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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08

In our paper OF yesterday noticed, in this connex-
ION, the supendous fraud upon the treasury which has
long engaged public attention, and last been brought
to 30 tragic end Numerous other have occurred
in which the vigilance OF the officers Of the government
has brought Ike guilty parties to eondgn punishment
They have so far escaped general notice. owing 10 the
oyershadowing influence the public mind Of the one
above alluded 0ns OF these deserves special alien
tion because OF The social and official position Of i,s
perpetrators We aliude TO the recently brought to
light in the city OF Lancaster Pennsylvania, in which
the facts ate understood 10 be briefly these
trivial circumstance which occurred some months
since induced Sigh, feeling Of disrusl the gen
useness OF certain pension claim which had been ad
miiied number of years ago. The matter was
quietly but thoroughly sified, and it was discov
cred that it and some twelve or fourteen other
similar claims had been established years since by
perjury and forgery and been regularly paid TO the pres
ent time, and that between forty and fifty thousand dol
lars had thereby been abstracied from the public treas
uy The proof against the persons suspected deem
ed conclusive The spectabiy Of the parties induced
strenuous efforts The part Of their friends Iersusde
the government, 10 abandon the prosecution Application
Tor This purpose was fret made 10 the Commissioner OF
Pensions, then TO the Secretary Of the INTERIOR and
hnsiy TO The Presden, Of The United States but without
avail The stein answer was, that The public veal de.
manded that the parties should be brought Justice and
mat no considerations Of sympathy merely would be al
lowed to impede the due execution Of the law The par.
s wsre accordingly arrested, bat released BY the State
i'ose on awr'i Of hsssss cops. and admitted 10 bail in
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08

leave the fate of and the chances OF that which
nigh, be decided BY reason and justice.
Let your Msjesy think that the least luminosity can
my heart feel other sentiments han those ex-
pressed b. you Majesty yourself your letter Of the Ith
OF January 1888, la which you writes I" Our relations
ought be sincerely amicabe ba.ed they the
inentous-the maintenance Of order. the love OF
peace, respect for treaties. and reciprocal good feeling
This prog is worthy Of the sovereign who traced il,
and do not hesitate declare that remain faithful 70 H.
NAPOLEON.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08

TOR THE SPRING TRADE.-Beebes New York hats for
the spring Of 1884 The second supply Of the nbove elegant
this DAY recriv.dat STEVENS
Mar s-a Sales room, Browns Hotel
EOR THE SPRING TRADE.-shrss in every variety N
quality, Gentlemen OF good 6tinG shirt
= s.'~'~ 49, srHvENss
Mar s--eo2Hf Bales soom Browns Hotel.
THE Nebraska Qmestton-~Ths Nebraska oue~ton ccw
png United ssssss Senate ny Douglas Chase
Smith, Everett Wade Rsdser Seward sumner with other
information. Price rs
TAYLOR \ MAuRYR
Mars Bookstore, eh street
Butte record., 1854-04-01

LOVE YOUR FATHER.-1ou who are
yet favored and blest with the society of
father, lore HIM You little know the
sorrow rankles in that heart that meets
not the approving smile of father
on may possess the gold OF California.
the wealth OF the Indies, yet that yaca At
place is not filed I have often won
dered why it is that / hear those with
wholn | associate speak SO often of their
mother, and seldom Of their father. Nv
father and mother were beloved alike hy
ne, and how many hours have spent
by that new-made grave, wishing him
back to earth. But do not mourn-he
Is freed from the trials Of earth. and |
ofitimes wish that | could be sleeping by
bis side. / happened to be in company
one evening, about two years after NY
fathers death, with some lad es, and
heard one OF them make this remark.
''that she should not feel sorry to hear
that her father was dead at any fine ~
Alas thought |, why was not your faith.
CT taken and mine spared, when | loved
him so well But I should not murmur
it Is doubtless ali right, and that my
friend may see the time when tears viii
avail her no.hing-siie may yet be an
orphan ike myself Perhaps that faith
er IS not always so pleasant as YOU could
wish, my friend but let him know that
you love hin-that yor sympathize with
him in his trials, AMI I care not who he
Is, he can but love you. All yes, as
yon value your happiness in this world
and hat which is to come, do all that
IS in your power 10 make the last days
OF your parents happy. How often have
| turned aside to hide the tears that
would unbidten start as have heard re-
proaehes heaped upon father; and how
| have wished that | could be IN that
daughters place long enough to speak
one kind word to cheer him in this dreary
world ] love to think of the time when
lie that has been "a father to the faith
erless," shall say, 1T Is enough, come
up higher" Then expect NV bolov-
ed parent viii greet me in that blessed
country where
-Pari1g words sre nevsr spoken
Bonds Of love are never broken"
ERREY.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

The SAeREDNEss OF TEARS There
is sacredness in tears. They are not
the mark of weakness nor of power
They are the messengers Of overwhelm-
ing grief. of deep contrition, Of unspeak-
able love. II there were any arguments
to prove that man is not mortal, would
look for them in the strong, convulsive
emotions in the human breast. when the
soul had been deeply agitated, the foun-
iaips OF feeling are rising, and the tears
aregushing forth in crystal streams. Oh,
speak not harshly to the stricken one,
weeping in silence; break not the solem-
nifty by rude laughter, or intrusive steps.
Despise not Eoman's tears--they are
what made her an angel. Scoff not if
toe stern heart of manhood is sometimes
melted to tears OF sympathy--they are
what elevate him above the brute. l
love 70 see tears of affection, They are
pain ul tokens, but, still most holy
There is pleasure in tears-an awful
pleasure. If there were none or earth
70 shed tears for me | should lie loath to
hive, and if no one 10 weep over my
grave, [ could never die in peace.
Butte record., 1854-04-01
THE WHITE VErL.-A beautiful but

The WHITE VEIL.-A beautiful but
strange custom prevails among the jap
anese, by which the bride receives a
distinguished sermon as present from
her friend. In our land the bride usu-
oily receives presents of jewelry and
dress, but in Japan she receives on her
wedding day; a long white veil. This
veil is large enough to cover her from
head 10 foot After the ceremony she
carefully lays aside that veil among the
things not to be disturbed That we'd
ding veil at her death, is to be her sAroud.
" bat would our women think of having
their shroud around them to partake in
the dancing and other foolish revelries
of a marriage in this land of pulpits and
Sabbaths /;
Butte record., 1854-04-01

PAIRING TIGER's FINoER-NA4Ls.-
The tiger In the managerie at Hull has
had It's nails pared at last, without anv
accident. Mr. TAYLOR, veterinary sur
geon, was The operator and several med.
lcai gentlemen were present to advise
and assist in the operation. Sponces.
we'll satured with chloroform, were ias-
tened to the ends of long slaves, and
held to the tigers nose. he broke sew.
eral of these, and seemed disposed, in
this uneeremonious way, to disappoint all
expectations of success. For some time
no opportunity was afforded of perform
ing the operation but, when 2 lbs. s
o. of chloroform had been used, the an.
lmal was so far stupidifed as to enduce
Mr.. Taylor to commence. Still it was
a task very far from pleasant to CON-
mence the operation. Ropes were got
round the auimal's neck, and his head
was drawn close to the bars of the den.
and the animal kept close down, SO as
to prevent the struggles vhirh he was
expected to make By Mr., Taylor's ex-
ertions also, smaller ropes we're slipped
over each Of the tigers paws, which not
only rendered him helpless, but were of
use in pul ing each paw. as wanted, un-
der the bars, to have the claws drawn.
which was specify done By the aid Of
pair Of forceps. Since the operation he
has continued hearty.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

GEN. LEE AND GEN WASHINGTON
Major General Charles Lee concluded
his military career at the battle of Mon
mouth. Being directed by Washington
to advance and attack the enemy's rear,
he advanced close enough to execute the
order, but instead of obeying instruc-
tons, suffered his troops to make dis
orderly retreat Washington met him
in his fight, and reprimanded him for
his conduct. Lee replied with much
warmth and impropriety of language
He subsequently behaved, in presence
Of the enemy, with much courage and
ability. Stung with the reprimand, he
wrote Washington two letters, after the
battle, which were equally disrespectfuI
and impertinent. Lee was arrested
and tried by court-lnartial on three
charges, viz: disobedience of orders.
misbehayior before the enemy, and dis.
respect towards the commander-in-chief.
He was found guilty, and sentenced TO
be suspended from "any commission in
the armies Of the United States for one
year" Continuing to abuse and lam
poon Washington. he was called out by
Col Laurens, one of Washington's aids,
and was wounded in the duel that fol-
lowed Lee then retired to small farm
in Virginia, where he dwelt for a time
in miserable hovel. In 1872 he re-
moved TO Philadelphia, and died there in
October of that year. He was brave,
but impetuous, vain and egotistical. He
was an Englishman, and had served with
distinction under General Burgoyne in
Portugal
Butte record., 1854-04-01

How CINC1NScTI BECAME A CIrY.-
In the settlement Of new countries, it Of
ten happened that the most trivial cir
cumstances produce important results.
According TO Judge Burnet's Notes on
the North Western Territory the ques-
ton whether North Bend or Cincinnati
should be the great commercial town of
the Miami country, was decided by the
TACT that the commandant of the militia
ry station at North Bend became strong.
ly attached to "black-eyed-lady," who
lived with her husband at the Bend.
where he was stationed and the hus-
band becoming somewhat alarmed at the
attentions which the commandant paid
to his wife he removed to Cincinnati
Finding his lady love had fed, The off
Ger thought North bend unfit for COM
mercial town, and moved with his troops
to Cincinnati, and from that day the
glory of the Bend departed, and that Of
Cincinnati arose.
Judge Burnet remarks: page 36)
The incompatible beauty of Spartan
dame produced ten years war which
terminated in the destruction of Troy,
and the irresistible charms of another
female transferred the commercial En-
porium of Ohio from the place where it
now is. If the captivating American
Helen had continued at the Bend, the
garrison would have been centered there,
and thence, would have been the Queen
City of the West
Butte record., 1854-04-01
ERREY

Thrilling lNcIDENT.-At temper
ance meeting in Pailadelphia, some
years ago, learned clergyman spoke in
favor Of wine as a drink, demonstrating
II quite to his own satisfaction to be spir-
ltual genileman'y and healthful. When
the clergyman sat down, a plain, elderly
man rose, and asked the liberty of say
ing few words. Permission being
granted, he spake as follows:
"a young friend of mine said he J
who had long been Incorporate, was
prevailed on to the joy of his friends to
take pledge Of entire abstinence from all
that could intoxicate He kept his pledge
faithfully for some time, though the
struggle with his habit was fearful, till
one evening, in a social party, glasses of
vine were handed round. There was a
clergyman present, who took glass, and
saying few words in vindication Of the
practice--'We thought the Young man.
II a clergyman can take wine, and iusti-
fy II 50 well, why not Il So he took a
glass. 1t instantly rekindled his ierv
and slumbering appetite; and after a
rapid downward course, he died of deli
mum tTenens-a raving madmani' The
old man paused for uiterance. and was
jus, able to add-'That young man was
a'y only son, and the clergyman was the
Rererend Doct0r who had Just addressed
this assembly ~
Butte record., 1854-04-01

@ A good story is told of Professor
Humphrey, of Amherst College. One
morning, before recitation, some of the
students fastened live goose to the pro-
fessor's chair. When he entered the
room and discovered the new occupant
Of his seat, he turned upon bis heel and
cody observed, gentlemen, perceive
you have a competent instructor, and
therefore viii leave you to Jour .stua-
iss.n
Butte record., 1854-04-01

SPANISH IDLESEss.-Every one en-
ploys his time, most conscientiously, in
doing nothing. Gallantly. cigaretts, the
manufacture of quatrains and octaves,
and especially card playing, are found
sufficient to fill up a mans existence
agreeably- A workman who has gained
few reals, leaves work, throws his fine
embroidered jacket over his shoulders,
takes his gaitar, and goes and dance or
makes love to the mafus of his acsuain-
tance, until he has not a single cuarto
left; he then returns to bis employment
An Andalusian can live splendidly for
three or four sous day. For this sum
he can have The whitest bread, an enor
nous slice of water melon, and glass Of
aniseed, while his lodgings costs him
nothing more than the trouble of spread
Ing his cloak upon the ground under
some portico, or the arch of some bridge
Butte record., 1854-04-01

TaE UTILITY OF PocKETs.-Amone
the strange subjects chosen by Soulhey,
in his doctor, +" for a chapter, are peck
cts; and he thus speaks Of them:
"Of al the inventions Of the tailor.
hold the pocket to be the most commodi.
Gus, and the most indispensable. Birds
have their cr.w; Illuminating beasts their
first Or anti stomach the monkey has
his cheek, the opossum her pouch and,
so necessary Is some convenience Of this
kind for the human amin |, that the saw
age who cares not for clothing, makes
himself a pocket, if be can. Some Of
the inhabitants of Congo make secret
fob in their wooley toupet, of which, as
2. Labal says, the worst use they make
Is, to carry poison in it. The Matolats,
a long-haired raced, who border on the
Cafrcs, form their lock into a sort Of
hollow cylinder, in which they bear about
their little implements The New Zeal
ander is less Ingenious he makes large
opening in his ear, and carries his knife
IN it.''
Butte record., 1854-04-01

~ True eloquence does not consist
in speech. 1t cannot be brought from
far. Labor and learning may toll in
vain Words aud phrases may be mar
shalled in every way, but they cannot
compass it. 1t must exist in the man,
and the subject, and in the OCCASION
DaRla Webster.
Butte record., 1854-04-01
GUNEoFATHY,
BT soHs G. sAxI

BT 5oES G. SAFE.
] saw & lady yesterday.
a regular NJ D.
Who'd taken from the Faculty
Her medical degree;
And thought if ever was sick
Ny doctor she should be.
/ pitt The dsiaaed man
Who foolizhiy consuIis
Another man in hopes 10 and
Such magical results,
As sheB pretty woman Isys
Her hand upon my pulse,
l had strange disorder once.
A kind Of chronic chill,
That an the doctors in tho Town
Win all ibeir vaHaied skia.
coold never cur-, I'm very sure,
With powder or with pin.
doa'i Know what ib-y called il
IN iiieir roHsPons i,.rn ora-;,
Nor IL thes Thought it mortal
In such ,itsI psrs-
J only know 'tRas reckoned
something ICY round ibe hesr ~
4 lady caIae-her presence brought
The blood into my ears.
sh- took nv haRd-oa3 somelhiaS rks
fever now appears,
Crest Gzien - was al asicw,
Though I'd 6esn cold for yeaesi
Perhaps i isn't every case
Thsi's fairly ia her reach,
BHi shoaid e'e- be IL azzin
/ feIyeBtiy beseech,
Th4i MAY have for life or death.
4 iadg 'or my leecb =
Butte record., 1854-04-01

TIE widow of Alexander Hamilton
has reached the great age of ninety-fve.
and retains, in an astonishing degree,
her faculties, and converses with much
ease and brilliancy which lent SO peculiar
a charm to her younger days And then
the old lady, after passing the compli-
ments and congratulations of the day,
insists upon her visitors taking merry
glass from General Washington's punch
bowl, which, with other portions OF his
table set, she retains in her possession.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

FAHar fERy says-'.I tell you, that
editors are just the fattest, sleekesi, most
Intelligent and lovabie set Of human be-
ings in existence; and the only reason
they don't own up :, because they don't
want 10 Iet the world in general know
how many little fayors and perquisites
isil to tbir lot,
They 20 down to tie flee after q
carr ful toilet and comfortable break
fast, make Up a FIRE IN the stove, hot
enough to roast an Ic4iander. 'hera Ell
cally seaP every door and window; put
n pair Of Cd slippers. f-ht a cigar,
draw Up 4 huge easy chair, suck their
feet up twice as high as their head. and
proceed to business that i to say, be-
tween the whiffs of that cigar they tell
e,eruciatingly funny stories, poke each
oiher in the ribs, agree TO JOIN the Mu-
tual Admiration Society, retail all the
wire-pulling behind the scenes, calculate
which way the political cat Is going TO
jump, and shape the paragraphs accord
ingly tel who threw that large boquet
at The last nights concert, to Madame
Fitz Humbug; shake hands an make
room for all the hail f lows well met
that drop in to see them; keep their IN
tellecis sh4rpened up by collision with
the bright and gifted--in short, I've in
one perpetual clover field, and when they
die, all the newspapers write their fine
obituary notices, and give them free
! pass t. paradise. l would Ike to know
II that looks like a vexed existence
Proud would We feel to tel Of the
wedding cake, and flowers and fruits,
and asiuals, embroidered purses and
tasseled smoking caps, pretty little notes.
braided watch chains, the haudkerchiefs
they get perfumed, and gloves they get
mended for nothing. How every body
nudges his neighbor, when they appear
at lecture, or concert, or opera, and SAYS:
There's that clever fellow, the edito
Of the Colnetl - How he has a season
ticket by Frog Pond how he has
bat there's 10 use in telling all body
knows Christopher Columbus ! an ed
TORS lie vexed existence -
Let those laugh now who ,.ever laughed before.
And iaose TDo always iAagiIad, nov s1gA the more
Butte record., 1854-04-01

sA- Pa, can person catch anything
# h don't run alter it;'
No.
Then, how did you catch that cold
you have goti'
BY running after your mother, to
bring her home from the woman's rights
meeting
Butte record., 1854-04-01
NUMBER II +.

EARLY ATTAcHMENTs.-Dr. Frank
lin wisely said that when young MAJ
married, he gave bond TO society for bis
good behavior. and he might have added
that every youth gave similar bond BY
an early attachment. Many young men
have been saved BY such attachment.
from career of folly and vice, and Vi
the many which We have known We new
er witnessed one which did not produc.
a solutary effect. They must be ignor-
ent indeed Of human nature, who know
not that youths strongest inducements
TO good behavior and laudable effort
is the appreciation of the being upon
whose affections he has staked his future
happiness.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

MAN's NEGLEcT.-The Divine Being
made this earth a beautiful garden, wa
tered by splendid oceans and sparkling
rivers, and round about it be hung an
atmosphere pure as the breath Of stain
less innocence. And He implanted in
man faculties for the enjoyment and
preservation of all these glorious benefits
He gave him strang body to labor, and
a sound head to thiak-but He did not
give him prevented and brutalized in
stinct; He did not multiply and excite
his material appetite until they swelled
into rank and formif condition He
did not build cities reeking with every
abomination He did not polute the riv-
ers, or poison the air; He did not create
man and woman ignorant and brutal /;
He did not create institutions that make
grovelling poverty and plague provok-
ing squalor the rule, instead of the ex-
ception He did not cause US in any wav
to neglect ourselves, our education, or
our morals. Therefore, when We feel in
our heart Of hearts, that he did not do
any one of these things, and when we
also know that the cholera may be traced
to our perversions, to our omissions, and
to our outrages OF fixed natural laws, it
must be omitted that it is weakness to
fall prone upon our faces, and to entreat
the Almighty to undo that which he new
er did, or to ask Him to do that which
in the economy of His justice, and the
eternity of His wisdom, He knows, and
has been telling US every day, for thou
sands of years, it would not be just and
visa TO do.
Butte record., 1854-04-01
BE- Valuable knowledge can be

s@- Valuable knowledge can be at
tanned only by personal effort. Every
one must traverse the hills and valleys for
himself, and it IS only BY unremiiting ap-
plication and perseverance that the al
tempt viii be crowned with success. But
to the devoted, persevering seekers, sue
cess Is certain. The state Of mind is sucl
as to insure the best use being made Of
any accessible helps, and of the exercise
of ingenuity and application in surmoun-
ting difficulties even in absence of all for
eign aid. Whatever may be his defcien-
cies and Disadvantage, the person-espe-
cialiy the younger person-who is SO SEN
sible OF the value of knowledge as to ap-
ply bis heart to understandings seek
for ii as for silver, and search for it as for
hidden treasures assuredly shall not
seek for 1t in vain. knowledge is the
prize Of application
Butte record., 1854-04-01

la What was the difference betw cen
Jean of Arc and Noah's Ark:
One was made of wood and ths other
vas Maid Of Orleans.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

Let those laugh now who never laughed before.
lad those who always lsagiIsd lsuga the more
Butte record., 1854-04-01
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
CHA's T. LOTT,

4 TIpRNEN AID CoJSsELLoR AT Ltyr aud
v Notary Public fractices ia a iiie Cear.-s, s,s ne
District office hres lhre. ,ilag. above tae9 f5,.t
Butte record., 1854-04-01

AtARDEy RANCHO. BY MINOT 4 TARK. eigh
w miles from Bilweil the Marysy:Ie road
Butte record., 1854-04-01

sSHADE HOTEL. P. " WIESTguM. Proprietor
- Bidweli. Butte County, CaiilorTia.
Butte record., 1854-04-01
HESS s LARC0NBE

HESS s LARC0NBE.
NEISERs' ST0RR.-N holesaic and retail dealers in
Va Groceries. liquors provisions, 1Hd al kinds OF
Miners supplies &c. blwea Lgg-I
Butte record., 1854-04-01
PUBLIC HOUSES.

q ArluNAL HOTEL, Is BANCROFT x TROMP-
V son bideeli, Buiie County. California.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

sgGATr's ECnANGNE- Ry L. :. PRATT. South
d west Corner OF Plaza, BidNen. Hatts Comfy Cal
Butte record., 1854-04-01
BUSINESS CARDS.

DlCKERs0N < sT0MBs,
RE ANUFACTgRERs. ]GsgERs. AMI Dealers IN I'll
WE Copper Sheet Iron. Hardware and Stoves, New
e,.lb slfeel- Rear the Plaza. February Il.
Butte record., 1854-04-01

JOSEPH GLUCKAUF,
NE-H0IEsALE AND RETAIL DEALERS N Dry
w Goods, Groceries Pros Isicss. Cle.hinz liquors
Miners rools, &c door shove Naiioual hotel sidwel
Butte record., 1854-04-01

4 t0INFi SURVEYOR, HUGH BLACk-Persun's
" Nisqng me services u ise County SURVEYOR viii
please lsare their orders Charles T Lofts Office, aud
lhey viii DO pauctuaiy attended TO. November -
Butte record., 1854-04-01

LEWIS : HARRIS.
4 TToRNEYs AND c'GiNsELLOaS At LAW
- Oaie Oh Nevcass stree, aflh 'ioar a5orr .,lazs
Butte record., 1854-04-01
a. 80.

ECsTIcH or THE PEAC. as.f Publi. A,i7sj-s
81 TRAITOR Deeds. Mortgages. Noiioes ~ Pr,-,a,nio
Claims. &c frasu =. any u,ne, on reasonable Term
nfice IA the coun Holise st BiWe.i. November IL
Butte record., 1854-04-01
c. A. SMITH

EpGoK AND VARIETY STORE esss; side shale
AS tiolci. Hiiweii. Bliie liiu.y. California