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L.1. CITY OF VIRGINIA, MONTANA TERRITORY SATURDAY, JULY 1,1865. NO. 45
D. WV. TILTON d Co.,
D. W. TILTON, BEN. R. DrrrEs,
PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS.
Ofice at tke City Book Store, corner of Wallace 4r Jackona
Streets, Virginia City, Mon. Ter.
TERMS:
One copy, one year... ....... ..$7 50
do. six months .. ....................... 4 00
do. three months,.......................2 50
Rates of Advertising.
Bus;r.e.s Cards. five lines or less. 3 monlths,......; 10 00
do. do. 6 months,...... 15 00
. do. do. 1 year,...... 2000
One "aur.., ten lines or less, 1 insertion,........... 4 00
do. do. 2 do. 6 00
d u. d,. do. I month,............ 10 00
do,. do. do. 2 do. 13 00
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LOCAL NOT.IES.--One dollar per line for three lines or
less: 73 cents per line for ten lines or less; 50 cents per
li!e for "elven lines or nlore.
OFFICIAIL II)[ICTtICI'(Y.
Territorinl Officers.
Gorrernnr-flIDNEY EDGERTON, Bannack City.
Aw,,riate .J,.stire-l,. B. WII.TSTON.
-I.. 1:. MrLNox.
Attorhrry-(;'°r'rrrlJ. H1. NEALLE". Virginia.
.;larshon-(', J. iI(J. K.
.urr,,vr-Ge.nerl-L. LorYD.
li'ditor-.Jo ITN S. Lo.* T.
'"riasurer-oilIN .J. Ht'LL.
,Siperiuntnde~t of Public Instruction--T. J. DIiSDALE.
c,', ftort Itterr. l Revenue-N: P. LANGFORD.
Clerk of the U. S. District Court-A. M. 1. TOBET.
1lfunicipal Officers of Virginia City.
Mator-P. S. PFLTrs.
P'.aice Maz istrate-T. TV. Talliaferro.
lnlarshal-Wi:liamil Dasecy.
('7r.-Chas. J.1. D. C('urtis.
.tteray--Jm (C. l'urk.
Treasurer-john S. Rockfellow.
A.:es.or-'l homas P'arson.
AJsis'ant City Maaskal-Jerry Lewis.
County Officers of Madison County.
('onty Commissioner.--John Potter, Chairman; J. E.
MlcClure,. I'rl. K. Root.
I'rj.oe Judgr-Cn. F. Strickland.
Crif -Neil Howie.
At ri.g Sheriff-G. G. Biusell.
I)',,r:y Sheriff,--J. J. Reilly, II. L. Crawford, James
Willia.,s, J. R. ('oven.
Trrasorer-T' he,. Mintlv.
Coune' Assessor-J. Armitage.
W. F. SANDERS. JERRY COOK.
Sanders & Cook,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW and Solicitors in Chancery,
Virginia City, Montana Territory. 3-ly*
W. i. STAFFORD, I. B. PARROTT, L. W. BOBTON,
CaL Iowa. Col.
Siafford, Parrott & Borton,
A TTOLRNEYS AT LAW. Office on Idaho street. op
posite the court house, Virginia City, Montana Terri.
r.tor,-. 2-3m
SAM. WORD. JAS. G. SPRA'T.
Word & Spratt,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Virginia City, Montana Ter
ritory. Will practice in all the Courts of said Terri
tory. s.pecial attention given to the Collection of Claims.
43-tf
Wim. Chumasero,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Virginia City, Montana Ter
rittry. Office in Post Office Building, on Wallace
Stret. 4-44*
Francis R. Bill,
NTOTARY PUBLIC, Virginia City, M. T. Debts col
11 lected Deeds, Leases and Powers of Attorney drawn.
Abstracts of Title made or verified : Acknowledgements
and depositions taken according to law. Revenue Stamps
for sale. Office at the store of Erfort, Busch & Co., Idaho
street. References --Erfort, Busch & Co., Pfouts & Rus
sell. Dance & Stuart, H. Poznanski & Bro., Virginia City,
Montana Territory, 33-45*
John S. Atchison.
XTOTARY PUBLIC. Revenue Stamps and Blanks for
.1 sale at Allen & Millard's Bank, Virginia City, Mon
.ana Territory" 43-55
F. C. C('ottl:LL, 4f. D. S. L. F. WARD, M. D.
Drs. Cornell & Ward.
PH'FYSIANS & SURGEONS. Suceessors to Drsn.
lr, :oke & 4;lick. O!licq on Jackson street, below
Wa..ace, \irginia (ity. Montana Territory. 12.52
Wnm. Decker,
SLURGEI:\ DENTIST. Offce two doors west of Now
lan's Bank Building. Patients visitedat their residence
when desired. 30-42*
John S. Lewis, N. B. Hale, D. M. Gilett.
Lewis, Hale & Co.,
LEWVELRY MANUFACTURERS. Every description
tof Jewelry made to order from the Native Gold, and
warranted. larticular attention paid to repairing Fine
Watches. Also, Engraving done to order. Siga of the
Gold Watch, Jackson Street, Virginia City, M. T.
February 25, 18.5- 40-52*
Roath and Co.
AMERICAN WATCHES just received direct from the
Mantifactories. Every description of Jewelry manu
fa'tured from the Native Gold. CUls, eNa.dine'specimeps,
and then judge. Sign of the MAMMOTH WATCH, Vir
nia C"ity. Montana Territtry. Corner of Jacksoe andt
alliwe asetS, in the .City Book 8to , . 31-33*
To Watchmakers and Jewelers.
HAVING established myself in Salt Lake City, U. T.,
I can supply the trade wik. al .kiadof Toy and
mtterials, at reasonable rices. A large sioekof W.athes
Chain. Diamends, and meelry of every deserlitm, estk
antly on hand. Everything warranted as repratbmd.
rholesale and retail. JOHN MEEK,,
Formerly Agent af Isame S. Josept b 6,
Sea Ftaneiles, O(k
H . Jome d,.
OFCEfoer dleen sa.. ofJa.,k, d..a Walls treet.
t At u" abd Real Estate A t
men. aad the
tP
IDoarHO HOTErL,
Wallace Street, Virginia City, M. T.,
J, m. CASTN1ER, Proprietor.
THIS Popular Hotel which forms part of Casteert
Building, lhas been enlarged and refitted in a style to
meet the demands of the Public. Its larder s well sup
affords.
plied, and its tables furnished with the best the market
The Idaho Billiard Hall,
carried on by HULL & CASTNER, contains four First Class
Billiard Tables,, where the lovers of the game can always
be accommodared. The old friends of J. J. Hull and J M.
Castner, can always find them at the Idaho.
Those having Territorial funds to deposit, should call at
the Idaho, where the office of the Treasurer is situated.
S 3864o
Secord( & Faucette,
QADDLERS & HARNESS MAKERS. Constantly on
U hand and manufacturing from the best material, all
styles of Saddles. Bridles, Single and Double Harness, or
anything else made in a first lass saddler shop. lm-14
Dodge & TItexton,
`-1 cnn v Tisa ...- rr 5bat -orq
- ers, Cover street, Virginia City, Ploughs of the best
description, suitable for Ranchmen in this country, made to
crder in the best possible manner. Horses, Iiules and
.Cattle shod in the most approved manner. 29-4*
Justus Cooke,
G ENERAL AUCTIONEER. Particnlar attention giv
J en to the sale of Live Stock and Real Estate, sales
of Stocks of Goods in Store. Office at the Elephant Cor
ral, Virginia City, M. T. 18-44*
Johnson & Schuyler.
HAVE RE-FITTED and opened the Mountain Bowling
11 Saloon, one door east of Allen & Millard's Bank, and
invite all those wishing good e1brcise. choice Liquors and
Cigars. to call and see them. They have also reduced the
price of rolling to FI TY CENTS.
April 1st, 13.i. 32-45*
Helena House,
UELENA CITY, Montana' Territory. The above
named House is now opened for guests and boarders.
Good beds. and the best the market afltrds, for the table,
at reasonable prices. B. B. Burchett,
3m-42 Proprietor.
Hosmer and Hauser,
CLAIM AGENTS, have established an agency for the
S/ purchase and sale of Gold and Silver Quartz Claims in
different parts of the Territory. One of the partners will
attend in person, to the introduction and sale of Lodes in
New York, Philadelphia and other Eastern cities, and the
other to obtaining the same in this city. Arrangements
will be made early in the Spring, for expressing goods to
the New York Othice, and for procuring reliable assays at
the office in this city. Office at the Post Otffice. and at S.
T. Hauser & Co.'s Bank, on Wallace Street. 38-50c
E. M. Dunphy.
W HOLESALE and Retail Grocer, Storage and Com
Smission Merchant, west side Main street, Helena,
Montana Territory.
A large and complete assortment of Fancy and Staple
Groceries on hand, at figures to suit the times. Give us a
call. 39-51*
Occidental Billiard Hall.
ROCKFELLOW & DENNEE'S BUILDING, Jackson
Street, Virginia City. The finest tables in town. The
bar supplied with the best of Liquors and Cigars.
42 JOHN H. MING.
Shaving and Hair Dressing Saloon.
M USTACIIE AND IIAIR COLORING, South side of
VWallace street, Virginia City.
42-54 TURLEY & LYONS.
Idaho Hotel.
WITALLACE STREET, Virginia City, M. T., J. M,
V Castner, Proprietor- The proprietor announces to
his old friends and the public generally, that he is now
prepared to accommodate boarders by the meal, day or
week at lo, rates. His table is furnished with the best the
market afifords. c:t-52
Assay Office.
WTALLACE STREET, one door below Nolan & Co.'s
W Bank. Gold and Silver, and Ores or every. descrip
tion Assayed. I unarantee my assays, and will pay any
difference which may arise between them and the U: S.
Mint. 38 D. GILBERT.
Lumber.
BRUNDY'S MILL, on the Stinkingwater is now pre
pared to saw bills of Lumber of any size at short notice.
Their Lumbir Yard in Virginia C;ty. is in the Warsaw
Corral, on Idaho Street, where they constantly keep the
best article of all kinds of lumber, at reasonable rates.
Also, a good assortment of all kinds of Sash and Lath kept
constantly or. hand. 44
John1 R. Gilbert,
A ASSISTANT ASSESSOR U. S. INTERNAL RE
1 VENUE, for the First Division of the Collection Dis
trict of Montana. embracing Madison County. Office, first
door east of City Drug Store.
Virginia City, April 27, 1865. 36-SE8
Joseph Marion,
HAY SCALES STORE, Wallace Street, Virginia City.
Commission Merchant. Cash advanced on consign
ments. A general assortment of Miners' Outfitting Goods.
Provisions, Vegetables. etc., etc. 42-6m
Eggers and Ludlow.
L UMBER YARD, Successors to Gamble, Walker& Co.,
corner of Idaho and Broadway streets. Virginia City,
31. T. All kinds of Sluice and Building Lumber. Lum
ber bills filled on short notice. Also yards at Centreville
and Nevada. 22-44
John H. Ming,
CORNER of Wallace and Jackson streets, Virginia City,
- Montana Territory. Books and Stationery. Whole
sale and Retail. Groceries, Boots and Shoes.
43-95
Garden Seeds.
ALL you that want CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS of
Every Description, direct from the Agricultural De
partment, at Washington, call at
35-47* DANCE & STUART'S.
Assay Ofice.
rjtHE UNDERSIGNED are now prepared to assay cor
. rectly in small or large quantities the ores of Montana.
Silver, Gold. Copper, Lead, Antimony. or Bismuth. Office
No. 2, of Content's Block, corner of Wallace and Jackson
Streets, Virginia. W.,Y. LOVELL, & CO.
18-tf
Lumber Yard.
WTE have in our Lumber Yard on the corner of Idaho
and Brnadway streets, Virginia City, a complete as
sartment of White Pina and other Lumber, and can supply
customers on the shortest notice. Orders may be left at the
Lumber Yard and will be promptly filled. We have the
only mill in the Territory which runs Winter and Summer,
and can fill orders at all seasons.
4-tt THOMPSON & CO.
J. T. Henderson.
fAINTER AND SIGN WRITER. Office on Cover
LStreet, Virginia City. Montana Territory. 5-ly
Henry Baecr,
LIME AND BRICK. Also flue building, and all kinds
• of brick work done to older. " 5-43
.7lbere.
.LL thos indebted to the firm of $aume Angevine &
I Merry, are hereby notied for the
LAST TINE !
to call at one, pt up, and save eaot. Mr. G. W. Staple
ton ha~ong resigned the Receivership in favor of Mr. Jualis
Busch, all accumti will be settled by the latter at the stne
of Erfrt, Busch & Co. Mf
.lLner's .gency. *
T.. D. BROWN & SON, eO Geat Salt Lake CiWT, is; a
I to add to their businessythat of "Stock sel Share
Brokers," and to this end T. D. Brown will ste~r nAPr l
for New York, to form a connexien wibs a relaspokla.i~ms
there for the sale of "Feet" and "Clmima" os QUrb
Lodes, in Macpl as, Nevp-d and
;Quartz, and suthority, sle . " O
be forwarded to us. We le s
ston, machinery, or rny sort
by the Missoun River, or
ceipt of the money and the
sion to GowSdasýE A
FsbrarTylBth, 185. :
"The Blasetsi o the awTy Maimw
tatuis and s.e Vagilance Ce mmate4
of Isaho, etc.'
This precious literary treasure lies before
us, and we are in dQubt on two points con,
cerning it: first, whether there ever was a
work so replete with falsehood--Gunlliver'E
Travels and the history of Baron Munehbau
sen included in the oatalogue--and second,
whether there ever wra so impudent a.
attempt to gull the olio, and to make
money under false pretences. Without copy
ing the whole book it would be impossible
to notice all the falsehoods contained in it.
A few specimens muastsuioe,. The letter said
to have been receited by Col .anders is an
inventipn, Its- ssq blrs j sipl about
York latch-key. The robbing of the Ban
nack coach on the 16th of October, 1863, is
simply an unpleasing fiction from beginning
to end. The birth, place of nativity, and
career of Henry Plummer, are as like the
truth as Cooper's "Uncas" is to.the history
of a chief of the Platte Sioux, with this
difference, that the tale of the great novel
ist is fascinating, while the other is vulgar
and disgusting. The place, the particulars
and the names of the five men executed in
Virginia are simply imaginary. Red was
hang near Stinkingwater; Skinner was exe
cuted many a weary league from Virginia:
Ives was hung in an unfinished house in Ne
vada; J. A. Slade was not a member of
Plummer's gang, or ever accused of robbery.
The charges against him were of a totally
different character, as will hereafter appear
when a history of the Vigilance Committee
is given to the public, and as for the attack
on his widow, a man who admits having
dined at her house several times, and been
well treated, never made a meaner or more
dastardly attack on one of womankind. It
is an outrage on common decency, and the
statements,mere rumors,are not awhit nearer
the truth than the rest of the book is.
The story that the captain in command of
the Hell B(ate and Deer Lodge scouts reported
sixteen desperadoes executed or frozen is
entirely imaginary. The sensation para
graph about Stinson's begging for mercy
when swinging with the knot under his chin
is another impossible falsehood, as is also
the poke in the ribs with the Irishman's cane,
and the so-called witty remark accompany
ing it. The style of the book is vulgar and
ridiculous, and the horrible destruction of
timber intended for wood-cuts is something
the fair fellow of which was never seen in
anything beyond the role of Jack the Giant
Killer, or some five cent squib, with a title
after the fashion of "The Bleeding Bug, or
the Bloodatained Bed-Wrench." An account
of these matters will be published in a short
time, and there is enough of real interest in
the exact and impartial record of the reign
of terror in this Territory, and in the history
of the celebrated body whose whispered
name would to-day blanch the cheek of a
murderer or a road agent, though hundreds
of miles from Alder Gulch, the vale of death
to the blood-thirsty marauders who strewed
our plains and mountains with the bodies of
the innocent victims of their cupidity and
brutality.
The Vigilance Committee of this Territory
have a case to make, which must not only
exonerate them from guilt in the eves of all
good men, but must entitle them to the
thanks of the civilized world. One hundred
and swo individuals were the acknowledged
victims of the monsters whose career of
guilt was cut short by necessary and retri
butive vengeance, besides scores of un
known unfortunates, and that the Territory
is to day as safe to live in as New York, is
entirely owing to the action of those brave
men.
Obtulary Reseel tiaos.
The obituary resolutions on the death of
Mr. James TagAt, jr., brother to Mr. Joseph
Tagert, of Nevada, which we print from the
Philadelphia Inquirer, show the high esteem
in which he was held by his brother officials,
and will be a consolation to his relatives and
numerous friends under their sad bereave
ment.
A meeting of Custom House officials was held at
the Inspector's office this afternoon, for the purpose
of taking action concerning the death of Mr. James
Tagert, jr., late an Inspector of Customs. Assist
ant Surveyor S. G. Waterhouse was called to the
chair.
The following preamble and resolutions were sub
mitted and unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The officers of customs of the port of
Philadelphia have received intelligence of the death
of their late friend and associate, James Tagert, jr.,
therefore,
Resolved, That the event, although anticipated,
has filled our hearts with unfeigned sorrow.
Resolved, That. in all our ultercourse with the
deceased, his manly deportment, his kind and gen
tlemanly bearing, his warm and genecousfriendship,
his prompt and attentive discharge of the duties
devolving nuon him, won our highest admiration
and esteem.
Resolved, That in his death this department has
lost an honest and efficient officer, the community a
worthy citisen, and his family a kind and loving
husband and father.
Resolved, That while deeply regretting his loss,
we tender to his family and friends our sincerq sym
pathy and condolence, with the ·eaurance that we
hold in honored remembrance the many virtues that
adorned his life, and recognise in this sad event the
hand o1 Him who doeth all things well.
Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolu
tions be sent to the family of the deceased.
Resolved, That the proceedingp B this m- ting
be published. -. G. -WATERHOUSE ,
April , 1865. .iai. aa.
From the Plains.
Julesburg, June 18.
The plains about Julesburg are dotted
with the tents and trains of Gen. Connor's
Indian expedition. Troops and trains are
crossing the Pl1tte river on the ferry boat.
Part of the ccmmand and the General him
self are on the way to Laramie. The troops
of the .xpediti'n will start for Laramfe,
en route for Powder river, in four or Ivh
and supplies are attiing daily
from th be)isOuririver, n4are b6ilgpuahed
forwaird to *IiP nDd wnbt, )n the mail
viutc, e s$diIjy *po41, le. A sufliient
umber 1a rom wi eft0 for the prote
tion of eailroot. duri a. Ooanoetr
dfr ire of hil col.
torLs A aisss sI.Ait ar 14, 16l5.
["Pmpch," the severest and most prseveringtlan
der* of Mr. Lincoln, and the constant satirist of
his personal peculiarities, makes the amends honoras
ble in the following beautiful lines. The amassina
tion has worked a perfect .revoln$ion in the senti
ments of those of the nation who looked upon the
Bouth.as a gallant and oppressed chivalry. It stands
alone inthe annals of lterature : ]
You lay a wreath on murdered Linqoln's bier,
You, who with mocking pencil wont to trace,
oad for the self-complacent British sneer,
His length of shambling limb, his furrowed face,
His daunt, arled hands,his unkempt, bristling hair,
His garb uncouth, his bearing ill at ease.
His lack of all we prize as debonair,
Of power or will to shine, or art to please.
ow, wli sa tfpirssbee.ed ua p !e pmed1's laugh,
Becklk1,o'-itln-T poiTt is iparagraps,- - -" .
Of chief's perplexity, or people's pain.
Beside this corps, that bears for winding-sheet
The stars and stripes he lived to rear anew,
Between the mourners at his head and feet,
Say, scurril jester, is there room for Tot ?
Yes, he had lived to shame me from my sneer,
To lame my pencil and confute my pen-
To make me own this kind of princes peer,
This rail-splitter a true-born king of men.
My shallow judgment had learnt to rue,
Noting how to occasion's height he rose,
How his quaint wit made home-truths seem more true,
How, iron-like, his temper grew by blows.
ow bhumble, yet how hopeful he could be;
How in good fortune and ill the same;
Nor bitter in sucoess, nor boastful he,
Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fame.
He went about his work--such work as few
Ever had laid on head and heart and hand
As one who knows, where there's a task to do, [mand;
Man's honest will mast Heaven's good grace com
Who trusts the strength will with the burden grow,
That (God makes instruments to work his will,
If but that will we can arrive to know,
Nor tamper with the weights of good and ill.
So be went forth to battle on the side
That he felt clear was'Liberty and Right's,
As in his peasant boyhood he had plied
His warfare with rude Nature's thwarting might.-
The uncleared forest, the unbroken soil,
The iron bark that turn's the lumberer's axe,
The rapid that o'erbesrs the boatman's toil,
The prairie hiding the mased wanderer's tracks,
The ambushed Indian, and theprowling bear
Such were the needs that helped his youth to train;
Rough culture-but such trees large fruit may bear,
If but theirstocks be of right girth and grain.
So he grew up, a destined work to do,
And lived to do it; four long suffering years'
Ill-fate, ill feeling, ill-report lived through,
And then he heard the hisses change to chees,
The taunts to tribute, the abuse to praise,
And took both with the same unwavering mood;
Till, as he came on light, from darkling days,
Anl seemed to touch the goal from where he stood,
A felon hand, between the goal sad him,
Reached from behind his back, a trigger prest
And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim,
Those gaunt, long-laboring limbs were laid to rest !
The words of mercy were upon his lips,
Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen,
When this vile murderer brought swift eclipse
To thoughts of peace on earth, good-will to men.
The Old World and the New, from sea to sea,
Utter one voice of sympathy and shame !
Sore heart, so stopped when It at last beat high;
Sad life, cut short just as its triumph came.
A deed accurst! Strokes have been struck before
By the assassin's hand, whereof men doubt
If more of horror or disgrace they bore;
But thy foul crime, like Cain's stands darkly out.
Vile hand, thatbrandest murder on a strife,
Whate'er its grounds, stoutly and nobly striven;
And with the martyr's crown, crownest a life
With much to praise, little to be forgiven.
Miscellaneues.
On the 16th inst., it was too cold even to
eat strawberries in Salt Lake City.
A line of iron steamers to ply upon the
Amazon is to be built in Philadelphia.
Crosby's $500,000 Opera House at Chicago
has just been opened. It will seat 6,000
persons.
The Oregan Statesman says thousands of
acres of wild strawberries are now wasting
in the Willamette Valley.
There will be a great flood of emigration
to Utah, Idaho and Montana, but it is not
expected before the beginning of next fall.
Speaker Colfax and party had a great time
feting, exploring and speaking in Rush Val
ley, on the 16th inst.
Every paper has taken a shot at Jeff. Da
vis in petticoats. Poor fellow! He reigned
as long as he could, and then he mizzled.
The last picture in the gallery was the"skirts
of the storm."
The Coeur d'Aleine diggings, in North
Idaho, are stated to be enormously rich.
There are said to be three basins, one of
which is equal in extent to the'Boise basin.
An moss an tle waner uugar used in France
is beet sugar. At the Cafes they put iugar
into the cup till the top lump shows over
the coffee.
Gov. Dor.'s funeral, which took place
yeeterday forenoon, was alarge and exceed
ugly respectable procession, worthy of the
oity and she sad occasion. The long pso
cessioa, Federal ofeers, City Council, tie
Militar, the citizens, the mueio, and the
cortege of oiriagee (thirty or forty), in th,
rear, proceeded from the residence to CamF
Dougtla cemetery, where the burial service
was peformed by.the Poet Chaplain, Rev.
Norman MeLeeod as oe.ctingt lergyman.
Among the pall bearers were the Hon.
Soh;yler Col: a and Gov. Bros.- Vedette.
Nzw ANi WoNDERFCL DiscovEry.-The
Virginia Union chronicles the discovery of
mines of amalgam, silver and gold, held in
quicksilver. Mills are not necessary to work
the ore; all that has to be done is to scrape
the amalgam out of the rock and retort it.
The Union is afraid to state the exact sum
which the amalgam assays per ton, but it is
over $10,000. It may be interesting to say
that this wonderful diseovey was made in
the Grxen Series of ledges, Pine Mountain
District.
A GooD RuL.'--Two masonic friends,
much at variance, referred their quairel to
a clerical .pasonic brother. fHe patiently
beard them accuse each other as wholly in
fault, and declare theinelves without blame;
sad he seid, "My judgmeiSt friIlel
the ent forgv te guttty."-.odk
Mountain CaskRt. !
Lratrt BTTelegraph 1
Newbern, N. 0., June 6.
Intelligence from all parts of the State
indicate a return of the people to the loy.
alty of Tjnited States citiens. Difereat
counties are establishing a home police sys
tem for the purpose of maintaining order
and suppressing depredations. The proe
pects are that the movement to restore civil
law through the inauguration of a new State
Government will call out the largest vote
ever cast in the State, so anxious are the
people to return to peaceful pursuits. Prea
ident Johnson's amnesty proclamation was
Well received by the people of the State, and
also tfe appointment of Mr. Holden as pro
v~sional Governor.
The people of South Carolina have called
upon the United states'military autboritiep
at ClittrlOtte, fa thies tate, for 'protection
I ttºpratrions upon eael ithier.
LU W A Uri. d are 11.
The Orleans correspondent of the Herald
says: The estimated total amount of cot
ton secreted west of the Mississippi, is a
hundred thousand bales, two-thirds of which
are in Arkansas. Pierre Soule is in Mexico.
Ex-Gov. Moore was arrested at Mobile and
sent to Washington.
Gen. Sheridan has issued orders forbid
ding military interference with the shipment
of cotton.
The steamer Gov. Troup, from Augusta
for Savannah, with a cargo of cotton, took
fire 11 miles below Augusta. The vessel,
cargo and baggage were lost,-and four pas
sengers were drowned.
Gen. Molineaux has ordered the school
teachers of Augusta to take the oath ef alle
giance. Orders have been sent by the au
thorities of Augusta for a supply of school
books, and free schools are to be at 6nce
opened for all classes. All estrictions on
trade have been removed by Generals Gil
more and Grover in their respective depart
ments.
Washington, June 11.
Official news from Acapulco, dated May
9th, embraces the following intelligence,
which is suppressed in the dispatches sent
through French sources from Havana:
Gen. Regules, with part of the 1st division
of the Central National army of Mexico,
attacked the city of Hacolbero, State of
Achoaco, on the 11th of April, and took it
by storm, capturing all the garrison, inclu
ding 200 Belgians, together with their am
munition and artillery. A few days before
the national forces had captured a train with
supplies and ammunition, from Morelia to
Passeaso, and defeated the French forces in
Purnandiero. Curtzo ond Seonipo, all Ma
coan and Cartega had taken the field.
The Navy Department has received the
following from Orleans :
May 31.
A diupatch dated the 25th, is just received
from Capt. Sands, reporting the evacuation
of the defenses of Sabine Pass, Forts Man
nahatts and Griffin. Acting Volunteer Lieut.
Com. Pennington had hoisted 'the United
States flag on these forts. The guns, five in
number, were spiked. Fort Griffin is de
scribed as having five bomb proofs, covered
with two feet of solid timber, two layers of
railroad iron, and four feet of earth on top
of these.
Capt. Sands, under date of the 27th,
reports the rebel army of Texas disbanding
and going to their homes, the terms of sur
render recently executed at Orleans,between
the rebel commission sent by Gen. Kirby
Smith and Gen. Canby, having been com
plied with on the part of the rebels. It
only remains for us to oceupy the fortifica.
tions.
With regard to the rebel naval forces in
Texas, I am assured by the Confederate
Lieut.-Oem. the Jonathan Carter, who is noew
here, and declares himself to be senior naval
officer, that there is no naval property nor
any officers in Texas, on the seaboard, and
only one vessel on Red river the ram Missouri.
which will be surrendered to the Commander
of the Mississippi squadron..
(Signed) TsaTcHsR,
Acting Rear Admiral.
The bureau of internal revenue does not
feel authorized by law to regard the amount
received on a policy insurance ad either a
legacy or inceme, consequently assessors,
until further advised, will not hold such
amounts to tax.
Cairo, June 11.
The. steamers Poland and Idaho collided
in the Yazoo river on the 3d, resulting in the
sinking of the Poland, with the loss of ten
or twelve lives.
Morgan, the rebel who last year shot Gen.
Canby, has been arrested.
Orleans advices of the 6th state that an
important clue to the eause of the late dis
astrous explosion at Mobile is thought to
have been obtained. A man named Wall
has been arrested, charged with being im
plinated. He as that h and two other
men, on the night previou4 to the explosion,
placed torpedoes beneath a building con
taining powder; that the work was performed
under the direction of a rebel Major, who
threatened them with instant death if they
disobeyed or offered to resist, and that the
Major afterwards lighted the fuse of the
shell connected with the infernal machine.
Torpedoes had also been discovered in the
rooms of the Custom House, so arranged
as to explode on opening the doors. Others
had been found concealed in the desks in
the same building.
Washington, Jane 12.
Surgeon-Genral Wi. Wheel.., chief of
-e breau of medicine sad surgery of the
ivy Department, died lust night, after
a Irotracted iltneasi from disease of the
hetkt.
New York, June 11.
ThI'Timr p qo Ol ttrro3h a gga18
ay \A tremendous exposion and be
oes there on the evening of the 9t4V
r .sit thrsag oaelns . S
from a . Shfe* eoadslw lo sem
der i.. e Depas rtment, exploding1
seversal th and tons or. Aed aslnnaastiqa
and loose . Shat and shell were sant
kbei . . .or ýl ' - wir
SIvu= BDwi ~ae 19U, lBUSL·.
ED. Pos :-For lbdg time the pick and
shovel have been my instruments of labor,.
and those not strictly conineeted therewith"
have neeessarily been laid saide.
You have ere this heard all about the sad
death of L P. Lewis. We feel hers that
there is no one whose lowe would besomn.
deplored,and whose place is so dicult to lll.
An attempt was made last Saturday even.
ing by a man named D. J. S!ane to kill *
young man in the employ of Mr. C. W.
right, named R. H Allue, by stabbing bi.
with a dirk knife. It seems that Slam had
long been in the habit of partaking of tbhe
liquors, cigars, etc., belonging to r, Wright,
for which he had nevesr been csalei upon to
settle. Itr W. left tp wi da
aatdplseed his honse i
~Iane teprivilege of inviting other to
drink with him, but to allow him asch arti
cles as ne wished for his personal use. Siane
was informed of this in a gentlemanly naas
ner, but persisted in calhng up his acquaint
ances, and on being refused he at opee left
the place in search of a pistol, and not sue
ceeding in this, he borrowed a dirk, and
returning to the house, asked Mr. A. if h
meant what he had just said with regard to
him. On receiving an answer in the a5km
ative, Slane drew his knife and struck at
Allen three times, stabbing him only ones
however. The knife, in its course, eneoaun
tered the sixth rib of the right breast, where
it stopped. Had it diverged half an inerit
would have caused instant death, but as it
is, he is not considered in danger. The
would-be murderer was at once seised by
Sheriff Burr, and placed in irons. He en
pressed regret at the failure of his damnable
deed, and remarked that he hoped that hi.
intended victim would die. His examina
tion occurred to-day, before Justice Wiles,
who held him to appear at the next term of
the District Court. He leaves for Virgina
City to-morrow, in charge of the Sheril.s
Our gulch is day by day rising from the
lethargic state into which it had fallen,
through various eauses, and, as it justly
deserves, is receiving marked attention at
the hands of the business men and minef.
of the Territory. A large number of claim.
are in operation, and are all doing well.
Some very good runs have been made, rang
ing from ten to thirty dollars per day per
man. When the miners get a little more
advanced in the opening of the gulch, 1wili
give you a list of some of the average runs
made.
The German Gulch furore has abated, nand
attention is turned to the Blackfoot coun
try. Judging from The reports which esam
in a week since, on ewould think that all the
gold in Montana was buried in that partie
lar region, but since then the people there
have begun to find out that their country
cannot employ all the men in the Territory,
as well as that they alone have not got .i
the preeious minerals, and that there is a
little sprinkled around Silver Bow.
Quartz discoveries are very numerous
now-a-days, and some of the finest leads
that have been discovered in the Territory
have been recorded during the last two
weeks. Among them are the "Golden .Era,
a blind lode, found while digging the drain
ditch in the upper districtin German Gulch,
the Great American, Honey Comb, Siberia
also discovered in German Gulch; the Tit r,
Pen d'Oreille, Manhattan, Comet and Sprin
Hill, in Ophir; the Tennessee, Queen Vic
toria, Racine, Pennsylvania and Boisloe
lodes, in this vicinity. The Golden Era is
thought to be a very superior lead, and is
already commanding high figures. The
Rocker, of which I spoke in a former com
munication, still sustains its high reputa
tion. A shaft has been sunk to the depth
of fifteen feet, and there is no change in the
quality of the quartz. I sent you a speci
men for examination, as proof of the cor
rectness of the assay I reported. The rock,
it is thought by good judges, will average
about six or seven thousand dollars per cord.
Judge Irvine, County Recorder, has, at the
request of a number of citizens of Plack
foot, appointed .J. B. Johnson Deputy County
Recorder at that place, for the accommoda
tion of the prospectors in that vicinity, thus
saving them an unnecessary journey of a
hundred miles.
The Democratic County Convention which
met on Saturday, ordered the delegation to
the Territorial Convention to vote for Mr.
L. McMath. Yours, truly,
LEAD PENCIL.
Demoscratic T~rato.ial Comvemtit.
[Thereport here given is verbatim, omitting he
names of the Delegates, which the spaea at ear di
posal does ,ot permit ns to insert.]
The Convention met at the Court Room in
City, on Moday, the 20th ieet., G enepallc
a PZ. - ow. Dr. wisler was appia Bee
The Committee on Qedeinb reported the tol
lowi numbe a Delegatd entied to eeti in the
Convention: dIsoun co aty, 18; Beaver ed, 6;
L odte, 12; Jeabrses, ; aftltem 16; Big
Motion made that th prt be reeeived ad
adopted.
aAmendment offered that no dl bea
by another livin out of ia as.te a
another that the rpesemtin of T iaver eadt
co..ty be reduced from ix to two.
After a e ig dislen, the aendmed t ran
refused as out of order, and the mnotion caried.
The foowing rsolietod was then offred:
bled, deem it but jt to ormela these W
repetes, mad courasy toedu oht. a Meia bi
tiom do o adjourn until thest lea In Aa
gnat, A. D. tur. ,n
made Sas that m en C ioadiM ,ý Half
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