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visor of tho 49, :. ....4:-. $50
.::11ttifed thereof, shall forthwith caus
such obstruction to be removed, q
bridge repaired, for which purpose b
shall Immediately order out Of sue
number of inhabitants Of lis distric
as he may deem necessary to rel1oy
such obstruction Or repair Saca britige
and all persons SO ordered out shall
after having geceived one days notice
be subject to the same restrictions ant
liable to the same penalties, as if or
dered out under section twenty-one O
this act.
SEC. %. In all cases under the pre-
cediDg section, when any person hal
performed labor or the public roads
in removing distractions or repairing
bridges, the supervisors shall give
such person certificate, specifying thu
amount Of extra labor SO performed
which certificate may be transferred
and received in discharge Of the labors
OF any other person, within the same
district, to the amount Of labor speci.
fed in such certificate, or may be re.
ceived from the holder in satisfaction
of labor on the roads in such district,
at any subsequent year for the amount
of labor specified therein.
Sec. 26. Every supervisor of roads
shall receive for each day necessarily
employed in the performance Of any
of the duties required by this act, the
sum Of three dollars, to be paid out of
the general road fund; and it shall be
the duty Of the supervisors to report
to the board Of county commissioners
at their next regular meeting, in De.
cember i'll each year, sworn state
ment Of all moneys collected by them;
they shall also present sworn state
mcnt Of the number OF days of work
done in their district for each year,
and by whom performed.
Sec. q. In an action by the super
visor to recover delinquent special
road tax as herein provided, the pre-
shall be that the defendant
woe duly warned to work Oh the road,
and failed and neglected. so to do. and
that he had no real property listed to
him during the current year; no prop
erty is exempt from execution and sale
for delinquent road tax.
-
Sec. 81. Every supervisor shall
erect or cause to be erected and kept
mp at the forks of every highway, and
every crossing Of public roads in his
district, a guide or finger-board, con-
tanning an inscription in legible letters
the way and specifying the
distance to the next town or public
place, situated on each road respect
vely.
Sec. 80. That chapter So of the codi.
led statutes in relation to "Roads and |
Highways" and Roads, Districts
md Supervisors" and all other acts
md parts of acts in conflict with the
provisions of this he, and the san are
lereby repealed.
Sec. 80. This act shall be enforced
rom and after its passage.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-24
THE DIFFICULTIES OF WATER
MELON CULTURE.
(Froln the Danbury News. I

"Can the watermelon be successful
~ cultivated on sandy soil, in rura
town of 1900 Inhabitants, and a .theo
logical institute located near by con
tanning 12O students studying for the
ministry?" This question excited con
siderable comment and loud discussion
among the agriculturists present at
the meeting Of the "Hayseeds in
Cleveland, and nearly an hour and q
half was spent in discussing the same.
An old green grocer, who had raised
early and late vegetables for the mark
ct for twenty years of his earlier life,
SAID he could raise melons on top of a
barn, or on billiard table even, let
him pick the locality and his neigh
bOrs. 1t was not SO much the soil nor
the season that he depended upon
for its perfection, as it was the peculi-
arities Of the Inhabitants of the country
round about. Where there was an
excess Of colOred citizens, it was al
most as impossible to raise paying
crop Of melons as it was to keep spring
chickens unless they roasted at night
in Herring's sale. Then again, col
leges have a bad effect on the melon
crop, and even q minister's family of
seven boys has been known to blight
a large patch in a single night. In
sections Of country where these draw
backs exist, the speaker had learned
that the only method to insure a full
crop Of melons was to station a man
by each melon from the time it was
The size Of hens egg until it ripened.
This was expensive, but the result
was always gratifying. AS the fruit
grew in size and approached ripeness,
The speaker had found it necessary to |
station to guards over each large mel
IN, and even then, in communities |
where o too great fondness for these
luscious products existed, he had
Known of the insides of large water
melon being stolen and devoured when
;wO men, with clubs, were seated on a
hell or rind, engaged in friendly con-
Ierse.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-24

A LONG Somebody in
Virginia, according to q journal there,
says he saw o wheat field in California
seventeen miles loug; and when the
owner plOws it he starts on one turrOw
and goes all day, camps out at night
and pl0ws back the next day. They
don't believe him.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS,

NEW0FAFkW DkC10IONS.
!. Any one who takes paper regularly from the
PostOfiirc-whether 'iirrcted 10 his name anOtf-
cr's-or whether he has subscribcd nOt-is re-
sponslblc for the payment.
II person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arrcarsgcs, or the publisher may
Sinmc 10 80 nd until payment 10 made, and collect
she whole amount, whether the paper IS taken from
the Office or nor
,. The courts have decided that refusing to take
the newspapers periOdcs sls from the POstOnicc,
ar removing and leaving them Vncallel for, Is
primo fdcid evidence OF intentional fraud.
REGULATING LEsAL PUBLICATIONS.
ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to
provide for and regulate the rates of charges for
the publication Of legal documents" " approved
Janua-y oh, 1871.
Be enac.el BY the Legs!asire Assemby Of the Ter
Sifory of M0nfana:
SECTION L. Publishers OF NEWSPAPERS in this Ter
ritory sail be entitled to the following fees for
l"blicati u Of all legal advertisements: For the
first ins rOn Of each folio OF one hundred words,
three dollars; for ca h subsequent insertion, two
dollars.
SIC. ;. lie printer Of such legal advertisements
salI be entitled to payment of his full fees before
being required t0 furnish certificate 0f the publt
cation.
Approved, December -, ISL.
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Jo al notices Il cents pcr line for the first insc5-
tiOa AMI 10 cents for each additional insertion.
Transient advertisements must be paid for
in dv tnce, and all job Printing when the work
Is delivered.
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DlnECTORY OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
Times Nad Places for Holding CoaFes In
the Territory Or Montana.

SUPREME COURT.
At virg,n.s CITY, first Monday in j. uary and sec
0md NOniay IN August.
UNITED STATES DISTINCT COURTS.
riysf Disiricf--At Virginia city. first Monday Il
April. and sece ii Monday in September.
se,nd Disssirf-At Deer Lodge, second Monday II
April. first Monday In Scptcmbcr, and Arst Mon
DAY in december.
9AivI Disfvic,-At Helena, first Monday In March
first Monday in June. xnd fourth Monday IN No
vcmber.
TERRITORIAL COURTS.
ttrsi Dissrjcf-In Madison County, st Virginia City
first Monday in April. second Monday In Sep
tember.
In Gallatin County. at BOzem1n, FL Monday in
March and fourth Monday In October.
In Jefferson County, at Kadcrsburg, thiri Mon
day in February, frs. Monday in Oc:b cr.
Heeond Disfricf-Deer Lodge County, st Deer Lodge
City, second Monday in April, frst Monday in
September, and first Monday in December.
an Missoula County. at Missoula, fourth Monday
in Jupc and second Monday In November.
In Beaver Head County, Bannack, first Monday in
June, and second Monday in october.
Third Districi-In Lewis and Clark County. at Hell
ena, first Monday in March, first Monday in
June, and first Monday in November.
In Mcagher County, fourth Monday In May and
third Monday IN October.
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a. H. ~ -. M.

/ a. F. SE a. M.
Stated comm .nicsfinns LsJJ.tia y.r,ssc Nu.
EWAFXA n. nclI Ut their hall on the lrst Satur-
! 'Sxy evening before the full moon OF each
Month.
Visiting brethren cordially invited to attend.
THOS. Il. EDWARDS, w. n.
r. +. MENEFEE, Sec
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-24

For BLEACHING MUsLIN.-One
pound of chloride of lime to forty y'ds
of muslin; soak the muslin in soft
water over night, melt the lime in q
pot of water; then put the muslin
in for half an hour; then rinse three
times; soak in soft water over night;
then hang out to dry.
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DIRECTORY OF FEDERAL OFRlCERS
OF MONTANA.
OFFls'R

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Associate Justices
4 u. 2. Dist. Atty.
n Surveyor General.
Register Of Lands.
Receiver "
u. 8. Marshal.
Collector lut. lscv
Collector Customs
u. s. Examining
surgeons. .....
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-12
Commerce Opposing Barbarism.

Mr.. CoNkL1SG, of New York, as we were
informed yesterday by telegraph, on Tues.
day, in the United States Senate, presented
q petition OF New York capitalists begging
Congress to protect their rights as bond
holders against reputation By the Legisla.
1urc of Louisiana. They ask the passage Of
Mr.. CARPENTERS bill for new election in
the State.
The people of the North cannot much Ion
ger stand idly by and see southern States
politically degraded and pecuniarily ruined
'as the new constituent element that Con-
aress has thrown into their government.
The commerce between the States IS TOO lhtl-
mate for that to be much longer endured
The holders of southern State bonds the
merchants who have claims against southern
merchants, the interest of trade IN the rlcf
southern staples, will with one voice cry gu
for relief to the southern States.
The prosperity and dignity OF the nation
REQUIRES that all the States shall be governed
by reliable and capable men.
The nation cannot give Its fairest and mos
fruitful lands up to barbarism. There ar
other people in the country besides fanatic
and greedy partisans, and the country mus
be rescued from their misrule.
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Interest on Money.

The regulators of interest will probably
get the people into strait before they are
done. They forget that under the present
modes of communication New York is
nnearer Richmond than Petersburg was thirty
jears since. The idea that We can afford to
lend money at less than New York can is
absurd. The capitalist will lend his money
where he can get the most for it.
The cry that is set up for the farmer that
he cannot pay more than six per cent for
money, and therefore the lender must let
him have it for that, may be, and probably
will be, turned into another complaint: that
abe farmer can't borrow money at all.
The money-lender is not compelled to lend
M oney at six per cent. however the usury
hw may prohibit the farmer from paying
more. The lender may take bis money any
where In these days of rapid transit, and
shere is nothing more impractical than the
idea that State can by law keep down
she price Of money while neishboring States
allow higher rates. This is enough to defeat
the objects Of such law-to make money
cheap; bu. even without that it is impracti.
cable to regulate interest.
SO our legislators are likely to do much
harm to farmers, and to embarrass greatly
both commerce and industry. Think Of this,
gentlemen.
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sions he brought TO the council. board more
elnhorntu ~urcpuruttUns more ab1ndanG u
formation, ind a. more thorougIcomprene
s;on of the subjects under Sonsi deratt0b
.hon anv member ofshis Cablna. He was
oyer ready to listen with respectto the opln,
ions of his advisers, hut always exercised
the right to follow the dictates OF his OWL
sound judgment. TIT
7 have sometimes thought that. the pubic
baye not properly appreciated tae inteilec,
tnaI mower of MIR. Fillmore. His -baoltuai
modesty prevented him from making any os-
tentatious display OF bis powers. HIS insui.
flies. too. were so tremendously adjusted tna'
NO one was unduly developed. Pnren0loSs
cally speakjn his head was perfect spne.s'
an which YOU would look in vain LOT Oyer
prominence of any particular organ.
II is true that he did not possess Tue irress ,
;bIe logic of Calhoun, nor tue nlaJes''o ca
nnence of Webster, nor the RAPID, Wiuer
reaching. and statesmanllke perceplion:s ".
CLAW: but, in my judgment, ne was mlse1
mai, than either of his greaf contempt
have observed that these great men, 10 WHOM
some pecuilr faculty IL predominant, are apt
to be oneidea men, ana olten leu asclay
by the brilliancy OF their own genus I!Is
~ the other hand, the man like MIR. Fill
more. whose faculties are evenly balanced,
aach heing rounded out to its full proper
ton. Is best adapted to all the emergencies
of political life, and the safest pilot in the
midst OF danger.
In contemplating the intellectual and
moral character of MIR. Fillmore, I have
often thought that in vigorous, masculine
cornmon-sense, unclouded judgment, and
unseItish patriotism, he approached more
nearly to Washington than any man have
ever known.
But it was in private life that Dir. Fillmore's
character sbone with peculiar lustre. With
great firmness he blended the utmost gentle
ness of manner and temper. Though not
demonstratiVe, he was ardent in his friend
ships and sincere in every profession. In
his social intercourse he was always conslde-
rate of the feelings of others, and ever ready
to assist those who needed assistance.
The public mourn MIR. Fillmore as de-
parted statesman, but /, MIR. Speaker, mourn
him as a personal friend, upon whose familiar
face I shall never look again He has gone
from among lls, and there remains nothing
but the record of his public services and the
memory of his private virtues.
The man is dead, but his example still
lives to inspire others to emulate his vlr-
tues, and thus win for themselves, in some
small measure, the gratitude and esteem of
those who are to come after them.
The resolutions were adopted, With one
dissenting vote (that of P. K. JONES, colored),
and MIR. OULD was requested to communl-
cate them to the Senate.
The House then adjourned.
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VIRGINIA and Richmond.

We rubbish to-day an article relating 20
~ snr, Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
roas fompany to supersede the Atlantic
.nso,ss,npi and Ohio railroad; and, further
.,ore to the importance to Virginia of fos-
sar,nr the commerce Of Richmond. This
accommodation is from one Of the wisest
and most patriotic men in the State. he
s,oes moi live in Richmond, and Is controlled
by no sectional feeling and by no private in-
snrest, He Is true patriot--one OF those
rsen who will make any sacrifice for their
native State. To her he is devoted heart and
sors.
He sees the great danger Of further grants
70 the Baltimore and Ohio railroad IN the
Valley of Virginia; and he sees, further, that
Richmond is the hope OF the State. She car,
in his estimation, put check to the inroads
upon her from without only by building ur
the city which more than all others has
power to control and increase her commerce
and save her from being what be fears she
may be "province "anda tributary " GO
trading communities outside OF her border
he appreciates the vast benefit derived by
the rural population of State from great
city In her midst: the near MARKET the de.
mand for great varieties of the products OF
farmipg-the prompt conversion of the pro.
ducts OF labor into cash-the increase Of the
resources of taxation, and all the brilliant
benefits that such city would confer upon
State and people. If Richmond had popu-
tation Of 100000 the public debt would not
be regarded as great burthcn. The streams
Of wealth flowing from it would irrigate
the whole Commonwealth.
But, neglecting misunderstanding it
way-statiop, and no other place being able
10 rise from the thraldom of great cities that
taboo them-the State must he retarded, and
continue weak. and finally will be unable TO
avoid the partition Of all her resources
amongst outsiders, while she remains poor
tributary.
We invite attention to this impressive
communication.
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The New York Times pours broadsidc
into BUTLER. II opens column attack upon
him with these words:
cit Isl question which we commend t.
the careful consideration of the representa-
tiyes of the Republican party at Washing
ton, whether our party has not had enough
OF that element In the conduct Of its affairs
popularity known as sButlerism
And closes it with the following sharp
sentence:
"We take the liberty of suggesting that
the party and the country have had about
enough Of him, and of the self-seeking, the
arrogance, the want Of principle, and the
generally low standard of political life which
he represents"
What is the meaning of this? Butler
does not seem to have lost influence In the
White House. Is it significant of an effort
Of the party to cut loose from him?
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The General Assembly of Virginia adj
journed yesterday in honor to the memory
OF the late ex-President FILLMORE. Eulo-
gies were pronounced upon the character of
the deceased by Mr.. STUART, Of Augusta, in
the House, and by Mr.. CRlrcuER, of West
moreland, in the Senate. Both efforts were
nne. Mir. STUART's is said to have been one
OF the most eloquent ever heard in the Lee
gsslature Of Virginia. lie was member OF
Ar. FiLLhoRE's Cabinet, and was we'll pre-
pared from his intimate knowledge Of the
character OF the deceased to pass proper
eulogum upon it.
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NEW YORK, March 5, 1874.

Editors Of The Dispatch, Richmond, Va.:
In your issue of yesterday you have two
articles Directing to the eXchequer, with
some laudation of the present system of ma
tional banks and legal tenders as they now
exist sn suspension throughout the United
States. You particularly object to the eX-
chequer because in one of General Ander.
sons resolutions read to the late meeting in
the Capitol he alluded to the authority to
raise and lower the rate of interest. Now,
in the bill for an excbequer the rate is posi-
lively limited to one-ha!f Of one per cent. for
thirty days, and this IS all that is said in the
bill about the rates of interest.
You charge that the exchequer may sus-
pend specie payments. Now, you will find
that the limit is fixed Mt twice the capital. of
the eXchequer upon business paper for its
loans and discounts, except upon bonds or
collaterals Of companies paying seven per
cent. dividends and upon Government 0bli-
cations. ! do not now remember any in.
stance of any Government bank In any coun-
try-except, possibly, in time OF war
where suspension has ever taken place
where this limit was obeyed. If one exists,
please cite il. But how can you, the de-
fender of system which Is In suspension
now, and always has been, and with which In
nine years we have not resumed because we
cannot, object to an excbequer upon this
ground? But unfortunately your system
does not lend twice its capital, although
money is worth one per cent. per month,
and il is an suspension, and to temperatures
must remain so. You say that the present CIR.
culation il at the same value every where, and
must add at II per cent. discount every
where. And you say further that IL Is tne
best system, because Of its uniform value, we
have ever had. Now, there Is in existence
the statement Of Albert Gallatiu, In his essay
in 1892, that the notes Of the Bank OF the
United States were eaualto coin at eueTy pom!
in the whole country, and / have but re-
Gently seen the written statement Of Samuel
Jourdan, late cashier Of tho Bank OF the
United States for fifteen years, both at Phta'
delphia and ut New Orleans, hdt the note:
osd credits Of the Bank Of the United State,
aoere extensively used on q par csh cor
THROUGHOUT the ,eorid from 1876 to 1886
How far beyond the borders Of the country
can you go with legal tender or Nationa
Bank nosst But your present system vii
not answer your praises trkthsMily Whel
| compared with even the old State banks.
| When was It that money was worth ant
brought from year to- year In Richmond un
der these banks eight and twelve per eenl
/ per annumf III any such thing existed
n,ease recaliis. Now, In England, joint sl6c
/ banks mad private banks exist In harmon,
4 with the Bank OF England, and no where to
present national banks With tho excheque
would move ON just as the State banks di
frcM 1915 70 IsS6-ali on . eein basis WI
r.
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The State Debt.

We present to-day very clear and we'll
reasoned article on the subject of the public
debt. The authors plan is prac ticable enough
If Congress will only entertain it. There
lies the rub. He has hopes, and we hope
ehey may not be disappointed. Certainly If
Congress has no objection nobody in Virginia
will have any.
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ment, and prone to fall into extreme opln-
ions noirishedby strong feejudIees and az r.
repressible dognatism. ~
Dir. sUMsEs helped toinfllct great wroeg
and Injury upon those who never wronged
him. Let him have the psayefs-of all such,
that he may be judged with that charity ana
mercy which he seldom showed to those who
we're the objects of his prejudice. = =
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Let every nun pay his own postage, or
else let oil postage be abolished, and letter
carrying be free as air.--Ainneapolis 1sl-
bnae (Repu6licon).
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-12

,sITEDDING AND yIsl fiAs'ssasas>s
beautiful. al the Dispatch tf's's
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rye beg Mr.. London to correct bis own
impressions as we now correct his commun-
cation. We have in no manner discussed
his Observation-Disclosures Dispdtch
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variance with the Constitution the Pres-
dent did not hesitate to sign it. know well
how painful it was 10 him to discharge this
high constitutional duty. That he was an
anti-slavery man in sentiment was known to
us all. He had been born and reared in
Western New York, where the anti.slarery
feeling was peculiarly strong. His educa.
ton and all his associations tended to
strengthen the prejudices of his childhood
against slavery. know, too, the powerful in
fluences which were employed to induce him
to withhold his signature from the bill. He
was told that if he approved the bill it
would be the death-knel of all future poIiti-
cal aspirations. On the other hand, be was
assured that if he should veto it he would
become the idol Of the North, and be elevat-
ed to the Presidency by reclamation. But
all these considerations, potent as they were.
seemed to have no weight with him
when opposed to what be regarded
TO be high constitutional duty.
/ doubt if the history of our coun-
try furnishes another example of such high
moral courage as was displayed by
Mr.. Fillmore on that OCCASION. When
he decided that duty required him to
pursue a particular line of conduct, ]
never knew him to falter in following 1t,
He seemed to have adopted US the rule of his
conduct the noble sentiment uttered by Mr..
Clay, would rather be right than be Pre-
sident."
The Cabinet OF. Mr.. Fillmore embraced
some of the most distinguished men of ouI
country. Among them were MIR. Webster,
Mr.. Corwln, Mr.. Crittenden, and Governoz
Graham. Some may suppose that amid,t
men of such high intellectual endowments
Mr. Fillmore would occupy subordinate
position; that he would De content rather to
register the ediets OF his Cabinet than hiEa-
self to guide the helm OF State. N sny
such idea has been entertained, eau
bear testimony to It's utter want Of
foundation lin truth. Speaking from
personal \ knowledge. I say, without
hesitation, that Dir. Fillmore was emphati'
caly the President, and that upon all occa'