Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-01
More Of Honey lake.

~ Is more amusing than surprising 10 see
the manner of excuses offered by the sup.
porters of John Kirk for the infamous extra
official conduct of that individual. The last
Shasta Courier contained an article upon
Kirk, Mobiles Pass and the Honey Lake
route, part Of which reads as below:
While we are uniting with the people of
Honey Lake in censure of Mr. Kirk for his
prostitution OF his position to the great det-
rIment OF Honey Lake Valley, they are pur-
suing equally rs unfair course towards the
Noble Route, which leads into the Sacra.
meDto Valley, in this county We are in
formed that Marysville and Oroyile have
persons stationed at all The groggeries and
stopping places in the Valley. Tor the pur.
pose OF informing the emigrants that the
route leading down through Plumas aud
Butte, is preferable to that leading into
this county. The evidence of the success of
their efforts is patent Scarcely dozen
wagons have, so far rs we know, come in
over the Noble Route
The Sacramento Union, Kinks lou1est
apologist bites at this bait Of the Conrier
with as much avidity as trout grabs a
'IlC5 W ShllSiN j sell WllD
the assurance that all the hue and cry raised
against Kirk has been started by these per-
sous from Oroville and Mnrysvlle. "sta
toned at all the groggeries and stopping
places in the Valley"
Now in the first place We don't believe that
Marysville has sufficient enterprise to send
ru m T,L N.iI
hnoao that Oroville has not, but they should
have, just to counteract the rasc9ly mis-.
representations of the harpies from Sierra
mento and Ell Dorado. We believe that
every honest man living at Honey Lake has
exerted himself to 1ivest the emigraDts to-
ward the best route, and we believe that
route the one which Kirk and all his allies
hive been aud are dccryihg, thus knowingly
prac;icing deceit upon the emigranis for
their own personal advancement, and the
reasons why we believe so are because cmi-
grants have told us aud others that they
caught him at ii. and hecau~e reliable, YER
acious gentlemen who are totally uninter-
cStou III ei'htr Tohte, nave lHloFineu MS upon
their own knowledge that John Kirk has
been using every means placed in bis hands
by the Government. % do this wrong to the
einigrants and the State ut large What
wishy washy, flmsy explanation does the
Union make of Kinks conduct when it says:
- Ii his opinion were a,ked, he has likely
replied tina, he would take certain road,
but beyond that we are satisfied he has
never interfereu."
What has satisfied you that he has never
interfered Is the fact that Kirk and you
agree upon the construction Of that sentence
in the Road Bill--"at or near Honey Lake"
"a reason for your being satisfied of his
interference? We think it must be, for
you know, Mr.. Union, and John Kirk. and
all his men know, that he never has intend.
cd running the rond in any other course
than through Carson Valley, aud that he
has never made even n superficial survey of
the road between the foot hills and Honey
Lake Valley. You know, and every body
that isn't as blind as bat can sec that
XIX sta ted cut on to the plains with his
mind made up t" build a road to and through
Carson Valley to Place, Vile it it was possi
bic. aud to exert nil his iufnence toward
sending the emigration over the same route
W. Hre c0nv, ced that such j. the state of
things. and shal continue to believe so un.
I'll some better ex!nnation is offered for
Kinks conduct than anything his blowers
and strikers have said yet.