The weekly Butte record., 1867-06-15
San Francisco Correspondence.

SAY Francisco. June 9Th 1867.
Eprrog REcoEp:-when last wrote you promised TO
write again soon but sick for some si1 weeks and
now write you from different place, and upon differ
ent matters then and soon after collected ha-
,in become mostly stale yet there some that VIII
send you 3, another time
Here again. find several persons formerly Of Oro-
VILE most of them rapidly accuulatine 'hlthy lucre
Among them. George Smith McRae Rhodes. Bar
ksr ( smith. Curtis. Shaw, et al
The political pot bubbling, that is an original
pressen,l the city press generally seesawins on the
fence between the Peoples party and the Union party;
the Union party and the workingmens party: the Wor
hngen party and the Peoples party; Short Hairs and
Long Hairs I'll the combinations Of the sew
e-al party names produced by their vacciation would
puzzle mathematician; this for local officers And
they are about the same the question who shall be
the next Governor: They wait TO see which way the
eat VIII jump. 1 don't think old Butte will have the
Of furnishing the State with her next Governor
The Chico candidate and his money may be used as
cat spaw but no will think put his name
before the people. His universal freedom professions
and cruel Indian slavery practices too well known
and VIII not easily miscegenate
If the press would work consistently their several
proelvities ALL instead OF wransng over what might
be called political tecnicties. and advocate the cleo
ton to office OF those only who are capable and honest
they would all increase their circulation and the people
would be better served
The reports OF Public School examinations. the Sun
day law target excursions of summer soldiers and like
local questions. which occupy great deal OF space IN
the city papers. would be OF little interest to your read
ers The Century Plant, American Aloe; the Robert
son Track Laying Machine and Cramers repeating gun
the only things that would interest Your readers IN
Butte.
The century plant at Oakland. to yesterday.
all and
see but little indication OF its dong At the
base il is twenty inches in diameter. putting out
searshaped leaves three four feet long. TO hight Of
about three feet with centre stem somewhat crooked
about inches in diameter at the base. and taperns
gradually the top and is about twentyour feet
high This plant grows abundantly in Mexico. and from
it is drawn the milky fluid, from which the liquor
.puIque'' : manufactured
The Robertson Track Laying Machine has proved
perfect and he is building another and I'M
proved machine put the Central Pacific Railroad,
where the nature Of the road. short and steep
the summit will severely test it, if successful there
it VIII at once be cassed among the greatest inventions
OF the world
The cra1ner Gun exactly like Colts revovcrs only
altogether different In the model which saw three
red barrels parallel and for about ten inches from the
breach are enclosed in small tank, containing water
TO keep them cool. The cylender is about twenty-five
inches in circumference. containing three rows of
ch abers opposite the three barrels. each row having
twenty-five chambers. and reyolves vertically, thus ms
king five shots for each revolution The nunt
Der Of rows of chambers am, number of barrels to
respond may be Increased indefinitely and the bottom
Of the chambers being connected cap fires all the
charges in horizontal The reservoirs Tor powder
and balls, hopper shaped, and placed vertical
y the axis Of the cylender, while the barrels
horizontal with its axis the machinery all Of which is
put in motion by turning crank, admits any given
quantity Of powder and one ball to each shaniber the
balls being ramned home the chambers pass
the ball hopper and ii the time cap fixed on
nipple the side Of the cylender there being nipple
to each horizontal of chambers. These guns may
be made os any required cabre, and fired rapidly
the generation of heat viii admit The whole is fixed
upon pivot be movable in any direction and may
be kept motion and fired at the same time and is
certainly the most destructive instrument of warfare.
playing upon line column of men, yet inven-
ted