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Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-10

WATER Works Folsom is provided with
water works, so says the Dispatch Hy-
drants have been placed along the streets,
and other precautions made against FIRE.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-10

FRANKLIN ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, U. D.
n Stated meetings held in the Masonic
xkylI II on the second and fourth Fridays of each
~ \month. II. A. GAsTON, NJ. L.. IL. Z.
G. L. CoLToN, Secretary.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-10
OR0yILLE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1857.

The PENNsYLvANIANs.- These favorites
were delighting the denizens of Yreka at
last accounts.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-10

ODD FELLOWS LoDGE.-A 10 1ge of Odd
Placer County.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-10

AMUsEMENTs AT RED BLUFFs.-John
Kelly, the Violinst, and Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
ner, are announced as performing, or being
about to do so, at Red Bluffs.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-10

Folsom DEspArcH.-This weekly has just
commenced second volume. We are de-
lighted to know it.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-10
TIIOS. v ELL

Secretary & Treasurer, Z. X. NJ. Co.
Oroville, Sept. 8, 1857. ss-td
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-10

SHVER-PLATED WARE. QUARTZ
- WORK of kinds on hand. WATCHES repair
ed with care, and warranted. No. D Montgom-
cry street, San Francisco.
I-Persons in the interior, desrous of purchasing
articles of Jewelry, by forwarding description, ac-
companied by the cash. can obtain them, and de-
pend their being of the best qualify and selected
with care and there is little doubt that this mode
will prove satisfactory to the purchasers, II Pie
articles had been selected under their own supsrvi.
sion. oc5-u
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whenever anybody ''staDds treat Marga-
ret was dissatisfied with this state of things,
and endeavored to get her husband home
again. This is the way she did it :-"Now,
Patrick, my honey, will ye COON back ?'-
"No, Margaret, l won't COON back" "Aud
won't you COON back for the love of the chill
der?" "No, not for the love Of the childer,
Margaret" "Faix, thin, will ye COON for
the love of meself?" "Niver at all. Way
wild ye." can Patrick, won't the love Of
the Church bring ye back?" "The Church
to the divil, and thin l wouldn't" Marga-
ret thought she would try one more induce
ment. Taking pint bottle Of whiskey from
her pocket, and holding it up to her truant
husband, she said: "Will ye come for a
dhrap of whiskey, dear?" "Ab, me dar-
lin" answered Pat, unable to stand such a
temptation, "it's yerself that always brings
ME home again-ye've got such a winnin'
way wild We !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-17

CAUSE OF THE WAR OF IS12.-The
manner in which pig caused the war Of
1872 wasa as follows: Two citizens of Provi
dence, R. l., both of the Federal school Of
politics, chanced to quarrel They were
ueighbors, and one of them owned a pig
which had an inveterate propensity to per-
ambulate in the garden of the other The
owner of the garden complained that his
neishbor's pig sty was insufficient to res
train the pig, and the neighbor insisted that
the garden fences were not in good repair.
One morning, as the pig was taking his
usual ramble, he was surprised in the very
act of roofing up some valuable bulbous
roots. This was the "last feather" and the
owner of the garden instantly put the pig to
death with a pitchfork. At the coming
election the owner of the garden was can
didate for the Legislature, and his neighbor,
who, but for the quarrel would have voted
for the Democratic candidate, who was elect
ed by a majority of one. At the election of
a United States Senator, Democrat was
chosen by majority of one, and when the
question of war with England was before
the Senate, it was declared by majority of
only one.-Historical Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-17

MANUFACTURE OF PERCUSSION CAPS
The machine for making percussion caps has
been greatly perfected of late years, and
several ingenious devices have been origin
ated to facilitate the process. In one of
these machines, sheet of copper fourteen
by twenty.eight inches, is placed upon a
plane surface, called "able," and the mo-
tive power being applied, the sheet, by an
alternate motion, passes under the cutting
die, which forms perfect caps, and then
throws them into holes around the edge of
the charging ng-plate." This plate, which has
rotary motion, is about eighteen inches in
diameter. 1t carries the caps round upon
it, passing them succcessively under cap
containing the percussion powder, from
which q sufficient charge drops, with entire
regularity, into each cap. A little farther
along is very fine punch, which presses
the powder home, and thus completes the
process of making; and after being carried
on short distance, they are thrown out by
small machine, into a tunnel, through
which they fall into drawer beneath
Thus, by the same unchangiDg motion, the
cutting die is furnished with the material,
the caps are cut out, loaded, pressed, and
thrown intoa drawer, at the rate of one thou
sand an hour, with the labor of only one
person.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-17

SUITING THE ACTION TO THE WORD.
The latest pulpit anecdote We have seen is
the following, illustrative of the manner in
which the celebrated preacher, Spurgeou,
in London, attracts attention :----"Upon one
occasion, he told the assembled multitude
that the sway to hell was smooth and easy,
like this said he, and he straightway open
ed the pulpit door, put his foot over the
banister, and slid down, as you have often
seen little boys do. He then stopped for a
moment, and said, But the way to heaven
is hard, like this and pulled himself up a.
gain, which was rather difficult; but the
congregation received this practical illustra-
tion with great applause" :"
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begged the officers to receive him. Being
pleased with his spirit, they waived the rule,
and accepted him. He fought like hero,
and lost one arm at the Garita Belen. saw
him when cannon ball took off his arm
Somebody asked him if he was hurt, and he
replied with the utmost Indifference, that he
had received a "little scratch" Poor boy !!
He was afterwards fast rising to distinction,
when his body and his hopes were buried
together in a premature grave. This little
incident will give an idea of the youthful
ardor and character of the Palmettoes.-
Young men of wealth, of genius, Of educa-
ton, and of distinguished family, composed
great part of the rank and file of the Reg
iment. They knew and they appreciated
the responsibilities of their position, the
character of the State whose honor was in
their keeping, the high and confident antici-
pations with which their State looked to the
day, when they should be baptized in the
fire and blood of battle.
Such was the character of the men, and
brave men never were led to battle by bra
yer officers. Among the Captains was Frank
Sumter, the grandson of the patriot soldier
Of the revolution, and the compeer of Ma
rion, who won the soubriquet in history Of
sthe game cock of the South" All the
dictionaries in the language could not give
Sumter the faintest conception of what fear
means. And then there was Preston 5.
Brooks, whose courage was equal to any cri-
sis. And there was the gallant young Des-
aussure, who was wounded three times at
Churubusco, by reckless exposure of his
person, as an example to his men. And
there was Dunovant, always ready for the
fray, and the foremost in it, and Walker and
Williams, both as gallant and true men as
drew a sword in the war. Such were the
Captains, and rising higher in rank, was the
heroic Col. Pierce NJ. ButleS, the intrepid
1t. Col. Dickinson, and the undaunted Ma
jor GLADDEN.. No regiment in the army had
three such field officers. In the staff, was
Adjutant James Cantey, the model gentle
man, and fearless soldier, and Sergeant Ma
jor Sebastian Sumter, young "game cock
of the South" worthy of his great ancestor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-17

The END OF A DRINKING CLUB.-A
celebrated drinking club, in a large town in
the west of Scotland, which had formerly
great influence at the local elections, is broke
up. Two of its members were sent to q
lunatic asylum; one jumped from window
and killed himself; one walked or fell into
the water at night and was drowned; one
was found dead in public house; one died
of delirium temens; upwards Of ten became
bankrupt; four died ere they had lived
half their days. One, who was bailie
when connected with the club, is at present
keeping low public house. Such are a
few facts, well known to those living in the
locality.-Live,pool Albion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-17

The EToNGUE.-A white fur on the tongue
attends simple fever and Inflammation. Yel-
lowness Of the tongue attends arrangement
of the liver, and is common to bilious and
typhus fevers A tongue vividly red on the
tip and edge, or down the centre or over the
whole surface, attends Inflammation Of the
mucus membrane of the stomach or bowels.
A white velvet tongue attends mental dis
eases. A tongue red at the lips, becoming
brown, dry and glazed, attends typhus state.
The description of symptoms might be sx-
tended indefinitely, taking in all the propen-
sites and obliquities Of mental and moral
condition. The tongue is a most expressive
as we'll as unruly member Scientific Amer
ican.
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we'll as in practice, has more of real philoso-
ply in him than twenty of those "minute
philosophers" who spend their lives in puz-
cling the world with empty metaphysical
speculation. The man who, like Franklin,
or Fulton, or Count Rumford, employs his
inventive and studious mind to ameliorate
the condition of his species, whatever his
rank in life may be, is indeed the genuine
philosopher. But how much of real prac-
tical philosophy may be found among the
mechanics of this new world, to say nothing
Of the Wattses, and Arkwrights, aud Brind'
leys of the old "By their fruits shall ye
know them ."-Berkshire american.
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BY ONE OF THE TWO HUNDRED.

In June 1916, requisition was made up
on South Carolina, for regiment of volun-
teers for twelve months service. They were
not called for immediate service, but order
ed to hold themselves in readiness, and await
the exigencies Of the war. The services was
not only not immediate, but it was also con-
tingent; and few supposed that the regiment
would actually see service. The call there
fore created little excitement among the mil
itary spirits of the State. 1t was formally
responded to, by ten Of the numerous militia
volunteer companies of the State.
In November following, when the campaign
of Scott was projected against the city of
Mexico, a new requisition was made upon
the State, for different service. The term
of the first service was for twelve months,
the term of the second service, was indefinite
in time, and "for the war" How long it
might continue, no man could oujecture.-
This was a severe action upon the patriotism
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-17

HOME COMFORTS. man was not crea.
ted to be a hog-to live like hog-act like
hog and die like hog, yet judging from
the manner in which some live one would
naturally infer that they were hog all over
snout, grupt and all. A man was made for
some other purpose than that of boarding
up gold and silver and counting interest at
six per cent per annum. He was made to
render himself and his family comfortable
by the fruits of an honest, manly exertion.
He should render bis home pleasant and
supply all the comforts within his means for
the use of those dependant upon him. he
should not be niggardly, but should strive
to tighten the burthen of his wife's tolls
always too heavy even if he does not lay
up money as he might wish. A man should
study to show himself man and eschew the
bog.-SptrH Of the Age.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-17
CHAPTER Nv.
TOO BIG TO OBEY A MOTHER.

A boy "too big to mind his mother" "'
Such boy must be larger than giant, and
one with strange ideas of the rights of big
people. I should not like to live near him,
or even see him, for I should suspect he
would feel "too big" to mind the laws of his
country, or the laws of God, and thus be a
dangerous neighbor. 1 am told that there
are such boys, or rather those who think they
are 'too big to mind their mother"
What does your mother wish you to do ?
To stay in on evenings; to let tobacco alone
to avoid associating with bad boys; to read
useful books; to shun novels and silly news
papers; to mind your studies or trade, or
whatever you are engaged in on week days,
with diligence, and on the Sabbath to be
regular at church and Bible class; and above
all she wants to see you faithful Christian
boy. This you own would make her happy
beyond description, and you feel "too big
to yield to her wishes
My boy, believe me, you are in most
dangerous state of mind, which makes me
tremble for you, both for this world and the
next. Think of Christ, the "King of kings,
and Lord of lords" When he was old
enough and wise enough to confound the
learned doctors in the temple at Jerusalem,
he was none too old and wise to obey his
mother; and when he was dying, he took
care to provide her with a son to render her
honour and affection.
Believe me, when you are small enoug b to
depend upon your mother for your food, and
clothing, and daily care, and while she is so
anxious to see you grow up into good and
worthy man, and SO willing to make any sac
rifce to help you on in life, you should be
ashamed to say, or even think, 81 am too
big to mind my mother"
Search all the biographies in your own or
your fathers library, and tell me if you can
find case of man distinguished for great
ness who allowed such thoughtto enter his
mind. No; such men prize good, watch
full mother, obey her godly maxims as long
as they live, and teach them to their children.
You are "too big" to disoJey your mother;
but don't allow yourself, my dear boy, to be-
come such monster of iniquity as to be too
big to mind good mother.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-17

DEPUTY HusBAND.-In Utah, they have
way of appointing deputy husbands to look
after matters and things when the genuine
article has gone from home. We find the
following notice of this singular practice in
one of our exchanges:
"When a married man is called by con.
ference to foreign mission, be has the pri.
vilege, as they call it, before leaving home,
of choosing some one to take the oversight
of cattle, goods, and whatever be may pos
sess, to provide for and overlook the family,
and become the pro tempore husband Of the
wife. The ostensble reason for tho arrange
meut, is to prevent the husband from 'suf-
fering any loss during his absence on mis-
sionary labors, since the greatness of his 'fu-
ture kingdom depends upon the number Of
children he has here. Carrying out the idea,
the wife is handed over to deputy husband,
who maintains his position in the family till
the husband returns"
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q Man dies. but nature endures. II

wa. Man dies, but nature endures. The
seasons keep their appointed time; day re-
turns with its golden splendor, and night
with its eloquent mystery. The same stars
which lit the ghastly battlefield of Troy
rough with the dead bodies of ancient he
rocs-which shone on the marble streets of
imperial Rome, and on the sad eyes of Vir-
gil, sleepless in the living glow Of inspira-
ton-the watch.fres of the angels, which
through centuries of devastation and chan.
ges have still burnedou unceasingly-speak
to US as they did to Dante, and Shakespeare,
and Milton, ofdivine glory, the omnipotence,
the everlasting glory of God.
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NO. 81.

FRANKLIN ASKING FOR WoRK.-When
quite youth, Franklin went to London,
entered a printing Office, and encuired if
be could get employment as printer.
"Where are you from c? inquired the fore.
man.
"America," was the reply.
"Ah," said the foreman, "from Ameri-
ca &? lad from America seeking employ
ment as printer! Well, do you really
understand the art of printing!? Can you set
type?
Franklin stepped to one Of the cases, and,
in very brief space, set up the following
passage from the first chapter Of the Gospel
of John:
"Nathaniel saith unto him, can any good
thing come out of Nazareth Philip saith
unto him, come and see?
1t was done so quick, so accurately, and
contained delicate reproof, so appropriate
and powerful that it at once gave him char
acter and standing with all the Office.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-17

WEALTH OF New YORK CIrY.-A ta-
BILE, showing the relative value of the real
and personal estate in the city and county
of New York, as assessed in 1856 and 1857,
has been submitted to the Board of Super
visors, by which it appears that this year
gives 81 1882 increase over the valua-
tion of the last, the total being 1921, ,175,-
252. The assessed value of personal estate
has decreased four millions, while the real
estate has increased about eleven and half
millions.
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% A Nebraska editor announced his
plans for celebrating the fourth of July:
awe shall luxuriate over our dinner until
about four o'clock, when we shall go and
swim for half an hour, teter' for another
half an hour, and then pitch cents till dark.
In the evening We shall go ACQUIRING"
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GENERALJACKSON.

He was a man. Well do I remember
the day I waited upon him. He sat there
in his arm chair-I can see the old warriors
face, with his snow white hair, even now
We told him of the public distress-the
manufactures ruiued-the eagles shrouded
in Grape, which were borne at the head Of
twenty thousand men into Independence
Square. He heard US all. We begged him to
leave the deposits where they were---to uphold
the great Bank of Philadelphia. Still he did
not say word. At last one of our number
more fiery than the rest, intimated that if
the Bank was crushed rebellion might fol-
low. Then the old mani can see him
yet
"Come! % he shouted, in voice of thun-
der, as his cenched right hand was raised
above his white hairs; come With bayo-
nets in your hands instead Of petitions-I
am ready for you all By the Eternal |!
with the people at my back, whom your gold
can neither buy nor awe I will swing you up
around the Capitol, each rebel of you, on a
gibbet as high as Haman's"
When think of that one man standing
there at Washington, battling with all the
powers of Bank and panic combined, betray-
ed by those in whom he had trusted, assail,
ed by all that the snake of malice could
hiss, or the fend of falsehood could howl
when I think of that one man placing his
back against the rock, and folding his arms
for the blow, while he uttered his awful VOW,
"By the eternal I will not swerve from the
path have chosen!' I must confess that
the records of Greece and Rome-nay, the
proudest days of Cromwell and Napoleon
cannot furnish an instance of q will like
that of Andrew Jacksons, when he placed
his life, soul and fame on the hazard Of a
die, for the peoples welfare.
----->e>~
AN INDIAN ADvENTURE.-The follow
ing incident was narrated to Lieut.. Beck
with, of the Pacific Rail Road Expedition
party, by Delaware Indian guide, as they
were traversing mountain path which was
marked by numerous gullies and raviues:
"He was traversing this path at midnight,
accompanied by his squaw only, both mount
ed upon the same horse, and the night so
dark that he could neither see the outline of
the horses feet, when he heard sound
(Which he imitated) so slight as to be scarce
ly perceptable to an Indians ear, of an ar
row carried in the hand, striking once only
with a slight tick against bow.
"Stoppiug, he could hear nothing, but
instantly dismounted- squaw leaning
down upon the horse, that she might by no
possibility be seen-and placed his ear to
the ground, when he heard the same sound
repeated but few feet distant, and was
therefore satisfied that however imminent
the danger, he had not yet been seen or
heard, for no Indian would make such a
noise at night in approaching his foe; he
therefore instantly arose and took his horse
by the bride close to his mouth, to lessen
the chances of his moving or whinnying,
and one hundred ana seventy OF his dead
liest enemies, the Sioux, on a war party,
filed past him within arms reach, while he
remained unobserved."
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p@- 1t is estimated that if all the brick,
stone, and masonry of Great Britain were
gathered together, they would not furnish
material enough to build the wall of China;
and that the buildings of London, put to-
gether, would not furnish material sufficient
for the towers and turrets that adorn it.
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~ A wayward son of the Emerald Isle
left his bed and board, which he and Mar
garet, his wife, had occupied for a long while,
and spent his time around rum shops, where
he always managed to connt himself on hand
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THE FATE OF THE FLIRT.-It is very
rarely indeed, that a confirmed firt gets
married. Ninety-nine out of every hun
drcd old maids may attribute their ancient
loneliness to juvenile levity. 1t is very
certain that few men make a selection from
ball rooms or any other place of gaiety;
and as few are Influenced by what may be
called showing off in the streets, or any al
lurements of DRESS Our conviction is that
ninety. nine hundreths of all the fnery which
women decorate and load their person, 90
for nothing, so far as husband. catching is
concerned. Where and how, then, do men
find their wives? In the quiet homes of
their parents or GUARDIANSHIP the freside,
where the domestic graces and feelings are
alone demonstrated. These are the charms
which most surely attract the high as we'll
as humble. Against these all the finery and
airs in the world sink into insignifcauce.
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BIZ GREYcowLE.

A HIAWATHIANMYTH.
Dedicated to her ,cho ,ciH best understand H.*