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•• MP - It, th he Jint tra 5tf. y, I N T - at N. ail e . our pub - t we dard eels ch as ted, un- - will and and N. is ull / tur- • r. uses far. - of dine e is r to de- cry 2tf. ies, Cr, Pei 4 .€) THE MADISONIAN. SATURDAY. MAY 14, 1874. OFFICE, Two doors West front Wells, Far - u& Co's. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year\(in admasee) Six Months Three Months \ ADVERTISING RATES. THE MA DISONIAN, as an advertising medium, i e.itial to any paper in Montana. V po• .41.4 co ro' •NP 1. •••11 Inch..... 2Inches o Inches 4 Inches 6 Inches 13 Inches 25 Inches $3 $5 $7 $8 $10 $15 $20 $25 5 8 9 10 12 20 30 40 7 9 11 12 15 26 37 55 8 11 12 14 17 30 45 70 10 12 15 18 24 38 65 90 18 24 30 34 40 55 90 140 30 40 50 55 65 75 150 2.50 The above scale of prices Is for ordinary sin- gle -column, display advertising. Solid and tabular advertisements will be charged at the :ftch rate for space occupied. LOCAL NOTICES, Fifteen cents per line for first, and ten cents per line for each additional insertion. CARDS One-half inch, $2 for one insertion; $3 for two insertions; $8 per quarter; $16 per year. trir The foregoing schedule of prices will be strictly adhered to. All advertisements counted in Nonpareil measure. aci)1E3 Tlit.t. - Nrir UST Cr, Of every description, executed in the best and neatest style, and on reasonable terms. NEWSPAPER DECISIONS. 1. Any one who takes a paper regularly from the Postollice—whether directed to his name or :Another's, or whether he has subscribed or not —is responsible for the payment. 2. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether the pa- per is otken from the office or not. 3. The courts have decided that refusing to take the newspapers or periodicals from the Postottice, or removing and leaving them un- called for, is prima facia evidence of intention- al fraud. PROFESSIONAL. G. F. COWAN, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Radersberg. Montana Territory. HENRY F. WILLIAMS, At - 1y & Counselor at Law, VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE over the Post Officer. J. E. CALLAWAY, _Attorney and Coun- selor at Law. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE, , t 4iroin jug the (alive of the Secre- tary of the Territory. B. W. TOOLF.. J. K. TOOLE. TOOLE & TOOLE. ALttovneys t HELENA, MONTANA. win ornetire in all the Courts of Montana. .oriri T. r• -f1.5514:51. T J. 1..0 1 .V1.111. SHOBER & LOWERY, _Attorneys and coun- selors at HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. SAMUEL WORD, Attorney at Law. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. JAMES G. SPRATT, Attorney anti Coun- selor at Law. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. W ill practice in all the Courts of Montana. R. W. HILL. • Attorney at Law, GALLATIN CITY, M. T. W. F. SANDERS, Attorney anti Coun- selor at Law. HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all l'utirts of Record in 31:)ntana. C. W. TURNER, VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. OFFICE: Adjoining Colonel Call away's. W M. F. K I RKWOOD Attorney at Law, VIRGINIA CITY. Can be found at Judge Spratt's otlicc or Pro- bate Court Rooms. Will practice in all the Courts of the Territory. GE3RGE CALLAWAY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M NTANA. OFFICE, at the Law Otlire of J. E. Calla- way, Esq., until further notice. I. C. SMITH, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, 31. T. Office at the Old Le Beau Stand, Wallace Street, where he can be found night or day E. T. YAGER, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. Will praceice in all branches. Office one door above the City Drug Store. H. B. BARKLEY, M. D. Physician & Surgeon. RADERSBURG, M. T. I T AS had twenty-one years' experience . in I_ in his profession—four years of that time a surireon in the Confederate army. Meth pre- pared to perform all kinds of surgery. IN FEMALE COMPLAINTS, his expe- rience is not surpassed by any physician in the l'erritory. TO THOSE WHO HAVE VENEREAL ('OMPLAINTS.—tinnorrhea, if ealleil upon witain live days after the first appearance,. he will cure in seventy-two hours.. In Syphilis, he will cure in live days. .11is t.reatinent is different from any physi- nal, in this Territory. Ile is prepared for Cleansing, Extracting, and Filling Teeth. D. F. OG DEN. L. D. S.. )141:si rrisrr. Street Virginia City.3I.T. VOL. 1. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1874. NO. 27. JPC0 A FLOWER'S BALLAD. BY ROBERT LORD LYTTON. It was a thorn, And stood forlorn In the burning sunrise- land: A blighted thorn, And at eve and morn Thus it sighed to the desert sand: \Every flower, By its beauty's power, With a erown. of glory is crown'tl. \No crown have I; For a crown 1 sigh— For a crown that I have not found. \A crown! a crown! A crown of my own, To wind in a maiden's hair!\ Sad thorn, why grieve! Thou a crown shalt weave, But not for a maiden to wear. That crown shalt shine When all crowns save thiue, With the glory they gave me, are gone, For thorn, my thorn, Thy crown shall be worn By the King of Sorrows alone. WAVE -CRADLED. We sail toward evening's lonely star, That trembles in the tender blue; One single cloud, a dusty bar, Burnt with dull carmine thro' and through Slow smoldering in the Summer's sky, Lies low along the the fading west; How sweet to watch its splendors die, Wave -cradled tqus, and wind -caressed! The soft breeze freshens, leaps the spray To kiss our cheeks with sudden cheer; Upon the dark edge of the bay Lighthouses kindled far and near; And through the warm deeps of the sky Steal faint star -clusters, while the rest In deep refreshment, thou and I, Wave -cradled thus, and wind -caressed. How like a dream are earth and heaven, Star -beam and darkness, sky and sea; Thy face, pale in the shadowy even, Thy quiet eyes that gaze on me! Oh! realize the moment's charm, Thou dearest! We are at life's best, Folded in God's encircling arm, Wave -cradled thus, and wind -caressed. SPOKEN ACROSS THE WALL. BY HOWARD GLINDON. If I cried to thee Over the wall of years Built betwixt us two, Stronger fur my fe trs, Wouldst thou hear and heed? Wouldst thou stretch thy hand, Pluck a flower, and fling it To where I stand? Thou wouldst go thy way On the other side, Nor turn once thy head, Though of want I died. But that self -same want, Flashed from me to thee, It would gripe thee and stab thee, Nor set thee free. Nay! I shall not call, come thou ever so near, Though my blood stands still Just thy step to hear; Though we are going on At the self -same pace, Only the wall between us And c.lch grave face. If a visage comes Close to thine in dreams. Somewhat darkly set Betwixt chestnut gleams, Curest thou that 'tis pale? Dust thou yearn to draw 1: to thy breast with kiaz,v3 That brook no law? If 'tis so, 'tis well! I can fold my pain Closer to his breast Where it long hath lain; But—knoWeSt thou?—its strength Is not spent in vain, Much less these tears that wet it Like autumn rain. If God shaped my hand Just to ti,„ in thine. And thou wouldst not see, Was it fault of mine? When thy reckon lug comes, Soul, what wilt thou say Soul, to my soul a traitor This many a day! When it shaP be asked, straight, 'What is this thing Thou didst to the heart O'er which thou wert king?\ Wilt thou dare to speak: \It I turned away; Disowned, denied, and mocked it; Did all but slay?\ If thou sayst thus, Sadly, without scorn, I shall bless the day 111y poor life was born. If thine eyes grow soft Looking upon me, God must first strike through me To get at thee! The Railroad Gazette of a recent date estimates the number of accidents occur- ring on American Railroads for the twelve months ending with March, as follows: Month. No. Accidents. Killed. Injured. April 101 23 88 May 72 10 113 June 90 12 104 July 80 18 80 August 150 63 155 September 1o6 s9 75 October 88 11 47 November 76 11 5 4 .) December so 16 43 January 1418 28 98 February 90 25 49 March 88 13 49 ...._. _ Totals 1,146 249 951 The average per day for March is 2.84 ac- cidents, 0.42 killed, and 1.58 injured; for the year it is 3.14 accidents, 0.98 killed, and 2.61 injured. 111111m•-•--\ 4 1111 TROUBLE WITH A WHALE. The whale killed at Southampton, L. I., as before reported, after a romantic series of adventures, has at last been secured. The carcass rose to the surface, and the captors tried to tow her to shore, but the strong westerly wind and sea finally com- pelled them to anchor and leave her. By reason of the increasing force of the wind she continued to drift eastward and next morning was off Easthampton. In the af- ternoon, the weather having improved, one boat went off to the wrecking schooner and anchored opposite the stranded steam- er Levalley, and chartered her to go to the whale and try to tow her back, that night. Next morning the wind had changed and was blowing a gale. The whale parted the hawser, and schooner was obliged to sail for Jew York, taking boat and crew with her. Meanwhile the whale floated on in solitary grandeur, and at length found rest for the soles of her flukes and flippers on the shore opposite Atlanticville. It is a large carcass, the whalebone in the mouth being eight feet long;' but unfortunately the blubber, usually the most valuable por- tion, is in poor condition and will not yield a very large amount of oil.—Long Island Watchman. At the Dickens ball in San Francisco re- cently, there was a beautiful fountain ill the center of the room, with threads of wa- ter playing incessantly through and into a bed of calla lilies. From a pyramid of flowers which rose from the center of the fountain ran a gas -pipe, anti the light from this shining through a great red glass globe presented a heautitul spectacle. At t he base of the fountain, and ccmpletely sur- rounding it, was a profusion of flow ers in pots, which gave thu Wht)le thc appearanee of a huge floral bed. with trickling streams running through it and falling' in a gentle f • nt • esm - over the variegated mass. WAR HORSES. These interesting animals, when hit in battle, stop, tremble in every muscle, and groan deeply, while their eyes show deep astonishment. During the battle of 1Vaterloo, some of the horses as they lay upon the ground, having recovered from the first agony of their wounds, fell to eating the grass about them, thus surrounding themselves with a circle of bare ground, the limited extent of which showed their weakness. Others were ob- served quietly gazing on the field, be- tween the two hostile lines, their riders having been shot off their backs; and the balls flying over their heads, and the tumult behind, before and aroanO them, caused no interruption to the usual ex- tinct of their nature. It was so observed that when a charge of CaValry r sst near to any of the stray horses already mentioned, they would set off, form themselves in the rear of their mounted companions, and though without riders, gallop strenuously along with the rest, not stopping or flinching when the fatal shock with the enemy took place. At the battle of Kirk, in 1745, Major Mac- Donald having unhorsed an English offi- cer, took possession of his horse, which was very beautiful, and immediately mounted it. When the English cavalry fled the horse ran away with its captor, notwithstanding all his efforts to restrain him; uor did lie stop until he was at the head of the regiment of which, apparent- ly, its master was the commander. The melancholy and at the same time ludi- crous figure which MacDonald presented when he thus saw himself the victim of his ambition to possess a fine horse, which ultimately cost him his life upon the scaffold, may be easily conceived. Mrs. Melissa Mitchell is a widow, living about three miles from Moorefield, Switzerland county, Ind. Joseph A. Gray, a farmer in the neighborhord, was in the habit of visiting Mrs. Mitchell, and his friends had often reminded him of his wife and eight children at home, and told hitn he was doing a dangerous thing for his peace, and that of hi flintily. But Gray was strong -headed, and wouldn't take advice. The other night at half -past 11 o'clock, he knocked at Mrs. Mitchell's door, and James Mitchell, the widow's son, a boy who began to fial that he had some family interest at stake, opened the door and asked who it was and what was wanted? Receiving no reply, he snapped a pistol in the face of the intruder. He then closed the door, took a musket well - charged with buckshot, and reopening the door repeated his inquiry. There was no response and the boy fired and blew Gray's Ilcahl off. The coroner found the dead nem next morning lying where be fell, and young Mitchell told his story of the kilhiinr as related above. It is said that Mrs. Mitchell ordered her son to shoot. LIVELY PROSPECTING. The Sentinel, of Eureka, Nevada, is in- formed by a gentleman from Diamond District that already many prospectors are scouring the mountains searching thr indications of paying rock. On the claims already located mew are at work sinking shafts and running tunnels, and have met with considerable success in their prospecting. Some of the rock brought to town will be assayed, and the true value of the ore determined. A num- ber of those in the district think of start- ing on a tour, intending to prospect in Antelope and McGeary Districts, and the mountain ranges in that vicinity. There is some talk of starting up the furnace at Diamond in a short time. The miners are confident that the district will prove a good one, it only requiring patience and hard work to develop it. • HOW HE WIIIPED HIM. A lad narrating an account of a \fuss\ in which he had been engaged, gives the particulars as follows: \I'll tell you how it was. You see Bill and I went down to the warf to fish, and I felt in my pocket for a knife, and it was gone, and I said, 'Bill, you stole my knife,' and he said I was another; and I said, 'Go there yourself!' and lie said it was no such thing. And I said I could whip him if I was bigger'n him, and he said he'd 'rock me to sleep, mother,' and I said he was a bigger one. He said I never had the measels; and I said it was the time to fork over that knife, or I'd fix him. Then he said my grandmother was no gentleman; and I said he dursn't take it up. But he did, you bet. Then I got up and said he was too much afraid to do it again, and he tried to, but he didn't and I grabbed hini and throwed him down on on top of me, like several bricks, and 1 tell you it beat all, and so did he, and my little dog got behind Bill and bit hihe and Bill kicked at the dog, and the dog he ran, and I nil after the dog to fetch him back, and I didn't catch him till he got clear home— and I'll whip him more yet! Is my eye very black?\ ..ss Down in Mississippi, in Vicksbures Mr. Willis, the foreman of the grand jury, en- tered the court, followed by his com- rades, and afler handing up to the judge sonic papers, said: \That with sonic ex- ceptions, the body of which he was fore, man was so tainted with corruption, degradation and vice, that it was utterly impossible that the sacred objects and purposes cf the law could be effectuated and carried out with an instrumentality so base and so utterly lost to every sense of conscience and shame.\ The judge ordered a new jury. but it is not likely that, under negro and carpet -bag rule, it will be any better than its predeessor. When a Montpelier, Vermont paper, included the name of Abel Shepard in its black list of subscribers who were it: arrears, it made two mistakes; first, saes] had paid, as his receipt showed; second. I it :melee(' Abel's gentle nature, and, through a lible suit, he howled for $5, - COO worth of revenge. WOMEN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Rev. JAL Munro, of the Springfield Street Presbyterian Church, Boston, is preaching a series of Sunday evening ser- big sermons . on Luke. In one of these discourses he thus alluded to some of the women of the new Testament: \Luke more than any of the Evangelists, gives prominence to the rank and work of women in the Christian Church. While he depicts her as partner in the sin and sorrow of men, he dwells on her dignity as equally the subject el the divine love and the heir of holiness and joy. Ile does not expel her with heathen philoso- phers to the outer circle of being, but shows her as entitled to a position as near to Christ as that of men. He paints Mary, the virgin type of maiden purity and flirt.; ....a shs wcnnan that was a sinner, type of the repentant outcast. lie paints Anna, the prophetess -type of holy and joyous widowhood; and the wnlow Naine, type of a mourning mother, com- forted by the Saviour. He paints the hospitable sisters of Bethany—Martha, type of active work and Mary of rapt contemplation, from which draws its true inspiration. He paints the minis- tering women who bestowed their sub- stance on the Saviour; and the daugh- ters of Jerusalem, who wept his fate, but but were warned that theirs too would be bitter. Thus Luke pictures women as the sharer of men's responsibility, and of men's salvation, as occupying a distinct but true relation to _Christian work ; as heirs with men of that eternal kingdom where they neither marry icor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God.\ RECOGNIZING THE CUBAN RE- PUBLIC Spain cannot in reason ask for more delay before recognition is accorded. For more than five years she has' tried in vain to subjugate the Republicans of Cuba. Under various Governments, with fre- quent changes of Cabinets, and changes of Captain -Generals still more frequent, and after expending more than 50,000 lives and vast treasures of M alley, she is now as far as ever from crushing out the revolution. Spain cannot hereafter do more than she has done hitherto to reas- sert her supremacy in the Antilles. As time goes on, the conditions become more and more unfavorable for her, and the odds greater and greater that she will fail in the end. Mr. Carpenter, by his resolution, only proposes to hasten the inevitable termination of the dreadful strife. Sr ma THE MINES AT BULL. r - rout a resident at the ailn... camp, we obtain the following in regard to the mines at that place. Howland & Aspinwall company started up the old Bud l smelter and kept it going at inter- vals for about two months during the winter, and run out about 270 tons of good average bullion, taking the ore from the company's mines. The Tecoma Sil- ver Mining Company is working sixteen men on the Shandley mine ; the princi- pal object at present being to place the mine in good working order preparatory to taking out ore so soon as arrange- ments are made for reducieg it this sum- mer. The Orleans company is taking out good ore at present with flattering prospects for the coming season. Shep- herd st Stowell made a strike in their Black Warrior mine. Ten tons from the deposit, which they sold by sample, net- ted them the snug sum of $4,000. Pres- ent appearances indicate that the Tecoma mines will attract no inconsiderable at- tention the coming summer.—Elko Inde- peudent, April 11th. ARE THERE NON -INTOXICATING WINES? In this same connection an inquiry forced itself upon ine as to the nature of these wines. Passing thus through the whole breadth of Europe on one of its chief wine growing belts, it seemed to me that this might be taken as a fair sam- ple of the drinks which the people of any grape -region will extract from the vine. I raised the question : \Do these com- munities use or know any drink bearing the name of wine, which is not a ferment- ed, intoxicating drink?\ It was per- fectly manifest,. even . to the eye, that all the wines consumed by high and low were diffusible stimulants, stirring the blood, exciting the nerves, and flushing the ehooke. Rot it occurred to me, be- fore leaving the Rhine, to test the ques- tion still more effectually, :as my own practical reply to statements which I have heard and read about the use of \unfermented wines\ in wine -growing countries. Accordingly, from that ti ne I hjmve made,it a point at every principal stopping -place to taste the people's wi ne—ein ordinaire—and occasionally plier kinds at random. I have found that, while differing ill astringency, sour- ness, and flavor, the peoples wine is in- variably an alcoholic drink, apparently a little stronger than the strongest cider, which was formerly made in New Eng- land, from which, in some instances, the taste could scarcely be distinguished. And I have concluded that, if there be any practice of preserving the unfertnen- ted juice of the grapes, or preserving the grapes to make it such as the excellent Mr. Delavan found in one solitary in- stance in Italy, it is a practice kept pro- foundly secret. And, if there be any un- fermented liquors sold and drank as -wines\ in the region I have now traveled, they are liquors unknown to hotels, the cafes, the restaurants, and the people who go to frequent them ; and they are liquors not comprised in the eel ordinaire of the great vintage zone. Their existence is to me a secret undiscovered. I remember, too, that it was a thins which Dr. Eli Smith was unable, after long and careful inquiry, to discover in Palestine and Syria .—Prof. S. C. Balta. Ophir, Navada, designs builliler a new 3Iethotlist M. de Parville proposes for this pur- pose a board some twelve inches long by eight inches broad, fixed on a suitable support. A square of unpolished glass, placed vertically, divides the plane in two equal parts. The left hand side of the latter is covered with a mirror; on the right is a sheet of paper. As the clouds pass above the horizontal glass, they are reflected; and at the same time the ob- server sees their images on the vertical glass projected on the paper. It is only necessary to trace their direction on the latter with a pencil. On the mirror is engraved a compass card, which is also reproduced on the paper, and a small magnetic needle is suitably arranged so as to adjust the apparatus. aass-O-mun TAKING OFF THE SHOES. In Syria the people never take ofitheir caps or turbans when entering a house or visiting a friend, but they always leave their shoes f t the door. The reason is that their floors are covered with clean mats and rugs ; and in the Moslem houses the men kneel on the rugs to pray, and press their foreheads to the floor, so that it would not be decent or respectful to walk in with dirty shoes and spoil the sijjady on which they kneel to pray. They have no mat or scrapers, and it is much cheaper and simpler to leave the shoes, dirt and all, at the door. It is very curious to go to Syrian schoo'-houses and see the piles of boots and shoes at the door. There are new, bright -red shoes, and old tattered shoes, and kob-kobs, and black shoes, and some- times yellow shoes. The kob-kobs are wooden clogs, made to raise the feet out of the mul and water, having a little strap over the toe to keep it on the foot. You will often see little boys and girls running down steps and paved streets on these dangerous kob-kobs. Sometimes they slip, and then down they go, on their noses, and the kob-kobs fly oft' and go rattling over the stones, and little Ali or Yusef, or whatever his name is, be- gins to shout, \Ya fume! Ya Imme !\ \Oh my mother !\ and cries just like lit- tle children in other countries. But the fruluiest part of it is to see the boys when they come out of the school and try to find their shoes, all mixed to- gether in one pile. When the school is out the boys make a rush for the door. Then comes the tug of war. A dozen boys are standing and shuffling on the pile of shoes running their toes into their own, stumbling on the kob-kobs and then making a dash to get out of the crowd. Sometimes shins will be kicked, and hair pulled and tarbooshes thrown off, and a great screaming follow, which will only ellen We teacher comes with or a stick, and quells the riot That pile of shoes will have to answer for a good many schoolboy fights and bruised noses and hard feelings in Syria. You will wonder how they can tell their own shoes. So do I. And the boys often wear off each others' shoes by mistake, or on purpose, and then you will see Selim running with one shoe on and one of Ibraham's in his hand, shout- ing and cursing Ibraham's father and grandfather until he gets back his lost property.—The Women of the Arabs. A RIVAL FOR CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA. The upper valley of the Madeira River contains, approximately, 400,000 square miles, marvellously rich in every product of value in South America. Its eastern and central parts, the Bolivian provinces of Cordillera, Chiquitos, and the Beni, were first settled by the Jesuits, who pen- etrated northward from their settlements in the vaney of the Rio de la Plata, and organized numerous, \reductions\ of the native tribes and founded many prosper- ous towns. These, however, were al- ways either upon the banks of navigable streams or within easy reach of them. Lying in the extreme eastern part of the Madeira Valley is the mineral Brazilian province of Matto -Grosso, abounding in valuable agricultural products and gold and diamond washings. It is, owing to its inaccessibility, very thinly populated, but promises to be in the future one of the most prosperous States of the Empire of Brazil. It is also one of the, at the present, most unprotected frontiers of that country, being almost at the mercy of the States of the Plata Valley in case of war. Ascending the upper central and western rivers of the Madeira Valley, we reach the richest of all the slopes of the Andes, well populated by the Span_ ish race, mixed with Quichua, and Ay mara Indians; the Indian element being probably the best which can be found upon time Western Continent, and capable of a high degree of civilization. Its pow- er of increase is extraordinary, surpass- ing even that of the Mexican Indian races, which are so fecund. The Bolivian Part of the Madeira Valley contains about 2,500,000 people, the Indian blood slightly predominating. At the date of Bolivian independence, in 1825, the popu- lation was less than 1,000,000. Out of the present inhabitants some 2,000,000 are in the valley of which we treat, living with- in comparatively easy reach of the navi- gable streams which swell the volume of the river Madeira. The countv in which they live is, without exception, the rich- est on the globe in everything that na- ture gives to man. Its mineral wealth cannot be equalled within any equal area Upon the Western Continent. The num- ber of silver mines opened there during the rule of Spain might appear fabulous were they not registered in the archives of the State. They exceed ten thousand. From the banks of the little streams which feed the Beni branch of the Ma- deira, gold may be washed almost any- where; and we have little hesitation in stating that this auriferous district will yet rival, if not surpass, the fame of Aus- tralia, and California combined. In fact, the whole slope of the Andes, in an im- mense sweep of one thousand miles, ex- tending crom Cuzco to Matto-Grossso, is a Vast gold placer. THE DARKNESS OF ERENCII POL- ITICS. If this be the light in which the demon- stration of Monday appears to disinterest- ed and coolly -judging Englishmen, what must be the effect in France? We are much mistaken if the birthday of the Prince Imperial does not have a consider- able influence on French politics. At present the Imperialists are audacious and voluble, something like the Legiti- mists six months ago; the other parties, though effecting contemptuous indiffer- ence. cannot conceal their disquiet. In Paris the Prince Imperial and the Empire are vastly more talked about than they were before, the public being hostile by an immense majority, but yet returning again and again to the subject, as if in- capable of dwelling upon any aspect of politics. Beyond, all is darkness. As to the great silent messes of the people, who must in the end decide everything, no one can venture to declare what is or will be their opinion. The most reasonable belief is that they are Republican, by im- mense majorities; but in those social depths there are unknown currents, and changes of vast importance may be pro- dueed while the leaders of political socie- ty are complacent and secure. Of one thing, however, there can be no doubt -- WHEELER'S SURVEYS IN ARIZONA AND COLORADO. The expedition for geographical amid geological surveys west of the one hun- dredth meridian, of which parties under the charge of First Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler have been in the field during the last four years, will, as soon as final action shall be taken by Congress, re- sume operations in the field in Arizona and Colorado. One party will be desig- nated to prosecute a survey over the un- finished part of Arizona, situated between the parallels of 36th and 37th degrees 20 minutes north latitude, and 105 degrees 30 minutes and 108 degrees 15 minutes longitude west from Greenwich. This vicinity promises a rich and interesting field. The work upon the astronomical base \Nil' be resumed, and such astronom- ical parties as the appropriation shall al- low will be put in the field from the un- expended balance. Such field parties as can be organized in view of the amounts available, will also take the field prior to the 1st ofJ uly. The office force will, as usual, be kept in constant operation, - San Diego Union. The officials in the British House of Commons are better paid than officers of corresponding grade in our House of that the Government, the majority of the epresentatives. Speaker, Mr. Assembly, and the Commission of Thus I Brand has £5,000 per annum, a residence. ty are tempting the most terrible dangers with a frivolity and fool -hardiness which are enough to make a true Conservative shudder. The men who presumptuous- ly propose to disfranchise a third of the voters of France by the decree of a worn- out Assembly, which does not even pre- tend to represent the constituencies, will do more to advance the cause of Imperi- alist Democracy than all the machina- tions of the Bonapartists themselves.— London Times. March 16th. HOW VESUVIUS OPERATES. No smoke such as that produced by the combustion of any carbon substances ever issued from the mountain. The seeming -Smoke\ is always steam or aqueous vapor, more or less dark, as it happens to be charged with ashes. When this vapor condenses in the at- mosphere it descends in the form of rain, and, if much mixed with ashes, it falls in a paste of muddy shower. During great eruptions, when enormous quantities of ashes are ejected with thick clouds of vapor, the fall in torrents of mud and water This is exactly what happened one thousand eight hundred years ago, when Herculaneum, Stabiae and several other towns were destroyed by that aw- ful eruption of A. D., 79. The ft-emend- nous heat in the bowels of the mountain, coming in contact with a great body of water from the Mediterranean Sea, which has percolated through the fissures of the stratified limestone and other rocks, with the internal fires, instantly acting on it like furnace -heat, converting it into steam. The sudden conversion of millions of cubic feet of water into high steam by the subterranean fires produced the phenomena of exploding steam on a vast scale. The sudden and resistless expansion of water into 1,700 times its original bulk tore great rents and fissures in the sides of the mountain, through which, as the points of exit, flowed heavy streams of melted lava; and from the crater itself, being the highest part of the mountain, and acting like a chimney, issued forth vast clouds of steam, mixed with sulphur - vapor and enormous quantities of ashes and showers of stones, which were flung out by the explosion of water into steam. The fire that is seen above the crater during an eruption is not flame, but is the reflection of the molten lava within the crater upon the clouds of aqueous vapor and ashes suspended ovet it. The lightning which is seen darting from the edges of the black cloud is produced by the electricity which is the result of the rapid condensation of vapor into water, and water into steam, under the effect of the heat radiated from the crater. Previous to the great eruption -of A. D., 79, which destroyed Pompeii, there had been a passive period extending back beyond recorded history. The Greeks had settled around the Bay of Naples one thousand years before that event, and their early writers had never heard of an eruption of Vesuvius.—Jo Medill's Corr. Chicago Tribune. THE ART OF DINING. \A dinner party,\ says a writer, \is a crucial test of one's breeding and savoir faire. Persons may conduct themselves with seLf-po.ssession and ease upon every other occasion, and mortify themselves by the commission and gaucheries at the dinner -table, and it is a place where any solecism in etiquet is very Conspicuously noticed. The positien of hostess is par- ticularly trying to a novice, as the en- joyment of her guests , is dependent al- most entirely upon her foresight and tact, and these qualities are called into requisition from the very moment she de- cides upon giving a dinner party. Great discretion and care should be exercised in the selection of her guests, in order that those who are brought - together may be, as much as possible, of congeni- al minds. The menu of her dimmer may include the most expensive dishes, and these may be served in an exquisite manner; but if the conversation should prove spiritless and dull and her guests should not appear at their ease, the hostess cannot flatter herself that her entertainment is a seetees.\ The White Pine News of a. recent, date tells of the discovery of a mammoth cave near Hercules Gap, in White Pine County. A Mr. Lennox discovered the cave while out prospecting and attempt- ed an exploration, but the dim light ot candles failed to reveal its extent. Rude stone implements,pottery and large cruci- bles of the same shape as those now iu use, are alleged to have been discovered on the floor of the cave. and a pension and peerage on retiring. The Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees, £1,800; Clerk, £2,000; as- sistant Clerk, £1,500 ; second, ditto. £1,000 ; principal Clerk of Public Bill Office, £1,000; principal Clerk of Com- mittees, £1,000; Clerk of the journals, £1,266 ; :principal Clerk of private bills, £1,000; Six senior Clerks, each £800; twelve assistant Clerks, each £300 to £500; twelve junior Clerks, each £100 to £250; Accountant, £500; deliverer of votes and printed papers, £500; Sergeant - at -arms, £1,200; Deputy ditto, £800; Assistant ditto, £500 ; Chaplain, £400; Secretary to Speaker, £5,000; Counsel to Speaker, £1,800; two Examiners of peti- tions, each £800; Librariall, £600; As- sistant Librarian, MO. MURDER AND SUICIDE. A dreadful series of crimes have just been - committed by a wealthy land own- er named Bellivier, residing upon his property at Villechadeau, a hamlet in the commune of Sorduel, France. It appears that in consequence of _disputes upon money matters, he had acquired an im- placable hatred against an uncle and aunt, and his sisters, who lived with their husbands in neighboring sillagss- Belli - vier contrived to send away his wife upon a visit to her relations, he remaining at home with their two children, aged re- spectively seven and four years. At night he strangled the two children while they were sleeping together. He then quitted the house and proceeded to a neighboring village, where he set fire to the house of a M. Clemension. From thence he proceeded at midnight to the village of Petit Chiroux, and there at- tempted to murder his mother. Believ- ing that tie had killed her, he set tire to the house, but happily, a few minutes later, the fire was discovered, and the poor woman was rescued, and is likely to recover. Bellivier, after committing these crimes, threw himself into a pond, where his body was found the next morn- ing. sase-o--set Brooklyn has a case of booting a wom- an to death. A young Swede and his wife walking home had a quarrel on the street, and the man struck the woman four or five times in the face, giving her great pain if not disturbing the peace. An officer came to her assistance and ar- rested the brute, but the forgiving- wom- an refused to Make a charge against him, and he was released from custody. The two walked home together awl contin- ued the quarrel. Near midnight the woman in mortal fear ran out of the house and into a neighboring vacant lot, where she hid herself. Her tormenter found her and began to coax her into the house with his heavy boot. Her screams brought the police. Her face was kicked out of all shape, her body was bruised and bleeding, and the scalp is - as nearly torn from her head by the boot 'heels. The doctors say there is little hope of the woman's recovering. Her husband has been locked up in jail, and may be hanged to boot. sow va• THE HANDSOME WIDOW AT ROBESON'S RECEPTIONS. Recently several of the Cabinet ladies received. Mrs. Robeson w:es ill, but Mrs. Gen. Emory acted as hostess in her place. Mrs. Moulton is still Mrs. Robeson's guest; Mrs. Robeson has received the last two Wednesdays to afford Mrs. Moul- ton's friends an opportunity of calling. Miss Minna Stout and the Secretary also assisted at the reception, which was quite as brilliant as any of the season. Among those who called was Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, who is now playing an engage- ment in this city. It was quite pretty to see how the two great American sing- ers enjoyed chatting together, and how the foreigners, who always hang around celebrities, watched and listened. The German Minister seems quite infatuated with Mrs. Moulton. During her:winter visit the Baron seemed spell -bound, and [noticed yesterday that he lingered long- er than the other guests, and seemed un- happy if the handsome widow bestowed herself elsewhere. Mrs. Moulton is a brilliant WOMall of the world, with all the requisites of manner, dress, and speaking several languages to heighten her charms. I imagine that heart smashing is with her quite a pleasant pastime. Mrs. and Miss Fish, Mrs. and Miss Richardson also held large receptions. Mrs. Belk- nap, not feeling well, omitted her recep- tion. Mrs. Bowler of Cincinnati is the guest of Mrs. Belknap. She is quite eandsome. .10 Boston supports Inc Sunday newspapers. THE MADISONIAN, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. —A ['— Virginia City, - - Montana. THOMAS DEYARMON Editor and Proprietor. Papers ordered to any addrcsit can be changed to another address tthe option of the sticscriber. Remittance by draft, check. money order or registered letter may be sent at oar risk. THE MADISONIAN is devoted to the advocacy of the principles of the Democratic party and to general an oc.al news. FASHION AND SOCIETX. Pious flirts are said to succeed best. A heavenly smile will tell on a man, be he never so irreligious. Black silk, trimmed with steel gallop and steel fringe, promises to be the first choico among spring costumes. The use of soap -suds preserves flowers. The most delicate blossoms can be retained in freshness for some time by occasional applications. The paragon frame is the favorite In par- asols or sun umbrellas, and the preference is for soft twilled India silk. The sticks are very light, with gold or silver tips or a fan- ciful ivory or carnelian top. For general polonaises, the Yokohama cloth is being introduced It is something like an extra quality of batiste cloth, and is camposed of linen and silk. It is $1 50 per yard. Our wives, mothers and sisters are wear- ing vests—real masculine waistcoats, to be more explicit. They are made of bright - colored silk or satin, and are intended for evening wear. All kinds of trimming can be used. The newest ear -rings in Paris are of bone. They are cut in the form of many -pointed stars tipped with different colors. A small star fastens in the lobe of the ear, and a larger one hangs underneath. They are very odd and very pretty. One of the leading attractions at White Mountain hotels to bachelors are the waiter girls, who. in many instances, are new Eng- land school mahns and are very pretty. They teach during the winter and wait on table during the season. A good remedy to remove warts is a tincture of eantharides, with a few drops of iodine. Apply to the warts with a small brush three or four times a day. In a short time they %till disappear. ABOUT WOMEN. A kaly lecturer believes that women ought to retain their own names when they get married. She has retained hers thus An observing man has discovered a simi- larity between a young ladies* seminary and a sugar -house, as both reline what is already sweet. A young lady who was recommended to bathe her head in salt water to prevent her hair falling out, is afraid she has got herself into a pickle. A Wisconsin womaii. who recently bur- ied her eighth husband, has just received an offer of $500 to MOAT into some other State, and is standing out for $1,000. A Boston target company, made up of twelve young ladies, went to Dorchester heights on an excursion the other day, car- rying a target in the usual way. Their shooting was good, and a gold medal was rewarded Miss Lizzie Flynn, who hit the bull's eye three times in succession. The Journal de St. Petersburg states that an Armenian woman has just died at Ilas- kenny aged 125 years. She was still able to walk without assistance, and in the full possession of her mental faculties. Col. Susan B. Anthony talks of reviving her paper, the Revolution. It is one of the noblest traits of this excellent woman that she would just as lief wrap her money up in a rag and throw it overboard as put it in her pocket. A junior asked a young lady the follow- ing conundrum: \If small girls are waifs are large ones waifers?\ \Certainly she replied. \At any rate, the boys are in the habit of applying them to their lips in seal- ng their vo ‘ ssas. A young lady correspondent inquires if the young men of Savannah read the news- papers. She received invitations from four to attend church, and while she was pleased to accept the first she would have been glad if the other three had known something about the Catholic fair. A HAIRLESS HORSE. An equinine curiosity arrived recently at San Francisco, in the shape of a hair- less horse, from Australia. The name of this remarkable animal is Caoutchouc, and was captued in the neighborhood of of the Balloon river, Queensland, when about two years old. He is now about six years of age, of a pure black front the tip of his ears to the hoofs, but without a single hair on any part of his body. The color is not unlike that of a black horse very closely clipped, and the microscope fails to detect a single hair from nose to tail. He is a gelding, about fifteen hands high, well nade and very compact, with tine, clean legs, powerful forearms and thigh, and a clean, blood -like, but unu- sually broad head, from which sparkle a bright p:tir of eyes beaming with good temper and docility. His owners, Oat and Witchel, paid a handsome price for hini, but refused £1,500 in the colonies before leaving for this country. This freak of nature was examined by several eminent veterinary surgeons in Australia, and they came to but one opinion to this horse --which was that there was no de- ception praeticed, and that in reality he Was born wi!liout the last particle of hair upon him, anti consequently is one of the greatest curiosities in the way of horse- flesh existing. LOSS OF SHEEP IN OREGON. The following extract is made from correspondence to the Oregon Sentiael, from Jackson County, of the loss of sheep in that section by the severe Muter. The. letter is dated from Link- ville, April 9th: Spring is with its again, and be assured that 114 days of snow, sleet, hail, and frost (commencing December 1st and ending March 24th) has amply prepared us to appreciate the beautiful weather it brings us. The snow has left the low lands in most places, and is rapidly dis- appearing from the hill -sides, and under the genial influence of a bright sun the grasses are coming on rapidly, promis- ing a bountiful supply for the coining season. Stock -men, long housed in by inclement weather, are now able to ride over the range and decide with some des gree of accuracy upon the profits arising from horse, cattle, and sheep husbandry. The loss of sheep has been over 42 per cent. On Sprague River the loss has been equal to about 23 per cent. These sheep had no food nor shelter provided. !horses have (lane well, soniparstively few having died. 4 •
