The weekly Butte record., 1866-09-22

Letter from the East.
The following are extracts from letter not de-
agned for publication but believing they will be
read with interest as the impressions of pioneer
and prominent citizen Of Butte, we exercise the
liberty Of publishing them-l
FROM SAN JUAN TO GREYTowN.
ARRIVED at San Juan, we took a wagon for Vr-
gin Bay. We had not proceed far before our mules,
the poorest in the whole animal kingdom, gave out
and we we're transferred to a large heavy wagon,
with four mules, (the first having only two) two Of
which were almost entirely unhroken. When We
got TIE top of hill, native devil Of driver
gave YELL and down We went in a manner that
would shame John Gilpin, or any of his descend
ants. The plan of the drivers seemed to be to run
by every team they could overtake, and devil
lived up TO the plan admirably, and by not
only all the teams he overlook, but every man on
horseback as WELL And more frightened set of
women were never freighted into Virgin Bay. We
had fine steamer on Lake Nicaragua, and pleas
ant trip to San Juan river. We started down the
river at midnight, all the mascunes footing it
around the rapids bars in the river, The scene
~ the river is magnificent. 1t seems if ma
ture everywhere was struggling to put on her
greenest robes. Redolent vines Chamber TO the tops
of the tallest trees, and often decked with flow
ers presenting all the bright colors of the rainbow.
The woods are impcnetrable except by great labor,
dense is the growth of vegetation. In a word it
is the very yalambrosia of the world. dirty,
more than halfnaked race of barbarans inhabit the
country, who have only to reach forth and pluck
the rich fruits to supply apparently, all their wants
W. OF nd oil hnt verfi i'm
mediatey Immediately aboard the steamer for New
York.
TIE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
The monotony of the up trip varied by cele-
brating the 4th of July. with all the "pomp and
parade we could muster. We went through all
the forms of regular celebration except smelling
gunpowder. We arrived
IN NEW YORK
In twenty-five days and nine hours, without any
Sickness except seasickness, and but little of that
The City of Gotham is a great institution. You
are elbowed at every turn by eversurging, rest
less, moving mass of conglome-ate humanity. Here
is a Chinaman selling candy-there a Jew or Gen
tie offering you a neck-tie cheap-yonder some
remnant of the peddling matches, or some
other equally useful article and these expose their
wares the sidewalk, in the mdsl of the crowd.
| must say that have particular love for this
insolent, catch-penny city, and unless am sadly
sadly mistaken it has as little for me, any other
specimen of common humanity.
IN THE "HuB'
went from New York to the Cow-path City,
where no stranger can get around bloch without
engineering his way six or seven times. | visited
the University at Cambridge Boston Common,
with its ancient elm, bound up with rags tender
ly a mother would tie up the sore toe of her dar-
ling boy-and last though not least, the monument
that appears well calculated to perpetuate through
all coming time the immortal battle of Bunker Hill.
Returning to New York, visited Philadelphia Bal
timore, Washington and Richmond, during the hot
test weather of the season, and it is said the hot
test for period of eighty years past. l suffered
more with heat than ever did in California.
INDEPENDENCE HALL.
In Philadelphia, visited In Independence Hail. and
stood in the presence of that immortal band of he
roes and patriots who dared to publish to the world
the impeiishable Declaration Of American indie
pendence. And whilst surrounded by such pres
ence. standing in the very room where they per-
formed their noble work, felt an awe and rever-
CnOc "uiNu HSltHSI uuit nor tlCt eau ever ciIdCe
from my mind. ! could not refrain from wi shing
that every man in the United States, who casts
vote, could stand in that same presence, and turn
the mind back through the years in which those
men lived and ask himself the question. how great
is the obligation resting upon to support, main
tain aud perpetuate the noble government founded
by such patriot sires? 1t seems to me that he
would come to different conclusion from what
some appear to- in the exercise of the great privi
lege peculiar TO Americans. But I must hasten
through the Quarker City and Baltimore, to
WASHINGTON.
Here | saw our delcgtion from California. and
spent a very pleasant hour with Senator Conness,
and had long talk" with the Hon. John Bidwel
He had received the BUTTE RECORD. and thought
himself charmingly abused, sentiment in which |
entirely concnrred. He, however, threw himself
upon his dignity, dignity standing on the Chico and
Idaho stage line. beats Blondn on his tightrope as
afanambuist.-ED.l as all Hon. gentlemen must in
such cases, and will not condescend to make any
reply or explanation through the press and also
concurred in the latter conclusion, as well as the
former. He is looking well, but says he has suffer
ed from heat more than he ever did in California
! saw McRuer and Highly. with whom had no pre-
vious acquaintance. McDougal is grey rat,
and though knew him when he ran for Congress
first should not have known him now, had not
some one pointed him out. visited, of course. all
the celebrities about Washington including Mount
Vernon, and went
ION To RICHMOND
Libby possesses more interest than anything
know of. though it is mere old brick hulk of
building The portion of the city burned by the
rebels is partially rebuilt with very neat buildings
II has very fine water power. and the James is
navigabe for sea-yoing vessels within half mile of
the rapids. Richmond is surrounded on all sides
with old ruined earth-works, and filled with grinning
contrahands. Onethrd OF the population is GER
tainly colored. Below Richmand on the river But
ler's observatory is still standing. We stopped
short time OF Norfolk> where one-half the popula-
ton seems to be black. On our way TO Baltimore,
We passed the home of jefferson Davis discernible
in the dim twilight, where it is said he is kept in
excellent condition. 1t looks at least as if the au-
thorities could keep him there safe from the yio-
lence OF the populace. until they can do better by
him.
l will only add that have travelled through the
west to my presentlocality [Appleton, Wisconsin ]
have been delighted with the rapid advancement it
has male since left, and think it magnificent
country; but ii lacks over two thousand miles of