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The Montana post., 1869-06-04

The completion of the Pacific railroad
will incidentally increase the danger OF
the removal of the capital to some
point near the centre of the Mississippi
valley. Heretofore the Pacific coast
States have been one in interest with
those of the Atlantic coast upon this
question. Their people, coming East
by water, landed on the Eastern coast.
and hence the capital was more accessi-
BILE at Washington than IL would have
been at Chicago, St. Louis or Omaha,
although the latter places are In actual
AIRLINE distance from one to two thou
sand miles nearer TO the Pacific than
the place first mentioned. Now that
the railway is completed, however, this
is all changed. The travel between the
two oceans will now be by rail, and
Omaha, instead Of being practically al
most two thousand miles Jurther from
San Francisco than Washington was
will now De that much nearer to it..
The result Of this will be 20 add the in
huence of California, Oregon, Nevada
and tho States yet TO be formed west of
the Rocky Mountains. 20 that of the
great and rapidly growing States Of the
Mississippi valley in favor OF removal
of the capital further west.
As the rapid increase of the West IN
wealth and population is constantly in
creasing its preponderRnce Of political
power, there is reasonable probability
that IL may accomplish any political
end which IL seriously undertakes, in~
rluding the removal of the capital
Washington Chronicle.
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

g~b.. Chicago 7riJUar an "u article OF
-.r,.isrs OF Chicago with the upper
,c-s,7-f river. SAYS the trade OF Dakota
Montana is Only second TO that
-.red up by the completed Pacihc
.a--sd q. speaks Ct ;he advantages
zinc f1 Chicago FROM rs rail com
r,i,sr;1u with Sioux City and the
y,-,b Wrs, transportation Company $
injecting line Of steamers, and antici-
- ,.reatIv increased trade with in
- facilities of transportation that
IN soon be afforded by the completion
,r The Dubuque * Sioux City railroad
D., .be latter point, As follows:
oD tI,e upper Missouri. and connected
~ lis rsIiroad. will be line of light
I--Et river steamers, which can re-
-i- freight within thirty six hours
-, IT, leaving Chicago, and deliver il
-. 5,- destination on the upper river
-1iTs a boat from st. Louis will be
--,,frr- lis way for thousand miles
E.,5,-b The. snags and torrents of the
--,r.r river 20 Omaha. These boats,
.7srasd of making single trip in "a sea-
-, will make 81 least three each, and
-,sr-fnr Al regular intervals. will fur
,5sb Dakota and Montana with regular
,rssEIv supplies during the whole sea-
.7n NJ navigation, bringing back the
mineral and other products of the coun-
- TnIs.r the old regime, that cOUn-
~ WAS visited about midsummer by the
,,-rfya- fleet. which laid there tor re
rI-n cargo a. long as the season admit
..E Under the new order of things,
Ines. anat= o.. the Chicago and Sioux
IRIS line will arrive and depart regular
r f.r=H- each week Moreover these
.-ats a,. being Intended Tor single
.-ir al. therefore not compelled 30
..Es au tlliire years supply il one load,
s-rT Ia- glIs 20 ascend 70 points hitherto
-.arL.-. only lr q few of the larger
asa-S.
r4-- E.1rua and tns country supplies
-ralrua- I.gr- and Intermediate points
r.H .r- rrat in weekly communication
rT-4 Chicago. aud the whole country
Hr1!s-:i wl.igl tbe Yellowstone anu
rLtr tributaries Ot the Missouri flow
a.E have fhr same direct, cheap and
constant supply and means o. exchange.
The tribune should know that Chi
ago has had these advantages now two
years. it recognizes the growing i'm
portauce of the Northwest, and the inn
retus given to development by railroads,
vet the Tribune was one OF the bitter
-st opponents of aid 10 the Northern
Pacific Railroad. and in blind hostility
20 its local interests as well as the gen
erai good OF the country, Joined hands
with the Missouri Democrat, which,
from a shrewd business standpoint of
hostility, pronounced this an ''uninhab>
ted" North Pole" region of hyperbore-
an terrors. To gain and retain the
Northwest trade, Chicago should have
advocated that project: but not until the
Omnibus bill had been defeated, perhaps
FOR wears. has the Tribune seemed 10
apen it's ewes to the advantages that
would certainly inure to IL from the rail
-uad system. What the Tri5UHc should
do would be 10 reverse it's direction on
the Northern Pacific Railroad as il did
q wear ago on the Indian question, and
10 would then have 4 strong, tenable,
-1Bscientious position from which TO
operate. in the development Of the North
west and in building up commerce OF
which Chicago would be the radiating
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

WE publish this morning the call OF
the Mesgher County Republican Cons
mittee FOR Primaries and County Con-
vention. The prospects for a success
full campaign there are highly encour-
aging, and we hope every Republican
will DO his duty in the contest. What
is meant by "re-organizing the party
we are at a loss to determine. The Re>
publican party needs no reorganization.
Il is a unit, intact, in earnest, and pre-
sents 8 solid front TO the foe IT IL is
the appointment of a new Territorial
Committee that is thus limited at, expe-
rience should sufficiently indicate that
the sentiment of the Republicans OF
Montana is not in favor of the deciding
of that matter by County Committee.
The Territorial Convention is the place
10 discuss and decide these matters. The
facts of the case and the wording of the
paragraph would indicate the Commits
tee refer TO Meagher County, in which
case we trust they will be eminently
successful in their work in the County
over which their jurisdiction is unques>
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

THE Gazette copies from the Chicago
Times with much qualification, an arti>
Gle claiming the Democratic party is
THE Party of Brains" After that dis
covery they ought to have 20 grand
blo1c out"
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

Ihe entire investment, relieve the Or
ders OF expenditure for rents, Civ. se-
eurty 70 the Masonic property, be
q suostan tial ornament to the city, and
IN a short time, beside paying its con-
stfueten. be a source of income We
trust therefore that it will be decided
upon IN the Convention to erect a build-
ing and a good one, believing il TO be
pubiic good. -N- '-le
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

That (the Fenianl organization very
Justly resented the imputation that it
was partizan in its character.-Gd-
zette.
But is it not little odd that this
anonymous communication refuting it
began with the very suspicious" d" We no.
tice." Who wrote it, anyhow; Wilkin-
son, Bruce. Cavanaugh, Maginnis or
Sample Orr.
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

The Chicago Times says the Demo-
cratic party is "the party of brains. -
valandingham's Dayton Ledger says:
What the Democratic party needs is
brains and pluck" Evidently both are
right, the party has been Drained and
plucked.
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

j. c. Swayzer, an editor of Macon,
Georgia, has been indicted by the Grand
Jury of Bibb county, for publishing an
article after the murder of DIR. Ayres,
calling on the Union men TO organize
for self protection. The penalty, under
State statute, is imprisonment from
five to twenty years. Loyalty is TO be
made odious, it seems.
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

THE English press is Illuminating still
on Summers speech and the Alabama
question. The gist of it is that the gov
ernment papers would convey the im-
preston that England will fight before
she will accept the Sumner plan.
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

The telegraph has been imperative. 1t
is thought the extension Of the line to
Benton may have stretched the electric
current sufficiently to destroy it's effects
iveness. The wetter it is the moro IL
dries up"
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

The call for the Gallatin County Re
publican Convention will be found in
in another column. The Chairman has
neglected to mention the fact that Mem
bers of the Legislature are to be nomi>
mated. That there may be no failure
in the nomination for the House and
Council, we will publish, in q day or
two, the apportionment for the several
counties. Letters from various portions
OF Gallatin mention tha: the Republi-
cans are thoroughly in earnest and will
make the campaign highly interesting
tor their opponents. They won victory
last year, and doubtless will this.
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

The Indians have become very troub-
lesome at Sweetwater, as will be seen
by the following dispatch:
SOUTH PASS CITY, May Is, 80.
To Goo. Cdmp6cU:
Send us troops if possible. We are
surrounded by Indians. They have run
off most of the stock and killed several
men.
-. w. CABRATII,
i. MCCARTHY,
w. &. ERWIN.
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

4 chance for George Francis Train.
we learn from the last IuperjGIist that
t. ranks oi the''1'. G.. /. o." are fail,
aud that i. rsmsihs only for some one
strong g~mInded. intelligent man to de-
clare himself the gOverDInent, for them
To take hold and 'ry 70 make him such
The Montana post., 1869-06-04
HOW HELENA REBUnDS.

On the 27th of April, the business
portion of Helena was almost entirely
consumed Half a million dollars worth
OF property was Tapped up by the flames.
fully one hundred and fifty good houses
consumed, and the hand of devastation
laid on the community with heavi>
ness from which the people of almost
any locality would have been months
and years in recovering. But it served
here only To call forth energy from those
who are pioneering the way of the ma
tons prosperity, and gave them Oppor>
tunity 10 demonstrate 10 the world in
tangible manner the indomitable char
acteustics ut that class of peoule who
have made the phrase Wild West OBJ
solete. Yesterday. Ihe 2Sth. Just thirty
days after the fire. there was newly erect
ed and under cover. on the site OF the
Burned District" in the business part
OF the town, seventy>fve permanent,
new buildings, many OF them com pleted.
painted, furnished and occupied. and
the others requiring bat a few days more
work. This, beside fifteen or twenty
temporary buildings, and new dwellings
ia the quarters remote from business:
we give the ground area covered by these
buildings in the business quarter:
New Iil3inEs-2 stc-y-I4
coveriug- IN area ot. 2OO01 IL.
New buildings-I sJory--JI
ccvereriGg az area oi. 49,. J6 100 e.
Toral......... 80. .Gs 56.476 #.
One of these. Travis Bros. Livery. Is
a feet ironf, 112 feet deep, covering
1.l6S feet, and in front is - feet high.
The new structures. which so far are
mostly frame, are almost unexceptiou>
aoly far superior To the old ones, while
those of stone aud brick which are pro-
crossing more slowly will be of a char
acter unequalled in the mountains.
Nearly every merchant who was burned
out will be in new building before
their goods arrive by river. far better
than that occupied Lefore the FIRE, and
to a stranger arriving now. it looks like
an entirely new town, but little space
remaining on the main streets TO show
where the destroyer had feasted- We
give these figures to show that Helena
is practically, rebuilt TO show what the
little army of mechanics and laborers
have been doing in thirty days, and TO
show that by the time newspapers ar
rive here from st. Louis and Chicago
containing particulars Of the "Destruc>
tion of Helena" new and better town
has risen like magic under the touch of
determined will and skilful industry.
We believe it unparalleled in the histo-
~ of auv mining city, and when the
capital of the business man here has
this practical confidence in Helena and
Montana. capital everywhere will re-
cognize it as the best evidence of the
encouraging condition of her industrial
interests. Business men do not rebuild
in month with better structures. played
out towns, in a played out country
Helena Is so rebuilt
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

AZ the meeting to welcome Warren
and Costello, in New York, May 14th,
Governor Hoffman was Missed. The
Tribune asks "is Tammsny losing its
boId9r
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

The fastest American Girl we have
vet heard of Is az New York. The toles
grams say she made her mile in 2:21, in
harness, OF the Brooklyn PARK on Sat-
urday .l. ..r
The Montana post., 1869-06-04
"a. w. CABRATU,
i. MCCARTHY,
w. G. ERWIN.

Sprague is before the world. His let
ters cover thirty pages of the Congress
sionaI Globe, in the finest sype. He has
had an edition of 10000 copies put in
wrappers and mailed over the country
under frank. They fill thirty-nine of
the largest sized mail bags. The Globe
should have been advertised "Sprague' 8
Complete Letter Writer sent TO any ad-
dress, under government patronage
THERE was quite stringency in the
California money market during The first
halt of May. 1t was attributed to the
Gold Hill disaster and the heavy White
Pine investments, and probably owing
in some degree to the advance in gold.
All these influences having been re-
versed, money is probably easier again
on "the oader side"
The Montana post., 1869-06-04

A correspondent o. the Hartford
(Copn.) Times thinks divorce should be
made cheaper, so as 20 bring IL within
the reach of the poor who, he says, are
now unable TO avail themselves of its
privileges As an additional improy e.
ment he suggests shat "any parties Eav-
inc been married ter years (previoas 70
the age offorty-fve) without issue, MAY
upon presenting substantial proof Of
the same 60 some qualified JHiGe) b.
granted lawful divorce. ,7-
lis s little diaicult 10 ses h5ls he
parties can t.eto issue when they can't
have any. bra 7lttU t. 1.
The Montana post., 1869-06-04
Removal of the Capital.

MasclesLell, May -, 1869.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-18
The Cd. Olair Paners.


Our readers have been made acquainted
with the value OF tie St Clair Papers, es-
pecialy TO Ohio, as they contain Che only
authentic records Of the Territory of the
North West under Governor St. Clair's ad-
minis1atiOn. The Legislature was in course
Of making provision for their purchase when
the time for adjournment came, and nothing
in that way can therefore be done until next
winter. In the meantime, unless something
is done outside Of official circles, the papers
viii have gone wholly beyond the reach of
the State. The present owners-the de-
scendants of Gov. st. Olair-haVe been left,
through national ingrstitude, wretchedly
poor, and the papers so long treasured by
them and kept scrupulously intact, must be
sold without further delay IF not sold soon
to private purchasers the collection viii be
broken up and sold at auction.
These papers are Of inestimable value as
historical matter, filing, as they do, the
great, gap In the documentary history of the
Northwest Territory. They have also a
specific monetary value. il the fact that they
contnin large number Of letters from George
Washington aud other great men of the
early days Of the Republic, whose autographs
bring high price in the collectors market.
We can assure those interested that what
as meant to be done TO save those papers to
the State must be done quickly, for eager
hands are stretching out for them from the
East We are in the receipt of letters making
inquiries regarding the collection that bode
Ill for its remaining il the West unless i'm
mediate steps are taken. The price, we are
informed, is very moderate, considering the
number and historic value of the papers, and
It would be good policy on the part of few
men Of means, having pride in the State,
to secure the papers at once, and hold them
until the Legislature makes an appropriation
next Winter TO place them in the State
Library or among the State archives It
would be disgrace to Ohio if she should al
low so important collection of historical
documents, necessary as they are TO complete
the records Of the States history, to be
snatched from our fingers and placed in a
library in some Eastern State with more
national pride than We possess, or scattered (,
never 10 be reunited, among autograph col
lectOn and dealers in old manuscripts
Cleveland Herald.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-18
Wall Paper 4 Borders.

A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF PAPER BORDERS FOR
THE SPRING TRADE; ALSO, CURTAINS, TASSELS CORD
-i-4 FIXTURES, DC, A COMPLETE STOCK. 81
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-18

The Rock Island me. } Argus tells the
following story: {" A few days ago a gentle
man came up the river on the steamer New
Boston, who privately exhibited to the Of
fcers of that packet diamond in the rough,
which, in its unpublished state, is ssupposed to
be worth somewhere in the vicinity Of $780,
600. Ii is about the size Of a Walnut, Is
perfectly transparent and has the power Of
iuagnifyiDg to the same extent as a first
quality glass. The lucky possessOr found it
st his home in the gold-miniUg districts Of
Nova Scotia, and also stated that he had
fo6ud one or two small ones, One Of which
he soid for SI2,0 in its rough state. To
convince the officers of the boat, he produced
fles Of Nova Scotia papers containing ac-
counts Of the finding Of the diamond, minute
descriptions Of the same, descriptions OF the
finder, and other evidence too indisputable
to be questioned. He also shoEsd letters
from prominent New York jewellers, who
had examined the prize, one Of which was
from tie house Of Ball, Black d 90. BE is
going to Iowa to see about landed invest
menis with view of some day locating
there. He proposes to have the diamond
polished, and sell It to some crowned head,
lfpOssible."
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-18

During his recent soiourn in Naples, King
Victor Emmanuel accompanied by an Adju-
tant in undress uniform, took, one morning,
a walk on the seashore. 1t was very warm,
and the King stepped into small house and
asked for a glass Of water. A middle-aged
lady, in deep mourning, handed him what he
wanted, and the King then entered into a
conversation with her. sWhose loss are you
mourning ?" he said to her. "My only son,
sir" was the reply. I" Where did he die p
asked the King. symPathetically. g he was
kiIIedat Nentana, said the lady, who evil
q dently did not know who her interlocutor
was. At Montana, sir, where the French
villains murdered our young men with i'm
punity. All, they would not have done SO
IL we had man, q true man, on the throne 7
The King said no more, but, heaving deep
sch, took his Auiutants arm, bowed slight
Iy. and left the room, A few minutes after
ward the lady found out who her visitor had
been.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-18
THE JOURNAL.
= e. - Law. 81 anla...1..aE.. .!

AH I1'por .sht Law fot Adusinsstrztora.
re sgislseDfe Of last Winter passed
leNs aAiaA Ve.sy materially iaifects the rights
Of the iaP;.liss of deceased husbands. Sec
lion a Of tie sct to provide for the settle
nent Of estates Of deceased persons. was
repealed and he isllOwing section adopted
d its stead $50
SIC. 43. That when any person shall die,
leaving widow or minor child or chfidron
uPder the age Of fiftesn years, the following
property shall not be deemed assets OF ad-
aninistered as such, but shall be included and
stated IN the inventory Of the estate, and
signed By the appraisers, without appraising
the same
3 Frs, One family sewing msehine, to be
retained by said widow absolutely as her
ownproperty. and all spinning wheels, weav-
lDg looms and stoves set up and kept in use
by the family
Sseordl9, The family bible, family pictures
and school books used BY or in the family of
the deceased, and books, not exceeding one
hundred dollars in value, which we're kept
and used as part Of the family library before
the deoease Of such person.
Ihirdfy. One COW, or if there be no COW,
household goods, 10 be selected by the
widow, OF If there be no widow, by the
guardian or next friend Of such minor child
or children, not exceeding forty dollars in
value, or il there be no household goods
such IS the widow or guardian or next friend
may desire to select, then forty dollars in
money all sheep to the number of twelve,
their valuation not 70 be greater than seven
ty-hve dollars, and the wool shorn from, and
the yarn and cloth manufactured BY the fam
ny al fax in possession Of the family in
tended for the use thereof and yarn or thread
cloth manufacted sherefrom,
FOlwtlly, All the wearing apparel and or
naments Of the family and Of the deceased,
all The beds, bedeteads and bedding, cooking
utensils and table ware necessary for the use
of the family, one clock, one side saddle,
aud any other articles Of personal property
not to exceed one hundred dollars in value,
NbicA DE widow, or if there be no widow,
tle guardian OF next friend Of such minor
child or minor children, may select, to be
valued BY the appraisers,
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-18
A Onaar Railroad.

Our friend, of the Kenton Republican, say
the railroad running through that place has
no time tables printed for the road, but that
when person wishes to travel over il, he
sets down and writes letter to the Presi-
. dent, few days before going to start, to
find out the time the train leaves. This we
should call exceedingly One-horse down in
this direction, where We have live, enter
pFising railroad men, who have their time
cards Inserted in all the papers along the
line Of the road. WalkeD up the dry bones,
q ere, Brother Hunt or tell the Directors Of
that road TO sell out TO some who knows how
70 run q railroad on correct ard liberal pIin-
cipIes.- MANSFIELD Herald.
Does yer know what makes it one-horss
concern? Cause its controlled BY slOw-one
(Sloan.)
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-18

The Detroit Press says that about two
weeks ago Henry Simmons, of Litchfeld, o.,
sold his farm, and passing through Detroit,
bought farm ia Milford county, Michigan.
He took with him only two hundred and fif-
~ dollars Of the two thousand, five hundred
dollars, received from his sale, and paid down
two hundred of this on the new purchase,
During bis absence, bis wife, not liking the
removal to Michigan, took the balance IN
bank, and eIoped with another Liteh6eld
man. On Friday, the husband, fifty years
old aud gray, arrived in Detroit, hoIneWerd
bound, when he first learned of his wiie's
treason, and was much cast down aud af-
hictad.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-18
AGENTS.

Wewish to arrange with Agents, male or female
to hrepTesent the American Shuttle Sewing Ma
chine, in each State, County and town in tn
United States and Ontaria. Extra inducements Il
Experienced Agents, For full particulars, as t,
Salary OF Commission, address
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