Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-13
59Ee nor in9PoEtant and { pe5iFianlileed ones

I So bad 9d GONChUs1ONs E1s17a sfF
The Quartz roek is terribly destruc-
tive 60 the drills and flachiiles3 and
the foFmerar6 required TO be changed
every Few minutes, the tempeF6d ends
being battered and du1led after a few
( hundred strokes against the rock
In ehe comparatively soft material
through which they have been passing
4 there has been an average Of a hi hi dfed
EHdaafty drills and two pef4oFators
placed hoZsS de c05f5BGt f0E each me etFe of
atfNanoe3 ana M. S8mmelIieF estimates
" 1fch Fill suecaHaB in the attaek, be-
fore tho flflal 2 fcB6Fy Is gained, Il Sf2no
less than two lthotlsand. { iiit3 gii' 9as
lTBGyE guide and IiiyseIf had NOW sBeen
Spedged IN between the 4fSJS56 and q be
rock for more than half an hour, and
( having seen and heard sufieientIy, I
proposed to AeaVe and, taking our
bssolzfEards Z = On our passage throtls b
the gallery Of e1ca vstion we were fre-
qg1entlY stopped by wagons standing
on the rail2traell, which Were receiving
loa1s Of stone, let fall into them
thROug h traps cut in the partiti6n pre-
vioIsly y naentlOned, and which divides
che -BanneI Into two gaIl cries. I had a
Rlefys and climbing a steep staircase
catdnt rock, we soon entered II, Here
was at1o ther strange sight; an immense
Stone cha ahaber, with walls and roof Of
streams OF water We're percolatipg,
filed with smoke, through which the
fiickering light of the miners lamps
was dullsd and deadened, hot, fetid
atmosphere, and-a hundred black-look-
ing men boring and Ef{riIlineo on every
side the eplatfqra severed with loose
stones, the debris of the blast which we
had heard on. enteTings and from the
eftecgs OF " hlch we, were only pratect-
ed by this. oaken wall q g Are not acct
dents frequent here ~ ~ Il asked my
guide ~ qt very, n he replied 8 an q
told me that since the beginning OF
the. Werks but rab0ut forty men had
been killed by 1prema4ure' explosions,
faIllng Of the rocks by being pcrqshe ID
under the wagons and every other
form of raceldentad The day after I Kis-
lied the tunnel upon the very spot
where I stood in, the .'adYaneed8 gal
leEY, y prenature-eKpl occurred.
caused by q spark struck from the Eock
while q miner was tamping a. charge,
resulting in the death of four men and
the binding and serious nlaimingL Of
six ct hers sr.si.T .srfs trqtrsa haa srIl9 7 d
Z Oyer and AMONG the stones, and down
another steep ladder, and q short walk
brought us to the little cabin where we
had left our COATS These we were glad
to put on again. as the air was already
growing colder. In the gallery ofsex-
seaVation the thermometer, ID summer
aud winter, ranRes from IL degrees to
81 degrees EahreR heIts and there is ire
the temperature of the interior and q K
terror of the tunnels 5 Over the trettOiT
we rapidly retraeedI cur steps toward
the entrance This soon TaPpeared in
sight, ,ands gFoWiHg largeE sa1d Hanger
wefsoons reached its and emerged 0Aee
more safe and sO4Rd into Gods fresh,
pure alrs al7d saw before us and around
Alps towering above the valley of the
Arc. We had been more than three
hours s'ins the bowels of the earth!''
= The geolegistsi and engineers now
cOnhde ently y predict unless some un
foreseen obstacle occurs, that the tun,
mel will be opened from end to end in
FI1fViJ TAa2OMgI .IELsLA sEJ = :
From the salem Repubican.l
JOURNAI LEAVES OF Al DEMO-
LiW CRATIC fLEGHSEATURE.
kroe t..fif go tH11g ff.z-Ls sfEf lsal 2 f.-ttt
Passage aOfC an pUme0nstitutiOnaI law
2 Whit Democrats voted for and
I staanIsGLRebeI soldiers allotVed to
ri vote &&UnEOn Sold1erss Maine ed and
ID W 0uMdeds shah not. ttgseE sgxsstf0n
without RebFeS 6EIt ton III dorsetA
"A
H3Damagfns and Damhillg Record,
la-E4s=5.s "a ziszzZ5 2 aTe3 -
ks eelqi7si1 1sEraAr 66EsS AL. Eve ss1sa Z,
q We propose, briefly asN7e can to lay
before the people q few pages of the
JOuFflal Of the Democratic I.eRislafrir+
Of 1858 and 1885, In order 60 fully d h
ldersTaud the r5ctElessness and want Of
principle that actuated that Body in the
passage of SO n1a1Y VindiCtive, arbitTa-
acts must be viewed as emauatinE from
3 selfish, uncouseienable partisan spif-
IT, instead Of from an imp eflial, honor.
y bte, hiEh7minde statesmanlike efIofl
| to leg slate, for the Dn bic good ! tiin
which the civil and politiealr rights 81
citizens should be defended and main
r From the opening Of the sesison, the
main question: Ana8nR the DemO1Rae-
| ic majority in either branCll of The
General Assem- bly, was not, How alaRil
| We be Of most service to abe people 30i
the State, and the move nobIy gIIatain
the Government and dignity of she
Commonwealth 2" butt How shall wt
advance tlsInteEests OF our party and
Hecare it's continuance In power I'll
4 that end, everYt thing---5n nsG sce3 Honor,
/ Principle, PFeeedents Law, Const tuition
had to yield and unceremOni0usiy,
| when party interest required, be tramp
II
II Such q record Yves commenced on the
/ first day of the FIRST session by an at
TEN pit 20 rescind the Fati fcation of the
! Fifteenth Amendment' by the pre-
Figus Legislature, and on the fifth day
by the introduction of the infamous
| "Vissible. .AdmiXture Bill,p with 1fhe
/ Vi1lan0us provisions of which, eur
lireaFers aFe we'll aequai ntad.
! We referred TO the manner in which
this law WAS passed, at some feugTh,3 3
/ year ago. s We now presume to do 81
\ again, not that the enactment itSe1f i
Ilf any aceount-etno fault OF the Demo
erafic party, = however; )-@5ub to show
how openly thatcsGl1e party, which il
.l4gain asking TO be reinat atsd TO power
4 violated every long cherished doctriht
Ebf their political faith-ilsFVs, Constitu-
i ton and most sacred obligatiOus, in
lEheir efforts to disfFanehise citizens ano
I1Soldiers, simply because they voted tht
Republican ticket and NerelOyal. o1a i
ITO Hccom plishd dbisy the fam M O OF
i rather Infamous Visible Admi z'tiirt
| Bill'' was introduced by Senator Hutch.
esOn of Franklin county. II was re-
markAble, more for its vindictiVepfs g
4 coward the eolored race, than for anj
Not single section, but that was fuI
loE ahominations and therefore ohiec.
4 tioHable to every person, except to the
/ Democrats who voted for il.
I w h9n arSt caileQ uDs tueFeIOFey IA
4 Conant, Senator from Portage county
/ moved to strike out of sections 3, ans
i s, that paFt s'requiring the perpoT
d bchaIlenged 10 produce two credible
witnesses who shall be compelled I,
Hbswer certain prescribed questions un
Il der oath or Affirmation relative 10 tn,
marriage of challenged PERSONS pa
III .rents'' DC Also3tsthAt no evidence o
\ llrsputation, gas 10 pRrPntage shall be re
u ire0eiEed, Rnless the paFtlss bout " hon
3 such neIIutsttiuul exists are FIRST proved
to have been marfied. 'i1al laai' aH ael
f The absurdity of endeavoring TO com
pei men to swear they were personally
coRnlzsBt Of their parents marriage
, that is, (in efectl that they were indi
vidually present al the wedding. ma,
ne good Democracy, but very suspi
4 cious and ques iOnAhle morality. How
/ ever, Judge CouanI's motion though 3,
I clearly just aud proper, WAS lost by
strict patty vote. aHH fnH-
l Next, Mr.. Keifer, of Clarke county
Z moved to amend 80 as to make it
p penal offense to receive the vote of
3 person not being 4 lCiite male citizen Q
p the United States, instead Of "reCeiv
b ing" contrary tofhe provisions OF th