The weekly union record., 1864-07-02
Correspondents,
MAeNIIA. JUNE %. lS64.

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and her brother 10. bach of thirty odd, to
keep every thing about the house and barn
in nice cleauly condition.
You must therefore allow me TO say few
words about my home here IN Magalia, my
constituents and old patrons, together with
the future prospects Of this section Of the
country and State, before entering upon the
description OF my trip to Arizona.
I On my arrival found my house in order
outside and in, up stairs and down seller; even
the barn. yard, and fruit trees in the garden
looked iuvitiug, aud in readiness 10 receive me.
/ Kate and Jo as well as many OF my patrons
were pleased to see me back once more. ]
found the people usually well and in good
spirits.
Owing to the scarcity of rain during the
/ last season, many miners have been deprived
Of their regular winters work, but this being a
good lumber and now pitch and turpennne
country, oil can find employment of some kind
which furnishes them good comfortable lv-
ing. And as soon as the wildgoose excite
ments to the new mines Of Boise, Humboldt,
Reese aud Walkers river are over; men will be
contented TO return and go 10 work on their
old mining claims that pay from three to FIVE
dollars per day and be satisfied with good
comfortable indoor living, with fair wages
fortune. know of no place in the country
which offers 50 great Inducements to immigrate
as docs this section Of Butte county at this
time.
The lumber mills. seven or eight in running
order, are capable of furnishing employment
for FIVE hundred men.
The pitch and iurpentine business will give
employment to a large number, while all who
wish can make fair wages in our mines which
are but partially prospec'ed as yet, and will
last for many years to come.
The climate cannot be exceled in the State
if in the world it being neither too warm in
summer, nor cold 10 winter. Yet sufficiently
elevated above the river bottoms of the Sac
ramento valley to escape the influence of the
miasma from these maarious districts.
Magalia sometimes enormously called Dog
town. is situated on the divide between the
Butte creeks, and the West Branch of the
Feather river and on the Marysville Orovie
and Honey lake road, about twelve miles from
the east side of the Sacramento valley, AID in
the lower edge of the extensive pine forest that
courses the western slope OF the Sierra Nevada
Mountains in Butte county. 1t is noted for
its pure cold water, invigorating atmosphere
and the most beautiful picturesque mountain
scenery in the State. 1t contains two hotels,
three stores, one shoe shop, one meat market,
one brewery, two china wash houses, a whiskey
mill, a turpentine and rosin manufa ctory, and
many private families with fat children enough
for good school, which is kept in session
from eight to ten months of the year
Our old teacher, Mr.. Todd, has peculiar
faculty of drawing out all that the mind pos
sesses, and would make any mother glad to
see how rapidly her children improve under
his instructions.
My old patrons ase desirous that will so
jOurn with them until some other regular ply
sician and surgeon in whom they may have
implicit confidence is established here. When
| decided to enter the political field last fall, it /
was my intention to cease the practice of
medicine, and leave the field to some other
physician; bat as my place has not as yet been .
satisfactorily supplied, l feel myself under
obligations, somewhat, to remain till it is.
l have lived here nearly five years. and
would not exchange my field for any pl ace I
outside of San Francisco to live or practice
medicine in. My range is from the North
Fork, of the Feather river on the east, to
Chico on the west; from Honey Lake on the
North, to Oroville on the south, making a
very extensive field TO travel over. The fam
ly, together with the accidental and other sur
gcal practice furnishes business enough 10
keep one good physician and surgeon constant /
ly employed, and well paid for his labors.
Who wants the place?
The people have suffered so much during my
absence under the treatment Of Quacks, that it
is now dangerous for one to attempt to raise
bis shingle in this district, consequently none
but regular physician and surgeon need /
apply for this position.
There is but little excitement in the political
arena though it is reported that the order
known as the h. 6, C. hold regular weekly
meetings here, and an attempt has been made
to raise money to release their leader Johnson.
who was incarcerated sometime since for cap
turing the funds Of a Union party in Moore
town, that he may fll his mission here. Before
the amount was raised however, a careless
member called upon Union Democrat [sup-
posed to be member of the orderl for bis
subscription or share Of the amonot requisite,
which created suspicion and cause for many
questions among the Democrats outside OF the
order ITnion men feel confident of the success