The daily Butte record., 1858-02-25

Junction Road-want of Public Inter-l
est In nOroviIIe-OrOvllIe, It's Natural |
Advsntages-Wind Speeches IN the |
LegisIa Iatue--Antieipa eneroach-l
me0t ON Southern Portion Of Butte-- |
Her position, Importa nee, Se., &c.
Ma. EDIToR-I observed in yesterdays
RECORD, q notice for o meeting of the citi-
zens of our town, to be held at the Court
House on Friday evening. for the purpose,
it is stated, of adopting some method for
opening the Junction road. That's ell very
well-but, unless our citizens manifest more
interest in matters Of that kind than they
have done on former occasions, I predict q
failure. 1t is, Sir, somewhat astonishing to
me, to see the property holders of our town,
and may say Of this county at large, re-
main quiet, and to all appearances indiffer-
ent to the future prosperity Of this place,
while towns and villages in adjoining coun-
tirs, are in fact, reaping the benefits which
are due to us on account of our natural ad-
vantages. 1t must be apparent to all in the
least familiar with the geography of this
county, that the town Of Orovile has more
natural advantages than any other of its
size within our State. Most assuredly the
people Of this town and county can avail
themselves Of those advantages if they
choose The question then is, will the cti.
zens Of Butte remain quiet, regardless Of
her best interests, until the adjoining coun.
ties, and other sections of our State, by
their prompt and energetic action, shall
have rendered those natural advantages, to
q great extent, prof tless and valueees'
Sir, can we remain easy, paying into the
State Treasury more than any other mining
county in the State, while the Representa-
tivcs of Sacramento, Placer, and Ell Dorado,
are discussing in our Legislature the posi-
bility Of extending the great national high
way through the Carson Valley Shall we
remain silent and not raise our voice, salts.
fed with our lot, yet knowing that we pos
sess the only natural pass in the Sierra Ne
vadas, and through which the great national
road can be built with ease There is no
pass within four hundred miles, either north
or south Of us, which by natural advantages
will compare, in the least degree, with ours
the opinion Of the southern press, and
Members of the Legislature to the contrary,
twithsianding.
apprchend, Sir, it is time to awake from
this state of lethergy, to q moro perfect
sense Of our rights and duties. Judging
from the action of our Legislature for sew
eral sessions past, we may anticipate stab
towards the close Of the present session, in
the shape Of bill to fix the boundary line
betw cen Yuba and Butte, for imagine the
object of the Yuba delegation to be in set
tling that line, to make deep inroad. by
taking q handsome slice from that portcn of
our county-a transaction that would be
kecnly felt by our citizens, from the fact
that the old wound is not yet healed, which
was made in settling the western boundary.
Asa citizen of Butte county, who has
made it his adopted home, l feel deeply in.
terested in her welfare, and am looking for
ward anxiously, to the time when sho may,
from her central position--from her unsur-
passed mineral wealth, and from agricultu
raj resources-be second to none other, and
maintain position to which she is justly
entitled among her sister counties Of the
State, 1t only behooves US to be up and do
ing, in order to accomplish the desired end.
Let us hope that with the coming spring
n greater degree of public spirit may be
manifested by our citizens. than has aotua-
ted them for the past four or five years. Let
us hope to see the roads and public high
ways--those avenues of withdrawing
from the interior of our county, to adjoining
ones, opened and improved. And above all,
let us hope that in future, our county off,
cials may act with an eye single to the best
interests of majority of our citizens and
the county at large.
OMEGA.