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, 1866-08-31

SUPPOSED MURDER.-The body of man, sup
posed to have been murdered, was found on the
Blue mountains, between Meachams and the
Umatilla Landing, on Tuesday morning. The
body was recognized as that of a man who had
stopped at Meachams hotel on Monday night,
and left on the following morning in company
with another man, on foot, to go to Umatilla.
The travelling companion was arrested at Una
tilla, on suspicion, aud an investigation of the
case was to have been had on Thursday. We
have not learned the names of the parties.
, 1866-08-31

nm Oruluhnce 10 amend ordnance NO. rs, en-
titled, " An Ordinance in Relation t6 Grading
Main Street"
The people Of the City of WdHa TalIa do or
ddin tolLops:
SECTION /. That section five of said ordip-
anee be amended to read as follows, o-wit /
" If the owner or agent of any property shal
refuse or fail to pay the assessment for ten day
after having been duly notified it shall be the
duty Of the City Clerk to add ten per cent. to
such assessment, as fees for collecting, and to
forthwith advertise the property so assessed for
sale at public auction, by publishing the notice
thereof in the Walla Walla STATESMAN, and by
posting up three copies of such notice in the
city, and be shall proceed to sell the same as
aforesaid fifteen days after the date of such no:
tice, and shall receive such fees as are allowed
to Sheriff g on sales for taxes for his services
Provided, that the owner or agent of any props
erty 50 advertised may stay proceedings at any
time before the day of sale by payment of all as
sessments and costs, and, Provided, further,
that SAID owner or agent may redeem any prop
erty sold as aforesaid at any time within ninety
days after the sale thereof by payment to the
purchaser of the purchase money, and Interest
thereon at the rate of FIVE per cent per month.
SEC. z II any property shall be sold as
aforesaid it shall be the duty of the Cit7 CLERK
to issue a certificate of sale to the purchaser.
and II the same shall not be redeemed as afore-
said within ninety days he shall then issue a
deed to said purchaser, and place him in pos
session OF the property. Said deed shall be
signed by the Mayor and President of the Com
mon Council and attested by the City Clerk
SEC. B. All parts or portions of said ordin.
ance No. 26 which shall conflict with the pro-
visions of this amendment are hereby repealed
SEC. 4. This ordinance shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Passed August 3Oth, 1866.
Attest: 1. RnRrnrs City Clerk
, 1866-08-31

Tue DIEFEREScE.-h business friend gives US
the difference in the prices of freighting between
Now York and Portland and Portland and Wal
la Walla. BE received this week, by W. F. &
Cos express, small box of goods, direct from
New York. The box was landed in Portland
for Sls,25, and the charges from Portland to
Walla Walla were Sl7,OO With only differ
ence in distance of between six and seven thou
sand miles between the points of shipment, and
all things else being nearly eqaul, who, after
reading this, will heafter have the temerity
to assert that "the Columbia river routcp will
not-eompete?
, 1866-08-31

HEAvY QUARTZ OPERATION j. RYAN. ESQ.
who has just returned from the Owyhee country,
informs us that Messrs. Moore & FOCUS have dis
posed of their entire interest in the Morning
Star" and "Oro Fino " ledges; also, their
quartz mill. The price paid is stated in round
figures at 81 ,OOO, 900. The purchase was made
for an English cOmpany, and was negotiated by
Charles TIlton, an eminent New York merchant
and banker. This certainly is the heaviest
quartz operation that has yet been made in the
Northern country.
, 1866-08-31

BREAD AND BUTTER. The Eugene Journal,
paper of the bran-bread school of politics, has
much to say about "bread and butter" patriots.
Considering that the Journal draws its bread
and butter almost exclusively from the U. S.
Surveyor Generals office, this taunt seems to
come with i'll grace from that quarter Friend
Lishe, you had better give your organ a different
tone, or possibly you may wake up minus your
official head. Recollect that patriots are vastly
more numerous than Offices, and that clowns
like you are rOrely permitted to hold Govern.
ment commission.
, 1866-08-31

A AIss.-Our former acquaintance and long
time favOrite, Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne, is filling
theatrical engagement at Helena City, where
she is announced on the bills as Mss Julia Dean.
We have heard of strange changes in our day,
but this transforming Mrs. into Miss is GER
tainly an astounding feat. Will our Helena
exchanges tell US how the thing was did 2
, 1866-08-31
PRINTER wANrED-A Journeyman Printer will
obtain employment on application at this Office.

The GULLorISE IN morton. = The telegraph
Informs US that the President is steadily engaged
in the work of decapitating radicals, and from
another source we learn that he will never stay
his hand until every disuuonist is removed
from Office. The good work has already COM
nenced on this coast, the first victim being
Noah Brooks, Naval Officer of the Port of San
Franciseo-an Office worth $1,000 a-year, steal
Jugs not included. Brooks linked his fortunes
with the dsuRionists, and very properly has
come to yrief In this Territory, as also in the
adjoining State of Oregon, the work of purifca-
tIou will soon commence President Johnson is
too good a patriot to permit the enemies of the
Government to hold its Offices. The little band
OF traitors who make their headquarters at
Olympia should prepare for the worst Not
man of them will be spared, and as their heads
fall at each stroke of the political gullotine the
people will feel that " treason is being made
odious" The developments of the last few
months abundantly show, that failing to rule,
the radicals are determined to ruin the Govern
ment. The action of the late Congress in or
dering the distribution of public arms in certain
States where the radicals presumed to be in
the majority, is only part of plot which has
for its object the Inauguration of civil war, and
with it the enslavement of all those who refuse
to bow down and worship an ebony idol Thanks
to an overruling Providence, we no longer have
an imbecile Buchanan in tho Executive office,
but in his stead man of iron nerve and lofty
patriotism who will grapple with treason when
ever and wherever It dafes to rear its horrid
front The folly of permitting traitors to plant
their batteries and perfect their plans-the Gov
ernment al1 the while looking idly on-is not
to be repeated butinstead we shall have a wise
and firm administration of public affairs that
will not hesitate to lay hands on even incipent
treason, and anticipating the plans of the enc
mics of the Government, will crush them to the
earth before they have time to deal the first blow
against the national life. 1t is barely possible
that the country is fated to again pass through
the throes of civil war. If so, we at least have
the consolation of knowing that the tried men
who cOped with and finally overthrow Southern
chivalry will be more than equal to Contest
with Northern fanaticism. A faction that takes
Beast Butler and Humbug Fremont as its high
est types 'of military genius, ia not greatly to
be dreaded in the event of a resort to arms.
, 1866-08-31

A STRAIGHT REPUBLIcAx.-We have it on good
authority that at the late election in Idaho P.
Malone voted the straight republican ticket. We
should like to know what terrible crime the re-
Publicans have committed that the party should
be thus afflicted?
, 1866-08-31
SPECIAL MEETING .

August 80, lS66.-Council met at the ap'
nointed hour President in the Chair.
Present, Messrs Mckee, Baggs and WlnesetL'
Ordinance No. %, to amend an ordinance In
relation to the grading of Main street, was read
third time and, with few amendments, passed
No further business appearing, on motion, the
Council adjourned. |. l.. ROBERTS, OIerk'
, 1866-08-31
NEWT wpApsa.-we have received the first mum

NEW PApBR.-We have received the first num-
ber of new paper, called the Rocky AoEntan
Gazette, published at Helena, NJ. T., by Messrs'
wilkinson, Mcguire & Roman. The paper is
Union in politics, supporting the policy of Pres
ident johnson, and is ably edited and neatly
printed. Mr.. Mcguire, one the publishers, is q
printer well known on the Pacific as having been
connected with more papers, as editor or pub
Usher, than perhaps any other man on the coast
The people of Helena are evidently reading
community, as the Gazette makes the third pa
per for that mountan-locked town.
, 1866-08-31

EASTERN Nsws.-The news from the East du.
ring the past week is uuimportant. The Euro
Pean war appears to have been brought to a
a close, with Prussia entirely in the ascendant !;
all her proposed terms, including payment for
the expenses Of the war, having been clomplied
, 1866-08-31

An lgPOsTOR.-Several months since, at the
request of Government official, we cautioned
the public against impostor named ]. E.
Vinton, who was travelling through the country
and passing himself off as Special Postal Agent
The paragraph went the rounds of the newspa-
per press, and subsequentlywa contradicted BY
the Sacramento Union, which paper vouched for
the respectability of J. E. Yinton, endorsed him
as "good Union man, ;" and charged that his
aeeusers were copperheads." The paragraph
from the Union was copied approvingly BY the
Oregonian, and all that class of papers that ap-
pear to regard professedly union man as privi-
legged to steal, rob, or lie with impunity We
have now before US the United States Nail for
July, the official organ of the Post-O Office De-
partment, in which we find the charges against
Vinton copied in eztenso and appended thereto
list of all the special agents in which the name
of Vinton fails to appear. We were satisfied at
the time that Vinton was an impostor, and here
we have undoubted evidence of his rascality,
We commend these facts to the attention of our
friends of the Union and Oregonian and suggest
that they take back their endorsement of an uu.
mitigatcd humbug
, 1866-08-31

The TRUE RING. - The. Oregon Statesman,
heretofore little shaky, now comes out boldly
for johnson and the Union. We congratulate
our cotemporary on its noble stand, and suggest
that it cry aloud and spare not the political fan
aties who on :his coast are endeavoring to SOW
the seeds of a second rebellion.
, 1866-08-31
FARM Go HoTEF.
FOR SALE CHEAP.

HNHE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR SALE his
Il ,FARM AND HOTEL, situated on Wild Horse
Creek, on the Thomas Stage Road. A bargain will
be given II applied for Immediately.
For further PARTICULARS apply TO D. S. BAKER q
CO., or on the premises to
eu CHAS. P. EAGAN.
, 1866-08-31

THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAIN PRosPEcroRs.-
We CLEAN from the Montana Gazette some inter-
esting items in regard to the Wind River Noun
ty. The Gazette says Mr.. Standefer heads a
party of about one hundred men, who were to
have left some time since for the Wind River
country. The exploration of that country has
been heretofore prevented by the hostility
of the indians who have invariably compelled
prospecting parties attempting to penetrate
those mountains to beat hasty retreats, and in
some instances killed the prospectors. Various
reports, apparently well authenticated, in
circulation in reference to the existence of rich
gold deposits in that section but Capt. Stan
defer's confidence is mainly based upon the
statements of three acquaintauces of his, who
prospected there last fall. They report having
found diggings of extraordinary richness in va
rious places. In one place they obtained from
one to five dollars to the pan, coarse gold. In
another the gold was fine, and prospected from
three to Fifty cents to the pan, through gravel
twenty feet in depth. A dcputation of Crow
Indians, after few days operations, waited up
on them, and, seizing all their horses, and near
ly all their provisions and blankets, told them
if they would dig no more holes and kill no
more buffaloes they could leave the country
without further molestation. It rs needless to
say that they got away as fast possible.
"If indications have not yet ceased to have
weight with the gold-huuier, every encourage
ment is offered by the physical character of the
Wind River range. Nowhere has volcanic con-
vulsion left more prominent marks. On every
side it is said, irregular, charred, and ire-red-
dened crags look down upon chasms which are
strewn with washed boulders of quartz and
granite. Lying to the right Of all the lines OF
travel between Utah and Montana, and of the
old Oregon emigrant road, their position is iso-
lated This, coupled with the unfriendliness OF
the fierce tribes iuhabiting them, accounts for
but few white men ever venturing into the Wind
| River eOlitude5
, 1866-08-31

SHANEFUL.-Little Pittock, the Tom Thumb
oil the Oregon press, after having stolen the
o''go"'aH from his carly benefactor, Thos j.
oryer, now allows the kind-hearted old man to
pine 10 peuury.
, 1866-08-31

DoNAHuE HEARD FRoM.-We have it on good
authority that Donahue, the man charged with
the murder of Fcrd Patterson, and whose release
from the county Jail our readers are familiar
with, has been discovered in the Big Bend coun-
try and is now in fair way to be brought back
to answer for his crime. As we are informed
Ned Ryan, former City Marshal of Walla Walla
was the first to discover the hiding place of the
murderer, and through his agency steps were
taken that are likely to result in the return Of
the fugitive. The capture of Donohue, without
doubt, will lead to an explanation as to the
manner of his release from the county Jail. The
chances now are that we shall learn who wert
the parties to the general Jail delivery and thu,
made themselves accessories after the fact to tn,
crime of murder. c~D
, 1866-08-31

UNNECESSARY. A friend suggests that we
pitch in and abuse the walla Walla correspond
ent Of the OregoniGn. Tnasmuch as the fellow
practices 'eLf-abEse, we deem this altogether
unnecessary.
, 1866-08-31
Letter from Kootenai.

WILD HORSE CREEK, Aug. IA, 1866.
ED. STATESMAN We are all 80. K" up
here and doing pretty well. But the fsct is, we
want over one hundred thousand pounds of
"grub" for winter, as there will be about 400
persons here, including Cinnamon.
The Big Shaft will be in operation again in ten
days The result will Inform you of. The
Reese Tunnel Co. are doing well. Griffith &
Buckley sold for Eve thousand dollars Dorr
claim, $4,000; Kerby claim, $4,000.
Finley creek is attracting attention. Some
men are working there, and good prospects are
obtained.
creek named Skookum, on which gold has
bsen found, is now being thoroughly pros,
pected.
Judge O'Reily visited this place and yesserr
day returned to Big Bend.
The road from Fort Shepherd is open for
packing.
E7et5thiEg here bids fair for this country be-
ing the best mining camp north of the line.
Fisher, formerly of this place, is prospecting
on the Boundary pass, with a company, so Link
later, of the Hudson Bay Co., informs us. Re-
port speaks of good diggings there, butwe have
confirmation yet Yours, S. 7.
, 1866-08-31
Q I It K Ell OF II l.,
RfnirI street,
wALLA wALLA. w n

WALLA WALLA, W. T.
THE CITY HOTEL having inst been elegantly
i finished, is ready for the reception Of
guests. The Proprietor would say 10 the trav cling
public TINT he is ready TO receive and entortzH
all who may favor him with q call.
The City Hotel is entirely house, well nn-
ished, rooins well ventilated, and well furnishod.
Tho Dining Room is large and conmodious. Fins
suits Of Rooms, with connecting doors, for families
The Table.
The Table will be furnished with the best tho .
market affords. leaving house to eScel it either in
quality variety.
FIREPRO0F SAFE.-A large nreproof Safe for
the deposit Of valuahles.
BOARD AND LODG ING. per week 81 1854 0n
The Proprietor will at all times endeavor TO please
his guests and respectfully aud earnestly solioits
the patronage Of the travelling public.
29-tf G. JOSEPH. Proprietor.
, 1866-08-31

Since the GboYe was in type we have received
the following, from Rev. J. W. McGhee, which
gives fuller account of tho sad occurrence
H. A. Livingston was born on the 9th of
October, 1928, and came to his death by a most
horrible and distressing accident on the oath of
ces: While assisting to pitch grain from a
wagon to a thrashing machine on the farm of j.
W. McGhee, on Coppei, he stepred off the wag-
on, from which the load had been pitched, onto
the apron of the machine, to let another team
come up to the machine to unload. The mules
attached to the wagon became little shy, and
be thought they were afraid of him and stepped
back so as to be little more out of their wav,
fOrgetful of the danger of going into the cylin-
der, and unfortunately got his left foot and leg
into the machine, which had been slackened in
its motion and was running empty. From his
ankle to his knee the flesh and bones were lit
orally torn to atoms. His toes and the bottom
of his foot were but little injured. His thigh
was horribly mangefand the thigh bone bro
ken about the centera and the lower piece torn
out. His hip bone was crushed to pieces a
severe wound inflicted in the abdomen and his
LEFT side and back badly bruised. He lived
about three hours, under the most excruciating
pain and torture. This sad calamity has thrown
gloom over the whole community and brought
sadness and mourning to his family, relatives
and friends, and should be q warning to all per.
sons engagedabout thrashing machines to use
extreme caution, for Mr.. Livingston was noted
for his care about getting into danger and was
one of our most estimabie and best citizens.
May the Lord hear his dying prayer for his wife
and children, which was, "L6rd, have mercy
on my poor wife and little children"
w Mcnu,,
, 1866-08-31

Gen. Scott was married. When, or to whom,
we cannot answer His wife separated from him
several years ago and went to Paris, where she
died about three years ago. Whether be had
more than oae child we do not know. He had
one daughter, who is now the wife of naval
officer in New York, and who visited him few
days previous to his death and left him under
the impression that he was recovering. Gen.
Scott was q man of irrascible temperament,
which had the effect to estrange his immediate
relatives from him, and his domestic relations
are supposed to have been far from pleasant.
, 1866-08-31
The Table.
NOTICE-'
DOVELL & N1ASsANI,
Jaw and Planning Mill

IN running 3rder ana are now prepared 70 de ~.
kinds of PLANNING, TONGUE AND GR0ONB'
FLOORING, PLANE & SAW WEATHER-B ARD
ING, all at REDUCED PRICES. Persons in the
country wishing their LUMBER DRESSED, can hSTo
it done without delay. 80
We have LUMBER YARD connected " ith oar
Mill. All orders left with us will he promptly at
tended to. Lumber will be brought from Yard 10
tho Mill free of charge.
, 1866-08-31
Wagon Work.

We have also greatly reduced our prices for Wagon
Work. Having been 10, the expense OF putting up
machinery, will do your work for less money than
any other shop this side of Portland. We will build
wagons and carriages to order of the bcst Eastern
Timber, at Portland prices, with freight.
R3- Repairs attended to promptly. We respectful
y solicit your work. Remember. the Rod Shop near
the Bridge, Main street, Walla walla, W. T.
23.tf D0VELL & NASSAU.
, 1866-08-31

MONTANA FLOUR MARKET.-The Helena Ga
zette of August l4th, gives the following quota
tions: St. Louis, U lOO-ib sack, Sl7@l8; Salt
Lake $l3@l3 so; other brands, Sl2@l3.
, 1866-08-31
Ordinance No. %.

AN Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 26, en-
titled, " An Ordinance in Relation to Grading
Main Street"
, 1866-08-31

FATAL AccIDEMr.-Mr. Il. A. Livingston, of
Coppei was killed on Friday last at Mr.. Nc
Ghee's place, in the following manner: The
farmers of the neighborhood, on account the
scarcity of hands, were exchanging work, and
Mr.. Livingston was helping Mr.. MeGhee thrash
his grain. 1t appears that Mr. Livingston, in
order to get up to load of grain, stepped
upon the apron of the thrashng machine, aud
while there the team drawing the load became
fractous and he stepped backwards, and as
he did so he stepped upon a bunch Of straw
which caused him to slip and fall, and one of
his feet was caught in the cylinder of the ma
chine, which was in motion, and his leg was
rapidly drawn in and ground to atoms far up
as the trunk of his body, before the machinery
conld be stopped. Medical aid was at once sent
for, but before it arrived Mr.. Livingston had
breathed dis slast-living about three hours after
the accident. But his case was beyond the
reach of human aid, his leg being literally
torn out up to the hip joint, and his insides ex-
posed. lie bore his misfortune patiently and
uncomplGiningly, seemingly experiencing but
/ little pain up to the moment of his death. By
the death of Mr.. Livingston Walla Walla county
has lost one of her best citizens. He was uni
Yersally esteemed, and last June was elected
member of the Board of County Commission
ers, position which he bade fair to fill with
honor to himself and benefit to the county. He
leaves widow and five small children, to
whom the sympathies of the entire cotumunity
, 1866-08-31
The Late Cen. Scott.

Ed. STATESMAN ~ am somewhat adrift in re
gard to the history, or rather the private life,
the late Gen. Scott, and have not as yet foun(
any one who can enlighter me, SO l propose t'
put the question direct to an editor, and if hi
can't give ths.iuformation, set the ball in mo
tion and bring out the facts for the benefit o
community. The questions have been asked
me several times, and cannot answer them
The query is, Was General Scott ever married.
If SO, when, and to whom? Did he aave an!
children If so, how many and where was hi
family at the time of his death ?
These may seem strange questions to ask abou
so prominent character in our nations histor,
as General Scott, butI confess l cannot answe
them, and doubt if one-sixth of the people o
the United States can.
In reading the account of Gen. Scott's sick
ness, death and burial, all portrayed in pic
tires, in HGrpsr's Weekly, Of New York, /
would seem to a stranger that General Scott, al
ter serving the United States for sixty years
aid gaining the highest point Of fame as sol
dier, actually died amidst, and was buried by
comparative strangers. wo hear of no wife
daughter, son, nephew or cousin, to so6the hi
declining years to the grave. No one by to re
ceive his dying request save his hostler hi
last words, uttered in private room at hotel
and these words, " Take good care of the horse
Charley r' Can you point me to another such
death and burial in all our history of so celebra
ted man, up to the time of his death, as tha
of Gen. Winfield Scott. V.