■GffiSONEEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXIII-NO. 91. , rESSSVLTAXIA'S BOUftpßS' OR* PHANS. [Special Correspondence' of Bulletin.! Cahsvii.i.e; "Huntingdon County, July 23, 38<i!).—The Cassville Soldiers’ Orphans’ School is fourteen miles from SUII .Creek and twelve miles from > Stapleton/ the nearest station on the line of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad:. The Still Creek road is used more frequently thad that from Stapleton. None hut way trains, ho wever.stoji at cither of these stations, and from Huntingdon, live miles further west; the distance to Cassville. is about twenty miles. Perhaps tire road from Still Creek aiiords the finest scenery. ’ You cross the “Blue Juniata,” which is at present very muddy, by a bridge about a mile west ot Still Creek, and proceed in a southwesterly direction, creeping, by a slow snail-like ‘progress, along a rough moun tain-road up Sidling Hill. When X say.in a southwesterly direction, I mean to describe the relative position of Cassville. The road, however, runs in every possible direction, winding hither and thither, taking all sorts of tortuous twists and: shapes, in a wild attempt to master the huge mountains and hills over which it passes. The recent rains have washed frightful gnllies and gulches in it, and left rock upon rock in. hold relief. To the snmmit of Sidling Hill Mountain it is a bard pull, indeed. Pour long, weary miles are wound up iu this mountain-path, and your buggy incessantly jolts from one side to the . other with such frightful lurches as threaten instant death by tossing you down some steep precipice. But the wild and beautiful scenery repays the risk. Below are white farm-houses and grassy meadows, with grazing cattle and mettled steeds. Furtheroft", in all directions, are wooded hills, and still further in the distance are long ranges of mouptains, piled one upon another, blue and hazy in the morning sum Occasionally you catch a glimpse down some valley, with its underbrush and meadow grass and the bright sheen of some sun-reflecting rivulet here and there peeping out from the tail forest frees and green fields. Near the Summit of the inoujitidn there breaks upon the sight one of the most glorious views that ever charmed the traveler. Suddenly, without warning, with a surprise, that is of itself a charm, Jack’s Narrows, away down thc 'Ju- niata, opens to view through a break in thefar off hills; ami the water of the little river, which from this elevated spot looks blue and fair/ re flects a million sunbeams from its rippling bosom as it gurgles on with a subdued music; for miles before the eye, past steep descending mountains, hills and vales. The natural reverie of wild 1 ndian haunts of days long gone is in terrupted by the appearance, around a curve, of the iron liorso, snorting and puffing smoko front his iron jaws, his freight of humanity be hind lrim, his shrill \vidatle echoing from hill top to liill-tup. It is a scene of wild grandeur, tamed by the arts of civilization. After descending the mountain, you follow little Trough Creek, a winding, twisting, in significant little stream, that does not flow in one direction for ten consecutive yards from its source to its month, by a pretty good valley road, now; however, rather badly cut up by Tains find heavy lumber teams, until you reach Cassville—an odd, antiquated, old fash ioned little countey village of about three hun dred inhabitants, .hardy and rough, hut quiet, genial and accommodating. „ This village lies in Trough Creek Valle; the foot of Shirley’s Knob, from whose peak a large radius of country is visible. The place, though in a valley, is at a considerable eleva tion. The air is always cool and wholesome. One is struck with the large number of aged, robust men and women who live through this valley. Tlie water from the mountain springs is excellent. The rugged mountains’, encir cling the place form ah amphitheatre. On the west looms upTerrace Mountain, and be yond is Tussey’s, on the east iB Sidling Hill, iuid to the north is Broad Top Mountain. Broad Top City is ten * miles off, and: coal <is . transported from Bocky Bulge, -within two and a half miles from Cass ■ville.at eight coitts per bushel. The principal at- tractiou here is the Soldiers’ Orphans’ School, embracing two large brick structures, one four stories high and the other three, built on the Slope of Sidling Hill, overlooking the town. The appearance of these buildings, elevated above the town as they are, is imposing, and with the background of forest trees ion the side, they are decidedly beautiful. The indications of .life-and- happiness in and aroumhtbem this morning added to tlie inte rest which they excite. Putting your horse £i<way i n the stables, which are dowu by tlie crecdc, you ascend a steep, grade.-.to the play grounds mid garden, inclosed bya stone wall, surmounted bv a neat white paling. There * sxo. two gates, reached by stone steps, apd two board walks, by either of which youmay enter and approach the buildings through long Unes ol'grape arbor. * ! These buildings were erected about fifteen years ago, by a religioiis.association, as a Me thodist Episcopal Seminary for young men and women, and are; admirably adapted for . the purpose to which they are now devoted. The ‘ institution, as a seminary, was kept for several years in a flourishing condition, having at one time over a hundred and fifty young . ladies and gentlemen within its walls. But the association becoming involved in. financial difficulties, their buildings were sold at Sheriff's qaleV- Under these circumstances the . Jtev. A. Ij. Guss purchased .the . property: for about $2,500, one of the cheapest and best in vestmehts ever made. V l . f "The school hoUse, being the Smaller build jug, is 33 by 02'feet. Within its' walls aro the recitation and play rooms—being" ample for —bbthVA“whit(! : cupola'surmountsit,-bearinga clear-toned bell, which calls tWpupils to their various duties.; The.larger, building is the liv- ing establishment, 32 by 132 feet. On .the tet floor are the dining- room, kitchen, washing and ironing rooms, baking department,. stdra rooms, &c. On the second floor are the offices of the Priueinal and other’: heads of depart ments, tboieception room, the library, thesew ing department, the employes’ room,sick room. &o. On the third floor are the girls’ and their teachers’ sleeping apartments. On the fourth floor'are the boys’ and male teachers’ sleeping apartments. There is every household conve nience here. The bath rooms for the hoys and ‘ ' i t 're • -.• lift •'' . 7 i * ' ... . 7 r Irl.(tl•'( . l . r ti l ;% i laiL tilli '''' — fi.) ftl, 'p4 fi.k:i or , a .-1.11 . . ,„..,..".,....,...... V a 4 ,f‘ 4, ", :4, .. A.. i t ''' . A ..' A ' '• 7 .S. 4. 4 . 4 .. , ' 4., —.. .7- • , ..... .. , ~ ~, ~,,, i , 5).7. i , ~:, ,t. S .4 1 , lot ' , . ' i'll 1' " '7 - ' '` -' "- ..•"1 - '''""•''''.' l " i'' ' t t** .... i)' . ,tt %TO'S , * tile TA 1 I • „' . b , A oilis4 - .. .. . '....t ..isi • - -tit. , . ' ' ~,, r • . 1 , . 1 1 '` '' ii 4 ' ,'' t ''' '4".•, ' ~ ' - 4 0 ) ' ' 1 I s •1, , .i t • , , - . , ~ ,•' -t 'l l i . , . ' Ts.' ~ ,i , I . ;=, Cr . • r, • . ~.i '....• i. r. *, , i 9 . ~.. • ...: ..., g _ , .., --.. , 1 ' . '.• ' _ '', - i 2_ I .._ , , „? ‘'' ~ . 1 If girls are on their respective floors, are large and clean, furnished with hot and cold water. There is water, indeed, on every floor, carried hy pipes from a reservoir on the top of the building, into which the water is forced from >tho neighboring mountain springs by means of a hydraulic ram. - These sittings thus conveni ently furnish the inmates at all hours 'with a coin, clear liquid, unsurpassed by any in. the country for-purity..and..wholesomeness,: The whole arrangement was devised and carried out by Mr. Guss. Attached to the buildings are 75 acres of farm land, well cultivated and worked by the boys.: Here arc now over eight acres of pota toes, ten thousand cabbage plants, and a full variety of garden vegetables and truck, in cluding several, acres of grapes. l The .boys this summer have hauled in eight loads of hay and 275 Sheaves of wheat. Iri addition, there are to the rear eighteen acres of woodland, with chestnuts, walnuts, locusts, maples, white and yellow pine, rock oak and hickory, aud seve ral town lots, used- priueipally for gardening purposes. The Gassville Soldiers’Orphans’School has a most interesting history. It was one of the pioneers of the cause, and it has been made prosperous through the heart-sickening dilii cnlticH, hitter disappointments and storms of opposition which it has encountered, only through the thrift, perseverance and courage of its energetic, hrave and whole-souled pro : prietor. Mr. Guss undertook the enterprise on the last day of October, 1855, making many i repairs about the buildings. He was en i couraged in tbis. business by,Col. McFarland, then running the McAJisterville school, who urged that the only way to make the system popular and acceptable to the people was to establish such schools as would be an acknow ledged credit to the State and a benefit to the unlortunate children left orphans by the rav ages ol' : war. Mr. Guss encountered all the discouragements, substantial and imaginary, which a new and grand idea not yet heartily endorsed by tlie people must encounter. Those were dark days in the history of the Soldiers’ orphans of Pennsylvania. Money for this object was hard to procure, and credit was humiliatingly begged, and oftentimes rudely refused. There was pretty hard tug ging to get along. Tlie winter of 1855-55 will never be forgotten by the courageous pioneers in the work. There was a deficit in. the Her partment for 1865, and God only knew what provision, if any, would be made f0r1855. No money could be hail, for the funds bad run out. Everything bung upon the action of the Legislature of that winter: Almost bankrupt principals and hundreds of hungry children strained tlieir ears in breathless eagerness for every scrap of intelligence from Harrisburg. The Legislature was in no liutry. With cool indifference, it postponed from <uiy to day and from week to week its action upon the subject, while teachers and children, wefe anxiously waiting for money and bread. Dr. Burrowes, in this crisis, seemed powerless., It was during this hitter period of watching and watting that one cold, blustery winter night, the children at Cassville were huddled around the hearth ' witli hut one buckwheat cake in the house to satisfy their cravings at breakfast. A team had been sent to Mill Creek for a load <if flour for this famishing.housebold. The return of this team was anxiously awaited, aud when it came back at half-past ten o’clock at night empty, ypu can imagine the despair depicted in the faces of that unhappy group. He was getting no money, the miller said, and he could give no credit. “The Legislature at Harrisburg,” he said in self-defence, “is making no appro priations, and your business is a bad invest ment. Bend your children home and shut up shop.” Yes! send them home; hut how and where? were the distressing questions re quiring solution. Fortunately Providence had a hand in this dark picture. Getting up bright and early, Mr.Gusswent dejectedly to ; the post-office. There was a letter for him in air unknown feminine hand, inclosing one hundred dollars as a donation to the school. How his heartbeat with rapture! At this time there was a hill before the Leg islature—nowpopulariy known as the “pauper bill”—which was urged with great pertinacity, notwithstanding the protests of Gov. Curtin and the people. It proposed to place the whole system in the hands or a merciless, illiterate set of school directors—such-directors, i ndeed, as the recent State Convention of County School-Superintendents condemned .in em phatic language for ineompetency, discussing lor half a day the question its to how the people could he induced to elect better ones. By this bill it was provided that whenever a soldier’s widriw should-go before the board of school directors in her district and swear that she was too poverty-stricken to support her child, she should he allowed the niise’rablepit tance of thirty dollars a year so long, as she continued in excessive poverty—thatis, if tile almighty school hoard, in their wisdom,should see fit to appropriate that amount out of the county funds. The impartiality of, history demands that these facts should he written. Against this bill every true and wise friend of the cause in Pennsylvania was up in arms. But there was an inaifferent class of legislators urging its en actment, and near' the close of the session of 1855 it passed the House of Representatives. This was a signal of alarm to every soldiers’ orphan school in the State. No appropriation had yet been made, either to meet the deficit of 1860 or to provide!'or the new year, and the vote on the pauper hill was taken as a strong* indication that the support of separate ana well-goyemed schools and homes for soldiers’ orphans would be abandoned by the State. A bright'idea then occurred to Col. McFarland. He suggested to Governor Curtin, whose whole heart and soul were ,in the work, that a grand concert be given at Har risburg, in which the best of the schools then organized should participate. Perhaps the hearts of legislators, then unmoved by reason, might- he . moved to generous justice by the voices and appeals of the children, themselves. The idea was promptly endorsed and embraced by the Governor. The children of Mount Joy, Paradise and McAHstei-ville were hurriedly prepared, ‘and on Friday noon, the sixteenth day of March, 1856,they arrived in Harrisburg, and were entertained by the citizens. Tho boys and girls did well. ‘ They were conscious of What depended upon their exertions that day, and accordingly, they,.did,..their very best. Their advent was ail epoch! in the history of the capital. Their manly military hearing, as the hoys matched throngh the capital grounds to the sound of martial music, wi tricolors flying, inspired admiration and enthusiasm, and tho girls, in their neat pink dresses and straw liats j excited the sympathies of all. At four o’clock the Senate aiul House of Representatives mot in joint meeting , in the hall of the House to receive these little wanderers. The House vvari crowded to excess .by ladies and gentle men, to witness the entertainment. Over throe hundred soldiers’ orphans riartipipatod...Gov, Curtin, Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, Colonel McFarland and others were present. Letters of sympathy were read from General Grant, GenefaPJohn-WvGjeary and others; Beautiful songs were siing by the little ones, dialogues were Bpoken, and little speeches, prepared es pecially lor the occasion, were recited. Before the meeting was half over , .tears flowed freely in that great audience: arid every heart was deeply touched.' :Tbo leader, of tho pauper party in the House was present. He bore up unmoved till near, the close ; of :tha .exercises, when, yielding to the. general feeling, of pity and pafriotisrii, lie leaned back upon the outer " bar of the House, and, with his head upon his .breast, uttered,the,classical words:; “Leave!” Governor Curtin concluded the entertainment in ari eloquent’Appeal the Legislature, in which occurred this paragraph; “Were it riot for these soldiers,’my friends, this capital would he in ashes; the whole State PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 26,1869. ! would be sacked, burned and mined; death, ; and fire, and desolation would have passed. ;over this good old State, and the fair land ;would have been smitten' with it. lam not ihcre to persuade you. These children art not •here to affect public opinion; they are here joiily that the people may see ana judge for' themselves. If you are satisfied, then T ask you to continue this beneficent plan.; But if • you are not- satisfied,- let these children go.” ,[Cries, of ‘.‘Never! never! neverl’.’j.' < When he uttered these electric ' words—“l ; will not say more; yes, I may as well’add .something—you may as well know it now:. If' ; this Legislature adjourns without doing these ' ! little people justice; if it neglects its duties, 1 let' me say, gentlemen, I have-Me power to call yoit ■ hackit’,, the whole house Tose en masse and .the hall resounded witli-shouts of applause vand approval.. Trie ice'of indifference was .broken up, and a warm gulfstream of popular • feeling set in. The pauper bill failed' utterly in tho Senate.*. l The deficit of 'lBO5 was pro-: 'videdfor, undS3oo,ooo were appropriated for 1866. Tlie system was at last placed upon a film basis. Those who had fought tlie good light rejoiced in their victory. The CnssviUc Soldiers’ Orphans’ School has now been in operation for. three yearn and nine months, and the annual examination yesterday showed liow much richer anil better tlie State is for having trained, educated and maintained these children, saving them from the criminal temptations of idleness,ignorance, poverty and hunger. .The.-whole number of. pupils received into this school from its com mencement to this date, on order, has been 201; received hy transfer ftoin McAJisterville, 44; from Quakerfown, I; from LoysviUe, 32; from Jacksonville, 8; from Andersonville, 1; total, BIT. Tlie total number discharged is 82; 2 honorably and 2 otherwise; 16 by transfer; and 02 on age (16 years). Tho number re maining oil roll call at the present time is 205 08 girls and 107 hoys, Of tlie whole nuinber admitted, there were 05 from Huntingdon county; 71 front Blair; 47 from Centre; 33 from Cambria; 20 from Clearfield: 13 from Bedfom.j and 1 from Franklin. Those ftom Bedford and Franklin have been transferred to White Hall. Of those dis charged at the age of 10, there were from Huntingdon 13 boys and 5 girls; from Blair, 15 hoys arid 3 girls; from Centre, 7 hoys 1 arid 8 girls: from Clearfield, 3 hoys and 2 girls, and ftom 'Cambria; 2 "hoys ami 3'girls. The whole number admitted represented 130 different families, of which: 2 had 5 children each, 13 had 4 children .each; 24 had 3 children each, 54 had 2 children each, and 43. were represented byl eliild each, of the whole' number there were of Methodist parentage, 134; Lutheran,!)?: Baptist,lo; United:Brethren,’ 17; Presbyterian, 13; German Reformed; -5; Roman Catholic, 5; Disciples 5; Duukards, 6; Churcl; °f God, 5; Congregationalist, 3; Oni versalist, 3; Adventist, 2; Albright, 2, and un known, 3!t. Tliefollowiriglsa list of the faculty- and, employes of the institution, as now consti tuted: '• Principal— Rev. A. L. Guss. Principal Instructor —A. H. AYeidman. • . Sf&te Teachers—S: W. Heaton, Oapt. AY. L. Owens, William Lyttle and J. C. Clarkson. Female Teachers— Miss C.' A. Phillips and Miss A. L. Simingtop. Hot ran —Miss Dorothy Rindlaub, Mole Attendant—Cuyt. George W. Guss. - Female Attendmil —Miss Elizabeth Fulton. .SVA iYiirte-T-Mrs. 11. C. MeManama. Setting Superintendent —Mrs.M. C. McCauley. ' J/eiehine Seamstress —Miss M. C. Gehrett. Scinnsirpises— Mrs. Cary line Schott anil Miss P. A. Heaton. Cook— Miss Eliza J. Kurtz. Jjining-room Girl— Miss Clarissa J.Green. Faker— M'iss Belle Rainier. Lav ndresses—yi rs. Lavice Fulton and Miss Juba Rindlaub. Gardener —J. H. Rindlaub. Faimer —-John Cowan. Teamster—A.. J. Kyler. Physician —Dr. Isaac Guss. It speaks well for the Principal and pro prietor that three out of his four original em ployes still remain with him. / . The .school department contemplates'eight grades of scholarship ; • but as yet, owing to the older pupils constantly dropping oft 1 at the age of sixteen, it ha.s notJbeen__able _to ri.se to the eighth grade. This grade, however, indi i ates soinetmug beyond-ivluit is generally coiii prehended in a common school education. At present there are .‘!O pupils in tlie first, ff*i in the second, 45 in the third, 23 in the fourth, 13 in the fifth, 20 in the sixth and Bin the seventh grade. • The following were the averages in the higher grades and stuilies at the examination yesterday: V:::;:::,::;..;.: i&mit/i GVatfe—Spelling, 87; reading, 88, be ing the highest average attained in any of the schools; writing, 80; intellectual arithmetic, 81; written arithmetic, 73; geography,7B; grammar, 83; physiology, - 82. Sixth tirade, A— Spelling, 85; reading, 8p; wri ting, 70; intellectual anthmetic, 74; written aritlunetic, 74; grariimar ; 07. • Sixth Grade, IS —Spelling, 84; reading, 82; rvriting, 81; intellectual arithmetic, 80; Avritten arithmetic, 72; grammar, 78; physiology, 78. Fifth Grade —Spelling, 82; reading, 81; Avri ting, 04; intellectual arithnietic, 72; Avritten arithmetic, (KJ. Fourth Grade —Spelling, 78; reading, 81; ivri ting, 01; intellectual arithmetic, 75; Avritten aritlmietic,7o...- Soriie six months ago agentleman on avusit to tlie School left a gold haff-dollar, the pre cious 'metal of which he dug himself, from the mines in Idaho, as a. , prize to the young laily Avho, should 1 accredit, uerself best for profi ciency and. progress in vocal music at the ap proaching examination. This medal, after due consideration by the Board of Examiners, Avas Yesterday awarded to Miss Angelina Car michael, of Johnstown, a beautiml, bright eyed, little girl of thirteen summers, Avliose father fell in the 18th Cavalry. : ' The exercises closed last night with tho usual fareAvell meeting and speeches, a num ber of A’isifors being present., The. children Avere earnestly cautioned to be Careful in their trip home bv the cars, that no accident might befall them" HGMEAVARP tIOITXD. -Mile Creek, July. 23,lBoo.— .This morning the OassviHe Soldiers’ Orphans’ School pre sented a lively aiid exciting scene. At live o’clock the drum-beat awoke the whole house hold. In ten minutes 205 children, in blue and pink; were romping around the play-grounds. Everybody was on the qui vive, running hither pud thither, delivering or obeying this order and that, packing trunks and traveling-hags, tying up liimdles and uttering farewell words, hisses were given, and returned, and little presents were exchanged; School was breaking Up! A 1 long vacation was in view. Two hundred soldiers’ orphans-wore happy, homeward faces; this-morning. 'ln a few short hours mothers-and friends .would greet and caress them. Old: homo memories were revived, and old homo scenes,were viv idly imprinted upon. their minds. I ifby ous laughter resounds among the mountains’ and "hills and two'hiirltliiTd’voices comnungleT’ Ar six the breakfast hell - rings, and - the urchins crowd into the dining room with anything hut the accustomed order. - . Babbling- voiees min gle-with,the rattling plates, while the meal is hurriedly eatep—a disorder pardonable under the circumstances.,. -Then ; the furloughs are distributed' to the little regiment, running as follows: . ' 1 ’ V . ’ PEAVE Of. ABSKNd?- DEPARTMEtW OF SbLDIEItS’ ORPHANS, H;VR itlsnuKG, I’enna.— This 1 dortifies that ’'. -, ■ son of ,of ■ county, 'Pennsylvania, ■ late of the Koghnent, -Pennsylvania : Volunteers, and a pupil-m the 1 ; ■’ - Soldiers’: Orphans’ School, —-- county, is, granted ; leave of absence from tho School from tlw ODRWHOIIS COUNTB^I ; twenty-tliird ddv.of July, 1860, till the second day of September, 180 K,; for; the purpose of: . visiting home. • ' : t- . ; UT* Should he fail to report'promptly afthe 'expiration of hfiileave of absence, no will he -considered a runaway; and then treated- ac cordingly.- ' GKO.F.'McFAitr.AXp, ; \ ’ Superintendent Soldiers’ Orphans.' Harrisburg, Pa., July 23,1800. I -Among tlie two bimdrect and five wlio left' Uo-ilay were four yvbo. arriving at the age of ;sixteen, received their final discharge, viz.: i John D. Bacon, of Williamsburg, Blair county; 'Jesse HoflmauV of Blair; Joseph Hoover, of • Blair, and Charles Pi AVantz, of Beech Creek,- ; Clinton county. ' . The. teams started for;Mill Creek at about seven o’clock. ■ It.was amotlev sight; indeed, this gathering of children, with satchels, tra .veling-bags and, bundles of all shapes, anil •sizes in ;their;:iiariils. They wore their best isnifs, tailing along with them a change of i clothing. There were four large bay-Wagons; .and in the bay aud straw the little' ones were packed. Many of the larger hoys rand girls were impatient, and not waiting for the rest iof the 'party, started in ailvanoe on foot. In fact, many walked all tlie yvay from Cassvilie ;to Mill Creek—fourteen miles—too restive to jbe under tlie restraint of tlie slow and tedious progress of the teams. All started in a clieer lul, jovial frame of mind. Ringing .. cheers could he heard in the advance,while nearer to :tlie vehicle, in which the Principal, Mrs. McCauley, Col. McFarland and a number of teachers sat, could be iliseerneil amid tlie jolt ing, onward noise, snatches of the old songs which have become so popular in these schools: Now there breaks upon the ear the chorns of Sherman’s “March tothe Sea,” then : the “Red, AVliite aud Blue,” andin the distance • a little bevy, of girls start up with “Pennsyl vanian Rich Enough to send ns all to School.” iSome, too, are singing “ Vacation Days” to the air ’of Lily Date, after which, taking in the spirit of the occasion, they gracefully glide into “We are Marching Along, ’’ filling up the chorus with many little voices, while ftom far in advance, among the vangnard, there comes ' ringing through tlie woods therefrain “Home ward Bound! Homeward Bound!” It is pleasing to see with what affection arid : mutual assistance these children trudge.along. They are farther away from the railway than ! those of any other school,'yet they, are hardy • and robust, and scarnto, plead, wearisomeness. ; The great majority of them, are out of the ; wagons, plodding on their winding way, some ;by the wayside picking berries, others" facing ! through the meadows, some roaming off in the woods and others “making time” in the front. :The blue kerseys of the boys, and the pink calicoes of the girls,, in variously-arranged groups; carelessly tramping oh; are- beauti ! fully picturesque in the morning sunlight and; the deep shallows of- the forest, trees.. Now ' arid tliiin a farmer leaves ;.his harvesting and , comes to the road-side to exchange greetings ; and farmyells with some of ■ his httle frieriiis. ; All Avear a cheerful, aspect. By slow, easy : stages the railway station is reached, 1 and in a j few minutes the iron horse is steaming, with ; shrill whistle and snort, with his precious ihurden of humanity, homeward houud. AVe ! fancy now we hear the rest of the happy re : train at the gate of tho old homestead —“ Home at last! Home at last!” , , L. S. The Rising of tlie Carlisle Against tlie Regency. Madrid, July 25,1809.—At last the Carlist outbreak so long expected has occurred. Five hundred well-drilled troops, under the com mand of General Sabariegos, haA r e taken the field ; near Ciudad Real, where they Avere de feated' and dispersed hy the natisnal troops commanded hy General Tornaheti. The battle took place in tho morning, and it is reported that the Carlist party lost fifteen in killed and a number of others who are wounded. Only three officers are reported killed on the side of the goA’ernment troops. Near the. town of Marizanaries a strong party of the Carlists also made a demonstra tion, andsuhsequently suceeededininterccpt ing the railroad trains aud cutting the tele graph wires. , . ’ — The latest accounts state that 4,000 Carlists had arriA-eil in the proA-ince of La Alaneha, and that goA'erniuent troops have been de spatched to the scene of action. - The agitation is general throughout the whole country, and the xieopie are much ex cited over the late neAVs. ISo further hostili ties lia\*e as yer been reported, although it is feared that a general rising may he expected all over Spain; now that Don Carlos has crossed the frontier aud lias opened communi cations his numerous partisans. Progress of the Rising in, Favor of Don Carlos. A despatch, dated the 18th, from Madrid stated that Don Carlos had disappeared from France and had crossed the Spanish frontier. During his journey he avos hotly pursued by the French police; hut notwithstanding* all their A-igilaiice and activity, he succeeded in evading their watchfulness. The police were thus defeated,lheir exertions Avcnt for naught, and the next heard of the Carlist leader was that he had succeeded in gaining the province of Navarre. The neAvs of Iris arrival shortly spread throughout the country and much ex citement prevailed. His party became more outspoken, anil expressions favorable to the cause Avere publicly announced by Iris numer ous partisans and supporters in the several proA*inces, hut rriore particularly in the Basijue provinces, the people of Avlrick are largely im pregnatedwith Carlist doctrines. Avithiu the last lew days numerous arrests liaA'e been made at Valladolid, Barcelona and Cordova, on charges of fomentiugiiisurrection in favor of Don Carlos. Even officers of the army occupying high positions were: among the arrested parties. The fact that general of ficers .anil colonels of regiments Avere amofig the guilty ones alarmed the government, and -the most stringent measures Avere adopted to discover ,to what extent the army Avas tainted hy the, treasonable sentiments of the cloiniant for the Spanish croAvri. Tiro officers Vho. Avere charged Avitli being supporters of Don. Carlos were suihinaxily tried anil exiled to tlio Curiary Islands. The Carlist, movement, since the arrival of Don Carlos iri Navarre, Avlnch news Ayas eon firnied on the 22d, has become more fonUida blo than ever.' On the 20th a slight' skirmish occurred at Ciudad RealbetAveen the civic au thorities gild a, band of insurrectionists in the interest of - Don Carlos. The iusuts gents , Avere . defeated, hut the - Carlist spirit was not extinguished, as we find from, the particulars of: the late -battle which has occurred at tho same place, be tween a still stronger force of* the Carlists uniter Gen. Sabariegos and the government troops under Gen. Tornaheti.: : The presence of Don CsLrlos in Spain, and the coirimunications -whioh-The~has)~been—able~to -hold- with tho numerpus eppousqrs.of his cause, are creating tho greatest excitement throughout the penin sular and cannot fail to, prove another sore thorn in the side of the Spanish Government. Sketch of Don Carton HI. Carlos Luis’ Maria Fernando, Count do Monteriiqlfn,' is the eldest son awl heir,of Don Carlos,fho pretepdor, by Us avUo, Maria Fran cis’ca de Assia, daughter of King Johii Vl. of Portugal, and was horn on January 31, 1818. After the disastrous'defeat of Don Carlos 11., in 183 S), by the royal troops under; Generals Kspartero and ;Narvaez, ho retired suc cessively •to ..Franco-, and: Austria, and eventually abdicated in favor of ffis_ oldest son, in . iue year, 1815. In the I81(i the EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. SPAIN. ’ Montemoliß left Bonrges- and took up lift abode vin,,England. -In the month of April, 184!), ho made an attempt to introduce himself into Spain under disguise, but was ar rested and confined in the citadel of-Perpignan for afew days. • In the year 1850 he married • Maria Carolina (Fcrdinanda, '/sister to:the. late King Ferdinand 11.,-: of Naples. , Still. con- > •sidering tliat he iiossessed good right to the .tlijpne of • Spain, the . recent reA'olutiou against Queen Isabella ' stimulated his endeavors to reorgatilze- Iris :party,which were carried on ' from • Priris. •in which city he has been living for some time. On the 18tli inst. be sueoeeded in. evading the vigi-- lanee of tlie iFreneh police.who .wero placed' to watch his movements; and although, hotly , pursued,made good his entry into Spain. Sue-, cessive telegrams have proved the fact that ; his party is of considerable,magnitude andflifi-,! pursed throughout the country. Should he once succeed m : concentrating his adherents)' in a manner to effectively resist the govern-* ment forces, it may he the commencement of' one of the bloodiest, epochs experienced by that unfortunate peninsula for many years.! CITDA. Statement of a Gentleman Direct from tbe Revolutionary District. A A'ory intelligent American gentleman,who has resided for some time in the revolutionary district of' Cuba, and Avhoso aequaiutanco with eonunauding officers of both parties on the island enables him to judge accurately of the state of aftairs among tup Spanish arid patriot armies, has justarrived from Cuba, and gives an interesting statement of the con- 1 dition, necessities and operations of tho belligerents. The revolution, which com menced in October last, in the tOAvn of Yara, noAV extends'', throughout one-third of the island, in which district the Spaniards only hold a ferv isolated towns. The capital of the new revolutionary goA'emmefit, consisting of regular exeentive,' 'legislative arid' 1 judicial branches, Is established at Sibanicu, a town in' the interior; about thirty miles from Nuevitas, anil the reyolutionarj- army, numbering about 40,000 men, is divided into several commriuds, operating at rarious points in the eastern por tion of the island. The patriot army is being organized, ipto infantry regiments and hfi jgaaes *' preparatory" to inilitary "operations' on a large scale, ; anil 1 is already snfficieritly lonnidahle to give the Spaniards all thej'"can do to hold the towns flow in their possession. The principal lineof operationsis.- : along the railroad from NueA'itas to Puerto Friiieipe,’although tlie patriots are in large, •force? and occupy .'several.' cities between the Spanish troops on this line anil Havana. ’The; Spaniards confine their operations to the Aaeinity of the toAvris held by them, anil never venture outside except in large force, tlieir : movements, being generally on the defensive :• against gdvanega constantly, being made by the ! revolutionists. Trip, sentiment ;Of the.C.uhan.. ‘ people is all Avith the patriot cause, aridis uni- A’ei-sally manifested Avlierevef the presence of Spanish troops does ’ riot, render it perilous to; non-combatants to express sympathy Avith the’ revolutionists. Tlie cities held by the Spaniards are gOA*erned by Spanish officers-and garri soned by troops from • Spain, augmented by volunteers composed of Spanish residents oil • the Island., Such towns are almost deserted ibv.tlli; patript families, avlio have retired to , the plantatibris’of their friends jwhere ranches ' are- erected -for' the accommodation of all 1 : for whom it is dangerous to remain ■ within' reach of the Spanish soldiery:. Tri fact; the Avhole eastern portion, ,of; the island, ■ including, nearly one-half of , Cuba, l is in about the same condition, as the extreme Southern States Avere Rnring the first three years of the rebellion.'being 'entirely:-'in the possession of the revolutionists and wholly ile votcd’to the cause, Avith the exception of a feAV "towns held, by inilitary forces, as our troops held scattered points in Texas, Arkan sas rind,Georgia. Trie coast is, almost entirely unguarded ,by tlie Spaniards. A fery small gunboats, capable of malting about seven knots per hour, cruise along the coast, apil occasion ally a frigate appears at one pointarid another, but nothing like a blockade is maintained. The revolutionary forces display much more - activity thari-.the-SpaniardSy-and -are-, eori stantly malting raids and otherwise harassing the enemy: Tnere isThoweververy little ilis ordenontside of that usually connected Avitli military operations, 7 arid; private iridiHduals" travel trom place to place without molestation. Supplies are obtained' from the 1 ‘plantations; ana, as the couritiy iS A’ery productive, both parties have an abundance of provisions. The principal wants of the revolutionists are arms, medicines; salt, clothing and shoes. There is - no lack ,of men, and the patriots have amtriu nition enough of all kinds to last them many months. They, also have arsenals 1 established for the inamifaetitre of cartridges anil repairing arms that may,.becoirie disabled iri action. The patriotileaders'state that they do not need any men from abroad, and care. particularly for arms with which to equip the large number of patriot volunteers constantly presentingthem selves. and whom they cannot organize into regiments until muskets are procured. Great inducements are held out to blockade running. A fast steamer, such as were employed by the Confederates, would have no difficulty in landing a cargo, and,' in i addition to her re ceipts from lier regular cargo ' of,arms, she would make an immense profit on medicines, salt, cotton cloth, rubber goods and shoes, anil would be given, free ot charge, a cargo of sugar or tobacco vvith which to return. The’revolutionists are saugttlno of sticcess, depending as they do upon the well-known sympathy of the whole native. element, and the belief , that yellow fever and cholera, from which the Cubans suffer comparatively little, will bo decimate the Spanish ranks as to ren der them powerless against the rapidly, in creasing revolutionary forces. They do riot so much expect to progress by means of brilliant Successes on a grand scale as by the influences of climate arid delay upon the Spaniards; who,walled up in their disease-smitten towns, must, they predict, sooner or later succumb.— Utruld. llie Funeral of J. A. RoebUiiff. The funeral services and burial of J. A. Roe hling.the weR known bridgp constructor,.took place yesterday afternoon in Trenton. . Tho exorcises were held at the late residence of the deceased, ill the suburbs of the city.,. The ex tensive grounds about the house werethronged, nnd aboutsix triousandpersons passed through the parlors to view the corpse:, v ; ~ . . ,At 2 o’clock a special tram from New York arrived, bringing a large number of tbe friends of tbe bereaved tamily, a delegation from the Board of Engineers, and the Board of Di rectors of the New York Bridge 'Company. The following-gentlemen from New York were also on the train; Ex-Oongressmau Murphy, Deihas Barnes, Tunis ?G. Bergen, General- Pratt, Colonel Julius,, Ailanijs. ,Mr. Eiqhardson, Allen r and My-./Htoene,, At .2.30 the Rov> Gardner, a Lutheran minister, who adilressed the company in German. ■* Mr. Hall followed Iri a high eulogy on the deceaseds,He said that Trenton hail lost one of her hest citizens; the poor hail been robbed of one-of their greatest benefactors, and the. world, of one ot Its brightest, minds. Ho_,had beoii the solo supporter of the Orphan Home of Trenton,anil those lone children would soon ajiprooiate their loss. Other iristitutioiis of oharity, to. which he had been a liboral contributor, had great reason to mourn the deatE of tins eminent man. He closed by saying that while Niagara arid Ohio Avere raonutnorits of : lus great skill and brain, tho poor everywhere could testify to the goodness of his heart.-: Dr. Hall con cluded the exercises at tho house hy repeating 1 ■ F. I. FETHERSTOJT. Mislier. PRICE THREE CEftTH : the Lord'S) 1 Prayer and prri»otmcing fhe 'tjeoe* diction. ' “' The cortege was fheu,formed, and abonEsbe-. ; thousand were in line. .2fearly tliree thousand 5 Germans were., in> the procession. Pirst/itt • two. carriages, were the officiating clenar. lt-iV. |Mr. A. V. Stanly, P. Gardner, arid Rev. T". Hail;, then followed; ; Jric hearse and the pall-bearers,rwho wyneM*- : TTr^Mufpiiyr-:^mf^rcfr^bp; ~ \ and Colonel Adams, from. New Yorlq Mi'.CC s i, r - T - Abbott, Kir. A. Livingston, liritf [Mr. S.lv. Wilsorf, from Trenton. iAiong; fin* >of jjnonrners in carriages succeeded t&c&V'&i* ! the sidewalk marched, .the children; of,- the* [Trenton Orphaif Home, tothenuriS&et'efi 52QK ,’The two fire companies of the citv, rtcailrig * 1 badge of mourning. AU the eiriploygp VoT*: the 1 Renton Wire AVorks, munberrng aboufc ISO. i The Common Coimcil. in carriages, fid t vas Isaid to be the largest funeral jirocessibn.'Jrnst'Wti iri).Trenton. The remains -were conveyed- t* [MferCet Cemetery, which is situated!* tin (the town, near the depot. Here 1 tfh 'a i Hpiscopal. , burial ’ Service ; ' was' • rent'd by Mr, Stanly arid a praver offered By . Ml*.. Brown, arid the asheS. of J. A. Kbeblinc.aferri committed to the; dust. The corpse- vtaa i laid, out in a- black suit, arid was av. [beautiful rosewood "casket mounted ;vef. • The plate was of solid silver, and 'bottwi this inscription r . 1 John Augustus Itoebling, .■' Died ... July-22,1809, . . I -.aged :■■■ K. 03 years and 1 month. On a table near the coffin was a beautrftit’- i cross made of tuberoses and a crown composed'; of the same flowers.. The pbscqnies.were yCry.< imposing, and the large concourse’ which f<Sl— lowed the dead only paid a worthy tribute to a -' great mail. A wife and seven children*stuS).- viye him, and one of the sons, it is thought?,- will take the place of his father in tliecoristruo tion of tlie East Itiver Bridge. Aspecial train*’ left Trenton at iialf-past four, taking back all thos.e from New York and Brooklyn- From Long Branch. Long Branch, N. ,T., Sunday,’ July 2.l. —At> ■>’ 3 o’clock this morning the stables attached to the Mansion House caught fire and were com- • 'pletely destroyed. The flames spread so rapidly ’ that the Stablemen had to jump out of : thav • windows to save themselves. Thirty horses in the stable at. the .time, were Saved ,by tlio efforts of the 'servants and [guests of the Mansion’ and Continental’ .Hotels.. The flames were kept from extending to the hotels. There was great, excitement among - the ladies and guests of the hotel. JolmT. Slane, an old volunteer fireman of Brooklyn, ; was badly burned while helping to extirigirisn » the fire. The ,cause of the fire is unknown. The loss is §lO,OOO, and’ is partially; insured.’ President Grant andfamily attended service at the Methodist EpiscopafiChurch. this inom iiiig.. At 3 o’clock they .rode to the residence, of Mr. Jcthn Hoey,’ with whom they dined, re tuniing to the hotel at 8-10 o’clock. The ar rangements are .all complete for the grand ball which is to be given in’honor of the President at the Stetson House to-morrow evening. FACTS AND FANCIES. —Coliseum Gilmore is going to Erirope. - —Lotta is acting at Salt Lake City. - —Thirteen car loads of peaches left ’Wil- on Saturday niglit. —The “hump of destructiveness”—a railway I collision.; y.h y,;- > > —Aiittlc rirlin;St. JosQph’,s recently offerpd, I Mrs, Toin .Yuuriib.a dress of her own cut short.", —'Will fhe cahle at Duckshtiry bring c anariU. from Prance? '-'I - —The prohibitory law has made all the Bos ton hars watering places. —Anna E. Dickinson is called ox-eyed by a California critic. Oxide pf Ayliat? —The first fruit car left Sacramento : oil Fri day for Chicago. . The broad gauge that leadeth; to destruction,' —the Erie railroad. . , , . —The Franklin statue, on the Ledger build ing, has a new kite to-day. —Senator Fenton, of New York, Hailed for Europe on Saturday. —MrarDoctorMary Walkerthinksthatrthe death .of the President’s ma-e was a judgment on him for not giving her an office. ■ —Tiro' Hon. Isaac Toucey; is quite ill, and serious donhts are entertained: of his re covery. ■ .—lda Lewis, the Newport light-househero— ine,has been loaded with ■ presents. A gen tleman who called there the other day “acci dentally’ left a Sso;hill in her hand on leaving. —Belle Boyd’s second husband, Mr. Ham mond, is very sick, in San Francisco. Her first husband is in tbo same city, and he too is very sick—of her. —Hope Markins, of Marysville, Ky., is the coioredmpther of live children at one birth, and is now hunting through an almanac to find names for them. The children belong to the Band of Hope. —Gen Kosecraus’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Hegcman, died at the City of Mexico, on the 17tli uit. She was 79 years of age. Her burial took place in the American buryiug-ground in the .City of Mexico. —iTlio man who “dre>y” the Cliicago Opera. House when, it was up at lottery—Mr. A. H. Lee, of Prairie dit Boeder; Bandolpli county,; Illinois—died suddenly at Cincinnati, on Fri day.' ' • ' —Tho splendid southern portal .of Cologne Cathedrafis completed, lt isornsuneutedyvitb 107 statues, thirty-eight of which are life-sine, and eight bas-reliefs representing the passion of our Saviour.. —Mr. H. W; Longfellow, now on his return, lias stopped in I’bris. The Opim'iim coiuplifi : ments him,as the EypuartinO"of America, and says that lie speaks iluently, eighteen different languages or idioms. ■ . —Wade Bolton; Syho was. shot some days since at Mempiiis, Tennessee, hy Dr. Dickens, died on Friday. In Ms willhe bequeaths sloo, 000 to charitable purposes, including $lO,OOO to-. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, audi ten acres of land to each of his former slaves. ' —St. Louis is a tolerably brisk; village.. A man there recently got married on. Tuesday-, got the chills, on Wednesday, wrote liis will: on Thursday, went m;ui on Friday, died on. Saturday, and was buried .oni Sunday, we. - snppose"the heirs quarreled over his eftectson ( for ytouig Demoarats in svlvaniiv: How did the eandidatfifbr Goxqrno* begin life? As-a Backer. ’When did he do hisflrat packing? When he packed hiscarpefc-. bii" and packed off from Connecticut SoPenn svlvanjiv. Whepawashis latestpackingidone?' When, he paokedtthaHarri.sbrirg COBiV.ention^ —An attempt is making irißonrbon county, Kentucky, to raise a fund:lior the. purchase; of a home for Jefferson Davie in that.hi% ngtivo State. A gentletqanof Louisville hasofi'ered, .if. 550,000 shall, ho sulyscnbed .tpjbe.fffnd,. to. . give a splendid building site For : a house; with, tun acres attached, within four miles of Louis ville. If Jeff. Da,vis accepts, wont there’bo a graiid PeoiQoratic rush for Buuii'toon? - —it is related .of the Pawtenayaa Dictator, Lopez, that on tbib day of'the arrival of tho Count d’Eu. at ASuncionitfi talco' command of the allied forces, addressing his guard, to whom he had distributed; S6me cigars, Lope? said:—l‘To-day lie has arrived who comes to bo KingiOf f)ife Paraguayans, Shall iiottfioro bo found among; you, brave fellows that you aro, some one wlio will drive a dagger through . hisiieart’h'efore he caii fake the crown ? Shall he iiot' meet- the fate'.of the Etnheror of Mexico?’ 4 •’ ' ' ■ '-’A. -«>■« MEE 4 * /1 ;
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