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'The Valley and Pass of "Heil" In Mon
tana Territory.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, writing Irom the "Head
quarters of the Yellow Stone, Montana,"
gives the following description of the
Valley and Pass of Hell," lu that Ter
ritory
And here, from the spot on wnich I
stand, with my companion on this ex
ploring expedition, tracing my notes, I
drink in the views so weird, so passing
strange, that oven in my wildest dreams
never aught like this was seen. As day
light is dying on the Yellow-stone hills,
the sun melting down into the verge of
the horizon, shooting his slanting rays
far into the gloom of grotesque cliffs,
and lingering upon the loftier peaks,
converting their rugged surfaces into
purple and gold, the islands in the river
swell bold and beautiful in the rosy
light, while yonder distant cone like
hill stands against the sky a conspicu
ous muss fringed with fire. The gigan
tic mountains to the west casttheir shad
ows far down into the silent valley at our
feet,,while the silvery Yellow stone flows
on its whispering way, breaking the
sombre aspect of the plain with the line
of its gleaming waters. In this valley
mysterious wonders have been made
visible from time immemorial, of which
the mobile Saxon never heard. The
Indians in the vicinity tell us it has al
ways been thus. Out of this plain, or
valley, rather, which extends over an
area of fifty miles, issue a million sharp
jets of bluish-white flame, interspersed
with fitful puffs of pearly vapor, which
sail npward in endless turbinated con
volution, until reaching a high altitude,
they dissolve and blended with the
fluctuating cloud which hangs over the
valley, as if to shield it from mortal eyes.
The plain is dotted with innumerable
rumps, limn whence these vapory and
fiery columns are emitted. In their
formation they resemble miniature vol:
canoes. Fire-springs like these may be
found in China; and the geysers of Ice
land are but results of volcanic action
of the same nature, though of greater
force and power than the hot springs lu
the valley of the Yellow Stone. One
cannot help thinking that fiercest fires
rage somewhere below the external en•
velope df the plain, to thus fan and
force flames above the surface. A gen•
tleman and a savant connected with our
party ascribes these igneous streams to
gases escaping from a "veiled hell." An
other specialty of volcanic action may
be observed by closer investigation of
theconical hills which loom up from the
surface in every direction. Though there
are no
an
craters in their summits,
It Is an easy matter to detect a
gentle hollow In each, more or less deep,
covered with crumbling particles of
lava-like rock. The base and sides are
also thickly strewn with the like porous
deposits—some of very large size, like
enormous cindery cakes, the refuse of
a foundery furnace. A sulphurous odor
is in the atmosphere, reminding one of
our companions of his experience of a
choke-damp. Surrounding the entire
'plain are lofty calciferous rocks, eroded
and elteletonized by action of rains or
shifting bodies of water, which now
bear the appearance of inverted pyra
mids, prisms, and various other con•
figurations. Besides preparing detritus,
which lay piled in heaps at the foot of
the cliffs, frequent torrents had so eon
roded and dismantled the rocks that one
would imagine thata destructive lire had
raged and burned up a city, by the
quantity of fallen columns which lay
scattered around in the most indescrib•
able confusion. In the insterstices of
the debris there bubbled numerous
saline springs, and, continuing our ex- ,
amination further, we d iscovered several
hotwater springs from whence vapory
columns continually ascended. On test
ing the warmth of the water with
Fahrenheit's thermoweter,the mercury,
which stood previously ateighty degrees,
shot up to one hundred and eiehty de
grees. The tread of our horses feet
sounded hollow, while the noise seemed
to reverberate along the earth like an
echo. Not a blade of grass was to be seen,
• excepting along the margin of the tiny
streams. The whole aspect of the plain
was arid iu the extreme. Ghastly relics
of animal life covered the ground along
the stream. This was evidently caused
by the gathering of the buffaloes in the
fall to cross the Sweet Grass, where they
luxuriated for a season, protected by the
rising hills from the bleak winds, which
with the force of simoons sweep over
the northern prairies, until the severity
of the aeason and the scarcity of grass
compelled them to leave, when they
found their egress prevented by the
deep snows in the passes, and they must
have perished from hunger and cold,
leaving their bones to be picked
by hungry w9lv,es, and to be
bleached in the sun and rain.—
No language can give any Idea. of the
fearful desolation of this wonderful val
ley. It struck our hearts with a name
less dread. Not a wolf infested the
chambered cavities of the cliffs ; not a
buzzard hovered over the vicinity. All
was silent in this Valley of Death. One
of the party of explorerwbestowed upon
it the significant appellation of "Hell."
It lea rich field, however, for the geologi
cal actuant, and though famous travellers
love to describe the splendors of
Alpine scenery, dwell upon the classic
heights of Olympus, dilate upon Leba
non, Mount of Glory, and foster their
imagination among the Scriptural
mountains of Judah, there are grander
scenes by far in this new•born world of
ours—with valleys fur more idyllic than
any old Europe can boast, and rivers of
greater depth and larger volume. Trav
elers have descanted long enough upon
the state and melancholy inanities of
the Orient. Let him that suffers with
ennui, and the soul that hunkers af
ter vitalizing realities, travel in the
berean regions of the Upper Yellow
stone, and mighty mountains, savan
nahs of exceeding fertility, and valleys
clothed with Eden loveliness, will be
seen side by side with a plain teeming
with dlobolisms, from which you can
not emerge save through the " Pass of
Hell." Through such a pass did we
grope our way in almost profound dark
ness, as night had set in long before we
entered the lonely defile.
The Uell Bird
Wandering in a tropic forest amidst
the gorgeous growths and wild garlands
of climbing vine cud brilliant blossoms
in the early morning, one's ears, are lit
erally pained with the mingled din that
comes from everywhere; above, below,
behind, before, right and left; curious
cries, Jubilant songs, angry discussions,
growls, snarls, croaks and hisses, from
bird, beast, insect cud reptile, make the
jungle a very Babel of unintelligible
sounds. Then as the scorching sun•
rays pierce the clustering tangle of veg
etable life, one by one the sounds die
away, they close their petals, the leaves
drop languidly from every branch and
spray ; not a breath of air stirs even the
delicate tree ferns ; the stillness is that
of death, as if the world of things had
ceased to be.
As you crouch under the wide leaves
• of the plantain, seeking shelter from
the burning heat, suddenly a loud sound
is heard, like a deep, full toned bell;
short time elapses, and again it sounds,
and so on at intervals of three or four
minutes ; often, other singers join the
peal, and then the " forest chimes " toll
their mournful music from far and near.
You cautiously creep out, and peer curl
ously in the direction of the noise, to
discover what living creature could pro
duce a sound so exactly like a bell. At
last you spy him out, and catch him in
the very act, seated on toe top of a dead
palm—his b j elfry. By travelers he is
a ly named. the " bell-bird,"
0 th pof the head there is some
thing e the horn of the fabled unicorn.
This tube of flesh is hollow, and cons
municates with the palate. When the
"bell-bird" is silent, this strange spire
like affair hangs down over the beak,
just-as the red fleshy wattle dangles on
the front of a turkeycock's head ; but
when sounding his bell like voice, it is
filled tightly with air, and stands erect
and stiff as a horn.
A late traveler says: " At a distance
of three miles you may hear this snow
white bird tolling • every four or five
minutes like a distant convent bell."
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VOLUME 68
Our New Sporting Ground. .
A Melillo:au Walrus Hunt.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tri
bune, writing from Port Clarence, Rus
sian America, narrates the following:
While at Kingegan, an Esqulmaux
village of 900 inhabitants, on the straits,
I accompanied the natives in one of,
their walrus hunts in Behring's Sea,
which was both dangerous and exciting.
Before venturing into the straits, North
winds are chosen, and incantations per
formed to insure safety. Their boats,
which are made of walrus hides stretch
ed over light wooden frames of drift
wood fifteen feet long; are kept near
the water's edge in readiness to start
without loss of time. With the wind
fair, we started. About fifty boats, each
containing nine Esqulmaux, shoved off
from the laud ice at the same time, and
a general race was indulged in as we
paddled out to sea.
The scene was grand and exciting.
Every Indian pulled with all his
strength, shouting and hooting as they
dodged among the ice floes with bare
heads, and hair streaming in the wind.
This was kept up until we were about
forty miles out from shore, when they
became separated in their search for
walrus. Here a stop was made to listen
for the bark of the animals which were
heard about a mile ahead of us. One of
the Indians exclaimed, ah-mal-vak-tok
(great many) and we paddled hastily
forward until we were in sight of the
walrus, which were lying on the floes
in large numbers, as far as the eye could
reach, barking and playing with their
young. Here another stop was made,
and everything gotten ready for the at
tack. Spears, guns, and harpoons were
placed where they could be seized in
stantly, and a large walrus-hide rope
was stretched the whole length of the
boat just inside the gunwale, to each
end of which were attached large seal
skin buoys.
Kap•ai•tuks were put on over their
deerskin coats, and every dark object
carefully hidden from the view of the
animals. After these preparations we
paddled rapidly and noiselessly forward,
shooting the bow of the boat up on the
floe which had been selected with the
walrus upon it. As they plunged ,011 .
into the water each Indian hurled his
s ear into one of them, and fastened the
ne attached to Its head to the rope con
fleeting the buoys lu the boat, which
were immediately thrown overboard,
and the captured walrus allowed to
plunge and snort around iu the water.
As they come to the surface they are
killed by thrusting a long lance through
the body, or shot in the head when they
do not come close enough to be lanced.
Whep all were killed they were -towed
to a large floe, hauled out, skluued and
dressed.
This is the work of but a motrieut, as
- - _
those Esquimaux are well skilled in
the use of the knife and thoroughly un
derstand the anatomy of these animals.
One of them extracted the bullet from
the brain of a large walrus which I had
shotland gave It to me as a remembrance
of the hunt. After the operation of
dressing, every part of the aulm..l, ex •
cept the gall, for which they have no
Use, was thrown into the boat, and we
started for more, paddling and sailing
around among the noes for nearly two
days witilut success. A heavy fog set
tled down upon us, and we were lost for
several hours,
when It cleared .away
with a strong South wind, which ren
dered our position extremely critical, as
"rhe lee was here, the lee was there,
Toe Ice was all around,
It crack'd and growled and rotted and howrd,
Like noises in a swouud,"
Our escape seemed almost miraculous,
an opening happening to occur, through
which we dodged until we reached open
water, when we set sail and reached
shore in safety after being three days
out, with but very little to eat. Several
boats have gone out in this manner and
never returned.
How the Romans Lived
If anything more was wanted to give
us au idea of Roman magnificence, we
would turn our eyes from public
monuments, demoralizing games and
grand processions; we would forget the
statues in brass and marble, which out.
numbered the living inhabitants, so
numerous that one hundred thousand
have been recovered and still embellish
Italy ; and would descend into the low
er sphere of material life—to those
things which attest luxury and taste—to
ornaments, dresses, sumptuous living
and rich furniture. The art of using
metals and cutting precious stones sur
passed anything known at the present
day.
In the decoration of houses, in social
entertainments, In cookery the Romans
were remarkable. The mosaics, signet
rings, cameos, bracelets, bronzes, chains,
vases, couches,banqueting tables,lamps,
chariots, colored glass, gildings, mirrors,
mattresses, cosmetics, perfumes, hair
dyes, silk robes, potteries all attest great
elegance and beauty. The tables of
thugs root and Delian bronze were as
expensive as the sideboards of Spanish
walnut, so much admired In the great
Exhibition at London. Wood and ivory
were carved as exquisitely as in Japan
and China. Mirrors were made of pol
ished silver. Glass cutters could imi
tate the colors of precious stonesso well
that the Portland vase, from the tomb
of Alexander Severus, was long con
sidered as a genuine sardenix ; brass
could be hardened so as to cut stone.
The palace of Nero glittered with
gold and Jewels. Perfumes and flowers
were showered from ivory ceilings.
The halls of Heliogabulus were hung
with cloth and gold, enriched with
ewels. His beds were silver and his
tables of gold. Tiberius gave a million
of sesterces for a picture of his bedroom.
A banquet dish of Dtesillus weighed live
hundred pounds silver. The cups of
Drusus were of gold. Tunics were em
broidered with the figures of various
animals. Sandals were garnished with
precious stones. Paulina wore jewels
when she paid, visits, valued at $BOO,OOO.
Drinking cups were engraved with
scenes from the poets. Libraries were
adorned with busts and presses of rare
woods. Some were inlaid with tortoise
shell, and covered with gorgeous pur
fie.
The Roman grandees rode in glided
chariots, bathed in marble baths, dined
from golden plate, drank from crystal
cups, slept on beds of down, reclined on
luxurious couches, wore embroidered
robes, and were adorned with precious
stones. They ransacked the earth and
the seas for rare dishes for their ban
quets, and ornamented their houses
with carpets from Babylon, onyx cups,
cups from Bythlnia, marbles from N 11-
tuldia, bronzes from Corinth, statues
from Athens—whatever, in short, was
precious or curious in the most distant
countries. The luxuries of the bath al
[met exceed belief, and on the walls
were magnificent frescoes and paint
ings exhibiting an inexhaustible pro
ductiveness in landscape and mytho
logical scenes.
Economical Darkeys
A Radical newspaper boasts that the
negroes of the South have deposited
considerable sums it savings banks
during the last year. That may be so;
but, says the St. Louis _Republican,
poor laboring white men in the North
might deposit considerable sums in
savings banks, too, if the Federal Gov
ernment would furnish them houses to
live in, food to eat, clothes to wear,
and schools for their children, as
it does for the negroes. But, instead
of such favors, the white men of
the North are compelled to furnish all
these things for themselves and then
pay taxes to support negroes and enable
them to lay by money in the savings
banks besides. It used to be said that
this was a white man's government;
but through Radical bureaus and such
like agencies, it is practically a govern
ment in which white men have to labor
and pay taxes for the benefit of negroes,
and yet, in the face of these practical
facts, the Radical demagogues, talk
about "equality before the law."
The Reason Why a Woman Cannot be
Made a Mason.
At a recent Masonic celebration at
Austin, Nevada, the orator of the day
gave the following as the reason why
females are not allowed to become Ma
sons. It is novel and not very compli
mentary to the fair sisters—and the fel
low deserves to be black-balled:
" Woman sometimes complains that
she is not permitted to enter our Lodge
and work with the craft in their labors,
and learn all there is to be learned in
the institution. We will explain the
reason. We learn that, before the Al
mighty had finished his work, He was
in some doubt about creating Eve. The
creation of every living and creeping
thing had been accomplished, and the
Almighty had made Adam,(who was
the first Mason,) and erecte.for him the
finest Lodge In the world, and called it
Paradise No. 1. He then caused all the
beasts of the field,and the fowls of the
air to pass before Adam for him to name
them, which was a piece of the work he
had to do alone, so that no confusion
might thereafter arise from Eve, whom
He knew would make trouble if she
was allowed to participate in it, if He
created her beforehand.
Adam being very much fatigued with
the labors of his first task fell asleep,
and when he awoke he found Eve in
the Lodge with him. Adam, being
Senior Warden, placed Eve as the pillar
of beauty in the south, and they re
ceived their instructions from the Grand
Master in the east, which, when,fluish
ed, she immediately called the Craft
from labor to refreshment. Instead of
attending to the duties of her office, as
she ought, she left her statkou, violated
her obligations, and let in an expelled
Mason, who had no business there, and
went around with him, leaving Adam
to look after the jewels. The fellow had
been expelled from the Grand Lodge,
with several others some time before.
But hearing the footsteps of the Grand
Masters, he suddenly took his leave,
telling Eve to make aprons, as she and
Adam Were not iu proper regalia. She
went and told Adam, and when the
Grand Master returned to the Lodge he
found his gavel had been stolen.
He called for the Senior and Junior
Wardens, who had neglected to guard
the door, and found them absent. After
searching some time he came to where
they were hid, and demanded of Adam
what he , was doing there, instead of oc
cupying his official station. Adam re
plied that he was waiting for Eve to call
the Craft from refreshment to labor
again, and that the Craft was not prop
erty clothed, which they were making
provision for. Turning to Eve, he ask
ed her what excuse she had to offer for
her unofficial and unmasoulc conduct.
She replied that a fellow passing him
self ofl as a Grand Lecturer had been
giving her instructions, andshe thought
it was no harm to learn them. The
Grand Master then asked her what had
become of his gavel ; she said she didn't
know, unless the fellow had taken It
away.
Finding that Eve was no longer trust
worthy, and that she had caused Adam
to neglect, his duly, and had let in one
whom He had expelled, the , Grand
Master had the Lodged - Closed, and
turning them out, set a faithful Tyler to
guard the door with a flaming sword.
Adam, repenting . of folly, went to
work Ike a man, and a good Mason, in
order to get reinstated again. Not so
with Eve; she got angry about it, and
commenced raising Cain. Adam, on
account of his reformation, was permit
ted to establish Lodges ant work on the
lower degrees ; and, while EVe was al
lowed to join him in the worksof charity
outside, she was never again permitted
to assist in the regular work of the Craft.
Hence the reason wily woman cannot
be an inside mason."
The Last .Wager of Battle In England.
An E❑glish paper says : " There has
died in Birmingham a poor old man,
one event of whose history forms an
important mark in the progress of civil
ization in England, especially as relat.
.ing to the old barbarous modenf settling
disputes, and trying causes by the
" wager of battle." The deceased,
William Ashford, was the last person
who was challenged in an English
Court to meet, in single combat, a man
whom he accused as the murderer of
his sister. On the 28th of May, 1817, a
beautiful young woman named Mary
Ashford, in her twentieth year, went to
a dance at Erdington without proper
protection. She left the festive scene at
a late hour, accompanied by a young
man named Abraham Thornton, a
farmer's son in the neighborhood. They
were last seen talking together at a stile
near the place, but next morning she
was found dead in a pit of water, and
there were evidences that she had been
murdered. General suspicion pointing
to Thornton, he was arrested, and tried
for murder at Warwick assizes in Au
gust ; but, though strong circumstantial
evidence was-against.him, the defense,
which was an alibi obtained a verdict of
not guilty."
" The feeling of surprise and indigna
tion at his acquittal was so intense
that a new trial was called for, and an
appeal was entered against the verdict
by William Ashford, the brother, and
next of kin to the murdered girl. Thorn
ton was again apprehended, and sent to
Loudon in November, to be tried before
Lord Ellenborough and the Tull Court
of Queen's Bench. Instead of regular
defense by arguments, evidences and
witnesses, Thornton boldly defied all
present modes ofjurisdictiou, and claim
ed his right, according to ancient cus•
tom, to challenge his accuser to fight
him, and decide his Innocence or guilt
by the wager of battle.' His answer
to the court was, ' Not guilty, and I am
ready to defend the same by my body.'
He accompanied these words by the old
act of taking off his glove and throwing
It down upon the floor of the court.
"At this stage of the proceedings,
Wm. Ashford, who was in the court,
actually came forward, and was about
to accept the challenge by picking up
the glove, when he was kept buck by
those about him. With what wonder
(lid the assembly, and indeed the na
tion, ask, 'Can a prisoner insist on so
obsolete a mode of trial, in such a time
of light as the nineteenth century ?'
But with greater wonder and regret was
the judgment of the court received ; for
after several adjournments, it was de
cided, in April, 1819, that the law of
England was in favor of the 'wager of
battle ;' that the old laws sanctioning it
had never been repealed; and that,
though this mode of trial had become
obselete, It must be allowed. Thornton
was therefore discharged, and, being set
at liberty, left England for America,
where he died in obscurity."
Niagara In a Now Form.
The Niagara Falls correspondent
makes the following statement : Thurs
day was a wonderful day in the annals
of Niagara Falls. The strong easterly
gale, which to you blew snowbanks and
confusion, simply sent the waters of
Lake Erie westward, leaving the Niag
ara river and tributaries lower than they
were ever before known. Buffalo creek
was so low that all the vessels in It were
grounded, and Niagara Falls was a riv
ulet compared with its nativegrandeur.
The bed of the American branch was so
denuded that you could travel in Its
rocky bed without wetting your feet,
and the mysteries that were never be-.
fore revealed came to light on that day.
Rocks that heretofore were invisible ap
peared in their full-grown deformity
upon the surface, and great was the
consternation among the finny tribes.
The Three Sisters were accessible to
foot-passengers, and many traversed
where human foot had never trod, with
perfect impunity and dry feet. Below
the Falls was the wonder of wonders.
The water was full twenty feet lower
than usual, and the oldest inhabitants
gazed in wonder at the grand transfor
mation. Near the Suspension Bridge
the celebrated rook at Witmer's mill,
upon which a drowning man caught
and was rescued several years ago,
which barely projects its head above the
water, was laid bare twentybfeet above
the malice.
LANCASTER P . A. WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 1 1868
Mount Vesuvius—The Grand Eruption.
Mount Vesuvius has for some time in
dicated much disquietude, and, from
the extreme frequency and violence of
earthquakes which occurred during the
few preceding months, it was judged
that some great movement or eruption
was portended. The appearance, how
ever, was not so immediate as to restrain
curiosity or to prevent repeated visits to
the crater, which visits of late had been
more numerous than at any former pe
riod up to last Sunday, when two gen
tlemen ascended and remained there
some time. Nothing unusual was then
remarked, nor any external evidences,
except rather a stronger emission of
smoke from the interstices of the cool
cdl hill at the bottom of the crater.
To those who have not visited this
romantic and wonderful spot a slight
description is previously necessary and
indispensable to form any conception of
it, and to better understand the account
which follows; for no one living can
expect to see it in the perfection and
beauty in which it was on last Sunday
morning.
About two thousand feet above the
level of the sea—estimating from cull-
Jecture—on the south tilde of the moun
tain, and rather more than two-thirds
,lts height, opens a circular chasm,
somewhat exceeding half a mile In di-
ameter, and between four and five hun
dred feet in depth. Exactly In the cen
tre of this capacious bowl rose a conical
hill, about two hundred and sixty or
three hundred feet in height and about
two hundred in diameter, richly cover
ed with variegated shrubs, brush
wood and vines above half way up, and
the remainder powdered over with vir
gin sulphur to the top. From the fis
sures In the cone and Interstices of rock
a thin white smoke was constantly
emitted, occasionally tinged with a
slight bluish flame. The precipitous
sides of this magnificent amphitheatre
were fringed with various evergreens
aromatic shrubs, flowers and many Al
pine plants. On the north and south
sides of the base of the cone were two
pieces of water—one perfectly pure and
tasteless, and the other strongly im
pregnated with sulphur and alum. This
lonely and beautiful spot was rendered
inure enchanting by the singularly me•
!odious notes of a bird—an inhabitant
of these upper solitudes, but seldom
seen below.
The present eruption is one of the most
terrible that has occurred during this
century. As the bells were ringing the
hour of noon on the 15th, an abrupt and
dreadful crash from the mountain, with
a severe concussion of the earth and
tremulous noise lu the air, alarmed all
around it. The reopening of the fiery
furnace was proclaimed In a moment
by the vast collection of thick, black,
ropy-smoke, like that from an immense
glasshouse, bursting forth at once and
rising to the sky, showering down sand,
with gritty, calcined particles of earth
and favi Ila mixed, upon all below. This,
driven before the wind to the south and
southeast, darkened the air like a rain
storm, and covered the woods, bridges
and huts with light gray colored ashes,
resembling snow when slightly covered
with dust. As the eruption Increased
this continued shower expanded until it
had taken into its destructive embrace
every appearance of vegetation. At
night a very considerable degree of ig
nition was observed upon the lips of the
crater; but the two gentlemen before
mentioned, who visited it last, did not
notice any visible ascension of the
flame.
The same awful scene presented itself
on Tuesday. The fall or favilla and
calcined pebbles still increased, and the
compact pitchy column from the crater
rose perpendicularly to an immense
height, and was accompanied by a noise
at intervals like the mutterings of die
taut thunder. On Wednesday all these
menacing symptoms of horror and com
bustion still gathered more thick and
terrific for miles around the dismal,
half obscured mountain. The prodigi
ous column shot up with quicker mo
tion, dilating, as it became elevated, like
a balloon. The sun appeared in total
eclipse, and shed a meridian twilight
over us that aggravated the awful gloom
of he scene, now completely powdered
over with falling sulphurous and ferru
ginous particles.
It was evident that the crisis was yet
to come—that the burning fluid was
struggling for a vent, and laboring to
throw off the superincumbent strata and
obstructions which suppressed the fiery
torrent. At night it was manifest that
it greatly disengaged itself from its bur
den by the appearance of fire flashing
now and then and flaking around the
mouth of the crater.
On Thursday, the memorable 21st of
November, the reflection of the sun on
this majestic body of curling vapor was
sublime beyond the power of the im
agination to conceive, Any comparison
of the glaciers of the Andes, or of the
Cordilleras, with it can but feebly con
vey an idea of the fleecy whiteness and
brilliancy of this awful column of
mingled smoke :and clouds. An hour
or two afterwards it assumed a more
sulphurous cast, like what we call thun
der clouds; and in the course of the
day a ferruginous and sanguine appear
ance, with much livelier action in the
ascent, and a more extensivedilatation,
as if almost freed from obstruction.
In the afternoon the noise was inces
sant, and resembled the approach of
thunder, coming nearer and nearer. As
yet there were no convulsive motions
or sensible earthquake; but terror and
consternation now seized all beholders.
The inhabitants near the base of the
mountain abandoned their houses, with
their live stock and everything they
possessed, and fled precipitately to the
nearest town. The laborers became
confused, forsook their work, looked up
to the mountain, and as it continued to
rumble and shake, they trembled with
dread of what they could not understand
nor describe.
About four o'clock the noise became
more alarming, and just before sunset
the clouds reflected a bright copper
color, suffused with fire. Scarcely had
the day closed when the flame burst at
length, conical in shape, from the crater,
through the mass of smoke; the rolling
of the thunder became more awful and
deafening; electric flashes quickly suc
ceeded, attended with loud claps ; and
now, indeed, confusion began in earnest.
Those only who have witnessed such a
sight can form any idea of the magnifi
cence and variety of the lightning and
electric flashes. Some forked zigzagedly,
playing across the perpendicular column
of the smoke coming from the crater's
mouth, like rockets of the most dazzling
brilliancy ; others, like shells with their
trailing fuses lying in different para
bolas, with the most vivid scintillations
from the dark sanguine column, which
now seemed inflexible and immovable
by the wind.
Shortly after seven the mighty caul
dron began to simmer, and the
tion of lava to break out over the north
west side. This, immediately after
boiling over the orifice and flowing a
short way, was opposed by an acclivity
of a higher point of land, over which it
was impelled by the Immense tide of
liquid fire that drove it on, forming the
figure Vin grand illumination. Some
times, when the ebullition slackened or
was insufficient to urge it over the ob
structing hills, it recoiled back, like a
refluent billow from the rock, and then
again rushed forward, impelled by fresh
supplies, and scaling every obstacle,
carrying rocks and woods together in
its course down the slope of the
mountain, until it precipitated
itself down some vast ravine.—
Vast globular bodies of fire were seen
projected from the fiery furnace, and,
bursting, fell back into it or over it on
the surrounding bushes, which were in
stantly set in flames. About an hour
and a half afterwards another stream of
lava was descending to the eastward.—
The thundering noise of the mountain
and the vibration of sound that had
been so formidable hitherto, now min
gled in the sullen monotonous roar of
the rolling lava until it became so ter
rible that dismay was almost turned
into despair. At this time the first
earthquake was felt. This was follow
ed by showers of cinders that fell with
a hissing noise thatlasted for two hours.
At three o'clock in the morning a
rolling on the roofs of houses indicated
a fall of stones, which soon thickened,
and at length descended in a rain of in
termingled fire that threatened at once
the fate of Pompeii or Herculaneum.
The crackling and corruscations from
the crater at this period exceeded all
that had yet gone before. The eyes
were struck with momentary blindness,
and the ears stunned with the agglo
meration of sounds. People sought
shelter in cellars, under rocks, or any
where, for everywhere was nearly the
same. The miserable peasantry were
knocked down and wounded and many
killed in the open air. Several houses
were set on fire, and estates iu the im
mediate neighborhood were ruined.
Had the stones that fell been propor
tionately heavy to their size not a urea
tun, could have escaped with life. These,
having undergone a thorough fusion,
were divested of their natural gravity,
and fell almost as light as pumice,
though in someplaces they were as large
as a man's head. The dreadful rain of
stones and fire lasted upwards of an
hour, and was again followed by cinder
from four to six o'clock in the morning.
Earthquake followed earthquake almost
momentarily, or rather the whole of the
surrounding country was in a state of
oscillation—not agitated by shocks ver
tical or horizontal, but undulate, like
water shaken in a bowl.
The break of day, if such it could be
called, was truly terrific. Darkness
was only dispelled at nine o'clock, and
the birth of morning dawned like the
day of judgment. Chaotic gloom en
veloped the mountain, and au impene
trable haze hung over the sea with
black, sluggish clouds of a sulphurous
cast. For miles around the country was
covered with favilla, cinders, scoria and
broken masses of volcanic matter.
This, the last eruption of Mount Ves•
uvius, is on the grandest scale that has
occurred within the last hundred years.
The whole face of the country is
changed, and its beauty probably gone
forever.
A Good Story
They tell a good story of how Rev.
Dr. Bethune—now dead--a wit, a scholar
and eloquent divine—was once put in a
queer position by an intimate friend.
The doctor, at the time, was settled
over a congregation in Brooklyn, and
was very popular. A Connecticut con
gregation gave him a call, and " called "
a thousand dollars per annum better
than the Brooklyn people. But he had
formed a strong attachment to his par
ishioners, and thinking that his sphere
of service could not be changed to ad
vantage, he was not tempted by an in
crease of salary. So he remained, to
the great delight of his people.
All of the doctor's parishioners were
not saints. There were a few sinners
among them—else why preach the gos
pel? And among the last was a jovial
pew-holder, fond of lush, and apt at all
times to get more than he could carry.
Neither was he particular at what time
of the day he got drunk. He suited his
inclination, and had no method in his
cups.
Bllkins—Well, that was not his name,
but it will do—Bilkins heard of the doc
tor's refusal, and he was delighted. In
the very sight of his pleasure he cross
ed Fulton Ferry, carrying about a quart
of brandy.
Dr. Bethune crossed In the same boat,
carrying an umbrella.
The brandy carrier happened to catch
a sight of him, and at once staggered
towards him, exclaiming in his loudest
tones:
"How do you do. Mr. Bethune? Let
me take your—hic—hand. my dear
sir-r-r ! I'm proud to testify•yi-yi my
respect for you, sir."
"Speak a little lower, if you please,
Mr. Bilklns," murmured Dr. Bethune.
" Yes-s-s, sir, you've stood by our pul
pit like a man. Them cussed nutmeg
grinding, ham-starving Yankees want
ed to take you from us—offered you a
thousand dollars a year more—did they?
By this time the attention of the
crowd was fixed on the couple. Dr.
Bethune's face was always florid ; now
it was on fire.
His interlocutor continued :
" Our people have get to make up that
thousand dollars—got to! If they don't
I'll do it myself. S-s-see if I don't!"
" But, my dear sir," remonstrated the
doctor, "speak a litte lower. You are
drowning—"
" Yes-s s," interrupted the other.—
" I know what you said. You spurned
the offer. You s-s-said you wouldn't go
—not an inch. You told them, as a good,
pious clergyman ought, that you'd see
em d—d first."
A Peep Into Brigham Young's Seraglio.
But let us seek a field of interest.
Here on our right hand are the private
grounds of him who ruleth in Zion,
Brigham Young. Twenty acres he
owns in the heart of the city, where are
pleasant walks and floral beauties, sur
rounded by a stone wall. Within this
enclosure are three princely mensions,
where live his thirty wives and num
berless progeny. Each of these houses
carries a name, that disorder and con
fusion may not arise in the camp of
Israel. They are the Bee Hive
House. Lion House and White House
on the Hiil. This mighty wall is
designed to shut out the world,
to exclude inquisitive sight, but we
shall venture to describe the scene with
in. It is the hour of sunset, gilding
the mountains with rapturous light.—
We approach the massive iron gates,
and unlike Moore's disconsolate Peri,
we are permitted to enter the domestic
paradise, Strolling leisurely along. the
grassy walks, our attention is attracted
to the singular movements of an elder
ly woman, her hair streaked with silver
threads, yet with a step firm and elas
tic. This evening's air is inviting, and
she seems to enjoy the freshness. In
her hand is an open book (can it be
"Griffith Glunt; or Jealousy?") which
closes with a nervous twitch of the hand
as her fading eye rekindles with a look
that would seem to say, ' Oh, how I des
pise you!' This woman, forty years ago
became Brigham Young's first wife. But
who can be the victim of that malig
nant scorning? What poor mortal is
being crushed between her clenched
teeth ? Can it be I, only a looker-on—
a harmless and unoffending Gentile?
No ; but we have discovered the study
of her hate—the bohum upas that has
been planted in her side. Yonder is a
cluster of trees—they are aspen and
maple—and under their thin, yellow
tinged tops is a bright eyed woman of
twenty summers, who now leans upon
an old man's arm. By what power we
know not, but, as if drawn by magic
hand, our steps are directed thither
ward. The now mistress of the heart
and situation flashes winsome looks and
breathes poetic words ; he, old man that
he is, and slave of sensualism, treads
the Boor of his own paradise, and smiles
approving glances. This man is Brig
ham Young, and this woman his very
last and much the prettiest wife. No
wonder that the "old creature" looked
the disagreeable. Perhaps there are
others peeping from behind damask
curtains who are also mourning the loss
of their place in that old man's affec
tions.
A Great Cariosity.
There is, says the Reese River Reveille,
in Monitor Valley, Nevada, a short dis
tance south of Humphrey's Station, a
singular boiling cauldron, now known
as Diana's Bowl, which is well worthy
of a visit. In the centre of a low, round
hill, composed of sedimentary matter,
there is a natural bowl about sevent • -
five feet in diameter, and appstrent y
sixty or seventy feet in depth. At the
bottom there is a large volume of
scalding water constantly in ac
tive ebulition. The water is so re
markably pure that a stone thrown
into it is seen descending with a Blow
spiral motion to a great depth, being
gradually drawn towards the _point
where the spring seems to burst from
the rocks beneath. The most singular
feature about this hot spring is, that it
does not appear to have outlets, and yet
its level does not seem to vary. The
surface of the water is some twenty feet
lower than the rim of the bowl, and
can be reached only by the aid of a
rope.
Alarming Condition of the Country—
The Gathering Elements of a Great
Convulsion or a Sweeping Revolution.
The present condition of the country, in
its financial, political and moral aspects, is
truly alarming. The grand carnival of the
war, with its disbursements of six or seven
hundred millions a year, is ended, and as
the bills come in for settlement we begin to
realize the tremendous pressure which is
upon us of heavy taxation:4, widespread
corruptions, general depression in trade and
universal distrust.
The Southern States, wrested from the
rebellion, are rapidly going down to ruin.
The failures in their crops since the war
from droughts and floods, and worms and
frosts, have left the Southern planters with
their money and credit exhausted and un
certain as to the needful bread for their
families during the winter . , The Southern
negroes at the same time, shiftless and
wasteful, have, as the rule, consumed their
scanty earnings, anti with starvation staring
them in the face there is a prevailing sense
of danger that they may, here, there and
everywhere, without a moment's warning,
in their bloody reprisals, inaugurate a reign
of terror and a war of races, General Gil
lem's report of the dreadful condition of
things in Mississippi will apply more or
less to all the rebel States from Virginia to
Texas. They are all driving on from bad
to worse, and unless some speedy and com
prehensive measures of relief and reform
are interposed the civilized world, within a
few short months, may be shocked with the
revival in "the great republic" of those hor
rible scenes 01St. Domingo which marked
the African movements there for negro
equality and negro supremacy.
We have no doubt that with the reas
sembling of the two houses of Congress
after New Year's they will, by official facts
and vouchers, be fully convinced that be
tween the impoverished whites and the
swarms of idle and destitute blacks in the
unreconstructed rebel States there is serious
danger of a reign of robbery, violence and
blood. Politically divided, as the inhabi
tants of those States already are, into the
white man's party and the black man's
party it will require the most skilful
handling to prevent a general risirg be
tween the two race's for a mutual war of
extermination. There may, perhaps, be
some scenes of this character among the
holiday diversions of the South, while our
national law-makers are enjoying their
Christmas festivities In the North and de•
luding th .niselves with the fallacy that they
have brought or are bringing about the
reign of "peace on earth and good will to
men."
And what is the state of things in. the
North? Our merchants aro doing little or
nothing, though selling at less than cost;
our manufactories, to a ruinous extent, are
suspended or cut down In their operations ;
our mechanics, in still increasing numbers,
are thrown out of employment ; the unem
ployed and the destitute in all our great
cities are more numerous now than they
have been in any month of December for
thirty years. Hard times Is the general cry,
and before they •can be better there is a
general apprehension that they will be
worse. There is no confidence in the pre
sent head of the National Treasury, and
there is no confidence of' any substantial
or seasonable relief from title Radical Con-
gross. Why should there be, when all the
legislation of these Radical reformers since
the collapse of the rebellion has been de
voted to the negro—to negro philanthropy,
freedmen's bureaus, negro equality, uni
versal negro suffrage and Southern negro
supremacy ?
These reckless radical fanatics, In all
these schemes looking to a political negro
balance of power for mere party purposes,
have been sowing the wind, and they will
reap the whirlwind. General destitution
and threatened disorders of violence and
blood In the South; general stagnation, de
pression and distrust in the North ; oppres•
eive tusations, resulting in still decreasing
receipts to the Treasury from still !Porous.
ing revenue frauds and corruptions, are
firing up the public mind to the while heat
of a great political revolution. It is coming,
and In the face of the overwhelming issues
at stake the mere name and fame
of this man, that man or the other
will be utterly eclipsed in the Presidential
agitation. Grant, Ilancock,Chase, Seymour,
Pendleton,Vallandigham, Fernando Wood,
and all other Presidential candidate, will
be subordinated to the great issues which
aro destined in 1808, as in 1840, to sweep
over the country like a tornado. This
radical Congress has been and is hurrying
the country headlong down the road to des
truction. It is leading us rapidly towards
bankruptcy, revulsion, reputation and
chaos; but there is still the last resort ol'the
people. From the deplorable state of the
country and from all the signs of the times
we expect from the people nothing short or
a sweeping political revolution in our na
tional elections of 1868, from Maine to Cali
fornia.—X. Y. Herald.
Another Horrible Negro Murder in
North Carolina.
Correspondelice of the New York Herald.
NEWBERN, Dec. 20, 1807.—Scarcely a day
has elapsed and I have again to record a
nother of those negro outrages so frequent
at the South since the emancipation of that
unfortunate race—another brutal murder.
But a tow days since and the peaceable cit
izens in this vicinity were thrown Into a
state of the most violent excitement and
terror by the horrible murder of Colonel
Nethercutt, and the inhuman beating his
wife received at the hands of the murder
ers, who also attempted ineend laristn. The
affair I am about to record, is a twofold
tragedy, the negro murderer meeting death
at the hands of a heroic boy, not mare than
fourteen years old.
Night before lust the residence of Mr.
Daniel Doughity, on the public road lead
ing front Neuse to Trent, was invaded by a
gang of negro desperadoes, who iffiest this
portion of the Slat,. Upon reselling the
!louse one of the party entered, the others
remaining outside, as is usual in such cases,
to guard against intrusion, while their
bloody work is being perpetrated.
Ben Canner, the murderer,,who met his
deserved fate, finding no one present but a
Mr. P. Brateher and a small boy, seized the
former and demanded all the money there
was in the house. A violent struggle, last
ing for some moments,. now ensued, the
negro, being very powerful and muscular,
freeing himself. He immediately drew a
revolver, discharging it twice, one of the
balls taking effect in Mr. llrutcher's abdo
men, the other in his right arm. From the
wound in his abdomen, which was mortal,
ho has since died. At this juncture of af
fairs the weak and puerile boy display
ed in a marked degree his courage and
heroism. When the struggle had assumed
Its fiercest aspect, and the negro had drawn
his pistol, the boy slipped behind a door,
and seizing the gun belonging to Mr. Dough
ity, took steady and deliberate aim at the
negro murderer, tired, and instantly killed
him. The remainder Cl the gang outside,
seeing their loader lying prostrate in his
gore, fled, as !legroom will always do wile()
they encounter true manly courage, 'rho
boy remained In the house, the solo sur
vivor (it' this two-fold tragedy, administer
ing to the dying wants of Mr. Brateher
assistance arrived. This section is daily
the scene ol the most unparalleled murders;
the people live in terror, and if measures
are not adopted to restr ain the growing ne
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Hanover street, Boston, Mass.
VARMERS & FARICIEWS SONS, Wanted
to engage Ina business, during the Fall and
inter, paying from 8160 to 6200 per month.
Address ZEIGLER, MCCURDY & CO.,
No. 614 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
It ie the Best Chance ever offered to Agents 1
One or two days' time will secure a good
%awing Machine, Watch, Silk Dress, 310•
solver, or some other article of equal value,
Free of Cost
Agents wanted everywhere, male and female,
for the best One Dollar Pawnbroker's Sale In
the country. Send for Circular.
S. C. THOMPSON dr. CO
31 Exchane.e Street. Boston. Meas.
REVOLUTION IN TRADE!
LADIES,—You tan receive for the sum of
ONE DOLLAR
Silk, Merino, and Alpaca. Dresses, Shawls,
13almorals, !Linen Ocxxls, Embossed 'fable
Covers, Watches, Jewelry, Silver-Plated Ware,
Sewing Machines, &o. Send clubs of ten or
more, with ten cents for each descriptive
check, and the getter up of the club:will receive
a present, worth $3 to 1300, according to number
sea. Agents wanted everywhere. Circulars
sent free. PARKER & CO., successor to GRA.
RAM & CO., 6i and 66 Federal Street, Boston.
WE SELL FOR ONE DOLLAR,
GOLD and Silver Watches,Sewlng Machina,
Sliver Tea etta, Silk Dress lAtterns, ear-
Ratings, Domestic Goods, dta do.
ciRCULARB tiElil t FREE,
giving fall particulars of our great one Dollar
bale.
mplendldlndueements offered to Agentasend
ing us Clubs. Address, LABOOTE & BABBITT,
No. 88 Sunbury street, Boston.
.
Anyzsinsusi. , ,
Bost iLavaamaxasNre, 812 a yeas paf
aaese-of ten•llaes; 84 per year Or each sa
llow. zsrusi e onal itixe.Tilida, 10 aitis ltild for
the first, and 5 centa for each subsequent in.
sertion.
, .
012fIGRAL ADVXRT/EIING 7 count a ILtte:lo2 the
Arai, and 4 cents lb? each subsequent lines.
Lion.
Pactrit. Nodose inserted in Local Columni
15 cents per line.
Braman NOTICES prl3oodilla marriages and
deaths, 10 cents per line for first insertion.
and 6 cents for every subsequent insertion.
LEGAL Alm crrut NOriciaP—
Executors'...... 2.50
6.dnilaistrators , notice's, .... 2.60
Assignees' 2.50
Auditors' notices = 2 .0
Other "Notices," ten lines, or
three times,...-. ....... ..... ........ 1.50
gate ''duertiotmentO.
SY'people in the country paying three or four
protlts on the goods they have to buy. The
methods introduced by the DOLLAR:SALE
principle, as offered by OILMAN tr. CO., 119
Hanover street, Boston, M MN. • enables con
sumers to obtain goods at. wholesale prices,
with almost unlimited allowing of exchange,
and valuable presents thrown ln. Send fora
Circular, or send Ton cents for descriptive slip.
great inducements fur persons to act as
Agents
APHYNIOLOGICA VIEW OF ItIAH,
RIAGE.—THE CHEAI'E.4T HOOK
EVELt PUBLINIiED.
Containing nearly three hundred pages.
And 130 tine plates and engravings et the
Anatomy of the Human Org. , us in a state of
Health and Disease, with a treatise on Early
Errors, Hs Deplorable Consequences upon the
M.Lnd and Body, with the Author's - Plan of
Trtatmen t—the only rat omit and successful
mode of Cure, as shown hy the report of cases
treated. A truthful adviser to the married
and those contemplating marriage who enter
tain doubts of their physical condition. sent
free of postage to any address, 0.1 receipt of 25
cents in stamps orpostal currem4, by address
ing Dit. LA CROIX, No. 31 Maiden Lane,
Albany, N. V. The author may he consulted
upon any of the diseases upon which his book
treats, either personally or by :null. Medicines
sent to any part o. the world.
Untou gartite 4ailrond.
52 5 MILES
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,
RUNNING WEST FROM. OMAHA
ACROSS THE CONTINENT,
ARE NOW COMPLETED
This brings the line to the eastern base of the
Rocky Mountains, and It Is expected that the
track will be bald thirty miles further, to
Evans Pass, the hit:hest Wet oil the road, by
January. The maximum grade Row the loot of
the mountains to the summit Is but eighty
feet to the mile, while Unit 01 many eastern
roads is over one hundred. Work on the rock
cuttings on the western slope wilt continue
t' rough the winter, and there Is no reason to
doubt that the entire grand line to the Pacific
will be open for business in Dirt).
The means provided ler the count uction of
Lbk Great National Work ar, ample, Tuo
United States grants its Six Per Cent. Bonds at
the rate of from Si tl,OOO to titS,UOU per mile, fur
which IL Lakes a second lien an ifeettrity, and
receives payment to a larg e If not Lo the lull
extent, at its claim In ,cdv cos. These Minds
are issued as each t Wenty neetion Is
finished, and alt, r IL has been examined by
United Stales commissioners and pronounced
Lo be in tdl respects a iltst-Chant road, hurough
ly supplied with depots, repalr-shops, stations,
and all the necessary roi li ng' stock and other
equipments.
The United States alto makes It donation of
12,6(X) cares of laud to the mile, which will bo
source ut large revenue to the Loin pally. Much
of title laud In the Platte Valley Is among the
most forLi,e In the world, anti other large por
tions are covered with heavy pine forests and
abound In coal of the be t quality,
The Compauy Is also ant horizt.d to Ismiti Ile
own Find Mortgage Bond% to an iimoOnt equal
to the home of the Uovern fount and no more.
H on. E. D. Morgan and lion. Oakes Amen are
Trustees for the and deliver the
Bondi' to the Company only as the work pro
gr• 8801, eU that they always retirement, an Lonna
aid productive value.
The authorized capital of the Compel*. le
Ono Hundred Million Doller“, of which over
live nlllllOO,l have been 1.10 111 1111110 the work
Trendy dune
Tll It: COMPANY.
At present, the profits of the Company are
derived only trunk lie local trunk!, but this hi
already much more than sufficient to pay the
Interest un all the Bonds the Company can IS
cue, ifuot another toile were Unlit. It In nut
doubted that when the road Is completed the
through traffic of the only line connecting th
Atlantic and Pacific Staten will be largely be
yond precedent, and in there will be no
oompetition, It can always be dune at prolltu•
Ulu rates.
It will be noticed that the Ilnionl'acllic
road h 4, lu fact, a Government Work, ball'.
under tile impervlsion of Government officers
and to a large extent with Government money
and that its bowie are homed under Govern •
mentdlreettun. it In bailey. d that uo [dialler
aecurity in no caret tilly guarded, anti certainly
no other ix based upon a larger or more valua•
blu property. An tee Company'a
FIRST MORRIAIIE BONDS,
are offered for the present at ii CENTS ON
TLi If, DO I .LA It, t toy are Ihe oneapoit security
In the market. being morn than litter cent.
LOllOlOl3
E=Gt2
wer thus Untied litatuntßooloi. They are
NIX PER CENT. IN GOLD,
MitM===l
Subscriptions will be received In Lancaster
by REED, MullitANN & CO.. Bunkers.
LANCASTER CO. NATIONAL BANK,
and In Now York at the Company's Oltice, No.
20 Nassau street, and by
CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK. No. 7
Nadeau st,
CLARK, DODD E .e CO., Bankers, N 0.51 Wallet.
JOHN J. CheCO &SON, Bankers, No. 33 Wallet.
and by the Company's advertised Agents
throughout the United litxtem. Remittances
should be made tu drafts or other !bade par in
New York, and the bowie will be cent free of
charge by return express.
A NEW rAmi , HLET AND showing
the Progress of the Work, Iteeourcee for Con.
etructlou, and Value oh liondc, may be obtain
ed at the Company's 0111ces or 01 ILN advertised
Agents, or will be cent fl ee ou appliCation.
JOHN J. CISCO, Treasurer,
November'L'ld. 1007. New York.
dee 0 Rwseltleb 2
(2entral guiltr 4attrond.
S ECURE PROFITABLE INVESTMENT
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
First Mortgage Thirty-Year Six Per
Cent. Coupon Bonds.
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN
GOLD COIN,
Represent the preferred claim upon'one of the
MOST IMPORTANT LINES OP COMMUNICATION IN
THE W .RLD, as It Is the sole link between the
Pacine Coast and the Great Interior Ihuiln,
over which the immense Overland travel must
pass, and the
MAIN TRUNK LINE ACROSS THE CONTI-
The Road is now nearly completed from Sac.
ramento to thu itichest Mining Hegions In the
Halt Lake Basin, and IN being rapidly carried
forward by the largest force of Ia were ever
employed by any Railroad Company uu this
continent.
The natural, legitimate, commercial business
of the road surpasses all previous expectation,
and is profitable bryond parallel even among
the oldest roads In existence. Thu earnings
and expenses for the quarter ending Oct. 31st,
were as follows, IN GOLD:
Gross Operating
Earnings, Alpenscs,
86030817 02 8102,088 61 8-191,750 31
This result, how,ver, would have been far
greater but fur the inability of wagon Lumen to
forward the freight and passengers from the
temporary terminus In the mountains.
The United Mutes Government. and the State
and Cities of California have no aided end
fostered the Cireut Enterprise, that Lim Com
pany will assume very IlghL annual Interest
obligations, and will have the following tau pie
Resources at minium:al fur the C.oodructlon:
DONATIuNB In Lands, Bonds,
Concessions, etc., (wi thou L lien) 012,800,000
CAPITAL STUCK,Net Earnings,
elei, (no lien, 11,000,000
LOANS ((subordinate lieu) 3,000,000
U. H.• SURSIDY LIOND.B, 721)
miles (Ssubordinate
FIRST MOIVIVAUE 13U N Lei,
Resources, 11nd729 miles 8770i:111.000
The FlkiiiT MOI.I3IIAUE BOND:titre sums
of 111,1 M each, with xOOll-annual gold coupons
attached, and are offered for sale, ler the preh
eat, at 93 per cent. and accrued Interest front
July Ist, In currency, at which rate they yield
nearly NINE l'Elt CENT. Ul'uN IN
VEMTMENT.
Thane Bonds, authorized by the Pacific Hall
road Acts of Congress, are issued only a the
work progresses, and to the mama extent only
as the Bonds granted by the (iovernmentland
are the prior lien upon the whole vAluatflo
property furnished by the above Honourees.
They possecsspeciai assurances and advantages
over other Corporste fiecuritiem, and are ditto
tined to rank among THE HEST IN VEsT
IN ENT, IN THE WORLD, from their uousal
attractions of sufoly, soundness, and profit.
Conyersloom of tiovornineoul hocuritles
CENTRAL PACIFIC FIRBT MORTGAGE
BONDS
NOW ILMALIZE 10K THE lIOLDEILB
Twelve to Eighteen Per Cent. Advantage,
Bonds can he obtained through the subscrib
ers directly, or through responsible Banking
agencies.
Pamphlets, Maps and Informa•
Lion can Le had ut the
Office of the 4). P. R. H. C., No. 54
IV tlllam ht., N. Y., and of
FISK & HATCH,
Bankers & Dealers in tiov't Securities,
AND
FINANCIAL AGENTS OF THE C. P. R. R. 00.
NO. 5 NASSAU IiTSEET, N. Y.
ALSO Of
B 0 W E.N & FOX,
No. a MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE,
PHILADELPIIIA.
no 80
DR. J. M. CLEMENT,
Graduate of the University of POllllElyiVallie,
and graduate of the Pennsylvania
College of i. eutal Surgery,
OFFICE ON THIRD STREET,
(77drd door west of Hutchison's new Drug Store,
Teeth extracted without pain by Nitrous
Oxide Gas, Ether and Local Anesthesia. All
diseases of the Teeth and Mouth successfully
treated—such as Irregularities of children's
Teeth ; filling of carious Teeth and preserving
the natural organs; Artificial Teeth Inserted
from one to atoll set ; all kinds of Teeth repair
ed and remodeled to fit the mouth.
Persons having dllllcult teeth and roots to
extract are Invited to call.
All operations In the dental profession per
formed in the beet manner, and warranted to
v;kre eatLrfaetlom June 5 tlw
Nti
Ear ltilj/1.
23,317,000
93,517,000
gentian'.
DENTIST,
OXFORD, PENNA.