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Orovlllr, Saturday, December 13,
Topics «l the Day.
Tin: glorious mining days of 1810,
v. lion men could travel over the
mountains and through the gulches
and ravines, with a prospecting pan
and crcvicing knife, and realize the
highest wages ever known to a min
ing section, are undoubtedly passed
for California. The effort now is
to reach the bed-rock, and this, in
many cases, requires the expenditure
of much labor and capital; and al
though the pay realized is not so
extravagantly large as was realized
in former days without the invest
ment of capital, still there are very
tew claims that have been worked
systematically that have not proved
profitable to those who have invested
in them. The capital taken from
the surface in ’4O, w ithout invest
ment, and almost w ithout labor, has
been employed to prospect and lay
upon to the bed-rock, claims whose
richness failed to entice the pioneers
of our State.
The fee ing that fortunes can he
no longer realized in a day, has be
come generally prevalent, and has
d *ne much to dcvelope the mineral
Avealtli of the State, and mining re
gions of vast extent and richness,
have been opened and successfully
worked which were formerly consid
ered of no account. This was the
case with Oroville, which now sus
tains a large mining population.
The emigration of ’4ll, those who
O 1
came by the “Lawson Horn,” and
many of those who sought the north
ern mines, centered on the spot where
< hovillc now stands, and a city of
tents, dignified by the name of
Ophir, sprang into existence. Here
too, are vet visible the little mounds
of earth, that tell a melancholy tale
of the severities of the overland
journey, and of the winter of ’4l
and ’SO. The rich surface diggings
of other sections scattered the deni
zens of Ophir to other sections oj
the State, and a solitary tenement
remained, which, in its loneliness, has
often endured the scrutiny of the
wondering deer and antelope, if not
the nocturnal inspection of the griz
zly. The advent of water ditches
and deep diggings has built up a
city of brick ou the spot where the
emigration had pitched their city ol
tents. The spot where the emigra
tion centered in early days, has now
become the centre of business, so
-urely did the early emigration in
dicate the prominent locality of the
northern mines.
From an article in the Union,
copied in yesterday’s Record, we
are inclined to the belief that the
California Steam Navigation Com
pany have rather “Stcamboatcd”
Oroville. Supposing the information
contained in the Union's article to
be official, and it appears that the
boat might have proceeded further
by the erection of a wing-dam, but
not without entailing an expense that
be would ‘unwarrantable at present.'
It would incur the immense expense
of two or three thousand sacks of
sand to turn the larger portion ol the
river into one channel, at the point
reached by the boar, to enable it to
proceed. But that “expense would
be unwarrantable at present!” Pah!
The‘‘Gaspipeal” The matter was
thoroughly canvassed by the agents
of the company, and the river in
spected, and, it was said, could he
rendered navigable. Now, what’s
the matter ? What’s up ? Not the
steamboat, certain. We were fear
ful that the company had made this
move for the purpose of a flare, and
did not intend their boat should ever
reach Oroville. Our citizens should
now take up a collection and refund
the company the enormous and un
warrantable expense they have been
subjected to in this matter. We
suppose the Navigation company
would like to sec the river improved,
and then have the privilege of run
ning off those interested.
We arc dow n on the Navigation
Company. They arc a huge hum
bug, and had better take a contract
to supply the State w ith teas. Hope
Capt. Purd. won’t consider this ar
ticle personal. We intend to visit
Sacramento sometime during the
winter, and if the stages arc not run
ning between Marysville and the
Capitol, wo desire Col. Fowler to
have a skiff in readiness to take us
down the river. We’ll never go on
one of the Company’s boats, d
’em —unless wo go'as a “deadhead.”
Snow in the Valley. —We have been
informed that a “ right smart sprinkle ” of
snow tell in portions of the valley, during
the storm of Thursday. Our informant
states that the ground in the vicinity of
McConnel’s Ferry was quite covered at the
time he passed day before yesterday. The
weather has been unusually severe thus far,
for so early in the season.
Table Mountain House. —The propric
tors of this new establishment, just opened
on Montgomery street, opposite the Hotel de
France, had the kindness to present us yes
terday with a bottle of very excellent cham
pagne, It their table d'hote and lodging
aarangements are equal in quality with
their Heidscick we can safely recommend
them to the public.
The Catholic Church. —By reference
to Major Graham's notice in another col
umn, it will be seen that no persons arc au
thorized to collect subscriptions for the erec
tion of a Catholic Church except those hold
ing the proper books. The occasion for the
said notice, is the fact that certain dishonest
persons have been making attempts to col
lect money under the pretence of authority
from the Kcv Father.
Good Diggings. —Mr David Smitli showed
us several pieces of quite course gold yester
day, taken from bis claim in the neighbor
hood of Cherokee Ravine. Mr. Smith says
that from present appearances, the diggings
will prove rich, the lay of the land indica
ting ». pitch of the bed-rock info the hill.—
“ Blue dirt and the bed-rock pitching,” used
to be considered a “ dead thing ” for a pile
in our mining days.
Home Manufacture, —A lager bier
manufactory is being built on I’iko Hill, just
above Harriott's Mill. The engine and boil
j or arc expected to arrive in a few days,
| about which time a “ little more lager *
i than was ever made north of Sacramento,
will bo furnished to the denizens of this
j sanctimonious metropolis of Northern Cali
fornia.
Hon. Richard Irwin.—This gentleman,
1 thrico elected to the State Legislature, is a
prominent candidate for the Speakership of
I the Assembly.
Du Bates, State Treasurer, was married
on Tuesday last, to a Miss Tilden of San
Francisco.
Ida Vanard. — The Supreme Court has
set aside the verdict against Ida Vanaru,
convicted of an assault with intent to do
bodily injury in Sacramento.
.701' Three men were in the Station House
at San Francisco, Tuesday night, suffering
with the delirium tremens.
Medical.— Dr. Vrcoman, an able physi
cian, surgeon and druggist, has taken up
his residence among us Orovillians. See hi
advertisement.
The True Californian isn’t exactly
dead but is growing powerful weak. •• The
way of .the transgressor i# bard.”
Tlie CUlzi-iim’ Police.
Mr. Editor Oroville so far, with her
large and busy population, has been ex
tremely fortunate in escaping any serious
injury from fires. For such good fortune we
are indebted in a great measure to the uni
versal vigilance of our citizens; in a partic
ular manner to our Town Committee, who,
without pay or reward and at considerable
personal sacrifice, have devoted a large por
tion of their time to the public good; and
also to our night watch, who 1 believe, have
faithfully discharged their duties.
Hut somehow, either from want of funds,
or under the impression that the rainy sea
son removed the danger of fire, our night
watch has been discharged
This certainly ought not to he the case,
when we remember that only a few weeks
past, a daring attempt was made to burn
the town, and, moreover, that there are ten
times as many fires kept continually burn
ing iu stoves, often negligently fixed up, as
there was before the winter set in. Again,
when we consider the sad results to our town
which a fire would cause at this season of
the year; the immense amount of property
and merchandize that would be destroyed,
(and there never was a time when there was
as much merchandize here as at present,) it
about 1 induce us not to relax our vigilance.
That something should be done, and d no
at once, to avoid danger from stoves, etc.,
and some immediate action taken to re-es
tablish a night watch, is the wish of a great
number of your fellow citizens, who have
their all at stake. Puienix.
A Strange, Sad and Unnatural Case.
—We have received an account of a sad and
most unnatural occurrence, at Vallecito,
the facts of which were brought to light but
a short time since. If wo did not know our
correspondent personally, or if we had any
doubt of his reliability, we would not make
it public, so horrible is the crime that has
been committed.
It appears that a very interesting girl of
that place, was married some two months
since. The husband, last week suspected
from ber appearance, that he had been de
ceived, and informed her parents of his sus
picion. The girl was brought into their
prsence, and protested that she was inno
cent, and attempted to account for her ap
pearance by an affliction to which she was
at times subject. Her mother did not believe
her story, and sent for a physician He
came and decided that the suspicion of the
husband and mother was correct, and in
about two months the girl herself would be
a mother, 'flic girl still protested that she
was innocent until Sunday last, when she
ackn owl doped the fact, and that her own
brother was the cause. The husband im
mediately saw the brother, and gave him fif
teen minutes to leave, which he did without
delay. Sister and brother ware both lead
ing, and thought to be, exemplary members
of a Christian church. The husband is near
ly distracted, and the parents deeply feel
their children’s shame.— Sac. Times.
View of Oroville —Mr. Watson of the
News Depot, has handed us a beautifully ex
ecuted engraving of a view of Oroville,
printed on large letter sheets. The view, a
correct one, is taken from a point on the
! other side the river nearly opposite Garri
| ott’s mill. Everybody who writes to his
; friends in the cast should do so on this illus
j trated paper, if for nothing more than to let
| the “ old folks at home ” know how this
i gigantic yearling looks -
Talking Back —ln Wednesday’s Ex
j press we are designated ns “ lokeliterns,”
j and the fact published to the world, that its
pronoun caught us napping the other day
when we ought to be straining our eyes to
discover the snow capped summits of the
Buttes We “ aint saying nothing ’’ but if
there was any snow on those wart like ex
crescences on the fair face of the Sacramen
to valley, why Dr, Young’s almanac is im
perfect, for that valuable work don’t say
say anything about it.
Honorable. A year or two since the
San Francisco Press Club, which is composed
of editors and reporters, attempted to raise
funds to build a suitable monument over the
grave of Mr Gilbert, one of the pioneer ed
itors of this State The Board of Supervi
sors, on being applied to. granted them five
hundred dollars in aid of the object. The
Club finding that owing to the depressed
state of the times they were unable to effect
the object, have returned the scrip to the
county. State Journal.
Personal —Mr. James Haworth, Presi
dent of the California Stage Co , ami Mr.
Gen Thomas, the Superintendent in Marys
ville, were in town yesterday.
Still they come. —The Daily City Item
is the name of a new paper just started in
Sacramento.
At work again —Frank Soule hag again
resumed the editorial chair of the Chronicle.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
M. VROOMAN,
Physician, Surgeon, Dni^ist.
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ovncF.—Misr.Hs' Dura sro/;/..
Two door* from the conn r of Ili'd and lliinloon
streets. iionr the Plain,
Provide, Dee. 13, !Si6. dl'Jtf
FERRY AND DRZDGE NOTICE
H Wild. MTi V to the Hoard of super* -or* at
U their February term, lor a renewal oi tin 1 • rry
I.in ii-e ul Nelson’s liar. U e-i Itran it I .1 Vt rwr
mid fora In ease to build uiiil keep a Toll lirnU-o ut
said place. S. t'l 1U IS.
Tom Watt.*, AH'v for Petitioner,
t.roville, Dec. IV, l-.'.ti d 12-4 w
O x- axx cl XI. a f!tl o 1
A SPLENDID GRAY MARE
rijVKiKriiidi with v kink sadiii.i; and
K 1 1 1111>I.) will To r.-illltd off to-iuorrow, Si. N
flA V eveiiinit lit the bank Fxchantte
There lire fills chances, five dollars enrh. Tickets
will be rallied for this eventin', ul the above mimed
place. (Dec 13) M. DAII.MKH.
New (Tit hoi it* Church.
T^iiTli'K. — No person- are amine io collect
J* towards the erection ol ; Outlinin' >1 nrcli n
< irovi Ue, except those ti id I in; books by permission! I
Ihe Rev, I artier 1 el it. and -e.'lied
•• PKTEU MADADNoT 11. Catholic Past r
ol Marssvilie and vlciniiv,’ 1
Pec. 12. JOHN S. tiKAH \ M’.
ST. MCIU SIOOK STiIBK.
Montgomery street, near tin* corner of IPinloon,
OROVILLE
A FRKSII SFI’PI.V and first rate assortment of
i» all kind* of Hooks and Stationery Jl'.'T It 1>
UKIV ID.
Sheep and Turk Memorandums,
Monthly and Weekly l ime books,
Pass books. Novels, l.eller Paper.
Acculinl Paper, tlolo bens, Steel Pens,
Ued. Itlne, and Itluek ink, ,kc., ,ve . at Hie
St. Nicholas book Store, on .Monleomery street, next
to the corner nf lliinloon street. S. 11. OONKKY.
December 11, IBlni. dll if
STAGE NOTICE!
Stages lorjM’ *v
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Start from the ofllce of (he ( alifornbi Stage ( 'nm
jiany, Oroville. EVFUY MnRNINO at 7 o'clock.
STAGE NOTICE.
m A ON AND AFTF.R FRIDAY, the
~**r P.’lli instant 11 e Staire for Sba-la will
leate the i onipanj’s oftice. Mmysville, al n o’clock
A M., mid arrive in Oroville al 10 o’clock A. M., re
maining over nighl al Tehama.
OKI > F. TTIo.MAS, tJen’l Superintendent.
Marysville. lUt it Pec. tub Stago i o.
OPENING BALL!
a the ri,EAsn>i; or voi r company
is respectfully solicited at it.i OPKMMi
i IiALR, to be given at U I'.M.'ll'S RANt'll,
wight mi Ids tntin Marysville, on Wednesday
evening, DECEMBER ‘.Mill, Ir.'.ti, I>,
JOHN WDLCII.
2.),000 lbs. Harley for Salt*.
fVTIIIK-PUOOF BRICK STORE,opposite the Daily
ki liulte Record olltee.
(10 .1. M, CI.ARK & RUG.
75 Tons Baled I lay for Sale!
ON I OTS To SUIT. JM. CI.ARK & RRO.,
fire proof brick store, opposite the Daily liulte
Record oftie. d(5
BUY YOUR
2D s* y 000 d fn oxlcl
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STS
**- • ujm w* m
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American Theatre, Montyr miery st.,Oroville.
PASSAGE AT REDUCED KATES!
Nicaragua Steamship Lino !
TO NEW YORII& NEW ORLEANS,
VIA SAN JUAN DKL SUU.
700 Miles Shorter than any other Route
THROUGH AHEAD ot the MAILS
Only Twelve Miles Land Carriage-
Macadamized lload.
Departure from Washington Street W harf.
The Srdetulid Steamer
Si E F.A N EVADA,
T. HUNTINGTON, Commander.
Will leave Washington firm Wharf, with Independ
cut Malta, Passenger* and '1 rensure,
(hi Saturday Dec. Jißlli, ot l j o’clock, M.
Passengers by (hi- l.ine urc landed nt San Juan up
on ibe Company'* W harf, and proceed iminediulely
by comfortable Coache* to \ irgin May where they
embark id Ibe wharf, which has recently tier a rebuilt
upon the splendid new-learner Ban Curios, for the
Atlantic *t«»nu r. ’I lie health of the Isthmus is ex
cellent, and it is confidently expected, from the
known reputation of tin- «-rizaba lor speed. if,j,t the
ItiroUk'ii tpp to New York and New Orleans will te
lle-(pinkest on record This road being 700 miles
-hurt, r than any other, passenger* via Nicaragua
avoid the ureal heal of tin- I'rotties and the fever and
debility tin. apt to result from such exposure.
The timal.ii connects with ih« favorite steamship
Texas, lor Sew \ ork. and ( all oim. for New I >rleans
THKOl’i.ll TICKETS 1 tKNIsUIKD.-incimJmg
transit of the Isthmus.
UtT Piuaengera are at no expeme upon tlu* Isth
mus except for meal*, while craving.
Treasure for shipment leceived at the Company’*
office until ‘J o'cliark. A. M.,da> of (ailing.
For freight or passage, apply to
C. K (> AUK t.-oN k CO„ Agent*,
S. W, corner Battery and Washington starots, ;fec
deca oud floor, San frauewco.
SPECIAL NO TICKS.
C ounty Trrasui'rr'n j
• irovii.i.k. December Huh, Is'fi. i
Notice is hereby yivi n. ilml till | < mui* holding Unite
Coiiniy Warrants, payable from iln* (n-m r.il I utnl,
registered ln'iwt't'it iho till 1 1 ay ol May I s . i*. mid •■ili
tiny «>f \nynst WHi, uscept Wurnmls Mumbi roil tt-. 1 .
1- is.), l-', ll*o mid ti'l. that tho Mime " ill In 1 paid
tin prcMUitation at this office. Aml m>l ic«* is lurlher
Hi von. t lint niter this dale said U arrmiis w ill cease to
bear interest. U'l I. A 111 Mi H. 1..
Tea-urer Ituile < tiimiy.
Frrnchtoun ian;;l Jllniiijr Consjinny.
pm’M IITOIVN, lire. li. I s ill.
Notice is hereby given, linn ti moolii it ol tho Slurb*
holders oi tho “Frenchlown I'mnil 'I Ining C*taiii|>titi> **
will bo held at lb** .Merchants Hull I. Maryvl illo. oil
the tenth dot Ik day of.lmiusry. ISa7 for the purpose
u! increasing the capital ►lwcli ■! will t'<•!»> j nuy to
sixty thousand dollars iSilo,(ho.)
signed m. rri.i Hii,
li. 11.I 1 . ADDISON,
I). M. IA A NS,
\V. t> WiT.-oN.
dii-td Trustee.
Fill lolttn I onm 1
Owing la Hu Ihii . bus - Hy tho ninlers
signed, tbi-y law I. unil ii in ii i.i y in i'pon mini In r
|:i; \\i It in i >r,n 111-. mid bale In .led it Hourly op
j.. >t••• t' i - i irliiins 11 •it 1 1, mill direct,) opposite (tie
>1 biers’llukery. on Monlgomery *lr< i I, w l.oro lin y
tiro now op- limy mid i I(• • r lor sale. ,i« line u sli ok ol
i.'lotlilnif, lb ole m.d Shoes, Unis »n| and as good
n Meek ol ITiilor Clothing cun ho found in ll.olr
w oil Known i Mahli.-lniii li! 1 1 tin im is Mid re-i
-denis id' Thompsons IT I, Meins Knine, Oregon
Itnlchmnli ,ly, and everybody, wilhllioir frioinlii,
wo would simply say. drop in ntnl mu us at tho
llninoli. examine our stock, you luivo both tho right
ipinnliiy mul ipmlHy to select Irom. clothe your*
selves ooiillorl -lily, go oil your way I• joieil g. illn! if
our goods don't give you sutiMaelion, our luiliios are
not I>. TOY As i H I I.IISi>N,
Montgomery street, opposite St. Nicholas, mid
Branch, opposite M mers’ Bakery. »i&
~*» —-
T'o tlio Sim klinldn v of Hio “ Oro Toll—
nro|ili ( oiiijmtiy .”
Notice is horoby given. Ilml Ihe first iiistiillineut ni
’•!'» per Cent, of the ainnnnt of stock . iifc-cribeil, is uoW
due, payable to tbe Treiisiircr of said Company,
James McWilliams, lit tbe thinking House of Mr-
Williams it. Tyno son in Oroyilie, mid nt the bunking
house of Mark llruimigini A. Co., in Marysville.
By order of the President mid Hoard of Directors,
It. C. II KWINtIS, Secretary.
Oroville, December 1. l8T(i. dl tf
S«s
ISOTK i:.
To the Stockholders in the Frenchlmvn Canal Mi
ning t (inipmi.v is bereby given. Unit an adilillotlid
assessinwil of ten per cent, on the capital slock is
culled in, mid payable on or before I lie ‘Jiilh of De
cember next. ANAN HA l!<ti t, Secretary.
Frenchlown, November ttfiib, IH.Tfi. iigiilm
KtiinUurf l ! FiirnHiiro !
JUST KFCKIVKD—a large assortment of Furni
ture, Also, an invoice of large ttllt Frame booking
Classes, for sale beat it. ScltlUKß’S
Furniture Ware Rooms, Montgomery st., three
doors below Myers st. ni!C
Herts S Ki lim I
I’oola Reds for every butlv, m till jier cent, less llisn
Marysv Hie jirices. for -10 days only, to make room lor
■in entire new stock per first steamer to Oroville at
C. Si‘lt HI I tlFt*
Furniture Ware Rooms. Montgomery street.
28.D00 lbs. POOI.A in Rides. for (‘ale very low to
thi! trade, ul 0. Ht'Uli'.KU’S
1 ocnilnro Ware Rooms, Mi i. _'uin<iy st.,three
doors below M)m tl.
Attention ?■!tiicrs iV. t'ltiuiiecs!
!), Ti) V .V i ill I.l;Hi)\ lignin rciine-t die c?| eciiil
utter lion ul' nil » ho wif-li lo liiy in llit ir v u.li r Him k
ol' CI.JI'HING, BLANKETS. Rut ITS ami Woolen
Goo's, to tlie iniignificeiii assortment i I goods ni
ce, wd lii lie m (luring llie ) nst ten dny». They are
now opening ami offer ror Mile
200 linn and licrvy Reiver mnl Peter.-dnnn Overcoat*,
I roi kn iiinl Haiku;
100 heavy Pilot l 10l h I 'oat*, latest fly lea;
Ito superb '‘lliiiflim*’ I oai“, Hiipi riur to any Talma*;
5 bale*. 50 pr in imb, heavy gray Ulmiki-te;
il bnle<, ]oo pr in each line heavy bine blanket* ;
1 bale, 100 pr extra “ French Huper Super ” white
Blankets;
:to do*, assorted Cassimere and Hall. Punt*, Into
st y lev, besides a magnificent amnoncni ol Pun dulling:
Hoods. Montgomery at., Opposite Ht. Nicholas, late
lluntoun’*. n7if
A. HALL, offer* his professional sor
vieea to the ritizeii* of Oroville and vicinity, having
had Dincli and long experie’ire in the treatment of
the various disease* incident to this clima'e, he* hojiea
to give satisfaction.
Hpecinl altenlieu given to diseases of n private me*
Cure. Uheumuliatn, Ac., wliicli lie cun cure w illiout the
use ol mercury.
Omi t, front room, No. 17, United Hiatt* Hotel,
up a!airs—Oroville. ocl-tf
STORAGE.' ! STORAGE!
A HAPE PLACE TO Hi l dip GOODH eon bo
ya found at the Piro-prooi 14in k store, opposite
the Daily it cite Uncord office, at low rules,
U 0 J. M. CLAUK A, HIM).
Rear it In Miud !
AT ALL TMOHK who wish to purchase Gr>*
« ci ries. Provisions, or Hardware, will find It to
their interest to call at the Eire pr<s>f Brick Htora,.
opposite the Lull) butte Record office, Myer* street.
♦lO J. M CLAUK & JJKO.
VIOLINS AND ACCORDEONS.
BT.VI.IAN VimLIN N GUITAR HI HIM, Rridges
. and Row*, nl PD W xTERMA.Ve.
BEST HAVANA CIGARS
\ND TOBACCO—WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
at Bloch's Cigar and Tobia-co P.mponurs, over
ho Phoenix Saloon. PH. WATERMAN.
IASBLES AND MATCHES, at Bloch’*,
J PH, WATER