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POETRY.
-fII |. lOfWI OF THE HEART.
jhecorn bows it* bead to the tickle.
ThenigbtiDgrale's murmur is bashed.^jUio tears from the arbutus' trickle,
Beachfruits in the forest lie crashed,^fte have fought, but the battle is ending;
\ftre wounded and sick from the fight.^Blue shadows around us descending
Breatheki**^ of night.
Xt hare journey'd, not heeding our danger.
Criedin wild supplication a bore;^hsre loTed till our eyes lost their anger,
ADahearts became sleepy with lore.^Bed rotes are dying, which wreath'd us;
W*sre stamp'd with the iron that sr.rs;^jy 1 k^^e in compassion bequeath'd us
Itsrelics of tears.
Abn^e ^ DUt ,n' fumm^- w*s pleasant;
Shallwe die and lie dreaming again ^^Would we yield the dull days of the present
Foran hour of the past and its pain ^^po we hunger for kisses that stung us ^^Or long for the lips that bare lied ^^Inst we stoop for the^mi
Unitwe stoop ior we gauntlet they've flung
us
Weep^ creep to their side
tfe cringe to these sowers of sorrow,
Weerr for a blighted caress;^W^ dream for a night; on the morrow
w gather the tares of distress.^We bow to our grief and privatioc;
Wepay for the pleasures that cloy.^Our work is to build the foundation
Theylove to destroy.
Oh!women with hearts brimming over
Withpassions we never can feel,^The world is to weak to discover
Themystical love you conceal.^Oar sorrow, not ours the reproving;
Yourtriumph, and our defeut ^^Our lives are made bitter from loving,
Whyare vou so sweet
g-'From the New York Tribune.
THEINDIAN QUESTION.
TheIndian, in his nomadic state, mnst^henceforth be at war with the white man,^tnd one or l^ie otner must recede. The^time was when he conld be at peace,^when his hunting grounds were not en^^croached upon by the inarch ot civiliza^^tion, and he met his rivals only on hir^borders to traffic with them. Now the^surges of progress break upon his buffalo^and deer from both the Atlantic and Pa^^cific. Railroads are boon to unite the^East and the West in Iron bonds. The^miner and the ranchnr.an are in almost^every valley and gulch in the mountains,^laying the foundations for future empires^and the Indian must conform to civila-^sation or pass away before the inexora^^ble logic of events. He will not civilize^^most all civilization therefore be arrest^^ed in the heart of the continent^ It so,^taw tentirnentalism of many Eastern^journals, the imbecility that has marked^our recent military campaigns, and the^teachings of the swindling agents whose^richest profits are crimsoned with the^blood of the pioneers, are leading the^^-overnment wisely. If not, fresh graves^will cease to ridge the plains, and peace^will come only when such councils and^counsellors are discarded. The military^commander who hopes to plant the hos^^tile tribes between the mountains and^Missouri in peace, knows nothing of the^people, resource* or destiny of the Great^West. The savage must leave it or die.^So fate has written in characters so Ivg-^:!Je that ^the wayfaring man, though a^fool.^ should understand them, and so^enduring that all the power of the gov^^ernment cannot efface them. Already^the miner is in the Wind River, tha Big^Horn, the Yellowstone and the Muscle^*hell ranges. The iron horse will soon^beat Cheyenne, ami the settlements and^rani|^s will move northward. From the^Upper Missouri the tide of empire is^westward, and a mail route now travers^^es the northern portion of Montana, with^the Mississippi as its starting point. In^less than another decade the Northern^Pacific Railn^ad will connect St. Paul^withPuiret Sound, and whirl passengers^from the Atlantic to the Pacific thirty^hours earlier than can the Central, and^the commerce of the ancient empires^will pass through these mountain val^^leys and trorgt s to our centers of trade^and to Europe. The most salubrious^climate of the north is on this line. The^buffalo migrates northward, from the^Platte to the genial winters and suc^^culent grasses of the Yellowstone. West^of the Rocky Range the Missoula Val-^ley yields the finest vegetables, fruits,^and field crops. On its direct line east^^ward is almost a continuous succession^of tke most fruitful valleys, from the^Missoula by water grade to the Deer^Lodge; thence to the Big Hole over the^rang* by almost imperceptible grade ;^then to the Jefferson, which joins the^Oallatin at the head of the Missouri ;^thence up the Gallatin to the Fellow-^stone, and onward to the eastern tide of^civilization, Irom the Missouri and the^Platte. Nor will the scream of the loco^^motive he unanswered as it annihilates^lime and space in its westward flight,^^n the eastern slope of the mountains^ki*iron track will be laid, and the Mon^^tana tourist will fly along the foot hills^lotheUallatin or Prickly Pear. In this^f^rion are the most productive valleys,^'^-efinest pasturage, numerous mountain^streams, rich mineral deposits, and the^best timber on the Eastern Plains. To^P-^sesa and improve these varied sources^^f wealth, pioneers are streaming from^*^*Missouri and from the mountains,^h is the progress of destiny, and no in^^terest of the barbarian can arrest it. Our^bovernment should learn, what every^baa been teaching with increased^tmphasis each year, that with or with^^out its aid. the settler will reap golden^^^rveats in that region, snd pass over^^** graves of his fallen, but ever aveng^^ed, comrades, until he adds fresh stars^J^ 'he galaxy of States. He will not^;^^nd Empire upon wrong. It will be^'.he well-earned triumph over wrong;^o^er unyielding barbarism and studied^Jtrocity. The Indian has become the^joe of peace; the foe of humanity; the^^ illation. He might have abid^*ith, and acquired all with profit, and^preaerv.-a his race indefinitely ; but ev-^*y^ffort to Letter his condition has been^^^ponded to with savage treachery, and^^Uu defiance of all the instincts of chiv-^*J7 and merry. His chief ambition is^murder alike innocent and^^^^7. friend and foe, but he is master^lhe most exquisite tortures to practice^f*^n his victims. He dooms his female^Ptr es to wrongs so cruel that language^T^J|eS^^Jed to portray them, and his^P^'Odest trophies are the silken tresses^!l^e wiv^* and daughters of the pale^With them his dusky bride is
THE MONT A N A VQ S T. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21, 18G7.
*Ter*oo^d triumphantly. I do not de-^***e isolated characters among the
Sonsof the Forest, upon whom the^blissfully ignorant muse has wasted so
muchBweetness. All are cruel, barbar^^ous, treacherous, thriftless^at war with
everyprinciple of enlightened progress,^and every advance of Christian civiliza^^tion.
Donot understand me as assuming^that extermination is the only remedy.^The Government, by its persistent folly, \i(^ky^may make that the onlj remedy by^making it the only safety of the settlers,^but it should not be so. It Sherman^commands on the Plains, calls councils^to threaten the savages in words they^well know to be meaningless, and closes^with the distribution of powder and ball,^extermination will come. The army
whohave advised its abandonment eith^^er want a war of extermination or know^nothing of the value of the route. Those^who say it is not needed have studh i^the West to little purpose, or belong to^the white vampires of the Plains. It is^the natural route to Montana, and the^only practicable route overland. By it^Montana is reached without crossing the^Range^by the other overland^routes south, the mountains must be^crossed twice. It traverses the eastern^base of the mountains, has fine streams^and paBturage, and is the only route that^has those priceless advantages. It will^not only be the great highway between^Montana and the East, but it must soon^have a profitable railroad to connect the
LETTERLIST.
Lettersremaining; unclaimed in the Puet Office^Virginia Citjr. Montana Territory. L^ec. 21, 1867.
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llaomgnrdnerFSBallard'D C^Mailey Sirs 8 Banta E 3
butwH L SSm! f bj dee^8 0t V^^r' ! rich vaI,ey8 and ra1n^* ^ this Territory^itlSre If ,\ a^2E m1 with the western centres of trade. Its
KrIn n t^^tenng sores in ; bonntifnl crops, precious metals, and^nollutm^ lw tl l!^ ^ ' aEenial climate will soon make continuous
rhinnSSfthe savages and every , settlements In U the Oallatin until the^rirn^itt^ ^ ~ltLin Z^ZSA wav,s of ptognm from east to west join^ESSSS tYefm^,n' ^termmation is i^ the mountain vallevs. No tribe can^uli ^ i^ B^t^ta1wl^.hone.8t Pol^y justly claim it. It was stolen^is adopted and firmly maintained, the
Indianwill live and the white man will^have peace. To effect this there must^be radical changes.
First:Tue whole system of Indian^agencies must1 be swept away. With^one accord they espouse the cause of the
wasstolen by the^Crows, and they in turn were dispoiled^by the Sioux. To whom should it be^given as a reservation ^ No tribe now^in existence could give other than the^thief s title to it. or claim it on any high^^er right. No savage now owns it, and it^is not only absurd, it is simply impossv
savageto plunder him. They are, as a J bfo, to surrender it to the saVage simply
class,pestiferous thieves and heartless ^^1 3-
falsitiers,and are justly responsible for^half the graves which dot the Plains.^They violate the faith of the Government^to increase their peculations, and encour^^age war to plunder both camp^. They^know that Indian wars, so tar, have been
becausehe is a savage. The pioneers of^the West will open this route, will keep
itopen, will settle on it, will work its^mines and reap its harvests, whether the^Government abandons it or not. It is^now just enough under military control^. to prevent settlers from protecting^but appalling murders on the part of the | themselves. The mere abandonment of^savages, resulting in increased annuities | the forts and route by the national au-
torthem to steal. They are the great^curse of the Weit, and have become a^blistering stain upon our national repu^^tation.
thoritieswould be of little consequence,^but the attempt to surrender it to the^Indians by treaty and exclude the whites^from it. as has been proposed, would be
Second:The Government should cease j a foolish attempt on the part of the Gov-^to propose councils or treaties with the | ernment to do an impossible thing. If^Indians of the Plain^. They are common ! the Government can do no more for the^enemies, and have forfeited all rights by j people of Montana, let it withdraw from^their proverbial inhumanity. They be- ', the contest for supremacy on the plains,^l^dve that the ^ government fears them, j and there will be early and enduring^and they have no respect for treaty obli- i peace, for it will be the peace of death
gations.They meet Generals but feel^not their swords. They see armies mar^^shaled against them in grand array, but^they evade them uutil they can be mur^^dered in detail. They violate treaties^whenever want or revenge demands it,^and have thus far in this war, been well^paid for every fresh atrocity. Why,^therefore should they observe faith ^^Why should they respect and fear the^Government 7 For every ludian that^has fallen they have scalped ten of Sher^^man s warriors, and a score of emigrants^and settlers beside. The Government^can have peace only by determining on^its policy, and then firmly enforcing it.^It must regard them as subject to its^will^to be liberal and humane, as be^^comes a great Government^and not as^a treaty-making power, for the Indian^is a barbarian and a stranger to the re^^sponsibilities imposed by treaties
tothe savage. One or the other races^must reign here, both cannot. Which^it will be, requires no prophetic pen to^determine After all our weak and cost^^ly diplomacy, the inevitable end will be^reached, and the nomadic tribes will^fade away, either through war or peace,^and leave their hunting grounds to^make golden fields for their pale-faced^rivals.
VirginiaCity, M. T. Oct. 21st. 19fi7.
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PENAND SCISSORS.
I
a -ral Items.
Thediameter of the earth, multiplied^by one hundred and eight, gives the di^^ameter of the sun ; the diameter of the^sun, multiplied by one hundred and^eight, gives the mean distance of the^The ! earth from the sun, and the diameter of
Governmentmust determine^notpropose^^the solution of this vexed question,^whose history is so fearfully stained with^innocent blood. They should be told^that they must surrender the Plains,^and remove South to a genial climate,^where cattle and corn can be raised in^the midst of their idleness. They should^be sent where civilization will not en^^croach upon them, and there let them^be the recipients of any measure ol Gov^^ernmental beneficence. No councils^should be held with them, except to no^^tify them of the purpose of the Govern^^ment, and the period allowed for their^removal. Let them understand that re^^fusal will be war, and war in their own^way, until there is submission. What I^mean by war in their own way, is not^a premium for ^scalps with the ears on ^^but that every violation of humane war^^fare shall l^e fearfully atoned for by any^of the guilty tribe that may be captured
andthat Western troops shall be their ; year no fewer than 13,000 men have de-^foes in battle. The Indian will then obey, serted from the army.
ithe moon multiplied by one hundred^and eight, gives the mean distance of^the moon from the earth.
Acopy of the ^ Bay Psalm Book,^ the^first book printed in British America, at^Cambridge, Mass., has been sold in Eng^^land to a private individual for one hun^^dred and fiftv guineas, a sum exceeding^$730.
Accordingto rec^*nt statistics there^are 2A42 Catholic churches in the I'ni-^texJ State* nnd 54,000 Protestant, In^Florida, once entirely Catholic, there^are now eighteen Protestant churches^to one Catholic.
Tle terms ot twenty-one United^^ s Senators will expire on the 4th^ot March, 186!), of whom fourteen are^Republican and seven Democrats.
Thereport of (ien. Grant mentions the^remarkable fact that during the past
andwill live until his natural debauch^eries obliterate this blot upon mankind.
'lhird:Send Sherman to the Holy^Land, and select comj^etent military^men who have some sympathy with the^struggling pioneers ot civilization, to
Thirteenthousand sight hundred ve^^hicles pass the Astor House, Broadway,^New York, every thirteen hours.
TheNew York Independent has been^enlarged to sixty-four columns, making^enforce the policy of the Government.^ j it the largest newspaper in America.^Send Gen Phil. Sheridan. Gen. Connor, j t^^^^ a8sociation that was^and (.en. Harney to declare to the In- gtarted in Krjgland 0ome year. has^d.ans the purposes of the Government, , d Bav*d QVer gi/teen thoU8and^and they will understand what it means. I Jives *^They will be treated humanely, and, as
arule, go in peace. When fixed upon^their reservations, let the Indian Bureau^be transferred to thd War Department,^and there will be direct responsibility^and justice to all.
Fourth:If any Indians refuse to leave^the Plains, do not repeat the costly and^bloody farce of sending regular troops^to enforce obedience. After a generous^policy has been proffered them, let each j Hills this fall^Western State or Territory be author- Kentucky I
AYankee has purchased an island iu^the Ohio river and stocked it with black^cats, to mist- the animals for the fur^trade.
Amillion of dollars in gold weighs^-1.4T'^ pounds, or within a fraction of 2J
tons.
Theengineers of the V. P. R. R. in^^tend to reach the summit of the Black
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BrickPomeroy received forty votes for^Judge of the Supreme Court in Putnam^county.
SirMorton Peto is passing through^the bankruptcy courts in England. One^claim against him is said to be the trifle^of eighty millions of dollars.
Hon.Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, is | Bt'^ ^Ji^threatened with the loss ot sight of his^fight eye. He lost the use of his left sev^era If years ago.
AKentucky paper says Hon. Garrett |^Davis can tralk four miles an hour with- Carr L^out fatigue. Evidently a misprint for I ^ndlt.r-H^Sry^VoeD,^
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Hon.Jerry Blsxk now fills the shoes |CiinicaaCP^of the dishonored Bradley as counsel for j ^J^p^Surratt.
JamesGordon Bennett is 71 years old^and worth $3,000,000.
LouUNapoleon owns real estate in^San Francisco.
VictorEmanuel is reported as ^steeped^in debauchery and its kindred vices.
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Humorous.
Hobbs.the old rascal, says an Ameri^^can girl loves with her eyes, an English^girl with her arms, a French girl with^her lips, an Italian and Spanish with^all three. A Boston woman capitulates^in three months, a New York woman in^two and a ISew Orleans woman in one.^Causes, partly climate and constitu^^tional, and partly a few words from the^old folks in the back room.
Bill,did you ever go to sea^^ ^I^guess I did, last year, for instance, I^went to see a red-headed girl; but I only^called once.^ ^Why so^^ Because her^brother had an unpleasant habit of^throwing boot-jacks and smoothing^irons at people.
ANorfolk paper, with unaccountable^freedom, does not see why so much ap^^plause should be bestowed on Sheridan,^the hero of Five Forks, whereas Butler
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party, a single young lady, said: i^^Matches are made in heaven.^ ^Very j Meredith F a^likely,^ was the quiet rejoinder of a mar- 'Martin O^ried lady.her friend, ^and they are often^dipped in the other place T*
Boy'sidea of having a tooth drawn^may be summed up as follows : ^ The^doctor hitched fast on it, pulled his best,^and just before it killed me the tooth^came out.
MissSmith, I wish to speak to you in^private. Permit me to take you apart a^few moments. Miss Smith, who^wasn't at all frightened, ^Certainly,^sir, if you promise to put me together^again.
Aclergyman asked a charity boy if he^had been baptized. ^No sir, not as I^^knows on. But I've been waxinated,^^was the reply.
Whenthe ladies of the court of Sweden^had finished hugging and kissing Admi^^ral Farragut, they each and all exclaim^^ed, ^farry goot.
Itis amazing how some of our modern^authors are given to misrepresentation.^The word ^fa.il^ may be found on the^s^^th page of the ^Youth's Lexicon,^^Bulwer's assertion to the contrary not^^withstanding.
The^game of life^ is very like a paine^of cards. Time deals, death cuts, and^everybody is waiting for the last^trump.
Anactress in one of the San Francis^^co theatres recently tried to poison her^^self with rouge but only succeeded in^producing disgust and symptoms of scar^^let fever.
Thedamsel who is accused of break^^ing a young man's heart has been bouud^over in the bonds of matrimony to keep^the pieces.
Aflirt is like the dipper of a public^pump, which all may drink at, but none^carry away.
Adangerous character; the man who^^takes life^ cheerfully.
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izedto raise the number of troops neces^^sary to clear the savages from their^borders. The cost will not be one dollar^for ten required to perform the same^task with the regular army. The Indians^will not wait for the advent of the Moun^^tain troops^they will go. for their choice^will be to go or die, There will be no^Sherman pow-wows; no silly pleadings
kyhas not a single daily news^^paper regularly published outside of^Louisville.
TheLondon Time* has a subscriber^100 years old, who has read that paper^since it was first started.
Thevaluation of the property of Ohio^is $1,140,000,000.
Jeff.Davis' bail bond has been litho-
noidle threats; no distribution of amu- jrraphed and is for sale in Richmond.
nitionto conciliate them. It will be war^from the start and war in earnest^just^what the Indians cannot endure. For^fvery act of inhumanity to a prisoner^there will be terrible retribution. Less^than 400 Montana volunteers protected^the whole eastern border of the ssttle-
InIceland the clergyman kisses his^congregation all around before preach^^ing-
Personal.
Heenanwill train Coburn for his fight^with McCoole. We have the authority
mentslast Summer. The Oallatin Val- | oi tue Boston Pout for stating that Hon.
leyis the most fruitful in Montana, and^it swarms with the finest stock. It is^but a few miles from the hostile country,^separated bv a low mountain range,^through which there are many passes;^but the settlers were safe, for no hostile^Indian could enter the valley and hope^with his life. Nor did the
JohnMorrissey is to assist in training
Coburn.
TheSprinpfirld (Illinois.) Journal re^^minds Brick Pomeroy that he has some^unsettled bills at Decatur and elsewhere^; in the State.
I It is said that Chief Justice Chase
d;itn:r,h::VV(;{u'nteersI ^ 0^ - t Wria. * Jeff. Davis
tecting100 miles of exposed borders - before Judge Lnderwood or by a negro^K.^rt Smith, with its garrison of nearly jury. Ilfln4rnlnmn^200 men. was besieged by the savages, Horace Or. eley receives ^100 a column^and Sherman, with all his forces, could | for his autobiography in the Imager
FROTCSTERLING.
EditorPost : I was greatly surprised to^see in your paper of the 19th inst. an article^in which my name and that of Mr. Henry A.^Ward were mentioned. Whatever right I^may have in the matter in controversy, I am^willing to settle by due coarse of law, but^inasmuch as Mr. Ward has pat his statement^into your columns, 1 beg leave to make^mine.
Ileased certain qsarts property on the Boas^lode, which I had been working about a week^in the daytime. Mr. Ward sent a m^n to^the lead at midnight to see if any of my em^^ployees were there. About 4 o'clock A. M.^the gallant leader, armed with his revolver^and accompanied by a doaen followers, took^forcible possession of the ground. Mr. Ward's^instructions were brief^^ Hold the ground at^all hazards against any force except law.^^The laborers that I employed were prevented^from going to work upon my premises by this^force.
Ialso desire to say that Mr. Ward did not
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ownthe discovery claim on the Boaz, and, as j Prime Canvassed f ft^I am advised, had no right to work thereon,^as said claim is owned by three persons whose^interests have not been divided. 1 desire no^controversy in the newspapers, but I may be^pardoned for remarking that the ^reports,^^concerning which Mr. Ward expresses himself^so excitedly, if in harmony with this state^^ment, were correct.J. P. Isaacs.^Mountain Home, Dec. 20, 1S67.
notsupply the starving troopa. Capt^DeLacv. with 4o mountain volunteers,^marched 250 miles through the hostile^country with a train for the relief of the^fort. The savages could not surprise^him^rhey dare not fight him, and they^allowed him to go and return in peace.^The Indian wants uo war with the moun^tain volunteers, each of whom has some^murdered comrade to avenge.
Theproposed surrender of the Boze-^man ot Powder Kiver route as an Indian^reservation would be a stupendous fol^^ly; worse^it would be a crime.
Those
Thisexplains the reason he began with^his ancestors in the ark.
CaptainBarclay, the English pedes^trian walked one hundred and ten^miles in nineteen hours^the greatest^feat on record.
GeneralFremont has disposed of his^New York home and lives with his family^at a beautitul place at Tarrytown.
Itis said that George W. Childs, pro^^prietor of the Philadalphia Ledger% has^offered James Gordon Bennett $1,250,00.)^for the Herald-
CharlesA. Tuttle, reporter for the Su^^preme Court of California, has resigned.^Ex-Senator Hale of Placer, is appointed^in his place, and retains Colonel Wo jd^as his deputy.
During last month the sales of real^estate in San Francisco, amounted to^$1,721,865; mortgages, $1,005,000; re-j^$4b0,000.
Thefollowing were the rates of pas^^awe by the steamer (treat Republic*^From San Francisco to Hongkong^first^cabin. $310; steerage $1U4 ; Chinese^steerage, $40. To Yokohama^first^cabin, $2o9 50 ; steerage, $H'J.
Mr.Jas. Stark, the tragedian, arrived^at Cheyenne from tint east on the i^0th^ult.
Omahasends vegetables to Cheyenne.^Milk is $1,50 per gallon at the latter^city and scarce at that.
BrickPomeroy is out in quat.i-sup-^port of Polyganiv^chime in ye little^bells.
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LAW8 OF THE UNITED^ST A 77/N, PASS Kit A T T/J h^FIRST SESSION OF THE^FORTIETH ( oX(, RESS.
(Public20.)
chap.xx.^An Act to authorize the Appoint!^ajment of certain Watchmen, and for other Pur.^\ ^ses.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House^of Representative* of the United State*^of America in Congress Assembled, That^the eight watchman on the dome of the^Capitol, at the congressional stables, the^gate-keeper, and watchmen of the^grounds surrounding the Capitol, be here^^after appointed by the sergeant-at-arms^of the Senate, and the sergeant-at-arms^of the House. That the officers afore^^said be also authorized to appoint three^additional watchmen, one for each of the^eastern porticos and the carriage-ways^under the same. Each watchman so ap^^pointed shall receive an annual compen^^sation of one thousand dollars, payable^on the order of the sergeant-at-arms of^the Senate and the sergeant-at-arms of^the House, or either of them, and the^amount of money necessary to pay said^watchmen from the date of their ap^^pointment until the end of the present^fiscal year be, and the same is hereby,^appropriated.
Forthe compensation of said watch^^men for the fiscal year ending June thir^^tieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,^the sum of eleven thousand dollars is^hereby appropriated.
Forthe compensation of an additional^lieutenant and private of the Capitol^police, authorized to be appointed by^the presiding officers ol the two houses^of Congress, from the date of their ap^^pointment until the close of the present^fiscal year at the rate paid others of the^same grade, so much money as may be^necessary is hereby appropriated, and^for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth^of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-^eight, the sum of thirty-three hundred^dollars is hereby appropriated.
Thesergeant-at-anns of the Senate^and the sergeant-at-arms of the House^are hereby authorized to select a pattern^for a uniform for the Capitol police and^and watchmen, and to furnish to each^member of the force two suits per year,^at a cost not to exceed fifty dollars per^suit, and also to furnish said force with^necessary belts, arms, and so forth, at a^cost not to exceed twenty dollars per^man, and the amount of money necessary^to carry this provision into effect is here^^by appropriated out of any money in the^treasury not otherwise apppropriated,^payable upon the certificate of the officers^above named. One half of the moneys^hereinbefore appropriated shall be paid,^into the contin gent fund of the Senate,^and the other halt into the contingent^fund of the House of Representatives.
Sec.2. And be itfurtiier enacted. That^the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate and the^House of Representatives are authorized^to make such rules and regulations as^they may deem necessary to preserve^the peace and secure the Capitol from^defacement and for the protection of.the^public property therein, and shall have^power to arrest and detain any person^violating said rules, until such person^can be brought before the proper authori^^ties for trial, without further order of^Congress.
Sec.3. And be it further enacted,^That all moneys appropriated for tho^Washington aqueduct and for the other^public works works of the District of^Columbia shall be expended under the^direction of the Secretary of War.
Sec.4. And be it further enacted,^That all laws inconsistent with this act^are hereby repealed.
Approveo,March 30,1867.
Sheriff'sSale.
BTvirtue of an execution issued out of and by the^Clerk of the District Court in and fur Madison^County. Montana Territory, bearing date Mo -^veraber, Ninth A. D. 1867. I have levied^upon and will sell to the highest bidd^r for cash, ia^hand in front of the Sheriff's Office in Virginia Mad^^ison County Montana Territory, on the 11th day of^January, 186S, between the hours of 10, A. at-^and 4, 9. u., of said day, the following described^property lying and being in the County aforesaid,^to wit: Discovery Claim of (200) two haadred^feet; also, Claim No. (1) one, 8. W. from Discov^^ery, of (200) two hundred feet ; also. Claim No. (2)^number two 8. W. from Discovery, of (200) two^hundred feet; also, Claim No. (1; one. ti. K. from^Discovery, of (200) two hundred feet. All the above^described property is situated on the Whatcheer^Lode in Slades District, Madison County, Montana^Territory. Taken as the property of N. itatohelder^and William Philips, to satisfy an Execution in fa^^vor of William Keeth, el al.
DAVIDMoCRANOR, Sheriff.
VirginiaCity, Montana Territory, Deo. 18, 1867]
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