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The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-09-28

meaning of course the late discoveries near
Tobacco plains. A few particulars, as told by
a gentleman just from there, may not be NAL
appropos: They are 200 miles from Missoula
Mills, in a northwesterly direction, and acces-
sible by good pack trail 10 the Big Bend of
Kootenai river; thence eight miles up Fisher
river to the mouth of what was named Libby
creek, on which the new Eldorado is situated.
The first discovery was made by Joe Heron,
- Allen, - Moore, Anthony Cavanaugh
and four or five others, about ten miles from
the junction OF Libby and Fisher rivers. This
party soon returned to MissouIa Mills for sup
plies, and on going back to the mines divided
their party, the above named four keeping the
trail with fifteen animals, while the Others
" cut across to look at the country as they
went, to join their comrades at their discov-
cry. When the former arrived at Big Bend
of Kootenai, they were Joined by a band of
Indians, who professed to be friendly and as
sisted the miners in crossing the river on RATS.
The next morning while J Joe Heron was tight
ening the last rope on the animals, he was fired
at by one of the Indians, and cried to his com
rades TO run, but too late-his three friends
were fred at and fell dead. The noble red
men then drove of the animals, but believing
they had accomplished their hellish work, did
not examine Heron. After sufficient length
of ii me had elapsed, Mr.. H., who was shot
through the back, the ball lodging In the right
breast, dragged himself of bareheaded, bare
footed and coatless. After twenty-three days
of intense suffering, subsisting on nothing bat
berries, reached the rendezvous of the party
on Libby, eighteen miles from the place of
massacre, nearer dead than alive, and told his
sad story. The others started Immediately to
perform the last duty for their murdered com
rades, but found only the remains of two par
TALLY deVoured by wild beasts and birds. Not
| the least trace of Cayanaugh could be found.
Mr.. Heron is slowly recovering, although he
carries the ball in his breast yet as a sad me-
mento of the red mans friendship. Since this
melancholy occurrence hundreds have rushed
to Libby. The gulch is reported to be forty
miles long, the gold to be fine, resembling
Alder gulch dust. The pay lies shallow on
slate bedrock water and wood are abundant,
and from paintings from 81 to SIS are said to
/ have been realized per day. This is the story
| of one returned from there.
Since penning the above, four Bear gulch
miners have returned from Libby, and In un-
qualified terms pronounce this new country
the biggest "bilk" of the country. Now, as
both statements are given, let every one judge
for himself, go or stay, and lay no blame to
| B.
| Beartown Sept % 1867.
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There are large number of persons,
who, through ignorance of the law, ne
glect to pay their taxes until compelled
by the officers, at heavy additional costs.
The taxes are now due and the officers
will be compelled to levy upon property
and collect by distraint unless soon paid.
Let every tax payer avoid that annoy
ance by Immediately calling at the
Treasurer's office and squaring accounts.
The following extract from Section 80,
of the Tax Law OF Montana. explains the
case.
If any one neglect to pay his tax before the
fifteenth day of September following the levy
of the tax, the Treasurer is directed to make
the same by distress and sale of his personal
property. except such as is exempt from tax
alton, and the list alone shall be sufficient
warrant for such distress.
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VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

the mineral veins, settle up the Terri
tory with stable population and supply
the falling off of placer gold, by the pro-
duct of quartz. Colorado is field of
ruin, although she has illimitable wealth
in her bosom. We have been following
fast in her footsteps, with perhaps rich
er quartz and certainly ores less difficult
to reduce. The yield of our placers this
season will be less than $4,000, 900.
Emigration, capital and machinery was
stayed by the Indian war. We had &c, 200
population on January 1st, 1867. On
January 1st, 1865, it will be 1000 less.
The policy of the government in regard
to Indians promises no better for the
coming year, and just at the transition
from placer to quartz mining, we are not
prepared to be excessively generous.
When the forty quartz mills are increas
ed to the 800 that should be in Montana,
when the leads are developed and the
product of this Territory is S100,000,000
per annum, we will not be so particular
about few certificates from the New
York mint. The Nelcs wants the world
to know that Colorado produces a share
of the gold credited to Montana. We
do not believe q word of it, and although
the youngest urchin in the family, can
easily detect the older ones trick in en-
deavoring to have us look at the moon
while they steal the plums from our
r,IIinpr
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The recent developments of an organ
lied band of Road Agents, and the sum-
mary punishment of Charles Wilson in
Virginia City ON the night of the 25tb,
after the Vigilantes had remained pas
sive for two years, is suggestive of ac-
tive operations should the Committee
consider it necessary to protect life and
property, and attaches fresh interest to
their previous history. The History of
the Vigilantes of Montana, by Prof.
Dimsdale, is the most startling authen-
tic account of desperate deeds by despe-
radoes and freebooters, ever published
in this country, and the thrilling scenes
of the capture, trial and punishment of
Henry Plummer's Band, true recital OF
the secret history of that wonderful or
ganization, are pictures of phases of Mon
tana life whose terrible realities exceed
the widest tales of romance. The pub
fishers have a small portion of the edi-
ton remaining unsold, aud in the pre-
sent desire manifested to obtain the
work, offer the limited number remain
ing on hands to subscribers on these con-
ditions. The rate for the WEEKLY Posi-
is So, gold, equal to 50 40 currency. On
the receipt of 80 currency the WEEKLY
Posi- will be sent for one year, accom-.
panied by. the History of the Vigilantes
a volume of22S pages, bound convenient
for mailing. This reduces the actual
price of the work to SO cents. Our
Agents in the various camps receiving
one year subscriptions to the Posi-, and
a ten dollar greenback, are authorized
to order a copy of the History to each
subscriber, and the work will be for
warded by mail or express from the
nfficp
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Extra war BountIes.

The whole number of claims under
the additional bounty act will be about
100000. Already 565, 900, in round num-
bers have been presented. Claims OF
living soldiers where accompanied by
the discharge are presented and Hquida-
ted at the office Of the Paymaster Gene
raj. Those of heirs or of living soldiers
whose discharges have been lost are ad-
iusted by the Second Auditor. As the
Paymaster General is dependent upon
the Second Auditor for facts essential to
the determination of such claims as are
paid by him it follows that a double ser
vice is imposed upon the Auditor, viz:
the investigation necessary to the adjust
ment of the claims which come before
him, and the furnishing of the informa-
ton required by the Paymaster General.
OF the $4,000 claims already presented
405, 900 were presented at the Paymaster
Generals and 100000 at the Second Au-
ditor's. 1t is estimated that 30, 600 more
will be received at the former and 5000
to 10000 more at the latter Bureau This
will carry the whole number up to 6OO,-
900. Twenty-Five per cent. of these
claims, and perhaps one third, will be
rejected. being inadmissable under the
provisions of the law and the rules gov
erniug settlements. About 10000 have
been paid-say 10000 by the Paymaster
General and 1900 by the Second Audi
tor, the former having commenced pay
/ ing in January and the latter in June
last. Payments are now progressing at
the rate of from 10000 to %, 900 month,
each of the offices above mentioned dis
posing OF from 10000 to $4,000. This is
as fast, probably, as the claims can be
settled; and at this rate, while the cases
in the Second Auditors Office may all
be disposed of in eighteen months those
at the Paymaster Generals will occupy
at least three years. Congress has di-
rected inquiries into the practicability
of effecting a more speedy adjustment !
but no expeditory plan has been found
feasible.
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WORDS BUT NOT DEEDS.

If you don't leave the roads alone will kill
yOu.-W. I. SHERMAN.
On reading the above language, used
by Sherman to the Indians in council at
Laramie; one would at first presume it
implied a different policy in regard to
the Indians from what has heretofore
been pursued by the commander of this
department. 1t is very apparent that
they have not for the last fifteen months
let the roads alone" Since the 4th of
July, 1866, the Bozeman road has been
in possession of the Indians. All transit
since that has been by force of arms.
The So slaughtered soldiers at Phil.
Kearney, and as large a number of civil
ians, the thousands of stolen stock and
the actual siege of Forts Smith and Phil.
Kearney demonstrate the condition of
that route The Smoky EiHl and Platte
routes have been but little better- and
the two Pacific Railroads have bsen n
possession of the Indians, suspeuding
travel and mail communi cutinn. They
have captured coaches, stations and
trains; they have pillaged, burned aud
slaughtered the people Of the terrific
ries have entreated protection. or ot leasi
permission to defend themselves and
except in the case of Montana all has
been passed by with heartless indifi r
ence. Ten or fifteen thousand men have
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been on the plains all summer. They
have accomplished nothing. The com
manding Generals rush furiously from
one point to another, issuing portentous
orders and presiding at councils. The
savages glide through the darkness and
accomplish their iendish purposes, and
so the summer has passed away. When
the winter is approaching more councils
were proposed, and grown bold by their
success and the supineness of the white
chiefs, the Indians hurl defiance in their
teeth and declare war to the knife. On
the impulse of the moment. Sherman de-
ciares he will protect the roads, and the
next day relents. He proposes another
council on the first of November, and the
Indians are sent off hunting until the
falling SHOWS and chill frosts may cool
their blood. In the meantime an officer
from Fort Smith reports $4,000 savages
under command of Red Cloud, and the
road between Piney and Big Horn occu-
pied by hostile tribes, while 1000 more
are on the war path near Fort Dodge,
and the laborers are abandoning the
Kansas Pacific Railroad 1t is not natu-
ural that the hero of the march from
Atlanta should thus demean himself
when the enemy are defiant. 1t looks
very much as though the Presidential
aspirations of Sherman were hampering
his movements in view of the morbid
sentimentalism on the Indian question
pervading the Eastern States. The
young bloods of the Indian tribes have
overrulcd the older chiefs They have
warred upon the whites successfully !;
their blood is up, and there is no method
under heaven Of settling the question as
to who will be masters of these noun
tains but by the sword. The extension
of time for consideration will render it
an impOssibility to accomplish anything
this autumn after the appointed council.
Montana can lily afford to be completely
cut off on the BoZeman route another
season, and this objectionable nonsense
of Sherman's effects us more fatally than
any other Territory. Would that Sher-
idan was permitted, with the army on
the plains, to send the red devils "whirl-
! ing down the valleys" One month of
active service would end for generation
! all trouble with the Indians. As it is,
we see little cause for congratulation.
| Like all it's predecessors, the Laramie
conference has turned out humbug,
/ and that is a very mild way of express
| ing it. Sherman has fully demonstrated
/ his incapacity as an Indian fighter, and
we would rather see him in the White
! House than on the plains.
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THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.


the President is receiving severe over
hauling by the press and public speak
ers of the East, Not only is the cloak
of 1oheredSeS torn from and it's true pur-
port shown, that of bringing on a di-
rect conflict between his policy and that
of Congress. and by this proclamation
allying on it's side the civil element
in the South, countenancing and en-
couraging them in hostility to the recon
struction measures, but it is shown that
he has no power to grant amnesty, the
act comforting that prerogative upon
the President having been repealed on
the 9th day of January last. The Con-
stitution empowers him to grant re-
prieves and pardons for offenses against
the United States, except in cases of i'm
peachment," but the very word. "par-
don" implies previous conviction by
judicial authority, and the people to
whom the proclamation applies never
having been tried, convicted, or senten-
ced, the President is clearly outside of
his authority in the matter. We believe
that the President has fully determined
upon his course of action, and that eth
er he or the United States Congress
must be crushed; that he is running
clear of any affiliation with, or regard to
Congress, and that he has decided to
fight it out, Ct ct drmiS Unnecessary, and
will precipitate matters before the next
session by revolutionary measures, as
bold as Hazardous. The Washington
Star, one of his organs, recently used the
languages: Congress, when it recon-
venes, il it ever does convene again" I"
implying that there is at least posi-
bility of a suspension of the functions of
that body. The Washington Union,
another Presidential organ, denies the
right of Senators who have expressed
opinions on the subject, to sit in judg-
ment on the impeachment of johnson,
which is now one of the most certain
events on the winter programme, and all
the johnson organs will chime in on that
key. The arming of the Maryland militia
hhO"h al VI SohASobiOi, anu
! the proposition ofhis friends that the am
nesty enfranchises all persons TO whom
Il applies, Notwithstanding the requir.
ments of the reconstruction acts to the
contrary, all indicate the purpose lie has
in view, that of rallying around him and
welding to his purposes every element
opposed to the representatives of the
loyal people, and making a desperate
effort for the supremacy. The times are
critical and the cloud that lowers be
tween the Legislative and Executive
branches of the government is big with
events of vast importance, and may cause
trouble, second only to that of the Re
bellion itself, but it will eventually ter
inmate in the complete discontinue o
the President and his adherents. TIL,
victors in the great war cannot be con
quered now. 1t is a conflict between
Absolutism and the people, and it is no
difficult to anticipate who will remain il
! possession and who will be driven ingloI
iously from the field.
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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

Both Sides The Montana Volunteers 4;
81. bat not Deeds Welcome Back Gov
g'7-rd Of Idahs, Suspended; The Signs of the
-. The Ohio Campaign; Vigilantes OF Mon
-. To Tax Payers Mining Matters Masonic;
o. r,rrs War BOuuties,
- o-Pen and Scissors Sources of the Great
LsEss: The Monetary Conference at Paris The
Sszge Robbery.
Or g-The Josh Billings Papers The Sun Tel
e--zph; Miscellaneous.
r.rr kilograms An Artificial Race Horse;
T-ls National Harvest; Combinations in Favor
--ffbs Northern Pacific Railroad; Death Warrant
q Christ
M Pen and Scissors; Judicial Proceedings;
-r-,1 ly Jury Virginia Letter List Virginia
War.et Report; Helena Market Report.
p,gr Mineral Resources Of the Pacific States
nj Territories Mr. LincoIH's Last Dream
warning Of Disaster
pcs -Poetry-Nswspspers Mining Matters ;
Tp ffrfsl Proceedings: Election Returns.
piEE Virginia Locals Helena Locals
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wELCOME BACK.

Charles Dickens, who despite the se-
we're compliments his " American Notes"
elected from this side of the water after
his visit few years since is about To
return to America, this time to deliver
readings from his own works. When
he first visited the New World and
sharply criticised the feathers of our
eagle before it was fairly out of the
shell, the lovers of the bird were some
what indignant, even while admitting
the truthfulness of the major portion of
his pen pictures of the ambitious gazer
at the sun. But Dickens has been long
forgiven, and his mastery delineations
of character, his noble championship of
the hearts that beat beneath toll stained
garments, his humanity, truthfulness
and independence, his peerless blending
of pathos and humor, have endeared him
to all republicans on this transatlantic
continent, and his reception will be as
cordial as the British heart can desire.
His agent, Mr.. Dolby, has already visited
ANGW AOIhs DdAbAAlOACs w IOu anu
other principal cities, TO feel the public
pulse. and has been not more astonished
than delighted at the temper of the peo-
pie in anticipation of the return OF
Charles Dickens. He will arrive in few
weeks and remain in America for sew
eral months. The character of his read
| ings is thus described by an eastern
| paper:
He takes one of his works, David
| Copper6eld for example, and in about
an hour and half tells the whole story
of the book, occasionally selecting a
favorite passage, which he repeats in
full, making all the characters act and
talk precisely as he fancied them at the
time of their creation in his own mind
All this is done with the finest dramatic
effect, as Mr.. Dickens, among his other
intellectual qualities, has those of a fin.
ished actor of the highest grade. He
has, too, the great advantage of know
ing all about the character he personates
in his readings. To use one of his own
expressions, he knows their tricks and
their manners" 1t is on account OF
elements that the Dickens readings ;
are said to excel all other entertainments
of the same general character.
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The installation of officers of the Grand Lodge of
Montana will take place in the Masonic
Temple Virginia city on Thursday, October 10.
1867, TO be preceded by full dress regalis pro-
cession. All Masons Of good standing in the seYe-
raj degrees of Masonry respectfully invited to
participate.
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FORMATION.

FORMATION.
Blue Lodge viii form in the Court Room.
Chapter, Peoples Theatre.
Commanderv " a. Council Chamber
Grand Lodge will form in the Masonic Temple
The different orders will meet at the respective
places designated, at half past nine M, and be
formed in order of procession by the Cammsnders'
The assembly will be sounded at 10 a. m, when the
will form left in 'front.' Wallace street.
opposite the International.
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ROUTE

Up Wallace street to Brewery along Brewery to
Cover along Cover to Nevada, along Nevada TO
Wallace along to jackson, along jackson to
Idaho, along Idaho to Spencer, along Spencer TO
Wallace, along Wallace to the Masonic Temple.
Tn officers of the Grand Lodge will then be in
stalled and the oration delivered by His Excellepcy,
Greene lay Smith, Governor of Montana
JAS. III. MILLS,
Marshal OF the Day.
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Mark Masters; Past Masters; Most Excellent
Masters; Royal Arch Masons.
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ORDER OF PROCESSION;
Entered Apprentices-Fellow Crafts-haster
Hasons.
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GOV. Ballard, OF idaho, suspended.

From the Idaho Statesman of the 14th.
we extract the following letter received
by Gov. Billiards. private Secretary,
which will explain itself:
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Guests of the Fraternity.

Officers and Members of Grand Lodge.
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with malice toward none, with charity for all
v s-sDess IN the right, as God gives US TO see
: =bt LET Us finish the work we are in, to bind
= - .s Ssti1n's wounds 20 care for him who shall
Q - - the battle and for his widow and orphan,
y .TT which may achieve and cherish a Just and
I S-..sr- peace among ourselves and with all
- iERAHAM LINCOLN.
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Knights of Red Cross; knights Templars; Knights
of Malta.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. %. 1865.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Dooid W. Ballard, G0oeTnOr Of Idaho
Territory, Boise City-SIR: i am direc-
ted by the President to inform you that
your functions as Governor of the Terri
tory of Idaho are hereby suspended; and
Isaac l.. Gibbs, Esq. has been designated
% perform the duties of that office.
have the honor to be, sir, your obe-
dent servant
w. II. SEWARD.
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CEREMONIES OF THE DAY.

Masonic Procession in full dress ReFaliA.
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Oration.

Installation Of Officers.
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r,s II. MILLS, - EDITOR
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HASONIC.

Beartown, Sept. %, 1867.