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THE MONTANA POST.
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VOL. L CITY OF VIRGINIA, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1865. NO. 37.
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0?7l 1 1 A L DIRECTORY. Al
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Territorial Officers. i.
Governor, SIDNEY EDGERTON, Bannack City ; Secretary. H. P. TOBSEY ; A '.
Chief Justice. II. L. U.OSMER. ^A. A^sociat*-Justice, AMMI GIDDINGS, on V
^ L. B. WILLISTON, .
Attorney General. E. B. NEALLEY, Virginia ; Sfca Marshal; C. J. BUCK,
Suixevot General, M. BOYD. -.^ Auditor, JOHN S. LOTT. M Treasurer, JOHN J. HULL.
School Superintendent, T. J. DIMSDALE, Soi
Assessor, T. C. EVERTS.
Collector Ir.r.srnnl Revena?N. P. LANGFORD. A. M. T9RBET, Clerk of theU. 8. District Court.
County Officers of MEadison County.
Countv Commissioner, James Fergus, \y
a ' J. E. McClurg, pr0}
u ** Fred. K. Root. j;rjej
Probate Judge, 0. F. Strickland. prer.
Sheriff. Neil Howie. or v
James Williams, Nevada, D3puty Sheriff. best
Treasurer,
Recorder, Robort N. Hill.
Assistant Ajoesao* 1st District, Jerry Coos.
Municipal Officers of Virginia City.
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Mayor ^ P. S. Pfouts. Pottca Magistrate ^ T. V* . Talliaferro. Marshal^ Wm. Deascey. Clerk-C. J. D. Curtis. Attorney^ John C. Turk.
Treasurer ^ John S. Rockfellow. 1 Street Coiuiuis.-ioner ^ II. J. Johnson. ^
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1^VS1MESS CARDS. ItJ
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\V. F. Sanders. Jerry Cook. ^
SANDERS ^ COOK. f.^
VTTORNF.YS at Luw, Virginia City, Montana Territory. 1 p 1
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W. M. Stafford, It. B. Parrott, L. W. Bortox, Cal. Iowa. Col.
STAFFORD, PARROTT A BORTON, c
Attorneys at Law. Office on Idaho street, opposite Cit;
the court house, Virginia City, Montana Territory. ^ -
2-ora E->
YOUNG AMERICA EATING HOUSE-
Next door east of tho Montana Billiard Hall. ^ MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
THE Tables supplied with the best the market Uw affords. The' choicest Wines, Liquors and
Cirars always to be found at the Bar.
334w F.-W. BECKER. Joi
FRANCIS R. BILL,
VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. ]7
DEBTS Collected ; Deeds, Leases, and Powers of aU Attorney drawn; Abstracts of Title made or verified; ActeowlsmrMnts and Depositions taken j according to law. Revenue Stamps for sale. Mu Office at the store of Erfort, xluacli ^ Co., Idaho ] street. . ^
References :^ Erfort, Busch i Co., Pfouts k Russell, Dance ^ Stuart, H. Pomanski ^ Bro., Virginia City, M. T. 33-tf 1.
QALIFORNIA HOTEL, . ?
Nevada City, Montana Territory. J^
fo
LOUIS BEL ANGER, Proprietor. gfa
Tliis hotel is situated on Main street, and in the ^ be-t part oi the City. The table supplied with the best the market affords, and the saloon furnished ? with the best liquors.
Rooms and beds can be had at reasonable prices, j Charges for board moderate. 141^
HENRY JAMESON, J
MERCHANT TAILOR, ga
Threedoors above the Stonewall, Wallace street ?o Virginia City M. %
THE best assortment of cloths, cassimeres and j ^ vest patterns, constantly kept on hand and made up after the latest fashion. 3m-24*
OCCIDENTAL BILLIARD HALL- Jj
ROCKFELLOW k DENNEE'S BUILDING. w Jackson Street, Virginia City. J*
The finest tables in town. The barsupplied with W the best of Liquors and Cigars. - _
16^41* JOHN II. MING.
SECOKD d: FACCETTE j
SADDLERS ^ HARNESS MAKERS. 1
CONSTANTLY on hand and manufacturing from
the best material, all styles of Saddles, Bridles, I-
fcmgU* and Double Harness, or anything else made iD ?
* 5rst class saddler shop. lm ^ H g,
Dodge * Thexton,
General Blacksmiths and Plough Man- ~
vfacturers, Cover Street, Virginia City.
PL3UGHS of the best description, suitable for Kanchuion ia this country, made tt> Cider in SI be host possible manner. Horses, Mules and Cattle in ^bod in the most approved manner. 29tf Ci
W. L. McMatb.] [W. Y. Lovell.
> McMATH Ac I.O V KI.I.,
_ Attorneys at Law, Virginia City, M. T., will promp^ tly attend to all professional business entrusted to El their care. 32-2m* yet,
Wm. DECKER? ^fT p Surgeon Dentist. dow
OFFICE ONE DOOR WEST OF POST OFFICE f Building. Patients visited at their residence
0 | when desired. P^ac q tf^ 30 ^ new
^ ROATH ^ CO., 3
?0 A MERICAN WATCHES JUST RECEIVED DI ^j.
'0 XTL rectfrom the manufactories. , '
'0 Every description of J ewelry manufactured from ?t
'0 the Native Gold. Call, Examine Specimens, Cret
!0 and then judge. aire
5 Sign of the MAMMOTH WATCH, hea^
0 VIRGINIA CITY, Montana Territory. ?
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,q Virginia City, Sept. 10, 1864. ce}v 10 3m?31 ^ by 6
| J. T- HENDERSON, ^ gjj
|J PAINTER AND SIGN WRITER, ure
;e office on Cover Street, Visjima City. ?
?1 5 ly* con
LIME AND BRICK. ?t!iC
a has
BT bell
? HENRY B AI ER- Gos
Also Flue Building, and all kinds of brick work A one to order. 5 ^ 3m min
Wm. CHUMASERO.
A TTORNEY AT LAW, VIRGINIA CITY, MON- abo A tana Territory. Office, in Post Office buildiug, (j,t( on Wallace street. ^* ^ tf wnj
i Shaving and Hair Dressing Saloon. J?j
MUSTACHE AND HAIR COLORING. doD
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South Side of Wallace Street, Va. City
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LYONS Js WHITE, Proprietors. hof t. 3_ly Will ^ ^ i Wil
f* JDAHO HOTEL, uat
Wallace street, Virginia City, M. T. J. M. Castner ,-.Qi
proprietor. The proprietor announces to his old 8 J friends aud the puidic generally, that he is now
prepared to accommodate boaraers by the meal, day mo
or w eek at low rates, llis table turnished witti the fed
best the market affords. 26-tt' nil,
JDHN S. ATCHISON, ?
y. NOTARY PUBLIC. ?
REVENUE STAMPS AND BLANKS ' FOR SALE AT sw^ac
ALLEN dt MILLARD'S BANK. thr
tov
VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY. n.n
30^ 'tf in^
^]y JONTANA BILLIARD HALL, ?
^ Virginia City, Montana Territory. Sabolskie tbi . A Poznanski, Proprietors. 26-tf th^
3k. , Tfa
F. C. Cornell, M. D. S. L. F. Ward, M. D en lnn Drs. CORNELL ^ WARD. c0
PHYSICIANS ^ SURGEONS. M
on
^ ^ (Successors to) up
oi. Drs. BROOKE A GL1CK.
N, Office on Jackson Street, bciow Wallace, Virginia j mi site City, Montana Territory. ly ^ 12 fay
T ENCOURRAGE 1IOMK MANUFACTURE, j ^^
? SOAP! CANDLES'! of
POTTER, JOHNSON ^ TASNER, corner of Co-
ver and Broadway streets, Manufacturers, 9p Wholesale and Retail dealers. A miner's candle
suitable for drifting, of the best description. Par- fn
kcj ties buying will save tbe freight hither and have a m,
^f^ first rate article. 3m^ 26* fau
John S. Lewis, N. B Hale, D. M. Gillett. tb LEWIS, HALE A- CO. ?
$9 Jewelry Manufacturers, m
EVERY description of Jewelry madeto orderfrom
the Native Gold, und warranted. Particular SJ
* 01 attention paid to repairing fine watches. Also En- de
J 01 i graving done to order. wi
VBi OP THE GOLD UiTCH, Jackson St., Virsinia City, I. I Tl
aho February 25, 1S65. 27^ tf ke
s k NOTICE TO BUILDERS S^
Lf^^ /. ROCKEN FIELD ^ C. WIJITSON Jjj
* RE prepared to do all kinds of Plastering in a tn XA. Workmanlike manner and at a low figure, they
both having served many years at the business. If P you want a good job done, give them a call. For
further particulars enquire at Griffith ^ Thompson's L
fOR. store, Idaho Street. cb
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the JflohcgrnVs Restaurant! lj
W JACKSOSM., - - - - VIRGINIA,
l In John Hugh's Building.
1 rpHIS House will keep open day and night for the tb
A sccommodation of guests. Meals served up at w I? all hours. The table will always be supplied with tc Lt , game, fish or any other luxu? the season affords. ? A Bar, with the choicest articles of Wines, Liq- , 1-0 I uors aud Cigars, is connected with the house-.
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_^d LUMBER. tc
^DRUNDY'S MILL, on Stinkwater is prepared a,
XJ now to saw bills of Lumber of any size at short j g( IjL- notice. . . Their lumber yard in Virginia City, is in the Warsaw Corral, on Idaho street, wb^re they con- h stoutly keep the best article of all kinds of lumber g at reasonable rates. Also a good assortment of j silsii and lutli constantly kept on hand. t 37^ tf . . ! 11
?_ WHOLESALE I^
^ LIQU OR STORE.'}!
JOHN A. NELSON. J
i?^1 TJ AS ON HAND A CHOICE LOT OF OLD RYE 1 1
?les' Tl Whiskey which makes up splendidly m Hot )
1 ^ , Drinks. He respectfully requests the public to li
give him a call and examine his stock on Wallace a
street, opposite California Exchange. t'
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^*n- ^^^ JUSTUS COOKE. a
ilT. GENERAL AUCTIONEER. J
for Particular attention given to the sale of Live -
r ' in Stock uad Real Estate, sales of Stocks of Goods
attle in Store. Office at the Elephant Corral, v irgima ^
Kf Citv. M. T. 3m^ 1^* ^
From Last Chance.
I Helena, April 26, 1865.
o Editor Post : ^ Our town ^is not dead Ei yet,^ but has every manifestation of each fron of the life symptoms. boys
The quartz prospectors aro ^sinking j que^
down^ all about us, and bringing in speci- the I
mens of the ^article,^ which are establish- than
* ing the reputation of this section as to a Thr
place for quartz mining. A list of the Mesi
newiy discovered, leads would make alarge a pr
- show on paper. and Recorder Harding has established an of- wbi^
fice here for the accommodation of the pub- of p
11 lie, and will probably be here himself most ed t _ of tbe time, and leave his deputy at Silver eact s. Creek. By his gentlemanly manners he has of g
already brought blessings on the Governor's Tbu ; head for appointing him. The County Com- ofn V missioners thought to have retained ^the old grot *. Recorder in the office after Mr. H. bad re- cell ceived his appointment, and a notice signed feet _ by said Commissioners was posted in our bcrs citv proclaiming Eastman as the Recorder mer still. But I presume thier attempt to meas- or j I. ure authority with the Governor as to which of n has the right to appoint recorders will no Thi doubt end in smoke, and we imagine Re- mei _ corder Harding will safely override anv ob- clai stacle they may place in his way. Mr. H. j den has the books and the Commissioners had j and belter ^play out^ their opposition or the ' der Governor may play them out. tak rk At a meeting of those interested in the ? mining claims in Dry Gulch, it was decided | ^? ' ~ to try bringing the water which is now at ^00 the upper claims, but sinks some way tap above the lower discovery, by moans of a vv? S. ditch to the claims below. Each claim
which furnished help toward tho work was P?a a to have a privilege at the water, and the *mf men have gone at it in earnest. It will be ^' done . this week ^ certainly enough for A working, and by constructing a reservoir wc t_ they have the expectation of Hooding some 1 seven acres near the forks of tbe gulch, and pla hope by that means to secure a supply of hal water daily for the entire season. This ed
^ will make the lower claims much more val- of 1 uable than they now are, and raise many a 1 man's hop is concerning his prospects in that I the
]\d gulch. rot }W Quite a number of men about here arc j rif^ ay moving across the Missouri to Con- difi he federate gulch, which, so unfortunate in j prt _ name? they think to be a good thing. We I ess wish our own camp to grow as fast as pos- cul sibie, rut are not so selfish that we would j inj keep other parts of the Territory from be- is ^ ing developed and tested. sh^ _S 'The mining in Last Chance district will tio soon be very much more active, when tbe lot water comes. There is a small 6upp!y of loc that needful article flowing througb tbe wa town, and tbe original ditch company who Be hud some eleven or thirteen miles of ditch- go
ing before them at the outset, have been qu
slightly anticipated by another company, co who make a much shorter ditch, bringing _ie the water from Ten Mile creek, and striking ^p f the gulch about No. 9 below discovery, as
^ Tbis last company hate manifested much ^t^ ' enterprise, and hope to have their ditch fin
completed in two or three weeks more. In fo S. the meantime tbe old ditirh company ^keep no on,^ and when their ditch is completed the in upper claim holders will rejoice and sluice, th Tbe rich ^Grizzly^ is being worked for 9U niaj miles, and by the stories and the gold, ! UF (which M much more reliable than any story W( ^7T now-a-days,) most of the owners have no cause to complaim. I saw sixty-three ounces ^l of very nice dust and small nuggets, from in Co_ $^25 down, which were taken out of one ?a enj. claim in twenty-four bours-this week. idle In No. 34 in lower discovery they took hs1 ?ar- from the bed-rock the head, bones and al- 80 9 a most, if not quite, an entire skeleton of a ?r buffalo, some forty or forty-five feet below to :tt. tbe surface. dJ The news cf Grant's victory and Lee's capture brightened the eyes of every Union d^ S ^ man, and tbe only consolation which we 'n rom n;we ne;ird meted out by any Southern 8C sympathizer was: ^Lee may have surren- W En- dered: it is possible he did: but you never ?f will bear of Longstreet doing the like.^ th t I Tbis I think to be changing the place but efl keeping the pain. m
^ Last evening we raised the Stars and m Stripes on the main street of our city. The | D(
q y flag floated gract-fully to the breeze, an evi^ dence of the skill, patriotism and taste of _, |n a the noble Union ladies who devoted the .
If Prev?ous night to its construction. At 4 ,
por p. m. two national salutes were fired from c
on's Union anvils, and the air rang with tbe w
cheers of our staunch Union men, and they C(
adjourned till half after 7 o'clock, at which ?
r time a great crowd assembled, and it was ?!
with difficulty that one could make his way j ?
*^*^^ up to the speaker's stand. ! '
Lawyer Hedges presided and made a jj
:the thrilling address, which was listened to ^
p ^t with great attention, and frequently cheered g
iv'tn to the echo; while men from all parts of j,
Lia- *')e assernD?y 8ave 'n their endorsement of y
the sentiments of the speaker. q
_ lie appealed to those who had before M
been enemies to the country and opposed B
to the government to bury the hatchet now, V
ared and shaking hands in friendship, go on to- G
faort ! gather with us in peace and harmony. C , the Mr. Owens being loudly called for, said
con- he rejoiced at the late events as the harbin- ^ mber ger8 of peace, and not because of the blood
1 of I shed oa either sid and though he had bean w j a slaveholder in Missouri, the events of this l'
war and tbe career of the political struggles d
of the last two Administrations had decided
El in his mind that rather than give up the g
^ freedom of the white man he would sacri- ft
fice the slavery of the negro; one must bo n
RYE g'ven up. Though questioned by indi- n
Hot viduals in the crowd as to various remarks v
c to ip his speech, ho turned the butt of logic r
llace and truth against bis interrogators, and {_
they were giad to let bim go on unmolested. a
A frantic secessionist endeavored to say s
a few words, but the crowd hissed him c
_R. down with a will, and he had not friends c
T. * enough to even say ^go on,^ in his favor, i
1 ods The meeting adjourned, giving three cheers 6
d'nia for the old flag. I remain - c
r Tours, truly, GLEANER. t
From Prickly Pear. The tioi
Prickly Pear, April 14, 1865. wil A Editor Post: ^ ^We have just returned h from a hasty visit to Jefferson City. The
boys up there are all ^*ound on the goose >j>h^ igj question ;^ but more intent upon finding Qat)ta i- the bed-rock in this gulch at that place ni_? p l- than upon the solving of the other problem. j_ipj0 a Through the enterprising endeavors of at ie Messrs. Shecnan, Richardson and others, j re^ ;e a prospecting company has been formed,
and a drain-ditch started, the work upon wot_ f- which is progressing rapidly. Tho number jn hi. )- of persons composing the company is limit- roa(_M st ed to thirty; twenty are already interested, of ?g er each of whom is to have three hundred feet comni us of ground in tho District for prospecting it. ipQ? J8 Thus many persdns with but a small outlay M(j g a- of money or labor arc enabled to obtain er j8 Id ground, wlri-m is undoubtedly good, as ex- ijU( e- cellent prospects have been found only four morr( sd feet below tne 6urf ace. The terms of mem- con_e ur bcrship in tbe company include tho pay- j jca * er ment of from three to five dollars per day, j Dus'_, s- or just enough to koep a sufficient number [jon , cb of men working advantageously in the drain. ? no Thus men can work out their own assess- ^ ,e- ments, make small wages, and get one jftJ b- claim and a half besides. The supcrinten- pa]-r EL ! dents of the work and scheme are honest ^ ad and responsible men, who, when they un-J he dertake a thing, go through with it if it j.
takes a ^ limb. y. ?
ae I Jefferson is improving fast, and the price ^ e(j j of town property is advancing rapidly A town at j good saw mill near tbe town is doing a av I thriving business. We are told a brewery a will soon be in running order, which will ;m add much to the spiritual comfort of the ^as place. Wishing the boys all the success Th De imaginable in getting down where with
be ^They'll pick up lumps that weigh a pound, W ^> 'or And lay like horse-chestnuts on the ground,^ pan\
oir we started home. went me The twelv^ miles of road between this ^in- nd place and Jefferson, instead of tbe unin- Hcpi of habited and solitary appearance it present- 1 ft bis ed a few months since, now presents one inS 1 al- of thriving industry. zur r
ya Prospectors are now busily improving nor ! aat I their time looking for quartz in the sur- ?* | rounding mountains. Many lodes of au- batw ire I riferous rock are found daily. One great ?aa >n- difficulty with the majority of the quartz p in j pros'pectore here is a great want of thenec- iYe I essary mineralogical knowledge to prose- sav,s os- I cute their labors with dispatch. Prospect- , ^ uld ing is ^up bill business^ at best ^ success 7 be- is only obtained by handling the pick and ninc shovel earnestly, enduring many priva- f0n vill tions^ then, perhaps, strike a ^granite 8 tbe lode.^ A good assayer could do well by !l?r of locating in this part of the .country. The the want of one is much felt in this community. ^* rho Besides pros ing a kind of philanthropist, a a ch- good assayer can become possessed of ren een quartz property which will immediately be- ai!e. ny, come valuable. w .
ing We have had a man here who had a ^1C ing ^prognosticarum,^ (more commonly known ;ry. as a forked stick). The ^stick man^ ere- ?at uch ated quite an excitement by his success in itch finding guluh and quartz mines; but bis r.0E
In forked institution is about ^played out^ ? eep now, having failed to make the connection ^f* the in several instances. The thorn-man is all w ice. the go now, who says: ^This is the richest raar for gukh in the Tcrritory.,, We do not know te^' old upon what alchemical principle the thing e ' 0rV works, or what arc the secret ingredients ara , n0 inside hi3 outfit. We only know he baa it a ices ^in a horn,^ and that the horn was labor- 'ai rom ing under a severe indisposition the other ^ one day, caused by bad whisky, and failed to j18
perform its functions in consequence. We a ook have known for a long time that horns will sji sometimes cause inebriation, but didn't fV3 5f a know that a horn could become inebria- e 10,T ted ^ however, strange things occur now- 18 5 days. 8aii ee>8 Oliver's and Egncll's express lines are or. ' lion doing a thriving business so far as carry- ^l we ing passengers is concerned; but there a iern seems to be something wreng at the post- * rerj_ office. Sometimes tbe Prickly Pear mail be ever hag comes instead of the Silver Bow. We j ce.v think as our letters cost us two cents more M? but each than the Express charges are, the post jfiC master ought to bo able to distinguish one j?. and mail bag from another, or sell out to some- wa, The j body who doe*- Yours, ROVER. 0f
ev? A ^Local's^ Resolutions to Reform. ^ tu!^ ta The Local of the Muscatine Journal says 80 ' J ? that while sitting in his sanctum, leisurely c0? rom chewing the cud of Bweet reflection, and re tbe etching the gyrations of a spider on the ^e the ceil'n^^ he began to sum up the number of ?* hic? R^^d resolutions ho had formed during the j5'8 1 lastvear, and arrived at the following result: ,ne Z^ Sworn off drinking. 300 times. 5,01
? 1 Been asked to drink, 250 ^ Jj
Drank', 248 ^ ln
'e a Drunk, excuse us. ?u
? *^ Joined temperance societies, 4 ^ u,( ered Been expelled, 4 ^ VB
ts ft* Intended to go to church, 58 ^ /
ltof Went, 2 ^ ne,
Going to be married, 3 ^ ag(
fore Married, nary ^ calico too high. tre osed Been wb:ppcd, 6 ^ rui
? ow, Whipped other feller, 0 ^ _Q(
i to- Going to cut down expenses, $50 00 OQ
Cut them down, $0 15 mf
said Besides numerous ^cu?sins,^ and other ;8 bin- things too numerous to mention. co] ilood He confesses his ^progress^ at reform tjr be^n wasn't much, but claims be will do better i(Q I this ' this year, all of which he will religiously g:c
rgles do^ in a horru I th(
:ided the ?ew York Tribune's Washington i th^ 3 ?be Special 0f yesterday 6ay^: ^The feeiing i ? acn^ among Congressmen to night indicates a , !* De massacre of all private jobs and schemes, t;^ 'nd'^ and an honest and determined devotion of ti( tarks wnat money is left in the Treasury, to the ja( l^^ic prosecution of the war. The prospect of c'a anc* killing tbe Niagara Ship Canal swindle, on sted. an(j 0f hanging up till the war is over, the ^t ^ say schemes of the Illinois Ship Canal, and the fe him deepening of the Mississippi, is fair and ends comfortino:. Likewise the prospect of sav- avor. ing .$25,000, proposed to bo devoted to Je beers somebody for a picture much laughed at, n^ of Commodore Perrv's change on bis flag sn !R. ship.^ ' hi
The Telegraph Explorin|r Expedi^ tion^ Telecrraph Conamuuication Witts San Francisco. At\
d i New Westminster, March 17th, > conc^
ie Via Seattle, March 31st. \ Athii
,e The United States steamer Shubrick, S Captain Scammon, with Colonel Bulkley wle[! :e and party, of Collins' Overland Telegraph .a , a* Exploring Expedition, arrived here to-day 1 ^ at eight a. m. Colonel Bulkley was cordial- ' 8^ ly received by the Governor of British Co- J ' J^ lumbia, who takes great interest in the ?on^ 'Q work and has promised all tho assistance sT in his power in surveying routes, opening ^. * f^ roads, etc. Colonel Bulk-ley has a number nincl 2 of men here already, and the work will be cvcril f* commenced as soon as practicable. caus? 1 There is still some snow on the ground or?. ky and floating ice in the river, but the weath- in er is moderating.
x* The Shubrick leaves here at 4 r. m. to- ^l 1 ar morrow, taking Colonel Bulkley to Sitka to bina a* confer with the Governor of Russian Amer- 01 | ica. In the meantime tbe work will be 'n ?! -r^ I pushed forward from here under the direc- the I er tion of Captain Conway. Deal D* ^ Tbe Frazer is still closed above, and there dari 8^ is nothing new from Cariboo. quae ae James Gamble, Superintendent of the her i n^ California State Telegiaph Company, also are 1 arrived on the Shubrick, and will at once jor*e n.^ start another party at work constructing 18 n( the lino south to meet the party working ! thre this way, there being a gap of about twen- eom C!P ty miles to finish, which will place tbis Tl town in communication with San Francis- l^w a co and the Eastern cities. x-v^n 52 New Westminster, March 23d, )
he Via Seattle, March 31st. ? ?'l?
:ss The United States steamer Shubrick, jjnt with Colonel Charles S. Bulkley and party, buy of the Russian American Telegraph Com- ; nat pany, left here for Sitka on tbe 18th. The j whp weather continues stormy, with snow nnd prc? hi8 rain. Tbe Frazer is reported open to Fort |egt
in- HfPe- , thin
nt. The submarine telegraph cable connect- wm
^nc ing the California line was laid across Fra-
zer river on the 21st Inst., by the Gover- ?.q,
;no. nor's steam yacht Leviathan. ?ee
The telegraph will soon be completed- waE
lu_ between this place and Saa Francisco. ^ qt^
Clll Sacramento Union. jj
Ptramid Lake. ^ The Virginia Enterprise |^01
se- sa-v8: stre ct- Pyramid Lake is about sixty miles long
ess ?7 twenty-five miles in width. It contains j
in(j nine pyramidical islands, ranging in height go(.
va_ from fifty to five hundred feet. It is from j
j'tg these pyramidal islands that tbe lake takee I ?
^jj its name. The water in tbe center of the j
L'he 'a?^ ?ite l^resh, while that about the
:j_ shores is strongly impregnated with salt 4 4(
t and alkali. The islands are generally bar- ?
'0f ren piles of rocks. On some of the largest ?
? are found a few snakes and borned toads, ?
while on the others no living thing, save a j
j ft cricket or some such insect, can be found.. ?
' Great numbers of pelicans, gulls and other -
.?e. water fowls are to be found about tbe lake. - ?
pjn Some of the pelicans measure eight feet
'jjjg from tip to tip of their wings. Southeast ou'(
ul^ of the lake, and at no great distance from j.
j its shores, is a large mountain of coral, or .
: ajj what resembles coral, which is full of coves, ?
hest many ^? which are of great beauty and ex- 4
ow tent. At the south end of the lake is an
jno> extensive beach of pure white sand. Sep- ?.
>nt^ arated from the main lake by this beach is ?
_ :I a beautiful little lake about one mile in ?. .
J0r? diameter. Doubtless this was once an arm ?
np* of the main lake. The lake is alive with n
j to fish ^ trout that from their great size nnd (
Yfe beauty would render frantic with delight gH]
wiij any true desciple of the immortal Izaak. q
jn5t No^ boat has ever navigated tbe waters of
ri-a. the lake. Fremont, from his camp, (which
0?.* is still shown) at the south end of the lake, an'
sailed out on a tab raft to the first pyramid t0(
are or inland, distant from the shore some three ?
r'rv. miles. These tub rafts are the only craft jef
ie^r* that have ever been seen on the waters of . ^
ost, the lake. A sailboat, however, will soon ?c
najj be launched upon its mysterious waters.
?e A Conflict. ^ A serious difficulty has ab
10re arisen in Michigan, growing out of a recent *4U Post decision of the Supreme Court of that State,
one which held that the Soldiers' Voting Law gii
??e* was unconstitutional. Some ten members R^
pf the lower House of the State Legisla- mi
ture held their positions by virtue of the a i
savs e^ldiers' suffrage, and a majority of the Hi
re^j committee, to whom the matter was refer- Gi
an*[ red, have reported in favor of the sitting 1 1
tae members. The minority reported adverse- th
0f ly- The press of the State is greatly exer- fo
^ the c'8e^* over the matter and a discussion of ti^ gujt. the question, as to how far a Legislature is ci
' bound by the opinion of tbe Supremo dc ^ * Court, has extended into the other States, bj ( The Republican papers are divided on the it5 questiou. If tbe law be not constitutional wl ,( it ought to be, both in Michigan and every- ni ;t where else in the land. ^ St. Joseph Herald, th
tf ^ of
u Counterfeit $100 Treasury Notes. ^ A pi
new and dangerous counterfeit is now afloat. It is an exact fac simile of the $100 t treasury notes issued under the Act cf iieh- w, ,( ruary, 1862, and is so well executed that jn . good judges might be deceived by it. Up- | HC ]r . on close exarninatior:, however, tho fraud j 0j ^.lo may be easily detected. The spurious note j a, ,lber is smaller than the genuine one, and the ^ y\ coloring on tbe back is paler and less dis- jv *orm tinct than on the genuine bill. The words t^Q etter .^one hundred dollars^ on tbe right hand )US v side of the counterfeit are smaller than on
} the genuine note, and the lettering around g igton i the margin is also different. ^ Philadelphia jr
eiing I Age. i j,i
tes a Opsratic. ^ Among tbe musical celebri- ^j mes' ties who are about to visit this State, are ; P: on? the soprano Signorina Sconcia, who has { P1 0 f lately created a sensation in South Ameri- [ ai ct .of ca, and the contralto, Adelaide Phillips, | ^] _ ,e' one of the few Americans who have made a ^, tne Eur0pean reputation as a vocalist and act-
* j ress. ^ Sacramento Union. and n
! sav- A oelebrated song writer asKed Douglas w
>d to Jeri'old, ^Have you sufficient confidence in fi
d at, me to lend me a guinea?^ ^Oh. yes,^ 5
j flag said Jerroid, ;'Pve all tho confidence, but I li
harcpH tbe guinea.^ U
i ^ - ^ _ ^
1- Artenius Ward on Boston.
n i
Artemus thus writes to his ^Dear Betsy^' concerning his late visit to the ^Modern Athins : ^
l The winder of my room commands a ex^
* hileratin view of Copp's Hill, where Cotton A Mather, the father of the reformers and
sicb lies berrid. There is men even now ^ who worship Cotton, and there is wimmen who wear him next their harts. But I dont weep for him. He's been dead too ce lengthy. I ain't going to be absurd, like old Mr. Skillins, in our naborhood, who is
^ ninety-six years of age, and gets drunk De every 'lection day, and weeps bittuTlj be^ cause he haint got no Parents, lie's a nice
J(j orphan, he is.
. Bunker Htll is over yonder in Charles^ ton. ln 1775 a tbrillin' dramy was acted 0_ out over there, in which the '^Warren Com- to bination^ played star parts.
ft. Old Mr. Fanuel is ded, but bis Hall is still be in full biarst. Tbis is the cradle in which ic- the Goddess of Liberty was rocked, my Dear. The Goddess hasn't been very well (ro darin' tbe past few years, and thenuu'ris quack doctors she has called in didn't help be her any; but the old gal's physicians now i80 are men who understand their bisnes*, Ma* ce jor-generally speakin', and I think the day ng is near when she will be able to take her ng 1 three meals a day, and sleep nights at ^n? comf'b'y as in the old time. ti i 3 Tbe Common is bere as usbill; and the i8. low cuss who called it a Wacant Lot, and wanted to know why they didn't orrament with some Bildins', is a onhappy outcast its Naponsit.
The State House is filled with statesmen, c?s but some of'm wear queer hats. They v^ buy'm, I take it, of hatters who carry on ,m^ i hat stores down stairs in Dock Square, and ^he } whose hats is either ten years ahead of the ir,d j prevailing style, or ten yeais behind it ^ ort nest as an imcllectoo.il p?rson sees fit to think about. I had the pleasure of taikin' c'^ with sevril mombers of the legislature I ra^ told 'em tbe Eye of 1000 ages was oi.to we er^ American people of to-day. They seemed deeply impressed by tho retnntks, and *e(U wanted to know if 1 bad seen tbe Grate ^^ Orgin?
Harvard College. This celebrated insti- tootion of learnin' is pleasantly s.tnated me in the Bar-room of Parker's, in School j street, and has coopils from all over the
^ ^ country.
^ht * went ever to Loxington yes'd'y. My ^ Boosum hove with solim emotions. ^^fc j.es j this,^ I said to a man who was drivin' a ? j yoke of oxen, ^tbis is were our revolution* , c ary forefathers asserted their independence , and spilt their Blud. Classic ground.^ salt ^\Yaii}^ the man said, ^it's gwoll for r* white beans and pot^toes,^but as regards raisin' wheat, t'ain'fc wiirth a dam. But 1 8' hcv' you seen the Grate Origin?^
I returned in the- Hess Cars, part way. k * A pooty girl in spectacles sot near me, and v was teiiin a young man how much be re* , ' minded ber of a man she used to know ia l Vv alibam. Pooty soon the young man got T 8 out, and. smiiin* in a seductiv' madner^ I ?om^ said to the girl in spectacles, ^don't I re- ' mind vou of somebody vou used to ves_' know?^ 3 S
ex^ ^Yes,^ she said, ^you do remind ce of L one man, but be was sent to the peniten- j>,e?^ tiary for stealin' a Bai?l mackerel ^ he died .1S there, so 1 conclood you ain't him.^ 1 arm t?c'n,t persoo the conversation. 1 onley ivith near(? her silvery voice once more during ftnj the remainder of the jerney. Turnin' to a respectable lookin' lemaie of advanced summers, she ask?d her if she had seen the *. Grate Orgin. ?. ^ VT^ eld chaps, my dear, are apt to forgit that it is some time since we was infants
raid and et lite fooJ' Js'otb*n' of further int'rist
j. took place on the cars except a colored gen-
%raf? ?emanJ a *ota? stranger to me, asked if I'd
' ' , lend bim my diamond Brestpin to wear to a
rs 0 funcril in South Boston. 1 told him I soon , ,
r wouldn t ^ not a picpuss.
Altbo' fur from the prabayrics, there is ba8 abundants of wild game in Boston, such as cent quails, snipes, player and Props, tate, I ment to have allooeed to the Grate Or- Law gin in this letter, but 1 haven't seen it. Mr. ibers Reeveer, whose tavern I stop at, informs isla- me that it can be distinctly heard through the a smoked glass in bis nativ town in New the Hampshire, any clear day. Put settin tbe efer- Grata Orgin aside (and indeed I don't think tting 1 heard it mentioned all the time I was erse- there,) Boston is one of toe grandest, sure* jxer- footedest, clcar-hcadest, comfortahlest ci- ^n of ties on the globe. Onlike every other large ire is city I was ever in, the most of the backmen remc don't seem to bav bin speshully intended ates. bynatur for the Burglery perless on, and ] the it's about the only large city I know of ional where you don't enjoy a brilliant opportu- ;ery- nity of beiu' swindled in sum way, from raid, the^ risin of the sun to the goin down there^ of. There4 I say, loud and continnerd ap- ^ ^ A piaus for Boston ! now
$100 Large Wheat Field. ^ Gen. Jo^jn Bid- iieb- well5 of Chico, has an enclosure contain- that ; ;ng ono thousand acres, all of which is , Up- | Hown down iu wheat. From the character raud j 0f the soil and tho present thrifty appesr- note j ance of the growing grain, says the Oro- d the yjiie Jiecord?wc should think it will readi- i dis- jv yield forty bushels per acre.^ 6afrc/nen- rords fo' Union.
hand
D on A steady strenm of emigrants from sister oun.1' States, particularly Ptuntylvunis, is pour- ^tphia jn;, int() Marylana, row that ^fiee labor^ has become a fettled fact, ln every county lebri- of lbc State large safes of land have taken are place during the past two months, and the > has i purchasers are men who intend to settle, ineii- ! and who dc not purchase for the sake of illips, j speculation.
fact- 1 QtiCKSiLvxR. The quantity of quicksU- ver produced this year at the New Almaden mine, the only one worked to any extent, uglas was twenty-six thousand flasks of scventy- ce in five pounds each, the wbole.valueu nt $1,- yes,^ 527,UU0, against twenty-six thousand flasks , but I last year, valued at $y66,000.^ Sacramen^ to Pnion. e?
