The daily Butte record., 1858-04-21
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The Sacramento Valley Yeoman Of April
9TH, contains an article Of the above cap
ion wherein is denounced as flibustering
md land grabbing, the bill introduced by
'ur Senator, Mr.. Hart, defining the bounda-
y between the respective counties of Butte,
colusi and Tehama The article referred to
attempts the support Of the declaration by
the most f.llacious reasoning and the setting
forth of statements which have no founda-
ton in truth. Tho Woman starts of by as
certaining that the bill introduced by the
Butte delegation in the Senate in reference
to the boundary flches from Colnsi and TIE.
hama portion Of their long established do.
main. The present indefinite boundary be.
tween Butte and Colusi is Of only three
years standing and became law at the ses.
sion Of 1855 when Butte was represented by
John Dick. Previous to 1865 the Sacramen-
90 river was the boundary between Butte
and Colusi but by the enactment Of 1856,
without consulting the people and contrary
to their interests and wishes the Sacramento
river. worthy of being the boundary line Of
empires, was substituted by an imaginary
line purporting to cross the Sacramento river
at place called Placer City, thence run
ming to watson's bridge on Butte Greek; a
bridge which has no existence and never
had, save in the luxurious Imagination Of
the Hon. L. j. Lewis. The oldest citizen or
most antique digger never heard of Watsons
bridge until the statute made it one of the
points of demarcation between the great and
''immense county Of Butte and the poverty
stricken diminutive county of Colusi r Butte
does not flch nor steal foot Of the Ter ito
ry Of either Colusi or Tehama but only re.
covers by the passage Of Mr.. Harris bill that
Of which she has been unjustly deprived -
Butte has been both ilched aud robbed, All
the surrounding counties except perhaps
Yuba have preyed off Of her ever since her
organisation, and in every instance, except.
ing the segregation of Plumas, in opposition
to the will of the people. A portion of these
people petition to come back to their first
and only true love Shall not their petit
tions receive at the hands of the Legislature
respectful consideration Shall their
prayer be utterly disregarded'
The people Of that portion now embraced
in Tehama between Mud and Rock creeks
and that portion Of Colusi east of the Sacra
mento river since 1866 petitiopcd the Legis-
lature at every session to be set back into
Butte. The people of the Tehama section
have unanimously signed petition for this
purpose there is not n dissentent voice
and ninc-tenths of the people of the Colusi
section the Woman to the contrary notwith.
standing. How can q Democratic Legsa
ture refuse to grant their prayer! How
many of the present Legislature would fill
tho position they now occupy had it been
known that they denied their constituency
the right Of petition, or would refuse to
grant them. Not one.
The boundary between Butte and Tehama
is almost as indefinite as that of Colusi. The
statute in defining the boundary says follow.
ing up the Sacramento to the mouth of Mud
Greek thence up Mud Creek to its source and
the said Mud Creek sinks in the tules eight
miles before reaching the Sacramento.
Rock Geek, the line proposed in Mr..
Harris bill is much larger stream than Mud
Greek and is we'll defined from its source to
its junction with Sacramento Mr. Yeoman
exposes his ignorance of the geography Of
his own county by informing US that Butte
contains as much territory rs both Colusi
and Tehama, when geographically. Tchama
is nearly threo times the size of Butte and
Colusi twice as large. The boundaries pro-
posed by Mr.. Harris bill are those intended
by nature. they are the boundarie sasked for
by the unanimous voice Of the people resi-
ding there. There are none there as alleged
by feoman to demonstrate against il becom
ing the fixed and permanent bounds between
the counties. IL is portion of the once fair
proportions Of old Butte taken from her
clandestincly without the will, knowledge
or consent Of the people and should be res
tored.