, 1864-08-12
Boise Correspondence
IDAHO CITY, Angus

| EDS. STATESMAN The principal mining OF
the season in the ''Basn" is rapidly growing
| less. Water in the creeks has failed to such an
extent that nearly all the bitches conveying wa
| ter upon hill, bar and gulch mining claims are
! dry, and from this time to the close of the
| season creek claims will be about all that can
be worked. Upon Ell's and Moores creeks this
kind of mining is carried on night and day, and
| there has been an evident determination on the
part of claim holders to make the most of their
time from early in the spring the present season.
| A very large proportion of the area of ground
contained in paying placer diggings located in
Boise Basin, however, still remains to be worked
out, and several years must elapse before extern
siye placer mining will be over here The sup
ply of water this year is less than last season,
/ though distributed by bitches over mdch more
mining ground than then. / am unable as yet
to arrive at any estimate approximating in any
tolerable degree to correctness of the aggregate
yield of gold this year, SO far. 1t must consid-
erably exceed that of 1868 to the same period
Groceries, provisions, fancy and staple dry
goods, liquors, ETC., continue to arrive in large
quantities, although the market is greatly over
stocked and sales dull, and likely to continue
so for some time.
Since my last we have had some extremely
warm weather-mercury ranging above 1929 in
the shade. The sultriness of the weather be-
gins to moderate now somewhat, as the nights
grow longer and cooler.
The season, in a sanitary point of view has
been healthy one, but few deaths and not
much ckness for the population U.
The July Term of the District court was held
by Hon. A. G. Smith of Lewiston Judge of the
first Judicial District and Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the Territory. Very ht-
tie outside of criminal business was transacted
except wholesale granting of divorces At the
close of the term supper was rendered the
Judge by the members of the bar, the evening
before his departure to the bosom of his family
at Lewiston, and all parted with hilarity and
good feeling. The following evening Hon. Sam
uel c. Parks, Judge of the District, arrived from
the East looking hale and hearty after so long
and fatguing journey he has performed.
The Theater here, under the management of
Charles Getzler, Esq, has proved for the last
month paying institution, if from fair to full
and crowded houses every night of perform
ance is any indication After the veteran Pot
ter had concluded his successful engagement,
and consolidated troupe, consisting of all the
former competing ones had been effected, the
talent and popularity of Mrs. Getzler, Miss
Belle Douglas, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Waldron,
G. B. Waldron, j. S. Potter and the others
among whom it were invidious to attempt to
discriminate, where all meritorious, literally
took the public by storm. Dan Rice's Circus is
also advertised to appear and "show" next
week,
Political matters in bothspartiesare something
like a certain officials opinion of his re-elec-
ton, "d-ly mixed" Sectional and personal
prejudices and jealousies, petty ambition, and
the ambition of petty men in both organiza-
tions, are producing their legitimats sI1uit and
the present probabilities are decidedly in favor
of a general scrub race for about every office
within the gift of the people. As the election
has been postponed by act of Congress, it is ex-
tremely difficult to say what may not turn up
before that period. As the matter stands at
present majority of politicians, candidates and
Office seekers of all parties seem to be much
more anxious than the "dear peops," who for
the most part seem inclined to go slow and do
as they please so far as "Uncle Abe" will per-
NIT them.
The sudden and unexpected death of DR.. D.
A. Crane cast gloom over the commu-
nifty here for a short time. He was buried on
Sunday, July 3lst, by the Masonic fraternity of
which he was a member. He leaves wife and
four small children to mourn his loss as we'll as
the community in which he was respected and
influential member. Peace to his ashes.
The arrival of the overland stage and mail
line to Boise City few days ago gave us hopes
that we should at last have a Post Office and
regular postal communication established from
Idaho City to the world outside; but still we
are left out in the cold, Another of the "pleas-
ant little jokes" / suppose. What would the
world be without such jokes and such joker