, 1863-03-21
THE WASHINGTON STATESMAN
SATURDAY MORNING, MAR q, 1868,
Under Which King?

but do not describe the boundary lines
We have searched faithfully among our ex-
changes for some light upon the subject,
but the only thing we find in relation to
the matter is contained in the news of the
4th-that the Senate, the House concur
ring, passed the bill organizing the Terri
tory of Montana, changing the name to Ida
no, and changing the boundary lines. 1t
is a question then, with us, whether we
are in the new or the old Territory. One
proposition of the divisionists was to make
the line of this county the boundary, leav-
ing Walla Walla in the old Territory. An
other proposition made the boundary pass
near Wallula, so as to include this county
in the new Territory Another PROPOSE
ton was that of that slippery old hypocrite
DR.. A. G. Henry, running from the north
eastern boundary of Oregon by the 10th
parallel to Snake river; thence north by
by longitude III to the British Pos
sessions cutting off all the mining coun-
ties from Washington, excepting Spokane,
and dividing Nez Perces county, SO as to
leave Lewiston in the old Territory. AS
Henry had arrived at Washington (having
been sent as the special emissary of the
Olympia clique with his maps, &C.. to ad-
vocate his plan of division, there is some
reason to fear his plan may have been
adopted. If either of these plans have
been adopted they cannot be otherwise
than distasteful to the people of the up
per country as we'll as deleterious to their
interests, and it may be said that their
rights have been bartered away by coterie
of politicians and capitalists who are inter-
ested in retaining the capital of Washing
ton Territory at Olympia and who have
worked for the division with this sole OBJ
ject If they have accomplished their pur-
pose in this case, and considering the
treatment we have heretofore received at
the hands of these Olympia men, it be-
comes the duty of the people of the upper
country to begin to guard their own inter
ests. They have the power, by concentra-
ting it, to elect their own Congressman;
and we say let them exercise it. Let the
people of the upper country call their own
Convention and unite upon some one man
whose interests are identified with theirs,
and send him to Washington that their
interests may be represented there as ell
as those of the bakers dozen of Clam eat
ers who have fattened upon the spoils of
office at Olympia until they think them
selves the only people in Washington Ter
ritory worthy the consideration or atten-
ton Of the government. Let the issue be
made upon the securing of proper bounda-
ries for our Territory and we cannot fail to
win
Later news says our present Delegate,
VIM. H. Wallace, has been appointed by
the President, Governor Of the new Terri
tory.
We shall probably have to await the
slow process of the mail before we receive
anything definite in relation to the boun-
daries of the new Territory.
Recapture of the Government Mules.
Messrs. Creighton, wagon master, and
Mr. Miller, herder, at the post, who went
out with the first party in pursuit of the
thieves who stole the Government mules
couple of weeks since, succeeded in over
hauling the scoundrels, at point some
where on the Okanagan river, and killed
the thieves and recovered the mules. These
two men, when the animals of the soldiers
gave out, compelling them to return, con-
tinued the pursuit alone, and two days af-
forwards arrived at the camp of the thieves.
Somewhere on the Okinagan river they
passed the camp Of a miner, known as
dancing Bill" where they learned that
Bill had purchased six of the mules, and
had gone up six miles to the camp of the
robbers to pay for the animals. Arriving
at the camp they inquired for Bill, who an
swered to his name, when they Immediately
presented arms at the robbers and fired up
on tbem-preferring to do this to taking
the desperate chances of capturing them
alive and knowing too that if they attempt
ed to take the mules and bring them, with
out molesting the robbers that their own
lives would most likely pay the penalty
The thieves had with them an Indian,
whom they had hired to help drive the
mules, and who was disarmed by Creighton
& Miller, and brought back to the post
The mules were all recovered but six, which
were drowned by the robbers in attempting
to swim them across the Columbia. The
name of one Of the thieves is F. Schne5Iy,
who has for long time been a resident Of
this county. He is better known by the
nickname of "Stubbs." The name of the
other man is unknown. Great praise is
due to Messrs Creighton and Miller for
following the thieves after all others had
turned back, and few will say they did not
do right in consigning these wholesale rob
bers to a deserved fate.
AGENT AT BoIsE-Mr g. w Jones,
for some time past the Obliging Messenger
of Wells, Fargo & Co., between this city