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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27
alrw advertisements.

EARLY GOODRICH POTATOES roR
IL sals--at 81 per bushsl-hy
apf27.2t An. HILLS.
GARDEN sEEDs-FREsH A GOOD
VI from the Philadelphia Gardens als,. %,
celebrated ROSE POTATOES. for sale ai n,
Drug Store Of HARrsWTCk A IRwIN,
apr27 Clcardeld, "a
- CETTLEMENT NOTICE. The under
- signed having disposed Of bis interest 10 n,
Saddle aud harness business in Luthcrsburr. re-.
fpsciiully calls upon bic patrons whs have uussi.
tied accounts to come forward and close then.
either by paying ~ or giving their notes.
HENRY sCH0CK.
Lulhcrshurr, April p, isso-3t.
EXECUToR's NoTICE.-Wher,as lei
4 iers Iestamcutary on The estate Of WILLIAM
5. PORTER, late Of the township Of Penn, d..
ceased. have been granted 70 the undcrsirnrt.
and an persons indebted % said estate are request
I'd 10 make Immediate payment. aud those lsyin,
claims against the same will present them, duir
authenticated, for settlement
WM r. JOHNSON.
NATHAN MOORE
Grampian Hill, April y, ls7ost Executor,
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Notice 70 The Public!

NJ I, the undersigned nlacksmiihs Of the Dor.
w ourh of Clcarhcld, hereby adopt the fol-
loving rates ior work and rules with regard 10
securing pay ios our lahors, and We each pledge
our honor a. men and mechanics 10 adhere to and
enforce the same from and amer MAY !, 1879.
All work done at shccins horses must he paid
Cor wh,n tho work is done. al the following rates
,t'NhE NrN ohoe..........s ........-.., aN Ncnts
he-stuhnE ohne-.-...... ............ 70 tcris.
No credit 10 be given Tor longer period than
thrue months
KD. r. pAssMORE. c. OWENS.
AMOS KENNARD THOMAS REILLY.
J. SnUNKWMrR. an lANIcu.
GEORGE G. pAsSMORR
clsirhsia. ps., April 20, 1870 su
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27

While four Sing sing couricis were
at work in the marble duarries. last
week, nitro glycerinc blast exploded
2 rematuTly, killing Que prisoner aud
njur'ng The others
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27

The Age says One Major Calhoun.
OF this city, takes occasion at all meet
ings Of negroes and Radicals to state
that. he once belonged to tho Demo
cratic party. We suppose it is upon
the same principle which makes a
eyprain boast she had a virluous
mother.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27

rTo THR WORKING CLASS we ~. s.-
Il prepared . furnish al elass,, With eonsisnt
employment At home, the whole Of the time or ts
the 'r-ie moments. Business new, light aud pre-
hiabe. Persons Of either sex easily tarn ffou 5OS
to s. per evening, and proportional sun by Dr.
voting their whole time TO the business Bows and
girls earn nearly as much IS mtn. That all uku
see this notice Iay send their address and test the
business, We make this unparalleled Offers To tuss
a. are not we'd satisfied, will send 81 10 pay iof
the trouble Of writing Pull particulars, a valua-
be sample, which will do to commence work on.
and copy Of TAs Peoples Literary CoppoHiea--
one Of the largest and best family newspaper, pub
lished-all seat tree by mail. Reader, Il you wsst
permanent, profitable work, address 4. c. ALLEN
A Co, Augusta, Maine. l.2ssm
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27
The supreme Beneh.

The United States supreme bench
is once more full. We give list Of
the Judges, with their ages and the
dates Of their appointments, as follows /:
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27
JOHN TRoUTMAN,
FURNITURE DEALER
Market ST., east Of ihe Allegheny House.
CLEARFIEID. PA.

KEEP on hand an kinds Of Furniture In snit,
Il OF by the single article. Those in need Of any
article of Furniture will End Il to their interest
to call and examine ny stock, which I will sell
very low FOR cash or exchange for suitable lum ber
Clsar6eid. Pa. A." iS7n.tf
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27

The famous female ongrossing clerk
of the Iowa House has triumpbod -
Sac is to marry one Of the members
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27

IA G. ~ hrishlu-.~ Z
i2 samurl llageriy-l2i
"a Thos. llendcIson, Z
Ii Inhn n. lha-n... .
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20
TWO NAMES.


We carved our names ppon tree .
My friend aud I. when we were young
: With earnest jests Of deeds to be, r.
OF love uuloved and songs unsung.
-" &isi Aaqlac4E y4.I =. .r:H j!
. The tree was fslled. ths names were, rent,
! Tho busy workman Piled TIE steel, "
%1pshspsly craft the parts were blent, ~ ,r''
Each name upon . separate keel.
They sailed with .topsails oil ataunt;
The statelier one-the seaman's boast,
Tho captains pride. the builders vsunt- -.
Lies splintsred on an iron coast.
= q 5iT..r' ~ e., :
The other, battered to hulk,
Waved slowly In from angry seas,
For svsrmors the storm to skulk,
Aud !ie ioelorious at case. ...:.
One fell where fell . thoasand brave: :...r.
One lives, If this BE- life, alone; .n,.
Your sterner stuff makes earlier grave;
One eroke-the other lrs. c'umblsd en- j.
ie;:t!f ~, - 80 y" e! 8. ,,t. To-. ,.. .,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

and her poor little heart yearned toward
the xsiAlhsdiss isrKessissto'f'is 'is4ddre,
&Ah the aes hAir0~ asissdo u Il! 1sdoutasts
psiMYsbo'tidg xasbliuds, rbehissla~ ~his6
Rosy sas9oajj jj'sssats5 5'he.dV *ers bob;s
kihssstw kisbd 'ss<ply, assashs' ss, slsss
nbiyat be.y,io zid' si 1elss slisL ys@sa
AsOithalA4us riised;ssslin ID ,he
saa6oksoA fl ass ssxs aniad.es,dShe
thoaght;s<aslf one'ndrs vssAvloujwsi sixb!
Tow she'Aasheaa chat shx,ieto6,d h.aioi
lMgsefesaarrisstso dsivsasf aaxBhi
'ssssdAH 1ssslay ! vsosfE-t4.sss al
happy, fo,tssatsee ealh.sisis;;iissleadiI iii
tAeahatd~dtkiue,d ,desljsks176as. Sks
thought how tired she was, aud ofsotas
}edg,d hstl3s sKenisespa iaRead sd she
thought ef.the olhssN Nathirieesq hiding
>tay, throdgh thai iRsks iashst Ms1isg
snay shhis uadessthooi btightaogpesp
trsas, Nth Ahas tisdt dtteaebeatded M
Beamish curvetting beside her. s:It2sis
ehgeaa evs,y,a.ytstasy Jixlso2pig
eeestomsrket, satoth Neutrality-suspicious.:
OasseatsobresdIaad tshiAaotbse has
mend, and criasIsqueAkiaqnsak; squaak,
Tue cleek struck opeu neasss;!e: as4
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20
CARRIAGEMAKER

FNkpEve9gtadd
i the Bridge, vhers am prepared o do
.allkinds Of work iaths Csrriaremakine
line. Wagons, carriages and sleig gh made
laiR, Hat sn1 nuhsts1Als b shltannerse eftIpv
rates. PsrtiSolar, attention pad iAn a6,
pairing ~ !s-tf
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

= 4iasThe LaGo.1trhns were hets;t totally
deteatedq The Earliof De voushire asd
Lord w e6lec wers4killed iva ,sths Ael,p
Tho Duke tof aSonevsst a'aSd xbous
twenty other s,oht 'ldij.isetisB,
having taken shelter. iH1 chus6hp wefi
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

AshA1 IARA1o WANTS 1T. -
| sH<zixrctt4 WANTS r.: =
Pfr pHsrssslosA1 NAN WANT s.1r
. 1t tERx douxo NAN WANTS IT. ~
| Agents are selling il BY hundreds. sk,b-
..tfal % iesiops allowed. sead for Cjrau-
lfrs. %. D. CASE, PublishefS,
117-49 l64 Madison st., Chicago, I'LL:
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

: asbe4dvancea through she'ee eeSuinties
of Devon. soa1stsst, '!shd' a,6aissRa'ssttE;
increasing 1y9! ogntht thter 4eF'y 4a4ny % o. sgh esgh advs
march, says the ~ little tlle sllsectrsss, in a
loud, ,>}isspsted voice itnaea tanaseaeA sa.a't ID,
but was at LAST overtalkef4n! 81! tt h. the. sragia
-7ths sepiid epa epa e4nfdis!ieu' Easnda da3 'l' Il
AIs hnmr.4 Beapiah;: Miss Georss1s
s,idf fLydisy csmplaeantly. .,ssy tasI 10
,,:.s;Andztheu:, ;Mrss Batler Iraao heard
thrdughittbei keySole,s tbayine, attWs
inuDtdisent ,ix adocky nsd ssihd yau
beisgs sRiohsn3, NJ BeamRh. sGdIlhis
hisaaanA hiaahsde. .Tsny'de9,dAia
to esne!H gaiyoins al y'Iued1;b GA
-se''Go "a; ;2am5dsst2,' .ss5j Missde de&sss.
"On the banks of the Severn" Aut
gnate taseptiqqya.es qy. ,1qnsaE there lbs tEaie'
appa'egtly le 9 80 come E eas, te DEAD stePs r
some iene is ..lb lhesRa e. saya sss9lmaetRes
.b9pty ley y'hs bsb ahilaFea yiF a' taRsebs nj xisxpa
3'gert.inly ynPogt nPot replie. the mothbets 2. atb' I.
voice, and so Gussie begins again ip
croeffn11an fnnna.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

! 4sE s..4apIgis' 'Egare iegas legsF ad.S
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

H2IIS1rH VUA
This House has just been re.4;ated and
rs-farnished throug ghout, and offers to
guests every comfhEk4o-b desired. The
tables are provided With the best Of every
thing in it's season, served up in palatsble
style. Stages start from the House daily
s; elii ik1;!i|1{r11 S{1l' St '''f'1 'fIsIi Il
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

step-motHssybsisg naughty, sometimes;
being loved aud" happy always-this
WI aHR4r7e44 44pss4tieaed sSdish'hail,, so
evef8} s0 qaist;; sBst'it 7ssssmda d though
iemiktad IL HIVE saassdd FIJI yesstTs essT 81 s0msj
iisativSad u which hebov'aksaaadsy w.ss' 'o2e4;;
aad4Re t4aa64ail ,heS&s05rHisas Ss5 ~ 1ss4tdJ 'haadtl
idg pessiiAhtie 'c.shsl7Ss'7 ip' stdyis.s
nodgah thsyjo xaetts If efsot9ox;;o or PASSION,
Of stirring eveds2:i waE .'oDd7'F odG
She had st.id iip Eaton: Rlaee;, r fer a
year .psdl ND NOR. of. depending for a,subsisett \
sseqcele hea ev4 @ ezasEions, ss i ,5ttls tas synpt
hypn adhlSsg,o dfaaa ,og,tye, ttor lboHye anA
home spd #. shwilx 5yo 5yg little g.l "a school,
esk, whose h VI p!g pspsl 81 al7eeetes eets shs read pveE
and over again on the many long days
when she- could notify off to Mrs. Maj.
siugtle'sseaoel NsaEd4 4toulH sqa,re
sosse't~ouktse' ugly giisss'' 'd~ho '~o.ld
rash istS madd'sprisg into hes
atas ]aAeashasanyf Jumps 5f adlisht as
Algyehinassleo oshatias esedotsasell
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

for her TO be meta amorphoeed into gov,
egness once moro. sbseu.,-v y .lu <a
o'"They IRE all gone -ost, Mr.: Butler"
shs. said. I :tsMr: and j Mis-, Batter are:
riding to Csorlees, b.t,y they; vii bs
baek t. lunoh."'' ..:,i y.ij 74D-1,.: i,
~Cathaiine, Who had mot quite r.
,;oovered her everyday conposare, won-
5dered Why young Butler smiled mike
,gldnoed 1t the little green volume. lin
her hand. He ~.s not - good-bokisgI
.s Prince GeraintiAhe 1twas not co.
btosa'of 80 big; he hsd fair curly hsir,
q strsighe nose, sleepy gEaJ' eyss, and:
a smart little moustache. H. 1ss
dressed like young man Of fashion,
with = aaquer ia his cat. .... :, g..
Il 81 an afraid 1 can't vail' ill they
eqme ia." Richard ssaid. "HRsrhaps
you would tell them that i i to7nor-
row., not ThprsdaJ, i iwast them TO-
drink tea at my Place, .na essL the eh,ldrea|
TOO, Please tell them I shall be, q,
ee..ively disappointed il rsy body f.iA
me. Good.morniing, >, Mis- sJ.nes,".
said Richard, aasbly, ~ ses you arc
reading my'book of 1a5lb:.'F|2< 4
Butler ran down sitairi,d' tdiatine "a q
be Went, ,--"Why a. people etdfs choose
u1gly governesses i! my auaps' aiss
James i; little Ucir:7u IRSidng to .Cas.s
leon. She didn't facx xhatr she n,
sayiog. 1shonM like teses mya uncle
H&1ey .ossatr.aa. o. Knight i ct. Ar
thurs, round ,tablssgnRoor old Her
ysynsh1 sni4on5a 7noL ytAi ,r;ae7s,y:
Al for ,"diss J.mes;"jalSS Richard
called her, ,she Looked into ,tthe2 beeia-
ming Of ths boot, .ndl .rly.lsFy:a Ar +, 4. k..B8, 3,
in three vhei.ligig e lett4eaa's.llll 4a'E eetled gp
in one sorne4FI rns4Ia' of ths Rese she b blush: s,
| ed up now all By -harae9 81 Hish peo-
ple would .et.spsak>ols1t iAztsatssaa-
bic, tjokipgSsios;edshi tkousasj asnd
she did not readaey Jaors, ssasE weas
aga Poe :aDY assasIe 80 s. 80 80 es
| = w. !Gsnti1usA %, Fep.tAle1e p.tA izU
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

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vi b;ss,.a ;oo.k II tHEtRllRll1pK tllllgp I, son.
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.N~hdttasaSt. .Mos1, without sitts
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for IN ..s.i
2;
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srv references,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-11-25
TsIe BGiE lie,

The following account deals with
characters who emigrated from the
reghborhood OF Bristol, and itsthril-
King interest is by no means impaired
by this feature.
A VENDETTA OF THIRTEEN YEARS.
The following dispatch appeared in
the " Avalanche" Of this day week;
JACKSON, Miss, Nov. 2 General
w f. Brantley was assassinated this
morning at o clock, about half mile
outside the town Of Winona, Carroll
county. Twenty-Five buckshot struck
him. Several persons saw the smoke
of the gun, but the perpetratOr of the
awful deed wlis not discovered, though
tracked some q stance into a canebrake
Il viii be remembered that his brother,
the Mayor Of Winona, was assassinated
some time ago, while sitting with
some ladies at n concert. Afterward.
Captain Conner member of the
Legislature, a relation Ot the Brant-
leys, was killed al Winona in a diili-
Guilty growing out or the affair. Gen.
Brantley makes tire third victim"
such "A statement as the above would
naturally create some curiosity as to
the cause of lhe terrible affair. An
' Avalanche reporter has been en-
ahled To obtain Information in regard
To an old feud in which the BuntleN
family were concerned, and which
may probably throw some light ON
these iutter transactions.
In the year 1857, in the town of
Gonzales, the county seat of q county
of the same name IN Texas. there re-
sided Doctor Brantley, brother of the
gentlemen recently killed nearWiuOna,
who was engaged i'm merchandising
.Ihe Monroe brothers, John, Barney
and William, lived In the same town,
and were also engaged in keeping
store.n The parties named were all
in good circumstances. IL appears that
the MunrOe brothers employed rs clerks
Two young men, David and VIM. Bal
ZeN. One ef the Balzells, on account
Oimleged impudence, whipped Bufoid,
a slave of DIR. Brantley. Buforl was
known lamiliarly rs "Bufe," and was
cOnsidered IN those days, smart
nigaer," although "grand rascal"
The day after the whipping DR.. Brdnt-
ley attacked the Bal2ei,s aud was Kill
led ly David who was afterwards ar
rested and bailcd out of custody by
his employers, the Munroes. A short
time alter DR.. Brantley's death, Neal
Mccoy, a noted desperate from Mis-
sissipli, who had been sent by the
friends Of Branlley, appeared upon
| the scene. The doctor was a native
of that state, ana had emlgranted %
Texas tat few years before his death.
Mccoy had been residing in Gonzales
but a few days when difficulty oc.
CURED between him and the Balzell
/ brothers in the diniug room OF the
GayOso House, i'm whicn Dave was
killed ami William knocked senseloss
with a sllng-shOt. lie afterwards re-
covered, However, and may now he
| living lor( aught we know. SO far
there has been but two lives lost.
Mccoy was arrested aud gave bail
Now the hud got warmer and war
mor The Monroe brothers espoused
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-11-25
Srirntift.
HOW IT IS EXPLAINED.

The frequent appearance Of auroral
lights in ali parts of North America
provoked desire to understand the
cause of them. A correspondent Of
the Toronto Globe accounts for the red
light. He says it is due to the passage
OF the poplar light through stratum Of
miunutely divided meteoric matter,
just as the rays of sunlight appear red
when passing through atmosphere
loaded with smoke. He gives the fol-
lowing of an experiment he made on
the evening of the oath of October:
ION. this occasion the bright red
light was succeeded by the usual gray
mist of frozen vapor, which increases
in density to very unusual extent.
Feeling sure that this deuse matter
must be falling to the earth, Lat once
thoroughly cleaned glass slide and
exposed it on an elevated position.
After one hour examined the exposed
surface with a powerful microscope,
and was delighted to find the slide had
received and retained hundreds of
small bodies, Uniform in size and APP
pearance, and easily distinguished from
dust and other objects usually found in
the atmosphere. They are spherical,
solid, firmly attached to the glass,
about one 5,00Dth of an inch in diam
eter, or about One-half the size OF the
human red glohule."
As to what these little bodies are,
and where and how they originate, he
proceeds 10 account:
space, in the regions If auroral
currents, certainly is filled by our own
atmosphere in n rariied condition.
Now, owing to its density, the oxygen
of air will retain Il tangible form to u
greater altitude than other grasses, and
hence (perhaps in an allotrapid form
i'll the medium acted upon 10y the dii-
ferent electric currents, producing
white auroral light. This is always
succeeded 10y "A gray appearance OF the
sky, caused 10y the production and CON
densatlon OF aqueous vapor in the
form OF the minute sperledl bodies
which fell upon the glass Side, and
which, upon evaporating, have left
the meteoric mineral matter they con-
tanned to record, in solid form their
history, and point Us to the prObahle
cause uf red color of oar late displays
OF aurora boreallis.p
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-11-25

fear of Halfway while living. and
now that he has met his death in the
manner he did, all lovers of peace
and good order in that County will
doubtless sustain the act of the men
who killed him, who are said to be
honest, peaceable and law abiding
citizens. .-Union and Americup.
Col. PEBBLES, Senator elect from
Maury County, was killed on the 10th
inst, near Spring Hill,
The difficulty was brought about by
an'old grudge which is thought to have
existed between the parties.
New ENGINES. Two of the four
new engines, recently purchased by
the East Tennessee Virginia and G cor
gia Railroad Company. have arrived,
and will be placed on the road in a
daX or two. These engines were built
at the celebrated works of the Messrs.
NJ. Ba dwin's, Philadelphia, Pa
One bears the name Of John r
Branner," and the other. that of
Thomas IL. Callaway." The other
two engines are expected here in a
few days. Press nld Herald.
RADICAL SoREHEADs, ,-Wcshing-
tor. Nov. I5.-Information. received
last night, direct from Tennessee
states that the leading Radicals of
State, including most of the delega-
tion in the present House, intend to
revive the question of its reconstruc-
ton for the purpose of dsfranchis-
ing the greater part of the class who
were enfrGnchised by the Senter Con-
Stitution. The question of reconstruc-
ting the State is now pending before
the Reconstruction Committee, OF the
House. 1t is also learned that some
of the defeated Republican candidates
for Congress intend to contest the
seats of the elected Democrats. This
is especially the case with Congress
man Prosser, who was defeated in the
Nashville district.
Rodererick Il. Butler, reelected in
the first district, sends word that he
will be in Washington two weeks
from to-day to answer the charge OF
forgery, etc, preferred against him
by the Pension O.lice. He proclaims
his innocence. and points to his re-
election to Congress to prove it.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-11-25

the cause of the Balzell's, and in con-
sequence were opposed to the friends
OF the Brantleys. There was hardly
man in the county of Gonzales who
had not at one time or another taken
sides. Some were killed and others
wounded. Amo1g those who were
desperately wounded on the Brantley
side, our informant remembers the
name OF but one, a Mr.. Davis, from
Choctaw county, Mississippi. He re-
ceived the contents of a gun, loaded
with buckshot, through his left side,
but strange to say, recovered. The
surviving Balzell was momentarly ex-
pecting an attack In these days west
ern Texas was a rather wild country,
the law was but imperfectlv enforced, /,
ana consequently every one considered
sell preservation the first law of
nature" a Brantley man and Mon
roe man were deadly enemies. They
met but to engage in a bloody aftiay
Thus stood affairs at the breaking out
of the war in 1861. The adherents of
the respective parties went into the
Southern army.
In the year 1868, young planter
named Green, was killed 0t the Boar
man House, in Jackson, Mississippi,
by Arnold Brantley, brotherof Doe
tor Brantley, and the same man who
was Mayor of Wiuona, at the time of
his death a few weeks ago. The
affair, ii Is supposed, grew out OF a
gambling scrape, but it may possibly
have been connected with the feud
which originated in Texas. Thus it
will be seen that the late affair in the
neighborhoOd of WinOna, can in a
measure he accounted for At last ac-
counts two years ago, William Balzell
was living. lie was member of the
Tenth Mississippi cavalry regiment,
and passed safely through the war.
He proved himself gallant soldier,
and it is not thought that, if alive, he
would be guilty of an assassination.
His life, it is said, after the death Of
DR.. Brantley, was u dissipated one
He apparently cared but little for an
existence and resorted TO dI NIX. He
was a native of Virginia.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-11-25
Thc 1.ead Of Mount L,lnnc.

The following memoranda, in the
form of diary, We're found on the
body of DR. Beaue, of Baltimore, who
with Mr.. McCorkendale and Mr. Ran.
dali, were lost in September last in a
severe snow-storm near the summit
Of Mount Blanc:
Tuesday, 9Th September-I have
made the ascension of Mount Blanc
with ten other persons, eight guides,
Mr.. McCOrkcndale and Mr.. Randall.
We reached the summit at two O'Clock
and half. INN adintely after having
quilted it | found myself enveloped in
whirlwind of snow at l5,00D feet
English hight. We have passed the
night in "A grotto dug in the snow-an
uncomfortable asylum, and have been
III all the night.
18th September, Morning. Gold
very intense. Much snow. 1t falls
without cessation. The guides are un-
easy.
9Th September, Evening. We have
been on Mt. Blame for two days In a
terrible snOw-storm. We are lost. We
are in n grotto, dug in tbs snow, at a
hight of 1900 feet.
l have no hope Of descending. Per-
haps some one will find this book and
send il to youN Then follow direc-
tions relative to his private affairs. I
We have no provisions. NV feet are
already frozen, and am entirely ex-
hausted. | have only strength to write
these words. / die believing in Jesus
Christ, with the sweet thought of my
family, my friendships aud all. hope
that We shall meet in Heaven. Yours
always.
Ny effects are partly at the Hotel
du Mont Blsnc; Il part are wi n I'm two
portmanteaus. Send them 10y post to
Pay my Hotel bills at the hotel. Heav-
en- will reward you for your kindness. A"
family; then q sudden close, as if
3 rengih failed.