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THEMONTANA POST.
Nwapap#r9 Devoted to the Mineral, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of Montana Territory,
VOL.V, NO. 13.
HELENA, MONTANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1868,
WHOLENO. 222
TheMontana Post.
OCCIDENTAND OKI I.N I .
THATDEBT.
M.lMK\||o^ VS. Fit A I'D.
CAST
BR*AD I PO
WATEKH.
mi
KDITOH.
Associate
.m. pimiaYi
Editor and Manager
roXTEXT8.. ^I^h^' Army^Occi.lent MnU Orient
Theprogress of civilization has ever! Our neighbor of the Democrat, as well The editor ot the Qatette, confirming^been westward. Its cradle was in the J as the Gazette, has made a reply to our I his right to the sobriquet ' Artful I^od-^North Temperate zone and moving to- ; article on the ^Debt of Montana,', which ! gar,^ has ^Another Dodge'^ in yester-^ward the Occident. fK)pulati^^n, arta, sci- i would be creditable to him if it were day's issue. The suggestion tor a Keg-^fnces and letters*, the energies ot Com- true. But the premises taken are false. , istration Law inspires his feeble soul to^^MM*, the hum of industry, improve* I The Bannack legislature, as it will be | reply.
Themany who are departing for the^States on pleasure, commercial business^or to prevent the total destruction of^the government, inevitable should any
l\c,k ^Th^- Kannack J'ojii^ (omt^ Kin* of^^w^Dtfd a K'ffifltrttion Law^^g ^nr.n ^ Flitting-^Minoellaneoua.^fXOi - i ^-i-ifapUic ^ Foreign I tenia ^The
I'A'iEi^Tlie 1.^^!^e|^ ^.f Deray^Cieneral^. ,1 nantfurHtioo ^ Inklnijr*^( hargr
,... 11- 4*^l^^Tlx^ Weet.
p\ol. .^- -IVVirr.m*^Law. ^if thai^. 8.
I'Aiill^^^lity Local..
K^^1'ity I,^^ohI^^Helena Library^^lotion^Letter Lmt^Market Ke|m^rt.
otherperson be appointed to the Post^\\ uh assumed airs ot lofty pnn-*~^ ^ . vs . .
., office or Indian Agency for which they
mentin government, and the ^levatmn seen, from the names composing it, was ciple he expresses a desire to prevent.... ,
.A... are aspirants, can incidentally do a good
Head:illegal voting and protect the purity ol*
n^^.v v. .. lj ...j service to Montana and their friends by
rence, Jagg. Potter, ^. the ballot box. and ^will recommend to ... ., _, . . .
,. , telling the truth. 1 he capital that is to^ts which .
, i develop the vast resources must, as it^years its tide lies never turned back, vitt.may suggest and recommend themeeiver.
and scare* transgressed the
boundaries. Cities, kingdoms.
Kmtr^,,.o T* ^^.a-ra,, Brea.1 of Lutlianitv ha, e had inception and largely Democratic
W.vr^^W ill-o-tne-w lop^from W aali^rI .
successfulnurture almost wholly with- . CoCKCIL^Lawre
in the same limits. In six thousand Worden, Merriman, Thonijwon and Lea 1 our legislature any improvemen
narrowj H^M ^B. |], Buck. Court wright. Det- to our judgment. Here is exposed the
' and |^eoples have been overswe|
Aw
resistlesscourse, to live iu the glories ol ueW-^its golden day, and sit alter in its linger Smith,^ing iwilight remembering happier days, | There^or. in the darkness of desolation and tor '^getlulness, with their banners and deeds I
nations,wji,.r, Faulds, Huffaker, Johnson, Ma- bypocrisv and diahonestv of the Gazette^i t in its i ._.I. ' *
McCormick, Rvan. Stuart and
%*erelour Democrats in the^and eleven in the House. It
m^i T-^ are all the rage in Hele alone repr^^duced on the canvass of his- ! these were under the control of Radi
usju-t now. lie careful: a ^blow out^^ajg| ;i Haitimorian his lite the other
iay. It was gas.
\\a.ntki*^A copy of any political pa^j. r thai has not. in reviewing the elec^^ted tlie expression^^Now tliat^the smoke of battle has cleared awav.
aa man fifty years of age
tory,or crumbling to decay on the gran^ite pages of buried cities. Kvolved from^the Orient, westward over lands, seas^and grand divisions it has passed until^on the Pacific shores ot America its^course is stayed, as the tire ceases when^the fuel is consumed. And now the^West, lighting new torches at the sacred^flame, and preparing the way with^roads, canals and telegraphs, re^^turns to light up the waste f. laces ot the
Weadvocate a registration law because^it* is the only effectual means of pre-^\ eating fraud at the polls. The Ga-
rtt( opposes it because it believes such^a law would disfranchise some who now^vote the democratic ticket. We advo^^cate a general law by Congress, because^audi laws where possible should be
hasin a great measure, come from the^East. The amount of capital in Mon^^tana is little more than sufficient to sup^^ply the demands of trade, alter except^^ing the product ot mills shipped to^eastern stockholders and the placer^gold carried out by those who having^acquired a competence return to the^States lor investment. With capital^thus employed and rates of interest ex-
cals,we would like to know how. Will
theDtmocrat or Gazttte enlighten us T
Accordingto the showing of the GazetU,:ftWn\ and permanent, and the right is orbitantlv high. Montana, although pro-
thevvoted $28,297 extra compensation,-onferred on Congress by the Const!tu- | ducing her own breadstuff's and *12-
4ode PflHlHllB, com-tion ^to make all needful rules and re^r gja^gag to (MM (KH. in precious DM*
iaHartford. Connecticut, who has old world, to revivify with the electric^arta This acounts for tbe con- impulse of enterprise the dormant fac^^ulties, and call into vigorous exercise
M'nsmunot his who was in
.hiseonatey once
;iJ ^^lo vessels were wrecked
and l.:;:U^! lives were lost in British^^ ^ -- This is not wonderful, for ^KM),-^(M^ vessels, manned by 2,000,000 sailors,^sail in and out of English ports each
IMdal returns from thirty-seven conn^^ - ami nii'St reliable returns from the
theexhaustless capabilities of the Kast.^India fifteen years ago had not a rail^^road within its vast domain, now it has^tour thousand miles built by English^capitalists, and fast completing lines are^connecting the principal cities. The^Sue/ ship canal, that stii|^endous work^of France, is nearing cotntiletion and an^Kniperor of the nineteenth^century is the master spirit^who turns from the west to complete^and render usetul the project of the^Persian King, Darius, halt a century
detof the counties of California, j before the Chri-tian era. American cap-
r.N'.v. 10th. gave ^^rant ,^:{0 majority.^Democrats were paying their bets, be-
tonwithheld.
Ithaving been stated in the lit raid^last evening that ^ Major Bruce is ne-
italistspurpose another ship canal across^the Isthmus of Darien. that the com^^merce of the East may not be monoj^o^lized by Europe, or American ships be^compelled to sail through canals owned^by alien powers, and liable at any time^IS be closed to our fleets
tothemselves.
posedot two Democrats and one Repub^^lican. fc9.0o3.o2 : Commissioners to lo^^cate Capital^one Hepublian and two^Democrats. $222. The other expenses^were such as the laws, adopted by a^Democratic Legislature, allowed. It
Radicalswere fortunate enough to get ! The law of Congress would apply to^any of tin- money it was simply because^they happend at the time to hold posi^^tion. They were not to blame lor that.^The whole debt of fHo.OOi.oO was of^Democratic origin, and could not have^been made without the sanction of laws^parsed by a Democratic Legislature
B'ltthe
peopleunderstand this. No ,piu.meral at ^ and 81ll(jecl to amen^1^reply is necessary to the tissue ol mis- I ^eQt by Vim^K aa is th
ulationsrespecting the Territorv. ' a
toprovide tor the general welfare.' *'^ annually, depends upon this out-^The Gazittt, on the coutrary. advocates side capital for rapid development. To^the dabbling in such affairs by the dem those who are acquainted with the
ocraticlegislature of Montana, with ,_ , ,.- ^- ,^ .
Jl_'.. _Z^ i i facte, and know how requisite to sttc-
partisanobjects in view, as is clearly i ^^evidenced by its objection to submitting c^*ss is practical knowledge ot mining^the question to the general government. ^ in the persons having charge of compa
nies, and development ot leads prior to^Territttries, have some intelligent con-1 ,^., .... .
j. ..... j . the erection ot expensive buildings and
biderationand action, with due respect* ft
tothe welfare of the people without rc-j the putting up of costly machinery,^gard to party, and be irrevocable except j the gross ignorance and absurd^by the same authority or the erection fo ideag t.ntertainetJ on these matters by^Ihe 1 erntones into states. I he govern-. ,. . ,
mentof Montana is only established as ! m^ny,n 1 he La8t who have ,n'
teiiijxirary affair ; its statutes are vested or may invest in mining enter
representationswhich lack even the^dignity of respectable sophistry that^they have paraded before the public as^an explanation ot our financial condi^^tion. Both the Gazettf and Democrat^feign to laugh at the idea of sixty thou^^sand dollars being a large debt. Tax-
prises,will be astonishing. As an in^^stance of this, a company of business
entiregov^^ernment, and the records of its L^gisla- ,^lure from first to last are but multiplied men laRt rear organized a company with^pages ot stupidly ignorant blunders, or, f100,000 capital, purchased a fine mill^imrtisan preferences and prejudices and | and shipped it to Montana About the^schemes for personal aggrandizement ; fi ((f g,,.,,,,., we met tbe pre8i.^The two attempts to amend the elec'ion I r
lawlast session, leaving it at last in di- ! ^lent of tlie ^'^^mpany in Chicago. He
_ _. ' ^ icar.*, otooiuu, iua* ilia at, sat. inc^t iu ui' i
payers,who ha%e to pay for 11 ,and get ; rect violat^m to t]w Vnlled Btmtm Htat. , wa8 aboilt to despatch a Su{^erinrend
,i-.i._!^.r the purchase of the Post.^anticij^aied heavy trade with Asia, after
mmHaf lllllallj inform the public thatits marts have been oj^ened **^y treaties
-, , ... ^and enlarged bv trade, that the estab-
itis a lie. Neither has Mapir Bruce,- , , 3 ^ . . 'L . ,
Jlished and prtuected transcontinental
inu.lemy overtures for the purchase ot rHi|roads of America dejK-nd. in a great^uir other printing establishment, the ' measure, for successful operation. The^//.,,,;,/Embassy, ot which Mr. Burlingame is
_i the spokesman, appointed by the Em-
iin. Legislature of Missouri elect.will ! |^eror. manifests the desire of that po-^choose a Senator to succeed Mr. Hen- tentate to unlock the |M^rts of China. t^^^ier^.n. vv),,,-e term expires March 4. throw down the walls of seel III^. DDDSl^. ..,,,..,^ the In netits of trade, and welcome the
[m II having been stated that Mr. p,owiDfJ effulgence of that intelligent^Henderson had enough members pledged light.whose primal sparks were placedin^ire his return, the Ih nu^rat says, 'the hands of the western bound, thous-^rhe Legislature will vote for that can- i ^nds ot years ago Not the leastimi^ortant^,, .i . , ot the manv kindred enterprises tending
didatewho may be the nominee of the to ^ purpoS(, |s the establishment of
Republicancaucus. Mr. Henderson is the East India Telegiaph Company,^not to be that man.The privilege of connecting the princi
palcities of China by telegraph was^given to this Company by Mr. Burlin
nothingin return, think differently^iTis u^pon^the The Oazetti, on the strength of it, pro-^' ' claims that the debt has been reduced^$20.4)00. This is simply untrue. The^fliO.OOO is the funded debt^the addi^^tional debt is nearly half aa large, and^unprovided tor, and was made by the^Ixigus and last Legislature. But we^have no patience in exposing these mis^repre-eiitations. We reiterate all we^said in our former article, which is cor^^roborated by tlie records of the Terri-^! tory, and which we will have a trans-^| cript ot in a few days. We Wi.;^^ then publish and ask^examine tor themselves.
utes; the resolution* censuring the judi- ,.nt, Amalgamator, and another employee
clary, reiwaling extra compensation to ! .. . _ . .1 ^^^ a:
B 'm;' _j i . ^ ^.to Montana to erect the mill immedi-
Kepublicansand bestowing it upon I
Democrats: the enactment ot oppres- I ate,y anti ^'^dge out golden bricks. On^sive private charters contrary to the , the three leads owned by the company
TUFifth Auditor ot the Treasury in^i ludes the following in his report for the game on \^ halt of the Chinese 4iovern-
yearending June :^4), iWiH: Total ex^^penses ot assessing the revenue tax for^\ . nr, $o.1S1 .179: total expenses ot^revenue an l special agents $15o*,413;^^unsel fees ari^l reward to informers.^$48,808; aimmnt erroneously collected^and refunded. Jfl.HHi.ol.^). There was^paid as salaries to Consuls, -foTd.ToOand^lacs ceived from them amounting to^xl::r, l ^^#. leavings revenue of $01.42!)^I lie t'ousular system has paid since^lvo^; an average revenue ot $IX),000; be-^BJN that it was tot self sustaiining.
Nkaki.yall our western exchanges^mention the beautiful anuual meteoric^lav which occurred a few nights ago,^but it is to be desired that the celestial^\^\ rotechenics will not wind up in this^locality with quite as magnificent a^Ifwetada as occurred near Warsaw, Po^'and An immense ball of fire, now^known as the Bolide of Warsaw,'^ was^seeu approaching the earth on a star^^light
ment.and incorporated under an act of^the New York Legislature, and we no^^tice by the TrtftHHt that all arrange^^ments are perfected, and the Company^will proceed, at an early day, to carry^it into operation. This line of 904)^miles will directly connect cities having^a commercial population of six million^people, and indirectly afford facilities of^communication to the people of all^China, numbering 414.4*00.4)00 people, or^over one-third ol the entire population^of the earth. It is almost incredible,^yet true, that the foreign trade of a^dozen of these cities amounts to one^thousand million dollars annually, and^it is doubtless in part owing to the^American liovernnreat having secured^this desirable privilege, through Mr.^Burlingame, to the exel usion of England,^that he was so rudely treated on his first^arrival in London. The paramount im^^portance of securing a portion of the trade^of the Celestials to nourishing a petty^spite has induced more civil treatment to^the Embassy recently, and its presenta-
ameudmentto the organic act, and sim^^ilar enactments, ad infinitunt. are sufti-^cient evidence of a lack of both ability^and moral honesty. What ^the configu^^ration ot the country^ has to do with a^general registration law perhaps the^Gazttt-e can explain. The Gazette wholly^misunderstands or misrepresents our
'lan iW^*'^* *e pro-^uie people to to trfJf^^liB(. ^ wbo ljav,^A mere battle ,m\ ^..
orthe (Jazitt^ and lb^nothing. Uo to the record^party made the laws, and enquire into^the reasons ot their passage. See which^party has ln-en in power, ever since the^organization of the Territory, and what^they have done by legislation to develop^it. or provid** it with conveniences. See^into whose pockets the money goes that^is now yearly raised by taxation. There^are no Judges paid now^no Code Com^^mission^no capital locators, but an ffta^rrtattrf Lginlattrt ^ix*e)ithljj^an increased^n umber of 7\rritoruil officer*^and they^are undeniably Democrats, and lor that^reason get the people's money; al! the^blather and nonsense ot our neighbors^to the conlraiy, notwithstanding. Will^the Gazettf tell us how much has beeu^paid them for public printing, at differ^^ent times, and will Major Bruce tell us^whether it was ten, twenty or thirty^thousand dollars, in all that he received^from the Territory on the same account
therewere said to be two shafts('.') fif^^teen feet, and one thirty feet deep. The^party of whom they were purchased^had been absent from Montana two^years, during which time no one had^touched the leads, and neither ot the^three persons to bo sent out had ever^been in a mining country, yet they were^counting confidently on most astonish*^ing success, and considered they had a^^dead eure thing^ on a fortune in Bix^months.' A recommendation to house^their mill in Helena and develop the^property before the erection of the mill,^was treated almost with contempt. The^prejudicial to its claims to intelligence, j assertion that fifteen, or thirtv feet, was^We ask a general registration law. toi deve,ut ail-that they were
preventvoting bv aliens, and repeat-\ . . , ,' .
ing' by those entitled to suffrage. Such | not 8ure of tUeir lead a foot ^J'011^ the^a law is necessary. The party, paper or : bottom of the gopher hole, and that they
examine,or iueu.se ^e^. ^ mere oat we ukeQ QUt Mf fieat papers, for that is^ot contradictions between lh^ Democrat evervwh(.ro held to institute the es- '
l0^s; lm',w^ senfial requisite lo obtaining citizen^^ship ant U^ entiila the person to suf^^frage. A refereoee to section ^^^ of the '^Organic act of Montana, the organic act ',^ot Idaho and other States and Territo- '^ftes will enlighten the QtUmtk ami pre^^vent the recurrence of a statement so
personwho opposes it is the advocate^of crime, and no desire to subserve party^can excuse them. We wi.-h it ceueral^and permanent, and therefore advocate^its enactment by Congn .-^ ; and what is^more, will labor for it persistently, and^trust confidently it will \jf in full* force^and effect in this Territory before an^^other general election.
ADIVISION OF M.\t YOHK.
theatmosphere surrounding the earth^^ach piece again exploding with a noise^like artillery, until it reached the earth^in small fragments or in almost impal^powder. Scientists estimate it^i'-e oi two thousand acres.and^was of a hard variety of stone.
THEAK.VIV.
Bad^fplnaVid on reaching I tion bv the Premier to the 4jueen at
Windsor. It is better for all that Amer^^ica has precedence in the new field tor^the tendency ot British companies to^build up destructive monopolies like^the F.ast India and Hudson's Bay has^demonstrated itself and universally pro^^ven an evil to all except the company.^a vast proportion of the Asiatic trade^will naturally be with America, and up^^on general principles as well as in view^Fnm the Adjutant General a report, ot ti1^; partial dependence tor some years^. ; which-1s telegraphed to of the Pacific railroad uj^on it. it is well^Louis Ih m^rrat, we learn that tu*^ our government should generously^^ M . -, ,, encmrage all enterprises calculated to
uthe M oi September, the actual , et.tabliaQ and buiK1 it up. The West is^-trength of regiments in service was 4^..- ^oing back to pay a visit of enlighten-^Ill men. besides 4,:J40 in the engineer, ment to the East, and America is the^ordnance and other *\ ecial branches, favored guest. Who would hazard the^J une 1st 4 o4)0 will be mustered prediction that. Asia will not be a clus*^^'^ut on expiration of term ot service, ter of Hepublics in a hundred years.^ituber of^ desertions was 2.700 le-s reared on the ruins ot present empires'.'
ithe pre\ ious year, and the number I
tarre-t- l.oiK) more Ib cruiting was a New York banker named Duff, re-
d April od, l^'JS. orders havinc,- ^ ,,
-uedN.,t 245 1-07, to reduce all cently married Miss Orace Shaw, d.ughs^lie infantry and artillery, except tenof the great humorist ^Josh Bil-
.-.itteries.to .^it) privates to a com- lings.^ The latter iu sending the no-^! i.e A ijiitant Ueueral renews tice to an editor ^end, accompanied
tlierecommendation that enlistments . ,^ n^t
shallhe made for five years instead of 11 Wlth ^^^ following note. There la a^three and that musicians be enlisted good deal of human nature in it :
:'tthe minimum age ot 12 instead of 16^ j My Dear . They have taken the
Healso reconaaefMM that the President Uht bird out ot my nest, and there is^^^ ^ as powered to drop any officer from nothing left for the old ones, but to sit^is ot the army who deserts and on the top limbs and sing to the setting^he arrested for court martial sun. If jou please, will you place this^*ithia thre.- months after desertion, knotty matter in your valuable columns^^ litire number of volunteer officers, escorted with any trifling remarks that^ejM i o neral Howard, have been may suggest themselves, about the un-^neredoat within t e last year. He fortunate vagrant in the role of comic
iir- ^ uiuieuds the establishment ot humor, who continues to remain,^^'^ur| military prisons, the first iu NewYour obedient servant,
JoSjllBlI.l.INOS
*^rk harbor, which proving successful,^men one at Ship Island, one in the Mis
ts.
ppiValley and one on the Pacific Oregon proposes to have a Bureau of
Immigration.*
Tothe charge that we are governed by '
.-elfishmotives in the exposition we have The people of the great State ot New
made, we plead guilty in one respect- York, outside of liotham. are getting I ^ . .^j, _ ^ _ -T_^ _ _ . _
s e^ , reduce dollars f rom the bags of a miser
wererecklessly and unnecessarily haz^^arding many thousand dollars in the^employment of impractical men and by^not ascertaining the existence of a lead^before expending money in transporta^^tion, buildings, etc., was rebutted by the^testimony ot a dozen book worms who^had been consulted, and reference to a^tract published by the Company, in^which dividends were set forth in a^glittering, fascinating array that would
Weare tired of paying taxes when the tired ot the domination of that fester-^benefit is all pxrtizan and at the peoples ,., . , ^ )o a gratification to know that good^expense, oo; but whether selfish or not, in^ 8P^l of political iniquity, and the ^ coun8elg p^vailed, and the Companv is^we invite investigation. If we are wrong pro^sition to divide New York into now roceeding in a manner uiat wouid^in our statement, prove it. 4)ur selfish ; two separate States is being earnestly I ,. , .^^ i_ ,^noaa I,-.- ,^,ti,in r to do with ti,^ ^,^^,.. ' ^ ' be approved by the successful miners of^ness has nothing to do with the matter.! diacuMed. Massachusetts, pre eminently I Xf '/ 'r m^mtm . , r_. , .^\\ e love Montana, its resources, and its: , . Montana. Our State bound residents^citizens. We know that it is toeday the Republican progressive State ^^f the^^^he richest and most oppressed Territo-' Cnion. gave 71.4KH) maj. for Grant. New^ry on the continent, that it is receiving! York Mate, independent of New York^and has received ever since its organi- ; dt W (m for G t inking it as^zation, more injurv from those who . . n ... \ . ,^ought to have been its friends, than tbe *eeond Republican State in the^from auy other source. We are tired ot Union, yet the thousands of money pnr-^it. Our people are discouraged. Thou-j chased, fraudulent and whiskey traf-
sandshave left the Territory under dis- i *^- - : * #1 _ . ...^^^ , .
. ._.. ._ ' . . . ncked votes ot the human offal in the
couragementwhich sprang from bad
legislation,and Territorial mismanage-, Joun Mornssey and other like districts^ment. The party in power has hung of 4 Jotham, gave up the State to Seymour^like a leech upon our resources, until and fraud Dy nearly 10.000 majoritv.^the lite blood of the system is terribly i ^., .... ,. laftAnL
a i ^ a \v', ' ,ijlllue politiea] status of the 4300,000
depleted. We wish to see the remedy1' '
appliedbefore it is too late. If ouV people of the Excelsior State is wholly^neighbors ot the Territorial press will subverted by this influence. Like a^not help us. we will work single handed fouion theit effects the
untilthe people arouse and thorough. _ ... . . . . . .
reformis sVcured in our legislation. ! entire^though but local in^' itself. The proposition is to erect New
aregenerally cognizant ol the right way^and the wrong way to achieve success^in quartz mining, and in their driftiugs^up and down the States may do grea:^good by exerting, when circumstances^are favorable, what influence they may^to have capitalists, who may invest in^mining, proceed in the manner experi^^ence has demonstrated is free from the^unnecessary perils and breakers on^which many companies have wrecked^their fortunes and done detriment to^a Territory whose gold and silver leads^will generously yield to the ^open sesa^^me^ of well directed enterprise
TheReno (Nev.) Ol Ml nt says : ^la York. Richmond, Kings, Queens, Suf-^all the county from Chief Justice to Jus- to]\L^ Westchester and Putnam counties,^tice of the Peace, and from Constable to ,^ . .^ ...
-. . , _^r~_.i ^ 1 having an area about the same as Dela-
ongressman. it is a clean sweep for the I
Union,a magnificent, triumphal victory. ' ware, and a population of 1,2^2,:127 peo^The Qrtmti ^t figures the Union majority^from seven precincts at 191. The other
mILL-C^'-Tlf fr^WI*I\
Ahalt dozen times at least within the^last six years we have been informed^that the Alabama claims were on the^pie into a State, to be known as Man- i point of being amicably and satisfac-^hattan. This will give the Tammany j torily adjusted. A half dozen times
ESSWasW^ty^S ring full sweep over that State, but. it I within the last six weeks the arrange
Reno,Chief Edwards was elected Con-r'd the other three millions of New \ ments were said to have taken definite
stableover Tom Andrews (Dem.) and J. j Yorkers of this political ^old man of form, and the chaotic millions involved^Hubbard (Independent). At Crystal ^ the 8ea ^^ and piace tue ^tate in the true were about to array themselves in serried^Peak E. J. Campbell (L uion) was elected.. , ,!... i
Constableby 19 majoritv over N. L. P^^ltlon il 18 ^titled to, a strong Re- columns in their proper places, to re-^Chandier ^Dem). J. H. Lovejoy (Dem ) publican State. As it is now, these three enact the collision of the Kilkenny fo^was elected Justice ot the Peace at Crya- millions ot people are the victims of the lines, and leave nothing but their diplo-^tal Peak
JoliuBrougham has written a net^drama, called ^The Emerald R'ng.
It'stime ^The Whiskey Ring^ la^about played out.
W.Cook has been appointed Internal^Revenue Storekeeper, and Lewis Day,^Oauger. for Washington Territory.
worstring of thieves and swindlers on matic tails to drabble the inexplicable^the continent, with headquarters in pages of State history. But like crea-^Tammany Hall, and their reserve corps tures of a dream they disperse in shape-^equal to any necessity, massed in the less shadows at the approach of practi-^Five Points and ambushed among the ' caltty, and at each touch of the saga-^docks, with a duplicate strength in ^ cious Ministers and Secretaries upon the^fraudulent naturalization papers. ^If governmental kaleidoscope the beauti-^thy right hand offend thee, cut it oft.^ ; ful illusion takes some other form. A
weekago our immensely popular repre^^sentative at the4'ourt of St. James, hav-^ing shaken hands with half England^and dined on mock turtle with the oth^^er, very complacently accepted the terms^of the proctecol drafted by Lord Stan^^ley, whereby our little bill of eighty^millions for American merchantmen de^stroved by British pirates was to play^the part of Jonah to Johnny Bull's^Whale, in the high old^comedy of English Equity^In a patrouizing kind ol way, he inci^^dentally submitted it to the considera^^tion ot our au fait stage manager, Mr.^Seward, who declines the honor of put^^ting in an appearance as peremptorily as^Parepa Rosa did to appear t^etore a $300^house in Carson. And now the tele^^graph, which has given a surfeit of ru^^mors in detail ou this subject, adds, by^way of an emollient to allay the univer^^sal irritation that nothing will probably^be done in the case, until everybody^nterested, or who has any knowledge ot^the matter, is dead and decently buried^in Auburn or Westminister Abbey. It^is to l^e Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce over^again. The briefs aud attorneys thick^^en, and costs accumulate: the parties^litigant will shuffle into court and shuf^^fle out of existence, bequeathing their^enmities and interests to some unfortu^^nate survivor, and the fog will grow^thicker until tlie great case grows as com^^plicated as the Schleswig-Holsteiu af^^fair and diplomacy will have achieved^another brilliant triumph ot masterly^inactivity. It is a delightful state of^affairs for those whose all is ivolve,] in^the adjudication ot the case.
I'ltO.TIWASHINGTON.
IBealtfnationol' Judge VIiiiisou.
EdMPOMPost : You have probably^heard ere this of the resignation of Hon.^L. E. Munson, as Associate Justice ot^Montana. Mr. Muascn was in town a^day or two since on business, but made^only a short stay. He returned to his^home. New Haven, Conn., but intends^to visit Montana the coming winter or^ensuing spring. It has not yet been de^^cided who will be nominated to fill the^vacancy thus created. Several names^are suggested, among which are thoM^of Mr. Wm. DL Stafford of Virginia, W.^W. Dixon, Esq. of Deer I^odge, and R.^B. Parrott ot Helena. Mr. Stafford's^name having been already sent in at the^last session of Congress, but not then^acted upon, will stani a good chance, as^Mr. Cavanaugh will not withdraw it.^Some other person may be suggested^however who will be recommended to^the President for nomination, Mr. Cava^^naugh proposing to follow, so far as pose^sible, the wishes of the attorneys re^^siding in the district in which the Judge^will be locate.i
COMMISSIONKK WILSON ^ KKl'oHT ON^montana.
Muchattention is now being drawn^westward by the prospective speedy^completion of the Union Pacific Rail^^road. Montana especially is the centre^towards which most inquiries are being^directed. The Commissioner of the^General Land Office, Hon. Jos. S. Wil^^son, in his report now 1 being prepared^for the coming session ot 4'ongress.^speaks very highly indeed of our Terri^^tory. He read to us a day or two since^all that part ot the report concermng^Montana, and also Lis views on the^railroad system of the United States as^connected with the development o^^the resources of our country,^and opening of the public domain^He gives Montana a more extended no^^tice than any other State or Territory,^placing her iu the post of honor. He^speaks in the uioee flattering terms of^her growth in the past, her prosperity^at present, and brilliants prospects for^the future, awarding at the same time^just praises for herem rgy in developing^her resources, both mineral and agriculs^tural.
Inthe precious eietals. and this pro^^duction he renders just dues, and when^the report shall have been issued and^read, Montanians will say that its au^^thor is a true friend of the ^4iolden^Summit'' Territory.
rilENOKTI1EKX l'AdKK KAll.KoAl).^Mr. Wilson, in his report, warmly ad^^vocates a Northern Pacific Railroad, to^be aided by Congress in the same man^ner and amount as was the Union Paci^^fic Road.
Thatportion of the report, regarding^the railroad system referred to above, is^especially interesting, and contains^much wholesome instruction for all who^have the interest of our country at^heart.
Theclosing portion of the report con^^sists of reflections upon the prosperity ot^the nation at large during the past^our^increased Territory^advantages of rail^communication between the two oceans,^with other subjects, all of which, taken^either together or separately, are very^interesting and ably prepared.
Inour humble opinion the production^can not be surpassed in diction, arrange^^ment, correctness of statements cr gen^^eral information. It is full of valuable^truths and statistics, which will, when^read, direct the feet of many pilgrims^mountainwards. most of whom will un^^doubtedly turn their steps towards Mon^^tana.
tAPITOLIAN OO88II*.
Portionsof Pennsylvania Avenue are^being paved with a pavement of wood,^resembling the Nicholson plan. We^Lope the work will be made uniform and^that soon the whole Avenue will be so^paved instead qt with cobble stones as at^present.
Weare having our Indian summer^summer just now, and the weather is^fine indeed. D*
WaabinctoD,D. C, Nov. 2, 18^S.
