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THE MONTANA POST.
p. W. TILTON, ^ CO., Editors ^ Proprietors. n , w v ^ ^~ my LOttatry. *^y -ne Always be right, But My Country, Itigat or Wrong. ^ TEEMS: --$7, 50 In Gold Per Tear in Advance
V0L' L CITY OF VIRGINIA, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1 865. NO. 28.
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B. W. Tilton, ^ Co., I
p. W. TitTOS. Bex. R. DrrrES.
ri BLTSHERS ASD PROPRIETORS.
office at the City Book Store, Corner pi of Wallace ana Jackson Streets. oi
TERMS, IN GOLD: *
One copy, ont year, .... |->50
One copy, ^s months, - 4.00
One copy, three months, - 2.50 j
Mates ef Advertising-.
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^ ^ three ^ 30 00
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^ ^ six months, 60 00 (
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One column, one year, 150 00
^ ^ six months' 100 00
^ ^ three months, 75 00
Regular advertisers will be allowed to change
quarterly without additional charge. All bussiness communications should be addressed /
to D. W. TILTON A Co., Virgtnia City, M. T. Job Printing of every description executed in a
Superior manner and at reasonable rates.
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OFFICIAL. DIRECTORY. \
Territorial Officers.
Governor, SIDNEY EDGERTON, Bannack City ; ~ Pkcrf.tabt, H. P. TORSE Y:
Chief Justice, H. L. HOSMER, p Associate Jcstice, AMMI GIDDINGS, 1 ^ L. B. WILLISTON, I) Attv. Gkverat., E. B. NEALLBY, Virginia ;
Marshal, C. J. BUCK,
Si r.VEVOH (iKNERAL, M. BOYD.
Acditor, JOHN S. LOTT. Treasurer, JOHN J. HULL. S^-HOOL SepERixTENPENT, J. D. DIMSDALE, Assessor, T. C. EVERTS. Col'r I.vter.val Revkjce, N. P. LANGFORD.
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County Officers of Madison County. ^
County Commissioners, James Fergus,
^ J. E. McClurq. /
^ ^ Fred. K. Root. /
Probate Judge, Thos. C. Jones. J: Sheriff, Neil Howie.
Treasurer, R. M. Hagaman. ^ Recorder, Robert N. Hill. S Assistant Assessor 1st District, Jerry Cook.
Municipal Officers of Virginia City.
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Mayor^ F. S. Ppocts. Police Magistrate ^ T. W. Talliaferro. Marshal ^ Win. Dbascev. Clerk^ C. J. D. Clbtis. Attorney ^ John C. Turk. Treasurer ^ John S. Rockfellow. Aesessor ^ TnoMAS Pearson. Street Commissioner ^ H. J. Jonxsov.
masonic. ?
Ths regular communications of Virginia City Lodge. A. F. A A. M., are hell on the 2d and 4th Saturdays in each month.
T. S. PFOUTS, W. M.
Alex. Davis, Sect'y.
Cnurch.
Preaching every Sabbath by Rev. A. M. Torbkt. ^ at 11 A. M. at the Union Church. Sabbath School 7 at 2 P. M. All are invited to attend. 1
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BISlM-SS CARDS. Jj
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W. F. Sanders. Jerry Cook. -
SANDERS ft COOK. ^
A TTORNEYS at Law, Virginia City, Montana
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W. L. McMath.] [W. T. Lovell. 1^
MtMATH A LOVELL, ?
/Hornpys at Law, Virginia City, M. T., will promp- g Hy attend to all professional business entrusted to
their care. 1-3 m
^ W. J. McCormick. W. Y. Pemberton. H.Burns I
McCormick, Pemiierton ^ Burns.
Attorneys at Law, Virginia City, Montana Territo- try. Office in Content's Corner up-stairs. l-6m
W. M. STAFFonn, R. B. Parrott, L. W. Bortox, f Cal. Iowa. Col. -
STAFFORD, PARROTT A BOSTON, 1
Attorneys at Law, Office on Idaho street, opposite the court house, Virginia City, Montana Territory. 2-3 ui
f B. JUDGE, A w. b
Boot A Shoe maker, Virginia City, Montana Ter^ ritory. The best of custom work always on hand. Oive'me a trial. l-6m
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JOSEPH CRUWIT, 1 w
French Baker, Nevada City, Montana Territory, would say to his numerous customers that he is al^ ways on hand to stuff the mouths of the hungry. ^ 1 'iire him acall. l-6m J
jyit. II. N. CREPIN, (
Physician and Surgeon, formerly assistant in the Hospital du midi in Pari', and attached to the New ] York Hospital, New York ^ recently from Dubuque, Iowa. Office in Virginia City, opposite the hay K
scales, main street. l-6m
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T. BUTLER,
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler. Paiticular ' sttention paid to repairing all classes of watches. Any part of, any watch can be made new at this es^ tablishment, and warranted to give satisfaction. ^ Cell and examine specimoes of Jewelry made from the native cold. 1-lv
QALIFORXIA HOTEL, \
Nevada City, Montana Territory.
LOUIS BELANGER, Proprietor.
Thin hotel is situated on Main street, and in the hest part of the City. The table supplied with the - best the market affords, and the saloon furnished, j with the best liquors. (
Rooms and beds can be had at reasonable pness. Charges for board moderate. 2
EOUJYD. !
A CERTIFICATE OF TEN SHARES OF THE ^^\ consolidated Silver Star Company. The owner | by proving property and paying for this advertise- { ment can have the same at the City Book Store,
Virginia City. 4 ^ tf .__ '
Hook and nailer Company No. 1.
MEET regularly every Monday, at 7 o'clock, r. at jiiwonic nidi. By order of . r>-tf ; Jon, Bacme. Captain. I
g^ Bl SIN ESS CARDS.
JDAHO HOTEL, , ~~
res. Wallace street, Virginia City, M. T. J. M. Castner proprietor. The proprietor announces to his old
friends and the pnhlic generally, that he is now ,
ser prepared to accommodate boarders by the meal, day lal
^. or week at low rates. His table furnished with the to
best the market affords. i_iv ja]
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-1 HAIR DRESSING ROOM.^
. Hair Dyeing and Cntting Done in co I 0J GOOD STYLE. P^
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) 00 T0M- WniTE, Troplietor. ^^'
i oo 3~1y ft
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)oo Wm. DECKER. 5
> oo Surgeon Dentist. *
) 00 0FFICE 0NK 1)0011 WE8T 0F P0ST OFFICE wit : 00 ^ Building. Patients visited at their residence du^ ' ^^ when desired. thi
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. A MERICAN WATCHES JUST RECEIVED DI C^j SSed ^\_ rectfrom the manufactories.
Every description of Jewelry manufactured from wn
in a the Native Gold. Call, Examine Specimens, 7kj
and than judge. ~
= Sign of the MAMMOTH WATCH, i^t
VIRGINIA CITY, Montana Territory, sjj
Virginia City, Sept. 10, 1S64. on
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y' J. T. HENDERSON, ao,
PAINTER AND SIGN WRITER, hi,
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Office on Cover Street, Visrinia City. na
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LIME AMD 11 R I C K.
bt nc HENRY BAIER. g
). Also Flue Building, and all kinds of brick work U.^ one to order. 5 ^ 3m *fc
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Wm. CHTJMASERO. bi.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, VIRGINIA CITY, MON ?! tana Territory. Office, corner of Wallace and f Jackson streets, at J. A. Ming's Store. ^* 4^ ar mi
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Shaving and Hair Dressing Saloon in
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MUSTACHE AND HAIR COLORING. De
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South Side of Wallace Street, Va. City ca
LYONS AWIIITE, Proprietors. q,
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JOHN S. ATCHISON, ^D
s NOTARY PUBLIC. |
City REVENUE STAMPS AND BLANKS co Vd FOR SALE AT ^ th
li, ALLES A MILLARD'S BANK. yft
VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY. Ai
o-4l ** BET. of
iooi T UMBER YARD. th
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? Idaho street, Virginia City, M. T. James Gen- jn ?^ nail, proprietor. Keeps constantly on hand all
kinds of the best lumber, which will be sold at low T
= rates. 1-ly st:
>ok. ^ ^
gTAR BAKERY AND SALOON, ?
tana Nevada City, M. T. Patrick Ryan, proprietor.^ m
All persons wishing good bread are requested to 80
call. Prices low. Also, beer furnished with the ta
best of drinks. Here is the plaee to get an honest ?
ell. loaf, a cake or pie, and ^something to wash it
down.^ 1-fim . ^l
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,mP- F. C. Corxell, M. D. S. L. F. Ward, M. D d t0 Drs. CORNELL A WARD.
~ PHYSICIANS ^ SURGEONS.
(Successors to) m
rito- Drs. BROOKE A GLICK. *
^^ Office on Jackson Street, below Wallace, Virginia e,
OS, fity, Montana Territory. ly^ 12 ?
Col. ^ '
^n, iriSC OWSMJY HOUSE, g
J*** Idaho Street, Opposite Recorder's c( ory' Office. ft
Will givs Board and Lodging at $14 00 per week.
Any one who wants warm, comfortable and clean c(
beds, meals and liquors, let them call and see c(
Ter- ' CARPENTER. n,
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Virginia City Council, No. 2, V. L. A.
WILL meet every Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock, it
By order of A. M. TORBET, Pres't. c{
:ory, H. J. Paulison, Sec'y. IS^ tf C(
*^ PLANTER'S HOUSE 2
Corner of Idaho and Jackson Sts., Vir^ ginia City, Montana Territory. a,
wm. ^ JOHN A. SHOOT g
T6' (Formerly of the Planter's nouse, Hannibal Mo.) ? >h8y PROPRIETORS. ^
m HE ABOVE NAMED HOUSE, FORMERLY
1 conducted by Wm. Sloan, Esq., having been J ^,,^, enlarged and re-fitted is now open with every t*^1- SS? ity for the accommodation of Guests and Boarders.
Comfortable rooms and beds are provided and the n atble is carefully furnished with the best the mar- *
r.^^ ket and seasons afford. ^ ' . tl
fr Passengers for the early Stage Coaches can obtain
srood lodgings here and be wakened at the proper
hour. The patronage of the public is respectfuU, 9
solicited. Wm. A Jxo. A. SUOOl, p
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JITSTVS COOKE. j
!T0R* GENERAL AUCTIONEER. ,
i the particular attention given to the sale of Live c ?the Stock and Real Estate, sales of Stocks of Goods ? in Store Office at the Elephant Corral, Virginia e
City, M. T. ?m~18 I
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S-?ORD^ A FAl CETTE j
SADDLERS ^ HARNESS MAKERS, j
tore' t first class saddler sliop. ^ V _ .
,7l ^^ CONTANA BILLIARD HALL, k' Virginia City, Montana Territoiy. Sajolski.
vtain. I A Pozuanski, Proprietors.
Bannack Correspondence. b>
[From our Special Correspondent. *?
Bannack, Feb. 9th, 1865. tC
Dear Post :^ There was an attempt made m
last evening to reward unselfish merit, and pt
to rescue from oblivion the unrequited oi
labors of one of your worthy townsmen, ti
At a meeting of the ^ Third House,^ Gov. t^
John Ritchie took the chair, and Pat Ryan B
was chosen Secretary. The object of the P meeting was stated by the Governor, and a
committee, appointed for that purpose re- tl
port-id the following resolutions : tfc
Where as, Mr. W. L. Brown, of Madison county qi
uaasked, has incessantly labored for the benefit of S, the people of Montana Territory, exercising over
the legislation of its first Legislative Assembly a ,
supervisory care, discussing the merits and demerits ID of the several bills brought before the House, and
directing the order of business,; and c(
Whereas, All this labor was by him performed oi without fee or reward, when a full discharge of his duties as Clerk would have justified him in allowing this legislation to be done in a bungling manner, and without being understood, and
Whereas, On all occasions, he has insisted upon
discharging these duties under circumstances which bl
would have silenced that stamp of man cast in the v, ,
common mould, therefore be it ?^
Rbsolved, That the thanks of this House be ten- bl dtred to W. L. Brown, Esq., for the manner in
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which he has discharged the foregoing labors, and rs
that we regard it as ths duty of the people of this al
Territory to recognize and reward these unselfish w
labors. w
Rxsolved, That we rtcognize in the interrup- al
tions to which he was subject, by frequent calls to P1
order, that petty spirit of jealousy and envy, which, tl
in the military department of the Government, has j
snatched victory from our armies on many occa- Q^ sions ^ a spirit to be condamned by all good citizens. ,
RcsoLVED, That Mr. Brown be requested to help 0)
himself to a sufficient amount of Territorial sta- tl
tionery to compensate him fully for thisextraordi- tl
nary labor. yl.
Rksolvgd, That these resolutions be published in
the Frontier Scout and also in the Deseret News. J*
Now, the foregoing recognition of emi- al nent service does credit to the ^f Third f. House,^ and I am glad to give publicity to it. As the end draweth nigh, the members abound in the wit usual on such occasions. There are ^Peanut bills,^ ^Poker Club Jt\ bills,^ ^ Jawbone bills,^ and Mr. Bagg, so a, far rolaxcd his grim visage, as to perpetrate n a joke in the shape of a bill for the relief p, of Charles Trobridge, and another person, ^ members of the ^ Union League ^ in your \: place, for services rendered the Territory, ~ in going to Fort Union last fall for votes. rt The law passed both houses calling an es- a. pecial election in Madison county next April, but I think the Governor's pocket is ai capacious enough to hold it. Q.
Funny and foolish things are being done. ^. One hundred and fifty dollars has been f voted to B. B. llurchott for trying a ma?ii tj here whom Sheriff Plummer hung m 1863, and tf^50O t^ Ilobcx* ii or-jf r,r, i for hanjjiniT a man named IveB at Nevada, in your county the same year. The Historical Society, thanks to this correspondence, is a body corporate if not politic. Divorce bills were the rage to-day.
If Madison county is to send another and like delegation to the second Legislative Assembly, in the name of the Gods, I be^ seech you convert them first to the doctrine of Orpheus and hisjdisciples, who taught that the future reward of the good consist^ ed of a state of everlasting intoxication. In anticipation of such beatitude, I fancy ^ even now I hear these delectable legislators a striking up ^
^When that illustrious day shall rise.^ How quickly they would reform ^ how their mouths would water! How they would smack their lips in anticipation of the un- j( tasted glories of eternity 1 If you will set % before them a heaven they can comprehend, ? no one need have any fears as to their most y devoted piety. Franklin. h
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Editor Post : ^ Thinking that all matters J
of interest connected with this new and ^
flourishing Territory, in whatever locality, *
would bo acceptable to all, I have conclud- ^
ed to spend an hour or so in giving some 11
description of tbe country north and north- ^
east of Prickly Pear, commencing at Silver ^
City, now tho county seat of Edgerton ?
county^ Last Chance having already been J fully expatiated upon.
Up to the present time this section of the F
country has been entirely left out in the ^
cold, although its advantages are equal, if j1
not superior to any that have received so J
much attention through your columns. *
The foresight of 'those who had a voice ^
in selecting Silver City as the county seat, ^
cannot be too highly lauded, both on ac- ^
count of its central position, and being on *
the direct road, (Lieut. Mullin's govern- *
ment) through tho most populous portion of j
the country. .
Silver city is situated on Silver CreeK, j about mid way, with as fine a site for a city as it is possible to select, being a flat
of about four miles in breadth, and eight ?
miles in length. It has every advantage in ]
. regard to water, there being in addition j to the creek, a beautiful, cold, clear spring, with a full sluice head of water at all times. The discovery of gold on this creek was i made on the 1st of May, 1864, but until
- within about a month back, the bars were the only parts worked, and with good buc-
1 cess, but a change has come over the I spirit of tbe dream, for tbe gulch is now nrospected in two or three shafts and drifts, and far exceeded the expectations of all concerned. I was six miles up the gulch j on the right hand fork, endeavoring, to buy a claim, or an interest in one, but they all e ovcrsiacd my pile. ' B The Recorder is working in the largest
* shaft, about four miles up the gulch and ho assured me they had one* prospect of $11
^ to the pan, and that several pans averaged $3 He appears a gentleman, and one who
. would not make a mis-statement. 1 could have purchased several claims atthe lower I portion of tho creek on more moderate
'^About twelve miles north of Silver Creek,
- is another gulch named Pagan gulch, and by others, Pilgrim gulch. It is a very good
, looking.guicb and largo P^P^C*
to have been found recently. There bae |
been considerable work done on it, and all
appear satisfied with this result. In both of mc
these creeks there appears very little desire fol
to sell claims, which looks laealthy. ^
The valley of the Little Prickly Pear is bal
most desirable for farming and ranching trit
purposes, and is occupied by settlers, some ho*
of whom are preparing for spring opera- no:
tions. One owned by Mr. Clark is in a sel
very advanced state ; also Mr. Morgan's, tui
Both these farms are on th*; Little Prickly we
Pear. in
In my next communication I will resume be^
the subject, commencing at Dearborn rvier, th^
through Sun river bouom, and also the ret
quartz prospects through the route from wo
Silver Creek. If you think these remarks coi
worthy of a place in ycur columns please in.
insert them in your next. Traveler. rig
P. S. ^ I understand :hat tbe county re- on
corder is now prepared u> do business. His mj
office is in Silver City. on
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Going to See tbe Indian right. ke-
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The man that ^ struck Billy Patterson,^ ral
brought horseflesh to grief on la-u ^Tuesday, uv
by spreading the report that ^ more as a of
bushel basketful^ or Indian blood was to ]
be spilled on the Stinkingwater, near Lor- crc
rain's. Every available and many unavail- far
able methods of transportation thither, th^
were at noon collected on Wallace street, tu.
and judging from first appearance we sup- f0i
posed that a moral tone would be given to ;
the hegira, but the supposition was soon bu
dispelled by the production, from all points, bei
of drinkables of all kinds to suit the tastes Th
of the drinkers. A little after noon, and bu
the imbibation of another drink all around, Qei
tho cavalcade, consisting perhaps of fifty ha
horsemen, made a break, and with masterly i;t>
* irregularity, each man taking for bis right wi or left guide, just as it happened, a red cape gjr and complete armament strapped to the tit fastest man in the squadron, and caring lit- 0r^
' tie who his file leader or file closer was. fee
1 Reaching Nevada, the excitement and bu
furore increased, accessions were made to m{
1 the ranks, aad moderate quantities of the le^
ardent imbibed. Arranging ourselves in ; nearly the same order, as our increased
perceptions of good order were enhanced by
i by the aforesaid ardent, we dashed gallant- inl
ly away, and after many halts, made for the tn
purpose of reconnoitering for whisky, Eu
reached Lorrain's and proceeded immedi- fe^
ately to the scene of carnage. Li
; We hope no one will be so unreasonable At
1 as to ask us to give any detailed account ca
of anything wo saw or did, but suffice it to Er
say we didn't see or hear any shooting. ^ th:
The fact is, fifty prominent members of w?
ibis community were sold. su
At Lorrain's, when the sun was low, th
And clear as crystal was the flow cr Of whisky, drinking rapidly. ?e
But Lorrain saw a harder sight, in
When they saw all the Indian fight, ae
And staggered forth, each drunken wight j Into the snow-bound scenery.
And redder yet their cheeks shall glow, fa ^ While short and thick, they puff and blow, , as to Virginia, home they go,
Spurring and riding rapidly. an . t cl:
A Wonderful Discoevry.^ From Lieut. J ! Tolls, who is now in this city, we learn that m( , a romarkable cave has just been discovered in the mountains, ten miles north of Fort w* Ruby. He had heard about two months P since, that there was a largo quantity of , ' water issuing from the mountain, in that vicinity, and determined, if possible, to
* learn from whence it came. Ic company V with several brother officers from tho Fort, ,
| he started on the tour of inspection. On ,
* the side of the mountain they discovered a hole two feet wide and three, and a half high, from which a sufficient quantity of 0f water came to run a good-sized overshot q(
j wheel. Near hy, a short distance up, were
[ two other holes. They procured a skiff, and gQ
by turning it on its edge, managed to get it ?
! in one of the upper holes, and work it down jn
j into the channel of water below. They then tn
got into the boat, and commenced explor-
r ing this strange lako and cave. The water ^'(
! was six feet in depth and twenty in width tQ
! where they started in, with high walls of or
limestone on either side ; but as the party m
e proceeded on their singular journey, it in- m
l creased ;n size and grandeur, and having hJ
f an ample supply of candles, which were ri
o lighted, it presented a magnificent and beau- w tiful sight. The water increased in depth Bt
e twenty feet, and one bjSndred feet in width, tt
and was as clear as crystal. The bottom c(
I could^ be easily discerned with the light of a b( a single candle. Numerous sand bars were ? . seen in various places, the sand being fine ul f and dark. The ceiling, ov arch, is nearly Q|
fifty f^et high, except in one place, where ol it comes down 60 near the water that they a had to stoop in order to get past it in the ^( t boat. Tbey went in about half a mile, and tj. It found no indications of coming to a stop- ji n ping place. No bottom was found at that d D point. It is the intention of the Lieutenant ti r to explore it further on Lis return. The I atmosphere in the cave is mild, and a candle 1 barns brilliantly. This may eventually u \\ prove to be as celebrated as the Mammoth ^e Cave in Kentucky, and have its hundreds e and thousands of admiring and curious b ,'e visitors.^ Reese River Reveille. tl
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W A str tNGE sight to witness is that of a cop- !{ perhead newspaper filled to the brim with fa u the vilest abuse of President Lincoln, and ?
* I then winding up with the charge that he 7, has destroyed the freedom of the press!
A strange speech to listen to is that of a . , copperhead orator declaiming by the hour 8 against President Lincoln, and then wind- . ?? ing up with the charge that he has destroy- ? ed the freedom of speech ! e io A Musical Critic for You. ^ A fellow was . c Id invited to a party one evening, where there i er was music, both vocal and instrumental.^ 1 te On the following morning he met one of the ^ guests, who said: ^Well,how did you enjoy j i k, yourself last night ? Were not the quar- ^ ad tcttes excellent ?^ ^.Well, really, I can't ^d say.^ said be, ^ For I did'nt taste them ; I id but the pork chop* were tfco finest I ever 1 1 mIoaL^ F
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Fore or din ati on. ^ That distinguished
modern philosopher, Josh Billings, has the bt
following : ^je
** We kommense life ^ we are somebody's tw
baby ^ we have flaxen hare ^ we go to dis- re!
trick skule ^ we slide down hill ^ we play of
hookey ^ we have great differkulty with our ac
nozes ^ we larn bow to smoke, and find our- foi
self men grown all tu onst. Thus far na- en
ture has piped, and we have dansed, and pr
we haint baa no fiduler to pa, but now cums at
in the special ordainment times. I have bu
been thru with all this miself , and stood on ist
the threshold, a young man, looking around Of
reddy to be ordained. I felt as though I tei
would give $75 at least if sumbuddy would he
come along and ordain me and let me pitch toi
in. I waited for six weeks, if I rekollect w^
right, and I never got the fust smell of any he
ordaining. Then I konkluded to ordain wr
myself, hit or miss. The fust thing I tried tw
on was 80 acres of land in the western kin- vi^
try. I ordered the venison and wild tur- pr
keys and possums to leave, for I was agoing na
to farm. I ordained a log house, and much W
rale fence immegiately, and put in a crop ou
uv wheat, and procured swine and a yoke th-
of stages. rel
I worked 2 years, had the ager and littla th>
crops principally, and managed to sink the Co
farm, staggs and all. I haint seen either uv Gc
them from that day, and don't think I want m^
tu. I didn't Beem to be specially ordained tu
for farming in the western kentry. Di
Since then I have tried every kind of buziness that I could hear ov, and haint
been specially ordained yet in mi knollege. re
The fait all lays in the different kinds of th
buziness, I haint the least doubt. The bus:- lis
i ness that was designed for me, probably Pi
haint been ordained yet, but I intend to wi
keep boring, nnd when I do strike ile, there P^
I will be a good time generally in my imme- cr
1 giate neighborhood. I have got any quan- hi
1 tity ov friends (tha don't seem to cum by gr
' ordinashun). I got mine, and manage to nc
keep 'em by not asking 'em for anything ry
1 but advice ; you can't ask anything ov a ar;
| man he loves to give more, and kosts him so
! less than advice.^ of
w:
I How Wr were Saved fro* Recognition Tl
1 by the Confederacy. ^ If we are not mis- d(
^ informed, it will in due time be suffered to hi i transpire that we were saved from a formal ve , European recognition of the Southern Con- p^
^ federacy by the timely issue of President te Lincoln's initial Proclamation of Freedom, re
! At the close of McClellan's Peninsular la
t campaign, the Governments of France and th
> England professed to have become satisfied vc
- that the independence of the Confederacy ci
! was a fixed fact, and were concerting mea- tr
sures for according an early admission of Si
tho new power into the family of nations, di
ernment was confidentially apprized of this
determination so early as September, if not c.
in August, 1862, and that the more con- p,
servative members of the Cabinet, if not dj
impelled to advise, were fully reconciled to 01
the issue of the aforesaid proclamation by in
their knowledge of that purpose. That is- Cf
sue gave pause to the maritime powers ; ai
and when it had been followed by the Pro- 8V
clamation of January 1, 1863, it waE found b^
that the opinion of the more intelligent y\
j middle class throughout Western Europe, r8
, would be shocked by the recognition, which n^
, would be a virtual alliance with the slave et
power. The Confederate envoys were con- m
f fidentially apprised of the serious obstacle ct
. which had been interposed to a compliance p^
j with their desires, ana to promote its remo- Q
val through some form of emancipation; but m they did not ^ or rather, could not ^ achieve J what was desired, so matters went on as we
I have seen. ^ N. Y. Tribune. ^]
[ Suicide at Columbia. ^ A correspondent ?
f of the Stockton Independent3 writing from aJ
4 Columbia, January lbth, says : p,
\ This morning about nine o'clock, a little ^J
son of Joseph Spier discovered the dead 8(
* body of a man named Joseph Sanders, ly- Ti 1 ing in an empty building opposite hiB fa- j 1 ther's residence. The youth immediately ty ' gave the alarm, and very shortly afterwarde t( r nearly the whole male population of the ty
* town visited the spot to get a glimpse of 0, ^ one of tbe most horrible sights of self- C1 1 murder ever man beheld! The unfortunate ? ^ man was found lying upon his back, with 0 I his head in a large pool of blood, and his e right hand clenching a small penknife with ^ which he had cut Open his abdomen, and ^
^ strewn his intestines ovjn,the room. His ^j ^ throat, too, was cut nearly from ear to ear, jj a completely severing the jugular. A more j a horrible and disgusting sight I never beheld. yy e The poor man was undoubtedly laboring c e under a temporary fit of insanity. No a y other cause can be given for the perpetration j( e of this rash deed. Henry Osgood ^ his ( v partner in the carpenter business ^ says that e he thinks he was a little out of his mind j d the day before the last he was seen alive. g
He left his shop about eleven o'clock Satur- n
kt day morning last, and had not been seen ^
'* till he was found as above stated. e
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le Tragedy North. ^ Tbe Portland Oregon- y
Jian of January 10th has the following : j PiSMcjigers by the Wilson G. Hunt, last ?8 evening, give us the particulars of a terri- ,s ble tragedy, as the facts were received by t them from Umatilla in the stage from Boise. , Jack Tobin, or Boston Jack, a desperate , ^J character who was with W. H. Porter when ] j he escaped from jail in Walla Walla, com- ' Imenced a row atthe house of two brothers ^ 'l named Hays, who kept a public house at | !i or near La Grande, in ?Grand Ronde Val- \ a ley. Several persons of his class wanted ( ir more liquor than the landlords were wil- , ling to furnish, and the result was a fight 1 1' w,tb pistols, in which the two brothers Hays ;
engaged this Jack, or Tobin, and a driver , as pa {he Ish stage line named Loos. Tobin j re was shot through the back of the head and
fell, after his fall shooting the others nam-
ho ed, or at least the Hays brothers, firing his oy six barrels off, and cursing his pistol be- ir- J cause it contained no more charges. Loos a't i and Tobin were killed upon the spot, and a ; Uhe Hays brothers are probably dead, 'er I as they were both considered mortally I wounded, though alive the ntsit aorniBg.
^ A ca je pending before the ^ Confederate e Mates District Court ^ in Richmond, has developed the fact that there are some s twenty thousand foreign conscripts in the
- rebel service. The case alluded to is that y of an English alien named D. R. Ogden, an r actor by profession, who was drafted and
- forced into the ranks while performing an
- engagement at the Richmond Theatre. He d presented a paper from the British Consul 8 at Mobile, showing that he was an alien ; e but as Jeff Davis refused to recognize Brit- n ish corsuls, the paper was rejected, and d Ogden had to go into the army. The mat-
I ter has been brought before the Courts, and 3 here th9 Confederate atkorney, Mr. Aylett, h took ths ground that domiciled foreigners :t were litible to military duty, and should be j held to service. The release of Ogden, it n was sa d, would cause the discharge of ^ twenty thousand foreigners now held to ser-
- vice in the rebel armies, most of whom
- probably hold consular certificates of their g nationality, which are pronounced by the b War Department at Richmond, utterly with- p out account. Thus it appears that twenty e thousar.d forcignerti are forced into tbe
rebel service by Jeff Davis, and are kept e there ir. violation oi' all usages of nations. e Complaints hava been made to the British v Government, but there seems to be no it movement on its part, as yet, to protest its d subject:!, who are thus dealt with by Jeff Davis.
^
it Tbrriblr Butchery in Japan. ^ We have received via Holland a letter 1 rem Japan, if three d tys later tkaa the news already pub-
- lished. It has already been stated that the v Prince of Nagato having refused to pay the o war indemnity stipulated in the treaty of e peace uigned by him, a judgment of the
criminal tribunal of Jeddohad decided that i- his two palaces should be raised to the y ground, and his servants put to death. We o now learn that this singular and sanguina- g ry sentence was approved of by the Mikado a and Taicoum ^ the spiritual and temporal n sovereigns of Japan ^ and that the number of servants killed in the execution of it was 420 men and 215 women and children.
^ The Prince, on learning these facts, was i- deeply concerned, and sent to the Capital o his first Minister, on board the English cor- il vette Barossa, which was placed at his dis- i- posal by Vice Admiral Kuper. The Minis- it ter, on arriving at Jeddo, waited on the a. representatives of France, England, Hol- ir land, America and Russia, ana besought d them to intercede with the Taicoum in la^ id vor of the Prince, bis master, who had de- y eided on executing all the provisions of the i- treaty, immediately paying the sums due. >f Such was the situation of affairs at the last s. date.
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18 The French Government is just now en- . ^t gaged in negotiations with Germany for the >* purchase of an extensive coal mine, imme- 31 diately on the French frontier, the avowed to object of which is to have coal at command '7 in case of maratimc war. This tract of s* country is about twenty-five miles long and ^ ; and ten wide. The coal is very near the 3^ surface, and is in five strata, the lowest l(i being but sixty yards below the surfaee. at Water is supplied by a system of Bubter- cj ranean galleries, so that steam power is not
^ needed. Labor in that part of Germany >^C can be had for twenty cents per diem per ^* man, (poor wretches !) and each man is le calculated to get out thirty-five tons of coal !e per day. The acquisition will make tho 5- Government quite independent of a foreign at market.
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re South America. ^ A Buenos Ayres paper announces that in the province of San Juan, which is situated almost at the foot of the Cordilleras, gold has been discovered in m almost incredibly large quantities. The full . particulars of this discovery are hushed up ^? and kept from the masses for obvious rea- sons, but authentic information has been received by some English residents of ?' Buenos Ayres which leaves no doabt that ? the treasures of the Andes are at last about to become known to the world. Within 3^! two days after the discovery was made, ^f over four hundred ounces of gold were sc- cured by the gold miners, and since no 5 mails have been received from this aurifer- . ous region.
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2 General Grant in 1859.^ The following ?. advertisement from a copy of the Weekly
Telegraph, a small advertising sheet, pub- ir' lished in St. Louis, by Wm. R. Sloss, of ^ date of March 12, 1859, has bean repub- lished by one of our San Francisco ex- 5i changes. The rapid advancement of one member of tbe firm of ^Boggs ^ Grant ?r ^.n is too patent to everybody to need further W mention :
ia' H BOGGS. U. 3- GRANT.
QQ BOGGS ^ GRANT, General Acents for
re^ . selling, bartering, real or personal property,
,r^ notes, bonds, or other securities; borrow -
en ing or loaning of money on real estate, or
other good security ; collecting of rents,
renting of houses,' collecting of notes,
m~ billB, accounts, or other demands. Office,
. No. 35 Pine street, St. Louis. Missouri. ust ' ;
Nomenclature. ^ The following ie a par- by tial list of the names that have heen pro- 8C- posed by the correspondents of the Toronto ate Globe for the new Canadian*Confederacy : '*'n Britannica, Borelia, Ursulia, Champlania, m* Transatlantia, Alexandrina, Transyivania, ers Canadensia, Albinora, Vesperia, Mesepela' *t fiia, Albona, Laurentio, Niagariensia, Vic- **- toralia, Cabotia. The Utica Evening Tel- t*d egraph volunteers the following additional fM- ones : Bullpupania, Desertsania, Sneaks' ght Paradise, Raidania, Little Bull, Kannckia, ^JS Bullcalfia, John Bull's Calf-Pen, Hibern- vyr curaperaposia, Feniania, Orangalia, Lion- bin andunicornla, Juniorjohnbullyliybridcata' md plasm.
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his The average mortality in our armies i'4 be- about seventy-two out of every thousand ^ iOOb twenty from the casualiea of batVie and and fifty-two from disease. This U mrjCb less >ad, than the usual rate of mortality in Euro* ally poan armies, and less than ose-fonrth of g. 1 that of the British arm v in the Crimea,
