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The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

REJUvENATIyG AN OLD Mission CHuRcH.-
The venerable. or more accurately speaking,
the dilapidated old Catholic Church on Mar
ket street, is undergoing thorough rejuvena-
ton. The weather beaten, but still solid and
substantial adobe structure, is 10 be cased in
an outer wall of brick, couple of towers ad-
ded on the front, and wings on the sides, tee
whole effect of which, together with the intro
daction of several ornamental windows, will be
to transform into a beautiful and imposing fab
ric, and an ornament to the city, building
that could hitherto be regarded as an eyesore
and an architectural bloich There is but little
of the venerabl or picturesque about an an
cient adobe building, even when in ruins. The
evidently fragile and pershabe nature of the
material precludes the idea Of great antiquity,
and the crambling debris which resolves itself
into simple blue mud, is essentially unromantic,
and unpoetlcai .aliogetler.@San Jose Tribune
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

KEEPING PROMISES wfrH CHILDREN. A
gentlemen of nervous temperament once called
on DIR, Dwight, President of Yale College
One of the Doctors boys was rather boisterous
and pestered the nervous gentleman somewhat
whereupon he said to him. "My boy if you
will keep still while l am talking to your faith
er, l will give you dollar" Instantly the
boy hushed down as gentle as a sleeping lamb.
At the close Of the gentleman's remarks he at
tempted to leave without giving the boy a
dollar; but DR.. Dwight was too fast for HIM.
He put dollar into the mans hands, saving,
"You promised my boy dollar for good he
havior Give him that as you promised II
sir, we lie, our children will be liars also"
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18


FISHING ExTRAoRDINARy.-Sunda last was
one OF the days for the full enjoyment of sport
in the piscatory line, If We may believe the re-
ports of the number of fish caught by various
parties of our city amateur Isaac Waltons,
The weather wind and tide were peculiarly IA
vorable for angling. We hear of one party OF
eight, who went out in the "plunger" Billy
Mcnibben, to Angel Island starting at O.
clock A. n and arriving at the fishing grounds
between ana 9 O'clock and before noon,
they had captured no less than FIVE hundred
rock cod, number Of spelts, one shark, etc.,
all with the hook and ine Becoming hunger
ed, the party then put into one of the little
coyes OF the Island, where there is spring of
fresh water, and landed three of their number,
TO prepare refreshments, while the others went
out fishing again, and caught some two hun
dred more. Returning the cove, the whole
party sat down to savory .repast Of chowder
and fried fish,. prepared my master hands,
which was soon made to disappear BY the hun
cry hshermenp along with the cbntents OF sun
siry suspicious looking bostes. Two Or. three
hours were thus whiled away in eating, drink
ing, smoking, and talking, when pots and bas-
kets were slowed away safely on the boat, and
the party returned to the city again highly
pleased with the days entertainment. Sever
al other parties, out upon the same grounds,
were equally successful, one boat bringing in
fully thousand rock cod, caught during the
days. F. Times.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

NOVEL SHOOTING MATcH-RIFLE VS. PIsToI
Capt. John John Travis is determined to
keep the people astouished with his use of the
pistol. Having abandoned his idea of shooting
oranges from Il living boys head he has re-
solved upon showing his skill in man
ner no less wonderful if not so dangerous.
He has made up match with j j. Breckeu-
ridge, of Kentucky, upon the following terms
Breckenridge is to shoot his rife at IA distance
oil 200 yards off hand at target, 20 shots.
Travis is to shoot the pistol made by Morgan
James Ia beautiful pistol which we have before
describedJ distance of 100 yards with rest
thesame number of shots. The bullet holes
in the target are then to be measured from the
ceTtre with string aud the number nearest to
the the centre are to determine the winner.
Tie shots will be made at the Oakland Race
Course, near Louisville, Ky, on the lst OF Oc-
tober uext.-PoTter's Spuit
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A Coop osE.-The San Francisco Spirit

OF the Times, relates the following good one:-
Every body knows or ought to know, the
place where the three beautiful copies of pic
lures by Rafael and Paul Veronese are exhib-
ted. They are large transparent pictures, and
at night are Illuminated by gas light. The
masterpiece of them all is "The Transfgura-
tion. IN which the figure of our Savior is of
course the principle feature. The other eve
ming it became necessary for somebody connec-
ted with the exhibition to go behind the pic
lures, for the purpose of arranging the light.
He went behind, took ladder with him, and
erected it against "rhe Trapsfguratlon. His
shadow was distinctly visible through the
painting to those in front, and one of them a
clerical gentleman Of numerous tendencies,
could not resist the opportunity to say some
thing. 'eFhat's about as near as ever you'll
get to your Savior" said he, and notwith-
standing the peculiar feelings inspired by the
scene before them. every one who. heard the
remark indulged in hearty laugh
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

RouGH WAY TO Borrow MoNEY.-A short
time since, according to the correspondence of
the Bulletin, the Mexican Government couclu-
ded to borrow Sl0,0O0,OO0. Paper for the
amount was issued and presented to capital
lists with polite invitation to fork over. Sew
eral who refused were ordered to leave the
country, aud others were thrown into prison,
where the government intend to keep them
until they conclu ie 10 trade Mexico now has
debt of S3O,000000 hanging over her, and
only by such means can money be obtained to
keep the government in operation. That re-
public seems destined to be dismembered, and
cease to exist as nation.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

The NAVY DRILL.-The New York Times
speaking Of the return to port of the o. s.
stofeship, Relief says:
Notwithstanding the effective crew of the
Relief has been reduced to about dozen men,
The review and exercise at the guns are kept
up with perfect regularity At the appointed
signals the officers and men "go to quarters :"
the guns are manned and exercised the tar
paulins are spread over the skylights ard hatch
es to keep the fire of the imaginary enemy
from falling between decks artificial shrouds
or stohpers are at hand to mend the rigging
when it is shot away by the enemy's cannon /;
the whip is rove in the msin hatch, with slings
for sending up the shot and shell buckets are
filled with water to put out any fire that may
be communicated to the ship during the action
large wooden plugs are at hand TO stop the
shot holes; and every man has his cutlass and
a boarding pistol ready for use when they come
into close quarters. The Surgeon brings out
his case of Instruments, and opens them on his
table IN the ward-room the bandages, lint and
turniquets are laid out, and at the word of CON-
mand the wounded are passed down below,
one after another, when their limbs are ampu-
tated, I'm the abstract,) the arteries taken up,
broken arms are splintered and bandaged, and
all the imaginary operations Of naval en-.
gagement are gone through With. = /.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

A CURIOUS PAIR OF CHILpRES=Mr John
Davis of Slaughter Neck, Delaware, has twin
daughters, five years old, that cannot be tod
apart by strangers and the nearest neighbcrs
who see them daily are not able to distinguish
one from the other. A gentleman recently
had the children brought before him, placed
side by side, when he scanned every feature,
determined if possible to show the friends pres.
ent that they could be distinguished. They
were then removed from the room for short
time only and on their return he was complete
ly foiled, and could only guess. A lady rela-
tive OF the family, q near neighbor and fire.
quent visitor, declared that she could not learn
to tell one from the other though she labored
constantly to do so. The only method for de.
termining with certainty which is which, is
by small mark on the car Of one OF them.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
SuBrRnRANEAx D1scovERY. During

SUBrERRANEAN DISCOVERY. = During the
excavation of street in Evansville Indiana,
the workmen came across the remains of a
cabin eighteenifeet below the surface of the
earth. This wonderful subterranean house was
about twelve feet in length formed by upright
posts set in tine ground, and boarded up with
split oak puncheons, secured by wooden pins
The posts, puncheons and pins were partially
decayed, but still stuck together. Within the
wall were found portions of an old-fasnioned
spinning wheel, wooden maui. several pairs
of boots and shoes, and the identical charred
stick which the former occupants of the house
had used to punch the fire with.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

ExrRioRpINARf Lusus NArURAE.-A living
negro child, with two heads, four ARMS aud
four hss is exhibited in Mobile. 1t is six
years old very intelligent, speaks with both
mouths. sings well, waltzes and keeps time.
This much the bill says. but the behoder, can
not dismiss. from his mind that .h8 has before
him two children, though >stfictly speaking
there is but one. The connection is with the
spine, and the best Psychologists of Europe and
this country have pronounced it one individual
child
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

CURIOUS PowER.-Pu balls, which you scat
ter to the wind with your finger and thumb.
can raise huge flag stones and an anecdote is
told in Chamber ournal of Sir Joseph Banks
who, putting by d cask over-sweet wine for
three years, at the end of that time found his
cellar filed with fungus SO thick and strong
that it had to be cut down with an axe, while
the cask which was empty, was carried up by
it to the ceiling. What good subject for a
natural fairy tale! 1t is almost as beautiful As
the tangled hedge round the castle Of the Sleep
ing Beauty.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

PowER o. THE sus.-6 diStihgdished chem.
ist, In regent lecture. while showing that all
SPEECHES of moving power have their origin in
the rays Of the sun, stated that while the iron
tubular railway bridge over the Menai Straits
in England, 400 feet long, bent but half an inch
under the heaviest pressure of train, it will
bend up an inch and halt from its usual hor-
izontal line when the sun shines upon it for
some hours. He stated that the Bunker-hill
monument is higher in the evening than in the
morning of sunny day. The little shnbeams
enter the pores of the stone like SO many little
wedges lifting it up.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

ScorT RrvER.-On last Sunday morning an
affray occurred between some Germans, on
Scott Bar 1t seems that they had been play
ing poker all night, and during the forenoon
two of the party quarreled several times
Threats were made and finally one of them
drew knife, whereupon the other went out
and procured a. shotgun, returned instantly
and let fly at his adversary, the entire load
passing so close to the abdomen as to tear the
Shirt and pantaloons. They were sepa, ated
from each other without further difficulty
Both parties were intoxicated Yreka Union.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

SHIFrLEss.-Freuch papers state that the
Archbishop of Paris is so devoted to the care
of the poor, that he will not afford himself a
new shirt and his servant only succeeds in get
ting one for him by telling him it is for poor
man.-Er.
Philanthropic, very; but he exhibits mes!
unfeeling lack of charity towards washerSo-
men,
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

DAGUERREoTYPisG BROUGHT TO NEW USE
There is In Salem Mass) Photographic copy
Of the Declaration of Independence, taken
upon surface scarcely larger than pins
head. In mentioning this curiosity, the Ga
zette remarks:
"When such success in reducing the size OF
documents and lkenesses has been attained by
the Photographic art, it is easy to imagine
what might be accomplished in time of war by
the use Of the microscope. The most import
ant official documents could be contained in an
ordinary vest button and worn with impunity
by spy in any eneniy's camp, or by traitor
eager to injure an active army oil his own coun-
try"
Photographs are, as most OF our readers
know, Daguerreotypes on paper. Perhaps the
"next war" win see cameras and microscopes
taking the place of telegraphs and signal rock
cts
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

His sauce should be considered. Decidedly
few bread crumbs, done up with his liver
and his brains, and a dash Of mild sage. But
Danish. dear Mrs. Cook, | beseech you, the
Whole onion tribe Barbecue your whole hogs
70 your palate, steep them in shalots, stuff
them cut with the plantation of the rank and
guilty garlics you cannot poison them, or
make them Stronger than they are-but con-
slider, he is q weakling-a hower.-Essays Of
Etu.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

Sfocxtos PAVED WITH GoLD.-In front Of
the Magnolia House Stockton, Channel street
is paved with god though, perhaps, in not very
bewidering quantities. load or two of gold
bearing quartz which was brought 10 Stock
ton to be crushed by some Of our mills, which
idea was abandoned, having been abandoned,
having been deposited in the street. 1t makes
a good read. Some pieces have been picked
out Of the quartz, which show the "color' very
plainly.-San Joaquin Republican.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

WARS UppERxosr Cones OUT FIhsr.--
An old lady sleeping during divine service in q
church in Liverpool, let fail her bible with
clasps to it, and the noise partly waking her,
she exclaimed aloud, aWbzt! you've broke N.
other jug, you siut, bavesuuf
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

CosT OF THE CoLLossAL CHuRcH IN ST.
PErERsBURG.-A GerMan letter from St. Pc
tersburg, June 10, gives some additional items
of interest respecting the monster church re-
Gently dedicated in that city. The writer saws
that an immense concourse of people continued
to visit the Place Of st. Isaac, Dotwithstand-
ing that the dedication ceremonies were con-
cluded that the Imperial family had repaired
to the summer palace Crowds still passed
into the building to feast their eyes upon the
splendors of the great oriental cathedral, COM
posed as it is of granite, marble, iron, mala-
chlte, alabaster and lapis-lazula, of bronze and
silver and gold-wood having been altogeth-
er excluded from the building except in some
OF the doors. The lightning rods are made of
patina while the great dome and the five
crosses, visible at distance of forty versts, are
plated with two hundred and seventy four
pounds of gold. The interior area is sixty
thousand square feet. The entire structure, as
1t stands, including the IL. gigantic pillars,
with Corinthian capitals, the dome and the
immense bel-.wih all its interior splendors of
porphyry, of Carrarian marble and gold, the
"Iconostase," with its gilt decorations, and the
works of art in painting and sculpture--rep-
rcsents an expended capital of nearly ninety
million thalers, {S6O00O,O00.) The granite
monoliths, measuring fifty six feet in height
and seven feet in diameter at the base, cost
each $1,000 thalers 100000 thalers were ex-
pended on gold ornamentaton. There is no
organ, as the Greek church allows no nstru-
mental music of any kind. and likewise inter
diets female voices in the house of God; the
bells, too, must only be sounded by striking
not by ringing at the dedication, however.
the four principle voices were each represented
by two hundred and fifty male singers, and
the grand choral resounded through the vast
building like the swelling notes of a monstrous
organ.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
Golden Gate Restaurant

Corner Montgomery snd Hunioon streets, oroville.
- THIS ESTABLISHMENT. having been r.
built since The ire snd Hed up in the most
Aexre.lent msiner, Is again open t, al It's old
-put ems wd as many new ones as may see III
TO call The propretu<, having had his Efforts duly APP
preciaed while keeping TIE old establishment, dltters
himself ihsi this sci alone win induce Continuance Of
pskrunsge by the public.
BOARD PER WEEK, IS 90
SINGLE MEALS so
Chcxen, oyster and Clam Soups always on hand, aud
served up at short notice Meals at ali hoar,
TIE BARI do not say that my Liquors cost me
L, eight ten dollars per gallon tut will sayust
give them 4 trial. SABEs
Open Day and Night n
Thankfl for past fsvors, respectfully olcit co l.
trnuance Of the came.
ssg5 JOHN DRAGHI. Prorr e.,r.
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bW A duel came of at Schenectady recent
ly, between two exquisites. They fought
with lucifer matches, on the tow-path. One
Of the parties was slightly killed, and the other
m2rtally frightened.
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p. & G. FARRELY.

VWyHGLEsALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN GRO
w esries Provisions Wines and Liquors, Ale, Por-
'-er &c ThGnkfai to friends for their past liberal
faxors we respectfully solicit coninuance Of the
scd fai,r serseses that sell cheap. and give
ms good satisfaction ~, other store In TIE city.
Fire proof 4nck store Washington Block. Myers s.
oroville.
Goods delivered free Of charge lels
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

FoR FRAZER RIVERA ship Of 1000 tons
burthen; has been chartered at Norfolk Va,
to take passengers to Frazer river, and will
sail OH the 18th instant-Er
More patient walters for the 'river to fall"
Well, we reckon that by the time they have
safely got around Cape Horn and passed
summer at the clam banks and on that "wide
and widening" stream that has allured them
from their homes, Frazer will have fallen low.
erin their estimations-than it ever will in
its channel. 1t will be lucky for those passen.
gers if they get wrecked on the coast of Cali
fornia.
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MISCELLA LANEOUS.
WHAT CHEER HOUSE,


- IP you HAVE BUSINESS OF ANY KIND TO
E.iN transact, Is it important that you should en-
deayor TO get possible TO where business
Of all kinds is known to cenref
Do you want 70 pstrrnize house conducted on
strictly temperate princplesf
Do you 10 patropize establishment fsyorably
known throughout California, Oregon. and all other
places for its moderate charges, good and the best of
beds, together with order. comcr conyenence and
peyior accommodations?
II you desire all tnese advise you to 60 to Wood
verth's What Cheer House, 81, SO and 81 Leidsdorf
street., iie, III. Sacramento street
Ihs o-tsb ishmen Is cenrly located in the business
par "a the city, and in the immediate vicinity Of The
Steamship Co.'s Offices, and the United States Branch
MiHt.
Board per Week, s5 SO
per Day, / 90
Meals, SO
Lodging, so to rs
Single Rooms harnshed complete, rs cents Der night
Rooms or Lodgings Gun be had by the nghi or week.
with or without Board 10 suit the convenience of ALL
The beds fitted s in the very vie, with pat
tresses, claan'sedding. esc
Suscricr hatniug accommodations connected with
The hfuse. - Shower Bath hsFree ii
Free passage 10 the Omeibus and from the boats
ioo< 10 the name on the unat5us asid imposition
BY usTemtRng attention and uutrinS efforts to fur
extremely how prices the proprietor hopes merit a
nnuance OF the increasing patronage that the hat
Cheer House at present enjoys
For the accommodation of miners and others having
scsy or yauSbles, there les ine Office
There is an extensive Library aud Reading Room veil
ssuppsisd with pa, periodicals. &c.
a travellers will please to remember that there are
mo runnere connected with this establishment rHr
iIfOUSEAS OPEN ALL NIGHT.
lsls-3m b. WOODWARD. Proprietor.
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EDWARD DoNoHUl

-. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
oFFiCE-Huntoon street above Bird, opposite the
Court House. o6
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r. MAGUIRE,
d. W. cHEESMAN

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
OrrIcE-Fir,t door west Of the Post Office
Oroville, April 10, 1855.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
m. &. 4. N. OWEN,

OFFICE=-oh the western eide of the PIAZZA, irnme-
diately opposite the rear end OF the Court House.
80 3m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-08
NO. H..

1000 pieces per month-say $4,000 yards.
Of all other kinds, about 10000 yards are
used. Half million yardsot tape are also
used up every month; 225,0OO yards Of
twenty strand jute cord; 10000 yards Of
hair-cloth; 20O0 dozen spools of cotton;
2,s00,00O eyelets, slides, clasps, tubes,
hooks, &c.
Although steel has been found to be the
most suitable material for hoops, yet others
have not been altogether put out of the
question, because rattan and whalebone are
not only still used to large extent in cheap
skirts for all the hoops, but they form part
of the material Of nearly all of the steel
hoped skirts. The manufacturers Of whom
we have been speaking will use up in the
course of the present year, two thousand
two hundred miles of hoops. The con-
sumption, in feet in month, of the various
materials is as follows: 100000 feet of steel
riband, 100000 feet of round rattan, lO0,-
900 feet of round oil-boiled whalebone-a
million feet-which will give for the year
within fraction of 2257l miles Of hoops
Boston Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-08
SMALL TALK.-But Of all the expedients
to make the heart lean, the brain gauzy, and

SMALL TALK.-But of all the expedients
to make the heart lean, the brain gauzy, and
to thin life down into the consistency of
cambric handkerchief, the most successful
is the little talk anG tattle which, in some
charmed circles, is courtcously styled con-
versation. How human beings can ETc OF
such meagre fare---hoa continue existenccin IL
such famine OF topics and On such 4 short
allowance of sense-is q great question, If
philosophy could only search it out. All
we know is, thatsuch men and women there
are, who will go on from fifteen to fourscore,
and never a hint on their tombstones, that
they died at last of consumption Of the head
and marasmus of the heart The whole
universe of God, spreading out its splendors
and terrors, pleading for their attention, and
they wonder "where Mrs. Somebody got that
divine ribbon to her bonnet?' The whole
world of literature, through its thousand
trumps of fame, adjuring them to regard its
garnered stores of emotion and thoug ht, and
they think, dts high time, if John intends
to marry Sarah, for him to pop the question:
When, to be sure, this frippery is spiced
with little envy and malice, and prepares
its small dishes of scandal and nice bits of
detraction, it becomes endowed with a slight
venomous vitality, which does pretty WELL
in the absence of soul, to carry on the ma
chinery of living, if not the reality OF life.
E.. P. Whipple.