pttckpfif WEDNEBDA Y, AUGUST,’■if/jflflfc TLG'DrlntiuK presses snail be ft’s© oertoh'who umleruikeii to examine tto*W{- «?tho legislatures or any branon of . Aid no law Bhull ©Ver bs made governlncnt. anu d thoroo f free oommU MKfthouffit nodWlnloMm one of the ‘feu tiuhuJ of men! end every ottUen lnvaluablo right* o> ' „ rlnt on any eub tnay wii'T«m.n*lble lor the abu*e of tbut feet! being IJ2!£Soatlono for tho publication of Ilborty. In proM-°“i l "j ulo)li |cenduot otol^, paper* “io capacities, or whore tho cor*, or men lu puouo “u f public Informa- b P o „lvon in ovl donee.” you GUVKItNOK: Hon. lIIEBTBK CLVMKKi of Berks Co. Mcctlnt of tUc Democratic County Com- Tbo Democratic County Committee will moot in this city , ut the Democratic Club Rooms, on Suturduy the-1111 day oi August, ut.ll.o’clock A. M. A. J. Steinman, Chairman, B. J. McGnANN, Secretary. Lancaster July 24, 1860. CAJIFAICN ISTELLIdfiiCEB. I-ItIC'E ONI.* THIRTY CENTS !! In order to aid in the circulation of political truth, we will furnish the WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER unt i after the election for Thirty Cents Let every one of our readers see to it that his neighbor subscribes for a copy. There never was greater need for the circulation of sound political reading. The Intelligencer is just what you and your neighbors need. Send fora Rememuek it is only 30 Cents. ! The money can be remitted by mail to • Cooper, Sanderson & Co., Lancaster, Pa. The Adjournment of Congress. Tho Thirty-ninth Congress closed Its first session on lust Buturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and tho members have gone home to answer to.- the people for their many misdeeds. Never before was so corrupt a crew of men assembled In tlie form of a legislative body. Hun dreds of millions of money huve been si|Uandered in the most infamous Jobs. Tlie people already groaning beneath oppressive taxation, have had new and heavier burthens laid upon them. During tlie whole session tlie avowed object of tlie 1 tad leal majority was to keep tlie country disunited, until, by forcing upon tlie States tliu odious condition of negro siill'rnge, they could ensure them selves perpetuity of power. To tills end they have so far Inhered successful ly. At tho hour of adjournment nothing Imd been done to restore perinanenl peace ami prosperity to the nation. We shall have occasion to refer fre- quently to the ninny misdeeds of this most corrupt and fanatical Congress. The following is a summary of tin work done during the last hours of tin hcshloii, now happily terminated. The Appropriation bills were al paused, and Congress took very good care to secure the provision Increasing their salaries to i? 5,000, which Is now a purl of the law. The provision granting additional bounties to the soldiers is a part of the same act, and appropriates nhoul. 82Dl>,niH),lino. Of the numerous TarJll'acts before Congress, all failed blit one—t he hill which establishes a liureau of Statistics, places n duty of three dol lars a pound on imported cigars, and regulates the valuation of imported goods by adding to the present value various costs and charges. The Fund ing bill failed, not having been reached in the House. The Mexican Loan pro ject also failed, neither House having matured it. The new Neutrality act, which was ushered into the House by such an elaborate report on Wednesday from General Banks, and passed unani mously, also failed to become a law, not having been considered by the Beuate. Resolution demanding the trial of Jef ferson Davis for treason, and a further Investigation of thecharges against him of complicity in tlie assassination plot were passed, and the appropriation for the reward of the captors of the assas sins was also passed. Tho rewards for Davis’ captors, however, were stricken out. 'i'liu bill to mlmit Nebrusku Into tilo Union wus passed, liut the President neglected to sign it. Thu Air-lino ltnll roiul hill fiiilud to become a law, not having been readied in the Beuute ; the name l'n,te attended the latest Pnciiic Railroad bill.* The Army bill, after con- siderable dillleully between the Houses, was passed and became a law. The President vetoed one of the bills passed, that establishing in Montana Territory a surveying district, because lie found the ntire Montana laud grant bill, which, he had previously vetoed, attached toit The Atlantic Telegraph. Human genius and Human energy have at last triumphed over the seem ingly insurmountable obstacles of na ture, and the Atlantic telegraph is now a fixed fact. Old ocean no longer op poses any barrier to tho freo interchange of thought, and men three thousand miles apart speak to each other through the roar of the rude Atlantic's waves, as if they stood face to face. Far down, many fathoms below the troubled sur face, in the soft ooze of its ocean bed, " When: tlilf* tiio ration m!xvo sleeps, Anil iliu wind breathes mil. while the wave Wnllts milUj- as above a Brave;" lies the wire that unites the old world to the new, throbbing with its intelli gences to the lightest touch of the elec- tric current. Tims all landsare brouglil Into direct communication with each other, and time and sjmee, the great ob stacles to human intercourse, are annihi lated. The practical advantages to bo de rived from tills great achievement of science cannot be too highly estimated. We will reap a rich harvest of fruit from it. It will aid us vastly in acquiring that commercial supremacy which might have been ours already but for the late civil war. It will eventually give us command of the rich markets of Asia, and quicken our trade in a thousand ways, while it enables us to conduct it with greater security against losses. But we cannot follow up this line of thought, which will suggest itself to every Intelligent reader. Peace in Europe! That is the first glad message which the new laid cable brings to us from the Old World. It is a happy omen. Let us hope that it may be prophetic, and that the time may not be far distant when there shall be good will among all men, and peace last, jng and permanent peace, among all nations. Swindles not to be Exposed, We clip the following item of Wash ington news from a leading Republican newspaper; It is said committee appointed to investigate the Memphis swindle will not report until the next session of Congress. Their investigations so l'ur have disclosed a Vast amount of official corruption in high places; but as the record cunnot be com pleted before adjournment, it has been deemed best to postpone the report in order that all the facts can be obtained. Of course the Committee 'will not re port—neither to this Congress nor to any future one, unless they can white wash the loyal thieves engaged in plun dering the public treasury. What re port has there been of the unnumbered enormous thefts and swindles which perpetrated since the warbe 'gan? WtfO/dM I remember a single one -of any Importance.? The truth Is the Radical Congressmen dare not pfeach , upon their fellow thieves. The Truthfulness and the Decency of the Express. On Saturday next, in the Court Hoiise of the county, tko Soldiers ol Lancaster met in Convention to elect: delegates (to a State Muss Convention of ljto jufendSMtiof tbeN commonwealth; to{W hefty At PlttAburg. Thoro are no offices,fp boNhatUmo meffipy to bo mudo—ln thlieafeßombly. iffihey gamer together as soldiers hjfwuys haVMna ulwlrys Will, to tho ond of .agio, to sttad,by ffinil cheer un old oomrkab:, This njnltnvy'gafh- - erlnglius one ond and Onoond only, vizi to rutlly hi the namo of the fighting men of Pennsylvania, the nomination of Mojor General Geary, and to take organized measures to bring out tho soldiers’ voto In Ulh favor,— Express oj May IGfA. Tlio IniclligcnzarAH howling because tho use of tho Court 'House was rofused to the managers of the OJymor “ Unconditional Surrender” Soldiers’Convention. Tbe ac tion of tho Commissioners' was perfectly right. Tbe Court Houho should not boused for party purposes. The Soldiers who mot to send delegates to the Pittsburg conven tion, were cheerfully given the Court House, because that convention was not a ,t>arty one. The call was In nb way’Timltea. It was for all soldiers honorably discharged. Not.even the name of a party tor politician: wus found in if and no restrictions:-Were imposed on its : membership.— Express of July 28 th. Tho above extracts from the editorial columns of the Express . furnish abun dant evidence of the truthfulness and the decency of that paper. It is licensed’ to lie, but what right hay it to insult every Democratic soldier, and to out rage the feelings of the many thousands of brave men who refuse to support the vain and weak tool of such men as Thad. Stevens, John W. Forney and, Simon Cameron. The County Convention which met to send delegates to Pittsburg not a party one forsooth! The editor of the Express should remember the old saying that “great liars ought to have good memories.” The tlmebe tween the 15th of May and the 28th of July was not long enough for its readers to forget what It said of the convention held in the Court House. During the war the Express denounced every man who chose to differ with it politically as a “traitor and a copper head.” One would have supposed that the men who bore the brunt of battle while its editors (those at least who are publicly recognized assuch) were quiet ly skulking at a safe distance from all danger, would, after their return home, have been treated with atleastordinary courtesy. Not so, however. For daring to form and hold political opinions of their own ; for desiring a restoration of the Union they fought so gallantly to restore; for sustaining the wise and statesmanlike policy of President John son; for refusing to support John W. Geary when he boldly takes his stand ou the plulform of negro suffrage and negro equality, they are to ho stigma tized as “ Unconditional Surrender Sol diers." The man who penned tlmtphrnso could only lacks physical courage to make him a eut-throat. He has liota particle ordeeetiey, honor or manhood In his whole composition. He was horn more than a century too lute to have been born In America. He ought to have been übltte-uosed Yuukco lit tho days when Lite ancestors of tho Radical leaders burnt Quakers and witches. H , deserves to be kicked out of the so ciety of melt, to be booted at by boys, and to be set-up as a lit object for the S*hlow, iimnovliig linger of scorn to be forever pointed nt." Who Is lie? Is It one of tho recognized editors of the Ex press or some hired scribbler? It is high time there wns an end of that sort of thing, Tho Express has no right tluiH publicly to insult thousands of men who are infinitely superior to any individual connected with, its management. There are limits to po litical license which should not be over stepped. We hope to see no more of that kind of Infumous stuff in its columns. There lias been too much of it already. The Soldiers’ lulon Convention. The Soldiers’ Union Convention, which will be held in Harrisburg on next Wednesday, August Ist, promises to be one of the largest representative gatherings ever assembled In Pennsyl vania. Our Democratic exchanges come to us with notices of largo and enthusi astic meetings of soldiers convened for the purpose of electiug delegates. The Hoys In Blue understand the Issues in volved in tho present all-important po litical cnnhpnlgn. They went out to fight for the Union, and they are re solved that its restoration shall not be delayed In order that the Radicals may be.ennbled to force upon the country tbeirodious conditions of negro-suiliage and negi'o-eqtrality. The bulk of the volunteers from Pennsylvania were Democrats when they went into the war and they are Democrats still. They know that gal lunt old party, and they are proud of its history, proud of its record and proud to bo members of it as their fathers were before them. The thousands who were induced to vote against its nominees by the infamous misrepresentations which were made in the camps, where Demo cratic newspapers were denied any cir culation, are returning to the ancient fold. In vain will radical newspapers and orators appeal to these men in be half of the vain and weak tool of For ney, .Stevens and Cameron. They will not blindly vote for Geary, simply be cause he sports a star on his shoulder. They will sternly hold him to his poli tical record. Finding that he openly boasts that ho upproves of all tho in famous acts of the Dlsunlonlsts In Con gress they will spurn him from them with Just loathing and righteous indig nation. The soldiers will vote for the Union and the Constitution. To restore the oue and to preserve the other from -tho assaults of Southern rebels, they risked their lives and all they held dear on earth, and they will not permit the Union to be kept dls-unlted and the Constitution destroyed by asetof North ern traitors under the lead of Stevens, Sumner and Forney. Seeing and feel ing this, the better informed friends of Geary despair of his election; and well they may. A specimen lie. Mr. Palnior, wbo wus chief marshal at Mechaaicshurg, and received Clymer, Haldeaam and Miller, wore a pair of black velvet gauntlets, inscribed with a cross and other_S'.icrilcr/ioiis signs used by the order of the Knights of the Golden Circle. These facts speak volumes and need no comment. — Harrisburg Telegraph. The above is a fair specimen of the silly lies which are daily being circu lated by the Radical Disunion press of the State. That Is the kind of ammu nition to which they are already re duced In the present political campaign. Fearing to discuss the vital issues ofthe day, not daring to take their stand upon the real platform of their party, know ing that the people of Pennsylvania will repudiate them unless they can succeed in deceiving the honest masses, they are reduced to a pitiable strait. The most infamous and improbable lies are daily concocted in the vain hope that the people will be such zanies as to believe them. The above 1b a sample. It is not hard to predict the fate of a party which depends upon such devices. It must be utterly overwhelmed. Bcsignatlon.of Sceretary Harlan, A special despatch to the Philadel phia Ledger says, Hon, James Harlan has tendered his resignation, of the Sec retaryship of the Interior, to fake effect on the' Ist of September. The Presi dent has accepted It, hpd nominated to the Serrate, for the vacancy then p.ecur rlng, ejt-Senafor 0. H,. Browning, of Illinois, The nomination will be icon firmed. Radical Lingo. The dreariest, silliest and most insane twaddle that any man can encounter, is the stuff which appears dally 1 and vyoekly*ln the edltorlaP'oolumna ortdie 'Bppubllcaii'i’feiiess of Penniylvaamd- Here land there somewell nffid apostate Uke Pqrney, or-some. honMt Rpijlcal ffie the Editor of the PitUßtirg dtyette Speakiout frankly attd fearlessly.' \ Forney boldly proclaims to the world that he is In favor of universal negro suffrage und complete negro equality. He telle hie readers and hearers, thaf the proposed to. the Co'nstitu-) tlon of. the. United,. fitaLett.areAlesigneU to force negro suffrage upon all the States, and avows iils belief that they will accomplish that,,result, )Oe de clares that the platform on which (John W. Geary Is running for Gover nor, means negro suffrage and negro equality. That is honest. Forney, learned to despise subterfuges and-pOlitlcal decep tion when he was ah Bonest man and a member of the Democratic party. Tbe training he received in its ranhß has not been altogether lost upon him. Base, mercenary and menial as he now is, he will not stoop at all times to the dirty little devices which distinguish the smaller fry of Republican news papers in this State. He seems to have become sufficiently degraded by asso ciating with his new-found comrades to publish any Infamous lie In order to damage a political opponent, but he cannot stultify himself by pretendiDg , not to understand the real Issues of th’e day. Forney might act as silly a part as many of his radical eotemporaries but for the fact that he does not choose so completely to insult the intelligence of his readers. He is perfectly well aware that any man who can read must know that the real object and the present design of the Radicals who control the Republician party in this State and elsewhere, is to force the con ditions of negro suffrage and negro equality upon the whole country.— Knowing this he sayH so, and declares himself In favor of It. By so doing, he makes hispaperandhisspeeehes strong, and- becomes a representative man of his party. • What a contrast there is between For ’ ney’s bold utterances and the miserable i halting efforts of those timid and time serving newspapers which skulk timidly In his rear. They dare not speak out the real sentiments of their party, dare not toll their readers what aro the fixed designs of the Republican leaders, ami , uro compelled to deal In sueh weuk und , silly twaddle us must nueossurlly disgust every Intelligent person. They talk I about "human freedom,” and prato , about “equal rights," without telling i their rouders that they mean negro suf i frago and negro equality all tho while, i They cover Bumbo up us carefully as possible, while dilllgently laboring to i make him the cap stone of the polltl i cal and social structure. All this is euro taken and labor expended In vain. The people of Pennsylvania tire not fools.— . They have almost universally been taught to read. They take the newa i papers, and thus are capable ofdruwlng , their own conclusions from the dally ; record of passing events. They can fathom tho silly twaddle of the Repub lican newspaper press, They see and ’ know thnt It means negro suffrago and negro equality, without whloh the Re publican party must speedily die and be burled bo deep that the trump of polit ical resureotion can never reach It. As a specimen of the peculiar style of the Republican newspaper press of Pennsylvania, take the following choice morsel from the Express.- We enter the list ns the pnrty of practical freedom. No matter how others may talk, we are the party of freedom, and our acts show it, and the people feel it. We carry with us in that fact the prestige of success. We are tho living, moving party. We go forward as tho century does. Our enuso is the cause of humanity, and we must con quer from tho very laws of history. Our banner of freedom is tho bill of civil rights, the new Magna Charta, and in this sign shall wo conquer. That means that the Express Is in favor of negro suffrage and negro equal ity and expects to see it prevail through tho agency of the Republican party; but what an immense number of roundabout words it takes to express the Idea In Radical lingo. Ithaswhole columns of that kind of stuff In it from day to day. We suppose its readers know what It means. A Political Parson. A certain S. V. Sterner, a reverend (!) gentleman residing at Annville, Leb anon county, Pa., has been making a preaching tour recently through Fred erick and Washington counties, Md., and has published his experience in the Church Advocate, of this city. Hear what this “loyal” preacher Bays in reference to political matters in Mary land : “ The most tho people have to contend with is tho devil and disfranchised rebels. They are making a desperate struggle to regain the power undcontrolofthe political interests ol the State. It is presumed, how ever, it will be their death straggle, so they will be easily disposed of, when they will bo compelled to see that loyal men will rulo and govern our country. I trust we will look close to our future interests in our next selections for a President, and not lake a man that has any Southern mix, whether white or color, for the South has never beou true to tho nuLlonul interests. May the Lord help us to solect sober men, who üb sLalu from all that will intoxlcnlo. If we want men to do businoas right wo must have iron whose brains are free from strych nine, whiskey and poisoned brandy." We extract the above verbatim— bad grammar and all—Juat as It camo;from the pen of “ Brother" Sterner. If, In the first sentence quoted, he had added, after tho word devil, political preachers like himself, he would have hit the nail on the head exactly. Infidels and Infi delity, and even old Satan himself, could not desire a better assistant In their work of unohristianlzing the peo ple and making church-going odious to the masses. Played Out. The Carlisle Volunteer snye, the dodge which was attempted to be playedupon the people by styling Geary “ The Sol diers’ candidate” is rapidly belngunder stood. The Pittsburg Republic, a lead ing Republican paper in Western Pennsylvania,saysof the Geary Soldiers’ Convention : “It cannot be disguised that the late Soldiers' Convention, recently held In this city, was a regular packed affair, concocted by the Radical leaders of that portion ofthe Republican party who call it patriotic to viilify, abuße and headoff the President. It IS one of the wise stratagies of Forney, Steyens, Williams it Co., to forestall—by the semblance of a solemn State Convention, composed principly of the bummers of Philadelphia and other placed—the senti ments oi the great mass or our soldiers, who in their peaceful avocations of life scarcely heard that such a Convention wastobeheld and cared less for its action,” ■ 1 This, be it remembered, is the language of a staunch and loyal, but an honest, Republican paper. Indeed the soldiers themselves have denounced, the proceed ings of that convention in nearly every county in the Stale. Thiß talk about Geary being the sold lei's 1 candidate Is “ about played out,” as the, ktoys say. ONE of the “ Bureau”, officiate, while traveling last week In the cars in Ala bama, noticed a lady wlthu negro girl in . attendance, and he remarked “ Madam, I see you have one of my children,” “Yes, sir,” replied the lady, “I perceive the resemblance!” A slight tittering was observed in that part .of the car, and the “ Bureau’.’ he left. l ! THE President jhas removed guperlp teodeht ‘ J)pfrees ,of th,e •iGpY.erntfiepi printing Office, npd appointed in’ his fcUuje.'iGen. Jameß B. fltgi?dman, o/ i ,tlje Freedmep's Bureau.:: £s6: jyw pubjjo printer for one Congress some 'yeajs ago. .County Officials Insulting Soldiers. The .Commissioners of this county Jjave (A most convenient rule. Wheh,( She Republican partjjS leaders want th% jjnse oftheGourt rfSnßtfbr. tjjto purpose! If hopinfeto fcqnvennon olr|a piffitlcaij Sneottojg lt at tlMr steVlce?:. •But w&en MtheW ru}«?pvhl(jiipre-- vents the use of tue public buildings for political purposes. Last winter some of the Radical Re publicans of this city invited a strolling , negro to deliver, a, .lecture on. politics. Tlie CourFHoube/was’ promptly given up for-that purpose by the County Com rajeptonere, nn d w&ep the evening of thu lecture, came; a ,well known negro about town took his seat in thc'chair of the President Judge and acted as chief director, . introducing the orator, &c. The white Black Republicans who had Invited the negfo to address them, sat hack and applauded his declaration that the negro was entitled to complete social and political equality as heartily as if it had been Thad. Stevens who was speaking. Twice during last winter did the Commissioners grant the use of the Court House to a strolling negro, for the purpose of hearing him advocate the putting of the black race on a political and social equality with tho whites of this country. A few weeks since the Court House was granted to certain parties for the purpose of holding a County Conven tion to send delegates to the so-called, Soldiers Convention at Pittsburg. That being a tag to the Radical kite, was, in the estimation of the Commissioners, a proper assemblage to be held in the hall of the Court House. But when, on day before yesterday, a gentleman who had served his country with honor and distinction on many a hard fought field during the war, asked for the use of the building for the pur pose tof holding a County Conveution to send delegates to the Soldiers Cons vention, which is to meet at Harrisburg on the Ist of August, he was coolly told by them that the Court House could not be used for political purposes. We do not know that any comment can present this glaring outrage in stronger colors. From the time when the very first call for soldiers was issued the gallant Democracy of Lancaster county furnished more than their pro- lortlonate share of men. The records of tho different townships In the county will show this to be the fact. When the draft was Impending a poor Demo crat was deemed plenty good enough to fill the quotu, and to hiivo the son of some rloh Republican, If these Demo cratic soldiers had all been killed we presume no Republican official would have objected to voting for u resolution praising them for tholrgulluntry. They did fight bravely wherever the flag was borne against tho foe, and many ofthom sealed their devotion to It with their blood. They were fighting, as they be lieved, for the Union and not for negro equality. Those of them who have re- turned are entitled to he treated with decency. To refuse them the use of the Court House, after granting It to their opponents, Is an indignity which will be resented nt the polls by ovory soldier of Democratic antecedents, and by many of their eomrudes who novel’ voted a Democratic ticket before. They will romombor that tho Commissioners of Lancaster county refused to allow a Soldiers’ Convention to he held In the Court House, after freely granting It to any strolling negro who might desire to lecture on the doctrine of negro equality. A Word to tbe Soldiers. To many of the infamouslies and mis representations uttered by the radical newspaper press, it is well that no reply should be made by the Democratic jour nals of the State. Many of the false hoods coined and circulated bear their own refutation on their very face, and we have other and better work to do than to fill our columns with contrac tions which our opponents would take good care should never reach the public through their culumns. It Is our duty to attack the Infamous party againßt which we are contending. It Is vulner able In a thousand points, and is ulready quailing and cowering before the sharp shafts of truth which are helug hurled against It. Not daring to meet the great Issues of the day, the supporters of Geary are re lying entirely upon appeals to the pas sions and prejudices of the soldiers. They are persistently misrepresenting the action of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania and of Hon. Hlester Cly mer, our gallant and patriotic standard bearer. To refute the many falsehoods with which such newspapers as the Ex press are daily filled would take up much of our space which we can use to infi nitely better advantage. A better plan has been proposed and adopted. A pamphlet will shortly be issued which will present a full and com plete report of the action of the Penn sylvania Legislature on all questions pertaining to the right and the privi leges of the gallant men who went forth to do battle for the Constitution and the Union. It will bo put Into the hands of every soldier who will read It. This, we are sure, most of them will do. That is all we shall ask at their hands. After reading It they will be satisfied that the action of the Democratic representa tives In the Legislature was always right, and that every vote cast and every speech made by Mr. Clymer was actu ated by a high regard for the rights and the best interests of the soldiers. As soon as the pamphlet Ib printed we shall keep on hand a large supply for free distribution, and will give notice of the fact, bo that every soldier who de sires to know the truth, and what brave man does not, may supply himself and his friends. Neither on this, nor on any other question, does the Democratic party shun open and candid Investiga tion. The soldiers will heartily approve every vote and speech of Mr. Clymer when they see the record honestly and fairly made up. That will be done in Buch a manner as to satisfy all except those who are wilfully and bigotedly blind. We believe a great proportion of the soldisrs are honest. To all such we say—read both sides. That is all the friends of Heister Clymer ask of you. What Does This Mean ? The Republicans of Reading have re solved to hold a Mass Meeting there to counteract, so far as it can be done, the effect of the great Democratic gathering on the 18th. But they are in serious trouble at the very start. The Daily Despatch says : We want our best men to take the lead, men who have had experience in such mat ters and those who are unquestionably sound oh the great questions at issue, and we are: glad to notice that the Central Geary League, an organization composed of true and tried Union men, has taken stepsin the right direction.' Men who paid their money and acted as silent managers to the late copperhead fizzle held In this cify, should riot be hllojved any “ put” in the affairs of the Union party. ' That is rathqr a doleful paragraph. Any.one pjust see at a glance that there Is decided: disaffection in the Republi can ranjks in Berks.” There te a Reeling I 'of Slstr.Ust pervading the ranks .of our political opponents everywhere; .they suspect each other; i all confidence In 'the l integrity of their associates is ; gime’ ahd tbie jirty leaders ; are in great tribulafljbn. ,JteatJlijgj so 'it is throughout the entire” State. ’ A Challenge. ytr'We have charged that the Express; did and! dare not attempt to argue any joJ'lhe vital questions of public polley 'n'ojjrlk Imperatively dimail&lnpfcpto b£ 'iwHud answered. We hfiSßeVlngblie s&faras from time to time m sugge«|to lfsubjects upon which It ndf lit employ jiwftfctfijgM of reasoning polder lt.hisVt IWtommbnd. To all such suggestions, It has never deigned a reply. Feeling bound, however, to attempt Borne show of defence, It gravely propose that If we publish one.onts long columns of mlsrepreuntatlons In regatti to'Slr. Cly mer, that It - will-'publish 1 In return-a short) local I notice 1 which we made of. a sophistical speech-delivered by one W. W. Nevln.who delights to dobhltaself. Captain. The Express wants too much odds. Our space is fully as valuable to us as the space of the Express can be to It. We must have column for column, and we must be allowed to select the matter which we ohose to have published. This exchange We are perfectly willing to make on the following terms. W 6( will publish every Saturday one column of matter prepared by the Express,, provi ded it will publish the same amount prepared by us. Will it agree to that ? If it agrees to accept that proposition, We will do this. We will prepare an article of similar length to that of the Express, showing the following facts: Ist. That the first vote of thanks to the soldiers which pussed the Legisla ture of Pennsylvania, was moved by a Democrat, in a Democratic Legislature, and passed by Democratic votes. 2d. That the very first resolutioh ask ing Congress to increase the pay of the private soldier, was introduced into the Legislature of Pennsylvania by a Demo crat ; and that the Republican majority would not vote for any proposition for instructing Congress to fix the pay of the private soldiers at a higher figure than the paltry sum of thirteen dollars a month. 3d. That the Republican party were the first to deny the legality of an elec tion held by soldiers in the field, and the first to carry a case.to the Supreme Court, when the old law allowing sol diers to vote in camp was decided to be unconstitutional; that the bill amend ing the Constitution of the State so as to ullow soldiers and sailors to vote, was originated in a Democratic Committee by Democrats, and carried through a Democratic Legislature by the votes of Democrats; and that Matter Clymer never dUI oppose it or vote against It. When the Express agrees to publish Hueh an article prepared by us, we will un the risk of lotting It make all the capital It cuu by having its tttlumn of misrepresentations published in the In telligencer, and wo will give it column for column each week until after the election. Will the Impress accept our challenge The Proposed Amendment to the Consti tution Admitted to Mean Negro Suf frage. Tlie Harrisburg Telegraph Is the cen tral organ of the Radical party in Penn sylvania. It ought, therefore, to bo presumed to understand what Is the meaning, the secret Intent and the ulti mate design of the proposed amend ments to tho Constitution of the United States, to secure the adoption of which is declared to bo the great work now before the Republican party. In Its issue of yesterday the following edi torial item appears: The whole of the rebel States are now prepared to ratify the impartial s affray c giving amendments, just as they were reudy m 18U5, to accept manhood negro-suffrage us the price of their pardon, but now, us then, William Honry Seward forbids, and uses the Executive to prevent a ro-union of those States with their loyal sisters, in order to make himself President in 1808, as the candidate of the siavemongors and seces sionists North and South. This is the whole story 1 “IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE-GIV ING AMENDMENTS!” That Is what the Telegraph calls them. That Is what they are, and nothing else. Amendments designed to force negro suffrage upon the people of the States. Who dare deny It after this bold and authoritative avowal of tho central organ of the Republican party of Pennsylva. nla. Let the people remember that they were voted for by nearly every Repub lican In Congress, and that they are universally adopted as tho fundamental basis of the party creed by the Repub lican leaders everywhere. Who will dare deny after this that negro suffrage is a living issue in the present campaign hi Pennsylvania? Every voto for a Republican Congress man, every vote for a Republican mem ber of the State Legislature, every vote for Geary is a direct vote for “ the im partial suffrage-giving amendments. Every Republican Congressman from this State voted for them; every Ra dical Republican elected to the Legis lature will vote to ratify them, aud for a United States Senator who will favor them; and Geary is fully eommittted to do all he can, If elected Governor, to force thorn through the Pennsylvania Legislature. The Issue is not only made up—lt Is boldly accepted by the radical leaders of the Republican party. They fear lessly avow that they are in favor of negro suffrage. They admit l 'that the proposed amendments to the Constitu tion are designed to force negro suffrage upon tlie country. Can any man doubt for a moment longer? Not unless he bo tlie verriest fool in existence. Ac cording to the Harrisburg Telegraph a vote for Geary is a voto for negro suf frage. Let no one forget this, as no one can deny it. The Last Agony. The Express is in an agony of terror. It Is literally frantic with alarm. It sees the downfall of radical rule rapidly and Inevitably approaohing. With the ad journment of Congress the power of the cabal of traitors will end. To-morrow has been fixed as the day for the disper sion of that body of loyal thieveß. Thad. Stevenß has been overruled In every des perate measure which he attempted to force through. His power is broken. The crack of his whip fails to make the crowd of curs cower as they once did. He has utterly failed to save the horde of office-holders from impending decapi tation. Congress will adjourn to-mor row. There is sadness inexpressible, and woe the most fearful, in thatannounce ment. The offices ! Oh ! The offices! The lazy horde of officials are quaking with fear. Their heads are in danger. To save these loyal parasites the Express appeals frantically to Congress. It urges the members to stand to their guns, “no matter what the heat or the sacrifice of breath They have already sacrificed •breath enough, God knows. Thecoun try is tired of their Insane jabbering. To-morrow, God Willing, will see them on their way home. They are wise in going. Too late! Too late, oh frantic editor of the Express! Congress can neither save the radical party by gojng or stay ing, The thing has become a bye-word and a reproach. It is a stench in the nostrils of the people. Let it hasten to find a burial place, where'it may-hide, its festering carcass. The memory of its 1 crimes will last through Alt history as a ■warning to the'people. But for Its in famous deeds of evil ltwouldbespeedlly forgotten. • • Mr.J. E. Odelj, teslding near Priatbh, N. C/,' was''shot ihbed with hts'wWe, several days Ago, by a gang '■ 6f negroefe, 'who were after plunder. How long-are these murddteto continue, loyal 1 Loyal 1 “If the present Congress Is convicted of dishonest practices it answers we are joyed/ If charged with waste of the pub tipmajfeys.ff oxvAftrs we v qXfiJoyal; If 1$ urged wlib atimpts to usurp,powenf; ihdflwtroy? Computational obUtatlcins, Satiftvers we ardloyaty If wlffl an In- Qtidn grqatijpurpolKs 'of the war,' to Wit, the salvation of the Union, by denying that Union after the war, to be In existence, itanswerswe are loyal; If with designs to augment Its own powers, and perpetuates its own •existence, without regard to the wishes -or best Interests ol the people it answers wc are 10ypL .... 1(9 .every., which Is made agalh'st th'dpwty ndw In power there is but one reply— tee are loyal— loyal; Geary is loyal; intensely loyal. Like all'the test he hopes to make a good thing by parading an extra amount of bogus ■ loyalty. The Disposition of the Southern People. We have heard, the Editor of the Ex press swear by General Gordon Granger, who has just arrived In Washington from a tour through the Bouth. General Granger states thathe “found the'people of that section well disposed toward the Government, and ready, if permitted to do so, to give substantial proofs of their loyalty and devotion to the Con stitution and the Union. ’ Willthe Ex press be good euough to make an edi torial note of this fact for the benefit of its readers. True, General Granger’s assertions, based as they are on extend ed personal observation, will give the lie to much of the stuff that has ap peared in the columns of the Express, but they are surely worthy of being put on record. WhatdoesGeneral Granger mean by saying the people of the South are ready to give substantial proofs of loyalty “if permitted to do so." If permitted to do so! That looks like a home thrust at Thad. Stevens and the papers which support him. Can tho Express enlighten us in . regard to this assertion of General Gordon Granger 2 It has denounced that kind of talk as the language of Copperheads. What does the editor of the Express think of it when coming from the mouth of one of his pet heroes ? ■“The Surrender of a Great Principle.’ 1 In view of the recent action of the Houbc in respeot of the admission of the right of Tennessee to representation in C'ongresH, it is well euough to recall a remark or two of Thaddkub Htkvu.ns on the lloor of the House, February 20, lHflfi, tlie day following tho voto of tho Frcedmou’s Burouu Rill. Wo copy from the official report of the day’s pro ceedings In the Globa; Mr. atovons said: * * * 1 codl'onh, I may say now, that, until yesterday, there was an earnest investigation into the coudh tiou of Tonnosseo, to hoo whether, by uct of Congress, we could admit that HLuto to representation. Bat hliiuo yesterday thoro liaH been a stato of things, which tho oom inittoo doom, put It wholly out ofthelr power to proceed further in tho Investiga tion, without i lie surrender of a great principle, and t ,e surrender of tho rights of this body to the usurpation of another powor. 1 move tho provlous question. Great confusion prevailed all ovor the hull. According, then, to Mr. Hteveus's own confession, or perhaps prediction, “tho committee"—moaning the dicta tors of the Radical purty and policy have, in the short spaeo of five months, surrendered "thegreatprinciple” which alone sustains their party, to wit, theex cluslon of tlie Southern States from their restoration to representation in tho Con gress of the United States. The “great confusion” which then “prevailed all ovor the hall” Is as nothing to the con fusion whioh will overtake tho whole Radical party at the final and forced surrender of the only “principle” (ex cepting plunder) by which It lives and moves and has its being. A Chance for an Argument. Tlie Express has at) length made use of the word argument. We have posi tively seen it printed in Its columns. The word has appeared thero, though the thing it represents has not. The only attempt at an argument whioh we have seen In the Express, for months past, was a sophistical defence of the proposed amendment to the Constitu tion. We do not think any reader of the Express could dearly comprehend the editor’s explanation of the design of the new clause which the Radicals de sire to see added. Horace Greeley can talk plain English. He thus explains the objeot of the proposed amendment: The vital question at issue is this: Shall the Rebel minoribj at the Smith be represent ed in Congress, to the exclusion and suppres sion of the loyal majority l Let those whom Gov. Seward most unfairly and unjustly speaks of as the South, consent that , their loyal fellow-citizena shall honceforth enjoy equal righta with themselves, and wo will work as heartily for Southern restoration and readmission as ho can. Blit tho resto ration contemplated and Insisted on by the backers of the Philadelphia'Convention contemplates the utter suppression of Four Millions of Southorn People, not a hundred of whom were ever hostile to Union, many thousands of whom volunteered to risk their lives in its defense. These four million loyal people are negroes, and the objeot of the proposed amendment, according to Greeley, le to confer upon them social and political equality. John W. Forney, whom Thad. Ste vens endorses as perfeotly sound on tho negro, recently concluded a long and labored editorial on the proposed amend ment, with tho following significant words: Here arc strong motives addressed to the Southern people, calculated to bring about an abatement of their unjust prejudices against the negroes; and it cannot be doubted that the exigencies of parties will in a few years cause ona or all of them to espouse the cause of universal suffrage. Since the Express has condescended to the use of the word argument, will it be good enough to use some of its logic to prove that Greeley and Forney are mistaken when they declare that the object of the proposed amendment Is to force universal negro suffrage on the country ? Here Is a chance for the edi tor of the Express to show his Bklll In dialectics which he should not let slip Wliat Is Intended. The objects to be obtained by the as sembling of the contemplated National Convention at Philadelphia, on the 14th of August, are thus succinctly expressed in the call: ’ , “To preserve the National Union—to vindicate the sufficiency of our admirable Constitution—to guard the States from cov ert attempts to deprive them of their true position In .the Union—to bring together those who are unnaturally severed—and for these great national purposes only." These are the objects for which the Convention is to be convened, and, for no other purpose. And yet the Radical press and orators are In deadly opposi tions to it; hnd, of course, are opposed to the National Union, opposed to the Constitution, opposed to the sovereignty and independence of the States, and ppposed to healing the wounds lnflioted by the war. President Johnson is for the Conven tion, Senator Cowan is for If, the Dem ocratic party is for it, and so are all the conservative Republicans. Thaddeuß Stevenß and Charles Sumner and 'the 1 entire crew of Radical destructives are; against it. ,It Is for the people of Pennsylvania to say through .the ballot-box, in ,Octo- ; her, which of these parties they prefer,; and we cheerfully await their verdict.! Mr. a. B. SLOAifAKEB, who'wari *§-, jectedby the ffenajte, has Bitj'jjg, journment Collector of'the Blrafc District of sylvauia JohDAODi The People Blsing for Clymer and the Union. Large and LntibliaMsalf®' Democratic Bee ting in HetHpinlcabnrg. r [Specially Imported l&Thfjlntelllgencer.l Demoqntoy of the lower ofij,l, 1 OJkfMother-'CUtnberland" had a todd'tlme'of it. Soihe tlmaslnce at a fair held for the benefit of the Presby terian Church of Meuhanicsburg, one of the blaokesttownsin thisStute, asplen did portrait of Washington was put up to be presented to the candidate for Gov ernor having the largist’number of votes., Despite the former political pro-. ; cllvltles of the town, on the counting of the vote, it was found that Hlester Cly mer had a majority of nearly a thou sand over John W. Geary, ’Yesterday was the day fixed for the presentation of the picture to Hon. Hlester Clymer. It had been announc ed that thepreeentatlon would then take place, land that Mr. Clymer would be present to receive this testimoninal of the regard of the people of Meohan icsburg,- but no one expected to see the immense and enthusiastic gathering whioh was present. Mr. Clymer went from Harrisburg to Mohanicsburg by private conveyance, Col. Jacob 8. Haldeman, 1 Minister to Stockholm under Mr. Lincoln, and here tofore an opponent of the Democratic party, having soliolted the pleasure of his company In his private carriage. When the party approached within half a mile of the town, they found the road on either side lined with carriages and a vast crowd of people on foot and on horsebaok. The cheers which greet ed our popular candid ate for Governor, showed that the greet masses of this State were fully resolved that there should be a change in the administra tion. The streets of the town were filled with a large an enthusiastic multitude, and the greeting which Hiester Clymer received at the very doors of Geary's home, showed how the great popular tide is running. After a procession through the town which struck terrorto the heart of every bigotted Radical, the vast crowd pro ceeded to a beautiful grove just outside the limits of the borough. Here Mr. Clymer was formally introduced to the people aud received the most hearty and enthusiastic greeting. For more than an hour he Bpoke on the great Is sues of the day. Those who heard him, whether friend Or foe, could not fail to be struck by the lofty tone of his dis course, the depth of his arguments, the logical symmetry of his reasoning and the air of exalted patriotism which per vaded his whole speech. While he was addressing the assembled multitude tlie rain commenced to pour down, but tho people who had been listening with eager earnestness refused to hear to any proposition for adjournment. Ttioru they stood orylng to Mr. Clymer to go oil, and cheering enthusiastically every utterance whioh fell from ills eloquent lips. Boforo he hud finished speaking tlie clouds broke and the rain ceased. After Mr, Clymer had concluded, tlie beautiful portrait of Washington.was formally presented to him as a tribute of regard from the soldlors of Mechanics burg, by whom most of the voteH had been cost. Mr. Clymer, lnucouptlug it, suidbu was “proud to receiveallkeuess of the greutest soldier of the republic, or the world, from the hands of meu who were worthy to have fought under Washington, and who wore ready to do battle for the great principles for which he had so nobly contended.” The sol diers, who were present in large num bers, cheered Mr. Clymer as only the boys in blue know how to cheer, with round after round of three and a tiger. After the enthusiasm exolted by the presentation had subsided, the audience was uddressed by General McCundless of Philadelphia, one of the most gulluut Holdlers sent forth by Pennsylvania dur ing the war. The Generul's speech roused tlie full enthusiasm of the audi ence and was received with most hearty upplause. After General McCundless had con cluded, speeches were made by Gen. W. H. Miller, of Harrlßhurg, and by Daniel Ermentrout, Esq., of Reading. The lowest estimate of the number of persons present puts It at 4,000. Alto gether It was a glorious occasion, evi dencing as it did the enthusiasm and the earnest determination of. the friends of the Constitution and the Union. In the evening, after tlie country people had left town, a large crowd as sembled in the public square of the town to llßten to a speech from Hon. Jacob Zelgler, of Butler county. Not withstanding a considerable number of the audience were Republicans they listened with earnest attention to a speech ot an hour and a liulf’sduratlou. “Uncle Jacob” excelled himself and was constantly Interrupted by loud ap plause. Mr. Clymer returned to Harrisburg by 7 o'clock In the evening, and being urged to do so, addressed a large gath ering of the soldiers of Dauphin county, who had met together toselect delegates to the Soldiers' State Convention on the Ist of August. The people are for Clymer, and so are the ooys In blue, and the election willshow this to be so. Geary is a Dead Duck even at home. The meeting of yesterday proves that dearly. Smoking Stanton Out. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, says an effort will be made in a few days to “smoke out” Mr. Stanton, aud force him to take a decided position with regard to the Pre sident’s policy. He has thus far failed to respond to the call for the Philadel phia Convention, notwithstanding a copy of the circular call was sent him the day after it was Issued, with the re quest that he give his views upon the proposed Convention and the princi ples Bet forth In the circular. Some days ago his intimate friends privately stated that they knew Mr.. Stanton would, in a day or two, send a letter to the Na tional Union Club, endorsing the call. There is good evidence that Mr. Stan ton talks differently to his radical friendß, and It Is the determination of the President’s supporters to compel, If possible, a direct and unequivocal show ing from the Secretary of War, so that It may be known whether he Is In uni son with tho radical sentiment, or an unqualified supporter of the Adminis tration. . rite hast Disgraceful Act of Congress. Among the closing scenes of Congress was the passage of an act which will stamp the entire session with Indelible disgrace. We refer to the rider placed on the bill equalizing soldiers’ bounties, whereby the pay of members was In creased sixty per cent. Congress, with all Its errors and sins, had not the ef frontery to raise the pay of members by an act covering that object alone, but meanly took advantage of a measure manifestly just to our brave soldiers and put In a clause provldjag-for an increase of compensation. The point was that either the members of Congress must have their Balary raised or that the poor soldiers would be deprived of their bounty. Wo hope the soldiers will re member this fact when they vote next fall for members of the next Congress. Congressional. The Democratic conferees of West moreland, Fayette and Indiana counties metonSaturday at Greensburg.andjafter one hundred and forty-six ballots nom inated Hugh Wier, Esq., of Indiana, for CoDgress. The candidates were Weir, Dawson and Keenan—the latter gentleman withdrew hls.name, which resulted in Mr. Wler’s nomination. Mr. Wier we know well. He is a high-toned gentleman and possessed of decided ability. We congratulate him on his nomination, and are glad to know that it is equivalent to an elec tion. No-Pbefix Geaby was posted off to Washington as soon as it was supposed the tariff bill was about to pass, so that he would ho able to assert .the claim of havlngcengineered It-tt)rongh. As it didn't PASS, per contra, Is not Geary re gpflqsffile fqrljis defeatthrough the votes ‘of the Dlfldajon Benktow, 'Wilson, Suit -nar and"FoBter?, i,t)f , course hq ls 1 Therefore, Geary defeated the tariff bill. .viY., ?ti?j-,jfc|ira|.jf, ( , in Alleghenies. * I Editorial Oorro<pomloiioe.J, Ur in thb Mountains, ) June SO, 1 1860. [ Thoso of our roadors who havo followod us through this scrlos of letters, which havo been wrltton from memory unaided by a fi™ romombor ‘l»»t tboy loft us loll ing up tho Stoop mid rugged path whioh loti , 10 do ”P R°rgo through which tlie stream wo had boon fishing forood Its rapid way. Poot-soro, woary and wot wo Wore heartily glad to soo tho darkness of the dense forest through which wo hod l been tramping broken into mellow twilight by the extensive “deadening" which sur rounded the house that wns to bo our “lodgo in this vast wildornoss." This opening em braced an extent of some Qfty acres lho finest pasture imaginable. Across the path by which we entered it sorao poles wore laid up to prevent ourhorsesfroux rotracing their steps along the way they came. This was all the artificial fencing there was. On all sides tho laurel grew so thick as to bo impenetrable to anything except a bear or some minor wild animal. Our horses se curely fenced in by a natural hedge, quietly fed about ou timothy that almost readied up to their sides. Off on the rise, through tho ghostly forms of many a leafless giant of tho forest, boro nnd unsheltered, without a treo or shrub to shado or hide it, wo could Bee a house, from ona window of which a light twinkled in tho deepening twilight. This wus tho end of our day’s journoy, the palntlal hunting lodgo on tho banks of tho Blackwuter. Tho main structure was some forty feet long and two stories in height. It was built of hem lock logs carefully hewed, aad was divided into two inrgo rooms below and three abovo stairs. At ono end wus u largo story and u half kitchen. There were three large eblin noys In the structure, built of sandstone quarried close by. Inside It wus finished bolter than HUch houses usually are being partitioned and celled with homlook boards. Outside it hud been weather boarded with shingles tnudo of spruco pine. Tlda our guide Solomon hud done, making the shingles and wouther-bonrdlng tho struc ture. A Mr. Dobbin, u wealthy lawyer living in Baltimore, who owned tho land on which tlie house was situated, and a largo number of tracts In the Immediate vicinity, had boon at theexpenao of having tho clearing made und tlie house built. Arriving ut tlie door ol tho kitchen, we found Churluy, the driver, and Mr. Bosh busy about a huge llro of logs on tlie capn oious stone hearth. The doer hud been skinned and aellvo preparations wore mak ing to servo up a supper which oven an oplouro might relish. The establishment was provided with an Iron pot, a huge fry ing pun with a lung wooden handle, soiiia tin plates and cups, knives and forks and a coffee pot, for whhdi unfortunately wc had no use as wo did not know them was such a culinary outfit to ho found hero. Hugo venison stouks warn soon broiling ovor tho coals, und the monster pun was fill ed with trout, winch wc fried In butter, after rolling them In uurn meal. II wua not long until wo snt down to a meal which all tho art of u French cook could scarcoly havo improved. Venison Is novor so deli cious as wliou cut from the fresh carcasa and cookod quickly ovorn good bod of wood cauls. High sonsoniug and extra dressing are only noodod when It has lost tho dollcute gumo fluvor whloli It exhibits la such por- I foctloti when first killed Mountain trout will bear carrying a longdistance, nnd alter bolng out of tho wator for days are supe rior to ahy other fish, hat he who would know their full dollclonsnoHs mirnt eat them for supper afteralmrd day's tramp to catch thorn. Wo had venison aud trout, both in their highest perfection. What more wus needed except our crackers und tho elegant glade butter which wo hud brought with us. Oh I for such a Huppor, with Hiioh an nppo tlto otico each week! j This houso has novor boon regularly tenanted or kept opon for Lho accommoda tion of visitors. Parties who go to thia region to fish or hunt take their proylslons wiLh thorn, us wo did, andinakothomsolves ut homo in tho snmo way. There Is, how ovor, onorogulurlnhubltant ufthoestnhllsh mont now. Wo snw him ns we entered. On a chair ut one stdo of tho tiro sat a long gaunt figure. On his bond wan u quoor looking cup manufactured from a pleco of a cofl'oo snek or sorno such coarse matorlal, Bong curling locks of Jet black hair hung downhlHneck, Illsfucewasenvorod wlthu thick bourd which lmd not been touohod by a razor for ninny months. A pulr of largo black eyes peorod out at you from undor his strutigo houd-goar with a wild and rather uneasy Jock. Except tho cup hts clothing was good and substantial. Such In personal upponrunco wns tho ocou punt of the lodgo at llluckwntor. Ho had boon living hero since early In tho spring, depending for men! upon the fish ho could catch nnd having Hour brought toblin from tho settlement wo lmd 1011. Whon Mr. Ross and Clmrloy entorod tho houso he was eating ills supper, whioh consisted of wild oniouH or guriio, and pepper root. Katbor warm diet. Ills dinner had boon made on some greens boiled without meat. Ho had not tnsted of brend or ment for more thun two days, his moal being ex hausted and tho stroama too high to catch. fish. llu liadja gun, but it was so much out of order as to be usoless. Wo found him to be u man of some education and culture. Ho was a native of New York, but had' lived last in Ohio, Ho had onco boon hurt in a railroad accident, and had not onjoyed good health since. Ho assnrod as, howover, that he hnd managed to conquer all his dis eases sinco ho hud been leading tbollfo of a hermit whom wo found him. His name an ho gave It to us was Isaac E. Wild—a fitting name for tho lono Inhabitant of suoli uspot. Being woll tired out with tho day’s ex ertions wo wore all rendy to "turn In” u( un early hour. We had brought no bedding with uh and there was none In tho houso. Several arms full of good hay sproad down boforo tho fire which lmd cookod our sup por furnished uh a couch. For pillows ono took tho suck of oats and tho rost made various contrivances. Wo found that ono of tho iong-buckod choirs turned down mada us comrortublo a resting plac e for our heud us wo could deslro.— Hero wo slept Houndly until Solo mon roused us by making prepa rations to visit a “ deer lick," whioh ho had constructed In tho woods near by. Deer will go mlleH to find salt, and If it bo de posited near their haunts they will speedily discover it and visit tho spot regularly, A “ lick " is commonly mado by boring ono or more deep holes in tho root of a treo in a woll-Bolected situation. Having done this, tijo hunter fits up a scaffold some ten feet above the ground, into which he climbs to wait for his prey, taking carg that tho deer shall bo in full range of his gun whon using the "lick.” Being elevated abovo them they do not smell him so readily as they would If ho wore on a lovol with them. They depend upon I heir senses of scent nnd hoarlng to detect any danger which may menace them. They will sometimes walk right up to a man whon ho is standing still with tho wind blowing tho scent away from them. Solomon bad killed several deers in his lick, but this morning he was not so lucky as to secure one. The early dawn wus delicious. The air was filled with a peculiar resinous odor dis. filled from the surrounding forests. A dozen whippoorwills kept up an endless repetition ofthelr varying monotone, robbins chanted their monotonous blit pleasant and home like song, and a number ofothor birds ndded their strains to the chorus which greeted the rising day. From a deep gorge below us came up through the still morning air the hoarse roar of the rapid created by the junction of the stream we had fished the evening before with the Blaekwater river. The sky was clear and a gray dawn gave promise of a fine day for troutlng. While the rest of us were admiring the beauties of the wild scene about us, Charley was busy preparing breakfast. Being sum moned to the table we found the venison flabked by a huge dish of fried mush, which' had. boen boiled by the “hermit” after we had! o turned in.” He had done the work he* offered to do well, ae every one who shared In that breakfast con testify. , ,i. . The Blaekwater was some two mlles'afad a half from the house, and to 1 reach- It wo had.to follow carefully a path whioh' ’hftd bieei ihlazodnnd cut oqt, through the,lintel : thlokeh That morning,.yjallt' grand old fowstw.ae -worth ,the o&qur
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