The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1866-07-14
BY WALTER.

Thrilling Adventures In the Live Oak
District.
BY walter
CHAPTER III.
It often happens that the inexperienced novelist
or story writer finds it no less difficult to part com
pany with his heroes when desired, than it was TO
recount their exploits and bring them safely thro
perilous adventures. Sometimes an ambitious
youth aspiring to literary honors will commence
beautiful tale of fiction, carry his hero or herine
through unheard Of dangers for few chapters, and
then find himself in an extremely ridiculous en-
barrassment in being unable to drop their aequain-
tance in proper style In all probability he will
conclude, after few pages or columns of very ex
citing incidents and events by remarking that his
hero became the illustrioas progenitor of a numer
ous posterity-or his herine the hono-ed mother of
bouncing doubets WALTER finds himself placed
in predcament of similar kind-no reference to
the doublets intended. Wishing to dismiss his
characters with becoming eclat, and not having
very lucid idea of the manner in which this is to be
accomplished. be greatly fears that he will be
obliged to terminate the of the heroes of this
narrative rather snmmary. He regrets this, not on
iy in respect of his readers, but on his own account;
as such a course will be apt to incline the RECORDS
subscribers and contributors against any efforts his
powerful intellect may dispose him to m ke in
future. However as we left two brave in
awkward and perpexing situation, will do onr
utmost toward extricating them from their un-
pleasant FIX
They were to mount guard alternately, but na-
ture was exhausted and required the assistance of
her "sweet restorer. balmy sleep that the
sentinel obvious to the perils to which he was
exposed, soon laid down his piece and closed his
eyes in gentle slumher. Blissfu visions fitted DER
the minds of the unconscious sleepers Fancy
spread her magic pnions and waited them in spirit
back to the scenes they had left the dear girls
from whom it cost them much anxiety and dis
tress to part But anon change came oer the
spnit of their dreams; terrific crash ng in the
brush at a few hundred yards distance was the
seveille that aroused them frightened from their
sleep. They started up. almost terror-stricken in
dread apprehension of sudden and awful ca
tastrcphe. Ia the confusion of the moment the
RECOMMENDATION of revoivers was discharged with
smenable effect for their riding horses their only
hope of escape in an emergency, happening at that
precise instant TO be within range, unfortunately
received the leaden messengers in their bodies,
rolled over, aud as the lfe-blood welled forth in
bright rcd streams from their shattered sides their
DYING groans reached the of our luckiess
knights, and had most dscourasng influence on
their troubled minds. To have thus lost in the ont
set and through their own carlessness their princ
lal dependency too bad. The loss was irle-
parable. Their desperate, and dependency
began to seize them But it was time to indulge
in useless regrets. The crisis demanded all their
courage and presence Of mind. The mule still re-
manned. so hoistng their feldpieee from the posi-
ton it occupied on to the mules back they posted
him in front 4 breast work, reloaded their
Yolvers quickly possible, yrasped their repeat
ers firmly and awaited in anxious suspense. The
morning just rising in the distance over
the eastern hills and dispeing with its superior
sperdor tue pale light of the dim moon, rap
idly disappearing Our heroes had not 10 wait
The sht day king breaking in nights domains
disclosed 10 our anxious watchers which
might appal the strongest hearts In the heavy
brush short distance in front they beheld large
numbers of men arrayed il line and armed in every
style; some with seythes, Others with pitchfoIks,
seated on Buckeye mowers, Others provided
with long riatas, and not few with doube-bar-
relied shot guns. Our friends could feel their cour-
age oozing out their finger ends they seemed very
much disposed to beat a skful retreat, or if not a
retreat at least dignided relrogade motion; but
however much inclined they might have been in
favor of such movement, it wgs not now merely
optional matter with them. To so back was
impossible, and while they were consulting in low
tones as to the most advisable mode of procedure,
tin horn sounded among the ranks Of the enemy,
he wa piy in Wi
tell sweep tn, opposition dashed down on our i'll
fated but dauntless heroes. As they came with
resisless impetuosity, valiant friends uttered
the well known. terrible war-whoop Of their tribe,
"Whiskey-i-a, yeu bet. and fred of the mule at
the advancing host. | mean they discharged the
artillery on board the quadruped The destruction
was dreadful. Not only did the enemy safer
verely. but the loss friends side consid
cradle, for soon the piece went otI the mule
where was he Echo answers. nowhere, No
thing but haadred thousand minute particles and
fragments bits of fesh bone, sinew etc, were all
that remained OF the once stately ANIMAL The
conclusion too much for him. and he was com
PEELED, alas succomb under the pressure of stern
necessity. Wee now 10 our heroes The awfuly
sudden disappearance oi the mule was an event en-
'irely unexpeeted-a mishap, In dread amaze
ment at this gloomy turn Of affairs, they had
scarcely time to fire once or twice with their six
teen shooters. before they were overwhelmed by
numbers, bound hand ana foot. stripped almost na
ked. and stradped, MazepPa ike, on two wild Sut-
ter county colts How uncertain is all here below,
Win not the philosopher and moralisi now com
ment on the instability ol suhunary concerns =
Hereis ample opportunity, Bat let it nat be i'm
asined that our party conquered without
struggle Nohly and valorously and fercely did
they kick: bat il was of no avail. The murderous
havoc made by item in The enenny's lines only
served 10 incense the vietors. aad quarter
uacaed for, did they receive.
The CoLUSa AND YoLo CANsL.-A dispatch
der date OF july ID, says that bill has been intro
duced in Congress granting lands in aid es the con
stracton Of The loc AID Colasa canal, from some
point in Tehama eoanty through the Sacramento
Valley to the lower country. Should the bill be-
come law, there is scarcely doubt bat that this
important work wii be accomplished. 1t is de-
signedtor i'm cation, and viii open up to settlement