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Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06
The iufamy of Spirituaiisrn.

Another of the infamous tendencies
Of sp'ritualism has just been revealed
in New York. 1t appears that some
five years ago, boy named Phillips,
fifteen years Of age, was found suspend.
ed fom tree by rope around his
neck, and no supicion of wrong bling
entertained. his death was attributed to
suicide, and he was quietly buried in
the grave yard at Nassau, few miles
from Troy. A few weeks ago, at
spiritual circle, some one asked if the
spirit of the almost forgotten boy was
present, and was imm dlately answer
ed in the affirmative 1t was asked if
he committed suicid when through
the medium came TIE answer, that on
an unforIu"u,e occasion, he had come
to the knowledge that his own mother
vas in the habit Of having criminal IN
tercourse with pefs n whom he nam
ed, and further, that to prevent his di-
vulglng the fact to his father, she came
upo, him in his sleep, and d eve nail
into his head, killing him instantly,
and that she carried his body and hung
it TO a tree. The community was
tarted.
A d,zen other Circles were consult
ed, and told the same story. The ex-
citcment was so high that the coroner
was forced to disinter the skeleton Of
the boy, and examination OF il proved
the whole story a base fabrication.
The poor mother SO foully suspected,
has had her fair lame vindicated from
the double calumny, but, alas so great
has been the shock that she ls prOstrat-
ed on bed Of sickness, from which
she will probably never rise. What
punishment; would be too severe for
those who nnder the guise Of spiritual
ism, tampel thus with the honor and
lives of innocent people.
Chicago Times.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06
NUMBER %.

BATTLE OF BIRDs.--An African
paper relates the following strange sto-
A number of cranes, some time
ago, aighted on the road from Orleans
v'lle to Tenes, where some soldiers
were at work, and presently large
eagl". sweeping down on them, at
tempted to seiae one, but the cranes
defended and rescued their unf :rtun-
ate companion. The eagle then tried
to seize another, but all the cranes de-
tended themselves vigorously, and a
regular battle ensued. After it had
ra.ed for some time, two ravens arriv-
ed and took the part of the cranes. The
combat then continued with renewed
fury, aud there was no saying what
would have been the result if "a soldier
had not dispersed the combalants by
killing one of the cranes with his sword
! he fury of he conflict may be judged
of from the fact that the soldier was
able to get close to the crares without
being motto d. However, as soon as
the conflict was put an end to, the
eagle seized one Of the cranes and bore
it off in triumph.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

places, my mouth never closed, my left
hand and my right stump were Stretch
ed frozen and still towards the vault
above me. All VS. frozen but my
thoughts. | lay thus motionless, con-
sciously motionless, thousand years.
The air whisIled through my ears as
through a gimblet hole in an empty
cask. | could see through my EYES as
if they were glass. l felt my identity.
in the centre of what was once my
brain, but now ice, as an infinitely
small point, cold and motionless. |
tried to speak, but no voice issued
from my lips, which were rocks of ru-
by during all that thousand years
Hilda sat by my side months and
years, and then she would rise up and
vanish through the dome above, and be
gone century, leaving me in the glare
Of that awful solitude The chanda-
lier would go out, and dim light, like
faint aurora, would twinkle for ages,
and then again the children would
blaze, with hundred fold briiliancy,
and light up the infinite hall till it
seemed a world of frozen fumes.
Hilda kissed me twice in all that
thousand years. [ saw it, and felt it,
as one feels ice in cobbler with
spoon. 1t thrilled through my frozen
nerves till Che tremor impressed itself
on that point of consciousness. At
length the whole tower trembled, from
the starry heaven above to the Fl Id of
fire below. 1t sank down, down, d .wn
into the liquid, fire, which SO little be-
fore had been ice. The waves came
nearer and nearer. One more is com.
ing, it is leagues in height. 1t will
pass over me, and | shall disappear
forever; that, at least, viii annihilate
me. Better than another eternity of
motIonless silence. 1t is almost upon
me-there-there, alb I! Hilda, hover
ing above me on wings Of gold, snatch
es me from the just falling wall of fre,
and darts with me towards the celestial
dome On, on, on through clouds,
lhro lgh tails of comets, across the or
bit Of planets, in speaking distance of
fixed stars, covered with strange but
beautiful shapes. faster and still thore
r piily- ] am glow of fire, my breath
is going. O, let me rest. Quicker
than my wish, she loosencd her grasp,
and onward l went, falling, falling,
falling, till, passing close by tho cres-
cent moon, [ sought to grasp its horn.
D, joy ineffable my grippe was firm
10 the bed-post, and / was wide
wake - G0lden Era.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06
A Beautiful Incident.

A correspondent of the Cambridge
Chronicie, writing from Nantucket,
gives the following beautiful example
of disinterestcd benevolence
Many years ago, husband and fa-
ther started from his home to COM
mence his morning wrrk in ropewaIk
upon our island. Breaktast-time came
and, as was her wont, his faithful wife
left her home to convey her husbands
breakfast to him. The snow had been
falling for some time, but she needed
it not, and started to cross some open
lots in the outskirts of our town. The
wind blew violently, and the binding
snow disturb ed her so that she lost her
path, and when found, some time after
she was leaning against feacc, smoth-
cred, frozen, dead. The father died
also, | think, ere long, and their two
orphan children were taken to our
alms-house. Years passed, and the
children grew to momanhood, and in
turn, were wives and mothers The
husbrnd of one Of them vas drowned
IA few years ago, near our island, leav
ing several young children. An aged
man who had befriended his wife IN
early years, then to4k her to his home,
and there she toll, d hard to support
her children. In some way the old
mans property was used until he had
nothing left but his humble dwelling.
Then the widQw ioiled to support him,
till he saw that she was wasting away
under her ardpous labor, and nobly,
generously, sent for a lawyer, and gave
her his cottage which he had toiled
hard to obtain, anu in which he h ped
to spend his day, and went himself to
dwell in CUR alrns-house. He shares
pauper's home to-day, but his gray
hairs are crown of glory to him The
widow wonld have preferred to strug=
Gle on for her benetactnr, but he knew
that his liie's sands were almost run,
aad it mattered little where he should
be in the hour of death. One day this
winter, lady gave the children of this
poor widow s.me food for their hard
working mother, and an apple each for
themselves. When she next saw them
she asked how they liEed the apples,
and the reply was, we did not eat
them ourselve, but carried them to our
| grandfather at the poor-house.'
The teacher of our High School re-
Gently related the above to large au>
dlenee at Sabbath School Festival in
our town, while tears flowed freely,
even dowa the cheek of manhood, at
the pathetic account, of which few had
any knowledge; every true heart re-
cognized the real nobility OF the aged
pauper, and deemed such an act Of
self-sacrlice at once generous and dis
| interested.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06
Good Advice.

Let the farmer or other man of mo-
derate means, who meditates building
new house this summer, consider
carefully his means as well as his
needs. and be sure he has the where
wIthal to finish before he is tempted to
begin. If he owes nothing which h. is
liable to be reqired to pay, and has
means in hand sufficient to surely car
ry him through, let him 60 ahead with
energy and confidence. If not, let
him fix up the old shelter and make it
do for another year. Don't let the
new house eat up the old farm.
Let each consumer in moderate cir
cumstances ask himsell--'H Have I paid
for the goods have already bought
and used If not, let me stop short
snd buy henoeforth no faster than l
can pay. The old score must be paid
off as [ can afford it, but not a dol
lars worth shall hereafter be charged
to my running account If thus con-
strains the wife and daughters to wear
their old dresses and the sons to wear
their old dress boots and hats till the
busy season shall have ended, they will
manage somehow to survive the trial.
Let the farmer who lives under
mortgage Or ch onic ebt ask himself
if he could not IL something that would
pay off at least a part Of that debt
Suppose he has hundred acres of
land and owes 81 900, might he not
s'll of quarter of his land, pay off his
mortgage, and have as much land lett
as he has stock for, with means to till
to the best advantage But very ma
ny are worrying along under load of
debt who have much more than one
hundred acres Of arabic land. To such
we say, sell off if possible enough to
pay your debt and provide you with
adequate stock and implements for the
residue. nrless you are sure your crops
will pay off your mortgage when due,
and don't rely OH the chance of your
land rising rapidly in value. 1t nay
do so, in time, Is probably will, but the
sheriff may sell you out, ere that time
shall have arrived
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

TRcoPs FOR THE PLAINs.-We are
gratlfied 10 learn that the Government
- i'll endeavor to give the immigration
to the Pacific some little protection
f ON the Indians the coming summer.
The programme IS, that the companies
of the 6th Infantry, how at FORTS Kear-
ny and Leaven orth, are to follow up
the Plat Valley, in the Oregon trail,
and 20 thropg the mountain at South
Pass The companies stationed IN Kan
sas are to embark at Fort Leavenworih
AID ascend The Missouri in boats to
Fort Benton, there to remain until re-
lleved by the Attn Infantry, some time
in the summer, when they, too, will
move across over the route passed over
b. them on their march from Oregon.
These movements of troops on the
Western Plains will keep the way
open this spring and summer for emf
grating parties destined for the shore.
Of the Pacific.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

Come we now to the last of the mea-
gre list, Cocoa or Chocolate. TIL
1heO6rama Cocao of naturalists is ma
tive of the West Indies, the Caracas,
Guayaquil, and Brazil, where tie tree
grows wild, or is cultivated for its ber-
rirs. When thes are reduced to paste
and mixed with sugar and vanilla, they
become chocolate,
Their aroma is agreeable, and the
fixed concrete oil they possess, is the
only good pr perty about them. 1t is
said to be very fattenlng drink, bat
few stomachs can be disciplined to a
constant use of it, nevertheless the
consumption in France is very consid-
cradle Do epicure travellers, make it
an object in these dull days, to intro>
duce new breakfast drink, only think
Of the honor, fame, and wealth that
await you.
Imagine, for moment, the many
sweet lips that would press, not yours,
but your gift to a closer Acquaintance
How your name would be extolled
throughout the civilized world How
small the ucy celestials would ap-
pear in their own eyes, when they,
having heard of your four-quarters of
the globe fame, would come, cap IN
hand, to solicit The favor of your bar
tering some Of their sip-slop trash of
tea, which none but themselves can
produce, for your world renowned DIS
coyery. Think, Dye travellers of Cal
ifornia, think ] bcseech you, of these
and other honors that await you.
Y our name, be it Smith, Brown, Jones
d Robinson, would be no doubt trump
eted down to grat' ful posterity in
he great Snithine tea, the Brownie
beverage, the Jonesian liquid, or the
RobinsynIte dilute Look to it trav-
,lers look 10 it
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

THE EYER READY SHERiDAN.-Of all
political repartees, one OF the hapPiest
was that Of Sheridan, who, on 5ein.
reproached by Pitt, as forming drag
cnaln on the wheels of government,
bounded up with the reply, that for once
he could compliment the Minister OF
tie c. rectness Of his illusions, sine
the drag-chiln was never imposed but
when the vehicle was going down ill
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

PIONEER OF THE MOUNTAIN The
pioneer minor of Sierra county is one
of the most remarkable of California
mountaineers. In the fall of 1919 he
found his way to the head waters of
he Yuba, and there built the first ca
bin in what Is now sierra county
Since then nc has never been to th
Sacramento Vail y, but keeps a little
in advance of the settlement, marking
out with his b ,tehet the trail to be fol-
lowed by the less adven urous. If a
new min ng town is to be laid out, it is
pretty sure to be on he ashes of one
f NJ jor Downie's old camp fires, the
Major has been there year or two be
fore, 'hl.zlng' the trees and dlggin-
prospecting holes along the streams
He has dug, with hts own hands, gold
enough to break the back of mule
md expended most IF it in ,oking for
more and assisting others less fortun
ate. He is a SEQ Gilman, intelligent
and cult.vat d, With generous, m
ly heart, strong arm and an open
hand. aud exercises greater influence
amoag the minors than any other IN
t.ividual in the mountaius.-Age
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

RICH lMPoRTATIoN.- steamer An.
telope landed at Sacramento on SUNDAY
evening, as VIC learn ftcm the Union, three
splendid stations. four large Jacks" and
six fine sheep-South Downs--recently i'm
ported the steamer Golden Gate-tbe
stations by Friedrich Weriier, of Sacramen
to, the jacks from Los Angeles, and the
sheep by Jerome Davis of Yolo, as stock
The stations, which it is designed to cross
with California stock, are truly beautiful
animals; One bred in Washington coupty
New York, is of the "Old Rather" and
Hamilton" stock-=half brother of the fa
nous trotter 'tLady Ellen" bay, six.
teen hands, fdll, six years old Another
colt of ferniott S'Black Hawk"-is eighteen
hands, eight years old and coal black. The
third, colt Of ''Trustee''-is fifteen and a
half hands, three years old, Chestnut sorreI
half brother of Fashion - They left New
York on the Goth of April remained, me-
cessarily, at Panama over one steamer, are
in fine condition, and cost about 50 OOO'
landed at San Francisco The Importation
will no doubt have beneficial influence on
the stock of California horses A finer lot
of animals have never been imported into
the State.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT FOR ARIZONA
The San Francisco Herald learns that a
petition setting forth the grievance and me-
cessities of the people of Arizona, is in csr-
cqlation throughout the Territory-and that
it will be presented to Congress through the
Hon. Stephen A. Douglass, Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Territories-by gen.
tlemen whose residence in the borders of,
and acquaintance with the people of the pur-
chase, has enabled him fully to appreciate
and make known the truth of their repre-
sentations and the justness of their claim:
The petition asks simply for separate
Territorial organization and such other leg
islation as may seem most appropriate by
Congress to place the people of Arizona on
an equal faQting with the people of Oregon
and Washington Territories. To California
this people look for an earnest and thorough
support in this matter
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

AMERICAN WArcHGs.-IL /, gener-
ally known that watches Of American
manufacture are now coming into ex-
tensiye use They are characterized
by several features of special peculiar
itv. The first of III Sc is the absence
of the fusee and ch in. These parts
which were very necessary for equaliz-
ing the force in the cd t'ergo watch,
are continued by the English In the
modern lever watch, but in the Swiss
watches, which perform so excellently,
no such parts exist The second fea-
iure is such an arrangement of the
parts as to lessen the liability of the
watch to stop from the presence of TO-
reign substances, and at the same time
to facilitate tbs discovery of any cause
of d raTgement, almost the entire
tram being fully open to view. The
third and Distinguishing feature is the
principle of making every watch and
every part the duplicate of every other
This plan has been so far adhered to
that every movement will fl every case,
and many parts can be transferred
from watch to watch without altera-
ton. Any deficiencies in the carrying
out of tnis principle are in great part
remedied by system of registration at
the factory.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

STEAMBoAT-The Sacramento Union,
of Mouday has the following:
The Steamer Henrietta. recently con-
structed at the Bay, is being provided with a
larger steam pipe end new connecting rods,
uear tho Gas works-It is removed for the
purpose of running in the trade between
MarysviIJeh I'd Oroville.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

We are informed, says the .4ita. by pas.
senger who came up on the Senator, that
just previous to the departure of the stage
from Los Angeles. news reached there that
there bad been n fight at San Bernardino.
between the Mormons and the .'Gentiies,'
the after having determined to drive the
former from the co-ntry. No particulars
We're given.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

MATRIMoNIAL.--Yest Yesterday the Hon. !. w.
Vaudeville, Senator from Tuolumne county.
led to the altar Miss Helen P Smell of this
city, and formerly of the State of New York.
Mr.. Vaudeville is one of Tuolumne's favor-
ite sons, having been frequently honored
with her confidence; and, if reports speaks
true, is not unlikely to serve the State in
an important capacity-that of Controller.
He has by this act given evidence of his in
terest in the prosperity Of California Sac.
Union
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

Is,Y, John, where did you get that
loafer's nat = Please your honor, said
John, its an old one of yours that
Missis gave me yesterday, when you
were to town.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

How AMERICA WAS PEoPLEp Rev
DR.. Hawks, a learned and eloquent
scolar, has recently been delivering a
series OF lectures, intended to show
that this continent was pcopled by sue
cessive migrations from the old world,
at different eras and by different races
First fem the shores of the NJ sdilera-
man, which was the earliest seat of
commercial enterprise, and the people
frcm which have left their record upon
the vast uins of Yucalan next from
China and Japan to Mexico, Central
and South America, and next from
Northern Asia, from which the Amer>
ic n tribes If indians came. These
theories are sastasned by remal hable
anrlogies between the langu ges pre-
vaiiing in different parts oil the Eastern
cont nent with those to be found on
this ccnt,Ient.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

SIERRA CoUNYT.-A friend furnishes the
Mountain Messenger the following informa-
ton; which he says is from reliable
scource:
A few days siice Eimball's ditch which
leads through the Sevastopol district to
Eureka .jbroke away and washed away clay
deposit to the rim ef. the. bed rock, discover
ing very rich deposite of gold, Immediately
where it came out of the blue lead The
ditch men proceeding to repair the breach,
discovered some immense nuggets of gold
which they picked up. They Immediately
staked off some claif',s aot sent a runner to
Eureka With the ress of the discovery An
extensive rush. of course was the result and
three or four hundred miners we're on the
ground IN a short spaEe Of time; taking up
the grcdnd from Sesastopol to the Kanaka
Buttes. Cur informant says that the boys
realized several thosard dollars ct that ..lay
out" and had a glorious spree over their
good luck. The SeYastopol district is situa-
ted about four miles from Monte Cristo and
is that in which many prospecting tun-
nels have beer running for more than two
years
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

The NEGROES BRIsrLING UP.-The New
Grenadian Government having refused to
give satisfaction for the outrages committed
in Panvuia, on the 18th and 10th of April,
1856, apprehensions are entertained that the
measures adopted by that Government I'd
repel an anticipated attack upon the 18TH
musmay lead to further collisions. On this
subject the New York Journal OF Com
merce remarks:
We learn from reliable sources at Bogota
and the Isthmus that all prospect of btain.
ing the required satisfaction from the Ex-
ecutive Of New Grenada, by conciliatory
measures is at an end, and that in view OF
! the probable consequences of their refusal
namely; the seizure Of the Isthmus by the
| United States it is contemplated to send
thither force of six hundred men, that the
natives of Panama are organizing themselves
into armed companies, for the purpose Of
defense. and are endeavoring to incite the
negro population Of the suburbs to join them
and that they are daily employed in the
manufacture Of ammunition, and have sent
| requisltion to the Governor for lead; and
that active preparations are being made
for calling out the militia, and for impress
ing those who may be unwilling to enter the
ranks
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