Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-21
Chico orresDondence.

Mr.. EDITOR An article appeared in the
"0rovile Daily Butte Record" Of May 10,
under the head "Chico correspondence"
containing some gross Interpretations oi
the serving Of process, i.sued by Justice
Wright, against Mr.. Henry Chany. feel
constrain ed in justice to a most worthy gen
man and family to address you tins oHef
note, for the purpose of plac ing this matter
correctly before the public. The statement
made by the writer of that article, would
be unworthy of notice here, but when pub
lished in q daily print, and circulated at
distance, might obtain some credence. The
facts of the case alluded to, | will state II
as terse a manner as possible. process
was ISSUED by Justice Wright and placed in
the hands of an officer, who proceeded to
the house of Mr.. Chany for the purpose of
levying upon property sufficient to satisfy
the debt and COSTS Mr.. Chany did not OBJ
ject to the officer performing his duty but
desired him to levy upon two horse wagon
and harness, some fourteen hogs, n yoke of
oxen and some young cattle-more than suf-
fcient TO satisfy the debt and costs FIVE
| times over, the amount being only Sl8
The officer was not willing to take such
property rs was OHtISu lllit DuJ IA picSStu
u determination to levy upon, and drive
away favorte cow owned by Mrs Chany.
When this intention was expressed, Mrs.
Chany drove the cow into the yard, at the
same time telling the officer, she could not
permit him to take that cow, she being her
exclusive property. This valiant ofhccr-
/ (woud | could say gentlemen) after refu-
sing to levy upon property surrendered to
l hi IN ,jJ,J urnppnl n on a
,tatus" consisting Of some six men. This
force armed with heavy clubs and "A war;
rant for Mr.. CLANCY, took up its line of
march with the desperate determination to
"do or die " Mr. Chany expressed "A will
lingness to accompany the otncerwhen a rope
was produced for the purpose Of tying him.
This objected TO in the most amphatic man
ner bp Mr. Chany, as he had committed no
violation of law, aud was willing to quietly
accompany the officer to the Justices Office
This constable has already transcended The
bounds of his duty, and the nelghbors of
Mr.. Chany commend him for refusing
to submit to this indlgnity The only ress-
tance offered, was to prevent them from Ia
king property that did not belong to Mr.
{. and was in an unfit condition to be re-
moved This constable, whose name is
Francis Davis has by his conduct and Ian.
guage to Mrs Chany (whO is an aged wO-
mani proved himself to be poor miserable
puppy, unworthy the name OF man. When
surrounded by his posse, he twice raised the
butt OF his whi to strike Mrs Chany after
she had forbidden them TO come into the
yard TO drive off the coveted cow This
would be mau Il can only characterize him
as n puppy did at last levy upon the wagon
and young COW, (belng portion OF the
property offered him earlier III the day
On the following morning he returned with
warrant for Mrs Chany and two of the
Miss Chany's; Mrs Chany being unwell, did
not appear in court. think this constable
was actuated by bad and malignant feelings
and this alone prompted him to pursue the
course he did, hoping to obtain some glory
by bringing two ladies before Justice
Wright, AS no improper conduct on the part
of the young ladies appeared; they were
Immediately discharged, without Gas your
correspondent states) "being ably nstruc-
ted in the nature Of Law aud Order"
mildly reprimaDded, &c. 1t is true Mr.
Chany was fined sos and costs, yet the only
resistance he offered was u fat refusal to be
tied like felon. This is u plain unvar-
nished statement of facts that can be well
substantiated, and although the world
does wag as it wagged before" it is neither
pleasant nor agreeable to know that the
family Of n neighbor has been subjected TO
misrepresentation in a public print, by a
partial or uniformed correspondent | do
not think any gentlemen should, when they
hear a person has violated the law, without
making some Investigations in regnrd.to the
truth OF the report, blindly lend themselves
to give it circulation, as has been done by
your "Chico correspondent" either through
ignorance or wiltul misrepresentation.
FAIR PLAY.