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THOS. J. DIMSDALE, EDITOR. '
maturday,............ July 29, 1865.
JOB Pes Po 8ALL,-D. W. Tilton & Co., of the Mon
baa Porr Prtttbag Ogie, have for sale a Job Press and
PIaag etit eomple with all tbeneeM y apparatus
equtilr Inquire at the City Book Store.
5 THE MASS CONVENTION TO-DAY.
An effort is to be made to-day, by the
party which we take the flberty of christen
ing the "Territorial," to elect seven Dele
gates to attend the Convention on the 9th
proximo. Every true friend of the people
of Montana, who will ignore faction and
party lines, is invited ti be present. We
have enough to do to promote the material
interests of our part of the country, without
diving into politics, which, in our present
condition as a Territory, are as much out of
place as a third wheel on a Scotch cart.
May wisdom direct our counsels and har
mony prevail amongst us. We ask the aid
of every man who regards the thirty-six
States and all the Territories as his country,
"one and indivisible." A fine opportunity
presents itself for a general union for the
public good, and in choosing our Delegates
let us nominate only good men, with clear
brains and honesty of intention.
IIsus ri NavigatioUn.
From our friend William Pfouts, who has
just returned from the river, we obtain the
following interesting information concern
ing the "situation" at the present head of
navigation on the Missouri: At Milk river,
the steamboat companies have erected a
stock"ade fort, with log bastions, mounting
three guns, which sweep the faces exposed
to attack. The Fort is divided into three
compartments, which are each owned by the
proprietors of different lines of boats, and
are called respectively, Fort Jacobs, Fort
Copeland and Fort Keiser. The work is, in
ftet, a corral, built of twelve foot posts, and
measuring 100x50 yards. The goods, which
amount to between 800 and 1,000 tons, are
covered with tarpauiios.
On Friday last, 125 wagons left Benton
for Milk river, to freight goods for the
"Effie Dean" and "Copeland" line. The
"Benton' has been running from Fort Union
to Milk river, and the "General Grant" and
"Deer Lodge" to Cow Island, which is about
125 miles below Benton. Milk river is dis
tant from the same place, some where be
tween 275 and 300 miles. Only a few scout
ing parties of Indians have been seen. The
"Doer Lodge" and "Gen. Grant" got up as
high as Dry Fork, on the last trip; but found
the water so much spread out and so shallow,
that they could carry the freight no
farther. They put the goods into vawls;
landed the passengers, and sparred over
the shoal; after which they got up as far as
Cow Island, and put the goods ashore, at a
point two miles below that attained on their t
tirst trip. While the boats were lying at the
shoals, cattle and horses were fordiing about
150 yards above the boat, the water was so
low.,
TERRITORIAL OFFICES.-The offices of the
Territorial Auditor, Treasurer, and Super
intendeat of Publio Instruction, are not
elective. The appointments must be made
by the Governor, with the advice and con
sent of the Legislative Council. This is pro
vided in the Organic Act, and the bill which
enacts the election of these officers, and
which is void on account of not being signed
by the President of the Council, would be
a nullity, if technically correct, for this
reason.
ROAD AGENTS.--If the people of Idaho
would just clean out the cut-throats and
robbers in their Territory, as we of Mon
tana have done and will do, they would not
be able to steal a march an d flank the Salt
Lake Road, beyond our line. There is an
other road leading to the sink of the Hum
boldt, by which the clerks of St. Nicho
las come through, to plague the traveler.
This will soon be closed. It would be well
to get some good dogs for hunting them.
FIRST USEFUL EMPLOYME-NT OF THE INDIANS.
The Indians have been employed to track
the Road Agents who attacked the Salt Lake
coaoh.
N i nm in i i H uN
From Ram'u H.orn.
RAM's ions, July 25th, 1865.
I D. POST :-I am a constant reader of your valua
ble paper: whether I am a subscriber or not, is tno
body's busines. I find, in looking over the ccluown;
of the FesT, that every district, whether it be a gulcd
mining ditrict or a lode mining district, in tht
Territory. is spoken of in your paper as being a "big
tbing." Well, this is all very fine to talk about
but to come down to BRASS HATS, and tell you mn
honest opinion, I don't believe there is a richer lead
mining district in this Territory, or any other Ter'
ritory, than the Ram's Horn district.
Last year there were di-covered between twenty
and thirty quartz lodes. Among them were the
Monitor, California, Relief, and others, who.e rich
nues cannot be doubted, and, within the months of
June and July of this year, there have not been less
than ten No. I iodes discovered. Among them are
the Christiann, discoverem by A. Eveneon, and the
Magnolia, discovered by S. McGee, which will be
hard to beat in the Territory. They are mostly all
gold lodes.
I called on the Ram's Horn Quartz Mill Company,
a few days since, and found them busily engaged in
getting out battery--ills and other timbers, to put
up a twelve stamp mill. One of the firm told me
that when they got in motion they intended to make
things dy round there. Mr. Hawsburst, the super
satendent of the mill, is a young man of few words;
m you can easily see that he understands his busi
a.eel He says that, after he gets through with the
*11, if it don't run, he will eat it; and I believe he
oaMld Jo it, because he ham made everything work as
hge sid it should, up to this time. Tom says he
thinks ha will get along very well 'til he gets to the
imem galdgone, and then he will have to whet up.
RAM'S HORN.
Proclamation.
1CzrlrTIVn OrrICE, MONTANA TERRITORY,
Bannack City, July 14th, 1865.
WEazKAS, By the resignation of the Honorable
Aa.i Giddings, Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the Territory of Montana, who had, by
proclamation, been aasigned to the 3d Judicial Die
Arict of said Territory, a vacancy was created in the
fice of Asociate Justice of the Supreme Court of
thi Territory, and the said District was deprived of I
the Judge asigned it nwder said proclamation, and
WaUasa, This department has received official
notice of the appointeept, by the President of the
Uaited State, oi Leroy E. Munson, to said office, to
S sama vacancy, now, therefore, I, Sidney Edgerton, a
vitae of the power in me vested, do hereby ar
the 8"orable leoy . Muauon to the said 3d
Lod d ond perform, ai nd singular, I
olft%, therein, bj tbe lars of I
Mid ot LaM Teritory. a
Sl oek( berutao set uyhand, t
the Haint to be a.fed, I
D. a"6, ad I
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* spechb # t &H E . J J . Ashley.
At a pic me ng, helot the corner oft
Wallase and Vat' Buren ls*ets, Judge H.
L. Hoamer, presiding, the Hon. James M.
Ashley delivered the following address to
our citizens., We consider the statements
of the Honorable gentleman to be df great
importance, and we hope to see his sugges-,
tions acted upon :
Mn. CHAIRMAN AND FEzLro-Csif~ N or Vmoza.w
CrrITY :--It was not any part of my purpose in visiting
the West to make speeches. I came to learn the
actual condition of the people, and to familiarise
myself by personal inspection, ,with the wants of the
Terlitoiies. But Isoon found that I could not have
my own way in the matter. At Denver they impro
vised a meeting, which I had to addres, and at Salt
Lake City, where Brigham Young has charge, the
satme thing happened to me. When I first thought
of visiting this Territory, I wrote to some of my
flieuds here on the subject, and I received, through
Judge Hosmer, a polite invitation from the Mayor
and Council to become the. guest of the City during
my stay among you. I accepted the invitation; but
I have given no response to any others; fou, person
ally, I do not like public demonstrations.' For four
years previously, I had labored to obtain the organ
izatiou of the Territory of Montana, and I believe
that if a Government be established in this place,
such a. the pioneer settlers of this country can rally
.round and support with good will-hundreds of
thousands of men will flock hither from the States,
in order to avail themselves of the pi ivilege of living
under it. During the progress of my efforts in this
cause, I was opposed by gentlemen who looked upon
it merely as an expensive scheme, and who declared
that it would cost the Government $20,000 a year.
We have, however, succeeded in establishing a Ter
ritory in a land as beautiful to look upon as any
place iest of the Mississippi, or east of the moun
taime./ I have not yet visited Idaho or Nevada; but
this I shall probably do before my return. I intend
to go to Helena, Deer Lodge and the Valley of the
Gallatin, and examine for myself the last discoveries
of mineral wealth that you have made. I came out
here for that purpose, and how much I have been
interested no one can tell. It is a curious, but a well
a certained fact, that when we have formed a judg
ment as to any state of affairs in the future, we are
always an ois to see our predictions even more than
realized. /n my argument with my opponents in
Congress, I said : "Gentlemen, give us a government
for this new country, and in less than five years you
shall be repaid five fold for any expenditures you
nay make." Was I not more than right, when out
of this gulch alone there have been taken between
thirty and forty millions of dollars.
Up to this time, I have not had a dollar of inter
est in this Territory; but since I have been attacked
with "quartz on the brain," I trust I shall have some
certificates in my pocket, like the rest of you, on
my return. Many of you have come hither from
the different sections of the States, with a view to a
niere tempolrary stay in this Territory; but you will,
nevertheless, make it the home of yourselves and
your children. There are numibers of the citizens
of Montana, who came from the South, and I, my
elf, have relatives and ancestors who have dwelt
there for three generations. To them I have said:
leave this place, and go to Montana. There, with a
free government and a mixed population, many of
ihem in the sane situation as yourselves, you will
live more happily than you can hope to do here.
And now that the good old flag adopted by our fath
srs in 1787, is to be the ensign which all acknowl
edge throughout the wide domain of the United
states, let us subordinate all minor distinctions and
cork together for the good of our common coun
:ry. Here, surrounded by hostile Indians, and lack
ig the protection which the civil law-supported, if
aecos:ary, by the military force of the Guovrnmnent
n~ur e to every citizen in the United States, you can
uite in a manner and with a cordiality unknown to
hose who have never shared danger and privation,
ogether, in a distant landl.
. .._.: _ ., . .
Corning over these vast plains, you were united by
the colhesion of necessity, in times and under cir
cumstances that show a nlan's true nature. I ask
you to ltand by each other, no the development of
the country, and in the pursuit of your mutual hal,
piness. One piece of advice I feel bound to give
you, and that is that, when choosing a Delegate to
Congress, you will not be so insensible to your own
interests an to 'elect any one obnoxious to the Gov
ernment. In this matter, I entreat you to use your
conmmon sense. If you wished to sell quartz, in New
York, you would not send a man obnoxious to the
capitalists there. Your knowledge of business would
teach you to select some one who might be expected
to enjoy their confidence, and when you look at the
matter in this light, I feel sure you will agree with
ine. I cannot call myself a practical miner, but I
claim to be a practical man, and Ishall always en
deavor to labor for the good of the people.
I have for many years felt an interest in this Ter
ritory. Some twenty-three years ago, when I was a
boy, I came up to Fort Benton, by the river; but I
little thought that my next journey here would be
uLder such widely different ci cumstances.
/'The mining interests of this region are so much
greater than I expected to find them, that I do not
wonder that gentlemen of the Eastern States, who
kinow niothing of yodr intere.ts, sfould pass laws
de:tlructive of them, and injurious to the welfare of
the people of the Territory, generally, and more
especially of the mining population/ 1 have always
held to the principle-and I believe Icame to it log
ically-that every man was made a better citizen by
owning a farm. I labored for the practical adoption
of my idea, allnd, at last, we carried our measure
through Congress, and now every man is at liberty to
obtain his farm from the public domain, and in five
yer.s he will receive a deed of it. I apply the same
principle to miners. [Cheers.] If a man quits the
abode of civilization, comes over the plains, and,
,itsi his bufialo robe, blanket and pick-axe on his
back, traverses these mountains in search of mines,
whether they be gold or silver bearing lodes, or gulch
diggings, it is only just that he should pay the same
tax as the pioneer farmer, and no more. [Loud ap
plahie.], I have sought to impress these views on
Cougre.s; for I believed that this vast Territory, a
thousand miles square, would have been left unde
veloped, if the explorers and early settlers had not
had a quasi assurance-of protection in their rights
and titles by Congress.
Among all the ilen sent out by the Goven.nent,
which of them ever found a lode or a gulch? Not
one. [Loud laughter and cheering.] It was the men
with the blankets and pick-axes. [Loud cheers.]
Would it not be a wrong, if such men-eacrificing
the comforts of home to obtain these mines-should
have them taken away, after laboring so hard for
them. I carne to see these mines with my own eyes.
My most sanguine expectations have been exceeded
by the v Lt extent of your gulches, and your innu
n,-'able quartz lodes.
/ fwo billy were introduced into Congress, last year,
relative to mines, which, if passed, would have par
alyzed your industry and depopulated your Territory.
T'ney proposed simply to sell them. You may thank
the gentlemen for this who conue to Washington and
the Eastern cities, with bags full of quartz specimens.
They don't bring the worst, either. [Loud laugh
ter.] And they tell pretty good stories about these
mines, also. Americans can tell good stories, you
know. [Continued laughter.] They talk about moun
tainsotf such stuff, until folks believe that all a man
has to do is to go and fill his sack, come home,
cross his legs unuer the mahogany, and drink the best
wine that the market affords. [Loud laughter and
cneeling.]
Now these Yankees are a very cute race; and so, when
they think of their heavily taxed constituents in the
East-having an eye to their own re-election-they
say. to them: "Gentlemen, these men are tresepassers.
Let us sell these rich mines, and pay off the national
debt." Fancy a gentleman from Rhode Island
where there is a mill on every little stream, and
where taxation presses heavily on the people--speak
ing to his electors. What will he say ?. "Send me
to Congress, and I'll do all that for you."
Congress muost be informed of your position, and
have accurate information on the whole subject.
Now they are entirely ignorant of the true state of
affairs, and unless je facts become kaowa, your
property will be taxed till it is worthlet. With
great deference, I propose that this meeting, orsome
other, composed of your best men, shall appoint a
ccmmittee to confer with other men from all the
Territories and mining countries, and4let them pre
pare a document, which shall et foth your rights
and claims, and demand justice at the hands of the
Government/We shall be going through to the
East in the Fall-that is, if the friendly sons of the
forest will let us--5-ughter], and we can take this
w'-Jl I..
/ Let Montana take the lead in this matter, and
above all, I trust that you will send good men from
the miniug countries to Congress, and they will listen
to your demands and fairly consider them./!''his vast
'Territory lull of minerals, together with Idaho, Utab,
.evada, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado
and Arizona, should secure a press in New York to
represent your interests, and in les than a year there
would be no ignorance on the subject. - As the beet
place for the meeing of a Convention, such as I
have propotsu , I naie Denver, without say special
authority for doing so; but I know the people of
Colorado well enough to be saured that the dele
gations would be welcomed by the citisen si their
guests.
,I tca ..not bt ..;" euiI- f II
peity. If tbhpoGel
*I state of aiin, ,6
t mines than th9would take ile corner lot
,if I owned it. They knoIwow that Vir
'itu built of 'ee and wood, blhera, and they
know.that 7o1e trspaasers; but would they tan
y3ou otof it? No! The meiory of the Congas
Congratulating you on the unity of sentiment that
enimates you, and congratlating you that the war
is now over, and that we can respect the brave men
who, tbough ever so. wrong in their views, yet fought
so gillantly. let us unite -to make this country the
noblest and greatest on the face of the earth. Adopt
the old idea of unity which our forefathers held
believing the country to be nothing without it. Let
us bring odr Northern and Southerh brethren to
gether, and go and clean that Dutchman out of
Mexico. [Loud and repeated cheering.] Ours is a
new nation, baptized in fire and blood, and dedicated
to universalLiberty, and we will permit the existence
of no petty despot under our nose.
In our hour of trial, We have had to submit to in
sults from England and France, such as have brought
blushes to the cheeks of every true American; and
now, if they will not pay' us for the injqries to our
commerce and the ships destroyed thfough their
means-if, I say, by any acts of ours, we have ren
dered ourselves liable under the law of nations, to be
thus despoiled-let ,us carry out this law to the let
ter, and, the first time that England is at war with
some petty republic about ten miles square, [laugh
ter,] let us tell our seamen to accept commissionsfas
privateers from the little state, and to whiten every
sea with their sails, and to light the midnight
heavens with the glare of their burning ships.
[Tempestuous cheeriog.]
With the old love of our flag revived and re-kind
led, let us make this Territory a great State; and, I
hope, before I resign the Chairmanship of the Com
muittee, to welcome Montana into the Union, there to
hold as proud a station as the proudest of her diter
,,tates. [The Hon. gentleman took his seat amidst
loud and long continued applause.]
Judge Campbell then moved the adoption
of the following resolution, which was car
ried by acclamation :
Resolved. That a committee of five he appoiuted'to con
sider the reconmmendatioun submitted by the Hn,. J. M.
Ashley, to appoint delegates to a Convention, composed of
representatives from the different mining States and Terri
tories, to assemble at Denver in October next, for the pur
pose of devising ways and means to prevent the sacritice of
our gold and silver quartz lodes; and that said committee
report at an adjourned meeting, to be called by the Chair
main. at a future day.
The Chairman named as members of the
Committee, Mesers.Campbell, W'eary,Dance,
Langford, and E. B. Johnston.
Mr. Ashley then said he had himself run
the gauntlet, through the friendly (?) Sioux.
[Laughter.] lie did not know whether to
say mnything about the "Stage" Agents.
[Loud laughter, caused by the substitution
of "stage" for "road," Mr. Nat Stein Join
ing heartily.] For they didn't attack dead
heads; and if the Congressmen who would
hereafter travel that road went like the
mo4t of them that he knew, they would be
perfectly safe. [Laughter.} But he had
seen enough to know that the interference
of Government was needed, and he had pre
pared a letter to Secretary Stmtntn, asking
for an escort for treasure, twice a month, to
Salt Lake City; and also for the establish
ment of a Post at Mussel Shoal, a:ºd one at
the mouth of the Big Horn. So that goods
deposited there would be under the shelter
of the national ilag.
The Chairman having dismissed themeet
ing, three cheers of the right sort were given
for Mr. Ashley, and the citizens disoersed.
New York, July 14th.
The Commercial's Washington special rays it is
not true that 80,000 trbope have been sent to Texas.
The whole force sent to that country is only 14,000
men, being parts of the 13th and 25th corps. They
will be distributed over the whole State. They are
not an army of observation, as ench solditr now in
the field costs over ,l1,000 a year. the Gove-nment is
not disposed to make unnecessary displays at such an
expense.
Philadelphia, July 14th.
The subscriptions to the 7-30 loan to-day, amount
to five and a half millions.
New Orleans, July 13th.
The Times' Mobile special says, citizens from the
interior announce that the pardons, and the appoint
nent to the governorship are satisfactory. Many
crops will be lost for the want of negroes.
New Orleans, July 14th.
Mexican advices to the 8th have been received.
Generals Lopez and Ulivar have returned from their
pursuit of the remnants of Negrette's forces, which
had been generally disbanded and had gone to the
Texas side Cortinas had lately captured two steam
ers on the Rio Grande.
The Commercial says, Cortinas has positivelv and
oncially established his headquarters on the Texas
side of the river. The American authorities had
been constrained by a protest from the Imperial
government, to order Cortinas to keep to his house.
The Moniteur says that the commander of the
French fleet had had an interview with Gen. Steele,
on the subject of the steamboat capture, but it could
not give the result.
The news from the interior shows that the empire
is peaceful, and that Maximilian is striving to im
prove the country and to encourage educat;on.
Guerrillas continue to swarm about Matamoras, and
there is a great number of Confederates in Arizona
and New Mexico.
Washington, July 14th.
The President. to-day, pardoned 75 persons, none
f any prominence. Large numbers of applications
For pardon continue to be received.
The President has issued a proclamation appoint
.ng Judge Wm. Marvin provisional Governor of
Florida.
New York, July 15th.
It ean reported that Cortinas had established his
headquarters on the Texas side of the river, and that
on the general solicitation of Maximilian's follow
era on the other side, he had received notice from the
American commander to leave. It was also said that
he captured two steamers on the Rio Grande, which
playful freak of this lively genius, has led to an in
terview between the Ameilcan and Imperial generals,
but with what result is nit krown.
The Herald's Galveston correspondent gives addi
tional accounts of the exodus of the rebels from
Texas to Mexico. The rebel Gen. Shelby, with 3,000
followers, accompanied by ex-Govecrors Mooretand
Allen of Louisiana, and other extinguished political
luminaries of the late Confederacy, are on their way.
They had transportation supplies for six months, and
were all armed. They professed to be merely going
to Mexico as emigrants, and not to fight for either
Republicans or Imperialists.
Many of the Texas people who choose or are com
pelled to remain in their own State, are much em
bittered against these fugitives, especially the traders.
Those who remain are deeply engrossed just now over
reconstruction and the amnesty and free labor ques
tions They are casting about for the ways and
means of surmounting the general prostration in
which the war left all manner of industry in the
State.
It is estimated there still remain in Texas, from
100,000 to 150,000 bales of the old crop of cotton.
On the whole, owing to various unfavorable circum
stances, it is thought thyt this year's crop will
not exceed fifty thousand bales.- It is also calcu
lated that there are within the State, accumulated
during the war, 5,000,000 pounds of wool.
The Herald's Waashington special has the follow
ing; The President has sufficiently recovered to re
sume his usual hours of labor.
In the Cabinet meeting yesterday ;a ratler long de
lay occurred in making the apointment of Judge
Marvin, as Provisional Governor of Florida, and the
publication of the provisional proclaksaaiio in re
lation to the matter has beendelayed, owing to the
imposibility of fixing the date of the secession of
Florida as, sbangely enough, the leading aathonties
differ, .eirly, or qaste a week.
The Timm' special says that' ,vi ce is iy re
ctved o* the repentance of many of the retie who
isited broad during the war; they apply to our
ihis(hrs ad Co0 alb for permid to take th th,
which 4 freelr given.
Democratic Ring Fence.
We call attention to'the following section
of an act, pa4sed February 7th, 1865, which
regulates the qualifications of parties seek
ing election to Territorial offices :
Sac. 4. No peron ihall be eligible to thi oBfee of
Delegate to Coogres, Member of the Council or
Uoume, of Representativr, or any Territorial oice,
asles Je has b4en a reident of the Territoiy for]
one year.
IT is believed ,Cfr the Government can
fund the debt whileh it may not be prepared
1te ! dae. 4 four and a alt per
I Io-Ow "I
game"-
COLO OuL.. he Ilver 5a
that pe~eim i bee isc~ ore fteen
niilea m that i I tateft ex
tenetsi areasof land, co 'ring 4sp #teat of
over thirteen hundred acres. As we are in
formed, is literally saturated with the crude
petroleum. One gentleman assures as that
the clay can be taken in the hand and the
oil wrung front it like a spone."
A note from Jim Stewart. Division Agent,
atSalpburSprings, dated July 9th, says:
"'The Indians are still on the road from Pine
Grove to Big Laramie, attacking trains and
running off stock. The last stage east was
attacked two miles west of North Platte
Ferry-three.horses were shot, but no lives
lost. One Indian was killed."-- Vedtte.
A FoRTNoGHrLY line of steamers is adver
tised soon to commence running between
Liverpool and New Orleans. Some Liverpool
firms also announce the early resumption of
business relations with New Orleans.
MR. ADAM KUNs's handsome train of seven
nule teams rolled out Montana-ward yes
terday, with freight for himself and a little
'or other parties in Virginia City. The
mules, wagons and whole outfit, generally,
looked prime.- Vedette.
* THE organization of the Methodist Church
South is completely destroyed. In Kentucky
and Missouri great numbers propose to join
the M. Episcopal Church.
IT is proposed that agricultural imple
ments, seeds, etc., be sold in Richmond under
the auspices of the New York American
Union Commission at reduced prices.
THE colored race in the two Carolinas are
in a sad plight, it is said. Their masters
will not employ them as hired laborers and
will not support them.
Mas. GEN. ROGER A. PRYOR comes up reg
ularly to our Commissary at Petersburg to
draw the rations designated for the poor of
that city.
A COMMIrrEE of ladies is forming in Paris
under management of Madame Laboulave,
to manufacture and export clothes for the
"liberated slaves of the United States."
As may be supposed, the track of the
great armies is non-productive and desolate.
The means of subsistence are wanting and
the people are in a destitute condition.
Is the explosion at Mobile, three hundred
men were killed and $10,000,000 .worth of
property destroyed.
LETTER LIST.
Letters remaining unclaimed in the Post Office, Vir
inia ('ity. Montana Territory. July 27th, 1865
To obtain these letters the applicant mist call for "ad
'ertised letters," give the data of this list, and pay two
cents fir advertising.
A
Austin ('has H Adams Henry Anderson Lewis J
Andrain P M Adams Robert Anderson Samuel
\shby I F Allinson Wm S Anderson M J
Ayars Geo W Ambrose W\V H
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JAMES GIBSON, P. M.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
DANCE & STUART,
Wallace Street, Virginia City, M. T.
Whole.ale and Retail Dealers Ia
Stapte and Fancy Groceries,
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, QUEENSWARE,
MTINTING- OOLjS,
FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
We have also a large and well selected stock of
Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Spurs, Sad
LERY-HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES,
SHOE FIIDINGS AND LEATHER,
Of all Description-.
Also a Choice Stock of
NOTIONS 'AND TOYS,
Childrt Iei M' Gabs,
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
All of which will he sold Cheap for Cash and Cash only.
Call and Ezamise our Stock.
3m-49
WESLEY JONES,
NTo, 7, Jaocksoxn Street.
VIRGINIA CITY, M. T.
Begs to informn the public that he has received an exten
sive and superior assortment of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
GLA'SS.
Z. ueens ware
OF ELEGANT DESIGNS,
IN SETS OR PIECEN.
Sliver-Plated
KNIVES AND FORKS,
Of approved patterns and elegant workmanship.
An inspectipn of our stock is respectfully requested.
49
Trustee's Sale of Valuable Personal and
Real Estate.
DY VIRTUE of a certain Deed of Trust to me executed
J by Henry C. Crowell and James C. Johnson, on the
13th day of September, 1864, and duly recorded in Book
B, of Deeds, Madison County Records, to secure the pay
ment of a certain promissory note of even date of sald
deed, calling for the amount of 22 oze. 4 dwts. 11 grains of
clean Alder Gulch Gold Dust, or its equivalent with inter
et at 10 per cent. per month. after maturity, and payable
in one hundred days after date, to Conrad Brieben or order.
And, wherea said Bripsben did, on the 24th of October,
1864. for a valuable consideration, assign said note and
Deed of Trust, to one J. L. Chandler, and which said
Deed of Trust and note was again assigned by J. L.
Chandler, for a valuable consideration, on the 7th day of
November, 1864, to Albert J. Stevens, who is now the
holder and owner thereot And whereas, the said Crowell
& Johnson, have failed to deliver the said amount of Gold
Dust according to the tefms of said note and Deedof Trust.
Now, therefore, by the virtue of the powers in me vested
by sad Deed qf Trust, and at the request of the holder
thereof I Win. Y. Lovell, Trustee, give notice that I will
on Monday the 28th day of August, 1865, at the frout door
of the Recorder's ollee of Madison County, Montana Ter
ritory, for Gold, sell to the highest bidder, at 10 o'clock, a.
m., of that day, all the right, title sad iaterest, of the said
Henry C. Crowell and James C. Johnson, in and to a cer
tain Billiard Table, with the Balls, Cues and other ap
pendages, belonging thereto, which smid Billiard Table is
now in the house known as the TremDt House, on Wal
lace street, in Virginia City; also that lot, or piece or
parcel of ground, situate in Virginia City, in the County
of Mdisem, .ad Terri of Montana, described a -
lows, t-wit: Iot number eight (8) in block number drty
(40) on the south side of Wallace street, in said Virginia
City, with the privileges and appurtenances thereto be
longing, to satiety the amount of said mste, now due, sad
all casts id ornincug costa. The title to sad property is
deemed to be good, but I hall only convey such title as is
vested in as Trustee o said Trust Desd.
July 28 WMT. WVEL, tueases.
'iROg the subriber, at Vlrgini City, last Wededay,
one irof salts, (yoked), one spoeled .ar the ethsr
red, or nry . Whoever wir ll h rm te some i se; a.
Virgink Ciy, shall ba meansearnswnee eR.
WP. 8ANDERS.
Virgin city, July seW , 16S1. Wgwt
_ -.... ....
Nse is bseb given, that te prtnrp rmrly
existig between T. G. Merrill sadA A. Ackerman,
Ia the Mwuendle butnee PrickL Per, Jeecame
xerr&, is diretw. AB gtfafettas te As of
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NEW QaS. 1865. NEW C
JOHN HOW,
JUST RECEIVED is the xiss kit Fi
*1aple and Jvancy
DRY GOODS
-ANbD-.
GQroo eries.
HARDWARE, QUEENSWAR
BOOTS AND SHOES,
T r4m Iarý,
SADDLES AND BRIDLEJ
LESAT,
Saddlery Hardware,
-AND-
Shoe Findings.
-ALSO
SCYTnES AID SNATHI,
GRAIN CRADLES,
HAY FORKS,
HOES AND PLOUGOS,
MINERIs TO g
WINDOW SLASS AND PUTTY,
Which we offer for ale at
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL
And to which we respectfully call the atati. o
Citizens of Montana.
Storage A' Commniasie,
Having built a Commodious Stone Warehouse, we a]
prepared to receive Merchandise and Prode, r sale a
Commission or on Storage, and respectfully so.,ett Coa
signments.
Store and Wareheoue cermer of Jack
son and Idaho Street., Virginia
City, 1W. T.
484f
HERRMANN, SCHlWAB & LOEB.
CONTENT'S BUILDING,
Ceorer of Jackson and Wallace ite
Virginia City. K. T.
HAVING purpbased their Goods iu the Fastesrn Mark
I on favorable terms, ard having freighted them
thnrough with their own teams, they will be able. so el l
oheap as any house in town, theirsplendid stock of
QUEENSWARE,
GROCERIES,
LIQUORS,
DRY (iOODS,
CLOTHING,
OCIUARS. ..
The Queensware is of excellent quality and suitable fA
Restaurants and Hotels, a well as for private hailim.
48-3m
For the States.
'T'HE Undersigned will leave Fort Bentoo for St. .o
T seph. Mo., with a fleetof fix Mackinaw BRnts, oi he
tl.th ofr A.Aus. t, .863.
The boats will be Sixty Feet long, and most substas
tially constructed. They will be sided with heavy plaak
and decked over so as to be perfectly bullet proof. PR
sengers will leave Helena City, by Mule train, on the lil
of August.
FARE :
From Helena, 0 - $30.a
From Fort Benton, $15.0
For further particulars enquire of
0. G. HOPKINS, Agent,
City Book Store, H.les.
48-.51 WILLIAM SPENCEB.
MONTANA TERRITORY, }
BEAVER HEAD COUNT'r,
In Probate Court of Beaver Head Ceauty, Memow
Territory.
Oecrge Chrisman
vs. Aetice ea Aesoee
W, C. Rheem,
Attaehmst Isatru
IT this day ppeag by a ait, duly mae d Sa
that the above dedeudast is a sena-resldet of Mets
Territory. Now,in pursuance of the law made an ptrtd.l
you, the sid W. C. Rheem, re hereby metied that elp
Chrisman has commeeced an action againmt you is n
sum of one hundred dollms, aad unless you be and s.p
pear before aid ourt, sad answer the complaiat as 1id
at the October Term, 1864, of said court, jndgmat will
be taken againt you bJ dedelt
(iven at BeasmekCiY this the 10th day of July, 180
lHOMAS J. IHOFORD.
48-3t Probae Judge
Dissolntlon of Partnership.
rTHE PARTMERSHIP hoeodre ex it d KEte
I vrlIuam L Co. ha been taed
coc.-st. The ' oo and papesare i the aeds d A
drew L. Kerr ml Joeatban Levy, who will resive
pay all debts. Neither party are priveged to s tse
ame of the trm except i liquidation. Beaasm Will be
coeadesed at Hles by? . B. Kercheval
JONATHAN LEVI,
B. C, POWELL,
r. B. KERCHEVAZ.
J THObS. . TOOTLE by his A't
J. B. BOYCE.
JOSEPH KR INET.
A. L KEBE.
shetamwfs Ne ssee et ale@.
A. L. TomrL.
ea.
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