The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1864-03-20
AUBURN CORRESPONDENCE.

| &ho"ohN' AAAfrlprAf"F'
We are almost shut out from the outer world
Of late, from the fact that our mail has "dried
up" dried up p.effectuallys In fact, during tie
last year, we have been. supplied with mail
matter with very great regularity, at the ex,
pepse of "a, few individuals, who have unwit.
tingly offered themselves as a sacrifice for the
good of Baker county. One after another has
tried the. experiment of carrying the mail
| for us, and found it losing business, and the
last young man who "tried it on" seemed per-
fectly infatuated actually having persisted in
| travelling over the Blue Mountains all winter
thSough snow, mud, rain, hail, ice, and defy
ing weather ranging from quite incorporate
to ever SO far below zero. and. he, actually
wouldn't stop until he had rup into debt so
far that his horses were attached for their
feed, and actually sold, from under him.
have not seen him now for two months, though
he may have mailbag on his back, and be
going it alone on foot, for all, know. An
other man has now kindly taken hold of the
mail, but there is noknowing what may come
Of it. l do hope he may prosper, but I am
not sanguipe, We finally did get, the other
day, six weeks mail in lump, but that is, no,
just the way we would like to get our news.
Spring is opening, and little show for water
through these Northern mines. Auburn, how
ever. will have the greatest advantage in the
fact that her bitches are the most extensive,
and her supply will be the, most certain. AL
ready miners are coming in, bntthere remains
just enough winter with, ,us. to keep the waters
back, and enaable. operators here to commence.
Auburn will come down to the status of fair
mining camp, and support two hundred and
fifty miners. half dozen stores, qpack doc
tor or, two, and a couple Of saloons of course.
The whole of the region around here. will pay
something for half a century to come, and
quartz in places will pay richly. Baker coun-
ty will be good county some time or other,
even when Powder River Valley and mines
are left alone, without the aid of the wealth
and good soil of Grand Ronde which expects
to be erected into a new county next Fall.
This will be stirring season in the, upper
country. Boise will turn. out her hidden
millions, and South Boise aud Jordan Creek
will show the. world. just glimpse, of W bat
they have in store for the future generations,
and some little probably, for the present one
And indeed, the world may as well prepare
for another Washoe, if not something richer.
For myself, am about to bid Auburn adieu
soonn and seek the argentiferous regions Of
Qwyhee, where hope to find more items for
my editorial friends, and the reading public
than this vicinity has afforded of late. OF
course you, know, that the Indians have 10
kill somebody occasionally, and don't hest.
tate to appropriate stock wherever they can
find it.
Our Union Convention went off harmoni.
ously, Saturday. Notice was sent ahead, thai
Portland folks would be on hand to receive
proxies; and of course the Portlanders WON
have chance to cast any of our votes. Ger
Coffin was up here about Convention time, at.
tending to his interests in this part of tn,
world He told the writer there was plar
afoot in the Dalles to defeat the nomination o.
Judge Wilson for Judge of the 9th Judcia
| District am inclined to think the old char
was interested in the plot; but think thu
| plot will not interest him much in the end
Judge Wilson has rendered himself deseryedl,
popular with the people of this county, ant
is the unanimous first choice of;tbe people o
the Union party here and we hope he vii
prove equally popular elsewhere, and contipu
to serve us in his present official capacity 70
the full term ensuings upess he can do deci
dedly better. Imay nexer write 10 you agai
from Auburns and fear nobody else eve
will. s.. A. @.
WHERE, BOUND 2-The Sacramento Unio
| saws: Glen Harris late County Warden Lei