, 1861-01-04
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ed to know that Miss Susy still lives"
We learn from a private letter to us,
dated Walla.wala, 10Th Dec, 1860, that
the differences between the miners and the
Indian Agent have been settled for the
present.
The students Qttbe Puget Sound Wes-
lcyan Institute yiA haFe~a exhibition at
the NJ. Z, Church on tue evening Of the
llth inst
r H Lnnshle, Indian agent at Fort
Smcoc, has been removed Mr.. Wesley
B. Gosnell, sub-agent for this district, hes
gone east of the mountains, under orders
from Superintendent Geary, 10 receive the
property of the Simcoe agency.
We learn from the Northeast that
the brig Z. w. SryDurm, Capt. Freeman
Trask, sailed from Port Discovery on
Tuesday week for San Francisco. The
bark Sam Merritt sailed from Oak Point,
with lumber, for San Francisco on the goth
ult.
The ladies of Port Townsend are to
hold their first Fair on the l4th February.
The proceeds will be applied to Church
purposes
Judge Chenoweth is to return to the
practice of his profession in Port Towns
end
=" You get your orthogrnphy wrong
occasionally" remarked Columbia river
friend the'other day.
"How is that" said we.
well, you spell Olympia with large
o, when there is no Capital in it now"
The friend is "as well as could he ex.
pected," only.
There is no doubt now of the total
loss of the ship John Marshall, with all on
board.
The bark Leonssa made the run from
Olympia to Port Townsend in 20 hours.
Rev. G. F. Whitworh will open
boarding and day school for both sexes on
Whidby's Island, on the 18th inst. Mr.
Whitworth has had the benefit of care
fol education, and has always ranked high
here as q teacher.
Wise, the balloonist, in bis late trip
from Richmond to Hampton, Va, on the
Sd OF last month, made the distance, 80
miles, in two and q quarter hours.
Fernando Wood, Mayor of New
York, and Democratic politician, is to
marry young lady of sixteen, on the 22d
of next month. lie will settle 800, 900
upon her, the day before her marriage.
The recent message Of the Governor
Of Alabama did not contain the remotest
allusion to Federal relations.
Thomas H Clay, son of Henry Clay,
has written a conservative letter. He ad-
vocates submission to the legal majority,
and thinks the resignation of the Federal
officers in South Carolina misprison Of trea-
son.
The Baptist State Convention of Ala
bama unanimously favored secession, in
their late meeting at Turkegee.
The last number of the Norih,Oest com
pleted its first half year. We wish you oil
kinds Of good luck, Mr.. Damon.
Don't forget the ball at Galliher's on
the Sth. We are much obliged for the
complimentary.
The Presidents message is looked for
every day.
The steamer California was adver-
tised to sail from Portland on the I'd inst .,
for Victoria, Port Townsend and Olympia.
President James Buchanan, says the
New Nork EreniHg Post, has disposed Of
all his stocks, by an agent in New York,
within few days.
hA-NO'' " SlleIJ VI SdlHOIulhI uuo
been appointed Minister to Mexico. He
was announced to leave for the Capital on
the 2lst ult.
"A message has been sent from Port
laud to Washington and back in AZ days.
The contested election between MesSrs
Stearns and Winston, which was referred
back to the people, has been settled. Mr..
Stearns has been returned from Lewis
county by 20 majority.
The "BVmERs" -" They toll not,
neither do they spin, yet Solomon in all his
glory was>hot arrayed Ike one of these"
Read the able article on the outside
about the geographical location of the
seat of Government. Its taken from the
Northeast
California, after getting once started,