New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-03

gent favor than in Utah or California Farming n.
most promising pursuit In California not one uios,
IN hundred has succeeded brilliantly; bat az IL
farmers have grown rich. hear If two in this oonnt
realizing $40 900 for their CROP who commenced 4:
Spring with no capital whatever except two psin y
oxen Two others. from 20 acres, have gaheredl -
bushels Of barley ard oats 900 bushels Of potatoes -
500 bushels of turnips. turnip weighing Is p,unS-
was raised on Mill Creek. In the British possssss
much further north. the Hudson Bay Company tan
raised successfully every product OF our NortiW sss<
States; and explorers are confident tina. tie -
wheat growing region OF the United States Is o. ~
Red River, far north Of ST. Paul and Fort Benton.
Montana contains many thousand Indians OF yario~.
tribes Acting Governor Thomas francis Meaghsr -
Government Agent Major g. r. Epson, are now At Pm
Benton making treaty win them: Inc dialect ftks
SNAKES Is talked BY all the interior tribes Here ~
their transatons Of few common words 0miitise -
Indian terms for however original the TRIBUNE "a
ers may be, suppose few. are aboriginal: Deai-1n
| EAR holes :" Awkward" no hands :" Thunfer.-.a.
cIoyds crvir1 p Sunday-"te big day 7; One Hupdrsa
tie h1Rds ten times = Rice"GntCggs" Qhese roazsai
are q fayorite diets Wagon" rooden horses" GsllstA
Riyer-"hs Srit RrT;' Snake Myer-"as &ss
Bral R..e.;' Great salt Lske--",he ran Tav :" FS
tie Doye"he roissrake brother Qre 70 their tradit
that waenever il Is Knocked or its mat killed tie dove
tells the rattlesnnke who follows and 'es the Offend
ms territory Is the child Of Colo yooue dsss
ter of o young mother. Thence cone all shs IN
settlers The most intelligent statement bear Of II
present population Is from Truman Eyarts, .. s. A.
lessor who PAGES il slightly above 10000 In the h
election a democratic" Delegate was returned 3
Congress by 500 majority. 1t is stated that from u
Fort Benton precinct as formerly RON tne Fort Ars
Turned upon the Republican side. this be so tie
offending officers should be indicted and punished via
the utmost severity OF the law Among the later iunt
grants large majority Mssourians. many Of whoa
dod 10 avoid the draft In street discussion lounge
was defending correct the rural southern phrass
we 'uns" and "you 'uns." One Of the bystandsu
asked him: Are you a grammarianP "Whiehr
was his bew idered response. Are YOU grammariaar
"Why no. Tm Mlssouranl In mining parlanct
the fantest particles OF gold In the earth are spoken
"a "the COLOR Said miner OF man be had trledh
various posltops and found utterly worthless; have
banned him out clear down to the bedrock; bat cant
even raise the color Another thus discoursed to NJ
of The TRIBUNE: 81 have read It ever since was
how and can't possibly do without II, though nov ~
| then /, strikes lead which don't pan out well
Gov. Fdgerton and United States Judges HosnW
and wilmington are East tor the winter. leaving ~
EYecntiye department to Gen. Mesgher. whose gena.
Nv and shining rhetoric have taken everybody By
storm and the Judicial to Judge L. f. Munscn Of Con.
necticut who has won golden opinions IRON al sor1 q
PEOPLE, The bar has several able representaayeAd
whom W F. Sanders, who during the war begun ms
priyate and ended as LieutenantCoionei OF an Ono u
fantry regiment seems to be the acknowledged heed
In spite Of officials Montana Is really governed oi "
"Vieilantes" secret tribunal VI citizens, organize
,wo Years ago when civil laws were utterly mopert
tive and highway robberies and street urders o. dAy
occurrence Dozens OF coaches were stopped bya
. " Road gents" Oighwaymen) with cooked guns, cau
,eIIing nassepgers 10 hold up their hands TIL yeaA
and persons were red; and scores Of travellers Ess
murdered. Ar immigrant shot grouse near ,ne foae
and running 10 pick it up, found that nsd aen upa
The o-nse az one OF these victims lying among the ssge
hrnsh In a Virginia barber sAop, re'olfers vsfe
drawn one man shot dead and another wounded bse
such aars were so common Ia' sce va s -
even stop latheripB his PS'''A' -"S' "a '-' P'"~
ns,er hundred homicides, the vigsnes" organ,
xed captured tried and hung "A OF the desperadosA
ncyding the sheriff of this county and Of bis deps
ties and banished many Others The reign OF terss
j thus broken has never been resumed. Recently, %
three or four mornings the people Of virginia OF HesHa
have awakened TO find notorious reproDates hanging
dead frou tree limbs and labeled murdercr" or rob
her" II capital punishment 50 steadily going out d
favor the world over be needful any where Is IN new
have executed any of whose guilt there was rec
sonabe doubt. They have rendered lie and properly
safer 10 Montana than ever saw II before ~ snsv
mining region; large majority OF me peope oaa
armed Laws are made for men and not men for the
laws, communities should be protected, legally aef
can violently IL they must But only the most mpet
Gus direfu necessity can justify even for oret pen
This irregular and dangerous administration OF tstlce
| The climate is peculiarly heaithy-which suggests
70 lniscence Of the early days. trapper had hh 10
.batny shattered by bullet, Ia drunken row; AmpS
taton was necessary, bat surgeon within hundreds
of miles He whetted one edge OF his hunting knit.
10 its utmost rpness filed the other into saw al
with his own hand cut the flesh. sawed the bone 40
scared the veius with a red.hot iron. lie stu ilVes
California walking upon wooden leg
Tie gold yield for the present year WIZ not ian pssv
six millions OF dollars. The heaviest banker IN the III.
ritory even places il at twenty millions. An lnefas
estimate il impossible, for no express runs 70 es
and the bankers send their dust by OK o. NIUE
trains co to 90 days Ia reaching the Missouri OTue
large tract the acreage yield 10 the miner richer tans
ever before found in the United States.
| Practically, quartz mining has not begun Ihere en
a few Mexican drdsrds. on the principle OF the oo
fashioned cider mill: upright cylinder with tou
arms and weights suspended. crushing and grinding
ia anartz as tney are dragged around stone bed
mule or horse will thus reduce tun IN &c Aoufs Al
summit 10 miles hence fivs stamp mill rndely nrs
on the ground. from the iron OF Old wagons anl rus
wafer has done custom work for several months efuss
mo M $50 per tun: which proves the easily reduced
| Eight tons yielded S2lO per tun; another TOT Nppe
tun Both from the Orc Cache mine, and PROBABLY
selected ores At the depth OF ~ feet the creyesn
our feet wide and the pay streak from 5 70 "a inca&
lis average yield Is estimated at 500; but the de1os
stration would be more satisfactory. Montans Do
quartz on the brain" In conversation. quiet geoue
most UNEXPECTEDLY produce bits Of rock IRON thsh
pockets with the earnest triumphant remark; " nsw
got the biggest thing IN the Territory just oke
mat ore 70 friend Of mine, travelling with his VIE
their own ambulance. found the carpet sack Of the ae
nerress who had long been their family servant weign
down with a peck OF fragments OF granite. nM
Aunty." he inquired, what are taeser ,oyse1ne.t
mas'r. specimentsr was her prompt reply, seerN .
Noatauans are East with feet" 10 SELL pcuTe.s
dozen or two OF them may be seen any evening -
dinner ckiRg thsit teeth ~ front Of the Sra chs
Every New. Yorker who has more money y a ne knoss
what 10 do WITH or wants to learn whD. ,ue lesek
should buy Of them at once. without hay' her nj
Examined. ,,.x
b, Many thousand quartz lodes nave pc d -
recorded IN lust four districts, the Ssvsi me-
Springs, summit and RattIesnaAe have they leea az
yeoped enough TO prore them rich ana {dsioe AZ
these are gold except the Ratlesnakc. whic1H -ie,
svelv silver. Galena and copper are found aAsOcNes
with the silver. Some of the ores VIII require smctuS
some roasting; others can be reduced simply D! 'sa
ing and amaighmating. MI. william ,. CiarA o. ~
Clark g. Urson Company. who has uru>pected ld Vi
ous.y informs me that the highest or1oss yh0 Hs ~
found by pounding and panniug out, i s.N 10 tle ~
though small specimens may be selected whicl ~ ~
assay from $500 10 $1,000 IL Is claimed tHi'
Cliff Lode from 20 10 leo feet wide Just dscol cred 1er
Helena are thousands upon thousands @. iiis O. ~.
above ground which assay $50 TO $50 to the taa -"
il promises TO be "the biggest thing IN The Ieif' ~
mr. ,nyw here else Observe that ala con 1c1E ~