The daily Butte record., 1858-08-21
) Rrsrnvora Cry, AuoUu 10, 1853.

RrsEnvoia Cry. AUGUr 10, 1853.
Ma EprroR :-Perhars you have never
heard of Reservoir City. Well.there nre a
great many things, and places youhave new
er heard Of, and probably, some you never
will. Bot this is a great place. and popula.
ted with !. great people so of course it
shou d be heard from. Ii is now, some three
weeks since this city came into existence. II |
now has population Of about sixty persons.
and contains nearly as many houses, The
buildings are composed Of various materials,
but mostly Of brush. There are three splen-
did edifces, two Of which nrc used for pub
lie houses. In connection with this is a ba
kerry. They are composed Of pine timber,
covered with M Mississippi silk" manutactu
red 10 some of the Yankee States. Al these
houses, the entire population Of the city,
board. The third building sp ken Of. is the
"Alcalda's" Office, which is composed Of
''Shakes' or. what are generally known in
some Of the southern states, by the eunhonic
name, # ".NigSer Shingles This buil1-
! ing is very SPACIOUS, il being about twelve
has a large window and door that is, it has
the openings, without the window, or door
This place is situated Mt the northern termi-
nus of the South Feather Water Company
Canal. There is being constructed at this
pOiut q reservoir, for the use Of the ) + w
CO hence the name The dam Of said res
c,voir will, when completed, be from 10 to
100 feet high will fow the water back some
} one and "A half miles, will food me $50 or
|, 800 acres of ground. and will contain about
sixty million cubic feet of water. This wa
ter is to be conveyed thorugh aforesaid Co.'S
Canal to n small mining town, situated III
! the north eastern corner Of Butte county,
and known by the name of Moorevilc-
Moorevlle is n fue quiet little town, not
quite as large as Orowlle, but it contains
some large men, and fine ladies. As Moore,
: vile and Oroville are. comparatively, places
OF minor iupo tance, will return again To
Reservoir City. THIS place is beautifully
situated, on n gentle deciipify of n STEEP hW,
on the banks nf Lose Greek sometim call
ell The South Fork Of Feather river, and j.
about two and hnlf miles west of the Amer
lean House. The diggings pay about sixty
dollars per month. aud board and washing
that is, if each man does his own washing
1t has a population OF fine, r bust, and intel
ligent men; butn ladies az yet. That nr-
ticle we intend to have imported from :
rope and America; hence. they will not be
here for few weeks. We think some Of
being anne xed to the United States; hat is,
il they will take in without Lecompton
CONSTITUTION, if not VIC will say to Uncle
Sam, what David Crockett said to his con.
sti uent-, when they failed to elect him to
Congress.
The business Of this place hereafter will
probably be the cutting and packing of ice.
aud, probably in n few years, Sitka ice will
have to go begging in our lower cities
With ordinary luck, there can bc thirty
thousand tons Of ice taken from this lake per
annum.
We have the Hon J s Long in our midst.
He j. Grand Acadia OF the city, and engin.
eer # the work being earned on here.
Mr.. Editori You will do WILL to call and
see this place, and people. You shall par
take OF the best the m rket affords. and to
rct your wesiy limbs. you can sit on pine
hoard or a rock. just ~ yon choose, and
think the "A,calda" will allow you to take "A
"tchif" from his mere sham pipe, led with
Turkish tobacco. grown in Virginia. But II
you wish for tdics' society while here, you
must bring them with you. or send us word
before haud, so that We can order some for
the occasion.
Our sleeping arrangements are elegant,
you can find bed under any tree, aud Gov
er yourself with brush, perhaps You had
better bri your blankets for fear Of n
scarcity OF cover, for assure you, that the
cnloric pressure is not great here. A. II l.
about election time. ii there ARE any stump
spe kers in your vicinity, ring them along,
we have any amount oi slumps mere; We VIII
listen to them, and believe just rs much OF
what they say, rs suits US ~ do 20.
forgot to CONF liuen your pnrer Mt the
start, but every one knows 1t is the best in
the county, 80 what's the hodds so long
az you are dgpg' So hurra ior Douglas,
Broderick ahd McKibben.
Yours Respectful y, EXILE.