Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-12-13

North RECOMMENDATION reIu" with his friend BenJa-
-; ;,timotrs that our southern " 'o'"'0
niobt he willing to return 10 tne ou'on un
W. " t. onenicps on condition that the eu RAJ
Government pay the rebel war ue'' .
u.onId he very comfortable arrangrmru'' erp
o;oIlv for onr Southern brothers DAVIS D''J J"i,''
II 0L. who as the rebel cause grow u,
~ u'' .or,o onnrpbrnsions of Federal cordage. a
aia,itv Of tLe nrople East West and North VIII
oJonsnnt 10 such ignominious arrangements
Wt ,nonId want to live under Goverhmeht d
rIro,' oiiizen with Davis, the traitor, ana BriJa
min the other lscariOt OF his lrloe "hi,e
n,'"' hnnoroLle means of reconcling the South
arm neonle who have been betrayed ana gu'iuu oy
traiiors who deserve the dishonor OF Tue s,poc''
,be only way to receive the lnsugalors VI the re-
bpion back into the Union lies az 'pe 'oo' VI
the gailows. -, c,,.o ,oii,;os
~ nresant good many OF the old political
hnmmers are seen in council occasionally on
Rnmmers' Corner, but their deliberations doh
amount TO much. Not much excitement. ye''
about the State Senatorship. OF this 1t VIII De
lime enough to speak in another letter. mayor
Gilsi trying to get out OF Alcatraz, on hdotdS
c0rpus and until he is again at large ana lew
more of his sort are relieved of the surveillance
Of The Provost Marshal, there will be political
stagnaon.
Amusensents.
There are two theaters in blast every night :;
the American Theater, with a German Company,
runs on Sunday evenings A third is nearly
completed, and will he opened within couple
Of weeks, by the Leightons. There are don /
know how many melodeOns going; all, with one
excpplon. have reformed the scandalons ulgar-
ism which used to characterize these minor thea
ters. and draw TO them the basest Of humans who
t,ni H,tu N A :
ter of curiosity, | attended one of these places
about a year ago, and though not over taStidlous,
was absolutely disguised out of the house within
a half hour by the stencil of vie cigars ana
mines. fumes of viler whisky and the not to he
described bawdry of the performers The room
smelt like a three-cent doggery after an all
NIGHTS debauch, and was'n half so respectable
place. Even the rahble have got disgusted with
this sublimated nastiness, and the melOdcons are
now comparatively respectable comparatively
so. Last night the Man-in-the Moon gave grand
acrobatic performance, for the benefit OF some
lunar bencv olent society, and in which he threw
all other performances into the shade. The
cclpse was even better attended than the 4" bene-
ft'' of Manager Mcguire, at the Opera House.
Literary Matters.
There seems o be a sharp rivalry between the
publishers of the several literary papers and
magazines The Hesperidn has encountered "a
competitor in The shape OF the Worm PucUr
RepieU, which in spite of immense industry and
poster announcements is essentially dull heavy to
an unpxampled degree of pondefoasnrss. The
Golden Era has run against formidable oh
slruction in the shape Of the Sunday Mercury.
aud in consequence, is running on the pictorial
business and has multiludes Of bulletin boards
placed in various public places where the Era
is posted to be read gratis. If the eBteFprising z
publishers would only supply stools for the read
ers to sit on, the arrangements Tor literary free
lunch would be perfect. The Mercury, without
resortng to such extraordinary means, is rapidly
incr easing in popularity, rs | am informed by the
news-dealers, at the rate Of two or three hundred
week. 1t APPEARS to be substantial and we'll
conducted journal, and is certainly the handSomest t
weekly paper on this coast There is some stir
among the daily papers in relation to the late
rise in paper. With wonderful beuev0lence
each is hoping that the other may " freeze cat, &"
aud all profess to have paper enough to last
several years. Where they got the money to lay
in stock so neXhausIible, is IA matter not under
stood by the public.
Next week | shall present your readers with
something more substantial and interesting. The
requirements OF your letter hurried me somew hat
TKINITY.
SAN Francisco, Dec s, 1862.