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The Montana post., 1869-02-26
THE TREATY REJ ECTBD.

The Senate Committee has agreed
unanimously TO report against Reverdy
Johnson's plan for the adjudication of
the Alabama claims, although il is al
legged Mr.. Seward favors il and the Eng
lish press asserts il these terms are re-
jecIed the incoming administration will
not secure others as favorable. The
senate evidently believes Mr. Stewards
desIre 20 have this matter. which has
been prominent feature of his diplo-
macy. during the past four years, set
tied before his exit from the State De
partlnent, outweighs. with him. consid>
eratious of greater Importance. The
intimation of England is assumption of
full power To dictate terms. something
the United States is not likely to con-
cede. In 1861, before the Alabama be-
gan it's depredaticns, the ocean tonnage
OF the world was as fellows:
United States tes......-...... 5,o30,Sl3 tons,
ureat Dritalh- ---..s..... .o,o5o'oos "
All other nations. ...... 5,SOO,1o9 q"
Here the United States, in it's few
years, had acquired almost one-third of
the entire tonnage ot the world, and
was Great Bntain's only rival on the
seas. On June Both, 1868, although in
some measure recovered from the dis
astrous effects of the English pirates.
our tonnage was Abs 500 tons, a loss OF
1,2l2,504 tons. Had il not been for En-
glish Government toleration ot the
building, outfitting and manning of
these pirates, our ocean commerce
would toeday have far surpassed that OF
England. As il is, England has nearly
five times the steam vessels on the
ocean that the United States has;
there are eight foreign lines of steam
ers running into New York harbor.
Against 80 ships and bsrks in 1855 We
have but go in 1868. and while Great
Britain built 80 iron sailing vessels and
224 iron steamers ia 1861. the United
States during the year ending June,
1868, built in all but six ocean steamers.
The trade was by these English pirates
diverted to English bottoms and Eng
land has largely retained il. Boston
has not even one line of European YES
sells, and Congress is importuned To
subsidize a New York line in order to
compete with foreign lines and recover
trade. To add to this unfortunate con-
ditiOn OF our shipping interests, the SUI
eZ canal will be completed in few
months. The voyage, formerly 16,400
miles via Good Hope. and 81. 200 via
Cape Horn, will be reduced to 1880
miles via SueZ canal. The average dis
tance from European ports 10 China and
the Indies will be only about one halt
what il will be over the American con.
tinent, and the Joint interest of England
and France in that project will still
further initiate against our ship owners.
Under these circumstances. it is right
that England should be held To strict
accountability for her pirate building.
the naughty temper OF the official or
gan be rebuked by the rejection of the
very English plan of treaty, and Ameri-
ca, looking ahead, provide for the day
when war with some nation will drive
commerce out of English ships, and by
the building of the Darien canal, have a
still shorter route for her ships, that
avoids the dangers of the Red Sea and
the Mediterranean, and over which she
will have supreme control.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26

THE Dcm"crGt has private advices
that Grant has promised Mr.. Ashley the
Governorship of Montana. Moonshine
and n green cheese moon.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26


THE Denver Nelcs is in some trouble
about the Colorado penitentiary appro-
priation, and makes a very marked as
sertion on Territorial taxation withouS
representation. The Neios is evidently
in error, but we give it's own verson:
Congress, in its wisdom, appropriated
forty thousand dollars to build a penis
tentiary in Colorado. The government
architect drew a plan and made esti-
mates for the institution, which have
been approved, but il will cost one hun
dred thousand dollars Now IL is dis
covered that a law of Congress exists
to the effect that no government build~
ing shall be commenced until there is
sufficient money appropriated to CONS
plete it. That is just about the most
ingenious way mot to do 1t" we ever
saw. The forty thousand dollars first
appropriated was TO be paid out of the
United States taxes collected in the Ter
ritory-taxes that we are under no obi
CATION to pay because we have no rep
resentation. Now we see no other way
except fo- our Delegate TO secure an
other appropriation, from our own taxes.
of sixty thousand dollars and thus se-
cure, for the United States, a penitenti-
ary; but that we will be able to do so
we very much doubt"
The Montana post., 1869-02-26

GOV. BLAI>DELI.. of Nevada. has
signed a bill. placing the official trans
actions of that State on a gold basis.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26
PUBLICATIONS.

OVERLAND MONTHLY. February. lS69. A. Roman
& Company, Publishers, San Francisco. Terms,
- Per aBuum, coin. For sale by booksellers,
Helena
Contents: On Foot in Southern California
No. 2; Rebuke; In Whirlwind Valley !;
The Dari en- Ship Canal; The PostIllion
The Plan of San Francisco The Supernat-
ural in Hawthorne; At Nigbtfall; Holl-
day In the Chinese Quarter; LImantour ;
The District of the Lakes Holy Thursday
at the Austrian Court; st. Jo; Eight
Months at Sitka; Mr.. Columbus Corian-
der's Gorilla; MadrOno Current Litera-
ture.
TO those who have read one number
of the OcerlaRd. no recommendation
could be more effective than itself To
those who have not. and appreciate the
purest style OF magazine literature,
largely devoted to themes local TO the
great West, we commend the perusal of
the February number.
The Overland Monthly. in AN article
on the Darien Ship Canal. says the mill
ienium canal of the philosophers aud
theorists has been Underwater canal,
one without lifting locks" which. al
though unexceptionable in plan, is too
gigantic an undertaking. of which no
reliable estimate can be made, either as
10 cost or time of construction. While
all the surveys have failed TO establish
any route certainly practicable for a
Underwater canal, there are certainly two
water sheds drained by the San Juan
and Atrato rivers, where a lock canal
can be constructed and sufficient
1eed of water he supplied az a high
elevation. The route from the Gulf of
Darien up the AtratO and the Truando
TO the CorIiilleras, and over them to
Humboldt Bay, is forty-three and one-
fifth miles long. The excavation. -com-
anencing at the river Atrato, at forty
feet, would gradually increase to ninety
feet in twenty miles The other twenty
miles is chiefly in rock, has two tunnels
OF two and halt miles, aggregate
length. and twenty miles of cut. The
supply of water would be 1900 cubic
feet per second and the estimated cost
$I34 44J0.OOO. While il is believed
these difficulties may he diminished and
the cost decreased. il is thought the ca
nal will vet be located on OF near this
route.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26

The CalifoInia State Treasury had. in
coin, Jan. 30. S1.S41. .74O.3O.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26
ASSAY oFPIoE AT HELENA.

ASSAY OFFICE AT HHLENA.
The following is the Congressional
action and colloqny on the Helena Assay
Office brh as published in the G!cbc It
Jan. 23C. ... .... ...-..s.-
Mr.. Kelley, by unanimous consent,
introd uced a bill (H. r. No. 1867 to es~
tabIish an Assay Office AT Helena in the
Territory OF Montana. which was read a
crst and second time. and referred to
the Committee on Coinage. Weights and
Measures.
Mr.. Kelley. ! ask To have 10 have
the bill printed.
Mr.. Washburne. of Illinois. ! dO not
think il ought To be printed.
Mr. Kelley IL comes from the coIu-
mittee with the recommendation of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and il is in
troduced in connection with another bill
now present for the reduction oi the
mint at Denver to an Assay Otfice-a
matter of economy.
Mr.. Washbnrne, of Illinois. What
does the gentleman propose
Mr. Kelley. TO have ii printed and
referred to the committee. The mint
at Denver has cost $235. .61l.34, and the
receipts have been S9,512 80. Ii is pros
posed TO reduce il to an Assay Office,
and TO establish another at Helena.
Mr.. Washburne. of Illinois. How
much has the other coined
Mr.. Kelley. 1t is not for mint it
is for an Assay Office, and il is a matter
of economy.
The motion to print was agreed To.
UNITED STATES MINT At DENVER.
Mr.. Kelley also by unanimous cons
sent, introduced a bill (II. II. No. 1850
to convert the branch mint of the nj
ted States at Denver, Colorado, into an
Assay Office which was read first and
second time. referred TO the Committee
on Coinage. Weights. and Measures. and
ordered TO be printed.
THE Salt Lake Reporter of Feb. 10th,
says: "In consequence of the warm
winter weather the fall of snow about
the head waters of the Missouri has
been very light. As result. the Mis-
souri, will be quite low next spring.
some say too low for the lightest boats
to run at all OF course all the Mon
tana freight which would have gone by
that river. will OF necessity be forwarded
over the u. p. X. X. Besides increas-
ing the carrying trade of the road very
greatly, this fact will affect the trade of
the railroad town, or towns. in the up
per part of this valley, very materially.
The road leading from Bear river north
TO Helena is a fine one for the noun
tains, but can, and undoubtedly will. be
greatly improved when the heavy travel
sets in, as i: will probably be used three
times as much as ever before. At what
ever point the depot for the Montana
freight is established, brisk trade will
begin at once with the opening OF spring
This unusual state of affairs will not
probably continue more than one sea-
son, but the town which gets that star;
will keep it. Thus the elements favor
the great enterprise.
To all of which we assent, except as
regards the prophecy of low water ia
the Missouri. While our excellent nav.
igation last year was in a great measure
owing to the unusually heavy and cons
tinued spring rains. we beg leave to as
sure the Reporter there is now a suffic-
lent amount of snow in the mountains to
promise a good stage of water the press
ent season with but an average rain
season. and the winter has not yet
ended.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26

The Missouri Ann is the name of a
popular dance on Clsrk's Creek, Oregon.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26

WE understand Acting Governor
Tufts has received special instructions
by telegraph from Mr.. \ q. Taylor,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Wash
ington. d. c.. directing the rigorous en-
forcement of the law governing inter
course with the Indians, and authorize
ing the assistance of the military in the
premises Contraband traders had bet
ter make a note of this.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26

THAT Good Lord. good devil insti-
tuition down on Main street, hat "slob-
bered over Mr.. Langiord until all Mon
tana was disgusted with the fulsome
flattery, now berates him because he
chose respectable company in prefer
ence TO theirs. The infamous sheet that
sets up its personal malice over the de-
cisions of the courts, would tear the
shroud from a corse To spread on the
banquet board OF its loathsome desires.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26

The Salt Lake Telegraph has line in
it's editorial columns:
THE Telegraph is friend to the rail-
road interest"
Do you recollect the story OF a would
be artist who thought it necessary to
write under his sketch. This is a
horseI'
The Montana post., 1869-02-26

The proposition of Butler and Fiske
"a start an opposition paper To Sam
Bowles' Springfield Republican, II not a
canard, may be regarded something like
ihe attempt of the irate bull to fight
the locomotive. There will be some
Erie shares" and "corks" scattered
around loose shortly.
The Montana post., 1869-02-26

Kansas City is talking of building
street railways.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05
Very truly, yours, {:ra,
.f.... ": S. ,HosH DRAINS.

30 : + 81 a.
EVERY BODY, says the Pal NGU
Gazette who is interested in the fh-
ture of the negro should read the
opinions on that subject given by the
Consul at Savanna i'll his report to the
Foreign Office for the past year, Mr..
Acting Consul Bennett, speaking of
the present state of agriculture in
Georgia as affected by the abolition of
slavery, says that, however ahborrent
is, and repulsive to the feelings
of every Englislrmah, still Georgia
had 10 other dependence, and since it
has been knocked from under her feet
she lies PROSTATE, unable to recover
herself. The freedman suddenly re-
leased from his bonds, entirely u9-
trained to freedom, interprets it as
implying exemption from labor. He
comes to his former owner for assist
tance when in distress, but forgets him
the very moment the cause removed
He, In fact Wishes to reyel tn oil the
RIGHTEOUSNESS of his present freedom,
and enjoy at the same time all the ad-
1vantages attached to his former state
of slavery. The negro race, thriftless
and ineorrigibly lazy, as they are now
not compelled to work, cannot ede-
pended upon for steady labor. For
the most part useless to the eommuni-
ty in which they live, as we'll as to
themselves, their race In all probable
ity will gradually become extinct.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05

"A LEPER's SETTLEMENT.-Ac CORES
.pondent OF the San Francisco Bulletin
gives long and interesting account
of the lepef's settlement on penin-
sula of the island of Molokai. The
place is very difficult of access, and
when leper has once been conducted
ithlther he never returns. The settle
ment was established q little more
than three years ago, and during that
time $40 lepers have been cared for,
of whom 81 have died. OF the i2SG
remaining cases are persons ranging
in age from six to eighty years, and
tho term of their affiiction varies from
less than one year to fifteen years
The husbands and wives of those
stricken with leprosy frequently live
with them, and often for a long time
without contracting the disease. The
sick are generally quite cheerful, for,
although they are aware that their ca
ses are hopeless, leprosy is a painless
disease and all their senses become so
benumbed that they lose the feeling
of self-loathing which one would sup
pose they must have in their horrible
condition. The correspondent des-
cribes the scene in the hospital for the
worst cases with almost nauseating
Particularly, but 1t is only necessary
to Imagine the most loathsome condi-
ton of the human body to understand
what their condition is. IOnce the
lepers gave grand ball, which, as
here described, was. a most ghastly
mockery of pleasure, -a. i.sf. ..r., ,.,.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05
MARKED CHANGES AT NIAGARA
-..,,, E FALLS. .-fs.,--.....

Various accounts agree that there
has been a marked change in the ap-
pearance of the falls since last year.
The theory in regard to the caving in
or. wearing way Of Niagara has never
had stronger confirmation before
The Horse Shoe has evidently given
away some thirty feet in that part of
the cone where the "green water" is
seen, SO that the horse shoe appear
ance is nhetamorphosed to that of a
triangular shape. 1t is thought chat
about one hundred and fifty tons of
rock must have fallen in OH the Horse
Shoe alone, and old habitues are tax
ing landmarks, to notice the recession
that may take place before another
year. '.f.i- ''t-,'=.-i
The American Fall has evidently
given way at points to considerable
extent. There is no doubt but that
Niagara is always. crumbling away
and falling back, but the present re-
cession is probably the greatest ever
witnessed by any one generation. The
heavy ice fields which pass over in
the spring, the strong currents and
ceaseless wear and tear of time, and
the mighty, laundering cataract, must
inevitably tell heavily upon the rocky
crest of the grand old shrine; but of
course its falling away must be SO slow
as not to be observable to the eye, ex-
cept when, from time to time, some of
the immense powders are torn from
their rplsces.-Uticd Observer. Ia 5a l.,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05

The great ice manufactory at New
Orleans is one OF. the wonders of the
agey yet its processes OF, converting
distilled water intos solid blocks. of
,crystaric ice are said to be SO simple as
to beget surprise. Not very much
space is required for the purpose, and
the hull of ship, it is said can; be used
quite as advantageotlslya asa building
upon shore. The water can be dis
titled from the ocean brine, and the
very best quality of ice manufactured,
and at cost, in most localities, much
less than the natural article can be
furnished for, .a;a> r. -uisi :frsf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05

In every countryion the globe that
abolished African labor, Coolie labor
has been substituted, or the country
has gone to wreck. This alternative
people of. this country by the Ameri-
can destrnctlVes and the only ques-.
ton which seems toIbother the loyal
mind is which of the two is the worst,
African barbarism or, Chinese pagan
ism. The loyal mind is such very
+" big thing" that it will undoubtedly
solve the problem-for the worst. ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05
BAaRARIANs.

5fsf
Demonstrations of the Chinese by
calling them 9. barbarians" exhibits
this new people in most ridieulotts
light. Before this nation was born.
thousands of years before our ances-
tors were known as a distinct people,
the Chinese were giving written codes
Of law to millions of the human race,
which, compared with those of Eng
land aud France devised 2,200 years
later, are regarded in the light ofthe
wisest of human laws. CoIifucius, let
it be. remarked, laid down the Golden
Rule nearly six hundred years before
the Child in the mangef was born.---
Before we began to restore the lost
arts, the Chinese were. skilled in them.
They are ruled by the ablest of states
men and the most profound of ischol-
ars. Their Competitive SYSTEM OF, ed
ucation in China is .unequalled in the
world for intellectual training, The
form of Government in China, whilst
differing, from our own IN many. vital
particulars, strikinglys resembles itip
many others. 1t is infinitely nearer
{" republican IN form 2 than any that
now biackens the. page of democratic
victory IN eleven States of the Amer
lean Union. The internal improve
ments, the canals of China, for in
stance, are the, wonder of the Werld.
Chinese merchants are the peers of
those of any other nation. No other
people can compare with these Asiat-
ic authors and preserEers, of the most
enduring and enlightened of all civil
lizations for Industry, frugality, and
personal national thrift. 'i,'4'''t''3t - {
And it is this great nation that is said
to be inhabited by barBarians. 1t is
this great people that other peoples,
who are yet IN their swaddiing clothes
as nations, delight to ridicule and de-
mean. We laugh at them because
they do not understand the high arts
of human slaughter. We ridicule
their want Of knowledge of Arm.
strong guns and other implements Of
war and conquest, and iridicule took
the character of malignant jeering
when the Chinese rulers vainly under
took to defend their country and peo-
pie against the most gigantic crime in
all history, viz: The act of England
which forced the opium traffic upon
that national the point of the bayo-
net against the .elequentiappeals, pleas
and protests of its statesmen and pub
licists who foresaW and predicted the
destruction which has. followed, and
whichis spreading desolatioR and ruin
throughout that now strickenDIand.
Talk about idolatry and Budhaism
Perfidious England sending Chris
tian( p missionaries to- convert the
Chinese I" heathenYuto the infamous
codes it thus enforces! snf gaa5af-iz;
What idolatry so ainfamous-whai
superstition so Wrongful and Christ
defying in all China as that Christian
idolatry which makes Mammon God,
and whose worship leads to the whole
sale, murder, and to the deliberate
destruction of thethappiness, of count
less millions of the most intelligent
and refined of the, human. race p
Omaha Herald. ~ --n ~ a. ..',...F
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05

The REppBLlcAN IDEA OF x SoUN1D
Fin ANofAL SYsTEM.-Anthorize six
teen hundred q National ,, banks to
issle $30O,000,609 free Of interest ;
then establish 4 government brokers
shop with a capital of $500, ,O0O,O00 out
of the peoples taxes to cooperate
with these banks i'll raising the rate OF
interest to the business, men of the
country to 100 per cent, per annum.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05

TIE other day Andrew, johnson,
ex-President went to register his
name as voter in Tennessee, and, .
local paper says he had difficult time
satisfying the JacohiA registrars that
he w4s loyal, as he could not remem-
Der any crimes Of theft, murder, rape,
or the like he had perpetrated. This
is u charming country, and is getting
more so every day.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05
F.In4 eaL1FoiKN1AI Ii i FlIII9TIiNa-ssTacH1kE. &

Z L =
The q aAyitor,. as it is called. or
serial carriage, is a balloon, shaped
like a cigar, both ends, coming to a
point. 1t is, thirty-seven feet long,
eleven feet from top to bottom, and
eight feet in width. Around. the ball
loon is a light framework, of wood
and cane, strongly wired together and
braced. Attached to this frame, and
standing up as, they approach the
front of the carriage, are two wings.
one on either side. They are each
five feet wide at q little back of the
centre of the carriage, and do not
commence to narrow down until they
approach the front, where they come
to aipointy These wings are made of
white cloth fastened to light ffame-
work. which is braced securely BY
wires. To the frame at the hind part
of the carriage is attached a rudder or
steering gear, which is exactly the,
shape of the paper used in pin darts,
four vanes at right angles. This, when
raised or lowered, eleyates. or dfpress7
es the head 5ofi the carriage when in
motion, and when turned from side to
side, guides the carriage as a rudder
does boat AT the centre and bot
tom of the balloon is an indentation
or space left in the material OF which
it is built, in which the engine and
machinery are placed on framework.
The boiler and furnace are together
only a little over a foot long, four
inches wide and five or six inches in
height. Steam is generated by spirit
lamps. The cylinder is two inches in
diameter and has three-inch stroke.
The crank connects by means of cog
wheels, with tumbling rods which
lead out to the propellers, ON either
side of the carriage. The propellers
are each two-bladed, four feet in idi2
Yameter, and are placed in the frame
work of the wings. The boiler is
made to carry eight pounds of steam.
When not inflated, the carriage weighs
eighty -four pounds. The balloon has
a capacity for 1850 feet of gas. When
inflated and ready for a flight, it is
calculated to have the carriage weigh
from four to ten pounds. Its first
public trial at San Francisco, on the
4th INST, resulted in complete success.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05

ADVANTAGES OF IWARs.-The, Lon
don Iiaees. in. an 8 article upon the
great advantages of modern wars,
says. that tTthe late American war ter
minated in the freedom OF. the, ne
groes." Yesl but how did it termin-
ate in regard to the whites? There
are almost dozen whites to one ane-
gro, and those whites are now SUBJ
ject. to a. Government despotical, prof.
ligate and corrupt, whose sway. be-
fore the war would not have been en-
dured for month"; % 51 -a.'z #aT a.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05

A, WOMAN a dispensary applied
for medical aid, stating her disease to
be the Irritation of the heart. g Not
an uncommon aiIment with your sex,
ma'am,' said the doctor, with the
twinkle of the eye" but it is mot dam
gerous if tho proper remedy is APP
Piled" -. '''5., -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05

The landlord of a hotel said to a
boartler: "Look o. here !! Il want you
to pay your bill, and you must II
have asked you often enongh for it,
and 1 tell you now that you don't
leave the house until you have paid
it."n" Goodp' said the lodger, "In
stay with you as long as l live" I'm