Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1864-01-30
0he Aonle Retord.

tion is forwarded to the Governor signed by
some one hundred and thirty residents of North
and East Forks, Rattesnake creek. Big Flat
Cox's Bar and Hiampom, which will be present.
ed to his Excellency by the representatives from
this county. 1t asks the Governor to intercede
with the Government military authorities in be-
half of force to be stationed at Burnt Ranch
on Trinity river, for the protection of citizens re-
siding on the southern border, and to prevent the
Indians from making further incursons on the
more central settlements, as in the case of the
New River miners, who two weeks ago were
driven from their homes, and across the divide
into Klamath county. We shall await the result
of this appeal with much anxiety.
Messrs Jones and Personette are well aware
OF the helpless condition Of the people in the
districts referred to, as is also Assemblyman Wi
ley, of Humboldt as he formerly did business on
New river. \ force of fifty men stationed at
near the mouth of that stream would afford pro-
lection to the people in Iliampom valley in few
hours, if required, would act guard to settlers
and miners who are anxious to return to their
now abandoned homes and claims on lower Trim
ity, and prevent the Indians from making raids
the New river settlements, and thence across
into klamath county. All this would be accom-
pished by the presence of fifty men at the point
indicated, and that number certainly be spar
ed from the present force in Humboldt county.
Let something be done quickly. The winter
has just fairly commenced. and the Indians will
be driven from the mountains again.
MATTERS AND DoINGs ABOUT DoUGLAs.-s' ia
cinto " writes US from Fillibuster Flat January
Gath, as follows
DEAR MAJOR Il hope you will excuse me for
putting the handle to your name, for somehow
confess | rather like it. In all probability it's
from the fact that have had few hieroglyphics
placed at the end of my name lately. 1t looks
more like a tail than handle, however - ia
cinto, d. G.. Now d. G. would stand for dan
g rous customer, or the devils cousin, or damna-
BILE - cactus" and a dozen such things, but it
really stands for nothing more or less than Depu
" Constable. Ny first business after being duly
installed into Office was to serve a = granny she
o. a friend up one of Trnity's tributaries in
favor of of the heirs of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, which resulted in general . slip up, no
monies, property or ''any other man y being
found. Now this dscouraging to officer
of the law inst beginning to look up in the
world little. One would have thought that
sufficient TO make me resign, but rs said in the
commencement of my letter, ! like handles to
names. and cannot afford TO give up mine quite
so easily.
lis said there's nothing in a name, but
there was something in my grandmthers name
What do YOU think it was? 4 great big O,
about the size of cart wheel, and when and
how it took its departure is as great mystery
to Inc as the lost ten tribes Of Israel to theO-
logians. But when ii comes right down to
names alone, and nothing else | will put this
vicinity against any in the State foI oddities.
For instance there comes monthly letter to this
Office from beyond Atantcs foaming pillows
marked to Carambo Jesus and there is gen
tlcman living near my claim from across thu
placed waters of the Pacific, whose phiz Will
ASSAY about 30 per cent. copper and from the
length of his tail one would suppose he was OF
the Anglo-monkey pursuasion-who tells me his
name is All Sow-Pig. It's wonder he loves
~ hnrrv- - and believes that when he dies
he will be turned into a living swine. Bully for
:! Josh
The miners are not working as regular as the
would lie to, account of scarcity of water
which article is drying up very fast. It's a
pity that should have To lay off on account of
ANYTHING, but such is the melancholy fact
During nv idle moments have been endeavor-
ing to bring my inventive genius to bear upon a
machine for answering questions OF course if
IL works | will take out letters patent and put
the thing Immediately in motion. The Yankees
have heretofore been pointed out rs the men
that ask all the questions answerable or unan-
swerable but can put my finger on men here
abouts that ne ser the New England States
and never will see the New Jerusalem, who can
smother a half-dozen live Yanks to death with
questions before you could shift your chew of
tobacco. Bully for the terbacker, say When
n man eats his last crust of bread or suffers on
some desert for water or gets down to the bed
rock generally, he deserves some sympathy,
but when n man goes down into his pockets with
both hands and finds no tobacco, from the bot
tom O. my boot heels do pity him. have seen
men at this disappointment put on as many faces
as n corderoy pumpkin, or the present style OF
II I baxa long
and earnestly for the downfall of that party my
prayers are answered. God is just.
Somebody who thinks am too good natured
to ever get angry, who is not afraid if do,
appropriates my Journal. Please put some
cow-tch in the next number and perhaps can
find out the fellow. Give me newspapers and
tobacco when | am Awake, but to enjoy life
hugely | have always cOntended that man
wants to be dead drunk, or fast asleep.
Tuesday, 26th-Wcll reader. howS your
canine? No sabe canine, eh ? Well, canine
yulgarly called dog, is animal with four legs
lqute in use ~bout Douglas City, tail on one
end Of him. used generally for what is called
waggng. He also has a head on the other end
used for barking when he is tied up, and body
from which large crops of heas are raised an
naaliy.
The Douglas City fiat claim of Estes 4 Co.. is
thought to be paying remarkably WELL Some of
the rifles beeoning demoralized in one box were
one box, for a seven eight DAYS run. Nv
claim is prospecting very ereniy this week, hav-
ing so far PANIED dozen pans and " nary color"
yet. | think my wash up will assay Roback' So
principally.
The following verses were composed beside the
sluice boxes this morning before breakfast and
It was not very good morning for poetry either
being foggy as the deuce:
Twelve long years of mining life
And yet, Pm sluicing still;
] washed dust Nugh
To square the water bill.
Lord look down with pitying eye
Upon this Son Of Gun.
And in thy bounteous Providence
Give good weeks
The bedrock bitches of McAdams Il Co. are
looking fine Nc. says he intends going home
after water fails with little money in the seams
of his pantaloons says he only came here to
wear out his old clothes. The aforesaid tog-
gerry" is about gone up"
Subscribing myself as ever your faithful and
law-abiding friend i. E. when the local laws
adopt the 10 hour system,-(I never was known
to break that law by working the eleventh hour