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The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

A CALIFcRNIA WANDERER IN THE FOREST
OF MIssoUsi.-She St. Louis Democrat is fur
nished by a legal gentleman with the following
facts:
One Stephen Shores is well known in this
region as z cattle dealer, gambler and palifor-
MIA aduterer. A few weeks since, he return
ed from the mining district near Shasta, in
California, to Jefferson county, in this State,
via New Orleans. Later still arrived his wife.
Still later came the intelligence tba. Shores
he'd murdered man rear Shasta, ard was u
fugitive from justice. Well certified accounts
are received, purporting that Shores victim
was his own friend, whom he stabbed, with in
stantly fatal effect, for interfering in behalf Of
one whom he (Shores) was fighting! The slay-
er then fled on horseback with dozen pursu-
ers after him, had his horse shot dead from be-
meath him and was himself wounded In the leg.
He still managed to escape and hide himself
among the bushes, and when his hunters had
searched for him in vain, they trusted, from
blood on the saddle, that he was mortally
wounded and returned. Shores is said to be
now secreted in forest near the line of Jeffer-
son and St. Francis counties, in the vicinity OF
Platon township. A large reward is offered
in California for his capture, and requisition
for his person will probably soon be received
by the Governor Of this State.
Shores, our readers will remember, is the
man who, some months since shot and killed
MIR. CALEB Holiday, at Rich Bar, in Plumas
county.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

REVOLUTIONARY RELIcs-One of the most
valuable and interesting relics of the Revolu-
tion is in possession of John P. Putnam,
Esq, of White creek, Washington county, N.
Y, so states the Albany Evening Journal.
We alude 10 the brace OF pistols belonging to
his grandfather. Is. ael Putnam, the kevolu-
tIonary hero. The hst,ry is remarkable
They originally belonged 10 Maj. Pitcairn. of
the British army, who commanded the eXpedi-
tion to Concord and Lexington. 1t was at
the latter place. as everybody remembers, that
Pitcairn drew them from bis holsters, with the
insoeut words. throw down Your arms, We
rebels and disperse, and fired upon the mill
tiamen the first shot Of the Revolution. In
the subsequent retreat to Boston, while his
command was harrassed by the American
sharp shooters. Major Piteairns horse was
shot under him aud left on the road The sad
die and pistols of course lell into the hands of
the Rebels and were carried to Gen. Put
nam, then in command Of the American forces.
They were used by him during the war, were
Borne upon bis coffin at tis funeral, and were
handed down Il family heirloom to his son and
grandson. They were wholly Of metal, steel,
and silver mounted. and of elaborate workman
ship. Mr.. Putnam has them preserved in a
mahogny case accompanied with a ceI Itifcate
in the handwriting of Aaron Burr, that they
were the pistols used BY Gen. Putnam, while
in active service Another certificate from a
soldier named Monroe, who was present when
they tsere taken from Pitcairns horse, places
their genuineness beyond doubt. Mr.. Put
nam says he remembers the pistols in the pos
session Of his family over G3 years.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

The New MECHANICAL CcNPoslr6R We
have seen. says the New York Herald, the
much-talked Of type-settiiig and distributing
machine, recently invented by Mr.. Alden, a
practical printer, We cannot, nor will we at
tempt to explain it, further than that it has a
rotary motion, and picks the types out of a
case and deposites them in proper position
for Justification. 1t is certainly a great inven-
iion, but will never come into universal use.
1t can only set the type with tie rapidity of
our best compostors, but then it combines one
qualification which will not be lost sight Of
and that is, it distributes the type at the same
time that the setting operation is going on, or
in oIhet words, it keeps the gases full all the
time. 1t might be used to advantage BY book
publishers, or even on weekly newspapers but
on daily morning journal It would rather re-
lard than facilitate the work. 1t often hap
peus, in q daily paper Office, that a piece of
copy has 10 be cit up intn what the pri1 ers
call ~takes'' Of four or five lines each and di
vided between thirty and forty men every one
OF whom could probably accomplish as much
in the few minutes that were allotted him as
the machine, The only saving of time or la
Dor in this new invention that we can perceive,
is in replacing the types after they have per-
formed duty. A good conpqsitor will compose
and distribute eight thousand eIiis III ten hours
This machine will do the same work in about
six hours, no time being lost in replacing the
types; but it just as much requires the hand
Of practical printer to Operate it as though
it were nothing more than ''siick and rule. !"
A daily paper Office would require nearly as
many OF these machines as it now does compos-
itors and the cost alone, which is about fl
teen hundred dollars each, would bar their en-
trance into such an establishment, if nothing
else. There is one other advantage Il has,
which even the printers themselvs will hail
with joy-it dstributs pi after being set TIP
with the same facility it does ordinary reading
matter
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

HORSE TANNING IN OLD TINEs.-The hers.
breaker in the good old times of Queen Bess
gives the following directions:
II your horse does uot stand still, or lesil
tates, then al rate with terrible voyee; uud
beat him yourself with a good stick upon ths
mead between bis ears, and then stick him in
the squirting place iii or iii times together
with one legge after another, as fast as your
legges might walk; your legges must 60 iks
two bouching beetles
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.-A. j. Taylor the
proprietor of the shootlug-gallery on Clay
street opposite tbe Plaza, better known as
"Natchez,' was accidentally killed in his own
store, by his own weapon in the hands of a
custom cr in the pursuance of business, yester-
day afternoon, shortly after 4 o'clock Mr.
John 1'ravers, engaged in the livery and hack
business, had called at Natchez's several times
to choose pistol knowing not alone that be
kept the best weapons, but that his judgement
IN the selection of weapon was of value He
called in again yesterday afternoon and Taylor
handed him, amongst others, a weapon from
the showcase, which, it appears, was capped
and loaded, although Mr.. Travers was una
ware thereof, for, standing opposite Taylor, he
cooked and snapped it, The report following
did not starte him so much as the sight Of
Iaylor's falling lifeesS, the ball having enter
ed the face just below the nostril, penetrated
through the brain and lodged near the left ear
Death was Instantaneous. Mr. Trayars sur
rendered himself to the authorities Taylor
was from jackson, Mississippi, aged foriy-fve,
a single man, but leaves some relatives in that
State. Travers was placed il the county Jail
where he will be kept until an examination
INTO the affair can be had The body of
Matches was taken in charge by the monu-
mental Engine Company, and the funeral GER
emonies will take place under the supervision
of that organization. The unfortunate cause
of the accident feels much distressed thereat,
and in common with Matches" numerous ac-
quaintances, deeply regrets his sudden and un-
expected death. A notice of the funeral will
be found in another column Call.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

THE CoMET.-In little Mexican almanac
published by Simeon Blanquel, in the city of
>.Mexico, 1857, and shown to US by Philip
Roach, we find that the comet new visible is
mentioned and predicted for this year After
announcing that this very comet would appear
III 1858, the writer quotes the following from
-,ragos demolition of the Wbiston theory.
Winston held that Noahs deluge was occa-
stoned by the action of an immense comet, and
that the comet OF which we now speak was
the one that caused that stupendous event. TO
this Mons. Arago replied There is nothing
,nadn1issible in the sqppositon that the comet
of 1860 (the same row visible) was near the
earth at the time OF the deluge. But, from
the immense rapditv of its fight, it would not
exercise its attraction long enough over those
points to which was most contiguous to cause
so mighty and universal phenomenon In
the second place this famous comet passed near
the earth on the 2lst November, 1850, and it
has been demonstrated that it was no nearer at
the time of the deluge; yet 10 deluge was oc-
casioned by its proximity at that period !"
HALEY endeavored to explain the presence OF
shells and other marine substances Oh the tops
OF mountains by aAtributing it to terribie
conclusion between the earth and this comet
Arago, likewise, disposes of this theory as fol-
lows: The stratifcation Of marine deposits
the extent and regularity of their banks their
positions, and the state of perfect preservation
in which the most delicate shells are found, all
exclude the idea of being violently transported
from the ocean, while they demonstrate reg
ular and steady deposit OF these marine sub
stances. It will be seen from the above that
tag comet was actually predicted Cor this year,
and the rescit is another Of those brilliant sci
cntiic achievements which fill the mind with
sibliinity and awe.-San Fcncisco Herald
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

INTERESTING FEaALE--In, England, lately
a young lady, within foreign accent and rather
eccentric manners, dressed all III white, with
yellow boots, alighted at Peterborough rail-
way station. Her luggage was addressed as
follows: "Her Divine. Majesty, the Zion
Holy Ghost, Empress Of the Universe. Belov-
ed Bride of Heaven passenger TO Silverdale,
near Lancaster" She stated that she was
angel from Heaven, and presented one of the
clerks with tract, written partly in Latin,
partly in French, and partly in English.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

bpA Lawyer in ireland, who was pleading
the cause of an infant client, took the child up
in his arms, and presented it to the Jury, suf-
fused with tears. This lad great effect, I'M
til the opposite lawyer asked the child what
made him cry. "He pinches me-" answered
the little innocent. The whole court we're
co1vulsed with laughter
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

g5- The following correspondence is said to
have taken place between New Haven me+'
Chant and one of his customers: Sir--Your
account has been standing for two years;
must have it settled Immediately.
To which in reply: Sir--Things usually do
settle by standing; | regret that my accou,s
is an exception. If it has been standing too
long, suppose you let it run little while
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02
The Comet.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

The Comet he is on his way,
And singing as he flies;
The whizzing planets shrink before
The spectre of the skies;
All! well may regal orbs burn blue,
And satellites turn pale,
Ten million cubic miles of head,
Ten million leagues of tailf
On, on by whlstling spheres o. light.
He flashes and he flames;
He turns not to the left nor right,
He asks them not their names;
One spurn from his demoniae heel
Away, away they fly,
Where darkness might be bottled up
And sold for "Tyrian dye"
And what would happen to the land
And how would look the sea,
Iffh tie bearded devils path
Our earth should chance TO be?
Full hot and high the sea would boil.
Full red the forests gleam;
Methought saw and heard it all
10 dyspeptic dream
saw tutor take his tube
The Comet'scourse to spy;
heard screIm-the gathered tays
Hal stewed the u oi's eye;
saw fort-te soldiers all
We're armed with goggles green;
Pop cracked the gunsi whiz flew the ballsi
Bang went the magazine.
saw poet dip a scroll
Each moment in tab,
read upon the varying back.
The dream of Belzebub;''
He could not see his verses barn,
Although his brain was fried,
And ever and anon he bent
To wet them as they dried.
saw the scaldrg pitch roll down
The cracking, sweating pines,
And streams of smoke, like water spouti,
Burst through the rumbling mines;
asked the liremen why they made
Su,h noise about the town;
Tliey answered not-but all the while
The brakes went up and down.
] saw a roasting pullet sit
Upon baking egg:
saw cripple scorch his hand
Exti1gnishing his leg;
saw nine geese upon the wing
Toward the frozen bole,
And every mothers gosling fell
Crispsd to clackling coal
j .as the OK that browsed the grass
Wrthe in the blissering rays,
The herbage in his shrinking jaws
VA. all fiery blaze;
ssw huge fishes. boiled to rags.
Bob through the boiling brine,
And thoughts Of supper crossed my scul-
had been rash at mine.
Strange sight! strange souldsl O fear ful dream
Us memory hIants ME still,
The stealnihg sea, the crimson glare
That wreIthed each wooded hill;
Stranger. ifthrough thy r-eling brain
Snch midnight visions sweep,
Spare, SPARE, o spare thine evening neal,
And sweet shall be thy sleep!
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

p9- A Kinderhook shoemaker once promi-
sed to have pair of boots finished on speci-
fed dar. for Ex-President Van Buren, but fai-
led 10 have them done when called Tor. In the
mean time the Ex-President started for Eu-
rope, and was gone three years Upon his re-
turn he called for his boots, and was told they
were finished, ,riti the er,epfton Of freeing our
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

e@ The getters-up of a bear hunt in Min
nesota, invite the ladies to participate in the
sport; but the ladies had better not do it, es-
pecially ifthey are fashionably dressed, Each
Of them might chance to be shot from appear
ing to be a lutte tare'-Lcuisrille Journal
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

re- The Savannah Ne,rs says, One of our
city physicians has handed US the following ex-
tract from letter written TO him from a pro-
fessional brother in the upper country, descri-
bing somewhat singular case, we believe, of
rare occurrence in surgical practice: Il must
put in slip, to give you an instance Of death
from the rapid accumulation Of fat. We had
a young man residing eighteen miles from this
place, who was one of the miracles of nature.
At the age OF twenty-five years lie weighed
five hundred and sixty-five pounds; be contin-
ued gradually 10 increase in flesh until he tea-
ched over six hundred pounds; he was able to
get about with tolerable ease to himself and
attended to his planting interert. Some weeks
ago he commenced increasing in flesh very ra-
pidly, and gained one and half pounds per
day, then 1t was found he gained little over
two ponrds day. Last week he died sudden
ly in his chaise think from accumulation Of
fat around the heart. Three days prior TO his
death he weighed six hundred and forty-six
pounds and had he been weighed the day of
his death, no doubt he would have gone over
six hundred and sixty pounds. | have often
seen HIM. and visited his family a few months
ago professionally.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02
From Frazer River.

The Victoria correspondent of the Alta fur
nishes the following items:
W. Bausman of the Northern Light news
paper, of Whatcom, arrived here on the 2Oth.
en- route for San Francisco, with the press and
materials of his journal, which has been discon-
tinued Perhaps nothing could more elegant
ly depict the utter prostraton of affairs at that
point. The press is generally the last to desert
its post, and, in most instances, stands by the
wreck while plank remains But not even
the interest of the property holders there could
warrant business enough to support one pa
per.
Gov. Douglas is still up the river, making
arrangements for Winter operations On his
way up in tte steamer Umatilla, he had for
fellow passengers, among Others Ned McGow-
an some of his confseres. Opposite the mouth
OF Harrison rlver night came on, and the
steamer was detained Until the next morning,
owing to the dangerous navigation. There
being a small station there, his Excellency
went ashore to Sleep and Just before his de-
parture, ON being informed that the boat would
start at six in the morning, he ntimated that
he could not get up, eat breakfast and be ready
before nine. The captain did not think prop
er to enforce punctuallty, and the boat was to
have been detained. Early next morning. Nc
Gowan and his friends went on shore, and the
former entering his excellencvs tent, aroused
him with something like the following familiar
address Halo, Gov. steam's up, and the
boilers humming, old fel Oh, Gov wake up,
here .'' etc, ETC., until the Governor, not
choosing to notice the insult, arose and pro-
ceeded on board the steamer, when the trip
was continued. Several gentlemen, who were
along as suite, were justly indignant at the
proceeding, but the number of McGowan's
party prevented any retaliation But short
time previously. MCGOWAN assaulted Jules Da-
vid, Of Fort Langley. The arrival in the IN
to interior, of such party will scarcely tend
to improve the social aspect there.
WHArcoM.-A gentleman just returned from
Fort Langley, informs US, says the Northern
Light. that Il few days ago, as Samuel McCul-
loughi iofrserly Of Sacramento, was ascending
Frazer river, with lis side wheel skiff, he was
hailed from a British brig lying in those waters
and ordered to e-to. Mccullough paid no
attention to the command He wes hailed u
second time and kept on his course, when a
shot was fired across his bows--of course to
frighten him. This decided Mccullough to
submit TO the process of being heeced out of
the amount necessary to secure a "sutierance.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02


MESSAGES RxrRAoRDISARY--1'he subjoined
Which are undoubtedly genuine, we find in the
New York Post;
1t is not generally known that the following
was one of the first dispatches transmitted by
the ocean telegraph. The Queen entertains a
cordial feeling toward the President, as her
dispatch INTENDED to have been strictly pri-
vate) will show:
80 WINDSOR CASTLE, Aug. 6.
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN As you will not
allow me to visit you, allow me to drop you
d line. Faithfully yours, VICTORIA.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLr.l
WAsHIseros, Aug. 6.
y MY DExR M&pAN ;-It is my impression
that you have dropped enough OF your line al
ready, and that you are running the thing into
the ground. ssaia 1-sy yaw1s i4s .,S
Yeurs. faithfully s.lilz JAS. BUCHANAN.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

H7P Some years ago. says a North Carcli.
IA Paper, the subject ofa State Penitentlary
was agitated among US, and candidates for the
Legislature was called on to declare their sen.
timeuts very distinctly in regard TO it, before
the election. The Hon. Peter jackson was
up for the House, and in the presence of his
constituents stood up and made speech
Fellow oitizensr' he said, .'in accordance with
the time honored custom, come to declare my
political sentiments. You know am Whig,
rocked in the cradle of Whiggery, aud was
never Anything else, and never shall be. There
are three topics that now agitate the State
the United States Bank, the Tariff, and the
Penitentiary. | shall pass over the first two
sery briefly, as nv sentiments are well known
and come to the Penitentiary, trhere l shall
dreli for sorte trne'" 1t was long before the
audience could allow him to reach his destina:
tiOn.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

1a- The bail of Billy Mulligan is Mr.. Pc
trie, land, by the way, Billy has let his bail in)
who went security for Billy, probably on ar
count of services heretofore rendered by the
latter to the former in the political world. u !
friends call Billy brick-do not the facls.
however, show him to belong to the Petr!N
faction.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

AwkwARDNEss OF FIRST ExPERIESeE.-Mr
McCreery. of Kentucky, said numberless good
things in his recent speech before the West
Point Cadets-among others the following
Il stand to day upon strange theater: !
occupy new pustipu-and there is nothing
lf,.,fe embarrassing IL man or woman than Il
new position The boldest mariner that ever
struck a tnrrow across the bosom Of the deep.
felt lis s,srits sink within him when the angry
islusic Of lie ocean first broke upon his ear.
The truest knight that ever drew the sword or
shite.ed 4 lance, was not an indifferent specta-
tor to the first conflict of arms. The most
heartless coquette that ever poured the con-
suming venom of her falsehood and treachery
around the vitals OF con6ding lover. stood
herself appalled, when she met the first eager
glance OF an admirlng suitor. The girl who Is
inst blooming into womanhopd, and whose
mind is filed with strange fahcies of love and
marriage, prepares herself with the most assid-
uous care for her first descent into the parlor.
In her efforts to be easy she becomes very in
easy her exer.ions to be graceful render her
decidedly awkward her virgin modesty mag
nihes her innocet.t mistakes, and she retires
overwhelmed with modification at her failure
in her new position. A new position, what
yer it may be, clouds and bewilders the un-
derstanding."
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

A WEATHER IrEs.-Tbe court was called.
There was cloud" upon the brow of the
Judge, Silence 4rained." William Mulligan
was "hailed,"' but William was ''mist." The
Judge ..thundered" The Prosecuting Attor-
ney astormed. The jurys' labors "lightened,"
but William Mulligan, the brave, the good,
had fed from the oppressor into the land of
the free and the home Of the breve-New Jer-
ser.-Pic1yune.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

A Long SLuNBEs.-Lord North was accus.
toned TO sleep during parliamentary harangues
of his adversaries, leaving Sir Gray Cooper to
note down Anything remarkable. During de-
bate on ship-build.ng, some tedious speaker
entered on some historic tale, in which COM
mencing with Noath's ark, he traced the pro-
gress OF the art regularly downwards. When
he came 10 build the Spanish Armada, Sir
Gray Inadvertently awoke the slumbering pre-
inier, who inquired at what era the honorable
gentleman had arrived. Being answered, eve
are now in the reign of Queen Elizabe-h. !"
:. Dear Sir Gray, said BIZ, why not let me
sleep century or two more?"
The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-02

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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-10-21
Oregon Territory.

A correspondent of the Eugene
City Pacific Journal thus describes
Oregon Territory
The great bulk of the settlement in
Oregon is in what is known rs the
Willamette Valley, which is about
one hundred ard fifty miles in length,
and from thirty to fifty miles broad;
and the Willamette river, a Manageable
stream most Of the distance, runs thrO'
its entire length. The principal town
in the territory is Portland, about If
teen miles above the mouth Of tie Will
lamette, easily reached by ocean
steamers from San Francisco and 9th
er ports. 1t is a city Of about three
thousand inhabitants, and is rapidly
growing. The other principal towns
are Oregon City, Salem, Corvallis,
Eugene City, Roseburg, and Jackson
vile, ranging from three hundred to
eight hundred inhabitance each.-
There are eleven newspapers in the
territory-fvo at Portland and one at
each OF the other towns have named
Salem has an extensive wooden man
uiactOry, while most other kinds OF
machinery are in operation through.
out the territory, developing her re-
sources. Schools receive large share
of public attention, and are mostly
placed on a secure foundation.
lie then proceeds to give a more
minute description of Eugene City,
which, though only three or four years
old, is a Aourishing town, with pop,
ulation Of five or six hundred. Prices
are as follows Land claims, includ,
| ing improvements, sell from So to SlC
per acre. Indian horses from $40 tC
500. Wheat from Is to 50 SO pei
bushel. Potatoes about S1,00 pei
bushel. Bacon from u to 20 cent
per pound. Sugar and coffee about
/ 20 cents. Lahorers 50 so to 81 pei
day. Clerks and teachers $7j t.
500 per month. This town is also
centrally located, and some look upon
it as tho future capital Of Oregon.