Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-02-02
Gatherings by the Wayside.

The W.T. Legislature adjourned on
Thursday. the 31st ult. We hope ''wc
nc'cr shall look upon lis like again.
~. j. Cain Esq. Indian Agent at
Wallu Walla. arrived on the steamer
Orrgon.-During 1860, 50 divorce
suits were commenced in the courts of
san Francisco; commenced by wives
81: by husbands, 81; of these the
Court granted 80: still pending, =
The District Court. 3rd Judicial Dist.
w. II. meets at Port Townsend, on
Monday. the 18th inst, Hon. +. G..
Fitzhugh, prcsid;ng.-The Demo-
cratic Territorial Convention, to nomi-
nate Il candidate for Delegate to Con-
grcsS, meets at Vancouver, on the 18th
of May. The Republican Convention
will meet 1t Olympia, on the Goth of
Mav.-Don't forget the Valentine
Ball, at Tumwatcr, III Thursday, the
18th inst.-Thc population of New
Jersey, by the ccnsus just taken, is II
fraction ovcr66O. 900, being an increase
since 1850, of 17O,0OO.--Thc State
census of Maine shows a population of
Ga. 1877, an increase of G1,S6S, since
1Sj0.-Thc population of Baltimore
as shown by the late census is 214,O37,
an increase of 44,?S3 since 1850. Free
persons, white and black, 211,S24;
slaves, 2,213.-Wc arc glad to learn
that Mai. Benz. Alvord, L. :. A., has
net been ordered to the East.-Wc
learn from the Portland Times. that
Col. Ncvcc has received from a friend
at the Ncz Perez mines, Il specimen of
gold, worth 50. The miner who sent
it, writes, that the mines arc rich; that
the bedrock is ten feet below the sur
face: he was averaging from $40 toS SIG
per day, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is clo-
scd between Portland and the Dallcs.
The Columbia river is said to be frozen
over between the Cascades and Dallcs.
-Anotllcr wreck has been discover
cd in the vicinity of Gray's lIarbor.
1t is supposed to be the schooner Cal-
"nct, which left Gray's llarbor for port
land, two months ago, and has not since
been heard of.-Monday of last week,
Tracy Il Cos Express brought to Port
land, 81 ounces of gold dust from Rock
Creek. The rivers and bars arc report
cd to be frozen up so that the miners
are unable to work. Provisions and
money arc plcnty.-lmmcnsc frauds
arc discovered at Washington, demand
ing tie impeachment of the Secretary
of War. Mcssrs. Russell, Majors and
Waddcll, are also implicated. These
frauds amount to nearly n million OF
dollars.-Col. Fremont is spoken OF
for Secretary Of War, in Mr.: Lincoln's
Cabinct.-Walla Walla is reported
as almost deserted by the rush to the
Ncz Pcrcc mincs.-Isaac Wood has
about completed the erection of a Brew.
cry, on 9th st. west Of Main, in this
city.-Tracy 4 Co.'S cxprcssman on
his late trip from Dallcs to Portland,
was obliged to travel overland, and in
many places encountered snow three
feet dccp.-Thc Wasco county court
was in session last week; sixty cases
Oh the docket; twenty-six indictments
were found by the Grand jury, one of
which is of two Mcxicans, for the re-
cent murder Of a fellOw-cOuntryman at
the Dallcs.-The steamer Mulnomah
broke her crank while forcing q pass
age through the ice in the Columbia,
on Saturday last.-On the Oath bal
lot, the California House OF Rcprescn-
tatives elected Mr.. Burnell, of Amador,
Speaker. Mr.. b., as all the remaining
officers Of the House, Douglas Demo-
crat.-On the night of the 10th ult.
the stables of the California Stage Co.,
fourteen miles north of Yrcka, took
fire. Besides the buildings, eight val
liable horses, with complete harness for
two four-horsc teams, q large guam
tity of oats, straw and hay, were de-
stroyed.-Thos. Pyle, ofJackson Co.
Oregon, has been appointed sub Indian
Agent for that region.
ESss- by the recent legislation, there
are twenty-five counties in this Terri