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THE MONTANA POST'.
A- N'er-vpaper, Devoted to the Mineral, Agricnltural and Commercial Interests of Montana Territory.
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.r ti jul~lic nion e, tainting the Na
Slit. :,c,"1 irnI.*~ing imlmigration.
mo'ur at Deuiocratic Convtntion.
1 r. 0111-s oft the above, With the
in.. n., icr at nine:;v in ther ~iadct, is
Srtfrc -hiini. It cos' -the rii:v
1,1%'i0i the I enlocratic rebel
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:un i; tled eaims. : ling great material
r.jeat such na- ns-continental rail
Sy's. .:,Iri r an river imnprovement ::
1 .ning I .'i, ns of rations and
u.v o fte.t,: 'itle and shelter the
;i.titute anti suttering of tihe South.
S k : wll aIs ,laHcks. whose petitions
:"..i in upi,,:' the *. erniime t. "-Ex
:::nt w-te." IHlas not the cry of
1).·1 " - r: "." I .een loud and continuous
':u ti., pt:ties: p)pers and village
:t 2;, - :,l:,rs to every l.tnwiltcratic
'nl:I., er i. t o 'nretS, delltnClt!ing pay
:..,,t,.h.!f a a uch mr.ior. as the National
,". ;".r the slaves that tGod created
.ith liberty for a right, if the Declar
;:tion of Independendnce is true. And vet
"V!,nmutir and his "dear friends" of riot
.atorietny, prate of extravagance.
Si::nting the National -redit. ' The
ol:m)ination of ' endleton by the few
\\etern States caused a depreciation of
,r , ,curities albroad, an a sudden flow
t l aids to this country, fromn which
"i..v idid no,t recover until the platform
and nomination of the Republicans at
Siicag, sent them up several per cent.,
Schiange so marked and healthy that
Svn the, N. Y. Ir,rld noticed it with
avor. "Tainting the National credit."
\\ hen the La ('rosse )Denmcrat, 300,000
,i:,ies per week, the exponent of the
:.ma:se:- of I)emocrats and more read and
:iWd to than any DIemocratic paper in the
cuntrv. declares unqualifiedly for
wholesale I:tI'EI'DIATION. A nation gives
:,, ~rurity for payment but its pledged
::itih. That we have declared inviolable;
hat Democracy has already violated.
Impedinr immigration." Does it
xk like it. when a dozen keels a day
.r, grating on our shores, bearing 500,
1,09- sturdy toilers here every month
\ millions per year. The debt per
lih.adl is. in Britain. $135: in Holland,
'111: in the United States, less than
u7O. 1Olffering them homes and liberty
:',r !.v,*rly and serfdom; labor and re
ward for labo>r and exaction; man's
,.iuality fo' ·"-an's tyranny; is that to
' - cl: stuff as Seymour's for
S-' . flimsy, growling, sore
S ,.A. .le coagulating elements
a - New York. When it
• .."r: - '. sour.
M .: -h. i S. Senator from Flor
'lah .·riL.t szort term was originally
rori ' eý" .a, is a graduate, and was,
rs . P" F-''eor in the Universlty
at A ~:i,: s. a"i served as an officer
at t.- army Tr ,,u, hout the war.
TIEl OIVERLAND MAILS.
The Bill t, aimend section 4, of the
Act of the law of March 25th, 1864. which
huposes letter postage rates on all tran
sient printed mail matter conveyed be
twee-(n :Iho western boundary of Kansas
and the eastorn boundary of California,
came up in the House. June 19th. The
Senate had amended the bill to read
that the .-xtra I estage should cease Sept.
;~3, 1468. and the iques:ion was on its
r'ef r, uce to the ('oimlnittee on Post Of
fi,^e.; anid Post RJoadls. Quite a lengthy
debate e'uued, Mr. Cavanaugh leading
,il: ani Ie-.rrs. C'hi!c)tt, of Colorado.
C:ark, of Kansas. Ashley, of Nevada, anud
Bashtord oft Arizona, followed on the
uait. side. Mr. C'avanaugh made a
strong argument. presenting tihe facts
that it was a tax upon the intelligence
,of the people of the territories, and tLat
men in the mining regions could not be
conie suiscribers to eastern papers, like
those of other communities, because
from the nature of their avocation, they
wverr migratory, shifting continually
fron one field of industry to another.
lSpeaking of the character of the moun
tain nien, he -aid truthftully:
"And furthermore, let me state that gentle
men are mistaken as to the character of the
people who live in those Territories. We are
a reading people in the West. It is not the
fossilized remnants of civilization who go to
the West, but the yrung men with living blood
in their veins. It is the poor young men and
not the wealthy who go to the West; the
young, the middle aged, and old men of ener
gy and pluck from New England and the
Middl" s-tates ; and, sir, they go to reap for
tune in the development of the great resour
ces which God in his wisdom has hidden in our
mountai.-s, men who create and build up new
States, who found new Cotmmonwealths, who
add n;t ; stars to the national flag; who lay
broad andi deepl the foundations of civilization
in tie i:ithertu unlknown sections of the conti
nent ; ,tlm' :x' aud the rifle leal, the church
a.: ti ,,, .c .hookl-h,:,:- a foll.o .
N' wr. \r. ,,lp eakr, I ask the gentleman from
Illiu.,m wciy ti.e people of tlh; Territories I
h.::v,' in-l s~houll L, taxed. why this embar
-o, hmll II, l::iii ,on tuh ir intiliigence. why
the Derpartment :t Wa.-lington should die
crianinaite between the Rocky mountains and
Kian-ac. .Nebraska, (Iregon, and California.
Why lay this emab.argo upon the keystone!
which holds the arch of the nation together ?
Aye. this golden keystone; for almost every
mountain pas, gulch, and canyon is rich with
the precious metals, and he" teeming soil
yields bounteous harvests to repay the hus
bandlman for his industry."
Idr. C'hilcott dnoucid1 the u u ust dis
crmiination against the people of the
tl.rr.:ories, and the compulsory payment
( ! 96 cents per pound on mail nmatter,
W.. "!e the postage to foreign nations was
only one fourth that amount. Mr. Clarke
was in aver of the bill taking effect in
mediately, and thought that \Vells.Fargo
& Co. should not carry letters by their
express. to the exclusion of printed pos.
tal n:attcr. Mr. Ashley, of Nevada, said
that by September the distance between
the two approaching ends of the Central
road, would be only 700 or 800 miles, re.
quiring st1age transportation of mails.
WVeils, Fargo & Co. exacted 96 cents per
pound from California to Nevada, and
now put in the bid for carrying the mails
at $1 .;00,000, while anmothler party made a
bid as low as $335,000. lie presumed if
this bill passed. the increase of mail
watter would be principally newspapers
an1 l'priodicals, but the shortened time
of staging should make amends for the
increase of quantity. lie stated further
that owing to the peculiar phraseology
of the bill, persons living east of the line
of Oregon, were not affected by the old
l embargo. Although this is substantially
true, and probably would be so construed
by the courts, we can assure Mr. A. that
the people of Montana have been requir.
ed to pay the same excessive rates as
those of other territories. Mr. Bashford
concurred in the views of the others.
and all hoped the Senate amendment to
section 4 would pass. Mr. Farnsworth
explained that the contract with Welils,
Fargo & Co. expired September 30; the
bids for the letter mails were already in,
and the recent high bid of Wells, Fargo
& Co. was in anticipation of the heavy
increase of printed matter which they
would be required to carry under the
passage of this act, while the others
were made with reference to the con,
tinuance of section 4. The question was
now whether the House was willing to
add $900,000 to the expenses of the De
partment. The vote was then taken on
the motion to refer, and lost. The House
concuried in the Senate amendment,
and the letter postage rates on printed
matter ceases Sept. 30. From a careNhl
reading of the debate na the Glebe, we
think all the Delegates failed to reach
the root of the evil. It Wells, FPrgo &
Co. comply with the terms of their con
tract, it is certainly a matter that the
people will not tpke exception to. if, in
addition they carry express letters at
eight times the goverament rates. That
is simply a question between, them and
the party sending the letter. The evil
n tin the contract. As it now stands,
and has stood for years, the Company
is only required to carry ix hundred
pounds of mail matter eaeh trip, which
in many instances they exceed. Several
large rocnms at St. Joe were two years
i ago, filled with valuable publications,
by this process, and never forwarded.
The Company is also delivering the mails
north of Salt Lake in half the time, and
doing service nearly doubly as often as
required by contract. The remission of
rates will have but little effect, unless
the Dlpartmient requires the transporta
tion of tdl mail matter. We have long
felt assured that the Overland Mail Com
pany was not only complying with the
terms of their contract, but, so far as
Montana is concerned, doing far more
than it required, andt in anticipation
of the amendment taking effect, and
WVells, Fargo & Co. continuing as com
tractors, as would appear from the dec
lara:ion; of Mr. Farnsworth, we hope to
see the terms such that we may not see
the desires of the RWest for intelligence
limited to so many pounds avoir
dupois,previously decided upon by Post,
masters and contractors. When people
pay their board bills promptly, they do
not relish being put on half rations with
out just cause.
IN COUNCIL.
Horatio Seyvmur is permanent Chair
man of the Democratic National Con
vention ; Belmont has the lobbies pack.
ed with anti-Pendletonians; the third of
the Murphy resolutions declare the
bonds shall be paid in strict accordance
with the terms, and the first recognizes
"the extinction of slavery,"and "the her
isy of secession." The War Democrats
and the bond'holders are ahead so far,
and if a majority of the Convention favor
the platform, Pendleton is a "dead
duck."
The 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th Re
solutions of the Chicago Convention,
and the 3d, 6th and 8th of the proposed.
New York Platform, are almost identl~
cal in their objects:-the strict fulfil
ment of the National obligations; econ
omy of government expenditures, fund
ing of the National debt, equalization of
taxes, restoration of civil government,
and a recognition of the rights of nature
alized citizens. There is some difference
as to the causes that render r 'tor
necessary, and the Democracy return
thanks to Andrew Johnson for nursing
and declaring pardon for those whom he
once vowed "'should take back seats in
the work of reconstruction;" whom he
exempted, to the number of .40,000,
from the privileges of citizens whom he
declared, so late as his last Annual Mes.
sage, should be punished, but whom he
restored to all rights, privileges and pre.
rogatives of citizens before he got drunk
on the 4th of July. The proclamation
was issued early in the day. Mr. Chase
also had a cracker of comfort to sooth
him. The platform, a synopeis of which
is telegraphed, is doubtless the most di"
plomatically arranged system of catch
words the Democracy will be able to
framu ; anud s:ill, as compared with the
recorded expressions and doctrines of
the leaders and organs of the party, it
is more vulnerable than the heel of
Achilles, and as racketty as a Five Point
Tenement house. It very clearly chal.
lenges the mass of the party to a fight,
and we anticipate the Pendletonians
will take up the gage, as it will afford
them a test of strength before voting on
candidates. The internal convulsions of
'the Democratic party have commenced,
and the bulletins announcing the con,
dition or collapse of the patient will be
looked for with the liveliest interest by
the "friends of the family." The Demo.
cracy had not a principal they could call
their own, for the last six months, and
they are anxiously anticipating the man.
ufacture of a few of the "eternal" kind.
by the assembled wisdom, weakness,
variagated post bellumn patriots, and
would-be government papsauckers at
Tammany Hall. It is the tempest in
real life; Grant in the role of Prospero,
the Genius of Liberty as Ariel, and the
democracy oat at sea in a fated craft.
The storm begins toaday. Speed thee,
Ariel, the Sycorax of Rebellion is dead.
but modern democracy is her litter,-
Caliban. Your mission is "comfes.io is
their counsels."
Are You Ulgurats, or T'lre. ereseu
The PosT oberv "the hmach road, ift eit,
wuL1d be copuarativ n othiag to as; a
brIach liae, .veyta.. Now smch a s.
gestioa this is sQpei.ial and has no age
seat in in it watvr. It mak no ditalreo
bI what same the li.ae trts Monta.ma is
v banla. s Noires M e Mseotim with
both ti Atlai sat paciac. It will be
"msat temak liue tfrom Omaa to P
-te dliss eof Mosetaa an take the be.lme
oad and go ther to New York, Lea ma
dciso or Poek.-[DreMo rt.
The above sttles the ster, esmnl,
sively, that the De dtses labods mea
der a staasgly absurd hasllsnaa es
is peposly endeaverisag to ded" tb.
people'eo the ralsoed qassti.. Ita
aot e that ter all the Damm~ st his
aid o the subject of a batd vesd r
is wholly ignorsat of the peoposedu mete
sd t realm E ftat ti e;yet, it slre,
these are mis-s'tatemesat that so respea
table journal would wilfully make. The
Branch Road to Montana is only intend
ed to run from Soda Springs or vicinity
into the Jefferson or Madison valleys.
The Portland branch leaves the Central
Road at another point and passes down
Snake river. The two branch roads di
verge from the point of starting, and the
Montana Branch as reported is a line
due north nearly 500 miles.with no other
connection. After traveling over the
5100 miles, we would be as far from the
great Atlantic cities as we would be in
Helena, by the Northern road. The
question was put to Mr. t'hilip Ritz in
Washington, by the Directors of the
Central, why the people of Walla Walla
would not prefer the immediate Branch
to the prospective Northern main line.
"One reason," said he, "is that after we
had traveled or shipped our goods one
thousand mile. by your proposed Branch
we would still be as far from Chicago as
we were at home." The logic was ap
parent, and it is to any one, except the
Dcmocrat. We would not object to the
name, but it does not "secure us con
nection," except by hundreds of miles
of a circumbendibus, and the assertion
that the Central proposes to construct a
road here that will be "a main trunk
line from Omaha to Portland" is simply
untrue. We refer to the Reports of
Chief-Engineer Dodge on the subject.
rthe intent of it is to crush the Northern
road in its incipiency, withdrawing the
aliment, and prematurely strangle the
greatest project ever conceived for Mon
tana. We hold that who encourages
the Branch Road is an enemy to the
Territory. Such is our honest and de
liberate conviction, and so we shall
speak.
THE ALLI.S.
Under the circumstances, IlDemocracy
ought to feel proud of their military
allies at New York and the military
proud of their associates. A Conserv
ative Soldier's ('onvention called by a
do'en men discha'rged or resigning
early in the war; others dubbing them
selves with immense titles they never
received from the government, and a
few soured failures, marshalling the
motley crew of suttlers, bummers,
bounty jumpers and perhaps a few good
but misguided soldiers, in league with
a party whose papers and stumpers
have denounced them with all the blas
phemy and billingate their vocabu
lary contained. Franklin forChairman:
He had a corps before Fredricksburglh.
He sacrificed two thousand men in an
hour by an act of criminal stupidity
that should have cashiered him. IIe
lost the battle by it, after it was won
(enls. Meade, Burnside and Robert E.
Lee know this. He was relieved in dis
grace and turned up to save the
Union by making pretty speeches
"full of sound and tury signifying
nothing." Henry Clay Dean should
make them a speech. He said of a crip
pled Union soldier a few days since it
Ottamna, Iowa, "these one-armed sol
diers, who are thrust under our noses
as objects of Charity, are fit carcasses
for the gallows." It tallies nicely with
the high toned proposition to pay them
in gold. Brick Pomeroy, should make
another speech to them calling them
"thieves" "cut-throats," "booty bri
gands" and a few other of his choice
pet names, and then-they would prob
ably have enough of Democracy. Still,
birds of a feather
mlADIMON COUNTY.
The Democracy of Madison have
made their selections. Mr. Russell, is
nominated as colleague with Mr. Davis
In the Council and we incline to the
opinion, if elected he would "run in a
crowd by himself" as Mr. Davis did on a
mjority of the bills last session. Mr.
Sam Word, the most talented member
and best debater of the House last
winter, is thrown overboard as also Mr.
Frank Patton, who although not a
Sait speaker, was one of their shrewd
est nandciers, and that which is a scarce
commodity in any party-a comscean
tious politician. Mr. Dosegan has been
a member of the House before, and his
nomination is a concession to the Irish
elepent which the McCulloch combina.
tioms from out last year, to their sorrow.
If a Democrat if to be elected in Madison
county, we hops It will be Mr. Donegan.
unet, plain spokme, bat honest, his
west fbult is in adheming to a party
for the same, wh>t retains nose of the
p-iaples that ores msade it worthy of
amars. The Tiemseer and Comis
ismrs rae pWt Ismbmests. We
mmiMs.r the sickts whole, a we.k
es., sd4f the spolte s. exers them.
Wslin Maison eosunty man -lest the
fa ete thieas by over swe hundred
majority. They have she mataeial, the
eeragy, and the votes. -Use them.
PrE .EMWTIONr Or LOE S.
It is well known that under the earlier
instructions of Commissioner Wilson.
regarding the pre-emption of quartz
leads under the Mining Laws of July,
1866, the officers of local Land Offices
were aware that a conflict existed be
tween the intent of the law regulating
the number of feet that might be pre
empted and the Commissioner's expo
sition of it, and their duty in making
entries under the law that would not
lead to litigation was not clear. A let
ter recently published in the POST sta
ted that the Commissioner had recon
sidered his instructions, and on more
thorough knowledge of the facts of the
case, had determined to revoke the for
mer instructions and issue others in
conformity to the intent of the law.
The following letter to the Land Officers
of Colorado, called forth by the diversi
ties of opinion regarding the privileges
of pre-emptors, places matters on a
square basis, and to use the words of
one of the Registers. " they can now
begin to see daylight." We yield a
goodly portion of our space to this let
ter. which is of import to all who de
sign securing titles to their Mineral
Lands from the United States :
DEPARlTMcrT O TH3 IlNTRIOR,
(GnaERL LIAD Orvric, June 13, 1868.
Rerister and Receiver United States Land OfJce,
Desr,. Coloredo TerriCtrg :
OGay.awaa :-The Hon. 0. M. Chilcott,
from Colorado, has called the attention of
this office to controversies existing in some
of the mining districts, arising, it is said,
from differences of opinion in relation to the
proper construction of the mining act of
July 26, 1866; some persons contending, it
appears, that since its passage, a company
formed merely for mining purposes and loca
ting claims, can take 3,000 feet on the vein,
although such company or association may
be composed of less than fourteen individ
uals.
As the question may come before you in
your official capacity, or on application from
persons desiring information, the construc
tion placed upon the last proviso of the
fourth section of the act, b7 the General
Land Office, is now communicated for the
benefit of all concerned. The manner of
making locations and the number of feet
that can be taken on the same vein or lode,
by an individual or an association, depends !
upon the rules and customs of miners of the
respective districts, the act of July 26, 1866,
in no respect superceding or modifying those
customs except where they authorize the lo
-a_ -- . mui *..t nu theae
lode by any one person, or more thnn 3,
feet by any association of persons. In such
cases the statute restricts and reduces loca
tions made since July 26, 1866, to the above
named quantities respectively, as the maxi
mum in each case, and this is the only differ
ence existing between the local mining regu
lations and the controlling act of Congress.
An individual cannot since the date of the
act locate more than 200 feet on the same
lode, nor an association more than 3,000 feet,
no matter how many persons may be associa
ted together, or what the local customs may
prescribe.
Whether a company or association can take
as much as 3,000 feet, depends upon the
mining regulations of the particular district,
and the number of persons associated in such
company. Individuals cannot by forming
themselves into companies locate a greater
number of feet to each person than can be
done by each acting separately.
They may locate as a company, or an asso
ciation, at the rate of two hundred feet to
each individual embraced in it, with an addi
tional two hundred to the discoverer, if the
local custcm± permit that much to be taken,
until 3,000 feet are located, after which no
additional quantity can be claimed on the
same lode by the same company, whatever
may be the number of its members.
In districts where the mining regulations
limit locations to less than two hundred feet
to each individual, or less than 3,800 teet to
any association of persons, claimants will be
restricted accordingly, such regulations re
maining in full force, being unaffected by the
act of Congress.
These remarks apply wholly to original lo
cations, made in pursuance of the rules and
regulations of miners in the several mining
districts. They have no application to
claims in the hands of purchasers, and it is
not to be understood, from what has been
above stated, that a mining claim of 3,000
feet may not be owned and controlled by an
association of less than fourteen persons,
where possession is obtained by bona fide par
chases for valuable consideration, or partly
by purchase and partly by location, there be
inl nothing in the act of July 26, 1884, to
prevent an asociation composed of any num
ber of individuals, from holding such claias,
and upon proper application and proof, ob
taining a patent therefor.
When the mining act was first pased it was
thought that among the great variety of lo
cal rules and customs, existing in a thousand
remote mining districts, and known to as only
as they come here in actual caaes, there were
probaly some authorising the location of
large claims, amounting to 3,000 feet or
more, by companies or associations, in con
ideration of the construction of improve
ments enhancing the value of large numbers
of claims, as the building of a tunnel to
drain the mieas of a certain lode, or system of
lodes, or the erection of any other improve
meats, seuring a common object and promo
rig a commea interest,
As sckh companies would not have been
formed for the purpose of locating claims,
and the privilege of doing ao, if conferred
upon them at all, would have been in the na
tare of a reward for having promoted the
general welfare of a eartaia distriot by the
zpemdtaen of ~ t sad labor in works of
impmvemeut hnluial to all, the right of
akrab euck ideation to the extent of 3,000
fee in pusmaner of suc apposed slain`
reg latot, wai believed to be indepeeat ot
he qaustion of the sise of the company, and
that. Sing g adwred the service it was enti
tied to mke the location, whether it was
eempeed of a greater or les number of meI
bLrs.
If the .gulations of aay district embraced
provisles of tbftr eeameariag upon
sw ompamP hbOg or at foe eses sm
as=l r beesn eu the righted locating
3,0q Sets o a ls.., or ea r oe* ofo a
sa oer of lodes, bs ttd by s impro. ve
mta , iis n.l _ 0. ved she. t ere would be
a betwaae s and the act
of dlyk 198 as wroul d ptlhe of
.orha tib Istes m e iaion. tý br
It be that no such regulations exist,
but as the customs of miners scattered through
the numerous mining camps of the western
States and Territories are not to be found in
any compilation, many of them never having
been reduced to print, it is not surprising that
misapprehension may have occurred in that
respect.
As to associations or companies formed for
the purpose of locating claims, however, it
I is very evident that they are subject to the
limitations found in the provisos in the
fourth section of the act; and that the re
striction of 200 feet to each locator, cannot
be evaded by forming an association.
Very reepectrully, your ob't serv't,
Jos. WILSON, Commissioner.
PBREIBYTERIAN.
The fol'owing figures show the respec
I tire and united strength of the Old and
New School Presbyterians, whose Gen
eral Assemblies in Albany and IIarris
burg, recently °agreed upon a basis of
Union :
In 1867 the Old School numbered 35
i Synodn, 176 Presbyteries, 2,302 ministers,
2,622 churches, 246,350 communicants,
and 195,023 adults and children connect
ed with its Sunday schools. The New
School in the same year had 23 Synods,
109 Presbyteries, 1,870 ministers, 1.150
churches, 161,539 communicants, and
163,292 persons connected with its Sun
day schools.
The united numerical strength of the
two bodies is as follows:
Synods ................................. :8
Presbyteries .......................... 285
Miisters............................... ........ 4,182
Churches................ ............................. 4,182
Communicants .............................. ....... 407,88
Sabbath school attendants ..................... 35,2t;i.
During the war the Old and New
Schools South coalesced, but separated
themselves from the church North. This
and the other branches of the Presby
terian church still without the pale of
union, are in strength as lollows, the re
turns, however, being incomplete:
Denominations. Churches. Min's. Commnni'ts.
United Presbyterian 717 342 3.4 )
Pres. Ch, (the South
ern church)......... )29 1290 6. 52P
Cumberland Preby. 1 150 1J,000
Associate Reformed
Presbyterian........ iGJ
Reformed Presbyte
rian.................... 1:21 1 .334
'A'otal....... ........ 1 3104 '71,:71
A Scarp Controversy.
Oommissioner,Rollin'd letter of resignation
in which he sharply criticised Andrew John
son, has been returned to him with the follow
ing endorsement :
"The within communication, just handed
to me, althou;h bearing date of the 8t t.tst..
;._ 1,~t-ruai ania incorrect in i sate
ments and unjust and disrespectful to the
President. It is therefore returned to Mr.
Rollins.
HuGH MCCULLOCH. Sec'y.
Thursday evening, June 11th, 1868.
The Commissioner has again returned the
letter to Mr. McCulloch with the following
second endorsement :
"Unless the Honorable Secretary shall point
out wherein the endorsed communication is
either 'partial and incorrect in its statement
on unjust and disrespectful to the President,'I
must consider its return to me as unjustifiable
and the reasons therefore other than those as
signed."
Rollins teems to be ahead thus far.
The New York Tribune gives the fol
lowing as the bids opened in WVashing
ton last week, for carrying the overland
mails :
From the terminus of the Union Pa
cific Railroad to Virginia City, Nevada:
Wells, Fargo & Co ......... .... $1,314,00
Jno. Alleman .................... 460,000
C. A. Cook ...................... 390,000
C. M. McLaughlin ............... 350,000
Carlton Speids .................... 335,000
From Cheyenne to Denver City :
C. A Cook .........................S20,000
Wells, Fargo & Co .................. 17,000
Carlton Speids ..................... 15,000
H. Wheeler ......................... 13,000
H. Johnson ....................... 9,775
From Cayote, Union Pacific Railway,
Eastern Division. to Denver:
Wells, Fargo & Co ...............$84,000
C. A. Cook........................ 79,000
C. Speids ........... ............. 49,000
HI. Wheeler ........................ 45,000
II. B. Hawks ..................... 24,000
POLITICAL.
Some seventy-five Democrato came
in a body to the Republican caucus in
Auburn, Me., the other night, announs
cing their intention to vote and work
with the party henceforth.
Gen. John A. Logan, Gen. Carl Schurs
*Gen. Palmer, the Republican candidate
for Governor of Illinois, Senator Pom
eroy of Kansas, and Fred Hassaruek of
Ohio, are to stump Iowa.
The new constitution of Florida is
said to have modeled lfter the Consti
tution of New York, and particularly in
the clauses providing for the adoption
of amendments by two successive Leg
islature, and their subsequent ratifica
tion by the people.
Wooley is delighted with the homage
which the Democrats are paying him,
and highly enjoys the martyr process.
He says that he will run for Congress,
this fall, in his district, the second
Ohio, now misrepresented by Gen. Sam.
Cary.
The Republkcans of Philadelphia have
nominated Gen. Hector Tyndale for
Mayor ; Hoo. Isaac Hazelhurst for Dis.,
trict Attorney ; Benjamin L: Berry for
Congress for, the Frst District ; Hon.
Charles O'Nell for the Second; Hon.
Leon rd Myers for the Third, and Hon.
Wm. K. Kelley for the Fourth.
The New York Leader having said,
"If Colfax ha. ever been a printer, he'll
know what it is to have a form pied
next November," the Providence Jour.
sal adds the following diamond toot
note : "Exactly so. The Democratic
form is already so badly asuabbled and
of isa fee that tae strongest chas in the
eountry can't hold it ýgether, and there
are clear ind tions at it will be sla
h-1, the receptacle for broken forms,
very early in November."