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, 1868-02-14

FROM TIE NoRTH.-A letter frohrINe.
cessity Bridge Spokane river, 'iuftr~s us
that the winter has been very SEVERE in that
section. Indians and Indian horses have
died off like sheep with theNrot from the ef-
fects of disease and starvation. The Spo-
kane and Ceur d'Aene Indians are grows
ing anxious that government should treat
with them for their lands. The Spokanes
would like a reservation in the country be-
tween Lewiston and Spokane river
"Otter," writes an interesting letter from
Kootenai mines. We shall endeavor to
make room. for it next week. Tobacco, su-
gar, beans and some other articles scarce and
high. Whisky about out. Reese's brand
all gone-his whisky stands A. No. /, at
Wild Horse. Nothing late from Skookum
Chuck "Oiter" expects to be able to r.
port some good news from the northern
mines shortly,
, 1868-02-14

LATEST news from Portland informs us
that the Willamette river is clear of ice The
Columbia was still blocked up toward Asto-
ria. A large amount of live stock had per-
ished in the southern counties of Oregon,
from the effects OF cold weather and the
scarcity Of feed.
, 1868-02-14

GoING.-The weather for the past few
DAYS has been mild and pleasant, and the
snow in consequence is rapidly going off.
A few more days of such weather, and farm
ers can commence to plow, packers and
teamsters can get ready to commence work,
aud business in general will be lively. 1t
is the opinion of nearly every one hereabonls
that winter has effectually passed away.
, 1868-02-14

INDIGNANT OFFICIAL DIGSIrARIEs. On the re,
eePtiOu of news that our legislature had cut
down fees Of county officials to one.haIf former
rates, II is said some of them waved wroth, while
Others looked blne. We are sorry the pub. teat
has ceased to give down. II the fees were Gu,
down for the benefit of the over burdened tar.
paying public, all right. But IL it was done ia
order that more taxes might be saddled on the
people, then il is shameful.
, 1868-02-14


RICHEST IN THE WoRLD.-<The Helena Herald
IN Its issue of Jan. 25th, contains two long let,
ters written from South Pass City, Sweetwatsr
mines, by a Mr.. d, K. Allen, gentleman we'll
and iSvorably known 10 Montana. He thinks
Ine ne" mines are the richest ever discovered
anu the opinion prevails in the mines, that when
spring opens other important discoveries will he
mAue' Inc mineral belt in which these mines
are located, is stated to be 60 miles wide and
ooo miles IN length, from north TO south-cou.
ls,nlng gold, silver, copper, iron, coal beds and
oil wells, with warm valleys well timbered and
Neiered. Provisions are high and scarce in the
mines Flour, $40 per sack; bacon, rs cents:
sssgsr 'oi coffee IS; tea, 81 per pound picks
- ooi axes Sc, and poor at that. Mr. A. advi-
ses people not to 60 into the mines until The
lo1n Of June, unless they can take plenty Of ev.
erything to last them until that time.
Ihe account altogether, is a very glowing
ose' me placer diggings, however, are limit.
lodes. SuAr'1
, 1868-02-14

We have received the Report Of the Regents
Of the W. T. University, but have not given it
careful perusal. The Regents in summing up
state that they lean arrive at no other conclu-
sion than that there has been gross incompeten
ey and msmanagement displayed In the Univer
Sity affairs" The Institution is closed for the
present.
, 1868-02-14

FIRE AT LEwIsToS.-From a slip published by
in Lewiston on Sunday, I'd inst, on Montgom>
cry street, burning nine buildings, as follows:
First, two houses belonging to J. Boener; next,
the Challenge Saloon, Norton & Bunker; next,
Madam Shutes house; next the Globe Hotel, A.
Bitner; next the California Bakery, G. Baker;
next, James Cages Store; next Schank's Sad>
dler Shop. The houses of Boener and Schank
were demolished to stay the progress OF the fire.
Messrs. Baker, Winch and Bittuer were the priu>
cipal loosers. The entire loss is estimated at
twelve thousand dollars.
, 1868-02-14

RoBBERY.-Lafayettee Ramsey and A. B. Nc
Kinney. were arrested in this place a few days
ago on the charge of having robbed some Chi
nsmeu recently on Snake river. The case was
up for hearing before Justice Lacy, on Thurs
day, and it appearing that the charge was we'll
founded, the men were bound over to appear at
next term Of court, in the sum OF $500. In de-
fault Of bail, accused parties were sent to Jail
, 1868-02-14

MARRIAGE LAw.-We learn that our late W.
7. Legislature repealed the Section of the Mar
riage Laws, which prevented white persons from
marrying negroes, Indians, or half breeds Of Ell
ther negro or Indian blood. The republicans
Of course are responsible for the adoption of
this immensely "great moral idea" This is an
advance step toward white uigger>lndiau equal
ity and social miscegenaton. 1t is square up
to the Sumuer,Phllips doctrine. Goodness
gwaciousl how we pwogwess. On with ANAL
gamation, and id be the radical rump adhe.
rent who first cries hold, enough. Go it
BLACK spirits and white, blue spirits and gray,
Mingle, miuge, minglei you that miugle may
, 1868-02-14

FITTING UP.-Mr. Richardson is hav-
ing his new building on Main street, fitted
up extensively. 1t will be 60 feet in length
with room for ten cotillon sets to occupy
the floor at time. The hall will be in
readiness for Mr.. Rs. graad ball on the 2Ist
, 1868-02-14

FRoN FoRT SANDERs.--Lieut. Woodson, writes
US from Fort Sanders:-"I arrived at this Post
on The 9th ult. [Dec.] 1t is nice Post-4O
miles from Cheyenne, terminus Pacific Railroad
There are six companies of troops stationed here
commanded by General Gibbon. One paper
published here-Fr0Hher Indrz. Cheyenne has
three daily papers and 500 inhabitants. The
town built since August last. 1t is called the
Magic City of the Plains"
, 1868-02-14

SERIOUS AccIDESr.-0u Tuesday a man
named Pinney while driving about town in a
sleigh, going at reckless speed, ran over a
Mrs. kinsiow, bruisug her badly. The offender
was tried before Recorder Lacy, and fined $50
and costs.
, 1868-02-14

OWING to the lack of room in this number, we
are compelled to omit several letters from cor
respondents. One correspondent writing from
SILVER City, says the mines thereabouts are not
sqnAlled by any 10 the country. New quartz
VEINS rich IN precious ore, have been diseoy cred
, 1868-02-14

AT last accounts Speaker johnson was IN
Portland. Have not heard that any other
members of the legislature from this side
had arrived there. The Legislature ad-
iourned, finally, on the Both Jan.
, 1868-02-14

Bishop Shu,k will deliver a
lecture Nn the temperance subject, at the
First United Brethren Church, on Saturday
evening, 10Th Feb.
, 1868-02-14

The Shasta creek mines are all the ra0e q
Canyon City. The CAnyonites are swarmiue int,
toe new mines daily in large numbers; SO las
adviees state.
, 1868-02-14

W. c. WHIrEHURsr, printer, died at Dale,
on the 9Th inst, Of consumption. Two winters
ago be worked in this Office. Since then be has
been at work until recently, in the Boise Ssales.
man Office. .. ~ -
, 1868-02-14

To-day (Friday,) is St. Valentines day. The
post office has been beseiged by all ages, sexes.
and sizes, for something nice A goodly nun,
Der got, We judge, some things rather more than
nice.
, 1868-02-14

ToMPKINs & BOYLE are making all the
necessary arrangements for the social party
to be given at their extensive room, in hon.
or of Washington's birthday, on the eve
ming of the 2lst
, 1868-02-14

WE have heard Of no losses Of live stock
In the Wslla Walla Valley this winter. Our
people have been fortunate in this respect
, 1868-02-14

From the Columbia Press of 9Th inst, the fol,
lowing items are CLEANED:
Fully Que half the sheep in WAsco County
have perished during the late severe weather.
On John Day river out of a lot of seven hundred
only two hundred have survived. In Umatilla
County the loss of stock has been nearly as bad.
Jesse Moore left the Willamette with 1900
sheep. He is now on John Day river, with l5O,
the balance having starved out.
Saddle train is now running between Port.
land and Dales.
1t is reported that the murderers of WeIcb
who was killed near Malad Station, while on his
way to Boise City, have been arrested. Two
former residents of Umatilla-Mose Sturmao
aud "Slim jim are said to be of the party.
The Press will be issued regularly after the
22d inst.
, 1868-02-14

THE third Quarterly meeting for this year will
be held 10 the N. E. Church, on the a2d ana
zsd OF February. Preaching on Saturday At ?
o CLOCK, p. NJ, and also in the evening.
l. Durou
, 1868-02-14

What Is the difference between a man with a
ses.arrn, and scientific pugilist. One blowa
MS nose aud the other knows bis blows.
, 1868-02-14

News FROM LEGIsLATURE.-From pri
vate letter from Portland, and received by
Judge Chase, we are permitted to CLEAN the
following doings of the recent session Of our
Legislature: Walla Walla has six members
for the future. Time of sessions changed
to Oct, LIST Judicial District, Stevens Co.,
with Hewitt, resident Judge. Wyche holds
Court in I'd District, composed of Walla
Walla, Vancouver and Olympia. Darwin,
placed in 3rd Dist. All WalIa Walla fees
cut down, including jurors aud witnesses.
Walla Walla Courts, I'd Monday in May,
and lst Monday in October.
A change has been made in the venue
law. The following new laws were enact
ed: Liquor law, road law, sheep law, stock
driving law, mark and brand law, and one in
relation to burning grass lands.
Territorial tax increased to 4 mils-all
other taxes same as before. All license
money to go to the school fund.
, 1868-02-14

A new paper called MOuntaia Democrat /, to
eo@@snes publication at Phillipsburg early in
the spring.
, 1868-02-14

einity Of Lewiston.
, 1868-02-14
WHO'S the Calf

Ep1roR SrArEsMAS:-YOur issue of Jan. 24th
contained "poem" purporting to have come
from Wallula, which has caused some little e1
citemeut in our little town, besides having
raised our curiosity as to "who Is tue cam
Your humble servant comes in for censure so AZ
least she has been Iuformed) both here ana AZ
WaIla Walla, but what with household duties,
and attending to the education OF my children,
/ find little time for such nonsense. katner
think, however, a mistake must have been maze
by either the printer, or another, in regard 10
the word "calves." did not know that caves
were of "rainbow hue" AT any rate the wnoie
affair has caused a commotion 10 this communl
ty. Better that than nothing, however, as we
would all die Of enm with nothing but the frozen
Columbia before us. Let US have something
except this hum. drum mOnotonous lie. oiuce
Postal Agent Brooks cannot help us, our papers
must contain something, although the poetry 10
question could not by any means be caheu
smart. 10 conclusion | wish to state, that nei>
tber mvsef nor any member of my family eitaer
directly or indirectly, had anything to do with
the affair, and do not feel in the least degree
aattered by having in this case, the credit oil De-
inc Poet.ess. Respectfully,
Mas. S. HAIL.
, 1868-02-14

Bv the same mai from Wallula that contained
the above letter, another letter from different
source came to hand, which disavows any cons
pection whatever on the part of the writer or
of others in the house, with that unfortunate
Poem But here is what toe letter says;
HED SrATEsMAN.--In a Wallula Poem pub
lished in your paper the lines occur
"Aud leave Cap to strive for the pay,
As be has ever since striven.'
That is slight mistake. Mr.. Painter settled
the account some time ago. II you VIII give me
room would like to stale that neither nor any
one in this house had anything to do with the
authorship of the Poem.
Respectfully Yours,
II. W. PERKINS.
1t appears from these letters that that infamous
Poem has created an uufavorable sensation at
Wallnla All, Hannibal we would pity you
poor fellow, if your poetry had been BETTER but
you served us bad trick, in giving the name
Hannibal instead of your real one. In that,
you fooled US. In the poetry you fooled yours
self We are even. If by any indiscretion your
real name should become known your life would
not be worth the price Of sucking cali. II you
value your life, leave Wallula by the next stage
or at fnrthest by the first boat that comes along.
We had no idea the publication of the poem
would do any harm, or it would have been re-
iected But the printers error in rendering the
word colors, caires is truly awful. The sense
or nonsense, is entirely destroyed by that blun>
der, aud makes it appear that while the author
has been accustomed to behold various COLI
ored calves in the spendors of the ballroom,
in this instance be only beheld one. The miss
take is distressing and we should probably
never have seen it or known anything about it
but for the alusion made to it in the first of the
foregoing epistles. The verse in O1ch The er-
ror occurred is here reproduced and corrected
with the odious word calves stricken OUT
Midst the splendors of ball room,
We're accustomed to behold
Coors varied as the rain bow,
Yet we'd but one, all told
p. S.-'Iaunibar we forgive you this time,
but don't send any more of your nonsense to
this Office.
, 1868-02-14

For Sale Cheap.
AAPPly to 4.4w FRINKP. DUGIN q a. 4 .
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A NEW ROAD STEAMER.-Mr. II. w.
Thompson, of Edinburg, has at length,
to all appearance, succeeded in, making
a steam locomotive fit for common reads.
Hitherto it has been very difficult to use
steam power on ordinary roads, for this
chief reason-that if the wheels of the en-
gines are made smooth, they fail to bite the
road, and slip instead of rolling, while, on
the other hand, if the wheels are roughened
by spikes or by other means, they destroy
the macadam. The invention of Mr.. Thorn
son in his new road steamer, is an exceed
ingly simple one, and promises to be effect
i've. In a road engine which he has pre-
pared for the island of Java, he has made
the tires of vulcanized india rubber. They
are twelve inches broad, and five inches
thick. The engine to which they are fixed
weighs between four and five tons, and yet
the wheels, when moving over soft, bad
roads, or across a soft grass field do not sink
in the slightest degree, and scarcely leave
their impress behind, owing to the elastic
and cushiOn-ike character of the material
forming the tires of the wheels. The trials
that have been made with the road steamer
in the vicinity of Edinburg show that hard,
rigid material ls not necessary for biting
power in the wheel tires. Also that the
rubber has an amount of durability beyond
conception. No trace of wear has shown it
self on the surface of the rubber even though
the trials have been made over roads laid
with material of the most testing character,
such as broken and angular hints. The en-
CINE was constructed to draw an omnibus
weighing with its load of say thirty passeH-
gers) about four tons, on a level road but,
in one of its trials it ascended a billy incline
Of one in twelve, with q huge steam-boiler
In tow, weighing, with it's truck, between
twelve and thirteen tons. Its speed is from
nine to ten miles per hour.
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be made, unless these wandering hordes.
could be settled in fixed abodes, and deter
mined to direct the eyes of the missionaries
to where, 60 by the vast lakes Of the west
dwelt numerous stationary populations,
and particularly with the Hurons, ON the
lake which bears their name." The way
was full of peri, q Toll, hardship, famine,
filth, sickness, solitude, insult-all that is
most revolving to men nurtured among
arts and letters, all that is most terrific to
monastic creduhty; such were the promise
and the reality of the Huron Mission"
Brebeuf, Chaumonot, GARNER, Daniel, all
live before us in these pages, persevering
their own individuality, while blending
their efforts toward one common end. And
with their names are united others not less
worthy of notice. .Joques, scholar and
martyr Marie de st. Bernard, the young
nun whose merriment was like the old IA
miliar music of home to the grave, weary
sisters she helped SO indefatigably In their
efforts to aid the pest-stricken natives !;
Ghomedey de Msisonneuve, the brave foun-
are carefully portrayed.
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AID FOR IM roPE.

The New York Freensan's Journal, relates
some affecting instances among the young,
of devotion to the cause of the Holy Father.
Among them one from our own State. It
says vs. ;n x ~,
class of contributors-thoseo of teader veays
the faith in whose souls is as the morning
dew on the flowers Of the field. Can any
thing be more touching than the following
little note Who, of the ases who travel on
the New Orleans and jackson Railroad,
will imagine, in the " train-boy" that wrote
it, SO bright and noble o soulf
New ORLEANS. Feb IS.
sis-I send you the sum of one dollar and
fifty cents, for the defense of our Holy rather.
1t is about all can afford.
A Train-Boy" on the N. o. and j. r. Il
We wish the Holy Father would give
that train-boy q special blessing!
And this other from Georgetown College:
Sir-As see yolf are receiving contributions
dollar, my pocket money for the next eight
weeks s. l am too young TO perform any other
One Of the Little Boys" of Georgetown College
That is a good "Lent- fox this fervent
young Catholic, along with alkthe rest of
duty performed, that it implies. Toexplain
it to most of our readers, it is proper to say
that the rules of our Catholic Colleges are
very strict ill regard to the use Of pocket
money, forpupils. Only a few cents week
q. PoAAuieec W estSH OltHeHi, 10 Dty sugars
plums, or nuts. Numbers of them, on play
days, club together, and buy store in COM
mon with their pennies. This little Catho-
lie makes Il sacrifice of his share.. By-anil-
by with such dispositions cherished, he will
make holocaust of himself, and become a
Jesuit, or some other good missionary.
A little girl, IL cripple sends her dollar,
without saying word, through friend.
Except her physical affection be necessary
for her good, we would ask the prayers of
| those that are. near the saints that she may
be relieved Of her infirmity.
And, then, the bright little girl who, with
her brothers, still yOunger-1Of the stuff that
Papa! soldiers will be made of, hereafter
came, on last Sunday, to present us with
fifty cents each, for every one of the children
their pocket money. That WAS not all:
'Hefe is q dollar of my own. Father knows
nothing about it. 1t is my own spending
money" In vain we urged that this was too
much for little girl like her to give. We
even proposed that she should give the half
of it-making her contribution one dollar.
She looked disappointed. We said: "If you
insist on giving all this money to the Holy
Father, must take it, but really think It
is too much!" Her reply was: 81 wish you
would take it. would rather give it to the
Pope than use it for myself" We took it
Laudate pmeri Dominuna!
Oh! why shall we not, all of us, try to
fortify this fervent faith in the coming gen
Grafton of Catholics! The attempt to Hrob
God" of the tenths of increase, and of Golfer
ings" beyond. has not, hitherto, proved n
success, ill this country, either morally, or
socially. Let us bring up the next genera
tion in more generous ideas, that they may
not be stiff-necked, and froward, but plastic
and graceful to the touches of Divine
charity
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tho corner At the weeds1t - which We have
Oeen speaking. ME-. AerIiheld summarizes TO
large sxtent the works 81 such written; many
~ xne@ must heve been sxSrcmsay beanti4aa:
Inc choral books beiongtn& 70 tho casaedrs!
oIksrzafa 80 thirty tn nHmber, tweuty-twoo Of
~ breadth, and tho telnaining eight smaner.-
They were begun In 1477, and completed in
1919. Iho moot interesting OF these books, 10E
sne beauty OF the chaxacteIs, - weu - Tor the
m1n1Asufes, were exccuted by JAcopo F1hppo
6AfHenta, ffate Eyengeliste d. Reggie, Fran
casGens Andres dele yese, Giovanni Vendramin,
OF 1r1,aoa, ana Asktfne q eSeof4lo a Aoden..
Caligraphy and nainietSee-R painting werc sis.
tef efss: % mghly were both eeteemeo, thAs
the right hands Of the writar and miniature
painters, who completed tho choral hooke OF
FeIrarsa ana those OF the monaseefy del9i An
gen m Florence, arc preserved In Hcnaket with
tne utmost veneration. Tho BEST miniature
Who was coapiaan OF the blshop OF WAnohaeter,
1roA A. y. ~ 70 W and AfeerWsrds Abbot q
xlotaiey. nic benediesa0nals ofnamentod with
snlrty DeAutafu! mlniAeufee, - IN the possession
OF the Duke OF Dcvonehire. In the eleventh
century, schools OF painting were formed at
nHde,nelm- enQ s5eoefnpfn, ana the art Wa ex-
sroasea oy eceiesiastics OF the higher rank
cmploynsass IN nluManasan9 Ms. was one Of
tno 1nos1 eman0nt as6eeeton o. tho hfoonth con-
Jury Wnat vaAan says OF MIN II quite delight
iul, Wnether ~ conveys the sentiment ofyaeari
n1mseif or OF tfanceeoo-ehat, having Lived to
great age, 10 died contented and happy be-
cause, IN edd1t10n 90 tho peace Of mind which
ne derived rom ms own virtues, he lett son
Ine nissosy OF psannng ON ga y extremely
Mtofeesmg, ana mas cn&e&od tne aseentlon OF
many Wfltore france ana Germany nave taken
tne iean IN tnis erts 1aFfacnlarly the 1ormer;
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ko1uIHe grAH Am CATHOLIC lH1GNT01.
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY, MARCH a, lsae.
TIE nA1x AGES.

A juster appreciation of what is deaoni-
mated "the dark ages" il beginning to pre-
vail. For long years certain class Of
writers have pandered to vile prejudice,
by stigmatizing certain periods ~ corrupt,
ignorant, and pre-eminsntay superstitious.
According to these authors the world was
kept in thraldom by priestcraft, monkish
legends, and cruel ecclesiastical letters. We
are gravely told every manly trait was
eviscerated, and genius cramped, and
thought almost annihilated; in fine, hui
mainly merely vegetated through centuries
of cimmerian gloom. But the day for such
platitudes has passed. Gifted minds have
taken up the subject-the rubbish has been
cleared away, and now full justice il being
done to the gloriouS ages Of faith" It
was time. We are always dad whom occa-
sion offers, to quote the opinions Of our
separated brethren, on controverted points
especially whom oandor and fair dealing
prompts the inquiry. OF such we deem the
following, taken from B1acapeeTs NGSasise.
The tendencies~ Of this able publication
Tory and High Church-are too we'll known
to admit, for moment, the thought Of par
TALLY. It's love of truth, however, prompts
it to explode pernicions delusion: