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THE MONTANA POST.
SNee..palpel-, Devoted to the 1ineral, Agricultural and Commercial Intereste of Montana Territory.
L.. 4. N(O. 11. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1867. WHOLE NO. 167.
The i[ontan a Post.
W. TILTON & CO., - - - - PUBLISHERS
TAr- 1. I.II, ,. -- EDITOR.
Sn t a . ,ward ntone. with charity for all.
n tie r cit. as 4;. gtives I to see
t t 'e' n fnish the work we are in. to bind
SNa n' iwunds. to care for him who shall
. .iattie. and fr.. his widow and orph.hn.
S n nav act e'ce .nd cherish a just and
. r .r-,lven and with adl N
'I lAN 4.1.YX.
, , 1;N F~*F TIIllS NUMBER.
.n a:n (ulirnli.ion : Not y.-t the
~ - 1 '-I" - t '."rniething Needed : Sui
* . .,- V\ t--" and Populdion ;
,. r-, :,;. Deer Lulgee and t;al
S. ic· Uera .
_ ! - ,s : Piepudiatihn Feared
,,Th Jsh Billings Papers
, f ;en. Ster!ing Price-A I'.iet
. - "rer.r A C'hap'tr of the HlIorrible.
S = I. :\ Ai4Auetedi and her Ravisher SkiH
*uI. ,;r,'e in the I . Q. Ar,y: lIHow
,. .. . ia-' hin.
r_. a- Report of the Graud Jury
. i. ." 'urtv : The I'ren, e t's hinnI
Sit" f : I'en and S,:eors; Fall
i .. 'h he "'I; \rr:n nta and lie'ena.
-- . t , I'la'. w th :,d l-'rieuds; Going
, . n.. Mbecc',:aneous.
- ,. 1h tiwo Arinien-A lrearnm
SI n Front Arretta: Death of a
S ..A: tree-s. F'rnm leer l.,..i*t : Mi
S \ . - .,. s; Helna l.cals: .euti
. I -, Virgin;a Letter List.
"ritE INDIAN' CO W.UMISSION.
i , .. y. l',cial Indian (',nn id
... :urned o ashington and
: ;.,. ( ,orate repotrt to the Secre
- Interior. dated October 7,
.\1'r :iving a history of the In
-'i' , ,n. in general. nearer. relre
S:. true state of affairs than any
la . -seen. and taking position
S- f tihe progressive development
..r wst and the obligation of
. rni-nt to protect its pioneers,
- a rlt-is ot reccmumendatiine.
::.l;.;:h tL 111 one proposition not
n.o, t the approval of the Secre
ii. i:i-\ves,. tirst, that the only
;:, tlhe g!reat Indian question is
.- r.-rvati,,n policy. Ile recom
: tiie creation of five Indian dis
-': i : tlrye resident sub-cominis
* -r-. having judicial authority to de
r.1 complanints between Indians,
azrn'- an r sutperintendents. These to
r the control ,t an established
i,, lure-au. UIpon them all peacea
S d;."-I,,e-l Indians must go at onre.
S.,::t:f. r ,tf the control of all those
S. t: i.,, rlt l. cation on reserva
r; :r " i.e" I:Ia(e to tthe WVar Depart
-.:. l tiet.l, a (deci-ive camnpiagn to be
:..a ::!illtiatiel-1v against those who are
and an agreement to go uion the
-, r\ i;i rn. l.e the only basis of a treaty.
S-, wl:, accept the reservations he
"- ,nlr', nirn kindness, the supply of nma
. . r industrial pursuits, and in
Sr- in 'hristianity, husbandry and
" i he " privilege of citizenship
'.':: ". lc,.i utlv civilized. This policy
. "l,.r.t:ically humrane and unobjection
l'ract ically, we have no faith in
I: h, iarier solution is the best. Let
:-, Indians take care of themselves. If
-". are peaceable, let them come and
-where they may. If they make war
•l n the: whites, subdue them as you
:, any hostile people and make no
;ta'i"s They are productive of more
:ry than good. and there is no neces
: for tihem. These fine spun ques
•i,-ns about Indian titles never help the
i.iann a Creat deal. Mr. Kinney strong
Y o,,ects to the recommendation of Gen.
anl.irn that the Bozeman route be
Sandoned. lie says:
b" he absandonment of the road necessarily
.ncludes the withdrawal of the troops from
nro.. Phil. Kearne1 and C. F. Smith. If the
tad is given up, it is to satisfy the imperious
:*mand. of hostile Indians. Added to this
M.anud is that for the withdrawal of the sol
::m from the country. My first objection is
a:Lt. in treating with hostile Indians, they
"-.r should be permitted to dictate terms of
*%ce. The road avoids the crossing of the
cuntains, which has to be done twice in go
•- to Virginia City via the Salt lake route,
sod is four hundred miles nearer. In addi
3ra to this advantage, the route is preferra
:-affording better gram and water, and
bare abundant fuel than the old route via
-at Lake City. * * *"
While the Powder river country is dear to
:L~. it is also inviting to the white man.
S,:r gra sing country is nowhere to be found.
" cul1r of gold is obtained isn all its streams
+d the formation of its rock bound moun
'da p}resents to the experienced eye of the
.tier urmlutakable evidence of rich mineral
0Pos ts. ''
Hle claims that the Sioux do not own
cr country about which they are now
'flnding and is decidedly friendly to
40 .rows.advocating a treaty with them
&-.ure their co operation in the mili
r nmovement against the Sioux. He
',.tse of the Sioux claims to the Pow
"er rv,.r country in this wise :
Thb~ country from the mouth of the Pow
civer up the stream to its source, along
th Black Hills and the Wind river mountains;
the headwaters of the Yellowstone, down
o the mouth of Twenty-Ave Yard reek; across
from the bheadwaters of the Muscleshell river
o4. to its mouth, and from the beadwaters
b the mouth of Dry creek, belongs to the
-oW by virtue of a treas made at t. Lars
-~i, October 17, 1861. Ti region includes
the three posts -Reno, Phil. Kearuey and C.
F. Smith-and about 200 miles of the Vir
ginia City road. The abandonment of this
road the Sioux demand, asserting the travel
thereon to be a justification of their going to
war with the whites. Coveting this fine con
try of the Crow Indians, the Sionx, with about
six warriors to their one, went to war and
overcame but never conquered them. The
Crows have never been driven from the coun
try, and to-day occupy a portion of it and
claim it all as their own. The superior num
ber of the Sioux enables them to move where
they please through this entire region, and for
two years they have been carrying on a war
agrainst the whites either living in or passing
across it.
In brief. they are fighting us for going into
a country in which they have obtained afoot
hold only in violation of a solemn t-eaty the
Government made with the Crows. They ar
tre-passers upon the Crow country, and are
without excuse in contesting the right of the
white to occupy it."
In the further discussion of the sub
ject. Mr. Kinney evidences a pretty thor
ough knowledge of Indian character,
and we believe knows better who is cul
pable for the "' gross wrongs " committed
against the Indians than he is free to
name in his report. 'rie same " gros
wrongs " would be committed on the res
ervations and the same difficulties en
sue. The ;,llowing is not far from the
opinion entertained by all intelligent
men in the west, and it is to be hoped
will meet with favorable consideration
by the government:
" Why these Indians have been permitted
openly to defy the Government and kill with
impunity our citizens and soldiers, without
any sufficient effort on the part of the War
Department to prevent them, that department
must answer. Their successes have embold
ened them, have added greatly to their num
ber and strength, have inspir-d them with con
fdence, have provided them with fine horses,
and rendered a comparatively weak party a
most formidable foe.
A peace dictated by Indians who are per
fectly aware that the terms are -uch as only a
defeated party would accept, and whose accep
tance they would construe to be an evidence
not of magnanimity but of weakness, would
only increase their contempt for the govern
ment, and would not last much longer than it
would require to write it. A wild Indian is
easily managed when you have taught him by
your power to fear you; but is as ungoverna
ble as the buffalo if he thinks you fear him.
Iaving yielded to his demand to withdraw
your troops and vacate the road, the govern
ment will next be asked to abandon the con
struction of the Union Pacific railroad, which
is now building across this same territory and
through the country claimed by them. The
government could not submit to this demand;
but having yielded to him once, he resorts to
war again, expecting to secure the same re
'ult. The workmen on the Pacific railroad
are murdered, and Western Nebraska, Dakota,
Colorado, Western Minnesota and Northern
Iowa are laid waste by these Indians and their
affiliated tribes. The government in trying to
be magnanimous haa taught them a bad les
son; and, at last, it takes years to end a strug
gle which at first could have been terminated
in a single season.
General Sanborn proposes a reservation. I
am in favor of the reservation system. These
Indians, however, will never consent to go up
on a reservation until, instead of allowing
them to dictate to you, the government places
it elf in a position to dictate to them. War
has begun. They have found it profitable,
and war will continue unless they are made to
feel and acknowledge the superior power of
the government. It may be smothered for a
short time, but it will break out again, and
there will be no permanent peace until they
are subdued. The road to peace will not be
found far from the road to war.
I object to abandoning the road, in the sec
ond place, because it is confidently believed
that the country it traverses is rich in miner
als. If so, it is the policy of the government
to extend every facility to emigration and
settlement. But, whether it does so or not,
the-hiatory of all mining regions proves that
the enterprise of the miners will make them
face any danger and overcome all obstacles,
and that the Indians are obliged to fall back
in every direction before the surging tide of
a mining population. The road would still
be travelled, and the Indians, with much rea
son, would assert that the Government had
violated its treaty, and war would be the cer
tai result.
In this connection I do not propose to dis
caus the causes which have led to our unhappy
indian affairs. That the Indiana have, in
many instances, been grosely wronged, all
must admit. What concerns the government
most, at this time, is, how are these troubles
to be adjusted ? In my opinion, with those
who are now at war with as, punishmen t is
the only remedy. The Indian can be govern
ed only through his fears.
NOT YET THE TIRE.
Notwithstanding the dispatches con
tain encouraging news from the (Gari
baldians, and their columns are preesing
the Papal troops toward Rome, we fear
the tide will tarn too strong against
them, and that the day of deliverance has
not yet come. The desire Is, not to in
vade the Pope's spiritual dominion, but
his temporal. The Italians love thpir
sunny land with all the fervor of their
passionate impulsive natures. Rome,
grandly associated with the history of
ages, and the proud mother of empires,
ruling the world from her seven hilled
throne by the yellow Tiber, linked in
tradition and on historic page with
names that all time shall re-echo with
admiring accents, is the great central
heart of Italy. With a limited mon
archical government, and two chambers
of representatives, an are of 118,000
square miles and a population of 54,000,
000 of people, they And the States of the
Church, with an area of 4,800 square
miles and over half a million people, un
der the absolute sovereignty of the Pope,
who holds his court in Imperial Rome,
in the heart of their country, sustained
by the bayonets of powers uniremldly to
the Italian people Victor Emsanuel,
hampered by the provisions of a rash
treaty, is bound to prevent the invasiom
of the Papal dominions by fore. of arms,
and Plus I, as the Sovereign of a is
dependent Government, may summon to
his aid the legions of the hated Emperor,
and lay waste their vine clad hills for
claiming their own. Italy and Rome
are one. Its people will never find rest
until the tri-color floats above the Vati
can, and all the States acknowledge it.
Yet like the Fenians, the Republicans
are frittering away their strength in im
pulsive and unpromising risings. Each
futile attempt binds the shackles closer,
discourages and stifles the spirit of the
would-be revolutionists, and renders suc
cess still more difficult. The Fenians
must bide their time until England, in
volved in other toils, loosens her grasp
on the Emerald Isle. Italy can scarce
depose Pius IX. until Napoleon, distract
ed by other complications, dare not float
the lilies of France to sustain the ban
ners ot the Pope. Freed from foreign
interposition, Italy would be at once
united, and, relieved from the entangle
ments of the September treaty, Victor
Emanuel would gladly aid his people in
the effort; but as it looks now the fires
of revolution will be quickly stamped
out to smoulder till another fitful breeze
fans them into flame.
TASTES DIFFER.
The De)mocrat, clothed in the saintly
garments of purity, drawing inspiration
from a source beyond our reachl; look
ing down from its tripod of exaltation
with sublime dignity upon our feeble
ness, launches a withering shaft from
its puissant bow and transfixes us to
earth. We are humbled.
The article which appeared in the Post of
last Tuesday Is NOT COPIED in this issue of the
Democrat. We would not desecrate our col
umns with such dirty, vile and indecent Bil
lingsgate. We hesitated a long time wheth
er the scribble should be noticed at all. We
will not now attempt to respond to so dirty a
piece, which wishes to be personal but which
is so low and undignified as to call for no fur
ther notice at our hands than merely to state
we belong to no one; we do not belong to the
Governor, nor did we ever receive the patron
age of his office. Some small quantity of
printing has been done in this office, while
the Post has done thousands of dollars worth,
and is now whining around the Secretary for
the public work to be done this winter. 8o
far as your low personalities are concerned,
Mr. Post, we will let a generous and honest
community judge between us, for we know
we cannot handle a tumble-bug without smell
ing badly.-[Democrat, Oct. 25.
It is gratifying that our shame has not
been paraded before the world in the
Demoerrt. Generous and discreet men
tor, our thanks. Your tropes are exqul
site; your similes the perfection of ver
bal beauty. Your experience has evi
dently been dearly purchased, and you
have profitted thereby. You "touch
not. taste not," and do not wish to "han
die." How the Democrat could belong
to the Governor if "it belonged to no
one," is not the question. It would be
unkind to call attention to the assertion
that it " never received the patronage of
the Goverror's office." and the succeed
ing admission that " a small quanti'yof
printing had been d,.ie in the Denl .crat
office." An oversight in the iuse of
words probably. The PosT has done
some printing for --- whom? For
the Volunteer Department, and without
expecting compensation from the U. S.
Government. If Secretary Tufts will
say the PosT ever "whined" for a dollar's
worth of patronage from him, you ,can
have the best broadcloth suit in town,
Captain, and the same proposition is
made on the Governor. Will you recip
rocate t
SOMtETHING EEDED.
We are not aware that any effort has
ever been made in this Territory to have
a law enacted prohibiting prize fighting.
Certain it is that no law except for a
breach of the peace now exists on the
statute books to prevent these most dis
gusting exhibitions. It being impossi
ble to have an enactment before the late
encounter, we have remained silent;
more than that, witnessed it; and with
a large majority of those who did, are of
the opinion that it is the duty of the
coming legislature to pass a law prohib
iting prize igbts in the Territory of
Montana. This last fight was not severe
enough to be the basis of any very
strong objections, so far as the punish.
ment of the .en is concerned. After
paying five dollars each for an opportu
nity to see two men, reputedly game
pugilists and heavy strikers, pummel
each other, those in attendance were diL
appointed in seeing half a dosen such
rounds as can be witnessed in the street
for nothing, and then stay three or four
hours to witness two men without shirts,
shivering with cold, and keeping out of
each other's way, until nightfall. All
prize fghts pander to the lowest pas
dions of mankind. Their eourage
meat has a tendency to deprave the
tastes of the people and vitiate their
morals. There is a law against duelling.
It is by odds the most respectable sad
least dangerou smasmesat of the two.
If prism fiting is ametlned., dulling
eshould be For the credit of the T .
oy; ia defereaes to the opinionl of the
-evlltd world; to prevent the emntiva
tion of depravity, and discounage brutdl
exhibitians, let us have a law against
prize fghting. Montana has had enongh
of it.
Iulelde 3I Q allaes Valley.
SEDITOR POST: A gentleman just Ih
from West Gallatin brings the horrid
intelligence of the suicide of Thomas A.
Wiley, residing there.
His partner, Mr. Leonard, was absent
daringthe day, and upon his return at
night found a note from Wiley, bidding
him an affectionate farewell, and stating
that he was " tired of living." Search
was made and the body found in the
root house with the throat cut from ear
to ear. A razor was found lying by his
side. bloody, and a gun hung by the trig
ger on the wall above him.
The coroner has just left to hold an
inquest, when we shall learn more par
ticulars. In haste, D. W.
Boamar City, Oct. L25, 1867.
(Mr. Wiley was one of the early pio
neers of Montana, having come here in
'63, and was one cf the earliest ranchers
in Gallatin Valley. He was a native of
Tennessee, and resided in Colorado
sometime prior to coming to Montana.
He was twice elected as County Commis
sioner of Gallatin county, and was uni
versally esteemed for his honesty, indus
try, intelligence and social virtues. HIav
ing no certain information as to the causes
leading to the rash and desperate deed by
which he ended his life, we believe it
will be found attributable to pecuniary
difficulties. He was involved in embar
rassing financial circumstances, and as
long ago as last winter was laboring un
de- considerable mental distress in con
sequence. This, to a morbidly sensitive
person, might develop into a preference
for the undisturbed quiet of the grave.
It is painful to contemplate a deed so vio
lent for a cause uo trifling; but it has
had its many precedents. Mr. Wiley
was unmarried.
VOTES AWD POPULATION.
An official abstract of the election re
turns of Colorado for 1867 shows that
Territory to be strongly Republican.
The Council is eight Republicans, four
Democrats, and one Independent Repub
lican. The House is fifteen Republicans,
ninqteen Democrats and two Indepen
dent Republicans. The total vote of
the Territory was 9,349, giving i
straight Republican majority of 412 and
counting the Independent Republican
vote, a majority of 876 o Dmor
racr.'d- as te.mais dto-4
year. The News, in publishing this
statement, takes the usual estimate of
frog Afve to seven ofa population to
ea4 voter and argues from it that the
population will not fall short of 46,745
to $5,443. If this was a reliable basis
for an estimate of population, Montana
might claim a population of 58,460 or
81,844 upon her 1867 vote of 11,692. It
will be found, however, that the ratio
of population to voters, upon which the
Colorado estimate is founded, will not
apply to new mining regions, where the
number of voters usually comprises
fully one-half of the entire population.
We doubt very much if Montana will
today exceed a population of 21 to
each vote polled at the general election
of 1867. Colorado is older and contains
a more settled population. The propor
tion would be somewhat larger, but the
ratio of five to one or seven to one which
applies to the States, is an excessive one
for any of the Territories. With a mi
gratory, floating population such as
ours, the only true method by which to
arrive at the number of inhabitants is
by a census.
THE IT UATION.
It may have been thought that im
peachment had no horrors for President
Johnson. In fact, his many violent ef
forts to defeat the expressed will of the
people in regard to reconstruction, and
the assumption of aathiqgiy not vested
in him, has s U it% belief. His
course since the late elections has disap
pnlated both parties, and is another of
the strange perversities of" my policy."
When a clear four hundred thousand
majority stared him in the face, he bid
dorance and obstinately battled against
tos measures Inaugurated by their rep
rseltatias. Now, that the elections
might be construed into an endorsal of
his course, and more consistently than
eer he might urge his policy in oppo
stidon to that of Congress, he subsides
i •o a silent aequieseence and permits
i.atters in the South to take their own
arsem. The only case assignable for
this is his ambition to be reelected Pres
i-sat. Whatever others may think,
Andrew Johnson expects he will be
ailed upon to All the Preeidential chair
for another term. The radical Union
pe-ty he eannot expect to support him.
The radical Democracy read him out,
before the reeat elections, and he rubs
them of his slate. His oly recoarse
-nw Is to frem a third, comservattve,
party, repdiating both extremes, and
-sagi their nmlnatbo The repudis.
ties and grembacbk resdmpaiom ery of
the etreemits will dislatesgrate a lare
lass of Democrats, who would not sup
pert a Republican nominee, but might
very readily support Johnson. Add to
this the weak-kneed Republicans and
those of the South who owe a debt of
gratitude to His Accidency. and his par
ty for the coming campaign is made up.
His impeachment and deposal would be
fatal to his ambitions, since the Democ
racy has withdrawn its support and he
is left to paddle his own canoe as best
he may. He therefore receives the re
sult of the elections with benign compo
sure, telegraphs a few "Thank God's "
to the Vallandighamers of Ohio, but fails
to supplant the Republicans in his Cabi
net with any of their faith, and makes
no interference with affairs in the South.
The latest movement on his behalt is
the report of the Southern gentlemen
that an immense insurrection is on the
eve of breaking out in the south; that
the negroes are armed, the whites dec
titute of the means of defense, and all
that is needed to spring the mine is the
impeachment of the President. With
this comes the recommendatiou that
more troops be sent into the South-an
unprecedented recommendation from
that quarter. WVe are not prepared to
contradict the existence of danger from
the negroes of the Southl,; but this report
suggests an incident of the past. In
1861, a rebellion began in the United
States. Troops, arms, ammunition and
the navy were required to suppress it.
They were not attainable. Certain exi
gencies had required the navy to be dis
persed to distant stations; the armories
and arsenals of the North had been emp
tied and their contents shipped South;
the regulars were on the plains and in
Texas, (where many of them afterwards
surrendered) and the capital of the na
-ion was imperilled. Several thousand
troops are now on the plains, and nearly
all the remainder in the South. Gov.
Swann, of Maryland, has 6,000 troops
largely composed of disbanded rebels,
supplied with rifles and two batteries of
artillery, purchased by the Governor
after Geunel (Grant refused to furnish'
them, t whispered that,
rat impeachmtj
P prrogue
t'isha t ogeher, the report of
Southern gentleman is not likely to drain
Washington City of troops just on the
eve of the assembling of Congress, or
the lessons of the past have been use
less. President Jonnson dreads impeach
ment, and the United States Congress
has demonstrated by its past course that
it does not desire to resort to that ex
tremity, if avoidable. The retention of
Grant as acting Secretary of War, a fail
ure to interfere with the Southern elec
tions, and the maintainance of his cabi
net without the radical changes rumored
as probable, are all so many overtures on
the part of the President to escape im
peachment. It remains to be seen
whether or not they will effect the action
of the House and Senate.
TRUSTING.
We trust when the Legislature assembles it
will at once organise, proceed to work as the
Organic Act and the laws of the Territory di
rect, and teach this factious, disorganasing
and lawless fanatical party that their advice
or counsel is not needed in the true legiela
tion of the country.--[Democrat.
With all its recklessly inappropriate
adjectives, we may assume that the
above amiable and gentlemanly admoni
tion is intended for the benefit of Re
pablicans in general and the PosT in
particular. The Democracy are in the
asendency, and the (hand) organ croaks
oat its notes of excommunicatlon;sgainst
all Republicans. It is sorely exercised
that rebel "advice and counel " is not
"meeded" in Congressional legislation,
but the shoe is on the other foot here.
The Democrat indirectly takes the posi
tion that the party in minority have no
rights which the majority are bound to
respect. It is simply absurd, and the
course it "trusts" will be taken is but
on' remove from the veriest despotism
ever arrogated by a tyrant. If this is
Democracy, the sooner we abandon our
experimental government the better
True, though it may be, that the mem
bers of the Legislature were elected by
Democrats, yet they represent all the
citisens of their respective districts, and
one is entitleu to as much consideration
as another in their legislation. If he
has rights to be respected, his " advice
and counsel" are entitled to considera.
tion. Not proposing at present to dis
oese the merits of the two parties, and
turning the Dem~nrat's vile epithets
loose to At where they belong, we give
fair warning that in the legislation of
Montana Republicans claim the rights
of citisens of this Territory, equal to
those of amy Denocrat however often he
may have proved his devotion by aban
domlng it, and that the "advice and coun
ise" of the Powt will be ofered whenever
we think it is needed, without waiting
any suggestions on the part of the
DOMM ULJ
WeUER LOBCE AND GALLATIWN.
The Independent seconds the appeal
for diverging mail routes from Virginia,
especially that which should penetrate
Deer Lodge, Jefferson and aissoula
counties. We again urge immediate
steps to secure the establishment of this
route, and the one through to Gallatin
valley. The distances, number of peo
pie dependent upon them for mail ser
vice, the disadvantages to which they
are now subject, and the importance of
the routes should be tully set forth in
the petitions. These should be printed
and left in places convenient to secure
the signatures of all interested, and
when completed, forwarded to Washing
ton. Our Delegate will want to do some
thing commendable on the start. This
is one of the most necessary and easily
accomplished of all the local measures to
be secured, and we are wiling to "hold
up his hands" by giving any assistance
in our power. The Independent makes
the following comments in regard to the
Walla Walla mail route, in addition to
which we can say that the paper mail
from Idaho and Washington Territories
via that route, generally comes a week
or more after papers of the same date
and locality reach here by the W~lUs,
Fargo line.
To illustrate the inequality of mail service
for this section, it is but necessary to look at
the increase of mail service on the Wal!a
Walls route, from weekly to semi-weekly,
when the only benefit of such increase is to
impoverish the government and fatten the
contractors to the tune of $23,000 per annum,
while our people are actually suffering from
the want of necessary mail facilities. This
amount expended in our county would take
the mail to the door of every citizen. There
are but two places in this county where our
patrons can receive their papers by mail,
while the people at Silver Bow, Butte city,
Beartown, Reynolds city, Georgetown,
Phillipsburg, and Henderson, Lincoln, Wash
ington and Jefferson gulches communicate
with the outside world by any means they
can.
MATCRED.-it is claiime by Vallan
digham that he has secured votes
enough to elect him to the Umited States
Senate in place of brave old Ben Wade.
Well, perhaps he has, but it he doeslot
find a match in Brownlow T e,
who willU silee his ttery,
S no vt ~ ured.
,*. iDr. Bellows, in an interestis
letter from Baden Baden to the L
Chris.ian, thus speaks of the supersti
tions of some of the frequenters of the
gaming tables:
'" The superstitious of the players are
a singular exhibition of the credulity of
those who have generally ceased to have
any faith in God or man. Nog-ovelling
worshipper of an imaginary toenail of
an imaginary saint ever exceeded in su
perstition the mass of the men and wo
men who sit at these gambling tables,
solemnly pricking holes in their card
gospel from which they read their gui
dance and through which they peep into
tlhe future fortunes which await them.
Victims to absurd mysticisms about
lucky cumbers and false inferencesfrom
the abused law of average they go reli
giously on, trusting in their stars and
tied to their dotage. One very pious
gambler who believes in our glorious
liturgy, but not preaching, hurries from
his Sunday prayers to try his luck at
Roulette, upon the 24 10 [chap. and
verse] of the text the minister announces!
Another turns his Bible to see what
psalm opens, or what page cuts, and
hastens to try his luck under such bless
ed guidance! Now it is the Nine which
the divinities of the gambler's table have
consecrated, and the next day Seven or
Twenty-three. If Maximilian is shot by
seven men on the nineteenth Jane, seven
and nineteen would be the secret talis
man of the firstgamester that heard the
news, if he were not warned by the fate
of the noble gambler in thrones who
staked his life and lost it upon the throw I
Were there thirty-onte words in Napo
leon's letter to M. Rouher, offer him
the diamond cros of the Of
Honor, it would be ground e lch e a
bareheaded Frenchman here, who carries
his velvet cap in his hand in rain and
shine, to play all day on that number
confident of coming out winner by 11
P. M., at which time the tables close
Failure to-day would do as little to cure
the fol2y of such a hope as the empty
results of ignorant and fanatical expect
ation do usually to correct superstitions.
It is not the fruit of superstition, but
the superstition itself which is precious !
Religion even in its falsest forms is more
disinterested than defamers of human
nature suspect. But enough of this
hateful but fascinating theme.
A FUNNY SCENE.-An anexpected ta
bleau was recently given at the New
York French Theater where Mrs. Lan
der is playing Elizabeth. The audience
had been in the habit of demanding a
repetition at the close of the tableau of
the drama, but the night in question it
was supposed the house had emptied It
self without the encore. It seems it had
not however, and the curtain rose sud
denly, discovering the Queen of .glagnd
restored to perfect health, sitting upon
her cushions and talking glibly with
Essex, who had survived his decapitt
tion, and was standing there very com
placently, with a cigar in his mouth,
and a cotton umbrella under his arm.
Burleigh, the venerable Prime Minister,
had removed his wig and, was drinking
a lass of lager beer, while Lady How
ar was walting with Sr Francis Drako,
to the regular p of her (historie) hea
band's cig. The house burst into a
At of laughter, and the curtain fell
again, to the amusement of the audiease
and the confusion of the actors.