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Year: 1869

We clip the following from the New York
Scientific AmericGn, Of the 11th instant:


Theological writers have always been pug
zled to fix upon any very definite idea in
regard to the geOgraPhical-sO to speak
location Of heaven. The Christian faith as
sociates it as o final resting place for redeem
ed souls, and preachers have drawn from it
the lesson that revelation, for wise reasons,
had veied it in obscuriry. But science is
progressive. 1t digs deep into the bowels
Of the Garth, and scars away into the re-
gions o; infinite space, so that at last we
have philosopher sufficiently bold who un-
dertakes to remove the perplexity, and solve
all our doubts upon this most sublime sub
ject.


Instead OF being matter Of philisophic
and Christian speculation, we are now pro-
vided with q, scientific solution of the whole
difficulty by ID. Mortimer, NJ. d. (not d. d J
According TO his theory there is a vast globe
or world, far within, from the surrounding
photosphere Of ethereal fire, which all demo-
inmate the sun, which globe is estimated
TO be to be at leas, five hundred thousand
miles in diameter DR.. Mortimer states that
he has brought divine revelation to bear up
on this vast ceittral gioOe, "nu iS pialnly cOu-
WINGED that the globe thus discerned IS the
Heavenly Empire wherein the righteous from
this earth find their future home." Not con
tent TO have made the discovery Of the ex-
act locality Of " cur Heaven" the Doctor
has gone into q mathematical calculation OF
the number Of minutes it requires for the
spirits flight from earth to this celestial
abode, for all Of which Information doubling
and believing souls will forever thank the
learned doctor.
Year: 1869

Let 1t never come upon you. Live so that
good angels may protect you from that
most terrible Of evIls-the " winter Of the
heart"


Let no chilling influences freeze up the
fountains OF sympathy and happiness in its
depths; no cold burden settle over its with
cred hopes like snow on the faded flowers,
no rude blasts Of discomfort moan and shrek
through Its desolated chambers.


Your path may lead you through trials
which for a time utterly impede yonr pro-
gress and shut out the very light Of heaYen
from your anxious gaze.


Penury may take the place of ease and
plenty your luxurious room NAV be ex-
changed for n single lowly home-the soft
couch for the lowly bed Of the poor. Sum
mer friends may forsake you, and the un-
plying world pass you without a word or
look of compassion.


You may be compelled to toll wearily
and steadily on, to en- rn a livelihood you
may encounter fraud and the base avarice
that would extort the last farthing, till you
well nigh turn in disgust from your fellow
men.


you to earth, and leave you in fearful dark
ness.


The noble manly boy, the sole hope of
your declining years may be taken from you
while your spirit ciings to him with tena-
city which even the shadow Of the tomb can
not wholly subdue.


But amid all these sorrows, do not come
to the conclusion that nobody was ever so
deeply afflicted as you are, and abandon ev-
cry anticipation Of pleasant days in the un-
known future.


Do not lose your faith in human excel
lence because your confidence has been
sometimes betrayed, nor believe that friend
ship Is only a delusion, and love a bright
phantom which gldes awOy from your
grasp.


Do not mink that YOU ass fated to be mis-
erable because you are disappointed in your
reasonable expectations, and bafied in your
pursuit.


Do hot declare that God has forsaxen
you when your way is hejged about with
thorns, or repine sinfully, when he calls
your dear ones to that land beyond the
grave.


Keep . holy trust in heaven through
every trial, and bear adversely with lorIi-
tade.
Year: 1869

The SEA.-What a miser the sea is Its
demands are never satisfied. 1t is ever crav-
ing for more. Stretching up its foamlng


fingers, it pulls down to its caverns both


man and his wealth, and wrapping them up
II A green winding sheet hides them for All
time We talk Of diamond and gold mines
on the shOre-they are poor to what the
ocean wears upon its bosom. Gems Of all
kinds are scattered broadcast over the sandy
floor she buries them in her foaming locks:
she loops up her azure robe with them her
girdle is more brilliant than the dreams of
Midas; she toys with the crowns Of kings.
and smiles al the poverty or dowry Of Al
empress. All what treasury is the depths
Of the ocean. We have no knowledge Of its
vastness. We can never estimate its rich
ness. The mimi has not compass enough to
grasp it or figures to enumerate it. Gather
ed in heap it would be mountan-scat-
tered over the land it would become q gilt
tering prairie. Yes, the old ocean upon
whose brow ages have failed to leave a wrin-
kle, is q miser, and until the day when its
waves shall be licked up with tongue Of
fame its hoard will constantly increase, and
no one shall have the power to say to 1t
nav
Year: 1869

The number of false reports Of battles and
their results circulated from Washington
during the war, for the purpose of affecting
the stock and gold markets, must still be
fresh in the memory Of the public. There
was nothing in them, however, to equal the
daring and adroiI enterprise Of Rouhschild
at the battle of Waterloo, an account Of
which we find in recent publication enti-
tied "Famous London Merchants" While
the battle Of Waterloo was being fought,
Rothschild stood on neighboring height
watching its progress almost as anxiously
as did Bonaparte or Wellington themselves.
At sunset he saw that The victory was with
Wellington and the allies. Then without a
moments delay he mounted horse that had
been kept in readiness for him all day. He
had relays at short distances, and BY hard
driving and riding he reached Ostend by
daybreak. There he found the sea so stormy
that the ferrymen refused to trust themselves
to it until be induced one to make the risk
for S400 (e8O), and in that way he got
across the channel. Next morning-June
20-he told in gloomy whispers that Bluch-
er and his PrussIans bad been routed before
Wellington could reach the field, but did
not add that Wellington hal afterwards
turned the fortunes Of the day and secured
peace for EurLp. The fecI was, as intend
ed, a great panic, AMI preclpi;ate decline
in stocks RothschlId's agents were ready
to buy at low rates. and ali that was offered
was quickly picked up. On the afternoon
of the second day the real issue of Waterloo
was made known. The funds took a speedy
turn upwards, and ent to a higher figure
than they had touched for weeks. Roths-
child sold out, and found himself more than
five million dollars ahead by his rapI riding
and clever deception
Year: 1869

From the 81. Paul Pioneer, Aug. 81


On Saturday last, while the workmen were
engaged in digging down a bluff near the
foot Of Chestnut street, for the grade Of the
St, Paul and Sioux City Road, they made a
curious discovery, the full nature of which
we are, as yet unuable to explain. The
bluff at that point is composed partly OF
sand rock, and the work Of leveling is expe-
dited by blasting. On Saturday afternoon
q heavy blast was exploded, when was the
surprise, not to say CONSERVATION, of the
workmen to see huge portion Of the bluff,
fully seventy-five yards Of the sand rock,
suddenly sink out of sight, instead of rolling
off below as formerly. HnrryiDg to the
spot, they discovered an aperture Of fssure
about ten feet wide, which, on a closer ex-
animation, proved to be the mouth Of an
immense cavern, under which was a lake of
pure crystal water, cold enough to chill a
man to death in few moments. We paid q
visit to this natural wonder Yesterday, and
are indebted to Mr.. Marshall, foreman for
Messrs. Kangdon & Carpenter, who have the
contract for grading on the road, for all the
information in regard to it in his possession.
He has experimental to find the depth Of the
water, but 50 far without success. AS far
as the eye can reach, which is only some
20 o, 30 feet on each side, the cavern and
water extends, and its full extent is left
entirely to conjecture. Some 400 feet above
the mouth of the cave is a small stream or
spring of the purest and coldest water bub-
bling up. which evidently is an outlet to this
lake, showing that it extends that far up
the bluE, at all events. The prosecution Of
the work in digging away the bluff for rail
road purposes may develop something fur
ther that will lead to knowledge of the d.
mensions Of this apparently limitless and
bOttomless lake. Ii 10 located directly un-
der the dwellings Of a number Of residents
Of that part Of the city who, until the dis
cOvery, supposed tdey had Obeyed the Scrip
tnral iDjunctiOns, and built their house
upon q rock" which rock, it seems has now,
no Foundation, aud may take notion some
day to disappear altogether.
Year: 1869

The Intelligencer tries to get rid OF
CARLILE by proving him a rebel and
CHASING him as a Democrat. We enter
our solemn protest against the whole
proceeding. 1t will be time enough
to hold the Democracy responsible for
CARLILE when the whirligig OF poll
tics tumbles him temporarily into
their midst. That such q time will
come we have no doubt, just as we have
no doubt that speedily thereafter he
will flop again into Radicalism. For
the present, however, he is sojourning
in theeloyal camp, and only comes out
to forage. He attempted to open nego-
tiations with the Democrats last year
but there were mo takers" Then he
went and joined himself to the enemy
for price. Since it styles CARLILE a
Democrat we would like the Intelligencer
to inform US in whose behalf he stumpea
the State in 1868 and whose money paid
him for his servicesi What party has
nominated him for the Legislaturei He
was brosght out by Republican paper,
nominated, without opposition, by Re-
publican Convention, put upon Repub-
lican ticket with Republican colleague
and if beaten, as we humbly trust in
GoD he will be, it will be by Democratic
votes.


In few months, possibly, 1t will be
our time to be annoyed by this eminent
mountebank. If so, we undertake 10
saw that the Democrats will neither run
him for office, employ him as stuupei
nor allow him to handle their campaign
funds aud pay himself his own price
inst so long as the Republicans are
soft enough to be thus deluded, he vii
remain upon their hands. For the
present, at any rate, he is theirs by hire
and adoption and We insist that the!
shall keep him until the expiration o
their lease. You knew him to be bogu'
when you took him. You can't recourse


upon the Democrats
Year: 1869

Curses will come home to roost. The
registrars in the back counties having
prescribed pretty much all the Demo
Gratis, are busy in disfranchising their
obstreperous Republican bretheren'
Wherever they hear of a loyal man
who falters in his support of the red not
prescription ticket, they strike him Oh
as remorselessly as if he were the bitter
est rebel that ever lived and fought Tor
Dixie. And SO the disfranchising ma
chine is plaguing the inventors. The
men whe supported the prescription
policy originally find themselves fall
ing victims to its wrath, whenever they
attempt independence of those who
control the business of registration
This is not the first instance where men
have been destroyed by devils of their
own creation. But it seems that only
through Republican disgust can the abo
lition of the entire proscriptive system
[ be reached,
Year: 1869

Out of about twelve thousand men in
this State who have taken the Voter s
Oath and have been distranchised, not
one has ever been convicted of perjury
If the registrars were right in disfran,
chisiug them it must have been because
they swore falsely when admitted to
registration. If they did so swear they
were liable to prosecution for perjury
The fact that no such prosecution ha:
been sustained is the best evidence that
there was no false swearing involved
and that their disfranchisments have
been effected through a wanton exeT
else of power.
Year: 1869

When the juggling platform of The
Ohio county Republicans was adopted
the general inquiry was, "What is it y
This has given place to an equally per.
tinent question, "Where is it 7" The
IpteHigencer,seems to be so thoroughly
ashamed of the platform that it never
allows its readers peep at it. Prob
ably the pon-descript production has
been sent to some museum or other to be
shown as more incomprehensible
monstrosity than the original "What
is il fn
Year: 1869

Is it true that the IntelIigencer Is about
to abandon it's candidates. The disap'
pearance of the "let up" platform from
the columns of that paper is very sug'
gestive. Whether the names of the
candidates will be taken down one at a
time or in a lump, is not yet certain
We woald have preferred to see ticket
and platform kept intact to the last, SC
that all the parts of the concern might
have crumbled simultaneously, like "the
wonderful one-horse shay"
Year: 1869

When party undertakes to run a
campaign without platform the fact
is fair indication of candidates with
out principles. Why has the CAMPBELL
HUBBARD platform been hidden away
Is it for the sake of burying the dead
out of sighti If so, the candidates who
manage the little game of "let up
ought to go with the tother corpse.
Year: 1869

WHEN party hides its platform how
long will it be until it suppresses its can,
didatesi The question appears to be in
fair way for solution. The Intelligence'
has already consigned its platform to
the noles and the bats. 1t has ignored
its candidates for a week. When their
names disappear from the head of its
columns the process will be complete.
Whether new men will be put up under
new dispsnsation of the gospel Of
'let up" or the field abandoned and the
fight given up in advance, remains to be
seen,
Year: 1869

The careful suppression of the mon
streus muddle which the late Ohio
couaty Republican Convention brought
forth looks suspicious. Is another paper
humbug in preparation 7 If so, let it be
one that can stand daylight.
Year: 1869

NEARLY every county in the State has
"let up" Republican candidates. With
the exception of those in Ohio county
they favor a reform in our registration
system. PoLsLEY, KITCHEN and the
rest have all declared themselves in
favor of the speediest possible restora-
ton of the ballot to our disfranchised
white citizens. Not so Messrs. CAMP


BELL and HUBBARD. They think it
sufficient to enfranchise the negro at
once, repeal the Oaths for Suitors,
Lawyers and Teachers and allow the
disfranchisemen of the white man to go
on indefinitely. The first shall be last.
Year: 1869

The confirmed dyspeptic may almost say,
with Saint Peter, II die daily" The object OF
this article is not to remind him of his
pangs, but to show him i i how to Danish them
forever. The means of immediate and perma.
nent relief are proffered him in
Year: 1869

REGULARITY or VOLCANIC ERUpTIONs.
"A correspondent of the Pail Mail Ga
zette has been to look at Vesuvius, to see
for himself what the eruption ofthe volca-
moi like. He finds it sufficiently terrible.


lie went up the mountain and stood upon
the lip of the crater, and peeped into the
roaring abyss on one side, taking advant-
age of u strong wind that was driving all
the suffocating steam and vapor to the
other. Presently the eruption came:


1T does not consist, as the pictures nee
ccssarily lead one to suppose, of a continu-
Gus shower at ALL Still less does II consist
of continuous shower of black ashes shot
out from fire blazing on the top of the
mountain; it is rather series of cxplo-
sions. But the roar and glare ofthe abyss
is continuous. You look into the pit, and
though you see no actual fame, yet its
sides are in state ofconstant incandescencc ;
from the mouth Of it there roars up inccs.
sanity dense cloud of steam; and in the
depths Of it below you hear the noise of
preparations for the outburst that is next
to come. Then you hear sharper cracklc,
and then, without further warning, fol-
lows II loud explosion, which shoots into
the air torrent of white hot missiles of
every shape and size. So enormous are
the forces at work, that not only small
pieces of stone and sulphur, such as you
might carry away as mcmcntos Of your
visit, but huge blocks of mineral, each
enough to load railway ballast-wagon, and
all in II state of perfectly white heat, are
tossed up as though they were SO many
crickct-balls. The explosion lasts, per-
haps, no longer than minute; and then
there is cessation of some seconds, with
the noise only Of internal preparation once
more, after which theexplosion is repeated"
Year: 1869

be expatriatcd, shipwreckcd or i'm
prisoncd !; let him be stripped Of
everything he has in the world; still
their credentials remain, and are
available for use as circumstances
require. The good effects which
they have produced are established
by the incontestable facts of histo-
ry. They have stayed the uplifted
hand Of the destroyer, they have
subdued the rancor Of maleyolence,
and broken down the barriers of po-
litical animosity and sectarian alien
alton. On the battle field in the
solitudes Of the uncultivated forest,
or in the busy haunts of the crowd
cd city, they have made men of the
most hostile feelings, and the most
diversed conditions, rush to the aid
of each other, with special joy and
satisfaction that they have been
able to afford relief to q brother
Mason.
Year: 1869

This little sentence should be
written on every heart and stamped
on every memory. It should be
the golden rule practiced not only
in every household, but throughout
the world. BY helping one another
We not only remove thorns from the
pathway. and anxiety from the
mind, but We feel a sense of pleas
ure in our own hearts, knowing we
are doing duty to a fellow crea-
ture. A helping hand or an en-
couraging word, is no loss to US,
yet it is benefit to others. Who
has not felt the power Of this little
sentence !? Who has not needed
the aid and encouragement Of a
kind friend? How soothing, when
perplexed with some task that is
mysterious and burthensome, to feel
a gentle hand on the shoulder and
hear a kind voice whispering: "Do
not feel discouraged ; 1 see your
trouble let me help you. What
strength is inspired, what hope Gre
ated, what sweet gratitude is felt,
and the great difficulty is dissolved
as tho dew beneath the sunshine.
Yes, let us help one another by en-
deavoring to strengthen and encour-
age tho weak and lifting the bur-
don of care from the weary and op-
pressed, that life may glide smooth
ly on and the fount of bitterness
yield sweet waters I; and He, whose
willing hand is ever ready to aid us,
will reward our humble endeavors,
and every good deed will be as bread
cast upon the waters to return after
many days. if not to US, to those
we love.
Year: 1869




CHEAP FAREs.-lbe completion Of
the railroad and the very material
reduction of fares over it, have had a
noticeable effect upon the action of
the Pacific Nail Steamship Company
Their fare between this city and New
York has been put So low that persons
not much opposed to sea voyage, nor
afraid of the IsthInus miasms. have
no small inducements to prefer the
Panama route. One hundred dollars
for cabin passage is as cheap as living
in a hotel, and fifty dollars for steer.
age will enable many poor fellow to
return to his old home, who has long
desired to do so The passage over
land is about onesthird greater-one
hundred and twelve dollars passage,
to which must be added, sleeping
car and meals along the route. This
lively rivalry in matters of passage
may have the effect of preventing for
a long time any opposition by steam
ship or railroad IS F. CdH
Year: 1869

CoRREcT SENTIMENT.-Judge Kennedy,
in rendering his decision IN the ken>
noyer divorce case, took occasion to ad


vert to the facility with which divorces
had hitherto been granted, and to ex,
press his utter detestation of the whole
system that made the marriage tie little
better than mockery. In the case then
before him there were abundant reasons
for granting the application, but in fu-
ture the exercise OF the authority with
which be WAS clothed would be used
very sparingly, and whatever influence
he could exert would be directed against
this wholesale system of divOrcing. The
frequency of these separations was
bringing reproach upon our community,
and il became all well wisbers of society
TO set their f,ces against the practice.
Words fttly spoken. and we trust that
the Judge will resolniely adhere to them.
Year: 1869

RADICAL NJ RALs.-Down on the
Sound pack of radicals are endeavor.
ing to steal tract of Government
land Up in this country the radi-
Gals manage such things differently /;
when they find piece of public laOd
laying around loose they s'Oedr them
selves into possession Of it On the
score Of morals, however, there is
but little difference between perjury
and stealing. and so we suppose that
our Walla Walla radicals have no
right to turn up their noses al their
Puget Sound friends
Year: 1869

SHORT SIGHTED Policy 1T is
stated that the Overland Railroad
Company discourages all settlements
on the sections of land on the line Of
the road retained by the Government,
and that In cases where such settle
ments have been made the Company
refuses to stop their trains to take up
or put down passengers or freight.
A more short-sighted policy could
scarcely be imagined. 1t is to the
interest of the Company to have the
country settled up, as without a way
trade The railroad can never prove a
profitable investment. To stop or
retard settlement on the route is lit
-tle better th1u repeating tho folly Uf
the youth who "kIlled the goose that
laid the golden egg" 1t is quite
natural that the Company should
prefer settlers to locate upon lands
donated by the Government to aid in
constructing the railroad, but be.
yond this mere preference no OBJ
struction should be placed in the way
of those who desire to settle upon
the public lands.
Year: 1869

AID Fob THE WIDuw.-A SUBJ
scripIion has been set afoot at Wash,
ington to raise $4,000 for the
widow of Secretary RaWlins There
is much in the history of the late
Secretary to encourage the young and
ambitious. Commencing life as the
driver OF a coal wagon at Galena,
Illinois, he died in an Office but one
degree removed trOm the Presidency.
Let the youth who is born to lite of
poverty, read bis history aud take
courage
Year: 1869

AFTER PLUNDEK Jim Ashley,
one of the most notorious thieves 10
the radical pack, is Governor of
Montana by appointment of Grant,
and has signalized the commence
ment of his administration by remov-
ing the duly elected Auditor and
Treasurer of the Territory, and op-
pointing tools of his own to ell their
places. Ashley means to rob the
people of Montana, and 10 do ~ IL is
Lecessary to have an Auditor and
Treasurer who will counive at his
stealing and divide the plunder with
him Under any other AdminisIra
ton we would look for the summary
dismissal Of this thieving Governor,
but with Grant it is different, and
all Ashley has to do is to make the
President an occasional present,
when he is sure to be sustained in
robbing and plunderiog the people OF
the i'll l-faied Territory.
Year: 1869

IT OUGHT To kNOw.-The Gold Hill
News says that it knows of several men
in Washoe who would not believe Sena.
tor Stewart under oath. Stewart is the
radical Senator from Nevada, aud the
News beiug radical paper, it i. fair to
infer that it knows whereof it speaks.
We know of several radicals IN this
county that no prudent man would be
lieve under oath that is to say If a
tract OF land or any valuable considera
ton was at stake.
Year: 1869

THE CIGARS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
The last gift received at the White
House was box of one thousand
cigars, from a San Francisco firm,
packed in glass boxes Of one hundred
with the mobOgtam of the President
on each, and the small end of each
cigar tipped with gold.
Year: 1869

A GROTEsoUE smile is something
very expressive. We may mention
the comparison ofan American engine
driver. who, in discussion as to speed
said he ran MS train so fast " that
the telegraph poles on the side track
looked like a fine tooth comb"
Year: 1869

WON I kAIifl AZ Le.suu Ether
ridge says that all the members of
the present Legislature Of Tennessee
who favor the Fifteenth Amendment
could be conveniently carried in
single omnibus, and there would still
he room for one more. BrownloW
also confes-es that the prospects of
its ratification are extremely gloomy.