Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-04-14
position IF "Sabe Nucho.D Fl,

''sister Yuba" No one but the sapi-
ont miner can find anything of the kind
IN the letter he so awfully mutilates in
attempting to crlticiz and then, TOO,
he shows himselfsuch a, good christian,
by extending the cloak of his unasked
"eharlty' over the stupid ignorance" of
his dearly beloved cold Toppv" Now
that venerable Individual has been
taught that CHARITY begins at home,''
and surely no one can spare less of it
than the ''mner" himself without seri
Gus injury. Listen to him talk, and
give heed that We may understand:
Had not the capitalists of Marysville
generously gwen a helping hani, the
Feather River and Ophir Water Com
pany would have existed oaly in magma
tom Well, that is mere assertion of
his {; but were the people of this county
solicited to- take stock 10 said company
was it not all taken BY the projectors,
residents of this county, and the Mays
VILE capitalists before il was known here
that such company existed Again
hearken-'there waS not-is n0t-sur-
plus capitalin Butte county to construct
a work Of this magnitude, Sc" What
are the dimensions of this Stupendons
undertaking Why the capital stock of
the company is $1,000 and the cost
of the work is not n0ao expected to reach
that amount Butte had better "cave"
at once, and OPPOSE of herself cheap, if
one Of her own cit zens, and he to
miner, puts such low estimate upon
her people and resources. Now this
aconld-Je cbarita.e "miner,n being a
'Sabe Mucho,'' is supposed to bmO,o Il
thing or two. and we 60 Tn the other
side and hunt up help. There are nine
incorporated river aiming companies il,
this county with an aggregate capital
stock of S225,590. There are five in
corparated Ditch companies whose az
gregate capital stock is $241 coo. The
contracts FOR working the river claims
this season amounts TO the sum of Sl47.-
30. The cost OF ihe di ches not vet
estimated. Bat ont OF this ca pital stock
5 1876 800, and the contracts Tor working
oae class of claims one season, Butte
cannot raise 100000 surplus capital
1t Is not reasonable, and your hnmble
servant knows better. Bur. Miner" e,
poses the side cf Sister Yu5s'' and her
capitalists, and this looks rather unaa.-
ural for one Of the Cherokee Boy, SAL
less he be deeply concerned with III.
capitalists, and we must -uppose this t.|
b. the Gas although be twit~ Us Of, J4-
ing tender on the subject of The canal
company As for ourself. we have no
interest whatever in the company, ex-
cept our good-speed to the wo.k.
As to the individual who ho'ds the
most stock of any one man in the COM
nany, not being a fair sample Of this
county, we do not know why he sAo4ld
not be. He is and has been for tim
past resident here. lie made his mon
ey here-and he IS sufficiently eutcrpt.-
SIG to spend il here; why is he not
f4ir sample: Butte m are lib raj to
fault, says Miner" and when they
err by putting their funds int the hands
of Narysville Bankers. and the Bunke $
fail nd they lose Their money, they do
not get huffy if on tells them how thee
can di pose of it in a safer manner.
miner" seems to think that the pre-
sent company is Identical with the old
company: in this manner though, the
old company had i capital stock OF $500
600, which was partly decreased the
new one has pital stock Of 500. 900
There is only one officer in the new, tina,
was in the old company, and the admit.
ted trsRtng deviat'ons Of '3Iiner'' 90 to
slow that the new survey is not Identical
with the old ore. And as 'Mner'' Of
ters to quit the subject on compromise.
we have no objections if he will acceIe
to our propositions. He must remove
the mote from his own eye, before he at
'empts an optical operation on his broth
er's- When he criiicizes a writing he
must stick to the text-he must not 90
= IT hsfcocked. When he asks us to
g We the devil his due. does he think he
"ld gentleman will be satisfied without
the possession of "Miner ~
Yours, as previous,
OLD TopPY.