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Year: 1863

AUBURN, April Sth, 1905.


Eds. STATESMAN Il perceive that you
have had no news direct from Auburn for
considerable length of time. l suppose
it is owing to this being very busy time
and no one finding time to write. For fear
people may forget that there are mines
here, in their excitement about Boise, l
will state that now our bitches are fast be-
coming filed. Messrs. Davidson and Car
ter, with their ditch now furnish about
thirty companies with sluice heads. Most
miners are now sluicing away surface dirt.
A few ale washing up pay dirt. All seem
to be we'll pleased and report their claims
as paying from ten to thirty dollars per
day. Mr.. Berry, & Co., of French Gulch,
washed up this evening, after shoveling in
their sluice five hours-fve men at work
about $50


Wages here at present, are from four to
five dollars per day, and hands scarce.


Freeze Out Gulch has again began to
yield up her treasure most bounteously.


News from Granite creek is very encour-
aging. Men are here from there and try
ing to hire hands to take back with them.
They offer as high as six dollars per day
with steady work and pay every Saturday
night.


Several men nave came here from Can
yon City that talk very discouragingly.-
They pronounce the diggings there as good
grub-diggings, and declare they never wish
to see the place again.


News from Boise is still exciting. Many
are going, and some have come back and
have gone TO work on their old claims. A
party has just returned from the new dig
gings on Pine creek, at the mouth of Pow
der river They speak well of the pros
poets obtained there and report the snow
very deep, making it difficult prospecting
The gold obtained is of the fine order, bu
of good quality, and should judge from
its appearance; will assay nearly eighteer
dollars to the o. Several families have
left this place for Burnt river. They q
there with the expectation of settling, fo
the purpose. of farming For this pursuit
| think the climate is far better adapted
than that of Powder river valley. Person
living there say that it is now much warm
er there than here and that the grass on tht
south hill sides is up nice and green, an(
the flowers in bloom; whilst here the grass
has Just started to grow. Several farmer
in Powder river valley are preparing to pa
in large spring crops. l think we vii
have to look to some other place beside
that for any such things as garden vegeta
bles Flour is selling dull at SIS, pc
cwt. Groceries high.


Your, &c, CORRESPONDENT.
Year: 1863

April 9th, 1868.


EDS. STATESMAN AS a warning to
those who intend travelling from your city
to Boise with teams, feel it my duty TO
acquaint them with some facts in regard to
the nature of the road as a wagon-road,
and also to inform them of the danger to
be met at one point of the road.


On the 25th ult. left Walla Walla with
team (as supposedly strong enough to
draw my load through any depth of mud
easily; which they did to the bottom of the
mud, but could go no farther.


On the 29th reached the summit, and
after finding that the road grew worse in
stead of better, l concluded to get my
freight packed through to Grand Ronde
valley, and " as informed by packers that
over such a road cts per pound was little
enough-though distant out 40 miles.


can safely say that this road is utterly
impas able for wagons loaded with more


We learn from ''reliable authority that
the streams between this place and Boise
are exceedingly high at this time owing tc
the fact the snow melts very fast during
such warm weather as we have at present
While staying here, three days, the snow
has melted at the rate of one foot day
! his makes the road very muddy, indeed
The Umatilla river is very high, and per-
sons wishing to cross had better cross al
the bridge below the agency, which is but
few miles out of the way.


In regard to the danger to be apprehend-
ed at the poin, alluded to, l will simply
state what was told to me by half breed
living at the Agency.


He said that the Indians there were in
the habit of stealing horses from travellers
at this camp on the Umatilla and in the vi
cinity and driving them off in the deep ra-
vines till their owners leave, when they
brand them so as to defy recognition, and
that no one supposes them to be gull
ty, but on the contrary attribute it to the
white horse thieves. Yesterday l saw
three men who had camped at this spot a
few days ago and ha j lost their horses (sup-
posing them stolen by white men) and af-
ter disposing of all their freight started to
Boise on foot.


Considering the source from whence l
got this information, think it true, and
would advise persons camping near there
to keep an eye to their stock.


Yours, &c, NJ. P.
Year: 1863

At one Of the battles of the Mexican
war, captain in Western regiment mad
lieutenant of whose valor he had consid-
cradle doubt, The regiment to which his
company was attached was ordered up to
bring on the action, and at once received
heavy fire, which the men bore with sol
dierly frmness but the lieutenant, whose
own feals were worked up to tie highest
degree, at once became demonstrative, and
began to use cheering expressions; such as
"now be steady men ~ don't get scared :"
keep cool - etc., etc. The anxiety of this
shaky warrior was very ludicrous, but the
gallant captain, doubling the propriety of
his enthusiastic actions and fearing pan
ic, seized him by the throat and threatened
to run him through the body if he did not
keep quiet; and one of the men asked that
the heroic gentleman should be sent to the
rear, as the company believed him to be a
coward There is a class of men on the
Union side in the ranks of civil life, who
bear close resemblance to this lieutenant


We refer to those who are always assum-
ing that somebody is about to give up the
idea of preserving the Union, and in conse-
quence, are continually making patriotic
speeches and requesting everybody not to
get scared. but to be steady and keep cool,
when it is nothing but their own cowardly
fears that impel them to speak thus. Those
who act this part appear to forget that they
assume the existence of a feeling of de-
spondency when they offer encouragement
in this way, and mistake the frozen ther-
mometer of their own courage and hope for
that by which the national spirit is meas
ured From this class of enthusiasts nrn-
loyalty of their loyal fellow citizens, and
the representations that the war will be
ended in ninety days, when the lying
knaves know the charge against loyalty is
as false as the prophecy. The same class
includes in its ranks abou: all of the "ham-
ing giants OF Horace Greeley, VINO are
staying, and intend to stay at home. Near
ly all the contractors, who are robbing the
Government, by keeping up din of en-
couragement expect to keep the public from
noticing their peculations, as also the
greenback speculations. There is too much
the appearance of whistling TO keep up
courage among these makers Of patriotic
speeches to be mistaken for a sound feel
ing of confidence The people do not de-
sire these braggadocios to keep them up to
the Union cause, and can dispense with
them without sigh particularly if they
could be assured that public stealing in and
out of office is to be put an end to-. What
they do want is truth in the place of windy
speeches and big boasts.
Year: 1863

SECESSION PLANs.-The people of Call
ifornia, and especially the residents of San
Francisco, are peculiarly nervous about an
anticipated outbreak of Secessionsts, in
that State Gen. Wright has issued or
ders that no craft shall approach within
four hundred yards of Alcatraz Island af-
ter dark, on pain of being fired on. 1t is
not likely that the Secessionists will un-
dertake any desperate enterprise on this
coast, until they have first learned the prob
able result of the struggle at the East 1t
would certainly be the extreme of folly for
them to continue their Vaccinations, when,
by so doing, they may involve forfeitures
here which will be of no avail in the set
Element of the main question. But if ever
the Government is mad enough to consent
to dissolution of the Union, then we
might look for serious effort on their part
to carry out the Pacific States.
Year: 1863

THE CoURT FUNDs.-If our Terrific
rial Marshal, Huntington, would not sub
ject himself to the charge of speculating in
greenbacks, he would do well to forward
the amount due in this district for the ex-
penses of the last two terms of the district
court. These funds, we are informed, have
been in the marshal's bands for some time,
ready for disbursement, and this slowness
on his part to forward them here is ;nexcu-
sable. The people here who hold the scrip
need their money and are anxious to know
what the Marshal is doing with it. Will
he enlighten them?
Year: 1863

To BE TRIED-The rem who fitted out
the Confederate pirate Chap man, at San
Francisco, are to be tried. All who had
not taken the oath of allegiance are to be
turned over to the civil authorities; but
those of the prisoners who had taken the
oath, and then engaged in this piratical
scheme, are to be tried by military COM
mission at Alcatraz Island.
Year: 1863

UP SNAKE RIvER.-The steamer Kius
assembled Snake river last week as ia; as
the mouth of Salmon river The expert
ence of the trip. we learn, gives no great
encouragement in regard to the successful
navigation of Snake river to the point
named; the river being full of rapids, over
which it is difficult for boats to pass, and
dangerous on account of rocks At the
point where the Kius turned round is a
swift rapid, .r'eh extends up the river for
long distance The Kius will make an
other trip up the river next week with the
view of further testing it in regard to its
practicable navigation.
Year: 1863

Two young ladies Of Albany were
spending the summer in northern
New York. During their visit they
took several long rides with the
daughter of their host about the
country. On one Of these occasions,
as they had been travelling some dis
tance, and the day was warm, and
as trough of running water stood
by the road side, they concluded to
give the horse drink. One of the
city lasses agreed to arrange matters
for that purpose. The others, re-
naming in the carriage and deeply
engaged in conversation, for some
time paid no attention to the procee-
dings Of their companion. When
at last surprised at the long delay,
they discovered her endeavorlng to
unbuckle the crupper (the stap which
passes around the horse tail.


"Why what in the world are you
doing that for?'


':Why, I'm unbuckling this strap
to let down the horses head so that
lie can drink.
Year: 1863

YOU up and fed you-all that you
loved. This country that you see
these houses, these trees-thlS is your
country The laws which protect
you, the bread which pays for your
work. the words which you exchange
with others, the JOY and grief which
comes to you from amongst the men
and things amid which you live
this is your country The little room
where you used to see your mother,
the remembrances she has lett you,
the earth where she rests-this is
your country! You see it, You breath
it, everywhere. Think Of yourself,
your lights and duties, your atiec-
tons and your wants, your past and
present blessings-wrlte them all
under a single name-and that name
will be your country We owe it all
that We are, aud he who enjoys the
advantages of having a free country
and does not accept the burden Of it,
forfeits his honor and is bad cltl-
zen. Do for your country what you
would do for your mother and father.
The country is in danger. She has
anchored you. Don't wait till the
tocsin sounds to proceed to her res
cue. No, burly youth, as we cherish
the reputation Of our Revolutionary
sires, base foes must not circumyent
their glorious design
Year: 1863

WE learn that a woman. whose
name We DO not know, was burned
to death in the mountains few days
since. in an attempt to rescue her
two small children, who were in the
house which they had set on fire by
carelessly playing with fire, as is
supposed. They all perished to-
oether
Year: 1863

A calm, elaborate, and careful pape
, upon Our Black Army" in the Philadel
phia North american, signed Kent" il
; unquestionably written by Sidney Georg.


Fisher, whose work upon the Trial Of


tho Constitution" has been already discuss.
ed in these columns. The paper is the
more important as coming from one who
has not been known as an Abolitionist
but whose views upon the subject of race
would certainly provoke the hearty disap-
proval of the whole body known by that
name.


But the cause of civil liberty aud order
is the cause of man. Dealing, therefore,
with the facts of the war, " Kent" pierces
and exposes the shining sophistries of those
who profess to be loyal to the Government
but a little more loyal to Slavery; and
shows conclusively that the war has, and
necessarily, developed into war on the
part of the white race for the guarantees
of civil society, and upon that of the black
for personal liberty. He pricks the pre-
tended argument of the demagogue who
insists that we must ight the rebels '' mod
erately; and carry the sword in one hand
and slavery and conciliation 10 the other" /"
by the simple truth. "These woods being
translated mean, IF you arm the negroes
you will destroy slavery. What hope,
then, win there be OF restoring the old al
lance between Slavery and the Democratic
party-of restoring the Union as it was q"
Common sense answers, None at all.


''Kent" says truly of the slaves, "They
have no hope or interest in this war that
should induce them to wish success to the
North, except deliVerance from Slavery"
That, then, must be the motive to which
we appeal. Freedom must be the black
soldiers bounty. Do we hope for their
aid by promising the restoration of Union
which would hopelessly enslave them for
ever2 Do we expect men to fight ralar-
0usIy to bind chains upon themselves?


"We are fighting" says our author, ''for
an empire; they wish to fight the same
battle for freedom. We are fighting that
we may have government worthy Of the
name, able to protect us in our civil and
political rights; they ask to be permitted
TO fight in the vague aud uncertain hope
that they may be regarded as men, and not
as merchandise; that they may hencefOrth
belong to themselves, and not be bred for
sale and bought and sold like the beasts
Of the field. Is not their purpose and hope
as lofty as ours2 Let us then fight side
by side in this war" That is'What every
loyal man should bear in mind. If our
Government has any value, il is in its pro-
lection of personal rights. And If, for the
purpose of establishing that guarantee for
the many, the rights of some persons were
not secured, who will not thank God that
the price of the perpetuity of the Govern
ment is the protection of the rights of every
man subject to it2 The heart, the CON
science, and the brain of the country no
longer differ upon this point.
Year: 1863




The general feeling of final success at
Charleston is an indication of the pro-
gress of our education in war. When hos
tilities began what could not be done at
once, and decisively, seemed to us unlike
" to be done at all; and when the first
effort failed, we were inclined to despOnd
and to believe all efforts useless. But we
have learned that war is slow process,
and General Grant has taught us that a
sagacious soldier is helped by his failures.
He tried Vicksburg in every way. His
operations lasted so long that the natu-
And his mastery method of success, al
even seemed to be possible until it was
proved.


Charleston has been an equally hard
nut to crack There have been two dis
tinct movements on that city, one by land
and one by water. Both failed and
now, combining the two forces, it is clear
" with General Gilmore but q question
Of time. The brilliant and heroic assault
of the 18th July, in which we were foiled
although desperate and sadly fatal, has
been to the Commanding General and to
the rest of us O lesson. But IL has not
in the least impaired the courage of the
soldiers, nor affected public confidence in
the result The general conviction that
we have learned how to make war, and
mean to make il, so fully satisfies the ma
tional mind, that even a repulse so seri-
Gus as that at Fort Wagner does not seri-
ously affect the most sensitive of meters,
the stock list With Banks In Louisiana,
and Grant upon the Mississippi, with Ro-
secrans in Tennessee, Gilmore at Charles
ton, and Meade in Virginia, we know
that our armies are in the hands of the
most competentan and resolute commanders;
men who have proved that they know
how to fight and how to use victory; men
who have shown the earnestness Of their
convictions as we'll as the fidelity Of their
patriotism; men who wish to conquer
not only peace, but peace that shall Sc.
cure the national honor, and compensate
America and the world for this fearful bui
holy war.
Year: 1863

from tue haleiRh standard.


The bill introduced into the Senate by
Mr. Young, of Mecklenburg, providing fol
the enrolment of all the able bodied white
men in this State between the ages of Is
and 60, strikes us as in many respects OBJ.
jectionable. We lack space to day to state
these objections at any length but the
measure will operate, and be regarded by
the people as an extension of the militia
system, and to this we do not hesitate to
say, in our humble opinion, the people are
opposed. If Mr.. Sherwood's militia bill
should be passed, there will be enough
militia between 19 and 40 for all the pur-
poses contemplated in Mr.. Youhg's bill !;
and these will form an organized nucleus
around which able bodied men of all ages
will rally as volunteers in an emergency.
If North Carolina is to depend for Protec-
ton on the boys and old men, and it is to
have no aid from the 10000 veterans she
has contributed to Confederate service,
then indeed is the prospect gloomy.


We have on hand a mass of letters pro-
testing against any farther drain upon the
people in the way of troops, and PROFOUND.
ing questions in relation to exemptions
under the militia and conscript laws. Our
correspondence, which is very extensive,
conVinces US that the people are looking
with alarm to the prospect of more troops
being raised, and the greatly diminished
white labor we have left being thus taken
from our fields and workshops.


CONFLICT BETWEEN CIVIL AND MILITARY
Year: 1863

When the summer of our yodth is slowly
wasting into the nightfall Of age and the
shadows of the past years grow deeper as
if life were on its close, it is pleasant to
look back through the vista of time upon


the sorroWs and felicities of years. If we
have a home to shelter ms, and friends have
been gathered together by our firesides,
then the rough places of Wayfaring will
have been worn and smOothed away in the
twilight of life, while the sunny spots we
have passed through will grow brighter
and more beautiful. Happy, indeed, are
those whose intercourse with the world
has not changed the tone Of their boiler
feelings, or broken those musical chords
of the heart, whose vibrations are so me-
lodiOus, SO touching to the evening of age.
Year: 1863

what They Had and What They


Have Lost.


Open map of the United States and mark
how many states and territories the rebels
occupied at the full bloom of their rebel
lion, and mark EoW few they occupy now.
The account stands as follows:
Year: 1863

The difference between MS and our oppo-


neh'S Is not on the abuse OF power, but the


poorer Itself to suspend the writ Of habeas


corpus. When they say there have been


improper arrests and an abuse of the writ


ny malignant persons and doughty officials,


we agree with them, but they stop not here {:
they want to tie the hands of the President
so he shall have no power to arrest and de-
feat the schemes of traitors. We hope the
limits Of the rebellion are now so definitely
defined and the government authority so
securely established as to make all further
arbitrary arrests unnecessary, though in
limiting the military power we know that
many traitor will escape who deserves a
'' prison or grave
Year: 1863

Under this head with anumber of" where


aSes" about being secure in their houses


deprived of their liberty SC without du,


process of law and citizens of this State


IN violation Of the Constitution of the Uni


ted States and of the State Of Delaware have


been arrested and thus deprived Of theil


liberty, &c, &C. bill has passed the Sen


ate and will doubtless pass the House en-


acting in


Section 1st that if any person or per.


sons shall in the limit of the State arrest or


c'uSe the arrest Of any citizen without the
process of c'H ar, the person thus Offend


ing shall be guilty Of felony and upon con-
Victlon thereof shall forfeit and pay a fine
OF not less than five hundred, nor more than
than two Thousand dollars, and be imprison-
ed not less than six months nor more than
two years.


Section I'd enacts that if any person
shall abduct or assist in the abduction of anv
citizen from the limits Of the State. unless
delivered up upon the requsition of the
Executive authority of some other State
shall be guilty Of a like offence and receive
the same fine.


Section 81 provides the same punish
ment Tor any person who Shall make an
affidavit or oath causing the arrest of cit
zen by any person acting under the militia
ry authority Of any other State or of the
United States.


Section 4th and the last makes it obIioa-
tory upon the Judges at the next term Of
court to give the act specially in charge to
the Grand Juries


Here we have it The States RIGHTS
doctrine is asserted in Delaware in it's
Delaware is greater in au-
thority than the general government
E'4pc'1u"' IN Eap.oTo. We read in history
OF SoIoEs and We read of Piymies, we read
Of wise men and we read of fools under
which head will the Delaware LEGISLATURE
come! These Solons 1--WE use the term ont
1i respect for the position they occunv,
must be aiming at some notorety or place
'eekmg' for it seems to be the principal
with that party the more daring man is
against the government the more certain be
; 70 be lifted to the highest office. Hence
helr effort to set themselves in array against
he Constitutional authorities. These wiseCn
nen OF Delaware are rendering our State
he but OF ridicule by making it superior in
authority to the Union-a State that Son
It"r once told Mr. Clayton he could carry
a his breeches pocket She superior to the
mon why, these men are a farce on
Inlli'er and his Lilliputians. We advise
hem to adjourn, 60 home and leave off
her secession and States Rights proceed
ngs because they have already done enough
D dwarftheir political stature for all time to
ONE.
Year: 1863

Yea, than. ! tie unto tho God OF our


Fathers, Notwithstanding we have bad
some swtui rough hewIng, IN shaping
out our course thus far in contcnding
with the demo Is that invade US Ivy land
and water, yet there is a Divinity that
will make our paths straight and turn
I the tide 10 our taIor.


Praise God from whom all blessings TIow
Year: 1863




ssg" We learn from several who are
Immediately from the front that our
Amy occupy this side of Stones river,
the enemy the other, The respective
armies remain stationary. An en-
gagement is anticipated in a short time
without Rosecrans deems it advisable
to fall back still further out of tho reach
of our big as well rs small arms. Van
Dorm and the indomitabIe Morgan, with
their dashing legiors in point of daring
gaIlantry as well as strategy, are daily
harrassing the vandals, giving them
no rest, watching their movements as
stealthily as tho tiger watches its prey
We have no fears as to the result, should
there be a general engagement. Out
army was never in better spirits, and
seem to be eager for the fr;-y.