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' FRIDAY, MAY 11. 1858.
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' |[he lerthen Illa—teed and Premium
I Mel “Crete.
) Al the northern mince, et this time, ere
r the elleheorbing topic 0! the dey within
: our own Territory. to which the emotion
P of it: a'tieene, on well ee thoee of Celifornie
end Oregon genenlly, ere directed, we
e the“ eedeevor to point out, in ee brief and
coociee mentor or po-ible, e few route: by
e which they probebly cen be ruched et
d preeeot, through oer Territory, other then
' thet generelly heretofore taken via Prmr'e
|_ river. lte levi‘etion, from ell eccounle, ie
et beet, e tedioue ee well ee dengerone one,
i- end et thin time utterly impouible from the
. ewollel netnre of thet em, ite repide,
dew eddiee, M. Our knowledge on
i thie enhjecl, ee well u upon the router
I which we ehell point out, ie entirely bor
' need, but obteieed from perfectly relieble
L' men, well informed on the subject, from per
eoul knowledge, obtained by reeidcnce or
7 trevel through thet region of country.
. In thie connection, we will commence the
abject by directing the ettention of the
a “gold eeeker," pecker, he, to the “thnra
' Pue " over the Ceecede now—being the
' moet eeuthern route within the Territory
5 overthoee moonteine, of which we on
epeeh eoeldeetly n being not only pretti
ceble hnt ee e route preeenting few (if eny)
, lmpedimente to trevel. Thie peel, it will
, be remembered by our eerller reeidente, in
l the one which wee eelected eonie five yeere
: deee by our cltluu Ie the non feeeible
, route to be adopted by immigrente desir
, one of coming to the Territory dived. On
‘ this route the Inn: of elx thou-end dollere
(eentrlbeted by the citlune of Pierce end
Theretoe eoentlee for thin porpoee) wee ex
_ pended to cleer it of obetrnctione. With
thle enm enflclent wee eccompliehed to ren
derlt e good. pemeble, monntein roed— ‘
Noble to theimmigreet roed'over the “
' eeme men-tune in Oregon, being devoid ‘
of eeeh mum hilleordecllvltiee ee the ‘
“laurel film", which le encountered on ‘
thet route. The reenlt wee thet thirty or 1
more n-uiu eefely mired in the eettlev
leete. meeting‘wlth ee eceideet or eeriene ‘
Wad, end in due eeeeen. All the ‘
“(one were brought in, an two. which ‘
a owners were compiled to leeve behind
hoooeeqeeeee e! the weehem or leee of
their teeme. ' Both theee, however, were
benefit in the next ...-eh, end were not,
eeeteted II the Oregonian, eome weehe
done. dolled woke-end rendered neeleee.
kehreperteere eelely pnbllehed with e
tier toprejed‘lee the pebliomlnd. We
eel pereelve no other motive In them, en
the, do not beer even the eelblenoe of
truth.
It 'I ferthtbe numbered. thet lincc
“the thin pe- hee been edopted u
themforthenlllhry reed from Fort
Wen-lune to Steilecooua, end 325,000,
emprleted hy Gangre- fer this purpoee,
ended thereon, et e rete not exceeding
to pc thy, or over 6000 dey’e lebor be
“ thereon, to render it precticeble for
the treeeportetion e! munltlou of wen-
Further, thet eince the completion of the
nod ee ehove. Col. Slew’l commend. eon-
Me‘ef 860 not: end over 400 euimele,
with lheletenee to lent three months, pen
edyever thin me eheut tee yeere einee,
eld eulved et Welle-lelle eefely, heviug
leet bet eoe peek 1111111. Thie, we be
‘ leee, will therefore nettle the queetlou u
in whetherthe route on be mede eveileble
‘ fer pecking purpoeee. The dietence from
Stellemn to the eeetern beee of the moun
l hill—Te pleteee oi the Spoken—in
ebont ll luilee; tion the meet dietent m-
Ilenente of en: Territory to the'weet, 10
lilee. Arriving in the Spokene veiley, you
‘ heve en Open country before you, end if the
route a. the Dells, in Oregon, po-eeeee
euy of the edventegee eleimed for it by the
newepepere of thet Territory, we ehere in
thee eqeelly with themeelvee, ee thie ie the
meet direct route thet on be pursued from
thence, the mince beefing north from thin
point, eud‘diltent, on e Itreight line, not
exceeding I'lo miles. It is not presumed
by an, however, thet the mincem be ruch
ed in thet distence. Projecting epure of
the monuteine, end other impeueble ob
‘ etrnclione, will undoubtedly frequently prev
‘ eeut themulvu. which will render circuit-l
- one true] unevoidehle, but with thin ed
ventege to thoee who edept this in prefer-1
.ence to the route by wey oi the Dells, thntl
lon errivel It the eutern beee one-half the!
ijonrney he: been ecconpl‘ubod. 7
i The next point to which we trould direct
ettention in the "Sxooveunu ress,"bcuringj
elmoet directly out of Scuttle, and about;
201 ml!“ north of thc former. This pm in‘
'repnunted ee ebont 2000 feet lower than
the Neches, the eltitude of the former be:
ling some 3000 feet, the latter 5000. Thin.
peel wee proposed by l I Srrl'xx‘s, chief
in charge of the late expedition to explore‘
e northern route for the Pacific Railroad,
II the one preaeetiug the leaat obstacles to
warda its construction over the Cascades.‘
A trail from Seattle. interacting one cut.
name two yeara since, during the proaecn-I
tion of thelate Indian war, by the “Pioneer
company," ia completed to the “Ranger:
prairie," at the weateru haae of the pale}
Aa thil route ie auppooed to poeeeea many?
and great advantegea over othera, a partyl
. is new being formed to examine and reportv
; upon it. Among the company thua form-l
I in; will be Measra. C. C. Train, of Seattle,
k and Mn." and Yasns of this place. Then
I gentlemen are all acquainted with mountain
i travel and mountain life. Mr. Yantia has]
. reaided in the Spokane country ae agenti
_ of that tribe for the hut three yearn, and,
‘ the aervicea of n better man anrely could
not he obtained. We have been premiaed‘
a copy of their explorations, which we ahall
give to our readera when received.
; Should this route prove an favorable an
‘ the frieuda of Seattle and its inhabithata
‘ firmly pmdict, we confesa that Whatcom
; will find in her no menu rival aa a town
. preaenting many natural advantages for
trade and traffic. Her location in univer
eally admitted I: one of the most eligible
for a town; her harbor is one of the moat
capacioua and convenient; while the county
aurronudiag her in unaurpaaeed in fertility.
The only advantage which Whatcem can
claim over her, in in the aborter distance of
land travel to the wines, which certainly
will not be overlooked. We are aatiafied,
however, that the citizena of neither place
will fail to severally develop their full re
aonrces and promote their eeperate and
aeveral intereata to its full extent.
The next and laat route which attracts
our attention in the Whatcom road or trail.
0! the advantages claimed for it our citi
lona are familiar, and there to no necessity
of our repeatiag them. Gen. Tin-ox in
forma an that the trail had been completed
ea far u the "Sumaa prairie," distant about
46 milea from Whatcom, and that the re
mainder would be flniahed in the couree of
10 or 12 daya. The United Staten boun
dary commiaaion had united with the citi
aen force employed in cutting out the name,
the omcer in charge having decided to eroaa
the mountaiue by thin trail. Between 200
and 300 mlnera had peahed forward on
‘foot, carrying pacha weighing from 60 to
no pounda, intending to reach the miuea in
‘thieumaaer evenla adtaaae of thetrail.
But {lt were nth-“beacon! Pro
|aer'a rlver.
1 In concluding thin subject, wo would sub
mit tho question to Cnlifornlnnn, whothcr
it would not be the height of lolly to go to
Oregon, Inbjectlng yoonolvu and property
to It least three tron-chipmunk, to ven
tlonn deluys, und u long und tedious jour
uoy. replete with hurdrhipc Ind dungcrl, or
lund It once in our Territory, procure your
Itoru nt any point from whoq you any
chm to nuke your Iturt, nnd me]: your
point a! tin-tion in one-hull or fourth
the nbfdndiltuuce? The question is In
plain t at an answer would be unnncesrnry
—it suggests itsell‘.
‘- A communicntion from W. W.
DI: Ltcv,-'l‘opo¢nphicul Engineer, giving
3 deteription of the route, dilemma, M..
to the new mines by Vl] of Whatcom, u
complred with the bullet route, 11l ro
ceind too hie for inurtion in thin week'-
iuuo. It dull uppur without fail in our
next. 7
Dun Damn—Some Idle wretcheo, for run of
lona-thing all. to an Inn hononhh Ind profitable.
have employ“ thelmelm during the put Ink In
compodn. llhelou paste", defining the thunder- or
m ol‘our cluum In s most IMI'IMM mullet. I.
well u pdntlng the flour, cm, of A number of bonus
with tho man full-mouthed ud vulgu- ln-crlpfionl.
The pupal-lon of these dhgnceful deod- an un
known. had we hope they hover XIII, be. We can but
man: hnowthemtehu’ mu; itoouldhodhut
Minnie: (enrolment, INR" n nigh man
In wry (red hcouveuicnoe In thn ollaudu. The par
m ugly-l march: had hater dumb thir leisure
hour- Uo mum, of the mm kind of decency.
101 l hosrmmu.—Comqnenl upon flu Inn
dhoonry of gold north, mm. of our «Athena, it would
new. have some.» the canola-lon can every hill.
mound or mountain, mm lnevlubly conhln Inex-
Whlo quantities of gold. [Arming under this do
lullon, u [nay composed of Kenn. In Wild. 1”»
Croll Ind omen, started I work now In“,
from Tum‘mu. to pro-pectin bud Intern at tbs
Do Sham river. They mama an Baum M.
hm; melded the Mun m sixty when. M n
pon, In lama. um In good I plwofor gold at“!
flan u May when in Cnufomh. but than” u- not
found. Al. Hut dmwcv-rhkhh higher up than
my pnviou panic- have hemmfnn ucended “
lhey my the ullcy of the river In from nix to eight
milel wide, but dcnuly canted with timber.
‘ Gus: Ix.—An Yndlm, named " Joe.” got drunk fit
Port Townsend natlong Ilnce, go! 1m». mu, nnd
than got killed. Cluse~quamlsome whinky; 2M
_“ lndinn rem to lee lamebndy." /' 1
Axmnn.—- “ Pnekwood'n Bill," u- Ind'lln, went on‘
Snub, Inn to celebrate the 3':me st Tunnur. In
A manner no: one", unmanned by code-finial
kw. 30C on I biz drunk um um I glorious m.
Iheflh he received he never. knife wounds, MM
‘ed about the blunt Ind {M.l'mtheeflochofwhuh
‘in h Inppoud he cannot recover. One of the cut
‘enlered the lungs, from which round the lit lumped
‘st every mum“ of the bunt-h. He [5 represented
I: Mr! nanny been I véry quid and civil Indian.
‘Clnnflk neflfhnu tum: be stopped ! I
351 word once spoken, a coach with
{om-khan“ cunnot overt-k 9 it And bring it
Mr
l Fre- m mm.
B, the nrriul of the steamer Commo
dore at Victoria, on Shndey last, bringing
up too peelengm destined for the Frazer
end Thompeon river mince, we are placed
posseseion, through Dr. G. K. \VILLARD
of this piece, of the Son Frencieco Emu'ng
.Bullclin of May 10. It contains no news
of importance or interest, save the order of
Bmaml You“: to evucnete and burn Sult
Luke City forthwith, end leave it in poe
ueeion of the United States troops. Their
point ofdeltinetion u yet remains unknown,
Parties had left to explore townrde end
into the Apache country. The Deurd
New: Ind been discontinued. Further.
pnrticulnrl next week.
Ox Barnum—Col. 11. T.simmone, indien Agent
{or the Puget Sound Dietrict. left here lent Seturdey
on the lchooner Potter. which was chnrtered for thin
‘purpoee. on I tour of inspection. nod for the purpose
of promoting friendly feelings with the Indian- who
here been heretol‘ore treated with. but which have not
yet been confirmed by our government. He in: with
him A large quentity of indien goods. which will he
di-tributed to them he prenente. He is eeccnpnnied
by luau. S. S. Ford. een.. end C. H. Armstrong,
member: of the lndlnn Depmment in thin Territory-
They will proceed life! he Cepe Fiettery, Ind per
hepe even lower down. The pnrty expected to be
[one eoin Ive or II: weeks.
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I’ jailer iron: Judge Chcnowcih.
-‘ “'ulnnv's lens», Key 15, 1368.
Editor Mm and Democrat :
lhnve been informed thnt n remonntnnce to the
renppointment of myeclt to the attic: Judge Diet.
Court hee been put in circuietion It Olympia. end
mrhepe It other pleeee ; end for the pu of ob
nin. eignereto it, thepernone circling” the re—
mohair-nee represent thnt i “ heve been writing to
Wuhington Ind Mainly Influence to prevent the
peyment of the wer de t.’ end “ that generally i cm
In enemy of the Thrritory."
it ie perhure not flange thet men in eevere emer~
rlciee Ihou d invent thin? u ridiculous a they Ire
glee. end lehould hope t It no one could be over
com by representations to nbcurd end unfounded n
the-e Are.
1 heve not written Anything to Washington in rele
tn'on to tho wetter.
Al to the wer debt, it in my intereet Ind desire that
it ehonld be paid. end if junice it done to Wuhtng
ton Territory it will he pnld, end thet without dolly.
I heve now been nine gear: in the Terfltory—hnve
hed e good ogportunltf witne- the intereonree be
tween the w Itee nn iodine, end to oluervc the
ceme- thnt led to the wnr.
Through the nine Fm the greatest white popula
letion et nay time d d not exceed 7000 whiten, while
the indiengpnintion we: not leee then 20,000. Now
the idee this handful of unprotected people
should provoke en lndien wer with such odd- “din“
then: to enrich A few epeculetore, ll ehout no meanne
ble :- that the geople of the city of New York ehonld
introduce the c olern to enrich the phyniciene. The
people were in no wny to blame forth. wu, end re
ying on n jnet government. we heve rec-on to
believe the expeneee of the w will hem
Antony " helngnn only to the My." e
thingeo ndicnlou could only bebetieved h; thoee
thetdonothnow the. W 3 ldibeenenelnyol
the Tumor“ I volulte it nay hole nlne
yeerc ego- ve lived here ever Ina—the little
propertxohhen h here, Ind Ihlll be henwhile I live.
heve whet little i could to rnnh it I Territory.
1 “Echo-orb tntrcdceeln theOrecon minin
fienfidmfiuflum;wynflothna{
Terri . nee er 111 «guts-tion
hevedonefietllfleiconldtnlevdop hum;
Mum-Union neat-inn ldoeverthe peerle
“9B!.ng luminous" hw-
Aetciyrimur eon-b
inltywithwichitbubeen h nydletrietie
e Inettcrn! gretifloetion. The petlténerl iron my
flea-lot um; my reappointment en ebont equi to
the combined vote for tenn- nnd Ahernethy. Thi
i'urniehee the highest rewnrd for the rerun-mime
end Wt cutie-o theoflce, en meheeme
lin to the butot my humble
ehlltt‘Jhe dutie- ol office. it the Ynyer of the
m n! my dietrioteheil be eucoe-ih in procuring
100.
lhopeyonwill silow me than h our col-mu
thinpernonnldetcneetot-hice'eettech‘e.y ,'
Yonn truly ‘
r. A. dunnownrn;
Omen Men. Rome to was: Puma-'—
The Wuhington correspondent of the San
Francisco Globe, seys:
0n the eernest representetions of Senetor
Gwin end your Representetive, C. L. Scott,
the Poetmester-Generel, has opened e mail
route from St. Joseph's, Missouri, to Ple
cerville in your Stete, via Selt Leke, south
of the Humboldt end Carson Valley. The
meil is to be cerried weekly in four-horse
coechee, end the contrector isto commence
on the first of July, 1858. He hee given
e new contrect for mails from Independence
by Albuquerque, through Tnlere Velley
to Stockton, monthly. et $150,000 e yeer.
There is eleo to be e branch from the mnln
route to Plecerville, in four-horse coechee,
te Sheets, end another along the old trail
through Nobles’ Fees to Oregon. Thus it
will be perceived that Celifornie is not for
gotten by the preeent Administretion, who
heve done more towerde her meil facilities
then eny preceding one. The trip from
St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sell. Leke ie to
be mede in eighteen deys, end from Sslt
Lehe to Plecerville in twelve days. The
contractors ere enterprising men, end will
put it through regnleriy. The greet ever
lend meil contracted for lest yeer, will be
reedy to go into operetion in eccordnnce
wilh its provisions, end the contrectore are
desirous of eetebliehing e telegreph along
the reed, eeking only n smell subsidy from
Congress, and which no doubt they will get
in preference to the terms proposed by o'-
Reilly end his wefrms. Uncle Sem will
thus pey for the overland meill npwnrds, I
think, of $1,500,000 per eunum,and help
for the construction of e telegraph to your
‘Stete, end 1 must eey that the Postmeeter-
Generel evincee every disposition to benefit
the interests thereof, end has responded to
every suggestion made by Senetor Gwin to
that end. ‘
l I understand that. a. pan. of your delegm
Ition as opposed to Any awards or contncu
for mnila by sen, and I think from I“ [can
glnn, (list it is not. likely an ill be mule.
Tho contact with the Pacifi Mnil Smu-
Ihip Company, which soon 9 pirea, u well
nib-t with the United Sum Mail Com
plny, will not, in ihe presonu condition of
the trensury, be renewed.
LlEl’T. Bnu's Exrlnmox.——The Wu-
Depnrtmeut has received dispuchu from
ILiam. Bale, dued u Knnsu City on the
‘ 23d ull. Liont. Bod. reports the complete
success of ‘he Fort. Defiance and Colondo
ngon Road Expedition, nnd of its pne
(iclbilily during m. winter months Hel
speaks in high terms of the cnmela, ‘
mm Road ls wssslsgus‘
l h- M Walla-VIII: l 0
Mints-,0- theliner almond—i
Gold Discoveries in Washllslol Territory. 1
The following letter, published in the l
New York Journal of C'mnmrrc, in com
mercial and business matters one of the:
most reliable papers in the country, will he i
read with interest at this time, as tending‘
to confirm the reported gold discoreries in;
Northern Oregon and the British posses-‘
sions, and also conveying intelligence of the!
Government’s intention to construct an Im-i
migrant Road over what is known as the!
northern route leading through “Mollin's:
Pass." In a conversation with Liantl
Mullsn, who came on from Washington in‘
the Sonora, we learn that oilicinl advices;
had slrendy reached the Capital of the ex-l
istenco of gold in these new placers, and
that it is fair to presumes large population
will soon be attracted to that region. This
gentleman, one of the most active and em
‘ cient oificers in our army, proceeds to Ore
, gon on the Panama, now awaiting the ar
rival of the Columbia, nearly due, before
sailing. With the filling up of this vast
realm at the north, and the construction of
a wagon road over a route so eminently
practicable, who shall say but the present
improvement will he the forerunner of the
Pioneer Railroad to connect the Atlantic
and Pacificf—San Francisco Times.
Wasumoron, March 31, 1858.
The Secretary of War has issued orders
to Lienl. John Mullan, U. S. A , to pro
ceed immediately to the Columbia River
and organize a force to commence at once
the work of opening a wagon road from
Fort Walla-walla, on the Columbia River,
to Fort Benton, on the Missouri. Lieut.
Mullan will, in pursuance of those ordsra.
leave in the California steamer of the sth,
and proceed with all possible dispatch to
the field of operations. lie will reach the
Columbia by the Ist of May, end expects
to have his force organized so as to com
mence work by the Ist of June. His plan
of operations will be to {push forward with
a train of wa cm as rap dly as possible, so
as to reach ligort Benton by the lat of Oc
tober, when, after reporting progress, he
will return over the same route, audthencs
proceed home "'4 San Francisco and Pans
ma, and reach Washington in January,
1859.
i The intention of the preliminary open
ltionl in to demonstnte the perfect fauibili
t, of the route, Ind to open I Inmmer trail
for emigrant;
The road will be syltemntically comple
ted, it being the intention of the Govern
ment to nuke it n lint clue road.
The importance of this roud to emigrant:
cannot be too highlf estimated. It will
term the connectln ink thnt will join the
military road drug] made from Walla-ul-
II to Puget Sound, and the route down the
Columbia, with the emigrant roads elrendy
extended as far In Fort Bentgnt from the
Eastern Staten.
The Thirty-Third Congress ‘mede an ep
proprietion or this militnry rond, but no
action was taken upon it, until the atten
ien o! the present Secretary of Wnr was
directed to its great importance by Gov.
Stevens, the de egate n Congress from
Wuhington Territory. Secretory Floyd
At once new the ndventoge which.this road
would sflord to the Government and coun
tryl not only in e militery point of view, ee
forming e menus of communicating with
our remote northwestern possessions, but es
opening n direct and eeey route for em!-
rents desirous of proceeding to Oregon or
sVeehingtou Territory. He accordingly
ecceded to the views of Gov. Stevens. end
promptly issued the requilite orders.
Lieut. Mullen is well and fevornhly
known to the public es having been connec
ted with Gov. Stevens’ greet survey for the
Northern Pacific Reilroed, during which he
discovered the celebreted pus through the
Rocky Mount-ins, between the heed weters
‘ef the Prickly Peer Creek on the em and
the little Bleckfoot river on the west,
known as Mullen’e Pass, and through
‘which the road is so euy thnt Lieut. Mul
len in his report seye he posed over it "in
e wngon with his horses on e trot.”
The energy, experience end intelligence‘
of Lieut. Mullen ere sufllcieut guereutees
thet he will perform the duty unsigned himfl
promptly and efficiently. ‘
The result of the operetioue on this roed‘
during the comiuweeon they be looked
lorwerd to with interest, ea it will demon»
etrete the good judgment of Gov. Steveue
in proposing thet the work be epproeihed
et once from the Pecific, rether the by
the usuel tedious end expensive operations
of commencing such roede from the eastern
eide of the Rocky mountains.
fled the Government determined to com
mence the work at Fort Benton, the whole
of the coming eeeeon would have to he
need in getting forward the neceuery
equipments end subsistence. By adopting
the present plan, a saving of et least one
yeer'e time will be edected.
' The last mail from California broughti
advices from Washington Territory, show
ing that an immanu deposit of gold had
been discovered in the region extending!
from Fort Colville lo the head watera of
‘Frazer’a River. A latter from Port. Town
‘lond, W. T., to Hon. Isaac I. Steruna,
dated Feb. 11th, 1858, says: “Already
aornc thirty pounds of gold (360 or.) have
been brought to Victoria, (Vancouver’s
Island.) and everybody is making arrange
ments to go to tho minu.
‘ Gov. Dough: hu gone up to Frazer’s}
‘River to visit the wing, and appoint tax
'collecton to issue licenses. The Hudson‘
Bay Company’s steamer hn gone up with’
tools and provisions for the miners. The
Hudson Buy Company hue been and are
now making grant prepnntions to make
‘Frazer’a River the thoroughfare. But if
the people of Bellinghlm Buy will only“
look to thnir interest, Mal must be tlnel
, ~~-~--»W
starting point, as Thompson River, Where
they ore mining, is 150 miles from you
Hope, on Frazer's Rim-r, and bad uni”.
tin; np tho river to it, \\i.il<v from 134;,”
bun Buy ”my can puxl» ‘iir-i” "
In the vicinity of For: Univ; is, Antoine
Plunte, u settler who resides on the L‘tzur
d’Alsne river, and personally known to
,Gov. Stevens, took, with a simple rocker
four thousand dollars of gold in two '..h:
1110 was assisted by one men only. They
,csrried their gold to the Dulles, when they
‘pnrchnsed n quantity of tools sud 9,9,5,
lions, and again left for the mines. A cor
lrsspondent of the Oregon m... "it“
ltbut the gold was very pure, and of coarse
Igroin, nod entirely satisfied the most incred.
.ulous of the immense deposits of gold in
lxhe Northern part of the Territory.
I An English house of large on itsl heve
,estsblished themselves It on §)isoover,
lfor the purpose of engaging in the up..- Ind
lumber business, and are about erecting .
mill and suitable buildings for coudletlng
business on on extended scale. The EBB“
lish government have long known the in.
portancs of the timber of Washington '1‘»;
ritory for masts and spurs, as well “NM
timber and deals. And the sttentlon of
our Government has been called to eh. i...
portance of establishing is novel depot on
Puget Sound, to collect materials noted
for our vessels in the Pacific; sud d” the
necessity of making some reservstieu a
timber {or government purposes, so the 9.
may not be cut 03 by every strsnger who
chooses to do so. A depot for con], mad
for navy timber, will undoubtedly, «slang,
be established at some suitsble plea, on
the wutcrs of the Sound.
FLomm INDIAN Wm —-Acconnte from
the Key West to the 21st stlte that there
is at last a prospect of the Indian VII in
Florida being brought to n conclusion. The
Arkansas delei‘ntion of Seminolu had I
talk with Billy owlogl ou the 16th, when
Billy expressed his determinetion to lccept
tho ofl'er of the Government. to remove
westward as soon I! it wn mode In due
form—thnt is, u noon at the money 111
pleced in his hands. it won thought thnt
Sum Jones, the bend of the var party,
was (loud. The Indians would not, how
ever, ”knowledge it. Another tolk In
to take plnce on tho 19th.
nMonli-te tell us to forget on well u
forgive. This is not good udvice. We
should forgive freely, bntroumnber no u to
guard Against injuriee in future.
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FOR SHERIFF.
\\We no euthorind to announce our old Hound
fnlthful citizen WHITFIELD KIRTLEY. u t on
didnte for Sherilfo! Thurston county “Moot to the
decialon or the Democratic County éonveutim. Ir.
Klruey in one at the lumen of our county. end will
and a bout u! friend-Tu the comlnl enve- '
, , , __M
FO3 COUNTY IIIDI'NB.
The friends 0! RICHARD LANE mm 111-I II
n undidnte {hr County Andltor of Thnntou county,
mmectwlhedeeulononhebmocnuec‘dycoo
vent on.
Mr. LA" il a gentlemen 0! Merlin hyrfl Ind
eminently qunlllied to perform the (Inge- m’ému.
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DEMOCRATIC NOTICE !
The Centre] Demoentin Committee [or CLARKE
COUNTY, W. T., hereby give notice mm never-i
preciucu of aid County that they hove celled n
A DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION,
to be held at the District School House in Venoouver.
st 10 o‘lclock ;. nth” ”TUBgAY, the I‘ll fly oi
Inn, 868 or I ate a no nibble
pemm to all the ”333 ohm tom a 11.
next ennnel eleotlon, end to do loch m bed-e
--u my be flanked. The Committee heve not It
Vnnwuver. an n maturity of then: hue Agreed I“
hid down the following on the upmlonnent 0! rep
rusentelion from etch nciucl to Ono-z Conval
tiun, ukin the vote of Int year for Del to Cou
gmn ” n genie. end mnlinn due Allow-nee the the.
voting out of their preclnotn. to-wlt : .
Vancouver precinct, lo delegom ; um. H
Wuhougnl, 3 ; Pettereon, 2 ; Fromm.) ; hen-uh.
l ; Preston nnd Incumuh. 1. Total nnmht. 11-
Tho Committee recommend that the Invent a
cinch- hold their meeting- ou Saturday the 111
of June. end I: the primary meetim co m I”
importnut, in mqnenee of the electing w POP
eon- thnt uhnnld hilly replunnt the poo-Eek County
Convention. it in therefore hoped the MB
will turn out And Attend than mp.
WI. KELLY
' (‘heirmnn Democratic Centnl Committee.
W
TH URSTON COU NTY
. .
Democratlc Convention.
The Dmocrntlc Centre! Committee {or name-
County, W. T., hereby mpeetfnlly give notice that
thnt the Couutr Convention for luid County will it
; held in Olymp I on
i Saturday the 1 2th day of June,
l
1868. H 'el I: r. 11., {hr the n neofnomlnnfln'
lone gums-hole", the Council,—pni;wcoudldntee {or 0D
‘ House of ltepruentetivee for Thurston county end
one for Thur-ton nod Sew-mm oonuflen M..-u
cendidate {or County Auditor. Treuurer, , on.
County Cummiuioner, Alec-act, Coroner end look
‘oltherlommumynqulntohefllledufiemu
e ed. on. , ,
It I: further recommnded thnt tho Dam, of
the uvenl precincts unmhle at Ih- uul of
huldlng elecllnnl In thtlr rupee“?! ‘l. 0"
SAT RDAY, MAY 29th, to shot lent- to
the mld County Connnuon.
'l'ha ratio of reprnunutlon h: the County Gunn
tlon will be an hentofon—one delepto to every kn
'lmt" cut ln the pmlnct nt the previous mud
e N IO“.
The county of annmhh la Ibo mil] n
qoslaed In nppoint delexnu to “NM the Com-mint!
on the any shove mentioned, for tho nomlnndnn o!
the joint npl’elenlntlon to whlch Ihc and MI will”
am entitled.
Amu ("name 0! an a. I. My slow-
BJUrger of the Contra Emulate.
EDWARD FURS'I'I.
WK. WRIGHT.
.
llm gunmmnu.
A, , ~‘ \AMA/‘I‘AWA/‘J‘A ‘ r”
100 Head of Cattle for Sale!
WllJ. BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION I‘o
the high.» bidder for cull. man hau- 0' 1"
W. Glunow, Tenuquot Prllfle. Thnnton Coil”: 1'
miles from Olympln. on the
Nth day of June, 1868.
one hundred hand of cuttle of the (ouowlnl (10-1"!”
tion :
20 good Amcn‘un cow- nud rains ;
lo half Spanish cows nnd ulna ; ‘
6 MS yoke oxen—three young yolw—d. snd
yenrx old '.
20 two yen: old Ike?! ;
10 one you old IWI'I ;
10 out you old heifer-u ;
1 three you old llurhuu hullmud 10 or '5 9°"
wattle.
l‘mpcrtv dr‘.ivurd nu day of snlr. Sale to will
unmet: I! ll o‘clork
l A. k (L.
1 ":3“ (owlllz Landing