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    RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R.R.
,V It It A N (1 K M K N T 0 F PA88KNGKHTHAIN8
' xNOVEMlJElTTotli, 1870.
Trains Lcnre HarrlBburg as Follows i
For New Vork via Allentown, at 8.10. s.05 a. m.
ami 1.45 p. m. ... .
Kor New Vork via Philadelphia and "Bound
Brook Houte," tf.2u, iFant JSxp.) 8.S6 a. m. aud
' 'rfiroii'dh ear arrives In New York at la noon.
Kor Philadelphia, at 6.15, O.'JJ (.KasHsxp) S.0A,
1.65 a. in.. 1.45 and l.Ou p. in , . .
Kor Heading, at A. 15, 9.ao( Fast Exp.) 106, 9.08
a. m., 1.4.'.,4.iki, Kiid s.n p. m.
Kor PoUsville. at 6.15. g.Oi a. m. and 4.00 p. m..
and via Huliuylklll and Busiiuehauiia nrauoh at
a. 4o p. m.
Kor Auburn, via Schuylkill and Hnsquehanna
Branch ato.Hoa.m. ....,
Kor Lancaster and Columbia, S.1S, 8.06 a m. and
4. (Hi p. n.
Kor Allentown, at 6.15, 8 05, 0.55 a. m., 1 45 and
life 8.05 a. m. and 1.45 p. in. trains have
throiiKli oars (or New Vork.
The g oo tralu has through cars for Pblladel-
''xhi 8.C5 a. m. anil 1.45 p. in., trains make rlosn
Connection at Heading Willi Main Lino trains
havhm through cars lor New fork, via "Bound
Brook Koute."
HUNDAYH 1
For New York, at 5.20 a. m.
Kor Allentown and Way Hiallons, at 5.30 a. m.
Kor Heading, I'hlldelaphla, anil Way Blallun".
at 1.46 p. in.
Trains Leave Tor Harrlsburg as Follow t
Leave New York via Allentown, 8 45 a. 111 , 1.W
ami 5 30 p. 111.
Leave New York via "Bound Brook Route." and
Philadelphia at 7.45 a. in., l.so aud M.uo p. m., or
rlvliiK at lliirrlHbiiiR. It 8.20 p. in., and &2up.in.
Through cur, New Vork to llarrlslnirg.
ave Lancaster. 8.05 a m. aud 3.h0 p. in.
Leave Columbia, 7.65 a. m. and 3.40 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at (Moa. in., 4.00 and 6.90
(Kant Kxp) and 7 45 p. 111.
Leave Poiutvllle.e.on, lUOa. m. and 4.40 p. n.
Leave Heading, at 4.60, 7.25,11.50 a. ui., 1.30,0.15,
8.00 and 10.35 p. ill.
Leave Pottavlile vlaHchuylklll and Susquehanna
Branch, 8.2 a. in. Leave Auburn via boliuylklll
and Huscitinhanna Branch, 11.50a. m.
Iave Alleniowu, at 5.05, 0.05 a. in., 13.10, 4.30,
and 9.06 p. m.
BUND AYS:
Leave New York, at 8 30 p. in.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.45 p. 111.
Leave Heading, at 7.35 a. m. and 10.35 p. m.
Leave Allentovtu. at 9.05 p. m.
J. E. WOOTTEN. (len. Manaeer.
O.O.Hancock, General Passenger aud Ticket
Agent.
JHE MANSION HOUSE,
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Alaska Curiosities.
IN IIARTI'OIID, recently, Mr. J. .
Tttady gave a lecture on Alaska, Illus
trating his ilUcourae with a map, and
also with a bit; trunk full of curiosities
and products of Alaska. These he piled
Upon the tables aliawla, canoes, fishing
apparatus, and a long string of curlosl
tics, chiefly ornamented In high colors.
A big potato and turnip were among the
products. The wood included the yel
low cedrtr-a beautiful fine-grained artl
clc, light as white wood, but much
superior for many purposes, and suscep.
tible of a tine polish. Its color Is that of
a rather pule lemon. The Russian had
occupied Alaska for Us seul fisheries for
a century. Our coast line was pointed
out on the map to the point where,
tuiniiig north, It reaches Mount St.
Ellas, a mountain 18,000 feet high, and
having huge glaciers. Beyond, it goes
west to Retiring sea. There Is a coast
line of 2,300 miles. The whole territory
of Alaska comprises OHO ,000 square miles,
by far the most extensive of our posses
sions, and reaching north Indefinitely
to the pole, perhaps. Bltka and Fott
Wrangle are down toward the southeast
part, on the coast. Captain Cook sailed
around there In the lust century, and
Cook's Inlet bears his name. The Rus
sians held a monopoly of the fur trade
till wo bought the country, In 1807.
People have been taught that It was an
Insane purchase, and both Reward and
Humner have been blamed but I tblnk
It Is the finest possession we have, and
it will yield a good return. At once
there was a rush of speculators to Alas
ka, and pre emption claims were set up.
The do vein men t directed that such
claimants be forced out, at the point of
the bayonet If neceBBary and the troops
were sent up there. They have discour
aged the settlement of the country.
That Is why so little is known of It.
Alaska, has 1,100 Inlands. They extend
along the coast for a thousand miles.
All through that great distance steamers
can go on deep but smooth water, all the
way. The Beal rocks lie oil to the west,
there, in Retiring sea. Up there, Inland,
toward the north, flows the great Yukon
river 2,000 miles long, and almost as
big as the Mississippi; it empties
through a delta into Behring's straits.
The thousand islands along the south
ern sea shore of Alaska rise sheer, like
rocky mountain walls, out of the sea,
and large ships can sail right up to
them; they are. mountains rising up
from the sea, and presenting the most
magnificent scenery I have ever met
with. The climate around Hltka Is mild
and not subject to the extremes you
have here. Hltka is up north In latitude
57, but it has no cold winter weather
and no hot summer weather. Last
winter the lowest point reached at any
time was 27; and winter before last
there was no tee whatever. It is a very
agreeable summer climate. In fact the
southern coast, from Fort Wrangle to
Bltka, Is the most delightful spot on the
globe. It is, climatically speaking, well
balanced. There are no Insect pests, no
tormenting Hies, no bugs. It is a para
dise. The coast scenery is absolutely mag
nificent. You can sail right up to it.
I saw from one place seven great glaciers
pouring over the slopes of Mt. Fair
weather. It is the testimony of those
who have seen both, that this Alaska
scenery surpasses that of the Alps or the
Pyrenees.
. ' The people have their good and their
bad traits. First, as to their bad quail
ties they are great gamblers. They
will gamble away their last dollar or
their last blanket. I Here the speaker
exhibited their "gambling-sticks,' a
curious arrangement. They will bet
on canoe races a man will bet his
slaves, and lose all. I have seen this.
Another of their vices is llcen tiousness,
which dates from the arrival of the
white races among them.
They are also fond of strong drink.
And they progress they now make
their own liquor. One Lawson taught
them how. He distilled a mash iuto
rum by rigging up an oil-can, putting
in a " worm," and showing them how
to do it. The liquor is called " Hoo
chlno." Our soldiers there will drink
anything in the shape of liquor, and if
they cannot get that they will drink
Worcestershire sauce, and even red Ink,
for the alcohol it contains. An Indian
woman Imparted the secret of making
rum out of molasses. At once a great
demand arose for molasses, and it sold
for 60 cents a gallon when I was there.
Everybody seemed to be carrying a pall
of molasses. I inquired into It and
found what it was for. This rum-drink-ing
has wrought great mischief among
them.
Another bad quality of these Alaskans
Is their belief in witchcraft. They
cremate the bodies of most people but
there are a few persons who are possess
ed of a' spirit;" these are "doctors,"
and are treated almost ' reverentially.
Their bodies are not burned. The " doc
tor" Is marked from birth by some curl
in the hair; that makes him sacred,
atx lve oau accuse anybody of being a
witch or wizard and unless the accused
confesses, death is the penalty; while
social ost racism follows confession. The
" doctor" Is also consulted In cases of
slokncss. One person whom a "doctor"
had accused was saved, at Bltka, by the
authorities sending word to the"doolor"
that If the accused were killed, ho, the
accuser, should also be hung.
The lecturer then spoke of the good
qualities of the people. They are some
what Christianized, are faithful, power
ful, industrious workers, and can be
depended upon $ are faithful to contracts;
work well lit the salmon-canning facto
rles ; can make the tin cans ; have a
love and faculty for the acquisition of
property ; are keener traders than we
are; lay up provisions for winter; have
a jolly time winters, and alone of all
seml-clvillzed or nearly civilized people
they show their superiority by the social
position of woman.
The woman Is the head of the house.
Her children take her family name not
her husband's. Her husband cannot
will the property. The wife, and the
unmarried woman also, does pretty
much as she pleaseB. The husband does
not make a bargain to carry a party up
the river in a boat without asking his
wife what the price Is to be, aud so of
all the furs they sell she decides the
price they shall ask.
A curious and Ingenious arrangement
for a halibut hook was exhibited. Also
specimens of native boats. They cut
down a big tree, burn out and hew out
the mlddlo, fill it with water, put in
red-hot stones to boll the water, cover it
over, let the wood become steamed, then
spring it out, into the requisite flaring
boat shape, by inserting still cross
wedges. The resources of the country Include
a great amount of furs, besides those of
the seals, which pay $3 each to Govern
ment, aud the company is permitted to
take 100,000 a year. The timber is
valuable spruce, fir, and a beautiful
yellow cedar bright and lasting. The
fisheries are abucdaut, and superior to
those of Newfoundland, etc., for which
we pay such a sum In money and life.
The abundance and size of the salmon
Isatna.lng; and cod and halibut abound.
A little fish like the sardine, but more
delicate, is thrown ashore by the ton.
Bears and deer are plenty ; the finest
venison in the world Is there, and the
cheapest. Berries are in variety even
wild strawberries, and two or ' three
varieties of huckleberries. Birds of all
kinds, even to the eagle and the swan.
Qold mines have been opened, and
are doing well. Iron seems to be there
In great amount. All that Is needed to
start Alaska on the road to prosperity
aud population Is the establishment of
laws. This, Congress should see to.
A Dutchman Who Wanted an Interview.
HE ENTERED Ihe Journal office
with blood in his eyes. He had
on an array overcoat, a plush cap and a
frown darker than a thunder cloud
folded three thick. He looked at the
foreman, who was just sitting down to
give a man credit for seventeen cents on
subscription, and sternly inquired;
" Vhere lsh der aidltor V"
" He Just stepped out a moment ago."
" Bhtepped oud,eh? Vhen vll heshtep
inV"
" Expect him back very soon. Any
thing I can do for you V
" Maype he knows I vas gooming,
and dot's vy ho shtepped oud ?"
" Well, I couldn't say as to that."-
"GooUn't ehV Veil, 1 valt a leedle
und he comes back. I baf a leedle pin ti
neas mlt him. Vat uas he peen zaylng
'bout me in dot Shournal, eh "
" About you V I don't know sir."
"Veil, by shlminy, he says I vas got
drunk und made some rows von tay,
und I shoost see 'bout dot."
"I think you must be mistaken, sir,
I "
" Dink I vos, eh V Maype I got some
friends vot toleme 'bout dot 1 I find oud
all 'boud Id, by shlminy I He says I vos
drunk und made some drouble, und ven
he gooms pack I shoost see 'boud dot.
I plack his eyes, by shlminy, und glck
him und knog his brains oud, maype,
for dot. Shoost let him goom pack und
I show him all 'boud id. I gick him
right avay down stairs bo gwlck der
leedle guss von't find oud vot vas ailed
him, I' bait you."
' But my friend, guess you don't
know him. He is twice as big as you
are; he weighs two hundred and forty
pounds, and got lots of muscle."
" He vas very large 1"'
" Well, yes, about the size of Adklns,
down here on the street."
"Ishdot soV Adklns ves a sloud
man."
" YA, either of them can pick up a
barrel of salt and throw it across the
road without a grunt."
, " Py shiminy, ish dot so V"
" Yes. There comes the editor now,"
cried the foreman, aiming bis linger at
Col. Wilson (a 240 pound man,) who
was just coming down the street.
" Dot vas der aidltor y Vel, if he didn't
nay nottlng 'bout me dot vas all right."
" Let's see, your name is 1"'
" Yaw, dot lsh my nnnie."
" Well, come to think, I believe he
did say In the Journal a week or two
ngo that you got drunk at 's saloon,'
kicked out three or four window lights,
smashed up a few chairs, and that you
tried to steal five cents of a small boy to
buy another drink with."
Vos dot all he said V
" I believe lie said that a man who
would conduct himself In such an outra
geous manner ought to be turred and
feathered, and rode out of town ' on a
rail."
"Vhat else did he zay V"
" I think he closed by remarking that
if he'd been the owner of that property,
he'd a smashed you up into Dutch
cheese In less than two minutes."
" Und dot vas all he zay 'bout me In
dose papers V"
" Well, that Is about all I can remem
ber now."
" Veil, py shlminy, I vas a pig fool ef
I got mad 'boud a lettle shoke like dot.
I go right avay und dond zay nottlng
'boud Id. Dose vellers vas lyln to put
some shob on me. Day zay he vas hurt
mine garacder, und I know it vas von
lie all de vhile."
Just then the " devil" in the press
room gave a Comanche war whoop, and
the foreman heard a man going down
stairs as though his Batanlc majesty was
after him.
Rather Uncertain Bonds.
ABOUT thirteen years ago a man
named Spencer, alia Brockwell,
was arrested and taken before a United
Btates commissioner In Newark, New
Jersey, charged with counterfeiting and
uttering the United Btates one Thou
sand dollar seven-thirty bond. The
commissioner, upon hearing the evi
dence, ordered that the prisoner be held
to answer before the United Btates dis
trict court, or give bond in $10,000 that
he could call upon to go his security,
and so the United Btates marshal hav
ing him In custody said, "Come along
then, you must be imprisoned."
Mrs. Bpencer, alias Brockwell, the
prisoner's wife, a gentle, smart-looking
woman, who was present,became greatly
distressed at the prospect of parting
with her husbaud.
Bald the gentleman's spouse: "Mr.Offl
cer, can't you receive a deposit of a few
hundred dollars as security for the forth
coming of my husband ?" "No, mum,
said the custodian, "but if you'll just
plank down the ten thousand dollars
which of course you can't we'll be glad
to part with your husband."
"Thereat the face of the good wife
dropped, and there was consternation
depicted in the countenances of both
husband and wife. They whispered to.
gether in the corner of the room, and
then with a long-drawn sigh, Mrs
Spencer said : "we'll put the money up;
Just turn your back to me." The officer
turned away, as requested, when the lit
tle woman whipped up her crinoline,
and took from a bundle attached thereto
ten genuine one thousand dollar United
Btates bonds.
"There, sir," she said, "don't lose
them, for I expect to call for that prop
erty some of these days."
And sne old tnat same, a few years
thereafter, when, by statute of limita
tion her husband was relieved from the
charge.
He was not tried, because he was be
coming continually valuable (on prom
ises of favor by the officers of the law)
by divulgements, which In time led to
the capture of the plates from which
the alleged counterfeits were prin fed ;
the manner of obtaining impressions
from the genuine plate in the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing ; the name of
the man in that bureau who, be alleges,
took the impressions from the genuine
Government plate, and which man, by
the bye, is there employed now.
Borne time after the arrest of Ppencer
the United States Treasurer received
from the New York firm of Jay Cooke
& Co., a package of bonds, in which
were eighty $1,000 seven-thirty bonds.
These eighty-thousand dollar securities
were by the Treasurer, rejected as coun
terfeit, and it was claimed that they
were of the batch, (over three millions
dollars face value,) made by the before
mentioned alleged counterfeiter.
Jay Cooke & Co. refused to make good
the rejected bonds, that firm and many
of the best experts claiming that these
securities were printed from engravings
made from impressions taken from the
original engraving in the Treasury De
partment. The government brought suit against
Jay Cooke & Co., a long trial was had,
in which some of the oldest and best en
gravers in the country testified that
Jay Cooke & Co. were justified in
their defense; that the alleged counter
felts were printed from engravings made
from impressions taken from original
plates. The verdict of the Jury was
against the bankers, but neither expert
engravers nor bankers were ever recon
ciled to the result of that trial, and the
question has thus stood undecided.
Meanwhile the Treasury Dcpaitment
offered a reward of twenty thousand dol
lars for the capture of the plates upon
which the alleged counterfeits were prin
ted. W.P.Wood of this city, long employed
In detective service for the Government,
captured the plates and claimed the re
ward. Ills claim went to the first comp
troller of the Treasury, where It ban
been persistently contested for about
two years by some of the employes of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
who allege that the captured plates are
counterfeits, were not taken from genu
ine plates, Ac. Mr. Wood claimed the
reward on fourgrounds, and yesterday
the first comptroller of the Treasury de
cided In his favor, awarding blm ten
thousand dollars. This decision, how
ever, Is based upon the first three of
four points relied upon by Mr, Wood ;
but on the fourth point, which embra
ces the questions as to the genuineness
of plates, counterfeiting, Ac, the comp
troller is of opinion that tho proof Is
not sufficient to sustain Wood's claim;
or, In other words, that the alleged coun
terfeit engraving was not made from im
pressions taken from the genuine plate.
Here is an opinion coming from an of
ficer of the Treasury Department, him
self not an expert, which decided the
question merely to this one case, and
carries no weight of authority with it
beyond this instance. But the old ex
pert engravers outside the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing still maintain
that the comptroller was not, from laok
of skill and experience, competent to.
decide the technical questions involved ;
that tho weight of evidence among com
petent witnesses is overwhelmingly to
the effect that the so-called counterfeit
bonds were taken, as alleged, from the
genuine engraving In the bureau, etc.,
etc. Attention is directed to. the fact
that Mr. Rlsley, while engaged as a So-,
licltor of the Treasury, made a loss and.
thorough examination of this matttti ai
the request of the then Secretary,
McCullough, and decided against the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Bo, here we are again at sea, with
doubts as to how many of the three mil
lion dollars In the alleged counterfeits
outstanding and pas.dng are genuine.
The matter will eventually, no doubt,
be examined by the Banking and Cur
rency Committee of the House. Wanh
ington Capital,
Mirrlags at the Muzzle of a Shotgun.
In the district court to-day, in the case
ofMckeeben against Moose, a motion
for a new trial was overruled, to which
exception was taken. This case is one
of remarkable Interest. On June 30th,
1870, the father of Hattle L. Moose, a
beautiful young country girl, 17 years
old, living about twelve miles from this
city In the southern part of the county,
came into the office of the Probate Judge,
and obtained a marriage license to unite
his daughter and Allison McKeehen, the
present plaintiff, who was at that time a
wealthy country merchant In the village
of Tonganoxle, and whose age is 32. The
license was unsuspectingly granted.
Moose went home, and McKeen was in
vited to call at bis bouse that evening,
which invitation the latter accepted with
an alacrity which, perhaps, is better un
derstood when it is know that Miss
Moose had confessed that there had been
criminal relations existing between
them. Soon after bis arrival, however,
McKeehen was confronted, as his state
ment alleges, with the stalwart farmer,
armed with a shot-gun and two revolv
ers, and was informed that unless he
married bis victim he had just five min
utes to live. He consented, after vainly
endeavoring to argue, the question. Still
keeping him covered with the shot gun
a justice of the peace was sent for by the
father and the ceremony was performed.
McKeehen was then informed, that he
might go or stay. He chose the former
course, and in a short time brought suit
to have the marriage set aside, on the
ground of fraud, violence, etc. The de
fendant put In a counter-charge of seduc
tion, claiming $5,000 damages. Last
week a decree was rendered setting aside
the marriage, and a motion was made by
the defendant for a new trial, which was
heard to-day, as above stated. All the
parties are respectably connected, and
the young girl created a sensation In the
court room by her beauty, quiet manner
and refined action. Much sympathy
was expressed for her. MvKeebau, it i
said, will now be prosecuted for seduc
tion. Kama paper.
Strange Mail Matter.
The postmaster at Hastings, la., while
stamping letters, the other day, struck
one that exploded with a report like
that of a pistol. The edges of the letter
were torn open, and the thing at once
took fire, burning and mutilating several
other letter that lay next to It. The
fire was extinguished without serious
results, and the letter will be . forwarded
to Washington for such action by the
department as hi ay be deemed beneficial
to the postal service. What the explo
sive couteuU were can only be conjec
tured, as the postmaster retusee to open
the letter, or m auy way interfere with
Its present couiiitluu.