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About The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1865)
lailgPonntahufL WILLIAM, if. KKWM.lt. FRIDAY; MOUSING. AUGUST 25, I8ii5. CANYON G1TT PICKLES-No. 6. BI JOBlf SMITH, OUTLEH1. Hobatio L. Jonrs, a well-known express man, and formerly on tho line between the DHe8 and Canyon City, died at Rocky Bar, Soatb Buise, on tlie 16th inst. The deceased bad bis faults, as who has not, but outside these be was-' a generous-hearted man, ever ready to do a kindly act. Peace to bis ashes. Eastibh News. The Oregoniari bas tole- grapbic dispatches from the East to the 16th. The work of reconstruction is progressing steadily and satisfactorily. A large number of Southern rebels are said to be enlisting .under Maximillian ;. this wy- his forces have been tery materially- recrniti'd. , , Treaty' with Paulina. The Jacksonville Sentinel says Superintendent Huntington has succeeded in making a treaty' withTaulina, tbe ereat Snake chief. Tbe stipolation on - tbe part of the Government is, 5000 a year for the first five years, and $1200 a year for fifteen yeirv The Superintendent deserves great credit for the energy be has exhibited in this whole matter. i r New DiOoinos. Wo have a report that new-and rich mines have been discovered in the Blackfeet country. ' The report reached Walla Walla, and caused quite an excite ment." Large numbers wero preparing .to leave for the new diggings, and it is said that five hundred animals, loaded with pro , visions, will start out, from Walla Walla be ' fore the close of this week. As Old Friend. We were more than ' leased yesterday to take by the hand our old tiend E. L James, who is known to the whole country as a pioneer ex.n-S9man. Newspaper readers.will recollect that Mr. James' name t has been mentioned in connection with a .hooting affair which la'ely came off at Idaho Citv. in which ex-sbeiifr Pinkham was Killed - Hismanv friends will be pleased to know that on a full examination, it was shown that he bad not the most remore connection wi'b the . unfortunate affair, and that he was honorably The Judee and Prosecuting At- ' torney congratulating bim on being exhonora t.A r. ,m n hlmn. The result i9 only what we exnected. From our knowledge of the man, both here and in California, w were 'onvlnced that no crime could be laid to bis - charge, Db! Taubot, a furmer resident of tbe Dalles, died at Boise City, on tho 17th inst. Dr. T. . ..II known in this State and California, and wherever known was highly esteemed A a medical roan be stood at the bead of his ' orofession. and certainly his success as a prac titloner was all that tbe most ambitious could have desired. In the private walks of life be malutained tbe character of a high toned, christian gentleman, ever ready to re- th dUiressed or aid the worthy. Out alrle his orofession. he was a man of more than ordinary attainments, and as such bis conver sation was at all times calculated to instruct as well as entertain. In the fullness of years, and far from home be was called to rest, but - although comparatively among s'rangers he was surrounded by those who honored him living and mourn him ne1. Military Road prom Fort Dam.8 to Fort Boisi, The importance of opening a road from Fort Dallos to Fort Boiso, in a military ' point of view, as heretofore been "overlook ed ' It is evident that for years to oome mil itary posts must be kept up in tbe Boise and Owyhee country, as a protection against In dian outrages, and to Bhip supplies to these . points by a circuitous; route. is not to be ' fiougbtof. We are quite sure that if proper representations be. made, at the- next session ' o Congress, an appropriation, either of money or lands, or both, can Be secured Tor for the purnoso of opening the road. We have It on competent authority, that the Do- ' partmeut Commander, a gentleman who i has spent several years in traversing the Oountry, favors the proposition as a measure tf wnnn'ini to the Government. ' Referring to the proposed road, a high military author ity says : "The figures will show that a good ..riuut from Fort Dullej to Fort Boise in the itm nf triinanortntion of army supplies and ' troops, will in two years save the General '' Government a sum sufficient to make the -j pi with thin rnnd finished and in working order, the Salt Lake mail would find its termination at the D-lles, and the .UU ntunlrtf hevond WOUld look tO tlllS S' olnC as the base of supplies. Wo have ere outlined a measure in which the whole ' oonntry Is interested, and we bavo only to hope that It will ne ibkbu iw v, pressed to an early completion. LIVBLT. - ; Canyon City is crowded just' now, and very lively. Taking my usual stroll, about 11 o'clock this morning, before breakfast I saw three live merchants, all busy, of course. Bruner was lying on the counter, tickling bis cat under tbe tail with a straw. Mc5e mara was sitting at the breakfast table, pick ing bis nose with a fork I Feishheimer had finished his breakfast, and sat at the table quietly paring his toe nails with tbe butler knife I The Middle Fork is sapping all of the vitality out of the Canyon. My young friend at the San Francisco Store, please take warning before it is everlastingly too Into. A merchant sold a pair of shoe strings last week, and went to . bis drawer for tho change, but the thing bad rusted in its place from idleness, and he had to use a crowbar to open it. He remarked en pattant to bis customer that we didn't have dull times here much, but over at Owyhee they had it bad. Something like tb maa. with the mosquitoes. However, we aspectKo be all right again as soon as thos recover who are down with tbe Middle. Fork fever. .? appreciated. ' The masMi, or lliera-usses just as you are disposed to set tbe type at last begin to appreciate pickles. Tbe news boy cries picidos -up and down town' on stage dy, and everybody buys 'em. Tbe fools I I begin to' .get "bonusscs, too. Bob sharp, the butcher, threw a shank bone at my bead yesterday, which came in about an inch of laming us for'jjood. Davis held his fist out for me to rep e my nosepn, and emphati cally declared that I Was'tbe d nde-t liar in the state, li is bonus ccne in the way ot compliments, for.it is surely a compliment 1 1 be considered superior in certain tbings to the editor ol the Mountaineer and I'rea dent o the Navigation Company. A certain French lady also loaded ine down with com pliments, and took a handlul ot my hair aB I stalked precipitately away. 'She wants it tor a keepsake, ot course. iUuy she wear it next to her heart, Ac., ic, forever and for ever, is the tondest wish ot tbe pickle- makorl Judge lull was also very kind in offering me his stick, but you see I didn't like the looks of bis personal pronoun, ttnd declined. Wunch wanted to shake me, he Buid, but I was in a burry, atod didn t offer my band. He seemed to want to press the matter, and l leit. ll was past lour o clock and I outran him. I want bim to know that I am to be well taken belore shaken. . P1IUNN. ' While playing mumble-peg, yesterday, with the boot-black and tbe principal law yers and doctors of tbis place, tbe following puns were sugge.-ted i ., Dr. Dunbar. Why is a young man's love like a can of camphene i Atuwtr. Because it is (pure lie) puerile. Mr. WhiUcy. Why do beans and bacon serve a young lady like frontier lifer Answer. Because tbey make her very as-tute. Di. Ourley. Why is Dead-beariVs code, whenjn operation, like a young ludy going down stairs on her atl-tours t Answer deferred till next pickle. Get ready to Inugh, because it is rich, you bet I Of course the above examples are very poor pickles, but then you must remember that tliry were mude by very poor men. Besides, this is a devilish poor place, and poor jokes for poor folks is only fair. Tbe soldiers como to town yesterday, and of course the Indians are about again.- last night tbey stole about twenty bead ot noises trom.th French Milk U mch, only a mile from town It was very unkind for the soldiers to come here, because the Indians were bad enough as it was. Some wag made tho above sug gestion in hearing of Samuel's sons, aud Sam's sou's took the hint and went back to camp. ' SUNDAY " Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." The Sunday law came up again this week, but was demurred to because tlie ex ception of4 works of mercy and necessl y were not negatived in the compUint for do tal secular business. Wonder if Common sense wou'd not acquit any one of the crime, if the matters charged were tlie selling of whisky and segarB on oundayr Tbey are works of mercy and necessity, of course. Now, (J.myon City, allow pickles to stick in a word or two into your exalted ear. Of course you won't like it but that is just why I like to try it : ' Now my de r Sour-doin, in hll this cursing of l-w and officers, and sug gestions of mils and feathers, you are mak ing an enormous ass of yourself.. There are two sides tn tho Sunday law. There are two sides to everything women not excepted. I always h ive, and always will espouse the weaker sido. ' I know it is not popular or profitable, but that is the way I was made, and I would not be altered if I could. I al ways hurrah for the bottom side, that is the reason why I always Bide with the women. I always bet on a little dog in the dog fight, tbe poorest man in election ana ine sm otu be unpopular. Of course I am ofien defeat ed, but sometimes I win, and when I do tri umph it is a glory worth wining. Yet I have been known to go with the masses, or tbem asses, just as you choose to set the type. That has always been when I was appeased. The Mountaineer appeases me once a week to tbe amount of $30,, and gets bis pickles. "Newell is grt, and pickles is his profit." Canyou City can d'i precisely as sue pleases. But to that meaker sido where Whaley stands "alone in his gwl-lo-ry." In the first place I don't know hs Cxnyon City is Any better than other places in the State, nor do I think she has taken but license to be a great del worse. It is nurd to tell where all ye denizens were raised, but to bear you talk one would suppose tbe observance of tbe sabbath as Buprising a thing to you as a twenty dollar pioce is to an editor. Sab baths, my pug nosed idiots, are as old as this Monntnin-here. They were brought across tbe plains by Moses, and over the ocean in the Mayflower, It is trne, you may never have seen one before yon came heres but I should have thought', you bad heard your parents talk, about them, anyhow. O, but, ime one says, the miner wants to work on Stiadays ;. tho noble miner who is "the bone anil .sin-ner of the mining camp."' Now, I really have thought that Sunday was the best day to catee fish on in tlie world, but s for mining or making rails, I never suspect ed it.better than any other. Allow me then to suggest to the muscular cuse, yclept ye miner, that if he can't got work enough done in seventy-two hours a week to just stick a candle in (lis hat, snd work about two nights in six, and then perhaps he will rccogn'ze Sunday wbenitcomes Secondly, this censuring the law, and the officers of the law, Is simply bosh. Didn't you make these laws? Didn't you choose your own officers to enforce them? Did'nt yoa pro cure the seal of the State and signature of the Governor to the law, and then require your I'hVers to be sworn and give bonds to faithful'y perform and enforce?. What are yon talking about? Do you want to rue b rgains now, like a schoolboy in a jack- knife trade? My dear maltreated pntriots, you made asses of -yourselves in making the law; now don't make double asses of your selves in breaking it. If you should, it would be hard to gness tbe progeny. Your officers are sworn to enf-rce this law, the same as that against robbery and murder; they know ni difference, and if they don t enforce it they are either knaves or cowards. But that is enougn to show you that there are two tides, albeit one is weak and unpop ular.-- And dear people, unless PickluB is appea-ed, be may follow his instincts and hurrah for the bottom dog in the fight. You may say that pickles don t amount to much, because pickles are always green, and sour, and all that. -Very well, my dear Canon, put up pickles to suit your own taste, and I shall bide my time. postscript. I am grieved to D id that, some of my per- sonal friends feel offended at the remntks in my third letter. It makes me miserable snd I hardly know bow to make It right In that Utter I mentioned only my particular friends, and had not the remotest idea that I should offend. James Hastings, one of tbe gentlemen referred to, was absent at Owyhee at the time of writing, therefore I did not know it-. I here wish to state that be, as well as bis finances are in excellent health, and that men must go far indeed, before a no bier or a truer friend can be found. I would rather have had mv rieht arm severed thai wilfiillv have hartned the feelings of bim or bis. Mr. Urowo, an elderly and most estima ble lady, was also mentioned by me carelessly In that letter. She may not receive it in the spirit of merriment intended. Allow me to say that tbe marriage mentioned was a thing itiipos.-iole to be entertained wttbout a smile, and that was all it was intended to produce. While in San Franeisco.I noticed letters of ibis style in the literary papers, and tbey were al ways well received and most popular. Allow me to refer my friends to the July 3rd No. of S. F. (J olden jhra. wbere tbey will fiud tbe names of Gov. Low, Sargent, Phelps and all tbe leading men alluded to in tbe same style as that lefer. . lint tbe express ll about clos ing, and good nighj. Canyon City, Aug. 19. I85B. U. S. 7-3 IOAltf.- BY ADTU0U1TT OF TUB SECKKTAttY 0 Tllr; Treasury, tli nndenlgned lio amnou-d the Giiif ral Subscription Agency for the Hale of United Ettu Ireiuury Notes, bearing tvita and three-tenthi percent. Interest, per annmn, knuwn m the 7-30LOAN. Theee Notes nre issued under date June 16h, 1806, are payable throe years from that time, in curre ncy, o are conrertible, at the option of tlie bolder, into U. S. 5-20 Six Per Cent. GOLD BEARING BONDS These bonds are now worth premium of nlue per cent, including gold Interest from November, which makes the actual pront on the 7-80 loan at current rated, including Interest, about toil per cent, per nnuuin, be sides Its uMPTioa raoM siati hd municipal taxation, WUICH ADDS FROM OMI to TIIRM WE C1MT. MORE, according to the rate loviid m other property. Tlie interest is pnysble in currency, seml-aniiually, by coupons attached to each note, which may be cut oir aud sold to any bauk or bunker. The Interest amounts to One cent per day on a note. Twocente . , 100 Tea. " " , JoOO " 20 " $1,000 " Jl ' . " $6,000 Notes of all the denominations named will be promptly furnished npoa receipt of subscriptions. This is THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET now offered by the Government, and it is confidently ex pected that its superior advantages will make it the Great Popular Loan of lie People. Less than (300,000,000 of the. loan authorhted by the last Congress, are now on the markrt. This amount, at the rate at v. hlch It is being absorbed, wlllallbe subscribed for wnhlu four months, when the notes will undoubtedly command a premium, us has uni formly been the case on closing the subscriptions to other Loans. In order that citiiens of everv town and section ef the. iinitry may be afforded facilities for taking the loan. t),r m...l.....i u,.k Hiuia lijinkt. and l'rivate Hunker throughout tlie country have generally agreed to receive subscriptions at par. Bubscriuers will select til Ir own, agents, in whom thoy have confidence, anil who only nr to be responsible for tbe delivery of the notes for whlclt they receive orders. ' " JAY COOKE, Subscription Agent, l'hlladelphla. Maroh 26th, 1864. - BiylKlm2pd4w VXrETNIXJ3I. PiuLADCLPniA, May 17ih, 180S. 2d Series all sold. Commenced on 3d Series. Two Hundrsd and Thirty Millions (a30.0fl0.000) precisely like oilier two series, except noted 16th Jnly, ana Govern ment reserves the right to pay six per cent, iu Uoul uv- I s. 1 . Subscription Agent. Philadelphia. Maim, Isaac F. Block, San s'ranclsco. 0. . Bio. BcuAWiurnEft, Danes. Blocli, Miller & Co WHOLESALE AND DKALMtS IS "Wines & Liquors, . Anil Importers and Jobbers ot ' CLOTHING Hoots & Shoes, llitdei Clothing, , 11:1 ii kefs, etc., etc., etc. ASSAYOFFICE. WE HAVE AN ASSAY OFFICK IN UUHKEUriua wl'h our business, under the entire supervision of Mr. Miller. We make returns in liars in six hours Wi guarantee all our Assavs and pay the UIUHKST OA8II PKICa for Burs. We also pay the Highest Cash Price for Gold Dust. 41IjIk;m, aiu,i,r.n is. myfitf Cor. Main andVaslilngton streets, Dalles. DiNHolutiou IVoUce. TUB COPAUTNKKS'IIIP hcrctidore existing between F. M. HAKB C. M.JlOIIlt, under tho namo and style of 1IAKK. ft ltOirff, and doing tmslncBs at Boise and Idaho Cities, Idaho Territory, is this day dis solved by mutual consent. ..'.. , The Business will be continued by P. A. Hake alono, Signed, O- M. HOUR, . I. A. HAKB. Jnlv'20th. 1866. . . an8-lm ' and est horee in ahorse race. Kgo John Smith, Handsome Kcsldence For Sale fllllK HANDrfOMK ttEPIDENCE occupied by A. W ItuchrttmN, is effored fur rale At a low flieurs ft t privHle reaiUoace. no more denim bis locality could be d quired. The itrouuris nn ornnoiented with shrubbery, and the biUMIng. coutnititngten rooms, U finished in the IiohI style, and utuurttces every convenience. To egen tloinau desiring retired and pleasnnt homo, convenient to business hii opportunity Is now presented that seldom offer. The House and Furniture will be sold together or separately, as the purchosor may desire. Vor further prrilCUmr, liiquirt- n uii6t);ii - WKLLS, VAUGO A Ca'8 KXPKK88 0 WICK. AT OAK GEOYE, ON Monday next, August 28th, M RUN !1 would respectfully Inform the Ladle and Qentlemen or tlie Dalles that there will be a O It A N D P 10-M.O the last of the season ou MOM DA V NEXT. The mod extensive arrangements are twine made for accommodation aud enjoyment of all. A good BAND OF MUB10 will be In attendance, andHEFHKSU. HUNTS of all kinds can be had on the grounds. i!6td. ' -i . Wk. HOXHS NIGH Al'fLKS. ' gentleman, will alwy be poor and ftlway 1 Xlfw ioisi.b fu26tf 0.. Notice l.Qht AttlCN. Alt PKR80NS AUK HF.UEBY CATJTIONKD not to purchase either of TWO PUOM1SSOHY NOTKR, mude by nietoC. M. K011K, and ilalt-d in April, 1686. Paid Notes will not be paid by m for the reaaou that the same were fraudulently obtained. A. IIAJSH. Dalles, August 6, 1806. ' ' " Attorney at Law, ' DALKS, OREGON. OFFI1R on Second stroet, live doors east of TVashlng on Market. '.' - nolT-tf I'll OTOG U li t'ISIC I.I K KM ICSS E?. PaRTtV.8 W1RIIINO l'MOTOOBAPHIO LIKENESS K taken, will oblige by ealliue soon, as I go to Autralia shortly. . v, .PIKKHK IIOLTZ, iy:ll-tf. , " ' Bi-cond Street. IIL.ACK J.IST. A. LOW NIOOBK. calling himself J. B.. W. HARRIS, driving a dray In this town, bas paid us a debt of Twentv-eeven dollara. In ORGKNDaCKS AT PAR. The amount ww CASU loaned on the 3d of .tun nary, 18(16. ,n:4tf AHRA11AMSUN k KOHLBERO. rXl. .A.. H. STEELE, r ACTING ASSISTANT SURGEON, U. B. A. orncs At, WAXDRON & BROS.' DRTJO STORE. -LOST. ! - ON MONDAY NIOnT, on ornoar the Wharf Boat, a Safe Key, No 8066. The under will receive a lib. ral reward, by leaving It at the Mountaineer office. Dalles, Aug. 18,180. augietf