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VOL. 2.
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Cot'NTY OK ThiMTY. J
Ih the District Court of the 15th Jud. Dist.
Hull, /Inker A Nubbin*, t’lainliffs, v* Watkins and
Wilier, Defendants,
rn ii k PEOPLE OF THE STATIC OF CALT-
I FORMA, To JAMES O, WATKINS ami
CHESTER WITTER You are hereby stimmon
od to answer the complaint of Alplieas Hull,
George P. linker nml William Robbins, flloa
against you, ns follows : If served on you in this
County, w ithin ten days ; if served out of said
County nml in this Judicial District within twen
ty days ; in all other cases within forty days, in
each case exclusive of the day of such service, in
an action commenced against you in the aforesaid
Court, on the lHtla day of August, A. I). 185G,
wherein the said Plnutiffs prnysjmlgment against
you, the said Defendants, for the sum of two
thousand and seventy-live 88-100 dollars, costs of
suit and money disbursements, being amount due
on a promissory note made and executed as set
forth in said Plaintiff's Complaint. If you fail to
answer said complaint as herein directed, the
Plantin's will take judgment ngainst you by de
fault, for said amount of $2,075 88 100. costs of
suit nml money disbursements, as in said Com
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(liven under my hand and the Seal of
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t I eial District, this Fourteenth day of
i 8> j'November in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
11. J. SEAMAN, Clerk.
Hull, Tinker A Robbins, I District Court loth
vs. \ Judicial District
James n. Watkins, Chester [ State of California
Witter. I County of Trinity.
(>n feuding the affidavit of W ■ Robbins, and on
examination of the papers now on file in the Dis
trict Court of Trinity County in the cause, it is
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named Dcfcndae*- ulv . utan.on
in th<> above cause, uuec a week for the period o!
three months in the Trinity Journal, a newspaper
printed and published in Weaverville, Trinity
County California, II. T. MILLER,
County Judge, Trinity County California,
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Judicial District Court, Trinity County.
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A VAST AMOUNT OF NAUSEATING AND
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Sworn to before me, this 2!)th day of October,
A. D. 1856. John Miiiiii.kton,
Notary Public, County of San Francisco. State
of California. 48-3m.
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Recciver’3 Notice.
1IE undersigned having been appointed Re
ceiver by the llon.C. E. Williams. District
lgeol the 15th Judicial District, in Hie suit of
srles Thomas and W. II. Darling, plaintiffs, and
Short. D. (Short and Edward Cokain, delend
s. hereby gives notice to all persons indebted
tile firm of M. Short & Co., to make immediate
rinent to the undersigned and xnr cot*, as all
n-r persons are forbid collecting the same, and
persons having demands against said Compa
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Written for the Journal.
An Incident of Early Days.
Messrs. Editors :—1 have often thought 1
would communicate to you some of the inn
uy incidents which have occurred within my
knowledge since the early settlement of Cal
ifornia, which if you see fit to publish may
he of interest to some of your renders.
Few who arrived here in the early days of
mining hut know the trouble and annoyance
occasioned by the Indians, which, added to
the hard fortune which seemed to he the lot
of nearly all, were quite as trying to the pa
tience ns the afflictions which Job suffered.
Hardly a night passed without some annoy
ance from the natives, who claimed the first
right of our mountain streams and unculti
vated fields, from which to gather their sub
sistence, ami when we rcllect, it is truly sad
to remember how their rights were infring
ed. YVe took from them their all, save ex
istence, and even that, sometimes, as 1 am
about to relate.
One dark night in the month of May,
185-, after a hard day’s labor, we sat by
our camp fire, congratulating ourselves iq>-
on our flattering prospects, when we were
brought to our senses by the sharp click of
an arrow which whistled past us, striking
the rocks in the darkness beyond. But this
was not all. Another messenger came, and
with it went out a curse upon the tribe which
had sought this treacherous way ot disturb
ing our enjoyment.
Unfortunately the extremity of one of our
number hml been the target, and with all
the haste imaginable lie drew the arrow point
from the bleeding wound. Our pistols were
in good ortlt r, but where was onr foe ? The
darkness prevented onr seeing them, and we
were obliged to place a guard and wait the
coming of the morrow, which we greeted
with pleasure. From that night 1 swore
within my own breast eternal vengeance up
on the Digger race.
YVc prepared a substantial breakfast,
which we nte with more than usual relish,
then taking with us provisions for a few days,
shouldered our rifles and started in search of
the lawless intruders who had so often im
posed upon us. Y\ c climbed to the top of
one of the highest divides, following its
winding course up the stream, often stop
ping to take observations, or catch the sound
of our foe > We travelled on for ncwi;ly_n
day without the slightest trace of a human
being, save ourselves, having ever passed
that way On going down the divide we
were fortunate enough to find a stream of
pure flowing water, where we built our fire
and camped for the night, completely hid
from all observation. The night passed with
out anything of note occurring. After ta
king an early breakfast wo again started on
our hunt, r ecling that the result of the day
would be o.ic of importance. Wo had pro
ceeded Imt a short distance dwon the stream
when we were surprised by the smoking
brands of an Indian lire, and felt convinced
they were the object* of our search. Y\ ith
cautious step wc advanced for nearly a mile
when one of our number, who happened to
he in advance ot the rest, suddenly discov
ered one of the d s, (r,s lie called him,)
standing upon a point of rocks which seem
ed to project out farther than the rest, ap
parently watching the finny tribe, and ex
pecting from them to make his morning meal.
Wc looked around for more, hut he stood
alone, and he alone was to be the victim of
onr revenge. Two rifles were raised towards
him, hut only one report was heard. One
leap cleared him from the rocky pinnacle
and lie floated down tho river a lifeless and
disfigured corpse.
Months flew by and winter with its snow
nnd rain caused the red men to sue for quar
ter, ns starvation was fast reducing their
number, and their only alternative was to
seek protection from those who had been
their hated foes. A large number had as
sembled at the settlement, one of which at
tracted my attention. About her forehead
she wore emblems of the deepest mourning,
and every feature betokened sadness mill
sorrow. <>n inquiry of the tribe ns to tlie
occasion of this, I learned that a short time
previous her Indian had been killed by a par
ly of huntsmen. All this I had imagined,
for loosely thrown about her pule and slen
der form, t lie only covering she bore, w as a
blanket, having upon one corner the prirutc
mark of one of our company.
11 was near the midnight lionr, when the
howl of the Cnyoto lmd ceased (or the night,
mid all nature seemed hushed, when the w ild
dirge of the Indians broke upon our ears ns
they danced around their camp tires, indica
ting that something unusual hud happened.
Their carousings continued until near morn
ing when all was again quiet. Death was
in their midst. The lone Indian woman
was no more. Grief nnd sorrow lmd work
ed upon her system until death had taken
her to meet the victim of our revenge.
CoitTUKD.
WrAVKltvIM.K, January, 1850.
A Caliiokma Swindle. —A gentleman,
aged 35, lately became enamored of a yonng
lady of 15 summers, and desired to consum
mate 1 1 is happiness by a matrimonial union.
In the plcutitndc of his love and liberality,
lie gave her parents $lt?0 to consent to the
proposed nuptials, and the young Miss $20
wherewith to purchase a wedding dress nnd
engagement ring. The ceremony was to have
been celebrated on Thursday. T he arrange
ments therefor were completed on Sunday.
On Monday, the groom in expectancy call
ed to sec hid intended, and found parents
and girl gone, and the house empty. YN hat
a swindle !— Sac. t'nun.
Another Litti.f. Doctok’s Bill for John
Bri.i..-—Mra. Coburg, formerly Miss Guelph,
of London, Fuglaud, confidently expect* to
prcHiit A. Coburg, Ksq., with a nioderute
sized baby, gender unkuown, in February.
The Blind Boy at Play.
BY Kl.IZ.V COOK.
Tlio Winil boy's boon at plnv. mother,
And merry prunes we hod!
We led him oil liis way, mother.
And every step was glad ;
Itut when we found a starry (lower,
And praised its varied line.
A tear came tremldinp down his cheek.
Just like a drop of dew.
Wo took him to the mill, mother,
Where falling waters made
A rainbow o'er the rill, mother,
As golden sun-rays played ;
lint when we shouted at lire scene.
And hailed the clear blue «kv.
lie stood rpiite still upon the hank
And breathed a long, long sigh.
We asked him why he wept, mother,
Whene’er we found the spirts
Where periwinkles crept, mother,
And wild forget nre-nots.
1 Ah nre !’ In- said, while tours ran down
As fast as summer showers,
‘ It is because 1 cannot see
The sunshine and the flowers.’
Oil! that poor, sightless bov. mother,
lias taught me that I'm blest ;
For 1 can look with joy. mother,
On all 1 love the best ;
And when 1 see the dancing stream,
And daisies red and white.
1 kneel upon the meadow sod,
And thank my (lod for sight.
How to Write for Newspapers.
AVc commend tlie truth which the follow
ing extract tenches to thoso who would cul
tivate n taste nml accuracy in writing for
newspapers. The newspaper is probably the
best teacher, and where correct style is fol
lowed in writing for it, becomes the most in
structive and pleasant companion.
As a general rule, short pieces are best
liked. A gentleman in a bank once told ns
when we asked him to subscribe lor a cer
tain Quarterly Review' : ‘ Read a Review !
why, 1 never rend anything longer than a
tolegrnphic dispatch 1 lint l will take it
and send it to my brother, who is n minister in
the country.’ The public like a short article,
when it is a condensation.
This introduces a second idea. An arti
cle to he printed should absolutely have
something iu it. If professed argument, it
should lie conclusive ; if pathetic, it should
moisten the eyes ; if nil anecdote, it should
liavc a sharp poiiTT;'it j”diTTo.sdpTi\q 11vticfilM
go to the primitive rock ; if practical, it
should go like an arrow to its work ; it
should awe the soul that rends it.
A good newspaper style is not as easy ns
it seems. Its Soy I la lies on the side of at
tempting a popular manner, and succeeded
only in being more familiar than a man ought
to lie at his own table, or degenerating into
slang, or become very childish. ItsClinry
bdisyawnsfortho.se who, shunning Scylln,
are determined to have real thought, pith,
and value in their writing, and so become
too learned, or profound, or imaginative, or
philosophical lor any but scholars or culti
vated people.
Nothing ever touched the heart of a
reader that did not come from the heart of a
writer.
IntekKstinc; GnoonAiiiicAi. Fact.— Vp to
the time of escape, of the Russian ship i>wina
from the Allied licet in the (lull of Tarta
ry, says t ho tSiiu Francisco llnald, it was
supposed by all writers on geography that
there was no outlet from Gulf of Tnrtary to
the Gulf Snghidieii, and therefore Saghalion
is described upon all charts ns a peninsula.
The escape of the Ihvimi from the English
fleet in the Gulf of Tnrtary could not be ex
plained except upon tlio hypothesis that the
gulfs named were connected by u narrow
channel known only to the Russians. In
conversation with one of the crew of the
Ihvina tlie editor ascertained that such a
channel exists, and that through it the
Union escaped, lint thut it is extremely
difficult to navigate, running us it does
through the sand deposited at the mouth of
the Amoor. Atthe time the Dwinaescaped
from Castro’s Ray, Commodore Elliott sus
pecting that she had sailed for the head of
tin: (*ulf, proceeded ns far nortliwn.nl as he
could in boats, with the hope of finding the
channel, but did not succeed. He subse
quently reported that there could be no
channel through which a ship of the small
est tonnage could be navigated. It is now
demonstrated that he was iu error. The
question is now definitely settled, and we
expect that any maps that may hereafter lie
drawn of that part of the world w ill repre
sent Snglmlin to be what it is—an island
instead of a peninsula.
Tiie Rird okthk Toi.nxc; Rem,. —Among
the highest woods and deepest glens of bra
zil, a sound is sometime* beard, so singular
that the noise seems quite unnatural ; it is
like the distant and solemn tolling of a
church bell struck at intervals. This extra
ordinary noise proceeds from the Arawongo.
The bird sits at the top of the highest trees
in the deepest forests, and though constant
ly heard iu the most desert places, it is very
rarely seen. It is impossible to conceive
anything of more solitary character than the
profound silence of the woods broken only
liy the metnlie and almost supernatural sound
of this invisible bird, coming from the air
and seeming to follow wherever you go.—
Tim Arawongo is white, with a circle of red
around its eyes. Its size is about that of
n small pigeon.
AriMoxiTonv.—The San Francisco Herald
of January 11, contains the following, which
it says needs explanation :
A handbill was posted nil over town Inst
night, with the words ‘ J’repart to meet thy
(led a sentiment which cannot be too deep
ly impressed upon the mind of every indi
vidual, but the object for its public posting
just at this time, we do not exactly compre
hend.
The Logic of Mercy.
A friend (says the Mnrysvillo Herald) re
lates the following little story :
At the theater, the other night, when Mrs.
Haller was making tho last appeal to the
Stranger, a little girl turned to her mother,
with her eves sparkling with tears, and said :
‘ Mother, it is so cruel for that man to
drive her away ; why don’t he let her come
back ?’
• My child, she has sinned and been wick
ed, and he cannot take her back !'
' Hut mother, hns’nt she repented, and
havn't you ofteu tohl me that 1 must be kind
to those who have done wrong and are sor
ry for it? 0, 1 wish that cross, cruel man
would let her come home !’
Tho mother was silent ; the child's inno
cent heart born logic was unanswerable, save
by the convulsive quivering of tho lip and
the dewy eyelash. Tho play went on, and
the child forgot the tremendous rebuke to
human,Christian cruelty, which sprung from
her own innocent child’s heart.
lint this is not tho logic of the world.—
Let her who has sinned creep timorously
and tremblingly up to the mercy sent of a
just nud avenging (loti, for there she may
find mercy and peace ; let her speak to tho
children at play, run her lingers through
their sunny curls, and wish herself as inno
cent ns they ; let her ho down to rest by the
she wolf’s it maybe that tlie image
of God may make tho wild beast pitiful ;
but let her not ask for pity at her sister’s
door, w ith ashes on her brow, nud the sharp
fangs of conscience gnawing at her heart's
life—for there they will say only, ‘ Peace be
with you ; go hence, and -
‘ Lie not down m sleep lienenth the trees,
Where human tracks arc seen.
Amt come not near tho crowded city more.’
Not so the young child, w ith finger prints
of the Creator's hand upon her brow, and
her young heart palpitating with innocence
and merry. To her let the repentant sinner
tell her tale of guilt and sorrow, for it may
he when the child’s prayer is heard —
veil, the Recording Angel will bl^ytsoutTtho
record of her sin, and leaning Ms face upon
his hands, snv to the oVfiors, 1 Hush, she
prays for her errjjtg sister !’
Tiik .)> ohli: Revenue.- The coffin was n
plain </mc —a poor miserable pine coffin. No
!!owii r s on its top, no lining or rose w hite
satin for tho pale brow ; no smooth ribbons
about the coarse shroud. The brown hair
was laid decently back, but there was no
crimped rap, with its neat tio beneath the
chin. Tho sufferer from cruel poverty smiled
in her sleep ; she hud found bread, rest and
health.
‘ I want to see my mother,’sobhed a poor
child, ns tho city undertaker screwed down
the top.
1 You can’t—get out of the way, boy ;
why don’t somebody tnke the brat?’
‘ Only let mo sec her onu minute,’ cried
the hapless, hopeless orphan, clutching the
side of the charity box, and ns ho gazed into
thnt rough face, anguished lours streamed
rapidly down the cheek on w hich no childish
bloom aver lingered. Oh I it was pitiful to
hear him cry, ‘ Only once, lot me see my
mother only once.’
(Quickly nml brutally tho hard hearted
monster struck the boy away, so that ho
reeled with the blow. For a moment the
hoy stood panting with grief and rage ; his
blue eyes distended, bis lips sprang apart, a
fire glistened through his tears, us lie raised
hid puny arm, and with a most imchihlish
accent screamed, ‘ When I’m a man I’ll kill
you for that.’
‘There was a coffin and a heap of earth,’
between the mother and the poor forsaken
child, and a monument stronger than granite
built in bis to tljo memory of a
heartfeyi deed^ —'
*''»* * * * *
The Court House was crowded to suffo
cation.
1 Does any one appear us this man’s coun
sel V asked the judge.
There was a silence when he finished, un
til with lips tightly pressed together, a look
of strange intelligence blended with much
reserve upon his handsome features, a young
limn stepped forward with a firm tread ami
kindling eye, to plead for the erring and the
friendless. He was a stranger, but from
his first lento lice there wa» Rilcneo. ,The
splendor of his genius entranced—convinced.
The man who could not find a friend was
acquitted.
‘ May (Jod bless you, sir, I cannot.’
‘ 1 want no thanks,’ replied the stranger,
with icy coldness.
1—I believe yon nre unknown to me.’
4 Man ! I will refresh your memory.—
Twenty year* ago you struck a broken-heart-;
ed boy away from hi* poor mother's coffin.
1 was that poor boy.
The man turned livid.
4 Have you rescued me, then, to take my
life V
4 No, i have a sweeter revenge ; I have
saved tho life of tho man whose brutal deed
lias rankled in my breast twenty years.—
Go ! and remember the tears of a friendless
child.’
The man bowed his bead in slmme, and
went out from the presence of a magnanimi
ty as grand to him as incomprehensible, ami
the noble young lawyer felt God’s smile in
his soul forever uftcr.
A Skiuois Joke. —A wealthy gentleman
ju Boston, whose benevolence is rather in
excess of his discretion, has ordered of the
American Bible Society a number of impe
rial quarto biblei, bound in Turkey moroc
co, with panel covers, each to be enclosed in
a rosewood ease, to be presented to each of
the crowned heads of the world. The books
will cost about $110 a copy.
Tun:. A friend that you buy with pres
ents may be bought from you.
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Peeps from n Printing Office.
HY A TY1D.
“ Little drop* of water,
Little crams of sand,
Make the mighty ocean,
And the beauteous land.”
I Pgh !’ exclaims some woultl-l>o ‘delicate’
lady—* the very sound reminds or.e most for
cibly of the smell of oil, nnd vve shall hear
nothin" now hut the clanking of machinery
and tho ‘ clicking’ of type !’
Well, what of that, fair lady ? True, tho
oil we tuny use is not so highly perfumed as
that with which you smoothen your ringlets ;
hut for nil that it has the same basis—and
is applied to n far nobler purpose. Tho
‘ clanking’ of our machinery may not bo
pleasant to your over-refined taste ; but to
tho true Poet it hus a souud sweeter even
than ‘ tinkling of cymbals.' The ‘ clicking’
of type nmv be even disagreeable to you but
ire bad rather hear it nnd causo it tlinu bo
possessed of the gift of a Junny Lind, wora
we to have our choice of the two.
Ours is a glorious mission, fellow crafts
men. Princes and potentates own our sway,
and there is no earthly power mightier than
ours. As wc stand up to tho ‘case,’ worn
and weary though we may be, wo have at
least tho comfort of the thought that though
we enunot find an acre of 0oil’s earth that
we niny call our own though we are poor
ly paid nnd heavily tasked -though there
may not be one to whom we mnv say ‘ do,’
or to another ‘ Pome’ though we may well
know that we shall leave no ‘mighty name’
behind us, with our fame blazoned on histo
ry’s pngo nnd sculptured in marble—yet wo
are assured that our works ‘shall not per
ish.’ Long nfter wc shall have been laid
beneath the Rod, the ‘ still, small voices’ with
which we have spoken will go on with their
mighty work, accomplishing the good which
we have sought while living. With our ‘ limi
lets’ wo are driving homo 1 wedges’ that shall
in time overturn 1 principalities and powers.’
With ‘shooting irons’of mote effect than
iSlinrpe’s Hides’ or ‘ Colt’s Kevo'lVrs,’ wo
march to the 1mltie agatrfSl Wrong-;
sum of victory tlinu those who wield the
sword.
Oftentimes ns wc have stood at our ‘ ease,'
merrily ‘ sticking the magical strips of met
al which seemed ns things of life under our
lingers, have we ‘ laughed in our sleeve’ ns
we thought. Imw many would be anxiously
watching for the result of our labors Imw
many hopes nnd fears bung on the mere ipse
tli.nl of tlies types how much tho ‘lending
men’ nnd ‘ first writers’ of our day are in
debted to the humble hut none the loss val
uable labors of the Typo. And again our
heart would grow sad ns we thought of those
to whom wc should be tho bearer of evil ti
dings. Jlow ninny of those who rend the
dolorous beudiugs ‘ I treadful Disaster !’—
‘ Fearful Railroad Accident and Great Loss
i of Life !’ Ac., arc untouched by the sad new* 'l
To many and many a home do wc thus con
vey the sad intelligence, and as we do so,
there wells up in our heart a prayer for tho
‘ loved ones left behind,’and a thanksgiving
hymn (lint ire were not of those who were
so suddenly and so fcurfully launched into
eternity,
Ibit we have a higher nnd a nobler min*
sion than that of mere messengers. Prin
ters arc emphatically the Heftrrmers of the
nge in which they live. In those dirty rooms
where few but, mechanical sounds arc heard,
a busy work of Mind is going on. Those
rough looking men standing by their ease*
are even now, perhaps, giving to the world
their own great nnd noble thoughts—speak
ing with metnlic tongues words that will
cheer some fellow Worker, or spur tip some
Dreamer, to works lie never thought himself
capable of—sowing seed by the wayside that
in time will spring up and bear ' good fruit,
even an hundred fold’—planting a vine that
shall at some future day shelter tho weary
Pilgrim on Life’s journey—striking a rock
from w hence shall gush a fountain of pure
water, refreshing to many a faint and dis
heartened denizon of this cold world of ours.
No ' new measure’ is proposed—no new prin
ciple in Science, Art, Politics or Mechanics,
is promulgated hut these busy .Printers —
these ready Thinkers—seize upon it and pro
ceed to ‘ enlighten tho public’ upon its bear
ings and itt applications for a wonderfully
practical set arc they. Educated, ns they
generally arc, in the sternest of all systems,
that of hard-won experience, they look at
life us a Reality, divested of fnlse adornings
and outwuril shows. Uy tho time that they
arrive at manhood's years, for their Printer
life must needs commence have
won the right to stand among men many
years their seniors, and call them equals.—
‘ The poor boy’s college’ has fitted them for
such a life struggle us few ' outsiders’ kuow
of. With a brave heart but n slim purse—
ofteu with naught but his ‘ rule’in his pock
et—many a typo leaves the scene of his ear
lier experience, to go fortli ‘ to seek ids for
tune’in some distant section. If everything
else fails him, you may rest assured his stock
of brass never will. With this and au in
domitable perseverance, and without a par
ticle of ‘ greenness,’you may trust the ‘ Jour.
Printer’ to make Ids way wherever lie may
place himself.— Freeport (III.) Standard.
Sensiiii.e. —A lady who is modest enough
to suy that her hoops nro so large that sho
cannot ride in the coach, and therefore pre
fers to walk. She thinks that if other youug
ladies in her vicinity should do the same,
there would be room in the omnibus for tho
gcntlemeu to get home earlier nights !
II ision i>r Rags.—A little thin old man,
with a rag bag in Ids baud, picking up a
largo number oi small pieces of vvliulebone
which lay in tliu street, was asked how ha
supposed they come there. ‘ Don’t know,*
lie replied in u squeaking voice, ‘ but I Vpect
some unfortunate femolv was wm’kvtl hwo*
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