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e, pfO-
portion to the population, who are temperance
men-and OF course law-abiding mcmillan in
most other cities. There fewer brols and
fights III this city than in cities that are consid-
cred the best organized cities of the country"
Mr.. Stewart said: n
" i shall vote for this bill with great pleasure
because 1 believe from what have seen that
there is immediate necessity for it. see, how
ever, in the suggestions that have been made,
particularly by the two Senators from Ohio, a
pressing necessity for permanent organization
| otake care Of the poor Of this District, and IL
seems to me there should be reorganization of the
government Of The District in some form, so that the
PeoPte here can hare poscer 10 make the necessary
rtgniat,ons an The yremises That seems to me to be
rery important: L am not particularly opposed
! to the city of Washington as seems to have
| been inferred from something said here on
one occasion. 1 should like to see it made a
place; but the present mode of procedure will
always make il the poorest place in the world.
/ Now it is a city shut of, without right of way
/ to 1t, without any employment for its people,
and under such circumstances 1t can never be
Mr.. Sherman.-That is the fault of Congress.
| Mr.. Stewart.-It may be; but IL seems to nae
hGt If Congress is 10 do its duty 30 this District II
take of itself, and it should give its people
right Of ingress and egress, 30 that this city may
| be built up, so that there may be some means Of
living here, some employment for men and
women. Nobody can resist an appeal like this
when people are starving, but let US give them
employment; let us baild up the city"
MIR. Bayard said:
Passing through the streets, through tho
| tboroughfares Of this town, there are larger
bodies OF wretched colored people than ever
| saw In my whole life before. 1 was brought up
/ in community where those people abound,
I where they formed one-fourth Of the entire
| population; and do say that never saw In all
my previous life as much unhappiness, as much
degradation and vice apparent In that class of
| people as have In the few short months which
| have passed in the city Of Washington. As
said before, my hand shall not be stayed to re-
neve human suffering whether 1t exists under q
| skin OF one color or another; but do saw that
| the facts exhibited and stated here on this floor
| are such rs will tend to make any man question
| whether the ballot which these people have i'm
such abundance has been q blessing to them or
| not"
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, said:
"Is IL the fanlt Of this District that IL il the
| paradise comparatively Of the black man I? We
4 know from our own observation that the black
men from all the States surrounding this District
| are happy to flock here. And now, when the
| question comes up whether they shall be taken
| care Of, is IL anything more than right. when
| this vast burden from various other States is
| thrown upon this District, that Congress should
| step i'm and give some measure of relief ?'
| Mr.. Davis said:
| civil remark that the worst goyernm.nt and
the worst governed people { have ever had
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WANTED-To rent or buy, or rent with privilege
w OF purchasing from ONE TO TEN ACRES OF
LAND, improved, near W ashngton. Address, stating
location and price, A. y, g., Star Office. oc2
r. 8; JUSTH PAYS FAIR CASH PRICES FOR
-. LADIES'. GENTS AND CHILDRENS
ING, BOOTS, SHOES, &C., AS 9Th street, be-
tween ID and streets, third door from Young Mems
Christian Association Building. ~ B-AHy Note
by Mot PromrtlN Attended To. mYS-lyr
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Meenetic and Sympathetic ph,.,ciap.

~ Magnetic and Sympathetic Physician.
NoIA west l2th street, between " and p
Treat ~ chronic diseases with VITAL MAG
nhIiC tOMER known as Animal Magnetism ana
lions made IN special cases IL desired Dr kIn has
been succestful IN his new mode oI treatment snd
Will DE happy 20 refer. Office hours II 90 4 n m :
ard tot. ,a.o t,.- -
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The kilograms announce the death, In San
Francisco on the csth Of March. of Gen.
Geo. II. Thomas, Commanding the Depart
ment Of the Pacific, from paralysis. He
was native of Virginia. and .about fifty
years Of age at the time Of his death. He
was appointed to West Point and graduated
July LIST, 1910. being assigned Is "a Lieut..
TO the 3D. Artillery. lie served in the Flori.
da and Mexican wars, receiving several bre.
vets for gallant conduct; was instructor of
cavalry and artillery ut West Point from
1850 to 1865; was appointed Brig. General
of Volunteers in 1861, aud served with dis.
slnction in the principal battles OF the West,
the most memorable being the defense Of
Nashville in Nov. 1854 A. soldier and
citizen he Was without reproach-honorcd,
esteemed, loved. Crowned with the glo.
Sics If war, untainted by political strifes or
ambitions he has answered to the roll call of
the unnumbcred army beyond, and = nation
uourns the death Of the model soldier Of
the Republic.
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FROM PHILlPSBURGH.

70 ra1 EDrroR Nsw NORTHWEST:
The mill u cleaning up, but still running.
Pans look we'll. Are short OF quicksilver.
DON'T know the average, ~ amalyam has
not been retorted yet, but know pay i II the
pans, without going 70 the settlers. So YOU
zee its Ill right They want to finish two
hundred tons before . general clean up. A
shaft was to-day let On tho C0manche &.
tcnsion-work to 30 commenced 'immedi-
ately. Trout Is improving In quality Of
rock and geaessl appeazaGce = nine,s 80
down with. tho main shaft n. q q. com
incnce ! shaft on old Comanche ID few
DAYS 70 open one hundred fsst below pssssat
level A Company 10 negotiating TO- Open
Nos, 4 and 8 on same lad-c0ufT1ce not
concluded yet Several employees here hare
rich plocer claims elsewhere, Ind must soon
leave aad mako q opsolne IT, twenty OF
thirty NV handA We skall want than
yery soon. The old Company are talking Of
doing something -hav'nt yet concluded
what. Durfce q Co. aze down 100 feet
l,sy'nt struck their main vein Vt, but have
0 heap Of faith, Jon bet. The Warm Watsr
Mining Company have changed their name
"a Comanche Gold and Silver Mining Con.
pany-eo they writa Your.
= phslinahmRA NoeeA =. s t.gD
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i've A. = yssaseday, On Wsod street, Con.
The Diams.d h Freight Company. oso.
B. Parker, sesnt, b constructing 4ox1oe
feet storage Aeul6 q Corinne.
N. Connolly, r. n, writes from Gold
Creek, March 9oth: wish to call the aften'
ton OF your valuable paper 70 the continual
robbing of registered letters from this ONCE.
In the lAst three months ! have registered
several money Letters, which went through
to their destination, but had been opened
and the money gone. This must take place
between here, "chicago and st. Louis. 4"
What can DO done 70 detect tho thief or
thievesi You will use this - you think
best. Il the government responsible for
these lossssi II not, Why charge for regis
tryt .. .....s.,,a:.........
.,a..=J .' Herald -. 4,
John Kinna has force Of men at work
putting new roof On h,s brick building.
Nick Millen expects 70 have his stone
building completed BY the first Of May.
Lieut.. Chance, arrived last evening, says
Corinne ID full of people destined for Mon
tanA
Gazette, 50.
A correspondent writing from Yreka
March Esd, says: There IL four feet of snow
on the range Fifty more men are needed.
The following companies have commenced
work: w. Dunn & Co., who will give EN-.
ployment to ten or twelve men; John Nor.
ton & Co., Who will work about six men ;
McKivitt q Stone will work about ten men;
Ed. McGovern d Co., about ten men; w.
w. Jones & Co., about eight men; besides
what it will requireon Days gulch, Harick's
gulch, Msyinnis, Short, Granite, One Horse,
Washoe and innumersble other small gulches.
Ambrose and band Of Flatheads arc
camped down the gulch.
Ten thousand laborers are needed in
Montana. ,....
Any one knowing the circumstances of
the death of Henry p. Comstock, will please
inform John H. Ming, ESQ.,, Helena.
"Wild Oats" will be on at the Opera House
On Tuesday evening.
''Arkansas" writes from Cedar March 22d:
Louisville will be tie town this summer.
There are two blacksmiths shops, one shoe
shop, four stores, two bakeries and five or
six saloons. Claims in the upper Barrette
District range from $500 to $4,000. Several
have sold for $1,000 each. Mcssrs. Manhart,
Vanhoosc & Co. bought Nos. Is, 20 and 81
above discovery, to-day, and paid 81 800 for
tho three claims and we think it was good
bargain. Provisions are very scarce and
consequently high. Flour is selling At $25
per cwt beef Is to IS CT. per pound; coffee
Is cts.; sugar, IS Cts; bacon, IS cts. {;
beans GO cts; tea s., tobacco IS So
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Hoo IL Il?

II u rumored that the amendments made
to the election law q the recent session of
The Legislature embodied clause providing
tor the election Of Delegate at the August
election In 1870. II. CavanaughS term,
holding with the session Of Congress, ex'
plrsd on the III Of March, 1879. and from
that time until 10 was reelected No had no
dGleeoAa Ths anendment, Il such he's been
ua6e, = intended 70 have Delegate elected
. succeed to The oG3ce Immediately on tho
expiration Of the present tesm. and he's pre-
cedsat In the election Of Oongressmen and
0e.eeoes In several etaeea WIN the Cspiel
11ss, Aaving aecss % IL lswA p'sass n.
form - on III pooasl go
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Mountain Passes.

correspondent returns IN extract from the
last NEW Month WEST with the following
comments: at -. o.. -""
'.And We arc still more surprised than
yourself, Cap, Ito see omitted" by You the
"Pipcstone Psss"-the very head of the
Deer Lodge river-and the '''Elk Greek
Pass" both perfectly practicable for rail.
road, with the great advantage that the first
is 90 miles shorter and the other over 100
miles shorter than the Dser Lodge Psas
route; and these Passes" should not be
overlooked when the n. p. r. R. ID located.
What say you for -.-..y
..-. ..... '....-.. BUTTE CITY,
March ssth 1870
That's Ill right The question was not
one of distance but altitude. We had data
from winch the altitude Of Deer Lodge Pass
could be observation-disclosures of Pipestons or
Elk Park. II they possess advantages over
the Deer Lodge Pass 90 much tho better.
One of these weeks the surveying party will
be in the passes. aud then tho shortest and
best route. wins 0.-&4 e. .... '""t "a..
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ER EIG RI&x

We notice that only eoe stsemes b sdype-
dssd = 81 Lqaia for ~ noantaina TIE
railroad Company ~ dseesml.ed to seeure
the Montana transportation. The stealaess
are unable to compete Nth Is In csrtaihGy,
celebrity and rates, and in consequence the
old mountain steamers szs now mostly char
tered, and loadiug for the small southern
rivera Merchants here. are in receipt Of
pro6en from Transportation Companies 70
deliver goods from 81 Louis, per steamer q
Helena for 8 cents, and at Deer Lodge for
. cts., without insurance. The insurance
will average one cent per pound more. The
Pacific Railroad h delivering goods 1t Co.
rinne from New York and Chicago d 8 Cts;
and from St. Louis at q cts. Montana
freighters are soliciting shipments 1t -
low ~ 8 cts. currency to Helena or Deer
Lodge, making from u to 8 css per pound,
in store, and no insurance necessary. On.
der these circumstances aud In remembrance.
Of the detention and losses last year bynon-
arrival of boats, all the West Side freight
will come by rail We hear it mentioned
that our merchants viii probably ship
light stocks at first and
duplicate during the early summer: There
may Ike circumstances inducing this, but the
season once past when steamers will take
cargo, the r. r. Company viii very prob.
ably materially increase the tariff which IL
nov put 1t nominal figures 10 freeze out the
steamers. Freights are lower now than they
will be in july az August .r - -
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Altitude.

The mean elevation Of the valleys of the
Territory is not over $500 feet above the
level of the sea; which is much less than
that Of other portions of the country south
of Montana, aud which are in the same
ranges of nountains.-Pjo. I'm. 1850. CIrcu-
Isr. ..a.a 81 -... -. ..r.-4-..
Will that dor The altitude of the river
At Fort Benton is 5000 feet, and at Missoula
$500 feet These two rivers drain the
principal settled valleys before reaching
those points. and unless water runs up hill,
the proposition will not hold good.
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REPLY.

a. From the County funds net penny.
There was appropriated $7s3 so from the
town fund; the remainder was paid by in
dividua! subscriptions 49,. .-aa.
a. For that specified purpose, from
County fund, nothing. s.a...
a. The County Treasurer, who has paid
it to the several Districts on order of the Co.
Supt. of Pub. ms, the apportionment of
the FUNDS being based on the number of
scholars returned in each District by the
District Clerk.
If Mr.. ''SDLIuc" had informed himself
ON these points before he made his first on
slaught on our burgh it would have been
better, but late is better than never.
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KILOGRAMS in BRIEF.

The President hae Withdrawn The nomiuatloo Of @.
N. Hand ~ Secretary Of Dakota
J. Commissioncr Delano In reply 10 the House rcsou.
tiou expresses himee in favor Of the abolition OF the
system OF moieties, etc, 70 infosnese, but thinks
Congress should appropriate, Say $4,000 annually,
for use BY the Commissioner, under the approval Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury, in bringing pubic vo
latoss Of the revenue to justice.
The Chicago Times Washington special aap TIE
polySamy blu viii be amended In some paztisuaz, md
passed.
The President urges the ratification Of the San Do
mingo treaty.
Tho Louisville City Railroad stables burned March
ia; loss $4,000. 8"
The rerair shops q the Mnvsakjs and 81. Paul
10000
Toledo. March ss-W. D. Hm, of DeAanes county.
was nominated - COngrsssman for the 10Th district
BY the Democratic Convention held here today rT6is
ID al the vacancy ooeasioasd By the death Of Mr..
Hbae, Ashley's SUCCESSOR.
The funeral services Of J. g. Burnett the veteran
aetos were held in Trinity Church. Chicago, March
ga.
New Mexico wants Two rsgiusnts Of soldiers 10
fight Indians.
Tho sutro Tunnel bill WAS tabled BY The House 1ee
to n. 1t
cullom's Utah bin was amended and passed tho
House March ~
Nashville, Narch:1e- Namesous building contracts
In Nashville ars suspsaAd o. acoant a The proposed
Coasessional inter. with the State government
Governor Scatter declares that hs 10 opposed to such
interference and has called on the President for mill
tasy aid, 70 b prepared for any emergency.
The London underwriters arc now declining IN risks
a The steamer City Of Bostoc. ... 80
Lieut.. Cowan was killed It eitka the 18th OF
February. & ~. B., =s-.'. .ra IL.
San Francisco. March sa-Ths latest inte,Mssnc,
from IL San Diego Gold Sslds 10 souswhat uufavor.
able. Although number Of good leads have been
direovered, Il 70 said capital 10 required to develop
them. The weather In The mines 10 cold and stormy;
The miners ars unprotected, and consequently pros
pscting h slow work. ~.ns .tEE
AboaG thirty men are In The hespital q St. Louis
suacsing from the soet Of working in the as cham
Der un1s the pier Of the bridge across the Mississippi
One man died on the 18th from this cause Tho psca
sure Of cir IN the chamber produces musculrpa
and eoaeestioa.
81. Loais March 9s-Ths leading men connected
With niEsads ~ esntaing q st. Louis. to perfect
arTangsaaents Tor Building great union depot
wssAingtos, March Sl-A table has bssa oGcially
prepared b ~ Ttslsarn showing that . ainkins
fsd Of pr annun vim caseel The national
6see IN ~ ysaEs, and sin1dlg fss6 Il 40
n less thaa 10 yo9N s ri ssssa aTf-e a##s
Eaens Sehlyls - bso eea1s1ed 0sestmy Ct
kAgataso 4 D. Hoass1k Jpant q. .taaa.
Na,sia6 vseAaAydss, yeoalasaG eitisss living
~ - - A. "a
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Protection for LissooSss.

We publish to-day : petition from citissns
Of tho northeastern camps Of Deer Lodge
county, asking the establishment Of Mill.
tary Post In the upper portion Of Big Black.
foot Valley. II the necessity for military
post exits anywere In Montana, that Is the
place. The numerous depredatIons and In.
cursions Of hostile bands Of indians las,
summer, coming through the passes In that
direction to Lincoln, Jefferson and Wash.
ington and even up the Dear Lodge Valley,
within twelve miles Of this town, running
OF stock, plundcring cabins and attacking
citizens, are too recent and well-known
70 need recapitulation. The incentives to
tho request 40 fully ct forth In the petition
and Ill Deer Lodge county will sndorsc It.
We trust Il will receive favorable consids
ration BY the powen that Be. and It least
1 summer camp b located = pstitionod.
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Dissolution Of CopartnerShip.

THE copestnerahip heetososs sxiseiag between n
j a. Walton and I'd Stone, under the title az Vail
ton & Co, L. <his day Dissolved By mutual CONSIST
II stone having dispoeed Of bic interest In the sss
70 Thognaa StasE Al 6ehes due saia I'm win b 81
leceod b. Valiaoa Co, and 81 liabilities q oad IN
Mn b IaA b he sana
Dsse Lodgs City, ysb. ~ 1910. ss
H.0. WALTON,
e. ""@ I'D. STONE
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4 O,sestiOn IN. Arithmetic.

~ ySVSCOCSOSe ~ AVetUSSVCtSSe
"a friend ut Blackfoot. sends in the fol-
lowing, with the inquiry ''Ilow Is this p
We pass il 10 our readers, and will Gee if
Rocky Mount1in arithmetic is not surer
than the kind they have down bclow.)
At the State Teachers Institute, which
was held 1t Nashua, Prof. Quimby Of Dart
mouth College lcctured upon arithmetic,
and in the course of his remarks he gave out
the following example for the teachers to
work upon: .
A liquor agent Of = certain town held the
Office one year and gave tho following state
ment of his accounts: @ '..' ...aF1-.
Amount OF cash received at tho b.
ginning of the year, e8S II
Amount Of liquor received At the
Cab s. recsi Sf for til. ..,e. Of liquor y
Amount paid for liquor bough. du.
ring the year, 0vvl
Amount Of salary Of agent Is
Of The YEAR. q 81
How much does the town owe the agent,
II anything, or how much docs tho agent
owe the town. .--.........,...,. 80 +
Prof. Quimby said that this was the &c
tual state Of the accounts Of liquor agent
Of New England town, and that law
suit had grown ont Of : dispute upon the
question a to which side was indebted to
the other, and also a to the amount Of In
dcbtedncxs. ....
A whole day Was given to the teachers Of
Nashua to cipher out the true answer. At
the end Of that time, only two or three out
Of seventy. five teachers present gave the
true answer. The answer of the rest ranged
all the way from the town owing the agent
%, to the agent owing the town o.
Although the question seems . very sam.
pie one, quite number of our collage bred
c,tisens, including several very astuts
lswyers, hays been unable 70 gse The right
answer after ciphesiug upon Il several deya
We are favored By : contributes. m
known % 10. With the vcfsee entitled
''Ress," pubsishsd b tAis isas The mt
verse Il I besaty; and H. last alsose = ma
Il has merit throughout. It's 6eos - =
original, and W 0e 10th - dosbejA mt
bsins unharrily viesinlssa lIaa nssae-
psloas plagkriss soaas two ysansasA' "
% content 70 ccsnnssd 4 1swaae y - -
- our Fel1en e,,ss ~ RGAs .i.1F ss'F
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SCHOOL FUNDS.

(From Or. 4 "sDLIuc." In 0asette)'.2 ' +
Now, Mr.. NoRTHI WEST give us answers
to tho following questions. a. How much
has your District received for building school
houses! (2.) How much has Others p. (3.)
Vino has had the School fund since '662
Give " an explanation Of It al and 70 are
satisfied. .. H. ,..r'A ~ .''sa'H
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ars In rcodpe q The Portland (Or.)
NbSaiss Csasssysisl . ezoslIsat nswsFA-
Wss. worthy Of ~ city OF ~ North Wet
NJ. Joseph Delaney, we'll known u ths
a,ft In Msutana, b ono of ~ Cess@srs6s'
coma Success - yo0. a .." ta#st At-1t3
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-: - :.se'n W. Z : h~'a A's'''''' :
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Oar w-eilissas, Horace T. Country
man and bic estinable hdy arrived In Town
By yesterday cyspiAgs Ovgland staee from
u est en- 81
Major 1agianis ~ - solicited b .
la1ge numbae ,cf .dtssns % 1epe1t ~ lsc-
ta1s satiiled ::Dallad Poetry ct 1relaad."
1oe ths beae1t ri g. Vlnceat's tb0ale
Academy, Helena, a,d - namsd TAassday
svsaisG lazeH 3l1k q l 1at ~
J 3sa. bto14s HI 0gf~- ~ saras ~ 4fs
1a.ss Is hs,,- acasse1A g ii J.IssgH
oens& - gtfS dmo'ls - ansd
- = - = Mi hna ..h:sroq z2rsofs tf.
1hs nioAe Aod0s III = noaGsn0ess
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I Deery I've suppose this il tho Unionville
cass.) was bound over in q, 900 to keep the
peace, on hearing under = warrant sworn to
by one Bachelor. It was also rumored he
win be arrested for arson. The case IL good
for 5000 costs to be paid by the county
That's what . married mas gets for flying
into passion because some scallawag g.
sists him in sustaining the marital relations.
Langrishs brings out on Tuesday evening
the g1sat play ''sorosis' with strong minded
effect and calico scenery. ,#~'
Az O'clock last night Thomas Cordiff.
: 1ssidsnt Of Broad Street, in this city, =.
saulted bis wife, striking her On The head
with heavy glass beer tumbler, knocking
hsr doyn and rendering her inaensihla The
blood flowed very freely from the wound,
md whether ~ wound y fatal remains 70
be seeo, . The WON was alive at last g.
coanta CosnM W. arrested end lodged In
Jill. We undefstand that be threw the
second glass At his wife bat misssd his aim.
There ere sevsgal Httle children in this hope
Lee family. W.e e aaa i ISL ,6.e
Charles Psrrou, an old 10uniainssf aad
rscsatly Of Reatos, died In 81 LouiA March
18th, Of paralysis. ..sa4 .ft31lsa1 zts
Information Of William 3. Oenias, Of
New York, y wanted b hls ftiendA