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VQL' | CITY OF VIRGINIA, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1865. NO. 29
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VIR
OFFICIAL. DIRECTORY. Virf
Territorial Officers.
Governor, SIDNEY EDGERTON, Bannack City ; p a Tl Secretary, H. P. TORSEY; rAlJ Chief Justice, H. L. HOSMER, Of fi.
Associate Justice, AMMI GIDDINGS,
^ ^ L. B. WILLISTON,
Attv. General, E. B. NEALL1Y, Virginia r^ Marshal, C. J. BUCK, Surveyor General, M. BOYD. Auditor, JOHN S. LOTT. Treasurer. JOHN J. HULL.
School Superintendent, T. J. DIMSDALE, ih Assessor, T. C. EVERTS. one t Col'r Internal Revenue, N. P. LANGFORD.
County Officers of .Vladison County. ?
County Commissioners, James Fergus, t ^ ^ . J. E. McClurg. Jacks
^ ^' Fred. K. Root. 4
Probata Judge, Tnos. C. Jones.
Sheriff, Neil Howie. Shai Treasurer, R. M. Haoaman.
Reconler, Robert N. Hill. ?ji Assistant Assessor 1st District, Jerry Cook.
Municipal Officers of Virginia City. Sou
Mayor ^ P. S. Ppouts. Police Magistrate ^ T. W. Talliaferro.
Marshal^ Wm. Dbascey. I
Clark^ C. J. D. Curtis. Attorney ^ Jons C. Turk.
Treasurer ^ John S. Rockfellow. ^V Aeseaeor ^ Thomas Pearson. i-? Street Commissioner ^ H. J. Johnson. mmm^^mimi??mma??mmmmm???mm????mm RE
masonic*
The regular communications of Virginia City Lodge, A. F. A A. M., are held on the 2d * and 4th Saturdays in each month.
P. S. PFOUTS, W. M. M
Alex. Davis, Sect'y.
Church.
Preaching every Sabbath bv Rev. A. M. Torbet. at 11 A. M. at the Union Church. Sabbath School ? t 2 P. M. All re invited to attend. kinds ???mmam??????m???????Sml????m'? rates BCS1NESS CARDS.
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W. F. Sanders. Jerry Cook.
SANDERS ^ COOK. ah i
ATTORNEYS at Law, Virginia City, Montana call. Territory- , I
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W. L. McMath.] [W. Y. Lovell.
yicIWATH A; LOVELL, F. C,
Attorneys at Law, Virginia City, M. T., will promp^ tly attend to all professional business entrusted to their care. l-3m W
W. J. McCormick. W. Y. Pemberton. II. Burns.
McCormick, Pemberton ^ Burns-
Attorneys at Law, Virginia City, Montana Territo- Ofl try. Office in Content's Corner up-stairs. l-6m city,
W. M. Stafford, R. B. Parrott, L. W. Bohton,
Cal. Iowa. Col. n
STAFFORD, PARROTT ^ BOBTON, Ida
Attorneys at Law, Office on Idabe street, opposite the court house, Virginia City, Montana Territory. w
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beds,
J B. JUDGE,
Boot A Shoe maker, Virginia City, Montana Ter- _
ritory. The best of custom work always on hand. y_r Give me a trial. 1-fim _ ^
I JOSEPH CRUWIT, y
I French Baker, Nevada City, Montana Territory,
1 would say to his numerous customers that he is al-
1 ways on hand to stuff the mouths of the hungry.^ jf J
i Give him a call. l-6ra
I ^QR. H. N. CREPIN, Coi
1 Physician and Surgeon, f ormerly assistant in the -vtt
I Hospital du inidi in Paris, and attached to the New V V
I York Hospital, New York^ recently from Dubuque, (For
I Iowa. Office in Virginia City, opposite the hay
1 scales, main street. l-6in fry]
I O T. BUTLER, !^
Ii ?* n en*R
IS Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler. Particular ;ty f
i| attention paid to repairing all classes of watches. Qom
Ii Any part of anv watch can be made new at this es- atui(
Ii tablishment, an t warranted to give satisfaction.^ ket 1
1 1 Cell and examine specimens of Jewelry made from p^
I 1 the native gold. 1-W gooc
II CALIFORNIA HOTEL, JJjg li Nevada City, Montana Territory.
If LOUIS BELANGER, Proprietor.
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Il This hotel is situated on Main etreet, and in the pg
If *^at part of the City. The table supplied with the gto_
I hest the market affords, and the saloon f urnLshed in g(
1 1 With the best liquors. City
1 1 Rooms and beds can be had at reasonable prices. f_
IE Charges for boani moderate. 2
li ~Foujrn. sa
if \ CERTIFICATE OF TEN SHARES OF THE
H **^ consolidate*! Silver StorCorojiany. The owner I j -
li ^y proving property and paying for this advertise-
I I ^sent can have the same at the City Book Store, fc'ng il \|rginia City. 4^ tf ^bn
il ,I*^'t and Ladder Company No. 1. -as-
IS Yl EET regularly every Monday, at 7 o'clock, r. 1VJL
19 1 at Masonic Hall. By order of V
11 f*~li Ion. Bai-me. Captain. A P
waa a yjr virvuiiNi,
jjj BUSINESS CARDS. . The 1
_ TDAHO HOTEL, ~ As sung
A. his bei
Wallace street, Virginia City, M. T. J. M. Castner es. proprietor. The proprietor announces to his old An friends and the public generally, that he is now Ouil prepared to accommodate boarders by the meal, day or week at low rates. His table furnished with the The best the market affords. 1-ly
.50 COMj ORJMJ9 O The
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.50 HAIR DRESSING ROOM.
~ Hai Dyeing and Cutting Done in Fl^
GOOD STYLE. Bra
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00 TOM. WHITE, Proplietor. His
00 3-ly His
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00 Wm. DECKER.
00 And
00 Surgeon Dentist.
II ?WFFICE ONE DOOR WEST OF POST OFFICE
V/ Building. Patients visited at their residence j[e 00 ?en desired. To ,
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5 ROATH ^ CO.,
AMERICAN WATCHES JUST RECEIVED DI Wl^ rectfrom the manufactories. Every description of Jewelry manufactured from
sed the Native Gold. Call, Examine Specimens, ^*1 and then judge.
na Sign of the MAMMOTH WATCH, Ah
. VIRGINIA CITY, Montana Territory. Rtt!
Virginia City, Sept. 10, 1864.
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J. T. HENDERSON,
*J PAINTER AND SIGN WRITER. No, Office on Cover Street, Viginia City. To
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LIME AND BRICK. To
BT Yo
HENRY BAIER.
Also Flue Building, and all kinds of brick work An one to order. 5^ 3m , 1. As
Wm. CHUMASERO. To
tr* A TTORNEY AT LAW, VIRGINIA CITY, MON ^. i_ tana Territory. Office, corner of Wallace and
Jackson streets, at J. A. Ming's Store, T_ 4 ^ ir
Shaving and Hair Dressing Saloon x'
MUSTACHE AND HAIR COLORING. ?
t South Side of Wallace Street, Va. City 801
LYONS AWHITE, Proprietors. An
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JOHN S. ATCHISON, At
NOTARY PUBLIC.
mm m REVENUE STAMPS AND BLANKS us FOR SALE AT
Citv Th 2d ALLEN ^ VI I J .1. A It D* S BANK.
I. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY.
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J?UMBERYARD. Tc
?ET: Idaho street, Virginia City, M. T. James Gen-
nail, proprietor. Keeps constantly on hand all Tl kinds of the best lumber, which will be sold at low S- rates. 1-lj ^1
^ r gTAR BAKERY AND SALOON,
Nevada City, M. T. Patrick Ryan, proprietor.^
All persons wishing good bread are requested to T] tana call. Prices low. Also, beer furnished with the
best of drinks. Here is the place to get an honest ?c loaf, a cake or pie, and ^something to wash k down.^ l-dsa ?t
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F. C. Cornell, M. D. S. L. F. Ward, M. D mip- Drs. CORNELL ^ WARD.
*^ PHYSICIANS ^ SURGEONS. ti
lrn3. (Successors to) Ai
g. . Drs. BROOKE Ac GL1CK. -(
^to- Office on Jackson Street, below Wallace, Virginia Tl
?m City, Montana Territory. ly ^ 12
WM SCO J\*SIJ%* UO US E.
ON, Idaho Street, Opposite Recorder's Ol osite Office. _
tory. Will give Board and Lodging at $14 00 per week. Any one who wants warm, conifertable and clean beds, meals and liquors, let them call and see 11 CARPENTER.
Ter- l2-?*
land. Virginia City Council, No. 8, E. L. A. S{
'TT 7TLL meet every Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock. I
V V By order of A. M. TORBET, Pres't. A
H. J. Pailison, Sec'y. 18^ tf Oi
tery, , ^
7- PLANTER'S HOUSE ?
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Corner of Idaho and Jackson Sts-, Vir- l ginia City, Montana Territory.
^ Wm. ^ JOHN A. SHOOT J
tone, (Formerly of the Planter's House, Hannibal Mo.) Y ! hfly PKOPBIETORS. M
rp HE ABOVE NAMED HOUSE, FORMERLY
A conducted by Wm. Sloan, Esq., having been enlarg'ed and re-fitted is now open with every facil- p_
:ular jtjr fer tne accommodation of Guests and Boarders. Qn (^
cneg' Comfortable rooms and beds are provided and the .
Lses^ atble is carefully furnished with the best the mar- Ior 11
ket and seasons afford. ' nevel
from Passengers for the early Stage Coaches can obtain i_ani
good lodgings here and be wakened at the proper jgree
hour. The patronage of the public is respectfully trottj
solicited. Wm. A Jso. A. SHOOT, .
A__tf Proprietors. ^Tr.
tj. 4 ^ . will I
JESTES COOKE. the b
!T0B* GENERAL AUCTIONEER.
' Particular attention given to the sale of Live ono (
Stock and Real Estate, sales of Stocks of Goods in Store. Office at the Elephant Corral, Virginia ,
ices. ?M' T' ____!_. thS.
SECOKD ^v FALCETTE airiOl
SADDLERS ^ HARNESS MAKERS; j
THE
wner /CONSTANTLY on hand nnd mantifacturing from Prise v> the best material, all styles of rladdles, Bridles, It tore Single and Double Harness, or anything else made id | tho t ' a first class saddler shop. im _. l '
^ TITONTANA BILLIARD 1IALL, k, r. Ita ...
Virginia Citv. Montana Territory ^^
tain. A Pcznanski, Proprietors.
RGINIA, MONTANA TERRI1
. The Big Indian Battle on tho I ^ : Stlnktngwater,
As sung by Mr. J. G. Miller, on the occasion of
his benefit at the Montana Theatre, March 1, 1865 . _^
tner ^iE
old Air ^ ^Johnny Comes Marching Home.^ Tery
n,ow Quite lately in the present year, n0 m
day Hooray! Hooray! creal
1 lne The wild alarum reached ns here, we Cl
^ -. Hooray ! Says who ? The boys ! POST
That where the Stinkingwater flows, it Q
The indians would in battle close; -li
And we all went down there Tr
M. To see the savage fray. tenti
First trotted out the Brigadier^ ^yf ! n Hooray! Hooray! initf Brave Curtis ^ clad in warlike gear, deni Hooray ! Says who ? The boys ! In His jacket red, and bowie-blade, to 01 His rank and mettle high, displayed. ?at And we all went, Ac. ratei And next in blodming, martial pride, belie m Hooray ! Hooray ! prov ,T_ Came gallant Hill, our jovial guide. ICE Hooray! Says who? The boys? ?re3 mce He rode elate, and smiling bowed Ovei To cheers from the admiring crowd. dee, And we all went, Ac. of O
Then Stonewall George, and Billings fine, J
Hooray ! Hooray ! In
1 di With Major Biedler, wheeled in line ; erro
Hooray ! Says who ? The boys ! the 1
from And Parrett, Brown, and Rock(a)fellow J
nens Wno never thinks of getting mellow. ,
And we all went, Ac. aoes
ture
3H, A host of heroes, great and small, unti
Hooray ! Hooray !
)ry- Rushed in, resolved to stand or fall, v?ry
Hooray! Says who? The boys! that
And Creighton, Fowler, Ben and Ming, twel
Enlarged the grand, imposing string. ^ gu
And we all went, Ac. 0Q ?
2R, Nor lacked the troop a Doctor Glick, ry il
Hooray ! Hooray ! ter i
ty. To physic those who might get sick ^ mos
Hooray! Says who? The boys ! ^ l
And Surgeon Crepin, aid to yield ^
To maimed and mangled on the field. ^ve^
> nd we all went, Ac. opei
You should have seen the cavalcade, *D .
Hooray! Hooray! gulc
,r ,ri. And heard the noise and fuss they made, noti w Hooray! Says who? The boys! S.^
As down the gulch they galloped hot, 8un]
To reach, in time, the fighting spot. And we all went, Ac.
tfON to0,
> and When Stinkingwater's banks they gained, _,igl
Hooray ! Hooray ! ?ag( In vain their flashing eyes they strained.
Hooray! Says who? The boys ! w0?
They could no sign of Indians seise, and
30n Nor scent them in the nipping breeze. han
And we all went, Ac. ^ ff]
fl
This made them rally round, and think we
Hooray ! Hooray ! The
City Some several times, 'twas time to drink ; er8j Hooray ! Says who ? The hoys ! ?Qi]
>rs. And drinks revived their ardor so -1 They soon again were on the go.
And we all went, Ac. tha
At length they neared a lone wigwam, u 18 Hooray ! Hooray ! P
' Where sat an old chief up^m a stone. Sin
' ^ Hooray ! Says who ? The boys ! not
.?-jj His squaw and young papooses bright, _
a A.O jjad vamosed, screaming with affright, jjQU
As we all went, Ac. . ,
tha
Then boldly spake the Brigadier : the
* Hooray ! Hooray ! [:b ^ ^ My noble friend what brings us here ? ^
Hooray! Says who? The hoys ! in^
^ It is to see the Indian fight, ^
To which we got a kind invite, ^ p
And we all came down here it (J
Qe_ To see the savage fray.^ ha_
d all The Indian answered, chuckling deep : anc
it low Hooray ! Hooray ! the ^ Me guess you white man sold um heap : ^
Hooray! Says who? The boys 1 1~
^ Good Injun, me^ white man ^ big sly : ?^ 1
Unsartin mighty ^ me no lie If lap
tor. ^ And we all went, Ac. his
JJ *^ Then all the troopers in a trice, Pe'
ththe Hooray! Hooray! or I
lonest Commenced to smell a thundering mice ! on ? lz Hooray! Says who? The boys ! a(j, And back in bungling order fell, I ,r _ Except a few, who couldn't well,
Mm. i> And we all came back here cwl
To hide ourselves away. to
W S. The news was swiftly noised abroad,
Hooray! Hooray! on
And people, young and old, haw-hawed Bit;
Hooray ! Hooray ! we
To hear how nicely may be sold wa
rginia The unsophisticated bold, Dej 12 Who all went down there
To see the savage fray. e .
wit
* E. ENCORE VERSES. t0 ler's Of course excuses soon were born, thi
Hooray ! Hooray ! ( . For no one wants to own the corn. ^ week- Hooray! Bays who ? The boys! 01 clean The jjrigadier alone confessed : *>ai Hill went of exercise in quest ^ ho; a* And they all went down there | On errands by the way ^ pe,
? A^ Says Dr. Glick : ^ I wasn't beat; of clock. I had to visit Daily Pete,^ As 't. And Creighton rode with Crepin staunch, ?ic ! ^ tf On * bii ^ of his, to Lorralnrs ranche. And they all went, Ac.
O 17 While as for Parrott, Brown and Rock, OJj To give our graphic sketch a shock ^'
They tell us : V Stop your silly jest.
Vir- We went to Dempsey's by request.^ mc
y. And they all went, Ac. ue
thi
T^1 An thus the clashing stories ran :
We give the matter pro and con. 801
1 Mo.) You take whichever horn you choose, coi We stand prepared to back our muse, sa:
v That they all went down there efj
*P *^ To SEE THE SAV AGS FRAY.
g been Pr(
facil- PsdigkkE. ^ Josh Billings thusr discourses
on ^ bosses ^ : ^ Pedigree ;z not important V\l
' mar- for a fast trottinS h08S 5 if hc can trot faat n^ never mind the pedigree ; there iz a' great g^
obtain u.any fast men, even, who ain't got n^ ped- At
proper i^rree. There aint much art in drivm* a ex
ctfuliy trottin' hoss ; jist hold him back hard, and ex
' holler him ahead hard, that's awl. A hoss ne
_J wiU trot the fastest down hill, espeshla if m(
the breechin' brakes. Kuller ia no criteri- inJ
on. I have seen awful meanhosse9 of awl yfl
kulleri except green ; I never see a mean ^v
>f Live ono 0f this kuller. Hosses live tew an hon- fr^
Goo^?s trabil old age, and I have oftin seen them ao
jEPh that appeared fully prepared for deth. He- Z^
thins are always kind to hosseB ; it is only g
E among Christian people that a hoss has m
iipo tew trot thre^-mile heets in a hot da, for
$25,000 keunteriit munny. That's so.^ J J
LiAsa, It is upwards of twonty-seven years since wt nadein tho telegraph was first put to practical tent, fa ^u ; Then it was considered a mero toy. 1'y , W
1 1*51, h?wtre-, 1000 miles wore in opera- m
i: n. Since then fuH 200,CKXi mUeeof teli- In ^ ,;.:^] -ra-ja have been cftHen inio eiietenc- , mi
bol?ie la. . . I'll 1
^^M.f 1 ;lirjajii^ut the world.
iKKll UKi, SATURDAY, MAR
the Front the Deer Lodge nines. held rj
nal lo
1 of Silver Bow, It T., Feb. 20, 1865. ,iiver
8851 Editor Post : ^ I cannot hear of anything the fir yery startling to communicate. There are covere no murders, no hangings, or aught else to contai create a wonder, unless people wonder how is a lo we can survive after the publication in the 0I^ ft 1 i ! Post of that letter over the signature of Graha ^C. H. S.,^ which, to say the least, was assay written under a wrong impression, or in- the pi tentionally falsified. I must take upon bundr myself to correct the gentleman in several contai instances, where, were his statements un- The 1( denied, great injustice would be done. Tbe , 3 ! In speaking of our quartz lodes, he refers No. 1, to only two lodes out of the three hundred Flag, that are on record, neither of which are others rated as high as he would lead people to aQd I believe. They are, it is true, as far as every proved, both good leads; but the Mollie I f Grey, Ophir No. 2, Grey Eagle, Chicago, 6^*^ Overland, Tuscarora, Sherman, Butte, Pe- As J dee, Wild Pat, Tarpeian Rock, and scores our n^ of others, aro considered equally as good, from 1 the Mollie Grey bearing off the palm. irom I In speaking of the gulch, he again is in persoi error in almost every particular. He makes are so s! the gulch so flat that it is a wonder the ^ Qua water manages to escape in the direction it thato does, running contrary to the laws of na- not cs ture. There is an average fall of six inches colori until the canon is reached, where the fall is The 0 very considerable. ^C II. S.^ has it, too, in mJ rs! that the bed-rock is supposed to be about ter7> twelve feet. Perhaps he is unaware that prize. ^supposes^ ^guess so,^ ^c, are all left given on the Missouri river, as not being necessa- onJy ' ry in the mountains. The truth of the mat- ' ter is, that the bed-rock can be found al- prove , most anywhere in tho gulch at a depth of prosp rs ' eight feet, and in some places it is not over many five ^ nowhere over nine. The expense of *8 Du* opening claims will not bo so large as it is count in Alder gulch, by at least one-half. The laste: gulch has been pretty well prospected, gulch notwithstanding the assertion of ^C. H. affect ra ! S.^ that ^ two or three shafts have been repen sunk.^ There has been as high as $1 25 *^ l? obtained to the pan, and out of the gulch, meeti too. Last fall, some work was done, and as comii high as two ounces per day to the hand was turei taken out. There wero several claims adjoi worked on in different portions of the gulch, Th and none paid less than $12 per day to the own hand. Mr. ^ C. II. S.,^ I fear, will bo here ^ greatly disappointed ^ in our mines, for Du* J we have both rich and extensive diggings. Th There has been some work done withTrock- ?^ n^ ers, and in no instance has less than five as y dollars per day been taken out. whic!
Respecting business matters, it is truo mu8t that our place, like every mountain town at this season is very dull, not even the ? JQ ^ whisky shops ^ doing much, for we of ?e Silver Bow, unlike our\*irginiafriends,aro ys ! not very partial to institutions of this order. I do not think, however, that there is a house in Virginia whose aales are larger than those of Mr. Graves', who is winning the good-will of the community by his very ED liberal and fair dealings, and accommodat- to Pi ys 1 ing and gentlemanly manner. a for
The ^few sanguine ones^ who were so entei ^ perseveringly at work on the drains,^ had We 1 ^C. H. S.^ counted correctly, he would dayf have numbered over one hundred and fifty, with and men with as much energy, herhaps, as road ^ the ^Summit miners of a year ago.^ In snow ' . concluding my remarks concerning ^C. II. cross S.'s^ statements, I would say, that if his day, ideas were not as slow as his ox-team, and at > his mind not quite so prejudiced, or if, buih perhaps he had not a charter for a toll road, old ^ or bridge, or ferry, or something of the sort in t on the Last Chanco road, he would hardly travi ^y9 ^ advise people not to come here. Thei There has been considerable excitement fersc concerning a charter for this place, granted ty, v to certain parties by our Territorial Legis- the i lature. A meeting of the citizens wits held son on Saturday last, to take measures in oppo- veni sition thereto, and resolutions of protest hay were passed and a committee appointed to is so wait upon tho Governor to lay the matter is 01 before nim. Great indignation is manifest- ry. ed by a few, because they have been out- sple: witted, and they are using every endeavor heai to break the charter, if possible, which I on I think will hardly be the case. J. German gulch yet commands a good deal com 0_i of attention, and claimholders are very and sanguine of its proving immensely rich. I on hope they will not be disappointed. mill ^ Our whole town is on the qui vive in ex- tie i
pectation of a stampede to some new gulch, this of which extravagant stories are afloat, the 1 As soon as possible, I will give you the par- com ^ ticulars. Yours, Lead Pencil. com
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Silver Bow Citv, Feb. 25,,1865. out Editor Post : ^ In this land of snow and one wintry weather, where little is done butde- dull molishing provisions, one can hardly real- Cha ize how gloomy everything appsars until L the ordeal has really been passed. Feeling Mor somewhat in such a frame of mind, I have tow: concluded to ask admittance into your gulc sanctum, and only hope that my humble tow: ^ effort may not fail to meet your own ap- drei probation and that of the public. 1 make dre^ mrses tliis, my first attempt at letter writing, i-im- rent 3rtant tkt f^r purpose of giving some unvar- lots ^t fast wished truth about the prospects of this is si 'great gulcb, and the quartz lodes in this vicinity, to s ^ ped- Tbis gulch has been creating considerable rito rin' a excitement, jet no one can possibly tell the guh 1 and extent of the hidden wealth contained be- froi k'hoss nea*h foe level depths of this creek. Al- can hi a if most every claim owner is sanguine of rjap- torn riteri- 'nS a r'CQ harvest of tho precious metal, var ^f awl w?on claims are once opened up. How- dep mean ever> there is nothing certain as yet, but met 1 hon- from the small amount of prospecting yet any them done, the gulch bids fair to prove at least wor 1. He- go00** There ie, in my opinion, but one $11 s only drawback, and that is from the little fall, to s s has BuA let us hope on. wor a for ^ wisn t0 8Pea? m^r^ particularly of lodes, the a '^ I am led to do so on account of a letter that i a sc I read in yaur last paper. Tbero mention | wit! t since was made of the Shamrock lode, and the whi .1 tent, fact stated, that it was the only good lode ditc ^. By in ihavp?er Lodge, country. I beg to differ feci >pena- . ^^ 'l i.? i w r luo writer and give you a ly a Ftelt- Dtr that assay Weil, and j wor
iteno- | nor. 1 T '-^^ metals retained in the lodes. j Cee T! my assays well in silver, ' low
an
MARCH 11, 1865.
held native, and in sulphuret. The Origi- Tl
nal lode is good in cepper, with gold and stru
M)5. silver held, in small quantity, in alloy with Sars
rthing the first named metal. The Shamrock, dis- nug^
re are covered by Mr. McArtbur, is a good lode, Thit
Ue to containing silver. Sherman Butte, No. I, ing,
;rhow is a lode, Dearing gold, and gives indication sluii
in the of a dirt crevice, and it was discovered by dirt
ire of Graham ^ Co. The Pedee lode, from an M
t, was assay made by E. C. Muessigbrodt, yeilded payj
>r in- the precious metal to tbe amount of two feng
upon hundred and fifty dollars to the ton. It timl
everal contains silver held in antimony and iron, neai
ts un- The lode was discovered by Mr. Mc Arthur, com
e. The Twin Sister, Columnia No. 2, Ophir min
refers No. 1, Parrott, Grey Eagle No. 2, American regi
mdred Flag, Lulu, Kssler, and quite a number of any
:h are others that I could name, assay well in gold 80m
pie to and silver respectively. In fact there is
far as every indication that the mining vicinity
Mollie wiU eventually prove one of the richest ^
icago, sources from which wealth may be acquired. .
;0) Pe- As yet nothing has been proven, and 8101?
scores our nopes are only excited by assays made
good, from shafts on the different leads, varying P!^ 1
l# from five to twenty-five feet in depth. Some ?
1 is in persons here, with fine imaginations, who m.^? makes are somewhat troubled with a disease called B.1C, ler the ^ Quartz on the brain^ maintain the idea f tion it that our new district must be highly praised, wne of na- not caring far the plain points of truth, but BeJ( inches coloring the story to meet their own wishes. a *8 fall is The object is to toll capital into the country.
it, too, Iu my opinion, the speculation is but alot- .
about tery, and I believe that some may draw |ng
^e that prizes, still truth unvarnished should be J^ 1
11 left given to the public, and speculation urged icessa- only by facts. By this course our district jfbc lemat- wiH the sooner be tested, and its riches j*ea ind al- proven. The country is not thoroughly DUt pth of prospected, and there is room for a great a^7 ot over many rich things to be found yet. There cba nse of is but little doing here at present, on ac- ma- as it is count of cold weather and deep snow. The ng* *. The last excitements were, I believe, tbe German on? pected, gulch stampede, and a meeting of some dis. ag1! 'C. H. affected citizens, called for the purpose of are e been repealing the act of our legislature relating JJJ 1 $1 25 to the Silver Bow town incorportion. The . gulch, meeting was but a gathering of rabble, who tie' and as coming to the conclusion that the legisla- . nd was ture would not recognize their act of repeal ? al claims adjourned sine die. De igulch, The weather still holds its own, and that eve
^ to the own i8 c^lc' an(l cutting. Some persons rill be nere endeavored to get up an Indian scare, n0- tes, for but failed entirely. ent girinrrg. The morals of our town are good. Fights ve^i lirock- d^ n^t occur ofterner than one per day, and, t0 an five as yet, no one has been shot or killed, j?1
which fact speaks well for the camp. I
is truo must now close. Should this letter meet bu*
town at with your approval, you can publish it,Jand aD^
en the if vou w'sh it, I will write again. las
we of Respectfully, your obedient servant, !
ids, aro Sand Hill. JJ
s order. fpn
ire is a From Last Chance Gulch. j,n
larger be,
rinning Helena, Feb. 18, 18G5.
lis very Editor Post : ^ Tho trip from Virginia mj
modat- to Prickly Pear has been well described by at
a former correspondent, so that I shall not att
vere so enter into a detailed account of the trip. th^
s,^ had We left Virginia city at 10 a. m., on Mon- De1
would day- February 13th, with a four mule team, fox
id fifty, with thirteen passengers and luggage. The na
laps, as roads were in excellent condition and the na
0.^ 0.^ In snow not very deep. We arrived at the tht ^C. II. crossing of the Jefferson at noon on Thurs- .t if his day, and woro treated to a capital dinner mtl im, and at Mr. Rohrbacher's. He is at present 0f
1, or if, building a good, substantial bridge near the 8n. ill road, old crossing, and expects to have it finished m{ the sort in the course of a month and ready for D..
hardly travel. Thi* is a much needed improvment.
There was no snow in the valley of the Jef- itement ferson, and stock, of which there wasplen- granted ty, was in good condition. Ranches line Tc 1 Legis- the road on all the streams from the Jcffer- vaaheld son to the Prickly Pear, with plenty of con- Bt n oppo- veniences for travellers, and plenty of good protest hay for teams. The Boulder valley which inted to is some five miles wide and ten miles long, ra i matter is one of the most beautiful in the Territo- 0f anifest- ry. Ranches are all taken up, Some jn en out- splendid leads have been discovered at the jj, ndeavor head of the vallev, and good diggings gt which I on Boulder and Elkhorn creeks.
Jefferson, the county seat of Jefferson $t ood deal county, is a place of some eighty houses, ar re very and is a thriving settlement. Near Jefferson, gu rich. I on Prickly Pear, there are two saw a mills, in process of construction. But lit- th e in ex- tic is known in regard to the richness of w gulch, this creek as no one has been able to reach a i afloat, the bed rock on account of tho water. But 8U the par- companies are forming, and during the ni encil. coming season it will be thoroughly tested. D( Montana, ncn miles below Jefferson, is laid j n ,186 5. out in good stvle, and consists of eighty or th iow and one hundred buildings. It is at present m s butde- dull, on account of the stampede to Last th lly real- Chance.
trs until Last Chanco gulch is seven miles from m Feeling Montana on the Fort Benton road. The ai I, I have town, (Helena), is at the mouth of tho s; to your gulch, and M already ahead cf any other ni humble town this side of Virginia. Over one hun- n( own ap- dred houses already up, and over one hun- p 1 make dred in process of construction. Buildings ai ng, turn- rent as high as $200 per month, and town gv e unvar- lots are held at $200 apiece. This gulch ot 1 of this is some eight; miles in length and I venture vicinity, to say, is the best looking gulch in the Ter- tj. iderable ritory. Pino timber is abundant in tho ifl
^ tell the gulch and on both sides. The gulch varies ti ined be- from three to ten rods in width, and wagons tc ek. Al- can drive the whole length of it on the oot- 8l of r ^.ii>- torn. But few claims are opened and these 0] s metal, vary in depti from thirty to sixty feet in ij . How- depth. \\ ages are low. $4 for windlass yet, but men and $7 lor drifters. There is scarcely ^( ting yet any water in the gulch, and this is its at least worst feature Claims have sold as high as but one $11,000 for HQ0 feet. Others have refused ttle fall, to 6ell from $15,000. There seems to be no
work in the ;;ulch, except for a few feet on ci of lodes, j the top. The balance of the way is through n tter that , a sort of cement of broken lime rock mixed Ci mention 1 with earth, until they come to the pay dirt, || and the which is five feet in .thickness. No drain t( ood .ode ditches are needed, as tho bed rock is per- 0 to differ fectly dry. Shafts are being sank on near- r^ ve you a ly all the claims. A company are now at p veil, and I work bringing water in from Ten Mile fi ;odea. ICeeek. T Ui a however will benefit only the j L n silver, ' lower part ol' tbe gulch. ' a
t?*M,*MI,^llllMI,>^?lll>1MI>^1^
Origi- There has been a number of dry gulches; Id and struck within a few Weeks, of which the v with Saratoga is about the best. From this k,dis- nuggets have been found as high aa $00.^ 1 lode, This is also deep and is taken out by drift- No. I, ing, and the dirtis hadled to the water and cation sluiced. The average to a load is $25. The ired by dirt ia hauled from three to four miles. 'om aa McCiellan gulch is also considered a good eilded paying guleh. It is some twenty miles in of two length and has an abundance of water and )n. It timber. New gulches are being struck i iron, nearly every day. This is a fine looking trthur. country for mining, and many experienced ophir miners think that it will bt tbe best mining lenoan region in Territory. If this proves of any iber of any interest to you, I will write again as n gold somo future time. Scribblml ' Iactc is
icinity From the Caliatin.
[uired! Editor Post : ^ I do not make any pretm- J an(j 8ion to be a member of the fraternity of the /made G.1^!!^ My vocation lies rather with the arying P!ough and the spade ; but every man to Some trade, and as many are interested about s who mine> 1 ,enQl You some items that 1 have i called Picked. UP in my journey to and from the ie idea Gallatin, and also during my stay there, raised where I hold one stake, and nave driven ith but 8everal to mark its locality. The valley is wishes. aD^ut thirty miles long and from twelve to auntry! t0 ?f*8611 miles in breadth, containing the it alot- ?ast anc* ?e8t Gallatin rivers, and extend- y draw in^ from ? Three Forks of tho Missouri iuld be t0 ?e b*80 ^f the mountains, or divide be- 1 urged tween the Gallatin and the Yellowstone. district ?e sun never shone upon a richer or more riches beautiful valley in all these mountains) ^ou^hly Dut on*y a year ago it was untenanted by a great any liTing being, except the beasts of the There ch^8e or the wandering Indian. Now, it on ac- may ?e sai?> ftH the lands susceptible of ir- '. The rigation are taken up, and this Spring over German on? hundred farms will be cultivated, aver- mo dis. ag'ng^ in tilled land, over 25 acres ; some pose of are *rom ? to *? acres- Wheat and bar- ^elating are vegetables, and roots of many 1. The ?iQa^8 ?'11 also be raised in large quanti^ se who tie8,
legisla- There is now running, at the head of the j repeal ? aHcy> a ^^w mill '^ a gr^t mill will be ready to grind this season ] grass ia nd that everywhere and everywhere good. Hav is persons to oe bed for the cutting, and, in fact, a scare. nothing has prevented the tillage of the ? entire valley but the want of seed. In two Fi^hts year8> I expect that we shall grow enough
iv and t0 ?eeP y^u Virginia folks eating the year killed' round. At the Bozeman end of the valley
imp. I there is snow ten tc fifteen inches in depth ; er meet but *be middle and lower end have only 1 it land ab^ut three inchoi ^ there was none till tho '' last storm. Gallatin needs only a few more mt men of the same sort as the present occu-
Hill. Pa^ts, to enablo her to compete With the old settlements in produco and appearance. Through the valley lies the most direct ** line to Fort Benton, crossing the divide
1865 between tbe Gallatin range and the Mis- * souri. Neither is the locality deficient in ^.jrg11^a minerals, for in the Crow Creek country, ^ibed by at the foot of the valley, and in Confeder- hall not ate Gulcb, gold has been discovered, and vf^?' ?e prospects are as rich as in other and m Mon- better known localities. Quartz, also is to be team^ found in the neighborhood, and many leads ge. The have been struck, but as I am a farmer, I and the naT9 more to do with ^plough in the hand,^ at tne than ^ Quarts on the Brain.^ J J hu rs- At another time I may have some infor* 1 dinner mation of a precise kind, as to the extent present 0j cr0p9} amount of stock, Ac, which I ^e* b h 8?^? ke gl^d to make publie through the finished medium of your paper. Till then, good iady for bye> Your9) lc>)
ovmen_- Ploi'chshare.
the Jef-
rasplcn- -*n
hes line To Incorporate the Historical Society of
e Jcffer- Montana.
f of con- Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of
of good tho Territory of Montana, as follows 1
9 which fj 1.^ That in order to collect and ar-
les long, range facte in regard to the early history
Territo- 0f tbis Territory, the discovery of its mines,
Some incidents of the fur trade, Ac, Ac, H. L.
id at the Hosmer/C. P. Higgins, John Owens, James
diggings Ituart, W. F. Sanders, Malcolm Clark, F.
M. Thompson, William Graham, Granville
Jefferson Stuart, W. W. DeLacy, C. K. Irvine,
^ houses, and Charles 1. Bagg, their associates and efferson, successors are hereby made and constituted two saw a body politic under the name and style of
But lit- the Historical Society of Montana. hness of ?2. ^ Said corporation may have and use
to reach a common seal, and alter the same at plea*
;er. But sure; shall have power in its corporato
ring the Uame to sue and be sued, to contract and
y tested, be contracted with, plead and bo impleaded
>n, is laid jn any of the courts of law and equity in
eighty or this Territory, and own such real estate as
present may De necessary for the transaction of
1 to Last their business.
^ 3. ^ The persons herein named, or a
hj8 f'01^ majority of them shall meet at such time
e u a place as may be designated by a eall
^ of the 8igncd by at least three of the persons ny other named in ^this act, to be published m some one hun- newspaper in this Territory, and obooee a one hun- pre8jdent, Secretarv, Treasurer, Historian luildings and aBoard of five Trustees, whioh officers ind town gDall continue in offioe one year, or until lis gulch 0thers are chosen in their places. I venture ? 4._The board of directors ore quorum
trie Ter- tbsreof, shall have power toformsuch bye- it in tho iawi an(j ordinances as shall, from time to ch varies time seem to them needful and proper, and 1 wagons to alter and amend the same at their plea- 1 thebot- 8urei) jn accordance with the constitution md these 0f the United States and the laws of this y ^e? m Territory.
windlass ? 5.^ This act shall take effect and be in
scarcely f0PCfl f totsx and after its passage.
^^ }\ ita Approved, February 2, 1865.
is high as vr SIDNEY EDGERTON, Governor.
9 refused
s to be no Inrrmoi-s Motto. .--The old Bible ia a
v feet on curious book as concerns the appropriate- s through ness of its language to all times and oe- ck mixed casions. Like Shakespeare, you may find pay dirt, in it a motto for almost any sort of an en- No drain terpribe, no matter what it is. ThttH, one jk is per- of the Middletown (Ct.) clergymen at a
on near- recent torchlight display, exhibited a trans-
5 now at parency over his door, with a quotation
rcn Mile from Genesis xxii, 15^ ^ The ar.gel ot the
only tho | Lord called unto Adkahah out of Heaven ' a second, time-^
