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II. JOIIXSTCS, Editor.
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VOLUME 2.
ebensbtjrg, pa., Thursday, November 26, i 868.
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B-jks, Book Binding, &c , executed toorder
as i,-f.od as the b&st and as cheap an the
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M. L. OATMAN,
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES !
BAC01J, SALT, FISH,
FPvESII VEGET I5LI-:S,
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS,
SUGARS, TEAS, C0FFFS,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c.
Also, a large .tock of the
2cst Brands of Cigars and Tobacco.
STORE ON HIGH STREET,
Dcrg EuJ of Crawford's HsUl,
Clensburg:, In,
gSECUKE THE SHADOW ERE
THE SUB ST A XL'S fADLS!
ft pex ci:'.s arr.YF
JT'5V! ; f' ' -' " i I'' il ;v:', !C V
la now in perfect opIlt for executing Pictures
Ih every style of the art. Photographs of life
iike acvur-icy, ranging from the smallest card
picture to ihe largest s ze for fraoiia". taken iu
ny weather, and warranted to give satisfaction,
rar-.cular attention pmd to children s pictures M LRES, EST IN CIS, &c., which he wi!' make
Era mes of all kinds for sale cheap. Frames of I to order in the best style and at the lowest, pri
aay kind not on hand will be ordered when de j ccs. Feeling conhdeut ol giving entire satis
kired Insiruetioas in the art on liberal terms, j taction, 1 hope lor au iaereaa-i pationape in
CST'Gallery on Julian street, 3 doors north j niy new location. D.J EVANS.
ol 1 own ll-.ll. T. T. SPEN CE.
Ebensburg, Oct. 8, 18Ci.
Photographer.
New Firm Hew Goods.
f B HIE undersigned, having given his son,
j J. E. Shield, an interest in his btore,
the tusiuetis will hereafter be conducted tin
ker the fiiui name of P. II. Shields & Co.,
and aa we are determined to sell Goods chap
for cash, or exchange for grain, lumber or
produce, we hope by strict attention to bus
iness to merit a liberal patrcnaje from a
ijenercus public.
Having determined to sotlla np ray old
books of thirty years standing, I now ask
those indebted to ir.e to como forward and
make settlement on or before the 1st day of
December, 18G8. P. II. SHIELDS.
Loretto. Oct. 15, 1SC8. tf.
JOHN CHOUSE,
WHOI.F.SLE HE A I. EE IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINES
AM) LIQlOttS.
BE2T BRANDS OF BRANDY, WHISKY,
IRISH WHISKY, GIN, &c. &c.
The very best qualities oi Liquors. 77',,
&c, for Medical purposes. Prices LOW".
ESfllotel and Saloon keepers will do well
o give me a call at my store on Canal street,
in b'.ddius formerly occupied by T G. Stew art
Jt , '..t .. a..,, ot ijcj r
OHK GAY. v.'i:. WELSH.
GA Y & WELSH,
lucotnor to Gay Palutcr,
WnOLESALK
Grocers and Commission Merchants,
AST) DEALERS IN
FLOUB, PRODUCE. FISH, SALT, CAR
BON OILS, ate, Src.
202 Libssty Stcejct, - PITTSBURGH.
L. L. LANGSTIiOTII'S
i'ii'H
131 mUKilLLii LUUiU lihh Hi
ROXOUXChD Till: ! KST KVER YET
X introduced in t hi- Coiu.ty or Stale. Any
person buiing :i 1:; in :iy ri-bt can have their
Bees transferred from .in old b-x to a new one.
In every instance la which this has boon done
the result has been eu'irelv sHifctory, and
the Cr't take of honey 1:1 variably pai l all
expenses, m.d ficu'.umly exceeded thesis. Proof
of ll.e superior weiits o!" t!is invention will he
found in the testimony of vet v :;ian who hs
given it a trial, an 1 inn ng the lumber are the
gentlemen named below, and their experience
should induce every one interested in Bees to
Henry C Kirkpatriek, of Carroll township,
took ll.fi noun is of surtilu.- honey from two
hives. whVh he sold ;it 'J3 cent.J per pound.
Adam Peitrich. of C rroil township, took
from two hives 100 pound ol'surj.lus honey.
Jaracs Kirkpatriek, of Cliest townii), took
60 p.iund-5 f t-uiiila.- honey from one hive.
Jacob Kiikpatrick, of Chejt township, ob
tained 7i pound- ol Furplu- honey from c e
hive, wcrth not less than $21, and the right
coit him only 5.
Peter Campbell from one hive obtained IT5
pociH nf surplus honev at one time.
JSyQuite a number of sin-i;ar statements,
authenticated by seme of the best citizens of
Cumbria county, could be outlined in proof of
the superior iner'H of Laag?tro:h's Pateut al j
rable Comb B:-e Five.
Persons rnUhing to purchase family rights
should call on or ail ir-s
PETR CAMPBELL,
Nor. 5, 15' -8 -tf. Carrol! town. Pa.
OUi'IIANS- COUliT
iriue ..j" ti: orJcr of th
SALE! Kv
;c Urj.1
ians' Court
oi C .iniuua co- '.itv. j n;e dlrecteJ. t!i-ra will
lt exptisi'd to Pu:ie S ilc. on the r.remicH ii.
Saqueh:Uiaa township, on Sail-rpat. tiu: V: -"ui
; Py of NovrMuta, iu.-t., at l oM..ck i- k . tho
f-.'.!o-ii det i't-.J re il ea'.ate of which ilemy
j L'c.d late rF '.'.(ruftli.firia twp , iiie.1 :ztt":
! A PIECE OH PAi-Chii. OF LAND sitaated
; a. Sc-'ithaiata tcp.l:ip. C.imbrii coui.tv, ad
I j'iiuii.'K Npd of L!..v l i Cnvir, Uur.h Llov l,
( Abraliatu Kerns, heirs of KjVhard Na'ie. n'n.i
! ethw. c-Mildi.iiitr 131 ACRES and 150 PER
j CLIES, about L'J A ore? of wh'ch ?.re c'eirci,
t u..:.. i .1 , ....
Frms House.
i :ui iiiniiju ere.."ta a oi-e-aua-a iia:i 5torv
ItiiMS or S.w.E-Ono third of the purchase
money to be paid on corfirmatioa of s'tle, and
t;. e re?i.i-'e ia two eq t.il annual pavmests, with
interest, to be secured by the mortgage and
judgment bonds of the n:roha-er.
AL'OUS f 1NE CRAVES,
Adrnhii-imtor of Ilmrv L ovd, dee'd.
flucqi-h iuaa Tp , Nov. 5, 166 -4:.
OUl HANS' COUliT SALE! I5y
ir'.Me of an orJcr of the OrphatuV Court
of Cau.shmcii.nty. to me d!;--.e:ed. there ni'd
t-e exposed to i'eblio S i!.-, at tin
rone? i'. l.r.jt!, ia CaT,!:to;v.i,
J .V .1 - . r. i
r O
x- th? foi!i)wi-ig dc.-c-ibcd valaub'.e Real Ks- 1
latp, t Wit : 1 iie one undivided four iiiths T i
ih t certain PI ECS OR PARCEL O' LAND j
fituatejn C.tiToll townsh:p, Cambria couatv, J
P i , arljoini' lands nt Adam Lieb, Shtr j
iff. iltohft F.tral.nttgh and Ptr 8 irin 'e-, ro-i j
t"'.ai.iR 77 ACRES and PERCHES, more
or less, fttioti' to A 're- of hic-;i re cleared j
. TERMS OF SALE Oi. t, df of the pur- i
chase money to bo piid on confirmation of the j
saie, ami the residue in or.e yeir thereafter, to j
be becared by the mortgage and judgmcn; bead 1
ii u-.r were : next, as v i .i k p
i of the purchaser.
JOStPII A. K RUM EN A CHER, !
Guardian ot Margaret Lviich, (formerly Mir- j
Caret Hayt es), Cath line Haynes, Celestine t
Ifayiifi and J.wob Havnes. fNov.l2-3c. !
OU SALE Tho.ur.der.-ii:ricd oTera t
"L far sale the FARM oa which t! ey now
lejide. situate in Al'.e'!iei;y 'otu-hip. Cambria
coauty. within two miles of Loretto. (form. rlv !
bv Jtues Sf.-A'er ) c-ti'aiipng ONE i
IIE.VDRED and EICHTY-EVEX ACRES, !
mDre or Iet. li 0 Acres of which are cleared i
th? bilrr.ee well timbered. There is erected ;
on the premises a -.,,,d DWELLING HOUSE i
and splendid BARN, tagciher with other no- i
oessarv otitbuild'mgs, such as Elack-ruit-i Shor, j
Corn Cril, Shep llojise, io. ; also, in excel-
lent OKCllAliD of choice Imp. T
itie per-
feet. For terms apoly on the tiremises to
R & C SHIELDS
l-ort I . O-, Auj.VlD, ItO-S.-W".
f S Tailoring estahllsiiment !
-a REMOVED The subscriber wou'd re-
spectfully atitiounce to his cu3tomers and the i
citizens of Ebensburg and viciuitv generally, j
that he has removed to the rew building on i
Ce itre street, opposite the Mountain House and '
adjoining thelaw cilice of Geo. M Re ule. Esq , !
and is now nol only prepared to manufac ure j
ad goods which may be brought to him b'lt
supplied wiih h. fine line of CLOTHS, CASSI
JJAILEY, FAKKELL & CO.,
iIAXCFACTTJi:i.ES OF
LEAD AND BLOCK TIN PIPE,
SISECT AXn Kin LEAD,
ANL ALL K.ISDS or
riuvtlers'. Gas and Steam Ftticrs' Materials,
No. IGf Svitiifivld Stueet,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
CSPend for a Price List nov.10.-5m.
NOTICE. letters f Adnutiistration !
CfM Tt ST A MEN TO ANNKXO On theest.ltCof I
Thomas D.nbin, late of Cleailicid township, i
dee'd, having fcen grimed to tho under-igned '
by the Register of Cambria county, t o'.ice is !
hereby given to all persons indebted to S lid es 1
tate to make ptyrant m itl.out delay, and those
having claims again.-t tha same wi:l present I
them properlv authenticntod lor settlement.
JcillN DURBIN. Administrator.
Clearfield Tp., Oet ti. Ibfi. 6i
4 DMINISTR TOR'S NOTICE
X. Letters of Administration on the estate
of C itharlne Otterson, late of Summitville bor-dcf-sed,
having been granted to the
undersigned by the Register of Cambria couu- !
ty, notice is hereby given io those Indebted to !
faid estate to make payment without delay, and !
those bavin? claims against the same wiil pre- !
heat them duly authenticated for "ettleme-it
Kov.5 -lit. JAMES BROWN. Adm'r.' ' j
"U OTICE Tetters of Administration i
' ruin testuniento annexo cn the estate of
John Fitzpatrir k, late of Sunimerhil! township,
dee'd, having been granted to the undt-rsi -ned! .'
all persons aint-bted to sa:d estate will make '
immediate paymeut, und thofe having dniws ;
against the same will preeut them properly au
thenticated lor settlement. " j
F. A. SHOEMAKER, AdailrJ.rar. i
jEUentb-ar, Oct. SK, lI.-fr.
CEiILUIIOl-S TEARS.
DEDICATED TO HER SISTL& UAOOln BY L. 1. K.
Oh! vanished years of chilchood,
How ye haunt my pensive hour?.
As again in inem'ry 1 roam the wild wood
To gather Spring's tir.-t flowers :
Gr ramble where the voice of v-mal gales
O'er the soft green meadow biows,
And stray where the stre im thro" even vales
Sottly murmurs as it onward flows.
Again I cull the woivlland flowers.
And twine a wreath, sister der, tor thee.
As olt I've done in childhood's hours
Those hours of thoughtless glee
When joy from out the violet grew,
In woods and pa-tures green ;
When Summer skirs were far more blue
Than siDce they e'er have been.
1 Fee aain the girden shade.
Where, in the Summer days we played :
Whore brother Tom our hou-es ma e
Of moss we gathered ia the glade.
I sec the swing 'neath the beach trees.
The "cottage t-heker" for the be.-s.
I see them ah. ami beyond these
A tonic hing PEAREtt .still.
I see an eye nerenelv blue,
A cheek of girlhood's freshest hue :
A buovai't heart, a spirit true
Alike in good and ill.
Dear sister, thou wert nil to me,
Ai '1 I sufficient iriend for thee ;
V? here w s there a happier twain than we
With brother by our side ?
Like the we-l dowers of tnrlv May,
Oar pleasure- 'r und about us lav.
Oh ! a hippy morning bad liie'a djy,
What e'er i's eve betide.
Ag:'.ju, to lis- our evening prayer,
At a foi.d mother's side we hnovl ;
Her gntl v,ice r.ieihiu'kS 1 hear
'1 hat vi
I'OICC, hUVr
.11 our g: ie-s 'twould he-1.
Oli ! who is there but would be faiu
To be a child once mure.
If chih)ho d's e-4rs i-o&ld rr'n agaia
Ail that they t'tou,ht before--And
oft amid the sordid r.rife
Of worldly widf;ui d. I turn
To th jse early years, and eceaf s of life.
And for our joo9 childhood yearn.
Yes, oft I wish, 'mid care and paia,
To be a h i-.py chi'd agttiu.
ELiZAChTti, Pa., Noveriiber, 18C8.
Sales, i5!uf ejjcs, nt cbotts, f;t.
A VOKDERFUL rHEKOMEWOK.
ISLANDS' OF PZV.K GUIS TlI!aW.S L"V FHOM
Till: OK TitE PACII IC OCliAN Bl
TU1C I.ATK EAKTIIOfAKE.
To the Editor of the St. Louis Times :
One of tho most extraordinary storied
ever read or written has since a tate hour
last night been gaining grounJ in certain
quiet quarters of t he city. It is so m-ir-vlIjus
that one ouhl scare-el believe, it to
Lj aiiythirii; but t!ie chimera of a mad man's
b;;.in. if it were not coiifirmed by frcietitilio
facts, and by n vi'fet iitiu.ber f the tlieo
rics of modern phdus. pliy. It is diflicult
to dcterutints what amount of credibility
we should attach to it, and it ia best to let
every man who reads the following para
v.rphs judge for himself. It wiil be re
membered that the late cataetruphe in
South America occurred simultaneously
with a:i extraordinary cclipe of the sun,
which astronomers tdlirm has not occur
red before for two thousand years and wiil
not occur again for two thousand years to
come. I
No event of equal magnitude to tho j
lato earthquake in South America has uc j
curred since the day s of llerculanenm and i
Pompeii ; bat the convulsion which over- j
whelmed those two cities was nearly local !
(so far as is known), and of scarcely anv I
extent compared to the late catastrophe, '
which shook the entire continent of Amer
ica, from the river Sacramento to Cape
Horn, and which must have been felt with
a thousand times more terrific: force out m
the wide 1'i.cifie. It must be borne in j
mind that geologists affirm that the cru.t ;
of the earth in that quarter of the globe is !
much thinner lliun at uthetn ; and Fume j
of them even so far as to say that the.
bed of the I'acilie is formed of a submerge
ed continent. At all events, the ureal
majority of the islands of the I'actiie archi
pelago are'ff volcanic formation, and
navigators have been known to discover
islands in these latitudes which they Knew
from their previous experience not to Lave
existed some years before. It is now an
established fact that the entire center of
the earth is filled with a boiling oeo.-ui of
liquid fire, which horrible and enormous
masses are liable to the same changes of
ebb and How as the mighty mass of waters
on the outside crust of our globe. This
horrible reservoir h is been described by
Sir Charles Eyele and other profound
thinkers as the great furnace of nature,
w Herein are smelted all the metals,
gold, silver, lead, iron, pl.dina, &c. and
which are afterward pushed up to the
suifuco by the volcanic action of the'
seething ocean beneath. It ia here a'so
that are produced the beautiful diamonds
and crystalized stones, for it is now known
that they owe the form and brilliancy
they possess simply to the fact that they
have been exposed to the high tempera
ture which exists in the center of the
earth. We could make diamonds cut of
charcoal, could we reach the proper de
gree of heat ; but that can, perhaps,
n-iver be reached by any artificial means
a the command of man. As we aid
above the ocean of liquid fire is subject to
tidal motion, and it is to this fact must be
attributed the fearful events that have
desolated South America. The eclipse in .
tho East Indies, where the sun and moon
were in direct conjunction, must have
created a stronger tidal current than hag
existed for two thousand years; and this
current, rushing back wiih accelerated ve
locity, shook the crust of the eaith in the
western hemisphere (just as a wave of the
ocean would shake the sides of an old
oaken vessel) and vomited up to the sur
face tho seething masses of matter which
had been agitated in its bosom for thou
sands of years. These masses, on coming
in contact with lower temperature, in
stantly crystalized just as water crystal
izes into ice in winter time.
The captain of a vessel, trading between
San Francisco and Valparaiso, describes
what he witnessed in the Pacific ocean,
but in what latitude he keeps a secret to
himself. This captain has, or rather had,
a brother boarding in a house on North
Fourth street, and il is a letter which he
wrote to his brother that Las given ocea-f-ion
to the rumors that are whispered
about in that quarter of the city The
substance of the letter, as it has reached
us, is mainly as fallows :
When nearly half way on the voyage,
und at the time the earthquake took place,
a fearful phenomenon presented itself.
The ocean lccame convulsed to its highest
depths, and a terrible wave was swept
along so I.L;h that, as the captain humor
ously sail, Jie thoii'jht it would have
Luid-id him in the city of Quito. The
fpamcn wert? terribly li i-htened, but the
vessel was to rights aain in less than ten
minutes. The airair was a mre joke
among t lie mei, for th'y fancied it was
tne of il..- high tidal waves which are com
mon in the Pacific They continued their
voyage, but towards midnight were alarm
ed bv an extraordinary light which ap
peared in the heavens, and was first no
ticed on the laibfard side, and which the
ignorant and supersii:i-ius attributed to
supernatural causes. The captain, who
seems tn be an intelligent and courageous
man, steered his vessel right iu the direc
tion ot ths light, and just before sunrise a
sight, of magnificence such as no human
eye has ever rested on met his gaze. It
was no less than a group of inlands form
ed of huge masses of solid diatoond of
every odor, and, in some places, of the
purest brilliancy. The sailors fell info
ecstasies, and one man, a half breed from
the Sandwich Inlands, lost his senses so
far that lie would have thrown himself
overboard if hi had not been tied down.
They sailed among the group the entire
day, ami ibut.d it to consist, tin a rough
calculation, of from 12 to 20 in number ;
but the exact number, or their ruhttive
size, there was no time to usees tain. They
consist f a large, white flint rocks of
crystalized shppe (some plates neatly
transparent) which rise to a height of
about 150 feet from the water. Thick
layers of various metals tire imbedded
into them, and the uiamonds form thick
laj-crs beside these latter. This is the
general formation ; but some of the
smaller islands are composed nearly al
together of diamond, in which the emerald
prevails. There are agate, opaque topaz,
ruby, and, indeed, diamonds of every hue;
but one island, which he describes as
bein almost seventy miles long by tifteest
wide, consists of an entirely pure emerald
without any admixture of foreign sub
stance. It was diHi:u!t to effect a land
ing on any of the gs oup. At length some
of the men succeeded ; but the captain
himielf, s:Kis!ied with what he had seen,
did not leave the vessel
The men describe the intes ior of the ts
Innd on which they landed as consisting
nlruost entirely of nsud, which is gradually
coagulating under the heat of the sun. A
curious thtng was, that the brilliatils were
seen iss tho mud ly quarters of the island,
lying about like huge boulders the small
est ones they saw beisig about 200 tons in
weight, but there were numbers of others
considerably larger Of course there was
no water or vegetation to be seets. The
most curious effect the sight had on the
men, both those in thu vessel as well as
those who visi'ed the island, was that the
extraordinary biiliiancy sickened their
stomach, and vomiting, followed by a
copious discharge fiom the bowels, was
the consequence. All efforts to detach
portions of the diamond rock proved abor
tive ; nod it was o;i of question to attempt
removi.ig any of the groat brilliant bould
ers. They made an attempt to detach
portions of rock by means of a crowbar
and sledgci but it was so hard all efforts
were usele.y, asid, though they had pow
der enough on board, they had no imple
ments wills which to drill the holes for
blasting Tho captain would have pro
ceeded on his voyage to Valparaiso ; but
the men mutinied and obliged him to put
back to Panama. He afterward, with
the consent of the crew, ran the vessel on
shore on the northern coast of Columbia,
and, telegraphing; to the owners that she
was lost, c ixii on as far as Aspinwall,
from which city he wrote to his brother
in St. Louis. He desired his brother to
come along at once, and bring with him
the tinest and best tempered implements
f.r blasting purposes, and if possible, a
quantity of nitro glycerine. The brother
departed for New York immediately, but,
before going, he communicated the secret
to a confidential comrade, through whom
the news leaked out only as late as yester
day evening. I am told that it lias al
ready reached the ears of a rich jeweler ia
this city, who is about to start an expedi
tion which he proposes to carry on himself.
It is more than probable that the crew of
the abandoned vessel have anticipated
him; and if they were lucky enough to
keep thVtr secret and fit out a small craft
with whatever they required op board,
are now quarrying the diamond archi
pelago. P. S I forgot to state that the cap
tain writes that the entire bottom of the
sea seemed as if glittering wiih gems for
at least five miles from the islands.
These will propably never be of use, for
they must be huge rocks of diamond, and
cannot be detached unless some better
mode of blasting under water than that
already practiced can bo invented. I for
got also to add my conjecture that the rea
son the diamond rock is seen in its full
purity arises from the fact that they were
projected right forward from the very
centre oi tne earta. hat the captain
calls white transparent flint rock is pro-
bably some formation not known as yet !
l ni . . , , i
to geologists. This will be better under
stood as soon as the place is explored
The Magara of tfce West. j
The Oregon Statesman gives tho follow
ing description of the neighborhood of the
splendid Shoshonee Falls, Idaho :
Snake river is the south fork of the
Columbia, having the alternative name of
Lewis liver. The valley of the. Snake lies
along an almost direct line from the South
Pass of the Kocky Mountains, and in tlu
early days it furnished the most practica
ble route overland to the Pacific. In its
di sent over the elevated plains of Idaho,
about -100 miies from whence it takes its
rise in the Picky Mountains Snake
river forms the great Shoshc-nee Falls.
The .river here runs through a narrow,
rocky gorge, which widens and terminates
abruptly in precipitous cliffs, the summit
of which is about one hundred feet above
the level of the rapids, and so steep that
the traveler can descend at only one point
an old Indian trail, its numerous wind-
tngs making it about a mile in length. I
Following: this trail slowly and carefully, !
the tourist will in due time find himself j
standing upon the bank of the river on a i
level with the rapids and overlooking the i
fall?. The width of the river at this point i
has been variously estimated; we thought !
it at least two hundred yard?. j
The inpids here form a series of cas- t
cades, ranging from thirty to sixty feet j
each in height, and just below them the
rier, in one unlroken mass, leaps two i
hundred and ten feet into the bottomless
pit below. The course of the river at :'
this point is almost due east and west ; i
the contour of the falls is that of an ir-
regular horse shoe, and their width, fol- !
lowing the courre uf the water, is at least !
four hundred yards. Although the river i
is not quite as wide at this point :;s the j
Niagara river, the falls arc higher and i
ejuile as beautiful. The most complete j
views of the falls, including the river j
above and below tba rapids, dills and sur- j
rounding scenery, is obtained from Look
out Point. lookout Point is a narrow
cape of rocks pn jecting from the main 1
bluff about three hundred yards lower i
down on the river than the fall, so narrow
that two persons cannot wlk abreast.
Standing upon" this point, we will en
deavor to name the prominent plaees of
interest. The first object which attracts
our attention is Eagle Kock, a perpendicu
lar pillar of rock about one hundred feet
in height, rising from the midst of the
rapids fifty yards from the south bank of
the rirer, arid almost overhanging the main
cataract. Upon the topmost peak of this
rock an American eagle has built his eyrie,
a fitting home for our national bird long
may he live to occupy his unique and ro-
mantio abode ! Just above and about
the centre
of the cataract is Ballard Is-
all rockv island covered with
land, it sm
cedar and juniper trees. Several smaller
islands to the right and left of the large,
one, or Dullard Island add to the beauty
and pictuiesqueness of the scene.
The Two Sentinels two huge rocky
pill ars are one on the north, the other on
tho south side, overlooking the falls, and
reminding one of grim sentinels guarding
their object. Lower down the river, and
from a higher stand-point, one can obtaiu
u fine panoramic view ef the whole tho
falls, the foaming rapids, E rgle II ck, tho
Two Sentinels, the huge pillars of perpet
ual spray arising from the the bottom and
near the cc-ittre of the cataract, but ex
tending as it rises to either side, and made
bcauiiful by the many colored rainbows
which shed a halo of glory upon the whole
scone. Still lower down the river is Pros
pect Gssk'h. Several gentlemen of the
party, actuated by the spirit of adventure,
determined to attempt through the gulch
to reach the river be-low the falls They
lowered themselves fifty feet on the rope
down the perpendicular sides of a rocky
cliiT. Reaching firm ground, they man
aged with buHitlle difficulty to scramble
down about five hundred feet to the banks
of the river. Arriving there they found
that their troubles had just begun ; they
were six hundred yards from the falls, to
reach which their path lay around and
over some huge boulders of slippery rock,
winding along the foot of the steep banks,
and then through the foaming and boiling
waters, the heavy swells of w hich remind
ed them strikingly of the breakers on
the" sea shore. Finally they reached a
point about thirty feet from the falls.
Their journey here cama to an abrupt ter
ruination by the shelving of the rocks into
deep water. The wind struck this point
witls such violence that they feared to trust
themselves in an erect posture. On their
knees, they held with their hands to tho
overhanging brush to prevent being blown
into the river,
We think that one cannot fully com
prehend the immensity of the sheet of
water and the sublimity of the scene, un- !
til he can gaze upward as we did. This ,
point is thrt cave of the Winds. The
j.hoshonee t alis, as a whole, will compare
favorably with Niagara. Those of our 1
party who have seen
both places pro- i
nounce the former superior in many re
spects. In beauty and mildne-sof scenery,
the Shoshonee cannot be surpassed. Ni
agara excels in magnitude oidy.
t lio Story cf a Popular Song.
W. V., in the Stationer, give the follow,
ing account of the sintfinrr of "lather C.i..
.I.,Tme.' ,n ''eof te n.usicLalls in U -ndou :
. h",
nutoiou fee of Mxpence. There was a very
ery I
i neat
stage, with gaudy dr..p-scene. side
wings, and a tolerable good orchestra. Iu : entertainment, he t k a small lemon or or
the etai.it sat the chairman, to keep order ! auge tree, which w as covered with fruit, and
over as motley an au hence as ever was seeu 1 balanced it uocn hi head. Ih, then Mew a
out of the gallery of the Victory Theatre.
Vjosiers soemwt to predominate. All
at- '
peared plentifully implied with porter, and j
u.r,, ai Burn an e-x-,
tent as to make the pU-e almost suffocating ; ,
tor there must have been an audience .f
neany nvc is umneu. A nigger 'wa.k-rouud
was
just being finished, and the shouts of j
encore!' whistling and stamping of feet
matte tbo ball perfectly bewildering. A
name was announced from the chairmau,
w hich we ct-uh r.ut catch, and amidst clap
ping of bauds ami (damping of feet there
was a buzz of -This is the Song P The wai
ter called l .mlly -Any more " orders V and
these being taken and duly executed, ail
seemed .'o stt'le down quietly to listen to the
song. Tiieie was the symphony . and an
other buzz of -This is it and we began to
feel anxious. Presently a female came in
front of the curtain, amidst grc.it applaue.
and commenced. 'Father, dear f.ither.' &c.
Every word was cistinet, aud ohe sang the
ballad with great feeling. In t.rder. tsow
ever, to fully cc&cribe the scene which fol
lowed each verse, k i necessary to give
little Mary V song:
" 'Father, dear father, come hr.me with mttiow,
The clock in the steeple strikes One 1 (gong )
You, promised, dear lather, that you would
come home
As soon as your day's work was done.
Our fire has gone out our house is all dark,
And mot tier's been w.nciiing since tea,
V"it'u poor little Lleiny go siek iu her arms,
And no one to be! 'her but me.
Come home, ceuie home, come home,
Please father, dear fattier, come home.
"At the coaclu.-i- n of the last line the
srens drew up, dis-loslug the father Mtting
at the u vr of a public h"iie. ir. a drnt.keu.
1 emudd'ed utate. with pipe aud p...t before
him. Little Mary was trying to drag h:rn
from his teat, at the same time pointing to
a curtain behind, as she took up the refra;n
from the lady, and touchitgly sang, 'Come
home &a. This other curtain was now
drawn aside, disclosing a wretched rioni in
whi h was the mother with ths poor sickly
looking boy in her lap, aud in the act of
feeding him with a spoon. Simultaneously
with the drawing of the curtain the lime
light was brought to bear upon the tableaux,
giving them truly startling fi.-ct. After
a moment or two the act-drop came down,
and the lady proceeded :
" 'Father, dear father, come home with me now.
The clock in the steeple strikes two 1 (gong,
Kfmg.)
The night has grown colder, aud Cenuy is
worse.
But he has been calling for you.
Indeed he is worse, mother pays he will die.
I 1'erhaps be'ore ni'immg shall dawu,
i And this was the message eho teut me to
j bring
1 Come quickly r he will be gone.
! Come home, come home, ccine home,
) Please lather, dear father, came home '
"The act drop rises again, ami now the
J child has howl of the pewter pot, trying to
I take it from thrt drunken JiMrent nnd s.hn
r
j &c t!lu other curtain in drawn aside, and
! wo l,ext s0 lh chi!1 stretched out on its
I 1 1 1 1 . ' A. . . 1 - . .
V. T , -Ju 1 ,
,:T l .th
iauu-iii(. 1 1 uut. BioFiiiiijr ujjou it. Uicrtj
was a seality about the whole, terrible to
view. Sobs were heard coming from all parts
of the hall, comiu" from the female north m
! of the audience, while tears trickled down
many a male cheek. We have seen -Susan
Ilopiey, 'The Stranger,' -Jane Shore.' 'East
Lynn' and other eiTective pieces placed, but
never before did we witness such a scet.e of
general crying. The principal feature called
to mind the picture ef the 'Sister of Mercy.'
with the dyiug child in her lap, and the
demth was fearfully natural. Lvun the lady
who sang the ssmg was affected, and could
scarcely proceed with the third verse:
" "Father. dear father, come home with me rtctw.
The clock in th steeple 6tsikes Threj !
(gong, gong, gong,)"
The house is so lonely the hours are so long.
For poor we ping mother and me.
Yes. we are alone j.oor Benny in dead.
And gone with the angels ot hgtit I
And
these are the very last words that he
saiil
I want to kirs papa good night "
Come home, comeiome. come home.
Please, father, dear father, come home.'
"Again the drop rose, disci sing little
Mary on her knees appealing to her father,
who, with pot elevated, is in the act of stri
king her with it, as she sings 'come home,'
and then the back curtain draws aside,
showiug the toother praying over a child's
coffin. But now the svbs burst more freely,
and Iwj females were carried out fainting.
The scene was truly harrowing, and we glad
ly turned eiir eyes away.
"An additional verse was sung about 'Poor
Benny' being with the angels above. The j
drop rose ; the father, solier now. ia weeping 1
over the cofiin with the mother, and httl
Mary on her knees singing. 'Homo. home.
f.ither, dear father's come home!' At this
moment the curtain Is drawn aside, and lit-
t'e Benny is suspended over the coCIq with
wiugs, smiling down upon them and point-
ing upwards. The father falls forward ou
his face, the act-drop descends, and for a few
all is hushed save ti n sobs of t).
females.
"ThereJ' said a worfcinsnian by our tide.
as be heaved a sigh of relief. Mr. Spurgocn
never preached a better sermon tbau that!'
an expression to which wo assented, and
Cbon left the ball."
Chin cue Street Ju.'glcrK.
A letter from
China to the C; icitgo
i r -
Dune, sys :
I S.rjct j-.igg'ers and riv unteb.n.ks ah in d
They also travel from place t.. place through
out the countrv. dioti'aving their feats i d
picking up a iiule ca.-h here and there. Aa
a general thing their juggling feats do t oi
atuount to a gieat deal, yet borne of tLttu
are very e'ever, nnd would cicate fully a
j much of a theatricnl furore in th UsilcJ
States as did the JapHncj-e performer-.
owora-sw allowing anil tone eating appear
to be the commonest feats, and operators f f
this description can he seen lis almost evef y
street. One fe'low. however, performed a
number ol ft ata iu front of our hotel widt h
i demand from sue a passing notice. He bta-
tioned himself in the centre of the Mrt-t.
and bavins? blown a blast mum a lnule tr
mve warning that he was h..nt mber-in hu
sort of a chirruping whistle, when imtiietu-
U f I.' V ' TlllTT l.i-l" . f ri. l.i.lj .oi.-.. f.nm
direction and settled upon the boughs of the
basis ba balance t or fluttered about his head,
He then to .k a cup in l.U hand and Vegan
t ratt'e some ee.is in" it. whi u the birds dis-
apueared. Taking a sWd bamboo tube, he
next took the seeds, and, putting ono in it.
c-iew u at one ct the tnnt. wben u opened,
and out flew ou of the birds, which tiiilier
cd ahovt. the circle surrounding the perform-
j er. lla emtmued to short bv seeds at thn
j oranges until nearly n dozen lirus were i-
j h-aj'.'d. He then removed the tree from hi
I faiehead. and. setting-it down, too up. u
di.-'u. whic h he held above his Lead, when
all the birds flew into it. theu covering i;
with a cover, and giving it a whirl or two
about his head, opened and displayed i
qumtity of eggs, the ihe!;s of which h.
broke with a itth stick, icle.soil.g a bird
from each t-1 c!!. TkVtrhk was neatly per-
formed, arid
defied dvteiti'n from mv eves.
The next tri
k was equally clever aud tl ffi-
cult of detection
' 'tro.vmg a handkerchief
Irom or.e I bis teiaiers, I.e t ok au ort.ie
cut a 6ma!l h le in it-, then qje t.-d i l! th
juice out aud crammed the r andkeichief
into it. GiviLg the bsndkerthief to a by
stander to hold, ho caught up a teapot and
began to pour a cup of tea trom it when thj
spout became ciegircd. L'M.k.nij into the pot,
apparently lor the ourpo-e of detecting what
was the matter, l e out the handker-
rhief and returned it to th owner. HV next
took the oiange from the t ystauder ard cut
it open, when it was found to be- f ill of iii.
llo potfoimel a uoniler of very pleasing
fears, but I have given enough to ati.-fy tin
reader that they are equally asexpett a th
Jsoanee.
Iaislipr Away.
An exchange beautifully feat this suhj.-ct
as folluws : It U a t mi.-hing with w.si ra
pidity time passes awny ; how the days. thj
weeks, months, i.n.i ti.e years roll round,
carrying with them the LTe. tue beauty nod
the hopes id' lLa Worid into u. w.at au 1 uu
kaowu future. 'It teems but a i-hort time,,
indeed, since v. a a!l felt and er.j yed tho
springs and buoyancy of yjuth, the delight
of home, the infi.a--r.ces tf paternal love, tbo
society and cuutt.se! oi friends, w ho now !eep
in the grave; and yet some , f us are aged
aid the mnji:ty have attained to i.iatuiu
manhood. The yoi iij, ot" the t-rese.it gene
ration, are growing up ar..in,d us. but in
our youth wo knew ti:cm tot. Whiie wo
have Leeu pa-sing on, in the direction o," ii,w
grave, they have sprr.rg up to occupy our
places and follow rapidly ia the rear, be
fore us we see the age 1 tottei ing along iu
their feebleness ami leaning upon ti.eir
staves, behind us is the j outh flushed witii
promises and the infar.t prattlh g in its moth
er's arms. That circle has bt-eu kept up,
unbroken, until time is lt in eternity. Our
life is a moviug panorama toe pict tires ou
the cauva-s pass before our eyes, delighting,
us for a moment, but each containing a sol
emn lesson and warning. U is but an iu
different observer who does ma study bin,
self. There U the ocean, the lake, tbe rivtr.
the mountain, and the vale; the one nweoa
in its majestic gtandeur and murmurs it w
fiaiit tones, which are heard upou-eitner
shore ; the other rests like a calm mirror, se
lecting thu light of tho millions of btars tbat
sparkle ia the blue concave; the river 0 a.-hes
'.JU lls n'ay to tne Fea tte mountain hit.- it
bead among the clouds an J ca-ts Hs frown
ing bbadowa into the va'e below; ihe va u
eel oe to the aorjgs of its birds, the hum of
human voices, tho lowing of herds, who-j
here snd there is the busy town, with u
active life, its ceaseless commotions, its in -i
petuous struggles, its attractive home. nd
the splits of its churches pointing toward
Leaveu. The bell rtu.i:s, ami the picture
! passes iway from our sight to be been iio
more, i nus u is witu numan ine. it is an
assr-ciati in of objects, interests, attraction.
and beauties vhich hirst upon our i'l,'- t, p '
forns iLeir mission, and accomplish ti eir pur
poses, and are then iost to sight. The i ei!
I tolls, the cuiivasa moves, the lights are put
j e'Ct, the vision is lot in darkness, ei'tcuu
reigns, tLo curtain dro;is. and all is tfuied iu
! tho sltcp, the for' ulfulnesb aud the iusctai-
! "
1 l.illlv n t I' m nrjv.i
A Golijks Thought. We know not the
author of the foil wing, but it is one, of the
most beautiful prodv.ctioi.s of tho human
mind we have ever read ; "Nature will b
reported. All things sre engaged in writing
their own history. The plar.t and the peb
ble go attended by their (urn shadows. Thu
riH.k leaves its scratches en the mountain
side, tho river its b--d iu the soil ; the animal
leaves its bones in th. stratum, the fern and
ti e leaf their niodis: epitaph in the coal, the
fhing drop makes its -ej u'.chre iu th an I
or stoce. Not a footstep in the slow or
I along thi ground but prints in character
i rnro or less lasting a map of its march.-
' Every act of mun inscribes its memories n
! l fellows and his own face. The air ja full
j (,f sound, the sky of toktcs; the ground i
j a 1 1 memoranda, signature-, and every ot j.-ct
; Is covered over with hints which speak tj
the intelligent.'-
There is a Gaelic preverb whicb says that
if the lest man's faults were written oa his
j forehead it would make Mm pu!I Lh bat vf
1 k? r:.