Year: 1872

JOI hNAL tlleCls upOh NHC oCNtiieCtiilii
Y ear of its existence. For sixteen years
the JOURNAL has been one Of the institu-
tions of this county, and during that
time it has never failed to appear on the
regular day Of publication, except in the
one instance when the press, type and
in fact, the entire material of the office
were destroyed in the fire Of 1868. Then,
for week or two no paper at all was
printed, during the remainder of the
time while the new material was being
got in readiness ; through the courtesy Of
our neighbors Of the Shasta Courier, a
half-she was issued from that Office
The regular publication of the paper was
resumed at this place with the New Year
of 1861.


At the time the JoURAL was establish
ed by Messrs. Seaman q Gordon in 1856,
the county was in most prosperous con-
dition. The mines were paying well in
each of its localities, and as a natural re-
suit, it had large and thriving popula-
ton. 1t had over two thousand votes in
the election held that year. Yet the es-
tablshment Of newspaper in such a
place as Weaverville was at that day,
was rather experimental than otherwise.
The difficulty of transporting SO cum
brous and weighty an article as a print
ing press on the backs of mules over the
steep and narrow mountain trails, which
at that time constituted the only mode of
ingress and cgress from the county, had
up to the latter part of 1854, prevented
any movement toward publishing pa
per here, although the prospect for the
success Of an enterprise of this kind SEEM
er, small press was packed over the
mountains, and the Trinity Times com
menced publication. This was followed
by the Wcavervile Democrat the sue
ceeding year. Both these papers We're
subsequently merged in the JoURNAL.


In the varying changes of fortune
which have followed, the JOURNAL has,
ut all times, received from tne people Of
Trinity cordial and hearty support, -
This is as true of later years as of the
"flush times Of the county. In those
days, before the telegraph line had been
extended here, and but few post offices
had been established, miners and others

in the outside places, purchased their
reading matter Of the expressmen, and
most frequently chose to buy the large
city weellies in preference to the smaller
local journals. Again, the population of
that day was Of more transient charac-
ter than it has been of late years, and not
Identifying themselves as permanent
residents OF the county, took but little in
terest in anything Of II local nature. -
With the establishment of post-ofices in
localities which bad hitherto been de-
pendent upon the Expresses for their
mail and reading matter, the business of
the EXpressmen ceased to be paying
one and gradually fell away. Those who
had been accustomed to buy their read
ing matter each week now received it
regularly through the mails, and the
JOURNAL soon had a good subscription
list in each Of these places.


In one respect the management of the
JOURNAL has been emincntly successful.
1t has been the aim of all its publishers
to make it complete eptomc of local in
telligence, and in this respect they have
been ably seconded by friends in different
parts Of the county, who became its cor
respondents and furnished the mining
and other intelligence Of interest in their
respective localities, which transpircd
within their knowledge. This feature OF
the paper gives it a more than ordinary
interest to those in the Atlantic States,
who have the JOURNAL sent to them by
friends residing here. 1t thus, in meas
ure, supplies the place of n weekly letter,
for its record Of home intelligence is so
complete that, n glance into its local col
umn is sufficient to assure those to whom
it was sent, that all is well with their
loved ones here. We venture to affirm
that the list Of papers sent from this Office
to Eastern homes, is far greater than that
OF any other country paper Of the same
local circulation and the reason for it is,
that the management of tho pnpei has
n a 10 int l..
at home and abroad.


At different times, the JOURNAL has
had to contend with opposition. Other
papers have been started here and after n
year or more of trial, were finally COM
PEELED to discontinue with loss to their
founders. Party zeal has, on several oc-
casions induced leading Democrats to en-
deavor to establish here an organ of
that political faith. In every instance it
has terminated unsuccessfully, and we
hardly think the experiment will be tried
again very soon.


The JOURNAL enters upon its Seven
teenth year on frmer basis than ever.
1t has lived down opposition and dull
times, and believes that in the brighter
future that is dawning for Trinity county
1t will have its full share. With earnest
thanks to its many patrons who have so
cordially supported it in the past, we bid
them adieu for another year.


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