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Kates and Vows.
New work by Darwin, "Tails of my An­
cestors."
Minnesota is jubilant over her im­
mense wheat crop.
A mosquito ought to be a good poker
player, every time he draws he fills.
Last Thursday the greenbackers held
a state convention at Rochester, N. Y.
No! better adopt Sam Eaton's Latin
motto for insurance agents, "Soc it tu
em."
It is proposed to hold a bankers con­
vention in New York about tke middle
of Sept.
Whatever may be said of woman's right
to vote and hold office her right to have
arms is unquestioned.
There has been a terrible hail storm at
Mt. Vernon, 111.,. Hailstones as large as
geese eggs and plenty of them.
Mayor Maxfield of St. Paul, has de­
termined that the front doors of all sa­
loons shall be clossd on Sundays.
Providence is on our side—as Suleiman
Pasha remarked when the ammunition
train drove up withRhode Island supplies
Miss'Maud Oswald proposes to ride
one hundred miles in five hours, using
fifteen horses, at the St. Paul driving
park.
The canal around the lower rapids of
the Mississippi river is completed and
was formally
"opened on the
22d
inst with
appropriate ceremonies.
If you are going to educate your son
for the life insurance business you must
instill in his mind that modesty is not the
best policy.—Tonkers Gazette.
The Damascus Commanding Knight
Templars, ot St. Paul, are solacing
themselves with a new banner, casting
§500.00.
It is said to be immense.
The St. Paul Dispatch says a ministc
-Tftrt-nme of that city will soon display
their agility in the "diamond field."
Then, I suppose, we shall hear from the
rostrum, what they know about base
ball.
A little girl, where a minister had been
invited to dinner, was privately put on
her good behavior. Finding a lull in the
conversation at the table, she folded her
hands and said "O God, please pass
the butter."
The Sun recently announced that the
widow Van Cett" had nearly lost her
voice, and erer since it is wonderful to
aote how many men are trying to induce
their wives to take aa active interest in
the cause of emperance.—Puck,
During the year just closed the United
States sold
105,000,000
yards of cotton
goods abroad. Nearly ten times more
than the year before. W hen we can ex­
port more than we import then we shall
«£e "the good time coming" already here.
^Doctor, my daughter seems to be go
iag blind, and 6he's just getting ready
for her wedding, too! O, dear me, what
is to be done?"—"Let her go right oh
with the wedding, madam, by all means.
If anything can open her eyes, marriage
Will."
Pater familias: "To-morrow is the tu­
tor's birthday what can I get for a pres­
ent?" Charley (who had been watching
the dogs in the sTreet): "Get him a
muzzle, papa he is always biting the
governess in the cheek!"—Boston Adver­
tiser.
"The sick man of Europe" exhibits
wonderful vitality. Russia will have to
develope or import some man who h?s
sufficient genius to command their mob
alized army or he will live a long while.
The fact of it is the Turks have been bet
ter commanded and have had the best of
it so far considering all the circumstances,
^Violet Fane, poetically exclaims: "Oh!
for some new coin'd name by which to
call him!" We are now very talented
on coming new names, but Violet might
call him, "My sweeteaL-sweetestmaplesu
garoffski," and see how he liked it for a
change. The Russian sound lurking in
the rear end of the name might strike
his fancy in a soft place.—Puck
The fact that Secretary Sherman, con­
tinues to be successful in funding our
national indebtedness at
4
and 4 1-2 per
cent is a sufficient answer to the thous­
and communications which an exchange
says they have received headed, "Whith­
er are we drifting? It don't leek as
though we were going in continently to
to the devil, as a nation, does it?
It isn't from any narrow feeling ef na­
tional exclusiveness that we object to the
Colorado beetle going abroad and getting
receptions at Cologue and Dublin and
elsewhere. But he is not ia all respects
an agreeable member of society, and to
have him coming back here with a sin­
gle barreled glass screwed in one eye,
prefacing ail his remarks with, "When I
was in Yurrup," and talking of the im­
mense inferiority of Cincinnati to paree,
•will be more than we can stand.—Puck.
ThejGerman government has seriously
remonstrated against the Turkish atroci­
ties.
From late dispatches the whole civili­
zed world should do the same thing.
Both sides are either terrible cutthroats
or the prince of liars.
A quarrel between labor and capital is
like a quarfel between Chang and Eng.
The tie that binds them is the life
of both.
—Exchxnge.
The soaner both interests realize this
and act accordingly the sooner Will this
much vexed question be at a healthy raet.
H. C. Waite, Esq., of this city, has gone
to Chicago to purchase a quarta crushing
machine, which be will take to the Black
Hills.—St. Cloud Journal.
Threa men gone for (rushers tritfria a
week. People Will bel iera aft* a wfeile
what wa fcare fceea telling them about
the Black Hills.
Elections in twenty-one States Will be­
held the coding fall. Elections frill be
held in California and Vermont
5th
09
following named states on the
tha
of September in Maine aa the
10th
of September in Colorado, IoWa and
Ohio on the
9th
of October and in the
6th
of No­
vember: Lousiana, Massachusetts, Min­
nesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, South Caro­
lina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and
Wisconsin. Full tickets are to b: elect­
ed in Vermont, Maine, Iowa, Ohio, Mas­
sachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, Tennes­
see, Texas, VirginiaJJand Wisconsin. The
other states named elect legislative tick­
ets.
Boynton and Babcocli.
The New York Nation, commenting
upon thef statement of Gen. Boynton that
Gen. Babcock was one of the movers in
the kidrr.pping affair in which ex-Spec­
ial Agent Moore was the active instru­
ment, suggests that "it is of some impor­
tance to tha morals of the army and to
the character of future graduates at West
Point that the staadard of fitness for a
military commission should be something
higher than ability to steer clear of the
penitentiary. Gen. Babcock should be
either vendicated or cashiered and if
the superior officers of the army cannot
find z.n cuse for beginning the task, it
will be incumbent upon congress to take
the initiative,"
This is the proper view to take. If
Babcackis guilty canvict and cashier
him, if not stop slinging mud at him in
this indiscreet manner.
Paying Enterprises.
We are credibly informed that there
has been thirty-six steamboats running
between Bismarck and the points above
on the Missouri and Yellowstone this
season, and this number will naturally
increase as the establishing of the posts
on the Big Horn will so far protect that
country that settlements will spring up
rapidly. Furthermore we were recent­
ly informed by Gen. Rosser that it was
quite probable that the Northern Pacific
Company would next year build a sec.
tioa of their road from Bismarck to the
ftiouth of the Big Horn and connect that
point with Bismarck by line of steamers.
In view cf this we would call the atten­
tion of machinists and boat builders to
two enterprises necessited by this in­
crease of business. In the first place in
the ereclion of steamboat ways cf suffi­
cient capacity that no boats need be
compelled to go below for repairs. We
believe this to be one of the best paying
enterprises in the country. We also
need a fu
.inding and machine shop. With
the steamboats and the building of this
upper section of road it would give a
moderate sized shop all they could do
and at good prices. Here is a chance to
make bi~ money frees a moderate invest­
ment.
The delegation of Sioux Indians to vis­
it Washington cannot be got together be­
fore the 15th of September. Washington
telegrams state that Secretary Shurz is
very much opposed to receiving these
periodL-il visits from the Indians of the
west. This is where his judgment is
sound. The government pays the expen­
ses of a lot of barbarians who visit the
east for no other purpose than to gratify
their vanity and make a useless display
of themselves. The coming visit will ac­
complish no purpose, and President Hay­
es will do the country a service by giv­
ing these painted murderers the cold
shoulder.—Press aud Dakotaian.
The above is sound sense. The idea
of treating with every old breechclout
who wants to go to Washington as the
representation of a distinct nation is
worse than a farce. The people's money
can be better spent than in carting a lot
of the vain old lords of the[soil about the
country to gratify their vanity. Secre­
tary Schurz is right. They must be sub­
jects not rulers, and accept of civilization
or go where the woodbine twineth.
:«n
VOL. 5. BISMARCK, D. T., MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1877. NO 36.
Secretary SherEidn's Speech.
Secretary Sherman's speech at Mane
field, Ohio, recently, is the first public
explanation of the administrative policy
of President Hays which seems to come
with authority although the Secretary
was careful to impress upon his judience
that he simply Spoke as one man, yet it
requires no1 prescience to become cogni­
zant of the fact, that in the essential
points elaborated in the Secretary's very
able speech-, the President aad entire
cabinet are a unity consequently we
may really look upon the conclusion ar­
rived at by the Secretary, as the results
ef careful cabinet deliberations. Eaough
has already freen eeaa of the results in
tha-States of the South to coinmead the
Wisdaan of the Presideat in remering tha
traope frees Sotitfc Car jKna end Louisi
k. While all Wrongs cantot baat ance
rigfrtad by a simpla "presto, change," yet
tke broad grouad af allowing- States the
axerciee of tfceif constitutional right to
regulate their own affairs, appeals'at once
to the comma* sensa and justice of every
citizen a»d mhila- wrongs Will continue
to be dona,and time and forbearance alone
can heal the bitter personal animosities
engendered by party strife, yet in the
main great goad has been accomplished,
and the founda
laid for a complete
and peaceable solution of the southern
problem. The best elements of the South
are convinced of the gcod faith of the
government tc ward them, and appear to
be laboring successfully in harmonizing
antagonistic interests, and in assuring the
colored race of fair and just treatment
of equal rights before the law. These
pledges were exacted by the President,
and are being carried out in good faith*
The result is the attention of ..I10 peo­
ple will be directed to developing their
material interests, and educating their
ignorant masses into indus! ious and
peaceable citizens, instead of cultivatiag
through their ignorance their desire for
political notoriety to the neglect of every
other consideration, which has undoubt­
edly been done by designing men really
for their awn personal aggrandisement.
Although under the plea of friendship
for the colored race, placing ignorant and
inexperienced men in positions they are
not competent to fill, will always preve
disastrous^ all concerned whether white
or black and those men who incited the
ambitioa and cupidity of the negroes by
appeals to their prejudices against their
former masters were their worst enemies,
and the more intelligent negroes found
it out long ago. The South is certainly
enjoying a far greater degree of peace
and prosperity, under the new regime,
than she has for many years. This fact
alone covers the whole ground, and is
better than all the fine spun theories of
party ethics and political claims.
However much we may have sympa­
thized with the Republicans in those
States, yet we look upon the action of the
President as in no way abandoning them
and their constitutional rights, but rather
as a better means for the practical en­
forcement of those rights than the em­
ployment of our entire army, and inspired
by the purest personal patriotism and
desire to perform his entire constitutional
duty.
The sincerity of the President in his
efforts at civil service reform, is abund­
antly established by the results: In the
Treasury Department alone seven hund­
red and twenty-one thousand three hund­
red and fifty-fix dollars saved annually,by
dispensing with superfluous help. In the
contracts for public buildings such chan­
ges have been made as will reduce the
expenses several million dollars. And
this curtailing of expenses, the Secretary
informs us, is to extend to every minute
detail of governmental affairs.
The Secretary is thoroughly committed
to the resumption of specie payments,
and unless interfered with by Congress,
is confident it can be accomplished with­
out disaster under the existing law.
In regard to the recent and still exist­
ing conflict between capital and labor,
the Secretary believes in the power of
Congress to arbitrate between these inter­
ests by generrl laws controlling inter
State railways, and all other enterprises
in which labor and capital have combined
interests which affect the commerce of
the country, as this
tis
clearly a right
guaranteed to Congress by the constitu­
tion.
The entire speech is full of interest. It
is a plain, logical, practical expose of the
situation at the present time, and we are
glad to learn that it has met with kind
words from the press generally, and from
our purest public men.
It is rumored that Judge Phillips, of
North Carolina,|will be invited to fill the
vacancy on the Supreme Bench. Judge
Phillips isfnow solicitor general of the
United States.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Special to tke HUmarck Tribune.
0N*T WANT IT,
ST. PAUL, Aug.
25.—Gen.McNeal
hav­
ing declined serving on the Sitting Bull
commission the position was offered to
Gen. Francis A. Walker, of Yale College,
and by him also declined.
DEATH OF LT. ENGLISH.
A private telegram has been received
at Jacksonville, IU., announcing the death
of Lt. William M- English, on the
20th
inst.. of wounds received in Gen. Gib
boa's. recent fight with the Nez Perces.
HOMB AGAIN.
The President and party reached
Washington last evening on the return
from New England.
OUT OF HARMS WAT.
Gen, Howard reached Virginia City,
Moatana, yesterday forenoon, leaving his
command at Harney's Lake
awaiting sup­
plies. Some of Gen. Miles' command
are moving toward the Yellowstoae ia
front of the Indians. Howard is report­
ed one day behiri the Indiana.
EASTERN UNPLEASANTNESS.
Further reports shew that the fighting
at Selipka Pass to have been most des­
perate. Suliman Pasha telegraphs that
he holds all the ground he conquered,
and that he will bring up his siege guns
and endeavor to dislodge the Russians.
OMAHA BRIDGE WRECKED.
ST. PAUL, Aug.
27.—About
half past
o'clock oa the morning of August
3
25th,
during the prevalence of a terrific rain
and wind storm, two spans of the eastern
end of the Union Pacific railroad bridge
at Council Bluffs, five hundred feet in
length, was precipitated into the river.
The piers were left standing, apparently
uninjured, but the rest of that part of the
bridge is a total wrcck. The remainder
of the bridge—nine spans—is untouched
Various surmises are current as to the
cause of the disaster, but the cyclone
struck it. To rebuild the structure will
probably require from two to three
months.
INDIAN DEPREDATIONS.
Advices from Deadwood state that a
party of twenty miners earoute to the
Little Missouri were attacked on the
21st
by five hundred Indians and that Thos.
H. Carr, quartz recorder of that district,
was killed. The party lost twenty-seven
horses, and were forced to return one
hundred and fifty miles oa fot
A CHANCE FOR HOWARD YET.
Capt. Bainbridge, commanding at Ft.
Hall, reports that the hostiles under Jo­
seph number not over two hundred fight­
ing men, and ?xe badly demoralized.
ROAD AGENTS.
The Sidney coach from Deadwood was
stopped on the night of the
23d,
above
Buffalo Gap, by five road agents, who se­
cured only five dollars out of about one
thousand dollars in the possession of the
passengers. EdCeok, Siipt. ofthe6tage
line, was shot through the ear.
FOREIGN WAR.
1
Reports of four days severe fighting,
near Sehipka Pass are confirmed. Suli­
man Pasha telegraphs he will make a de­
cisive assault on the
26th
25th
FORT BUFORD NOTES.
Steamboating on the ~Yellowstone—
Affairs at the Tongue River Posts
Haying, &c.
FOBT BITFOBO, D. T., Aug 19:h, '77-—
On the steamer Silver City, bound for
the Cantonment on Tongue river. We
got along splendidly'until we reached
Peninah Shute, and after some trouble
at this point passed on up river to
Coulson's Island. Here we "pulled and
hauled" nearly all day without making
anj Drogress, and towards evening,
greatly to our disappointment, the
prow was turned Bufordward and the'
•oyage abandoned. We had on board,
as escort, the regimental band of the
6th infantry, armed and provided with
a foil supply of ammunition for tbe
trip, and as
the
plated a
The
boys had long contem­
trip
up
tbe
Yellowstone, this
torniag round ^hea we were so far up
the river froze
the
mercury in their
thermometer, and fcrodueed some woe
fol looking conntMances as well as
"hard
Shell"
expletives.
Going ap river the band played as
we passed tbe wreck of the Osceola,
and some individual among her crew,
probably filled with thoughts of "the
old garden gate," asked for "Home,
sweet home." Keturning down river
tba band, as if by ane impulse, seized
their iaetrudents and gave the exiles
the well known refrain, the music
swslling out on the evening air with
grave effect, and no doubt causing them
to sigh for the comforts and pleasures
of home long after we were lost to
view. We arrived at Fort Buford Aug.
7tb, on our return, and once more set­
tled down to "regular biz," almost per­
suaded that our eyes would not behold
the Cantonment this season, but on
Augus.t 9th the gallant little ateamer
Big Horn, Cap. Jo Todd, arrive 1 from
the Bij' Horn post and immediately
commenced taking on board the cargo
of the Silver City. This gave us anoth­
er chance and at 4 p. m., Aug. 9th, we
were once more entering the mouth of
the Yellowstone. We were pretty
much the same body of crusaders as be­
fore. The escort consisted of the band
of the 6th infantry, commanded by Ad­
jutant tfroesbeck. The elegant little
cabin was filled to its utmost capacity,
some of the sterner sex among the
passengers being impelled to sleep in
cots put up ia the cabin but everybody
felt sura that "this boat was going
through." Among the passengers
were Lieut. Reed and family, Mrs. Capt.
Gilbraith and Mrs. Lieut. Macklin, oi
the 11th infantry, also Mr. and Mr?.
Ryan, of Bismarck. The Far West had
several hours the start of us hut on
the morning of the 10th we were
"wooding up" at the same yard with
her left her behind tbe same day
at Peninah Shute, and then started for­
ward for other game. The Western
was more than a day ahead of us in
starting, but we found her, and after a
fraternal hug the Big Horn took the
lead. We arrived at Cantonment
Tongue river, Monday evening, Aug.
18th, having been about four days and
five hours in making the trip, including
all stoppages, which at this season of
the year and the present stage of ?ater
was doing remarkably welL Wo left
tbe steamer Big Horn with the convic­
tion that with Captain Joe to "guide
her destinies" and teach her which way
to "shute," she would never see the
little, but always come^out at the "Big
end of the Horn."
new
and that the
Russians are completely surrounded, and
that their line of retreat is cut off.
KNIGHT TEMPLARS.
About fifty knights of Damascus Com­
mand ery left this city on the morning of
the
for Cleveland, and stopped off
at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, gave an ex
hibitory drill, and after a handsome ban­
quet at the Cliff House, proceeded an
their journey.
Silver in the Black Hills.
A well known gentleman and^ valued
correspondent writing from the Black
Hills in speaking of the silver ore from
tho Yellow Jacket Lead, says: This lead
was discovered by Amos Senieur, Feb.
x6th, 1877.
Immediately Mr. E. R. Col­
lins, who is a half owner, Hon George
Bosworth, Doc Pennell and Mr. Senieur,
erected the necessary buildings and com­
menced taking out ore and have been
steadily engaged in that line ever since.
A large amount, of course, has been ta­
ken out, and since June 1st two heavy
shipments of ore to St. Louis have been
mad Our correspondent says that it
seems impossible for the# newspapers
to publish correct statements ®f assays,
and claims (and offers to back his state­
ments with money) that a picked piece of
ore from the Yollow Jacket assayed elev­
en thousand five hundred and fiitv dol­
lars coin value to the ton. A Mr. Wood,
an experienced assayer. from the east as­
sayed specimens from the different silver
leads at Galena for his own satisfaction,
selecting hi? own specimens, and report­
ed the Yellow Jacket ore as yielding $
post at Tongue
10,-
oco to the ton. Mr. Davis, an assayer,
at Deadwcod, also has specimens from
this lead that will assay over ten thous­
and dollars. Our correspondent has great
faith in Galena and believes it will be the
hub of the Hills two years hence, and
that Crook City will be the metropolis.
river
ia
fine­
ly located. The buildings are bsing
pushed forward to completion in a rip
id manner, and in due course of time
the garrison at the Cantonment will
leave their log cabins for more commo­
dious and spacious quarters.
The captive Cheyennes gave twe
war
dances while we were at the Canton­
ment, one at their camp and one in the
garrison on the parade ground, but
they don't compare well with car own
Indians at Buford. One of our scouts,
Strong Wind, who
was
present at the
dance, manifested the greatest contempt
for their feeble efforts, and we thought
with good reason. They didn't even
give us a good fort yell.
An interesting feature of our visit to
the Cantonment was the grand seren­
ades given by the united bands ef the
5th and 6th regiments, conducted alter­
nately by Prof. Marshall and Prof.
Stogter. The amalgamation was a per­
fect success, and all present were fur­
nished a rich treat in the musical line.
Miles City now containes some twen­
ty odd houses and buildings of differ*
ent descriptions, and residents of this
little "burg" seem full of enthusiasm,
both as to its present and future, their
pride being unmistakeable upon one
point, i. e., its quietness and freedom
from rowdyism.
Many Bismarckers are busy putting
in hay at the Cantonment, there being
BO regular contract—the quartermaster
purchasing in open market. McGarry
and Roberts teams, also Gutgeseli and
Charley Brown are engaged in cutting
and hauling hay.
We enjoyed a short but exceedingly
pleasant stay at the Cantonment, and
with hearts filled with loving remem­
brances, and stomachs filled with some­
thing else, but full as heavy, we em­
barked on board tbe good steamer Jo­
sephine, Aug. 17th, for home, Capt
John Todd, of the Josephine, is the
father of our Captain Joe, of the Big
Horn, and with either, one always feels
that he is in safe hands ar.d sure of
reaching his destination "this side up
with care Arriving at Buford Aug.
ISth we noticed the band boys carefully
collecting ribbons, locks of golden hair,
and sundry other souvenirs of Canton­
ment balls, and often moonlight strolls,
into small parcels, and tenderly tucking
tbem away in that inner "sanctum de
pesitute," with a sigh long drawn out
for the joys of those departed days.
We made no new discoveries, located
no claims, but we brought back a huge
supply of agate. BKX.
RIVER NEWS.
The steamer Far West, Capt. Earl,
arrived Saturday from the Little Big
Horn, where she delivered her cargo.
She reports tbe Rose Bud operating
from Tongue river and Buffalo Rapid*'
to tbe depot of the Big Horn. Capt.
Marsh has been lightening^ the Custer
and other boats on tbe Rapids.
The Big Horn is carrying the freight
from Buffalo Rapids to Tongue river.
The Western arrived yesterday from
Gleadive, where she transferred her
Tongue river trip to the Big Horn. She
will leave on arrival of to-night's train
for Yankton.
The little Tiger came in from the
Yellowstone yesterday. She goe3 be­
low to hunt work.
The Josephine pot off Saturday with
a goo.d load for Poplar Creek. She
carries tbe lumber and building mate­
rial for the new Indian agencies.
The Silver City left last night with
military supplies for Cow Island.
The following steamers are now at
the landing: R. W. Dagan, Far West,
Benton, Western, Fontanelle and B. F,
Weaver.
Yellowstone News.
Col. P. W. Norris, Supt. of the Yel­
lowstone Park, now in the city, visited
the Custer battle field on the occasion
of the disinterment of the unfortunata
officers of Custer's command and se­
cured all that remained of the famous
scout, Charley Reynolds, and is taking
the bones home for burial.
The Col. visited Bozeman and most
of the National Park, and explored a
new pass from the east fork of the Yel­
lowstone through tbe Clark's Fork
mines, through the Big Horn moun­
tains to tbe Crow agency, shortening
the route to the wonderland fully 100
miles.
The Col. says the Yellowstone is
quite as large and mere durable than
the Upper Missouri, to the mouth of
the Big Horn at least, and says that
boats like the Rosebud, commanded by
energetic
men like Grant Marsh can
run io -he mouth of Clark's Fork,, and
with moderate improvements in the way
of removing rocks and confining the
channel, in places, to the mouth of tha
Stillwater,
if not, inded, to Benson's
Landing, at the gate of the mountains,
within twenty-five miles of Bozeman.
The Col. accompanied Gen. Sherman's
party for a time but bsing thrown from
his horse and seriously injured he was
forced to leave him at Lower Falls.
Gea. Sbermaa proceeded to Helena en
route far the new post3 at Missoula and
Columbia, and Col. Norris returned.
He says the Nez Perces are brave and
intelligent and having much cause for
complaint will fight desperately, but
they will be cornered and caught on
the upper Snake river by the move­
ment of Gen. Howard and other west­
ern troops, without the aid of the 7th
Cavalry which is with the Crow nation
on the upper Musselshell to bold Sil­
ting Bull in check should he contem­
plate joining them.
The Col. has written mush in favor
of the Big Horn as a gold region but is
forced to the conclusion that the gold
placer prospects in that region are not
satisfactory, bat the silver, copper and
iron prospects are good.
He speaks of the rapid progress made
by those engaged in tbe work of con­
structing the new posts and commends
heartily the Geaeral's management of
the Indian question.
The Col. spends to-day (Monday)
with Judge Cocnraa, of the j,Superio»
Ceurt, Detroit, Mich., visiting Ft. Lin­
coln, tbe ruins of the old Mandon villa­
ges in that vicinity, prairie dog towns
and otber points of interest, and will
leave to-morrow for Mich., hoping for
liberal appropriations to assist in nav­
igating the Yellowstone and opening a
better •oute to the Park.
It was a very pleasant spectacle in
Louisville the other day, when a thous­
and of the prominent men of that place
enrolled themselves for the protection
of the city against rioters, ali the more
50 from the fact that side by side stood
ex-federal and ex-confederate soldiers.
Ex-Secretarv Bristow, colonel of one of
the^feder&l regiments raised in Ken
tucky, stood euard with General Basil
Duke, one of the most Maring oj the
confederate commanders. Ex. U. S.
Marshal Eli H. Murray, the youngest
brigadier in the Union army, command­
ed one of the companies, while Major
Major* E A. Richards, who served under
General Lee, was one of his fellow offi
cers. Hundreds who had worn the
blue and gray, stood shoulder to shoul­
der in the ranks.—Ex.