Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-10-26

Immediately on arriving in California
he went into the mines, and, by dlnt OF
muscle and skill, exhumed therefrom in
a very short time what proved to be the
nucleus of a great fortune. This, from
the beginning, has always been lavishly
shared with his friends. EminentIy So
cial and effectionate. he was devoted y
attached to his family, and the FIRST gold
nuggets ever exhibited from the mines
were shared in part with every member
of the numerous household, and from that
time to the present no one connected with
him; either by family ties, or ties as re-
mote as consanguinty through Adam,
has ever shared his fortune who came in
his way, either in the intimate relations
of friendship or business, or even as a
beggar at his door.
His charities and munfcent gifts of
friendship have not fallen below l,O0O,-
COO in his lifetime.
When he first went to Washington as
Senator from Nevada, he had the prince
ly fortune of So 900, 900. He did not an
ticipste the rong continued business col
lapse that has since wrecked so many
fortunes, and, considering the sti let econ
Omy il is necessary for all classes oc
American citizens to practice under con-
traction, his manner of life was perhaps a
little extravagant. Not more so, how
ever, than any we'll todo citizen might
enjoy under a rational monetary system.
But when Il great nation is robbed of its
money Of course the art of civilization
must perish, and the weslthiest come
down to the conditions imposed by "hard
pam"
But, wherever he scattered, some hon
est workingman found better cleaning, so
that the world was none the poorer at
any rate.
THE EXPENSES OF FASHIONABLE LIFE
At The Nrtional Capital, together with
hls recklessness in giving and the usual
shrinkage OF values and decline of enter.
prise, so nearly baHkrupted him that
when he started out for the summer cam.
paign, it was something of a query in
his own m ind where the money was To
come from to buy campaign cigars. He
stopped in Chicago on his way West,
and sold at considerable sacrifice, some
California lands, which, discreetly in
vested in first elias. Havanas, ought to
have been sufficient to have carried him
through, especially after the marvellous
wealth he had secured his constituency
by the passage Of the silver bill.
The recent discovery of gold in the
Sierra Nevada mines has, very unexpect
eddy, reimbursed him to the extent Of a
million and a quarter.
At the time Of the great silver excite
ment in Congress last winter, it was
charged that the Senator was heavy
stakeholder in rich silver ines, which
only required its reconciliation by the
government to make him richer than the
Rothsch lids. The charge be fatty de-
MED, and said that the stock OF the rich
silver mines of CalifornIa he did net own
a dollar; that the only mining stock hs
did own was in some n0n-paying gold
mines, in which he had spent several
hundred thousand dollars in developing,
but from which he had never realized
anythi ing in comparison to the money
q y Ha1 t,N L.
for three years past, had not received II
dollar of income from mining, and new
or expected To again, as he fully believed
the supply OF gold WAS too far exhausted
ever to again repay the cost of mining.
He had a brother, however, who was
more hopeful, and pressed bis search for
gold deeper in the bowels of the earth
than any mining enterprise had ever
been tried before, and nntiring zeal WAS
at last rewarded by the discovery of
very rich vein Mt the 2,l00- foot level,
none ever having been discovered before
at greater depth than / 500 feet.
This most worthless stock, which had
beeh a drug on the market at 81 per share,
suddenly advanced, till in the space of
fortnight it reached the surprising sum Of
1920 per share.
This new discovery has not emily net
ted the Senator the sum of SLIPS 600
but added over $50, eco 600 to the IN lining
capital OF California and Nevada, and so
ts,,, ia to bo p a.
nent.
Notwithstanding his good fortune, he
still preserves his integrity in regard to
greenbacks, and declares them, when
made perfect legal tender,
THE BEST MONEY IN THE WORLD.
Nevada has, through her Senator, won
an enviable notoriely. Although new
State, and comparatively undsveloped, it
has distinction and historical pronin-
ence second to NO State in the Union.
Having limited population, it has, of
course few representatives in Congress,
and has for. some time had but one Sena-
tor, his colleague, Mr.. Sharon, having
no share on the matter
Senator Sharon was also a man of
wealth, but, unlike Senator Jones, stayed
at home and looked after his own inter
ests. Senator Jones left his own affairs
to the bands of such persons as he
could hire to lock after them. and devot-
ed himself untiriAg,y to the interest Of
the nation, and there will hardly be any
one ofany class who will not be glad to
hear of his good fortune.
Wealth seldom falls into hands where
it is more likely to result in general good
than in the hands of Senator Jones of
Nevada.
No one cares in tines lilo thasa 70 Il.