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CLEARFIELD, PA.
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Clearfield, Pa.
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on Second atrtat. In tbo MaaooiQ building.
JanlO.'IT
W7 C. A RNOLD,
JjAW k COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWENSVILLK,
SR ClrarAeld Countj. Pcnn'n. T&7
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MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIKLD, TA.
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:30'71
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW
ClearOcId, I'a.
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1 1.12 74 Clenrfield, Pa.
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McENALLY & MoCUEDY,
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Clearfield. Pa.
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Idelity. Office on Beeond atroet, above Ibe Piret
National Bank. Jen:l:70
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
ni.KARPIBI.D. PA.
flaring reiljned hll Judgenhip, hal reanmed
ih r.ni-c of the In In hii old orBco at Claar-
Oold, Pa. Will attand Ibe ooorti of JelTeraon and
Klk eountiea when apoeially retained in connection
with reaidcnt eiiunxel. a.ia.i a
a. gTkr amer,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Real Eitate and Collodion Agent,
. CI KAItFIKI.K. PA.,
Will promrlly attend to all legal buitneae an
Iraiteil to nu care.
f-S-OSict in Pie'a Op" Honae. Janl'70.
H. W. SMITH,
ATTOENEY-AT-LA W,
it.l:Tl ' ,.' Clearfield, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Clearfield, Pa.
M-Offioa In Old Weataro llutal hnildlnf,
ornir of Second and Market 8ta. noTll.i
' ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
aayoir.ee In tha Court Donee. tJyll.'O'
T) EEI) & II AGEHTY,
I V oaaLana iv
HARDWARE. FARM IMPLEMENTS;
Tinware, Nulla, c.
00(1,77
gactod Street, Clrarlcld, Pa.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
,,ri Heal Ratale Ap-ent, Clearfield, Pa
n. n Third itreet. bat. Cherry A Walnut.
-Reipeotfu!ly olTara hta aarTtoel la selling
ud kurina laoda la Claartald and adjoining
lountlea and with an eaperienoe el orer twenty
roera aa a aurvayor, flatten blmaelf that ha eaa
render aallafutlon. leo.
J. BLAKE WALTERS
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
' ADD aaLia ta
Kuw Lsogs nnil fjiuubor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Odea In (irahara'a Row. t::7l
J; J. LINGLE,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
1:11 (laceola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd
J. S. BARNHART,
ATTORNKY - AT - LAW,
llellel'onta. Pa.
trill nractlce In tUrarOeld and all of tha Court!
tha 1Mb Judicial dlntrlet. Heal eitata huainen
and aolleetioa of claim! made apocialtlel. nl
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LOTHBRRIU'BO, PA.
Will ntland prof.Mlona.1 call! promptly. augl070
DR. T. J. BOYER,
P11Y8ICIAN AND SURGEON.
OBoa oa Marhet Htroet, Cl.arS.IJ, Pa.
a-OISco hour.: I to 11 a. m , and 1 to I p. n.
D
R E. M. SCUEURER,
IIOMIKOI'ATIMO PHYSICIAN,
Oflloa la re.ldcoca oe Market at.
April U. Clearlleld, Pa.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Lata Surgeon ot tha Old Regiment, Penn.ylTanla
Volenteeaa. having returned front tba Army,
efera hia profaaaioaal .arvle.i to thaaltiaaaa
ef Olearneldeeeuly.
atayProfoaaloMil oalli promptly etueded to.
OO.e en Saeoud aire. I, lormariyooe.pie.
Dr.Wooda. Iapr4, 00 U
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
CI.KAHFIE1.I, PKrUTA.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING.
Mir- OSoa howra-Fram II to 1 P. U.
. , May If, IMO
1LLIAM M. HENRY, Juetice
or aa Pa tca 1I SculTlliaa, LUMBER
CITY. Collection. ma.la aod money promptly
paid otor. Article, of agreement and deoda a I
eou.eyanee aeatly fioeutad and warranted cor
reel or ao charge. "ll '
IvrETH. LYTLE,
la Kralaer'a Bulldlaf. Cl.arOwlo), Pa.
Peeler la Orooeilea, Proll.loal, Vafelablaa,
Fruit., Fh.ur, Feed, .lo., at.
aprl4'7-lf .
HARRY SNYDER,
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER
Shopea Mvket 84.. appo.ll. Court Uoaaa.
A aleaa towel far ovary ao.lem.r.
Alaa maaufaaturar of
All Klndi er Arllrlea ta llnmaa Hair.
Claarlcld, I'a. "af 1, '.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Jaitlee of the Peace aad Scrivener,
Carwenevlllu, Pa.
ww-Cllllonl made aad aionav promptly
palda.ar, feblJ Till
TOIIN A. STADLEIt,
J BAKKR, Market St., Cleericld, Pa.
Freh Bread, Ru.k, Rolla, Plot aad Oaka.
oa band or Bade to enler. A general oeeortmenl
ef I'enfactlonarlee. Frull. aad NaU la Mock.
lee Cream and Or.lere H areaoa. Saloo. Bearl;
i pcilia tha FoetoBo. Prtaas moderate.
Mareh l '7.
QjLFiAE
GEO. B. G00DLAUDEB, Proprietor.
VOL. 51-WII0LE NO. 2,531.'
Cards.
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RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE Ot TUB TEACE
FOR
Vrcalur Tornhtp,
Oaaaola Mllli P.O.
All oOclel buiioOH entra.ted to him will be
iromptly attandad to. moh2, '70.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Kreuchvllle, Clearfield County, Pa.
ana aonatantl on hand ft full aaaortment of
mall; kapt in a ratail atora, which will ba aold,
for eaah, aa oheap aa alaawhara In tha oounty.
un Mood.. Hardware, uroeene., ana .Tcnumii
Frenebvllle, Juno Jf, leoi-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DIALIR 11
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
f.R All AMTON. Pa.
Alaa, aitanilaa nanufaatarar and dealer In Square
Timber and bewed Lumbar oi all Kinai.
-OrJeri loHelted and all bills promptly
lied. I'JJlO"
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peuu'a.
ta.WIII eieoute lobi in Mi line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. err4,07
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
-Pumpi lwyf on hand and mid to order
n Hurt noiio. nutw wrni uu ""-"-
All work warranted to render latniaotion, ana
delivered tf deiired. inj26:lyr
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DBALBHI IB
SQUARE TIMBER,
and mabulactureri of
A IX KIND OP HAW lil) Ml M HEM,
t-T'71 CLEARFIKLD. PtflN A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer lo
Eeal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
8HINOLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
:I0'I1 Clearlebl, Pa,
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SIIOB MAKER,"
Market HI., Clearfield, Pa.
In ika .hen latelv occuuied by Frank Short,
one door woat of All.ghaoy llouvo.
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCUITECT, CONTRACTOR and Bl ILDER,
Plan, and Specification, fnml.hed for all kind,
of buildinia. All work flrat alas.. Stair build-
lea a aiieolaltv.
V. U. aourei., uiaarueiu, i n.
Jnn.U-tJIf.
R. M. NEIMAN,
SADDLE and HAENESS MAKES,
Bambarcer. Clearfield Co., Pa.
Keepi on hand all klndi of Harneii, Saddlea,
Brtdlei. and Horn FurnUhicc (luudi. Ueiainng
promptly attended to.
nUniDargtJl, VBO. iv, loirii.
JAMES MITCHELL,
ptaLia tii
Siuare Timber & Timber Lands,
Jell'7 CLEARFIELD, PA.
J. It. M'MUHRAY
WILL SUPPLY YOI! WITH ANY ARTICLE
OP MERCHANDISE AT THK VERY LOWEST
PRICE. COMB AND SEE. (I::73y0
NEW WASHINGTON.
Ilvcry Htnlilo.
undcr.li
J. lie that ba i. now fully prepare to aoouuimo
date all in the way of furniihing ll..ee, Duggie
Saddle, and llarnoa., on the .borte.t notice and
an reaaonable term.. Realdenoe on Loen.t itreet,
between Third and Fourth.
UKO. W. O EAR 11 ART.
tlaerteld. Feb. 4, 1174.
I, SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
aao DBALaa ta
Watches, Clotks and Jowolry,
Oruaon'. Bow, Hark! Stmt,
CI.BAFFIlXn, PA.
All kind, of repairing in my line promplly at
anded to. AprHH, T4.
NEW BOOT ANDSHOE SHOP.
The uoder.lpincd wnuld Inform the public that
ha ha. removed hia Boot and ehoo Shop to the
room lately occupied by Joe. Dearing. in Shaw'.
Row, Market itreet, where he I. pr.pered to at
..! .n nt. ef ail who neetl anvthinc la hi.
Hue. All work dona by him will be or the be.t
material, and guaranteed to be Ont olau in every
MnMt. Henairlna nromntlv attended to. All
kinda of Le.tber and Shoe Finding, foraala-
JOHN HUlllr. aiv.
Clearueld. ra .July II, lB77 m.
WHOLESALE LIQUOE STOEE.
At tha cud of tha new bridge,
WEPT CLEARFIELD, PA.
Tl.. nraorletor of Ihia aatablllbment will buy
hll liquor. dlro.l from dl.till.ri. Parlll. buying
fr-m toil bouet will be aura to get a pure article
nl n email margin above eoci. Hotel aeepere eau
Puro winea aod braodte. direet from Sceley'a
fumi.hed a ih liouor. on rea.onanie ion"..
Vlnary, at Batb, New lork
uauni'n vv ....
Clearfleld. June l, I87-If.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
THE andar.lgned, having eulill.a.d a nor
aery on Ibe 'Pike, about half way between
-j ..J r. ...... III.. I. nrevarad to far-
l.h all kind, of FRUIT TREES, (.tandard and
dwarf,) Evergreen., Shrubbery, urapa vine.,
Oooeeberry, Lawton Blaoktarry, Strawberry,
ud Raepberry Vine.. Aleo, Siberian Crab Tree.,
gulaoe, nnd early acarlel Rhubarb, Ac. Ord.r.
Fr.mVUy.t.dod to.
npSOO-y Carwanivllle, I'a.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Ireet, Clearfield, Pa.,
aiRvrAcrvaia an obai aa ta
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
ud all kind, of
HonsK rvRSimnsa aoovs.
A full .lock of Peddler.' Hardware Bruihet,
Comb., Blanket., Robea, aid., nlwaya oa band
..J (. l. at the loweat oa.h price.. All kind.
,f repairing promptly attended to.
..a. aod repairing. All hind, of barne.i i leather
kept band, ud for aala at a mall prunt.
Clearlald, Jaa. ID, l7e.
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
F.f tale al the Clearfield Ran RtlcAR oBec.
Tht meal Complrlt HrrU of Im
Tbeaa Blaik. are gotten ap la .operlor .Ijlo,
' .iu ud farnirbod at vary low
are oi 1 1 - -
learo. for aaak.
Call al tha Hart auraa ofllee aad ti.mlaa
,i firJ.ee bv mail prompny o'ivw
II nmntitl, f
Addrert UO
inly , IJTt II.
CleerleHl, ra,
S.
BIO HOLE BATTLE.
Sily or General Glbbon'a Command Killed
aud wounded.
OmtMAL DlKl'ATCilKl) V'ROM OEN. QIIIUON
AND OEN. HOWARD.
Washinoton, August 13. Tbo fol
lowing telegrams in relation to the
fight ot General Gibbon with tht) Nor.
Pontes IndiaiiB were rocuived at llio
War Depuitinenl this morning:
"Ueadquarthis Military Division
op the Pacipio, San Francisco, Cal.,
August VI. lo the Adjutant Urnerat,
It aflin7fon, 1). (': llio following bus
just boon received from General How
ard, (Intccl J rail t. reck, uig tlolo I. an
nun, Mimtaim Territory, August 10 :
Colonel iiibbon with about -uU
men attacked tho Indian camp in Big
ilolo buHin at duwn 3-CBtenIny. lie
teems to have hsd considerable sncecHB
at II rut. but the Indians fought him all
day. Several men from the battle
field met mo hero, eighteen miles dis
tant, and they say that there aro at
least titty soldiers killed and wounded.
Captain Lognn and Lieutenant Brad-
Icy nre reported Killed, and I'olonel
Gibbon slightly woundod, Tho dis
tance ti'oni .Missoula to tho baltlo-tield
is about 125 miles. Unvo pressed
every nervo to overtake Gibbon, who
had lour days the stnrt ot me Irom
Cowallis, Montana.
"1 pushed lorward with a small es-
coit to-day, making 5 J miles, leaving
my command to follow.
'1 hope to give uibbon valuaulo as
sistance by to-morrow with my Cav
alry and hlty Inlantry in wagons.
Howard,
Brigadier General Commanding De
partment of Columbia.
"Tho Cavalry with Howard consists
of four companies under Major Kan-
lord. MlHiWELL.
General M'Dowell alno forwarded
tho following telegram, just received
by him from (ioncral Howard :
.t t'RANCISCO, UAL., AUgllSt li,
1877. To the Adjutant (Srnrral of the
Annii, Washinqtim, D. C. : llio follow
ing just received from Gibbon's battlo-
tielil:
Reached General Gibbons at ten
o'clock a. m. to.day.
"Ho assailed the Indians at daylight
of tho Dili and inflicted great loss upon
them, ilia own casualties are seven
officers, lifty-throo men and ton volun
teers. General Gibbon is wounded,
but not seriously.
"Supplies aro not cut olT as reported.
Gibbon s command is in tbo best spirits.
J ho last ot tho indiaiiB lull lust night.
Khali continuo the pursuit as soon as
my command is up. , Howard,
Brigadier General Commanding.
Helena, Montana, August 13. Tho
followim; aro the names, as lar as as
certaincd, of the killed in the Indian
fight on the Big Hole on the 9th inst,
in which tho Seventh Infantry was
entruncd: Officers Captain Logan
Lieutenant Bradley and tho Fot t Shaw
scout, named Bostwick. Company I
Sergeant Hogan, Corporuls M'CaflVoy
and lidgworth. Sergeant Martin, Cor
porals Saylcs and U Connor and pri
vuto OBrien. Company K .Sergeant
Stortz. Tho courier could give, no
further names.
Ciiicauo, August 13. Tho follow
Ing dispatch was received ut millilary
headquarters to-day :
"Bio Hole Pass, August 11. My
loss in the battlo of tho i)th was seven
officers and fifty-thrco men, killed and
wounded. 1 am satisfied that tuo i n
dians sullercd much moro, for the sur-
iiiso was completo and many wero
tilled in the tepees on running' out
Forty dead Indiuns wero counted on
about ono half a battle-field. Howard
has just arrived and I belicvo bo can
catch them again. As soon as I can
get tho Bervico of a doctor I proposo
to movo to JJecr Iodgo nmMoko most
of our wounded to Kort Shaw. They
aro all doing well, bnt I fear Lieuten
ant English is mortally hurt.
UiBnoN, t ommanaing.
ri'RTHKR PAItriCCLAItS OP THE DESPER
ATE ENCOUNTER.
N. Y. Herald Correspondence.
(.iiiiion'8 Battle-field, Bin Hole,
August 11. Your correspondent ar
rived boro at 10 o'clock this morning
in company with General Howard af
ter a tremendous ride with a small
body guard and Boine Indian scouts.
Tbo accounts ot tuo ngni given uy
tbo panic stricken citizens in their
flight from tho scene I find aro either
entirely untrue or grossly exaggerat
ed. They can bo, perhaps, as well cor
rected by a simple stntemcnt of tho
facts as in any other way, and theso I
proceed to givo yon.
Alter persistently ionowing on mo
trail of tho Indians tor some dajB,
word was brought to Genoral Gibbon
that tho reds were encamped on the
Big Fork near the junction ol the itit
ter Root and Bannock trails, and
shortly before) midnight tho whole
command wns on the march, and at
dawn on the morning of tbo 9th they
struck tho bostilo camp, numbering
oiL'hlv-ninc lodircs. Tho surprise was
complete, the great mass of tbo Indians
being in thoir bods. The soldiers wero
right in tho midst of the tepees bclore
the firing oomniencod, and with the
first crack of the guns tbo savages
rushed from thoir beds in wild dismay,
only to bo met in many Instances with
a death shot before tho situation was
fairly realised.
With all his advantages, however,
tho force of Goneral Gibbon was too
small for the work bo had undertaken,
Ho small Indeed was bis forco that ho
was unablo to cover tho cntiro Indian
lino in his attack, which onablod a
largo part of the savages to concen
trate among tho remoter tepees and
in tho brush surrounding them, from
which both the bucks and squaws kept
up an incessant and well-directed tiro,
which forced tho troops into a defen
sive position, from which tho savages
attempted to oisiougo inciii, uuv uu
nut. nlll'CmiH.
The fight was kept up for a consid
erable time, but finally resulted in the
Hii'ht of the Indians to tho south wont,
leaving a conaitlcrublp. number of their
dead on tho Item.
Tho Ions of Generul Gibbon is very
larue in proportion to tbo number of
troops engaged, and clearly shows tho
ilcatiernto characlcr of the fighting.
Nono of General Gibbon's supplies
wero cut off, as reported, no cmi not
I . - LnNII htfpnntnm. KvorV-
UVVII .WW H....-W -J - j - - j
thinff nossiblo is being done for the
wniiiiilod. most of whom arc very com
fortablo, and additional medical aid,
with food and delicacies adapted to
thoir condition, is expected soon.
General Howard will continuo the
..nr.,,!!. nf the Indiana as his Cavalry
comes up. It is torribly worn by iU
long continued forced marchos, but it
is expected to arrivo boro to-morrow
night, marching a distance ol seventy-
...... eniloa In two daVB.
Camp John Gibbon, Hitter Hoot
Valley, M. T, August .-..eneri
Howard arrived hero tins auornoon,
MID. ..Jill
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1877.
completing in five days a march of 125
miles, ttirougn mountain gorges ana
ovor tho rocky heights throadod by
the Lola trail. Col. Gibbon is in the
Bite Hole country and within fifloon
miles of the Indians, who are moving
slowly about nine miles a day, loaving
a wako of exhausted horses to tell the
cripplod condition and the lessenod re
sources of the band.
Hearing this and behoving an en
gagement must tako placo within a
day or two Uonoral Howard will leave
to-morrow with an escort of twenty
men, and if it lie within the capabili
ties of horse-flesh will be with Gibbon
before night Lieutenant Wood, ono
of his aids, and Mr. Bonny, his clerk,
accompany him. The rest of bis staff
and the Cavalry remain behind, though
they are within reach by making one
day's forced march.
The editor of the Philadelphia Timet,
in alluding to tho useless slaughter of
human life, recently, in bunting In
dians, terms iti"a wanton sacrifice,"
and continues:
Feelings of sorrow and indignation
strugglo for the mastory as we read of
tbo terrible slaughter ol Goneral Gib
bon's command sorrow for the dead
who fought so bravely and bitter in
dignation at tho wicked plans that
sont theso noble fellows to meet their
death. It is tbe story ot tho Custer
massacre over again, without a redeem
ing featuro and hardly a ray of com
fort to lighten tho sombre tale. Gon.
lorry set out on tho campaign against
Sitting Bull and met a poworful, brave
and strategic foo on a battle-ground of
Ins own choosing. Custer s brave soul
disdained thoughts of prudenoo and
caution, and his life paid the penalty
of bis rashness. Tbe army had barely
enough men left to get back to rein
forcements. 1 hat General Howards
campaign against tho JNoa 1'erces
could have any better ending was al
most hoping against hope. Had no
boon conducting a Moody and Sankoy
movement or a Murphy temperance
revival his egotistical and despicablo
bulletins might bavo been less out ol
place. But ho was pursuing tho brav
est and tho strongest tribe of Indians
in tho country through a rogion with
which they were thoroughly familiar,
its conformation such that thoy could
chooso their ground so that ono man
might well stand against a thousand.
Ho was entering on a campaign such
as has balked tho energies and dotted
the strategy ot our ablest lienorals,
and he spent his timo telling tbe poo-
do in the l.ast bow skilllully lioneral
Ioward was concentrating his forces,
bow he was driving Joseph and how
the capture ot his whole force was on
ly a question of days. At last bo learns
that Joseph is ready to surrender, and
wbilo ho hastens to inform tbo vt ar
Department and an .uixious public
whom ho has appointed to receive Jo
seph's surrender, the wily Indian chief
is quietly planning the trap wbicb has
cost us two score of our bravest men.
General Howard's plan of fighting tho
Indians by teJcgrapn has tho merit ol
novelty, It is truo, out lis success uocs
not seem to warrant its genoral use in
the future.
Brave General Gibbon pushod ahead
with his little command, numbering
less than halt a regimont 182 men ail
told with Howard thirty six or forty
eight hours in tho roar. Coming up
with the Indians at night he left A
guard with the transportation, and at
daylight ho was at the Indian camp.
The volunteers fired at an Indian going
alter tho horses, and this littlo forco,
wcakenod still further by losing the
guard left with the train, charged into
tho camp. Howard was behind them
with 750 men, but the fnto of Custor
had no warning tor them. 1 hey rush
ed in single-handed, charged upon the
lodges and wero repulsed. Tho fight
ing continuod all day and ended by
tho troops holding tbeir own. Hut
tho bad gained nothing ; they had lost
a man for overy Indian that bit the
dust, and wero entirely cut off from
their supplies, having ncitbor food,
clothing nor medical attendance.
General Howard is primarily ro-
ponsible for the sacrifice of those men.
The soldiors who bad won laurels on
noblor fields only to lay them down on
tho prairies in a vain contest with sav
aires wero lost because we bad not a
Genoral in Howard's placo. It was
on Wednesday that Gibbon's forces at
tacked tbe main body ot tbe Indians.
Howard, with the main body of tho
pursuing forco, was so far in tho roar
that ho bad not hoard ol t no baitio
when a courier lelt on Friday. Gon.
Howard must answer for . moving in
this Btrngizling way. Then General
Gibbon must rendcron account for tho
foolhardiness which led him to risk
tho attack that ho did with reinforce
ments almost two days march in the
rear, assailing a force quite as great as
his own in a camp with natural de
fenses and on a battlo-ground chosen
by the enemy. The whole sad affair
is only another of the many lessons
that wo havo learnod with stripes ana
soros, that Indiana must bo fought in
their own way. Tboy do not attack
by rulo nor detenu in accordance who
Upton. In short, ono ought to move
atvinst them not with gold lace and
epaulets, hut with buckskin and moo
(asms, wo must ngnv inuiana wiin
Indian fiirhtors. A trapper is worth
all the Generals that West Point ever
turned out to plan tho campaign, and
one trontiersman is worth a aosen rog
ulars, bravo as thoy are, to carry it
out. How many more precious lives
must bo lost beloro this lesson Is lairiy
learnod ?
GEOGRAPHY VF TURKEY.
Tho contest between Russia and Tur
key will naturally attract somo.attcn
tlon to tho aeot of war. ror those who
have no access to largor works of ro-
ferenco we irive tho following abstract
ol the iroography oi i urkoy :
Tbo nrovinco of Turkey as repre
sented on tbo map of Europe in onr
school geography ombraccs a lorniory
v ntr on bol t Bides oi mo jranuue.
All that Part, however, north of tho
Danubo. and bounded by Austria, Rus
sia, and tho Black Sea, is caiioa itou
mania. 1 bo name is aerivoa irom tuo
lansuatro spokon, which was original
ly tho Roman or Latin, as we shall soe
berealtor.
Tho population is of a mixed charac
ter, consisting of Jews, Roman Catho
lics, Armenians and Protestants. Tho
mass ot tho pooplo, however, are mem
bers of the Greek church. There aro
only about 1,300 Mohammedans in the
principality. Tbo entire population is
about 5,0UO,0O0.
Roumania includes the Docia of Ro
man history. Hero tho legions of Tro-
jan fought, and when bo had destroy
ed the native pnpuiauun, am ie nam w
have peopled tho country with colore
ists from tbd wholo of the Roman em
pire. Hence the character of the lan
guago. After tbe Romans bad bold
sway for somewhat loss than two hun
dred yoars they were expelled by the
Goths. Hubaeqnently ntnsr harbsmns
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
tribos invaded the country, until at
last, tho Turks, having captured Con
stantinople in 1454, acquired a nominal
title, though under its own Christian
rulers. Atprcsont Roumania enjoys
all the rights of sovereignty, can nego
tiate treaties ot commorce and peace.
She makes, however, an annual con
tribution to tho porto. The cbiof ruler
is styled princo regent and inherits his
title. Liberty of conscience, and free
dom of press and of public meetings
are guaranteed tbe people. Tho legis
lative branch of tuo government is
elected, and consists of two houses.
Roumania possosses railroads, lines
ot telegraph, a postofllce department,
schools and nnivorsitios. Education
is obligatory for both sexes.
Tbo languago is of a mixed charac
ter. This is a noeossary consequence
of its history. All tho races nearly,
which have found a homo on the soil
have left some words. Tho Itoman al
phabet is used and tho pronunciation
resembles the Italian.
South of the Dsnubo.cxtonding from
where the Danube leavca tho Austrian
frontier westward, with tho Morava
river dividing it nearly in tho centre
where it joins tho Danubo, lios the
principality of Sorvia. I's civil ad
ministration is modeled altor that of
Austria. Evory Sorb is a soldier. Tho
Turks bold tho fortress of Belgrade
and several other points. The Servi
ans belong to tho Slitvio race, and thus
in religion and nationalities aro in sym
pathy with Kussia. Tbo languago is
more liko the Russian than the Polish ;
these, with tho Bohemian and tho Ser
vian being tho four great divisions ol
the Slavio language. Tho population
is a little over a million.
Tho third principality is that of Mon
tenegro, to tuo soulhwost of Sorvia and
nearly midway on tho west frontier of
Turkey. The inhabitants aro oi mo
Sorvian race and members of tho Greek
church. Theso aro.under special obli
gations to Russia, receiving an annual
pension for hnrrassing the Turks. Tho
population is somewhat over a hun
dred thousand. But what thoy lack
in numbers they make up in their
temper and the naturo of their mount
ain homo. Twenty-five thousand men
can bo sent into tho field at short no
tice. But tho rest of tho territory known
in our geographies is by no means uni
tod. Wost of Sorvia and north of tho
fiorco Montenegrins is Hosnia, whoso
inhabitants consist of Bosnians, Croats,
Morlaks, Illyians, Jews, Gypsies, ko.
Theso with tbe oxception of the last
four aro also of tho Slavic race. And
then, south of tho Danube, from Servia
to tho Black Sea, enclosed on tho south
by tho Balkan mountains, aro tho Bui
carians. These number about two
and a quarter millions and belong to
the Slavio raco, and aro members of
the Grook church. Sophia is on impor
tant city. South ol tho Balkan mount
ains lies Macedonia, a part of tho old
empire of Aloxandor, whoso inhabitants
aro doacenuanis oi tuo oiu urocks.
Thus we soo thai the present conflict
nvolvoB in it throo races. Tboro is
the Russia or Slavio, tho Greek and
the Turkish. And tho religious aspect
is no loss interesting, for thrco diner
ont forms ol faith aro struggling tor
mastery tbe Greek church, a lineal
descendant of those to whom St. Taul
wrote his epistles, and among whom
he preached ; the sister church of tho
West, one with bor in boroarlior litur
gies and lormularios ; and lastly mo
Mohammedan. It is itnpossibio lo say
how this thing is going to end. It
may be in the extension of tho king-
domof Greoce northward totho Danubo,
with Constantinople for his capital.
The riso of modern Greoco is a won
dorful fact in tho history of modern Eu
rope, and may yot assume an import
ance altogether nnlooktd for. There
may be a concordat in a Groek empire
to which Wostorn Europo, England
and Gormany may subscribe.
uuhso tujiki.su war xotex.
TBI HOMEIUG WARRIORS.
The Montenegrin army is described
by a correspondent of tho London
Times as a mass of tatterdemalions.
In tho ranks a majority aro moro or
less roggod, and tho bnttalions In their
ranks do not troublo themselves mncn
with being in exact lino or keeping any
particular position, although no army
drill could secure moro absoluto obedi
ence to any order. Life at tho head-
quarters of tho Princo of Montenegro
is an Homeric study. " non in tne
morning tho princo appears, a lino is
formed instantly, and all uncover when
ho takes his wulk np and down tho
terrace. As bo walks along tho lino,
now and then a man runs forward,
catches tho hand of tho Prince, and
kisses it, dropping back into his placo
and then another and another, tho
ruler accepting tho bomngo with a
manner which has a great luscmntion
for tho simple-mindod folks with a
smilo, a word of interest, in somo cases
a question as to thoir affuirs ; for ho
knows, it is said, every lioad ol aianmy
his dominions personally and by
namo. and occasionally tireuus ins
promenado to enter into conversation
moro seriously, or oven to provoke a
gonornl discussion, whon a circlo rap
idly forms around him to listen and
take part. There is nothing seivile in
their mannor even to him, but the most
unbounded reverence and devotion. It
is a favorito amusement of his to wuko
un the emulation of tho men by talk
ing to some ono of them of some heroic
deed bo has done, and provoking com
parisons, when a content of pretensions
to equal or greater morit begins, overy
man considering himself entitled to
push his claims, which be does in no
vainglorious way, but by recounting
what he has done. As they aro sur
rounded by witnesses of tho deeds, no
man dares to exaggernto his exploits,
and tho crowd confirms. Theso aro
tbe warriors who aro now renewing
in Western Turkey tho batllo which
they have waged with tho Turks for
lour centuries.
PON COSSACK IN THE FIELD.
Tho most picturesqito figure in tho
Russian army is me Don tossack, wiin
hia lour black Innco and his devil-may-
care face. A correspondent of tho
London Arirs dcseribcB htm as a practi
cal philosopher of a manly, self-reliant
and half-cynical type. The Cossack
ride through Bucharest fellowB who
never saw a town in their lives before
as if it wero thoir aftornoon custom
to make a promenado on its asphalt
thoy are always civil, although punctil
ous in the perlbrmaneo of their duty
and they keep sober when billeted in
a nnhlio bouso with money in thei
pockets and a score of civilians around
thorn eairor to stand treat. While rid
inir between Bucharest and OltenitEa.
this correapondent mot a pair of these
warriors Jogging aiong wiin mat pecu
liarlv rook less, free-and-easy air whicli
seoms tho universal characteristic of
the Cossack. They must havo betn
wot to the skin ; they were uncom
monly muddy thoy probably had
slept nn the field; ft was a faint
REPUBLICAN,
chaneo that lor hours together thoy
should seo any ono to whom thoy could
mako themselves intelligible ; thoy
could not tell tbo namo of the placo
whither thoy were bound, nor tbe
army corps to which they belonged ;
they wero, in short, tho merest waifs
and strays on tho great Wallachian
plain, and J et they cocked their caps
and cracked thoir whips, and swag
gered generally with as much aplomb
us if they owned half of Wallacbia.
Further on a troop of Cossacks was in
bivouac in a field closo to tho road.
Tho rain had drowned out tho fire, and
tho ground was knec-docp in mud ;
but tiio Cossacks wero not dispirited
by their nngonial conditiou. With
somo straw and somo brunches tboy
had thrown up shelters against tho
wind, and in tho leo of these thoy
squatted on stones, singing lustily to
tho accompaniment lurnishod by one
ol their number, who whistled more
shrilly than any London street Arab.
Several lay stretched in slumber in te
mud, with the ruin streaming down
upon them.
COSSACKS AND ROUMANIAN LADIES.
When the first troop ot Cossacks
rode through Bucharest the liounianion
ladies were very anxious to soe them,
and tho long avenue was lined with
carrioges. A column of dust arose,
thickening and drawing neater. A
cry ot delight and Impatience passed
all along Indies eagerly Btooa np,
favored gentlemen climbed upon the
coach box and tho wheels. Tho col
umn of dust approached, and presently
tbo Cossack lances pierced it, glittering
in tho sun. Dark and colorless masses
loomed through it, and strango but
stirring music was in tho air. Not a
sound was heard, oven while they
passed, except that . martial war song
ot tho bards who beard each sotnia and
tho shrill accompaniment of the whis
tles modulated to wiord harmony. No
rattle of aceountremonts bctinys the
CossackB ; his very horse seems trained
to movo with eilent activity. With
that peun in one's cars, and the whis
tles screaming through it, one beholds
without astonishment these warriors
glido past, stealthily and swill. One
recognizes tho surviving race of an
early timo. To the same war song,
perhaps, marebod tbo ancestors of these
people when tboy over ran Huseia
Tho Bucharest ladies were not a littlo
frightened. Thoy looked at each other
blankly, with little shrugs of tho shoul
der to exprcBB distasto. One of them
afterward confessed to tbo Standard
correspondent, whodoscribes tho sceno,
that berMuseovito sympathies vanish
ed, at sight of tho first Cossack, so
ugly and dirty was ho.
SELIAXG WHEA T.
The question agitating tho farmer in
this Statu seoms to be lormulatcd in
"Shall we sell our wheat now ?" This
question is daily asked but seldom an
swered. Column's Rural World pre
sumes to reply to tho farmer asking
tho question by saying that, of courso,
there aro two sides in the discussion
of this, as there aro to most questions.
That there will bo a great fulling off
n the production ot wbcat in the best
wheat growing regions of Europe, all
of us know. Great Britain is a largo
purchaser of wheat. Sho nover pro-
uecs anywhere near tho amount her
peoplo consume. Sho has in past years
obtained ber chief supplies of wheat
tram Turkey and southern Russia. 01
courso bIio cannot obtain a bushel from
that section this year. It is a know.
edgo of this fact that has kept up our
flour to its high prieo, and It will re
main at a comparatively high price as
long as tho war continues. But if;
the war stops, there will be a big do
clino immediately, notwithstanding no
wheat can bo obtained Irom 1 urkoy or
southern Russia tho present year, li ut
with peace will come tho largost efforts
to produce crops to mako up for tho
heavy losses of the war.
(teat Ilnlain must rely cineny upon
Amorica for hor wheat supply this
year, and wo havo an abundance for
ourselves and lor mat country also.
Calilornia is tho only Mute in wluea
there is a crop ; all of tho other Slates
aro blessed with more than avorago
crops, and they have been harvested
n safety, too yield in jtnnnesoia is
said to be wouderlul, and although It
is spring wheat, it makes tho whitest
flour and is In groat demand in tbo
east.
It is always sufo to sell an nrtielo
whon ready for market. Much more
is lost by waiting for bettor prieoa
than is gained, niuo timos out of ton.
It is a speculating process to bold long
er. Let others spcculutu. farmers
aro poor bands at that business. They
need tho money to pay off their dobts,
to improve their farms and homes and
stock. If out of debt, they want hot
ter breeds of domestic animals, lor thoy
are moro profitable. Tboy need tho
money to educate their sons and daugh
ters. Our advice is to sell wbcat as
soon as it can bo got lo market.
COSSACK AXD BASIllBAZOUK.
A largo portion of tho fighting that
has taken placo in tho East up lo the
present timo has been between tbo
irregulars of both armies. The Cos-
sucks, though regular in tho sense that
they are formullv enlisted and formed
into battalions, are too unused to tho
restraints of discipline lo lonn compact
cavalry. They aro now pretty mucn
what they were in napoleon s time,
rough-riding, audacious foragers, scour
ing tho country, and relying on indi
vidual force thitnon disciplined momen
tum. They are thus admiraiilo to over
run a district, lo forego, or to mako
daring rcconnoitsanccs ; 'but they can
never bo relied upon for the steady
hammering of an obstinalo battle. Tho
CossackB did well in crossing the Bal
kans, but they did not stand well in the
Unlit. They appear to havo allowed
themselves to ho beaten by an inferior
forco ol Turks, and driven back Into
the passes of tho Balkans. The Cir
cassians anil til 01V urns, wuo co-operate
witli tho Turks, aro troops of protly
much tho same character. They bavo
caused tbo failure ef tbo Russian cam
paign in Armenia by harrassing its
rear. Tho Bashi-Biisouks aro butter.
They, ore better disciplined, and accus
tomed to obey their olllcers j but thoy
are of revolting cruelly and brutality.
This fact ttlono prevent their highest
elflcicncy as soldiors. Tho forbearance
ot civilised soldiers toward thoso who
are al thoir mercy is ono of their sources
of strength. Kindness to a conquered
foe is ollen tlic soundest military policy.
Tho Bashi-uasotika as a class aralaiai
lata, fanatical in their religion, and bo-
lievo that death in battle transports
them to tbe sensual paradise that is so
Bwcct to tbo Oriental imagination. No
inference ol cowardice or fear ia to be
drawn from the fact that the Turks
have not ) ct faced tho Russian in bat
tle. All tho fulling back that they
have dono thus fur has been dono in
obedience to orders. When the battle
comes it will bo stubbornly disputed.
WHAT WILL HE DO WITIt IT1
Ho is home again llio college grad
uate, the horo of his littlo circlo, tho
tyrant of his home realm. His frionds
pay him homage, his sistora are proud
to be ordered around by him, and bis
little brothors take it as a mark ot af
fectionate condescension when ho culls
them about tho ears. For evorybody
knows he doesn't mean any harm, only
he has boon roughing it al college
running, jumping, rowing, swinging
tho clubs and toying with heavy
weights and ho can't u expected lo
lay it all aside in a day. No wondor
that his intimates feel their own im-
fiorlonce inoreasod when a college man
ords it over them, for he ia likely to
bavo a good deal of tho man about him,
likely to be a "noble fellow," and his
onslaughts on tbe youngsters, and his
sly prods at tho old folks are accepted
as just so many patents of nobility be
stowed by one who has s right t
award them as he pluasos. This lasts
while the novelty lasts. By and by
tho home folks begin to think of somo
return, some practical result of all this
oollcgo expenditure, which has proba
bly boon tho occasion of much close
family financiering. The graduate has
got his diploma and perhaps bis degree
what will he do with it f Ho has
bad exceptional advantages ; he ought
to be an exceptionally usolul man. But
will be be ? That depends dononds
upon bis college training, depends up
on himscll, depends upon hie advisors.
He is likely to think it depends upon
luck. Ho feels himself ovory inch a
man, physically and mentally. If he
has ranked high among the college
athlotos, pulled a strong oar, run with
tho swiftest and vaulted with the high
est; if be has stood well in this class,
won honorable mention in that, and a
medal in another, he will feel himself
all tho moro a man. If he rate these
things at their real value, as only evi
dences of what pluck aud determina
tion may accomplish in tho great world,
bo is all the butler prepared for tho
rough and tumblo scramble which
awaits him. If bo looks upon'his col
lege victories nBthcsuro forerunners of;
an ensy victory over tno worm, ne
starts in the race heavily handicap-
pod with an over stock ot oonhdonce
and conooit,which will soriously impodo
his progress. Before ho will amount
to anything ho must havo thoso false
notions jolted out ol bim by many lans.
He will find hedges and ditches wbicb
he can't clear on collogo record. He
will bavo to get down oil his high horso
and build bridges. Ho will find bills
which he cannot soar over. He must
climb wearily ovor thorn or cut them
down. He must work. Tho world
will not remember that ho has a diplo
ma or a derrroo in his pocket. The
common herd will jostle uim on every
sido. and crowd him out, too, unless
he nrove bis fitness to survive, li
riuhllv used, hia colletro education will
be a treat benefit to bim. It ia odds
in his favor if ho take advanlago of it
But be must not expect the world to
como and pour Its honors ana emolu
ments into bis lan. We don't live in
that kind of a world. This is a work
ing, plodding world, where the stout
est heart and the strongest arm and
the busiest brain win what ia worth
having. There is plenty of room for
educated mon in this country, and no
man need despair of fair sticooss if be
is willing to work for it Tbe crop of
graduates is large this year and ought
lo add lurgciy to our resources oi Drains
ana Bkiiianamannooa. Baltimore uo
lette. BY RAILWAY UP MT. WASH-
ix g Toy.
This railway might bavo suggested
Jules Verne's " Journey to the Moon,"
and is such a miracle of cnginoering
that it will be a pity if any visitor to
tho mountains misses a rido ovor it.
The work of construction was begun
in 18G6, and was completed throo yoars
later. Tbe routo follows the Amnio
noosuo Valley, and from tho Fabyan
House to tho end of tho friction rail is
six and two-third mile. For two and
a hall miles the grade is two hundred
and ninely feet to the mile, or one foot
of perpendicular height to eighteen
luci oi horizontal uisianco. uesiues
tho usual rails, there is a central rail
of poculiar construction to rcccivo tho
motive power, consisting oi two oars
of iron, with connecting cross-pieces
lacod four inches apart, A central
cog wheel on tho locomotive plays into
mis ran, anu Bccnros a eure mm ntuuuy
mode of ascent and descent
Tho locomotive as it first comes ont
of the engine-house, has tho appearance
of bcina ready to fall ovor. Tho driv
ing-wheel is geared Into a smaller
wheel which connocts directly with tho
crunk, and lour revolutions ot tho hit
ter ore required to mako one ot the
driving-wheel. The locomotive is not
connected with tho car, but simply
pushes it up in tbe ascent, and allows
ll to loiiow gently iu tu uuoeent. -n
wrought-iron dog constantly plays Into
notches on tho driving-wheel, so that
should any part of tho machinory givo
way, tbo train may bo immeuia'.cr
stopped. The car is also supplied wit
friction and atmosphcrio brakes. Tho
scats are placed at angles that brings
them almost on a level in tno ascent,
and all of them face down tbe mount
ain. Tho timo occupied on tbo
journey np is about an hour and a half,
thoonirincs having tosiopsovorai times
on the way to tuko in water. Tho
faro is 13 down, or I up ana aown on
the Bomo train. W. II. Keidino, in
Harper 'I Magazine for Awjust.
Heart and Soul Love. Benbury
Flovd. of Cbowan county, North Car
olina, aired about sixty years, was oon-
victcd of a trivial larceny In 1873 and
sentenced to four years' imprisonment
Ho had been a lood soldier and lost a
leg in tho Confederate service, and was
i i : -1.1 A k.u,n .
BU1U l'y UIB iiciiiouio ew iim.w vw.t
kind hearted and obliging man. 11
had no wifo. chick or child in the world
oxcept a little blind daughter about
1 , : -i. Ll: I
nllccn years oiu, wnowaa in ureoiinu
asylum. Last week Superintendent
Gudircr came lo Governor Vance and
told bim the condition of this littlo
iriil. and that haviim been In tbo asy
him tho full term which the law per
mitted, she would have to bo discharc
cd, and he did not know what to do
with her, as she had no home or friend
to go to, except this roor leion miner,
1 ho irovornor pronineeu at um-w t,
pardon him. The pardon was issued
and Mr. Gudger, placing ft in the hands
of the little itirl, went with her to the
penitentiary lo liberate her father,
Tho scene between fathor and daugh
tor was me tins in the extreme. Mi
could not seo tho felon a stripes and
tho haggard prison look, and he, poor
man. could look with pride and fond
ness upon the lair and sightless face of
bis child ; something poor ana inno
cent Hill loved bim. 1 brewing them
selves Into each other s arms they wej
uncontrolably. Alter a little, hand I
hand, they went way. Raleigh (
jvrrrr.
TEEMS is. per annan In Advance.
NEW SERIES-Y0L .18- NO. 33.
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF
GREA T LAWYERS.
Correcting somo misstatomonts con
tained in a London lottor to a Cincin
nati paper, tbe Now Orleans Democrat
says :
"Mr. Judah H. Benjamin was not
born in San Domingo, but in ono of tho
British West Indies, a fact which gave
him tho position which enabled him to
obtain admission to the bar of Eng
land. Ho was an infant when his par
ent emigrated to Charleston, 8. C,
and bis name appears in the naturali
sation papers of his father. It is true
in goneral that Mr. Benjamin's income
from bis professional labors was largo,
but not largor than his eminent tal
ents, wonderful industry, power of
work, and versallity and solidity of
talents merited. But it is not truo
that in the Almaden quicksilver mine
his fee amounted to (500,000. On
tbe contrary, we believe that Mr. Ben
jamin s share ot the compensation al
lowed with several distinguished at
torneys in that case was smaller than
that of several others, and did not ex
ceed f '20,000. The largest fee dorived
from the case was that nf the late ll
J. Walkor, which amounted to 1240,
000. Tbe late Louis Janie, also of our
bar, roonived some (58,000 in the same
case. Large fees were also paid to
the lato Edwin M. Stanton, we think ;
also to Jeremiah S. Black and Ed
mund Randolph, formerly of our bar.
Tbe case was ono of immense import
ance, and involved many millions ot
value, and the services of these emi
nent jurists wore not ovorpaid. It is
an interesting and sorrowful fact that
the lato R. J. Walker, with all his
groat ability as a jurist and a financier,
lost overy dollar of this largo fee by
investing the wholo amount in Sir
Morton Pcto's grand railroad swindle
and left his family in poverty. Mr.
Bemamin was alike unlortunnlo or im
provident in his investment of bis large
professional revenues. Sugar planting
swopl off about (560,000, Tehuantepec
a lariro amount, and guano speculation
In South America the remainder ol his
bard earnings, finally the downfall
of tbo Conledoracy drove him a fugi
tive Irom our country. Jn an open
boat, rowed by a negro, he passed
from Florida to Nassau, wbero he
landed with but a single dollar in bis
pocket Tbo war had Uostroycd overy
vestige of his proporty."
GLAZED FLOWER POTS FOR
HOUSE-PLANTS.
A writer in a contemporary maga-
sine, says that she has grown bouso
plants tor twenty yoars in glased pots,
and found them to thrive belter than
plants do in the porous, unclosed pots,
No doubt she is correct, if the atmos
phere in which the plants are placed
' j -i ,i , i :
is as ary as mat usuuuy iouiiu iu sit
ting rooms. The glazed surface will
prevent the dry air Irom penetrating
to tbe soil, much boiler man wouiu tne
usual porous pot that we florists, who
grow our plants in the green-houses,
find indispensable. There we have an
atmosphere charged with moisture,
which would soon bo destructive to
the plants, if grown in glazod pots, or
such as were not porous. For the
same reason, wooden boxes, or wooden
flower pot, are bettor suited for plants
Srown in tho dry atmosphere of an or
inary dwelling, than the pot usually
used by florist. Of course, in any
caso, caro must bo used never to water a
plant until it it dry, and then water
freely. Tho " Adjustable Plant-Box,"
described in the May number of tbe
American Agriculturist, would seem to
bo just tho thing required lor nearly
all kinds of plants of medium size. Tho
wooden sides will resist the dry air ot
sitline room, just as effectually as tho
dazed, or painted, pottery ware will,
and at the same time tho means of
rainage from ovcr-w,atoring will be far
bettor. Wo find (in correspondence
with our customers) ono great hin
drance to growing flowers in rooms,
particularly in the South and south
western States, is the difficulty in pro
curing suitable vessels to plant them in.
This new flower-box, if it can bo sold
at a reasonable price, will bo certain to
have a largo sale, for its lightness, com
pared with the clay pots of tho same
capacity, will enable it to be shipped
at one-fourth the cost, and also with
pcfect safety from the brookago, which
is anotborsorionsdetrimont in tho trans
portation of tho oarthen-wnre flower
pot Peter Henderson, in Amm'tYM
Agriculturitt Jor Avgusi.
MORTGAGED PROPERTY.
Whilo working men havo been suf
fering on account of scarcity ot work
and lowncss of wages, property-hold-
ors (those who have kept Irom under
tho Shcritf s hammer) havo been grad
ually drawn into tbo cruel grasp of
"tho Mortgage," a largo portion of tho
property of the town and county bo
ing wcighod down with mortgages,
and. liko mon under, each owner feels
in danger, and no ono knows but that
it will be Iiib turn next l nut a great
number of mortgages has boon entered
up in tho past year is well known, but
it is not so generally known iwnai wo
have been assured by ono who knows)
that tho number of mortgagee mado in
this county flinco 1870 is probably as
great as tbe wholo number entered in
tho county from its organization up to
18701 This is a startling statement
of how things how things have been
going backward, and what is true of
this section is truo of most others the
same general condition exist through
out the land. It is not time lor a
change? During this poriod ol six
years wo havo boon liko men in a
whirlpool, r-ach turn around mo cir
cling years brought ns nearer to llio
centre that was to swallow us np.
Home bavo been swallowed; many
have been swallowed. Others may
bo: oihors will bo if this downward
courso is not arrested. A ciiango oi
administration Is tho first all-important
step towards arresting It It cannot
be mado worse: it must be mado bet
tor. This, then, is tho condition that
we find oursolvo in low wages, lit
tle WORK. AND MORTIIAHED PROPERTY
as the result ol Kadicai rule lor
many years. Do you like the picture ?
Is it not time to alter its feature and
strike for aomething bolter? "Yes I
yosl" every man wdl cry. Then do
your duty as men, and try a change.
Turn out tho men in power, for they
are responsible lor it Rise above the
prejudices of party and say firmly that
Tor one, you will no longer assist in
keeping yourself ground down to such
a desperato condition, but that you
will do your part towards bettering
thins and will hare a change at all
hazards! It cannot be worse j It swMf
be better.
A great drinker being at the table,
they onoroa mm grape a uonsori.
"Thank von," said he, pushing back
the plato, "1 don't Uke my wine in
' a.-."
A PACIFIC STEAMER SUNK.
SURVIVORS DBOWM TBIMMLVH TO MO
THEIR MISERY ONEi BURDIID
tlVE LOOT.
Panama, August 2. From Chili we
have newi of the low of tbo teanier
Eton. Our correspondent write from
Lima, J uly 20 : We have advice of tbe
total Iom of tlio Paoitlo Statin Navigav
tion Company'! steamer Eton, Captain
Coathune. on the muniine of the IStb
J.llBX P'nt known Ij0 Vile
ruiso. ACTTTTr.iU ,
grams received there must have bean
considerable loss ol Hie, as fourteen
dead bodies had boon recovered. For
ty.lhreo of the crow and passenger
had reached the shore in safotr, and
twenty wore still on the rocks, all ef
forts were being made to rescue them.
The English war stoamor Amethyst
and tha Chilian gunboat Chacabuco
proceeded Immodiulely to tbe assis
tance of tho unfortunates. The cause
ot tho disaster has not been reported."
Tho Eton, 1,853 tons register, -wa
built by Laird on the Clyde in 1871, at
a cost of 447,750. She was an iron
screw propeller.
Tho following tolegram Irom Sorona,
Chili, July 18 ,was roceived at the Cal.
lao ollico ol tno company juiy i:
"Tbo Amothvst arrived from the icon
of tho wreck at 3 P. M., to-day, nnabla
to rescuo the survivor from the rocks,
owing to bad weather. The Chacabu
co was also unable to rendor them any
assistance, it being nnsafo to attempt
a rescuo with small boats. Tbe Cha
cabuco is on hor way to Valparaiso.
Survivors on rocks owing to exposure
and want of food throw tbemselvo In
to the sea to end tbeir misery-.
A letter dated on board the steam
ship Lima, at Calloo, July 21, says :
"Out of tbo crow (sixty -seven, all told)
and passongers, there are probably ix-
ty-throo saved. 1 here could not nave
been less than from ninety to one hun
dred passengers, as she was the inter
mediate boat. Tbo loss of life then
may be estimated at about one hundred
persons."
INDIAN STUDIES.
LO! THE POOR INDIAN IN HIS DEGENER
ATE DAY.
Salmon having commenced running
up the Sacramento in great numbers,
the Indians of the foothills are making
frequent vists to the city to lay in asup
ply. They travel free, notwithstand
ing tbo action of the last Legislature
prohibiting deaduoaaisra on railroads,
always occupying tho platforms ot the
mail and express cars, and usually fill
ing tho said platforms to tbeir utmost
capacity when thoy are returning
home, as each individual HO, no matter
how thin ho may bo when be come
bore, gorgos himsolf during his stay
until ho can bold no more. These
children of nature would form an in
teresting study for ladies and gentle
men who doto on "Hiawatha" and are
charmed with tho ''Least of the Mo
hicans." Thoro is so much food for
reflection upon whaf'migh have been,"
mixed distressingly, however, with
doubts as to tho question, "Were they
over different ?" Imagine Mis Min
nehaha, or a poBsiblo Mr. Hiawatha,
in tlio person of ono of those dusky fe
moles, as sho stretches her anything
but supple or graceful form, clad in a
filthy.combinalion ot rags, upon the
ground by tlio camp-fire on the river
bank, and wilh a dextrous movement
of one of her horribly dirty feet turn
over a pieco of salmon that it may re
ceive a little moro smoke I It is cus
tomary wilh these squaws whon thoir
bucks dio to smear tbeir faces with tar,
and not to again entertain thoughts of
matrimony until the tar ha worn off.
Judging from tho unusual number of
lemnles thus arrayed in mourning wno
have visited the city thia spring, the
last winter must have witnessed the
transformation into "good Indians" of
very many of the children ot forest
Even this, howovor, serves to illustrate
the power of fashion, as it is evident
that the widows, one and all, have
taken pains to arrange their ymbol
of grief in such a manner as to present
tho appourance of tbe sprouting of a .
thick crop ol whiskers a ta mutton
chop. &icramrnto Union.
Try to concoiva the infinite forces at
work ovory moment in the million ot
worlds around us try to conceive
oven thoso pulsing through every atom
of our own earth, and along every
nerve of all its countless living tnbe-
as only tbe mechanical evolution oi a
sell-moving machine, restlessly toiling
from eternity to eternity, night ana
day. You will tool yon cannot The
roaring loom of Time works ceaseless
ly, but who can dream oi it, wunout
the Hand that throws the shuttle, and
weaves tho tissuo of each day f From
tho sun to the atom, from the dead
stone to tbo boating heart, and tha
thinking brain, force circulato aleep-
lcssly through all things lorover ; are
all, ahko, an Ezektel's vision of moving
wheels, "so high that they were dread
ful," without "tho Spirit" to sot in
motion and to guide? No; "law" is
no more easily understood than tha
old doctrino ol God. Creation is not a
groat timepieco, sot agoing in tho be
ginning to beat on of itaolf forever;
call It so if you liko; the weight that
movo it aro tho counsels oi the Eter
nal I 1 1 is no automaton of cranks and
pulleys ; no winking Madonna, nor
great blind Sampson, ol springs and
wheels, grinding mnrvoloualy in his
great prison-house of space. Think
for a moment what the universe is,
and conceive, if you can, of nature be
ing, its own god I
Spurgcon says: I have heard of
some wells which aro drained dry by
drought, or bocouso some deeper well
has taken away the supplies. The
well which strikes tbe main fountain
can nevor bo dried up undor the se
verest drought I am not afraid that
anybody will reach a doopor life than
tho true Christian has found, for hi
life ia hid wilh Christ in God. All hi
fresh springs are in God ; be ba struck
into tlio eternal fountaina of tbe divine
lifo in Christ Josus. None can go
deeper; nono can deprive him, there
fore, ot tho hidden sustenance of the
boiiI You who live upon excitement
will find but doceitlul brooks; yott
whose religion depends npon tho elo
cution of tho prcachor, you whose piety
deponds on Bacramonu, you wooso
godliness rests in your own doing,
you may vory well become like the
dry and stony beds ol occasional tor
rents ; but those who dopend npon th
work ol Christ wnich he naa nmsnea,
and npon the indwelling power of the
Holy G host, w ho shall abide with them
forever, shall ronow their strength like
tho eagle' ; they shall run and not be
weary ; they shall walk ana not taint.
A Beautiful Alleoort. Mr. Crit
tenden, of Kontucky, waa once engag
ed in defending a man wbo had been
indicted lor a capital ortenco. Alter a
powerful and elaborate argument, he
closod his effort wilh the following
beautiful allegory:
W hen God in his eternal eoancil eot
ceived tho thought of man'i creation,
bo called to him the three minister,
who wait constantly npon the throne
Justice, Truth, and Mercy and than
addressed thorn: "Shall we make man V
Then said Justice, "Oh (rod, make bins
not, for he will trample npon thy lawa."
Truth mado anewor also, "Oh Ood,
make bim not, for he will pollute thy
sanctuaries." But Mercy dropped oa
her knees, and, looking np through her
tears, exclaimed, "Oh God, make him.
I will watch ovor bim through all the
dark paths which he may have to
tread.'' Then God made man, and
said to him, "Ob man, tbo. art the
child of Morcy ; go and deal with thy
brother."