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- t Hvx rn'im- ijrom i& THE ADVERTISER THE ADVERTISES e.W.jrAIRBROTHK. T.C.HACTCXH . FAIRBROTHER & HACKER Publishers . Proprietors.. U. W. FAIBESOTUKB. T. C. UACEIB. FAIRHROTHER & HACKER, Publishers and Proprietors. Published Every Thursday Morning AT BttOWNVU-LE, NEBRASKA. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch, one year flOWi 5 03t i oa Each succeeding inch, per year Onlnch, per month TERMS, IN ADVANCE! , one year . i i One copy One copy, .82 00 - 1 00 T 50 Each additional Inch, per monta- Legal advertisements at legal rates One aqnara. (lOUnesof Nonparejl, orless)8rst Insertion ,1.09 each subsequent Insertion. 5Cc. tS All translentadvertlsementsmnst be palj. forln advance. six months three months- necopy aar No paper sent from the office nnttlp&ld Rr. ESTABLISHED 1856. Oldest Paper in the State BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1880. BK UUXG MATTEB'Oy EYERYPAGE VOL. 25 NO. 11. OFFICIAL PAPER OF TJIECeUKTI mw . 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TJrownvlIe. Neb A S. TT OLLA 3) A Y , il i Phyilelan, Snrfjeoii, Ohtetrlclnn. Oradnated In 1811. Located In nrownvllle 1SS5. Office.41 Miln street, Brownvllle. X-b. T S. STULL, O ATTORSEVS AT LAW. Office of County Jndge. Bronnvllle. Nebraska. T L. SO III OK, -! ATTORNEY AT IiAW. Office over Post Ofllce. Ilrowuvlllc, Nebraska. W. T. H0GERS, Attorney and Counselor at l.aiv. Will give diligent attention toanvletrnlbtislness entrusted to his care. Offlce opposite Post Ofllce. Brown vllle. Neb. T L. ROY, TrNDERTAER, CoQns made on short notice. Three miles west of IrownvllIc.Neb. J "V. GI) 0 X , BLACKSMITH AND IIOItE SHOEI1 Workdone to order mid satisfaction suirnnteed First street, between Main and Atlantic. Rrown vlIle.Neh. AT CLIXE, FASHION nr.n ROOT AM) SHOE MAKER n CUSTOM WORK made to order, and fitsalwav guaranteed. Repairing neatl v and promptly done Soup. No. 27 Main street. BrowuvllIe.Neb. JACOB MAROHN, MERCHANT TAILOR, and dealerln FineEngllsh,Ftcurh,Srotch:nnd Fancy Cloths Testings, Etc., Etc. Rrovriivlllc. Nebraska. B. M. BAILEY, SHTPPKR AND DEALER IN LIVE STOCK BROWXVlLLn, NEttRASKA. Farmers, pleabe call and get prices; I want to handle your stock. Offlce FlrstMatlonal Bank. For Sale. OXE HALF INTEREST I THE SHERIDAN MILLS. Por iiarticulars call on or address. GEO. II0MEAV00D, Sheridan, Xeb. 8tr ESTABLISHED IN 1858. OLDEST EEAL ESTATE AG-EISrOY IN NEBRASKA. William H. Hoover. Does a general Real Estate Business. Sells Lands ou Commission, examines Titles, makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru ments pertaining to the transfer of Real Es tate. Has a Complete Abstract of Titles to all Real Estate lu Nemaha County. Aaron Pains: Bo"bt- Johnson NEW RESTAURANT. Palmer & Johnson. Flct Door Trent of the Old Building. Xatlonal Bank This flrra, havlnglfltled up these rooms wll rnn a first class restaurant, where good warm meals can be had at all hours. They give their customers the best viands in the market, including frcsli ojsters served in any manner called for. Try the New Restaurant All Orders for an Express Left Trilli Them will be Promptly Attended to AT HATCHETT'S, Everybody Knows the Place, ICE-CREAM Is a specialty. Customers are accommodat ed day or night to the choicest ICE-CREAM. And the calls on SUKDAYS.have been so ntrmeroas that gentlemen and ladles are ac commodated to ICE-CREAM on that day at any hour, and are received in to neat parlors and treated cordially. Young folks from the country are invited to Hatch et's to get their ICE -'CREAM, Lemonade, and Confections. Always go "where you can get the best ICE - CREAM, and where your surroundings are most pleasant. 'Zfk&fSSS 3- "S"s -& &- HTIN6GLD, The Doctor's Testimony. A.S.lnsel of Marlon. WavneG... N. Y.says: The won Jerfulsucres or Thomas' Electric Oil In all cases of acute and chronic Inflammation, ca tarrh, bronchitis, lame back. eta. make the de mand for it verv great. The Druggrist'x Testimony. Messrs. Foster. Mllburn & Co. ReEardltiRthe saleOrThomas' EclectrlcOIl we are gratified In being able to Inform yon that since we took the agency three months ago for the sale and introduction or EclectrlcOIl. our verv large salos proves conclusively to oi.r minds: thN reit erty has extraordinary merits a witnessed by the unprecedented sale. Weantlclnatn l.tr-. In. crease in the sale, as Its virtues become moregener- YOurs truly. ft. JONES J: SOX. Dealers In Drugs and Surgical Instruments Sold br A. W. Mckell, Druggist, UrotrnrlHc. Goto Nlckell's forMrs Treeman's New Nation al Dyes. For brightness and durability or color tlicyaretinequolcd. Color2 to 5 sbs., price 13 cents Geo. Arkwriglit, Practical Watchmaker, In UNION HOTEL, west of Court House. HAS NOW A COMPLETE NEW STOCK OF WALTHAM, -j ELGIN, y Movements. SPRINGFIELD, J KEfANDSTEM-WIND Silver Cases. Hunting & Open Face Boss Pat. Grold Watch. Cases. Siom-Winil Pnt. Diist-Proof Cisps. Seth. Thomas & American Walnut - Casea Spectacles &Eye-61asses. A Full Line of Jevelry Consisting of ovory thing that goes to mnke up ft first class assortment. Repairing Pine Watches a Special!- jsjF-Work done promptly and every -v taken to give satisfaction. care J0j Main St. Brwiiville, Xcb. 9 T. A. Balh. Joseph Sodv BATH $ BODY proprietors are now prepared to accommodate the public with Good, Sweet, Fresh JlvEZE-A-T. nighest market price paid for Beef Hides AND TJLLLO'W". First door east of P.O. Brownville. VUTIIOIUZED BV THE U. S. GOYEnNME.NT. O F- BROWNVILLE. Paid-up Cap Half $50,000 500,000 AiitJioriseil (( IS PREPARED TO TRANSACT A General Banking Business BUY AND SELL COIN & CUEKENOY DRAFTS on all the principal cities or the United States and Europe MONEY LOANED On approved security only. Time Drafts discount ea. and special accommodations cranted to dcDOslt rs. Dealers in GOVERNMENT BONDS, STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES DEPOSITS Received pavableondemand.and INTEREST al lowed on time certificates of deposit. DIRECTORS.-Wm.T-Den, B. 5T. Bftllev. if. A Wm. iianaiey. Krsnlc E. Johnson. .Luther Hoadlev ralsher. JOHN L. CARSON, A. R. DAVISON. Cashier. I. ClTcNAUGHTON. Asst.Cashter. President. UPHOLSTERING HD CANING Neatly and promptly done by MIKE FELTHAUSER, CABINET MAKER, and CARPENTER andMOINER Shop 3 doors east of Post Offlce. BROWNVILI.E, - NEBRASKA WORTH iTSWElG Mm uJjUuIu) I CITY III HBIET. FirstNetionaSBank YELLOWSTONE PARK. The Journey Thither. I have just returned alive from ""Wonderland," the region where Gey sera spout and the beautiful Yellow stone lake glistens in the summer sun; where nature lias played her most wonderful freaks; where you catch your trout in the limpid waters and cook them in. the hot springs on the wave-washed shores of the lake, with out taking them from the hook; where the wild ilowers bloom and the green glass waves and the wind among the pine trees breathes a requiem to the memory of long forgotten braves that peopled the Park ages before the swift stepping ieet or cue wmte man pene trated the wilds. To tell how I got there, and faintly describe what I saw is now my painful duty. "We left the railroad at lied Rock, the terminus of the Utah Xorthern, 304 miles from Og den, the point from whence the daily mail route lately established starts for Mammoth Hot Springs, the only postollice in the Park. We started down the railroad and theu turned to theleft until we struck the old Virgin ia City stage road, which we followed until we forded the Red Rock river twice. "We then turned dii ectlv un ihe river, which we were told we could follow to its source. When but a short distance from the main traveled road we came to what the teamster called "a mean place." It did look mean. (It is proper to state that there Was no road of trail from Red Rock to Ilen- rj-'s Lake, and no teams or wagons had gone over it before ours except those of Salisbury and Marshall, ivho weuL over to locate the stage road.) The moun tain came abruptly down to the river and so steep were its sides that it seem ed impossible for a wagon and mule team to preserve their equilibrium. We all got out without asking. As a rale I cling to my means oi transpor tation, but in the jresenfc case .fhdsev- e-a' others on tins trip I didn't. Wei st".rled forward with a man upon the wheel lock, and proceeded until it was certain we would be bottom-side up in the river in less thaa four seconds more, when we stopped and waited for another team that was to accoirpany us as far as Ileary's Lake. On- wagon remained at an angle of fovty-five de grees for-three hours. I went and hid rather tlia see the provisions wasMeTl and mingled in the waters of the riv er; but the Avagou held its .position as if glued to the moiintain,a:ul wliea the other craft hove insight we felt re lieved. Toe pilot of the vessel at once came to the rescue. He poduced a long nine pole which he altaclied to our wagon on the apper side; placed all the men in camp upon that pole and gave the command "bear down." Ttieieup on he mounted ou- wagon and drove rapid'y along the precipitous sule of the mountain i'nL'1 be reached level ground. He then brought over the other wagon m the same way, coolly remarking that "such places were noch- ing when one got used to them." I never want to get used ro theui. After that we moved on up the river with the consoling assurance ihat that was not the meanest place. We asked h-.n, timidly, where that was and lie saul, "About six m'.Ies ahead." W'tli oye balls stra'ned, we looked anxiously for ward, and stood ready to leae our craft and go ashore at a moment's warning, or even without it. We soon came to place where vhe river ran be tween two high mountains. Inscinct told me Ave had reached the spot. The agility that governed my depaiture from that Avagon could not have been surpassed by the most expert gymnast. I walked ahead. It seemed impossible for a well-regalated mule to wend his way along the steep sides. And yet our wagons must pass there, for they Avere marked "Yellowstone or bust." I felt "busted" when I came to a deep, yawning ravine, wlice the bottom could not be discerned, except w'th Ihe aid of a poAvciful glass. I could fi.id no other place to cross. I Avatciied the proceedings. First, the Avheels Ave--e locked from stem to siern ; then the team was managed aad hobbled; then the drver gently drooped the horses and covered Avagon clear out of sght in that ravine. They did not appear for sone time, and i formed the opir ion ia four minutes, with nine million mosquitoes to asssc me, that the la vine was tne openingto a subterranean route to the gysers, hiul that I Avas !ert. Rut I Avas not correct. Tle animals and the Avagon were unlocked and scaled the sleep s'de of tiiac ravine, and then came rapidly tov?vd tnepiace where al nature protested against a caravan forcing its passage. The pole Avas again attached, and the audacious driver moved ahead. How he ever got over I cannot tell, but teis I can swear to, that the wagon was j un entirely on the front Avheels, and that the mules could never have, stood up if it had not been for the harness Avhich Avas man ufactured, of course, by an Omaha firm. This place was about half a mile long and when Ave got safely over we found tnat Ave Avere tirougli tne can yon, and that a level plain stretched away before us for nvnv miles. I should remark that th"s kind of navi gation is considered a peasant pastime by .Montana people, and thev have fre quently been knoAvn to haul hundreds of cords of wood out of canyons Avncn the Avagons and team were bottom side up most of the t:me. BADLY BADGERED. We left the river at the mouth of the canyon and passed along the northside of the plain near the foothills. We journeyed on until 8 o'clock p. m. and camped at Ore's ranch, tAventA'-tAvo miles from Red Rock. When on'these trips I ahvays arise in time to Avitness sunrise, to see its rays stealing gently along the mountain top long before they tint the valley Avilh a golden gloAv; but OAving to the hardshins of the pre vious day poetry had been driven from my soul, and I did not arise until Iliad to. or not move Avith the caravan. We Avent on OA-er what seemed to be a leA--el plain, but it A-as not. The badgers had been at Avork in it for a million years, and Ave simply bumped from one badger-hole into another. When I got out of the Avagon that night I had to AA-rup my blankets around me and Avind myself Avith a rope to keep from falling to pieces. AATIAT'S TX A NAME? We left the plain at hist and crossed OA-er a Ioav range of mountains, and once more took the banks of Red Rock riA'er and skirted along the north side of another long plain, and finallv camp ed at Musketo creek, twenty miles This creek AA'as that understood the business. Figures arid enumera- tion run out Avhen one undertakes to estimate the myriads of mosquitoes that inhabit this region. They are of the most ravenous kind; they prey on man, beast, foAAi, fish, and every thing that comes in the Avay. They are so numerous that they dim the serene light of the stars. Existence is agony, and our pilot had to conceal the fire arms to keep us from filling suicides' untimely graves. We arose Avitli the sun and moved on through the sand-hills for fourteen miles, crossed SquaAV creek, climbed a steep hill, and Avent toAvard Red Rock Pass, the exit from the plain. Just at the foot of tlie Pass we stopped for din ner, near a beautiful spring that gush ed out of the hillsides. The water Avas deliciously pure and cold. Xear by the pine trees fringe the hillock and pre sent a land-mark A'isible twenty miles aAvay. In front a mile distant Red Rock Lake glistened. It is the source of the Missouri river. There is no. doubt of that fact, and as I looked upon it nestled up near the mountain Avith the eternal rocks reflected in its depths, I grew tender and palpitated in the re gion Avhere I am affected Avhen I climb steep mountains. Here I Avas by the lakeside at the head of the great river, Yet my home Avas on its banks three thousand miles aAvay by the river's course. Here the Avater Avas clear and cold, the lake being fed from mountain snoAV and bubbling springs. At Oma ha it is da-k, muddy and turbid. This lake is in a secluded spot, just at the foot of a high range of mountains, and is perhaps five miles longand tA'OAA''de. It is full of grayling Av'th some Avh'Le fish and trout. The spring gushed up at my feet, and its waters ran SAviftly away to mingle Avith the mighty riv er. 1 Avould suggest to the Omaha AA'a- ter Avorks company, inasmuch as they contract to supply the city Avith pure Avater from the Missouri, that it would be the only sure way to bring it fiom this spring. It would after all, no doubt, be as easy and practicable to do so as to fulfill their contract at Omaha. This advice is gratuitous. I neither Avant to be hung to a lamp-post, ask for a hydrant nor to be droAvned in the reserA'oir; I simply want pue water, Avhich is my only drink. As I looked upon that lake my inind wandered to Omaha to the humble comforts of my home upon tne hills; and as I thought of the hardships yet to be encountered I Avavered a moment, and I knoAv that if I possessed a life preserver I Avould have placed my Avealherbeaten, mos quitoeaten remains calmly in the Ava ter and lisked tbe trip to 'Omaha Avitli out a murmur. Rut such is life; I had no preserver. Tlie mosquitoes, galli- nippers and uuffalo gnats soon made open Avar upon us for the possession of their haunts, and Ave passed on up a steep hill oA'er Red Rock Pass, and Avent doAvn on the other side into a lovely park. It Avas about four miles long by three Avide, Avith a murm j-Ingb--ook running' through tne cem.re, Avhose banks and the Avliole park Avere carpeted with Ilowers of every hue. The area a'ks bounded on the south by high moun tains covered Avith dense pine, and on the north by a Ioav range Avilhout lim ber but covered with verdure. The ouiy entrance is over Red Rock Pass, and the only exit over the pass leading to Henry's Lake. Tlie brook runs into the Missouri. Just over the eastern pass, hoAvever, the Avateis Hoav into Henry's lake, and from thence into the Snake river. He.-e is tr.e gret conti nental divide; two in:ghly rivers, one UoAving into the Columbia and the oth er into the Mississippi, Inwe their fountain-heads in beautiful lakes only tAvelve miles apivL We drove along the north side of the park, passing fre quently co'd spnngs UoAving out of the solid rock. We crossed over a Ioav pass at the south e;d of tlie park aad then Arent down hill through a thick quak-'ng-ash grove and forded a moun tain torrent UoAving in the opposite di rection from the one Ave had just left, and iu a few moments Ave saAV in the distance the AA-aters of Henry's lake. We -eached Sautelle's ranch, on ihe bank of the lake, about six o'clock, having traveled 2(5 miles. We found several substantial log buildings. They Avere formerly occupied and are now owned by Mr. Sautelle, who lived there Avinter and summer for seven years. He moved out, hoAvever, tlie t'"me ihe Xez Perces camethrough Avith Howard at their heeis, and has not returned. The houses are now leased by the slage company, and Avill afford accommoda tions for all Avho visit the lake. We found here Jay Cooke, Jr., and partv. They were just returning from the National park, and gave us thecheer ing'inforrnaUon that Ave could onlv get one day's journey farther in our wag ons. THE BOSS LAKE. But I must try to picture the lake. It is about seven miles long and from two to four AA-ide. It has several is huids that are said to float on the sur face of the Avater Avhen the mountain snoAvs are melting. It is surrounded by lofty snoAA'-clad mountain ranges, except at the southeast end. It can only be reached by climbing over mountain p;isses. It is situated in a lovely valley. It is fed by mountain torrents and ice-cold springs. Its Aa ters are of a deep blue and clear as crystal. When you climb the moun tain side and look doAvn upon the lake the rugged mountain peaks are mirror ed there. The valley is covered Avith verdure Awiving grasses intermingled with beautiful ilowers. The surround ing ranges are full of all kinds of game found in this region anvAAiiere. Ten miles distant on the highest summit of the mountain is Cliff lake, which is AA-alled in by cliffs six hundred feet high, and has no A'isible outlet. This lake is not patronized extensively. The climate for five months in the year is delightful. Soft breezes blow gently all the summer long. The nights are cool and pleasant. The mosquitoes do no not infect this earthly paradise. One could spend a season here and frantically Avish the hours did not fly aAA-ay so rapidly. It is aAvay from the haunts of all mankind: but in imagi nation I could look fonvard to the day Avhen its shores AA-ould be lined Avith residences and hotels, the lake be cov oicu itii juwisuie uuais ana tne SAVeetn mrlt 4-l wxl nn..n 1v.i lit .1 songs ot lair women wake the Avild echoes. Ah, it is beautiful. The eye lingers upon its green-fringed shores its sAvaying islands, the white gulls skimming slowly along Avith never fail ing delight. It is the most charming picturesque bit of scenerv I eA-er sav in the AAide Avorld, and its" stern moun- from Orr's ranch, named by some one tain enclosure is not devoid of grand eur. It is elevated over 7,000 feet, and if it Avas a million feet nearer heaven it could not be more celestial. Itis lit erally croAVded Avithfish, mountain and salmon trout. It is the source of Hen ry's fork of the Snake river. AS TO FISH. All the tributaries of the Snake and the main stream are full of trout. In the summer they run tin to the head AA-aters. Then the lake SAvarras Avith fish. When Ave went there the fish had abundance of food and AA-ould not bite; but, fish must be had, and some of the men at the ranche Avent into the Avater at the mouth of an arm of the lake and drove the fish up the stream toward the great spring that is noted throughout the Avest for its delicious, ice-cold AA'a ter. They drove them into the sIkiIIoav Avater, and caught them, thirty and forty at a time. The Aiiole camp Avept when they saw the rude and ruthless manner of their capture, and Ave all ate the fish with one hand and Aviped awav the fast-flowing tears with the other. When Ave came back they bit raven ously during the middle o'f the dav, if the Avind happened to be high ; ' the wind must ruffle the Avater or the fish will see the angler and all his art will be in vain. Two of the party, in twen ty minutes, caught thirty-six trout, aAr eraging about tAA'o pounds each. Sut elle, When he liA'ed here, speared them in summer, and could easily get a boat load-in an hour. In the winter he cut a hole in the ice and caught hundreds in a Jay. He absolutely coined money by catching these fish and taking four horse Avagon loads to Virginia City and selling them for foi ty cents a pound. HANDS OFF. The fishing in this" lake is not sur passed in the wide Avorld. I am telling the sober truth. I don't Avant anybody to go to this enchanted spot. I Avant to fiKhten ruthless men awav from there. I don't want the silveiy songs of loA'ely women to float gently on the wirgs of the evening bieeze. I Avant to have the lake remain as the God of natuie made it, and I hope the day Avill never come Avhen the Avhistle of the locomotiA-e and the rumble of the cai-s Avill be heard upon its shoies. I am Avriting this letter to frighten eA--erybody aAvay. But I must tell all the truth or the spirit of the lake might haunt me. A PISCATORIAL NARRATIVE. Xear the banks of the lake I met an aged Indian AvhoAvas looking sadly first on its Avaters and then upon the " wick- ups ot tiie AVhite man. Tears flowed fast over his browned and wrinkled cheek. I asked him the cause of his grief and he said : "Many moons ago this lake AA-as so full of fish that you could Avalk across it upon them like a AVhite man's corduroy road. This is a tradition of my fathers." He then Avept, and I am not ashamed to say that I mingled my tears A'ith those of the red man. This is a tradition, but I Avarn any one aga'nst committing such a sacrilegous act as disbelieving a sac- reu tradition, j. nave tlie most perfect faith in the story. That aged Indian could not He. He might prevaricate about AVhat he had seen, but he Avould not and dare not falsify the traditions of his fathers, and hence I put the sto ry in tins unvarnished tale. I have tried to describe though but faintly this lake. Its beauties linger in my imagination, but language fails me and I regretfully abandon the task. Paul Vandercoort, in Omaha Repub lican. A Sensational Elopement. Dena'ek, Col., Aug. 10. The Trib une has a long special from Mes:ha, Xcav Mexico to the effect that there is much excitement throughout Mesilla Valley OA-er Jie elopement of Father Todoro Roualt, a priest of Laseniees, and a brilliant aud benuiKul young lady, Miss Ma-guerita Garcia, from the conA-ent of the sisters of LoreLto, who recently entered the convent, it is said, at the solicitations oC priests against the Avishes of her parents. AC ter continued scandalous proceed-ngs the couple eioped and Avere overtaken at a small hamlet. Avhence the pr'est appeared in dishabille and A-as struck and Avould have been killed by an un cle oi! the girl if officers had not intc fered. The priest a ml girl were finally mairied. The former tells horrible sto ries aboutthebishops and otherpriests. Willing to Cradle. That Avas a sharp retort made by a lady teacher to a School Commissioner a short time ago. The Commissioner had been elec ted in the ialeresfc of reform, and his perpetual hobby Avas the reduction of teachers' salaries. The lady remon strating against further reduction, said, to enforce her argument, that they could aot live on less, as they Avere idle so long duting A'acation in the summer lime. 'You should do as my brother-in-law does," said the commissioner. "He teaches school in the country, and during A'acation makes his liA'ing by cradling." "We AA-ould gladly cradle, too," AA-as the arch reply, "but "it is nec essary fii-st to get husbands." There A-as no turtuer talk of reduction that occasion. on A case of unusual interest to AA'om en, bearing on the use of arsenic to im prove the complexion, lias recently come to light in the Avestem part of the city. A young lady, handsome and intelligent, has been for a long time using arsenic for her complexion, and recently she has almost lost her eye sight. Her eyes began to gnnv dim about a year ago, and haA'e been grad ually but sensibly failing eA-er since, until it is almost impossible for her to see. Her physician says it is from the use of arsenic. In vieAV of the calam ity her engagement AA-ith a young phv sician of good prospects, Avhile not broken off entirely, has been held sub ject to the financial result of experi ments for the restoration of sight. Indianapolis Sentinel. Hartford, Wis:, Nov. 13, I8S0. Wells, Ricuaroson- a Co.. Burlington, Vt, DearSIr For years from time to time I have been troubled with lame back and have never been able to get anything that afford ed me little Hanv tpIIpT nntu t mu r.nm . 4 menaeu to use your Kidney -Wort, have used but part of a box and am entirely cured Respectfully Yours. David M. Hatten. Fayettevti.i,eten-n., April sOth.lSSO Sirs My wife has beenusingyour Kidney- Wort for a short time for Kidney Complaint and Is greatly benefited therebj'. Enclosed find the money for another package. Rev. a. B. Coleman. ASOTHEESSAWBIM. General Hancock's Doimneering' Spirit and Cruel Treatment of Volunteers A Eegi ment Made to Double-Quick an Hour for Palling for "Water, After an Eighteen Mile March A Wisconsin Soldier's Testimony. Grant County, (Wis.) Herald. Many have read the chapters from Dr. Alfred L. Castleman's diary por traying Gen. Hancock's haughtiness, profanity and brutal treatment of a-oI-unteer soldiers under him. Dr. Cas tleraan Avas surgeon of theStliAViscon sin Volunteers, of Avhich regiment Amasa Cobb, knoAvn to every citizen of this Third congressional district Avho reads a neA-spaper, Avas colonel. The "doctor admits that Gen. Hancock ATas an officer of fine appearance and says he AA'as so ornamental in dress and manner that the soldiers nick named him General Strut. SPECIMEN BRICKS. Th-ee weeks after General Hancock took command, a chapter in the diary says ne came "one morning to brigade drill perfectly sober." He Avished to appear excited at some little mistake in maneuver, and the volley of oaths he thundered down the line, startled his men. They thought he mistook the men for mules and thoir officers for drovers. Another chanter relates Hancock's visit to the hospital Avhere he said vhe men in the hospital A-ere "a brigade of d d sight better men" tnan Avere leftAith him for duty. That such beds and such comforts AA-ould mvte every man in the regiment into the hospital before a month. Another chapter notes the fact that on Han cock's cder an experienced druggist was taken from the hospital and a man Avho did not know one medicine from another put in his place. One man AA-as in consequence poisoned to death, and two others nearlv so. Another chapter tells how the hungry men hired and paid for the privilege of one di-iAv of a seine in the Pamunky nver. The General rode doAvn and compla cently looked on until the good haul Avas brought to shore, Avhen by his order every fish Avas carried aAvay for himself and friends, Avhose tables "were always laden Avith Avines and the best v'ands. Another relates how that af ter a long and tiresome march Avithout Avater the men Avere not permitted to get water when it Avas convenient, and a regiment avjis punished severely be cause some of the men called for Avater. Oo ,obovative Testimony. There l;ves in Lancaster a gentle man, Charles Langridr;e by name, Avho belonged to the Fifth Wisconsin at the same time Avith Dr. Castleman. To get at the facts Ave invited Mr. Lan gridge into the office and asked him AA-hat truth there -Avas in Dr. Castle man's diary. "So far as I have seen," said he, "everything related is sub stantially true. AVe Aere not ahvays at the same places at the same times, but our accounts Avould be as near alike as John's gospel is to Matthew's PROFANITY AND BRUTALITY. Gen. Hancock rareH' addressed a A-olunteer soldier Avithout profanity. He treated them Avith extreme brutal ity, and the men universally, so far as I knoAAr, c;.me to the conclusion that he had onJy beasc'y instincts." "Do you recall incidents Dr. C. has not rehited derogatory to Gen. Han cock?" "I could recall many of them by referring to my dia-y. I, too, kept a dauv journal oi AVhat I thought Avoith noting." KEPT IN THE BAIN AND MUD. "Well, give an item from notes of your oA-n indicating the General's character." "On re'erring to March 19, 1802, 1 find that Ave made a six mile march through a drenching rain to Chickahominy. Our brigade made a halt near a very fine farm belonging to the Lee fauv'y. Some members not on duty went to a fence, took off top rails and bailed tnem Avith ore end against the fence and the other on the ground. Over these they spread their rubber blankets as means of protection. They then Avent to a str.uv stack and carried from it armfuls of straw and placed it under the blankets to rest on as prolect:on from the mud. General Hancock happened along just then. He approached them in his usual rough manner and ovdeved them immediate ly to replace the rails and to return the strsiAV. This they had to do, and the Avaiting soUi:ers Avere compelled to remain in the rain and mud. Hancock regarded the value of a 1-ttle rebel stnnv as of more concern 10 him than the comfort of volunteer Union sol diers. "The account of Hancock's tak ing the boy's fish is famM'ar to all our regiment. After that the boys Avhen they saw h;m Avould say, 'There's the fish thief;' or 'There comes the old fish-monger.' REFUSING AVATER TO FAINTING SOL DIERS. "What about his not letting the sol diers have Avater Avhen they Avere thirsty aud fatigued, and Avater con venientV" "Dr. Castjeman has not c'othed that outrage Avith half its real atrocity. The general resolved Ave should have no Avater ;t looked as if he premeditated the AA-ickedness the n;ght befoie and may have kept riding along the brigade to see that the resolve Avas enforced. On the ISth of August we inarched over tlie old Williamsburg battie ground and a about 4 halted on an eminence at the base of which AA'as a small inill-pond. The day had been intensely hot and dusty, and as soon as the boys broke ranks they made for the mill-pond AA'ith soap and toAA'els. After 'taps' (call to retire) that evening, the boys Avere ordered to have their canteens filled for an early start. The only place for filling Avas this mill pond, AA'hich A'as literally a pond of soap suds, for thousands of men had soaped and bathed themselves in it. We took the early start, and after marching a feAV miles Ave noticed men in regiments ahead of us breaking to the left Avith canteens, for AA'ater. The men of our regiment then asked permission to go, and, as usual, a feAV Avere selected to take canteens for the AA'hoie. The stream proved to be a mill-race-of clear running water. The men got ther canteens filled, Avhen Hancock and his staff rode out from behind the mill and compelled them to empty their canteens and go back to their company. About noon awis the next opportunity for a short halt, and peremptory or ders Avere given by Hancock that the men should have no opportunity to get Avater. We Avent on and reached York- toAvn about two. We had started from below Williamsburg, and on a hot day in August in that sultry climate Ave had marched 18 or 20 miles AA-ith only soap-suds drenched off our bodies in our canteens when Ave started, and A-ithout any Avater in them after Ave Avere required to empty them. Here near YorktoAvn Ave halted and Han cock and his staff, on horse back, made their appearance in front of the 5th Wisconsin. The men began calling "Avater. water!" Hancock rode up to the officer commanding the first divis ion. This happened to be myself. I Avas lieutenant and in command. 'What is your name, sir?" he demand ed. I gave him my name. A G d d d pretty officer you are to alloAV your men to call '"Water,' Avhen the commanding general rides round in re vieAv. I demand th names of the parties so that I can punish them,' howled the general. I answered, 'Oc cupying the position I do, general, in fiont of my men, it is imppssible for me to designate them.' He then Avent to the officer commanding the second diA-ision, Enoch Totten, and the same AA-as reneated. 'Then ' said he 'by G d. I'll punish the Avhole d d regiment.' And he Avent to Lieutenant Colonel Emery, of Portage, Avho was in com mand of the regiment, and ordered him to put his regiment through a battalion on the double-quick for one hour! And this punishment going on the run for one hour after our day of fatigue and heat and privation, Ave Avere compelled to undergo. This is the soit of man or brute Gen. Hancock is, and I think every volunteer soldiei under him at that time ivIII attest these facts." ATTESTING AA'ITNESSES. "Can you direct how inquiry may be made of others?" "I do not know Avhere the soldiers all are. Our brig ade Avas composed of the 5th Wiscon sin, Oth Maine, 49th Pennsylvania and 43d New York all volunteers. The colonel of oar regiment A'as Hon. Ama sa Cobb, now of Lincoln, Xebraska, a judge of ihe supreme court of that state. Our quartermaster Avas Col. John G. Clark, of this place. Company A Avas enlisted at Manitowoc by Capt. Temp Clark; company Fin Waukesha county by Capt 1. M. Bean: company D at Beaver Dam by Capt. Catlin ; com pany I at Taycheedah by Capt. Emer son; company C at Wihvaukee by Capt.Bereus; company II in Richland county by Capt.lt. ILuvkins; company E at JanesviDeby Capt. Wheeler; com pany K in Dunn county by Capt. EA'ans; company G at Berfn by Capt. Bugh, and comnany B at WihA'aukee by Capt. Hibbard. "Did you ever tell these facts before Hancock was nomi nated for president?" "Many a time. Many people in Lancaster have heard me tell tnem from the time I came home. Aud here is a letter fiom Dr. Ingersoll, of Waukesha, a brother of Bob Ingersoll. On my Avay home from the army I stooped in" Waukesha couu- 4-.A.n ?1- t 1 1 ty in recruit myseit and mere ieu in w;th Dr. Ingersoll, an old friend of mine. He Avrites me that I then told him of Hancock's brutality and urges it upon me as a duty, that I tell it all to the public. I thrink from the pub licity but to me it is simply horrible to rellect that a man of such vouched for b"iital nature and character as Winlield Scott Hancock is likely to re ceive the suffrages of a large portion of the people for the office of president. That he is the choice of the keepers of Andersonville and Libby and their friends is not surprisirg, .and how can a northern man vote for him?" We publish the foregoing knoAving that M Langridge has been pressed by many citizens co give it to the pub lic; and they urge it knoAving he is re liable in eA-c-y utteranc he makes upon his own knoAvledge. He has been a citizen here of the highest character for 27 years. He is not a man to Avhom any person will ascribe vanity, and he is not in the least a yielder'to senti mentality. GABFIEID'S CAMPAIGN. In AVhich he Eouted the Eebek in Eastern Kentucky. In a late number of the Circleville, 0., Union-Herald, Ave find the follow ing letter Avritten by a former colonel of an Ohio regiment, now a resident of Burlington: Burlington, Iowa, July 18S0. My Fellow Soldiers: As it awis a part of my good luck to be placed under the command of General James A. Gar field, early in the AA-ar, I thought I Avould Avrite a short sketch of our cam paign in eastern Kentucky, by Avay of refreshing the memory of the officers and men Avho A'ere Avith the general through that campaign. Many of you Avill remember the untiring energy and perseverance Avith Avhich he labored to clear the country of armed rebels in a A-ery short time. When he received orders to take com mand of the forces that Avere to oper ate in eastern Kentucky, he started for his field of labor with the same en ergy and zeal that has ever character ized that noble mind through life. When he Avas Avorking his passage on the toAv-path of the Ohio canal, on the farm, at school, at college, at study, on the battle field, or in the halls of congress, you find him stand ing firmly in support of the constitu tion and of the laAA When he reached his field of opera tions, AA-ith his command at Catletts burg, at the mouth of Big Sandy, he commeuced his march up the river, through a rough, mountainous region his forces driving the outposts of Gen. Humphrey Marshall before them at every point until they reached Paints ville. Xear this point Marshall had prepaied to make a stand, Avith about o,oou mtantry, 700 cavalrv and iavo batteries of six guns. General Gar field's forces drove the enemy's caval- i.v iiuiu x-.iimsviiie, alter a severe skirmish, killing and Avounding some twenty-five or thirty, they fell back to their Avorks at the mouth of Jeney's creek. By ihis time they began to un derstand that General Garfield meant business, so they hastily ewncupted their Avorks and retreated" up the ri-er. The regiment to which I belonged ana nau tne honor ot being major of at tne time, namely, the Fortieth Ohio Avas ordered from Camp Chase to rein force General Garfield at PaintsA-ille Kentucky. We went bv w.iv of rnJ Kentucky. At this place Ave Avent in to camp on the land belonging to Brutus Clay. Here Ave dreAv our mc ons, mules, camp equipage and rations i for the campaign, expecting to join! Gen. Garfield's command at or near! Paintsvilfev but tho SAA-ollen condition; of the stream, OA-er Avhich Ave had to cross at Paint creek, compelled us. to fell trees across the stream, making; abridge for our meii and teams to cross, and by so doing we Avere delayed, so that Ave did not reach Paintsvill& until the next day after the fight. But General Garfield is not the man to keep. up a picket tiring and skirmishing; with the enemy in order to hold then until his reinforcements come up, but AAiien he thinks it is time to make an attack on the enemy, he is very likely to do so Avith tho forces he has at his. command. The general then resolved to pursue the enemy up the riA'er to. Prestonburg, a distance of fifteen miles. There he found the rebels strongly posted on the crest of the hilL He at once attacked them and maintained. thebattleduringllA'e hours, the enemy's, cannon nieanAvhileplaying briskly. Al though most of Garfield's troops Avero noAV under fire for the first time, tho rebels Avere driven from every position, -and after destroying stores, Avagons. and camp equipage they retreated in disorder. General Garfield noAV moved his force to Piketon, Kentucky! one hundred and tAventy miles abovo the mouth of the Big Sandy. Here ho remained several Aveeks, sending out expeditions in eA'ery direction Avher ever he could hear from a rebel camp and band, in a short time completely clearing that Avhole country of armed rebels. While thus employed his pro A'isions run out, and instead of sending, he Avent himself to the Ohio River for a neAV supply. The provisions Avere obtained, and a small steamer loaded with rations Avas pressed into the ser Aice, but noAv a serious difficulty pre sented itself. The riA'er avsis sAvollen by an unprecedented freshet, and its navigation Avas perilous. Xo captain or pilot A-ould take charge of the boat; it Avas an impossibility to navigate the Big Sandy Avith anything in the shape of a boat'and they AA'ould not go. Gen. Garfield Avas not to be balked in that AA'ay. Determined that the proA'isions should go through to his starving men, he took command of the boat himself, acting as captain and pilot, and about half of the crew, himself and cargo ar rived in due season at camp, greatly to the i'oa- of the now almost starving soldiers. Well do I remember the shouts that AA-ent up from those brave boys AAiien the boat, Avith General Gar field at the Avheel, came steaming up to the bank at Piketon, Kentucky. Soon after he arrived with thoso ra tions he made his famous Pound Gap expedition, Avhich resulted in a most brilliant A'ictory to the union forces and a most complete and humiliating defeat to the rebels, causing their re treat in disorder into Virginia, thus ending the campaign in eastern Ken tucky. On Gen. Garfield's return to Piketon he received orders from Gen. Buell, at Xashville to report to him in person. ArriA'ing at that place he found that Buell had already begun lii3 Tnin.Ii r.tt'firac? "Pif f elm vrr I fimlinir and, pushing on after him, overtaking General Buell's army, he Avas placed in command of the Twelfth brigade and Avith his command participated in the battle of Shiloh and through all the operations in front of Corinth. Soon after Ave find him placed in the respon sible position of chief of staff to Gen. Rosencrans, and doing valuable ser vice. I, for one, am in favor of placing General J. A. Garfield at the helm of the old ship of state, feeling confident that at the end of four years he AA'ill land that old craft safely at the capi tol of the nation without requiring any repairs with her colors floating to tho breeze, bearing the inscription, "Xo Xorth, no South, but one united, free, and independent nation, and an asy lum for the oppressed of all nations of the Avorld." Col. J. E. Taylor, 40th Ohio V. I. Small-Pox in Birds. In Europe nnd Hindostan variola is so common in pigeons and poultry as to constitute a variable plague. Thus Guersent records that out of a dovecote of 1,000 scarce 100 could be found that did not bear marks of the disease, while Tytler says the poultry-yards in India are habitually depopulated by the plague. Bechstein and others claim that this is the true small-pox derived from the human being and conveynble back to man, Avhile others, like Toggia and Gilbert, assert that it is communi cable to the sheep. That this affection has not been recognized among us may be due to a difference in the environ ment Avhich modifies the infection, or, perhaps, to the fact that men and pig eons do not live so much in common here as in Italy and India. Such an occurrence under Italian skies should, hoAvever, demand a careful investiga tion into the reality o such infection in our oAvn States, and especially the Southern ones, during the preA'alence of an epidemic of small-pox. Nation al Board of Health Bulletin. Sam Slick says: Minister used to amuse me beyond anything, poor old soul. Once the congregation met, and raised his Avages from three to four hundred dollars a year. Well, it near ly set him crazy; it bothered him so ho could hardly sleep. So, after church aa'.is OA-er the next Sunday, he said: "My dear brethren, I hear you have raised my salary to four hundred dol lars. I am greatly obliged to you for your kindness, but I can't think of taking it on no account. First, you can't afford it, no hoAV you can fix it, and I knoAv it. Secondly, Iain't Avorth it, and you knoAv it; and thirdly, I am nearly tired to death collecting my present income. If I had to dun the same way for that it will kill me. I can't stand it; I shall die. Xo, no, pay me Avhat you uIIoav me more punctual ly, and it is all I ask, or will ever re ceive. Grant on Hancock's Prospects. General Grant, Avhilein this city, in the presence of several gentlemen, gave a flat denial to the report that he Avas of the opinion General W. S. Hancock would be elected President this fall, and ave as his decided opinion, that Garfield Avould be elected by a large majority, adding that Hancock would lose shength every day betAveen this and tlie election. SantaFeEra South western, July 29. i. Thft erection of the obelisk at Cen tral park Avill prove to be a put up job. Soda pop at Johnson & Palmer's