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The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08
Inskip Correspondence.
INsK1P. Oct. 10Th. lS62.

ED1Tog REcoRD Being diligent searcher
after fats instead of theories. and laboring un-
der difficulties that l require some assistance
to surmount, take the liberty of calling oD
you for that assistance. The praises of the
new road opened from Chico TO Honey Lake
having been sounded in nearly every paper
from Shasta Peak TO Mount Diablo. was led
to suppose the new road was better than any
other; and perhaps it is-only one thing puz-
zles me sorely, namely, that numbers of teams
that come down light on the new road, prefer
hauling their loads back over the old one Are
they seeking to verify the old adage Of L" the
longest way round, the shortest way home" or,
are the teamsters practical men, following their
judgment to their own individual interests. and
seeking to accomplish most with given Ger
tain amount Of means Last Monday. Messrs.
James, Lee, Hick, Harold and others, living
in Big Meadows. above the Junction of the
two roads, and, consequently, hoving 10 par
tiality for either, passed up through this place
with their loads, having gone down on the new
road, but return on this, because as they say,
they wished to haul full loads Last night,
seven teams, loaded. from Chico Landing ior
Honey Lake, stopped here, all expressing them
selves laconically in the words can't fool me
with the new road ~
Now, please tell me, for l wish to know,
first, are teamsters judges of highways Sec
ond, does the fact of a certain amount of mo-
ney having been expended by some landed pro-
prietor, necessarily make the "easiest and
best" pass over the mountains nocturnal dis
advantages to the contrary notwithstanding !?
Der of-newspaper articles would it require to
make the summit of Lassen's Butte the easiest
and best pass over the Sierra Nevadas? As
sist me to the truth, and accept the thanks of
your most grateful INPERTINENT.
Our correspondent is an unsophisticated in-
dividual, but as he so earnestly wishes to know
how sky-hgh routes are made the easiest
and BEST" We will tell him how it is done II
Lassen's Butte stood in the way of direct
road from Sacramento, or Marysville, to Hum
boldt or Washoe, to day, in a weeks time the
respective papers of those places would lie it
down to the size of a mole-hill, and turnpike
company, with capital of few hundred
thousand dollars, would make toll road over
it, which would be kept open for travel during
the winter by placing man with q shovel on
every six feet Of the route, to shovel snow and
mark the line of road, as the tallest trees might
be buried in snow, and without these guides,
travellers would lose their way.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

! DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN NEW YogK.-A
large Democratic meeting was held in New
York City on the night of October l3, which
was addressed by Horatio Seymour. Horace
F. Clark, John Van Buren and Richd O'Gor-
man. The following is the conclusion Of Mr..
Seymour's speech
We not only coucede, but we demand that
the President of the United States the repres-
entatlve of our laws, our dignity and our pow
er, shall at all times be treated with Difference
and spoken of in respectful terms. Cheers.
Our success, therefore, instead Of weakening
the Administration in its efforts TO subdue the
rebellion, must inevitably strengthen it, and
will aid in shaking off these radical influences
by which it has heretofore been annoyed and
embarrassed. Again, fellow citizens, upon this
occasion, as upon every occasion when We have
assembled since the outbreak of this rebellion,
We solemnly dedicate ourselves and all we hold
dear to restoration of our Union as il was.
To this end the ranks of our armies shall be
kept full, and the treasury of our nation re-
plenished. This support shall not be held back
by US to coerce Government to adopt a pecu
liar line of policy Great cheering Again,
with equal solemnity, we pledge ourselves TO
uphold our Constitution as it is, against every
influence or threat. Applause. 1t is not
that we are merely deslrous the South should
return to their duties and enjoy its protection,
but because it is our Constitution. 1t does
not belong peculiarly to them, and it is not to
be confscated by their acts. Laughter and
cheers. Its guarantees are our protection
it guards the fruits Of our toil-it shelters the
sacredness OF our homes--it saves our persons
from violence and wroug-and above all, it al
lows no power to step in between Us and our
Maker in the exercise of freedom of conscience.
Its guarantees are the sum of all the great
principles of liberty, of equality, and justice,
wrought out by the toll and suffering of the
patriots of our own and other lands. 1t is a
sacred trust received from our fathers, and
which must be handed down to the future un-
impaired and unmutilated By Gods help
that trust shall be kept at every sacrifice and
every suffering. Seymour then retired amid
long and repeated applause, accompanied with
loud cheers"
A Black Republican never conceived or ut
tered as loyal and patriotic sentiments as are
contained in the above extract Contrast it
with the following, from speech of Cassius
NJ. Clay, on the subject of the New York
election:
So far from finding fault with Abraham
Lincoln, he rather found fault with him that
he had not suspended the habeas corpus, not
by dash of the pen, but by the rope round
the necks of these traitors.
A voice-We'll hang them yet.
Mr.. Clay-Yes, sir, the hanging of such
men as Seymour and Wood would have saved
thousands of honest lives"
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

THE FIRE AT RED BLuFF.-The Indepeu-
dent Of Tuesday, November 4tb, says " Ga
Thursday evening of last week, at about the
hour of nine o'clock, fire was discovered in
the rear portion Of the second story of Dolls
new hotel, and in few minutes the whole up
per portion of the building appeared to be in
flames. The citizens Of the town were prompt
ly on the ground, but nothing could be done to
save the building, and they directed their ef-
forts in keeping the surrounding buildings wet,
and moving property from those most exposed.
The upper rooms of the hotel must have been
saturated with turpentine, and combustible ma
terial collected in them, as they were newly
plastered and swept out. The black smoke
that poured out at the time the fire was discov-
cred, was evidence that turpentine and other
combustible material had been used by the vii
lain who fred the building. Could the rascal,
or his accomplices, if be had any, been found,
the enraged citizens would have dsgraced a
limb Of one of the oaks that adoTn our streets,
with his or their careases. Every precaution
had been taken since the commencement Of the
hotel to guard against fire, aud now that the
building was nearly completed, it seemed a
terrible calamity to the town that it should be
burned. 1t was beautiful building, and all
ornament to the place, and the citizens feel the
loss as much as does Mr. Doll. The whole
losss sustained by Mr.. Doll, will amount to the
sum of s35 900 damage to Callaghan's store,
5000; John Byers, lumber and tools, 5000 ;
Beacon printing Office, Sl75 other losses,
about $500; total, S35,S75. Mr.. Doll was
insured on the hotel. $4,000. Insurance also
covers the damage done TO the store
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LosT HIS TIcKEr-Charles Mccarthy com,
menced suit in the County Court of san Fran
cisco, last Monday, for $4,000 damages. against
the steamship Sierra Nevada, for violation of
passenger contract. Plaintiff purchased a
ticket for a steerage passage, from Victoria to
San Francisco on the steamer for S25. Upon
their arrival at Portland. he found he had lost
his ticket, and demanded another of the purser.
VINO refused to give him one. He was then
driven from the steamer aud badly beaten by
the mate and some of the crew. As the
steamer was leaving be jumped on board, when
be was seized and put under arrest by the
mate and kept so strictly until the second dav
out. After all of which, the purser had exam.
ined the register released the man and gave
him new ticket a strange story and stan
ger still if true.
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A Tribute of Respect.

At meeting Of Oroville Division, No. 20,
s. T, held at their Hall November 4th, 1862,
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted;
Resolrsi, That iu the death Of our Brother,
\. P. CAK1LASD, this Society has lost 4 firm
friend and worthy exemplar.
Resolred, That in the death Of this husband
father and brother, while yearning for the en-
dearments of his home, We acknowledge kind
We; mysterious Providence, admonishing each
of Us to be also ready.
Resolred, That we tender his family, resi-
ding in Massachusetts,. our heartfelt sympathy
and assurance that our brother had brother
care extended to him during bis illness.
Resolred, That the thanks of this Division
are hereby extended to our Committee, Judge
Wells, who 50 faithfully discharged his duty
toward the deceased.
Resolued, That copy of these resolution;
be forwarded to the family of our departed
brother, and that they be published in tht
newspapers in town.
4. y. WYNAY, Il. S.
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HUST's BILLIARD SALooN.-Attention is
requested to the advertisement Of the above
institution, which was thrown open to our citi-
zens on Saturday evening last. d. 1t is uSaoubt-
edly the most spacious, neatly furnished and
tastefully decorated saloon north of the Bay
City. Its proprietor, Harry Hunt is too well
and iavoraoly known to require adulation as
his numerous friends testified on his opening
night 1t is seldom one sees larger or more
respectable assemblage enjoying themselves SC
good-naturedly as did our citizens on that
evening.
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FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PRESIDENT
The Washington correspondent Of the \. Y
Herald, Says:
" The Presidents life is considered unsafe
by many persons here. As in all great politi
cal and social crises, there are now monomani-
acs whose peculiar insanity point toward the
assassination of the person who wields the
power of the Government Mutterings have
been heard in this form of insanity in Wash
ington, and the personal safety of the Conlman-
der-in- Chief ought to be looked after with the
utmost diligence"
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y PATRIOTIC RELIC-Mrs \. Delano of
Grass Valley, has, says the National, treasured
for many years, as kind of family relic. a
linen sheet which had been made by her grand,
mother during the American Revolution. Mrs
d. intended to never part with the relic but
recently, moved by spirit of patriotism, the
sheet was presented TO the Lint Association o
Grass Valley, and its threads, woven during
Americas first struggle for independence, have
now been appropriated to the noble purpos,
OF soothing the wounds of our brave soldiers
who ara lighting for that Union that had it
origin in the dark time when the linen fabri,
was manufactured
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SELLING LIQUoR TO INDIANs-Constable
Simmons, Thursday night last, arrested four
Cinnamon and one Chinawoman, charged with
selling bottled lightning to Indians. Two of
the Cinnamon were held in bonds of $500 each
to appear before Judge Coughey, for trial. on
Friday, and the others were committed to jail,
being unable to procure bail. The practice of
selling liquor to Diggers should be stopped
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

FoRT CAPTURED BY THE FEDERALs.-A let
ter from the steamer Norwich, at Georgetown,
5. c., states that the fort at that place has
been destroyed and several rebels killed
Contrabands report good deal of sickness at
Georgetown. They also report gun float,
ing battery and l0-inch thick iron clad YES
sci being built at Charleston, and four large
steamers laden with cotton there awaiting an
opportunity to run the blockade.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
COUNTY rREAsURER'S OFFICE.

Warrants drawn on the General County Fund
registered May 9ih and 10Th, 1850; also warrants
drawn on the INDECENT Sick Fund. registered be-
tween the Isl and 10Th Of May, lS60; Will be paid
on presentation At this ofsoe, and Viii cease %
bear interest fEor this date If no; presented within
sixty dsys the money set apart for their redemp-
tiou, VIII be appropriated to pay warrants next
in order Of registry.
n. BURROUGHS,
County Treasurer.
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10 DR.. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS
should be in the possession Of everybody in the
mining region. As a preventative Of the various
dangerous diseases to which the gold seeker is La
bic. it has no superior. While it Is quite palatable
As beverage. is speedy and powerful in its effect
upon the system. In all cases OF DiarrhGa. Dysen-
terry, and the prevailing feverS consequent upon
exposure, the Btters will be found invaluable as
corrective. No man should enter upon the exposed
camp life Of a miner without being provided with
Hostettcr's preventive Of stomach disease, nor
should any of those who are engaged in the occupa-
tiou fail to have recourse to the Bitters. Sold by
all Druggists and dealers everywhere.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

THE Crops IN WESTERN New YoRK-The
farmers in Western New York are busily en-
gagged in cutting their corn and buckwheat.
Both of these crops, situated in valleys and
low places, have been somewhat injured by
early frosts, although the corn crop. generally
stocking, is very good this season. In portions
OF tie State where tobacco is grown to q con
siderable extent, the farmers have also secured
and housed the crop. which promises TO be .
very valuable one this season.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

RIcH CoPPER DIscovERY.-A vein of cop
per ore that will average forty-ive per cent.
has been struck in the Webster claim, mile
and half soutlrof Copperopolis. The depth
Of the shaft where this ore has been discovered
Is one hundred an twenty feet, and the width
OF the vein, as far as yet known, is twelve feet.
This is said to be by far the richest copper
lead heretofore discovered.
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MINING AccGDEXr.-Major NJ. Stetson was
badly injured by a premature blast in the Os-
ceola tunnel, Virginia City, Nevada Territory
on Wednesday last. 1t was at first supposed
that bis sight was destroyed forever, but it is
now thought that he will lose the use of only
one of his eyes. The patient is doing well at
present.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

An ACKNOWLEDGMENT - The Syracuse
Journal, prominent Republican organ, in
New York State, makes the following plain
admission:
" 1t is true that the Republican leaders and
the Republican masses would prefer peaceful
separation to the bringing back of the seeded
States as slave States
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

POLICE GAzErTE-Last weeks number OF
this paper appears in quarto form and greatly
improved in appearance. 1t is now published
by F. S. Harlow Bro. 1t contains a like
ness of Lieut. George Harris, alias Forbes,
q notorious confidence man who is now in the
San Francisco Jail.
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Gov. ANDREWS PoLCY.-The Boston Cou
rier has learned, ard says it believes, that Gov
Andrew, of Massachusetts,, has expressed him,
self openly as follows, to party Of gentlemen
since the Altoona Convention
Lincoln ought to resign and let Hamlin
take his place, and then we shall have Gene
raj in command of the army who will fight
Who is the General?" asked one OF the
party.
You will be surprised TO hear" replied
Governor Andrew " it is General Hooker"
And further on in this conversation, which
occurred before the battle of An.ietam, Gov
Andrew said, in substance:
am going TO Massachusetts,, and not a
regiment shall go out of that State for the
war till | am satisfied that the right man is 10
be in command at Washington"
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

NoRrH PACIFIC REvIEw.-We have recei'
we'd the November number Of this valuable
Monthly. 1t contains fine lithograph por-
trait of the late Charles Doane, and is filled
with interesting matter.
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DESCRIPTION OF A MURDERER.-Felipe Her
nandez, who lately murdered the jailor at San
Jose and escaped, and for whom a reward of
$1,000 is offered, is thus described: \ Mexi-
can, about thirty years of age, five feet eight
inches in hight, dark complexion, keen black
eyes, and has defect in one hand caused by
a wound from knife
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CHARLEYs RAscH.-This fine ranch was
sold at Sheriff's sale Monday last, and was
bought by Mr.. Joseph Gluckauf, for the sum
Of S2I ,02l.
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EsMERALDA.-The Star says that the iron
mines in Esmeralda are about to be worked
and that other mines produce abundance Of
coal, for that purpose.
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Nimshew Correspondence.
NIMSHEw, Nov. ID, 1862.

NIMsHEw, Nov. I'd, 1862.
Dir. Editor Having read, in your last
issue, slight notice of an exhibition, which
took place in this town on the IS Oct, and
thinking that justice was not done to the chill
dren, or teacher, III those remarks, having been
present on that occasion, take the liberty of
addressing few comments.
In the first place, Mrs. Hamin's school,
which she has been teaching for the last six
months, consisted of seven pupils, all young,
the eldest thirteen, the youngest six. Yet the
exhibition was one of the best | ever witnessed
in the country. A short description may not
be unacceptable
A platform was erected, on which the chill
dren sat, all neatly dressed The entertainment
opened with a song from the whole school, and
as their voices mingled harmonously, you
might well look at their sweet young faces and
say, /" of such is the Kingdom of Heaven"
The opening address, spoken by Miss Cora
Rugh, was prettily and modestly delivered, fol-
lowed by reading, spelling, and exercises of
different kinds, all showing excellent discipline
and master hand ;" after which several
very pretty dialogues, single pieces, spoken by
Mr.. Rughs, Mr.. Marks, and Mr. Butchers
children, interspersed with some beautiful
songs, made up the evenings entertainment
Before the presentation of the flag by Mrs. H.
and the reply by Mr. L., the Star SpaDgled
Banner" was sung in full chorus, Aubrey
Rugh, boy of six, waving the flag very patri-
otically all the time When the presentation
was over. all sang Red, White and Blue -
Miss c. Rugh then delivered a parting ad-
dress,-when the school, in conclusion, sang
" Good Night" which concluded the exhibi
ton. The room was filled with spectators
and all expressed their qualification and de-
clared they had never witnessed anything of
the kind more interesting. In a country like
this, where education is considered of so little
Importance, and teachers so little appreciated,
l think this notice may encourage both pupils
and teachers in their efforts to improve and
embellish the mind.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

ELEcTIoN RETURSS.-The official returns of
this State, at the ~te election, have been an
nounced, as follows: The aggregate of the
vote cast for Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion is returned at $3.50, of which John
SWEET, Republican, received 81 .2SS; j. D.
Stevenson, Democrat, 2l,5l4; o. z. Fitzger.
aid, Democrat, 1857.
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vitality and beauty Of the hair and afoTd Of them
selves no dressing HeimStreet's lnimitabe Color
ing not only restores hair TO its natural color by an
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The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

HosPlrAL SuPrLIEs.-By advertisement in
another column, it will be seen that sealed pro-
posals will be received by the County Clerk
nishng the County Hospital with supplies, for
six months
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The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

New TowN-Citizens of Virginia City,
Nevada Territory, have taken up a large tract
OF land to the east of the present road between
Gold Hill and Virginia City, and are having
1t laid off into town. The tract embraces
some three or four hundred acres
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

DRowSED.-A small boy, aged about five
years, the son of John Webster, living near
Gold Hill, Nevada county. whilst engaged in
playing with several other boys, on Thursday
last, fell into deep shaft containing seven
feet Of water. and was drowned.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

IMAGINARY ENANcIPArIox.-A correSpon-
dent of one of the Boston journals is highly
gFatihed at the emancipation proclamation OF
PRESIDENT Lincoln. He says, with seeming
great satisfaction and inward rejoicing, that
the most glorious and worthy act of our
good hearted President-one which Will en-.
uea' MN 10 the American people forever, and
ImmoFtaiize his memory-is the one 10 which.
with one stroke Of his powerful pen, he eman.
cipa'ed and liberated four millions of slaves. '
The Folsom Telegraph asks: =" Uhea did our
good hearted President do this glorious act !
1t Will indeed be netrs to our people to learn
this important fact, and piece of Information
worthy prominent place in the columns O.
the Sacramento Union"
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quarters Montgomery street next doortocorner
Myers street.
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SENTIMENTS OF New JERsEY.-We find the
following item in regard to the President
emancipation proclamation in the Monmouth
Democrat, loyal, patriotic war paper;
Presidents ProcldmQtion-If we were trai-
tors we would thank the President for bis
proclamation. As We are loyal and desire the
success of our arms, we mourn. That is not
all ; we feel that an outrage has been perpe-
trated upon the great majority of the loyal
people of this country. Now for such an ear
nest war upon radical Republicanism as it
never vet has felt
The weekly Butte record., 1862-11-08

THANKSGIVING IN New YoRK-The Gov
ernor of the Empire State has appointed
Thursday, the 9th inst, as day of public
thanksgiving and prayer.