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O. P. READ EH. H. PRA-ZIER.IEDITORS.
F. 3. LOOMIS, 00B1WPONDING RDITOR
ZONVIILDMIS, IP
ce4Nday' , Oc;. /8,
STATE TC?'KET.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
THOMAS-E. COCIIIVAN,
O) YORK COMM.
'OR SURVEYOR. GENERAL,
WILLIAM IL-
OF ZEES
.cou7r.
COUNTY TICKET,I
rds 13112ZATO,
GEORGE LANDON, of BradfOrd County
• . POB, farIIZSENTA7IVE,-1
GEORGE T. FRiaTER, - or Oakland.
TOR DISTRICT. ATTORTZT"
ALBERT CHAMBERLIN, of Montrose
POB CO7TY COMMISSIONER,
MAHLON. C.,STEWART, of Clifford.
FOR,COUNIT TREASURER:
„DAVID W. TITUS, cifearford.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
CEUITNCEY WRIGHT, of I'Cirest Lake*
FOR COITNIT 13MtVETOR,
WILSON TURRELL, - of ?orest Lake
'Election, lineeda3r, October 11th.
$ We issue this number, of the Repock lican
considerably in advance •of its date, partly 'to get
ready for printing a large job,and partly that we may
sat a word more to such Republicans as the paper
may reach before electipn. We wish to speak a
:smell of warning. Our opponents are working a sly
game. They do not expect to succeed, of course,
but their . object On Whittle down the Republican
majority as much as
reports
this purpose
they ire busy \ circulating fie reports :concerning
our canclidates. This is done Secretly, so that they
euttell one story in one neighborhood, and a differ
ent one in 'another.. By this means they hope to rt.-
.
duce the wUttat gf one Republican candidate he re,_ of
another there, and thus in The 'aggregate to show a
'/ reduced 'majority. Then- after election they will
. . claim that Itepublicartiam is losing ground in the
County. How shall th , se machinitions•of the ene
my be met? There it one sure and ready means of
• defehtingift their schemin. That! is, for every Re
publican to be on band at the polls; and VOTE THE
• WHOM REPUBLICAN TICKET. Do that, and
you will see an increased Republican majorify. :
But if you stay home to thrash buckwheat when
•
you ought to btr i voting,or if you let some personal
g trichtlffluevanCe 'preventyou from support
ing one of out candidates, you help thekham Democ
...ay to the argument they are striving for, that your
party is losing strength in the County.
Ask any true Republican if he does not want a
good, rousing majority against the Suclumanitms and
he will answer YES. Then let him use the means
in his power to produce such a result. A few cotes
more or less in each Township,will tell the story.—
. The time to,wark Air ItepnbliCanism is NOW; the
way is, BY table iSG VOTERS TO. THE POLLS.
41.14 wbeit there, let them understand that the ene-
ituPs Same a la, by circulating fake repoita, to gat a
feir Rejmhlleans tcrfdrop one candidate in one place,
and another in another, to reduce our bole ma
i ionlY, for their benefit hereafter: and thkt the only
Isafe and jUdielous course for the friends of the good
cause to pursue is to vote the ticket, THE WRQLE
• TICKET, AND NOTHLNG BUT THE TICKET.. •
Many do not sufficiently appreciate the power of
the ballot box. This is the place to makeyourprinci
plep TELL. You may talk excellthitly well for free
domsmd against the eitension of Slavery, but if you
don't vote, and - yorir opponent does, he goierni the
country, and all your good principles and fine - talk go
for nothing. We repeat, then, if we wish ever to
mecum. pritieinles triumph in the government of this
ccientrY; . .we must be always on .hand at the poll.„4- . . -
VOTE& TOTE!! TOTE YOUR. PRWCIPLES
MEENEVER: THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, if
you have to travel ten miles on fhot, across lots, to
do it . -
E ir The liontrose Democrat says Of Mr. LANbON,
"'Nature has endowed him with a'fair shark of men—
ial ablity and aetivit' y. He has.beert well editcated.
' He has moved in good society: ills church has be
\ stowed upon him high honors. In his proper sphere.
- lac studs high, and in reference to that position we
have not a breath to titter against him," and asks,
.s" is such •rnan fit to represent a Christian people ?'
'firhy not! If the Methodist
e i hurch, and his conduct in-that position is such that
bla enemies even. cannot utter a breath against him,
is Itelmit u well fitted to represent a Christian peo
ple, as the coriUpt, intriguing Politicians that the De
mocracy so often select' for their representatives?—
' It is no great compliment to lifethod'ssts to insinu
late that 'man who studs deservedly high in their
!church is notfit to represent a Christian community.
!Neither is it vs4y exalted praise of the Methodist
church, 'when the same paper in the same article,
speaks of one who stands high in the church as fol
, lows:--" Go Into the Worst sink of iniquity that can
be found in the world,--pick riot the‘most depraved
• victim of infidelity, intemperance r od debaoch,"---in
s flumes his worst passions by the most potent means
in 'Your power, and you will fan, toprce from him nt
tennees mare grossly in conflict wpb all the pro mot-
Inge 'of manhood; than those madeln the presence of
thousand; of living witness, by sit ex-Elder, would
' hit SeMator, George Landon. If his heart be so black
alto approve his utterances, thin indeed hare we
good reason to believe that total depravity is possi
ble. They contain more conderuied • vulgarity, pro
ht Irreventnee, and wie.ked blasphemy, than can
be fotmd in the public wings or Writings of any hu
aiic being that ever Was permittl.sd to exist on this
ein.cureed earth." % .' • -
On ristfieg, the above,- a ' , unacquainted
- with our religious denominatio would be apt to
ask 'tot met of people_ these ethodists are; who
can sides Bach a character to a hi . h posi r tion in their
T
izlicrch, sad whether it would not be a good plan_ to
amid ak!, DeMocratie politicians among them as
Minioimies: Also, if this above is s correct descrip
' {ion eta Methodist agniater of th‘ liighest standing,
where.will rutin! language bad hough to describe
ones( the ordinary sort, the !noels humble and less
hoaxed temisereof the faith 7 i . -
All _
. 4 , l "aaa to till* n i Kin 1MC11414111.
0011,00111100iNC. I - They ' will paid forjom what they
on;+ ard !. arnoag the people. They will injure
ie. Latvia:, bares much IN their:author. The iMst.
sail ode*. ;hi Mr. ;..sspoll is f ood aimuga for A
Methailiftligllglidirrapd We think AMA man .
who is
,good enough for that pl 4 will answer to 1
l'orweni o •Obristio polii iso en Po:pond'
With regard to the iengunge alleged; tio- twin
l a
been used by, gr. Lanni ; 'Boum oi l kis ttnitep per
and iorreck ind some of it, though we bare 4 , eri l.
ly been present Irheit he iipoite on polideil que stns
in Montrose,,we ueterbecore heard or, and'filestune
it originated in, ti 4 ciierizeitod brain of the Pemo
eras editor. i ' '' E •
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far Yr. Titus'iltxmld-to Deputy (i. e., T.,)
authorifes a statement in he Repueheart, to the ef
fect that the general Impfession that Mr. Titus is hi
competent to transact thObusiness of the offico of
Treasurer and will therefore hire sortie one to do the.
work for him, is false and slanderous ; that' Titus it
elected will erform the duties of the office hemseV.
The Deputy wilk prObahly defend this statement
hereafter, by quoting theilegal maxim, " qui faeit
per cilium faeit pier se:'- .3fontrose Democrat.
The above is a pretty kdr specimen of the .3(Ont
roes Democrat's titgacity And veracity..We have to
remark on [8
• I.. That the itilement 0. the Repub li ca was not
made by Mr. O.IC. T.,n.f..but by a citizen - of Hark):l.l
at present residing there...l •-•
2. That the Deincieratti mean and cowardly at
tenant to injure a ol•thy inn because he is a. candi
date for office befdre the People, by . falsely alleging
that he is ineenipitent, dies pot 'constitute or prei
duee n "gencral.iinpies,sinn glat ho is incompetent;'
but, on the con+, with the 4 who know the edit
or's course in relation to Republican candidates, is
rather an argument in Mei Titus's favor. "%,
A.
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' lar It is a pleas' ;Ire f o ns to ca ll - the attention of
those of our readirsiwhirlhare an interest in New
theylire many,) to that' model
newspaPer, the 8 ring Aid Republican. On! at:
traintance with te
e NewiTzgland press is somewhat
e
extensive, and w t belleve*he Republican is deCided-:
ly superior as a *ily, loin], and general newspaper,
to any other published tlinre. ' Special. attention is
paid toithe,eurreqt news nd• the Eastern States, 'and
nearly a page of tondenand items of interest is giv
en every week. ii eareenlly condensed rename of
the general news Pf tlie.iplid is alsofm.nisheci week
ly; and the reader who 14fFsihe time or "means 'to
rend the voluminius N. V. dailies, will hardly fail to
fund in its columna noti4lof all the principal events
transpiring in Eu pe and3Jf:merica. The literarYde
partment is trine ally an.dCr the charge Ofttr. J. G.
ti,,,
Rolland—a gentle ' of.i'fifte taste and education,
and a true poet. iThe prkugtiona of his pen in the
Nepublican'eanbit fill t4having a good influence
wherever read. .tupolit6 the paper acts 'with the
-Republican partyi'lnit qu4stiona arc discussed inde
pendent of party l i traletne#l, and In an ,able - manner.,
"
.. In conclusion,''rOwill Only say, try it a year, and'
you will donbtlesw4nder!:how you ever. lived with
out
it, Samuel w aves iPo., publishers, Springfleld,.l
Mass., Price,- (wieldy) sl7.so'per annum. '
i i r? - -
4toy:lhe bu/spendent Rfpublican. 1
• Con4ty SiorTonse. '
• llssasts. Butrossi-.44the Purpose of healing:the!
" slight": which .yeturltroilyit correspoodent reeeiv-!
ed in not being.offered th!e petition for 'the County'
Pooi-Bouse Act #eti his sikhature., and relieving n 11!
persons of any false imps..Oak:lhr they may have re-i
ceived with regard to theillirigii of the same, I wish!
to state that I hada - coniersation with Mr, : Chase,
prior to his goingth Haurg last session, On the,'
subject of a Cearrity.Boor; l ouse, and was ass byl
him that upon Iprfper petition he, would prochre„ : thel
passage of an Ae imanhiOnceanch as *as passed 4
I drew up the pefitions and circulated them and sent]
them to our RepriVehtatiff. But there vas net ones,
circulated in any lownshiaiso near the . li'aitroarriall
Breqkiyo,SO far si ‘ is , ..,ern 4*. are; if there was, ' ft was!
not upon anynielco of fiction so far as I -wait con- '
i
eerned, for I clip - tiotisupPo' se at that time that th ere!
would be mucliooo!itioal; and if there itas, an nett
upon Which th e pkople csajild vote wo u ld Te . nicße all
doubts on that point. I :On for the Act in a. Petoni- 1
-any point of viewl:ild fl hhmanity and jastice tpl
the unfortunate poOr?; Riksen teaches me that ' the!
poor aan:be kept ch.spequul better in a place pre-I
pared for the purpos Lb* in any private fainilx, for!
as st.geneml thing no perlo will keep -a pan Per in;
his family except for•ike . py, and then he .wants to!
extort the last redreent, hicansche thinks it ratheri
a disgrace -to take a paupel , into his family, and his
bills will he made tip ofup sorts Of extras. I have!
been -an Overseer of the or for five years, in a;
- township burdeneOrph• it upers; abd knew: some; i
thing about the keep i ng o paupers in private farni.,l
Alt, but, says Mr. no-Poolillouse, you should make{
your contract for the keetilng of the poor for 'a sum,
certain, then there wonldf: , ,lie -no- extras; but, Mn,
-Grumbler, you can't shutkOoff your poor in that Way 4 .
it is the dhty of the overseers tol see that -the pothl
are properly takeh care oliAnd if they neglect 411'1,
duty there will be some one to jog 4.heir Memory: I
assure yob. Theh,l unil4,the present system , .th
Poor must be Mainly -kepts'n poor families, who.havd.
hardly conveidepceli to mkke themselves comfertable;
multi fess to take in a payer boarder. Whereasihy
having a county house ypii have a t place suited fo r
them. 'But, says M. S. 47 . :. Newton, it`is„not. a S C
place, for it will "oink' aid be filled with 4 Veithin,l
at least such was the casto a great extent in :the
house which hie "friertcrikept, and whieh.he visited
fiir three.days in•lBo..l?tztve no personal aiquaintt
since with Mr. New*, hskt have seen some artielei
in are papers over hrsisiAaturei r but never saw 'oni
in fiivor of anythiegllikOhe' Jkw of 'Josephut li .
has but one song; eV that is, Woe, woe, to Jerusa
lent. Now let us look ,a4his objections:. after ''
-al
-this "unearthly, indeseiiNable filthiness, scent, an
vermin," yet, says 4, .".Isever saw a more cleanly
house." .Then why this linen 7 - Does this, well and
filth always attach to pauicni 7 -If so;thencertainly
they shooldhever be undrany-considerations placed
in a private family lest thi stench should attach to
others. than paupeisi ;, or ta: friend Newton one of thd
-silk-stocking gentry who 46-er can See poverty-with r
out smelling something Ske "filthy, rank-scented
beasts." I deny th at iiitylseent attacheste ayersod
simply because he is poori; and ; if Mr.- Newtol will
visilthe township o Auburn J will show him on '
house in Which a pepper lives without either ran
scent or 'vermin. The asic . iirtion that " some strat`egi
merchant" would 'sell gooda.tothe t overseers to th
ambant of "$l5OO or s2or per annum on the cred •
h Of the County," , sinells ranker to the than any•pau
per lever came in ContaeN with. - - - I . •
. I conside; $lO,OOO auffikieht to purchase the fit
and crept the necessary b4ldiugs in the first instance
and the increase of value in real estate torten y
to come, I think will pay Wie interest of the money
ea
if it should then be thougiit advisable to - dispose o'
it, which, however, do got fort moment suppose
' . The township of Auburn in the last ten years,-ex i
chisive'of'ss; has lekiedcEver- $5OOO of' money ;tai
which has - been mitioly - sp'ant for the maintenance o
the Poet; arid:,..l . arnisatis4ed that if rte had a Count
ty roorhouse the espenso would. not.have Veen On
fourth -of that tem ; and tii-lay if
.. we had one w
would have no paupers . . • il , haye heard it said -tha .
the opposition [tom Anbuindefeated a Ppor 7 llo
Act on a formeroccasiOnAnd • that 'We have' bee
cursed with paupers - Fier duce; but I assiire yoush
will not defeat the prese.Oct,and if any toirin hi
does, the worst wish ')•hat I. " ;t are for them is tha
.
their fate may as be i;iurs. - -I
' "i
~ I was conversing )short i time since with a gentle
man from Warren Ciunty,* J., who told and •thia ,
they established suclf an ill itution in, that county a t ,
few years- eince,.and that icnot only sustained itielf,l
but had now an acitu4 surphis on head btorer $360.1
There Is one bi Northampton County; Pi., which 's6
fitr as lean learn gives geil,raltsatisfaution, aid io it'
istudfonitly front every piece that I can get any! re.
*able - information: l And now, Toter% of Susquehaw
na County; - do Youthink s tifit the people of this - CM:m.l
ty are leisoipahle- anutiging 'such an inatitation I
than the pe4le of offer counties P• -or do-you: *ilk
themleas honed? o . 7onl)plieve, as I do; that **-
bate listh the abilitv and the honesty, then inik up
to the bolls en.the second **Way : of October, and
rote "for a Poor4lonse,"'4o foresee;putto allince
the base 'calumny that a paricor'`eidnicirbeettniailte
is unfottunitelYpOor, end elair to thoec'finit44ing
gnuadderathat You.hire +Mews in , the hotOity.
and capsbp4l 44 tit o: county. l'.
Atttettlf OC‘ll - 101W ' 4. '". 4 hainitaii!i
- Tao Platforms.. • •
"Look en this picture, then oh that!
In order that the. people. of Pennsylvania
kinity see at a. glance and fully appreciate the
diltereneetetween tbe doetrineS promulgated
-by the'Republican and PemOcratio • partiOs
respectively, we, place in juxtaposition the
-platforms recently adopted by the Mississip
pi Democracy and the; Minnesota Republi.
cans.
MISSISSIPPI •DEatocseTtc PLATFORM.
Resolved, That we remnpounce as this ba
sis of party action the platforM of principles
laid down by the Democratic- party at the
National Convention of 1856, and hold that
the doctrine of "non-intervention" with the
institution of Slavery, in. -Slates; Territories
or District of COlumbia, does.not, nor was it
intended to conflict-With the assertion of the
power of Congress t. 9 protect the slaves_ Of
the citizens of the several States,• who may
choose to settle in the Territories which are
the common property, of all the States.
Resolved, That inthe language of ,
the Su
preme Court of the United States, ,that
.the
" right of property in, slaves is distintly And
expressly affirmed in the Constitution"-- r and
"the only power conferred upon Congress is
the power coupled with the duty of guarding
and• protecting the owners in their : rights as
elms declared." • . • . •
Resolved, That Mississippi will stand by,
her sister slaveholding States in insisting up. ,
on the enforcement by all the departments of
the Federal ‹-Government, of their constitu
tional rights as thus expounded by the Su.
promo Gann of the United States. - •
Resolved. That in - the event .of the election
of'a Black Republican candidate for the Prei•
idency, by - the suffrages•bf one,portion of the
Union only, to rule over the whole United
States upon the avowed rpose of that or..
ganization, the State of Mississippi will re•
Bard it as a declaration of hostility, and will
hold herself in readinessi- separately or in
concert, to co.operate with her sister • States
of the South, in whatever measures - they may
deem necessary for the maintenance of their
rights as co-equal membere-of. this COnfeder
lICy.
• Resolved, That-we feel it incumbent upon
the Democracy of.Nississippi again to tie•
Clare that• the acquisition of . Cuba by the
n
United States is a - Com ercial and political,
necessity and that we wilthail -with plpaiure
every pkoper triensure tl f looks to its accom.
plishme:nt, and:further, we can never Consent'
to its appropriation by any foreign power.
Resolved, That we endbrse, in the main,
the policy of the present Administration.,
The'abovc were adopted by the Democrat
ic 'State _Convention. of Iltaisgissippi, a few.
weeks since, without a disienting,voice. Now"
d.
c.ft' pare them with the-4
SIi:INES6TA REPUBLICAN,PLAtFOB.II
Relying Iva the intelligence, patriotism,
and cliscriminating'justiee of the American
people, we, the delegates. of; the Republican
party, in tate Convention, assembled, sub
mit. to the enlightened judgement of, he free
men of Minnesota, the following emphatic
declaration of•principlesand resolutions:
We maintain the,Uni , o:t.of the States, the
rights of.the State; and the
.Ikberties of. the
people. .
Regarding slavery as al great, moral and
political evil, we oppose its exten'sion beyond
the States in which it alt'eady 'exists. We
oppose the re-opening of the African Slave
'Trade. We oppose a Slave Code for the
Territories, and while we disclaim 'all inter
ference with slavery •where it already . exists
in the States, we demand:the entire and 'un
conditional divorce of the . National' Govern.
mem from any pirticipatiOn in this." relic of
barbarism."
• i
-We arc . in favOr of granting the public do
main in limited qinintities to - be the.free
homes of freemen ; •.`laii4 for the hindiess,
vs. niggers for themiggerlCss;" and we
,hold
the present administration Ito a - strict account
ability for the defeat of the Homestead Bill
in thelast Congress. !
We• Condemn the doctrine of ~, the Dreg
Scott - decision as anti-Constitutional, anti.
Republican, incompatible with State Rights;
and us destructive of personal security.
We are - in favoof immediate and efficient
National aid tote Pacific RailrOad by the
most practicable oute.
j o
~ • .
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We hold that ngress, ought to . protect•
thelives and property of our citizens by ju•
dicioui appropriations forl Rivera and Hu
.
bors. ..
We are determined to.litaintaiq the purity
of the brglot,box, as the palladiunl of our lib
erties. `ll3"this end we will by every legiti
mate Means in our power prevent the frauds
which it is the avowed. purpose .of - the cor
rupt dynasty now entrenched in the. stolen
places of power in this State,- to perpetuate,
and for their past iniquities as well as their
proposed frauds, we hold them up.to the rep
robation" of all patriots as':. conspiiators
r against liberty by their - violation of its sacred
• rk—the ballot box.
Comment ii' unnecessary„
. .
rMr. Galdwell,s member of the-Sen
ate of Virginia .trotn . the 'Wheeling District,
d4ressed a body of Germans. among his
Constituents, the other evening, 'in the follow
ng plait: . language . •
"No wonder that you Germans and- other
aboring men, feel an interest in the progress
• •
And-in the final ascendency of the principles
of the Republican party. it is emphatically
the party of the white laboring men of this
couptry. While the Democratic.pa rty ;is the
favorite party of the aristocratic element of
our government; while-it promotes the in.
terest and follows the dicta of the oligarchic
al body of Southern slavcholders, to the prej
udice of the;interesis of free white wOrking
men, the Republican party has made the. in
terests of our workingmen, of . our small pro
ducers hi the workshops,-its
fundamental ba
sis. It was a puzzle to him how any. man
who wrought with hit hands, and who vat--
ued the dignity,. c.f the. sweat_ of- his brow,
could waver in hia choice between the princi
ples of the two parties. Free labor never
could command that . respect tO,vzhich it was
entitled, while ever it, was discriminated'
against, as between it and slave.labor.—
Whenever it was - -degraded to. the= level. of
cotnpuisory slave labor or as What been by
the - Democratic party, subordinated; it must
partaki. of the degradation of slavi-labott.—
Every man Ought to be .able to see this.—'
yhe great principles - of the Republican party,
were the same that Henry Clay had; ontend
ed for in his life time, .4viz: -encouragemeut
to the labors of free white workingmen,
vehether tillers of affil, mechanics, or manu
facturers, So plain were theso facts becom
ing in the'eyeA,of the people, and, so liref]
were they now of the-disasters and prostra
.tioes,..which have been brought upon the in-,
duatrial interests of the country, through the
priaciples of the Deumeratie,party, that they
were about to rise up in their strength and
hurl their oppressors from the places - which
they - so unworthily occupied."
rgr Letters overland from San Francis
co to the 12th ult. inaom us that the •entire
Lecompton State tiCketandboth- candidates
for Congrere of tha t stripe basis home :145Cteii,
The Ldgislitureis I the same way :in " , both .
brandies. Tlib PeOple's Reform ticket' was
suoceasful Sati'.Francisco. audge Terry
and Senator Broderick tried to have a. duel
on the day the milleft, but the polite stop.
TN[_ GREAT BAIIOON•_YOYAGE
..Nearli - every one in dais locality is aware
that-the second ascension of the-Atlantic was
ad.vortised for the 20th of September. - • The
storm of that and the following day obligefl
the postponement of the .ascension until the
22d. (Thursday.) Eyery arrangement' had
been made for a successful inflation„ and at
. 37 minutes before 6 p,.m., the glad words,
4 all aboard,' Were, heard from Mr. . Lalgouo
tain, and_myself arid that distingulabediero
naut stepped into the car.. Macy were. the
friendly ',hands he shook—many' a fer Vent
"God bless you, and happy . Voyage,' were
uttered--end many handkerchiefs waved
their mute adieu.... •
" Let go all," and away we soared. 'As
we'rOse ;into the light, fleecy clouds, they
looked between-us and the earth,like patches
of snow we see lying iion the landscape in
Spring time'; but when we rose a little. high
er the clouda,completely shutout the efsrth,
and the . cold, white masses below us had pre
cisely. • the, same look' that . a 'mountainous
snow-covered country does Whe.n you, look
doxyd,. upon it frOm a higher mounta. In
sit minutes we' were fir above all the'louds
and the sun and wo.Were. face to face. We
saw 'Abe time after that 'when - his' face
looked very far fronri us. ` In sight minutes
after leaving the earth, the thermometer,
kindly loaned us •bye T. 41. pimp &
showed a fall of 24 degrees. It stood 84
when we left. The ballion rotated a good
deal, shiming that . she Vas ascending with
great rapidity..
At 2.48 the thermometer stood at 42, - and
falling 'very fast. At 5.50, we were-at least
two miles high--7-therinometer 34. At this
point., a suggestion made just before starting,
by Judge Clark of Pleasis,' was found t 6 be
a very good one. He he'd ads ised the ta
king along of some cotton, with' which to, fill
the ears when at great bights, and my father
had proCiired me. some. The unpleasant ring-
ing sensation had now become painful, and I
filled my ears with cotton. This made my
head' feel a good 'deal as a very large hollow
pumpkin may,bis suppo l ted to, with a hum
ming bird _upon its. surface.
- At 53)2 we put on our gloves andsshawls
—,an extra pair being found In friend Mayers
ov-etcoat—thermometer 32. The wet sand-,
'bags now became still - with cold=they Were
frozen. :.Ascending very rapidly: At 5.54
theimorrieter 28, and }Tilling. Here we caught
outlast sight of the earth by day light. I
recognized the St. Lawrence to the southeest
of us, which showed that' we - were drifting
nearly.north., At 6 o'clock we thought.we
were descending a little, and Mr. LaMoun
tain.direeted mei° throw out about twenty
pound's of ballast. This shot us up again
thermometer 2.6 and falling very slowly. At
6.os—thermometer 22 1 my feet were very
cold.
The Atlantic was now full, and presented
a most splendid sight. ! . -The gas • began to
discharge itself at the. outh, and its aborni,
nal smell, as it came "down upon us made me
- sick. Li Mountain was i r suffering a . good deal
with cold. ,1 pasied m. thick shawl around
-his shoulders, and . put th e blanket over our
knees and. feet. At 6.loj . ther.:lB. We drift
ed,alung:Until the sun left us, and in - a short
time thereafter the Wee, began te descend.
At (00 ihermomenx.22---rising,.• We must
have been, before we began to descend frorri
this.height, 3Ji miles high. At 6.30 thermom..-
eter - ,23--,rising. • I - •
• •
We were now. about stationary, though,tve
we - re sailing north of east. WO could, we
ihonght, ;certainly distitspish : water below
us, but unable to recogtre it. - At 6.3 S we,
threw over a bag of sap I, making Eio pounds
of ballaSi discharged,. leaving about It2t)
on ..hand.; . We distinctly heard a dog bark,
Thermo Meter 28--=rising rapidly. At 0.45.
'thermOmeter 33.. 1 • •
A 0.50 it. was dark and I could make no
mor a - minor:awls. P piit up my note book.
pen I and watch, and sk-Ittled down into the
bas et, es much, at hcime a* though at my
;gust 'in the Reformer office.. From this point
until the, morning'
.can only giVe my experi
ence front memory. The figures in the pre
ceding narrative were all made at the time,
and the Variations of thethermorneter 'can be
depended upon - as accurate. ~
We heard; soon. after dark; a locomotive
whistle, and occasionally could hear wagons
rumblin ,, along the ground or over a bridge,
while. tine dogs kept up an alniost ceaseless
serenade; as, if conscious! there 'was somethin g
in the sky monstrous and unusual We sail
ed alone contented and chatty, until abobt
`half -pastfseven i When we distinctly saw lights
and heard the roaringbf, a mighty waterfall:
'We desCended into a v4ley near a very high
mountain, but as the pNee.looked rather for
bidding we concluded togo up.again. Over
with 30 :pounds cif 'ballast -and sky-ward we
sailed. !In abotit 20 inmates we descended
again, Init.this time no friendly light or 'deep
mouthed; watch=dogs liciavy, bay' greeted us.
We were over it dense! wilderness, ,and set
tled .down over small'ilake. We bad our
life-preservers ready for'pse; but:got up . again
by:throWing over all our, ballsstexcept about
la:pounds. Mr.- La•*ountain now said it
was ,folly mid madness! to stay up any lon
ger, that! we were oven a great wildernesa,,,,
• and the Sooner we deacended the better. -We
.concluded to settle &W i n_ by. the side of 'a
tree, tie Irp, and wait until morning. In a
moment iwe were neat- t, earth,! mutes we
fell-I grasped the extrel 1
'top of a. Small
spruce, -which stopped her'descent, and we
were soon .fastened. to 41 by the large drag-
rope. - The touch of that spruce sent a thrill
of Clisdonilort to my heaft, for I knew that its
kind did not grow : In any well settled, nor in
any warns country.'
- Mr. ,L Mountain, a4id, •• after he looked
around-and madeas emelt of an examination
or the scenery as we.coidd do for the dark
ness and' - rain, [for it had 'rained the pitsf,
hour] that the Atlantin was played out—
We: were far into the woods, and if we got
out aliye,' we.otight - to be very thankful in,
•
e foiled ourselveil up in our blankets,.
and patiently waited unql morning. The rain .
, :dripped L down upon 119 lin rivulets from the
great balloon; and it was not long, before we
were welt as then coulti be. After a. night
passed it great discomf4wrt we were glad to
see the • fifst feint ray of daylight. - Culd, and
wet, 8 - a ; rainy, the morning broke, the PYPi'
cal precursor t - we were to learn ‘of many oth
er mornings to be spentn these uninhabited.
wilds. - We waited unti 6 o'clock, in hopes
the rain - would cease, ar. -that the rays of the
sun, = by. [worming the ' . 'gas in the balloon,
i i
would giire. us - ascending power sufficient to
get up•again, for the purpoas, kno other, of
obtaining a view of thli country - into . ! , 'hicit
we had descended. 'Mt rain did not cease;
-And,-we cOncluded tothro . over all we - had in
the - halloPn picapt. a cos apiece, the life pre
servers, the anchor and the coeraps.sa. pyer.
board, .then, >they wentl—good shawls - . and
blankets, , "Fayle's overcoit, bottles of ale and
a flask of cordial, ropes and traps of all kinds.
The Atlantic, relieved 'qr ber wet load, rose:.
majestically `: With us,. a#4 we ; were 410 to
behold the country below. ; It was an unbro
ken wildernass of lakes Sod spruce ----and we
fek, then,' that we hnd_ giants tbo fir, through
a miscalculation of the 'velocity of the bal l loot .
Ai thi current was still driving us to the
1191011 *II ', dirt not evil Ith is Te.were drift,
is further.. and - still :further lei' that "frozen
tiii•,".froin which we knev,°, there was no
MotintaitiNseized .the vatic
enrd and discharged gas, and we 'descended in
safetyrby the side of a,tall spruce. We
made the; Atlantic fist 144er anchor, and
. mOinent talked over what- wc should
d =We had not a mouthful to eat. No
protection at night from the damp ground ;
were-distant we knew„not how facfrom hab
itation,:were hungry to start with, do earthly
hdpa of raising a fire; ',And no 'distinct. idea
dal to where ,we were. We concluded to
truit tei the compass, kihdly loaned- brit.
K. isleWcomb;, , Esq.,, and take a course which
would ,biing us out of any , wilderness we
might be in,. We settled in our own minds
thst we were either in. John Brown'tiZract,
otj in the great Canada wilderness— the'
soptb, vi. 6 thought, of the Ottawa—and knew
that a course south by' east would take us
otit; if wahad strength enough to travel the,
di tanee. La M. stepped up to the ballOon
and gave the edge of the basket a shake, say,
ink; " Gol3d bye, old Atlantic," and I fancied
I lould see alum in his honest me when he
sari it,. He seemed greatly to regret.his•in
abilitp
tO perform. his engagements at the
ngston and Now York State Fairs, at both
of which he was advertised to Make aseen
si
7RAIIPIN4 IN 'VIE -IWO6DB
To the south east, then, we started. - At
1
to traveling about a mile and a half weemile
to the batik of a small creek, flowing down
fr M .the Westward. At thii point we were
agreeably! - smirked that soma human being
had be there before. us. 'For we. fOund
several small trees cut sown, the coals irom,
anold fire , and a half barrel which had con.
t ir
toned pork. I eagerly examined the stamp.
It ead
1 1 Mess Pork,
MI
. •
t I Montreal."
- . . k .
This,settled the question that we were in
Carada l l for I very well knew that no Mon
t '
treat inspection •cif . perk ever found its way
in 'ci 04 interior of Noir York State. We
tr eled aIL, day Friday up the unknown
cr
1
k, which kept. its general course to the
so hof west, crossing it about noon on a
flo' ing dog, and striking, on I its southern
bal:, a blazed" track, which led us up to a
de erted timber road, lying - on the opposite
si 1
( 1
from 'a large lumber shanty. We hoped
on ;of the lumber roads might take us Out to
as i ettlement, but'afteetraireling up them- ell
uniil they terminated in the wilderness, We
concluded to cross-the creek to the shanty;
andj stay in it all night. La Mountain got
across safety ; •but 'my weight was greater
than his", and the raft let me-into the stream.
1 sank in all over and swam Out, though it
i
required all , my- strength to do so, and on
r•-'chma - the bank I found my.self so chilled
. china
as scarcely
s to be able to stand. I:took off
. ,elotbes, wrung them, and we proceeded
to the -Shanty, where we.found pleniy/of
ref* +aw,; but it was dry, and under it
w .crawledpulling it over our' beads and
fades in I the hope that our breath might rid
in;ithe Warming of our chilled bodieS. I think
the. most revengeful, stony.heart would have
p4ied or condition then. The weary hours
of tiigh,t at last wore. riway, and we held a
neWicouncil. - 'lt was evident, we'reasoned,
that the creek, we were upon was used for
" dtruing' logk in the Spring season.. If,
then We followed it to its confluence with
the
then,
or some stream which emptied
into' thei Ottawa, we would - in time; get out
thearns way- the timber went :out. The
ro fof
the shanty was covered witirthe halves
of , log 'scooped out in a manner familiar to
•
all Woodmen. • These were light and dry,
an' Iwotdd form an excelleui raft. •Why•not,
th n, take, foilr ofthe..se, tie them to cross pie
ea :.by. kithes and such old things as we
cold fiii .. d_around the shanty, and pole the
strture down to that eivihnnion which a
S 3 - log 'ought to be able to reach.. Such was
th l , gout-e we. adopted.' We dragged the logs
do 'n toithe creek, •and ° La Mountain bound
- th- ril together, as hc %%Its evidently more of
a tulor than myself. - .
.
Ye got under way, and as • we pushed 'off
a raw — set up a iiisinal cawing—an inauspi
ciaus sign,- and ominous of the great trials
and i sufferings in stpre for us. We polled
,d(0.11 stream about ten miles and tame eh•
raptly upon an immense pine tree which had
fallen
i neross the stream, completely -block
ing the Pasage of the raft. Noother alrerna
tired wa4 }eft, but to- untie the nieces and at._
tempt td push then through udder the log.
Tfie waS at last done ; tied_ the raft together
egat i n and paled her down stream. -
To dity ,we ate.each a raw frog, all we
'could fi-td, L and began to- feel that .we were
il+gry. But there was'no cotriplaining--ope,
talk - was of the hopeful future and the eivilV
za ton we - hoped yet to, reach. ' Down title
cr ek_We went into a lake
,some two mires
lo g s, and into which we of course supposed
stream s passed, having its outlet at the
lo er end. . We folidwed down the northern
k
ba keeping always in ' , shallow spots, so
i
th;tt.our poles could touch thelottom, until
warrivi
m of the Isle wliere
we limn no outlet, and turned' back -upon
the obit ern bank in quest of it. On reaching
-the:head Of the fake we found that-the bur-.
real, of the creek turned abruptly to the right,
w.tliCh w S the reason of our losing if.
,Ye I ft, happy to have found it again, and
plied OUr poles like heroes. „IN :lased dur
ug) the l day the spot, whelk- w had firs!
e•\
stimek the creek, and where We h 4 mhde a
slight lafolniark, which might afterward aid.
uSiiit finiiiiig . the Atlantic, should we ever
wipb_ to ' o so in order'to get _her' ' out.'-' At
f\ight w'4did not stop, but kept the raft going
down, th ough the shade:s• of awful .forests,
whoses deem stillness-seerneuld the
den
ed mystery of our darkening future.
r
About 1.0 o'clock it began to rain •agein.--.
Wje i sta ped the " vessel," and crawted in
, under a Me " tag" alders orkthe bank, where
9u ..estr me 'weariness enabled us to get Per.
ha ~ ha do hour's sleep.? Piling again, (for
.
-it W, as easier to pole at bight, 'in 'the rain
doWn ari unknown stream,- than to lie on the
grind and freeze) we pressed on for
„a Couple
of t i olirst . Until about 3Velock; when ptire ex
halif.iticir, induced us to stop agairn This time
wii,found it spot where the elavey Runk lack.
edift Litt e of coming down . to'''. the Wrater:,--
(lb the fond we threw our little bundle of
stir w, and sat, xlown with our feet diliwn un.•
' de WI Oo that, our bodiea presented as little
sur aei aspo9eible (or Oa rain to beat upon,
ll•we could n9t stand sulit an uticomthrtable
po itioll urn us , we yere-poling down
' tit stream in a drizzling rain. At El, o'clock
we came a.stony
cent betweenon
regarded n.s hopeless, - We tied up anti. elf
aMinedi tbe. shore. 'ere, again,' ye. (amid
uomislesble evidence of lumbermen;as they
had evi entlif camped at this point, to he
4aPdY Y tits 41ti4114.: thq were siqq4opee
i i
obliged to make to get the'timber flown the
token: ;The rapids were about a third or 4
in! e long, and in all the rapids of Black Riv
er hefils:uothiho so wild and romantic, as
tk ! X" 4e 8• 994ed, tkp . §iiPk ' i t iltigg4t-
I se
it est'to try tff:tuck op foot.Ater trip/.
ektig aflouta.m4 l ,we found the bank `so tatt..
gle,d 4110 rugged, ittid 00'80* so 'Moat :/e.:•.
ha steel, that locOniotion , WS . impossible.
BO 'we #oneluded top beck, mid if we `weld
p thorati.:4loll"o Poe 0 4 :'1 1 14% . w.
would --go .on Willi- her; if .not,: we-."would
build, as geed a Once as possibleto crawl in
to, and prepare-for death; ' -
We wenkback, and, after examining the
stream attentively; coaelnded to try td pet
the raft down. West once -commenced, a'd
1 freely confess - this the most trying ; and la.
borious' work ola life of labor.. The pieces
would- not float over a rod at a time,' before
they would stick On some `.stone which the
low water left above the surface, and 'then
you must pry 'Covet:in some way, and pass
it along to the next•obStruction. We were
obliged to get into the stream, Often-up ;to
the middle, and there several times tell
headlong-completely using up our comp4s,
which now-frantically pointed in any :three
don its addled head thoughtdesirable. The
water had'Unglued the case, and it was ruined.
Aftee long hours - Of such labor,- we gOt the
'raft down, and La Mountain again tied it to - .
gether. s. Passing on; about an hour , we
came to alarge lake—ten miles long and Six
Miles breed, Aron - edit we must, of course;
pass until we should find the outlet. , So We
'turned up to.the right,tand pressed on with
as much resolution M could bo expected:—
To day. we found one.claip, which 4 insisted .
La Mountain should . eat, as he was moth
weaker than myself;and_had eaten Little' lor
nothing on the day We-sient.up. Around.We
went-into all the indentations of the shOre,
keeping alwaysin,rshallow water. %At fart
we stopped at a place ;we thought least ex
posed to the wind. 'We laid down upon the,
cold ground, having lifted Op the end of our
raft so that the wind might not drift it aWay
•in the night-. We were cold - when we - laid
down, and both dim tiernbled by thehear
like men suffering- from 'severe attack I of
the ague. The wind had risen just at night,
and the dismal surging of the waves upon
the shore formed, 1 thopght,-a-fitti'ng
,lullaby
to slumbers so disturbed and dismal as oars.
By this time our clothes were nearly torn
off. My pantaloons'were slit up both legs,
and the waistbands nearly torn . oft My
boots both. leaked, , and, our 'mighty wrest
-liege in the canons had tern the skin from
our ankles
and- hands: La Mountain's hat
was gone; the firstday out he- had thrown
away his woolen drawers and stockings, las
they dragged him down" by the weight'ofwit
ter they absorbed. IWe slept but little. It i l re.
ally seemed as though,during the 'night, ,we
passed thrtiugh the horrora of a dozen death's:
At daylight, we got up by degrees—first. on
one knee and thenori the other—so stifr.an4
Weak wil Could , hardly atand. '
A.ainj - upon the
,almest ;endless lake we
.1 13
went—follawing round its shore for an out,
'Jet. About 10 o'clock' we found a broad,
northerrestreain, which we thought was the
outlet wie. - yere seeking, and awe entered' 'it
with greatjoy, believing it would take use to
. ipir long sought Ottawa. Shortly, after 'en
tering the Stream it Widened out, and . 'as.
sumed'the form of alake. Wevoled up the
westerly ahord fur al.;olit 7 -miles, but found
We •were again deceived. On our way lup
Mr. La Mountain sang these pretty •lines ,
" Cheer up your hearts, my men,"•&s.
-His voice was hardly - above'asvhisper, but
the sting was a source tot great comfort I to
me. Ills, indeed, - ,wits a - "gallant mind,"
which the eitraordinary,hardships-- and dau.
`gers of our position had not daunted. Set
when we found that liWthe weary miles; Of
our morning traverha4 been in vain; and had
to be retraced, my res o lution certanly.failed
_me for a moment, s tind T sat-down upon My_
end of the raft; -and felt, like shedding one
teat of genuine regret.; Yet we felt that Our
duty, as Christian nien,;-wes to press on as
long as we'could - stand ;-and leave the issue
with God. .* .
It I
had' now been founfull days Since we ate
a meal. All , we had eaten in file mean tine
was a frog apice,e, fbarehirns, efew wild
berries, w hose acid properties and bitter taste
had probably done t.s_inore harm than gobd.
Our strength was begiiining to fail Very fiat,
and - our systems were evidntly about to Un
dergo an extraordinary; change. diA"pot
permit Myself to think of food—the thought
of a well covered table would haie been too
much. I thought over all of poor Strain's
sufferings on the isthmus- of Darien, where
he,
,too, was paddling . a raft down an unknown
sue:Ai—hut never believed he weld. stand.
half ; the-amount 'of. sufreri ng, lie did. Besides,
he hind means to make a file—We had•noni.i.
-He was upon a ‘ stream which he kn'ew
wotild lead to the sea and safety—we ,wera
upon waters whose flow: We knew really notb-:
ing td, and were as much lost as though, in
the Mountains of the' Moen. But we "could
not give iCiip so," and "took fresh courage' as,
troubles 'appeared to thicken!. - , . -1 .:
Well, wh turned the:raft around, and poled:
her back toward the place where-we had en
tered this last lake. ;- We had gone about a
mile- when!we heard-.the sound of a -gun;
quickly followed. by a second report. No.
sound was ever so sweet to me as that. We
hallooed as loud as we could a good many,
times, but could get no response. We khpt
our - poles going; and hdd gone about half a
mile wh e n I called- I.;a+Mountain's attention
to what I tholight Was a :smoke curling lop
•dinong the trees on the side of a hill. .My
own ,eyesight had- begun to fail me to an ex
tent that I could not, depend upon it when a
long, steady gaze - was'necessary. Ho said' it
was smoke, and that he thought just below
it, on the bank, was labark canoe. "In a few
moil - lents the blue smoke rolled gently,- 'et
'unmistakably, above,the" treetops, and lwe
'felt that wayore saved }. -Such a revulsion of
feeliterwastlinost too' much for us. We'
could hardly believe our senses, and credited.
anything. favorable. to our condition with the
utmost caution. OUr bitter disappointments;
had taught us that lesson. - • ;` I ,
.We paddled the. raft with' the ends of ' our
poles directly across the hike, near, perhaps,
three-fourths - of a:mile wide, and • made Ifor
the canoe. It proviA.to be'a large ono, evi
dently an Indian's.'
. 1 Up the bank I pres4ed,
leaving-La:MountaM at the canoe to cut Otis
retreat bythe:lntliat?, in case he -was ti id.
- and wished to, aivid l us; I came'at once p•
on the shanties of a,, lumbering wood, and
006 the chimney of the.,furthest. building a
broad volume of smoke : was rising. I hal
looed—a noise was hdard inside, and a noble
looking Indian came to the door, t` VOUS
perjey .14noais I" Was my eager Inquiry) as
I gasped his'outstretelted I hand. ‘.'''Yes, sir,
and'English, too."' 1;1 drew me into 'the
cabin, pied there . was the head the party, n
imble-it:darted Scotelinian, named Augus Ulm
.even. ' I Itnikdiately' told my stqry--that
We cane in whil 'a
ilanclee l were lost, and
ho 4 een f; ur. 448 ', 4 iyithollb food ? fishing
'where_ we WPre. : IMagine my surprise when'
-ho said Weere one hundred and fifty miles
due north o 'Ottawa- 7 -in the dense, imbibe&
ited forest,
,hose only, limit was the • Arctic
circle. - In, word,' we tyre nearly 300 t'zilles
1
i ll a iPia qqr ti t amfraP'!fr94 W' 4" Pifil l i I i l l
ieleitale 4 T , 1 ' • 1 .; ' ' ' 4 1 LI di
Dinner yfaa Ill! reany. • - The party :4 nsis i ti
ed, o r four persqus4ll.- citMerou, 40 liif
assi4tanti Who wile also' tilitlierl Pfurlefonit
144 Mahllii4cl2fougall—a half-breed—andliis
son Beauceli: -I clispatehed. the young Indian
for Lalfoutitain; who ciuriein after a- rino.
meat, the aintolute picture of ivretchedUess.
Itil tlpit the cabin conpiiiiel iyql freely ;Tlei :
.gored .12 . 4 4(1 ,11fel 0.1.1(.4/fila ear. - TANN° sI
.inadequate to eipress • e!ijr sensaiimie : while
4 4' ol o. The clouds tiO an 1 14e4 . 0 01 11!'iltle
outrage future, grid tiwit.ollver lining" alien°
all the ,brighw ofib4.'fieer, darkness 311ro'
!Wok wil bad pusel.' l ,' :- - " :- - -
Here let .me State that - the atieam we came
don so far will? our. ref tie ealled'Filliman's
Cre©k ; the largp lake we, sailed'. around is
called .Thisketotig Lake, and drains into Bosii
etolng.River—svihich floWs, into the.Gstineau.
The Gatineau jolns the Ottawa Opposite Ot
taWaCity. 114 Cameron "assures;: us . ' that
these:streams. ace so tortuous, and.. in many
plaees so 'rapid, ;that no set of men'could get
a raft down, no; litter how well
.. th e y knew
the eountry,.no bow much provision*- they
might haver lel regarded our '
many
i r
as purely provi4lential, and 'many times le-.
marked that We 9, would
„certainly I have per
ished but for setting his. smoke. 1 - .
.1 . 1.... Cameronlwal hunting timber for his
employers (Gilrhour 64 C0..0f Ottawa,) and
watt to start in tWe days for down , the .Gati.
neat',, to his headquarters at pesert. If we
would stay . until he started,- we' were-Wel: 1
conic; he said, 0 food. and acconimodations,
and he would take us down st6•Desert in his
canoe, and at that point we coulifget Indians
to take us fitrtlier on. He also said that he
bad intended to look for , timber on lilliman's
Creek, near' where -the balloon' would be
found, as we could describe the locality 'to
him,. and would try to look it up 'and make
the' attempt to get it. to Ottawa. This would
be a long and tedious °petition, as, the port
ages are very .numerous' between , the creek
and Desert--setnething over twenty—one et
them three miles long. i Over tbeie portages
of ,course the silk must: be - Carried .on _ the
backs of Indiank .
After finishing up his business in the vicin.
ity where we found him, on Friday morning
Mr. Cameron started. on his return. We.
stoppea, on our way up the creek, at 'the.
place' where we , ,had erected our signal by
which to find
,the balloon. We struck back
for the place , and in Abouf. -twenty, minutes
found her impaled, on the top- of four small
ish, spruce trees; ! torn very much: ! La Moun t
aini concluded to abandon her. .He took the
valve as a merbento,`and- I cut - otit the letters
"Tic" Whichluid• formed pare of, her !name,.
and'brought it home with me.. I We reached
what is known as - the ‘.‘ New 'Persil?' on Fri
day , night, and there ended 'our sleeping an
dui grournd---aii 'operation ! always Unpleasant,
but 'particularly. so at the Fall of the year,
On,' Saturday !wdYeached Desert - through
from which there-was no pro
tection.
~
_ At-Desert we; were a good deal : - troubled
to Obtain Indians: to take us!otit. At last we
appealed to Mr. doh Backus,* kind:hearted
American trader,' who agreed to procure us
a : complement of redskins sufficient .to• lake
us to Beau's place-60 miles---twhen - it . was
thought , *e' might obtain
.horts* Sunday
morning we started from Desert,- and reached
Alexis - Beau's abOnt 6, p; m. The scenery
upon this part of our route was.Subli6e and
imposing.. Thor printeval forest stood as
grand and silent'as when premed. The, Indi
arts we had, in onr employ to-day' surpassed.
anything I ever beheld . in physical yigor, and
endurance. There were fifteen 'portages to
he made during the day's run of:60 miles.
They woUld,Seitie the canoe, jerk it upon,
their shoulderti with .a swing, and start upon
a dog trot as unconcernedly as though bear.
ing no burden. Arriving at -the bottom of
the fall, they, would toss the canoe into the
stream, cry out,4" Arretes lu !" an&away,
we would, go vm, gliding down the . ' stream
like an arrow, We traveled 15 miles and
made 7 portageiin 1 hour and-40,minutes:
Starting at 7 in the evening ; we traveled
nearlyall night through the forests, over one
of the worst roads that ever was jeft unfin,
ished, and reached Brooks's, farin,' .ft, sort..of'
frontier' tavern,- in the early Morning, where
we' slept it couplObf hours, and after break:
that pressed '.ere by the stage •to. Ottattia,
which we 'reache at, 5 °Mock on' lionday
afternoon. Our: rst rush was= to the- tele
graPh office.,.wher: e the trembling 'Wires sped .
the glad news of our safety to the "loved
ones at honie." At Ottawa we were most
hospitably enteitanted. Indeediliipm the
time we left thel3asketong until we reached
home, we:met wA lt nothing bUt-one continual
Stream of congrainlation and protered :.
kind
nesses._._ ,
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At ogderisburgh. anda along the line of'
the Potsdam anct, Watertown -Poi:lroad,- we
found large crogyds -awaiting odr arrival,
which gave utirifistakable eviden l ce 'of „the
deep sympathy lilt in o,ur fate.' - 1
._
I. I- • • JOEIN A. 11.0T10CS. -.
Watertown, IT ? Y.; Oct. 5, 1859. - . ,
. ,
Hero 'pro some choice extracts - from
an articlf in the ashington Statei, •exhibit
ing its
.affection
,for " the -New pork' Ben
nett." Both pariies.are " fidende , Of the Ad-,
.miniatration :" 4.
," That knave gr all . kntivea—the hideous
suave if au ...... —the . ri,.._
master of blackliail—the defame of -honor
—thq assailant .virtue—the rot? er of pur
,
ity—the- disease qfr tl,' polluted, .infan4ous .Jack
Ketch,,has infeckid the atrnosph+ of this
city for some. - 4ys past--,lskt v .dking in by
streeis by. day, jike the exhurnel spirit of .
some arch4lemo, and prowling about by
night; in what di : Oxidic shape no.,one can des
cribe,Land into, atl vile milks 'and • cornets
God only knows It is difficult toy, conceive s
a wretch so de, itute of huthanitV and - so
thickly clothed fifith the soiled . andi lesotted
garb of iniqUitiAaded with crisis and drip--
ping- I —dripping Viith the.filth of de ravity.—
It is lard for hifinanity 'to loltpon him
without•a shuddel.of horror."
t
Ilk *. ,-; * ~ * *' ~ ••
' "The GOvermilent has. ut thel doors'. in
his 'face. .The : residentat leni,l discov
ers his error, ap acknowledges , is deep- I
seated villany., ;All litre in autho 'V . bhur.
him as they wOnid shun e a leper. - He will
inalt9:, little by. liAi' visit, - nye, -per spa, the
destructibn of .349 young and aim le being,
who will hereafttr find ,out the' treacherous .1
lazar. Let the piper leave- 7 1et the-ejty" be '•:
emptied of him. 7 . . f . ,-.
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A MOST VALTINT ACT.—The .Democrats.
at St. Cloud, h i` nesota, :valorously burned'
Mrs—Swisshelmilthe outspoken editreis, in i
effigy, &few evegnigs ago,..because she de
nuunees'tnd is b •
andund to defeat Ali.. Lowery,'
tn
the beeeratie n
ndidate for Lieu
about a year - ago" destroyed her
. printing - of.
flee. This is lartleteristin of the- modern.
" Deinoeratie" a irlt, for as Mrs: Il says, in •
speaking of the su}t o ff ered her, !they - are
the representati -of the • womatiAvhippit4c,
bobv•stealing e valry of the: South. , The
. Er .
ml
_
one great objectkof the party is to,ittend and
perpetUate the lAtitotiotforwqrqau- bippirg, 4 ;
404 . 41etilfriga h that a - woman a outd, to
them, rep,resert 0 force with 'w jell ' tbeY l'
felt
have to. contend!' 'Mobbing women nd burn.
ing, them in effigy is. suitable . e m 4doyment 1
for the Democrats, and we like.to see ` -
- them i .
stick to their'
trade" . .1. _: 1
1
L "The lona --- i eqisto sa ys :that ofe-
,
POoils liqvil leeli• sils,P,o4o . 0:
r oma g e, and-Will voi . be resimie 4 040 4
d again on-
Pi tbe deigand foi bar iron shall inerease.--:
I r iron . coungicts Prferf d odgy life preifm
l IT; JAI buy in fingland And in Wales, where-1
hq Imv rate of labor produces-lion jet a re- I
'duped rate In price: - It is good ‘,, Democrat
ic- 1 1 policyi to go abroad and buy wtniight .
ll\
justas well be made at lie m '
• '
. ,
larig the W a rren _ 2enstaria
the liepOilicital heve nelninxted 1
Son, gr. Pater colloty, to succeed : .
field. 1 An excellent nomination.
Do'You want, — to 'loot "prawn
it get out go v 044116 you
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