, 1869-07-09
Small Po1 .Eand a Dry. Season.
Partial Suspension OF Mining
Operations.
Hard Times IN the Mountains.


Oh boaft, and thirteen cases Of that dlsease are
now reported ut the head OF navigation. The
presence Of the epidemic wss no sooner known Mt
Benton than citizens meeting was held, on the
old-mountalneer. no7- psh-rar-Dst atyte, quaf-
anttne esta1 nshed, and the Utah ordered on
cru'se up the river for the purpose OF disnfectin@
HereaIter all boats will be stopped at qua-na-
tine and oyerhnnled before being allowed 70
pass on up to Benton Several other
cascs OF the smallpox hte reported on the Arf11-
Esa, lot ye! arrived st Benton. The disease has
not reached Helena, although full preparation for
II has been made, py the establishment OF Hoard
Of Iltalth, with fan power to act In the prem,es
Vaccine matter Ia eagerly sought after, and life
assurance Is "as premium After ali, this I'm.
ported scouzge may be blessing In dia9uise, for
should 1t get ioothpld with the Indians II would
quickly people the happy bunting grounds With
rcd children, plkted At last 10 sone purpose, but
unmourned BY any. sueh 3 special dtspen.ation
ef Providence as this Nould be q blessing, not
only to the whites, but To The Indians themselves.
Their race Il destined to rapid e1term1-
nnuon- As Rurely as the M.ows on the
ses.Ehore ob!iterate traces On the sand,
60 surely Ntu The wave of c1riltzansn,
ATes.stlblJ rolling westwnrd. overwhelm the sar-
age remnAnts Of former centuries which ELL lta-
ger Ont existence IN the Interior OF the Amer.
lean Continent. The question With them, 01uch a.
with the Suicide, Ia ~ to the easiest way to die.
IAkclNuHs4do " &Ae 0kU4 o1 tdAQ Is ElQe."-py
the hand Of God, 1t ID all-wtse- Msny of the
iruntlersmen b:ncEe Il to be au-wise In rhuteves
form It comes But We do not propose yentla:tng
me Inhl1n cnes1lou 1t least, not a. present Al
between the Quakers and the snsll-pox the latter
has much the best IS show !oy settling it.
The small po1 agrees With the doctors and they
loof forward emiunSlJ 10 busy Season. Five
dolhrB apiece for vaccination Is not to be dueezed
At, especially when hall Of the population,
thrnpth fe4r ri er1,fAtn. snrna
and the familiar Ealatattou Il, " How does 1t
work."
But the prospects OF Physicians, like their
eMeuca, have the monopoly Of oetng On the rise
The teasop nIl It ts feared, place No ntanA FtocS
Ut a discount for the ear 1863. Upon the supply
Of water the miner depends almost entirely for IA
clIes By means Of which to prosecute his aboFs-
Without It the Hcheet gold deposits mutt lie prohs-
icss and Idle Deprived Of his means for working,
the miner Is transformed into an iniens!neI per
fon!tcauon OF patience on monument, barring
| the monument, md has nought 70 do but watch,
/ and wait aud resign himself TO the trials OF a
| hard season. And this Is what one.thlEd OF the
miners Of Montana nre doing at this writing, unI.
that, too, with the prospect that the olher two-
,hirca may quickly follow auit. Tue winter ias'
passed Vas chhry Of eno~ storms. and the suns Of
spring very Eenerllly shoue bare peaks tnsteatl
| Of the do1,es OF Snow which usua1y surround our
| valleys during the arst half Of each year.
Rains in this Interior country are much
less frequent than :. Id the States OF
on the Pacific coast, md upon
/ the melting OF the Auow on tho mountains dnes
! the miner depend for water. The uhsence Of the
one Is the absence OF he other. As 4 cuose-
qnence, hundreds Of ANAL creeks and RAINING
bitches ate dry. uthello, with hls occupation gone.
| was not In worse flx than arc the miners: and,
! as fare the niners, so fares the country. The
farmers, too, hate had great cause for complaint
Wheat heading out when Only few Inches ahoFe
| the ground. giye~ Little promise OF good crop.
and is nt suggestive Of abtll.r to Ill prospective
| grau contracts for government posts lev day
Of rain have, however, gtFco temporary relief tc
the agricultural districts, and II the gTasshoppers
stay on their reservations, i fair crop may be har
| vested.
Trade ls-NelL what ls Il. y VIC asked mcr'
chant this Afternoon. and herewith his reply: "I
! there weB any It Ho1lu Ike id dull" LAEe
quantities OF goods arc ar11sing from Chicago and
St 1ous., fretghts are to pay. ami our merchant;
arc more generally hntu Up than during fornel
seasons Compelled, by our destructive conna
grafton Of April g, 10 very generaily rebul:
! their business houses, AMI with I'll.
! usual income of spring tad.
10 considerable extent withheld
they are, by no MEANS in easy circumstances tn,
great majority Of Them arc, however, energetic
and enterprislng, and will come out all right The!
are possessed Of "grit," or, IN the phrase OF til
country, .fhey have the sand, !" and Will not sue
cuub before the combination of nnsoWasd ctrcum
| et0nx<A-
"ltis an III wind that blows nobody ruod,
although not originally calculated ses tie merida,
OF Montaua, holds good II this longitude. tn.
dry seaAon ehtcht tt1ssrhtes- prpspect1uR'' Il
many places where searcn for the precious meta
has heretofore heen tmpracticnblc On account o
the suHeZ1bundnncc OF wafer Moreover, the
| miner thrown
Gevotcs h!rteiF 10 the hnntlng up o
! Few dRgtnRs, to be reaorted to wheI
old ones arc worked out Cniess heavy rains &c
rn1,the present season VIII be deyoted 10 new dis
coEeE1es, aud TINS the calamity OF 1869 may become
The oefslnC Of 1sta- Low wages ere nlnon2 the
consequences Of dull times, AID thereby our qusrtz
| mills profit WhiIs many 0f them usually ral 1.
polite to suspend opcratc Is dor.ns the summer
months on ACCOUNT Of the high krtcc Of labor they
! a1e this year quite generally running The pro.
duct Of the 4uartz lodges WILL therefore, to 1Inl-
lied extent, atone for the falling cn OF the placer
| yield Quartz mines which have heretofore pro-
duced nothing will be developed and everything
pot In thpsnApe thin for the miners Wll-of- be-.
I wtfp. a. next year"
Sew-coners are rot long left In doubt Us to the
condition Of the country. They have barely set
foot npon the soil Of MONTANA before they are be-
tet by numbers OF cEnakers as persistent In hci1
attentions as hotel rupDctA With some Spirit Of
Jealousy. and with others hAbtualJ tsnlt. ind
inC disposition, Il the incentive to all tals croay-
rr, which does more TO discourage new COM
era TO the Territory than all the practlcal dlncu-
lies 1Het aut. Aauy pilgrim both during
this and former years, haz landed at Benton, hur-
ried through 70 Hclena, stopped over night talked
WIN 6o1La Of these knowing cro1Eers and re-
ttrped TO the head Of partgation IN time to go
dow the Missouri on The sane steamcr that he
asceneed It. Arrived In the 6tatea, he scastera
fur and wide his Eratnitous Information that Mon
tana ia "paJ ed out, ,"its mtnes "wprthless 1ts
Inhabitants swndleFa who exc out an existence on
the few ereentacks which such as he A.
nually hiring TO the country. This year the cou1-
tn IS dv, md the rrospcc. Is not Of
tbe most nstfertng character for perlon Just
ritetl from civilization. But the country Is far
frrm be,ug played out COMMON lAborcss arr
obtaining 1re dollars pcr DAY. aud mechanics from
eight to ten dollars, CLERKS receive from one bum
lIed and 1t1I to two hundred and 6fly dollars per
month, and the compensation for other tabor Is In
proportion II any further proof were needed TO
ahoH that Montana Ia stM on the road to prosper
tty, We thould ind t In the remarkable manpet IN
which the toEn Of Helena, almost completely do
stfuJed b. ire, has been rebuilt Less than TITO
months ago the principal business portion Of the
town waa licked up BY the nsuts- To-day the
principal business street. show scarcely =
t131 OF the great nrr. Within s1tty
days one hundred md tveotJ-four new
buildings haTe been put up. worth
not Less thAn three' hundred thousand
dottHa Fuus half OF Tits nnoum has been e1-
pended upon substantial stone structures, which
take the Places Of light frnnts and suu more Are
N process of construction. And this Is In q town
OF goo Inhabitants, situated among the SPUN Of
the ROCKY Moultalna f1f AWAY from III the tael!i-
uea for rapid construction which abound IN the
East When 1t Is considered that Ill the BRICK =
ussd had to be burned, the ktone quartet And The
lumber hswed Htth!n the tue named, the resu.t
seetns almost magical II IL good illustration Of
Nc1s1u enterprise, Ind proof that the people Of
Aontxua have fifth IN the resourres Of theft heaa-
tiful Land anonZ tho mountains.
: word about The boats. Up 70 tie present t,me
twenty eve steamers have Atvired At Benton dur
Ing this season re6ptte the low water this result
Is AZ good ~ that obtained IN l56 The steamboat
aen are learning, At the Gar1e tine, the r!rer and
confidence In themselves Difficulties which I few
Jeafs since seemed lnsurr1ountable are now over
come b. persistent cherry In zpasring And Light
ing Ten or fifteen other boats are Jet to arrive
Reporta Of trouble With Indians were greatly e1-
acyetated. and Ec!ations with the AayaSes have
been but little less friendly than during prcY.uus
ycaTs-
General Haucoek I. here, and Is Eaattng tour
Of Inspection. Visiting the military posss OF Non
tana anh making himself generally acquainted
with this department, 10 the command Of which
hc has acen recently Assigned, haslas The pace Of
General Te7y. C.
RIPoN.
Conn cncem ent nt Htpon College.
cor7t1nnse..er Of 7As chtea7o 1s7tun<.
hFns, July &
The city Of R1pon Is 4 gem set IN as inc land
scApe AZ the good S.ase Of Wisconsin boastY.