SnteUiflettcCT.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1869,
CAMPAIGN «P 1809.
Cllnb llnK'
sesol the Republican party, wus
in reality only the Jesuit of the secret
mai/ieuvreing of a well trained baud o(
political hueU.-UTs. Tlie small jobbers,
the petty wire pullers, the sharp trick*
Rteis, the purchasable luhbymeii, the
pardon biohei*, uml the venders ol
legislation were all banded together to
secure Geary's renominatiou. They
aie the IcJJows \\ ho know Imw to Lully
nr buy up delegates, ami how to snake
resolutions of instruction through conn
(y committees or packed county con
ventions.
The ‘'King" in Philadelphia played
a prominent pari in this eiiuie. The
Governor stood lemly to lend his aid to
(‘very euliagemiH nnasuie which the
Radical rogues from Philadelphia luvur
ed. AV Im.? n the time for electing dele
gales to the Slate Con veil mm i'n.m that
city came, (lie result was that the
“Ring” at cured the choice ol a united
delegation in favor of the man to whom
they owed so much, uml to whom they
were hound by pledges conceived in in
iijuity ami bom of base bargaining and
corrupt intrigue. The “Ring” had :
got full puy in advance, but they 1
also hold (leary’s promise for the future,
and they expect much from him if lie !
should he re-elected. 1
Jn Lancaster county', as every Kopub- .
licati knows, independent and mipledg- I
ed delegates to the State Convention j
were only elect ml after a Hharp|contest,iu i
which the Thugs and the must corrupt
men of the party were all for Geary. As
it wars here so it was elsewhere in the
Slide, ddie diih-rence wus that here
the .selection of delegates was delayed
until a kilo day, when the best men of
the party had awakened to the dangers
which insure its defeat at the coming
(Jubomalorial election. Geary has man
aged to secure a renominatiou through
one of the most rascally games that wits
ever played in political life. Thousands
of honest and conscientious Republi
cans will not vote for him, and he will
he overwhelmingly defeated so surely
as a full Democratic vote L polled io
October.
A Likeness of deary
TLie last is=ueof l'nfh» f-AOrahuni con
tains a vcry cornet ami 1 ito like.* like
ness of .John \V. Cleary. It is not by
any means a handsome picture, Iml so
much tlie more lines it, therefore, re
semble the original. It is not a prepos
sessing picture, hut, so much the more,
therefor-, j.>. it a fair presentment of the
features of the man. it looks like it
might ha the photi graph of a cross be
tween a mongrel Mexican ami the
of a Malay pirate. As the
editors of luih< r Ahruhuni wercknowu
to he bitterly opposed to the renomina
tlou ol Gc;try there is good ground for
believing I hut liny are circulating this
hideous pioiin o with t he deliberate do
sign ol defeat ng hint, (*r i!u- r-M-oii ihui a n-j r. si-nuilion ban
io hr i'hlt to <•.>11.-I*iiiu* 1 1 1 11*I; am! vil
!alniMi.,;.s i in- |..r’ uiv oi <<» ;ii> in J'af/irr
Ahruham G, l - corn el can hot he
d-nl-d.
The hailleal l*rr»N tic (*r:u\)
The Ibiili'cil 111 •uyjin j 'i • i'.-i i 1" llic Slate
iU'C hu' fVi 'Mi hr i eh lii ll • i,! •' u: 111 tin 11'
'■ iijijiuri of i li-.ii y. Tlwy c 'ldly cinlon-c
tlie noiuiiialioii in lerma which show
how nuirli they are i.luigi'iiii'd al the
rcHiill. Tlii! tniili i.i Ihc Kailieal news
paper incn ol I'eniisy I van ia do not rrli?li
the task n:' pulling into unde.-erviMl
notoriety Midi an empty hraded cox
comb and wividied humbug a-> John
W. (Jeaty. They wanted u u‘"n nomi
nated lor (iovernor, and not the stupid
noneii ity wiio wkh footed upon the
■party three yeais ago by the shiewd
manipulations of Simon Cameron. We
do iioL wonder at tin: tone of the Uadi
on! press.
Aii Iri.-h lb-publican CUmveiltion ia to
mcel in ('hi l 'uMiiin, aud delegates are
being sent :r«/ ni dilff rent purls of the
country. Hi. William Eldjer, of For
ney's, Prc**, a native of Somerset
county, this Stale, and Colonel Fitz
gerald,of the Cif/j J/f.iii, a canny Scotch*
man, go from Rhiladi iphia as represen
tali vt-sof tile Iri.-h race in lYnnsy) van iu.
In that city ,'aseße where throughout the
country, the Irish have no sympathy
with the Radicals. The coming con
vention will be a conglomeration of
played mu Ib-puldiemi politicians, a
majority of whom, like the Philadelphia
delegates, will be bogus Irishmen, pad
dies stuffed and set lip to deceive. The
most useless job in which the Radicals
ever engaged i 3 the attempt they are
now making togull the Irish into voting
their ticket.
A Spiritless Convention.
All the accounts which we have seen
couviuce us that the late Radical Stute
' Convention was au utterly spiritless
affair. Very few of the prominent Re
publicans of the Stale seemed to take
any interest in it after it was ascertained
that the legislative “roosteis” and
“piuebers” hud every thing set up to
insure the renomination of their pa
tron naiDt Geary. The best men of the
party stood aloof and allowed tberogues
to have things theirown way, und they
will stand aloof at the election, and let
the thieves bo beaten.
Gearj’s Nomination Not Unanimous.
Geary’s renomlnatlon was not unani
mous. When the customary resolution
declaring him to be the unanimous,
choice of the Convention was offered,
that sterling old Republican, George
M. Lauman, of Reading, forced its with
drawal by declaring that he, for one,
would certainly vote no, if the resolu
tion should bo pressed. Thus for the
first time in the history of Pennsylvania,
was a Gubernatorial candidate refused
tho customary compliment of having
his nomination declared to be unani
mous. The opposition to Geary which
exists in the Republican party is deep
seated. It Is based upon a thorough
conviction of his unfitness for the posi
tion he has disgraced. The best men
of the Republican party despise him.
They openly denounce him as dishon
est, untruthful, undignified, conceitedi
ignorant, stupid, and unworthy of con
fidence and support. They know by
what mean trickery and base subser
viency to the rogues of the late Legis
lature he managed to secure the selec
tion of a majority of the delegates to the
State Convention. Owing to a want of
unanimity among. themselves and of
concerted and timely action the honest
and thoughtful men of the party were
unable to prevent Geary’s renomina
tion. They entered their earnest pro
tests in the caucus which was held the
evening before tho assembling of the
Convention, but their words of warning
were unheeded by the “roosters” and
“ pinchers ” who had Geary in charge.
There are thousands of conscientious
Republicans in Pennsylvania who feel
just as Mr. Lauman did, and who will
. vote against Geary at the polls. Ail the
i Democrats have to do to secure the elec*
I tion of their ticket in OcLober is to bring
out a full vute. That done our majority
will be more than ten thousand.
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Disgusted with Grant,
The Radical politicians of this Elate
do not like Grant. He has given them
the cold shoulder. The men whom
they recommended for oilice have been
coldly passed by, aud Freedmeu’s Bu
reau agents, relatives of Ulysses, and
those who gave him houses, money,
whiskey aud cigars have carried oil’
what oillces they wanted, and have
dictated who should fill others. The
appointment of Burie to a place in the
Cabinet was legarded us a direct blow
at I’emuylvania politicians,uutil it was
ascertained that he had bought his place
by contributing more money than any
other man In the Slate, to buy the fine
house in Philadelphia, which our
worthy President never lived in,
but rents out from year to year
I for a handsome sum ol money. Thu
j appointment of u comparatively ob
-1 Hcure New Jersey politician to tlie place
vacated by P.orle, Ims caused more curs
ing among the leaders of the Radical
party in this State. Pennsylvania is
thus left without n single representa
tive in Grant's Cabinet, while Massa
chusetts has two. Wo do not wonder
uur Radical friends are completely dis*
truordiiinry qualifications for the office
there might be less dissatislaelkm, but
Grant lias passed by all the Radical
politicians of Pennsylvania to confer
tho position of Secretary of the Navy
upon a comparatively obscure New
.Jersey lawyer, who is us ignorant of
national affairs as any land lubber in
the country. Boric named his succes
sor, and the President recognized his
right to do so. Money given to Grant
was not wasted. Rorieaud others have
found it to ho “ like bread cast upon
tho waters.”
An Editor Defending Himself.
Our amiable friend, the editor of the
Frpr<**, has deigned to make his ap- j
pearance before the public as a corres- ;
ponueut of a rival newspaper. The J'.x- (
aminir conlaiusa long letter from him, ■
in which he undertakes to defend him- i
self againstcerlaiu gravecharges which
another correspondent of the Examiner
saw lit to make against him. The ac
eusalions made were really serious, aud
they demanded some sort of an answer.
1 How to reply to them was of course a
matter to be decided by the party
assailed. Our opinion is that the editor
of the Exprcs* would have shown more
] good sense and less sensitiveness if he
| had published what ho had to say in Ilia
, own paper. This seeking out a rival
journal as a means of communicating
: with the public is a confession, that the
; Examin< r reaches a large class of Re
publicans who never see the Exprew,
It settles the status of the two news
-1 papers, aud makes the Examimr as the
real organ of the Radical party in Lan
caster county. Hereafter, we presume,
the Expro** will no more attempt to
aspire to that dignity. J t lias voluntarily
: confessed to its secondary and subordi
i mite position.
OppoM'ti lo Kconomj and Ucrorin,
The convocation ol legiilalive * roost,
ora” and •* pinchers,” which styled
liHolf a Republican Slate Convention,
und nominated Geuiy and Williams,
had not one word to say in favor of re
form In our Slide Government, or a
single pledge ol economy to give,—
Every thing of the kind wan studiously
avoided, and a resolution of that kind
was voted down by I lie commilieu that
prepuied the platform. When the rmo
lotions L'umu up for adoption by llie
Convention, an attempt to remedy tills
glaring defect was made. Forney’s
/Vos says;
Tin. resolution in regard to mi eudmno
mem ol tin- AdiuinisUution of Governor
Geary In mg Indore llie convention.
Mr, M. N. tinny, iff heaver, moved to
amend by milling llio lollovvnig: "Ami
the Republicans of Pennsylvania, respond
ing m live demands ol public opinion, pledge
liiemsel vhs to *.iie retrenchment of expenses
in die management of public atfairs, and
in ho far as in them lion, the reiorm of every
anise licit can give occasion for cum
plaint?"
; Mr. Wi.ddell, of Chester. Mr. Chairman,
I would liao to see the relevancy id the
amendment to the resolution.
Mr. ii.irtel of Armstrong, appealed to the
mover ol tin.* amendment to withraw it.
The f|neslion being put the amendment
was defeated.
We do not wonder at it. The “.pinch
ers” aud “roosters” hud no noliou of
pledging themselves against the em
ployment of a small army of extra
pasters ami folders, aud other rascalities
which they carried on so successfully
uuder Geary. They go into the coming
light perfectly uncommitted, and with
implied resolve to steal everything they
can lay their hands upon. And they
know Geary will help them, should he
be elected.
Judge Fisher, of Washington city,has
ordered the Marshal of the District of
Columbia to fill up all vacancies in the
list of Grand and Petit Jurors with
negroes. This is part of the Radical
programme, by which the doctrine of
negro equality is to be fully enforced at
the capital of the nation. Negroes are
employed on all the government works,
and white men are given the choice of
working with them or leaving. The
object is not so much to afford work to
the negroes as to break down all bar
riers of distinction between the races
throughout the country. The Radicals
regard that a 9 necessary to the full de
velopment of their theories, and they
will not voluntarily cease their efforts
until the end they aim at is accom
plished.
THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENT PER, WEDNESDAY, JIT3NE 30, 1869.
Grant has made another of his unac
countable appointments. Boric hafl
gone, but a still more obscuro individ
ual has taken his place. All that is
known of the now appointee Is that
ho lives in Camden, and is a member
of tho Union League of Philadelphia.
The League gave Grant a fine house In
Philadelphia, and he is trying to pay
off the indebtedness. The Union
League of Philadelphia runs the Naval
Department of the Government, and is
to continue to do so. “Private debts
to be paid first, and the public interest
to be considered afterward,” seems to be
the motto of Grant. He has acted
upon it systematically. We presume
it will shortly be discovered that the
new Secretary of the Navy was, next
to the retiring officer, the largest pecu
niary benefactor in Philadelphia. Who
is Boric? was the question when
Grants’ Cabinet was formed. Who is
Robeson ? is the question now.
Graut’sconductisopen to theseveiest
criticism. It is every day made more
clearly manifest that he is utterly unfit
to bo President. The whole country is
Interested in his Cabinet appointments.
Not only had the Republicans a right
to expect that their ablest public men
would be called to take part, in the
councils of the President, but tho entire
people looked to see that done. The
government of the United States can
not be successfully conducted by a set
of wealthy nobodies vho have neyer
had experience in public affairs. Grant’s
conduct is not only an outrage upon the
party which elected him, hut-something
which very properly calls for universal
condemnation, l’or tho first time in
the history of this government a Pres
ident has prostituted his high position
to the most disgraceful nepotism and
favoritism. Grunt utterly iguores the
old Democratic rule of Andrew Juek
sou, which made the tests for office
holding “ honesty and capability,” and
uses his patroutige to pay ofi' his debts
and to enrich an army of poor relations,
Such a spectacle is humiliating in the
■ extreme, and causes every patriotic cit
izen of the United States to b!u-.h for
, his country.
The convention which nominated of emigre**. He is the first President
John W. Geary attempted to dodge the of the United States who ever dared to
Fifteenth Amendment. A series of be guilty of such conduct. His distri
resolutions v/eru reported from the com- butiou of the most important offices to
rnlitee without auy mention of that incompetent benefactors, relatives and
mutter, it was hoped they would he personal favorites, would be sufficiently
quietly adopted as presented ; but Wrn. outrageous and disgraceful if he con*
H. Jvooutz, Esq., formerly Congressman fined his transactions strictly within
from the lfith district, would not permit the limits of the law ; but, wheu he
this. He had voted in Congress for nc-. knowingly violates the most positive
gro equality, and he had no notion of statutory enactments to curry out his
hiring thus impliedly put under the bun pernicious purposes, he exhibits him*
of censure for his action. He moved the self before the country in an attitude
u-lop:ion of llie following resolution as which calls for the condemnation of
a substitute for what had been reported all good citizen:', without respect to
us the second of the series : parly.
ovary sentencecontained in his inaugural
il Mi'cs-t, <>mt e ■," <'ittl/y tin hereby ratify ant!
itj’/n'vt o Ihe life t: in fail uten l tu the t'un-sht tl
hue. "f t/>>' l nit'e.l .V"0 -a in (//"..so/ /.-/ ( iih-
;;rt -tule have U in
their power to elect a Legislature which
will repeal the resolution of ratification.
The issue between parlies* is made up,
and the matter goes to the masses for
decision. The watchword of the Dem
ocratic party is iu-;ri-:Ai.. Let all who
are opposed to negro equality vote in ac
cordance with their honest convictions,
aud the arbitrary action of the last cor
rupt legislature will be reconsidered
Scsro Jurors.
Who ib Robeson?
Geary and Negro Equality
/iV.Wrrd, That \vh wholly npprnvo'oi' the
principles and policy of iln. udumiLtialii'ii
of lYt-Sldciii ljrrut, and we hearlily eiulm>e
ami repealed. Leary takes hi-stand
squarely ou thu >»egro Equality plat
form ami he must ami will be defeated.
Who Wrote Genrj’s Last Speech
When Geary was lir3t nominated for
Governor Lc attempted to return thanks
for the honor conferred upon him. He
started to deliver a set speech, but after
getting off two or throe M-nfene-'H stuck
fast, and had to pull out a roll ol’ manu
script and began reading what some one
had written for him. Who wrote the
speech lie doiiveied on being renomi
nated. That is a question Republicans
are asking themselves, and which some
of them have put to us. That it was not
his own production any one who ever
heard him attempt to speak must see at
a glance. There are hundreds of Radi
cals in this city who listened to him
with bowed head* on one occasion.
During the campaign of ISG7, when the
people of Pennsylvania decided that
they did not want the Puritanical Yan
kee Williams to iuterpret laws for them,
Geary voluntarily took the stump early
in the campaign lie insisted upon
making a speech in this city. The saga
cious leaders of the party were opposed
to hie appearing here, but, as Professor
Wickerehum was a member of bis
Cabinet, they could not very well
peremptorily decline to give the
Governor an opportunity to speak.—
He came —aud those who listened to
him will never forget the occasion,
j Such a murdering of the King’s Eng
| lish, such a jutnbJe of dislocated ideas
; and sentences, such an exhibition of
combined vanity and ignorance wns
never presented to a Lancaster nudl
! cnee. All sensible Republicans hung
j their heads in shaim* or stole out of the
| Court Hoinie, while the iL-mocrutH who
I were present laughed al the discomfit
1 lire and disgust of llndr opponents,
We have never heind any public man
make so miserable a speech. That
'Geary Is utterly incapable of wilting
out the speech he made on his renumi*
uutloii, nine out of every ten Uepubli
cans in Pennsylvania know full well.
Wo think we recognize the author,
j There ujjj£ certain “ear marks, 11 on the
' production which enable us to tell who
! wrote it. Certain it i- that it was not
1 John W. Geary. " Rig fraud” is a
! term which more than one Republican
newspaper has applied to Geary. He
deserves the title. He is in everything
else, as in speech making, a miserable
| swindle, a poor, pitiablesmall creature,
; with as little of the real man about him
as there is about the straw stuffed of*
flgies which we see set up in corn fields
to frighten crows.
It appears that the great Boston
Peace Jubilee turned out a bad specula
tion. The receipts are reported to be
only $248,000, while the expenditures
were $300,000. When it is remembered
that the thing was in the hands of Rad
ical politicians, with Butler at their
head, the deficit ia not to be wondered
at. With all the euoruioue taxes levied
upon the people the expenses of the
Government of the United States last
year greatly exceeded its income. Like
causes produce like results; and when
thieves have full swing the balance
will be found on the wrong side of the
sheet.
Gearj’s Platform
The platform adopted by the conven
tion which reuomiuutedUeary we pub
lish elsewhere. It is more remarkable
for what it fails to say than for any
thing contained iu it. It is a weak
piece of patchwork that will utterly
fail to satisfy the people of Pennsyl
vania. We shall have more to say of it
hereafter.
W. P. Forny, who was married to
Annie Surratt a few days since, has
been dismissed from the government
service. This is done by special order
of the War Department, and displays
an unparalleled spirit of petty malice
on the part of the government.
Grant a law Breaker.
When General Grant was Inaugurated
he declared that ho would “ faithfully
executo all laws, whether they met
with his approval or not;” and this
sentiment was much lauded by Radical
newspapers. When, within ten hours
after giving utterance to that expres
lon, he appointed the chief of his pe-j
ounlary benefactors Secretary of the j
Treasury, iu violation of the laws of the j
land, theaot wasattrlbuted to ignorance ■
of an existing statute. He now violates j
another law of the United States in or
der to accommodate that miserable
i creature Daniel E. Sickles. This time
Ihe can not plead ignorance. The queß
j tion was raised aud was referred to the 1
! Attorney General for an opinion.—
: Ulysses did not wait to hear what Mr.
i Hoar might have to say on the subject,
but peremptorily decided, on his own
authority, that Sickles could go as Mln
| ister to Spain, without resigning his
. position as an officer iu tbeU. S. Army.
; The law of Congress is most explicit.
1 It says:
“ Any otlher in tho Army or Navy of Ihe
United Stales, who shall acceptor hold any
appointment in the Diplomatic or Consular
service of the government shall be cunsitl
erod as having resigned his said office, anti
the place held by him in the military or naval
service shall be deemed and taken to be va
cant and shall be tilled iu the same manuer
as if tbosaid officer nad resigned the same.*’
There can be no doubt about the
meaning of that statute. It is as plain
as plain English can be. Even so
stupid a man as Grant couliHjfct fail to
comprehend it. When he decides that
Sickles can go out as Minister to Spain
without losing his position as aw officer
in the army, he renders an edict in
: plain and palpable violation of the laws
, which he swore to support, and which
; lie declared he would execute whether
they met with his approval or not.
The case of Sickles is not the only
| one which comes under the restrictions
! of this act of Congress to which we
have alluded. General Butterfield,
formerly of (Rant’s staff, is holding his
position iu tho army and that of As
• sistaut U. K. Treasurer at the same
time. When Grant d-sires to reward
those who gave him money, or to con
fer benefits on relatives aud personal
favorites, bo i« prepared to trample
upon law,-and pays no attention to acts
Lay Delegation In tilt* AI. E. Church. [
The Methodist Episcopal ('lunch lias ]
up to this time existed as a sort of ee- I
c!e:-■iastie.d despotism. The Bishops :
have had . uj.reme control of tho up- i
poiuting power, and the preachers have
been summarily sent to such circuits or
atationn as their superiors deemed them
best filled to fill. Tho Presiding Elders
have been selected by the Bishops, and
these have constituted an udvisiory .
council in each of the conferences. Of
course tho Bishops listened to them,
aud iu most cases were guided by their
representations as to the Illness or uu*
Illness of preachers to (ill different ap
pointments, but still the arbitrary power
of tho Bi&hops remained supreme and
unquestioned. Tills gave to tho itin
erant system of the Methodist
Church its peculiar power. No better
method could have been devised j
fur keeping iu full vigor the peculiar !
system. Wliiio the presiding Elders |
always made impartial representations ,
of the characters of the preachers un- |
dor them, and of the requirements of 1
the station.: and circuits within their dis
tricts, the needs of the church were met
as they could not be under any less ar
bitrary’ method of appointment. But
for some lime past, l litre have been signs
of dissatisfaction and nmrmurings of
discontent in the church. Home preach
ers and some of the lay members have
favored a Its:, despotic method of rule,
'aud the agitation iu favor of lay dele
gations bus continued until l»he General
. Conference was induced to submit the
question to a vote. The right of women
to the elective franchise was recognized,
and it wa« ordered that eieetionsshould
be held within the present year in all
congregations. The voting bus been
going on for some time, and up to the
.prescut lime .‘'.l,bis ballots Lave been
.cast fur Lay Delegation ami U,U7o
! against it. The most marked feature iu
the contest is the apathy of the church
'members on the subject. Not one iu
live of those entitled to vote have cared
to exercise the privilege.
Perhaps a considerable portion of the
female members may have refrained
1 from voting, because they had to admit
that they were twenty-one years old in
' order to lie entitle'! to cast u ballot. We
! wonder whether that would not pre
•veiit many young ladies from voting for
political officers. The record of the
: time when they voted “ ou age” could
not be wiped out, but would stand as a
mark of advancing years, which could
! neither bo erased or denied. The family
! Bible may be hidden, but t-.<* poll book
( of the election officers is latd away
| among the records of the Clerk of tiuar
: ter Sessions. This, it strikes us, would
1 b- 1 one great difficulty iu tho way of cn
j stirlng a full poll of the female vote, and
| thoudvociiloHof Woman Hud'nige would
I do well to take It into uceounl.
linin' nml Hester Yiwglin
Hester Vaughn lias arrived in Kng
' laud In a penniless and utterly destitute
1 condition. Geary violated Hit* law of
1 the land hy banishing her from the
! country. It Is said he did tills to shield
| the man who seduced und abandoned
her. He had no more right to banish
this poor, defenceless girl, than he has
to banish any other citizen of Pennsyl
vania. So secretly was the crime com
mitted that uo one knew that she had
! bepn ivleaM'd from prison until she had
; been tossing for days upon the ocean.
J Geary had exacted of her a promise
j that she would keep the fact of her par*
' don aud departure secret. This was
I unlawfully made the second condition
\of her release. Hester Vaughn is now
;in England, so completely destitute
i that she has been compelled to write to
1 the kind ladies of New York who took
an interest in her case for money to
’ enable her to reach her father’s house,
i But for the unlawful conduct of the
wretched creature who fills the Guber
: natorial Chair of Pennsylvania, this
would never have huppened. There
j was quite a huudso.me sum of money
ready for Hester Vaughn, money which
"had been raised at the meeting in
Cooper Institute last winter.
When Geary came into oflice lie vol
untarily made a promise that lie would
reform abuses of the pardoning power.
In this, as iu other things, he has shown
au utter disregard of his word. No oc
cupant of the Gubernatorial chair ever
ho abused the pardoning power as Geary
has done. It was only necessary to
sliow that the party accused was an
active Radical to secure a previous par
don for rowdies aud reprobates. His
; bauishment of Hester Vaughn, in order
that the name of her seducer might be
concealed, is an outrage of the grossest
character. This, and his many other
gross abuses of the pardoning power,
will be remembered against him, when
honest and conscientious Republicans
come to cast their votes in October.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has
decided that the new constitutlonof the
State forever prohibits the intermarri
ageof whites and blacks. Of course the
Radicals will raise a great howl over
this, and renew their attempts to thrust
Georgia out of the Union.
A National Temperance Party.
A National Temperance Convention
has been called to meet in Chicago, on
Wednesday, September Ist. The call,
•which has been circulated among the
Temperance Societies of the different
States, and extensively signed, says:
“ The moral, social, and political evils of
intemperance, and tho non-enforcement of
tho liquor laws, are so fearlul and promi-
I nent, and the causes thereof are intrenched
; ond protected by governmental authority
. and party interest, that the suppression of
' these evils calls upon tho frienus of temper ■
ance: and tho duties conu6ded with home,
' religion, and public peace, demand that old
political ties and associations shall be sun
dered, and a distinct political party, with
prohibition of the traffic in intoxicatiug
drinkß as the most prominent feature,
should bo organized.
‘‘The distinctive political issues that have
1 for years past interested the American peo
' pie are now’ comparatively unimportant or
fully settled, and in this aspect the time is
• auspicious for a decided and practical ef
fort to overcome the dread power of the
liquor trade.
1 “ The undersigned do therefore earnestly
: invite all friends of temperauee and the en
forcement of law, and favorable to distinct
, political action for tho promotion of the
.same, to meet in general moss convention
‘ in the city of Chicago, on Wednesday, the
l-t day of September, ISGP, at II o'clock, a.
in., for the purpose of organizing lor dis
tinct political action for temperauc n .
“All Churches, Sunday Schools, ana
Temperance Societies, of all names, are re
quested to send delegates, and all! persons
favorable to this movement are invited to
meet at the lime and place above staled.
One of the many new and novel thing |
alofig Ibis great railroad line is a Canvass [
town. These cities as they are generally I
termed, have been at intervals vacated, and 1
rebuilt, at points where the road had its 1
temporary terminus, and were, and still I
are, composed of a population made up of !
gamblers, pickpockets, thieves, adventur
ers, employees, and some honest bold busi- j
ness men, who were Willing to risk life and !
property,among such a promiscuous crowd !
ior the sake of the dollars which were to be
made by legitimate trade. Promontory
Point is the last ouo of the canvass towns
along the U. P. R. R. and is still the pres
ent terminal depot of that line, contain
ing a poit office, ticket office, baggage of
fice, freight office, telegraph office and other
tents lor the use of employees, Ac. This is
on one side cf the track, Now let us look
on the other side, and here we will find the
characteristics of the place more fullv il
lustrated. There uro its tents, and begin
i uing from the left we will icad some of the
: sigus and judge what the place is made of,
Neutrality. ; besides canvass, “Suuny Side," “ Wholo-
We are just now engaged iu illuslrat- sale Liquors,” “Road Milker's Ranch,"
ing thfe ease with which neutrality laws “a Red Keg," “San Francisco Store,"
are violated when popular sympathy “ Fyfer A Cuvalii Brewery," “S. J. Lees,"
favors. Oue expedition after another j “ Crackers,'’ “Lager Leer," “Fashion
has left our ports to aid the Cubuu in-,^ ;io P House, “ I'ig.trs aud Tobacco,’
surgents, and somehow government I ’* hating House, ' “ Switch Oil," “ Avenue
officials never get an inkling cif truua- “Lvk-ry ami Saloon,' “Cuii
actions which every newspaper reporter nor * hcatauraui, Lunch, “ H.ikery,
is fully aware of. Two regularly or- " Criifurnm Wore " -• Lodging" Nov.-
ganized regiments sailed last Saturday - n K an ° uae K ' m 1 ranch,™ Ila.r
from New York with small arms for 1 ’>»"*>“• **'• A , nJ ‘ h “»
. . . ’ the city situate upon a barren plain, with
0.000 meu, fourteeu ld-poumler brass ; (11 , 9111 , 11 L. nml frowntnK moumuill3 ou elUler
field pieces, aud some artillery of, larger I s i ( i L . ; „ u i blade of grass to he aeon, no
size. • The had been regularly eti- t tree ior miles, nouccommudation for travel*
listed, and were together for days iu , era. This is the placo where the U. P. R.
bodies which could not have escaped S K- down its loud of passenger^
tho detection of officers of ordinary lltl d lets them shift ior themselves, all be
vigilancc. Wo are fast putting It out of f cause us they say the C. P. " will not come
our power to complain about the action : 1,1 Au bl ' rausu llu ' r - r - llrrlv < M
~7-, , i i • ,i i in mm - 1 1,11 one iicnedtde, while the C. P. starts on
of hnglaml during the rebellion. 11ns; , .... , ~
~ , , , , , . : another oi their own make, nml hero we
Cuban nsurreetion could never have ~, . r ~ . . .... , . ~
, , , must ail from -1 in tho morning till 1 in the
umounted to anything if the Insurgents | afternoon. Down on such treatment by
had not received lelnforeetuents and ■ monopolies of innocent heavy-taxed travel*
material aid from us. We may yet bo 1 crs , Al this point the last spike or litis un
drawn lulo complications of the most 1 finished road, uniilng the Atlantic with the
serious character before this Cuban bit.-I- Facffio, was driven. The tirsi of the last
noss is finally disposed of. Our true , tie has long since been whittled into inlin.
course Is to act the part of houtst and ! uosinml particles. The second of tho ffist
conscientious neutrals—something we ties lias shured a similar Into, 'llin third
are certainly not doing. * lirsl lk; h:is also disappeared, and tho fourth
, „ t i iirsl tie is doomed to he the victim of the
That an attempt is about to be made
to combine the temperauce arganiza
tions of the country into a political as
sociation we have no doubt. The pro
hibitionists are very active just now.
They have succeeded in securing the
passage of a most stringent act for
Massachusetts, which goes into effect
on the Ist of July. The formation of a
National Temperance Party naturally
looks to Congressional action on the
subject. A National Prohibitory Liquor
Law will be demanded, and we look
forward to au exciting eon test.
One In 131!. Harm- ualioiiol propensity, fnr I see Unit there
Thu Reading Timrs makes light of in just about enough left to-day to uiako it
the refusal of duo. M. Luumim to vote 11 lk '> " IIJ 11 "' IH u 0 doulj t sou*, too, loso Its
for making the nomination of deary J iheinhy, after which a new ono will be put
unanimous. It asks “what one man | hown, ami everybody, all over the world,
in one hundred and thirty-three | "' lUl °r yeurato eome, still sen, re a piece of
amounts to.” Let us see. Last year j ll " ! uU ' nutill first tie.
thero were If.:;,lilt) votes cast at the 1 At IP. M. California lime—none of your
State election in Pennsylvania due ill I common time, wo started from Promontory
every 13d of that vote amounts to with- I I’ 0 ', 11 '” . !lmi "' , -‘ ro " 1 ,a,1 ° "™ f " r, " ble
, mm t* i- , by having a young gent onmn .j for a con
in a fract oil of o.OOU. Tie Helical nia- 1 / , * Jv .
’ . iluelor, who by his manners vu<;ht have
jorlty was only 0,(177 last October, due • b „ eu broU|{ | lt up by Mr Mo ,. rU .„,y or , omo
vote In 133 is, therefore, more than half othol . illustrious prize ring champion. His
the Radical majority of last fall, llut | b; ,i r was cut in the Heoiinn stylo. He hud
there were other delegates besides Mr. !no bull /ace; oh no, not iu the least, 110
Laumtm who were bitterly opposed to : wan as plea-unt and polk.-in his duties as a
the reuomitiiUion of (uary, aud there watch terrier at a butcher's shop ; iu short
are more than two out of every Kid Re- * l ° was 11 rr f" te, l young gentleman, and if
publicans iu the State who will refuse '• lu - u fair tain P lG of die 1\ R. R. con
. . - , . rpi * * ... . , , dneturs, men all I have tn say is, “from
to vole for him, That he will be beaten . *
. i , . ■ll • , , Mich, O Lord, deliver us ! All his answers
we have no doubt. All that is needed , .
. to questions politely upide, were given in a
to insure such a result is a full poll of ' „ mp b( . lwl . L . u „ Brunt „ m , „ „ wl aml
the Democratic vote. Let every Demo- lvhell , I)Klk( „ B witb lhos „ connected with
crat remember that and act accordingly. ,i,o train, accompanied by an oath, which
would do honor to a pot-house meeting.
From what I see on iho back of a chock ne
Another Libel Suit
Our friend "\\ m. M. IJreslin, editor handed to mo, his mime is Hodges. Hope
and proprietor of that sterling Demo* he Ins nut borrowed .some gentleman’s
cratic sheet the Lebanon A(h’<:rlis< /•, name to practice rudeness under.—
has been sued for libel by one Janies Twenty miles beyond the point, wo como
Hummel. It appears from Mr. Bres- ouc '' moro i:1 ni!l die (Heat Suit
liu’s statement of Uie case that the plea Lak*. *®> ao °" n™ « its head, over
of Hummel for damages is founded up- ‘ hlt Hotiom U,„ei :l real desert of sail, which
on certain strictures contained in the i “ 9 t f l . l "‘' s ItH u,) nlm 1!0 ,lke
. , . , . .1 ir 1 ground has the appearance Irmu a distance
in reference to the defalca- iia tboU( ,„ it were coven „, with a lbia hly , r
tion of the late in-u.-mry of Lebanon or (.now, and is tho very picture of blank
county. Mr. Ereslin takes a proper sterility. No living thfug can exist here,
view of the matter, anil insists upon the a construction train is a great novelty,
full exercise of his rights as a public being liu-ndly a village of shanties on
censor. He concludes his notice as fob wheels, which has been moved from point
lows : to point, from west towards the east, as fast
Ii an exposure of such arts on the j art of as the track was put down. H has all tho
public olliciais, and the connivance or do- appurfr-nuneecs of boarding houses lodging
reliction of duty on the put of o:lters, is hous „ lor tool houses tm.l oflices, and
libelous,, and makis us liable to cot* and ... .... . ’
lines, we shall coniinuo the exposition!’ u " (, d ( lnneso listings show how
such wrong* upon the people and their in- oln-n they had moved it. Wo now wind
lenM, unlit every cent we po-.ses>ls applied mound the mountain slope lo the lake,
to pouti uv tin- wounded characters of un- , , ....
fait lif ul public servants and i heir adherents, a “' h,., e a ve. y gnoo view of its sur
and then abanoon ttio publication of Lice lor many miles towards tho .Snilli.
a newspaper and take to Li e king slopes then lose it ns we take our westward course,
on ike turnpike lor it livelihood. A desert or alkali swamp extending many
That is the right spirit for nil editor, miles, is now traversed by the K, K. and
and we do not think Mr. Ilresliji, orand this oi all desolate places I havo ever seen
other members of the profession is like- L the most desolate. No good water for
ly to be reduced to the necessity of m<»ro than IUU miles, a regular Sahara luck
breaking stones for a living on account ,n « die .-and. M a ter lor the use ol the loco
of such proper and manly Imlepeu- ‘ m ” Uve to CTrrioJ '» diffmm point. #lon B
dencc. The popular current is now set- ,lrl 7 r - in C!,rs ' “ ml k "l’ t 1,1
.. , , . . large tubs (ortheirsupply. After a ride of
tiDB btrongly against.hbel suits and „ wn ( ~une In full view of ,he
juries arenot disposed to convict editors llumljnMl M , n0) „ B liko wlmml
for the publication of any matterwhich M , nli „„ la „ ut „ K , llnhl 1118 Wl . Btl . rll Lori 7
is jiropcr for public information. and poini ing the way towards the Occident;
t i ~ while io the cunt, soulb. and north, urnuns
Jt hCcniH tl.nl Kudienl ( onurtK-itm-n ,
, , , , , , ol "du'f uml Bumllor inounlidiiK rlrmn in
aud other pol l l ujiantj uf that ?-cli o mne positions under the govern- iind rhlnoso laborers, who by their
mi'iit. 'l’llis linn happened so ffiri[lit’nLly peeullai iiloh ol 1 ecmtumo, iangiingo and
that It has been found necessary to give mamiora, form a novel fouturo In thlu
liotlco of the fact that the signers of such Wi'aUim land. Thi-y appear tobouslm
papera will liu hold bourn! by tin'll- roc- nh', I'llanl, ItuluNirimm pnoplu, mid hayo
otmnemlalions according to data. No ovlllullly the stamp of the ettrso of Cain
lettora of royal! will bo permitted, and u l ;0 " ! bc,, “' r,>r U ’7 ' lo H “\' n 10
thua Congressmen will find their oppor- "I'' 1 ’ 11 lbm "i bl ™ “ ‘'“ r " bl '- v,,ml ‘ o ; ,d “ m]
. , . , , ~, liibnr, iuul with this* urocont- nt uml Impny
tuultlea for conferring pretended ol.liga- Thu slll , „ uw ln lho dMIHU Wl , s(i "
tions greatly übridged. This exhibition
of the dishonesty of Radical politicians
is only another evidence of the complete
demoralization which exists anion''
General Grant has backed down
in the matter of Turner, his newly-up
poiuted black postmaster, at .Macon,
Ga. A deputation waited upon him
and told him that they were Republi
cans ; that if he meant to punish the
Georgians tor the crimes committed in
the State, by placing Turner in the
Macon Postofllce, lie had wrongly
judged, inasmuch as in that district
there had been no murders committed ;
that Turner could not get the requisite
bonds, and that to keep him in the place
would drive business out of it. Where
upon the President said that he had
considered the matter, and thecommia
aion of Turner would be revoked. How
ever obstinate a mau Grant may be in
the eyes of Madame Grant, he has cer
tainly retreated from his nominations
to an extent never before known in the
anDals of our country.
Hon*. Reverdy Johnson only ex
pended $lOO a month of the public
money while Minister to England.
General Dix, as Minister to France,
made away with ?320 a month. Ilev
erdy Johnson is Conservative and Dix
intensely Radical. The difference in
the ratio of their expenditures is about
in proportion to the economy of the two
parties. A democratic administration
would cost the cduntry vastly less than
that of Grant is doing.
A writer in Columbia, 8. C\, says
the negro postmaster there has a corps
of conceited, inexperienced and ignor
ant negro clerks who cause inexplica
ble confusion in the affairs of the office.
Delays of the moot unfortunate charac
ter are of daily occurrence, by the hun
dreds at that, But that’s a good way to
punish “the accursed rebels.”
Hpeclnl Correspondence of tho Intelligencer.l
WESTWARD NO. 7.
After a tedious, jolting, hot ride, in tho
overland stago coach Hot Springs,
X was tumbled out safely Taylor’s Mills
again at 8i P. M., and at 1 A. M., next day
took cars for Promontory Point, the ter
minus of tho U, P. R. R., Id the happy ex
pectation of being forwarded without delay
toward tho land of gold and plenty. But
vuiu faro all human calculations, when
made without the reckonings of the Contral
P. R. R. mouopoly. For instead of finding
a train in waiting, and hearing tho cry of
“all aboard for Son Francisco” resounding
over the distant plaius, I was rudely shak
en into conclousness and gruffly accosted
by one of the gentlemanly brakesmen,
with the refreshing intelligence that we
wore at “Promontory Point,” and that the
cars would leave for the West, at 1 P. M.
' This was at -1 in tho morning. I felt like
j one just dropped from the clouds, and
I placed upon a desert. Fortunately I was
! not tho only one. I made the best of it and
1 give you a description of
A CANVASS TOWN.
"NlubL folilw her Mible curtain ilnwu,
Ami piiiH It vr;th übLiu”
anti your humble correspondent Hoses his
note book for the day.
After t\ few boms of restless Humber, wo
awake again to consciousness with the
first dawn, and again commence our study
of naluro’s beauty and variety. Thank
fortune, wp have during thn night passed
over the Alkali Desert, and the bright beuu
tiful morning ilnds us in a land rich in
verdure with grazing plains as fur as we
can see up to the base of tiio surrounding
mountains. What a pleasing change !
Little streams ilow through this rich pasture
held of the Buifulo; birds are singing
sweetly in the low undergrowth, nnd all
nature seems rejoicing at the return of
morn. By close reckoning I figure out the
following result as to lime on the C. P. R. R.<
to bo 175 miles in 15 hours. I shall have
more to say about this road wnen I mnko
my resume of my sea voyage over the
plains, as I stated before, and in the mean
while respectfully ask n suspension of
judgment in the matter, and furthermore
that lettc-rs from “free pass” correspondents
be read with only a /civ grams of uliownuco
I will simply repeat my assertion, that the
road is not finished, which I will prove
beyond fear of contradiction at the proper
time.
“Elko,” on the Humboldt river, -»i)0 miles
East of Sacramento, is the first live town, al
though composed mostly of cabins and tents,
we met since we left Omaha. It is the prin
cipal freight nnd stage station for the White
Pine Regions, and is full of life and bustle.
A large number of stores and saloons line
both sides of the track for some distance.—
Freight teams in large numbers are stand
ing near, coaches with loads of passengers
are continually arriving and departing,
a large hotel is doing a rushing business
in short, Elko has every appearance of
thrift and enterprise, not excluding the
“ shine your boots” at the hotel doors. This
is quite a refreshing change after having
traveled 12G7 miles without having seen its
Hke. Reports of new gold discoveries in
Idaho having lately reached this place,
naturally created a great excitement, and
it is supposed that over one thousand per-
sons have left within tho past few weoks
for that point, which Is aboutseventy miles
north of this placo. The gold is said to bo
worth J 19.60 per ouhee—o suro evidence of
Its richness It Is said. Tho Palisades, a fow
miles from this place, are also n curiosity,
being a series of bold, croggy rocksjultlng
out from tho barren sides of a rnngo of
mountains. Corbin, 15 miles west of Elko,
is one of the principal stations of tho Com
pany. Machine shops havo been creeled,
and quite a number of buildings (of tho
migratory kind,) occupied ns shops, Ac.,
are promlscously scattered around. This
appears to bo a Company town aud will sub
sist onlyon the favors of tho Company. I can
see no other resources. Hero the cars wero
attacked by Indians for tho first time on
our eventful trip. The circumstances of
the case are theso (aud our friends at homo
will bo relieved when I tell them in ad
vance, that tkore “ was nobody hurt”) :
Quite a number of the “ Shoshone” tribe
advanced as our train approached,—all
having arms. The cavalry force, (consisting
of a /eic horses only,) remaining at a little
distance from the point of contemplated
attack, doubtless to be reudy for any omer
geucy, and aid iu carrying oil the spoils. As
soon asJour train stopped, a large body of
squaws advanced, some eucumbercd with
their papooses, others with nothing but
their bare arms, and commenced begging
for something to cat, which was freely
; given to them, when they departed tlie
j happiest creatures on earth, munching
| with a gusto that would shame a porker,
1 And thus ended otir first engagement with
the Indiaus.
Argenta, .'Uk! miles east from Sacramento,
is another principal station and sturliug
point for stages to Austin, Virginia City,
and other gold mining points in Nevada,
but will hardly ever arrive at any higher
degreo of importance as a town, owing to ;
want of land fit for ugi ivullurnl purports
in the immediate vicinity. At Goleonda,
340 miles east of Sacramento, we come 1
upon what is called tho Sinking Humboldt; j
follow its tortuous course for some miles ■
and see it spread into various smaller
streums, furming a low marsh over the
plain and finally disappearing from view.
Winnomueea, 324 miles east of Sacramento
and 204 miles from Silver City, Idaho, and
at present tho only freight station on the
line for that point, is a small village, sit- :
uated down iu the desolate valley below
the station. Here! oil, wonder of wouders!
a brewery is located, where a concoction oi
sugar water aud hops is put up and sold .
at I-’> cents (iu coin) per Ambm-dal
nectar, me thinks I ta.-le iheo .- till ! 232
miles ea*t we pa-s the prctiy little llum-
I boldt Lake. Quite refreshing alter so
1 much desert. Here I once more Ipso my
consciousness in a troubled sleep until 3
A. M., .June 13th, when waking from a In**!
ellortof that sort, 1 find mysplf in a new
1 world, fbi the right a green ridge, covered
' with fine pine limber, on lh<* left tin; rapid
■ flowing Truchee river, at the base of an
■ other pli.o ridge. Now follow saw-mill
upon saw-mill, .shanty alter shanty, and
now ami Ihen a little lumber village, ,
We are in the Sierra NVv.ula region, and
feel happy alter having jms.v.-d ovtr ju-it
MUO miles of ulternalo prairie, donerL waste
and mountains. And now f..r the first time
wo learn to realize the gieatuc-ss, tin* mag
nitude (jf this undertaking, as we wind up
the steep sides of the mountain. It is a won
der of engineering skill, with no equal in
the world. Willi wis“ forethought too, the
contractors have finished this, tho danger
j ou.s part of the line, in the most perfect
| manner, so that we pass safely over the
, short curves, the ruad now miming math,
then solilh, thou west again, through deep
cats, along precipitous granite ridges,
through eight tunnels, ami under those im
. menso snow sheds, which are one of
the greatest novelties of the great under
taking, until wo finally reach tin. l sum
mit, und look down upon tho black
dreary Lake Danner, in tho deep valley
beneath, without a thought of Jour, Snow
covers the ground around us in thick frcr.en
layers, whilo down tho steep sides a forest
ofgreeu California Pino flourishes in luxur
ious growth, The summit is 7012 feet above
sea level, is i:kJ2 feet lower than Sherman,
the summit of the Smoky liill range, and
}’et the latter had not a particle of snow
upou it when we crushed it. Those “Snow
Sheds,” while they arc doubtless indispen
sablo to the road, are most assuredly a great
annoyance to (he traveler and lover of na
tural scenery, inasmuch as they close from
view lor ml miles nil the grandeur and beauty
of (lie wild “Sierra Nevadan." Fur that
reason they cause a feeling of regret for
their necessity. From the summit we com
i moacol tho descent of the mountains, the
I greatest descending grade being 11G feet to
j the mile; the scenery, of which we get an
j occasional glance through the sheds, bjing
[ of the wildest and most romantic kind all
the way.
'lf the ascent of the Sierra Nevadan, i.s
grand, the descent is certainly more inde
scribably so. Thu variety ofbeautiful and
varied scenery, together with the difficult
and tortuous winding of the road down
the* sleep mountain sides, is truly super
latively grand, and well calculated to in
spire every soul susceptible of refining
impressions with feelings of inexpressible
delight. As we near the water level again
the woodlands are interspersed with oak,
gutn and maple, the Pine still predom
inating however, and forming the most at
tractive fouture of the scenery with lueir
tall,clean aud ne at appearance. Weget sight
of u dumber of gold mines, and sec the
Hume* which supply the water for the
difi'erent washings, winding along the
sides of the mountain and bearing the sup
ply of pure fresh water for that purpose.
We uro in the Land of Gold.
Duloh Flat, one of the old mining villugi h
situated in a deep tint among the im.nn
tains, si'otnst’i be the centre of the mining
intuiest in this district. It contains quite
a large population, bus a church, cemetery,
Ac. For miles around thL place, the moun
tains present tbo appearance ot having boei;
completely turned upside down by the
searchers after the precious metal. It is n
novel sight, All creation is upheaved by
covetous m.m, |o get at the riches of the
onrth. The mining towns increase in num
ber as we advance. Hood roads traverse
the ravines and valleys, There are lino
gardeus 100, which are Irrigated from tliu
surplus water from the reservoirs distrlb
ut«d oyor the country, which also supply
the mines. The Dourer we approach to
Sacramento tho more thickly settled hu
comes tho country, until wo dually
reach tin* valley by that name, where agri
culture nourishes as In our own country,
and It assumes tin* appeiirnneo of thoso
•Slalea Inhabited over one hundred year.-,
and not like a country lmrely a quarter oi
u century old. 'tho c-real harvods bnvn
been m<<-11%' gathered fruits of all kinds
abound in plenty,—and wo fancy our
selves, (altcreighl days,) transplanted from
tbo frigid north to tho rich tropics. No bout
leaving to day, I shall look ul Sacramento
and leave for San Francisco to-morrow,
from which place 1 will endeavor to give
you another mixture , merely stating, in
conclusion, that I have made tho entire dis
tance between Lancaster and tiiis place, in
just 17d hours, in which is included about
four hours of delay. Tn.\vi:u:i:.
WKSrWAKI) NO. H,
San Francisc.*, Juno 17, Nib.
i Tbo country around Sacrumonto is rather
varied. Among it is to ho round as good
furmlng bind as exists under the snn.
There is, too, a great deal of that which
will probably never bo fit for anything ex
-1 cepl tbo habitation of snakes, frogs, uud
! mosquitoes. There arc hundreds of acres
i of what is here termed lule brush or grass,
■ generally found in swampy localities. This
; tule Is tit lor nothing, not even for straw,
I havingacoar.se, heavy blade, and growing
| to tho height of from four to eight feet, in
: general appearance somewhat resembling
the bull-rush, or tlag, of our country. Ln
’ fortunately for Sacramento, tho place is
1 built Open just such marshy bottom land,
1 and is, in consequence, liable to bo over
: ilowed. Vegetation grows mostluxurinntlv,
and here for the fust lime, T learned to
realize the force of that passngo wherein it
! reads about u man sitting under his own
j vine uud fig tree; for here are vines from
I four to eight inches in diameter, nnd lig
trees fifty feet high, spreading their
[ branches over a surface of at least us many
feet. I found an old townsman, Frank
Russell, with his interesting family, living
literally in that condition. Sacramento
cannot help becoming a great city. Her
natural location is such ns to make Hint
■ inevitable.
As we steam over the flats from here to
San Francisco, on the partly finished Pa
cific Railroad of California, wo strike tho
extensive tule swamps spoken of before,
and soon enter upon the rich farming
lands of tho valley, whero wild oats grows
in luxuriance, and is cat, dried, and used
instead of hay. Beaching the Contra Costa
range of bills —through a small ridge of
which wo pass by means of a tunnel—wo
outer the valley again at Valnjo, situate
upon the nhoro of tho Bay of San Francisco,
nearly opposito Mare Island, whoro tho
V. S. Navy Yard Is looated. Tho Railroad
communication botweon tho two points not
being complete, wo arc transferred to a fust
steamer, which carries us around Maro
Island, and down tho Bay. Of tho Bay of
Sun Francisco thoro can bo but one opinion
—und that is, thnt it Is not surpassed In
beauty by uuy, except perhaps tho Bay of •
Naples. Tho variety of scenery along its !
Bhores, tho beautiful villages nestling In j
tho nooks and coves along its borders, tho |
whito rocks which Jut out at Intervals from
the water, the red bluffs upon which myri- j
nds of sea birds have their resting places—
all combine to make it a scene of wondei -
ful beauty. As wo near tho mighty me
tropolis of tho Paciilc, wo.hayo a tineviow of
the Golden Guto und tho Narrows of Sun
Francisco. I could almost fancy that I
stood at tho Battery at New York, looking
out towards Lafayette and Hamilton, when
I looked upon tho striking resemblance
between the two harbor?. The opening, or
narrows which forms tho outlet from the
Bay, however, is somewhat wider than
Lbut of the Narrows oi Now York, and,
| again, there Is no Staten Island hero, to
; add the beauties o! civilization and art to
tho wonders of nature, as iR the ease there.
The port, however, is as good, if not larger
, and better than the former, and when wo
, retleet that scarce twenty years have elapsed
siuee mis port was first opened to tho com
merce of the world, we cannot but bo
amazed when we look at the surroundings.
Here is a large commercial city, counting
nearly -00,000 souls, where, in IS4U, there
were but a few huts. Here, where twenty
years ago all was a barreu, dreary waste,
is now one of the groat marls of tho world,
with all the resourses of ‘wealth, art,
and civilization* combined, under the
inllucuce of nil tho different nationalities
*of the world. Here, a monument to Hit*
I indomitable genius and per.-evorouco of
1 man, stands the great city of .Sun Fran
cisco. What stranger, in walking the
streets of this immense bee-hive uf Ameri
cans, French, Italians .Southards, Mexi
cans, Imlians, Chinese—black, white, yel
low and brown; all rue* s and colors;
speaking every language under tin* sun
: would for a moment suppose that he was
ill the midst, oi a people who but a short
lime ago ex peri*.-deed such a s*- \ ei *• suahuiyf
.No iii,,' would think that he was in a land
of such very unsteady habit* as this was
shown to be during the hue earthquakes.
The citizens here seem to bo accustomed to
eai thquakes, and, in lad, seem to be quite
Indifferent to the tremblings of old mother
I'iarib, and look upon U us though it had
im uu simply a ease of acute terrestrial ague.
Fearlul that the shake* might cornu on
again before.l .get through with my letter,
1 will hasten to give you a resume of a
" I.and Voyage over the Plains, nr a Trip
from New Y*-rU to S.m Francisco.''
dim hundred und sixty-two hours were'
con uimufl in actual running time between :
, New York and Sacramento. Now add to
this six hours from New York* to Lancaster,
live'.lmurs from Sacramento to tills place,
and wo have eleven hours more, which
will make the schedule tune between both
ex lre me poiuls, j ust one hundred und sev
enty three Lours, the distance being three
thousand two hundred and eighty-eight
miles : it would average nineteen iulloh the
i hour during the whole (Yip. Between Now
I York and Omaha the time will average
! about l\vcnt3 T -!ivo miles to tho hour. Be
' tween Omaha und t’heyomie übout twenty,
! and from that point westward not more
that about ten miles to tho hour are accom
-1 plished. Now, tho public wishing to know
] why this is so, I will tell them, not in a
spirit of condemnation, of what has been
' done,—not for the suko of tlmling fault
where no good grounds exist for fault-find
ing,—but unbiased and untrammelled by
free passes, or favors of uuy kind to me iu
kiu.d paid, I will unsparingly give my
views on the subject of railroad monopolies
! in general, und the V, P. A C. P. K. R.
; swindles in particular.
! In the tirsl place then, let us remember
i that tiiis particular line of road differs from
j uil other enterprizis of tho kind, because
[ it was built, not by the capital of those who
uro now managing and reaping the on< r
moiis profits which it yields, but by tho
capita] <>f business men of all kinds, wo
men, trustees, guardians of estates, bank
ers, AAc. The cost of building soldutn
exceeded, except in perhaps the Black
Hills, some of tho carious, and over the
Sierra Nuvadas, the amount of Government
subsidy, and in nearly all cases being far
below that gift. For instance, over the
! plains from Cheyenne, the coni
j pally actually’' expended thousands of dol
lars less than they received from the gov
' eminent. This also is tho case with a great
! part of the road between Premonitory
; Point and the fool; of tho Sierras, as can
, easily bo seen by anyone who will lake
! the trouble to look at the workmanship
■ along tho line. They have sold land enough
; fas 1 am informed.) along the entiru line to
tally indemnify them for the difference of
i outlay above Government subsidy, even
along those sections where the ex pundit uro
exceeded that amount. So then it can safe
ly be said that those who have tlx* two
lines in hand, and those who arc now un
justly tax big tho traveling public, have not
.-pout anr cent, in the onns.trueti->n of the
; roads, but simply managed the work for
tiie sake of having the benelits to l-.* de
rived from having full control of it when
finished ’ Dal I suv jinishcd? Vfhv, tho
road is in the same lix in which tho South
ern States were after the rebellion. It
want- reconstructing very badly. For the
IT.l T . I’, part of the line, I mu-t say, they
have better accommodations for travelers
along their part of tho road over the Plums
j than the (J. P.; but then that purl of tho
; road built by the C'. P., which crosses tho
J Sierras is, in my humble opinion, much
I better than Unit part of tho U. P. oxtend
j ing over tho Black Hills, which was their
most difficult part, as tho former was oi
! the C. P.
I wish to do Justice nil around, aud ina.s
-; much us I am the first Press correspondent
who had passed over tho road without a
frre. ticket, I think I should at least bo orod
iled wliii sincerity ; and I must say, that
Hit} L\ P. (’., was most unpurdonably indlf
■ fi’renl in the construction of tliHr purl,
, between (ireen River and Echo Canon.
1 Hare Is when* the nwo for distance, uud
Government subsidy commenced between
the two rival companies, and the rivalry Is
1 visible in every tie, In owry rail between
the furrncr place and tbo foot of the Sierras,
Alter the (J, P, had finished the most dif
ficult part of their road through the Sierrus,
i and the l*. P,, hud got several hundreds of
miles beyond tbo Blade llill, (the most
difficult part) then they both commenced
the chase tor accomplishing distance, with
out regard to quality, and tho consequence
is that at this da}', wo have thu worst buili
bridges, and tie* most irnlifioreul laid rail
road, that the world lias evor had an ex
ample of. Do not believo those who are
dined and wined into the belief that they
. are riding over a safe road, when they tell
you that “there is no danger!” i assert
that tho safe passage*; of trains, on some
parts of this road, are more a miracle thun
a nuturuiiy to be expected consummation.
In short, I assert that un oscapo over some
of tho trussed bridges on this route are
Providential. As to tho road bed itself, I
will say, that where the track has been laid
upon tho natural soil of tho pruiries, it is
, generally good and solid, but whero it bus
been placed upon filled up ground, it
is generally out of level, either caused by
tbo sinking of tho earth or the washing of
tho Hoods. In some places tho rails in a
I distance oT 50 feet will present a rise and
fall nf from 8 to 20 inches from their level.
The unevenness is so easily fult, by those
on board, that they naturally look for the
, cause, and find this to be the case. The
[ cars sway to and fro like a vessel at sea,
. ami the creaking of tho timbers is not
dissimilar to that of a ship laboring through
, u high rolling sea. You ask would I travel
over such a dangerous road again? Isay
yes, ns long as tho engineers are as careful
as they have thus far been, I think I would
| still rather ri.sk another trip than go by sea.
! I would simply “ trust to luck, and stare
fate in the face.” and still tell the truth
j about railroad monopolies. But taking all
! these defects into consideration, itdoos seem
' unjustifiabiein thiscompany toebnrge oven
1 | higher rates than the best finished roads in
tho land, and what is still moro unjust, and
, at the same time insulting to the National
! Government, is tho fuel thut they demand
, 1 payment in gold over the Central Pacific
i part of the route, 71 cents por mile in piper
: to Promontory, and 71 in gold from that
point to San Francisco. I supposo these
things will all be righted by a pious, vjr
; tuous, incorruptible Cougre3B next fall, and
j then, after the conscientious Railroad Com-
I panies ba vefinished their roads, and settled
their little quarrels, which have so far been
ENiMiliiMi
aarrled on at tbo oxponso of tho traveling
oommuully, everything will go smoothly
on, and it will bo a bliss to excursloniza
over tbo Plains to California.
Through tho kindness of Mr. G. Urootz
logor I was shown through his oxtonslvo
wino collars nt tho cornor of Battery and
Pinofttreotn, this city, Tho main vault is
137 feot long by CO feet wide, and has a stor
ing capacity of -10,000 gallons, consisting in
a number of largo pipes or butts, 32 of
which ccntaiu nt this tlmo 600 gnllons cf
pure California Wino each. Nino nion are
constantly employed in bottling and pack
ing for shipmout to all parts of tho United
States. Among tho different choice brands
which I saw and tried, 1 will namo such as
Port, Angolica, Sherry, Muscat, While
Wines, Hock, Red Wino, Ac. This house
has an agency in New York which la con
stantly receiving largo shipments from
bore. Tho vintage of 1 SBi* piomlses extra
ordinary results, nnd this State will soul
| rival all tho wino countries of tho old world
! both in quantity and quality.
| Monday being collection and cashing day'
j it was quite a novel sight to see men
hurrying along tho streets, sweating under
the weight of huge bags of silver tho fruits of
I tbuir collection, or being the amount to be
I paid to another. Silver being a ding is one
| per com below par. Poor unfortunate Fuli
• fornia ! Silver at a discount! Ain’t it
I dreadful ?! Wish I were a Fuliforniati.
' I'd try and collect all the “drug” be lb i a
1 the next Karthquuko comes around ; I'd
put it in a big ship and send it off' to Phi!-
. adelphia, then Fd follow overland at the
j mercy of tho two rival R. R. Munnpdi.e,
t and take i; ami build bouses in Lancaster
for the u«c of the poor ti'la A. T. Stewart.
At 1 P. M., June Kith 1 take boat !bi
Stockton. Who that has read of Fuhtoniiu
has not heard of Stockton? A tine ride up
the Bay, in full view of all the beautiful
scenery, along its edges, and away up into
the Sacramento River, passing the towns
of Valago, New York, Pittsburg Lauding,
Antioch and other places. We liimlly* strike
the crooked little San Jo.whin iprotiouneed
“San Wall Kee,”; after a nice ride of b>
hour.- - , we'liml, alter Aurora tints tho low
lands with her moi nitig blushed, that \vc
are in a land of perenund spring, a valley
of unsurpassed beauty, and a place when
people evid-ntly eni >v life. Slnekton, like
Sacramento, has sutlbre 1 somewhat, Ir >u:
ovet Mowed during any coining *• ;nhi as it
lias been during past seasons. Without
this draw hark it \v, uM ht* the prettiest lil-j
tie para 1, con earth, being \ cry beautiful *
ly shadi *1 tliiniiglai’t wit lx llowcis, fruit
uinl-hi I '* I n-es, and pi educing every thing
which the i art 1 1 can Icing forth lor the
comfort * I'nuih. Vegetables of enormous
size stand in nearly every garden (even*
house ‘•tail Is in :h“ midst oi a garden;
while almond and tig (roes commingle
their shade with ihe apple, the pear, the
cherry, th” apricot, the lilac, tin* pink, the*
cactus, some of which grow to the height of
s to lo feet, and all that is bciiutilul In b**r“
huge, and render lie* pine** an Hdon, The
temperature seldom gets above .w, here, lim
bs ve tie* people ever suffered from frost dur
ng the winter season, and best oVull, * urlh
quakes are not fashionable, and urn rather
looked upon by the po ip|e us being super
lluoua. Stockton contains tho State I nsaiio
Asylum tbr both sex«-s. Through the kind
ness of Mr. Wright, one of the superin
tendents, we were s]low ii tin on gh the whole
mule part of the Institution, and must sav
■ that as far as order, discipline and elennli
nosH go, It surpasses anything cf the kind
We have ever visited.
This in-litution contains at present about
I,uuii patients, some of whom are in the
convalescent department, and will soon be
discharged; hut l am informed by Mr.
Wright that it is at all times well filled by
new acquisitions as fust ns tin* cured ones
leave. It Is divided into ten wards, tin*
worst case- being placed in the Hcroud and
tenth wards, int ho large timing room i f
the lir->t ward is a line litlleslage where the
patients are allowed to give exhibit intis. Tin*
scenery nnd drop curtain weie nil painted
by insane artists, on<> of which is now in
the upper wards, where In* is permitted to
follow tin* befit of Ids inclinations In hiw
beaut iful art. A neat little study and atelier
has been timing* d for him, and he takes
great pains to show tin* visitor his work,
and spiaks German, French, Italian and
Knglisli. Another German gentleman, who
is confined her**, told me that he could not
tell why they had placed him here, and
Horiously, it --eenis, c> iiitem plates a suit for
§100,01)1, damages when lie mini guts rail.
Jacob, a line looking specimen of humanity
hailing from J lo]iida\slm rg, l’a., seems to
imagine himself ealh-d it* unravel some in
tricate portions of Divine r**v* laiinn, an-.',
appears quite happy and contented. 'tlicrr*
are many sad cases of a similar kind, some
worse to.i, but among the most singular
characters figures 'Sir Francis' as he styles
himself. Sir Francis Is a light Asiatic and
a native ol tin* Fast Indies. Ho imagines
himselfa person ufrunk, and is certainly n
man of refinement and genius. Some of Ids
paintings are very handsome, and one
would not suppo' e that I liny worn pro* lu cod
by an insane man. lie receives his visitors
with all the ease, grnoo nnd dignity M [ln*
most aecoiiipli-lu-d gentleman, and one
cannot but wi-li him a speedy recovery
from his un fort miale malady.
'l'll** valley around Stockton is thickly
covered with Vineyards, a few of which 1
visited, and was both delighted nnd in
structed by the lilsp* cli*»n of lliese prolific
gardens. There will Is* an abundance nl
grapes this season. 1 think I could In oiimii
attached to Stockton. It is really a very
pretty city, and mu-t greatly ’improve,
when once e niucted with “Francisco” by
die K. K., which pisses through here, anil
will b-.* linisind in thrcoursT* ol a lev
mouths. Thu more 1 see of Gnlilbniiu the
more 1 like it. It is a wonderful eounlrv
and almost inexhaustible in wealth, Juill of
which lu*. not been developed. It is the
K 1 Dorado. Returning to San Francisco, 1
leave litis morning at lo on the steamer
I'acillc tor Portland, Oregon, from whieli
place you will lu-ar from Thavki.kh.
Terrible Alluir In Washington—A Vonng
1.m1.y Outraged by a Negro.
Yesterday morning, one of thus** terrifil.-
outrages which, in oilier pints ul the coun
try, when* the peoplu have loss respect fm
tho law, Is usually avenged by lynching,
look place near thu northern boundary ol
this city. It appears that three ol the
daughters ot Rev, I). R, Nichols, Inrimil}
well known as thu superintendent ol lie*
contraband camp at Twelfth and street*,
and moru recently a clerk In thu siulistic.il
buruau of the Treasury Department, have
sinco tho establishment of Howard Fals er
slty (colored) huen pursuing their studios
ihuru, with other white* ptifiils, ami residing
at KumJall (ireen liamicUs, 'they usu
ally look Boundary street for theh
road leuviug it at about Fourth street, aud
passing up thn lunu If* Mr. Moon/*,
house, to a bypath directly to thu Uni
versity building Yesterday they left home
about S o'clock, and took tbo usual road,
chatting cheerfully until they reached tin*
luno beforu uiuntionod, ttmC-U ot'ihu old
Culbolie Burial UiouudJ when u stalwart
and very black negro, who laid boon luy-
Ing in ambush among thu bushes, sprang
out beforu them, aud seizing thu uldosl on*\
a well grown young ludy ol about seventeen
years, ibrew her clown. Her sisters, aged
about thirteen and fifteen years, went to
hur assistance, and with sticks and stones'
beat him to make him desist from Ids hell
ish purpose, and added tholr screums K?
those of thu victim, to biing someone to the
rescue, but they did not succeed in driving
him uil until hu had committed a crime for
which it is to be hoped lie will bo yet made
to sutler. Tno young ladies, who are well
grown and look muon older than they are,
rnudo thoir wuy back to their latlier’sroM
demo,and ho Immediately gave information
to Lieut. Johnson, who, with some of lus
men, went in Bcurch of the miscreant, but
bavu thus fur been unable to arrest him,
ullhnugb they have n clue which may yet
lead to his arrest and conviction.—
t'itar, June 2J.
A Vermont Murderer Executed,
Windsor, Yb, Juno 25 —At tivo minutes
past oue o'clock to-day Hiram Miller was
executed for tho murder of Mr. and Mrs.
Growing, ut Aseutney, in tills county, on.
the morning of July 2d, ISG7. Miller hail
worked for (.lowing, a respectable farmer,,
and knew thut considerable money was
kept iu the house. Tho objoct of tho mur
derer was robber}*, aud both victims' heads,
were cloven wflh an axe. M filer was tried,
found guilty, uud sentenced by thu Gover
nor to be hanged to-day. During his cor-r
-t'momenj in jail lio has been very calm.
Last night a special guard was placed uvor
him, aud remainod until the hourof execu
tion. lie died without making u confes
sion. He was apparently in ustupor when
led to tho scatfold, supported by two depu
ties. Inn mumbling way ho stated that ho
imd never hurt auy of thoso who were gaz
ing at him, and that ho was innocent; that
was God’s truth ; ho would trust in Jesus;
aDd he mumbled on until tiro drop fell.
His pulse ceased to beat in claven minutes.
.Sentenced to be Shot.
Tho Salt Lake Telegraph says that Thos.
Branniug, Charles Howard and Jack La
velle, who were tried last week in Salt Lako
City, before tbo District Court for the third
judicial district, Chief Justico Wilson pre
siding, for the murder of Calvin T. Russell,
killed by them at Wasatch, were found
guilty and sentenced to defrlh. Having
their choice of the mode of execution,,
they preferred to be shot, and will be ex
ecuted on the 20th of July.