Rill[b OP
,Rll4B.
II
Tax itaanroau IL:roam- is pobliabed *Way
Tbarafg . r Wlngtoo74oW-0 1 * 11 . WI rig.!
Cc.arsox, at Two Damper ammaatt. to "palm.
Linea aro
'model . * =lumps milk Wm W.pkzUm.
rirs arm forlihbe-4khr ankd
Special Notices inverted before Ituxiages and
Deaths, wN bo charged rim= cern per line for
rich insertion, AR Resolutions of Associations ;
Communications of limited or Ingitildnal interest,
and notices of Marriages and Deaths, exceeding five
lines, are chargod rex ems per Mire;
1 rear. 6 Noe. 3 Nos.
160, . 140
e ias , „r 23
halt
15 10 7);
Estra. Cardtcs. Xpitt nand. and other Myer.
ttsemerits, itiottireellog lintis. throe swim.
or less. 51 50
An Adtritaell and ,Itepitat's puttees,
'
Busbies' Cards, ihe lines, per year).. . 5 00
Vne Square,
Men4ante . snAlVerA,Al7#l44[o44oftsthesa.
will be charged $25 per year. They will beeld9Urd
to
c _olerati r con led e x4nek e ly to their Intiginefb
with prk .
doge epteraitYthatigaa.
Y;' * Advertising in d 1 cams exclwilve of fmbacrip•
!ion to tho paper-,
JOB lIIENTPIO of cvcrytind, In rhpand ran
colors. done with neatness and •
Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets,lllllhaids; Statements, kc
of m 1 7 1144 3' and 11 7/ 1 . , P l4l O - 1 4 Ple! lest
notice. The Barons Mice is well supplied with
Power Presses, a good aa,mMinant_ of -paw type, and
ewrythlrg in the Printing 'line tan "130 .- executed in
the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.
TERMS IIiTAXLELIT
=MSS CARDS.,
T) FOWLER Sr, CO., REAL ES-
J 11:TATr. Denise. O. 70 Washington Street, op.
r o mte llouee,„clikag% 111. Real Wale pup
.haßed and ivald. - 7.toreittnenta made and money loan
ed. B. FOWLER,
- -
L. LIND. ,
April 21. 1869.
1 B. HOLLEtr' , iitoklßO
1./• PL. anent for the Hubbard Mower, Empire
prill..lthaea Wheel Rake, and Broads:le Bonet ftri
~, w ing Plaster and all kinds of Grain. fiend for eh ,
.ulans to B. B. Bourn', Monroeton, -Bradford Co.,
P.. pane 24. '69—ly.
1.1 YERSBURG AMA'S I
The subscribers, haling ruthased of Mr. Barnes
hiP interest In the Myersburg Mile, will carrrOn
10 - inessof Milling. and guarantee all work done by
thom to be of the very beet quality.
Wheat. Rye and Buckwheat Flour,sad ;Teed. eon-
Asntly on hand and for sale at the lowest cash *ice.
,myerkburg. Sept. 21, 'fa. MYER k FROST.
riticE 141$__TCASTADE MILLS.
lir.t quality Winter Wbrat Flour 'elWl - -;s4 50(m5 30
quality Rye Flour cwt. 350
corn Meal and Rye and Corn Feed 3 25
A (air margin allowed to dealers.
Custom grinding Uinta, done at once, as the ca
pacity of the mill is sufficient for a large atuonnt of
work. H. B. MGHAM.
Camptnwn. July 12. 11169.
TYERS' MILL-S'PECUL NO
.II TICE.
USER, FOSTER A CO. will deliver Flour, Feed.
Mal, Graham Flour, or anything el,e in their line in
aNy part of the village.
coNtomers will find an Order Rook at the store of
Stevens. Ilereur k Co. All orders left in said
t. , will be promptly attended to.
thy inquiries in regard to Grinding, or other
ill- Mill, entered in said book. willboanawei'u
?ifFER. FOSTER A co.
T.Avan.la. Tone 24. lmf.g—tf.
VET MILLINERY 6001)S!
Mtg. - E. J. PITItCE
-olds herself to the ladies of Towanda with aiery
. h. rem selection of goods, and in entirely confident of
I, ill:: able to meet the justly discriminating taste of
.11 as may do her the honor of an examination of
h-r stock. Thanking her former patrons for their
tns ors, she solicits a continuance of the same. Flu
ting done beautifully and on the shortest notice.
Its,ins over Cohen k Roscntleld's 51ain Street.
Towanda, Oct. 5, ISM.
BRADFORD C.OUNTY
I=3l
H. B. McKEAN, REAL ESTATE A4ENT
Valuable Faritob Propertl,, City and Town
Lot; for sale.
l'artirr haring prop.rtv for rale will find it to their
Avantage by Icarin,g a derieription of the %MC. with
of sale at this agency, as parties are constantly
«oriuiring for farms, Sc 1.1. B. DIcKE.L.ti,
• Peal Estate Agent.
Magon's Ilank. Towanda. Pa.
lan. %I, LAM.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
L
op nod a Banktnr Flonse In Toranda,nmlerthi•
umue of G. F. MASON A CO,
They an• prenanal-to draw Bills of Exchange, and
ionto• eolleetione in New York, l'hila4lelphia. and all
n. , -tioini of the iltuted Staten. England, Ger
n,me, and Franey. To loan money., Tredve depowlta,
n.I to do a general Banking bueinees.
0. F. 1k12.013 was one of the lato Arm of Laporte,
u....0n A Co.. of Towanda. Pa and bin knowledge of
tin hum lue.K . men of Bradford lind adjoining counties
an , l having Vww , n in the banking bnaltirsa for about
1411.-,n yearn, make thin honee a desirable one through
echo hto make < 4 olloCtininT• - • - . 4 G. F. MASON.
Towanda. Oet. 1. IRGf,. A. O. MASON.
TTENTION THIS WAY!
N. KINNEY & CO.,
WAVER ' LY, N.Y
ilea.• on !ulna for tIP. Spring tratlo, the largest as,
-Ivu..nt of
“rti(yES AND PI.AtTORW WAGONS
I' , b. , nutlet In tine kart of the country. which they
01.1.1 111 the mold reso•nnable prfeett, and warrant
,A Ark. All that doubt neel but cult and examine.
, t-eett to the wiP O 1 0 .11ni , 10nt.
kr,ll 1. Iw4l--fm. N. KINNEY ft CA.
XT E W F . IRi !
VE11" GOODS .IND 1,(1W P 1114'ES
MC`NROETON,
TRACY S HOLLON,
Dealeriin Groceries and Prolimhmai,prn, , , , ,a
sod 3iediainos. Kerosene Oil. Lamps. Chlntneys,
ics. Dye Stuffs. Paints, thin. Varnish. Yankee :Co-
t nip. Tohaeen, Cigars and Snuff. Pam. Wines and
I.colors. of the best quality. for ruadicinal purpose.
All Goods sold at the very Icrwv.t vim:4. Pre
:i.noua'rardully compounded at all hours of the
.I,> and bight Give ua a call.
.L.nr , Ntou. Pa.. June 24. 180—ly
HEAP PASSMIE F.R031 Olt TO
IRELAND OR ENGLAND
• A Cl)..i u.c ov KTE‘v , : trr: T'Pr , 74 ' . .1•1
orEtN.T.wziJli J.1rE1114,1„
t . ll • k-1 • , 1 I • St ,t Lim
O. 1.4 s ‘il.ne "
1,.] 'or, of "v .:JO, from o to 1.01130/1.
TIME
E ,t;;:ati 1, 1....14n.1 aail Bland hay
forthei; apply to Williams
F. MAsh.):: & CO.. Bankers.
t. 1. Towanda. P.
S. :PECK
T • icn Muhut:wt. Tu-enntla. Pa. Mills-htrat
r. I o e datn4l. Eitine. 3,1•1 ItoiliTs set in the hest
e.C. 1 wootl rlll the attention of will owners to
VORTEX WATER WHEEL.
.eleping all the elcoaouts of :t first-class utotter
. . - • • • .
of e,m,drneVon. seethisibility,mat strenr
• o
d ,, vopum the greatet amount of power or
me 1. easily rtralroct running under backwater
..,to no detriment to powe,r except -diminution of
I. noptirint: no alteration In mill frames or /Klat
t. • to Lunn% will ruu under low head, andmado of
„ t 0.1144 raparity. Theme wheela will be fttraished
3i '••.• than one•halt the root. of any other .first-chum
.... 1 in market. and warranted to perform all that
,tatiated for them. These wheel., will be made for
doh. ory with or without roses, on Short notice, of tim
Iron to Market.
tr full 'Articular» addreas or enquire of the under.
O. E. PFL b. Towanda. Pa.
4. h.—Tlim• wlo-ols van be men in operation at
Horton k Wells' Mill, Towanda . tap. The
is are wholly eixtupoveil of Iron as now wade.
rl. It. laG9-41.
I I AllbUi Ci • 8311ILLEY,
I enkied into a co-partnership for the trite
- t' ,, n of the PHOTOGRAPHIC buslness, at the
fqrnierly occoled by WOOD t HARDING,
a rll romecttidly call the attention of the . pub-
I• -•versl of Pictures which we make iipe.
• 1 .• se—sKilar Photographs. Plain. Penciled amt
upsOtypes. Porcelain Pictures, he-oil:Schwa
1.. T” rur clearneer; tad brilliancy of tour and satiate
!". oeeaet q erir' lint We. Invite all to examine
u.. n., u well L the more common kinds of Postulate
.e. h we make. knowing full well that they will bear
in iwytion. This Gallery claims the high
r7putaimn bm good work of any In title wettish of
• try. and we are determined by a strict attention
the superior quality of Our work. to
• mly retain but indneaso ita very cariatie mato-
•
W.- Seep constantly on hand the U 44 eatirtf of
and at lower prices than at any other petal>.
knirt. I Pleeepllitollta Card FrnraVlN
• 7'74 4 :EZeis. atarecamaai...
4 and everything else of traportan
k Inttfuem. Giro meagerly aa. -
N Printing for the trade on the inostrea•
- • , 4Me t.rma. D. PLAIIDEIG,
keg. J. ISt SUALIZI"..
TOWANDA. COAL YARD
milltiClTE AND InTranzolll COALS.
rhe mutertigned, hating learsql the Cold Yard and
at the old "Bard'y Basin." and just competed tore Coal•boxise and Office mete the premises. ate
errpared to famish the elfizonx of Towanda and
, o,ty with the different kin& and SiZe. M the 'bare.
opoll the whet reasonable term ht ate?
, r , .tetit) desired. Prices at the yard until further
:
25 iso
netall 5 50
"Ire .tent 5 80
3 00
Barclay" Lump - 4- 00
frun of Mines • 3 SO
Fine or Elaelennith 300
Tlit full:ming additional charges will be midi) for*
Lvering Coal within the borough Malta :
1, r Ton. —5O onds. Extra for carrying in, SO cents.
Half
T0n..3:5 •., 23 "
re- Order" may be left at the. Yard, corms of Rail
r....ut and Flizabeth Streets, or at IL C. Puttees Dm,
- Orden, thought all cache Se occotppaute4
th• W
• ARD k MEN.
Xlarrh 1, 11.,0—tf.'
• ,
.r.roonedis,lLlX
l i 3 ti 11_1: it
:I it ;1 a
MI
~ ,,c tli, -; , i . 7 .. A1 I: . •i;;•.r.i. ‘rii.:6 ai ,yo-..
A.OLIVOKJO A 4 1W , tr 3,
• Iti 11W" Si 4 ( ni;r: F.
TvoL*6ffixß: l -''
,
JEtiEtaKAOX,AitOrtNEY
AT ti 11 , . otke with q,W,A
Eeq, No. 5 Brick Now. All- business en
trusted to Ms care will be promptly attended to.
July 1. 1869.
11011 int 't"PEET, AtTOBNET
rAw. TavniNVOIX June 21074
VD_WARP . _ OVERTON, Ja., AT
toldnrVieldArMtwinat,l4l.'• gem farmirly ,
occupied by the late J. C.Alma. marclit TO.
GEORGE D. feritrArit,
TORN= AT Um. OfSce—corner of Mau cud
Pine streets, in:posits Porter's Drug Store.
147- A. P Tow dam_ ECK, ATTORNEYae ATAI
'4O Lays M cave, the ,
kern efottth trf the Piled , Hotele, and opposite 'the
Court /PM 'r ;T •
'W H. CARNOCHAN, ATTO '
• NET AT LAW (District- Attorney for B •
font County), Troy) Pa. Collections made and prompt
ly remitted. !ab • •
TORN N. CALIFF, ATTOWY,
AT LAW, TOW/Weil, Pa. Pirtia
co to Orphans' Court .bnsineas, Canyesunclng add
'Collections. °Moe at the 'Rieder and Bee* ,
der's office, aouth of the Court Home.
M. -PECK, ATTORNEY
ATlAT.;rowin6o.i. ,, All bialneii eittruat4d
to Ida care will rocelto wmpt attention. moo in
the Office lately occupied hivramek Moirrim south
of Ward Some, up stabs. July '6&
Mcluß & MORROW, Airrott
.AT LAR, Towanda, Pa. The Wridendgned
having associated themselves together in therractice
of Law, offer their rofessionat services to the public.
llLlttipl3B ' P. A mccumow:
March 9, 1865.
JOHN IV. MIX, ATTORNEY A
LIR, Towanda, aradford Co., Pa.
' , trkplEßAL EiSURANCE dOpiT. • . i
Particular attention paid to Collections andOrpl , o u n;
Court business. Ortice-31ercur's WOW Block : ,
side Public Square. apr. 1, '69.
itß. -k c lit, AN, ATTORNE'
ArD COUNSFPLAM Kt LA% Towanda, Pa. Par
ticular attention paid - to business in the Orphans'
Court. , illlY 20. 'SS.
______
WT. DAVIES, ATTORNEY AT
• Lin . , Towanda, Pa. Office with Wm. Wat
kins; E'q. Particular attention paid to Orphans'
Court business and settlement of decvdents' estates.
W HERSEY WATKINS, COUN
• 'ELWfI AT LAw. AISO a • NOTARY PUB
LIC, resident in the borough of Towanda, Pa.. for ac
knowledging the Enrcution of Deed% Mortilagei• Let
term of Attorney.(...kintracts. Altanite,Pension
erePapero, and other Legal Instruments.
Avß. KELLY, DENTIST. OF
• Are over Wickham k Black's, Towanda. Pa.
Partferdar attention is called to )11r - warm as • tow
for Artificial Teeth. Raving used this material, for
the poet four years, L can confidently recommend it
as being far superior to Rubber. Please call and-ex
amine alateLtuens- Chloroform administered
when desired. may 20. TH.
TAB H. - WESTON, DENTIST.—
..E." 015 m in Patton's Block, over Gore's Drug and
Chemical More.' Janl, 'as.
B. JOHNSON, PHYSICIAN
r r• AND SUMMON, Towanda. pa. Oißee with W.
B. Kelly. over Width= k Black. llesblence at lira.
Humphreys, on Second Street epr IG. TA.
DOCTOR H. A. 13ARTLETT,
ih - ituscrros nonoram PA.
"Paly 20. 'SCR.
-
T STEVENS, I .‘ I.D., PHYSICIAN
U •a, r SUGrrmt Itisidouv at N. Tidd'a,
corner of Second and College Strretii. Omen over
Rockwell's Fiore, opposite Minns ITollgs`.
Towanda. May 23, .I.S49—tf.
D()(nroit 0. LEWIS, A GRAD I.T -
ate °lnt of • •Phy.ii•ians anoi Surgeon.,"
New York city, etaliffitl-4.•givemexeinswe atte,ation
to the practice of Ilia profesaf on. • Ofliee and realilcinsir
RD the vwdern slope of Orwell Hill. adjoining Henry
Jan 14,117.
. _
%TISS E. H. BATES, M.D. (GRAD
.I_ nate of Wornen's Medical Colleg e,
• Cla.. 1851,) Office and rewitienve, ' No. 11 Park
Street, Owego. Particular attention given to di.eaoes
of w•o rn. Patiolts vl•ip.Kl at 11”:1r1oune. if reque.st
may 24: '6B.
91•
B. CAMP, INSURANCE
• Au r.yr.-office formerly twenpied by Mercur
it Morrow. one door militia of Ward Home.
July 22..1869.
.1. 4 -1 B. FORD, LICENSED AITC -
_IL • TIONEEIL Towatolai P 3.. will attend promptly,
to all bradawl cutro.toil to /Arm ltiargi, moderate.
Feb. 13, VOIS:
-&NCIS F POST, PAINTER,
sill: ten years expeerience. le ruu
lid
he , L an give the' best satisfaction in Painting,
Graitting:Staining. Glazing, Papering, ke.
Particular attention paid to jobbing in the
country. april ii. '6G..
T K. VAUGHAN, ARCHITECT
CI • AND Itrtlanin. All kimla of Arelineetnnit Dim
egging Ornamental work in : 4 ton”. Iron
and Wo.al. 0111....• on Mon Street. over the I'ost-01.
ace. Atwution glyrn to Enrol Aryl:thorium 101111 VA
h) WI: of ground.. ape. 1. 'fi'lLly
t W. .1 Y RES' :BI.IItBLE SHOP,
.1.1. •
ELMIRA. N.Y.
Von will flinlalr.en.te Minim: weds, Loth Quinsy and
Coueord, Marble and Slate Mantle:a. and Coal liratvii
ti! Et A large tiasartment constantly on band. theafi•
as the slisape.t. - Aim. 10. 18f,m_1y,
_ •
{
W. STEVENS, COUNTY SUR
• vmant, Campeau!. I.lriiilhird Co., Pa. 'thank
ful to his many emplaws for pa.t.patronage. would
r!..speetfully inform the t.tua•no of Bradford County
that Ire Is prepared to do any work' in his hos if hnsi
nr.is that may Lr ntrno•ted to him. Those flavor ,
would In" WO.ll to their property
as.ater.t.ly aiirrryed la-fore allowing thernaelTes to
feat a;;;. , rieved by their neighbors. All work warrant
ed iiiierect, sit far as the nature of the rape will. per
mit. All inipatented lan. Is ratonilod to as soon as
warrants are obtained. U. W. SThVENS.
TI.ICT A: lIOLLON
EEO
reb. 24. Isen_ty.
V. DOOLITTLE, PRACTICAL.
tirip.ftwEizu. would inform the people of Brad
ford and e,wrottnding Counties. that he has _opened
a new Jee!elry-Story in Canton. where will be toned
constantly-on hand a nicely-Folertecl /1.1 of goods
In his line. consisting of Ladles' and-Gents' Gilliland
Silver Watches, of American, English, and Swiss
manufacture. Clocks. Jewelry, flout Penn. and all the
articles Totally found in a first-elm. Jewelry Store.
All maxis sohl an reasonable ac in any of the mr
ronnding cities. and warranted as represented. Re
pairing and jobbing done on short notice, and on the
most fa, orable ternlP. A liberal share of patronage
is revectfully solicited.
Troy Wiwi., Canton. Pa., May 12, litre.
A3FERICAN HOTEL : CORNER
of Bridge and Water Streetn, Townotla. I`n. M.
CALKINS. Proprietor, Pagistpfl by L. T. ItornE,
formerly of •• lioyee Moose. - Bur Pn.
Feb. 2t.
WARD HOUSE, TOI.VANDA,
Ila )lain St— •.t, ni,tr the. Court Holm.,
C. T. SMITH, Proprietnr.
Oct- 8, 18(16.
Ai 31;ERICAI4 HOTEL, EAST
A
F. The 8111MeTiber Navin; leased
thin house, lately oernpied by A. C. Bentley, and
tharoughly repaired and refitted it, is vow ready to
accommodate the traveUitx pubHa Eery endearor
will be made to sat!sfy those who may favor him with
• rill. A. G. REYNOLDS?
Feb. 1. 1869-6 ms •
yLwELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
Having leaatal this from,. is now rcadyta BCC0191:1130.
date the travelling public. Nopaino nor expense will
be spared to give satiefttet!on to those who may give
kirl2 a call.
lUr - North ithle of trio public stpuiro, ea.t. of Met
Ctir'f+ new block.
lIVIMI RFLELD CREEK HO-
Daring purchased and thortambly refitted this old
-`and well-known stand, formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
fis, at the mouth of Ittninnerfteld Creek, is ready to
Rive good aceornmodations and sattsfactory treatment,
to all the May favor bhn with
Dee. 23, ISt-4—M
MEANS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
JonnAN k Honrou, Proprietors. This
popular Hotel having been thoroughly lilted and re
paired, and furnished throughout with new 'and ele
gant Furniture. will be open for the reception 'of
unests.,on Strusi.ir, MAT 1. 1869.- _Nelther.expensc
nee pains has been spared in rendering this House
a model hotel in all its arrangements. 'A superior.
/viably Old Burton Ale, for invalida4ust received.
April tbl. 1009.
VOR SALE.-FIFTY THOUSAND .
acres of the ffne:t farming land. situated in the
'County of Los Angelos. California, at prices ranging
from $lO to $2O (currency) per acre. These lands
are contins to the thriving city, of Lea Aweless.
end 1180mkably adapted for the anlilvattin of
Orange. Lemon, Fig, Olive, Mulberry and fruit_ and
pate of every description. Great attention is now,
being given to the production of Raw Bilk in this dia
bids, for whirl the genial teadersit especially
suited. ' Arrangements will shortly be ntade by which
Intending emigrants can be forniabed with 'guano.
tees for tile deeds before tearing New York, For
farther particular! address= • • • = •
ITLESTON, ERRE k * C 0. .•
March . , 180111.-303. Lea Angeles, Ca •
PANNED. OYSTERS, AT WrIOLFL- -
VJ sale and jyl bleed= k MA.
ME
PROFESSIONAL OARDS.
Hotels.
JOHN C. WILSON
PETEM LANDMESSER
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BE
A WAR 'BIERTCI4
EME32=32
.ht-winds swept with a-dirge-tile
r moan
!k ° PY9 tk l it W 9 -S al ift, 7 (I ri Li ,1
11 figitt slid with the dying groan
1
II se from the pallid numbers stnirrn
. e field which their gore thi Main._
. n, ax Ate fleecy_clonda tfwv Mt.
aril it h• tier pcniCefrd doW
I. hed, as she mused on the sorrow vast,
. gel of War on that day had cast
many a heart and home.
Idlyery beam alio dowtiward throw! .4' )1
gloomy tale below,
it glitterM•hright ort,The - oldolni; dew
11 on a face of ghastly MKS—
'lite as the wintry enowl I
The ni
O'er
eta ;
'Rat
'On t,
Thom
Pee
.
And tn
the
O'er
Thev,
In el
`Wherf
And f
As
a soldier boy, by a.rnuning stream,
'is list dim slumber Isy ; - •.1
e brooldet dancedirt tho moonlight gleam
.g the soldlerlirowbled ttrits4l
home,—far, far away.
Morel
And t
?dm
Or e i
In Ed
.. her, he deemed himself once more
at home—and the dear onea-fair •
Idly clasped as in times of yore—
arthstone bright, the MlllO smile were
ben he last was there.
He jo
The
As
ESE
on, his pale lips part no more,.
is heard their accents there,--.
ed that his shadowy dream was o'er,
laeid Smile his yoting.hteewkire,
ed soft by the evening air !
Noll
It see 1
For a 1
Ki 1
®'
ight Morn blushed on the Eastern hills
a bride to her nuptials led!
11111/44; sweet the snug-liras filled.'
two; alid tlth merry braddet trilled
l g o'er its pebbly bed.
Lik
Wi h
The g
The n!
gullug sun on the sleoporfair •1 !
,yIY lingered o'er;
eczes toyed with him streaming hair,
oke in him no thought nor tom—
b,• slept- -to dream no more!
So c l
Tho b I
But a
For
111
mid a rustic mountain scene
re the fresh gales lightly roam;
valley and moluit oft intervene,
any a Niue lake lies between,
c nestles the soldipr's home:
EMI
111
W her
dud .
The
BIT
ringtime flowers are come and gone,
the summer 'gins to. wane ;
ere eomes no lICIVX to the ft-ateliers lone,
the sweetheart hopelt4s grown,
im they awairin wan.
But t
Nor t
Of
En
is autumn steals with a sober pace
hat to that sylvan home ;
•
failmq •
it ,, lrers, that leni a grace "
I • • •
Seelig: in other days, they trace
of f. ,;n1 hopes flown.
And i ,I
To th y
A s3I
QM
binicas ' pulse on thi / s truthful talc,
!cairn! illy wreck War brings ;
one the stalwart paid brave must fail,—
sweot "Beauty beside must pale
th the glisitu of his dusky wings !
1889.
no
Not it
%Ins!
titetellaneons.
' [For Itt : oirtn.)
Trra FROM OALUORNIA.
iA la.txcbsca. Cn4, Juue 22, 1869.
Mr DEAR IicrOUTER : Thinking that
a fe v note; of observation jotted
(Tow i during a recent " trip across
the outineu: ," over our magtificent
ly 1, • iid Notional Highway, would
not e without interest to the nu
merous readers Of the REPORTLII, and
to many Bradfoid friends, IL in
duce
d to send yOu these, trusting you
may find then' Wierthy a pbiee in:yonr
columns. hottneted sickness pre
vented one sending them mach ear
her. 1
In',3larch last " marching orders"
eameito us, awl dur destination was
"California and) Alaska " via the
"Isthmus route," to relieve a regi
men.,.' stationed for years on the Par
e ifi e . st. •
The route, however, was changed
from the Is thmns to the " Overland,"
" rni Omaha and the Pacific Rail
road," and on the Bth of April we
bade farewell to Washington, and the
many kind friends there formed dur
ing om• three years pleasant stay
aMongthem :7 -happier And_plf , sigiuitex
far than genet-alb-fall to the lot of a
soldier. .
We paraded the streets of. Wash,
ington for - the •last fillie s the last
"good-bye '• WAS said, ands amid the
waving of handkerchiefs -and the
`• God speeds r of ninny_ friends, the
I.2th. Infiniti, tocik its departure for
new scenes and Lel& of duty• on the
golden coast Qi the 'Pacific.
• After an exceedingly pleniii►nt trip
Oia Chicago, the. morning of the 12th
found ns in Omaha, and then we be
gan to fully realize that we were "out
West," from _the scenes and charac
ters witnest-•ed on the streets: '
ha, however, is metropolitan in its
pretensiOns and aspirations ; is full
of business and enterprise,. and does
things in true Western style. It ia
favorably located on the west bank
of the Missouri, and important antic...
ing the starting point of the great
Pacific Railroad—the recent comple
tion of which has realized the dream
of years, and giVen anew 'impetus to
the undaunted energies and restless
spirit of the American people. Over
leaping all obstacles, it has pushed
relentlessly and 'triumphantly on ;
over the Rocky Mutintains s; through
the .great itiland-_clesert over the
snow-cappecli. Nevadas, and
down throudh the 'kineyards of the
Sacramento to the portals of the
" Golden, Gate ;" hi, 1 . unit r .
ing with iron. hands the. Atlantic and
the Pacific, and at - once crowding
civilization a century ahead:
&mit-think of it ! • From New York
to this ',Cit . .PCl'l'll : Science
truly works wonders !OldCalifor
nians-tell us of the days - thefeame
'round . the Horn in ' 1 49 six
months' voyage—and of, the terrible
hardships and privations endured on
their long and . weary, h*" ." across
the Plains," in-quest 'of glad- , Now,
how different! Well, we milivi. the
difference, and look upon it as a mat
ter of course: •
Haying: to spend a few days of pre r
paratien in Omaha, I erabraced the
opportunity of c,alling Ron .some old
friends in' the enterpntanetown,, of
Fremont, 46 niiles- west of Omaha.
I called uponand `received a mest
cordial welcome' -from ME ',WILLIAM
of, Herrick, ellte:: of :the:elaitit,
-most - respec and'influential iiti
,zens of that pleasant.little taws; whO
!had Mit -recently returned = fro*
" home " with a Brad, ford to
beroiti6'aud zunko happy his western
:home. Rich in :"town- loft!' before,
lie Was hiptiier than a millionsin3 in
the ferllige just secured- -A brother,
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thinkther" e ',tabs 4,4restdi
there - for girfa,;.l-not s Nlnt,
that , ,thqrp i .axe :spite P 397 Piet! *l'
intelligent hilh — reii:therti;:tor thoe
. 7 4 haVtlisi 'phitiiinte4PMenting
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ehraska. It rslaghthpriga4icatc.4l
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sewing pm fiT!ii7 Wl*
the liiorol:the *ad.' - ' '
Affeiinjoyftig tiebidedlYvleaal
antAtiti mar , ki4-idinct and
the unbonndedohisapftality - 41.
ini 4l ,!'..lesfko94, l 4 l *( l. M , 1 -re,T9F,trlP'7
ly hacte, them " - je t '," and Mm:
turned, tOOinata. ' On' cia&Miltoa
of the'l6th wee - nob:irk ton'boludot
the ears id- the. ffiTlion Pacific mail
mad," to. them as far WO , thei
Irak* was lai4, than- 1 3 .4szah oterPssAhl
" reported ati from
50 to 300 mileit'lvide—lto thirtraelia
the " Califoknia '0444, Paolue,':
thene to 'San. Thiriciaco,
honor of barn the o( 4 oin:tilt that
ever crossed the continent -of 'North
The eqmpment, of the Road i .was
sp i lendid., and greatly excelled any
th'n gwe lied ',seen' Eastern Roads: .
Piret , elfini-‘pessetiger , - coaches ' were
furniahedlho men, while-two of Pull
man's gorgeously furnished "Palace
Sleeping Cars "—the Usaramie " and
the 4`, liumixddte27-wergt-getieronsly,
placed "at thi,- - ..iieZ , Oee ,ipt-tlthe::, Officers
and their fanWies. Evetythitr; was
new, and famished in the most sub
stantial and hixurions manner, for the
comfort of finssengers. The - track
was excellent ; and we sped smoothly
along'the rich, rolling prairie of Cen
tral Nebraska, trying to realize if this
was indeed the "far West" our g,eog
.raphy used to describe; and friends
would talk about in dayS not long
past: Ftom the time I rend (after
my day's - Plowing was done) 4oluen
Gatuttzt's letters to the Tribune,,soine
years ago; des'eribing his great jour
ney "across the' plains " 4
-to Califor-:
nia, I had' an earnest` desire to tiee
something of them; and 'now here I '
was, `sin the same route, ptirsuing'tbe
same. joniney,'bnt ho* - different
means of travel!' The *old Stage
coach and PonyTiptess bare fnietee
disnpperired, and the steam=Virliistle
has Seared away the -buffalo and
dian from grazing-ground and Wei
r the mind hill of such thoughts
and reflections, we _retire to most lux
hriona eoriclteii, Mid - 46a aVviiillitif
the night, along the.valley"of the
Platte!, and early next morning find
oursehres at North Platte, the first
place of importance after leaving,Pre
moat, and 300 miles west of 'Omaha,
where an excellent hotel and several
stores arc built. Population about
1,200. The Railroad Co. have bare
.
Round House for a large number of
locomotives and are - building a ma
chine shop, The "peer Indian" is
first . i2ecii here in all his pristine glory,
inhere a band of friendly Sioux IRO.
their lodges, while hunting buffalo
south:On the Republican: ''. ' '
' ',- This ik tke,breakfast,,statiou, and
knowing that -in 'Old iiid estetimed
Bradford friend, Miss RtECCA VAITOMN
I F
of Vaughn Hill, and h er hush' d,
Mr. W. M. HnulA3, were livingi the
locality, I : at 'once fOund and b ak
fasted with them. We mutuall en-
joyed.the , unexpected visit,sand while
memory and tongue were busy,pne,
at least, did ample justice to theklast
meal, prepared by a Bradford lady,
he expected to enjoy for•years. The
/miler on the table,,l was informed,
was only Jour dri - ys from Mother
V.rOUAN's dairy ,in Wyalusing, and. I
knew that in no place but in • Old.
Jlra*rd could snch a delicious arti- -
"cle be produced. After •an hour's
visit, I shook the hands of the Mei
home' riends I expected to meet, re
fleeting how strangely, and in whit
far-away places, we oftentimes meet
the friends of our youth. -
During the night we hare Massed
fourteen stations, besides Forts Kear
ney and McPherson: A company o
soldiers are stationed at North Platte
- •
The next point of interest , beyond
this is Julesburr,-- 7 that "Hell of the
Plains "-80 miles distant ; so nam
ed from an old ranclunan named
(TIMER, who was mnrdhed some nine
years ago. .
Jnlesbrirg wits the terminus of the
Railroad 11167, and contain
!ed over 4,0,00 souls, the majority of
whom were the vilest of the vile. The
amount of 'gambling, whisky-drink
ing, debauchery and excesses of •all
kinds at that time, exceeded anything
ever seen in this country. Law was
unknown, and it became celebrated
as the vilest spot in creation. Pas
sengers now look out of the car win
dow upon three hottses, heaps of_ old
rags, canned fruit cans, and empty
elf;e followed the Rail
road. Across the Platte, opposite, is
Fort Sedgwiek, formerly the halting
place of the Mormons.
• Most.of the' way from Omaha, the
Railroad runs alongside of the Platt
riverthe Nile of Nebriudinfor
distance of some 409 miles. No tim
.ber grows on the Stream. The Platte
Valley is a broad, Ant Rlain, of ge4 -
brally fertile lands; lying. between
- roiva of bluffs from: ,to, , Ica: -mil
apart, and is some 500 Holes m'lci thy'
,In the distarice . : we occasienak _saw .
wolres, and quite frequently ,small
droves of antelope.
their mounds are seen in'great nbun
'dance.
Soon after leaving Julesbnrg,. we
leave the Platte, and follow up Lodge-
Pole Creek, through a couU IZ.
tie More hillyand barren, , gon
thellack Sins; until tow.& eveu•t
blips* find imirselves cni high ta-f
ble lilionwliiehitilniDtfliemsg=
'4tity, of tho,r•lain4-ekerli* 420
miles west Of Oundia, harngstopped
at Sydney .for - .ar, good dinner, and
here we.tsd, %supper.
was'obligod tb stophore—be
iv unable tO proceed 'luny With er
with 'l4 I • .on account of
lianas :T AM_ Wrcutin nearly two
Oikurthiss per rh. -10 1 i' l4l4 : 4 ieerVikni_ -
orthe'rffity'riiit littliOlOiiieliiterest4
ilb' I Willliti Ild*rihe . it'r*Vitti:
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iiiiiiwidmo:liiii k poot,.....,.,,„_
ill, the 4th-AhtY,,AL4OIA.O.-Ir'
kitse ingt. er .W.:cM11‘.131454 . •Vir er,e -
Aereur.eneWAmots l Boool4ol4 •
'stores,-and it It t ir=out itt. tiotiar
tVerir,lo,ooo;i,4 ' immher,elthe
, huildings: , : - ,arei ottbelahtially -, Wilt;
-
itore,'heat,Ttimber,limlndidibei'! ItliY?'thoiglt4traqil''
' i '
rAie'ef . g,andiii
'bilna;the' : 'W, ,
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met iici..itlitil,..4"'7. : !,l-kiiiliiiiti:4l44 .4 *-
..4)Cari*: 7 , ; 7,- ;. :.ceandJ 0 0 . 4 000,
Asi ''' !'' ie=t7 is b =
nausatcp, e ,11
. one of the 'Urged , TEUICIaft, shoPit,ixt
'the United Staten, , uld i•iiiilculated to
feliiiiirry nearly '5,000 men;; - di Bound
Ilbtrislor 25 locormOtiVes , is , already
lOW Mid , abriitich , rixid td-Denver' -
`l]o ''ziule r .i''*ilr'be -- completed' th in
Aaininet.' '-'' -''' 1- ' ''' .- • ' --- '• -. T- --
Tiirt timid - t ;Russell, kir fourteen
companies, thrieriiilesdiiitaiik id 'the
largest, military, post :in -; the Aorth-,
went, and a quattorinailteei ;dePot
' : Yielded, between,: , On- city . - and , fort,
with, -.twelve , Tine., warehouses,-:to
which. ke cars-may be Om, contains'
Millions of •po=&: of 'Government_
stciresi and supplies .all--the!-forts in
the Northwest. • ' ;Ventral , City, Oita-
Med in one of the best gold and Sll=
ver mining iegiiiniCest of the Pocky
,Mountains, is but 18 hem ride fnim
Cheyenne., .' Four 'daily, pt!Pers,lAvo
- of thew weeklY, keep -their, readers
' . posted in the latest news. - Churches
and. school-houses, are - being built.
The city:has an efficient and dwell-or
ganized: uniformed police to main
tain order. It is intended to be the
capitnrof the new Territory of Wyo-
Ming, and now the residence of the
Governor and staff. • The amount :Of
business daily transacted here is
. truly
wonderful,- and astonishes one as
much as its rapid grOith, and busi
ness
streets. If you should happen
to - make enquiry for a friend, . you
would probably. be told that he re
sides away up on Ttftrnly-fourth-Street,
unless he happens to he an old citi
zen of the place. ' • •
- ' ' The climate .is Misurpaseed, and
the inenntiiin air is gloriously Imre:-
The altitude, 8,300 i feet above the
level of the sea. Sherman, 30 niil4
West, is the heghest point, crossed, by
the Railroad throughou t , its entire
length. , . , .
The sceneryar country around
'Cheyenne is neit erinvitingnor. pro- .
ductive. It is situated on the great
end barren "plaiem " of the Eastern
slope of the Rocky Mountains, and at
the base of the Black TEM, where
neither tree nor; shrirb blesses !the
vision. The plain is covered with a
'species'of very. nutritious grass, so
thin and Short, it appears, ashamed
Of itself in presuming to grow where
no other green thing will. No gar
dens are cultivated, for nothing will
*row. Cause : the alkali nature of
the soil, and want of irrigation. But
ter and milk are plenty, but vegeta
bles are brought 40 miles—the near
est point where they can be raised, in
Colorado.
Considering all these things, the
great wonder is, what sustains Chey
enne ? The answer is, its central lo
cation between Omaha and Salt Lake
City; and the Railroad • as also its
being,the depot of supplies and trans- ,
portation in a great measure for the
mining regions of Colorado, alio,
Utah, kc t .
Rates of living are high, and are
wages. Yon pay large 'prices r all
you purchase, and exact the Same or
all you do, or sell:
Society is quitegood, and 'Fashion
and the "latest -as rigidly ad-.
hered to .as farther East. Still, it
won't, do to grievously offend anyone,
for they sometimes have a peculiarly
Western style of settling difficulties,
rather unpleasant to timid nerves.
Now. after hastily jutting down
these notes, I stop, just ,where I was
so reluctantly compelled to-stop, and.
allow the train and my comrades to
pass on, leaving. me sick Irina a re
lapse of typhoid fever at Cheyenne ;
reserving for another letter the notes
of my trip .to this- city.
J. H. HtaisT.
'LETTER FROM KANSAS.
TOPZIA, Kangas, June 24, 183 D
FRIEI D A.: We arrived here on
Tuesday afternoon, after a very plea
sant trip. We reached Buffalo at
12:15 midnight, after leaving Towan.: -
da,—stayed balance of the night at
the. "Continental-Hotel "; had an
early breakfast, and- left cia Lake
Shore Road at 6:30. on Thursday
morning. It was our intention in the
start to spend one day at Niagara
Falls on our way out, but we found
that to doihat, it ,would be neeeg siuy
for us to stay another night at Buffa
lo, or go on at night ; so we con
chided to run the risk of seeing Ni
agara at another time, and come-on
West-by daylight. Thursday was a
beautiful day, and we enjoyed the
ride through t Toledo. Much of
the way the Scenery' was _very fine;
varied occasiona ll y by the- sight of
Lake Erie; dotted with numerous
sailing- vessels. :Thursday night we
'stopped at the "Island House,7 To
ledo. Thhi House is nearly new, and
is owned by the Railroad Company.-
On Friday morning we rode around
the city in a camags,going nearly
the w hole length L of Summit . ;Street,
where the best pnvate residences are.
At 11 a.m. we left for Chieago (trtiv'-
sling all the way froth Elniira in the
palace cars, which added much to our
Comfort). This day, me rode through
SouthenicAlichigarisnd Northern In
and the scenery 011 wadi of
the route was 'beatitiftdlispcciidly
in the vicinity of Coldwater, and from
there past Elkhart. - The broad rol
ling
prarneslooked their best (I sup
ixisie,hecause neither of us hid ever
seen prairies before), and I really
thought that people froin the East
were not much to blame for liking
this counfty, where they-conld Start
in life without -_ - going through- the
lreariNkent Mix?Ps NOkich them fath
ers dia, of clearing , the ; : before
they could commence bi As we
approached Chicago the tionntrl'was
not; so'interesting, being loir ,, and
lliassiv, and evidentl3riunhealthy for
ew-comers. L ltut wd bad a splendid
:vies/4 Lake Ilichiglut, a few miles
tint nf-Chie'agO, and aft wag getting
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twlighttniffthelog'.settling I=4/le.
Itialiedttand anCOblertirLli
:iO3"Wyr . ed` at the Tre .
*out ticiWie;,oo4 l ioi" . 'ltad . thel)*
te e n': better Water, 'anor, eat . -.
illg; than anywhere_ else ontherente.'
.We rode - about themity.miitheJitrfilit
cars on Satairdayteforedinner;iinnt l ,
incur :some relatives of mine! whtmt•
. I-never Saw ! beforeoriade ta4r:calls,
And glit hark to the hotel 40 time to
?kit Aiiiioiikrialititt ,
on
'Read for Quincy::
,We rode' shout
. iMe t third of the way by. daylight, Ink-
;ing, aupperati , Nundota... We 'node
verylast mil& road thrbngh a!splenr
did country ; miles of - prairie, , in: the
ibitamie on each side: . i The corn trop
.through this Section looks very-AO;
as: theytate had constant rains, leay.:
ing, the level 'cetuitiy cotered''with
arater'; , indite black soil inthe
roads and:Streets' of the, towns' and
- eitiee through which' pasSed USA,-
ed anything but inviting, especially
toe 'woman. This was the first and
only !night that we traveled-all night:
We-got .along pretty comfortably
Owes pretty -hot), and arrived in
Quincyy . at 4'a.m. on Sunday morning:
.Stayed at ' 'the Quincy getie; offer Sunday, and there realized the
beauties of 'traveling, and - stopping
where Much =different fare,
plenty of vermin, and good
round hotel pills, make one think that
one is in good'iiociety; We both ven
tured' a whisper, after -leaving this
favoredcity, thAt we would have been
as well, pleased! With leas red tape,
better -- cooking, less attention (after
turning off the gas) and more mod
' erate charges on • leaving. But per
haps we. are wrong ; . you know we
are young as travelers,and our views
on such subjects rather;crude.
' We crossed the MissiSsippi at Quin
cy on Monday morning at 7:55, and
the view of the city from the-new iron
bridge was magnificent.' It is built
from the river right up a high bluff,
and extends back! on to the prairie
—contains many tine buildings, and
is considered by the residents the
most favored city of the West. The
country for- many miles west of the
Mississippi looks .new ; the hoilses
(mostly of logs squared and filled in
with mud) are small and not very
,frequent. The almost entire absence,
of barns, or any sheds for sheltering
tattle, is general. In many cases we
saw the horses standing feeding un
der a kind of shed made of poles and
covered with straw, with no sides or
'ends. . The corn began to look bet-
ter and larger as we contiuned across
Missouri, although the - eastern por
tion oft.he State has been dtenched
with rain. We left the Harmil2al ~5:
St. Joseph Road at Cameron junc
tion ;!:-% branch of .the 'Road leads
from here to Kansas City, 53 miles
southwest. . At Caraeron , AMOS SPAT:
uma lives ; also his two -sons, Hmat
and CHARLEY. I did not see any of
• them, but learned since I came here
that they lived there. This part of
Missouri is settling- up fast, and all
the way from Cameron the country
is looking i very fine—new towns
springing u all along.. the road.- I
learn that 1 nd near the Railroad, as
Wye approaei
, Kansas City, is selling
from $3O t 0475 per acre.
At 7 p.m. t on Monday, we' reached
-the Missouri River opposite Kansas
City, and wOre taken across the riv
er on a boat. There is • nn elegant
bridge just finished across the river
at this point , with two iron, spans hal
'anced on a circular pier on the side
.towards the city.- These spans are
turned by machinery to let steam
:boats through, and is quite a novel
Arrangement. . We. stopped at the
Pacific House over night, leaving at
8:30 the next morning for. this city.
After leaving the " State line," we
came some distance through's newly
settled district, the ground thickly
covered with native trees and shrub
.bery, with an occasional clearing, the
houses. of squared logs filled with
tnnd, and the inevitable baby—fre
quent in newly-settled countries, but
ittrely seen in the East—at lemt in
"respectable " families. Thirty-eight
-miles from Kansas City we clime to
Lawrence, which is quite a city, and
seemed to-be - growing-quite fast ; but
the citizens of Topeka think this city
is rapidly outstripping Lawrence.
The country from Lawrence here is
rapidly settling up over rich agricul
tural region. We saw many herds
of cattle, and horses and mules, feed
ing on the prairies .as we pa.ssed.
• We arrived . at Topeka at 1:50 p.m.
on Tnesday;having come about 1,250
miles since leaving Towanda, withcint
an accident, and losing nothing but
a pocket handkerchief. We crossed
the Kan or Kansas River ih an om
nibus, over a pontoon bridge. The
Railroad Company are just com
mencing a- railroad bridge at this
place. •
Topeka (or the most of it) is built
on a fine elevation on the west side
of the river, which slopes gradually
to the water. There is much activity
here in the Way of building ;. many
houses have been built and occupied
already, and many more are in pro
cess of erection. -The citizens here
have advanced ideas in regard to the
future of the city, and farming land
is selling at prices ranging from $2O
to $5O per acre within ton miles of
the city. My own opinion is that
the present development of the coun
try. will not warrant such extravagant
prices. But as lam a stranger here,
I do not say so - loud enough 'to at
tract attention. I have, been over
'nearly all our lots, here, and find
some of them 'well located and some
Of them not so well. Still,,l think it
a good investment, and will pay to
bold. I think we shall leave 'here
about the , fast of next week. We
may go to Omaha—l want to do, so
if I have time.
lareminv.—Earn your bread, and
see how sweet it Will be! ,Work and
see how well you will _ be 1 . Work and
see how happy your family Will be 1-
for, before you know where you are,
instead. of repining at Providence,
you will find yourself offering up
thanks for all the numerous blessinfrs,
you enjoy.i •
IF yr. stek happnnon in. 'by
. and
forbidden piths we not find bet. We
most travel the pathini4i she travids,M honor
and virtue, and thenwe shall ineether:;
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Each chair MIMI-we're all if home •- •
! Tp,nightfal !aocald'sinnger come: • • '
;Oa no often thnairound
Ilitac 'rid familiar hearth we're felted.
1 1 14 ?*1A04:0 14 .tru?rtil 3 /5.1 0 4 the $l ,Oll . ,
liko; fmct a every Care forgot
.10 gelato Ecilia t ter ikeref,•''
Arid kind affCcticarhO thhhokir a!
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We're Au, all ham. - •
Wely; nal hero! •
.somc arc away-L:tpc thytil op?* dear, •
Who thinaiged with tilt ancient '
`And gave ilaa hair to guiltleia mirth.. - - -
Fate * l l4 a 0 4 3 th kdentkiel! hank
Looked in and thinted our Rine hand
Some, folio's niihi4lasb, lamed
1.11 genie , iianklingeting day hi day.
The 4 1 0 131 lif.*Y 4 1.ard - '7fox* 40,14 - 1517-
'AM hie_sham; •• . ,
We're liot all here. •.
.
We Ore all hero!
-Even they, the deid—thimgh derlfl, se dear,
Fond memory, to her duty . htie,' - 47
Drings.hack their fedi-11 forms to view.
Wow . life.ble, through the mist of yearn,.
Each iceiVrentember'A fact; appears! •
Wo nee them ss in times long peat,
.From each to each kind looks-aro cant ;
Wu hear their 111114 i, their smifra behold,
They're iStmdirs as they.were of old--
- - We are all here. .
Wo are all hire r •
Father,,mother,
Sister, lirother,
ion that love with love so dear.
This may not long of rot he said ;
Soon most we join the gatheed dead,
And,by the hearth we now sit round,
Some othrr riicie will be found:
Oh then, that wisdom may we I:pew,
Which yields a life of-peace beloir ; -
So in the world to follow this, .
May each repeat, in words of
Weee all, iill f
11e. ashy at Last Loses his Pus/office,
Mb! to his Humiliation an Abolition Artmiais
(ration Alp its a Negm ie his .Plare—n•mt
ble at the Onbiess.
• POST ()FMB, CONFE)ERIT X ROADS ,
(With is in the Stait of :Kentncky),
June 29,1869.-.-The die is cast. The
guilloteen hez. fallen—l am no longer
Postmaster at Confederit X Roads,
wich iz in the Stait of Kentucky.
The place wich knowd, me once will
Ilion? me no more forever--the paper
wich Deekin P0,, -,--- ;ram takes will be
handed out by a nigger—a nigger her
the opehin uv letters addressed to
parties residin hereabouts- containin'
remittances—a nigger will.hev the ri
flin uv letters , addreSst to lottery
managers and extractin the sweets
therefrom--a nigger will be—but I
cant di-ell upon the disgustin theme
no longer.
I hed bin in. Washington two weeks
assistin the.Caucashens nv . that city
to put their foot
.upon the heads uv
the cussed niggers who ain't content
to accept the situashen and remain
ez they alluz her bin, inferior beins.
To say I hed succeeded is a week ex
preshen. I organized a raid onto em
so effectooally ez to drive no less than
thirty nv them out uv employment,
twenty-seven uv with wnz compelled
to steel their bread, nick giVe us a
splendid opportunity to show up the
nateral cursedness of the Afrikan
race—wich we improved.-
On my arrival at the Corners, I
knew to wunst that suthinwuz wrong.
I lied tid over from Secessionville on•
Dascom's mule, wich he lied sent
over for me, and as I rid np to his
door, I knew snthin hed happened.
The bottles behind the bar wuz drap
ed in black; the barrels wnz festoon
ed gloomily (with is our yoosual
method=nv expressin grief at public
calamities,) and the premises gener
ally wore a funeral aspect:.
"What is it?" gasped L •
Deacon) returned not a word, bat
waved his - hand toward the Post
Office.
Ruskin thither, I bustid open the
door, and reeled almost agin' the
wall I At the general delivery 'tretz the
grisritinjaweit. a . nigger! and settin
in my chair wuz ...Toe Bigler, with
Rollick beside him, - smokin pipes and
latlin over suttin in a noospaper.
Bigler caught sight uv. me, and
dartin out, pulled me inside them
hitherto sacred precineks.
"Permit me," laid ho jeeringly,"to
interdoose yoo to your Successor, Mr.
Ceeser
"My mtirfwor! What does this
mean?"
"Shim him, Ceezer."
And the nigger, every tooth ;u his
heah a shinin,r-handed me a commish
11% duly made out and- - signed. I
Saw it all at glance. In imitashun uv
our Secretary Rorie, I hed left- my
bizness in the hands of a 'depetty,
with is now the favorite method uv
doin public biznis. It arrived the
day after I . * left, and Laker Gavitt
who distnihited the mail, :gave it to
the cuss.
: Pollock made out the bonds and
went onto em himself, and in ten days
•th 6 eommishun come allreglar, wher-'
upon Bigler back the nigger and .
took forcible post: cbsion tiv4he office.
While I was absent they, lied a per
cession in honor of the joyful event,
sed perseshon consistin of Pollock,
Bigler and the new Postmaster, who
marched thriugh the streets- with the
stars and stripes, banners • an 4 Rich.
Bigler renutrkt that the peicession
wuzu't large but it wuz talented; em
inently respectable, and • extremely
verfkiteel. ge (Bigler) carried the
flag and pliyed the fife, Politick car
rued a banner with'an inscription one.
to it "sound the loud timbrel o'er
Egypt's ~dark sea," and played the
bass drirm; , while .the tugger bore
aloft. a bimnei inscribed "where Af
ries sunny fountains roll down the
golden sandse'with . his commishun
pinned onto playiu in-addishen a
pair of wish.* cymbuls. • .
Bigler remarkt _further that .tlie
perceshun' created a positive sense
shun of the • which I shOod
think it wood. t wuziet," said
this tornientin I -..• •"verjr much WU)
the perceshun w :look place
when yoo received Y..ikoilunission.
Then the Whites tiv the COrtietairtri
elated, for they spectid to:git waxer)
owed em iii dog' tune ; .' and the
gem wuz - coFrespondingly deprest.
They slunk into byways andde
ways ; they: didn't hold up 4thek
heads, and they dusted out ez fast'ei
they cool
,git. At' this. pereeirsion
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NASBY.
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I , h6nz ,
lified , the,streets ez.wopstased,gru444.
ididtinly, and the whiteswurdeprest
correspondingly. Its shigler that. at
the. Corifen4 the tWo races can't feel
'good at the same time. *.
My arrival . havin become known;
by the time I'OV back tin' Bitscenets;
all-my friends bait„ 04*.a - giere!".
There Wuzent a dry eye
_ftmong-- - eni
and aatbc4 PIA° .19,Y,N 0 Fse.. I °4 •
but noivlOrever fled, mine moistened'
likewise.: 'There wur. a amble change
in their ~manner 'toward me, ! They
regarded me with : solicitood , .but I
coed discern - that the . so!isitood `ti
not so.'ninch me 'ez for 'them : .
'Viz* steel I do ?"I asickfie*liilt
thii.stdevised;:.-lor,,l'cani.,f3tlO'.c,'
'".Pay me what, you., owe Me
ejakelated Discern.'
- "Pay me what on oWe'ine !" elak
-Aided Dekin Pograni, and.the same
:remark wuz mndu by all uv era-,33rith
wonderful, yoommimity._ Whatever
d i fferences uv cipinpui there'Might
be on other
_topics, on this they were
al/ agreed. ' -
" Gentlemen I": I commene,ed,back
ing up into a corner, .`,itiktbiu gener
alists Is thin the treatment I her a
right to 'eipect ?. Is thl4—,-" -
I shoold here gone on atleitgth,
,but jilt at that =mint Pollock, Joe
Bigler and the new Postmaster enter
ed. Boom wiiz made for era and
:cheers offered em, bid they declined
to sit,
• " They bizikisl7 sed'thi's PoStinas.:
ter, "disagreeable bizdie, but its my
offishel dooty to perform it"
'At the Word "offishel" comin r from . '
his lips ;I groaned, kliich 'Os ekkoed
by 'all those present, • . ".' "
. her in my •hattd,". continyood
he, "de bond giben. by my predeces
sor, onto which is de namesiii Geo.
Baspom, Ell anah Pogiinii;Hugh
Ig'Peltpr and Vieth^ Pennebecker ei
sureties. In dis oder hand -I hold a
skcdo:ol ob de property belonghi-to
de 'partment with was turned ober
to him by his predecessor, consistin
of table, chairs, boxes, locks, bagi, et
SeOry, - •Wid sundry 'dollars worf of
stamps paper; • twine, Ac. None of
dis, post offis property, turned - over
to my- predecessor by his predeessor,
is to be found in de offis,and de objeck
of dis visit is to notify yoo dat unless
immejit payment .be made nv the
amount to bring soot to wunstlagmst
the sod •sureties:" .
Never befor& did I
,s 9 appreciate
i
A. Johnson nx J;his-rostreasr:Gene-
rall. Randal.' "Under their Amini-stra
tion- wat Postmaster :IVtiZ ever pilled:
up : fiir.ste ilia anythin? Eko raisers.
, This VillZ the feather that broke.the
'camel's back, . ' . _
. _ .
"Watt" exelni med Baisccm, "shel I
lose wat yoo owe me, and Then tiny
foiWat yoo've stole?" ' • ;
"Shell lose thq'money;" Red Po,,nrani,
"which I lent yoo, and in addishen.
pay • Abolishen government fur
property yoo've confiscated ?" •
"But the property is here," keruarkt
to‘Thrsom,."yoo"ve .got: it- all. -Why
not return it, - and save all. this
trouble ?"
"W.at wood I have then for Ad
.
whisky • yoo ve. consoomed ?" he
ejackelated vishusly. "It's all I've
got from you ; and I've bin keepin yoo
for four years."
"Did'nt thet property pay yoo for.
the liker?" I asked, but Bascom wnz
in no humor for figg . ers; and he pitch- '
ed into me, at - wich pleasant 'pastime'
they all followed soot. But for Joe •
Bigler, they-wood hay killed me. IE2
it wuz, they blackt both my eyes and
rolled me out onto the sidewalk, shut
tin the door agiii me;
Ez Iheard that door -slam
that I wuz lost. NO °file !no Money!
and Bascom's closed . Ngin me !- . Kin
there be a harder fate ? I passed the
nite with a 'farmer thive miles out,
who bein sick, hadn't been to the Cor
ners, and cotisekently lie knowd
npthin nv the changes:
I hear the next day the result of the
rtiskshen. Bascom returud sich uv
the prefirtv ez hecin't been and
consoorna 'Which consisted' nv the
boxes. The chaira hed been --broken
up in the shindis wick occur4at.. his
place, the locks lied been sled to farm-.
ers, who yeosed
. -em on their smoke
honOses; the hags had been mild for
wheat, and so on: The 'stamps; papbr,: .
twine and sich figgered up cthrez,
hundrd and forty-six dollars, -h
wuz three hundrd more dollars than
there wuz in .the Corners.
Bascom advanced the fors-six ;doi-•
Jars and the three hundred wnz bor
rowed nv a banker at Secessionville ;
who took mortgages on the farms uv
the imprudent bondsmen for sekoo: -
rity. ljv course I 'can't go 'back to
the Corners •'under existin circum
stances. It would be uncomfortable
for me tali° there ez .
. matters have
terminated. , shel-make -my way to
Washington to see.ef rcan't get my
self elected ez Tanager uv a Labor
Association, and se - make a • livin till
there conies a change in the Admin
istration. I would fasten myself. 49.
A. Johnson, but unforchinitly there .
ain't enough in hint to tie . I
would ris soon think oli.tyin myself ;to
a car wheal in a Fiona - at sea.
- 'PrrnoLtat V.. NASIIV,
was' Postmaster.).
.How SMALL EXPENDITURES COUNT—
cents each • Morning; A -- mere
trifle.' Thirty-five' cents per week.
Not flinch ; yet it would buy coffee or
sugar for a' WhOle $18.25.a
'year. And thiS amount invested in a
savinys bank at the - of eadh year, and
and tie interest•theron at six per cent,
,comyrited elinually--would in - twelve
years amount ti3. - More than -$670.
to-buy Enough a good farm in the
West. Five cents before breakfast,
dinner, and supper ;•'.yint'd hardly
miss it, yet 'tis 'fifteen. cents -a_day ;
$1.05 per Week. -; - *Enotilth to bnywile
daughter, a dress,' $54.60 a .year.
Enough to .buy a small, librai7 of
bOols. - Invest this as before 'and in
twenty years ..you • would have ' . over
$2000; enough - to buy , a good
house and lot., : .
Ten cents each morning ; hardl i y4.
worth
• a second 'thought ; yet with' it
. ,
you can lug a paper ,if dins "or •a
spool of threw!. • Seventy ecints:ver
week ; ' twould buy several , yards of
'musli:, $36.40 in ono ear. Pepos
tkis amount as. before, and you
would hive $13:10 in twenty ;years •,
quite a sang littleforttme.. Ten Gents
before 041 breakfaiit,. dinner, and
FHtfpozez-- - thirtroents a day. — lt would
es bottrioafflarzaolgreifil
h c ;
-subsis enoug iptionvidwii grks ftienik year'sstpetii
slo.29 per. year. With it yottitistild''''''''
tsnyfroddilbeloatourolimildeh.s-yeints
vri,4,or daughter conhiptediteevortai ,
'IfitiB 4O,PIRY4t I Z ' P*I I W . e VritiC .
*hriptli away. Anti thut.74,tnoile ,- , •1
years, pr nee tou'uwvayttturantkaw.
r,••••
: * flask t 4l464gl(7l4Y'figfte
be a t . , ppy youtbsobe;
an dltibliiihaititY and' WbUtfal itrod„,
ithitiad of
,sgnanarinCiiiitY 'Of*
amigo; iliffesbin tfiibriblyttr,
- r If youordiddlie a r 'inialrid4soyoutfr;-, -
lead a drunken life, abuse ycrar
dr64,lotvisktouristifiwbe_aAmteled -
said!despieable being while you ,
ag4ll4K4l94 l 9:wait4sal,d4hunosed
grave, take your extra chatige and . •.
11,1re0t, it : in 4.,**lg i *19914 ,
•
It i:"Lciepi,,)
StrilllEß 6.
--Ths, , pgrg Rzooggip.,imult„
dust m'c i titibn:in'the.Hebrew
criPtokesii-ote trivial; itrthaf Of ' , Ss;
rahl it theArife l orrAbAlinfie Of each
of t e-patrifirchk; with hue exception', ,
Wvhoser moues trereeorded in:the
Of aenesis, it is briefly said, "and'he
died."4l-•It is not: added; 41trl was
.itriett"Friiinthedeath of Abel,
- the first to die, to that
_Of Sarah a
• - periottbftwo;thottsandlyetirs, in nn
,instance dire ire told -*hat
-was' made -of the tnal,..reinains.. •
hundied - ana.thiftY . and he •
- e ;-
'What, was ordek . ter:the burial ,
of the agile:i Pl :"t :the, _funeral of the
,firoilnalo:44, where they lay
The &St Nitta' 1 place - desribed in the
sacred records.is the cave Which was -
*Reeted as the burial place of Sarah. '
Of this seindchie vie have, in the book,
L ed Genesis, a history of affecting situ
,plieitY and - beauty. While Abraln - fe"':l —.
was a stranger and siirjsojourner at.
Hebron, his wife died, and ho was
oblig,ed,te seeklor.her a burial place.
'The people of the land honored him
as a mighty princenmong their, and',
Offered him his chqice of their sep-
Ifichres. He. must hate, appreciated
the kinduesit of the offer, but he-nat
undlY preferred a family burial-place
of ,hiaown, and; he had set his heart
on a csiie, in the field of , Afriephelah,
'which-seemed fitted for the sad 'pitr
poe. The field, and cave therein be
longed-to .Ephion, the , Hittite. ' For
sonic reason, Which does-not appear, - .
Abraham did not first apply; to this
nien foi. the purehase.of the cave, but
he naked his , friends and his neigh-.
boat to apply for him. Ephron offer- •
ed fl.bralttim both the field and, the
cave. as a gift. The bereaved patriatch
Was unWilling thus•to receive them.-
He world not be dependent so long
as no necessity required it, on .the
generosity of - - others, nor would he
_Wiry his :beloved dead in a sepulchre
that colt him nothing. "I will give
the money; for'the field," he said to
Ephron, "take it of nie;and I will be
ry in dead there." Ephron, in rePly,
named four htulerecl shek*of.silevr
as the worth of the field. 'This F(11111r.
Abraham paid by weight to Ephron,
in the presence of the people of the
laud. The contract and, payment
having been publicly witnessed, the
field,"„ beeeme. the property of Abrp.-
ham and - his heirs. , -
This is first recorded instance of a .
legideonveyance of ,real estate, and
it, is remarkable that it the convey
ance of a burial place. All men can
not be- landholders,
• but every man
may reasonably expect to have, some
day as ranchland as may serve for'a
grave. In the cave of .11acphelali
Abraham limied his Wife: Thirty
eight years passed away and his sons.
buried him„ in the-. cave. One him
dred and thirty-two years later, Jaciub
dying im :Egypt, - remembered that
Sainily sepulithre, and charged his
sons to bury him therein. • Having
described it ns"the cave that is in-the
field of Macpliela,lieforelileicure,in the
land ; of Canaan, which Abraham
bought with the . field of Ephron the
Rittite,The. added the - verds so ten
derly
expressive of the natural wish
_to rest among one's kindred—" There
they buried Abraham and Sarah
wife ; there they buried Lane and his
'Rebekah his wife ;and - there I buried
Leah." After these , specific direc-'
tions there could be' o mistake as to
the locality of the sepulchre to which
Jacob's last thoughts ~and -wishes
were turned, and his sons accordingly
carried him into Cannel:Land laid
with his fathers Abraham and Isaac.
With the burial of Jacob the record
of burialiiii the env° . 'ofnacphelah .
closes. The cave is not now in the
possesEion of its Lightfnl owners, the
heira....of Abraham. Little did -flie
eonored patriarch imagine when he
purchased it as a burial place, that in
distant agesit world lie within the
walls of a mosque, while hiS 'descen
dants, whose presence-in the land
`should be its protectionovould be scat.-
tered among the nations—"an aston
ishment, a' provett) and a by-word"
—because they would not listen unto
the voice of. the Lord their 'God:
And yet it isgratifying to.kriciw . that
the tomb of the patriarch - has been
protected, though by the hands of
"Turks infidels and heretics." . What
countless multitudes of the wise and
good have passed away of whose
- graves we know nothing.
"Dust long outlasts tho' norledistone ;
- But , `they'—`theif,Tery dust is vino."
THE Burn or SrAer..--Some years
ago Prof. Besse], of Germany, com
menced a. series of astronmical-meits
ures for getting the exact distance
of the fixed. stars, a thing that litul
never- been' done. The instrument
he used, in connection with a Power
frd telescope, in his experiments, was
a sun-measurer. After three years
hard labor he Was so fortunate as to
obtain a parallax, but so minute that
he.could hardly trust- his reputation
'vim it. But after 'repeated trials
and working out ,of : the results, he
tr as :fully 'sati4fied that he could give
the exact distance to Cygni.- But
who can` comprehend this immense
stance-43,072,000,000,000- of milks'?
Thisaccording , t6 Bela* is the dis
tance Of-the nearest fixedatar to the
sun. 'All astronomers "confirm the
correctness of Prof. Bessel'i calcula
tions. : But,thia distance, great, as it
is; is-nothing to - be compared to the
distance to the milky way. Sir Wil
liana Herschel says that, the stars or
suns that compose-the milky way are
so very, remote that it requires light,
going at., the rate* of 12,000,000 of
miles a tndirxte, ' 120,000 Veers to
reach the earth. And_ he says there
are stars, or - rather nebnlze, five hun
dred tithes:Moro remote., New niako
your- : 120,000 .years re
&teed to genntes, an& then multiply
that sum by' 12,000,000 and the pro
duct bir 50Q Wluttlur oFerwlichning
ideal The nand. Anka ;under _such
a thought ;: ive,eari't realize it; it iv
too vast even for comPrelietiden..
=ZE
PorruY istileasure.
that i n te r feres a fault
E
Anything.