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, 1864-03-26

A HUNDRED LoDEs.-Mr. Newberg, just
in from South Boise, informs US that about
one hundred gold and silver quartz lodes
have been taken up in the South Boise
country-eighty of which have been re-
corded. Mr.. N. seems sanguine of the i'm
mense richness of the South Boise lodes,
and exhibits some very rich specimens from
there. If the average of the quartz there
were as rich as the specimens shown us, we
would not object to becoming proprietor of
few "feet," even at the risk of being
charged with having "quartz on the brain;'
but we opine that when the South Boise
country is thoroughly prospected, it will be
revealed that the great majority of the quartz
veins now held, and regarded as very rich,
will prove to be "bastards" and almost val
ueless. If not, the South Boise mines are
different from any other quartz mines ever
discovered. When the diggings were first
discovered, it was supposed that the lodes
run north and south, and claims were taken
up accordingly, but subsequent prospecting
has proven that they run east and west.
The we'll known Mr.. Comstock has an in
terest in these mines and estimates his claims
worth $4,000. One of them prospects at
the rate of $500 per ton, and he claims that
he can take out of it $1,000 per day with the
use of an arastra.
, 1864-03-26

A GREAT FIELD OPENING.-A writer in
an Iowa paper predicts that, in 1868, Coun-
Gil Bluffs will have 10000 inhabitants. His
prediction does not strike us as over san
guine. The Pacific railroad will be specdi-
ly built, and, when this war is over, there
will be a rush to the favorable points it in
tersects The time is not distant when the
country on the route of this road, now CON-
paratively wilderness, will be alive and
humming with numerous and busy popula-
ton. Men of enterprise may see splendid
field opening in this direction, if they will
but look.
, 1864-03-26

INvENTIoN.-Mr. Camper, carpenter
near the corner of Montgomery and CONNER
cial streets, has invented quartz mill, and
constructed model on small scale which
fully illustrates the principle on which it is
intended to work; instead of raising the
stamps as dead weight; as in an ordinary
quartz-mill, the arms or lifters on the main
shaft are made to play upon levers, and to
these are attached the stamps, thereby gain
ing power The model, which can be seen
at Mr.. C.'s shop, has II stamps, only two of
which are ascending at the same time, two
wheels are also attached for arastras The
whole machine can be constructed of wood
except the stamps, and may be driven by
water or oxen.--BOise Neus.
, 1864-03-26
y. J.RoSENTHAh.
Sherif's Sale.

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF WALLA WALLA. 90 d.
ID Y virtue of an execution issued out of the Dis
Id trict Court, First Judicial District of Washing
ton Territory against the goods and chattels lands
and tenements of J. McCraith for the sum of four
hundred and seventyfour dollars and twenty cents
and interest and COSTS for want Of personal proper
ty have seized all the right and title which the
said j. McCraith had on the goth day of February,
1864, Of in and to the following described premises
which will expose at public vendue on the goth
day of April, 1864, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
on the premises, tO-wit
All that certain tract of land known in the maps
and charts of Walla Walla City Lot seven ri in
Block No. thirteen l3, with all the appurtenances
thereunto belonging. W. S GILLIAN, Sheriff,
March 10, 1864 Walla Wala Co. w. T.
, 1864-03-26
Administrators Sale.

DY ORDER OF THE PROBATE COURT. OF
ID Walla Walla County w. r. will offer for sale
on the premises, on Monday the 25th day of
April, 1864, to the highest bidder, for cash lGod
Conf, the real property belonging to the estate of
Samuel R, Moss, deceased, late of said county, viz
Described on the Plat Of the town of Wala Walla
as the west half of Lot number five (5) in Block
number Fourteen (l4) with carpenter shop and one
small house thereon Sale to take place between the
hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and O'Clock D. M
RICHARD JACOBS, Administrator
March 26. 1864 l5w4
, 1864-03-26
DIED:

SHEFFER- Matte Evly, daughter of N. v. and Alice
Shelter, in this City on Friday, March 25th. Aged
years and 10 months
SULLlVAN-At Philips Ranch, Indian Valley, Ba-
ker county 0g'n, Clara Celia, youngest daughter of
E. H. and c. A. Sullivan. Aged years months
and l6 days.--BOise NeaOS please copy. n
, 1864-03-26

Elk CITY.-A miner from Elk City says
the coming season will be the most prosper
Gus that has ever been experienced in the
Elk city mining region. The bitches will all
be completed into the hill diggings in time
for mining operations this spring. The hill
or dry diggings are regarded as the only
mines that will pay there. The work upon
the river in that vicinity last summer was
generally proftless, and but few will proba-
bly, try their fortunes upon the bars and
river beds this summer.
, 1864-03-26

Summit City is the name given to new
town recently laid out east of the summit of
the mountain at the head of Moore's creek,
on Lamear's creek, 20 miles in an eastern
direction from this city. A butcher-shop,
store, blacksmith shop, saloon and other
buildings, are already up, and others are in
progress A mining district has been laid out
and called Lamear's district-B.
, 1864-03-26
Eastern News.
News of March 18th.

The Whig says the rebel loss in the bat
tie of Olustee outnumered the Federal two
to one.
Washington, March, 18-Gen. Lew. Wal
lace has been assigned to the command of the
Middle Observation-Disclosures at Balti-
more.
Gen. Sherman has arrived at New Orleans.
His late expedition he calls big raid. In
this raid he took IL 600 mules, 1900 con-
trabands, 500 prisoners and large amount
of supplies
Mexican news to March 1st represents
that the French had occupied many towns
in MeXicn.
, 1864-03-26


New PosT RoUTEs.-We find the fol-
lowing, in relation to the establishing of
new post routes, in the Congressional Globe
of Jan. 18th:
''Mr. Cole, of Washington, by unanimous
consent, submitted the following resolution
which was read, considered, and agreed to
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads be directed to
inquire into the expediency Of establishing
post road from Fort Bridger, Utah Terri
tory, via Boise City, Idaho Territory, the
Powder river and Grand Ronde valley, in
the State of Oregon, to Walla Walla, Wash
ington Territory, and provide for the con-
veyance of the same by daily service in four
horse coaches, and to report to this House
thereon
"Mr. Hubbard, of Iowa, by unanimous
consent, submitted the following resolution
which was read, considered, and agreed to ;
ResolUed, That the Committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to
inquire into the expediency of establishing
a post road from Sioux City, in Iowa, by the
way of Yankton, in Dakota, the Niobarah
valley, in Nebraska, and Gallatin, in Idaho
Territory, to the capital Of Idaho Territory.
, 1864-03-26
THE WASHINGTON STATESMAN
SATURDAY MORNING, MAR. ae, 1864

KENTUCKY. is reason to fear a
revolt in Kentucky growing out of the en-
rollment of slaves in that State. Our
eastern dispatches say that Governor Bran
President respecting the enrolment and en-
listment of slaves in that State, and has no
titled him that he will execute the laws of
Kentucky against all who attempt to enlist
slaves without the owners consent He
claims that Kentucky has furnished more
than fifty thousand of her citizens to defend
the Government and is willing 10 furnish
still more; that she has proved her loyalty
and must be treated as loyal and her laws
constitutionally enacted, must be respected
Kentucky has all along persistently stood
in the way of northern radicalism. While
fighting secessionism and earnestly laboring
to put down rebellion and restore the Union
she has yielded nothing to extreme abolition
fanaticism. The contempt with which she
has uniformly treated those misc,s,ef breed
ers, has had the effect to bring down upon
her the concentrated force of the whole rad
ical tribe. They do not care so much about
getting the slaves of Kentucky into the
Federal army for the sake of augmentine
the forces in the field there is an object be-
yond that is of far more importance to then
that of enlisting the slaves in order tC
make ''freedmen" of them. No matter
though they drive the State into rebellion
against the general government, they will
proclaim it as promoting the Union cause
and advancing 'the freedom" Some O.
the radicals 60 so far as to explt over the
fact that they are being led 'through sea-
Of blood to the goal of emancipation" IL
those who earnestly desire the specifies
possible peace and restored union of al
the States, such rejoicings over the efusior
of blood for the sake of emancipation, ap
pear demopiacal The policy Of enlistinG
slaves in Kentucky, against the appeals o
the people of that commonwealth, can pro
duce nothing less than royot and a still
bloodier conflict between the government
and the rebellion. Kentucky thrown int
rebellion against the government at thi
time, would inspire the hopes Of the south
ern leaders and they would rally anew
more sanguine of securing final separa
tion, while the Federal government woult
indeed be left in precarions situation
It would prove disheartening blow to tn
patriotic men who have labored in the fell
and out of it to conquer the rebellio w
are in great hopes that Mr.. Linco,n y hav
the enrolling of slaves stopped at once
Kentucky is loyal state, quite as loyal a
the adjoining State of Ohio, and is just a
much entitled to withhold her slave propert
from government use as the State of Obi
is entitled to withhold her horses and cattl
from Governments seizure
, 1864-03-26
Air Lines VS.. Estimated Distances.

As the question of routes and distances
is again being agitated in the competition
of points which endeavor to secure for them
selves the entire trade and travel of this up
per country, we give few facts and figures
showing the geographical situation and air
line distances between different points which
bear directly upon the route to be selected
by travellers to the Kootenai country from
the various points on the Columbia and
Snake rivers:
AIR LINE DISTANCES. MILES.
Waa Walla to Palouse City [Landingl ...371z
J" " Lewiston, ,...,. .......... 81 q
Palouse City to crossing of Spokane river 81
Lewiston to .....9O
wallula to Palouse city by riyer,o,.........;;744
Lewiston by chain and compass survey is rs miles
north and So miles east of Walla Walla.
Palouse city is 80 miles north +" 90
Now, as a practical, rule, we add, for
curves, ascents and descents, one fourth to
the air line distance, giving as follows;
ROAD LINES. MILES.
Walla Wala to Palouse ty,...................4 40
Palouse City to Spokane river, miles above An
tome Plante S, .......................... 102
Measured distance is l54 miles, ............... .l42
Showing the accuracy of the estimate by the same
rule
Crossing of Spokane to lewiston. ..... .l13 miles
Lewiston to Walla Walla, a,..............,S0 80 g
1913
Showing an increase of distance via Lewiston
OF ABOUT. .............. ........... 40 miles
Or, taking tito Snake river
Crossing of Spokane to lewiston. .... .113 miles
" g Palouse city, I02 :"
Showing difference in favor of Palouse city
of l miles, or nearly days travel with a
pack train, from Lewiston, and days diff
ference from Palouse city to Lewiston by
water
The above facts are obtained from the la
test and most minute surveys yet made, viz:
the surveys and explanations made by Capt
Mullan on the Military road hence to Fort
Benton.
, 1864-03-26

MCCLELLAN's PLAN.-It will be seen by
our dispatches that Gen. Grant intends to
adopt McClellan's plan-or the same pro-
posed by him for carrying on the war-the
concentrating of the forces in the field
With the Jealous Halleck out of the way,
there is some hope that Grant will be able to
mature and carry out his plans, and accom-
plish something for the good of the country.
But few will regret the displacement of Hal
leck, who, with all his seeming energy and
zeal for the cause of the government has ac-
quired more the reputation of a meddler
than good general, and whether his ac-
tions have ever been with "malice afore-
thought" or not, his interference with the
plans of generals in the field have given
them that tone; and it cannot be denied
that either his jealousy OR incompetency,
has been the cause of many bad moves upon
the part of the army of the Potomac.
MIR. Lincoln, as President, of course oc-
cupies the position Of Commander-in Chief
of the Federal forces, and general Grant, as
Lieutenant General, holds the first position
under him in the service 1t is to be hoped
that the President has discovered, ere this,
his own utter inability to plan campaigns
and direct the movements of our armies in
the field, and that he will leave the entire
management of army movements to the ever
successful Gen. Grant. If Mr. Lincoln
shall assume to know more about military
matters than Grant, and insist upon carry
ing out his own plans contrary to the judg-
ment of the latter, matters will be no better
than before Some of the eastern journals
appear to think that Gen. Grant is now
simply placed in position where the Presi-
ident will have chance to put check up
on his great popularity The President
certainly will have fair opportunity, if he
fears Grant as a rival for the Presidency, to
kill him off, politically; but if Mr.. Lincoln
possesses 1.-THE of the honesty attributed
to him by his admirers, he is entirely too
pure for such scheming
, 1864-03-26

For BEAVER HEAD.-Three pack trains
fitted out in this city this week with goods
and miners supplies for the Beaver Head
mines. They expect to reach the mines be-
fore trains can come up from the other side.
, 1864-03-26
For Sale.

HOUSE IN THE CITY OF WALLA WALLA.
40 Acres of excellent Land within miles of the city
100 Acres of Land, on the Touchet.
Apply to ". W. JOHNSON.
Feb. 27, 1854. 1lN
, 1864-03-26

THE travel to the Kootenai mines is in
creasing Several companies have lately
passed Wallula en- route for that region, and
we learn that parties have also left Lewiston
and Orc Fino and the mines above for the
same locality.
, 1864-03-26

MAIL TO EAST BANNACK.-The contract
for carrying the mail from Salt Lake to
East Bannack, Beaver Head mines, has been
awarded to E. S. Alvord-to go into opera
ton July 1st. If the mail from here to
HelIgate gets into operation again, we will
have mail communication from the States
both by way of "Boise" and "Beaver
Head"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-22
SHERIFF. Sale.

DY virtue of General Execution to me directed
ID and delivered from the office ofthe Clerk Of
the District Court of Muscatine county, State OF
Iowa, against the goods and chattels, lands and
men:s Of Joseph Bennett, have levied upon and
will expose to sale, on Saturday: the 18th day Of
April, 4, D. 1864. at the Court House door, in the
city Of Muscatine. the following described prop.
erty, to.wit:
block number thirty -four (34) anu the west half of
lot number four ~ in block number thirty -four ( in
the city of Muscatine; also out lot number
three in Smalleys edition to the city of Muscatine,
being In tho half of the quarter Of
ton number thirty six (36) township seventy -seven
(7 range two west Of the Fifth Principal Meridian in
kuscatine County and State Of Iowa.
All of which, or 20 much thereof as may be nee
sssafy, will be sold to satisfy said Execution in
favor of Oliver Bennett.
Sale to commence between the hours of nine
O'Clock in the forenoon and four O'Clock in the af
tsrnoon of said day, to wit: At 10 o'clock AN.
Muscatine, March Oath, 1854.
s@T q. 81. HINE,
y - Sheriff Of Muscatine County.
w4w prs fee $3.50
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-22
Original Notice.


THE STATE OF 1OWA,.l.
Muscatine county.
To Phsbe Valdez, W3lliam Waldsr, WIDER @. Scot,
Jonsss H. RiLds NarceAus Riddle, Frederick Krshnsr
and Bwshdrdt Krchssr, Defsndants-
VOU are hereby notified that there will be on le
or before the first day of April A. D. 1854, in the
ONCE Of the Clerk of the District Court of Muscatns
plaintiff claiming Of the defendant Phebe r. Walder
judgment for the sum of Three Hundred Dollars and
in the from the Lat day of December 1861
at the rate Of ten cent. per annum upon the first
named Of the promissory notes mentioned
And also the foreclosure Of certain mortgage made
by the said defendants, William Valdez and Phebe +.
Walder to the said plaintiff, dated the 10th day Of
January 1882 and recorded In the once Of the Record
Of sid County. in Book Of Lands pages 80l and
oo2. which given to the payment Of three
certain promiss0ry notes made by tho said Phebe T.
Wader to the order of the said plaintiff all dated De-
oember list, 1861 One for the sum of three hundred
dollars, payable In twenty months after date; one
months after date and for tho Of three hundred
and twenty dollars payable in months after
date all with interest," and interest at the rate Of ten
per cent per If net paid at maturity. And that
the lands and premises described In said mortgage viz
The southwest quarter of section thirtythree 3 In
township sevsnty'eght (7s) range four vest con.
tanning hundred and sixty in the said county
Of Muscstine may be sold, much thereof a. may
be necessary to satisfy said Judgment -
And that all the right, title, interest and equity
of redemption Of said defendants In the said prem
ises may be forever barred and foreclosed.
Now unless you appear thereto. and Defend or be.
fore of the second day Of the next term Of said
Court, commencing on the first Monday OF June:
1884, default will be entered aganst you and Judgment
rendered thereon and decree entered e prayed in
the said petition HANNA h FITZGERALD,
April 1,-w4w prs fee$10. Solicitor for Plsinti6.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-22
the NATIONAL PATENT OFFICE.
SNYDER g. WALTERS,
229 ADV AY, NEW YORK
Patent Soliciting House and Patent Com
mission HouSa Comhined


COLICITING.-This Company will act as Attorneys
~ for securing Patents for new inventions in this
country and Europe on the most reasonable terms
Conduct Infringement Cases-snd procure renewals of
Patents.
Our Exhibition Rooms and Selling Departmens.-we re-
spectuy submit to tho public that is the only
sponsble Soliciting House in the World that has
Exhibition Room and efficient and successful Selling
Department attached. On Patents taken by us we
require no advance fee for selling.
We are In regular communication with upwards Of
$50 Patent Sellers the country who depend
wholly for their supply Of Patents upon Our Xxhib
tion Rooms Corner Broadway and Barclay streets, in
tho very heart and center of the cty daily visited
by numbers of Capitalists and of Enterprise seek
ing in valuable Patents for the Of
reselng in subdivsions while other and heavier cap
itaists always ready to purchase useful Patent
and engage in its and thus lucra
augmenting fully sufficient to absorb the entire
supply Of Patents being issued and at fair prices
&c nsignments Of Patents for sale respectfully
licited. Any information free. Responsible Agents
wanted In every county and town who have fixed places
of businessto such will pay $50 per quarter, and
per cent all sales to act Agents. for the
PLANTATION lone hour moro day. Of the models Of
such patents be placed in their hands for ale
TO good salesmsn who will give their whole time to
Agents wanted at a fair salary.
Agents will be required to give some satisfactory
curty deposit the cost price Of model which will be
SNYDER WALTERS, No. 229 BroadRsy.
REHrRlNcEs.-Ws, the undersigned doing business
in New York City, do authorize Joseph Walters and
IT, d. Snyu0f, c0mpf1o1ng OF the National Fat.
snt ONCE to refer to and believe they will conduct
their business upon srictly honorable prisciples.
(Signedl Neao York. Feb. 29sh
-McKexan, Esq, Importer, s. Maiden Lane, n: 7.
City; Chas d. voorhees,, Esq, Banker, 40 Pine st.,
N. Y. City; Shepherd, Seward Co., importers, 9l4
Pearl st., N. 7. oity; John Wilmot, Esq, Commits
sion, Bowling Green, N 7. City; John W. Kirby,
Esq, Metropolitan Bank, 1os Broadway, N 7. City;
q. Arthur, Esq, British and American Exchange
Banking Corporation. So Wall st., N. Y. City Il.
Dawes Smith, Esq, Chemical Bank, corner Of Broad
way and Chambers St., N. Y. City.
nch14 '6l deod WV
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-22
WEST LIBERTY, April 10, 1864.

VEST LAbEHTxS APIH 4oS Aoo9.
Nh. EDITOR In your paper Of April 18th
notice an article in reference to the patriot
ism of the ladies' of West Liberty, and hay
ing had the privilege Of reading your valuable
paper for the last year, judge thatyou wish
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, in regard to all communications
received by you. Allow me to correct the
statement referred to.
The Union Relief Society sent to Camp
Mcclellan the following articles 81 pillows,
10 pair Of pillow cases, sheets, 10 single
and II double towels, 9 bed-gowus, 7 shirts,
10 pair of drawers, pair Of slippers, several
pounds Of rags and between 80 and 40 hand
kerchiefs. By giving this correction An in
sertion in the daily you will be comforting
favor upon US as = society. We do not wish
any more credit than really belongs to US
The society has been in existence but si1
months.
In behalf of the Society.
A. s. WILLARD, Secretary.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-22

D6-A chap down in New Haven had cour-
ted girl, giving her large number Of pres
ents, to keep her admiration all right; but
differences arose, and big squabble was the
result. Offended lover calls on his Mary Ann,
and requests "that dress pattern" given her
last week. She passed over the dry goods
"I'll take that photograph album, ifyou please.
She extracted the pictures and returned the
volume. "Now give me back that ring ?'-
No sooner said than done. 'Now l Just
want you to take out those teeth paid thirty
dollars for, and give them back to me in about
four secondsr' This was too much of a
"gub gams," and the female beat hasty re-
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-22

EThsckeray says woman's heart is
just like photographers stone--what is once
written upon it can't be rubbed out. This is
so. Let an heiress once fix her affec.
tons on stable boy, and all the preaching
in the world will not get her thoughts above
oat.boxes and curry-combs. "What is writ
ten on her heart can't be rubbed out. " This
fact shows itself, not only in love but in reli-
gion. Men change their gods dozen times {;
q woman never. 70 convert Sister of Char
ity to Methodism would require greater
amount Of power than you would have to
make use of to overturn the Pyramids.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-22

LAZY BoYs.-A lazy boy makes lazy
man just as sure as crooked sapling makes a
crooked tree. Who ever yet saw boy grow
up in idlensss, that did not make shiftess
vagabond when he became a man, unless he
had fortune left him to keep up appearances!
The great mass of thieves, paupers and Grim
inals have come to what they are by being
brought up in ideness. Those who consti.
tute the business part of the community
those who make our great and useful men
were taught to be industrious.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-22
Probate Notice.
1a 1n STATE OF oa. !IoowA.}...

TO Samuel Gilbert, Hram Gilbert, Eliza Gilbert Ell Bur
deef, Mary F9stchw, Fex Bsrdss1 Nancy Taylor, an
el Others whons 4 may eo.ceys: =
VOU are hereby notified that ct regular term Of thu
County Court Of Huseatins County. State Of Iowa
held on tho first Tuesday after tho first Monday Of
APRIL there was opened and publicly read in open
last will and of Aordecai Gilbert late Of sad
county, deceased, and that Monday the second day
Nay, D. 1854, was fixed upon the day for proving
said will. f ~ J. OARSK iDDAN
APPS w4w County Judss
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-22

rw"Why is it, said one of our lovely
schoolma'ams to young scapegrace who had
caused her much trouble by his bad conduct,
"why is it you behaved so we'll when you
first came to school. and are 50 disobedient
now?" Because" said the young hopeful,
looking up into the teachers face, 81 wasn't
much acquainted then p