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Year: 1862

This matter was disposed of BY the Legisla-
ture on the 5th inst, by being indefinitely
postponed and thus, shared the fate of the
hydra-headed Alturas question of about the
same import We have been told by those
who have taken deep interest in the Chico
bantling, that if they could not get it through
the Legislature this session, they would keep
on trying until they did, and, in this manner,
use the Alturas mode of procedure and form
combinations with Ike disatfected portions of
the country until they accomplished their pur-
pose of secession. We have heretofore urged
the bad policy of making so many new coun>
ties oD trivial grounds. One main object in all
such movements nowadays, is the creation OF
new offices for aspiring seekers for the public
crib, and this object is the great active idea in
all past movements of the kind And, more
over, the policy of making so many counties is
generally to put burden upon the people,
soon TO be felt after organizing the new county.
Great inducements are held out to them that
land and public buildings will be furnished
gratis by some one who expects to reap rich
harvest from the location of the county seat at
or near his land We have seen this tried in
the location of the State Capital at various
points in the State. and We have heard that
the same arrangement was to be effected 10
the embryo Chico. The great mass of the
! 10 ta 81 of Al
will closely study their own interests, will find
that, however speciuus the reasons may appear
for division, they are eventually to be the
sufferers, by taxation. for all the varied purpo-
ses OF new county organization and mainten-
ance. The patriotic movers and planners are
soon lost sight Of and others spring up who
know nothing about previous arrangements,
and expect enlarged salaries, full prices for the
buildings and land in use by the new county,
and thus, soon run the new craft prematurely
upon the quicksands of bankruptcy. Changes
will take place from year 10 year, and the new
county will, in a short period, be surrounded
by as many, if not more, evils than was the old
one from which they were so anxious to cut
loose. Our experience has been in such cases
of temporary grievances, to bear patiently the
evils which we have, until all patience ceases
to be a virtue, than to fly to those we know
not of and learn too late the cost of the unfor.
nate change.


Butte county is not too large for the con-
veniences of the people in its territory, its
county seat is central, and as easy of access as
would be the new one contemplated by movers
in the division; the taxes are not, and will not
be hereafter, higher than those would have to
be in a new county. So we think the Legis-
lature has acted wisely, and for the good of the
people, in refusing to create new county for
portion of our peaple, and new burdens for
them to bear
Year: 1862

Our STREETS are again becoming inconve-
ent from the dust, although we had quite a
ltle shower on Wednesday last We have
ne dryest and cleanest streets of any town in
he State at least so say all the travelling
Immunity who come by this way.
Year: 1862

TuE Guards were out on Thursday evening
with their fife and drum, and paraded all over
town, until a late hour. They parade and drill
we'll They require q bass drum to complete
their marching music.
Year: 1862

SMALL Pox-This dreadful disease is very
prevalent in most of the cities and many of the
towns of our State, and our exchanges notice
1t from all quarters Our people cannot be
too careful 10 avoid it. and should use all the
preventives Of cleanliness, aad resort to vac
clnauon 10 prevent it in our town and county.
We have heard of no case in our town or
county. Do not neglect to have all the chill
dren vaccinated Immediately, and the adults
would do well to resort TO it also.
Year: 1862

THE EDITOR. The senior editor of the
RECORD has been below for some time, at San
Francisco, and we learn that he has taken up
a " ranch with some other parties, and gone
into regular business for the benefit of Butte
County, and that from present indications Of
the weather, and the signs of the times down
that way, his new calling will turn out large
yield, and prove successful enterprise for old
Butte. Ranching is a good business if the
tdres are not too plaguy high We know one
ranch down there that virtually bursted up on
account of the high tares, and the rancheros
engaged in it voted it a ID poor business,
and expensive at that. But our senior has
struck lucky lead, III the business, and he and
his fellow rancheros vii! quit the business soon,
as they have made a pretty good thing out of
it for the people up here.


When they return from their agricultural
trip, the boys here are going to shoot the big
gun again. Look out for your glassware
Year: 1862

THE BAIL.-The grand Military and Civic
Ball Of the Or0yie Guards came off on the
lth inst, at their Armory. 1t was, indeed, a
grand affair, in fact as well as in name. We
nave been present at several parties in different
parts of this State and the large cities below,
out we must admit that the party of the
Guards was success in all its various appoint
ments-equal to any we ever witnessed The
Armory Hall was tastefully fitted up and deco
rated with the ntermingling of military and
civic emblems the music was good and in
time to the genial good feeling pervading the
vast assemblage of fair women and brave
men," and the Guards spared no pains or at
tention to add everything to the enjoyment of
their guests. In most large appointed balls
there is stiffness and formality that destroys
the enjoyment of most attendants, but in this
we saw nothing of the kind. 1t was thorough
iy social and genial and everybody seemed to
feel easy and at home, and entered into the
enjoyment Of the occasion We noticed parti.
cuarly the tasteful dressing of the ladies four
attention heing called to it and pronounce the
Judgment of our ladies, displayed on the occa-
sion, in the tasteful and rich selection of dress


conclusive and beyond the power of appeal
The muses. of pleasantly, fun and dancing, all
combined to render the first annual ball of the
Guards, pleasant and mirthful occasion to be
cordially remembered hereafter. The dance
went on and the muses. robbed Somnus of many
devotee that night, who firted with them
until the rosy morn warned them to seek their
quiet homes for rest and pleasant reflections.
Year: 1862

ss-Who has not heard Of SANDS SARsArAalLLA?
How many have cause to be thankful that it ha,
cured their ailments, raised them from he'd of
sickness to the enjoyment Of health ana strength.
We wish every one to benefit by it-but caution is
required-the very success of the article is turned
against it by the cupidity of others and numerous
preparations of so called SarsaparinaH are in the
market. The original and genuine article prepared
by Sands, being in universal use, Is sold almost
everywhere. Ask for that and take no other.
Year: 1862

SroSY CREEK.-The velocity of the waters
this Winter in Stony Creek, says the Colusa
Sun, has depressed the channel of the stream
and lowered the bed of the creek considerably
Most of the old fords have been destroyed
We are informed that the ranch of Mr.. Small
below the mill site, was seriously damaged by
the deposit of mud and sand
Year: 1862

NFIAUN NHFhh,
DR.. J.. c. YOUNG.-You will remember what a
poor wretched crea ure was when last saw you.
and the result has astonished me as well as my
friends Yorr invaluable prescription and excellent
advice have completely overcome ailments such a.,
it seems to me- never afflicted mortal before new
er wrote letter with greater sat faction than pen
this | shall remember you with gratitude long
as live. That you m&y live long to allevaIe the
sufferings of others you have mine. il my earnest
prayer Please accept my heartfelt thanks that you
have brought this almost hopeless TO so happy
termination. Yours, truly,
Year: 1862

THURSDAY, Feb. 27-6P M


The absence of news and the general feeling
that events Of no common magnitude are trans
piring impaired q sense of feverish uneasiness to
business circles to-day, though public confidence
in the government and in the success of our arms
is stronger than ever.


Money is quite active still. The new pre-.
MUM on the demand notes has led to
their withdrawal from circulation, and
the banks arc again in quandary. Some
Of them are paying out their own notes.
which they redeem in gold. Others are
using Connecticut and State money which Is or
was redeemed at par in this city. The sagacious
bankers who few days since refused to receive
deposits Of government notes at any price are the
butt Of many jests. Call loans are quoted at al
per cent. The money market will be easy enough
by and by, though for q day or two IL is possible
that the pinch may continue to be felt among the
brokers.


Foreign exchange is dull with downward ten
densy. It ia doubtful whether first class bills could
be sold better than 1l3. There is general BELIEF
that we shall have cotton bills in market
before very long. Another victory or two will
satisfy the reasonable people at the South that the
struggle is hopeless. and thev will decide that on
Year: 1862

In tho House OF Commons, on the 10th instant, Mr..
Cobden gave notice that at an early day he intended to
bring under the consideration Of the House the state Of
international and maritime law as il Affects the rights Of
belligerents.
Year: 1862

There are man-eaters among the hyenas,
and these hominiverous animals are greatly
dreaded on account of the exceeding steal
thiness and craft with which they achieve
their object. They very seldom endeagor
to destroy the adult men and women, but
limit their attacks to the young and defense
less children. On dark nights, the hyena
is greatly to be feared, for he can be guided
to his prey by the light Of the nocturnal
fires, which do not daunt an animal that is
possessed by this fearful spirit of destructive
ness, and at the same time can make his
cautious approach unseen. AS the family
are lying atnight, buried in sleep, the hyena
prowls round the enclosure, and, on finding
weak spot. the animal pushes aside the
waffle bands Of which the fence is made, and
quietly creeps through the breach Between
the human inhabitants and the fence, the
cattle are picketed by night, and would form
an easy prey to the hyena, if he chose to
attack them. But he slips cautiously amid
the sleeping beasts. and makes his way to
the spot where lies young child. wrapped
in deep slumber. Employing the same silent
caution. the hyena quietly withdraws the
sleeping child from the protecting cloak of
its mother, and makes its escape with its
prey before it can be intercepted. With
such marvellous caution does this animal
act, that it has often been known to remove
an infant from the house without.even Civ.
ing the alarm. .--Routledge's Illustrated No
tural History
Year: 1862

We sometimes catch ourselves wondering
how many of the young ladies whom we
meet with are to perform the part Of house.
keepers. when the young men who now eye
them SO admiringly. have persuaded them
to become their wives? We listen to those
young ladies Of whom we speak. and hear
them not. only acknowledging. but boasting.
of their ignorance Of all household duties.
as if nothing would SO lower them in the
estimation of their friends, as the confession
Of an ability to bake bread and pies. or cook
a piece of meat. or disposition to engage
in any useful employment. Speaking from
our own youthful recollections, we are free
to say that taper fingers and lily hands are
very pretty to look at with a young mans
eyes, and sometimes we have known the art
les. Innocence Of practical knowledge dis
played by young Miss to appear rather
than otherwise. But We have
lived long enough to- learn that life is full
Year: 1862

of rugged experience, and that the most
loving, romantic and delicate people must
live on cooked or otherwise prepared food.
and in homes kept clean and tidy by indus
trious hands. And for all the practical pur-
poses of married life.. it is generally found
that for husband to sit and gaze alta wife's
taper fingers and lily hands, or for wifeto
sit and be looked at and admired, does not
make the pot boil, or put the smallest piece
of food therein.
Year: 1862

In these days when diseases of the throsa
are SO universally prevalent, and SO many
cases fatal, We feel it our duty to say VOID
in behalf Of a simple and what has been
with us a most efectual preventive. if not
a positive cure. of sore throat For many
years past; indeed. We may say during tho
whole of a life of more than forty years, We
have been subject to sore throat, and moro
particularly dry, hacking cough, which
was not only distressing to ourselves, but to
our friends and those with whom VIC were
brought into business contact. Last Fall
we were induced to try what virtue there
was in common salt. We commenced BY
using it three times day, morning noon
and hight. We dissolved a large table
spoonful of pure table salt in about half q.
small tumbler Of cold water. With this We
gargled the throat most thoroughly just be-
fore meal time The result has been that.


during the entire Winter, we were not only
free from the usual coughs and colds to
which, as far as our memory extends, wos
have always been subject. but the dry hack
ing cough has entirely disappeared. We
attribute these satisfactory results solely to
the use Of the salt gargle, and do most cor
daily recommend trial of it to those Of
our readers who are. subject to diseases Of
the throat. Many persons who have never
tried the salt gargle, have the impression
that it is unpleasant. Such is not the case
On the contrary. it is pleasant. and after
few days use, no person who loves nice.
clean mouth, and irst-rate sharpener Of
the appetite, will abandon it. -Farmer and
Gardener.
Year: 1862

| am really delighted. Give me your hand,
General Lane, | can safely trust my precious
sister in your hands. May God bless you
both"


Soon after they left for home. the entire
party together. In October there was a
double wedding in Grace Church-that of
General Lane and his beautiful Carrie
Charles Sloan and Vic Canterbury-''L Lace"
standing. looking down to his nose, regret
ting that he had not made better use Of his
time, and been married too.
Year: 1862

has won tor itself such renown for the cure OF
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaints
that it is entirely unnecessary for us to recount
the evidence of its virtues wherever il has beer
employed. As it has long been in constant use
throughout this section, we need not do more
than assure the people its quality is kept up to
the best it ever has been. and that il NAV be re
lied on to do for their relief all it has ever been
found Tn do
Year: 1862

STRAWBERRY FEs11yAL.-Thc Nursery and
half orphan asylum, j sprightly infant socie-
ty, although in the SECOND year Of its age,
gives its strawberry festival at the asylum
this evening, corner Of Michigan avenue aud
Pine street. The admission is only twenty
five cents, and leaves no one inexcusable who
fails to support this excellent charity.
Year: 1862

i
Prom the Cincinnati Price Current of jan


nary 2eth.l


Financial and Commercial Sum-
mary for the past Week.


The mystery regarding what will be the
financial policy of the Government con-
tinues to agitate the money market to a
greater or less extent in all the leading
cities, and the rnmors and speculations pro-
mnigated with reference to the views of
the Secretary of the Treasury or of the
members of the Committee on Ways and
Means, are used to put up or down the
prices of stocks and of gold, from day to
day, as the case may be. The plan reported
to have been agreed upon by the Commit
tee, to issue demand Treasury notes, and
make them legal tender and redeem them
in six per cent. United States stocks, seems
to have met the general approval of the
citizens of the loyal States, and it is not
improbable that this plan or something re-
sembling it will be adopted; indeed this is
the only feasible plan, it would seem, be-
cause IL cannot be expected that the Gov
ernment can obtain loans on a specie basis
10 carry on this war, unless at an enor-
nous sacrifice; which would add to It's ex-
penses wonderfully. There is no doubt
that the people are willing and anxious that
such policy shall be adopted.


Idle capital is sccumulating rapidly, and
the opportunities of safe investment dimin-
ishing in a similar ratio, and this will con-
tinue to be the case while this war lasts.
aad hence it is that whenever there is the
mere shadow of probability of an advance
in the price of any article of produce, in
vestments are being made in it with sur
prising avidity.


1t is supposed that should the plan of the
eonnmIftap n xvhirb oil h.
the result would be a large advance in gold
and sterling exchange, but We cannot see
why this should be regarded a necessary
consequence, because the amount of gold in
this country is very large and the portion
of 1t which can be boarded aud permitted
TO lie idle, must be very small one indeed,
SO that necessity will keep the great bulk
of it in circulation. And thea our imports
of foreign goods are now light, and must
remain so while the war lasts, and will not
exceed in value, if they come up to, our
foreign exports of domestic produce, thus
rendering the export of gold TO pay for i'm
ports wholly unnecessary; aud the amount
of foreign capital which will be withdrawn,
win be small so long as we remain at peace
with European nations, because foreign
capitalists, while they can use their money
to advantage here, will not take it to other
countries.


The demand for money is of the most
limited nature. All those considered first
class borrowers have generally a surplus
capital, and need very little accommodation. |
First-ciass short paper is in demand at 10
per cent, and no trouble in obtaining call
loans at 6@7 per cent.


Exchange has been steady during the
week, and there has been no alteration in
rates.


Gold has huctuated from q to 81 prem.
selling rates, under the news from New
York, from day to day, and from l to II
prem. buying. The closing quotations for
gold and exchange are as follows
Year: 1862

t. hartford and New Haven are each in
local bzoil over the location Of their post Off
ccs. The last Democratic administration con-
tracted With some party friends whom it wish
ed to benefit, to erect post Office building on
a lozg lease at good round sum- which con-
tract the other party now seek to have broken.
Year: 1862

E There can bc no question that the beau
tiful and touching text Of Scripture. 3'The
summer is ovcr, the harvest is ended, and we
are not sayed,' aflords perfect description Of
the present condition Of this country, The
question now is whether it will not soon be
necessary to substitute winter for summer in
the quotation to render it historically exact.
Year: 1862

A SHAN THAT WAS NOT ALL A SHAN
CAVALRY COLLISION yesterday q COM
pany of the First Battalion of Connections
Cavalry, encamped on tho Island, for the
want Of some real fighting to do, concluded
10 indulge in sham engagement. They
selected the level piece of ground below the
wooden bridge, and proceeded to execute
various mansuvres Of an interesting and
exciting character. At last one platoon
made furious charge upon another platoon
and the horses being spirited and not a.
we'll bitted as they will be, ran bolt up
against each other or passed rapidly BY on q
dead run. The consequence Was that three
or four Of the soldiers were pretty badly
hurt, one horse killed outright and another
so badly injured that he seems ever since to
be laboring under some aberration of mind,
which If not cured win render him perfectly
useless, One soldier named Clark was
badly cut in the cheek by sabre, and is
otherwise seriously injured. Another lost
a knee cap and two or three others were
bruised and scratched. It is said to have
been very reckless if not an ineIcnsably
foolish proceeding. .--lWhesling lntelligen
Ger, 18th.
Year: 1862

embodiment Of courage and wisdom during this battle
aud hs presence any part OF the field was known by
the wild and hearty cheers that greeted him his
mring troops.


acting GENERAL swuSY's COURAGEOUS CONDUCT


The greater part of the fighting OF Friday done by
the Second division General Davies General Hackeman
killed, and fear General Oglesby is mortaIIv
wounded. When General Hackleman fell Colonel sweeny
took command Of the brigade, and abatement in cou-
rage manifested On Saturday we made very
splendid charge fort after IL had been taken by the
rebels. Lieutenant Colonel Wilcox cried utaThose big
guns boys forward double quick march y and onward
they went like whwind and the other regiments with
tem and the guns again and the victory ours
appreciated do and Major Bowen has added to
his reputation gained at Pttsburg Landing We cannot
find fault with officers in this battle. Colonel W.
Swecny s host n battle May his form, so pierced
with balls cheer US when the day Of battle comes.


RATTLE.


I rode all over the field very aoon after the battle
closed and say with certainty that rebels lost
four 70 This Is owing 10 the fact that we greatly
exceed them in artillery and position. They were com
lost but very few Saturday On Friday we lost more
and this because necessary meet them TO know
their force and position. God bless General Rosecrans
says this army, and the country will say the same


There IL probably truth in the report telceranhed
from Cairo Of the death Of General 0gIesby ! was ia
Corinh the morning Of the 7h and was there not ouv
dead but although severely wounded his medical AZ
tendant minated that he would recover The
remnants q the late Southern army will probably rcndez
rous at Holly Springs where considerable Of force are
present gathered These belong 10 the division of Gen
Breckinridge beard nothing the death Of Col Oliver
and do not believe IL. Col Mower OF the Missouri
Eleventh, was slightly wounded and taken prisoner Ue
afterwards escaped.


A REwL BRIGADE DRIVEN TnE RIVER AND PARTIALLY


DROWNED.


rebel prisoner informed me that the rebels at no time
numbered more than co. 0OO lie savs that in cross ~
he Hdtchie tviedde forced into ne riper, andh
ment came in with Gag Of truce while Rosecrsns
was pursuing ON the Chcvalla read, ostensibiy
- bury their deed but probably V saa tnas fs escape
Year: 1862




As this comes to you from an important
little place in the land of Dixie, perhaps l
Can hud something interesting to tell you,
especially as but few seem aware that we
are here, and because we had not our hun
dreds killed in takiEg the place refer to us
but seldom. The particulars of the fight
have been told, and it would be labor lost
to narrate them now even if they had not,
as the public mind only looks at the pre-.
sent and frowns down any thing that dsres
to speak of the last week or month.