The weekly Butte record., 1867-01-05

VALUABLE AUxIlIARrEs.-It is publicly an
nounced that Gen. John Bidwell will be candidate
for the Gubernatoral nomination before the next
Union State Convention. He has many friends
who no doubt, would rejoice TO see him in the posi-
ton of standard bearer of this great party, and
who would willingly aid and assist him all IN their
power to achieve such distinction, but their efforts
would prove diminutive and prohtless compared
with the unsolicited aid such journals as the BUTTE
RECORD and Quincy Union are exercising IN his
behalf Their political enmity is jewel to be GOV.
eted. for the need of their praise Is more fatal
than was the poisonous breath which smote the
vain-glorious Assyrians--Sofuno Press.
II such be the case the friends OF the "GInerai'
ns well as the .'Gineral" himself, will owe large
debt of gratitude to the RECORD and Onion, which
we shall expect to see paid whenever General John
Bidwel is elected Governor Of the State. We are
also pleased to know that the Solano friend OF Bid
well is cognxant Of the amount of influence WELD
ed by the journals spoken OF. II the Press Is sat
isted, We are.--Quincy Union.
When we ascertain that Bidwel is really on the
slate for Governor, shall feel happy. He is
great failure Congressman, but like the old
fellows coon dog, he must be good for something.
As Congressman he secured the passage of land
law, which the Solano Herald thinks has damaged
the settlers more than the good for others will
amount to- Numerous mail routes have been
made to center at the Generals magnificent Ranch,
some of which originally splendid four horse
coach lines" but have petered down to single
horse lines. Digger riders on his mail lines are
taking desperate chances of being drowned, by
swimming streams and sloughs, with the endeavor
to reach the terminus at his ranch and from there,
they can get nowhere else. Greenhorns on snow
shoes. in the endeavor to get the mail from Chico
to oSusanve, are pitching head foremost into the
snow aud being held in that position by their huge
pedal attachments, believing Justify to be dug
out. correspondent of the San Francisco Times
says: ITO go by the Chico route, is to start out
entirely uncertain as to making connections, with
accommod atons along the route. 1t is fine
watered road, but the propretors of the line. (no
reference to Bidwell.] being deficient in natural
ability to ''go in when it rains can never make
the road what it ought TO be-. 1t is probable that
the Generals bill for the protection and of the
Indians of Northern California. may be a success,
and that under its provisions the General will get
pay from the Government for feeding the Indians
that have worked his ranch for the past gfteen
twenty years. But on the whole, it will he
that the General is Congressional failure. His
forte is in being Governor, if he can carry Chico.
Knowing this. and knowing him to he politically
right he ought to receive the nomination. But
there are always some, Ike Inc Solano ffeSS, with
bristles on their backs, who too contrary to be
coaNed or driven that must be deceived into doing
what is right by giving Bdwe the Nomination..
Cinnamon manage the poreine representatives of
such papers the Solano Press. by tying their legs
together, stringing them on bamboo, and carry
ing them of bodily. Probably the Generals sue
cess might be insured in that manuer, but we pre-
fer strategy to such a waste of strength. We
the right track. Gen. John Bidweli will be the
next Governor of California, and the RECORD VIII
be in position to say to such 'od Smarties' as
the Soano Press, in the language of the veiled
Prophet of Ehoras>an:
There. We wise Saints, Behold your light your star,
le would be dupes and victims. and you are -