, 1870-09-20

the placa where home uael to be. Thatafora
it WAS that Alr. Perry. President Of ths Il. r.
OF home were wanted for isundrod or tvo OF |
gentlemen on tho Great American Desert, aud
ut days notice Mr.. Pullman sent him 3 quar-
ter of million doll1ra' worth of that commaii-
ty. For tha thousand miles and back from !
ST. Louis to Denver, VIC sat in our parlora and |
with purple and fine llncn, even in a way |
that Solomon in all his glory, or any |
later n,an Of hie profession, never |
dreamed Of, and with none to molest US or /
make US afraid, for, though desd-hea1s all of
ua. We had no fear for our scaipB. and not !
only pa1lots and bedrooms attended us. but
kitchens, aud icf-Acuses, aud wioe.callar5, |
with cooks who were French cooks, aud but !
1ers who knew rlutnges, and baTkeepers Gu
Iious in cocktails and utheE a.sectaa1o concoc- |
tons, till sone Of us felt that re had ex-
changed our modest and frugal homes for !
an Intoxicating shipwreek on = lisso}ute !
irlaId, with a1l the indeIicacies Of the season.
So whis1cd we through the thousand miles Of |
mjx1d paradise and descrt, in an altogether |
paradi=aical etate, With 4 road clear Of all |
us the right OF way viii, pilot engine faw !
bundled yards ahead to look cut for obatruc- /
tiols ana h1lp on up~gradss, when our eighth |
of > mile Of palaces needed help; With atten- |
tive land 'oFts Al d servants who mover tired Of
ninistering tn our wants. aud satisfying the |
habi:s af luxury Which. I otserved, rapidly
grew inre:er:to with such in1n-
ili,us traye!'ers: With intel
With every foot Of ground NC pissed over,
wire aud otherwise: with cities and towns
scattered all along our route to turn out and
give rs welcome with music snd baaners aud
aElow ua tha best ttcr hal IN forts, and farms,
and ca1itols. and court huass, and col
lages, and men End women, all their merits
auu Eirtue~, aud sometimes, it the truth must
be confessed, their yeuial and pleasant vices.
And the company waa pleasant company,
geuial and iovtal, jolly companions every oae,
il is nut Improper to state that We we're all
remarkably intelligent, md all Lucw 1t, though
all did nat coma from Chicago. nor Improper
t AID that several wel1-known public chara:-
ters were carefully excluded from the excur-
sion, or brought to a senso OF the situation.
Tne man who caue OIL baaru aud Immediately
knocked down lis nearest noighbor with
discharge ut puns, as il his mission in life
w:s to be funny, was at once put OF the train.
The mar who always laughs from sense of
duty was peremptorily. asked what he vas
laughing at. and brought at once tr q rea1iz-
ing sense Of his condition. The man who is
always taking medicine had his bottles broken
and was put upon . large allowance Of cham
payne cocktails With good effect. The man
who always takes the head OF the table did
taught that lie who exalieth hiua-
| self shall be bundled; but the man
| who was always cure to get tile best and
slladlest and roomlest aeat in a carriaSs waa
excused OH the Hccre of his being an Eng
1islman. The man who snotes, a:d always
denied it, was subjected to various scicntitic
experiments, but, I am sorty to say, without
| any permanent results, aud he was left on
the plans in company with the champion
snorer OF Colorado, who had recently earned
| ten days Loard, on i wager. for his unequa1ea
nose: ard was proud Of it. The man who loves
the flowing boTl or aomo other vessel that
| answers tl,s Eame purpose, not wiselr but too
| well, lad to BIZ disposed of som mehow, fer lie
| atant condition Of being put to bed. The man
| who Lad no bnsiness to be there at all-tle
| most notorious Of all pnthc characters-was
pct to bed with the man wlo was always be-
ing nnt there, ant1, conse9uetltIy, left us at
| tic next station. and, finally, the m2u who
always wants publ, mcstins was not there
at all, and there were, Therefore, 10 more
public meetings. than were absolutely neces-
sary, no spcecl1-1nakiug that was absolutely in
tolerable, and some that We Weie glad to
listen to. THUS it will bo seen that this was
model excursion: n,.thing marred the pleas
ure Of it from beginning to end; nothiuS Was
wanting in it that i: nccess1r: t. the comfort
ard ovei, the luxury Of travel; and If there
WAS among us nan who lid rot learn more
tlan Le ever Jreamt uf Of the character
and resources of the wonderful elopo OF
country lc:weea tho Missouri River and
Rocky aisuntai.s, Of its possible and prob
AHA future, and of Ill that the K. 2. Road is
doing ard proposes t. do for its development,
tken lie Was simply dolt who was not found
out iu time.
We rode a. safely ana with as little iear oi
any hostile sayagcs as II we had not crossed
the Mississippi Niycr. OF these native Amer
icaue VIC saw Eonc, except at Denver, where q
party Of '.iendlr Uses had gathered for q
couierrncc with the 1ndian Commissioners
They are called friendly By virtue Of theis
being AZ e,,uity Will, certain other savages
, and Of nat taking q white mans scalp exeep!
: u!ou the Fly. The difference between
item and other .ea brethren is tbs
, / difference between ou.l'ws AMI hishway1nen-
'. men a,e Ia: outlaws till they are detected
aud just now II suits ta,ese 10 follow their call
ing while ls.sintaiting the pre.ence ct law
: abiding ciiacns. The purpose If this co.iuci
= q: Denver wa- tn respectfully psofrer, on tl,s
+ tart OF tho Com'nissioners. request to th'
: Utcs that tEeg would kcap the tseaties ant
r1turn 10 their reservation which request tl
: Utce mest gat.urally declined, sud there th
:, | matter ended. It Eaa my first contact will
= the originai lied Man OF the Forest, and tn
y sun Of my experience il that lie is very past
!, animal, who laughs at the United States, cat
, watcrHelo:'s il, the guttcfs Of Denver. an
:, . et'cuds wkat little money lie las in hair-oil
!, Gut upon the Plains lie il, whether profea
- - eedly friendly or otherwise, different crca
ture when there arc ten or twenty Indians t
!
= Pacific Road this was one Of the chief diff
- cu1tics. A revolver Was as necessary in til
i hauds OF The employees as the spade, the pick
- | axe. OK 4 measuring chain. 0lly III April las
- dozen were rnossacrcd on tho road, and. en-
~ lier, such occurrences wore frequent. ali
- Schuyler, an engineer, when surveying once
g only q mile from his party, but hidden frol
=, their view by the rising ground, was sutroun
:. ed by twenty Of these devils. ten in front an
L. ten in rear, who all charged upoa him.. 0u
al
at nnother through lis body. third smashed i
g. ficld-slass, and fourth went through Ii
- = llolee from flank to shoulder, In the rnnnin
=, fight he discharged eight shota from lila +
~ ~ volre:s, and fur t3oat Indians lay unon Il
N plain. Tie rest did not wait for A1r. Schuyl
- tp reach reiuforcements, but fed Thus Il
- company literally fought i:s way across Il
- pJaius, their people laying rails in consta
~ peril Of their lives. Now that the road
Es bull: the Indians are powerlesa against it: +
ss take up rail. and the line, besile. ID 80 ",
80 =. guarded that they do not dare approach
NJ 81 every station along tho road is 3 file
~ soldiers ready for offence or defence, as Il
AZ Az appearance. Next in interest, to the travel'.
~ " to the prAirie-dcE ard his citadel to which
II retreats when attacked or alarmed, is Il
M prairie soldier aud bis underground fort.
~ ~ tle Indians como in force to attuct static
T., the so!ders AID employees retire, By suet.
oir aS 1sntan gallery. to a subterranean citad
i ;n seven or eight feet deep. wi
ha timber roof = foot or two abn
,c,I the ground, snd pierced all around with 70:
ia hcic.. These Command the station and
re ~ scj.cent territory, anl, With their brees
,or leading carGincs, the solciers can pick of t
~ enemy in perfect eecnrisy. No In5ian /
s,a = a. ever dared show himself Roar one Of ths
aS. forts with hostile intent. and the road. IL
ss- g1a,ded. ana protected also all along the {
- By tic military posts, il a. safe as il all
~ -, inliars had retired to the reservations
1ts mn1n NV, '"e'' ois"s : '3>''e' S8 .A'A' - e
ant e11en
VI Military Sfreu.tl. Of trcnt Br:ta
ale From the London Times
IT, Ia Let the reader only look ut the follow
10 10 enumeration OF op1 military forces IS actu
~ ~ existing ut this moment. According to
~ estimates Of tile rt.sent year accepted
l,.o Parliament. We have noH
mo Troops RI the Line. f79
M uS Amy Reserve, Glass s1..........-...-..-..-- 5
tse. Army Resolve, Class g