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D. W. TUTO-rT, ^ CO.; Editor- ^ Proprietors. ^ 1 r ~ v'1- ^r^' 'aH
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VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1864. NO. 7.
rt^. ?ay__ _* Sflr_r.T-i business carps. r?Tz _ i. I ggggggg!!!!gg 7
D. W. Tilton. ^ Co., om D. VT. Tung Ben. R. Dittks.
M BLISHERS ASD PROPRIETORS. J .
Office at tbe City Book Store, Corner \Vs of Wallace and Jackson streets. Retai TERMS: ?ard
flour,
One copy, one year, .... $7.50 quan,
One copy , six months, .... 4.00 Z
One copy, three months, - 2.50 JDA
Bates off Advertising. Wa
pro pi
Business cards, (five lines or less,) one year $20 00 frien
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ six months, 15 00 preps
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ three months 10 00 or wi
One square one year, (ten lines or less) 1 40 00 best I
One i-quan> sis months ^ ^ ^ ^ 25 00
One squar*. tliree months ^ ^ ^ 15 00 T E
Quarter column, one yesr, ^ 60 00 A_i
^ ^ ^ six months 45 00 M^
three ^ 30 00 gini,
Hall^ column, one year, 90 00 pairi
^ ^ six uiocths, 60 00 rive
^ ^ three months 45 00 J?,,,.
One column, one year, 150 00 m_de
^ six months' 100 00
^ ^ three mouths, ' 75 00
Regular advertisers will be allowed to change
quarterly without additional charge. Jf ?
Ml bus^tness communications should be addressed
to D. W. TILTON _ Co., Virgtnia City, M. T. JJ
Job Printing of every description executed in s Superior manner and at reasonable rates.
OFFICIAL. DIRECTORY.
Territorial Officers.
OoWKftKOB, SIDNEY EDGERTOX, Bannnck City; A ! gECUTSRT, II. P. FORSKY : I\ Cam Justice, U. L. HOSMkR.
Associate Justice, AMI GTDDINGS,
^ L. B. WI__ISTOX, Atty. Genera i.. E. B. NEALY, Virginia City; Marshal. C. J. BUCK. f Surveyor Gibteral, M. BOYD.
4 rniTOR, JOHN 8. ^LOTT. ( 1
TasAstma, JOHN J. HULL. M
County Officers of Madison County*
Countv Commis.--ioaers, James Fergus,
^ ^ - _A_rr__ W. Stanley, a
^ *^ Fred. K. Rout. A
Prob_t3B Jndge, Twos. C. Jones. E
Sheriff, 9m IhrwTB.
Treasurer, Robbut X. Hill.
Recorder, R. M. Haua.-A*. gjg
Bun icijal Officers off Virginia City. NI
Police Judge and Ex-Officio Mayor, G. G. Bissell. V
Members.of Council, E. K. Wuokbcry,
^^ - Sam. Schwab,
a ^ James Gibson,
^^ ^ N. Ford. r 1
Marshal, Jsrry Xolajc.
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BTSIXESS CABBS. A w^. L. McMath.1 W. Y. Lovell.] pof
Tic _I AT II 4: LOTELL, Attorneys at Law, Virginia City, M. T., will promp- __. tlv attend to all professional business euUusted to their care. l-3m ?
W.J. McCcrmic'K.] [Habbt Burns
KleCOBMICK ^ BTJBNS, 01
Attorneys at Liw, Virginia City, Montana Territo^ ry. Office at Dance A Stuart's. l-6m
VT . MTStA r*?RD,^?rBTPABROTT, L. W. Bobton, C;.l. Iowa. Col.
STAFF9BD, T ABBOTT Ac BOBTON,
Attorney* at Law, Office on Idaho street, opposite j the court house, Virginia City, Montana Territory. ^|01 2-:'.m ^
TT MOEStC
I R^sturant, VirginiB City, Montana Territory. ^ ? 1 Mwle sen-ed at all hotrrs. Also tbe best of hqnors. Jn ; l-3m u
j J B. JUDGE, I
Boot ^ Shoe maker, Virginia City, Montuna Ter- i ritory. The best of custom woik always on haud.
I Give me a trial. l-6ra
j JOSEPH CRUWIT, '
' French Baker. Xevada City, Montana Territorv'.
I would say to his numerous customers that he is al-
j wars on hand to stuff the mouths of the hungry.^
j Give hun a cull. ?~6m ~
J -QR. H. N. CREPIX,
1 Physician and Surgeon, formerly assistant in the q I Hospital du midi in Paris, and attached to the Xew
York Hospital, Xew York^ recently from Dubuque, .
' cwa. Office in Virginia City, opposite the hay J\
\ cales, nanin street. 1-6^* ..e
! cT T. BUTLER, he
i n ^ i P^
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler. Particular
S attention pnid to repairing all classes of watches.
Anv part of any watch can be made new at thi* et>- T,
taMi.-hmfnt. and warranted to give satisfaction.^ A
Cell and examine specimens of Jewelry wade from
the native gold. 1-1 y tfi
?aliforxiXhotel,
Xevada City, Montana Territory. J
(F
] LOUIS BEL ANGER, Proprietor.
i Tlii^ hotel i^ situated on Main street, and in the | J
I l?st part of the City. The table supplied with the | er
[ i b^.~t the market affords, and the ealoon furnished , lt
\ with the best li^iuors. C^
j Rooms and beds can be had at reasor.stle prices. 1 ra
j ('barges for hoard moderate. 2 ki
| FOUJYD. |s^
S A CERTIFICATE OF TEX SHARES OF THE j ^
[ l\ consolidated Silver Star Company. The owner
I by provining property and paying for this advertise- _
i ment c:.n have the saute at the City Book Store,
j Virgini;, City. 4 ^ tf
j J?f ECHANICAL BAKERY,
i Cuver otre^t, Virginia City. M. T. Pullman A ; ?
; . K^iidaU, proprietors. Keep on hand all kinds of l^ro;id, cakes and pies, which aro going off like ^hot cakes,^ at cheap rates. 1-Sm
QTAB BAKERY AIsD SALOOX,
Nevada Citv. M. T. Peter B.van, proprietor.^ All persons wi-hing good bread are requested to ^^ill. Prices low. Also, beer furnished with the _ I host of drinks. Here is the place to got an honeet loaf, a c\ke or pie, and ^something to wash it , ?Jown.^ l-6m 1 j
j?UMBER YARD.
I iafco street. Virginia City, M. T. Jnmee Gen- aal|, proprietor. Keeps constantly on band sll kind; of the best lumber, which will be sold at low
r fates. 1-1 j I
DrsTBBOOKE ^ GLI cl?,
Jackson 8trcet, below ^Wallace Vlr- ^ - srlnta cttr Koutans Tcrrltary.
BUSINESS CABPS. Wri
J?R. D. F. ABGEr! S Five
. -g*Sl!**MteSai Store' Viw^ City. l-ly I>uri
' T J. ROEACoT ^ whlle j
O . in getti
!r rSh^, Str?? Vir?inia Cit? ?olesale and had fi Retail dealers m Groceries, Dry'ooods, Clothing, tured t
r;,?W*r!, Stoves' *.c* Et^ Louis ^inter ^*3t none 0
^ ;^aUntitaro^urlf^rSalebythe? ?erfo
TDAHO HOTEL, ! ^ of som
~ ^ ? tne
Wallace street, Virginia City, M. T. J. M. Castner the fac
00 ?7P^*tOT' ? F?prietor announces to hU old adornc
00 friends and the public generally, that be is now
00 erepared to accommodate boarders by the meal, day e?aD,Ce
UO or week at low rates. His table furnished with the of Ple^
^0 best the market affords. i_iy during
00 7 EWIS A HALE, * the ret
00 Li ' Our
00 Manufacturers of Jewelry, Jackson street, Vir- close t
mi ginin Clty' M^ T^ Strict nttention given to re- entrrtn
pairing all classes of watches, and warranted to of the
g give sausf action. Keep constantly on head a large tnwnrr
00 assortment of Jewelry. Every thing in our line , tU
u^ made to order at low rates. l-3m ror lni
00 ______ _ To fre
?^ C O Li O U ef J9uO would
Se ^ startei
If AIR DRESSING ROOM, ing on
Hair Dyeing and Cutting Done in rnainii GOOD STYLE. Wc
_S TOM. WHITE, Proplietor. one h
3 ^ ly serent
^ ^ return
W. P. SANDERS, ourst
li_f one
ty; A TTORXEY AXD COUXSELLOR AT LAW af.-, JT_ Virginia Citv, MonUna Territory. ~V> 3 ly ' not h^
^ ^ , ^ , for ua
Win. DECKER. ^^^,
^ leave
Surgeon ^9 e n 1 1 s t . us am
OFFICE IN POST OFFICE BUILDIXG. PA- foot V
tients visited at their residence when desired, boats
tf^ 3 cape 1
y. -~ ^ ^ ^ remai
ROATH ^ CO., -^^,
AMERICAN WATCHES JUST RECEI??D DI- ^f S' rect from the manufactories.
Every description of Jewelry manufactured from ^rave
the Native Gold. Call, Examine Specimens, folio?
and then judge. have
Sign of the MAMMOTH WATCH. increl ty. NEVADA CITY, Montana Territory. JJJJ
in, Virginia City, Sept. 10, 1861. Then 3^f,m hardl
Wm. DECKER. WP
j devil.
/ X TELL I G ENC E O FF ICE.\ actio.
___ Real Estate and ?lining Agency. dians
our li
All business promptly attended ^to. Office in gorae Li..] Posf Office Building ' An 4^ tf 80 , ,
,mp- _ and 1
4 1^> J. T. HENDERSON, gghj
^ PAINTER AND SIGN WRITER. ?f'J Office on Cover Street, Virginia City. *nett
rlt^- 5~?m edto
^ LIME AND BRICK. feet t ^o^. venb Col. ^T He ,
^n^ HENRY BAIER. u>rA
5site Also Flue Building, and all kinds of brick work his b done to order. 5 ^ 3m shotf
^ Wm. CHTM?ArETa [jjj
ATTORNEY AT LAW, VIRGINIA CITY. MON- 8evel tana Territory. Office, corner of Wallace and to tn ,OTS- I Jackson strests, at J. A. Ming's Store. ^ ?
4 ^ tf ^ tion:
Shaving and Hair Dressing Saloon- servj
Ter- smal '^ad. MUSTACHE AND HAIR COLORING. Dur
8Clv(
South Side off Wallace Street, Vs. City the f
salt*
terV( LYONS A WHITE, Proprietors. fall is a'l- moo ry. ^ 3 ^ ly WOO'
P. C. CORNELL, M. D- ?
Physician and Surgeon. wat(
n the Office at the Nebr_k^ House, nearly opposite the gout
New Post Office. left
ique, g THE DOCTOR HAS ENJOYED A SALUBRI- 0f d
t hay ? ou? n_(1 succ.?ssfu] practice for upwards of 30 -]
years and as he has permanently located in this city
he feels confident in soliciting a liberal share ol the public patronage.
cular 6-3t was
ekes kcal
S3 PLANTER'S HOUSE ^f
^r^m Corner of Idaho and Jackson Sts-, Vir- ? ginia City, Montana Territory- JV?,
Wm. ^ JOHN A. SHOOT - J
(Formerly of the Planter's House, Hannibal Mo.) ^ P etor. PROPRIETORS.
THE ABOVE NAMED HOUSE, FORMERLY
conducted by Wm. Sloan, Esq., having been o
^ the | enlarged and re fitted is now open with every facil- i con
lished ; jty for the accommo^u^t:on of Gupsts and Boarders, on
Comfortable rooms and beds are provided, and the evei
rices. tar,ie js carefully furnished with the best the mar- tj_(
ket and seasons afford. ^^ ^- 1 0-e
Pn?enrers for the early Stage Coaches can obtain r
coo.1 lodgings here and he wakened at the proper log*
^it -p. ! hour. The patronage of the public is respectfully aud
TU ! solicittni. Wm. ^ J*o. A. SHCOT, dov
jwner ,.f PROPRIETORS. tna
^rtise- ? . ^
3tor*' JOHN S. ATCHISON,
~ NOTARY PUBLIC.
g of | REVENUE STAMPS AND BLANKS g ^;'hot FOR SALE AT ra*
AIXEN Ac MIILABD'S BAN It. C;lj
tor.- VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY. {jjf
ed to ? tf agi
ththe ___ bej
-hi; PEOPLE'S MARKET. Bo,
_ , tor
Wallace St., Next Door to Weary s w0
New Bank. son
i Gen- MEATS, VEGETABLES, GAME, p vd sll Ac, -c, -c If at low STEWART A BALL. g^'
- ^ ?;
' ^\TONT ANA BILLIARD HALL, ou
tTi-'^l Virginia City. MosUne Taritory Schwsb A
eeboltkie. Propvistors. 1 f'^ rn
Written expressly for the Montana Post. (heard
- Five Days Beseig-ed by Indians. We w
_ During the fall of 18^ , I was engaged, 3*4
- while in the employ of the Fur Company, tienly in getting out saw logs for Fort B ^ ^ , and sunse
j^ had a very narrow escape from being cap- it beg ;> tured by ths Indians, and feeling sure that ! every t, none of those who shared the danger will i nieht. m ever forgot the circumstances, I write this ! nigh. _ account, trusting that it may meet the eye nothii of some of my companions, now scattered I ahead by the hand of Destiny, far and wide over to be er the face of the globe. * The simple and un- ! creep Id adorned narrative of our trials and deliv- ' the si J erance, may perchance recall with feelings { ty am ? of pleasure, the memory of our friendships i fbund during the days of our wanderings among [ with
^ the red men. j ]0gS s
Our shanty was of triangular shape, built ? water. j.. close to the banks of the Missouri. The \ down e- entrance was from the river side, the back ( hand to of the building presenting a square face 1 the b 8^e towards the dense woods which stretched ; chose Be for three miles bat k to the foot of the bluffs, j of ou _ To get out the requisite number of logs l vicin' would have taken us about 15 days ; so we i the ft started with ten days' provisions, depend- by th ^I. ing on killing some game with which we ; a skil calculated to eke out our supply for tho re- eipei maining five days. [\y Wc were getting along finely, and had gratu one half of our raft afloat, when on the p0,,T Beventh day, we were startled by the hasty
^ return of the man who was attending to our stock, who brought the alarming intel^ ligence that he had seen a war party of In- If
lW dians, but whether they had seen him or eg8ei not he could not tell. All that remained
for ua to do, was to prepare, as well as pos- ^f D'
siblc, for all emergencies. We could not petui leave by land, as the Indians were between j an(j us and our horses ; and to try to escape on j , >A- foot would have been madness. Having no ^^ boats of any kind, wc coulu not hope to es- 1 an^l cape by the river. So we were forced to ! engc
^ remain in statu quo, and await the denoue- form ment, which was not long delayed. Among . mv six comrades there was one, a Spaniard,
P*r who deserves especial mention. He was as delif om brave a man as 1 ever met with, and had we hone ms, followed his advice, several lives would tjtje,
have been spared. As night closed in, we jj increased our watchfulness, and soon wc i 0T> 1 descried the forms of the Indians moving I the 1 r) * stealthily along through the underbrush. canI The moon went down about midnight, and j hardly an hour had elapsed ere wc became | * j aware of the near approach of the red j ari6' j devils. We had kept ourselves ready for repu ' E. action ever since dark, and when the In- ma] dians with a terrible yell, made a rush for our little fortress, the^ crack of seven rifles ranc 1 Ul somewhat astonished them. Not expecting wc so determined a resistance, they withdrew in t
and left us undisturbed for the rest of the j ajjg(
night. At day break, we all felt like sleep- ing, but, by order of the Spaniard, whom Pcni wc considered as our commander, two kept a w ly. watch while the others sought repose. As the wc began to suffer from thirst, he conclud- cQOj
ed to go for water, it being but about thirty j
feet to the river, and a steep bank inter- wa^ vening between our shanty and the stream, plai Ho supposed he could creep along unob- Qe ( serv'ed, but he was mistaken, for as soon as rork his body was fairly out of the door, twenty atu shots were fired at him simultaneously, for- dov tunately without effect, and iu another mo- tioi ment he was in our midst. During the day CQn fi'S- several attempts were made bv him to get .. to the water, but all failed. * During the lies night the pangs of thirst became an addi- he l
tional source of trouble, and we also ob- hor
ion- served with the greatest consternation the
smallness of our stock of provision?. ' i. During the day, the red skins kept them- l^a selves oat of range of our guns, but when cer :ity the second night closed in on us, we had the jv ,
satisfaction of seeing one of the Indians ^. ^^ fall by the rifle of the Spaniard. After the hlD moon went down and darkness covered the tru woods, our leader was fortunate enough to me slip unobserved to the river, and return , . with a bucket full of the long coveted 1 water. Never did I think more of the Mis- vvh the souri water than I did that night. We were pit left undisturbed during the remaining hours (jrf KM' of darkness. Mn >f 30 ?ne 6econ(j day at noon, the Spaniard pri /the concluded to try to make his escape to the thf Fort and get assistance. He started, and j Th was gone not more than one hour, when we a i
heard him coming through the drv brush wb
and tall weeds at full speed, the Indians v/c not twenty yards behind him. They must lis y*jr- have been determined to get him alive ; fur di^ as he says, they could have shot him several wt time?. bu )rJ1 Things now began to wear a desperate sp Mo) aspect. Our provisions had failed, and the ho Indians seemed determined to starve us out. Hi ,r We dared not leave the shanty, not know- so f?2 ing how rnuny of the red devils we had to fo facil- contend with. Never did I feel so faint as nlers. on the evening of the third day. In the i i the evening, we could see the Indians moving th mar' through the woods, and shortly after they _j >btain opened fire on us. The thickness of the Iroper logs prevented this irom doing any harm, tfully and shortly after we saw them retreating so down the river bank. We were thinking Tl
*^ that wc had got rid of our beseigers, and sc
started out next morning for the fort afoot, but hardly had we left the shanty, when we w T were received with a shower of bullets, J* which luckily did us no fatal injury, only tr wounding oneman in the thigh. With dit- | oJ ficultv we dragged him into the shanty, and j P' made up our minds that we would sooner j oi die the slow death of starvation, than be j ^i :* captured by our saTage foe. Our captain j a' RV then proposed to make an attempt to get off , V by the way of the riTer. To this wc ail ^ agreed, and he promised to lay bis plans I*
before us in the evening. Hunger being j g
now felt much more keenly than ever, we LB tore off tho soles ef our moccasins, which | fi ary's were made of raw bull hide, and being , ^ soaked in water, were cut into strips and j v MB, greedily devoured by tho whole party.^ j d
If such provender did not satisfy our hun- . r ger, it at least kept us alive. Night came j on once more, but the moon shining bright- j B
ly till early in the morning we had to defer , \
o'ur escape till about daylight. The Span- : I w b k iard led the way, but hardly had he left the ! W* fhsntv. when ^the report of a rifle wai
j heard, the ball striking close to his head. *_ Wc were forced to give up our hopes of es^ cape for that night, and next day, we fin- h ished our moceasin soles, waiting pa- Jos. r> tienly for the friendly darkness. Before 4,000 c d sunset, it commenced to cloud up ; and soon town, i >- it began to rain slowly and steadily with . rfW?J it ! every appearance of continuing to do so all f-cn. 11 j night. The time of our deliverance drew | St. Lo is nigh. Soon after twilight it got so dark that | troops '^ nothing could be seen farther than a foot j wise fi d ahead. The Spaniard, after cautioning us Pilo ir to be as silent as possible, led the w ay, and j ed. ^ i- j creeping on our hands and knees, we left j stand r- j the shanty, reaching the river bank ineafe- j rebels ;^ j ty and unobserved. By feeling along we j Mount >8 j found the raft, and by the utmost exertion, Wh^ ^g i with our sheath knives, we cut loose two ' ?ome t logs apiece, working breast deep iu the cold j moved It i water, faint from hunger, the ruin drizzling the de ie I down on us, and each with a pole in his Kansa :k | hand shoved off. The current _flt off from ! manda ee I the bank where we started under. We had } east. ;d ! chosen such a place to facilitate the starting The ^s. j of our raft. We rapidly left the dangerous doubt!
I vicinity and floating along Eilentlr, rcuchei which ve I the fort by sunrise, wheie we wera espied strong i- by the guard, and taken from our Hoku in Gee ?e | a skiff, more dead than alive. May I never Browt e- experience auother such A siege. ^ tie Ho
[We should say one tras enough, and con- erlJ ~j
l(l gratulate our friend on his escape. ^ E_i_or JS?S
g Post.] ? P g jj
t^n ^ Z souri
J Tlse Prlde_of Birtls. plan>
n^ If there is anv one kind of vanity more i ?f or . deavo
essentially silly than another, it is the pride held i
)8. of birth- We pardoil the veteran who per- It i
lot petually relates his story of foughtcn field i0*?*
en and glory won ; we excuse the diplomat CCQtrj
_q ] who speaks of giving peace to the world ; now i
ag. I and we even palliate the vanity which is Shelb
to | engendered by the possession of a fine ?.el .^ , ^ , .... ... part ^
ie^ form, a beautiful face or a musical voice ; \c?ioy
T^ but our gorge risc3 against the booby who ardea
as delights in proclaiming the questionable may 1
we honors of his descent from a long Hue of rectlc
taken
110 titled freebooters, strong armed filibusters, _c j or, worse still, land owning nobodies. For St. L ing I the bumptious air of the latter class, we . Mil sn^ cannot afford anger. It would be laugha- . ? ble if it were not so contemptible. To the | 8tore red | aristocracy of good deeds and unsullied > even for reputation, we willingly defer, but to the i mc.?
multitudinous assemblages of gilded igno- geg ranees, (flometimcs they are not even gilded) Rppe ing we yield no foot of ground. In trade or arms ^w in agriculture, this aristocracy is a most Jjjj tne ! absurd affair. Bar iron looks down on ten-
^p_
om Penny 5 forty-rod in the barrel casts Di
ept a withering glance at whisky in the glass; on S
As the keeper of an eating house considers the , e.w
Ud- _^ r Qr,V^
. cook very low ; even the mule-bestriding wjtu ter- wagon boss scoffs at the muleteer, while the enga sab. planter shrugs his shoulders at the farmer
nh t^Cn:
uu^ of a quarter section. \\ herever we sec an forc,
nt_ attempt to enact the big Indian, we put prist
for- down the actor for a ninny. Not to men- SI
mo- tion the trifling deviations from the seventh
commandment, to which aristocratic fami- Yish
Hes have ever been liable, if hietory is to a la
Idi- he relied on, and which may vitiate (oh, j tint!
^0^ horror,) the stainless pedigree of?a fitz- j ^jrfl
phlunkv or a Yandermon ; the mere fact I T on?. 1 ' em- grcat men seldom have great sens is a a gr
hen certificate that, like the potatoe, your high- ~j I the ly (Jcsccndeu spoon has the best part of jwe ^the unuer gr^un;l' Worth constitutes the cap 1 the true nobility. He who serves his country- B h t0 men best should enjoy their respect in the jj eted biRQest ,leKree 5 Dut> vitQ Pretence, upon She iliB. whose crooked shoulders accident has j pea fvere pitchforked a gilt jerkin, may Providence j n^( ours grant us one fair dealing, aud no more. I era, May wc be permitted to buy him at our | an iard price and sell him at his own. The hand of j oro, the the decent mechanic is worth the shaking, j an. and j The stout fist of the tiller of the soil gives t n we a manly and a welcoming grasp, but the . , rush white ^veal of your two flnge. cd dandy j ? lians voald sicken the stomach cf a man, if the ?_ must lisp and imperfect speech ^^f the creature t ; for dia not act as a counter-irritant. ^ He , reral who makes two blades of grass grow where
but one grew before is a benefactor of his j - erate species,^ but he who rests his claim to ! ? dthe honor on the celebrity of a d sad man is 1 i out. like a crooked line iu mathematics, the now- sooner he is rubbed out the better, even me ^d to for appearance sako.
lt as ^ . (tin
i the Colorado Election Retcr.>_. ^ We clip j dci >ving the following from the Denver News. It | thf
f?h^V ?6 8eeD ?C ?tate ^^ucstion nas j fic
larm ?epn ?ost' ?e ^antie8^ carrying the day, j w?
ating so far as heard from, by almost 1,000. | foi
iking The remaining counties to come in will j,SD'
> an(l scarcely change the figures much cither i '
ifoot, m
enwe wa?- . ... at,
Uets, ?'e append below the majorities by coun- wl onlv ties as far as we have learned them. None un i dif- ! of the counties, except Gilpin, areyetcora- j in,
^ and I piste, and those wo take from the Journal ] ex ooner j of the 14th which has many obvious errors j su an be ! in its figures. There are so many reports I .plain 1 about different precincts, and so many fig- i Mi off \ uru8 make so much extra work to chapge j * r^ all ! ana revise them that we have consolidated jjj
tlana them into counties as below, and will thus j c0 eing I g've them as nearly as possible until of- _t >r we ! Scial returns are placed in our possession, f *e which | Gilpin County Agst. Con. 1029 ^ Maj. j jtf being Arrapaho ^ Tin part,) 3 ^ oj
3 and i Clear Creek, ^ ^ 160 ^ m
rty._- i Jefferson, Co. ^ ^ 95 ^ yi
^ hun- 1 vi
came| Total, 1287 ^ '01
right- 1 Boulder Co. (in part) for Cou. 200 ^ -tl
defer! Weld, ^ ^ ^ 6 ^ .y.
Span- i Larimer ** ^ 8 g fi,
aft the I ^ ; ^ ^ a:
r wai Toflf, ^ M ^ 1W
id. LATEST BY TF.LECK APH. To THE
as- -^ - I hai
in- St. Locis, Sept. 25. riDg t!
>a- Jos. Shelby's rebel cavalry, said to be should jre 4,000 or 5,000 strong, occupied Fredericks- teres ts ,on town, 20 miles from Pilot Knob, yesterday. yoa^ B ith j rfW?jff design has not vet been developed, now, tl all f..en. Wing, co 'amandjng the distr;ct of eignati e\7 j St. Louis, took a brigade? ^ A. J. Smith's ral. I s.at | troops and went out last night and is other- renewi _ot I ?i^e fully prepared to meet the enemy. the ui us Pilot Knob is well fortified and garrison- your et ,nd I ed. Cape Girardeau, on the river, can eft I stand a siege, and the only damage the rg Ie- ! rebels can do, is to temporarily cut the Iron 1 we j Mountain railroad. . .
on, When Price crossed the Arkansas river, . ? ^^ wo ' some days since, at least part of his forces ^i old j moved towards Batcsville, evidently with ^ . ing the design of joining Shelby in north east . * P?! his Kansas, and, with their combined com- ^AJec 1 om mands, invading Missouri from the south wa8__*
3 5
ing The force occupying Fredericktowo is .^8e '
ous doubtless the advance of this column, r\^i
_ed which k estimated to be 10,000 or 12,000 Wlai
ied strong. rem.a^
i in Gen. Smith, with the 15th corps, left ?.uallD v or Brownsville on the Duvall's Bluffs and Lit-
tie Hock railroad a few days ago in a north- . 10 *
on- erlJ taction. Shelby will have to look jf
sharply after his rear. The situation will aOR probably develop itjelf in a few dsys.
It know said that Price has entered Mis- The
souri with a force estimated at 30,000. His mftn j
plan, as supposed, is to control a portion bales
of the State, and with three columns en- It is
l0ro dcavor to capture all the important points about
ride held in the country. the e:
[>er- It is expected that Kirby Smith would vailej
ield Join him witb from l^j000to 12,000 men.
. In Arkansas the guerillas were also con- yr0 ma^ ceutrating for this movement, The column aguii rid : now in the nouth-east is doubtless under mills his Shelby, who has some 6,000 to 8,000 men. were' nne Reports arc in circulation to-night, that iars j
part of the force which occupied Freder- rebels lcc ^ lcktown yesterday had captured Cape Gir- a* tk, who ardeau to-day, but this is doubtful. They banks able may have been demonstrating in that di- The g , 0f rection, but the post is too strong to be fOT tfc taken by cavalrv. \ t
cers> We have the following additional from Ports For St. Louis : chine we Military preparations here are very ac- ?e ra ^ tive. The blacksmith shops have been busy ram>( ' all day shoeing cavalry horses. Ordnance ?^ort * tne stores are being sent to different points and little Hied ' everything is being put in fine train for im- y-cea i the j mediate active service.
Qen. Pike has called all the enrolled Qe S110* militia out. Gen. Rosecrans will issue an tions Jed) appeal to morrow, calling tne people to jeft | le or arms. The trains from the Iron _ loyntain j | m0,t railroad are still running. So far as known r,
the railroad has not been molested. Ai- tcn' Washington, Sept. 26. ~
casts Dispatches from Sheridan up to 11 o'clock p0 lass; on Saturday night, dated 6 miles south of U-0J s the ' ?cw ?ar?et> ?aTC OCi'n received. He had
driven the enemy from Mount Jackson ma_( ?'^g without being able to bring on a general t?at e the engagement. The enemy were moving rap- 809H| r-,. idlv and he had no cavalry present to hold | mal? them. Torbett had attacked Wyckham's y, _c an forco8 at Surrey and captured a number of men 9 put prisoners. _ . wen
men- Sheridan found rebel hospitals in all the e(| ?
towns from Winchester to New Market. ..._^ rentn ,n . , . ture
Twenty pieces of artillery were captured at pj
fami- Fisher's Hill, together with 1,100 prisoners, rate
is to a large amount of ammunition, cassions, jnst
i (oh timbers, and a large quantity of entrench- na2i _. ' ing tools, small arms and debris. No list pjcj.
I of captured material has been received. s fact The small towns through the valley have prj8 s is a ' a great many rebel wounded. {jav hi_h- ?en^ Stevens repcrte the arrival at Har- enjf ^ . per's Ferry of a train of our wounded, with gue art ^? twenty captured guns and _0 additional js the captured officers. jt intry- Breckinridge has gone to take command abl^ u of the rebel department of the south-west. ajg m tue Dispatches received this morning from naT upon Sherman's command states that Hood ap- jty has | pears to be moving towards the Alabama tjjC dence *D ^Te^t force. Rebel raiders are op- c\?\
lore erating against Sherman's communications ove it ^o\it an(? na? caPture(l Athens, Alabama. Vig-
, * ! orous exertions aro being made to overtake r and of * , , . . ^ . , ^ *^
, ^ i and destroy this force. ag ,
I ^j_?g I Jeff Davis is reported to be at Macon. cjt,
r !u Report* have also been received from | it tuc 1 ...^ , r, , 0, | . pen
dundv j^r Ueneial Cauby. Gen. Steele has gar if the keen 8?rongly reinforced and Has taken the tbe
eature 0n7en3*ve- hoi \f jje Dispatches from Gen. Grant, dated ten
where 0'cloc*c mst n'_hti report no military opc- j of his i rations. ap, .; ?_ The above comprises tlio substance of tho 35 I'm to .... . , f. r , . ,. .. u_
man is 'nilitary information proper for publication tjJ( t\ ^ received to the present dats bv this depart- j;f ^,'even ment' ***** STANTON. ed
When the resolution of the late Balti- rej timore convention, declaring that they j thi e clip j deemed it essential to the general welfare : ad cs. It ! that harmony should prevail in the nation-
i : al councils and regarding as worthy of pub- trc n j lie confidence and official trust those only j Ev D ?a7> j who cordially endorsed the principles set mi 1,000. ' forth in tho scries of resolutions which n will |,should characterize the administration of co cither l' 'ne g0Tprnment, was, shortly after its pas- th l sage, read by Postmaster General Blair, he Tl at onco verbally tendered his resignation, m ycoun- which was not formally made or accepted
None until to-day, as will be^ seen by the follow- ca et com- ' ing correspondence. It is understood that p, Journal ] ex-Governor Dcnnison of Ohio will be his m
errors j successor. reports j Washington, Sept. 23.
fig- I Montgomery Blair : ^ th change , you have geuerously said to me more el
ii } ^ than once that whenever your resignation M ill thus I coum he a relief to mc, it was at my dis- itil of- j | po?jj. The time has come. Yoa know j w ,e88'|1n.' ^ very well that this proceeds from no di^s.it- | b ' ' isfaction of mine with vou personally or CI
* officially. Your uniform kindness has been (( unsurpassed by that of any friend. For w you to remain would only make trouble in G ~~ (( your department and in those -of some
other?. It is not too much to say, that in I a X) ^ -the three yearH und a half, during which i w 6 ^ you have administered the general post of- I ti 8 g fice. I remember no single complaint 1 tl
R2ain^,t vou in connectipn therewith. | c
,* ^ ' [.igned] a; MNCor.N. f
To the President : ^
I have read yodr note of thi_ -_^te refer^ ring to my offer to resign whenever you he should deem it advisable lor the pu hlie^ in - :R- i -Tests that I should do so ^ stating that,, in youi judgment, that time had now come. I id. now, therefore, fQnaally w^_er you my re- o- signation of the office of Fostaiaeter Gene-
* 8 ral. I cannot take leave of you without ;r- renewing expressions of my -gratitude for
the uniform kindness which has marked Ha^ yOur course towards me. I n Yours, yery truly,
[Signed] BtAIR.
Washington, Sent. 26. er Montgomery Blair, in a letter W an s^f- 22 ternoon paper says : ith oacr to resign was not made because
ast th? principles adopted at Baltimore veere ^ objectionable to me. On the coYitraryi-it ith was made in S00^i ?h, with a view -teeil- lay the animosities among thi! friends of J those principle* and in order to secure their an triumph.
? Blair, by rsqueet of the President, will remain in the post office till his successor is eft qualified. Nothing has been heard from it- Governor Dennisou, who is canvassing In th- Vhio at n P.oint where tQer* ^^no telegraph- ic connection. No doubt is entertained that he will accept the office.
New York, Sept. 26. [is- The Commerciafi special says, a gentle- Ilia man just from Montgomery reports 480,000 Jon bales of cotton at that city and vicinity. en- It is said that the military authorities are nts about to create extensive fortifications at the east end of the gaps in Shenandoah uld vailcy to prevent further raids. '^ ^ '-Jew Orleans, Sept. 21.'
on- From Mobile the Tritina. brings news of imn a gunboat expedition up Fish river. Saw- der mills, grist mills, a ship yard and lumber ^?n. were destroyed^ valued at a million of dol- ;nat lars. Returning, it Was found that tho *er- rebels had felled trees across the stream. ^ir* At the same time a force appeared on the hey banks of the river and fired upon the boats.
The gunboat Randolph cleared a passage a oe for tho rest of the fleet.
A telegraph cable has been laid between rom Forts Morgan and Gaine.. Tho guns, ma^ chinery, etc., of the monitor Triumph will *c^ be raised. It is thought the hole in the >U8y ram's bottom is so large it cannot be raised. ince ?ort Gaines was in fine condition. Very an(* little of Fort Morgan can ever be made ser- lm^ viccable.
.. i VrcasBrro, Sept; 21.
)lled Gen. Dana has commenced active opera- 9 an tiona in this district. A large cavalry for^e
* 5^ left last night under Col. Osborn, which ,tam I will be followed bv a large force of cavaU ,own ry. The resultVill probably be known in
( about ten days.
. Washington, Sept. 26.
slocK Forrest with his whole force advanced upon and destroyed the Sulphur Springs had tootle work Yesterday. Coi. Pace, cora- K8^n manding at tlk River brielge, evacuated leral tnat p0jat at daylight and Forrest took p os- 'aP^ sesnion this morn.ng. His fores is esti- nol,d mated at 7,000 strong, with 3 batteries. sm 3 On Saturday, in the fight at Athens, 500 er ot men of the 5th and 8th Indiana cavalry . , were captured by Forrest. Us i i represent* _^ t t0 naTe Dutcnered all the negroes cap- rket. tured who wore Federal uniforms. ed at Prom dispatches captured on a Confede- nere, ratc gtag- 0_cer jt appears that Early was iions, instructed bv Lee to hold the valley at all jneb- ha2iirds. Sheridan is still pursuing him, ^ ll8t picking up prisoners all along the road. ' ' It is stated on reliable authority that tho
nave prisoners captured within the past three days will number 3,000. No fears n?ed be ^ar^ entertained of the enemy making a raid in , with Sheridan'- rear by the crossing, through tlonal Laurai valley. 6 It is not believed hce that Early will I manti able to reach Staunton with one-third bf west* his original command. Reinforcements from na-e been gen c to Sheridan from this rieia- ^ aP^ ity and have reached Strasburg. Many of ibama thc rebel wounded who hid away among the re.^P^ cititens of that village have been handed itions over t0 our troops.
, I St. Louis, 26.
irtattc Qn the recommendation of Mayor Thom^ as and many of the leading men of this | city, Rosecrans has issued an order sus- i i?m ! pending all business not absolutely neees- f th^ 8arJ aftcr twelTe_0,ciook to-morrow, for en tne ? purpose of organizing?the citizens fpr , home defense. Exempts are ?requested to >a ten j0jn organization. y ope- Rosecrans has also issued/an eloquent appeal to the citiiens of Missouri to take ot tne Up arms an(j ,]t.fon(j their homes and repel cation tft0 jnTa(ier8 of the State. Officers and sol- cpart- diers n0_ under discharge are also appeal- ed to. Those in the city are requested to Balti- j report to Col. Lc pbld, who will combine , they : theSs with his own troops and form a brig- relfare j ade df veterans for the defense of the city. lation- j Pilot Knob;has been evacuated and the if pub- | troops fallen back to Minercl Point. Gen. e only ! Ewing has 3,000 infantry of Smith's com^ ics set mand.
which Price is said to be with Shelby. Thejr tion of combined strength is from tcn to twelve ts pas- thousand, with 16 pieces of artiilerv. lair, he Their advance reached Farmington-, _0 tation, miles northeast of Pilot Knob, yesterday. ;cepted \,'0 confirmation has been received of the follow- captnre of Cape Girardeau ^ M reported. od that j Preparation? for offensive and ?defecsire be his j movements continue.
New York, 26. ;. _3. The IIeral^Tt Orleans correspondent has the follow in*,: The tr_ae-Mresis^rppi rcb- e more els, numbcring]2o,000, are movmg towards ?nation Missouri.
tny die- The Louisiana Legislaturc meets in tHO i know j weeks. The U. S. Senators Jm ba elected dissat- | bv it will be Governor Hahnjjmd perhaps allv or ! Gen orai Banks.
as been It is rumored tharMaj. Gen. Huriburt d. For will be assigned to the ?command of thro uble in Gulf Department. tf )f some The ZVt^une correspondent lerns from , that in , a rebel Captain, Lee's army a month ngb r which I was from 65,001) to 70,000 strong, including post of- I the whole of Early's conuaaad. Lee was inplaiut j the oulv genirul in whom llieSt ulhcrnpeo- h. i pie had any ronfidence,.bat-Ju* arxaj was ^OKC. full of iisinVted m'on.^
