The Aidy
of all countries.
octavo 1 1 ,411ber
and, I- belic•ve', morally in
rs Tetilmt of
religt° ll ' e leven Y ea ' 4 T.'s•Arm
i
? list, a hed for • q n arl"
' ' n ublis ontalos , ,
been r „.„rticr c • _ e a be
of the And volume of
the I`lin3osten• ~, asdust hands me
ii r.i. , strong,
i i „e 19 a eePY„'" The Panoplist for
1,1 A. GARRri .--
LETTERS FRO M i ssu ed
Al ' All ' qzine, whic h.,, conducted by an As-
BYrn 3g row oldvangelical Truth." Its
Z. /I• ll ' invites me epee that
ris nua s Armory." H ow
MR. EDITOR :—Dr.....ry,
n qsaust
row_
from
yonderll )it.inth4eri e ,
f the Ye gr E :" 1- * / '
his fa Fatel kliarterlie,s of the pie-,
inm to id volumes ° 1 f *on of
e those o
n -, 7 1-int- 1 g°cia I •fa bit of -b . h " "Ii
iograp y ; ere a
more, this naorn ~,
shall exanun
r in )" ' ' sub-title i_
. , ite retreat , P
icing th 4 1 oken ° to different -ffiiiiiitt More ; here an anecdote`
R e e . order, s P . stairs leading
precious sent ,toof,Rwrtsnia ; here a collection of re-
The Boston
the the
Climbing with him e i discover .
many ~a j iMeßicat,iona; here a bit, of exegesis.;
treasure -house, , bearing ' n4ifiear 9f, the poems of Thomas Moore
the dusky tr perilous
bled now dust, fines dust, Ilea BliClWlE git!irgideildeAs sentences' ihimed on the leo: .
folios, bound in
ks of use byos
now
worm'stooth. I o ,
peo. 4 6f oldiSam"lTohnson ; here a number of item's
w ar
s of the b" five column ik ' rgi nti ;Intelligence; here a bit 'of poetry::
some trace behold a
Fit i Thia , ittristian's Arnio • • 1 t d • h
ry is, , main y AOm , w it h
number, and
the first nun
size of the AikiERICELDI
~.2,
light weapons. The Panoplist of :18,08 was the
justt half the _
is having tw'r ;herald of the,newspaper vet it had many useful
that Alnalt l y, row , / • '•'• .' - • * ' - • • •• "
iti,.o/ o f to-daY , ,artieles dr 'conaideralile lecg r eh, aild • was doubt
four. ,fit, v num t
-"' - ' 7 '. le ss rifest Niekeine toile cliniSier°§ stud' - `lure {
in
stead of.
article is the Pr,osr,_ ..
The first ar • , ~ I ;thrtlita . days when periodicals irermfeiv.. .:•• r.r •1 ' - 'fJ• T
that "To gratt r Y"%. {TM J4ae ~bet •me close with these lines. rint d tth
are told t •
....,
, 5 ,-,. , „P . , ,J . , p., , P:4 e
have been r'' utttpl .13ebefne end of..one lot the mont,hly numbe rs. They are
newspapers , .
L ' • eVidentlted fr na C e. '''
owp r ; but show the .
ber g and lute he, 0 ;1 dfa , , ,Y. P
tihe4 . ....e ° 4 tie ~.-A , Nr rl
- ' ' spirit Of the bbth - "Cild . Eiiglatid"and the Neer in'
details of battles.jimptupriae of the , theinpening . of the , centliry: l They are prophetic'
of this paper Itlftil- t alacrs of the' . meat: likewise.
i .
.se are already t* '
o f ruiitar'. in v°Pell-to.n) "781tives'.eatiot . :bi.eathd ih MtiA6achin3etts':' l ii their
sa f e . Mfi ll ig %411glitle,,Chgistianity ftilad 1 1 1AIna ' 1 ~ ,r , t ,: ; , s . „ I . fr ~:f? 'to
Receive our air, Ilia moment they are free,
-ItQlfg..ktit te,•world... The .deep h .. . . . i I .. h .,, ,
k r., ~ , , ra I.i • • Tey tench bur'eountry, and theitis abli6S , fali:/ ""
4 ,ethe s siteA f fitar i ttqf the,,,compunity . Tliati's,tuAlolh and bespeaks; A : nation proud, ", • - ' r
1 6+ . W And 'maims' of the blessing. Spread it then,
tE Rd:Y.3IIMR e qvili 441f1i .7kiPh ,"evell A i d l e f,- it :eil. , -* '-, • s •'t ••,,, i• •. , •
enlate through eyery'yeirr • '-- '
..,
1 0 1 Tt o ffiR,FiFt , r gyfib,ixorppiqg, the pro- Of'AurißePubliid; 'thnty.Whereigolumbitesipower ui. )
e c'f',ll l l3 ivIAKY e fri : T. t 4° aP9rV.lsel hliniqn: I-8, felt, -liirliqNldmar,fft”./iter mercy t .°Pir l e ~. ~- ,n
4 Pia ( ' ,b s given rise tote l ,Oenikand fora , Pittsfiela, Mass., Aug. 18,,168. .Z.M. H.
. .,' +
nedelpaptiPirlieh e.half be 'aCeOtarrieclited h in this'
newsterarclfutibe•world.n ., l l •- ....11 •. 11 '.' . I -
faUftne•obithia demand' re/tioii'newsPaper is
t•9llVpii yja,4o, fuwpf ..., Sho...!!gseet land iiistia-'
guts ing eatures of which r will be exhibited un
der' the head, of ; Religimik, Ivelligen ce.7 l f Qth ar•
riiiitters,'ln`rviefei; 'rag ia'dt to lie 'didliiiieti: 'Even
polities Will . be• • •dhieu r ssed in' l wa f te c mpirdtLl' l and'
conciliatory style,.!' and;, , " ifvit I:should 'et any
time In 1 19$NRFY tko .10.APPRiVe of lclu'blic-•theits
ures: that - respect for
,Government," which lies'_ at
the 'VeiYloundaeion t of i nivitsociety - will be cau
tioutfly, preserved; 'arid iia's'uch 'ease . a 4 ; t.,;iye' of
regret.! arid, sorrow f i will , 114 st -.dPisit•brt With '., the'
feelings of the Christian a patriot." 9, . , ~ ~, ~:
.1‘ No olily9ll;iss;aTElts iviA ;be admitted Which
have a i tendeney r to iajure . M
puhlicorals or ,to
WouridaPri 4 iate'fbelchis." ' ,
A's th , termS, Meprice isiill'he three' dollars - a,
year. Nothing, is said f, premium's, althbtign
difpounto axe to be allowed when." any Tapposr 4
li ' le .P er oQß'?bei'cnq,aPPlW4nNl 3 l l e ferrSevOrtil .pa_. Pers to ' be delivered in aim bundle.. „ ~.. i . ~ , ,
Tlierictea' at pito4itling,a ilezo.-peier appears , to
have beenriel prOmiiiereg iti'theiniantr• ""theadloi;.,
w h o w as , less ~ I ti man i tinitiF_N - cilfittitiei Waifs!
The thcaight of influencing .publio.;Opinioahy•
ic leaders,' c- 40. not, zet, dawned upon laini i ,-Ac-'
OVA' '4 ' find,nothin g ' 'h - 11 '
r i na, y, we .
,i l n , t e ear ar,riums
tiers 'cif' ih'4'failler franilhis pen, eicePt items;and
iineulao neufretit number containS, besides the
X'opectus f • a part,- of--wprizeiessay by Rev. Hugh
earsori, 4. M.„ of, St.. John's Co l l e ge, A)xforcl,
entitled 1 4 1 1 brier historic
,view,nf l tlle Progress,
of the Gostletin differen't 'nations, since ,its : first:
Promdlgritiemr' , ` , Thea'follows a' Toni 'report of
the, , proeeediags of the . '” WiScaaiet'Foreigti MIS '
8 0n. Soeie§94Y which ...viasi founded ,by same ;far , '
mers, whosl plan was to,,pake donations ,princi
pally iii sheep. :The Comruittec on
§ ubscriptions,
lidW : eVer, - reptrit thit "the "donation's' of' the ' 1 04 1 ,'
year , consist! of ' $lOllOO -in 'iridney,Naind'ci'he -half
merino, ahliep•and , fiiatiambso' - ;- The ladee !Of'tthe
sheep AiY,9P 1 4V.keePisqldSP.rilt14.18:-., .'Collections I
have . been ma de in adjoining ,town s ,of, $7 l ,
money and' few - lambs,
.which together, with a
Sunday collectia, gi; , e,s '.4,' total' for 'the Yeai of
$1.46423 in tni:iney attdoa''flock 'of , ten . Shnefi 'and
lambs.'' *No dhaffe: nal yetset . any: ioark 'upon!
the , ftook,''r ssys,the .Tepcort,- . ," bat would reco to -1
mend to the socletyte ado ,t as . their, mark,. a.,
cross, OD ye Puritansl) . which ii easily made on
the face below the 'eties"bY searing' with a: Small'
rod of iron."—M onAL--" If every fernier -in '
our laed,,retnembering thatltia flock-is pension
ary on the clews . pad rains of t hemen ,shocil(l,
yo6 , l2 l , 'iMi, apart es a free :Will . oileriiigto,dieterd
hut-lode 111113 frritli'fii4 told; vi'lidt'alie+efruB i lironld
be raisetl4•or thisuPpetrt 'Of tinisSion's 3 laidlrroa!
a, close ,of men s ,maanyfof • m hom tali I yet . ; have .
scarcely hßarCraf t ,ioq..lothop.,,. , \.liciw,inany prays
ers else, for ihe l 'eoming, of the, ReAeamer'si i ,king-.
doil'wetird'these clevetea lanais pall tei:fl from
the iiibuesheitherd,'Who,'V'hih'"daily.Wre C.
them, would note onlyibS-rerditidedt of 'ltli6iferishlj
ingliksathen, : but,also us.to feel - therw.dgeply tile
worth of; his own intsest i n the, psecems, tarts
di"Cf&O''whiCh' "taleili tAw.ii: l ihe sins 'Of . the'
wo ild? , 1. :‘-!: .cr:, , .- . . , - ~.-, ..( , ,,I , ~.,- ;
-Mien: follciwiti , thei Journal , of. , the Reurteentli
. Congress k ,in xhichi itlis stated , that. in; theiSerinte
" l a ,l),Ill tp. ,. .eatAoriz&the,Presideut,to kr,zser,t4e _
new ''b i
lildings on. Capitol fill fin ,the seek/Mom-,
&Aid& 80 VBiikiellivhs ''igg'f? 09he' 7 iiiileg' c 4 ti . ci '
pilasedt i - lit, iiiitltilievimilly 13 tigte'dn 1 10'Ffofise.") 1
Tharrentpasosubslittuehtly. statedy was $1,650 Ter ,
1 9 2 / 3 1 4,4A, % ~- 171 : ,:',7 pi Fi" 3: ,331 1 1 .',.t : 1 - 1 , .+1
A .resolution, was offergil 4 i I,e liousett ..i,o-i
' UF1L.14.1(1 cS t i •iIII a ,4t. , h i ..5: . . , 'the' ~_.• ~ „,
quire into tne expealency oai ins u eaa
petike died'fielirinkW:Cillial fr,' lqany l ' ' '''' "''
" The petition of' the ElenelialoAskiViaticiii of
Congregatioqal-,Minititepli i4l,.M.a.ssachusetts,,prety
ieg that ,the mails
,inaT not The 9periedon trans
phried On
,SUndaf 14r'A'iidie'rite'd'and Comtnitiedfi
Thenfolloii6ll,'Shininikrie of rdrk i „.. lieWii, - Chri:
taining,'athong other ithiage, , an'• accouar Icif 1 tile,
arrest, and exeeutipti ef'• Mliratoffctite , &it Lieu,:
tenant of: Napolsoa.Ronaparta;',',alsopf , ,,the trial
of Marshal .Ney.
A list of foreign benevolent societies is then
gken. , t.q,f,..!, t ;ist" ? . 9-, , .. ';`..". 7, .•I'' . 3 `',
farriagssf Asattis, jadvertisemetN ,follow inl:
t4iiir l oril f e fice 9.
annual=' ,9 ;the,,foiqth page,,we have ;;the.
-, heesinge. of Prpadent Madison, acid the
report •of "tie r o`Peiniforllie Navy, which is
&qui itiWitialr , Colitiain; and - which ieeommends
ani r inereilik otillik&nairy - of , "one, ship of the'
rate,,,of i.sl,, , veßtiy-fonr: guns,•two -frigates of the
first a -class,rapd,nrfert,y-fourstins, and two sloops,
oi' war. ' l '. '''.
,
Such is the 'fist number of the RECORDER,
the pioneer religions newspaper .of this land,
eriml ultitatlDls.
CA'S " ,fTERIAN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1868,
Tim A I F
V.Fig
_ -
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' , THE UPPER IifIBBISSITTL
, , Let,tlr.frolm. G. of ...M. If t. r
. ateanler ppppr,;3ilesisstppbdj
' ' 14, 1861. "
0, • • uhq ~ 1 11 Ir, 0. 1 “
D)t. R. E.tifirOß :--4'hright, sunny morning, a
~
t r..f
Cool, pure, brew atmlishere, , a sail on .this
broad, winding river, With .- 1 its island; covered *
with tingled undertirtiSh, and the Magnificent
11 ,‘ - „•
,scenery along its shores, .comb ine to prOduce
• - 1-)14 [11 , a7,' 1 , ! , ,;
:enjoyment or the hyhest type. ,
last '
:) , “11 +IIT I;
We lefelVilwaulip last evening ,after having
..o.r.Jtot frrril
: enjoyed a day in ,looking, 4 its,beauticiil build
‘li in • t t r
ings, fine'busi,ness streets, and , the. ma„,aniftcent,
.1
views from. the bluff, - a hundred feet above the,
lake. "The glorioas,deep,green 'es : panse of Lake
11n , 6 , L. .f{ll,' . 72 . : 1 'bl
heap,Mieb varied w it h
rw ite,sails„and the long
•• • ( 1 , , '
wreaths pf bluish smoke' from its steamers, form
L I, 70111 , . 1 11.„0"
pletuie nev.eitto bp forgotten. . , immense
nunnery,; the tall spires aattiedia and the .
) th e •
German Catholic church, towering, far, above
• • Al, .1.11. , . 21111; I
the other steeples, , reel' d us,at, °hog that Amite
helde ti,"strocw„ grasp already on this 1 03;Lost r beauti-,,1
•1
;fill city of t e North west.
; •,({
,A night's ride to La Crosse is not at all ,fatigu
ing, as the sleeping car
it; riding far more smoothly
IV dian any of ou I t. gas-
~ :`• ' ' • • ,
tern eight-wheel cars.. Thcn„beeides, tke berths
•ti 1
have 4rhio. mattresses, entirely. unlike ,the hard
. •., .t;l t '
stuffed cuAii r ons We had be e n [ bumped to sleep on ,
9 ` Pennsylva nia
on the Pennsylvania pentral. La Crosse We
•• • „I L ,3;97 .I. , , ,
find a - stirring growing young city, with Jame,'
~ 1 • ' ", ni• •;f
elevators and Warehouio. ror the aceornmoda,,
tion of the, graih and yroduep of, th,e Upper VIM t •titt
sissippi, which, the liallroad Company does fits
-L‘ • .. D.,11 L(.
.best to turn eastward towards th e lakes, at thia•
• •;,: lio,J, .
pint
Afloat on the Father of 'graters, a new,ltfe and
•
new scenes open before us. We„meet, steamers
sailing up anil clown. They, are all ,of *the old
itkikfein'itiveeivaa qti
, wit • Bide . `
W., eels
hiziOkre2stAelek-dek? fife' iiabld on the'
upper deck from end to end,—freight-irodtb,ibditi
et% And ! engine on the low er,: m
eFi-i Tile river"' winds
along a range,ef•hills.on;the westershore while
the eastern is fiat.,
,The, hills are - unefiltiyapd,,
•.‘ , ' .1 .'1 • r' .;
arid show ledges of rock near the summits The
action Of 'The weather 'open !their perpendicular
'stratified hidea'give& them freqttentlObeitipipeaii
ance ()fruited castles". wallsortind 'etownst, rover , :
criown with ;bushes !The hills,rise
'the height? 500 to i l opß.
u f9qt. h . 1,3 . 014, rroeky,
promontories or r Yteatlla,e?, yitlh ,out C)O,ee t? l tlr
water, and ds - ihe'eurves of the wooded Bills give .
plice;to the steep bluffs, 444 the' lfroadlexiidise.
oftb 4 river washes their , VaseS,-theylornvalbean-t
!qui • and. varied . landscape. Now -we• pass {; , a
steamer towing a b arge laden - with I, L
thresh.i ng ;mae Ines for t fhe immonse wh '
ea'ffie
k so `this ar T
'off firth-wegtern'bountry.' , i'xafi of
loge; floating down the stretukiften,' , :long
'oars,sw,eep.oat, in front„and ten more drag bet
hind. ,We ,courit fourteen men —soinej of them
sitting quietly at the oars ready to
,work thp,
raft into the Channel 'When'it got astray: r Tiiree
Muses are bidlt on theraffjor'eixikingand'sidefill
ing ,• A> hirge.,rope. lies , coiled near ' ) .9: 1 pair •of
strong windlasses or capstans, showing that these;
lie times when the PPeF, 4,9:mocUtkan pit
lazily,and)eettiemselved flot .flown strea.m.,
IffereWe 'Pais two browned ' sun-burnt"Meri
a little flatboat, with d'hoirge builtupon-it. Th yr g
are traders among the. raffitnen:nr-villagers
the PhPfe• HeEeLiSftl3.o.l4 he.a4latid,i4 , 4lagSand;:
feet, above us, withlanimmense-preciPoeX ißesr7r,
pendicular rock; ` we vain for tice {i ny-.
q -nitons si g n of "Warinaullakeivi''gkOwit'g Oak'
Hall Clothing: Ifoiike, o t'tirtheadiiiittatinerit'iof
`.'.l 3 ..ukeLiberty White heaa.??l7Sttange . that their
indefatigable artists Ataye,4tot l ,,,b,e t e . ri,••here f iivri4b i
brpsh i and4atinkl ; They should cpme,out
di rely ' The vista up, thel'iVer' is stir
s', , •• , - I. • • r t ;
pa 'singly beautiful--one heidrarld after'another ,
&reeky precipice' heee4fair-therei-fdrfning-a
contrast with the rich greempliageiecivering-the
hills, to their summits , and rp i lling !ba,clL,from the ,
river in billows of - verdure
,-
,assPher
raft, )r,t, of' locrs, but poard6,, one - hundred' feet'
wide-and' one hundred'abil fiftY'fiet t iong t ; tiveh
ty'nfen''on board, incl. thq• TO* to keepihi.
the stream, as the waves of our . steamer
,Iz,
them across the curfent. '= 'Ttiey Call to ris for a
paper. We threw -them'one, but -the wind car;
ries it away.
The settlements on the shore are quite few and
insignificant. We had expected to have seen
more.
HARD AGRQUND
But why do we stop here in the middle of the
stream ? A map has been sounding, and he
cries out "Three feet, !" and so we come to a halt. '
Stuck in the bar, tight enough! Now all the
hands get to work. A mast forty feet long and
a foot thick, with iron point, is set upon the bot
tom of the river, and with powerful pulleys and
twelve sable decichands runningrowid,the cap
stan, the Jvat is pu,shecl first to one side; then he
other, then slightly forward, the wheels and en
gine doing their utmost the while. " Passengers
please go aft 1" and we all go. " Nowcome for
ward !" and we all come; but to no purpose.
Presently• another steamer ) the " Key Vity," meets
us. She has come all the, way frorn, St. Paul's,
200 miles ' above; but' ale sticks fast,Onlhe'bar be- 2 ,
side us , and her wheelS-axid.biirs together' bliike
the Water. boil. Such a .eioWd .of humabityoand
such a ,pulfing 'of steam and, lauling
,o,tropes,and
prying with the, great Seams ! Now the the boat we,
.passed' a / n :hour ago, the " Sayannah" comes up
with us'and adds' to the ' company . 'She has a
lighter aloncOidh; and when she ;finds' herself ir
`retrielably fast;,nhe unloads her,baigo.rupon• th e
flatAoat„and keeps plowing , the_ water.. into _foam.,
But a,fter our sal*. American ,crew have toiled
'themselves fired,ankappoint
a 5
pear to be upon the
of giving out lo'! we meve . and gaily le ivingthe
other tWoliteameran to '.:do`' at§. have
they':,ca,e,-i—we ',steam: off: I"ifVur •feet IV _cries._
ithe. riip t iwit4,t49 Pit;`- I '9 l P - Xe-et, 1 " ... :f41'9 3 I
feet !;' and we arsafe4fter,,am ; how ,49ten
igen. itil
The handS 'cake 'efoe ,
eat side 'of the 'streani,"-andv-vie: lave ( '
proitniiihrie,S mich , - rocky ~: headlands (either
illand r iWith a-finer/dm and ; more -variect:scerierY
then we:have,yet enjoyed. ,
Here is anothe,r raft of logs lazily floating, down,
the stream : 'The sturdy raftsinan have evident
ly/136,0n tcitlieVart fot ndltlieilike;they each erectt
dittle , bboth rev& r the 'epo t irkhere they;.sit, near
the :handle, ,of 004 ; I,ong ompwith their. blanket ;
Ihung,"?.othree or, four poles,
_mid ,this keeps,ofl:
I the het silo. *e pass beautiful islands, covered
WilleWs 'add 'cdtto%-104;aild
1)1-Look Thei‘ieWs;of 'the stream .aMOng these
he little channels'ibetiVeenl:the &air,
wooded : shores, arefArery beautiful. 'iNo:isteamer
lev,Tc noires, tlp.opgh, pipp l tortnons .passages.,
inhabitaiits7are so'few on the sgores, thatpo
Ibqk Wit:l6'43W 136it,g``e4iii Penetrate their reCease's •
'but no doubt. therfdd • mariiiiiid kaewl
'every. Channel and, islet; 'and: liave gi'ad died- their
fbArgi ,capoe,a,rouri4nd [among pill ? of, them, :a,rid
Ifish.ed and hunted "44-lays dope, gone r by.
v . Lt,W.INON4-7-0431100Li 01311.11)IfittS. •
arrived ate tWriu r cin a, •w , new Vesteric
expek.totlitird• p.nd tallovely •Ilocation.
iIY?Pf 3 Jan4lV,l B ,b•9 l %Atitifrw4
It, nova yasOld inl3l:lqoitiotp, - p. r4llj,op.d running
- bne hundred' mires - into the interior,
grain elevEt6l', ll saw and pltiing . rdille,''tili l d`
vountry , trAno. e
plabe al ;brick red ifibeeMsith to era and Mansard
!roof, t whioh has jcostr,somAlgo.,,apd.,,i,t,iq.„the
from its ip
,being ):;puiltith . Mate,.
Normal AWdql;.‘ cos 'Ong; $100,009, 1 and 'a'finer'
school %miling ihntk wet ever see hest,
, Easterti•cities: ItfisjuStobeing -tooted iii. and
.will form' with its•ftneiptellitecttiralreffect•w
lug monunrit,to the,..foresight . of the,fpuoderw,ol,
t his.l l3 ing•gia4,
,f 6 eiluatint e'of 4.l:le66ninig" getierati t ons of,
' " Efode, hoielP, g Yin
•
churehes•ttre btaltiorivo r od,: but tire 13 - 666N , nliigt'
ibe inerepermaneut 412:4`.0rellitableesobligluments:
i••• .„ • ••:••;,..I,trr--••• 5.
We. ieltire' Wintona i iftir - ai:Pau'l; a di
(miles by rail. " ' 3l , r . )
_ PIN VidELEAT ; I I
I , Wie strife into 'Wei coulitty by 'a; ey iirtking
'the';:bldirs. Alter alo,r, 9:millaCof mitidiheamong
aid ray in asp@ ii . ded
one thiusand feet and find burseiv,es,nwp
covered with Aeag' rkilids f`ar as the
:eye can reach. The wheat has all bedil'tiarve,ste:(l,'
and stalidif tliee itaishCekk . a,ndJthey boier
the , ftebis tWkentthattrwe, ever;saw :them' stand
in the East. It,il,supposed,, that, 'this extensive
Nnrth r westerti State will, this year 3 ,prodaceLaißr,e
wheat' than any Twenty
bushels estiinate: 'The
houbes, are sm all , and: no r era 11Sr-Attite dye', kint
1,11,e farms ..a.re,!reinarlrable fors fine lsitnation, ease,
of e 'l 4/t44r g) An4,`/TeßkuW:rat*',9PPaq.cll-
`rBETiERi THAN .Aut
We hear -Of farinerS the aid witt
ox-teams and ,p)ow t oue.summer .aod by.the. next
raise whest;enongh:to,pay for faud, oxen, fences,:
living and farrit-louse2 -For example;.a PennsylL
vania farmer living here %might 2;000 acres; at
$4 per'acre;', ;''plough'ed 'l7OO- of ' it, and' raised
enoughwheat,ihe next year to payfor the land,
feecei, teaniS,, implements; ;reapers ; ,
.6.1 e.,; and, liad,so,ooo over. Another
~with. $l5OO,
bought land, on; credit, 'bought oxen and ;plows,
for cash, and , put up fences. The .next year. he
took 'in $12,000 for his'wlteat: We in the East
never savvsuch Wheit figlde,-4 7114:i1e sectipo;
00 acres, often in one field, 'and filled With statid
ina'Shock teamsh " t ,v 1.."0.
, ere, au ;. ere, .1.0 to,
the pj.ecioile loads in .to stack ; .
We come, to little; new - settlements along .the
read, and now to• an old-. town';; twelve years
Rochester, quite a town, with-good; Conifortable
house's; siedl pretty . ' spirese. ;The ft l ihr o s; "nosily
have,:, Indian ; names, ~whicla rare ;cannot possibly
remember, I L Eyota ,• 9watpnpa, J W-ssaca,, &c., Ste
They rertund us of who did own this land, only, a,
fewsrgiri '[ .1' I .14E
;We pees "liirldreds"orthocistindeof acres.a ong I
the roadipleitil -as 111floorlidoverect
rie grass, and iftowers.)l in Atingly• &Tv
b next it hiPPl°wtef itsfieh
'soil ihousan4. r of acres are covered
witilliii'Cleiliiderbrtikk of pilkfat4l'doted,rl
A team ofliie lyeitell cif (den° . and large. "fildWi''
very soon turns this tahgleinto fteld.ready for/
•
Every v#lla e h t as its iceode i ti,ln.r...o l , l
with square' lion on bit; foi a steeple, acidsT;rie
places we pass little churches sitting on die 'open
prkirie, nor..fenise 'iahtmt;ttlibm,:laniii)notplaiu,le. or
t° wn wf:thin, - IC:Fi
But we !impel:lstep on to, Si. Paul, ,Minpgalio..,,
lis, Fort Shelling, the Falld of. - St. An%hony, and
Longfellow's lainnehalia. G. W. M.
REV, A, M. STEWART'S LETTERS-XIII,
July 28th, 1868.
OPHIR CANYON
Not the Ophir whither the traders of Jesse's
royal Son made long voyages for gold, this not
being a region of gold, apes or peacocks, but of
silver. Accident, ignorance or caprice, often
saddles a name upon a new section of country,
on the congregated abodes of men, or on a help
less child, which proves hard to bear, and in no
wancalculated to define, them. It would be bet
ter formodern tourists and visitors, did we_still
retain the expressive nomenclature of the ancient
Hebrew tongue, or if we had at Washington,
among! the numerous, Bureaus, one on Nomina
tions—not for the nomination of pAtical
,oa.ndi
dates7-but a Bureau of wiseacres,without whose
advise and approbation no new district, plkce,
eity,:or'man, child, should be' knOwn aisnofig
as having "Time lOcal habitation. This
Ophir is fifty. miles south of Austin in Nye 00.,
Nevada, which county.is as. large in territory, as
the half of Pennsylvania. . ,
T"cG*APRY•
those who ,have ,not, seen. , is ,no easy
matter to convey by pen any just concepti9n r of,
Geography,, and Topography of this vast region;`
and especially'of as a toe - ality. :Smoky
Valley;,' as `desi,,immed '.!on new 'maps,, , ixtends:
throughpNevada four hundred miles rom north to,
souths is twen i ty, tuiles,wide; , level qs,afinor,,
stream of water tunning through np tree or
large shrulo' gt9Winc , "in it';' but; heie Oa theree a`
cc `dthicrseV," o f t' inafsh salk The 'level'
of - 111e'v-alley is seven thousand feeCiabovel
sea,,ht a distance it is very beaut,ifuljterthe,eye,
but, becomes, dreary_ by nearness,,, j ,
A: range of mountains runs on either side,
frOmlbur five' thousand feet: - aVe . Oge'ele - 42 .
tien littlf 'peaks 'at the "clime 'ofnJAv . Covered
witilabbw. . The, ,distance 'from Aielbase to Ithe:
Summit of these mow :gains averages seven to ten
mulles. At a distance ofabelit every two miles,
friini'Joiltr:the,Suthidit of .these tithiliti; ;there
runs down itipg,th,,e4 - gts.st ; vs.llt.y,s;Aqd generally
in a zigzag direetion, a narrow gorge
,or chasm,
from one - to two thousand' feet deep. These
gniges are here 'Called cafiens, prolnOtinced and
frequently spelled canyons. - Dniin i these'
eanyons, in, the midsummer,ithete dashes a clear,
beautiful mountain, torten t„, from, the. springs,And
melting snows above.
~ t he birrenes,,whicti
„are
g j enerEilly sufficient to tnin Seferal old fashioned'
grist-mills;' when they )reach &tier of- thei
mountain, flow .out intoithe boundless maileSr audr
are soon absorbed by the ,clear, dry, warm atnaos
:phere,,or sink, into the,
,sndy,, pebbly = soil
1 ,
S'll
Into ome , PC , 9 l Pse , c,IPYVP, - ,P O wJP 2 : I IeA, QP l 4r,
about. three years ; sive there )vandered .a lone
' 4 l N. 1.1
prospector; and, about thrr. up it, dis-,
covered s t: Vein''Or;hilVer.F' -caki•
panyvfiom•NeW Xork
cality,)and, have alrelttly!spentAt least shalf a.
million •f j do,l i lars wagon road, .for.,
threr, miles p tbe , g i
orge against a nton4ain tor
ae'semiding` a fillo . uand Vet per mile; and
eitaidg at the 'inihe'Ailltria ste&tri stanipiric6lllll;
steam , enginelfoi ana•- , Tittnwifdrnie l is;‘ra=t
fineries, offices, .3r,0., All ..thEve,istrustureq.,to,.
gethes j pivith ,habitcktiOus for two hundred , people,
connected with the works, are crowded into , a .
gorge' ,
,and . narrow thatneither . sun nor
moefit= . evei peeps into it-during Vile wintercan'd
Only.glimod down in summer.. Silverthe•obtni ,
pany 7 ara,getting, but whether suo,l . lgli to !justify-,
all this outlay seems very problenikaticfl.
.1 PA OK 7 0 13 T•ge, : p!
e9painesd eenemlie. , about t „„ten,
no,rds u o,fwoo.4 there .bpi9g,,inp this,
region.. Groves of pine and cedar,grow sparcely
far' hp the'aidei of these 'mentitainS„
ynt , so riggaiinclilptecinitotig a%e theseAliat uti
vssgon.4roadLeotild , :be,thade,froin. the mills to the
timber, a dista,nce,of two, to ,ftve dozen,
an
iktexics; each with half a dozen mule,e—illexi,
cait'n44,li tankeeOnei would rebel--he
Wen 6ngiged"titi`"convey' thb *ood. :A.. cord of
wood is lashed, stielo.by stick, upon-six f of-these
streng, tpatient, an d:r suraooled . -dreatures;
a,n4,, they,,arn,' driven „along, harrow and zigzag ;
paths and - .down precipi i cesovhich would make'
the imia of the unaccustomed traveller
It was' 's: ilar'keene in life 'foie Me, to witnesS'a
longiteain , of th6se aniinals, Covered air:over-With'
sticks of wood, wending their way down these!
.'• )7;
2.IOI.NPIIMAN!B;tiaIkE,DEN. f'
..Farming and, garden,inmare almostuwholly,
known as yet ,in th i is region A il lope„F i rench-,
man,lowever, in his earthy, wanderings arrested;
hig dOiirse gt' 011111 r, 14;okd *for an aVoca:,
fitialllrdetertnided upon . :ita - fderi... And'
heie in bend atithewidest-part-oftOphir chastn,'
h e . 4 ,0
, sueppe d e ,i, b y walling, „the edge:or the.
stream, in making, beautiful. Tegetabledgarden—.-
With beds' Of ; Fettnce, Onions, radiShes, heans,
peas, turnips'' arid' potatoes':'Water ' fr,cirn the
stream abnieikeeis garden. constantly Moist.
For !- the sale of. vegetables:: he has ;at, t Ophir 'qua
entire monopoly,: n 9, other;:garden,heing"wikhin '
Market distance. One familiar with: his,,sales,
judgment` that the old - man w"Onlci .
r g eti e izd`ftiirb" - teoniatid 'dollars . .t / li`dPreient'le' gs'on•
from,• the' products ofZthis garden' of net nkir'd
than half f an, acre. The,lAgricultprillßutheawat
Washingt9,n t oug,n,t tolpend: the old., mak,a,diploma
ctr,l4). geld, meda,l for, !As getting: m.eat q fyo,tn , the ,
rock and"seetrieSA. from the mountain torrent-
• m '!"'j''' .BBl 9 N ) *
T.i" `this.9phir in the Mountains,' in m ;explor
ing'• iniEfiibtf time liave'l come to - 'siend y a
'week'
wheie , inicelet.) ligiiguti - reaeher lids • 'dot hithe'ito
been heard.! :10 ctalasto &bbatir preached , ftwieei
in the, large ,business' pkonpf,' the ,oprupagy, ;On
both
' occasions . it ,was l crosvded with men—three
vu.47. .1 , „ 4,,
women as theye are but fey famiiies nere , yet.
thk r ifikite a iittn-'
berl , ofi theie ,rugged , k , men
Christiamybenre i wandming, thug :beyond" Ithk.,
reach ; of „Pkureb„ almost, beyon4 the ,
pale of civilized life. The temptations , haVe
prdire'd some "too'! flick - have' i
while otheVa haVe4been l longing - aintivaitine, and
seemed loverjoyed iagain,in
tat,hlsPr,vieeq-7-theofirfit
.6c
enjloyed t q r .Y 9a rPr: rl'aP Pa,v-e/.1 as
responiibility to preach j ui such a place - ant un
der such conditions I This visit to Ophir, Ne-
mission woe acquaintance I formed.
';dents, will live in my niem-
A. M. STEWART.
vada, its
the scenery an
ory.
SARATOGA.
A FEW SUNDAYS AGO
The Sabbath in Saratoga is marked by com
parative stillness, though there is much driving
by pleasure seekers, while at the hotels there is
little of the Sabbath quiet or rest; the hum and
tread of talking, walking multitudes strike the
ear unpleasantly. Instead Pe going to church,
the majority of the visitors lounge on the porti
cos,—the men smoking at the end where smoking
is allowed, and the women conversing glibly, and
wishing the Sabbath hours to make way for the
music and the dance.- An exception most pleas
ing must be mentioned. Returning from.church
in the evening.we heard,in the Eerier. of Con
gress Hall, melody delighted us; so we en
tered,:ao there, .around the piano at whichlu
lady, presided ? ' were gathered a hundred persons
or more; all singing the songs of Zion. "Comp ye'
dieeelis t olite," in:B rendered with much feefinsg;
and - seemed tenderly appropriate' even amidfthe
glare,of faShion., There were spirits there inhar
meny, with the higher . emotions;
,and even,,,
many,of theirreligious who sat around and HS
tened, thAre were eehoes,'uo doubt, of the Rib-
Taith4nsPihrig - seirtinienti of the. hymn, in
suPpressedlongiags ter , something better, holier
than ; the .world,can ;give.
The evening service at, the Presbyterian church
was a very interesting one. It was in behalf of
the ycuig`lvlen' 'Christian Association_ The
Rev: Dr." Covey 61.Netiv 'York, and the Rev. Dr.
Fisher.ofJUtica; were' ,the .speakers. The first
named gentlemansapologised forwaat,of prepare
tiory, ,aplik gave the audience, to understand that
he regretted this,the less, 'beeause,they, would, be
addreided'hi'one 1 / 4 0,610.1 .4,l,Ways taken: a deep`
the'itelfarelof young men,. had Said
and written Much' withimarked Ability for their
gin4lance • and , so on, as, has, been, done on other
oceasiona ' by i pther spealiers teeny tithes, before.
The'e.4teinporized address turned out to be every
gee one, as trequbntly happens when pfie hearers
are tfild'in , adVaned)to'leXpeet something very
The thatiner,or ithe,speaker was ear
nest,.And his,illustrations,,appropriate and te'the
point: and;
a capital, story of aryOit to Spur
geon, the vestry room Of the church of that
edgbVitedp•readicker;'at'tei aTethon 'ort "the - dtitiof
uSingpersowif influerfce'iciethe salVation , of then.
Sesieral , Eaiglishclergymen Were present upon dif
ferenterrands., Soon Aloud knock, was heard.at the
door,,and two tall, lank. specimens of the, Yankee
genns entered the roem, who were so peculiar in
their speech, and so awkward in their appearance,
ai to'ex.eite the•riaibles of All' bUt'tlie polite host,
and id make, the fiiere)dultivated Anuirioansome
wliakashainedpf hia t ,nwn enuntrymen., "J. ,41:11
very i happyto ; see yon„,,gintlenien very,7 sad
Spurgeon, lookirig at the ,letter of ' introduction
thWhad presented—A 14gll'acinallitedwith
DrY , Armitage,`Mici athiliappittir , l4ee his'friends.
Were you in, ehurelrithid evening;?" :
, `94) yes;'L;Pai4 - one. , 9irathPPfisito*P49 l Fet 3 ,Bed;
"and iilKed your secmon. And there was one
Patrt Thked better thai any other.",
' "What 'part - ivii 4 g'th!ct,'sir?"'
'"Why, s it was Where you' talked : about 'one man
whipping. the ;Whole Britishi. army i First, you
said, he might whipeach, officer,„aud. then each
Soldier ) , ands .? at i last the whole
army, Yoi4, I liked - that better than 'any
other pait'of the 'serniion:'' And'there was a man
ihnt'ididitnuce:?! -m:
exclaiined Mr. Spurgeon in utter
aulazeuiguti.,‘':onapialapiurthipped.ttie w4ole
ish !"•,., , •
sfi, l atici is nal:o,6 l ' 4iis Cteorge Wash
;;•„ •
, tell Bahl bit) Covey,ri inibud , of my
two , fellow , eciuntrynien -aft*, thatu:..T
The, opening of, p,r...gish9rB.4l.o4Fcs,q, ,ivas very
happy,,ae,wus the yrlkole,,lf it li " He began: cl:or.
Coveyhas 'made my.apology in m4ing his town.
I'couSentecN speak `at this nieetirer, 'Linder the
impreiSion tire there w r thildibe several-addresses,
and-Aliut hotivery,gretitishake of .:the thd duty of.ink
paTtlag interest to the,mpeting weyld rest upon
myself. I po l l . , therefOro quite as unprepared as .
he was. `lt4iiliout,preparatiori he is able
tcPinalee'iiuCh aipebeh*AisVe 'have been faVored
with td-night, ,, he--ist , the tnioat , woiadirfitl', speech-
Makes heinch. , i ( Atiti,Jw., has done
more than make my vgA?ga ii ,kke .),irtf Treated ex
pecta.tions i that F r e i p o t,to be t reatizsd—r tell you
that: - It *lll lie pay' business 'io- let you down
floni the 'elalted lieigheto 7 ivhidleh'd has raised
you.) Antilinl this tell:all 434. i ET) a. service; for
such, .a fdeg,ltoPe of , !excite* et l 4l(te he, has afakened
in, your pAiuds, is ,dangerpus,,abo4ely, danger
ous, and you 1;1300'0 not be left nailer its influ
ent,e, „i„ , , • s I •
?There eVer" *air a! iiiotiP l liapt.y• 'extrication,
and • a Moi,e4mlpable atitheosame' time.
the; afternpow visited.-the Indian encamp
ment,whgre,a. religipbtemegt i irig was held. A
la a concourse of.visito7 had asselinhlea. The
Indians gronliedilie4isettes u blfl,fie r .ithside of the
circle,'anelookedwa,dili!liseeheli sort of
puzzled. an duin nati .suriesity;i as if, un certain
whether they, ,bad npy , ,ceener i n in,thgimeeting or
not, „A s t tbt,closp i of .the serme,,Tek l i ou s eard.4
and tiaces . j i vere!dislrilitited,pme ng them, which
the.riteoeiVed ieadilY; 2 an i d pag - Ad by several
standing -together; 'thin:reading, not very
fluently,,lto thenthbr; he ;lied , eager to com-
PrP4CS4 it4P4SPorst of qhe PletisAgPtthlis conveyed
to them,
strap ands r i t mg eon ras between
the untidy' alipearanci' tU - Indian men and
wemenl slid the beautiflii 2 kftielets -they fabricate.
With ilextretriett 'delieanyitheyembkoider
el ffbAl n p ,, andAeayejbqkpts„„rd i construct mini
ature i e i ances, while they Abe
,it'the skill of flu
ished 6.l:mB;in - a the b"
arid arreiwg 'that attriet'viiiitdrild the shanties in
whiohl they live( , and , 'lltboict What;have civili
zatouigud Chrigtiatnily l ever AlOne , for the abori
gines.of our eguntry.?'. ,49,d4what are they car
toilet
able of doing,? Ila.s . the'experiment of brire4ing
to dam' . a high and Inible'`eniture ever been
fairly-tried? '' And'ire'leliei: to linger and pal
away.in the , ignorance‘andimoral degradation 0
almost unmitigated barhatis_MJ These are que °-
time V•lat may haveireis llnngairly met and full.l
answered; irso,.wher ` t he record to be found.
SEE