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Butte record., 1855-11-24
A Coed Story CT Mike walsh.

We first saw him nearly twenty years
ago, when he wasn't more than twenty
one years old. He came into our Office
in an old suit Of clothes, muddy from
head to foot, took a dollar from bis
pocket, which he SAID was all the money
he had IN the world, and Of red it to Us
to pay for ADVERT Ing a seoundr,l, who,
on his way up the river, had stolen every
thing belonging to him.
It seems that Nike was coming IN
tie river with few hard earned dollars
in Lis fob, VII fellow, who claimed
to be tie SON OF Il clergyman IN this
city, got into the kind hearted youths
good grace by repres nting himself to be
sick and utterly destitute Nike put
him into his own state-room, gave him
part Of his money, and tool, care Of him.
When the boat stepped at a lnding,
the invalid profo-sed a terrible desire for
milk, and begged Mike to 20 to a house
half mil. off and obtain some for him.
Mike demurrcd, saying tha, the boat
would leave h m But the fellow made
such pit aus appeal to him that he ac>
tually went, and the boat lefI him sure
enough, wbereupon the invalid recover
ing, suddenly took possession Of Mixes
trunk and all his worldly possessions ex-
cept what he carried upon bis back in
bis excursion after the mix. Mike went
to work chopping wood till he got
enough 10 b ing him to Louisville, and
on arriving here, found, as ne expected,
that his partner was unknown in these
parts. Without farthing about him,
he went to shoyeling in The canal, and
the first dJllar he made there was The
one he brought US. He toiled IN the
mud till he made enough to grt to Cleve-
land on his way home, and there he met
In the street the slap that swinglcd him.
The swinder ran ike a deer, bul Nike
pursued him like gre, hound caught
him, aud thrashcd him ary to death
in the stree. before auy one could inter-
f-ie. Mike vas sent to Jail Tor assault
aud btlery, and hls victim vas sent TO
the peniten larry. Nike IS true hearted,
possesses very considerable talent, and
is an utter stranger TO eitLer personal
or political fear
Butte record., 1855-11-24
Lea Ne sing Tonight, Mother.

"a -A" N44ss o. = ~ IA, -EGIHeE.
.a..e. 'a, sing 90 uigct. mother,
I..t-.us used TO sing,
"asl 81 pe aas bright. my heart was light,
a. 4iri upon .As wiae
Is.a hol-lt miss me voice, mother,
la4. s4roI-I with me the slra.n,
t'. .e,sar sing SO night, mother,
gls a4ar aid song again
isao7 'T,i bring sad thoughts, mother,
-! -e-, rnuy IAN like rain,
lor la. tt ,ye aui a fair young face
Thou Do sr nAy 5. see again.
4l- ia ha.. ihee send each tear, mother,
ta,a ,3i.s sacrei cell
And le. nie s.a- TO night, mother,
Che s,us size loved 50 well.
Il "e' o-.ag t-.ebt dreams to my heart, mother,
t-sal dreams Of ihe joyous past,
han hape, aii rtn3ow hued, mother,
Hes haio ar,aul me -a-t
.ao" IKE ..-h. grows dim, mother,
a'H Sli / 'ondy cling
l- 9r-ai tream, iha, come back, mother.
"'.4 .ie sors / used 10 sing
- s'a- th. song of JOY. mother,
I-.a ue'-r i,i,s It's eye
loAe-d= le ilai Of rc>t mother,
"h-re .pe o..u never die
"-.s l'ss .aA' strongly bind, mother
ar'er aa ri''n ia twain
"..-. '.--s srs dsrd, and the heart, mother,
ag -aop sorro~ ~ .in.
-8,u g ae sias TO nie,t mother,
-H4td af a.l song oi old,
4 o-.. when -irep at last, mother,
ay ter side aH silent and cold.
'ar s.Us inay mr,t meier 90 part, mother,
10 ae-a heaven born music ring,
A'l 'ar voices De- mingled there, mother,
A .ae song. tAe angels sing.
Butte record., 1855-11-24
350et Corner.
The Phantom.

The following beautiful lines by BayarC
Taylor vii! well repap perusal, The las
va4se conveys an idea Of true sorrow
Azr.n I sit within the mansion,
III the Old familiar seat
haI Shade aud sunshine chase each other
Ocr the catuet at my feet.
But tie sweet briar's arms have wrestlec
upwards,
L. tue summers that are past,
All tly willow traits its branches lower,
Tl4u when saw them last
Tley strive to shut the sunshine wholly
tlon out the haunted room,
IL 81. he house that once was joyful,
With s.leLce and with gloon.
Aai many kind remembered faces,
Nllhin the doorway come,
V,.ces JA.t wake the sweeter wusic
u. one that now Is dumo
T4ey s.ug. in tones as glad as ever,
AS syA.s sue .oved 10 near
lLey brand tne rose III summer garlauds,
huose h5Aers u her were der.
And stli, her footsteps in the passage,
Ese bushes at the door,
u-r t.u41 words oI maiden welcome,
Come blcs 10 Inc once more.
AMI iorsettuI 4 my sorrow,
tu4i.ullu, u LAY pam,
J4l-a sins mas Du. newly lett me,
ana soou vill come agun.
S-es;ays without, perchance, moment,
40 d.e7s uer duk brownhair;
hear the rustic Of her ,rments,
uer A-ht step On the staIr,
Oh aaueriug heart control thy tumult,
Lost eyes proiuue Should see
~ cheeks .vtray the rush u rapture,
Her conlus otiags to me.
She ari.- long. In, 10 a whisper
be!old t4e ofen door,
Aat, gliding through the quiet sunshine,
4 shadow ou the hoor
All. us tAe wAjsI Ierins vine that calls ne
I-o f.ue whose shadow strays,
A44 n9 lat.,nr neart must sui await her,
A.r ,4.lo Ler long delays.
Bat a-y heart grows sick with weary wait
ing
As many time before;
H-r t.lli is ever at tie threshold,
bet never passes Ger
Butte record., 1855-11-24
arkansas Tragedy.

to"'fg i.'.es aTe extracted rcra a new Arkan.
''--.l. published in Biacswood:
i'f7aa,s seize 70 if bear laai ,auut
ae t.ta-- iocofaco, skin coony
g. ana as, soe to DO moro
tit' ns s,-sht ia sid CATS or dive
a>reg, 30 he iu-bid stream
7a'''-S ts'ea thc'a by ihr rugged ti.roais,
~r.ioa .ae'r ertraiis from their iassed vs.,
OH. ~ -p'u ,he 0snk-vAy, HAT we're but
>-"i4sr es aaia-s 9iayi There's no, g boy
p I.a AfAlusss .ut ga lgat DO .he same.
A-l e' caaser 90 ,he squirrels i..-,t
Ni.i 1850 Is ef .'> aaf=. Sbal. th, base ioaf.r
i"4" "ao'n give jsae bag which thc nigh. hawks
crs,k
& aorea-. on greater Of acoouat
'aas rae 50 cailwampou-ly Aasy,
is .sl.-te rcd az, howe knife. ere dav
- Four lia- more bcaut cuI than
'-s>e are rarely written. Tie figure
'-.eb 'Aes iuy I've Is exqu ste.
s..aa MARINER 70 fac soGl,
fi- 81 tile u,r.L ts b.,
-'e -r- h.4f tiia hsi.a~- ra;,,
E' 70 1.c. r.-ci .crtr
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to show the amount. Upon what class
has The amount been expended 7 Why
floating, restless. homeless people, who
travel over the length and bred'b Of
the nation with no home; and like the
Wandering Jew Of the French novel
list, spread CONSERVATION. death and
destruction at every step.
1t belooves calculating, educated,
land holding and tax paying people,
to lay aside prejudiees, and meet the
questions Of the day, ms they thrust
attention upon us, and look about for
remedies, TO apply to our social mala-
dies, before it is too ls.e. There should
be no vagnbondism, no pauperisrn in
n country like this. with its untold
wealth, in agricultural resources,
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enlightens the world with nothing but
a mere theory. which has nothing more
to do with facts, than the purest fic-
ton, based upon the "unsubstantal
fabric Of vision"
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A Flat JoKE. Somebody in. All
abortive attempt to play joke, enclds=s
ed Jennings :" Col. Jennings, worss
on bydropathy. The Col 10 well
known az the editor Of that siaunch
Democratic sheet at Plaquemipe "Me
Nereilie Goseite, his temperance pro-
clivities are well known. The Col,
knows that there's science called
bydropathy, also some fundamental
principles governing water works.
thinks that he has occasionally met
with, s semi-translucent liquid used to
graduate, smasbes and cocktails; and
knows that mena,ave lost their lives in
It, BY not knowing how to swim.-can-
not see why hydropathy should be
fashionable, as long as men have lungs,
to breath Tho euspiriting air---of
thor"
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~ Prince John Van Buren, is
mad - not TINT kind Of madness, which
calls for the guardianship Of tho law,
AMI requires an executor to spend a
mans estate for him but madness that
comes from the Combined, yet conflict
ing action Of the bile, tbe spleen and
the liver Prince John, writes letter
to that great recepticIe ; that whirlpool
into which all manner Of things are
sucked-Rhe Now York Herald IN
which hes. Prince john says; he does
not like the way in which things went
in the ,1phnt State election for New
York. lie threatens to write a book.
after the fashion Of the Hon. Chas
Gayarrt, when he gets mad The
book Of John, is expected to make re-
Vela''ohs M important IN polltcal
point Of view, ns those Of jeremiah
and it is expected, to cause as loud and
long lamentations, Ms any book ever
Dyet written. 1t will no doubt 1--WE
conjecture this) cause tbs national DO
som to heave, and throb with sorrow
for John. that he has played another
bad card in the game Of life without
guessing what would next be trumps.
Would that there was vacant for
eign mission to give John TO keep him
from writing this book. He isa terror,
to the" Hard Democrats" and 4 regu-
iar brick" to the" Softs."
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BIG SANDY, Nov. 30, '55.

Deor Comet: The Louisiana State
Boat, "Ami'e' passed here this day at
10 minutes past II o'clock, on her
way to "Camp Cobb where Captain
Blanchard will deliver her and the
machinery will be placed on board
Yours, JIM SroNE.
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~ The regular weekly meeting Of ttht
Young Mems I.ycenm, will take place on
Monday, night at the room Of the Iyceum
at the Capitol
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~ Mons NEw Goops'Ar O'Cosopis.
-Four or FIVE cssses Of New goods received
yesterday at O'Conor's, opposite the Tsst
Office. OConol's, stock Of Fancy Dry
Goods, IL admitted TO be the fastest selec-
ton IN town. The ladies' have astand,ng
invitation to call and examine for them
selves.
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WAR HAS BECOME OF TIE RAIL
ROAD 70 OrELoUsAsg4.Some Tins ago,
and |. bes not been long; great deal
Of noise was made about Plank, Rail,
and other roads. There xaySto be q
road running out North, Of plapks;
a road running East, If rails, and a
rond running West, nbont which there
was considerable talk, and about which
the people could not at the time agree.
Some thought road Of rails would
"cave, ;" in the alluvium Of the West
erp swamps; others thought, that kind
Of road the only, that would not cave,
and come down in damuatory terms
on parties advocating planks. As a
cogent and strong reason for going
ahead At some kind Of roads, TO lead
people into Red Stick the advocates
Of internal improvements, referred TO
that interesting clause. "so Spccula-
tors in the Wing constitution Of so,
where il says the Legislature shall
have power to grant aid to companies
Of individuals, formed for the exclu,
sive purpose Of making works Of in.
ternal improvement to the extent only
Of one.fflh Of The capital stock. by
subscription Of stock or loan Of money
or public bonds, etc. " This door
opens n fine field for roads in all d.
rections, and il is to be lamentcd that
during The excitement Baton Rouge
has not been able TO secure herself
ono road, out Of all, so auspiciously
projected. The road to the Fast,
never progressed any farther than TO
survey; the road to the North pro
crossed Eve miles nj the expense Of
about $4,000, and then stopped;
and where The road to the West has
gone is the subject Of The present en-
duirv. Who is the President Of tho
Baton Rouge, Crosse Tete, Opelousas
and Texas Railroad Who the Sec
rotary and the Treasurer Where
is the Office, and books Of the COM
pany? Where the Inst annual report,
where the capital stock, etc. These
are interesting questions. There nre
sevearl stock holders at our elbow.
who bold certificates to this effect, and
they would like TO know where the
twenty per cent dividend is, that was
dwelt upon so eloqueptly. We are
Interested Immediately in this mat.
Ter, 10 the value Of corner lot in
st. Michael which wo fondly hoped
ere this, to be disposing Of by the
square inch to some Spectator like
'urself Is the Baton Rouge, Marau-
yoin, Crosse Tete. Opelousas, Texas,
md Pacific rail way, to cave" and
his too, before nll the stock is paid
n! The company ought frs, to COL
ect in the unpaid installments the
looks will never balance Without
The Clinton road company, managed
dmirably in tbs respect; it wound
Up its affairs after the fashion Of the
model Administrator. The company /.
one US the honor to elect us Treasu~
er, and we have served faithfully the
asst year, without having seen enough
{ its funds to treat friend.
~ Miss Agnes Robertson, the
Fairy Star Of the stage, on the eve
{ her departure from St. Louis, the
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Isis1sop Hopkins Geology.


engaged in a course" before the
Young Mems Christian Association
The subject being Modern Geology -
The Bishop has come long way from
home. and IL Is TO be hoped, that he
will not leave The subject Of " Modern
Geology" where he found IL, in the
minds Of the Christian Association. -
The notices already furnished, in ref
erence to what the Bishop has said !;
gives a clear outline Of what he In.
tends to say. which, same things"
have been said before a thousand
times, They may answer very we'll
for the Young Mems Christian Asso-
cistion but will be. 1--WE opine) regard
cd by scientific men--men who make
geology a study; as such eforn ever
have been, since old grey beard Cali
leo was taken to Rome and made to
bow his venerable head in the dust,
because9he said "the world turns"
hereby s;omiug 10 conflict Of opinion
with nuncie Joshua, who was great
man in his day and way, and with
General like authority commanded the
sun 70 stand stN. bishop Hopkins is
altogether out Of his element in Cecl-
ogy, and the csoonep he takes to his
Bible and his own profession, and
leaves the walks Of what ia miscalled
by him, "Sciencc the better for his
reputation. The Christian world wants
no better evidence than il has Of the
truth Of scripture. and scientific men
feel that it is profanity, Of which none
but fanatics are ever guilty 10 drag
Tho sacred volume into any scientific
discussion. O
In notice Of Mr. Hopkins first
lecture, il il said be attacked the
plausible suppositions and fallaeious
logic Of modern philosophers. and re-
marked that No human mird could
know aught concerning the creation
Of the world, except what was reveal
ed BY the Almighty himself IN the
volume Of inspiration, and in the un-
written record Of the workmanship II.
self.
W. should have good opinion Of
tho Bishops opinion If he had finish.
cd his lecture just here, and9 bowling
himself out Of the Young Meas Chris.
tian Association, taken the iirst boat
home but no, he goes on and imme-
diately after, denies that thousands Of
years must have been necessary for
tho creation. The mooted point Of
successive creations before the time Of
Uncle Moses, was opened and. the
question Of fossil remains, shells C),tc.,
heretofore urged against the reliability
Of the sacred historians, was Wy Wig
erouslys oombatted.
Mr.. Bishop Hopkins, said, that in,n-
'o'1@ alone, at their rate Of propaga
ton, could have created globe Of the
size of the present establishment in
ten days. How the world is to repay
Bishop Hopkins, for this valuable sug-
gestion a. to what might haze been
done, is now = serious question ; and
whilst the young mems Christian As.
ISOLATION are getting up Something
suitable, it is to b hoped that, Copen-
hagen will send along another Of her
medals, Of which she has been 60 Law.
ish recently.
One word to divines in general +; if
they would have that portion of man.
kind who do little thinking for them.
selves Occasionally-respect the VOL
uuas upon which they build their faith
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ciOc,nnftOn, we take the present, TO
argue Of the past md speculate Of the
future. The Present is the actual Pc
deslal of stubborn fact, upon which
we stand, fixed on The earth. among
other tangible things to look down
the trackless road Of the past, over
which we have travelled, aud spec'iF
late from season and analogy, on whssst
awaits us q the future. The epide'ts
10 season just past-was forgotten
when the los. spade o. earth fell upon
the mortal remains Of the iast victim
Of the pcs,ilence Even the name Of
the man who died "wednesday, il al.
ready forgotten md he goes ont Of,
Tin memorial to keep company with
unnumbered millions in the same cate
gorical ca'ecombs Of oblivion But
the past should tench us some lessons
for the present, TO enable us to meet
in becoming manner. what the fu-
ture has in store for us. II seems,
that annually, now not only Lonisi-
aana but tho nation itself. is to be visi-
ted with epidemics. They come steal
ing in upon US, and chat strength Of
Christian forti,ude Of which we boast
in healthy season, vanishes; we are
unnerved and unprepared, either NOR
ally or physically, to meet the enemy.
There is only ono point ofohe consid-
Grafton, we wan, to touch now, and
VIC do it for 'S"ndev rcaoiing. No
eman can be christian VINO steals
such mans conscience is always
pricking bim--hercfore it is, that idle
ness and vagabondis'n is crime. A
man to be christian, must provide by
industry and economy, for tho sup
port Of his family and himself This
is Of vast deal moro Importance to
tho salvation Of his soul, than al the
united .fa;fh, Of all the united nations,
Of all tho world. Every man should
have n home some where on enrth, in
which he may stretch himself al his
ease, in a day of trouble, and sickness.
10 should have home for himself
whether he has family or not. No
man can bc Il good citizen without n
home /; for floating attachment is no
attaclgncnt. No man should mike slI
noise about the policy or politics of M
government, Of which he is not a perez
manent citizen. Let us ask "what
is the floating, homeless population of
the United States? It is millions n
drag and 4 tax, on honest industry
No wonder tho capitalist says to him.
self, II will own no real estate, for it
takes all the rent of the same, to keep
the tax collectors from knocking it
down under the Auctioncer's hammer
What are these taxes for "a In New
Orleans, it is to sustain the police
during the winter season, and in the
summer to provide for INDECENT sick
md bury them when dead. TO what
class of tho community dcewe look for
hem The floating, sSIess, home.
ess part of our population; such as
nave not-and do not desire to have,
bed to lay on, or cent put away 70
provide crumbs for the morrow when
t rains. Sasabondis1n is the curse of
he nation-a nation Offering bound
ess territory TO the world of nations,
With doors Of invitation, wi de open
hat all may come and enjoy the full
less and richness hereof. Must we
lot conclude that not only the evils of
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TIE kEIcKERBocKgR. This Sterl
ing monthly has good run, and
Bjudging from the last numbcr) il
about to run it into tho ground. Thi'
is ever the way !; an editor writes in
the first place for fame, which is a
vulgar word sigpiiying notoricty. Then
no writes for money, and stretches on,
his pages as an honest merchant does,
elastic goods so much matter for 40
much money. 1t matters not what
the book contains, so it has the mum
Der of pages advertised in the pros
pcctus. The editor of the Knckcr-
bocker--we speak Of the November
number just out--sickeps the mind
with an over surfeit Of slang in his
Editors Table where there is a con-
tinual0strain after something funny !;
and If here and there something Is
drawn in; why it is SO far fetched, the
points are all worn off, and it is posi-.
lively "fat.''' "Knickerbocker" has
stood leng enough at the head Of
"lipht literature" and down he goes
with the weightqsf age, il he does not
brighten up hiSswits and look about
him. One more such long windcd
story as that in November, entitled
Kissing Betty Scudder; long Is.
and SKETCH" will BE- sufficient to
damn Knickcrbocker to oblivion. We
strained our eyes last night to read it,
and have been swearing ever since.
T Te5hegraphic dispatches from
Philadelphia Of the Goth inst, say
that-Mr. Bartlett, elected President
Of the American Grand Council at
Philadelphia, has called a National
Convention, to be held in that city, on
the 22d Of February sext, for the pur-
pose Of nominating candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency, at
the next election.
=, 60 ALFRED HEsSEs, Esq, has
esen appointed to the Professorship
Of the Law Department Of the Uni
versityeof Louisiana, to gil the vacancy
occasloned by the resignation Of Pro
fceccr III ,l~,o
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Arrivals at the Harvey House.

~ The last dispatches by tsle-
graph from New York, say that Aour
is selling readily at SO 5 per barrel
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ANTHONY BURNS AoArN.-The IA.
nous Anthony Burns, says the Pitts.
burg Post, has been sent by his friends,
the abolitionist, to Oberlin College,
Ohio ito study for the ministry
He has applied to the church of Jesus
Christ, at Union, Fauquire county,
Va, for letter Of dismission in fellow
ship, which was promptly refused
and the proceedings of the church are
accompanied in Port Royal Gazette
with letter from Elder John Clark,
in which Anthony, is told many
wholesome truths. and the "law and
the gospel" land down very correctly
and severly upon his hackers. o
Thank the Lord for the above in
telligerce. We hope Anthony, will
be good student, and study like
good woody head, should ; for We should
like to hear no more of him for q sea.
SOD Passmore Williamson, is the lion,
now, in this line of business ; when
We kill him off I've Of the prcss) then
we will take up Anthony again, and do
the best we can for him.
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A STRANGE OCCURRENCE IN VEN.
IcE.--Mr. Locke, formerly editor OF
the Savannah Republican, in letter
to that paper from Europe, giving an
account Of IL recent visit to Venice,
says:
. A strange Occurrence took place
while / was in Venice, On the same
evening, in different parts of the town,
two young girls nine or ten years old,
were enticed away to a solitary abode,
where they we're blind.f folded and con,
Quoted to another retired house. Here
they were well treated during twenty
four hours, with enough to cat ard
drink, but they were bled several times
almost to the point Of fainting. oaud
when they had no more blood to spare,
without endangering their lives, they
were restored to choir homes by night,
in the same mysterious way. Every
body in town was startled by this singn.
lar incident. The most common cx-
PLANTATION was, that an old sorceress
had recommended to some deluded
being, bathing in the blood Of young
and healthy persons, MS method Of re-
storing exhausted nature.
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~ Miss Agnes Robertson, the
" Fairy Star Of the stage, on the eve
Of her departure from St. Louis, the
other day, was honored with a Com1,li-
mentnry benefit, by some Of the pro-
minent citizens Of that city. The house
was crowded to su8ocation. She APP
peared as Helen in "The Hunchback,"
and Liesetts, in The Swiss Cottage.
She goes from St. Louis to Cinainnati,
Thence to Louisville and will be 10
New Orleans about the middle of De-
cember."
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o. The Resolutions adopted by
the Tennessee legislature in reference
to the existing naturalization laws Of
the United States, have already been
spread before tie public. In con-
nection with the same; they express
it as the ser Sc Of that assembly, that
mo Roman Catholic, holding the SUI
premacy Of the Pope, ought to hold
any office under the general govern
ment.'4