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Boise PCBLISHEB Risky .Haturoat Evkmxg, by ' T. J & J 8. BUTLER, E-litors Hiid Proprietors. TBit MS IN* V'A ItlABLY IN ADVANCE. RATKSDP SCBSCKU'TION : Oqo }c»r..............................$12 00 Six months......................... 7 00 Three months____ .,.................. 4 00 single copies .......................... 50 katks or advertising : F^one insertion one square...............$5 oii^+q.(ton liuos or less) four insertions... $8 S9T AH aHvertisementaofhalf column ormore will he inserted by special contract. !3?" Advertisements, to insureinsertion, mus be handed in as early as Monday, and the num ber of insertions desired should be noted on the margin . ' 1 1 1 v BOISE NEWS AGENTS. Bannock City—H enry H. Knapp, carrier and general agent; to whom all dues are payable. I hi tiers are also for sale at the office of Wells, Fargo t Co., at the Salt Lake Express Company, at iwinnerton's book store and Rosenberg's variety itoru. Placbkvili^—J ames Hawley, carrier and gen ral agent, to whom all dues' for subscriptions arc livable: papers are also for sale at the office of Veils, Fargo and Co. r,»ul at Schroder & Tiner's ,'ook. store. Cbntkrvilt.b—P.W. Johnson, at Wells. Fargo t Co.'s. Pioneer Crt y—A i red Slocam, at Wells, Fargo r C,'| Walla Walla— E. E. Kelly. Umatilla— Z. F. Moody. Portland —W. W. Chapman, jr., and Tracy ling. Official Directory. Territorial capital, for the present, at Lewiston.] tavernor, iec.ofthe Territory, A..A, Per. Auditor, J. S. Marshal, William H. Wallace. William. B. Daniels B. F-. Lambkin, - Payne Boise County— Bannock City, County Seat. 'robate Judge, Hst. Ally., tuditor, heriff, Ytasurer, h tutor, 'aunty Commissioner!, Daniel McLauohlin. Geo. C. Hocuh, W. R. Uxdekwoodv S. PlNKHAM ,X. C. Kellam J. Judge | Frank Moore ■< J. Smith, and (M. Murphy. Bannock Precinct. attics of the Peace, Charles Walker Placerville Precinct. astice of the Peace, | Tnos. H. Strinofiam Ini. RELIGIOUS " NOTICES. Rev. Father A. Z. Poulin will hold divine service t the St. JosephChttfch, corner Commercial treetand East Hill, eflery Sunday,'at 10 o'clock l the forenoon. T, 1 J Preaching will be held every Sunday, at 11 A [. at the American Hotel, in Bannock City. Rev. Father T. Mesplie will hold divine service t half-past 9 A. M., and vespers at three o'clock '. M., every Sunday, at the upper end of Main reet, Centerville, until further notice. ISAAC S. HASCALL. LA WYE R f Bannock City, Boise County, I. T. January 2nd,, 1864. ^ , 15tf R. ii. 0 lulling, ITTORNtfV W COtJNStZLOR AT LAW (NEXT DOOR Tcj Lfvi'8 STORK,) Montgomery Street, Bannock. 9-t f DR. A. J. HOGG, (Late of the United States Army,) BANNOCK CITY, I. T., SPECIAL ATTENTION given to diseases of j women and children. Office at Ohipman's •rug Store. Residence, East Hitt. n7<lm A And I For, You And He A. HMD. D , n J. COTOUEB, ' HEED * CUMMINS. OjfNSELORS AND ATTORNEYS AT LAW Bannock City, Boise County, I. T. U&. Office east side of Main street, between dmmercial and IFallulu streets; ' ; ; ■ -C T Fold and Silver Mining Company. H EED A CUMMINS, of -Bannock City, are agents for the BANNOCK GOLD AND {LVER MINING COMPANY. Persons who ave interests in quarts lodes, will do well to sll at our office and take stock. '> n7-tf A. H. ROME. LS3A1T ffiUOToa, f'm irsiir, abovb Mam imir. M OLD AND SILVER, and Ores of every de (JT scription, assayed and returns made in four ours. n7-3m ROSSI A ROBIE. Iffiee ea Main St., Opposite International Hotel. 8 — J Oaii and examine his specimens of new work, DR. L. WILLIS, Surgeon 0jn& JPentist, Drs. Raymond A Bette. Physician* and Surgeons. O FFICE in the rear of A. A. Store. Montgomery street, Bannock Ci(y. Mix's Drug ■O. I. GILBERT, GEO. C. HOUGH GILBERT & HOUGH. ATTORNEYS AT,LAW. 0FFIQE—Main Street, Bannock City, I. T. Beptemoer 28th, 1863. .ltf , danikl McLaughlin. Attorney and Counselor at Lou. [TTILL attend to all Legal matters entrusted^ r V his care. Collections mete aid remittances srefnlly and promptly reternedl I »>■ Main Street below Wall, Ba&pock City. ltf - , F. MILLBRl . ,,, v <» * { J] Iv Y v at Attorney and Counselt' at have. CJROMPT attention paid to iirofessional bus lT mess entrusted to nie car 8 • '-'bargee reason ale. Bannock City, September 29 ta , 186$. ltf the the en sign VOL. h) BANNOCK CITY, IDAHO TERRITORY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1864. (NO. 15. 1 Sign of the Mortar. T HE undersigned has on hand and is eon-. stantly receiving a full and well select- <| ed stock of Drugs. Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Ac. To which he ' respectfully calls the attention of the citizens of Bannock and vicinity. N.B. Physicians' prescriptions carefully prepared, A. A. MIX., Chemist and Drugist, 13m _Opposite fUelIs, Fargo & Co.'s A. C. SWIFT* J. Miller SWIFT & MILLER. A TTORNEYS and COUNSELORS at Law. il. Bannock City, September 29th, 1863.—lm3 ■68" Hon. C. B. Waite will attend to business for ns during onr absence. E. LEE. H AS an excellent article of VINEGAR for sale at the Spruce Beer Shop upper end of Main Street. Bannock City. Sept 29. ltf M. AINSA, Umatilla, : : : : : *: : : : Oregon. No. 18 Front Street, C OMMISSION MERCHANT, AND DEALER in General Merchandise. Also, Ear GOODS STORED and FORWARDED. Sept. 29th, 1863.—ltf ,h CHAS. WALKER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. C®" Office in the building formerly occupied bv Rockfellow's Express. • "> 4«tf c. C. HIOBT. v HIGBY R. BLEDSOE. & BLEDSOE, io ■ W HOLESALE and Retail Dealers in Gro ceries. Provisions, Liquors, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Mining Implements, Stationery Ac. Placerville, comer of Standefer and Granite Street. ltf . r CREIGHTON & BUTTON. D EALERS in Staple Dry Goods, Clothing. Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Liquors Tobacco nnd Miners' outfits. Washington St., Centerville, Sept, 25,1853—ltf M. KELLY. Attorney and Counselor at Law. P ARTICULAR Attention paid to collections, Office Well9, Fargo A Co.' Jr Office Wells, Fargo A Co.'s Express, Plac. j erville, Reference,to any of the Agents of W„ F A Co., on this Coast. Oct. 8,1863. 3tf U H. W. O. MARGARY. LAW OFFICE CONSULTATIONS EN FRANCA1S, Bannock City, Boise Co., I. T„ Sept. 29,1863__1 JjJocitn. A YOUNG LADY'S SOLILOQUY. Uselessly, aimlessly, drifting through life, What was I born for! "For Somebody's wife," am told by my mother. Well, that being true, 8omebody ,H <keeps himself strangely from view, And if naught but marriage will settle my fate, I believe I shall die in an unsettled state. For, though I'm not ugly— pray, what woman is? You might easily find a more beautiful phiz: And then, as for temper and manners, 'tis piafn He who seeks foj perfection will seek herein vain. . , ir( [verse, «sy, in spite of these drawback my heart is per>. i A*d 1 should not feel grateful, "for better or worae, I To taAe the first boqby that graciously came I And offered those trcasur-eshi,* home-and his name; I My brerthers are, all of them, younger than I, Yettheythrive in the world,and why not letmj try? ) (know that in_busiae3S I'm not an adept, | ^ j,., ! r r ♦ i ac ^ ma < t . ters strictly I'm kept, Uselessly, aimlessly, drifting through life, Why should I wait to be "Somebody's wife ?* ^_________________ de The Mocking Bird—N ot long ago an English paper gave an amusing list of the songs sung by the mghtingale. Every one at the South knows the wonderful powers, in the vocal line, of the mocking bitd. We have heard a story of a bird of that ilk* which is worth repeating. In the good old times in Virginia, (say three years ago,) a planter who used always to have two or three friends from the city with him, invariably commenced the duties of the day in the following manner: He loved a good mint julep or two_say 8 ' X| sometimes—before breakfast, and the first J thing heard every morning from the piazza was the stentorian voice of the planter utter-U ing the following command : " John, take the scythe and go down and mow some mint" (He did these things on no niggardly scale, and scorned to have a few sprigs of mint pull ed.) As soon as the order was issued, the mockingbird, which was well posted as t o the julep process, used to begin "Julep, julep, julep," and so on till John came back with his| load of mint and the old man began to mix. Then the bird would cry *• Too-o-o sweet, too o-o sweet, too-o-o sweet"—sometimes causing the ancient to pause between sips to say to the bird, ' You be durned." After half a doz en drinks, which the bird would insist were "too-o-o sweet," the guests would begin to 8tra ggle, one after another, down stairs, when Mock would animatedly shout, " Too late, too late, too late." And all this every morning through the mint season.—(N. 0. Picayune. A business man who neglects to advertise judiciously is evidently not up with the age in which he lives. He should take down his sign and let some enterprising man fill his po sition, who would make money and contribute towards building up the town.—[Marysville Appeal. GRECIAN MYTHOLOGY. -CUPID. Cupid, the god of [ova, w^s the son of Venus. He was her constant companion; and armed with a bow and arrows, he shot the darts of desire info, the bosoms of both gods and men. , This god was usually represented as a plump rosy-cheeked boy, with hair hanging on his shoulders. The god of love did pot escape the influ ence of the. passion which if was his office to inspire. Enamored of a beautiful maid called Psyche (the soul), he sent a zephyr to convey her to a splendid palace, where he became her husband but never let her behold his form. He sisters, who were jealous of her happiness, persuading her that he must be some odious monster, (he imprudent Psyche toox a lamp to gaze upon him as he slept. She let a drop of the oil fall upon him; the god awoke and flew away, leaving her in de spair. After undergoing, a long persecution from Venus, who had also imprisoned Cupid, Psyche is found by her lover, who had made his escape. Her interests Jupiter in her fa vor, and Venus is at length prevailed on to lay aside her resentment. The marriage of Cupid and Psyche ii celebrated in the palace of Jupiter, and Psyche bears a son who is named Pleasure. Hymen-BCS, the god of marriage, was said t®, be .the son of Venus And. Bacchus. He was represented as, being crowned with roses or majoram, with the nuptial torch in his hand, and a flame-colored veil on his bead. ' MINERVA. • er Minerva, the goddeakof wisdom, who pre sided over the arts And was 'the patroness of scientific warfare, was the offspring of Jupiter without a mother. It is said that he had es poused Metis (Prudence), a daughter of Oceanus, but that when she was about to give birth to her first child, he devoured her; for Heaven and Earth had told him that the in fant about to be born would equal him in power and wisdom, and that her next born would be king of gods and men. Some time afterwards he felt his head afflicted with vio lent pains, and calling Vulcan, ordered him j to open it with an ax. The fire-god obeyed and forth 8Dranff Minerva cnmnWelv arJ.d and forth sprang Minerva completely armed. Like Diana and Vesta, Minerva was a maiden-goddess; her virtue was respected by all. Vulcan once paid dear for an attempted breach of propriety. The favorite bird of Minerva was the sol emn contemplative owl; the olive which she caused to shoot up from the earth, was the plant sacred to her. The goddess was always represented arm ed; on her shield or on her breastplate was the teriific Gorgon's head, which was given to her by Perseus, as will be related in the sequel. vain. Minerva, was the guardian and aider of em inent heroes. She accompanied Perseus and Hercules m their adventures; was the con stant protector and adviser, of Ulysses; and under the form of a man named Mentor, traveled with Telemachus th& son of'this he ro in search of his father. It was with the aid of Minerva that Argus built the Argo for Jason, and Epeus the per>. i j , .■ ^ — I wo °don horse by means of which Troy was I taken. She excelled in female accomplish I ments, and wove and embroidered her own ,h " of ,u "°-- *!:? i "" nKted h,r fav A onte8 amon g wom ? n ln this art. try? ) Arachne, a Mseoneian maid whom Minerva | Had taught, ,.— was to ungrateful as to deny the obligation and to challenge the goddess to a her relinquish her mad project, Minerva ac cepted the challenge. Each wove a web adorn ed with various actions of the gods. That of an Miner . va displayed in iU center her own con with Neptune for the naming of the city at ^ ecro P»» the f° ur corners contained the in traa8 ^° > nnat i° n8 of those who dared to con f end Celestials; olke leaves formed its border - The web of Arachne was filled with the love-transformations of the gods : its border was floweri and > T y- Unable to find fauIt with the work > Minerra struck the artist 8everal blows on tfa e forehead with her «Huttle. Arachne hung herself, and the god debS turned Her into a spider, which in Greek * 8 ca ^ ed Arachne. for As Minerva was one day bathing at the oun ^ Helicon with Chariclo, one of her faTOr i te8 » Tiresias the son of Chariclo, ap P roac Hed the fount to drink, and thus unwit beheld the goddess. As it was a law t H e Celestials, that whoever saw one of lbem unpermitted should never look upon anot Her object, Tiresias was struck with blind ne88, alleviate his misfortune, the god de * 8 S aTe him the § ift of Prophecy, The Bubble Reputation !—One Jerry Thomas, barkeeper of the Occidental grocery in San Francisco, has published a work ehti tied the " Lives of Eminent Barkeepers."_ Bosh! Their lives are hourly published in the police reports, in the midnight brawls, in the prisons, on the gallows, in the wails of widows and tears of orphans, mothers and wives. That's our criticism on the work._ [Washoe Times. A goose lays eggs.—[Lou. Democrat. Well, lay on. We will not break up your nest. And the devil himself wouldn't suck the eggs—[Lou. Jour. " Gail Hamilton," the very sprightly and well-known correspondent of the Atlantic Monthly, is Miss M. A. Dodge. The Result of Street Education— Keep your children off the street. »By what we mean, do not let them make acquaintances on the sidewalks. If they fre quent public schools, you must establish a sort of verbal quarantine at your own door, and examine the youthful tongue once a day, to see if it has not got a secretion of slander upon it. .J Mrs. Careful's little son Manfred came run ning into the paternal mansion the other day, shouting to the cook : M Now then, old girl, let's see you slap up that dinner !" ; f i ■ ; "Why, Manfred!" began his astonished mother, ''where did you learn snch language? Who have you been playing with ?" " Me," said the hopeful; "I play with Dick Turner, 'cause he's a bully boy with a glass eye f That's so." i The fond mother was about to express some astonishment at the optical misfortune of Dick, when the son continued : "Mai I'm going to buy, a plug. Jem Smith wears one, and I'm as big as he." " A plug!" gasped the mother. " Yes, sir-ee, a plug. I've got the spondu lics salteddown in my box, sure. It's bound to come. i..=>:; . : 'v ' ; .. t-.j * The mother at this juncture ordered the youngster up stairs, and sent for a man ser-1 P vant to interpret the slang. Meat's Fooling about Women's Eyes.— Maj. Noah said a hazel eye inspires at first sight a Platonic Gibraltar. A woman with a hazel eye never elopes from her husband, nev er chats scandal, never sacrifices her bus band'soomfqrt to her own, never talks too little, slways is an intelligent, agreeable, and lovely creature. We never knew, says a brother editor, of but one hazel-eyed who was uninteresting or unamiable, and she had a nose as we Yankees say, that looked like the little end of nothing whittled to a point. The gray is the sign of shrewdness and talent. I Great thinkers have it In women it in dicates a better head than heart. The dark hazel is noble in its significance, as well as its beauty. The blue is amiable, but may be fee te. The black—take care. There is thun der and lightning there ! v j ; -—-—r Punster's Catechism— Why should the male sex avoid the letter A? 1 Because it makes men mean. Whal is that which every man divide, but j no mu can tell where it has been divided ? Water. What part of a ship is like a farmer? ' The titter.' ooVnnxo-i *-y.i 'Iff n s What is the oldest tree in America ? The elder tree. What day of the year ia a command to go | ahead? ' - — March 4th. I b --—---- - ■■ - I r Almost Human* —In Shields, England, last spring, a female sparrow was seen to dis card her mate and take another more to her I liking, whereupon the two males had a tercif-1 ic combat, which resulted in the discomfiture of the ousted mate, who therefore commeoc- J ee, human-like, to study revenge. Waiting his chances, he destroyed the nest begun un der the auspices of the original pair, during their absence) and again, when they had got a new'one completed, he served that in the same way, showing a very unforgiving dis do tion. , _ _ _ Gossiping and tattling arise not so much I from actual malevolence as from a peculiar restlessness, common to uncultivated minds. r Enlarge the stock of knowledge, and we re- c move all desire for communicating such trifles E-e j -• V '»« son would feel no pleasure in communicating matters of no importance. f — __ J : Conversation. —Surely one of the best rules of conversation is, never to say a thing which any of'the company can reasonably! wish we had rather left unsaid ; nor can there anything be well more contrary to the ends for which people meet together than to part unsatisfied with each other or themselves. | Secret of Perpetual Youth— An old! gentleman being asked how it was that heal-| ways looked young, replied : " I never ride when I can walk ; I never eat but one dish at dinner; I never get drunk. My walking keeps my blood in cirrulation, my simple diet prevents indigestion, and never touching ar dent spirits, my liver never fears being eaten j up alive. I A bright and beautiful bird is Hope. j t will come to us amid the darkness, ana sings the sweetest song when our spirits are saddest | —and when the lone soul is weary, and longs to pass away, it warbles its sunniest notes, I and tightens again the sleoder fibres of our heart that grief has been teariug away. j It is a terrible thought to remember that 1 nothing can be forgotten. I have somewhere i read that not an oath is uttered that doe. not continue to vibrate through all time, in the wide-spreading current of sound—not a pray er lisped that its record is not to be found stamped on the laws of Nature by the indeli ble seal of the Almighty will.—[Cooper. Gloria Mundi. —An apple grown this! season at Soquel, Santa Cruz county,' is said to weigh 2 pounds, 2 ounces. Its largest circumference is 17 inches. | Boise News Job ©f&ee ... a ----- ----- — B OOK, CARD, AND. JjOBUrRINTING OFFICE -—East ^ill Rannanhi fiiljbn, . , „ The proprietors begleate lo>*nn<mnce to the people of Bannock City and aicinity, that they have a varied and complete assortment of PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL JOB AND CARD TYPES; which make their facilities' for executing all kinds of plain and ornamental printing unsurpassed by any office in the upper country. All orders fori jobs will be executed with peatness and dispatch 13?" Job Work must be paid for before it is ta ken from the office. Id r-r-l— • a up * THE LAW IN RELATION TO TOWN PLATS. 7 ■ ; :*•>* • 1 .it ,T »—h i • Sec. 1., Be it enacted {by [the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of, Washington, — That any person or persons who may hereaf ter-lay off any town wfchin this Territory, • shall, previous to the sal* wf a,1v lots within such town, cause to bq recorded in the-reeprd er's office of the county wherein the same maV lie, a plat of said ttiVrti,' irfth the public grounds, (if any there btf) streets, lanes and alleys,; with their respective widths properly marked, and the Jots regularly numbered, apdi the size stated on the plat. Sec. 2 Every donation or grant to the public, or to any individual op individuals, re ligious society or societies, or to any corpora tion or body politic, marked or noted as such oh the plat of the town, or wherein such do nation or grant may have been made, shall be eonsidered to all intents and purposes,• as > a quit plaim deed to the said donee or donees, grantee or grantees, for his, her or their use, for the purposes intended by the donor or donors, grantor or grantors,' as aforesaid. 1! Sec, 3. Every person hereafter laying off any lots in addition to any town, shall, previ ous to the sale of such lots, have the same recorded under the like regulations as are nrnviHpH fnv roitnrrltnr* tka —1 ~a. P r . ovl ^ e( ^ f° r recording the original plat of said town, and thereafter the same shall be considered an addition thereto. I. Sec * 4 - Every person whose duty it may corn Py 7' th th * foregoing relations, , & . at or before jthe time of offering such v at * or r0 ? 50r "* acknowledge 4he same before recorder, of the proper cpuuty, or any ot J) er . °™ c f r w , j 18 authorized by law to talle t " e acknowledgement of deeds, a certifi °i. ' y oich acknowledgement shall be byj tbe °" 1 ° er taking the same, endorsed on or; an " e * ed _ t0 pl at and recorded therewith, j 5 ' AH greets,planes andalleys, laid ° . D( * recorded ia accordance with the fore I ^ oin ^ pxowiaions^: shall, be considered, to all mtent8 a pd purposes, public highways, and ' u jy.P. erson who ma y la y off ,any town or any a ™ tlon t0 any town in this Territory, and n *8P ect or teftiee to comply with the requisi " on * afowaid, shall forfeit and pay for the J 186 of ? 8ld f own > ty eTe ry nionth he may de lay a compliance with the provisions of this act » a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than five dollars, to be recovered by civil action, in the name of (he treasurer of the^county. " Passed January 23d, 1858. In Luck—As a general thing, the miners of thn upper eountry have been Tu luck during the last year, and we have .yet to meet the first man from the mines wlio was dead broke. | of her seasons, those of out citizens who had means at their disposal, were run down? I b y applicanta to assist them oi» their travels. I Scarce a day passed a year since, but the. writer was importuned to aid the poor arid unfortunate in getting' free passage 1 to Port I land ; This year wb have not. had a single appUeant of the kind. The reason is easily understood. The miners have all been in J lii«k, and having means of their own, scorn t0 for charity—[Mountaineer, . ~ZZ~ —"* A Man or Wonderful Sense. — A diatin , d Frenchman, whose brains must line His pa.ate, says: " I regard the discovery of r, as 8 *** more interesting event than the discovery of A star, for we have always stars enough,- but we can never have ; Too I di «H e « i kdd I shall ndt regbrd the ari en0 ® 88 «ufficiet»tly honored-for Adequately r *P re, ® nt ®u> until I see a cook in the first c a8M of institute. At th . n.iu,, . afa tn ~ ... „ &Mtg&SSISi T 1 f some places between Dalles and Uma- ' tilla ice has formed to the thickneaa of three ! inches. The river is liable, to close up any day.— [lb. ■ -—— - ■ -—— - A Sight AYjWashoe—O n Saturday night» l** 1 we #aw around the stove at the theater , warming themselves, no less than five men | w ho had each killed a man within the past two months—[Virginia City Bulletin. ■' i .tt-m! .vf! .t Honey Lake Valley*— ^corss of little shanties have gone up in Honey Lake Valley lately. The explanation is that the Govern ment survey has just been made; and aettlera have been pre-empting, j Xhere are lt600 colored odd F# , ]ow , ^ I the United States. They have no connection with the Independent Order of Odd Felldwa, ^bUjmed their charter from the United | ^ rder 0 * England. I The organic law of Nevada provides that every citizen to be an elector shall pay a poll j tax of $2 ; for a registry law; and the sold- 1 iers may vote out of the State. 1 i A WEALTHY citizen of St. Louis offer, to bet ten thoufland dollflr8> that Gen> Grant w y| be tb , Qext p Msident of the United Statas Rev. Father Fierneus has been appointed permanently the pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Fettling Qt | egon. The Bulletin says 35,000 pounds of pea nuts were grown in Yolo county this year.