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Cliarfiild, 1'a., March 22, 13G5.
D. W. Moor, Esq , Editor Jitpubltcan.
DtarSir: At the request of a number
if my friend I hare consented to furnish
iou tor publication an account ofmyar
:et and imprisonment by the military
tulhoritirs. I was arrested on the Cull of
,'icuary lat, at 1 o'clock, p. m., in my
office in Baltimore, by a Government de
tective, and taken to Col. Woolej's office
corner of Camden and Eutaw Streets,
there I was given in charge of a guard,
ho locked me up in the "Old Negro
Jail," or "Slave Ten," with some fortv
vhtr prisoners, mostly deserters and
bounty jumpers. The room was in a most
filthy condition, and alive with vermin,
without furniture of any description. At
",p. ni., I was ordered to get ready to go
u liarrislurg. 1 asked permission of the
Detective, who had rae in charge, to stop
utmjr boarding-house, oa our way to the
Depot, to gt some clothing. This ho re-
pfaieil, 'aying that he was not .permitted
'OUkea prisoner into any hoje. On
irrivicgat the Depot I git ono of the
ticks to go for my shawl, but could not
(et any other clothing. I was then Li
ter, on the train for Harrisburg, where
arrived at 4, p. m., of the "Hi, liaving
hen detained by an accident on tho Koad.
In then turned over to Capt. Thume,
Provo Marshal, who stnt me under guard
lothe ' Exchange Guatd House," on Wal
ttl Street, opposito tho County Jail,
here I was put into a room on the sec
tod floor 20 by 40 foot, with 53 prisoners,
iibng whom were a number of prisoners
fan this and JetTonon county. There
u uiually from 75 to 100 persons con
Sued in this room, including five or six
ifgroes, it was very filthy and dirty, and
ftouined uo acciramodation of any kind.
V slept on the lloor, without any cloth
H, except such as we had with us. We
er marched down to the Soldier's Itest,
Tposite the P. It. It. Depot, three times
Jay, for our rations of bread, meat and
effee. For dinner we had vegctablovoup,
placo of meat. We had as mucn of
,4te articles as wo wished. The bread
ml coffee was reasonably good ; the moat
'u not. I remained in this military
Ifiion until the 17th of January, when 1
'lib 10 others, was taken to Fort Milllin,
tear Philadelphia whero we were locked
ip in a Bomb Froff, with 41 prisoners
torn this and adjoining counties draft
sman, deserters, bounty-jumpen, and
nils a number like myself, kneir not
at ttioir odenco conaistedij. The Itomb
Proof is an arch of brick a&d stone, laid
cement, aud intended to bo proof a
aioHihot and (hell. The room is about
1 by CO feet, and 12 feet high in the cen
feof the arch, the walls are 5 or 0 feet in
tickness, on the top of which is thrown
torn 5 to 10 feet of earth, the floor is of
'went, and has the appearance of hard
'th. There was a grate in the one end
''the room in which we kept constantly
f; (r of anthracite coal the chimney ol
. ich smoked so badly that our eyes
i continually aore from tho effects of
, A In the opposite end there were nine
Mices 3 by 15 inches, through which all
, light and air passed that was admit
this room. There were a number
r'aituil.ir crevicos along one side, but
j'so we were obliged to keep closed on
;'juui of tho coldnesaof the weather.
'"at so dark that in no part of the room
,a one could see to read or writ a word
"mid day without a candle, and had the
'either permitted us to have kept all the
ViCM nnfin Lhara still wnnld not have
enough light admitted to allow of
wr reading or writing, more wraa no
""iks, or acoommodationi for sleeping,
'ltler than a few hose boards thrown a-
'Mlfsillior !4. nnnn mliinll III alnt.
prisoner wa furnished by tne uov
''iment with one old blanket, and those
the only bed we bad until the 10tb
'ebruaiv. ( seven davs before we were
flight to llarrisb jre) when bunks were
"iniorus; and nva aayt auerwaras
bay was given us to pat upon them,
"v tew old bed ticks given to me oia
3,tl. Fafh man ss nroviJed with a tin
1851.
cup and spoon, for which he paid thesut
tier thirty cents. This is all we) had in
which to gel our rations, which were serv
ed in this mannor: In tho morning,
ench drew on 18 ounce loaf of brerul, a
email piece of meet, (tho weight of which
I do not know) and a tin cup of coffee.
This was all tho trend and meet we re
ceived for ono days rations. The hread
was good, but the meat was not. Once or
twice a week wo had fresh bouf, and the
balance of the limo bacon two or three
year old, and of a very poor quality at
that. The coffee was not the article fur
nished by theUoveromont, but a very in
ferior quality of patent coffee -purehasod
at probubly otio fourth the cost of the
genuine article, which we were obliged to
use, while the proceeds of that which wns
iutended for our use passed into the pock
ets of those counected with the Cotumis
sary Depart room. For dinner, we had a
tin cup of bean soup, made by putting tho
beans into the water in which the meat
had boiled the previous day, and cook
ing them a few hours; when served, it
resembled very closely in appearance, the
water found in a frog pond in August. It
could scarcely be made more unpal
ilable or unwholesome. For supper,
each had a tin cup of collce, made of the
same material as that set ved in tho morn
ing- We bad the privilege of buying a
few articles from the suttler, at three
times their value; bui these were of
no uso to us ts we had
for cooking. Our daily
ro conveniences
ration of water,
for o'2of us, was what we could brine
twice in a barrel from the Delaware. This
was all we had for dunking and washing
purposes; ana me only vessel we liaa in
which to boil and wash our clothing was
a 2 gallon tin bake pan, until a short
time before we were sent to Harrisburg,
when we were provided with two old rus
ty, carup-ketilos. The air was very damp,'
and during a greater part of the night it
was so cold we could not eleep. This
room was evidently never intended to
confine persons in, as the dumpuess itiual,
in short lime, impair, if nn destroy,
the health of Iho.'C having the strongest
constitutions -as the appearance of ma
ny of the prisoners fully testified. Dur
ing my imprisonment iu tho Fort 1 was
kept in close confinement, except when I
would volunteer to gel out and work,
which 1 did several times in order to have
the fresh air. The only kind of woik we
had to do was culling and wheeling ice
to fill the Ice House, or shoveling gravel
on a new road, which is being built from
the Fort to I'.eil's Sation on tho I W. it
B. It. H. The work, although not of a ve
rs pleasant kind, was not half so bad as
the ser.ee of having a guard at your baa'.c,
with a inutket and bayonet, watchiogyou
as if you were a condemned criminal. j
Thin, to me, was most humiliating, as 1 1
had never been accustomed to being driv
en in this manner. I was confiucd hero
111 Jays.
On the morning of iho 17th February,
I, with six others, loft the Fort for Harris
burg. Wo walked Io Philadelphia, a dis
tance ol some eight miles; (he road was
slushy aiul slippery, making it veiy hard
for s ue of the party, as Mr. Huhlcr was
very old, und Dr. Krbe had jut been ta
ken out of the hospital. We arrived Hi
llarrisburg at 4, p. tu , and were lodged
in the "Exchange, "Jund found it, if potsi
blo, even more filthy than when, one
moiith previous I left it for the Fort. I
now, for the first tituo, was able to find out
the charges upon which 1 had been arres
ted. 1 had made inquiry nt the Provntt
Marshal's otlice in Baltimore, when (ml
arretted, and was told that they did not
know what the charges were against me.
This, however, lam satisfied, was false, as
a very "Haltering" notice appeared in the
Clipper a day or two afterw ards, matins
thai I was a most "desperate" character,
and tho "leader of the Clearfield county
rioters;" nnd I have no doubt this ''relia
ble" information was received from the
office of Col. Woo! ey. On being turned
over to Capt. Thumo at Hamburg, when
first brought there, I asked lor a copy ol
the charges against me, which ho promis
ed to futnitk on tho following Monday.
But I presume he lorgot it, as I nover re
ceived them. I frequently n.ikol to know
the nature of my olt'ence, but failed in
every attempt; ond now, after Loing con
fined 43 davs, 1 learned the charges thro'
one of my friends, which was: of being
an officer of a secret organization in Clear
field county to resist the dralt. the nlli-
davit, upon which my arrest was ordered,
fiai made by John L. Boder, of lirauiord
township, who twore that I acted as an offi
cer of a meeting at Knepp's barn, in Brad
ford township, in September or October,
and swore the members present to resist
the enforcement of tho draft, to stick to
gether, ami to rescuo ouch other from the
marshals, should any ono be arrested by
them. This was a falsehood, as 1 left the
county on tho 12ih of September, return
ed on the 2Clh, remained during the court,
and aeain left for WjUiamsnort on the 3d
of October, and did not return to the
county until since my release. The meet
ing, of which Loder pretends to give an
exposition, was held in the latter part of
July, anil ill only object was theorgan
uaiiju of the Democratic party pre
paratory to the Special election on the 4th
of August. This tame Loder came to me
at the Guard House, in llarrisburg, on the
day my trial was to commence-, and in the
presence of Daniel Curley, informed me
that be had told the Judge Advocate to
destroy tho affidavit he bad made against
me, and he would not appear against me
at all, as he had been "entirely mistaken,"
both as le the time and object of the meet
ing, and that he would swear that resis
tance td the draft, or Government, was
not mentioned at the meeting st Knopp's
barn.
This was the first time I bad spoken to
him since my arrest, and be csme volun
tarily and made this statement without
any questioning on my part. From some
CLEARFIELD, TA., WEDNESDAY, MAR. 29, 1865.
further conversation with him it was evi.
dent to me that he had been made to servo
tli e wishes of S. Benson, who I am satis
fied, conducted tho prosecution against
mo for the purposo of revoneine himself
ior a personal altercation tliat took place
between us in tho stage last August going
to 1 hilipsburg, and for tho purposo of
getting some evidence out of mo against j
tov, Biai,8 nd Senator Wallace -for, ;
when I was first cotifinad nt Ilurrii.lMrr t '
was frequently questioned concerning !
thera, and told that it was they who Lad
brought all this troublo upon u, aud that
now they stood aloof and let us suffer. I ,
w;.s satisfied at the time that thee per-
sons were lutechves, and sulscqur ntly I '
caiv one of them wcarnic the 'Stur of
Honor!" I
On the evening of tho 22d of February
I .-11J talaM l tlwl Al.liR, l.nn.n ...1 !...
a copy oi tno ciiargea mm specihoationa
againstme by Cant. Johnson, Judge Ad
vocate with whom 1 Lad considerable
conversation in reference to my cano. He
then sont me back to tho Guard Ilouue,
raying ho would send for me in the morn
ing and commence my trial.
The next morning 11. B. Swoorr., Ksq ,
called upon me, with some other friends,
and expressed a willingne-s to aBaiit me
in obtaining a roleane, I told him I was
tired of my imprisonment, but would
make no concessions, or in any wcy sacri
fice my manhood, to secure my liberty ;
but that, if he could do anything for me, I
should consider it a personal lavor. He
left me, and returned In the evening, and
informed me that my release had gone to
Philadelphia to receive the approval of
Gen. ta'lwallader, and lhat ns soon as it
returneJ I would be liberated. And now,
for his influence in my behalf, I thank
him ; for, although they never could have
convicted me of any crime whatever, yet
I um satisfied I hey would have held wo in
pi isoti, pet haps tor months, before I would
have been released.
My political friends had made every ef
fort to have me released, nr tried ; but in
vain. Their etlorts seemed to be looked
upon with suspicion, and their requests
treated with contempt, by thoco in imme
diate charge ol the Department at Harris-jest
burg.
On the 27ih of February we were all re-j
moved to the Guard House connected
with the Uoiton raciory barracks, men,
although until for the cofinnment of any :
ono, was much cleaner and bolter in every
respect than the "hxchunge, which had
become so perfectly filthy that persons
visiting their Trends confined thi-re could
nut, after leaving tho pure air of the city,
remain more than a few minutes wiihoni
being sickened by the intolerable stench
that pervaded the room.
On the 1st of March I, with five ether
citizens of this cnunty, was marched down
to the Frovoht Marshal's office, where we
were released upon liking the oath of al
legiance, and also an oath to report in
person when called ujin by. tho of
ficer commanding this Department.
The oath of allegiance was the same I hud
taken before.
Thus ended 54 days imprisonment in
Military Bastihs, for a purely imaginary :
oller.ee, with which I was charged, arre-t-cd,
and imprisoned, to satisfy the malice j
ofS. B. Benson, and with the hope of eli
citing some evidence from me against my
political friends in this town. I must not
forget the officers and soldiers who had
mo in charge during my arrest. I take
this opportunity of reluming to them one
and all my thanks for the universally kind
treatment received at their handi. Col.
Eastman, in command of Fort Milllin, is,
in the fullest eense, a soldier and a gentle
man. To my personal and political Iriends
in Clearfield, Baltimore and llarrisburg, I
am under the deepest obligations for their
unceasing effortB to elleci my release, or
to secure me a speedy trial ; as well as for
many of the ciinfor.s and delicacies fur
nished through their kind and generous
hospitality. I ncvor asked any thing but
atrial, this was nil 1 defied; for I was
perfectly conscious that 1 had never com
mitted auy crime against my country.
Respectfully yours,
J. BLAKE WALTERS.
Shooting Alfair at Bladensburjj.
Sunday alernoor. a young man named
Hiram Dowd en was td.ot and killed at
Bladensliurg by a cavalry soldier on tho
portico of Howell's restaurant, under the
following circumstance-: Young Dowden,
who was cleik in the shoe store of C. F.
Cumroiiigs & Co., Seventh street, near
New York avenue, has been in the habit
of visiting his grandfather, Mr. Clements,
at Bladensburg, every Sunday. Last Sun
day afternoon, being ready to return to
the cily, he went to Howell's roitaurant
with some acquaintances and took a seat
on the back portico to await the arrival : .states, bo shall be immediately handed
of the cars. Conversation ensuod smong 1 over l0 the United States Courts for trial,
tho young men, and the subject was the I -phe officer who lostr.iins a citizen of bis
itnntinn of South Carolina, and vnnnc'i:i , 1.. ... :.. c.i.i.. 3
" J " e
Dowden elaimedtbnt sho was not whinned
yet. According to one account ho bur-
railed for South Carolina and Jeff. Davis,
but this is denied by his frionds.
is,
The cavalry soldier walked up to him
remarked, "1 want you 1" Young Dow- jr tt citizen be charged with a violation of
den denied tho soldier's right to arrest the law, let him be triod according lo law.
him. The soldier told him he was under If found guilty, let him be punished ac
arrest, but Dowden still refused to ac- COrding to la, and if innocent, acquitted
knowledge it, and still maintained his j according to law. Shall Ibis bo the rule
rosition on the chair. The soldier drow j ; future, nr must citizpna be driven to
his revolver, presented and fired, the ball
entering Dowden's forehead, about an
inch above the eye, and passed through
the bead, causing death in a few minutes.
The soldier immediately mounted his
horse and left the village in baste, by tho
old bridge) road. Upon reaching the
guards near the camps, ha was halted by
a sentinel who inquired the oause of his
haste. He only replied. " I have shot
someone!" and rassed on to Fort Eaker, leave, disnag was lorn aown ny ine
where, we hear, he was arrested by the mob in the presence of the Franco Mexi
officer of the day, and is ow io custody n officials, who made no effort to stop
for trial WatMnqto. oV.
darrtsponknte.
March 10. lRfiS
D- V. Mooks, Esq.
Dear j6'ir; I have iuat rm 1 inina ft Ant
Centre county, where I have been visit'
ing my old Democrat io friend for the I
last monlh. I found them true tow as
of old, to the principles of Democracy, I
nfllictml. n thA l)umnn..i. ,. ,m c. i i
county are, with tho bad Bute of publio
affairs under the rule of Abraham, and
fearing the reat danger, as we do, 'of our
Republican institutions under the power
as exercised and carried out by the Lin-
coin Administration. Tyranny rales theio
just as tyraunv is the rulo hei n in Clniir.
lieldcountv. 'r.aahl. iti.n. : .
tod became they are Democrats, without
n1HM.n!.l - II
rieu away to some bastile, before their
menus know of their abnence. Cun these
tyrant Devils be submitted to much Ion-
gr. II the people know their right.-, and
Z.
iU before ii be too late, to pause in the
i-xei-ciso of their tyranuy, and con-
tempi ue the forbearance of the people-
Forbearance any longer with theiu uiuy
cease to bo a virtue with the people, and
in their omnipotent power they will bo
I Til Titer n ',"V "U'ir J" iT" ' m '
l..ws an J the Constitution. And 1 would
ay to the Servant, oelhe people one and
ull, if you euuuot do your duly, to
guard. the proper exercise of the law in
potecting the people of their rights and
liberties under the adopted Constitutions
of tho land, why, be honest, ai.djut tell
the people so, and the people will take
care of themselves, and can apply tho
remedy, by hanging the tyrants, which
will cure the evils 1 fear things have
goue too far already for a milder remedy
to cure the evils and restore the country
to peace.
Pat. Curley, in Lis statement to the mil
., r, -- ------
a real eat s paw of himself, and fnrsod.) -
nv u-iii La I i ' r-
ing will oe detested and considered infa -
mnna ull ti .i,iv. ,.r i,,. i;r I. ...-v i,n.
liarv -uourL iriai &l 1 1 nri mDiinv ims muiiit
and good citizen. And those whose
tool he was mny expect, and con not es-
cape, the just indignation, and lasting
damnation of the people for their larger
j share in the matter of tuiowme Uieir Oirl
on two ot our citizens, whose characters
can not be foiled by all the dirt throwers
in 111 e IN ; 'iblican party. I say, Demo
crats, st'Uiil l.nii and true Io your princi
ples utidci lM3 violation (d Constiiutixn
and law ni Hie present time by our cor
rupt rului' ft is worth something now
lo bo a Democrat. Stand firm in princi
ple I )ur fathers, for tho same principle,
tood firm at the mouth of British can
non, and shall we not 6tand up before tl.o
cannon of these cowardly Linculn-pnops
and fear thorn not ? Destroy our princi
ples -they cannot. Arrest our petsons,
balij,ct us to mock trials and bastiles, Is
ii. i nicy can uo, Jtomemucr, unuer u iv
ranis rule they may have power lo "kill
the body, but they cannot kill the soul"
.11.1 .1. 1. ..
Democracy is a living principle.
..ml n-ili nPvpr D:.r thesn tviants iii
the name of God and the Doniocracy io
arrest Bigler and Wallace for ditloyalty,
on the ktalement of such a lyisg scamp
as Pat. Curley has made himself.
Excuse my ha-ty letter. I have nt
heart myrountry. I fear danger ofils
welfare. So I endeavored to pen you a
line on the subject.
What Hen are Arrested for.
Mr. Josnih C. Miller, of Harrijrtn town
ship, this eoun'y, was recently arrested
upon the following charges : . lollow to the other, but that the pro-
I. In that the said Miller declared that cc.s3 could not bo continued long
"Abe Lincoln wasafool and had iiosonse.''vitlout clKian ,,g the life of hiiii
m. ill I liab IIIU PHIU lUlllfl IHIIUVi UlUb
''Lightning might strike the Cabinet and
knock them into along with Horace
Greeley.
In that Iho said Miller is a svmrathi-
zcr with the South nnd had declared that
he would rather fiiht for Jell". Davis
than for Abo Lincoln.
4. In shat the Pni Miller had "spoken
. :. . r..n.. .r . i. . a .1 i : t,
uisrt'Fi'L'Ciiuiiv cm uiu n u iii i ins 1 1 ai iuh .
- . .
These grtve charges were not sustained
against Mr. Miller ami he was dischaiged.
We iive luiblicilv to this matter, merelv
to show by what uncertain tenure we held
our liberties. The idea of arresting a man
beeause ho bis declared that the President
hasn't good sense, and lor "speaking dis
respectfully of the Administration," deci
dedly refreshing. We hear every now and
then of citizens being arrested by themil
itaiy nnd released upon examination.
This is in direct violation of the conscrip
tion law. This law provides that when
ever a citizen shall have been arrested for
an nflVnrn acninst !lin laws of the United
liuei lic-n, iaiii iJuv iu mvr, in imuig tw ('ia-
: .,i;., ir,",i r. .i.mani ii. i
I vlU Vivii wu yi oun sia im "iiifcx "
about iim0 lua( the laws were observed in
lbig country, and if thev are to be tramp-
n,ir fnt mnM, Un,rPr. w will see
i-.t irin il,r i. in ih. ri.il courts
1 lot,k a remedy in proiccutions for fa!se
J imprisonment and suits for damages? We
shall see. Bedford Gazette.
CtjySeveral Unionists lately fled from
Texas to Matamoras for assylum, and
were forcibly taken from the American
Consulate, and delivored over as prison
ers to the Confederates. Tho new Ameri
can Consul. Mr. Wood, was ordered to
! the outrage,
NEW
A CUKIOL'S STORY.
The Siamese Twins Their life since cool breezes laden with the delightful
the War began Jcaloxmj and Quar- aroma of tho pines. 1 koow not the apot
rels through the. influence of their anywhere, east or west, more lovely than
Wives? 'Can thcu exist separately fl11"'01 U3 to be- or presenting
Interesting Quettions ?
Fromtbe Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho Siamese Twins hnvo been lost
,rom ruljlic vicvr ior 11,0 lilst iowycara.
It was well known of them that tlicy
-:id marriod two Bisters, and settled
down near Salisbury, in North Caro-
Una, on a well-ntockcd plantation. In
uddition to this thev have amnio
... , , , , , . '
i4"us '"vesica mroin mcir ngeni in
New York city. Through a .North
Carolina medical gentleman now witli-
in our lines, wo liau tno other day an
opporliiTUty of minute and full liarti-
eulara in regard to them. Ever tsince
the war began tl.ey have continued to
'r -theirpla tation.andlived in
tho same quiet and hormony as ever
untl1 Within two years. Of courso no
ono ever thought of drafting them, and
their negroes prospered, except that
when out of temper from any cause,
jt was apt to work itself off in striking
that eamo to hand, from
, , , . .
which tho best escape was to keep
out of tho way. 1 ho brothers proha-
bly never would have had any difllcul-
ty, but that their wives, though Bis
ter, turned away their hearts, and
children wero tho oauso of this es
trangement. Up to tho period that
each had live children, all prospered
well enough, but one of them had a
! sixth, and this awoko envy and jeal
j outy to such a dogreo that the two e?is
! tcrs, not being bound together liko the
twin brothers, would no longer live
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unuer mo baino rooi, inougu, wo ue-
:, - . ,mi r,v J . . i , .1
heve, st I in ditlcrcnt houses on the
' ' , . .. ,
same plantation. Iho brothers are
now, it seems, about fifty years of age
but ono, we believe, tho smaller and
feoMcroftho two, looks, it is said,
jiow full ten 3ears older then the
olju.,. They ean turn back to back
or la co to lace, but it U as far as the
remarkable bond that unites them
permits.
It is almofit certain that should ci
ther die the other could not survive
even for more then a few minutes, as
there is an artery as large as tlie fu?-
nioral artery that connects them. A
few j-ears sinco thc3' corresponded
with oine of the leading surgical oper
ators in London, as to tho possibility
of the uir.li!ici.K vl.i;li unites them be-
jn"out so that in tho
ase of the deatli
of the one, the life of the other might
bo saved. At the rcottcst of the Lon
don surgeon they visited that city,
nnd many experiments were tried to
determine the safety of such an opera-
t: jn. Among other things, a ligature
was tied firmly for a few minutes
iirmiy
round the connection between them,
so as to prevent the circulation of
blood through tho artery, Dut it
seemed as if each would expire if this
were longer persisted in. Tho smal
laroftlictwo fainted away nnd lost
all consciousness, nnd tliero were
symptoms that tho same effect would
who was first to faint,
smaller and feebler die,
Should the
it might be
worth whilo making tho experiment
of operation, but tho prospects of
prolonging the life of the other would
, l,c vcrv small. Should, however.
the
r ami moro
brothers die,
healthyj of
i tho twin
tbcro would
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ennm n lUn iHiih' nnnn nt cnvintf t in
v "r-
! ice blcr oi the two. From all this it is
evident that though the connection
betwceii these two brothers is wry
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j l mill iwti-'iv; iuiu iivibij iiiicjui, m
is vet not so absolute as has been us
ually supposed.
Laks Tahoe, CAi.tron.SA. A correspon
dent describing his journey from Carson
city over the Sierra Nevada, gives the
following account of a remarkable moun
tain lake
One of the most charming
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this mountain ride is that of Lake '
hoe," or, as onco called, Lako Bigler,
Ta-I
in!
honor of Governor Bigler,
i) .ki,io,l it f..r di.lnnne of ton
..
miles or more
-a most lovely lake, of
, nlany n,,le' eVenl 10 mo very ousom
the niounlatns. up romehero lowarJ
summit, over 5,00 feet above the level
f the sea. Il is a lake of transparently
of the sea. It is a
clear water, abounding in speckled trout,
weighing often eight and ton pounds,
forming tho most delicious eating in the
world. We observed several sailboats on
tho lake, which, full and smooth as a
mirror, reflected back hull and mast and
sail ol every boat that pressed its bosom,
and every crag and promontory and pine
that formed the setting of this bright gem
of the mountains. A spacious, commodi
ous hotel, overshadowed bv crand trees.
stands near the borders of tho lake, and
there, as our coach stopped for a reiaj
of horses, we noticed quite a company of
riatnra mnll.mM nH Indies. ""
come up from San Fransisco
and Sacra -
memo to Ibis cnartmng
watering place,
to enioy the scenery of mountain and lake,
lfhJiir nnadulterated -pure air and
bJtbing inrbealinl "ith
SERIES VOL. V. NO. 37.
picturesque walks on the mountain aidui
nr tit. bliA. r iIia 1 ,, K - f 1 1 1 ..
stronger temptations to run away from
the city in summer time. The seashore,
of course, has its own peculiar unrivaled
attractions. But as a mountain watering
place, Lake Bigler deserves a conspicuous
memorial in the note book of a tour
iat.
Tho Freshet in the Susquehanna.
Harrisuuo, March 18. The flood In
the Susquehanna is unprecedented. It
exceeds by 30 inches in height the mem.
01 ab'.e and destructive freshet of 184G.
Thousands of timber logs, with millions of
foot of sawed lumber havo already passed
this point.
Intelligence from tho north and west
of us in dicates tb most frightful des
truction of private nnd publio property on
the many streams einptyics into the Sus
quehanna. Bridges have been Bwept
away end torn to pieces, and from the
character of Iho ruins floating by llarris
burg it 'n fair to infer that many dwelling
houses, barns, Ac, have been swept from
tho shores,
At io clock this morning it was ascer
tained that the bridges at Northum
berland, Duncan's bland, and part of the
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, ubovo this
city,h.id boeu carried away, while aa I
write a bridge, said to be from the Junia
us is being Lome with fearful violence
dowu the stream.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge,
which is also used by the Northern rail
road, is in imminent danger, several 'pans
at tho eastern end being submerged to
tho depth of two feet. It is scarcely pos-
iblo, as the water is steadily rising, that
thoeubmorged portion cm resist the forso
of iho flood for many hours.
I here have been no trains passing
through Harribburg from Pittsburgh or
Philadelphia for the last twelve hours.
1 ho lower part of tua city is completely
submerged and much suffering has been
inflicted upon tho poor families living in
that part of the suburbs.
At Mi Idldtowa, Dauphin county and
villages along tho shore clear to Columbia,
in Lancaster county, tho destruction of
private property nnd tho suffering among
individuals is immonse. Tho fires iu sev
eral iron furuacej have boon quench
ed and of course the furnaces will
chill.
Thousands of dollars worth lumber, usu
ally stocked at Marietta. Columbia nad
Middletown, was swept away. Tho bank
in front of the city has been heed all
day with thousands of people, watching
the progress of the flood. Families are
tein removed from the etrects in tho
lower section of the city, which was not
appronebed by the waters cf the great
flood of 1S I0, but which are now consider
ed in imminent danger of being overflow
ed. Our city water works are complotoly
submerged, and all the pumps stopp
ed. It is cancodod on all bands, alike by
our oldest inhabitants and experienced
river mon, that this is the mo&t immense
Hood that has takon place in the Susque
hanna within the memory of man.
Dannvim.e, Pa.. March is. The most
destructive flood ever hoard of is now rag
ing on the uoith branch cftha Susque
hanna. The railroad is submerged and
all travel suspended.
All tho bridges on the wost branch aj
far as Lock Ila en are gone. The Lacka
wana and Bloomsburg railroad is under
water in places ten feet. The canal in
many places is completely destroy
ed, Half of Danvillo is under water and
the river is rapidly risinc.
Tho wires south have been broken by
the cablos across tho Susquehanna at
Havre de Grace being carried away. Wo
are consequently without depatches from
Baltimore and Washington.
IU'ffalo, March. 13. Tho injuries to
tho Erie road extend over a distanco of
nearly 100 miles, mostly east of Hornells-
villo, and there are several breaks be
tween Hornellsville and Dunkirk.
The Lake Shoro road is slightly dara
agfid, but will soon be repaired.
. a r , r, .1.1 1 t 1
between four and' five feet, and, as a
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.U.iianv, at arc l, VJ. ine river nas iai-
boat has an ived from Catskill, it is be
lioved lhat navigation is fairly open to
Now York- A passenger boat is expected
to-morrow morning.
Telegraphic communication wilb the
West was resumed to-night. Taro trains
fnm liivnnil tlm Koml'i hrpsk on the New
York Central railroad havo arrived, being
the lirst sinco lhursday. the regular
IIP M. train went out to-night.
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SYRACUSE, i A, iuaicu i J. i no recent
floods have damaged the saltworks to the
extent of nearly Sf'JOO.OOO. Tbtee hundred
swelling are more or ie nooueci, an uie
11 1 il 1 .1
r' probable total loss in this county will
be
iia'.f a million dollars.
Kochkstkr, N. Y.. March 19.-Th
flood has subsided. Tho bridges on the
Central and Genesseo Valley railroads
have been swept away. Many building
have been undermined and havo fall
en. .....
Abouta thousand of the principle stores
are filled with water. Tho gas works and
newspapers have suspended. No lives
have been loci but the damage amounts
t0 geyeral millions of dollars.
jfciy.Sir Frederick Bruce, the new Eng
lish Minister to Washington, was attsch
.,1 to the Enclish Lecstiou in this coun-
, trr during the negotiation of the Athbur-
lon treaty, and subsequently ueiu omo
ia Newfoundland,
I j&2Severa1 chiefs ot t lie iiu-i-;
had a tallc witn tne uoruni'SHioiiera v. ai-
disn Attain to-aay preliminary ,o ire.-
ty for their removal from Dacotab, to the
0mb re.ervalion, in Neb;aka.
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