, 1868-06-26
Roine Correapondence.

| EDITOR
cratic Convention met on the l7thi Boise county
2l, Ada county 5, Owhee 8, AlturaS delegates,
were all the counties represented. The northern
counties, if they have failed to send either dele
gates or proxies, are politically guilty Of falling
to do their duty. Where are our old democratic
warehouses, 8. s. Fem and Judge E. 7. Beatty
We fear some accident, as they have ever been
at their posts in the hour Of duty, and If they
themselves were not delegates, they would see
that delegates were elected, and either came or
sent proxies. From Oneida county we did not
expect anything, as the citizens Of that county
are too poor to organize. Hitherto Boise county
has always carried everything, and with >
= aS mouth-piece, paymaster, and "boss, p
it has been trying the same game this year again.
The apportionment has been made under the
democratic vote polled in 1866, and is not .
fair return to 60 BY of the strength Of the party
or people in the various counties. The candi-
dates at the first nomination were Judge J. K
Shafsr, Hon. John N. Caunsdy, (late of WallA
Walla), Hon. George Ainslie, of Boise county I;
hon. Richard Miller, of owyhee, and Judge =.
r. Beatty, ofIdsho, and had the latter gentleman n
been here, be would have had good, yes, very
good chance Of receiving the nomination, and
that In Idaho is equivalent to an election. Alto,
P. NJ, the convention adjourned until the 18th,
and after much skirmishing and hard fighting,
but with apparent good humor, after l6 ballots
Messrs. Ainslie, Cannady, and Beatty withdrew
their names and the Hon. E. D. Holbrook was
nominated. Mr.. HolbrOOk being called, made .
short speech, warning the delegates of the dan,
ger they were in, Of acting on smaller scale,
the dissention of the Baltimore Convention. Mr.!
HOlbroOk then withdrew his name from the con.
ventiou, and ballot being taken the Boise dele
gates cast 81 votes for ]. K Shafer, and the Ada,
owyhee, and Aturas counties, their united votes
| (l6) for Richard Miller. Judge ]. < ShAfer was
then declared the nominee of the democratic
party for Delegate to Congress, and his nomiuA-
tion declared unanimous.
TIE WEATHER-aRAssHoPPERs
The weather has now become warm, to q de,
gree, calling for linen suits, in order to be COM
Portable, and as consequence we hear some
few complaints of fgrssshoppers, but learn from
Aessrs. Hawkins, farmers in this Valley, that
these insects are dying in large numbers-appat
rently from some larvae which is hatched within
them and eats up all within the outer shell
Query-Is this worm to prove a worse pest on
crops than the original grASshOppsr2 Who can
give us any light on this subject2 Any information
thereon through your columns, or of either Of
our local papers, will be received with thanks
Is there any precedent for this case Farmers
say that if even now, insects destroy one half of
the crop, they will have nearly an average crop
left. The hay crop is not 90 heavy but is said
to be better in quality than any former year.
| TIE FOURTH.
Preparations are being made for the Fourth Of
July at VIM. J. YOung'', six miles below town,
where strawberries aud cream are plenty sdd
dancing booth is being erected for dancing by
moonlight. Also, at Mr.. Tombs', on the Payette
river Valley, great preparations are being made,
and some few of minor note are spoken Of elseh
where.
THE SNAKE RIVER FALLS.
A party left here on Monday of last week, for
the Great Snake river Falls, and have just re-.
turned. Mr.. John Junk, our excellent photo
graphic artist went with them and has taken
some 6ne negatives, and he will print pictures Of
these celebrated falls, for sale. The party con-
sisted of Governor Ballard, Col. Sinclair, o. s.
A, DR.. @. Wagner, o. s. A, Mr. and Mrs. WALL
bridge, of Owyhee, Rev. G. D. B. Miller and wife,
@. Jacobs and wife, and q few young gentlemen.
amongst whom were Thomas Ramsey and Ed.
Sterling.
POLITICAL.
The Republican Territorial Convention will
meet in Boise City on the lSt Of July. They 6ud
it hard to get any person to come forward as g
candidate for Delegate and sacrifice few thou'
sands for the doubtful good of the party. The
cheapest way for them is to let it 90 BY default
as the democrats are bound to beat them, ~ they
ever have done. The day Is dAwning, and the
States of the Pacific slope have spoken, and their
voice is heard; the dry bones of rAdicalism shake
and tremble, but 1t is of no use for them to 6ght
any longer they are dying of their own putrid
and sinking rottenness, and like the leper there
is no cure for them but to die, and that they viii
do slowly, surely, and perhaps hard, and with
violent Spasmodic struggles, but the end of the
sick man is at hand, and the doctors say "thI
sick man is very sick" and must die, so that IL
November next we will be able to bury radical
ism from the sight Of the people, and again VI
may hope to see every star in our National Flaf
in true democratic spirit, fairly and justly repre-
sented in the CounSil Chambers of the United
States, and prosperity and unbounded sue
cess will again spread over the land from Msxics
to the Lakes, and from the Atlantic 10 the Pa
ci6c. Albert Heed, Of Ada County, has received
the nomination of the convention for Distrie
J Attorney Third Judicial District, beating Thso
dore Burmester.
SERIOUS AocIDINf.
A. NJ. Holman, teamster Of Wm. Hardy, (lAt
ofVaneouver), met With an accident few day
since, with bis team, and received . compeun'
} fracture Of the snkle joint. DR.. Stephens re
duced the fracture and some hopes are entertain
ed that the patient will entirely recover the full
use OF the injured limb. Yours, PoLARI.
MONTANA IrENs.-From the Helena Demoerdt
we condense the following: Butter is selling .
As cents per pound, BY the quantity In eur city
would il not be wall for thu dairVmeu u tur,