Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 18, 1872, Page 2

Y THE CHICAGO. DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1873 = - —_— e L T T ; In the transpazent- UTAH. Appearance of Great Salt Lake Gity ---Ride Along the Eake- Shore, The Theatre---The Tabernacle ---Granite Foundations of the Temple. .The Seraglio---Busy Streets---Camp Dougjas---The Prophet and Seer. The Mines-Fruit Raising---ippearauce of the Women---Neyy Railvoads, From Our Own Correspondent. SaLt Laxe Ciry, U. T., Oct, 10, 1872, I believe 8alt Lake City has been described ‘more frequently than any city in America, and it has been described g0 accurately that nothing nowremains to be said ebountits general features. From the hill on which stands Camp Donglas, the fine panorama is unrolled in front, three miles distant,—the wide streets; the shade- trees and orchards ; the Tabernacle ; while way Jbeyond glisten the waters of the Great Salb Lake, ag it lies at the feet of the blue moun- tains beyond. It is certeinly a magnificent view, and, beyond question, ONE OF THE FISEST in America. I expected to find trees and run- ning water along every street, but was surprised to see such masses of foliage and such fine orchsrds. Qertainly these people are entitled to grest credit, and have made the Great Desert “ blogsom as the rose.” Everything has been “dons by them, for, when they reached this coun- try, in 1847, the plain on which the city etands was covered with sage-brush. The cars from Ogden reach the city about 8 ©'alock in the morning, and, as they skirt along near the margin of the lake, the play of the moonlight upon the waters is as faira scene as ~one conld wish to look upon. The grand old amountains beyond stand out in all their bold- ‘ness and vigor, breathing of old days, when the werld was young, and the majesty of God sat ‘upon the mountain-tops. The air is as pure as can be, and the moonlight appears very bright, 2s it Aoods the whole magnificent lnadzcape. It reminds one of A NIGHT IN THE TROPICS, 1nd the opening lines of a hymn : T heard thetrailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble balls! I saw her sable ekirts, all fringed wiih light From the Celeskial walls 1 In due time we reach the depot, and, after an unpoetical struggle with omnibus-drivers and hackmen, are at length geated inan omnibus and carried to our hotel. Aswe go along, we are struck with the appearance of the trees, which seem to bave attained a great growth during the 1ast twenty-five years, and show that the Mor- ‘mons are an industrious and painstaking race of people, and that they have done an immense deal of labor in this valley. After our supper, or late dinuer, we stvoll forth, and wend our way to THE SALT LAKE THEATEE. As we enter this Temple of the Muses, our noses are filled with an odor by no means from “Araby the Blest,” and we are somewhat . astonished to see how very well indeed the Mormon men and women stand it. The building itself is & good one, and has four fiers in addi- tion to the parquet. The ornamentation is in white and gold, which bae, sometime or other, been quite pretty, but is now dizarre. The seats are msde of coarse planking, some of them cushioned, and all of them looking 88 if & thorough fenovation would be the most proper thing. they could receive. We first have an Irish piece, and then the Macbeth choruses by t.hsg.‘abemmle choir. The dresses assumed by the actresses are =& sight for gods end men, and strongly remind me of a delegation of Pi-Ute squaws on an excursion to the pinery. They sing, and truth compels me toesy that they. sing very well indeed. They ere applauded by the people, and, after the thing 18 over, resume their geats amid the mndience. Some of them are quite pretty; but, whether wives or maidens, I know not, nor do I care, a8 itis not my purpose to inquire into 'g.;leygnmy one way or the other, end, whether sident Brigham has one wife or ong hundre [ care not one straw. That ishis business, an uone’of mine. - Xremark only that the lady portion of the rudience ARE NOT RICHLY CLAD 3 their attire is good enough, itis true, but be- spaaks either poverty or extreme frugality. We miss the beautiful toilets of the American ladies, and have instead an exceedingly plain-lookin; lot of women; and, how any man can Btan more than one of them, Iam free to admit I Cannot imagine, e The next morning, we visit the Tabernacle and the foundation of the Temple, both of which zre in the same block and surrounded with a high wall. An English gentleman, who has charge of the work, kindly shows us through. THE TABERNACLE, and, with com}?e]ndxblet’ pride, points taut the . laxge organ,—the largest, except one, of any in | Rien o says the’ whole of the work of making it was done by the membersof the church, from the chopping down of the trees to the gilding of the immente pipes. He says Prosident Young designed the plan of the Tab- ernecle, which is capable of comfortably seating 12,000 qouls! I conld almost exclaim, * How i that for high ?” The benches, or pews,aremade of plain pine lumber, and look neat and in keepin, with the whole place. The seats for the Churc] dignitaries are in front of the organ, on elevated platforms of different heights, where they can see tho sea of faces on the floor below. In thoe yard is the FOUNDATIOS OF THE TEMPLE, which is to be built wholly of granite. This foundation is exceedingly_massive, and, so far as Iwas ebleto judge, designed in excellent taste. .. There is nothing taw about it, but all is upon & grand and besutiful scale. Ibis all very well to_decry the Mormons and beliitle their works, but the truth is, they are getting STRONGER AND STRONGER : every day, and are rapidly accumulating wealth. The cry that they are crumbling to pieces is all bosh. "I Lnow it is not fashionable to write in this way, but T am _trying to tell the truth, and care no more for Mormonism than I do for the religion of the Fejee Iglanders. I have no doubt they will be soundly persecuted in the fu- ture, and, when that time comes, they will bo strong, hardy, rich, and vigorous. While talk- ing with the Englich gentleman before referred to, several people came in with their tithings, inthe ehape of money and fruit, and I was struck with one man who handed in 2 quarter of adollar (fractional cwrency), which he had found, near by, and for which ho was desirous to find an owner. It looked a little like running honesty “into the ground,” but still there is the fact, and there was the hohest men who did it! For my I should have fobbed the quarter and said nothing ebout it, and o would ninety- nine out of every hundred. A short distance from the Tabernacle, we come to President Young's FAR-FAMED SERAGLIO. It is surrounded by & high wall, made of cob- ble-stones Isid np in mud, and, ab short inter- wals, there are liftle round buttresses, looking, for all the world, like 2 hard-burnt French’ ro! standing on end. It was to me exactly what my mind had conceived of the mud walls which sur- round the venerable city of Timbuctoo. Itlooks grim and dirty enough. We come to a grest gate, and over that gate, high perched in air, 16 a leather or wooden esgle; and certainly, if sy eezlo needed currying and repuinting, that eagleis the one, I actually pitied the poor bird, which has been exposed io storms for years upon years, and has its plumage frayed in the most pitiful manner. Tho lion on the’ Lion Houee looked as if he wero taling a_quict after- noon's siesta, but the eagio looked ab- solutely haggard! I left the Seraglio, cobble- gtones, eagle, lion, and all, and wandered o down town,—my preconceived uotions of a Se- raghio, or_ Harem, laving reccived an awful ghook; and I beartily coincided with a Nevoda miner who drily remarkod that ke wouldn’s have any of itin his.” I presume he meant his cup of happiness ; but I asked no questions, my mind being too much occupied with other mat- ters. Thatcobble-stone wall lot me down might- ily, and I can houestly say I did mot envy gham ix tho least. Dn'i:a Toain strests of Salt Take City are bgm with a busy tide of humenity, and every- thing BETOKENS MATCRIAL PROSPERITY. - Houses are springing 1p in every direction, aad the railroad is absolutely upable to fill the demand which i made upon it in the way of suppiying the Valley with lumber and building material. Blex seem busy; and money is plentifal, It does one's icart good to see tho enterprise and go-abeadaliveness which is hero manifested ; and, ouieide of New York and Chicago, I do not believa there is a more busy and tlriving town fin tho United States. This year, the people d groat crops ; many of the mines are ng wonderfully ; and there is a great de- for Inborers of every kind. Salt Lake al present, in addition” to_everytiing clse, iving miniug town in full blast. Nothing can keep it back; and, whatever may be the religious character of its inhabitants, o very « _LARGE AND IMPORTANT CITY it is bound to be within a short time. I heard some good judges eoy that there are over 40,000 people now in the city. Wagons of every size and descriplion swarm in the strcets, &nd a busy throng is surging along the bateful gravel- 1y sidewalls, amid clouds of fierce Utah alkaline ust, intent’ upon getting to the Cottonwood Mines 23 soon as possible. . Mining, money, and 3lormonism are the only Lopics of conversation. Back of the city, and beneath tiie frowning Wasateh range of Taountaius, is ” * . CANP DOTGLAS, wlich was built ten years ago by the Volunteers. The houses are mostly made of logs, and neatly whitewashed, They are comfortable, and an- swer the purpose for which they were erected verywell. Here and theve, in the parade-ground, are heavy pieces of artillery; and, allinall, it Das the appearance of a well-conducted military post. From this plece one gots the besb view of the city, asitlieslikea groat mep unrolled be- fore you,—ihe streeis crossing each other at right angles, and the elliptical domo of the Tab- ernacle lyiugliko a great white-backed bestle amid the green foliage. City Creek furnishes water on either side of the streetf, and there seem tobea goodly number of carts for the purpose of wpriulling them, bobitis exceedingly dusty, and the great rush of business hias hud the effect to cutup these streets fearfully. Back of the Camp, Beveral canons are pointed ont, . and one especially is looked 1:pon with interest, called EGIGRANT CANOY, through which the Latter-Day Saints made their advent into the Great Salt Lnke Velley. They were poor almost beyond the power of words to expresg, and the firgt fow years of their resi- dence loro was & continual struggle sgains starvation. Seed corn, wheat, and broadsiufis were brought with them ; but the grasshoppers destroyed thir crops yeer after year, until thoy Iiad almost abaudoned hope ; but they kept on, and the resnlt is, the mejority of them are now an independent dlass of small farmers. A visit to Salb Lake would, of course, be in- complete without sceing DRIGIAM YOUNG. = I saw the old man, now over 70, and he looked the brave old licn which heis.” Unquestionably be is heed and shoulders above any man in the Territory, in point of sbility, and leads his people by Lindness and the Birength of his grest will. Such men ashe is it is imposeible fo laugh down. There is a grandeur and massiveness” about them that towers above common men as much as mn eagle does above a chicken. He is sincere i his desire to Eromo(e tho welfare of Lis people, and I believe e is hionest in his Lelief in Mormonism. It is this very honesty and sincerity that carries Lim along. He is tho lesder of & now religious sect whose future no men can sce at present. It may be thet the Mormons will drop polygamy, which eeems to be its objectionable renture, an then will continue advancing until they become & great power in the land. President Young is wealthy, and seems anx- ious to acquire propertyin orderthat he may strengihen his Church. IT SEXNS STRANGE "{hat so manymenwhoareutterly godless in every respect shonld be so anxious fo tesr down tho Mormon Church. Its continuedexigtence scems tothem 2 great wrong. Wihy is this? Would thoy join any religions devomination on any terms? Assuredly not; they wish to tear down Mormonism and not the people, simply to gratify 2 wolfish spirit. THE MINES IN UTAR - are something wonderfal, and their megnitude i8 being made known daily. All along the moun- tain-sides below the city, new minos are being discovered, which are richer than anything here- tofore known. There is little noise madoe about it outeide, but this is tho truth. Of course, there are many disappointed people, as thers are in every mining community, who cannot speak well of anything, when they themselves have been disappointed ; but this dos not alter the case at all, The mines are there; they are exceedingly -rich, and many men are rapidly ‘making fortunes. Othermen start poor, remain poor, and always will be poor. It docs one's ery heart good to seo the big silver bricks which have been worked out of the sides of the scraggy old mountains. No one—except, per- haps, the owners—Lknows what THE EMIMA MINE has produced, though meny millions of dollara® worth of silver are kuown to have been taken out. The orc from this mine is_shipped directly to England, where the metal is ex- tracted and thorough work done. It is useless to mention the other mnos, as they teem to be numberless; some of them good, others utterly worthless, on which greeniiorns are_spending the last cent they can raise in the world. ~Inthig business, 2s in every other,a man must go through the regular achooling, and it is no more than fair that every man should pey for huvin his eye-teeth cut. And then it does an 015 miner good to rope in o ** Smart Aleck” from the iates. NO TERRITORY IS DIFROVING 28 rapidly as this, and the Ute war in the south- ern portion seems to have been effectually played out. Itwasa bloodless war, and amounted to but very little in the aggregate. All along through the Valley, new farms are beirg opened, and the number of acres under cultivation increased. But the whole Mormon commaunity seem to be producers, and they have not yet learned that a consumer is entitled to as much respect 8s a producer. Being all pro- ducers, they have heretofore had little market for their products, and, as & consequence, have remained poor. Now, however, people zve flocking in, and must be fed. TLe fruits of the Valley— such as_apples, pears, n}mcots, and grapes— command a ready ale in Montang, and along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, and are ghip- ped off in coneiderable quantities. I alao heard that it was the intention to ship off & LADGE AMOUST OF SUBPLUS WHEAT to the Eastern States. ‘ILiswill be strange, indeed, and speaks well for the fature prospeots of the Territory in an agricultural point of view. There isascheme mnowon foot to utilize the whole of Utsh Lake for itrigating purposes. This isa lake of fresh and excellent water, i\;h':\(:h Los a direct outlet into the Great Salt Every year, there are considerable accessions to this commaunity from Europe, and all of these people must be supplied with houses and lands, Everybody is_expected to labor ab gomething, and yearlyadd something to the wealth of the Charch. Of course, the American people are unhappy when they have not some one to bang away at; but it seems tome that the Mormons have had ORE THAN THEIR SHARE of banging. Truth compels me to say that the Mormons are by no means & lovely people; but I do not know that they ought to be killed on that account. Some of the women are homely enongh to “stop & funeral,” and why any man should want more than one of them for a wife passes my comprehension. There are no old maids in the Territory, and a woman, be she as ugly as Muclde Mou’ Mg, is sure_of & husband, Truly it is the Paradiso of spinstors, and I Deard one sturdy old Geutile say, #It was a d—d sight better than the Eastern States on this ac- count.” There is A LOOK OF “‘GASHLINESS” about some of these Mormon females which is depressing to human nature, and I have seen no uglier specimens, except, perhaps, among the wild tribes. They may bg able to bring forth o race of heroes, nevertheless, and this is what the Mormon people are desirous of doing. Their whele thoughts - sre upon the future of their Church, and each mon looks upon bimself es a Saint. This is truly com- forting in this age of self-abnegation, and shows thai men have a good opinion of themselves still. It is not vouchsafed to ev- ery man to be a Saint in the flesh, and I believe eli who have been canonized after death beiong to the Cathiolics. The Protestants have appro- priated some of {hese Szints, and it is diflicult to understand how the Protestants are to get any of their ovn, 1t looks singalar enough to sce cars marked UTAH CENTRAT, RAILROAD, i ‘Dut hero wo see ther, end learn that roads are slready built well dovm in the mining region, end that others have been projected which wi De completed in a yoar or two. So it goes. The wholo couniry is being rapidly opened up for settlement, and population is increasing.every- where. I éhall notbe at all astonished to sze immenso wheai-ficlds on the Americen Desert, and believe that cll the alkali-plains in the south will, in a few years, be covered With cotton- fields. . There are maay fine fiocks and herds in Utah, and their number Is increasing year by year] ‘but, et present, the great industry which oceu- pies the minds of men is ONING. Machinery is being shioped here from the ‘foundries of the East, ind mills aro risng or every hand. New mines arc being opercd, &nd, all along the whole extent of the Wasaich range, of mountuins, prospoctois zre busy trying to" find thehidden riches of the earth. Scme great fortunes will be mado within the next twelve months, end there will be the neual number of failures and ruined men. The great basin of TUtah contains immenge mines of £ilver, copper. coal, and iron, and I havo no doubt good gold mines will also be diecovered. Thare seems, in fact, no end to the mineral resources of tho Territory. ALGEDRA. CAMERON'S CONQUEST. Efow the Thing Was Bowne in the Tenth Ward ¢f Philadeiphia. From a Communication in thc Philadsiphia Age. At the roquest of the Secrefury of the Tenth Ward Democratic Executive Committeo, I took chargo of tho wndow-book af, ihe poll of the Sixth Division, at Librandt and Raco strects, I reached there 8¢ 9:30 a. m.. and found the polls in possession of the Ropublican “Ring” of that division, headed by John Hollock. "I wasin- formed thnt previons to_my arrival ‘tize window- book bad been snatched away from two voters, who had it in charge at different times, and who weronot allowed to serve. Ilearned further that during the first hour thero was not % Democratic election officer inside. When they presented themselves at 7 o'clock: there was 1o one there to swear them, the Alderman beving left immediately after swearing in the Ropublican officers, They wors not allowed to serve until they were sworn, and it waa 8 o'clack before they could find sny one to administer the oath. . The returns for the first hour show that 17 votes were polled. This also is evidence of frand, because under the most favorable circum- stances no more than seventy votes can be poil- cd in an hour. Illegal voting scemed to b6 the rulo of the dny ; two pereons voted five times, three yote1 thrce times, aud a great many twice. As raany ss fifty legal voters were falsely per- sonuted. Ono of the most noticeable cases was the personation of Dr. Cox, on Thirteenth street. A man of depraved, dissipat- el nppearance, clad in filthy, tom gar- ments, presented himself in a semi- inebristed condition, and asserted that he was Dr. Cox. His vote was roceived without hesitation, it being a full Republican one. An- other case was that of & gentleman of fino ap- pearance, who was informed thot not only him- olf, but his absent son and son-in-low, hed been represented. Numbers of the best known citizens of the werd were falsely personated, 2nd no objection waes allowed to boraised. There was but one Democratic election ofiicer who wore a poster, which was frequently torn from his brenat. At 12:30 p. m. he was knocked down, and beaten shamefully, so badly that to-dny bhe is unable io leavo his house. In the morning & citizen from » neighboring di- vision Was set on, beaten, aud locked up by o policemen, named Barclay, without any provocation whatever., One of the repeaters presented himself at the window, for the pur- gzse of voting, undor the assumed name of arles Borie, residing at No. 219 North Thir~ teenth street. ‘The United States Buparvisor, Charles C. Barron, objected to him, stating that o was not the party, as he lnew him well. Tpon being sworn, Lo still persisted that Lo was the party. Mr. Bairon seked him his buginess, which raiged quite o storm of indignation from the outsiders. Alderman Gugger interfered, and said ; ““ It is none of your business; the man was sworn, and that i3 enough; you have to receivo his vote.” It is unnecossary fos state that his vote was received. MMr. Barron came out of the room = short time after, and was immcdi:\!e{f’ scized end taken to the station-house and, locked up in & _cell. Mr. Jobn O. James, of the fum of James, Kent, Bantee & Co., went there to go his bail. It was refused, 23 I am informed, and the statcment made il:at they could not receive any bail. Shortly after e was released by Alderman Gug- §er. An election officer of the Municipal Re- orm ticket was beaten and driven from the olls. Theyalso made an attack on Messrs. ohn Kames and Samuel M. Neely. It was as much ag & man's lfe was worth to challenge a Republican voter. In one instance, where a Democrat voted, I myself saw the Inspector within let the ballot fall over the side of the box, alfhough his vote Liad been accopted. My impression was that a perfect unenimity of action and feeling existed within the room, 28 very little opposition was menifested to the con- stant illegal voting. No hourly returns wera read after ) o'clock. A slight farce was enacted Dby Ar. Hollock appearing at_tho window cbove on one occasion and aanouncing that Hartranft had received for that hour G5 votcs and Bucka- Iew 1, and that it was too much trouble to read further. Atintervals gengsof rcpeaters voted and then moved on to other divisions. The ‘hourly returns were carried in Gpen cigar-boxes, through & bar-room, out to Race street, and from _thence to Lybrandt strect, and up a narrow staircase to the second-story of the dwelling. The total vote in this precinct last year was gsx, ‘while the vote at thiselection amounted to R S e, A Game foraWoman and Death to the Staike. From the Dear Lodge Northwest. The Clhinaman, whom ‘our highly civilized brethren of the East are so desirous to have multiplied among them, possesses some ideas .concerning personal freedom and marital rela- tions somewhat at variance with the spirit of the amended constitution and the established ordi- nances of the Republic. For instance: China- men in this country buy sud sell their women, just as they would a pig or a cayuse, and many incidents of a humorous and not infrequently of a gerious charzcter grow out of these transace tions. 'Their propensity for gambling is noto-~ rious, and + dnat searep or stalios high, 1t 18 10b exceptionel to stake of these women.on the resnlt of the game. A case of this kind, resulting, it is supposed, with death to the woman, occurred this weel. Two Chinamen were gambling at Philipsburg o fow ovenings since. One was a resident of that lacs, the owner of a woman, and the.other from ioneer, who wanted her. She was put up b the Philipsburg Chinamen against so mucl money by the fellow from Pioneer. The Pioneer wou and brought his prize home. Tho Pbilips- burger followed, renched_Pioneor, and socking out the woman on Thureday evening, plunged & knife into_her body, cutting & {rightful wound cloge to the leart, from indications neces- sarily fatal. Tne murderer fled before he could be arrested, and is still at largo. This informa- tion is tho latest by yesterday's conch, and it is supposed the woman i3 deud. Deputy Sherift Warren is, we understand, in pursuit. Now wouldn't a little circnmstance like this be a pleasant ocenrrence in some well regulated family down in America ? _—— A State Ruled by Women. Among the Holland Possessions there is a ro- markable little State which, in its constitution and the original customs of its inhabitants, sur- passes the boldest dreams of American emanci- pation ladies. Upon theIsland of Java, between the cities of Batavia and Ssmarang, iés the lit- tle kin% om of Bantam. Although tributary to Holland, it is an independent State, politically ithout importance, yeb happy, rich, and since time immemoricl, governed end defended by women. The sovereign is indeed 2 man, but all the rest of the government belongs to the fair sex. The King is entirely dependent upon his State Conncil, composed of thres women. The highest authorities, all Btate ofiicers, cowt _functionarics, military ~commanders, and soldiers are, without exception, of the fa- malo sex. The men are agriculturists and mer- chants. The body-guard of tho King is formed of the female elife. These Amazons ride in the mascaline style, wearing sharp steel points in- steed of spurs, They carry a Fflimed lauce, which they swing very giacefully, and aléo s musket, which is diecharged at full gallop. The throne 1s inheritable by the eldcst on, and, in case the King dies withoub iesue, a hundred elected Amazous assemble, in order to chooso a successor from gmong their own sons. The choeen one is then proclaimed lawful King. The capital city of this little State lies in one of the most picturesque parts of the ilands, ina fruitful plain, aud is defended by two well- kept fortresses. . fe The Mackerel Fisherys The catch of mackerel up to this time, eays the Cape Ann (Mass.) Adverfiser, has not been more than two-thirds that of last season. Whether tho present month will add materially to the ecatch remains o be seen. Sckooner Mi- sntonomah, of Newburyport, recently canght in ber nets one hundred and forty barrels of mack- crel,and, out of the lot, ouly thirty-five bar- rels’ were large enough to pay Jor pack- ing. The remainder, onc hundred and five barrels, were thrown overboard. This waste and destruction of mackerel is one eerious ob- jeclion against ceining. These fish aro among the most nervous of any that swim, and the least confinement 0 excites them that they keep in constant motion and soon destroy themselves. It often occars that a seiner will take in the nets Trom 500 to 1,000 barrels of mackerel, and a8 it is impossible for them to take care of more than 200 barrels before the balance get so0 soft a8 fo be unfit for dressing, unloss there happen t0 ba other vessels near, there is a great waste. This has been the experience of many of the Eeiners this senson. The Grand Menan fishermen B8y that they have not had better fishing for yeara than they are now having—averaging from thres to five quintals to & man deily. 3 MOUNT SHASTA. The 614 Home of Jonguin DPiifler--- Reminiscences of the Poet of he Sierras. i Romantic Beauties of the MeSioud River ---The Ascent of Shasta Butte, Handsome Indian Women--- Gold-Diggings--- ¥reka. - Corvespondence of The Clu'c"fl_qo Tribune. MouxT Sassa, Cal,, Oct, 10, In i) the most northern county of Califor- nia, I liave met many of the friends and former comrades of Joaquin Miller, For seversl years belived a wild and romaciic life among the Shasta Mountaing, and he is well remembered by tho early sottlors. Adter having traveled over elmost the whole of the Pacific Coast, I wesof the opinion that the finest view in California wes Clezr Lake, from the Cloverdale Road, until I arrived in thislo- cality. -The natural etiraciions hers are even SUPERIOL TO THE YOSEXNITE VALLEY, and, when the country becomes accessible by railway it will bo visited by thoueands of tour- ists from all parts of the world. This is a region of lofty mountain-chaine, of peaks white with eternal snow, of fathomless mountain-gorges, of boundless oceans of mountain-pines ; and, above all, Mount Shasta lifts his mighty bulk, 14,442 feet, into o sky as cloudless a8 that of Italy, The romantic beauties of the McCloud River, which eve so well described by Joaguin Miller in his Songs of the Sierras, are WITHOUT PARALLEL IN AMERICA; and the exquisite coloring of its waters is only equalled by tho Rhine as it rushes from Lake Zurich, or the river that flows southward from the great glecier on the Dovrejeld, in Norway Hundreds of Indians live along its banks, and subsist upon the fish with which it teems. United States Commissioner Stone, who has been examining the waters of the whole country, and even Canads, for the purposs of procuring the oggs of salmon for reproduction, reporis. that the McCloud is tie most suitable for his purposes of, any stream he has seen anywhere, and pre- parations are being made to engage in the bus- iness_on a gigantic scale. Four kindsof sal- monide inhabit the McCloud,—i. e., tho larger and smaller varictics of salmon proper, salmon- trout, and speckled mountain frout. 0 avel age weight of salmon caught is about 20 pounds. They maybe seen jumping out of the water con-. {inually, and are speared by the Indians in vast numbers. The day is got distant when English :Eortmcn, instead of tho annual migrations to o rivers of Norway, will try their luck at sal- mon-fishing beneath the shadows of Alount Shasta. An English critic, in reviewing the POENS OF JOAQUIN MILLER, expressed his wonder that any oae could write such descriptions without having breathed the air of Switzerland. Should he ever be fortunate enough to visit Siskiyon Cmffi, Cal., the mys- tery will bo explained. In this lofty region, where the Klamath, Shests, and Sacramento Rivera spring from the cternal glaziera of Mount Shasta, and the summit of the *Red McCloud’ is loveled off into a bare and treeless plain, and splintered mountain-peaks are stationed about, Iike sentinels uplifting their crimson lances to the eky, ho passed severzl years of his early youth, ih daily and nightly communion with the Genius of the Mountains. In fact, his Bongs of the Sierras aro a guide-book to all the grand fea~ tures of the country, and it is difficult to refrain from quoting from them, 80 complets and per- fect are his descriptions. His mind and this whole mountein region seem to be & reflex of each other. It is fit that heshould sing its praiseg to the world, for he is its legitimate' offspring, and it may claim him 23 a parent claimsits child. Tt is his right to say: Have I not sung thy scenes, surpassing skies, 7Tyl Europe lifted up ber face, And marvelled =t thy matchlcas grace, With eager and inquiring eyes? When Jonquin Miller lived here, he was less than 20 years of age, but even then he was looked upon a8 a character with whom ' IT WAS DANGEROUS TO INTERFERE. The rich gold diggings in the valleys hed not et beon workod out, and the entire population wore rough, long-bearded miners, many of whom were riespendues, representing the seum of the cities of the world. 'These men were al- ways armed, and bloody hand-to-hand enconnters were common. Joaquin Miller, who was much, of a recluse and very eccentric, was for & while a butt for the ridicule of these men. Although usually dressed in rongh buckskin he took es- pecial core of bis long flowing locks, which reached almost to his choulders, and he invaria- le wore gloves. On one occasion, he wag in- sulted and attacked by several of these fellows in & bar-room ; pistols were drawn, and & _rogu- lar conflict ensued, in which he came off victori- ous, aftor baving disebled two of his sutago- nists. After this, his raputation for courage was established, snd he was not molested. I am informed by & printer in the offica of 3 nows- paper in Yreka that Joaquin Miller several times sent in versos for publication, which wereinyar-. iably thrown into the waste-bgsket by the editor, with the observation, * Thereis more trash from that absurd lunatic. ” ) It is evident that the occasion of his betakin, himeelf to the fastnesses of the mountains an living among the Indians became the founda- tion of his poem, ‘ Californian.” He wsS in the employ of a farmer in Shesta Valley, an for some cause or other, the man fiatly refuses to iay him his wages. ~ He at onco saddled one of his employer’s best horees, and PROCEEDED T0 RIDE OFF. He was followed on horseback by the owner, the Sheriff of the county, and two other mox, and was ovortakon on the brow of a hill. Re- fusing to surrender, a desperate conlict ensued, in which_the Sheriff was badly wounded, an Joequin Miller dashed down the bill, with his clothes full of bullet-holes, and escaped into the lofty mountains beyond the 3lcCloud River, where he remeined hidden among the wild In- dians for more than & year, although the Sheriff subsequently recovered, and er's conduct s sustained by the cortmunity af large, Who knew the circumstances. The Shasta Indians, like all other American Indians, are simply savages; but, if they have any distinctive features, 1t is in THE EZAUTY OF TAE WOMEN. Tnstend of the low, squat figure and besstly countenances of the squais npon the Plaing, or in the valleys of Californin, you sco tell, litho forms, expressive features, aud delicate hands and feet. Isaw one young girl, atihe base of Mount Shasta, who would be considered beauti- ful anywhere. 8he was extremely tzll and very elender; her black bair was in two broad plaits, and hung two-thirds of the way to the ground; she wore bracelets and aaklets npon ber limbs, and barbaric ornaments in her ears; and her flushing cyes end the purple flush upon her cheeks bespoke ail the passion and fiery glow of the Orient. As ehe and her mate stood by the bank of the bright McCloud, beneath the shadow of a stately pine, in tho setting sun, I wondered if Joaquin Miller did nct have in his mind some other such being when he wrote: Lot red livs Jift, proud curled, to kiss, ‘And round limbs lean, and ralse, and reach, In love too passionate’for speech, Too full of blessedness and bliss For ypything but this and this, At any rate, in a ekirmish that _took place between the Shasta Indians and the whites, some months after, ho was found among. the Indizns, with whom ho sided for some ro- mantic reason, and was captured and imprisoned in the town of Shasta; and this adventure, no doubt, furnished the material from which he v.'zfie ihe magnificent “Tale of the Tall Al- calde.” " MOUNT SHASTA, or Shaste Butte, 2s it is styled here, is an ex- tinct volezno. Thero are, in fact, two_peaks; bui one isseveral thousand feet the highest, and is three miles distant from the lower one, which js an_immense Inactive crater, filled with jce and snow. The general view of the upper half of the mountain is not uniike Vesuvius seen from Naples. Upon the very summit of the loftiest peak is o hot spring, in which visi- tors who have sufiiciont pluck to male the as- cont may boil en egz in six minutes. Travellers wishing to go up get out of the stage of the Cali- fornis and_ Oregon Line at Sisson’s Ranch, whore thoy are furnished with horses and & ide for 829 a picce. Tho Company-Ground, as it is called, is two-thirds of the way ng,innd is reached on horsobeck, the firat night. Here the horees are loft; snd, on the next day, by Gint of climbing over broken lava and obsidien, tho snow-line is arrived at; axd, finaily, aftera long struggle, iy which many succumb, - the ton of the mountain is gained. atmoephere, alwost all of Californie north: of Son Francizc Visible,- the southern part of Orcgon, the line of the Sjerre Novadas, and the Pacific, & hundred miles at sen. At this ex- treme sititude, the snow is as light and dry as powder, and is-tossed by tha winds in great white clouds, half-way down to tho base. Near the ‘sumnmnit, a register for visitors is deposited apon the open rock, and, although it has been expoged for throe vears, it is unirjured. Rain® never falls upon it, ond’ the snow is dry and never melts. - CASTLE LAEE, rear the foot, of the mountain, is so transparont thet every pebble may be seen upon the bot- tom, & hundred foet in dopth. "Call and sombre- pines arereflected from its depths, and it is filled speckled trout of exquisita flavor. Put- ting the grandour of the cenery out of the question, this entire region is & sportsman’s paradisc, and its attractions-in this rcspect ave anequalledin California. -There are grizzly, brown 2nd cinnamon bear, deer, elk, and moun- tin sheep, panthers, and wild-¢ats in the moun- tains, and grouse, hare, squirrels, and_other va- ;ie&ies of smaller game in abundance in the val- ey. The California and Oregon Railroad, which is being built from both ends of the line, will pass directly through this country, splitting it wide open, and plecing its_hitherio inaccessible districts upon & public highway. In' this Vicin- ity, some of g THE RICHEST PLACER-DIGGINGS: in California were discoverad, and were worked by hand, s far 88 practicable, and then absn- doned ; but, in the vallays, there are miles upon Tailes of i foli-beariag ground, which capital. will eventually*cause to yield millions to the- treasure of the world. No ' available water for washing in some inatances, the want of drain- age in others, have been the drawbacks, and the miners wandered off to other districts, orre- turned to the ‘‘States,” and their forsaken clnims beve Inin. for yeurs unworked, and will continue so until galvanized into life by the advent of capital. YRERA, the county-seat of Siskiyou County, situatedina lovely valley in full view of Mount Shasts, was, once & town of 12,000 inhabitants, and the: centre from which millions of gold-dust was. ehipped to San Francieco. The popu-- lstion now is scarcely 1,200; its_ streots and store-houses are deserted; ils buildings are going to decay; and there i an air of desolation about the whole place, which is de- pressing to tho last degree; and yet there is scarcely & spot in the whole valley, from base to base of the’ mountains, which does not show gold in paring quantities and could not be worked with immense profit, if water could be had nd drainage secured. Back in the mountains, among the pine-forests, the seitlers belong to the class of E FRONTICRSMEN rather then the miners,—the same class of pioneers found in all new countries,—men who wWanit plenty of elbow-room, dislike too many neighbors, and spend the most of their time in hunting and fishing. I passed the night at the house of one of these old_hunters, who, in_ his youth, had been 8 Rocky Mountails scont, and, in company with Kit Carson, had piloted Fremont over the Sierrn Nevadas. “He was & rough, un- couth old fellow, but honest and sincere to the last dogree; and ¥ was amused at his description of Joaquin Miller, whom he seemed to kmow well and admire. He said “ He had never heerd any of the books rend that Miller had writ,” but he had been with him often in the mountains, and then related a NUMBER OF THEIR ADVESTURES together, nmong which was 2 long story about Miller crawling into a thicket and killing a wounded grizzly bear, where everybody elge was afraid to venture; and he closed by saying he had seen Miller tried more than once, and that he was “ clear grit,” had “sandin his crav,” ond “never did teke water,"—whatever those expressions may mean. am glad I stumbled on this region of coun- try. aving no acquaintance Wwith Joaquin Miller, except through his published writings, I believe in him thoroughly. His poems are the free ontbreathings of a nature trained amid the grandenr and solitude of these majestic moun- taing, and are entirely destitute of the mawkish gentiment of schools. His description of Castle Lake, in ‘‘Ina,” is one of the most complete and perfect descriptions ever written, and it is exactly correct in all its details. He left here about ten or twelve years 4go, and never re- turned until the past summer, when he mads his appesrance ina mngsh costume, elopt & night ot the baso of Mount Bhasts, talked in_their ovn jargon to the astonished Indians, whoat firat i not recognize him, renewed his acquaintance with his old friends, and then left as suddenly: hecame. DMARSHALL. e e e ) Phases in the Lifc of a ¥French Agie tator. M. Henri Rochefort is the modern man with the iron mask. Like the traditional brother of 5 French King he is bronght into prominence' only to be withdrawn into s darker seclusion.: He stood over the body of Nayulaon‘ and as another Anthony hanging sbout the bloody re- mains of Casar, conjured the people to be long- suffering when he meant to incite them o mu- tiny. He sent his revolntionary Lanterne fired with flerce and dangerous light, into the very- precinets of the palace.. He stood the embodi-. ment of s French Nemesis in.the midst of the. terrific bombardment of Paris, and handed 't i8 colaborers torch sfter torch to send the infari ate flames cracking, scor VBZ heart of themetropolis he profesaed to love with the devotien of a woman. . Deoflantly resisting the Versailles Government, e found himself a prisoner of the energetic old man who had chiefly devoted his life to the graces of historic lteraturo. And to-day, & con- : victed man, Rochefortis seenno_ more by the French people. The prigon in which he rumi- | nates by day and sleeps by night is unknown to | his confreres who have the good fortune to es- cape & convict’s cell and the Bwift vengeance of tho suocessful party. The French Government and the jailor alone know the present habita- tion of M, Henri Rochefort. 4 Meanwhile, whether fate has ordained it for ‘better or for worse, discreditable passages in the life of the great whilom agitator have-come to light. 'The tale is 80 well told that e do not care to abridge it. He earned 26,000 to £8,000 & yenr before he began to publish Za Lanterne. This periodical poured into his pocket 32,500 clear profit every week (310,000 » year), making his total annual income $136,000 o year at the loast. He had his washstand farnished with pitcher, basin, tooth- brush’ box, soap box, all of solid silvir. Hia walls were hung with pictures for which he had paid & great deal, snd which bore-the names_of the immortal masters of painting. True, thai at the sale they went for pothing, but Roche- fort’s is not the only cabinet of pictures valued et a fortune by its collectorand sold for a song b{ its auctioneer. He lavished money on some of the most extravagant women of Paris. Mean- while, his father languished in & garret withno window but a skylight, allowed only one candlo a weok, and fed—you mey imagine how poorly after I toll you 3250 covered all the expenses, lodgings, table, lights, and fuel for the sordid boarding-house _situated. at 210 Rue de Fau- Dbourg, &t. Antoine. Rochrfort never vi sent him any money. There is some mystery ebout the father’s marital relations. It is certain |. that Henri Rochefort’s mother was a past: cook, or a girl employed in & pastry shop, an forty-odd years since renowned -for her beauty. Henry Rochefort’s father was, in those distant days, & briltiant vaudeville writer, who thought the world was in a gling, whose string he-held. He died o fervant Christian, provided with the sacraments of the Catholis Church; neverthe- less, Rochefort, who had disdained him living, took possession of his corpse and buried bim without the least religious service, in order to increase his (Henri Rochefort's) popularity in Belleville. ———o—— An Arkansas Letter. From the St. Louis Democral, . Doveg, Oct. 8, 1872.—Ay Dear Boy:—The double-barre] that you sent came safely to hard, and I'was only shot at once while I was carrying it home. Bill Slivers popped at me from behin the fence s I was passing his house, but I had Ioaded the two-shooter as soon_as T got it, and he didn't jump up from behind that fence but once. T am gald that one of the barrels is a rifle, 38 T needed it for long range practice. The other I can fill with buckshof, and can riddle a man nicely at close quarters. I mean to try both barrels on those Jetts when I meet them., You see, old man Jett stole a mule fromus in the war, and when it was over pap laid for him and Xkilled him. Then nigger ig)m Jett, as we called him—the black-faced one—he laid for pap and plugged him. Then I picked a fuss with Tom and cut him into gxblats, and since that time his brother Sam has been laying for me. I know it it ia his turn, but I think my double-barrel will ‘prove too much for him. If you want to see fun come down for a whila and bring arifle. It don’t make any differeuce which- side you belong to, and itisn't even neoessary 10 join the militin. It is easy o got up & grudge against somebody, and el you have t0 dois to lay for your men and knocl bim over. Behind mfi)lg»pan i8 ono of the sweetest hiding- places I Imow of, and itisso handy! A good many pkeupln come within range in the eourse of s week, and aman can psss his time right pleasantly. 1 wisa you would send me & oatglogue of Sun- 8c0] dflng and devouring the | Ostend (although it is denied) ited his fether and never |. ‘day 6chool_books,_ with the prices, if thero are | any in St. Louis. “H we can_get them on time wowill take s big lot of books. I am Superin- tendent of tho Baptist Sunday School now, and am running it under a full heed of steam. 014 man Byers, who was turred out, is right_mad. “about it, and sweéars thet he will chaw meup; but he will chaw lead if he don't keep clear of me. . -.- My swifo wants-toknow if you can’t send-her a ot of teeth withont her getting measured for them. Her twenty-five dollar ect was busted all to flinders by o pistol shot that went throngh her mouth ; bu it didn't hurt hertongae. Write soon to your friend and pard, —_— P. §.—That sneaking, ornery cus, Sam_Jett, “crept up last night and fired at me through the window, but ho didn’s happen to kill anybody except » nigger girl. Imean to go for him, though, to-day, will be glad of & chance fo try the double-barrel. CRIME IN OCEANICA. An Australian Iurders-Burie and ree I the courseof last May tidings reached Leamington, o demare_watering-place in War- wickshite, England, thatn Mr. Percy Walker, | recently resident there, had beon murdered in New Soutls Wales, to which colony he had emi- grated. The circumstances under which this and afellow crims, committed almost at the same time, fook place, are not a little remarka- blo. Walker and a gentleman named Bridgers, who had been mate in tho Queen’s ship Rosario, were decoyed by an advertisement in one of the -Sydney papers. for -o clerk in an mp-coun store, & good ealary being offered. - Bridgers was_the firsb nofepted, the engagement being made with fwo men nemed Nicholls and Lester, who represented themselves as sgents of the advectiser, Mr, Norton, the proprictor of large country sfores up the Paramatts River. Ac. Cmfinfinm n%pnin,tment, Bridgers, met them at the Sydriey wharf, and Tas conveyed with nhis luggage up the river shorflg before 6 one aven- ing. Several days after, the body was discov- ered in the river, the sknll battered in, anda heavy stone tied around the neck. Mr. Walker wag then engaged and dispatchied in a similar wzy. In both cases the wounds were in the back et of the head, showing that the victims had Boon attacked in's treachrons manner from be- hind. The murders ware discovered accident- ally, and the men, Nicholls and Lester, detected ,wha% attempting to dispose of Mr. Walker's watch. * - The trial disclosed circumstances of the sort which Alr. Farjeon would, no doubt, regard as & mine of wealth for another such tale of Anti- podean lifeas “Griff.” The prisoners werepersons far above the ordinary criminal class ; indeed, Lester was heir to considerable property in Eng- land, while Nicholls had been u telegraph derg, and resigned a lucrative situation the day befora the first murder. Lester had been contemplat- ing a journey home to seo his_friends snd ar- range his irs.” A fast life had involved him in some pecuniary difficulties, in consequence of which & gentlemsn kindly offered to pay his pas- sage home. Lester accepted the phrf;!md as- sistance with apparent gratitude. His passage money was pnid, bat ab the lest ‘moment he declined to lesve the colony, and, retuning to Sydney, fell in =~ with Nicholls, who geems to have been the leader in these diabolical murders. It appears t Nicholls had calculated on plundering and ing & succession of victims, for when pro- posing the murder of Welker-he spoke of having Teceived numbers of other anewers to the ad- vertisement, which would no doubt have been answered by plenty of “new chums,” a3 fresh arrivals in the colony are called, eager for em- g%:ment, and, indeed, in 5 remots unirequented trict, fuch s hideons plan might very well have been compassed, when it is considered that thousands of men arrive in the Australian colonies having no fricnds there who would make inquiries regarding them. What's become of Bridgers?” some acquaintance might ask another. ‘Oh, gone up country,” and nothing more would ve * been thought about him. The éesifin is worthy of such monsters a3 Burke and Hare, who forty years ago sent a thrill through Great Britain, when it was discovered that they had establishe: » diabolical scheme of kidnapping, to murder and sell the victims for dissection. In this con~ nection may be mentioned a curious circum-, stance. A month ago a man was brought before & London police magistrate for begging. Said Sergeent Horsford, the principsl ofhicer of the Anti-Mendicity Society, the terror of evil-doers! in the mendicant and begging-letter lino: T Dbave known this man a8 a beggar for 20 years,: your worship, and I have many strong rensons: Tor believing him to be Hare, who was Burke's assistant in the murder of the Italisn boy, snd got off by turning King’s evidence.” 'Of course the beggar protested his innocence_of this con-; nection, but as alady once observed to a gentle-! man whose opinions she dislilked, but whosa! logic she found it hard to controvert, Horsford' “hag a horrid way of being right.” ‘We have often wondered what becomes of tho eople who “ get off,” but whom_ every one be- ieves to be guilty, andof the * King's 6vidente” | men. It is stated that one of the wretchesin ' this Australisn case obligingly volunteered to | sexe himself by ‘testimony against his Tellow, but the offer was politely declined, there being ample ground for hanging both. They wers | condemned to deeth in the Central Criminal Court of Sydney, A Dish of Xtalian.Scandal. Anns Brewster's Letter in Boston Advertiser. The Princess Marguerite, who, afier asummer of searching for health, had a hemorrhage at i has returned to 0 o8t a3 delicate as when she left Roma this Tnnfi The pretty and good Princess, it i feared, will have a short life. However, when one thinks how devoid of all that makes exis- tence agreeable is this charming woman's life, ona can hardly wish it otherwise. Besides her child, she has few pleasant home relations. Her mothier is a bard, unlovely woman. The Duchess of Genoa trested her deli- cate, sensitive husband in the coldest and most selfish manner. After his death, which took place near the time of the death of Victor Emmanuol’s Queen, the Duchess th’Ed to be Queen of Piedmont. Victor Emman- uel has always admired his sister-in-law; she ‘a8 then handsome, and is intelligent ; he was not unwilling to marry her, butsho proposed too hard conditions; unléss he would give up * Ro- sina” (as the Countess Mirafiore wes then called) the haughty Saxon Duchess would not haye him. There was a deal of talk on both' sides; at last, when the Duchess found that the King wea immovable, and tho marrisge impossible, sho resolved . to. insult him. Ther was an officer in" her houschold, Varello, a Lieu- tenant, wio adored her.. The King had noticed it with jeclous anger. She remembered this, and, sending for Varallo, she married him privately in her own chape), and_then informed the King. Victor Emmonuel raved, os she expected, bun- ished her fora while from court, and even threatened to take her children from her. Since then they have become reconciled, and the Duchess of Gonoa has really moro influenceover the King than_ Rosine,” who luckily has never cared to exercise any other power than that of keoping iz lover and flnally es husbend, Just now the Countess Mirafiore is in high ifeather. Her eldestson, Emanuele, is o marry s eat Livornese beiress, the Countess Sarderel. iMhe King is to make his illegitimate sona Duke, “and give him not only two palaces, but & mar- ringe portion—double that which he gave to either of his lawful daughters. The Countess end herson_ have besn to Leghorn to attend the botrothal party, and grest rejoicings were made .on the occasion. * Rosina,” the Countess ‘Mirafiore, i8 of very humble extraction. Her ifather was one of the Cenls Gardes which are ‘around the King, and which are never above the ‘rank of & Sergeant. Her family did not congider itheir sister's disgrace any honor, and s very touching story is told of her brother lying in wait to kill his King, ab the time of one of his early visits to the sister, twenty-three years ago. She is, luckily, simply &_jolly, handSome, val- gar woman, who does 1o harm in the Stete poli- tics. v S Monza g s FHow Colonel Joscph A. Stockton was Treated in the Vermont Insane Asy= Tum. From ths Pittsburgh Commercial. The counsel for Colonel Joseph A. Stockton, formerly of this city, who was released from the Vormont Insane Asylum & few weeks ago, has ubliehed o history of the case, and some al- Eaged deteils of a system of punishment prac- tised by the management of the institution. A devica called the ‘*bath” is among the rigors of discipline at the Asylum, The victim's bands and feet ore tied, and msually & gag iu- gerted in his mouth, in which condition he iz laced in the bottom of the bsth-tub nnder the gmcac, through which the water ig then lef, fill- ing his nostrils sud mouth, and producing all the sensations of suffoeation by drowning. . This is carried to as grest an extent as in the opinion of the attendants the physicial condi- tion of the patient will endure. ~Colonel Stock- ton, while there, hed to undergo this system of {orfure. The pationts were out taking & walk, when oneof them, named Stearns, handed Stock- ton & small pieco of money which he ssid an- other patient had i‘vm him, but which he had, in fact stolen. The man who lost it mede com: plaint }o the sttendants, and suspicion falling ‘Tupon Stearns, toclear himsel? he said that Stock= ton had it. One of the hyaicians went to the — e ————————————— Colonel’s room and inquired zbout t2e monsy, which Le gave up, telling the circamstances. Soon two astendants entored, and ronghly seizing: ond binding him, subjected him fo the treatment’ Cescribed. ~ From the effects of thisrough ‘hand- ling, and the outrage of the bath, he did-not rc~ covar for several months. Ono of the atanl+ ants testified to this as well a8 the Colonel, and. eaid the design of it was to extort & confcesion.. TERRIBLE CATASTROPHES. A Woman and Three Children Killed by a Failing Roof. From the Capital City (Kanaas) Nows. A family by the name of Hunt, consisting of the father, mother and three children, haye been living on a claim some two miles from Marion Center, . in Marion County. Their house Was situated in a ravine, built of stone and roofed with dirt and sod, which was supported with timbers. One night, a3 s0mo_persons wore re- turning from & dancs, they noticed that ths roof of the house had fallen in. They immediatel. went to the honse, and found that the roof hat fallen in upon the family a8 Shey lay sleeping im their beds. The party went at ence to relieves them, and, upon taking the dirt away, found the: mother and three_children dead, and the father 50 fastened and held in his place that he was even anerless tohelp himself. The roof was very heavy, and came down with crushing force upon the inmates of the fatal house. For houra the father had lain Einned to kis bed, and was compelled to hear the dying egonies of wife and children ; compelled to listen to _their pitecus cries for help. Out on the prairie beyomd hu- ‘man reach, immured in a tomb, the hours alow= 1y drag along, and still no help. Still the ap- peals to © Father, help us,” until all hursan &gony had beén endured, and then s eilence cropt over the dread abode, which was but the still- ness of death itsolf. 1 line of the St. Paul & Pacific Railrosd, A Woman and Thrce Children Killedf * byanFalling Tree. From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, Oct. 8. Mr. Samuel P. Corley, & conductor on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, who resides in De~ Kalb, was etarting to church on Sunday morn- ing, with his wife and five children in & wagon, when an old tree, standing not very far from his residence, fell with a terrible crash upon the wagon. Mrs. Corley and one child were injured €0 badly that they died in & veri. short time. whill £ other children wore so padly orashed that it was not believed they could possibly live until night. Mr. Corley and one of the children were on the front sest of the wagon, and es- caped. - Mrs. Corley had in her arms an _infant child 3 months old, which was not injured. The Dodies of all four Were tersibly mangled, their limbs broken, and the blood gushing from their noses, mouths, and ears. The wagon was liter- ally broken to pieces. The morning was quiet, and scarcely any breeze was in motion. The tree had rotted down, and fell of its own weight GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. . Few Brunswick Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, —Three more New Bedford vessels_ belonging to the Arctic whaling fleet have been lost. —New Zealand claims a population of 265,986, viz.: 156,431 males, 110,555 females. —The Toledo Commercial says thereis & lack of rents for laboring men in that city. - —Conductor Jobn H. Bramhall was severely injured by béing drawn under tho cars of his train, near Rock Jeland, last Saturdsy. —Fish from Lake Michigan have been caught in Sangamon River, showing that they have found their way throngh the canal. S —It is said that & number of grain elevators on the Danube would save Hungary millions of dollars. Itis believed that 10 per cent of the cornand wheat crops is lost now for want of these useful: ines. ; —The bold experiment of C. F. Samson, a heavy shoemanufacturer of North Adams, Mass., in the importation and employment of Chinese Iaborers, mani\:mted some twenty months ago, has proved to be a complete saccess. e —The work of rebuilding the Cambria Tron- Works at_Johnstown, Penn., destroyed by fira on Saturdsy, hav been commenced, some 3,000 ‘men being emploged. e g —It is presumed that s Oatholic Provincia' Council be convened at Baltimore, fivm the Adminis‘.‘gt‘zm;] of the new-ArchESts Pihe interests of the coloredRupitr -~ __was ar 'Tho valuation of “rovidence, B X tthe Assessors, is 9110,037,100,—ax incresse overlast year of £5,501,300. The rate of taxation is 213.50. - —About 100 Japanese stndents are employed by the government at Yeddo to sim the Japanese alphabet, eo as to make their charac- ters reprosent the sounds of the 92 Earopean consonantal vowel utterances, 55 well as their native sounds. 4 2 —Obed Montague, of South Hadley, Mass., while mowing some rowen on his farm recently, come on furle, Whode scquaintance he bad several times before made. o first time he caught this melon-eater he put his mark on him thus: O, AL, July, 1832; the second time, 18393 the third time, 1847; tho fourth time, 1850, snd the fifth time, 1872, T LA —San Francieco recognizes & great rival in sa?.Di‘i%;’) the western terminus of the Texas & Prcific Road. The Alla, of the former city, s8y8 that ‘ Oakland will do_the exporting and imr porting of the State and coast, and San Diego the overland business, in connection with all the trade of the Southern country.” e —New Mexico furnishes queer_ things ssidé from queer gems, and queer animals sre includ- ed in the discoveries. pools of water” near the Ojo de la Vaca, & scientist discoverad an am- phibious animel, having nine legs on & side, pra- tuberances in front, resembling horns, sbout four inches in lengtH, and that bresthed through its tail. Pollywogs having been throvn intoa bosin of water in which was placed this wondez-- fal aninisl, Were instantly seized and dew thus establishing its identity with the family of the carnivor@. As a toper in the pariy drank up all the available alcohol, the queer fal- low could not be preserved, so we stor{zhma science has lost the specimen. _ —The Northwest is liable to serious & and wood fires agein this fall, reviving the res collections of & year ago. Ilinnesota and the adjoining Terrifory ot Dakots have ajready suf- fored considerably from the devastatin; 8. A despatch from St. Paul says that **The mosé destructive fire yet reposted ecommenced .on Tuesday, and swept over the country t{.ins be- tiveen Lake Traverse and Moris, on the main ‘which and & | burned a large flfnmtity of hay and ¥ number of dwelling-houses. The extent of the damage cannot be accurately estimated ab rffe"tl ough it must reach many thousand lollazs.” . | —The St. Louis Democrat thus records the discomfiture of a man who smoked on one of the : eeated on the hig] enjoyi i 81 i When a lady, who wes seated mamedistely in +front of, and considerably below him, got up, ‘and without saying & wos flnfiyed the gentla- ‘man in the face, knocking his Hayana out of his outh. The gentleman, on askin, gna;?lnl- on, was told by the lady that ‘She would ‘mot allow her brother to smoke in her presenee,” much less & stranger.” He told her tbat _he did, not wish to resent the insult, but wounld rather -that she had requested him 'to stop smoking, iwhen her ‘big brother’ got up and ordered tho" oung man to shut up or he would put » head on .;im‘ The affair ended without a fight.” g ©" _Boston's well-dressed’ highwayman has-z-' ‘way of stepping up to alady, placing his fingex ‘on her noge, and in a very amiable manner e~ questing her name, while at the same time he 'gl_':gs"t.ha pocket-book in her hand and makes oft sottloment between all in.rfies interested in the will of the late Deacon. ‘Washburn, of Worcester, Mass., has finally been effected, & the execntors will, in & day_ or w0, m& for” to the Trustees of the Washl Memorial Hos- pital the stock in question, with _such dividends? a5 have accrued since the maturity of the Wil The gross value of the stock and dividends amounts to nearly $100,000,—a sum which will | ‘enable the Trustees, i!{h:g so elect, to go on &b once in the execution their trust in- the - erection of the hospital. e ! —DMeans have been mecured to complete the Eastern and Vermont Divisions of the Portland & Ogdenshu.:gh Railroad. One hundred and ten miles of the whole 226 are in operation, the iron is going down upon 20 miles more in Vermont Division, and work hes been com- menced in the Notch section of the Eastern Division._ The Town of Hinchinbroke, Canada, has bonded itself for $40,000, and half- the - towns in the New York section have raised money to aid the construction of the road. ‘When complated it will give Montreal a line to tide-water 40 miles shorter than that of the Grand Trunk. —This item is going the rounds of the news. _ papers: A boy, abont 15 years old. was put in the Tombs the other day for drunkenness, He rotested to the keeper that he had not been . ing, but that he was born drunk. His speech and staggering _indicated intoxication, but it appeared on examination that this is hig normal condition. His father was a confirmed inebriate, snd since he was3years old the boy haa * manifested these symptoms.” We have heard of individuals being * born tired,” butnever before, to our remembrance, of such & caseas the above. The story, however, i3 & good one, and should ba treasured in the memories of those who may some time or other need an excuse to get out of ; a difficulty. Wo mus? confess, however, that it would be rather hard on the paternal relatives if frequently used.