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49,. 49,
New Cuba-Oid Spain.

We yesterday published an interesting ac-
count of the numerous defeats of the govern
ment troops in their efforts to overthrow the
patriot forces There cannot be less than
twenty thousand Cubans under arms to- day
bent upon the independence of their country.
Among them are found the educated and
wealthy classes, who have so long suffered
from the outrageous extortions of Spain, and
who are now determined to force the Gem of
the Antilles into a new and more appropriate
orbit.
If we look at the period of the overturnngs
which eliminated in the placing of Joseph
Bonaparte upon the throne of Spain we find
the same vacillations. the same uncertainty,
the same narrow policy with reference to the
then existing Spanish colonial possessions as
we now see in the policy with reference to
Cuba. Then they advocated the idea that the
colonies had no right. human or divine, to
dream of better government than the mother
country chose to deal ont to them. Now the
Spanish liberals forget that Cuba is better pre-
pared for SELF government than Spain herself,
and consequently dictate overbearing laws for
her domination. Then there existed. AZ now
there exists, but one true method Of colonial
government, and that is to urge rather than
retard all liberal movements which aim toward
wiser government for the governed and
a higher civilization. But Spain never
recognized this principle, and must her
self go through at least fifty years of
revolution before she will. II is patent to
an observer on this republican side of the
water that Cuba cannot lie dormant 10 the
touch of the age while Spain goes through the
process Of liberal incubation. Spain has had
stroke OF fortune in Kidding herself of cor
rupt queen, whose mind and laws were entirely
swayed by the most retrograde clergy of this
century, and whose sworn faith was in opposi-
ton to every liberal reform aud everything
that made ignorance instead of intelligence the
standard of nations greatness. Spain halts
to-day in the selection Of government; but
she only halts upon the eve OF a terrible strug-
gle between the young nineteenth century
principles on one side supporting republican
ism and the retrograde ideas Of the past
monarchy and the fancied prerogatves Of the
Church. Spain awakens to new life, but
with the worst contact and the worst corrup-
ton Of Europe. Not 30 with Cuba. She has
the highest ciyilizing element OF the age spur
ring her to worthy ambition. She has had
this contact for nearly hundred years, and
the impulse las often thrilled her. There are
more solid ideas OF self-governmcnt existing in
Cuba to-day than in the whole corrupt Spanish
peninsula. Whenever Spaniard has travelled
he has visited the Pope, and has returned in
wardly resolved to swim against the tide o.
civilization which threatens to swamp all reli-
gons which become banking corporations o.
meddle with temporal government. Not -
with the Cuban. lie has almost in
variably neglected the Old World an'
rushed iato The ceptce OF ciyilisng action
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THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICAN ENTER
PRISE IN AsrA.-ln another column we give
the views Of Mr.. Cesare Moreno, dis
tingushed Italian traveller in Asia, on the
opportunities for American trade and influence
on the Asiatic Continent He speaks from the
book, or, rather, from knowledge acquired by
fifteen years travels and residence in India,
Sumatra, China and other countries of Asia.
He has had an extraordinary experience and
greater advantages for understanding the SEN
timents Of the native people than perhaps
any traveller of modern times. The conclu-
sion he comes to Is that there is an immense
field for American enterprise in that part OF
the world aud that the time has come when
this country should turn its attention to the
commercial wealth OF Asia and adopt measures
to rival, if not to supplant, the British there.
His suggestions are well worthy the considera.
ton OF tho American government aud people,
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Another Murder.

Murders are of such frequent occurrence
now that we can hardly follow them up. They
form the most prominent items in the news Of
the day The latest attempt at murder arose
out of the election on Tuesday afternoon, when
man who challenged vote at the polls in
the Twenty first ward, on Second avenue, was
set upon by mob, hunted through the streets
and dangerously (the surgeons say fatally
shot by one of the rowdies who led the tumult.
Il appears by the testimony Of member OF
the police that Sheriff O'Brien was met by him
at the head Of crowd Of men Fastening from
the scene of the attempted murder, and that
the man Noble, who is charged with the
offence, was leading another crowd. Whatever
may be the result of this transaction
whether the wounded man lives or dies
the fact remains that most OF the bloody
collisions which disgrace our criminal
record are tho immediate consequence
Of carrying deadly weapons. There was
no excitement in the election scenes OF
Tuesday TO provoke the shedding OF blood.
Everything went of peaceably except In this
one instance. II seems evident, therefore,
that there was design on the part Of the
ruffians who went armed to the poles to use
their weapons to the serious detrmcnt OF
somebody no matter whom, and the unfor-
tunate man. who was slaughtered may have
been, after al, but an accidental victim, simply
because the assailants chose to pick quarrel
with him. No one can tell which one Of the
community may suffer from this indiscriminate
use of firearms. Every man who walks the
streets by day or by night is liable at any
| time to be made target Of by some Of the
armed gangs who roam the streets, setting The
police at defiance and scofiing at everything II
the shape Of law.
There must DO some remedy for this state o
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things. If the existing laws cannot reach the
source OF the evil let the next Legislature
enact that the carrying of deadly weapons con-
cealed upon the person shall be an offence
punishable by Imprisonment in the State Prison
and let our police authorities and police JUS
tees see that the law ia carried out without
fear or favor, without compromise or extenua-
ton, and then there viii be some chance Of
putting stop to the homicides which make 90
prominent . part Of our daily history.
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Our RAILWAY Stockjobbing swindicrs-1he
Duty Of Congress.


The evil Of great monopolies under bad
laws has never been more fully demonstrated
than in the gigantic swindling operations car
ried on by the managers OF the Erie Railroad
BY the over-issues of stock il has been shown
that there is not single railway company in
the United States but is liable at any moment
to be manipulated in the same way by it's
managers and its stockholders defrauded OF
the greater part OF their money which they
have heretofore deemed safely invested. JUS
tice appears to have no hold upon the leaders
in these great frauds. The petty courts and
the Judges 50 disagree about the matter
that distant foreign observer might
be led to believe that law in the
United States il mere farce. The effect OF
all this in Europe among the capitalists who
have invested large sums in railway construc-
ton in the United States and in the purchase
trous; for there is no certainty that any road
is exempt from the same swinding process.
Our telegraphic system is no better. A
single company has absorbed all the lines, and
now, to the immense detriment Of commercs
and general information, dictates TO the coun-
try. Twelve millions Of dollars would build
all the lines they possess, and yet they have
made in reality great corporation, represent
ing over forty-oae millions of dollars. y"
this latter sum the prosperity of the nahen -
forced to pay large interest, instead Oh On
the smaller amount
1t is evident that there Is ont one way OF
dealing with these evils which have grown up
in our midst, and thai is for Congress to take
tho matter in hand and legslate some wise
form Of government for our whole railway aud
telegraph system. II would be, perhaps.
better that the Supreme Court should be
charged to soc that all the immense interests
involved in these public improvements be pro-
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the New; he has compared the laws OF old
Spain with those Of the great republic; he
has been educated in American ideas; he
has time and again cursed the bonds which
bind him to the insane past; he has watched
railroad and telegraph and steam communica-
ton, and wished for all these things so long
that finally the wishes have turned into con-
stitutional republican code Of action-a code
Of war if Spain viii. Can Spain resist this
new constitution written in the heart Of every
Cuban who loves the island where he was
born? We doubt it. She has no force suf-
ficently great for the purpose. She has no
Dulce of Alya who can hope to take the field
and drive the principles of the nineteenth CEN
tury to the wall.
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wALLAcK's THEATRE. Broadway and 18th street. =
TuR LANoAslIRR LASS
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

BROADWAY THEATRE. BroAdway.-IagLANp AS IT
WAs-COsNRoTIcUT coUIrsHiP.
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NIBLo's GARDEN. Broadway.-AFrRs DARK. OR Los
Mem.
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PIXIES OPERA HOUSE, corner Eighth avenue and
81 ssrceL-SAIEg BLRUR-LIsoHEN AND FRITzoHES.
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NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway.-MRs sooTT-siD
LADY TEAzLE.
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BowERy THEATRE. Bowery.-RED scARr-LosEL
Man TAR OCEAN.
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what was told him. ''Plato's Philosophy
would have died ages ago if it had been given
In any less pleasant form than his dialogues.
When Polemarchus says, Socrates, if am
not deceived you are taking your departure for
the city, simple as the phrase is, we all
want to know what Socrates has to say to it,
and so are led on step by step till we find our
selves fairly embarked in the Republic.
Cicero is infinitely less enjoyable in his great
Efforts Of oratory than in that memorable series
OF conversations in which we hear such rich
discussion of the character of the orator.
1t has, perhaps, been noted that in these re-
Elections of the views Of public men they all
agree about reconstruction and disagree to a
greater or less extent, about the finances.
This is significant that, politically, the country
is to- have rest and we can agree with Simon
Cameron that this alone would secure all good
results, and would even pay the national
debit it were left to do it. Unfortunately,
the singular differences that our public men
are found to hold in regard to the finances in
dictate that it probably will not be so left. 1t
should be observed however, that the crudest
views on money affairs are held in quarters
where they can do least harm, and that men
holding such important positions as the chair
man of the Senate Committee on Finance bring
to the national service the ample thought and
practical wisdom of the best craftsmanship.
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FRENCH THEATRE. rourseenta street and Sixth ave
nae---,sgsRyfgNE DE BRAsASI.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.-HUMrrY puArrY
VITA SKW FEATURES.
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FRENCH THEATRE. Fourteenth stree, and Sixth ave.
rae--vgsByiESE DE BRASASu.
OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.-HUarrY DuArTY.
wEvs NEV FEATURES.
MRS '. 3. coNwAy's PARK THEATRE. Brooklyn
TAK LkNOAstIIlE LASS.
RRYANTsr OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building, 18th
s8rrcl-ETniorIAN MtSsTRELsf, 70.
KRILY a Icons MINsTRELS. 7so Broadway.-ETHio-
PsAN MIssrgFLsY BURLEsQUE--TAME CATS
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, ass Broadway.-ETHIo.
Plan ENTERTAINMENTS, SINGING, DAnoING, &c.
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE s1l Bowery.-CoMIo
vOoALIsa. NEGRo MissTRKLsY. &C.
THEATRE coaIouE, Sls Broaiway; -rnE GREAT ORR
GtsAL bINGARp AND VAUDEVILLE COMPANY
Broadwsy.-Afernoon and evening Performance.
NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth streei.-Eo EQUESTRIAN
AND GYasAsriC ENTFRTAINMENt.
PIXIES MUSIC HALL, 9Th and 2Sd sf.-MR
Os0ANyANs LECTuIF-"SociAL LHE IN THE EAST"
HooLRy'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.-HooLEYs
hISsrRKLs-THE GRAND DUCHESS, 40
HooLEy's e. d. OPERA HOUSE. Williamsburg
HooLRys MissrRELs-oHl HUSH, DO
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY sls Broadway
SJIKnOE AND ARr.
The Montana post., 1868-09-18

better working condition; never yielde5
more quartz than to-day.
Leaving Union City / assembled III.
hills and returned to Virginia City h.
the mountain route. For half the dist.
ance rode in full view of the Madiso,
mountains-one of the most picturesop1
ranges in the Territory, and prominent
among which was the isolated pyramid
hill, known as Mount washington
which stands out among the mountains
as the great prototype stood out amonp
men, remarkable for its strength, lofti.
ness and grandeur. On my way down
passed by five or six beautiful littl.
lakes embosomed among the hills, apd
which arc supposed to be the craters a
extinguished volcanoes. These litu.
sheets of water are rapidly growing into
popularity with the lovers of fun, frolir
and picnics in the Capital After nv
return toVirginia this evening, accOmpaI
MED by my esteemed friend, DIR. +. q
Cornell. / visit. d the little hospital uB,
der his charge. Though small and
somewhat confined, il is neat and com
Portable, and reminded me OK the hospil
tails so often visited in the vicinity q
Washington during the war. Their
was an air of neatness about it which
find !; impossible to describe. and andeI
the care of the good doctor the patient
seemed cheerful and happy
had almost forgotten 10 say that I
warm interest is felt in the Posi- al
Summit | obtained several suDscribI
ers, and appointed my christian friend
Mr.. i. Church, agent and deacon To lOol
after its interests and the wants of oui
parishioners. He will "a future furnis.
us with news items from this part a
our vineyard. l have been more suel
cessful in my mission than / expected
everywhere treated with that kindnesI
generally bestowed upon persons of nj
vocation-found the Posi- n welcomj
visitant, and greatly increased its circu
lation.
Yours, Reverentially.
THE "PAKsuN."
Va City, Sept. IL, '6S.
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General Regulations.

1. The Board will carefully preserve all
articles while on exhibition during the Fair ;
but will not be responsible for any accidents
or losses that may occur.
II The Board of Directors, or Executive
Committee, will be in their Office during the
week of the Fair. They will appoint all Off
cers, judges, committees and agents for the
occasion and decide all questions affecting
the rights of exhibitors or the duties of en-
ployees.
III. An efficient police force viii be kept
on the ground constantly during the Fair.
~. Ample arrangements will be made, in
the way of pens, stalls, feed and bedding for
stock.
" No animal will be allowed to be en-
tered in the name of any other person than
the bona fde owner, his agent; and all
vegetables, grains, etc., either sing'y or in
collections, must be grOwE by the individual
entering the same No premium win be paid,
or award published, in any case where this
rule is violated.
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sources of the country, and by showing whss
we are, and have, and can be, invite immigra-
tion and capital from abroad
We rely upon the energy and enterprise OF
our citizens to make this, the first Annual
Fair, n success-to prove, by the display OF
the Agricultural, Mechanical and Mineralpro-
ducts of the country, that Montana Is sll we
have ever claimed for her. If our citizens
will literally contribute articles tor eXhibi-
tiou from their farms, their workshops and
their mines, we can make our Far exceed
ingIy interesting and profitable, and equal IN
every respect TO any held IN the Western
States.
Colorado, with less than two-thirds of our
population and on e third of our arabic land,
has long had Territorial Fairs in successful
operation, They expect to have the lsrgest
and best exhibition this fall that they have
ever had, and il is hoped that our own may
not be second in point of interest
No pains or expense will be spared
by the Executive Committee to make the
Fair a success. The Fair grounds are beau
tifully located, with plenty of wood, water
and grass in the immediate vicinity, and
those coming from a distance, who may de-
sire o camp during their stay at the Fair,
will find every convenience for doing So
The Montana post., 1868-09-18
From a Letter in the Cheyenne Argus
We CLEAN the following items:

From letter in the Cheyenne Argus
we CLEAN the following items:
The Easements are about trying a
new method of laying down the rails on
the Union Pacific Railroad, by which it
is believed the progress OF track laying
will be greatly accelerated The ties
are to be placed and the rails laid down
simultaneously.
Benton is rapidly thinning in popula
tion, many leaving daily for Green river.
Water sells in Benton for 81 % per bar
rel.
Efforts have been made to build fort
on the banks of the North Platte, to be
named Fort Fred. Steele, but the efforts
have not been very successful, so far.
The soldiers are there to garrison the
fort, but the fort is not there to be gar
risoned.
The last paragraph of the letter is as
The air around Laramie and Fort
Saunders is thick with tales of robber-
les and ruiIianism. and some energetic
steps will soon be taken to suppress this
epidemic of crime A large and well
organized band of robbers are believed
to be operating in that neighborhood.
A gang of about twenty men, with
masks, lately paraded the streets OF
Laramie, by night, and committed seve-
raj robberies with impunity.
Hay cutting was quite an object in
the vicinity of Fort Saunders. 1t is $50
a ton in the vicinity OF Benton.
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Instructions 70 Judnes.

I. When a majority of the judges, on any
one section, are present, they shall constitute
a quorum, and be authorized to award premi-
ums; and the first on the list of those present
shall be Chairman.
II. premium will not be awarded TO an
inferior article, or to anything not worthy of
n premium, though there be no competition.
Ill. The Judges will be expected TO give
the reasons of their decisions embracing the
valuable and desirable qualities of the animals
OF articles to which premiums are awarded.
As one great obje ect of the Board is 20 col
lect valuable information, upon subjects con-
nected with Agriculture, and the material in
terests of the country, the several Awarding
Committees are requested TO gather all the in
formation possible, from exhibitors, in their
respective Departments and make their re-
turns full as circumstances viii permit
". Each Committee will complete its
labors as early as possible, and make its Re-
port of Awards to the Secretary, at the busi-
ness Office on the Fair ground.
v. The decisions of the several Committees
will be final and irreyocable, in regard TO the
premiums awarded.
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Programme.

MONDAY.-FIRsr DAY. Entry of stock
and articles for exhibition, and the arrange
ment Of the same upon the Fair grounds.
TUESDAY.-SEcoSD DAT. Continuation
of Entries p. M.-The best pacing mare
or gelding, will go for a premium of fifty
dollars. 3 p. M.-The best single-footed
racker will go for q premium of twenty five
dollars. 4 p. M.-Best trotting double team
for fifty dollars premium and also, an exbi-
bitlon of saddle horses and mares.
WEDNESDAY.-THIED DAY. A. M
Calling Of Committees. 10 A. NJ. to IL M
Exhibition of hOrses, cattle, sheep and hogs.
2 Z. M.-Best trotting horse, mare OF geld
ing, will go for premium of fifty dollars.
p M.-Exhibition of trotting horses, and
jacks and mules. 4 p. M.-Grand Exhibition
of Ladies' Equestrianship, for three splendid
premiums
THURSDAY.-FOURTH DAY. A. M
Exhibition of horses for general purposes !;
examination of farm and mechanical pro-
ducts, and awarding of premiums. 2 2. NJ
Best running horse, lone mile,) will go for a
premium of one hundred and fifty dollars
p. M.-Best running horse, (half mile,) will
go for one hundred dollars.
FRlDA1-FIFTH DAY. A. M.-Exami-
nation OF roadsters and horses for light har-
ness; also, matched aud single horses, and ex-
animation of articles In general, aud award
ing of premiums. At 2 2. NJ, the great trot
for the two hundred dollar premium will
take place; not less than three to enter, and
two ~ so, (mile heats-best three in Eve, TO
harness.)
SATURDAY.-SIxrH DAr. Payment of
premiums; settlement of claims sale of
stock, ETC., etc.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS.

l. All entries must be made on Monday
aud Tuesday, except in cases OF unavoidable
acciden. OF delay and no entries viii be made
after the books are received by the awarding
Committees
IL. ANY person offering an article Tor ex-
hibItion will be required TO pay an entrance
fee OF ten per cent. on the amount OF the
premium for which he competes, If such pre-
MUM be five dollars or over. If the premium
be under I've dollars, entrance fee.
Ill. Entries must, in all cases, be made on
the Secretary's books, and entry tickets pro-
cured before articles animals viii be enti-
tied to place within the enclosure and no
article can be removed from the ground until
the close of the FAIR,
The Montana post., 1868-09-18
OFFICERS
OF the Montana AgrIcuIturaI, Ne
chanIcaI a. Mineral Association.

President - GOVERNOR GREEN
CLAY SMITH.
Vice Presideut-GEN. SOL. MERE
DITH
Treasurer-JAMES KING. ESQ.
Secretary-W. E CULLEN
General Superintendent-COL ID. b.
JENKINS.
BOARD or DIRECTORS. }. +.
Forbis. Lewis and Clarke County Wes-
lev 5. Travis, Lewis and Clarke County ;
Col. w. l.. Irvine, Deer Lodge County /;
c. p higgins. Missoula County w. l..
VantilbuTgh, Jefferson County; J. b.
Campell. Gallatin County; Philip Thorpe.
Gallatin County.
EXECUTIVE CRMMITTEE.-Gen. Sol
Meredith. James King. Maj J. F. Forbis,
John H. Ming, w. 4. Cullen, Henry
Thompson.
The Montana post., 1868-09-18
General Remarks.

In inaugurating Fairs in Montana Territory,
by this the first of what Is hoped may here
after be annual exhibitions, the Managers do
not feel II incumbent to say anything with
regard 70 the nature or objects of this Asso-
citation. Our citizens are familiar with organ
lzations of this kind in the States and older
Territories, and know that they are designed
TO foster, promote and encourage Agriculture
and the development Of the material resources
of the Territory or State In which they exist
That they accomplish the desired end, their
universally and lOng-continued use offers.
perhaps, the most conclusive proof. 1t has
been urged that this movement Naa prema-
tures that as yet we were not sufficiently ad-
yanced 10 have anything in the Territory
worth exhibiting. We only know that in the
unparalleled short space OF four years Mon
tana has become self-suStaining; that to-day
she gives employment, in her 1nines, ON her
farms, and In her mills and workshops, 70
City thousand people. We know, too, that
our rich and beautiful Territory is as yet com
paratively undeveloped that millions of
treasure lie hidden IN our mountains, whilst
innunerable valleys, yet sparsely inhabited, or
not at all, oHer inviting homes to husband
men and gensronS remuneration for their tolls.
We have here the richest Territory in the
Union No other Territory can boast one
half the natural advantages and resources of
Montnna, and all we want, to erect out of il
a great and prosperous State, is energy and
enterprise. Let US make our mountain homes
" bloom aud blossom as the rose" Let us,
hy every possible way, encourage and pro-
mote the Development Of the material re-