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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-10-31

a wide and deep assure eazcd awe struck on the
scene AROUND. IL was the very sublimity of utter
desOlatiOn. I dismOunted firm my tired steed, g,
and stood upon a vast basaltic spheroid, that ap
peared 10 be cast by some apprentice cyclops, in
trying to mould twenty ton bomb for the next
rebellion OF the internal angels. Around me in
every direction was a confused mass of cindery
heaps, cooled Lava jets, pinnaclcs and columns Of
the most weird and fantastic shapes, spheroids
like rough and rugged cyclopcan shells, yawning
ctverns, deep dark pits and all reddish
brown glow in the intense sunlight that made
everything appear as If still hot from the red
mouth of the volcano. The view was closed to-
ward the sea- for there the great river of lava as
it sursed toward the ocean, met the rcIelling
waves, and paused as it cooled in the mad war Of
the clements. and its expiring effort left high
SEA wall. All was silent around. The sky above
appeared like vast dome OF FURNISHED steel. hot
and glowing. There neither insect bird
nor the sound of life. There was neither blade of
grass n green thing. The breeze it swept
by made no sound in the utter solitude Of the
scene. Earth afford no parallel in sterile
dcsolation. IL Is a type nf its hot volcanic sur
face before the precipitation of water had worn
it into It's present form. How like the moons
surface seen through good telescope, ! inn
agined InyscIf living in a far future age, when
man, in his intellectual progress, having over
come or counteracted the power OF grayitation,
lad made machine TO prevent the escape Of air
into the ctherial void, had confined his hydrogen
and nitrogen so that he could have an air renOya-
tor and could make voyages OF discovery through
space, and that was exploring our little volcanic
satellite and studying the geology OF it's surface
gazing into its deep pits, on its lava noun
tains and Its strange mineral compounds, and
asking myself what hope there to convert the
desoate serility of its surface into lileprOducing
soil. But | returned to earth with the thought
that this lava field must remain for long countless
ages before it will be decomposed sufficient for
the use OF man. Another eciyPficai cycle Of
,440, 900 years must roll around earth's climate
must be reversed, and polar ices must perform
their work in the economy of creation, before it
will bloom a. a garden under the industrial care
OF a new race Of men! But toward the noun
tain the lark winding line of the How could be
traced.
will conclude my journey over the lava flow in
my next
Yours, ever truly, LA PAz.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-01

1t is commonly known that the General
Government, for wise purposes has given its
aid and encouragement to the construction
of one main through line of Raiload from the
Pacific OceaI across the Territories to con-
meet with the various Eastern Branches of
.he Pacific Railroad system, and which will
form the Grand Trunk Route to the far West
upon which the mighty trans-continental
traffic will concentrate.
The Act of Congress confers upon the Cor
porations, besides the right of way across the
Territories, gift of12 800 acres of the pub
lie lands per mile, contiguous to this line,
and an appropriation from the National Cred
1t of sixty millions in per cent or half the
estimated cost of the Through Line and
Branches. These subsidy bonds the Com
panies may cancel in course OF years by the
transportation services of the Roads, and
small percentage OF its net earnings; they,
therefore, constitute an element Of great
strength to the Corporation.
The Act further authorizes them to issue
an e4esi ~---~--t-af. .their-oWn First Mort
gage Bonds of corresponding denofninariuns,
which shall be the first claim upon the tuhOle
railroad property, and to ,ohich the lien of
the Government shall be subordinate.
Under these favoring auspices very gratify-
ing progress has been made in extending the
railroad track from both directions. Nearly
1000 miles Of the Main Line and converging
branches between the Missouri River and the
base of the Rocky Mountains have been built
within three years. The Central Pacific
Railroad has also steadily and successfully
carried the Main-Stem Line from the steam
boat navigation of the Pacific TO the summit
of the Sierra Nevadas, and into the great Salt
Lake Basin east OF the California line. Hav-
ing overcome by far the most difficult and ex-
pensive portion OF the whole line, the proba-
biities of the through connection with the
eastern lines being effected in 1870, amount
ilnost to certainty.
The prominent feature in the progress of
the Central p. citic Railroad, is the remarka-
bly, large and profitable Local Business
which is developed upon the completed por-
tion; more than justifying the estimates Of
its projectors-that the immense traffic be-
tween the ports Of California and the Mining
Regions of the Interior would sustain a first
class railroad line, even ii the overland con-
nection were not built. The net profit upon
operating the link of less than 100 miles,
thus far reaches nearly two millions IN gold I;
and this ratio will be doubled during the COM
ing seasol, when the entire mountain tram
sit is made by the locomotive. With every
extension Of the track the business and prof
its of the comnleted part are increased; so
that when the Overland through traffic shall
be centered upon the Central Road, the gen.
eral prosperity of the Company will be with
out parable, and its Securities appreciated
correspondingly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-01
Terms Eight Dollars per onnasn,, In advance.

shores in banks two or three ieet deep, where
they die. Many OF the best fishing banks be-
tween Onalaska and Kodack are kept secret
by the fishers as legitimate advantage in
their bus ness.
He said that geological matters pertaining
to the country still remain, to great extent,
mystery. The expedition could not make
any extensive surveys. He believed, howev-
er, that they succeeded in finding the locality
OF extensive deposits of bituminous coal, and
he thought if the government would fit out
an expedition to explore it thoroughly, the
yield of coal alone would more than pay for
the territory. Much of the coal in the terri
tory is Ignite, but all of it is easily obtained
from places contiguous to good harbors.
Copper exists there in native form.
He has seen plates of that metal kept by the
Indians as heirlooms, inscribed with certain
records and traditions. The copper comes
from point on Copper river, about twenty
five miles from its month. He had no hes
!tation, however, in saying that the deposits
OF gold and copper sink into insignifcance
when compared with the coal measures and
fishing banks, on which latter the whole value
OF the country depends.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-01
Dominion of Canada.
TRADE AND RECIPROCITY.

TRADE AND RECIPROCITY.
The Parliament of the Dominion having
adjourned, there is lull in the general po-
litical excitement. The Local Par liaments
OF Quebec and Ontario have assembled, the
one at Quebec, the other at Toronto, but
their proceedings thus far excite little inter-
est. The amount of business disposed of
during the short session just ended at Otta-
wa is very respectable, in view of the many
difficulties necessarily in the way of those en-
gagged in starting new governm ent machine
Several important measures have been intro
duced; and the ground is prepared for many
more in the next session.
With SO many domestic questions demand
ing immediate consideration it was hardly to
be expected that the Canadian legislators
would be able at once to give attention to
matters relating to their intercourse with
other countries, What is likely to be the
commercial policy OF the "new nationality"
it is, as yet, somewhat difficult to surmise
The question of Reciprocity has been little
discussed of late; and it would seem that
there is on their side of the line, as on ours,
a too general indifference to the subject
That the Canadians have suffered from the
abrogation of the treaty, directly and imme-
diately, far less than ourselves, is certain !;
and the natural result of this fact is to blind
many of them to the extent to which they
are really injured by it. Ours is a di-
rect pecuniary loss of the profit
that came to us through the channels OF
trade with the provinces, c: trade now nearly
annihilat9d. Then, TOO, the flour, grain and
lumber which we imported from them, kept
down the prices of those commodities, and
diminished the cost of living to the masses
For these products we exchanged mainly the
manufactures of New England, thus increas.
ing the demand among us for more profitable
labor. The abrogat.on Of the treaty was fol-
lowed by an advance in the prices of all com
modities which we had been i'm PORTING. Ir
the matter OF lumber this rise operaset
most disastrously on our house and shiI
building interests, as the people of Portland
and OF Maine generally, have had reason t,
know. The Canadians meanwhile fount
new markets for their products in Europe
and in the West Indies, and set to work tC
manufacture for themselves the articles which
they had formerly obtained from us. Thei
loss is mainly in the check which this stupit
non-intercourse policy has given to the gen
eral development of their yet new resources
| In the hindrance to their growth in CONNER
cial and industrial prosperity. The near mar
! ket of the States was far better than th,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-01

SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS IN ALASKA
Professor Dawson, Chief of the Coast Survey
ing Expedition to Alaska, recently lectured
in San Francisco on the geological, climatic
and geographical peculiarities of that newly
acquired territory. According to report in
the Bulletin:
He said that in the latitude of the Aleu-
tians and of Sitka, this warm water current
encounters andis underrun By the cold cur
rent from the Arctic seas, causing the great
condensation and rainfall notica6le at Sitka
and at other points in the new territory
During observations at Sitka for fourteen
years the average fall or rain each year Fas
eighty four inches. There are to be ound
but lew valleys in the country, and thy are
all covered by messy carpet one to two ieet
thick. There is heavy timber in the vicinity
of Sitka; trees one hundred and nifty feet
high, and four to five feet in diameter. He
described yellow cedar which grows there,
and said he was taking home piece obtained
from the hull of a vessel built lii the country
thirty-two years ago; but the wood is still as
sound as it was when first cut. There is no
wood on the coast equal to it, the rest being
| OF little note. There ale no signs OF hard
| wood in the country.
| Little patches OF ground in the interior are
cultivated by the Indians, but not a valley of
! one hundred acres can be found on the whole
| coast. To show how humid the atmosphere OF
the country always remains, he mentioned
the fact that at no place except Chillcote
| could they find where fire had ragged in the
| woods. The best island on the coast is Kod-
| lack. There are hills and yales with green
herbage thousands of acres covered by green
grass two and three feet high, aflording abun-
dant pastuIage and excellent hay for use in
winter. There is sufficient clear weather to
admit of the curing of hay for stock. The
waters of the archipelago abound il cod, hall
but and salmon, the latter being particularly
abundant. In some of the small streams in
! ed by them, and millions are thrown on let
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-01

THE MAINE STATE PRESS, rs pusnfnen sa no NJ a ,ro
..me t,ace = gery Thursday morning at $500 year,
pvarlably in ADVANCE
RATS OF ApvERTIsSNG.--One ineb OF spsce,ip
tanoah oT column, constitutes a ''square.''
S7.5a per square daily first week q cepts per
cA st,er: three insertions, less, stGo; continr-
too every other day after first week, 80 reuts.
Ha aauare three insertions or less, 10 cents: one
Ueek 81 0G; 80 cents per week after.
Hinder head Of "AMUsEMENTs," ;" - 90 per square
,a- v,eel: three Insertions or less, s1.50.
SPECIAL NOTICES. 81 % pei square for the drst in
Eerton and 25 cents per square ior each subsequent
Insertion. rr
Advertisements inserted in the "MAIN STATE
PRsss" (which has large circulation in every Fx Fax
nd 70 cents per square tor each su3sequent ihsef.
hon,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-01

1EE.s:- Eight Do,lars vaar in advance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-01

THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS Is PunieheG
every day, Sunday excepted at No. ffin'eis
Exchange, Exchange Street. Portland.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-03-08

DY THE Authority ~ NJ yrsTiD ny
- the Coustituti nui Lava II 10" stated
Nevada, | hereby oIict
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-03-08
$500 REWARD!

NNILL BE PAID by THE COUNTY OF
w Ormsby. for the apprehensi m and delivery
10 the Sheriff Of Ormsby County, Nevada, Of
THOMAS RILEY. charged with th- murder of
Timothy G. Smith, late Sheriff of the County
aforesaid.
BY order Of the Board of Commissioners of
said county.
NJ. J. lsHMORE, Clerk of said Board.
Carson City, Nevada, Cec. Is, A. D. 1867. 2Od
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-03-08
$1,000 REWARD.
STATE oF NEVADA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

DY THE Authority ~ MI yrsTiD ny
- the Constitute nui Lava II 10" Eistef
Nevada, hereby u1ci a
REWARD or oNE THOUSAND roitArs
For the arrest and delivery of THOMAS rliEy
to either The shoriG q Lyon County, ~ 70 tlr
Shrilfof orm,hy County, Nevada. sGii Riley IL
charged with the murder of 1imutl.y q, Smith
then sheriff # orm.ily County, alleged 60 have
been committed ou the uigbt uf huIsday, De.
ccahcr u, lst5. pt aid pilcy's House, Ia Lyon
County, while said Smith was attempting 10 area
him fjr shooting one Miles o'umdy, the sam,
night, at Empire CITY, orms'y County.
pEscMrTIoNi
Thomas Riley Is an iiishman' about FIVE f,'ttls
iachc. high; hair gray, formerly brown' ewes
blue, or gray; ordinary weight about one hun.
dred and ,hirty.iiyc pounds; and H. speech and
action Is sharp and quick. when he committed
the murder Il. was wearing u muusiachc aud la.
rcral
In Testimony whereof ! have hcrcunio sct my
~N hand, and caused 10 he affixed the Great
N6S1j Seal " the State of Nevada Done 1t
Carson City, this the 18th day Il December, ID.
1867. n. q. BLAsDlL.
Governor of Nevada.
Attest.
C.S. NoIrwARr. Secretary of State.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31
Washington News.
WASHINGTON, Dec 20.

WASHINGTON, Dec ~
The news from Crete, received in thi.
city by letter is up to Nov, "a,
On tho 18Th, while engaged ia tho
transportation OF munitions of war, Just
landed At rhoniH, spakia, they were at
tackled by the Turkish forces, and an Oh
stlnatc encounter ensued, continuing tho
entire dav, The Crrtans succeeded in
saving nearly all their munitions The
Turkish LOSSES are reported at one hua,
drcd and fifty men, Tho Crc,au, lost
three warriors, and carried away sixty.
seven wounded,
The SON Of the celebrated chicf MaraIns
Sayauak, one Of the heroes OF the anterior
revolutions, was severely wounded and
captured by the Turks.
Other accounts are given in letters of
additional conflicts between the Turks
and Crctans.
senator Morton, Of Indiana, has replied
10 Mr.. Grrclcy's letter addressed to him
on the Fist, and concludes his response A
t,l.r
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

ST. Lotus, Dca -
Gen. Sherman has received IL dispatch
from Cen. Hazen, at Fort Cobb, to the It'll
inst, and from Gen Sheridan To the same
date.
Gen. Hazen says that since Con. Gus
ter's fight be has had no trouble in distin-
gushing the friendly from the hostile
bands, and he pronounccs the Chryonno>
and Arrapahoes as unfricndly and hostile
The Kiowas are divided half and half,
The Cananches are nearly all friendly,
The Apaches, Cadses, Michetaws and af-
fliated bands, numbering about 1900, are
clustering around Fort Cobb, claiming
protection from the government. The
hostile tribes have separated from the
friendly tribes, and gone over to the head
of the north fork of the Red river near
the mouth Of the Sweet Water.
Gen. Sheridan was to have left Camp
Supply, Canadian river, for Fort Cobb, on
the 7th. 1t was expected that in from
three to five days he would DO in comma
nication with Gen. Hszen, and b" ""le TO
strike the hostile Indians whit inter
fering with friendly tribes
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

LoNDON, p, O. Dec. %
The Sleeping car attached To- tl... might
mail Tuin on the Great Western railroad,
rom Niagara Falls, ran off the track at
Eastwood, this morning, and rolled down
an embankment eighteen feet. The car
contained eighteen person, twelve Of
whom were more or les injured, two #
them probably fatally,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31
The Insurrection

HAVANA, Dec, 20,
Tho following report is made by ,he
Spanish officials in relation To the us Of
,tryohniue by the insurgents
The reyolutionists cooked a quantity Of
provisions, which had previously been
prepared with styohnine, and then re-
treated, expecting that the Spanish troops
on their arrival at tho rebel camp wol Ia
eat the food.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

ACCIDENT,-As NJ. Dewgaw and Geo.
Clark, of WaIlingford, were driving into
town, yesterday, about one o'clock, they
met with an accident that might have
been serious. Just before they came into
the village, on "Strongs avenue" the
"hold back" part of the harness broke.
Mr.. Dewgaw attempted to hold the horse,
a very spirited one, and drew the sleigh
upon his heels, whereupon the horse
kicked, breaking the dash to kindlings,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

EoTICE.-The Sanatorian, DR.. Crabtre.
will be at Springfield January : and 8,
Chester nth and 12th, Cavendish 18th,
Prootorsville 14th and 18th, Ludlow 10Th,
and Rutland on the 18th and 10Th, at his
usual hotel. Any afflicted by disease
should not fail to see him, Next visit in
four weeks.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

ATTEMPT At MURDER-Wm. Davis
of Hartland, in going from the Junction
TO Quechcc, one evening last week. and
walking behind his team, was fired upon
BY man concealed in the bushes As
the murderer raised his arm to fire, the
horses sprang forward. and thus jerked
the driver who had hold of the sled out
of the range of the deadly bullet, which
he distinctly heard whiz past his head,
and out of the clutches of his asssilant,
who made a spring for him at the same
line He succeeded in refining in his
team after its running about half a mile,
and neither heard nor saw anything fur
1ef Of tho would be assassin.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

CHRISTMAS. At Duttonsville, Proc
torsville and at Gassett's Station Christ
mas was observed with due ceremonies Of
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

r..l~vTAN CoANENTIoS,-A Christian
Convention under the auspices OF the
.Aur.hr. and Young Men, Christian Assoc
citation IT Rutland County, will bee held IN
ralrLay,u. Jan. l3th and lith, 1863, We
invite all members Of Young Mems Chris
flan Association, in Vermont % attend
this Convention.
4 cordial invitation is also extended 20
tA.a Evangelical Church in Rutland
eaau,v tr send its pastor and one lay
l,lr-t,y % this Convention,
TaranI.-., II hi, gathering i, 10 arouse
Ia u.f,r,-, la the protcssed people Of God
ta lhr great work given Us 70 do; and 10
and ia securing that union 81 effort aud
.ympAfhy among the various. church t'
With j. So important 90 the greatest
-u..s,, .u ..Ur Gud'Eiycu mission.
4 -.s. ral invitation Is extended ana
..r Id ,.m. with determination 90 work
.r th. Master, vineyard,
l.g. ttreu, pray earnestly that God will
m.sh. 'Al- Meeting a great blessing io as
a#... .sJ tAr Wo may ,ee the Lords work
revived aud ~iuner, saved,
Tl.aar- from Rutland arrive ~ follows
hHt g. m, 1908 and i.'3p m, and !oa!t
a. lll1 d. iu, G.Hb and $50 7. IN, Drlo'
gates ptylue rujl fare to a,tcndthis Con
,,uHau wall receive free return trkct'
.E.r a., roads they come.
osr friends uu arriving here are re-
...~..i tt report az ,.r A-,oci,tiou Room
.a.s tha P~,N.nr. whore places will be
.-..su,l 'lm. Tam, will be in rcadi
10 fl. 1.f..f q. 4r..mmnlAtC tAt
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-31

Lowell. " NJ
D. 5. Sprasue. s. W
c.. TarbcI J. W.
Goo. W. Iladlev. treasurer
AID. Fletcher, secretary
Chas. Am.den, S. ..
Geo. W. Abb,,t, I'D
Il. CoblcigL. steward
MI. Pelticr, steward
j. II. Maxfeld. cbanI,i,
\. w. Woods, marshall
Charles Hewitt TYLER.
After the election Of officers the meuhcrs
of the Iod,a together with invited .,,,os,s
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-06-12
ALL PERSONS SHOULD REI

WALPoLE, n. H. ~
DR.. 0. F. WooDs, Dear Sir = ~ ~ " n
main in ignorance as TO your a ellig 4
Fellow man, and give yourself ioi vi y
thoughts in reference TO what you esn !.
terry Cordial. Last Monday 1 wen ;s
thinking to see DIR. Nichols, and &c. . ~ I.
for that offensive disorder the Dysen.a',
hung about me for ten or twelve d aH5s,r,r
the Falls said that Woods made - ~. =
good feF the above complaint. De ~, ,he
but little faith in your mixture ba,silfi
said he would warrant a cure; tnnnj s 4
it. L took a dose that evening, AHT m 4
| was better in less than one hour s-sshe
went to work. free from pain ana " " -
anee, and to-day | consider ny ssI ~
way. would say / had tried ali sh,s;
without effect. Now whether tnss.S,,.r
yours or whether yca had the dlscsa15
this compound so effectual makes ~ -
wrought such radical change ~ 49, ss
acknowledge II. and wish i Nigh la,,;eirs
ted. l have no doubt if that m h;-1n - ; T
according to its worth, IL would ENs, -
in one year than all you have IN III -
ten. If you would give me IeclilL',lj n
spend thousand on il before Nss.,J
V' THOMAS y