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BUTTE RECORD.
GEO. H.tHOSETTE, Editor.
OROVILLE, SATURDAY, HOY. 6, 1858.
Wells Fauco A’ Co* —To the liberality of this
firm and the kindness of the agent at this place,, we
are indebted for copies of the N. 0. Delta, Cincinna
ti Commercial, Louisville Journal, Missouri Repub
lican and other valuable eastern papers. They will
accept onr thanks.
New Advertisement—Oar friend Frank John
son of the St. Nicholas appears in a new advertise,
ment. His hotel is in prime order and of the first
class.
Mr. Becker, the gunsmith sets forth his read;ness
to furnish all sorts of shooting irons and to repair
damaged weapons.
One -f the most important additions to our town
is the establishment of au iron and brass foundry
Mr. Locher, the proprietor of the newly erected
Oroville Foundry, advertises in another column to
execute such orders for castings as may he left with
him. Let him be liberally patronized.
Goon Appointment— Mr. Thomas Callow has
been appointed agent at this place Tor Wells Fargo
A Co. vice Mr. Hannon, resigned. Mr. Callow's
steady business habits and uniform attentiveness
will prove the appointment to be one of the very
best possible to be made.
71 andal A Co.—VvV are under many obligations
to this liberal ami enterprising Mary-ville firm for
s complete file of the Daily New York Tri.-une for
tin fortnight ending O. t .her sth The donors will
i cce.»t our heartiest thanks.
Bust op Too. 1 -. O. Larkin—Mr. Thomas Donnel
ly, a young sculptor of Fan p rnncisco has taken a
plaster cast of the features of the late Mr. Larkin,
from which he intends modeling a bust.
A Bennett Bren a nan ism.— The N. Y. Herald ,
Mr. Buchanan's stipendiary in Gotham, in an article
laudatory of its present emydoyer, and defamatory
of Douglas and other Democrats, alludes to the in
strument into which previous to his election, the
President declared himself merged, as “that man
of ruhhith the Cincinnati Platform." This expres
sion is of course nttered by the sanction of the Pres
ident, and may be regarded as expressive of his
contempt for the “bridge that carried bim safely
over
T.ate Crop.—We saw a digger shelling green
peas ;tt the kitchen door of a break o’day house
one day this week. They must have been raised in
the mountains.
Nevada National.— This paper comes to us this
week, in the form of a Steamer edition, full of well
written and well selected reading matter. It is a
highly creditable issue “for the mountains”—and
that is saying more for it than if we said “for the
valley.” The mountain papers are the best, by a
long shot.
Shooting in Marysville.—One Greaser shot
another at an eating house in Marysville on Tues
day night. The wounded man received a pistol ball
In the back of bis neck. The shooter was arrested
an 1 the victim was taken in charge by a surgeon.
The latter is said to be a desperado. Fo wc learn
from the Express.
Home for Drunkards—A “State Inebriate Asy
lum” has been established in the State of Now
York. On the 24th of September the corner stone
of the building was laid at Binghamton. Hon. D.
S. Dickenson, Edward Everett and other disting
guished gentlemen made speeches on the occasion,
and a poem was delivered by Alfred D. Street.
Such an Institution in California would diminish
the annual number of admissions to the San Quen*
tin establishment, very material I}'. 1 }'.
Cause ok Fevers.—Doctor Aiken, of Downie
vilif, publishes in the Democrat , as bis opinion,
that most of the malignant fevers occuring in the
mountains are induced by the unwholesome ami
noxious effluvia arising from the decomposed mat
ter which accumulates around slaughter houses.
He also thinks that the miasmatic diseases so preva
lent at this time are the consequence of stagnant
water and decaying vegetable mutter.
Sheriff Starred. —Sheriff Puugh of Amador
county, was badly stabled on Friday night of last
week, by a prostitute whose fancy man he was at
tempting to arrest. The woman is in jail and the
Sheriff is recovering.
Race at Wallace’s. —Lota of fun maybe ex
pected to-morrow afternoon at Wallace’s Ranch.
An Interesting rare has been made up between
Wallace’s and Tom White’s horses, and several
scrub races are contemplated.
Injunction Dissolved.— I The injunction issued
to the Tax Collector of Ynba county against pay
ing monic'* into the County Treasurv, has been dis
solved, it having been shown that the Treasurer had
filed new and satisfactory bonds.
Ketchf.i>.—Geo. Thomas, the aldermanic stage
man. whom everybody knows,had a very ®everc fall
one day last week He was driving his team at a
tremendous rate over the sparking road, when sud
denly his brake gave way, and he was pitched body
and boots right into the Matrimonial Plough : and
there he is yet;—hard and fast They say he don’t
care a continental cn«s. and acts just as if he was
glad of it. We wish him great joy, and lots of lit
tle aldermen.
County Hospital. —The expense of this institu
tion for the last quarter, amounts to IC.SOO. This is
fifty per cent, less than the avenge expense per
quarter under the farmer arrangement. Stop a
few more leakages, and the county will soon be out
of debt.
Stabbing and Probable Death.— Early yester
day morning a man known as “Big Jim,” was stab
bed at Gray’s Ranch, on this side of the lloncut. by
another named R. X. Meacham. The story of the
stabbing, which has obtained currency. is as fol
lows : The two men had been in attendance on a
hall at the above named locality, and from gome
cause (probably intoxication) quarrelled, came to
blows and were separated, after which they drank
and “made up.” Shortly thereafter, and while “Big
Jim” was leaning over the counter in the bar room.
Meacham entered and stabbed Jim in the baek with
a bowic knife. Meacham then ran away, hid the
knife and then attempted to bide himself, but was
found, and was yesterday brought up and lodged i n
jail. Rig Jim’s wounds arc supposed to be mortal.
A legal investigation will perhaps alter the aspect
of this very serious affair. The wounded, man has
been acting a« ostler for the California Stage Ccm
pany. at the Honcut Hotel. Meacham lias been
employed for some months past in herding sheep
in the neighborhood of the Honcut. The investi
gation of the ease is deferred until the result of the
wounded m an’> injuries can be determined.
Chin aman to re Hung .—Chung*Log, a Chinese
murderer.is to be hanged at Moknlnmne Hill, Cala
veras county on the 21st of November.
The Gouoenheims—The Misses Gougenheims
returned to San Francisco on the lark Glimpse, a
few days aince, from Australia. The Glimpse is,
somewhat noted as being the craft which bore away
from our hospitable shores the charming and talent,
ed Anna Cora Athenaeum Weeks and her other half.
Whether the Gougenheims are engaged in any of
our theaters, we are not informed.
Bueial of Thomas 0. Lamin.—A large pro
cession of citizens attended the funeral of Thos. 0.;
Larkin, which took place at San Francisco on Fri
day last. The society of California Pioneers: were
in attendance.
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In Sierra and Butte. —One Agcr is a militia
captain in Sierra county. For some weeks past he
ba# been GtneraL in Butte.
Governing for the Benefit of There who
Govern.
That the territories of ibc United States
are common property, in "'hich all have a
common interest, none, wc believe, pretend to
deny. That all l ave a right to emirate thith
er none who respec t the decision of the chief
judicial tribunal of the country pretend to de
nv. But men and political parties differ con
cerning' the government of the territories.—
A partv favorable to certain institutions
would have a national Congress plant those in
stitntions in the territories, and provide local
police regulations for their support. Another
party opposed to certain institutions, would
have Congress exclude them from the territo
ries forever. Unfortunately for the prosperity
and peace of the nation, the institution upon
which these parties differ is sectional in its
character, and its agitation has sometima,-
shakon the confidence of our wisest statesmen
in the stability of the Federal Union. The
"National Democratic party, generally the gov
erning party of the cmxntty, have contended
for non-intervention by Congress in the local
affairs and domestic institutions of territorie',
and for theinalienulde right of the people of
the territories to determine the character of
those institutions for themselves ; and hence
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the
substitution-of the Knnsas-Nebra=ka bill. It
was not atkei whether this last measure weald
facilitate or prevent the adoption of institutions
favorable to either secti'Ui of the Union. The
principle for determining the character of such
instititutious was in harmony with our system
of government, and there Congress rested the
matter.
If vve abandon the principle thus established,
and determine that, because the territories are
the common property of the States, the Con
gress of those States, shall perform the local
legislation for the territories, the ‘'true intent
and meaning’’ of our republican form of govern
ment is abandoned, and we begin to legislate
for the benefit of those who gov ern, and not
for the benefit of the governed.
The original and despotic governments of
the old world may have been instituted for the
benefit of tho-e who governed; but the first
step toward a reversal of rich a system of
government, occurred nearly seven centuries
si.iee, when the Barons met at Benny-mede
and forced the .Magna Charta (rorn King John.
It even then began to be understood that the
governed had lights, and the world has ap
proved the act that forced their acknowledg
ment from an unwilling soveregn.
The American government was instituted
for the benefit and protection of the governed.
The original compact tor the first civilized
government, was firmed upon a similar tin.-:-.
Cotton Mather informs i.s that the pilgrims,
previous to their landing at Plymouth, entered
into a compact to pass all necessary laws for
the benefit of the governed, and not for those
who govern. It was this spirit that sustained
the patriots in the conflict that preceded the
formation of cur government. It vva- in this
spirit that the framers nf the Constitution le
mained silent upon the sectional issue since
raised by igno: ant cr d.-igning deniag’pgvics,
only requiring that Congress should adopt a!!
needful rules and regulations for the govern
ment of the territories- It was in the same
same spirit and in perfect consonance with that
requirement of the constitution, that Congress
adopted the Kansas-Nubr ska bill and placed
the power to determine their local institutions
with the people thereof.
The demand now made, that Congress shall
establish or exclude certain institutions in
the territories,in accordance with the desire of
sectional States, is strange to the American
continent and Government. It is no repudiation
of the principles and facts determined by (ho
Dreil Scott decision, to pornvt the local insti
tutions of embryo States to reflect the will of
the people thereof.
Junction Furry.— lt ismulirstood that the
Board of .Supervisors will to-day hear the ap
plication fur a bridge or ferry at the .(unction
of the North and Middle Forks of Feather
river. Although there is no established ferry
or bridge within the distance prohibited by
statute, the influence of other routes lias here
tofore been sufficient to induce the Board of
supervisors to withhold a license for a ferry or
bridge at the point month ned. We have be
lieved. and -til! entertai the opinion that this
refusal of the I! ard to grant a license fora
crossing at that point, has had the effect to
retard the business growth and prosperity of
Orovilie, and the advancement of (lie county.
As it now stands, we are pursuing the most
sucidui course possible, by declining to invite
travel to us, and compelling it to go awav
from us. It is be imped that the Board will
throw away all other considerations, and be
governed in their decision by the public good
alone. It is folly for us to attempt to build
np a town, if through our authorities, we re
fuse to open avenues to it.
What sells Best. —The cam mo iili.. that sell
best in OroviUe these days arc :—Chi'l-makers :
pear-, pea nuts and peach brandy. Chill-breakers:
Sappington s pills. Keen-ueen aud Kelly-c or. Over
shirts and stovewood are o. ca-ionally sought after,
hut they are among the luxuries, and sensible peo
ple lie in bed to avoid hankering alter ’em. Wash
men and women arc out of soap.and would starve
if they had time between the shakes, and people
with ired checks are avoided by the virtuous as
wholesale swallowers of retailed rot-gut. Children
chew blue mass instead of • likerish," and every
mongrel m town has a significant Peruvian bark.
Inexperienced strangers, stopping in town over
night, think the place disturbed by earthquakes
so violent is the commotion in sheltered places when
the inhabitants are in the midst of their diurnal
agues. Lumber is comparatively cheap and meets
with but limited sale and “shakes” are greedily dis
posed of in barter for the veriest drugs in the mar
ket. A steam doctor has come to town and lobelia
has fix.
Well Deserved Compliment The San Fran
cisco Telegram of Wednesday contains a highly
complimentary notice of the character and writings
of the late William Shakspeare, playwright. It is
pleasant, in this eminently spe:ulative and utilita
rian age, to see modest merit meet with proper ap
preciation and kindly reward, it is needless to add
that we concur witn the Telegram in its opinion
concerning the talented W. S.
Contempt for an Old Aoage. —Having iznored
the old saw commencing with “Honesty," the Pres
ident has adopted as “best," what his organs
choose to style a "high American palmy."
Atlantic Slope.
Since the Overland Mails began coming in with
semi-weekly news from the other side, much of the
keen enjoyment of expectancy—the hope and look
ing forward for startling news—awakened by the in
coming of Mail Steamers, has died away, and thus
one of oar most pleasurable seasons has been much
marred if not entirely annihilated. It is but in de
cent keeping with the spirit of the age that we
should have at least semi-weekly communication
with our friends and kinsfolk in the older Stales,
but we cannot repress a feeling of regiet that
what before came to us in TichJy filled budgets is
now d< ltd out to us in little meagre dribblets, tak
ing off the sharp edge of news appetite, and unfit
ting us for the feasts of gossip heretofore reserved
I fora semi-monthly "square meal”—so to speak.
But the Overland Mails bring us no ‘‘Heralds” and
‘Tribunes * and-Deltas;** and the arrival of the
steamer is yet the event fi r eastern news seekers.
The papers have been served out to us, and we
i once nn re have a picp into the affairs of love, bu
| si ness and politics of oi.r transin mtane neighbors.
Tie great event which occupies the attention of
: eastern journalists, is the terrible catastrophe which
i happened to the steamer Austria, which taking fire
| in mid ocean, caused the ino-t terrible marine dis
aster of recent record. Out of five hundred and
thirty-eight huma i beings, but sixty-seven are
known to to have been saved from the relentless
i flames and wave -. The papers uie filled with the
sad, horrifying, particulars, and hope for the res
; cue of more than the sixty-seven known to be saved
sinks with the perusal of the dreadful stories re
i counted by the escaped. Culpallecarelessness and
unmanly fear on the part of trio Austria’s officers
amt crew are the reasons assigned for the terrible
; casualty.
The administration seems determined to display
| great vigor and r.n insatiate desire for blood as a
balm for wounded national hunt r, by a 1 pcaiiug as
a ve- el of wrath ta the presumptuous rulers of the
Republic of Paraguay. That power must be
orought to an abiding sense of her inferiority and
oar terrible prowess, even if what earnings we have
horded in the national stocking, to boild a railroad
across lots, is spent, with many other dollars, in ef
fecting that desirable result. Paraguay most be
spanked for being "sassy.” and we arc the co isins
of John Buii that can do that spanking bus mss—
and Paraguay m ist be mad t % know it.
The Illinois bailie -till goes bravely on. If hard
I fighting and an unparalelluJ succession of brilliant
vict Ties cau accomplish anything am mg the sack
; ers, the little (liaut will sweep his .State from Egypt
I to Chicago, and from Sugar Creek t > the Wabash,
i He \ i everywhere greeted by entliu.-da tic thousand
i and in his encounters with Lincoln, so confounds
that devotee of Ethiopian politics as to unfit him for
ordinary displays of his real abilities. Douglas’ sac
c •• is accounted a certainty by those wh *se opio
ids are based up-on the mod reliable data.
On Tuesday, the 12th of Orb her, elections t >< k
; lace in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, lowa and
Minnesota, determining highly important questions
5a politics, of which we may daily expect retains
by the Overland Mails. During the present week,
the fight before the people of Illinois has been
I brought to a termination at the ballot box. and si
mnlt; n.o -ly. elections have been held in New
! York, Michigan Massachusetts, and New Jersey.
We shall wait lor tidings from lhe.-e battlefields
with much impatience, confident in the triumph
j of true Democratic priacijleu
The Atlantic tI« graphic wire, still continues to
maintain N >i!cnce in its watery bed and up to the
time of the last steamer's sailing, had laid for many
| weeks unsusceptible of feeling from the electric
spaiks that have so long courted it in vain. Profe -
or Hughes isabo.it introducing his ingeni >us—and
hitherto infallible--apparatus, as a dernier resort.
The directors are confident of success.
Miscellaneous matters of interest are included in
- our summary of eastern news whh h appears else
where.
Steamers ro« this Side.—Two large, fine lake
steamers. the America and Canada, are being thor
oughly overhauled and rcmoddeled at New York, at
an expense of 110,000 each, preparatory to their
being brought around the Horn for service on the
Pa ific cod't- Theia destination had nut been de
termined upon, but they are either to ran between
Panama and Valparaiso or between San FraccUc-j
and Fraztr River. Epon receipt of late rep its
from the latter locality, all notions of running them
on the northern route will probably be abandoned.
Returned Maktsvii.i.ians.—-Mr. Jno H. Jewett,
formerly Mayor of Marysville, and Mr. Charles M.
Patter.-*)!), formerly City Clerk, returned from an
Eastern trip, on the Foimra. The Democrat says
that Charley Patterson committed matrimony while
at the East, but neglected to bring his wife to his
California home.
Mona or the Marysvillv: Month Gamk.—We
learn from the Marysville papers that Hispaniole,
one of the monte dealers robbul in that city on
Wednesday night, after accusing two men, named
Alexander and Harris, of committing the robbery,
shot the former through the right breast, and then
after delivering himself up to the police, caused the
arrest f both Alexander and Harris. The wound*
ed mr. is in too precarious a condition to remove
to the joil. Harris ‘u 1 uked up. Marked pieces of
money, identified a; part of the monte bank, have
been found on the a ■ -used parties.
Run Out.—A correspondent (f the Marysville
Democrat, who has been a riling some very pungent
letters from f.a Porte, Sierra county, in some of
which he indulged in certain baseLss generali
ties, accusative of vice on the part of the La Port
ables, was scared by a bug-bear story told him by
somebody, and in great bodily fear of a coat of
many feathers, he walked him-elf out one side and
suddenly took leave of the town he had slandered.
The nomine dr plume of the fearful writer is “Henry
Jacob.*’
Another Gold Country --To keep up with the
squint uf the times, tlr* blowers for Arizona an
nounce that gold has been discovered on the Gila
River, at a point about fifteen miles from Fort Yu*
ma. The usual stories are told about s imebody that
has made a big pile and left; of the scarcity of
grub and so on. More suckers wanted.
The Magazines.—The California Cult n iat comes
tons rich with well written articles on Agriculture
and matters interesting to the farmer and general
reader It has also a fine lithograph of the “gloria
mundi*’ apple, and a colored cut of a very extraordi
nary species of blackberry. The Cullurist is a val
uable work.
Hatching’s Magazine fer November opens with a
handsomely illustrated an I well wiitten sketch of
matters and things among the Kanakas. It con
tains the usual amount of matter and is a more than
commonly interesting number. We acknowledge
a copy from the publishers.
Sentenced to a Life of Crime.—A lad ten years
old has been sentenced to the San Francisco county
jail for ninety days, for dealing a jack knife,. In
the same city, and before the the same Judge,
(Coon) a Degress was allowed to testify against a
white woman, and by a decision of another of the
reform courts, a brutal policeman was suspended
20 days for horsewhipping a female, and San Fran
cisco is in the hands of the purifiers I
Bondsmen W ithdrawn.—The bondsmen of Mr.
A, O. Hyde. Treasurer of Yuba county, made appli
cation for release, which was granted by the Coun
ty Judge. Mr. Hyde has renewed his bonds, and
sjnee that time, the old sureties have enjoine i the
Tax Collector from paying public monies into the
Treasurers hands. The reasons for these acts are
not set forth in the account which appears in the
Express.
Charitable.—The Masonic Board of Relief of
S«.n Francisco, has established an employment office
in that city, to aid strangers and others to find em
ployment. Such well directed charity is most
commendable.
The President s Position.
Tlie attitude assumed by Mr. Buchanan toward
Sen at >r Douglas must be an exceedingly awkward
one for him to occupy. He took his stand on Kan
sas matters in obedience to the demands of southern
extremists, and now that the heat of the battle »s
past, his persistent opposition to Mr. Douglas is
even out-Heroding Herod, for’his fiercest upholders
and most valiant backers, have almost to a man
signified their espousal of Douglas’ s de of the Illi
nois fight, and certai ly the northern Democrats
who voted for Lecompto'n while the Kansas matter
was before Congress, have, either through bar of
their political heads, or from conviction of their
errors, given in their allegiance to the Douglas
cause. The President is fighting the little giant mi
his hook, and against the views and advice of his
former backers. Even English, the Administra
tion’s most servile tool, is represented as having
abandoned the position asnmed in L;- ‘'bill.
None but the President’s own organs, they that
are depended! upon his caprice for life, unite with
the Black Republicans in the war against Illinois
Democracy. Xo respectably numerous body of
nominal Democrats oppose Mr. Douglas 1 re-electioa ;
the oppo iti >n of the Administration exrends no
farther, a ;d is ot no more importance or character,
then the o l pourings of bitter personal hate. At
the head of this insignificant personal attack is our
chief National Kxe -utive, and lie* has gone so fur
that, to make his ridiculous positi *n at all consist
ent, he must keep up the battle until the election
by the legislature of Illinois shall have relieved him
from his imp leas a: t attitude. The President feels
himself involved in a difficulty out of which he sees
no escape but by fighting, and he is “wading in’’
Quixote like, only to meet with a disgraceful defeat
ior a still more disgraceful victory. Truly “our
venerable Chief Magistrate’’ hvs w aked himself
into a most pitiable plight. Let the light termi
nate as it will, his part in it will ever redound to
bis dishonor and c mfusion.
Return of a Pa iso nek. —Under Sheriff John
11. L Hard returned hither on Tuesday, from
San Quentin, bringing with him John Colemad,
who had been sentenced to the penitentiary for six
years L.r the killing of Chase. Under a ruling of
the Supreme Court, similar to that made iu the case
of Edward Lloyd, Coleman is granted a new. trial,
, hence his return to our county. His case will prob
ably be disposed of at the approaching term of the
| District Court.
E (>L vvd Suffers a Cocked Hat Insult.— Late
dates Irma Paraguay apprise us that the British
Minister, Mr. Christie, was actually received by
| I’re.-i lent Lopez, at a late interview, in a cocked
hat and a costume original and In the
name of her Bi«tanic Majesty, Mr. Christie protest
ed against this dress and that cocked hat, and his
Presidency’s refusal to assume a different style of
tuggery, he (Minister Christie) demanded his
pa-sport-, and incontinently g>*t up and toddled in
a high state of official dudgeon, to report the of
fensive wardrobe to th.; War Department of his
I < loved and outraged country. It is to be expected
that unless Pre.-ident Lopez drops *ifrc offending
chape* t, and apologizes a- beeumetii the penitent
perpetrator of s » fjul a wrong, he and his g >vera
ment will be knocked into his own bead piece
without further ceremony.
Henry Ward Beecher—The attendants upon
this persons ministerings have determined to build
hi n a Church in Brooklyn, X. Y., capable of hold
ing six thousand persons.
Tn ; Camels—Out of the fifty Camels imported
by the government and tak°n in charge by Lieut.
Heal, only one has died, while ten have been added
by lirth. These are now at Camp Verde, rixty
miles from .San Antonio, Texas, and are thriving
admirably. Some of the older and more fogyish of
'll 1 ;r ny doubts a< to th • uscfal
nessof tluse OameH, but Lieut. Heal and others
are singui ic of their usefulness.
Misquotation—The Golden Em, self-elected
“Literary” paper, putts the quality of the interior
publications, and in endeavoring to illustrate its
ideas, adopts f»ra text, an oft quoted verse of
‘j ray’s Elegy, the last line of which read :
“And wastes its sweetness on the des.rt air.*’
The Era commits a common error in substituting
fragrance for sweetness, a misquotation excusable
in persons who have in particular business to know
better, but unpardonable in a professed literateur.
Suicide at Yreka—We learn from the Vrck.i
Union that a barber named Jean Iznard, committed
suicide in that town the 23d iust., by blowing his
brains out with a pistol. No cause is assigned for
the act.
Hondo.—This noble game of chance which “is
not gambling’’ flouri.-heth at Yrcka. Tappers of
various small sums are found with considerable fa
cility.]
Fruit.—The Italian fruit stands at the various
corners, present tempting piles of apples pears and
trijifs. These meet with ready *ale, especially to
the morbidly appetized convalescents from mala
rious diseases. But, couriering the plenty, fruit
is outrageously high priced, and will probably con
tinue to be so long as the present vendors monopo
lize the trade.
More Fbazkrites.—The Steamers Panama and
Pacific, which a r rived ?tSan Frai i- o on Tuesday
last, brought upwards of six hundred disappointed
F raze rites.
Atlantic Papers. We are indebted to Mr. Lock
wood, of the Literary Depot, f »r early supplies of
Atlantic papers, among which are the 80-ton Jour
nal, New York Herald and Tribune, Forney’s Press
and Missouri Republican. Mr. L. will accept our
thanks for his liberality.
Not Caught.—Recorder Barnard, with a View
to preventing the contemplated light between the
Benecia Boy and Morrisey, issued a warrant for the
arre.-t of the former, but Keenan and Ills backers,
getting wind of the Recorder’s movement, contriv
ed to elude- the peace officers.
Pictures Burned. On Monday evening last, a
fire broke out ia the Daguerrean establishment of
Mr. Vance, in San Francisco, doing great damage
to his stock and fixtures and much injuring build
ing- in the vicinity. The total loss is estimated at
SIO,OOO.
Sued for Overloading.—A suit has been com
menced in San Francisco against the steamer So
nora. for carrying more passengers than the law al
lows. Th"? damages are seta very high figure.
Woolen Facpoby.—The San Francisco Telegram
says that Col. David S. Turner, of that city, has
gone cast with the intention of purchasing the ma
chinery for a woolen factory, to be erected at the
Bay city. It is a wonder a similar enterpri-e has
never been projected in this State before.
The Doings of the Devil.—The Marysville Ex
press, after bestowing upon ns a complimentary
notice, which we wish was better merited, com
plains of the non-receipt of the Record. That a
cotemporary only 28 miles distant ?*honld fail to re
ceive our paper, is in consequence of a malfeasance
in office on the part of onr Devilish assistant which
shall be looked into. If the mail will perform its
duty, the Express shall have no further cause of
complaint.
Mr Forney’s Address.—ln the last number of
Forney’s Press appear- a long and elaborate address
“in vindication of the principle of Popular Sover
eignty. and in reply to the assaults of the Lecomp
ton organs.” It is a most masterly and comprehen
sive document, exposing the many incomitencie»
of Mr- Buchanan’s administration, and the despica
ble machinations resorted to by the allies of Le
compton to cany out their cads. We regret that
our limited space prevents oar publishing it in full.
We shall make laige extracts from it for our next
Arrival of Another Overland Mail
Through the kindness of Mr. W. P. Denckla, we j
were furnished with a copy of yesterday’s Union at i
an early hour yesterday afternoon. By it we have
the newt brought by the last overland mail, which
arrived at San Jose at 11 o’clock p. m. of Thursday, j
The Missouri Republican had announced the arri- j
val of the first Overland .Mail in twenty-four days, j
and had rejoiced greatly thereat. Mr. Butterfield
had received a compfimeutary letter from the Presi
dent, and had been received with much enthusiasm
at St. Louis.
Lincoln was miking an up-hill fight against
Douglas, and had made a speech at Pekin to an
andnicc got together by afalse announcement that
Trumbull would speak.
Douglas and Lincoln lately had a joint discussion
at tlab'-burgh before an audience of 20,009. 1) mg
las haJ the closing speech, and knocked Lincoln in
to complete pi.
The Ye’lmv fever sti’.l continued to rage at Xcw
Orleans and the Howard Association of that city
have issued circulars informing the country that
the disease was prolonged by reason of the influx of
strangers. On Oct. nth H i deaths occurred.
A P v nor am v OF CaUFOßNia.—\Vc hid the
pleasure on Thursday last of receiving a call from
our old friend Mr. George Tyrrel, for several years
well and favorably known throughout the State as
a scenic aitist. Mr, Tyire! has been occupied during
a greater portion of the past year in making clah i
rate sketches of California scenes, of which he has
accumulated a large number, and from which he
, will soon commence the painting of an extensive
j panorama, designed more especially for exhibition
in the Atlantic States. This panorama is intended
to convey such an* idea of ‘California scenery, cus
toms and peculiarities as has never before been pro
jected in any previous undertaking of the kind. It
will embrace not only complete and extended views
I and illustrations of the vari kis kinds of mining and
I mountain scenery. Imt will include characteristic
and actual agricultural scenes, pic tares of all the
prominent cities towns and notable natural objects
and whatever of interest describablc upon canvas,
that those da iring information concerning our
I golden land may wish to know. In fa t. the pano
lama is intended to exhibit in their true colors, the
vast resources and b landless extent of mining and
agricultural lauds within our borders. Mr. Tyrrel
has nearly completed his sketching tour, and will
soon commence in San Francisco, the painting of
the panorama, which will occupy tha time of one
year or more. Thi- is a grand scheme and one
which commends itself to u.s as eminently worthy of
success.
Dicskns coming to America.—lt is slated in the
Liverpool '/Vines, that Mr. Charles Dickens is about
re-visiting the United States, having for his object
the reading of his Ciiistm vs stories to the American
public. Sinild become, -o;na of tire toadies whom
he snubbed iti bis caustic ••notes,” will attempt a
puerile clamor against him. b it he will he received
by his true friends and intelligent admirers with as
ranch cordiality as ho could de-ire.
Prospective.—A .party of gentlemen -from below
have lately been pro peering our hills for quartz.
They have found several ledges but have sought in
vein for gold.
Withdrawn.—Mr. Bailsman has withdrawn from
the Senatorial conte in Sacramento county. This
leaves a clear field for the fight between 1L D. Fer
guson and D.ict r Price and making the election of
the former a matter of little doubt.
Ue nominated.— The three black Republican
brothers Wa-hburne, have all been re-nominated
for Congress in their several districts in .Maine, Illi
nois and Wisconsin.
To in: ll r\G. -—Michael Murray, convicted of
murder in the District Court for Sierra County, has
been denied a new trial by the Supreme Court,
which body has ordered that a day be fixed for his
execution. So we learn from the Democrat.
Du. Bates.—The Sha.-ta Republican informs u<
that Dr. Henry Bater has returned to Shasta and
resumed the practice of m Micine. This is tlie first
In t i mat ion we have had concerning the Doctor's
whereabouts since his trial at Auburn.
To nr. Hung.— A wiiUe man named .Samuel St«-
vcnt >n and an fndi in both convicted of murder, are
sentenced to be hanged in Amador county on the
lid of De ember.
Qeicx-.lvi:’: Stopped. —The holders of the New
Alm i lcri Quicksilver Mine have been served w th
an injunction from the U. S. I)i<triv‘t Court, stop
ping the w »rk there m. The mine is valued at
$20,000,000.
“Belongs to Herself." —Judge Norton of the
12th District Court of San Francisco has decided
that what property a woman has previous to her
marriage cannot be claimed as the common proper
ty of her husband after marriage. This may be re
garded as a confirmation of Aunty Snuff s declara
tion of woman's rights.
Motif. Gas.—The Sacramento Gas Works have
been enlarged.
Soap. A concern in Sacramento make 10,ODO
pounds of ( ’aside Soap per week. The reporter of
the Sacramento Union ha-seen the article and pro
nounces it good.
Suicide.—A young man named George Stevens,
while laboring under a fit of insanity, induced ho
over drinking, voluntarily walked overboard from
the Steamer Gip«ey as that vessel was passing
through the Sutter Slough, and was drowned. He
was a ranchman.
I.ibfi. Suit Dropped —The District Attorney of
San Francisco entered a nolle prosequi in the libel
ca-c of /ob.-on vs. the proprietor of the San Fran
ricso Daily Times. It seems difficult to make a
libel case “stick" in the California Courts.
Scrip Holders Attention Persons holding
county warrants are directed to the notice from the
County Treasurer, w hich appears in another column
of to day’s Record.
A Card.—The Superintending Physician ot the
County Hospital publishes a Card in another column
in answer to the veriict of the Coroners Jury, in
the case of Edward Harris. We understand that
the Board of Supervisors have inquired into the
case, and are disposed to believe that Dr. O'Brien
was unduly censured.
Preaching.—Rev, B. X. Seymour will preach in
the Brick Church to-morrow morning, at half past
ten o'clock.
Improved Order of Redmen A secret society
styled as above has lately sprung into existence in
the Western States. The society adopts the names
of various Indian tribes and uses their language iu
the transaction of business.
Thanksgiving —Governer Weller has issued a
proclamation, appointing Thursday, the 2jth of
this month as a day of general Thanksgiving and
prayer.
Important to Postmasters.—Compia ints hav
ing been made to the Post Office Department that
the “care, custody, and conveyance of the mails'*
are entrusted to jiersona not qualified, and under a
suitable age, the following regulations, which are
of long standing, are published for the benefit of
all concerned :
“Postmasters will cause their assistants and
clerks. a> well as bitter carriers, contractors and
carriers, to take the oath of office required by law.
and send them for file to the department, before
they eater on their duties.
• No person under the age of sixteen years should
be employed as a mad carrier or clerk in a post
office. I'he special agents of the department and
all postmasters will pioraptly report ail instances of
non compliance with these regulations."
The Distrut Court.—The November term of
this Court will commence on Monday next (the Bth
Summary of the Eastern News.
Au old Peninsular soldier named Phillip Hawkins
was poisoned to death at Wilson, Niagara county,
Pa., by a physician named Creeswell. The latter
was arrested.
Great numbers of wild pigeons have lately been
roosting about Easton, Pa. The farmers catch
them in nets.
Mr. Augustus Dunn, formerly a member of Con
gress from Pennsylvania, died recently of disease
of the beait.
A woman at Mount Vernon Furnace, became >o
enraged at a tresspassing cow that she burst a blood
vessel internally, and died.
The apple crop in West Chester, Pa., is an entiie
failure.
Ira Stout, a murderer, received n llnal sentenceo(
death, at Rochester, X. V., ou nis birth day.
General Scott, injured himself bddly while ct
West Point by tailing down a pair of stairs. He
was bled and cupped, and is getting better.
Smith was fishing in Lake Ontario and ou pulling
up his net, found au old rifle therein bearing date
I*o3. It was silver mounted and flint lock. It was
loaded with a ball cartridge.
'ihe I'niversaluts of Providence negatived a pro
position to admit females to their pulpits by a vote
of fifteen t »ten.
An exhibitor of rattlesnakes at Oswego, being
bitten by one of his pets got drunk and saved his
own life ; what was the lute of the “snuik” is not
related.
A man in Seneca, X. V., has invented a machine
which he avers will knit a stocking in live minutes.
A crazy German named Shorer, in Xew Jersey,
shoved his head into a barrel of water and held it
there until he was drowned. He was crazy at the
lime.
Some Dutch brewers near Hoboken, X. Y.. have
excavated a cavern in the solid rock, twelve thous
and yards in extent, in which they keep lager hccr.
The students of Princeton College, X. J., and the
town boys have had a grand stone throwing match
about the proprietorship of an old cannon, formerly
used by the collegians. The battle was not a se
rious nor a "decisive one.
A colored teamster of Xewark, X. J.. has fallen
heir to a North Carolina iortune of $73,000. That’s
what we call “nigger luck.*’
Kbenezer Francis, lately deceased in Boston,
leaves a firtuncof about five millions. His two
dang!iters inherit about one half.
A white swallow was lately sir»f at Concord,Mas .
A boy chess player has been astonishing the peo
ple of Worche-der, Mass. He played three games,
at once, blindfolded.
A chimney 2.J3 feet in height is being built at the
Charlestown Navy Yard.
A white woman of South Boston, went to a ne
gro barber shop and solicited a kiss from the tonso
ria! artist -and obtained it—as a cure for the tooth
ach.
A girl twelve .years old is now serving out a sen
tence of three m mths in the Boston House of Cor
rection. She and her mother having been found
guilty of selling lirpior against the law.
Dan Rice, is said to be very sick at Zanesville,
Ohio.
Herr l.owenthall. the German chess player whom
M phy beat so completely in England, lormerly
k l cigar shop in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a na
turalized American citizen.
A Mrs. Lyons, cow hided one Henry Frost, the ed
itor ol a scurrilous Cincinnati sheet called the
Form Talk . for slandering her.
A son of Captain Connelly of Cleveland, Ohio,
had a copper-head snake pass his bowels. R had
troabb d him for many nioTiths and caused him to
haveh ravenous appetite.
At Lodi, Kane county. 111., two men were badlv
wounded bv the exp I 0.-ion of an anvil which was
being fired off in hoiurof an electl bi-. It burst in
several pieces.
There is a mare in EcoCs* 4 ,, Michigan, 34. years old
which has had 2d colts, and at accounts was
daily expected to have her 27th.
A party of twenty-six persons started some weeks
since from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Fraser River,
hat when ten day’s out, they luckily became nearly
famished and after tunning numerous risks from
Indians returned to their homes. They are in luck.
The only son of the late Key. S. Willianbs (the
•‘last of the Bourbons”) is now a pilut on Like
Winnebago.
At a Camp Meeting recently hold at Redding,
Conn., was a girl in her teens, weighing some six
hundred pounds. Jee-whillikins ! What a I-largc
arm she must have !
Two Mississippi negro boys fought a duel the
other day. One was slightly killed, the other was
severely wounded.
George Mercer, au Englishman, was recently kill
ed in a prizefight with another Englishman named
Win. Houston, at Xew Haven,Conn.
Some ladies of lowa City ran a foot race for a
silver cake basket. A young lady named Handy
corralled the spelter.
A man named Jjurphy having insulted a lady at
Wadesborough, X. C., was siczed by a mob, tied to
a tree, given two bundled lashes, ridden on a rail
and then administered a coat of tar and •feathers.
He left town to the tune of the “rogue’s march.”
Near Winchester, Indiana, skeletons of men ten
feet tall, have lately been dug up.
At St. Louis, Mo., steam fire engines have com
pletely taken the place of the hand machines, and
the city authorities offer such of the latter as they
have in possession, for sale, cheap.
Finely flavored champagne is manufactured in
Xew Jersey.
A monument is t» be erected at Natchez, Miss., in
honor of Qeneiai Quitman.
ExP resident Pierce contemplates spending the
coining winter in Rome.
A ice President Ureckenridgc is represented as
having declared his espousal of the little Giants
cause in Illinois.
C. G. Wilson has completed the task of walking
one thousand miles In as many hours, at Lockport,
Xew York.
James Rodgers is to be hung in Xew York on the
November, by order of the .-supreme Court,
DIED
At Buckeye Uauch, Yuba count/, October 36th. of
consumption. io the ii-il year of her a/e. Eliza. wife of
Mr.C.B By rut, of Mooreville, Butte county.
NEVV ADVERTISEMENTS,
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL,
AMD
General Stage Office.
THIS FAVORITE HOTEL, FOR
merl> situated ou the corner of Montgomery and
lluutoon streets, is now located at the corner ol
Line on ,iu<l Montgomery streets io the building formerly
known as the White Hall.
Toe Si. XICiIoLAs has been provUed with an en
tirely new ou fit ot beds, bedding and other fixtures. and
in us table and all its appuintiueala la second to no pub
tic house in Northern California. To kfeep pace witn ibe
times, the prices hare been set at the following low rales i
Slnsr I•* Mcali, jOcciils,
Lod.;iu{s per Night, 50 & 75 cents*
FRANK iOHNSUN, Proprietor.
t*% - B.—The office of the California Stage Com
pany is at the M. Nicholas. uG
County Olttce, I
Orotillk. Nov. bib, IraB. J
Holders of Butte County Warrants registered on the
Oeneral Fund from the 21»t of December 1857, to Feb.
4. 1858. inclusive, also, Warrants No. 10112. 169 d, 16W.
161*0, 1690 and 1697, registered on the Indigent hick
Fund. Teb. 6. 1858, are hereby notified that the same
are now payable at this office, and after thii date said
Warrants ce&ae to bear interest.
WM. LATTIMOEE,
Treasujer Bulle Co.
Notice to Tax Payers.
TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE, *
Nor. sth, 1858. $
IN accordance with the Revenue Law of this State
the Delinquent Tax List lor this county will be com
pleted for puolication on the Idth inat,. after which date
tac advertising fee will be added.
W. W. HOBART, Tax CoL Butte Co.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To the Public.
appeared an article in the ] a -t Record
0 calculated, if unexplained, to reflect upon ■in
humanity. A Coroner's inque-t was held "n Wpj.
nesday the 27th nit., upon the body of Edward Har
is, who died w hile under the Medical care, and in
the private Hospital of Dr. (lilbert, in On.ville.
Five of the Coroner's Jury have drawn up under
their names and published to the world a reflecti m
upon me for discharging said deceased from the
County Hospital. One of the jury refused to sign
it. and it not being the'Verdict of a jury it is | )U ,
pricale missile. None of the evidence, as the act
ing Coroner publicly stated, warranted the conclu
elusion that said deceased had nut received ill ne
cessary medical care and attention from the time he
hrst consulted a physician. Hat the real facta of
the case developed by the evidence, which agree
i with the truth, arc these. "
Said de<eased on the morning of the 25th nit
came a pei feet stranger to ti e County Hospital
now ... der n.y charge; who he was. v. here he came
from, and whether he had b.milv or friend* was a
mystery. He had an attack of'.-naip. 1.,s on ti e
hand and arm with a tendency to*the brain ; was
delirious at times, lucid intervals preponderating ;
he applied for mlmiM-ion and was received ; hii
■ emetic was immediately a->- i htered ; d tring \u
I operation be raved, and it required two men t«>
h«dd him, producing great ui.'t ;ibanco and confu
te i in the Hospital. / ftersofri? funr hours, through
the influence »I the emetic, lie berfune calm and ra
tional, and stated that he should go to consult an
i other physician, and would take no more of my
medicines, to which 1 consented anfl thus discharg
ed him from the Hospital, in a clrii'dar, and, with
in four hours after he had entered it. at the same
I time considering his disease very critical. Heim
mediately came to Dr. Gilbert, who took him
treated liis ca c. the dei cased paying him five do.-
| lars, which the next day, Dr. G. found to be all the
! money deceased had. Dr. G. then came to get h m
: into the Hospital again, stating that deceased had
no more money and could not live long. To this I
entered a refusal, saying the county could bury him
as well from there as here : that Dr. G. ought not w
turn him off in a dying condition, as he htd taken
him in. and as I thought his removal would hasten
his death. He (deceased)3 died Hint night in Dr
G/s office. These are all the fads in the case ; it
is urged by some that I ought to have rest ained de
ceased from laving the Hospital. Well, if I had
used force to have kept him with me, and force to
make him take my medicines, and he had died un
i der such treatment,the sameciitics would have been
perhaps louder in their censures. But I defy any
man to show how the fact of the deceased having
left the hospital for a private physician, worked
any injury to him; it appears from the evidence*
he had suilieieut strength t. walk the mile, and iv.v
under the treatment ol physician and properly treat
ed until he died. H I have erred at all in this nia’:
cr it is an error of the head and not of the heart, to
generous community 1 leave my defence.
nov. b it JAS. O’BRIK.V.
Races! Races !! Races !!
\ Race ifso • yards will t.-tke place at Wallace's
Ranch at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. (Nov. 7.)
between Wallace's grey horse and Tom White's sorrel,
f»r a purse ufslOU. All lovers ol sport are invited to
attei: i.
OROT/ILIjE
IRON Ml) BUSS FOPXUHV!
ANb ■
MACHINE SHOP,
JAMES LGCIIEK. Piopiietor.
WE ARE NOW
KIWUKh t.» furnish
at the fhi nest 1 olice.
STEAM ENGINES,
QUARTZ MACHINERY,
Saw am! Grist 33 ills Pumps,
DERRICK IRON’S.
CAR WHEELS,
HYDRA PIPES AND NOZZLES,
- Aftu ali. Other kinds or
3iaciiim:uv bultto oitnfctt
OR REPAIR El) AT Til:: SHORTEST NOtl :F.
.Also, cv.-iy descrijili&n • f Blacksmilhin;: rtbhe
011 ieasoi>able u*iVns nd-tf
F. J. BECKER,
iii Vu U
m
o u
M I T II
AND m’AI.ER IN
Guns, Rifles and Pistols,
POWDER, SHOT, LEAD, CAPS, AND
film Triinmil g?, Montgomery street, below the
i i-hio Si-ii'b*. Ur*, ill , Butte Coi/niy
I~p?“NKW WORK made lo order, and repairing cxc
ented in the neatest maiinr. nO-tf
Notice
2S HEREBY GIVES TO THE STOt K
u hob: era of the Viigiu Uuartz v.ii ing On p.»;iy. that
all shares oa which assessments arcdu.i and remaining
unpaid wdi be s »i«i at j u lie sale at the court house, in
Oroville, • n the 4 h day < f December. 1858. at 2 o'clock
P M, to pay suivl astesMaeuts b g- ther w ith costs . f sale
and advertising. L. I. C IMLET, Preit.
G. 11. Turner, Sec.
I \ uukee Hill, Nov, 3, 1858*
Insolvency Notice.
fiTATE OF CALIF RXIA— COUNTY OF BUTTE
ln County Court. lu the matter of James 11, Cola'
ban v*, 11 is Creditors In pursuance of the order of the
County Judge, at Chant hers, this day made. Notice is
hereby given to the creditors of Janies 11. Cola h an. pe.
titioner in insoivchey. to be and appear before the
County Judge of Butte county, at chambers, at his of
fice in said county, on the 6th day of December a i> 185 V
at 10 o’clock A M . t > show cause, it any they have, why
the prayer of said petitioner shout I not be granted, and
be be discharged from his debts; and that all judicial
proceedings again-t aid inrolvent remain staved until
the final determination o! his petition filed in said Court
Witness my hand and the s*al of said court affixed,
this sth day of November A n 185 V
skal M H. DARRACH.
Nov. 6,1857.4 w Clerk Co Court, Butte c« tab
Constable’s Sale.
BY virtue of a writ o r Execution issued out of the
Justice's Court of John 8. Berry, a Jutice of the
Peace in and for Ophir township, in the county of Butte,
and >tate of California, to me directed and delivered
commanding me to make the sum of ninety-two dollar,
aud thirty-three cent-, damages, and fourteen dollars
costs of Milt, together Wilh accruing coet* of suit
on said writ; wherein Win Lattixnoie is plaintiff and
James Dunn is defendant, 1 have levied upon and will
expose at public sale to the highest bidder for cask, at
the Court House door in the town of Oroville. county
of Butt* and Blate aforesaid, ou Hie day of
November A* L). 1858, at two "'dock p m, ol said
day, all the right, title and interest nf the above named
James Dunn in and to all of that orlain piece and p*r
cel of land which is laying and being iu the said town
ol Oroville, and described and designated on the map
of said town as follows; to-wit : Being a part of lot
No. one and lot No. two in block No. oiu*. and is bound
ed and described a* follows—commencing attl.e north
west corner of lot >'o. one, thence running alutir tbe
eist side of linntuon street in a southerly direction
ninety-nine feet, thence at right angles in an easterly
direction eighty feet, thence at right angles in a north
erly direction nicety-niue fert, tneoce at right euglcs
along the south side of Bird street eighty feet to the
place of beginning, together with all and singular tbe
ton-rm nts. ueredi laments and appurtenances there
to belonging or in anywise appertaining.
W.tnew my hand tni4 sth nay of November a o 1855,
JOHN T. ELLIOT I', Constable.
Nov 6. 1858. 3w
Notice.
OF CALIFORNIA—County of Butte, h$ To
tbe lion Thomas Weil-, County Judge of Butte
county, and F. H Harris, District Attorney, (rebtle
m«n, yott will take notice that on or before the hrst
day of December a v. the undersigned will ap
ply to his Excellency John B Weller. Oorernor of the
State of California, lor a pardon of John efwteny who
is now serving a term of two yearn in the tfUte'e Prison
Of California, under a sentence of the Court of 8e«ion«
of Butte county, at its April term a. D I%oV for the
entn# of Grand Larceny, of which vou will i*ke due
notice. 11Lfill MOttUlaON.
Wh the undersigned hereby acknowledge - rvice of
the withiu noti*’-. this sth day of November a. it. ISSB.
TUOJiAB WELLB, Co. Judge.
P. il. lIARIUB. Dint. All')' bull® Co. Cal
Attest: The foregoing a true copy of tne original now
on file in my office.
Witness uiv hand and the seal of said
the sth day of Noveuabet
i Witness my I
L. s > court affixed ihu
) a d. 1858.
M. H. DAREACii, Clerk Butte Co.
Oroville, Nov. 5, 1358.