The weekly Butte record., 1863-10-31
- Close OF Volume Tenth.

The present number Of the RECORD
closes the volume, and the tenth
year Of its existence. There is a de-
cade in lis past history. What the fu-
ture has in store for it quien so5e- We
enter upon the second decade Of its ex-
istence, with aIout the same capital
that We did upon its first, with hope
and faith in the future undimmed, and
with the blessing Of Providence, reli-
ance upon health to labor.
The past decade may not have real
lied all that was hoped for the county
and State, by those who witnessed the
advent Of the press in Butte; but still
much has been accomplished. The cot
ton dwellings that then composed the
hamlet dignifed as the site Of a county
containing more territory than some Of
the States of the American Union, have
given way to brick walls, and perma-
nent and industrious population have
succeeded the feveri-h and impatient
prospector, and converted the hills and
valleys that he hastily explored, into
fields and gardens, and spread over the
land the busy hum Of industry and civ
ization.
As the resources of tie country be-
came developed the ftful surge Of our
our excitable population has rested for
a brief period upon the county, giving
rise to "castles in the air. that new
excitements have dissipated, leaving on
ly the substantial reality that attaches
to rich mineral and agricultural coun-
try If we were for moment dazzled
by visions far beyond this, why lament
ideal, when the golden reality still re-
mains- If we turn our eyes to the bleak
hills of other climes, We can well afford
to forget prospects unrcalized, and be
content with the blessings we enjoy.
Had some prophet risen ten years
since in our midst, and proclaimed that
our State should be eclipsed by the
mineral wealth that laid hidden east Of
the Sierra Nevada, that 1868 should
witness towns and cities and wealth II
yaling those of our own State, he would
certainly have been without honor in
his own country. Yet such is the fact.
Fraser river was but prelude to the
rush, whose returning wave was unfelt
by a State engaged in throwing of huge
colonies into territories unnoticed when
the tide Of immigration set towards
California. Such excitements, however,
are not lasting, and can allict nor per-
mant injury upon a State possessing
the substantial advantages Of Califor-
MIA.
Thecounty, too, has not witnessed the
lapse Of the past decade without secur-
ing for future enjoyment many of the
improvements and comforts of older
sections in other States. With our
excellent school system perfected, and
a moderate share Of energy and enter
prise in public improvements, to keep
pace with the proSrezs Of the age,
no people on earth can enjoy more Of
the comforts Of life than those whose
lots have been cast in the golden west.
We shall not pretend to give picture
Of what Butte county may be on the
first of November, 1873, bat content
ourselves with hoping that they may lie
far beyond those of the past ten years,
That Indian difficulties and wars
alarms may have been forgotten, and
school houses and vine-covered cots
may dot the land, undistarbed by the
presence Of tie enrolling officer, and
the fear of an impending draft, With
this hope, the RECORD marks another
volume, and enters upon another de-
cade Of its existence. May it not be
written with y.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT fhe policy Of
the Cabinet would be towards the rebel
States, were all fears Of their recogni-
tion BY foreign powers removed, may
be partially inferred from the course
already proposed By Sumner, aad other
radical leaders II the staten Mt Of 4