The weekly Butte record., 1862-02-22
Washington's Birth Day.


Let to day be remembered BY every true
hearted and loyal American, as the natal day
of the Father of our Country, who did so
much TO give TO US the Constitutional Govern
ment we now possess, and the Union of the
United States Of America, and in his prophet
ic wisdom, at the close of his well spent life,
left to Us this solemn adnouition:
Whatever measures have q tendency TO dis
solve the Union, or contribute to violate or
lessen the sovereign authority, ought to be
considered as hostile TO the liberty and inde.
pendenee of America, and the authors Of them
treated accordingly.
Let that flag, the emblem of our nationality.
which he lived to see honored by the nations
of the earth, and its azure field studded with
increasing stars, the representatives of new
States in the more perfect Union,' be flung
to the breeze to day from every flagstaff in
our town and county and State. Let it be
hailed as the true emblem of mans power of
selfgovernment linked with constitutional H.
berty, thrice tried in the ordeal of bloody war.
Let every true American citizen feel, to dav.
the proud satisfaction that internal rebellion
has succumbed to the Constitution
OPPoRrUNE.-The Appeal of the 18th inst,
in commenting upon the contemplated division
OF Butte county, says some very good things
why our friends should not secede, and the ef-
fects of such a step upon the old county, and,
among other matters, says
Then it often happens that the portion of
the old county which retains the old name has
to pay the old debts, or wait very long while
to obtain the new county's share thereof
These remarks may have no special applica-
oility to the embryo Chico. but they are op-
perfume, nevertheless
Just so-never truer thing said. For cx-
ample; When Yuba county Floytled away
from Butte the district of country, including
the villages of Natchez and Hansonville south
of the North Honcut Creek, she appropriated
about thirty thousand dollars worth of our tax
able property and has never intimated that she
ought or would pay any part of our debt, ex-
isting at the time of the Floyd operation per-
formed upon our body corporate by her skillful
surgeons in the Legislature Cnsarian surgery
is nowhere to be compared to the new school
operation, called the Floyd cut
From Our BoYs.-We have been permitted
to make the following extract from letter
written by Capt. f. B. Willis, to friend at
this place
CAMP LATHAM, Jan. 30th, o.
1t has rained very hard here, so that we
were pretty well soaked in our tents, and the
roads have been impossible for two or three
weeks, but, the weather being quite warm, we
managed TO get along very well, considering
the circumstances.
Capt. Mclaughlin is at New San Pedro,
the landing or enbdrcGdcro of Los Angeles,
about fifteen miles from here also, five com
panies Of the Fifth Infantry, Cal Vols, among
which is Lieutenant Fred. Morgan's company.
They have come down to relieve our regiment,
as we are on the point of leaving here, if this
awful rain does not prevent u.s. We expected
to have left about this date, but have been set
back by this storm, and l fear that, if we do
not get off in the next four weeks, we will have
to stay altogether.
FEB. 5.h.-As l could not get my letter off,
| have to add that the Fifth Regiment has
arrived here and gone into camp near to u.s.
Fred. Morgan and Tom Buckley are with the
regiment and appear TO be in good spirits, al
though their march was made in heavy
storm and everything as uncomfortable as pos
sible for them. do not know when we will
leave here, but we expect the Colonel Garlic
ton here to day and may learn then Of our
movements, of which | will advise you. Re
member me to all our friends. l have to 90
on duty now. E. B. w.
p. S.-We have since learned that Capt.
Willis Company has left for the Colorado
4 HIT-"Nye's ranch" and " Boone's bu.