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Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27

RAIN.-Contrary to all expectations, it
rained this week. People had just about
settled into the conviction that it never
would rain any more. The storm was
not sufficient to do any great damage
Rain fell to the extraordinary depth Of
93 100 OF an inch. Our miners continue
to make their regular runs of about an
hour day, just the same as though moth
ing had happened. Rain has fallen to
the depth of 1916 inches this season, as
against 80. 90 inches during tie correspond
ing period of last year. The streets will
soon he dusty again. Miners have little
to do aside from loafng. Merchants are
not overrun with business. Whisky is
more plenty than water. And yet we are
not happy. But we are hopeful, very
hopeful. We hope to see ten feet of snow
in the streets on the 4th day of July
Hope is nice thing. 1t is sustaining.
1t must be sustaining. We know of no
other thing which will sustain US until
wet Winter. We have one more hope.
We hope the man who predicted IL wet
season may be compelled towel, we
can't think of anything bad enough for
that man.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27

CAPT. w. A. ELIAsoN, of the Internal
Revenue Department, spent several days
in town the past week.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27

i RETuRNED.-Henry Engel came back
'Ast week, having succeeded in inducing
1pme parties in San Francisco to come
~ and take look at his quartz ledge on
Hast Fork. They will be here in few
~eeks and it is probable that arrange
nents will be made for the erection of a
m'll and the more extensive working of
tne mine. Indications are that it will
prove profitable investment.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27

BASE BALL being the National game
Of America, and Weavervile forming Il
prominent part of the aforesaid country,
it is national disgrace that we should be
without Base Ball Club. Now, there
fore, hear ye, all the people who are in
favor of such an organization, hereby
are commanded to meet at the Office Of
the WEEKLY TRINITY JOURNAL in the
town of Weaverville, County of Trinity,
and State of California, at one O'Clock,
P. NJ, on Sunday next, March 2Sth A.
D. 1873. Everybody willing to take
hand are invited to be present.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27
Assessors Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
~ the undersigned has commenced the
assessment of property IN Trinity county
for the current fiscal year.
| am desirous of making MS thorough
and economical an assessment as possible
and for that purpose will call upon each
and every taX-paying citizen ONCE
Then, should any one neglect to give II
list OF property, | will assess, at what,
from the best information | can obtain,
will be n fair and Just value, the property
of the person SO neglecting to furnish II
schedule.
REMEMBER. One CalI and One only.
will be made.
Parties not owning any Real Estate will
be required to pay their taxes when as
sesscd.
Under ar Act entitled can Act to
amend certain sections of the Political
Code, relating to collection of Poll Taxes,
and to repeal Section 3,S50of said Code, 2"
Approved March 80, 1874, the following
amounts are required:
From the first Monday in March to tt e
first Monday in July-S2 from the first
Monday in July to the second Monday in
January-S3 after the second Monday
in January-S4. Parties interested will
please take notice, and save any addition
al charge by paying their Poll Taxes be-
fore the first Monday in July.
JACOB PAULSEN,
Assessor.
Wcoverville, March Sth, 1873. If.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27
LAND NOTICES.
u. s. LAND OFFICE,
SHASTA, CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT TO A
QUICKSILVER MINE.

FEBRUARY lst, 1875.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
IN John \. Lytle and \. w. Hawkett,
whose Post Office address is Trinity Gem
tire, Trinity County, State of California,
have made application for Patent for
the followingdescribed Quicksilver Mine,
situated in Cinnabar Mining District, in
the above named County and Snte, and
known as the TRINITY QUlCKSIL-
YER NINE, and more particularly de-
scribed in the plat and ticld-notes now on
file in this office, us follows, to-wit: Lot
No. 81, in Township SO n, Il w, NJ.
ID. NJ. containing 20 66-l00 acres.
Beginning at serpentine rock l3x9x5
inches, marked L Il \, at tho South East
corner of the claim, running with varia-
ton lSol5'E) West 22.73 chains to sor-
pontine rock 30x20xl2 inches, marked Il
Il A, for SW cornero of the claim ; thence
North 900 chains 10 sorpentino rock
2ixl4x7 inches, marked Il. for the n w
corner Of the claim: thence East 22.73
chains to II serpentine rock l7XSX5 mark
cd Il, for n Il corner of the claim thence
South 900 chains to and closing on the
starting corner. Said claim is bounded
ON the South by the Altoona Quicksilver
Mine; on the West by the Davis Tunnel
Right claim on the North by Boyd,
Trotter, Washington and Taggart claims
and ON the East by the Carr claim.
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,
feb6-60d. Register.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27

Ga For the very best Photographs, go to
Bradley & Ruloison's Gallery, with an ELE-
NATOR, 42j Montgomery St., San Francisco
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27
EEST OF LETTERS
WEAVERVILLE POST OFFICE,
March 2Cth, 1875.
TOWN AND COUNTY.

TODAY is Good Friday; next Sunday
is Easter.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27
NEWARK
l. A NJ D COMPANY.
San Francisco Hay, Alameda CO.,
California. TitIe Perfect.
incorporated.

THE NEWARK LAND COMPANY
l. Is now assuming shape ; the Guaran-
tee Fund paid in. This Company will
be prepared in March to take 5000 peo-
pie by steamboat and railroad To their
town and lands in ono excursion, which
will be advertised, BY reference to the
Coast Survey chart it will be seen that at
Potrero Point, in front Of Newark, tha
deep water comes all the way through
the channel from the Pacific, with the
9. i. X. X. running in direct limo
through the Livormore Pass making this
tho connecting point between all parts OF
the United States and by deep water to
all parts Of the globe and the greatest
manufacturing point on the Bay of San
Francisco-plcnty of water, good climate.
excellent soil and easy communications.
This land will be sold at auction in April
in acres and in lots. This company will
commence active operation in building
etc. soon. For all information, circulars,
maps and subscription, apply at the Office
of the Company, 1857 California Street,
basement, opposite Bank of California,
San Francisco.
CHAS. II. PETERS, Manager.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27
WE PROPOSE TO FURNISH lum-
w Der, in any quantity desired, at the
following prices, FOR CASH:

Fifty cents additional per 100 feet will
be charged on all orders for less than / 1000
feet, and So 90 per thousand feet will be
added to all accounts running more than
sixty days.
Orders left with NJ. Lang, our Agent in
Weaverville, or at the Mill, will receive
prompt attention.
MATHEWS, JUMPER & co.
Browns Creek, Jan. 10, 1875. If
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27


Wcoverville, March Sth, 1873.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-27

TNlRINITY COUNTY WARRANTS
IL taken at their Market value in payment
for Subscription to the JOURNAL.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-03-18
CiSlO 1l6.

ministerstvo bylo take nedorozum6ni
nedorozumeni byl ,,netuseny hmotny roz-
kvet" krach atd Nejvetsi nedorozu.
meni jest kazdym zp6sobem, kdyz znovu
zfizeni statu rakouskeho ocekava Sc cd
strany, jez ma teziste sve Prusku.
Il Petr0hfudu. Take Rusku byly,
jak SO dovidame z ,,Birzeyych Vedomo.
sti", zavedeny sbirky We prospech utlaGo.
vanych bratri Slovakd. Receny list ma
pomina tez Madary, ably hledeli Sc doro-
zumeti Sc Slovany. Daleka cesta marne
volani. = rfipravach Rusi k valce ru-
sko nemecke pise Sc ,,Gazete Torunske 9
Varsavy: Cd n6kolika let, t. j. cd ukon
ceni voiny francousko n6mecke pocala Sc
oblevovati ruskych kruzich vladni zme-
ma co do smySleni k Nemcdm, ably Sc
tim vzbudil odpor lidu prot zivlu n6mec
kemu. YGazeta Warszawska" pfinasi
mad miru prudke clanky prot Prusku a
nemectvi vdbec We Varsav6 mluvi Sc o
nebyvalem ruchu vojenskem po cele kon-
gresovce. L Rusi pfelozeno do Polska
takovG mnozstvi vojsks, ze jeste nikdyv
dobach miru nebylo vidano,
a to vojsko ma ostati v kongresov-
ce. We Varsave pocina So mluviti vice
nezli jindy zblizeni ruskopolskem.
,,Gazeta Polska" pfinesla nedavno Gla-
mex, ktery pred vytistenim ct6n byl neien
cd guvernera Kotzebua, ale Petrohra-
du,a n6mz kladena vaha ma sblizeni Sc
Polakd Rusi. Clanek ten zjednal ,,Gaz.
T." carte blanche, ma vse co napise Wy
pravuje sc take, ze dennik1m Polskym
vychazejicim mimo kongresovku bude po
volen pfistup do kongresovky. Ma to ko
necne potina Sc rusk6 urednictvo mno.
hem vice stykati obyvatelstvem pol
skym.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-03-18

Kdo Sc do Cernych vrcha pres to
pfedce odvazi = ten odvazuie Sc pills
mnoho, az zivota; neien svizele cesty a
dlouheho pobytu pustinach divocinach
v nezvyklem ponebi mohou mnoheho
zivot stati, ale tu .isou ieste caste potycky
boiovnym cetnym kmenem Siouxd
ano Sc spolkovymi voiaky o6ekavani,
takze snadno pfemnohy tech, ktery z
popudu dobrodruznosti zlatachtivosti do
te bajecne zeme Sc vypravi, ziv zdrdv
odtamtud sc nevrati. A zivot "a zivot
Jest sazka trochu vysoka
Poz. Zdeisi Sunday Voice pfinesl cd
kohosi provolani k utvofeni druziny zla-
tokopG.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-03-18

Washington, II brez. Rozhod
mutt 0 pfipusteni Pinchbacka Louisiany
do senatu ma navrh senatora Westa odro.
ceno ma druhy pondelek mesice prosince
beziciho roku. Ma to navrhl senator
Frelinghuysen naslednjici resoluci; u
sneseno, re senat iednani presidenta Spoi.
statd k ochrane Louisany pred vnitfnim
znasilnenim schvaluie "a to ma, ze by
mel V uznavani nynejsi vlady feGenem
state pokraGovati' Usneseni toto bylo
nasledkem namitek nekterych senator i
poodlozeno ma zytfek.
Minister vojenstvi sdeluje generalu
Shermanovi, ze vsecky vypravy belochd
do Cernych Vrchd zamezeny byti musi,
pokud dosavadni smlouvy platnosti tr
vaii; ale re vlada Sc pokusi vyjednava-
nj kmenem Sioux6 postoupeni toho Il
zemi, tax aby osadnikdm bylo otevfeno.
Utahsky spolkovy soudce j. b. Nc Kean
byl pro zneuziti moci nerozvaznost a
bezohlednost svou sesazen; na jeho misto
dosazen p. Parker Missouri, drive Glen
kongresu.
Delnicke osvedce
Asi 1000 delniki cerne plete pfitahlo
vcera vecer k Bilemu Domu, ably 81 n
presidenta vedli stiznost ma to, ze penize
distriktni vlade k podnikani nekterych
vefejnych staveb cd kong ngressu povolene
vyplaceny byly kontraktordm ma mistt
delnikdm. President ale de putaci nepfi
ial, COZ shromazdene delnictvo velmi
trapne doialo. ,Nejvyssi ufednik repu
bliky nechce delnictvo republiky pfi.
jmouti,' zvolaI jeden fecnik vyzval schrc
mazdeni, ably Sc rozeslo, kteremuz vyzva-
nj vyhoveno.
= Spanelsky vyslanec dorucil dne'
pfesidentovi vlastnorucni list krale Alton
Sc. Caleb Gushing odevzdal krali AL
fonsovi povefuiici listing, coz Sc rovna II
znani toho noveho kralovstvi.
Columbus. o. Is. bfez, Ii. T
Burgett, nocni klerk ma nakladnim nd
drazi draby c. G. G. & G. byl zatcen n;
podezfeni ukrazeni "a s 1000 stfizneh'
zboM jez zdejsim firmam melo byti dc
dane.
Chicago, Is. BIZ. Kdyz dnes ran
polsky svec PolinskY, bydlici V cisle 81
ulici Alcorn, procitnul, nalezl zenu svo
13letou dceru Konstantinku mrtvou
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-03-18

n NarOdni konvent strany neza-
ych Sc sobotu rozesel. Mel raz
konventu delnickeho, aG platforme sve
o delnicke otazce AMI zminky nenalezame
VeGer bylo valne shromazdeni nemz
rozlicni fecnici bidn6m stavu delnictya a
jeho potfebach poiednavali. Zvlast6 w
bizeni d6lnici ably volili do statnich sne.
ma lidi, kteri potfebam delnictva rozumi
a pro ne vrele citi nikoliv takove, ma
nez kapitaliste spolecenstva mali velky
vliv. Navrhovano tez zfizovani delnic-
kych potravnich kram1 po zpdsobu praz
skeho Oulu, tax ably delnici nebyli nuce-
nj kupovati potraviny sve cd pfekupnik1-
Pro Cleveland zvolen dstfedni vvbor
Is clend, sice kazde wardy ieden; ze
6 wardy zvolen znamy delnicky agitator
Robert Schilling, II IA wardy nezvo-
len zadny. Shromazd6ni zavfel pfedseda
naseduiicimi slovy: ,,Cervanky zlateho
veku pro delnika rdi Sc jiz ma obzoru
a cas- nadchazi kdy ie.
den hlas zvestovati bude pad stran
ktere tax dlouho panovali delniku pra-
va jeho zdrzovaly. Gas nadesei, kdy
d6lnici pfestavaji byti ohonem stran."
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-03-18
Europa.

Rim, 10. bfez. Pri dnesnim konsisto-
riu povyseni jsou "a kardinaly arcibiskup
Manning, Ledochowsky, Nc Closky, De
schamps, Giarella Bartolini. Filadeltie,
Boston Milwaukee povyseny jsou "a
metropolitan dieceze novi biskupoye
jmenovani jsou pro Wheeling, Portland,
Hartford Kingston. Arcibiskup Balti-
morsky odevzda arcibiskupu Nc Closky-
mu New Yorku kardinalsky klobouk "a
monsignor Roncetti, mimofadny legat pa
pezSkY, jest cd papeze vyslan, ably jei o
povySeni jehO zprayil. - Katolictvi We
Spoi. statech dostalo Sc timto ,vyzname-
nanim' nemale pobudky. Dnes jiz Sc t6-
81, ze Spoj. staty "a nedlouhou budou ie-
jich.
Falesn6 dcacetni6y koluii okolo Be
rouna, Unhoste a Zbirohu. JsOu tax yer
ne napodobeny, ze jen TIL lie je Cd
pravych rozeznati. Shotoveny isou z
Mosaic. Patrani po ponezokazich bylo
dusud marne.
Il d9jiadna sdIozen. Die statistic
kych vykaz6 ujalo zdafilo Sc nejvice
zalozen okoli olomuckem. Zalozny ty-
to honosi Sc valnymi vklady eetnym IL
castenstvin.: Ma vzdor hojnemu poctu
vybornemu rozvoji zalozen t6chto, haiti
Sc pfece 1ver okoli olomuckem yelmi
povazlive. Proto jest zadoucno neod-
kladne nutno, ably Sc porada vsech zalo-
zen, okoli olomouckem vzkvetajicich,
svolala a prostfedky vhodne Sc vypatra-
ly, jimizto by Sc dal Ivtr rozmnoziti a
zvelebiti. Ma jisto postaveno, ze behem
kratke DOLBY gruntovni knize olomuck6
pfibylo 100000 I'll, dluhd. Pod bfeine-
nem techto sedm set tisic Il. novych dlu-
hav stena - rolnik. kolik smenek
obehu, jest neznamo. Jak vysoko Sc pa
ci duh osobni nasich venkovan1, kdoz to
vi! Jisto vsak jest, ze nemo7itosti ce-
leho kraje olomouckeho ponoruii Sc kaz.
dym dnem hloub mofi dluhi
Bro%uro arcikntxete lana Salcdtora
zavdala. jak Sc pololfadniho pramene
do iisteho uiadniho lstu pise, podnet K
d6verne rozmluve mezi hr Andrassym
nemeckym vyslancem; nemecky vysla-
nee Schweinitz byl pry tax milostiv ze
nezadal ma Rakousku "a zadostuGineni,
poDevadz Glen panujiciho rodu Sc opo.
vail poukazati nebezpeei fisi cd hrabi-
veho Prusactva hrozicimu, kdyz Sc lou
Gil Andrassym, vyslovil pfesvedeeni, ze
pfatelstvi Nemecka Rakouskem spool
va ma pills pcvnych zakladech, nez ably
mohlo byti publikaci necht odkudkolivek
pochazi, zviklano. - ,Politik" pise ne.
dorozum6nich, jez Sc We Vidni tax Caste
pfihazuii. Jakou 1lohu hraii Rakous.
kych dejinach vselika velka mala nedo-
rozum6ni! Cd drahnych h e t
jedno nedorozumeni podava dru-
hemu ruku nyni stoji tu dlouhe fa-
de, jake by chteli tvoriti kostru ,,nove svc
bodne cry" Smerling byl nedorozumeni
uherske vyrovnani bylo nedorozumeni
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-03-18

ostatni deti tezce nemocne. Dnes odpo-
ledne byl Polinsky zatcen, ielikoz lpi ma
nem podezfeni, ze rodinu svou otravil.
Sousede Sc vsak Polinskyho zastavaii a
mini, ze tax ohavneho alocinu AMI scho-
pen neni.
Vra&dav soudni sini.
ST. Louis, Is. bf. Kdyz minul6-
no roku nekolik hochI ma rohu Christy
Ave. II. ulice 81 hralo, byl mlady sy-
mex Rob. M. Boutrightu kamenem, cd
chlapce Woodsona nan mrst6nym, zabit
Pfi dnesnim pfeliceni S Chas. Woodso-
mem prodral SO bratr zavrazdeneho chap
ce, asi 16 let star, k obzalovanemu Wood
sonovi vrazil mu kuchynsky ndz sc slo
Wy: ,Tys meho bratra zavrazdil nyni
tG usmrtim takovou silou do bficha, ze
Woodson Sc okamziku ma zem svalil,
nebot mu stfeva ranou ven vybehla.
Mlady vrah byl cd deputy marsala cho-
pen do v6zeni odveden. Young Anne
RIGA Necht 81 zdejsi Sunday Voice
toboto a podobnych pfipadd mravni zka-
zenosti zdivoGilosti americke mladeze
vsimne mladez teskou at hezky necha
spokojem. Zametati pred svym vlast-
MIN prahem jest velmi moudr6 blaho-
define nauceni.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-03-18

VYHOZENA MA ULICI byla Y
Bubnech celia rodina, sestavaiici 90lete
tchyne, 35lete churav6 ydovy a ditek, 2
nichz dve isou Gpln6 slepe a tfet mrzak.
Nemohli panu domacimu zaplatiti naiem
ne. Ufadnici okolnich tovaren vsak Ii :
dumiln6jsi uGinili sbirku mezi sebou, do
rucili rodine znacnou cast penez a kro
me toho j zapravili ma pull roku najem-
ne V jinem dome. Nepochybn6 ten lid
sky domaci pan jest horlivym navstGvo-
vatelem kostela, kte~y mysli, re vira i
bez dobrych skutkd Gloveka spasi ze
ma dobreho kfestana staGi modlitba ne
vys nGiaka placena mise. -. Zatim co SO
neviditelnemu nehmotnemu bohu mad
herne chramy stavi, nemsji tisicov6, kan
by Sc pied mrazem boufi utekli, kde by
mdlou zoufalstvim napln6nou hlavu K
spani polozili.
Tento jediny pfiklad bidy a nelidsko-
sti zemi kfestansk6 svedci vymluvneii
prot nepfirozenym, nepravdivym lid
skosti Sc posklibaicim spoletenskym a
narodohospodarskym pomerdm novove-
ke spolecnosti lidske, nez sebe propraco.
vaneisi socialisticke pojedndnf.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-03-18

yroGni den kfizoveho tazeni
modlicek oslaven cd protestantskeho knez
stva temperenclafd temef We vsech pro-
testantskych kostekch pfilezitostnymi rec
mi a modlenim. General modlicek Mr..
j. pronasi Sc o tech .pametnich Gasech"
nasledovne: ,,Od onoho II bfezna, kdy
prvni modlicky, poslusny nabozenskeho
sveho poslani, do saloonu p, Richardsona
vitality, az do poGatku cervna byla doba
neiskv6lejsich uspechd modlicek, nebof
tom case 100 mist hfichdm posvece-
nych bylo cd mich navstiveno. Modlicky
byly postrachem vsech hospodskych, ko.
falecnika pijaka, akdyby dnes opet pa
nj ty tisicich Sc zvedly, ably "a zdrzenli-
vost zapas Sc pustily, dockaly bychom
Sc We dvou mesicich uplneho pfevratu
To kouzelne slovo Jest - krusada (kfi-
zove tazeni.C
Jak videt, d uc h krusady jeste neu
tuchnul, tfebas by telo slabe bylo. Kdy.
by pfi jarnich volbach zviteziti mela strs
ma temperenclaf6m prizniva = dockal
bychom Sc neispise druheho rozmnoze
neho vydani toho naboaenskeho fanatis-
mu.
MA PRODEJ Lofty, 80 stop from
a 100 stop dlouhe ma ulici Forest.
Christian Berner
Ceetawa Street.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-04-30

miles In en- easteriy direction to Virginia In
rtead Of returning 70 HE base In Georgia II
was not because he whipped Burbrtdge 81
saitviIle, or TO CRAFTY BFagg's ailcRrd il-will
to Kentuckians. II Ia barely possible that,
o. neither Wheeler nor Joe J,hnston had any
right 70 execute an order OF arrest In smother
department, the order may have passed
through General Bragg % the mere channel
OF communicates, but even this 10 not likely.
have taken stcps 70 ascertain, In the ab.
sence Of ofnctal records, the enact truth 81
al this matter, having sent . messenger N
zee Gen. Wheeler, who lives In Alabama, and
have written TO Gen. Jones, Gen. Bragg, and
other general Officers whoee names have come
up In this controversy. can not delay for
heir replies, but should they throw sddi.
tfopal Nght on this Interesting historical
period, ! vii publish them hereafter.
with the exemption Of one or two lees I'm
portsut points, I hav- dispo-cd Of ell the
issues rsised By Gen. Williams several cards.
I have SHOWN that HE plea Of an unprovok ed
attach upon him a. the result OF prcmedt-
ta,ed design or mistnformcd Judgment, is
wholly untensb,e; and that, on the contra
Nv, had no other alternative except
10 SEEK redress thru gh an appeal 10 q fair
Minded pubic for vfndicattou, or submit In
silence both Ia past and future trsduction. l
have also shown beyond the possie'fiiy OF q
doubt TO any unpreJudiced mind that have
neither originated nor circulated . false
charge concerning General wiilisms In regard
TO his alleged iocsoacity from drunk
ct . time when the nature 81 his duties called
for the exercise 81 the greatest sobriety, In
the face Of his most positive denial 10 the
contrary. Il has been to me . painful task,
and one from which ] would willingly have
been relieved, but the du,y ! owed 10 myself
and the people 81 Kentucky has i'm.
peratively demanded that | should not
be SILENT aud have accepted
the reepousibtli devolving upon me. II TO
mains TO he eeen whether the citizens OF this
Commouwealth, who proverb'Ally admire fair
dealing and directuees, will countenance the
deception sought 10 he practiced upon them
by slevattpe TO . position Of such high trust
and honor one who has illustrated so sigually
his undtsess and uuworthines- TO discharge
the functions 81 her Chief Magistrate.
j. srODDARD JoHNs1 ON.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-04-30
Statement OF seu. Gittaer.
ITO the Editor Of the Courier Journal
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 81, Isl

LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 81, 1875.
Gen. John q. Williams, through . card, and
by an exhibit OF certificates in the CouRIrK.
Journal OF April II, has undertaken TO re-
lieve himself Of the odium which attsche
to bad actious by eontradicting some state
ments made by me In . letter 10 Col. J. stod
dafd Johnston, dated March IL, concerning
my association with him In the Confederate
army, and particularly Of an affair q Rhea-
town. In October, 1858.
While can not claim that my recollection
Ia superior To his own, or that Of any other
81 period nov 80 far removed, | an free TO
say that the inciaents OF tnst disgrsceful and
terrible disaster arc fresh aud strong In
my memory ~ " they had rAnspired but
yesterday; and however many and houors-
ole may be the witnesses he brtngs 10 his de-
Tense, ] will never yield the evidence OF my
own senses 10 the memory of any living men.
orable occasion, as second I'm command TO
Gen. Williams. and the grave responsibility
resting upon me for the lives of the men Of
n gallant army and the interests Of . great
cause, were amply sufficient To cause me tn
note with great particularly every diffic ulty
by which was then environed, and with no
malice toward Gen Williams, ard no desire
TO de aught but my duty 10 truth, 1 gave Col.
Johnston, at his request, . brief epitome Of
the events then Transporting.
| have no desire for controversy. | sm not
. politician aud shrink from the notoriety
which must attach to the free discussion Of
this affair; but having given my statement,
OF faulty memory, "without papers," 1 am
bound to appear In my own defense, and
however disagrcrable the dutv. 1 shall Try TO
give, In fuller detail, the circumstances OF the
defeat, rout and confusion ~ Rhsstown.
IL 10 not necessary 10 speak of the gallant
nght st Blus Springs on the day before, or
the crushing OF Fosters superior force on
the same morning. because there IL no mate
nal division Of opinion with regard 10 these
q ngsgements, and no conflict OF memory OF
pspers, but will only treat Of what occurred
and particularly st about IL