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THE MONTANA POST. FRIDAY, JANUARY I.
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OurGenial Clime^Arrivals and Departures-^Court Session, Etc.
El*.Post :^The wf^;ber^i Bannack^continues to be the v^pic of praise^There is no snow on the valley* and
tootlii 1!-^ an^i but little on the moun^^tains We bad a alight fall of snow on
the6th of December, and not affala till^the 17th iust. The days are sunny,^warm and delightful and but little frost^of nights. It reminds us of winters in^the State of Georgia, ani ^ne can^scarcely realise that th s is a hitru north^ern latitude. The valleys are at^tte,i^With herds of cattle an tat as butter,^which make far letter beef than the^stall fed oxen of it* States. Far to the^south of us the snow is a^ep. and men^who started from Bannack to team on^the 1*. P. K. K. ar* coming back because^of the de.-p snow Inclement weather,^and high price ot hav.
Arrived,from lots States, Mr. Sulli^^van's family, to settle i^-^rmanentiy on^Beaver Head Valley. Mr S. has been^preparing Jor them for two years, and^now his aeoniplished daughters will find^it much more healthful and remunera^^tive to make butter and ^NM^than to teach school in the States.^Than is still plenty of r^^oni for others^to do likewise. Also a tew loads of^goods from the railroad at much lower^prices than it shipped from Helena. v\ e^predict that by next tall all o! ^ur goods^will come from tiie railroid. Mr. II. G.^Otis has departed for the States. He^has lone be^-n a r- sident of Bannack.^and has been very successful as a mer^^chant. As a business man he has but^^^w eomjn-ers, possessing all those lii^rh^social qualities, that render him popular^and esteemed by hosts of companionable^trionds. Mr. t):i^ did not succeed with^^out dithcul ties, but he was competent^for every emergency: overcome ol^sta^^^cles, endured hardships, and sufT-red^trials ou the road to success. For those^sterling qualities alone he is entitled to^a good word, and we wish him a long,^successful and useful life.^, New gools for HeSnSa ^V Graeter are^constantly arriving from Helena. A J.^with bis coach and six, is hauling from^Helena to Parpen's bridge, in order to^have them this side ot the divide in case^of d.^ep snow.
TheDistrict Court will not set in Ban^Mck till next March, the worst time in^all th- year to get to Bannack. It is^also understood that we are changed^from the second to the first district, to^be the tail end of ^well it has always^lieen very difficult to get one court a^year in this country It is no wonder^that the citizens ot IJeaver Head county^would be willing to make the Probate^Court equal in all respects to the Dis^^trict Court.
Well,we hotte for a Itet'er state ot^things, and assure our Hon. Judge that^we will do all in our power to make bis^sojourning* amongst us agreeable and
UMftul.
Thepeople of Bannack are all well to^do, contented and happy, and are get*^ting ready for nice things at Christmas^time. A happy day tor the '*P^w^t con^^cern.^S. V. I*
Ioi ... Pacific Kalirusd.
TheWashington Chroitflt ot IV.- ::d.^says the report of the special commis^^sion appointed by the President to ex^amine the Union Pacific Railroad close*^as follows :
Takenas a whole, the I ui;^n Pacific^railroad has been well constructed. The^general route for the line is exceeding^well selected, crossing the K^ cky Moun^tain ranges at some ot the most favora^^ble passes on the continent, and p^
singce.paciths for easy grades and fa-^^vorable allignment unsurpassed by any^other railway line on similarly elevated^ground. The energy and perseverance^with which the work has been urged^forward, and the rapidity with which it^has been executed, are without parallel^in history. In the grandeur and mag^^nitude of the undertaking it has never^l^een equalled, and no other line com^^pares with this in the arid and barren^character of much of t be country it tras^verses, giving rise to unusual inconven^iences and difficulties, and imposing the^necessity ot obtaining almost every^requisite ot material and labor, and^all supplies tor its construction, from^the extreme initial j^oint ot its com^^mencement. Deficiencies exists, but^they are almost without exception those^incident to all new roads, ot a character^growing out ot the peculiar difficulties^encountered, or inseparably connected^with the unexampled progress ot the^work^a matter of the greatest impor^^tance and highly credititable to the able^managers of the company^and they^can all be supplied l^v an outlay a little^exceeding that which would haveobvia-^ted them in the' first instance, not at the^cost of materially retarding the progress^of the great -work. Under the ctrcuui -^stances it is much more a matter ot sur^^prise thai so few mistakes were made^and so few detects exist than it would^lx^ had serious deficiencies l^een of more^frequent occurrence, and the country^has reason to congratulate itself that^this great work of national importance^is so rapidly approaching completion^under such favorable auspices.
Weare. very respectfully, your oho-^,' ent servants.
11 K. \N arrkn.
BrevetMajor General. U. 8. A..^J. Bl.l( KtX-lX^RKKTt. ^'. F...^' \ V I - BAR3KS. C E.,^Special Commission Union Pacific^Hail road.
Kansashas tt.OOO.OOO acres of school^ands. and the Stu'e is determined to^have the largest school fund in the^Union. In addition to public schools in^every township she has a State Univer^^sity at Lawrence, endowed witn 45.000^acres of land, an Agricultural College a'^Manhatian with 90,000 acres, and a^State Normal School with 37.760 acres.^Besides these the religious societies have^many flourishing institutions ot learn^^ing.
Thefirst coins of any metal issued by^the United States were three hundred^tons of copper cents coined at the New^Haven mint in 1787
THEWEST.
FromOmaha to San Kranois.n is 1.1U2^miles.
Californiahas produced an apple sev^^enteen inches in circumference.
Arace track association is alx-ut to be^organized at St. Joe.
Seventymiles ot railroad ^ria^linir t^^completed in Oregon.
Anotherslight earthquake aSSMHSd^in San Francisco Dec. 14.
Thesmall pox ia decreasing in fatality^in San Frar^-;sco.
Omahahas put up lilOO bull Hug- thi^^ves r.
Arailroad mania hu.- fairly ^^ mi -^menced in Oregon
Multonomahcoiic'y is the smallest bu^wealthiest in Oregon.
The!i^'/i*ti r states that work uu the^Ophir mine has been sus|^ended. throw^^ing forty-five men out ot employment.
Duringthe past ten months 70.000^barrels ot lime have b^ en shipped from^Santa Cruz.
Compositionon morning pan. rs in Sv^Joe is 4.~^ cts.. in Springfield. 111.. 4^^ i -^and on evening papers :^(^ cts.
Londoncapita lisl*. it is said, offer ^^ 1.^torthe North Star gold mine, in Oras.-^Yalley. California.
The^ aliform a acorn crop is prolific^this vear. and the heart ot the digger is^glad^ .
JohnWaw-u. ^M the Winut mucca^.1 | t. is a candidate for Secretary of^the Nevada Senat,-.
TheSalt Lak^- Hijfrttr had informa^^tion that the rails would probably be^laid to Kch-^ city by New Years' day.
Anextensive business is now carried^on iu Ari/.' iia in buyiti-_ and m ling^Apache Indians as slaves.
The('inalia TSstSl adv.-cate IIm estab^^lishment there f. r an SSJ.S1 i^r and^lected children.
TheLa^irande ^ mtitui assets* that^Kagle Creek is MM riche-t qn-tr'^ dtSflfcl^in Oregon
Columbiais shipping marble to San^Francisco in quant .ties that bid fair to^make it a lively trade
Adramatic shei t called the Gttf kW ^^tint, makes its apix-Htanoe at Virginia^^ ityiNev .t on the lJi'u of this month.
Thebridge ot the Central Pacitic Hail-^road Company. acr^.*s toe American^river is completed.
lien.J. H. Foster deliv- re,I the open^^ing lecture of th.' M ..-on SSSSSe the Da^^kota Historical Society, Dec. 17.
Betsto the an ount of two ^UHSSM ^^!^dollars are said to have Ixen made on^the Electoral vote in California.
Workmenarc engsigmi bridging the^Mokeliiium river, near Woodridge. for^the Western Pacific Knil road Compauv.
Thetravel over the Central Pacitic^Hailroad is hMMSSSng daily, and now^averages about 100 each way. besides^the intermediate way travel.
AStockton (California'* paper notices^an apple tree near that place which has^yielded three crop* ot fru : the present^year, and is again in blossom.
Theeditor of the Amador /^!.^/x'tWi. at^Jackson. Cal . offers an asylum to lady^printers, if the Union in San Francisco^r I s-es them.
RichardThompson, the man wuo^murdered his wife in Lassen county.^Cal.. about a year ago. wa^ hung on the^IStli of December.
Aman named Wes'rop. a violinist,^formerly attached to the Lafont Troupe,^was drowned Nov. Man, in Fraser river,^l^elow the Chiliwack. British Columbia.
Isn W Oelwicks. State printer, and
proprietorof th^ Mo*intnin /^ftn^W't,^lias purchased the Stockton. California.^i.^ix./t. from P L Shoafi*.
.lame-('. Willock. Chief ot the Fire^department of Virginia. Nevada, died of^pneumonia. Dec. UJ. His remains were^-~nt to San Francisco for interment.
The{'iiiioi and Dnkotinn publishes^Secretary Tuft s Thanksgiving procla^^mation ^tor old acquaintance sake, and^because it likes the style.
InCentral City. Colorado. tbeOovern-^ment has recently stored 1.000 stand of^arms and 10 000 rounds of ammunition,^so as to be distributed among the peo^pie for use against the Indians.
Californiahas withiu its borders 132^lodges of Free and Accepted Masons,^with an aggregate membership of T.fVJO.^The Grand I^odge was organized April.^I'- 1H30.
LastSaturday evening C. McMillan,^agent of D. W. Earl, of Wadsworlh. fell^from the passenger train goipg east, and^was so badly injured that he died at 12^o'clock the same night.^ Ttrritorial^Knttrprim. 0th.
Aman named Swett killed a young^man at a party in Utah recently and^tied. He was followed and captured^near Hush Valley, by Porter Rockwell^and Henry Heath That Swett will^likely be wiped out.
Bya vote of the |^eop!e ot the county^seal ot Umatiila county. Oregon, has^been removed from Umatilla City and^located at Ooodwin'e. two miles above^Swift's, on the Umatilla river. The^new countv seat U called Pendleton.
Ofthe Snake Indians, once powerful^in Eastern Oregon Idaho and Nevada,^the Salem paper says: ' The tribe has^diminished fearfully since 1861. Id that^year it was estimated by competent^judges at 10.000 souls Now, there are^not more than 1.500 souls, or. at most.^2,000.
JohnW. Jones, printer, from Belmont^Nye county. Nev.. formerly of Pleasant^Grove, Iowa, was killed bv leaping from^a window at 233, Bush street. San Fran^^cisco, while temporarily insane Saturday^morning, Dec. 12. and was buried by the^Masonic Fraternity.
Friendsof Tommy Chandler and Billy^Dwyer. in San Francisco, having made^arrangements for another fight, one^hundred dollars a side forfei; money^waa p'edged to be put np Dec. 14. but^the Chandler party failing to come to^time. Dwyner now claims that amount^from Chandler
Saysthe Cheyenne Leader: Harry^Creigbton. who had the contract tor^building the Western Union Telegraph^froui Benton into Salt Lake Valley, has^completed the work to Macon City, the^terminal point, the great ^railroad^town.^ that is to be, \m Salt Lake Val^^ley
Th.-Reese Kiver ItcrtiUt, of I^ee. 14.^says: ^The trial ot Thomas A Carber-^ry. indicted tor the murder ot Charles^Archer, alias Ridgeiy, was postponed in^;he Di-'rict t'ourt this morning until^March ^ 1h00
Arough named Jerry Emerson, was^shot and killed. Nov. :J0. at Argents.^Nev. Emerson was drunk and seemed^hum i in; .i difficulty, and i; s.-eius. found^what I.*- ^vas seeking tor. He w*s shot^by some person unknown.
Acountry paper has the M.owing^1 '.-.r- ^aa Frmci-co panels pay no atten^^tion to smni! |^^\. though R rages in^'heir midst Hotel seene^New arrival^to clerk^^Can I g^ t a room, sir *'^^^ 'lerk . meditatively to porter^ John, go^up uu i St ^^ i; No. 10 is dead yet.
Muchof the wnter IS) he obtained^along the line of the U. P. R. K. is^strongly impregnate,! with alkalies. A
stage^: river ^ oServiUiT ^^^ passenger alien :
t- qiiutl some ot u exclaimed, with a^genuine Western style ot simile. ^Don't^drink that f 'olonel tor it will go through^yoti like the ten commandment- through^a Sunday aehool.
TheOmaha /^V//^''V-.',^ mentions the^arrival at that place of a party of aksuit^a hundred miners frCSt] Montana, by^Mackinsws down the Missouri One ot^them repxnts that for 200 miles ot the^oistance ilu-v dare- MM land on acc iunt^ct ir^ tile Indians. Shot* were frequently^tired at the Itoat, but it ^a^ barricadeu^so that no damage was done.
TheOmaha f{r/^^*^ ir.n, st^'es thm^Andrew Stinersie I by a man
namedK~lly. who fire;l at at another^man with whom he ,\as quarreling.^The ball entered at the right side ot die^abdomen, pas-do.r ^r n.n.l to the let;^side, inflicting a dangerous wound.^John Kelly. o{ musical celebrity, was^in that n\y a short time since. Possi-^o,_^ it i* hi th.;: ha- luenedbfal up.
tiliery.
Th*railroad bridge aaa pal t^^ ssrij^use- Cars ot freight wer^^ starte,', acfOSS^early Tue- i.iv , y, ning we are informed,^and during that night about LM ot^t'uein w. re run ^^ver. It will take bu* a^little while at that rale to dispose ot the^surplus freight on the Iowa side, ami as^th^^ U. P. R. It. resumes freighting to^^day, the trade embarrassment will h.-^relieved.^Oasawrt ItcpttWettH '.'^^!.
Fioint)^e nor.hern end of Suit Lak^.^where the I'eut.al P-icific Railroad will^pass, to Portland, ia Oregon, is 043 miles,^of which distance, 9\H miles, may 1^^^travtled by stcatr.ers in th^ Snake and^Columbia river, leaving only 330 miles^of railroad to be built in order t ^ open^up a line #or freight and passeiie.-r trans-^(Kirtation betWStSi these po:nts.
MnjorMi ^ oppiu publishes law tollow^tug sin ill pox stSljstlrs for S^n Francis^^co: ^The first ease was re|H^ried on the^2d ot June, aud the nasi death on June^H. In June 43 cases hu i 20 deaths \wr^-^n-portt-i: in July HJI cases and 37 deaths^in August. |;J3aridt).^: in September.lO-t^and 71: in (Xctober, 1*57 and 70; in No^^vember. 2i^3 aud 07; and in December to^date. 123 and 40. Total. 1.110 cases and^30S deaths. On Dec^ inl^e^. 7. '.^ cases ie^|Hirte^l; r^n Psewbst 8, 1*. and on De^^cember 0. 14. The number of patients^in the small pox Hospital on Deceuilar^0, 103. At the present ratio the number^of cases ^vill be ;:h^ thi- mouth
Ionian*.
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Itcorrespondents in Montana sjssnk^trutbtuliy. the gold yield ot tha^ Terri^^tory ev reeds t hat ^if any othei |s^r:ion^of the world, and is largely on ill- iu-^creas.-. I.as' year, uccording to the^moat reliable estimate, the yield was^even twenty uiilliou-. aud ibis year it is^claimed that there will be an increase^of fully titty percent. ^-\eti on this im^^mense amount. The mines und dig^^gings are said to l^e inexhaustible, those^longest worked proving as rich in yield^to-day as when first discovered. But^the wealth of the Territory is not con^^fined to gold. Rich veins of silver have^also l^een discovered, and ar^* being^worked with great profit. Iron, tin and^copper have been found iu various oarts^of the Territory. Coal ot the best qual^^ity |or manufacturing and domestic pur-^|M*ses is found. Three snd a half mil^^lion ot acres of fanning land of the^choicest qualitv are embaced within its^limits, ou which rich, luxariaut and nu^tricious grasses grow without care. As^a grazing country it has no superior.^Already a large number ot persons iiave^turned their attention to stock raising^and grazing. This season fifty thou*^sand head of cattle hate lieen grazed at^no other expense to the owners than the^attendance necessiiry to prevent th^animals irotn stra\in.,'^represented to be sweet^and far superior to^is generally found in^ot the Eastern cities,^and soil appear to be edapted to agricul^^tural and horticultural operations of ev^^ery kind. The cereal crops harvested^the past season were of the finest quali^^ty, and iu p^ int of yield greaily exceed^^ed the expectations of the farmers. The^yield of potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets^and other vegetables were double that^ot any other yenr, while the average ot^the w heat crop is estimated by General^Meredith ^t fortv bushel- to the acre.^This seems almost incredible when the^tact is stared that an average yield per^acre of the States east of the Mississippi^does not exceed twelve bushels, and that^of England thirty bushels. Fruit grow^^ing, although in its infancy, bids fair to^become a prominent avocation. Straw^^berries, raspberries, blackberries and^other small fruits, grow almost sponta^^neously: wild plums of the finest quality^abound in the greatest profusion. Ap^^ple, pear, quince, cherry, peach and oth^^er truit trees grow vigorously and give^promiss of being prolific hearers. The^water is superior and abundant. Tim^^ber is plentiful and of all sizes and qual^^ities. In a word, it Montana is correctly^reported, it must be n perfect paradise,^aud with the completion ot the Union^Pacitic Railroad, is destined to become^one of the most populous, as it will cer^^tainly be one of the wealthiest of the^Western States.
Thabeef is^tender, juicy^that which^the markets^The climate
Sereralyears' experience of the Li^^cense law in Massachusetts has resulted^in increasing the number ot liquor^shops in Boston from 1,900 to 3,500.^and the number in the State in like^proportion
TomThumb is growing taller.^Biestadt has returned from Europe.^A nUlroad sleeper usually sleeps seven
years.
Whyis a mouse like a load ot hay V^Because the cat ll eat it.
ItIs said that I^ondon has a Mormon^church of 1.000 members.
Iowahas a surplus of 10.000,000 bush^els si wheat.
TheMount tVnis railroad is said to^Is- a failure.
Grantcollars'* hav appeared in the^fashionable world
IIrunkeiinet**is rapidly increasing iu^Kussia.
Achange ^^! si'e tor \ a!e ^ ollege is^talked ot.
NewYork -wells dye their mous^^taches yellow.
Amillion ot people are out ot work iu^England.
'Tommy Todd.^ an al*surd ditty, is^New York's itopular song.
Bluesatin bills of fare, with gold^fringe, are new aids to digestion.
Iuere are 324 ex-soldiers clerking iu^t||M New York ]H^st-office.
Dnraat,Wisi ,^nsin, is called the Onion^city.
Expeusivclunches have supersede*!^tnatit.ees ,-tTi;..n_- tashbmables.
The| ^ -'-olliee e'erks in ^ ieveland,^Ohio, are all females.
Thepopulation of St. Thomas is IS,-^OOO. of which 10.000 are colored
ASwedish uoblemau has a copper^uiiue tor whisk he has refused s^70 000.-^ooo.
TheC ity ot Mexico is beiug lit with^I ^ras.
UovetBMMTodd, ot Ohio, was worth^half a million.
Thelast sjaej p .tato is called llsaGtS*^: ciaii Bend
Themother ot all cats is at Winthr p.^Me . titty-two years old.
Jood Partner- at Whist^Chimney^sweeps: they always follow soot.
Starch,heated with sulphuric acid^becomes BSSM9 in Germany.
Whichneeds redressing the most, wo^^man or her wrongs':^^V. Y. Citizen.
TheKing ot Siarn leaves two thou-
*Sand widows.
t'/.arAlexander is building ten thea^^tres for the workingmen.
Thennnii^er of aomen earning wages^iu Paris is 1OS.310.
Weimported $1,300,000 worth of Eng^^lish books last. year.
Seymourand Blair medals now sell in^Philadelphia at M cents per pound.
TheNew York fWsSMU talks about^the ^murder mania^ in the States.
ANew York landlady pays $10,000^rent and charges $100 a week tor riHiuis.
ThePatent Office i-* sai l to be in a^; state of inefficiency and demoralization.
JohnBright's voice is tailing, and his^hair is ot a silvery whiteness.
GeorgeFrancis Train wants to start a^^ ^Know Something party in 1*72.
GeneralFremont's friends think he^will succeed Feneral Dix at P^ris.
Qea..Grant's Washington residence^' ... . .^!-^'! 'o M:ivi r Bo wen I ^r *!^^,-
ooo.
MartinI.utio r s marriage ring is being^: repair^l by a jeweler at Waldenburg.
'Saxony.
iThe London street, placed in a single^: straight line, would rea^-h as far as from^, Liverpool to New York.
St. Elmo' has l^een dramatized at^New Orleans. We shall hav. the Arner
.ican Cyclopedia put on the boards next.^There i- still one pensioned soldier of^the revolutionary war living. Mr. D.in-^i iel F. Bakernan, of New York.
Itdoesn't follow th-^t a mau dislikes^his bed because he turns his back upon^| it.
TheBallad States contains 103,300.-^I 000 hens, with an annual laving eapac-^j ity of 18.250.000.000 eggs,^i The Detroit 7n'f^uut makes strong^i ground in opposition to Mr. Chandler's^I re-election to the Senate.
Swearingon the Bible was first intro^(duced into judicial proceedings by the^Saxons, about a. d. COO.
Spainwill have to import $30,000,000^: worth ot grain before the next harvest^j to keep the ja^ople alive.
Gen.Humphries estimates the cost^1 of a ship canal around Niagara Falls at^$12,000,000.
Itis said the Pop.' losses 32.000,000
francs per year by the revolution in^' Spain.
AChicago girl is announced as the^i belle of Dresden. The Saxons imagine^j her to own all the grain elevators.
MonewallJackson's only child, a^daughter, is said to give promise of great^I beautv and intelligence.
Thereare lour men in Providence, R.^j I., whose estates are assessed at from^$1.400.000 to $1,800.000.
Themarble Detng quarried m Marsh-^I all county, Iowa, is said to be equal in^, fineness to any in the world.
Spainpossesses over 3,000 miles of^; railway. Her popu'atioo is 16,287,675:^j that ot her colonies 5,882.611.^; Several New York families employ^male flunkies, who wear knee br^ecues,^I plush coats and powdered wigs.
ThePersians have a ssying thst ^Ten^measures ol talk were sent down upon^the earth, and the women took nine.
Thesmall pox is prevailing in Mil^^waukee to such an extent that the pub^^lic schools have to be closed.
Thearmies of Europe are composed of^2.537.426 soluiers in active service, sod^071.893 reserves.
Recentstatistics show that eighty^thousand people in Pittsburg do not at^^tend the public worship of God.
BayardTaylor says that Sweeden is^the most immoral and licentious country^in Europe.
Privatetelegraph wires in New York^City cost $500 a piece. There are at^least fitly of them.
Ofthe seven Presidents who had sons^to educate, tour, John Adams. John Q.^Adams. Lincoln and now Grant, chose^Harvard for that purpose.
Doublebreasted white velvet vests,^cut low, will be worn ttiis winter by^gentlemen, on full dress occasious.
TheCnion Pacific Railroad placards^posted up in I'hicago. announce ^only^ten days to California.
CarlosManuel ^Vsi^edes. General-in-^Chief of the Cretan revolutionists, is a^lawyer and a ]s^et.
TheBoston PttMl thinks we Bslglat soon^resume sj^ecie payuieut from the num^^ber ot ^silver weddings^ aunouiiee.l.
Thereare 224 CadatS at West Point.^Since its establishment 2,27o have grad^uated, and 2.447 have not. Toe total^cost of the institution has been $8,230.-^372.
MantonMarble has not yet gained^the whole M'.'ilil., but has a nine-tenth^interest iu it. What shall It profit the^man !
Thenew St. Louis German pap**, the^X, ,r ]\ .,//^{. has been admitted into the^Associated Press on payment o* five^thousand dollars.
Aprodigal son in Toronto. r^'.n away^with $13.d0t^ worth ot jewelry. His^Jsther instead ot killing a tatted tnlffaad^him caught and put in jail.
Itis said that since 1700. Europe has^furnished the I nked States ith 0,500.^000 emigrants, whose descendants now^number 20.000.000.
Outof every thousand workmen in^ilm manufacturing districts of Belgium,^eight hundred and littycau naStSStrread^nor write.
TheOhio p ipers are quarreling SW4HM^ihe location of tha Srate Lunatic A-v-^luiii. Each editor wants it near his own^office.
Themillenium aj pro-^cheth. A man^in Buffalo has i^e,-n BBfcMMsd to thirty^days in the penitentiary tor stealing an^| umbrella.
Scatnuioii.of Chicago, propose- to^build a $750 000 up-town hotel, at the^corner of Michigan avenue and t'-^n-^] gress st-eet.
Frenchprivates while on leave are to^be paid at the rate ot one ceut iu gold a^dav. I SSp ^rals get two cents. Sergeants^four cents, and Sergeant Majors six^cents a day.
TheNew York Sua lias it, from high^authority, that George S. ftosttwail, of
Massachusetts,will i^e offered the Sees
retaryshipot the Treasury by General^Grant, and lie will accept the js^si:ion.
Mr.Harney, lor ten years editor ol^the Louisuille PtSlstTSf, iu retiring^from the editorial chair, says; ^The^worst sin I have on my conscience is^helping to make great men out ot very^small material.
Historyis being demolished A wri-
LAWSOF THE UNITED STATES.
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I^^i*ti^tli Coniftfss.
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ItsthsnAllan did not capture Ticond.-r-^oga. ^In the name of the Gn at Jeho^^vah and the Continental Congr^who did'.'
C.M. Letnad, of Colorado- has filed a^caveat to patent an instrument constat*^ing of a combination ot tools, which he^calls ^Handy Audy.^ It cousisis of a^screw-driver, hatchet, hammer, wrench,^claw, tor drawing i.uils. and pinchers,^all in one instrument.
CommodoreJohn Patty, who died in^Honolulu, on the 10th nltim ^. eras long^known as ^the Ancient Mariner of th *^Pacific.'* He has crossed the ocean b- -^tween San Francisco an 1 the Sand wfch^Islands more than one hundred times.^He w s a tine s|^eciiueu ol a Y.ink- .^^sailor and lived to a good old age.
Itpays to be a famous lecturer, as the^terms upon which they will s;^enk. given^Ih*Iow. lully demonstrates: Miss Olive^Login receives from $123 to $230 per^lecture. Mark Twain may Ik- heard for^$100: Theodore Til ton and Horace Gree^^ley tor from $130 to$173: T. W. lligg^n-^son for from $30 to $75: Professor You-^mans and E. P. Whipple for from $75 to^$100: Murdoch tor from $125 to $130:^Justin Nct'arthy for $100.
,N' ICV *^ further atnen J Hie pastel^pltcat en nf tt.e remi'ier or pivee .,: i
Piirrided.Thtr the *|^|-:irani furnish a
f^-in the |ii^imvvr ou about in- miii- t t.^drama thst it !m4 n-^t be^a ami a- ^ i! 1 i,.,^ !Vrr^after be |^a^^l asd a simil.r aaMlfiuata from t|H^IhmI^naie^r hv whom it w*# i-^ne,l iti*- t ., i^lteenai-1I ^'^'^ fSl rejMi.l to Hie
awi^ ^e.-^WMl fee shall not he ehargeU ^.,- a4mm^I-rafe mimv e-der \m M1 to ISplSSa *o or.ter thm^haa bull rmstervd iaMSW becauae ^f ^ 1 ftmmt^ration for payment withiu SWJ y-'^r a:-,^. ^. |^,,r t^^ause i lejr .1 euJ^r^^ineir^.
RaC5 And hr It furtkrr t**^i.l. T , ,t if^any p.-r^.^ifalaalI t.Tife-^r evuatart
viinoartysM. aaahw. or ^r^et n falaely f-^-*in* .n^aaaaSarSsio-^( ^* shall procure. *-^-^.^^ .,r .1
reotly.to h- Masts' Jur^tnt or iiit-rl^'-el
t-Nt'.lmoney outer, mt may in^t^ri-^i ^ if-^- t.ir-^-mlor^ement ^n ^ny ; ^^-tin ^nev i^r-|er1 |,
tlieU:ti.-e i^e|^ irtuiewt. t,r an ,- --; . .u-
f.trtha purv we au.l with 'he iateut uf ut^r^i ling .,^rei eivine. direcf'.v ortadlrSoftV. or ^^f pmenrinc oi^enafelua- other* to ,.'^tatn or r^e-ve. ,i ^^nolii-^-ft!. . any su^i or mint of ^noi,e\. and tmmr*^by to ilefrmuil-itber the l.'uiled St.:-. or any p^r^^on of aiie.h sum or nuios ^f SMaei or mm) .^fber-of. . r ahatl pa^^. utter, or pWktMl ar ^^ft.- a ^^^hi | u.:er nr publish a^ true, any ^i^eh fonrei
^r riMititerfeite-l |~t-trtl rn-oiey or ler *ith latest It,^ilelrmuil -ither ^he I'nited .ST.itea ,.r any ;^^ -^any sum or ^en* of money. anotTiu^ sueli ,^..;
Ill,,)ri or^lti.h'.^liatUre ol P .^^(!
thereon,to l^- so talse'y |.ir^:eif n' v., mieri^ -^J^every sueh person shall tie ileeui-,! iruilry of f o .^ny ami l^ein^ 'hereof iln!y e.. ^^ . i . ,. ,^sentem-e^t to be I i,,ri^o ie,t an I k -pt a' 'i*rl ^^^,^for a l^^fi -^i of not !e-^ than tw.. ye-tr^ u.,r .,, ..^^than five ye.^rs an-! to be fin-it in a ^ii;u i ^^ -%^cet-iina* nre ^h^ei^^rnl ^I^ ^11.^r-
St-.'. 15. And be it jiirthtr taw,Th^t ih.^PostiuH^(er i^e:ieral be ami he i.. h-r--b\ a 11^ ^ .^iatsl to appoint an^i etnplov on Swanl of eeaaaj^the m.til steamers plyina; on ih- r ;'^ katn^San Kr^nri^'---. J.tpan ami t'hint. a-et SMm^San Kranrisoo anil IfonnluH. (Ilax^ ,\^ - ,^a if -vermnent aireiit iu cnarrf-e ol i M I 'i M t M ,^^ -^mails at an annual salary ol t^ i ti ^^ i^ ^ , I o ^ m
r. Ii |^r Hlilol ll
SWV7 And l^r it further r:i.irt-d Tu it^I',^tmaster ^ieuer-^l be. ami he ia hereby ail'hor^ize,| to eat b.i*h in conneoti^o nitii tue l_*nite^i^Srates uiaM sfe en^l i;^ service to JPafhM -1 I 0M '^*.^a tr-neral |x^tal aajenev a' Snanifb ti. ^*liin^ tritt'
ui-h branch a^en-ie* at ^ :her aaM Ml ^'hi-i^ a-i I^Japan na sh ill. in his iuiljruien t be i,e ^^sary f-^Ihe piouipt .m l efli-ierit man ^z-'ii ut ol^ tbe po.ta^^^rrviee iu those countries; si it '^^ pay tlja f^agents so a; |H.i^it;il ami emplo; ^ 1 .^ r- . ^n ib ^^eoinpeiisatii.n lor their servn-e* i-i ^1 I: loa V* tin
,ryex|^-n^es f.,r rent turniture. e:-rk hire^^n I so f,,rt'.i to be ailo^re^l at e.t ii aif-n -y for .^ ^ i^iluetinjr the p ^p-a' bil^:n-^^ a -^^p-t -i .-. :, 1^shall l^e einbraeeil in t!ie annua: re;^ r'^I'os- :lia^* r w. . era'.
SeCAnd ht it J'urth:r ,.tartid, Tii3^ t-.
theniore eti.-ient m eia^rei.i-ut of tne i.--re^~l^|n^st.^l b.|^iii-.^ eonaoeted w i'ii tiie f-^r-i^n :m.^*er\ i^---. the l'.^im tster ^,--i-r*l be. an I h.^ i^ h-re
aya^i^bo'i7.-^t to sswalal in MaaSyasawaM
aaaaWSaaSSTMof foreijn, mai's at an annual aaSaB)^of three tboiisami ,lo! irs; ami a so ^ i-.-i a . i ' .^i^al atasSsnW Itiat branch mt 'lie p-isfal s-rvu-e. t^.^wit- one of i las. four a'i^l ttro ,.f t-'a-- tlir,^ ..i ;^th it th- salary of the silpeHnten-lent ..I The n ^ ,ei^onler system shall b^ threo tboiisao.l ,i..otr. p^.^ami u -ii .
.-'k.C. !^ .i.%d br it fmrthir tnietrd. Tin! ih-^Postin.is'.er t :-neral be. n i l it- ^ ner-ny . r .^iae-t to appoint in the o(H.-e of ih- Tirr I v-. ^^hp^-liief of .livisio.i \m -h-^A tiro tii.- i. ^ i 1 1.
\*ms\lei'er o'.;,--e at a ^ .lary^hundre-l -t.^i: ,r^ per it,num.
ski. rS. And be it fmrthir tmnrted, The. i,^any j^erso'i etuplot e^l ,a auy ^l-parrm-ui tu.^J^^st otti---- ^^^^a!^ ish.uen: ,.f the 1- i ^ , . .^shall wi'fully a-,,1 ku . .vinirly u-e mt aaaaa to he^used in prepayment ^'J' ixw'a^e any poataca rtalf^or Ham|-ect envelope isan-'l or vrhi-h may te-re^af^er be i^siie-i bv autli-i ity o, any a.-r ... ^ i^iriaea or of ih^ I'oarmast-.- 'ie:,-r,i ^I, . ^ In.^already taren ouoe used tor a life* purpose. .^' - i ,^r-m.o ^^ or a'tenij,' to teioove ;h^ . iu ^^ I iaa ^^defae uir tu its.* fr-^m any ^ i.-.h p ,.t.i^ ^ - in. .^^atampel e iv-lop- witii MSMl to Us- or .-a'.'^^use of the s i ne a second time, or to sell or atTaf bj^sell the same or shall remove from t-ttern or ^^'n*^mall matter iteposite.1 i . .r r.-i1 .,^ t r.~i .,!*.,
the^Uiup^ attached to the Sam- iu ].\inent-.!^[H^ta^re. Will, iutent to use the sa:n., i ^e-.,',.. 1 n~^for a like purpose, or aaaaH m ^^-' i ha sell th*-^s.^nie. every ^uch olT-nder shall. up^i. run * 'uttiut^.here..f. be daemed ffuilfy , f leluuy, aca ahall be^imprisoned for not less tlnu MS y^^ar o,sr more^^h^n three years
SSIII. And hi .t fnrttiir enattrd. T'-at it au^^l^em o i.ut employed io any ^lep irl-u^-ut ,.f tl-V^post office ea^abliahraeat ot the United Vhiaw shall^commit anv of the offeuoes deacribed in th^- pre^c^lin^B-.-ti-n ot this act -. i-h para^ ahiB
onconvicti-^n there--r be deeaied srui'ty of a :ni^^dsaaaacor, and be pun-shed by imprisonment tor^not less loan six months nor :mre th^n e . ^ \^ -.r^or by a fi e of not lea* ^hao one hundie.i SaVsH^cor tn-ire tliJD tive hundred dollars for each oifeoce^^w by borh sie-h fi ^- and imprisonment.
titH And ht it further enartrd Th ,r^tiou iiine ^.f an act of (JotiarreM appr.,\e,| JbIj^^ lie ataSSMS huii Ired and ^ xty-four. ' a lt.i-,rti ug^the sales ^-f paftasa stamps and stiui;^ .1 - ,v-i^ofvesat adisisHint. Ik-so m alined that ths nitaii^tiea of each soli at anv one tjoie to uh* aasa* p tri)^shall not exceed one hundred dollars hi v^Ij^.^and that srtch sales shall be restricted to certain^desifrna'e-t atfents who will agree to se.I airaio^without discount under rnlea to be fixed t^^. the^i'ostm^s'er Ueneral.
8EC13. And bt it farther tm laasf. That it^shall not be lawful to dep ^*it ia a i*^*t ofll tm, t- be^sent by mail, any le'ter* or ciroul ir^ --r .^lotteries, socalleil gift concerts, or otter similar^enterprises offering prires of ^ny kind ou aa\ pre^text w ii ,t~v r.
Ski14. And be it further enacted. T lat the^Postmaster General be. ah-t he is hereby auti at^^zed and emp-wered to estanii.h a blank air^. aj^lor the P. ^i Office Department, to be located ia Ih*^city of Washtuicton. District of Columbia. a..d ta^app.int ona sii|^ern,tendent at an annual silat-af^eighteen hundred dollars, one assistant sup*ria-^fendent at ^n annual aalarr ot sixteen u in Irsd^dollars and three other- assistants a. an a inaal^salary of thoiutud dollars eao h. aud two ;..tnre^i^at an annual salary o- seveu bundie^l and taeatT^dollars each; and all other blank sssaaa ars^hereby a^^o!i^hed.
Skc.lri And be it further enacted Thai th^^Postma ter Oeueral lie, and be is tier -by ati'h-ir^ii-d to conclude arrangements wi;h the p^at (is^partmentsof foreign cuntnea, with \rh: h tuteraa-^tional j -^. . c-^n^eniious have txen or snail be^coocladetl, for the exchango of small suras al^money bv means or p^^jtal onler* the mtxioena^five feet kaasa ^^- -^- mmmm * ^ ^~-| amount of whi.-h ah^ll not exceed .b^t (ifeJ bv
nveleel. two incbes, her height. As- | law tor d..me*tic money .aden, at sued rats* ^t
exchangeaud under su--h rules acd regu ati-ni a*^be may deem expedient: aud that the expeu*e ia^carred in eetubiisbing aud Comlu..-t;n.' su :'a systass^of earbaoge may be paid oat of tha proce*U of^the moaey-ord*r bu*ines^.
Site 16. And be it fHrther enacted. Tb%t tha^proviso iu section three of tba act approved M*rch^three, eighteen hundred and tw-aty-five. cut.tied^^ ^An act to teduce into one tba several acts a*^I tablisliing and regulatiug the Post ^^:1;.-... L^ri^ ^rt^i ment,'^ lat aud the same is hereby re;^ale-'- Pr^^tided. That nothing herein contained ahali re|^*al
TUMVkm s tu: Mt^t( is am) Smai.i.^Waists.^As the proportions of the Ve^^nus de Medecis are accepte^i as the^standard ot^ |^erfection, it any iady who^knows her own height, wishes to learn^how much her ^ lender waist lacks of^the exact circumference which beaury^of proportion demands, she has oniy to^divide her own height into seven e^i^al^parts: three of these will make the exact^size which her waist ought to be^but ot^course is not. The Veuus de Medecis is^five feel two inches in height. All the^dimensions ot the torso of the human^body are greater from side to side than^from front to back. Tne smallest di^^ameter of the waist of the Venus, or^those from front to back, is 7^ inches,^and the larger diameter 0J inches. If,^now, an oval l^e struck, having for its^larger diameter Of inches, and for its^smaller 7j inches, the periphery or cir^cumference of this oval will measure^twenty-seven inches^that is. tor all^practical purposes, three-sevenths of
tounaing reflection to waspewaisted \ exchange and under su. h rules std r
beauties,cons ling to the plump, and^worth remembering by thoughtless tfirls^and unwise women, when they aie using^a compression injurious to their health^and their brain*^for the latter does not^escape the ill effects ot impeded circula^^tion and organs out of place.
Aistuaj.ian Mixing Statistics.^^During the past year there were 470 I mny 01 ,n^ r^T'^l,^^^ *^r 'be ^^ approved July
1 eleven, eighteen hundred ami eixiy two. entitle
steamengines employed in Australia in^alluvial mining, and 532 in quartz min^^ing. The aggregate power ia 20.000*.^horse, and the rated value ten millions^ot dollars. The export of gold for 1867^was nearly thirty millions, of which^about five-eighths were Irom alluvial^and three-eighths from quartz mines.^The rated value of all the gold claims is^thirty seven and a halt millions of dol^^lars. The whole amount of gold raised^from the first discovery of gold to Jan^1st. 1868, was $680,000,000.
Theentire gold field extends .'J50 miles^east and west and 180 miles north and^south. With regular supplies ot water^it is urged the gold product would he^greatly increase. The government has^undertaken to furnish ample water, by^means of works on a grand scale, now^under coutract, and the calculation is^that no raining ground shall be without^plenty of cheap water at all seasons.
FatherDe Smet. the celebrated Indian^Missionary, has gone to Belgium, to see^his nephew married.
Askeleton ot a snake with nine ban*^dred and eighty-two joints has been^dug up in lenm
1An act ^o relation to ihe Post OtSr'e l^-t.a--.i-nt.'^; e*nnc 17. And be it farther enacted. That if^ou the final settlement of tba ac -ouut of acy l-oat-^| mas*jsr it shall appear that aach postmaster i* ia^/ deb'ed lo the t'uited States, and suit snail n ^t be^inetituted within three years alter l^u elueeof sue*^account, then, and ia that ease, the sureti-s on tha^hood of aa-h poet mater shall aot be liable to th*^United Mate*.
Stxis And be it further enacted Tha* copia*^of the quarterly return* of postmasters, and ^^'. ^aT^papers pcrtaiuing to tba accounts in tbe ofnea af^'be Auditor of the Treasury for ihe P.-^t ofie*^I Department, certified by him under hi* seal at^offi,-.e. sha.ll be admiirml as e\ ideece ia the . ..urt*^of 'he United State* in criminal prosecutions, ia^the same manner rs the same arc now admitted ia^HtiI caaes, as provided in MaStaaj fifteen uf suact^entitled ^An wt to change the ^ rg*u^i^t: -r of^tho Post Offl--e Department, end to provide omr*^effectually f r the aetUemeut of the scc^*iaW^th*rw.^l ^ approved duly seoood eighteen hundred
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Stc19 And be it further enacted. Thai i^^all autts for the recovery of balanoe* due frew^piaMmas'era. a SsaW, do'y certified under th*^of the Auditor of ihe Treasury for th^ P-et tMSW^l^epartmei t of the etatemeat of acy pai:sa*t**^^arterial ag*at. or ether peraoe employed by 'b*^Postmaster (ienaral or the said AudibT ht^purpose, that he he* mailed a letter to suc-h d*'ia-^qtitnt postmaster at the poet office where SW^Indebtedneas accrued or at hia last and usual plae*^of abode, and that a euffi-ieot timr has si^p^^ '*^tha ordinary couree of mail to have reached IS^deeUnatiea. and haa act received paymeot of **^*^balance within tha lime designated in hi* iMt^^T^tiooa, tbal! be received a* soffi.ieot evidene* io th*^Tc be cont'eued;
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