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Butte record., 1854-03-25
An Exposition.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE,. No >,
Butte Co., March, 6, 1854.

Quite C0, Marcn, 9. lc04.
.u,. Editor. Some considerable excitement
has sprung up in this section, caused by the
course pursued by the miners of this district,
in relation to the effects of one of their num-
Der, decd, and feeling ourselves aspersei by
the garbled statements made to, and the
wrong impressions upon, the public mind, we
consider it our duty to ourselves and the pub
lie, to give through the columns of your pa
per, full statement Of the the existing facts
We are accused Of injustice to one ALBERT
SLELLINeEh, and consequently in the eyes
Of honest Alen have dIsgreced onrseves-an
accusation which We cannot in honor lie un-
der, because unmeritted-as the following
statement will prove:
At miners meeting, held some time since
it was shown that one Of their number had
died, leaving claim, and that Mr.. Skclinger
was eRdeavoring to settle his estate and the
miners thought it prudent to take the matter
into their Own hands. Aresoluton was pass
ed unanimously, ordering the sale of said
claim, (Which was Immediately done) and also
| ordering that Mr.. S. should, within one month
deposit with Mr. Clark Of Eagle Ranch. the
proceeds of such sale, until instructions from
the friends Of the deceased could be received
and for such deposit take from Mr. C. re-
ceipt, and bring such receipt and deposit it
with the district recorder, for record upon his
books. The time given Mr.. S. to deposit such
receipt expired, and no such receipt appear
! ing on the books, as per order of the miners,
(every one in the district being at the meeting
which gave the ordcr,) and letters having
been received from the friends of the deceased,
requesting such money to be forwarded to the
father Of the deceased, "a poor old man, and
Mr. 5. being out of the mining district, and
the miners having no proof that Mr.. s. had
deposited the money, we felt it cur duty to
meet and prospect the diggings thoroughly,
and cause Mr.. S. to par out.
The meeting unanimously passed the fol-
lowing resolutions, after its proper organiza-
ton:
Whereas, 1t now appearing to this meeting
that Mr. Skellinger has failed to comply with
the wishes of former meeting, therefore, be
it now
Resolved. That the said Skellinger be by
these proceedings warned to appear at the
Mountain House, on Sunday March 18th, and
deposit with Lathror & Co., the sum real
lied from the sale of the claim of the decd.
Resolred, That if the said s. fails to com
ply with the above resolution, the miners do
hereby through committee take possession
OF and hold the property Of said s., and will
sell at public sale, the property seized upon,
consisting Of hay, provisions and liquors.
Resolred, That all necessary expenses
incurred by s. in the administration of said
estate, well authenticated, be allowed by the
committee
Resoired, That the committee are hereby
authorized to call tog ether the miners, and
wepledge ourselves to assemble at minutes
warning, and defend at all hazards, the seiz.
ure of said prorerty-rhich seisurc ne con.
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The THEArRE.-Tbis establishment after
a successful run, has closed fer the season
1t has been very agreeable place 10 while
away an evening or tao during the week. %
course an amatuer company are not expected
to perform with the effect and correctness Of
those who make it their profsssion-and yet
they managed to delineate some characters
with & truihfulness that would do credit to
older heads and longer practice. Pratt.
French, Buckman and Spear, were all good in
their parts but the star of the closing eve
ming was Diver, in his fayorite character Of
Fusbus, which he rendered with Overwhelming
effect. Being his first appearance, he occa.
sionally exhibited slight hesitation, but his
primitive mode Of jogging his memory was
sure to bring down the house.
Wehope to see the boys open again soon.
with new pieces. as we doubt not they viii bs
greeted with full houses, ani pleased audi
enco.
Butte record., 1854-03-25

On the departure Of the ship ''Three
Bells. from New York, her gallant Captain.
creighton, who took so noble part in the res
cue at the passengers ON the ill-fated San
francisco, received, as be passed Governor =
Island, the homer farewell salute Of twenty
one guns from Fort Columbus.
Butte record., 1854-03-25
Eaners for Cniro-

We have long heard complaints from our
subscribers at Chico, in this county, caused by
not receiving their papers with anything like
regularity, and seldom until two or three
weeks after their publication The package
is mailed from this point, regularly every
Saturday morning, and should leave Marys-
vile the following Monday for Chico We do
not desire to complain of the worthy Post
Master at Marysyile, and have delayed say
ing anything about it until the present time,
under the hope that they would be forwarded
in time, without mentioning the subject. The
public servants Of California 'sfiy off Of the
handle so easy now days, that it is no agree
able matter to call their attention to a neglect
Of their duty. But without promising that
there has been any neglect, and as we are III
formed that the mail leaves Marysville for
Chico on Monday, we will request he NJ
at Marysville, to oblige our subscribers at
Chico, by forwarding matter for that place on
Monday.
Butte record., 1854-03-25

E0~Miss Dobbs says, the first time a
coat sleeve encircled her waist, she felt
as if she was in a pavilion built of rain
bows, the window sills of which were
composed of Eolian harps.
Butte record., 1854-03-25
KFNFTIi.

saTOregon must be great country,
for they say that there, OF stiIl night,
you can hear the bark of tree for TWEEN
ty miles. Such things ought not to BE-
aloud
Butte record., 1854-03-25

TT Singer s Co. have placed us under re-
newed obligations by an early delivery of
full files Of Atlantic papers and state exchanges
Butte record., 1854-03-25

E- We would call the attention Of our readers 10
the advertisement another column of Jos. Guckauf
His stock OF Dry Goods is the largest and best selected
ever brought into this market, Give him coll
Butte record., 1854-03-25

J- We return our thanks to the polite
agents of Everts. Smell & Co for continued
farors
Butte record., 1854-03-25
American Valley Mining News.

We are under obligations to Capt Singer,
of Singer & Co.'S Express, for the following
mining intelligence The miners in this vicn-
ity are doing we'll We give result of one
days work Thursday March, 9, of the claims
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01

ANNEXATION. The correspondent of the N.
Y. Courier and Enquirer says: A treaty will
probably be concluded before the lapse of many
weeks for the purchase of Sitka and the Rus
sian province on the northwest coast for the
moderate sum of five millions of dollars. In
pursuance of the same policy, liberal offer
will be made for purchasing Vancouver's
Island, for perhaps the same sum in addition.
A distinguished member of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, remarked to me yesterday,
that it was believed by our best informed
statesmen, that Great Britain was preparing
to relinquish all her colonial and territorial
possessions on this continent, by conceding to
all of them degree of independence entirely
incompatible with the colonial and subordinate
condition. Vancouver is entirely uninhabited,
and it would be in perfect accordance with
this policy to cede it to us for a round sum in
money. The now Russian territory is already
christening. 1t is to be called Aleutin, from
that strange Archipelago which almost unites
the American with the Kamschatkan coast.
There are numerous applications for the places
of Governor and other local offices.
Vancouver or Quandra, when re-annexed,
will for some time require to be governed as a
territory. but will eventually become noble
insular State.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01
Another Fallen RuiIding.

Saturday afternoon, the new building Of
the Manhattan Gas Company, on Fourteenth
street, New York. fell, and though large num-
bers Of workmen were buried, only four were
killed, and twenty injured. The building
was l50 by 1870 feet, one story in height, with
three peaked roofs of iron, supported by iron
and brick columns. Cause supposed to be in
defective iron work.
The exaggerated reports circulated during
the evening, relative to the disaster, created
the most intense excitement throughout the
city, and the fact that only three or four per-
sons were actually killed, and fifteen or TWEEN
ty more or less injured, was regarded as almost
incredible, considering the nature and sudden
ness OF the accident, and the large number of
persons employed about the demolished works.
The Gas Company were erecting three i'm
mense buildings to connect with the extensive
Gas Works, occupying some twenty-five lots
Of ground, at the foot of l4th street, East Riv
er. The foundation was commenced last fall.
and the buildings were in rapid progress of
completion. They covered 245 feet deep and
lS6 feet front, and were 26 feet in height, and
probably cost about $50, 600. The walls were
OF brick and about l6 inches thick and ap
parently built Ill substantial manner. They
were divided by brick partitions of equal thick
ness, and supported by trellis work iron roofs.
of slight make but great extent, which were
in progress Of being slated from the side, rest
ing on 10th street. The supports of these
roofs were two arches starting from the centre
of the buildings to the sides of the yard, and
six rows of MASSIVE iron columns. There ls
much diversity of opinion as to the immediate
cause of the accident. 1t is presumed, how
ever, that the walls had been shaken BY the
sudden gust of Wednesday night, and per-
haps cracked by the vibration of the roof, in
duced by electric influence. The iron skele
ton of the roofing lay ON the ground after the
accident, in the same shape as it had rested ON
the walls and to this circumstance may be at
tributed the escape of SO many persons; for,
as tile iron bars were not broken, they sat on
the ground in the shape of large cages, from
under which man might readily walk. The
accident occurred at half-p 2 o'clock, P. NJ.
and they who were on the spot, say the noise
was like the kissing of steam, or the explosion
OF boiler. The position of the ruins clearly
indicates that the building fell inwards, which
circumstance goes far to prove that some flaw
Of the iron braces or supporters was the cause
of the disaster.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01
Police Court.

Monday, July 3lst.
Before Special Justice WethereH. = Peter
Lawless, James Harrison, and Thomas J.
Baker, for being drunk on the 3Oth, were
seyerally fined S and costs. Baker paid
$6,46. The other two were committed.
Michael McQuade, for being drunk, for
disturbing the peace, and for assaulting F. s.
Pierce, constable, at Auburn, on the Both,
was fined So and costs, So and costs, and
was further ordered to recognize in the sum
of $500, to answer for the assault on the Of
ficer, before the Court of Common Pleas, on
the last Monday of September next, and in
default was committed.
Mrs. McQuade, for disturbing the peace in
concert with her husband, was fined S. and
costs, amounting to $l6,87, and in default
was committed.
James Murphy, for being drunk and for
disturbing the peace, in company with the
McQuades, was fined S. and costs and So
and costs, aud in default was committed.
Aaron Parker, of Rutland, was brought up
on charge of threatening to beat, bruise, and
evil treat one Thomas Waugh, on the 10th
day of May last
Mr.. Parker was discharged.
Jared Van Solens, for keeping dog with
out license, was fined So and costs, amount
ing to $ll,l5 which he paid, and was dis
charged.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01

Onr Wing brethren of the press have been
considerably put to their wits end Of late, to
prove that the Peoples Convention was a
"Free Soil trick as they called it. They
have, it is true, evinced rare fertility of in
vention; and have likewise shown that the
smallest things could not escape their obserya-
ton; still, they have not proved anything !;
nor do they seem to be perfectly satisfied with
their position before the people, though. they
seemed determined to stick to it.
The Boston atlas stated, last Thursday,
that no speaker at the Convention said any
thing in commentator of the Massachusetts
Congressional delegation, for having voted, as
whole, against the Nebraska outrage. Mr..
Robert Carter. of Cambridge, formally denied
the statement Of the 1tias, and cited the
Springfield Republican to prove that that
statement did the Convention injustice, where
upon the Atlas rejoined, ON Monday, in terms
equivalent to the following -" Well, the
Commonwealth did not say anything about
that, and we therefore inferred that nothing
was said on the subject" Leaving the fact
altogether out Of view, that the atlas had a
reporter Of its olcn at the Contention, who was
abundantly able to report every word that was
spoken there, would any honest man consider
,he above statement a sufficient excuse for
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01
General News summary.

The loss by the fire at Lowell on
Friday afternoon is about $4,000 Franklin
Dexter and G. G. Little of Boston, owned
some of the houses destroyed. The fire was
mainly on Lowell and Dummer Streets
There is insurance in Concord Mass, Charles
town, Worcester and Lowell offices. Several
persons were slightly injured Number of
buildings destroyed 80, and 100 Irish families,
say 600 persons, rendered houseltss.
The colored people of Providence and
New Bedford will unite in the celebration of
the Anniversary of West India emancipation,
at the first named city, on the first of August.
Jacob Richardson, late Collector of
the port of Oswego, died of cholera at Kings
ton in Canada, on Tuesday night. His
death, it is said, was FASTENED by excitement
caused by charges made against his official in
tegrity.
AT the Baltimore Almshouse, thirteen
of the inmates took green pears from tree
and ate of them. They were all of them i'm
mediately attacked with the cholera, and
eleven of them died.
The steamer Agawam was destroyed
by fire in the Connecticut river on Friday
evening. This fire is supposed to have had its
origin in the vicinity of the boiler. Loss
about 10000.
A small steamer plying on the Con-
necticut, between Hartford and East Haddan,
was burnt at her wharf, at the latter place,
Friday night. Loss $4,000 y insured for
$4,000.
Hon. Samuel Lewis, one of the ablest
and most faithful advocates of freedom, died
at his residence, near Cincinnati, last Friday
night.
Great mortality from cholera is re-
ported to have occurred in Burke county, Ga.
Out OF 81 cases in one locality, no less than so
proved fatal.
Thomas Casey, the Natick murderer,
is to be executed on the goth of September,
at East Cambridge, his time having expired.
The Franklin Fire and Marine In
surance Company, of Saratoga, has failed
Liabilities SAID to be over 800, 900.
Mr.. John S. Boswell, of the Hartford
| Co~rant died Sunday afternoon Of erysipelas,
| after few days illness.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01

The total number of deaths in New York,
the past week, was ll40, of which 240 were
from cholera, 26 cholera morbus, 2S2 cholera
infantum, III dysentery and diarrhea
In Albany, from Wednesday to Saturday
noon. there have been 95 cases of cholera re-
ported to the Board Of Health, of which u
terminated fatally.
In Philadelphia, the Board of Health re-
ports 573 deaths during the week ending Sat-
urday, 70 of them from cholera, l05 cholera
infantum, 80 dysentery, 81 diarrhna IA chol-
era morbus. Nine new cases and eight deaths
occurred in the Aims House, in twenty-four
hours, ending at noon, to- day.
PnILADELPuIA, July 3O.-Four members OF
one family were inferred this P NJ, who died
from cholera on Saturday and Friday, father,
mother, and two sons; and three children sur
viye, two of whom are very sick
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01
telling what was positively without any fOun-

telling what was positively without any toun-
dation in truth
The editor of the atlas certainly knows
that it is not Different reporters differ in
opinion concerning the important points in
the speeches of orators. The reporter for the
Springfield Republican considered the allusion
of one speaker to the I" united delegation, as
something worth making a note of; while the
reporter of the Commonwealth did not so con-
slider it; whereupon the AtlGs, leaving its
own reporter clear out of sight, and passing
over the Republicans explicit report of the
fact, infers, from the Commonwealth silence
that nothing was said on the subject, and
says so.
The Atlas gratuitously tells fb, in the
face of abundant opportunities to find out
whether it was right or wrong and then, in
order to escape from public odium, attempts
to cast the blame upon the Commonwealth, be-
cause that paper made not the least allusion
to the subject upon which the Atlas undertook
to berate the Free Soilers If the Common
,oeahh was blameworthy in the matter, the
atlas is equally so; and whatever condemna-
ton it bestows, applies with equal force to
itself. We look upon the plan of the atlas
as an entirely original one. 1t is simple and
easy of application and although it will not
be likely to have much influence upon certain
kinds of minds, it may be entirely satisfactory
to certain others. We might state, for In
stance that Ben. Hallett, Commissioner Lor-
ing, and Augur- Hole Byrnes, were at the
Convention on the 10th ult. and shed tears of
repentance for the deeds of blood they have
done. The Atlas, forgetting its own logic,
might challenge the correctness of our state
ment, and call for proof whereupon we
could triumphantly reply, "You did not state
that they were not there, consequently we
inferred that they were there, and said so
ergo, you are responsible for our statement
not u.s.
The truth about the Wings and the Conven-
ton is, that the Wing editors Concluded. be-
fore it was held, to "come down on it." They
tried to break its legs by throwing all sorts of
malicious articles at it. They tried to have it
fail by advising their friends not to go near it;
and then, when they saw that their modes of
prevention did not operate, they went upon a
new tack, and covered it with abuse and vii
ifcation, because it was not Wing conven-
ton.
We are sorry to see our ingenious Wing
friends so hard driven to the wall, in their at
tempts to get up evidence that the Convention
was Free Soil trick The Atlas seems very
hard put to it indeed. We think, however,
that it would be better, both for the country
and the credit of the Wing presses. if they
would try, as hard as they can, to effect a
union of the people for the protection of lib
erty, and give up talking about the Conven-
ton,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01

YALE CoLLEGE.-Mr. Stewards grafton at
Yale, is, like everything that comes from him,
a finished, philosophical, and instructive per-
Torrance. Mr.. SAKE repeated his poem on
the money King" with great applause.
The degree of A. B. was conferred on the
members of the graduating class, numbering
81 and the degree Of A. NJ. on SO gentlemen
The honorary degree of Master of Arts,
was conferred on John Keilbourn and Rev.
W. F. Williams, of Mosul in Asia, formerly
students in Yale College; and on Charles s.
Lester, Esq, of Saratoga Spa; Rev. John w.
Olmstead and w. l.. Wood.
The degree of LII. D. was conferred on
John Adams, for many years Principal of
Phillips Academy, Andover His Excellency
Gov. Dutton and Hon. VIM. H. Seward.
The subscriptions to the proposed fund of
$l50,000 already reach $4,000. $. B. Chit
tenden has raised his subscription from $4,000
to $4,000. Such men make the name of
merchant honorable.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01

At Boston there is less prime business paper offering in
the street, and the are quoted at 10 to H.
BosToS Dry GooDs TRADE, July 29.-There is no new
feature notice in the Cotton Goods trade; business con-
nues quite inactive, and is confined almost wholly job
bers who have been selling freely in small way to
the Western trade Prices continue unchanged. All the
leading styles of goods held pretty firm, with but
moderate accumulation of stock.
In Wooden Goods the business of the week has been
quite moderate, but prices remain unchanged
BosTON BooT AND SHOE TRADE, July 29-The Boot and
Shoe trade has been very active the past week. and our
stocks are gradually diminishing. Prices are firm but
do not come quite up to expectation. The number of
buyers here perhaps larger than in any previous sea-
son, and good demand is expected for some weeks A
large portion of the workmen engaged in fishing and
farming, which occupations Offering much greater
inducements to pay and the quantity goods to arrive
from manufacturers must be much smaller than usual for
some months Notwithstanding the decline some kinds
of Stock there is margin for profit the present
prices for goods, and this will also have tendency to
restrict the manufacture There good assortment of
all kinds of desirable goods in MARKET but few more
weeks like the past will materially reduce the stock and
early purchasers are likely find much better assort-
ment to select from There have been exports Cali
fornia the past week.
The auction sales this week have been large embracing
1000 cases Of Boots Shoes and Brogans which were dis
posed of at fair prices, considering quality.
The quantity cleared at the Custom House, has been as
follows
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01

THE LAST NAVAL AcHIEvEMENT-Sti the
organ Of the government is silent upon the
great naval victory Of the administration the
Battle Of Greytown. The Washington Sentinel
published a column, ingeniously contriyed to
express no opinion The Sentinel ''presumes,"
and " understands, and expects but
knows nothing and defends nothing. The
Union speaks not word and all the lesser
organs hold on in mute expectation, wonder
ing, doubtless, what can be said, ready for any
defence, but quite unable to guess what it can
possibly be. Some speculative papers have
gone SO far as to argue from this silence that
there is a point at which the administration is
really capable Of asense of shame; that there
is something which it will not attempt to jus
tify. But this is nonsense. Some suppose that
Capt. Hollins, having been invested with a
wide discretion, has gone to the full length of
it, in the expectation that any act Of violence
would be sure to receive the sanction of the
administration and the popular applause. But
while people are naturally prepared to believe
almost anything of the President, they can
not understand how the Secretary of State, a
prudent man, could consent to instructions
that should, in any event, justify the destruc-
ton of million of dollars of American and
neutral property, because some rowdy at Grey
town threw an empty bottle at Scion Borland.
--Pr0Uideace Journal.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-01

UNION ColLEeE.-The following honorary
degrees were conferred at the Commencement
of Union College, Schenectady:
The degree of LII. D. was conferred upon
Professor Arnold Guyot, of Princeton, N j.;
and the degree of D. d. upon the Rev. Rob
ert Hett Chapman, of Talladega, Ala; Rev.
George Watson, of Owego, n. Y; Rev, E.
D. Haven, of Ann Arbor, Michigan Rev.
James Macdonald, of Princeton, n j.; and
Rev. Andrew Mcfarland, of Edinburgh,
Scotland.
The honorary degree of A. NJ. was conferred
upon the Rev. Montgomery NJ Wakeman. of
Union; N. Y; Henry Riddle, of the Normal
School; Philip Fraser, of Jacksonville, Fla;
and the Rev. A. S. Lindsey, of Salem, N.
Y; and the honorary degree Of A. B. was
conferred upon Asa Baker, of Johnstown, N.
York