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Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07

MELANCHOLY OcCURRENCF-A CfHLD
KILLED IN THE ARMS or ITS MOTHER.
A heart rending occurrence took place in
Stockport. Columbia county, n. y, in which
II child was killed while in the arms of its
mother, and by her sister. Mrs. Dickerman
was sitting in room with her child. boy Of
about two years of age, upon her lap, en-
gagged in dressing it, while at the same time
her sister, Miss Platncr, WAS cutting the
wick of candle with pair of scissors Tho
sitters were engaged in angry conversation,
when Miss Platner, in a tit of rage, threw
the scissors ut her sister with great force, tho
point striking the child upon his breast,
penetrating to the heart. The innocent lit
tie one exclaimed, " Oh, mother mother y
and Immediately expired. Mrs. Dckerman
did not see her sister throw the scissors. and
was not conscious of what had been done un-
til she saw the instrument Of death planted
in his breast. A coroner's jury was called,
who, after u full investigation Of the affair.
rendered a verdict in accordance with the
above facts. Miss Platner is now confined in
the Hudson Jail to await the action of tho
grand jury. ALBANY Foe. Jonr. Dec 18th.
FRENCH WoRKs-We noticed large as
sortment of French books and papers on
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07

ANOTHER SrAR.--Mr McDonough, the
newly arrived trrgedian, has commenced an
engagement in San Francisco He is very
highly spoken of by the press of that city,
and characterized rs most meritorious per-
former We hope he will visit 0rovile in
due course of time.
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07
The Process OF Publication.

The expose Of the Vigilance Committee,
and Of its moving und master spirits-those
who excited the populace to violence and
bloodshed, and those of them who con-
dePned and sentenced to death their mser.
able victims--made by Gen. Estell in the
Assembly, has occasoned On excitement in
the public mind, not excelled by the excite.
ment created by the organization of the
committee itself. The statements made by
Gen. Estell--those not substantiated by
proof in our Professionalism upon their
face the impress of truth. The history of
Thomas s. King, the Editor of the Bulletin,
and of j, p. Marrow, the man who sat in
judgment and pronounced sentence Of death
upon the victims of mob violence, presents
picture of loathsome degeneracy and crime
unequalled in the annals Of vilainy and ro-
nance. So far as the committees Judge is
concerned, j. p. Marrow, we publish else
where testimony corroborative of the state
inent made by Gen. Estell These facts will
not be without their weight in enabling the
public to form correct estimates of the men
who have brought this deep and damning
stain upon our State, and now seek, by a
seizure Of the public press, to justify their
acts and place themselves at the head of the
moral reform" portion of the community in
California. Men who are guilty of such
deep-dyed and subtle vllainy, and abject
knavery as this affair has fastened upon
those lepers of society, King and Marrow,
are well calculated to deceive the unawary.
And when they succeed, as they have in this
instance, in corrupting portion of the pub
lie press to their base uses, their power for
evil, and their pernicous influence is greatly
augmented.
The excitement occasoned by the organi-
cation and acts of the Committee, have
rather slumbered and been smothered down,
instead OF dying out, and the publication of
the community that will follow the expose,
will be tenfold greater than the acts of
thousand committees. We have no apology
TO offer for publishing synopsis of the ex-
pose and such corroborative testimony as
may present itself A community infested
with such. characters as many of these Wig
ilantcs are shown to be, can only be purified
by shaking that community from the centre
10 its circumference, and when men crowd
themselves forward as moral leaders and
make use of the press to corrupt public
opinion into acknowledging them as such, it
is proper that the press should expose them.
1t is false delicacy that would not permit
the better portion of community to ac-
quaint themselves with the character and
immortality of those amongst whom they re-
side, and assume to control and govern The
proceedings now being had, are the natural
result of former actions, and we but express.
the hope of the true christian, in giving ut
terancc to the belief that it will result in
purging the communityof many disreputable
characters who now infest it, and whose ac-
tons render as bye-word and a reproach
abroad and at home.
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Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07

TO- "Can girl of fifteen make up for
her general ignorance by incessant gable"
old .H0uRtdineer.
The only person who ever succeeded in
doing so, is editing the Old Mountaineer.
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07
MARRIED..

AtOroville. Feb. ID, by Rev. i N. Seymour, Mr..
William ). Leland TO Miss Alice Ronani
Al kents Ranch, Butte CO, Feb. 5th, by Rev. b. n.
Seymour, MIR. Josiah Luiz to Miss Margaret Patience
Boulwaie.
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07

ATTENTION EVERYBODY. Remember that
the GREAT BULL AND BEAR FtGHr is to
take place this afternoon at o'clock.
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Groceries! Groceries
The Holidays are Coming.

IHB ftUIIudVs dIB OO7IIIIB'
And J. F. KISSING. ut the 0roville Store, is still
prepared TO furnish the inhabitants Of Oroville and
vicinity with the best quality OF Groceries, Wines,
Liquors Se., for smaller sum Of money than any
other house. The public are respectfully invited 10
call and examine his large and well selected stock Of
Goods, nj wholesale retail, cheap for cash.
Goods delivered FREE OF CHARGE. dc
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07
Furniture! Furniture

JUST RECEIVED-a large assortment Of FArni-
ture, Also, an invoice of large Gilt Frame Looking
Glasses, for sale 10" at q. SCRIBEKS
Furniture Ware Rooms, Montgomery ST., three
doors below Myers II. MO
Beds! Beds!
Poola Beds for everybody at 90 per cent less th"n
Mhrysvie prices, for 40 days only To make room for
an entire new stock per first Steamer to oroyle ut
C.SCRIBER'S
Furniture Ware Rooms, Montgomery street.
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-07

FRENCH WoRKs-We noticed large as
sortment of French books AMI papers on
Garnhams news table yesterday.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18

she would "come out" he would pro.
cure her discharge. To this Dick de.
clared he told her "if she would tell de
truf. and put dc saddle on de right boss
de Court would release her."
One, Sarah Clemens, appeared on
the stand, and swore that Amanda had
no chicken in her apron, when she came
into the house. and further, Dick was
in tho habit ofkeeping white womon u,
bout "de house." who are so mean the
dogs wouldn't bark at them. This tes.
timony settled the case, and the priso-
ners were discharged.
Som after we saw Dick in tho cell of
the Watch h-house. The released ptiso.
ners had accused him of keeping dis.
orderly house. and the police had taken
him into custody. Yon had Better be-
lieve he was wrathy.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18

ments his bald head was seen emerging
from below. What thrill of Joy and
dread at once pervaded the hearts of
the multitude that witnessed the excl
ting scene-joy because of his success
thus far, and fear, lest wet, cold, and
almost exhausted, he should lose his
hold Oh the ladder, and be dashed to
fragments on the rocks hundred feet
below. lat +g.1. (. !.
But cautiously, and with firm grasp
and step, he climbed up the ladder,
three hundred feet in length. and was
greeted by the shouts and acclamations
of the hundreds of spectators who had
assembled to witness the exciting scene.
he was for few moments borne on the
shoulders ofthe excited multitude, all
were so anxious to congratulate him.
This well-meant but mistaken kindness
only exhausted the poor man all the
more, but he at length indicated that
he wished to speak to thank them.
AS might have been expected, the
people seemed to forget that the faith
ful, brave Dutch butcher was yet be-
low. A few remained near the top of
the ladder to see him safe up, and to
speak words of commendation for his
self-forgetting courage. Tho whole
three displayed noble heroism that
will long be remembered to their cred
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18
MORGANT0Nn M0NONGALA co, VA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8 1857

They, however, eat everything, dogs
especially puppies--rats, mice, monk
eys, and snakes. They are particular
ly fond of unmatched ducks and chick
ems, and prefer their fish in the early
stages of putrefaction. They have but
two daily meals, 10 A. NJ, and 5 P. NJ.
In no part of the world, says the
writer, are the haryests of mortality
more sweeping and destructive than in
China. Staryations, inundations, hur-
ricanes, each sweep off multitudes.
The lato civil wars, it is believed, have
destroyed millions; the sacrifices by ex-
ecutions are frightful. Four or five
hundred are said to fall daily by the
headsmen in one province alcne. In
fanticide, especially Of female children,
sweeps off its crowds of victims. There
is no reverence for life whatever. Dead
bodies are often left to purify where
they fall. e"
Yet, though infanticide is common,
a childlcss person is deemed unhappy,
if not degraded. The domestic affec-
tions are said to be strong. Parents are
fond of their children, and children
obedient to their parents. "Order is,
indeed, the first law of Confucius; au-
thority and submission the apex and
basis of the social pyramid. SThere are
no hereditary honors in China, except
those which reckon upward from the
distinguished son to the father, the
grandfather, and the whole line of aD-
cestry, which may be ennobled by the
literary or martial genius of a descend
ant--the distinctions of caste are un-
known, and successful student even
of the lowest origin would be deemed
q fit match for the most opulent and
distinguished female in the community.
In which respect the Chinese show
more good sense and reason than the
outside barbarians.' Z
The emigration from China, accord
+ ing to Sir John, is immense, yet does
not visibly affect the redundancy of
the population. About three millions,
from the provinces alone, are settled
in foreign countries. In Siam, there
are 1900, 600 Chinese. The islands of
the Indian Archipelago and, Cochin
China, TEEN with them. Multitudes 90
to Australia and other inviting regions,
and there is great emigration to Ha-
vana. These emigrants are all males.
There is not woman to ten thousand
men.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18
Taking a Collection.

The Birmingham Journal tells the
following story of the Rev. w. Bennett,
OF that town, recently deceased Upon
one Of the occasions when collection
was to be made, which by the way,
was an operation very frequently per-
formed. he gave out hymn, and said
during the singing Of the hymn, "Our
friends will make collections" at which
announcement several of the audience,
as is usual, began to leave their seats,
when he said, in sly confident tone,
you need not leave your seats, for yop
cannot get out till the Collection is over
as the doors are locked" The hymn
was sung and the collection made, and
the money summed up. After being in.
formed as to the amount he slowly ros c
in the pulpit, and said, MY friends The
collection amounts to the sum of 23ec
Us. Sd" making the 23te empharic.-
II say the collection amounts to 23ee.
Us. 3d." making the shillings emphat.
ic he again repeated the sum making
the pence emphatic. "Now | say there
is some mistake; the collection has
been made with too much haste, and
some one has been missed. Go round
again, and do i, carefully and deliber.
alely." said he, addressing the collector;
I'VE will sing two hymns this time, sc
that you need not hurry. The hymns
were sung and the collection snmmec
up. "Ah," said he "I was sure some
one had been missed it now amount,
to 34G. 6s. I'D. The widows mite i,
there, it was not there before." Ther
turning to the collectors, he said, "Ant
there came certain poor. widow, ant
she threw in two mites which make {
farthing and he called unto him his dis
| ciples, and said unto them, Verify say
unto you, that this poor woman has cas-
in more than all they which have cas
into the treasury, for all they did cast ir
of their abundance but she of her wan
did cast in all that she had even all hel
living | do desire that in future you
never miss the widow, for though the a
mount may not be profitable, it is the
spirit that sanctifeth."
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18
Exciting Scene at Niagara Falls.

1t has been briefly mentioned that a
most exciting scene occurred at Niaga-
ia Falls on Tuesday, terminating in
the rescue of a man who had fallen in
to the furious rapids near the great
suspension bridge. A correspondent
of the Rochester, New York, Demo
crat in an account of it, says:
ut appears that he was guest of
the La Dow Hotel, and after breakfast
went out to view the bridge, and pro-
ceeded down the perilous steps near
Winners Touring mill on tho bank of
the river. On reaching the bottom,
he slipped and fell into the water, lust
above the bridge, and, when discover
ed, was thirty or forty rods below the
bridge, near the shore, rolling over
and over, borne along by the resistlcss
current, until he caught hold of large
rock, and after some fruitless struggles
succeeded in reaching the top. The
alarm was Immediately given in the
neighborhood, and it was soon decided
that there was no way to reach him
but by means of q rope ladder.
This was Immediately procured,
and after much hesitation, DELAY, and
alteration, occasioned by the difficulty
of determining where to place it, mas
much as the man could not be seen
from tho projecting bank over his head,
it was lowered to the depth Of perhaps
q hundred feet and became entangled
among the rocks and trees. 1t was at
once decided that some one must no
down to disentangle it, and conduct it
down as far as the shelving rock over
the mans head. But who among the
crowd was willing to undertake the
hazardous and doubtful experiment.
In few moments, Willard 3. Co
bun, porter of the La Dow Hotel, VOL
unteered his services, and proceeded
to the place where the ladder was at.
tached to the trees, He needed as,
sistance, and soon, two more brave
men, Anthony Smiley and Mats Crane,
offered to go down. The three coura.
geous men worked bravely for more
than an hour in conducting the ladder
down the precipice, while men at the
top carefully let it down. ut length
the waving of handkerchiefs and chce.
rings on the Canada side indicated to
us that the man had sprung to tho
shore from the rock, and had begun
to ascend the ladder.
Crane, the old Dutch butcher, vent
down over the shelving rock to meet
and help the man up the ladder. But
nc preferred to climb up without help.
Crane went below him, and ina feym
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18
WHOLE NO 95
Gen. jackson and the rnGse,.

In his autobiography, Peter Cartwright
relates The following interesting anecdote.
in illustration Of the religious sentiments
entertained by Gen. Jackson
had preached one Sabbath near the Her
mi'aee, and, in company with several geu-
'lemen and ladies. went. by special invita-
tion, to dine with the General Among this
company there was young sprig OF law
yer from Nashville, of very ordinary intel
lect, and he was trying hard to make an
nfdel o! himself As was the only preach.
| er present, this young lawyer kept pushing
his conversation on me, in order to get into
an argument. ! tried to cvade an argument
IN the first place considering it a breach of
| good manners 10 interrupt the social con
| Versation OF the company /: in The second
! place, saw tha, his head was much softer
han his heart, and there were no laurcls to
be won by vanquishing or demolishing such
combatan,, aud persisted in evading am
Argument. This seemed to ns pre the younc
man with more confidence in himself; Tor
my evasveness he construed into fear. [
saw General Jackson's eye strike fire, as he
sat by and heard the thrusts he made al tho
Christian religion. AT length The Young
lawyer asked me this question
"Mr. Cartwright, do you really believe
there is any such place as he'll, as place Of
| tormen, !i
| answered promptly. EYES, 7 do"
To which he responded "Well, thank.
God have too much good sense to believe
any such thing"
was poniering in my own mind wheth-
er would answer him or not, when Gen.
Jackson, for the first time, broke into the
conversation, and directing his words 10 tho
young man, said with great earnes,ness
"Wel, sir, thank God there is such a
place OF torment as hell ~
This sudden answer, made with great ear
nes'ness, seemed to astonish the youngster.
and he exclaimed:
"WEy, General Jackson, what do YOU
want with such place of torment as helln
TO which The General replied, as quick as
lightning:
TO put such skeptical rascals as Won are
IN, that oppose and vilify the Chris, ian reli-
Igion."
tell you this was poser The Young
lawyer was struck dumb, and presently was
found missing.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18
lost 100000 dollars by being shaved,
becside $500, 600 of interest.

becside 100000 of interest.
Where Mr.. Wise gets his authority
for issuing these bills of credit, is be-
yond my power to imagine, when the
Constitution declares expressly a..
gainst such measure. It is enough
for the party to know that such & such
is required of them, and it is dohe.-
The land money distributed to Virgin
ia years ago, amounting to more than a
100000 isyet locked up in one ofthe
Richmond Banks enriching its nabobs
at the eapense Of the Viryiaia yeoman-
ry, under the sole direction ofthis pie
bald hodge podge party.
What means the heavy emigration
which is now going on from this State?
Is 1T difficult to arrive at the cause?---
Nay, verify! Ruin, devastation and
reputation stare her citizens in the
face; and their only and last remedy is
flee for refuge in some more congenial
cline. If the people of Virginia are
SO determined as to pursue the course
which has brought the State into its
present distracted condition, when they
could so easily relieve themselves by
supporting Mr.. Carlile's bill for the re-
ceptlon ofour share of the public land
funds, we say let them do it, but as
certain as they do it, Reputation and
disgrace certainly awaits them.
RUSTICUS.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18
A WISE DECISION.

Il lew years ago meeting Of minis
ters Of the Methodist denomination was
hold in .his city, apd the constitutional.
ity of recent law Of Congress was
discussed. All the clergy with one ex-
ception) expressed their opinions will,
great freedom, and decidedly in con.
demnation of the law as hagran,ly in
conflict with tho Constitution of the u.
nited States, The celebrated DR.. OLGN
was present, man of acknowledged su.
periority in intellect, learning and iudg-
ment, but he remained silent during the
discussion, until he was personally cal.
led upon for his opinion. Then he mod.
estly remarked
"Brethren, have not directed nv
studies specially to the Constitution OF
the United States. and am not qualified
to give an opinion in a question like
Ibis. The Interpretation of the Consti.
tuition has been left to the Supreme
Court. body of joris,s selected for their
learning, wisdom and judicial fitness to
determine important questions Of this
nature, and should have far greater
confdence in their judgment, than in
my own"
1T will be readily imagined that these
remarks were felt by the clerical judges
as severe rebuke for the hippaut opin-
ions which they had pronounced. And
DR.. Olihs views may well be commend.
ded to such preachers as DR.. Cbeevcr
who feel themselves competent, to pto-
nouhce an opinion of the Supreme
Court unconstitutional.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18

Some researches after curious s,atjs-
TICS has made an estimate of The prob
able amount which il costs the indyidu-
al members Of the different churches in
the UnitedStates To sustain their respec-
tive churches. The estimate is founded
on the last census Of the United States.
"A Baptist or Methodist. three dollars
and forty cents, a Presbyterian, seven
dollars; Congregatiouaiat,ten dollars.
q Roman Catholic, fourteen dollars: an
Episcopalian, eighteen dollars; a I,oE
ormedDutch, twenty three dollars.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18

BY law Of Michigan, or at least me-.
cordIng TO an assertion tn that effect
which we find in reliable exchango.
lnere is a very singular regulation in
force in the Wolverine State, with re-
gard TO prisoners. For every month Of
good behavior, the convict lessons tn,
period OF his sentence one day thus,
the man condetnded to seven years con.
hnemen', by unvarying good conduct
shortens the whole time eighty four
days, or nearly three months.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-04-18

SINGULAR CASE SUPPOSED TRANCE.
On Friday last, a young lady, named
Williams, died suddenly of disease of
the heart in Cincinnati. but On Sunday
When every arsapegmen, had been.nado
Tor her funcral--when the carriages and
hearso had arrived and friends assem-.
bled, relaIive,on approaching the body
Tor the purpose of taking q last farewell
of the departed. noticed very porcep-
tibie Hush come over the couutenance
OF the dead, and on placing his hand
over the region ofthe heart, he was sur
prised TO find it yet quite warm, not
"ithstanding the factor supposed
iact-that death had occurred threo
days previous. A number Of medical
men were at once summoned, who, af
tor consultation, advised u postpone
ment OF the funeral, and the hearse and
carriages were dismissed. Since that
time the body has not at all changed
in appearance. The countenance con
unues flushed, and there is considerable
warmth perceptible in the region of the
heart. Meanlime,,lie family aud friends
are IN tho greatest doubt and perp!ex-
ity, amid conflicting opinions as to the
nature of tho case. Some, who have
visited the body,are confident that death
has actually taken place, while Others
maintain that the young lady lies in a
trance. Hundreds of people have Wis.
tied the house daily, drawn there by
the singularty of the case. e.--- Gin. Eag.