, 1863-06-20
THE WASHINGTON STATESMAN
published Every Saturday morning.


EMIGRATION TO THE PAc1F1c. The
St. Louis Republican has the following in
relation to the emigration Pacifcwards
"Several steamboats, will leave St. Louis
on Saturday next, May 9th, with very
large amount of freight, and hundreds of
passengers, on their way to Fort Benton,
on the Upper Missouri; thence they will
take the mountain road opened by Capt
Mullan, of the army, from Fort Benton to
Walla WalIa, and make new homes in the
fertile valleys and auriferous districts which
have recently been developed up in the
new, virgin, and vigorous Territories of
Washington and Idaho. P. Chouteau, Jr,
and company, and other parties, will send
a number of steamers up"
The following is from the Omaha (Ne-
braska) Republican:
''The emigration now passing through
this city for the West, is immense. The
utmost capacity of our Steam Ferry is
taxed in bringing across the Missouri river
the hundreds of men, women, children,
horses and wagons which are daily and
hourly coming in ceaseless tide to the op-
posite shore. Our merchants are doing
lively business in the Quitting line.
"
The STANDARD ON RAYNoR's NoMI-
NAT1oN.-The Washington Standard of
May 80, old Henry's organ, and no doubt
disappointed that the friends of the old
Gorilla were foiled in their attempt to Sc
cure his nomination-says in regard to the
nomination of Rev. j. o. Raynor, the Re
publican candidate for Delegate to Con-
gress
"It appears that j. o. Raynor is the
nominee of the Convention for Delegate
to Congress We have not yet found a
person in this vinity who is acquainted
with the candidate, but this will be an ad-
vantage that few candidates possess"
The above would be denominated by
Artemus Ward, "sarkastical expression,
and is rather giving the cold shoulder to
the nominee; but we will woger clam
that the next number of the Standard will
be loud in its advocacy of the Rev. gem
tleman's cause. By that time the editor
will have learned the secret of his nomi-
nation. He had only received the news of
the nomination indirectly when he wrote
the above paragraph.
CANT BE DD.-The Oregonian thinks
old Henry ought to be removed from Of
fee. The Oregon Statesman says of it:
''Remove DR.. Henry Lincoln thinks
him the greatest man eUer in Springfield
HIS "huh of the universe" Henry actu-
ally lives with Lincoln at the White House.
visits, eats, drinks, and for aught we know,
sleeps with him. And this same DR.. A.
9. Henry, who is thought in Oregon to be
a half cracked political trickster, is believed
by Lincoln to be honest, wise and great
A measure Of Lincoln's mind and percep-
ton is thus obtained"
In Oregon old Henry is only Thought"
to be "half cracked political trickster !"
In this Territory he is knovn to be such.
SCARCITY OF WATER-A miner in from
Boise this week informs us that the search
ty of water in the Boise mining region will
be a great detriment to mining operations
there this summer. He expresses the uni
versal opinion of those coming from there
that the mines for richness, are unequaled
by any in the upper country, but that thou
sands of men will be thrown out of en-
ployment in the present discovered dig
gings, for lack of water to work their
! claims.