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Year: 1862

know that it was | who put the fruit in
her hand, or she would not have thrown
it down. Her cheeks so red, and her
eyes so blue, and she spoke SO sweetly
that my private audience with the school
master and the cane was already deprived
of half the smart, and my little heart grew
fonder of those red cheeks the more |
suffered for them; and it seemed as if
they grew redder and redder the more |
looked; (have thought since that it was
very ikely.)


One morning early, in my eleventh
summer, [ walked by her house for the
purpose of getting the first look at those
cheeks as they presented themselves to
tie salute of the morning air but | found
she haG already started, as I saw her in
the distance. Upon my nearing her there
was butcher-boy and chimney-sweep
making clumsy remarks upon the thick
ankles, as they maliciously called them,
belonging to my darling red cheeks my
young blood felt volcanic at such rude
remarks; and instantly challenged either
of them to fight, both of them being big,
ger than myself. They only laughed at
me; but, seeing that was determined to
avenge the insult, they agreed between
themselves that the sweep should accom-
modate me, he being nearer NY size than
the butcher; and comic fight it must
have been while my strength lasted, for
he was blacking ny clean face with his
sooty hands. A crowd soon assembled ;
they took my part (being the least) and
eheered me on but master smoke was
too much for me; he struck me down,
and my forehead struck against the curb
stone, and was carried off insensible.
When I came to was in the hands of
two elderly women they had washed M
face, and placed strip of brown paper
stepped IN vinegar over the cash on my
forehead. In this state | started for
school was of course late, so had to go
to the desk and give the reason, [ said
big boy ran against me, knocked me
down in the dirt, and it cut my head 3;
the people took me into house where
they washed my face and put a plaster
on the cut.


I was fortunately let off on that. I
knew , if { told the truth, it might inter-
fere with my sitting down again, as fight
ing was one of the peccadillos he punish
ed severely. I told a similar story to
Miss Red Cheeks. She pitisd me, aud |
felt glory in being pitied. She never
knew how much suffered for her. Her
father took her from the school at the
close of the quarter, and sent her some
distance to Ladies Boarding School. L
never saw her again, but her red cheeks
lived in my imagination for some time /;
having no other red cheeks to feast upon,
my love for her gradually subsidized into
taste (excuse me for saying so, but it
did into decided taste for red checked
apples. Oranges, I wouldn't look at for
considerable time, owing to the disa-
greeable dilemma one of that family bro t
upon me. Thus ended the first attach
ment.
Year: 1862

Aside from the river route, there is but
one route from the Da les to the mines, not
all that has been said about
other routes. The public need not and
should not be deceived about this matter,
for it is no small moment to those who at
tempt trip to the mines the ing sea-
son to know the facts; and as a public
journalist, having opportunities to know,
we deem it our duty to give them. Weneed
rot say that the route from the Dalles is
the old wagon road to Walla Walla, which
has be, travelled for years thence by the
Nez Perces trails to Lewiston; thence eth
er by Cold Springs or Craig mill to Camas
prairie, where the two routes come together
again at distance of about As miles from
Lewiston; thence to Salmon river and up
the same about II miles; thence over the
mountain to the mines, distance of ll0
miles from Lewiston and 100 miles from
Walla Walla This distance can be short
ened some thirty miles by the proposed
wagon route, which, instead of turning to
the right beyond Camas Prairie and going
down % Salmon river, leads through the
timber on the highlands or divide between
Salmon and Clearwater rivers, direct to the
mines, thus saving not only the distance
above named, but also obviating the de-
scent of White Bird Greek to Salmon riv-
er, and the ascent of Salmon river noun
tain 1t must be recollectcd that the Sal
mon mines are not on Salmon river, but or
the head waters of small streams near the
summit of the divide between Salmon enc
Clearwater rivers and when the wagor
road is cut out-Nhich was commenced las
tall-there will be no necessity of touching
the river at all, unless new mines in othel
localities are discovered and worked. Thl
other routes may be discovered the coming
season is quite probable, and perhaps
nearer and better one than the present trav
eled route from the Dalles is possible bu
we caution the traveller against trying an,
of them until their practicability is duly as
certained. We have 70 local object to ac
complish nor personal end to attain, an'
not denying the possibility of the discov
cry of other routes we insist that as ye


there has no other land route been discov
cred, and the one above described is tn


only known practicable route TO the Salmon
river mines.
Year: 1862

1t is time that steps should be taken by


the citizens of this city for the erection OF


pub ic school house. Hitherto the inter


ests of education have been neglected


There have been temporary schools, it is


che young has been established. We
Judge the schools we have had have been OF


but little benefit to the student from the


fact that they have been so irreg lar, that


the children, being most of the time out Of
school, have been allowed to run the streets.


or find other means of amusement Quite as
deleterlous to their moral development as


their mental advance ment. Schools of this


character-kept one-fourth of the year


leave the student too much time to forget


what he has learned during the short term !;
and in nine cases out of ten he will enter
a term quite as ignorant as he did the pre-


ceding one, and with far less disposition to
apply himself to studies 1t seems to us
that it is time that such schools were dis
pensed with in this city, and an advance
step taken. There are children enough in
this city to justify the Inauguration of
permanent public school system and the
erection of a suitable building, wherein
tkey may be educated, instead of being al
lowed to grow up on the streets, rec living
everyday lessons in idleness and mischief.
As matter of public beneft-the enhance
ment of the interests and credit of the city
nothing will more effectually tend to this
reiult than the e;ection of a substantial
public school building. Then when the
question is asked by people below VINO are
contemplating coming here-as it frequent
ly is-whether there are any schools in
Walla W Malla ? it can be replied to afirma-
lively. and such information will always
have beneficial effect Men reluctantly
take their families to town v here there
are no school advantages, and more fire.
quently leave them behind for this reason.
They deem it of vital importance that their
children should have the privileges of the
schools; and if the people of this city only
manifest the usual concern in the matter of
education, we shall soon see a ine building
erected for this purpose. Such school
would not only reflect credit upon the city.
but it would enhance the value of property,
and thereby return handsome interest on
the money invested in the enterprise.
Year: 1862

The Mail Service.


A friend has placed in our hands a copy
of the Overland Press, containing the ad-
vertised proposals FOR mail service in Wash
ington Territory for the next four years.
From that advertisement we find tha the
Government contemplates a semi weekly
service, and authorizes bids accordingly.
The mail to Colville, which was unceremo-
niOusly suspended few months since, hes
not been renewed; but the department has
graciously rendered to bidders the privilege
of bidding on unauthorized routes, with
the promise trat they will lie considered.
This is the usual way Of dispOsing of a
route known to require twice or three times
the service contemplated, and the bids for
more frequent service are seldom if ever
accepted by the department. So that in all
probability we shall have only s,mi
monthly mail service, giving the contractor
six days to perform the trip between this
place and the Dalles.


The people Of the upper country cannot
understand why the mails should be dis
continued and the service made less fre-
quent just at the time when an increase is
most imperativcly demanded 1t is attrib-
utable either to the unwise policy of re-
trenchment in postal affairs as well as in
other departments or to "a want Of interest
and attention to the matter by our present
delegate. He. certainly must be aware OF
the necessities of the country, having during
the last season made a campaign trip to the
upper extremity Of it. He must be aware
that rich gold fields are inviting thousands
of miners to them, all of whom will be glad
to send and receive letters through the
mails if they have the opportunity. He
must be are also that the settlements all
along the line of the mail route from the
Dalles to Collville are rapidly filing up,
creating necessity for an increase of the
mail service In view of these considera-
tions, which must be apparent to Col. Wal
lace, we cannot believe he is playing false
to the interests of his constituents, in a
matter of such vital importance. If the
mail service between this place and the
Dalles has cen curtailed on the ground OF
retre1 chment, we think the future will
prove that the object sought hes not been
attained. A semi monthly mail will be re-
garded by everybody as a nuisance and
while ma will send but letter or two
ie-e ssibS5 tAeFsv-v.ill send their.let.
the effect to decrease the revenue; fail to
pay even a respectable portion of the ex-
penses of post offices, anG render the office
of postmaster 6 bore" all along the route
Business men went attend to it, and the re-
suit will be mail service worse than none
at all. On the other hand, should the depart.
ment put on a tri-w eekly, or even a semi
weekly coach service, it could not fail of be
ing vast source ofrevenue, besides supply
ing mail service where it is most urgently
needed. Whatever influence has inaugu-
rated this kind of service it is an act of
gross injustice to the people of the upper
country.
Year: 1862

Scarcity OF Provisions IN THE MINES.
Persons who have arrived in this citv
this week from Salmon river represent that
provisions are becoming very scarce in the
mines, and that unless supplies reach there
very soon there must be great deal of suf-
terlng in consequence. Some have already
been compelled to leave the mines on ac-
count of being unable to purchase provis-
ions, and they report that within the next
four weeks hundreds must follow. But
few persons have yet started out for the
mines with provisons-men being unwil-
ling to risk their animals on the road vet
and it is highly probable that those now
on the road will not be able to reach there
for at least a month to come.
Year: 1862

PRosPEcTING.-We learn that two or
more companies W Il start out to prospect
for gold in the mountains in this vicinity
so soon as the snow disappears 1t is be-


lieved, from prospects heretofore obtained
at the heads of the streams which flow
through this valley that good mines exist
there, and from the inform alton we have
been able to gather upon this subject, we
have no eoubt but the researches of the
coming summer will develop that we have
rich gold mines nearer than Salmon river.
Year: 1862

For THE MINEs.-A company of twelve
men left this city on Wednesday, for Wal
lula, intending to go from thence to Sal
mon river in small boats. They think the
river is sufficiently clear of ice for them to
proceed at once on their journey.
Year: 1862

CONDITION OF THE RIvER.-We learn
that the ice in the Columbia at Wallula is
from ten to t enty feet thick, and the prob
ability is that it will be several weeks be-
tore 1t will be in condition to move off
1t is thought by those at the Fort that the
boats will not be able to run on the upper
river before the 20th of April
Year: 1862

habit of sef-a abuse To winch Is added OBSERVATIONS
Female Diseases and other interesting Of the
most importance to the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts Of their physical ability
enter that state. any address in sealed wrap
per. on receipt Of ten cents or four stamps.


We devote entire time and attention 20 the treat
various private diseases treated Of in pr
vae report Our DSpensary is the only Institution Of the
kind IN America which has been tablished by special
charter this fact should give il preference the
various quacks Of doubtful character be found in all
Year: 1862

THE NEW JERSEY PEACH CRoP.-The peach districts Of
this State give promise Of real old fashioned crop
and may expect TO the luscious fruit
in great abundance arrangement has
made with the railroad companies by the peach growers
Of Hunterdon Mercer and other counties, by which
special train will be despatched for New York landing
the fruit in that city at carly hour in the morning
Maryland in sending peaches TO market Tho crop in the
districts designated above Is expected to realize about
$50 ,OCO baskets.=Neloark Journal.
Year: 1862

,4. The editors of the Times, for the
purpose Of assisting Allison, with whom
they thoroughly sympathize, allow the i'm
preston to gain ground that the paper has
been Democratic 1t is of this that We
complain. A man who will stoop to such
baSeness will prove horse thief on the
first favorable opportunity.-Du6uque Her.
aM


The Herald editor has just about char
acter anG brains sufficient to hold the edi.
tors of paper responsible for what other
people say of them! Suppose we apply
this rule to our rate neighbor, below, just
for one day. Why he could not write him.
self into responsibility, even were he to
'prcject himself through sixteen genera
tons


We have smoked your compliment, and
now so on with your abuse.
Year: 1862

The true province Of the physician
what he can do and what he cannot, is
admirably set forth in the following ALA.
goricsl statement by DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes There are no false pretences
here, and the reader is not the wiser for
the Doctors exposition, mus. be very dull
or wonderfully clever:


"Msn live in the immediate neighbor.
hood Of great menagerie, the doors of
which are always open. The beasts OF
prey that come cut are called diseases.-
They feed upon US, and between their teeth
We must pass sooner or later-all but q
few who are otherwise taken care Of


When these animals attack man, most
Of them give him scratch and bite,
and let him 60. Some hold on little
while some are carried about for weeks
or months, until the carrier drops down.
or they drop down, o. drop of. By and
by one is sure to come along that drags
down the strongest, and makes an end of
him.


Most people know little or nothing Of
these beasts until at once they find them.
selves attacked by enc of them. They
are therefore liable to be frightened by
those who are not dangerous, and careless
with those that are destructive. They do
not even know the dsns Of many of them,
though they are close to their own dwell
ings.


A physician is one who has lived among
these beasts, and studied their aspects
and habits. He knows them all well and
looks them in the face, and lays his hand
on their backs daily.


lie knows that his friends and himself
have all got to be eaten up at last by
them, and his friends have the same be.
lief Yet they want him near them at all
times, and with them when they are set
upon BY any Of these their natural enc.
mics He goes knowing pretty we'll what
he can do and what he cannot.


He can talk to them in quiet and sen.
SIT ie way about those terrible beings, con-
eerning which they are so ignorant, and
liable to harbor such foolish fancies. He
can frighten away some among them of
the lesser kind with certain ill.smelling
Preparations he Carries about him. Once
in while he can draw the teeth of some
Of the biggest, or throttle them. He can
point out their dens, and so keep many
from falling into their jaws.


This is great deal TO promise or per.
form, but it is not all that is expected Of
bin. Sick people are very apt to be both
fools and towards. Many of them confes.
the fact in the frankest possible way
Those not over wise human beings called
patients are consequently little unrea.
sonable. They come with small scratch,
which nature will heal very nicely in few
days, and insist on its being closed at
once with some kind Of joiners glue
They want their little oughs cured. so
that they may breathe at their ease, when
they have no lungs left that are worth
mentioning. They would have called in
Luke the Physician to John the Baptist.
when his head was in the charger, and
asked for balsam that would cure cuts
This kind of thing cannot be done. But
it is very profitable to lie about it and say
it can be done. The people who make a
business Of this lying, aud pro6ting by it,
are called qudcks.
Year: 1862

HOW MUCH WILL FILL A PIG.-The
Lynn News, i, to be held entirely RESPONSIBLE
for the following: A neig bor Of ours was
trying to convince another neighbor that it
was better to buy large pigs in tile Soring than
small ones, as the former would eat little more
One OF his reasons was the following; Last
Sp,ing bought little pig frem drover,
and he was good for eating but wouldn't grow
much He got so after week or two, that he
would eat bucketful at time, and then. like
Oliver Twist, call for more Well one MORN
ing carried out a water bucket full of dough,
And after he had swallowed it all, picked up
the pig and put him in the same bRcket bad
fed him from, and the little varmint didn't I'll
IL half up"
Year: 1862

SAD BUsINEss.-A chorus singer Of the
Paris opera, returning home a few nights ago
to his house in the rue de la Fidelite, saw his
two daughters standing by. He gazed at them
for a moment, then drew long sharp knife
and stabbed them to the heart, and then with a
revolver blew out his own brains. Insanity
was the cause Of the act.
Year: 1862

TIE New York World learns from one of
its most Trustworthy correspondents, that
there are over four hundred cases of small
pox among the civilians at Washington. It
has broken out In the army, and hundreds
are taken down daily with it.
Year: 1862

Ex-senator GRIMES bit the nail on the head
~ he is very apt to do, when he said that we
might ascribe our losses by the Merrimac, to
our failure to capture Norfolk. where that
stolen ship has been being fitted up for months
without Interruption for her purposes Of mis-
chief and destruction. No point at the South
il more easily within the reach Of our blows
than Norfolk, and that those blows have not
fallen there long ago, can only be get down to
that system Of inaction, under which the Presi.
dent has so long chaied and to which he has
now put AN end.
Year: 1862

FALSE RuMoH.-A rumor was adoat In the
city last evening that the War Department
had received dispatch, from Fortress Monroe,
announcing the capture of the Monitor by the
rebel steamer Merrimac, and that she had been
towed into the harbor oil Norfolk. There is
not word Of truth ip The report.
Year: 1862

Our community have been for a
week hearing rumors of the inva-
sion of the State from Missouri
We suppose there is no doubt Of the
fact. We gathered from the rumOrs
that they come in large force how
large none seem to know, the esti-
mates being from G to %, 00o) down
White and Black riversto Batesvllle.
400 or 500 Of the people Of that sec
ton collected and sharp skirnish
eusued, but the patriots were OF
course obliged to retire The most
probable condition OF affaiis gather
ed from the various rumors up to
Friday night a; Little Rock is, that
the main body Of tncm still remain
Year: 1862

We copy portion of a letter ad
dressed to Lieut.. AcClung, at Knox.
vile, BY lady in Sullivan county,
East Tennessee.


Il saw some weeks ago in the
Register, an article ON the making
Of saltpetre, and that the earth un
der the old houses contained more or
less nitre also learned that tho
Government wss in great need Of
saltpetre, in order to make powder
for our brave boys now in the field.
Well, sir, felt, though I am wo.
man, that It was my duty to do
what l could fer my country; so,
having an old house with dry dirt
under it, | determined to make tri.
al. l threw out the ashes in my ash
hopper, and had two others built
l then had the dirt under the house
dug up and put into the hoppers.-
I then run water through one Of the
hoppers, and then passed the water
through the other two After which
l added ley to the water until the
curdling ceased l then boiled it
until it was thick, when the rot was
st off the tire In few hours, the
saltpetre had form et into beautiful
chr.stals. | poured water three
times through each hopper, and thea
boiled it down. The result is inst
one hundred pounds Of beautiful
saltpetre, according to my husbands
weighing. 1t was very little trouble
TO me


Now, sir, l see you are the agent
Of IL e Government lwant to hand
it over to you 70 be made into pow
der and cent to or army to be used
Year: 1862

it stated in the whig Of today, that
during his last visit to the wounded,
he oheered and gladdened their
hearts by tbs assurance that hence
forward, for veal or wo, he would be
found, side by side with the hum
blest soldier upon the field Of glory
Indeed, to my own knowledge, this
has been, for weeks past, his chief
ambition, his ardent desire.
Year: 1862

forces OIL Galveston ISAaS'


The bearer of the above message
stated that an answer could be made
anytime within "a hours.


Owing to the wires being down
during the day, this message was
not telegraphed up till in the even
ing.


This morning Gen. Herbert has
instructed Col. Cook to reply that
when the land and naval forces
make their appearance, tho demand
will be answered.


Meanwhile we can assure the peo-
pie that the Island will not be Civ
en- up on a mere paper lombard
ment. Nothing will be left undone
to provide for the enemy when he
comes.


The General commanding advis-
es the people to keep cooI-there is
no danger. When the enemy lands
and endeavers to penetrate into the
interior, he will be fought on every
inch of ground. In the meantime
every man should stand by his arms
and be ready to take the field at a
moments warning.


The above is all that has taken
place that is Of interest to the pub
lie.


After the above was in type we
received the following by telegraph
from Galveston


GALVESTON, May IS, 1862.


Yesterday morning white flag
was raised at the masthead Of the
Santee, which not being immediate
| responded to on shore, the schoon-
er Sam Houston started in over the
bar also bearing a white flag, a stea.
mer was then dispatched by Col
Cook, our Commandment, TO meet the
schooner. A Federal Lieutenant
boarded the steamer, stating he had
a communication to deliver to the
Commandant, at Galveston in per.
son


This was declined, and after re-
turning to the Santec, the Ljeuten-
ant delivered the same to Lieut.
Col. Manly. See above.


The Federal officer stated that an
answer could be sent under a flag
of truce during to-day. The time
has now como when the people of
Galveston are to determine the
course they will pursue, At what
hour the Federal feet will arrive,
none can toll; but we have no rea-
son to expect much delay, Some
seem 10 think tie demand on the
| art Of Capt. Eagle is piece Of gas
conade to obtain the credit Of the
surrender Of Galveston. If SO, he
will be mistaken, for no one suppo-
ses that it will ever be yielded to
any but an overwhelming force such
as it would be folly to resist. In
this time of danger, true men and
women become imbued with lofty
patr otisrn and sacrificing disposl-
ton which ensures a dignified and
patriotic course OF conduct. 1t Is
not for Us to say who should 60 or