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The Montana post., 1868-09-18
REDUCTION OF ORES.

We have been favored with a glance
at an interesting paper upon this SUBJ
ject, prepared by w. E. Keyes, NJ. E. of
this city. for a prominent eastern jour
nal, and refer to few points which will
be of the greatest interest to our read-
ers. The opinions and statements of
Prof. Keyes, are worthy of especial con-
sideration from the fact that he has
made himself thoroughly conversant
with the matters Of which he speaks, by
his studies st the Royal School of Mines
at Frieberg, Saxony, and by long ex-
Perience in mining and milling on the
Pacific Coast, in Mexico and Montana.
In the papers referred to, he speaks par
ticularly of the stevens fiux" and de-
nounces it as worthless. Whilei might
be used in smelling some quartz ores,
preceded it cost nothing, with other
ores it would be positively verse than
nothing He substantiates Lis state
ment by scientific deductions which
would hardly be of interest TO the gen
esal reader OF smelling in general he
speaks as follows ....-
"Smelting Is a process adapted only TO
those localities where labor, fuel, and ali ma
terials attainable at the lowest price. In
England, IN Germany, and generally on the
continent of Europe, common labor receives
twenty-five cents to fifty cents of our money
for iull days'wOrk, of II hours, at the furna-
ces-in Mexico, likewise, the common laborer
Is content With 25 TO 81 cents per day; and
good miners receive in the lowlands so cents
per day, or for three holes, each i6 inches in
depth, and IN the mountains G2 cents, and IN
rare instances 75 cents for = like amount of
work. In none of the above mentioned To-
calities Is the cost of living excessive. On
the other hand, In California and Nevada
miners and mill hands receive from % so 70
81 90 each per day, and are often hard 70 be
had even at the latter hgure. Here in Mon
tana, IS 90 is the ordinSry price per diem, ex-
cept during the winter, when good hands ars
forced 20 work for FROM $40 to $50 per
month and board. Hence il is that all sue
cessful mining and reduction has, up to ths
present time, been confined 20 such ores a,
are workable without excessive handling
that is TO say, Smalgamation has been success
full, and smelling, except for the very richest
oreS, unsuccessful. California has expendet
thousands 10 attempting 20 smelt such of bel
ores as could not be amalgamated. and the re
suit has been, In an economic point of .ierr
unilcrmally unfavorable. Technically. th,
smelling has been all that could be Wished FOR
the metal, or regulus, hns separated cieanlY
from the sl1g and the precious or useful met
ais have been obtained ss perfectly rs in an,
of tie European works, bat il has slwayl
failed 90 pay; sad whyi For tise simple ren
SON that in smelling, too much banding, tos
much ihanuid LABOR Il required. This is al
obstacle which time VIII overcome, bat IN
manner the reverse Of agreeable 90 che Ia
borer. -rE HI
"Lhe amalganntion, on the other hand, i
almost entirely accomplished by machinery,
few attendants only being required 20 over
look the heavy stamps OF iron and the obe
Gient grinders in The pans. Mines yielding
The Montana post., 1868-09-18
RECENT TERRITORIAL ELEC.
TlONS.

Colorado and New Mexico have given
Republican majorities, and the Demo-
cratic press which, in the case of Mon
tana, had so much to say, makes no COM
ment. New Mexico, viii ch casts double
the vote of this Territory, and which at
its last election, chose Democrat, or, at
least not Republican, to Congress, this
year gives it's vote TO the Radicals" If
the Montana election, with scarcely TO-
600 votes cast, was considered so indica.
tive of the future, when, as it always has
done, it went Democratic, how much
more ominous must we suppose the
election in New Mexico to be, when,
with nearly 10000 votes, it goes, as it
has not always done, Republi-
can. We shall however see no
predictions, founded on this result by
the Democratic press, and Brick Pome-
roy will not elevate it to the dignity OF
a villainous wood cut as he did disgrace
Montana.
The election in Colorado results in a
Republican victory by an increased ma
jority, and Allen A. Bradford goes to
Washington, while d. ID. Belden, his
Democratic opponent, stays at home.
At the last election of Delegate to Con-
gress the Republican majority was only
10S. but we shall expect to see recorded
in the full returns of the present year a
majority from FIVE to ten times as great
as this, and that too in Territory which
gives a vote no greater than that OF
Montana.
If our friends of the rebel wing can
gain any comfort from the recent Terri-
torial elections they are certainly wei.
come to it, for they need it. To the
Republicans the results give much occa
sion for rejoicing and for bright antici
pations for the future. -... a.. .f-...t
The Montana post., 1868-09-18
CAN YOU DO BETTER

We address ourselves to those who
contemplate leaving the Territory, OF
who are dissatisfied with il, and we wish
them to carefully consider the answer
to the question. 1t is not sufficient 20
say that you once made two dollars in
Montana where you are now earning
only one that tue mines you are work.
ing are not as remunerative as formerly
or that wages have been reduced 1t is
not sufficient to glance at the past to
see what you have done, but you must
look to the future to see what you can
do; to see whether You can do better
in any other portion of the country than
here. Consider whether il is policy for
you to expend a months time and a
considerable sum of money in getting
to the end of the railroad, there to work
for fifty dollars per month and board,
and be thrown out of employment in
midwinter, when the lowest wages paid
here are sixty dollars per month and
board, with a prospect of steady work.
NOuElNCI ~ 10 ~
outfit yourself for a trip to the coast,
and waste a month or six weeks in get
ting there, and then find yourself in a
country where men are seeking employ
ment at two dollars per day and falling
to obtain it. Consider whether it is
best to rash frantically to the States at
great expense, there to find all remune-
ratiye positions filled by those who have
the lowest grades of labor left open to
yourself. After attending to these con-
sideTations, frankly answer yourself
whether you can do better elsewhere
than in Montana. If you think you can,
well and good, go and try it; but we
predict that, in nine cases out of ten,
the sequel will prove your conclusions
false. Time was when there was but
little for the miner to do in the winter,
but that time is now passed. Our quartz
mines are now so far developed that
they furnish steady work for hundreds
of men, and the sinking Of shafts upon
lodges, and drifting and tunneIing, pro-
vides employment for hundreds more.
There is no necessity that an industri-
ous man should remain idle a single
week during the winter, and on the ad-
vent of spring he will be in situation
to earn, at the very lowest, five and six
dollars per day, when he could not OBJ
tain half that in any other section of
the country. There is no reason in this
exodus from the Territory which takes
place every fall, and which is, to great
extent, occasioned by vague idea that
more money is to be made elsewhere.
1t is really jumping out of the frying
pan into the fire, and would become
almost extinct if those joining it would
definitely consider, before starting upon
their travels, whether they can do better
elsewhere than here, and if so, in what
particular manner.
The Montana post., 1868-09-18
THE SOUTHERN ASPECT.

The present aspect of affairs at the
South must fill the country with alarm
Whatever reports of political disturb
ances and outrages may, heretofore
have been attributed to rumor and de-
nounced as sensational, there can nc
longer be any doubt that the South is in
a condition of anarchy, but a step re-
moved from revolution. Not only is the
Legislature of Georgia again transcend>
ing its powers, and taking the initiative
as it did in 81 when it passed the ordi-
nance of secession, not only is it by a
system of outrageous persecution and
disregard of the laws of the land, at
tempting to place its heel upon the
necks of all loyal men in the State, be
they white or black. robbing them OF
the right to hold office and, in effect
disfranchising them by prohibiting those
whom they may. elect from entering up
on the discharge of their duties; not
only is a prescription of Union men
generally practiced throughout the
South, but intimidations, robbery and
murder and every species of resistance
to the enforcement of the laws has be-
come so general that the Government is
at last compelled to send troops to the
most disturbed portions of the country
in order 10 enforce obedience TO its com.
mands. General Lee, with all those
-,
well how to combine, may
refer to the spirit of the South, and
shout peace, peace" until he is hoarse,
and all the Southern Generals may join
in the chorus, but there is no peace
there. A country is not at peace when
armed desperadoes in bands of one and
two hundred march over the country
and trample the rights of its citizens in
the dust when they murder inoffensive
men because they hold contrary opin~
ion ; when they become so formidable as
to require the attention of the State
militia, as in Missouri. or of the Federal
troops, as in Kentucky; and when they
revive their old doctrine, that those who
differ with them have no rights which
they are bound to respect. Yet this is
the condition of many portions of the
South to day. and affairs are momenta
rily becoming worse. What is the rem.
edy2 Certainly not the election OF
Seymour and Blair, who threaten to turn
what is now a system of widely extend.
ed outlawry into an organized rebellion
against the laws which the nation has
adopted for its government, even should
rivers of blood be caused to flow. The
remedy is only to be found in the elec
ton of Grant and ColfaN. who, by an
enforcement of the laws, no less vigor'
Gus than was the prosecution of the wal
under the great General, shall quench
the last smouldering ember of rebellion
and disperse, with the breath of peace
the last smoky cloud of war that may
still hang over the battle fields of the
Soutl
The Montana post., 1868-09-18

The Atlantic and Pacific State Tele-
graph Company viii introduce an im-
provement in telegraphy to-day, ON the
line between this city and San Jose.
The improvement consists principally in
making use of the opposite currents oi
electricity in the wire. thus causing one
wire to DO the work of two, and thereby
eheapening the cost of construction OF
lines. and cost of messages. Entirely
new apparatus is required 1t has been
in use but month or so in the East
San Francisco TImes, dug. 20. at.- -.'r
The Montana post., 1868-09-18

1nCurSlOuS OA VIC APaShCo AofO AAN~%
fered with their working, bu: during
the latter part of the last and the earlier
portion of the present century, their
Yields were almost fabulous. One mine,
that of Santa Eulalia, is known to have
produced one million of dollars per year,
continuously, for seventy years, and con-
tributed principally to the support of a
city in its vicinity of fifty thousand in
habitants. But with Indian depreda-
tions assailing from the one side, and
revolutions from the other, and an un-
con- Portable number of banditti all
around, these mines are at present yield
ing nothing in comparison with what
they have done. With a change OF
Government, and a removal of present
causes of inactivity, we may anticipate
that these fountains of wealth will be
unchoked, and again send down their
great rivers of silver to the marts of the
world. The United States and the citi-
zens thereof may, therefore, expect to
derive great benefit from these prospect.
i've acquisitions. An enlargement of the
boundaries of our country, for the sim
pie purpose of making it look larger
upon the map of tire world, or in order
that it may furnish more extensive ma
terial for Fonrth of July orations, is
worse than useless but when, by an
extension of area, large amount OF
territory can be rescued from a state of
turmoil, placed at peace, and
made an acceptable and profita-
BILE dwelling place for the American
cititizen-when the change will give not
only better government to the ac-
quired country, but provide our citizens
with better opportunity for adding le-
ultimately to their riches, then IL is that
annexation is desirable. Looking at the
matter in this light, the acquisition by
the United States of Northern Mexico
will be of infinitely greater value to us
than that of Alaska-the two countries
being no more to be compared to each
other than is a palace of silver to an
iceberg. And when it is considered that
this annexation is to be peaceful-that
it is probably to be accomplished ywith~
out an expenditure of either blood or
money, the United States may well feel
pleased at the prospect offered for an
extension of her boundaries. Certain
seventh-son prophets have been foretell-
ing the eventual absorption of the
American continent by the United
States, and, as the first step towards
this, announce Mexico by conquest,
1870" That the first step towards the
predestined result will be taken in the
country referred to, is doubtless true,
but that it will be made at the time, or
in the manner mentioned, is only barely
possible. If the one hundredth anni-
versary of American independence sees
Mexico. or even the northern portion
thereof, our peacefully possessed acqui.
sition, we shall be satisfied. That such
will be the case seems not improbable.
The Montana post., 1868-09-18

ST. Joseph, Missouri, is endeavoriDg to
attract immigrants by the bold expedi~
ent of reporting the discovery of a nat
ural spring OF whisky. Ii is classed un-
der the head of fstill waters" aud il
rims deem"
The Montana post., 1868-09-18

The bench lands of Utsh are best
adapted 10 the fruit culture. Besides
apples and peaches. appricots, pears.
strawberries, grapes and many other
fruits are becoming abundant -
The Montana post., 1868-09-18

The number of subscribers TO our
public loan is very near three millions.
Nine-tenths of this number are people
who invested small loans. 1t is these
bonds held by the people which the
Democratic party propose 10 virtually
repudiate by flooding the country with
irredeemable stump-tail currency, which
the holders of the bonds are to be com
PEELED to take.
The Montana post., 1868-09-18

Horace Greeley said in a speech in
New York, lately: They say Grant
can't make a speech. Well, if Horatio
Seymour had never made a speech he
would have got a good many more votes
than he will get. In all SEYMOUR
speeches where did he ever make re-
mark that the rebel army would not
have cheered from beginning to end |
4 never heard of it, Il y. -.
The Montana post., 1868-09-18

Mr.. E. l.. Davenport left Salt Lake for
the East on the 9th inst
The Montana post., 1868-09-18

Salt Lake complains that the dis
charges of fire arms in that city are 100
frequent.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-16

steel rails They Immediately contracted for the pur-
chase OF 10000 tuns of steel ral 10 ne severe cold
weather That Immediately after bn'o ln1 thev con.
the i67junet!0e the h 9nrnsh Eh the rails unless
the amount should be deposited with Barns fS t
In consequence Of the Injunction tRe nti the pre
ent difficulties coud be adjusted me nc M 90"
for the past three months the train sedue
and that until the track Is relald WIN ~ s.e M N
places, it will he deemed unsaie W run "' s"e
''''' IRRfvAL OF THE RENAISs IN EEw,YoHR; o.o
raced on Soara sest1g at Erie Railway depot
and conveyed to New-York ana Br09kyh; a. o uees
Miss stewart a little boy two and half years Old child
of Mrs Gjett These were taken TO the residence 9T
Sr,end in Van Ness place. Charles-st, New-York The
how Rgeow ten years old, and his uncle, Camden c.
Dlke, We're conveyed to Mr. Dkes residence, No. lSs
TSe Following is list of killed and wounded
Erlr.m Hort and wife ChensngO FORKS
o., S.s1 %sn' e csSS' s11e HoSesSae H%seSTl
TneSs Blossom saloon keeper, susquehsnis Depot
One child Of Mrs. Tddel, Ithaca
H. BlOnyB upposed), urbana, n y
One boy unknown
c K. LOOMS, Buffalo, General Freight Agent
Elijah Knapp, jamestown.
Thos Purhton. No lO2 Broadway
hTs Snow, Iowa.
Henry Hauin, DauyiDe N Y, leg broken
S b. Farman Einra.
Lewis barker Barker, Bath Bath, n y, head
s. ?. Snow Brakstargb, Iowa, head and breast
g. w Barker, Ithaca, n u, shoulder
S. S. Lspham, Syracuse back and head - ~ ,,a.. .,J
Mrs c. r. Beardsley 4S3 Hudsor, T., ann sboade' Ahc
g. Huffman Hudson City. N J., head
A. L. Diver No 20 West Fourteenth St, N T. legs broken
}. r. Heanan, Louisville. ky badly
r. Rev, Middletovn, N Y, slightly
J. Henderson, Rome Ohio, breast, badly:
john Daser (eoy), Cincinnati, face and limbs
T. R. Newton, Cory, Pa hsek, SIDE; and breast
A. w Gokey, Addison N Y. slightly.
A. S Gilett. Mereeb Pa.
Mrs A 4 Gilett Mereen. Pa.
May Stewart Mereen' Pa Pa bach g and t1Ie r badly
Three .,.a Sh59 q p i. s9GT GS badly
D. Lyon Binghamton, y l. head and 10 ia's,n1{, E,
T. I. Bigelow tboyJ Attica \. y. face aud labs
Edmund Ganther, train porter head and limbs H.
Maggie oyt father and mother both htd Ohsn's'
D. b. stevens Cayuga. n. Y; back and arms
Mrs. II. Bailey, liHdorvlle, ohoi sAgluy
A s Summit, Homersyile n. y. badly.
RsTicl Rogers. Sfs Conng u head and Bmb,
W. r. Decker Waverey \. " bead and limbs
l.. ] Fitzgerald Cortapdt. n. Y; head and shoulders
- Goodman. No a Eieot,.st, Buffalo
= MlldletoWn. n Y. breast.
J. T. Jewet, No % LeoIsratt, hew'io'h
J. Decker EHira.
G. c. Donahue Buffalo
Austin Woodruff Randolph, ~ J.
USsnoTn TonsH aserse aged about 90 tasss checked 500
Adiie snow child slightly wounded -
G NJ Douglas Division Superintendent Delaware prsohi bad
Camden C. Dixie. Broosyn; slightly;
Child Of Mira GiIe, BrOOEJBi slightly.
Mr. Grsy Freight Agent Mchgsn Southern Railroad; slglty
n PIlIps Pre,l.pt Michigan Southern Railroad, shglty
Mr.. FariuEn Of Tie Elmira Adyoiiser. slightly.
}. Henderson Lent, Ohio; back badly
A private telegram from Port Jeryis says that Mr
Samuel COmstoCk Of Cayuga Fails was seriously injured
and was taken to the Delaware House at Port Jerys
New-York tribune., 1868-04-16
PASSENGERS ARRIHED.

FROM AsPINwALL March l5-In steamship Pnlton-ReI 4 ~
HILL and children Mrs Chas Hops MIs j. q Oage ana
Rnega and ge Mrs C. Parsons Mrs l. f. Holmes MIS- ~ n
Townsend A. Banchart and WIFE MrG F. r. Combs Chin%
T. UPTON Mrs r. Upton, H. Knowles j. A. Tagga w l.
Mrs H. Seymour and children T. Heckenbottom VIE ana ch
den j. b. Smith, Geb g. stevens wife and child W. 1eay ana
wife Mrs C. NJ Atehinson Mrs T. Heght Mrs Turner and
child w Abbott j. Hampton Mrs NJ Hampton and children Mr.,
DerRinq Buesed wife children and Miss Buiterhe
Mrs T. Ellsworth Mrs p Blorem. Mrs Schibner H. sawtele IS
Brewer r. W. Regan Mrs g. w. FINK and children, Mrs A NJ
Parker Mrs W. g. Murphy and children Mrs Brown and
child Rev r. and boy Mrs. ~ w Ross,
Mrs NJ Moves L. BandV and children Mrs W. H. Duncan and
child w. II. Duncan aud j. y. Suliman, NJ FRESNO
johnson John Eagan wife and children John
A. s. King wife and ehdreo H. g. Wene wife and children. Miss
A. v Berlin W. Smith and children H. Warren wife and
child Mrs Or.oby j. Porter ard wife Chemoworh Mrs. j. A.
Redn and bow A. Hahn Eaucke and children Lawrence b.
Horton W Tue Mrs W. Tatle r. J. Wright C. Odds Mrs Cronk
ite Mrs McAnnay j. MeIntyre wife and children Down.
Baxter Bourer wife and children, MIRA L. NJ bandI ana
children j. s. Bach Mrs C. 3 Frost j. Smith, A. q Kinney,
Mrs r. Upton Kinney Friend, Anderson, wife and chill
den Mrs j. Wnberg Mrs T. Martin c. r. Seaton and wife H. X
W. Gnmn II. W. Morey b. Retejou W. 3. Harrington, T.
IBgraham wife child, r. D. TJbetts wife and nurse 3,
H. Montgomery Mrs K Gibson. A. j. Lobett A. t. Salisbury
Bait IT. Henderson, ID. MoBteth, $. Perkins NJ Whher,
Elder Beck L. Lsiu H. Ball, d. GouI A. Connor Mrs OCon-
ner Storms Mrs ~ A. Storms. g. W Hawthorne, Bro~n
Capt Lowrey, q. w. Collins y s. Heuiek, d. Emmett j.
Power and boy. Smith G. Boaye w H. Sane g.
johnson H. Deeds " H. Ryan and wife, y GlTer W Thoms
b. Dolly Oswald q. A. Conard HW Latham NJ S Fsvle,
j. Durand VIM Ball Mrs ". B. Miller, hrs j. W. Hess aud
children D. Starr c. j. Campbell wife and children
Mrs. Pave children C. NJ u. Starr, L. May,
Haa VscaDo A. Morales Ennques Nscano
and Us 10 second cabin and l22 In stserage
New-York tribune., 1868-04-16
a sTkANGE AFFAIR.

A young man OF Iespectability, Owen Murray
by name, who employed as a clerk by Mr. L. j. Rich.
mond, brush manufacturer 1t No. Pearlst was at
tackled about three weeks aga with a severe pain In the
chest which led him to think that his heart was diseased
He took few doses Of pills. and Cor some time confined
hmsef To bis bed On the 23d OF March, feeling little
better he left his lodgings in ChatlAmsauare Intending
nothing was seen or heard OF him TIL within the last two
days. when he following facts light: IL appears
that he lGt his lodging ghouse at About n o'elock
In the forenoon, and short time after found by
a policeman lying his face the sidewalk Ia Johns
in stat Of perfect insensbility. He was immediately
conveyd TO the Second Precinct Station House. Beck
manst and confined In cell for three hours. lie was
then len to the Tombs. On his way thither he showed
signs returning consciousness, was able TO support
himsebn his feet and made signs II counting with his
fingers lie was taken before Justice Hogan who recon-
mende that he should be taken back the police sta
ton. his advice however, was not acted by the Off
wb had him In charge, and In almost dying
ditlonlurray was thrown into OF the cells OF tho
Tomb where he lay Till the next day without medical
aid Then Mr.. Murray at last visited by Dr. Ander
OF the physicians attending the Tombs proved
10 betO late The docorwe Informed was compelled
TO ue considerable force TO open the patients close
set teih for the purpose OF administering medicine
The door expressed as his opinion hatf tho deceased
had boa attended TO when he was first attacked that
affair hat though every effort has been made by Muir
rays reds they have been unable to find ont where
the bdy inferred 10 is surmised that the body was
burid in oters Field and that the clothing OF the de
ceas,d wasent TO the office of the Commissioners OF
Cbaltles al Correction.