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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-09

{. Il Q. CANAL.-Water will be drawn OF
The Georgetown level of the canal on the l'th
INST. to allow time for the annual repairs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-09

DOG FlGur--A pre-awanged dog tight tor
=,oa side was fought a, the Virginia end OF
the Aqueduct, in this county, yesterday. \
large crowd of spectators was IN attendance.
! tine of the dogs was 50 feariully lacerated that
liz WAS killed by his owner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-09

ALEXANDRIA, AND FREDERICKSBURG KAlL-
noAp.-A large number Of mules just purchas-
rd BY the contractors on the Alexandria and
fredericksburg Railroad, arrived here yester-
iay.and after being furnished with harness were
started our to work on the line near Pohick
Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-09

SolEclsM IN LOCALITY. A beautiful yrSu:s
lady in Alexandria kisses young ,gentleotlt'o II,
the street, under the pretext of thinking ,.'en'
ter cousins. Fare to Alexandria by boat tween
lyfive cents in advance. - Wash. Chronicle.
1.-THE Chronicle had said the exuberanees OF
affection took place in Washington, the story
might have been believed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-09

EJECrNENT CAsE-In the Equity Court
of Washington. yesterday, an order was enter
I'd granting leave to the Receiver of the ". &.
4 A. r. r. company to prosecute the writ OF
error in the case Of Brown against the compa-
~. This is the case in which the Supreme
~, ut of the District Of Columbia lately affirm
RI tbc decision ola lower court, whereby the
,I.;n,;g eoios,l woman, recoerved damages
amounting to $1,000 IT., being elected from the h
cars ON the Alexandria anu washington MIL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-09

TNroUNDEn R,'MoE. --Thc rumor III clrcula-
ton on the streets this morning. that the Alex
andria and Fredericksburg Railroad Company
had agreed to the terms proposed by the City
Council, and would pay 100000 Tor the PRIV
lege of laying their track through the city, was
entirely incorrect; The Company will run their
road through the city provided free right OF
WAY j. Granted them-not other Eisc.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
Nothing New.

Mr.. Wendell Phillips occasionally lectures
on the Lost Arts. Something lately turned
up, which would give him subject for few
additional paragraphs, besides Instifying the
declaration of the Wisest of men, that there
is nothing new under the sun. There were
lately forwarded to the Royal Arsenal, WOOL
wich Zone of the London snburbs), Two
bronze guns. on the breech-loading principle,
presented by the English consul at Rhodes.
These pieces of ordnance. with several others;
were accidentally discovered by diver at the
bottom OF the sea near that island, and were
fortunately rescued from being sold and
melted as old metal. They We're probably
manufactured in the I4th or 10th century;
each is about five feet in length, and would
carry ball of four or five pounds weight.
The positive inference, therefore, must be
that breech-loaflers are no more a modern in
vention, than Colts reyolvers. In the Tower
of London is pistol with several revolving
barrels, which is at least two hundred years
old As far back as the 1865, the Marquis of
Worehester published a book entitled "A
Century of Inventions among which are
telegraphs, torpedoes. patent-derrick, flying
machines, and revolving pistols.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
Et,s All Right.

From the Salt Lake Tribune.
We net d colncly, middle-aged woman on
the street a few days since, burdened with
articles-the products of her own industrious
care--which she had brought to the more
populous part OF the city to sell. Having a
slight acquaintance with her we stopped and
fell into conversation, and CLEANED a few facts
which We had no thought Of putting in print
at the time, but which may serve to show up
the beauties Of our polyganlic system, as well
as more elaborate exposition. This woman
is full believer in Mormonism. and has
shown her faith by her works: she had sub
mitted to the "cross' of letting her husband
take young wife and emigrate with her to
Dixie. This was three years ago, during the
whole Of which time he has been away from
her, and she has been toiling hard TO sustain
herself and her children. She said to us, /
though he might have come up to see me
once year. But its all right. | have been
good wife to him, and he was d kind hits
baud. We had no dificulties-but it is all
right. / have felt broken-hearted more than
once-but it is all right-We shall receive the
crown at last. II my b. other and friends in
the old country knew how / was getting
along they would be sorry for me-but IT'S
all right.
Judges, be wise! Il this a state of society
that you can rcctify?
Is it not presumption, in the face of multi
tudinous demonstration, for any man to deny
that polygamy is part, and the cital esserse
OF the Mormon religion?
Is TT ALL RIGHT?
Yes. If it be all right for the widowed
Hindoo to immediate herself upon the burning
pile which consumes the body OF her asasior-
husband, "-if it be right for the Hindoo
mother to throw her offspring into the Gam
ges or if it be right for that Hindoo husband
and father to PROSTATE himself beneath the
rolling wheels of ruthless Juggernaut.
That pile is human passionate perverted
sexual instinct of the race, consuming the
man and forcing the woman to sacrifice her
self, whether in Utah or the Indies. That
river is the same river of life or of death to MS
as to them, and the Car OF Juggernaut is ever
ready with its cruel wheels to crush the soul
out, the manhood out. the womanhood out,
Of all such as are HUMBLE. 60 Dioqenes.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
Another Mysterious Portrait ON
Window Glass. 14 n

-.
q a letter rom Ashtabula, ONO, dated sep
fember 18th, tells this story
For several months past the wlseacres OF
Central and>Norfhern Ohio have been greatly
exercised over the singular Phenomena OF
portraits appearing upon panes OF Window
giass, clearly aehhed ana distlhct, ana mani
testify without any human agency. we have
nad OF late an occurrence or "epocn "a Oh
TINS klnd at Ashtaouia' anu IRON an eye
witness we learn the foiioWing 1acts:
Inc picture IS Oh Winao" pane IN
mouse az the harber' occupied oy Mr.. Charies
lynn. Inc oueiilles OF tle picture were nrss
loticeu soihe weeks SINCE Dy meihDef oi
the ialiiiiy. 1hey We're then dim, shauoWy
ahd h'i'stl''es. ous st'soasliy became fnily
ueseiope'l' uhlil az se'gei' i perfect picture
y WIS pialliy ulscernapie upon .ns gsass' II
70 pictuie u niail VI nliuuie age, iuii,
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
THE sTAGE-DRIvER's STORY,
BY BRET HARrE.

1t was the stage-drivers story 40 he stood with hi,
back to the wheelers,
Quietly fecking his whip, ana turning his quia 81
tobacco 8& ~
While the dusty road, and blent with the rays Of
the moonlight,
We saw the lash of his whip and tbs juice of tobacco
descending.
danger! Sir, believed you--indsed, may say on
that subject, @
You your existence might put to the hazard and
turn of wager
have seen dangeri Oh, mol not me, Sir, indeed /
assure you;
Ferehance twas the with the dog that is sitting
alone in yon wagon.
Itwas on the Geigcr Grade, mile and a half from
the summit;
Black your hat was the night, and neEer star in
the heavens. As
laundering down the grade, the gravel and stones
we sent flying
Over the precifice side-aa thousand feet plumb to
the bottom.
creaking.
Then lurch to side, as we hung on the bank of
the ravine:
Then, locking up the road, saw, in the distance
behind me,
The off hind wheel of the coach just loosed from its
axle, and following.
One glance above gave, then gathered together my
ribbons
Shouted, and flung them, outsprsad on the straIn-
@ ing nscks of my cattle;
Screamed ut the top Of my voice. and lashed the cir
in my frenzy, z= '.-@esz- sss-. sizs ,.ss #ss.
While down the f,rjrer Or ade nm fhrsa uhaalr tha
veh1cll thundered.
Speed was our only chance, when again came the
ominous rattle:
Crack, and another wheel slipped away, and was
lost in the darkness.
Two only now were left; but such was onr fearful
momentum,
Upright, erect, and sustained On two wheels, the
vehicle numbered.
As huge boulder unloosed from its rocky shelf
ON the mountain,
Drives before it the hare and timorous squirrel far
1eaping,
80 down the Geiger Grade rushed the pioneer coach,
and before it .A E&yEE ~
Leaped the wild horses, and shreked in advance of
the danger impending.
But to be brief in my tale. Again, ere we came to
Slipped fr-n its a>le wheel; that, to be plain in
my statement,
matter of twelve hundred yards more, the
distance may be-
We drove upon one wheel, until We drove up to the
Station.
Thsn, Sir. we sank in heap; but picking myself
from the ruins,
heard noise up the grade, and looking, saw in
thedistance
The three wheels following STILL like moons on.the
horizon whirling,
TILL crcling, they gracefully sank on the road at
the side Of the station.
This is my story; Sir; trife, indeed, assure
you.
Much more, perchance, might be said; but 1 hold
him, all men, most lightly z-ss a,.s5.+
Who swerves from the truth in his tale--No, thank
you-Well, since you are pressing,
Perhaps don't care if / do; you may give the
same, Jim-iio sugar
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

How thoroughly interlaeed are the credits
and interests of the whole nation, and how
literally is all the land our common country,
is seen in the widespread depreciation Of all
corporate securities which has followed the
Chicago disaster reaching even to Govern
ment bonds. It is estimated by cautious and
careful authority that the loss to Eastern
capitalists in depreciation of stock and bond
values will more than equal the destruction
by fire.
A glance at our money column will show
that the market has gone down far worse
than on the memorable Black Friday. On
that day the panic affected gold almost alone.
This week the most reliable stocks OF our
home market-R Reading, Pennsylvania. Oil
Creek and Alleghany-the ten per cents
have broken badly. and, in all probability,
the end is not Philadelphia Press.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
The nIusclesheIl Route.
BozEMAN, N. r., Nov. 3rd, 1871.
10 the Editor Of the Avant Courier:

DozEMAN. n. L., NOV. 5ru, 1871.
10 the Editor Of the Avant Courier:
During the last two years our merchants
BEEN to have arrived at the conclusion, that
it is to more advantage to them to get their
goods BY way Of the Railroad than by the
river route. Whether they are right or not
is question we'll will not discuss here, al
though it seems as if the difference of cents
on the dollar in favor of the river might make
up for great many disadvantages. But the
certainty, that the N. r. r. r. will reach the
Missouri by the first of July next. will UNI
avoidably bring the river route in the fore
ground again, and everything that can in
crease the superior facilities offered by this
route, ought to be carefully considered by
our merchants and freighters.
The great objections to freighters by way
during which steamers can reach Benton,
their inability to make more than one trip
and the danger OF their not reaching Benton
at all, if they happen to be delayed on the
road. II these difficulties can be obviated, so
much will be gained in favor OF this route,
that the great bulk Of the merchandise sent
to this Territory will be turned back into the
old channel to the great gain of our mer-
chants and people generally. If we can find
point on the river, which can be reached
by steamboats, with reasonable degree of
certainty during the whole summer season,
and which is not too distant from Helena and
BoZeman, destined to be the second centre of
froI i,,h hor
blem. Such point has been shown repeat
edly to exist at or near the mouth Of Muscle
shell, but our freighters seem to have
strange antipathy to this route, and when
the government wished last summer to send
hundreds of tons this way, it couldn't even
chants. I must confess, don't understand
this antipathy, as the road has been repeat
edly proven to be not only practicable, but
really good natural road, while the dangers
from Indians is so slight as to be hardly
worth considering. when ordinary precau-
tons are taken. 10 avoid this route they
have had to send their trains to Camp Cook,
or even to Fort Peek, q greater distance, over
a worse road and through country con-
stantly infested by hostile bands of Indians.
TO sum up: We will have at MusclesEell a
port accessible to light-iraugfit steamboats,
during five or six months of the year, to
which they can make at least four trips every
season from the crossing point OF the Rail-
road.-- port which is only 250 miles from
Bozeman or Helena, and by which merchan-
disc will be received as safely and in as short
time as by the U. P. r. R., and at much
cheaper rates.
With all these advantages over any other
route the great bulk of the merchandise ship
ped to this Territory must be carried over it,
until the locomotive carries it to our very
door, and those who will be the first to take
it up. will reap golden harvest in return for
their energy and enterprise.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

THE LAST HoPE.--A man may be addicted
to many vices, and yet there may be hope Of
reclaiming him. But the moment he loses all
sense of character, and consciousness OF q
superior nature-that is, the moment he be-
gins to look upon himself and his vices as
worthy of one another that moment hope OF
retaining him perishes; for the last ground
is surrendered on which it is possible for his
remaining good principles to rally and make
q stand. We have often known men who
have retained their self-respect long after they
had lost their regard for principle; but never
one who retained his regard for principle
after he had fost his self-respect. Detroy this,
and you destroy everything: for mar who
does not respect himself. respects nothings
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
A Fresh Light Cast OE tGte Late
Eranco-GerHsaans War.

In view of the astonishing success of the
German arms during the late war, there was
| often strange forgetf,llness of the enormous
numerical superiority Of the Germans over
/ the French. What was simply due to pre-
| ponderance of strength was frequently treated
as if it had been the result Of mysterious
military virtue by which the Teuton was
triumphs achieved by Germany were to a
great extent owing to the enormous adfan-
tages she had from the superior ntimber of
her soldiers, is put in very plain light in
new work On the ''War for the Rhine From-
tier" by Colonel Rustow, of the Swiss army,
who was formerly Captain in the Prussian
army. Colonel Rustow says that, at the out
set of the war, Germany could muster in field
| troops 5lS,000 men, with 994 guns. Besides
this. Germany had 9Gl 900 men as reserve
troops, while France had only 1000 depot
troops. As garrison troops, again, Germany
had 1877 900 men, while France had nothing
equivalent, as the Mobile Guard was not or
ganized. Thus the French strength was not
half the German. Similar disproportions in
number are observable in nearly all the early
battles. At Weissenburg, says Colonel Rus
tow, ''at least 20 batallions of the Germans
that is, about 10000 men-were actually ell
gagged. Douay's division was scarcely 5000
strong, and it was, moreover, completely sur
prisad by the German attack yet the French
fought three hours and only lost one gun.
At Woerth, two days afterwards, McMahon
had only $4,000 men engaged; while ''the
German troops who really came into action
were about 5000 infantry and cavalry"
The number engaged at Vionville were near
ly equal-about $4,000 on each side--and it
was draw battle; for s'both parties biv-
ouacked on the battlefield At Graveiotte,
however. on August 18th, or two days after.
wards, the French had about 100, 600 men on
the battlefield. and the Germans numbered
.'at least aOO,O00.' aud whereas the former
had only 450 guns, with nlitraillieuses, the
latter had 720.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

Who marries for love takes a wife; who
marries for fortune takes a mistress; who
marries forsposition takes lady. Yen are
loved by your wife, regarded by your mis-
tress, tolerated by your lady. You have q
wife for yourself, mistress for your house
and friends, a lady for the world and society.
Your wife viii agree with you. your mistress
will rule you, your lady will manage you.
Your wife will take care of your household,
your mistress OF your house, your lady OF ap-
pearances. If you are sick your wife will
nurse you, your mistress will visit you, your
lady will inquire after your health. You
take walk with your wife, a ride with your
mistress, and go 10 party with your lady.
Your vie will share your grief, your mis-
tress your money, your lady your debts. II
you are dead your wife will weep, your mis-
tress lament, and your lady wear mourning.
Which will you have THE Christian.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

THE great want of this age is men. Men
who are not for sale. Men who are honest,
sound from centre to circumference, true to
the hearts CORE Men who will condemn in
friend or foe, in themselves as well as others.
Men whose consciences are as steady as the
needle to the pole. Men who will stand for
the right if the heavens totter and the earth
reels. Men who can tell the truth and look
the world and the devil right in the eye. Men
that neither brag nor run. Men that neither
FLAG nor finch. Men who can have courage
without shouting to it. Men in whom the
courage of everlasting life runs deep and
strong. Men too large for sectarian bombs.
Men who do not cry.nor cause their voices to
be heard on the streets, but Whe will not fail
nor be discouraged till Judgment be set in
The earth. Men who know their message aud
tell it. Men who know their places and fill
them. Men who mind their own business.
Men who will not lie. Men who are not too
lazy to worE Eor too proud to be poor. Men
who are willing to eat what they have earned,
and wear what they have paid for.-Loaas-
pilLe ConsnasrciaI.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

gannes and Places for Holding Courts I'm
tho Territory OF Montana.
SUPREME COURT.

eNsSs# SUPREME COURT.
AS Virginia City, first Monday in January and Sec
and Monday IN August.
8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS
MI Dissrict-At Virginia City. first NJ 'nday in
April seco I'd Monday in July, and second Mon
day In November. - e..-szr.-,
s&te1nd Dtsf-;ct-At Deer Lodge, third Monday in
april first Monday in September, and first Mon
day in December. AZ a Ess
fxlra Distrte,-At Helena, first Monday in March.
Arst Monday in July, and fourth Monday In Oc-
eober.
3SHa@y TERRITORIAL COURTS.
ZfYsf District-In Madison County, al Virginia City,
N \ frst Monday in April, second Monday in July,
md second Monday in November.
II Gsllatin County, st Bozemsn, first Monday in
ESas March and fifth Monday in October.
4 N Jefrerson County, at Radersburg, second Mon
II day in May, and first Monday in October.
6seoxd District-Deer Lodge County, at Deer Lodge
city, third Monday in April, first Monday In
8eptomber, and drst Monday in December
iii Afissoula County, at Mssoula, fourth Monday
m June and second Monday Iii November.
N sn Beaver Head County Bannack, first Monday in
It,ne, and third Monday in October.
FEfrd Disfsict-In Lewis and Clark County, at Hell
rha frat Monday in March, first Monday in
Jnly, and fourth Monday in October.
gn Meagher County fourth Monday in May and
fourth Monday in November.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

A young lady at lndianola, not very long
since, Killed a skunk with butcher knife.
Her lover came to see her that night. and
told her he could not marry her unless She
quit using such hair oil.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

An old army officer, who has spent much.
of his life In the West, represents that the
climate Of Montana or Dakota Is more genial
even than that of Kansas. There IS not so
much snow, the temperature II not 50 change
able, and the wiHters are not so long.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

An official telegram was received last night
by the operator here saying that the towns OF
White Rock, Rock Falls, Sand Beach, Port
Hope; Huron City, Port Austin, aifd Port
Crescent. Michigan, had been destroyed by
fire, and that communication had been cut
off with East Traverse, Traverse City Au
Sable and Alabaster, and that business for
those towns should be refused.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

A eolored boy. was recently convicted at
Gfsnvflle, North carofinas OF roasting sable
alive, and as penalty for the.
crime the Judge bound him out to learn
trade.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

A reporter who obtained entrance to the
studio Of a noted young lady sculptor, states
that she was at work with ..her arms bare to
the shoulders, and her ankles likewise. !"
Goodness gracious
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
AlphOnse Karr's Latest Witficisnl

Alphonse karr contributes the following to
dialogue between group of heroes--dwel-
lers in Piuto's dark dornain---who have just
heard recital of the French war from de-
ftliict soldier of Gambetta:
Leonilas--W Why. with those new arms the
Persians would not have taken five minutes
to get rid of me and my three hundred he
roes.
HercuIes-I should like to know what
good my strength would be in dealing with
people who would never come within d tl1ons
sand yards of my club?
Sampson-And what a pretty figure |
should cat with my donkey's jaw bone.
Lord Charles Hay-Wllen at Foiltenoy,
took off my hat, and said, Fire. gentlemen
of the French Guard.
Count dHauteroche-And then answer
ed, returning your salutation, Fire gen
tlemen Of the English army, we never fire
first
Lord CIarle Hay-There's an end to all
such chivalrous usages. They fire now at
such distance as to render the voice OF the
combatants inaudible to each other. Why,
with the new system of artillery, we cannot
discern with the eye the uniforms OF the
troops whose guns decimate us.
Conde--I don't see now how it would be
possible to throw my trunclieon into the ditch
and charge for it.
Horatus Cocles-Alas! the heroic time is
past when a single man could defend a
bridge against four men. The Curatii would
have made short work of me if armed with
chassepots.
Roland of Ronceyaux And how could J.,
with my Durandel shield, keep off a hail
storm of those comic balls with which the de-
generate soldiers of modern times gain VIC
tories
Cambronne-Yes;a and my dialogue with
the English guardsman! What mortal could
hear a bon mot at the distance Of league?
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09

The telegraph line connecting with the
Western Union is now finished from Salt
Lake to Phoebe, Nevada, and is working.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
Figurative Expressions.

These, from the Boston Bulletin, are very
bad indeed:
When a lady faints, what figure does sfs
need? You must bring hef ?.
A figure -head-Y our head.
Elizabeth may have a good figure, but the
best figure a Bet is /.
What are the figures for an obstacle?
Use 4's to remove it.
What figure do you always find in gram
mar? The present tens(e).
When does fear first appear in figures
After SO. for then comes hundred.
Can you expect a party to do the square
thing when he states his terms in "round
numbers?'' Or don't you see the reason
why he don't care a fig when he states his
figyours?
The most musical figure must be the
tuneful 81 the poets sing of. s
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
ADvERT1sING RATES:

a Gard is Five Lines; Square Ten Lines, Of this
type.
Local Notices 25 cents per line for the first nser-
sfgn End Is cents for each additional insertion.
fr@r Transient advertisements must be paid for
Id advsnce. and all job Printing when the work
u dslivered.