The weekly Butte record., 1861-02-16
Oregon News.

STABBING AFFRAY AT PoRTLAND.-On the
evening of the 9th February, at the Grotto
saloon, Portland, Pat Lovelock, alias Pau
geen," and Kelly, had fsticuff fight, when
Paugeen, getting the worst IF the encounter,
left the field of battle, and procuring a knife,
returned and stabbed his adversary, inhicting
q dangerous wound.
THE NORTHERN MINEs-News had reached
Portland from the Clearwater diggings, in the
Nez Perce country, that those persons on the
ground have written to their friends at Walla
Walla, telling them to hurry up, and take up
claims Immediately, before the rush that they
consider inevitable from the exceedingly rich
strikes which they have made while prospect
ing this winter 1t was the general belief up
there that Wala Walla Valley would be de-
serted by its citizens, so soon as the travel
would permit, all bound for the new gold fields.
The Portland Advertiser of the 9th Fcbru-
ary says:
From private letter received in Portland
from camp Yakima. we learn that the snow is
fast disappearing from that region, and the
packers predict very early spring. Already
large quantities of provisions have been sent as
far as the Dalles so that the moment the
weather will permit, both miners aid packers
will commence moving northward.
MURDERS BY INDIANs.-Two white men,
while engaged in herding cattle at White
Bluffs, near Priest Rapids, were murdered by
the Palouse Indians. The Indian Department
Express rider from Simcoe, who brought the
news, reports that one of the white men was
at their cabin cooking breakfast, and that
band of Indians called in and asked him for
something to eat They were told that he had
nothing for them, whereupon they killed him
with an ak whilst he was STOPPING down over
the fire. The other white man was then sought,
and when found, was shot while herding cattle.
The names of the two murdered men were not
h,,nown, but it was believed that they had been
reslGents of Clickitat valley.
"JosEpn AND PoILY.-Under this head the
Salem Statesman gi,es Gen. Joe Lane (who
spells God with a little "g'' the following rap
over the knuckles
Joe has gathered from Yancey the phrase of
" Equality of the States" and he mouths it as
parrot does Polly wants cracker" He no
more comprehends " Equality of the States
than the parrot does its phrase. They both re-
peat what has been taught them.
OREGON w AR SCRlP.-DelWecn ~ ZUU ana
$500 of Oregon War Scrip was sold at Cor
wallis last week at an administrators sale, for
thirteen cents on the dollar. A. d. Barnard
was the purchaser. 1t stood long time at
bid Of three cents -Sdfem Statesman, Feb. 4.
THE " UNION" AND LIFE INsURANCE-One
of the officers at Fort Moultrie, having policy
Of insurance in one Of the leading Life Insur-
Ill,
Company on December 22d, stating the prob
ability that the Fort would soon be attacked,
and the certainty that it would be defended
to the last extremity" and lnqairing what
would be the effects upon his policy if he should
fall Hewas promptly answered that although
the company was not legally liable where the
assured fell in battle, " if he should thus fall
now whilst doing his duty gloriously and aban-
doned by the government, he need have no
fears bnt that his policy would be paid. Al
bany Knickcrbocker.