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A THRILLING sTonv..
One day in the gold mountains of
Chontales I first saw a hurricane. The
scenery of that tableland fs bleak and
sad and lonely, as in all auriferous re
gions.
We had not enjoyed one ray from the
NW for longer than a week. But the
~-;Obeat was not less : a close and stifling
' shrouded all the land, and
each marshy spot—crowned though
'4.it,Wei t e with plumy bamboos and epang
: over with white lilies—drew a foul
?•.I.'.loiiid poisonous miasma. This dull air
';''Niittiverisd with heat; mountain and vol.
.'"•••:,•Cano and savannah lay still and grey as
a landssape of the dead.
had proposed to reef at the foot of a
'tiny volcano, round and smooth as a
' , hemisphere. "There is water on the
other side," suggested my Indian guide,
- and we went thither. Not only was
-water round in the dell, but also trees,
Of dimensions rare throughout that dis
trict. My guide looked round with the
air, of a , man who has memories stirring
in'his brain , and observed, "It was here
Wefoughttlie fillibusters, senor." "How
was that?" I asked, knowing little bet
ter than other Europeans the details of
Walker's war. Then he told me, in the
epic manner, how one Turley organized
a band of rowdies in California for
wholesale robbery in this land under
cover of the war, and how he passed
them off on Walker's agents as experi
enced soldiers, which perhaps they
were; how they refused to separate, and
"Witt enrolled as an entire ~comp
any in the "Rangers ;" how they
deserted in a body at the first opportu
nity, and marched through the "Orien
tal," murdering and plundering the
scanty population ; and how the French
diggers of Libertad gathered a force of
natives, and murdered the rowdies to a
man on this very spot. But he omitted
to tell me another detail—how the false
fillibusters had been tricked of their
arms under a promise of amnesty.
Nevertheless, this story was interesting
to me as a curious suggestion of the
possibilities still extant in our nine•
teenth century—not yet twelve years
ago !—and it passed the time agreeably.
But on setting out again I perceived
a change in the atmosphere at our first
step from the shadow of the dell.
' What is this?" I asked the Indian,
shivering with cold and a general de
pression.
"An ouragan, I fear, senor!" he an
swered, iu manifest uneasiness.
, I paused, knowing well enough by
hearsay the terror of these storms to be
aware our further journey was impossi
ble.
"What is to be done T asked.
"How long have we still before it
breaks?"
" Half an hour at the outside," he an
swered, looking up at the darkening
sky. " I feared it this morning, but
the Indians laughed at me."
By the way, it is curious that the
aborigines of Central America always
speak of one another as Indians, using
the word, apparently, almost as a title
to be proud of.
After a hurried consultation it was
decided to stay hi our pres position
until the storm should s, seeing we
were safe from the.. ' under our little
volcano, and that we could not possibly
cross the Lagarto stream before it broke.
And so we sat down, tied the mules
with double rope, and waited the event,
wrapped in our thick horse rugs. And
all their warmth was needed. More and
more piercing the cold became, more
and more dark the sky. Birds, whose
presence we had not suspected, began
to twitter nervou-ly in the trees below;
but the stillness of the heavens was ter
rible. The frozen air seemed to pour
down on us in waves, but no vibration
could be noted In the atmosphere.—
Darker it grew and darker, till all the
land was swiftly shrouded over. An
indescribable terror possessed us both;
the mules cowered closely upon the
ground, with their legs gathered under
them, like rabbits squatting, and their
noses pressed to earth. The Indian's
face was pinched with cold; he shivered
under his chamarra.
Suddenly a frozen gust came shriek
ing over the moutalus, then another,
and the ouragan burst forth. Following
the example of mules and man, I threw
myself flat on the slope of the volcano
and clung tightly. The roar of the tem
pestas it passed was as the voice of a
nation shouting; not with gradual vio
lence it broke out, as in our calm lands,
but all in a moment, resistless, merci
less. Clods of earth, branches, even
small stones, as the Indians declared,
whizzed in mid air above our heads, the
hurtle of their furious flight riding
shrilly on the thunderous music of the
wind. Every leaf and every smaller
hough was stripped from the cotton
trees beneath us, and whirled over hill
and valley to the far Atlantic. Our
prostiate bodies were plucked and
struck as with giant hands. And then,
in the very thickest of the storm, as if
the horror of it were not yet sufficient,
as if Nature desired to show us all her
dread power in these lands, in the very
thickest of the storm, while we lay
pressed close to the earth, stifling,
breathless, deafened with Its din and
violence, I felt the sharp sick shudder
of an earthquake The big trunks in
the dell, protected hitherto by cover of
the land, then crashed swiftly down;
when the first gave way, they fell, as
we could note afterwards, like nine
_ phis in a row, each overthrowing its
neighbor. Not a stem survived; but
so horrid was the roaring that scarce a
sound of their downfall reached our
ears.
How long the scene lasted I cannot
tell ; perhaps not more than fifteen
minutes, perhaps half an hour. The
rugs were torn to tatters on our backs;
we could not breathe exceptwlth mouths
• resting on the turf. I would not dis
parage the grandtter of the storms of
other lands, but that little ourangan on
the Gold Mountains was quite startling
enough for my ambition. And when
the wind had passed by in its mad ca
reer towards Blewfields, the rain began.
It poured on us in a cataract that threat
ened to wash the hills bodily away.—
But we could get no shelter of course;
there was no resource but patience.
Miserably we sat under the volcano's
lee, and let the torrent fall upon our
heads. About a quarter of an hour we
had rested there, and already each dell
was a raging cataract. Suddenly we
heard a sound of shouting, which rose
above the swish and thudding of the
water.
",There's a man in the dell below! "
shouted the Indian in nay ear, but with
no sign of interest in his stolid face.
"That man will be drowned," he ar
gued calmly.
Alone,lfdashed down the sodden slope,
and stood upon its crumbling edge,
looking eagerly into the hollow. The
trees were all uprooted and broken, the
little brook was a furious river And
right beneath me, among the tangle of
boughs, a man struggled madly against
the gathering waters. It was not in my
power to render him aid ; I could but
shout encouragement, and watch his
efforts with sickening sympathy. Again
and again be fell, and with each instant
the torrent swelled. The boughs were
twisted around his feet, but he clung to
them desperately. And all the while
he shouted hoarsely and struggled on.
I ran to the cowering mules, and, hastily
tying their halters together, threw the
rope - toward the drowning man. Not
VA he fourth or fiftlicast did he seem
to gee the means of safety, or to under
stand my intention, though I called my
loudest and , the rope fell close beside
him. But at length he grasped it, and
we dragged him out. Again and again
the undermined bank gave way, and
once he lost his hold; but I threw the
noose again, just as the water swept him
off, and dragged him safe to land.
But his behavior, when thus extrica
ted from deadly peril, Was. not encour
aging to the philanthropic spirit. With
a wild oath he dashed off our hands,
and tore away over the hillside heed
less of our cads. Recovering his feet,
the Indian gave vent to • an angry
" carajo!" and sullenly retired. Alone
I pursued the madman,: (lasing him
with many a slide an d fall .over the
• slipper turf, until he length 'he dame
down headlong and lay still, I ap
roaohed him cautiously, remembering
tqe just told, and the dangerous
dry of My- filibuster , friend in a case
llomewhat •• He did not move,
htteiay helpless on the groundalarlng
at me. With the wild eyes of a maniac,
pl called #1132 Indisubi and; most tinWil
• . nglp , he aided ine4e7carry the rescued
man toward out mules.
It was not for some hours after Illathe
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recovered strength and seine to tell his
story. We got, him to Juigalpa, and, in a
horrid little inn there, the best house that
town (I) can boast, he related to me the
concatenation of circumstances which
had thue turned his brain. It would
appear that, knowing the country well,
it was the habit of this man to break
his journey in the dell of which I have
told you, and to sleep away the hottest
hours of the day in a certain grotto
which existed there. In thatcavern he
was, no doubt, when we descended to
lunch, and there remained, having par
taken freely of aguardiente, or schnaps,
or some other pleasant liquor, until the
ouragan broke out. That roused him, as
indeed its fury might almost have rous
ed those dead chieftains in the cairns
arolind. He fought his way to the
entrance—to be dashed back instantly,
bruised and terror-stricken, by the un
chained winds. Bewildered by the fall,
deafened with that unearthly shrieking
and thunder, he lay awhile upon the
cavern floor, until the heaving of the
"trembler," the crash of falling stones
and tossing of the earth recalled his
consciousness. Instinct once more
caused him once again to dash at the
cavern's mouth; but again he was driven
back. Thesituation indeed was horrible:
exposed to a fearful death inside, to
be buried alive under the heaving
roof, but unable to escape. After the
second effort, he lay still awhile, help
less and half conscious with fear. But
a dreadful sound roused the hunted man
to life again. Louder than the roar
without, more horrible, more full of
deadly terror than any sound of an in
animated world. The voice of the juguar
stunned his ears. Close beside him it
burst out, echoing from rock to rock,
from floor to roof, from every quarter of
the vaultat once. Peal afterpeal, beaten
back and rebounding, that awful threat
thundering round. For a moment he
strove to trace the sound, to spy two
flaming eyes in the darkness; but no
sign was to be noted, no clue discovered.
Again and again that ioar broke forth,
above, below,and on every side. Then be
went mad ; and I, for one, say,Noshame
to him! A 'tiger's voiceis fearful to hear,
you men, whether in the Eastern jungle
or on a lonely mountain of America; but
in a black cavern; where no man can
tell whence it comes nor where the
beast may be, that menace is a trial few
nerves could bear. Try for yourselves.
Only go with a savage dog into a vault
ed cellar, and hear the bewildering echo
of his bark. The whole space will ring,
and no man however experienced,
could guess whence danger is to be ex
pected. That mystery made the horror
of the scene. My friend—l call him
friend, for ho wandered many a day
with me—was very brave; but his
nerves, already greatly tried, could not
bear that strain. He dashed headlong
from the cavern, where death in three
dreadful shapes was threatening, wind
and earthquake and the tiger's claws.
And on the threshold, as though fate
had leagued all elements against his
life, lie fell into the raging cataract from
which I had rescued him.
"The Lord made a dead set at me that
time,' he used to say, in quaint yet not
consciously irreverent phrases "but
there was work found for me somewhere
on a sudden, an' you was appointed for
to lug me out of that there circum
stance where the Lord had fixed me, for
He don't make no sport of man, nor yet
He hain't such an idle time as He should
do miracles in fun. An' I'm ready for
that work, sir, ready an' gay, when the
name an' natur' of it is revealed tome."
At some future time I will tell a story
of an East Indian Hurricane.
An English paper relates the follow
ing expedient of a London shopkeeper,
the like of which has often been prac
tised by the police in American cities:
I was calling the other morning on a
certain well-known gem collector, who''
who was so good as to show me the con
tents of his cabinet. After the first half
dozen specimens, my attention began to
wander; for a very little of that sort of
things goes a great way with me.
"What Is that little bottle you keep
among your gems ?' inquired I.
" That is my Queen Eleanor's Mix
ture," said he, laughing. " But for it
I should not be in possession of yonder
ruby, the value of which is over a thou
sand pounds."
" What?" cried I. "Do you mean to
say it is artificial? I thought that that
notion of manufacturing gems was a
popular superstition."
"So it is," said he ; "but, neverthe
less, I am indebted to the mixture for
that ruby. The fact is this : My collec
tion is too well known by half. I don't
mind showing it to an old friend like
you, and of course I am proud of all
these things ; but I have, in a general
way, to keep too sharp an eye upon my
visitors to make theexhibition pleasant.
People whom I know nothing about
call upbn me, and present a card of some
friend of mine, and say: 'Mr. So-and•so
assured me you would be so kind as to
let me see your gems.' Two men came
together upon one occasion with the
purpose (as afterwards appeared) of
what they called 'putting the jug' on
me—that means garrotte and robbery ;
but I did not like their looks, and de•
clined to show them anything without
a letter of introduction. They had, as
it afterwards turned out, stolen the card
of a Professor of Mineralogy. lam not,
however, afraid of a single visitor, be
cause I always keep this handy"—and
my friend produced a pretty little pistol,
cocked, and, I have no doubt, loaded.
"But the bottle," said I, " what is
the use of that ?"
" Thatis the supplement to the pistol.
Thus, only yesterday, avery ill-looking
fellow—a foreigner, all hair and false
jewelry ; and avery foolish thing it was
of him to come to me with paste-dia
monds in his shirt-front—brought a
letter of introduction with him from a
friend of mine at Dresden. The letter
was genuine, but I had my doubts, from
the first, as to whether this was the gen
tleman to whom it referred. However,
I brought him inhere, and showed him
the gems. He made some• very com
monplace observations, which convinc
ed me he knew nothing of the subject,
and after thanking me, in a somewhat
servile manner, for my courtesy, took
up his bat to go. I slipped between
him and the door, and locked it in a
second. 'My ruby,' said I, 'if you
please, or you're a dead man.' And I
put the pistol to his forehead. Thatlittle
stone, which I have said is valued at
above a thousand pounds, was missing.
Instead of being indignant, my gentle
man merely answered: 'lndeed you
are mistaken, sir. You may call your
I servant, and examine every pocket.'
• I know that, you scoundrel,' re
turned I. ' You have swallowed that
rally ; now drink this, or die.' I held
the weapon in one hand, and the mix
ture, which is an emetic,, in the other.
The situation was very disagreeable for
him, I have no doubt, but did not seem
to be at all embarrassing. He shrank
from the pistol, (or at least thepolice
station, which was its alternative,) and
took the medicine like a lamb, while I
stood over him with the weapon and
the bowl, Tthat white little basin yon
der,) exactly as Queen Eleanor stood
over Fair Rosamond,' Of course, my
ruby very soon appeared. That's what
I call Eleanor's Mixture ; a decoction
without which no gem cabinet, of any
value, can be pronounced complete.
When I miss a specimen, I always
know at once that some visitor has
swallowed it, and then, you know, he
has to swallow this."
The subfoined extract from a recent pri
vate letter from Howell Cobb, of Georgia,
is made public:
" I entered this contest with a desire for
the success of our ticket which I never felt
before. Wearied with the bitter struggles
of the past few years, my heart panted for
peace, quiet and repose. In the election of
Governor Seymour and the success of the
democratic party I felt, in common with all
our good people, there was not only a pros
pect but a certainty of neace—an enduring
peace, that would lift up our own desolated
section and give to knew days of prosper
ity ; restoring, too', the past relations of
brotherhood between;the two sections, and
making rs.onee more a happy and united
people—united not merety in name, but in
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hea, spirit andlruth. It was with these
feelings I was induced to break a long self
imposed silence, and address the people of
Georgia to induce a like 'feeling on their
part. Well, imagine, if you can, the sur
prise with which T have read the comments
in radical papers on that speech, prevert
ing its meaning, distorting and construing
my words of peace and hope into words of
blood• and revolution! lam made the ad
vocate of strife and war, when, from every
pore of my heart, there comes gushing the
most earnest and sincere desire for peace—
lasting, eternal peace
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Howell Cobb's Disclaimer
Sawlcor the Ron. Jeremiah S. Black•
At 'the the Grtnt Denioerille Meeting. nt
York,' Pennsylvania.
At the great Democratic meeting, over
which he presided, in the public square of
the Borough of York, on Monday evening,
August 24 1868, Hon. Jeremiah ( 8. Black
delivered 'the following eloquent and inter
esting speech :
Judge Black, upon taking the chair, ex
pressed his appreciation of the hearty greet
ing with which his friends and neighbors
had ratified his selection as chairman. In
deference to the wishes of the meeting he
would set forth some of the points in the
present political controversy. But he would
do it briefly, confining' himself to the Prom
inent topics, and leaving the more elaborate
arguments to be made by the distinguished
gentleman from Maryland (Gov. Swann)
who had come here on special invitation
to grace the cause by pleading it.
He continued : The candidates of the two
parties are now fairly in the field, and we
have abundant cause to be proud of the se
lection made for us by the convention,which
assembled at New York on the Fourth of
July. Ido not believe that any member of
the party to which we are opposed would
so grossly flatter Grant and Colfax as to
say that they are fitter,lnorally and men
tally, for the places to which they respec
tively aspire, than Seymour and Blair; and
a man of real candor will admit that our
candidates have t Cory decided advantage
over theirs.
Mr. Seymour has for many years been
regarded as standing at the head of the
public men from whom the Democracy
would be bound to select the chief of the
nation. He won this pre-eminence not by
any accidental circumstance, but solely by
his acknowledged talents'and his un
doubted integrity. He never sought this
nomination ; on the contrary, it was thrust
upon him after he had repeatedly declined
it. But as soon as he had consented to take
it, there was no name in the country that
could stand for one moment before the
competition of his. The friends of all the
other candidates immediately conceded the
palm of superiority to him; and now those
candidates are themselves his most enthn-
elastic supporters. Opposition is melting
away before the fervid eloquence of Pen
dleton; the ponderous logic of Hendricks
is literally smashing the ranks of the Rad
icals in Indiana, and Hancock, with the
magnanimity that belongs to ht noble
and heroic nature, has thrown the whole
weight of his reputation into the scale of
liberty and law, and urging his friends
everywhere to go with their whole might
for Seymour IGreat applause.]
In the State of New York. where Mr.
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Seymour's history and character are well
known, his majority, it is said, will be
counted by hundreds of thousands. This
may be an over-sanguine calculation; but
it is entirely certain that Grant has no more
chance of carrying that State against Sey
mour, than he has of getting a majority in
Old Codorus. [Laughter and applause.]
I do no say that Seymour has no enemies.
If profligate politicians would not slander
and abuse him, that would be a very bad
sign for him. The Scripture says: 'Woe
unto you when all men speak well of you;"
which means that you cannot possibly ba
an honest man, and at the same time be
popular with all the rascals. There is
enough said against Mr. Seymour to take
that curse away from him. But I submit
to you that there has not been and that there
will not be one specific accusation made
against him with the slightest show of evi
dence to support It, which ought to induce
you to believe that he is not a statesman of
the highest order, and a patriot pure and
stainless. Moreover, he is a Christian man.
He believes in the obligation of an onth,
and If he swears to preserve, protect, and
defend the Constitution, you may rest as•
cured that he will do it,
General Blair was one of the ablest and
most distinguished generals of the late civil
war. He has very high claims upon us and
upon the country. He was a fighting, not a
stealing general. He had no connection with
any of those atrocious cruelties upon non
combatants which will eternally disgrace
the names of some other officers. Ho would
not be a military commissioner to commit
murder upon innocent women and men.
He had nothing to do with those illegal ar
rests which filled the dungeons of the couu
try with the victims of political malice.
Seward knew very well that it was not
worth while to ring his "little bell" at him,
for he was no man's deputy kidnapper.
Whenever he went upon duty, he always
wore two uniforms—the uniform coat of a
soldier, and the uniform conduct of a gen
tleman. [Great applause.]
After the war was over, he demanded of
the party in power that they should redeem
the pledges which he and they both had
made to the people ill the country. He was
a member of that Congress which on the
22d day of July, 1861, (the day after the bat
tle of Bull Run) by a solemn resolution
unanimously passed through both houses.
declared that the object of the war was not
subjugation or conquest, but solely to pre
serve the integrity of the Union and to
maintain the supremacy of the Constitution
and laws in the South as well as the North.
Ho went into the war upon the faith of that
resolution, followed by thousands of his
friends. Upon the same faith, thousands
in the South, and hundreds of thousands in
the North, had sacrificed their lives and
given up their property. He would not
submit to be swindled nor let the people be
swindled out of their blood and money. I
dare say that at that time it was not his in
tention to abandon the support of the party
with which he had been connected ; he sim•
ply desired to make them honest. But
finding that to be hopeless there was no
alternative left him but to " come out from
the evil and corrupt fellowship" and rally
to the flag of the Constitution, around which
the Democracy had already assembled.
But to do this was no easy thing in the State
of Missouri. The vulgar despotism of
thieves and ruffians which bad been estab
lished there under Congressional auspices
assailed General Blair with all its brutal
strength. They refused to let him vote
because hawould not swallow their infernal
test oaths, which he denounced as a dis
grace to the civilization of the age. They
threatened his life daily; and once while
addressing a public assemblage, was shot
at 4ad came within an ace of being mur
dered. But nothing could tame the audacity
of his courage; he said his say, and reas
serted the right of free speech.
In war and in peace, in the halls of Con
gress and upon the hustings, at the council
table and upon the battle-field, be was ever
true to the constitutionel rights of the peo
ple. Now it is our turn, and we, the people,
will be true to.him. [Loud applause.]
But there are other considerations in this
election besides the mere personaT merits or
demerits of the different candidates. The
continued existence of this government—
the life of the nation—is at stake upon the
issue. Some of you may possibly suppose
that this is a false alarm. If you really be
lieve that the institutions of this country are
not in very great danger or that their de
struction would not be a very serious ca
lamity, of course, you will disregard our
warning. It is true, however, that many
judicious and sober men, uninfluenced by
party prejudice, have come to the deliberate
conviction that unless the ship of state is
speedily put upon her constitutional tack,
she will be drven upon the rocks and be
come a total wreck. We cannot possibly
endure much longer this devil's dance of
discord misrule and corruption.
How can the government (which is the
Constitution and laws) survive if it remains
in the hands of those who-are hostile to it?
The struggle we are now making is to save
the nation alive out of the hands of its
enemies.
Who are its friends? Who are its enemies?
These are questions which can easily be
settled.
For more than three quarters of a century
while the Democracy controlled our public
affairs, no serious infraction of the organic
law took place—none at all which they had
power to prevent. We were faithful to the
Constitution because we believed it the best
form of government which could be adopt•
od for any people in our situation. It was
framed by the wisest and greatest men that
ever lived in all the tide of time, at the heat;
of whom was General Washington himself,
an honor not only to his country, but to
human nature, and a man whose name is
never pronounced by any true patriot with
out emotions of profound respect and rev
erence. They told us in language at once
sublime and simple what were the objects
for which they had established and ordain
ed it. They said it was "to form a more
perfect Union between the several States,
to establish justice,
to insure domestic tran
quilit, to providefor the common defense
to promote the general welfare and to lse• ,
cure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity." These great objects it
has accomplished in times past, and will
accomplish again, if its limitations be ob
served and its precepts obeyed. We owe
no personal allegiance to any man or body
of men. Obedience to the Constitution and
laws Is the test of all loyalty, and the es
sence of all patriotism. The country says
to all her peoplewhat the Founder of Chris
[lardy said to his disciples, "if ye love me
keep my commandments."
On the other hand, our opponents by their
acts and their utterances, express the pro
foundest contempt for that instrument
which we consider so sacred. They claim
the privilege of doing whatever seems to be
good in their own eyes, without regard to
any prohibition of the fundamental law if
it will' promote their interest or gratify
their passions, or give them en additional
chanee -to Perpetuate their power. They
have never, upon any occasion, treated with
decent respect a constitutional objection to
any of their Measures, no matter from what
quarter it came. Private individuals 'who
have attempted to argue such points, have
been arrested, thrust into dungeons and
treated with-a cruelly such as no humane
man would' inflict upon his beasts. The
President took ground in favor of the Con
stitution; they answered him by an im
peachment and came within one vote of
deposing him from his office, and putting
LANCASTER PA WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 9 1868
in his place a creature of their-:own, who
would trouble them with no conscientious
scruples. The Supreme court came tolhe
rescue; they broke clownßs 'jurisdiction,
insulted that hightribunal,, and trampled
its anthoritrunder their feet;
Remember thatthis is not a dispute upon
an abstract question 'of- political. ethics.=
They have carried out their licetilityto the
Constitution into the fullest praetieal.oFo
- And this they did not merely in a
time of war, when the passions engendered
by the contest might have afforded some
feeble excuse for their conduct, but in a
time of profound peace, when the United
States had for more than two years ceased
to have an armed enemy in the world,
Congress deliberately sat down and plotted
the total overthrow of the Constitution in
ten of the States, for no legal reasons ex
pressed or understood, which would not be
applicable to all the other States. They not
only - destroyed the State governmenttiwith
in those limits, but they annihilated the
Federal Government at the same time;
they left not one vestige of either ; and upon
the ruins of both they erected a despotism
as absolute as that of an Asiatic sultan. It
was not only a usurpation of power not
granted, and therefore forbidden, but it was
exercised in a way precisely most destruc
tive to those great rights which the Consti
tution was made on purpose to protect.
It is undeflable that the reconstruction
acts (so called) violate not only the whole
principle and spirit of the Constitution, but
they abrogate every seperate provision in
it and ail the amendments, including their
own amendment for the abolition ofelavery.
That declares that slavery or involuntary
servitude shall not exist " except for crime
whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted." But under these acts any per-
son may be, and it is notorious that scores
and hundreds of persons perfectly innocent
of crime have been reduced to "slavery or
involuntary servitude" of the worst kind—
to hard labor for years and for life without
the smallest pretense of a due or legal con-
Good natured persons may suppose that
these outrages were not wilfully done. I
admit we are bound to put on their conduct
the kindest construction we can consist-
ently with reason. But charity never
wove a mantle broad enough to cover such
crimes as theirs. There is direct evidence,
corroborated by a strong chain of circum
stances, which proves incontestibly that
they knew what they were about. I ought
to mention at least some of the evidence to
which I refer, and I will.
In the first place it is literally impossible
for them to have made a mistake. You
must presume that members of Congress
have road the Constitution. Having read It
they could not believe that it authorized the
establishment of an irresponsible despotism
in any part of the country ; for it is radiant
all over with the light of liberty and justice.
They could not help but see that it provides
a jury trial and a hatero corpus for every
citizen. They must have known that it
forebade searches and seizures of person
and property without a warrant. They
could not close their eyes on tne words that
declare that no act of attainder or bill of
pains and penalties shall be passed ; that all
judicial authority shall be vested in the or
dained and established courts; that every
State is guaranteed such form of republican
government as it may choose, and that
Congress shall not regulate the right of suff.
rage. 'there arc so ne things for which ig
norance is no excuse. A. man who has
studied the ten commandments cannot be
allowed to say that he thought it right to
murder, steal, or bear false witness against
his neighbor. The Constitution is as plain
as the decalogue.
Another thing. At the time when these
laws were passed, Mr, Stevens was the great
leader of his party in Congress. His vast
intellectual superiority entitled him to
"that bad eminence." He towered above
all others, like tile King of the Titans sur
rounded by pigmies. Out of their unlimi
ted confidence they trusted him to frame
their measures ;according to the views he
was known to take upon constitutional
questions. He drew up the reconstruction
law, laid it before them and told them it
was not constitutional. He would not stul-
tify himself by asserting that be found any
warrant in the organic law for such an act.
When Democrats objected he said their
scruples were merely the splinters of the
old broken Constitution, festering in their
kidneys. Some of the smaller radicals pre
tended to believe that the war-making pow
er--the power bestowed on Congress to make
war on foreign nations—would justify every
kind of interdicted legislation against our
own people in a time of perfect peace. He
silenced that paltry twaddle by the expres
sion of his profound contempt. Afterwards,
in a printed and published letter, he boldly
avowed that Congress had repudiated the
Constitution, and that the reconstruction
act was a usurpation. He not only acknowl
edged that be himself had committed that
offense, but be turned state's evidence and
testified that his associates were equally
guilty. His testimony is directly to the
point. He knew the truth and he proclaim
ed it unequivocally. Now that death has
disarmed him of his mighty power it would
not be magnanimous in us who opposed
him, much less in those who followed him
with servile admiration in his life time, to
vex his great spirit by asserting that he
falsified the history of his party in regard
to this most important affair.
Again, when this bill was first passed,
the President sent it back with a veto mes
sage, in which he showed it to be unconsti
tutional by pointing out the particular ar
ticles and sections with which it came in
direct conflict. And the demonstration was
so clear and transparent that any child
could see it. Sot a man in either house
had a word to say in reply. They saw
themselves arraigned before their constitu
ents by the Chief Magistrate of the nation
and charged with the violation of their most
sacred obligations; but they stood mute
and made no defense. What could this
mean but 'a consciousness of guilt?
This is not all. The Supreme Court in
the Milligan case, had solemnly decided
that Congress could not pass a law under
any circumstances, or at any time, to
deprive any person within the United
States of his right to be tried by an impar
tial jury in a regular court. This decision
was perfectly well known to the members of
Congress when they determined to deliver
nine millions of people at once to be hung
or imprisoned without judge or jury, ac
cording to the pleasure or caprice of the
" Satraps " or " Lord Deputies" whom they
might send down to do the work.
Levine mention another fact which shows
that they acted with their eyes wide open to
the truth. Last winter—exactly .a year af
ter the reconstruction act was passed—the
question of its constitutional validity was
again argued before the Supreme Court in
the MoArdle case. Congress knew that the
Court must decide against them, and for
that reason alone they made a law to for
bid any decision at all. The unfortunate
individual, guilty of no crime, who had fled
that sanctuary as his last refuge and laid
his hands upon the horns of the alter, was
dragged away end handed back again to
the " slave power" of his oppressors, to be
imprisoned, scourged or killled, if they
should think proper. Thus they prevented
the judicial exposure of one outrage by
committing another still more atrocious.
If the majority in Congress has habitu
ally legislated in willful and corrupt dis
regard of their constitutional obligations,
what ought to be the popular Judgment
upon them? What should be the verdict
upon a candidate for the Vice Presidency
who has been the Speaker and organ of
such a Congress? What should be your
decision upon a candidate for the Presi
dency who, having " no policy" of his own,
consents to become-a mere instrument in
their hands?
All political philosophers, and all men of
common sense, concur in the belief that
public virtue is the only secure foundation
upon which a government like - ours can
rest. How long can public virtue survive
among men who do not recognize the duty
of obedience to that fundamental law.which
is the only protection we have for the rights
of life, liberty or property?
Congress must be sadly demoralized al
ready. Of course you will not believe with
out evidence, that they vote on money bills
as they vote on constitntionalquestions, ac
cording to their interests, and not accord
ing to their public duty. But if it were
proved to your entire satisfaction that they
represent their own breeches pockets with
far greater fidelity than they defend the
rights of the tax-payers, it wonldnot carols
your surprise or lower them much in your
estimation. They cannot commit any
higher crime than that of 4etraying the
liberties for which our forefathers suffered
and died. If they have done that you may
say to them what Melia said to the man
who slandered his wife:
" Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
On horrors head horrors accumulate;
For nothing mist thou to damnation add
Deeper than that."
But look a little further and see the hor
rible effect of their example. Congress has
taken control of the Executive branch.
The Senate usurps the power of removal
from office and forbids Its enemies by the
President—they are masters ettice admin
istration and command the army of °Mee
holders. Of course the subordinates are
ready to adopt the code Of morality which
theirmtu3ters act upon. All dishonest officers
may say to Senators and Representatives,
" You are bound to protect us; we are not
faithful to the public; but we are as true as
yon are to the party and ourselves • you
swore to support the Constitution and we
swore to perform our duties • with fidelity;
our oath is not stronger than yours ; if you
can swindle the nation out of her liberties,
what shall hinder us from cheating the
Treasury? Aye, the lesson you have:taught
us we will learn, and it shallgo hud but
we will better the instructions."
The consequence is that we have the most
corrupt government on the face of the earth.
I cannot speak with perfect accuracy, but I
believe I am within reasonable bounds
when I tell you that a thousand millions
would not cover the frauds oommittedsinoe
the close of the war. We hays the hesviest
debt that the industry of any people ever
struggled under without being totally'
crushed and it is increasing instead of be
ing diminished. We are taxed enough to
keep the government running and in pay
off the whole in ten , years, if the money
'were honestly . applied: But one.balt the
internal revenue imposed* -by the 'Federal
government, and collected iron( the people,
is stolen before it reaches the Treainry, and
the other halt la Squandered by Congress
in scheines of the most extravagant corrun
tau... Before the war our current expenses
were less than seventy-live millions of dol.
lain; now they are nearly Jour - hundred
znalunta, besides the interest,cm the national
debt and without counting what is stolen
in traratitu. The financial difference be
tween Democratic rule and Radical mis
rule is certainly worth your serious atten
tion.
This is the necessary result of the Radical
system. It cannot be otherwise as long as
they remain in power. No evil tree can
bring forth good fruit. If you ceased to be
governed by law and allow yourselves to be
held down by mere brute force you must
pay for it. Tyranny is always expensive.
The price of your own enslavement will be
proportioned to the cruelty of the vessalage.
Congress keeps up an army, a navy, a
freedman's bureau, and other machinery of
despotism, and makes us pay hundreds of
millions for them in order to maintain in
the South a lawless domination of negroes,
scalawags, and carpet-baggers. By this
means they hope not only to control the
South but to do what they please in the
North—to rule us for their pleasure and
plunder us for their profit.
The most hideous shape that tyranny
ever puts on is that of a corrupt oligarchy,
where the forms of a free government are
coupled with substantial despotism, where
the rights of the people are acknowledged
in theory, while they are practically trod
den under foot; where there is a written
Constitution which the rulers swear to pre-
serve without keeping their oaths. Rather
than see Gen. Grant elected President, with
the understanding that he is to administer
the government on the Congressional plan
of disregarding all constitutional obliga
tions, it would be far better to let him or
somebody else be proclaimed absolute dic
tator, and abolish the Constitution at once.
For myself, if I must choose between the
two most frightful evils that ever scourged
the human race, I will, without hesitationl
take an unlimited monarchy, in prefer
ence to a rotten republic.
But we are not reduced to that alternative.
We will save our institutions by putting
an end to the newer which threatens their
overthrow. This mighty nation is already
" rousing herself like a strong man after a
sleep, and shaking her invincible locks."
We will elect Mr. Seymour, and the gov
ernment shall be administered again in the
interests of justice and liberty regulated by
law.
Radical Extravagance in Pennsylvania
On the 13th of October the people of this
great Commonwealth will be called upon '
to decide at the polls whether the Radical
or Democratic party shall in future control
the political and financial affairs of the
State. At present every branch of the State
government is in the hands of the Republi
can party. They have controlled all the
departments since the commencement of
the rebellion, with the exceptions of the
Auditor General and Surveyor General's,
held for three years by the Democrats. For
every act of the Executive, of the Legisla
ture, of the State Treasurer, since 1860, they
are responsible. The question occurs then,
naturally, has their course been such as to
commend them to the favorable opinion of
the people? Have they, in their manage
ment of public affairs, been honest, discreet
and economical, or have they been impru
dent, extravagant and corrupt? Have they
squandered the public money with a pro
fligate hand, or applied it faithfully to the
objects for which in was intended, and to
the advancement of the best interests of the
State? These are questions which every
man who does not propose to vote blindly
should consider well, and determine satis•
factorily to himself, before he deposits his
ballot. It is the interests of every citizen
that the public affairs entrusted to the
guardianship and management of each de
partment should be carefully and honestly
conducted by the public servants upon
whom the trust is devolved; and the citizen
who does not inquire into those matters is
negligent of his own interest, and faithless
to the duties of citizenship.
We now propose to inquire a little into
the manner in which the State debt has
been managed by the Radicals, since they
obtained control of it; and those who are
anxious to arrive at the truth, may follow
us in the investigation.
Auditor General Hartrenit reports to
Hon. Galusha A. Grow, Chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee, Au
gust 6, 1868.
Totql St ate debt, Nov. 80, 1860 836.530,847 50
Total State debt, Aug. 6, 1868 83,651,637 47
This would show a reduction of the public
debt, in eight years, of $3,288,210 03. But
let us look a little further into the matter.
In Gov. Geary's last annual message we
find the State debt in 1866 amounted to $35,-
622,052 16. Remember, this was the amount
in 1866. In his report for 1867, we are told
by Auditor General Hariranft that there
was in the Treasury on the 30th of Novem
ber of that year $2,937,978 55 " applicable to
the payment of balance of overdue loans."
This being the case, is it not clear that, had
not the debt been increased between No
vember 30, 1866, and November 30, 1867,
the application of the V2;937,087 55 " to the
payment of overdue loans" would have
reduced it, at the latter date, to 02,66.1,073-
61 ? To ascertain this it is only necessary
to substrect the two millions, in the
treasury for that purpose, from the thirty
five millions, at which the debt stood
in 1766. -But the amount could not have
been so applied, or the debt must have in
creased, as the Auditor General informs us I
that on the 30th of November, 1867, the debt
was $34,766,431 22, and on the 6th of August,
1868, he reports it to Mr. Grow at $33,651,-
657 37, showing an increase of debt between
1866 and 1868 and nearly one million of
dollars 1.. For otherwise, the application of
the $2, 937,978 55 to the cancelling of " over
due loans," would have reduced the debt to
$32,684,073 81 in 1868, instead of $33,651,657
37, as reported by the Auditor General.
We have Already spread these facts be
fore the public, but their importance is so
great that, at the risk of repetition, we will
proceed still further. It is provided in the
Constitution that a Sinking Fund to be ap
plied exclusively to the payment of the
public debt and interest shalt be created.
In 1858 the Legislature passed an act for
that purpose, and if its provisions had been
faithfully carried out by the Radicals, who
have been in power almost ever since it
went into effect, the greater portion, if not
the whole of the debt might, by this time,
have been wiped out, and the State freed
from all incumbrance. By the act of the
Legislature immense revenues and incomes
were "specifically appropriated and set
apart" for the purpose contemplated, from
which sources the State has received, ac
cording to official statements of the Audi
tor General, the immense amount of twen
ty-five millions, three hundred and forty
seven thousand seven hundred and fifty
one dollars.
This enormous sum, remember, was
"specifically appropriated and set apart"
for the purpose of paying the State debt and
interest.
Has it been faithfully so applied? If it
has, how comes it that the debt which
amounted to $36,939,847.50 in 1860, two years
after the passage of the Sinking Fund Act,
was only reduced $3,288,210,03 between that
time and August 6, 1868, when the Auditor
General stated it at 33,661,637.37?
What became of the twenty-five millions
paid into the treasury in the eight years
from 1860 to 1867, inclusive, for the " specif
ic " purpose of being applied to the extin
guishment of the debt?
If it had been applied as the law directs
it to be, the debt to-day would be but $l2,-
64006.50, instead of $33,651,657.37.
How then was it applied?
Let those who have had exclusive control
of the fund answer.
That it has been shamefully squandered
by the Radical officials; that the treasury
has been plundered by them to satisfy the
avarice and minister to the profligacy of
hungry and corrupt cormorants ; that they
have violated the statute and cheated the
people, cannot be doubted by any one
who will impartially examine their own
official figures.'
The question for the people to decide is
whether a party so evidently dishonest and
corrupt should be continued in power to
plunder and squander for another term of
years P—Patriot.
Outrages byl Negro liadleals to Arkansas
Sr. Louts, Sep. I.—The Reim Mean gives
the following version of the recent reported
trouble in Arkansas, based, It says, upon
reliable information as late as the evening
of the 29th ult. : Conway county, 40
miles above Little Rock, has a large negro
population, of whom a number are Demo
crats. Recently earn°. Radical negroes sur
rounded the house of a Democratic negro,
and after killing his dog tried to get him
out of his house. The assailants were ar
rested, and in making a negrojury a Demo
(retie negro was summoned, and hirst the
Radical blacks drove away with drawn
weapons. Supposing he wouldreturn with
his friends, the black Radicals went offend
collected a number of mtn and armed them.
Two white men who tried to induce these
negroes to desist, were fired upon, one of
whom was mortally wounded, and the other
had his horse killed under him. At this stage
of the proceedings, Messrs. Hankie and
Gibbons, Radical members of the legisla
ture, summoned :the otdored people in
great numbers. Two or three hundred
whites and friendly negroes assembled at
Lewisburg, on the river, for mutual pro.
taction, they having been threatened with
indiscriminate murder. On the 27th a
Crowd of three hundred Radical negroes
wore harangued at Little Rock, and two
Companies raised to proceed to Lewisburg,
but Gov. Clayton was induced, by the rep
resentations of citizens, to'forego the expl
&non, thei citizens agreeing to accompany
him to the scene of distturbanoe, and guar
anteeing to assist in the arrest and punish
anent of those who could be found guilty of
'1:0311305i. This was the condition of affairs
up to the evening of the 29th, as we learn
from reliable dispatcher,
COAL AND IRON.
A. Trip firons too to seranton.
. A short time ago; in company with some
friends, we passed over the Lehigh and
Susquehanna - Railroad from Easton to
Scranton, Seeing for the first time that re
ally wonderful portion of Pennsylvania.
No more interesting trip can be made,
whether we consider the beauty of the-na•
taral scenery, or the inexhaustible mineral
wealth of that section of the State, and the
great development thereof which is rapidly
taking place. The road is one of the most
substantially constructed in the world, and
no expense has been spared to fit it for the
great carrying trade, which must soon de
mand the laying of an additional track.
Wise foresight was displayed iu making
the cuttings and building the bridges with
a view thereto at the commencement. The
bridge over the Delaware and Lehigh rivers
at Easton, is one of the most elegant and
substantial structures of the kind ever
erected. It looks light, but is massively
strong in all its parts, and not the slightest
away or quiver is perceptible under the
pressure of the heaviest coal trains. The
portion which spans the Delaware consists
of two abutments and six piers of finely cut
blue limestone, with one span of iron trel
lis work, the whole about 1050 feet in length;
the top of the rail being 61 feet above low
water mark.- The bridge over the Lehigh
consists of eight spans of iron trellis work,
resting on abutments and iron columns,
crossing streets, running over the top of
the county bridge, and being in ap
pearance one of the most graceful and
elegant structures to be seen anywhere.
The length of the bridge over the Lehigh is
777 feet, and its elevation above low water
mark 48 feet. The masonry of this fine
structure, together with considerable other
work on the road, was done by Messrs,
Reilly, McGrann d Co., of Lancaster. The
whole road has been constructed under the
superintendence of John Leisenring, Esq.,
Chief Engineer, in a manner proportionate
substantial and permanent. The track is
laid with the besrEnglish Bessemer steel
rails, and the rolling stock is all new, the
road having only been completed within
the present year.
In going from Easton to Allentown you
skirt the edge of the Lehigh River, passing
through a most fertile and finely cultivated
section, which presents an ever varying
scene of quiet beauty. Prior to the estab
lishment of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company, the rude ark was the only method
of transportation for the coal and other pro
ducts of that section. Then came the canal
of that company, with its many dams which
rather improve than impairs the character
of the scenery; after that the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, which is a monument to the sa
gacity and energy of that distinguished
Pennsylvanian, Asa Packer; and last of
all was constructed the Lehigh and Susque
hanna R. R., which was built by:the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company, to supply
the constantly increasing demands made
upon its means of transportation. The dams
of the canal are, as we have said, an im
provement on the landscape, widening the
comparatively narrow stream, presenting a
succession of charming water falls, and giv
ing an idea of industrial development, with
out marring the beauty of the natural
scenery. Hare and there between Easton
and Allentown, the smoke of an anthracite
furnace tells how manufacturing is combin
ing with agriculture to make this the richest
I and most populous portion of Pennsylvania.
The evidences of rapid and constantly in
creasing growth in material prosperity are
to be seen on every hand.
As you enter the narrowing valley
of the Lehigh, above Allentown, the
constant succession of capacious an
thracite
furnaces becomes the most
marked feature for miles along the ;
route. The amount of iron made here
is remarkable when we consider how brief
has been the period during which all this
development has taken place. Anthracite
iron was not made in this country until
about 1837, and yet last year the production
was 784,783 tons, the State of Pennsylvania
alone producing 588,584 tons, or more than
one-third of all the iron manufactured in
the United States. The total quantity of
iron made In this country last year was
anthracite, 784,783 tons; raw bituminous
and coke, 318,647 tons ; charcoal iron 344,331
tons. Total, 1,447,771 tons. The great seat
for the manufacture of anthracite iron is
evidently in the Lehigh valley, along the i
lino of the Susquehanna and Lehigh Rail
road. At different points in Lehigh, North
ampton and the surrounding counties there ,
are large deposits of hematite and other
valuable ores,fwhile near the' termination
of the road, just over the line in New Jersey,
are vast:and inexhaustable veins of mag
netic and hematite ore, unsurpassed in all
the qualities necessary for the manufacture
of the best quality of anthracite iron.
The remarkable juxtaposition of fuel
. on, and limestone which is found in this vi
cinity must make this the great seat of iron
manufacuring for many years to come. As
we ascend the Lehigh Valley from Allen
town to Mauch Chunk, which is one of the
chief points for coal mining, we are scarce
ly out of hearing of the sighing furnaces,
and the expressiveness of that epithet is
fully realized whenever the train stops in
the vicinity of one of the huge establish
ments which are here erected. From Eas
ton to White Haven it is estimated that not
less than one million and a half of dollars
are invested upon every mile along the
route in public improvements and manu
facturing establishments. One fourth of
all the iron manufactured in the United.
States is made gere, and capital is still con
stantly seeking and finding profitable in
vestment. An intelligent gentleman at
Mauch Chunk expressed the opinion that
the day was not far distant when every
level space along the Lehigh, from that
point to Easton, would be taken up by man
facturing establishments. Already for
miles above Allentown the banks of the
river present the appearance of a continu
ous town, and looking at the spectacle pre
sented, and remembering the comparative
ly brief space in which all this has been
accomplished, we could not help thinking
our seemingly enthusiastic friend was in
dulging in no wild conjecture; The won
derful improvement of this section of the
State must be seen to be appreciated. The
first furnace in the Lehigh region was
erected in 1842, but the great development
which we witness has taken place within
fifteen years.
Ten miles below Mauch Chunk, the great
State formation of this section of Pennsyl
vania begins, running off from the Lehigh
river through Northampton county. Sia
tington, two miles below Mauch Chunck, is
one of the largest shipping points. The cel
ebrated Chapman quarries are some nine
miles distant from the road. This is a
branch of industry which must increase
constantly and rapidly, and which will ne
cessarily furnish a large carrying trade.
As we pass up the road from Allentown,
the beautiful Lehigh Valley narrows rapid
ly, the mountains encroaching upon the
plain on either side, until we enter the nar
row gap at Mauch Chunck, where almost
precipitous cliffs rise from the edge of the
river, which here seems to have broken
through the rooky barrier which opposed its
progress. From Mauch Chunck, np to the
summit of thelWyomingMountain the road
passes, through one of the wildest and
most picturesque gorges in the country.
We doubt whether finer mountain scenery
is to be found along the line of any railroad
than le here presented in constantly vary
ing beauty to the eye. This portion of the
tiveriwas . also once obstructed by a large
number of inthstruitial dams, erected to feed
the canal of which scarcely a trace is now
left above Manch Chunok, the railroad oc
cupying its site. The flood which swept the
dams and canal awitY'afew years ago must
have pretientect one of the:wildest and most
sppaling Spectacles eirer' witnessed. When
the traveller Is shown the height which the
water reached in the houses at Manch
Chunck he can have some faint conception
of the eight which the brawling stream
.whiehruns:elose under the car windowsfor
'miles must bavepresentcd. thescene
is one of wild'h'nt quiet beauty; Below, the
rapid river, sweeps on, its waters dyecAtO'Srt
inky hue by the roots of the hemlocks
which grow luxuriantly in the soil troth.
which issue the springs which feed It ;
above tower precipitous cliffs of rock,
their naked ruggedness being concealed by
a fringing of firs, which strike their roots
deep down into the seemingly barren
crevices, and spring aloft with a strength
that mocks the howling tempest. All along
the route are the broken dams, portions
still remaining, to bear testimony to the
fierceness of the devastating flood. Here are
long quiet pools, their dark surfaces broken
only by the leap of a hungry pickerel after
his prey, or the quick dip of the bright
hued kingfisher as he makes a descent upon
an unsuspecting minnow. There the deeply
dyed current is dashed into whirling eddies
by opposing rocks, and broken into foam
which looks white as snow itself upon
the dark surface of the stream. For
miles the embankments of the two
rival railroads, the Lehigh and Sus
quehanna and the Lehigh Valley form
artificial banks for the river which sweeps
along between. A stone could easily be
thrown from the cars on one road to those
on the other, and the face of a friend might be
clearly distinguished. As the time tables on
each are about the same, a race seems al
ways to be going on, and handkerchiefs flut
ter in triumph as one train passes the other.
The stations on the different roads not be
ing at regular intervals, and the delays not
always the same, one train is now ahead
and then the other. Taken, all in all, the
pleasure and excitement of a ride up this
narrow and picturesque valley, on a pleas-
ant day, cannot easily be surpassed. In
passing up the Eastern side of the Wyom
ing Mountain, the Lehigh and Susque
hanna road passes under the Lehigh Valley
at several points.
Wyoming Valley Is a true land of ro
mance, about which many historic memor
ies cluster and over which poesy has thrown
its veil of enchantments. As the school
boy reads of it, he longs to gaze upon the
fairiegion which was the battle ground of
races, and the subject of strife between:con
tending states. The hisbry, of the Wyo
ming Massacre freezes the blood in young
veins, and the story of Gertrude causes the
pulse of youth to leap wildly with passion
ate emotions. Yet how few, comparatively,
even of Pennsylvanians, have over looked
upon its beauties. Led captive by caprice
and controlled by the whims of fashion we
travel far to feast our eyes on scenes less
charming and romantic than can easily be
found within the limits of our own good
commonwealth. The mountain scenery of
Pennsylvania can scarcely be surpassed,
while its many quiet valleys present views
that might tempt the pencil of the most
capricious artist.
Wyoming Valley is a perfect picture of its
kind. On each side the mountains swell
boldly up from the well cultivated plain,
presenting all that exquisite variety of
shading which lends a peculiar charm to our
mountain scenery. The foliage seems to be
peculiarly well fitted to reflect the ever
changing tints which are cast from each
cloud that sweep across the sky. You may
look at these mountains a thousand times
each day, and if your eye be practiced to
discern the effects of nature's artistic pen
cilling, you will always see a new picture,
perfect in its beauty of color and perspec
tive. Through the middle of the smiling
valley, gently undulating and covered with
golden grain, sweeps the Susquehanna's
broad and silvery stream, its banks being
fringed with the soft foliage of trees whose
pliant branches wave gently to the touch of
the lightest passing breeze. Below you lies
the town of Wilkesbarre, deeply embowered
in:overshadowing trees. Tbere:are quiet vil
lages, everywhere farm houses and sub
stantial well fitted barns. But tower
ing over all, sending up clouds of
steam and located amidst hills of waste
from the mines are the collieries.—
A busy multitude lives in the light of the
glad sunshine as you do, but a still busier
multitude toil all day long under the sur
face of the smiling plain and deep down
beneath the spurs of the hills and moun
tains. It is almost sad to think that the
time is coming when all over the surface of
this charming valley the debris of the mines
will be thickly piled, destroying herbage,
and leaving only a black and unsightly
waste. Such will necessarily he the case in
time, for under almost every foot of the soli
the coal lies in many thick and workable
veins. Thus does tho rude step of utill
taranims ruthlessly crush out the pictur
esque and destroy the beautiful. Still we
can not complain that no interest attaches
to the process which is here going on.
The wonders of the underground world
section, the inexhaustible beds of coal
which are disposed in many workable
veins under Wyoming Valley, and other
portions of the region which is dependent
upon the road over which we have passed,
and its rival, for transportation must fur
nish subject matter for another article, in
which we shall have something . to say of
the coal we use, where It comes from, bow
it is got out, ,how; much there :is of it, the
towns:of this section, &c.
Pod Boticto.
EUSTATE OF MRS. ANN WILSON, LATE
of Drumore township, dee'd,—Letters of
Administration on said estate having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons in
debted thereto, are requested to make imme
diate settlement, and those having claims or
demands against the same, will present them
without delay for settlement to the under
signed, residing in said township.
JOSHUA WILSON,
Zangl9-Ottv33 Administrator.
A EDIT° R. S NOTICE—ESTATE OF
/1. Elizabeth Hess, late of Lancaster city,
dec'd.—The undersigned Auditor, appointed to
distribute the balance remaining in the hands
of William B. Wiley, Esq., Executor of said
estate, to and among those legally entitled to
the same, will sit for that p orpose on FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 9th, IPA at 2 o'clock., P. H., In the
Library Room of the Court House, in the City
of Lancaster, where all persons Interested In
said distribution may attend.
Dept itw 231 WM. S. AM WEB, Auditor.
sarntoo, 64.
THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK OF
SADDLERY IN THE CITY
M. HAB,ERBUSH'S,
S. W. ANGLE OF CENTRE SQUARE.
LANCASTER, T.A.
Silver and Gold Mounted Harness.
Prince's Metal and Covered Mounted Har
ness.
Fine Japanned and Ori•ie Mounted Harnees
Fine and Common Double Harness.
TRAM HARNESS.
Men's and Boy's Riding Saddles.
Ladies' Riding Saddles and Bridles.
Sug,y, Bulky, Riding and Team Whips.
Leather, Cotton and Linen Fly-Nets.
Linen and Gum Horse Covers and Lap
Covers.
Also, Sole Leather Trunks.
Ladies' Dress Trunks.
Gents' Traveling Trunks.
Bole Leather and Common Valleses.
Leather and Carpet Traveling Bags.
Fine Turkey and French Morocco Satchels.
and all other articles in the business which
will be sold at the LOWEST CASH PRICES.
Particular attention paid to repairing.
Also, Rennels' Improved Harness Pads sold
here.
Shop rights for manufacturing Rennels'
proved Harness Pads, will be sold at reasona
ble rates, my 218E134419w
§noting t ougito.
E. W. CLARK & CO.,
BANKERS,
NO, 35 S. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA
GENERAL AGENTS
NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Ntatel of Pennsylvania, and--Southern
New Jersey.
The NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CON
PANY is a oornoration Chartered by Spiola
Lot of Congress, approved July 25, 1868 With a
Cash Capital of One Million Dollars,
and Ls now thoroughly organized and prepared
or business.
Liberal terms offered to Agents and 1301191.
tors, who are invited to apply at our office. .
Full particulars to be had on application at
oar office, located in the second story of our
Banking' House, where Circulars and Pamph
lets, fullirdescribing the adiantaies offered by
:the Oompany, may be had: • ' ,
E. Ny, OLABS & CO.,
No. &S Eolith Third street,
ugle.lydeodaw Philadelphia, Pa.
NUMBER 36,
girl; (Soot% at.
SPIsINO 18881
bLOTHB, CABBpSiEHES AND CLOTHING
-AT
HAGER dr. BROTHERS
FINE BLACK AND COLORED CLOTRS,
FRENCH & AMERICAN COATINGS.
CASSIMEEtES FOR SUITS.
CASHIdERETTS, DRAY' D' 11/.6, JEANS, &a
610.0DS FOR BOYS' WEAR !
A very large and complete assortment and
Prices as Low as In led/
READY MADE CLOTHING I
FINE I) lIESB SUITS.
MEDIUM AND FINE CAS3IMERE SUITS.
SUITS FOR BOY'S.
A full assortment of our awn manufacture and
guaranteed to give satisfaction In
PRICE, QUALITY AND ST LP,
HAGER di BRAS.
LADIES DRESS GOODS I
We invite an examination of
NEW SYRI.NO DRESS GOODS
JUST RECEIVED I
008!
MOURNING
Of Luptn's Manufacture, including
BOMBAZINES, TAMIESE,
CANTON CLOTHS,
BILE POPLINS, CHALLIES,
POPLIN ALPACAS,
MORALES, rto., &a
BLACK AND COLORED SILKS!
FROM FINE TO EXTRA QUALITIES
HAGER & BROTHERS.
WINDOW SHADES!
WINDOW SHADES !
IiAGER di BROTHERS have now in store a
choice selection of WINDOW SHADES, to
Which they invite attention.
Also, all widths of White, Buff and Green
Shade Holland&
BEIBBiI
WALL PAPERS,
WALL PAPERS.
HAUER & BROTHERS are now receiving
Our Stock will be found complete, and to
comprise a great variety or new designs of
plain and decorative
PAPER HANGINGS,
Fine Stamped Gilt, Satins, Blank and Wood
Colors, for
PARLORS, HALLS, DINING ROOMS AND
CHAMBERS.
Also, DECORATIVE PAPERS
MARBLE, FRESCOES, OAK, WALNUT
ROSEWOOD, dm.
The most complete assortment ever offered
In Lancaster,aud will be sold at less than Phila•
delphia prices. Call and examine.
HAGER & BROTHERS.
CARPETS!
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
ENGLISH TAPESTRY,
Imperial 7hree•Ply, 7npestrY ingrain, Extra and
Supt. - One ingrain, 7hree•Ply and /lain Vene.
Linn, Wool Dutch, Cottage, Hemp and Rag
Carpels of Har(forci and Lowell, and
bed Intlactelphta snakes.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS—from I to I yards wide.
Cocoa and Canton Mattings, Rugs, Door
Mats, Sc.
We now offer a very full and complete stock,
and at VERY LOW PRICES.
mar 25 tfwl2 HAGER dt BROTHERS.
1868 Tll4 GREATEST BARGAINS 1868
AND THE BEST PLACE TO BUY I
CHEAP, CHEAPER, CHEAPEST,
CHEAP JOHN'S VARIETY STORE
No. 3 EAST K ENG STREET.
THE MOST EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT IN
THE CITY,
and at unprecedentedly Low Prices, or Hoods
of all kinds.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
TABLE a: POCKET CIITLEIN,
TOYS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
PERFUMERY, SOAPS
and an endless variety of Notions. He also
as on hand a large and finely selected stock of
DRY GOODS!
GLOVES, HOSIERY
AND D TRIMMINGS OF ALL KINDS
ALSO, BOOTS AND SHOES
for Men Women and Children. Also,
TINWARE,
LOOKING GLASSES,
GLASS AND qUEENSWARE,
• TEA SETS, &C., &C.
Now is the time to get bargains, ea the entire
stock has been laid in at greatly reduced figures
GOODS BOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
101 - Remember the cheapest and beat place
to buy in all Lancaster is at
CHEAP JOHN'S
No. 3 EAST KING ST., LANCASTER CITY.
dec 4 tlvr4B
4egtotteo *dirt.
REGISTER'S NOTICE.
The Accounts of the following persons aro
flied in the Register's Office of Lancaster coun
ty for con firmation and allowance at an Or
phans' Court to be held In the Court HOUSEI, in
the City of Lancaster, on the THIRD MON
DAY In SEPTEMBER,;IBOB, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Henry H. Wiley, Guardian of Anna, Flora
and Harvey Williams.
Jacob Mellinger, Guardian of Anna Kreider
(formerly Mellinger) Elizabeth Mellinger,
Elias H. Mellinger, Josiah H. Mellinger and
Susan M. Mellinger,
Robert Patton, Administrator of Mellon
Dougherty.
Levi Ese:ker, Guardian of Henry Freymyer.
Henry Pentz, Administrator of Daniel How
ard.
William E. Rogers, former Guardian of Mary,
Charles C. and Anna Rogers.
Levi Willer, Administrator of Catharine Wis.
ler.
William S. Martin, Executor of Sitsanna Stew
art.
Mary A. Lebklcher and William 'H. Lebkich
er, Administrators of David M. Lebklober.
Peter W. Hiestand, Administrator of Fanny
Goohenatter.
Stephen J. Hamilton, Administrator of Mary
Jane Moderwell.
Stephen J. Hamilton, Administrator of Nancy
R. Moderwell.
Susan Adailne McNair, Administratrix of Rev.
John McNair.
Michael Keller, Guardian of Mary Ann Buch.
Jacob Urban, Administrator of Joseph Urban.
A. L. Hayes and Townsend Wheehen, Execu
tors of Catharine Yentas.
Dr. John Martin, Administrator of Jacob Oat
man.
Hiram R. Hull, Administrator of James V.
Connell.
Benjamin Landis, Guardian of Elizabeth Wen-
John McComsey, Guaralan of Henry Yost.
W. M. ()Goner, Administrator of Vincent Hill.
Marks G Wenger, Guardian of Isaac J. Shrein
er.
Charles Denues, Administrator of Conrad J.
Plitt.
Joseph McClure, Executor of Ephraim Steven.
SOD.
Charles M. Howell, Administrator of George
D. Dillon.
Barbara Shirick, Executrix of Christian N.
Shirick.
John Good, Guardian of Elias Good.
Adam Holt and Isaac Holt, Administrators of
George Holt.
Christian Brandt, Executor of Christian
Brandt.
James Patterson, Executor or-Mary Rhea.
Isaac Stoner, Executor of Fanny Strickler.
George Bean, Executor of Harriet Brown.
Peter Plckel and William D. Brussel, Admin
istrators of Peter Baughman.
Henry H. Fans, Executor of Ann Marla Roth.
Mary Gensemer; Guardian of Leah Gensemer.
Joseph C. Taylor, Guardian of Francis Ann
Coleman (formerly Kimble) and John S
Kimble.
Jacob L. Stehman, Guardian of Eugene A.
Burnett.
Peter Oberholtzer, Executor *Emanuel Dab
le:. -
William Clark, Executor of Catharine Clark.
William Clark, Executor of William K. Clark.
William Weidman, Executor of Henry Weid
man, deceased, who was Administrator of
Jacob Weidman. •
B. C. Kauffman and C. M. Kauffman, Admin
istrators of Abraham Kauffman.
Christian Risser, Execotorof David Hackman.
Samuel Shelly, one of the Executors of Abra
ham Shelly.
Jacob Stahl and Conrad Zeigler, Administra
tors of George W. Stahl.
Martin 0. Stirk, Administrator of Helsel
St irk.
:Maria Brubaker, Executrix of John Brubaker.
Joseph Detweller, Executor of Jacob Hlestand.
Thos. E. Faankiln, Fag., Administrator with
the will annexed, of Dorothy H. Wind.
J. T. McCully and R. 0. McCully, Executors of
Jacob McCully.
Levi Weller, Executor of Sarah Hambright.
Daniel Buckwalter, Administrator of James
C. Dunlap
Jame. Daily, Administrator of Win. O. Daily.
John B. Gish, Administrator of Jaoob Brene-
Marl.
Diller Baer Administrator of Sarah Diller.
Henry H. K urtz, Administrator of Christian
Hammy.
Samuel S. Bnibaker and Henry Stauffer, Ex
ecutora of Samuel Brubaker.
Jacob R. Keller, Administrator of John F.
Hostetter.
Thomas A. licllvaine,Maria L. Mollvalne and
George D. Mollvalne, Administrators of
Thomas S. Johnho was Guardian of
Sarah Strickler,Strickler and Mary
Strickler.
Ann E. Brooks, AdMinistratrix of William P.
Brooks.
John Fox, Executor of John Rooth.
augGlittellii • DAVID MiLES, Register.
Viadtint ,0140110, &c.
FRANK F. LAZIO'S. JACOB B. LANDIS
EZRA F. LANDIS,
K r4y.wm.
youNblize AND MAOHINE SHOP, .i .
F i et 8 2 ' OtE;RATNUT - STREET,
. ••'-EmivASTEE, PA.,
i g.r.
0ffi.....' , ali O o ., Pam's' cross.
iron .oga t i ng e Done to Order.
, tEniffnee, 11.e.ring, Shaftlngs. PalaYs,
.tbmin. , .
,o ew.41:14 improved Grain Thresher
and Sopatator.
Models for Patentees made to order.
:pedal atteation paid to repairing.
a • 4 tfiv; DANDLS rik 00.
• N. SCILAIGNEXII,
WE'
AND
RETAIL SADDLERY
NOS 1 AND 9 EAST IaFIG mama
Jan 10 LAND/WT=4M
BATE OF AOVZIITISENO.
Buisnerall ADVXIITISZYZATS, $l2 year per
quart) of ten lines; Se per year Itrreeten ad
ditional square. . •
MULL ESTAtr. A oviaronno,lo ceutl:a 1 / 3 50 :f0r
the drat, and 5 canto for each subsequent In.
Korth:on.
ORN ZRAL A DVIIRTIBII4O 7 COWS a line for the
first, and tcente for each inbAequent later•
Uon.
SPECIAL" NaTICELS inserted in /00e11 oolumnS
15 cents per line.,
SPZOIAL Henske preceding , marriages and
deaths, 10 cents per line for Arm insertion.
and 5 °enterer every subsequent 10 /0114021.
LEGAL AND trims storruas
2.50
Administrators' notittea,...— 165
Assignees' notless,—,--......—..—.. 2.50
Auditors' notieeo.--*---... $OO
Other "Notioes,nen limes, or less,
three 1.50
itiladelpfzia ilittrtilittutato
'DUE ESTABLISHED FIRM.
J. J. RICHARBON & CO.,
120 IdAtm= BTBEET, PIIIIJD'Au
le the largest Manufacturing Confectioners and
Wholeszleeelers to Frulra, Nuts, &U.
marl ; ,Ltt — We tflidtediktates. 15
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
CAPES AND CAPS
Manufae*.nred by PAILIP BILL,
No. 204 Church vireo; Ph. Ea.
Sr Pend for Engraving and Price List.
Abir Presidential Campaign Torches SB, $22,
$35 and $4O per hundred. sap 2 4tiv 55
WE ARE ONE AND ALL FOR UNION,
ate one ►►d ►ll ton
TIIE LIVES OF SEY3IOI3II AND BLAIR,
With Campaign Mello written In Vow
parts. Price 25 centa. For sale everywhere.
Sent by mail on receipt price.
aug2o-2tdatfw HALL & CO., Priblishers,
329 Walnut street, Philadelphia,. Pa
LIE HOUSEHOLD GAS MACHINE!
FOR SUPPLYING DWELLINGS, STORES,
FACTORIES, CHURCHES AND PUBLIC
BUILDINGS WITH GAG!
Generates Gas Without Fire or Heat!
The simplicity and ease by which this Ma
chine is managed, as also its economy and
great merit, recommends It to the public favor.
Call and see machine In operation atihe store.
DAVID .10Nkli',
Manufacturer and Bole Agent,
angl2-amw32 Tin Furnishing Store,
No. 7D Green street, Philadelphia.
ISI-Send for Illustrated Circular.,
628
ROOP SKIRTS
Awn
CORSETS, CORSETS. 62B
WM. T. HOPKINS',
N. 028 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
Manufacturer of the
CLEBRATED "CHAMPION " HOOP SKIRTS
For Ladies. Misses and Children.
The largest assortment and best quality and
styles in
_the American Market. hvery lady
should try Loom, as they recommend themselves
by wearing longer, retaining their shape much
better, being lighter and more elaalio than all
others—warranted in every respect, and sold at
very low prices. Ask for Hopkins',"Champlon"
Skirt.
Superior Hand toads Whale-Bono Corsets In
Fifteen different tirades, Including the " Im
perial " and Thompson Langdon ' a " Glove.
Fitting" Corsets, ranging Inpriee
to $6.60; together with —dosepia• Thickers Oslo.
brated FrenCliWoven Corsets, superior shapes
and quality, Teu different Grades from 01.10 to
85.50. They are the finest and beat goods for
the prices ever Imported. The Trade supplied
with Hoop Skirts and Corsets at the Lowest
Rates,
Those visiting the City should not fail to call
and examine our Goods and Prices, as we , tety
all competition. sep 2 Imw 25
CHURNING MADE FAST,
00. i Fresh Buticr all the Year Round
FARMERS, ATTENTION!
SAVE TIME! SAVE MONEY! SAVE LABOR I
By using Tomlinson de Co.'s (Lincoln Eng
land) Celebrated Butter Powder. By the use
of this inexpensive Powder, churning for hours
is reduced to minutes, and is applicable to Um
making of Butter at all seasons of the year. A.
small quantity added to the milk or cream at
the ;time of churning will produce Butter In
much less time, In larger quantity, and of a
superior quality, flavor and consistency: It
removes the unpleasant flavor caused by the
cows feeding on turnips, garlic, weeds,&o.; and
prevents all rancidity peculiar to butter; also
makes it firmer and sweeter oven in the hot
test weather.
This Powder, now being Introduced Into this
country, has long boon in use throughout
Europe and the Cauadas, and Butter made with
It has invariably taken the prize at all Agri
aulturallShows, whenever exhibited.
Price 25 Ms. and 60 Ms. per Box. Sold by all
respectable Druggists and Store-keepers
throughout the Country.
Jel7-Imw24 JAMES A. ARMSTRONG,
General Agent for United States,
No. 110 Market farce, Philadelphia.
TIIRNEWS , SELF TWINES'S
SUPPORTING
EXTENSION
IMES
L ADDER
THE ATTENTION:OF
FARMERS,
FRUIT GROWERS,
MECHANICS, and
HOUSEKEEPERS,
IS INVITED
To this useful Improvement IL is composed
of any number of Sections or Joints., which
can be need, either singly, or connected, form•
ing a Ladder of any Desired Length. It can be
LENGTHENED OR SHORTENED,
without descending to the ground. Is SELF
SUPPORTING, not requiring the upper end to
can against any object. Connected with It la
a movable atop, giving an easy foothold for
hose using It. It can be
READILY TRANSPORTED,:
because easily closed to a small nlze—and
quickly changed Into either a
STEP-LADDER, OREICAFFOLD
FARMERS
may keep different Sections for use at separate
plaoes on their farms, and when to need of a
long Ladder, the Sections can be connected.
FRUIT GROWERS
can gather the fruit without resting against
the tree—thus avoiding injury to the tree. Two
or more can work at one time, and fruit can
be reached by the aid of this Ladder that
would otherwise be unattainable without
straining or bruising the limbs.
MECHANICS'
can raise or lower it, Section or Round at a
time, without descending to the ground, and
can readily change it, into a firm, substantial
t3cadOld.
HOUSEKEEPERS.
can employ It as a Stop-Ladder of ordinary
size, or convert It into a long Ladder.
PRICE LIST
20 Feet, 8 Sections, (each ei feet) Light
weight for Housekeepers. Extended
length about 18 feet 9.10
20 Feet, extra weight 10.00
80 Feet, 8 Sections. (each 10 feet long.) Ex
tended length about 28 feet .. -.... 16.00
90 Feet, Sections, (ono 12, two 10, and one
8 feet long.) Extended length about 37
feet 21.00
Other sizes In proportion. Liberal discount
to the Trade.
Single Ladders forwarded, freight prepaid,
to nearest Station on receipt of retail price.
AGENTS WANTED
in every county to carmine and sell. /deo
wanted, Energetic, Reliable, Capable Men to
Travel and establbih county Agents. For Olt
cular Tarma addreal
TIIIINZB'S
PATENT EXTENSION LADDER,
P. 0. BOX, 2018, OR NO. RA S. SEVENTH ST
je 10 PHILADELPHIA. Brown
For solo by JOHN DEA.Nb2I & CO., Lan'or.
glutubing, Ono titling, &R.
IXAS-FWPTING AND PLUMBING.
JOHN DEANER s CO. No. 7 East King
street, with Increased facilities, are now pre
pared to attond to all orders with promptness
and dispatch. Having none but the best work.
men employed, all work will be 111112118 a in a
superior manner, and with all„the modern im.
provements.
Copper Kettles and Wash Boilers, and all
kinds of Copper Work for Breweries and Dis
tilleries attended to with promptness. Having
can
greatly enlarg berrllledforthwithed this .
deportment, all orders
TIN ROOFS et SPOUTING
Attended to in any part of the city and county.
Furnaces. Heaters, Stoves, Ranges, and all
modern improvements for heating Churches,
Hails, Parlors Houses, so., alwaya band,
and will be lint up in any part of the laity or
county, or their re airs attended to at any
time. JOHN DEANER dk CO.,
No. 7 East King ,tree
Lancaster. Pa.
lan 841 w 1
NTOVNG FOLKS ATTENTION!
Now la the time to get marrinla na :
It s
3 Vean
urnizh your houses with STOVES, a
PANS, TINWARE!, and all othar neoellsitry,ar
Doles in oar line at tti•
GOOD OLD LOW PRICES.
OLD FOLKS, now la the time for you to buy
for the younic folks TINWARE to look like
Ellver; ER • 'ASs and COPPER WARE to look
Gold. We hare enlarged oar Waimea, and
can otter eve ry
_. Inducement ;Ohm who are
now buying H O USE STIER& • • -
JOHN DEANER •
No. 7NW :6 41 1
JIM 147 w