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VOLUME V.
gailMail*.
Pittsburgh, ft. wayne and
Chicago BAILWAY.—Oaand after June
gy 1573, trains wilt leave stations as follows;
NS GO
EXFB.S.j
1.45 AM
3.30
. MO 1C
. 6.51 I.
.. 3.55 8..
Ar 9.90 4.C
Be 9.40 5.6.
11.05 7.35
.... 12.08 pm 9.00
.... 3.20 11.S0
4.45 *.B3#.
7 50 6,80
TRAINS GOING &i
ss. HALL ;KXPB’B;,
7177771 T,isa«! oaoam
& 9.15- j 12.02 pm .
.yne 12.01PX1 3.00 H
1 2.45 4.07 1
4.00 6.08 9.
lAt 5.35; 6.80 4.1
> DO -fDe 6,00a* 6.50 4.1
bold 6 40 7.19 4.45.
Hie 9-16 9.30 6.81
ace 1I.«T 10.55 8.05
j, e «ter 2.48 pm 10.40
tanm* 4,00 3.30 11.48 a.
pTbTmyeks,
General Passenger and Tieaet Agest.
& PITTSBURGH B. R.
V on and after Jane 23, 1873, trains will leave
stations daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows;
GOING SOUTH—MAINLINE.
stations. sxtb’s. xaiu ixxpb's. accox
Cleveland j 8.30a* 1.55P* 4.05P*
Httdwn 9.41 5.09 6.23
Bavenna 10.13 .6.88 BAS
Alliance 11.05 6.12 6.40
Bayard 11.89 6.41
Wellaville l.lOp* 8.00
Pittsburgh 8.40 10.30
GOING NORTH—MAIN LINK.
~BTATubi3. ZZPB’A mail. xxpb’s. accox.
Pittsburgh 6.BQam 1.15P*
- WelliViUe 8.4*1 8.10
Bayard 10.25 4.80
Alliance 11.00 1 4.55 7.95aX
Eavenna 13.08P* 5.58 8.16
Hud-on 13.41 6.23 9.05
Cleveland 1.55 7,30 1055
* GOING bIAST—KiVKR DIVISION.
STATIONS. ACCOX.{ MAO*. XXPB’S. ACCOM
Billair 5.45a* lOAQax 5.40 pm ! .
Bridgeport ..... 5.55/' 11,00 5.50 i
Steubenvillevi'.. 6,57 ' 12.07P* 6.60 I
WelL-vi11c....;.. 8.00 1.05 7.53.
Eocbester. ..../ 9.80 3.35 9.85
Pittsburgh...»-. 10,40 3.40 10,30 '
-■
TRAINS GOING WEST.
gwnOSiT EXPB t 9.’ XXIX.. gXPB’ft.XXPB'A
I.4SAM 6.00 am 9.10a* 1.30 pm
3.30 7.28 10.38 MS
?£« MO Mt4o ISJSQpm 6.08
fflle 6.51: I.OOPM Ml -7.08 r
S23teld> S.W 8.18 6.00 -0.11
*■“?'l Ar 9.30 4.00 5.40 0.40
Crestline .. > De 9.40 5.65 am 8.00 0.80 ;
* nres r ; u. 05 7JB ius
fflf' 19.08 pm 9.00 9.15 UUTam
.... 3.20 ,11.80; UJSO M 5 •
South 4.45 2.33 pm 2.85 AM 6.05 :
ggo v 7SO 6J30 6.50 8.90 pm
TRAINS GOING EAST.
~~#MTIOS3. MALL ; SXPM’B;; UCFB’B. BZPM'B.
niZ™. ~ s.lsam| 9.30 am 5.88 pm 9.20 pm
S&th 9.15- 1 19.02 pm 8.85' I.IOAM
Port Wayne .... 13.01PM1 2.00 IUS 4LOO -
f2i 2.45 4.07 I.IBAM 6.40
ETn . : 4.00 6.08 9.37 8.10
r 0 IA I SJ& 6.80 4.C5 10.10
Crestline •• De 6.qOam 6.50 4.15 10.80 am
Unweld 640 7.19 4.43 11.00
&e 9.16 9.30 6.37 I.oopm
See U.«T 10.55 8.05 385
SXster 3.48 pm 10.40 4.63
s£sburgb 4,00 2.30 11.4 SAM .6.00
GOING WEST— RIVER DIVISION.
Riubarsh
RoAe*'-er
V«Wsv\Ue. ...
S\«rt*w\\V3 . C.
Seller
TUSCARAWAS BRANCH
Leaves Arrives
S Phila.n Warn * I.oopm I Bayard, 9.45 am a 4 00pm
Bayard, Vi.l" a 5.00 p. m. | N. Phila. 3.00 a 7.30 p m
F. R. MYERS,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
pENN>VLVANIA R. R. j
i-, - ifVT December ‘iid, 137 - 3, Trains will arrive
and depart a* follows;
K \*T w A HD. WESTWARD.
Through Trains Leave Trains Arrive
Vr.;on Depot; Union Depot.
Pseitii’ ExjPsT' 2:50 a m Mall Train, 1:05 a m
Mill Tnitti. 7:45 a m East Line. 1:35 am
i'-n't’" Ex la *4)) p m Pittsburgh Ex. 9.0 n a m
Ex Lit) p m Cincinnati Ex. 8:40 a m
Phil.nW.p'a Ex. 5:20 p m Southern Kz. 12:40 pm
1.:r.-. s;5O p m Pacific Expr’s, 1:10 p m
Way Passenger, 9:50 p m
LOCAL.
LOCAL
No I,
V’Vsin-ir,' Ac Walls No 1 6:30 am
■ 7tis a ni Brinton Ac. Nol, 7:30 a m
“No 2. 1 11;*20 a m Wilkinsburg Ac
bi';-Nu',, 11:45 am Nol R:2fl a m
1' ■ ic-'bur:: Ac Walls No 2, 9:10 am
- 2:40 pru Johnstown Ac. 10 10 a m
"v ; -N"4. ■ 3;20 p m Walls No 3, 1:45 pm
•0 r-’.iw ii Ac. 4;oo p m Walls No 4 3:20 p m
*i; Ai'cnin- Wilkinsburg Ac
i;i" No !, 450 p m No 2 4.45 pm
By ■ •Ac No 2 5- 40 p m Wails Ac. No. 5 5:55 p m
" 1 N'*", 0:15 ptn Brinton No 2, 6:50 p m
By ■'][ "■ Ac No '<» -jo p m Brinton Ac. N03,,7:25 p m
b; \c Nut, 11: i >*> ;> m Brinton Ac No4'11:10 pm
< ■o' Kxprcss. Cincinnati Express, Fast Line
Ac No. 3 leave tlaily. \
IN Kxpr*‘>> daily, except Monday. "
-C ■■■c 1 ,. r trains dailv. exeunt Sunday.
I l ' l leaves Pittsburgh at 2:50 a m ar
- i’ 11.-ur.i-burg at 11;40 am; Philadelphia 3:30
v 0 1 1 ’ :nore 3:00 pm; Washington 5:40 pm.
"■ i 'irk *; :’4p in.
1 : ju Express leaves Pittsburgh at 12.20 pm,
1 l.'im>hurL' 10.20 p m; Philadelphia 2.30 a m;
>'■» v-rk *i pi „ m.
< i ; i i.s'i Kxpre-s leaves Pittsburgh at 1:10 p
: it Harrisburg 10:45 p m; Philadelphia 2:50
i;,;:; >ifire 2:13 a-m; Washingtons:ooa m. New
I k ■ :n lu .
r , t
I
tn ;r
1'! i>l.-'.jihiii Kxpres# loaves Pittsburgh at 5:20 p
n irr.w'. ,t H.iyi-bun; 2:55 am; Philadelphia 0:55
■' N ' Vnrk 10:H ; ,pi.
~ >'■ lit i- leave* Pittsburgh at 8:50pm; arrives at
hi--. .;,•}-);» m: Philadelphia 0:50 a m: Balti
}\ ' 1,1 am; \yashiugton 11:30 am; New York
1 rurch Trains leave Wall’s Station every
''Ma m.reaching Pittsburgh at 10:00am.
'. L - 1 1- ;" e Pittsburgh at 12:.‘hip m, and arrive
- ' Mai inn at 1:50 p m. Leave Pittsburgh
’ ‘. rr: Krinton’s 10:3op m'.
' 11 ‘ U( KET OFFICE—For the convenience
'■ ''vt,- of Pittsburgh the Pennsylvania
> ■ 1 "inpany have opened a city ticket office
•'y illh aver ue corner of Smithfield street,
lhmii_'h Ticket*. Commutation Tickets
’ 1 In kets to niincipal stations can be pur
-1 r my hour of the day or evening at the
i e- a- are charged at the depot.
I '" ili be checked through to destination
, . : and residences by Excelsior Baggage
, 1 ‘ I' ' on orders lelt at the office.
•re . ir' 'i"r information applv to
A -\ ‘'assatt, D. M. BOYU. Jr.,
General Manager. (jew. Pass. Agent.
v \\
i;. ■
l;
Y LI *KGUENY VALLEY RAILROAD
>-d -ifier Monday. Jnly 29th. 1573. Three
rain, daily, except Sunday. will leave
- rr: '"-ar Pittsburgh. city time, for Franklin,
• • \i- - v - and all points in the Oil Regions,
u :-;t'rn and Central New York.
1.. , Leave. Arrive
\ Ex We<s 7.30 am B.3spin
1.. •- x ' 9.30 pm ti.Ooam
x P rL ‘' s 11.50 am 5.45 am
'-> J V' Ac 0.40 am tj.3o a^m
‘ ■ ''-niiirlisAc 9.45 am 8.20 am
o' Ar 3.20 pm 10.10 am
v ‘ ,'"J. Ac 440 p m 9.05 a m
-■ '■'.■(Works Ar 5.50 pm 2.15 p m
■- ‘ .“;"«Ac 19.50 pm 10.45 pm
v," ( >nuda( train leaves Pittsburgh every
■ at 7 ;jo 8 m. arriving at Parker at i 2.18 a m.
Ptn‘i niT, i leaves * >arker at 4..10 pm, and arrives at
»iM'li;ireh at 8 25 p m.
** '™’ n to and from Soda Works (Sunday)
l -1 -j,'',' “ t Pittsburgh at 10.10 a m, and leaves at
-■■'■ put.
„ J - J - LAWRENCE, Gen’l.Supt.
u-BRAY. Ticket Agent.
6.80a*
7.40
8.40
9.50
11.UO 1
11.10
(i: 40 a m
, $3,000 FOR 20 CENTS, •'/
Before you start on a Journey, buy as Aeddent
Insurance Ticket' of tbe Hallway Passengers in
eu ranee Co, of Hartford, Conn.. Tickets lor sale
at railroad stations. _. Aik for an Insurance Ticket.
SEMINARY AND ‘
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
thMiSS te 8 . 1 Schools for eoxetln
tonsMhrSeptaisiifrSiL
OOLITMBIA CLASSICAL INSTITUTS,
A Boarding School for Young Men and Bon. For
Circular*i address Bov. H. S.ALEXANDBa. Co
mmola, Pa,
h^m-
Breech-Loading ShotGnns, $4O to $BOO, Doable
ShotQnusBto $lBO, Single Guns $8 to $9O.
revolver* $5 to SSS. Pistol* $1
.to $8 Gan Material, Pishing tickle, ftc. Lugs
discounts to dealers and duos. Army case, re
volvers, etc..boueht or traded for. Goode aent
by express, C. O, D. to be examined before, paid
lor. ■ ■ • •/ -
A FORTUNE, —How! By speculating in
i^SSS k .* *2s&‘« c fP iu M lO 40 0100; will
“Plwurtlon sent free.
S* 3f •HUBBMLiL A CO., Bankersandßrokers,B9
Wall St., Hew York. DoxSSSS.
$36 MONEY MADE FAST $l,OOO.
By all who will work tot na.. It on writing yon do
not find ns all square we will give you one dollar
for yonr trouble. Send stamp for drculars to
O. B« BPCKLKY A CO.. Teikonaha, Mich.
IsWf
*>A per , _ -tswanteoi _
_ - _ cUwesof working people, of
either sex young or old. nuke money at work for
ns in their spare momenta, oral! the time, than at
anything else. Particulars ftee. AddreM-G.
Stissoh *Co., Portland,lUine.
ig straggled twenty years be
>. life and death with ASTHMA.
THISICI experimented toy seif
impounding roots and berb*, and
ling tbe Medicine thus obtained,
natcly discovered a most won
i remedy and sore core for Asth
md its kindred diseases. War
id to relieve tbe severest par*
so tbe patient can lie down to
sleep imfortaoly. One trial package
sent by mail free of charge; Address D.LAN
6KLL, Apple Creek, Wayne County. O.
1 PENSABY
ESTABLISHED IN 1837.
•15PMI 4-BOpm
.20 6.05
.10 | 7.15
,20 ! 8.89
,25 9.45
.40 ,10.C0
Is the oldest and most successful institution in
this country for the treatment of Chronic and Sex
ual diseases. For terms of treatment call or ad
dress by mail address. S. H. HUNSDON,
3J Maiden Lane, Albany, N. Y.
GRANDEST SCHEME EVER KNOWN.
FOURTH
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
812,000 CASH GIFTS 81,500,000.
Every Fifth Ticket Draws a Gift.
$550,000
The Fourth Grand Gift Concert authorized by
special act of the Legislature for the benefit of the
Public Library of Kentucky, will take place in
Public Library Hall, at Louisville, Ky., ,
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3d, 1873.
Only sixty thousand tickets will be sold and one
half of these are intended for the European mar
ket. thus leaving only 80,(00 for sale in the United
States where 100,000 were disposed of for the third
concert. The tickets are divided into ten coup
ons or parte and have on their back the scheme
with a lull explanation of the mode of drawing.
At this concert, which will he the grandest mu
sical display ever witressed in this country, the
unprecedented sum of
*1,500,000,
divided into 12.000 cash gifts, will be distributed
by lot ticket-holders. The numbers of
the ticket* are to be drawn from one wheel by
blind children and the gifts from another.
LIST OF GIFTS.
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gift
One Grind Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gilt
10 Cash Gitta $lO,OOO each
80 Cash Gifts $5,000 each.
50 Cash Gifts $l,OOO each.
SO Cash Gifts $5OO each...
100 Cash Gifts $4OO each..
150 Cash Gifts $3OO each ..
250 Cash Gifts s2' 0 each..
325 Cash Gif's $lOO each..
11,000 Cash Gifts $5O each
Total 12,000 Cash Gifts amounting t 0... .$1,500,000
The distribution will be positive, whether all
the tickets are sold or not. and the 12,000 gifts all
paid in proportion to the tickets sold—all unsold
tickets being destroyed as at the first and second
concerts, and not represented in the drawing.
, PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole tickets $5O; Halves $25; Tenths, or each
Coupon $5; Eleven whole tickets for jssoo; 2214
tickets for $1,000; 113 whole tickets for{ss,ooo; 227
whole tickets for $lO,OOO. No discount on less
than $5OO worth of Tickets at a time.
The unparalleled success of the Third Gift Con
cert, as well as the satisfaction given by the First
and Second, makes it only necessary to announce
tbe Fourth to Insure the .-prompt gale 0 f every
ticket. The Fourth Grand Gift Concert will be
conducted in all its details like the Third, and full
particulars may be loarhed from circulars, which
will be sent free from this office to all who apply
.for them. , . „ ,
Tickets are now ready for sale, and all orders
accompanied by the money promptly filled. Liber
al terms given to those who buy to sell again.
THOS. E. BHAUILETTE,
Public Library of Kentucky, and Manager
Gift Concert, Public Library Building, Louis
ville, Ky.
ANTED
FOR THE NEW BOOK
Epidemic aid Contagions Diseases
with the newest and test treatment for all cases.
The only thorough work of the kind in the
world Embraces Small-Pox. Yellow Fever, Chol
era, and all analogous diseases. No Family
Safe Without St. and ail buy it. Has 24 chromatic
Illustrations. The biggest chance of the season
for agents. Address 0 8. GOODSPBED & CO..
37 Park Row, Now York.
innStanimm£m
■•••• -■■•> *'•* • ’*
SyTTEgeni
GRAND GIFT CONCERT
For the benefit of the
FOR $5O.
BEA
’tv
•v*i
,--.-V ‘.£4*
:Ilm
[ tt’tte follawto* at**
9^oo
OUtXoirrst*, *‘.., M„.s. «,. - . i tna
Tnn » JU‘, <>
Itoaiaicofnii ' - ✓, - r .
All comaudetttott abocid
Iwddgtwedto MPmCPEP^tW^t.gi. |
I CtootTOUoal met
Itf PraMkfcron | n .
fwap d|U.
cbairnmnof the
Suite Committee*, - V **:■*, ; •. /-
commiumk were t^'
cew W« taken to *«> 3» :<tt&t*
a)ip# the. coaunUtees Umo ui roeet amJ
prepare business (or theConyentlpp, .=>£
The Conrentloo again assembledat
half-past two o'clock and wMcallodto
order by temporary PreaiddvOen
crai Campbell, chairman of the.Ocipuni£ :
tee on Permanent Organization. Horn
G. Olmatead, of potter county, was chosen
President of the Convention, with, the
wiflaJ number of Vice Presidents nod Sec- ]
retariea.
Konlnatlone for the office of State
Treasurer were now decided to he in or
der.
B.H. Geyer, of Allegheny, nominated
men W Macke*.
Geaenl J. M.
nominated Samoel Henry»orC«M»-
A ballot was proceked wlibrie«tf tto£
as follower • ; •
-- .Mr* Mackey ww accordingly declared
the nominee, and 'vw'
- boisterously applauded. : ~i
The couTeption to the
tlon ofa candidate for Judge of the Su
preme Court, when the following were
placed In nomination:
E. N. Willard, of Xazerne. nominated
ed Hon. at iVni.
William B. Waddell, of Chester, nomi
nated Hon. William Butler, of Chester.
Hon. William Hall, of Bedfotd, and
Hon. Samuel S. Blair, of Blair, were also
named.
A ballot was bad and the roll called
with the following results.-
Paxson, 39; Gordon, 40; Butler, 42;
Hall, 7, and BUir 6 votes.
No candidate having received a major{
ty of all the votes of the convention, there
was no nomination, and a second ballot
was ordered
Paxson
Gordon
Butler.
The name of Messrs. Hill and Blair
were withdrawn. The result was as fol-
lows
Paxson
Gordon
Butler
A third ballot resulted in no material
7 ... *‘ 7
alteration of the figures reported for the
three competitors, and a fourth, fifth, and
sixth ballot followed, the only feature of
which was a gradual accession to Judge
Paxson's strength.
The report of the sixth ballot was as
follows
The seventh ba'lol showed ajn increase
for Gordon of two, for Paxson of one t
and a falling off in the vote for Bailer of
five. In the succeeding ballot a further
increase for Gordon of six votes, making
his total 54, elicited hearty and long con
tinued applause from his supporters.
This lead he retained to the close, receiv
ing on each of the succeeding ballets ad
ditional votes from the Bullcrites, who
seemed determined at all hazards to pre
vent the success of Paxson. The* result
of the ninth ballot indicated unmistaka
bly that both the Eastern candidates
would be shelved, and that the great
Northwest would ultimately name the
choice of the body. The ballot was
Gordon
$25(3,000
100,000
50.000
*25,000
17.500
100,000
150.000
50,(00
40.000
’ 40,000
45.000
50.000
32.500
550.000
Paxson,
Butler
The tenth and final ballot stood
Gordon
Paxaon,
Butler
Judge Gordon having received 3 majori
ty of the 130 votes cast, was accordingly
declared the nominee.
The following resolutions were submit
ted and unanimously adooted:
The Republicans of Pennsylvania, in
Convention assembled, renew their ex
pression of confidence In and devotion
to the principles of Republicanism, and
deciare.
Ist. That they heartily endorse and re
adopt the Republican National and State
platforms of 1872.
2d. That the national administration
commands their continued confidence.
’^V'v.
«ftraae*j.
FIRST BALLOT,
SECOND BALLOT
k. *
45 votes
.47 votes
40 votes
.64
.54
.11
i • -v.i.
W. Twlibe, administration of Gover
&*, ourwarmeat ap*
short time he
has|im&seexectttive department he
Policy which has
Jq*lj*ndeai^^tia^the people of this
Ccmunoafwcami, and Jws amply justified
the confidenoewe have placed in him.
earnestly in favor of
abd of snch a re
vfcioo«f f Ut State Constitution as will
Instrument in pre-
i*Mi .* the corrupt abuses j
Seder our present sys
emphatically and es
tteyer- is done, or left
for which the
nventiotii was called,
itloh of special legis
»U«d before the peo*
T separate and decisive
reduction of the State
& ~ . .OW% 126.000.000; the
on real estate.
for the sap!
porVpl the maintenance
«f ourwwlliMii and prosperous system of
c9Hi«W»^p| establishment
debt at the
rate *jrear, together with
the o°°^ >tion of onr
wealth, are evi
de ' Ihi
•*r
ha
Mid
«afr
| a.
tlrti
Ibpi
.&
lie
we
these lands to corporations. J
Bth. That adequate provisions should be
made by law for the protection of persons
engaged in mining and other hazardous
forms of labor.
9th. That when retrenchment is requir
ed to lighten the burden of taxation and
to continue the reduction of the public
debt, an increase of salaries is unwise, and
we condemn without reserve voting for
, or receiving increased pay for services
,already rendered, whether in State or
nation, and demand that the provisions
of the late act of Congress, by which the
salaries were increased, should promptly
and unconditionally be repealed.
10th. That we heartily denounce cor
ruption wherever found, and are sincere
ly desirous for honest economy and po
litical parity in all official administra
tions. To secure this is the duty of every
citizen, and to this end every good man
should feei bound, not only to partici
pate in politics, but to labor actively "Ho
see that none but good men‘secure party
appointments or nominations.
11th. That the practice of loading the
appropriation bill essential to the support
of the Government with objectionable
legislation in the shape of amendments,
towards the close of the session, is a pro
lific source of abuse and a fraud upon the
people; and its reform is urgently de
manded ; that as the country and home
industry have both uniformly prospered
under a tariff so arranged as to afford
both revenue and protection, the present
tariff should be left undisturbed, and as
all tariffs are levied primarily for reve
nue, it would be a poor government in
deen which could not afford to arrange its
details sq as to encourage the growth of
home manufactures, and the creation of a
remunerative home market for all the pro.
ducts of our soil.
12th. That order and,security in the
States lately in rebellion must come
through the stern enforcement of laws
enacted to protect life, liberty, and the
freedom of thought, and cannot be se
cured by rendering these just and neces
sary laws inoperative through Executive
clemency to unrepentant assassins now
undergoing punishment in pursuance of
law.
13th. That, as during the time the Re
publican party has been in power, it has
had to confront graver difficulties and
more new and perplexing questions of
government than were ever presented to
any other party to solve, and has solved
them so judiciously and wisely that the
country endorses its decisions and accepts
its work. It is the only organizatton
competent to so meet the grave issues
that are now constantly arising as to se
cure the just rights of the whole people.
: 1?BJR ANISTJM IN ADVANCE.
ST 22.1873.
promotion of the
prosperity of the
ipport of the peo-
14th. That we sympathize with every
movement to secure tor agriculture and
labor their due influence, interests and
rights, and the Republican party will be
their ally in every just effort to attain
their ends.
An additional resolution reported by
the retirement of Chief Justice Read from
the Supreme bench ot the State was also
adopted, as well as a resolution authoriz
ing the candidates nominated and the
President of the convention to appoint
a Chairman of the Slate Central Commit
tee.
FROM DAKOTA.
On Board Steamer Key West, )
Yankton, D. T.. Aug. 11,1873. \
In tny former letter I said I would try
and write you again before leaving the
States, but I find trying only will not
accomplish much. At Sioux City we on
ly had time to discharge our load and re-
ceive a small portion of private freight
tor different porta above, and at Yankton,
we were ordered to finish onr load and’
proceed to the Yellowstone without de
lay; consequently I had but little lime for
writing. As my former letter was dated
at Leavanworth, July 4th, I will
that point and from that date. While ly
ing at Leavanworth. on the evening of
the 4th, we had a very strong windstorm,
which we learned afterwards, destroyed
$ great amount of property in some parts
of the country. At St. Joseph, (which
we reached next day) the steamer Moun
taineer was lying tied mire bank, and al
most in a moment of time, she was lorn
loose and was drifting towards the bridge
below. As nothing 'Could be done to
check her progress to the bridge, she had
to go. In a few jbinutes more she was I
lying lodged agaidst the bridge, with the
front of her cabin, chimneys, &c., torn to
atoms. Bridge and boat were both dam
aged to the anlount of several thousand
dollars. Such fc the character of many
of; the weaternstorras, especially on the
by our most
more sunken steamers lie between these
points,than have been built in Freedom
during the last sis years. My diary shows
that while passing up this piece of river in
May 1868,1 counted 78 snags above the
surface of the water,!n one bead, and all
in sight of each other, however, they are
more dangerous when covered with water
—we sometimes call them M hull inspec
tors,*' and m this respect they excell any
thing of modern times.
When within a days run of Council
Bluffs and Omaha, the scenery became
beautiful ; hills resembling mountains in
shape, and long and wide prairies alike
adorned with natures own coloring, and
thus it continues to the source of the Mis
souri, excepting that the bills gradually
grow larger and more numerous as we as
cend.
At Omaha, I saw some of the original
inhabitants of America, the first on my
trip, though since I havte seen more than
a regiment of them, both sexes and all
ages, from a young papoose to a gray
haired squaw.
At this place we also met a few insects
peculiar to this country, called musqui
toes ; of their size and habits I shall speak
more particularly further along in my
letter —when I paid them more attention.
We arrived at Yankton on Monday,
July 14th, and departed the next day at
noon for the Yellowstone.
At the end of six days we reached
Grand River, where we suffered very
much from the hot winds which blew in
our faces, and appeared very much like
the heat from a furnace. At Grand River
Agency, the thermometer stood at 106
degrees in the shade, on that day? There
is a belt of land at this point on which
no vegetation grows, consequently the
rays of the sun are directly reflected into
the atmosphere, producing great beat,
! which is the principal cause of wind ;
1 thus we account for these hat winds in
this way, however, we only had to en
dure them a few hours; but on the fol
lowing morning about four o’clock we
took on board a full cargo of mosquitos,
soon aroused those who were sleep
ing to a full and complete consciousness
of Um present. The cry all over the boat
was, **oh, the mosquitos, how’s the mos
quitos where you are?” Many could not
eat breakfast at the table, but took their
victuals wherever they could find the
least breeze, and there with one band en
deavored to eat their breakfast, whilst the
other band was constantly in motion, fan
ning the mosqnitos away from their face.
We wore mosquito nets over our heads,
closely tucked under our coat collars,
gloves on and sleeves pinned tightly about
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«c* to Bunts City.ia
--arm
our wrists, pants in our boots, &c. la
this way we defended ourselves against
those troublesome insects for six days. At
one time they covered the boat so as to
make her name, painted on the side of
the pilot house, quite indistinct. I have
measured mosquitos, on this trip, three
eights of an inch long, but usually they *
measure only a quarter of an inch.
We arrived at Pt. Buford on the morn
ingof July 27 th, unloaded-and started !
up the Yellowstone the next morning I
with an escort of a small company of sol
diers, expecting to join the expedition
partv at Powder River. Por the present
I shall not attempt to give you any dis*
criptlon of thia river, but will defer it for
my next letter, when I shall, perhaps,
write you from home, as I expect to start
for Beaver county in a couple of days.
ROM WASHING TOW.
Resumption of Specie Payment—Hon.
F. K. Spinner** Letter.
Correspondence of the Radical.
Washington, D. C., August 18,1873.
A letter written by Hon. F. £. Spinner,
Treasurer of the United States, on the
subject of American finances, our nation
al debt and the best method of pay ing it,
the resumption ot specie payment, etc.,
was sent out for publication a couple or
three days since. It is dated August 11,
and is addressed to "H. Ostenberg, Esq *
editor of the German-American Economist,
Frankfort, A. M., Germany.” It igS&f
considerable length, but is a very clear
and able paper, and as it emanates from
so high an authority as the United States
Treasurer it will be read and studied by
those of our people who take an interest
in such questions (and who is not inter
ested?) with no ordinary degree of atten
tion.
This letter is an answer to a proposition
to re-fund the debt, the details off which
proposition would take up too much space'
in my letter. The plan does not meet
with Mr. Spinner’s apporoval. But the
most ifflportant topic tfealed of ia the
former occasi ms proposed » p]
riving at ibis much-to be-desired finao
cial result. He now reiterates his former
ideas ac[d again comes to the support of a
project which he advanced several years
ago, butlthis time he makes bis remarks
raore-fqrcjble. A peculiarity of General
letter’s is that they are easily
understood. Ordinarily, letters on finan
cial subjects are so technical in their lan
guage, so profuse in words only familiar
to Wai! street speculators, that the ordi
nary reader cannot possibly comprehend
them.
The plan advocated by the “grim old
custodian” of the nation’s funds is best
expressed in his own words. He propos
es “the enactment of a law compelling
the resumption of specie payments on a
day in the future, to be fixed, sty three
years, from the passage of such act.” He
expreses the opinion that “under the op
eration of such a law the whole volume
of paper currency, that ot the national
banks as well as that of the government,
would immediately begin to appreciate in
value, and would continue to do so grad
ually, but certainly, until at the yme fix
ed for resumption the paper currency
would become the equivalent of coin.”
The General then goes on to enumer
ate the difficulties that stand in the way
of accopiplishing this. He says the friends
of a sound currency have themselves re
tarded the return of specie payment by
insisting on a reduction of the volume of
the paper currency. This, he argues
has enlisted the opposition of a “very
large class who are otherwise sound on
the main question.”
The real opponents of the measure, per
se t he enumerates as follows: first, the
debter class, which constitute a large ma
jority of our people. These desire to pay
their debts with cheap money. Second,
the manufacturers, who have learned that
suspension increases their protection
against importation of foreign goods, and
third, the national banks which are now
relieved from the duty of redeeming / thei*
circulating notes in gold. He adds :
“Our government being strictly repre
sentative, of course, a large majority of
the members of Congress are elected to
represent and to carry out these views of
their constituencies.”
It is very doubtful whether Mr. Spin
ner’s plan will meet with favor in Con
gress, but the effect of its publication
will be to revive the agitation of the
question of resumption, a question that
has for some time been greatly neglected.
Libby Prison is now being used by a
fertilizing company.
NUMBER 33
Respectfully yours,
J. S. Bbioos.
Illßi