THE MONTINA POST D. W - TIL T ON dz CO., RIGHOR WRON . TILTON & CO.,....... ................................. OUNT Y s AWAYS BE RIGHT; BUT, mY QOUNTRY, RIG.HT OR WRONG..7....... *0 er p i r7Sm sdvu Fublishers and Proprietors.a " . . .. . .. • VOL. 2-NO. 11.] CITY OF VIRGINIA, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY; NOVEMBER 4, 1865. WHOLE NO. 63. TIHE MONTANA POST. I). W. Tiliton & Co. D D W. TILTON. BEt. R. rrTmS, PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS. Office at the CitO Book Store. corner of Wallace r Jackason. aft Strects. Vir 'ioia City, MocI. Ter. pli T F'MS: o) cy. one ear . ..... . ca 4 0do. siX I Bih ....... ................. . 4 00 Bi do. three months, ...................... 2 50 be Rates of Advertising. C. Buinuess Car's. five lines or less. 3 month..... $ 00 d,,. do. do. 6 months .. ... 10 0( th dc,. do. do. 1 year,.... 15 00 - One square, ten lines or less. 1 insertion,.. .... 4 00 do d do. 2 do . ......... 600 do d,. 1 month . . 10 00 ,io. do do. do. .......... 13 00 .o. do do. 3 do . ........... 15 00 1d 3o. do. 6 do........... ..25 00 d. do. year, ..............300 c sqe, aCres ! !nso.tio... · do. o .. . ..................... O0 dc. 1 month ........................ 12 00 . . ....... . . ..... ........ 18 00 o. do. .......... ............. 40 00 year....... 65 00 0 'O .. ........... .. e' :h einn, 1 insertion .. 00 d.. do. 2 do. . . . . 00. do. 1 month.. ........... 00 do. 2 do....... 2500 S o. 6 d ..... 0 00 , d,. o. year, .. .. ............. . 10 00 : -t c n, 1 i. r .... . .. 0 00 1. d, ' o2 . .................... 15 00 do. month ...................... 20 ) . . do ................... 30 0 , ,. 3 d . ................... 00 do. 1 year. ..................80 00 Oe colm n. I insert;on, ..0 m,. 2 d,... ..... ............. 1P 0 S do. ....... .......... 36 do. 3 do....... 45 00 o. 6 do.... 65 0 r . .1o. I year ....................... 000 $.je hf co umni i i.erton................. 20 0 ,d i. mdo ............ ... o2500 do. I mn:i. .................... 35 00 do. do.. 3 do .. .................... 55 O0 do. do 6 d. 00........ ......... v r . .. 0115 00, LO,., do 1 vcor,. ...................... 3 r in r ,r ,n :insertion,....._................. d. do .......................... 40 0 do. 1 month................ ...... 5 d.. 2 do........................ 00 do. 3 do . .......... ............. 90 00 S . do. .......... .............. 140 O00 d ), . year . ............. ......... . . . 200 00 I.00C SL 0: loES.-(.Qne dollar per line for three lines or e, : .3 ,":'. ,or lire for ten lines or less: 50 cents per heItC or e'eve. nes or r nmore. ., :5 . i r nlIll a 'Fcrrst srlal 0tf~i cr4. C~orrr~r-- lL)~Y LIZ F, _41tY . C~'X~i~ crtrrwor-SlDSN! Yfli1 'i RON. Pani','' City, ý.e re'nr'rt-TI1OMl s Fi t t'Ix" MAE RE (%, ,1t' J 1.iie c-II . L . Vll't~t .4 r,"Cerrl- -. It. N I LS.Y LI Virginia. U. S. 'hýrshal-rO. M. 1'NNr'tB Apsis't ' S M Afrshal-.I. X. BE:DLER. SBarr~tter- C;·-,raTII; -\ D. A ,d,"or-JjIlt2 . LTT. I Trcasurer-J.Jtii J. IIULL. 1 QI,),serntesndet nf Pulbic Instructcion-T. J. Dss a'. LE. Aeat.wor--"C. '. I 'F!! T? Calergtnr I~lir.lrl Ri~renn"L--`:. P. L~tNOFORTý.. Cleric of the U. S. DtJ),eCt Cotrrt-L. H. lRISB:MUTH. Clerc of d J di.:ial District-C. F. IRV[NE. Slicer Bow. Clerk- if 3i -T. C. Jo-ES, Helena. Municipal Officers of Virgifia City. favor-P. e. i'FroI.Ts. Actin,. J. M. CAST ER. Police tI02'sZ ru't- T. W. Talliaferro Moar.skai-A\1illiam Deiss:e:^ Clerk-(Cha%. J. D). Curti-. AdtorneyJ-rl. H. Chiles. Treasurer-.Johnf RoecfcllOw. Assessor-Thomas i'earsofn. Assistant City Mlarshal-Jerry Lewis. County Officers of iMadison County. Cotunty CommiosnerflCs-Jthn Potter. Chairman J. E. McClurg. Fred. K. Hoot. Probate .Tua'se e--(. F. Strickland. Sheriff-Neii Hiowe. Deputy Shrritfs-H. L. Crawford, James Williams, 3. B. Caren. Treasssrer-H'TrT(- '. Car yle. R~ctrder-F. G. Heldt. Ceunty AOsscor-J. Armitete. RB SITE S CAUITDS, W.. . a.ander". .TTOiNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in Chancery, Virginia City Montana Tenrttory. 3-y" SA-t. WORD. J.s. G. SPRATT. & Sprat . STTOT'NEYS AT LAW, Virginia Qity, Montana STerritory. 'Will practice in all the Courts of Laid Territory. Special attention given to the Col lection of Cl'aim . ..l.ohn I1. Gilbert, ACSIST1\NT AXSESSOr U. S. INTERNAL RE t VENt f t th it Divisio, of the Collection Dis tict of Monana. emtbrailrtk Madison County. Office. fir.t door e~st of City Dr!ur Store3. Virginia City. rr- 7 15. 36 . . , . Frary,. UtRGICAL AND M1iECIhANICAL DENTIST. Of ic, p taire, in Pfouts & Russell's Stone Build ing. All dental operations performed in the best po- ib1l manner. Single teeth and complete setts inserted in the highest style of art. Ladies and gentlemen will find every arrangement for their con venience. John S. Leis, N. B. Hale. D. M. Giliett. Lewis, hale & o. J ELY MANL FACTURERS. Everv description Jo Jewelry made to order from the Native Gold. and rarrand I Particular attention paid to repairing Fire W't:ches. Aia, Engraving done to order. Si-a of the Gold \\-ater Jalasn Street. Virginia City, IM. . 1 February 5, 1 - 1-13 Assay Otffice. XT ALLACE STREET. one door below Nolan & Co.'s VV ank. Gold and Silver, and Ores or every descrip tion Assayed. I guarantee my assays, and 'ill pay an" difference which tmay arise between them and the: S. Mint. i. GILBrkRT. Assay Office. TP HE UNDERSIGNED arc now prepared to assay cor rertlv in small or large quantities the ores of Montana. Silvej, Gold. Copper, Lead, Antimony. or Bismuth. Office No. 2, of Content's Block, corner of Wallace and Jackson Streets, Virginia. W. Y. LOVELL, &CO. Justus Cooke, - ENERAI. AUCTIONEER. Particular attention giv G en to the sale of Live Stock and Real Estate. sales of Stocks of Goods in Store. Office at the Elephant Co_ ral. Viiia City, T. 46 A UCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Vir . ginia City, M. T., first door below Content's corner. Liberal advances made on Consignments Stock and Goods of all kinds disposed of by Public or Private Sale ·------------- - Jefferson iIouse, Corner of WaZlare and Van Burer Streets Virginia City. ,YW H. PILES, begs to inform the publc that be has . opened this house for boarders, and will wnreish meals to transient customers. e' table will be supplied with the best that the market afords. Specil attntion will be paid to the oomfort of his guetL. Good clean beds Ira B. Maupin, M. D. OFFICE Eagle Dug Store, Helens, T. .. 4-16' *E. M,..DILVIs M, 9* 01ICZ, amlas Btaset~, l i.. ts soaºw T utor7 O iey appoit" 'e titspy, DrugI .era. , _ P• : V. P. Moore,; " nHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Wallace st.Iwt. . d-eor met of Claytoa & Hale's Drg Store. HIdaho Hotel. Wallace Street, Virgini. City, M. T., J, mf. CASTN1ERr Proprietor. rTHIS Popular Hotel, which forms part of Castnir's 1 Building, has been enlarged and refitted in a style to meet the demands of the Public. Its larder i 'well sup affords. plied, and its tables furnished with the best the market The Idaho Dilltard lall. carried on by HULL & CASTNER, cyontains four First Clas Billiard Tables, where the lovers of the game can always be accommodated. The old friends of J. J. Hull and J.M. Castuer, can always find them at the Idaho. Those having Territorial funds to deposit, should call gt the Idaho, where the office of the Treasurer is situated. 12' .jILLE.1Y ,& J1ILL.IRD, r'IRGINIA CITY AND HELENA, M. T. DEALERS IN Coin, Gold Dust, Treasury Notes, a.d Foreign and Domestic Exchange. B. F. ALLENe, J. HI. MILLARD, Des Moines Iowa. Virginia City. M. T. 0, 4_-___"___.... Metropolitan Market, Wallace St., Virginia City, Montana Ter'y. SIIOUMAKER & CO., PROPRIETORS. -[.HIS MARKET has been fitted up regardless of expense. and will be supplied with Meats of all kinds. Poultry. Fish. Game, sausages, Head Cheese. Puddings of all ilo.e.riptioias, etc. Every article sild will be of the tie best quality obtainable in the country, and all orders of their customers will be promptly and punctually at tended to. 6-3m SHoflmer and Hauner, 'LAL'{ AGENTS. have established an asency for the t purcnase 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 sahe of Lodes in New York, Philadelphia and other Eastern ciies, and the other to ohtaininl the same in this coy. Arraugllllents wiil he madle ery in tlhe Sprin'. fir e .pre- -ug goods to the New York (Pttcc. and for procuring reliable assays at tlhe ,t!ice in this city. Otliee at the Po 5 tlice, and at S. T. Hlau.er & Co.' "Back. on WVallaee trreet. 14 .i 5ontaiat Billiard .;aloou . D.At4 LEISERi and George Williamns. Proprietors. i) ; Ililliard Table- furnished with all the moat approved ) apparatns required for the enjoyment of the game. Pure liquors a-nd choice cigars alweays on hand. Open from 7 oA. L., t, i. -.---,, Ko i-li ald steel T luriiinig. r I ACHIINI-FRY I:rpaired. Billiard Balls turned, &e. L Even-ry ,ve.,ription of Gun work perior:not l in gool srtle. As:s~nition of all kinds kept constantly on hand. I Pun ,tsr Lead. Caps. Navy and Drag-oInI Bslls Shut, and Carrnd oes. . aL'e.\ NDER KEMP. 6 Gun Shbp, VWallace t.. "Virginia City. Sccieuktal n;iia n litLau. SOCKFELLO & DENNEE' BUILDING. Jackson Street. Viir'inia City. The finest tables in town. The ba; supplied with the best of Liquors and Ctgars. 16" JJOHN II. MING. LADDI.ER & II.\NESS MAKER. Constantly on band :andnax.ult'acturil ifrom Wte best material, all styles of Saddles. Bridles. Single and Doubie Harness. ,r anyttling ca-e made in a first cla;' saddler shop. 1-26" Joe,-.ph .MZariho n, AY SCALTES STORE, Wallace Street. Virginia City. Comun.asiot Merchaut. Cash ndavanced on consign `ment-s. A general assortment of )Iiners' Outfittiug G-.old. Proviions. Vegetables, etc., etc. 15 D)r. A. L. J. -,tice. FFICE ON WALLACE STREET, next door to thu S City Drt:g Store e James N. WiHiam . FASIIIONABLE Hair Dressing and Shaving Saloon, Brid re Street. Helena. Montana Territory. 6-1b. Virginia Brewery. X E HAVE coi 'raatly on hand a large supply of LAGER BEER, C MALT, . HOPS, BREWERY FIXTU RES, BEER KEGS, ETC. {I All orders in our line of business will be promptly att-ended to. i WALLACE ST., VIRGINIA CITY, tThree doers above the Post OiTce.) MESSRS. CLARK & MITCHELL, B.g to thank the inhabitants of Virginia City, for their paut.u',.e and to infirm them that they are now ready to Suply and iili al' call, in the foliowi:owig Inc: Plauulactiuring and repairing all kinds of flrniture, turu ing, contracting for hbatidi.dng, counters, shelving, Building and Repairing Saw and Grist Mills, Setting En gines and Boilers, Quartz MTills, TWheat Fans. 'n For reference in the marhinerv departmnent. call on No td blo & Co., Indian rctreekl;. Spencer. !Harrison a Co., Gran ite Gulch. House & Co., South Meadow Creek..n.m he Austust 26th. 1.65. _ Hiý,igas, Trauds - Wallace Street, Virginia City, and Helena mI.. T. LIVERY AND SALE ST A BLE S - LEGANT vehicles, .and well trined horses for the Saddle, Buggy or Carriage. constantly on hand. A First Class Turn-out Guaranteed. TIIE VIIRG1NIA CORRAL IS IN CON NECTION WITII THIS ESTAB LISIIMENT. Denver .Meat .i7arket, Nevada City, - Mi. T. ALEXANDER METZEL AKES pleasure to announe 0 ttheublic, that hekeeps W the beset stoked Meat Market in Nevada City, where I there will always be found the best cuts of FRESH PORK BEEF, VEAL, MUTTON, LAMB, SAUSAGE $EAT, and SAUSAGES OF JALL KINDS. He also, eoes entautly Game, Fish and Fowlof I .su.. Tty him For a C3ood .A.rtiole Of HATS, tMINB' OOTS, wr., Go TO .I .i. IL L Le e Wa c ues aise, Virglinio ilty, se The qualy sod L lin of er1y artlPele gmatcd A ebdea lot of Cipau.for is. NEW GOODS. 18*5. NEW CGODS. - JOHN, HOW, si JTUST RECEIVED .is the Minouri River mad Fort s; J Benton, a largo Stock of Staple and Fancy c DRY GOOIDS, --AND- Qroceriess.1 HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, j BOOTS AND SHOES, T.nware, SADDLES AND BRIDLES, L LEATHER, o Saddlery Hardware, --AND - Shoe Findings. 1 -ALSO- SCYTHES AND SNATHS, GRAIN CRADLES, S HAY FORKS, HOES AND PLOUGHS, MINERS' TOOLS, WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTY, Which we offer for sale at WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, And to which we respectfully call the attention of the Citizens of Montana. .,Storage .~a .Conlmssion. Having built a Commodious Stone Warehouse, we are prepared to receive 3Merchandise and Produce, for sale on Comsmission or on Storage. and respectfully solicit Con sigtnnents. Store and Warehouse corner of Jack son and Idahbo Streets, Virginia cly ity, I. T. -48- * 48-60 J. OLIVER, Proprietor. WALLACE STREET, VIRGINIA CITY. ) READ, Pies and Crackers of the best quality, and in great variety, for sale by WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Choice -'A: . - XE--*i and of all kinds. THE FINEST BRANDS OF CIGARS ALWAYS ON CCNFECTIONERY TO ORDER. A commodious Saloon for the accommodation of gnests, and good music provided for their entertainment. 48-50* H. J. BR.iNDoIJNGER. F. F. STONE. ro H. J. BRENDLIN GER & 0.O. , DEBA.LERS IN e: TOBACCO, r' CIGARS, b PIPES, SNUFFS r' AND e F".A."CYP ,-OODS, Three Doors below Kiskadden's Stone Block, I Virginia Clty, .K. T. 3-3m* a HIGGINS TRAVIS & CO., c Wallace Street, Virginia City, and Helena, M. T. AUCTIONEERS AND COXmISSIONI STORAGE FOR GOODS. Liabelm dvances made on SCoTgne~tt. Stock and ¶ouod of ail kinds disposed of daily by P UDIC e. IUCTIO iv S Private Sale. S AIc A ohIgt - to 0Ai Sale of Qooda to~rBJL 4I0R~ Cor~~~ur ~ 1r Ft1amnit at Le pert to the MmUnlcipal* Ceouncil t Virginia City, N. T. To the Mayor ad Com sdlc of tr Cty of Vr ia: Gaz~mxttmt: In compliance with 7our request and with that of the majority of our citizens, I beg leave to submit to your consideration the following report concerning the expenditures of our city, be lieving, with you, the period of a settlenmet e nd s statement of the City Treasurer to be the happiest occasion for a report of the general condition of our finances. From the 1st day of March of the present year, to the 20th day of October, at which time the pree ent report is estimated, the Warrants issued by the Cit Government were for the following purposes, and of the subjoined aggregate amounts: Marshal and Police .......................- ...- $4,679 02 Rent of City Iall....... .............. 33600 Expenses of "Fourth of July" Celebration... 48 20 McMath and Lovell, for servid..- ........... 400 Charitable purposes. .....------------ ...... Fire Companies, (Baildipg and reparina, wag- 9 ons, etc.)..... .. ..... ---.....--- 316 25 Street De tment ............................ City Hall and Calaboose, furniture, stationery, fuel, lights. etc.......................... 6 13 Clerks and Judges of Flectioq......... . .- ý20000 Printing .... . ............. 85 00 "efunded for over pay of iceses ............. 0 Treasurer (salary) ............................. 251 04 Attorney -------------- 575 74 Clerk n . ............................ 575 41 Street Commissioner (salary) - - - 6...... ....629 41 Fire W arden ................... Engiueer. (survey of city. etc..)................ 800 Police Magistra.te............. - ............... 196 75 Total amount of Warrants issued... - -.- . $10,535 95 Amount of Warrants redeemed by Treasurer.. 9.359 02 Amout of outstanding debt .... - ...- $1177 93 This last amount. $1,177 93, is liable to be increased by $65 00, which is the amount of accounts allowed by your honorable body, and the warrants in for which have not yet been demanded. The above th estimate also includes the pay of our Police force, up to the 15th of this month, and all or the city offi cers to the l1t of the month, with the eiception of the City Clerk, whose salary has not been drawn since B. the 2d day of July; but which is retained to balance a deficit in the accounts of a former deputy, amount ing to $321 40. The salary now due the clerk will he over-pay this amount, leaving a small sum of his hi salary still unpaid. A few other small amounts, di amounting to not over $100 00, completes the amount of the indebtedness of the city. o Of the amount of unpaid Warrants, ($1,177 93) the larger portion is now in my hands, having been0 received by me in payment of licenses during the b present week ; as also a considerable amount of U. S. currency. Taking this into consideration, together c with the balance now remaining in the hands of the Treasurer in favor of the city, as shown byhis state- I ment, ws may fairly say that the city is now entirely free from debt. The office of Street Commission-r being abolished, $2,00o per annum is thud saved ; $1,000 ,- also saveil Lby your reduction of the salary of the City Clerk. The Police Department. alo clotribut'., by your wise and economical legislation, the sum of $475 00U per month, or $4,500 00 per annum, to this fund- making the actual saving of $7.500 00 per annum I to the citizens of this city. With this amount saved, two courses present them selves: A reduction of taxes, or an expenditure for the comfort, improvement and beauty of our city, either of which would contribute much to the satih faction of the citizens. If the present rate of taxation is continued, with the present economical government and the fast increasing busine:s of the city, in thi- course of an other year, a considerable fund will have accumula ted, which can be used towards making Virginia! City the neatest. most beautiful and most elegant, i as it is now the best regulated city, in Montana, and e the metropolis of our young Tanitory. The happy result of your constant labors of the past month will, I hope, render the government of the city acceptable and useful to all classes of citi zens, and gain for you, as you well deserve, their approbation for your earnest endeavors lately made in behalf of their individual and general welfare. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM If. CHILES, * i City Attorney. [From the ButTals Express.I tio0 Northern Pacific Railroad. reci in The New York Tribune, in a recent arti- day cle on the visit of English capitalists to this tIe country. remark"d : " any , Our Pacific Railroads '~ir peculiarly inviting to o moneyed men. It is th? purpose of tl.o Briti-l cot Government to open a path to the Pacific Ocean. em They must see that their Atlantic & Great Western, tra rich as it is now, will become far more valuable sai when hi freight trains are burdened with teas of co China and the spices of the occidental nations. England has long desired a road to the Pacific, and tal her engineers have, time and again, endeavored to an 'find a way through British America. The favorite pu scheme has been to continue the Grand Trunk Rail- th wny to Lake Superior, and thence by way of rivers de and lakes and branch roads to Puget $ound. The ti, difficulty with this plan lies in the climate. For six ti months in the year, the route would not be useful. or ACdorlingly, British enterprise will probably becom- c< polled reluctantly to abanmion the project of a British at railroad. If Sir Morton Peto and his friends have much money to spend, let them go to work and do n for British America, anD indeed for the British ti Empire, what its own engineers have failed to do." tl The Tribune then points out to the atten- d tion of these gentlemen the line proposed from Lake Superior to the Pacific, not through British territory, but skirting the British line, through Minnesota, Montana, 4 Idaho and Washington Territories. We desire to add something to the Tribune's suggestions, with a view to directing general attention to this Northern Pacific Railroad t" route. Its superior advantages over the Central route are made strikingly apparent . by a few facts and calculations. Making Chicago, at the head of Lake Michigan, and Du Luth, at the Western extremity of Lake Superior, the starting, points at the east of the respective rail roads, each place being about the same num ber of days' sail from Buffalo, the following FS results are arrived at. They prove the north ern route, beyond dispute, to be the one over which the teas, silks, gums and spices of the East will find their way to the Atlantic States and Western Europe: ... ..: SDu Luth, at the mouth of the.St. Louis river, which empties into the Fond du Lac of Lake Superior, is nearly in latitude 47 and in longitude 15 deg. 30 min. west from N Washington. A degree of longitude in that d latitude is 47 10-100ths statute miles long. (1 Chicago, at the head of Lake Michigan, is q in latitude 42 deg. and longitude 10t) deg. q and 40 min. west of Washington. A degree o of longitude in that latitude is 51 32-100ths statute miles long. The western termina tions of both the railroads, at San Francisco t and on Paget's Sound, are in longitude 45 5 deg. 30 min. west. Thin makes the distance, in a direct line, From Chicago to San Francico, miiles.......1,783 1 Nrom Fond Du Lae to Paget's Sound, m.mies...1,413 Derehce in favor ot the Northern route.... 370I A ship sailing from PuFget's sonad, in lat itude de. west, moves owl degrees of lon 4tole 48 2-100lths miles long, while one saiing from San Franoisco, in latitude 38 de ., moves on those ao 54 $2-100ths miles in enth. The number of degrees of lon I' hde frpm either of those poiat on our eloficatd t giv en nAlnt in Japsn say , altt's e I thn amore 1Southuu one. Blodgett's grea work on Climatology settles this question. This line of Winter temperature laid down by him, which passes near Food du Lac, pursues a northwesterly course, till it ap- E proaches the mountain ranges ; there it sud denly turns to the south and passes into ii New Mexico, where it crosses the mountains f and passes up on their western flanks, thus giving to the mountain regions between the Saskatchawan country and New Mexico, through which both the Northern and Central 1 Railroads must pass, a uniform winter cli mate of equal severity. When this Northern Pacific Railroad shall have been constructed, what wonderful changes will be wrought in the course of Commerce? For example: From Yeddo to Puget's Sound, distance 4,500 miles, which can bemadeby a load ed steamer in.................... 121 days. From Puget's Sound to Fond du Lac, by railroad, at 15 miles per hour.......... 4 3 Fond du Lac to Buffalo, by steamer....... 4 o Buffalo to New York, by railroad......... " 2 0 From Yeddo to New York........... 2lidays. 5 A few days will, of course, have to be 4 added for handling. 1 This city, New York and Boston are vastly more interested in the Northern Pacific rail s road than in any more southern one. As )5 an investment, it promises better results. 2 Passing, as it will, through Montana and - Idaho, it would at once find a local business. Really, is it not strange that its merits have been overlooked so long, and that public ts interest should be confined exclusively to ve the middle route ? Quartz Mining Law. B. it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the t Territory of Montana : o SECTION 1. That any person or persons that may hereafter discover any quartz lead, lode, or ledge. shall be entitled to onie claim thereon by right of discovery, and one claim each by pre-emption. 3 SECTION. 2. That in order to entitle any person ti or persons to record in the County Recorder's office d of the proper county any lead, lode or ledge, either h of gold or silver, or claims thereon, there shall first t be discovered on said lead, lode or ledge, a vein or f crevice of quartz ore with at least one well defined r wall. e SEC:TION 3. Claims on any lead, lode, or ledge, I either of gold or silver, hereafter discovered, shall consist of not more than two hundred feet along the lode, 1' ld or ledge, together with all dips, spurs and angi , emanating or diverging from said lead, lode or ledge, as also fifty feet on each side of the center of said lead, lode or ledge, for working pur po es; 'RVUDuED, that when two or more leads, lodes, or ledges, shall be.discovered within one hun dred feet of each other, either running parallel or crossing each other, the ground between such leads, lodes or ledges shall belong equally to the claimants of said leads, lodes, or ledges, without regard to the priority of discovery or pre-emption. SECTION 4. When any leads, lodes, or ledges, shall cro s each other, the quartz ore or mineral in the crevice or vein at the place of crossing, shall be I long to, and be.the property of, the claimant upon the lead, lode, or ledge, first discovered. . e SE-c;IO.N That before any record shall be made i under the provisionf of this Act, there sball be pIhced at each extremity of the discovery claim, a good and substantial stake, not less than five inches j in diameter, said stake to be firmly planted or sunk a p into the ground, extending two feet above ground; api that upon each stake there shall be placed, in legible Ire characters, the name of the lead, lode or ledge, and wit that of the discoveror or discoverors, the date of pla discovery, and the name of each pre-emptor or claim- un ant, and the directions or bearings, as near as may tio be, of his or her claims. Said stakes and the in- the scriptions thereon, to be replaced at least once in ciz twelve months, by the claimants on said lode, lead, ece or ledge, if torn down or otherwise destroyed. SECTION 6. Notice of the discovery or pre-emp tion, upon any lead, lode, or ledge, shall be filed for record in the County Recorder's office of the county GE in which the same may be situated, within fifteen Tl - days of the date of the discovery or pre-emption, and de s there shall, at the same time, be an oath taken before S ecorder, that the claimant or claimants are each and all of them bona fide residents of the Territory te o of Monana., and there shall be dep, sited in the Re- P1 i corder's office, either by the discove"ror or some pre- t emptor, a -pecim n of" the quartz ore or mineral ex- I i, tracted or taken from said lead, lode or ledge, which ' le said specimen ishall be plr.peily labeled by toe Kie- I ,f corder and p. eserved in his olice. S ECTi0N 7. That any person or persons who shall 0 Stake up or destroy, or cu the e to be done, o any of the said stlkes, or who -hall, in any wi-e, a te puposely deface or obliterate any part or portion of Il- the writing or inscriptions placed thereon, shall be rs deemed guilty of a mi-demean'r. and, upon couvic he tion thereof, before any court of competent juridic ix tion, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 1l. one thousand dollae, or by imprisonment in the 1a- county jail not more than ninety days, or by both ish such tine and imprisonment. ve SsECTIO' 8. That the amount of ground which I do . may be taken upon any lead, lode, or ledge, in adii ish tioll to the discovery claim, shall be limited one ." thousand feet along said lead, lode or ledge, in eacn ,,- direction from the discovery claim thereon. ei ! cSro-I 9. Claims taken up and recorded in pur suance with the provisions of this Act, shall entitle sot the person recording, to hold the same to the use of he himself, his heirs and assigns, ard conveyances of n, quartz claims shall hereafter require the same form Ye alities. and shall be subject to'the same rules of cop s truction, as the tr.ansfer and conveyance of real 3 estate. - ,,,, . : . .. .. nrvins to the passage of this Act, claims have been taken up and recorded in the Recorder's office, in the proper county, upon any actual or proper lead, lode or1 ledge of quartz ore or rineral, the owners or proper claimant of said respective claims, shall hold the same to the use of themselves, their heirs and a signs. SgCTroN 11. That the Act relating to the discov Sery of gold and silver quartz lode*, and the manner Sot their location, passed by the Idaho Legislature, and approved, February 4th, 18t64, and all other Acts or parts of Acts, inconsistent with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 12. 'This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. G)EO. DETWILER, Speaker of the House of Representatves. R. LIAWIRENCE, President of the Council. SIDNEY EDGER'TON, Governor. THE steamer New York, which arrived in SNew York on the 23d of September, in six t davse eleven hours and twenty minutes, (from Liverpool, we suppose), made the squickest passage on record, the Baltic's .quick trip being in six days and twenty ý one hours. Tnz Springfield (ass.) Ryepublican say the drought there is becomini almost fearful, and still the prayers for rain are not an swered. Hundreds of mills of all sorts, in all parts of New England, are entirely idle for want of water, and others are only run ning a part of the time. SA experiment in tea plants, which has lasted five years has been made in Georgia, and with complete success. The cultivator says his tea plants grow as well as in China, bear a crop at three years old, and last for twenty years. His farm i+ near Savannah. J Irnt since the late earthquake, the Sea' r Franeisco papers have been laboring to coa r ino their readers that shocks of that slue a £s the most inooeat thinp is the worl4, r tahesr pieais tiha otherwise. 4a uTas frog Oregon s that aont roimmense riin of jkr ,t fronm its biýti1u * TETEGHRAPHIC. New York, Oct. i1. The correspondent of the London Timem mys the Fenian agitation is still rife in Liverpool, and b spite of the special vigilance policy, drlls and mee ings for discssie are coaducted with compamatiw freedom. During the present week, numerous meat Ings have been held, attended not only by mn of the lower ranks, but by persons of considerable meas. At these meeting, resolations were adopted in p port of thq Feian object and organization, b money and physical aid, ifda ecr y. The questi of the purchase of vessels and the formation of as armament for pnvateeting purpose was discumed. The idm of wr'yi-l; o, *rimn commerce at aen ap peared to be keenly relished. A resolution to cmyr out an object of thi kind was pet andcarried with enthusiasm, and much violent language was r ed. As a proof, however, that the resolution was not mere froth, a call was made for subscriptions, and in a few minutee, nearly £200 were laid down. With the exception of the vaporing style of talk, which u might be expected on such an occason, the proceed ings wereorderly. Minutes of theprevior meetiang were read and memoranda of the above resoludons were made. . . ..,1 , It is feared, with regar to ta -oyaz ±ama Reserve, that the Fenian disaffection has spread among its members considerably. A strong feeling was entertained in the town, in favor of a vigorous and prompt canva's of both the volunteer and naval reserve forces, in order to discover the recreants. New York, Oct. 18. The United States Consul in the City of Maioo has been refused admittance to the Imperial palace, being informed that such a person was nmnowa there. Detrcit, Mich., Oct. 19. The Michigan Central Railroad freight depot, cor taining a large amount of freight, was destroyed by fire last night. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000, partially insured. Washington, Oct. 20. The Missouri delegate, sent from the Fenian con gress to Washington, with reference to the uncondi tionalrelease of John Mitchell, a prisoner at Fort Monroe, reports that he has been successful. An order for that purpose will be ineued. New York, Oct. 20S. A Washington dispatch to a Philadelphia paper says the counsel of Jeff. Davis has expressed a dmire that his client be accorded an immediate trial. The desire comes originally from Davis, who, it is said, has declared he lbs no fears for the issue; that therefore the Government would do him a great favor by arraigning him at the earliest possible mo ment. Owing to the recent favorable change in his every day life, mainly the work of the Preidaet, he has everything he could ask, save liberty itself and I the presence of his family. Nashville, ct. 20. The notorious guerrilla, Champ Ferguson, was hanged to-day. The execution was conducted pri vately. New York, Oct. 18. The Herald's Philadelphia correspondent says that among the measures which will occupy the Fenuan one to provide for the organization of the American members of the brotherhood into a military body, e ready to co-operate with the brethren across the water. water. The bonds of the Irish Republic will be imsed without delay. Oen. Ortega has been arrested in this city, at the instance of Colonel Allen, Mexican recruiting o.i cer, who has expended $7,000 in procuring recruits, which sum Ortega refuses to reimburse. Philadelphia, Oct. 19. At the Fenian Conventinn to-day, P. J. Wheelaa, a prominent Irish American journalist, made his appearance, having just returned from a tour through Ireland, during which he was intuiately connected with Irish Fenians, and informed himself of their plans. He reports the organisation as powerful, and under skillful leaders. The members of the conven tion present have been increased by del'gationl from the west. One from California was expected. Finan cial matters are being rapidly perfected, and sub scriptions to the loan will soon be commenced. Philadelphia, Oct. 20. At a session of the FeniaaCongrees on Wednesday, Gen. Sweeney was assigned a seat on the platform. The General was received with much enthusiasm, but declined making a speech, as the convention meant wurk. At the afternoon session, a resolution was adop ted. prohibiting delegates from teking notes of the proceedings. The members of the convention were - ordered to destroy any which had already been writ - ten, for fear they might be lost and give informa Stion to, the enemy. The report of the envoy of the brotherhood from abroad was received with the most enthusiastic dem I onstration, and a resolution was adopted, the mem bers of the convention riisag to their feet with one ' accord, pledging the fullest -upport to their friends i abroad. Sabroad. New York, Oct. 21. c Files of late West India papers furnish additional c- details of a terrific hurricane which swept over some oI of those Islands, on the 6th of last month. In ae Guadaloupe it was particuiarly revere. Hlouses were th lifted from the ground. torn to piecs, and blown in fragments to a considerable d.-tance, and the air :h filled with the flying debris. in one town the hos pi- pital was blown down, and all the inmates killed or ne wounded. Between two hundrel and three hundred cn persons have been killed, and the crops of the Island destroyed, there being scarcely a tree left standing. ar- It is believed that many vesels have been stranded e or sunk. Chicago, Oct. 20. of The packi6fg house of Favorite 1 Son was de im- stroyed by fire last night. Loss estimated at $100,000. *- Insured. _ _ _ _ ..... Letter from laemehori District. RA SHoRj. Gcu.&', Oct. 31st, 1865. ED. Post: Every quartz district has some one to sing its praises, and I do not see why Ramshobmn District should not be represented n the Pory ; so if you will kindly spare me a corner of your valua ble paper, I ehall be obliged by your inserting the following particulars of our leads : The quarts of Ramshorn i- all gold ore; so silver has yet been found. The fir.t lode discovered was the Ca'ifornia, in April, 1413 ; the Monitor was recorded one year later. This fine lode has been worked successfully, and has paid a large dividend. First, an arastra was employed; and then a twelve stamp mill; which last was working till stopped by the cold. The Relief, the Mormon Boy, the Eagle Bird, the Washoe, the Etna, the North Star, the Star of the West, the Henry Clay. the Christas sad the Longisy, are some of the numerous ledg in the District, and would average a five-foot crevie. The crevice of the latter is eighteen feet in width at foour i teen feet deep. There is no place in the Territory better fttd for working lode mines; for there is as much wood anm water as is desirable, and the quarts from the far e theet claim on any of the lodes named and many ' others, could be hauled to a good mill rite within half s mile of the shaft. Right in the center of the lode country i a mw mill, owned by Holter Co., which can turn out four thousmand feet of lumber per day of twety-four hours. 1, The ulch is about sixteen miles, due north, from 1- IVirinia City, and there is a good wagon road right in to it. Any quantity of quarts is to be found in le Rmslsorn ktract--the country is full of it. A mil and a half from the mill is the town of Bsgd.d. . inBivis's Gulch ; which, though small, is a good camp, the digi pying well since Hltbktr Co. brought n thir ditch, is July Iset. 1a mYi wi su as ounce to the man is beisg tikes out, i.3 messal s large nuggets over $100-one weighing over $10. i W an now discoveriesa take place, I wll writs 'or ____jows' ýýýlLSHOý" , Foxran-' train of thirty or more wasuq were preparing to roll o u rte bfrom ig morning te Montana. It is Iued** wish il and ta er thse boistmes of V and Hensa folu.- Veutii Ot 1TA. pfusr OEN isreported to writftes r u getlemaa IJ Pias admh aIrirutI.a matsaI, sad be ,