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THE MONTANA POST.
SN'ewspaper, Devoted to the er. Agricultural and Commercial Interest. of (Montana Territory.
VOL. V, NO. 11. HELENA, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 869. WHOLE NO. 240
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. EDITOR MONTANA FOST."
%UStPENSEON.
W'ee hav a rathler practical fact to
mention ti,,- morning-the compulsory
f nj.af n, oft the .NIoT,'ANA POST. An ob
;,Fa.,n h1,.rrt,.)rC unknown of to either
Su. an. no: for any indebtedness of
e P -r. 'T as given by the Manager,
,r a!,- nt. ha's matured., and the ma
m::- th, otfice was attached last
Sennag '~,r the amno'int. Until released,
e puslnri,-n it publication is a neces
::. tLa: all will appreciate, and cerw
-a.nv n nu- wi:h more regret than our
se:ves. wh, are utterly powerless to ob
•:s:e t:,r f.l'pension. Mr. Pinney,
h,,n h. i cn.ir'- control of the matter,
w:,.- ill be here in a few days, and
n :},, ..,,An:: me. it unable to avoid the
n;, .iiardianship of the officers of
iL, aw U"l·on the unoffending types, our
*irrs w I, appreciate the cause. Be.
.-.n; the Fil pflPioin, at most, of but
.'aw da- continuance, and confident
1 -T "ill spedily again
, ;' ir.bn fairer, brighter
r t .: ;-r. as the fairer and
-L..r t F' succeed the storm, we
:.r -.- irnhl w1,l be as numerous and
J.1S. II. MILLS.
A. II BEATTIE.
.1. I i. Pricisely in the manner
:. 0.' : I the lT ytsterday, the so.
ts -d I'e::n.crat:i ('Convention met, went
theruzh the prelininary formalities,
a:, renmlinated Mr. Cavanaugh by ac.
.arna::; a on tle.. first vote as chief wail
e t;,r the ensuing campaign, amid a
deafening silence that must have been
ra n'ai to his friends. He accepted it
wt.j bl. comint mtotdesty and a suffhtsion
f irst-class Washington blushes that
wrail have done credit to Ay Jay or
an Butier. The resolutions which had
open adopted were delivered the night
,tWore through a spirit medium. were
vouched for as the sentimenta in brief
Afan extinct Statesman; wert swallowed
:th, ut a grimace, and with the ortho.
tralhinal errors carefully expunned.
W i atppetr in full in this morning's
r~ttet As thle extinct Democrat's spir'
ia were anomelwhat depressed, he had
,!.I d t;,* ex'ertion necessary to think
t I.fliethina new. and mildly endorsed
'he New York Platform of 1868. The
r, na:,l, of that Platf')rm. if we re
nile',t arebht. declared in terms that
,he :ntr., r.lv of the country trampled
the ('onsi:uiion under their feet
Nothinv coold ,he n.ore appropriate, and
: was unaniruously adopted. To be
tri-e three mi lion. sixteen thousand,
two hundred and fifty-three voters of
Ibese United States pronounced its
propositions an attempted swindle upon
th9 American people, but that goes for
La'l.i&t. when ('avanaugh tells the doz
en or two delegates it is good medicine
,a'! mnit Ie swallowed. Mr. (avan
augh afterwiard addressed the Conven
ton by special invitation; thanked
theni "for the manner in which they had
toniinated him;" went into a difficult
and embarrassing explanation of the
great good he had effected for the Ter.
r.:orv. and which we will attend to
er, artrer: said some good. some in
difl-r.ent. and some very absurd things.
and clo-.-d by saying that we would
wake up some morning in July and
ind (;rant had established an Empire
on .the ruins of the Republic. at which
!he lrono pedal applause was unmasal
17 .an:hatic. This might have been
throtmgl. a misapprehension. which
el,ar.'n.,i infer,-nce we are sustained in
by 'tlih.r obtuaitiee of the Convention,
irt! '.. assertion of Shakspeare that
f*w .-intocrats know "to applaud at
thlle. "r,,t r trmes and places."
"ii r, C!,0t," l,. .e a w. ole. we are free to
sy. w,,R in its character the most tem
prute- ant dizn.fieP we have heard
ma',. lv a l)ernicrat in Montana, and it
VW!i 1,' t. the credit of both candidates
and ;'arties, if in the coming campaign
ther,. is no descent to the lw and scan..
d,,,,. tOn its cnclosion, a resolution
was ,ffrrcd. thanking Mr. C. "for the
able mnann.r in w hich (he said) he had
'r*raented Montana,' and another
":"a"' te proceedings be pullished in the
;orett." '" which was amended by adding
and thf- I,,desTp;ndnt" and put by the
Presidt nt 'all the Democratic papers in
,ronna.'" so ithe De,,r'crat was infer
'nti-.-" reatd! rut. he..'.ne gallant, eo0
cr n!,i-,u u " .j,,r Bruce 'vould not bow
:o I.~ .en he knew he was a talsi
gd r<i n sfter, the Convention ads
Oti, I, d'Is It was a lugubriously
' nn d ntd mtni o(lratic convocation,
ti,. ,; :....r ,!ieking water. and a sober
F im p ra'nd'ing UefeCtt apparently
crl in it inception eve.ry effort
t,: nr1i:,nm ,r even interesting
r.. xi.. -. redl it died with de
r ,! t, - first Mooday in
I: ' :, ; licans will bury it
b' l,.cnauts a vanquished aad
Sindicate th Irish
"~ .' a second r * '
it Lýýr l~. a hý?~t
Vt , P. r r? ol IuLd
1 : ;i--t? (IrrePiioa
TIHE tmlllllON ON@OPOLT.
The bells of the land rang with joy
and tle journals teemred with gladness
when the Pacific Railroad was comple
ted. It was hailed as a great enter
prise, not merely because two parallel
iron bars extended from Atlantic to Pa.
cifc. but because it was supposed to
guarantee that which is desirable: cer
tainty, celerity. and economy in the
transit of freights and passengers from
one verge of the continent to the other.
In the first two requisites it has given
satisfaction ; in the latter, althoagh an
improvement on stage eoaclhes and bull
trains, it is a failure thbroub misman..
agement or grasping avariciouseas, and
from one end of it to the other the non
subsidized press is yielding to the man.
agement the title it is earning-Extor
tioner. The Sacramento Union at the
West. the Chicago ?riaune in the East,
and the InJmad BWhpire in the interior.
have openly proclaimed it a merciless
plunderer of the people. Asinstanoes,
the passenger rates from Sacramento to
Pr.,montory k'olnt. 700 miles, costs ten
cents per mile in gold coin-$70. The
freight charges are fifteen cents per
pound in gold coin. or $105 per ton,
coin, from Sacramento to Promontory.
The Union asserts that at these rates
th.e acquisition ot the Asiatic trade is
an impuisihility, and that it will not
carry 1,W(,' tons per annum of Asiatic
freights :. hlie valley of the Mississippi.
The I.,chl ariff i also pronounced by
the Inli,',d Empire an imposition, it e
ing so arranged that local passengers
have to pay within $3.50 as much tare
for 468 mile• as they would for 700 miles.
Our ,iown country friends. including the
Tritul,,e, were extremely anxious for the
Central roads. and indifferent or lhodtile
tn the extenDeion of Ilthe .me endow
m.ent to other rmad. Now they have it.
and find thrmzelvets in the despotic
i,.ewer of a s,,ulleps monster-a project
that was not only aided but wholly
built by the munificence of the govern,
ment. They have made them a bed of
thorns. created a legal robber, and will
have to b.ar their grievances until conm
petition by the completion of other
roads gives them redress It is said
Congress has the power to fix the rates.
That is true. but the combinations of
those companies which have cleared
thirty millions of dollars on the build.
ing of these roads, and defeated the
comnhied efforts of the Northern and
Southera Paci6fc road. last wintaer, are
too strong to be broken dowa in a fair
fight. There is one alternative: the
building of competing lines, and every
consideration of development. prosper,
ity and national strength demands that
ulmn a fair and equitable basis of sub
sidy, the Northern and Southern roads
should be speedily built into the heart
of the country-the undeveloped. illim
itab'e, rich, and fertile domain of the
better part and larger portion of the
American poesestsone t^ the north and
south of the barren alkali deserts across
which has been thrown the brat conti
nental road.
WHRIPPING IN.
We shall individualire the bolters and
mongrels of Deer Lodge county in a few
da% #, and show up their tick"t in its
true colors. We shball be posted as to
tihe antecedents of the various (colored)
candidates, and we shall show them up
in such undeniable chbracters that peo
pie may inot only know them as they
run, but recognize them by their odor!
We never did. nor ever will, encourage
traitors; but have always fought them,
and we are happy to say. with great
success, and these bolters and wore-heads
of Deer Lodge. may expect the doom
that always awaits treachery and trea
son.- Garette, 8th.
So you Aave found the People's move
ment was by Democrats, and are com
pelled to acknowledge, that you may
fight it. But what a malic;oun spirit
you evince. As you state it. a Demo
crat is not a free moral agent, a free
man, a sovereign American citisen, hav
ing his indivldual rights to believe what
he pleases. accepting right and truth
and rjecting vice and infamy, and vo
ting as his judgment and conscienee
dictates, but a mere moccasin, to be
worn on the hoot of forced candidates
into what mire and filth they may
choose, or be chocked in a sink for re
tusing. It your birds do not sing to
your pleasure, their ofsending throats
are to be cut forthwith by the party
razor, and men of good characster are to
be unsparingly stigmatised or yield like
dumb, driven slaves, to your dictatorial
behests. That is Democracy with a
vengeance. If men of your party are
to be treated thus, what doom, thou
Mildst manssered man
That evr scattled ship, or cat a throat,
do you purpose for Republiaes oppo
neant? Going to "show them up la us
deniable characters," are you? Uo
slow. The pot is as black as the kettle.
You may get away with a Punch aid
Judy Convention, in sis di
Co urtg did not kw h a siau ge gctkd
egate, and in which others were about
as well represented. but threats aueiat
a woole county tall of detsertplal un,
is chaff against the storm. Io not stal
tify yourselt. Gufee, by such tuf and
and over it a boast of being a party of
principle, with a mimlsom to rsguenrate
the land. It is too mausk JI white.,
washing a sepulct.e.
EASTERN papers inaiwta Pre.t
GrAUL will siak b.k ".w m vemarou
trip to the Pacfic Coast. It bedsealft
peIacC he sboula travel imaos, no m1btl
evsi!y diquosc bimself by abamdonisg
Lis cigar.
The Executive Order of Preaiden
Grant to the Indian Commission is as
exceptiaoable: Of the formation and
purposes of the Commission, we eannot
say as muobbelieving the objects aimed
at impracticable or unnereesary, and the
members eonmeituting it not qualifed
for the task. Upon their characters as
exemplary Christians, there may be no
spot or blemish, but Orthodox views
and social poe/tion without other more
available virtues, do not go for much In
a Sioux camp. The rsservation bud
nes ean never be a succmes until the
tribes are segregated and reduced to a
mere buadful of deerepit and diseased
creatures each. and then it will hasten
their extinetio and render the mine
tratioms of the clergy a decent necessity.
Perhaps this is the real ultimate object
of the system, garbed under an ostensa.
ble one fles repugnant to the senses. If
the otbee is to scure honesty in the
treaty am dealings with Indians, this
Commission is illy chosen. It is a sub
ordination and maerioe of etileney 1I
deterence to the morbidly sentimental
pressure of a class of people who are as
Ignorant of the Indians as those they
send to manage them, and they know
as little of the business they are coming
on as a Digger Indian does of the cor.
ventionalities of Fifth Avenue society.
In a few years they may learn, but In
less than a few years the veterans of
three score who are coming, will have
probably been laid with their fathers,
or be scalped and laid out to bleach on
the plains. Therefore In the practLiable
purposes an error has been committed in
the formation of the Commission. There
are probably ten honest men in the west
who might have accomplished good in
such a Commission. But even this Is
useless exlpendture, even if the old fo
gys do not muddle things by bad recom
mendations to the I)epartment. They
will keep far enough away from the
scene of an Indian war to get the wrong
account of everything that transpires
for they have a mission of peace and do
not desire the offensive odor of blood.
In time of peaee, the army officers as..
-signJ as agents that they' will vsdt will
be just as honest without as with their
inspections, and we do not feel prepared
to say that if we occupied the position
of a civilian or military agect, and say
such fossils come Urls. Heeping
around, there would be any unnecessary
exertions to remove the wool from their
eyes, or provide them with tea and toast
in return for Sunday School tracts. And
we expect this is human nature. Posal
bly they may do no great harm except
expend two and a half millions useless
ly. They get no salary but have ex
penses paid, and philanthropists have a
reckless way of running up bills. But
ler had better go after these roving
Crypt Superintendents. Doubtless tbey
are very nice old gentlemen whom we
shall be pleased to see and sell a few
feet of quartz to, but with the moral
certainty that the Commission will faill
to accomplish any good purpos e.howev
er good their intentions and inatruc
I tione, we regret to see the government
mixing up with a practical, well prom
ising system of peace and economy-the
assignment of army oeBeers--on a pro
.i . 6.....u .n analw he nele.mm
Major Martin Maginnis, Editor cf the
GazeUe, was elected Chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee for the
ensuing two years, vice Major John P.
Bruce. We congratulate one brother
quill while condoling with the other.
We expect to fight "the Maginnis," po
litically, so long as we wield a pencil or
cast a vote; we believe theie is no depth
of Democratic strategy and tactics he
will not study and execute to baffle and
delay the onward banners of Republi
canism, but just here. as we enter the
ring, we give him a cordial greeting, be
lieving him to be an honorable gentle.
man and a good citizen, unhappily fal
len in with Philistines And now,
Major, when 'Time" is called, you wan't
have to cross "the scratch."
We confess to being ashamed of the
manner in which the negroes behaved
at the electio n Washington. Their
conduct is almoot -e reprehensible as
that of the New York City Democrats
We truet that self.respect will hereafter
induce better behavior.
Derby believes the Irish Church Bill
will be rejected in the House ot Lords.
If so. it is said to be Gladstone's ltss
tioe to prugae the presat sesiom im.
mediately, and inaugarate ltew s-isol
that will adopt it by creatng a new
bateh of Pews.
Attorney General Hoar, in a lengthy
opinion, bha feun no reason Ily the
PreeMdent saould not approve the sea.
teams of James Weaver. tried and qeoS
deamed by a military capamsim in
Tera. Texas was at the tsme aod
anlitary rule, ..y act of.g . a*#
ail ate of (4aqmes ae to be p
Coustitutional unless the contrary
plainly appears.
Wm'wamw. WiAN TAS_
SeR WAY.
Miss Kate Warrenton announces her
self as llitress of the Home Department
of the Colorado Tr script. Nobody
appears to have any very defsait idea
of who she is, but from the following
she evidently has a good deal of sense,
and a good deal of blood, and lesh and
blood and all the calico fixings that go
to make up "the last best gift." It
Goldrick, Hall, Thomas or some of the
bachelor barnacles of society down be
low the first bar on the Western grid
iron don't see that spinster is duly,
speedily and happily provided with some
better occupation than providing inani
mte "copy," they are totally depraved
and incorrigible, and should be com
pelled to show caser why they should
nut be immediately put to death. Read
her int :
I a, in favor of wome's rights-their
rigt t love and be loved; their right to
make their besm happy by ealirtl thoe
wem dvirsm .ast are alwse vk, . I
Sto practice what I preach it I ever have
a home. I believe the tre sphere of woman
is to make homes happy, for a amre dwelling
p is not a home sales it s lightedl p u
love md cheerfala; and it I a woman s
pse to make it so, whether she be wife,
mother, or sister, hc., .e."
Messrs. Stokes and Senter, Republi
can eandidates for the (overaship of
Tennessee, stated their position in the
opening meeting of the campaign at
the Capitol, in Nashville, on Saturday.
Col. Stokes pronounced against univer
sal sauftl.ge-never had been in favor
of it-did not expect to be. He is in
favor of giving the ballot to rebels only
when it can be done safely, claiming it
was the policy of the party, as shown by
the 14th amenodment Uov. enater re
piled* He held Stokes' views on enfran.
chle ent opposed to the Ch'bicago plat
form, and it elected, will recommend
the Legislature to entranchise every tax
payer no the State. Senter's speech sat
isfed his triends. Both gentlemen are
confident of success.
T1o a Politeal Oppmemt.
This from tire pen of George D. Pren
tioe. There rs a good deal of that spirit
from which favorably distinguishes man
In it brute,and is a happy sequel to Miles
O'Rellly's lines to Thad Stevens:
I send thbe, Greeley. weords of cher.
Theu bvesat. trmest, bst of, mm;
Fa I have marked tby straoe ceiqer,
As traed by thy ow smnt j pe:
I'te emes thy a nm e- .Atm.nek
Tb.. daned the to thle de a s bt,
Aod tred 0o wate thy tY ews
DesM str Me semen hee ds'set the riab
Theabt dased to stad Oa ts westg
When masy fblted thly b y4.
Is thy wa rength ha ed be strong.
Not aotoher% l m vetled.
Thy wa be.a tbhosgh. 4besst dased to thiak.
Tva orws r g prpse svowed;
A.d sene have mvt men aes hruak
Fine the 5eeme sueve of the mnwd.
The following is the actual numbter
of registered applications for ofice to
six departments in Washngton :
Tresmry Departumen................ 8.610
Department of the Interior......... 3,170
Pos.- once Departeet. ...............l1t,YO
neportme. t . f .a.te ................. 1,278
Navy Departmtat ................... 2,130
Separtment of Agriculture ........... SO
Total ......... ..................8,808
The applications made personally or
to members of Congress, are estimated
to be as many more, or, altogether, in
the neighborbood of 68,000. It is an
"army" truly.
The Count Do Rochambean's face can
not be slapped with impunity by a Chit
naman, as evidenced by the telegrams.
Still, three days is a suffideat time for
celestial blood to cool, and the ruling
John will undoubtedly make all neces.
sary explamations to prevent a raid on
his pigtails.
We learn from private sources that
the Peoples' Convention of Deer Lodge,
nominated Wesley W. Jones, one of the
best men in the county: for therif. We
have not learned of any other R.publi
cans on the ticket, but commend their
judgment in selecting the next Sherlf
of tha ceunty.
When it raine, It pours. There is a
satiating copiousness in the telegrams
this morning,sot wlthestading a remorsee
less excereise of the divine right of ed
itors to eoasign what they please to the
wastebasket. We give only the most
eooctee sad ateresting dispatches.
It is believed that the iouse of Lords
will rejeet the Irish Church desestab
ishmeant bill on the secoed readig, by
80 majority. It has been the subject
of earnest sro protrateed dsbate.
'Warlike rumors having appeared in
the Paris papers in the last few days,
probably to tbe difWomfiltre of the Em
peror's *shemes. they have been ofifl
Scially declared without foundation.
A fair and truthful exhibition of the
public reord of any man, is desirale.
We will wer If Mr. Cavar ugh eould
get the support of another daily paper
in Montana, he would rpadiate the
sette Immediately for sabh a blunder
lag indiser.wIon as that. tlm did bet
ter by Noah when be was drunk than
the Oasaee dies by Mr. Cavanaugh in
that z.ar1k.
LthAror BROWNLOW brh'pslAW ahe a
card euutrfg ftr Seut *r kovereft*r
of ITenI e. ?TUh.0'*da4 ta liet*Wan
dif fewee b..t We an a tr w. 'jktlgI&,'
from bena.or' r. aent tspjtec
Your party has attempted to pass the
tFfteeath Amendment to the Constitu
Lion by fraud and perjury, in connection
with other crimes, and you shall not
escape with impunity the responsibility
of your acts.-Gaaette, 8tA.
It is probable the above Lilliputian
thunderbolt I from the pen of the
new Chairman of the Democratic
Central Committee, and has special
reference to the the round turn taken,
on the Indiana Shysters, by the Legis
lature of that State. We are not sufm
ciently versed in Constitutional law or
the Indiana statutes to even dissent
from the opinion of our profound cotem
porary, but would merely suggest that
Hon. O. P. Morton, a Senator of the
United States from Indiana, a gentle
man of some note as a jurist, and who
has been (overnor of Indiana for some
years, publtshes in the Induanapolis
Journal an argument of two or three
columns, at which he arrives at the con
clusion, by quoting the Constitution
and Statutes, that the ratification was
legal in every particular. Pessibly Mr.
Maginnis might obtain some valuable
information by reading it.
Since the above was in type we noties
the Attorney General of the 8tate has
decided the action legal.
THE WA ILING OP THE JEWS IN
JEBIUtALHII.
Quite a number of our readers will re
member the sallusion to the following
described custom in Mr. Osborne's IA
brary Lecture last winter, and the fine
photograph of the place exhibited. To
us it seems a custom fuller of sad inter
est than any other on record-a people
banished from its holy places for centu
ries, still fingering by the cold walle
that enclose them, warming them with
their kisses, and baptising them with
their tears. And Time and generations
go down to the Past. to the ends of the
earth are that people scattered, and
though distinguished for acquisitiven
ness and parsimony, yet thrice a King's
ransom is given freely that by the outer
wall they may lament their long lost
heritage and invoke the favor of an of
fended Uod :
"The Jews in Jerusalem have pur
chased the right of the Turkish gov
ernment to assemble every Friday after
noon near one side of the Mosque of
Omar, against a supposed portion of
their sncient Temple. and there lament
and weepover their fallen city and faded
glories.
Men, women and children there as
semble, all coming with Bible in hand
and dressed in their best suit. The men
wear a kind of long dressing gown
made of broadcloth or merino, or calico
of various colors, having the edges
trimmed with fur. Their hair is cut
short behind the ears, but hangs in long
curls in front. The better class of
women are clothed in a white loose
dress and shawl.
As they a;"proach the place of weep%
lag they usually lean first, for a short
time, with their heads against the wall.
but soon begin to swing their bodies
back and forth, wringing their hands,
while a priest or patriarch leads off in
reading selections from the Prophets in
most wailing tones.
At certain periods all voices join in
the cry, tears run down their faces, and
they seem to be moved by the most ag
onising sorrow. Old men and women
were there with whitened locks and
feeble steps, and they bowed and wept
in deepest grief. Little children, too,
were there. their eyes moistened and
voices trembling as they joined in the
hearttonuchbing lamentations.
No looker-on can doubt but there is
sincerity in this service. The Jews feel
that Jehovah iears their cries and
prayers, and according to prophecy will
restore to them, after long seasons of
bitter wailings, their lost glories; gath
ering together all the scattered children
of Israel, and henceforth permit them
to live and die in the Holy City, and be
buried among the graves ot their
fathers.
This practice is said to have been con
tinued from the twelfth century. and
perbars from an earlier period. By the
Emperor Adrian the Jews were driven
from the city. During the reign of Con
stantine they were allowed to approach
only near enough to see it; but at length
'they succeeded in purchasing the priv
iltge of entering it once a year to weep.
and s: preseat they are allowed this
privilege every Friday.
More especially do we ppoee the
adoption of the o called fifteenth amend
ment.-Denmoratic P.e.orm.
Will the "so-caled" Gasu e, the "so
called" organ of the "soo-elled" Cava
Snugh. end the so-ealldd" Democratic
party. In the "*r.alled" Territor of
Montana. state what "so called" sens
there Is ins pea -k of a "o-- oalid" fi.
teenth euis.. You will ruI. the
ditaietlm of thel b am party if. a
do not ms-e yoear Ngliah betos.
aLcrvW .C&VAN PUI AUAiL.
The Republiea Primaries of Lewis
and Clark county will be held on ne-;
thearday. Is is delrable' that the rl
should be a full tarn out of Republica;:a
at all the c a the c, a oute nty tick
et will unqaestiobably be elected by n
handsome majority, ad ia the Republi
can party a fair expr~snoB of the p.(,)
e is deairable.'tlht tho best apd most
ds i&faetosr man may be seleccrd fur lhe
'v.riou. obt"in. 'I' acrmp lIhn tihIr w
::.'i.t b gin at the _rimn ri s..
AN IMPORTANT MTATMElENT.
Mr. beward has a call made ulpon
him in a letter elicited by the Alabama
discussion from Mr. I. W. Newman, an
Englishman but a strong friend of
America. It is a new point of some
moment, and certainly It untru'e, de
mands a denial from the Ex-Secrbtary
of State. He says that in an historical
retiew by Hon. John Jay, read before
the Paris anti-slavery Conference of
1867, there is a statement that in April.
1861, Mr. Seward. Secretary of State,
advised the American Ministers in Eu
rope '" that the Federal (iovernment
could not reduce the seceding States to
obedience by conquest," and the Presi.
dent, so far from rejecting willingly.
accepted that doctrine. Upon this pre
sentment, England promptly recognised
the belligerent rights of the Confederacy.
The published " Diplomatic Correspon.
dence" of 1861, certainly does not con
tain any such expreseion,. ut coming
from as respectable authority as it does,
the silence of Mr. Seward mder the
charge, cannot be else construed than as
an admission that it was really written
and suppressed from publication. It it
is true, it very injuriously effects the
cause of our Government in controversy.
(Mr. Cavanaugh) was, by corumom con
sent, contid*'red the leader of the dele
gations from tise Territories. and was
the co:mmon advoctte of the interests
of them all.--Gazettc.
That's heavy on Burleigh, Flanders.
Hooper, Ciever Holbrook, Chilcott and
Bashford. They will certainly be de
lighted to hear it. But is it not strange
with a Radical Congress choking of
Democrats unheard by forcing "thre pre
vious questi.n." as stated in 10s speech
on Saturday, that lie, a Democrat, should
aspire, or the five Republican Delegates
submit, to his sacrificing the interests of
their Territories merely in deference to
his transcundant abilities? Don't put
the on to, thick, bl.lrueylor you know
"the O. Kavanaugli" isn't much of an
Iri shman atter all, and you l.might dies,
gus t him and his modesty compel him
to decline. It is a little strange, too
that being the "leader"' and "c,)mmog
advocate." the Dakota, Idaho, Colorado
and othe tDelegates should be aid· to
S-oompl , so much more for their Tear
ritories. inewst is an inoexplicable mrys.
tery in it. Will the Gausete explain ?
The Chiciago Tribune has opened out
on the Elevator monopoly of Chicago.
asserting it is conducted to the serious
detriment of the commercial interests
of that city. Grain is taken in and
shipped direct from the Elevatore at
Joliet 3 cents per bushel lower that
Chicago, and the manipulations of dit
fesent grades in the Chicago Elevator
puts a profit of 7 or eight cents in the
pockets of the monopoly which should
go to the seller or be left as a margin
tor eastern purchase:s. Chicago is evi
dently a little bit eervous at the St.
Louis grain movement, or their Eleva'
tors would not be ventilated so thor=
oughly.
The Gazette, indulging in a few brilliant
general vagaries laudatory of Mr. Cava%
naugh's accomplishments, says: "All
this we are necessary to substantiate
with argument and reason."
Suppose you defer that, and give the
facts-what he has done, specifically.
The publlc stomach prefers fool to bav
Ing a table cloth shook at it.
Never did the people at large partake
sofreely in making nominations as at
this time.-Gazette.
The democrats usually "'partake as
freely" as opportunity ofers, and a num
ber of them "at large" are said to be
indebted for it to the inefficiency of the
Democratic Sheriff of Deer Lodge. It's
not much to brag of, but about the best
you have.
WAEUs.-As strikes for higher wages
are the order of the day at present
among meehanics, workingaI n and eltl
seus of different kinds, the Philadeol
phis Iaquirer gives a statement of the
sotnparative rates of wages earned by
mechanics in that city in 1800 and the
past year, and demanded for 1800:
1860.-Bricklayers $1 75 to $2 50, tea
bourn: eac re. $1 7l. ten hours;
?yoete.x. . re, horse-shoors
f to ha l our,; iron moulders.
$,1 . hores; laborers, $1 25 to
tem hoars; paiqtrs, 2, ten hours;
ti boars; book and
per week; mornalng p..
per wet,; 2$ . to 3Mc. per 1,O
laellr .tainra ~isa; slate oofews,
to $2: stair /asrns., 180 teoe;
re, $15 `pr a,'ath and board.
-Brickl, ers.4 60 to 05. eight
irprit d., 8sto $4, ten heru;'
,4 ' 450, tern hours; borns
4.r 1', to $5, ten houop; iose
ers. I ri 60. ten hours;: aboyvu
t, ter hour,; painters, $ 50. ightI
houses plasterers. $4 50 to $6. Lght'
hbourt; printeLs, book and job, $18 to
$20 per week; morning papx'rs , 8 peer
week, do. seven days, 24 per weskL
4.s., irot7, N,..P . prsrsta
er,, yg; slate rovedri,.1 8 . .fh hours;
, tai: builders. :1 75 to 04 Stt; :titlefn,
j x.;J iptr month.