The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1865-12-14

Tue "a inst, WAS kllleu ny tuo cu'ipB Vi
tunnel near Idaho City, on the 25th Of Nov
ember. He lived for several hours after the |
earth fell in on him, but died short time be-
fore be was reached by the drifters who were
trying to save him.
WENDELL PHILLIPS recently wrote letter 10 |
L. H. Baker, of Manchester, England, in which
lie says: ~ fear that President Johnson will
deliver us, bound hand and foot, into the
hands of the old tyrant white race of the
south" He must be timd individual If
he fears such catastrophe at the hands of the
most thoroughly beaten people OF the age.
THE SUNDAY LAw.-There is a rich streak
of humor in the Sunday Law, if it is viewed
from certain standpoint. The proverbial
Incidence of certain elements in the popula-
tion of Oregon, gives strikingly facetious
turn to the section forbidding secular labor
when we consider that this part of the peo
pie are not likely to break the law on Sun
day or any other day of the week by secular
labor. A Tuesday Law would interfere
neither more nor less than the Sunday Law
with this class of people.
DETANED.-The passengers who started
mp yesterday morning on the Tenino, were
brought back yesterday evening. The boat
went up twenty-five miles from Cello, and
on account of high winds, turned about.
If the present prevailing east wind continues,
with its invariable attendant piercing cold,
the river is likely to freeze up in two or three
days.
The BOISE MARKETs.-The World says
that there is o movement on foot in Boise
Basin among commercial men, having in
view the establishment Of business transac.
tions on the basis of United States gold and
silver coin. That paper thinks that ever
the greenback currency would be an i'm
provement on the present vitiated gold dust
which is the principal circulating medium
of the country.
There is an active demand for -four In th
= Basin, and extra California and STANDARD
Oregon brands are sold in lots at $l8@$2
~ 100 lbs. Coffee is meeting with good sal
at 45@50c, for superior Costa Rica. Bacol
is selling at 6O@G5c, and all the principa
articles of subsistence are meeting read
sale, at prices which bring handsome profit
to the traders. Clean Boise gold dust /
selling at $l4 80 an ouncei legal tende
notes, large denominations, for remittances
5000 gold dust at six per cent. premium
for dust
The Statesman reports about the sam
prices current for Boise City as those Q
Boise Basin. There are large quantities c
freight now on the road from the Columbi
River, and II and ls cents are the price
asked by packers from Umatilla to Bois
mines. .s.t'
But for the arrival of pretty heavy shit
rnents of -four from California, by the Chic
Route, the probability Is that there woul
have been q scarcity of breadstufs in I'll
southern section of Idaho the coming winte
The kerosene speculation put up the pric
In Boise as we'll as in the commercial tow
all along the coast. Sales are quoted ut
per gallon, which is rather exorbitant wi
~ freights at l6 cents from tue Columbia Rive
Those who did not sell when the speculate
prices were on will not derive much comic
from the late decline in this fluid.
Whisky and alcoholic drinks generally a
spoken Of iu Boise City as 'inexhaustib
ia quantity which probably means, enoui
~ lest over winter, w.Sse.1f