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, 1863-06-06

Ii is estimated that not less than forty
thousand passengers have passed to and
fro over this line during the past year, and
it may be safely estimated that not less
than one hundred wagons are employed in
transporting the freight to Walla Walla
from the Columbia River, whence it is sent
eastward to the Salmon Rivtr and Nez
Perces mines, south to the Powder River,
Grande Ronde River and Boise River
mines, and north to the mines on the Col
umbia and its tributaries.
There aie six steamers engaged in de-
livering freight daily at Wallula, and this
entire freight passes over this line. The
construction Of this road is matter which
has been contemplated for some time, and
one which completed will, guarantee, pay
its stockholders the rate of two per cent.
month on all capital so invested. The
mines are largely supplied by the Walla
Walla Valley from the products of its rich
soil. Its climate is remarkably mild in
winter, enabling the farmers to plough till
Christmas and sow in FeSru ry and March.
Every CT p is here grown and matured-
Corn 80 bushels to the acre, wheat so to
40 bushels, oats and barley 80 to 40 bush
els to the ccre, ami potltoes from 800 to
COO bushels to the acre.
Stock thrive here remarkably WE'LL
There are three grist mills and two saw
mills in the valley. Much attention is al
so given to the rearing cf sheep, and the
mill privileges of the streams OF the valley
cannot be surpassed. All the grist mills
are driven by water power. Timber is
abundant on the hills that bounI its val
ley; situated as it is, at the threshold Of
the rich mineral region, it will be seen at a
glance what Importance it must possess for
all time, finding its m rket in the n ines for
all the produce which its soil and climate
are so well calculated to produce. The
corporators desire to inaugurate the con-
structon of this road which is to rebound
to the full development of the country at
an early date, and desire that all the facts
and resources involved be made known
They desire subscriptions to the capital
stock of 3600,000, in shares of 500
each to be made, when the stockholders Ell
tn L in person or by proxy will hold a
meeting and appoint the necessary officers,
and proceed to the construction of the
work l have estimated that the necessa-
ry rails, iron. chairs, nails, turnouts, &c
can be delivered on the ground for $780,
900, and that the cars, engres, ties build
ings, depots and work, will cost about the
seme amount.
The undersigned will receive subscrip-
tions, and communicate any Information on
the subject to any parties whomsoevcr that
nay desire to subscribe to the capital S ock
ST said company, and may be addressed in
Washington, d. c.
JOHN MULLAN,
Can't IT & 4.,nu
, 1863-06-06
Cultivation of the Chinese Sugar Cane in
Wa1ln Walla Vallav


Walla Walla Valley.
While we believe that the culture of
this cane and the manufacture of its juices
would be profitable business for farmers
who can go into 1t; we are, at the same
time of the opinion that they would not az
once amass fortunes Well rewarded in
dustry is better for individuals than the
sudden accumulation of wealth. hich in
nine cases out of ten is followed by its
sudden waste.
In estimating the value of the cultiva-
tioh-of Chinese sugar cane, we have rcl
able information TO lead US 10 truth. The
culGraticn Of the cane, and the manufac-
turc of its products, in many of the vest
crn States has been very Systematically car
ried on. Especially has this been ;he case
in Illinois The State Agricultural Soci-
ETY. of that State, five years ago offered
gold medals as premium for the best Chi
nesc cane syrups and the process of its
cultivation and manufacture. These pre-
miums, increased in numbers and value,
have been continued to this day. The re-
suit is, that the cultivation of the cane has
been vastly extended and is now one Of the
staple crops of that State.
In an official publication of the "Trans-
actions of the Illinois State Agricultural
Society" published last winter, is the
statement of E. L Newberry, Htchfeld,
Montgomery county, H. on the "Manu
facture of Syrup and Sugar from the Chi
nese and African sugar canes giving the
results of his own experience. He says:
The syrup entered by me for premium
as from an average lot of fifteen barrels
The cost of raisi-g and manufacturing an
acre of Sor- hum, according to my expert
ancn J. aS f,llONc
, 1863-06-06

STATUE OF EDWIN FoRREsT AS CoRI-
oLANUs.-The friends Of Mr. Forrest having
long been dosirous Of having statue made
Of him in marble, in some one Of his Shaks-
pcarian characters, he has at the urgent So
l:ctation Of number Of his friends, finally
consented to SIT to Thomas Ball, ESQ, who
has been commissioned to make statue
of Mr. F"rrest in marble, in the character
Of t'oriolunus." 1t /, be o. fe 81. c
Mr. Ball his been at Philadelphia the past
few weeks modelling the bust. When that
is completed. he will make a statuette as a
study, TO make the statue which he will
model in this country. Mr. Ball will visit
Italy for the purpose of completing it in
marble The height of the figure is to be
about six and a-half feet, SO as to represent
life size when placed on a pedestal. The
cost Of it will be about S 10000, and it
will take two and half years to complete
the work Mr. Ball made a sta;uette of
Dani,l Webster, which is regarded as the
most truthful aud striking likeness cxtant
of that great statesman.
, 1863-06-06
Butter Making.

As the season for butter-mak
hand, every hint from persons
the business Of the dairy may be
i've of some improvement in the
processes which will tighten The
the dairy-woman, or improve the
Of the ,hurn.
We have seen many precious "
wasted, and grea: exhaustion OF slr .sT
induced upon divers occasions, BIZ am
fruitless attempts to make tie butter e.
when a little scientific knowledcc m
have saved the housewives time aud 0-
per.
1t is stated by Mr.. Aston, in an M
upon the Dairy Husbandry Of l
published in No. 81 of the Quartcr
nal of y griculture, that when the
too cold it is warmed by throwin- r3
hot water into the churn to bring tha aan
to about seventy or seventy-fve de
Fahrenheits scale And Mr.. Po1l
other English writer, in his Manual
Dairy, we suppose upon good practis
thority, thus expresses himself upon
subject;
I'm regulating the proper degree o5 hcat
necessary to be maintained in the arr da-
ring the ripening of the milk, and tl8
cream in the subsequent operation of Chorus
ing, science has now reduced that TO c.r-
tainty which has been matter of doaa'
Butter of the lest quality can OF be
produced at certain temperature a
knowledge of this fact is Of the um5s.
Importance to all engaged in dairy mauae--
meLt, as by the application Of this p1wc.-
full agent the business Of the dairy
be performed with the same accura ,s
tia of the brew-houso or dstillcry."
The degree of heat at which butter ca1
be obtained ranges from fogty-Gye 90
enty-fivo degrees: but 10 obtain but
the best quality it is necessary to Be
ticu arly nice in regulating the tomp1r2-
ture of the cream just before chuming
To fix the proper condition with the bee
quisite degree of accuracy, the thcfmouo-
ter becomes necessary, as the sensation or
the individual afford no correct test for
timating it; and long continued sorie
experiments have proved that butter OF e
best quality is obtained by churnlng tlc
cream at temperature of ffty-ono de-
grees.
10 obtain the greatest quantity OF but-
ter, the cream should be churned at Il teu-
perature of ffty-six degrees TboUem-
porature at which butter can be obtaucdIn
the greatest quantity, and Of the best qua
ty, is Of course a medium between the tu0
foregoing estimates, viz ffty-three aod
half degrees before churning, which win Jo
Somewhat increased in the process Of churr-
irg in ordinary weather.
Al this temperature every advani9go is
g ined as-to quality, and also in tie SIC
ng properties of the butter, and any add.
iona quantity that may b. obtained 0y
higher temperature is only so much mHS
retained in the butter, which will greatly
injure its quality. No temptation, tho
fore, of huirying the process of churnInr
should induce the judicious dairy woman,
who Las an honest pride in her ski aat
success in lhc making of butter, to arrr
any greater degree of heat to the
than above indicated, for at aay COZ
ably higher temperature the milk CANNOT
be completely separated from the lesr.
and Of course it will not keep well, either
with small or with large quaint
salt, and its flavor is injured from the
Mass Piowman.
, 1863-06-06
JOuN MULLAN,
Capt. y. S. Armg.

COLUMBIA RIVER CoAL.-We yester-
Cay examined, at the store of Messrs. He
from & Pitts, a piece of Columbia River
coal which weighed 20 lbs. As they get
farther irto the mine, the coal becomes
more compact and is in all respects superb
or to the groupings found near The en-
trance. The piece noted above is evident
ly Of the description known as anthracite,
and greatly resembles the anthracite coal
taken from the Pennsylvania mines. All
doubt about the existence of valuable
bed Of this coal is now set at rest and the
parties who made the discovery are now
organizing company with sufficient capi-
tai to work the mine Tie scarcity of
wood in the upper country must always
create demand for coal as a substitute,
and this one market alone will furnish a
steady man for all the coal the company
can send to market 1t is not as yet de-
tarmined on what terms capitalists will be
invited to invest in the enterprise, but one
thing rs quite certain, that money thus in
vested will yield handsome returns
MOHHtdineer.
, 1863-06-06

These figures will not suit our locality
The cost of lab here will be much great
er than in Illinois but the value of the
syrup would also be very much increased.
Our conclusion, from a review Of this
whole matter is, that the systematic Guilt
walton of the sugar cane in Walla Walla
valley, and the manufacture of its juices
into syrup, would yield profit that ought
to satisfy a reasonable man.
, 1863-06-06

TEAcHER's OATu.-The last California
Legislature passed law requiring all
school teachers to take an oath to faith
fully support, protect and defend the Con-
stitution and Government of the United
States against all enemies whether domes-
tic or foreign, bear true faith, allegiance
and l7yalty to said Constitution and Gov
ernment," and teach their scholars 'to love,
reverence and uphold the same," and to
further, Support the Constitution of the
State of California"
, 1863-06-06

CoNGREssIoNAL FRAUD.-A CORES
pondent Of the Sacramento Union, (refer-
ring we SUPPOSE to Alfred Ely Of New
York mentions the case of member Of
Congress from the interior of New York.
who procured, during the last session of
Congress, some tao hundred volumes of
books from the Congressional Library,
which he drew out by installments and
sent home under his own frank as public
documents The books were all traced to
him and were discovered to have been re-
bound, the peculiar Congressional binding
having been stripped of for that purpose
The Librarian of Congress sert him very
sharp letter, threatening exposure, whic 4
brought 20 Washington the guilty thief,
who trembled as he must have when he
vas seized by the reoels at Bull Run No.
| and carried to Richmond, where he as
long confined in prison, as everybody
knows. Truly, the flesh is dreadful " veak
nowadays, and it may be that this Exon
gresham sold army commissions, as he was
accused of doing last winter.
, 1863-06-06

BEGINNING TO UNDERsTAD-"U Under
standing is the beginning of wisdom" and
the rebels are beginning to get wisdom
The Richmond Enqnirer thus despondingly
speaks Of rebel prospects:
The peace delusion is blown away
Neither from foreign Intervention or from
the imperious King Cotton, nor from friend
ship of the Northwest, nor from stupid
rumors of decentralization in Yankee armies,
does any hope Of peace dawn on the land
We must fight or submit. If they can take
Richmond, Charleston and Yicbsburg with
in six months, their financial credit is
restored and party fueds cease. The plain
truth is we are in the middle of the war;
and during the coming Spring and Sumner
that war viii be more fierce and unreen-
ii ngthan ever before. The Yankee army
is just beginning to fight"
, 1863-06-06

Archbishop Hughes, in letter to the
New York Herald, expresses the opinion
that ''if law of conscription had been
adopted twenty months ago in the North,
as it had been in the South, the results
would be of more humane consequences to
both sections than they are to-day.
, 1863-06-06

FIRE AT ALBANY.-Mr. Mossman, who e',
Albany, Oregon. on the morning ofthe oath ins.
says that FIRE was raging there at that time
which threatened to destroy nearly all the build
ings oD the principal street of the town.
, 1863-06-06
Eastern News.
News of MAY 17th,

New York. May 1.-THE Times army cor
respondent says Stuart is for the present in com
mand of Stonewal Jacksons corps, which con-
sists of full division of $4,000 men.
Washington, May lit is reported to-day
that every SOLDIER now in detail service in and
around Washington and Baltimore. and on the
railroads of Nirg MIA and Mary land, will be for
warded 10 Ilooker'S command and their places
supI lied by Penn 'yvania Militia, which force it
is said has been rendered to Gov. Curtin.
Murfreesboro, May 1.-THE Chattanooga
Rebel of the 10Th contains the following Mo
bile May l4.-Jackson Mississippi is in posses
sion of the enemy. We fought them all day but
could not hold the city.
New York, May l7.-An Opelousas letter of
the 9th states that information from Grand Gulf
has been received with the details of the capture
of PORT Gibson.
Admiral Farragut arrived a: New Orleans.
May 9th, from Brasher Citv, with the important
intelligence that Alexandria was captured on the
4ih by Admiral Porter Prior to this capture
Fort DutusSy, on Red river, was demolished by
the vessels of Farrngut's and Porter's fleet, after
a severe fight. One of the rebel gunboats was
captured after the capture Of the town. The ad
vance cavalry Of Gen. Dwight dashed into the
place, forming junction between Farragu;'s and
Porter fleet, after severe fight. Oe of the
rebel gunboats was captured after the capture of
the town. The advance cavalry of Gen. Dwight
dashed into the place, forming junction between
Farragut's and Bank forces.
A Baton Rouge letter states that Griersons
force, consisting of the 9th and 7th Illinois cav
airy, with large number of prisoners, returned
to that ci'y on that day. They left Lagrange,
Tenn, on the 10th of April. The destruction of
property BY them was greater than accounts Civ
en- by the rebels, mentioned in previous dispatch
es. AT Clinton, near the Louisiana line, they
destroyed a rebel camp and captured 800 prison
ers. They crossed Amite river ten miles from
Baton Rouge, on the morning of the lst and
capture rebel picket of l60 men with horses
Every railroad in Mississippi was cut by them
They supplied themselves with fresh horses on
the road, and brought in over 300 contra5and
horses
, 1863-06-06

L 60 through my work." as the needle said to
the idle ooy. But not until you are hard
pushed" the idle boy said to the needle.
, 1863-06-06

REMOVED. We learn from Olympia that a-
telligence has been received at that place that
Victor Smith has been removed from the Coloc-
torship OF the Puget Sound district, and Fred
Wilson appointed in his place.
, 1863-06-06

THE Democratic State Convention of
Ohio will meet at Columbus on the l1th Of
June. The Convention in Pennsylvan.a
will assemble at Harrisburg, on the 17thoC
the same month.
, 1863-06-06

RESULTS OF INTERMARRIAGE.-Of
cousins in marriages in Dublin there r5
100 deaf and dumb children. Dr.
tn, of Liverpool, states that in 100 lol
marriages each family had one deaf aa-
dumb child; 3S Of them had two
mutes; in II Of these there we're tlroe
three had four; ono had six; one had or-
en-; and one had eight deaf mute,-tha,
269 children born deaf and dumb, 20 loo
c5usin marriages. The consanguineoa
marriages in France, are two per cent
The whole population. Of their chidra
% per cent are deaf mutcs in Paris .
LYONS, 80 at Borde' ux; while to the jews
27 per cent of the offs pring cf such mar
ages are deaf mu.es, one-sixth pei cent
Christian parents-Jews oftener marry
blood relations.
, 1863-06-06
News of May 2Ist.

Memphis May 2l.-At one O'Clock Tuesday
morning two detachments of the 81 regulars lett
this city hy different roads after guerrlllas. A
few miles out they came iG collision ); each mis-
taking the other for guerrillas, firing commenced
and was continued for some time, one party finally
retreaing; seven men were killed outright and
one has since died
Philadelphia, Nav 21.--On Monday two COM
panies of the New York Rifles were suddenly at
tackled at Suffolk and badly cut up.
Rebel papers say that that the spectators in
the South visit ali Yankee prisoners, of,ring
them Confederate money for greenbacAs, two for
one
Washington, May 2l.-The Government has
received official dispatches from Grant, dated
Jackson, Miss, May 10, of the capture of that
place after a fight of three hours. Joe Johnson
commanded the enemy, who retreated northward
with the evident design Of joining the V,cksburg
forces.
indianapolis, May 21.-1he Democratic State
meeting, yesterday, was largely attended A
great deal of excitement prevailed during the
day. Forty or fifty arrests were made during
the day for carrying concealed weapons, and
cheering for Jeff Davis
, 1863-06-06

A GooD SrOMAcH.-A country youth.
having an uncle living in town, resoly 10
pay him visit He accordingly started
off one morning, and arrived at his unc.es
house just as supper was ready. Being
very hungry from his long walk, he na
sooner got seated at the table than h. conc
menccd furious onslaught on the cataJ,es
at right and left.
"Hold on, sir," said.his uncle, Who was
pious man, "we always say something be-
fore we cat"
"Say what you've a mind to" answered
the boy, between two mouthfuls, "you
can't turn my stomach ~
, 1863-06-06
News of Nay 10Th.

/ HORSES
News of May 10Th.
Cincinnati, May 19th.-Valandigham was las
evening placed on board gunboat now anchored
on the levee. His transfer to the boat was very
quietly done and attracted no crowd. The few
who him say that he looked sad and broker
down. lie certainly goes to Fort Warren, bu
by which route is not known.
Cairo, May 2Oth.-The steamer Continental
from below. brings news that the rebels have
evacuated Warrenton, below Vicksburg, after des
troying the batteries.
Col. Clay ton Of Kansas, with his regiment anC
deachmen,s from three others made reconnois
ance from Helena, Ark, destroying thousands o
bushels of corn, several houses, containing com
miSsary stores, and number of grisimiliS nea
Cotton Plant. After sending his infantry back
he encountered two rebel divisions, under Carter
and had a severe skirmish, but escaped b, swim.
ming the river, with the loss of two killed ant
eleven wounded. The rebel loss was 50 killet
and large number wounded.
Gen. Price is reDorted to have left Little Rocl
on the lth, moving IN The direction CT Welhag
ton westward.
Washington, May 20.-Official dispatches re
ceived to day confirm the capture of Alexandra
La, after our reduction of Fort Desussey. 81
miles from the mouth of The river. No resistanc,
was made By he rebels. Gen. Banks arrived a
Alexandria on The 7lh.
The Herald's dispatches say Gen. Mray yher,,
resignation has been accepted aud he bade fare
well to his brigade yesterday
The Times dispatch says the President has or
deled ii to be authortatively stated thai the SEC
rrtary of the Treasury will not accept any fol
eign loans except on the So me terms as are open
to our own citizens.
Arrangements are being made to increase oul
cavalry and it is asserted that within six months
we will have 100000 additional troops Of thi,
arm of the service.
A letter from Mobile, dated May 7th, state
that the British rebel steamer Congreve was cap
tured on the night previous by the gunboats Guy
Ter and Kanawha.
A Key West letter mentions that there are for
ty captured vessels now at that point.
, 1863-06-06

national Mex NAMEs-The inhabitants 0f
Maine arc called Foxes; New Hampshire Grau e
Boys; Massachusetts, Bay Staters; Vern.
Green Mountain Boys; Rhode Island Gun Fr.s
Connecticut, Wooden Nutmegs; New Yofs.
Knickerbockers; New Jersy, Clam Catchers, Penn
syvania Leather Heads; Delaware, Musk,a
Maryland Claw Thumpers; Virginia Beaa
North Carolina, Tar-Boilers; South Carors
Weasles Georgia, Buzzards Louisiana Creole.
Alabama, Lizards; Keatucly, Corn Cracker.
Ohio. Buckeyes; Michigaa, Wolverines; Int
ana, Hoosiers; Illinois, Suckers; Mssoug
Pu&esi Mississippi, Tadpoes Florida Fly-up-,ba
Greeks Wisconsin, Badge.si Iowa, Hawkoyos
Oregon, Webfeet Nevada Sage Hens
, 1863-06-06
News of May 22d.

Murfreesboro, May 22-Gen. Stanley, with a
portion of two brgades from Gen. Turchins cav
airy command, started last night to surprise a
camp of the lst Alabama and 4th Confederate
cavalry, in the vicinity of Middleton. After
night march of % miles over an exceedingly
rough and broken country, our advance gu .rd
came in sight of the rebel camp. Two brigadrs
commanded by Coils Miniy and Long, sent around
10 attack on the flank and rear, impatient and
confident, advanced guard and dashed alone IN
supported into the midst of the enemy, COM
pletey surprising the whole camp and putting
force of 1000 to flight. We killed and cap
tured 70 rebel prisoners, aud brought in over 2j0
horses We had in custody two commanding
officers, who, in the melee, escaped into the thick
ct. We destroyed the enemys tents, wagons,
clothing guns, and equipments Of every descrip
ton The rebels in their haste to get away,
threw away their small arms, large quantity OF
which we brought in.
Mobile, 1Sth.-Two hundred and fifty exiles
are are at PascagoOla. Fifty more are to arrive
tonight
, 1863-06-06
News of May 23d.

New York, May 2Sd.-A Newbern letter, da
ted the 18th states that our dispatch boats which
had been running TO Norfolk by the Albermare
and Chesapeake canal, were captured on the 18th
by guefrilias, and both vessels were carried up
the Blackwater. Two corn laden schooners
were also captured at the same time. This cuts
off all communication from the North with New
bern.
At midnight on the Sth inst our mortar fleet,
assisted by the ron-cad Essex and sloop of war
Richmond, commenced the bombardment of the
lower batteries of Port Hudson, which was kept
up for an hour, the enemy not responding. On
the 9th at ten o'clock in the night. another bonn
bardment commenced and was kept up for an
hour without response. At 3 o'clock in the morn
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.
THE TRIBUNE,
New York,

Tho arrest Of Knights OF the Golden Circle, al
Reading, Pa, has created profound sensation; the
testimony Of the detectives, published elsewhere,
and other facts prove this organization to be most
formidable in numbers and power There are doubt
less many lodges in New-York city-there certainly
were several three or four years ago, when it was
quite common for certain ex-flibusters to solicit
their supposed friends to join. The purpose then
acknowledged was the seizure Of certain Central
American States, but there was evidently something
behind the curtain, and proselytes were few, the
Szze Of Hindoo Lodges having made secret political
societies unpopular for the time being. An effort
was made to transfer the Sons of Malta bodily to the
X. g. C.'s, but that plan did not work.
Recent suspicious Of Rebel outbreak in Cali
fornia have induced Gen. Wright, there command
ing, to issue a proclamation warning msloontenu Of
the dangers Of such acourse.