, 1864-04-29
THE WASHINGTON STATESMAN
Published Every Friday Evening.
Money Market.


preparations in this city, to start in a few
days for the Kootenai mines. No reliable
news in relation to these mines has been re-
ceived from that country for some time
Should favorable reports come in from that
quarter soon, general rush for the mines
will take place from the floating population
of the upper country. The Kootenai mines
are considerable distance off from this Sec
tion exactly how far no one seems to know
and persons are very properly, cautious
about starting in that direction until they
have positive information that the mines
are a reality and their whereabouts fully
established. Almost every day reports are
rife about late arrivals from Kootenai-mines
rich, enormously so-provsions scarce and
high, etc., ETC.; but when these reports are
traced up they are found to be "sells" prac-
tised upon some credulous individual who
is anxious to start for the mines and is only
awaiting to hear something favorable and
'treliable" before he hurries off to the land of
gold. We shall certainly know something
about these mines shortly that will quiet
the nerves of the fdgety few and the excl
table many.
Since setting up the foregoing man has
reached this city stating that he is direct
from the Kooteuai; that he came in by way
of Colville and reached here on Thursday
evening To persons who applied to him for
information regarding the mines, he appeared
somewhat uncommunicative, stating that he
had been fitted out for the mines at Lewiston
and that the people there we're entitled to the
benefit of the first intelligence he had to give,
and he refused to give information for publ
cation here. Persons who conversed with
him obtained this much from him. that the
mines are about 450 miles distant from here
mot on the Kootenai, but IS miles from it,
on tributary of the Columbia that the
stream had been prospected for about 20
miles, for which distance miners were at
work making $50 per day, using rockers,
with raw hides for selves there being no
rocker irons in the country that the weather
was very cold aud miners only able to work
six hours per day; that supplies of all kinds
were scarce and high in the mines; -four worth
$40 per hundred on the first crossing Of the
Kootenai and $40 in the mines about $50
persons in the mines, and large number
reported on the way thither from Beaver
Head.
We give the story as we received it and
vouch for nothing
JACK SUPpER.-Not the one that the
individual bearing that cognomen would not
eat, "because he couldn't get it" but the one
gotten up by Captain Jack, of the Empire
Restaurant, for the Odd Fellows ball, on
Tuesday evening, is spoken Of by epicures
as the grandest affair they have ever seen
east of the mountains. A Teuton friend of
ours asked us the other day to " kindly
remember" the Captain for his good taste
and generosity and in describing the sup
per, that we might obtain an idea of its rich
ness and do it justice in notice, said " II
minded me of and looked Just like a horse
trough full Of nice oats hatthe horse couldn't
eat, because there aoas too much for him ~
There, reader, is new idea of abundance
for you so we conclude that while the Cap
tain is evidently deserving of praise for his
efforts in providing for the inner man, he is
also entitled to some consideration as the
indirect originator of a simiiitude which
Shakespeare Or ''any other man" might have
spent lifetime in ransacking their mental
apparatuses for and yet not found
THEATIoAL.-A Dramatic troupe, from
the lower country, enlivened our city du-
ring the latter part of last and the first Of
this week, with evening entertainments of
Comedy and Song The troupe was re-
markably well patronzed, considering the
worn out Farces played and the blanket and
calico style of scenery displayed. The acting
was very good, all incOnveniences taken
into account The Company left on Tues
days stage for Idaho city, where they de-
sign playing during the summer season.
Mrs. leighton, the prominent actress of the
troupe, took sick on her arrival here, and
was too unIell to start with the company on
Tuesday She is said to be a very clever
actress in her line of comedy and song.
The Mountaineer states that party of
citizens and soldiers, sixty-three in number,
who started out from Canyon City after a
band of marauding Indians, recently came
upon their encampmcnt in the Goose Lake
country and in fight with the savages three
citizens and two soldiers were killed The
whites fell back fifteen miles to await rein
forcemehts. Upon the receipt Of the news
at Canyon City, some three hundred citi-
zens volunteered to go out and fight. The
probability is that the Indians will not be so
easily found when large party goes out to
engage them.
CoLLEoToR.-Mr W. S. Gillian re-