The weekly Butte record., 1858-12-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To the Peoples Party Of Butte County.

Thomas r. Norrowss Card pubiished in the Marys-
vie Express, under date sf Novembsr soh requires
contradiction at my hands but commence. will
only say That 50 far any personal susions TO Mr. Nor
TO" chsras ter written BY me unconnecird with the
eectoh o. last September | regret. because | knew
nothing nbout him and il was ungepercEs in me to
have said or written any thing about u matter had no
knowledge Of have SO expressed nyselfto my friends
since the occnFreaee But not so with his political OH
cal acts and doings in the past eec onhs statement of
having the authority TO act he charged with do
ing. viii be satisfactory and beneficial To hinsef
if is produced than the bare assertion for win thai
authority. my charges would fall to the grounf
In relation to the erds of the Butte Record nsnua
tiag themselves into the Peoples Cnnvenscn. it is false
rom the very fact at the cal for the Peoples Conyen
tion was made by those persons living in oroviie who
peser bal acted with either the DcnoeFaticor Repub
can parties, or ha ay sympathes vita The politics of
that paper -
No person will, I suppose, charge him wi h being
capable of concocng any great political scheme but he
no doubt had good ad sse aad strong Administration
aid in the premises h.nce hsts-i not conide his pur
poses to any nf the 7edps Party, he pretended
20 act with now notise that portion Of his card
that refers TO his challenge, previous 10 his sending me
achailenge met him in the streets OF Oro e and my
words %efe there, Nr. Morrow do not approach you
IA an angry manner, but If feel aggrieyed at any
thing have done, you can get redress by sending
friend to me" Ny for so doing WAS tha, had
heatu mat he had authority Tor acting he did in re-
gard to the tickets. and also that had to per-
sona Daier that knew nothing of was ever ready
TO repair any injury had done him but wanted proc:
that had wronstully accused him. Thi. he construed
INTO challenge. aud sent fri nd for the purpo
OF arranging prelimiaares. | tald him was not the
2gyrieved parity consequently could be the
ger He then wrote letter. the characteristics of
which bear evidence that the WRITER WAS NOT MAN
much less a gentleman. After cd deal Of blowing
tn his part and of his friends and practising With
rifles and pistols in the of my residence aud in
the hearing of my wife, when she sick and in
rerscus state Of mind AMI h4yng III, report OF a diff
Guilty TO reach her ears in which purity lh-nugb
some of is friends and arrest being made while nv
friends liberty was jeopardzed because he would not
compromise with him or his friend say after all Tins
blufiing the twelfth thirteenth OF September
received in the Oroyile by the hands If ID.
Burwel dated the ilih of September and it was
answered the 18th, and my friend handed it to them
on the iith Inst taa. the of three weeks
having elapsed from the time of sending his note and
The answering. IS FALSE The time | askci for and
claimed was 10 arrange matters 50 far my family Was
concerned, which WIS my right and duty.
The night before the time of meeti g, left danger
osiy SICK WE 70 protection oi strangers not knos-
ing what might be the re uit OF the meeting and
knowing but that the difficulty had been long seiilei
This act of leaving my wife was c1wardce, for do al
mt had not the moral courage t1swiths.and the
barking curs of Oroville.
1 went TO the place of mcrsing with no thoughts of
compromise amicable settlement of the matter. |
about, suppose, by tbs friends of both parties and
that settlement felt myself norabI@ bound adhere
l he following is copy of The settlement:
We the undersigned acting friends, and the part
of Mr. A. Maurice and Mr.. Thomas Morrow the
following articles final seiiiem nj OF their difficulty
Mr. Maurice will withdraw all per In
his card published in The Butte Record in rea.i
Mr. Morrow
2l Mr. Morrow will then withdraw all cards ard let
Maurice, and agrecs exbonorae dr. Maurice before
tn public from all responsibility in regard to the
Of striking OF certain election tickets in the late
election.
Signed LEWIS BuawELL,
Get 1S IS. I'M ANDERSON
This was to have been published why it Was not [
nm uaable to say. On November 4th ieceivei
from DR.. Bur~ell, asking me for card Withdrawing
the card published in the Butte Record August 3oh
immediately saw Mr. Burdwell, who informed that
sucn was not his understanding, and that nothing
the paper signed By the friends Of bo parties
be published, at the time the letter OF Dr.
Burweli to Mr. NJ. Anderson. who in reply INFO m Il
me that there unde rstanding first aud
secund cards by the principals 10 be pub and
WIS net to publish any card over my own signatJre
TIE same views entertained by Dr. Gray, who acted
III connection with Mr. 1 NJ. Anderson. and Mr.. Bori-
well for me, in the matter. Thai have ready
and whiting to conform abile by the
may be understood, and by those acti;g TOR
me-, is well known 10 them, and be guided by
them alone The card of Mr.. Thomas III. Marrow was
uncaled for. seek no difficulty with any on , but will
Always, and at all times defend IN, self when attacked
MAURICE. Jr.
0roville, Fec l. SO.