Butte record., 1855-12-15
GnrEr.E Of Sessions.

daN, the following gentlemen dli-NCltu ~ ''4' '''
viz u L. Helshaw D. \. Brown ?. j. Rollins. L.
Bird Samuel McCauley. Wm. X. Geiger, John F. Elliott
D. C. Downer, r Vance, c J, Brown, NJ Rocks II
G. Soue, D. D Fralick. E w. Whiimore. c GIddhss'
A. W. Pitts Robert Turner, w. y. Atkins, G. H. Lay
| W P Trimming H. II Saferd, and John B Siivs. }.
L. Hensiaw. Esq, vas appontf d Foreman. The court
proceeded To charge Grand Jury follows after which
they entered upon the discharge oftheif duties
| GENTLEMEN
! You have been summoned and sworn as Grand Ju-
rors for the present The relation Tint exists be-
tween yo and ourselves requires that the court should
briefly point TO you, your powers, dntes and IT.
spousibiies. The oath that You have ja-t taken
which should be the most solemn and inviolate that
could be administered to man, in measure, foreshad
ows your entire obligations to The pubic and to ind
yiduals.
Within this county your investigations should reach
and be carried with uureenHs hand, every abode
where crime has been committed, that The offenders
may be brought to justice and made To feel by bitter
experience that there is power in the land, that
watches over each indiyiduai-the humble Wen Is
the exalted-that it is all-seeing, ubiquitous and
ail-powerfu You should inquire into the matters pre-
sented to you. with diligence, that your presenment>
or indictments may be and faithful unaffected by
ence conscientious and rational minds. Your inyest
cations are to be without fear favor affection hope
of reward one the one side and without preiudces
and chickering's arising haired. envy malice
the other Such unworthy feelings deraci from mans
dignity, degrade delibcratiyo bodies as well as make
them contemptible They should he smothered should
it be sought nge your councils with lis pestiferous
per~uasions.
Ior and tfe in should
exercise them we shall refer you the statute resula
ling proceedings in -'crmina clses'-where you viii
find them fully defined in the chapter the powers
and duties Of the Grand Jury and the chapters ela
ting to pre- sentiments and indictments.
The public oIencesare mostly those that defined
in the Statute defining 'crmes and puni-hments." BY
examining it, youc can what facts constitute murder
nausaugher larceny, and the other principal offences
that are most common in country cosmopolitan as
this To assist YOU in your examinations the state has
furnished you with counsel and it will afford the court
unicigned pleasure, to give YOU such legal advice and
assistance might be necessary render efficient your
powers You must have no hesitancy in asking such
advice. Let no subject that should be Investigated by
yon. be passed with Indifference You must give every
subject calm and dspassionate examination. and
whatever may be your decision. announce it with q
rmness that Is iusensible to fear, and that viii be
svcrved by affection.
You should examine into the condition Of all the
public Offices in this county, and if there have BEEN
or should be, any cofrupuons mai or misleasance in
office report the same the facts may warrant. such
an Investigation nay well merit your attention. The
public should know in what manner Their servants
have performed their duty. The Court has
horty to examine the books oethe county officers and
it becomes your duty make this investigation. You
the sennels that have been designated by the pco
pie to uatcE their pablie servants and hold them
a strict accountability These offices were not created
10 support the iucumbents in elegant and lleuest
hu, % administer pabc ju4tioa. and to execute the
laws with prompness and impartiaiiy.
Itisto be regretted. gentleman, that there Is and has
been such manifest Indifference in this lty the
establishment Of public schools. We have wealth
which with The bounty the State supplies. hat is amply
sufficient, support with ease, the public schools that
may be established. And we have abundant material
to induce their establishment We have bright and
promising Youths whose eyes beam with youthful joys
whose checks are all bloom, aDI whose soustirring
nirh laughs scorn the Ills and cares that
ury. Their minds have not vet, been bent by bad
and improper principles and their morals have not
yet been corrupted by the yices-huse monsrogs
yices-that have corrupted society and given 1t moral
pesiilence, that has made the aged mourn, beauty
wiher langud paeness, and virtue to exist more in
the name than in reality. II we are wise, We viii see
that our youths are educated morally and mentally now
that we have The opportunity, before they are infected
with this pestilence Moral and mental education shod
90 hand in hand-they twin sisters. A man who
has received only mental educatiun and has not been
taught the great moral truths and maxim, which make
him christian and feel the Divinity that within him.
4 has ppIv l..Ir OH has
drilled him for mischief He does not appreciate with
becoming responsibility the first Almighty Cause, the
God of Heaven, of earth and His morality is Il
commercial commodity. His principles rs shifting
as sand on the sea shore.
We have a wise, bountfu and iudicious educational
SYSTEM It has ensraed into the system, an organza-
ton. that establishes the schools within the immediate
vicinage of the parents and guardians, whose children
or wards are sent there be educated and instructed
They are not divorced from their parents, at that ag
whel they most need heir advice and sympathy They
have not been inrusicd cold anI uncharitabe
gers They can and should RENAL with those most
dear TO them by nature, who appreciate their inno-
cent sports and joys and sooh their with pa
rental cire.
! Within the domestic circle they can he taught by
precapt and example those great truths which acted
their precepts they can build reputation upon The
soundest morals and the deepest principles and the
exalted purity Of life and character No sectarian
dosmas religion permitted be taught in these
schools They designed be freed from the
Of proselyng christianity principle, may be taught
"tha christianity which recognizes no false or foreign
! Gods. That allows no dolatrous worship. That pre-
to all men Supreme Being, the only proper
object of WORSHIP unchangeable infinite, omniscient,
alwise alleood, allpowerful alLmercifu the God Of
all and the Father of ALL 1t system in most re-
specis freed from serious objection; and parents do
not now that they have an opportunity and the ability,
have their children educated morally and mentally,
prepared become good sober moral, and Industrious
citizens every prayer that they might offer to Heaven
should be accompanied with their childrens curse,
'that would clog it with more than a mill-stone's
weight. that it might not reach the judgment seat
This omission IS q so henous, that in the catalogue
Of great sins it should be the last forgiven You gen
/ tlemen, can do much in this good work BY your Off
cal report. you could show that the subec of educa-
tion has received but little attention That sub
ject thai has been pissed with Indifference and when
You shall have returned to your homes you could then
press this matter and endeavor convince parents that
it better 10 educate their Children and thus armed,
send them forth to battle with the world without pen
ny. rather than bring them up in ignorance and riches
Riches may be. and lost '' Twas mine. twas
your-it may be the inheritance Of fools-it passes