Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-03-31

10 pardon all the murderers, iberate all
the burglars, reward all the assassias,
and present all the shoulder -hitters with
an official certificate of good moral char
acter, which also IL stify to their valuable
and highly commcndable exertions in the
public behalf. Scroggs, too virluous to
be severely handled, was merely men
toned as having been formerly a swim
dler, and q m mber of the Common
Council. Got to the polls man with
blue flag urged me tie 60 for Boggs man
with red flag said vote for Scroggs
man with white flag with black letters
sung out ego for Hogs, little boy
pulled my coat tai and whispered "vote
for Noegs''-man challenged my vote,
to k off my Lat, held up my hand, and
swore to all sorts of things, told how old
am, where I got my dinners, and what
my washe woman's name is, got mad
and did IL little extra swearing On my
own account which was not $ down in
the BILL" marched up in grand pro-
cession of one, and poked my vote in
the little hole. The great excitement
was on the liquor question:; it was Noggs,
aud 40 liquor shops, OF Boggs, and few
liquor hops, Scroggs, and plenty of
qaor-shops, or Hoggs, and every man
his own liquor-shop. Voted for Hogs,
foF | feel perfectly justified in taking an
occas onal toddy when all Wall street is
perpetually tight N Use on the COR
mr., nigger playing big drum, candidates
presented themselves to the sovereign
p ople for inspection Know Nothing
man on "A native jackass, cap of liberty
on his head, and his pantaloons made Of
the American fl g, with the stripes run
ming the wrong way. Independent can
didate, who wants the Irish vote and
Dutch suffrages, entered, borne in
mortar hod, barefooted, with shgllelah
ii one hand, a whisky bottle in the
other, Dutch pipe in his mouth, and a
small barrel Of beer strapped to his
back. Cold water man stood on a hy-
drdut with the water turned on, and hiS
pockets full of iclcles. Whisky man
brought in drunk on cart by admirng
friend who besought the crowd to do
as he did-go il blind. Special deputy,
who wanted to be appointed policeman.
was very active he arrested an apple
woman, Knocked down cripple, kicked
little boy, looked the other way Will
his constituents were picking pockets.
ard took little match girl up an alley
and spanked her sonndy for presumng
10 show herself in the street without
shoes and stockings; motto on his hat
" SIC itu ad astra"-Go it, or you'll
never be star.
Irish woman with bag Of potatoes on
her head, came up to vote-she said
Dennis was sick, (drunk) but as Mr..
Hoggs had paid for his vote, she brought
it herself, in order that ii might not be
lost. She was, with difficulty, choked
of. BY. the heroic aspiIant to the civic
star. Whisky-men began to fall behind,
messenger sent to Randall's Island, and
one to Blackwel's ditto. for aid Fresh
caught Irishman came up-been but ff-
teen minutes off the ship :. Pauper's
Refuge" but was brought up by the
bullies to vote for hiskymar,-chal
leDged him-he swore be was twenty
seven years old, had always lived in this
country--ten years in Maine, eleven in
South Carolina, eight in Maryland, and
the last nine years of his life he had
sp Mt in this City. Said he was full
/ DiOOutQ AiueflCdu iudb MS ldlUtT Was
a. New Hamprhire farmer, and his mother
a Mohawk squaw; that they had separ-
ated three years before he was born,
and never sen each other since. In
spector, who was friend of whisky man,
received his ballot. paddy had slip
ped in two others with his left nand,
while his right was on the book taking
the OATH His kind friends took him
by turns into eighteen different Wards,
in every o-e of which he deposited II
whisky vote, and swore it in; ttef the
polls were closed, and he couldn't vote
any more, they sent him to the Station
house for being drunk and disorderly."
; Elated with their success in this IN
stance, the B'hoys now brought up a
newly imported Dutchman, who could