Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-04-06
COUNTY MATTERS.
"JACrNTo" EXPLAINS HIS LONG SILENCE.
DOUGLAS CRY, EGO SUNDAY, '61.

0JACTNTO" EXPLAINS HIS LONG SILENCE.
DOUGLAS CRY, Ego SUNDAY, '6l.
FRIEND GORDON PLEASE excuse me for not
writing in SO long time. My plea is, hard
work, and an abundance of It, am now engaged
in running bedrock tunnel into Trinity Bench,
which is about as hard as strong dccootion Of
Pbaraoh's heart, the A" way Of the transgressor"
and John Chinaman's bed. The only real COM
fort or amusement | have as yet been able to
discover, is cutting out of Frank Lesiies Paper
pictures of Southern fre-eaters and using them
for cartridges and tampng
There are eight tunnels In the same BARI pros
poets of water from Robinson Il DavdsOn's
ditch, in three or four weeks from appearances
will pay So or $40 day.
1t is heavy on q debilitated constitution to
work on hard bed rock all the week and attend
all the parties and balls in Douglas and vicinity,
but situated as am, I've got to take the medi-
cine there is no help for it, ] generally dance
until am exhausted, then hold baby till its
mother dances, and so make myself useful as well
as ornamental. ! think 1 have done extremely
well, so far, not TO have my affections busted"
Speaking of nursing, can beat baby jumper
all hollow. / will just wager four bits that can
mesmerze the crossest "young 'un' in Trinity
kindness, Ia Rarey, and scientific wbistling. |
am undecided whether men ought to nurse, or
the ladies be taught to whistle.
THE MIXEs.-Mabie's Flat, from Sc to $50 per
day Filibuster Flat, SS and $40 Sproul &
Stuart, $l7 day Smiths bench-Franklin K
Walls, Sl,026 for ten days work Lyons, Ochel-
tree q Kaye. $40, clear of all expense others
So and 50 day Douglas City Bar, from Sc to
$12; Texas Bar-lower bench not workable
upper bench, from Sl2 to $40. New diggings
I have been struck on this bench, prospecting as
high as IS cents to the pan. am truly pleased
! to hear that my old friends on Texas Bar are do
ing so we'll They are jolly good set of fellows;
extremely fond of the ladies dance the money
mush" to perfection, and not single one VIII
you find about houses of vice and debauchery.
Now and then you can hear political set-to,
but as far as | know we are Union men. | do
love Union man, and | think the Almighty
does. Just now, outside of my own party, | go
my last three cent piece on old ParsOn BrOwnlow.
! II he is not justly entitled to a seat in high
Heaven an octave above common Christians, my
belief in that much talked-Of happy land Will be
materially lessened.
| notice your correspondents from this place
give me slight rub occasionally, by way, sup
pose, of keeping me stirred up. Go ahead,
boys its all right. Say what you please. | am
good natured never get mad and if | should
| don't think am dangerous. | never had but
one fight in my life that recolect. That grew
out of a few words had with my mother when
| was quite boy, and the old gentleman took it
up, and thrashed the ID ont of me in no time.
Still for the Stars and Stripes. JAcINTo
LETTER FROM LOWER TRINIrY-THE New RIVER
MINES, &o.-We received through Mr.. Hudson,
the New River expressman, last Monday. the
following letter from friend at Tinscy's ranch,
lower Trinity. 1t relates principally to the New
River country, and mines, and will be read with
interest.