Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-04-19

upon the l.oundari,s advocated by H. would
.yr Vancouver the oul, shadow oi 4 chanc.
y l.ch remains i"r The a,taiLn,It" Il The Object
" hicl >rrln, according ,h" Thcy9ph, t"''r
the topno,; height at her ambition Can ii
no, see tina, Vancouver world stand an ,qua!
chance With any pain, on tn Sound, il merely
the mining ZION il made into a new Terrific
~, Ori> it - bound up in malice as 10 wish
To make assurance doully sure by even giving
~ her chances in order to graliiiy arctiy.
i..ncird rev tn.r
We never have nor never will held the Pr"-
pie If Clark county responsible for zach ,iu-
dic,ivcn,>.. W. h,l,vc they will -" vii, IL
that division il necessary upon ::,r different
and les selfish gruamd>. We a>h j; !Hr al
the proI.!, aft; ,i,d hy il. AIT g. ;i:-! 81,
To a population Who's interests afc t"n varied
and wii,l, dit!,.nn, from those at powerful!
i.ai5ri,, ~ has,. ~ holc interest is .nll-d,d in
the ur ii-i!.-or!,iii- a,aTcl .'r geld. !" h.
placed in jeopardy hy the acts of Il promiacu-
ou-. transient mining population. who t''ior'
MANY months will ou,numhcr III fifteen to
one The nrcss>i;y of division ri AL early
dav j. obvious. and We doubt not lat that ii
the matter is property represented at our Ma
tional Capitol the object ill be accomplished.
SALMON RIVER Winows.-t nd.r this
caption the editor of The lr,ka .Ioyrnai makes
merry I'VE presume, of course. lac Is Iachc-
lor) over the fact that hr !, Jeff 10 take care
of the women" lie Spy,: We have lately
received letter, from several of the gold huri-
Ing hencdicts WHO left here TOR the New III
Dorado. communicating good deal of news
to tell their wives, which. of course, Our gal
antrv could not resist. Donnin" our best
store Clothes we sally forth, and tap gently
at the door, the lady cordially invites lis to
the parlor and take chair In digniiirl
style we impart the intelligence from her cher
shcd lord, and at the same time tlnhracinm
the opportunity to enjoy n social chat. We
discovered, however, that the most important
information desired, was when the next dance
was coming Oft, which we answer to the best
of our knowledge and take our leave, highly
fattered." In subsequent paper the editor.
in announcing ball to be given, concludes
with the following advice to his bachelor
brethrcn "a large attendance is expected,
and we advise gentlemen not to take advan-
tagc of the Salmon river times by engaging
themselves ahead. Givcthe ladies' chance"
Mor0l-"B Beware of the viddcrs."
~ We have been shown a private letter
from Hugh Wilhelm formerly of this vicinity
in which glowing accounts are given of the
Salmon river mines. The letter was dated
March 18th, at the mouth of Slate creek. 1t
fully corrobcrates all we have heretofore pub
lished as regards the richness of the mines, as
well as the loss of stock, scarcity of provisions
ions, Implements, etc. Flour and beans were
bringing 81 80 per pound. No bacon, coffee,
tea, nor tobacco to be had at any price.
Shovcls were selling at S3G; axes, So. The
mercury had been 30 deg. below zero. Mr..
W. writes of one man who took out eighteen
pounds of gold in one day, and another who
took forty ounces from forty buckets of dirt.
He says: " An average prospect is 50 to the
pam! We "rcckon" Mr.. Wilhelm is misin-
Turned about that last item. We do not be-
licve there are many who can swallow it.
~ We publish on the first page the de-
cision of the Supreme Court on the Capitol
Bill, delivered by Judge Oliphant for the ma
jority Of the Court, in December last. 1t is,
in our Judgment. q very able document, and
will be regarded at Washington with special
favor. We will probably publish the dissent
ing opinion of Judge Wyche when we have
space to spare, whether the Vancouver Iclc-
graph publishes the decision of the Court or
not. We will treat our friends on the Column
bia kindly, and always give them hearing
through our columns, whatever course they
may see proper to adopt towards us and our
Sound friends. We have often insisted that
there is no good reason why there should be
any rivalry of interests between the two see
tions. notwithstanding the TIcgroph insists
that there is Il dreadful gulf between us tina,
cannot be- pass ID over.
Nor To BE OtTDoNE-I'lie porila Times
copies the statement from oar paper ila, a
fourinch plank had been sawed at Mcigs
mill "nr hundred and seven feet in length
and saws that "our saw-mill men say that
they can saw plank ilnr hundred feet long
and contemplate doing as soon rs they can