The weekly Butte record., 1867-03-23

COUNTY NEws.-One of our plain, plodding citi-
zens, who wears neither ''frills or "scolops, has
dished us up mess of local intelligence in man
ner and form as follows The farming interest of
our county is in prosperous condition. There is
yet on hand, of last years growth large quaint
lies of wheat and barley-enough to supply the
home consumption for twelve months. Owing TO
the continuous fall of rain the past winter farmers
are somewhat backward with their crops, but they
will have their seed in the ground in good time,
and plentiful yield may be expected. Business
in Oroville is dull at present, owing to the inter
ruption of communication with the mountains by
the unusually large quantity of snow that has fallen
As soon as the roads are open, great many teams
will be started. the supply of grub in those
mining localities is about exhausted-then nay
lively times be looked for. hope our citizens
will aid the people of Plumas in making a good
wagon road by way of Bidwell's Bar, which is
doubtedly the best and nearest route by way of
Crescent Mills to the extensive mining region be
yond. With such a road, all the freight for that
section. from Marysville, would pass through Orc
vile. Some persons may think Orovile is on the
decline, but beg leave to differ with them. True
times isn't now as they use to was, in flush days,
when two or three thousand miners could be col
lected together at tap of the drum but business has
settled down TO condition of permanence, and is
not overdone. There is scarcely ci,ize engaged
in any kind of business but what is advancing
slowly, but surely. How much better is this
than when speculation rampant among us and
men were fourishing one week and bankrupts the
next? Now, every thing produced bears good
price, and the husbandman is well rewarded for his
labor, although the Chicoans curse Oroville the
meanest place in creation. l have lived in Orc
vile four years, and well posted in the trade
and business of the place. l assert without the
fear of contradiction that over three hundred thou
sand dollars annually in gold coin are paid to the
farmers of Chico Township for grain, hay, pork,
beef, chickens. eggs, butter, cheese. lard, dried
fruit, etc. If the people of that fourshing Town
ship would only think of the amount of money
they draw every year from the business of this
place, they would become convinced that their ha-
tired of Oroville is without cause. My own books
show. for the past year, thirty thousand dollars,
and the books of Brooks < Perkins over two hun
dred thousand, Switzerland among whom p
among tie people of Chico Township! And these
very people take the money We pay them and pur
chase their supplies from their great Hifax Chief,
Gas we used to say down in Georgia Gen. Bidwe
And what, in return, does he for them ? Emphaii-
cally nothing. He is great producer, but he pro-
duces on the cheap labor system, with Digger In
dams, paying them less than doll ar a day, while
we employ white at two dollars. He also has
a mill, but he will not crush the grain of his Chico
neghbors for toll, reducing them to the necessity
Of hauring from 20 to 30 miles to Oroville. Produ
cling by peon labor he monopozes the mountain
trade, crushing out all competition Make him
Governor, and he will become crusher on a grand
scale. He opposed negro slavery in the South,
but how much better is the system he maint aims on
his his farm Bat, Mr.. Editcr, l find myself in
truding upon your privilege, i. e. of crushing Bid
well-therefore will conclude by expressing the
hope that he will never be made Governor by the
Union party, to which myself belong.