Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-04-20
NUMBER 229
,O1rapjl.t J1aj,Q 4Sntte &eror0,
MONDAY M0RyISG. APRIL 10, 1857
Fernandez Bar Correspondence.

Boar LA>pI>c, Big Ber>l. Bate County, Cal
~. gditor--
ntAx SN-.As ot,F clnisss nre included
Grpi have been located on the 'magndcent tract OF
land" for six years you say r owaed by Messrs.
Moore llrnshIw, aud I'naed States Attorney OrJ y
", gre rr-cmrlY GLAD 10 hcar thnt YOU doubt not
.hcy viii be lust and liberal w,h u.s. and disposed {"
/ flfn.rh ;ndi-yutabLe thLes reasonable terms
Sow, sir VT are glad TO hear this, for happened
10 ~ included in their pounds surveyed one year
agu by Mr. Eepdty ". :. Surveyor Van Doren, and
,ound that they would not sell at any price, or on
~ terms. IsH since th. last presto redo Wdidcum
ch, wg,, there may have been change in their no
tion '--ym probably know. It rs true, that through
their 'to,ner surveyor, ibey gave us timely notice,
ana IN II BUSINESS way w-oie 10 the Messrs. Turner's
that if they w"nld raise we the help of their neigh
bors, four lhousand d>aYs. " ~oulG be located up
higher But the Messrs Turner's, sot being the Kind
of men to eng. 'ge in such succulatons, the upper
line was located At Hamilton.
II is now said that the forner survey was moi
thorized-ouly made tO aHIOy and scate Now
a- his last work me snaer the insracuons of
The surveyor General, should hko To be informed
how they could know how far u7t"g 90 To commence.
to Just include every OF bottom sand down here,
aud every terry landing, aud mining bar or this sdo
Of the river below Morris Ravine. Your years ago
The latitude was taken tn. spot where year Office
stands, for the purpose oil locating Mr. LarktnC
grant, ana his lower line established abont ont mile
above the north line OF The Fernandez - li'st sur
.cyel. and IA the papers of ho for the same
land. nni MI lllber also claiming, we hope th"I
may raise more ot an excite meat than You speak vi
wUuld br an Interesting game-lOr there Is AN old
adage lhat Is a. true as l'reachinS-ahd We believe
when these honorable koh-mluded, and liberal gen
tlemen get each other well by the ears. honest men
Will get th,r dde-. The misses have long since
ceased To hope for Justice from California courts and
land commissions these matters, the stakes
large, and too many ready to
Lick absurd pomp,
And crook the pregnant hinges oi the knee,
That lhrllt may folio" iawuIns.'
II has been boldly charged by The New York Dag
Back. and not denied that some eighty OF these spu-
nous, hoang grants, Uy the help OF large sums Of
money aud wire pulling, on the principle of the Min
nrsota land b were to be pushed through, right or
wrong and who hns held up thrir hands like one OF
our Members OF Congress- Is there not grounds
for such charges, MIR Editor, when such claims a.
the Fernandez are sailcrcd 10 be confirmed without
passing through the court ia amnng district never
settled upon, nor even soen bA the original propre-
lor-, WINE such grants a. MAJOR Bdwcta. ciaim
!had no one disputes, and that all would be- al To
him ootHn without expense or trouble, stlll sept
IA lHW2 Il Itwerc permitted. in1ispulabc testimony
could brought forward To morrow, that the papers
IN the Fernandez grant are entirely worthless Out
such cases are not to be shaken much, but such
grants aS the ono spoken ot. or those that peopl"
nave never settled ON, are to g up precedeh cases
and it does SEEM Mr. Editor. to an honest miuer,
that our officers ought to blush Tor uthpldng such ii
downright system of land piracy. l. II u1ht, Mr.
Editor, Tor TO be thus plundered of our homes,
aud compelled to pay TAX Tor Ia ding Terry. or lor
digging gold to few hungry lOcusts IN the shape OF
land speculttorsr
We MOI tor revolution, or u rafting lnsihDrdl-
nation like the prople OF the Bay year ago. nor >c
one of the present prop. ietors Of tins IN ISmacent
grant, eighteen months ago, Mhen lhc news hr-i III
ON him, like duck upon June bug. or liz" hight
nng from clear SKY, that MS magnificent tdrin ~AS
covered by the iernandez grant. lie sal1 he would
II! hl un he dropIed, ia defence OF his property, or
bucn il smooth before they shunlG have u, aud run
Oh by the light Bnt SIR, / viii tell you what we are
IN for (coud ientiayD yOd "eII as oar supervisors
are the guardians OF our ri-he, We take H. ahG 1nioSs
vou upen ,nnr effective battery on the side OF Justice
and the ak, ana Op re->el and he Aforesaid grant
"A renewal of license To whom OF right they belong,
We the pcollr miners and tllcr-. VIII rise III ltio
majesty ofuuf power, and respectfully petition you
TO resign your tr~pecuve easy char.
oN FERNANDEL BAR
PS-We are with you on The Junct on Iues ion.
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