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, 1863-03-21
A Prospective Indian War.

Recent letters from the Boise mines and
vicinity confirm reports in regard to the
hostility of the Snake Indians in that
country Several persons have already
been brutally murdered and scalped by
these savages. Animals are driven off
by them with impunity, and hostile bear
ing towards the whites is manifested by
this tribe in all their actions. That there
will BE- war with these Indians the COM
ing summer there is now every reason to
believe. For years these savages have
been the constant terror to overland emil
grants to the Pacific coast, and thousands
have been deferred from crossing the plains
simply because these Indians stood in the
way of safe journey. Hundreds of emf
grants have perished by the hands of this
marauding, blood-thirsty tribe, and their
bones lie bleaching from the Rocky noun
tains to the Grande Ronde valley. But
the time, we hope, is near at hand when
these savage fends will get their dues and
pay the penalty of their atrocious deeds by
being swept from the face of the earth.
They have commenced hostilities in such a
manner that there can scarce be any hope
that they intend to show any mercy to the
whites Treaties have never availed much
with Indians when they have once assumed
a hostile attitude towards the whites, and
there can be no hope of accomplishing any
thing in that way in the present instance.
Let the tables now be turned, and if the
same hostile bearing is continued by them,
let the Uatchword Of the Boise miners be
adopted" Kill every Snake Indian on
sight" By the slow process of Govern
ment expeditions there will perhaps be no
availf BILE military force in the Boise region
for some time to come and until there is
such force there it behooves miners and
others to prepare to protect themselves.
Every one who goes to Boise should go
well armed. Until the Indians are driven
back from the road it is better and safer to
go in parties of from ten to thirty than
to straggle along by twos and threes. We
do not wish to create any unnecessary alarm
in eau tioning the public in this manner,
and we are only urging caution because we
deem it advisable for those who go out to
the mines to go prepared for any emergency
that may arise, on the road or in the mines
SHERIFF. AND DEPUTY.-M L. B.
Whitman has been appointed Sheriff of this
county, vice I. L. Roberts, resigned. Mr..
H. b. Lane is Mr. Whitmans Deputy.
New M1LL.-Mr A. H. Reynolds has
nearly completed his new mill, near this
city, and has for some weeks past been
manufacturing graham flour and grinding
corn
, 1863-03-21
AUBURN. March 10th. 1863.

EDS. STATESMAN There are many here that
regret the intelligence conveyed in your paper of
the death of your associate, Mr.. Northrop He
had many friends in this place. The weather
has moderated here considerably in the last few
days. Thawing in The day time but freezing du-
ring the night. | think in about two weeks Au-
burn mines will begin to tell golden tale, which
vii be especially pleasing to us Auburuites. Mr..
Davidson & Co., are clearing the snow and ice
out of their ditch to give a clear way to the water
as it rushes in toward Auburn to fill our miners
most anxious wish. Most of the miners are busy
fuming, building sluiees and rifles Nv Crane
& Co., have their lars9 nume on French Gulch
neatly completed. When finished, it will be
about three fourths of a mile long, and it is six
inches on the bottom and twenty inches deep
Mr. Crane has also commenced building large
bed rock fumo on Willow Gulch, which fear
will end in no pleasant manner, as most of the
miners will not grant him the right of way in con-
sequence of obstructiug their mining operations.
He persists in going ahead. They may fight it
out. Any way, say hurrah for the poor miner.
Reports from Boise say the weather continues
cold and very little thawing during the day, even
where the sun shines. No new prospects struck
The Indians have stolen great many horses on
the Payette river. -Four men were attacked by a
party of Indians near Old's Ferry, on Snake riv-
er, resulting in the death of two of the men. The
other two effected their escape and came to this
place The murdered men were both residents
in this vicinity and named ]. L. Brayton and Isaac
WandelL Mr. Jefferson Standefer is at the head
of party of about sixty men for the purpose of
irving to recapture some of the stolen stock
Many are daily leaving here for the Boise mines
despite all danger Persons going should pro-
vide themselves with good fire arms and go in
large parties, prepared for any emergency. Busi-
ness is livening up, though flour is selling at a
low figure: from $15 to 500 per cwt. There is
still a large stock in the hands of the merchants
Bacon is worth SOC per pound, beef 20, sugar 40
to So coffee co. tea 81 80 and tobacco $2.5
have been told by gentleman just in from
Boise that four Indians, the murderers of those
two men above mentioned, have been captured
and are to be executed by hanging. I say "go
in boys" hang them, shoot them-any way to
dispose of them until the savages in the country
are made to understand that white men are not
to be trihed with, and that there is a merry game
played with a crew of jolly boys.
Yours, CORRESPONDENT
, 1863-03-21
Freights to Boise.
The Golden Age says:

Inc UOLuen s1g6 says:
SIN Waa Walla, report says the merchants
are willing to give forty cents if the contractor
will deliver freight in Boise within forty days
Our packers intend to go through in less than
half that time"
Such stuff may look very well in print to Scran-
ito; but it only serves to inspire feeling of con-
tempt for him in the minds of those who know
better, and who know that he only writes such
stuff through an intense local prejudice. This
disposition to misrepresent facts and mislead the
public, through a merely local prejudice, is the
most contemplate thing of which public jour-
nalist can be guilty. No honorable man will
etoop to it. Thirty cents is the highest figure
that has been paid here this spring for feighting
to the Boise mines; and as to the time required
in making the trip, no one would be so insane as
to speak of forty days being required to do it
The distance by the present travelled route is only
about 22O to 23O miles, and nearer than that by
Lewiston, notwithstanding the editor of the Age
computes the distance from that point at only 1SQ
miles, and when the new road is opened from
this place the distance from here will be mate
rally shortened.
The express companies have been making the
trip from here to Boise ,ia Auburn nearly all
winter in five to six days.
We are informed by Messrs. Kyger & Reese,
merchants of this city-that packers have Of
tered to take freight to Boise for them at 20 cents
per pound, agreeing to make the trip to Boise and
back IN thirty days.
, 1863-03-21
Proceedings of the Railroad Meeting.

Proceedings of the Railroad Meeting.
The meeting of the Walla Walla Rail
road Company was held at the Court House
last Saturday pursuant to the call. The
letters of Mr.. Thos. H. Smith and Judge
Wyche declining the appointment of Com
missioners to solicit subscriptions at Van
couver, and expressing regret at not being
able to render any service towards the en-
terprise, were read and the designations ac-
cepted. One of the gentlemen had removed
to Portland and the other is about to To-
cate at Walla Walla.
The committee appointed to draft articles
ofassOciatiOn presented their report of which
the following is synopsis:
The officers of the company shall consist
in President, Secretary, three Directors,
a Treasurer and an engineer. The duties
of the officers are prescribed. The direc-
tors are to select upon the route of the line
and report such selection to the company,
and are to file plan of the route in the Of
fee of the Secretary of the Territory as re-
quired by the charter granted by the Leg
islature.
A majority of the subscribers to these ar
ticlcs and who shall take stock in the road
shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
ton of business. All elections for officers
shall be by ballot, and majority of votes
cast are necessary to a choice.
This temporary organization continues in
force until regular organization by stock
holders is made.
Thus it will be seen that some steps have
been taken by the corporators here to put
the enterprise on permanent footing and
make beginning of the work as required
by the charter 1t now remains for the cor
porators to use active exertions toward Sc
curing stock in this county. At present
we can expect but little outside aid towards
the work, and an assessment, according to
the number of shares taken, will be made
to make the survey required, which is i'm
portant to have done before titles are ac-
quired to lands along the line of the route
so as to diminish as much as possible the
expense of purchasing the land or rights of
way over land not now occupied There
will be few farmers along the line of the
route who would not be willing to give a
free passage to the road. tie company of
course doing the required fencing. At any
rate the present summer is the limit of time
fixed by the Legislature for action in this
matter.
At present it is a matter of some conec-
ture as to the probable expense of the road,
as the amount of work necessary to be done
to prepare the road bed has been only
roughly estimated by the eye. AS soon as a
regular line is laid then the project has
some data to go upon and its friends have
some means of knowing the expense neces-
sary to be incurred. The interest which is
manifested in this valley as well as by cap
italists below would promise that the ad-
journed meeting to be held to day at . P.
NJ will be attended not only by the corpo-
rators named, but by all those who are will
ling to use their exertions to establish the
work on a permanent foundation, and have
it assume an actual existence.
, 1863-03-21

AGENT AT BoIsE.-Mr. G. W. Jones,
for some time past the Obliging Messenger
of Wells, Fargo & Co., between this city
and Portland, has been appointed Agent
for that company at Boise. We were al
ways sure of ''full files from below when
E'Jonesy" came up, and shall miss him
much; but shall console ourselves in the
thought that ''what is our loss is his gain, "
and while we congratulate him upon his
promotion, we must award to the appoint
ing officer proper credit in securing to
the company the services of so efficient an
agent.
, 1863-03-21
Concentrating

AS the Florence mines was the great
concentrating point of the upper country
last year, so we may expect the Boise re-
gion to be the place of attraction this year.
Everybody seems to be going to Boise !. E.
everybody who intends to go the mines at
at all. OF course there are some few ex-
ceptions of persons who will go to the older
camps; but these exceptions are rare, and
unnoticed in the general hubbub and scram-
bic for Boise With this universal dispo-
sition on the part of miners to concentrate
at one point, it can scarcely be expected
(taking the history of other mining re-
gions as a criterion) these mines will not
be " overdone." But as Florence was the
distributing point for unlucky miners last
spring and summer, so will Boise be the
region from which they must diverge this
season. One correspondent in speaking of
these diggings says, " they are the best
mines Excepting Florence) ever discovered
in the upper country" That is quite an
admission, and very likely a truthful one.
There never was a mining camp newly
discovered, and possessing any real merit,
but that it was pronounced by the first in
to be the richest and most extensive ever
discovered. The reason why men are so
sanguine in this respect is that when good
mines are first discovered there is usually
no trouble in finding paying claims all
around in the vicinity perhaps on one or
two creeks and gulches. The discoverers
feel confident of the extent of the mines
for the simple reason that they find paying
claims on these creeks and gulches, and
beyond which they care not to prospect
Consequently they are deluded into the be-
lief that the whole country is one vast min
ing field But how different does it prove
when the country is thoroughly prospected;
and before this is accomplished, it is al
most universally the case that there are
twenty-five men in the mines to one paying
claim. Then this surplus mining popu-
lation must distribute in various ways:
Some go to other camps; some prospect for
new diggings; others prospect the old dig
gings for new claims others work for wa
ges; many don't pretend to do anything,
and great many become disgusted at first
sight and go home. We may reasonably
expect then, in the ordinary course of
events, that the disgusted-at-frst-sight
class from BOISE will be distributing them
selves along here in about month; the
dust a little later, and the ''bummers"
following it up with the information that
the mines are overdone.
Pay DAY.-The troops at this post who
we're to have received their pay three or
four weeks ago, were paid off on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the
time for paying them off having been post
poned on account Of some incompleteness of
the muster roll. The whole amount paid
out was fifty thousand dollars, four-ffths
of which was in coin. Since the payment
Ferceptble change for the better has ia
ken place in the money market
SrAMps-A large supply of Excise and
Postage stamps have been received at the
7,Ost OfHca in +his citv
, 1863-03-21


-Four men passed here yesterday morning in a
boat, bound for Lewiston, intending to prospect
as they passed down the river. Their names are
John Burton, Nathaniel Jewett, J. L. Brayton
and Isaac Wandell They arrived here about
sunset. Brayton and Wandel were killed by the
Indians. The circumstances Of the massacre as
related to me by Burton and Jewett are as follows
After passing the mouth of Burnt river they en-.
countered rapids some Of which they considered
it unsafe to run, and they dropped down by lines
In one instance just before striking camp for the
night, they Gghtened cargo in order to drop down
nearer shore than they could otherwise have
DONE They started a fire on the right bank and
Brayton and Wandell started for the freight which
they had left on shore about half mile above,
consisting Of blankets, Revoyers, gold dust, &C.
Burton and Jewett commenced getting supper,
but as their companions were gone longer than
was deemed necessary, they started in search, and
discovered mOccasin tracks and other Indian signs
Returning Immediately to their camp by a some
what different route, they pushed their boat to
the left bank and passed a sleepless and very un-
comfortable night without food fire or blankets
At daylight this morning they set out in search of
their comrades but found nothing but some small
articles known by them to belong to the missing
men, the marks in the sand where the bodies had
been dragged to the fOaming riyer,an the Indians
boasted mark the blood of the white man.
The deceased were both unmarried. Brayton
is probably native Of the State of New York,
and has a brother in Auburn. Wandellis from
Michigan.
The survivors seem detected on account of the
sad fate of their comrades. Yours,
WIN. H. DRAKE.
, 1863-03-21

The Road Company went to work in earnest
on Monday last, and employed forty men and set
them to shoveling the snow out of the trail across
the mountains The work will be completed to-
day SO that trains can pass over the road. The
difference in the distance between this road and
the old emigrant road from here to Grand Ronde
valley is near thirty miles. The company an
nounce that good bridges have been erected
across the Grand Ronde river and other streams
along the route, and that all Instructions to travel
have been removed.
STEAMER SPRAY.-The Oregon Steam
Navigation Company have purchased the
steamer Spray, together with the grounds
at her landing point above Wallula. This
leaves the upper river without an opposition
boat
, 1863-03-21

RTR. /: WHlTTlNGHAM ismy authorized agent
Lumber from my Mill and to re cept for the same
All orders forwarded by him will be promptly filed.
S. LINKTON,
Walla Walla, March IA, 1868.
, 1863-03-21
Daniel S. CogdeIps Estate.

2 ETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION having been
! granted to the undersigned by the Probate
Court Of Walla Walla county upon the estate of
Daniel S. COgsdell, late of said county, deceased,
therefore notice is hereby given to all persons hold
ing claims against said estate to present them with
proper vouchers, to me- at my residence, at Coppei,
within one year from this date be forever barred.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to said es
tate are requested to make immediate payment.
March Z. 1868. l2m3
HENRY o. WATERS, Administrator.
, 1863-03-21
Civ Elpcfinn.

A N ELECTION for City officers will be held at
"A the Council Chamber on Tuesday, April
7th, 1868, between the hours of o'clock A. M. and
O'Clock for the election of the following city
officers, to-wit
MAYOR
COMMON COUNCIL consisting Of Members.)
CITY MARSHALL,
CITY ASSESSOR
CITY TREASURER,
CITY SURVEYOR.
By order Of the Mayor and Common Council
Wala Walla W. T.
March 10, 1868. ( H. B, LANE, City Clerk.
, 1863-03-21
Dates to March 3.

Washington, March 3.-Ninety Senators and
Representatives regarding the enlargement of the
canals between the valley of the Mississippi and
the Atlantic, as of great national Importance,
tending to promote the development, prosperity
and unity Of our whole country, have signed call
for a convention of those interested on the sub
jeot to meet in Chicago on the first Monday in
June.
The House yesterday passed the Senate bill in
Identifying the president for his suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus. The Conscrption bill has
been approved by the President.
An order has been issued by Gen. Banks for
bidding taking away of negroes from any of the
, 1863-03-21

New M1LL.-Mr. A. H. Reynolds has
nearly completed his new mill, near this
city, and has for some weeks past been
manufacturing graham -four and grinding
corn
, 1863-03-21

SHERIFF AND DEPUTY.-Mr Z. B.
Whitman has been appointed Sheriff of this
county, vice I. L. Roberts, resigned. Mr.
H. B. Lane is Mr.. Whitman's Deputy.
, 1863-03-21
Latest Eastern News.
Dates fO March ief,

Washington, March 1st-The Senate remained
in session until one o'clock this morning. All the
House amendments to the conscription bill were
adopted, and it only awaits the signature of the
President to become a law. Its principal provis-
ions are as already telegraphed.
New York, March 1st-The steamer from
Bermuda the 10Th reports the arrival of the Brit
ish steamer Columbia, from Charleston, with a
cargo of cotton. She would discharge and load
arms for a Southern port The steamer Miriam,
mate to the prize steamer Princess Royal, was
loaded with arms and would sail for Charleston in
a week.
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Sound, where We saw two steamers and three
schooners which watching with interest the appear
snce Of tho celebrated ION paper) ram Fnga While on
here We heard tho firing Of heavy In The direction OF
savannah-target practice, probably.
ARRIVAL Usv OsaARAw.
A. half past p n. exchanged signals with the
Canandagua Captain Green lying outside the bar st o.
saoaw Sound In hfeen minutes Afterwards we hauled
up her and The chanpsl; with our gldses We could
SEQ the forecastle and the decks crowded with men
watching eagerly. Az we drew long line Of
faces showed above the vessels rails than To-
dex finger poin towards MS and will guarantee
speculative - TO &C. and cads in general
II must have been strange sight 70 them, most OF
those On board had vessel OF this class Al
ten minutes before two O'Clock stopped engines
Green was the senior oicer the station, Captains
Worden and Patterson, q tho Adger went board 70
report their arrival and the nature OF the business which
had brought them down 10 such OF tho way place.
had the captains returned 70 their respective vessels than
dense FOG suddenly shut down upon u.s. SO that we could
NOT even sos the Adger. M
TIM VOYAGE UP THE SOUND.
II left suddenly ~ Il came, and at twenty seven
minutes past three our towlines were cut on from the
Adger and under the guidance Of Acting Master Godfrey,
our pilot, started up for the 0geechee river. We
0n S
way 70 report TO tho senior officer, wondering faces
again greeting US a. we passed each other.
At nve O'Clock, when on RaCo0n Island, the fog again
shut us in and in ten minutes thereafter our anchor was
water. ~
RATTLE PRKPARAuoSs.
Our veesei was nearly stripped Of her working belts,
elects, stanchops, &C., &c but night coming on, the
our fighting matches now on, and by this time To-
morrow No shallbe a. bare as . sand beach Another
nights rest, good days work, fine day Monday, and
shall have something 70 wriie.