his pride ;
his neck is clothed with thunder.
He pawethin the valley, and waxeth
proud in his speed.
He mocketh at fear; neither turn
eth he his back from the hobgoblin.
Lo, now, he moveth his tail like a
cedar; his sinews are as cables.
His bones are like strong pieces Of
brass, yea, like bars Of iron.
He eaterh grass like an OK !.ehold
he drinketh up a river, and trusteth
that he can draw up Jordan in his
mouth.
Who can open door on his face ?
vet thou canst approach him with a
bride. His teeth are terrible round
about
will not conceal his parts, nor his
powers, nor his comsly proportions
He is gentle, he is kind,
And his tail sticks out behind"
now want to sell him for something
l can pay my debts with.
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Beautiful Hands.

AS a young friend was standing with
rs noticing the pedestrian ON the side
walk, very stylish and elegant girl
passed u.s. What beautiful hands
Miss has /" exclaimed our
friend
What makes them beautifnl!n
Why, they are small, white, soft,
and exquisitely shaped. The fingers
taper down delicately, and there is a
roseate blush on the finger that no ar
fist could initiate
Is that all that constitutes the
beauty of the hand ? Is not some
thing more to be included in your cata-
logue of beauty which you have not
enumerated, to make the hand desir-
able ~
What more would You have
g Are they charitable hands? Have
they ever fed the poor? Have they
ever carried the necessities of life to the
widow and the orphan ? Has their
soft touch ever soothed the irritation
Of sickness, and calmcd the agonies of
pain? DO the poor bless those rosy
tipped fingers as their wants are suu-
piled by them?
Are they uSeful hands? Have
they been taught that the world is not
a play ground, or theatre of display.
or a mere lounging place F? Do these
delicate hands ever labor? Are they
ever employed about the domestic du-
ties of life-the homely, ordinary en-
Payments ofthe household ? Or does
the owner leave all that to her moth
err, while she nourishes her delicate
hands in idleness?
Are they modest hands? Will
they perform their charities or duties
without vanity Or do they pandor
to the pride of their owner by their
delicacy and beauty Does she think
more of their display than of the i'm
provement OF her intellect and charac-
ter? Had she rather be called "the
girl with the beautiful hands " than to
receive any other praise for excellency
of conduct and character ?
Are they humble hands? Will
the owner extend them to grasp the
hard hand of the old school fellow, who
sat at the same desk with her and on
the same recitation bench, but who
now must earn her living by her labor +?
Or will they remain concealed in their
exclusiveness, in her aristocratic muff,
as she sweeps by her former compan-
ion?
Are they religious hands? Are
they ever clasped in prayer or elevated
in praise +? Does she remember the
God who has made her to differ from
so many of her sex, and devote her
mind, her heart, her hands to his SER
vice Does she try to initiate her
Saviour by going about doing good !?
Or are her hands 90 delicate, too beau
tiful TO be employed in good works?
"These are qualities that make the
hand beautiful one, in my estima-
ton. There is an aramanthine love-
linnss in such hands superior to the Ia
pering slenderness of the fingers of the
roseate hue of the nails y
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A Popular Air with Variations.

If a body meet body coming thro'
the rye, and if a body kiss body need
a body cry ?-BuRN's OLD SONG
If a Teller catch . Teller carrying OF
his wood, should f Her whale Teller
if a Teller could ?-GERMANTowN EN-
PoRIUM.
If body catch body stealing his
old rye" should body kick body
till body cry ?--CINoINNATI En-
oUIRER.
If a body spy body creeping round
his lot, shouldn't body treat a body
to load of shot ?-NoRwIcH News.
II body catch body stealing his
EXPRESS, shouldn't a body seize a body
and try and get redress ?-PETERsBURG
EXPRESS
If a body want body his store to
patronize, shouldn't body pay body
money to advertise ?-LYNcHBURG Ex-
PRESS.
If a body see body appropriate his
hat, should body kick body just
for doing that STAR.
If q body catch a body stealing all
his chickens, should body lick body
like the very dickens CENTRE DEMO
Graf
If body catch body stealing all
his corn, should a body make a body
wish he wasn't born ?-JoNEsBoRo'
GAZETTE
If body spy body "totin" off
his goose, should body fog body
like the very deuce ?-MouNT YER
NON STAR.
If body ask body to take the
country news. should body to body
say 4 beg to be excused ? HONE
JOURNAL.
If a body see body kissing of his
sister, need body curse body if he
doesn't raise a blister ?-LAwRENcE-
VILE News.
If a body meet body with COW.
hide and gun, and a body tries to
whip body should body run p
ROCKINGHAM REGISTER.
If all your bodies had your noodles
opened for your pains, methinks such
noodles, witless noodles, would lack a
deal of brains RICHMOND ENoUIR-
Err.
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Laconic Love Letters.

Dearest If that word is mistake
throw this note in the FIRE. Excuse
folly, result of last nights dance
Carriage waiting 1880; train starts
at 70; back tonight. No answer
sufficient reply to your rejected JOHN
SHORT
Miss Sweet is at loss to express
the embarrassment which she experien-
ced on reading Mr.. Shorts note.
My dearest Louisa-Received yours,
and note the contents. In haste, yours.
j. S.
Dear Mr. Short-Things must, OF
course, depend upon circumstances. -
l.. S.
Nv Dearest Love-$3,0OO year
in State stocks; $4,000 real estate
mortgage at per cent. Net profits
of business, $4,000 per ann. At your
feet. j. S.
MY Dear Mr.. Short-Connections
Religious principles IL. S.
Beloved Ohject-Aristocratic. Or
thodox. | adore Louisa. -. S.
My Dear john own you have
awakened an interest in my-what
shall | say FL. S.
Ny Only Love-Bosom.- S.
My Dearest What a goose
you are IL. S.
Ny Beautiful Bird-But then you
are duck. So we understand one
another. Accept the enclosed photo
graph. j. S.
Inconstant One IL return it'll You
were seen last night in a private box
at Wallack's with Miss Jones. / am
deceived farwelI. Think no more
of. S.
Falthless-l have paid no attentions
to Miss Jones like those | understand
you reed from Duychinck V. Brown.
Distraction Madness ii s.
Jealous IL scorn Duychinck v.
Brown. Torture Cruel Unkind
Il. S.
Silly Girl-Miss Jones is a griffin.
Bosh ID. S.
Dearest, Dearest John-Can you
forgive me ?-L. S.
My Own One, My Fond One be-
lieve you. S.
My Hearts Idol-Say no more. -
L. S.
| Mistress of My Soul--Three words
only. Name the day. S.
My Love, My Life-W Whenever you
like. Il. s.
My Precious Say Wednesday. II.
s.
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as Good stick at their tarnal nom
cents "let her gnsh /"
Whereupon they all sprung back
with the simultaneous observashnn that
I was a Best
"My female friends" sed |, "be4
you leeve, I've few remarks to re-
mark; wa them we'll The female wo-
man is Of the greatest institooshnns
of which this land kin boste. It's on
possible to cit along without her
Had thare hin no female wimin in the
world, I should scarcely be hear with
nv UNPARALLELED show on this very in
orsephishus occashun. She is good in
sickness-good in wellness-good all
the time. 0, woman. woman F" |
cride, my feelins wurked up to a hi
poetick pitch, you air angil when w
behave yourself but when yon take
off your proper apparel & (mettyfori-
cally speaking get into pantyloons--
when you desart your fresides, and
with your heads full of wimmins rites
noshuns g round like roarin lyons
seekin whom yon may devour sum-
budy-in short, when you undertake
to play the man, you play the devil
& air an emfatic noosance. My fe-
male friends" | continued, as they was
Indignantly departin, wa well what
A. Ward has sed
AN INCIDENT IN UTIKY.
In the Faul Of 1856 | showed my
show in Utiky, trooly CRATE sitty in
the State of New York
The people gave me a cordyal re-
cepshun. The press was loud in her
prases
/ day as | was given a description
of my Beests and Snakes in my usual
fowry stile what was my skorn & dis
gust to see big burly Teller walk up
to the cage containih my wax 6ggers
of the Lords Last Supper, and sease
Judas Iscarrat by the feet and drag
him out on to the ground lie then
commenst to pound him as hard as he
Good.
What under the son air you
abo vt ?" cride I.
SEE he, What did We bring this
pussy anermus cuss hear ~"
And he hit the wax fgger another
tremendous blow on the head
"Sez |, You egrejus ass, that airs
a wax fgger-a representative of the
false Postle"
SEE he, "That's all very we'll fur yu
to say, but I tell yu, old man, that Ju-
das Iscarrat can't show himself in Uti-
ky with impunity by darned site !"
with which observation he kaved in
Judasses he'd. The young man be-
longed to | of the fust families of Uti
ky. / sood him, and the Joory brawt
in verdict of Arson in the Sd de-
gree.