, 1865-09-15
A:New Roate propoged to nlaoksoot

ana we nope to see the same interest eYlnced Dy
our own business men towards opening up
the shortest and most practicable route to reach
the mines, or to repairing the Nunan Road.
A gentleman who has Travelled The open d.
Orei!le youte' furnishes the Or,goaian it the
following table of distances to B.ackfoot city
The Oregoaian however, leaves Waua Wala
'out in the cold, and computes from a-landing
on snake River, II miles above Palouse Ferry,
/ (ca ed Ruark's Ferry,) to the bridge on the Spo-
kane, "a GOOD wagon road) miles 10
From Spokane bridge to Pen 'Orelle
Lake, good wagon road) 4" ~
From Lake to Horse Plains, (most Of
the distance navgable for st'rs i25
From Horse Plains to Indian Agency
en- the Jocko Fork Of Bitter r
Iiver-easy land travel Is
From Agency to Hellgate 40
From Hellgate to Blackfoot city, 80
Total distance from Palouse to Blackfoot 392
To this we may add 46 miles from Walla
Walla to Snake riyer-good wagon road
making total Of 438 miles.
If the Fen Oreile be practicable for steam
boats for the distance named as is thought,
then the actual land travel can be brought
down to 3l3 miles. It is stated that the Hud-
sons Bay Company used to land their freight
boats at Horse Plains, and from this point to the
Jocko Reservation-about twenty-five miles
A wagon road could be constructed with little
work, through prairie section.
A gentleman Of Walla Walla, who has trav-
eled the road via the Coeur d'Alene Mission
many times, and has also travelled on horseback
the Pen dOreille route states that the table
presentedby the Oregonian, as to distances, is
in the main correct
The Orsgonian says
"Parties are now energetcally at work to
/ place a steamer on the above lake. adapted to
the trade. We have no doubt but that il viii be
completed the coming winter. The machinery
has been all arranged for, aud VIII be sent for
ward from this city within ten days. This is q
magnificent uudertaking-and one destined to
be of great advantage to this country, and espe-
/ cally this community-it will be another wide
step in the direction of uniting the eastern and
western slopes of the Rocky mountains, and be-
ing private enterprise is actually greater than
the immense work of the Central Pacific Rail-
road. The trade which win be secured to US
by the success of the project, will be OF far
greater value than any we at present enjoy"
Weemake this statement in order that our citi-
zens may see what interest is being paid to the
mining trade by our ncighbors below, and to
stimulate our merchants and traders generally
to give their assistance to any practicable en-
terprise that promises to enrich themselves and
the community in general.
o-,-.---,as-
S11vrp ToDrs -ConsiderabIe excitement has
Dceu ln@n''eS'e0 IN certain 4u"i' "l'nln 'ne
past week or two, about quartz ledge said to
/ lode-so the story goes-has been tested and
1 proves to be taoulously rich IN sliYer-layng
sb9do, 6notber o1aftT lode we are tol8 IS
undergoing thorough prospecting somewhere
/ in the Occur Alene mountains. The story of
5IiS oNs tGno .ua' oSe % , e >, 'e',s ol lne
iDe through that section In search of a "basjno
by the merest accident found a ledge of quartz
Gnu IoI tHe no.e'ty Of lne tnlng conc!loeu - Ihat
/ to VTo1io Waiie f,r ossav Aocar3in,,, H. l,;s
arrival here the quartz was deposited with an
assayer which on being tested turned out to be
as'ollsnlngIy ItcH n 9liEer- "eSnoe quartz
vas III ,be Incty discoverer If tba Ie5ote
n,onnted fcet "a nericon boreeT ana With a
/ chosen con,nanion si,niIarlv rnonnta1 ~oda ofr
~ q breal,-necll cait N ca1tnre the Ialgo ana
/ have il dnlv recoTded n Montana Tsrrisorg
! Soma tbrea or fonr nav ,Ianeed since
/ III 5ana,tnre If yo silrer r,,ters l,t No ygor5
! fos VET been boord fror, tbao 0nr inforn,9nt
Who Is rarnoteIy iD,sroste5 in tba s,ccass of tbe
Io1s is evncctiog tl,a refi,rn of the nrognecors
/ i'm fau davs when tbev arrive Gf tbey ever
/ dol'yra eboiI ranort H. ros,lts of tha.tri1 IL
| to become attacked with the delusive mania Of
/ silver on the brain
! Inc eastern olspatcnes announce LOT ABOUT tne
/ twentieth time, that the 'Habeas Corpus is to
bo orostorod q, an oar1v da,u dan early dav
! -N0
Is very inuennlle' Out we may Oe aio"eu 70
/ suppose that it means "by and by But there
/ is one thing announced in the dispatches that we
oro loft n M dorbt obor+ ana tbo+ is hat Tefr
Davis IS to be tried by Court OF competent Ju-
! risdiction, instead Of "commission ordered to
trv and orranized to convict The diaicultv
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II appears WIN 'ne 1earneu au'n I'"es ~ @sH-
ington in this matter has all along been that
they didn't know whether jeff was properly
triable bv = cor,D,issio, or corr+ HAVING af-
/ tar 81 ~, a +irDo Iof diIioent raeaarc6 and
stndv No odonbN decided in favor Of tbe nroner
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