The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-11
"A NJ ANT ! ! 4 90 II r L 4 +
BOzEMAY, sToNTagA.

- .A -. ". llAs q "a AZ. - d. 81
: BOZEssAg, MONTANA.
wEp1 l sEs Hrx,rs OCTOBER e EfIs . 1871
NORTHERN AcRIc.-Twenty-fye miles Of
road-bed foffs the Northern Pacific Railroad
have been graded eastward from its Pacific
terminus, says Portland, Oregon, dispatch,
and the work of track-laying begins forth
With q This looks like business. and as con
Siderable quantities of iron are on the way
and arriving for the western end Of this inn
portant rOGly its practical beginning may be
said to have been made in earnest. Engi-
necrs are in the field, locating the route over
the mountains. ~.
IMPORTANT REDUCTION IN PosTAGE.--An
arrangement, to take effect the first of Oeto-
be next. has been concluded between the
United states and Germany, by which the
rates of postage for prepaid letters sent be-
tween the two countries by the direct route
eia Bremen and Hamburg, will be reduced to
six gents for each letter of half san puuceser
Under. Unpaid letters will be charged double
the ,prrpaidsrates and shoEe RsAd letterssNith
unpaid postage, less the amount prepaid.
This reduction applies. To- letteas only On
the list of October the rate Of postage between
the two countries, by way Of England CLOSED
nails. nill be reduced toseS6u cents.
THE PoRT or NEW sIoRK CoMPAREp.---In
arotnd ndmbcrs tie nmolint Of import duties
collected at all the ports III the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1871, was
500, 900, 900. OF this the portgof New York
collected $l4k6eo, 600; leaving S6l.00o,oo0
for all the rest. That is to say, New York
collects about five-sevenths Of all custom
duties; Nhe reinainiugs ports about two
ssevenths. Of these remaining ports Boston
collected 500, 600 900, Philadelphia So $50, 000
Baltimore SO, 100000 and San Francisco 81
$4,000 The tonnage dties collected at San
Francisco amounted to $57 600, against $780,
600 at Boston and but $50 900 at Baltimore.
pfiE iSrFRs ArIoSAIs According TO the
London Advertiser the project for an Inter-
national Society was conceived in London in
1862 sslyut WIS mot organiad till twps ysears
after The fundamental idea OF the Society
is that worknen shall entirely ignore all POI
litical and religious Questions and pursue ore
common interst-a ssru9gle against capital.
In whatever country the International is To-
Gated this is thestie which is tosbind all arti-
sans in one common purpose, and under
which they are 10 fight their great battle Of
emancipation. The Society is divided into
sections, and there are sections for England,
Americas Russia France. Belgium Spain,
Italy anu Germany. The last mined also in
cludes Austria and switzerland. A congress
composed OF delegates sits periodically whose
decision on all matters is final. Appointed
by this Congress is Central Committee,
which orders and revokes strikes andin fact
is the life and soul Of the organization. 1t
claims to have large sums of money at its
disposal, and gives out the. following as the
number of Its adherants: France, 100000;
Relgtum zoe, 0ons SWitzerlaa s60, zoos Italy,
100000; Germany, 100000; and Britain, so
co., The central place of business is in
London. and the leading members are Carl
.Marx, George 0dger, and Netsehajeff,sa Rus
sian.
"a VERY unkind feeling appears tobe spring
ing up in Russia towards Germany. The
fact is leaking out that q coalition was formed
between the two before the war with France,
by which Russia was to stand neutral, or as
sist Prussia In case the other powers allied
: themselves with France, and that Russia was
to favor the ambitious views OF Russia for
more, territory on its southernrbordeE It was
anticipated that Austria would east in her
lot with France, in. which case. the pro-
grahiine embraced sthe practical Msmember-
ment Of Austria. Prussia is the gamer Of
two importautproyipeess , besides the military
ascendancy in Europe. Russia gains nothing
but sees power built Up which 81 u threatens
her. owh secAr4t Fhe iate conference be-
tween the Emperors has developed The bitter
feeling. SINCE thetret.rn Of the EMPEROR Of
ssRussias thezHewspaper sthatsceantry have
opened their batteries on Germany in fierce
style. 1t must be. that i Fritz and Bismarck
have thrown cold water on some cherished
scheme of Russia. Apprehensiens are ex-
pressed of trouble from these complications
If war arises between the two countries in
consequence, 1t is apt to be a bloody and bit
ter one.
a~asa s 7gFsTryT v r. - rTAs yTrf4 AA
II appears that American stocks and shares
are now regularly entered and quoted on the
lists i'm the Lsandans Stock Exchange. N5t
clip the following notice Of American mining
gstocksTromF the London Misthg egoarsnaI::
The market for mining shares on the Stock
Exchange during the week has been active
both for foreign and British descriptions
sespseialIy for the former. Pacific Shares
have commanded a Large share Of attention
at an advance Of 30 s.. from the much I'M
prosedpfospecfs of The mines. The adyices
from Utah, received principally through
private sources arexmost encouraging .leay
snano aaubt abaa1 tile val,issof AAeseexfen
sive mines. Shares are steady, at former
prices. I'm tEberliafylt and aurora there has
been.a considerable business a dividend
lsi has been declared. South Aurora shares
have been dealt inzteafap fair extent, and clost
51-2 to 5 a. Sweetland Creek, Birdseyt
Creek, and St John del ARey shares remain
about the same ipgprice, but a healthy tplle
prevades The market.
rr.,.r f,bt .,fg pinar,s Onera HoIlst. Vir