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The following letter addressed to the citizens
of the United States, is from the pen of Amos
Kendall, an old and tried patricia relic of
away. He was Postmaster General under jack
sons Administration, and was esteemed by that
President. At the commencement of the rebel
lion he took sides strongly for the war, was an
earnest supporter of the Administration, and
wrote series of articles in its defense. This
letter deserves universal reading.
, 1864-07-29
Notice.


To The heirs a. Lao and tB8 Admaistra.0r Of The
Estate Of George c. Mllfy.
XTOU ANDEAOn OF YOU ARE HEREBY NO.
titled that on the 22L day of August. "a, 1
si II apply TO the e4iscr and Receiver of the Land
Office at Nancpuver, W. T. to receive and place on
my decIaratry statement. claiming the right of
pre-emption to the north half OF the southwest quar-
ter al Il south hall of the northwest quarter of
Section No. five, in township No nine, nortn IF range
No thrty-ve east. which tract of land Nvas entered
as a Homie. tead by George G. MulSy, deceased, on
the llth day Of july a. d. 1868.
Al the same time and place | shall submit to said
Register and Receiver proof that said land has been
nbal duned for more than six months at one time and
hus reverted to the Government, provided in the
5th section Of the Homestead Act
J, NJ. IIEDRICK.
WaIa Walla Julv 26 1864. 33W3*
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Terms for Dag Se1o!ars.:
General Regulations

From the day ofentrance to the Vacation, in July
next, absence VIII be allowed except in case Of
serious illness. No pupil viii be admitted for n
shorter period than quarter, and no deduction will
be made tor time lost on quarter not completed.
Pupils will be received at any time during the year,
and chai gcd from The date Of admission into tho
Institution. Visits confined 10 Thursdays and
can only be made by parents and guardians, or per-
authorized by them. A ] letters are subject to
the inspection OF the Superiose>s For sake Of uni
formity aud order all the pupils win attend the re-
ligaus exercises Of the establishment.
For rothiisle books. other wants of students no
advances will he made by the Institution. To meet
such expenses q sufficient sum must lie deposited
vita the Treasurer Prepayment will Invariably be
demanded az the commencement ofeach quarter.
Etch pupl Twill furnish thrce pairs sheets, three.
l$ilow six tow els, and OIe he cOuLtclIane
Waa Walls, July -, 1864.
, 1864-07-29

From BENTON AND BEAVER HEAD.-From Mr..
Day, of Touchet, who went With pack train to
Beaver Head last spring and returned last week,
we got some items ofinterest from the eastern
side:
The Steamers which left St. Louis for Benton,
in May met with no better success than the
steamers did year ago--not succeeding in get
ting nearer than two or three hundred miles ofFort
Benton. The water in the Missouri this season,
as last, has been unusually low, owing to the
light fall of snow in the mountains; yet the riv-
er men think that boats will in usually high sta
ges of the river during the summer season, be
able to ascend the river to Bentonc The boats
used this season, were not considered sufficient
ly powerful for the trade.
When Mr.. D. arrived at Beaver Head goods
and supplies were commanding very high prices
but few days after his arrival wagons and
trains from Omaha and Atchison began to ar
rive, and prices speedily went down to reasona-
BILE figures.
A very large emigration had arrived at Bea-
yer Head when Mr.. Day left and trains were still
coming in. No less than thousand wagons
had already arrived. Some of them tried to
make the trip through to this country, but find
ing the Mullan road impossible on account of
fallen timber and the destruction of bridges,
they were compelled to turn back to Beaver
Head; and some of them left with their wogons
for Boise to come by that route.
III o-- who L,d claims ara ra0 a~q1l U
doing we'll; butafterth the emigration arrived there
was large surplus of miners. The very profit
able mining was mainly done in th9 quartz led
ges, though some companies were making large
wages drifting into the hills
Since the Wholesale hanging Of the thieves and
murderers by the vigilantes last spring that
class of persons have very generally left the
country, and those, if any, wac remain are Resp
ing themselves very quiet.
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DAILY OREGON STATESMAN N-The publishers of
the Oregon7Statesaan have commenced the pub
lication of daily paper. The object of the en-
terprise is evidently to "bust up" its new cotem-
porary the Arena; for certainly the idea of max
ing a daily paper pay in Salem could never have
entered the minds of it's projectors but ifthe
wind is not taken out of their own sails and the
cash out of their pockets before the end of a
year we will confess to lack of knowledge of
the requisites in publishing newspaper.
, 1864-07-29

The Washington Correspondent Of the Sacra-
mento Union says the proposition to amend
the Constitution so as tOprohibit slavery forever
throughout the United States passed the Sem
ate by the requisite two-thirds vote, but the
bill in the House did not get the requisite num-
ber The vote in the House upon the passage
of the bill was "a ayes, to SO noes: This con-
tradicts the statement made by the Oregonian
a short time ago that a two-thirds majority was
obtained in both Houses
, 1864-07-29

NEGRo CoLoNY-A Washington correspond
ent gives the following sketch of the Negro
Colony near the Federal capital:
'Lately there has been much dissatisfaction
existing among the sable denizens of the Freed
mans Village at Arlington, and grand stam-
pede on their part is daily anticipated Il ap-
pears the difficulty lies in an irrepressble con-
aict between the negroes idea of the relations
between themselves and the Government, and
the latter's view of the case. Mr.. C0ntraband'
insists that he will work only when he pleases,
and the experimenting agent of the Govern
ment insists he shall perform sufficient labor at
least to pay his expenses, or forfeit his rations.
Another cause of difficulty is that able-bodied
women are made to work in the field to which
the negro man objects, upon the ground that
they are free and entitled to immunties and
privileges of white women. The colony num-
bers over three thousand, of which about twen-
ty-two hundred are able-boded nand women.
Until lately the working force was daily nearly
two thousand, but since the clash of antagonis-
tic opinions upon the labor question, not more
than five hundred report for work-the rest de-
flying the Superintendent and spending their
time in idleness Secretary Stanton has or
dered that those who don't work shall be put
upon half rations; but this will hardly mend the
matter; because half of the abundant rations
furnished is more than enough for darkey
whose appetite is not stimulated by exercising
the hoe handle.
/
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New BATH HcUsg-Max Burmeitser
has just completed a new bath house, ad-
joing Franks Hotel 1t will be open to
the public next week.
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Noticer

NEY WIFE, ROSA FOSTERt HAVING LEFT
wi my bed and board without inst cause, give
lotlce to the public generally hat anysale of prop
ertv she may make, or any debt she may contract,
will be regarded by me void in all cases. and that
parties purchasing from her making contracts with
her will do it at their peril from and after this date
JOHN FOSTER,
walla Walla, July 49, 1864. Ssw4
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EMIGRANTs. five or six cmigrant
Wagons, from the States, have arrived in
this valley within the past two or three
weeks. One wagon came in on Friday last
which came first to East Bannack, thence Uin
Boise to this place. The most Of the emi-
grants this year have gone to Beaver Head
and California. Had the Mullan road been
passable, goodly portion Of those who have
settled in the Beaver Head country would
have crossed to this side of the mountains.
, 1864-07-29

Arch Turner was nominated for Delegate to
Congress by the Idaho Union Convention, held
at Contervillo July 18th. Another Union Con-
yenton is to be held at Packer Johns, and the
Centeryille Convention appointed a delegate to
proceed thence to inform them Of the nOmina-
ton of Turner and ask their concurrence.
The Democrats of Idaho are. split up in the
same manner and it is difficult to understand
how matters viii terminate. Each man seems
to be acting exclusively on his 'own hook,
without regard to precedents or party nomina-
tons.
, 1864-07-29

ENBoLLMENT-The enrolling officer of
Thurston and. Pierce counties reports 500
persons subject to draft in those Two coun-
ties. The enrolling officer has not been
around in this county yet; butif the Presi-
dent should "repeat" on that call for five
hundred thousand more, we may expect a
chance at both the enrolment and the draft
, 1864-07-29

The lost Delegate, Wallace, received one vote
on regular ballot in the Union Convention
held at Ceptoryille, Idaho Territory. So Wal
lace still has one friend left but what is one
friend among SO many "constits." The lost
man will have to turn his attention Eastward
Ho now that he is tplayed out in Idaho,
, 1864-07-29

SCARCITY OF HANDS IN THE STATES
We have lately received and seen a number
of private letters from the middle and ives
ter States all of which complain bitterly of
the great scarcity of hands in all branches
of business In the farming communities
it is not an unusual thing to see women who
had never dreamed of being reduced to such
a necessity out in the fields, hoeing corn,
plowing, and driving teams. In some Of the
districts of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, the
corn was planted almost exclusively by wo-
men. Many farms that have heretofore
produced thousands of bushels Of grain an
nualy will barely raise enough this year to
support small families. One letter from
lady says, THE call for the hundred days
troops has taken nearly all of our remaining
sons, and we with our daughters have been
compelled to take their places in the fields.
The crops have all been planted, and small
though they are, God only knows whether
we with our unskilled hands will ever be
able to harvest them
Think of that, ye young meu of the coun-
try Your mothers and sisters, who have
been accustomed to an easy independence
out in the fields beneath broilirg sun, la
boring to secure their bread while the gov
ernment, at an EXPENSE Of thousands of mil
lions, is supporting its ''lreedmenN in Forts
and Colonies, and they, having never been
accustomed to anything else as slaves, re-
fuse, as "freemcn, to labor for their daily
bread
e We see by the Kansas papers that the
same state of affairs exists in that state.
Verify, we have fallen upon strange times.
FLORENCE AND WARREN' 's.-Mr. Julius
Newberg gives us some items Of interest
from these camps Three men, named, res
pectvely, George Goodwin, II. Wilson and
Geoge Brown, were arrested at Wawen's
week before last, tried and convicted ofrob-
bng miners cabins Of gold dust, knives and
pistols, and Of stealing horses. 1t was also
proved that they had laid a plan for robbing
Ripson & Co.'S express. The miners held a
meeting and were about preparing tolynch
them, when Sheriff George arrived from
Florence and took the prisoners in charge
and conveyed them to the Florence Jail.
/ They are California birds and came into
Wawen's by way of Boise.
There are about six hundred men at War
ren's all employed and doing well. What
few miners are at Florence are making good
wages, hut that camp bears decidedly dull
Appearance to former years.
, 1864-07-29

New QUARrBRMAsrER.-A Captain Johnson,
Of California, has been appointed Qnartermaas-
ter at Fort Walla Walla.
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Gasr1r Ok L1soo1y's Ra-g o1lxArI30. Horace

s' GaarIY OK AISoorys RG-yoIINATIoN -Horace
Greely in his New York Tribune thus eaa9rsesthe
denomination Of Abraham Lincoln:
awe cannot but feel thatitwould have beea wiser
and safer to spike the most serviceabis guns of
our adversaries by nominating another for Pres
ident and thus di5peIling all motive, save that
of naked di5loyalty, for further warfare upon
this administration. We believe the rebellion
would have los. something Of its cohesion and
venom from the hour in which twas known
that a new President would surely be Inaugural
ted on the 4th OF March next and that hostility
in the loyal States to the National cause must
have sensibly abated or been deprived of its
roadiest, most dangerous weapons from the mo-
ment that all were brought to realize that the
President, having no more to expect or hope,
could hencefOrth be mpelled by no conceivable
motive but desire to serve and save his coun-
try, and thus win for himself an cnyiable and
enduring fame"
, 1864-07-29

SourH BOISE RoAD.-lIr Newberg has
his wagon road from Boise City to South
Boise nearly completed. The last eight
miles of the road-from Lincoln Creek to
Rocky Bar has cost at the rate of $1,000 per
mile. The entire cost of the road will be
from fiteen to twenty thousand dollars.
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DIED

residence of pr. John Boswell,
in th city, on the 10Th instant Emma b. daugh-
ter of Capt. W. w and Lydia j. Thompson, aged
months and Is days.
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MARielEC:

-JACKSON-In Victoria V. L. on the
goth instant, by Rev. Edward Crdge, DR.. A j.
Thibodo, of Walla Wala, and Miss Mary Anne
Jackson, late Of Gait, Canada West.
, 1864-07-29

Mr. MAGINLAY, proprietor Of the Forest
Theater at ldalo city, went down this
week to San Francisco to procure troupe
of Minstrels. On his return, which will bo
in a couple ofweeks, he will stop and give
TWO or three entertainments in this city
, 1864-07-29

Country NEwsPAPERs.-A very popular but er-
roneOus idea prevails that the publication of a
small weekly newspaper is not attended with
4any particular expense which a man of commen
intelligence foresight and industry would not
be able to meet, and that without the cash sup
port of its patrons (o. 1t is the experience of
nearly every practical man who has undertaken
to establish and carry on a weekly journal
where its services are most required for the
benefit of the surrounding country, that the
community does not extend that material aid
upon which its very existence depends. The
Oregon Sentinel has the following: 0regonian.
A GooD CHANcE.-Here is good chance-to
spend your money. The Sheriff has offered the
Oregon SentineLpress, type, ETC., for SALE and if
you wish to get rid of your money in a hurry,
just buy it and continue the publication of the
paper. According to a rough calculation, a
number of enterprising Union men have expen-
ded within the last three years, in labor and
cash, aboutive thousand dollars, over and above
the income of the Office, in order to run the pa
per. They now propose TO let it CO. and let
some other man try it, if he wants to.-Oreyon
Sentinel.
We have recently heard it tintimatel that some
persons horelbouts were becoming ambitious fJr
newspaper fame. We don't wish tn en- any such
bad laak on account of their weak ju IN ,nt,
but will say to them that if that ambition must
be g?atifed, they shoull by all m cans purchase
the material of the Sentinel and bring it here;
and we will insure them that in a three
years experiment they can expsnd five times
the amount that has been expended on the Sen
tinel in keeping it alive, AMI then cheat their
printers out of their wages, and their subscri-
bers out of their advance subscriptions, and
not haiti try. In fact we don't know a better
place than is right here presented for politicians
to do what they have invaribly done with theiI
q joint stock, partizan. sheets on this coast
"bust up, y defeat and disgrace themselves and
| defraud the community. Ifany of them howev.
err, are desirous of trying the experiment of pub
fishing a newspaper upon surer, more respect
able apd less expensive basis, we will give then
our chance for a consideration. ---.--.--
, 1864-07-29

The Eugene ReC.eW denies INC aIIegauons OF
the Oregonian, that tie Democrats arc sup
porting Fremont, and says
awe despise Fremont, and believe him to be
one of the worst men in the whole land, but
we do give him the credit of not claiming to be
what he knows he is not, (hones) as Lincoln
does, and of boldly proclaiming his Negro
Equality doctrine, which Lincoln also approves,
but dares not avow. No Democratic paper, no
Democrat, favors or in the slightest particular
supports Fremont. They may, however, as do
we prefer the bold position of bad Fremont to
the tortuous, sneaking, cowardly schemings of
his competitor"
, 1864-07-29

LATER-As we go to press the Stages arrive
from below bringing some additional news from the
the East. 1t is reported that the rebels have
ated Atlanta The rebel delegation at Niagara have
submit their Peace propositions through Horace
Greeley to the President. Mr.. Lincoln replies to
them that condition Of their return to tie Uni N
they must abandon slavery. Nothing flom Grants
army.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-27
NEVADA TERRITORY AND THE
SANITARY COMMISSION. y

ION our first page will be found the Re-
port of the Nevada Branch United States
Sanitary Commission. 1t tells a proud
story of the loyalty and generosity of the
people of Nevada, and their sympathy
with the brave men who have suffered in
the Nations holy cause, and for those
who are still battling for Justice and the
Right. Only seven counties have come to
the aid of the fund, and those seven have
contributed so literally as to raise the
average contribution to the handsome sum
of IS 81 il coin, or SIS 10 in currency,
to every voter in the Territory. Storey
county's average is $l4 Sc in coin, or
$25 So in currency. Washoe county
stands lowest on the list of those which
have contributed; while Humboldt, Roop,
Nye and Churchill have contributed moth
ing. 1t is most likely that citizens of
those counties have done something to-
ward the fund, but no returns have been
made through their county organizations.
Those counties which have contributed so
largely, are those containing the great
bulk of the wealth of the Territory; while
the non-contributing counties are. with
the exception of Humboldt, but sparsely
populated and possessing but little actual
property. We are at loss to account for
the default of Humboldt. Her mines are
good. and her population is considerable.
We are more inclined to attribute the re-
missness of that county to the neglect of
the County Sanitary Organization than to
any want of iberality or patriotism on
the part of her citizens. Stir up your
"constugens," brother Forbes, and when
the President makes his next report, see
that your county cuts a more creditable
figure among her sisters.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-27
WIVES, SISTERS AND DAUGH-
TIERS,

In 1T of bogus indignation about "a
Joke" that appeared in the local columns
of this paper, by our Virginia reporter,
which has not been apologized for and
never will be. the Confederate Constitw-
tiona, says:
Now when it is remembered that the wives,
sisters and daughters Of some Of our most
respectable citizens were in the procession,
the point Of the joke can be easily appreciat-
ed by Democrats.
TNe ancient adage that "a man is
"a. by the company he keeps" applies
~. fullest force to the other sex. Now,
:. :, fact too glazing for contradiction,
that a more disgusting crowd Of low-lived
drunken blackguards and loafers never
disgraced political demonstration than
that same Broom Rangers procession.
Il is fact, furthermore, susceptible OF
proof, that prostitutes, dressed in mems
clothes were numerous in that procession.
We submit 10 the decision OF decent
community, II SUCH ASSOCIATION was proper
for wives, sisters and daughters Of re-
spectacle men. We should rather honor
the taste which, having discovered its err
ror, should blush in secret over the ua-
fortunate step, and keep the secret Of
wife. sister or daughters" connection
with the vile mob, as close as possible.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-27
THE CRUEL DRAFT.

Oh, the terrible draft! oh, the cruel
CONSUMPTION! It ruthlessly seizes upon
the weakened Copperheads, wrenches
from their hands the beloved broom, and
places therein dreadful iron gun. with
"baggonit on the end of the same. 1t
tears him from the aromatic whisky-mill,
where he has quietly preached his treason
for years, and places him in the ranks of
the i'd Abolitionists," where to hur-
rah for JEFF. Davis is not popular. 1t
carries him far from the ballot-box, where
he could vote half dozen times in~one
day for the agents of JEFF. Davis, and
transports him to horrid attle-helds,
where he has TO shoot at Jeff.'s soldiers
and be himself a target for the vindictive
bullets of his Southern brethren, aimed at
Abolition hearts. Oh! it is woful on the
Copperheads; the Union men don't mind
it so much. They have way of lodging
it. They enlist; and when the enrolling
officer comes around he can't find them.
We wonder who was the heartless indi-
vidual who first preached the idea of
draft in this war: History says that it
was George B. Mcclellan. History says
that at an early stage of the rebellion Geo.
B. Mcclellan, then commander-in-chiefo of
the army, who had not yet turned traitor
to his country, wrote an official note to
the President, from which the following
are extracts:
urge upon you to make a positive and
unconditional demand for an immediate draft
pf the additional troops you require. Men
will not volunteer now, and drafting is the
only successful plan. The people will ap-
plaud such a course, rely upon it.
| recommend that the Secretary Of War
ascertain at once by telegram how the enroll
ment proceeds in New York and elsewhere,
and that, il it is not proceeding with great
rapidity, drafts to be made at once. We
must have men without delay.
History says that George B. Mcclellan
wrote those words to President Lincoln;
but history must be mistaken. George
B. Mcclellan is the candidate and repre-
sentative-man of the Copperheads and the
Chicago Platform. They denounce the
draft as cruel and despotic, and they GER
tainly would not have nominated a man
who had written such letter to Abe Lin
coin. Neither would George B. McClel-
Ian have accepted the Chicago nomination
if he had so written. No! History must
be great liar. George B. Mcclellan is
great general, a great statesman, and
sound pariot-so the Copperheads say,
and they ought to know. History says
he is neither-so history must be great
1,art
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-27
Re.d Read. Read,

Washington Hunts Resolution, as pre-
sented to the National Democratic Con-
vention:
Resolved, That in the future, as in the past,
we will adhere with answering fidelity TO the
Union and Constitution, AND INSIST ON
MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL UNITY,
as the only solid foundation Of our strength,
security and happiness as people, and as a
framework of government equally conducive
to the welfare and prosperity Of all the States,
both Northern aud Southern.
Washington Hunts Resolution as adopt
ed by the National Democratic Conyen-
ton {:
RESOLVED, That in the future. as in the past,
we will adhere with answering fidelity to the
Union under the Constitution, as the
only solid foundation Of our strength, securi-
ty and happiness, as people, and as frame
work Of government equally conducive to the
welfare and prosperity Of all the States, both
Northern and Southern.
The place where the words "insist on
maintaining the national Slnity" were
stricken out by the Convention is, for
convenience, marked by two brackets.
Will our Democratic friends tell us sohy
they icere omitted Don't all speak at
once. f..