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Butte record., 1856-12-06

MIsrAKEN.-We were in error in stating
that the Nevada Jail was built of brick The
Nevada Journal says,
The Record instances the escape of
prisoners from the Nevada county Jail, to
show the insecurity in brick jails. We would
inform our cotemporary of Butte, that the
Jail of this county is built of huge blocks of
granite. No bricks are used except for par
tition walls between cells. When completed
ours will be one of the safest places for
criminals in the State.
We should judge it to be advisable for the
Nevadans to complete their Jail as soon as
possible, or else keep little better watch
around it, Because their new prison isn't
finished, is no reason they should give pris-
oners such good chances for escaping as they
have lately
Butte record., 1856-12-06

RELIGIOUS ToLERATIoN IN ECYPT.--
The Pasha of Egypt has issued an or
dinance 10y which Christian soldiers are
permitted to follow their religion in
perfect freedom. ''To this end we or
der that every Sunday, and every day
celebrated as a religious festival ac-
cording to their rites, the Christian sol
diers shall be marched in body, and
without arms, to their respective
churches, accompanied by officers who,
at the close of their religious exercises
will bring them back to their corps >
An ISDIREcr way of getting a glas;
of water at watering place, Is to cal
for third cup Of tea.
Butte record., 1856-12-06

CARRY a WATcH.-A young man in the
employ of Messrs. Bartlett & Co., at the So
da Factory was kicked by horse on Thurs
day last Luckily for him, he had thick
hunting cased watch in his vest pocket,
which saved him from being seriously hurt.
The watch however was so badly smashed
that it is now good for nothing.- Shasta
Courier,
Butte record., 1856-12-06

AT BALLINRoBE, in Galway, Ireland, the
wife of a farmer named Magrath left her
two little children while she went to bring a
kettle of hot water to scaid the churn she
was about to use for making butter. The
eldest child meantime forced the baby into
the churn, and the mother unwittingly
scalded it to death. Rendered frantic by
the discovery, she threw stool at the other
child which killed it, and then drowned her
self.
Butte record., 1856-12-06

Ssow.-Mr. Fuller returned yesterday
from Spauishtown. and says that there is
about six inches of snow at that place, and
that beyond there, on the ditch, over foot
Of snow has fallen in places,
Butte record., 1856-12-06

ing, as they do, that Mrs. Lee expects
sister by that very steamer. The
flute now is hastily laid aside, the tones
of the piano are Immediately hushed
and Mr.. Lee makes a hasty apology
for leaving that gay and happy circle,
to receive and welcome her in Califor-
MIA.
''0h. how impatienee gains upon the soul
When the long promised hour of joy draws
near
How slow the tardy moments seem to roll y
But the exciting suspense Of expec-
tation is soon ended, for carriage is
at the door, and in few moments they
are in each others arms. We will now
turn our e, es away from that scene OF
tenderness and affection, for the en-
braces and kisses of gladnass and well
come, that are so spontaneously spring
ing from the gushing lullness of their
overjoyed hearts. is too sacred for our
gaze.
1t is enough to know that, after so
long separation, they have again met
on the shores of the beautiful Pacific :;
and surrounded by every comfort that
affection could anticipate or wealth
supply, they often recur to their past
of suffering and trial, to contrast it
with the enjoyment of the present
And as they sit and chat the joyous
hours away, or Kate and her husband
with parental pride, tell of the winning
ways of their "frst born," as he crows
and struggles to free himself from the
nurses arms, let us take our leave,
with the pleasing knowledge that there
are happy hearts and homes in Cali
fornia.
Butte record., 1856-12-06

DEAN PAUL says, when a man for
sakes us and wounds Us, the heaven,
the earth, and the little blooming tree,
still stretch forth their arms, and take
the sufferer in their embrace, and the
flowers nestle up to our wounded bos-
oms, and the rills mingle with our tears
and the breezes flow coollngly along
with our sighs. A little angel stlrs and
infuses spirit into the ocean pool OF
Bethesda, and we dive with onr thorns
and stings beneath its warm billows,
and rise healed and renovated, and
with our spasms allayed, out Of the
waters of life.
Butte record., 1856-12-06

HORRIBLE SPECIMEN OF HUMANITY.
African travellers have spoken of u
tribe of negroes who possess that orna-
mental appcndage 50 much admired by
Lord Monboddo, q tail; but their
statements have never received ere
dence, 1t appears, however, that a
race of men with tails really does ex-
ist in the interior of Africa. In a re-.
cent sitting of the Academic des Sci>
ences, NJ. de Couret related that in
1912 he found in the service Of friend
at Mecca one of these wre,ches, the
lowest, assuredly of mankind. The
creature had an exterior prolonga ton
of the vcrtebral column to the extent
of three or four inches. He stated
that he belonged to the tribe of the
Ghilanes, whose territory is situated
far beyond the Sennar, who are thirty
or forty thousand in number, worship
the sun, the moon, the stars, the SER
pent, and the sources of great river,
(supposed to be the Nile, to which
last they immediate victims They are
very partial to human flesh, and eat
the bodies of their enemies, of all ages
and both sexes, whom they may slay
in battle. They, however. prefer the
flesh of women and children, as more
succulent. They rarely exceed five
feet in height, are ill-proportioned,
with long, thin bodies, long arms, long
er and flatter hlnds and feet than the
rest of humankind, have the lower jaw
large and long, the forehead narrow
and excessively re,reating, the ears
long and defprmcd, the eyes small,
black, and brilliant, the nose large anI
fat, the mouth larg-, the lips thick, the
teeth strong and sharp, the hair being
woolly, but not very abundant. The
man examined by NJ. de G uret had
been so long in slavery as to have fer
gotten his native language but he stat
ed that Notwithstanding he I'D done
all in his power to subdue the savage
appetite, he was twice week lied
with rage for raw flesh, which his
master satisfied by giving him an enor
nous piece of raw mutton, and that it
this was not done he felt that he could
not refrain from Staying and eating a
woman or child. NJ de Couret says
that the natural dispositions of this ami
NAL were good; that his fidelity to his
master was striking and that he was
not without intelligence. but in the
slave markets of the East, where the
race is not unknown they are consider
ed detestabie.
The above story wants to be authen>
ticated, so the reader may believe as
much of it as he please
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18
The japan Treaty.

Commodore Perry. in a note to the New York
Board Of Trade acknowledging the compliment
tary presentation of service Of plate, says, in
relation TO the japan treat,
1.-The treaty, with its notes ct explanation l
had supposed could not be misconstrued. Ii is
not n commercial treaty. but one Of amity aud
partial intercourse for trade.and this was all that
Il was possible to obtain at first. Precisely such
n compact as ours has been thought worthy OF
imitation by three of the great Powers ct Europe
and il should be reoolleeed that its ninth article
contains n stipulation granting to the United
States, without any consultation or delay what
ever superior privileges or advantages may at "a
ny future time be conceded to any other nation
or nations.
..When the treaty forwarded by me to our
Government to be submitted by the President
if he saw ft to the Senate for ratification, notes
accompanied it explanatory of my motives and
actions On article OH wrote as follows: "Ihls
is n most important article, rs there can be lit
tie doubt that, on hearing OF the success
of this mi sion. the English, French, and Rus
sian. will follow our example; and It may be rea
sonable to suppose that each will gain some ad-
'ditional advantage until commercial treaty Is
accomplished Article nine will give Amsri-
cans, without further consultation all these adj
vantages.'
The result has proved the correctness of my
authorizations as to the other Z ,wers. England
and Russia have both followed our example. The
compact of England as one of her officers states,
says nothing about commerce.. while that of Rus
STA copies ours exactly. with the single alteration
of the substitution of the port of Nagisacki for
that of Papha, in Lew Chew. France was seek
ing to make n similar compact, and presume
has before this succeeded. No person ON til
could by mere friendly negotiation have induced
Japan at the time to make general treaty Of
commerce with any nation, ignorant az its Gov
ernment aud people were of the laws which gov
ern international commercial relations"
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18
Tho Dead


The aeon looks calmly down when man isdying,
The earth still holds her way
Flowers breathe their perfume and the wns keep signing
Naughi seems to pause or stay"
Clasp thy hands meekly over the still breast =
they've moro work to do; close the weary
eyes-they've no mora tears to shed; part the
damp lncks-,here's no more pain to bear
Closed is the ear alike To love, kind words and
calumny's singing whispers.
Q. if in that -tilled heart you have ru,hesslv
planted n thorn if from TINT pleading eye you
have carelessl turned away;if your loving glance
and kindly word aud clasping hand, have come
all too idte-then God forgive you, No
irown gathers ON the marble brow as you gaze
no scorn curs the chisecd hp-no flush of
wounded feeling mounts to the blue yciued LEM
pies.
God forgive you for your feet, too, must
shrink appalled, from deaths cold river; Your
taltering tongue ask. lean this be deahl"
Your fading eye linger lovingly on the sunny
earth your clarmy hand Yields it, last feeble
Hut,er.
o, iapacious grave yet another victim for
thy voiceess sleepers No warm welcome from
sisters loving lips, Nothrob Of pleasure from
the dear maternal bosom!
Silent oil
O, if these broken limbs were never gathered
up! II beyond deaths swelling food there were
10 eternal shore If for the struggling bark
there were no port of peace II athwart that
lowering cloud sprang no bright boy Of prom
sei
Alas for love II this be ALL
And HauRh begoRd--on earthi
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18

Sir .John Bowring has recently addressed a
long and interesting letter to the Royal Asiaiic
| Society of London on the subject of China. His
| official position ambassador has given him n
| rood opportunity IL obtain authentic information,
! and the following facts collected from his commu-
| nication cannot but be read with interest.
Forty three years ago the last official census
| of the Empire was taken. at which time the pop
uaiion was reported at 362 000, 900 and the pres
ent estimate is 4O0. 100000. According To usage
the population is grouped under the following
heads |. scholars 2. husbandmen 3. mechanics
4 merchants. A numerous additional class is that
of social outcasis such gamblers, stage play
ers, beggars, convets, and robbers. Human HE
is divided by the Chinese into ten periods, as fol
lows: The age of 10 is called the "opening de-
gree" 90, youth EXPIRED" 30, strength and
marrage;"40 Officially apt;" 80, 'error knowing"
60, .cicle closing" 10 rare bird Of age;'. 81,
rusty vsagc;" 90, "delayed;" l09 ages ex-
tremty."
On the subject of food the Chinese have but one
prejudice and that is against milk, which they
never touch, while little puppies, kittens. young
rats. monkeys, and snakes IRE considered deca-
cies. They prefer these even in u case of decoln.
position Chickens in the shell command high pri
oes. Milk is, however, used by very aged people.
Both in eating and drinking they ARE remarkably
temporal =; but opium is the cause of much wretch
edness throughout the Empire. The number IT
people who annually die IN China Is SAID to be
truly frghiul. Multitudes perish from starya-
ton from nnundatons.and from suicide; aud the
late civil wars have exterminated, by famine, dis
ease and the sword. millions of men. women, and
children. Sir John Bowring asserts that, at one
period Of his residence in China. five hundred
victims fell daily by the hand of the heads
man.
Reverence for life, there is none and the
dead are treated with the most perfect inditier-
ence-a corpse being often seen under the TIA
ble Of gamblers, and putrid body at the TIRES
hold ct door In many parts of China, strange
to say, there are towers cf brick or stone where
female infants thrown by their parents into II
hole made in the inside of the wall, and it is
sert' d that, while desire for offspring seems
10 be universal, nfanticde prevails to an ex-
tent unequalled in any other country; and, most
astonishing, the chldess wife Of Chinese will
lingy comedies with the hu sband in introducing
into the household any number Of concubines
whom he is able to maintain, and she exercises
over them an undisputed authority, and the child
Of c"ncubine is bound to pay higher respect
to the lawful wife than to its mother. To
promote marriages seems to be every hndy'5
affair. aud matches and berothing- accordingly
occupy the chief attention of all--the young, the
middle. aged. and the old.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18

| of other parties. AMI warned by the threatening
aspect of affairs, the Southern portion of the a
merican party, though agreeing with the North
rrn portion. in respect to the subjects to whieh
We have adverted have felt themselves called on,
in justice to their own section TO demand OF the
party in the north. in what manner they propose
treating the subject of slavery. should the Amer
lean party get possession of the government. In
effect they have said to them--a controversy has
long subssted between the North and the South
touching interests that inconceiyably impor-
tant to us, and before we agree to fra'ernize and
cooperate with you desire TO know how you
stand upon the questions involved in that oontro-
versyl Before assisting to place power in your
hands We require some guarantee that that
power will not bs used to our injury
These considerations gave riso TO the ia
nous 10th seetion-whieh we regard only
rs pledge Of non intervention and nom agitation
AS declaration that all who subscribe to it
are willing that the subject of slavery shall cease
to be discussed n Congress or out Of it-and
cease TO be recognized to the prejudice of any
state or people tolerating it. It's true that i'm
PEELED by the prejudces of the day, and fright
which has grown out of the contests Of former
parties, the Northern portion of The party gen.
orally we're unwilling at once 10 come up to this
requirement, but we are not without hope that
time, and the conservative feeling which every
where enters largely into the constitution of the
American party may yet bring them to nm appre-
citation of the justice and necessity of this posi-
ton. At any rate we recognize only as worthy
of political association aud confidence those who
plant themselves on the great principle of non
intervention. If there are in the republic true
men enough, who. entertaining the views shadow
ed forth in the earlier part of this article, al
80 bold enough to take this stand on the slavery
queston,to form controlling party in tho coun.
try, we believe it will be the soundest and most
henefcent party, We hive Ind since the revolt
ton. If there be not enough, then we know not
whittier may look for safety.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18


MILITARY LITERATURE American papers
are remarkng on the absence of all literary eff
fort in the Crmea, and therein noting-very
much to their own glory-a characteristic differ.
ence between the surroundings of an American
and of an English army. The contrast is fair:
the self laudation is not unjust Our readers know
that when the"Yankees" marched into Mexico
they carried with them printing press and
published a newspaper along the line OF invasion.
Across prairies, through dangerous passes, over
mountain ranges, sometimes on mules soften on
mems shoulders, occasionally in wagons. travel.
ed press, paper, type and ink, editors. contribu-
tors. compositors, apd pressmrn-fg h,ng fora
ging, writing,and working onward. Infinite vera
the uses OF the press. 1t carried orders through
the camp. Every morning the soldier read 10 il the
sto,y. of the previous day. 1t anticipated the ga
zettes;it disseminate orders of the day. it perpet
uated the camp gossip, reflected public opinion
in the Hrmy; made known every want; suppIied
every inf"rmation; exercised, inspired. and ami.
mated every heart. Had the Americans been in
the Crimea they would have had daily papers at
Balaklava, Eunatoria, Yanikale. and Constant
nople; and these papers, rejecting the humors.
incidents, aud life af the camp, would have rank
ed among the best historical documents of the
war. As it is, our soldiers in the Crimea ure in
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18

RAILROADS IN THE WEST Tho railroad fe-
yer in spite of stringencles in the money market
appears TO increase rather than abate in the we I
The vast results of opening the iron lines of
communication AS illNstrated in the unexampled
growth of Chicago and other cities in the lake re-
gion-seem to have excited u spirit among some
of the rising towns that will not rest until the
Great West is fairly grdironed with railroads
hike Massachusetts. The papers from that sec.
ton of the country devote particular attention to
railroad matters aud are almost daily filed with
new projects, accounts of the busines, done on
railroads already constructed. and of tho open.
ing of new lines. They appreciate the fact that
their inland cities cannot hope to prosper and APP
pear in the front rank among those which are the
pride Of the country without the opening Of those
highways, upon which trade finds it's swftest and
most convenient means of transit. To their I'M
RENTING effort is mainly due the cumulative spir
it which is manifested among the towns of that
region, aud thus they exercise vast influence
upon the prosperity of the land.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18

BIGoTRY WELL DEsCRIBrp. - O'Cuunel dee
erihes religious bgotry in the following nervous
langhher: She has no head and cannot think:
n" h"art' ana cannot feel When she moves, it
Is in wrath, when she pauses. il il amid ruin:
her prayers are curses: her Cnd j. demon: her
communion is death: her vengeance is .rernitv.
decal"gue is written in the blood Of her victims
and IT she stops for moment IN hvr internal f,ubt
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18
Alas for love II this be all,
And nduRhf JegoRd---on earth

A HARD Htr---Lord Coburne. British lord.
was in the habit of saying, THAT corporate bodies
would bear being hit rather hard" and in speak
ing of one composedof otcrgymen, a dean and
chapter,he said to the present earl Of Albemarle
~ dean and chapter shall be composed of the
hest men that ever lived: they shall be unexcep.
'onable in their individual characters. but in
their collective capacity they would divide a
murder among them"
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18

flee Of the Circuit Court Campbell county on Monday
the 18th day of January, lr,b
IL CHANCERY.
James u Tyler Willis Tyler James Jackson Polly his
wife, john Tyler Valentine Tyler, Manson G. Abney aud
Eliza his wife and Martha Tyler tn enty.
years Of who by Manson Abney, her
friend Plaintiffs
Against
lebury Moon, exnr If James c. Boatwrghi decd James
C. Frazier and Lockcy his wife, James Frazier
fr Esther Finch and her children Polly Wood Nancy Wood
and james T. Wood, infants under the age of
years James West and Jane NJ his wife, and the unknown
81 Daniel Boatwrigh. decd, Defendants
The object Of this obtain portion of Daue
BoawTight estate devised by him the children his dc
ceased dau phter Anna Tyler.
And appearing by proper affidavit filed that Unknown
heirs OF David cartwright, dec d., residents
state ordered that they do appear here within
after due publication hereof do what
ect their ntcresand that copy this order published
week four weeks the hbur Viz
gha posted the Courthouse OF ,s
county, on the first day of the County Court.
c"py-Teste, JNO. D. ALEXANDER. Cik.
j. G. MuRRELl, =. O. liam .ni,y
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18
The Democracy and Shaver v.

The following searching questions were pro
pounded the other day by the National Amer-
can for this consideration of that party which pre-
tends to be immaculate, and above SUSPICION in
sectional matters
Who undertook to quiet tho clanors Of the
Northern Democracy against the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, by the assurance that it
was IA proposition in favor of freedom :"
Who set the Free soil party upon its legs md
nonri shed 1t with Treasury pap until it completely
recovered from the prostraton occasioned by the
resolves Of tho National Conventions of both par
ties in 1852
Is the American purity responsible for the fact
that the Ndtionai Democrats - the men who refus.
ed to declare war upon the institutions of the
Souih-are even now carefully excluded from
Federal Offices at the North, whilst Buffalo Plat
form men are fatened at the flesh pots of the Coy
ernment
Did the American party send Reeder to Kansas
and refuse to remove him until after he had taken
all the measures in his power to make Kansas
free State
Is tho American party in anywise to blame for
the fact. that McClclan,--a notorious frpsoilrr.-
Gushing the father of the fusion between tho free
sellers and Locotocos of Massachusetts,. which re-
suited in the election of Sumner to the Senate ,antl
Marcy, who betrayed the National Democrats If
New York to their enemies, are part and parcel
of the Administration
Is it tho 'fhult Of the Know Nothing," that lbs
the Washington Organ happily expresses it, The
Union denounces Blair and others like him, for
the purpose of manufacturing Southern capital,
whilst the President feeds the same class of poll
ticans at the North for the purpose of obtaining
their votes aud influence at the Cincinnati Con
venton :"
II the Admins tration and the Northern De-
moeracy are really presenting firm aud uni
ted front" against the nggressions of Northern
fanatici~m, how do the Union and its confrere.
| the Enquirer, account for the facts. that whilst
| the Democracy of Maine and Massachusetts ha, G
expressed their preference for the recollection of
! Franklin Pierce to tho Presidency. the represen
tatves of that Democracy in Congress refuse Ia
vote for the National candidate of those journals
for Speaker
Ii the Democrats of the House are really de.
sirous to organize and expedite the public bnyi-
ness,-and if the Nebraska Bill be the true test
of nationality, as Southern Democrats assert
then why not prove their faith by their works
They are in a hopeless minority; why then moi
take up Humphrey MARSHALL. some other Ne
brdskd man, aud unite with the Conservatiy.
Americans in the effort to elect him!
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-18

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