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Bismardk, D. T.f SiOY. 11,1874;

a tribune tmiumph. The Amazonian'Corps, or Six Tears

in~the Army, by Mrs. Lipda W. Slaugh­ter, authoress of "The New Crusade," "Early Efforts," "Summerings in the South,'' "Dolly Varden Papers," etc.; will be published as a serial in the Bis­marck TRIBUNE, the first chapters com­mencing November 25th.

This is a work intended to give a .faithful account of family life in'the army, though at times the sketches may seem to border on the burlesque. While the story may make the army swear be­cause some not over complimentary portraits are liable to be recognized, yet it will be found to abound in faith­ful sketches, happy hits, and vigorous thoughts, while the style will be found charming in the extreme. Mrs.Slaugh-ter is the wife of a physician, has spent several ye* ri with her Husband, sharing with him the hardships and pleasures of the camp and fiel£. For nearly four years past, she has been lingering on the outskirts of civilization, but is now settled down in a cosy little home at Bismarpk. In her leisure hours during the past summer the Amazonian Corps has been written up, and wi'l make its first appearance in the Bismarck TBIBUNE, a little country newspaper, that sent a correspondent fully'equipped, ready and able, with Custer's Black Hills Expedition, who gave us a series of letters not excelled by the New York Tribune- or Chicago Inter Ocean corres­pondence, It then issued a life-like por-r

trait of Gen. Custer, a copy of which is given away to every subscriber, and now it has achieved another triumph and will publishes stated,the Amazonian Corps, or Six Years in the Army. The Bis­marck TBCBUNE, post paid, after Jan. lgt, one year, and a magnificent Chromo­lithograph of Gen. Custer, two dollars. Address TRIBUNE, Bismarck, D. T.

OPPOSITION Pye and others are trying to get up a

joint stock company for the purpose of starting a paper in opposition to the TRIBUXE; and they may succeed in ac­complishing their object. From the present outlookthis will not injure the TBIBUNE in the least, and we rather hope they will succeed in raising the ducAts. Those who are moving in the matter have not, so far, had any patron­age to speak of to bestov, therefore none is liable to be withdrawn, while it is admitted that the business men of the town sustain the TBIBUNE in its course. The TRIBUNE is in this best possible condition to meet opposition, its office being paid for and the concern practically free from debt. Opposition at the present time can take nothing from it, and there' is nothing in sight for opposition to reach first. Those who put their money into it uiay think for a time that it is a'fine thing to have an organ, but in the end they will find it unprofitable, while the people will not fail; to appreciate a live newspaper/ fearlessand independent under all cir­cumstances, ready at all times to stand by Bismarck and labor to promote its best interests, such as the TBIBUNE has been.: 'r

Bismarck never has sustained one newspaper, over half our support hav­ing come from outside patrons; and the living that a second could pick up would be thin indeed, until after Bismarck has entered on a career that the future has in store for it. <

Opposition papers are a good thing when bofh of a necessi ty. They are sometimes started under a belief that all that is necessary t<? cstablish^suc-cessful opposition is to raise money to buy {tresses and typte. The battle is but just begun with that accomplished. In the six years, that the writer bias been engaged in the newspaper business h# finds his cash account short^overten thousand dollars, but. he hiA.gfcined an experience^ in; die: mean time thatinakes' failure' impossible. : HeknowVthe roCk$ that ftetir&papers "founder on, and .hits learned to ayoid^ them. , . He knows very.well that no newspa­per man with a particle of experience,, accompanied by a gram of common sense, would think for v a moment of. starting a papcr^expectinjg'to compete

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success fullywithU»pTaiiHns^ir«eTi^ ously impair ltsbusineas. ^

Tbb^BiiiiNli^ a imputation of wllich it may wrfl be pfr<>udflnd^t>f whiehthe live business men of Bismarck who have contributed their mite tosustaihlt are proud. Every mail brings ustestimony jot itsaopr delation abroad in the shape of money for subscriptions or kind words. This by the lastmaUfrom well knowii newspaper' man connected with the New York Herald. speaks vol umes for the TBIBUNE and for Bismarck. He says: "I must add my testimony to the invariable excellence of the TRIB­UNE, which for neatness of appearance, vigor and variety, is ahead of any of the country newspapers we receive, and of most of the city ones. I fancied at first that you were running a "nonpa­reil paper in a long primer town," but your advertising columns show that you have a town to match the TBIBUNE."

The business manager of the New York World, in a private letter to the editor of the TBIBTTNE, says: "Your pa­per, if I may be allowed to congratu­late you, is one of the bfcst that comes to us." The Chicago Pott says: "The publishers of the TBIBUNE know how to make and circulate a newspaper." The Baltimore Sunday Telegram prays the TBIBUHJE the highest compliments, and the Philadelphia Ledger says: "It is a bright and remarkably well edited sheet, and would compare' not unfavorably with many of the more pretentious journals of the Atlantic coast. It is one of the marvels of American jour­nalism how suc> a neatly printed and ably conducted news sheet comes from the midst of . a territory which a year ago was inhabited only by Indians and wild animals."

Those who expect to supplant ajour-nal having such a reputation as these comments indicate, will find that it takes much time, many ducats, and a liberal amount of brains to accomplish their purpose, but the chances are tbtt

Jhey will meet with a disastrous fail­ure* -• . i

The Townsite Matter.

Gen. Mead came up last week, and on the situation in relation to tfre townsite being explained to him, he said it mat­tered but little to the raihoad company whether Mr. Sweet's petition was sign­ed. They regarded the petition as essential to a settlement of the difficul­ties, but if the people had determined' to withhold their signatures he would be obliged to so represent to the direc­tors who, at their next meeting, would probably order section 33 laid out as a townsite and the depot buildings moved to the new locality.

Injustice to the men who have built on the present site, the company pre­ferred to leave the depot where it is and lay out 33 as an addition, though re­moval to 33 is not in the leiUSkt detri­mental to their .interests. They were determined to see things so firrang^d this winter that capitalits coming in next season may make investments.

It is barely possible that further concessions may : be made rafter the meeting of the directors. : Bdt; tlV^ peo­ple may feel assured that if the railroad company furnishes means to iiompro^n-ise or talent ariS money to carrr the contest through, they will1 wan'a re*?, sorable guarantee that t|he. people will sustain them. This' they asked' In the. shape of the petition which Col. Gray asked the people to sigh.

In justice to those who signed an adverse petition it should be said that they claim to be friendly to the N. P., that they earnestly desire a settlement and a settlement in favor of the com­pany, but they are hot satisfied with the measures proposed. -

The. whole countty, has gone Demo-cratic, excepting Minnesota, by im­mense majorities. Co]. King, Mark H. Dunnell and Ma|prSti^^t were elected to Congress in Minnesota, and the entire Republican State ticket. St. Paul scratched King about five hum dred besides^iving its usual Democrat­ic majority. 4 Hennepi.n county gave King about TOO majority.

The Carpet-baggers in the South were completely overthrow in the' recent elections, and the white men have found" ballots more effective than; hulle^. Now give us a rest on iSouiheirn vQat^

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who want their outfit^ the newspapers sh Int| lhe sanctum, shake det the editor's nose and shed, etc., for by so doing theygive the editor anitem too good tobetost. Nor should thlyrunaroundthestreeta and tell what they will do if the editor does not come to their terms, for it does not pay to force a controversy with a news­paper man.' So far as the TBIBUNB IS concerned it will ever be ready to apolo­gise for an unintentional injustice, and it will not intentionally9wrong or mis­represent its bitterest enemy; The cap* ital of a newspaper consists very large­ly in its reputation. Reputation for candor and fair dealing is a# valuable to a newspaper as a reputation for probity to a business man, or virtue to a womaa. —

Now Pye feels agrieved at the course the TRIBUNE has taken in relation to his connection with the townsite con­test. The TBIBUNB misunderstood the the position of the committee,misunder­stood the fycts in relation to lots said to have been jumped by Mr. Pye and associates, and therefore misunderstood his motives, and may have done him unintential injustice by conveying to others false impressions. While it has done this it has not questioned his probity or doubted his integrity or thrown out reflections that would cause others to doubt his integrity. Though We misundeifetood his position, we still think him in the Vrong and his course impractible, and unless 'a' compromise is effected suicidal to the best interests of the town. .

; A man, for whom we have too much respect to. mention by name in this connection, caing into the TIUBUNK office last Wednesday evening, shook his fist under the nose of the editor; threatened to sue him for libel; accused bini of base Ingratitude, because there had been a running account between the

; TBIBUNB and \the firm, for which he keeps books, for the past few months, and made himself ridiculous generally. He is no happier now th&n he before he put himself on exhibition.

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The Northern Pacific country gave almost a unanimous vote .in favor of Col. King and Judge Kidder for Con­gress. This? is equivalents a vote of confidence by the people in the manage-ment of the tf.P., which is no doubt ap­preciated by the railroad people.

Pomeroy's Democrat, of Oct. 31, is after the Coulson's in a red hot article. Pomeroy concludes by saying: Go West young man. Great oaks from little acorns grow, when a fellow rings in With the government and proves for himself that loyalty pays.

The Minneapolis Mail now publishes a dollar weekly. The' Mail is lively, newsy and interesting; The weekly is t valuable paper, worth twice the mon­ey. ' 1 =

The readers of the TBIBUNE lost but little last week because of the failure of the telegraph to bring us our regular report. Outside papers were almost wbibliy devoted to election notes.

The National House of Representa­tives, in the next Congress, will have a Democratic majority of 5G. It willjiot commence its Work until Decetnber,. 1875, however.

Mr, Pye has determined tp sue the TBIBUNB for libel, or something. The. editor will probably wish he were dead before Pye gets through with him.

; Gen. Butler was defeated by an over­whelming vote, in his race for re­election,—few mourn over this result.

BookNotloq* LITE ON ms PLAINS, by Gen. G. A.

Custer, New York, Sheldon A Co. ̂ pub­lishers. A very interesting book, giving the personal reminicenses of Gen. Cus­ter and associates in his adventures with the Indians, &c. The book is yiluable as a matter ,of .history, and should command a large sale.

IFABBDUEX or THE SOUTH,by1Mrs. Linda VP. Slaughter. Cincinnati, Elm Street Painting Co. Dedicated to the Mis-sionaryteachers of ' the' • Booth.s Intfer-tererfting as are all of Mrs. Slaughter's w r i t i n g s . ! > . - / ' 4

If wa cannot defend owr juftiftwJteOg. let us be worried; and our nation lose , The my fmhylhwi aodpalKy."

2b ih* Xdiior tk* heuMrr The rapid strides iltiijm w—wil to—k-

i»f in tta dwdopmat of it* territory are not knoro>to»lMi9 Pprt!*! of lfa* p««p|0 ofliwBtaMi, and ft Is feared that but of oar Jegfrlilon.bat lia-lymtba LMiffom oi the pending t—alf. -^akea nap of tiie Si»htt.PiiMijWl<ii»> ota tUa Mp-

ttoent.follow from He month theSt lt ieoiaa tfcmath the nnnt lakea And WflUand Oanair tha oaly «on-nccttag lin^eiabliittiilpi. frotntlwAtlaa^eiepAM to the great lake#—ce to Im-ing, near Fort William, on the north shore of Lake Saperlor. There you will find tbe Caaadiaai hare, at great expend, opened a commaaicatioo witjt Garry, on the.Sed Biver of the. North, by cqxtatnct-Ing roads between the varioos lakes upon thn route, and upon thea laket pUdog eteaixiera, wiUi the hope of maldng that the route fur emigrants to the Prpr* inoe of Manitoba, thus avoiding a passage through the States. This work was for years quietly, but vigoraosly proeeeutedt^ completion.

From Prince Arthur's Landing eastward, a line of fine steamers accomplish the great undertaking.,

On the Bed Biver of the North there are several steamers running to Fort Garry, and next season a lake steamer will be placed on Lake Winnipeg to run from the mouth of Bed River to the month of the 8a-katch?wan Hirer, and t.icre is now one on that river that has recenUy proceeded to Carlton H>*ese, a distance of 400 miles,uid it iaaat cipated it,or others wiji next season rea«h fort Edmonton, in the 55th°i of north latitude, at the foot of the Booky Mountains. Although far north, >ts climate—being tempered-by the winds from the Becky Mountaint-r is an .mild a§ that of Chicago. A vast fertile, Inviting region is

. thus about to be opened that will not only invite emi­grants from foreign Iauds, but may take from the States many that a tar seeing policy on the part of our government would wish to keep within oar own limits. Tnisis not all. The telegraph is being con­structed from Ft. Garry to Vancouver, and will be completed witbin a few months. Recently work wjsa

•commenced on the Canadian Pacific Railrovl—by the middle of the comi g season the cars will be runnhig from Pembina to Fort Garry, and before theclofe of the year the road will have progressed westward far beyond the last named point, and thus opening,up through a rich country, blessed with a saiabrious climate, two inviting channels for emigrants and cap­ital, one of which will soon reach the Pacific, and eventually eastward aorth of Lake ! Superior the St. Lawrence. The game: will be driven from the coua-V try, and the Indians following it will congregate upoai our now unsettled aiid unprotected frontier and may cost us millions of dollars and many lives unless our. legislators shall rise to meet the national necessities, and at an early day apply a preventive by giving such aid as will insure the sp««|<ly completion of the North­ern Pacific road—a measure,whejo consu ^mated, that will open up . the mineral,- agrkultaral and other wealth of that vast region, tbat wHl in a few years return a thousand fold its cost.

Not only this, bat in a military point of view it will; save untold sums, by enabling us to protect our frontier at a small expense, to say nottiing of the fk« cilitiesit will give, to' enable us to guard oar posseSr sions on the Pacific in case of a foreign war. ' All this, however, is of minor Importance.when coQtrafted: with the faet-that our wealth aiid our; Strength will b^ largely augmented by the number of people—producers and consumers—who wiU .follow, th9 buiiding of the road, develop the mines, timber,: and the agricultural resources of the country, fur-aishing bread and meat at, low prices to the feastern States, and making a mArket for those manufaetured articles, that will give employment to ail classes of worklnginen in the land. • ) • • -

Taking into consideration the condition of the South, and the, impoituice of. infusing new life into the now unsatisfactory state of things existing there, to say nothing^ the immense wealth the building of the Southern Pacific will develop, oan there be an economical or ix^tileal reason why the Soutbera rOad should iibt ri<xiye Buch assistance as wili enable its projectors to roich, within a reasonable time, the shores of the Pacific? Can there be a doubt but, when the two roads are completed, that they will—with the road now spanning the continent—create a wholesome competition that will give us the carrying trade of the world? These are great national Works, only re­quiring the countenance, of .the government—not a dollar of itsmoney—that will in the future develop to a great extent its commercial, agricultural, manufac­turing and mineral wealth, excelling that of any other country, upon the globe.

That part of the Northern Pacific between Lake Superior and the Red Biver-a distance of400 miles— when commenced had not a settler upon its line. It was a vast unknown wilderness; most of it is now oc­cupied by a hardy, industrious people, who the last year exported many thousand bushels of wheat, and added to the real wealth of the country, the cost of the road I regret to say, however, at, to a great de­gree, the expense of the enterprising capitalists who built it. They have been impoverished, but their lops has been the country's gain.

With the progress of the road Indian wars cease, and as the work shajl proceed an . army of wealth-maldng ^itisens will settle the country and give a guarranty for the protection of our frontier, that will save many times ita cost to the nation, and compel the Indian to cultivate the arts of peaoe, the only course that will save them from-extermination.

In giving aid to these enterprises, care should be taken to protect}-for aH time the interests they may assist in developing.

Tours, ete., - EHBTM. Rica.

Biver is navigable, _,r the tiihtmry, notwithstand­ing nucfcfcredit ean not be given t+ifopt. MaritU ffri his untiring efforts and exertions In this case, and he as-auras me, *nd: from my own observa­tions, I know that steamers can reach this place at any time the Ipe will %tfr-mit, and the route from Bismarck to

'Carroll is a fixed fact. My trip was a very pleasant one indeed, and^ Tcan safely recommend *11 persons, shippers and traders coming to Helena or any part of Montana to come this route, via SjLPaul and Bismarck. The steamer May Lowry brought to this port nearly one hundred tons of assortea merchan­dise—and it must be remembered she is lio small Steamerv' being almnst two hundred feet long, and I can speak for the merchants of.Heton*, thit they are well pleased with the route and busi* ne8S:management of the new enterprise. Hoping this linermay ever be suocess-fui. I am very Respectfully

APi8UK6tt.

Elsewhere may be found a report of a lecture by Prof. Donaldson on the Black Hills, and a brief synopsis of Gen. Sheridan's report, from which it seems there can be no donbt as to gold ini the Black Hills.; Fred* Grant has re­cently denied the statements attributed to him in relation to gold in the Black -Hills, and confirmed the TRIBUTE'S state­ment of his position.

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9 Vtattto ater Jaa. 1st. tt'« ». good J*«r bMtirg party nonriaatioci. ' "'•-* ;

The following from the Northern Pacific Mirror con tains matter of news to Blsmarjpkeirs:'^

In Burleigh copnty £. A. Williams was elected to the Council over B. F. Sfcughter by ' l^i) majority. Edmund' Hackett and Geo. Bosworth were1 elected to the House over McKay and, Gutgesell by a still better vote. Mr. Williams

a Republican member of the1 last Legislature, and acquitted himself well. Messrs. ^ Hackett an4 Bosworth are worthy ihen and everyway qualifidfi to fill the positions to which they, were, elected. It will be remembered that the successful gentlemen have been quite severly denoudced in * timek past, by certain interested,persons, as "cor­ruptions," etc. It would: seem by this that (they were fully vindicated, ind th^ their denohncers yrere the guilty ones. Such is life) /

CAHRdLI* COXUUESPOVOEM 6£J CjiURoi:t, 3ti X, Pet. 8th,

Editor Biemat'ck TMbuni. Dear am..pleased to mforst

y<^a that the Steamer May I»owiy fe-here yesterday, being ti^o 'tnoiitlis

Zateritf theaeiftonihtn kafiWdmirii thii port/i which- fully demonstrates

Mrs. John A. MeLeaa. The members of Bismarck Lodge U«

D. A. F. k"A. M.,called together by the W. M. on the occasion of the death of Mrs. McLean, adopted the following resolutions:

Whereas, It has pleased the Supreme Architect'of the Universe to call from the labors.of life to the realities of death, the wife and companion of our worthy Brother,John A. MtLeau,wrest­ling,from society one of its brightest ornaments; from a happy home' almost its life, and from oqr Brother nearly *J1 that he holds dear^ casting him under a load of grief almost unbearable, There­fore* We hereby tender him our? deepest sympathy, thotogh .words almost fail us in its expression. > Let him be assured, howeve r, that in bis struggles in life he shall have our sympathy and support; in his labor in the Lodge, our hearty co-operation. -

Joarnali*m» In commenting upon tho failure of a

newspaper manager,the St. Loui* Globe tells a plain truth vin the following! words: The business of journalism will" continue to be an inviting field for ex­periments to those who have a large amount of money and a large amount of egotiBm. A man, who having edited a newspaper until he was forty, should suddenly announce himself a lawyer, would be regarded as a fool by the legal profession, and yet we often hear " of lawyers of forty making sudden pre­tentions to journalism* There is an idea that editors come forth from law Offices and colleges fully arnied for the profes­sion, like Pallas from the brow of Jove. It is a mistake; there is not in Ameri­ca to-day a single journalist of National reputation who has not devoted more time and mora hard work to hia- profes­sion than, withequal fitness and appli­cation, would have made him a good doctor or a great lawyer. And yet n inety out of every hundred men you meet on the street will hesitate about carrying a hod or making a pair of shoes, whereas there will prebauly not be One in the hundred who can't,according to his own judgment, edit any newspaper in the country better than it is raited, no mat­ter in what magnet or by wjfaom.

Ws£i« Liglitlj^ An Indiana editor advises people

against using a hard^; . pencil, and goes oh to tell .why.: His wife desired1 him to write a note to a lady, inviting her to meet a party of friends at her house. After "Hubby" had done as his wife desired, and started to. post the note, she saw on another 'piece of paper an impression of what he had written. It was:

SWERT MATTIE; Sffie. desires your company on Wednesdiiy to meet the Smithers. Don't fail to come; and,,my darling, I shall hive the- happiness of a long walk home frith y<m and a sweet goodnight kiss. I dare not see you of­ten, ofc my all'COnsuming love wonld betray us both. But Hattie, dear, donU fail to come. t _ . . . 1 • .

It is said that there is not now living 4:single descendant in the male line of ghaucer* Slpakspeare, Spencer, Hilton;-G.ow!^jr» Butler, Dryden, Poper Cowper i; Goldsmith, Scott, Byron, Moore, Sir Philip Sidney, jSiit Walter r Raleigh, Drake, Cromwell, tt«mpdenf Honky' Marlborough, Petersbofough, Nelik>tfj Stafford, Ormond, Clarendon, Addison, Swift, Johnson, Walpole, Bolingbroke, Chatham, Pitt, Foxr Burke^. Grattan, Canning, Bacon, Loeke, Newton, DaVy, HuAe, Gibbon, McQaulay, Hogarth,Air Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick, John Kemble or ^t^4iKe§P:

A alercyaUMft eiUt Wd^Spriogfleld, Mta., has shown some rcmanable sjiutftomi of natural deprav­ity.' AfterghrlagblrUitoseven kittens reoently.pf various oolors, she removed the two blackeitfrom tha group and utterly refused to take any notice of tiiem; Uo aOoner were they raeorat to Kee nest thsfishsagainandagalB^^etedthem.anddeathO-

.nally.relieved the little waifs. And tub in defiance ' ' of tM 18th Amendsaent, which declare that Urns shall bcraordMteOovvMi'lideeaitr of wloT.1 Kfc«» otheritlMaaCaa^u«tt«d^#o«ildwre,daredt»

,tha*off«»d UiawaJesty, of tbelaw. - ; - W w t i i e l f w i v e * . ' M y C e - ' ! letfh^ Ah-Sam» who diulaoataur uiBts,.lis» re-sat--is srsfe -

J i. ehf Sam ssid: "No, no handsome aneh;

wisely:,cij^& w*« most?HM^ ly to stajr by him. Sam Informed me that the origin- a al cost, with freight and charges was fSOO—all It was worth.—r. Tim* Owretpondmt.