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itairralvothenstmts aco.lantolly altbottt.ueldltloral ciLarze.
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are.m.nteate., lauutre Innertiun, smog Lot handua .2 14" Tiler
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Job Work.-The office.of the IsorrimEty
Harraucis la p . rovldo,l ahh Ulm, riming prr.co. • FTEAIt
14 OK Pat Titta. , . a hrrt PRE....S, and `A R U TR
I.4„mtber with iirned an...Eutaw:a of .I.4S•lng malerlala • and all kind.
Work snth a< exrdy olovdara IN...tem ll'andl.llla, Labels,
piglets, dr., will dt.ne prmptly.
Blankx.--Jnstices' and Cors.tables' Blanks,,
tAkonl rote.l*.lort•ea. Coot rxta, kr.. 1,14. on
t... 141 awl tor sale at the lar...p.aon, Itarreurax offtc.c.
BUSINESS CAIW S.
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, • RenrY ,C. Tyler,
1 ItatElß In Dry tiordi. thr..-rfmt. ri1.,11n., 1'n.:;1.,....N0t mu,
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lbnt. nn4 Shor,'Stoweb.. am': }',tx. Sr.c Ware, Wood..
arc and itrootoo. Dead orNavigstlon, I'yl.lPc airTsite . •
Aft.tmoe.-Pn., Juite:?!.., I riZ.g..4 Y
SIVNITIVO
William H. Cooper &to., '
In•Ala:Ens. F•inCT,Aorr in POST. COWER & Po_ m,, n t r ,-.4,
pl 4. • (OM act. , Elo , t r&A fnou !..4orr. 'Turnpike Street.
Montrout.
fL S. Robertson,.
PEALEIi In Forelan f fit l'lnnw-tic rrnitn. VeGetnl.len in their
nesa.m. In rrnana and Sods Water. Oy•fera, elan% ne.t. and
fresinnenta of all kind, elz:ara. N tn., ent.f..clinnerv., and ...e.
11,Ing'nemected nrft .. k a find dn. Eating Howe. Warrrty. 1.
orrly, 3.13) . 4, 1t.:40.-3111
, Garratt,„
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117'119LICSA LE Ind RETAIL 11}4LE1i. in 'not; R. GIZAIN.
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A LT, hr.. :% .711 , ,r..nn, It. Saler ror.tneftrtrr Inter
krrp nnrdnally oa nand sLe b... bnod. ,4 Druz, by doe
S3rlk or hundred bameti. at the lon r.t mnrkrt nbnl ra lt by
tine inner lbsmel or lAnnr.-' All ordeltrin.u..lfrrrbant, and 'kale.'
rllt he td ,, ntdl3" nftrndrdt.... Or (V•11141J for I;niiti, Worl.rato.
II and all kiun,of Ftvmrnpn Inlejzz tbrir 3.500.
3f iLfon.l, It...}lnled. :y.l, it'd, Iy
G. P. raidlasza;-
31t71,7RZNE'T'ittlIg• 11; nif I lUZAe S :o. 7l ;:E. :I pt:;•
eoor bolow Keeler , btal.ll.l - $.
5 1 ,, a 1 m.e. 31arcli 1, p.t,f.
Z‘lf. Ex ith.
- New Itlllotd.4sauarylu.3.-15
E. R. Rogers,
MANUFA(`IT of all dekniptlons of
WAGONS. SLEIGHS. no..
In the Lent .4)lr ot s Worktnan.hip tent ot the nt the well
known Wad. n few rods cant Sentle's Itutel, In }twat rase, where
Lewin be happyto receive the calls of all 'lo want azo thing in las
line. Montrone,:,einember
H. D. Bennett
B(10E ..1115DER.,FAdlev. Acnirliar.La CunntT. Pa.. mtpectiul•
Iv trauma the people 4SIISQUchIIIII.IIIIIId neighboring...oaths
tauprrtared Mad Ptlio,:lealit and -And Repair uld
Boot.. E. 14". Faartra wIII recel re Pcrlodira Boas.
P. 16 , rale% • Sem t,
William B. Simpson,
that he
tin the liiol4 didicnlt job* on sbort notice. All ...rt. warranted to
Cy, SSI Israeli... Jewelry rerznired nently nod n,, rvasoLal.le terms.
.„ : 4 1, up In Boyd Wel.tne's new Store. r. trnel.of „Malt/and Ton..
: , ITIMet, bellow Scull ' s el, Mnntn.- , .
linn.na To Win. Elwell, LOW. BMA, E. 11...Montaynis. E.
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cinn.fritli, IL Rincslwry. Towanda: tczeuT, 1.. Inearlr, C. D.
Lathrop, Wattenberg, :Montronr.
Montrose, Sept. 1.% ISTAi....tf
Wzn. W. Smith & Co.,
CAIIINET AND CIL4.IIt 341
all
ou hand all kin&
of Caasszt ° Frsxtrzilm. nr fungal...l at
annrt.nntlre. gulp and W.I. Rona l'ugt a 3/sin Street.
3lontragt. Pa.. May laL6.-tf
Hayden Brotheri,
'kV 11 OLE-CALE DEALfidiSlis NOTlONlcWatrhes.
• V Jewelry. Ar.. New Milford. sem. I.
(V' Meretuntsvinil Pedlar% Onlppliakt Jobbing P,:erg,
New Milford. 31. Y.
--- William & William 11. lessup,-
k fTORNETS aT Mir, Ntwergcric, Pa. rr.oce ha Scowls
/IL. tan.. Mselton: Way - or. Wyton.yr and Lnrente
.. • - - Wm. H. Jessup,
ATTORNET AT LAW, NOTARY Pl' DLit`, AND COM-311S
SIONER OF DEED', r, The Istate at New teak. 'wilt ahead
eatrarted to tam Ildenty.
Oftlce ea Public Square, vecapte4 t.y Rom. W Wlua Jetoup,
Bentley & Fitch,
A TTORINT.TS AT LAW, AND IN oVNTY LIND GENTS.—
Mice sra of the Coot HOW. Itoutrtm, •
s. a. unn..tr.... t r.riTeu.
Albert Chamberlin,
A TTOTINET AT LAW, AND JUSTICE TILE rEAcr,—
A...olllere over I. L. Poet a Co.'s Rom Ilon-nort,
A. Biushnell,
TTOANET COVNSELLOR QT LAIC. (rif.cc.ove: S. B
21.. Weirs Drag Stare. ScrearirAmta Uttot, ra..-1.13.1
William 8. Grover,
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TTORNI:T AT LAST. Sq. Loess. 111... a, Practices only In
AL the crm, c u m,. of Ho, de, amd tievotra cheep to
• coo terartss. rases. - DQrlne► from alined -till reeelerrorapt at.
hellos, Ur FAX No. 46 littelanot Sitrect. '
lit Louis. Deese/Ater
Boyd .& Webster,
AXIII.VTL9 io Siirree,Snxre Ti e, Ttn. - Coprorr. und net Irsft
Warn; ,1n .... o. Wind Nob. Panelboont.llludtar I: l lnds.Lnth.
else Limber. enJ kind! of Butldir.g Vatellis. Tin ,troi, Wroth
of NelWe's HutelowEl etrpetarrtitrysear liettnadist
lionzansc, Py APri ll4 . /&•6--1(
John W. Cobb, N. D.,
Brisn Mrrred to ilsctio, V ED / ( r.% E and! , ritGERT.
has boded hi:town - in .14entrtre. .nut rill •rirtir attesoci
calls wtsh vt.acb Lc mar I. 1.21 - card. tit FICE . on rr Z.
1, 141rS sum. iippodie
liwrrs.al, Sing. Co. Ts, /lamb I.
Dr. A. Gifford,
FVitGEON DVNTIST. Office ow" F.. I. C72ndlie. Mtn, -
4 P.rucolar attention sin be ;hen to horning Teeth no 6,4 d or
2rt platr—alrooa a trey . play. All ort-ratk*is warrustrd."Ga4,l
gron,,re-s '11,4 frrrtglirtlL
....Mutt:one. Sept. 8.1543.-1,1 •
Dr- 0. Z. Dimock. '-
uS,ICIAT AND STICGEON. Lela permanentlylneatedthnielf
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=lrak_ somor.binton manta.. nt. OPTICZoirri Ulla=
Sr.., Mom..l.Adidus , at earit's Hotel.
IT '" - " . •- 3 . 1 'L nk 19 . I'4o-
Dr. Wan. L. Richardson , • •
VirOrLD...peettelt s r tender Ida pet/A.3..1d werrkra to the In
V I hat.ttanta of Maumee and to elcinlty. OITI(.7k; over Mu
10 , ratqnre. LODGINGS at the raryotooe Beet.
.Ih:canoe. Oct. 16741.-lyp,
Dr. E. F. Wilmot,
GCARAT/MATE-or the Allopathic sod Hotoeopaehle Colleges of
Medicine. IS tem perrosueutly looted to Gnat Ikv., Lo. O -
So, comet of..lisloeszal .E4soxth Bt.. Doy oppoelte tbe M. E.'.
CLurcb. - May lot, leo;.-le.
- • Dr. H• • .
SURGEON 13=0'1...tT- Residence and ore 4,
oppostie the; Rootlet thorelt.e‘ortb pblej to Year
tome, rorUculas anentloo tall be steeo to loactlt
let VoIL on Got s. and 50..r00 Platt, and to Milos deco 14 teeth.
3:obtroee.Jaeonty . /.11. le-hAe4
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• ~C. D. Virgil, • ~ i- -, .
R%SID
ha E.ICT DESTINY , VONTI llti
.•11. 4 tke at sbe Franklin Hotel. lii7nnii-!.% . n. r... i. PA. Q 1
Inserting teeth on Gold or Sitrer Ante done to the
t4f,rrt ntyle oldie Art. All Jar irarrauird.
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Ploaranee, April 7.ln.ltr.tod . -
E- Thayer,
pnTmcms AND ErROZON, Maa-rson. Pa es, in the
• Xeeler & Stoddard.
int/am:3 TAT 1100t$ killoEq. Lawler mcl*Hitt mr
Last 434.. z beluw Scar4e, 11,4!, Moutrokr, I'l,r:a 71
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Abel. Terrell,
p SLV:R" rx-varus. NEDICINEX. - CIIE1110.11.1 1 ; PAWN,
pre.gttr., Varr,bift...Witolow
Wasnrarr. Walt Paper. Taney Good.. JrvirelAT. l'erfarn
, 1,,ca1 lotrucurnto. TrumeaNkxtp. Brushes, Sr.- tad Aria
p? the ft..t popol*r Metiltinep. lloatrt.t, Pa. - •
Chandler .& jeianp,
JE.t LEW PRI' GOODS, Reutiy Made Cktdlng.arnecries
lickl. and 2401 may, tic.; rubuc caw. It Yrauec, Fa.
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Rost Brothers,
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DEALEESIY DRY GOODS. °merle", Cm:km% fladDrare,
1.,. Flour, rit, turner urTurndke nOtrt and Public Are
Sitarcuer.,
J. - I,3rons it Son., •
• EALEItS i r.N DRY GOODS, amerKe , .. liftrdyme. Clk : kern
I. , .‘re. Illcludeotet. and Sheet Mtvic. Ica : .{.414 awry
lksuesu trustues,—Public Avenue, )10.vrsurr., Pa.
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Baldwin & Allen, •
WII6LESALF: and Reba: Ikalen. In norir.,salt, P"71.16,
tita;fil. Vera. C.+1411%, ek.ver and 714.thi wed: Also
Itich Altgirlds, Mawr*, Syr**. Tea, Colter,
Puthe, A • ger, wr Actur Wow J. Et/willed
linig ma; kAA..lo,l..mikAt .
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11A tAI-tit t'S OROKIERIE:k, Le-. attire gl9re . recentlhoce•Pled:
1 . by , :rane& Reterp,..lluatmee. Va. .-
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Fur pre fuelependnit Republican.
The Oceark 'Tempest:
BY .4 ,CELIA CRFSTELIA.."
Tittua's a Storm nt on the monutaius,
There's. a voice upon the plain,
Aa the tempest, loudly wailing,
• Now is sweeping o'er the main;
And angry surges, breaking,
Idnrinur loudly to my ear,
As I listen to their moaning,
With 3 heart that knows not fear,
'Though the way is long before me,
And the-night in wild and dark,
Hope and Faith thiaoitrs are plying,
And they guide my tinfharite.
.flangeut lurk among the billows,
Yet my boat can milet the blast,
Though it rocks ambng the breakers,
As the storm-winds hurry pod.
Far beyond the stormy ocean
Lies a peaceful port of R - est
Where the tempest-tossed and weary
Ity no sorrows ire Oppressed: .
Onward - speed that glorious haven
. Soon will meet my lopzing view, -
Where . no griefs shall eer await me,
Ord no joys shall pose untrue.
Witifcnastn, June IS, 1859.
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Mtation.
nria BT
7.41-IAL
July 4ilta 11,59.
CORRESPONDENCE
SPRING VILLE, Pn:, July 5, 1559
'• Alit. IS/AC IZILEN:. Dear Sir i—We, the
undersigned citizens of .Springville, having
listened with great' delight to your oration at
our celebration yesterday, are disirods that a
wi6r diffusion should be given to sentiments
so eloquent and profitable. We therefore
request a copy of yotir Address for publics-
lion in the Independent Repu&liertn.
Yours, respectfully,
S. B. Ct INEII, A. H. Satter., F. M. SCOTT,
IRASCOTT, W. 13. FlettMitzmi, A. Bamtris
iss,.l. W. RAVSOR'Attes- UPSON', &e.
.MoNrnosE, July 5, 1559..
Miessss. S. - IL Ct LX.ER, A. _li. asurn,
MI Seer; owl o,,t4ers rote request-.
ing a copy_of,yty oration of yesterday fur
publicetion, clime duly to band. With many
thanks fur your kindness, 1 place it at your
`set; Very respectfully yours,
ISAAC RILEY.
ORATION
To him who has learned the lessons of na
ture, and has. perceived the Wonderful analo
gies that make them teachers of .sphitual
truth; who, n a truexatriot, finds underling
the enthusiasm of this day, that %Igor which
year by year shall rent'w our national vitali
ty; there is in the summer time, in which oar
'anniver,ary falls, al meaning which may serve
to dired our thoughts.
here is the-fullness of life. By the old
miracle, forever nee, Earth dead and in her
• burial Lobes has been awakened. No despot:
ism of 'Winter or charm of cold could Over
power her. The 'hidden motions of the
Spring have 'wakened her with longings for a
higher life. The Creator has looked upon
her in the returning sun, and. has breathed
upim her with the south wind ; every nerte
has thrilled with the stinunOns to arise: 'Be..
hold the wonder of the reSurrection ' On
every tide, death is swallowed up in life.—
The treasures of snow and hail are locked be.
yond the. northern bills; on every hill.side
the flowers shine; forest waves to forest its
le_afy banners ; the noise of watercourses
fills the - valleys; and everywhere the nights,
and sounds of life bear witness to the won
derful resurrection. With such teachings
does nature address us to-day.. Voices from
Earth and Air are calling out to us, Live!
•Live!, How shell we answer ? -Shall it be
with a boast of what once . was, by which we.
seek to bide the meagreness of now ? or
some-vague prophecy fur..the future, that
springs not from a vigor. that fills the pres
ent? Let us.rather humbly say, "My life'
shall prove that I have,heard. lt is full stint.
mer.tide ; to me it is the summer of hope.
The world is all alive; my life shall be re
newed." So shall the day - reach its true sig
nificance, "the birth-day' of a nation,' 'On
which individual life shall receive new ire.
puises,_sod we shall rise by the stepping.
stones of past attainment to higher levels.
To some who celebrate this day, it serves
chiefly to recall the past. They are they who
look back, some to the birth o struggle, many
to the time when the new .esisteum in - the
weakness and the strength of itd'uney assert. l
ed itself. To them life is fast passing ; its
energy lies in the pest with memory ; the
present, with - possibly a brief future, is but a
resting place between the life that is- gone
and the life to come Theirs is the sum.
rr.er's ripeness. While the 'flowers of their
own lives lie -withered, the' seeds of hope
„pre ripened into the fruit of reality, and the
sheaves of memory .are almost. bound, they
renew youth and hope to ; day in their coun
try's rejoicinge. They behold the resurrec,
Lion of youth where'age is slithered, and a
-promise of -life perennial. ~
To some this day, is fraught with all the.
dignity that is gathered.in the present. It is
to them the summer of The heat of
maturity lies forced the hopes 'of youth to
their greatest expansion, or has covered the
blasted rehei of .di;oppicintnient with the
healthy growth of riper plans. . To them
daivning consciousness of the spring-time
Cseems to have served only a. 4 the harbinger
of . this time when the full tide flows through.
every-vele... All hidden , motions and blind
impulses elre counted now •in the gathered
forces that send vitality through every fibre:
Earnest work is to be done ;Ilife is real; the,
' past, tho - future are with God; Mere is
I . pns4sitit. , God has given:44- in, it we live.-
The.night of winter that tienieth Gat 'OD
llt is from such-a standpoint !hat thiey seek
the meaning of this occasion;. ' As' for .
past, we ,kuow . that God gelded the, ietoler•
ance of pride, and the • longings fur liberty,
the folly of counsellors and. wisdnua of
bonest:Men, the cowardice of hirelings • and
the fearlessness bf yet -tintried patriots , to
great ends, r - wd, these welenjoy. = Our lathers
stit4red -and triautp6d, as. with
. 6tA's- help,
we, might Suffer and triumph, if needs be.—
As for the future, are_ there. not -signs of
promise ? Can w2-itot see, - though distant,
yevenchanted ground, the land , &Isiah t
"The land, of settled gorernment,
land of - old and just renown,
Were treedoniAmoadette erly down
bun precedent to precedent."
Bo! this we leave .God.; our work
reachWr# not:. Et - tough. futon that we hive
the Ow - Ind that wa - bring fro.ta. li. the
66 ?GifEEED . O[Ul aIMD ROONIrainADE , PI7 g3LawERw AHD wpoßeagg
issues of life arid hope. To such, there must
be,•etallahese seasons of rejoicing, the so
lettMity of. earnestness.
,For others, this day stands at the. portal
of the future. No look turned back lit all
' the throng; all eager to reach that terra in
'!.rognita, the land unknown. It is seen in a
summer sunset, when we look beyond the
'forest and. the valle.y, beyond the mountains
standing at the horizon, beyond the clouds
and the far-off mist. To such summer brings
j promise of a ripened harvest. No sight or
' sound is there that is not healthful, from the
Llicind noisy with the murmurs of expanding
• leaves to the waves of shadow that sweep the
grain. No sudden.summer storm has gath
ered its fire-enclosing gloom. No pestilence
or drought has checked the full tide of exist
ence, But elmid, forest, and hill, mountain
and 'stream, bear witnef.s to the vigor of the
maturing year, and give promise for the fu-
I tore.
Sich, to those who are learning the full
significance of this day, and are coming to
take a personal interest in it as the rejoicing
of a nation, appears the life upon which they
are entering. All voices that call them serve
bait to strengthen•vows long made. They
hear of the past, its trials and its glories, but
they turn to the future and see there deeds as
great, and emotions as noble, and that future
is theirs: They have not the ripeness of ma
ture counsels,, but they have the determina•
tion that shell accomplish - even more. So
they. sey, "Let us live our life ; what shall
stand -before the energy of our hope ?" And
at last when all is done, the golden year once
lying in the distance, then ' -ringing with the
sounds of present strife, now crowned and
worthy of remembrance, shall become the
past of higher efforts and nobler deeds.
The life.of any man, were it laid Open,
would reveal ap underlying stratum otpur
pose and belief,. from which every action
draws its vitality, and into which every chart
acteriStic strikes its roots.
To some, alas! this is but as the shifting
sands of old-time watercourses •, rind the
outgrowth of a weak character betrays its
barrenness. While in others the fruits of
purpose realized, give proof of the . nich soil
whence their tiourishtnentlas come. ),Go out
now to plain or hillside, strike throngh this
summer surface; here is the brown soil, there
thmgmy stone. Everywhere, whether we
dig in the vineyard whose leaves shall crown
the Bacchanal, or in the- wheat-field, h t the
'surest, or the wilderness now first trodden by
human feet, we iin&not the beauty of out.
ward growth, but the " regged all-nourishing
earth.-
Long ago on the ;bare rocks the lichens
fastened, eating theth with their decay, ht:at,
and frost, and alLibt , Wothierful alchemy of
nature dissolved them. The rain-drop and
the wind gathered the dust. The flying seed
found lodgment.; and at last, behold what
God's hand has wrought ! No longer is it
the barren stone. See with what wealth and
beauty he has overwrought the dull earth !
Whet life is here of forms beyond sight; and
wonders beyond imagining :4eaf, flower, and
tree; the-wayside weed that . f.fie careless foot
crushes, unmindful - of the mysteries it con
tains ; the grass and grain that we plant and
gather and barter, forgetting what lessons of
faith and hope they teach; flowers that live
for beautis sake; And the grand forest bet.
fond all praise ; all drawing their vigor from
that which they cover and adorn.
Such is life. A plain, honest purpose un
derlies and gives character to all adornments
and all appearances. If these show earnest
ness in their conception or accomplishment,
there is the secret ; if barren or wasted,there
is the cause. To form this . under stratum all
influences of nature and position- join; but
chiefest of these, and largely decisive, is the
will of each individual ; and what we shall
matZes life, such shall it be ; and according to
the desires of each, shall be the outgrowth
and the fruit. •
Life, in its bights and - depths, its passions,
and powers, its failures and faults, N so tre
mendous that, were it but Written out, the
world Might read in the Me of the humblest
a solemn tragedy. For to every soul there
is-the necessary struggle bet Ween tv, ! s and
circumstance., There may tk wild is and
sweet idyll ;- the mad bacchanal may inter
rupt-the dirge ; war-criesmny startle the ears
just soothed by simple fireside melodies; un
certain preludes may introduce most earnest
action; and after, doubt and darkness the
grand theme may clear arid decided.
Life _has vet more even than this solemni
ty. Eternity lies on either side of it. Influ
enced by that which has gone before, it in
fluences, iu turn, that, which, follows, lie
caught nut lice's true meaning who likened
the soul's passage through the world to a
swallow, that, flying in at a window, where
Saxon Earls were reveling with •the Saxon
King, clime from. the darkneos,' the silence,
and the cold, into the glare of torches and
the noise of an old-time feast, where in the
midst of trophies of the chase and war by'
.the oakenboard sat these - warriors ' draining
theguld.rimmed horns, and 'shouting the
songs that praised their fathers; and then
from thii,wild scene of mirth end passion
speeded out agitin into the wandering night,
But rather he, who, armed with the erossomd
chanting litanies, came to tell them that, in
stead of out of the darkness and into the
- darkness', Weenie from the light, passed thro'
the bewilderment of smoke; of glare, and
noise, and was histin the light they know
not. of.. Nokhe who speaks of the Silences,
of Oblivion, the unknown origin and the un
certain-destinyuand by making this life all
seeks to -show its dignity and importance;
bear; the true revelation ; but he who shows
that the present lays hold upon issues that
are unending; who shows that the value. of
thislife can only be known in that to Come,
anti-so its work is infinite.
Such is the underlying purpose of life sol
emn and earnest. But its reality does not
forbid the.play of the broadest !tumor or the
richest fancy, if through . it all we but feel
this reality. To him who, gazing at a bit .of
sunset sky, then first learns that be can see
beyond it into the infinite; or who, waiting
by his threshold, bears the voices- of his re.
turning children, the moment may. bear. a
deeper worth than that which crowns the
completion of long labor. lie who learns'
front the lily and the sparrow that be shall
be cared fur by Infinite'Love, has come into
the spirit that will Make• the life real, and
clothe with importance, the thoughts and
sieedit of every asy.
" He lixeth beg who toseth best
AU things, ba.th great and small
For the deer God Irkro krredi or,
lie made an 4 Weill 4." -
MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1859.
MEI
MEI
In the exultation! of , this! day, let us strive
to catch the value of the atierificm by which
our present blessings were bought. ' Let A it
think of the reality of war. Peri.h.snee while
we are rejoiCing, it is being; acted In, all ite
awfulness. Plains as fair as any that the
sun 'looks on, are trampled, and sweet water
courses run with blciod. BloOd-shot eyes and
passion:haggard fiices (rent -the " deathful
grinning cannon mouthy" " We fend of it.
It is the gossip of a summer day ; the battle
strategy is the discussion of an idle hour.—
But bring it up, the fearful reality that it is.
Add then to these ihd horrOrs of winter-long
- privation—of devastated hearths, ceaseless
vigils, and - thuioil to which time brought no
respite. A r t stich'a price has our rich inher
itance been bought.
I have spoken thus of the life that Sum
mer expresses, and of that earnestness, and
reality that vOli of us'must impart to it
for, if these are remembered, no other lesson
need: be enfoked, for in these lie the glory of
the past and die hope:of the future.
Mortality aad..luaraorto.lity.
lIT NELI,Lex it,nonN
,WIIAT is 613 111Wir ?—Yragile, frail •
As vegetation's tenderest leaf—
Transient is April's fitful gale,
And as the flashing meteor brief;
What is this sort ?—Eternal mind,
Unlimited as thought's vast range—
ll grovellin g matter unconfined;
The same, while Mates and empires change
When this miserable, fame
Has vanished from life's busy scene,
This earth shall roll, that sun shall flame,
As though Tufi Dm had never beet.,
When suns have waned, and rorkli sublime
Their final revolutions told,.
This son. shall triumph over lime,
As though such orbs had never rolled.
• For the Independent Republican.
#taff-and-Aatchet )...!aptro&
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Tus: village of Starrucca is about as large as
I3rooklyn or Springville, or Great Bend on
the south side of the Susquehanna. It dif
fer* in form from either of the above villag
es. It is very much in the firm of a crank.
At this place the S tarrucea creek receives a
large tributary from the East, along which a
road passes to Dale's Eddy on the Dela
ware. Between the Starrucca proper and
this tributary is a high, abrupt, rocky ridge,
which makes a termination in the valley
above their confluence something in the shape
of the "hill” of a tailor's "goose." Along
this tributary, above the point of this inter.
yening ridge, is the main pat of the village.
A street crosses the valley below .the point
of this ridge, some distance above the Junc
tion' of the streams, and there turning to the
west passes down the' stream on the south
side of the valley.
•At the-point last named is the large , tan--
nery of Osborn Sz Co. The-tanneries are to
this region what the Coal Mines and Collier
ies aro to the counties of Schuylkill and Car
bon in this State.
• This tannery consumes about six thousand,
cords of bark a year, and employs a large
number of hands in-the tnanuLicture of sole
leather. The large tanneries ieldurn if ever
make any other kind of leather. Ail of the
bides worked up here were obtained - in New
York city, and were taken fr-nn wild cattle
that once rosined over the table-lands of lex
as or the broad pampas of South America.
Those coming from Texas are generally con
sidered the best. They are heavier and bet
ter hides. The leather tanned here is all
sold in New York. The freight each way
must be deducted from the profits of the tan
ner, and yet it is no uncommon thing for the
owner of an establishment the size of this to
reap a clear profit of (tventy-fire thousand
dollars a year, and it may happen that he
will lose twice that amount ilk six months.—
It' is generrally a money-making business, but,
in' order to succeed, a man must be possessed
of a thorough knowledge of the business in
every department, and attend 'to it.. himself.
A money -capital is not the only thing needed.
Many a man who had plenty of money
has engaged in this business and - lost every
dollar of it.
We are now a mile - and a half from the
northeast corner of Thomson and the -south
east corner of Harmony. One third of the
distance is ilong-a pleasant valley with clear
ed hill-sides on either hand rising rather ab
ruptly An a wood-crowned summit. The oth
er mile is through a dense forest of hemlock
with a small undergrowth of hard-wood.—
Our course is now nearly West, and we are
soon in our own county again. The float res
ident on issuing from the forest, is dem
Sampson, in the corner of Thomson dud ex•
tunas north of the Starrucca, which is hdre a
large, dark stream, about the size of the
Tunkhannock at Glenwood, with a steep,
"high bank on the north 'Ode, and - abided on
either side by lofty, overhanging elms.
The next resident is .1. Myrick ; in Harmo
ny, on the farm marked to J M. Sampson
on the county map.
There is no "flat" land along here on the
north side of the stream, but on the on_
side there are probably one hundred acres,'
of which Mr. Myrick has more than fifty.—
The, land along here has been divested of its
timber inanylears, but nearly all the im
prayesnents are of very recent i date. Too
much of the energy of the people has" been
absiDrbed in the bark, wood, • and lumber
business, to have the agricultural interest
flourish. 'lle B. •RT - Co. would pay the mom
ey for wood, the tanneries for bark, and the
lumbermen ter help to prepare their lumber
and " run it,' arsl this young and middle-aged
and, in' fact, men of all age; nht knowing
how to maks agriculture ''pay," 'attended -to
those ,nterests which they thought would pay
better, and ; probably. did, taking only the
present into:consideration. To the unculti
vated mind's's a general thing, tile farm is a
very dull piece, and agriculture ;the dullest
of busineas4 A trip "down the river," with.
Lager beer Brandy, and "high times," is
moil mol•e•charming., ; Because Men thought
el . " years lgo." - is thh very reason why the
men whe' l' e on the Starrucca to-day have
so much .o to., make this region what it
might and "uld have been tongi ago. But
Longfello WOE; "Let the dead' put bury
its dead," now ,to the present. -
The ler ' farm of 250 acres immediately
below Mr. r ock's it owned 'bis Smith &
Shutt'. , ere itt much good fand upon it,
but it has poorly cultivated.' Th ere is i
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badly tilled with tan-bakk &taw the tannery
above. .
The people s are this year improving- the
road along the creek very much. After the•
taxes were entirely exhausted, the work of
repairing the road still went on; and it was
the intention when I -was there, to experid
from 6700 tb $lOOO on :a little more than.
two miles of road. Much of that -amount,
however, ;sill be consumed irr constructing a .
couple of bridges by which means the road
can be changed from its presenteourse along
and over a rough shoulder of the hill-side to
a smooth, level route along the creek. It
will be a great improveinen*" and the people
seemed to be animated stithaspirit of enter..
prise that would not rest short of its accom
plishment.
At. Smith di Shutts's farm a road branches
riff to the north, and leads to a settlement'
which is planted along the hills on either
side of a- little brciolc that: creeps quietly
through a dense-hemlock forest, as if intent
on surprising, which it.soon wlll t do, the un
wary Starrucca. On this road,-fifty rods
from the Starrucca, is a School house. —The
teacher of last Winter .is again: aim ployed for
the Summer. The. school appeared to be in
fair order and giving excellent satisfaction, to
the people:,. I noticed some improvements
upon one year ago. ' There were more:clean
.faces and combed heads' than at that tin*;
'but whether this was usual or accidental,
whether they knew thist I tarried in the
neighborhood - the night previous and intend- l '
ed to visit the school:that morning, are que
ries which occasionally -haunt my mind to
this hour. However in my credit I gave
them the full benefit of perfect ignorance of
the fact of my being in•the neighborhood s
It it true that the hirsute covering of sonic
heads seemed to- appear constrained, awk
ward, and unnatural in the proper and sleek
condition in which I saw it, and general- .
ly smooth surface of Borne fitces seemed to
wrinkle with
: more th .ordinary facility
thatmorning, but still may have been all
right,—they have: the arida for its being so,
at least. •
Three chiles below is the "red school
house." For nearly ode half of this - distance
the road passes through -tlie forest, which,
however,ls cleared away at intervals to give
place to here-and there a settler. It is very
apt to seem a long road to one that seldom
tras els it. Nothing can be seen but the
high, woody hills on either hand, and, occa
sionally, as yoil enter some elvated opening,
the deep gorge ahead, through_which you are
to pass. Nothing can be heard save the low,
sullen murmuring of the inevitable Starruc
ca, the solitary voice of some distant team
ster away on the hills in the " bark.wodds,"
the joyful sie ving of the hirds t and the dull,
heavy hum of the " busy bees" and flies.
• If you travel through this region in July
or August, you may save yourself trouble
by avoiding all the rattlesnakes. They pre
very plenty in this valley and On the hills
during some seasons. I have known some
of the women of this region to kill those
measuring tour and a haVfeeltnlength and
two inches in diameter.
I found the school its the "red School
house doing well,—the same' teacher as last
Winter. •
•
She hss had much trouble about book's,—
no uniformity, and not enough of -them at
that.
She went,to Susquehanna and purchased
what books the school needed, and put them•
into the school, and told the parents if they
were•unable to purchase the books their chil
dren needed she would give them - the use of
them:
Only one man (1) had failed to buy the
books of her. She used Webb"; Normal
Cards, and Readers, and Stoddard's Arithme
tics. She informed me that she had accom
plished in a few days with Webb's, Normal
Cards what she had failed to do in nearly as .
many weeks without them.
Previous to , doling the school at twelve
o'clock:M., she invited me to talk to the
"little folks," which I aria always glad to do
when teachers give me an ' opportunity.—.
Sometimes in their embarrassment, however,
they forget it.
Near this house is the quarry out of 'which
all the stone was taken tohuild the celebrit
.ed Starrucca, Railroad Viaduct near Lanes
, bolo. It is nearly five miles froth the bridge,
but the stone was transported over a tempo-,
- rare railroad track put .down for that pur
pose. Near the quarry, on the bank or - the
creek, is a fine•sulphar spring; "Two - of the
seltool-boys came down to the spring with
me; and seciled very , anxious that I should
" take a drink" from 'the bubbling, crystal
loon MTV.
:Next carne the smooth, well cultivated
flats, the neat, white residences, and thetidy,
steepled, church-like-appearing schoolhouse,
rat Brant & Schlager's' tannery. But that
schoolhouse! There is a story - connected
with its recent history that must be .related.
Brent ds Sehlager. are, of course, the moiing
spirits of this settlement , , ,
A few years ago,-say five;—they built
this house nt a cost of about sso'
school directors furnishing about .4:200 and
- .
they the residue. .
They employed teacheriat "twelve
ings" a week, and some at " two dollare'LPer
week, but still they were compelled,to :send
their children away to school to' haveii them
taught as they desired.
The children while away accidentally 'be
came acquainted with Miss 'B.; said she came
home with them to spend the vacation.' She
Was a teacher—an enthusiast on the subject
of education—on the subject of tea Ching—on
the subject of good Schools.
She talked to them of teaching as they bid
never heard any teacher before ; mid - they
thought to themselves, WIT is It not just
as well for us to put tips -teacher into"' our
own schoolhouse 'and keep' our. children at
lhouse as to allow her to return to Elmira
and then send them there to be instructed by
her at a cost to us of from eighty won! Afoul
red dollarsper quarter, (two, of them); and
in addition to the advantages we sfuill reap,
the children of our workmen can have the
benefit of superior teaching, and thus fr. , blew
Sing which is now only special and exclusive
will be'made much more, extended and .gen
eral." Curious. is It not; that money ,making
men should reason in thatWay . l; That they
should in their business olcillitions,,' really
ttikeintothe account thu", , soltateof Ronne
portion of thsir felloi..mort,lsl • But so 'it
was.
• Well, the twice - of her la* vots,Of
the Gist thing to bereettled. - She 'Old them
she could not Issab._forions:than•ll2,4 .
montbior $l6 fad Mr Wald gatipliCe!,P,
ME
that looks rathei eycorbitant :for a female
teacher," don't - it?.'
how fortunate it is to be a " femtdo teaCit
er" in tbese,days, and earn twiee.as muck as
softie aisle that gets flou6le what you do for
doing the same work. "
! ButMisi B. was employed, ,and w ent to.
work in .the:. schoolhouse and out ofit. The
house bad ne yard around it ;.and a bilge.
bank of earth, which was thrown froni an at' ,
tificial.water-course, precluded.. the erection,
Of a proper fence , to form ono. She spoke tp
the proprietors ; they. bad „ 1 ,:,,ti0 Vine" to - even
think, of removing it.
.
She appealed do. her Dupilstold them her
desires--antl . awaltenedin thenta:spirit thet
would not brook restraint iihort of the,detrto::
Won of that impudent, and ttovr doomed
bank. Soon the hoes, shovels, Sod Wheelber.
rows.were brought,. ad • during the leisure
hours, with teacher to lead,
.the .pupils re
moven.rtearl/ one hundred cubic : yards of,
earth, before the parents were really .aerate
'of what wit,k being done.. Yes; a lady that
holds a state certifiethefrom the State Super
intendeut of York, that has Mastered
French and' German, and has taught fur
some time in the Elmira Female Seminary;
is here found laboring with het pupils for
their good, Oven to the performing of i .witat.
is generally considered a menial's service,—'
But the people could not lot* permit :their
_teacher to do.what they knew ditty demand
ed of them. Workmen were sent and.-the
entire bank removed. Would the teacher
now be cleietl, No, they were now impor
tuned to erect a fence enclosing as large
yard as the circumstances around, would per
mit. They liegata to think they bed more on,.
band than they bargained - for:, Who ever
s aaw,such a teacher; one who desired to "fix
lip things" 'so - But it must come to.a stop
—they certainly had no time to build a fentv..,
" But," -says the teacher,," gnu, will, not re•
fuse to sell me sompsfence-boards, posts, and
nails?" What coul d they do Must that •
fencebe'built i, Yes ;—the fence was built,
and the teacher did not build it.
Then came the planting• of little maples
aroundohe yard, of embryo vines, under the
windows, and of octagonal flower.beds on el-.
Ztiler side of a real stone wa k from the door
way to the wite in front of the house— „Mew
er seeds were sown and • rubbery planted,
arid everything done which seemingly could
be, to beautify and adbru this little temple
of freedom. But after all that had been
dprie l the change wrought imthe character of
the children was even greater than that in
the appearance of tbiligs about the khool
*use.
• AV here they oncequarreled they now play
ed together in harflony,—and where once
there was .sereaning ...and, yelling; ii" now
only the ordinary tone of plealant conversa
tion...
"But," asks one,-" do the children not mar
s and destroy the flowers and shrubbery I"
No, by no means. And what is still more,-
they would be quite likely to teach - you
some very practical lessons on that subject
sho'd they even catch you attempting to do so.
shall speak more particularly ot Ramp
ny when I visit there again. her struggles,
her triumphs, her progress, and her pros
pects, are all subjects of, deep interest ,to ev
ery friend: ot Popular Education—of the
Free SchoOls.
Her struggles have been severe, her tri
umphs have been glorious, her plogress has
been quite satisfactory, and her prospects are
now really cheering. If her leading men will
but realize what
_good free schools will do'
towards developing her vast intellectual
treasures, and are willing to laboil .persevere
ingly for their establishment upon a perms
nent and high-toned basis, the work is accom
plished. • B. F. T.
A Candle :Lecture on the. Bons of Malta.
Da. Booens;of Buffalo, has joined the Sons
of Malta_ and thekll. B. D.'s. - His wife is in
the habit of reading hint curtain lectures.—
The one which followils reported by. the Re
public of..that city :
," Now tell me about' the, Sons of Malta.
Won't you? .Do, that's a good dear, What
do you do when you get in it? Is, it -the
same as.the Masons and Odd Fellows' And
then there are what they call the R. B. D.'s.
You kuow all about them, too. Veil, now,
what don't youi:know about ie just as. I
expected. Yoificinre all about every secret:
society in exiatenee, your poor, dear wile -is
not allowed to know a single thing that is'go,
ing On. _ Sons of: Malta, a literary and seieu.
title society; learn the art of painting, statu
ary, and mathematics L .The ,B. B. D.'e,
religious society ; wad' none but. those of a
strict moral and pious per:suasion are admit
ted !. Well, lim'beat now.. And you a mini
ber ! Now it's my turn to laugh. The 13.
B. D.'d a moral institution 1, lie.! hal -ha!
Look toe in the fate. Didn't. you. Anne
home the other morning as drunk as boso
Yes,,drunk, and! asked you where you had
• been st:that:houi tit the morning, and you
said, oh! nowhere!, you were but :taking, a
little' recreation with, the •B. IL ;134's, and
that's wlutt:you cell. a- moral inatirrition,- r:
Wasn't drunk ! • Well,:then, Ilse, bed was,
vr
for.you.ent round it three or fouii times be.
fore you gotio; year held on to the:Aide tor,
(ear or being,tumbled out.. Towage' cheat
me, old fellowave,seett too tintelt--of the
'world not to know.whest a than's.ylrunk.
" Didn's drinkanything but-fifteen ,glasses
of buck beer. In the name of Jupiter Am
mon, what are we coming to 3. and tuoral
institution-at that l• Only fifteen glasses, you
say ? What are .the etrcing-miiided women
,about thit they don't (rodtion the Legislature
to hive these secret Bocieties abolished &, And
here; many glasees,da they drink at the Bons
of . ilk Co less eondi tkins are good, don't
diink'at all. Don't allow, such,things there.
Conditions:l'd like'to know wluitcoaditious
have to do with it! - Can't be a Bond Malta
.witliout.conditions. ,: Well, I would just. like
to seethe conditions. and see how, it looks.
I suppose-it's a piece of statuary . .. Turn titer
here; whit under heaven are you laughing at?
"-Can't help it! • l'llitiake you help it.--
You haw, haw, like a wild.,jackaiii; what's
the matter with 'youl- • Chronics- and :their.
matics? -- I never would have married pull*
knew „_
New terrroir . or A`MaST.--jones was
not tipsy the otber'nigitt,-wbeit.it became his
duty, at the proper istage of The proceedings,
to give the regutaiteast to:Vrenan, for be
said so afterwards. lie proceeded :
"Oh Woman! in - our hours of ease , '
Uneertalo, coy, and bud to please— •
, batm.baio—seea too isiti Wallis, with her face t
9441M1pgiktibt
' I NO. 25.,,
• •;11.7 •
I THE mostlool-Lirdi , felit of linvafkOwas
accompliiihed-Thitredayijune 30, by•h1;131oh.
Ain *raking acrosiNiagars.rivers short-dis
t:we liekiti the Falls, °OA light kope. -- We
partienhav of- the Advent. •
itrt , front. t 'deuitled r , *n
Trituitirr
.-011114 hen Blondiu went 0414amear ,-
fix June tcv make peparationslothiar,fate
aelrievement, the persans4o. whom .he. firit°
flientioned , his-phitrof crosainktbs : rivereon
4-ertnatarkily, regarded him' ail mad.
than; His firatintentintrwasto
end of his cord and at/etch It
thence to the Isemik near fliftotillonse,
.right across through the jaws! oltbi:linrse
Shoe Palk His plan 'of building his =frail
;bridge between these • two points, ;was how- •
ever frustrated- by_the ownersof_Gost Island.
Messrs. Porter, who refused him permission •
.to fix the end'of his rope on the feland;
the plea that they. would not be ac&isiory - to
his death, which they regarded as assured in
the event of his making the' fearfiil
'Tlins`rebuired.lf. Illonditi!was compelled - to
:look out a new place, for he had - no idea 'of
giving up his , scheme. lfe -at last pitched
upon a spot halfway bettieen the Falls end
the Suspension Bridge, being mile and ti
quarter, below, ti,e'l7ulls. - 'At this point • the
bank 'on the dimwit shore '1E1,170 'feet high,
and on the AmeriCan side'll 160 'feet above
-the water'. The distance in - 'a' 'straight'fine
from the two pi:lints:Sphere!. it *out& be'he-c
-misery tolik the rope is A trifle 1,100
feet.,, heavy rope: as would be'strong
enough,to sustain 'lts own *eight, sere* so
wide a chillpi,. would necessarß s y have kwide
deflection fro th ' s Oerfectly straight line-;
Brondim estimatetlthet its:would . '"iag"mOre
than, fifty'f4etln the Middle,that instead
of having a level road to,p,alkluisviiiild have
de - wri-hill travel' at the cOmmenc4imeni of, his
journey. and, of course,, up-hill walk as
soon as he pAisid" the Ai:
daletf therope.'A
"Beveral In getting
shall rope, seven-eighthS`oran inch' in 'd
ter,Across the 'river ; • it was at ° last -acecini
plished by putting_the end in a' small tint
above Ole point it was desired 'to reach; 'and
papng, out the'ippe ad--two stout -rowers
urged the b oat the' - opposite Sortie
ideA inikr.be formed - of the swiftness of the
curreht atihat 140.. e; when it - stafed that
though the boat started ludfaimile above the
desired spot, th 6 rowers werelioardi able by
the mciat strenuous oxertions, to accomplish -
the I,loo' feet -before they' ivere-iswelik,&wn,
to the proper point --This small rope was
severiiitimes broken; but veil finally safely
stretched from bank to bank.
ME
. .
"The lake t ope . was delayed a -vieekr or
,two beyond the appointed time, .but, finally
fetched .Niagara .on. Wednes.
day; the 22d, • 'when it. was placed. on. a , cart,
surmounted, with a flag,, and driven,. in tri.
r u niph thrdugh the,town.. -It is three-and-a
qpitrxer inches 'id diameter, is 1,300 feet long,
and i vith,the 2,700 feet of -guy.ropes,.neces
sary to_steadylt, cost $2OO. pitwas - wade
in two
. sections, sand-.
by an- 01
Tortime sailOr who happetied•.to be at they
village. The dapetter it.wsla spliced it Wail
fastened to the small rope that Was already •
spanning the gulf ? and hauled across: --While
ll:Ube - act of doing this, IL Blondin'was'be
set with some difficulties, which he overcame
in the most. cool and•daring manner. As be
fore stated he used the sinall -cable to draw
the large one over.' When the large cable
bad teen drawn to within 200 or 300 feet of
the Citia6ian bank,, the small rope gave - signs ,
of hreaking under the immense weight:of the
larTe cable, and it was feared :thst it:would
not be of sufficient strength to support the
large rope to the - reseh., of the operators ,on
the bank. 'Had the rope- brifited,all their
previous labor had been in..brain: In this
crisis M. Biondi': rushed. to - the rescue of his
treasured rope; attaching a oordto his body,'
he went - mit on the small rope until he came
to the large one, to which he lastened.anoth
er and 'stronger rope, by _ which the„mant ca- .
,hle was,at last safely healed. ashore. 'The
shore with' lined with astonished spectators,
who witnessed this';lunardons feat, and' who
were then et oncecused - of all .their. akePti
cisms es to Mr. Bh:indin's - ability to Valk
across the river, or do anything. else on 'ii
rope that he might Er fit to '
Everything was now t ir readiness, and the
day for the grand experiment- *as fixed for
Thtiesday, the 30th- of June. • ,
"The time intervening between the fixieg
of the main cable and.the .day fr•r the per )
formsnee of the feat, was Occupied in fastenJ,
_big' a s number ' of guy-ropes to .the rocks
and to trees. and other immovable points on
the shore ftw'm the main - rope, the object be-'
ing of course, to so steady, the large rope 'as
to render it as firm as *as consistent with
the unstable were of the slender !pathway.
The steadying ropes .were fastened .:every
eighteen feet alms the largesnne, twenty-nine
of them leadhtg.tcv•the Gmadian -shore acd
twitity-five to' the American bank. Beside
these; rune heavy .rcipei, :nearly .the size of
the:Main one,lwerei attached to it, at. .the dis
tance of livohnndred feet 'from !each "other,
and descended thenek to ; 'huge rocks: on the
very-edge of the • river far below. There was
one 'more-disappointment 'about. the - ;time;
Which Was fixed for
,Tuesdatc . , thealith, but
was afierward : postponed till :Thursday, the
thy when,`etierythilig beineready„lL-Bion,
din' announced . hittiselfieuresdy to proceed:
" At precisely itaifixist foUri•-.lllv Blonditi
appeared in the pleuure:garden;:wherw-the
American ericl of the, rop,wWai' &aliened, ?I—
MO-a-Was a. short tight-rope Terectial herein,
upon: Which the daring . 'Frenchman 'mounted
and went throughinane.of Mit Moseireoeful
and' pleasingfcati;'#) thelreat adiniration'of
the 'spectators. •
"At"ls . minutes "
pest 5' stepped ,upon
the large rope, Where - 'he wormed -a 'few
momenta withal'', 'friends: cool
and unconcerned manner,.havitte:apparently ,
hb, more doubt of suWasfelly aceettiPtlsh•
1110111 i tindertitkinetnan; hedwf attempt
log it. 'kite stood for ."1" moment -on the.. .
rope,,beforeiteppiog , out; `161 , -eddressed the
ro
cwd atifidloWV.: • f';
" :deatfecOen, ,phe - what please:to
cross, , t carry bias on My' "
seemed to -.l Pi the
kiudaffer ent 4okea
,n; few minutes
langer,, he at last started "ini hls c !relleits
journey, : fievealked 'rapidly and. firmly, as
4, he had been on a bridge , until ke"Cbose .
stop to indulge in some gyninsistia - evothtion
for minutes: bids?* on
one:leg, sat down, end leidsdown:im the rope
at ftill length, then' recovering 6liiitelf, he
,tl} the middle of ' theriver , he river , where he
!Igaill- 1 4 0 PPea 4 0 ,a*TriPljob another feat'
nut down on die t:4l flirts .
the
rope, pe . deliberniekyloyleixa ti - small line 'to
the -Utile sthiniboat, the'" 26144 thelittit,"
that bad steamed out fo"thst . 01,4 to'
_the
line was attached: a bottle of 'wine by the
captain of the boat, and "the battle - being:
drswe idveoturer,, be opened it,
and. makin g a comprehensive bow, to' both
irowdi on the of the rivet', lie dratik the
heilth of all Oreseiii; then throwing this-bot
tle itito the river, be milked ms athpelig no
trt°"-undi be =ached' the Causda‘lshore.—
ne was exactly, nineteen minutes crossing
the river,
including stops. 4..)n'his arriVal
tbecetieds Shore be was cheered' vociferoes
ly Fe waithd' here ~abOutr halt' hour
when-heprerFed to_ At' 802 be
stOpeCt9..llle. rope to inence the retstrn
MOW* rested deiin
ill