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Th0 citizens Of SteilacoOm met in GOodburn's
building, on last Tuesday evening, to hear the
rcportof Messrs. Williamson and Tidd, who werC
appointed 70 view and report the condition o.
he road
The meeting was calledt to order BY D. II. Byrd
Esq, President The Secretary being absent
Mr.. @. Ford was chosen to act pro tem The
report Of the viewers was read and accepted
MessrS s. M.Caw and WIN. Tidd were elected
with power 10 select third, 10 take charge oI
TIE work of clearing the trail, TO have sole con-
VI q he work, and 10 expend the funds sub
Scribsd % The be-. advantage,
AdjOunod, subject to The can Of the commit.
-. 3. 4. = G. FOnD. secy.
REPoRT.
Geu,lsmen In accordance with the wish oI
fho cii'1sns Of SlsilaeoOm, We have examined The
tlan Ioading 70 he Nachess Pass and beg leave
70 submit he following report:
First day, March 1ih, 1e61.-Started from
Slsilnooom and travelled 10 MontgomeFy'S and
oncamped br the night We here obtained the
sursicss q an Indian % act as guide, agreing to
pay hin el.50 per day.
Tuesday. 5th.-StaFted over the usual route
IN company with NJ. White, for his residence on
SouIh Prairie. This Is about thirty miles from
eI1IIncoom. and is an excellent spot for grazing.
Stopped viii NJ. White over night ..
Wednesday, elh-Exchanged our Indian guide
o. aAoih1I. better acquainted with the route,
an1 uIocooicd over an Indian trail 20 White
Klgul, distant about ten mileS Crossed at an
oxcl||lnl lord, and followed up the river some
f.n miles and oamped
thursday. 7th-Leli camp at u O'Clock and
NII041d up lho river some four miles further,
uh1Io w Il|I 1 and struck Of On the Hudson
~ Cas- "a lIall. which ue folloHed some eight
g In mica Our guide here told us that We
uuI within % o. ~ hours travel of the summit
q Ih1 moanlaina over Z Foad fully e good a.
lh1I " had Da11cf, upon which We concluded
70 InTn back. believing We bad accomplished the
object IoI which We were sent
30 a. q uo went Wo lbund The trail passable
rl.a 1oHi 11I 70 m1keii good practicable route
requires the Allen trees 70 Be removed and some
q II1 bis 1|ghlg graded. We believe that
I'.Il \ allcady enough anb1cribod 70 open Q
01oI IIll over l1o summit q the mounlalns
provided / = properly expended
L1|I 11Il olly crosses White river once, and
n cur guide 4 b Be relied On, L avoids Mud
Mo1nII'n and olhcf serious Obstacles on the
o|11I routes. and lhorlsns tho distance very M
I1IIl|ly b Iho summit :.
nl1pecillly, H.G. Wn11AnsoE,
Wu1IkM TDp.
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While the subject Of abolishing the terms ol
the District Court in this County was under con.
slderation, our people seem not to have given il
that thought which it merited. They attached
no importance to the retention or removal Of the
Courti they treated the ubject with indifference,
and In that spirit many were prevailed upon to
sign 1t away, rs well as to instruct their repre-.
sentatives in the Legislature to vote il away.
They took no account or heed Of the expense
and Inconvenience our citizens would be .ub-
jected to in attending Court twenty five or thirty
miles from home, from their business. and from
their farms; they only thought Of the paltry tax
which it imposed, without taking into account
any oifsetting benefits. They took for granted
the representations Of our County Auditor, Who
magnife1 the burden without exhibiting any Of
the advantages derived from It He possessed
the figures which showed the cost Of the Court
to our County, and be, therefore, was the pro-
per person to look to for information. Upon
the strength Of his showing, the Court was abOl.
ished by legislative enactment
Now what fOllOwsi Why, large number Of
the citizens Of our county are summoned to at.
tend Court at Olympia, rs jurors, as witnesses,
and as litigants, 70 the total neglect Of business
and interests at home. The farmer Is taken
from his plow, the storekeeper from his counter,
and the mechanic from his work bench, to spend
aperiOd Of two or three weeks in distant town,
without remuneration, while his interests suffer
ct home to the extent Of hundreds Of dollars,
Independent Of the money required to defiay the
expenses Of the legal excursion. While the
Court met here, our people could devote to Il
the time required BY the laws, and at the same
time attend to their everyday pursuits. Now
they have the alternative Of sacrificing these, or
being subjected to nne or Imprisonment for dis
obeying the summons 10 leave home and business
Il Is true Of this as Of many minor matters in
life: while We possessed it, we did not appreciate
II; now that We have lost It, we are suddenly
sensible Of It's value.
Curses both loud and deep, both uttered and
mental, have been INDUCED the present week
BY unfortunate recipients in this county Of legal
documents from the Court now sitting at Olym.
pia. Our friends don't seem at all Aattered by
the notice thus taken Of them; on the contrary,
Il has had the effect Of putting them in prOfane
and belligcrent humOr. They threaten to wage
perpetual war against all who were concerned in
the removal Of the Court, and we canuot blame
them II they do.
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MAI 6EHvcE IN TIE UNITED SrArEs-The
excess Of expenditures for mail service in all the
slave States excepting Delaware, last year, over
the receipts In the same States, amounts 70
$s,510,64s %. Here is one advantage the States
named have derived from the Union, which they
do not and viii not appreciate until they are de.
prived Of it.
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wHCoSsN's o. s. SESAToR-Judge Howe,
Republican, has been elected to the U. s. Senate
from Wisconsin, BY the Legislature Of that State.
His most formidable competitor was Cadwallader
@. washburn, the present Representative from
the Second Congressional District, who belongs
10 the Greeley or extreme wing Of the Rspubli.
can party.
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We learn from the Portland Dailv advertiser
that n fire broke ont in tho I Indert;caln ..looD
a -. M. ~ TS,...S.- -. S"".s-.. .'' - !,
'" ."A' c'ty' y" h"u'SuAy ~S.' oes''Oy'ns Una.
and portion Of an adjoining building, occupied
by Mr.. Cree, tailor. At the time the fire was
discovered. Measrs. L. Bvynes and I. Css,Ie worn
..I..,, 4. -. -. ~. "Is.....-'y 49,.
~.'s'P ~ " .ocI. o'e' '"e .1e"',OA' s"'OC''
and sucn raPld head~ay did the flames make
that they barely escaped with their lives, losing
their clothing and money. The loss bv this Are
an. n-;no;raI,, 49,, NJ. r.. -. - -
=" - s'py ~" s' w, WIO owneu oOtn
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Unsz Ma mEzlza.--A e.l fSs Union
m1.Ii1. n Olympia. wy numfsonsly signed.
ar11rIl b lls 2aaiarf q Saturday list. The
ni1fnr llt1l pllus io-d1g fiitA) a 3 pm, a
a. c.liio|, and promises o bring oui . iuh ex-
flrala q lls sisrEof Ne people q Thur.sou
csun,y q Ihs sulset
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SECESSION SExAFORs.-It Is said dat Of an the
Senators from the seeding States who have
Withdrawn from the U. S. Senate. none have re-
signed excepting thoso from South Carolina.
The others stu hold their commissions The
same nay he said of the members of the IIouss
vha have Withirawn.
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Nv ernAnnr Co.-Ths P. N. s. Co have
= 80 . Pint : Holiday SIX boiis comprising
- Inc fIum San Francisco 70 Puget Sound, for
11ro. 600 payable n iurialmsnts q 10000 per
nonI1 Hos hosis ars The Cbrts. FFmont,
eisIa Nraia 0FsDas R.Pu1lis and Panama,
MA ello e1iinaisi N November Inat 10 be
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NIsQuAELx Pass MnErnos.-Ssveral meetings
have been held IN Oily npia, during the past week,
70 ascertain the praeticabillty Of the Nisqually
Pass through the Cascades, and, 4 practicable,
% cut trail This Pass is supposed to lead to
the south Of Mount Raipisr. into the valley east
Of the mountains. Much interest Is manifested
IN The undertaking. af. +,
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AsEOsnHno GRowTH or NEW YORx CnT.-
Since the last national census Of 1850, the city
proper has increased in population sOs, ,4Oe, and
the city Of Brooklyn and adjoining towns In
Kings county have increased since 1855 no lcss
than O., $50. The total population Of the Ne.
tropoIihn district says the New York Hrald,
appears % be now ! l,O7S, ,sO4. thus having grown
in ratio seven times as great as that Of Lon
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MARRIED..

A The resdenee Of Mr. John Mcleod. Fierce County, W
t. Rsb. 9d By A. J. DurKe, Eq Mr JouN WAnsLEH 10 Nit
ciIHAnNR McLEOD, both of this county.
In eleAcOOm, Friday, March sih, By A. RabbeSOB
Eq Mr. EDwAhD oAnAET 10 Mrs. AnnA Cosn both Of PsFes
County, W.T.
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AxsOwLEBaxESr.--wes ere indebted 10 Capt
Fleming. q ths Eliza AnAsTsoa, for continued
hycFS.
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RE1InED.-Th- last issue Of the Vancouver
cArOnidis contains the vaIediesOgy Of Mr.. L. Z.
'. Coon, who rsIiros without naming his sue
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hebesl purifier of the blcod, Halls Sara
parilla, Yellow Dock and Iolide of PotaS.
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l. p. FISHER,
PUGET SOUND HERALD

w sEErLAcoo1G W. 7,
ThuzsdSy Evening. March n, 1861.
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OvEHsoAHD.-ou Tuesday evening last while
. little fellow named Ben. Miller was padding a
small canoe near the steamer Massachusetts, be
was hailed BY : man on board, who wished 70
eoashore. Approaching the side Of the steamer,
the man gctintO the canoe, and, in doing 50, up
sstit; spilling himself and the boy into tho wa
TER They were speedily rescued By hands on
ths steamer, with no injury other than . wet.
ting. ~
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DEArH or Ii. FoKsTTH.-The sad intelligence
comes % us saysthe Portland Daily Adu@tissr.
Of The death Of 1t Benjamin D. Forsyth, Of the
y. s. Army. He was found dead in his bed at
Port Jervis, n Y, on the LIST ult L. Forsyth
was graduate Of the Military Academy at
West Point He entered the army on the Isl
Of July, ls4s, and q the time Of his death was
let Lieutenant in The 4th Infantry. He had
been for several years on service with his regi-
msnt in this military district during which time
be made many friends here who esteemed him
highly lor bis intelIigeDee and The genial quail.
ties Of bis disposition.
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GINS PLDrY.-We have often heard Of the
surplus Of girls existing in certain towns, but
now we have itfrOm the record. At Gloucester,
Mass, there are S77 amiable, angelic, accom-
Plished, marriageable maidens, and to husband
this harvest Of charms there are bnt 70 single
men, including widOwers and only 20 Of the
latter are good matches. There are two hun
dred and eleven marriAgeable girls In La Crosse,
VIA, and about one hundred and thirty beaux
10 mate them. OF these, iOrty.two don't care
ior The girls. thrtyseven the girls don't care for,
tifteen are 50 busy making money they can't stop
10 marry, and the balance are engaged.
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THH PUGET SOUND HERALp

~ dan BE pisAseA lsA Of vessels and others,
atthh O0cs.
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NUMBER 81.

thousand, were ordered TO disband yesterday
by General Price. Atfret they refused, bat
IL i believed they viii, quietly disperse and
return TO Their homes.
4 A ten-lnch howitEer, an eight andla half
inch mortar three hundred rounds OF oaft-i
ridges, ball, she'll and canister were shipped
fsob the Arsenal yesterday, destined 70
I WksHfxeroS, May 24.-As was supposed
would be the case, late last night eeveral
regiments, with the New Jersey and Mlchi.,
gan brigades, Ellsworth's Zouaves and Dis
trict military, crossed into Virginia, the Yir-
gibia pickets having been previously driven
in by the advance guard. r lasif p
eOne OF the regiments took the road lead
ing 70 Fairfax Court house, about twenty
miles from washington while another one,
the Jefaey y,tinpped at the forks, q mile from
the Long Ridge, Awaiting orders.' An ad-
vance into Virginia was also made from an
other point, namely at the mouth Of the Po-
tomae Aquaduct, at Georgetown.
The New York Seventh Regiment was
among the troops, and after several hours
march, occupied point between, the bridge
and Oolumbia Spring, on the line Of the
Washington and Alexandria RRilroad.
The District of Columbia troops returned
to Warrington this morning.
From six thousand 10 ten thousand troops
were sent over into Firginia this morning.
Firing was heard occasionally by the driv-
| ing IN of the Virginia pickets
Nine o'clock, A. M.-The New York zou-
aves, Fourteenth and Sixty-ninth, and Jer-
sey Regiments hole Alexandria, while Ar
hngton flights ere occupied BY several regi-
ments. -.
The entrance into Alexandria was attended
by an event which has cast the deepest
gloom over this community. Colonel Ellis
worth who had hauled down the Secession
flag from the Marshall House, was soon af-
terwafd shot by concealed foe.
His dead body has been brought 10 the
Washington Nayy-yard- Accounts from
| Alexandria are somewhat contradictory, but
| there is no doubt of the fact that man
1 named Jackson, who shot Ellsworth, was
| instantly put to death--soIne say by both
bullet and hayonet, -,sl = t-,4 e.
When the Federal troops reached Alexan-
! dria the Virginia troops fired at them aud
! fed. rTa 20 ST1 tfai - q
Visitors to that city say the scenes were
intensely exciting. Federal vessels were in
] the mean time before Alexandria.
1t seems 70 be true that a body of Federal
troops has advanced to Fairfax 0oart. house,
to take possession of the junction Of the
! Orange and Alexandria and Mauassaa Gar
j Railroad, With view of intercepting the ad.
vance of Virginia troops toward Alexandria
from Richmond and other points.
! Nearly three thousand troops arrived al
| Washington yesterday. = -f.-.. ;.
WAsHfsGToN, May 24--1l A. M.-It is re.
ported that as the Virginia troops retired
from Alexandria, one of them was killed by
return shot from the Federal forces.
There is a prospect Of capturing the fagi'
tives.
Among the forces sent over to Virgins
were two batteries and two companies o.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-25

VALUABLE ORTHoaRApH1c Ru1E.-Among
the other difficulties of English orthography
is the relative position of { and in words
ending in sieve" or "eiven and in both
manuscript and print are found ''believe," I"
and "beleive," receive and "recieve"
'reprieve'' and arepreive,5 The writer was
somewhat surprised on being told not long
since by foreign woman who was taught
English in Holland, that rule regulated
the position of letters referred to in all such
words; and as il was new 10 him, and so
far as he has been able 10 discover new to
every one, be thinks it may prove useful to
give it publicity.
When the preceding consonant is letter
which comes after in the alphabet, comes
after in the word as believe but when
the preceding consonant comes before in
the alphabet, comes before in the word,
as ''reeeive.M "rt
The rule is inYariable as applied to the
class of words referred to; but it is not as
general in application to words of one sylla-
bic having the same Vowels in juxtaposition;
thus we have "niece," ''ceil,p sc, which
conform the rule and "chief,' 'seize," &C.,
which do not
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-25

Z A JUyENILH PRAYER MAKER. A little
boy, saying nightly the prayers which had
been taught him, was quite tenacious Of
what be had called praying his own way"
He had a large number of brothers andsis-
ters whose needs and peculiarities he some
times made the subject of his petitions. On
one occasion, on commencing this exercise,
be was overcome with sleep. Wrestling
with his stupor, he said: 20 Lord bless
LizEy, and make her better than she is.n
louss ns hsad Ss % Dara on a' o%v ST but sG01
Henry too" Il was in vain; the tongue
refused its Office so he added indistinctly:
30 Lordl can't; there's too many of 'em;pn
and he sank into the deep slumber of child
hood. At another time, while conducting
this exercise in a somewhat more wakefnl
manner, be said Lord, please to bless
father, and give him new heart. Be so
kind as to bless sister Mary, and give her
new heart. Lord bless mother; but you
need not give her new heart for she could
not have any better one than she's gOtP
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j A GREAT Project IN INDiA.-The present
age is fertile in great enterprises. Men
hesitate at nothing, and dare seeming inn
possibilities. One Of the most imposing
schemes of the day is in process Of exeeu-
ton near Bombay, in India, under the
auspices Of British capitalists. It is a rail-
way enterprise called the ''Bh0re Ghaut In
cline,Y which in other words is an inclined
railway on the Ghaut Mountains, believed
to be the greatest undertaking Of its kind
in the world. The incline is an enormous
mass of masonry, crowded upon An ivn-
healthy, desolAte, and almost inaccessible
mountain scarp. IL one hundred and ffty-
six ieet high, and fifteen and seYen-eigllth
miles in length. The number Of laborers In
constant employment gupon the work Is be-
tween forty thousand and forty-three thou
sand, and the amount Of contract wOrk ex-
ecuted in q single month, has exceeded $3.50
: 600. The enterprise is expected 10 exert a
great influence In developing the resources
Of India. u, ~. ~ =. ass ~,
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a PrassIcaI UnIenl Appeal 20 KentuskY--
- Tsbaeeo PstfIstlsnI e BE Aroused

InU BOulsYine khy.l 0Ouffldt romhrkSatf (.
Much apprehension seems 10 exist in the
tobacco growing potfiohs Of Kentucky that
slave labor viii be sTterpinated, and our
the Union and continues 10y 70 the Federal
Government. Within the past few weeks
We haye noticed, ia nearly all our local
newspapers, especially those in the Secession
interest, urgent advice 10 our farmers TO-
abandon the tobacco crop this year, aud.
devote al their soil aud. labor to raising
breAdstuffa and meats. Now, the want of
wisdom ir this counsel may readily be seen
by q consideration of the following facts:
The tobacco planters Of Kentucky will
have nc competion this year or next from
their most formidable rival Virginia. She
Is eHectaally driven from the field. Con-
vldsed with an Intestine war, which will
most probably divide the state, and oyerruu
By the afuilss Of Che United States aud the
Confederate States, II win be utterly impos-
sible for hef planters to raise any thitg
except provisions and breadstuffs. The inf
mense consumption of provisions attending
the presence OF vast bodies Of nonspB Bducers
viii make the raising of any product save
those wbiph are absolutely necessary, wholly
impossible. Bat even il tobacco were raised
In Virginia, if could not bs Exported under
the rigorous and vigilant blockade which h
now shutting her ports, In common with
tnOse OF ali tne Otner C0nteuerate OtateS.
The tobacco trade Of HingiRia Is sanihil0ted
for ltWo years, al al events, anduths. entire
business Of supplying the immense home and
foreign demand becomes the LUCRATIVE
MONOPOLY OF KENTUCKY. Next look
at the grand avenue of trade which, opens to
us Mary land continues and viii eontinne,
10y al to- the Federal Goyetnment and, of
course there VIII De no such RESTRICTION
thrown around the commerce Of Baltimore
as now clutches with q dsath grip the ports
OF Virginia and 9f New orleans, We will
exchange, New Orleans foF Baltimore and
New f0lk-1I There. must ot.neeessity follow
an enormous advance IN the pirce OF tobacco,
and we see; no reason to doubt that II will
reach to $40 ana $zO per,hundred. Onelcon-
diton only is necessary Tor US to realize the
immense benehts Of the Trade, and that IS,
That we continue true 10 the Union, tender,
ing deal ear 70 tne fentIeaties, and, II need
De, srmeo resistance 70 the threats Oh those
VINO would lead us over tne thorny ana
rugged read oisSeeesslon, OWL war, and
anarcnyi 10 lneVltaple PernipopTa perditlon
| without excuse ano without redemption. LEI
the LouisriHe and NGshgius RaiSroad, ioith
6TGnches 'oh'ch can readily and speed'ty 6s
oHtb eOff3 as nttttofy 1eccSSttles 0e he7tceI or
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-25
by TELEGRAPH.
eubiugation Of -the Rebellion.

= I HrTw hUnN Ta--4as----T n. rT''f lr wFn|
Artsst Of Alleged TroitOrs - Baltinpre-Ds-
,Farfure Of Ttso Thousand Secession Troops
from ,Baltimoys-- Jefferson sDavisu 10 bsiu
RichmOhd, Va, on fhs 97tk alsssA General
BsGvsgord 0rdtrsd 70 Nortotk- = Teo Ohio
,Regimenp and Other Federal Troops Pass
iag through BdltimorsAI Important Ramor
from England lRsspsctiag SoSIAeFS iPrios-
teering-Defaleation Of a. 'Disbwsias Agent
at Wdshfhgt6s--A Battery IF WhitsEorth
Guns PreseRtsd 70 TIE GoVernmSgf By Pa
tsiofie Americans AbToad=1SappEiss Cat
OF from WsStsss TShaesses2-Fears cf
Starvation here--Batteries on he Aissis-
sPPie Nary Of the Sssessioa Troops In
pressed Northerners-- RteaoFed Revolution
arg Movement at Cdrthayend, in Panama
Probable Disbdndonmentc Of Missoari State
7Foops-InVestment Of VTrginia By Federal
Soldiers Occupation Of Alexandria and
arlington HiShts-- Colonel BIlsw0rtk Vhils
Pulling Dozen Secession Flag, Shot Dead
Jg Concealed Re5eg. EfH ioi ~ ~
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-25

ADRoIF ESCAPE on AiPRlsoNKR.- II Charles
Whitehouse escaped from the temporary
prison in tho City Hall, Dover, New Hamp-
shire, last week. His cell was la the attic.
and eonvertinga razor inte a saw, be out
the eupalo,i and worked his way down and
out He was waiting sentence for passing
counterfeit money.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-25

p ANoTHER TERRIBIB EARTHoUAKE IN SoBrH
AMRRlcA.-lH addition 70 the six thousand
lives lost by the earthquake at Mendoza,
South America, We learn that San Juan,
situated one hundred and twenty leagues
north Of Mendoza, had been nearly de-
earthquake approached from the direction Of
YalParaiEo, and great anxiety IS manifested
70 bear from that quarter. f af.lif ~