Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-06
CLIPPINGS.

MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD DROWNED -
The Shasta Courier states that on Thursday,
April 23d, two Portuguese men attempted to
cross the river at GulliOn's Bar, Main SAT-
mon, in canoe containing Mrs. Pulsiord
and her child. Getting about half way
across the river. one of the Portugese be-
came frightened, jumped out OF the canoe
and swan TO the shore. The ether Portu-
gesc, finding himself alone in the manage
ment Of the boat, and the river being high
and running wifi, he also attempted TO
jump out Mrs Pusford took hold Of him
for the purpose of keeping him in the en-
noe, and in the scramble, the canoe was cap
sized, and the man, woman and child drown
Ell. Mr.. Pulsford was standing upon the
! bank Of the river, and saw tEeIwhole affair,
but was unable to render his unfortunate
wife any assistance.
BURNED 10 DEArH On Sunday evening
last at Jamison's Mill, in Amador countv,a
child one and . half years old was left in
the house while the parents went out to
milk. The mother observing too much light
in the house ran in as quickly as she could,
and found the childs clothing in flames, and
the child So badly burned as to be beyond
recovery. The name OF the parents is Flt3-
gerald
GoNE CRAzF Mr.. Hutchings, who was
drugged and robbed in house of ill-Mme
in San Francisco about a week ago, has be-
come insane from the effects Of the poison
administered to him by the prostitutes Of
the establishment. They have not yet been
tried, but are in custody.
The beautiful steamer Eclipse. command
ed by the popular gentleman, Capt Chad
wick, is now on the river and bay greatly
to the accommodation OF the travelling pub
lie The Eclipse is by far the most elegant
passenger boat that has ever floated the Call
itornia waters, and Capt. Chadwick is
most. worthy commander.
SANTA BARBARA.-The citizens are sub
scribing ) 900 in 50 shares to continue the
Artesian Well The weather is very dry,
the crops parched, and millions of grass
hoppers and worms devouring the herbnge
on the hills which has survived the drought.
The Old .N0untaiaeer says there is fine
sport IN those REG ions, in the way of Grouse
shooting. Tom Cox, who did MT run tor
Congress on the Republican ticket, in one
excursion, bagged ten Of those delicious
birds, and two large sized gray squirrels
Better than running for Congress, by long
shot.
SENTENCE OF MooRE On Wednesday,
April 10Th, + V Moore, convicted Of mur-
der in the District Court of Nevada, was
sentenced to be hung on the 18th June. The
Nevada JOurnai says
OF the large crowd who listened to the
sentence, Moore was apparently the most
calm and unmoved. When asked if he had
any thing to say, he spoke briefly and cool
" nf tbn y Of biS of ,,T. .olr
defence, aad of the prejudice which he alleg- !
clung to him womanly and faithfully during
his imprisonment and trial, was by his side |
as he receive,t the sentence. We understand /
that his case will be appealed to the gu
preme Court
lNCENpIARIEs IN SHASTA On S2nday |
evening. April 10Th, Mt about ten o'clock an /
attempt WAS made to fire an unoCcupiel !
store, on Main street, Shasta, belonging to |
Mr. Schloss. A wad Of paper was tightly |
rolled up, fired, and placed against . parti- |
ton, on which was IA cotton lining The fire /
was discovered by the smell Of the burning
cotton, and was put out without much |
trouble, it having burned only u space Of 3 |
or i feet.
The correspondent of the Evening Buie- |
TN says that n resolution has been unani- /
mously adopted by the House of Represcn.
tatives OF New Granada to authorize the Ex- |
ccutive to contract loan Of S5GO, 900 for |
the purpose of defending the Isthmus,
should the United States attempt to invade
it. They will require something besides a
loan of money to keep los IanheeS from
their just revenge
AFFAIRS IN NNEvADA-Since the ncarce-
ration OF Moore, now under sentence for .
murder, Gehr and Myers charged with ar.
son, several attempts have been made to set
fire to Nevada, as is supposed by their con- /
federates outside. The citizens have conse- .
quently put on an extra police, sufficiently .
strong to keepa look out at all corners.
THE TRIAL OF HAYs.-The trial of HAYS,
who was convicted on Friday, oath, at Ne
vada, of "involuntary manslaughter," ex-
cited great interest and was attended by n |
l"rge number of ladies. He is said to have
BORNE a good character, and the Nevada !
J0tuHdi strenously urges the granting Of !
pardon Petitions were in circulation to
that effect.
70 Pc HrNG.-On Friday next, May Sth,
the execution Of Francisco, an Indian, who !
was convicted in March last at San Jose, of |
the murder Of Francis Ulrich, will take
place III the I. oil. vard in that city.
SENTENCE or DLA q CoMMUTEp-Chas.I !