Butte record., 1856-01-12
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zone III Lemons.
Gentle Reader, we are forced to acknowl-
edge that we are somewhat disappointed in
our expections OF rain, and in the future
greatness of the head of navigation in Butte
County The rains dried up'-so did the
Ditch-so dill Oroville. Steamboats, would
still come up the river, but there is nothing at
the head of Navigation for them to site TO y
If they will keep on to Bidwell, they can pass
cable around one of the abutments of our
wire suspension bridge and land their freight
at the foot of Water Street. The last issue
of the Oroville paper is sile MT about the
County seat question, which leads us to be-
lieve that the county seat will not be removed
''by the midlle of February or the first of
March" Probably it will not be removed
until another shower builds upa appropri
ate place for it. This is severe on all. 1t is
particularly severe on us, for we had made
calculations to publish a daily paper in Oro-
Vile, with copper faced type on gold leaf pa
per-put magnificent brick block-and ulti
matey engage in the Banking business -
Our calculations are "bustel l'-like the Ditch
our banking BUSINESS .'dried up like the
rains-and the unkindest cut of all is--Oro-
Vile is removed instead of the County
Seat The Chinese Professor in San Francis
co, we, understand. is about making arrange
ments to publish Chinese paper at Oroville.
in order to advocate the amelioration of their
condition, by reduction of the Foreign Mi
ners Tax. The services of a talented Know
Nothing has been engaged as Elitor. The
great "business centre" of the county will
not rs FIRST reported, be enclosed by Il wall
neither will the Editor of the Chinese paper
be wound with wicking, tallowel AMI burnt
ike candle if he fails to publish the truth
The following extract from an Oroyille Cor
respondents of the California Express, will
show that that the failure Of Oroyile is no
joke-but true to the letter-anl astounding
failed Speaking of the failure of the ditch
to furnish water, the correspondent says.
This has knocked the underpinning from Or1ville
Lyu ihburG and surrounding country. for he present
There is : Of mincing the mater-t IS nerstilf
pinUlll lrnt. every one here itts te ipttu D it
viii they deny the fact, except few who are anxious 10
hold op inducements that have their origin in fiction
hopes thai be realized at present, Al least The
town viii no doubt revive mex spring business become
brisk property prove bul before that many Will
freeze Oat. Business who have their all at stake
are gong in." They have liks fish in impure water
gone belly up. The buug OF this town seems 10 h ave
/ been extracted
This is indeed a sad picture of affairs for
/ Orovlle But we are disposed to think that
/ the correspondent alluded to, attaches too
/ much blame TO the faiure of the Ditch to
supply water. The company are suffering by
the delay equally with the miners 1t is not
probable that they would build a Ditch at a
cost oftwo hundred thousand dollars and then
suffer it to lay idle if it could be avoided. 1t
is much better TO presume that the ditch has
been improperly constructed, and that the
compauy themselves have been disappointed.
/ and are the losers We certainly think the
person who superintended its construction,
ought to build one more ditch and hen quit
| the business But dozen such bitches, run
ming brim full of water, could not have pre-
vented the reaction in Oroville The excite
ment ran too high, not only for the amount Of
water but for the diggngs and business ca
pacity of the location We doubt not but that
Oroville will revive, and yet become all that
the resources Of her location will permit her
to. This little balloon ascension will not
iujure the merits Of the place at all. 1t is
only the bursting of undue excitement-an
accident felt at first by most of the mining
localities in California We shall expect to
see Oreville shortly exhibit signs Of healthy
and steady improvement, such as the yield of
her placers viii warrant. This she will do,
and nothing more-unless those who are in
terested in the prosperity of the county, sho'd
take measures to render the River navigable
Let this be done, now and her Advancement
henceforth will not be founded upon unreas-
enable excitement