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i ,*• ?. fv 1. 4 A r*? V^OfclY, NO. 40. ThE bulletin. MS rniMU OUT rHinxv Bt WtbC. TOMAJSr, iMicrsspMC% mciunax co., Iowa. l«r ltVM«OV'S«BW BLoOX JjMFlMlcr wb' Jfsfe Ari »1«mV t(eetem*, T5i L. W. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, NOTAKY PUBLIC, Omci ix Wiix'ox'ti limit Bi.o k, UtDEPBNDEXCB, IOWA. Amnw, t—t. [?-'y J. H. WOODWAHD, «fTT9IUI'«* *1T fth Judirlnl District, pUBUQUn, IOWA. -Will praetira io tbe c.ninti-s -f Iube.|ue, Delaware, Buohanan, Ulnekhawk and Urumiy. .. 4. a. nousi-:. m. n. RBlIBCCi: AND OFFICE, Curses or M«rv tan Cu*r«*M Staarra, WBPK MtexcB, hunt. LlCVISCD AWCTIOSEEB In*ap«olMM. low#. Wararary ill aali Baal K*taM and i'ersor#! Property deaariptiaa. »atu.f«etio« guar •itwl. •_ Dr Carriage Ukuth'im it* Ifatmif. Auiui, It Aduuce. •MM AdvertMng: .11 wks.i* n«r. ti UH B..1 jmu** 3.5*1. 6.611 e.oo, lo.no 1.49 |.M 6.00. 10 4.M) MM I MO 18 7X| It.Ml 2t».00 35. 1».*| U.M| 3».OO! bi,. 10.00 15.00 30.00 A&.oo Vf.uo ..8 00 I la the local columns will lie charged Mai* par llaa for each insertion. ftf Tb*l*(al square of printed matter in hi* State If |*a Ubh of solid I—•*'ht. -.|uivalent right liM^WM»U*. the type of this payer. CARDS. JED LAKE, A~TTtft4KI AT LAW, U MO TART rUW.K' ANT) I n e e n e n e I o w a '1 S~~B. W. .* J. DOMNAS, |AW| CMTETASCH®) WAB INSURANCE. Slur SMW§ IAm* *1*rMcV Office, (••frs in L«ytio'a Kcw liikk UUcW.) e n l-4r AHI* GENERAL LAN l) AGENT, IsMtpeiosiicii, low*. OPFICK IS WILCOX'S BLOCK. fitrtleular attcatfnu giv-n to cill«-*t«n*, and fumittaae** promptly rnad*. .» LEE & WE1RT, •JfTTORNEVS AT LAW, AND SEAL ESTATE AGENTS. •trio* ix c«rr*u.'s bi/ck, J}f DEPEND EWE, IOWA Fob. 4,1847. 'tf 1). l. mii.:»tli»ii:, 4W»nnfw Counselor m* tmw, KOTART PUPI1C *.NI 'REAL ESTATE AGENT. Will |ln Mfeciil sttrntie* t-i CoUsctlo** .silt pax tax**, examine title*, Collect Ni MHntlMWa Al?o. LURSPKP flovernnirnt Claim .C. A. CLASi££ DENTIST,. MVXF&m&VTe, UvUM all D««d of good Dental work to 1 ptrfwawl with iieatncM wd 1 rvasoBublc ttrms. New Block, [(ili 1 Stair*. WUoo*' 1 HOUSU, Junjmtm* nocsi, ISTS* Mwa. LdtM'i Block. Boaai N opeus ou tht •ud rainaint open tta&ifor ItAKK. HOUSE. •T Hotf» ©sr found at bis way from good work their u* •ttttofMpjpM* kladaaf Indepweewt •A i Wagon Shop. & Ransier & Flanigan, Mftnufftotnrers of Currlt^^, Wigon#, Baggleip Cuttori, iind in fnot everytLlag io this lino of tr*Ji\ Particular atten*ioi) gitOO to Hmt-Shiritf A Rrpirligi Shop 00 Chatham Street, id block north of Mais, IHDBPBHDMOB, IOWA. Jaly Id. l.tfj OLD ESTABLISHED LUMBER YARD. Z. STOUT & Co., Propers, Near the Deptt, INDEPE3DKNC1, I0WL Kr»-p constantly oft bond O Ml npplyof woll* PINE LVNBER, Ofwrtty dcteriptiiin. incIiKling H«ardi «f 4Wir i-nl pra.Ii.., JafsN, Scantlhi", Ft achig, Blinds, Sash, if, The abyvo is tbu firsf «»tftblUhtd Lmvihor Yard in Iti le|«n U-nc«', ha\ ing Mb MUCcMflfuIlj *cduct( i ly Mr. 2. Stout liunng thv putt eight ycors. Ho iiu\ in^ rwtfully .a*sww .Ui".» kiif Deph fc*v, Mr. W. F. in tbi busintBf, the new firm will endeovor to inaintom the reputation of the Yard fur Saperierity of Stock aid Reassea ble l'riffs. BeMt Conbinrd Mower A Reaper. Ono «f the umcliii we kretp cinctantlj or (•aire. l»r a Si-M-nvr -ill llic wurl I, for whicb aui a full tuppiy of ra- Thrce-Sboifl Corn Plow, Which has becu ttfUl in the county with oaltYO aati^factien, *.STOUT CO. Look to Vohr Titles tf Agent WW ptaaaeato ami eolk-et all claim* against 1 U w i i u- u i n I 1 i y Mflfj, {•«., Sa. trrirc is lurii'i Hew Beiec Buwi, twr Store M. M. TRUMBULL DISTRICT ATT UN KY, Titles!! W. G. & J. B. DONNAN, OW*IIM or 4 Corujjloto AbatrMOt or aI.I. Lands and Village IICJCIIANAX COUNTY IOWA, Are prepared to pive prompt and fcllabl, iafof mation relating to the title of any real pruparty in the t"nunty. The Alstract confi»t of a net of booki *M" ?'iow the Original h'*tig of each arparata tfaet tf laud, and every nul.wqaent convu.vanca «l the (,m. tLe Liii »f Uee.l. whether full War- rautv. Spe-wl Warrunty or i uit t'laiia, with any '.mJ all iuipcrfscti .n. in deicrir-tion, faro or nt ii'.wlcls«ieot oarefally noUd also allln emrlirunres, inc'.udias M.rt»a| e», UouJs, IrtMl DeedH. Lite l.cajM, Tax Titlea .ud lux ftulas, aa Judgment Uen«. It i» »uie!y wtid'im, on th.- 1 .irt i.l tl.e urcha cr, to hncw what *h» title of his land i b'lar, Ik, and tVu? n»old any trouMo in tbo tature. Sert-ral th^u.'aiid ucna of wild l*n I A eevttol Taluble Iapnvad r*nu For Sato, in dim-rent part» vf th. t^ui.ty. Ah., a numb#r ,4 l. .ts aud l»wclling» iu th# Town of Inda pendenea. w. O. A J. B. DONNAS. Penniona, aad ail kiudl af W ar Claim*, wl lectel j-r-,inptly. "ltf THE CI3l.EBR%TE» k BAkKB Sewing Machines. 77,o Hc.il Family ilackuu in the Wurtd fflllK.^E Machine? are superior to all etheM I in .SV..//.V./,y, A i ./.(.'.»» to a Vrct jl ii .,, ., tuc «ith thtyir..^! and tbeir frocdoui from liability to get out "xhis ii the only company who make l.oth tha Shuttle or Loek Stitch, t.nd ihe Orover llakcr .ui.'.u Klafti.- .tiu-h. thus Riving pr. chaser# a Choice au prtt tt j* oj r*- h'iiyi''j. S. S. WitiiiONElt A CO. Agents. j7b7 Myers. Cyrus Smith. MYERS Jb SMITH, iuccc.--ori? ty Kutul, »cuiiiii A. Co., Com mission Merchants, No. 90 Washington St., m»OM JTO. 5, EW NlLlliiEH)' Iowa. by an ciDuritntcd for- buarder^. Paaple will do well by ulKtim OltL II. 11. Oii.ii. Phe has just received a largo and entirely aew atock of Millinery (ioode, comprising Bon neta, Hats, Flowers, Lacoa Ac., «f the lateat atylea, which will be aold at reduced pricea. Bleachlag vonmor ru«»(Uy, '..mi Itmmtqf* rf Um fuiiowia/? A Presstag M-tr.] doae ta evergreens? Ili ^VKRVBODY take notieo, that l,t»00 White Pine and Balaam Fir Tree* are for *al* at the Evergreen Nil-very, at gaasquctoa, (I greatly retinoid j.rices. The trees are from one to fonr feet high, and in a healthy condition. We will transplant and warraut gr.wih "t dered. Qive ua a sail a&d we will guarantee aatisfactiea. f.- I. TUBNB*. 3#-tq »rc Proprietor. ADVERTISEMENT. r|"Mlls is to certify, that we have used Dr. R. I \v. U.^kll'1* llorse Medi.iues lor several /ears, and can salely add our letitluiouy to their morits. We cheerfully recommend them to the public a* containing more medicinal virtue* than any other we have ever used, and oan war rant hi* Conditiom Powder* to be i« but the market afford*. McUowan, Winthrop. Henry Swartsolj 8 Peat.all, 0 Newell, Murk haul, V W I alley, David Oathrie, Samuel Cakey, Thomas liggii»»# 1 W Eddie, Singer, Dualap, Curtis Morgan, Joan .Merrill, Neidy, Jiitnes Nedingflr, for all Hastings, MD ., E W llalin^s, Drug lit Mart Kuha, A Crook*, Charles K Kent, »a- »-t 'IP*''™ O. L. Diraiaion. B. H. Dicimwii. THEM0UT HOUSE, O. L. BICKIMSOM SOW PRONTO, VVBVquK, IOWA. jnri ...cation central near the I'oat OSee. (Icneral ^tage Ofiioe, Cor. 8th and Iowa 8ti, mOKPSHOBKCE, IOWA. Call and Examiaa Bafore Baring. Repairing Done «n Short Notice. st-tr Dressed Flooi int? and Midii-?, INmmh ftiou Timber, Shin Grabs Laths, Pit t'ls, Doon, BOOTS & SHOES. Oi IEKEL, Cbrno- of JfaiH OkttKem Street*, iUDtPENDEKOE, IOWA, keeps aunatantly an hand all kinds of BOOTS AND 8KOE3, FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, B«th Hsaie Made A Easteni Hade. •a emptaya teas kal ftxat alass workman and am nothing bat the bast of atock. Ilia iteek will be sold at tha VERY LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH. lie is al*o Agent for the celebrated Singers' Rawing Machines. Machine Oil and Needles for Saaiag Maohiaef always on hand. n26-y New Punt Shop. LYMAN A JOY Will be found at their New Shop, opposite the Bell Tower, Third We ar© Agents for the Dew abere the Pest OOee, And are bow prepared ta da all kinds of HOUSE, SIM a CARklAII MINTIM. Alrfo. Graining and Paper-Hanging D«n» in the licit of Style ON SHORT NOTICE. m-I i WALL PAPER AT Waggoner Co's. & HARTMAll k MANUFACTURERS OF Lets, IX BOOTS & SHOES, HAIV STUBBT, UDUPENBBSCB. A riSB ASSOUTMBXT or EASTERN WORK Coartaatly oa Iliad. Periicvlar Attention given to Out torn Work. We use nouc but the Beit of material, and can gnnraatee Hntlre SAtlafnotioxi fqMiris, Jam ta (X* test ttgle ond tkt .ko.-u.t natiee. UlVfi U8 A CALL. Sept. 11.1806. lJ-tf A I N Tabor CHICAGO, STORE!!r MBS. J. D. OKAY Invite* the patronage of the I.adlc. of Indepen dence and litti-hauaii Vouuty at her Few Uillinery IIOL8ON, Booms, ONE DOOR EAST OF WALLACE'S DRUG STORE, Mala at., laiepeadeace. Irwi* k An Solo Ageat* for Da B. SHIPMAN'S WARRANTED White Lead* Jure Barauacaa tW- WUaax, Dr. Styaataad other*. "l is A. The baft Lead is alwnva tha cheapcs it will cover r.u.re surfsrc, wlli cost no mose to put on, will look better and last longer when done. CaMi'iner* will find It their bea«At to go to tha New Drag Stare before parchaaing their Patau and Oils elsewhere. IAU0A A IRWIN, Druggists, Independence, Iowa. Mrs. Milliman, 11 a* reluraad frum the EAST, With a SPLKNMB STOCK ef IiADZBS' HKMSinti CiftOlS, LAD IKS I'NDER OAKMENXS, VELVETS. I'Ll'MES, FLO ll'KKT, KIBBON8, HATS i BONNETS, trihmuius. Hranifa. W* are prcpaiai to do Dress A Cloak Haklsg. Also l'luting at 25 cenU per yard. We shall be happy to wait oa aay that favor ui with aoatl. fit ||JWS«SM, lilW. March 6tl, ltHL 4t Da Ifotr* Bnt 9* Su aao®mra. INDEPENDENCE, IOWA. To be opened on th* Sth of April. 18M, under the charge of the Sinter* of Merey. The educational course of iaitruetlon, em braoe* all the elementary, a* well a* the higher branches of an accomplished Educatioa, Ele gance of manners, pnlitene.s and the principles ef morality, are objects of nneeaiing aasidwity. Papils or every denomlaatlea are admitted. Ttua* ron Dailt Prpus. Primary Dep't, per or. of 11 weeks S.M Intermediate" Senior ,* T.00 Music and use of Pianl, 1J.«0 French, tterman, Latin and Italian, I each 8.00 Embroidery and Needle work of every descrip tion tanght without extra oharga. For lurther particular*, and term* for board "^T^wHiiweosKaa. 38 tf. New Paint Shop. MEKKIR A FBRBNAM At* now prepared to do all kinds af leue, Feb. 5. UA0. .« tf JAKES & WX. WHAIT, op TBI riBM OP WHAIT CO., Manufacturers of ihe Celebrated 8iga A Carriage hUh|. All kindi of Oraining A Paper-Banging. We would reftpoeUolly tolkelt the patronage of those wishing good work and promjitly done. Can bo found at their Shop, opposite Bell Tower, ladeysadcace, lows, Meat Market! CLINTON WILSON, HAVING PURCHASED The Meat Market of Luckejr A Bro., will keep constantly on hand the Inst quality of Beef, Mutton and Pork, and other meets in their seasoa. Having had long experience in the business, and being large ly engaged in baying Cattle and Hog* anl feed ing on their farm*, will at all time* farnifh the rer/ beat quality of meats. Since taking hold of this market they have rodoeed the price of meats one-third, and wilt continue to furnish th n at the lowest living rates. The highest market pricejatd for cattle and hoge. Those having flock for talo will do well to giro them o call. &20 Tf Lssiber! Lsaber J. SLASH WHOLESALE AND KETAIL DEALEHTil SAGINAW LUMBER, Shingles, Lath A Cedar Posts. 0TFICK AND YABD Na. lSt Klacakarr St., rf Okte. NORTH BKAXCH. CHICAGO. Planing Mill in Connection with Yard. «»»CARS LOADED FREE OF C11ARUE. II Cm BLANKS! BLANKS! We invite the attention of every Officer in the County SCHOOL DIRECTORS. TEACH ERS, JUSTICES, CONSTABLES A LAW YERS, Ac., that A O U O O K S O E THET WILL FIND Every niaak They Meed! CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK. J. P. SAMPSON. Vwr.te.iess. f22-tf THE Howe BAIiBHt Sewing Machines Maiiufbctured hv TIE HOWE MACHINE CO* ELIAS 1IOWE, JR., EMaklllked IMS* PerfKtad IMT Nr Paaillles A laaiiasteffen. THE CRKAT PRIZE: KironriM I'siteihui, Paris, hCi, AW AMD ED OV KB BWBTY-TWO COJt MTITOKS TMCHIOHCST PREMIUM. ealy Cress The ef the Leglee ef Heaer aad field Medal, Given to Amerieaa Sewing Maehiaei, per Impe rial Decree, published in the"Mouiteur I niver •el (Official Journal of the French Euipire(, Tuesday, 2d July, 1»«7, in these words: Fabrieaata de Machine* a coadre expo^mt. auacSo«h,Ja. Manufacturer of Se wiag Machines, Eil i'uitor. Th* Howe Sewiag Machine* are celebrated for doiag the best work, using a much smallea needle (or the tame thread than any other ma chine. They are adapted to all kinds of Family Sew ing, and manufacturing of every description, making a beautiful aad perfcrt Stitch, alike en both side, of ihe article *ewcd, and will neither lip nor ravel. Every Maehine is a* near perfectioa a* the best machinery in the world oan make it. The parts being eiactly alike, i: any part aecds to be replaced, the operator can replace it. The New Improved Family Sewing Machine is without a rival, and cannot be surpassed,— a Heuiiner, Feller: BraMer, QnUtar aad Quid* go with each Family Machine free of charge. Don't fail te examine these World ita Wiaa4Aaeliiues. MB a. H. a. AMES, IS AOEHT ron TBE Eliaa Howe Loek-Stiteh Sew ing Maehine, For INDEPENDENCE, IOWA. "yl JESUr BUSINESS. J. H. HAWKINS, Att'y Counselor at Law, Jttup, Buchanan Co., 6mm. pB- Collection* Promptly Made aad Remitted. Siil E*tatb Bore a amd Sei.a. Jan. 32, ISO*. [M-tf M. R. K AST IS AN, Att'y & Counselor at Law, AND IiAlXTD JESVP, Bl'CBAKAK COVKTY, IOWA. Will practice in Baehanaa, Black Hawk, aad adjoining counties. 31 -tf M. OCOSEN, Merchant Tailor. Custom Made Work Warranted. ITeaup, si-tr New Mill (aery Steve. MRS. 3. B. OOWDY Wl»hw to inform the ladie* of Jesup and ri cinity that *he is just opening a large stock o new Milllneary good*, the latest (tylc. broaght fr»m the East, Samples to he aeea ta the show window of C. O. March'* Dry flood Store, shop Arst door aorth. All kinds of Milliaery, Cleak and Dren making dono to order. Je*up, Sept. 28th, *09. 146a) A. BUOHMAN, mntoKAWT TAxzioa, laun n or,oTHi2sra, DHT OOOMi MOTIONS, AO., Te, icasp, IOWA. •aii ar Agent forSlmgar'e Sewteg MaaAlaes •»*y JAMES SCHRACK, HOBSE FABMEB, TT»j SOW. very meeeesfal prae ly all ilaaaaaa iaeUant II' had extensive and tice. Will treat thoroughly to bono*, cattle, Ac. An experience of ton ear* warrant* him in promi*lug satisfaction to his cuatomer*. Castration o animal* feifimad I* a safe aad likUlfal aianne nS* |i I' K^t li.H IllllfWiWWIW^Wa^Sim. TT- INDEPENDENCE, IOWA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2. 1369. issal r«snp.a aji» wi nrm. Br Pn r. II. W. Ptniiae ry wH Bronied with a glow from its glory As free a* the air it is heaven to inhale, Aad strnng as the steeds of the prairie gale Lord of hi* castle and brood domain, The herd hi* vassalu, the Dock hi* train. And rich ia the cuia his grnaariei1 hoard: He sits at the head "I his bountiful board. Aad laugh* at the crowded world afar, Bulling with ceaseless commercial war. Behold him at morn !—his polished plow Traces dark liae* with hi* silver prow, Writing the verse in alluvial mou! 1 The summer shall print in letters of gold, And set to the trill of the oriole's tune, Iiehold him at reat in the languid noon, Stretched oa the grass and cooled by the breete, lli. kiagly pavilion tha glistening tree*, Behold him at eve :—tha evening hi* own, Home-joy. are his that to few are known The ru.fet is brought from his last year's •fore His fruity-faced children play on the fl'.or, And hi* wife, her cheek like orchard bloom. Is tha crown, the queen, of the cheerful room. That mine of riches— that farmer's wife How buay aad happy aad proud her lire From her paac ahe "pan* oat" her rolla of gold, And her egg* are all ne*t egg* of wealth an told: It tries not her patience to y out her lard. And her lot, like her bread, ia nevir hard She knits her iteekiogs, but never her brow*,— Give* the fowls a dressing but not her spoue. Oh, busy and happy and proud the life The farmers life, and the farmer's wife. I* the picture too fair too rosy its glory Tell a*, thou husbandman, John or Joe! What are thy musings the livelong day, Or home returned in the twilight gray What honest pride, what bliss of health,— Of peace, conteat, what oonscious wealth What couverse with Nature what hidden lore, Wiser than book*, i* it thine to explore Wh.'t acience untaught, in schools nnbeard, Of soil and plant, or of beast and bird John—who is one of the rarer kind, Banny ia heart and searching of mind, Replies in few words: "Ah, well do I kaow Life's flowers and briers commingling grow, And man may pluck, if be so desires. The flowers alone, or only the briers. One thorn there ia—I feel it in truth— The lack of aatudious habit iu youth." Thus worthy John. Is be right—is it (o Come, give us thy Bind, thou frequent Joe "Wal. now, I guess," Joe answering saye, "A ruther hard time rn't the farmers he* There's nutbin to think on but work and eat. And arter his chores a man is dead it An' there's oiler* bad luck a feller fret*, High price an' low price, notea an' debt*, An' brcaehy critter* an' lupin' a hoss. An' aomehow the gain's no more'a the Ion. Iwa? down with the rheuaiatit May an'June. An' the seed wa'nt sown the right o' th* mwu. The sheet's got foot-rot an' market is down. An' wheat I kept, hopin prices^come 'roan' An' wife (he i« kind o" droop in'just now. An' the ehlfen took sick, I can't tell bow I'm aartaia we gin 'em plea ty o' pills. Bat a bilioe* t*ver briag* doctor's bill*, Wal, hencat folk*—they most oiler* wofk It's only year village sharper* eaa ibitfc." Tha* Je* dl*cear*e* ala* how the real Kick* over the pail of the creamy ideal. If Joe were hoaest, there atUl weald ha Some milk remaiaing for poetry'* tea. Bnt he keeps, 'ti« said, the itrippiag* apart When he vends his milk by the piat or quart Tfcere'a a tallow-faetd hue in his batter as lard. And his four^foot weod is cat—by the yard. I* it then but a dresm*—thk can Me Me aad wife in hi* pcisSUIre toil The ticking pendalum of rhyaie Meaaorc* too *ooa my share of time The procy people—let them flow Like hour glaaa sand— as dry and *low My "winding up" sh&il not be found A clock that run, the more 'ti* wound. Would there were time the life to trace Of one, complete, who leaves this place Tv low his knowledge with hi* iced, Aad reap far more than mortal meed. What if Lis corn be not increased He is a mind—a man—at least,— Not a machiae like that he ridee, Not like the plodding horse he guides. He reads ia plant aaa soil and aua Wonders undreamed l.y Solomon. Or might we track his after coarse Who ponder* here the laws of Force. He see* in every breath of steam Shot from yon mill, a cloudy stream, A mammoth power diaiolved in air. He builds a township laundry there. And free* the world—it* haples* wife— From bondage to the plague of life. Bat who the happy change may gaaefl When woman takes her proud B. S.a Sasiie aot! She i. ia nature'* plan Chemist and doctor to every man. Shall she, through scientific lack Shall she—the duck—be but a quack Doubt not O'er all her daily toil Science shall poar its wiae aad oH— The ekill that smoothes her weary way, The light of thought'* nerpetaal play This and religion are tile wine Shall make hor lowly lit* divine. Far Bast, convent, fair aad aaw, Looks off oa Lake Cayuga's blue No cro.s surmouat* it* ample walls. No pictured *aint adorn* iu hall* A marble goddess guard* the place— Miucrva—wisdom, strength and grace Wouldst know the naaae it wenrif It tell* Of one, the generous founder—Wan s. On that aame lake there gaaa* down, High o'er hill-embncoased town, A monastery—the lateat hoaae Of all learning, with aaaght of ReaM Seve Ihe aagelic mellow ehisae* That Uah the new with the elder Mate*. Aad (tone by stone the baildiag* riaa, Beariag aloft to greet the ahie* A name the world shall tnaaaia wall— l.urje-ioaled, maaiflocat Couiu. Well done, 0 East, but not the best! Here in the fre.'h and fcarlesa Wait, We smile to think of monk, and nans We dare to trust our noblo son* W* dare to trust creatioa's liotd Hi* chorals give no ill accord The manly and the maiden mind Together grew more bright, refined. That place is holy ground aad sweet, Where earth and heaven toget ar ateet B. S. Bachelor of A friend inform! tha New Bedford Mercu ry that, many veara «fo, whan Nantucket wa* largely engaged iu the whalirf huai* nest, a clergrman of that town praaeiiad from the text U. Kiuga iv., 8 "Go sell thy oil Mid pav thy debt, Mid live thou and thy ekiUliv'i off the leat." The cougregation were indignant at the minister's attempt to mediin with the oil market. RED KNIFE the I i toil HaU, time, fair balle 1—ye teachers, hail! Heaee ahall go forth to fitters pa.e, Brooding flae word*, aad those of an aga That has reached the bydrosulphuric stage,— A diction set Awakened by daily resort Direct to the sea aide of Natare aad Art. None -hall go hence, who when they are ••though,1" At a loss what th* Lord hM formed thai* te do, Save longer to paddle ia learning's pool, Mu -t enter perforce a professional achoel. Bnt hither ahall come aad hapee ihall ga Tbc artisan's son aad the farmer's boy, Whue* fa bar's calling ia honor aad joy. Ia uiiudand muscle strong and skilled, By them our ideal shall gradually be Ailed— The woodman's name be a mamc of pride, By knowledge and character beglor.el. True, from thiavine ia it* verdant June, Some "eoinuion branches" wt may not prune. Our mother tongue will be valued here. Aud grandmother (gram mar) held very dear,— So far as to teach that a man i* a clown Who bitche* one horse to a plural noun Is a Teuton profane with too many a ''fat Avows lie 's a toper in saying "I sot," Is "a settin"—what?—when heaita, And that verbal murder, "I done it,1 mit*. For the re*t wa may hope that here the yoang Will begin, not "commence," the Saxon toungue And that Mother Nature will find a place As l.road and fair a* her beaming face.— Will be seated near the sovereign throne Which He—the tireat Teacher—may claim aloae. KIT CARSON'S LAST TRAIL. .v in Read at the Inauguration Seivi Iowa State Agricultaral Collage March 17i The American Farmer, sua of the Uf LEW LEWIS, AUTUOROr "TUIWAGOXTKAIX," TBE WITCH F1MDK*," "THK WATEa WOLr," ETC., KTC, CHAPTER I. A MFE GI.ORIOC8LT STAKED 1 Towards the close of a beautiful dav in June, 1867, a man and woman, mounted up •u fleet horses, came galloping over one of tbe great plains of the West, and drew rein in the .sba e of a lump of cotton-woods up on tbe banlruf a beautiful river. Tfcey bad ridden far and rapidly. Their steeds were panting, ariS covered with sweat and fonm. We muV^ give tbe botaes a breathing •pell,' said tl.- former, tlipping to tbe grouud: and hi* companion nodded a gracefalasaent, aa she followed hi* example. T_c couple were evidently father and daughter. The man was in the prime of lile, hale and hearty, with a large frame, which was sin ewy ami allilitic, without ceasing to be refi* aed ai.d prepossessing. He bad the keen, shrewd look peculiar to the advance-guards of civilization, and there was an honest, frank expression on his suu-browued face that prr claimed his integrity and courage. In her way, liis daughter was equally pic* turesqne and attractive. In the early flush of womanhood, with a pt re, aweet, uuJ tender face, with eye* dark ly giuwirg, with coral-tinted li|s, and cheeks Bi.illy flushed with tbe hue of the io«e, with auibir curls floating behind her, she *raa as graceful as a gaaelTe, as light-hearted as a bird, as lovely as a flower, and as spirited as an untamed antelope. Tbe stream by which the couple had halt ed was Wood river, a branch of the Platte, in Nebraaka, at a pjiut fifty miles northwest of Furl Kearney. Are y.u tirn], Miriam asked the hun ter, George Dane, with fatherly solicitude. Tired, father V rejoined the maiden, with a happy laugh. Oh, no. How could I be tired after a day like this 7 Every icinata has been filled with pleasure and excitement 1 feel aa fresh as yonder bird.' Tbe father smiled underataadiugly, with a look lull oi the loudest affection. I can guess the .ause of your lightness ofheart,' .said be, smilingly. The return, now daily expected, of a certain Hubert Kai le, from the mines of Idaho, may accoutit, I suspect, for yonr present gladness.' A heightened color appeared ou Miriam's face, for the nauie meiiti^ned was that of her lover. She answered the glance* of her fa ther, however, with a frankiieas that attested hii entire sympathy with her, ami said True, father, tnv heart has been unusu ally light for several days past. How could i be otherwise, since 1 know that Hubert is coming V Mr. Dane did not reply. He was looking, with kiudling eyea, over the fair flower-dot ted plain and his next remark ehowed how wi lely his thoughts had straved. I wonder what mother has bee* doing without us all day, Miriam. She mast be lonely, with no oae to (peak to or ihare her meals. I shouldn't wouder if we eotild aee our home from this point,' and his face light ed up with a soulful glow. Onr cottage is not more than seven mile* distant let me see He drew frem his coat a pocket-glass, ad jBated it to his sight, pointing it in a north erly direction, nod gaaed through it long aud earnestly, towards lua s»»oh« wp» Carrey's Purs. Yea, I se* it,' ^e said, at laat,withalong, deep, and joyful inspiration, as if the sight refreshed him in every nerve. There is our cottage, a* plain a* day. I can even see the vines you planted before tbe windows, Miri am. And there, on the grape-vine bench, uo-Jei the big elm, sits your mother, busy at her :ewing. Bleaa her! She does not 'im agine we are looking at her. Look, Miri am.' He yielded tbe instrument to his daught ter, who obeyed hi* injunction, her lovely face glowing with smiles as she regarded the distant bome-acene. Dear mother!' she murmured. It is a treat to be able to sit out under the trees without tear of molestation. There are no hostile Indians hereabouts now—are there, father 'No. Red Knife, as yun have already heard, was killed yesterday by a settler, and his band has retreated toward the mountains. 1 will confess, Miriam, that during all the time we have been iu the West, I have not felt so ligbt-bearted and care-free as since we received news of lied Knife's death. You have just seen bow this joy bubbles over in me. Ked Knife was a demon, rather than a savage.' Miriam shuddered, and her features even paled at the memory of the Indian men* tioaed. He never spared a pale face,' she said, striving to speak calmly. Desolation and cruelty marked bis path. For mora tban three yean be has raged to and fro upon the filains like a ravening wolf. He was the terror of the border.' You have named him appropriately, Mir- ia'tradsaidthe im,' the hunter. He had a fiendish of white race, and his victims have been many.' Mr. Dane held out his hand for the glaaa, And Miriam was in the act of restoring it, trhen a strange, gaapiag, panting sound •tartled them both, aua tent them quickly to (heir saddles. Tue hunter wheeled his bona and looked down upon the river bank, from which di rection the aoi nd had come, his manner self |os*e»aed. but s couoteaaaee indicative of alarm. Tha maiden followed his exam ple- Her eye* were the first to discover the •ause of the sound that had startled th*m, detecting a man's figure creeping aloag thio' the uadcrgrowth of bashes lining tha ahore. At the same moment, their praaaace in turn was detected, for the man dropped sud denly among the protecting bashes, aa if he bad been shot. An Indian T' whispered Miriam, drawing A-om her bosom a revolver. The hunter shook his head, coatiaaing to «ratch tbe spot at which the man had fallen, his hand on his rifle, his manner that of one ready for action. Suddenly, as the man showed a haggard Ace peering cautiously from his coaceals fient, Mr. Dane's anxious countenance broke ill to a smile, and he cried out: Hallo! Is that yon, Thompson Do you take us for Indians, that you skulk there ui the bu.liea Tbe individual addressed was silent a full asiuute, as it seemed, from sheer amaaesMat diea he aprang out from his hidiug-plaoe with a ery of relief aad advanced swiftly to wards tha Cither and daughter. He was a man "f middle age, of tha oidi aary type of backwoodstnea, brown and stalwart, of the rude, (hat seem* to beloag to tha bon'i was haggard aad whiM, although covered with perspiration. Hia breath came throujh bis parted lips in quick, aneveo gasps. He bad run far and swiftly, aad looked as if •bout to4r«p from fctigue. ing with fatigue. I can go no farther on foot. My wife, my children—God pity aod save them He looked from the hunter to hie daugh ter ia agonized and mute supplication. Dane snatched the glass from Miriam's hands and placed it to his eyas. He IookeJ to the nortbwaid—saw his pret ty cottage, his wife busy at her need'-, oar the trees—and glanced at tbe dim Ii the horizon stretching away eastWar westward from his home. straaf and Whn'' t* happened, Thompson V asked flane, with k en anxiety, tbe man's singular appearance fc'iviag him a sodden aback of Alarm. Tbe Indiaas I' gsaued Thompeon, sea ly able to command als voice. 'They coaling Bed Knife aad his hand* dtildad -my wift—my children! Heip a*J Mp me I' v. What talk is tbisT' cried Dane, agitated ia spite of hia «Awt» at aelfcoutiai. A«d Knife was killed vesterday—' 1 The meanest man yet, Uvea iu Dunkirk, X. Y. He is ao mean that he has refused to givo au anxious sinter information of a (oat brother's whereabouts unless the poor girl liberally coropenHatc* him therefor. He was only wouaded,' Interrupted Thompson. 1 He is coming tu take his ven geance oa as stttUeM. He has divided hia baad into two. Tbqr «et» op at tbe Dear Fork this morning, aad are now coating this war. The points to be struck are your Koute aaa miae.' My Ood 1 ejaculated Dane, ashia inform ant paused in his excited, breathleas aarra' tlOBa A borne I a hartal' cried Thompson, not Suddenly the glais 'lroppeS from his nandj his face blanched to the hue of snow. Fromr the we*t, seeming to etnerjje from tbec'oys of scarlet and gold, he had beheld a baa^of mounted Indiana riding toward* that unpro tected home, towards that unconscious aod helpless woman. With a frenzied cry, be put spun to his horse, and daahed away like a madman, shouting to his daughter to follow him at the same instant Thompson staggered for ward and fell in the maiden's path, holding ap bis handa in anguish. My wife I my children he groaned. There was no hesitation in the sonl of the brave Miriam. Mine is but a single life be has seven depending on him.' she said, aloud. As she spoke, she leaped from her saddle, and, with a gesture, commanded bim to take her place. But—your danger!' faltered Thompeon. Tbe Indian*—' Miriam agaia pointed to the saddle. Go,' she commanded. Thiuk only of your family, and be gore Still Thompson hesitated, sweeping the horizon with eager glances, to assure him self that no immediate danger threatened. A change came over his (ace as be looked, and he uttered a wild cry, catching np the glass Mr. Daaa had let foil, and looking through it. Tbe sight he beheld convulsed him with terror. Not a mile away, to the west, he saw com ing over a ridge in tbe plain, and approach ing rapidly, a considerable body of mounted savages. They're coming—a Land of red-skins— directly towards us V he gasped, I'm loet! Fly, Miriam, while you have she time I' "Tbe aaaiden took the glas* and gazed through it aa instant at the approaching foe. A strange light appeared in her eyes—a li^ht possessed only by those upon whom God has bestowed a consciousness of His great pro tection—the light of a heroism which death itself caunot master. 'Surs enough,' she murmurol. 'They are coming! The leader ii Red Knife. Go, neighbor Thompson—on the ir«tant!' 'We can ride together!' tried Thomp soa. No! The hone is tired. We have been to Willow Island. We should be overtaken before we bad gone two miles!' Then we'll die together!' No! uo! You most mount I' With a grasp so sadden and firm that it startled him, the maiden pushed him to wards the hone, aad ia another instant he fond UasaaUv mere by instinct than by I bought, seated ia tbe eaddle. Away, Setim cried Miriam to her steed, Hh aa imperative geeture. A war The bone broke giving Thompson oaly time eoourh to' flash with aa imperative (tsti furiously over the plain. time eoourh to flash a look of gratitada towards the maiden, as he dashed away to the aoitheast, towards his menacod home. A mo ana* later, Mr. Daaa looked overhis shoulder took ia at gtancs tbo situation of anun ms|slillg the peri! as well sstbe heroism of bis child—bo wed his bea'i ac.1". cmnty, as oaa submits to tha inevitable, in approbation of bar conduct, and then be swept on to the reecua of his wife, his soel torn by aucb emotions as are seldom brought to batile together. Aad Miriam, throwing herself flat upon the ground, remained alone upon tbe plain, ia the very path of a score of moan ltd In diana, who wen galloping toward* her trUh tha swiftness of the wtad! CHAPTER II. A craiocs axb startuxg htstbst! Skirting tbe Black Hills, forty miles west of Fort Lartr.ie, a party of horsemen were riding eastward. They had left Fort Bridger eight days be fore, taking the route of tbe North Platte, and were now following the Oregon emi grant road, among those long ridges, drv beds of rivers, and sterile plains, b, whicb the region of the Black Hills is distin guished. Tbe bulk of the party coasistad of ten cavalrymen, under a lieuteaant, who were returning to Fort Laramie, their post of duty. They weie well mounted and had several led horses loaded with their pro via ions and apptiteuancea of travel. The balauce of the party comprised time civilians, who had aeiaad the oppartanity ui crossing tbe mountains under military es cort. Two oi these were emigrants who had settled near Fort Bridger, but who had tired of the great soliuu^, or been fright ened by the Indians, aad ware now return ing eastward in search of homee nearer the haunts of civQizatioa. The third civiliaa was Hubert Earle, the lover of Miriam Daaa, the aettler's daughter, whom wa have just left ia such deadly per il. He was a splendid speeimea of Amerieaa manhood, magnifioeatly ^formed, bread houl dered, deep-chested, a* vigorous as aa ath lets aad rode bis hone, a fiery Mexican steed, with the grace and eaaa af Cen taur. At tbe mosaeat of his ia trod action to tbe reader, be was riding in the rear of tbe lit tle train, buay with his own reiectioas, which wan evidently as bright as tbe morn ing itself—tha forenoon preceding tbe events we have recorded. Tbe dear little soul 1°' be atarmured aloud. Where is she now?" His eyes darkened with tender sweetness, his lips quivered with the ineffable love that flooded bis being with a happiness akin to pain. He pictured their meeting, the pretty home tliev would share together the years tbey would spend ia each other's society, tbe tender mutual love aad care that would bless all their comiag days. He had left her a poor ad vonturar, to aeek his fortune amoag the the mines Idaho. He was returning to her a son thaa mod erately rich man, with bills of exchaage ia his cb~mioa money-lelt of suHicteat value to sapport them both ia hutuy aa bag as they might live. It was aot to be wondered at that bis thoughts wen pleasant. Suddenly he was aroused from his trance like silence, by cries of •t-tjgfct frowj his nanioaa, aad by the fact that they bad checked their speed. Looking around bim quickly, be beheld the causae af the wtuaal excitement. To tbe soutward, at ao great distance, a small herd of buffaloes waa graaiag laaily, iagly not at all alarmed by lha near pres euce of a formidable enersy. Tha wind was blowing fmm them, tbe race wen fresh, a«i as be tha tempting game, Habert felt tha spirit of the hunter gruw strong within bim. Wiring relate his bona be galloped along the Um to speak to till Henteaant, bnt was met half way by that ottoar, whoae sparkl ens aad eager demeanor attested to a kiu dUiofNim«dLk, Ml. "Wbat do say to an hour's sport, Mr. Sana?" shontea the lieutenant, as he bore down upon his friend, for Hubert was a de elded mvorite with every member of tbu party. I think it would be a downright sham* to turn our barks on such spleudid game,'' was tbe qaiek response. Who could eat a *»aar of salt pork, with those fat buflaktaa soaearaaT" Tbe lieutenant smiled, glanced up aod do we the line reading eager longing tbe faces of bis toon, and resolved to carry out bis aera aod tbe general desira. At word of xinaiaad from him, tbo par -v WHC ty set out at a (jtiick gallop for the seer action. Tbe buftialoes allowed tbe ei» proach quae near, the win^ hunters but. length It is noon, anA we'll have dinner,' said the lieutenant, observing thai the baggage animals with their drivers were approaching. Kindle a fire, boy», and we'll have steako aud roasts in abundance.' While tbi.4 ordea was being carried into effect, Habert and several others engaged in surveying the scene. 'A lorely and desolate spot,' said Hubert, thoughtfully. It looks as if mao had sever before visited it.' And no wonder,' returned Brydges, 'since it's five miles off tbe route. WTial could any man want here, nuless he might be in pursuit of buffaloes?' There being no answer to tbi* question, Huburt proceeded to find an excellent gra zing spot for bis horse, tethered him, and flung himself on the ground in the shadow of the hill. Tbe lieutenant and a the men followed bis example. Plenty of low bushes were found dry enough to burn, and several fires were soon kindled. The eboiest portions of the buffa^ loes were readily prepared for cooking, and it was not long before the ordor ofburn ingflesh was diffused on the air four or five hnngry soldiers serving as cooks. It was a wild icnic scene on those lonely wilds, and every man there enjoyed it with true gipsy zest. .* Suddenly a shout'from Jne of the men who were strolling around, arrested the atten- O i of the others. •Hallo, boys!' he tried. 'I'm blest if here isn't a cave in tbe hill I Come, see tbe bole under these bashes. Yoa never saw auytbing hidden neater in your lives.' Jones thinks nobody ever saw a cave be-1 fore," said ore cf the lum gers. *Foraiy| part, I think more of something to eat, tban of a bole in tbe ground.' Thi ntiment was echoed by the others, bnt ihe inquiiitive cave di-'c.vercr, nothing daunted, approohed the fir -. look from it a torch, returned to the butte, under the a dark aperture in the face of the rock, and disappeared within it, his light giving back a yellow glare for a sccond after be hal ceased to be seen. Th* camp revelry went on, the cooking progressed, tbe minute* passed, and Jones aid not reaprear. If that fellow had found a gold mine in ttere he wouldn't call one of us,' growled the lounger who had before spoken. I wou der what Joue* hat found. III jest take a look, as dinner isn't ready.' He arose lazily, abstracted a stick of bar sing wood for a torch, preceded to the cav ern entrance, and disappeared from view, 'Probadly,' said Hubert, there's a large eavern under that kill. If we had time, it might pay to explore it. Under tbe present circumstances, I aa like Brown, and preter my dinner to scientific explorations.' The meal aeemed to be nearly ready, for the rattling of Ha cup* aad dshesbegaa'to be heard the lieutenant's small eamp-chest waa unpacked, aad the couks shouted to the strollers to come to dianer. 'Han Jones and Brown same backf asked the lieutenant, as he rose to a silting position, and glanced towards tbe caveni. Tbe men replied in the negative. Go after tbem then, King and harry them ap,' said tbe officer. YVe must re !?r?* th: ~or.li aiiar dinner, aad cannot afford to waste time here.' King a fine young soldier, took a torch, and entered the cave. Tbe dinner was dealt out—hot *arorv s'eaks and roasts—the coffee measured, aud the meal comiueuced, but none of the mea who had entered the care made their ap pearance! •How sngular!' ejaculated Brydges, test tly and impatiently, Waht can keep those men? Kiug has been gooe ten minutes. Here, Sergeant Halsey hurry those men upl The sergeant, a brown, strong man of middle age, hesitated, aad ventured to stam mer I beg your pardon, Lieetenant bat I thiuk there's something wrong inside the cave. There'* three men in there—all hun gry and kuowing that dinner's ready. Sure ly they'd come back if they could. Perhaps there's wild bea*ts, or some strange kiud of gas that smothers em, or—' 'Nonsense, Sergeant!' interrupted the lieutenant frowning. I give you five min« utes to bring those men back. Go!' The sergeant's face paled, but without an other word, be took up a torch and entered the cave, disappearing from the gase of his friends. The minutes passed, the lieutenant and the mea ate their dinner asechanically, awaiting anxiously the expected return, yet none of tbe four came back. Tbe words of the sergeant had made a deep impression on the minds of his hearers A guaeral gloom fell upon the camp aad the men cast frequent and fearful glance* ia iue direction of tbe cavern. Even the lieu tenaat aad Hubert fell a strange depression creeping over them, which neither conld re- lilt, His thoughts wen wrapt ia lbs sweet saemory of Miriam, who had wept ao bitterly at Lis departure, and who, be expecteJ, would smue so joyously at his ratarn. What caa be the matter at length de maaded tbe officer. 'The sergeant's in trouble, I shculd udge, by this loug absence. Then can't be gas in the cave, or if so, be would probably have had time to cry oat. Then can't be wild beasts, for those four men were all well armed, and would at least have find. Which of all you men will go iato the cave aad leara what the matter is?' Then was a general shrinking back. Ev ry soldier was brave in au Indian fight, but not one dared to face a mysterious and un known dauger. Not one wished to risk the known danger complete and total disappearanco from earth aad human knowledge that had befallen his comrades. Whoever will venture in search of the miming men shall recctve from me a hun dred dollars it. goli!' exclaimed Hubert, in his clear ringing tones. Who speaks first for the money?' The offer was temptiag but It was not acceptcd. Sot a word of reply wad made to it. ..11. Hubert heaitated, giviaing a braf thought to Miriam, hi* lovsa ai 1 waiting Miriam' Hia foca thaa glowed «it!j a htroic light, and he aaid, in tones that did aot falter I will go ia search of the man, Lieeten aat Brydges. Only, your party is now small, aad if I do not return ia twenty minutes, you may return* your journey.' But, Earle,' expostulated tbe lieuteaaot, this is positive andnees. You must risk Tour life. W# will wail white, If the liien do not return, we will awtja* Th«y may need help,' replied HmOt 'They may have e steadily. well, uod knows what, I can U S I fire mi rifle, come to me. turn within the lie went u a blazing slit-k, use, approached ed iuto it cautiously, sound of life within. I i time appointed] Meo*oaf to the niiaisl ***, to the nuatt—t Is*, fWwi *P arranged hia lift*Start led tbe moath el th* eae*. peer fat 9MM No souud came. An waa as still aa death withiu th* cavern. Ihe next iustaut Hubwt bad vanished therein. All was now bMllte BMpanae. Th* lieutewaot aad hia Ma gathered around to listen far tha report of the rifle. Tbe minutes passed, but it earn* not. Fiv* minatea dfagged by- ten—fifteen, and stiH no soaad t*aob*d their ears. They e6nl! a** a brief space iuto tho cavern, by the light oi thoir own torches, but nothing bat racky talk aad ioor met their gaie. Twenty minutes wen thus pans I. Th* tS«te was ap, aad Hubert bad aot returned, i Tbe men looked at *M andtbw with pal- 7n6uifi, BljTiI u.. made up aa boar aad Daring tbte tieae (toft the bushes Tbey bad tfied the dark ibMU not. Tbe Imattaaat Ah Hubert, but raeeitstf ao be Dfopoeed to da A rOpO and saeud into tha steiatat abyss) but n»e*«i»jectcd nntiiiiBOwly. MU |f fje air une to ghal.fe Heir heads, and to look f,.r J*e o| thpii. apprehensions. A m'.ni- ,'s\ur they had beheld the en emy, andjirjih (rightful bellonir^s and migh ty tra^, had begun their wild, inaJ flight southward. The chaae was a long one and it waa .«till tbe hunters bad ran tbe buffaloes upon a spur of the Black Hills that they gut a poud chance at them. They then brought down several plump yonng buff*, lies, and dinner speedily become tbe watch word. TVf^v What's the uoe?" asked oae. something here that no mortal ais quer.' 'We can't risk your life, lieutenant,' saS another. Just think bow law there are isf Tha time aoatiaaid to drag oa. At last) when two full hours bad pf (if, Lieutenant Brydgea staggered to Mrlbek* and said i 'This is horrible— ItrHbh beyoad ex pression 1 We have lost f.mr of oW Man radee aad this aoMe young stranger, wh.jas I loved as a brother this fearful cat* must bold tbe secret of of their (ate, be i| what it may. let us go.' Without a word, bat with white faces-. 'rtM a sort of mute terror, the men mounted tbri# horses and resumed their joarnev. fLs above is all of thie story tl.at will bo pub liahed in our columns. Tha eoatinaation af it from where it leaves off hen caa be found only in the New York Ledger, which it fe# sale at all the bookstores and news Hapol Ask lor the number dated April 10, 1Mb and in it vou will find tbe continuation i this beau? fnl tale. The l.sdgur ia —ilifl to subscribed at three dollataR yaaf. V O publication of Re7. Dr. Tying's great slo which has been writtea expressly for r*A ledger, is just conaeaeed ia tbe Ledger, that our readers will gat tha whale of tbe»« two stories. The Ledger baa the best Ma* ries of any paper ia tbe amid: and Henry Ward Beecher, James Partoa aad ('amy Fern, have a^feles in every aamfcar. v~ portion of ii.V of the Cleveland (Ol fof Mf Herald may ba found tha followiag notices a ride through Iowa: "We might dismiss the ride across Iowa by say-in? that from the Missouri to tha Miss issippi the country presented not a foot af land incapable of (he highest cultivation, and that Nature has made the eatire State aa the route traveled by tbe party, aa perfect* garden as lies out of doors. Back a scot* uf miles from Omaha after making slo#pro* gress over the hills that make tha prairie a rolling one, we caaia ia viuw of tha Boyer Valley, and seeing tbe baaaty of that lai#» scape, all felt to exclaim, "Twas a lorely sight to see What Heaven bad doao for this goodly htll" San that there was no body of water ia view—a very essential requisite to perfect lea of laadseaps—the eye caaMt AM upon richer, more lovely valley thaa tbe Boyer Valley of Western Iowa. Miles upon iu.V, without a house or a fence, tbe land as it came from tbe baad of its maker, the view was over a landscape as refined a* if scienea and labor and money bad bees eftbaBstM in perfecting tha scene, and one could iaaajg ine the coach passing tbe woll kept wsa«i»0 of a landed nobility, rather tban thros^h a valley that is yet in its wild virginity. Alfd here, too. the ev* found relief resting apatt groves scattered here and tberr, as if plant, for ornamentation of tbo sweet valley. If the whol* of Iowa is liha that portion through which this railroad runs, from river to river, it h,is not a waste foot that is not snperla tiyely rich. It is diversified by rolling pf*« iries, by abundaut streams, aud what is par ticuUrly attracts—by gropes cf timllW.^: What may be found beneath the soil w'e fcitow not, but as it stands to-Jay, its mere s»r ace view proclaim ait the hiubaiidmau's L'deii,of coarse with the peat penalty attached, ii the sweat of thy face sfcalt Jhoa tat tf* bread." TMMystuyel Billtef. Beecher says that the world si large do not understand tha mystc fa of a news paper and, aa in a wa'eh, the hands are seen are bat passirs instruments of the springs, which .tr* nevei seen so, in a newspaper, the most worthy causes of its pronperif are often least observed or know* Who suspects tbe benefit which tbo paper derives from the enterprise, tbo vigilance and the watch'iil fidelity *4 the publisher? who pauses to tfmfls how mueli ol the pleasure of rvadiag is derived from the skill and eare of printer We fed the blemishes printing if they exist, but seldett observu the excellencies. 1 We eat a hearty dinner, bnt do net think of the farmer that rflisoa tho material lie re-of, or tbe cook that prepares them with infinite pains and skilL But a cook uf tegm*bk% meat, aad pastry, and indeSuite bo** bons and skill, has si pkntiuieii office in comparaon With an editoft Before him paaa aH the exchaeuio newspapers. He if to know all thi fcr contents, to mark for other eyca lb* matter that reqnires attention Ilia scissors are to be alert, and ellp wftfe incessaut industry ail the hule item* that form together ao large aa iatcrerft it. He paaaes ift in tbe news department., review ench wSeft every State in tligi Union through the newspapers' lens|§ He looks across the ocean and strange lands, aad following the he searches all around tbe world material. It will require bat out but oae second for the reader to in what two hours search pctdaeedL By hint are read tbe manoaoripta ihitt swarm tbe office like fliea ta July. ouft 4 ft It is hi* frown that doonta them. is his hand that condenses a whole page into a line. It is his discruaa sternness that restricts sentimental obituaries, that gtvas poets a twjtg on which to Sat aad king their ftptt lay*. 'And the power behind the throae, ia newepapera as in Uglier ylaea*. is sometimes as importaat aa tne tbroa* itself. 1'niioMiniiii*iiH. oceasiooil or regular, staodla awe at tb« silent power whfch baa the last glaace at tbe MM*,asd atay send it forth it glorv tad baaaiity. And,ui short, as tao body depends upon a gooj diges tioa, ao tbe health of a uuwspaper iiyiifc upon that vigorooa, digestion whieliMM cm by meaua ol iho editor. Oognt they not to be honored? AM! siooa btlle fame attend* tbem th^r should at loaxt have their ereu* tare eomforts multiplied. From tlio dark and dismal iKsrt*id«ac«i are at leagth translatod. A eomsaoad*at from Jasper. Tpftn., write* that aariag Bcagg'a retnat froru Mil', die Teanaaee*, two rebel soldiers -_t ipped ar th* hoaas of Mr. and oae of ty* i proposed to trad* toe a vary fin* borsaJf iw thought that a ten barge white spot horn's fonhoad lessened bis Why s*r Wersaa*,'' sasd tb* *ollis* ees can M* it a gnat way Never mlwd that, .W# other sad ia ahravs iaa about lu e*Vi ed with that w.W*iiT"