Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-15
EXCHANGE NOTES.

II
Gen. DiM has RENTED $500, 900 on &C
count of the So. 975, l24 awarded American
claimants by the Joint Commission.
/ Commercial intercourse between China
and Russia is at stan dstiil owing to {
prohibitory decree issued By the former
c used by Russian exploring expedition
along the Chinese frontier.
Turkey will request France to sent
military officers to instruct her officer
and ask England for competcn. financia
administrators. with q view of reorsaniz-
ing her finances.
Statistics Of the fishing trade Of Massa
chusetts from 1870 10 the present yea
show that in that period 342 vessels valu 4
at $1595.60J, have been wrecked ant
| l ,SS2 men lost. The years 1878 and lS7(
were the most disastrous.
Ike Albany, Oregon, Democrat SAYS
there lie a good deal of activity in the In
dian horse trade in Idaho. Parties blu,
the cayuses and take them East, VIII r,
they find good market at fairly rcmun
eratiye rates.
Secretary Robson has been vindlca!ed
by the Judiciary Committee, which dis
misses the charges brought against him
Roheson, says The Tribune, has the sat
isfaction of finding tribunal of hi
Ipolitical enemies certifying" in his favor
Mr.. Cross. the Secretary ..of State fo1
the House Department OF Great Britain
in speech of the 10Th ult. said: II be
lieve there is better chance for; preserva
ton Of the peace Of Europe, aud for bette
government Of the Turkish Christian
than there has hitherto been.''
Says the Seattle Tribune: The Por
Gamble w mil cut in 1876 10000, OO
feet of lumber, 10000 900 .;.ths, 10 de,
IS ships, and bought (by the Puget Mil
co., "a 900. 900 feet OF Saw logs. Al POI
Blakely. 81. OOO, 600 fee: of lumber, an,
10, 100000 laths were cut and 70 cargoe
sent abroad. The report from Port Lud
low is If 10000, 900 feet cut. Schooner
al d barkentines of an aggrcg gate tonnag
of 900 we're built at that place from
lumber cut in this mill.
Gen. Miles began active life in Bosto1
crockery house-won his Generalship b.
bravery and brains, ard was the office
place in charge of jefferson Davis wheI
a prisoner. H.
Major Powell, the explorer. lately lee
tured in Boston, concluding with az IN
dian proverb, which runs thus:
"Let man talk very long time,
Let man talk very long time,
Let man talk Very long time,
Let man talk a very long time,
| A hole he will bore into a rock
/ The Tribune opposes the Electoral Bill
Saying mo matter what party may prof
by it, the bill IS wrong in principle. ant
Ought to be defeated. 1t establishes ,
most dangerous precedent. not the les.
dangerous if, as now seems probable, thu
tribunal is to be composed of men who
will doubtless refuse in this instance tt
go behind tie certificates Of s ate. Th,
example will stand. In any future con
test, it will be quoted with great effect a.
u reason for intrustiug the same power tt
a similar tribunal. That example wcu]t
| be, in itself, a revolution in our fOrm OF
government, departure from the Consfi
tuition and the practices of the fathers
Its consequences no man can foresee. In
asmuch as the Democratic party canno
now So certainly gain, by its adoption
what good re 800 c1il there for establish
ing 80 dangerous a pr, cedent? lie. us &C
back 10 the Constitution as the faith, r:
interpreted il. A mode Of counting goot
enough for Washington, Adams, ant
Madison, ought to be goodenough for iii,
men of 1871