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The weekly Butte record., 1861-07-27
Summons.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIF-
u teeenth Judicial District of the State of Califor-
MA in and for the County of Butte
The People of the State of California vs.. o. P.
Watson.
Action brought in the District Coult of the Fif-
teenth Judicial District, and the complaint filed in
the County of Butte, in the office of the Clerk of
said District Court.
The People of the State of California send greet
ing to o. p. Watson: You are hereby required to
appear in an action brought against you by the
above named Plaintiffs in the District Court of the
Fifteenth Judicial District Of the State of California
in and for the County of Butte, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, Ga copy of which accompa-
nies this Summons) within ten days Exclusive of
the day OF seryce) after the service on you of this
Summons-if served within this County; or, if
served out of this County but in this Judicial Dis
trct, within twenty days; or if served out of said
District, then within forty days-or Judgment by
default will be taken against you.
The said action is brought to obtain Judgment
against you for the of s6I6 u alleged to be due
Plaintiffs from you for taxes levied upon real and
personal property, in the year A. d. 1858 in Butte
County, fully described in Plaintiffs complaint
and if you fail to appear and answer the said COM
plant as above required, the Plaintiffs will take
S6l6 81 and for costs of suit and fees as provided by
law.
t~D--) Given under my hand and Seal of the
! SEAL. District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial
t--r-t District, this 24th day of Nav. in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one.
HIM. PHIPPS, Clerk.
By MILES CHAPLIN, Deputy Clerk.
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Insolvency Notice.

StTATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY of BUTTE
= In the District Court, Fifteenth Judicial Dis
trct.
Haskell Austin VS. His Creditors:
In pursuance of an order made at Chambers, the
22d day of June A. D. 1861, by the Hon. Warren I.
Sexton, Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District
Court in and for said Butte County State of Cali
forna notice is hereby given to the creditors OF said
petitioner, Haskell Austin to be and appear before
said Court at the Court room in Orovlle in said
county, on Saturday the third day of August A. d.,
1861, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, then and there to show
cause if any they have, why the prayer of said pc
titioner should not be granted, cession made OF
his said nsovent estate, and he be discharged from
ali his debts and liabilities as prayed for in his
said petition and to appoint an assignee or assign
ees of said nsolvents estate. 1t is further ordered
that all legal proceedings against said petitioner
for the collection of any of his debts and liabilities
from which he herein prays to be released and dis
charged, be stayed, until further judicial order
herein is made.
49,, Witness my hand and the Seal of said
! SEAL. District Court affixed this 22d day of
t---l June A. d. 1861.
HIM. PHIPPS, Clerk of said Court.
By MILES CHAPIN, Deputy.
THos. WELLS, Atty for petitioner. je295
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BANKRUPTCY OF New ORIEANs-The city
government of New Orleans is bankrupt, and
has suspended its public works and suspended
payment. The Delta, commenting on the
city's admitted bankruptcy, exposes another
source Of anxiety. 4 large number of tax
payers, it is said, are at the present time ut
terly destitute of the means necessary to pay
taxes on their small property" and should the
time for payment not be extended many will
be compelled to allow their homesteads to
pass under the hammer of the Sheriff."
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AN IMPOSTOR.

yUNHE PUBLIC ARE HEREBY CAUTIONED
u against trusting or having any dealings with a
certain H. F. Y0KIM. who travels around the
country as an ltenirant Preacher, of the Campbell
ite Persuasion. He swinded the undersigned last
August, by first aaying his suspicious by soft ap-
pliances of adulaton, and professions of piety and
then inducing him to sign a Note for large amount
of money, at an exorbitant rate of interest, al of
which ne has had TO pay, after the said Reverend
gentleman had spirited away the property placed
in his hands as security.
ELIJAH SMITH.
Nisalla, June 18th, 1861. je22 3-w.
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THE DoucLAs FUyD.-In Washington city,
June 23d, the Douglas Committee held
meeting TO appoint auxiliary Committees for
the several Union States. The following is
the Committe for California J. C. McKibbin
j. A. McDougall, John Conness, Leonidas
Haskill, John Nugent, J. ". Cofroth. Mar
shal 0. Roberts, Of New York city, was
unanimously elected Treasurer.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-07-27

SEVERAL of the editors in the Confederate
States are fond Of calling Mr. Lincoln the
Gorilla. The gorilla, as travellers tell US, is
an animal that sits upon the branch of tree,
and when man is passing under seizes him
around the throat, draws him up. and holds
him suspended in the air till he is cboked-
Have our friends of the Secession press some
suspicion that Old Abe may haul them nm TO
the limb of e tree ?--LouiSUWe Journal.
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Insolvency Notice.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF BUTTE
S-District Court Fifteenth Judicial District.
Samuel B. Osborne VS.. His Creditors.
In pursuance of an order made at Chambers June
2Sth A. D. 1851, by the Hon. Warren Z. Sexton,
Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, in
and for said Butte County. notice is hereby given
to the creditors of said nsolvent Samuel B. Osborn
to be and appear at the Court House in OroyilIe on
Thursday the lst day of August A. d. 1861, at the
hour of 10 O'Clock A. NJ, in open court before the
Judge of said District Court, then and there to show
cause, if any they have, why assignment of said
insoyents estate should not be made and he be
discharged from his debts and liabilities in puIsu-
ance of the statute in such cases made and provi-
ded; in the meantime it is ordered that all legal
proceedings against said insolvent be stayed.
,@~ Witness my hand and the seal of said
SEAL. District Court affixed this 2sth day of
'~-f-~] June A. D.. 1861.
II. NJ. PHIPPS, Clerk of said Court.
THos. WELLS Atty. for Petitioner. je 30 5.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Probate Notice.
N THE NATTER OF THE LAST WILL AN

testament of VIM. L. Evans deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested;
that document purportng to be the last VIII and
testament of Wm. L. Evans, deceased. together
with the petition of the executors therein named
for the admission of said instrument to Propate'
has been filed in the Probate Court of Butte County.
and that the same will be heard and considered be,
fore said court at the Court House in the town OF
Orovlle on Monday the 18th day of July, A. ID.
1861 : at il o'clock A. NJ, of that day.
By order of the Hon. Thos Wells, Probate Judge.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
SEAL I Court affixed this 9th day of June, A.
t-r-] d. 1861.
PHIPPS, Clerk of said Conrt.
lie 293. BY MILES CHAPIN, Deputy.
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Notice..

VHNHE UNDERSIGNED WILL APPLY TO THE
4 Board 9f Supervisors of Butte County at their
next regular meeting for License to keep and run
for year public Ferry across Feather River at
point about three hundred yards above CARROTS
sawmill, Ophir Township, Rutte County.
P. ORD.
June 18th. 1851.
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LEGAL.
Notice to Creditors.
Summons.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA-IN THE JUSTICES
- Court Oregon Township in and for the County
of Butte. The People of the State of California to
j. A. Chenowth greeting: You hereby sum
moncd to appear before me, at my office in Chero-
kee Flat, Oregon Township, in the County of Butte,
on the twenty-fourth day of August, A. d. 1861 at
o'clock P NJ, to answer unto the complaint of
NJ. Pence, who sues to recover the sum of two hun
dred (S200) dollars amount of your Indebtedness to
him for blacksmith work done, including iron and
steel, and goods delivered by plaintiff to you, when
Judgment will be taken against you for the said
amount, together with costs and damages, if you
fail to appear and answer.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of said county,
greeting: Make legal service and due return hereof
Given under my hand this Sth day of July A. D.
1861. SAMUEL GLASS,
Justice Of the Peace of said Township.
1t is ordered that this summons be published in
some newspaper Tor six successive weeks
SAMUEL GLASS, J.P.
July 18th, lS61-iy20-6t
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Bridge Notice.

HNHE UNDERSIGNED WILL APPLY TO THE
Il Board of Supervisors for Butte County at the
August Term, or as soon as can be heard Tor re-
newa of License to take toll on Nelson Bar bridge.
c. S. CURTIS.
July 10th, 1861.
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Turpentine & Camphene

We are now importing our Turpentine from Bos
ton, and have our Camphene distilled fresh every
week. Purchasers can rely upon getting superb
article and always at the lowest price.
r. H. MCDONALD & co.
Sacramento.
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4 GREAT mistake sometimes turns out better
than good intention.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-07-27
Dental Ins trume ents.

GOLD FOL AND TEETH.
400 books Jones, White, and McCurdys and
Abbey's Gold Foil
1900 Gum and Plain Teeth, from the best manu-
facturcs in the United, States.
Blow Pipes, Plugging Instruments,
Brush Wheels, ivory handle,
Corundum Wheels, Scaling instruments, ivo-
Chevaliers patent Lathes ry handle,
Plate Shears, Burr Drills and Excava-
Files of all kinds, tors, wire handles,
Grindstones. Mouth Glass, silver, gold
Impression Cups, and wood frames,
Lancets. Mouth Dstenders,
Stump EXtractors, Saw Frames,
Hooks. Turkeys,
Chevaers Chairs, Pinchers,
Forceps, Chevaliers best Elevators,
Received by express direct from manufacturers.
For sale by
r. II. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Importers of Dental Instruments,
Sacramento.
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Insolvency Notice.

&SATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY of BUTTE
~ In the District Court of the Fifteenth Judi
cial District.
IN. Harris VS.. His Creditors.
In pursuance of an order made by the Hon. War
ren 7. Sexton, Judge of the 18th Judicial District
Court in and for said County at chambers, on the
2sth day of June \. D. 1861 Notice is hereby given
to the creditors of said nsolvent debtor F. NJ. Har-
ris, to be and appear before the Hon. w. 7. Sexton
Judge aforesaid, in open Court at the Court House
in the town of Oroville county and State aforesaid
on the 10th day Of August A. D. 1861, at the hour
of ten O'Clock A. NJ. of that day, then and there to
show cause if any they can why the prayer of said
nsoyent should not be granted, and an assignme mt
of his estate made, and he discharged from his debts
and liabilities in pursuance of the statute in such
cases made and provided. 1t is further ordered
that in the meantime, all proceedings against said
nsolvent be stayed.
l---) In testimony whereof I hereunto set my
! SEAL. hand and afiX the official seal of The
49, said Courtthis 2Sth day of Jun A. D. 1861
II. NJ PHIPPS, Clerk.
By NILE CHAPIN, Deputy. jy6-4t
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A blacksmith recently made out bill
against one of his customers for welding with
steel two mattoeks. The son of Vulcan who
had been more used to welding sledge ham
mer than studying DIR. Kendrck, wrote ont
the item in the following manner " To steal
ing 2 mad ducks two shillings."
The weekly Butte record., 1861-07-27
Summons.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIF-
u teenth Judicial District of the State of Califor-
MIA, in and for the County of Butte.
The People of the State of California vs.. Enrique
The weekly Butte record., 1861-07-27

" BY Is money like the letter p because
it makes an ass pass.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-07-27

WHAT sea would make sleeping room p
A dry attic (Adriatic).
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& ITUATED OF THE WEST SIDE OF FEAIHtk
- River, Butte county; being part of the " fer
nandez Grant and including the tract known a.
the 90 Henshaw Ranch.
TITLE GOOD.
These Lands will be Sold on EASY TERMS and
time allowed on portion of the purchase money
with moderate interest.
Included in the above is
1000 Acres of Enclosed Pasturace: also,
400 Tons OF Excellent Hay.
Apply to J. L. HENSHAW
Hamilton Township, Butte County.
Orovie, Saturday. Sept. 22-n46tf.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-21
The New Secretary Of the Navy.


The Hartford Pres, gives an agreeable sketch
of Hon. Gildoa WcIles, who, as Secretary Of
Navy, represents New England in the new Cab
met We take the following extract
lie is not IA man Of tomporizing ozpedients,
fnesso and intrigue, but theyery reverse Every
policy be bring to the test Of fixed, principles
The through democracy Of thomas Jefferson
q pant of his very beng his personal aquain-
lance with Anirow Jackson made them firm
fiends, and you never could move either from
what he thought was right ground.
But tits needless to tell the people Of this
State what manner Of man he is. For over
thirty years he ba, been q leading politician
among us. For years he conducted the Hart
ford Times, and he and the late John NJ. Miles,
almost inseparablc friends, founded the Jackson
Democratic party Of The State Many years
ago he was very useful member Of the Legis-
lature. His discharge Of the duties Of Comp.
troler is often referred to BY those familiar with
that department, as q model Tor every successor.
during 'no administration OF van Dofon 'o was
Postmaster oil Hartford : and under rolN ne
was at the mead oil " buron IN the Naval Depart
ment' o'o9o 'ha' 'ime 10 has been IL no active
business though continually reading ana study
lng' and exercising strong influence upon par
ties and men Douo'le'' ne has naa an hotr'-
Die amol'Ion' out he hAd none oil sei'neiplng
arts OF dcnasosue' never attempted pubhc
speaking ana had slnsuIarly strong aversion
to personal not0r'e'y mat surprised ne" trends
VINO h4a before heara OF MN only rom pollu
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-21
Going to Bed.

A Philosophical Var. The following is
rom the pen of b T. Taylor, Of tho Chicago
Jourual
" Some fling of their garments as irthe wore
the shirt Of Nessae-wasn't that biz name -
and were particularly anxious to get at it..
Here vHrls vest in one c1rncr-iis contents
iiugliug 70 the floor as il lies There goes a
baol yie9eba. The Ct ekiugs aro turned inside
out tb4 haplcss coat hangs BY It's skirt to a
nail; and the bed is attained with bound.
Pillows tumble thls way and that; the feet are
inserted between the sheets, and. like shuttle
through . loom, down goes the body one arm
Is naug under ,ha head lower JAW and eyciids
drop together, and the man is asleep-asleep all
oyer--aslcep for all night
Ano.her goes 'eteriRg about On his toes lie
puts his watch here his coat there, and his
vest there. His boots stand side by side, like
a brace Of grcnadicrs the tips OF his stockings
peep our Systematically to the top; and il it be
winter, he fingers upon the beds edge like one
HoouN W tHhp i"ti-1ichiilEi 1tl uVelfliS,
and finely steals in to bed by degrees, draws the
quilt and the couuteIpane over his head, and ia
motionloss--is gonc-ariyod in the land of Nod
Ifono only thinks of it sleep, in great city,
is queer thing Think of fifty thousand in
this city all sleeping at once Fifty thousand
in tiers one, two, three, four, FIVE deep, from
cellOr to garrett. Fifty thousand in rows mile
long. Ten thousand in red nightcaps, tasseled
and untasslcd. Ten thousand in dingy ones that
were white, Mondays AMI Mondays ago. Five
thousand in silken ones Some edged beautiful
| some hemmed with a sail needle, and some un
capped altogether, with locks dishcyelsd and
ruiiled like "quils upon the frotiul porcnpine ,
Five thousvad snoring alto-fve thousand
snoring base. TwOnty thousand under calico
A hundred or 81 beneath silk. Some weeping
some pmiling in their drcams--others dream
less as the grave. Rngets twisted up in ciga,
lighters--trc;se s streaming over the pillow-n,
tsesses at all.
Even asleep, humanity preserves is peculiari
ties. Even in dreams, men are distinctive still
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-21
Force of Volcanoes.

Cotopaxi, in 1873, threw its fiery rockets
5000 feet above its crater, while in l744 the
blazing mass, struggling for an outlet roared so
that its awful yolco was heard distance Of
more than 600 miles In l707, tho crater Of
Tunguragpa, one Of tho great peaks Of the An
dcs, flung out torrents Of mud, which dammo
up rivers, opened new lakes and in valleys Of n
thousand feet wido made deposits six hundred
feet deep The stream from Vcsayius which in
1877 passed through Tore del Greco, contain
ed 33 100000 feet Of solid matter, and in 1874,
when rorro del Graco was destroyed second
time, the mass Of lava amounted to 4G, 600 600
cubic feet In 1919, Ena poured forth food
which covered cghty.lour square miles Of CUR
face, and measured nearly l00,O000OO cubic
feet. On this occasion the sand and scorn for
med the Monte Rossi, Nicoosi, a cone woml,s
in circumference and 1000 feet high The
stream thrown out BY itna, in 1910, was in
notion al the rate Of yard per day, for nire
months after the eruption; and it is On recold
that the layas Of the same mountain, after q
terrible eruption, wero not thoroughly cooled
and consolidated ten years after the event Ia
the eruption Of Yesuyius, A. D. 70, the scorir
and ashes yomised forth far exceeded the en-
tire bulk Of the mountain while in 1000 Etua
dlsgorgcd more than twenty times in its own
mass Vcsuyus has thrown it's ashes as far 70
Constantinoplc, Syria and Egypt it hurl,
stones eight pounds in weight, to pompe, a
distance Of six miles, while similar masses wee
tossed up 1000 feet about its summit Coto
pax has projected block Of 100 cubic yards
in volume distance Of nine miles, Sumbawa,
in 1915, during the most terrible eruption n
record. sent its ashes as far as Java, distance
Of three hundred miles Of surface, and out Of
population Of twelve thousand souls only twcn
ty-six escaped
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-21

The Armstrong Gun.

We have row precise information, says tie
London journal, respecting the experiments con.
Quoted recently with an Armstrong gun against
martolo tower at Eastb1urne The guns en-
ployed were Il i0pJunler Of 81 cwt., an 50
FOUNDER Of GO cEt and shor; loo FOUNDER,
weighing only SO cwt The distance was ! ,O}3
yards, and the projectiles employed were partly
solid shot and partly percussion shells Tho
tower was built Of very strong briekwork, the
thickness of tho walls being # 3 in. on the
land side and f. on the side next the sea.
The roofor platform consisted Of massive vault
Of great strength, supported by the walls and
by a solid pillar ol buokwork occupying tha
center OF tae tower. The so FOUNDER Slot xa=
found TO pass quite through the wall into tho
tower, piercing f. TO- Of solid brickwork
the other lodged in Che wall at the depth Of
abont Gye feet Live shells were then fired, and
with 50 much effect, that after eight or tcu
rounds from each gun ,he interior Of the tower
became exposed 70 view. The center pillar sup
porting tho homhrl1t was speedily knocked
away, hut the structure was sI cll pact tlNs
the vault continued to stand, and was only
brought down by a succession OF s4rlls exploded
in tie leiakv.rk Nothing could exceed tho
precision with which Ties were thrown, Tho
bsokon section og ,he vault W,. its2llh Gt "a small
abiac. to hit, but dis was done wiki such untr
ring certainty that The very spot selected WIS
almost myarnly struck Tae total number or
shot and she'll fIrel agliu,, the tower was 10.
Of which only a small proportion from the loo
FOUNDER The l00pluuler gun as d on this
occasion throws shells which weigh 100 pounds,
and contain pounds Of powder, and yet the
weight Of the gun with which these tremendous
projoctiles are discharged is less than that oil the
ordinary b FOUNDER, the weight of which is So
cwt
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-21

he was required to leave. After leaving the
village, Anderson again encountered him and
accompanied him, notwithstanding his attempt
to shnn him. AT this mans house he got his
supper and bed, and started early next morn
ing before breakfast Through some villages
which he passed every one looked on him as a
curiosity on account OF BIS trayelsAlncd condi
tion-the children running TO the dools to stare
at him. In one farm house which he entered be
had purchased loaf Of bread, when man
came in, at whom Anderson took fright and
ran out, the housewife after him, calling that
he had better pa her the ten cts. which he did
while standing over the fence after he had col
Iccted himself. Oyortaking some teams that
were on the road to Rock Island, he got On one
Of them and reached that city by DAYLIGHT
Here be hired himself to a barber though he
was quite uninstructcd in the art OIL shaving .--
Remaining in that ely two days, he went to
Chicago, the Abolition Society paying his fare.
It is pleasing to note the existence, 50 near The
seat the slavery OF such society, always ready
to assist the oppressed IN asserting their free
dom. In Chicago he lived with barber, but
remained there only three weeks, when he left
for Windsor, being advised by his master to do
so During his stay in Windsor, where he go'
employment as a aboror he wrote twice TO his
wife, but he suspects the letters were opened. -
A reply was received stating that his wife was in
Detroiland asking him to 60 over for her. This
letter was probably penncd by some slave catch
er. Anderson submitted the matter to friend
who told him not to comply with the request,
for there was likely some evil lurking under it..
1t was about The beginning of Nov. 1858, when
he reached Windsor, about weeks after he had
made his escape from bis master in Missouri.
lie worked as a plastcrcr at Hamilton and Gale.
donia and at the time Of his arrest by Matthews
was engaged making maple sugar. After being
discharged, he went to Simcoe, whore he was
again arrested and brought before Mathews who
thought that now he " bad the evidence against
him nicely fixed up" Anderson says, "he ney-
cr knew there was 50 auca LAW in the world as
be has found in Canada
He can read very little, but cannot write
When about !6 years Of age he got spelling
book the only book he ever had while in ayery,
but did not make use Of it, He is man Of great
muscular power, and of determined, but kind
disposition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-21

heart. Only his eye retains its former bright
ness, and ia that there is a melancholy glare
which saddens me long after ! see H.
1t is said that he mourns most deeply Tor his
wife but fear it is not that wholly. have
had no conversation with him when others
were not present, ana ! do not wish 1t;
though know that be desires it, and | am
fearful that something will occur 50 that can
not avoid it. Bat again think, why should
fear anything in the future, when know it
is God hand that leads me? and 80 nv peace
returns, and look trustIully forward with a
brave heart.
hurry BAG opened stcdio, and | hear that
it is tLrongcd with visitors to examine his
works. but do not wish to 60 with the rest,
and shall not.
| have not time to write more now, and you
will hardly think this a sufficient return for
your kind messenger but please excuse me,
and perhaps will do better next time, for !
shall write you again soon and also, as you
requested, keep Il daily memorandum of my
hearts thoughts, for your eye to read alone.
With the kindest and best wishes for your
continued happiness am,
Your old and true-hearted friend
GENoRiE
IN, roNrrNupn AVN ,urpV \