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AUCTION SALES.
PUYURE DAYS.

FUfURE DAYS.
-, BRcoK6R q BKLLKw, Auction,er.
ID No. 3SS Tth street, one door aboysI.
pRy7seSsss
sEisfs AEE BEAVERS.
seHs ZIP rrRFux.Rr.
r, ERr .v.TfHSSSS sa GOODS rAg n',5
= .S0t ss, s respectfully solicited.
jan pi o00' 'f sso so5sRRti fs.sndss
RY &c MCGUIRE s CO.. Auctioneer..
VAL UABLK BUILDING cot Opposite vrsr
On WEDNESDAY, Avn Af SAsktT J.nu,r, a,,,
caste IN rars Of s n Square Hs 81 ifs, IN:
stret It's, and running back IS feet. This pro ert,
rs sriusIei immedis ely opposite the Western M.Y.
Ret. ana 8 avery cesirsble property for business
Ce ,nvey sncins AID clamps at cost of the purch..
jN p Rep ,. O. MCGUIRE CO.. Aucts.
II S. MkRsHAL'S-sALH.
I'm yi:eue OF. a writ of seri f.eis.: on tud smen,
or cSn6smoatIon issusd from the CLERK 8 Off ce OF
the supreme Court of the District of Coiumbis.
aud to uis directed, will sell at public sale, for
en- Pen1sSlyanis avenue sud 9:h street, on TUES.
DAY. the 3lst oay of january instant, 1855, ocm-
men o,hJ ., 10 clock a. m. the following goods
! Rosewood Bedstead, l Sheet
large Hair Mattress. l pair Blankets
Marble top Bureau aud Glass
Mahosany Wardrobe and Bureau, and
1Extention Table
of Wa. Il. Fitzhush. and will be sold TO sstisfS
Indignant No. i2s3.in fArnr Of Henry Dewey.
Jan 2l-d u. 8 Marshal d O.
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IMPORTANT From THE FRONT

sLAGLE is taking Carries dc Visite Photographs
for only 81 % per dozen Vignettes, 50 per Dozen
He de6es the world to excsl his pictures. in price
or quality. Nos. 2SS and IL Pa. avenue, Oh each
side of It'll St Ia Is. lwN
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WEBsTIR'S DIOTTONlRY-NFW PTCT0
w rial edition. Thoroushly revised and erest
1y enlarged and improved. illustrated With 500
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EURNIsHED ROOMS TO RENT-Parlors, in
Il suits or single; the very best furniturs, all
ments, near the Patent and Post OHicss-No. 36I
st., between 9th and 18th SITS, il l9 At
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LOCAL NEWS.
ADJUSTMENTS re- NIGHT

a., ohDs IHEATER.-Forrest to. night appears
,nora unr,vaiied Improvisation Of " Meta
character which no admirer of the
f Pas,., trageaian should fail to study Madam
aohisi, mccullough and the entire company
appear, affording an Opportunity tn thsstsr.
goers not to be missed.
EGhOVfR's THEATKR.-Drama of uMichael
ILe, ana grand Billiard Match of son
pr u,n,s' an entertainment promising a great
,roNsr n, 90 secure your seats early. Next
"eeH' MISS Western in "East Lynne"
communicative and talented perform.
ers, novel bill, and all the attractions for
winch this popular place OF Amusement ia "a ;
nous, presented toll night. Last week of the
"Harlequin Fantasia" WAC
OXFORD HALL.-Another week OF the prea.
stock company, with songs, ballet, comedv
and novel bill Of fun-proyoking eccentrici.
ties.
METROPOLITAN HALL.-Free concert ga.
loon, an attractive ballet troupe, comic songs,
oallaos, ana variety OF other attractions.
SEAToN HALL.-Gottschalk's farewell con-
cert, ueoer the auspices of Signor Muzio,
promises rare musical treat. The artists are
all OF acknowledged excellence, and cannot
fnil IN charming the most fsstidious.
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E0R RENT-Five FURNISHED ROOMS, with
! OF without board, et Nc. 427 9Th atress, be-
tween g and SITS ia 2t-6ts
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486 PICTURE oehD AND rAssELs. 486
Different sizes and colors Picture Cord and Tss-
sells, Rings, Nails. &c.
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ENOR sALE-Two small FRAME HOUSES, con
tanning rooms each, with lot running back 70
feet which win be sold cheap; on the Island, sth
street between and e Apply to GEORGE E.
BROADRUP. on 9Th street west, between b aud 8,
west side, or through poet Office. Jan 10 St.
, 1865-12-29
MrN1NE BUREAU.

~
The Nevada, Colorado and Moutana papers
are agitating the question of the establish
ment Of a Mining Bureau at Washington
City. The experiment of a mining bureau
has been tried in despotic Russia for many
wears, and has been found of immense advan-
tage. In this bureau young men are educa-
ted for the mining profession, and knowledge
thus obtained has been vastly useful % de>
vefouiug the mineral resources Of that coun-
trS> Without doubt, like result would fol.
low in our own country. Wehave now an
Agricultural Bureau, from which vast stores
of information are diffused among those who
are engaged in agricultural pursuits, and
carrying out this, we take it that the miners
have a right to demand that department of
the government be established to. which they
may look for information that will guide
them in the search for gold. Each mining
district has peculiarities of its own, aud it
would be part of the duty of the head of the
Bureau TO gather all the facts relating to
local peculiarities together, and combine
them in such shape as to make them acces
sible to the practical miner. On this head, 1,
an able advocate Of the proposition says !:
I" None of our miners are yet perfect; all i'm
prove with time. Let government adopt a
system by which this knowledge can be
gained, and then diffused for the benefit of
all. Since it is determined that one-third
of the area of the United States is rich in
gold and silver it becomes the more impor-
tant that the general government render
aid for its extraction from the earth. This
can the better be done by the establish>
ment of a Mining Department, and the pros
ecution of experiments in the reduction of
ores. The yield of gold might be doubled
in a single year if all who are engaged in
gathering it could be at once placed in pos,
session of the knowledge for saving all that
is contained in the ore. All the region Of
country stretching from the east foot of the
Rocly Mountains to the Pacific Ocean is in
terested in this project, and we hope it will
be generally seconded and urged upon the
attention of Congress An Agricultural Bu>
reau has been established, and it is found to
work well now let US have Mining Bureau,
which can be Of scarce less Importance
, 1865-12-29

The ANNEXATION PRoJyCr.-In the absence Of
any thing more important to talk about, our peo-
pie continue to discuss the annexation question.
The friends of the measure claim that it is con-
stantly gaining ground, LndtnSt among the per-
msnent residents in the Valley there is an
overwhelming prepondersace in its favor The
opponents to the measure confne their objse-
tions to the increased taxation that Wc1ld result
from our incorporation into Oregon, as also the
character Of the legislation which has chGTae-
teriEsd that State for year or two back. The
snneIGtiOnistI Adnit the force Of these objee-
tionS, but Itill contend that the advantages more
than eounterbSlGnes the drawbacks. It is true
that under the present organization our taxes
are light but in return for light taIAtiou we are
literally LEFT without any thing worthy the name
OF civil governmeut Courts Of law we have
none; Ssd what is worse, there is no prospect Of
amendment in this respect. Our Jail is crowded
With Prisoners-eVery one Of them entitled to q
speedy trinl-Snd yet there Is no certainty of
Court being held next month or next year. A
Government like this, it is contended, is dear at
any price, ana should be got rid Of the first op-
Portunity. 1t has been owing to this coalition
of affairs that our best citizens have felt COM
PEELED to take the law in their own hands and
administer summary justice. Under State or
ganiEstion we should have a voice in selecting
our judges, and absence from the district would
work forfeiture Of Office. Civil government
and Promp; administration of the laws design
ed for the protection of persons and property are
worth something, and for benefits so aIl-impor-
tant as these great and Aourishing community
can afford to pay literally. Some one has said
that the advantages Of good government are val
liable beyond computation aud reversing the
proposition, it may With equal truth be claimed
that bad government is dear at any price In
our present position we are shorn Of every thing
like political pOWer-have no voice in the selec-
ton Of our rulers-and are 20 all intents and
purposes the dependents of those who are in
power. It's not strange that our people should
grow restiTe under this condition of affairs, and
that they desire the benefits Of sslf-government,
even although it be at the expense Of greatly
increased taxation.
, 1865-12-29
FIREIFIR FIREi

There will be special meeting of Washing
ton Fire Engine Company, No. /, held at the
Engine House, on Monday, January LIST, 1866,
at the hour Of IL o'clock, A. NJ, for the purpose
of tran1acting general and other business of i'm
portance. full attendance, in uniform, is re-
questcd. The Engine will be housed for the
first time in the new Engine House. All mem
bers are specially requested to be present.
Come one come all, and join in taking possession
Of our new hall. By order.
s. B. FARGO, President.
, 1865-12-29
CHEAP HOUSES.

In country where labor is dear, and lum.
Der scarce, it becomes important to inquire
whether we have not cheap substitutes for
the ordinary building material. In parts of
the world where they labor under the incou.
Veuiences to which we are subject, gravel
has been successfully used in the building
of houses, and has been found to be both
cheap and durable The method of construct.
ing these gravel houses is very simple. Upon
suitable foundation of stone, laid in hydraul.
ic cement, above the moisture of the ground,
two planks are temporarily secured on their
edges, and the thickness of the proposed wall
apart Between these the gravel wall is com
menced by depOsiting wheelbarrow loads of
gravei freshly mixed with sand and lime, as
in making mortar The proportion of lime
need not exceed one>fortieth Of the whole,
provided the gravel Is clean, with no mixture
of loan or clay. Rough angular stones are
better than smooth pebbles; broken brick,
cinders, etc., may be thrown in, and among
them stones Of so or IS lbs. weight. By
dropping the materials between the plan ks
from some height theypack more closely than
if gently laid in. As the wall reaches the
upper edge of the board or plank casing, au-
other tier Of the same is added, and when
this space is filed up the lower tier of the
boards is taken of and added to the upper ;
and so they are alternately raised one over
the other till the wall is raised the height re-.
quired. The casing is prevented from spread.
ing BY being fastened to sticks laid across
che wall, which may be covered over and left
in. Frames for doors and windows are set
in whenever the wall reaches the level on
which they are to stand. A sufficient thick
ness for wall 25 feet high, is l6 inches for
the lower half, and 10 or IL for the upper.
A house Ofthis description, 16 feet on a side,
with the labor of three men, can be raised
at the rate of a foot day. Where the ma.
teriai is of easy access, the cost of putting up
building of this kind need not exceed SIS
per foot in height, or 10 cents per cubic foot
If rough cast, building of the kind here
described will possess all the advantages of
either brick or stone, with the additional re-
commendation of being vastly cheaper.
, 1865-12-29

SALARIES REDUOsD.-The Idaho Legis,
lature has passed bill repeating the law by
which the Territorial officers we're allowed
compensation in addition to that paid theu
BY the General Government. The pay Of
the Territorial Judges, for instance, was
$4,000 per annum, and to this was added
$500 that came out Of the Territorial Treas.
ury. The Legislature has very properly re
lieved the people of this unnecessary bur-
den. If the salaries are not sufficiently
large, they should be increased by Congress,
and not by the voluntary action of the Leg
islsture, which really has no authority to taz
the people for that purpose.
, 1865-12-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Under this caption, we might very prop
erly leave blank space, something in the
style of sensation advertisements. For two
weeks we have been without mails from
below, and during the same length Of time
we believe the mail has brought US one pa
per from the mining districts. Under these
circumstances, it is plain to infer that GET
ting up 4 newspaper is an uphill business,
at least, We find it so. As it is, We shall do
the best we can, and if any of our readers
feel like complaining of dull paper, all We
have to say is for the complainant to go
and do some desperate deed, and thereby fur
nish US the basis fora thrilling item. Any
thing, just now, would be acceptable, from
suicide dOvn to a dog fight. In this cons
nection, it strikes ~ q something strange,
that Just - seou - the mails and express
are froEe up, everything else comes to a
stand still. In the Spring, and all through
the Summer and Fall, there was scarce an
issue Of our paper that did not give the de-
tails of some horrid mufdOr-some dark deed
that caused the blood to curdle. As rule,
~ expected E-'Than for breakfast" and
when the ordinary source failed US, the Wig
lance Committee came to the rescue, and
VIC were treated to specimens Of amateur
hanging. With tho world thus jogging along
the editor who failed TO make an interesting
newspaper, certainty liked either industry or
brains. Now, however, not only the ele>
ments, but society itself, seems to be in con.
Spiraey against Us, for Re purpose, appSr.
emily, of ascertAining whether it is possible
TO get up paper without news. From this
latter inference We are inclined to dissent.
Instead Of conspiracy against editors, We
take it that extreme cold acts very much as
great moraliIer, and that under the inhu-
ence of the chilling element mems passions
become cool, and as a consequence, we have
an interruption 10 the carnival of crime
This is the philosophy of cold, as we under.
stand it. Whoever heard Of murder COM
mitted at the North Pole, or of "road
agents" hourishing with the thermometer
at 200 below zero? DR.. Kane, in his histo-
ry of the Artic expedition, does not chrOBi>
Gle the commission of serious crime-the
worst offence, flour memory serves us Alright,
being the falling in love BY one Of his men,
with an EsquimauI woman, GAd his running
away with her to enjoy the honeymoon"
1t is in warm climates, where the blood goes
bounding through the veins, that We 6Dd
crime prevalent, and offences AgSinst persons
and property an every day occurrence. So
it is in our own country. During the heat
of Summer, homicides, robberies, and as>
saultG are the order of the day; but when
Winter comes creeping on, the murderers
and highwaymeu disappear from the public
gaze, aud the newspaper reader for the mo-
ment enjoys exemption from his usual "feast
of blood" 1t ia possible we are mistaken
in our philosophy, bat failing to discover
any other merit in the intense cold under
which we have suffered for the last two weeks,
we have charitably come to the conclusion,
that cold is a mOralizer.
, 1865-12-29

SURVEYOR GESERAL.-Rumor had it some time
since that Frank Henry had received the appoint
nent Of Surveyor General for Washington Ter
rt'ory This report was subsequently coutradie-
ted. The latest rumOr and one that appears to
be we'll founded, is that Hen, S. A. Garfield Is
to have the vacant place. Representative Denny
and all the mAgnAtss OF the Territs-y are said
70 favor bic appointment.
, 1865-12-29

THE PREsIDESr's MEssAGE.-For some reason
or other, it appears that the PreIideuts Message
was not telegraphed across the continent, and
that our only dependence for getting this impor.
tAnt document is BY mail, which at this season
of the year is a slow coach We fail to recall q
message that was looked for with so much in
tersst as that Of President Johnson. The reason
for this unusual interest," without doubt, is to be
found in the fact that just at this moment the
whole country is in transition state, and the
forthcoming message is expected TO indicate the
policy which is to govern the conservative men
Of the country in the work Of restoring the
UnioR.
, 1865-12-29

FRoN BLAcKFoor.--0n Sunday last, Mr.. Chas
Birdsye arrived at walla Walla, direct from the
Blackfoot country. Mr.. B. was IS days in max
ing the trip, having come by way Of the Pen
dOreille Lake, and experienced many hardships.
He reports that number of trains that had
started out late in the season had been compelled
to store their goods by the way and seek winter
quarters for their animals. One Of the teams
With machinery for the Pen d'Oreille boat had
reached the Lake the others were showed in.
Mr.. B. has been merchandising at Helena for
several months back, and speaks in high terms
Of the future Of the Blackfoot country.
, 1865-12-29
LOWER COUNTRY TNTELLICR1CE.

LOWER COUNTRY INTELLIGENCE.
A. L. Brown, Esq, reached his hoae on
Saturday last, having made the trip through
from Olympia to Walla Walfa in fartsen
days. From Mr.. B. We derive many TENS:
The Legislature was in session at Olmpia,
and characterized as usual BY the clasling Of
petty politicians. Hon. James McAuI6 was
the only member in attendance from Valla
wslla, and gave promise Of making seful
member. He had already secured th pas
sage of bill authorizing the town Of Walln
Walla to make deeds to lot holders he
had one or two other bills of local darsc|
ter, which he was likely to succeed in plssiug.
There was the usual difficulty about ths pub
lie printing, Secretary Evans insisting on
giving it to his friend McElrOy, and the
members Of the Legislature equally deter.
mined thst the prize should go to The pub
fishers Ofthe Tribune. The Secrehry was
very determined at FIRST, and taxed of
standing upon his rights" A caucus of
the Union members, at which it wa deter>
mined to petition the President for the re-
mOval of the Secretary as a diSor9nizer,
brought the belligerent gentleman 10 bis sen.
Ses, aud forthwith he became very humble
. perfect Uriah Heap The result is, the
Tribune has the printing, and Secretary Ev-
ans is shorn of that much of his patronage.
The Oregon Legislature was making haste
slowly. None Of the mischeiEous legislation
that was anticipated had passed, and the
whole affair Of the called session begins to
look very much like failure. The idea of
electiug Senator to succeed Senator Mes
NTH had not been entertained and there was
every probability, that the Legislature would
adjourn without doing anything particularly
disgraoeful. Anderson Cox was at Salem,
and understood to be e1ertiug himself to pro.
cure the passage of q memorial asking the
annexation of Walla Walla to Oregon.
At the Dalles, the Circuit Court, Judge
Wilson presiding, had just adjourned. The
Grand Jury refused to bring in any bills for
violation of The Sunday Law. Indeed, the
whole of DeSdy'S code was ignored, and
great was the rejoicing thereat. There had
been but little snow at the Dalles, but the
weather was intensely cold, and the Colum-
bia River was frozen so solid that loaded
teams crossed and recrossed.
Mr. B. reports that some seven or eight
persons, ia attempting to make their way
FROM JOhH Day to the Des Chutes we're badly
frozen-sOme Of them are so seriously in>
jured that it is thought they will lose their
feet
The o. S. N Co.'S steamers Oaeonta, Iris
and idaho, in attempting to make their way
to winter quarters at the Cascades, had been
caught in the ice. The Idaho reached a
place of comparative safety-the other two
steamers are thought be in great danger.
, 1865-12-29
DissoIuti6n Notice,

TINE COPARTNERSHfP heretofore existing be-
tween RYAN q GREEN inc the Challenge
saloon, has been dissolved by mutual consent. The
business will be continued by ]. J. Ryan, TO whom
all bills due the late firm must be paid, and who
wall pay all the outstanding Indebtedness.
j.. j. RYAN,
JOHN A. GREEN
= TIllh Walls, November %, 1855. aim
, 1865-12-29
ESTRAY NOTICE.

STRAYED FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, on Dry
y Creek, nine head Of last SPRING CALVES
ear mark. crop OF the left uuder-bit Of the right
ANY one returning said Calves or giving information
OF their whereabouts, will be suitably rewarded.
de29 Inn I. 7. DENNEY.
, 1865-12-29

Pm DoRErLIE ROUTE.Zit has been claimed
BY the friends Of this route that whilst other
roads were closed by snow during the winter
months, this route was open all the year round
Acting on this representation, a number Of trains
that left here late in the season for the Blackfoot
country, went by the Pen d'oreille route, and Of
these trains quite number have returned, being
unable to get through. The goods were stored
BY the way, and DO loss experienced other than
that incident 20 the failure to get iu at time
when merchandise Of every description is u de-
msnd at very high figures. The teams that
started out about the first of December, with
the merchandise for the Pen d'oreille boat have
all been showed in, and at last accounts the an
imAls were likely to perish. The Pen d'oreille
may be good winter route, but the experience
Of this season don't show it.
, 1865-12-29

WORKING MEN WANTED.-As soon as sprinp
opens, which every body predicts will be at an
earlier date than usual there will be needed A
thousand additional working men in the vicinity
Of Pioneer city. The new ditch coming in from
Upper Grimes creek will cover a large district
of very valuable placer mining ground which has
heretofore laid idle for want Of water This will
be available for use several times and Is an i'm
proyement required by the increasing enterprise
in that locality. Some ofthe ground covered by
this new ditch, on the Big Muddy, is so rich that
large wages have been made by wheeling the
dirt along disance and rocking it out, aud claims
thereabout have sold for from So, 900 to 81, OOO
Men at distance who have the sound discretion
to appreciate good wages and sure pay instead
Of rushing to another excitement, where the
claims are all taken will do we'll to turn up in
the vicinity of Hog'em at early spring. Such
course will prove much more advantageous to
them than chasing the phantoms of the Upper
Columbia mines or Blaekfoot The mines about
Pioneer city, including the Big and Little Mud
oles, the Apple Jack, &c, are settled districts
where the claims are all valuable rules and reg
ulatlons, have been adapted to the wants of the
community, law and order prevails supplies of
all kinds are cheap and plenty, society with wo-
men, children, schools and churches, has been
planted, and we know of no better or more at.
tractive locality to which steady reliable work.
ing men, or those possessed Of small capital
which they wish 70 proftably invest, might di.
rect their attention.-IddhO World
, 1865-12-29

PLANT TREEs.-We have with pleasure
alluded to the many 6ne Improvements made
BY our citizens. There is yet an improves
meut which should not be neglected by those
who desire to ornament their premises. We
allude to the planting of shade.trees by the
Wayside. The season will soon be at hand
for the tfansplautiug of trees, and we trust
that our prOpprty holders will avail them.
selves of the opportunity of ornameuting
their premises with suitable shade. trees
The expense, will be but triAiug, while the
improvement will much more than repay
them for the outlay. Shade-trees make a
very inviting appearance in a town, contri.
butte to the health and comfort of its citizens.
while they vastly add to the value of prop
erty. By all means plant trees.
~--sos--~---~~~~~>
, 1865-12-29

FRoM BoIsE.-Wells, Fargo & Co.'S ex>
press came through from Boise yesterday,
bringing US the World Of the 10th Rather
long time on the way, but better late than
never