. k'$c- x b IX. JOHSSTCS, Editor. UK 1S A PHIiEDIAS WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BKSIDE II. A. 3IIIILE, rubSlklzer VOLUME 2. ebensburg, pa., Thursday, November 26, 1868. NUMBER 43. The Cambria Freeman WILL BE 1'UBLIiIIED E;TRY THURSDAY MORNING, At Ebensburg, Cambria Co., Pa. At tin following rates, payable within three months fioia die of xubscribitij : One copy, one year, ----- 2 00 One. copy, six months, ... - 1 00 One copy, three months, - - - - 60 Those who fail to pay their subscriptions until uftcr the expiration ot fix months will be chirked at the rate of $2.50 per year, and thoae who fall to pay until after the ex piration of twelve months will be charged at the rate of $3.03 per year. Twelve numbers conbtituio a quarter; twenty five, six months; and fifty numbers, tiie year. BATES O?" ADVERTISING. One square. 12 lines, one insertion. Each subsequent insertion, Auditor's Notices, each. $i 2 00 2S oo Administrator ' Notices, each, Executors' Notices, each, 'JoLray Notices, each 3 men. 0 J 60 2 50 1 50 1 vr. $ G 00 12 00 15 CO 25 00 28 CO 3.S 00 eo oo mos. 4 00 8 00 1 square, 12 lines, 2 tipuures, 124 lines, 3 squares, So lined, Quarier column. Third column. Half column. $ 2 50 5 00 7 00 11 00 11 bO 25 00 10 00 14 00 16 00 25 00 35 00 . act One Gilunin, Frofossi nial or Business Card exceeding 8 lines, with paper, e 00 j Obituary Notices, over bis Unci, Un cents j per linn. j Snectal and business Notices tight cents j per line for first ins'.-riion, and fcur ccuta for I each subsequent insertion. ! Resolutions of Societies, or eo-.amutoca- ! Liond ot a pel t-i advirtltcu sonal .cist?. .1 Lature mubt be ;a:d for Y'r hrvo in.pdo urrangements by which Can do or have' done all kinds .f plain ind fancy J"b Piiiain, tuch as Books. Paoiplifta, Show Cards, Bill and Lettei ile.da, Handbills, CircuWa, &c, in the best atyvj of t':. art and at tho most aiuv!t-rate prices. A!aj, a!! kias of Ruling. Blank Books, Book Bindine, &c , executed to order as goou as cheapest. the j&ai and as cheap as the I M. L. OATMAN, CHOICE FUMY GROCERIES CZSAZ.V, FELI), FRESH VEGET AULES, ALL KINDS OF FRUITS, SUGARS, TEAS, C0FFEI3, SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c. Aliio, a large .took of the 2cst Brands of Cigars and Tobacca. STORE ON HIGH STREET, 'vur Dore Eat of Crau-fjrd' s Hold, Ebensburg:, Pa. UKE THE SHADOW EUE THE SUBSTAXCE FADES! S PCX CCS XI!W ; . . v. k T, n n rs' rs ii la now in perfect order for executing Pictures Ih every style of the art. PhotOL'ruphs of life like accuracy, rau--ing from the smallest card picture to ihe largest s ze for Aaiiiing, taken in i ny wcatner. and warranted to civo satisfaction. I Par'ieulur attention paid to children's pictures Frames of all kinds for sale cheap. Frames of any kind not on hand will be ordered when de. :red Tniruction- in the art on liberal terms. C57GalIery on Julian street, 3 doors north cf Town II-11- T. T. SPENCE. Ebensburg, Oct. 8, ISCi. Photographer. Hew Firm Hew Goods. rill'E nndcrsicned, having given his son, jS. J. E. Shield, an interest in his utore, the business will hereafter be conducted un der the firm name of P. II. Shieidd & Co., and a we are determined to tell Goo's cheap tor cash, or exchange for grain, lumber or produce, we hope by strict attention to bus iness to merit a liberal patronage from a jjencrcus public. Ravine determined to settle up my old books of thirty years standing, I now ask those indebted to me to como forward and make settlement on or before the 1-t day of December, 18G8. I II. SHIELDS. Loretto. Oct. 15, 1SG8. tf. TT O H N C 11 O U S E WHOLES LE DEALER IX FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINES " AXD CIQl OltS. BE2T BRANDS OF BRANDY, WrHlSKY, IP!SH WHISKY, GIN, &c.. ic. The very best qualities oi Linuo.s. TTj, &.c, for Uedical purposes. Prices LOWT. tnotel and Sxlooa keepers will do well io give me a call at my store on Canal ttreet, in b'.lldiiijj formerly occupied by T G. Stewart Co. .'oknstowoAug. 27, 1-iGS. tf. OHK GAY v.'H. WELSU. GA Y & WELSH, Successors to Gay &. I'alutcr, WHOLESALE Grocers and Commission Merchants, AND DEALERS IK FLOUR, PRODUCE. FISH. SALT, CAR BON OILS, &c, &c. 302 Liuscty Ptxiect, - PIXTgaURQD. LANGSTROTH'S PATEST MOVABLE CQMO B1E HIVE ! P EVER YET introduced in this County or Stale. Any j.ersou buing a family ri-ht c:in have their Sees transferred fiom ;m old b-x to a new one. In every instance ia which this has been done the repult has teen en'iie'y st.lisfiiclory , and the first take of honey ha invariably paid all expenses, m.d hequeiitly exceeded them. Proof of ll.e superior inetit- of this invention will he found in the testimony of everv mmi who hs given it a iri.d, and aiung the i-umber are tlie gentlemen named below, and their experience should induce every one interested in Bees to I3L'V A FA JUL. RIf.MT! Henry C. Kirkpatrick, of Carroll township, took lofi pounds of surnlus honey fiom two hives, which he sold at 3 cents per pound. Adam Deitrieh. of C rroll township, took from two hive.- 100 pound of surplus honey. Jams Kirkpatrick, of Chest township, look 60 pounds of suip! us honey from one hive. J:icob Kiikpatriek, ot Chet toTnship, ob tained 12 puml- ol purplu-" honey from c e hive, wcrtli not less than 21, and the right eoit him only Feter Cauipl.ieM from one bive obtained IT5 pounds of surplus honev at one time. ISQuite a. nuuioer of sind-ar statements, authenticated by some of the hest citizens of Cambria county, could be obtained in proof of the superior iner'l of Lang?tro'.u's Patent ilo rMn Conib 13:e Five. Persons lsi.in to purchase fa;n:!y rights should call on or ml Ires PETER CAMPBELL, Nov. 5, 1S "9 tf. Carroiltown, Pa. OlLi'il. in ue NS- COURT SALE! By ue ot uii oruer of the Ornbans' Court o; L i moi :a c nv. j n;c u.reeted, tfu-re will t'P exposed to PuMie S:i e, on the premi.-te-t in tMjuenann.i towiihin.oa .atl kpay tuk l-h:l pa? or No'Jrviiiia, iu.a., at I oYWk r k , tho f i'.'.o .Mn ili'i li'.t'd reul tiuie of whicn ilenr v L'o-d liitp of '.i-o-aeiirtiina twp , oied ""zr-.i": A PIECE Oit PA it 'EL OF LAND altuated in Su-'itii.inrirt town.l:ip, Cunbrii ioiintv,ad j-duiuc liid of Liovd Crivir, Uiir.h Llov l, Abraham Kerns, hens of Kh-hurd Na-rie, n'n.i tbw. oiif.iii.insr 131 ACRES and 15iJ PER CHES, about L'J Acre? of which are tleire-i, havin? tlieieon erec'eJ a o: e-aud-a storv j Frimo House. Tlems or Same One-third of the pi:rcha.-e money to be paid on co.- firm-Jtioa of sile, and tl e re.id--e in two eq nil annual pavme-its, with interest, to be secured by the mortgage aud judgment bond of" trie nsri-hfipr. AL'GUSITNE Cll.WEd, Adaiiiii-n Htor of ilmrv L ovd, dee'd. Sucq'K-h iLina Tp , Nov 5, iG.-4:. NS' COURT SALE! IW Jf ir'.-ie of : in order of the 0,i,ha..,' iw- i of Cawbm coi.nTv. ta ine directed, there niu j i-ipi-u-j u i uo.lf at ll.e I.o!:p oi L.-1W. wee Seliroth. in Carr.dito-A.i, on FiillJAY, the 4rh d-.v ci Deccni' er next, at 2 o'clock p. 14., the fodawhig Je.-e-:bcd valuable Real F.-t- tate, t v.-,t : Tiie one undivided four fi.ths f tht certain PIECE OR PARCEL Oi1' LAND situate in Carroll townsh:p, Cambria countv x.. . i1 ... ... .jm"i; iaiiu.1 iti A'wm L.leu, i.tr I ui.aiiv-u'fir T:iii:in;;n hih; i'-?tort Tinker, con ! taiai-.g 77 ACRES and SO PERCHES, more ' or If"-, ahour A"re- of which re cleared j TERMS OF SALE One hdf of the pur j chase money to bo piid on C'-.nSrnition of i!.e j sa!e, and the residue in or.e yeir thereafter, to j be beeurod by the mortgage and jud-uient bend i of I. lie purchaser. A I .1. . I T l 1 ... JOStPlI A. KRUMF.NACIIER, Guanlian of Mrarct Lnvh, (formerlv llir psret liayt es;, Cath line Haines, Celestine llaynej and J.icob llaynes. Nov.l2-3t. OR SALE The, under.-! lined offers L far pale the FARM on whi h tl ey now leiide. situate in Allegheny 'ot,?-hip. Cambria co-i-ity. within two tr.i!s of Loretto. (form.rlv ow .p i bv Jsitues McAtror ) cotitrtinJng ONE HUNDRED and hTGHTY-EVEN ACHES, tore or lest, P 0 Acres of w hich are cleared -thi bnlrnce r.ell timbered. There is erected on thepreici.es a ood DWELLING UGt'SE and cr.'en l:d PARN. toetiKT with other tin. I eessarv outbuildings, such as Elacksmich Shop, tom tr:t, Meop House, sc. ; h1o, mo excel lent ORCHARD of choice ln.P. T.tle per feet. For terms apply on the nremises to F. & C SHIELDS. Lorett . r. O., Auj. 20. lG.-W. f S 1 A I LORING ESTABLLSl I M ENT REMOVED The su'.scriber wou'd re spectfully announce to his customers and the citiiens of Ebensburg and vicinity generally, that he lias removed to the rew building on Ce itre street, opposite the Mountain House and adjoining tlielaw ollice of Geo. 11 Reade. Esq , and is now nol on: v prepared to manufac ure all j.oods which may bo brought to him but is supplied with a fine line of CLOTHS, CASSI M E It KS. V ES I INOS, &c.. w hich he will make to order in the l.et styio and at the lowc-at price-. Feeling confident of giving entire satis faction, 1 hope tor au inereaau patronaee in my new locution. D.J EVANS. 2J ALLEY, FAltltELL & CO., ilAJtCFACTUliERS OF LEAD AND BLOCK TIN PIPE, SHEET AXD IS AR LEAD, AND ALL KINDS OF I'luvtlers', Gas and Steam Fitters' Materials, No. 1C7 SuiTHm.-LD Street, 1ITTSPURGII, PA. CST."end for a Price List nov.19.-5m. NOTICE. Letter? cf Administration cm tk.stamf.nto annkxo on t he estate of Thomas Dutbin, late of Clearfield township, dee'd, having !een gr-inted to the under-igned ly the Rei:i.-ter of Cambria countv. rotice is hereby given to all persons indebted to sid es tate to make piyment without delay, and those having claims again.-t iln2 same will present them properly authenticated for settlement. JOHN DURBIN. Administrator. Clearfield Tp., Oct ii. tbfH.-6t ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Letters of Administration on the estate of C itharine Otterson, late of Sumuiitv ille bor r?p..;ied, having been granted to the undersigned by the Register of Cambria couu ty . notice is hereby given io those Indented to said estate to make payment without delay, and those havine- claims against the same will pre sent them duly nuihenticHted for -ettleme-it Nov.5-Ct. JAMES BROWN, Adm'r." OTICE Letters of Administration - ' cum testumento annezo cn the estate of John Fitzpjtrieiv, hue of Sumnieihil! town-hip, dee'd, having been granted to the cndf-r-igned! all persona iunebted to sa;d estate will make immediate paymeut, and thoFe having cImiis agairst the same will present them properly au thenticated lor settlement. F. A. SHOEMAKER, AdmlmVraf . iEbeflb-nr Oct. ?, ISCS.-fr, L. L. Original SJoetm. CUILUIICUU S YEARS. DEDICATEI TO HtS SISTtR H1A00JK BV L. p. K. Oh! vanished years of chile hood. How ye haunt my pensive hours. As again in meni'ry 1 roam ihe wild wood To gather Spring's tirt- flowers : Or ramble where the voice of vernal sales O'er tlje soft fcreen meadow biows, And stray where the streim thro" even vules Soitly murmurs aa it onward flows. Apain I cull the woodland flowers, And twhie a wreath, sister dear, tor thee, As oft I've done in childhood's hours Those hours of thoughtless glee When joy Irom out the violet j;rew, In woods arid pastures prceu ; When Summer skios were fur more blue Than siuce they e'er have been. 1 Fee again the p.irden shade. Where, in the Summer days we plnyed : Where brother Tom our houses nia" o Of mosa we gathered in the glade. I see the swing 'neath the beach trees. The "cottage t-licitcr for the be.-s. 1 see them alt. and beyond these A t-oine hinz nEABta still. I see an eye serenely blue, A cheek of girlhood's freshest hue : A buoyant heart, a spirit true Alike in good and ill. Dear sister, thou wert nil fo me. Ai d I sufficient frieud for the- ; Where w: s there a happier twain than wc With brother by our side ? Like the s-a dowers of enriy May, Oar pleasure- i'"und kIxiih us lay. Oh ! a hippy morning l-ad lile'a day, What e'er i's eve beiide. Ajrain, to lisi our evening prayer, At a foi,d mother's ide we knel ; Her f;out!o voice r.ie;liiut.s I hear '1 hat voioe, how all our ie:s 'twould he-! . O'.i ! who is there but would be faia To be a child once more. If chilohood's xers i ot.id L-r'n agaia Ail that they biouht before. And oft amid the sordid s.rife Of wor!dly wi-doiii do I turn To th-fse early years, ainl ccens of life. And fc-r our joou9 childhood yearn. Yes, oft I wi?!i, 'raid care and paiu. To he a hii'pv child aaiu. E LI2AC5.TH, I'a., November, 18C3. A V70KDERFUL PHEBIOMEWnw. INLANDS OF Ptni-: GKJI3 TUStOWS Vf FKOM ! IU:l ii'-lt OK THE PACIHC OCliAN lil" i ( THE LATK EA UTI lOt'A KE. i I To the Editor of the St. Louis Times : j One of tho most extraordinary stories j ever read or written bus since a iate hour last nibt been gaining ground in certain j quiet quarters of the city. It is go rflir ' vcijua that one c ju!1 scarcely believe it to bj anytliing but the chimera of a niadraan's brain, if it were not confirmed by scientific j facts, and by a vitfet i.i:u.ber f tlie tbco t rica of modern jih.losopliy. It is diflicult to detcruiiii'j what amount of credibility j we should attach to it, and it id best to let i every man who reads the following para t jjMphs juvlge for himself. It will be re j mcmbcied that the late catastrophe in j Suutli America occurred simultaneously ! with au extraordinary cclipe of the sun, which astronomers tdlirrn has not occur I red before for two thousand years and will not occur again for two thousand years to ! come. No event of equal magnitude to tho late earthquake in South America has oc curred pince the days uf Herculaneum and I'ompeii ; but the convulsion which over whelmed those two cities was nearly local (so far as is known), and of scarcely any extent compared to the late catasrrophe, 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 i-.i the wide Riiciiie. It must be borne in mind that geologists affirm that the crm-t of the earth in that quarter of the jr'obe is much thinner than at otheix ; and some of them even ;zo so far as to say that the. bed of the Raciiic is formed of a submerg ed continent. At all events, the ureal majority of the islands of the I'aciiic arcbi- I pelago are 'of volcanic formation, and navigators have been known to discover islands in these latitudes which they knew I from their previous experience not to have I existed some years before. It is now an I established fact that tho entire center of the earth is filled with a boiling ocean of liquid fire, which horrible and enormous masses are liable to the fame changes of ebb and flow as the mighty mass of waters on tho outside crust of our globe. This horrible- reservoir has been described by Sir Charles Lyele and other profound thinkers as the great furnace of nature, wherein are. hinelted all the metals, gold, silver, lead, iron, pLtina, &c.. and which are afterward pti-djed up to the suifaeo by the volcanic action of thel seething ocean beneath. It is here a 'so that are produced the beautiful diamonds and crystalized stones, fur it is now known that they owe ihe 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-jver be reachod by any artificial means at the command of man. As we said ! 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 Indie, where the sun and moon j were in direct conjunction, must have ere uted a stronger tidal current than has existed for two thousand years ; and this ! current, rushing back with accelerated ve locity, shook the crust of the earth in the western hemisphere (just as a wavo 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 o( 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 it is a letter which he wrote to his brother trial Las given occa Mon to the rumors that are whispered about in that quarter of the city The substance of the letter, as it has rcavhed us, is mainly as follows : When nearly half way on the voyage, and at the lime the earthquake took place, a fearful phenomenon presented itself. The ocean liccarne convulsed to its highest depths, and a terrible wave was swept alonir so h"uh that, as the captain humor ously sail, ie thought it would have landed him in the city of Ouito. The ream.Mi were terribly f ! i.htened, but the vessel was to rights aain in less than ten minutes. The: affair was a mere joke among tlie tne i, for th'y fancied it was tna of ihe hijih tidal waves which are com mon in the 1'acilic They continued their voyage, but towards midnight were alarm ed by an extraordinary light which ap peared in the heavens, and was first no ticed on th lai board side, and which the ignorant and superstitious attributed to supernatural causes. The captain, who seems to be an intelligent and courageous man, steered his vessel right in the direc tion ot ths light, and just before sunrise a sight, of magnificence such as no human eye has ever rested on met Lis gaze. It was no less than a group of islands form ed of huge masses of solid diamond of every color, and, in some places, of the purest brilliancy. The sailors fL-ll into ecstasies, and one man, a half breed from the fvmdivich Islands, lost his senses so far that he would have thrown himself overboard if he had not been tied down. They sailed among the group the entire day, and found it to consist, on a rough calculation, of from 111 to 20 in number ; but the ctact number, or thtii relative size, there was no time to asc.ei tain. They consist of a large, white flint rocks of crystalized shi'pe (some places neatly transparent) which rise to a height of about 150 feet from tho water. Thick layers of various metals are imbedded into thc-m, and the diamonds form thick laycrd be.-ide 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 beimi almost seventy miles long by fifteen wide, consists of an entirely pure emerald without any admixture of foreign sub stance. It was diilicult to elfect a land ing on any of the group. At length some of the men succeeded ; but the captain himself, satisfied with what he had seen, did not leave the vessel The men describe the interior of the is land on which they landed as consisting r.lmost entirely of mud, which is gradually coagulating under the heat of the sun A curious thing was, that the brilliants were seen in the mud ly quarters of the island, lying about like huge boulders the small est ones they saw being about 200 tons in wtight, but there were numbers id others considerably larger Of course there was no water or vegetation to be seen. The most curious effect the sight had on the men, both those in the vebsel as well as those who visi-ed the island, was that the extraordinary biilliatK-y sickened their stomach, and vomiting, followed by a copious discharge from the bowels, was the consequence. All efforts to detach portions of tlie diamond rock proved abor tive ; and it was o;t of question to attempt removing any of the great brilliant bould ers. They made an attempt to detach pot t ions of rock by means of a crowbar and sledgei but it was so hard all efforts were usele.V, and, though they had pow der enough on board, they had no imple ments with which to drill the holes for blasting The captain would have pro ceeded on his voyage to Valparaiso ; but the men mutinied and obliged him to put back to I'anama. He afterward, with the consent of the crew, ran the vessel on chore on the northern coast of Columbia, and, telegraphing to the owners that she was lost, cain-3 on as far as Aspinwall, from which city he wrote to his brother in St. Louis. He deMred his brother to come along at once, and bring with him Ihe finest and best tempered implements for blasting purposes, and if possible, a quantity of nitro clycerine. The brother departed for New York immediately, but, before going, he communicated the seciet to a confidential comrade, through whom tho news leaked out only as late as yester day evening. I am told that it has al ready reached the ears of a rich jeweler in 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 their secret and fit out a small craft with whatever they required on board. u;h,s iue uiamona areni- Pa&- i 1 forgot to state that the cap- , i.ui in?s uiai me enure oottom ot the . sea seemed as if glittering with gems for at least five miles from the islands ' lliese will propably never be of use, for , airea.iy practiced can be 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 of the earth. What the captain calls white transparent flint rock is pro- bably some formation not known as yet ! to rreolo.M5ts This will be better under I stood ls"l u!n T ! Tl , ' i A stood as soon as the place is explored. Tne Alagaaa of tlie West. 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 r ,.,.,: n-i.. it r .1 . o i i- ...- wui piopauiy never ue ot use, tor . party who have seen both places oro tbey must be huge rocks of diamond, and ! nounce the former superior in many" re cannot be detached unless some better j spects. In beauty and mildness of scenery, mode of blasting under water than that ! the Shoshonee cannot be surpassed. Ni- i.iioiivo. in1: aii'V 01 lilt; onane UCS s about 400 miles from whence it takes its ri-e in the Rocky Mountains Snake i river torms the great Shoshonee Falls. The. river here runs through a narrow, rocky gorge, which widens and terminates abruptly in precipitous cliffs, the summit of which is nbout 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- ings making it about a mila in length. I Following this trail f-lowly ami carefully. tlie tourist will in due time find hiraselt standing upon the bank of the river on a j level with the rapids and overlooking the I falls. The width of the river at this point ( has been variously estimated; we thought ! it at least two hundred yard. j The lapids here form a series of cas- j cades, ranging from thirty to tixry feet j each in height, and just below them the river, in one unbroken mass, leaps two ; 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 course of the water, is at least four hundred yards. Although the river is not quite as wide at this point as the Niagara river, the falls arc higher and quite as beautiful. The most complete views of the falls, including the river above and below the rapids, cliffs and sur rounding scenery, is obtained from Look out l'oint. Lookout l'oint is a narrow cape of rocks pnjecting from the main bluff about three hundred yards lower down on the river than the fall, so narrow that two persons cannot walk abreast. Standing upon' this point, we will en deavor to name the prominent places of interest. The first object which attracts our attention is Eagle Rock, 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 i the river, and almost overhanging the main cataract. Upon the topmost peak of this rock an American eagle has built his eyrie, a fitting horns for our national bird long may he live to occupy his unique and ro mantiu abode. ! Just above and about the centre of the cataract is Rallard Is land, a small rocky island covered with cedar and juniper trees. Several smaller j i-lunds to the right and left of the largrt one, or RaManl Island add to the beauty and picturesqueness of the scene. The Two Sentinels two huge rocky pillars are one on the north, the other on the 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 obtain a fine panoramic view of the whole tho falls, the foaming rapids, Eagle Rock, tho Two Sentinels, the huge pillars of perpet ual spray arising from the the bottom and near the cc-iftre cf the cataract, but ex tending as it rises to either side, and made beautiful by the many colored rainbows which shed a halo of glory upon the whole scene. Still lower down the river is I'ros pect Guleh. Several gentlemen of the party, actuated by the spirit of adventure, determined to attempt through the gulch to reach the river below the falls They lowered themselves fifty feet on the rope down the perpendicular tides of a rocky cliff. Reaching firm ground, they man aged with but kittle difficulty to scramble down about five hundred feet to the bank3 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 tlippery rock, winding alo,ng tlie 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 mination by the shelving of the rocks into deep water. The wind struck this point witli such violence that they feared to trust themselves in an erect posture. On their knees, they held with their hand to the overhanging brush to prevent being blown into th riven , , ... , r ' ,Yaa jort oeui uuisneu. ana ine snoots tI a.ong an almost uireet lnie from the South ; .-encore!' whistling and stamping of feet Pass of the Rocky Mountains, and in tha j made the ball perfectly bewildering. A early days it furnished the most practica- j name was announced from the chairmau, ble route overland to the l'acific. In its j which we c uhl not catch, and an:ids,t clap di scent over the elevated plains of Idaho. ', P'nS "f hauds an.l stamping of feet there We think that one cannot fully com- preliend the immensity of the sheet of water and the sublimit v of s.-fno - ! til he can raze iirwrd'na ,r,A ti.;. r vva t i j point is th cave of the Winds. Th Shoshonee Falls, as a whole, will compare ! favorably with Niagara. Those of our i party who have seen both places pro- j surpassed. Ni- nrr!lr: .rr.o1c ; .v,.,,...:,... ... i .. .y. Yiio Story cf a Popular Son?. W. W.. in the Stationer, give the follow ing account of the singing of "Father G.uie ...j ' lt-f u''c na.is in innou : ; -u -T,U r re"c the we I,aid an a,i" "",ouei of ".Pn- There was a very j SUgV W',tb f1 V- wings, and a tolerable good orchestra, la the etal.. sat tne chairman, to keep order j a,.lKe tree, which was covered with fruit, and over as motley an audience as ever was seen j halanced it upon bis head. He th.-n blew a out of the gallery of the Victory Theatre, sort of a chiiruj.ins whistle, wht-n imu.e.li Ooslers seemed to predominate. All ap- ! Hte!v a number ..f rice birds came from evei v peared pa-ntifnlly stipbcd with porter, and direction and settled upon the bnuuhs of tho all were eimng their pines at such an ex- ! h::.-,h ha l.a'inr 1 or fVttd i-.i.t l,;r..d int as tJ make the pUce almost suffocating ; j lor mere must have been an audience .f ncarly five hundred. A nigger wa'.k-numd" I ...... 1 ..: 1 .1 . .Wa" a '",or ,"'s.,;5 tLc Sonb' '' . The was ter called loudly -Any more orders?' and these being taken and duly executed, ail seemed !o sttde down qnietly t listen to the song. Tiieie was the svnmhonv. an.f u. j other buzz cf -This is it and we began to j anxious. Presently a female came ia front of the curtain, amidst great anntau.-e. , Eve-0 word i . rr.,A Jui, and commenced. 'Father, dear father. &c. was cistinct. and ahe sang the ballad with great feeling. In order, how ever, to fully describrt the scene wl ich fob - lowed earn verse, ii n ceceioarv to give ; 'little Mary's' sot J " 'rather, dear father, coraehnme with mtnow. The clock in the steenle strikes One I (uiil' 1 You, promis-ed, dear lather, that you would come home As soon as your day's work was done. Our fire has one out our house is all dark, And mother's bt-eu watching since lea, With poor Utile Denny so siek in hsr arms, And no one to be!; her but me. Come home, couie home, come home, Please father, dear LaUer, come home. "At the couciu.-h u of the hist line tl.e d.op scens drew up. dis-loslug the father Mtr.ng at the d x.r of a public hou-e. ir. a drui.kca, I e;nudd!ed state, wifh pipe aud pot before- mm. L.utie jiarv was tring to drag L;rn a curtain behind, as s!.e took up the refram j from the lady, and touchitgly sang, C. me j home,' &a. This other curtain was now i drawn aside, disclosing a wretched room in j wui n was tne mother with ths poor sickly I looking boy in her lap, aud in the act of I feeding him with a spoon. Simultaneously wita the drawing ot the curtain tne lime j light was brought to bear upon the tableaux, giving them c. truly startling ifL-et. After I a moment or two the act-drop came down, ! and the lady proceeded : i " 'Father, dear father, come home with me now, The ck in lLtple suikes iwo ! (gong, The niehf'has grown colder, aud Lenny is worse. But he has been calling for you. Indeed he is worse, mother hays he will die, Perhaps before morning shall dawn, And thi was the message eh. sent me to bring Come quickly or he will be pone. Come home, come home, ct me home. Please father, de.w father, come home ' "The act drop rues again, an.l now the child has hoid of the pewter pot, trying t- take it from the drunken parent, and, as s'ua continues the last two lines, Come horns.' &c , the other curtain is'drawn aside, and wo next seo the child stretched out on its mother's hip. and as it Jut raises its little head and falls back with a gasp, witri the lime-light reflecting strongly upou it. there was a leality about the whole, terrible to view. Sobs were heard coming from all parts i of the hall, coming from the female portion ) of the audience, while tears trickled down many a male cheek. We have seen Susan Ilopley,' 'The Stranger,' Jaue Shore.' liast Lynn' and other effective pieces placed, but never before did we witness such a "scene of general crying. The principal feature called to mind the picture ef the 'Sister of Mercy.' with the dying child in her lap, and the det!i was fearfully natural. Kvun the lady who sang the super was affected, and could scarcely proceed with the third verse : " 'Father, dear father, come home with me now. The clock, in the Eteelo strikes Threa ! ! (gn?:. Kong. ,:ou The house is so lonelv the hours are so lone. For poor we ping mother and me Yes. wo are aloue poor Benny in dead. And gone witli the angels of bpht ! And these are the very last words that be Said I want to kirs papa good night " Come home, cameiouie, come home. Please, father, dear father, come home.' "Again the drop rose, disci 6ing 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, showing tho mother praying over a child's cofCn. Dut now the sobs burst more freely, and two females were carried out fainting. The scene was truly harrowing, and we glad ly turned our eyes away. "An additional verse was sung about 'Poor Benny Leing with the angels above phg drop rose ; the father. soler now. ia weening over the coffin with the mother, and httlj Mary on her knees singing. 'Ilomo. home. father, dear father's come home!' At this moment the curtain Ss drawn aside. anl lit- t'e BeDny is suspended over the coCIq with wiugs. smiling down npoa them and jtoint - ing upwards. The father falls forward on his face, the act-drop descends, and for a few minutes ail is hushed saYoaho sobs of the females. ' "There !' said a working man by our side, as he heaved a siga of relief. 'Mr. Spurgecn never preached a better sermon than that!' an expression to which wo assented, and Cbon left the hall." Clilachc Siifi-t Jugglers. , A letter from China to ti e C; i ago 7. butie.yn: S;nct jugg!er and r:v utitebm.ks ab nt d Thev aNottTvel I out "the cotintrv. in Canton, and in fact in every Ci.ii ts-e -itv. from p'aee to place tbro.ih : . i ... t ... . .3 picking up a hu!e cad.'here and there. Aj a general thing their juggling feats do i c; amount to a gieat deal, yet trine of tbttu nrp wrv r!var on1 u'.iiil.l t i.itu fV!lx a j . V ' X' "" 'rV'.", inuvo oi a iijeaincHi furore in tne unnta States as did th Japnte tierfornu-rs. Sword-swallowing and stone eating appear to be the commonest feats, and operators (.f this description can be seen in almost every street. One ftt'low. however, performed & ; number of fiat3 in front of our hotel which demand from me a pacing notice. He sU- ti,jriPi io the centre of the street, and bavin- blown a blast upon a bugle to F ing that he was about toben his eiUerfainment. he t.a.k- a small len...n .,r ..r. He then to ik a cup in hi.- hand and Veaau to rattle some ee.m in'ir wb. i, t.t. hr,i .11- sinneared. Takin . mtuI t. n.lM K next took the seeds, and, putting ono in it. blew it at one cf the fruit, when ir. opened. and out il'-w oub of tne biros, w uiili nut td abovb the circle surrou'ici .g the perform er. Ha continued to short hie seeds at tha oranges until nearly a dozen birds were r..- t h-aSL'd. lie then removed the tree from hi.- iJicuMj. auj, seriing-it Cuwn, tia-i up t. dish, which he l.e'il above his head, wd cii all the birds flew into it. theu eoveiiug ii with a cover, and giving it a whirl or two about Lia head, opened and disjlayd u qu intity of e bri.fco with a tho shells of which hrt ittV stick. ichMaifig h hii J fnm each til. Th trirV vr.s teatlv ner- formed, arid defied deteitioo. from my eyes. The rirxt trick v. as equally clever aud diffi cult cf detectiou. 1' croAi:;g a handkerchief from or.e of his s; t-c.aio-rs, i.c t",k an orange, cut a small In ie in it, then queit.-d tl! tho juice out and crammed the handkei chief into it. Giving the tisndktrih.ef to a by stander to hold, ho caught up a teapot and began to pour h cup of lea Irom it when tlu spout 1 ecame clogged. Look.ng into the pot, apparently lor the purpo-e el detecting wh&w was the matter, he j u'l-J ut the handker chief and returned it to th owner. II. next took the otange from the ty-tander ard cut it open, when it was found to be f dl of iii. ilu performed a number of very pleading feats, but I hive given enough to tUfv th reader that tey are ecua'dj adtxpeti iL Jaoant?e. Ii2islEpr Away. An exchange beautifully t'eaN this su" j-ct as follows: it ii a t n.i.-hing who whit ra pidity time passes atvny ; how the days, tho weeks, months, i.ri.i ti; years roll round, carrying with il.cni the LTe. tue beauty nod the Lopes i f iLi world itrt a vi.t ai 1 un known future. It neenis but a short time,, indeed, since wo all felt and enj.yrd tho springs and buoyancy t.f youth, the delight of home, the infl..r-nces of paternal love, tho society and counsel oi friends, w ho now 6leep in the grave ; and yet ome 1 f us are aged aid the mnj'isty have attained to maiuio manhood. The young, of the present gene ration, are growing up ar.ui.d us. but iu our youth wo ktiiw toem i.ot. While wo have been parsing on. in the direction a" th grave, they have sprnt-g up to occupy our places and follow rapidly ia the rear, be fore us we see the aed tottei iig aloi.g iu their feebleness ami leaning upon their 6taves, behind us is the youth flushed witn promises and the infar.t prattli g in its moth er's arms. That circle has beeu kept up, unbroken, until time is ! st in eternity. Our life is a moviug panorama the pictures ou the caavas pass before our eyes, deiightinjr us for a moment, but each containing a sol emn lesson aud warning. II is tut an ia different observer who does not study bin. self. There is the ocean, the lake, the iivr. the mountain, and the vale; the one wweos in its msjestic grandeur and murmurs itsie fiant tones, which are heard upou-eitner shore ; the other rests like a cairn mirror, ic fiecting tho light of the millions of stars that sparkle ia the blue concave; thenar d hes on its way to the fea ; the mountain hit-- it- head among the clouds and ca-ts its frown ing bhadowa into the vale below ; ihe va u echoes to the songs of its birds, the hum of hun'iau voices, tho lowing of herds, whila here and there is the busy town, with it active life, its ceaseles commotions, its in. petuous struggles, its attractive homes, ad tho spiles of its churches pointing toward heaven. The beil rius, and the picture; passes iway from our sight to be been no more. Thus it is with human life, it is an assciati -n of objects, interests, attraction and beauties vhich Lirst upon our it,r.t. 1 form iheir rni.-aiou. and accomplish ti eir j.ui-ro.-cs, and are then lost to sight. The i ell tolls, the canvass moves, the light are put oct, the vision is lost iu darkness, silersco reigns, tLe curtain drops, aud all is ttuied u tho sleep, the foiuLfnliiesb and tho insensi bility of the grave. A Golds s TnouGar. We know not the author of the following, but it is one of th most beautiful p rial net Iols of the human miud we have ever read : "Nature will be reported. All things are engaged in writing their own history. Tlie plant and the pel ble go attended by their rwn shadows. Thu rock leaves its scratches on the mountain side, tho river its b- i in the soil ; the aurual ' leaves its bones in the stratum, the fern and I cai their Uiodia: epitaph in the coal, tLe i falling drop makes its set ulchre iu th and or stone. .ot a footstep in the blow t along th ground but prints in character ! mere or less lasting a map of its march : Every act of man inscribes its memories n ' l fellows and his own face. The air is full ('f sound, the sky of tokins; the ground i j H" memoranda, signatures, and every of j-ct Is covered over with hints which t-neak t the intelligent.' ' : ' T There is a Gaelic preverb which says that 1 if the lest man's faults wore written a his i forehead it would crako Mtu pull lit Ll uv ' t
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