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BEssrvILLk. Clarke Cogeiy. We.
February II. 1856. \
Mr.. }. II. EAsrssnsr. sir.-Hayisg tried one
OF Snyders Psies, Fire Place, for the pEvvesiios
OF Smokey chimneys, can truly say tAat u has
prevented mine from smoking, besides adding more
conf RI aad ornament 10 ,he room In which u 10
are troubled eth saeh annoyance
Truly yosr, THOMAS Z GoLUE
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-03-27

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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-03-27

A LARog suPplg Il giiaasf AM TAsrao@s-
n lef Chsfas - aH AE~s 4 pfisBs sftici~.
JACK SON 4 WOOD.
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v1>HR .embsss o, Wildsy Lodge, Ne ~, T. O.
L o 2, are tras-ssed 70 ssee, =, their Hall. ga
SaisSlAS ep<sisx. .ihs syh isstsat Busiuess OF
i.spausev MI ~ eroesat bsfore the Lodgs
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-03-27

CJHALL have 10 . - DAYS q supplg ~ Cefs
- Pisatsrs lAs t-st svrF isgealsd ID opsas ne
tsffos. dfopa ibs Com and eDssFs u ssy dsgfh Fe-
gsHsd, spd eas Plsst say qsaa,ilI ~ di.lssce -
fcF sale b. JACKSON q WOOD.
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-03-27

gVNoBAcCo "A barrel ~ Lgsel ssss ssoSiss
a Teeeeso . psisns sssieis, =, see ~
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Leeal nsnsralds.

JeGeessa Debassng society.
n ss.isSy Stn esss = "Js9srsss usi." - Fri-
A. EsssS.e. nd Dsaass.
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mp COOKE, froS
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March 81 1850
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-03-27

DEAs.-EaflJ Psas 81 osFiss SD ~ .sis
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CHuRcu MOI tCE There wi, b. prs,rsei-
~ nes,isg II Mt xsss ChsrcA. commanding Sat
urSsy Mach 9Th
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-03-27

Valuable Female Servant for Sale.
vUILL BE- Disposed Of ei,hcr 10. eash upoa
w ressoaabis ereon to n god master In the
Eetsshsrho &. younE negro wUmas snd her child
ahoat Two wear. old. Both are In excellent healih
ard the woman "a q ihvrocghly trained Servant, as
Cook, Washer uoo.e Setvsbt &c.
IHquire " the PRINTER.
March % issS ii
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-03-27

Bargains for CASH
WE are de,s,min~t 10 elo,e our business and
w will sell all our iate~
stock Of Goods nj Cost!
which co,sn-s 81 all tinds ~
GOODS. GROCERIES,. LIQUORS, &C., Re.
Usually Kept In eounry stores. We would prefer
,sispg all together on aecots u,odaiing terms and
renting the Store Room daIlIg our term. II you
vsbi baIgaias call and zee.
BEcKHAM q CO.
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Colts q Aliens Pocket Pistols.


Colts & Aliens Pocket Pistols.
A GOOD assortment of Coir's cod AIirais Re-
'sF'ng Pl,,e.r, psreassion esps. posdss
Nov. IS. 1852 cHAs q. STEWART.
49, Watch Repairing.
'INHE subscriber having ssenTed the services q
i eompeiest waIch Maker 10 pfrnsrsJ 10 A,
Ell so'k In thai line win dispatch All work doc,
VIII be warranted " paid for ubsn deIivsred
Nov 10. 1854. CEIAS. C. STEWART
To James ~. Jones.
You are hereby hoiidrd. ihat-ia chsrie.,e-n,
Il Jshsf.oa Coonly Virginia, On Tuesday. tss
I.' cav OF April, 1855 between The hour, OHIO A
n y W. sitbe Office AZ samuel Store CON.
mssteo,r % Chsneery fof The CItcah ceur, oI an,
eouhty aforesaid. will taxa ibs depo.i,ion. On
certain ui'ntss~s 70 bs read 10 etIesaee IN nv ~.
hsn 70 saii pessisE 10 ssid court, vAsreis ap
rls'a,,a'snd sou defer dsut asa u for ssy esus.
ise taxing OF the said depcstioas 10 aot bsxuu OF
competed on he day aforesaid, the iakipa Of ise
same VII he ad!ournsd from day TO dax MI een.
plstsd. HARI1E JcfSfs
Feb 81 1850
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GEO. w. BR a DFBELD.
ATTORNEY Ar LAW AND COMMISSIONER IN

u BERRYyTLLE. cLARKE co. "a.
"fLL give prompt aii-I,ion 10 any business
w entrusted TO bis care IN The Coun,iss VI
Clarke. JtG-rsos and Louaooa.
He will also give special sueo,ion 10 oil matters
connected wi,h his ofbse 80 cemmissiooer in chan-
eesy 10 the circuh and County Courls.
Febfuary % 1855 Jon.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-03-27

MY Ropt. snd Accounts sEs ready fcs -e,ts.
w meet, ihose wishing to ave trouble viii cali
and make arrangements All nsgi~etiur thi, warn
Ing may look out from and aiisr io,h MARI
In. CARTER.
FehSussy u, issS-,l
Butte record., 1856-12-13

BoATs FOR FLoRIDA.-A feet of thirty
metallic boats are being built at Francis
establishment at Greenpoint, designed to
aid the United States troops in their OPERA
tions against the Indians in Florida, this
winter, particularly in penetrating the ev-
erglades. They are twenty-five feet in
length, and three feet six inches in breadth.
with lockers at each end for ammunition
and provisions. Fifteen of them are already
finished, and present fine appearance
gzS- The following paragraph is going
the rounds" of the newspapers. 1t is de-
cidedly g interesting, if true :"
Mr.. Delane, managing editor of the Lon
don Times, it is said, comes to this country
to pick out an American editor to place
among the corps of able writers attached to
the columns of GO The Thunderer TO Sc
lect person sufficiently well Informed to
take charge of American affairs in that IA
nous journal, and write on that subject,
with the proper amount of knowledge in re-
gard to our country, its habits, its popula-
ton, its institutions, its statesmen, its poli.
cy, politics and politicians He is to have
six thousand year, a comfortable berth Ia
position of honor and an opportunity to do
his ratiye land service.
Butte record., 1856-12-13
NUMBER. I.

THE SLUIcE Box.-The humboldt Times
has seen recent number of the above named
paper. 1t says:
We have received, from Orleans Bar, the
fourth number of the ''Sluice Box" We
notice that the publication office has been
removed from "under a tree back of the
livery stable to the hall of the E. G.:
VS." There is not the usual quantity Of
good locals in this number that we have been
accustomed to find in it. Turn on fresh
supply of water, dig deeper and throw in
more dirt, and give US moro of the true
metal again.
1t appears from the following item that
they are having some experiments in spirit
ualism. 1t says:
This matter is attracting good deal Of
attention at this time in our village. Sew
eral circles have been formed and long and
strong communications been received by tas
BILE tippings, rappings, SC. We don't know
what to think of it, and mean to investigate
it further. Raising the ID has heretofore
been the extent of our power, but we intend
to have talk with Solomon, and some of
the other old chaps that fourished long ago.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

Observation-Disclosures Lynch,
OF the United States Exploring Expe-
dition to the River Jordan and the Red
Sea, in l64S, visited the gardeh of
Gethscmane, about the month of May
He says: "The clover upon the
ground was in bloom, and altogether
the garden, in its aspects and associa-
tions, was better calculated than any
place | know to soothe troubled spir.
it. Eight venerable trees, isolated
from the smaller and less imposing ones
which skirt the pass of the Mount of
Olives, form consecrated grove. High
above, on either haud, towers a lofty
mountain, with deep yawning chasm
of Jehosa phat between them. Crown
ing one Of them is living city, on the
slope of the other is the great Jewish
cemetery-city OF the dead Each tree
in this grove, cankered and gnarled,
and furrowed by age, and beautiful and
impressive in its decay, is living mon
ument Of the affecting scenes that have
taken place beneath and around it.
The olive perpetuatcs itself from the
root of the dying parent stem, the tree
springs into existence These are ac-
counted one thousand years Old, Un-
der these, of the preceding growth,
therefore, the Saviour was wont to rest;
and one of the present may mark the
very spot where he knelt and prayed,
and wept No caviling doubt can find
entrance here. The geographical boun
darics are too distinct and clear for an
instant's hesitation. Here the Christi
an, forgetful of the present and absorb
ed in the past, can resign himself to
sad, yet soothing meditation. The few
purple and crimson flowers growing
about the roots of the tree, will give
him ample food for contemplation, for
they tell Of the suffering and enstnguIn-
ed death of the Redeemer."
Butte record., 1856-12-13

BIGLER LAKE.-Thc report of the Sur
veyor of Placer county, contains the follow
description of this lake:
Bigler Lake is a noble sheet of water,
forty-fiye miles in length and at this point
fifteen miles wide. All along the western
shore of the lake, the water does not exceed
five feet in depth to the distance of about
twenty rods from the shore. 1t then evil
IDENTIFY becomes very deep, as there is a we'll
defined line of deep blue extending parallel
with the shore The bottom of the lake, so
far as | explored it, is composed of soft
granite rock, covered over with fine parti-
cles Of granite or sand and round washed
gravel, resembling the gravel in the hill dig
gings in many places in Placer county. The
view of the lake and surrounding mountains
is most magnificent. The lake is entirely
closed in with mountains. and it is impossi-
to detect the outlet by which Truckee River
flows from it unless you are in the 1mmedi-
ate vicinity of the river.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

IMPoKTANr DECISION The Supreme
Court has recently rendered decision of
great Importance to mining communities. in
the case of D. Lathrop ct al vs. Henry Hor-
sam ct al. Remittitur. This was an action
to recover the water of Canon Greek in
Trinity county. This case was transferred
for trial to the District Court of Shasta
county, and the Supreme Court has coufrm-
ed the decision of Judge Dangerfeld The
question was one of priority of right, and
the Court instructed the jury that prior pos
session gave prior right, and that the ekange
of the location of {. dam on water course,
to point above or below, if it took no more
water from the stream, did not affect the
right of priority to the possession of the
water--State Journal.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

MURDER IN PLUMAs Co.-The Old
Mountaineer of Dec 9th, contains the
following:
A murder was committed on the
evening of the 18th ult. in Indian Val.
ley, by Henry Vanorman. 1t appears
that Deith & Co. had claimed l6O acres
of land, lying in the west end of the
Valley, and Vanorman had attempted
to jump their claim, they having por
ton Of it under cultivation. On the
day above mentioned, Jacob Deitch,
the person murdered, was engaged in
plowing on the disputed territory when
Nanorman come up and ordered him
to dcsist, at the same time turning the
cattle out of the furrow twice or three
times, Deitch turning them back which
esasperated Vanorman, who immedi-
ately fired load of shot from double
barrel shot gun, into the person of
Deitch, who fell dead Hard words
had passed between the parties in the
morning, and rumor says, that the de-
ceased or some friend, had snapped a
rife or pistol at Vanorman, who imme-
diately ran, but returned in the even
ing, and renewed the disturbance A
reward of 5000 has been offered for
Vanorman, by the brothers of the de-
ceased.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

ANOTHER MINERS SrRIKE.-A corres-
pondent of the Sacramento Union saws that
the miners and ditch stockholders in the vi
cinity of San Juan North, as far up as Cher
okee, thence down the divide, including San
Juan itself, Sebastopol, Sweetlands and
French Corral are at loggerheads as to the
price of water the coming winter. The mi
ners are now paying forty cents per inch for
the water, and wish to have the prices re-
duced to twenty-five cents, though they
might give thirty. The miners were to hold
public meeting on the subject at San Juan
on last Wednesday evening.
Butte record., 1856-12-13
The other was as follows


"Here lieth the mortal remains of
Mary Elton, who died on the 31st of
December, 1885, aged 30 years.
And underneath were the following
touching lines:
"a tribute to virtue, tribute to worth
A tear for the youthful in years,
Whose pilgrimage short was so priced up
on earth.
As to leave it but sorrow and tears.
WI
"There," said my companion, Gre
pose the ashes of those of whom you
spoke. These tablets were erected by
Mr.. Woodsby. Since his departure to
California, the graves have been sadly
neglected 1t was his custom to visit
them every Sunday, and | have often
seen him nursing with touching tender
ness, the flowers that grew upon that
little mound"
We returned from the churchyard
silent and thoughtful.
81 have one more question to ask, )"
said |, "before we part. Have you
ever heard from Mr. Woodsby since he
arrived in California -
eyes, he wrote once to a friend.
The next letter that was received,
brought the sad intelligence of his
death. He died demented in the Cal
ifornia Insane Asylum"
How sad termination to such
devoted love-" l sorrowfully remarked
as parted from my friend, and Wilkes
barre. CHIspA.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

HUGH McDERM mott The rowdies held
regular jubilee over the appearance OF this
amateur Richard III, on his appearance IN
Sacramento. So boisterous were they that
they would not allow him to proceed with
the play, and he was compelled 20 surren-
der Carrots, cabbages, pumpkins, swans,
and such like vegetables, were thrown to
him, and although he appeared at the invi-
tation of the citizens, all that could be done
by the manager, Mr.. Phelps, was of no
avail He was forced to abdicate, after
which matters progressed quietly. If Mr..
McDermot eonsults good sense. he will let
the rowdy Sacramentans do their own play
ing hereafter, while he sticks to his trade
Cal. Express.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

PoETRY.-W What is poetry A smile,
a tear, glory, a longing after the
things of eternity. 1t lives in all Great.
ed existenoe-in man and everything
that surrounds him. There is poetry
in the gentle influence of love and al
lection, in the quiet broodings of the
soul over the memories of early years,
and in the thoughts of glory that chain
our spirits to the gates of Paradise.
There is poetry in the harmonies of
nature 1t gIitters in the wave, the
rainbow, the lightning, and the star
its cadence is heard in the thunder
and IN the cataract-lts softer tones
gnrgle sweetly from the thousand voice
harps Of wind, and rivulet, and forest,
the cloud and sky go floating o'er us
to the music of its melodies-and it
ministers to Heaven from the noun
tains of the earth, and the utrodden
shrines of the ocean. There's not a
moonlight ray that comes down upon
stream or hill, not a breeze calling
from its blue air throne to the birds Of
the summer valleys, or sounding
through midnight rains its low and
mournful dirge over the perishing flow
ers of spriag; not cloud bathing IT.
self like an Angel-vision in the rosy
gushes of Autum twilight, nor a rock
glowinf in the yellow starlight as ii
dreaming of the Eden land, but is fall
of the beautiful influences of poetry.
Earth and Heaven are quickened by its
spirit, and the heavings OF the great
deep in tempest and in calm are but its
secret and mysterious breathings. Geo
d. Prentice.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

WELL THERE An ingenious far
mer Of New York, has invented ma
chine for milking cows. 1t is said to
work admirably. All the milk-maid
has to do, is to turn a crank, and the
milk flows out freely. The Editor of
the Scientific American suggests an i'm
provement, to wit: "The attachment
of music box to be operated by the
main shaft, in such a way as to dis
course sweet music during the delivery
of the milk. Few arimals are insensi-
bic to the charms of music, and even
insects are said to lend willing ear.
Under its fascinating influence the old
COW may be expected to stand perfectly
still, while the flies, forgetting to bite,
will buzz around with joy" We don't
know what Mrs. Partington will say
now. 1t beats the Calliope.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

THE SURFACE OF THE MooN-The
observations made by Lord Rosse with
his great new telescope, are most in
teresting. His lordship assures us that
every object on the surface of the
moon one hundred feet high is now dis
tinctly visible, and, under favorable
circumstances, even sixty feet in height.
Rocks and stones innumerable are seen
but no architecture, no building, al
though such structure as Rassett
House, for instance, ought to be dis
tinctly visible, far less street, vii
lage or a town Not a vestige Of
green fields or of water appears, al
though even a small reservoir or not
very large flower plot would be recog-
nizlble all seem desolate. There is
something awful in such desert soli-
tude.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

CONVICTION OF A MURDERER AND FLIGHT
OF HIS ACcosIPLIcE.-The trial of Charles
Blair, charged with the killing Of a China
man near Portuguese Plat, was commenced
in Shasta before Judge Daingerfeld, on Mon
day. December 1st, and terminated on Tues
day night, in the conviction of murder in
the first degree. Sentence will be passed
upon him tomorrow morning. The testi-
mony in the case developed the fact that
Stanley, an accomplice, was quite as guilty
as Blair He however has escaped, and it
appears is among the Pitt River Indians
1t is thought reward would lead to his
capture. Sac Uuion.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

EXTENSIVE D1TcHEs.--El Dorado
county contains FIVE hundred and mines
ty miles of bitches, besides four hum
dred and fifty branch bitches. Their
entire cost was 81 ,429, 900.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

ARrEsIAN WELL-The San Joaquin Re
publican says that the artesian well at
Stockton has now reached the depth of four
hundred and thirty feet. This is thirty feet
below the old we'll, which had to be aban-
doned on account of slug of iron having
been dropped into it, as is supposed, by some
designing person
Butte record., 1856-12-13

BEN's REsTAURANT--A new eating
house bearing the above name, has been
opened on Montgomery, between Huntoon
and Lincoln streets. We hear it highly re-
commended by those who have tried it.
" Ben's' advertisement appears in to-day's
Record
Butte record., 1856-12-13

n@. Too much fancy is not neces-
sary in our conversation or writings; It
begets vain and puerile ideas, which
tend neither to make US wise nor bet
ter. Our thoughts should be produc-
ed by good sense and right reason, and
ought always to be the effect of our
judgement.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

FRENcHTowN DITcH Co.-By refer
ence to their advertisement in will be
seen that this Company are about in
creasing their capital stock to $50, 900.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

Snow. From all accounts from va
rious parts of the mountains, great
quantity of snow has fallen. At Dow
Neville, last week it was five feet in
depth.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

ORovILLE LYcEUM to notice,
primary meeting of this institution was
held last evening at tho Court House. A
full report of its proceedings will be pub
Ished in to -morrow's issue.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

ton Of our readers to the advertisement in
another column of Mr. Conrey. who has just
opened large and select stock of books,
stationery, etc, at his store on Montgomery
street, near Huntoon.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

NEBRAsKA.-The census of Nebras-
ka has just been taken, and it shows a
population of 1915, and 1900 vot
ers. The population has increased over
two and one-fourth fold in single year,
and the number of voters is nearly three
times greater than in 1855.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

The CALIFORNIA STAGE Co. intend chang
ing the time of the departure of their Shas-
ia stages from Marysville, to 6 o'clock in the
morning See their advertisement,
Butte record., 1856-12-13

THE New York Journal of Com
merg publishes a list of forty-eight
steamships now running petween the
United States and Liverpool.
Butte record., 1856-12-13
MARY ELTON.
A TALE OF wILKsBARRE.

lie knew her in the budding flower;
lie watched her growth from hour to hour,
And loved her in her bloom;
But since her soul has flown from earth,
wish all its native, sanity worth,
His heart lies in her tomb.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

RELIEF MEETING "A Nicaragua relief
meeting was to have been held in San Fran
cisco on Friday evening
Butte record., 1856-12-13

BrLL1ARDs.-A Billiard table is Of
fered for sale at'he Metropolitan Bowl
ing Saloon.
Butte record., 1856-12-13

The expense and inconvenience at
tendant upon the transportation of
bulky material from San francisco
into the interior, in lS49, rendered 1T
necessary for California adventurers,
arriving here, to squeeze their person.
al paraphernalia into as small pack
age a' possible; and, consequently,
many who had landed with cumberome
trunks were obliged to store them until
they returned from the mountains.
Many of these were destroyed during
the terrible visitaflons of fire inflicted
upon this city in its days of infancy.
Those that were stored on board of
vess Is in the harbor and in houses that
pissed unscathed through the fiery or
deals, as a general thing, were left un-
reclaimed, and sales of Trunks and con-
tents, "for account of whom it NAV
concern" were matter of every d4v
occurrence.
Having few shirts ofmy own living
miscellaneously around the room in
which | lodged, and finding that their
original numDer was rapidly deer ing
by the simple rule of subtraction, part
of arithmetic in which my room-matrs
were particularly well schooled, [ re-
solved, in jnstice to judicious self-econ-
omy, to purchase a trunk, and thereby
remove all further temptation. With
this commendable object in view, [ at
tended the next sale | saw advertised,
and was the fortunate bidder in of an
elegant and fashionable spring lock,
double-covered, leather travelling trunk
In looking over its contents, which con-
sisted Of toilet knick knaeks, an assort-
ment of under-garments, &c. discov-
cred a Ms. carefully folded, and en-
dorsed: "MY FIRST, LAST, AND ONLY
LOVE" Curiosity led me to open It,
and I found the following interesting
narrative: