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oart ]e tnto W&,cnrd ----=--- ... - W. H. BUCK, - - Editor and Proprietor. J. J. HEALY, Local Editor and Business Manager. By declaring that he does not want to go to heaven if there is any mathematics there, Talmage is placing himself in antagonism to a very intelligent, and, we may add, a very dangerous body of men. Let the long headed mathematician of this generation once attack the parson with their massive arrays of figures, and he will try aloud for two or three Brook- t lyn Presbyteries to fall upon and devour him. A popular government, founded upon the supposed intelligence of the people, and adapted, so far as human forethought can provide, to meet all exigencies, must tl occasionally fall short of its purposees. It is virtually impossible for human wis dorm to forecast and provide for every question of general interest that may arise. Had it been possible, the fathers of the present government rf our own happy land would of made a finishnd job of it. Their efforts have met with general " approval, but on some points they were a little mistaken, and hence sectional broils and local disturbances, and that late up heaval that converted thirty-five million people, who ought to be fraternal, into ti a ferocious mob-self devouring. But in the days of peace the American people a recognize the supremacy of law-and routine-and red tape. Failing to see c this fact, a large number of our cotempo R raries have made a radical mistake in tl discussing the case of William Hines' P breeches, This case has engrossed the best intellectual efforts of our army officers for several years-ever since 1876 a -but has not yet exhausted professional t resources. It ts now before Congress and P has been for some time. Before plung ing into the innermost recesses of "Hines, tl pantaloons, it is incumbent upon us to P say that the case has been treated with i levity by the American press generally. tl It has been so handled as to cast a bifur a cated shadow of ridicule upon the Govern h ment of our country, and so undermine or weaken that resource for our institun d tions that is essenfial to National harmony n Now' the case of Hines' tronsers, on a which so much hinges, is this, In 1876 d private Win. Hines, of Company F., Eighteenth United States Infantry, (now stationed in Montana) was doing duty with his command at Aiken, South Caroliina, engaged with other loyal members of said company in keeping P order in that neighborhood. One night " while he was asleep his tent caught fire, a from no carelessness or neglect of his own, c mind you, and his trousers were "dama n god to their full value. " (Quotations official.) A "Board of Survey" was P called by the commanding officer, and r the full value of Hines' loss was estimat 0 ed at $8.65. The department comman- P der ordered a gratuitous issue of a pair of tl breeches to private Hines, and hence the fuss commenced. To understand fully the aspect the case presented to the De- r( partment commander who made the first e blunder, it will be seen that Hines, after P the loss of his pants, was in no condition ' to hunt the Ku-Klux of South Carolina, v much less to appear on dress parade or re attend the weekly ministrations of the reg a imental Chaplain, and prompt action was necessary. Just here commenced a u little bit of routine that ought to meet Ii with the approval of every conservative P mind. The accident'was reported to the 0 sergeant, who reported it to his Captain, ` who reported it to his Colonel, who " reported it to brigade headquar- ti ters' from whence it was sent to the commander of the department. The latter ordered a Board of Survey to E estimate the damage, with the foregoing results. It took a First Lieutenant to ' preside as President of the Board, and a Second Lieutenant to act as .Recorder. h After~this Board had sat on Hines' trous ers, so to speak, it reported favorably to a new issue of pants to Hines gratuitously, or at the expense of the Government. A new pair of pants werev thereupod issued to Hines. The return of the issue was made in due course of array regulations from one officer to another, till it reached C the Quartermaster General, (ieneral Meigs. General Meigs disallowed the issue of Hines pantaloons for want of the approval of,the Secretary of \Var, and at this point the price of the breeches stc od eharged'agaiust the pay-roll: of private Lines. And just here a new phrase l of the contest begantl between the arch-f conspirator Hiiuesa, who sought to immo. late the fortunesd of his country on a pair of army trousers, and the loyal hearts of oak who guarded the National Treasury. lines' Captain, abetting his subordinate, wrote to the Adjutant General of the United States Army asking permission of ,he Secretary of \War to credit ifines,with a the cash value of the article. GeneralI Townsend, Adjutant General, returned t the letter through Department U'cadquar ters calling the Captain's attention to ' army recgulations and general orders, &c. t While this official document was on its way through the gauntlet of pigeon holes General Buger ordered his Adjutant o General to make an endorsement to The I effect that ther was something defective y in the eriiaa Board of Survey that sat 14 on I~es'ra riehes. When it reached ii the Post Ajetrant he indorsea it over to I the Captain of Company F and ordered o him to report the facts. Captain Ll9ydt, t ot Company F, makes an elabnsate report I, to himself as Commandant of the Post, - d sent to the Secretary of War "with the view of having the case brought before Congress."' As Commander of the Post r he appends his own recommendation and makes another indorsement. The sixth S indorsement is by General Ruger, who for the time being held the destinies- of the South (including Hines' breeches), as to it were, in the hollow of his hand. Gen. s Ruger recommends "that Congress be in asked to pass an act covering the case." The seventh indorsement is by Major of General Hancock, commanding the De on partment of the Atlantic. He invites the ad attention of General Townsend to the k state of affairs, and General T. indorses the papers over to the Secretary o' War. By this time a mass of papers had accu mulated that would about fill an express on wagon. Paymasters and Quartermasters and Post Adjutants and Major Generals l-t had all had a rattle at the case. The Secretary of War sent out a copy of all the documents and inducements to the es. is House of Representatives over a year rv ago, and respectfully requested "the saonction of Congress for the issue of the ay said clothing." The documents were Sreferred to the Military Committee, and oh by it referred to General McCook, who ml made a very elaborate report. In this report the General was guilty of very ii vnbecoming levity. He commends the wislom of the Captain and all others in authority for preserving the dignity and to honor of the country, arid at the same in time for preventing private Hines from ale appearing on parade in a pair of trousers nd "damaged to their full value." The report gee closes with a high tribute to red tape, by eo which "a system of checks and guards are in thrown around the issuing of Government ,s' property." The Military Commi:tee then hintroduced a hill idemnifying private SHines ($8.65) which passed the House and is now before the Senate. The Mili al tary Committee of the latter body bent its nd ponderous intellect to a review of the whole subject, and reported in favor of the House bill. It is reasonable to sup to pose that sometime in the far distant th future the bill w:11 receive the sanction of ly. the President. The printing in the case r alone hs cost the Government several hundred dollars; but the Goddess of ve Liberty, as she balanc s herself in the tu. dome of the Capitol, can lay the flattering iV unction to her bronze soul that she pre en sides ov·er a nest of old fogies that would 76 do credit to the circumlocution office of y, THE JUDITH MI1 NES. h L i Nothwithstanding the severity of the 2( preseit weather, and the fact that the a, winter season is now well under way, there appears to be no abatement of interest or confidence in the future of the Judith a a' mines. On the contrary, although actual Ir work was suspended some weeks ago, p s parties continue to arrive with favorable L dreports from the new gold district, and our merchants continue to outfit new i_ parties arriving from different parts of th the Territory and bound for the embryo h' mineral metropolis of Northwestern M Montana. As it is now settled beyond a at reasonable doubt that Yogo contains gold N enough to support a large and permanent th population, it is safe to say that the trade t with this place next spring will become a to valuable addition to the commercial ai resources of Benton. Our merchants have m r already realized well from the traffic so T' suddenly and unexpectedly opened, and 26 a next spring if there should be anything 9E e like astampede to the mines, the trade will W' te probably be limited only by the ability of our business people to furnish the re- th e quired goods and supplies. Such an event, s we venture to say, will more than double el the size and population of Benton before Vi the close of the coming year; because un- SI like almost all other gold excitements oc to o curring in our Territory, this promises to Pe bring with it a large number of people to who are now looking towards Montana n< with a view of establishing permanent r homes, and who will follow other pursuits besides those of mining: We have stated a in former articles, that the Judith country is probably the finest stock raising and A agricultural region of the ;Territory, and Sthat the ,only 4obstacle to :its immediate settlement is the presence of hostile Indians. If a mining town were once -d established, however, all danger from this al source would be removed, and the rapid settlement of the country would soon follow. Fort Assinaboin, and the new at military post soon to be established on )d Frnchman's Creek,, will also give addi t ional security to the place;, Md the whole ol Judith country is even now more secure from Indian depredations, than are many o. points within the limits' of Choteau county ir ai"d almost upon the outskirts of Benton. of Having therefore nothing to fear in this , respect, the Judith country, with its pros e, pective mineral wealth, and known re ie sources, is undoubtedly destained at no of distant day to support a large, respectable th and industrious class of people, whose al purpose will not be merely to find for :d tunes and then leave the country, but to r] r, build up homes and enjoy the glorious to inture already downing upon every por t. tion of our Territory. es A young ladies' benevolent society was ,t organized it Bloomfield; in the vicimity of te Pittsburg, and one of :the benevolent re young ladies was selected by her benevo. st lent associates to hold the portemonnaie 4i in the capacity of Tieasurer. When the to Treasurer was calledi upos in due course 4 of events to make a stateent, she closed r, the pocket book with a snap, stood upon Sher dignity, a~d declind to ei: be inter: its viewed. Te coul4 be but on# appropriated the funds designed for charity to her own personal adornment. The money which had been collected -in meager sums to purchase red flannels for the heathens of tropical Africa, or fans and mosquito bars for the Greeulanders, I had been lavishly expended in silks and ribbons for this Treasurer with fashionable to inclinations. The sagacious member who 1 made this startling discovery did not C squander her moments in demanding an iuvestigating committe, after the mannert of men, but she hastened to an Alderman u and preferred charges of embezzlement pt against the delinquent. And now, the ladies of the Bloomfield Benevolent Society will quietly discuss this latest sensation over their tea and toast, utterly si oblivious of the fact that their erring lx Treasurer has struck a blow tol women s rights' interests that will reverberate around the world, and shake man's faith in the female sex as office holders and a guardians of the public funds. ~-~n--- Profeissor Mellard Reade, of Liverpool, has lately communicated to the world, through the Royal Society of that city, some valuable and interesting information in relation to the antiquity of our globe. o Geologists, astronomers and scientists, of all complexions, have elaborated count i less theories as to the number of ages that b must have elapsed since the earth "was C without form, and void; " no two of them i agree, however, ar.d the public mind is left in a painful s;ate of uncertainty upon this momentous question. Professor of Reade deals with the subject from a cal careous standpoir:t, and takes the lime stone crust of the earth as an index of geological time. According to his esti mate this sedimentary crust is at least one mile in average thickness, about one= tenth of which consists of calcareous matter. This has its origin in the disin-a tegration of the primitive roc!k of which aI the original crust of the earth wa"s formed bc and must have been held in a state of in solution. The amount of lime salts in or water draining gramtte and basa:tic dis- iC tricts are found by analysis to be on an average 3.73 parts to 100,000 of water. From these and other data Mr. Reade is concludes that the elimination of calca- a reous matter now found in all the sedi mentary strata, and the formation of the strata as they now exist, must hav, required at least 600.000,000 of years- more or less. This is his least estimate 1 of the age of the world as we see it to day T This period the Proiesso)r divides as follows : lie thinks the formation of the A Lauremi;.l:. and Silurian strata occupied 11 200,000'000 years, the old red sandstone .and carboniferous anot!her 200,000,000 n years, and that 200,000,000 years more were reqorted to finish up the modern .;traxti ýiccnti ona "''d pUt the Cani 1 oli h\ oni. a In hs theory of the antiquity of the earth Professor Rearde is far ahead of Dr. C. Lyell and other eminent geologists' Americans will soon be prepared, if they are not already, to complete for the ci honor of being the richesl people in the world. They are fast gaining the race and will soon pass France and England. v No country has become rich as rapidly :is this in the past twenty years. The last three United States censuses give the total (not assessed) valuations of real and personal estate, exclusive of Govern ment property, in all the States and Territories, as falows: 1850, $7,132,780, 285; 1860, $16,159,616,068; 1870, $30, 968,518,697. Between 1850 and 1860 the wealth of the Umnted States more than doubled. Had the grain continued at i the same pace since 1870 the coming sensus would lput us far a head of France 0 even allowing her to count in the national oroperty, which we omit. But the known shrinkage of values in the United States for the past few years forbids us to ex pect confidently that this country will a take the lead in 1880. But if she does not occupy that rank next year she will surely do so at a time not remote. surety uu 5u atu H August Beckman,,. A Saddle and Harness Maker. Oi OPPOSITE KLEINSCHMIDT'S STOR E, l di FRONT STREET, Fort Benton, M. T. Repairing a Speciality. 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