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Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

SENATOR JONES SPEECH.-We have
received, in pamphlet form, the speech
delivered by the Nevada Senator in op-
position TO the scheme for the imitation of
the currency. 1t was an effort which
from the unexpected source from whence
it came, attracted public attention in a
greater degree than many more labor
ed effort by an old mem Der of the Senate
would have done. We can we'll under
stand how the old stagers, who looked
upon Jones as one who was supposed to
owe his position to the immense wealth
at his command, rather than to any pc
culiar abilities he could bring to the
place, must have been surprised at the
self-possession with which the new Sena-
tor entered upon the discussion of so deep
question, and the readiness with which
he demolished the financial theories which
the advocates of initiation had set up.
The speech will we'll bear reading, and
while we coincide with its main purporI,
we think some of the positions assumed
would, if assailed, be found untenable.-
down the rebellion fifteen hundred mill
ions cheaper, had it been done without
resort to the issue Of green backs. With
out that resort the rebellion could never
have been put down at all. With the
withdrawal Of million OF men from the
pursuits of peace to become consumers in
stead Of producers, high prices for all the
products Of industry followed as a matter
of course, and would have followed had
the government paid for its purchases in
gold instead of currency. Probably one
mistake of policy was in the measure
which permitted the changing Of curren-
cy notes into bonds which called for gold
payments. But, if so, it is one of the
mistakes which grew out of the extraor-
dinary necessities of the occasion, in
which every move which could strength
en- the national credit and help to furnish
the sinews of war, was brought into requi-
stion.
The Nevada Senator, having made his
home in this county for many years, and
taken his first steps in political life within
its boundaries, it invests his subsequent
career with an interest for our people
which is doubtless as great as that Of his
own immediate constituents. The fact,
also, that its views are in such thorough
sympathy with our own upon the ques-
ton which was being discussed, has Civ
en- the first speech of the Nevada Senator
an additional interest which will cause it
to be sought and eagerly read by the old
time Trinitarians.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

FORTUNES FLOATING AWAY. - The
divisibiIity Of quicksilver is SO great that
particles OF it float down streams Of water,
invisible to the naked eye, and yet large
enough to contain still smaller particles
of gold or silver, or both. The presence
Of these floating metals can be shown by
Placing sheet Of copper in Jordan creek
below any OF our quartz mills, where, IN
short time, it will be completely COW
cred with quicksilver. Since the discov-
cry of this camp, hundreds of thousands
dollars have thus foated away and been
lost. In Washoe, the muddy waters of
the streams, for many miles below the
quartz mills, have been collected in res
ervoirs and allowed to settle, yielding,
in almost every instance, immense for
tunes. Infinitely small as these particles
Of precious metals are that float away,
invisible to the naked eye, they have, in
the aggregate, great commercial value,
and are, TO some extent, typical Of invis-
ible particles of ones income that are
carelessly allowed to float away on the
stream Of waste, when, with little care,
they might be made into deposits of
an aggregate value that would surprise
even statistician.-O,Oyhee (Ldaho) AZ
0taHche.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02
THE INITIATION BILL VETOED.

President Grant has way Of doing
things peculiarly his own. And this was
illustrated in his action in regard to the
bill for the imitation of the currencv.-
Deputations from the great commercial
centers of the country had waited upon
the Pre,id2 to urge him to exercise the
the veto r.wer, and although they watch
ed for some word or sign Indicative of
the course he intended to pursue, it was
not forthcoming. They left the Executive
presence with the full belief that their
remonstrances had been without avail
that the President was fully committed
to the policy Of the inAationi,t,. Such,
also, was the general belief of the coun-
try; but at the proper moment, and not
before, it, tallacy was proven. Grant
did not attempt, by intimsting what his
action would be, to influence the course
Of Congressional legislation, but when
the responsibility was laid upon himself,
he met it at once and with that decision
OF character which has been noticeab BILE
throughout hi> Official life.
The veto has taken the country by sur
prise, and has been received with varied
feeling, as different interests seemed to be
affected. 1t is believed, however, that
the general sentiment of the country will
sustain the President in having made this
use Of the Executive prerogative. The
popular feeling has been strongly in ia
vor Of return to specie payments, and
the Republican party, by its pledges made
by and through the National Conven-
tons Of 1868 and 1872, and by the utter
ances of its acknowledged leaders, is
strongly committed to the principle. The
bill for the further issue of currency was
in direct violation OF these pledges. Re-
pubicans and Democrats were alike com
mitted by the declarations of their party
platforms to oppose all measures of this
character, yet Republicans and Demo
Gratis are found united to sanction that,
which the general sentiment of the peo-
pie had declared to be undesirable. 1t
was reserved for the President to become
the power between the people and their
iaithless representatives, which should, if
not compel performance of the pledges
Of party platforms, at least put stop to
further proceedings in violation Of the
popular will.
Upon general principles we are oppos-
ed to the veto power and its exercise. In
the hands Of bad, designing, and unscrup-
uops men, it has often enabled minor
ity to defeat legislation of high impor-
tance. With man Of the mental cali
bre of Andrew johnson in the Presi-
DENTAL chair, it was power to be dread
ed, creating discord and reviving sec
tional feeling. Grant, who has declared
that he has "no policy opposed to the
will Of the people," has exercised it but
once, and in this case we believe the good
sense Of the country will sustain him.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

A Ton OF DEAD HEATHEN.-The S.
+. Chronicle says the average American
contcmplates in stupid bewilderment the
tenacious faith of the disciples of Confu-
cus in the religious necessity that wher
ever death may overtake them their dust
must be sent back the Flowery Kingdom
to rest in the bosom of mother earth.
Possibly, it is silly superstition, but our
" heather Chinee fellow beings live up
to it ever so much more consistently than
we live up to our superstitions. The
OTifdmn1e, from Portland, a few days
ago brought down over ton of the NOR
tai remains Of Mongolians, who had shuf-
fled off their coils in Oregon. This queer
cargo is to be reshipped from this port to
China. The fact that so thrifty peo-
pie as the Chinese should incur the great
expense they do for such purpose,
proves the strong hold which the custom
has upon them. The mere preparation
Of the bodies to be shipped costs twenty
five dollars each and when the expenses
OF packing, freight, reshipment, ETC., are
added it must amount to about as much
an industrious Chinaman, living upon
economical principles can save in year.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02


BURRILL VS.. HAw. = The Supreme
Court Of California has finally decided
this case in favor of Haw. The suit was
for 80 acres or land, being part Of Haw's
homestead. Burril contested Haw's right
to pre-empt the land in the Land Office,
from 1858 to 1866 when Haw got pat
ent for it. Then Burrill commenced suit
against Haw in the District Court and
got n judgment against him. Haw APP
pealed to the Supreme Court and the
judgment was reversed. Then the case
was case was tried again and Haw got
judgment. Then Burril appealed to the
Supreme Court; and upon this last APP
peal the judgment in favor of Haw is now
affirmed. The land has been in litigation
l6 years and has cost each party more
than double its value.-HuBlbOidt Times
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

RARE PHENOMENON WITNESSED AT
METROPOLIS, ILLINoIs.-A most remark
able phenomenon was witnessed yester-
day morning by some Of the citizens Of
this place. Directly after sun up, dark
bank Of clouds lay close to the horizon
in the direction of Paducah, obscuring
the golden haired King Of the day, and
just above this dark embankment, mir
rored in a serene and deep blue sky, the
city of Paducah appeared with all its
spires, houses, streets, wharves, ETC.,
clearly visible. The mirage appeared
about 40 degrees above the horizon. AT
the time the behoder could see three
steamboats, at the wharf, the Tennessee
river, the tow heads, and, in fact, the en-
tire city, all appearing as natural as life
except that everything appeared magni-
fled to twice its natural size. A gentle
man who came down on the Fisk, verif-
ed the appearance so far as steamboats,
are concerned. This and one other are
the only instances Of the appearance Of
the mirage in this section that we have
ever heard of.-MdSsac Journal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

AN OAKLAND SENsATIoN.-Oakland
has been having II frst-class sensation,
and the daily papers have come to US
filled with the accounts of the doings of
the "spilits " at house in that city.
The residence of Mr.. Clark has been the
scene Of spiritual (>upposed) manifesto
tions which would be incredible had they
not been witnessed by persons whose
yeracity is not open to question. Chairs
and boxes sent spinning around, heavy
bureau lifted against the balustrade, a
large trunk which one man could not
handle pitched down the stairs, and the
room from which it was taken found
closed as it had been left, and fearful
shrek, which curdled the blood of the
listeners, was heard are part of the scenes
which were enacted during three or four
days. Upon the removal of an invalid
lady, (by the advice of sprituoist>), the
manifestations ceased, and have not since
been renewed.
There is something startling in these
things, and if they are attributable to
natural causes, it is strange that science
has not shown before this time the why
and wherefore. 1t is about thirty years
since what is called spiritualsm p" first
began to create an excitement, and we
are in as much doubt to day as 10 the
causes of the phenomena, as we were
when it was first observed. 1t has been
said, upon what authority we cannot
say at present, that all who have under
taken its investigation have ended by
becoming convinced spiritualists, or be-
coming insane. Whether this is true or
not, we cannot say, but certainly spirit
uali>tic excitements have been the cause
of much insanity. Many things which
in the past were mysteries as impene-
trable. apparently, as are these spiritual
manifestations, proved, under the revela-
tions Of scientific research, to be the re-
suits of natural causes only, and some
day these mysteries will doubtless be
made plain.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

SUSTAINING THE VETo.-The press of
the Pacific States is unanimous in its APP
proyal of Grants veto Of the imitation
bill. Such radically Democratic papers
as the Cousa Sun speak in high terms of
the Presidents action, and even the cap
tious Union, which probably had crush
ing leader prepared in anticipation of
different result, is obliged to give faint
approval to the act of one who is not one
of the Dolys. OF course, however, it sets
up its invariable nnti-railroad howl be-
cause the infationists want to carry the
question before the people in the Con-
gressional elections; thereby making the
railroad issue n secondary one. 1t is sell
dom that an Executive veto is received
with such universal approval. The only
paper which we have observed to CON
demn the veto is the Sacramento Bee.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

AN Italian lawyer has eclipsed his
Philadelphia brethren by acuteness in de-
Tending a client. A tax-colsctor of Ma
piles absconded with public money to the
amount of 100000. He was caught,
brought back and tried, but the jury ac-
quilted him because the money he had
stolen was the peoples money; and as he
was one of the people, he was part own
er of that money, and of course it would
be monstrous to convict a man of steal
what was his own. The manly courage
of this plea is far preferable to the sneak
ing one of emotional insarity.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

THE Chicago papers are careful to
adapt their local romances to the exigen-
cies Of modern Improvements. In the
very latest elopement from that city, for
instance, the prosecuted but devoted lover
snatched his bride from the enraged pa
rent in the fourteenth story of fashiona-
BILE hotel, and made good their escape by
wildly tossing her palpitating form into
the descending elevator, just as the old
man reached, too late, the empty land
ing
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02
u. s. LAND OFFICE,
SHASTA. CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT TO A PLACER
MINING CLAIM.

APRIL 23d, 1874
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
~ James Ward, whose Post Office ad-
dress is Weaverville, Trinity County,
State of California, has made application
to the Government of the United States
for Patent for the following described
Gold Bearing Placer Mine, situated in
Oregon Guich Mining District, in Trinity
County, and known as the James Ward
Placer Mine, and more particularly de-
scribed in the plat and ield-notes now on
file in this office, as Lot No. 46, in Town
ship 80 N, r 10 w, Nj. ID. NJ.
Beginning at post, marked w & Co,
M q Co and b ~ Co, for the South East
corner of the claim, from which the cor
ner common to Sections 6and 7 in Town
ship 33 N, r 8 w, and Sections l and II
in Township 33 N, r 10 w, bears NS6O
54E 1878 chains distant, (calcuated),
running from said post with variation Of
18030E) North 31.S6 chains to Sugar
Pine tree, marked NJ 81 Co and w, at
the North East corner of the claim
thence West 8.65 chains to n Pine Tree,
81 inches in diameter, marked M 81 Co
thence S630 w 47.12 chains to granite
rock, marked NJ & Co, on the left bank
of Cooper Gulch, "a inches long, 20 in
ches VIDE ana IL inches thick, In mound
of rock /; thence S30oW 1918 chains to a
post in mound of rock, marked w &
Co, at the SW corner of the claim
thence East along the South line of the
claim 56.77 chains to the place of begin
ming, containing ll9 70 100 acres. Bound
ed on the East by the mining claims of
Wilson & Co and Beaver & Co; on the
North West by the mining claim of At
kins 81 Lowden; (; on the South by the
Oregon Gulch Mountain Placer Mine.
All persons holding any adverse claim
thereto are required to present the same
before the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office, at Shasta,
California, within sixty days from the first
day Of publication of this notice.
AARON BELL,
my2 God Register.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

"MUsIcAL REvIEw."-We have re-
ceived the April number of the Musical
ReOienV, monthly publication which
commenced with the current year. The
number before us contains several pieces
of music arranged for the voice and pi-
ano-forte, also music for a single instru
ment. The new publication promises to
be valuable addition to the music liter
ature of this State. Published by Sher-
man & Hyde, San Francisco, at 81 per
annum.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

Dr.. BENJAMIN SHURTLEFF, one of
the pioneers Of Shasta county, and the
State Senator from this District in 1861,
has disposed of his homestead and other
Shasta property, and will locate at Napa.
Report has it that the Doctor will receive
from Governor Booth the appointment
Of Resident Physician at the Branch In
sane Asylum now building. The Shasta
" Grndstone Board" will soon be non
est
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

An anti-secret society organization has
been formed in Illinois, its purpose being
to "expose, withstand, and remove Sc
cret societies, Free Masonry in particular,
and other anti Christian movements, in
order to save the churches of Christ from
being depraved-to redeem the admins
tration of justice from perversion, and
our Republican Government from cor
ruption.n
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

A CHINAMAN followed some boys who
had been throwing stones at him into
one Of the Salem churches last Sunday,
exclaiming, Whasse matter you? Too
muchee d-n toolee." The staidest of
the members smole a smile, and even the
preachers in his pulpit wunk little wink
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

A DETROIT woman threw the coffee
pot at her husband, and he, having moth
ing else wherewith to retort, threw their
two year old boy at her. The court de-
cided that small boys must not be used
as domestic missiles, and the man is in a
prison cell.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

THE Icelanders are ahead Of us. They
celebrate their millenial this year. A
Danish colony was founded upon this
islnnd one thousand years ago, and has
remained to this day the most northward
white settlement in the known world
The festivities will be held in Reyjvik,
the capital Of the country.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

GRANT, the murderer of Townsend,
was sentenced by the Nevada District
Court to twenty-five years imprisonment
in the State Prison. The murder was
committed at Bocca about year ago.
Grant is the man that tried to commit
suicide last week in the Jail, and he VOWS
he won't enter San Quentin alive.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

LAND is rapidly on the decline ir some
parts of Georgia. In Houston county,
a plantation of 2,l30 acres of oak and
hickory lands was sold before the war
for $4,000. -Four years ago it sold for
$4,000, and about two weeks ago it was
knocked down for $2,l29, less than a dol
lar an acre.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

GOOD SHooTING.-The following which
occurred in Kanawha, about two weeks
ago, will compare favorably with some
of the best shooting we ever heard Of =:
Samuel Causon held an ordinary tin
plate in his hand and let Levi Welsh
shoot at it four times with a Colts re-
volver, at distance of fifty-fve yards,
and every bullet pierced the plate.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

THE Sacramento Supervisors have or
dered an election on the Local Option
question in Center township, Oh the 23d
day of May. As there is but one saloon
keeper in the township we fear he will
have the option of closing up or moving
to some other place.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

THE recent finding of ruins of fortifi-
cation and tower, by Lieut.. Wards com
mand, east of Florence, on the Gila river,
is another proof that all of Arizona was
once inhabited by very superior race
of beings to those found here by first
white explorers.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

Rev. DIR. THOMAS was killed by the
Modocs on Friday, April 1lth, 1873, and
his daughter, the wife OF Rev. w. s..
Urmy, died at Vallejo on Friday, April
10th, 1874. One of his sons also died at
Petaluma about three months ago.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

THERE must be something patriarchal
about the old German in Sturgis, Michi-
gan, who lost his child, and carrying it
out on his shoulder to the cemetery, bur-
led it himself and pronounced funeral
Grafton over the grave, with one old wo-
man to hear him.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02
THE following little sinful game W

THE following little sinful game was
INDUCED in at Atlanta, Georgia A par
ty Of young men dined sumptiously at
restaurar t, and each one insisted on pay
ing the bill. To decide the matter it was
proposed to blindtold the waiter, and the
first one he caught should pay the bill.
He hasn't caught any Of them yet.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

THERE was great excitement at Tope-
ka over the arrival Of old man Bender
and his wife. Thousands hocked around
the Jail to see the butchers, who were full
ly identified by many who had seen them
in Kansas.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

PRoTEcTIoY.--The wholesale liquor
dealers in San Francisco have resolved
to raise fund Of $1,000 to protect the
interests of their interior customers against
the inroads Of crusaders and Local OPP
tionists.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

KENDALL has presented the resola-
tions Of the Nevada Legisl lature, urging
the passage Of bill requiring patents to
be issued mediatey for lands granted
to the Central Pacific Rain Dad, in order
that they may be subjected to taxation.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

A DANvILLE, Va, murderer, who
lately had his death sentence commuted
to imprisonment, was digging out of Jail,
and had got a hole through the floor when
his commutation came. He expressed
himself satisfied, and gave up knife that
he had concealed.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

The French steamer Amertque, which
was supposed to have been lost near Brest
has been taken hold of by two English
steamers and towed to Plymouth. A
large part Of her cargo has been saved.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

THE young ladies of Placerville are
getting up social society, which is to
have frequent meetings for social enjoy
ment and intellectual improvement
They think that this will keep the young
men out Of the liquor saloons, and we
think they are right.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02
Meekly Grinitg journal.
OUR AGENTS:

TIIOS. BOYCE. Room No. 30. New
Merchants Exchange Building San Fran
cisco, is our only authorized agent in that city
GEO. II. ROWELT. d CO.. 80 Park
Row. are our only authorized Agents in New
York City.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

PLAcERvILLE is the first town to elect
a woman to office under the new law
permitting women to hold educational
offices. Mrs, p. j. Isbell was elected a
member Of the School Board Of that city
last Tuesday.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

AN Iowa postmaster refused to /" lick
on" a stamp for one of his neighbor's
wives, and this act of dscourtesy result
cd in his being shot in the hip. Post
masters can't be too accommodating.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

NJ. c. CoNRoY, N. Z. Chamberlain
and j. 2. Ames have been appointed by
the Governor to assess the amount equit-
ably due Hutchings, Lamon, Black and
Folsom, settlers in Yosemite.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

NORTH CAROLINA, having signally
failed in the volcano business, has pro-
duced baby with only one half the usu-
al quota of eyes and ears, but a double
supply of fingers and toes.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

New ORLEANS is crowded with starry
ing negroes from the districts in the coun-
try overfowed by the Mississippi, and
the city has not ;he means of providing
for their relief
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

The work Of remodeing the Cover
nor's Mansion so as to fit it for State
Printing Office and State Annoy, is
progressing rapidly. The law requires
the work TO be completed by June lst.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

A ST. LOUIS boy who swallowed seven
brass buttons on dare" is now said
to be on the shelf for internal repairs,
and did not participate in the first OF April
celebration.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

The San Diego World recommends
Santa Catalina Island as the proper place
for reservation for the Indians on this
coast, particularly for the hostile and
treacherous Apaches.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

TELEGRAMs of the week, say the whole
country from Monroe to the mouth Of
the Red river is submerged. and 10000
people of that district will soon be on the
verge Of starvation.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

A NUMBER of persons in San Francis
co are discussing the proprety Of organ
izing Cremation Society, under whose
rules the bodies Of deceased members will
be burned,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

JACOB EvERT, a farmer of West Bear
River township, Yuba county, died few
days ago from the kick of mule, re-
cciycd while plowing.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

NOVEL CoNDITIoN.-The Governor Of
Virginia has pardoned convict upon
the novel condition that he shall abstain
from intoxicating fluids for the next three
years.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-02

COPPER mines have been discovered on
Oak Run, from which Jumps Of pure cop
per weighing from two to six pounds
each have been taken by prospectors.