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BUSINESS CARDS.
LAMBERTON & MERRIMAN,
k TTORNEYS AT LAW, No. 204 _Market , street.
Wilkesbarre Pa. Wlll practice . In the !several
Courts of Lezerni3 and' Stuiquehanna Counties.
C. L. Lexnunsost. N. L. MzunntAx.
Dee. 4.1866. .
Ds. E. L. BLAKESLEE;
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liplaffSlClkN SUBGEOILIas located at Brooklyn,
A Snag's cO., Pa. Will attend promptly to all calls
with which he may be favored. Ofd at L.)l. Bald.
wtn'a[July 11—ly
DR. E. L. GARDNER,
PYSICIAN and SURGEON Montrose. Pa. Office
over Webb s Batsmen° Store. Boards at
Searle...Motel. [May, 1805.—tf
ST. CHARLES .HOTEL,
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J. W. 331.1.3rigemes.,
3Paziam. ALsrezuszes,
19C7R8IST g raIST, Peazza. 7 a.
Ang, 6, 1868. ly
ROGERS & ELY,
U. S. AUCTIONEERS,
for SIISQ'A and Luzern Counties.
Brooklyn, May 10, 1865.-Iy'
G. Z. DIMOCK,
iSuraekcon,
ThaiDaatroisio, 3P a-
Office over Use Poet 011ie°. Boards t Se6s. arle's
of b. 9 a ,
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DR. D. A. LATHROP,
MAT be found at the Keystone Ilotel.—Room No
IL [Montrose, Jan. 15t,1865.
JOHN SAUT TER,
R Es a r re Eg t ir o r c u u L t ul ttitnnrocfesott,hmatenbue an ,tar j o r . e t -
Pisa nab I e Stfle, and warranted to fit with elegance
and ease.
overl.N.Bullard's Store.
Montrose, Nov. 23, 1864.
C. S. GILBERT,
112. 0t 1 Cio p 0 r
Legalized according to Act of Congress.
Address; - Great Bend, Pa.
D. BREWSTER,
AUCTIONEER FOR SUSITIA CO.
Address, Montrose , Pa.
BILLINGS STROUD,
EIRRIAND LIFE INSURANCE AGT ;NT. Officeover
the Pest Office, at west end or Be .ek Block. In his
a bosses, business at the office will b e transacted by C.
L. BELO N Montrose. Starch 1, `lll4.—ti
11. BURRII.T,
DZALRR In Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Crockery
Hardware. Iron, Stoves. D' rags, Oils, and Paints
Boots and Shoe.. flats mud Cnl Furs. Buffalo Robes
G rwc cries, Provisions, etc., tie Milford, Pa.
April 21, 11564.
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LATHROP, TY LER 'c.ife RILEY,
ZALER Bin Dry Good s , Groceries, Hardware, Ready
1,1 , Made Clothing, Bo its & Shoes. nat. & Caps,
Weed k Widow ti,"arn, II on, Nails, Sole .t Upper Leath
r 'flak. Flour and Bah, ell of which they Offer at the
cry
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Lathrop' Brick Building, Montrose, Pa.
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.11 1. lIIIWTTING COOT' in BMW' DNINZSB.
IV H. COOPER 41.- CO.,
BANKERS.—Moni rose, Pa. Successorsto Post,Cooper
Co. Office, L Ahrops'new building. Turupike•st.
I. I. M.COLLIIIIL
McCOT ,LITM t SEARLE,
ATTORNEYS a' ad Counsellors at Law.—Montroae,l'a.
olnce in Lath come new building, over the Bank.
PETER HAY,
Llic'eo r used. .41...u.crticmazeor ,
• A-a burn Four Corners. Pa•
• A. 0. WARREN,
TTOB ABT AT LAW. Bounty, Back Pal. Peapton,
and' .leraption Claims attended to. febT
3 " 1 " vwf a first door below Bold's Store,' Montrose, Pa.
at. C. SUTTON,
LIQ ENE= AUCTIONEER, Friends , llk, Snag' aco
I *my . &. Jan. 'O4.
DOLT. E. L. HANDRICK,
FArIITSICIAN & SIIRDEON, 'respectfully tenders Ms
professional services to the citizens of Friends
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file andvicinity. Or Office in the office of Dr. Leer.
Jul.+ .
*nerds at J. Hosford's. [ 80, 1888. ly
H. G-ARRATT,
INEALER In Flour, Feed. and Meal, Brinell and Dairy
Al Salt, Tiftiothy and Clover Seed, Groceries, Vol/h
-ens, Fruit, Fish, Petroleum Oil, Wooden and Stone
ware, Yankee Notions. Re. Ge. VirOpposite Railroad
Depot, New Milford, Pa. Meb 24, 1868.-17.;
C. O. FORDHAM,
krAItIFACTUBERof BOOM tk. SHOES, McCraw.
•}Na_. -PA. Shop over Dewitt's store. Ail Wilde of work
.11°1 to order. And repairing done neatly. je2 7.
:::••••ABEL TURRELL, •
TIEA.LER In Drage, Medicines, Cheu;Scale„ Dye
.1," Stuffs. Glala a r e Paiute, OM, Varnish, Wtn
aiow Ghee, Orbeeriea, Fancy Goode, Jewelry Perfollf
roe &e..—Agent ferltlltb.e teed popular PATENT
DIEDIETNES,—Montrdae, Pa.
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IC.DENTlSTe—introse, Pa.
CllB l:9 P ll43 eth Lathrop.' new building, over •
tkillisalc. • Air Dental operation, be Illaaa as
performed is goaclit s ile and warranted.
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noels Block.* oser store of iles4,lFstrott, - •
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ut.' istAtsig loos on *tort notice. in best style. ,I= I GO '
• JOHN GROVES, •
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RESTORATION.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE of
The PRESIDENT.
Favorable Report of Gen. Grant.
Southern Affairs Promising—The People
Are Submissive—Restoration Succeeding
Well—Representation in Congress will give
Entire Union and Harmony—Negro
Troops should be Withdrawn—Negro
Bureau Producing Trouble.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.
To the Senate of the United States :
In reply to the resolution adopted by
th-e Senate on the 12th, I have the honor
to state that the Rebellion *aged by a
portion of the peoplo against the proper
i y constituted authorities of the Govern
ment of the,United States has been sup•
pressed; that the United States are in
iossession of every State in which the in
s urrection existed, and that, as far as
c nuld be done, the Courts of the United
States have been restored, post offices re
established, and steps taken to put into
e.Tective operation the revenue laws of the
et sentry.
As the result of the measures institu
te d by the Executive with the view of in
ducing a resumption of .the functions of
th e State, comprehended in the inquiry of
th I Senate; the people in North Carolina,
So uth Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennes
see , have reorganized their respective
State Governments, and are yielding obe
die nee to the laws and Government of
the United States with more willingness
and greater promptitude than under the
cire =stances could reasonably have been
ant icipated. The proposed amendment
to t be Constitution, providing for the ab
olit ion of slavery forever within the lim
its if the country, has been ratified by
eacl one of those States, with the excep
tion of Mississippi from which no official
info filiation has been received, and in
neat , ly all of them measures have been
adol fled, and are 'now pending to confer
upoi t freedmen the privileges which are
esseinial to their comfort, protection and
seen rity.
In Florida and Texas the -people are
making commendable progress in restor
ing their State Governments, and no
donut is entertained that they will, at an
early period, be in a condition to resume
all ot* their practical relations with the
Federal Government. In that portion of
the Union lately in rebellion the aspect
of affairs is more promising than in view
of all the circumstances could well have
been expected. The people throughout
the entire South, evince a laudable desire
to renew their allegiance to the Govern
ment, and to repair the devastations of
war by a prompt and cheerful return to
peaceful pursuits. An abiding, faith is
entertained that their actions will con
form to their professions, and that in ac
knowledging the 'supremacy of the Con
stitution and the laws of the United
States their loyalty will be unreservedly
given to the Government whose leniency
they cannot fail to appreciate, and whose
fostering care will soon restore them to a
condition of prosperity. It is true that
in some of the States the demoralizing ef
fects of the war are to be seen in occa
sional disorders; but these are local in
character, not frequent in occurrence, and
are rapidly disappearing as the authority
of civil government, is extended and sus
_
D. W. B3A
tain ed. -
Perplexing questions were naturally to
be expected from the great and sudden
change in the relations between the two
races, but systems are gradually develop
ing themselves under which the freedman
will receive the protection to which he is
justly entitled, and by means of his labor
make himself a useful and independent
member of the community in which he
has his home.
From all the information in my posses
sion, and from that which I have recently
derived from the most reliable authority,
lam induced to cherish the belief that
sectional animosity is surely and rapidly
merging itself into a spirit of nationality,
and that representation, connected with a
properly adjtu3t,ed system of taxation,
will
result in a harmonious restoration of the
relations of the States to the national Un
ion.
The report of Carl Schurz is herewith
transmitted, as requested by the Senate.
No reports from the Hon. 'John Covode
have been received by the President.
The attention of the Senate is invited
to the accompanying , report of Lieuten•
ant General Grant, who recently made a
tour of inspection thrOugh several of the
States whose inhabitants participated in
-the Rebellion.
(Signed) . ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 18, 1865.
Report of Lieutenant General ,Grant.
Head Quarters, Armies of the
United States, Washington,
Dec. 18, 1665.
kis Excellency Andrew Johnson President
of ,the trai; f 4 States ;
8m :-In reply to yournote of the 16th
instant, requesting a report from me, give
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, JAN. 2, 1866.
ing such information as I may be pos
sessed of coming within the scope of the
inquiries made by the Senate of the Uni
ted States in their resolution of the 12th
inst.,:l have the honor to submit the fol
lowing, with your approval, and also that
of the Hon. Secretary of War :
I left Washington on the 27th of last
Mouth for the purpose of making a tour of
inspection through some of the southern
states, or states lately in rebellion, and to
see what changes were necessary to be
made in the disposition of military forces
of the country ; how these forces could be
reduced and expenses curtailed, &c., and
I to learn as far as possible the feelings and
intentions of the citizens of those states
towards the general government.
The state of Virginia being so accessi
ble to Washington city, and information
from this quarter, therefore, being readily
obtained, I hastened through the state,
without conversing or meeting with any
of its citizens. In Raleigh, N. C., spent
one day, in Charleston, S. C., two days, in
Savannah, and Augusta, Georgia, each a
day. Both in travelling and stopping I
saw and conversed freely with the citizens
of those states as well as with officers of,
the army who have been stationed among
them.
The following are the conclusions come
to by me :—I am satisfied that the mass
of thinking men of the South accept the
present situation of affairs in good faith.
The questions which have heretofore divi
ded the sentiments of the people of the
two sections, slavery and State rights, or
the right of a State to secede' from the
Union, they regard as having been set
tled forever by the highest tribunal, arms,
that man can resort to. I was pleased to
learn from the leading men whom I met,
that they not only accepted the decision
arrived at as final, but now that the
smoke of battle has cleared away and
time has been given for reflection, this
decision has been a fortunate one for the
whole country, they receiving the like
benefits from it with those who opposed
them in the field and in the council.
Four years of war, during which the
law was executed only at the point of the
bayonet throughout the states lately in
rebellion, have left the people possibly in
a condition not to yield that ready obedi
ence to civil authority the American-peo
ple have generally been in the habit of
yielding. This would rend t sr thepresooca
of small garrisons throughout those states
necessary until such time as labor returns
to its proper channel, and civil authority
is fully established. I did not meet any
one, either those bolding places under the
government, or citizens of the southern
states, who think it practicable to with
draw the military from the south at pres
ent.
The white and the black mutually re
quire the protection of the General Gov
ernment. There is such universal acqui
escence in the authority of the General
Government throughout the portion of
the country visited by me, that the mere
presence of a military force, without re
gard to numbers, is sufficient to maintain
order.
The good of the country and economy
require the force kept in the interior,
where there are many freedmen.
Elsewhere in the Southern States than
at forts upon the sea coast no force is ne
cessary. They should all be white troops.
The reasons for this are obvious, without
mentioning many of them. The presence
of black troops, lately slaves demoralizes
labor, both by their advice and by fur
nishing in their camps a resort for the
freedmen for long distances around.
White troops generally excite no opposi
tion, and therefore a small number of
them can maintain order in a given dis
trict. Colored troops must be kept in
bodies sufficient to defend themselves.
It is not the thinking portion who would
use violence towards any class of troops
sent among them by the general Govern
ment, but the "ignorant in some places
might, and the late slave seems to be im
bued with the idea that the property of
his late master should by right belong to
him, at least should have no protection
from the colored soldier. There is dan
ger of collision being brought on by such'
causes.
My observations lead me to the conclu
sion that the citizens of the Southern
States are anxious to return to self gov
ernment within the Union as soon as
possible. That whilst reconstructing
they want and require the protection from
the Government that they think is
Ire
quired by the Government, not hu ilia
ting to them as citizens, and that i t.'
u
a course was pointed out they word in
sue it in good faith. It is to b 6 reg tti
that there cannot be a greater emu in,
ling at this time between the oitiz s
the two sections, and particularly of m
intrusted with the law making pow .
I did not give the operations o tl
Freedmen's Bureau that attenti
would have done if more time ha ' ei
at my disposal. Conversations o ti
subject, however, with officers con otA
with the bureau, led me to think at
some of the States its affairs ha n
been conducted with good jud4 nt
economy, and that the belief 'di
spread among the freedmen of the opt
era States, that the lands of their rtf
owners will, Wei* inpart, be
anions them, has come OM gm, at
this bureau. This belief is seriously in
terfering,with the willingness of the freed
men to make contracts for the coming
year.
In some form the Freedman's Bureau is
an absolute necessity unlil civil law is es
tablished and enforced, securing to the
freedmen their rights and full protection.
At present, however, it is independent of
the military establish ment of the country,
and seems to be operated by the different ,
agents of the Bureau according to their in
dividual notions. Everywhere Gen. How
ard, the able head of the bureau, made
friends by the just and fair instructions &
advice be gave; but the complaint in South
Carolina was that when he left things went
on as before. Many, perhaps the majority
of the agents of the freedman's bureau ad
vise the freedmen that by their own indus
try they must expect to live. To this end
they endeavor to secure employment for
them, and to see that both contracting
parties comply with their engagements.
In some instances, I am sorry to say,
the freedman's mind does not'seem to be
disabused of the idea that the freedman
has the right to live without care or pro
vision for the future. The effect of the
belief in the division of lands is idleness
and accumulation in camps, towns and
cities. In such cases I think it will be
found that vice and disease will tend to
the extermination or great reduction of the
colored race.
It cannot be expected that the opinions
held by men at the south for years can be
changed in a day, and therefore the freed
men require for a few years not only laws
to protect them, but the fostering care of
those who will give them good counsel,
and on whom they rely. The freedman's
bureau being separated from the military
establishment of the country, requires ad
the- expense of a separate organization.
Oneldoes not necessarily know what the
other is doing, or what order they are ac
-1 ting under.
It. seems to me this could be corrected
by regarding every officer on duty with
troops in the southern states as agent of
the freedman's bureau, and then have all
orders from the head of the bureau sent
through department commanders. This
would create a responsibility that would
secure uniformity of action throughout
the south, would insure the orders and
instructions from the head of the bureau
being parr!ed out, and would relieve from
duty alla : al' - d - 1-2ript wordier of employees
of the Government.
I have the honor to be,
very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General.
Winter Cometh.
Whose voice is that which sounds outside ?
Whose footstep is that we hear
Across the open plain draw near ?
Who comes this way at break of day,
And knocks against the cabin door
To fright the children of the poor ?
His face it has the look of death ;
His beard is white with frost and snow
No kindly beam his dull eyes know ;,
His step is bold, his breath is cold—
Oh, hark I it is his tread we hear,
Each day it sounds more loud and near
He pauses not beside the way,
But like a conquering hero comes,
With gathering sound of muffled drums;
Ftoin yonder height at dead of night,
When all beside is hushed and still,
His clarion tones the wide air fill.
:' icy fetters strong as steel
1
He chains the torrent in its course
That through the chasm thunder hoarse;
eneath his look the meadow brook,
That babbled on thro' weed and grass,
Grows on a sudden smooth as glass.
The stately palace windows shine
With pleasant warmth and brilliant light
To charm away the gloom of night;
And guests are there, the rich and fair,
Who to and fro on joyous foot
Move to soft strains of music sweet.
He enters not, but straightway goes
On to the hovel, damp and low,
Where shine no firelights' cheerful glow;
The old man groans, the mother moans,
The infant opens wide it eye,
And gives a low and piteous cry.
He threads the city's heartless streets;
' See where yon lonely taper burns,
Up the steep flight of stairs be turns;
With fingers worn, around her form,
She wraps the coarse shawl, torn and old
To keep her from the bitter cold.
1
He meets the beggar in his path,
Who shivers as the foe draws nigh,
And shrinks to let the tyrant by;
On, on he goes, his cold breath blows
The pelting rain and stinging sleet
.Adown the blank, deserted street.
lOn mountain heights be ranges wide;
en There, by the darkness led astray,
b d e The traveler sinks upon bis way,
Helpless, alone, and weary grown,
i n And there balfburied in the storm
of There brave dogs find the lifeless form.
or So comes the tyrant Winter on,
' I Y It is bis footsteps that I hear,
b- Each day it sounds more loud near;
er the voice is bold ; bis touch
ad ON bark !he knocks against tbe door:
of row may the Great God help the poor !
OUR 0017NTY SOEOOLS.
To the School Directors, Teachers, and Peo
ple of Susquehanna County
The truly successful teacher is a person
of a multitude of qualifications. He should
have much energy, industry and decision
of character. A lazy man will accomplish
as little in the school-room as anywhere
else. He must feel strongly impressed
'with the idea that the work must be as
that thorough advancement
must be made, grid he will work vigor
ously andAncessantly to reach this end.—.
Anxiety, en d care, and solicitude are _un
avoidable. He has an indomitable deter
mination. And yet- he must have abun
dant prudence and caution, that all things
be doneliscreetly, and that rashness be
shunned. He needs a good stock of gen
eral information—needs good sense, good
judgment, and a good knowledge of hu
man nature ; a knowledge of mind and
motive, and of the laws of health. He
needs a love for his work, a fondness for
children, and an instinctixe interest in
their condition. When the scholar asks for
" bread," the cold, repulsive nature will
give him " a stone." He needs "aptness
to teach"—the ability to impart instruc
tion so as to make it understandable and
attractive. There is a difference between
comprehending a thing ones self and lead
ing another to comprehend it.
The teacher needs a thorough knowl
edge of the branches he is to teach, and
must find pleasure in their elucidation.—
When he is full of the spirit of the work,
those Wider h* care will catch the inspi
ration.
As a general rule, he needs a daily pre •
paration for his classes—needs to be
stow a little forethought upon the difficul
ties to be met, and to be ready with il
lustration. He needs to be ail the time
learning. He needs self-control and dis
cipline—needs the power to govern him
self effectually. He needs a proper mo
tive---a definite purpose—needs a well-de
fined notion of what he wants to do, and
why and how he wants to do it. He
needs to feel the great responsibility that
rests upon him—the vast moment that at
taches itself to his operations.
He who engages in this work merely to
fill an interim of leisure, or to earn a mea-'
gre pittance of pecuniary compensation, is
a bane to 'human welfare. He needs ac
quaintance with the best authors upon
the Science of teaching. 'While-- every
teacher must have his own methods—the
results of his own earnest thought—with
which he will do much better than with
any modes entirely borrowed, being bet
ter in accordance with his own peculiar
genius, yet the light of the experience
and investigation of others is indispensa
ble in determining
_those methods. The
hazard is too great that much precious
time (his own and that of his pupils,) will
be lost, and many fatal errors committed,
to start out, at the present day, wholly
into untried regions of experiment,.
Profound scholars existed ages ago.—
And from that time to the present, the
subject has received the attention of the
wise and the good. Theories have been
tested and results marked. Progress has
been made. This accumulated mass of
knowledge and experience; cannot be
safely ignored.
The teacher needs actual practice and
experience of his own to develop his best
capacity. However correct his abstract
and theoretic views, skill in their applica
tion can only be acquired by use. Know
ing how a thing is done, and knowing
how to do it are two things. This abili
ty can best be gained, at first, by
working in a model school in which the
best approved principles and methods are
carried into operation under the direction
of competent instructors.
Such is the training that produces the
only really " qualified" teacher. And the
younger and more " backward" the school
to be taught, the more absolutely essen
tial is this qualification on the part of the
tutor.
Now, the larger part of these qualifiea-.
Lions—all except the natural gift—can .be
most efficiently and advantageously se
quired at our Normal Schools. This is
the very purpose for which these schools
are established. Can the wisdom of their
establishment be doubted ? We have one
in our district; why should we not avail
ourselves of the benefit of it? If we had
a corps of efficient graduates from these
institutions, or teachers equivalent to
them, for all the schools of our county,
who does not know that time would be
gained and money saved, even at double
or treble the rates of wages now general
ly paid ? This is leaving out of consider
ation the incalculable advantages ,of a
vastly higher character.
Is the universal education of our child.
ren and youth desirable? Is our Coto.
mon School system worth sustaining?--
Does the destiny of our land in any way
depend upon it ? Is it to affect the use.
fulness and happinessr4he everlastbg
weal of coming generations ? le there
any thing of moment thatpertains to.it ?
And if this work is worth doing st all, is
it not worth doing well—worth doing 40
the best advantage ?
Why should Susquehanna , Comity fall
behind ? Her geograti_hioalpositialif she
keen pure air of her bills and valleys, and
the oharsiter of bfa roPley . 16113 t tout)
such necessity. The terrible excitement
ivoLu= xxmt
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through which our country has pseepil'iks;
over. Public interest Will' soon be s,
sorbed in other enterpiiiet; Vhatiiablef t
can engage the ?
Teachers, I appeal to you., YOU itto
have entered the , field
,feeling thstiangte,4
thing mere is neet)#o, or you lirlap q q
contemplating such a Atop, and who ) ifri
conscious that you pdsbeis the' instiriethe
endowment for the,work,"fivillindithat-s%
few terms: more or less aecoriaing,tq.;thial
proficiency,. elsewhere st,tained,),,,4 tnE„,,
IsTortnal Schools ivw .mr , wiltpay ,us
honor. WM Oath. - But-it will
pay in' reward' far rtnoiel
gold or renown. The.faithfutteacbei:wbtr ,
does hie duty well is w,pablicionefado!,;t
and merits the graAtn49Rf tirztM".
You are to 'gnaw teaching a
something worthy the callit4'
donbtedly would- be the bestilwak tolsib;
complish the results But, if teachersi`'cami
not find the menus, why, shot:ad...they ;mi tt
be sent,st . publio cost, in accorOeu?9
the provimons of law ? ' '
Are there fears that the outlay 'you'd'
be too great ? That prices- would-be tool
much enhanced? That taxes would. bit,
too high ? Would it he policy or econo-,
my to lake a bungler to build a horn
one dollar a day in pieferenealo
carpenterat two ? Shedd we not lotieta
And in -how many wayst-i What; then;,
when the minds and Rests and bodies4 J
the children are theobjects tope,
,r i rough!,
upon ! E. A.WssTN,.
Brooklyn, Jan: e; 1966. - •
Alining can hardly : he a...pleasant °tett.,
patiou. The absence of sun and all
refligltt, the dripping sides of the shalt;
and danger of explosion frdin the firi' ,
damp, of jutting rocks and ntirtierotient&l
er perils, invest it with vague 'terrors. tun
active iniaginattnus. .Brit whenthaeha,
run under the sea, and, tbe • sirell t he _
ocean is distinctly 'audible, it '
gest many fearesto - th'e diligent 'minersia
The following graphic description is tar
ken from aid Englishvaper i , a
We are ,low lour; hundred yards, ,ont
under the bottom
~of, the sea, and twentt i
feet below the sea level:, ,Coast trade'
vessels are sailing over' our beads. Tiro'
hundred and'forty feet below us inersref:
at. work, and there are giillerieeyet belogr i t
that. The extraordinary position, do,wlt,
to the face, of
„tire surface, at Bot.silie,
now explaine. 'The anin'e
ted like other inlet, under the' earth; but
under' the sea. Having coutinunicated ,
these particulare,. the miner tellik. lAA%
keep silent and listen.. Wenbey, him. site
ring speechless , and motionless. ,If the
reader could gaily have behtld dints*
dressed in oueiolored garments; triddleti.
close together in ~a,..niere cleft .of Bobtail+=
ranean rock, with a flame burning inner,
heads, and darkness enveloping - our limbs,
he must certainly, have imagined without
any violent stretch' of fancy, that he was
looking down upon a conclave of gnomes.
After listening a few minutes,n distant
and unearthly found, becomes faintly au-,
dible—a long low, mysterions moaning
that never charigea, that ieftill on the ear
as well as heard by it, a sound that might
proceed from incalculable• distance—from
some invisible height-tea sound. 'unlike
anything that is heard on the .upper
ground in the free *air.of heaven-43010
so sublimely and still so' ghostly and im
pressive when ' • listened , to in the aubterat
ranean recesses of the earth, that we eon.
tinue instinctively to, hold •oniipeace,!as - if
enchantedby it and think not- of &mum
nicating to each other the strange awe
and Mitonishment which it. has inspired in
us , frowthe very first. -
At. last the muter speaks and tellkas
that what we. hear is , the sound of
surf-lashing the rocks' hundred i tad
twenty feet , ' arbor& iia and qifuhe maims
that are breaking on :the beach.: bayou&
The tide is' in now at the flow, andv..ther
sea is-in nol , 'extraordinarystate Of ~ a gital
tion, so %hosanna:is low, and distant just'
at this period. But when' litormir ern at;
their height, whee.t.ho'ucetin hurts HAP
tain after nasonnutinuf water on Alio ; di*,
then the noise is terrific; the roar down
here in the mine is so inexpresibly florin
and awful, that the, holdeat i mea at work
are afraid to continue Aheir laber,
cend brenthe tke.npper•;pir, anclaMa4
on firm earth, dreading , thoughlatvataih
tropho has lever. happened : yet—thatlhe
sea will break in upon them if they!regleiik
~IrmLitell viT
Ofidrig under the Sea. ;!.
in the , cavem below., • ,- ' • ••,}-: •
Hearing this we got OP to lonl6it: th e
rock above nit. this,
are' alfldiki r tittitid iiii ! `
right in the position; we' tio* humpy; M'
flaring oni.candles hither , ,kria,,thitherut
the.darktiess, :can Aefi Aheigightiiip,npt
copper streaming thrrin,sh ? the rallery,4l
every direction..„Lumpk of I ore Orthe
!nolo histroua green color. traverTily a
na t u ral ne*CF - li.;of thin ! ".To4,:;?Piiits f #ri
aPPel,ir. *
4 0 FP 0 1 4 Oer° iii li r e iro44
Pateb TO . 'vf4ich I FMT.I2 I S : ttref
slowly Oa ,Ince . e!!mtitut, i gtert:AWp, r
This is OP .4 1 P Fata.,t ti eia ol o4* 0 400
invisible annulus - in c.Xelqk.,; ;(4 Bt,r=
my, daya_it mints out, J13401(1,1012 ',OA'S
continuous streams. lust, 'oveipiT tail
we observed a wooden ping, or the' ick.
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:O . lieefal
,W;liflllielly...
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us the Tootlit ibis Ohs" l ot '6 ' '