The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1865-02-04
Bannack Correspondence.
From our Special Correspondent.

BANNAcK, Jan. 9th, 1865.
DEAR PosT Allah be praised the As.
sembly, in common with the rest of crea.
tion, is thawing out. Mr.. Bagg is contem.
plating some legislation for the protection
of grizzly bears and other game, against
the inclemencies of our winters. was 8
spectator at an interview between a ssYoune
America "a regular Rocky Mountain ga:
min, and a ereditable citizen of Bannack
but who is native and to the manor born.
Our aboriginal friend was clothed in
neither purple nor yet fine linen, nor for
that matter had he superabundance OF
clothing OF any quality, and might have
been mistaken by careless observer for a
Confederate soldier. My young friend.
without the formality of an introduction,
addressed him as follows: "Scalp women
and tomahawk emigrants, will you, you old
! devil. We Gmplying q partnership at least
with the clerk of the weather) are giving
you hell now," although a cursory exami.
nation of the Thermometer would satisfy
| the most casual observer that the Indian
was getting nothing of the kind, on the
| contrary, quite the reverse.
Honorable members and Legislative bum
mers have drank nothing until yesterday
for week. So sudden a change of habits
Of course would produce serious results
if no specific were found which would pro-
tect them from the fatal effects of tenn
pcrance. For this purpose, for week,
they have been eating pieces of ice-said
to be sovereign remedy. The mercury
in the thermometer, for week, has been
SO far below 40 deg. as to be out of sight,
butwe caught glimpse of it on day be-
fore yesterday. Mr.. Bagg fully thawed out
to-day, but, if he does not repeat it, will
maintain secrecy until the Legislature
closes. When man designs and does so
well sober, do not feel anxions to tell his
fantastic tricks when -- asleep!
The Assembly is busy. 1t has passed the
Election Law, designating the first Monday
in September as the day of our regular
election. There is to be an attempt to pass
a special election law for your county, but
as it is purely partizan measure, it can
not command the required strength, and
will fail. Private bills are passed by for
the more pressing duties of the session,
although would not discourage those who
have "axes to grind" provided they are
able and willing to "pay the fddler.'
And this last remark leads me to say that
there are in this assembly, some of the most
venal, corrupt, and shameless legislators IN
in the world. They who edo" the statutes
for Pandemonium would shun their COM
pany. This letter, however, cannot be COM
sidered an expose. Men openly in the
streets propose to sell votes for given
price, and in any legislative body that ever
before congregated, would be kicked out
We all remember hon. o.
B. Matteson in Congress in 1855, who for
doing privately, what is here public and
oft-repeated thing, was unanimously kicked !
out of that body. Slt is private bill
pay me if you want my support" As if |
any bill could be so private as not to affect
for many years, if not for all time, the well
fare. of this people. Mr.. Sanders, of your
place, is shid to be the author of this phil
osophy, and it has found number of ar
dent advocates here, l suppose if McCor.
mick were the, judge in your county, he
would take m money from the hands of sui;ors
because it was private NATTER" Out, l
say on all shch iniquity, and hope the peo-
pie of Madison, will find who of their del.
egation are guilty, and
clash the rascals naked round the world"
There is another matter to which wish |
10 refer. These Solons hate me NEST af-
fectionasely.
He'll knows no fury like woman sconed,"
,ays the poet, but hers is Platonic love !