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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-
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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<muded.—Privates Jos. Broderick, Battery
A. Ith Artillery, loft thigh; Matthew Murphy.
Co. E. 12th Infantry, right llnghr; Privates Jas.
McMillan. Battery A. 4lh Artillery, palm of
right hand; John A. Goflbrd. Battery IC, 4lh Ar
tillery, back and thigh; Corporal James Noble,
do., wounded In neck; Private Charles CufT. Co.
E l'2th lufuntrv, hurt In hand; Sergeant M. Ken
nedy. Co. E. 12tb Infantry; right elbow and
heart; Private James P. Butler, do., shot in both
temples; Private John Uiggons, Battery K. 4th
Artillery, shot In hand and shoulder; Private
Shanks Holla, do., loft leg; Private George Van
dorwlnler, Co. E. 12th Infantry, right hlp;Irl
valo William M’Coy. Battery K, 4th Artillery,
right buttock and right hand; Private J. B. Mc r
Laughlln, do,, both feet and right shoulder;
Sergeant Aug. Book, right arm; First Sergeant
Clayton, Co. K. 12th Infantry, left leg; Private
M. Brbmau. do., both arms broken; Lieutenant
George M. Harris. 4th Artillery, wounded In the
back; Sergeant B. Somlg, U. 8. A;, right leg.
Washington, April 29.—Tho Intel
ligenco from the Modoc war excites
much Interest, especially In army cir
cles. Captain Thomas, reported among
the killed, was a son of Gen. Lorenzo
Thomas, formerly Adjutant General of
the army. Lieut. Howe was a son of
Major Marshal Howe, and son-in-law
of. Gen. Barry, tho commandant at
'Fortress Monroe, and Lieut. Wright
was a son of tho late Gen. George
Wright, and nephew of the late Gen.
Sumner.
Lieut. George M. Harris, reported
Wounded, is said to be a son of Mr.
George W. Harris, a merchant of
Philadelphia. -
A comparatively brief telegram re
ceived by Gen. Sherman to-night con
tains nothing new relative to the Mo
doc expedition in addition to tho press
accounts, which it confirms.
John tells a story of Thompson and
Rogers, two married bucks of New
York, who, wandering home late one
night, stopped at what Thompson sup
posed was his residence, but which his
companion insisted was his own house.
Thompson rang tho bell lustily, when
a window was opened and a lady in
quired what was wanted, “Madam,”
inquired Mr. T., "isn’t this Mr. Thom
son’s house?” "No,” replied the lady,
"this is tho residence of Mr. Rogers,”
“ Well,” exclaimed, Thompson, "Mrs.
T-T-Thompson beg your pardon—
Mrs. Rogers, won’t you just step down
to tho door and pick out Rogers, for
M. Thompson wants to go homo.
Checked Baggage. A. bachelor
editor was traveling all alone by him
self. His baggage consisted of but one
extra shirt, and that one a blue chocked
one. The baggage man accosted him
with;
"Any baggage, sir?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Let me see tho checks.”
The editor cautiously unravelled the
bundle, and holding up his shirt, asked
the fellow if he could see the checks
An umph! in basso coutlnuendo, and
the expressman was gone.
The Flowkus.—Flowers are appear
ing rapidly lu the windows of reelden -
ces. All lovers of these beauties should
remember that oue blossom allowed to
go to seed Injures the plant more than a
dozen new buds. Cut your flowers be
fore they begin to fade, adorn your rooms
with them, put them ou your tables, send
bocjucla to your friends who have no
flowers, or exchange with those who
have. The more you cut ott the more
you will have.
New silk hats lend a slick appearance
to our young fellows.
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