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, 1869-03-26

MINING DIFFIcULTY.-The rich pacers
Of CaIaveras Flal appear at present to be a
huge bune of contention. Work is suspend
ed aud the vicinity is in a state of siege. We
have not visited the seat of war, but have
been informed that fortifcations are erected
and strongly garrisoned and it is extremely
unhealthy 10 be lying around there loose
A difference Of opinion as to who has the
best title, was the origin Of the difficulty
The Henry Brothers, who have worked the
claims for two or three seasons. are in pos,
session, which, as the proverb goes, is uine
points. Messrs. Curlew, Br1wn, Wood,
ward and others contend that the Hrnrys
have not complied with the mining laws, and
have, therefor, forfeited their tenure. We
know nothing Of the merits of the matter, or
which party has the better right. but we do
know that there has been great deal Of
powder eonsum. d aid very little execution
done as yet. Several shots have been fred
in tho vicinity of the lorii6estions, and sbont
10 o'clsck Monday night. Slaughter house
Gulch was made to reverbeTate with the
bang and elatter of suall arms, which we
learn was altogether q one-sided affair, the
shoUtists having been only experimenting
with the evening breeze Things continue
to wear belIigereut aspect. and the Coron
er's service nIay yet be required.-Opyhee
AUaidnche
, 1869-03-26


BUzzING. - Just at this time the Dele>
gateship is the all.absorbing theme, and to
hear the "small fry" politicians talk it would
seem that any aspirant who by fair mtans
or foul manages to Jump" the democratic
nomination is sure of an election to Congress.
These wtless tyros in politics forget that in
period of ten years the Territory has been
carried on but a single occasion by the de-
mocracy, and then partially owing to the
fact that the republicans had placed crazy
parson in nomination as their candidate Let
wise counsels prevail, and we are confident
the Territory can be carried for the dsmoc,
racy, but lacking cool, steady men at the
helm, disaster is to be apprehended. Thus
understanding the danger, let all true demos
Gratis labor for union and harmony, and frpwn
down the counses of the rash and indisereet
, 1869-03-26

WALLULA, March %, 1869.
EDrroR SrArEsnAN The time is coming, and
now is, when the road from Wallula to Walla
waIla should be completed, but such, | am sorry
to say, is not the case, although we have had
lovely weather for two months past for workiog
on the roads. Not lick has been struck this
year. and the business of 1869 has opened Is
il nossible that we are never TO have good road
from the Columbia River to Walla Walla city
Nine years experience has taught me that at the
rate we have progressed thus far, we may safely
predict that some time about the year 1875 we
man realize this fond hope. Why it is that this
great tboroughfare has been so shameiully neg.
lected. I cannot conceive. It is the main artery
of the walla Walla Valley. It is a road in
which alfthe people of Wala WalIa Valley are
alike interested. l may say, in fact, that peo-
pie living in and around WallA wallA city-mer-
chants and farmers, are more interested in this
being good wagon road, than the people living
along the proposed improvement The road
is good enough for their simple wants, but it is
not, 10 its present condition, such road as the
commerce of the Valley demands and actually
needs. Good improvements have been made
over Mill Greek and Dry Greek, but the road 10
the immediate vicinity of each Of these bridges
Is far from what it should be. The approach to
the Mill Creek bridge from the west, and that Of
Dry Greek bridge from the east, wants 6xIng
badly, and but very little work will do it. The
improvement made last fail by Frank Loehr,
Road Supervisor, at the east end of the Pambrun
grade, is good one as far as it goes, but it is
not finished. The other dugway, from Grant
Canyon west, as reported on by the road view
ers, and adopted by the County Commissioners,
has not been touched, for what reason cannot
tell. see by the report of the proceedings of
hast meeting of the County CommissIoners that
new roads have been ordered opened, and new
ones proposed this being the case, it don't look
like the delay on the Wallula road was caused
by lack of funds, but by the lack of an advocate
10 or before the Commissioners. The fact is we
have never had County Commissioner from
tnis end of the county; that may, in certain
measure, account for lack of road improvements
in this section. The Walla Walla and Wallula
wagon road is just as nature laid it out-so far
rs the Commissioners are concerned-with the
exception of the Improvements on Mill Greek and
Dry Greek, and the short dugway made by Loehr
last fall. Both the bridges over the Touchel
were built by private individuals. supposed
we had so legislated on the road tax that we
would have good road made by this time, and
then relieve the people Of this tax, but see now
that it will take concentrated legislation to bring
II CuuTux
, 1869-03-26

WHITE PINE.-A returned White Piner
has been at WaIla Walla over a week. He
reports the mines as greatly overrated, and
states that hundreds who are now there would
get away if they had the means Not one
man in fifty can obtain employment, aud all
the money in the country was taken there,
the mines as yec not having yielded any thing
worth speaking of. The new discoveries on
Moose Greek, Perry Greek, and other local
tiles nearer home, offer infinitely greater in
ducements to working men. Such is the
opinion of a. man who has been to White
Pine, aud has seen the elephant Another
party writing from White Pine says, " | have
been here ten days, and am thoroughly dis
gusted with the place. In my opinion the
country is blk, although others pronounce
it good. The Eberhart mine, which occa-
stoned all the excitement, is daily growing
poorer. Thousands of Claims have been
taken up and money expended on them, but
[ doubt whether they will ever get cent
back. Thousands of idle men are already
here, and yet the cry is b" still they come -
The main business Of the country is drinking
whisky, aud as consequence saloon keepers
flourish. Many men arrive here /" fat broke, 3"
and after remaining few days, finding moth
ing to do, are Obliged to beg their way ont.
70 add to the general distress, small pox
prevails to an alarming extent, aud already
scnres have died from this disease. After
surveying this picture, if you think White
Pine a desirable place come on" These
statements are give as entirely reliable, aud
serve to show that the White Pine cloud has
anything but silver lining"
, 1869-03-26

RADICAL Policy IN REGARD TO THE
SOUTH. The developments in Washington
are that the radicals have commenced the
prosecution Of new policy with regard to
the South. Coercion, carpetrbagging and ne
gro suffrage having failed to establish dur>
able State government n the South, IN ex>
tension of scalawag influence is resolved
upon. Southerners who will cooperate with
bilities removed, given large shares in the
railroad aud other robberies now going on.
and then be elevated to high Office, while
those who will not are to be subject TO per-
secuiion and prescription. -
, 1869-03-26

ply to a resolution of the Senate, says the
aggregate quantity of lands certified under
existing laws for railroads and wagon roads
TO states. territories and corporations up to
January 80 1867, is 81 sol 900 acres for
canals, nearly 4,500,0OO acres. The quaint
iIy certified to the following named states
since that date is as follows: Minnesota,
for railroads. go 900 acres California. rail-
roads, $4,000 acres Wisconsin, wagon roa It's
$4,000 acres Oregon, wagon roads, $4,000
acres Michigan, canals. 100000; making a
grand total OF 27 ,000 900 acres
, 1869-03-26

TIE DALLEs MINT-The corner stone Of
the Mint building, at the Dales, was laid on
Monday last, with appropriate ceremonies.
A correspondent writes US that the laying Of
the corner stone was made the occasion of
great rejoicing.
, 1869-03-26
RrFusINo no TRusr rHE PEoPLE.-The

REFusIxa TO Trust THE PEoPLE.-The
proposed amendment to the Constitution,
giving the right Of suffrage, without regard
to race, color, or previous condition, has al
ready been ratified by the States of Kansas
and Nevada. When this amendment was
up before the Senate, Mr.. Dixon, of Connec-
ticut, proposed that it should be ratified or
rejected by Conventions of the people of the
States, specially chosen for that purpose, in,
stead Of by the present Legislatures, which
were elected before the amendment was ever
proposed, but this was voted down without
a wink or q word. How these professors of
rsdicalism do love and coD6ds in the people |!
None prate more Extensively of being the sole
servants and representatives of the popular
will, and none are more afraid to trust the
people when it comes to the case in hand
The refusal to adopt Mr.. Dixon's very proper
aud really democratic provision, needs no
more comment than it carries on its simple
record. 1t is an open and bold denial of the
peoples prerogative of framing and amend-
ing the organic law under which they live
1t is deliberate insult to popular sovereignty.
1t shows the unmstakable determination Of
this party in power to take from the hands Of
the people what rights they still hold, and
absorb them in'o that gigantic and danger
Gus scheme of Capitalization which. it may
cost revulsion to break up. Senator Nor.
tons provision accompanies the Amendment,
that Presidential electors shall be chosen by
the voles Of those qualified to vote for repre-
ssntatives to Congress, and that Congress
shall have the power to prescribe the manner
in which such electors shall be chosen. If
this machinery can be made to work, the
radical purity evidently counts on retaining
power until its last member has quit earthly
existence.
, 1869-03-26

The snow sheds erected over the track OF
the Central Pacific Railroad is % miles in
length by l6 feet in width and l6 feet high.
40 900 600 feet of lumber was used in its
construction, and it covers an area Of near
ly 43 acres
, 1869-03-26

THE remains Of Alrs. Surratt were on
Tuesday taken to Mount Oliver Cemetery,
about two miles northeast Of Washington,
and placed in a vault They had been irans-
ferred from the roughpine box in which they
were deposited BY government authorities,
aud placed 10 walnut coffin which was
enclosed 10 q pine box. The remains were
in a rather good state of preservation, the
dress, CATERS and other articles of apparel
being entirely whole.- The workmeu lifted
the body from the box on three spades aud
laid il in the coffin entir,, with the excep
tion Of the head, which had become discon>
nected from the body. When the carriages
had arrived, the small circle OF friends repair
ed to the the little chapel in the cemetery
where stood the cofiu. Rev Father Walter,
assisted by Father Kane, performed the
funeral service OF the Catholic Church, after
which half dozen the workmeu employed
at the Cemetery acted as pallbearers and
carried the coffin to the extreme northeast
corner of the grounds, where the grave had
already been prepared. The mourners fol.
lowed, some riding and some waking. The
Cemeterial Board had presented to Miss
Annie Surratt an entire lot. in the vicinity
of the grave of the late Col j. z Garasche
When the mouruers we're assembled around
the grave Fathers Walter and Kane read the
burial service, and the remains were lowered
into the grave. The sad party remainsd
until The earth had been banked up over
rhe grave, after which bouquet Of lasting
flowers, made in the form of cross, was
laid upon the mound Miss Surrutt was
deeply affected = Washington Chronicle.
, 1869-03-26


Dull TiNEs.-This is not a very brisk season
of the year for mercantile trade. The people
are generally clothed aud shod snficieut Of the
necessary apparel to last up to the spring change
in the weather. Hence you bear the remark that
business is dull. Our friends should consult the
SrArEsMAS's advertising columns when they wish
to purchase anything. For it is the liberal bust
ness men who invites you to give bis house
call, that succeeds and does justice to lis cus>
TONERS. The fact Of bis Advertisement appearing
is evidence Of enterprise and life. Such busi>
ness men always deal frankly, promptly and at
bargains, one price for all, aud little ceremony.
Their extensive trade enables them to prosper at
fair rates Of profit. They will sell $50 or 500
worth of goods, while the skin-hint who does
business under bushel,' remains stationery,
wearing out the seat of his breeches waiting for
a customer, and should a straggler happen to
come in near the close of the idle day, be at.
tempts to make up for the lack of business by
charging double price. We know this to be
literally true. And little intelligent reflection
upon the subject will convince any one of the
plausibility of the assertion. We refer with
pride TO the character and standing Of the busi-
ness firms whose advertisements appear in the
SrArEsMAE, and recommend the public to deal
with them as we believe IL TO be to their advan-
tage to do so. We do not deem IL necessary 90
refer TO and name firms individually, bnt request
the reader to look over our advertising columns.
We can, without reserve, recommend each and
ALL This is saying good deal, aud more than
the price of advertising would induce US to
write, did we not know whereof we speak. We
lay it down as principle that will bold good in
nine cases out of ten, that the firm who cannot
afford TO advertise does Too small business to
live upon the legal and ordinary profits, hence
it must take more as opportunity offers, else go
under.
, 1869-03-26
STRAY ANIMALS.

q TRAYED AWAY FROM BLUE CREEK. ONE
- Deereoiored. spotted MAKE MULE ~ brands;
me shito CAYUSE HORSE. hair hrnnd H pn
right hip, nlher brands ldiatinct-ote split
red man ORSE, four whito legs and while face
slme hair brand ~ white horse. Ten Dollars each
will bo paid for the return OF these animals 70 Ton
PAeE's 6rlhLE,i Walla Waila.
lS-7vs FRARK T0LI1ER
, 1869-03-26

AN English steamer at New York brought
thirty Jersey cows the cost of the herd was
$4,000. The jersey is the fancy cow-a
nice little animal. 1t has all its value, as
do all cows, from care 10 breeding and care
ia keeping In a mild climate, with rich
pastures, aud attention that exeeeds what
half the children of the world have, It i one
Of the best and most valuable of an;maIs
, 1869-03-26

NORTH CAROLINA negroes have the super
sutton that oy carrying portion Of pulver-
ized human bones about their person thew
can Commit any crime With impuaity. That
Is what those i've negroes we're after who
we're recently lynched Tor violating grave.
, 1869-03-26

ONE of the Mormon bishops who works a
contract on the Pacific Railroad lately un-
dertook to deduct tithes from the pay of his
men, who are 'Gentiles.' The latter brought
tSe bishop to terms, however, By threats of
suspending him tn the nearest tree.
, 1869-03-26

IYDrcrgD.--Dr. McAfee, of Salem, Ore
gon, has been indicted on the charge Of
numbering his wife. Suspicion grew out OF
the fact. that his wife died very suddenly,
and that within few weeks after her death
he took second wife The evidence of
poisoning is said to be conclusive, and the
general opinion is that the DR.. will have to
swing for his crime.
, 1869-03-26

SIMEON WALTERS, charged with the mur
der of j L, Bacon, has been tried at Idaho
City, and convicted of murder in the first
degree. The trial occupied four days, and
throughout the whole time, according to the
World, the prisoner maintained wonderful
compOsure
, 1869-03-26

THE democrats have re- nominated w. H.
Barnum for Congress from the 4th Congress
sional District Of Ccnnecticut
, 1869-03-26

MRs. JOHNSON, a con6rmed invalid, has
never appeared in society IN Washington.
Her very existence is myth to almost everv
one She was last seen at party given to
her grandchildren. She was seated in one OF
the republican Court chairs, dainty affair
OF satin aud ebony. She did not raise when
the children. or older guests were presented
to her; she simply said, My drars | am an
Invalid" and her sad, pale face and sunken
eyes fully proved the expression. Mrs
johnson looks much older than the Pre>i>
dent, and her age does exceed his by few
swings of the scylhe of Time. She was nev
er BEAUTIFUL, but an observer would say. con-
tempIating her, A noble man-Gsd' $
first, hest gift to man. None but wise and
good motner could have reared such daugh'
ters as Mrs Patterson and Mrs. Slower
HdShinqt0M EorreSJj6ndeHce.
, 1869-03-26

IHE latest from Tennessee, ia ight be-
tween Two parties Of negroes, one determined
% lynch poor fellow, and the other swear
ing mat ne should 60 free. The lynchsrs
would have been successful but for the break
ing Of the rope u 10. ~ ts9
, 1869-03-26

A FIFTY DOLLAR counterfrit sreenback
has been detected, in which old Benjamin
Franklin has too many buttons on his vest.
, 1869-03-26

The OVERLAND MONTHLY FOR MARCH,
like all its predecessors, contains large
amount of reading matter of peculiar interest
to residents on the Pacific coast. Persons
who desire to secure this best of the month,
lies, shond send their orders 10 A. Roman
& Co publisher San Francisco.
, 1869-03-26

LADIES PAPER-We have received sew
eral issues of the Ell Dorado, a paper pub
lisbed iu San Francisco, aud managed and
edited by ladies' The EI Dorado advocates
female suffrage, and generally goes in strong
for what is known MS wnmens rights.
, 1869-03-26

TRIcKERY may for the moment win, but
in The end those who resort to double.dealing
are sure to go under. We commend this
fact to the attention of brace of individu.
ais who, having more iinpudence than braius,
seek to figure prominently in local poliucs.
, 1869-03-26

Mr. JENcKES, a member Of Congress from
Rhode Islnd, lectured few days ago in
New York, on the Civil Service bill. Among
other things be stated that owing to the
frauds and peculations OF the radical Offices
hOlders-all of course, truly lOyal-mOre
than sl0000O,000 have been diverted dur
ing the past year, from the vaults Of the
Treasury into the pockets of their confeder'
ates' Mr.. Jenckes SAID that if the revenue
were honestly collected the whole public
debt would be paid, SO soon as it matur,s
but it is not collected and cannot be, because
the larger portion is annually stolen. BY
whom Not the rebels-nor the copperhead:
but Oy the representatives, of radicalisu
itself-its chosen aud elected officials Thai
is ight-let US have the truth Mr.. Jenckes
Your statement cannot be whis,led away As
a rebel lie'-a 'copperhead SANDER
, 1869-03-26

MoRE SpUNKEY THAN WIsE.-The Oak
land Transcript relates that the wife of one
of the candidates for a municipal Office in that
burg, said to her husband that If he did
not spend $4,000 and take every shingle
off the house to be elected, she did not want
to stop with him any more That's the sort
of a wife for a politician to tic to.
, 1869-03-26

II. L. JUDELL, the man who was employed
to edit Anderson Cox paper, has been cons
mitted to jail at the DalleS, on the charge Of
horse stealing. Judell is one of the trooly
loil, and hence regards stealing as perfectly
legitimate. Should be be convicted of the
crime, Governor Woods will stand ready to
grant him Il free pardon The idea Of loyal
cu>s piniug away in the peuitentiary is not
to be- tolerated
, 1869-03-26

SMALL Pox.-A case of small pox is re-
ported at Vancouver The party thus affiic-
ted is a soldier who bad just arrived at that
, 1869-03-26

TIE Tump Jacobins hive manifested their
hatred of foreigners aud the democratic party
in a most contemplate manner They have
passed through the House an Act prohibiting
the State Courts Of New York to naturalizs.
This is because the city votes democratic
They know it will be impossible for the
Federal Courts, unless they are constantly 10
session and devote all their time TO that one
business, to attend to all the applicants for
citizenship 10 that vast aud crowded hive of
humanity Such a law. then, is a practical
denial Of citizenship TO large number Of
European emigrauts.. = Examiner
, 1869-03-26
MARRIED.

In the city of walla WalIa, W. T., March 26,
1869, at the residence of the groom, by II NJ.
Chase, Probate Judge, Mr.. An KSE to Miss YuNG
HEE all of this city.
, 1869-03-26

IT is supposed by learned !heOlOgians, such
a. Petros Camo'or, that Adam entered the
Garden of Eden il the Spr2ng- However
that may be. it Is certOja be came ou' =" che
Fall.
, 1869-03-26

CRANE 4 DRIGos.-Au assessment Of SI2
per share was levied upon the capital stock
Of the above Gold and sSilver Mining Coul-
pHny, payable on the 10th inst, at Portland.
This mine Is located on War Eagle Mountain,
near the Golden Chariot. IL was formerly
worked BY the Oregon Steam Navigation
Company, and abandoned for some cause.
There is a shaft sunk on the mine 200 feet
deep, and il is said to have produced some
very rich ore. The prospects are that work
will be resumed this SPRING Ogykes Apa-
Ldnche -~ s. -~t
, 1869-03-26

GREEN peas and rhubart have made their
appearance in San Francisco, and are selling
at fifty cents per pound.
, 1869-03-26

JAS GRAHAM, formerly Of Walla walla,
bot more recently of Silver City, has gone
70 White Pine.
, 1869-03-26
L a = 4 @ ALL!

ESSRS FRANK & WEhTHEIMER NOTIFY
wi nil persons indebted 10 them that they must
GO lU forward imm,'l 'llsiey aud PAY UP This is
tha LAST CALL. and thoSe who Tail to como to time
will 6md costs added tn their bills.
5n FRANK Il wERTHEIMER
, 1869-03-26

S. R. BUcHASAN is now sole proprietor of Inc
Boise Democrat.
, 1869-03-26
P E D IG R E E

BELLF0UNDER sired by Taler~alIs Bell
founder, lie by imp. Bellfoundtr. his am by Ahc 4,
Ah. BellfOu.ider's dain is by Engineer her dam by
Plato. Engineer and Plato are by mp. Messenger
Mares sent from distance Pa>IureI Free, but ac
cidehtS and escapes at owners risk
For further particulars. address HrA
Is lm W. s. WELLS WaIla Wall,
, 1869-03-26
D E s c R I P T I o N :

BELLFOUNDER is a dark bay, IS hands high
Weighs one thousand pounds. AM fnrsymmetry ol
form cannot be exceilrd. As II Trnt;ePhe is some
what noted on the American Turf. having trntte,
against Telling lam. on Long island mr>e, in twu
minutes and twenty eight ahl onr-h III seconds.
, 1869-03-26
N o TT @ e.
NO TIC e.
Tho TrottinE Stallion
BEGLFOUNDER.
WTILL STAND THE PRESENT SEASON AT
w DIR. MACK 5 RANCH, on DRY CREEK

Season to commence April lat, closing July lst
1853, at TWENTY FIV Z DOLLARS the season. pay.
ahe ut the time OF service Mares proved not in fOal
will be bred next season tree # charge.