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tutlohs' DIRECTORS.
Samuel Day, Chester W. Chapiu, j. b. Nnton Stephen C.
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tions to sell real estate $16o each for three Insertions
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out Of this County for 10 cents per year. elsewhere 20
per yearpaymens in oil to be made quarterly in
advance.
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-05-28
OropiIle DaiIq Bntte Rcrord,
WEEKLY BUTTE RECORD.

For circulation ia the mining and agricultural dis
trcis of the county will contain the local aud geucral
news ofthe week. iuierspersed with Interesting mis-
colianeous reading matter. # will contain twenty
eight columns ofrending matter and will be oae of
the largesi and cheapest Weekly Newspapers in the
Staic. Published every Saturday. Torms-Sj per
ABnun; six months. SO; three months. So.
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Each subsequent Insertion ! so
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Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-05-28
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Steam Saw Mill.
HEAD OF MONTGOMERY ST.

yHNIIE Proprietor of this establishment IL now pre-.
n pared To contract for. and deliver orders from
900 To 5nu U0n feet, of either common Pine or Red
FIR I.umhsr. at the lowest market rates The Red
Fir will De found the best Fencing Imber that can
be used.
All persons about to build, will end it to their adj
,antnge To purchase at this mll. aS they can have
their In nber sawed to order. in lengths and sizes To
suit and delivered Free %! Charge.
Attached To thiH establishment Is one OF wood
worths Patent Planning Tonguelng and Grooving
Machines. aud all orders for Planned Lumber OF any
description can be Immediately filed
Always on hand. Shelving. Flooring. beveied sid
ing, Joist Fencing boards, Sluice Lumber, Pickels
Lathe Shakes aud Shingles.
Also on hand Doors, Windows, &c. or ers Tor
Doors, Windows, aud Blinds, filled with despatch.
GEO. W GARRIOTr.
Oroville. April 2lth. 1857
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-05-28

MOTHER, said little square built
urchin, bout five years old, '~hy don't
the teacher make me monitor some
times! | can hck every BOY in my
class, but one =
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-05-28
j UST REC EIV + ID .

DER STEAMER GOLDEN GATE CLIPPERS
Morning Light, Flyi Fish, Flying Mist, n large
supply of Pure Cream Tartar Lara oil. Extract Ito
quorlce, Blue NIiro. German and English CamOmile
Saupctre corn Starch Shakers Sarsaparilla, Sarsa
pariila Root. Gum Arabac, Citric Acid, Potash, Ia
tracts OF ,emOn Rose and Vanilla II, Vanilla Beans.
Rolled l.insS,ed OIL Castor ol in harrels Pure Vel.
low and White Wax hidder's, i,owcrs' and Weight
mans Tarlaric Acid Bay Rum in cases and barrels,
FRESH Hops in one pound packages. sage, Yankee.
'oap, ludellible Ink, Roses Backing Brushes Ma
on's Backing. Cod Liver oil, Spanish and American
saffron. Dubin's Extracts. ienuine rights Ban
trelhs, Moiiats aud other Pulls ChamUis skins Ly>
upsdum. Essential Oils Congress Waer in pinis
and quarts, Borax, Sal soda. Pearl barley anc man,
hher staple Articles which together ith our former
nrge stock of Drugs. makes assortment "a varied
ID Large any Drug House IN the city, 10 which
invite the attention of the Trade and others buy.
ag IN this market. AbBAN ThOMAS& co,
Wholesale ana Retail Druggists.
ap7tf lot, j street. Corner 9Th.
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-05-28
roRoVTLIE
w AT E r WOR K s !

q. w. GARRlOTT, PROPRIETOR,
NNTtNDS Immediately to commence extending
n the main pipe throagh Montgomery, DOwncr.
Bird. iunoon, aud NlycrS streets. Parties VINO wish
to have attachments made to the same, will have
them attended tn bv leaving their orders at tne OrO-
Vile Steam Mill Office.
The advantages of these Water Works Ia the CIT
liens ot Oroville. must be apparent n every oRean
auxiliary aud labor 10 the housewife is well ns
store restaurant and hoel Keepers and ready ut all
times of the day or night Tor their Use
Il II & u j A i O n S.
1st Parties wanting the water must apply at the
office aud obtain their certificates for the sane, by
paying the co.t oi service pipe an one months rent.
End M addition or alteration Whatever in or
about any pipe or water cock, shall be made, or
caused To br made 10y persons king the water with
out permission OF the proprietor.
3rd. All persons taking water shall keep their own
service pipes s,op-cocks and apparatus, in good
order. at their own expense, and shall prevent any
unnecessary waste "f water
4th. Partics taking the winter and allowing Their
ncia ahhors and others To s- the same. will be charged
double rnies, or more rs the case may he.
9Th. The Water Rent is due in advance. monthly,
and in all the rent is not paid by the 9TH
the water viii De stnppe!.
The proprietor is nj lltimcs supplied with maeri.
al Tor service pipe water closets, &c, and has in his
employ one of the best plumbers in the STATE.
Orovilie April 2ith, lS31.
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-05-28
just Received and in Store.

A large supply of Mconol. Campheno. Lard. Sperm
Polar, NensioOt, ami Boiled Ois. Solar Di, and
Camphene Lamp Wicks Caude Wickng Wax and
Night Tapers, OrnX, soda, Cnstiia Soap, Salad oil
in Basket. Woe'- Schapps IIosctter's Bters. pure
Cream Tarttr, ctrychRiue, Castor Oil, and Wynn
kuop's Medicines. Wholesale and reial, by
ALLAN, THOMAS < co.
apsf Corner J and sixth streets.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

A NEGRO WAR.--Occasionally during the
last war, there have been brief illusions in the
foreign dispatches to a civil war among the
Zulus of South Africa II is estimated by
English residents Of Cape Town, that the total
loss Of human life In this war has not been less
than one hundred thousand Disturbances
were caused by a contest between Kctchwya
and Umbulaz, two sons Of the paramount
chief Panda. On the I'd December, the lat
ter was defeated with immense slaughter. The
victorious Ketehwya, lad of nineteen, after
the battle, divided his army into three sections
and with these secured the country in all d.
rections, putting to death not only his enemies,
but all neutral or doubtful subjects who came
in his way. He, however, kept clear Of the
father, who, by the latest intelligence, was
raising an army in defence of his throne. 1t
is said that men, women and children were all
alike put to death. Umbulaz was put to
death with the utmost cruelty, having been
skinned alive.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

DANGEROUS Practical JoKE.-The Nevada
journal tells an incident Of two young men,
cousins, one of whom played what turned out
to be dangerous practical joke upon the
other. They belonged to Grass Valley, and
were on their way to Nevada, on 10th Nov,
with a team, when they heard of the robbery
of one Jacobs, Jew pedlar, on the day pre-
vious, of $780, On returning TO Grass Valley
in the evening, one thought he would test the
courage of his companion, and proceeding
ahead, he jumped out from bush by the
wayside, when the team came along, and
climbing up the wagon, with a counterfeit
voice demanded the purse Of his cousin or his
life. The latter had been thinking of the rob
berry of the pedlar as he rode along alone, and
having a Ratchet in the wagon he placed it on
the seat by his side. No sooner had he heard
the demand of a supposed robber, than he
seized the hatchet and buried it in his face, in
flicting most horrid wound extending across
the mouth The mistake then became known
and the poor fellow was taken to Grass Valley,
where he is in fair way of recovery.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

A SAVAGE ISsNuATroN.-Mr. Anson Jones,
Of Texas, has written a spicy letter, consenting
to be a candidate for the U. S. Senate in place
of Sam Houston, whose general views he vio-
lently opposes. They have both supported
the same Indian policy, but in this, Mr.. Jones
says Gen. Houston "was governed very much
by private and personal considerations. His
course towards the Indians was prompted by
his individual connection and relationship, as
well as association with the Cherokees, into
which tribe he had married, and by which he
had been adopted, and whose habits and
modes of life he had assumed"
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

The MEETING OF THE EspERoRs-It is a
trte saying says the n. Y. Nesos, that history
is continually repeating ITSELF 1t is just half
a century since the peace of Tilsit which was
marked by the conferences of the Great Ma
poeon and the Gar Alexandria |. The prin-
cipal figures in the worlds drama then, were
these two Emperors meeting on raft in the
midst of the Elbe, attended by their satellites
of inferior kings dukes and potentates Now
the nephews of the principal actors OF that
scene meet at Stuttgardt-decked with the i'm
perial crowns of France and Russia. The
meeting at Stuttgardt took place on the ami
versary of that of Erfurt. fifty years ago-and
there are those living who remember the i'm
preston made by the description of that re-
markable scene, when all Europe seemed
about to be parttioned between Napoleon and
Alexander and their auxiliary and dependent
kings. In the hight of his ambition, Napoleon
wrote to Talma the memorable invitation and
its sneer at royalty, 81 come to Erfurt, you shall
play before pit full of kings
During this interval of fifty years, civiliza-
tion has done wonders, and the meeting of the
nephews does not absorb the attention of man
kind as did tina of their uneles. The majesty
of the steamship, the locomotive and the tcle-
graph, has dwarfed the majesty of Emperors,
and stuttgardt is eommon,ace beside Uriurt
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

MINERS LuoK.-It is very common in the
mines to hear men relate instances of their
"hard luck in mining, such as having claims
in which they had worked long time without
success, and upon their becoming disgusted
and leaving, others would take up the ground
and "strke rich. dirt" A case of this kind
took place at Nevada, lately, under the follow
ing circumstances says the Sacramento Age
Mr.. Parker n Pierce and friend of his, who
is resident of Nevada, in August last, began
to prospect hill, on the northwest side of the
city, for quartz, and seeing a spot where the
rock was apparently rich, staked out claim
and put up notice, but without Immediately
working the ground Shortly after, Mr.. Pierce
received an appointment from the Genera
Government and left for Oregon When the
three weeks succeeding the date of the notice
had expired, some other parties dumped
the claim and realized from the labor of the
first week the sum of $1,000. Since thai
time the quartz is said to be increasing in rich
ness, and the vein has been found TO be larger
than any other around there.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

THE FuTuRE.-What a land Of promise is
the future In I've all have rich possessions
the coming enjoyment Of which alone makes
life endurable. The past has proved wea-
ry way; the present is full Of thorns, but the
bright future has recompense for all. Who
would sell his birthright in the futureH Who
would give up the chances and changes it con-
ceals in its misty depths' We may be poor
and sick, broken down and deserted, without
friends and without home, but so long as hope
remains, we will not despair Of the future. The
poor debtor was quite ready to swear that he
had not five dollars in the world, but hesitated
when asked to say be should never possess
that amount : be might die a millionaire
who knows? Aye, who knows? For who has
ever found that fair land Of the future, with all
its rich possessions and its heavenly peace
And yet the entrance to it opens in the pres
ent We hold the clue in our hands, and need
no Ariadne to reveal its labyrnthian secrets.
What the present forms, the future will reveal.
If we would reap rich harvests in the coming
time, VIC must SOW the seed to-day. 1t is mad
ness to continue in our old courses of procras-
tnation, of dlencss and vice, and still hope
for the future. That which we sow, we shall
reap. The future is the product of the pres
ent--to great extent, we may make il what
we will
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

VENGEANCE AT DELHL-The Cheltenham
Eraminer says " In a private letter received
by an officer in this town, il is stated that the
British troops before Delhi have sworn on
their crossed bayonets neither to give or take
quarter, when the struggle comes with the
mutineers within the city. The officers, in or
der to nerve their arm in the hour of ven.
geance, have caused the names of their broth
er officers who have been inhumanly sacri-
feed, to be engraved on their sword blades. '
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

W- What kind Of sweetmeats did they
have in Noah's arki Preserved pairs
eR- The income from rondo tables in Sac
ramento amounts to $4,000 per month.
eB-A dentist advertises that abe spares
no pains to render his operations satisfactory
W- The man who was "moved to tears y
complains of the dampness Of the premises,
and wishes to be moved back again.
ry@ Louis XIV asked Count Mahony if he
understood Italian. Eyes please your Majes.
ty," answered the count "if it is spoken in
Irish"
eY- The artesan well at Stockton is now
1908 feet deep. The stream is of the same
volume as at the time of commencing the last
section.
tW- A Boston paper, giving puff to new
minister, says: +" His prayer at the close Of the
sermon was the most eloquent that was ever
addressed to Boston audience"
rW- It is suggested that "Proverbial Phi
losophy," Tupper's last sonnet, on the Atlantic
cable, was the real cause Of the break. Moth
ing on earth could stand such strain as that.
rR- Habits are as easy caught as "yaller
birds" Let circus arrive in town, and in
less than week half the boys in town will be
throwing somersets, and breaking their necks
over an empty mackere barrel
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

TO LAND PRE- RE-EMProRs.-It has been decided
(the question being made before the General
Land Office,) that person claiming the bene-
fit of the presumption Act of 1S4l is required
to establish, by competent proof before the
district office, the performance Of certain acts
prior to making an entry. A man being the
head Of family must show residence Nth
his family on the land claimed. There might
be sufficient cause precludng the possibility
of the wifes residence on her husbands claim;
but the sufficiency of the cause can only be
determined when the facts of the case are pre-
sented in the form Of proof, upon which the
law requires the register and receiver to adju-
dicatc such claim. The Department cannot in
advance determine questions of right upon the
mere speculative inquiries, but will exercise
its supervisory power in declaring the right Of
a claimant, in whose case the question may
arise, when the facts are previously passed
upon by, and reported to the General Land
Office by the register and receiver.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

CoLoRED IDEAs.-The Washington Nation
al Era of the 18th September, which paper
is the leading organ of the black republicans in
the United States, denounces the word white
as Infamous, wherever it occurs in State con-
stitutions or statutes as defining the qualiiica-
tons Of electors. 1t also says that nine-tenths
of the black republicans are in favor of extend
ing the right of suffrage to the negro.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26
MILLERroN & vIsALTA ADVERTISERS.
VIM. Gouverneur Morris,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
AND NOTARY PUBLIC, vIsALIA, TULARE CT

VIII practice in the Courts Of Maiiposa Merced Fresno
and Tuare Particular attention given to the collection
claims obtaining Of Bounty Land Warrants pay and extra
pay Of seamen and Soldiers Pensions Sc Cases attended
TO in the Court Of Claims at Washington Deeds Mortgages
leases etc. carefully drawn Lands located and preGmp
tions secured. School Land Warrants bought and sold.
B-MR. MoRRIs offers his services 10 the citizens Of
Tuare County to obtain for them the appropriation made
by the Legislature Of 1857 to which they entitled foI
services rendered in the suppression of Indian hosite
Application should be made at once the War Commission
before whom the claims to be proved will erm
nate It's sessions o29tf
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26
PO Il TIC A l. .
A SONNET.

A SONNET.
Sweet Charity, thine eye of blue,
So full of tenderness and love;
Thy tresses of golden hue,
Thy sweet expression Of dove,
Thy charming voice, thy winning smile,
Thy charms which words cannot express,
Thy kindly nature, free from guile,
Embodiment of gentleness,
Have stamped their impress on my soul,
Which time nor death can e'er remove
A passion | can scarce control,
An all-absorbing fervent love;
Then sweetest, fairest, smile on me.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

INTERNATIoNAL CoURTEsy.-Mr. Toucey, the
Secretary of the Navy, has given orders to re-
pair the Norwegian bark Ellen, (whose com
mander, Capt johnson, saved the lives of for
ty-nine American citizens,) and supply her
with two months provision for her return to
Europe The Ellen is now at the Gosport
Navy Yard, undergoing repairs.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

DIscIpLNE-A letter from West Point, N
Y, to the San Francisco Globe, says that a ju
nior cadet, who took offence at some conduct
of his senior officer in ranks, made an attack
upon him with his sword, and the officer had
to employ all his skill to save his life from the
fury of his assailant, and of y comrade who
went to his assistance after he was disarmed
The cadets were arrested, and will be dis
missed One of them, it is said, is a son Of
Gen. Jessup.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

SECRET SOCIETIES. Es.--The Mayor of Louisville,
KY, has issued proclamation to the police of
that city, instructing them to suppress all Sc
crct societies or all secret gatherings of color
ed persons, whether free or slave, in that city
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

ss- rural poet sends an exchange the following
poem Squirrel remarkng that he (the poet)
is fully that the last line is leetle too long
The squirrel am nice bird,
Irf And has a bushy tale, u.
He sometimes sits upon lin,
And sometimes a rae,
And gathers nuts in the summer, so that
I||N his winter stock won't fail.n
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26
PHELAN's CUSHIONS.

TIME UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO INFORM THE PUBLIC
that he has purchased the Exclusive Patent Right 10
make and sell PliEI.ANS COMBINATION CtsHlONs,,
for this state and Oregon and THAT THEY CAN RE PUR
CHASED OF NO OTHER PERSON IN THIS CITY Purchas-
will protect themselves from being swinded by remem
berng the above facts Orders for taking down. setting
or repairing Tables attended the shortest notice m
gentlemen Clubs saloon keepers wishing TO procure
phelans Model Billiard Tables Combination Cushions,
will please address NJ. f. HUGHES
$50 Jackson It, next to international Hotel,
90 San Francisco.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

The REsroRED.--A Washington dispatch
says: "The naval officers assume, from GER
tain indications, that sixteen of the dropped
officers have been restored by unpublished de-
cisions of the President upon the reports of
the Naval Courts"
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

GuANo.-A company are engaged in collect
ing and shipping guano, found at the Faralone
Islands. 1t is found in grottos and caverns in
ncxhaustible beds, and promises to prove an
incompatible source of riches to the company
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

CouRrNo--The following short sermon on
courting, is from the pen of Margaret Verne,
and the text is taken from a breakfast table
remark Of, 81 don't see why people cannot do
their courting by daylight, thereby saving
an expense of light, fuel and forenoon maps" "
Whcw preach that doctrine until your
head is gray, and you are as toothless as a
newborn babe, and still young folks will sit
up (" till the stars grow tired of watching and
the roosters begin to crow
There is a sort of fascination in it, positive
denial to the contrary notwithstanding. An
ndeseribable, undeniable charm-charm in
being the sole occupants of a front parlor,
with nothing to molcst or make afraid; the
sofa drawn up before the shining CRATE, and
the lamp regulated to a steady blaze that will
not eclipse the brightness of eyes, or made
particularly pleasing in hearing the last pair Of
household feet take bee-line departure for
the upper chambers, and feeling that ever
swinging parlor door will remain closed until
one of the party concerned chooses to open.
Talk Of counting by daylight Think Of
laming ones arm by quick, hasty Withdrawals
from around certain waist at the inccssant
ringing of the bell, or seeing the puff, combs
and curls fly in every direction, by sound Of
coming footsteps. Imagine proud lover at the
feet Of fair lady, putting forth an eloquent,
Iono ovovyal with extraordinary cxnrcssions
fitting over the face and, at the same mo.
ment, puzzled countenancc pcering through
the folding door, wondering what makes Mr..
M-"pray with his eyes open and, more dis
agreeable still, have mama" open the door
without the prelude of rap, of course, just
at the moment you have veutured to test the
moment you have ventured to test the tempe
rature and sweetness Of her daughters lips.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

PUEsTERs.-Strange, Moore and Wright,
three notorious punsters, were, on certain
occasion, dining together, when Moore observ-
ed "There is but one knave among us, and
that's STRANGE" ooh, mol" said Wright,
there is one MooREp "Aye," said Strange,
"and that's WRIGHT"
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

SULPHUR SpRINGs.--A recent discovery Of
valuable sulphur springs has been made near
Major Bdwel's ranch, says the Stockton Ar
gus. 1t is intended, by the discoverer, to be
made place Of popular summer resort
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

VIRGINIA GoID.--Last month, there was de-
posted in bank, in Fredericksburg, a bar OF
gold valued at $l22s, from the Vancluse mine,
in Spottsylvania county, Va, the product of
twenty days labor.
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26

VERY GooD.-0ne of our cotemporaries, re-
marking upon the correspondence between
President Buchanan and Professor Silman,
the great New Haven geologist, says; The
letter of response is of rather c'ustaceons
formation, but disintegrating."
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26
MICHAEL PHELAN'S
IMPROV WE'D
iard Tables;
AND CUSHIONS,

ID ATENTFD FEBRUARY 10Th, 1856 THESE TABLES
/ combine the incest mathematical accuracy OF work
nanshp with elegance of design and all the qual
ties that esteemed by scientific players. The Cushions
superior correctness and lower than any others
made and constructed as to prevent all jumping OF the
balls All articles connected with Billiards at the lowest
cash prices, - a.,
Just Published "THE GAME or BILLIARDS y by MI
chae phelan--Price, 81 30. NJ ~. HUGHES,
o29 $50 Jack on street. Sole Agent
Mariposa Democrat., 1857-11-26
Mmiposa 4emotrat.
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neatly and promptly executed.