Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-09-30
Letter No. 3d.

sifcation to denote the natural area Ct indi-
yid ual control. the better to ascertain where
the true position Of each lay.
Until very recently, the power of capital
and shrewdness of opposing sagacty, denied
us the privilege Of developing our latent su-
periority as u location over that of Marys-
willie, as the depot of supply for those exten-
sive regions watered by the Feather aud its
tributaries Marysv le rs the principle
center Of attraction for the laba and it's
water, had unnaturally absorbed within the
sway of her commercial control, vast aud
densely poyu aIed region For years in-
deed, she hung in the wind, ~ if conscious
of the error OF expansion For long deemed
the absolute mead of navigation, when inte-
rior navigation bad a more extensive prac.
teal bearing on our notions OF the perpetu
ity of towns than it now enjoys, she pros
pered. she increased in captal, and with
prodigal outlay, she expanded, how wisely,
time soon will show; her trade increased
and her magnitude assumed n c0mmensu-
rate acceleration The same accident that
gave her existence, has also extended the
field OF enterprise, that her capital and en-
ergy unnaturally controlled. until, like an
army that has weakened its center to spread
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cessitous retreat. A new and rival ene gy
has q last arisen to counteract her controI
That energy is Orovlle. Now, following ont
this course of reasoning, the questions nat
urally arse-lst. Is there An absolute ne
cessity for toe new city' 2ud. If such a
necessity can be demonstrated to exist, do
the circ umstances inducing it constitute
sufficient guarantee for the absolute secur-
ty of capital
Any doubt which tmidity may have given
birth to as to solution OF the first query,
the prac,cal demonstration afforded OF the
navigabihty OF our river from Marysvile to
this point, although effected during high
water - alhuugh h no practical man doubts ITS
continuance durng low water, by moderate
outlay under prudent engineering ability
associated with iuexhaustible local wealth,
demonstrates, in my humble opiuion, the
necessity tor II large town But these facts,
in view oi So extensive II mineral region be-
yond US, and to which, from natural causes,
we are most advantageOnSy related, being
physically its natural apex, and the tact OF
our being the seat Of ju feature OF n dense
and poFulous county, render that necessity
| abso ute
A satisfactory answer to tie secoud query
rortauce to business meu. capitalists, prop
erty holders, aud purchasers OF real estate
To gle capital the natural security il de-
mauds, the character Of the investment
must be solid aud euduring, not precatUuS
and ephemeral Now, for this purpose 1t is
not alone enough to know that we have ex
teuslve mineral netis Immediately surrouu-
ing US, aud II vast undeVeiOped region be.
yOnd US, were their extent unparalleled,
we must also be assured OF their permanent
cy.
Nine years ago mining was commenced on
our river, its bars, contiguous hills and ad
jacent ravines-t then with dazzling success.
those nine years ha We rolled away, and mil
lions OF treasure have been gathered from
our Immediate neighborhoud Yet at this
hour our mining area Is increased tea fold
Our locality is IA truthful type OF the regions
above and beyond US, the dIssinilarlty being
only in the tineue-s or cOarseuesS of the
gold, and the regularity or irregularty Of
the deposit The who.e practce OF mining
shows that the period oil exhaustion to 50
extensive region AS we represent, IS indeed
| remote. Those whose dreams OF Ell Dorado
were 80 magIcaIly realized III 40 and 80, by
guttcring the gO-deu ravlnes OF mat period,
drew their notions OF exhaustion from eiro-
neOus premises They, iudeed, we're tue
tavo ed, although not the ''enhghtened few
vi patures sons, who layi,hiy received
''mil,ions in advance" to be paid for by ia
tute tol as though the facility with winch
tney procu, ed il mad evoked the curse OF the
secOud command Of the decalOgue. 10y leav-
/. q IL curse on the second and thIrd genera
ton that follow them T.ey, however,
opened the gate 10 science for the more prot.
liable application OF labor To an uInary
mind, then, here i, an argument resulting
from practcal experience, upon winch to
predicate our perpeluty. If not to the close
ness ot figures, yet sufficient defined to
! shew the impUssibillty ol ours beng an
| ephemeral existence 1t is not to the TACT,
| rs hereafter Will shew. of our being at the
head OF navigation, to which towns ot earl-
| er date We're prone 10 attach such import
! auce, that we are entitled p' entially 10
| cling in defense of stability, for experience
! has already shown our rivers to be annually
Swallowing from the deposit OF inner taiIngs
| liberated from the mining localities az We,
| ard this to Il much more serious extent than
generally supposed-now. practical TACT,
II was iew Years ago an unloreseeu cir.
| Gums auce Thus "A system OF barriers TO
thwart navigation, are being silently but
surely iuterposed between the heads of nav
igatIUn aud deeper waters. IL Is then, to
some other aud less precarious mode Ci COM
! municatien with our markets OF importation
we must in future look 10, aud III 4 mode Is
undoubtedly the Locomotive, that great