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L' AlhanOctcber 13, 1868.3m ', , i
POETRY.
RCTnospccTiqsr.
An old nan sat at the cottage fire.
And he watched his children play
And a tear stole down his furrowed eheok
But he wiped i pot away j
For his thoughts had wandered back again
To the scenes of other years.
And his spirit had fonnd a glad relief
la the falling of his tears.
Again o played on the dear old hearth,
And he heard a mother's roice,
And the gentle tones fell P bis ears,
And they made his heart rejoice ;
Again he joined in the blind man's buff.
And the game of hide' and seek,
And heard hU little sister's roie
So gentle, soft and meek. ,
Then In the shade, by the woodland dell,
Or sat with his picture book,
Or wandered to seek some wild bird's nest
That hung o'er the rippling brook,
Till, tired and weary of boyhood's play,
He tnrned to his home again
By the rustic stile aad the broken bridge,
And the shady old green lane.
And thus the old man sat and mused,
While the tears fell down his chaiik,
But a htppier hour it was to hio.
Than the old mak's tongue could speak,
Yet he knew t'was but a pleasant dream
That had too soon parsed o'er
That dis eyes were dim and bis locks were grey,
And he could be young no more.
WHIMSICALITIES.
'Ti known throughout the country
That the miacr loves his hoard;
And yet 'lis like a paradox
A hoard is not a horde.
The sailor, when he's off tho land,
A vessel is aboard ;
But don't this look ridiculous?
Aboard is not a beard.
All houses have ap aperture
Which we have called a door;
And yet my dictionary says
A door is not adore.
And also in that book 'tis writ,
Add ice is not a dice ;
And, like an infidel, it says,
A Tbe is not a rice.
What next the brazen tome will say,
I dare noteve-a guess ;
Perhaps a cote is not a coat ;
Address is cot a dress.
Or that a firm is not affirm,
A quire is not acquire;
Or that a crosj n not across,
A spire is not apire;
Or that a bough is not a bow, ,
A due is not adieu ;
Or that an aide is not an isle,
A gnu is fir frC new.
Perhaps 'twill say, the naughty book !
Abate is not a t ait ;
Or that a cell is not a seiL
A gait is not a gate ;
Or that a back U cot aback,
A cord is not accord ;
Or that a front is not affront,
Afford is not a furd.
Mayhap a rift is not adrift,
To knead is not to need ;
But again we know is nvtagsXu,
A greed is not agreed.
A Xcwly Married ot)2le.
Both were young and both were vcr
dant : having been raised in the wilds of
the Pine Tree State, neither of them had
been fifty miles away from home. They
had heard of railroads, locomotives, steam
boats and hotels, but never experienced
the comforts of any of tbe afore-mentioned
institutions. Jeems and Lize had deter
mined on this, the most important event
of their lives, to visit the city and see the
world. No wonder they were amazed and
delighted when thg lopOmotive, screaming
and socrting, with a train of beautiful
crimson cars following, came in sight.
-These your trunks V said the bag
gage master.
'Well, 1 sorter calcilate thems 'em,"
said Jeems.
Thj trunks (u pcUed hair trunk and
a very old-feshione4 jralise) were soon in
the baggage car, followed by Lize and
Jeems.
."I'll be derned if Railroads ain't a fine
thing,- said Teems, seating himself on K'is
baggage and carefully holding ud ine
tails of his long bodied blue, adorned with
resplendent buttons, out of the dugt.
, -r . w t t ' ' '
"iiue, su nere oy me.
"Come out of that' said the baggage
traps and I calcilate to stay where they
are., Keep quiet, Lize; they say we've
got to light our way through the world
anyhow, and et that chap with the cap on
wants anything, why I'm his man. Don't
want any of your foolin' around mo."
Here the conductor interposed and ex
plained matters insomuch that Jeems con
sented jto'Jeave his traps and follow the
conductor. What was his delight when
he' surveyed the magnificence of the first
class passenger car into which he was
ushered. His imagination had never, in
its wildest ftigbt3y-pictured anything eo
contemplation of the splendor around
him" by the shriek of the iron horse.
"Jee-wil-li-kins 1 what the thunder is
that?" exclaimed Jeems. ,
"That's the fcoys.e squealing when they
puncn nija witn tne pucmorK to make
mm. gu aioug, saia a gieepy-iooKing in
dividual just behind him.
"Look here, strange," said Jeems, ffl
'low you to think' 1 a derned fool; may
be I am; but there'a'some things I know,
and one oi them 15, you'll get your mouth
broke 'if you don't Keep it shut. I don't
say much "
Just at this moment thy found them
selves in Egyptains darkness, and then
was heard a scream almost equal to that
01 me engine, iroia oize, .as bub inrew
man, "you are in the Frong car.
"ina auce l ami v ye spose l (Jon. t
know what I'm about ? These are niv
her arms around tho neck of Jccius.
"I knew it! I knew it !" exclaimed tho
slecpy-boking individual j uwo are all lost,
every mother's son of us. Vo can just
prepare to znakq tho acquaintance' with
the gcntlcma'ji' m Wack yyha tends the
fire down below."
"O Lord Jcoms, what yill becorao of
us 7 I felt skeery about gottipj on the
outlandish thing at fft."
"Keep quiet, fiise 1 hollcrin' won't do
any good noy j Kf you know any pray
er, now's tho timo to say it, for both oi
us.
"What's tho matter hero?" said the
astounded conductor, coming up as the
train emerged onco more into the light.
"That's just what I'd Hko to know,"
said Jeems. when ho saw that Lize aud
himself wero still alive. "We've just
passed through - Eaton' tunnel, replied
the conductor. "How far areyou going '!"
"Wall, recken wo'U stop at Parkers
burg." "Show vour tickets, if you please.
"Certainly, Lizo, you got Borao with
you I Let this gent look at 'cm.
Lizo drew a piece of white paper from
her reticule, and with a smile, handed it
to our ffiend the conductor, who rcud :
The pleasure of your cQvipuny rhpect
ijullv olicitl. '
" hat s this? ' said the astonished con
ductor. ?4 Why, that's ono of the ticket
to our wcudiu ; that a what you asked lor,
hain't it V said thq somewhat suiprispd
Jeems.
"Wha ! haw ! haw ! haw !" was the
discordant sound that arose from the
sleepy-looking individual.
A bland smile passed oyer the face of
the cooductor, as he explained his mean
ing to our verdaut irieuu. tic naa no
ticket, bt willingly paid his fare', and
the train sped on towards its destination.
But wonders did not cease here. Pres
ently a pert newsboy entered tho car, and
stepping up to Jeems, asked :
"Have a Sun, sir?"
"Wall, ef I have my way about it, the
first one shall be a son, ear La in," said
Jeems. Lize blushed.
!'Do3? cqunt your chickens before
they are hatched I" said Billy, as he has
tened on to the next tar.
In due time the train stopped at the
big depot in the city. Amid confusion
of strange noises, a Babel of discordant
voices, our friends landed oo the platform.
"Bus, sah ? Buss sah, free for the Uni
ted States?" said the sabla porter of our
up town house. ''Lady take buxs, sah ?"
"Wall, I rather 'spose she won't from
anybody but uid ; reckon I'm able to do
alt tn that line the wants, and more too.
"Go to the Bevere Houc, sah ? Jlitc
crost de street, best house in de city.
This vray, sah; any baggne J llava it
sc-ut L) J04T root; ip a minutes."
In a hhort time Jeems and hu bride
found themselves in on? of those confort-
able roozs oo the first floor of that well
ordered establishment, the llcvere II,ue.
The baggage was tent up with the usual
promptnos, and our friend were mxn
making up their toilet for dinner; Jeems
had his coat and boots off in a jiffy, and
Lize's hair fell gracefully over her shoul
ders.
That's a duced pretty torcl," said
Jeems. eyeing the bell-cord. "I wonder
what it s for r catching hold of it ; "look,
it worksup thereon a sort of thingumbob
I'd like to have that torsel to put on my
norfcu b neau nexv muster uay ; sec now
it works," said be, giving it a pull.
Presently the door opened, and the
fcable face of one of Africa's son? was
thrust into the room with tho inquiry
"King,, sah ?"
"King ! ring what you black ape ? Ef
you don't quit lookin' at my wife, and
make yourself scarce, I'll wring your hgad
off."
"Stop a minit," says Lize. "What's
the name of the man who keeps this Lav
ern ?" "Mr. S , roarm? "Well tell
his lady she need not go Ui any ej:tra fix-
in on our account tor we are plain people,
said the amiable bride.
A,s they used to say in our debatin' so
ciety," interrupted Jeems, "I'll amend
that motion by saying you can tell 'cm to
give us the best they ve got. 1 m able to
pay fur it, and don't kocr for expenses."
"Tee bee! tee heel" was tho. only
audible reply from the sable gent, as he
hurried down stairs.
Dinner came, and was dispatched with
a relish. Jeems and his bride took a t troll
over the cityj'seeihg the lions and other
sights until supper time, which being over
they retired to tjieir room. Tlio gas was;
lit by the servant, who received a ragged
quarter for his services. Jeems was the
last in bed, and according to rule in such
cases, had put the light out, which he did
with a blast from his lungs.
The noise in the. street 4M away, and
silence rignect in the "crack hotel." The
young man on the watch dozed in his chair.
The clerk (rather corpulent) was about to
retire when he thought he smelt gas. The
guests, some of them, woke up and smelt
gas. Much against hi3 will, the clerk pro
ceeded to find where the leak was It
seemed stronger in the neighborhood of
the room occupied by the bride and groom.
Clerk concluded to knock at tho door of
their room. "Who's there?" came
from the inside. "Open the door, tho gas
is escaping."
"(jras, what gas ?'' sad Jeems, opening
tbe door.
"Why, here in this room. How did you
put your light out?'.'' ' : '
"Blew it out,' of course "
The amiable clerk came very near saying
a bad word, but remembering there was a
lady in the case, rather in the bed, he
checke'd his rising temper,' and' having lit
the gas, proceeded to show Jeems the
mystery of its burning as follows: ' '
' "Yoji see this little thing here? well,
when Vou want to put it out you give it a
turn this way. oeriojH consequences
might nave resulted 11 it naa not Deen dis
covered. It might have suffocated us all.
Now'be careful next time." ? ' ' '
Much obliged. But how the dvil did I
know' that the4derncd stuff was scaping?"
was the reply. - "Didn't you smell it?' said
tho plork.
"Pears' to mo I did smell Bumthin.said
Jecm?. !'Bit Lizo, I'll bo derned pf I
didn't think it was you kaco I never (lcpt
witn a woman aiore.
"yel, ' Jeems, I thought it was you
smelt that way all tho timo : I was just
wondering if all men smelt that way. It
poarcd stranga, ut then, I' never slept
with a man afore, and didn't know noth
ing about it," was the respond of Li;e, as
she turned over for a nap.
Tho red in our clerk's faco grew smiling
ly redder, as it reflected the light from
the burning jet, and a roguish twinkle
lurked in tho corner of his eyewas he turn
ed off the gas, and all was ffark, and our
friend wcro hit alone in thoir glory. A
sound of suppressed tuirth was heard in tho
reading room for a few minutes, then all
was still.
The rolltlrul Deadlock.
The two parties which measured their
strengtn against cacn outer tu 1110 late elec
tions, says the N. Y. World, had each
clearly-defined affiirmativc policy. The
affirmative policy of tho rcpullipans was
their proposed constitutional amendment
that of the democrats, the rights of all the
States to immediate representation in Cou
gress. (jf these rival policies nriAcr have
succeeded. '4 democrat have just as
good a right to exult a the republican;.
Neither party has gained or lost an inch
of trround by this cor.Uat. If Badicals
are atill in pojweion of tho machinery by
which $tato4 arp excluded Irani Congress
their opponent.! still control the machin
ery by which pontitutional amendments
aro defeated. If the republicans have an
overplus cf strength for tho one purpose,
their opponent have aUo an overplus for
the other. If one party has made some
small gains in the election1, the other has
gained in at least an equal ratiothe res
cue of Maryland and Delawaro being more
important against the amendment, than
tho slight ineroase of republican Congress
men i against admiion. If the opppo-
nents of admission have a majority of the
peoplo of one section, tho opponents of
the amendment have a majority of tho peo
ple of the whole country, and therefore
superior physical strength, if the contro
versy should be pushed to extremities.
Looking to the future, thirteen States can
block the amendment forever, (the num
ber of State being likely never to reach
fifty-two); while the republican strength
in Congre is subje ct to the contingencies
of every biennial election. .So that al
though the deadlock continues, and the
Union is. for the present, kcptdiolved,
the balance of prospective advantage i
againt the republican!.
If the republican, a a tPf-knt of cutting
the knot which thy cannot untie, fchoulJ
aun)o that three-fourth of tho rrprctm'
'State are all that are required to rat
ify tho amendment, they will bo still
checkmated by the President and the Su
preme Court. The Judcial, a well as the
executive department of th5 government
ha repeatedly recognized the rehabilita
ted State, and bound itself by these pre
cedents. Instead of treating a spurious
amendment ratified only by three-fourth
of the residue a part of "the supreme
law of the land," the judiphry would dis
regard it entirely, and treat It a a perfect
nullity. Whatever laws Congress might
pass founded on such a pretended amend
ment, would be a dead letter, by the rcfu
al of the President and the courts to en
force them. Laws do not execute them
selves, and Congress ha no part of the
executive authority. It is clear, therefore,
that if the republican attempt to pscape
the present dead-lock by pretending that
the Northern States can alone amend tho
Constitution, they will still be not less in
a dead-lock by collision with the other de
partments of the gtvftrnmcnt.
They would .only half extricate them
selves by impeaching and deposing the
President. They would also have to im
peach and oust the judges of tho supreme
Court, before they could force their bogus
amendments on the country. Perhaps
they may think that impeaching tho Pres
ident would frighten the Supreme Court
into submission; but tho probability is
greater that it would so alarm and agitate
the country as to cause a great popular
revulsion and the explosion of the repub
lican party.
Artemus Ward in London Ridi-
CJJLE8 A .QEGRO ACTORIH UEN8URED
for It It appears from a London corrcs-
f ondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
hat Artemus Ward has committed the
unpardonable sin of turning Vis battery
against a colored aspirant to theatrical
honors. 'The correspondent ppeaks of
Smith as tho Young American tragedian.
Alas for our country. The time was, when
"'American citizen" had reference to the
Caucasian race; but now, when speaking
of Americans, a foreignef will ask, "what
color is your friend ?" Artemus Ward has
ridiculed everybody and everything in the
United States that possessed a single qual
ity or characteristic out of which fun could
be made has touched most' everything,
save the sacred precincts of the grave, and
his "pieces" have been read by thousands
without censure; but when he happened
to smile at the effortsof a negro to shine
in a place which has been adorned fcy such
eminent tragedians as Booth, (juinn, and
Garrick, he is charged wilh being unkind
and ungenerous. Artemns had better
look out, or his show will bo 'confistica
ted." - - ; :
"Poor old General Debility 1" exclaimed
Mrs. Partington, "itis surprising how long
he lives, and what excitement he creates:
the papers are full of remedies for him.
"Isn't there an awful strong smoll of
pigs in the' air ? asked Smith of J ones
"Yes, replied Jones ."that's because the
winds from the sow-west.
, At
a concert recently ,Aat the'conelusioh
3 song of There's a odd time a com-
i ' i "J J .
of the
Ing. a country farmer got up and ex
claimed : "Mister) ou couldn't fix the date
could you ?" , "' ;
For the Stat llights Democrat.
LECTURES BY REV. H. H. SPAULDING
Early Oregon &II f on--Thelr Ini-
Iioriaiteo in MtM-urliitf Uie C'oun
try to AmerieiinM,
numiier six.
Tho fourth morning out from Lpaycn
worth, as thp sweet songsters of tho prair
io wero reminding us of the rising sun,
tho guard discovered, on tho back track,
a being, red or white, approaching. Al
things stirring about camp, ho camo up
and sat down by tho nowly-made fire,
without saying a word; a white man or
had been without horse or blanket,
shoes, coat or food ; with an old hat, an
old gun without lock or powder. Break
fast wa sfoon ready, awl "Will you take
breakfast with us?" was asked. "1
reckon." Whcro aro you bound ?" "To
tho Pacific. I hoard you was goin' over
thar." "But whero i your horse, your
clothing, your food ?" "Can't you fur
nish food?" "We will see' It turned
out a god-send. His namo was Miles
Goodyear; he had been many years
among tho Indian, apd proved a trusty
and mcfet faithful friend. He continued
with us to Fort Walla Walla, returned
that winter to Tort Hall, and finally to
10 hat.
The utranger told u that the steamer
had passed Leavenworth two days before.
This intelligence caused us to redouble
pur efforts to reach Council Bluff in
time, although tliere was but little hope,
a we wero "green-horns," in a strange
country, without trail or guide, and many
rivers to be crowded among them the
Platte as best we could. The' steamer
would reach tie Bluff many day before
wc possibly could ; Doctor Whitman and
tho ladies would bo compelled to wait
there till we could come up with GUr
wagons and anicals, while t:c proprietors
of the Pur Company would transfer their
good from the steamer to their caravan
of wagon and animal in waiting at that
place, and woild be able to move forward
without delay, and bo many days in ' ad
vance of u. Our prcspects, at best,
were dark.
But what was our grief and mortifica
tion, on tho seventh morning out from
l'ort Leavenworth, to receive an express
from Dr. Whitman, stating that the steam
er had dashed by, refusing to take on
board, according to agreement, our ladies
and effepts thus breaking their own
fourfold pledge, and violating every prin
ciple of honor. That our wagon must
turn back to meet him. He would do the
befct he could to obtain wagons and push
forward by land. Probably no other man
than Dr. Whitman would have entertain
ed tho thought for a moment of proceed
ing under thouc circumstances. Tho idea
f entering a "Grand Begatta" of 300
miles, with ox-wagon, propelled through
the mud by oxen and mule, pitted against
a steamboat uudct full headway up the
Missouri river, with twe day the start!
But that was exactly Dr. Whitman, and
just such energy saved Oregon. But how
did tho strange content (for contest indeed
it was one the one part for dear life, 'as
they 01 the boat thought ; on tho other
for the eternal life of immortal souls call
ing out of darkness for help) progress?
Strange as it may seem, the Doctor, with
his iron will, camo out, on tho the " ithof
May, two lengths ahead, aa will appear.
It seems that tho strong remonstrances
of mountain men, that the savage tribes
would be sure to attack the caravan to get
possession of our white women, had thor
oughly aroused the fears of the Fur Com
pany; and they choso rather to violate
their promises than risk their caravan.
Probably they never tuought of that Hand
which had arrested the cholera among
them the year before.
Messrs. Gray and Goodyear went back
with tho wagons to meet the Doctor, the'
free trapper went onto join the r ur Com
pany, mud myself and tho xys remained
with tho stock. After many break-downs,
disappointments and changes of teams,
the Doctor met Mr. Gray, (jame up, and
we pushed on with all speed. But my
sickness from the kick of the mule was
becoming worse, aud t had to bo carried
in a wagon! Tho Doctor found it neces
sary to administer calomel tome, and was
called away immediately to set a soldier's
broken leg when unexpectedly there fell
upon us a flMat'to thunder storm." None
but those who have fallen in with one of
these storms can have an idea what they
are. . The Vjarth shook with the continued
Eeais; thp black night trembled and
lazed with the forked lightning; the cat
tle bellowed; tho' picket-lines snapped,
and the horses snorted and plunged ay ay;
the wagons upset! the tent was twisted
into a dish-cloth; the pouring torrents of
ram were driven against man and beast
as if by steam engines. Mrs. Spaulding
and Mrs. Whitman strove hard to keep
me dry with' blankets, but in vain. The
consequenco to me was a grievous saliva
tion, accompanied with intense pains in
abreast, hkok and head. Each bone
seemed ready to separate from its fellow.
The jolting of tfye wagon was most dis
tressing. But we must not stop a mo-
pentif we would expect to overtake the
Company, and of this only the Doctor
had any hope.
We reached Platte river opposite 'the
Otto Mission,' 25 miles from Council
Bluffs. The Mission immediately sent
over a keel-boat, and I was soon laid in a
quiet bed, and received rest and the kind
est attention irom those dear Missionaries,
JleV. Mr. Merrill and lady, of the Bap
tist iBoaVd, living among the Ottoes, 300
miles from the frontier , settlements, and
lahorinp faithfully to erect the standard
"p i . : . .
of the' tross and to counteract the incom
ing floods' of intoxicating drinks and the
fearful diseases of the Whiteman's beastly
amalgamation. But they were laboring
against odds '.jatfull - oyerwheWnirig--
muy one tuousanu io oue. w uao coma
they do ? ' What every embassador in like
fearful circumstances Would ; do ; ;vwhat
Christ, up to his last breath on the cross,
d.d ; pffcri with weeping eyes, pardon
3p
and eternal life.
Two days were required to repair our
wagoni aud rest our animals, 'during which
time ono woman and two Indians were
killed in a drunken row. Jt was heart
sickening to contemplate the ruin that was
being brought upon these untutorpd tribes
by the children of our Christian Govern
ment. The wars among themselves,
which are very destructive,' are 'nothing
compared to the ruin and moral death
brought upon them by liquor and shame
less fornicators. "Thirty-two years before
this dato these and all the tribes to the
source of the Missouri river and to the
mouth of the Colorado, were told by
Lewis & Clrrk and the declaration has
been repeated almost every year that
they had a Great Father at the Bising
Sun who entertained for all his red chil
dren the warmest love, and that, under
no consideration, would he cvsr albums
white children to bring among their red
brethren the "waters of death," or to mo
lest them in thoir lands, their property or
their persons. Thoy had only to confide
implicitly in their Great Father, to se
cure perpetual peace and happiness. And
behold ! is this work of death onspread
ing and deep as helltbe fulfilling of such
promises 1 Those who make the prom
ises and those who thus fulfill them may
be two distinct classes cf agents. ' The
Judge will attend (0 such matters on the
Day of Account.' ' After thirty years
of close observation, I am prepared to af
firm that there ha never entered and re
mained in the Indian country a liquor
seller or a gallon of liquor, or a seducer
as there never ha a 31 issionary or Bibb?
without the direct or implied consent of
the Government. Tbe Government has
only ha4 to scratch the pen, and 3Iission
arie and Bibles have hied to the Indian
country. How was it with Worcester
and Butler, and how is it to-day with the
Nez pcrceS Missions?
Saturday noon, 3Iay 21, Vfl Were ready
to move, when wc learned by express from
Council Bluff that the lur Company
were five days and a half ahead of us, in
addition to the 25 miles, with fresh ani
mal and experienced mountain men,
pushing forward with all speed, to pre
clude all idea of our overtaking them.
But Dr. Whitman, true to the confidence
reposed in us by the Church which had
sent us forth, determined to push forward
beyond the Pawnee Nation, a far as it
would be deemed safe, and if the mission
failed tbe christian world should see a
good reason. Besides, he said, he leaned
upon the same arm that had sent the chol
era into that same Company the year be
fore. .
Bev. 3Ir. Dunbar, 3Iissionary to the
Pawnees, was to accompany us two days'
travel beyond the Pawnee villasro as far
a he deemed it prudent lor us to venture
alone into the Sioux country. 3Ir.Dun
bar had come down to Council Bluffs to
meet hi expected reinforcements Dr.
and 31 r. Sattcrleo and 31 r. and 31 rs.
Allis whom our pajity had left at Fdrt
Leavenworth, except 3Irs. Satterlee, who
had died at Liberty, of consumption.
We left the Otto 3Iission Saturday at
noon, followed ' bv tha prayers of that
godly family, but who were quite sure we
would have to return. 1 still had to be
carried in the wagon, not able to swallow
anything but thin gruel. The feelings
with which our angel wives took leave of
this last beacon of civilization will appear
rom an extract from 3Irs. bpaulding a
journal of that date :
" hen wc leave these dear Christian
friends we expect to meet no more in this
world, unless sent out by the Board in
some future years; but I am happy."
Sunday we struck the trail of the cara-
van, and reached tho Julie Horn luu
miles wide before night. A bull-boat,
already constructed to our hand, at the
expense cf soma timo to the Company,
was seen fast to tho opposite shore. Our
Indian boys, swimming over with a light
cord at first, soon had a rm line and the
boat plying. Everything was over before
dark tbe cattle and horses swimming, as
they did all other rivers.
3Ionday I vaa able to drive a team.
The roads now were excellent, as also the
grass. During the day wo crossed four
deep ravines, where the Company had evi
dently been detained to fill them up with
brush and earth for the passage ot their
heavy wagons. But Tuesday about ten
o'clock, we came, not to the borders of
the Red Sea, but to a marked spot where
God had taken this Company in hand
rain, not far from where he1 sent the
cholera among them the year before.
This time He had not taken thoir wagon
wheels off, as he did the Egyptians', but
had set (hem on fire, determined they
should step till his missionaries could
' T J ' mi - . .
come up. i. ne "uompany, in ineir great
hurry to bo off and out of reach of the
white women,' forgot to take tar or grease
for their wagonsj and their axles had ta
ken fire. They were compelled to un
hitch, drive their stock" a grfat distance
to cottonwood on the Loup ' Fork, cut
wood, make ashc3, kill two oxen to get
grease, and mate soap tor wagon grease.
This took two days.
That night at two 0 clock Mr. tiray ana
myself, with the two wagons, reached the
Loup Fork. Doctor and 3Irs. Whitman,
with the cattle, did not arrive that nignt,
but remained out without supper, break
fast or bed." Daylight discovered mules
to us an the other side 6f the river. Is
it possible that God ; ha broughV us up
with the Company ? Our 'morning gun
was answered- evidently by white men-
ana; soon two - Americans- came over ou
horseback. The Company was really
there I Thev had been detained here,
again, two days,'iu looking out a ford and
in ' drying goods which had got wet in
loraing.
Dr. Whitman coming up, by noon we
were ready to commence the fearful pass
age of the Platte,, the two "Americans
carefully pointing out to ui the intricate
and Bhort turns of the ford. The' river,
at the place of crossing, was about a mile
wide!' with:" a aulck-eanct.. bottom. -'.The
ford, to avoid swimmin'g water in' the hbles
and channels, wound around a distance of
s iauo ana a nan on tne sand-bars, where
tbe water was not much above the axW
while the wagons kept' moving, but thd'
moment 'they were stopped the wheehf
and horses would sink ranidlv in tha-
slippery sands' And WcojaV last. J'- Goo
uiuugui u an wwr m gaiety usiore nigni;
but with horses much exhausted;! 'How
ever, aftr supper and a change ofanimali
wins wagons, we pusn?a lojwara ana
overhauled the caravan at 'eleven o'clock
that night. f Tbb counsel" of the Lord)
that shall stand." God had determine
that these two chosen women should crostf
the Rocky 31 out tains that year an en
tering wedge to these vast gold fields
and ho had determined that this Com.
pany should afford' fhepi protection . atroV
"buffalo ribi;' and Ip tbo iis own yiij
to get ths work out of thenf. He deV
taincd them to build boata and bildg&j';
and by firing their wagons and wetting
their goods : and aided us forward to thatf
we, although with jaded animals and lick-'
ness, passed over the ground in five dayir
which required them eleven to accom
plish they having the important advan-'
tages of fresh apimafa and e'xperietfeexit
men. Ancl the next morning, wljlgtr'wef
were assigned bur position' fn the 'camp?
behold ! it' was'"" two;", t8ngth8' ahead:
(west) Captain Fit Patriot tanT-
Thp " caravan was commanded by Fiti
Patric, piloted by John Gray, an Iroquois
under strict military rule, with a guard 0?,
eight men day and night, changed evei'y
six hours. W hoover v was Tound asleep
on guard, or with an injury on his horse's;
back, was put on foot for two' days. At
noon and night the camp was formed in a
hollow-square sufficiently large to con
tain all the animals, picketed with the'
wagons arranged on two sides and the
packs" on the other two, as breastworks
with mess-fires within.
The Fur Company numbered 1C0 armed
men. Our mission company consisted" or
nine besides our ladies who, by this time,
had seen some rough weather. There wera
also three gentlemen from Europe, with
thfiir servants, horses and guns, traveling
for pleasure; several free trappers; con
cubines and half-breed children in all
about 200 men and 500 animals beside
our cattle. At break of day the guard!
would cry out "turn out," when every
man would spring from his blanket to his"
picket, loosen hi animals, and the whole
band move off to the bestgrasi,' surround
ed on all sidos by the guard, who remain
constantly upon or holding their riding
horse, "breakfast over, breakages repair
ed, tents struck, prayers offered to God hf
those who would, the two hour (the time
allotted morning, noon and eight For the
animals to feed) ended the'guard would
cry out, "Drive in," answered immediatei
ly by a loud thundering of the incoming
band of 500 animal, before the guard.
Everything in readiness, the pilot leads'
off in a slow trot, he packers follow in
close column, each man riding one knot
leading two packed animal. The wagons,
in close column, bring up the rear. This
good order and strict discipline was main
tained through the whole route ; and to
this, under God, it is due, without doubt,
that we passed through all the dangeroui
tribes without being molested by
Indian. 1 '
an
1
Fibst Hearing op a Go.no. I neve?
eradicated from my memory the sound
ov tho'first gong I ever heard I Was seti
ting on the front 'stupe ov a tavern in
Bufferlo pensively smokin. The sun was
gom tu bea, ana tne neavens tur anq
nere were blushing at the performance!
The Eri kanall ' with' its" golden waferi
was on its winding winding way to albanr
and i was pursuin the line botes a fioatid
by, and thinkin of Italy (where i used to
live) and her gondolas and gallus wim
min. 31 i entire soul was. as it was. in a
swet, i wanted to climb, i felt great, i did
aktualjy grow. Tharar things in this
tu big tu be trifled with, thar are times
when a man brakes loose from himself
when he sees sperrits, when he can almost
tuoh the moon, and feels as though" he
could fill both hands with the stars of heav
en and almost swear he was bank presi
dent That was what ailed me. 'But the
korse ov true love never did run smooth".
(this is Shakspejes opinion tod,'i and he
often think true one quill,) just as i was
doin my best dummer,' dum'mer, spatl
bang, bener, crasn, roar, ram, aam, aum
rne'r: wrang, rip, rare, tare rally; dimmer,
dummer, dun! Withone tremenjisjumD
i struck the center ov the sidewalk, with
another i stud in tho middle ov the'street',
snortin like an injun poney at a pan d of
music; i ga?ed in wild dispair at thetav'
ern stand, my harte swelled up as big as
an out-door oven" my feet was as loose si
a string ov prary beads, i thought all th
crockery Tn the tavern had fallen down',
thought of feenomenons, i thought off
gabrel and his - horn! I was jisV on the
. 1 1
pint 01 ininKiug oy summia ciso wneu
the landlord vcum out t6 the 'stupe of the
tavern holding by a string the bottom bt"
an old brass kittle. He called me gentla
with his hand, 1 went sloly and sadly
tu him, he kalmed mi feers,' he sed it was
a gong ; ' i saw tho cussed thing, he sed
supper was ready, he axed me if i would
have hlack or green" tea, and 1 sed jfes.
"Wonderful things are done now-a
days," said 3Ir. Timmlns; Vthe doctbi has
given Flack's boy 'a4 new lip from" hit
cheek." "Ah," Bai$ (lis lad;lmany's thej
time I ave known -a pair taken frosi
mine, and no very painful operation, eith
er
Lord Braxfield, a-Scotch Judge, one
said to an eloauent eulnrit at the bar; "you
are a vera clever chiel, monbut I'm thinks
inking ye wad be
nanb the waur 0 hangr
in."
. Soma one .called Richard Steel the fij.
est of mankind." He retorted with proud
humility; '1. 'It wou)4 Ja a gloflQif S worl
if I were." . ' ,x' . , ' 1
- : ' .. -a r. -f '
A gentleman v;ho took a young Jadf to
Niagara was obliged tobring;her:honie im
mediately, because she waa jealous of Ni
agara s waterfall.
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