, 1866-11-09
walluIa Correspondence.

WALLUA, Nov. ?, 1856.
EprToR SrATEsMAx.-I found Walula oecu.
pying about the same position on the map Of
the world, it did when left. The inhabitants
both native and foreign, seemed to be enjoying
themselves about after the old sort. Freight
plenty teamsters and packers ditto. The Fall
trade is much heavier than was expected. II
still keeps a daily boat running to this point,
moth standing we bear Of surfeited markets,
in Idaho and Montana Territories even China
men are pouring in upon rs from below, which
is an unusual thing this time Of year. The
steamer of Wednesday morning looked, on her
arrival here, like she had gone into the Cooley
trade. Stage eand wagons 6lled'up with them aud
moved for the interior. l could not learn their
point of direction. Theh we have host Of these
Cinnamon arriving daily from the bars on the
Columbia and Stake rivers, GboTs vs.. We are
getting In our winter supply Of Ckiuausn. We
usdally have from IS to l5o to live with rs du.
ring the winter. From appearances now, l
shonld Judge we will be short of houses for the
accommodation of those who wish to winter
here. They are coming in from below muth
later than usual, and from above much earlier
But let them come we will try and keep q
STEW on hand" for Sheriff Seitels special &C.
commodation-to "pay taxe." Sixteen dollars
per year from our "Civil Rights brethren' wont
go bad, and "Sr' accepts greenbacks, gold dust,
old blankets, -four and opium from them with
such a good grace, that it makes them feel
proud of their newly acquired citizenship. Our
washman, "Yu Mow"-who, by the way, is a
feature Of the town-when asked the other day
if be intended to vote, Strengthened himself up
to his full height and REPLIED "Tou bet-ChI>
naman all the same as Mclean man now so
you see those of US who wish to fill Offices OF
trust or profit, must purse our Celestial oreth-
rem with great care, particularly In the WalluIa
precinct, for they are in the majority "Iu
Now informed me, cOnhdentially, that if the
poor white trash in this precinct would give
him some inducement-fetainer l presume he
meant-he would open a school and teach his
white brethren the pure, unadulterated, Celes-
tial language He assured me it was the great
est desire Of his life to see the American people
educated up to the Celestial standard, as well
in morals as IN literature That such course
would go far towards causing the Celestials to
more cbeerfuly take their white citizens by the
hand, even though they considered they were
lowering themselves to the level of the whites
for the time. Still, knowing the Celestial supe-
rority over all other people, they would continue
10 hope to be able to bring the poor, ignorant
white trash to a true knowledge of science, Its
erature and morals.
l "saw" the superiority at once, and advised
hun by all means to persevere, aud if possible,
open his school. In the meantime, advised
him to practice on my old Indian "Jim-as |
noticed "Jim" hanging around his "wasbe-
house" a good deal-and if he succeeded with
"Jim" would grant him a handsome diploma
and get him "a IL. miDr and hrs
tune would be made. requested at the same
time, as matter of business, that the Celestial
College should he located at Wallula, telling
him that we expected to have the State Penten-
tiary erected at this point. That the Peniteu-
tiary was also an institution of learning, but
that the professors turned their attention more
to mechanism than literature, but that the Ce-
lestial College would fill up that gap and they
would both work well together.
shall keep an eye on Jim" and report from
time to time his progress in Celeslil. science.
CUNTCX.