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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-10-21

I 81 shall ask for little more," replied,
Gas do not wish to expose you to the
rage of this audience if you'll answer
promptly. Where is the will that old
Mr.. Gregory, executed, in which he
made his grandchild, Helen Montressor,
his heir, and which lie gave her to give
to his lawyer when he returned-the
will your wife stole from the child as she
lay sleeping!"
"Oh, Lord it's come at last! just as l
told her it would"
"Where is the will?" l Numbered.
at is burnt" he exclaimed, "but
Helen is his only surviving relation. and
the will by which my wife got the prop
erty is forged one"
Having achieved everything. and not
caring to prolong the painful scene, /
asked the District Attorney if it would
not be best to dismiss the case. He
cheerfully assentsd, and Miss Montres-
sor, who in her flush of agitation and
thankfullness looked more lovely than
ever, was released from the custody of
NJ. Mace and placed in charge of his
wife. while Wesley and his wife skunk
away from public Indignation. The ex-
citement was so great the court was not
adjourned till P. NJ, and / was obliged
to state for the qualification of the crowd
how had managed to get on the track
of the Wesleys.
l told them that many years before l
had read an account of the murder of a
child by its aunt, Eunice Gregory, as
sisted by her lover, one Bob Harmon,
for the purpose of possessing her neice's
estate. In that account it was stated
that Harnon, at the time of the murder
had fallen down an area ard gashed his
head terribly, which afterwards healed
and left a peculiar scar. The hints l
received from Helen's story, and the let
ter signed Eunice Gregory, had set my
memory at work, and when met Wes-
ley, and observed the peculiar scar on
his forehead, the whole thing flashed
upon me, and l determined to make a
bold push TO expose them, and not only
defend Helen against the charge of lar
ceny, but wrench from her unnatural
aunt the patrimony that had been with
held from her.
My explanation was received with
applause, and a movement was set on
foot TO have the Wesleys indicted for
perjury but it was never carried out,
as they disappeared from that part Of
the country, and we all thought it best
not 10 bring them back for any purpose
whatever.
Helen secured her estate, and 1 Sc
cured Helen; and if you will go home
with me you shall have an introduction
10 her and the children. That first case
did the business for me alI round, as by
it l secured great reputation, plenty
of practice, handsome wife and large
fortune.
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GBoite MistelImrp.
THELAWYER'S S BRIDE.
REMEsON's FIRST CLIENT.

Old Judge Reneson was fond of tell
ing his early experience at the bar. Ny
first case, he would say, came upon me
unexpectedly, after l had waited con-
siderable time for client. The way
l came 10 get it was this:
A young girl, Helen Montresscr, was
to be tried at our County Court for steal
ing breastpin, valued at four dollars,
and twenty dollars in gold, from the
trunk of her employer, James Wesley,
merchant in the town of Bedford. The
theft. which was detected FIVE weeks be
fore, occasioued quite talk at the time,
as the girl was beautiful, and Wesley and
his wife Eunice were anything but that,
besides being generally detested. Peo.
pie said that Helen had been shamefullv
treated by her mistress, who was ieal-
Gus of her. and it was even limited that
there was foul play in the prosecution
for theft.
The subsequent trial of horse thieves
and counterfeiters had SO absorbed pub-
lie attention that The case of Helen Mon
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The next day it was sent out far and
wide that DIR. Beecher was in town.
Though the great body Of his former
parishioners had passed away, some re-
manned that were old when he preached
here. As we passed the grave yard
coming into town. my father pointing to
it, said. "There is The congregation to
which preached when 1 was here Z"
Silent now. and without memory. The
unconscious assembly gave no greeting
as we passed. but kept their long Sab
bath without bell or tithing man ! But
some yet remained. Men of fifty years
now. were boys when my father left
Those who blushed to think of love and
husband yet, now rocked their grand
children's cradle Those who were
then in the prime middle of life wero
now venerable.
And indeed LiichGeld is the last place
one should settle in who desires to go
early to bis rest. 1t seems hard to OBJ
tain release from earth on this clear hill
top. Men are counted very young at
fifty and sound at seventy FIVE, and not
very old at eighty. One old man near
ninety, modesIly told US that his mind
had been affected by shock; but sure
ly he had more wit and sprightliness.
after all his loss, than most men have to
begin with. He was peculiarly thankful
that while he was too old 10 do much him.
self, God had been pleased to give him
a young wife. She was only seventy
FIVE, he informed us.
A man past eighty. going through the
streets 10 visit all the fathers and moth
ers in Israel that had been young in his
ministry there, was scene not little
memorable. One patriarch, in his
ninety ninth year, when his former pas
tor came into the room, spoke not a word
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but rose up, and putting his trembling
arms about his neck, burst into tears
Did he see in that moment, rs by the
opening of door, all the way he had
walked till that hour and all the com
panion, who had walked with him and
did he feel, standing by the venerable
pastor, two old men, how few there were
that yet kept step with him upon the
bleak way of life?
Passing his former home, my father
broke out, with a swing of his arm.
"Oh how many thoughts and associa-
tions hang about that place. They fill
the air like swarms of bees, and yet 1
cannot speak one of them 70
The particular errand which brought
us thither was Lecture. A new organ
was to be bought. All Litchfeld boys
were permitted to help. Our contribu-
ton was asked in the shape of lecture.
Ny part was soon done. Then the aged
pastor came forward. A crowd of old
and young gathered at the pulpit stairs
to grasp the hand that had baptized them
or had broken to them the bread of life
1t was q scene of few words. One
woman gave her name, but it was not
recognized in her married name. She
then mentioned her maiden name
That touched hidden spring. Both
burst into tears, but spoke no words
The history came up instantly before
both, silently, which had occasioned the
preaching of these "Six Sermons upon
Intemperance." That volume is in
every land on earth, aud in many Ian
guages. II is preaching and working
with unwasting vigor. Those that read
it know only that it is cry and plead
ing that few men can bear without deep
feeling. But not many know that it was
a cry Of love. the utter effort of heart
of love to save dear friend imperiled,
or two friends, rather, closely related.
One OF them was rescued. These sud-
den openings OF memory to scenes that
included in them the strangest expert
ences of life-pictures painted on the
past, with strokes of thought as sudden
and as revealing as when the lightning
at night opens the heavens and the earth
with wide sheeting flash, and shuts again
with obliterating darkness-cannot be
drawn or described on paper.
The second morning, also, was mem
orable for greetings, and conversations
whose roots were forty years deep in the
soil Of tn past. For ourselves, we how
cred about as a mere shadow among
those who had right TO be primo ipals
in these sacred meetings. We, in the
body, re too coarse 10 write the real
histories of men. But if an angel could
write all that transpires when an aged
warrior in the church militant comes
back TO the earlier fields of his achieve
ments and meets the companions of his
tolls, where tears and prayers, hopes
and joys, sorroWs and deaths, and trou-
bles worse than death, were common
experiences, it would be history Of
more matter and depth, than all the vol
umes that are stuffed with empires, and
buffoon kings and prelates.
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DELENDA EST CARTHAGENIA.

The blood Of England is thoroughly
reused by the atrocities perpetraled a.
Cawnpore and Delhi upon defenceless
English women and the cry for yen-
geance is terrible. The London Times
says:
l! ought to be known, reluctant as
we are to tell it, that the women and
unmarried girls who fell into the hands
Of The mutineers and populace of Delhi
were carried in procession for hours
through the chief thoroughfares of the
city, with every horror that could degrade
them IN he eyes of the people, previous
to the las: brutalities and crueliies that
then, in the sight of thousands, were
Perpetrated upon them. Il was done
Of settled purpose. to degrade England,
to degrade Europe, 10 degrade Chris
tian Empire and Christian Green
Now, we say it, after full deliberation.
and with due regard to the objections
always forthcoming against any real and
effectual policy, that not one stone OF
that city should be left upon another
Delhi should for the future be only
known in history as Sodom and Gomor
rah, so that its place shall not be known.
An execution of this solemn character is
not TO be performed without a proper
force but, if thirty thousand British
soldiers are required to keep order on
the occasion, we trust that no English
man would be found to grudge a years
more income tax that the work may be
done. 1t will be the eighth time that
Delhi has been destroyed, aud never be-
fore was its destruction so merited. All
Asia will be wiser and better for the
example.
The London Post, after enumerating
the horrible atrocities at Cawnpore,
says:
1t is hardly possible on receipt of such
intelligence to write or think Of it with
any degree of patience or calmness.
1t makes the blood run cold, and burn
again with the hottest desire for yen-
geance that ever a nation felt. There is
hardly family in Great Britain that
has not a relation in India. Already
thousands are plunged into mourning for
their dead-killed with torture. Apart
from ties of blood, there is not an EG-
glishman who would not willingly VOL
nnteer his life in what has become a sa-
cred cause. Gladly we paid our taxes
for the honor of England in the Russian
war, but what in this cause is money?
If it were wanted it would be forthcom-
ing in ready millions. At any sacrifice,
We must have of these demons blood
for blood, AMI we will teach the treach.
srous Asiatic lesson so fearful that he
shall cover and tremble at it as long as
history lasts. Already the advanced
guard Of that army whose march is now
n our mighty transports has arrived in
Calcutta. Never were sw0ris more
blessed; never was victory more ds- ,
Soutly prayed for-victory over the
nurderers of our wives and children,
over the tor urers Of our own helpless
and blood victory over Infamous COW
.rds, over hideous ftn1s. Surely
heaven will send it full and ample.
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AN AGED PASTORS RETURN.

The Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER, in
last weeks Independent, gives some in
teresting incidents and observations of
the return of his father and himself to
Litchfeld, the scene of the earliest and
most energetic labors of Lyman Beech
er, for fourteen years. Henry Ward
writes:
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A right education is not merely the
reading of many books, but the ability
of making knowledge useful to ourselves
and others. 1t is not simply to acquire
influence over our fellow creatures, but
to make that influence subservient to
moral excellence and piety.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-10-21

To live to ourselves. to take pleasure
in the misfortunes of others, to have no
heart for devotion when in prosperity,
and to regard our own goodness as ex-
traordinary, are four unmistakable signs
Of a bad heart.
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1t has been thought that people are
degenerating because they do not live
as long as they did in the days of Me-
thusalah. But the fact is, provisions
are SO high that nobody can afford to
live very long at the current prices.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-12-21
CONSTARLE'S SALE.

MY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
-hD out OF Justice Berry's court, Of Ophr Town
snip County of Butte. to directed. in favor of NJ
BROOKS and against LYMAN BRISTOL, | have
seized ana shall expose for sale 81 public auction,
at IL O'Clock A. NJ. on Monday the TWENTY FIRST
day of DECEMBER, A. d. 1857, atthe office of j =.
Berry, the following described property, to wit
That piece or parcel of hand situaed in the County of
Butte, Ophir Township, commencing Ut point
The south side of Montgomery street in the Town of
OroviIle. at the point where the Feather River &
Ophir Water Company's water ditch crosses said
street: thence running eastwardly along the line Of
said Montgomery street one hundred 400 feet !;
thence at right angles with said street In u souhery
direction one hundred and thirty-niDe 130) feet {;
thence at right anges one hundred (l00) feet to said
ditch thence along the line of said ditch one hun
dred and thirty l9) feet To the place of begin
ming. Said property is opposite the Old store OF
Harvey IL Co.
II L. PATTON, Constable.
Dated Oroville, Both, 1857. no3O
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-12-21
CONSTARLE'S SALE.

Epf VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED BY
~ John : Berry Esq, of Ophir Township. 10 me
directed, IN favor Of J. NJ Clark & Bro and against
a. hcCargar, have levied upon and shall EXPOSE
Tor sale at public auction at J. :. Berry's office in
oroVlIIe. nj 10 O'Clock A. on Friday the 3lst day
OF Dec 1857, certain piece or parcel of land known
as me McCargar Ranch, situated near the head of
therokee Ravne in Butte county. and bounded ns
iolo"s' 10 vii: beginning at a stake marked A G.
No. l. marking the :. T.. the west ed 0e of
hruo RaNine.and on the north line of Garden Ranch.
ihehce south 90 deg. east rods II links from the
beginning. thence SO rods TO white oak tree with
nothches. standing on thew. x N. line OF DeWius
Ranch, thence north 100 rods to n stake marked A
NJ q No. s. Il G. thence west IS rods to small white
oak marked with blaze on the f., w. X ) sides on
the east sdeef Cherokee Ravine, thence So rods
To stdke marked VI q No. 4, n. W. c.. thence
soUth 100 rods, To large white oak burnt at the bot
tom marked with three notches on tae forth and
east sde thence east 50 rods 10 the place of begin
nihg, CONTAINING 100 acres, together with all the
buildings and appurtenanccs thereunto belonging.
x l. PATTON, Constable.
Dated Oroville dec 10th 1857.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-12-21
SHERIFF SALES.
SHERTrF'S SALE.

10y VIRTUE OF A DECRETAL ORDER Is
- sued out Of the District Court. 18th Judicial
District IN and for Butte County and State of Cali
fornia against JOHN w. MILLER and in favor of
WILLIAM NUTTER. for the sum of Seven Hundred
and Ninety three and Twenty-six hundredhs Dol
lars, 1898 o6l00,) principal aud interest Of Debts
h interest said cum at The rate Of two ~ per
cent. per month from the rendition OF Judgrr emit
until paid also. all COSTS of suit taxed in the sum Of
Twenty and Ten one-hundredhs Dollars, $50 l0l01t
together with all the costs accruing upon said writ
TO me directed and delivered, commanding me 10
sell all of the mOrtgaged premises hereinafter de-
scribed, to satisfy said demands. | will on the
TWEHTY-SlXTH day of DECEMBER. A. D. One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven at the
hour Of Two (2l O'Clock, 2. NJ, of said day. in pur
. suance with the requirements Of said Order sell at
Public Sale TO the highest bidder for Cash, the fol
of Sale follows, toit: All that piece or parcel of
Land lying and being In the Town of OrovilI. Coun-
~ of Butte and Safe Of California, commencing on
Montgomery street, at the corner of the Orleans
Hotel, and running back thence at rghI angles with
said street, one hundred and thirty.two C32) feet
thence at right angles easterly. ninety 900 feet
thence mt right angles northerly one hundred and
thirtytwo ff32j fer" To Montgomery street thence at
right angles westerly along said street ninety (gO
feet to he place OF beginning embracing the ground
on which the Orleans Hotel stands, on Block Nine
teen, 40 together with all and singular the Tenc
meits, Entertainments. ami Appurtenances thereunto
belonging or in any wise appertainng.
The above sale 10 take place in front Of the Court
House door, in the Town of eroyille, County md
State aforesaid.
". d. PLUM, Sheriff Butte County.
dated Dec. Sd, 1857. ia
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-12-21
SHERIFF'S SALE.

EpY VIRTUE of al execution issued out of the
- District Court, Fifteenth Jndciai District in
and for Butte County, and State of California, To me
directed and delivered, commanding me 10 make
the sum of Three Hundrei and Forty Fifty One hun
dredths dollars with interest thereon nj 1he of
three per cent per month from the 18th day Of No
vember A d 1857 until paid and the farther sum Of
Forty Fifteen One-hundreths uoa' OF suit and
acccruBg costs on said writ wherein +. Cushman X
Co plaintsfs and N. Carroll is TefepdantI have
levied upon andeha expose at Public Sale TO the
highest bidder Tor cash. on the 18th day ct Deem.
Der A. ID. 1852 mt the hour Of I2 O'Clock r. NJ. all the
right title and interest OF the above named Defend
ant in -nd to the following described property, 10
wit: All those certain Gees or parcels of land lying
being and situate in the town of Orosile, County of
Butte, California and descibed follows: Fny six
by ninety eight feet of Lots No. and in block No.
l. Also, lots l,, aud half oi lotNo . in block -,
rs laid down on the Map of the town of Oroville,
together with all the appurtenances thereuno be-
longing or in anywise appertaining
Sale to take place at the Court House door in the
town of 0roville. p. FREER
nov %. Late Sheriff Butte County.
The above sale is postponed till the 22d day of De-
cember a, 1851 at the same place and time of day
rs above stated
FREER. Late Sheriff Butte County.
Oioville, Dec. 18th. 1857.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-12-21
CoRJSTABLE'S SALE

Hoy VIRTUE OF TWO EXECUTIONS issued by
hD s4,dward tDonaho. Justice o! The Peace, 0phir
TOWNSHIP, Cdanty of Butte, ;o,tne directed, in favor
Of X. MARCllELIA and STANLEY l. GRIMES
against A. A. SMITH Ihave seized and shall expose
for sale Il Puoic Auction at Il o'clock A. NJ on the
TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF DE EMBER. A. ID.
1857, at The premises Montgomery street, between
Myers and powner street, the following described
property to vii: all of ,.he above A. A. Smiths inter
est in and to that certain piece parcel OF land =!
feet fronting south SHE of Montgomery street, by 1872
feet in depth. being the westerly fractional part Of
Lot Six, Block Nine also the house situated thereon.
formerly known as-''Smith's Bowling Saloon" and
under the title of The Aaverly House."
MATHEW J. PURCELL. Constable.
Dated this the list day of Dec A. u. 1857.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-12-21
SUMMONS.

State Of California, In the District Court ofthe Fiji
County Of Butte, teenih Judicial District.
john SYLVESTER vs.. PHILLIP BRIEL 4 90.
An action brought in the District Court of the FIT
teenth Judicial District, and the Complaint Filed
In the County of Butte, in the Office OF the Clerk
OF said District Court
TENHE People of the State OF California;, T0Phiilip
II Briel, Greeting. You hete3y reQNired 10
appear in an action brought against yon by the
Fifteenth Judicial District, in and for the County OF
Butte aud TO answer the Complaint filed therein,
"a copy OF which accompanies this Summons.) with
in ten days exclusive of the day OF servIce after
the service YOU Of this summons. II served within
this County II served out of this County. but with
in this Judicial District within twenty days or if
ont of said District then withinslory dn,s-or judV-
ment by default will be taken against Won.
The said acIion1s brought to obain Judgment for
the recovery of the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty
Dollars, and interest thereon at the rate of ten per
cent per annum from the second day of July last
aud for Decree for The foreclosure of a certain
mortgage deed, and for the sale of bie inert gagged
premises known as the Slaughter Ground Of \.
Piatt & Co md more fully described in Plaintiff s
Complaint herewith served; and for Execution
against other property of Defendants. Il said mort
gagged premises shuh be insitfc enr To satisfy the
judgment herein. and for costs of sat, and II you
fail Ia appear aud answer the said Complaint a.
above unir d. the 'talntin VIII apply 20 the Court
for the lri' IN - complaint demanded.
Given under my hand and Seal Of the
}sEAL. ! District Court of the Fifteenth judicial
~ District this Fourth day of December. in
the year of our Lord thousand eight hundred and
flty.sev II.
NJ. II. DkRRACN. Clerk.
GRANGER CHEEsMAN. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-12-21
SFIERIFF'S SALE

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION issued ont of
ID the District Court OF the Fifteenth Judicak Dis
rict, in and for Butte county andState of Caorhn,
TO directed and delivered commauding me To
, make the sum of two hundred dollars, and the fur
iher of twehtyNsix dollars costs of suit, and
crung costs OF said writ. wherein jean Lowd Is
plaintiff and David Reynolds is defendant, snave
levied upon and shall expose atypuhIe SADIE, to the
highest bidder for cash, the 18th day of December
A D. 1857, ut the hour of two O'Clock. i. NJ all the
right title and interest of the above named defendant
in and to the following described property. Ia wit:
All that certain piece parcel of land lying, being
and situate in Orovte. Butte county, California. and
described AS follows: Beginning at potntOn Myers
street sixty. six feet from the corner of Robinson
and Meyers streets, tbence souheTly on thelline of
Myers street tairty.taree feet, thence easery sixty
six feet, thence norlherly hrtythree feet, thence
westerly sixtysix feet TO the place at beginning, be-
ing part OF lot number four ~, in block thirtyour
(S4), laid down on the town plot of the town of
Orove, County aad State aforesaid, tOgether with
all the appurtenances therennto belonging Or in any
wise appertanng. Sale to take place at the Court
House door in the town of Oroyc.
sp. FREER, Late SherE Butte County.
Oroville. Nov Esd. 1887
The above sale is postponed iii the I'D day of De-
cember A. D. 1877, at the place and time OF day
as above stated.
p FREER, late Sheriff Butte County
Oroville Dec. 18th, 1857.