Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-01-02

Informed them that he was . the bloody wretch
that had found the nugget At last he rode full
speed against a tree, and nearly knocked his
bloody brains out"
The Secretary of the Navy has recently order
ed all vessels of the Government to be supplied
with the new patent Life-Preserving Vest, and no
one going to sea should be without it. On this
coast they can be had only of Houston, HAS
TINGs h Co., at their furnishing store, corner of
sole agents in California.
THE new Lindel House, in St. Louis, is said
TO be the largest Hotel building in the United
State-perhaps in the world. At its recent open
ing the table contained the following among 9th
er things 100 dozen quails, $50 turkeys, 40 doz-
en- poultry for salads, 100 gallons oysters, 900
Tbs. cake, $50 gallons ice-creams, and 900 lbs.
Malaga and Ohio grapes.
DRowNED.-A German named Frank Kunz was
drowned in Little Cow creek, Shasta county, on
the 18th ult. The stream had suddenly raised,
of which he was not His body dis
covered lodged in tree limb when the waters
SuDSlQeQ. Leaves q wife ana ttlTec CHliuTen, the
Courier says.
An OLD CALIFORNIAN Gone. @. Gerber
ding, one of the early pioneers of San Francis
co. died in that city on the Gath ult lie was
of the original proprietors of the Erening
Bulletin, and is spoken of by the press having
been a most excellent citizen and worthy man.
GONE interchangeable Gerard, native of
France, died at Gold HILL N. t., last week, at the
advanced age of 4years Madame Marguer-
tie " was resident of this place for over seven
years, and accumulated handsome competency
in the saloon and restaurant business.
The Boise Neps says that Comstock, of Washoe
notoriety, is still discovering rich leads but they
do him no more good than lis <Washoe mines did.
All Comstock seems to. care for is>to develop the
country, and let -sthers reap the benefit of his
enterprise.
The Richmond Wing tells the rebel authoritSss,
in view of their many broken promises, that theN
" should hang their heads with shame The
Sonora Flag says they needat hang their heads;
old Abe will do that job for them
ApJoURNED,-Without transacting any impor-'
tant business, both houses of the Legislature adj
journed from the 23d of December to the 9Th of
January. One month of the session frittered
away.-SPirif of the Tunes.
NIKE BRASSIGAS was recently discharged fronr
the Vireini. City Jail ON condition that he imme-
diately left the city limits, never to return. We
hope the California authorities will follow suit
at the first opportunity.
THE Humboldt Register says the great amount
of native birthstone and saltpetre in Humboldt
county is uncomfortably suggestive as one of the
features of 4" our future State"
SIXTEEN hundred thousand slaves are reported
to have been run into Georgia and Alabama alone
from Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Miss
issippi, by rebel owners, to escape the Union
troops.
DEAD.-James l.. Hart, editor and publisher Of
the Horsetown Argus, died at Shasta, OF lung fe-
yer, on the 18th nit. He was SO years old.
SEVERAL ships lately arrived at San Francisco
bring supplies of war material and ordnance
stores.
GA HAPPY NEw-YEARn to all the patrons
,nd rao darc of tho JoIpv., - r;sh