Show from froin oregon it la is conceded that stout dem has been elected to congress by 16 majority all the returns are official except from coos A contemplated affair of honor between dr J L coombs and garber of or the army was prevented at corvallis Corval hs july 30 by the arrest of the parties by the sheriff bonnycastle astle has returned to portland la nd from camp on crooked river where he be I 1 left eft capt wallen lie he reports the road excellent from that point to the columbia river which is between john days and De rivers capt wallen is is now en route to utah by b way of f what is is termed meeks cut off no doubt exists in the mind of the lieutenant that a good wagon road will soon be 0 opened nel from croo crooked ed river to the columbia an indian near the mouth of snake river known as the dreamer evidently a cunning knave has caused much excitement among among the indians even as far as colville by the character of his dreams and has become an 0 object of much interest with his ignorant and superstitious fellow sava savages es already he ha had gathered quite a numae number ae of followers follower S a and a his dreams all tending to increase ins his influence and aggrandize his suite 1 were also of a character unfavorable to friendly relations with the vb ites hearing I 1 this colonel wright in command at walla walla directed his arrest and the dreamer is is now in the guard house at that post I 1 as we are informed by mr seymour of seymour I 1 gos cols express to vi whom hom we are also I 1 indebted for the information that antoine 1 ravel a well iv ell informed and reliable person in such matters had come into walla erslon a la with the news that the upper nez perces are disposed if not dot indeed resolved to attack lullau col A P dennison Denni ion indian agent for the eastern Di district of oregon left july 27 for walla walla ile he pbs goes tor the purpose of taking the prel inary steps in the organization tio I 1 of th the Um Uni atillia res reservation rv atlon the reservation erva er t ton is intended for the occupancy of the C cayuse walla walla and umatilla tribes triba bajue of indians by the terms of the treaty C concluded OD r eluded with them a on the ath day of june I 1 1855 they Y are to receive yearly a certain S sum in the e shape of annuities and to have 1 guilt for them one t av a v and one lour nj mill dwelling houses backsmith b ack smith and carpenters shops ete etc there will also be on this reservation reser er a resident physician physic iono ion two scho school I 1 teachers and such mechanics and laborers labore re as shall seem necessary to insure to the i indians n the full benefit of the treaty stipulations it is is proposed to concentrate these indians upon tte tse Re resen aaion i on early in in the en suing suin spring rather father de smet wrote a let letter ter at Alis mission sion S st inatius ignatius in in the bitter root valley on th the auth uth of july which reached Port portland landy says the on the of august lie he reports the indians peaceably disposed in that section and says that the black feet are very fi frendly lie ile was to start forward for fort benton and st louis forthwith the crops in in walla wa walla ila i valley alley are very pr promising irom I 1 in i ising in and nd the crops generally bid fair t I 1 f furnish ur i a goodiell good bield eld the sea sonis 13 neary 1 a month earlier there than here green corn ripe tomatoes and ripe melons have baie been produced and enjoyed there for some time dead cattle are said to be piled three or four deep at the crossing of john days river river the intense heat beat on the other side of the mountain coupled with the lust dust and long stretches to water has pr probed ved very fatal to stock an t u i just in from that country courtr thinks that the loss thus far from causes above enumerated will amount to five hundred head ile he thinks fifteen hundred head are now in in and on their way to walla walla valley A gentleman direct from colville informs the that the miners we were redoing doing comparatively nothing when aishe he left that the 8 and 16 diggings talked about afew a few weeks since in lu the papers existed only in in the imagination aa agi ina nation tion so far fai as was known at the time of their publication lie ile thinks 3 and 4 is is an average of the diggings in in that quarter though man many miners were confident of striking much better e ater pay when the vat wat ergot down the banging of gec M 11 brown convicted of murder at the last circuit cincu it courtin court in jackson county is to take place on the of august J M esq for a longtime ong ti methe the efficient and gentlemanly agent of wells fargo co in portland has beer been recalled by the company and his place will hereafter hei eatter be filled by E IV tracy MULLENS expedition the indians aas east t of ue the walla walla country are strongly opposed to the lot aaion of the in military road through their country non now v in progress of beina being located located by lieutenant lieutenan t mullen U S A it t is feared that mullens party will come in hostile collision vi kith ith the numerous tribes along st joseph valley dalles journal OF MASON charles II 11 mason secretary of washington territory died at olympia after an illness of three days Ys |