davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05

GrIn Washington, they have had
quite delegation for the past month Of
ciiefs of the Chipp wa and Winnebago
Indians, who hayc just concluded a treaty
for the disposal Of their lands west of
Lake Superior. They had an interview
with the President and Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs on Friday week, when
Flatmouth, Pillager Chippewa, told
the President. .sThat two great men
there met! That the whites were often
accused of cheating the Indians, but
that this time the Indians had cheated
the Commissioner for they had sold
him a tract of land for good deal of
money which was worth but little" At
this the President and Commissioner
laughed heartily. and the chiefs took
their departure, we'll pleased with their
interview with the Great Father
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05
NUMBER &C..

ED II mere Is SO much that u u"ilsosSss
and wi,hal, romantic, in the following
! details, that we cannot refrain present.
ing them to our readers They are cop.
led from the Lincoln Gazette. published
at Troy. Missouri, and are stated with
out any doub. as to. their authenticity.
Monroe or Montgomery county was the
scene Of the tragedy:
A gentlemen residing in one Of tho
aboye-named counties had sold farm
fort be sum of Two thousand dollars, aud
the money was deposited in his house.
After the sale had been made, he went
some distance from his home to attend
some business matters, and upon return
ing, found it necessary to stop for the
night at a house two or three miles from
his own. AT a late hour in the night, no
awokc from his sleep, very much i'm
pressed with dream, in which he i'm.
az ned that his wife and children were
in distressed condition, and needed his
presence. He related his singlar dream
to the gentleman with whom he was.
stopping, who dissuaded him from. the
belief that any serious consequences had
befallen his family, and GnaIly prevailed
upon him to again go to bed It was
not long. however, before he again awoke,
having dreamed second time that his
wife and children were supplicating for
help.
lie Immediately dressed himself for
the purpose of going home-notwith-
standing the entrea,ies of his host to re-
main until morning There was also
German peddlar staying at the same
place, who proposed to accompany the
man to his own home, lest he might be
dreaming, and meet with some accident,
on the way.
The two started, and in short time
came to the house, in which light was
discovered. This unfavorable omen, at
that hour of the night, (it being about
3 O'clock confirmed the husbands
worst suspicious. Thy approached the
house, and, looking through a window,
saw five men surrounding "a table, busily
engaged in counting and dividing the
money they had secured The first i'm
pulse of the enraged husband was to
give the alarm, but the German bado
the man be silent. He then intructed
him TO 90 to the back door and knock,
upon which the robbers would attempt
to make their escape GU. of the one a.
which he ale German was stationed.
The man accordingly made an alarm
at the back door, upon which the mid
night robbers endeavored to make their
escape. Right manfully did the German
mountain his position, while with re-
volver he kill. d four of the robbers, and
wounded the fifth, who was afterwards
s cured Would that this were the only
bloody spectacle tha. presepted itself at
hat dad hour Of night The mos.
heart-rending part remains yet untold.
A wife and two or three children had
been butehered, and lay weltering in
poo's of blood The feelings Of a hss
band and father can b, tier be imagine cd
than described, as he beheld this horrid
spectacle.
The wounded man, having been Sc
cured, made fall confession; in which
he stated that an organized band of rob-
bets was in the country, and that ,he
ringlcad lived in Lincoln or Pike
county.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05
BIDwEI.E4 BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA MAY ), 1855

| til be was no longer to be affected By
it-at least SO he thought.
The next morning Mr.. Morrison mad,
his purchases, and by twelve O'Clock
they were ali, as a measure of safety.
stored under Gu tom House lock II
was then that the merchant made known
so much of that tier as related to the
expected treaty Of peace, ard immedi-
tely all merchandise for export rose q
hundred per cent.
| The letter of Christian to bis clerk
was received about six O'Clock that eve
ming, and, as no choice remained between
disobedienoe and a oompliance with his
employers Instructions, the clerk acted
fully up to them, in reeeipting for such
quantity OF goods as. at the advanced
price, involved nearly the whole of bis
employers capital.
The od Sttte House clock struck tn
when the two rivals alighted from th-
coach-Selby proceeded to the house of
Mr.. Morrison, and Christian to that OF
his clerk, who, after informing him Of
the receipt of his letter, and his pur
chases on lis faith, Was desirous to know
n ,-.o,nJc bo on
"My grounds - said he, care these
peace is already agreed upon at Ghent." "
God heavens, sir" exclaimed the
clerk, "this is bad business. Mr..
Morrison received that news yesterday
morning, and bought on the strength of
it, hundred thousand dollars worth be-
fore he made it known Prices went up
hundred per cent. the moment the
news became public"
Christian was stupefed; his knees
shook beneath him The result was,
that he was rendered almost bankrupt.
The disaster preyed upon his spirits to
such degree that he fell sick, and soon
after left the city, without even taking
leave of Mr.. Morrison or his daughter.
neither of whom he dared encounter.
1t was very early in the spring when
The official news of peace arrived; and as
the joy bells praled long and loud, Mr..
Morrison's brig Globe was tak!ng in her
lading for Hanbug. George selby wa.
to go supercargo, bat when the period of
departure arrived, he could not tear him
selfaway from Mary Morrison lie ex-
planned the ate of his aft eli rs to her
father, VIII assured him, if she we're w,Il-
ing he might have Mary for partner
for life, and Mr. Morrison for a part .er
in business. Miss Morrison became Mrs.
SelbI whilst the fate of Christian
Wernwag was spoken of as signal
warning to all, that Honesty is the best
! policy.n
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05
@In North Carolina. it is freouen,

BE III NUflH NdTOIIHd, tt IS frequent,
among her forests of fat pine, for low
er in distress TO send the fair object Of
his affections Bit of its staple vege-
t'ble production. with an eye painted up
IN it THIS signifies, 6 | pine' If ia
vorable to him the young lady $, lects
from the wood pile th" BIS and smooth
e>t specimen Of a knot-this signifies,
8 in not" But, if, on the other hand,
she detests him, There is no middle
ground between detestation and adora-
ton, with young women, she burns one
end of his message, and this generally
throws the young man into despair, for
1t means, II make light of your spinning" I"
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05

CuPID.-A lovc-sick lassie, down
East wrote in the following strain Of
deep feeling love 10 her adored in Cali
iolnia. Six months afterwards she e!oped
with a clock peddler
" Ny dear sweet Ichabod How l
want to see your big grey eyes. 0, how
horror-stricken am at Your long ab-
sence. want TO see you and feel your
heart bump O, sweet-Ichabod, now do
come out. and let us get married if you
love me. God bless you, if you are not
sufficiently blest in being sweet. Oh, you
mary-eold, you holly hook, you tulip,
you onion, you c. bbage- Oh you sweet
owl do come and comfort your dying,
smitten Caroline Oh, Ichabod, but how
| do love your big red lips. Oh. you
trim, tall fellow, full of manna Of sweet
love, how want 10 see you, model Of
perfection. You have been gone this
two months, and to me it does seem like
hundred years. Your dear presence
would do me more good than the cooling
springs to the parched traveller Of the
desert; more than the pebbled pool to
the wanton duck-yes, more than lump
ofsugar to a spoilt child. Why. then,
viii you not come Yes, fly as swift as
lightning to kiss the tears from the dim
pied cheek of your mad love. Oh, bleak
nd wild is the house, the garden, the
woods, and The world without thee. Oh,
YES, bless thee, my dumplip, my jews
harp, my rooster. my gentleman
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05

s~Now, then, Thomas, what are you
burning off my writing table !" said an
author TO bis servant "Only the pa.
per that's written all over / havn't
touched the clean" was the reply.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05

"ELIS, FARGO & cos CALIFORNIA EX-
w PRESs-Capal $500, ,000-Prineipal Offices, Is
" all St n. Y. and III Montgomery ST, san Francisco
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05

| THE CHILD OF GENIUs.-The mos
pure and perfect state of human exist
ence, tne most ethereal in mind, being
| fresh from the creative hand, the most
enthusiastic and benevolent of heart,
beng yet uncontaminated by the outer
y orld and all its bitter ppointments,
the sweetest and yet the mast pathetic,
were it only from the extreme sense OF
beauty, is the early youth & MUS. Alone.
in the acuteness of its general senslblli
ty, unsympalhized with in its peculiar
view of nature, its heart without utter
ence, and lis intellect mind penetrated
by the warmth Of the dawuing sun, but
unopened by lis meridian beams, the
child Of genius wauders forth into the
! fields and woods, an embodied imagina-
ti"n, an elemeptal being, yearnlng for
operation, but following not its mission.
\ powerful destiny he4ves for develop
mcnt in its bosom ii feels the prophetic
waves surging to and fro, but all is indis-
tinct and vast; caverned, spell-bound,
aimlnss, and rife with sighs. 1t has lit
tie retrospeciion, and that little Ct no
importance its heart and soul are in
the future glori6ed dream. Memory,
with al its melancholy pleasures, and
coutless pains, is for the old, and chiefly
for the premature old but youth is a
vision of he islands of the blest, and
tells its own fairy tales to itstk, and is
at once the hero and inventor. 1t revels
in the radiance of Years to come. nor
ever drt ans that the little daisy on the
lawn, so smilingly brhcld, or so tenderly
gathered from its green bed shall make
the whole heart ache with all the past,
when it meets the eye some years hence
If this be more or less the case with
youth in general, it is so in IA pre-emi-
nent degree with the youth of genius
At this early period of the life of such
being. impressions of moral and physi-
cal beauty exist in estate sensation
rather than In sentiment practical
feeling and instinct, not a theory of rule
or right Conscious only of its ever
working senslbility, and dim aspirations,
boundles and dim, utterly unconscious of
its talents, powers or m ans of realizing
its feelings, the child of gcnius yearns
with deep sense of the divinity of i'm
perlshable creation, with hopes that
sweep high over the dull earth and all
its revolving graves and lost in beatifc
abstraction, it IS positive foreiaste of
Immortality Farerly Magazine.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05

EosHEN RTFTFEzSo fresh aEd lice the gr,,sies
~ EpicGrr ra-iiei fail 70 be p'eas--d. NJ
JOSEPH GLrCKAUF
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05
F. D. EVERTS, s. cos
Feather River Express
~ -, ,n.,,c = 20

ne HouiA respectfully iuloFiu tue puuuc
chat We are now enabled to forward
TRE.suRE, VALUABLE Packages, LETTERS.
rTc. ETC.
With aariyalled despatch and security, and
upon the most reasonable terms, to and from
the following places, viz;
American Valley, Eyandott,
Shandlerville, BidEell's Bar
GIb,onville, Evansville
Hopkins Greek, Hansonviile,
Morris Ravine, Longs Bar,
anion Valley, Nelson's Greek,
Port Wine Diggings, Poormau's Greek.
Spring Valley, Rieh Bar, Middle Fork,
Sears Diggings. StringtoRn,
White Rock, Smiths Bar, n Fork,
Barkers Ranch, City of 'T6,
canyon Greek, Butte Greek,
Grass Valley, Ferbestown,
= iainisen Creek. Houcut City.
Aatshez, Lexington House,
Oregon Gulch, nphir
Eici n.rs North Pork PING Grove,
Strawberry Valley, Rush Greek, 5. Flat,
Spanish Ranch St.-Louis.
Collections. orders. etc attended to with
preanptncsS and fidelity SAFFoRD e. KERBY
agents EFEDEFL. SHELL SrO Nor 10
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05

t~A GENERAL ASSORTMENT
ukE3 OF CHOICE LIQUORS, always
z on hand. at wholesale or retail. at
o. Tie hre-ptuuf store at
JOS. 6LTCK3TF.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05

4 DAMS x co.'s. EXPRESS. BANKING AND
N EXCHANGE OFFICE, fire proof brick building,
corner Of Plaza and High Streets, Marysville nov12
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05
HESS & LARCOMBE.

MINERS' STORE.-Wholesale and retail dealers in
1'A Groceries, liquors provisions and all kinds OF
Miners supplies, &c, Bidwen. nov. IL
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05
InSEpH GLrCKAUF.

"H0LESALEA AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Dry
w Goods, Groceries Provisions. Clothing. LIQUORS
Miners Tools &C, door above National hot~i BID ell
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-05
JOS E. n. LEWIS.

A TroRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
N Practices in the District Court of he District aud
in the County Courts Of the adjoining counties Office
on NeHcomb Street, fith door above the Plaza
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-07-28

novel. Cruel uncles in bob-tail wings
SoISht to crush out the affections of nv
heart. In short l threw myself at her feet
and with all the eloquence that Harvard
College hal been able to crowd into nv
composition, | declared my love. | used
classic terms. Iquoted Milton, Byron and
Shakespeare, and called on all the gods in
the calendar Of Greece and Rome.
Did she accept me? of course she did;
she couldn't help accepting mel am not
an ill looking fellow, let me say, in extern
naton of her weakness, and had popped
the question in a decidedly original man
ner.
printed twenty-four kisses on each OF
hci pretty cheeks, and she blushed till |
thought her eye-lashes would take fire and
cheat Inc of my prize.
We kept our council for two or three
weeks, and one morning. when We were
riding out, we got away from Uncle Ned
and RoSaIie and clipped it away about ten
miles to clergyman, who was so obli-ina
as to supply us with a marriage certif,
cate.
We rode back moro leisurcly. I was
III my element. An elopement was lust the
kind OF excitement to suit me.
We got back to Uncle Ncd's about din
ner time.
Where have you been?' asked Uncle
Ned.
'Ovcrto Mis-. Allow me to pre.
sent my wife, said |, with perfect non.
chalance.
The deuce
'JuSt so; and Uncle Ned You have lost
the wager. One thousand, ifyou please,
said holding out my hand.
No, you don't you puppy
Fairly won.'
is it RoSalic? said he turning to my
wife.
'Eh, what do you mean, Sylphie.'
Ha, ha, ha, roared Uncle Ned.
didn't know what to make of the af.
fair at ALL
You have lost Bob,' cried the jolly old
fellow, as soon as he could speak.
NO.
Fact, Bob,' said he, pointing to her
had hitherto known as my cousin, this is
Sylphie Howard.
you have cheated me, them
Il have cheated you into the handsomes
wife, and the biggest fortune in South Car
DINA. The fact is, Bob, you were preiu
diced against Rosalie. You came here re
solved to be uncivil to her. l determined
to give her a fair chance, though | had te
tease the jade into compliance. You ar,
caught
Not quite, Uncle Ned; this is not a le
gal marriage. Rosalie was united to IN,
under fcticious name.
1don't care straw for that. Youmar
ried the lady you held by the hand. Bu
Bob, we will have it over again. DO yo,
say so, you dog?'
Of course did say so. I would no
have lost my divinity for all the treasure il
South Carolina. Ipaid over the money
and Uncle Ned gave it to the free school
of the State.
A few weeks after we we're remarked
and returned to the North with my Rosa
lie, the most beautiful and the most lovin.
wife that ever lighted the destiny of way
ward fellow like myself.
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-07-28

HUSBAND AND WIFE IN CmNA.-s1n
some cases, pecuniary interest is the only
motive capable of restraining within some
limits the harshness Of the Chinese iowa ds
their wives. When they do treat them
with genteness and moderation, it is usual
ly on apriuciple of economy, as you night
spare beast of burden because it cost you
money. and because, if you killed it, you
would have to replace it. This hideous
calculation is by no means mere suppo-
sition of ours. In large village to the
north OF Pekin, we were once witnesses of
violent quarrel between husband and
wife. Alter having for long time abus-
ed each other with some tolerably inofen-
sive projectiles, their anger still increas-
ing, they began to break everything in the
house. Several of the neighbors tried in
vain to restrain them, and at length, the
husband, seizing great paving stove from
the courtyard, rushed furiously into the
kitchen, where the wife was expending her
wrath upon the crockery, and strewing the
floor with the ruins. When the husband
rushed in with the paving-stone everybody
hurried forward to prevent calamity that
seemed imminent-there was no time
but the fellow dashed his paving stone not
against his wife, fortunately, but against
his great iron kettle, which he stove in
with blow. The wife could not out-do
this piece ofextravagancc, and so the quar-
rel ceased. A man who was standing by,
then said, laughing, to the husband -
You are fool, my elder brother; why
did'ntyou break your wife's head with the
stone, instead of the kettle Then you
would have had peace in the house, 4
thought ofthat,' replied the husbands but
it would have been foolish. l can get my
kettle mended for two hundred sapeecks,
and it would have cost me great deal
more to buy another wife. -Huck's Eav.
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-07-28

back to US. This cat can't be walked up.
il can't be scared away-its deadf Aftsf
examining il q moment, Some body has
been a shootin Of it, by thunderf said he q
he tossed it down into the yard.
You don'tsay sor said we. That cat
was the old Maltese, the chairman Of that
convention-but he won't preside over an
other very soon. We don't know where
he boarded, or who claimed title to him.
What we know is, that it cost q quarter
to have him buried; and all we ask is that
he should pay US back our quarter and the
difference between his value and that Of
the powder and shot we expended on him.
Well throw in the vexation of being
broke Of our rest. and the wickednsss Of
using certain expletives-undcr the excite
ment Of the occasion-wbich are not to be
found in any of the religious works of the
day.
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-07-28

4 say, Jim,' inquired young urchin
of his companion but few years older
than himself What docs p. m. mean after
them figures. on that ere railway bill?' Jim
responds, conscious of his own wisdom,
'Pnny-a-mile, to be sure!'
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-07-28

Billy, my boy said short sighted
and rather Incorporate father to his son. a
bright eyed little fellow of about five sum
mers; did you take my glassesg
No, sir, but my mother says she gucs-
ses as how you took EN- fore you co ne
home
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-07-28

Bridget, are the eggs boiled?' II don't
know, sure, lett them to bile by the watch
Boil by the watch, why whatdo you mean.
Sure, didn't ye tell me to bile thin three
minutes by the watch? And faith l did,
I've laid thin in the kittle together
Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-07-28

WHAT'S the chief use of bread? asked
an examiner at school examinations
The chief use of bread answered the ur-
chin. apparently astonished at the simple.
ity ofthe inquiry, the chief use Of bread is
to spread butter and lasses on.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-10
PUBLIC HEALTH.

The Committee Public Health ~ the Bard ~ Alder.
men met yesterday afternoon
The hrst subject o consideration that ~ using
Wats street dumping ground for nigh, soil. Seve-
ri r"monsrsnecs have been receive. against the pre-
ent occupancy q that pier for such purpose. smobg
others one from The Collin. Steamship Company.
The Committee IN favor a using the por At the
loot u cnrkon street for that purpose and II directing
that the carts used in collecting night soil proceed direct
from the place where thoy collect Il by direct road
the dumping ground and ~, t,tc circuitous route
At present
Report IN favor ~ fcuciug lexington avenue.
In laNor 81 hlng sunkcn hits between feuth aud M.
ten avenue and Forty ars aud forty ythird street..
In favor 4 fencing tourt~cnth street between rrs, aud
Third avsuue..
Ia favor q fencing Thirtict and Iiry>arst streets
and Lexington avenue
10 favor II fencing Lexington avenue hc~cen Thirty.
third and 1hirf ninth streets,
In fasor ~ ahating nuisance 81 The foot ~ the streets
On The North river from Nineteenth " Twenty iou
streets inclusive caused ty tho obstruction Of -~er,
a. the foot of Tweuty.ih street
Permission askcd - w rev - -..noy their deal
irofn their burial gr ad Iacnty.drst street. "a
v0rablo.
10 favor of fencing Madison avenr, betsesn Tsoniy.
eighth and Igeuty ninth stroCts.
Ihe commit Zee sdjournoa
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-10

*ftm IRE ~ lo4i fer4lf sn ANgYsi
We heft - lenrih bad arrival from She fsr Fpf~f
Ni.sSnd. Ib. siesmer ~ sagy arrived nom iott
tp4nh ffhnse OF 40 mile ap N. @issolr liver
.cl'fnAJ AFTERNOON. revsrni rfpU-iy y cannon -.
heht'eN h'f psstnrs pnd n. 80 inroniiffs, oar'i
~ sfte AuintcF a. Tsr,yus sauc ~ ybD1l segf -
- 80 ?, great guantf, - hrgr artefs on no htrl
fare ioof md ohes 10 Ret tte st Devs n the LAT,
nor aev. 'o,incil hiuns. Thu = M,y sas hadei =.
h'g w :. thnni.su, u. 20 win 10 pAstagss y
rvts sna plira.. She .i Yori Ijsrfe ~, ne :. 4 III
sna fssfI the tt.sner afsja girsa ries Aisvr
lot i',ir 40 The steamer h.s <piaDty oss g. nlfsl
miet Y ins thni point
a. N" fcs = the r.o,utsiA atpars.s fths wifia-
lsNd eAes tara and Gfry tlgsa ufre SroI o. hun
clta ohniile and Any nile. leiw fost i1.rrs at
III bsrd asrVpre. The river Il repro eyis-. ~ tsry -
sna fif< ibe phste eiAn~e do.n Iis os.r. n t.s 4
MA) ~ usJ nsvrr sas iis Ifsr Ma>oerl ysr tta ;
y II Prem. snf navigsiian fs .rsssys4, iGs8is
and t"tiniHg slrscst r1p,asihr. AZ me issss 80
hsh .ssry bar tire a s., hbt 81 i antter yhsshs'
- - - ls-n tys- rrs snwn. S1us " - ever nsni
u,ors f.rs btt.S - Fsr. I1srss
- lhltsna =. rlt-y fsisss rzi Nga d. sh,ss- g.
-. nhs 'ta'snf' taa - - To ssPsrsas~. :.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-10

planned Of the of improper language by some 81 thr
members expelled their expuhions were all rnaas by
twothird votes and the majority Of those expcs were
present when the vote was TAKEN he denied ths false
alarms had been created To annoy members 10 get
obnoxious parties expelled. The secretary, Mr.. MrW-
witt corroboated the above testimony He thought there
members
Az 10 the expulsion OF Mr. Provost Mr. YAM seaie mp
peared and testified 70 his s-ing under treatment or
neuralgia, the result Of actrc attendance fire duty,
he has ao Suffered by paralysis from which he has par
italy recovered he win noe b. able again To doe duty
The complaint Of ". j. Hanna against ). {. Harrison,
OF Engine No. -, was brought up. The fcrp.r conn
plains OF insulting and threatening Language used To-
wards him. Harrison does not deny using such Ian
but contends that II took place out cf the limits
Of the fire department Witnesses iaiaodnced
both sides. Decision reserved.