, 1865-03-03

not otherwise.
FROM BoIsE-Mr. II Bledsoe, of W.
f. 4 Co s express-whom everybody is al
ways glad TO see when he comes down-gives
use the following items from the other side
Of the mountains
Considerable excitement exists in the
Basin in regard to the disappearance of
Johnny McCommons, one of the partners in
the Humboldt express Company. Mr. NJ.
went out in search of stock belonging to the
express Company, which had been driven
off by the Snake Indians, and it is sup
posed was killed or taken prisoner by the
Indians A party of men went out from the
! Basin in search of him, and tracked him
to the Owyhee river, about twenty five miles
from Pleasant valley, where they found indi-
cations Of his having had scuffle with the
Indians thence they followed trail that
led into spot where they supposed not less
than FIVE hundred Indians had been en-
camped Here the search was given up as
hopeless.
The quartz fever has not abated, but rather
teeome more intense during the winter, and
men have been travelling all over the noun
tains around the Basin, on snow shoes, look
ing for quartz lodges.
The snow is about six feet deep on level
| in the basin-about twelve feet having fall
len during the winter Fourteen inches of
snow fell there on the l4th of February
The Placerville Band-composed of a
company of amateur musicians-Ed. Oms-
dale, Leader, gave a ball at Placerville, on
St. Valentines Day, which for excellent
management and superior accommodations,
was probably never excelled in any noun
tain town.
Olmsted & Barber gave Ball at Idaho
City on the 22d Feb, at which 600 persons
we're expected to be in attendance Pick
wick and Magnolia Halls we're both occu-
pied for dancing on the occasion, aud both
the Idaho City and Placerville bands were
| in attendance.
On the goth Feb there was a.fresh fall of
snow as far out as Herzog's Thirteen Mile
House Mr.. Herzog is putting up a large
/ barn at his place, and is keeping pace in his
improvements generally with the demands
eff the country. Mr. Ii. was formerly a res
ident of this city, and travellers say, knows
how to keep hotel"
The fall of snow in the Upper Payette
Valley has been light during the winter
! There was not more than four inches of snow
upon the ground there last week Some
three or four thousand head of beef cattle
have been wiutered on the Payette, Squaw
6a4e kept kf " o2s c72cscs6 cffdssrs Very ct hfs few
cattle excepting the immigrant stock, have
died in those localities during the winter
|, The Payette river was rising, and Snake
river was open for 800 miles above Old's
Ferry.
The snow is from 16 to 20 inches deep
along the Payette and Snake rivers, and the
roads along this part of the route are in good
travelling condition.
The stage Company's sleigh, coming down.
crossed the Snake, at Farewell Bend, on the
only body of solid ice visible in the river.
Farewell Bend is the place where the emi-
grant road leaves Snake river one mile this
side Of Od's Ferry, and takes its name from
this fact.
On Burnt river the snow IS about sixteen
inches deep. A fresh coat of three or four
inches fell there on the 24th Doc Arnold
has lost nine yoke Of work oxen at SCOTS
rancho, during the winter, and Mr, Gaylord
has lost % head
Another avalanche of snow came down
the mountains near Hawkins ranch, on
Burnt river, last week The snow filled the
river up and backed the water up forty feet
deep before it broke through.
From Rockfellow's to Powder river the
snow is about two feet deep, but the road is
in good travelling condition. Thence to
Proctor's ranch, on the head of Pyle's Can
yon, the snow is badly drfted and the road
very uneven
About eight inches of snow fell at La
Grande on Sunday night last The hotels
at La Grande are crowded with miners and
others, on their way to the Eagle Greek and
Boise mines A considerable number of
those on the road to the mines are travelling
on foot-some from choice and others from
necessity.
The road across the Blue mountains is
in good condition At Meacham's the snow
Is five feet deep.
AN ADDREss.-Mr A. r. Elder, Chair
man of the Washington Territory Union
Central Committee, has issued an Address,
By request of the Committee, "to the Union
men Of Washington Territory" The ad-
dress is to be printed in circular form and
distributed throughout the Territory Mr..
Elder, naturally enough, is decidedly oppvsed
to Democrat representing the Territory in
the next Congress. He says "your inter
ests have been without an advocate and the
Congressional Legislation of the past two
years has been no benefit to you whatever"
So far as the Congressional legislation is
concerned, he might have gone further and
said nobody has been benefited by it for the
past four years. But Mr.. Eluer seems to
think that matters can be rectifed by elect
inc SC. called Union Delegate, and urges
that this be done Mr. Elder may have
forgotten, what a good many people still
remember, ttat we had good Union Dele
gate (Wallace) in Congress two years ago.