The weekly Butte record., 1863-12-19
A CaYd.
CHERokEE FLAT. Dec. 18th. ls65.

CHEROKEE FLAT. Dec. 18th. l>5S.
RpIToR RECORD
A straw number OF that delectable sheet. the Oro-
vile Union recently found lis way into neigh
bofhoOi. i friend happening 70 see IL called n Y
attention to article therein published, in which
| am made 10 act very Gngeutlemanly and dis
graceful part. Permit ne. il justice - myself and
friends, through the columns Of your valuable pa
per uadecesve the pablic mind in regard 10 this
matter. The editor mas either misrepresented the
affair, OF his credulity has been grossly practised
o. He says The following incident was related
to L. substantially We give it below. He prob
ably meant ooastfutionatiy s5st1ntiali in the Abo-
itloa sense of the word Or. if he i innocent
enough 10 believe the story Of such windy, gassy,
shallow orained fanatic As Nc Smith-whom | have
no doubt is his althority-he has exposed his yer
dancy and should immediately inform his mater
nal relative that il Is absolutely necessary for him
to be out awhile.
Permit me here 70 say to MY friends, and the
put!ic, n all eandor and truth, that the story as
Published in the Union, Is tissue Of unnitigated
lalsehcods-that there Is not a word Of truth, nor
sernblance Of truth in it, except that, difficulty
did occur on that day in the Cheroeee Stage and
Mckinstry Smith, of Longs Bar. and Eolney G0ode
OF Cherokee Flat. were passengers This Is a.! the
truth published; but not the whole truth, as | will
show 10 every candid mind
The old gentleman, nlIae unknown, was no
other than the man Familiarity known Old Billy
Reese, OF Oregon Guleh Now is there man in
this section of the county who for moment thinks
- - iiot 41i-4ttI VIII i4-aH
who has lived here for SIX or eight years AT least
and who is notorious for his drunken, bawling abo
htion proclyities, This i lie No.l..
Secolu-NO such conversation ever occurred as
stated IN regard 10 his - Strangers, name IN
known'-daughters attending certain meeting,
and II so that would procure two black n'ggeTs to
accom- any them. This is lie No
Ihlrd-Ihat Me Smith is thorough Union
man. Instead of that, he is disunionlst OF the
oc ckest dye and If the darling secret OF his heart
could be exposed you would see inscribed in snalies
letters OF glossy black, the words 'disunion and
abolition. The sentiment of constitutional liberty
and Union is dead in his shriveled heart.
Fourth-"That I used abusive language, and
called Smith liar This is false, and lie No. f.
Fifth-That he instantly resented the insult by
sending his fist into my breadba He struck
rue on the head and face with the butt OF loaded
cane which rendered me senseless for some mil
utes. Lie No. ).
Sixth-That ''McSmith then gave orders that
Goode should take an outside seat, which he wil
hngly accepted. side by side with a darkey, &c.-
This is the last. bat not the least falsehood stun
ned and half unconscious from The blows ln1lcted
with his cane, and at the earnest request OF Mr.
Chambers the driver was assisted on 10 the seat
with him, and had rode some distance before had
recovered sufficiently to take view OF inc Held
Seeing the odds against me. | concluded that qls
cretion the better part OF valor, and rode quiet
ly home. There was no dllhey on the seat with u.s.
no one but Chambers and myself, and If he Is
darkey, don't believe he knows it. Neither do
believe that he VIII relish the sweetscented i'm
parchment. This is lie Noe.
| have now enumerated and exposed this batch of
sander and falseh9ods. And now the satisfaction
OF my friends, the et,ifcaton of the editor of the
Orovllle Union. and the exposure and disgrace of
this suppant sneaker after political nooriety and
partisan fay rs, VINO maliciOasly and meanly con-
cocted, and spit out through the columns of the
Orovle Union, this gob Of pot cal virus, with
which his stomach IS ovorcharged, will give you
an account OF the affair which Is strictly in accord
ance with the facts as they occurred: When got
into the stage in Or0ville, there was on the back
seat nlggeT, or, IN other words, "a free American
McSmith and Reese on the middle seat.
white American was sitting with the driver.
took the front inside seat alone. As put my foot
on the step to get in. Reese said. There comes
id SeceSsionisti" replied. 1T don't make any
difference Billy. see there is pretty good load OF
quality here Reese then, in very abusive laL-
guage. denounced the people Of therohee Flat, and
said Cherokee is a id secession hole, ard no
man can get justice done | suppose he referred
to difficulty which had occurred some time before.
between his son and one Sanford, and which-the
leg ii proceedings in the ter-did not terminate
satisfactorily to hm-he being too drunk 10 come
to time or triai-and replied. II don't know any
thing about That. NJ. Smith then in very chaste
ard gsafeIaanly language delivered himself OF the
following verbatim: Cherokee folks are 4 set of
id secessl N. Squaw - Indian reeting, sons OF
-! replied, Il am not talking to yo1 al
all, Ne" He thereupon called me a d-dllar, and
struck me with his cane, as before stated.
This is true statement of the whole affair, hon
e>ty made, aud in stri:t accordance with my best
recolections with no other view than to set the
public mind right with regard to this matter, and
to remove the fimsy covering of Misrepresentation
and falSehOod, behind which this foul-mOuthed.
gassy worshiper of the ebony idol has attempted to
screen himself from public gaze and contempt.
BY inserting the above in your next issue. you
will very much oblige me. My residence i Cher
kee Flat and my name is, very respectfully,
J.NOLNEY GOODE.