, 1863-07-04
THE WASHINGTON STATESMAN
Published Every Saturday Informing
4 sober-gided View of Boise.

Published Every Saturday Morning
A sober-sided View Of Boise
An "old Boise miner" gave US a few days ago
some items in relation to the Boise mines which
it would be well for every one to consider. He
started out, as every one does who has visited
these mines, with the assertion that they are the
best mines ever discovered north of California
But to a glowing description of the country and
its golden prospects, he added something more.
There are thousands Of persons now in the mines
who have no claims, and many of these, are men
who went there last fall and have searched dill
gently and faithfully, though unsuccessfully, for
claims. Many of them, during the winter, squat
ted upon pieces Of ground which prospected well
''under the snow;" but in the spring they proved
to be nspotted" and almostsworthless Or the mi
ner8 were compelled to leave good pay dirt on
account of not being able to get water to work
their claims These men, together with hun
dreds of others, who have gone into the ines
this spring and summer, are now most of the
time lying idle about the towns and paying
camps, lured to remain there by the evidences
they see of rich deposits, in the gold daily taken
out by fortunate claim owners, and hoping on
that they will yet strike "leads' as rich. With
every new excitement this unemployed popula
ton rushes off 10 the new eldorado,-some of
them to find claims but the large majority to re-
turn again and give to the old camps, their wonted
appearance of real life and prosperity, and which
in their absence have worn more that Of Sun
day-like aspect Many hundreds who are hunt
ing for claims could find employment working
for wages; but the mines are oyerdone; there are
already too many men for the number Of claims
and accessions to the population daily flowing in
by hundreds. The population of the mining re-
gionnow numbers not less than fifteen thousand
souls and unless a rapid exodus soon begins, with
the incoming emigration from across the plains,
the number will be swelled to seventy-fve thou
sand If the mines are overdone now what will
be the result when this large emigration comes in?
Simply recurrence of the scenes that have been
witnessed in all the mining excitements since the
discovery of gold upon the coast, and which it
would have taken no prophet to foretell.
Stolen Horses.
EDS. STATESMAN 81 have nine head of
stolen horses that ere taken on Monday
the 22d inst. from half breed Indian at
the mouth Of Pine creek. The half breed
stated that he was herding the animals and
was left in charge Of them by a man named
Duncan, who he said was in town AS
Mr.. Duncan has not been to recover by any
legal OF illegal authority the aforesaid hor-
ses; l, therefore, will announce to the citi-
zens Of Walla Walla and to all whom il may
concern, that am desirous for the owners
of this property to come and prove such as
belongs to them and take them away
Good proof will be required. l have not
given color nor brands, for it gives rogues
too much play and honest men no chance
to recover their property. l will say that
these horses are supposed to have been sto-
len al Grand Ronde and Dalles. This stock
can be seen at any time at my ranch on the
Walla Walla river
Yours, &c, JOHN HANCOCK
P. s. Since writing the above I have
learned that the half breeds name is Lean
der Midway.
The Golden Age wishes US to announce to
our readers that 'the people in that coun-
try expect Governor Wallace on the steam
er from St. Louis, and the capital Of Ida
no in that vicinity" We are most superb
ly exalted to be enabled to lay this highly
important as we'll as felicitous and chi
merical-together with also this mag
fcently colored meerschaum intelligence
efore our patrons in the most transparent
light possible We hope every one who
reads this paragraph will see that these
ideas are neither mystifed, muddled OF
ephemeral; and that they will see the ne
cessity of looking at the embryo State of
Idaho in all its integral and blowed up
parts. In the meantime we are sOrely ex-
Orcised with great fear shat His Excenency
Gov. Wallace has been lost in that tall
grass which towers up in that country
above the backs of the tallest beastes, and
climaxes admirably, and which the sun in It's
bounteous exhuberance Of dazzling rays
never penetrates-or for fear that his ex-
cellency has been swallowed up in the bow
els of the rapacious earth while on the Null
Ian Road, which we learn from the Age
has also cared jRli There, Scrantio, we
have endeavored to make the statement in
your own hightoned style, and you viii
please give us credit for it and don't charge
us with being 'ironikal" "
To PLAoERvI1IE IN TWENTY-FIVE
HoURs The. Golden Age has of late had
much to say in regard to trip made by
Mr. Charles Getzler from Placerville to
Lewiston in twenty-nine hours. Mr.. p
Rigg of this city proposes to bet any sum
of from So, 900 to $4,000 that he can beat
that time by seven hours from Placerville
to this city, and will tide from there here
in twenty-five hours Mr.. Rigg author
ICES US to say for him that the money is
ready to be put up at any time.
THE GRAIN CRors.-Wo have been in
formed by farmers here that the grain crops
Jf this season in the Walla Walla valley
will fall far short Of the usual yield in pro-
'ortion to the number of acres sovn.-
he dry weather Of the past several weeks
assigned as the cause for short crops