Butte record., 1856-09-06
vigilance committee.

Vigilance Commi ttee.
The Executive portion of Vigilance CON-
mittee have issued an address to the gen.
eral Committee on the occasion of their
suspension of business. 1t is 'a
diarrhea of words and q constipation of
IDEAS" chiefly devoted to the laudation of
the Committee, extolling the purity and dis
interestness of their acts, and assuring the
public of what the Committee might have
done had they been disposed. We have not
the least doubt but that the public duly ap-
preciate the position of the Committee, and
have a very general understanding of their
acts, if not of the motives which prompted
them thereto. We doubt not the public
duly appreciate the cowardly prudence
which which prompts the Committee to re-
tain the arms which belong to the State,
while our citizens are being murdered by
savages and plundered by organized bands
of robbers. We doubt not the public duly
appreciate the act of the Committee in plum
deriny the State of arms furnished by the
General Government, and selling them to
their hirling soldiery at "a apiece. Why
should the Committee attempt to deny their
interference in political matters,w when their
prominent member. figured at the different
resignation meetings held in San Fran
cisco. and when their minors marched off
to the Vigilance rooms, as prisoners those
who yentured to vote against requesting the
officers to resign Why talk about the
generosity and .manliness of the Committee,
when they manacled and marched through
the streets of San Francisco men whose only
offence was that of obeying the call OF the
authorities, and volunteering to sustain the
laws and constitution of their country /?
Why talk about the purity of the ballot box
armed and self constituted body of men !:
Let the Committee retain the arms belong
ing to the State for the protection of their
own worthless carcasses, and thus aid the
organized bands of Williams to plunder the
miners in the mountains, and the Sayages
to murder defencless families, and then in
suit their victims by publishing to the world
that NO one opposes them but politicians,
and men who have no permanent interest
in the country.
The Committee having adjourned will
only be called together when in the judg-
ment of the Executive Committee, occasion
may require, and they announce that such
occasion may arise
1st Upon the return of any person you
you have banshed or upon the necessity
of enforcing any sentence already passed.
81. Upon the necessity of protecting any
member of the Committee from violence or
malicious prosecution, arising out OF any act
/ performed by authority of the Committee.
81. In event OF any assault upon the life
or liberty of any citizen, should it be appar-
ent that the laws, are insufficient for the
protection of the citizen or punishment OF
the offender
4th. In case of any violation of the puri-
ty of the ballot box or the sanctity Of the
elective franchise.
Let this committee continue their organi-
zation, if they think there is no limit to hu-
man endurance Belshazzar continued his
iniquities much longer than the Committee
have, but was ultimately compelled to seek
shelter amongst the beasts of the field.
ORovILLE PosT OFFICE.-A sort of a COM
plaint against our Post Master was sent to
us for publication yesterday, signed miner.
With all respect to the author, we must say
that we can see no good grounds for COM
plaint as set forth in the note of Miner. He
must bear in mind, that mistakes are not
impossible, even in a Post Office, and besides
! it might sometimes Occur in a well regulated
Office, with faithful and prompt Post Mas
ter; that the mails from the Atlantic States,
might not be all distributed within three
hours after its arrival. We who have long
/ been in California, we'll know the import
ance of little patience at a Post Office.
Without setting up any particular defence
of our P NJ wherein he IS charged with di-
rejection of duty, we must do him the JUS
tice to say, that so far as we can judge, the
duties Of the Office are ATTENDED to with
promptness, courtesy and dispatch.
I
buildings in course of erection on Mont
gomery street, above the Orleans Hotel
One of these is being built for Mr. Nichol
the other is for our musical little Joker
John Heating, for a grocery store. There
are still more brick buildings to go up be-
fore the season closes; among which is the
store of J. NJ Clark, which will be COM
menced at once, and will be thoroughly FIRE
proof Mr.. Dennison, we are told, is also
making ready to pot UP an extensive brick
store on or near the site Of his present wood
en- building.
Others will no doubt follow ID the wake Of
substantial improvements, so soon this
vexed question of title to the land on which
our town is located is settled, which from
present appearances is near at hand.
New MEAT MARKET.-Our friend Israel
Hoag is squaring his yards ready to sail ia
again at his favorite and legitimate busi-
ness of butchering. He is ripping up and
knocking things galley-wess in the house
lately occupied by McDermot & Watson ;
which house, when finished, will be most
beautiful little market for Israel to practice
he professien of ;dissecting dead cattle,
calves. sheep and swine brutes. The world