/ / nae American Volunteer BIiISHBD EVERY THURSDAY MORNING I John 33. Bratton, OFFICE SOOTH MARKET SQUARE. Terms.—Two dollars por year If paid strictly In advance. Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid within three months, after which Three Dollars will ho charged. These terms will ho .rigidly adhered to In every Instance. No sub scription discontinued until ftU arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor., ILeaal Notices. Tj'ofTcE TO TAX PAYERS ! Tlio Treasurer of Cumberland county. Pa., will attend lor the purpose of receiving 81A1E, ToUNTY and MILITIA TAXES for the year J 873, as required by act of Assembly, at the fol lowing times and places s i FRANKFORD, at Blosorville. May 10. I MIFFLIN, at Centre Sohool House, May 10. / HOPEWEIjL and NEWBURG; at Sharp’s Ho tel. May 21 and 22. SOUTHAMPTON, at Baughman’s Hotel. May at Stone Tavern, May 20. PENN, at Eyator’s Tavern, 27 and 28. NEWTON, at Ooodhoart’a Hotel, May ID. WEST PENNSBOROUGH, at Uilsncll’s Ho tel. May 30, and at Fair’s Hotel, May 81. SHIPPENSBURG BOROUGH AND TOWN SHIP, at Sherman House, Juno 2, 3 and 4. NEWYIULE, at Heuueborgor's Hotel, Juno 5 NEWTON, at Mcßride & McCleary’a Hotel, j ‘north MIDDLETON, at Beecher’s Hotel, JI (X)OKE. at Pine Grove Furnace. June 10. ’ SOUTH MIDDLETON, at Rupley’s Hotel, Jt MIDDLESEX, at Middlesex School House, J SILVER SPRING, at Grove’s Hotel, June 13. MONROE, at Hursh’s Hotel, June H and 10. UPPER ALLEN, at Culp’s Hotel, June 17. LOWER ALLEN, at Heck’s Hotel, June 18. NEW CUMBERLAND, at Starbaugh’s Hotel, JU EAST PENNSBOROUGH, at Wilder’s Hotel, June 20. and at EU George’s Hotel Juno 21. HAMPDEN, at A. L, Brlckor’s Hotel, June 23. MECHANICSBURG, at George Bobb & Sons Hardware Store, June 2-J, 25 and 20. ' CARLISLE, at Commissioner’s Ofllco, June 27,28 and 30. . On all taxes unpaid on August Ist, FIVE nor cent, will bo added. The Treasurer will receive nixes at his office until the Ist day of September next, at-which time duplicates pt all unpaid taxes will bo Issued to the Constables of the re spective boroughs and townships for collection. ALSO, at the same times and phtces. Met chants and Dealers can obtain MERCANTILE LICENCES of the County Treasurer. And all Hucksters oud Dealers in Marketing axe hereby notified to take out an annual HUCKBiLRa LlCENSE,'under the act ol Assembly .approved the 18th day of May; ,18«0. GEO. 80118, 17apl-Gt Treasurer oj Cumberland County. NOTICE.— Notice Ishereby given that Henry Rhoads and John Campbell, late muling as the firm of Rhoads & Co., have this day dissolved partnership by mutual consent. The books of the late linn are in the hands of H. Rhoads. All persons indebted to the firm of Rhoads & Co., will settle with him at the nlfl tttnnrl ll* ttllUAl/S, old stana. J# caMPRELL, Late trading as Rhoads & Co. April 18,1878., • The business will bo conducted hereafter by H. Rhoads, who will bo pleased to supply all with a good article of COAL at v‘n«» iMapl -It H. RHUAua. ADM INISTBATOB’S NOTICE.-No tlce Is hereby glvpn that letters of aomln- Son on tho estate of Isaac Qooahart la.e o I'onn township, deceased, have boon Issuod oy tlio Itoglster of Cumberland county to the sub scribed residing In Newton township. All pen sons Indebted to said estate are rc Wßt|d W male© payment, and those having claims will present them for GOODHARTj Administrator. I7apl-ot* [hh boroughof CariSe/dMoaiod! l LvS r 'bMn 1s- SVW mivmeat and those Having claims will present ll^em^^ui^authenticated, ‘VoA U IIDNE& ’ meat ‘ AUmW^atir. ASSIGNEE’S NOTICE. —Notice is hereby given, that Johu Newcomer and have thos -«oS’K^, e- . A'UDITOR'S NOTICE—The under; JK signed, Auditor, appointed by the Court of Common Pleas o i Cumberland county to distribute the balance In the hands ,?/. hmmflt Hoover, assignee of Jolm for the uonetit, of creditors will meet \tho parties interested ■ for C lhe purposes ot his HPPOlntment at W. office. In Carlisle, on Saturday, the lUthdW oi May. at 111 o’clock, A. M. 1,. J. W. 1 *2lapl-Jt __ A DMINISTRATOE’S no i ice. A Notice is hereby given that ministration on the estatelof Mrsi.Mary OOtoep. into of Perm township, deceased, nayo uotni granted to the undersigned, will make payment reEP, ImayGt Administrator. A DMINIBTRATRIX’B notice.— ISABELLA A^ZEIOhkH.^ Hi Ills ollice. In the liorounli of Larllslo, on day,,me Mtk day ofMay. CORNMANi I»iay73-at AJuSlid A^dUor!opnomtS' tlio 17 th day of Slay. 18M -, OIIN cORNMAN, Auditor. Imay73-at "VTOTIOE —Ail election for president hours of 2 o’clock and J o cIoC HYER, Scc'y.^i Imay73-2t PUsmlanctmß ■gWBEYBODY TAKE NOTICE ! Something lew in Carlisle Ap years back. JVb. 91 South Hanovei'Slraa t, •üßHortmonl of r-• kinds of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS! ana also a lull and complete assortment ol FIELD, DARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS I also a full ana complete assortment of WlliliOW AND CEDAR WARE? nil of which will n *o'wllUlowell wishing anything In the above l l buy by calling and examining our goo lug elsewhere, ns wo feel sure we can good satisfaction as any other h ultural Imploraouta and Weeds, &c. Jan3o-73-tf dlatohley-h /mnroved Cucumber wood *mnp, rasteleHs, Durable, Elll leut and Cheap. The best >ump for the least money At* Billion Is ccpeolally Invited to Uatchley's Patent Improved bracket aud now Drop Check falvo. which can bo withdrawn without removing the Pump or iiaturblnc the joints, Also, the ‘onnor Chamber which neve ;ra P eUa orscolea, and will outlast my other. Eor sale by Mhl.ne mUtli * rtupp, Cafllsle. Bend 600 Commerce St„Fhlla* Sept. 12—1 Ashland cemetery being now under the direction and control of tho sub jQf nil persons desiring to purchase lots In U for burial purposes, or wishing any Inforraa- Uon, r cu U n be on her SwSSiKta o“'gy camnr at ttaS i(p ffiS l 2« 'V». M. “ •iuov72lyr* . Italian dees.-a few colonies or airaar Month Huuovor street, Carlisle. On WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED. /iU-luquUo ol tuo undersigned, nt Now Kingston station. J. "• LEUUU- zrupujt* the American Baluntcer JOHN B. BRATTON. ||oe.faL THE HOME OF TWENTY YEAHS AGO, Fond Fancy brings to dreaming eyes A picture sweet and clear— And, as I gaze, now beauties rise. And many an Image dear. Tls not of hoary castles gray, Nor hamlet on the down, "Nor whore the lingering moonbeams play O’er ancient tower or town— But sleeping now In summer’s light. And now In winter’s snow, She brings the homo again to-night, Of twenty years ago. Sweet spoil thou hadst no frowning walls, No battlement nor mere; But In thy hospitable halls What gladsome light and oheorl How Innocent the mirth ami Jest, How fondly beamed each eye, How kindly welcomed was the guest Of low oscato or high I Oh happy Earth, If In thy round All might such welcome know, As In that homo each pilgrim found, Of twonty.years ago. And where are they ? The happy baud who gathered-’round their Biro, And nrayed for tale of foreign land Beside the evening flro; The laughing boys, the bright-eyed boys. The youth, the maid was there, The tottering Infant spread his toys Besides his mother's onalr. But now how drear eaoh well-known room When fades the sunset glow I For but one lamp lights up the home Of twenty years ago. One who bad dwelt for years afar Found la tby shades a grave— . Some wander whore the evening star Sinks in the western wave— . Scattered, perchance, for aye, are they Once gathered ’neath thy roof; For duty calls, and they obey Her high and stern behoof. Yet from each heart fond prayers will rise When Fancy does but show That pictured homo to dreaming eyes, • Of twenty years ago. IpsdlMnl A PEW HINTS .ON THE CALIFORNIA JOURNEY, When persons decide on taking a jour ney, their first desire le get certain ques- tions answered. They wish to know ex actly how, when, and where to go, what to carry in their trunks, and how much money the expedition is likely to cost. These questions are not, so far aa I know, answered by any of the existing sources of information with regard to the Cali fornia trip. At least, so we found when, last spring, we rather suddenly resolved upon a western journey. Being quite ignorant of what lay be fore üb, we went eagerly to work to col lect facta. We read guide-books and books of travel; also sundry magazine articles* illustrated by wood-outs, in which ladles and gentlemen were de picted majestically dining or putting themselves to bed in. Pullman cate. At first sight the practical seemed to obtain in these articles. Sifted closely, with that keen, analysis which urgent need creates, they proved to consist mostly of glittering generalities by which .the rea der, taken rapidly from point to point, was introduced to peaks, canons, and the wheat-yield of various sections Of country, without hint ns to dust, dis comfort or fatigue. . There were, how ever, certain neat tables of figures with regard to the time and expense required for excursions to be taken after reaching Ban Etaucisco. Theee we Jotted down, with entire comfort and credence, for our future guidance. One comes to dis believe in newspapers—perhaps, when very old, in maps—but to the last day of her life, a woman will continue to ac cept with ready faith all ata tietlcs pre sented in tabular form. • Failing to find wliat we wanted in printed accounts, we tried the statements of Teturned travelers—taking, as the newspapers say, 11 from their own lips.” But here confusion, dire began. No two persons remembered alike, even with re gard to such obvl ous matters as heat, food, the construction of oars. We were advised to take no thick clothes, to take no thin clothes; to he sure - to stop, and by no means to stop, at various points ; to trust entirely to the eating stations on the road for our daily supplies—to carry with us, in hampers, everything we were likely in need of. The list of articles suggested as strictly necessary comprised spirit-lamps, tea-pots, saucepans, cups, saucers, knives, forks, spoons, tin pails, tea, sugar, wine, jelly, orackers-in short, an outfit for Alexander Selkirk. Who was to lift all this load of ironmongery when changes of cars took place? We gave up the conundrum in despair, and resolved to trust our own common sense, and to ask no advice, but just take things as we found them , and record the result for the 1)60601 of such as should come af ter. For, we said, a benevolent purpose blossoming from the midst of our per plexities, we will remember, we will re port facts just as they are. and the next spring’s tourist to California shall not suffer all this wrong. Of that resolution this article is the re sult. FIRST, THEN, THE SEASON TO GO. We left New York ou the 9th of May. Tli la was at least a month too late as sea sons usually are, but, fortunately for us. the spring was a month late also. Bo we lout less by Ibe delay. The best time for these who wish to see California In green perfection, and overlaid with her mar velous mantle of wild flowers, la the last of March or the Uretof April, Just so soon as the dangers of snow on the Pacific railroad are presumably over. For those who do not object to a sea-voyage, a pleasanter way la to leave New York late ,n February, by way of the Isthmus, reaching San Francisco In the height of the seaao n, after a month’s sail In tropi cal waters, and returning home In sum mer across the plains. This method has the advantage also of being the cheaper. WHAT IT COSTS' The price of a ticket to Ban Francisco and back over theUnlon Pacific aud Cen • trul Pacific roads Is u little less than three hundred dollars. To this must bo added the expouaes of aeven or eight days’ meals —average three dollars a day, also the ad ditional espouse of a compartment In the Pullman oars. Without this latter the Journey would be unendurably fatiguing -with It, It Is surprisingly comfortable. Upon the margin of the long railway map furnished to travelers we read, that a Bleeping birth from New York to San Francisco can be procured for eleven dol- ars, which certainly sounds remarkably cheap. But this does not mean a section, dr even half a section; it refers to the minimum of space—that is, half of one ol the births, upper or under, three other persons occupying the remainder of the section. Now few persons can be really comfortable with less than a whole sec tion—certainly no lady traveling alone could be—and a whole section coats for ty-four dollars. It will beseen therefore that a compartment in the P, P. C. is a considerable item in the expenses of the trip. Hotel charges in .California are not so high as with us, being three dollars— sometimes two dollars and a half—a day. Carriage fares are exceedingly dear, stage fares less than in the East —on tiie White Mountain roads for Instance. The Yo Semite excursion is an extremely costly one. No one should undertake it without an allowance of from ten to fifteen days (at least) in time, and from one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty dol lars in money. It will then be easily seen, that it is safe to estimate the ex. pause of two months of travel in Calilor nia to vary from seven to eight hundred dollars, according as the traveler is or is not an economist. .To reckon it as less would be to mislead. And this, observe, Is in gold, and does not include any of the longer excursions—Southern Califor nia, the Columbia River, Puget Sound all of which furnish points of great in terest and beauty well worth an addl tionafjouruey to see. WHAT TO CARRY. Two things are to be considered in packing a trunk for San Francisco— weight and climate. Every article of bag gage ie weighed on the Pacific railroad. One hundred pounds are allowed to each passenger. For every pound additional he ie charged at the rate of fifteen dol lars u hundred weight, A heavy Sara toga trunk is therefore undesirable sa traveling companion. Fortunately, is easier to calculate the absolutely need ful for California than for other places, because her climates, as a general thing, are so cold. Ladles lu Ban Francisco wear furs in January and July equally, and find them aa comfortable in one month os the other. There is absolutely no use for piques,’ muslin gowns, fluted wrappers, and ail the numberless ap pointments of our summer toilettes, un - less one vieite Southern California, or de sires to spend some time in Sacramento and other warm places in the middle of the State. The washing of snob diapha nous articles is ‘an expensive item, 100, San Francisco inndries being in tbe habit of charging from, three to five dollars a dozen, though the Chinamen, who wash very fairly, ask considerably less. My advice to women therefore would be— provide yourself with a iscii'/rt, substan tial traveling, dress, and take one other suit, silk ot cashmere, something that will answer f«>r the hotel dinner table and for going about the oity. This Is an you will need, unless you carry letters of introduction, and propose to see some thing of San Francisco society, in which case a handsome dinner or evening dress might he necessary. There will be warm days here and there, especially on the railroad coming home; and for these, half a dozen linen or cambric waists should be provided, to be put on at any moment the heat becomes oppressive* You will also want a thick outside wrap, plenty of thick boots and gloves, a hat with a brim to it, a relay of grenadine veils, and, by all means, an old water proof cloak, to be,used in . stages or on horseback as a protection afealhst dust. It is unnecessary to carry a special cos tume for. the Yo Semite. Ready-made suits intended for the purpose are sold in the San Francisco shops, and can be bought at an hours’ notice. Some la dles, however, take their old broad-cloth riding dresses, out shorter and provided with loops and buttons to hold the skirt out of the way when walking, and find these convenient. There are six days and five nights to be spent on the railroad between Chicago and Han Francisco, so a large bag or small valise will be needed for use on the cars. This will also come into play later in visiting the Yo Semite, where a trunk cannot be carried except under condi tions of expense and trouble. In this hag should be put, beside night-dress, change of linen,etc., plenty of clean collars, cuffs, pooket-handkerehiefs and stockings, a, bottle of cologne, a phial of powdered borax, to soften the hard water of the alkali district, a warm flannel sack for the chilly nights—which even in mid summer must, in those .high altitudes, be provided against—soap, brushes,combs, a whisk-broom, a pocket pin-cushion, a brandy flask, and small quantities of two or three of the simplest medicines. Old and easy boots should be chosen for the journey. I should advise, everybody to be provided with two linen dusters. Dust is the great foe to comfort on the Paolflo Railroad! No brushing, no shaking re moves it. It sifts, it penetrates, it per vades everywhere- After two or three days you grow to hate yourself- Some ladles whom we met wore barege caps, which drew tightly with ah elastic cord over all their hair and kept it free from dust. This was an admirable device, and I recommend it. With regard to luncheon-baskets: The food provided at eating houses on the Pacific railroad Is fairly good-wonder fully so, considering the uulnhabltated character of much of theoountry through which the road passes, and the isolation of manv of the stations. Almost every where west of Omaha we found excellent butter, and bread raised with yeast. It Is true that It was necessary .to look at one’s watch to tell whether It was break fast, dinner or supper that we were eat ing, these meals presenting Invariably the same salient features of beefsteak, fried eggs, fried potato. Sometimes the steak was a little tougher, aud was call ed antelope. One grows very weary of this sameness of diet. To this day wo cherish grateful feelings toward the lit tle village of Sidney, on account of cer tain cubes of fried mush which diversi fied a breakfast of unusual excellence. There Is an admirable eating-house at Evanston, also, and a good one at Sum mlt, on lop of the high Sierras. Taking all In all, a traveler can get along very well without prlvatesuppllea. Still, there are times When they save embar rassment. As. for Instance, when the train la behind time, or when It stops for breakfast at nine, and for dinner and and supper at twelve and half-past three CARLISLE, PA.. MAY 8, 1813 respectively! Or when, as happened to ourselves at Cheyenne, the rush of diners is so great that you find It Imposslble to catch the eyd of the Chinese waiter till it la too late to make him of the slight est use. At such times you are glad to have a iunoh.basket, and fall back on your Albert biscuit, orange marmalade, or whatever simple stores it may con tain. These stores can be replenished at various points along the road if neces sary. At Omaha and at Ogden fresh rolls and cold roasted chickens are. to be had; at several other places crackers, canned meals, etc. THE PULLMAN CAII. One of the chief perplexities before starting was to find out in what part of the Pullman oar it was best to secure compartments. We were expressly warn ed against the state-rooms as close and crowded, as also as being directly over the jolt of the wheels. We had tried sections often enough'on cars not bear lug the name of Pullman, to be very sure that we should not find them com fortable habitations for seven long days and nights. Yet there seemed no alter native; nobody told us that anything else could be procured. Our delight, therefore, can be Imagined, when, on en tering the Pullman ear at Suspension Bridge, we found it a double-drawing room, car, aud were told that for a little less -.than the price of a section apiece, wo could become the happy occupants of one of the two delightful little rooms at the end. These rooms occupy-the whole width of the car, with the exception of a nar row passage-way on one side. There are. six ventilators in each, and four win dows, two of which look out-doors, and two into the passage-way, which has cor respondingly windows opening outward. On one side of the room is a long sofa, on the other two arm-chairs, whose backs are movable, and can be tipped hack to a convenient angle. There are looking glasses on the walla. There ia plenty of room above and below for your bags, bundles and baskets. Between the two drawing-rooms is adreasing-cloaet, which is used.by nobody in the car except the drawing-room occupants. At bed-time the porter enters, pulls the sofa out into a roomy bed, manipulates the arm-chairs In some mysterious way, so that they form another bed, produces sheets, blan kets, pillows from repositories overhead, bangs curtains over doors and windows, presents you with a handful of clean towels, and departs, leaving you shut in to as snug and secluded a' bed-room as any could desire. If you are wise, and prepare for bed early, you can take possession of the dressing closet, holt the door of the sec ond drawing-room, and have the luxury of a sponge-bath. "When a hotel-car Is attached to the train, It is even possible to compass a pail of hot water. The com fort and refreshment of such a bath after tuo ousty uay can scarcely w overstated. The price of a drawing-room from Now York to Ogden is forty-eight dollars, which, shared between two persons, is somewhat less than a section would 01 at. Each drawing room contains berths for four persons, hut when four persons.oc cupy them they cease to be comfortable. For two people, especially two Indies traveling alone, nothing on wheels has ever been invented which Is so perfect. I am told that it is impossible on the. New York Central to engage a Pullman drawing-room through to Chicago. They should always bo telegraphed for, If pos sible, a day or two in advance, as they are in demand, and no train carries more than two, or at most four. Between Suspension Bridge and Chi cago, and in the Burlington and Quincy road from Chicago to Omaha, hotel-cars are attached to the train. These are in finitely ingenious in their fitting up, and most beautifully kept and appointed. They have compact kitchens which seem only just largo enough to hold the Jolly black cook, and yet contain every thing which a housekeeper's heart could desire—range, ice chest, store closets, sink, coal bln, dresser for china—while the dining-room attached, with its little tables sot out with fresh linen, and pret ty plate and china, la so appetizing in its aspect that it would tempt an anchorite to be hungry- It is to be hoped that in time it may be found possible to carry ' these cars over the whole length of the road. When that takes place, the com fort of the journey will be greatly in creased. One la often surprised to hear returned travelers apeak so little of what would seem to be the Inevitable fatigue of so long a journey. The fatigue is, in truth, much less than would be expected. This is partly due to the great comfort of the Fullmah cars, and to their smooth mo tion, and also, ns Mr. Nordoff justly re marks In his recent book, to the slow running of the railroad trains. The quiet, the absence of clatter, the being able to talk without raising the voice, are sur prising reliefs. And the freedom from Jar, the skillful avoidance of shocks in starling and stopping the trains, Is very noticeable. The Journey from Chicago to Ogden does not carry the traveler through tno ticeablo scenery, except in certain spots, as between Cheyenne and Sherman, and beyond Evanston,' where are Weber and Echo canons. At Ogden, which Is the junction of the two Pacific roads, the Utah Railroad forks off, and by a short and beautiful ride of three hours brings you to Halt Lake City, This la the point at which many people break the journey for a few days’ rest. I would advise every one to do so. The .Mmimm hotels are sufficiently comfortable, and the city Itself, standing beneath Its rampart of mountains, with the great lake shining beyond. Is most Interesting, aud well worth a visit. From Ogdon on, the scenery grows finer as you rise over tho Sierra slopes and finally, cresting tho summit, go down on the other side and glide across the wide plains of California toward the coast. The through train roaches San Francisco in tho evening, which is a pity, as one thereby loses getting a first view of tho city from Its water side, which is by far tho finest. There is notthlng in San Francisco itself to detain tho traveler many days. Tho sail round tho Bay, with its views of the Golden Gate and tho fortified,is lands, Is beautiful, and so is tho drlvo to the Cliff House. Every one should visit tho Ohineso quarter and the Chi- nese theatre, the great blanket manu factories, and, if possible, the works of tho Kimball Co., where specimens of the exquisite woods of California aro to be seen. The streets of,the city are also entertaining, with their irregular and picturesque elevations, their profusion of flowers and shrubs, and their odd mixture, of nationalities. Nothing specially novel, is to bo found in the shops, excepting Chinese and Japanese wares, which . are very pretty and very tempting, and photographs of California scenery. The Watkins pho tographs are too well known to require comment; but I should like to mention that Mr. Muybridge, a- photographer not so long before the public, will ex hibit this spring a series of large Yo Semite views, finer and more perfect than any which have ever before been taken. These views are chosen with all tho discrimination and perceptive fac ulty of a true artist, and give that }ast and rarest charm of photography, the atmospheric and cloud effects of the landscape. No one visiting San Fran cisco''sliould fail to see these pictures, which areon exhibition in Montgomery Street, not far from Watkins’ gallery. EXCURSIONS. Of some of the shorter excursions to be taken from San Francisco, I can speak only by heresay. San Raphael, which stands picturesquely on the Bay, at the foot of Tamal Pais mountain, is said to be a delightful place, and we regretted not having spent a day or two there. Monte Diablo is reported to command a view which well repays the long drive necessary to see it. The old mission towns of Santa Clara and San Jose, which are reached' in two or three hours by the Southern Pacific Railroad, are interesting spots. From San Jose, a day’s staging over the sum mit of the Coast Range brings you to Santa Cruz, the favorite watering-place of California. I would advise any one with a few spare days at command, to take this excursion, if only for the sake of the ride over tho mountain, which is wonderfully fine. Flower-lovers should not fail to do so, for such roses, geraniums, jessamines, and passion flowers grow nowhere else as run riot in every little garden in San Cruz. Ninety-six miles north of San Fran cisco lies the mysterious Geyser Valley, a narrow mountain cleft, filled with boiling springs and mineral deposits.— There are two ways of reaching this re markable region, via Healdsburg, and via Calistoga, and as the roads from both these places to the Geyser Canon are wild and interesting, it is well to go by one and, return by the other— going by Headsburg, and coming back through the lovely Napa Valley. Tho excursion can be taken in three days c —o— r,«nw3uu, and should not,bo missed by any tourist wtmao Unit, to not very limited. TUB YO SEJtiTE VALLEY Almost, every traveler to California arrives with a question lu his mouth about the Yo Semite. It ia Incom parably the most beautiful thing to be seen, that every body desires to see it, and yet the journey sounds so formidable that timid souls aud feeble bodies shrink from the undertaking. We, ourselves, experienced this dread, there were mo ments when only tho superior dread of having to plead guilty to cowardice held us to the plan, now, we say, with a breathless realization of the loss which might have been, ‘'Oh, if we had missed It!” Of the routes to the valley, I can speak only of the one by which we our selves went in and returned, namely, the Hutchings, or Big Oak Flat route. Wo selected this because of Its involving less horseback tiding than any other. On the Mari post route it Is necessary to ride thirty miles! The Big Oak Flat stages carry you to ’ the edge of the valley, whence a short nine miles in the saddle brings you to Hutchings’Hotel. Our equipment was simple—a short extra dress, a single change of clothes. There Is a laundry in the valley, and It la better to have your clothes frequently washed than to burden yourself with un necessary garments. Our things were packed In a small valise. AH baggage goes down the trail in canvas sacks slur.g over a mule's back. If you carry a trunk you must pay for an extra mule. As I mentioned before, “Yo Semite suits” can be bought In the Ban Francisco shops. These are made of flannel or water-proof stuff, and comprise trowsers, a short skirt, and a loose skirt, plaited in at the waist. They are very well adapted for the dust and rough usage of the valley. Still, I will mention, for the encourage ment of any lady who does not care to burden herself with a special but-lit for the excursion that one of our party wore, in her traveling dress, a gray flannel, with cloak to match, rode on horseback in it for eight days, and, Anally, brought it away in such respectable condition, that It answered for the return trip ever the Pacific Railroad. We made the trip to the valley in the public stages, and returned by a private carriage, and are therefore qualified to judge of the merits of both methods of travel. I should unhesita tingly recommend the private carriage. It does not (for a party) cost much mote than the stages, and is greatly preferable, not only for its superior comfort, but for the greater freedom it allows with regard to hours for starting and stopping at night. The stages are run on an arbitrary system, which does not take into account the convenience of passengers. They leave generally by half past four or live in the morning, lose two or three hours in halts in the course of the day, and by six P. M. de posit you at uncomfortable inns where you don’t want to stop, while a few miles farther is a comfortable one, where you would prefer to be.- With a private carriage and driver many of these discomforts can be avoided. There are agencies in San Francisco where arrangements for private teams are made. But If wo wore going again we should manage thus: Wo should write or telegraph to either Boyd’s or McLauo’s livery-stables in Sonora, for a carriage to meet us on a given day at Milton, specifying the number of seats and horses required, ami that the wag- on must be one with all tho seats facing forward. The cost of such a wagon with two horses is fifteen dollars a day ; with four bourses, twenty-five. A paf ty of, say five, will require four horses. We should pay for tho day spent in bringing the wagon down from Sonora to Milton—for a day spent in going froth Milton to Calaveras drove of Big T reeB _for a third day at the grove, to ward the close of which, we should drive to Murphy’s—for a fourth, occu pied in going from Murphy’s to Gar r rote—and for a fifth, from Garrote to Gentry’s. The fourth day’s ride would take us through Sonora, and (here is the greatest advantage in taking the carriage from that place instead of Stockton) we should there obtain fresh horses for'which we had telegraphed the day before, and which would en able us to get through to the edge of the valley in two days. If, as many persons dp, we stayed only four days in the valley, we should not send away the carriage, but let it await us at Gen try’s, as we should hove to pay lor tho four days it would consume in going .and returning from Sonora. 'But.wo should stay more than four days. We should stay ten days, a fortnight—a month if we could, and telegraph for the carriage to come up for us when wo wanted it. Possibly a party might come along who wished to journey up in it, in which case we should be saved fifty dollars. Getting back to the rail road via ‘ Chinese Camp would occupy two days more and there would be still a tliird to be paid for, which the wagon would spend in getting back to the stable. So tho expense of the whole, for our party of five, would ho three hundred dollars—sixty dollars apiece— which in the event of another party tak ing the carriage’up from Sonora, would be reduced to fifty dollars each—the price of the Journey by the regular stages. Hotel expenses In the valley are ,three dollars a day. You pay also two dollars and a half per day for your horse. The party collectively pays five dollars a day for the guide. Oh the beauty, the re wardfulness of the place. I cannot trust myself to speak in an article so brief and so practical us this. That another spot so exquisite exists on the face of the earth, it Is not easy to make those believe who have felt the spell of that perfect loveliness. And it is a beauty which does not fade from the. memory, but re mains always, stirring the heart with some pathetic pleasure, like the recollec tion of a beloved and absent friend. On the way homo we spent .a week on the top of the Sierras, where a deep basin of transparent blue water, fringed with pine forests and watched over by snow peaks, baa received tho name of Lake Tahoe. This delightful spot ranks in our affections next to the Yo Semite. It was there, one cool, delicious morninir ii«»t we received New York newspapers, and read accounts of the deadly smiling heat of the Atlantic sea-board, accounts which it was hard to realize or believe while breathing that elastic and delicious at mosphere. My last piece of advice to every body who Is thinking of the California Jour ney la, Go! Don’t give It up! For It la a eweet and compensating fact, that the pleasure of travel survive Its pains. "The tent removes; the vision stays." The discomforts, the heat aud dust, the weariness by the way, the trifling vexa tions, are soon forgotten ; while.the nov elty and freshness; the beautiful sights, the wider horizon, the increased compass, and comprehension, remain to refresh us always.— Scribner’s Magazine. OtTANTITT OF FOOD, People often ask us, “ What is the proper quantity of food ? This depends very much on what the food is, and who the person is, and what his pur suits are. We doubt not that most people who have the means oat a third more than they really ,need, and wo venture the assertion, that if each man of good constitution and health could begin at twenty-one, having been prop erly fed to that time, he might live to be seventy or seventy-five years of age and not need the aid of a doctor at ail. We believe that nine out of ten could do so. But just how a perasn should live to avoid entirely all causes of disease, no man, perhaps, is wise enough to pre scribe. It may be safe to assert that most people who are healthy and hearty eat a little more at every meal than they should. That sense of fullness, that extra heat of the face, aud the in clination to bo sleepy after a meal, show that it has been too heavy. Most peo ple eat too rapidly, and take in more ' food than they are aware of. The ap petite' is not allayed, and they eat as long they can hold it, because it tastes good. Suppose one were to eat parched wheat or corn; wore obliged to masli it, moistening by the saliva, having no coffee, tea, or water to “wash it down,” he would not be likely to eat too much for several reasons, the chief one being, that while eating so slowly, his stom ach would begin to appropriate the food, some of the Juices of the food would bp absorbed and carried into the circulation and the appetite would bo partially satisfied before ho had finish ed. Moreover, there would be a me chanical satisfaction on the part of the stomach. It would taka a man per haps three-quarters of an hour to eat as much of that kind of food as would satisfy him. Then ho would got exer cise enough for his teeth, so that they would bo healthy, and all the glands of the mouth would do their work. The stomach would come into healthy ac tion, and the person would bo satisfied as soon as ho had eaten enough. Doubt less he would eat but little more than half as much in that way as ho would to have the wheat ground and made Into mush, that could bo eaten without the use of the teeth, and a surfeit ob tained before the stomach had time to respond. Persons, generally, who aro fat, and are anxious to reduce their flesh, can do so by eating a third loss of food than Is their customary habit. Borne would have to rcduco'tho amount one-half to bring them to a proper standard. This plan would require self-denial; but people undergo,through self-indulgence VOL 59—N 0.48 and its consequent vexation and annoy ance, ton times more to mitigate or rid themselves of trouble than would he necessary to avoid it altogether. A lady camo to us for a phrenological de scription whoso face was thickly cov ered with pimples, fiery red blotches; like mosquito bites. Thinking we could hardly do her a bettor service, we asked, at the close of our phrenological description, if she would , like to be rid of those pimples. She started with de light and hope, and said, “ Certainly; what shall I put on?” We replied. " Nothing; but eat leas sugar and but ter, eat lean beef and fruit, and keep clear of griddle-cakes and their accom paniments for three months, and your face will bo clean and fair,” In one month after she came in without a pimple on tier face, to show us what virtue there was in our simple pre scription. She had doubtless been buy ing cosmetics at a dollar a bottle for years, greatly to the advantage of the dealer. Like the woman of the Scrip ture, she became no better, but rather worse. We eat too much. Wo eat the wrong articles of food. We have pimples, bilious fevers,, headaches, dyspepsia, kidney complaint, liver difficulties, and rheutnatism.- The old rough statement that 11 men dig their grayes with their teeth,” Inis more truth than poetry in it. If men,would use their teeth prop erly, they'could postpone the time for having their graves dug for many years.— Phrenological Journal. THE MODOC WAR! Another Massacre of U. S. Troops! nineteen Killed, Eighteen Wounded, and Five Aftsstae .* Copt- Thomas, Lieut, Albeon Howe, ami Lieut T. Wright, Among the Slain ! Lieut. Oranston Missing, and Undoubtedly Killed! Great Excitement ■ in Military Circles! LA.VA Beds, April UG.— A reconnolter- Ing party, composed of Batteries K and A, 4th Artillery, and Company E, i2lh Infantry, left canip at,7.30 thlo morning, proceeding inn direction known to lead to the present stronghold of the Modoos, Captain E. Thomas, of the 4th Artillery, being in command. A dozen or so Warm Spring Indians were expected to co-op erate on Captain Thomas’ left. The troops having formed. In a line, the skir mishers advanced without molestation until they arrived at the foot of the bluff south of the Lave Beds, having mean while signalled to camp that no Indians were to be found. On reaching the bluff the Modocs opened a severe lire, causing the troops to seek auch shelter as they could llud in crevices, chasms, *c. As usual,-the foe was unseen. - The first po sition soon became untenable, owing to the fact that the Indians were able to de liver both a cross fire and au enfilading lire, and the position of the troops was so exposed that, up to the present writing, 7 o’clock, P. M., only two of the wound ed cuuld reach camp, out of nine wouu ed. Lieutenant .Wright, of the Twelfth Infantry, hud sought sheller in a crevice, which was particularly opeu to the Mo docs tire. As soou us iuformaliou was received at headquarters relative to the peril of the party, troops were at once pushed forward to their rescue. ' Four companies were ordered out, two of cavalry from this camp, aud two from Colonel Mason’s. Stretchers for the con vojauce of the wounded were forwarded, but the latter are now returning, with out havlngachieved the objects for which they intended. The wounded will have to lie out in the bitter cold all night. Lava Beds, April 27—5.30 A, M.—A despatch received from Colohel Green, First Cavalry, who went out with the re inforcements yesterday morning, shows the surprise to have been much more complete and more terribly fatal than at first supposed. The dispatch states that Captain Thom as and Lieutenant A-K. Howe, 4th Ar tlllery, wero killed. Lieutenant Harris, 4th Artillery, Is badly and perhaps mortally wounded, and Lieut. Branston, 4th Artillery, la missing. Acting Assistant Burgeon R., Semlg was wounded in two places while attend ing to the wound. 5 P. ll.—From a second desdatch sent by Colonel Green Hr appears that there are now collected and waiting convey ance to the camp, the bodies of 10 men killed, Including Captain Thomas, Lieu tenant A. K. Howe, of the 4th Artillery, Lieutenant Wright, of the 12th Infantry, and eight wounded, including Lieuten ant Harris, of the 4th Artillery. These added to the number of wound ed men cited above, shown large percent, age of casualties for the small number of men engaged. Some 00 or 01 Modocs are armed with Bponcer carbines and breech-loading muskets. In more than one Instance, a. Modoc has been known to have two or more Spencer rifles, enabling him to keep up a rapid Are from his natural or artificial breastwork of rock. The surface of the ground in many places Is torn up by volcanic actions, which form crevices, and these are adapt able to purposes of either hiding or for points of defence. In several Instances soldiers knowing nothing of topography have come unawares on such Assures, and, before they could escape, were con fronted by the wily Indian—rifle levelled and Unger on trigger. or a dan gerous wound is the result, and too often the cowardly redskins escape by paths known only by themselves.' As a sample of their treachery and cun ning may not bo amiss, I will state that the portion of Batteries A and K, 4th Artillery, and Company E, 12th Infantry, Unding themselves In danger of beiug outflanked, took shelter In the hollow spot, affording a partial covering. No sooner bad they done so than, the Indians, who knew and commanded every egress from the cavity at that point, numbering twenty-one warriors, detached seven of their number on ono side, fouiteen remaining on the other, and then opened a cross flro on the poor fellows who could not show head or hand without certainly being struck.- Very few escaped Injury; tho rest wero cither killed or wounded. It Is Impos- iVerlliHliig. -itfltOH O t No. tlmca I »q. 3 «q. 3 Exccators' and Adm'nt'. Notices For Auditor*’Notices, 2 (W For Assignees’ and slmllat Notices, 3 oo For Vcariy Cards, not exceeding six lines, 7 w For Announcements live cents per lino ua* ess contracted for by the year. For Business and Upcciai Notices. lOcoo’r lorllno. . Double column advei ..jcmenU extra. sible to ascertain the number of Jlodocs killed and wounded. Yesterday Captain ,McKay reported that his Warm Spring Indians had taken four scalps. This may bo the whole, or it may bo only a portion of tile killed, the Jlodocs care ful to destroy, as far as possible, all traces of their casualties, carrying their wounded into caves and burning the dead bodies. Their wounded are sup posed to bo hidden In caves, but few of them have been seen so far. When Captain Thomas found himself and his men surrounded by his vindic tive foe, he sought to cheer his soldiers on to the bitter end and obtain, if pos sible, life for life, and to sell their lives dearly, saying, “ men, wo are sur rounded; we must, fight and die like men and soldiers.” In his noble efforts to sustain the courage ol Ms small command, ho was nobly seconded .by Lieut. Howe and Lieut. Wright. After receiving a mortal wound he buried his gold watch and chain among the rocks, and emptied ids revolver among the enemy before dying. Lieutenant Harris was similarly situated as Capt. Thomas, with a portion of his Battery K, 4th Artillery, and also set an exam ple of bravery and determination to his men 8.3(T P. M.—Tho reinlorcement sent opt under Col. Green, together with the killed and wounded, are expected momentarily. A heavy rain Is now falling, which is beneficial to the wounded men in alleviating their suf ferings and relieving their fevered limbs. Their arrival is anxiously look ed for by their more fortunate com radcs in camp. Every preparation has been made for their proper reception. When the news of the massacre reached camp, soldiers who had grown old and gray in.the service wept like children at the fate of their officers and com rades. April 28th, C A. M.-Tlie troops, with the killed and wounded, are re turning. In addition to the death-list given are the following: First Ser geant B. S. Romer, Battery A, and Private James Bose, Battery K, Fourtli Artillery, died yesterday. Privates Wm. Boyle, Howard, Nowshurg, Co. E, Twelfth Infantry. Sergeant Black, of Battery A, is wounded, not previous ly named. In many instances it would ho diffi cult to recognize the dead but for some article of dress known to have belonged to them. Indian barbarity has defaced the lineaments of those killed. The following is a complete list of the killed and wounded now in camp : Killed.—Capt. Evan Thomas, 'Battery A, 4th Artlllerv; Lieut. Albeon Howe. Battery A, Uh Artillery: Privates R. 8. Romer, Battery A. 4th Artillery: —Packer, flattery A,4lh Artillery; ■l«)«s. «b Artillery !«»« «u AIUVerST7 12th Infantry: Private Greed, Co. E, 12th Infant' rv citizen Lewis Wilbur, of Slsklow countv. Some eight men were burled on tho Held, whose names could not be ascertained. Lieut, Arthur Cranston, with four men of Battery A, are still m w