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HIeleIla. 3egistfr ot Lads AsO. H. $.D*Ras flelenas.' $ereeiver " R."F. M . H.'. Ildria, i-up t indian Agrrea .TJAesai A - Vj ..L. Heldea. U. S. .iterhaL. L: We; T. W1nag 2leleeis t!. 1 &"ss.ao t t. 6 Th , r. B. CB , aqtp .... 'ele.. Collec Lr .Cuhi s W `W. JRasofW' e Q. $. 6od1 mies' ior. j ;.W. 'IA sUh ,T t elit the err..- try O. f iostitaaaa. sorEIn CovtDI At Virgiaia City, first Money in Ja t and see nd .Monday an Aumgaat... -.-. UNITED BTATZ8 DISTRICT COTS.T rtbs District-At Virginia City fiSr M-nday in Aprtl,Gsecod M0%4ta in JyapY O8 On- jti. .erlber . . _' . 'I. "eund District-At Deer Lodge, third Monday in April, first Monday in September,and first Mon day in December. flird District-At Helena, fir.t Mo day in March, Brat Monday in July, and fourth Monday in Oc tober. TZRRITORIAL COURTS. S trot District-In Madison County, at Virginia City, first Monday in April, s cond Monday in July, and second Monday in November. Ia Gallatin County. at Bozemn, first Monday in March and fifth Monday in October. In Jefferson County, at R:tdersburg, second Mon day in May, and fir.t Monday in Octoifer. Dcond District-Deer Lodge County, at DTer Lodge City, third Monday in April, firet Monday in September, and first Monday in December. In Missoula County. at Missoula, fourth Monday in June and second Monday in Novembcr. Ia Beaver Head County Bannack, first Monday in June, and !hird Monday in October. Third District-In Lewis and Clark County, at Hel ena, first Monday in March, first Monday in July, and fourth Monday in October. In Meagher County, fourth Monday in May and fearth Monday in November. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. A. G. P. GEOItGE, A.TTORNEY AT LAW. 1ADERSBURGrM., '. THOMAS R. EDWARDS, AfTrORNRvY A ,, 'A . BOZEMAN. M. T. It Will practice In all Courts ,.f the Territory. *AMWIEE WRIWPd,-. -. ATTORNIEY AT LAW, Witl practice in all courta of Montana Territory. J. ALLEN HO.SE , kttorney and Counselor at Law Oi i ap es laizatr**ed t 9.rup eas a, BOZEMAN. . T. 3: Willjrso iie in ial cohur t t td 6? ýr y. J. J. DAVIS, Attorpeisc CQacou4seWr# :rtaw BOZEMAN, MONTANA. Will practiee in all courts of' .ontan.aTeitory. H., F. WILLIAMS, Attorney and Counselo*L at Law 1ifAN,, IoFtWt A Will practice in all Courts of the Territory. 1.1 x. 0. Poat 0. 3 COIUI S, RQdariburg. . PAGE &, COLEMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice In all Cotr s` LWik 018. Isida*tAtted. STREET A TURiNER, ATTORNEYM AT LAW, speiall caton pai i , and to entries s t under the Hoe stead and she -;; -- C LETIQ . pu srZ.A.N aý a.re . ý. At i rsi ret t e aMe4o Vae.* . o SYW lrran ts I ! J i. Notins -me P0 n $0 `K - " l_, a mlas R .s1 c. TI;, a* one of a series of acta)t~-ge i. t1 Ia.ntif against the"' - tbe es being farmers in thla Pi V'llp. R The plaintiffs' WWI"ý6e theihst p for the purposeso iý` dat slag ir feropping season, becatee - 4li ge or appropriation thwrebf b a re 4e eof by de enldal4'. g . ui on Siptmatl Ea A)2 7. g ! y p p s .nnet b~ restraining defendants from tau .Ile natuIre of the case;o . . . oeeniy `ppear in the extrtrau i aiº e pin. IOn P vl n below by Chief Jus.Wit Vf idje Tl rf oof shows t sat a piortnib ort.hie waters of Prickly Pear strea~ fr l "6 ad r` rprlated. prior t..hbe iapp'l tHion ¶4{ t. plaintiffs or defendants;, L.F.tti ` 't appr p rations of the plaintitisi3 re ,prior td those of the defendants. , a-f T t he appropriatioinb@Si theail f tifs e. .Veral, and made Q tr , saring their several rane GPd , p 4 tiortfA.tese ranches are .taasie on ai.tteon' 9Igutua to the stream, while otbet. art se'v oral kites therefrom and watforj'r J~ pnr pose -. irrigation is conducted to tlhe sever.iir sranefket by means of di.de.c "TIe proof further shows thiat fhb rii.ncb. of diefendants are contrguious to 6F" on ihl ttreami, and above the ranwe s a(4 lguitase antd that water is taken th~ereftefeisrtitwpr. pose pp Irrigation, and iMt ,i' d iversiit was .absequent to tl, app opr.ios _ plaintiffs, and the defendis a abdti a th i.h: SBb lIkeot diversion and alyst p it~atikhdoe rot" injure or damage the rights 6f th'sh plaintitfs, fe~rt .irss4n athat the, i wq'ers QO tIe tream are snufleient to- tpp41 the ire quigte rients for irrigating pufi e'soif ,'bth jlatiiiiffsand defendant, ant d it is f'.tlieiet i'in proof that ý~toJ bkthft ;qrj jqndants are the owners of their respective ranches, and lle, or that such stQl have been taken to ring about this result, The importance of the questions presented by this recorti ealnot be ove resthnated. The wide and extended valleys of our Territory, rich inorn~g ep bl o0 produeing, aaple returns to the hnsbandman for his toil and labor, are dry and arid, and the climate pro ductig uo:.r ts to moisten .ttta, ground. thli farmer is compelled to resort to irrigation to produce and bring to perfection the produets of the earth. The streams that course through our val1 ys are probably insufficieat to afford water to.irrigate all,t l lands that. might be suedessfully' ult1dtt.af b~it for the want o(. wte, . Aid, this perplexing ,nd important questiona.s to how this ins suTffciet supply of water for the purpose of irrigating shall be distributed and divided among the riparian proprietors and others along any given stream is presented for adjudicatiog and decision. We propose to consider the 'following questions as applicable to the case: 1st. Hitve the plaintiffs such a cemindn interest in the waters of the stream as to en ,title them, tojojn in bringing this action ? 2d, Does the doctrine "prior in time, prior in right," as applied to the waters of mineral landsupon the publihcdomain, also apply to t-he waters of a stream in as agricultural or fiarming distrit,as. tosand - 4siLu t.iýlor contiguous.to such stream, *hcre the title to such lands has passed from the Covernmenjt_ to the riparian ::propeietors along such streatm as. Was tls case properly tried tithe dourt sitting as,,9 a*. got i" shoii'd it l4ave ben subma ttead to a jury ? 1st. - Our cgdse provides tbtrf ree ;aictldn shall be prosecuted in. the name ouf- the real party in interest... If t-..se pi ..ti .'e to . i treatedai riperlanrirbpri.tra, as at common law, -aid haVing a Interest or property -in the water mf:th idr Enal fgibr'itfh their farms,. avid sncb 1f tin' lnktIi t I&t injuiry ito4heatream.o wbu ijre theiv r pr.. e ty, then tpyg wot}id u sitei a ciimnou liter'er#`ti hd Ai etiyt 4i thte streatm as would entitle them, even at common laW, to bring thitsetieo It the waters o the str ,m a~r injured, poljuptdy '4i7 tal ~O11oThe farms A.. the' plaintiffs, the injury is common and genri i all the tpa ii rdrlrettis fib acrd forstuhian ainjury or diversion, all such propris*twoielwtow .t. bi ofht of ih.jury, miid i*irttt |In tib watet of the starem There is another view in which the joinder of these plaintiffs is sustained. This is a suit in equity, asking for equitable relief, and for the purpose of prevenltrrg'nm innumerable multlplicity of suits; these plaintiffs having a common cause of complaint, are properly Joined, and in such a ease a court of equity ,mon to be adjusted, to be brought into count and If separate suits had been commenced fbr a common purpose, that they be consoil datedtm -t V _ ITT 1 f -( `iLA i In this view of the case, it woeM be proper o join all the ripariau proprietors having a Common .$~d.ý ffilPb. watelrs *f a stream from and below the point of l ary to- the mouth of the stream. Agsll laId~bii' b ej@ii as appropriators, and thereby entitled to ase of the waters of the strema, as qraaiXe .defendants, then it Is true that tI .s- t .. .! ý i ,__ ý ý. u61.1u f.:.m . 4b 4onjr t tof *4 d ivrme kiboveblim; and if it hs the provin e ti7t p to p ent a manipEutly pt f suita, then this suit sian action where that princie I r ii · ro.ted. nd proposition nee* Slikt s figation of the rig we oinmon law, and , of that law to .tl ip s 5 " - .auees and condition +t ltS i .z the, people of this moiii. , q~eA rilotf; and it would not 1e m 4 4i ~w cormmon law, sds-t*id-t - 9i , d jurist, and formed i t iiba ssages,habits andcitig lfiji 1°'f difleivint climate frtQr o4I f641f'4 e rains caused an alt neet-i !mif *Mr ing ard agrtija par ; .*iaditselannual crops were ýproincrl Eý f iwithout the artaiot Irritlgao Iwed t# #i 1tiis'ti wfs1a It i .ip a country where lplaPiaI Ol-Oillrui t 1imthe nature of the eiicfln rtn r rot e. But it we can discove.tke gpgnw w and the In~'%fib aotj a hbish4tl-t tided. and the natural' d~uhi tSIM 1rq l't dits of the pIople. for.4 .se rati ' benefit the law was ind4thituted tI estf} re. We have then a tomiidation frbrm whe.ee, by analogy and de. ftion. Hw IeaPiti ~ rinciples we have founldiAte, otj pe. ilaurrounlded by of!berv.ntir dit r.t, t tif s tanelles, wa nts. and codilitionir rAM.d so'the principles alnd the reai.dt of tlhe; cnirmon law i.lapts itselt to every ollftate, and to tof pg!sical conditions of every-'ouii try,:.. tletated by the natural ~'ints of the ~.plethi~whose behalf the law is invoked. :'he..itnimon law declares that a stream bc~iis atI tisource. where it comes to' the surface, at l:Ihe owners of lau4, adjilingi it nha t a atituhil right to the use of the water frog itslioUree to its termination. S,ipý r ..r_ ,,;stream. cf common rigit. be krtiaste the .poprietors of the" land bdtweenL *.hbfirlt 'Itti . to each that part dearest the il f3it; tlhi rule is nmainilv derived from the (-}t fhatiie, riharian proprietor is the owner .of the.soil uilder the water. and by the gen eraml law 'f ti) perty. becomes entitled, as of rightl to .T hcession s. Ar nd therefore It ·i that a grant of land conveys to the I rateO not only the field or meadow, but all grow ink timi~ih b'riwitter; standihg or beingthes Tpi;.iiiid tifttlt'Wrthat' °t ;-sream-f-water. becom~fe the .pºperty :t.ir iF " in Fye of- t le: ow'ner of the soil over which it passes,_ It has tl*ret.ore ,ben theld that the right to - wattr'~eese tis a pait of the. freehold of which no man can be dissiezed. but by due proeaes of 4tw-"Angel a~ .Water Courses."' The owners of water courses are denomi nated by the civiliails 'riparia inpropiletors, Sand the use;of this terni is now, fully intro duced l9to the common law. The soil of the bed of the B ~Mr in itself, and conseqnently the water, inay,be aid piost often is divided between two riparian owners: 'itat. is, the land on one side may he owinee by one per-' sog, and on the opposite ,ile lby another; when such is th~e case. each proprietor owns t~o the middle of the stream. There is but one difference between a stream running through a man-'s land, and one which runs by the side of it; in the former case he owns the whole, and in the latter but half--(Starr vs. (hell: 20 Wend, page 149. If the proprietor of a large tract of land, -through which a stream of water ,flows, sells pafcels thereof above and below hint, each grantee would take his parcel with lull right to use the Alowirig water on his own land. subject to the rights of proprietors above him.--(Angek on Water Courses. . The right so the flowing stream thusbe coming a part of the freelioho, and passing with the land. To wqat uses- can each pro prietor put the water as it flows through his laud? " IBy the general |aw applicable to, running ,streitmis every tIpalian propriethr has aright: :to *h~fige :cal.ed the rd1narS, usie- qf watr 'flowitjl' i~Bstihl thrnd; fors- Istanee, to 'the re asciabtleret of the water for: domestic puirposes..niir I lie s cattle;,hdtthib without ;regard to hie'7eff't IVfieb sfch; use. may have in ed.i. ofW'delcient' ufian ptopietars lower dowviitheestrectmt 1."ttfttherw- he- has tt4~rihtt 'use it for-dnypi urpose, oir what may be deittM4 :i exfraorditiary use-of it, IB i~id he doe itc Yt the'eby :iTtefferM with the rights of ot lerironrietors ptther above.. or below rili.r! oihcet, to this edadition, he tnay.i*isrti ftyekitcfot'dthe 'prrposes of a mill;'~ ri4 t the wbter foi btther pur poses. But' hir s tis : fIht to interrupt the regular flow of the r n i nlf.he thereby in aerf*eeuwithf te l'a4thil NhKi u the water by other proprietors, andcinflicts upon them a setisible hjfiiy.-(l.. Mo.re; P. L:". p 156 " In otr, , ~os,, eaci -riparia proprietor has the right to use the water ot the .streamh fto.ceu a ttAird, for, 'culinary .puposes. arnd fort46 4* fi o ,jlY ttle, nid tlttis although iu s 1e. U1 injure, ;h pip lefor of ithe lowe er etrit: $ : cqe gcan e ijie. water for 94t Aer 4 as s lti e uses. it ie does not tltrey t}t re wi~i th the flow of the stream or,diqi4i4 ig qzatUty1 r quality., 4!btrnspePsatbhe lawin a gentnry where #tnýitiaii1 tlWP ia·tena tie eart to (nslase.ome. ·,atlse sofr itpt. thereof, and where Irrigation for the purpose .gfaIgricul ttaver iakt . 8d 44: *41 ;ice oecogerxy d itil- :whitat.ý.qa tle Sret ms an d water. Bpreaggaes ~age 4gakprotcpted,,and, the *ijspa et.man 04w4a tes h e ter 8eiret proprietors, and whVla t e mpaiR tottased oa upport and sad daiai g sliar va)tae .ims important use, thj 4qEiw it au U .r roll.eds of ach owner wt i hed in truant ithy. tad 'pe ql il )td 6 be I# y gypW pm Weh le mli inquiry, afd w wswe Po wmt ages may Vaergraik rne sle i p # o1 trop e natourally s to each proprietat& lesed r S.ae f..or 'tie ittoimip e d 4-l althiet BA ileas the farmer can use t~ r.f the `ifor hi' t : g f r the qn.gs to tife land to supplylb h. a#ntleota ,quldh beequaIly'sA ~. ....... . ate. t.of i W ola i o try wht er t . asir leritory cas ohlb e - croV ned wi hs1.t qriesto the land to supplyLJt disltribtl of 1e Irrigaitl ifhi s >i =ti iil btat :tWii ur seanty wate' r is accomplished. o, ulhat be eqt approlly riat t atert of stre int shie an absolut ..piop ~t eipm tloas agstit evýitiy ne exct pt the Gwherne itns -and tJat thi ." ian ihld tue -ame n asIst all atmlub a red, nd· t fa'rop rinit interests of ptitr Territory cat only b o rowned with .n ce thflts en aiale tin d oCtrale distributl of our nopolty water is whtcomn li he l guge :peci'sus th an e gold An hn lsratiocult- ma traFooni.ii.ity as ap.ili. . toniinchestit and, that dithe list appropriatotsof tlaie ers of si strein I thit i ean absoitf wateo is tncesiary, as agaii. t every dote eipt ec th rle Giveneikit and rlt theX c(an lkid thesakine .agiaist all ubs t "he suessulqu irsi itLof an cr of la. I l t);q! rcst ia t is doctrine leads to a for the o the.witres i. thired ase is orenty piescious than gold." An illustration lma . be usefill . Suplpse thait lep tmen locate a tharm each of 10i acres ul on tT e aknfs of a srtreylynvt,. ýeoe,w foluiiqt esfO00 inches, and with ditches appropriated:th e,%saters of such streatr, It two inches of water is necessary tb the successtfl irrigatioltf an acre of la.:df for the reason, or three hitu dred anut twenty inches oa. witter oor 440 acres, each than would be entitled to 3itiuelhes of water, or ten men 3.200 inches. IA.d i' e acah of these .men, y."e-n tr ~year, shovcd, not wish to cuil 'tvate l0lt G f) aotes.eascl of their lau!d, or 600 crei altogpthwi, y , t they eouid hold th.€ 2.0Q0,jnche, of watei.they did not use; and if subseqpent locatcrs .raq.pye them on the streamt! should attepipt to appropriate any of the waters thereof, ain injunetion would be to restrain them from >o doing, anid thus 1,0Q0 acre~ wouk be wasted to cultivation. 'heO prior appropri.tor, by virtue of this doctrine eap hold sufficient water to irrigate the land lie locates, and if he takes 160 acres of land he can also appropriate suflicient water to irrigate the same, and yet. lihe may not, in fact, and may never ihtend to culcti vate more than .one-third of his land. Can the subsequent appropriators of water be de prived of water in this umanner? And is it not the true policy of this Territory to crect such a system of laws here as shall distritunte our short supply of water to the best advantage of all the people. An examination of this doctrine of prior apptopriation as it affects the interests of the general government may not be out of place. 'The United States is the original proprietor of the soil, and as such, has the right to make a final distribution thereot. This is a sovereign prerogative, and here is the deposit of this sovereign power. The proceeds of the,a sale of the public lands are a truitfal source of revenue to the government, not only as to the amount received therefor, but in a much larger sense, in extending the area of. our civilization and opening up to our e',er increasing ijopulation cheap lands for cultivation and improvement.. Now. if the doctrine of prior apprgprjatou anud the rights ther.by accrueitg. is to prey;vi, Zhis conse quence must result. A few tmen may Jocate tlheirrarms nea.r the mouth lot a stream imwd appropriate thee, water thereof, ani l subs . qiwat.iocaters. up tie stream are guilty of a treespass if they undertake to use ai.y of said waters, and an action could beprose cnted and maintained against them. The result i1Q that thqupan~c i ,of acres iu our val leys must remain h rren deserts wbhfch, with an qual, anld just distribution of water, all migl ,4 tleltivated. Tihus, the prior appro priataor renders vast tracts of laid utterly wofthless. and their sale .is los~' o. tthe Gov ertmwent tlI their cultivation tt the people, Sucl a doctrine is against ;public policy, and cripples the ife oi .the industries of the Te'r ritory The optrine of prior appropriation goes U the extt qt, d1eclaring tihat he who firstap propriates tle watets of a strean requires au absolute property therein as aigainst all the world excpc; thei Govflrfitimet mhih priper ty iscap of en g ight and qol. T herited wd spunuti n fnrom gueneritdom to generadowh.ike pther prop rty. This para tqouaptight of the y Q evj nti, its 4IV ereilgn capacity4, p4ýa finai and absolute dfepoatiu oft1 laaig ii toe water dti e f4 wllgexvu, t k koqtrtne p of prior appropr iti pto w6 It rgttip kmelsfgsi Let;uas p se1 4 bytzenan$o? a aditch appropriMte5s th w v$tsq o stream4 itl 6`4t he, sthe; irst;Ppropritor tereof t tis sisted that he can hold jis. -atehr anc t right as against ail exjceping thd 'dvi4i (Deut of the Jrj ' .q1 9rap1 that this i so and what oTwh ? ' a i*teovt4taeent. re tA#ah an,*bs4 e propXr In tr soJia9l #ergagtt f l4 $,e r 44 11 t e a oj z jqal4r eip it tea se srem ýt t ts` ~Z~~:r~;~i~a? ftiep ' ` -fr lWha rg ts does fxant t e whieb Is tI..o;ztens1- the&Wti# a ... 1Miung **ta@ mea Ngltate the . 4Ao-it, the, and it~nmh tn sig . ognta t m, :an ti r8sulta'i.ttit it B$r, each pur obar *4hse pI&tga8p g along the aearu& eqheolm Itbh 14 c ,> t granto, and 1s lt:i ; era -l it. property in g-e s igalA t n irag 'all flyowing over I s agtoS ral';ttbiotmi 4 ;t he case the prior aIprO Pior f akes-;title. tothe water as against the Qo5erntat t.. We thdrefror oontalade that the dcegrle ttit hit rvs5 it approprieate the wa ers of t atriatit eahold the same'as aga iPt a'bse Inrtt ripfsaaw own aaw fwite uiiwposes of t. ig~ttfhirmnd agreulture,- tis 4ipptieable td lad~ isitutteialong ;the bunkes of a stream where the title to sutihrbiudi bMe paLsed frit, the Geveirment to thfieiparihe ownrs., for the very; actt P ttnfrrini the ttti.~st rips withl Itit ti flh hdtt etnd this~inele s' - atitet the water bthat./ l owse ve om: 1 aloog.5tlhe bi nitdiry of the ax .ldms U raaferr.4. 'r Is there anything ii the, stastute of the United-Statea or of the: T'erltory .'o voutli t wIth this view . The Organic Act, sec. 6, in defining the pbwers of the Territorialt-iLegislature, de celres:that .no la*s shall be passed inter fering with the primary disposal ot the soil," and therefore any law' of the Legislature that in anry nanne idepreciates the value or. worth of the soil and the' property of the Un[ited States theiein; Is such an interterence v~ith its disposal as Would render any such law dlugasory aid void. Aiid it thi doctrite of. prior appriopiation, h.lad ithebrights iinui deutk therdtaeIauses the lands of the Govern mnent to become utterly worthless; making it mlntossible'to dispose of the sa~ne, where be fore the application of such doctrine or the accretnt of sueitrights the lands were valu able, such legislation or such customs would bie ii ~donflict with the righth of the United States and a violation of the Organic Act. Does the Act of 'Congress July 26, 1866. come in conflict with the -position we have takete? Thit fihet provldeb as follows: "Whenever; by pitirl.t of 'possessidn. rights to the use of w sterlor' nirf'iig, ag Itcultural; ~ntiutae turiig.-or 'otheiir pilrposed,:hftve vestbd and Saccrued. ari' t`'se samg a r redogiiaed and Saecknowled~ed by 'the' local laws, castonis and deeisions of ecurtisathe pbtsessoP-and owners of stich rested rightas hall be main tained tind protected in the same; and the, right of way for the construction of ditches and canals hci" the purposes iforetai is here by acknowledged and confirmed. Provided, however, That wlienevei after the im.sos:of this act any person- or persona shall, in the construdti'tox of'itln`ditch or canal, injure or damage the possession of any settler on the public edomain, the patty comuriting such in jury or .amage shall be liable ito the party injilredl or such injury or dam~ia." A carfrl perusal of this'sebtion will estab lish the filct that the law apiplies only to the public domain where the title i' still retained by the Government and the occupiers thereof and the settlers thereon are mere tenants at will. The act declares that' if the pos session of any settler on the public domain is injured by any ditch lie shall receive com pensation for such injury. It is evidently speaking; of the public lands in which the Governrueut has the title, and'having given the right to enter upon such lands, tins law was designated immply to protectthe, poses sory rights of the tenant at will or the occu pier, and does not and canniot apply to lands in whichl the Government has alienat'd its title tand has conferred upon its grantee-all the title of the grantor, for the ireason that, after the' lands have beooipe the:'absoltht proierrty otf the private idividual or ownier the Unitod States has no control over them and cannot legislate this, pisi property ii. to or out of suah owner's p aao or Ii any manner disturb him in his rihts,. ! What are the customns, laws aIl decisions of the ct,urts in this T'rtritury upopthe sul. ject.of priority of possessioin and waiti right.z [for irrigationi and agricultural purposes ? That tPhere is no uniform pustom ori this subject. *is suit and others now pending can abubdautly ttestifyt 'The first law on the subject lby the Territorial Legislature was that of Jaauary 12. !..165 Y and. this act utterly annihilates the doctrine of prior appropria tions, and divides the waters equally between the riparian owners. This act reniained up on the stattutt book and in fib, and was called into requisition in -1869, as the proof herein shows, to define the rights of the partijs tc this suit ad . athers to the waters of. PrikJ.' Pear creek, and althongh subset quwerutly,tdevlared void. for some defect by thnr '.upremre Court. ad .epealad by the Liegisla ttweof. 1370, it subaserye the gpiosg of show iln~thit ,lere was, no .astute of the Terri toqpy givipg priority to the, i, Copriator of, water before or at the tine the dights of thte parties to tthis a; t Cgam .t., ed. And. it is furtJlpr b hlievec tllt there is no decisioni of our SWprepe, CattL t~s, the .jis none of the4,premec ,ourt O. Usfpnii , lich esh ta blishe f t dhe dootrine ,¢~ti rR rdlon, a»i the righta. thtreby e~ ueing as. appliea tile t to aIgyclturaLl dia e of the J'erri to.rv. Hence we say that the law 6? Congress ol 1866 does no~, ,l vert, or charge the view ol thio case:. 1irein Kbp .e ; ýF :Bl 1 Elhdb tiJ:cas#a4. tboea bnited tb6 eiixr,1 1 ` i xctt 4IIW C the eai iac ' ghtu if the ji ?iSytanue, fthd t Sequ t1 the `e iTAe" eap kt * iwout '' ~ wae b~'e tilieu w.*4~t~k ?niw the oiklaeust te*ie frqte 9 to SAO Inc.eat, thepatbll thah.,¢uper g'h aglfe;.vra after atiet ralssng. t ihe Augeir a .et a eultivitionlO reowed to e :ch, farn, a Siihes the a~.s Rsaso aCWit flutepratZ e m;eOn ortra at a tsevltay. $.ri4 e r fo the ameaut of waterh tro i twlbutloa. We are sats " ue4sth ?oe o nreo waiter in the Pvidky Peter oreek ' t all seasonsof the yar4hann the gnela.l oapaci a ty..tot",-4eplbi eifts' ditethes wtIlk cry.., o ey if the doe-. tri te o1 "prIor in tLi f plior ri gh" "ta to oi'tat , the pr laitif let was rrater. I thestga unappropriated. a which the de ens ,. as against tbs plaintiffl, ctould rightfily Udivrt for the purpose of Irflgitieg their farms. tfinactioni refused. Th. e ek Sun ofa recent Salte relates On Thiur ay ayightiR pra r drppet In a retrealt merit saloOn iin "'ty Iithyfa bt C"buti ltoidaing forth to t eiitwe-itietek aud adiene. t oseem theat oeb Clibural haiidt'i frIngdI on the order o Jon Ti WoxtOon thato day,; *iind. bet rather ` eavhy ofi Fii:'rt - gerald as the winnar of the long raube." Fitzgerald had about two 'years ago carried off thle firot, prl4e at thiriace, but laa onl the •ast tw.o OCcIailns been distanced o eothers. 'his wasm too Cnuch for jToe,so he eft very irate at the wtole race of Ncots. A brawny and stallwartSpcot, In full hif land costu ne, stepped upon the scene. Hih i tisephe in ,ttantly seized as a most fit obj ct on whoin to vent his wrath tow:rd the twhole Scottish faction. He rudely seized Satwney by filthe -arm, and told hin. be could "lick any Scots man on the .groetads." Tlhe Scotsman told him coolly there was a doubt on the subject, and ordered him toretmove his hands. SDo you kpow wnsho am?4'' roaled Joes -*No," bellowed the other, "nor do I care." "'' an Joe Coburn"- Before Jte cou tid ; itsh ie entence he found ,bimself faceo qUpard on the, tiiir Once. twice, thrice Joe' tread.t recover his ground. but in vain. . aiffed in. his great energy, Joe thought it was high time to re sort to some !other weapons to decide the difficulty in his favor; hut the cool and Wiry Caledonian seemed iustinctively to knyo Joe's intentions. TakiGig liold of Joe's groping dexter, he shool his lead depreciat tingly, and said : '"Na. na, moo; ye manna do that. 'Pistols I dinna mind a flea for." taingir*hich he gave Joe's hand a wrench anid a squeeze. Joe started to his feet, and after a.little dursting and preliminary ex planation, offered totreat the whole party. A Sacramento laty fotiun herself under suspieioon of larceny the 'other day under. peculiar circunistances. ' She was rffindin ha erowded railway car and oceupted i .se'attwith another lady passenger. like a great many other, women of, the present day, she wore curls-her :own hair, of course; but it wasn't fastened on strictly according to natural pro gramme. By.a:d-by. as the train jolted along, she felt something falling about her face and neck. and in a second It flashed aceross her brain 'that her curls had become detatched ! The predicament wns a shocking one, but she eudeaiored to save herself as much as possible by quietly passing the capil lary ornament inlto her pocket, thanking her stars that she was almost it her destination. -At the station she' hastened to the dressing room to repair diamages io her tbilet, whenl behold the mirror reflected back the fact that her curls were in their' fr@or position; and an examinattoiu of those "h'her pocket' showed that .they .wre not hers, bult of a cdiffeirent color. andlelonglug to the lady who sat by her side in the chr. MINf itric A ra t LADY 9-A correspoiddidt ofthe Ne Ttorkt Po~at'tite i "A fewditys 'ince a ladyl*fik it§lking with the ' he ..ii .smi.k~i r at- Stewart" , :when tfhle 'trmst'ikr rsafrt oilfon ean haie a vielvt train to ~otu i -E's, if yhu 'i hose." 'No. was the reply, 'I think- irHt htudred dollars will do foi a dreis -itflioltt the exita exI)nse 'of a velvet trail.' Aoriohieridy was wiiftin3 'to '.lve directions to Arnolfi & Constitble's dressmaker, T1here was tf ~arg. eoarse w.o man, her hands' loaded' do'n i0rtli diamond' rings, 'ahead of her;. °givisr-;-hr 'liredlti'. is She said~: ' waint all the lace ont-mydress'i you can get on. i1 'nt'real lace.e , a4 nOf limit yon in pride -I l eis'eyod t&bbleet It. 'T'ih.i riIging" of sileti women' It worth more than the women thetmselves?" ' ' Aus 'aIm A2i TitXi tr!Tittie ýCASaSTET.- The Aiustrili E.n4thi .il experlente' d' the coiise iuee.tic a4 t itl.t't 1tnisterlif 4 change. The ~ienstrtid~t Bftte Cisleithstts'rthine was completed yesterday'- Pete'Adolph Aitersper* touitrre piti6 H Wti k If 'Preil deint of the (O;ttnel ' O4I is~ ' rdeeagues in the differen. .epartments Ven -Plelter and' Herr Sire.lttarllr the only 'eai .ls` who ai. know't to distlnctioi -y. bhe-L poltical exer. tioas Wad ptabIte rf'a+'etcr4hti pas.. The otteiA re itew mein `'h"6eidrmi'nd exists enee of thishducal system of:'abinet rule,tan -der exeeutive~~ itemptsfor tssh.nitntenamce of I rtseial centr'alti tdin, has. .omeo ex ceedfngly .dethialhtSng*iiie diffarent peo ples Whho atw Mbjeer tie h aithoritC of Atptia; as w~ias bi'tjghighly udetrinental toth belet ' othe 6n4tntr7 at large.- The utt aitietb is qisPr~e right of self gov eritiiitt, nidthl y 1>1a Ci e ita by some 4i:' . th'be s` o. '` wavel -rtw uar o Sis n t he is widialee athe *sp w 4 wu SALT LAE Crrr, December 18,1871. T dh. UEitor of thie A t (Yhrier. "The weei p ast In this City haseedtie lld d pleasnt, with0dt snow utintil last night, when it fell to the depth ot two or three tintietl o that thlis morning oui ears are griete¶t i witih tie merry- rinjing of leigh ltal. l "the tr hi'uadi u*s*i-ill son be over ~ibitd So t e. i fiat meltintg t ,e White covei'iag orinotls r earth. ,'htie edtiemert otf the week hite been the savrtTi`f a g~odl humber of the d.esmosiodeai to w.re tried by JohnrV linton, Alderman Idt ex.ofmiti Justice of the Peace. They wer. fine d, . of course, and ,in default :f the v.i i were cornmeitted until fine and I tst1'ere paid." 'The old Engfish writ of `iWerty.Aabeaz coopus was sned' out" before ;.sdAdirte .$ut*ticb Hawley and a hearing had, wheeft pon'te Jhb bi But jitSiweret h wed to g# their "~ky ,reiokdingy-for the simple reason taa t ailthdiO Alderuatu ensld not be tnodel"f tfeOO ttific"At et- ie teoJustIcet - the. j3St:i~ltf.-ori' tir: ttiie'ehrts ot Utah it just tewr fEirbly inixedd. ' Thf other 'entt4e of exciteement and street 'o a ;i has' been oteaslotred by the arrest of thre mtie0 by the framesrof Bart. one of£ the. .esetit police of the City snd Blythe aind 'Itims. each residents of this City. The ex aminatiOn is noh going on before -Chief Jds. tihe Mdlfe.mi. The parties are charged with mrrderli ' Doctor Robinson of this City some years ago. So far the proseci~tion have *not ihade, in the opinion of your correspon. hienti AI'ery strong case; :btt as .the, i.vest gatibi s s notithro.gh wNht it may be that-the trlling shot is yet to be fired. As old Tom RitehiC used to say, tp thts--nou.verron., The -Legislatnre of the T..rritory meets in this City on the 8th of .'a-iuary. Your corº ratpondent will J1ep you posted ppon all matters pertaini ng to the;ir_ delilberition. that ,may- be of ihterest to the readers of the COt.tuGR SR. AnA examrnution of the Statutes of Utah convincer me that very much legislatieo is now required under the caanged, order O affairs here. The Comnmot School systeml of .the great . West anti. orth west so far has had no placeh upont the 4tttite hook v:f Utah. The law rakC litive -to Esttes, t i lce4.nt is but a.nmockery aud shoeuld be repealed Snd auot.her, full. complete and .such as the interests of the people require, adopted, , The law of desceut anrd inheritance shouli be amended. Iti abort, "ai hatve said before, much legis lation is requirnd; and the people should be taihght that there can be no differenCe in t.lds Union of States-between the lawi ot.,the Mormon and what they are pleased to call Gentile law. Laws to be beneticial must tl-. ways be uniform, and their observance is In. eumbetlt upon all .without regard to religious or political opinion or prejudice.. Tjie .questlou is. one of great interest to Mormon .and Gentile of the sid,.ssion of Utah a,-a State by the pr sent Cot.ress. 'The opinis.a of the Gentiles as expressed here is adverse to admission at this time for the.retiso,gas urged, that if we were admitted as a .State that such legislation would be had and such a policy would be adopted and pur sued by the Mormons that it would necessi tate an exodus on the part of the Gettiles, and such dicrimination would be made agaitis the gentile population that it would be impos ible for them to remain. i I trauklysay .0at,I can not see cause for such fears. TheMlormnns are as other met --the law ,of interest and ,selt preservation is as dear.to them .and acts witb, as muchbforce upo~i them. as it does with us. They are. shrewd business inch and love the good things of this world as well as others. Thy' are kind and now that the Territory hag b ee by RI;ilr atl pl iac d and bd ought in ju*tspopi. Pion with the yejt of manlkiutd they must be subject to all the influences--both social., moral. religious and political--that nmen are governed. be)mlsw'h.ir.. h Tat hii.iy'^i them have Ic' n, and, are now. fa uitical-and to us seetu to be evenu superstitions. I admit-but 'th'at tl;e body of the Motmous are. I deny. z taji adtittCd, wit .uitch a Constitution .as S t Wut adopt to bte admitted. otfle'eid both in Lfegrati tve Exectitti e ,an l"Judicial -Depai'tmeants by men of her own h:c)tiA and electiOa, Staniditi foith is ,one of the S- .r eig.-ties of tLih great Repebthlic .e will feel the tre pI- ibility of her Qi tion and .strive with all the t.alent, energy tand enterprise she pos ses.es to be equal to the respon.tlhfity, and wiill add to her population and w.ealth until the oppressed of every land shall fild peace and rep",se in each and'all ofr hler frtite vales. The ause of much of the confusion and co·rpnhints now heard in Utah is to be founnd in the fact ,orf mIeddling on the part of the" (ragins and tlhetir ilk with th at which does not, nor ;ver dl, ctpneer.i tfc fin Utah, nhd the fiurther facN wheitevert United States ofii cials have chosen to tfall Ini with the ideas, plans and purpef s of .his people, Govern ment .h a at ondce: removed them and sent other~. wh~o would fisay the least, deny the right' o tli T" efitaer : tld 4nythlil, ieven Um fi . State, 'ind thei' frevasnees esase. PThe e tet mibr'd at home sand wilt en t- ºirea c edit #isi.ur d at a home nnd' fi NationtitthIiita aall ro' drncitp the , least =goo tot tgteate$ numberpy. P I for .iiiie e. vor ttJiiIb bn'. M Nt,-or po y"° vt1Apres a et v 1i i 3fot ii~ihke ei~ feel ` thtIey their wn and it'ii 1 i *t #a Wre i fpbta' ha if die pperesJ -9 -1 We n en it · 'ieaii ~r~lgir