Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-08-26

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disastrous experiment with the eurrel
cy of the country. The GovernmeI
would not save dollar of interest on il
year of National Bank taxes, beside
other tens of millions of revenue in cor
sequence of the terrible arrangement
financial matters caused by destroyin
the National Banks. s4s 1885, 3
Governor Morton is entirely right i
declaring .that upon the abolition {
| the banks the Government would bav
to pay the same interest on the bonds a
| now, whether they were held by tn
banks or not" and that there would no
be cent gained by the Treasury, bui
on the contrary, immense loss infiicte,
on it as well as the whole people. TIL
Enquirer must have a contemplate ide
of the intelligence of the people of Obi
when it utters such balderiash in repl,
to Governor Morton.
Accidents and Exciting Adventures.
Correspondence OF the Chicago Tribune.
COLORADO EXPLORING EXPEDITION,
ECHO PARK, MOUTH OF BEAR RIVER,
sf % June Is, 1862
On the sth our boats entered the Can
on of LodOre- name suggested by on
of the men, aid it has been adopted
We soon came to rapids, over which tn,
boats had to be taken with lines. w,
had succession of these until noon.
must explain the plan of running thes,
places. The light boat Emma Dean. witt
two good oarsmen and myself explore
them, then with a flag / signal the boat,
to advance and guide them by signal.
around dangerous rocks. Wheh WI
come to rapids filed with boulders,
sometimes find it necessary to walk
along the shore for examination. L
tits thought possible to run, the light
boat proceeds. If not, the others are
tagged to come on to the head of the
dangerous place, and we let down with
lines or make portage,
At the foot of one ofthese runs, early
in the afternoon, l found place where
it would be necessary to make a portage,
and, signaling the boats to come down
I walked along the bank TO examine the
ground for the portage, and left one OF
the men of my boat to signal the Others
to land at the right point. 1 soon saw
one of the boats land all right, and felt
no more care about them But five
minutes after heard shout, and, look
ing aepnd, saw one of the boats coming
over the falls. Captain Howland, of the
No Name, had not seen the signal in
time, and the swift current had carried
him to the brink. i saw that his going
over was inevitable, and turned to save
the third boat. In two minutes more /
saw that turn the point and head to
shore, and so / went after the boat going
over, the falls The first fall was not
great, only two or three feet, and we
had often run such, but below it contin-
ued TO tumble down twenty or thirty
feet more, in a channel filled with dam
gerous rocks that broke the waves into
whirlpools and beat them into foam. |
turned just to see the boat strike rock
and throw the men and cargo out Still
they chung to her sides and ciambered
in again and saved part of the oars, but
she was full of water, and they could
not manage her. Still down the river
they went, ,twoor three hundred wards to
another rocky rapid just rs bad, and the
boat struck again amidships, and was
dashed to pieces. The men were thrown
into the river ami carried beyond my
sight. Very soon turned the point,
and could see mans head above the
waters seemingly washed about by
whirlpool below a rock. This was Frank
Goodman ciinging to the rock with 8
grip on which life depended. As came
opposite, saw Howland trying to go to
his aid from the island. He finally got
near enough to Frank to reach him the
end of a pole, and letting go the rock, he
grasped it, and was pulled out Seneca
Rowland, the Captains brother, was
further down the island on TO some
al
safety, excepting some bad bruises. This
seemed long time, but twas quickly
lone. And now the three men were on
The island with dangerous river on
each side and falls below. The Emma
Dean was soon got down. and Sumner,
1ne of the men of my boat, started with
it for the island. Right skilfully he.
played his oars, and few strokes set
him at the proper point, and back he
brought his cargo of men. We were as
glad to shake hands with them as if
hey had been on a voyage round the
world and wrecked on a distant coast.
Down the river half a mile we found
hat the after-cabin of the boat, with
part of the bottom ragged and splintered,
had fioated against a rock, and stranded.
There were valuable articles in the
cabin, but on examination we concluded
hat life should not be risked to save
hem. OF course, the cargo of rations,
Instruments and clothing were gone. So
We went up to the boats and made a
lamp for the night. No sleep would
come to me in those dark hours before
he day. RatiOns, instruments, &C., had
been divided among the boats for safety /,
md We started with duplicates of every
hing that was a necessity to success;
)ut in the distribution there was one
aud the barometers were all
ost. There was a possibility that the
,arometerS were in the cabin lodged
against rock on the island-that was
he cabin in which they had been kept.
But then how TO get to it? And the
liver was rising-wOuld it be there to-
Could | go out to Salt Lake
ind get barOmeters from New York?
Well, l thought of many plans before
porning, and determined to get them
rom the island, if they were there.
After breakfast, the men started to
make the portage, and ! walked down
o look at the wreck. There it was still
IN the island, only carried fifty or sixty
eet further on. A closer examination
# the ground showed me that it could
'asily be reached.
That afternoon Sumner and Hall vol
TO take the little boat and go
o the wreck. They started, reached it
md out came the barometers. Then the
'oys set up shout. Joined them.
pleased that they too should be go glad
o save the Instruments. When the
,oat landed on our side, I found that
he only things saved from the wreck
we're the three barometers, the package
thermometers and two gallon. keg of
whisky. This was what the men were
houting about They had taken it on
,oaId unknown to me, and ] am. glad
hey did, for. they think it does them
.ood-as they aredrenched every day by
he melted snow that runs down this |
iver from the summit of the Rocky