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THE MONTANA POST. C
p. W. TILTON, & CO., Editors & Proprietors.
VOL. 1.
"Ky Coiuitry, Kay she Alwayb. .lg~ht, But Ky Country, Rigrht er Wrong." . . .
VOL. 1. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21,1865.NO. 2
t 5Ji P blhN _N3! *_CAR9g. CARN .2
D. W. Tilton, & Co.,
D. W. Tu x. ' BDe. R. Drrras.
PUBLISHULS AND PROPRIETORI.
4ffice at the City Book Store, Corner
of Wtallace and Jackson Streets.
TERMS:
'One eopy, one year, - . $7
Oa copy,, 'ix menths, .- - - 4.00
C're c,;y, three months, - - - - 2.50
L3ates of Advertising.
Suain - c.:-r, (Eva lines or less,) one year $20 00
" " " " " " six months, 15 00
" " " " " three months 10 00
One a. are oue year, 4a liheu or len) - 4 0o
One squa.re si months " " " " 25 00
One squar±, three months " " " 15 00
Qua:er column, one year, 60 00
. si" . months 45 00
three " 30 00
BaI column, one year, sO 00
ai months. 60 00
" " three month, 45 00
0ie colcum, o,:e yar, 150 00
.' " ,six months' 100 00
. . '" three m:onths, 75 00
RPnular .idvertisers will be allowed to change
ue,,rt.rly without additional charge.
;. !m-,si:,--.- c ;rmmun:icatons should be adJressed
to D. W. iLTiON & Co.. Vir;tniat City, M. T.
Jo! P i tin~ of every description executed in a
nperior m.u.ner and at rea.onable rate*.
O~FFICIAL DUIpECT1ur.
Torritorial Officers.
Ouv1i:':!. STDNEY ED&I:KEPTOS, Bacxack City;
F? cLTAl:Y, I1. 1'. YOR'.Y ;
CUIF in.rlCY:, IT. L. ;I iMER.
Asso-IkT1: JUSTICE, A31MMI (dDDTNG9,
" L. 1 . W\'ILLI.TON,
Ir. , c~rsFa.tr , E. R. S`dALY irginia City;;
11 Y1A!.. C. J. 131 CR,
.i11. "o: 1: t:!Nf_.. MI. flOYD.
4 r-ITGc' J.)iIN IS. LOT]'.
,.TŽAi'Y 1uflLIC, J01% S. ATCIIISON.
AsiLýRon, 'T. C. EVLRTS.
'Cunaty Officeru of Madison County.
Cotrr~t Conmii iaears, JAMES ErTiaots,
.. . .ýAyIUL Wb. ST&LYLY,
Ft1:nr. K5. Root.r
P , Judie, Tnos. C. JOxEs.
Shn!:i, N1,11, How;-:
Treasulre-, Ru3SR N. IrLL.
Rr: 1!·- R. 'i. !!r:ºYh'.
Assi.:taat AiSr,5or 1st Di:ftjCtJ RRY COo=.
Nlln!ciDal Officfra of Virginia City.
1'o . Jud;o and .Ex O cio Mayor, G. Q. Dxuau..
:derae -sjui C ocn.c:, E. Ii. TooDBlrYr,
' JA3LS (41640x,
"" t N. Fc..
41arb:li. Jgrnrn- -OLAN.
In aºwen c.
T"Ise reg'iiar colm.mumicatione of Virginia City
Lads-U. I)., A. F. d A. ar., re held on the _d
:d Ath jatutardas in each mcznLh.
P. S. Pk'OUTS, W. M.
MiSr . DA rB. Sect'y.
C 2urcb.
Preac ing er.g r Sai'bath by Re,. A. If. TorarT,
At ii A. M. &t t1ae Court Iloip e. SIý-Ibath t cnii o
2 ? . Mi. All aru invited to attend.
UUSINESS CARDS.
JerryCouk.
iANDEF.S L COOX.
4 at Law, Virginia CGt, Montana
lc:- AT1I &JO LO'LLL,
tlr ctt,. ll to all prule_:ý:u..a bueireea entructudc to
Wi. T. M iC'mic' 'W. Y. rPorbertoun 11. 13urn
MCCormick:, Pemberton & Burns.
AI:orx'vte t Lawv, V'irginia City, Montanr Territo
rý. CiL ce in Cclent o Coolrr to-s" :ire. 1-bin
Z{" UI. b;TAr.2.ORD. ii. B. PARAOiTT, L. WY. iL)CI.TON,
U.1. -Icwa. Cot.
STAFFORD, PanROTT & HOIRTON,
. ttone,4 &t .:Lt ;,L : w, on Idaho !treat, opposite
the cou.i 'uoi:.i, Virginia City, Montana leti-itory.
L : A t L A S W, n ake r . V , g irn i a C i ity , M o n t a n a T e r -
ri'o ,* '1. -L c uitonm woik Lit a}' on Laud.
clr is a trial. i-n
j':iL. "I L: U WIT,
I ,enc !',k-r, Nevada City, Montana Territory,
oM ,av " ir.i.nercurs cu,to:-:irs that he ii al
S ' .., 0 to Etriu tih mioulhs of the Iu::gry.-
":::, as cA . l-6:n
'. ) . N. CRLI'IN,
I 'yi-in and Surg.on, formerly aristant in the
I , d.: mii in Plarii, and .Ittachcd to the New
Tc:i, Il,,tal, Nev York--rectntly from Debuque,
Ir,,:. ,. !:, \lr g ini City, opposite the bay
C . e "L e 1-tLl,
' \ Watchmak"r and Jeweler. Particular
at"r.tioa .,jid to repairing all clavses of watches.
Ar pa;t ui cnv 7;y:tcih can be mnr.ei new at this r
tia.l:. ndt, wn.u varlanted to give satidaction.
'i kd i:LUi., speciune:s of Jewelry maue from
tie cat~e: cold. 1-li
('AL110KxIA HOTEL,
Scada Cily, 'Montana Territory.
IC'I3 EIL.L NGR,-- . .---- -- Paoornroa.
This Lt.! is, ituated on Main street, snd in the
bet at pt the City. The taLle supplied with the
bot tie rarrket atorde, and the saloon iiuished
v i; ta it tliquoro.
..ecn acl beds can be had at reasonable prices.
f for i o ard moderate. 2
\ CEr:"TI ICATE OF TEN ISHARES OF TIE
ccyo!;ib.ted3 thiver StI Cofmpany. The owner
i' pror;u,ug property ad paying for this advertise
mt1t ean ar, e the same at the City Book Store,
ur:ia City. 4-11
JUSTUd COOKE. .
OENERAL AUCTIONEER.
lartica:ar attention sivre to the ale of Lire,
ok ,i Rdeal }S:ate, sales of . itockl of (ood.
* tS s i 1e . lephan C , ,a
BVSINMS3 CAIRD.
IDAHO HOTEL, -
Wallace street, Virginia City, M. T. J. M. Caetner
proprietor. The proprietor announces to his old
friends and the pabli, generally, that he ia now
prepared to accomm odate boarder. by the meal, day
or w tek at low rats. UH table furnished with the
beat the market affords. 1 . .t
LEWIS a MALE,
Mannfacturrs of Jewelry, Jackson street, Vir
giniaCity, M. T. 8~rict attention given to re
pairing all clases of watcher, and warranted to
gioe satisfaction. :.ep constantly on hand a large
assortment of Jewelry. Every thing in our line
made to order at lowdrntes. 1-3m
HAIR DRESSING ROOM.
Hair Dyeing and Cntting Done in
GOOD STYLE.
TOM. WHITE, Proplietor.
Wm. ])ECKER.
Surgeon Dentist.
OFFICE IN POST OFFICE BUILDING. PA
tients visited at their residence when defired.
tf-3
ROATH & CO.,
A Ib!RICAN WATCUES JUST RECEIVED DI
- rectfrom the manufactori.e,
Every description ofJewelry manufactured from
the Native (;old. Call, Examine Specimens,
and then juge.
Sign of the MAMMOTH WATCH
VIRGINIA CITY, Montana Territory.
Virginia City, Sept. 10, 1Si1.
3n---1 S*
Win. DECKER.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICE
Real Estate and lMining Agency.
All business promptly attended to. Ofies in
Podf 01ice Building
4-tf
J. T. HENDERSON,
PAINTER AND SIGN WRITER.
ffilce on Corertreet, Vlrl ins Citr.
5--fn
LIME AND BRICK.
RENRY BAIER.
Also Flue Building, and all kinde of brick work
coue to ordr. 5--3m
Wm. CHUMASERO.
A TTORlET AT LAW, VIRGINIA CITY, MON
1 tara Territory. Oiice, corner cf Wallace and
Jackson streets, at J. A. Ming's Store.
4-2r
Shaving and Hair Dreasing Saloon.
MUSTACHE AND IfAIR COLORING.
Seuth Sido of 'Wallace Street, Va. City
LYONS &.WTITE, Proprieto:rs.
JOHN 5. ATCHISON,
NOTARY PUBILC.
REVENUE STAMPS AND BLANKS
FOR SALE AT
ALLEN & MILLARD'S BANK.
VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY.
4-tf
L t1E: I ;YA ID.
Idaho etrdet, Virginui City, M. T. James Gen
nal!, proprietor. Kefps constantly on l:u:d all
kinds of the bcst lumber, which will be scid ,t low
r .ts. l-iy
STAR BAKEItY AND SALOON,
Nevada City, M. T. Patrick Ryan, proprietor.
All perron. wibhir. good bread are requested to
call. Prices low. ALo, Leer furnibedl with the
by-t of drinki . Here is the place to get an Lonest
losf, a cake or pie, and ".omnthing to rwa.:h it
dewn." 1-im
F. C. CORNELL, Mf. D. S. L. F. Win. , M. D
Drs. CORNELL & WAIeD.
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS.
(S.ucce-tsors to)
Drs. BIZOOKE & GLICK.
OCice on Jackaon Streat, below Wallace, Virginia
City. Montr.na Territory. ly-12
IWP C 0 0.VSI4 1II0 USE.
Idaho Street, Opposite Recorder's
Office.
Will give Board and Lodging at $14 00 per week.
Any one who wants w.rmc, comfortable and clean
beds, meals and liquoia, let them call and .eeo
CARP::A TR.
12-6t*
Virginia City Councii, No.., U. L. A.
W TILL meet every Tuoedsy evening, at 7 o'clock.
V B. order of G. U. 1I6SELL, Prea't.
T. Ii. KLIwnrwIDT, Rec. Sc'y. 18-ti
PLANTER'S HOUSE
Corner of Idaho and Jackson Sts., Vir
ginia City, Montana Territory.
Wr. & JOHN A. SHOOT
(Formerly of the Planter's House, IIannibarl Mo.)
PROPRIIETORS.
TR~ AEOYE NAMED IIOUSE, FORMERLY
conduc~ed by Win. Sloan, E.q., having been
enlarged and re-fitted is now open with every facil
ity for the accommodation of unests and Boarders.
Comfortable rooms rcn bLed are provided and the
atble is carefully iurnished with the beat the mar
ket and senaons ao.erd.
I'nasengers for the early Stage Coaches can obtain
good lodgings here and be walened at the proper
hour. The patronage of the pablie is respecLfully
solicited, Wx. . Jso. A. $S 001,
4-tf Paoraaurosn.
.Issay Ofice.
T 1HE Undersigned are now prepared t. assy t-.
Srectly in mall or large quantities the ores of
a.netu:r. bilvs, .,opMe (a p pewsl BAtmr
1er Bismuth. "i e. lJa o• Dl., *-rr ..-- ,
san Fraeasee, OVrres@piemsece* 1
SaN Fy.acisco, Dec. 18, 1864,
Fanxrs Post: I again sit down to write
a few lines to you poor fellows now shiver.
ing in the blasts of a northern winter, but
whileyon are having a hard freeze on the
MissA ri waters, we here for the last three
days, had what we call cold weather; that
is, a bard frost in the morning, and a la
of wind all the time. Ships hare bien
jumping and pouddinn -against wharves,
and performing perfectly wonderful fdast
of agility, and crinoline showing a .reat
desire to reverse its most. beeomingP oati
But once mor ' order reigýs.rid
and business can be peaeeably proceeded
with. But oh, good Lord! business n'ow
of all kinds is in a terrible state of decline.
Censumption has fastened its firm hold up
on it, and unless some Dr. Wistar or Aver
shall gct up some Wild Cherry Balsam for
buisness, as well as lungs, I fear the dis
ease will b3 fatal.
But some two or three letters ago, I com
monced to write you about the amusements
of San Francihcans. Well next to horse
racing comes riding out, and in the imme
diate vicinity of this city are so many
places of entertainment that when one
wishes to expend ten or twenty dollars for
his own pleasure, and the delectation of
that particular piece of crinoline that take,
his eye, the only trouble is to decide in
what direction to go-the Ocean House,
the Cliff House, Angolo's, the Willows,
&c., &c., &c.--in short, so many of them,
that there really can be no decisioa on the
part of the male biped, and the taste or
fancy of the lady must decide the question.
Well we suppose she decides for this time
to go to the Cliff House. You procure a
buggy and start over the high hills in the
rear of the city, passing by the beautiful
suburban residences of the rich men of
Frisco, and coming to the plateau in the
rear of the town, where a view of greater
beauty than -often can be seen, is before
you. Before you, in the distance, is the
vast, blue expanse ofthe Pacific, dotted with
sails, and sparkling in the sunbeams. To
your right, the Golden Gate, with its tcn
miles of straight navigation, the further
shores rising into wild cliffs, and broken
chasms that speak its volcanic origin-the
nearer side gently falling back from the
water, and covered with villas, private
residences and manufactories; while fur
ther out, the regularly laid out grounds,
the rows of barracks, the lofty flag staff with
the glorious st: rs and stripes, andi more
than all, the bright uniforms and dashing,
caparisoned horses around, proclaim the
"Presidio, the great depot of troops in Cal
ifornia, and beyond this, the frowning bas÷
tions of Fort Point, while in the channel,
and covering and gnarding the whole, lies
the little giant Alcatraz-little, but as the
the nigger said of his pig, "dam old."
A.s you go on you pass beautifully laid out
grCunds and fertile fields, where two years
ago, nothing but sand hills existed, till at
the distance of two miles, you pass the
Lone Mountain Cemetery the "Pere la
Chasse," of the Pacific. Here, amidst
flowers and evergreens rest the remains of
thousands of those who have come to this
country with high minded hopes, and ex
pectations of wealth, and the anxious de
eiro to return to friends at home, to pass
the sunset of life with them. Alas ! they
have fallen in the struggle, and passed
from earth, but amid the beauties of this
place we may well think and hope that "af
ter life's fitful fever, they sleep well." Well
we go on and move through sand hills and
brush, till suddenly we open upon a view
where the ocean seems laid out at your
feet, spreading in vast magnificence before
us, a semixirele of whIclh the onut cxtreme
y: made of the Southern point of the en
trance to the harbor, and on the high point
just below the entrance stands the Cliff
lie ~s. Every luxury is there, both in the
eating or drinking line. Blliards, tenpins,
cards are the order of the day, but after
taking a lemonade, and ordering our din
ner, as we have a lady along we of course
eschcw the common " noisy and boisterous
a•.Jseineu.s" of'the sterner sex, and ram-,
bIl around to view the secnery. You are
upon the shores of old ocean. To the left
strct.Lce a long line of beautiful sand
beach, where for .nilcs you can ride on a
plain as hard as though manufactured for
that end, where the long seas roll up their
line of silver foam making a deep diapason
of harmony that well attunes with the sub
blimity of the prosrcot before vou, brokeu.
at times, by the angry rush aniYclash of the
billows as they meet the iron-clad roc of
the heads, or dash in insane fury up
on the sides ofSeal Rock. This peculiar
rock lies lice nearly in front of the house,
and at a slhort distance from the shore, and
rises from the wat.r to the height of
nearly fifty feet. The steep and slippery
sides are continually covered with seals,
literally, in heaps. They seem to have a
peculiar affection for the place,and although
almost in the immediate presence of crowds
who daily come to the Cliff Irouse--they,
generally the most timid of animals, here
seem to feel themselves at home with man.
The proprietors do not allow them to be
shot at or disturbed in any way, and thug
appear to appreciate the delicate attention.
But most of all, one can be alone with old
ocean, and appreciate fully Montgomery's
beautiful lines:
" All hail i to thy rings, thy rooks, snd thy snores,
Thou wide rolling ocean, all hail !
Now sparkling in sunbeams and dimpled with oars,
And now dark with the fresh morning gale."
No one, however lost to the finer feelings,
can come to its shores and the vast, illimit
able expanse before him, and hear the deep,
solemn tones of its voice, without feeling
his own ilsigniieaneo in the balle qfbeing
and the sense of pleasing sadness that
comes over him, is that which wqmld beast
prepare the heart to,$omianne With its
maker. But to him whIb bhas ee born and
raised upeo its shores and-sotesbackl fter
loa~ abmoeeeit is liko a return to X s th
er's auw, and foehoea bsrwi:llJa sloes
to wateb it billows .wanew la abs j7 oy i
p,,
once more meeting his oldest and dearest
friend.
"For I have loved th*e, ocean, and my joy
Was, ma child, upon thy b~est to be
Borne by thy billows onward."
Well you havq ad time to see the seals
enjoy the prosleot, inhale the fresh Sea
breese, and both you and your companion
feel like enjoying your dinner, and if you
do not enjoy thedinner you get at the Cliff,
you n*ist be very particular indeed. All
the luxuries of the season, and all import
ed luxuries are at your command if your
purse is long enough, and after a long, and
if in good company, a happy day, you re
ta~rn at night to the city, to again return to
your usual emyloyment, rested and recruit
ed by a day of sensible and healthy
amusement--about the most sensible of all
the ways of spending money that Califor
nia presents. Should you not be fond of a
sea trip-or if in bal health, you may vary
by going to the Nappa or Sulphur Springs,
or in fact, a hundred other places, so well
kept and respectable, others of the very
opposite character, and one has need to
know the difference before taking a re
spectable lady with him. But our trip has
lasted long enough for the present. Au
revoir. DlSDICADO.
SAN FRANCIsco, Dec. 25, 1864.
MY DEAr. POST :--A merry Christmas to
you and yours, though'tis not to me. Sol
itary and alone, I sit at my desk writing to
you, while in every direction around friends
are meeting. Families long separated, are
again united, and the thousand amenities
of life are bringing even strangers together.
But with al. this, "the disinherited " in
wealth and honor has no part, and can only
from his distant place look on, like Dives
in torment, with not even a hope for the
drop of water to cool his parched tongue.
What blessed memories cluster around the
day ! What loving remembrances of pa
rents, brothers, sisters and friends-all,
perhaps, long since gone to their home in
heaeen. My mother's gentle hand! I
seem to feel it resting once inmore upon my
brow, while I sit thus silent and alone, on
thi*: day of joy and happiness, and hear
her loving voice as it was in my childhood
giving comfort and hope in my troubles now
as it did to my childish afflictions then.
God bless her memory, and again, in re
membrance of her, I say " a happy, happy
Christmas to you and vours."
I commenced, some time ago. writin you
about the amusements of the Friscais,
thinking that it would perhaps occupy one
or two pages. Well, I have written some
ten or twenty pages of it, and still, like
the phantom kings in Macbeth, they stretch
on and on, and I fear that you, like him,
will soon exclaim, " I'll see no more." But
I should he lacking in even a common pen
and ink sketch of the city did I not men
tion the pastime that has given to Frisco
the name of the "City of Billiards."
There is a perfect mania for that game.
Everybody plays it. I can't swear that
Starr King played, but if he did not, I
think he was the only man in the city.
New York is the great oyster city, and when
one has nothing to do there he eats oysters.
In Frisco, in the same case, he plays bil
liards. I'm not sure, but 1 think you could
find here billiards fried," " billiards stew
ed," and " billiards on the half shell."
Every corner salooc has its table or tables.
Every grog shop on the wharf has its like
ness, and the second story over almost
every store on Montgomery and Kearnev
streets, is fitted up with from two to twenty
tables. It would be a matter of curiosity
to collect the statistics of billiard playing
here, but the arithmetical knowledge re
quired "sizes my pile." The Bank Ex
cha:.ge boasts the fist."t bil aiar Ll in tLe
United States-a room one hundred feet by
fifty, with eighteen tables of the very first
class, thirty feet in height, (the hall, not
the tables.) and ornamented as highly as
taste will permit. From this down Lo the
sailor's boarding house on the wharf, all
are going, and it is a safe calculation that
every male inhabitant of San Francisco
spends one-quarter of his waking hours in
playing Lillids. I can't answer for the
women, for though they have their billiard
rooms, we poor devils who have no criao
line to dance attendance on, can " gec to
Sgo" there-but it is said that they have
learned to handle a cue in a style that
would put many a sharp to his trumps to
compete with them.
We had a queer thing come off here last
night, (excuse me, but I told you I should
let my pen run,on whatever came into Imy
mind). Some wag of rascal got up an ex
tra, purporting to come from the Alta and
Bulletin3 the papers that monopolize the tel
egraph giving a long and interesting ac
acount of the taking of Savannah, asnault
on Richmond. Lee's army destroy od, fight
ing in the streets of Ricumond,-Ben Butler
killed, and gold at 84, less than par. All
the news boys were supplied at the same
time, and in every part of the city you
could hear nothing but shouts of joy, un
less it were themonotonous cry of "'Ere's
your extra Alta and Bulletin." Every one
was excited-some with joy, some with
hope, and some with fear. Arrangements
were made for a grand illumination and
speechification, when the Alta folks, who
of course knew it was a hoax; started out
the police, and soon filled the station with
blubbering news boys, and at last, with the
getters-up of the thing. They will be
brought up on Monday, but I have been
bothered to know what head of the orimi
nal law the offence will come under. Is it
forgery, or obtaining money under false
pretences? I think it will bother Judge
Shepherd to locate it. But it would hare
made Democritus laugh to see the violent
indignation of those who were the worst
sold. Nothiag short of capital punishment
for the authors would have satisfed them,
and strong talk that Gieeral McDowell
o.ght to issue an order consigning all en
aged in it to Aleatras as traitors-news
hyls and all, was rife with the hoazees.
To-day, bewever, they are partially recer
ere44 and most seem tr o, tp it t a '
ter geo sell eUand ueti
,.~-, ,
In these days, when mining elaims have I
turned out so badly, and so many men have
been ruined by speculating in bogus stocks,
the men who have money to spend and in
vest, have been obliged to look for other
means of making money, and accordingly,
the raising of cotton has become a promi
nent branch of business. The Mexican
provincee. f Sonora had Sinaloa, at pres
ent are the familiar grounds, and every few
days companies and individuals are going
from here with a view to cultivating the
cotton lands in those provinces. The new
government of Mexico is said to be very
favorably disposed towards the business,
and some parties that bavieOea T.here
about eighteen months, have already sue
seeded so well that the it is reduced to a
certainty that the Pacific coast is to be one
of the greatest cotton growing countries in
the world. The expense is said to be but
very little compared with the profit, and the
profit is such that the rush to get into the
business is now commencing to be very
great. Those who have cotton growing are
now looking very proud, and hold their
headd high up in the air, and those who
have not, are hoping when they shall be in.
In fact, for those who have a small capital
and energy, there is no safer investment
in the world, and when your miners have
made their pile of two or three thousand
dollars, they can go to Mazatlan and live
easily, in the very finest climate in the
world, and make money with very little la
bor. The only objection to Mexico is the
internal troubles that have been, and still
are convulsing that unhappy country, and
those who fear to invest on that account are
looking to the islands of the Pacific. The
Sandwich and Society Islands are found to
be far ahead of any cotton countries, both
for cheapness of la.bor and fertility of soil,
and the French government at Tahiiti oifers
every inducement to capital and labor to
fro ac *A" ouVL , JU1 CVYy IUIFCtUil
from San Francisco new fields of labor are
opening, new means of investing capital are
found, and though the Pacific is a new
field, the eeds are being sown, which, when
time has allowed them to mature, will place
her, for indusiry and wealth, far ahead of
the Atlantic shores, and our children will
hereafter see such an improvement in all
her bounds, they will forget from whence
their prosperity arose, and the old Atlantic
be considered as an old fogy country and
Young America will have taken leave of
the Bowery and Chatham streets, and taken
up his residence at San Francisco, where
even now you find a very fair likeness of
him around the engine houses and stand.ng
on the favorite corners of Montgomery
street. By the way, I must hereafter tell
you something of vur fire boys and fire de
partment, and give you an insight, if pos
sible, into one of the greatest and most
growing interests of California, viz: the
wine making. We now have all kinds of
native wine and brandy, from light red to
chamnpaine, and equal, in every respect, to
the imaported articles. Till then au retoir.
DESDIB~CADFO.
Austin Correspondence.
ArST:N, Nevada, Dec. 23d, '04.
EDITOR POST :-Burns said "na man can
tether time nor tide." So we have trudged
along behind his car for the last week,
without any remarkable incident to mark
our progrcss. Business is dull and times
are hard, and so is the ground, for we have
had a week of bitter cold weather, in fact
the coldest known here for many years.
The roads are in splendid condition for
} sleighing, and people are inclined to take
advantage of it, for every one who can get
two boards for runners, a dry goods box for
a bo.i, and a quadruped to haul them,
have their sleigh ride. Several of the
large companies about here have been dis
charging a good many hands in the last
week, but whether it ie to give them a
chaice .ur the holidays, or whether the
Sclaims are fizzling, deponent sayeth not.
Balls and parties are still all the rage, and
I beiicve some people have come to the
conclusion to follow the advice of the sage
old owl. " 11! hoot !" says the owl. It
is the best way to dance all night and sleejp
next dav. But you have no doubt observcd
"in the course of human events" that
when young men have nothing or but little
t to do, their minds become kind of n;uddled
up and confused with the ideas of cherry
lips, rosy cheeks, ruby wine, fantastic toes,
fairy waists, heavenly music, etc. ha! ha!
It is a bad case, as the M. D.'s say, and
nothing but a severe depiletion of the purse
can stopthedfatal consequences of the dis
ease and bring the patient under the in
f.uence of milder treatment
ruiuiCI i U IIIzuur tretirmenL.
But the elite. have had a ai' variation
in their programme, by addin. little scan
dal to the regular bill. I think a geutle
man from Virginia, M. T., had the pleasure
of dancing with a charming and acoom
plshed "gal with the blue dress on," not
ion since, when he passed through here.
Well, one of our fast gents. having seen
said young lady, went and took board at
the house where she stopped, and as all
"women are made to be wooed and won,"
our gallant lothario nearly succeeded in his
designs by the assistance of drugs aud
wine. But the gentleman at whose house
she was stopping, wts, int e meantime,
making some inquiries Ibout the gay 1-
and found he was not only corresponding
with a young lady in San Francisco, but
that he also has a family in New York.
Heavy nrews, you will say. Wcll, the up
shot of it was, the lady's friends brought
the gay gentleman to an account, and for a
while there was a strong scent of tar and
feathers about the premises, but he begged
so hard that he finally got off by binding
himself never to come near the lady again.
But the lady is "tabooed," as the New Ze
landers say, for a while in society, and
that will be an awful punishmunt to her ini
these gay times, aud she may well' euclaim
"Ehaat's this gap tows to ie."
But mid all t!he sports, riding down hill
oaa band-sled appears to b the most pop.
Sile, for e., beo ssad p4~t tolks ~e
it when bsines.willpermt. Bat some of
them he very busy just now . trying to
upset the city governmentand get the char
ter repeald.. They say taxation is too
heavy upon the "dear people." The fast
is, I suppose the eity isieas.make is
too dear for their pockets, and cit potiee
men afke thteve keep tn the shade. We
must wait until Christmas and New Years
Are over, and then something may tuta up
for an OLD BAYcnos.X
Tb. Law meltassng so Iamel es.
A Act declaratory of the rights of omo-.
pants of tue Publio Domain, expect at
againat the United States.
Be it enacted by the Legislate Assembly of
the Territorj of Montana: .
Szcxo. I.--Ooneeding to the Unit*d
States of America the primary and pars.
mount right to dispose of the soil of this
Territory, according to the laws existing or
to be enacted by Congress, and full and
complete exemption from every form of tax
ation of their property, it is hereby deelar.
ed that as between all citizens now residing
in, or who shall hereafter come to reside ia
this T'rerito-y, and as between them, or any
of them and others, having or claiming
I now, or hereafter, pretending to have or
Sclaim, any right to occupy, possess, or en
joy, amy portion of the public domain, sit
uate within the boundaries of this Territo
Sr, and as between each and every one of
Stem, and all other persons, associations,
corporations and powers, except the gov
i emnment of the United States of America,
Ithe right as the same may exist, under the
local laws, to occupy, possess and enjoy
s any tract or portion thereof not to exceed
S160 acres, in such form as may be prescrib
ed by the laws of the United States, shall
be respected in law and in equity, in all
, the courts and tribunals of this Territory,
as a chattel real, possessing the character
1 of real estate.
Sac. 2.-All rights of occupancy, posses
sion and enjoyment, of any tract or portion
of the said public domain, except mining
claims, shall be expressed and described in:
a declaration in cases of original occupa
tion, and by deed in cases of purchase,
duly acknowledged by some officer author
ized to take the acknowledgement of deeds,
and recorded in the office-of the recorder
of the county in which the land is situated.
SEC. 3.-t-he owner of every claim or
improvement on any tract or parcel of land
has a transferable interest therein, which
may cc sold by execution, or otherwise, and
any sale of such improvement is a suicient
consideration to sustain a promise.
SEc. 4.-All rights of occupancy, posses
sion and enjoyment of any tract or portion
of the said public domain, acquired befere
the passage of this act, shall be ascertained,
adjudged and determined by the local l..ws
of the district or precinct in which such
tract is situated, as it existed on the day
when such rights were acquired, or a it may
thereafter have existed thereby the corE.
non custom then prevailing in respect to
suchpropcrtv in the district orprec;net in
which it existed.
SEC. 5"-The declaration of an occupart
of a tract or portion of the public domain
required by the second section of this act
shall be substantially in the following form,
to wit:
" To all whom these presents may con
cern : Know ye, that I, A. B., of
in the county of in the Territory
of Montana, do hereby declare and publish
as a legal notice to all the world, that f
have a valid right to the occupation, pos
sion and enjoyment of all and singular that
tract or portion of land, not exceeding 160
acres, situate, lying and being in the town
ship of - , in the county of -- , in
the Territory of Montana, known and de
scribed as follows: (Here iLnsrt the dserip
tion.) Together with all and singular, the
hercditamcnts and appurtenances thereto
belonging, or in anywise appertaining.
Witness my hand and seal, on this
day of A. D1)., 18-, to be subscrib
ed with the full christian name and surname
of the person making the application, ae
knowledged in the esme manner as a deed
of real estate.
SEC. 6.-All persons, associations and
companies now claiming individually ox
collcctrvely, the right to the occupancy,
possession and enjoyment of any tract or
parcel of the said public domain, except
mining claims, under or by virtue of the
terms expressed in the fourth section of
this act, and other muniments of title, for
record with the recorder of the count i a
which the lands shall be situated withia
three months from t-e taie a duly elected
recorder shall enter upon his duties, un
less witnin that time, the book of records
in which they may have been reorded ac
cording to the local law, or easton shall
have been deposited in said efIice for the
public use.
Sac. 7.--ln all legal or equitable pro
ceedings hereafter instituted in any court
in this Territory, the record of any decla
ration, deed or mortgage, or any othermu
niments of right referred to in the third
and fifth nctions of this act, shall be re
ceived e6ept as against the United States
and all perstos clmiinia under the United
State assresums ive evidence of the teg
ularityof the pl r itself, under the local
law and custom existing at the time of its
execution, and if the regularity thereof, be
challenge the burden of proving the alleged
irregularity, shall rest upon the part"
makting the challenge.
Sac. 8.--The declaration of every oceu
pant of any tract or portion of the publlo
domain mentioned in section fie of this
act, shall not be construed'to hbcdi s any
gold bearing, qarLt ledee, silver lidd.oW
gold diggingsibut said lodes or di pg.
shal be oUeeptd from the trac' ,iset d
copea.t, ad sal be subject to'be oees*
pied, p do ssQand. eem ·ot
the local last r cssetom the disi
.whikcu fa* who ass '
there be s' loe sw lor
trist, thef the asses
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