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The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-05-18

Diplomacy has conquered, and the
European war bubble having swollen to
immense proportions. rejecting from its
surface dozen armies marshalling for
combat, and the greatest powers of Eu-
rope placing themselves in readiness for
a struggle that promised the turning
and overturning of thrones and govern
ments, has been punctured by a goose
quill, and all that remains of the fleet
ing illusion is a demolished fortress
swimming in the tears of disappointed
contractors This is indeed paper vic
tory, and Lord Stanley gloriies i'm
mensely about the humanity and for
bearance of the parties interested. A
palmer, more truthful, and, To them, less
honorable statement, would have been.
that the balance of power is SO evenly
maintained that Napoleon did not dare
take up the gauntlet thrown down by
Bismarck, unless Victoria would lend
armed assistance to offset the armies of
Alexander IL. England knew that the
Fenians of Great Britain and America
only awaited this result to carry out the
design of liberating Ireland, and could
not pledge herself TO the Nephew of
his Uncle" The failure of the French
would insure the destruction of the OF
toman Empire by the Car, the putting
of quietus upon the " sick man of
Europe" and give Russia free access to
the west through the Sea of Marmora.
These considerations. which all the di-
plomacy of England and France has
been engaged in preventing since the
Crimean war. induced the calling of the
Peace Convention, and however much
they may eulogize their humane inten-
tentions, these alone are the potent rea-
sons for the abandonment of the enter
prise by France and Britain. The rep
resentatives from the region likely to be
the seat of war were alive to the ruin
Gus consequences it would entail upon
them. and were for peace, which gave
the west the control of the Convention
and obviated the war. Let Johnny Bull
and Johnny Crapeau boast of their hu-
manity and forbearance. We had a
sample of il in their admiralty privateers
and the occupation of Mexico in our hour
of distress and danger.
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foist on odious election law upon the
people. and the Democrat knows this is
true Ii was only upon an express stipu-
lation by members of the House, that
they would oppose il. that a sufficient
number of those opposed would come in
and constitute quorum. The bill was
introduced in the Council, and came
within one vote of passing, under the
frothy declamations ofmen whose course
the Democrat editor at that time de-
nounced, and shortly after lauded as
A" the advocates of pure Democracy"
The Democrats did not have "a clear ma
Jority of over thirty" In fact, there
was not that number present of both
parties, in both Houses, and at the pre-
ceding session, there was only n Demo
cratic majority of twenty seven on joint
ballot. The Legislature could not do
anything except with quorum in each
House. The House could not secure a
quorum without the Republican mem
bers coming in. They would not come
in. and would have left after they had
had not Democratic members pledged
themselves not to Introduce the election
bill. The Democrats did not want to
so home, acknowledging that few Re
publicans had prevented the session; and
moreover, they knew that Congress
would annihilate the whole institution If
they passed such bill. The considerate
ones thought it not better to invoke de-
struction, to play smooth game, and
run the chances of luck. on annullment.
This is why the election law did not pass
The intention constitutes the crime.
There may be persons who think it cen
titled to no consideration. > but we do.
When the" discussion during the sum
mer" takes place. You viii not be
troubled at all in bringing the P0sT up
to production of the evidence sufH-
cient to satisfy your most ardent cravings
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VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, S

ments had ben sent % the hostile country.
''Red CLOUD I" and his few adherents could
easily have been crushed and snnihilated."
Yes, sir We have $50 men at point
called "the mouth of Judas" under a
very chivalric soldier named - one Gin
ton He is a erusher." indeed. in
fact an annihilator of the first water.
II that army of considerable magni-
tude is commanded by Clintons. there
need not be a shadow of distrust disturb
the slumbers of the worst red devil in
the Arkansas country. Butter-mouthed
Bogy talks as affectionately as a grass
widow in the fall of the year
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UNDER WHICH KING

Democracy is in dilemma, north and
south. That they are at heart opposed
to negro suffrage, no one doubts. But
negro suffrage in the South and the Ter
ritories at least being fixed fact. they
must either swallow the bitter pill or
lose this immense vote. In the Con
necticut elections this was the issue in
volved. Democracy opposed negro suf-
frage and won the election. The lead
ing men of the party in the South have
come out for negro suffrage. and are en-
deavoring TO control the colored vote
Sambo is likely to be as great bone of
contention hereafter as heretofore. One
of our cotemporaries asks why English
was elected this time. The issue in
volved explains portion of the matter
The increase of 900 votes in the State
since the last election, may hdoe been
honest
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-05-18
PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE.

The last issue of the Gazefte says
The telegraph is slor TO chronicle Dem
ocratic victories" That may be true
enough. Precious few they are and far
between; but the only Inference that
can be legitimately drawn from the arti-
Gle of the Gazette is, that we do not give
publicity to the kilograms that are unfa-
vOrable to the Union party. Now it is
useless to refer to recent telegraphic
accounts of Democratic victories-the
nine to one Democrats elected by the
New Jersey sand-fies. or the emigration
vote in Connecticut that elected Eng
iish, and what few others are sandwich
ed in like piece of bad smelling ham
between good honest slices of Republican
victories; but we make the assertion
boldly. and rely on the operator here to
deny it if incorrect. that there has not
come to this office the report of Demo
cratic or Republican victory but what
has been published in the PosT, fairly
and impartially. The Gazette, Herald
mp their telegraph dispatches exclusively
from the dispatches reported and paid
for by the PosT alone. They have not
nerve, stamina or soul enough to form
an Association. as is done in other places
and help bear this expense to present
the people with the news nor will they
take them specially but they sit back
in their inky, old fogy, dust holes, and
growl because ioe do not patch up and
manufacture dispatches TO suit their
particular tastes. The small fry, the
ganlias, the little rag-tag- g-and- -bob-tails of
cosmopolitan towns and cities, gather
up the stumps of cigars which gentle
man have thrown away after their fresh
ness and flavor is exhausted SO do these
would-be newspapers gather up the stale
news of old PosTs, and then growl be-
cause we did not have that peculiar
brand of news for which they have such
an affecticnate desire. You have them
with our compliments. gentlemen of the
old fogy, country, Qaw) papers of Mon
tana; but be civil if you can.
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SATURDAY., MAY Is, 1867.

OR eorrep0pdents throughout tie
T,rrit9ry ,ciH 05lige by conforming to the
s.H,,riag ruEes. Limit all 0Htmunied-
,i,gs 10 a haIf column. Write only on
o,s siis gf the paper, plainly and e0n-
,i,.lg -MHiHg ne,es should be lc7-itteR
,.Dqrqts[y from Otter ne'cs ; brief, statis-
,.e,,l and reIia5L Write 0Hly ,chat loiH
>, If public interest Aroid personalities
CIR dtte and address. The name Of the
,.riter must accompany each letter An
.,,yIsrsHce Ia these rules lniU enable US TO
giry early insertion 10 COMMUNICATIONS; ];
\ dspdrtprc from them aciU account for
soq-appsarGace IN nearly eUery instance.
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ANOTHER LION DEAD.


The Supreme court has dismissed the
injunction cases and reconstruction is
unfettered by the technicalities by which
scheming disloyalists sought an unholy
object. We avow, with all earnestness
and honesty, an ardent desire to see the
breach closed, that yawns between the
people of the South and those of the
North to see the rebelliOus States re-
stored TO representation and an equal
status under the Constitution, with those
that were loyal; to unite our purpose
and destiny, as a people establishing the
the great principle that man is capable
of selfgovernment; to see them emerge
from the darkness, horror and gloom, in
which they have been wandering for six
years, into the genial sunshine of pros
perity and happiness; asking only their
devotion to the Union, and such, we be-
lieve, viii be the legitimate. speedy and
happy consummation attained by this
stern, compulsory. but necessary mill
tary reconstruction bill.
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CONTENTS OF THIs NUMBER.

PAGE The EN-COmmissioner; The Begin uin ?
offbs End Another Liou Dead Freaks OF the
TeierraTh: The Reason Why; The Income Tax
Important Instructions Napoleon's Residence
in Eba: Put hat iD your Pipe The Act Amend
atnry Uudrr Which King p Mining Matters :
How the President Lives
p,gE 2-I.aus DeD; Pen and Scissors. etc. etc.
PACE a-Ou the Prairie, Pen Portrait of Nasty ;
a Cles,isl Applicant for Citizenshipi Miscel
laneuus Items.
p.EF 4-TelegraIns Prom Benton Recoustruo-
ton. sold Gold Mining in Ancient Times !;
Pearls sherman On The Indians Miscellaneous
PAGE 5-Peu and Scissors; Virginia and Helena
Market Reports I- -Lr
PACE Bills Vetoed by the President; The
Meerschaum Pipe; From HancOck's Expedition;
Proportion of Working Men in the Cities War
Declared; Miscellaneous.
PAGE T-'' Deyelopements'; From Gen. Thorough
PAGE s-Virginia Locals Helena Locals; Viz
ciuia Letter List.
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THE ACT ANIEMDAToRY.


Our friend of the Fossil takes excep-
ZION to a paragraph in a recent issue of
The Posi- with the above caption, in
which the assertion WAS made that the
bogus sessions, burthened the people
with obnoxious franchises and attempted
TO foist upon them an election law
prompted by the basest motives, and
urged vehemently by the clique who
have so long controlled this Territory" I"
The Posi- is defed to make good the
charge that n single net of the Legislature
Of Montana burthens the people with
obnoxious franchises The next sen
tence says the Bannack Legislature did
burthen the people. We had thought
the Bannack Legislature was a Mon
tana Legislature. 1t appears, however.
that il was not, according 10 the Fossil,
but we let that pass. 1t then refers to
the Ryan and Sturgis charter as a
great public benefit" and asserts that
not single charter granted by the ID
or 3D. Legislatures have proven "obnoxi-
GUS franchises" 1t appears that Acting
Governor Meagher thought differently.
for he vetoed the bill ON the ground that
it did not offer sufficiently Liberal in
ducements and facilities compatible with
a good road" A severe alteration sue
ceeded in producing an act which was
approved, but it was not the fanlt of the
Legislature who passed the first bill that
it was not obnoxious. There is "a single
bill passed" The editor of the Democrat
does not need citation of all the OBJ
noxious franchises. He, perhtps, knows
as well as any one that their name is
legion. scores and scores of them, Ma
ior. In every session they have been
passed, until toll gates and collectors,
with the appeal of the horse leeches
daughter forever on their tongues,
spring up like dragons teeth
in the way of every freighter and
traveller. The hardest task you required
of us was TO put our finger on single
one. Had you said adozen or two, or
twice that number, it would have been
no difficulty. The journals of every ses-
sion except the last would show them.
The Democrat absorbed for printing, one
fourth of the entire amount of warrants
issued by the Auditor for the fiscal year,
ending September 80, 1866, and some
$4,000 since that, a sufficient compen-
sation to warrant the proprietor in look
ing up for himself those obnoxious fran
chises about which he writes so much,
and claims TO know SO little. On the
great Anaconda" of the Bannack Legis-
lature, mentioned, there is not toll
station; and good road has extended
as far as Fort Smith on the Big Horn,
on the route Indicated. The Legislature
last winter, did grant franchises on this
route. and there would have been toll
houses thick upon it ere this, had it not
been for the annullment act. 1t was
asserted that an attempt WAS made to
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-05-18
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

Davis is released on bail, and the
white-coated philosopher of Gotham puts
down his name, financial strength, es-
tablished ON the net earnings of the
most violent abolition sheet in the coun-
try, to secure freedom of person to the
rebellious head of the slave oligarchy
Truly this is day of wonders, al
though Greeley's cratic wanderings,
following in the pathway of honest pur-
pose and moral rectitude, have ceased to
astonish any one. One hundred thou
sand dollarsi mere bagatelle of what
it cost to support the Union armies a
day; the simple amount given as re-
ward for his capture and the arch trai-
tor is at liberty, full and unconditional
TO receive red and white bcquets, the
congratulations of his victims and duIpes,
and to exert what influence he may at
this critical iuncture in the affairs of the
South 1t would have been greatly To
the credit of the country if, instead of
releasing him on the paltry bail of a
hundred thousand dollars. subscribed by
an hermaphroditic, miscegenated associ-
alton of abolitionists and fire-eaters, he
had been released on his own recogniz-
ance. Davis will not fly the country.
He has nothing to fear if he remains,
and the audulations of his worshippers
in the country he would have ruined,
will besjilead's balm to the heart that
should be eaten by the gnawing worms
of remorse. We would be little surprised
to see him visiting Washington, New
York or Boston, at the earnest solicita-
tion of leading citizens, and returning
thanks for complimentary speeches in
Faneuil, Mozart or Willard's Hall.
Verify. treason is being rendered obi
Gus with a vengeance. The whole war
has been but a grand similitude to an
evenings entertainment at theater.
First came the prelude, serio-cOmic, the
three months campaign. Then the long,
heavy FIVE act tragedy of War, and now
comes on the screaming farce, the first
scene of which was a President in Petit
coats, next President in a Palatial
Prison, and at the present writing as we
go to press, the representative of the K.
Z. s. is arm in arm, hand in glove. and
thick as thieves with a statistical, in
comprehensive Yankee. And soon it
will all be over in an uproar of mingled
cheers and cat calls. and the bows and
shippers of the leading characters. The
audience will go out of the vitiated at
mosphere of treason where the pure air
of principle will revive their conscious
ness. and they will look up to the stars
on our banner. ashamed that they have
applauded and bestowed sympathy upon
an actor who would have trampled them
beneath the iron heel of Rebellion, and
torn from its beauteous triple-hued folds
the color of fidelity and the symbol OF
the United Colonies.
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NAPoLEoNs RESIDENCE IN ELIZA
Among the various properties advertised
as for sale is the estate of San Martito.
ia the isle of Eiba. once the residenceoi
the u reat Napoleon during his exile in
1SI4l5. The iraperial villa is described
as being still in its original condition,
including an Interesting museum. ara
large gallery ot paintings and ouler
works of ara. The sale il entrusted 4 a
firm OF auctioneers in Paris.
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WHOLE NO. 143.

running up TO Hoggin, distance Of two
mile, mud BY the of hydraulic runs the
whole dirt Of the gulch. aud bars either
side can be run through their fume. IL Is the
only wav the gulch could be worked success
fully, and il Is hoped that il Will prove re-
mnnerative to the enterprising company
From the appearanceo things now, Hoggin
will be lively camp this summer Laboring
men are scarce and In demand. Friday and
Saturday was stormy. Rain and snow, snow
and rain has been the weather programme.
To-day is glorious; sunshine and fine tempered
weather hover over and around US w. s
&C. So writing from Highland, May
13, says:
Our miners are now commencing to take out
the % shining stuff " IN quantities appro xima-
ting 10 what our gulch ga,e promise of last
fall. Major Packard's claim to-day turned
out a splendid nugget, weighing over $40;
Hifner 4 McCOnn's claim gave Its owners
beautiful specimen weighing Sis; and Camp
bell a. Berkley's claim Horse Gulch, a trIbu-
tary of Highland) presented its fortunate
owners with nugget of about 5000. Pretty
good for Blue Monday. The snow has most
ly disappeared from the south side of our hills.
A week or two of pleasant weather and High
land Gulch will be all right.
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The Income Tax-Emportant In
sfrucGfOns.

Commissioner Rollins has issued TO
the assessors quite a number of instruc-
tions relating to the amended Internal
Revenue law, which is now in operation.
The following instructions referring par
ticularly to the assessment of the income
tax, Will interest numerous tax payers
PHYSICIANS.
Where physicians are obliged to keep
a horse for the transaction of business
they may deduct so much of the ex-
pense so incurred as is fairly referrable
to the business done.
No DEDUCTION FOR DOCTORS BILLS.
Expenses for, medical attendance,
store bills, etc, are not proper subjects
for deduction. Expenses for repairs of
implements, tools. etc, used in business,
may be deducted.
RENT OF HOMESTEAD
Rent of homestead actually paid
may be deducted, but the rental value
of property owned by the tax payer is
not a subject of deduction bat where
the tax payer rents a furnished house,
that portion of the rent paid in consid~
Grafton of the use of the furniture should
not be allowed as deduction.
ROOM RENT.
Any person claiming a deduction on
account of the expense for room rent,
must satisfy the assessor that the room
or rooms occupied by him constitute his
home, and that he has no residence else
where, and this being shown, he MAJ
be allowed to deduct what he actually
pays for rent of such rooms, but nothing
can be allowed for rent of furniture OF
care of rooms When rent is included
and deducted as an expense of business.
it must not be again deducted as rent,
nor should person hiring a house ana
subletting a portion of it be allowed 70
deduct more than the excess of his pay
ments over his receipts.
IMPORTANT TO CI,ERGYMEN.
Marriage fees. gifts from members If
a congregation to their pastor. ETC., are
taxable as income when the gifts or do
nations are in the nature of compenssi-
ton for services rendered, whetherin
accordance with an understanding 10
that effect at the time of settlement, or
with,an annual custom.
FOREIGNERS MUST PAY INCOME TAX.
Citizens of the United States residiAg
abroad are subject To tax upon their en-
tire incomes from all sources whatever;
and the same is true of foreigners resi-
ding in this country. n-r
The law provides that a like tax shall
be levied, collected and paid upon the
gains. profits and income of every busi-
ness. trade or profession carried on in
the United States by persons residing
without the United States and not citi-
zens thereof. - p. 81.
= D., IL
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FREAKS OF THE TELEGRAPH.-A cy-
pher is said TO be the exponent of no.
thing, yet one of them added or taken
away makes something of a difference.
A great many of the eastern papers pub
lish the strength of Hancocks 5 expedi-
ton at 1900 TO 10000. while il is but
1900 or 1000. Gen. Augur's command
OF 1000 10 3 900 is msgnitied To 10000 or
10000 We received the dispatch that
10000 Imperialists were killed at Puebla-
The Salt Lake papers havo ID 1000. IL
wont make much difference in 100 years
or 1000 years hence, but il does now
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-05-18

How THE PRESIDENT LTvEs.-It is
generally supposed that the President
of the United States receives from the
Treasury his salary oftwenty-five thOus-
and dollars year, and nothing more
and 1t has been question how, upon
that sum, the occupants of the Office
could live and bear the expenses in
separable from the position. Tyler, Fill
more, Pierce and Buchanan not only
lived, but saved money, out of their
salaries. The fact is, nearly all his ex-
penses of the White House are paid by
Congress. The President has no rent to
pay. Congress furnishes his house for
him, even TO the smallest article OF
kitchen and table furniture. 1t supplies
his fuel, pays his gas bills, pays all his
servants, supports his stable and main
tains his flower garden and his kitchen
garden, his conservatories and his pleas
ure grounds. Even his balls and dinner
parties are paid out of the public purse.
Some idea of the amount expended
by Congress for the Presidency may be
formed by considering the following
items IN the last appropriation bill.
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These items by no means include all
the expenditures for the White House.
The ordinary Executive expenses are
not easy to get at. for they are purpose
ly covered up by being mixed with other
matters; but we presume that the annual
expenses of maintaining the Chief Magis-
trate considerably exceeds one hundred
thousand dollars.
In addition TO all this. there are al
ways large sums of money at the Presi-
dents disposal; and il is safe to say that
neither of those we have mentioned
would allow themselves to ruu in debt
or impair their. private fortunes, with
these appropriations in their control.
They all retired from office wealthy
men.