Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-04-30
our SAN Francisco Letter.

title of pamphlet scattered broadcast over the
city. 1t contains the proceedings in the House
of Representatives on March l7th, 22d and 23d,
and is published by the Congressional printer.
The debate was intensely uninteresting, and but
for the pepper Of personalities with which it was
Favored must have been as conducive to sleep as
a first-class sermon. We are taught that each
one Will have to give record of his misspent
time, and have frittered away too much of life
already to wade through twenty-four pages of
Legislature proceedings, but duty is duty, and
so did mine bicariously-gave the report to a
young man Christian, whom caught surrepti-
tously reading the Mysteries of the Court of
London " and requested him to epitomise in
writing. This is what he says, uer5atim ct HJera-
tim.
Y.M. C. A. Rooms, SAN Francisco April 9th, 1870.
Ny Dear Rrotaer er:-Those beautiful lines of that sinful
novelist Shakpere the only thing he wrote worth knowing
"Whie the lamp holds burn
The silent sinner may return"
gives Hope that your profanity may yet turned
to spiritual JOY II it don't the seventh commandment pro-
phamphet and have not time suy my mind things
worldly especially such debasng literature you
member yet four dollars for whisky which let you
have when was lost vessel and kept bar.
JEPrHnAH SINcRUsr.
| don't entirely endorse that report The
reference to d" dcbasing literature" may stand,
the rest is tabled. And really begin to discern
that not only is there such thing as debasing
literature" but that the expression may be
trustfuly amplfed to read, " literature is debas-
ing" Think Of that poor fellow " Paddy Pun
gent" who blew his brains out on Wednesday
morning, man of talent, born writer, one to
whom scribbling came as naturally as singing to
"A bird, perfume to or beauty to a woman
For years he had been struggling, now for fame,
now for bread, to-day selling peanuts and apples,
tomorrow an article that would have done credit
to an accomplished journalist. His thought was
original, his manner of expression happy, and
his native Irish humor infused a wit into his
contributions that ought to have made them in
greater demand. If he had been able to dress in
broadclOth and fine linen, breakfast at the
. Maison Fer, take his cocktails at the - Bank
Exchange" and dine at the @ Rotisserie'- he
had pushed himself amongst the representatives
OF San Francisco literature and boldly demanded
that he should have place with them his abilities
would probably have been recognised, and
instead OF adding one more name to the peaceful
catalogue of suicides the de plume Of 't Paddy
Pungent' might have become household word
on the court, and its owner courted, admired
and admitted into the most refined circles. But
poor fellow, his boots were unpublished, and his
clothes shabby, his shirt spotess and his hat
diapidated, and worst of all his pockets money
less. Verify, dress does make the man and many
mute, inglorious Milton
fails to rise because he has not credit a. fash
lonable tallors. Its very well moralizing now,
but none OF us lent him a helping hand. That
blossom rock explosion is most tantalizng af-
fair. Three days this week toiled up to the
top of Telegraph hill with several hundred
othees, mostly fools and reporters and each time
made mental vow, swearing to it in Il cocktail
that now, never again would | put faith in
private information. However, Colonel Won
Schmidt the clever engineer who has charge of
operations, promises to let me know the exact
date, and the result shall be duly chroniced for
the benefit of rrinitarans.
When theatres pail, negro hurlesques s fail to
entertain, minstrel performances become unusu-
ally stupid, and the ever present mammoth
circus little too monotonous, San Franciscans
have an unfniling source of fun by dropping into
Dashaway hall and listening TO the spirited de-
bates on woman suffrage Mrs. P. NJ. Stephens,
proprietor Of the Pioneer, weekly journal
devoted to the advancement Of" &c, is
generally the presiding genius, and pitches into
the men in style that shows conclusively she
has a husband to practice on. Nonsense twad-
die and good common sense are strangely
mingled at these meetings, though the latter
hardly suffice to leaven the lump of foolishness
One lady, and foreigner at that is quite am
bilious and says that if the restriction against
naturalzed citizens occupying the Presidential
chair was only removed she should herself be
candidate for that position. | am afraid to
rdcue the movement, the vials of wrath and
bitterness that would be poured on my devoted
head If | wrote one sentence against these fair
ancents, would be more than could endure so
please excuse personal opinion and accept that
of lady friend: " Women do not want the
ballot, if they did they could speedily get it, and
it is only a few chldless agilators, who force
themselves into prominence by discussing this
question. | do not say they will never have it,
one of the great political parties may make it "A
battle cry, and the mans natural courtesy will
certainly decide in favor of the suftrngists but
until then it is a still-born issue and falls dead
on the public mind"
The journalistic war, which for time did fail
now trebly laundering swes the gale. Aha
Uersus everybody, Bulletin Us. everybody, CAL ps
Chronicle, Figaro as. TOWR and Stage and the Sea
son. Isn't that nice muddle, each ones hand
or rather type, fighting indiscriminately in Kill
kenny fashion, striking out right and left, not
caring bit who they hurt so long as one of the
rest suffers. This is how it stands The cal a
cheap morning, newsy paper, circulation increas-
ing cuts into the Atta's profits like blazes, and
the Bulletin, with plenty of capital to back it up
The Alta in state of chronic vexation, would
like to start opposition evening journal to the
bulletin, but knows it won't pay. The Chronicle
is well established, successful and enlarging, but
disposition Hagersh (scriptural obscurity) III
garO, 7own and Stage and Season, like three
drowning men catching at plank that will only
support one Bulletin solemn and commercial,
putting in good blow at Alta and Chronicle
when it can Ne,cs Letter Quilpish see Charles
Dickens Curiosity shop in state of intense
delight, and bidding each one go in and win, at
the same time kicking the downmost. Religious
weekles stupid, lachrymose and whining for
support, occasionally dealing each other
cowardly blow in the stomach (ther seat of
season. and stealing all the time from their con-
temporaries and the public looks on, sometimes
amused, often disgusted, but patronizing all
praising all and abusing all. And if you can
understand the situation its little more than