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Pope ordered Porte: to attack Jack.
sons flank. Had the positions of the
respective armies been a. shown in
the upper diagram Pope should have
obeyed the order. But the position
was entirely different. When Pope
gave the order he was not aware that
Longstreet had planted himself in
front of Porter with $1,000 men.
Had he known it he would not have
given the order. As it was it would
have been immediate destruction to
Porter's command had he obeyed the
order to move ON Jackson's flank.
Longstreet asserts he was where the
last diagram places him. General
Lee testified to the same effect.
General Grant and several other
Union generals have been over the
ground and are satisfied that Long
street was l n front of Porter.
The whole case turns upon the
hour when Longstreet formed in line
of battle in Porter's front. Both he
and Lee declare it was before noon
Pope's order for Porter to attack
Jackson WAS not issued until 4:3O
p. M. Of the same day. 1t doesn't
require q military genius to see that
II Porter, with 10000 men, had
attacked Longstreet with $4,000 men.
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TAKING MINES.

1t is not at all surprising that Mr..
Fergus and a few others from
stock raising counties should favor
taxing mines. 1t has been a hobby
of MIR. Fergus for several years that
mines should be taxed and it was ex'
pected he would favor the propo-
sition when the matter came up be.
fore the Convention for considera-
ton. Fortunately, prob ably for
the gentleman he knows little
or nothing about mining from
experience; about its ucertain-
ties or about the numberless
fortunes which have been sunk in
prosecuting the industry. Mr.. Fer
gus is a well-meaning, honorable
gentleman. He is sincere in his ad-
vocacy OF the proposition to tax
mines, but, evidently he has given
the subject but little thought. He
can tell as near as any other man
what interest an investment of $25,-
900 in cattle will yield, but he
couldn't give the slightest idea what
the same amount would yield invested
in one of the mines in bis own
county. In fact we don't believe
the gentleman would give s25 for the
best prospect in the Barker mining
district. He is too timid a man to
invest money in any enterprise
where he can't see a dollar for every
dollar he puts in. If all men were
James Ferguses, there wouldn't be a
mine opened in Montana to-day and
our old friend would never have left
Minnesota for those western wilds.
But Mr.. Fergus does not stand
alone in his argument. There are
Others who think just as he does and
who can't see why mines should not
be taxed. These men are unin-
formed. That is all. They have no
desire to close all mining industries
or to cripple them. They hold that
if man pays $4,000 for q mining
or if another discovers a claim
which he values at $25, roo, each
should be assessed for that sum. They
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q junketing exDedition, a statement
alphabetically denied by Young. The
resolution was rejected. 1O2 to l53.
Doraheimer. from the Committee
on Judiciary reported a bill granting
copyright to citizens of foreign
countries. Boyd. from same com
mittee, reported adversely the joint
resolution proposing q constitutional
amendment for the election Of post
masters, revenve collectors aud
United States district attorneys.
Tabled.
Henley, from the committee on
public lands, reported till donating
q part Of the abandoned Fort Smith
military reservation to the town of
Fort Smith for school purposes.
In committee ofthe whole. Per-
kins, from the committee on Indian
affairs. reported a bill granting the
right of way through Indian Terri
tory to the Southern KANSAS railroad
company.
Payson from the comm ittee on
public lands, reported back
the Senate bill repeating sec ion one
of the act granting lands in aid of
the Iron u TallrOAU from
Pilot Knob to Helena.
Hartman, from the Committee Oh
Territories. reported adversely on the
bill for the election of Territorial
Go ernors and Secretaries by the
people of the Territories.
A bill for erecting public buildings
at I Ort Smith. to cost $3.50, 900, Was
reported and referred to committee of
the whole.
Curtin, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs, reported back
q resolution calling on the Pre-idenC
for information in regard to the ar
rest of B F. Lewis and other Ameri-
can cit Gems, January 4, 6, and =,
1883, by the Columbian Government.
Adopted.
Browne Of Indiana introduced &
bill to prohibit lotteries, lottery adj
verti>ing, and the sale of lottery
tickets in the District of Columbia
and the Territories Referred.
Bills were reported favorably from
the committees, and placed on the
G. lendar. authorizing the erection of
public buildings ut San Francisco.
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Good Enough for Breakfast Wear.

A story is told of Mrs. Flood. wife
or the California millionaire. who.
when in New York comparativelv
recently, visited Titfany's and asked
TO De shown the choicest and most
expensive necklace on the premises.
Inc most superb of the Tiffauv lew
eIs tailed to satisfy her, aid the firm
offered to send to Paris aud imnort
tne handsomest necklace to be funnf
IN b city. Mrs. Flood had returned
10 California by the time the COR
geous ornament arrived, and the
necklace followed her to her Pacific
nome. She refused to accept it de-.
clarlng it not g 'od enough to encircIa
ner queenly neck, and suggested hat
II should be offered to Mrs. Stanford.
wife Ut the COVE nor. Mrs. Stamford
was not so difficult to please a. Wrs'
FLOOD. She purchased the Necklace
but only, as she was careful enunvh
to let Mr.. Tiffany know, for "breat.
last wear" it not being expensiv v.
enough to do duty on more formal
occasions The coat of the necklace
was over 500, 90.
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Lightning Flashes.

Michael Davitt in q speech at Glass
Cow, Scotland, said Ireland should
have self-governmenf similar to that
of Canada. He declared the govern
ment must abolish mud cabins, land
lords, grand jurles and castle cliques-
Representative HammOnd's bill in
regard to the presidential office pro-
vides for the election of a President
and three Weep Presidents, the latter
filling any vacancy in the higher
Office in their respective or Ter.
The Canadian Parliament has be-
fore it petitions from the British
Columbia legislature asking for
measures to restrict the importation
of Chinese. There are now $50. 900 of
the heatheDs in that province.
The winter carnival is In progress
at Montreal, with many visitors
from the United States.
The men who robbed the Pacific
Express car on the Wabash road last
september, getting S 400 and shoot
ing the messenger, were caught IN
st. Louis Monday.
Seven large meetings Of Socialist
workmen were held Sunday in Ber-
lin.
The Texas Senate Indefinitely
postponed the bill to justify the kill
ing of fence cutters caught applying
nippers.
In tue libel suit In New York by
Jos. Hart, of Truth, against George
Alfred Townsend, to recover $2O .OU
damages, 4 v-rdict was rendered in
favor of Mr.. Hart for SIS.
Berlin conservative papers make
violent attacks upon the memory Of
Herr Iasker. The NOrd DeutscAe
zettung defends the absence Uf the
ministry from the funeral ana de-
clares this no more a pr OF of degen-
eracy In political morale, as charged
by the Liberals, than would be the
refusal of the English Cabinet to at
tend the funeral .f Mr. Bradlaugh.
The United States has purchased
the Dundee whaler Thetis to be used
10 the Gree. ey relief exp -dition. The
Thetis is 6 0 TINS burden and the
strongest and stauuchest of the Dun
dee whaling fleet.
A Berlin dispatch reports that ada
wees have been received from Mad
rid to the effect that dangerous
symptoms of d~i-lnyal.y are manifest
Ing themselves In the Spanish army
aud another revolt Is feared.
Western trunk line association
managers had four hour session at
Chicago yesterday to consider the
question of pooling the U'ah busl'
ness, but the conference Was not pro-
ductive of any results up to 2 O'Clock
In the aft rnoon
The editor of a newspaper at Poson,
Russia, has been sentenced to two
years imprisonment for publishing
an address congra'ulating Cardinal
LedachOwski ON his birthday.
At the Atlantic Mills, Lawrence,
Mass, 1000 weavers struck yesser-
day.
The President yesterday nomin~
ated Orlando Evans to BE- Postmas-
ter of Reno, Nevada.
The Western Press Association
yesterday memorialized Congress to-
to reduce the postage on transient
newspapers to one cent for four
ounces
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the former would have been cut to
pieces, and that Longstreet, after
having ruined Porter, had moved
upon Pope's flank, while Jackson
attacked him in front, that
Pope would himself have been
DESTROYED. With all these now we'll
authenticated facts before the world,
it looks as if Porter's good Judgment
saved the whole army. Better mill
tary men than General Logan think
SO, and the vote of the House on the
bill for the relief of Porter shows
that 1874 out of 272 we'll informed men
can lind no fault in the old soldier.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-06

SOIne men don't enjoy good health
unless they are occasionally investi-
gated. United States Superin-
tendent Of Elections, Davenport, is
of this class. He recently wrote to
MIR. Springer, Chairman Of the
House Investigating Committee,
saying IL have been suffering some
time from the results Of the v
work of the past fourteen years. but
the reading Of your dispatch has
caused me to feel more like myself
again. Possibly the fact that l have
not been investigated for the past
three years has had something to do
with my physical condition" BY
all means give Davenport . dose of
investigation, If only to preserve his
health.
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Washington News.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The bill
to repeal the sections Of the Revised
Statutes restricting the term oil
certain offices to four years, intro.
duced by Representative Wells,
is another step toward civil service
reform: II was proposed by the New
York Civil Service Reform As,ocia-
ton, and provides offices at present
limited to the term If four years
shall be held 1t the will of the ap-
pointing power orduring good behav-
ior. The offices affected by the bill
are those of U. S. District Attorneys,
Chief Justices and Associate Justices
OF the Territories, Presidential Post
masters, Registers of Land Offices,
Receivers of Pubic Moneys, Surveyor
Generals of Territories, and Collec-
tors of Customs.
Representative Robinson of New
York, says, In explanation of the
joint resolution introduced to-day,
proposing q constitutional amend
ment to permit an export tax on
cotton, that should the amendment
be adopted, it will be followed by a
proposition to fix q tax Of one cent
per pound, which is estimated would
bring an annual revenue to tho Gov
vernment of SIS, 900, 900.
The issue of standard silver dollar
for the week ending February I'd, was
$3.50, 1851; for the corresponding per-
Tod last year, sos, 900.
Captain VIM. A. kirkland, Com
mander of the receiving ship Color
ado. New York, has volunteered to
command the proposed Greeley relief
expedition and will be assigned to
that duty.
Secretary Chandler received a ca
blegram from Lieutenant Harder, in
charge Of the remains of the De Long
party, at Hamburg, stating they will
said for New York, Wednesday, in
the Frisa.
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Elmer resigned to 20 into BUSH
ness In New York. Henry D. Lv-
man, bis successor, was Elmer's chief
clerk.
Dorsheimer's hill, granting COW.
rights to foreign authors on condi-
ton of reciprocal grants by foreign
governments, will be reported to the
House for favorable action tomorrow
ny unanimous vote Of the judiciary
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Wendell Phillips Funeral.

BOSTON. Feb. 4.-The funeral SER
vices of Wendell Phillips will be held
In Fanieul Hall the latter part of the
week; n" day>yet specified. The au-
topsy showed the terrible nature ur
me dis ase which had caused death.
His suttelings must have been most
acute and his fortitude in the light of
present developments something re-
markable.
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\ few Republican exchanges init
mate that the almost forgotten Mo-
rey letter will be used ~ q club to
beat the Democratic party this year.
Not much. If the authorship of
that letter could be traced to Demo-
Gratis the fact would long since have
been heralded to the world. Fire
away, gentlemen. Open your bat
teries, and amid the noise and smoke
YOU make it may be shown that let
ter owes its existence TO those who
were supposed to I've the friends of
the late iamented.
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A recent dispatch says the starv-
ing people Of Sinkat. Egypt, have
devoured all the dogs n that town
and are now skirmishing around for
a square meal. What a blessing it
would be for both parties If about
5000 of Butte's dogs could be placed
before them in this their hour of
great trial.
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And now comes Honest John
Sherman and declares that he does
not know whether his grizzly
brother is a Republican or . Demo
crat. To which the Washington
Post remarks that it q conceive of
circumstances under which it would
support the General heartily, adding
that 'if he believes in tariff reform,
civil service reform, decentralization
and decency in politics, he is \ good
enough Democrat for any Ut U.S." In
the meantime General Sherman in
sists that he would rather go to
Hades than move into the White
House, if he were elected on the
nomination of both parties.
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IF = black man." said Fred Doug.
lass, many years ago, ''burns his feet
by marrying a white woman. ne
must expect to stand on the blisters."
Perhaps Mr.. Douglass is prepared to
do this, but how about the blisters OF
Mrs. Douglass when she finds herself
restricted to the society of a venera-
ble darkey.
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Mr.. Samuel J. Tilden is one OF the
best roller skaters in New York.
Arthur is still failing in health,
Blame is troubled with insomnia
and the effects of sunstrOke, and Lo-
gan has the govt in the stomach. a
severe attack of general cussedness,
and Fitz John Porter on the brain.
Tilden is the only one among them
that can possible live through a four
wears term of Office.
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ONLY A SECRETARY.

For the simple reason that our grave
and reverend United States Sena-
tors at Washington have voted them
selves a private secretary each at an
expense to the Government OF six
dollars a day, while the session
lasts, they are being harshly criti-
cised by several Eastern journals.
1t may be there are reasons I'M
known to the people xhy they want
secretaries. Many of them are very
Indifferent penmen and it requires
considerable effort on their part to
attend to their correspondence prop
erly. In such cases a secretary Is
a convenient body to have around.
And then a secretary is handy to
have when a Senator has INDUCED in
too much Apolinares water or beef
tea. They save valet hire and ex-
posture aud all that sort of thing.
And then the sum paid for their
united services amount to only about
$3s, 900 a year. 1t seems foolish to
"kick" when the same body fire.
quently votes away millions of the
public funds for various other frivo-
lous matters. Now suppose while
they were about it they had voted
themselves a valet, a butler, a first
class cook and a coachman at the ex-
pense of the Treasury, then there
might be some justification for the
harsh condemnation with which
they are visited. Senator'S sons and
nephews must be provided for in
some way. Board is high in WASH
ingto and times are dull. The wise
legislators have found the easiest
way out of the difficulty by seating
them around the bountiful table of
"Uncle Sam"
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Omaha Htrald: \ new scheme
has been evolved in Washington to
increase the force Of oficehOldeIs. 1t
Is proposed to abolish the pension
agencies and pay pensioners here
after by clerks direct from Washing-
ton. There r sl5.OOO pensioners.
TO make a clerk each quarter for
every one Of them would require \
new detail of clerks larger than any
building in the capital can hold.
The pension office estimates that the
lost OF making the checks would
alone amount to $40, 900 per year. Still
some measure must be adopted to
reduce the treasury surplus and this
plan may be As etiectual AS many
others proposed.
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a Repre- sentative in Congress has
introduced a bill interdicting the
marriage of whites and blacks in the
District of Columbia. This Is lock-
ing the stable after the horse has
been stolen. Fred Douglass will not
want to marry again during the
nreSent century.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-06

An exchange pertin+ntly asks
If the Mormon church is to be put in
the bands of trustees to be appointed
by the President, why should not
every other church be provided with
a Government Board Of Trustees?
Before Mr.. Hoar's bill passes either
house of Congress, the same question
will doubtless be put a dozen times.
All religious denominations are anx-
ious to hear the answer.
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Colorado Bedford thinks each men,
Der of Congress should have a private
secretary at public expense. Perhaps.
One convenience Of such . scheme
would be that the clerks would meet
In regular session, read the speeches
which they had prepared for their
employers, and thus allow the MEM
bers to put in their whole time in
quitting down the infamous liquor
traffic and nominating = ticket to
sweep the contry. so says the Phil
adelphia Press.
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A Washington dispatch states that
Secretary Folger and Attorney Gen.
eral Brewster are marked for official
decapitatiOn. This is not the first
time the r port has spread, but 1t is
now circulated with an air Of author
ity, which gives it y semblancs of
truth. Still it would be better if Mr..
Arthur would retain them until the
people send the whole administration
Oui together. 1t would be 80 lone
some for the gentleman named to 60
NAV
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-06

Vennor should never again attempt
10 predict the weather for Montana.
Yesterday and the day before, the
days of great storms and Of railroad
blockades, according to his pre-.
dictions, were a. bright and lovely
Al a young bride and as clear a. the
conscience of Montana editor
''Tice Of Radersburg" has made
some wild predictions, but VenHor-
we'll, he will never do for this great
bahama belt.
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There is nothing 40 conducive to
longevity as the placing Of one name
on the pension list. The widow ofa
revolutionary soldier who served il
the ranks log years ago, is praying
Congress to increase her pension.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-06

Pennsylvania will he the first State
to select delegates to the Democratic
National Convention. the state Con-
vention to elect delegates having
been fixed for April Oh One of the
members OF the committee insisted
on an early Convention for the rea-
sou that "Pennsylvania would adopt
the same plank on the tariff a. in
1882 and in 1883, and thus lead the
other States aud thereby point the
way for the National Convention
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say to this.

The nav Republican ''bloOdy
shirt" ticket For Presinent, John
Sherman, of Ohio; For Vice-Presi-
dent, William Malone, of Virginia.
The man who cannot see the beauti.
full appropriateness of this ticket, has
an unculJivate6 eve.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-06

And now comes Bismarck and
says the American hog is RESPONSE
BILE for the death of DR.. Lasker, that
trichinse was the fatal disease that
carried him off. What will the He
brew friends of the ,amented Doctor
.ox. Ia AhiuO
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The Semi Weekly Miner.
r FEB. 1894.

Wonders will never cease. A New
York manufacturer of eleomargarine
has failed. 1t will not now be sur
prising to hear that the boss plumb
er Of that city has made an assign
hent.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-06

"ROstOn wants 4 cremation fur
nace.' says an exchange. This
is the result of retiring Ben Butler to
private life. While he was in Office,
Ben did the burning.
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Miner-' clothing, supplies, tools
ana everything needed in the Coeur
a'Alene mines a he obtained at the
stores OF Eddy, Hammond & Co..
Mlssoula. at prices lower than auv.
other house In Montana can make.
delays, transfers and freight
charges by outdtting at Missoula.
80 If
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Cliquot, Yellow Label, at the
Elite IN
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HOUSE.

Young, Chairman of the Com.
ml!Ies on expenditures in the In
.el!or department, reported a rsso-
!ution authorizing that com mittea
20 investigate the condition of the
WORK on Hot Springs Greek; to send
q suo-committee Of five members tn
pursue Inc investigation, aud annro.
pirate $3.50 to that purpose. White
hentucky, opposed the resolution on
the ground that it merely looksd uto
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unique designs in silver jewelry at
Leyson q Turck's next to postoffice-
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Pope. 5000 mel
Jackson, 2,0U lnen.

As a matter Of fact the situation
was thus:
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Sommery Sec at the Elite. 1.aA.te
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1tich jewel caskets and toilet sets
Ut Leyson & rurck's.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-06-12

Nazaire. May 18TH. Clear d ship 5. f. Herscy
Nichols, Boston.
Porto Plata, May 9th. Cleared .ch. Anne L
Lewis, Lewis, New York.
Aguadila, z. r., May 18th. Arrived brig Amy
A. Lane, Carver, 81. ThOnas, to isl'i for New York
sydney, y. ;. W, June It'll. Arrived ship Susal
Gilmore, Carver, New YORK.
st. Domingo, Nay 18th. Sailed sch. Sarah l.
Davis, Burgess, New York.
MARITIME MISCELLANY.
Sch. Damon, of Deer Isle, from Baltimore fol
Bangor, spoken OF Fishers Island 4th, by sch
Sunlight, short Of provisions and was furnished
ten days supply.
sch. Danl. Webster, from Bangor for Chelsea
was picked up 18th inst, 20 miles +. ;. r. o.
Thatcher Island, by sch. Northern Eagle, and tow
Ell into Gloucester. She was abandoned and full
of water.
sch. Oregon, from Rockland for New York, witt
lime. which put into Vineyard Haven Both witt
cargo on fire has been examined and found to hav,
sustained no damag The fire smothered.
RESCUE OF A CREW. Capt. Darby of sch. Lillian
which arrived at Belfast on Thursday of last weel
from New York, brought i'll Capt. Candage and
crew OF the abandoned sch. Daniel Webster, o.
AMI from Bangor for Boston with lumber The
Daniel Webster fallen in with June "a. 20 mile
y. +. OF Cape Ann, water logged. Capt. DARBY
hooked on TO the Webster and toWed her for eigh
hours, but was obliged To let go there NJ
wind and heavy sea running. The Webster was
then stripped of her sails and rigging. The Lillial
broke her main boom, Int the one from the Web
ster wa, good Ill. The crew have been sen
home.