, 1865-05-26

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theater down to Powell s. Goes. They are
not burned I suppose everything must
have been lost as the fire did not last more
than two hours. Il. PNKHAM.
Parties wboleft at the same hour with
the Stage say that the illumination was visi-
bic at.Placerville, twelve miles distant from
the scene Of the confagration. Reports say
that Che fire started in a hurdy dance house
Everything is said to have been swept away
even to the fire proof cellars A lady and
child are missing and are supposed to have
perished in the flames, as the fire ragged
with inconceigable derceness and rapidity."
The town Of Idaho was built almost ex-
'clusiyeiy Of pitch pine they had no engine,
and their main dependence for water to ex-
tinguish the fire was in the wells. A re-
port, is current here that, all the. stores in
town but one we're burned.
ITEMS FROM THE RoAD--Mr II Bled,
soc, Of Wells Fargo & Cos Express, reports
the snow nearly all gone from the Boise Bal
sin, and miners busy at sIaicing, ditehing,
duming &c. TEt 4@TMgF9
A large number Of men were coming. IN
to Idaho by way Of Star City and Owyheo
Acting Governor Smith had taken active
steps to stop the Indian depredatiohs upon
the packers and travellers passing along
Burnt and Snake rivers to the Boise mines
The Indians have lately been driving off
considerable stock from these localities, and
the citizens of Idaho, being deeply interest
ed in the safe transit Of passengers and
freight to the mines, will appreciate this
prompt action on the part Of their popular
and energetic Governor
The Payette, Weiser and Burnt rivers
were falling rapidly The Great Snake was
rising little. Powder river was rising
Grand ROnde river had fallen, and the Una
tilA was fOrdaBle on the new road across
the Blue mountains,
Mr. Maddox, sheriff Of Umatilla county,
who was shot in capturing the horse thieves
at Express ranch, was still living Mr.
Hart died on tbe 10th, just twelve hours af-
ter he was shot. He was conscious to the
last, and begged for some one to give him
his revolver that he might kill Vaughn, who
was in the house a prisoner when he was dy-
ing. 1t was not Vaughn that was killed, as
reported last week, but his confederate.
Vaughn was taken to Auburn for trial Dr.
Stockton, of LaGrande, was in attendance
upon Dir Maddox, under whose kind at
tention Il IS hoped he win recover.
The crops in Grand Ronde valley were
looking very well. Only about twenty Of
the farms in the valley had been overaown
The roads were getting ia good condition
for travel, and the best kind Of grass is
abundant all along the route from Walla
Walla to the Boise mines
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IMpRoYISGThe trade Of the city is
greatly on the increase. During the week
some eightoor ten pack trains, heighted
with general merchandise, have left here for
the Boise Basin a number Of wagons
have also gone out-Aamong them Ball &
Stones train Of nine wagons, loaded with
flour and bacon, forthe Boise market We
have had an opportunity to converse with
anumber a of packers who have been en-
oamped herea6outs this spring, and they
all inform as that they would prefer pack
ing from Walla Walla above either WalIua
or Umatlla, on accountof being able to get
so much better feed here for their animals
than at either Of the other points, and that
SO long as the merchants here sell, as Mey
are aow doing, at prices Competing with
the UmatHa and Wallula merchants, they
will come here to buy We are assured by
snumber Of the merchants here that they
will not hereafter be undersold BY the deal
ers of the points below and that their scale
Of jobbing prices viii correspond with theirs.
This they certainly can do, and as we be-
ieye they will do it, we confidently expect
to see Malla Waila get her full share of the
mining trade this season.
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