, 1865-03-31
Letter from Lewiston.

away through the key-hole of the Territori-
al Safe. News is scarce commodity in
this market, in fact little is transpiring of an
extraordinary character, or that would inter.
est your readers Lewiston has "dried up.
do not mean the business of the town, but
the ground upon which the town is built
The people have "dried up" up on all excl.
ting topics, except the "China question, y
and Duke Gwin's new found paradise Your
correspondent is about to "dry up" too. He
thinks to emigrate, travel, and become pill
grim in some strange land.
Duke Gwin's country offers inducements;
it is the land of the Orange and the Palm,
the Tarantula, Horned Toads, and other
comforts He can be awakened from pleas
ant dreams by chattering mokeys, and have
his first efforts to articulate the Vernacular Of
the country mimicked by Spanish PARROTS.
How nice, too, to open his eyes and discover
another voluntary inmate of his sleeping
apartment in the shape of a "Boa" hanging
from the roof, sport over his bed with
fierce red eye, just ready to disloca his un-
der Jaw and swallow him whole? Ugh
Is the Duke attempting to play "Boa" and
swallow California, Oregon and Idaho, 1
wonder? As your correspondent is opposed
to these internal eruptions and changes, up
on general principles, he deems best to look
for "Syrian summers and Italian winters
elsewhere and let the Duke alone for the
present, severely.
The Upper Columbia, too, is about to 'dry
up, and Kootenai will be over crowded. and
so it is hardly worth living two or three
months on stale grub, be bitten to death by
mosquitoes, to visit that northern region
At Beaver Head, one runs the chances of
being roped into the Vigilance Committee,
or being scalped by the "Sioux," As he
has no inclination for either, they shall have
''wide berth" and be let alone to Gan alarm
ing extent" Utah is said to be an enter
prising country. The people are both in
dustrious, and obliging to new corners, who
desire to settle down Sin the faith" They
marry off the girls as fast as they arrive, so
that poor Bach. who has "declared his in
tentiuns" can be furnished with the loan of
two or three wives to start with, until he be-
comes sufficiently strong Gin the faith) to
"gobble up" dozen or two of his own. Now,
not that your correspondent is particularly
partial to any one marriageable female, nor
fearful that any such female could SO fool
herself as to become particularly partial to
him-yet, he says it-and boldly too, that
he does not sympathse with the institution
not the female-the Mormon institution,
he means Congress is trying to divide
that "happy family" arrangement by crea-
ting new Territory, and SO out vote the
institution. Congress, it is said, has also
secured the invaluable services Of Wallace
for Governor in order to introduce more eff
fectually his plan of voting the people, Ia
Fort Laramie. Congress has got it this
time, and if successful in eheckmating the
efforts of "the Brethren" that institution
must soon "dry up" Salt Lake won't do.
AS John says 'ltnn mnrhey WHEY"
Boise is a good country-a ric4 country
with immense leads of gold and silver Owy-
hee is rich, ditto. Boise City is a great
place, or will be three minutes after the
"Seal' arrives there. Did not the "Holy
Land" man accept the clause in the Capitol
Bill granting splendid clay OUT for Capt.
tol buildings and did he not threaten to
build Castle, thereby and did he not
promise Lawyer" the "Tyee" Of our San
cient friends" home? Of course he did.
Since there is so much hard feeling about
the "seal' your correspondent is of the im-
preston that should he migrate thither he
might be taken for "Lewiston stranger"
but as they never hang anybody, it wouldn'
amount to much, anyhow. Well, we'll think
of it and before we mount our Cayuse for
the last time in Lewiston and whistle for
the dog, will let you know.
The China question has broke loose and
bids fair to enter largely into political spec
ulations in Idaho. Rev. Mr. Sweeney lee
tured upon the enormity Of the nuisance
last evening to "a large and enthusiastic au-
dience" He advocates club law if neces-
sary to keep them out of the, Territory. He
evidently had the popular side of the ques-
ton, as he was frequently interrupted with
vocferous applause. Mr.. Taylor raised a
question of law, with regard to SO summary a
proceeding, but his remarks were received
with but little favor by the miners. Come
to think of it, they are an intolerable nui-
sance in mining countries-besides they
never put up at "frst class" hotels-cook
and wash for themselves; eat rice, eggs,
chickens, pork, and birds nests, Bah Ne
groes are preferable by all odds, in most re-
spects, as they eat everything, do everything,
and will be not only of voters but eligible to
office soon, and am satisfied a Chinaman
never can occupy such an exalted station.
Orc Fino can have them-they do not want
more voters there, but we will take prospec-
tive voters in preference. All that are min
ing hereabouts are over the Snake and ia
your Territory, anyhow, so we don't care
We amt looking for any nomination for of
fee, either; if we were we would not be bur
led alive by the Chinese population.
INDEX.
The Idaho Statesman wants all the Chi.
namen that are going into Idaho, sent in
the direction of Lewiston. The Statesman
thinks the Johns wouldn't mix we'll with
the people of Southern Idaho. Perhaps
the Statesman wouldn't object to having a
batch of freedmen" sent in the direction oi
Boise Would they mix any better? If so
the Loyal Publication Society would be graf
flied, and would soon smother Boise Basin
with their contrabands and "broadsides.' .