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The Montana post., 1869-04-09
MINING REPORT

The American Journal Of Mining ed
ted by II. w. Raymond, Commissioner
of Mining Statistics, in an editorial ar
ticle reviews the character of the forth~
coming Report. The Report treats of
the present condition of mining indus
try, and the relations of governments TO
mining. The work is only preliminary,
intended to suggest rather than discuss.
but will be followed this year by one
comprehensive and detailed as possible.
We presume from the Commissioner s
remarks that the Report on Montana is
the most complete in the work. We
feel gratified by the assurance that it is
ca good description" When IN New
York last fall we called on Mr.. Raymond
on his return from the Pacific Coast, and
found no arrangements were made for a
Report of Montana. 1t was about to 60
by default, as it will be noticed other
Territories have, because there was no
appropriation made tc recompense any
one for preparing it, and the Commis>
sioner was unauthorized 10 even prom
ise q remuneration. We believed there
were competent gentlemen who would
give their services gratuitously rather
than permit this, and the belief was jus
titled by Professors Eaton and keyes,a and
Col. de Lacy cheerfulIy accepting the
task without even promise of compensa-
ton. That they have done their. work
The Montana post., 1869-04-09
CONNECTICUT ELECTIONS.

The dispatches indicate that the Re
publicans have carried the Governorship,
and have certainly elected two of ;he
four Congressman. This was scarcely
expected by our friends. In 1868 English
beat Jewell tor Governor 1865 votes, and
the fact that the Legislature elected on
Monday. votes on the Constitutional
Amendment, would call out every ener-
gy and vote of the Democracy. Ex-
Senator Dixon was even placed in nomi-
nation in the First District, in place of
Hubbard, to strengthen the ticket, but
Strong has come out strong and victori-
Gus against him. The Democrats have
three of the four Congressman in the
10th Congress and have lost one in the
contest. The following are the respec-
tive tickets as submitted
The Montana post., 1869-04-09
THE REGISTER.

The kilograms state that Lorenzo b
Lyman, a we'll known Republican is ap-
pointed, and he is probably confirmed
Register of the Lsnd Office at Helena
vice o. B. O'Bannon. Mr.. Lyman is a
resident of Gallatin Valley, near Boze~
man, where he has been engaged in
ranching. He was formerly of Madison,
Wisconsin, where he studied and prac
ticed law. We understand he had the
support of the Wisconsin and Michigan
Congressional delegations for the Office.
Mr.. O'Bannon retires from the office uni
versally eeteemed by men of all parties,
as faithful, efficient officer, an affable,
courteous and worthy gentlemen.
Against him we have heard no word of
disparagement during his official career
in Helena, and he has the satisfaction
of having discharged the, at times, diff
cult duties of his office, honestly, Impair
TALLY and satisfactorily. The surveys
having been begun but two years since,
and progressing slowly, he has had
the car es incident to an organization of
the Department and but little of that
remuneration pertaining to an estab>
lished office where the surveys are well
forward and the entries frequent We
trust his successor will be as efficient in
the discharge of duty and better com>
pensated-
The Montana post., 1869-04-09
mss ELIZA VAN LEW, recently ap-

MISS ELIZA VAN LEW, recently APP
pointed Post Mistress at Richmond,
Virginia. was not "a spy of the Union
Army as reported, but a resident of
Richmond, who did great kindness to
the Union soldiers confined in Libby
prison, by sending them books, clothing
for the naked, and food for the sick and
famishing. While Captain Todd "a
brother of Mrs. Lincoln) was in cons
mand of the prison, these were captured
as contraband and she subjected TO per>
secution, but on the succession of Cap
tain Gibbs, an old army officer, her kind
nesses were allowed, and she was even
permitted to have removed to her house
from the crowded, filthy, prison, Hon.
Calvin Huson, who was dying of typhoid
fever. When he was dead he was
buried in the burial lot of the Van
Lews, and a womans' heart prompted
womans' hand to plant flowers upon the
grave, ere his kindred knew he was
dead. Ii was for heroism such as this
she was remembered and rewarded, and
in no instance has the government bet>
ter demonstrated its gratitude to the
loyal and worthy, than by the appoint
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

The following is published as true
matrimonial census of Portland: Run
away wives, "a; runaway husbands, 1914
married persons legally divorced, 347;
living in open warfare, ,445; living in
private Misunderstanding, 1.106; mutu-
ally Indifferent, 1908; regarded as near
ly happy, 2e4; happy, 20; perfectly hap
pY. y: total S.083 /"
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

The Common Council of Sioux City
have granted to DIR. A. Hunt, of that
place, the exclusive privilege of supply
ing the town with gas for the next thirty
years. The Doctor is to have the gas
ready to light up with whenever Sioux
City contains $500 inhabitants. The
population at present is not far from
2,OO0.-DdkOttaH
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

4 Washington dispatch says there is
considerable talk because Ashley's name
WAS not sent in with the other nomina-
lions TO the Senate, as he was positive
Iv agreed upon for Governor of Montana
I'm Cabinet Grant has two Massachu>
-.tts men ia his Cabinet. He would not
likely permit two Territorial Governors
from Ohio 10 prevent the nominations.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

THE Salt Lake Telegraph imagines US
with five wives. Don't, Take EPSON
sails. or take another wife, or "take
walk. or the smallpox, or something,
but don't permit your imagination 10
get away with your common sense.
Five wives FIVE motherssin-law-
Horrors, rTwere better To be an Offices
holder and lose ones head.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

President Grant, in reply to an applis
cation by an Ohio representative for the
appointment of the Hon. j. NJ Ashley,
who has the endorsement of the entire
Republican delegation, as Coy. of Mon
tana, said that it was his intention To
select the nominees for that and other
like positions, from the residents of the
Territories they seek 20 govern, when
proper men eau be found. This decis-
ion, however, is not expected To inter
fere in the case of Gen. Campbell as
Governor of WyominE.--E }. Tribune
March 10th.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

At the sale of lots in Corinne, on the
eth ult., some sold as high as $500,
Harry Creighton paying that for one.
Under the Senate resolution permitting
the President TO locate the junction, IL
may be the city yet.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

Gen. Campbell, who is said to have
distanced Mr.. Ashley iE the race for the
Governorship of tine Territory of Wyo>
ming, is quite a young man, gallant
soldier, and a most capable staff officer.
1t is doubtless 20 Gen. Schofeld's ap-
probation of his services in this capacity
that he ows his prospective appointment
He is entirely unknown IN politics, but
he served with intelligent fidelity under
Schotield in the civil administration in
Virginia, and was left to close up the
business of his Chief there, after the
latter was made Secretary of War. He
has tor some time past been on duty in
the War Departmental.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

-Wynd is writing a series of sensi-
5Ic. truthful and valuable letters on
Montana minerals, from Helena TO the
chicago Tribune
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

Massachusetts, has velocipede fever,
and and in one town they have actually
turned a Methodist church into I've
locipede rink
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

II Is understood in Washington the
President will re~convene the 41st Con-
,-,sss on next Monday.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

D. Is stated the Mexican Governmen:
r,5II ask that Bosecrans be recalled.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

Tug President signed tue Tenure of
Office bill.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

GRANT to England. Pay us thirteen
millions or give up this continent.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

: radical paper says; Andrew John
son. in his farewell, used the word
constitution" tbirty~one times, and the
Exchange.
They have such dislike for the cons
s,itution that they hate 10 hear il named
ur see it in print. johnson revered it, so
they have a constitutional hatred tor
ir.-CHsy,HH6 -iTyUS-
DO you recollect that it was johnson
who said: when you hear n man prate
about the Constitution, spot him; he's a
r-aiJors" That is the point.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

There are 213 widows in Omaha and
COB spinsters. All the former and two>
thirds OF the latter are in market
There are no widows in Helena but
States widows" and they are all under
bond till the boating season begins
Spinsters can be counted on ones fing-
ers, but not married on less than a hun
dred thousand dollars and as many feet
of quartz
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

GEO. NJ PINN EY.
Associate Editor and Manager
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

The Cheyenne Leader gives this ver-
sion of the shooting story: Maggie
Mccormick, an Omaha prostitute, had
her life saved by glass eye, which
turned the bullet fror.l the pistol OF an
other woman with whom she was hght-
ing" We hope Mag. Mccormick is not
killed. Fallen though she was. Rursu>
ing life of shame, and one thatnews-
rapers hold themselves bound 10 speak
Of only TO condemn, hundreds of Mon-
tanians will attest tha. she never turned
a deaf ear TO the appeals of charity, and
was transformations in her generosity
and kindness to her fellow creatures.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

Mormonism is curious thing TO han
lie: and il is only fools who rush in
where angels tear to- tread.-S. l.. 1cts-
TuPh.
Rough on your women folks, STEM
house The angels don't rush in, ell,
Guess you were little hen pecked
when you wrote that. TO easy, pair
ai new shoes will fix il all up.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

A Philsdelphian has taken out
patent for the manufacture of wooden
shirt bosoms, the material being the
same as that now used in papering
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

CatIin, the prairie traveller and artist.
has communicated 10 Trubner's Ameri-
can and Oriental Literary Record the Gu
rious fact-if il should prove TO be true
that a great river, larger than the
Mississippi" flows under the Rocky
Mountains! Mr.. Catlin is about 20 SUBJ
NIT the evidence which he has collected
in favor of this startling hypothesis 70
the world.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

The many friends OF Hon. John Titus,
formerly Chief Justice of Utah, will be
pleased, with ourselves, to learn that he
has just received the appointment of
Chief Justice of Arizona THIS is well
merite1 honor Judge Titus occupied
the bench in Utah from early in 1855
till March, 1868, and labored with all
earnestness to enforce the Nation s laws
But finding this impossible under the
circumstances, and being refused the
support promised by the late President,
A. johnson, he resigned rather than
continue to witness the disgrace of his
country while powerless TO prevent it.
lie is known as an upright Judge, firm
and incorrutible patriot, one of the few
whom Brigham Young could neither
buy, bully, or entrap. We hail his aps
pointment to the Chief Justiceship of
Arizona as an indication that the new
administration purposes TO honor
faithful merlt.-ISdLt Lake ReD0yter.
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

4 distinguished Statesman of Ger
many predicts an early war in Europe.
The parties will be France and the Papal
power of Italy. with Austria as re-
serve ally, against Prussia. which may
bee compelled To ally with Russia. Pre-
paratious are said 20 be quietly but un-
reOsiugly made, and the clergy are the
incentive power. Apropos of this il is
said tina; upon embarking recently for
Algeria, Marshal Mcmahon said To the
officers who accompanied him to the
steamer. II shall soon return. Before
the 3lst of May the cannon will have
Numbered on the banks of the Rhine
and on those of the Danube"
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

The exact amount of currency now in
circulation in this country is $74j, j,90S,--
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

The Pope has refused the ex-Queen
Mary of Naples a divorce from her hus-
hand. ar ia
The Montana post., 1869-04-09
The Montana Post.

ASH. MILLS. EDITOR
The Montana post., 1869-04-09

There is no armor against fate.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-01-07
An Unfortunate mistake.

Mark Twain says that white sleep-
ing recently at the Sherman House
in Chicago, he was placed in a room
SO high up that water boiled there
at 1889; and, although it was desti-
tute of many of the luxuries of a
comfortable bedroom, he was not
sorry he was sent there, as it ena-
bled him to overhear the following
story told by one friend TO another,
in an adjoining apartment. '.No,
she wouldn't marry mo. Yon were
mlsinformed. 1t was broken off and
IN the saddest way. / was not in
'he least to blame, upon my word
and honor, though neither the girl
nor her father, the deacon. ever be-
lleyed me or ever forgave me TWAS
during the big election canvas when
Lincoln ran the first time. Two
thirds of the deacon's honest soul
were in religion and the other third
was in politics-Lincoln man. /
never was a scoffer at religion in nv
life, but he half believed / was.
Well, there was to be political
poW-wow nthevillage church where
he lived, on a Thursday night, and
he was to preside. / never thought
anything about the matter, but Will
liams hailed me one afternoon. offer
ed me seat in the baggy, and away
we started. 1t was Wednesday.
curse the almanac-but we never
thought of it. eiat esq aH
Going into town some devilish in
stinct put it into my head that it
would help my case along if l march
ed into the church with a rail upon
my shoulder, seeing that the deacon
and the girl would both be there.
So | got rail, and we came into
town, shoIting and making q grand
to-do generally. As we went BY the
church windows l caught glimpse
of her bonnet, and plenty other bon
nets, and | was happy. shoulder
ed my rail and marched in. The
houseful of men and women were all
quiet, and the old deacon was stand
ing up in the altar, saying some
thing. Splendid | went a BOOM
ing up the aisle with my rail, swing
ing my hat, and whooping, "Hoo-
ray for Old Abe Hoo-ray for the
Illinois rail-splitterl"
"But never yelp out Of that au-
dlence. | quit, right in my tracks.
The deacon said, Sir, we are engag-
ed in addressing the Throne of
Grace. This unseemly exhibition
is illfitted to the solemeties of q
prayer-meeting.'
II never felt so sick in my life,
John. [ never felt so much like
taking a walk. And don't you
know, as / stood up there before that
congregation, I'd have given a mill
ion of dollars for somebody to take
that rail out for me. But no; I had
to sneak out with it myself l threw
it down, and went up to where there
was board fence and practieed
climbing backwards and forwards
for as much as an hour. But my
goose was cooked, you know 1t
was all up between me and that
family
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-01-07

SUFFICIENT REAL EsTATE.-A gen
tleman who is rather given to story
telling, relates the following: '9a
''When was young man / spent
several years at the South, residing for
while at Port Hudson, on the Missis-
sippi river. A great deal of litigation
was going on there about that time,
and it was no easy matter to obtain a
jury. One day / was summoned to
act in that capacity, and repaired to
the court to get excused On my
name being called, / informed his hon
or, the judge, that was not free
holder, and therefore could not serve"
Where do you reside?" the judge
inquired.
81 am stopping for the time being
at Port Hudson"
"You board at the hotel, 1 pre-
sume."
81 take my meals, there, but have
room in another part of the town, where
l lodge"
"Do you keep bachelors hall?"
eyes, sir"
GLOW long have you been living in
that manner?"
about six months"
81 think you are qualified" gravely
replied the Judge, ''for l have never
known man to keep bachelors hall
the length of time you name who had
not dirt enough in his room to make
him a free holder" The court doesn't
excuse yeu." -
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-01-07

GRIEFs.--Let no one fiatter him or
herselfthat life can be without griefs.
Whoever saw q piece-a tissue that
had not some dark threads? The
only white robes we shall ever wear
will be the white robes of heaven
When we shall be transfgured in the
presence of the Lamb. | do not
know why it is 50. I do not pre-
tend to know ] do not think others
know any better than | why sor.
rows come, and great griefs weigh
down the soul, or seize it and rend
it like a pack-thread, or cast us upon
bed or q rack of torment. These
pungencies that pierce us so some
times--what strange stuff they are
made of Out of what unexpected
materials they are wrought! Our
best and noblest deeds, our divinest
thoughts and actions, our purest and
most hallowed affections, our most
beautiful and blessed things-out OF
these shall come threads of darkness
and webs of shadows to be woven
into the woof of life Out of these
shall come drops to poison life's
sweetest cups, distilled by SANDERS
tongue Out of these shall spring
teeth to bite like a serpent, and sting
like an adder, when the wicked per-
secute, and malice has a work of
death to do.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-01-07

~ Mr.. D. L. Moody, of Chicago,
has way of hurting out his sentiments
at prayer-meetings. Not long since,
at one of those meetings, some one
rose and stated that the Erring Wo-
mems Refuge, in that city, was in great
need, and asked the prayers of the con
gregation in its behalf. One of Chica-
go's richest men, who is said to be
somewhat minute in his contribution
to benevolent objects, volunteered at
once to lead the meeting in a prayer in
behalf of the institution named. He
had scarcely closed, when Mr.. D. L.
Moody got to his feet, and said that it
was wrong for us to ask God to do
what be had given us the power to do
ourselves. "The idea," said he, "of a
man who can draw check for one
hundred thousand dollars asking God
to give money to the Erring Women's
Refuge is preposterousl Let him give
it himself"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-01-07

HEN PHILosoPHY.-eNow, young
people" said a professor of natural
history to his class. "now, then, as
to hens. A hen has the capacity of
laying just 600 eggs and no more,
and she finishes the job in just about
five years. Now, what is to be done
with her after that?"
"Cut off her head and sell her
to a clearinghouse keeper for a
spring chicken" exclaimed an archin,
whose father dealt in poultry.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-01-07
OHIO, JANUARY z, 1869.
[From the Gentleman's Magazine
HOLLY TUNE.


The wood is barren as the void,
The leaves have rusted long ago;
The flowers have perished Of the cold.
Not even the hot marigold
Offers her bosom to the snow
In holly time.
The winds rendrcut the empty nest.
The robin shivers in his song,
There is no warmth in Natures breast;
Faint CLEANS of brightness, at the best,
The glory Of the year prolong
In holly time.
Yet sweet as days when skies are blue.
And cherries redden on the wall
When blossoms fed with sun and dew,
Their beauty silently renew
Yea. sweeter, more desired of all
In holly time.
For now. as if the Incarnate Word
Walked it again the sterile earth,
Remem bering the glad tldings heard
of angels. to ifs heart is stirred
With promptings of renewing birth,
This holly time.
Jov in life's pulses throbs and burns,
The Hours. star crested. sweep along,
Shedding delight from brimming urns;
Youth to the heart ofage returns,
And fans the ashen brands of song
at holly time.
The sacred hearths whence yule- flames rise,
Are affairs whereon, each apart,
The households offer sacrifice
Out Of the tender sancties
And superstitions of the heart,
This holly time.
Thus do celestial glimpses bless
The stricken world, as though its woes,
It's sins. its sorrows fathomless,
Had ending, and the wilderness
Began to blossom like the rose
In holly time.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-01-07
Forget NE Not.

We suspect there are few OF our
Juvenile readers who will not be in
terested in hearing the pretty incl
dent which originated the name %
the beautiful little flower, the forget
me not. This exquisite flower of
memory, with its blue, like the tint
ofthe summer heavens, and its cold
en- eye, bright as the eve of Hone
itself, Is consecrated not alone to the
reminiscenees of love, but also to
those of home and friendship. The
field forget-me- not, or MYosoTIs AR
vENsIs, is often assumed as the token
flower; but the true one is the water
forget-me-not, MYosoTIs .PULUsTRIs,
whose flower is rather larger and
more intensely blue than that of its
sister of the fields. The legendary
origin of its name proves the claim
of the aquatic species to the real
blossom of remembrance. A Ger
man knight and his lady-love were
walking on the banks of q stream,
when the fair one saw beautiful
tuft of the MYosoTIs PULUsTRIs grow
ing in the water, and expressed a
wish to have it. The knight, with
due chivalrous alacrity, plunged at
once into the river in his array, and
gathered his prize; but before he
could again climb up the steep and
slippery bank, he was drawn by a
treacherous eddy into deep pool,
and, encumbered as he was with his
heavy armOr and helmit, finding he
could not save himself, just as he
sank forever he threw the flowers
ashore to his mistress, and uttered
with his last breath, "Vergits mein!
nichtI'-forget me not!
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-01-07

EFT A method employed in Ger
many to keep rose buds fresh into the
winter, consists in first covering the
end of the recently cut stem with wax,
and then placing each one in closed
paper cap or cone, so that the leaves
do not touch the paper. The cap is
then coated with glue, to exclude air,
dust and moisture, and when dry it is
stood up in drawer, in cool place
When wanted for use, the bud is taken
out of the cap and placed in water,
after cutting off the end, when the rose
will bloom in few hours.