■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
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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 •’ ' ' ■
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