1 1 110-13ea,v..,0-Arguto Jt vpnrAND. EDITOR A7D PROM4i.MOS , . . PO. - ,-114Piemti,er 20;1887. Tux• Depaccrats and 'COnservativel of *ashingtoff 11,c., Serenaded !h,ey.esident a evCiiiitgs ago. la his speeeh he eeilglut ,ulaled thOrO on j the result of the election. and insinuated that the .verdict was an endOise miens of his policy by . the pe0p1e...: .... • Wo3l r ‘ll SUFFRAGE I.9ClCf<ed in gansasby • ' , a vote two and a lialf to One: Negro Suffrage :shaves the 'scone fate in about the aamepre tportion: The amendment - disfranchising Rebels iaprobablrearried by a small major- Aty. The Senate null - be about 20 Rep. to 5 Wr., and the Rouse about 50 Rep. to 25 I= "'TEE STATE GUARD,'' is the name of -a - new paper soon. to be published at,Harris • burg, Pa. The first number will appear on • Monlay,l December 2(1,1867.. It will be RE jail - Micah in politics, anciedited and publisT 1 by: Messrs, Dunglison, Forney (Wien) -Kauffman, all experienced and capable "nalista. .Terms of daily per yi:tark--o $6,00; weekly ,per year—onetbpy $: .WHAT, i is bei*lbratic, and what is crat, are queitions that are just no' asii i edt than finswered v , No, two Dei Journals in I the Nbrthent States hal same princlides, nor make .the same DO Mani rn fact hardly any, two columns a any given paper are consistent with each other; In the South it is easier. There to hate the blue, and wear the giny'is the short and 'simple creed of the Democratic faith. But. while thii diversity of Opinion exist§ as to ~;principla among the members of thatiorgan ; Wilton, there is - no difference amongthem as to spoils . Theyl all 'want these. and are ling to. forego everything else to get them.— Ott that, point they are a unit, and; are likely to remain so. - . gi;rru a number - of the Republican papers of the country have for some time puSi been indulging in the ,unprofitable l business of 'Making flings at COl. •Fortiey, and' his news papers.; Thoughtlessly, heat •orietime wrote something to the-, effect that lie was thi con ductor of "twirMeWspapers, - both daily" and now this unguarded expression is flung hini whenever theleast.opportunity is presented. Thett would b' nn complaint if this unchaf , itable and Unmoal v. conduct was confined to copKiltead jonrnals, but:torsi:lp such Repub lican p'apers as till N w /York'. Tribune and others, in our own Statd.fligsge.l in it, must be mortifying to every seniiblelleraqicanln the country. Col.,ForroV pabllsheq two d.tily papers— one in Washin7:on, D. C., and the othei in Philadelphia% Pa., and 1) )th•of th.. - .4n are sound to the core on Replblimiliam. That they have accomplished it crent deal of coal, and done much tmvard furtteriUg the interests of our party is a» certain - es anything can be; and•ifth Colonel's ; maligners :,‘Vould ',direct their eif rta toward the defeat Ribit common q - pepty: and permit-41ln to do the same, Instead of obliging him to defend himself against their . attacks: the country and' the Republican par ty would be greatly benetitted thereby. •' Tun armed rebels of the 'Southern States tied their northern allies tried hard to beat Gen. Giant when ntthe bead of' the Union ar my in the field. • To use a common exprefr sion of the day. "they slipped tip" on their ex pectations at that time. Just now they have buckled on the armor anew, and are trying to'Pteyenthini froth getting the nomination Of.the : - Republican • party . for President in 11368. Their plan is to make him unaccepti able to the leading Republiesna of the woun try., by representing liimins mot being in ac cord with their'filews, and insisting that he is a "conservative" of the strictest sort. In fur therance of this, programme they employed an editori from Atlanta, Georgia, to call up • on the General, have a convernition with him, and kfter doing-so: he -hurried to his home. and tasted Grant's name for President, and avowed that the General una not fl but a Conscrratity, and that he had told him so himself. :,Gen. Grant authorized the. Re publican papers of Washington city, to say that he had said no such thing; which caused the Atlanta edam' to "subside." Next the - New York //Ara/d hoisted his name for Presi dent, and declared him to be a conservative. That paper was gives to understand at once that it was misreptesenting Gen. Grant, ‘ and was using his name without authority:— More recently, an ex:rebel paper of New Or leans had the audacity to fly Grant's name for, the Presidency, alleging, that the defeAed coefedemtei Veljeved . -him to be a friend of theirs, and unrelenting opponent of the • Congriissioefil policy of reconstruction: 4 111 this is very clever strategy, but it will not have nib effect of injUring Genettil Gratit . in the estimation of either the !cadets or the rank and ltle of the Republican party. They •• have faith in him, and will nominate and ''elect him to 'the high position now, disgraced bg Andre v Johnson. ; • • • Tur, retinal transfer and delivery7lEM elan/Alm e lva to the United States took place on thj.,.81,11 of OctOlfer;'and was conducted by TapininTeStrechoir of tie Russian Govern 'meat, and Maj: Gen. &wean 'of the United States. A correspondent.of one of the New I Totk paperi, givei this Interesting account of • the proceedings : T.= - .0 - • At three P. M.oi battalion of United States troops under command of Maj. Chas. 0. Wood NiethlnfantrY, was drawn up in front of the ',Governor's! residence. By'half past three a large concourse assembled, cemiprising Amer ' leans, Russians, CiTeles and : lndians. At the . last-named hour the . Russian forts and fleet, . firel salutes in honor of lowering the Rua , dim flag, but tbe fin would not come 'dawn. In lowering it tore ite entireliridth . close by • the halyards; and floated front the teroii-trees fbrty 'feet from . the - grolnd.l • Three Russian Panora attempted to ascend the inch And-s -helf guylriipesaupporting the flag litaff, but each failed.: fourth iscon4cl - la a.boat- swains chair, seized the flag..ind thirw it in a direction directly' beneath • ri, !butjhes . . tno: tion of the wind carried it o;. Fire minntes after lowering the Rnsaitin • the stars and 'stripes went granefoUy up, L rge Lovell Rotutsein having the honor o ging the flag to the breeze, the United 9 - steamer Cssipen and . Reams at the same time lonnr ing the eventi by firing salcita.: _ As the Russian flag . Waal - lowered, Captain Pestrechoff stepped forwa rd and addressed General Rousseau as follows, `,General: As Commissioner of his Impet ial Majesty, the Emperor of Russia,: I now_ transfer and deliver the territory of Russian America, Ceded by Ins Majesty, to the United States:" . General R °woman, In response, as the Amer ican flag ascended said : "CapUdri,- as Com missioriei on bekaif. Of the Unite' State Gov ernment, I nice lieatid accept the same accor. dingly." . The" Co mmissioner sPoke in a tone of cam man conversation: and was:only heard by Gov. Makecatoff, Geri. Jeff C. Davis, Capt. Kus.kal, and a few others 'who formed the group. Several ladies witnessed thcmeremri mes, among theni Princess 3lakesitoff, Mrs. Gen:Tftivis and Mrs. Major Wood. The Prin cess Wept audiply as the Rusiian ? flag went down. - The transfer was condo lorriatic and business-like ma tire.tmnsaction was concluded in ipee with the cninmissioner On • mto the harbor at •eleven o'cl. , forenoon, and at four o'clock in the q after- Jon a dozen American flags floated. wer the endy-boin American city of Sitka. Thp st t A The Barnes-4)de'. Übe!Anti—Cap. ' lain Banter Tijlemphantly Via. dicated. The Br ' • or copy rhea-Odell 111;e1 Suit WWI tried in 41-4. -,- our Court last week . As it excited : consider able interest, it may not be 1 unintitiesting to briefly review the circumstances which led to the prosecution, the facts developed on the trial,, and the conclusion arrived. at by the Jury to whom these facts were submitted: Capt. • Barnes, a one-armed soldier was nominated, last June; by the Republican par ty of f this county for' Treasurer. Shortly af terwardit be was grossly attackedby the edi tor of the Local, through the columns of that piper. He was charged with ..some of the gravest as well as with oome ofthe most friv olous offences. Among the former was that ofstealing a coat from a certain fishing party near_ th e Point. When this charge was lide, the Executive Committee otthe Rephblican party of the county thought it • necei-Aary to make some inquiry into - the charge. They did go rill' learned that a coat had been stolen ; feign a fisherman nainedffmt, about the first of Apr 0863.. ',On a farther investigation 1 they ascertained that not only was Capt 1 'Elatlnes not connected with the theft in any I way, but that he was some ' hundred miles away when it occurred: The- 'Committee published a card stating these facts, and also informed the public that Capt. "Barnes desir ed to commence a prosecution at once against the editor of the Local, but at the solicitation of tile Committee he Would refrain from do ing,so until after the election. Instead of • MIS card having the effect of a withdrawal of the charge, the editor of the Lod re-iterated it, and declared that he had affidavits in his office to prove that it waa true: He invited the voters of the county to call and see jilt them. Afterwards, he charted apt. Barnes_ withstealing a set of ',spoons; with obscenely torturing a little boy; and with committing some offence, in which a Pocket book was eonnected..; Capt. B. bore these charges as patiently a s s possible until the day following the election, when he , commenced . proceed ings with a view of vindicatieglifs 'character. Mr. Odell was accordingly arrrted on a charge of libel, and hold to bail in the sum of one thousand dollars (or his appearance at the November term. .10n 1a.4 Thursday the ease was, called up, the Dietilet ittorney, and Esqrs. Fetterman and Hiceoppearing for the prceecution, and Esrs. S. B. Wilson 'and E. B. Daugherty! . for 'the'defendant. The indictment upon which the defendant was arraign:Kl . contain ed three counts, 'and set forth that the defend ant had charged the prosecutor, in his paper with stealing a coat; with stealing some spoons and with having committed a crime in which a pocket book figured pmminenty;-- These are the charges upon which the inves tigation took place. The remaining charges in the Pend against Capt. Barnes,'were friy , ulons,_and intended - 110re to wound his feel: lugs than - affect his integrity. The man Trax, before referred to,(no 'W - residing at New, Castle) was put upon the stand. He testified that he• - had a fishing hut dear 'Beaver Point:. about the first-of . April 1866 ; ;that Capt. Barnes l and • two lother men visited ; hith at` I that tithe, and that this party of three amen stole a cont ft OM him. ' He alsotestifted that upon anothe: occasion, Capt., B. visited his 1 but during his, (Trax's) - abs elite, and while there - the Capt. obscenely tortured his little boy, that the.boy walled out, that he hastened to his relief, and on ejecting -Capt. B: from his premises, he took some spoons &c., from his pocket which. belonged to him - (Trax).— The testimony of Trax _was corroborated by his two boys, one or them only about four and abalryears of age-when the. occurrence took plac.. . The Commonwealth:then proved 1 by Trax's - p&rtner at that time, that Trax told 'LT him the next day, ',tot that a was Barnes,,bntT' 1 1 another o ne-armed man that he had the dlr.: ficulty with the night before; that .Barnes' .name -was never mentioned in connection 'with the circumstances, and thathe (Barnes) was entirely unknown to the witness at that 1- time. Lemuel Edgar was next called and tes tified that he was the_pneormed man with Whom Trax had . the difficulty. His' testimo ny was corroborated byEthe testimony of itemeeight or ten, others, )who were all -ac quainted with the facts. .1 1 Lt andutihis stage of the trial, a warrant was I issued for the or rest of Trax on a charge of per He was taken into custody, and being unable to 'pro-- cure bailtb'e wail sent to l Jell :where hsnow is,) It was further plover' by some half des' en witnesses that Capt Barnes was not in the county at th i:l ejneebtid not 'been for months bed*, an not return for several' Weekitafterwards. After listening to the tes timony; and receiving the Jud'e'a. charge the Jury retired. They were out 'but a few minotes,_ when they returned,. a verdict: of gni4§ on all the counts in the iiidictment,-- , This Jury woes ccunposed of riteitor both. pd- Mimi Pparilea. The defendant, ;Ores after wards brought before the Court and sentene: 1 ed to pay the cost of .prosecution; 'a fine of t two hundred dollars, and undergo. imprison ment in the county Jail ifor &period of two' months. , . t It will be seen from this that Capt. Barnes has been triumphantly vindicated. Heitands before the people cif the county to-day with it s character • - ..and With a popularity i tubas he yer had before. This investiga tion of his eter has left him at gainer. 4 grea t > I Demo easier ratic L. the •!.THE: FELLOW OF BEAVER • FALLS." Marron Astsoulir : T shall now.itri i itg uiy argument on thx:oletrand the Deluge to close after clearing *an objection advanced by Mr.bdelt , my oppottent Ido not wish to leave any doubt in the minds of my readers in regard -lathe poiition that I occupy. lam always prepared and ready to gives reason for belief, Mr. - Odell quOtini" from Sir 9 4. Lyell said"tlutt Man lived Cira - teriporaneintsi witk.the extinct - mantinslias allimel.4 . is called the tertlitrypeiiDA Of the gichtiv-tiThli peri!xl ke_says was befornthedrift....p.xice4K riod, the antiquity of whichis so remote that not cretin tradition of it rein:dais; marks left by its immense-moving glaciers •are ' found scored upon the rocks from the pOle 'to the equator &c. 'Man 'dived there'slso, becaus weapons, tools, utensils &c.; the _work dim; man hands, are found imbeddedins-the sumo rock with the'bones of, ,, theee. Aninuds. This point I, took up at the, time, but did not do full.justice to the question, thinking; at the same time , that-I would give my opponent a -, chance to 'recover himself that 'he might be ble -to comenp and toe the mark, but be 'did embrace the opporinnity, leaving me to con. de that his_ knolledge .on the subject Of 14.* was very meager. In the ;first place • ould'say that" geologists are; by no , means eed in their assdmed geologienlpe riods, w li Mr. Odell refepo. , ' The glacial period . been comiluted them to be equal to abpu ighty 2 three thrsisand years, and by others even its much as twelve hundred and eight Mons of.years ! and, were we to ask fora ..onstrative proof from our best gaol ogist4 not excepting SiricharlesLyell in re gardio any deposit being more than tour or five thousand years old, hey could not, give pirely The en: ,haars. I can well afford to grant geological spec* store a fen , millions of centuries; with a corn mand over the agencies of nature to be broug hi into operatinn when and how they Omit that they can form a world with every variety of rock and vegitation, and even transform a worm into' a man, by carrying back the histo ry of the world and Of man myriads of cents-, ries? Do they, by the eiteriaon of the period to infinity„ explain . how the original• were created, far from it. Then fetus enquire how is it that in tropical CountrkiOlains of gravel in a day - are converted into lagnons and marsh es, tbitt by the fall of an avalanche rivers have been blocked up, Ntrhich bursting their banks have covered . many square miles of fertile country with_several feet of mud, sand and gravel. Two thousand' four hundred years ago Nineveh flourished in all -its grandeur, yet it k now hurled inoblivion, and. its site overwgelmed with sand Look at old Tyre, once the queen of cities and mistress of the Sea. • She was in all her pride two thousand four hundred and forty, years ago. We now . 'see but a bare rock in the sea, on .which fish erinen spread their nets I A thousand years ago; according to ICelandic history, Greenland 4as a fertile land in the south, and supported a large population, Iceland at that period was covered with forest - a of,birch and fir, and the nhabitants cultivated barly and othergrain. We may, therefore, conclude with these 'facts before us, that, there Is no necessity to assign myriads of ages tp - terrestrial changes. as &s -aw:lied by some geologists as they Can be ac counted for by_ means of alterations effected during a fewthOusand years, for the surface of the earth was ever, changing. !Let us ask where is Babylon the glory of the kingdom? then look at Thebes, and behold its colossal columns, statues, temples, obelisks, and - par aces desolated, _and- yet these great cities flourished withii4hree HlM:wand years. Even 'Pompeii and Herculaneurn ;were all but lost to history.. Their i hrgurnents in regard to the vast antiquity of the earth and man found ed 'on elevation of existent a given rate of up heaval, there arc men' facts to show that up heavals of equal extent have occurred alniost: in the memory or man. I Will instance Two hundred and fifty years ago Sir Francis Drake with his fleet sailed into Albemarle Sound through Roanoke. Inlet, which is nose a sand-bank above ,the reach of the highest tide Only seventy years ago it was navi gable by. vessels drawing twelve feet of water. The whole American coast both on the At lantic and Pacific, have undergone great changes in the last hundred years. The coast of South Am - erica has In some places been up 'heaiel twenty. feet in the last century, in others a feu hundred miles distant it has been depressed to an equal extent Says'llr. Evan Himki rt, C. - E. F. G. S. That"a traverse sec tion from Rio Santa Cruz ter, the base of tile, Cordlierie, Illtisenother in the Rio Negro in Patagonia shows that the. whole sedimen tary series is of recent origin. Scattered over thewbole at various highths above the seafrom thirteen hundred feet downward, are found shells of littoral species of thn neigh boring coast upheavals which might have been 'effected during the last three thousand years." Then this eminent writer 'says "that in 1538, the whole coast of Pootznoli, near -Naples, was raised twenty feet in a single night." In regard to more compact eryslal line or semi-cryslalline rocks, no reliable opin ion can be formed on mere inspection.. Two blocks of marble may appear precisely alike though. formed at 'different periods. A crys tal of carbonate of time formed in a tew years, would be found q u ite perfect, and as compact at crystal formed during many centuries.-4 Nothing can be decided from the process of petrification and crystalization unless they en cloie relics of a known period.. At San Felippe *solid masirof limestone thirty feet thick, has been formed in about twenty years, .a hard stratum of travertine a Riot thick is obtained from these thermic springs in the course of four months." Nor can geologists 41emon strate that the Amiens deposits in which ills flint implements occur, are more than three orfour thoniand years old: • The • opinion which places th e creation of man oathabanks of the Euphrates in +maps' Asia is • Confirmed by an event of' the highest inipo" riance in the history, of humanity, and by a mini& of con cordant traditions preserved by different faces °filen, all tending tolconfirm it. -- We have - now. done., hoping - that' the fini thOughts that have been bronghtto bear upon the subject, may have 'a beneficial effect by stimulating our minds to "proie all things and hold rest Mgr which la goo& • • . . Yours very respectally, Bearer .F,lls, 18th,.11)67. 04,1 • . 4 fEces Diva' 101 THI AIGOIL MagiM. Evenln a bright ere, a wann chair, niy arma..reeting on `the a:rotor my ehairon,fhead ,on My hand. _can,,itt ~ituktl*:ana dfevn, 'one. thought nniltinta cbemsolforothers, like; the ii l2 M 43 04 ,2 tier ;fhere4 4 karc' tains aide keoli t a a puilittil l x - oting;* ttmiet rogih!snxii it windAtsirmgoir eons* Here wtree, there rodk oreventhe decifed trunk aforest giant, like &grin' sentinel of a generation prier haying done hit duty lad him down to set. )910a a foam gresteepinlitsnnft drerunedefin liesientile; Mountain -bon i: ' .The IFrain et -0944 t. Pea, 'ffe...Vtim.-0 • IralogY, be - teen tabs thread Smith.' golden thread of lives, this bnngs tin*lr, fat back, to the hOme of Oniesrly even gO7-u tbitide of memory rashes tatrit—tojlie Placa . where; Slur. own llttlifisistence bubbled forth bite Iffe; -where firSlifeisidlhe' l4tle.Paths. How *antic the eld irees.lOok ed; host immense the - crock, and ieven that genii littierivnlet seeuoed innad in einrinfantile •eyes. • The 'darn was iings in itti ninportiona. -Years after in our vleit to place, ive , wondering biok the trice atieM biro ' pigmies, hive they groin:less! they, were twice aril, ourimagination—the creek twice , as bread, and thatwoilderftd dam—with what dread we regarded% Zust think of tie mike stTieS attailied to it.—Thei had dwindled inte:insignifkasee. Again ,winee the little rivuletand thinks rock ore tree can turn its' course, and alsolook, whore . eqially minute - odeuireneesilivelititeratotir • own course.- 7 Here end . theve-ielenes off at right angles, here sadthein arisharp corners—in the life we follmirier abatis ever turned by little stream or sreater. !- • The rain patters onthe window pane. The wind whistles hi every nook and cranny, no one comes to disturb the train of thought, it goes on. Swift winge4 thou! thus ever is thought—can it' not If* vend in one single hour. the deeds ofyear! In the dim distance we hear the footsteps of those who are silent ly resting where the last, mortal rem= were hild,and again fancy quickens the p every energy is bent to hear voices that have . not echoed through these apartments for Ycsra. 'Tie imagination, and we settle down thinking it ui only sounds from' the chambers of memory. Scene after Scene, passes before our mental vision , as: a l panorama. Some pleasant, others unpleas ant. Thus - may we . look over our lives. : seeing this and that , to, Forinet, thinking. Oh had I done this or that, or if I had not done this or that, • what nilght have been? We see false steps and wonder why we could not have seen better. and like Egyptian' blindness are doing at the very present 'something which in ftature may be contemplated with as at much regret as pres-. ent for something past. Thought follows thought as naturally as rain dmps follow raindrops, impulses' resolve themselves into purposes and purposes into acts. They all combined make a channel and gain a force that nothing but precedent can give. Like that rider—again we piclC . np the similitude—one little rivulet gives its littlewa ter, and setsli precedent, another and anoth er until it rushes enivani, gaining strength as it goes on and tin, seeking its level until that atom of water- . from our mountain side finds' itself in the pent sea. So, we, when we wake up to . realize hi Middle age that we are mit on the, genet settotiihsithsit it t is as real ria that the sands► in thaehottr Maas are running, have run, and can Mirei return to run that hour again. -• • • • ' The fire burtis 101141 my head rests heavily on my hand. *ow' long have I been sitting silenty staring at thlt bright hotrcoals until they have rnn.their course, burnt out their vitality and become ,ashes. How long! Hai 'reverie any mark on the dial plate of time! The sound of fain has ceased, the drop, drop diopping in the tin vont at the corner is bushed, we leave our easy chair, raising the curtain we look and behold the clouds are gone, the moon shines steadily down on we 'poor frail creatures, , regardless of sorrow or joy, all equally share' thy beams as if every heart beat in unison with every other heart, regardless that antagonism - and passion run rife. Who'cati think when he looks that man has baser instincts . That calm holy light, so suggestive of pence and holiness lielow as aboye, so ahem', the 'shade so mystic, the denser shade imfatli omriblel fancy-and moonyght play many freak ish pranks on sober dime nature, strangely altering a'ppcstranceti as light and shade play in here, out there,how weird it seems,it strik es one with awe. t The contemplative mind - grasps or steals from a noisy, busy World, momenta such as this to "look through nature up to nature's God." The stillness of the hour lends to the sacred reverence with, which we regard the Creator and the created, individuality is lost, and the soul stands aloof from this poor body and I become only an infinestimal part of ere. ation. yet with all our frailty are not the very hairs of our numbered? every ins. pulse kiown•to Thee, everychamber in the heart an open book before Thine, eyes. On turning my eyes they rest on the hearth, one rueful glance at the ashes lying there like dead hopes,orPeriahed amblpon, a short time ago aflame possessed them,' it played with them it devoured their vitality, it wanes-then dies, leaying cinders. _So hilt with us, we el low our ambitions to 'possess tie, they feed on us, as we delight in them, they devour us and finally when the last ''"vital spark has • fled" alas what is left f--cinder ' • In the dim light I hunt: my lamp .bid good :night to,my arm chair, adieu to reverie. - T I!I JEAN. Our New. Territory. . • The following letter hae F just been received at the State . DepFtment ' UMW= fkupgi lama= AT Hosoturz, August 22, 1867. tint: From paragrapiut in the few • news papers which reset here, I run led to .believe Mathes climate and lemma of the Russian Territory recentlypuichard by the United States are g reatly by accae. - of the press and pea* .of this • Atlantic fittates. Many of the seamen who frequent these. is lands bave'made voyages to the coasts and islands alien's and laments for years pest, and I transmit to, you such limited informa- tion concerning that country as. r• have de rived from trusting thatlt. may prOve accept able, and hoping bly to add to the lam mation you area possess. - Captain Meek, an old New England ship master, and on of, the most intelligent men in this commuzdty, sgr i ha . tr ad e d with with the natives of 'America for more than twelve years.- During Us; time he pawd two 'dates Is Mks, and Pam vest little snow on the osasta;nsar go harbor. 1828, eons eatt isr lt hinO u . n the mountains 111 CI 7 . -'- • . nding the • isettlemen t were enVexed. ' . fefl through !a great portion f each- Xlider, and heavy fogs frequent*. p: ibid. t n Me winter temperature is not ert lo .- as at I . intik on the Atlantic coast from , thi ' to Jonrteetadegeees south of the same:parallel ; and &bolter no thermerketrical. record was ,kept b 3 him, he helms' the climate . 1 during those winters tote warmer th anthe b seacoast of iandinlizi Be* York ' or northern :,Nair In the vicinity o f Sitka fine poignant are raised, and all -the other vegetahleti of the temperate zone. Barley is already Cultiva ted, and a littleirheat and all the other cere als could do doubt be Cultivate& toj Oven ' Malifto is one of the largest of ! the ;bawls, is,O.the best: for , ' all purposes.,The sod is good, the country less rnountalnus,iusd ;the cod and other fisheries extensive. !' • On some parts of moatrof thane Islands and coast stock; can be grated, for about- , nine Months in the yetir. l)uring three or four monthethey would have to be housed and fed. 'Gras" is abundant in theloatlities fitted for stock. and apparently rich and until trigus. Tice summers of the westerly islands are cookr :than those of Kodiac , or Bilks on account of minds from the north, which some - - timeablow with much violence. , The tarok+, on the main land are lam, the Wes. of luxuriant growth ,' and earoafilil of furnishing an almost inexhaustible supply of skip timber. The fact that the coast and is lan& have many good ..hatbors, make this timber accessible, and consequently.valuable in the future. - The country abounds in coal of quality not known. The captain , has seen native copper, and there has always been s tradition among the traders that gold, exists, j although he has never seen any evidence of the The natives aratioacherotts, warlike, and acquainted With the use of arms. ,FOr many years on the principal articles of traffic with them has been small arms and ammuni tion, consequently they are nearly' all 'armed with gtui& .The- fact that they are constant ly at war among themselves has ,heretofore made them less troublesome to their civilized neighbors. - • - j The voyage from Honolulu to t Sitka been made in ten dayacjnaul hi the e from Ban Francisco udder sail. 1 . • Judging from the imperfect deseriptions ' these men have given me,•the country, taken altogeather, Is aythitig . but the uninhabita ble; desolate, frozen region many newspapers ' I have read represent it to be; on' the con trary, it contains thousands of senate miles °fiend as well adapted _ , for cultivation and stock-raising as,many parts of the New Eng and States. 1 , .-, Its fisheries are rich and extensive, and require only development to nuke them a large and profitable source' of revenue. It possesses that inexhauAtible supply of ,ship timber which we will need to build up a navy and merehani marine on the Paciffe when, the United Stites, pursuing the policy; you have so successfully inaugurated will have ' become Masters of the great- commiine of China and the East. It will become the birth place and nursery of a luutiy and enteipris hi race ;of seamen, who itilll man our ships. 'an make our commerce as supreme , on the ificas it once wag on the Atlantic; and P 1 It will become to the'Pacifiecoast what New England was toile Atlantic before her, nice of adventurous and intrepid .seitmen had given place to generations of thrifty! menu facturem . I have the homir do be yours, &c. • , .. ' EDWARD 31. MCCOQE. Was. H. SEWARD Secretary of State. licrip: Democratic Literature. The IA Crease (Witt) Democrat must be acceptedas the national organ of the Democ- e .; racy. it gives one iiiktuldiluted Democratie doctrtne ulpre fully r _ind frankly than Valle- t A dinghatu imsels a resuXit has the largest ei r ation of any Democratic papbr in the W . Its Weekly circulation is ilicr r seventy-five thotunind copies. The following extract from a reeent editorial in the paper shows how elevated is the Democratic stand ard of taste and patriotism: " . "Lincoln! As.everything Concerning the shawl-covered coward, who stole his way through Baltimore—who is the Con stitution he swore before high heaven to defenwho made the waits , of the White Houaip ring with the laughter of Ins filthy hdlnirers as he relliteehis bawdy grog-shop . jnkes—who . was so effectually halted one night as he was-marchingi on from sin to crime, by a gentleman named flooth, poas exam an interest, wn give . below - a kw. lines concerning the relit of the late lamented. .'. '4t as a shame! Yes, a crying shame,.that the marshy posql whiners and sap rag wring ers whit wept , bowie(' and patted theirbellies, rubbed their heads!, cursed honest men, and sniveled for thirty slays aftev the great mar tyr pegged ont, do [not oho* their love fdr their smutty tonglied saint by caring for his widow,iioor .11irs. Lincoln, whols compelled to sell W,,b00 Roth of gew-gows - er. atonic:, And here isanother extract, exhibiting the Democratic view Of rebellion : • • 'Rebellion a crime! " Law in your tit rmit f PhiL Sheridan. Evert' /lour justifies the acts of those who froth Bull Run to Rich! i Mond,.through four years of ba.ltic and blooth sacrifices, and struggles, labored, sacrificed:, fought, died for the cause of civil freedom Every passing day ',proved the soenthiess of their judgement, the wisdom of those who, strove for independence. Every revolving, year makes the 'lest cause,: more sacred- to the lovers of liberty, dearer to the hearts of Those who were faithful to it fro t. its incep tion to its temporteiy fall." These are the utterances of pi hlackgua ril Brick Pomeroy, and the immen circulation of Laft, paper testifies that thifs:e are the send meitta of the Democracy. J ; . Andrew Johnsen's C unite. The Cincinnati Onamercial favors its read , ers with the following anecdot by way of accounting for the uncertain in vements, or -rather lack kf movement, on th part of. A. Johnson, late of Tennessee : Andrew has the power to do a deal of nits clikf, but helacke the nerve. 0 Istinate as.a mule in 'his opinions, he is as unstable as wa ter In his actions. • No amount of public con demnation will change his views; no victories indorsementi, or encouragment will iridium him to act. If his ends could accomplish ed by long talks, something won d be done.— True, he removed Stanton. S eridan - and Sickler, but in the first instance complied with the law he pronounced u titutional, and shielded himself under Ge Grant. In iiinit the next, he was careful to say that ho remov ed theta commanders for pusohlaw d isrespect to himself and by attempting to pi Sher-! Man by Thomas, tried to save if from a charge ofobstructing the laws of COngress. The secret of all • this may be found in the man's lack of pluck. For exareple,f during the Buell Commission. Andrew . then-mibtary Governor of Tenniumee. charged the_ Buell with beinga traitor. for that Buell had attem ted to evacuateltashville, and was kevented only tt the active interference of said An drew. This Buell pronounced Dal" and yet the .I.ld,ge Advocate of the Commission could never get the vociferous and - patriotic Andrew into court to thee Don Carlos. And when, at last, the witness; - Andrew. aforesaid, sent in his deposition, Gen. Buell.- in apublished defence, pronounced it false, an 4 in deponent" a perjured scoundrel. , Of . the perj ' we any have doubts, but of the lack or u pluck -there is no question. ' A little - eireunntanee oceured in Cincinnati highly Mustnittve of this fact. While the" Commbision was to session Johnson passed one night at the Burnet House; cm• his vat to Washington. The night•of his snivel he was and in hie speech responding to-:the meat he Indulged in - bitter demuiclation of traitors. Thecrowd save the attack signit canoe bYetying out *Buell," “Ituell," and t," 1 ••• •t I • •! • I : . =MI Johnson assented. The - little gamecock of V " *nod with milts' folded - at hip window' itriroup of friend&listening to this pie* ant bttle drama ; The next mornings Gov. Andrew - Johnson entered the dining-hall for breakfast, and seated himself half way down,, with his back to the Trail, facing the guests who were. breakikating. In a . few .minutes e and Wm: Andrew I could be served,'. Gen.' Mien made hiss m p:ranee; marching into the ri hall in full mentals,,,with his 'mind clanking table la, to show that fie was not Under arrest; and followed by , two aids, he pained for a moment, *the laid down his hat and gloves .- t The air seem d I'oo4 in en knit:ad - with tidh4s — of •• a_tou*kg - wane. stos, The play of knife Oat fork w as suspended, and the very waiters '...their busy attentions. Eyes turned micas from Gen eral to Governor.. .4) one o has seen Buell, under any ci mammies, it isscarcely necessary to wry that his presence is impress ive. Rather under the dlidule ;deems to height, be is erect and - exceedingly well proportion ed, while his squarely-cut, handsome face is tit up by a pair of leyor seldom , given to a human being but formmand, and as those eyes fell on Johnsoilia thrill ran through the assembly. With an exceedingly unpleasant scowl, ;the, General *raked- the -half • length I of the dining-room; ,to where Johnson eat, and, pausing withinrfive feet •of hint peed indignantly in his Gee. A Hush as of-host lightning lensed otter Andrew's countenance. and his eyes -fell on his plate.. Johnson is not capable of much expression to his heavy face, but there was no mistaking the pitiiible, cowed look that canto np then. A ft er &pause of a minute , Gen. Buell picked np his chair, and bringing it down with a. bang, that made'Johnion 'jurop, sat down and coolly ordered his breakfast.. Johnson incontinent, ly finished his. -1 s I . • Davisin Crinoline. • The-lirch rebel Who Was boasted of; by his friends, eulogist,' and counsel. as "a stern statesman," is understood to have always i de nied*he so ft i mpeachment that he endeavor ed to escape in the disguise of a women, and his creatures ofthe secession press have de clared it to be "a weak invention of the tne my." It appearshoweirer that his ex-Excel lency actually w as caught in woman's garh, and a very ludicrous and contemptible figure Ihe Must have cut. Major General J. H. Wil son's official report of the pursuit and capture Of Davis has just i appeared, and the following paragraphs must for ever settle the disputed - 7, Durlbg the firing of the, skirmish • referred to, the idjutapt. of the :ith Michigan; Lieuten ant J.ll3.'Dial n, a ft er having looked . to the security of e rebel camp , and • sent for wardi number f The men who had straggled. t was abodt to'go , the front himself, when . his attention Was oilled by one of the inen "to three persons dressed in female attire," who had apparently Alai left one of the. large.tents near by, and were, moving towards the thick woods. He started at once towards them, and called out , " Halt;" but, not hearing him, or not caring taiobey; they continued to move oft Just then they Were confronted by three men under direction of Corporal Munger, coming front the opposite direction. The corporal recogiiiied one of the persons as . Davis, ad; vanced carbine and demanded his surrender. The three persons halted, and 'by the actions of the two who afterwards 'urinal , out tO be' women, all doubt as the identity o f the thintlper , son teas" removed. The individualathisalitest ed were found to' be Miss Howell, ; Mrs. Davis land Jefferson Davis. Aathey walked back to the tent from which they had tried to 'esCaiie -Lieutenant Dickinson Obserted that li:tess high-top boots were nor mired by hisi disguise, which fact probably led to his recognition by Corporal Munger. As.the friends of Davis have strenuously ' denied that he was disguiSed - as a ' womeilot may not be linProper to specify the exactfar- 1 dells Of woman's apparel which he had ution him when first seen by Lieutenant DickinsOn ' and Corporal Munger. The former states that hawas one of the three persons "dressed in 41,- 'non' s attire," amid had ablack mantle wormed about bii bead, through the top of whi could be seen locks fit• his hair. Captain r(4. W. Lawton 4th Michigan Cavalry, who Pub lished an account of the rapture in the Allan . - tic ifonthly fur September, 1865, states explic itly, upon the testimony of the officers present that Davis, in addition to his full suit of Con federate gray, had on "ri lady's :eater proof (cloak), gathered at Me twist, with a shoat drawn over the,head, and ea'rrying a tin pail. !, • - Colonel Pi itehard says, in his official report that be received froin Mrs. Davis,l on hoard the steamer Clyde, Off Fortress Monroe,la it; 4 3- ter proOf cloak or robe." which was worn by Davis as a d.sguLso r and which was identified b 'the . men who saw . it on hitt' at the time of t n capture. • • He secured the balance of the di .giiise the next day .. It consisted of a shawl i t which was identified in a similar inamier.by Nth Mrs. Davis and the men. -From these oraiinstances there seems to be no doubt wha ver tlia,hDaris Sought to :acid rapture ,by assn; ingMe dress of a tecniozn, or that the In dies .f the party endeavored i to pasi him off upon his captors as one ortheiaiselyes. • The, New Cabinet. • .. M J i lltpson, according to all accounts, is, in di - culty about the formation of anew Cabinet. Tice old one 'seems to be - worn out, } aud, there •istreuble to}' find Democrats gtvxl enough to makeanother of. Perhaps we au. } help ilim: - For Secretary of War; what bet •ter man conkl he have than the Hon. Micha el Norton, lienator. elect froth the Vth New Terk District ? For the Navy, Semmes of Alabama naturally suggests himself: Marlin. POstinaster-General he might take either } Da- Via, Or Benjamin, or Geo. N. Saunders. - The Atteiney-Genemi ought .to be a man well }versed in the ways of courts, and- }we can think of no Democrat who has enjo:yed more familiarity with },the pi.,:iCtice of legal tribal nals than Solomon Kohninatem. As for the Treasury, if Mr. Johnson can .Ond nobody among'the ieores of counterfeit-dor - whom he has set at kite to take } charge of' it, there:i s . the lion. John Morrissey,'}elt versed in the ;mysteries !, of finance, or ere is the Hon- lil y } Ben- W.ctlxi. who is not onl a-. financier,, but has a valuable political co nection. A capi tal - 13ecretair of the Inte or }would be the Hen- 'James , Buchannan., The Department of': State occasions rather ore} perplexity. The duties of the Secretary are} manifold, and no one man combines vlrt ett enough in his own person to discharge them} all, to the sat !Action, of the people! He is exisgted to play the spy and detective , etaln subordinate i t, officers of. the Government , ) an .fair funs this fun tion no Man is fitter, than ;Gen. Lafayette C. Biker. He ought } to be, an aecemplished speculator in real eatate,, and, this is tote } regarded as chieCqualificatien, we 'Bug- g the name-of Anthony J.lticeeker..• And, finally, he must be a , complete letter-writer; 1 but here the field tato° vast wewill not 'un dertake to Indicate the condor, men. -;-11r. F. Oar Party TobaY. The returns of the late elections, tui fir . . received,and more bipeds/1y in New Yor indicate the same result as in Pennsyl . • There is no appreciable 'Democratic gain i•rt the vote ofprecedbig yearsbut a heavy fidling off on the Republican vote polled. A. calm view of the field. discloses - nothing to dispir it say earnest and intelligent Union Man, Sad ni? ), affords no ground for the insane exbila tin of the Democracy. When a , general; as often the ease on the. Potomac, during late war, brings but one corps of-;his a into action against the entire , force of - enemy, enemy, and suffers defeat in consequence , he cause for 'which be 'Magid, is not 'by y means lost. . This is tiwoondiliori of our Par ty today. A_ party whicii, on the very mid of temporary disaster, mum conflict of 1108, is not seriously dMaged: -4417 4 .8 Press ' i f 1 , NE A tor , • -v•RTIBEXRN Ts _ . - - COW W ANT ED: . - yr! PIERsoi BeiTs'a A Gook Fu n Cow , •A w mile, Us find a parthtter w„t at the Plothonotatfil cake. ' k taarivott. • 4 %. - • FOR - 8:5.4 . 4 y - N - RA: rrlT E know that LADIES OF IIEAVEE t couny sumo J. H. 'BENCE., Third Street, Beavei, Piueta Sair.s very /large usortniklul of LADIES' AND MISSES' EATS, - I) Winch are bah* ,elect pried to fail aa(l wog* everibody. Iu tact, lit and BELOW COST: L a dl e! I n want oral:o6ll3gin tiicilllincry 4 3 not do twilit. thauby culling on _ . WE CANNOT BE I.7XDERSOL6 In Beaver county., Pi ttabnrgh, or sal Kleiman Also. a lot of n s tw otyles in fingi. trinin& g , Trimmine of evOrr.kind. Joni nime in. .kb,, d ra t Bhawle, 1100d1.. gables, tte., at lovr Rene receiving : ne w goods daily. I.vlew rn it and to yourselves. ~ 11.41ENt7 viav9oST4t. 7 bird vtri.vrt, Balm CER/STBI6 9 G pi:IRV:MAUS G TOES! TOYS! TOY':! TOYS! TO TOYS! TOY .!. TOYS! 11 ,„\ ... HOLYPAY PRES ; Ts( I . ': HOLTE;AYS PitEs MIECIMAEXMIAVS I M.lal-,II7IM'EI Bridge' st., Bridgewater, Bridge .et•, Bridgewater.--i II JUST R ETURNEM FROM NEW FOPS ; ILI. I have aelectetithe largest and inert varied eat. of Variety Good ever offered in the ninety &A sell as usual, at die 'lowest iwali Meath-once. Thaliry friends, 1 ana thankful for Iliad faNiew and holm } , w will. call and sae toe. It would be Ilniameible top nit-rule each and every . . . . . Out' Mock. la equal to any retall . Aarieta StoriO tic country•. B. M ULBEIM. D. KEIDDCZ C. D. MERRICK KEYSTONE STOVE WORKS, • Car Factory Buildings, I • -1 t • NE* WR,IOIITON.TA - MERRICK. & CO. MEI 4.43CLP.ICTURERS OF .4.11 D RETAIL DRALEcs Is 'COOKING STOVES, - HEATISG srorvEs„ GRATE EKON • FRIDERS,I R: t uby_CoOlcini Stove NI 4)1 'TIMSWAT TOM Tag Fi BST 'FR, ? .. 1 1S I r the Bate Fair am a Coal lkaArane Store. 6 :: 0 ,, r Atheists County Fair. We nee oo ecrlT.o" ° rt e . mentriktuse, botionke them end naivety' . Yeti!, and warrant them in every Irpod- irk eiird The Ittel has the lai irent neon in lk; TIT. az 0, i 011•11171011 but little [net in t l kiL4,o%kio premed Casts. • I - 4 GRATE FRONTS ANTI We are lamely engaged in ti, at, Pro*lts and Vanden., wtatrksreens , M O l4 maenad qualify and flue fiovf. Ulna it* !Ogre furl a long; Ow, will "Ikea Illltuch superior tioieb .to r ~ 1 -, ! • fil, BIER PIEC i • • We are also stn sheet Tenn width we hive applied Stir a patent Hydrazine prem. They are much Iron and Ina& doper.' 1' • • • - HEATING STOV , '' We claims the heseleaCbsaikik Star Thr Meal" Ind lige the best Stock b lion. 1 „Our patents are eompletel'.hat It Is of tendon to keep a amortmeat to oar Une. ... Nifri alio WWE the Premium at. the. County ~..1 1,1 ::;. t=iMenall,and webare entered ti ic2,,,_tuV i i i i ii detatrabratiorkto use tbribesi oirl.• '• • lad make Murd work. • . • We 'll9 request a shire of the patillq'; lumioca.mid "mkt Pe Owed to tee Woe w ls '" . PitrattUf in our line at our woks. ' • • , . . .. ; !rtes. IGoir-to salt tlioi;.ttises. - .1 . . ' bIERRICIC it Co OE _ - ME I= apuurc. J. V. BUCK-LIT Eal 9 7,ti0 IFE'DF 4 D rakinr (41e ni an irTo rat This roauttir not Co r ',, pt ut „ O Ce: rlleol i°. .ced 13 9 1° ' r Oa c%6 , mine preP ffhte to the art their o=o°4
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