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"CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,"
QOODLANDEH So I
OLIARFIKLD, PA
BITARLIVUBD IN laa.
rhe largee! Cur ,nlatloa ranj Newspaper
III North Central Pennsylvania.
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0. B. QOODLANDKR,
NOEL B. LBK,
Publlahore.
Carfl.1.
FREDERICK O'L. BUCK,
, ATTORN J5Y-AT-LAW,
. . Clearfield, Pa.
All leel attrlB.ee prompt reattoadod to, OOm
oa Baoond Itreel, Bell door to Firel Natlooal
Bank. oBtl l. to.
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW
& COLLECTION OFFICE,
CUHWENSVIUE,
Clearleld CobbU, Peao'a. Toy
Taoa. . bubbat. oravf .obdob
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
"'' CLEARFIELD, PA.
Jfcfer-O&lc. la PU'i Opera Ilouae, ifoond floor.
t:30"74
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attiod to all bullae,! entruited to all
promptly aod taithfullv. aovlS'78
WILLIAM A. WALLACB.
. babbt r. ballacb.
BAVID L. BBKBB.
jobs w. waieLBr,
WALLACE & KREBS,
(Huweeeor. to Wallaoe A Plildlai,)
ATTORNB Y8-AT-LAW,
ll-U'TS Clearfield, Pa.
loaarl a. a'asALir. dabibi. w. a'cuanr.
McENALLT & MoCURDY,
ATT O UN R YS-AT-LA W,
Clearfield, Pa.
Legal easiness attended to promptly with)
fidelity, timo oa avaona itrw, above me rirat
National Bank. Jan:l:7e
Q. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counhelob at Law,
clearfield. pa.
Hiring rseigned bit Judgeship, ha resumed
the praetice of in lew in nt oia otnoo mi jiear
field. Pa. Will attend the courts of Jeflerion and
Klk eoantles wnto spsaially letalned la connection
wita resident counsel. 1114:72
A. Q.kRAMER,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Real K.tat. aad Oolleetloa Ageat,
CI.EARKIEl.il, PA.,
Will promptly attoBd to all legal buila.ia ta
trotted to bit eare.
-Office ia Pie'l Opera liouie. JbbI'JI.
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
' ATTOUNEY AT LAW,
Clearaeld, Pa.
-Omoe IB tlie old Weetero Hotel bollJbg.
Lrval buelneee promptly atuaded to. Reel aetata
bought aad Mid., . . j.11'71
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, ,
Clearfield, Pa.
V9Offloe IB Ormham'l Row. fd.el-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
11:1:73 Clearfield, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Clearfield, Pa.
-0neo la Old Weetera Hotel bulldiBf.,
earaer of boeood aad Market file. LBo?31,ei.
- ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
aarOBoe la the Court Boot.. Jyll,'T
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfleld, Pa.
p9 OBot 00 Melket itreet, opp. Ooart Hooro,
JAB. I, 1B74.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW.
end Meal Eatate Aa;eBt, Clearfleld, Pa,
1 Offlee aa Third etroel, hekCborrj A Walnut,
ajar HeipecUullj of en bte lerTieea Id eelllbg
tad buylog laade la OlearSeld aad atljolaiBg
weatlel aad with aa OBperieaeo of over iwontr
reari aa a larvoyor, lattari hlmeelf that he eaa
reader aetieraotloa. lirea. Silis:II,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
HEAL ESTATE BROKER,
' BBB BHALBB IV
Saw Ijogs and Iiumbor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OlSea in Urahara'l Row.
1:11:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT - LAW,
Ml tlaeeola, Clearfleld Co., Pa. y:pd
J.
S. BARNHART
I
, ATTORNEY AT - LAW,
nellefonte. Pa.
Will praetloe ia Cleerleld end all of the Court! of
too iB4uoieiei aieuioe. neat wtom ouiidoh
aod oellootioa of elaiaia made ipeouUtiei. Bl'Tl
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN k SURQKON,
LUTIlKnfiBl'RO, PA.
Will attaad profeeilooal eelU promptly. auglO'TO
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PU YPJC1 AS ;ajid SURGEON.
. OBcl oa Market Street, Olearteld, Pa.
-OSiee hayel I to 11 a ., and 1 to I p. B.
D
R. E. M. 8CHEURER,
nOMCOPATMIO PHYSICIAN,
OBoe la reildeaoe oa Market at
April lytTI. ., Clearleld, Pa.
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN h SURGEON,
HAVINO loMtod al Peaaleld, Pa., aferl hie
profoeeloaal eerrleH to the people of that
plane and earronadinf ooaatry. All oalla promptly
atteaded ta. oet. II II
DR. J. P.BURCH FIELD,
Late gargeea of the lid Reglmeat, Panaiylraala
Volaetoera, Bee lag returaod from the Army,
eferi hli profeuieaal aeraloei ta thoelUeeaa
oruieerloldooaaty.
ar-Profe.iieeel ealll promptly attaated to.
OBee oa flaooad etreet, formorlyoeeapied by
Br. Wood!. aprVO-ll
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
. CLRADFIELD, PENN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING,
" f- ODIoa boarl Frem 11 to IP. X.
DU. jEFFKIiSONLlTZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
Will promptly attend all aalli la the line of hli
proieoMoa. noe.ia-io
D. M. D0HEBTI,
ACIIIOK ADLI BiRBER A HAIR DftKMKR.
. t'LKAHFJELU, PA.
0hop la room formerly aeeapled by Kaugt
Market Itreok
MlJI,Jl '
HARRY 8NYD2R,
(loraurly with Low Bobslor.)
' BARBER AND HAIRDREMKR.
Rbup oa Marhot 81, eppoolte Court IIoaM.
A eleaa tonal let every eaoiemor. may II, '71.
rlAVery Stable.
THE ur,dwtraed Wge taara H lateral Ibep.h
Hf that k. if now fall j roparoal ta aoBimme.
dete art In the way of farntahlBg Hv.aM, lagglaa,
eddlH aad HaraMl, oa the ebortorl aotlea aad
ea renMaebte tonal. lUataeaaie en Loeail rtroeL
etwew TMrd and Fonrtb.
' ' vIO. W. AIARHAKT.
lrlaM, Fab. 4, 1174. '
CLEARFIELD
(fants.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Ja.tloeof the Peaeoand ncrireaer,
Curvreuavllle, Pa.
fevColleolon! m.ile and money promptly
paid orer.
febll'llir
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUBTICR OF TIlB PEACR
ron 1
UUtatur Totrnhhlp,
Oioeola Mill! P.O.
II official bu.lneri .ntraited to him will be
promptly attended to. moh, 7n,
BBO. ALBRBT BBNRr ALBanT.w W. ALBBRT
W. ALBERT &. BROS.,
. MaflufaetnmiAolteniiroDealerela
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, dio.,
WOODLAND, PINN'A.
say-Orderi nllclted. Bill! illed On abort aotlee
and reaeoaable torraa
Addroaa Woodland P. O., Clearleld Co., Pa.
,15. It W Llih'KT A BROS
TRTNCIS'O0ljWEf,
MERCHANT,
Preiichrllle, Clearfleld County, Pa.
Keepe ooaitantly oa hand a foil aaaortnent of
Dry uooda, llaraware, urooeri.a, uu
aaually kept IB a reian aure, wuion win .,.,
for eeah, aa ebeap ai eliewhere in the onunty.
Preachvllle, June 17, U7-ly.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DIALBB IB
GENERAL MERCHANDISE. ,
GHAIIAMTON, Pa.
Atlo.eitenaWo manufacturer and dealer In Square
Timber and gawod Lumber ol ell Blnoa.
Sir-Ordera aoliclted and. all kill! promptly
IllidT l-jylfl'Tt
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfleld, Peuu'a.
avevWill .aeouto Joba ia hla line promptly and
la a workmanlike uienner. arM,07
G H HALL
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARVIKLD, PENN'A.
flBflr-Pampa alwaya oa band and made to order
on abort aotioa. Pipea borrd on reaeonalile lerma
All work warranted to render aatufactton, and
delivered If deeired. myl:lypd
E. A. BIGLER &, CO.,
DBALKHft I!
SQUARE TIMBER,
and maaufauturera uf
ALL KINUII Of SAW fcl) LCIHHICK.
I-J'71 CLEARVIKLD, PKNN A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,,
dealer in M
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SHINGLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
I:I0'II . Clearleld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
DBALIB IB
Square Timber & Timber Lunds,
jell'71 CLEARFIELD, PA.
JAMESi H. LYTLE,
In Krataer'e Bulldlna;, Clearfleld, Pa.
Dealer la Oroeerlee, Prorlilooa, Vegetablee,
Frolta, Floor, Feed, eu eta.
rl'7t tf
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Market at., Clearfleld, Pa.
In tho ehop lately occupied by Frank Short,
oae door woel of Alleghany Hou.e.
T. M. ROBINSON, '
Market Mlreel, Cleirfleld. Pa.,
MAKOrACTURBk Of
Light and Heavy Berne., Collar,, Fedillee,
Bridle!, Ao. Rrpalrlag Beatly doae. .
May 21, 18,0 In.
JOHN A. STADLER, I i
BAKER, Market St, Clearluld, Pa.
Frerh Bread. Bulk, Roll!, Pica and Cakea
OB band or made to order. A general eeeertment
of Confoetlonartae, truite aad Aula In atoea.
Ice Creem and Oyrtera in iraion. Saloon neorly
oppoait. the PoatoSca. Prlcea moderate.
BlarcB lu- to.
J. 11. M'MUllRAY
Wn,I. RtTPPLY YOO WITH ANY ARTICLE
OP MEKCIIANDIHK AT THE Va'RY LOWKST
PRICE. COME AND SEE. tl:4:73y:)
NEW WASHINGTON.
A Hill P. AND MONK YAltn.
Mra. . P. .llllll.l.,
llaving angagad la th. Marble buiineaa, dealree
to Inform her frlenda and the nubile that ehe baa
bow and will keep oonetantiy on oaao a large ana
welleelocted etockot liAUlAn nu iiui
MAK11I.K. end il nrenared to Kirnier. to order
TOMUSTOM!S. BOX AMI CRADLE TOM IIS,
SHIN U.UI..N If, Ao.
k.Yard on Heed etrael, near the R, It. Depot,
Clearlald, ra. - jei.,10
S. I. 8 N Y D E R,
ha PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
7m '. ABU dbalbb la ,
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
0r.iue' itow, iaril Sl'"l,
C LliAHl'll l.ll, PA.
All kioda of repairing In my line pr t
ded to. April 1',
ptly et-
1874,
WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE,
' At the and of the new bridge,
WEBT CLEARFI'jCLD, PA.
TL. proprietor of tbie eatubllihinent will buy
III liqaora dlreetfrom dlatlllera. Partlea buying
from thie bouee will be aura to get a pur. article
at a amell margin above ooet. Hotel keeper! eea
be faraLaed with llqaon oa reaaoeabl. term..
Para wiaaa aad brandiea diraot from Seeley'a
Vinery, at Bath, New York.
UHVHIIB n. IVkUUKU
Clearleld. June Id, l7S tf. ' (
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Best is the Cheapest I
TfaouM R-illy bf mtf rel ansthar larva lot of
"MeWaUlf Wagnn. wbleb art tmoaff lb Tery
tett MRDafaelartd, aad which h will icll at tbt
Biott raatoaabM ra!. II li atuek IneladM ilnott
II dMoriatioai af igoa-4argiaad mall.wldt
and Borrow trick, laii in i t thm.
apr6 74 THOMAS B BILLY.
ANDREW HARWICK,"
Market Htrect, Clearfleld. Pe.,
mnvrArrcRRB inn niiui ia
BARN BP", SADDLES, HIUDLEP, COLL ARB,
t and kit hlndi of ,
BOBSt rVHNJSU!NQ V0ODS.
A fall Hock af "oddlora' lUrdwaro. Brathai,
Coaihtv Bloakati, Robot, ate., alwaji on bMd
and Cor lo at lao lowoM oaoh priot. AH klbdd
af rw..tr.air atonptlf attoudod ta.
All kindi "f bid? takoa la atrhaoir, tr har
bom and inrpatrtnir. All kladi af karaaM If (bar
daft aa baod, aad for aala at a tma nroll.
Claarlaldp Jaa. IV, 1H7.
NDEKTAKING.
7
The BBderalgaed are new fully prepared to
carry aa the baelaeji af ,
IJlfDKIlTAKIWO;
At REASONABLE RATB4, . .
Aad taaatlj Hllalt the patroaaft af Uoae
aaadlof aaok Hrvvaaa.
, ; JOHrt TROUT MA Itt
JAM 19 U LEAVV,
Claariald, Fa.t frk. It, 1874.
TUT1CM A tOUSTABLUM KIM
t Wa kart f Haui a largo aambar af Ifca ao
f IB BILL, aad IH aa tb raMlat af twtatr.
If aaaM, aii a ana? le av aaaroaa. wiw
THE FLOOD OF YEAR.
BY Wll LliN CI LLE.1 BB1ART.
A MigbtT Haad from u axhauatlou nra
root! forth t)ir uevtr-fntjinf Hiwh) uf Voan
AtnMif lb nalltiDk. Now tlie ruiliing wari
llrar all bdoro tbcml Uo tbrlr foromoit adgo,
And lhar alonn, ta Life i th Pratfat thore
Tonei and foana aad fill th air will, roar
Of m in gird boIhb, Thar ara Itior who toil.
And ihtr whoairira.and thaj who teaat, aad lhajr
nao nurry to ana iro. ibo iturtiy uma
Wood man and dlvcr with tlia apado art tliara,
And btiay arllnaa brildo hli benub,
And pulliti ttudaot with hli wrttlaa rot).
A moment oa (ha mo un ling billowa aaaa
Ttw flood awMiia ovar thaui and thay ara aoaa.
There groupa of revaJer, wboa brow ara twiaod
itiin rotPi, rici me lopmosi iwoii awnuit,
And, ai they ral.a their flowing capa to tuurh
Thaolhiking brim to brim, ara whirled beneath
Tha ware and diaappcar. I hear the Jar
Of Iwatea druma and thundera (bat break forth
From cannon, whar tha adraoelna; billow aaodi
ITp to the iiglit long fllea of armed wen,
That hurry to th eliarga through flame aod ini-ike,
Tbe torrent bear them under, whalm-d and b'd.
H layer and ilala, la hespa of bloody ftmta.
Down gn th atcrd and rider t the plnmrd chief
ISIaka with fall fallow; th head that wear
The imperial d Indent geei down beaid
Th felon', with tronpod ear and braadad hok.
A funeral train tha torrent awaepa away
llearera and bier and mourner. By (bo bed
Of oue who die uten gather Borrowing,
And women wcrp aloud. Tb flood roll on (
The wail ta i titled and the Bobbing group
Horn under. Hark to that thrill auddaa ahout
The ore of an applauding multitude,
Hwaycd by aom kndtongued orator, who wield
Th living ui an a if b wore It aoul.
Th wateia choke th about and all ia "till,
Lo, next, a kneeling crowd and oue who ipread
The haad In prayer ; the engulfing ware o'erttikea
And iwallow them and him. A acalptor wield
Th ohiul, and tb atrickoi marble grow
To beautj j at bi rael, ager ayed,
A na inter Hand, and aumbine athia loaoh
Uiithera uiioo the oanra and lit glow i
A poi't, u fa pneci to and fro,
Murmen bi euunding line. Aw Ml the? rid
Th adTftnciog billow, till tie toning erect tatka
Htrikei them and flinga them under, while their
Are vet unflniahtl. See a mother atnita
On her young babe that amilea to her again
The torrent wrnta It from her arini j lit ahriek
And weeiii. aid in id it ber tear is carried down.
A beam, like that of moonlight, turn the tpray
To ghitcnini peatlii two lover, hnnd In hand,
Itiae on th billowy ewi-11 and fi-adly look
Into eaeh other' y. Tli ruihina flood'
Flinga tbem apart; the youth gura down; the maid,
itb hand outatretebtd is ram A itreaiuinieyea,
Wait lor the next high ware to follow biin.
An aired man auococda : bi beading form
Sink lowly i mtDirling with the pullen ft r a to
Ulcam tho white lock, aod then ar aaaa na more,
Lo, wider grow lb stream ; a ealike flood
Sip earth's walled cltle ; tnaiir plaop , :
t'rumulo before it; fortreues and tower
D'arolra in tha iwift waters; populous realm,
Swept by the torrent, ate their undent tribes
Kncnlfed and toit, tbtir very language
Stifitd and never to be utter. 1 mora.
I paue and turn my eye, and, looking hank,
Where that tuimiltnnu flood has passed, I aoe
The iiUit Uceao of the Fast, a wait
Of waters wtlterintr over craves, Us shore
Strewn with the wreck of fleets, wher m ait and hull
Drop away piecemeal ; battlemented walla
Frown Idly, green with raoea, aad temple stand
L'nrooled, forsaken by th wornhipper.
There lie memorial atonrLwhence tituo lyi cnawed
The graven legends, Ihrouea of kitigK o'erlurned,
The broken altars of lorgotten gods,
Foundation of old allies and lung street,
W here never fall ol human foot is heard
I'pon the desolste pavement, I behold
Dim glinimericg of loM jewels far within
The sleeping water, diamond, sardonyx,
Ruby ond topat, pearl and chrysolite,
Once glittorinfr at the baaqnet on fair brows
That long ago wnra dust ; and all around,
Strewn on tha water of that alleal aoa,
Arr wtlberinnj bridal wrealbe and glossy look,
inborn from fair brow by loriog bands, and gorolll
O'erwritlen hnply with fond words of lore
And rows of friendship and fair pages flung" i
Fn-ih from the prlnter'e engine. There they lie
A moment, and then link away from sight.
1 look, and tho quick tears are in my oyea, '
For I bebord to orery one of tbet
A blighted hope, a para is history '" M
Of human aorrow, tolling of dar Uaa
Buddenly broken, dream of hspainea
Dlsaolvsd in air, and happy days, too brief,
Thatiorrowlully ended, aod I think
How painfull most the poor heart bare beat
In bosoms without number, at th How peace.
Wat struck that slew their hops or broke tbeir
Sadly I-Uru il. took he fore, wherf yet
Th flood mult pais, and I behold a mist,
Where swartQdtiBomngrormi.the brood oi nope,
Dirlnely fair, that rest on the banks of lowers,
Or wander among rainbowa, fading iaoa
And re-appaaring, haply firing place
To shape of grisly aspect, such aa Year
Molds from the idle air, tthor Serpents lift
The bead to Birike, and skeletons itrstch forth
The bony arot in menace. Further on
A belt of darknes seems to bar thej wavM
Long, low and d intent, wber th Life that la
Toucbe th Life t Come. The Flood of Year
Rolls toward it, naar and naarsr. It laact pas
lhat dismal barrier. Wbat is their beyond I
Hear what th wue and good hare said, beyond
That belt of darkness still th years roll on
Mora gently, bu with not less mighty ntsef .
They gather ip again and softly bear
All the sweet lire that lata war or era helmed
And lost to sight all that In them was good. .
Noble and truly great and worthy of love
Tb Urea of inland and tna:cnioua youths,
6go and saintly women, who have mide
Their households happy all are railed and borne
lly that great eurreut in It onward sweep,
Wandering and rippling with vanning wares
Around green islamist fragrant with th breath
Ot flowers that never wither. Bo they pass,
From itago to stage, along the shining oourtte
Of that lair rtrer, broadening like a ica.
A i Its smooth eddies carl along their way, '
Tbey bring old friends totatber; hands are clasped
In joy unspeakable ; the mother 'a arm
.Again are foldud round the child she lored
And loaf. Old Borrows are forgotten now, 1 v
Or bat remembered to sank sweet the hoar
That overpay them ; wounded hearts that bled
Or broko are bealed forever. In the room
Of this grief-ihadowui Present there shall be
A Preeent in wbei raiga bo grief shall gnaw
The heart, and never shall a tender tie
De broken in whose reign the eternal Change
That waits on growth and action shall proceed
With everlasting Concord, hand la hand
aSonfcaer's Jtagatint,
M ASSACRK OF TUE ALAMO.
The recent tlcuth of Simla Anna re
calls to mind (ho early Htniglee of tho
infunt ' repiiblio ot Texas, when her
Iloustoim, Lscr Crockctts, lirr Lament,
her Traviava and her Unrncts were
liallling nguiiist Rurfiil odil.t fur the
liherty unil independence of tho young
Aniurk an settlutnent. . Under the Icad
eihhip of iIicho gallant men, fifty thuu
mind Texans, wiihonl. oranizntion,
without a regular army; navy, nation
al credit, or even national recognition,
carried on a war wilh eight millions ot
people, poBsrrwiiijr almost unlimited con
trol of men, tnoncv and material, and
commanded by able leaders, with San
la Anna nt thoir bead. Tho war was
long, and many times doubtful, pre
senting many instances ol heroic cthiit,
brilliant triumph and glorious martyr
dom. Tho brutal, cowardly murder of
Col. Fannin's'omninnd, tho victory of
.un Jacinto and tho mamicro ol the
Aloma constituted thrilling chapters
in tho record of tho younir renuhlic's
achievements. Fewul llieso incidents
possess a more triune ul interest than
tho event known as tho "Massacre of
tho Aloma." Tho details, however, of.
this bloody catastrophe are mcngor and
unsatislactory. Two of the ill-fated
garrison only survived tho borroni of
tho massacro, and their narratives,
with tho reluctant admission made by
tho Meiican butchers, are all that has
come down to us to givo the story of
tho hravo men s martyrdom. It was
tho aim of tho Mexican tyrant to place
the seal ol death upon the lips of his
unhappy captives, fully intending that
not one should nvo to leu the uloouy
story.
In January, .1830, Santa Anna, with
a largo army, commenced the Invasion
ol tho territory of the rebellious State.
The little settlement Culled tho volnn-
toeis hastily gathered to meet the
threatened danger. Col. Travis, with
a detachment uf picked men, waa lent
forward to tho town of San Antonio to
watch tho movements anil retard the
advance of tha enemy. The Colonel
had just arrived at his post and dis
posed bis men Tor'lhA night, whon hia
Slckets' worn violently attacked by the
lexical and driven in. "
A tirief nconnoiasanc convinced
C'oL Travii Lhat hia enemy wo vastly
superior in pombom, and be accord
ingly wiinclrcw bis littlo tnrco into a
strong state bnlldmg in the outskirts
of the town, known tft Alnma.
'V"r,
Wats! r
CLEARFIELD,
This building wai constructed by the
Jesuits to servo too double purpose ol
a fort and ehurth, and was exceeding
ly well calculated lor an otistmato tie
fense. lis wnlls were of stone, l!n
loot lout! and 120 feet wide, und four
teen small pieces ot artillery delunded
its approaches. I bo place w
plied wilh water by two aqueduct
which led from tho Sun Antonio river
to tho interior of tho works.
It wus in thieinclosuro Unit Colonel
Travis withdrew his littlo army and
awaited the Mexican attack. In the
mcantimo tho men wore employed in
streglhemng tho tortincalion, throw.
ing up new works, and prauticinir the
artillery, which was so successful that
the gunners obtained a porlect rango
of every loot of ground commanded by
tuuir guns.
I rnH. l.n, l'..L .1,. tn.
sufficiency in numbers, ami reeolved to
call lor aid. Ho thereloro prepared a
stirring appeal, which a trusty .scout
carried suiuly through tho Mexican
lines and published iu tho Mexican
newspapers.
In tho meantime tho JMoxican army
drew three linos of iuvoslmont closer
arouod tho littlo fort. Fresh troops
wore pouring into his camps, new but
teries sprung up in overt' direction,
and a cordon of offonsivo works nearly
enoirclod tho doomed garrison. Tho
bombardment was constant, and grew
moro lurious every hour as batteries
multiplied and new guns were placed
in position.
Iravis continued to send scouts
through tho onemy's lino with the ad
dress, and on tho morning of tho first
of March, (,'uptain John Smith, with
llurtv-two men, cut his way throuirh
tho Mexican lines and joined the gar
rison, which increased tho cn'eulivo
torca to ono hundred aud eighty men.
Day alter da)', without un hour
cessation, the Mexican artillery thun
dered upon tho little tort. An assault
was daily threatened, and the little
garrison was kept constantly under
arms, ready to repel any attack, and
tho exposure told tearfully upon thoir
strength. Soon tho stoutest beast be
gun to realize that defeat and destruc
tion wore inevitable The Mexicans
had hoisted tho black flag as an assur
ance that no quarter would be given,
but not a man quailed, each resolving
to die as becomo a Texan patriot.
On tho fifth of March Colonel Travis
addressed a last appeal to the country,
and tent it through the Mexican lines
under cover ot durkness. 11 o said :
"1 am still here in as fine spirits as
could do expected, with ono hundred
and eighty men. I have held tho
placo ten days against more than thir
ty times our number, and I will con
tinue to hold it Until I get rolief from
my countrymen, or will perish in the
dufenso. Tho blade flair which is borne
by tho oncmy gives token that the
ngiit is to te ono ol extermination
acainst rebels." '
This address had boon prepared early
in the cvoning, approved by all the
olllcors, a number of copies made, and
ono of tha most skillful riders in the
command bad volunteered lo carry It
through the enemy's lines. The night
was dark, and a thrilling storm oi ruin
and ileot was fulling, when the courier
mounted, and gave the parting words
to his comrades, Col. Travis standing
beside him, with folded arms, looking
steadily to the right, whore tho long
linos ot M ox ican camp Urea blaaotl in
tha darkness.
"Good-byo I" cried tho mcssongcr as
ho pressed the Banks ol his horse, and
Doundod away.
"Wait a momont," cried Col. Trnvis,
suddenly awaking from hia revoriu.
"Watt a momont. - 1 want to send one
more lottor." .
11 o aut down and rapidly wrote a
unci letter to an intimnto friend, set
ting lorth their desperate condition,
tho dnngor of massacre, and' closed
with thismcssiigo:
i "Take earo of my littlo boy. If tho
country is saved, and I survive tho
presont poril, I may yet niako him a
splendid fortune; but if tho country
should be lost, and I should perish, be
will liavo nothing loll but tho proud
recollection that he ia tho son of a man
who died for hii country."
liicno were tho last words ever
written by tho gallant Colonel, and tho
letter was for many years cherished
by tho orphaned boy aa ono of tho
most valued relies of hii lamented
parent.
jlleanwlnle tha bombardment was
progressing but slowly, and tho Mexi
cans grow Impntiont. Thoir over
whelming strength, tho weakness and
exhaustion of tlie garrison, and thoir
greed for speedy revenge, prompted
an immediate asst,-ilL and Sunday,
march tith, I Kin, was chosen as the
day for carrying tho purposo Into ox
oeution.
Tho unusual activity in the Mexican
ennip attracted tho attention of Col.
Iravis at un early hour in tho morn
ing, and ho at ouco concluded that an
assault was intended.
The littlo garrison was stationed in
the most advantageous manner possi.
bio, and the Colonel delivered a stir
ring address, exhorting them all to do
their duty, and die as became a people
wormy to no iree. ,
l ho men responded with cheers, and
held a hurried consultation, at which
it was nnuniinc'jsly agreed to ught un
til the las', man, and when no further
n-sistanro was possible, it was agreed
that the survivor should fire tho mag-
aaino a'ld all perish together.
At Sdnriso the onomy swarmed out
from l.ehind. thoir works, and the long
lines of assault lorn.ed almost within
muat.ct rango of the walls of the Alamo,
and completely enveloping tho little
fortiflclion. Tho cavalry wa formed
in tho rear of tho infantry, with drawn
sabers, and orders to cut down all who
faltorcd in tho advance. Undercover
of a heavy flro from Ibeii batteries,
tho dark columns moved forward to
tho assault four thousand against one
hundred and eighty I
Un, on, came the dark lines, a steady
fire of musketry flashing from their
ranks ; but the silence of death reigned
within the Alamo. Ammunition was
scarco, and tho bravo defendora were
instructed to waste few shots; hut
when tho enemy came within easy
rango, tho artillery, charged to tho
muucl with grapo, opened upon tbem,
and the unerring rifles ot the Toxans
potirod a torrent of buliota into tho
midst of the advancing troops. These
murderous discharges toro through
their ranks, sweeping down whole
companies at every discharge.
The dead enenmuerea the path ol
the advancing column, out urged on
by the romoraeless cavalry behind, the
bleeding lines stumbled over dead and
dying, and reached tho Tory foot of
the walls. l)ut tba nearer tboy came.
the moro deadly became tho effect of
the lexani fire, and the slaughter
increased, nntil, despite the cavalry In
the rear, they broke and fled in conta-
sron to their oetnpe,
Santa Anna now bitstenod lo the
field in porsn, rcformod the beaten
enlnmns, and they were again driven
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
aaaat
PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1870.
forward, only to be again hurled hack
with frightlul BiuiiLjiitcr.
As tho storming column fell back
tho exhausted lexans ceased their
flro, and for some minutes a puinlul
silence rested on the bloody field, bio-
ken only uy itie moans of tha wound
ed men, who lay thick upon the ground
without, over which ih0 assailing col
umn bad iiassed.
It was fondly hoped by the besieged
garrison that the fiercest of the strug
gle was over, but they woro disappoint
ed. The voice of command was soon
heard from the Mexican linos, oflleors
woro seen hurrying to and fro, gather
ing tho remnants. of their beaten regl
moots, and the nearly exhausted gar
rison prepared for a final struggle.
Success was almost hopeless. Tho
excitomont and oxertlon had left tbem
weak and prestrnted, several of their
boat men Lad fallen, and but a few
rounds of amuuition remained. But
their firmness was unshaken. They
removed tho deud, provided as best
they could for tho wounded, and then
renewed their pludgo to stand by each
other to tho lost, and never surrender
wbilo a single defender remained.
On cumo tho dark lines of ttie ene
my, driven forward 4s before by tho
remorseless cavalry and tho threats
and entreaties of thoir officers. It was
tho third and final assault. Thcv
struggled through tho same storm of
bullets, only less severe, as the num
ber of bravo men bad been sadly re
duced ; but the yawning gaps were
quickly closed up, the living pressed
forward to till tho plaooi of tho dend,
and tho terrible column swept to tho
very foot of tho wall.
With a shout of exultation, fuller of
vengeful bate than tho whoon of an
American Buvaire, they planted tho
scaling ladders, and, maddened with
excitement and frenzy, swarmod ovor
tho lortincations upon tho stniirt'lini;
patriots, and commenced the butchery.
There was no giving wny, no stops"
backward, no cry lor quarter. Though
as ono to ten, they continued the fight
with cuibbeu inusketa, and died shout
ing lor iexos. J.h bravo Colonel
Travis was almost the first to lull after
an cntrunco was etl'ecled. "(jod savo
my country, and bless my boy," woro
tho Inst wonls ho uttered.
The death work was rapid, and in
five minutes scarcely a doaen Toxans
were It-It alive. Seeing this. Muior
r.yans nustencd with a lighted torch
to fire tho magazine as had been pre
viously arranged, lie reached tho
spot, und was on tho point of applying
the torch, when ha wus riddled with
bullets. The half dozen who now re
mained wcro overpowered, disarmed,
and the capture of tho Alamo was com
plete. Tho bound captives were carried in
to the presence of Hnulo Anna, who
heaped upon them every conceivable
insult, and finnlly ordered them to be
taken outside tho camp and murdered.
Among tho prisoners was tho celebrat
ed David Crockett, who was captured
with his celebrated rifle, "Betsey,"
which had been lira gilt of a club of
Philadelphia.
Tho order was brutally exocuted,
and Mrs. Dickinson, wife of Licutonant
Dickinson, ono of the officers, her in
tant child, a servant of Colonel Tra
vers, and two Mexican women who
woro employed by tho garrison, wore
all who remained of tho ono hundred
twenty
oi me enemy, woile eight Hundred and
fifty more Iny wounded in their camps.
Thus fell tho AInmo, In two hours
from the first signal ol assault, all was
ovor. it was nsnta Annas last tri
umph over Texas, for In less thnn two
months (icncrul Houston won tho bat
tlo of Sun Jacinto, and the Mexican
butcher came i trembling captive into
tho patriot camp to beg for the pro
longation of a lile hii crimes had many
times Ibrloitcd.
In tho churchyard at Sun Antonio
is a plain small gruuito stone, erected
by private parties, bearing tlie inscrip
tion : "Sacred lo tho memory of those
who fell at tho nossucro of the Aloma."
WAR IN T'IK MACK HILLS.
K.NII OP TI1K Bd UOBN ANII YELLOW
STONI EXPEDITION.
CorreepoD.CDoe !f !be Xew York Sun. I
1'olNTOF lloCKI, D. T.. Oot. 12. 1878.
The arrival yesterday of 600 recruits
nnd fresh horses for tho Fifth Cavalry,
in chargo of Lloul. Ward of that regi
moot, precipitated t movement that is,
in part, explanatory of our long delay
in this vicinity, . Auiglit of our wagon
train, which was si noosed to contain
every essential for the supply and re
cuperation of the oimiimml, the saga
cious beads believul a back trail and
scout along tho Lille Missouri itnmi.
nent ; but when t was ascertained
that tho clothing :ouipiised a single
pair of pantaloons t each of the thirty,
five almost naked tompnnics, tho most
sanguine alnndond such con lectures,
nnd wcro happy in tho lielicl that
wcro now going in
Tho liluck llill'i-s, and notublt- tho
inhabitants of CustrCitj-, about which
we liavo .succesflrely occupied every
grassy nook and lornor since tlie 23d
ol doptcmbcr, w.ro corrcspondinirlv
leprcsscd. In tlo matter of hori-o-
flesh, Undo Sam'si anchers, und a poor
devil of a soldiers scant tiav. theso
people uro as tciaciotis as leeches.
Only lust night thrloon head of cattle
were stolen lrom lio wagon train ; but
tho theft was soondiseovcrcd, and tho
thieve.1 pursued aid overtaken near
llttrnoy s Teak by .Master of Trans
portation Parker, ho quickly put a
quioius tipnn Tm-irnorso-Blcalnig pro
clivities. - The animls were recovered ;
tho men wore left cad Uhii the road
side. Ono of them.vns n Mexican, und
the other a bread-ieddler. ftolb had
boen cainp-follnwcn forsomo time, and
the former (1 roil firs npon tho pursuing
party. Another tiief wa captured
with a United bites horse,' saddle,
blanket, bridle, cabino, and pistol, in
his possession, undtvenring a cavalry
man's u..lform comilcio ; to which jict,
and his not atteimting to escape, ho
owed hia immunitjfrom . bullet-Mho
only Government irticlo bo appeared
to lack. Previous o this affuir about
sixty horses bad lampeded, and Its
good effect is evlont from the fact
that to-day thoy hvo all been rocov
crcd by tlie joint ebrts of soldiers and
citizens, and are oeig promptly turned
in. Great expoctaiom were indulged
in by the Costerito at the anticipated
but now postponed visit of the Tay.
master, from whnr la due theso par
ticular "boyi in bin" nearly 150.000,
the. Department bing in arrears that
amoitnt on tleirpajfor several monthi.
New saloon, wor fitted up, and a
Long llrancb 11 alitor hell) and other
disreputable dnncitr dons established.
Our campi contiuo to be pitched in
the most beautiful parka nd valleys,
thai to be perfectonly lack running
ircami of water, Umphibioui Creek,
npon which we artnt present located,'
and enrhtv who had tnnirlit. an rrnllnnt.
i i. t;. i-1 ... I . . lauowanco, or, being but mteon
"I YTLc ""A V.Hniareh from permanent camp,
. : u "7: : T. To" . """'"'-"' " y returned with the wounded, and. 1
mo oouii-B oi nvo nunareu ana twenty
REPUBLICAN,
sinks under gijpuud for moro thun ono
hallits coutno. 'Tn ono of my ramhlingB
t encountered tho stockado built by tho
first miner who entered this region.
Capt. Henry, Third Cavalry, unsuc
cessfully attempted to eject thorn, most
of his men being badly frozen ; but
moy woro subsequently captured by
CaptuiifMix, Socond Cuvulry. -This
digression has utmost caused
mo to forget further mention of tho
movement bolero ulludud to, und ol
which I have just informed yon bv
telegraph (the nearest station of the
mack mil lino being only nineteen
miles from CuBtorCity). To-morrow
morning Colonel Merritt, Fifth Cuvul
ry, uceompanicd by tho greater portion
of his regiment, commanded by I.icut.
Col. Cnrr, nnd a battalion of tho Soo-
ond and Third Cavalry, under Captain
Van Vleet, will scout in the direction
of tho forks of the Cheyenne river, and
probably toward the Littlo Missouri.
Groat secrecy has attended his prepara
tions and destination, but your corros-
nondent ia assured that this inlorma-
tion may bo relied upon. Ten day'
rations uro to ho carried, tho moans of
transportation being pack trains; and
the lightost possible niarchine order is
directed. hen two or three compa
nies shall have been destroyed in one
of tho fearful storms of this latitude.
such limited provision as is consistent
with ordinary comlort will bo made,
oven at the sacrifice of a littlo celerity
Lieut. Col. Ifoyall, Third Chvolry, re
mains in command of tho main body,
which, it is understood, will march to
tho Uicyouno river or Ited Cloud
Agoncy by easy Btages, uniting, at
cither point, with Col. Morritt. Tho
mouth of the Hello Kourche ia an Indi
an thoroughfare for parties passing
octween tnu Missouri river and South
ern agencies ; nnd Gen. Crook, who
slill remains at F'ort Laramie, has
probably obtained such definite inform.
ution of tha presence of Sioux in this
vicinity ns to fully warrant such hostile
detour. His last courier was chased
by thirty warriors, but succeeded in
eluding them.
This demonstration will practically
end the Big Horn and Yellowstone ex
pedition, which equipped and organized
lust Spring ut Fort Fcttormau with
such brilliant anticipations and pros
pects, although other measures must
necessarily be inaugurated for tho
prosocution of tho terrible Indian war
that has eusuod. In view, however, ot
tho changes that must result in troops,
ui uisifuHiiionii, aim in policy, ii may
not bo unreasonable to briefly review
past events before future ones obliter
ate, if Ihey- do not eclipso them. It is
no difficult task lo criticise a campaign
or a bnttlo ; that may be ably conduct
ed, and tuis gallantly luught and won
with remarkublo case in retrospec
tion. Your correspondent, however,
bus uniformly confined himself to a
simple und truthful relation of facts,
Dciievins that irrcaler lmnart a :tv and
justice wero to be secured thereby, and
that timo would more accurately de
velop nnd elucidate any bonvflrlyl con
clusions to bo dorived from the iaues
of tho season's hostile opcrati mi
Tho campaign assuredly not
been a successful ono, although at tho
same timo it would be unfair pro
nounce it a lailuro. At tho Kosebud,
had Crook been accompanied by his
imcK train, ano nenco provided with
sutliciont rations, instead of four days'
hours
had ho
rashly
supplied, attempted to follow tho re
treating sioux, in ull probability tho
villages npon the Littlo Big Horn
Would liavo been find, itruck by him
wiui ins iniriocn nunarea troops and
Indian allies. Custer would have ro
enldrced him, and subsequently Tony
nnd Gibbon: or else a combination
might have been formed by tho almost
simultaneous advanco of tneso several
admirably equipped columns, which
would liavo terminated in one bloody
and decisive conflict this useless, ex
pensive, and inglorious struggle. Ter
ry's advance up tho YcllowBtono was
admirably devised nnd exocuted ; but
the gallant Cnstcr ( Jtriuiotcat in pdce.')
was brave to tho exclusion of that other
soldiorly virtue caution. Hia disas
ter, like a scar over a closed wound,
cannot be effaced. Tho belief forces
itself upon ns that ft might have been
aveneaoy co-operation. Hitting Bull,
however, contrived to fitrht us in detail.
und tho country was appalled by his
masterly defense nnd the butchery thttt
iouoncu
Reno was relieved, but the enemy
permitted to retire unmolested, while
our troops returned to their supply
depots to rccuporuto and await ro-cn-forccnicnts.
Finally Terry and Crook
communicated, aud agreed, if not to a
Junction, to somo plan of co-operation.
Hut now witness tho sngncity of their
wily und savago foes. Tho night at
tacks upon Camp Cloud Peak, and
Lieut. Sibley's bravo reconnoissanco
and miraculous escape, worositrnihcan
of tho liict that both commands woro
being closely watched ; and Hitting
Hull rightly conjecturing that the
two columns would combiiio to ortiBh
him and his warriors, ther. notwith
standing their successes, having suffer
ed sovorely in these engagements con
ducted in safety and secrecy bis entire
and unexampled village between tbo
two opposing forces. This was an un
paralled march. The arrival of ro-on
ioroemont now precipitated four tliou-
bhiiii Boiuiurs upon ins supposed retreat;
but the search down the Yellowstono,
from tho Littlo Dig Horn, by tho Hose
bud, Tongue, and Powder rivers, Glen
diro and lietivur creeks, to tho Littlo
Missouri and Heart rivers, by Terry
und Crook separately und in combina
tion, proved iinnvailini!. At this junc
ture, had Hitting null attempted it,
Crook's wagon train, with its six hun
dred mulu on Gooeo creek, unguarded
except by teamsters, and Terry do
pot at mo moiitu oi the ltoscbud, pro
tected by a single company ofinfuntrv.
might have rewarded hiB strategy. But
here is jnst where the Indian characlor
i detective. I, ike animals, thoy are
instinctive, and do well that thoy bavo
learned to do, but havo not fertility of
invention or cxpcuioiii. upporlum-
tic wero repeatedly presented them
of cutting oil small detachments from
tha command, but gonera'ly without
serious result
Terry, after leaving troops lo estab
lish themselves in Winter cantonments,
endeavored to intercept Sitting Hull,
nut tailing, returned to rort Lincoln.
Crook meanwhile remained inactive,
apparently to rwnpernto both men and
animals, but surely and rapidly con
suming his supplies, with no immediate
prospect of replenishing them. Sud
denly be moved South, upon a march
that promised to be disastrous In the
extremo ; bnt after subsisting anon
horseflesh, ho found relief and inccesa
in tho unexpected surprise and gallant
capture, by Captain Mills and one hun
dred and fifty men of tho Third Cav
alry, of a prosperous Sion village.
Half tbo object of the expedition was
now accomplished, since at least Crasy
' 'Ml' W !S
Horse, as In. niioeuieTTTffrffW?"
was but a day s march .wav, upon tho
l.itllo Missouri ; but, unlortunatoly
neither men nor animal wore in a H
condition for his pursuit, which wus
rendered absolutely impossible by tho
absence ot rations. Living upon cap
tured ponies und jerked buffalo meat,
and abandoned several hundred living
but exhausted horses, tho command
entered tho illack Hills, and obtained
Biimilics from the mininir settlements,
From its very inception, tho conduct
oi mo campaign evinced that not only
the strength, but the courage and abili
ty oi mo Sioux woro underestimated
but for this misannrehension. nerhnni
no blumo should properly attach to any
ono, sinco tbii is tho first oxtensivo or
general war watted by tho United
States against this powerful and savage
nation. It was found, indued, that
they wero better mounted and suporior
riaursand shots to the troops, composed
largely of raw matoriul, Tho Govern
ment cannot fuil to utilizo this knowl
odgo io dearly obtained, and at leust
an equal number ol soldiers must here
after oppose tho Sioux : tho carbino,
wilh its worthless spring-ejector, be
altered ; and the employment ol artil
lery, not in garrison, but in tho field.
us heretofore ineffectually nrged nnd
recommended by prominont officers of
the expedition, receive tho considera
tion it merits, it might liavo proved
invaluablo with Custer, on tho fioso-
Imu, and at the capture of American
Horse' village. A dozen hand-gren
ades would havo quickly dislodged this
chief, who, sheltered -in an adjoining
ravine, fired itich nnorring and fntul
shots. Generally, it may ns well be
conceded, unless they are surprised or
Choose to stand, the bionx, mounted
upon their fleet ponies, can dely us in
a chase.
Notwithstanding the rospouse of
spotted J. ail and lied Cloud to the
proposition ol tho 1'oaco Commission
er to surrender their arms and ponies
remove to the Indian Territory, and
become a hard-working, self-supporting
pooplo, it may unhesitatingly be
predicted that tho Minncconjoux will
not accopt terms so diametrically op
posed to their nature and practice. As
well might wo suggest tho propriety
of crawling ono by ono into Herr
blrupp's ci d'auvre and being blown
into tho middle of their happy hunting
grouud I Xhcir possession ol breech
loaders will, in tho end, accomplish
tuoir destruction, since, il proper pro
caution bo adopted and exercised
their supply of fixed ammunition must
becomo exhausted. Thoir disarming
must bo accomplished forcibly, if at all
first at the agoncica and finally in
luo neld -and howover unnecessary
and cruol this war with which wo bavo
disgraced our Centennial year, these
measure should bo immediately insti
tuted for the sako of tho country, tho
Indians, and ot humanity.
REMIWSCEXCKS OK GENERAL
ANTJJONY WAYXE.
After pcaco with Great Britain, in
1783, ho retired to bis farm tn Chester
county, Pa. On tho 4th of November,
1791, our legions, under Gon. Arthur
su Clair, wore slaughtered in tho In
dian country, near the Miami, Ohio.
Washington called Wayno from his
lurm to tho command ot tho army
and bo was appointed solo commis
sioner to treat with the hostile tribes.
The army wintered at Cincinnati ; in
tho spring ot 17'JJ ho broko up camp
and moved forward his forces, building
fort I'ehanco, at tho junction of the
Auglaize and Miami river. From this
base ho marched his army into thoir
forest stronghold, attacked their army
ot two thousand warriors, in force at
tho fallen Timbers, nnd utmost an
nihilnted them. This brought them to
terms, and on August li, U'J3, m the
field at Grecuvillo, Ohio, ho concludod
with tho chiefs of tho hostile tribes
that important treaty of pcaco, liberal
on tho part of tho conqueror, but which
has proven the downfall of tho Indian
tribes.
Tho signature of W. II. Harrison ir.
among the attesting witnesses to this
treaty. Tho General in his official ac
count of the battle compliments "young
IluiTison as his fuithtul and callant
aid do-camp in having rendered him
the most useful service in communica
ting his ordors in every direction, nnd
for his conduct and bravory." Harri
son was afterwards distinguished as
tho hero of Tippecanoe, and elected by
tho Whig party President of tho United
States in 1810.
After tho pcaco of Greenville, Wayne
removod his militnry head-quarters to
Frio, Pa., on tho high bluffs, command
ing tho defenses to that harbor. Hero
he died, and was buried ut the foot of
tho flng-Btnff by his gallant comrades.
Tho old arm-chair used by him in the
uiocit-nouso, and in which ho died, ib
now in possession of tbo llubley I'nmi
ly of Erie. Tho General's son remov
ed tho remains, mnny years nfter the
interment, and tound them in good
preservation, ihey wore entombed
by him on the lurm in Chewier conn
ty, Pa., which ia now ownod by the
grandson ol Wayno.
The high bluffs at Ktic are still the
lust resting placo ol many ol the noble
men who gave tip their spirits in the
tented field for the country tboy loved.
There is no monument to mark their
sepulchre, but likothe heroes of Ther
mopylae, their momorie are enshrined
for all coming tiirft) in tho heart of
their countrymen lor their porils and
sacrifice in tho intorost of free insti
tutions on this continent.
Wayno wroto to a friend, while mak
ing Ins Uoorgia campaign, that thoy
wero "worse off than tho Israelite:
that thoy complained of tbo hardship
ot thoir tank masters, reuniting the
lull mo ol brick and lurmsu thuirown
Btraw ; but w are not only oxpoctod
to light the enemy, but to find our own
provisions and clothing, and to con
vert Tories into Whigs." As for tho
Continental paper money in which
they were paid, a pocket lull would
not buy a square meal for a hungry
man.
The military reservation ol the
United Slates at Kris is now, as it was
whon Wayne made it hi camp, in a
slate of nature. Tho block-houses, oc
cupying the line of defense, and ex-
tonuiiig on to x'reaque ialo, are all de
stroyed. In Juno the low plnleau, be
neath me tomb, ot somo lilly acres,
woa carpeted with wild flowers; the
haunt ot the wild duck and tho snip
anu melodious wnn the song ol buds.
The good people of Krie aud tho sur
rounding country on Decoration Day
remombered also the hero's tomb with
thoir offering ol beautiful flowers, and
ran up tb national colon. Visiting
the place a short time after this patri
otio expression, 1 wa shown the empty
tomb with the national colon floating
to the breexe, which itiggoaled, with
tho calm beauty of the lake in it quie
tude, passed into ono of wild grandeur
in the storm, the similitude to the lile
of the hero serene and social in the
quiet of th camp, but wild amid bat
tle and carnage.
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CIIARIIF.B BY A FltKNCII COMMISSIONER
AtlAINST THE EXIIiniTION MANAOE
MENT. Tho Philadelphia Timrt says: Some
oxcitement was created in the city on
Saturday by tho publication of a dis
patch from a Puris correspondent in
which M. Du Sommorurd, ono of the
Commissaries Geneiuux of tho French
department of tlie Centennial Imbibi
tion, was charged with having grossly
libelled tho Centennial management.
The libel consistod in a letter which,
it was alleged, 11. Du Sommorurd had
written to a friend lu Germany, and
which, having been published in tho
Gormnn nowspapors, was reproduced
in tho Paris Mgaro of Thursday. The
letter said that tbo Americans set fire
to tbo buildings containing the French
packing cases, with tho hope ot des
troying tho French merchandize; that
the polioe wero chosen from tho worst
and most degraded elements til' the
United Mates; that the keepers were
thieves without exception, and stole
openly from tbo French department.
and that not only did the judges palli
ate uiose acts, out they actually par-
vicijmteu in aim sometimes promoted
tbo rohhories referred to. Not content
with theso assertions, tho writer made
a vile altnck upon the manners and
virtue of American women. With a
view of learning their 'side of tho ques
tion, a Timet representative presented
himself on Saturday at tho office of the
f renoli commission in the main build
ing. Jn the commissioners pnvato
room ho found Captain Anfryo, tho
deputy commissioner for tbo French
Republic. Captain Afli'rye mado
statement substantially as follows:
-M. Liu bommerard is tbo chief ot the
Paris bureau of tbo commission, and
ha not been to Philadelphia durinir
tbo exhibition. Tho French commis-sionci-B
hero are M. Compto do liris-
uacn and myscii, tho duty ot Bending
tho official reports being my own.
There is no truth in tho report that
I havo accused the Americans of set
ting firo to the building containing the
f roncli packing cases with tho hope
of destroying tho French exhibits.
Tho absurdity of such a statement is
evident when it is remembered that
tho building in which the boxes woro
stored wus some distance from tbo ex
hibition. The stutemcnt which I made
in my report of that occurrence was
that tho tiro was the act of an incen
diary, and I did that upon tho author
ity of Director General Goshorn, who
told me tho day lollowing tho hro thut
it was undoubtedly ot that nature.
Tho second attempt which is referred
to in tho letter as having taken place
during the past month 1 know nothing
of. 1 havo never stated that the Cen
tennial police wero chosen from tho
lowest and most degraded elements in
tho United Stales, but at tho same
time no impartial man can deny tliat
no largo body ot men can be got to
gether without some bad onos being
amongst thera. The heads of tho Amer
ican oommiaaion have all been very
courteous to us, but the subordinates,
from the sergeants downwards, have
oono ail tbey could to niako mutters
unpleasant and disagreeable for tho
f rencb exhibitors. I have often had
to complain in tbo most earnest man
ncr of tho insulting manner of the
guards, but l could never get redress,
and my complaints went without rec
tification. On the occasion of the firo
outside tho grounds, I was refused
egress lrom tho building by tho guard
in charge of tho door, und whon tho
doors woro opened at tho extinction of
the lire, be addressed mo in tho follow
ing torms: ".Now, then, F'rcnch com
missioner, get out !"
On another occasion, when tho firo
occurred at Lauber'e restaurant, my
turemun, whom 1 Bent on my behalf,
was refused admittance to the cround.
although he had a complimentary
ticket of admission, 'jut a complaint to
Director General Goshorn prevented a
recurrence of this action. Tho scenes
which took plnco at tho burning of
that restaunvnt wero sufficient to show
thut the guards are not all that they
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should he, while thosamo fact is prov
ed by tho disbandingnf a company for
mutiny some timosinco. It is a delib
erate untruth to assert that I have re
ported that tho keciiors were thieves
without exception, or that their dis
honesty bug been instigated and con
nived at by tho judges. It is true tbnt
1 reported in strong terms on the hon
esty of officials, but tho circumstances
which bad occurred in tho I rencb. de
partment warranted me in doing so.
I here bud been several mysterious
thefts committed without any clue be
ing found which would lead to tbo dis
covery of tho perpetrator. On the 31st
of AugJst ono of tho exhibitors iu tho
jewelry department took an inventory
of his goods prior lo his departure for
tho night. At half past lour in tho
morning ono of tho wutehmcn in tho
building heard tbo ohek which would
bo caused by the shutting of the case,
and in tho morninc somo articles of
jewelry wcro found to be missing. Tbo
centennial guard within whoso section
tho robbery took place, was arrested,
but swore that be was not at his post
at tho time of tho robbery, and was,
thereloro, discharged from custody.
Ho was reinstated in tho French de
partment, but bis demeanor on hiB
return wus of such a character aa to
create strong protests from tbo French
exhibitors. 1 waited upon General
Goshorn on their behalf, und pointed
out to him that, even accepting tho
guard's statement as truo, his admitcd
absence from bis post of duly was a
sufficient breach of discipline tojustily
ma uismissui, i no result ol my rep-
resontulion wa that tho man wus re
moved into another building. 1 re
ported theso facts to my chief, and I
also informed him that 1 considered it
absolutely necessary that a Bpocial
body ot J lunch police should bo sent
over lor tbo protection ol tho f rencb
exhibitors, M. Du Sommenrd has
always considered that wo could rely
upon the conteumai guard, but 1
pointed out to hint that other foreicn
countries had their special officers
f.ngiano having 20, Hpain S. and Del
irium vi. io what l havo said in mv
official dispatches 1 still adhere, and
that is, mat in case ol firo, no depend-
aiice could be placed on tho Centennial
guards, but lhat a conflagration would
bo llio signal lor a IrmliUul plunder.
and I considered without a special
force of police tho French oxhibiton
wore constantly in dancer. Tho soy-
eminent recognized my representa
tions by sending over ten members of
tb Pans provincial poheo. Tho state
ment that an understanding oxista bo
twecn the criminals and the judges is
almost too absurd on it face to need
any repudiation from me. .
The commissioner wa emphatio
when he referred to the chargo that
ho bad made a vile attack upon the
manners and virtue ot the American
womon, It Is untrue, ha said, vcrv
untrue. I will tell, you it is not the
custom for the French people to nix
uii womon in tlit'ir b".niuc mnltorB.
What Ititoiwnt cun I liavo in filling my
letters with flttncki npon noopTo ot
whom 1 know nothing, nnl women,
above nil? Anil boeiJoa, even poraonal
reuiono would prevent me from Inking
nucha oourno. My colleague, Comto
lo Hricbacli, iamurrie't to an American
l'ly, (ormerly Mien MeCttll, of i'hila
dolphiu, whom hemarriedin i'mflvo
ytiira aro, and I am myself engaged
to he very ahortly nmrrioa to an Amer
ican lady, la u likely, under theso
eircumstaiiccf), that 1 ihould alunder
tho women of a nation, one ot whom
1 nli nil ahortly CKpounc? I euro littlo
lor the other attack"., bin I am very
snx!ona to vindicato myself from tho
LJ:hW. ti brvinitnnmrneVi- t!.e virtue
THE GRASSHOPPER PEST.
A iottor from Grocly, Colorado, to
tho fyirnigjiild Republican, give an ac
count of tho origin and habit of tho
grasshoppers in that State : "It is now
pretty well settled that they originate
in two widely separated region. First,
for tho lust four yours previous to this,
llicy cumo over tho Snowy rnngo, hav
ing a southeastward course, and it has
been presumed tiiut their hutching
grounds wero in tho Suit Luko busin
und on the sandy downs and ridges of
western Colorado. But thoso regions
are so vast and so seldom visited that
no Btatementoxcept of quite a general
nature can bo depended upon, and
closo observation through several yean
will bo required to obtain i'ie exact
fact. They have also hatching ti-ounds
in Montana and Idaho, tboy fly east
ward into the Black Hills country and
LuKoia, tnence into .uinnesota and
Iowa, while other swarms procipituto
themselves upon Nobrnska, Missouri
and Kansas. Thus they occupy, with
some intermission, tho wholo of tho
vast region botwecn tho Sierra Novadas
and the Missouri river, an area of 1500
miles square. Tho number of grass
hoppers soon to pass a givou point, or
which alights in a valley, is beyond
conception. While flying, they are
most distinctly seen about noon. Thoy
fill a space perhaps 200 feet deep and
20 miles broad, and they are usually
irom ono hour to two hours and a hull
in passing; when thoy drop down fn
a valley they do so just before noon ;
at first, they aro what seem to be a
few snow-flakes their white wings
and their slanting descent resembling
flakes of snow ; presently they como
thicker and then thicker; often thoy
strike on one's face or hands liko rap
idly lulling bail, and there have been
many times in the canons of tbo moun
tains, on roads leadingtominingtowns,
when it was necessary lor teams to go
into camp by tbo way-side, on account
of the impossibility of driving tho
norscs. 1 he object ot ulighting is. that
thoy may rest or obtain food. If es-
Eceially weary, they lie idly for a low
ours and then go to cutinc. If bun.
gry, they go to eating at once.
"l ho urst appearance of flying grass
bnpnera in Colorado is almost always
in tho latter part of August, but, this
year, they camo on tbo first of tho
month, and they wero extremely hun
gry, moro so than ever before known.
They stayed three days, and during
this timo tbey nto tho leaves of cotton
wood trees, which usually they do not
liko; they even ato somo of the box
elder leaves, vthich they liko still less.
Apple and pear tree wore stripped,
cabbages disappeared, onions wero ac
tually dug out ot the ground, and tho
general run of garden vegetable was
destroyed. Peas they novor touch,
neither do they squashes until thoy
havo taken everything else, and, usual
ly, largo patches ot cucumbers and
melons are loft. Peach trees aro never
eaten. The writer of this had a fine
piece of clover on which they alighted
so thickly that no green was to bo
seen, and the prevailing color was the
silvery white of tbeir wings, mixed
with tbo brown of tbeir bodies. As it
was fit to cut, it was spocdily laid low,
and then in stirring it, so that it might
wilt and bo loss juicy, thoro seemed
fully as much woiisht and bulk of
grasshonpora as of clover, though it
was so heavy that when green there
wcro not less than fivo tons to the
aero. At the time of their arrival, all
tho wheat was in such a forward state
tbnt theso insects did it no injury, so
of most other small grains. But a
field of green corn is a favorite dfsh
with them, and swoot corn is, quickly
destroyed, to also every kind of yellow
or Dent corn. But tho wbito variety,
known hero as' tho whito Australian,
which is an cxcdlcnt sort, and yields
well, is Hron-clad,' owing probably to
somothing in its flavor."
The Reality of Life. There is a
routine of work to life, and every man
iroaa thmno-h it. hut not nil in thnanmn
i way. To somo it is drudgory, to somo
pain, to somo art, to somo pleasure,
but to all, lile. If a man will not work,
... .' .. . . . . 1
neither shall ho eat, and tho workmen
do is necessarily routino; tbo same
wants, tha same demands, similar du
ties meet us every day. There arise
endless details nnd questions of
ways nnd means, but tho ono thing,
life, by duty and work is before ns.
But what wisdom, what graco we re
quire to meet and fulfill it. How often
wo aro perplexed and troubled by it.
Wo aro like mnrincn in an archipela
go; tho channel is bordered on either
eide by rock, and ho is a skillful pilot
who stcera safely through them. There
is ono thing, however, tbnt better than
nil other things helps a man ; it is
cbeorfulnoss. The sun risos every
morning in tho heavens, and although
mists and dark clouds sometimes cover
it, it is slill thoro. So a man's dispo
sition makes or mars his prospect.
There is no healthier, no moro hopeful
light, that a mun can throw on bis
pathway than cheerfulness.
Inpiak Summer. This halcyon pe
riod of our Autumn will always in
somo way bo associated with the Indi
an. It ia red nnd yellow and dusky
liko him. Tho smoko of his camp fire
seems again in tho air. Tho memory
of hi m porvades t ho woods. II is plumes
nnd moccasins and blanket of skins
form just the costume the season de
mands. It was doubtless hii chosen
period. Thogods smiled upon them then
if ovor. Tho time of tho chase, tho
season of the buck and doe, and of tbo
ripening of all forest fruits ; the timo
when all men aro incipient hunters,
whon tho first frosts havo civon pun
gency to tho air, when to bo abroad on
tho hills or in tho woods is a deliirht
that both old and young feel, if tho
red Aborigine over had Lis Summer of
fullness and oontontincnt,ilmust havo
been at this season, and it fitly bean
hi name. John Burrow, in Heribner
fr October.
Banirs at the Centennial Show.
Of a)0 tho peoplo who livo at tho
Centeniiinl hotols, says a nowspapcr
correspondent, 1 think the newly mar
ried couples Philadelphia is full of
them, by the way are the only ones
who aro thoroughly contented and
happy. It makes no difference to them
whether the potatoes are watery, tho
meats dry, or tho soup thin ; and. they
don't care a pin whether people talk
to them or noU They lira in a littlo
world of their own, need no conversa
tion but their own, and have no
thought bnt for each othor. They all '
try' t" act as though being married was
an old story to them, and still for the
life of thorn they can't helptaltina each
other' hands every five minute. Tho
nridc nearly all wear now watch-
chains.
How Sthanos I Tho vires of tho
rich and great are mistaken for errors,
and thorn of the nnnr and Intvlv for
crime.