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SGREAT FALLS TRIBUNE,
OL. 1. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1886, NO, 45 .
GEN. BENJ. F. BUTLER,
JJT~R*IN FORTHETBIEBUZ.
Of all the great public men prom
inently before the country for the last
quarter of a century or more none
have shown so much individuality as
Gen. Butler. He is nothing if not or
iginal. The best abused man in the
United States, and the best kind of
a man in the most comprehensive
term. Public events placed Gen.
Butler in many trying positions
, here the most ardorous duties requir
d i ~rn: '.,i. if not sternness in their ex
,':u°i:.. In the performance of such
Sntnies the ,mnian never flinched. He
has been found equal to the occasion
and able in every emergency. The
TCharleston Convention found him a
demnocrat of the strongest type, but
when he saw that the action of that
convention forecasted a premediated
dissolution of the Union there was
only one course before him: a faithful
adhereance to the Union, a generous
and manly support of the Govern
ment, and a firm resolve to stand by
the flag, come what would.
At a time when many leading poli
ticans were on the fence, Butler rous
ed up the patriotism of the "Old Bay
State," marshalled her sons to pre
pare for the coming fray, and led
them forward in defense of Washing
ton. The capture of Federal Hill and
the masterly way he muzzled treason
in Baltimore, is a matter of general
history. He made way for the Union
troops to arrive in the capitol by the
way of Annapolis, and while in com
mand at Fortress Monroe he gave the
first ray of freedom's light dawn to
the slave, rent the first rivet of his
shackles when declaring him "contra
band of war," thus giving the hunted
fugitives safety and supplies inside
his lines and heralding in advance
general emancipation.
Generals Hunter and Fremont
were issuing wordy proclamations of
no effect, while in the army of the
Patomic fugitives from slavery were
returned to the owners-so called.
The most pacific measures of attempts
at consolation became rediculous
guards had been placed over the homes
and other property of persons in arm
ed rebellion against the people of the
United States,
Gen. Sherman has defined war as
cruelty and destruction but that defi
nition had not yet reached the line of 1
the Patomic in t1-2.
The contraband from being local
became general, in the course of time,
National. Every paper had some
thing to say about the contraband,
the reliable contraband, and the most
reliable contraband coming inside our
iines inporting awful and important in
formation etc. The term contraband
originated with Gen. Butler, and
there is not much hazarded in saying
that all the information derived at
any time from the most reliable con
traband was of a most unreliable na
ture.
Gen. Butler had been singled out
for command of the Gulf department
and concentrated his force at Ship
Island-a large sand bar putting into
the Gulf. The troops in the com
mand were volunteers chiefly from
Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut
and.New York. There are few places
so barren or desolate or disagreeable
as the dreary island on which the
soldiers were encamped, going
through the general routine of a sol
diers duties. Early in April Admiral
Farragut, (then captain) ably assisted
by Admiral David D. Porter, (then
commander) arrived at the South
West Pass. Farragut commanded
the squadron-to push on to New
Orleans, while Porter with his mortar
fleet kept pounding away at Forts
Jackson and St. Phillep, the former
on the left and the latter on the
right bank of the Mississippi. Both
of those Forts were considered im
pregnable. They were judiciously
armed and well commanded. It is
doubtful if Forts Jackson and St.
Phillip could be prudently attacked
by a land force, Jackson particularly.
The great Admiral David Glasgow
Farragut surmounted every obstacle,
and on a fine day in April made afool
of Gen. Beauregard's prediction that
the "Crescent City" was impregnable
from direction of the gulf and could
not be taken. Following up in wake
of the squadron with part of his force
Gen. Butler landed at New Orleans.
The band striking up "Picayune But
ler has come to town." The New
Orleanists did not welcome Gen. But
ler, of course they new he was at Ship
Island and having inplicit faith in
Beauregard's impregnability, they
never dreamed of his getting there,
but he did.. A picayune was the
smallest coin coined in New Orleans;
the wits were in, the habit of giving
that appelation -to Gen. Butler, when
he was on Ship sland; their mortifi
cation can be imagined when they be
held him march 'through the city at
the head of his army of occupation,
and his band in cheering strains play
ing 'Picayune Butler has come to
town." On his arrival in New Or
leans Gen. Butler was met by tumult
and discord. The Confederates had
abandoned the city, the wharves, cot
ton press piles of coal and several
vessels were in a blaze, incendiaries
had been at work and the most select
ed mob outside of Paris had control
for a short period. The Naval author
ities had, previous to General Bat
lers arrival, taken possession of the
Mint, Custom House and National
buildings. The State flag was taken
down from the City Hall. On the
Mint and Custom House the stars and
stripes waved once more gently in the
breeze, and the order promulgated
that any one found attempting to
haul it down would be fired upon.
The Naval authorities I suppose want
ed to have all the eclat attending their
great victory-and great it certainly
was, not alone for the navy but the
entire country. But they found after
hoisting the flag they could not spare
force enough to defend it. The de
tachment of marines and sailors in
possession of the public buildings
were menaced by the mob but held
on until properly relieved. After the
sailors and marines proceeded aboard
their ships, one Mumford, a sporting
man round town, hauled down the
flag from the Mint, trailed it in the
dust, tore it up in shreds to be dis
tributed among the howling mob, too
cowardly to go with the Confederate
soldiers to thefront, but brave enough
to be an enemy in the rear. Mumford
was tried for that crime by Military
law, found guility and sentenced to
hanged on the spot where the flag
had been torn down from the Mint.
The sentence was put into execution
and Mumford was hanged. I learned
from authority that it was the intention
of Gen. Butler to commute the sen
tence to expulsion outside the lines,
but a gang of desperadoes formed in
the city menaced him with instant
death if a hair of M.imiord waa touch
ed. They enclosed to the General com
mand:ng, that menace with the typical
coffin profiled at the top. That as a
matter of course entirely changed the
intention of Gan. Butler. Had he
reprieved the condemned man the
gang would ascribe it to fear of the
threats.they had made and grow bold
er in consequece. Gen. Butler is the
last man in this country to be intimi
dated by mob law. Thus it was that
the sentence of the court became con
firmed and the foolish and unfortu
nate man met his death by the action
of his associates. There are few men
so cool headed or temperate in his ac
tion as Gen. Butler. The course of
the desperadoes presented the alterna
tive of giving away to them or sup
pressing them, the latter course was
adopted and the mob disappeared.
The Red Bills-red handed from
many murders, found security behind
iron bars. Gen. Butler became in
formed that a large amount of money
belonging to the people of the United
States had been abstracted from the
Mint and lodged with the Belgian
counsul for safe keeping. He requir
ed this money returned to the origin
al, lawful owners. [Meeting with re
fusal, his previous demand was en
forced and the ingots deposited in the
Custom House to the credit of Uncle
Sam.
All the foreign consuls at New
Orleans rose up menacingly and pro
tested against the violation of the
consulate. Those fellows were active
agents for the Confederacy, which in
no wise tended to moderate the firm
attitude of Gen. Butler toward them.
In keen, cutting and decisive langu
age the Commanding General inform
ed the bunch of foreign consuls that
they appeared to forget their calling,
necessating his reminding them they
held their positions from the United
States government, not from the Con
federate, and if they did not conform
to the duties of their office, they
would be supplied with passports and
ordered to leave within forty-eight
hours. The British consul was rather
prominent in those proceedings and
quite malignant in his line of pro
cedure. The removal of Gen. Butler
has been attributed to foreign inter
meddling. The money he seized was
returned and converted into purchas
ing arms and equipments to aid the
rebellion. President Lincoln was
ready to sustain Gen. Butler, but for
State reasons Mr. Seward influenced
his removal in order toplacate foreign
powers. The manly dignified bear
of Gee. Butler in mxatious questions
was fully in keeping with his high
rank and responsibilities. The ery of
"mad dog" has been so often raised
against him, calumny, ' slander and
abuse without stinta but, nevertheless
the great faot remains, that Gen. B.
F. Butler from the inception to the
close of the rebellion, has rendered
great and inestimable service to his
country.
Big Money in Her Old Cook Sfove.
A young woman of Dakota moved a
few months ago from the Black Hills,
and while debating whether or not to
move her old cook stove also, was of
fered 1,000 shares of Iron Hill stock
for it. The stock was then thought
to be worth just about as much as the
paper on which it was printed. She
took the offer, and has already been
offered $2,000 for her stock, is hold
ing on for more money, and the shares
are still rising.
An Interesting Experiment.
Virginia Chronicle: Vail Brothers
parted out 20 head of steers from their
beef cattle two months ago, and divid
ed them into two parts, weighed each
band separately, and put ten into a
close corral, where they had free access
to hay and water. There was a high
board fence around them, where the
inclosure did not face the barn or some
other building. The other ten were
marked and turned out into the open
field with the other cattle. After five
weeks of feeding the two bands were
carefully weighed, and the result was
slightly in favor of those fed out in
the field.
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Sound Sense.
An excnange says that it is a very
easy matter for a newspaper, by the
publication of one small item of news,
to incur the ill-will of an individual to
whom it has been a constant source
of benefit for years. It is strange that
when such an item is published the
individual should jump at once to the
conclusion that the writer had him in
view when writing it, and that all the
paper had formerly done for him
should be in a moment forgotten, but
such is frequently the case. Some
people seem to think that a paper
should agree with them in every ques
tion, when, of course, such a thing
would be impossible. No matter what
side it takes, it is certain to offend
somebody. This is one of the beauties
of journalism.
The Silver Dollar in 1794.
In the congress of 1794 the subject
of the emblems and devices for the
new silver dollar to be coined at the
Philadelphia mint. came before the
house. A southern member bitterly
opposed the adoption of the eagle for
the emblem on the reverse of the coin,
on the ground that "the eagle is the
king of birds, and hence neither stuit
able nor proper to represent a nation
whose institutions and interests were
wholly inimical to monarchical forms
of government." "Perhaps a goose
might suit the gentleman," replied
Judge Thatcher, "as it is a rather
humble and republican bird, and
moreover, the gosling would answer
to place on the dimes." The fierce
southerner took the playful rejoinder
as an insult, and sent a challenge to
the judge, who promptly refused to
fight on so slight a ground. • "Will
you be branded as a cowardt" asked
the southerner's friend. "Certainly,
if he pleases," replied Thatcher; "I
always was one, and he knew it, or he
would not have challenged me."--Ar
gonaut.
At Cape Cod 40.000 terns have been
killed in one season by an agent of the
hat trade. At Cobb's Island' on the
Virginia coast, a New York woman
has succeeded in filling a contract
with a Paris millinery firm for 40,000
skins of gulls, sea swallows and terns
at forty cents apiece.
Brick Pomeroy says: "Every time
I pay rent I am. taking that much
away from a home of my own." That
probably accounts for the way Brick
has of looking up new quarters ever
and anon just before rent is due, but,
thanks to the ways of this wicked
world, some 'of our best citizens are
often troubled that way.
A novel case of boycotting is report
ed from Greensborougb, Ga. A
young man has won the affections of
a cigar dealer's daughter, but the
father forbade him 'the house. The
young man organized a club of sym
pathizers who refused to buy cigars
of him. unless the father raised the
barricade. Latest accounts say he is
weakening. It is really to be hoped
that the affair will end in amoke.
The population of London now ex
ceeds every other ity, anientor mod
em, in the world. New York andall
its adjacent cities are not equalto two
thirds of it. Scotland, Switzerland
and the Australian colonies eahs con
tains ewer souls, while Norway, hIer
via, GreeceaDn Denmark havesearee
lyhalf asmay Yetatthebeginaig
of the present eotury the opulation
of London did not reach one ailliot..
Gold and Tin.
We learn by aletter from Deadwood
that on the slopes of Nigger Hill, in
Rawlins Mining District, "gold is
found in large nuggets, and also
stream tin in extraordinary large piec
es. A Mr. Idiff took from his placer
mine on the west slope a nugget of
gold mixed with quartz worth $140 for
the gold it contained, but on account
of its peculiar shape and being mixed
with quartz is valued more for a cabi
net specimen. The same miner, whilst
working on the east slope some time
ago for placer gold, found a piece of
stream tin (cassiterite) weighing 5 lbs.,
2 ounces, assaying 75 per cent. tin.
The intrinsic value of which is only
75 cents, but on a3count oflthe unusual
size it is considered as valuable a cabi
net specimen as the gold nugget,
stream tin rarely occurring in such big
pieces. . The source of the tin ore has
been found, having come from the tin
veins in the. immediate vicinity, but
the source of the gold so far has not
been found, but it is generally suppos
ed to be in the immediate vicinity from
the fact that a great many nuggets
have quartz attached to them and are
rough and scraggy, whereas if its
source was at some distant locality it
would have been worn smooth the
same as washed pebbles, and the
ouartz would have been worn from
the metal.-Independent.
Pickling Railroad Ties.
In the early history of the Union
Pacific, the company treated ties with
a preservative process something simi
lar to the following as described by
the Rawlins Tnbune:
The Union Pacific is about to estab
lish a laboratory, as it were, at Lara
mie, for preserving railroad ties by
what is known as the zinc-tannin pro
cess. The apparatus consists of sev
eral iron cylinders six feet in diameter
and 111 feet in length. An iron track
runs through these cylinders, and cars
built on a two-foot gauge are rnm in
loaded with ties, iron doors close up
the ends and the work of treating the
ties begins. Each cylinder will treat
400 ties at one time and make three
runs a day, so that about 2000 ties per
day will be turned out with two cylin
ders. The works will give employ
ment to forty laborers and will be in
operation by the first of May. The
patentee has constructed a plant for
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road, one for the Rock Island, in Chi
cago, and one in St. Louis. The pro
cess is claimed to keep the pine wood
from decaying, though not from suf
iering the wear and tear to which soft
wood is liable.
The Mormon and the Chinaman.
A Morman going southward,
A Chinaman going West-
They stopped beneath a sign board
To sit them down to rest.
"Now what a damned mean country
This is!" the Mormon said;
"A too-muchee must glo' countlee!"
And Chin Wong shook his head.
"Oh, whel you g)in', Molmon?"
"Look up and you will know."
The Chinee climbed the sign board,
And read "To Mexico f ."
"And where you going, heathen?"
"Look upee," said Chin Wong;
They read the other sign board,
"This road to reach Hong KonglW.
Wealth in the River.
Millmen estimate that at least ten
per cent. of the bullion product of the
Comstock lode has flowed into the
Carson river in the form of tailings.
If this estimate is correct its sluggish
waters now roll over a bed literally
covered with the precious metals rep
resenting a value of $41,000,000. Dr.
Rae is confident that by his projected
dredging process, sluices and electric
batteries, he can resurrect and add at
least two-thirds of this buried treas
ure to the world. The doctor will
superintend personally the construct
io' of his boats and dredges, and will
be ready to begin dredging by thelst
of June.
Russia is building a $2,500,000 ram.
We predict that it will become the
boutt of as many newspaper jokes as
the seventy-five American goat.
The old axiom that "Two parallel
lines can never come together," has
been knocked to finders by the rail
road companies.
A sausage sixty-four feet long has
just been made in a Pennsylvania fac
tory. It is doubtful ifBismarek ever
sausage a large one.
A young wifein -Boston is seeking
a divc ne oa the ground of brutality.
She tells a story of terrible cruelty,
but perhaps her husband had suffic
lent provocation. Sbhe admits that
she played on a vie r
The treasury ils sya paper
Sdola lasts ftyyeahs ad a silves dl
tlasr 100 ys. The reten.ti of the,
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Business notices 15 cents per line for Anrt in
eartion. and 10 cents per line foreach ubsequent
insertion of samematter.
$1 and $2 bills in the treasury has
forced about $13,000,000 of silver into
circulation above the usualamount.
Three thousand colored people have
left the Southern states for the
extreme West, and as many more will
shortly follow. They go, they say,.
because they areoffered regular wages
as farm hands, and are becoming im
povenshed in the south by high rents
and small margins.
The "preacher" is the latest swind
ling dodge being worked in Centeal
Iowa. He calls on his way distribut
ing bibles, and often presenits the fam
ily with a handsome book. He then
asks for dinner or other meal, and.
takes a receipt for twentyfive cents
paid for it A few months later the
neighboring bank calls for the pay
ment of a note for $150.25.
In a recant novel we discover the
gentlemanly villain at one moment
"lazily puffing a German pipe, and
staring up at the ceiling;" on the next
page we suddenly find him "throwing
away the end of his cigar," and a
few lines further on he is "lazily puff
ing at his cigarette, and smiling with
a superior air." Perhaps it will not
be necessary to inform our readers
that the novel was written by a wo
man.
"Oh, no, I suppose you weren't in- -
toxicated last evening when you came
homer' said Mrs. Dnmbledigg to pa
tient husband.
"No, I was merely tired and went
into the library to enjoy a cigar."
"You were perfectly sober, were.
your'
"Yes, perfectly."
"Then, please explain, if you can,
how you came to mistake my bustle
for your smoking cap and went to.
sleep with it on your head.
Your Connecticut man is usually
sharp at a bargain when he gives his
mind to it, A Waterbc.- weekly
newspaper made an invariable rule to .
charge $1 cash for a year's subscript
ion, and $1.25 when the subscriber
was in arrears. One suberiber was
three weeks behind when he went to
renew his subscription the other day.
He offered his dollar and was told
that $1.25 was the price. "I'll stop
my paper," said the subscriber.
"There are 12 cents 1 owe you for the -
three papers." After the editor had
pocked the 12 cents the subscriber
handed out the same dollar and said
he guessed he'd subscribe for a year.
He saved thirteen cents by the oper
ation. He is 75 years old.-Spy.
The "pen-and-ink man" is still a
mystery to the officers of the secret
service, says a Washington correspond
ent. The most stenuous efforts have
been made to catch him, but he has
eluded their vigilance so far, and there
is not the slightest trace of his identi
ty or locality. The "pen-and-ink
man" is the person known in police
circles who makes counterfeit money
with pen and ink so cleverly as to
pass it without detection. The secret
service has about fifty specimens of
his handiwork, which have passed the
scrutiny of the bank clerks and tellers,
and been detected by the experts of
the National Bank of redemption
agency of the treasury department.
The "pen-and-ink man" devotes most
of his time to twenties and fifties. He
has made a few $10 notes, but the
bulk of these captured are of the de
nominations indicated. The secret
service officers believed for a long
time that the "pen-and-ink man" was
some expert who merely employed
his leisure time in counterfeiting.
They have given up thatwtheory and
are now firmly convinced that he is
making a living at it. The reason
given for thins is that the oflicers have
information that he produces one of
these counterfeits each week, which
returns him only fair wages. The
"pen-and-ink man" is a wonderful ex
pert. and he is an instance of a man
who prefers doing wrong at less wag
es than he could earn by doing right
in a respectable vocation.
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Yale's chess club has began a series
of games with Columbia players.
The claret vintage in France in
1885 was the smallest for many years.
J. W. Janergan, a veteran actor
well known in the West, died at Bos
tou.
The water in the Hudson river is
lower than it has been for twenty
year.
ThesPerevian government is doing.
its best to suppress gambling in
Lima .
Albany inpreparing for mnoineteL
1bib0ntennial celebraticpen V' SS of