The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-10

exchange tobacco and beads and then the Indians vanish
into the darkness and that night. As
there only few savages no great apprehension
entertained of attack STILL additional precautions
taken, and sharp watch kept during the night to
avoid any chance of sudden surprise The dreay hours of
the night one by one rolled BY until the gray light IN the
east tipping with frosted silver every peak and ridge,
proclaimed the advent of another day Everything was STILL
no sign of savages visible nothing but the mellow notes of
some early songsr the weird wall of the loon or the thrm
of benighed beetle huryng home to hide ere the
coming light betrayed him, disturbed the stiffness of
rounding nature The senes rouse the sleeper most of
them far away in dreamland amidst friends and parents
others in fancy perhaps, wandering in the
paths often trodden aoretme amidst fields and flowers
listening, it may be- to the praings of infancy the
heathful mellow voices of youth scenes alike deeply
engraven memory's tablets and rendered dear to the
dreamer by thousand and one pleasant membranes
All up and busy the yong the and preparing
to ford the river the and children occupied
packing the camp and cooking equipment and preparing
for the somewhat difficult process of ferryng the stream
The plan of crossing is to unload partly some of the
and to attach double treble of to each First
of all the and children taken the stream
and left on the opposite bank; then the wagons, entirely
emped recrossed for the rest of the freight So by
slow and degrees all hands, together with their worldly
wealth. are safe on grassy plateau which stretches away
before them for about four miles, reach the wooded slopes
of low range of hills known the Blue Mountains The
sun was high ere the oxen were again yoked up short
march only contemplated by way of reaching the TIMBER
and crossing low divide in order to arrive rivule of
water running through valley the other sde in
which they intended campng-a avorite camping place for
travelling parties and known as the Emigrant Camp Not
trace sign of Indians had been observed during the
morning. and in the buoyancy OF their spirits consequent
imaginary safety the little band of wanderers forgetting
to take ordinary precautions riding along their
wagons singing laughing joking caelessy happy dreadng
nothing Suddenly on nearing the thick pine forest YELL
though numberess demons shrieking in wild delight
momentary preceded the rush osome eighty mounted Snake
Indians who issuing in detachmen from various openings
in the trees completely surrounded the wagon n and fired
mixed volley of and bullets in amongst the fright
stricken emigrants before they well knew what had bealen
them Several dropped badly wounded but the remainder
fought bravey they rallied from the sudden panic
into which they had been thrown; the fired
from out the wagons at the ruthless red skins but all to
purpose after another the were shot down and
scalped the children killed. and the dragged away
endure fate too horrible to name-Home IN the Wilderness
IRELAND.-The returns of the regsrargenera show
curious statistics with regard to the population in Ireland
particularly in respect to its dminuon 1t appears that
last year, among the Proteans there marriage for
every IA persons and only marriage for every 81 Roman
Catholics The rate England is one marriage for every
122 persons There is theory that fondness for early
marriages obtains among the i and that marriages
almost universal few persons remaining single to the end of
their lives The statistics would dsprove this par
culary the brthrate in Ireland is only and onehaf
births every hundred of the population while in England
is three and oneha These discrepancies accounted
for on the ground that Depew may have taken the
latest census in Ireland what likely that the flow
of emigration carries off the young and manageable and
leaves the old and feeble at home.
THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT the Provisional Pres
iden of Mexico and protector of the republic represen
taye of her oppressed people He is native Indian,
who by sheer force of talent and merit has risen emnence
having been chief justice before he elected to the pres
dency He represents the great of Mexican the native
Indians the agrcuurs the poems and the laboring
classes long msrepresented and destroyed by churchme
creoles and gucupa If any Mexican has claim fight
against foreign INVASION and uphold the rights of the
nativebon soil and government it is this
aboriginal descendant who his back to
the days of Moneza and the Azecs Who knows but the
ancient Mexican prophesy that the nation would be
by descendant of the Monezumas may find its fulfment
in the Of Beno Juare the ncorruptble patriot and
infexibe chief?
ALLOY JEwELRY.-Your gold jewelry, if twelve or
fourteen carats fine is aoyed with copper and silver 1t
being made half and half" is at first of red color from
the copper 1t is then subjected to the action of an acid
which dssoves the copper the exterior certain depth
leaving the gold in spongy form, and mparng to the
article the pure yellow color Of the virgin After having
aron and the copper again appears and the coloring
process needs to be re-apped. Gold will bear certain
quantity of copper without any very percepbe injury its
luer especially if it is kept bright by use as for example