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Lirr.2 the Oar Load, By O: elicited. , J. itATZER A CO. I NATIONAL STAIR EUILMS i AND Tin $niiif Shop n i ' - '.'ii ' ' ' . ', i ' ' i ; if ' . : ,;!.L:Vi''J.(.i,i;;i j s'J, I. ' . -vj r.ir4t?ji'-V?'' V.4 I J.vVSLSK&CO., ,T... :;ufi!Cturcr. i Mi Hand-rails, Balusters, xr.irn. 1'OSTS. Af. :' . C'J nn.l Cft EacH-k Slrrct. Ai.i.c.c:ri. V. CITY. IA John vy:i.:h;n e. son, :koci:s?s. P.ITSBTjrvGK. JOn c:jiir:T. JCHii d. ooserts. JOHN DIBBRTiS:CO., a liAO AS mSELUi ETLELTS, JOniTSTOWN, PA. ltc ir.i.tH of MorfJianti :im1 et:-tT iKS-Sne?? ptIl- iolifil v I'.r.-.ll nx''A; In all Tar'i of tiie country lor taale. : :;ido. Intercut at the rate of. Six lVr etui. l-" aanuiu ai- OiJ. and Intereft OKipOUndCd !k'ini-aniiual wlicu tlwlrfa. . ... ,,. , ..:., T, , I mD5UCltrU. .I-''. '. .Si r it , !? ;-J ! -:r. - - " r?.. ilUccU'incfnu. K m. ETON'S' A AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA NEW REVISED EDITION. Fjitln-Krtwnttcn Ly the Mct writers on every lfa . 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I.aiurai n:Min - - - - - bnoicht U.io view a multitude ol ne well, wb o uauiei aie in every oneenx.utb, art of Uvs ! eveo ,e is euriuus know ! be paKUiUan. Ureal niiutained, of wlueb li.e details are as yet pre- uiuiuinuieu, ui " n.i " - - eerve i only lu the iewniaper4 r iu the ir r.ul.iiea i..n5oi the uuy. I ut which onsht !..i - ..i .. in i.r.i.-.n. ii ud autaiec d .- i . ... 1 i. 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Fhowmir I vi. illustrations, etc., will be sent gratis on appiieati.in. i- irst cia-s cauv uMDi acnis wnnici. Address J. H. W1KL1AMSOX. Aiter.t, Xo. '.o; SixthSt., 1'ittsburgh, I'l. CiQf'2 FAYETTE COUNTY MUTUAJ- Hie Insurance Company, I Turn Esowif ieDThn s. mkgx j ( ImtdtHt. lrtaturer. J y. k . - : . T " UOAKI) OF M.ApEIiS: W1I.L.1AM MeCLIlAKY, Vuion'.u-jfB, Teno-a. 11. U K'NKIX. Jiili.V W. KAKK. " i:i.lishaiia. .llli S. H AII AIf. ' " KAVINU HIJOWNKIKLD. " WILLIAM H. HUI.Y. " THO.M AS H. FKNX. ' ini. m. 11. si rmiKux. W1AKI.KS SSKATO. KIJHKKI' HiSKTT, " K. M. :.I:ISK1 i'K. " " i;iI!i:iTi. MILLIX, Fayclto Cltv, rayette 4 un:v.. Pa. J. O. MK VKKS. Jlevers.lale, Somerset C., ra. J. H. l'lll S. -mt-rs-t. " J. Al. St iil.OYKli, West Xewton, Wcstm'd Co., I'er.n'a. .-I. M. STAITFER, Mt. Tleasar,!, Wcstrn d C ) , ll.lHYKh.S .KrnXS.Grcciifbi.v, Weatio-d Co., Penn'a. AUKI. M. I'.VAXS, Amwell Tp., Wasldujtjii 4'o.. Penn'n. JAM US W. HAY. IficbUil Tp., Qreca C.iur.ty, IViir.'s. K. LAHii-Y, Cataiietaela, Urc.a ijonnty, Vt, n.IXCIPAL OFFICE Oi Jjfon hraij, 1'inonlotrn, Faydle Co ::,.'., 7V;.-.jV. iV Aitu i, MAijifiti.s Vi.tT liens MClJifAV m iv::p.r MojiTa. Cn I-old n.i.; reliable 4'nnupaay has len i sh.v. s-. nl . j-r . tii n n r thirty jeitrs. uriic wl. I.- Iu.h ill l.Ts.' t.avR been protuj'tly pitl. Ko "' jokxilvul, S .ui.-riK-t. or Cn I-old n.i.; reliable 4'nnupaay has len in v til ...r.ii. n 1... 1 1. Irf v .ii. r. U.ll.ir .l.l.'tl Kor '.V. II. li'Jl'H. See-;-. I i.i. i.U u. Pa. Nr.: I. i5. I.iNT. U.G. LIXT. ST5?-AH MILLS, ( U. Lint & Urodicr, llavi: rttceu'.ly leased what i ki-vwn estl.e Old Ii'-itis:!i ?2ill, s'.iunte.iis mile .oih ef Somerset, and baviD put ii in brst i-iass or ter. we are prepansl to do all kinds ot ariniihia. Haviejf purebased an ename we are m, il leu 10 use ei'.bei stcaiuor water power. All rs WA RRANTED SATISFACTORY If the pr.ln Is in r'nl eonJitbo. Flonr f.w sale alway. fee t on baud. wplS s yax i rv c; ji .1 en i x k a g ets, 1 have ju.:t what you want. Send fur circa'.ar. S. IIOFGII, f.i:;. 2 S Tcan Ave., PitULurj-li, Ta. WALL PAPER. ?I.,n-; mid fUirtl .ke Paier. X ;w lV-aib. r tirouul l'aers. Tciry wlih Iiadis and itonlers to uiileli. iN-ibMurt'i I'ortsian lieecralbais. i -..nipli' line ot American Howls, all grades. t 'liur b l'apers. At our new store, I'o. 1CI Fir.it Lvczzs, (Xi.vr FosTorirtcz.) 11 TTSRl Ut; II. P. Doxovcxn: a Co. Mario Dr. W. S. Yates, DENTIST, S. iSl resist. A. ( d,.rs alove t'.h (lata Hand) St., riTTSBCItCIf, Ia. Al oneratiooi pcrttininft to Dentistry silllfalliy performed. Maria. bomerset SOMERSET, The Flooded Valleys. The valleys or lh? Delaware and SuFci'iehatina Lave not been stran gers to puth visitations as those re p.jr.ed during the past week. I5y reason of their peculiar situation, end lircauFc of th-- mountainous re gion which gurrouuds them, they are evorr spring subjected to more or Irs. "serious ovcrliow?. At different HoiuU alon the line of the two riv crs the inhabitants have, to a certain extent, liecouie arrustomed to this, and these living in houses on the wa ter front expect as a matter of course that some lime during the spring tiifir hilars will be overflowed. This vear. however. the?e annual visita lions have assumed a most alarming aspect. A greater extent of country has l en flooded than ever before, and the! 'ses resulting from the in uiidatioNi. have been the largest re corded w iihin the memory of old in habitants. Thoe I.iheg have been occasioned not oniy by the destruc tion of bouses, bridges, lumber, and o'.her pri'ivrty, but indirectly by the deteutioa of passenger and freight trains. At Fort Jervis, N. Y., Fort Deposit, Md., Ilarrisburg, Fa., and otLtT points, huudred-4 of cars have been detained for many hours. The interruption to the coal traffic has teen particularly tfrest, aD( many large companies will suffer very seri ous losses in consequence. ItEFOttE Till! FkuCDt). For the past three weeks serious flood have been apprehended, and evciy possible precaution has been t&kt ii to prevent the threatened de struction of property and loss of fife. Ry careful watching and timely warnings the latter result was ob tained, thus far only two deaths hav ing been caused by the freshets. The firet serious trouble occurred at Fort Jervis, New Yotk. An ice gorge of unur-ual magnitude formed just above that place some ttiree weeks ago. Competent engineers, seeing the dam age which would result to the village should a sudden thaw occur, sugges ted (hat a channel be blown through the ice by the use of giant powder. Deep holes were bored in the mass, and ehargis of powder varying from one to three pounds placed ia them. The discharge, which would have blown huge rocks into fragments, only had the effect of forcing out three or four square feet of ice. Subsequent experiments with nitroglycerine were more successful, and ou Tuesday, the lfith inst., a huge ridge of ice which formed a dam in the river was blown partially away. Eefore the blast was made the water in thechna nel below the dam formed an ;dJy by which the broken ice was prevent, cd from parsing down thp river. When the barrier was broken nway the water above it burst through the small oiieninsr with inesietible force and great volume, carrying the masses ot oroiien ice witn it. isj the sudden rush of waters the chan cel was deepeced. In the opinion of engineers the breaking of this pas sage saved tho town from ruin, for ou the next day, Wednesday, the 17th inst., the ice broke jn the river above end the .pent-up waters camo flowing down upon the lower coaa try. THE FLOOD ON THE DELAWARE. The ice in the upper Delaware broke on the evening of Tuesday, tbelCth. The town of Deposit, 75 miles v.ect of Vert Jervis) was the first "place injured. Relow the town in tie bend of the river fivo huge rafts of lumber were lyictr. They were froaen in last fall. When the flood came these rafts were forced out of the bend by the rushing ice, and Lecsming "jammed" across the stream formed a complete dam. In a few momenta ti e accumulated water rose above the banks of the river and flowed back into the streets of De posit. Many stores and houses were flooded to the depth of several feet. A number of frame buildings -wero moved from their foundations, and, the lower part of the place aa abandoned by the inbatitoata. The water rose rapidly, but tbo town was saved by a sudden change iu the course of the river. The loss to property at and near Deposit ia esti mated at $50,000. At Hancock, some thirty miles below Deposit, the water rose ten feet in fifteen minutes, ami 3,0o0,in0 fee; of manufactured hem lock lumber were carried away, Three miles bt' )W Haneoek the ice 'iammed'' atrain-and immense cakes ami blocks of i; were piled up to a height t:f seveKtv feet. The dam was If a mile wide. When it broke the ttutir tore up aiid carried with it every- irte, ft nee, ui d building for lii'iv f- t -u Mibt-r side tf the river. The track of the Erie Railway was mandated, ties washed away, and ii. a itie U-U-raph pole left standinjj Ictw feu Hoi.cot k acd Stockport. At the latter phtce- a iitiliiuu feet of lum bt-rweie t-wt'pt away, and at Etpu ne k nfu-en lumber rafts, which were iviug in a bend, were crubhed to atoms, and carried off. Each raft contaiutd f.0,000 feet of timber. TLe suspfiit-ion bridjo at Lordville nar rowly escaped destruction. The tiers' of the long wooden bridge at Biir-kt-t were swept away, and car ried with the flood as far as II an- kens Continuing to increase in vol ume and Erce ire river rushed pass ed Cochecton. Narrowsburg, and other smaller places, sweeping away feuccs aud' lumber rafw. Reaching Fort Jervis oa Wednesday morning it overflowed the Germantown flats, driving hundreds of families from their huiues. Numerous buildings were badly damaged, and the Erie Railway Bridee, and the Barrett bridge corouletelv destroyed. At Fort Jervis the flood seems to have spent its force. Relow that point no (serious damage was done. Numer ous ?mall kb!cV however, will foot up the total of at least $75,000. THE srSQl-EUASXA VALLEY. Ail alotijf the line of the Susque hanna River much injury has been done bv high water aud gorged iee. The cit'rs of Wilkcsbirre and Fitts ton and the town of Fort Deposit, just ub-jve Havre de Grace, have suf fered most. On the night cf Tues day, the 16ih iast, the ice bt-came gorgf-d between Fittston and Wilkes barrc; the back water flooded the streets of the former place to. the depth of several, feet, and carried ESTABLISHED, 18 2 PA., WEDNESDAY, MAllCII 31. 1875. away the railroad bridge. Early ou Wednesday morning the ice began t r-iad for seven miles, between the to move, and Pittston was for the j river and the lailroad track. Fas?en tinie relieved. Just below Wiikes- ger trains will commence moving to-barre-, however, another gorge form- morrow. TelerrrapLic communicn- cd and the water flooded the houses on River street, causing considerable damage. The g8 works were over flowed, and on Wednesday night the city was in tiarkness. Early in the morning of that day the two wagon bridge, at Fittston were destroyed, causing a loss of about $30,000. The iron bridge of ibt Eackawanna and Blcomsburg Railroad .which was carried off the night before, coat $130,000. Ou the same day, at Dan ville, 23 mile above the Sunbury bend, the bridge was carried away, and all railway connection cutoff. On Thursday tke ice commenced moving past Colimbia, and at eight o'clock in the ereniag the winding bridge of the Tide-water Company was destroyed, and one p cr of the Cokmoia liiiJg? move! Ue .ty-eight inches out of its place, thus render lag It impossible; for trains to pass over. At liainoriuge aud .uarietta property valued at $40,000 was lost. At Fort Deposit the loss cccatijued by the destruction of lumber was ! very larsre. This was also the case i at Havre de Grace, At the former ' place the prlnoipal street was entire ly fioeded and l,iUU people rendered for the time homeless. (Jn Saturday evening the water in the streets wa's ! still five feet deep, but Is now rapidly receding. The entire loss to the Sus quehanna Valley ia variously estimat ed at from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. From different points in Fennsylva nia and Maryland the telegraph brings information - that the floods are going down.; At Millersburg, on the Juniata River, however, there is still much danger of a disastrous overflow. , THE Bl'SQCEn ANSA FLOODS. Harrisburo, Penx , March 2l.- At this point the river today ia full of broken ice, but offing to the great width of the Susquehanna here there ia no possibility of a gorge, even if a large mass of ice was to como down from sunbury. I he latest dispatch from up and down the river report clear water from Selin's Grore, near Sunbury, and fifty miles above Ilar risburg to Columbia, which is twenty-eight miles below this place. Be tween the points indicated the river is full of small islands, and in the vicinity of some of these tbo ice ex tends from snore to bhore, but there are no gorges, and no likelihood of any until the ice on the West. Branch of the Susquehanna moves. At Bainbridge, Columbia, and Marietta j a great deal of damagf ' has been caused by the', ice. I' (Jn the North Kf ancli tEe ice eomifudown through the niain river 'eomniried to gorgo at Dainltridga tin Xtursday. Like Fort Deposit the town lies under a bluff only a few feet above the level of the river. Immediately next the river was the Pennsylvania Canal, which is separated from the Colum bia divisiou of the Pennsylvania Railroad by a stone wall. Bain bridge is situated on a narrow strip of land between the railroad and the bluff. When the great mass of ice coming down the river gorged, im mense cakes were burled into the canal, and the pressure was so great that eight or ten canal-hoat?. w?re li'ted bodily from tbo vter and left lying .cross, the railroad track. To ibis circumstance the inhabitants of Bainbridge owe the comparatively small loss which the town sustained by the gorge. The ice backed up against the canal-boats to the height of twenty feet, and the boats in a great measuro prevented the huge cakes from being burled against and demolishing the houses immediately adjoining the track. The loss at Bainbridge, as far as the town is concerned, will be covered by about $10,000. At Marietta, although the river is clear for some distance ;roai either shore, there U, ia the centre, an immense pile or ice ruing out ot the water to a bight cf fifty feet, and presenting the appearanco of a fortification. This pile is constantly being added to, but as long as there is a passage at either side no danger is anticipated. A SUPVH THAW lHXD, The greatest danger, however, und one which old river men most fear, i a thaw coming so suddenly as to move the ice on the West Branch of the Susquehanna in great masses. All the damage heretofore has been occasioned by the gorges and consequent floods on the North Branch. The commercial interests endangered by the moving of the ice on ibe West Branch, running a? i; docs through the great lumber region, arc much more important than those ou the N.artb Branch. AH the great boo ui -lumber properties would suffer, and the destruction to property further down the river would be incalculable. Between Williamsport, which is forty six miles above Sun bury, and Lockhaven, on the West Braucb, the ice bas moved slightly. Between Watsontown and Milton, also on the West Branch, the gorge is thickest. It is the opinion of a great many in this section that even bbouid a warm rain or quick thaw set in the priucipal damage ta prop, erty would be confined to the West Branch. Since Thursday the river has falleu nine feet. Bui even this circumstance fails to reassure the in habitants ia the small towns below the junction. The Fittston ice bas not yet reached beyond Wilkesbarre, and sbould'.itgetdDwn to the main riv er about the time the ice on the W?st Branch moves, the safety of almof-t every small river town and bridge rrom Sunbury to Havre de Grace would be endangered. StiaANTOS, Penn., March IE The prosoect along the Susquehanna to night from Campbell's Ledge to Wilkesbarre is a brilliant one. The hroad sheet of moon lit water, and hundreds watch picture from the rising ground both sides of the river. The gorge below Pittston is clearly lined, and visible for miles along valley. A sharp frost bas set in, the on re- moving all fears of the lUusom gorge above the town going out to night. Along the Leihgh Valley Railroad the freight trains which have been blocked at the juncti.n for the past few days are moving out. 7. A solid wail of iee runs a!oc? the tion between St rautcn and Suuliury, which has been cut off by the destruc tion of the Laikawanna and Blooms burg Railroad bridge, will be re sumed to-morrow foreuoon. The ice-gorge at Wilkesbarre still attracts hundreds of visitors, but gives no evideuce f breaking up. Every hour of such weather as we have now but gives it strength. It will take a violent storm to disturb it, but when it moves it is certain to carry destruction iu its path. ICE AND WATER. Fort Deposit, March 19. Tl. fionlin the f-trects of this place ia subj.iding slowly but certainly, aud the worst h probably over. At this writing it has ;";i!Iea at Jean five feet, and the ice eke has dissolved and partly disappeared. The Hood was certainly the most tiisasirous and dangerous that ever visited the town, as it was the most sud ten and unex pected. There wr.s not an immense gorge like there was la.-t year, no great piles of ice extending miles up lbe riri'r ai then, nor sny us to warn our people of Ui disastrous consequences in store f rthetu. Tho difficulty and the thsL'er was that tho accumulations were higher up the river. As it is, a complete subsidence of tU river is not expected for sever al days and possibly weeks. Ac counts from higher up, including all the. poiuts of prominence, such as Marietta, Columbia and Co.miwlnio, all tell the same story of great piles of ico aud unusually high water. All ef this Liust pass'down the Sus quehanna, aud even with the moder ate weather which prevails, alteruat. ing a melting and fi-ee?Ing tempera ture, some time must' elapse before the back water passes off. The scenes of last night and ibis morning have been cf the most harrowing nature. The accounts from above had prepar ed the people for a rise in the river, but there was no apprehension that it would be so sudden and so disas trous ia its results. In the afternoon the reports grew more alarming, and the people began to fear the effect should there be any stoppage of the immense mass of ice which was pour ing down the river at the rate of 20 miles an hour and Glling it from shore to shore. The river continued to rise steadily, and the volume of water to expand. At night, by the aid of the moonlight, the great cakes of ice could be seen pushing down the flood, crushing each other with a noiie like thunder, and striking terror into the hearts of the people. At 10 o'clock tbo warehouses of Messrs. Davis & rush, J. IE Rowland & Co.. and J. Tome & Co., near tbo river, were completely surrounded, and the valuable fctoek of lumber on hand swept away. Several dwellings were flooded, and their owners and occu pants were compelled to take to boat3 to escape. The wharves and railroad tracks were all flooded, several ves sels badly ernshed, and numerous rafts broken and floated o Tae whole town wa3 full c excitement, and those of tLc people who did not flee witi tiieir effects and furniture to the hills gathered in groups near the raging flood, which, under the clear light of the moon, presented a grand and inspiring scene. At mid night the flood was at its height, and a general feeling of fear prevaded the town. Numerous people who remain ed in their houses to protect their property were rescued by means of boats, and the town tie water be ing from ten to twenty feet deep, and the streets full of floating timber, barrels, chicken-coops and lio.vja-. was a dirty and very miserable copy of Venice". raiiroad through the town W&3 completely covered with lo and water for a distance of five miles. The trestle-work and bridges of the railroad through that distance are all broken and crushed. Much lumber was swept away. The train will probably be unable to run over the damaged part of. tie- road for two week?. The water at its height waa higher than has ever been known in the history of the place, and at the maximum exceeded the great flood of 1857 by four feet. The Western Union Telegraph office was badly damaged, and communication with the South is still imperfect. To night, however, the water continues to subside steadily. No accurate cs timafe can yet be formed of tba loss, but it wiil be immense. Columbia, March 10 The river banks alio Columbia, along the I'eary Clay furnace, Chiekes Rock, the town of Marietta, and as far as Raiiihridjre, presents a scene never Ufore witnessed. The flood of yes terday carried immense bodif 3 of ice, piled up along the shores, to heights at various points varying from five to twenty-five feet, the ice varies in thickness from fifteen inches to nearly or quite four feet, and in the surface some of tlp;n measuring sev eral hundred feet. Along Chickcs' Rock, about mid way between Columbia and Marietta, the ice, well packed and resembling perfect mason work, is from five to ten feet deep over the track of .he Pennsylvania Railroad, and during the afternoon about four hundred men were at work along the point cutting it away. At Marietta the scene is yet more interesting. A loner the upper part of thft town it is niled up on the front ttreet and railroad track from ten to upwards of twenty feet. At several places places the railroad is badly damaged, and rails bent and torn up. Some of the bouses were saved from total destruction by large trpe.n in front. Several canal-boats were lodged against buildings and across Front street, and a few build ings, including the office of a coal and lumlter dealer, are totally de stroyed. BAIXEtlDGE. ' At Bainbridge, seven miles beyond, similar scenes are presented. The office and warehouse, a frame build ing belonging to ex-Sheriff Frederick Smith, along the railroad, bas been raised from the foundation and car ried into the canal, where it ba3 lodg ed. At Marietta, Bainbridge ana nthpr noints. as well as at Cbickes, t.rrro mi ml .era. nf men are at work r n HI cutting the ice from the railroad and according to present prospect, sever d days of hard work, with a large force, will lie necessary to get the roads open for business. AMOUNT OF DAMAGE DONE. The damage done, as far as known, is comparatively small, mostly of in ferior buildings along the river in the town of Marietta. A considerable amount of lumber has been carried away, lu'. the amount will not be known for some days. Tre severest loss, as far as ascertained, was at this place a large amount of lum ber, including fifteen rafts belonging to Mr. Bletz, and estimated at $30. 000, being carried away. Some of it, however, it is expecteE will be recovered. The long bridge across the river at Columbia bas been damaged, and it is deemed unsafe to run cars across. One of the piers near the middle cf the stream has been mov ed bodily about twenty inches, and some of the woodwork of the bridge gave way. The river has fallen con siderably, and is now almost entirely ulear. But the general impression is that there is serious danger of forth: r injury ; that the large bodies of iee from the upper branches of the river are yet to come down, and that un less the coming thaw should be very gradual another and perhaps a more destructive freshet ia Inevitable, At Safe Harbor and Turkey Hill, be'ow Columbia, the gorges are very high. At the loraier place the Man sion House, at tho mouth of the Conoitoga, is almost surrounded witb immense blocks of ice, piled up from ten to Gfteen feet. The officers of the Ptonsylvania Railroad have announc ed the want of one thousand men at various points named, to cot away ice, and large numbers from Lancas ter and all points below will at once go to work. The abutment of tho Tide Water Canal Company, at Wriirhtsville, is badly injured and the basin gorged full of ice, canal boats and logs from the bridge to the dam. The winding bridge was raised off its abutments and carried about three hundred yards by the ice and landed on the borme bank of the canal with one end lying over a canal boat. In Marietta" the loss was very heavy by the lumber men having their rafts, As., swept away. Miller & Musser's mill was entirely ruined by being crushed in. One canal boat is lying against a large tree in front of a private resi dence. Tbo tree was the only thing that saved the house from beingstove in. Ice is piled np over the tow path at some points from twenty-five to thirty feet high. THE SITUATION AT WILKESBARRE. Wilkesbarre, March 19. The Pittston bridges jammed in tbe ice three miles north of this city were saturated with benzine to-day and fired. They are burning yet to-night, and light up the heavens for miles around. They were burned sa that they might not be swept down and destroy tbe bridge at this point. The gorge has ta cfeanged at all along ih,is. city, although the water i3 gradually falling, and is between tnrce and four feet lower than on Wednesday morning. There is no communication with Kingston across tbe flats yet, and cannot be for sever al days. The L. & B. R. R. Co began lo run passenger trains across to this city on tbe D. fc II. bridge, three miles down tbe river, this morn ing. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was cleared of ice on tbe Pennsylvania aud New York division, and Superin tendent Parker came through from TowaccU t4 tbe Lackawanna and FJoorusourg Junction at C.15 p. m. A force of over 300 men had been employed in removing the ice, which for a distance of two miles covered the track to a depth of six to thirteen feet. Telegraphic communication was also made complete between Philadelphia and Waverly. Be tween Wilkesbarre and Pittston As- iriatant Superintendent Genrela says tue roaa will be clear by Monday and all trains will run through. at. . . . Aoove i litston, two miles, a gorge begins, which is formed of the strong est ice in the river and is nine miles long. In some places it is twenty- five feet high, and causes the citizens of West Pittston and the valley great anxiety, it driven out witn a flood it will take everything before it. It will naturally go before the five-mile eorire here, and thus tbe two will be piled together. Fear and excitement are general all alang the liver. Adventure la lll. I had just been one year in India, and I fell that it was. high time for in.- to mount the steed in pursuit of tbe wild bo.-, charge at elephant in to a sugar-cane plantation after i tiger, or at any rate, nesb my virg n- soear at an antelope hunt. One dav. therefore, after an early breakfast," I set forth for a good day's sport, accompanied by my friend Halse. au elderly subaltern of cele brated experience, not only as a hot, but as a jolly comrade. The jungle near our encampment, at the village of Cooloor. was said to abound in irame, but we did not find the ground answer our exnectations. I cannot say much for my success; it to bap- npned that I could not manaire to kill, or even wound, what I aimed at The hares had a knack ef getting off se. t free that Duzzled me; somenew a branch ot a tree, or the rbadow of one kent constantly interfering be tween me and my object, and then tr,. iinar-ffiuntable risibility of mv companion when he happened to witness my discomfiture, ma le me nervous; and I was safe to hit some innnr-piit bush. or. fas he said) dis charge my Diece at the sky, to my great confusion. Presently we fell in with partridges, green pigeons, and no rnd to quails, and due havoc did Halse make among them, whilst all my shot seemed to melt innocent ly into tbe air. At length I saw through tbe trees a stately bird as large as a turkey. I bad beard bustards described in glowing terms, and made tore that this was one. It seemed so tame and fearless that I felt certain that I could knock it down; bo saying noth ing ot my discovery to liaise, I sneaked off towards the creature WHOLE NO. 12SS. fired! Now indeed I rusl.ej maJ ly towards my prey, for there it !a. viivc ut, utu Bias: liaise annronrr. muuuureuii.-K ume; and when he saw thn birr? h 1 I., ,. ' t,. I J t i a . . -.olujuht W3 so ana long, that I was speechless - eo no nittrarii .it i of those bideous vulture., with raw. '"'ng necks, red eve-, baling a pestilential ,?.,; . and ex- est carrion under heaven' Iiseemed to W K,.-. " tbe foul. bap. and somewhat sudde" ly e,n my comrade that there ins mif- no lurk iu suoo.mg double hy mAanr in ...... . . which 1 ,u will lJV With .Bl.. said I should rest awhile ,i. .L iuiube tree l,,?.,! .:.u ... frii it that .l . ' -'i" , , t,,iU ireKn ei.. ...... ... .. ..uooieu me vulture, aud .tu lui.uw ma,. 0 sooner had he disappeared, after pointing to the sun, and the direction be intended to take then I set off on another tiav tr.et' wn.cb soon led or mis-led me in to tbe very heart of the so thick and branchy that I got fairly perplexed, and spent at least an hour ,U-.k a Pa8Sa? through it. without belling aDJ signaoflame I am afraid I crew iiM? - L. . o--- "kilt. UUCItJl, for, though I remenil. r beinte ti,l that the jungle did not extend verv far to tbo westward th,, rt;r..; i ought to pursue I was apprehensive or beicg confused by the thickness of ihe trees, the quantity of entangling linriprwno.l ... . . . P ww uu me complete disap pearance of any sort of path. I tried to go back-in vain; I could scarcely see tbe sun hot as it ... :i day drew near-for the brush; and another hour had nearly passed ere I found myself, to my great , amongst scattered juntrle of a small size, while in front I fancied I saw symptoms or civilization, which I re solved to reach. I was fairly tired out ere I attained the spot 1 ambi- noueu, ,t was a large fieid of the gunny-plant; the crotalaria-juncea: from which a coarse hut -e ... sackcloth is made; and I knew it by the large yellow papilionaceous flow era i, many of them just turning into ".uS segumes, dense V covere.I with a tawny down. I confess that I have ever been mnr of a botanist than a nortm.r.. -,j though I might mistake a carrion- bird tor a bustard. I would periled no man s life by offering him the poisonous fruitage" of the K7r..h. nos for tbe bill-oron"e. I did not suppose that T Mil til nntu beyeryfar from the track which liaise would take, and aa I finer Iv fronted the west, I determined tn rest myself where I was. Near tho end of the field, where a few bushes of the castor-ol agricultural features of tbe spot, rose a shady banyan-tree; and making towards it I discovered that at its toot ran a little brook waters Lot with the kisses of the sun though they did not do much to cool me, still refreshed my bands and face. Back from the "rill, and under the delightful awning formed by tbe beautiful green boughs of tbe banyan, studded with bright corra hnc kerries tbe favorite food of the parrocruet was a sIoDiotr mound of earth, free from long grass which so irequrniiy conceal noxious insects, but not wantintr in a dr mat r short, clear verdure. I threw my self down upon it, heedless of its hav ing once been one of those hillocks which, fabricated by the white ant. or termites, are abandoned by them after a certain period, sometimes to give shelter to occupants still less desirable as neighbors. Ibe day was at its hottest, but be neath that arch of jrreenwood the sun pierced not oppressively, and 1 lay quietly on the sod, snuffing in voluptuous fragrance of the wild jasmines that was wafted towards mo from innumerable bushes near me, round which this graceful para site of East-India woods twisted with profuse marry blossoms. I Kuppose I soon began to slumber. perfect repose it was not, for bleep consists in something more than tbe mere absence of perception; and through all that drowsy fit I was conscious of being, as it were wt'.- placed and unwisely bedded a fact that bad certainly not struck me when I was fully awake. How long I tnus lay is doubtful, but to this day I persist in believinsr that a sense of danger was first excited within me by an uncommon and disagreeable odor, which, overwhelming that scent of jasmine under whose influ ence I bad dropped off stirred np tbe dormant life principle within me to partial vigilance. Then came sud denly, accompanied more strongly by that musky unell. a sensation of horror, paralyzing every limb and sinew; a sometbiug cold and clammy passed over my bead and face, until eyelids and mouth were gealed up aud fully awake now. I vet thought or wished to think, all was a dream. nor etruceled to move. Thank God that the attempt was not made! Presently the hideous mystery pass ed slowly down my btdy; and then entangling between my legs it went from me, 1 felt, without ascertaining by touch or sight, that I was neigh bored bv w hat I most dreaded and abhorred on earth some terrible rep tile! Still I remained without power to move, even to unclose an eyelid; when, at that moment, I beard voice almost a whipT it was Halse. "Husb!'; Le eid, "stir not for ronr life until I bid you! Fear not," but lie perfectly still, "regardless of all sound or motion." Tbe perspiration of a deadly fear burst out at every pore, and I began tn ehivpr- hnt thpre were prayers in my thoogbts, and I tried to obey him. I knew that my lower ex- trpmitiaa wpre no longer in COUtSCt with nr substance, bnt I beard un mictitiiile r.;in?s of a serpent, and a rnstlinsr in tbe dry leives near me. lav n rwin mv left side: and now for tbe first time, I opened my eyes Facino- me not a foot distant, its in flated bead erect, sitting, as it were, enthroned an.idst its sparkling coils, glaring at me witb fiery eyes, I be held an enormous heoded wake; and afaintness, so cold, so sickening, siexed uoon me, that I thought I wa3 going to die. Jast then the sweet and anbdned Bounds of music fell up on my ears, tbe melody rising by de- grees, and then sinking Into cadences, from which it soared once more witn melancholy harmony. I flg morir t) bov'a pia' the simple reed-pipe which ia pl-jed j t0 89 ve m0 i . i . j intently listening to the symphony; jno longer hissing, but uttering" a strange noise, like the suppressed 'luck of a hen; and thu., sweeping with slow, yet stately, zigzag mo tion, it glided onwards to tbe spot whence the music issued. "Up, now, dear Rob!" cried George Halse, and attempting to rise. I fell back in his art's. I inu: tell the truth I fainten! When I can.ir to myself. I found that in addition to Halse, I had three other attendants; nor eon'd I at first collect rry senses sufficiently to understand mv position. A loud hi.s, then a series of sibiilations from three or four covered ba.-kets of plaited grass, exjlain-d the niVftery. They belonged, these snako reposi tories, to two eelebratt-u snke charm ers; and to them, under Providence, I owed mv life, llal.-e told me that getting anxious about me, and tired of his load of game, be was leaving the jungle, when he met a native, who willingly undertook to carry bis garuebag. Asking him if he had seen a white gentleman, the man re plied in tbe negative: he bad only seen two persons, snake-catchers, who had come from Madras to collect S4T pent.s, and be had left them not far off, near some fie'ds of gunny. "Anxious to watch their proceed ings," e .ntiuued liaise, "l requested the ft-il.iw to lead me In them, and we soon oamo up to wluro t'ney were still repi ing. They told me they were goin.r to the other end of the Geld, to au abandoned ant-hill, which tbev knew to be the abode of a largo eobra-di-capello, and offered to ex hibit their proceedings if I pronii-ed them a buLnhi.-ih! Of courr-e the douceur was protniced, and off we set. Picture my alarm and surprise at reaching this plate, to behold you almost enveloped in the folds of the terrific reptile; nor were my compan ions free from apprehensions for your satety. ion had laiJ down close to the mouth of the creature s den. Wtknevnot what it would do, but s -ingle movement on ur part must have roused its vengeance. 1 he jug-, lers behaved admirably. I wanted lo Cre at it, but they dis suaded me, and ni-stired me.thatthey had hopes of nut only wiling the snake by the sounds of their pipe from your side; but f eveutually capturing it. They were right; the creature is in one of those rages; though not from it, but from some of its race, rendered less dangeruus by the extraction of their fang, pmceeijs that charming chorus of his-es. H was a beautiful sight to see the venomous thing m ve by tho influ ence of the music, uuwind the volu minous coils that ringed it and leav ing its hazardous perusals i f your face, turn from you to seek its de struction As it ueareoi them, tue charmers sprinkling seme strong- scented powder on a heap of wither ed leaves to which they set fire, con tinued to piny, concealed behind the bushes; but the snake, as if doubly fascinated bv the incense and tue music, relaxed it movements, end in a moment after, lowering its crest, sank intoxicated on the ground. Ia another instaut, lifeless to all ap pearance, it was seized and ba-kettd; and there again returned to con sciousness, it await. the moment when, no doubt, its crafty captors will deprive it of its hidden armory of venomous fangs. How th-y achieve this process they refuse to tell, but tye owe them more than thank3, and I have tol l them to visit the camp this evening." I need not say that ample was the gift the worthy jugglers received from us: nor can it be necessary to add that as I retired to bed that night, fervent were my prayers of thankfulness to Him w ho, at the hour of extrcmest peril, bad sent me rescue. lut ever since tnen, i nave more than is customary with even tbe most timid female, continued to experience a cowardly fear of reptiles. Bepabllrnn Party not Den-J. " Why is it, then, that the Repub lican party has lived until now, and that there is doubt whether it will not live much longer? The reason is as familliar as it is simple; there bas been and there is nothing to take its place. Usually it is easy for the people, having lost confidence in one political organization, to transfer their favor and their votes to another. Almost always, wbile the party in power has been undergoing disinte gration and decadence, the party in opposition has been renewing its youth, avoiding and profiting by the mistakes of its 'rivals, aud puttiug it self in a position to give th people what they could not get from them. In American polilies.however, for the last filteen years, there has cot been such an opposition party, and it is by no means certain that there will be one for an indefinite number of years to come. The Republicans have re mained ia office because there has been nobody fit to succeed them. Whatever the rea.-on, it is an indis putable fact that the people up to last year refused to have anything to do with the Democrats. Rather than take any rir-ks with them, the people have preferred to tru.-t the Republi can?, with all their faults aad ta:l ures. We say the fact cannot be dis puted, whatever the reason; but the reason is very plain If it be said that tbe people lost confidence in the Republican party some time since, it must also be said that they lost confidence in the D moeratic party still longer ago. What have the Democrats done to remove thecaue3 of that old dissai.'.-faction ? When new questions arose after tbe end of Le war and of slavery, did the Dem ocrats offer the people a coherent aad positive policy in rer-pect to ibefii, or were tbey as" much at odds amor.g themselves as the Republicans? Have the Democrats opposed are they to-day opposing the Republi cans clearl'v and positively on any but what "arc sul.stantiallr the old isaues? D-j the Democrats, wher ever they have shown their beat. above the political fl d which sub merged them fifteen years ago, de veloped larger capacity or better tone than the Republicans? Do we il.s cover among the Democrats, higher atattnianship, purer public morals, more intelligent leadership, than araonsrthe Republicans? Until these questions are satisfactorily answered . ..a 1 . L ., V A it must remain douhtlui wnemer i. Republican party bas really Vf hto history." A' Y. E'-tnuvj lo-:, L'c virtuous and you 71 he L.a; py. ...... a fema!e child is lx?a'ul"" ta. nririBnr, father oytno native jugglers at their cxhi. b.itions. bat I ;red not lift mv head to listen. The .nk luw,.re,l it, scaly crest; ttieu, laclmiug away from mo" by de grees, a 4 tue mie procenled, turn ed fainy round, it. tail once mjr more twisting about niy fie as retreated. Again it raised its terri blo head, no lontrer fronting me. bat , - ' .'......-, . ! I'eK 10.
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