The Montana post., 1868-12-11
DECE NIB r X II.

D'" '"S "f'f HY'"" NC is -
cau- Sfor sorns< ioicin after &fons 5,
Will ni-n who had marched lsder slle
rebel banner. shouted tor JEFF DAVIS IN
rh~-rr-et. vt Virginia. .nnd made the hiii-
echo with the strains q. rebel music.
Ano.lier eviti,.ncr of ;he status o.. si,.
Legislature iS tn. TACT that while IL re-
fused Ia allow an account of Sls.JO in
scrip ter copies of the Montana PosT.
furnished in accordance with n resolu~
tion OF that body .it did make an app.o>
Priation of much larger sum for copies
of the Metropolitan Record. furnished
the members. a viler sheet il possible
tlan the la Crosse Democr0f. E.ress
from the nipshes in which the GdE.tfe il
ensnarr,i by The Bannack Legislature is
not one of the possibilities. 1; sayS the
Posi- refused to publish Mr.. Rogers pro-
test against Gov. Edgerton and his rad>
ical hackers Mr.. Dimsdale gave as n
reason tor such refusal that il avoided
discussion of the only point involved,
and was filed with invective unfit tor
publication. No man. of whatever party.
ever applied to the Posi- for opportu~
nifty to vindicate bis official conduct. in
respectful words, aud was refused. \
resolution was passed by the House re-
cognizing Mr., Rogers as a member,
although he declined tu take any oath
except one which he cooked up and die
tated himself. another evidence Of its
status. Gov. Edgerton declined to re-
cognIze II. while Mr.. Rogers was allowed
IA seat, and thus the Democratic l.egis>
lature was compelled To succumb. or To
use a word that came in common use
among Democrats shortly after-sur-
render
WE all like to he humbugged- lit
tie. II not why do people 90 10 operas,
get married. wear tight boots. buy Pas
chall House tickets. consult fortune tel-
lers, admire Amelia curls. or eat hash?
None of these little eccentricities of
genius compromise n mans dignity. and
none of them are either enormously ex :
peusive or irremediable while Legisla-
lures grant divorces, chiropodists ply
the avocation, or dispensers compound
emetics. But there Is such thing n
getting egregionsly sold. and suffering
humiliation that lasts until the unhappy
victim is
Gone like the tspspt that quit without warning
D"wn ih. back eniry oi Time
OF these we consider the following II
rare and beautiful exemplification. The
titled victims are objects of deepest
commiseration. notwithstanding the
d,BoUemoH is proof ot jeff Davis at
tempt to escape in calico. and may vet
have some important part in ,he settles
ment OF the Alabama claims. We clip
from the Washington Chronicte:
A tin box deposited in 1865 in the L.
:. Treasury by Secretary Stanton, has
recently been the object ot a complicat-
ed series o. Investigations. The ques-
tion of opening this locked and sealed
box has been referred backward and for
ward between the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of War, General
Grant and the President Several Cab
met meetings We're held on the subject.
bat no conclusion was arrived at. FL
NaIly il was decided that the authority
to break open this box of contention was
vested in the Secretary OF War, who. "A
few days ago detailed General liardee
to superinte nd the proceedings. Wit
nesses were sent for from the Treasury
and the Attorney Generals Department
and on opening the battered, dirty box.
instead Of iinding, as il was coniiden-
TALLY expected. 100000 ia gold, there
was exposed to view an old calico frock,
and womans shawl and waterproof
cloak. labelled: Taken from the per-
son OF jefferson Davis at the time ot his
capture by Colonel Prichard, of the L.
- A.
Here is Trains latest What IA su
perb Timon of Athens he is. With
what unctious fervor Victorias 5 two hun.
drad millions will utter Good Lord de-
liver us when they read it. and with
what h-artless indifference Americans
will say Pshaw. it's only Train :
gas =
"A goodbye to England NV p. u.
=. With the cowardice of the bully
and the serpent wiles of the sneak, the
miserable minions of this base Governs
ment, with their internal Alabama in
trigue. having insulted my flag and
country. as we'll as :he Irish people,
through my person. |, George Francis
Train. an American citizen incarcerated
i'm British bastiie for being true 10 Ire
land. do hereby soleInnly swear to re-
turn To America and demand justice tor
the Irish race Mt the bar of the Ameri>
can Congress. No bloodhound on the
scent. no Indian ON the trail. will be
surer OF his game With my fingers on
the jugUlar vein of England. 80 help me
God. ] will never let go until America
becomes American, and Ireland has an
Irish flag. over an Irish Republic. free
from the damnable injustice of ages.
Revenge is wild justice. Ireland shall
be revenged. The payment of the Ala,
bama claims and the release of the
American citizens has already been bal>
anced by the national insult to the CHS
nese Ambassador. because he happened
to be an American. Time will show
who has the most power-the American
Minister dining with the British noble,
or the American citizen dining with the
Irish peasant.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.
-Four Courts, Marshalsea, Oct. 1865"
The New York IiiboEc, of Nov. Il,
in noticing the suicide of the rebel Gen.
H. +. Reed. at Louisville. recently. sta
ted that he first planted the American