Huntingdon Journal

              YOL. 17.
HUNTINGDON, PA., SEPTEMBER 11, 1872.
NO. 36.
The Huntingdoii Journal.
J. B.DUP.BOIlRO\y,       -       -       J. A. NASII,
I'CBLISnEP.S AXD I'ROPRIJITOUS.
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r of Fifth and Wash ington streets.
The IIu.ntisgdon Jotjusal is published every Wednesday, by J. R. Dcbborhow and J. A. Nash, under tho firm name of J. IX. Dorborkow k Co., at S2.00 per annum, ix Anv.vNOE, or $2,50 if not paid lor in six montha from date of subscription, and $3 if not paid within thc year.
No paper discontinued, unless at tbe option of the publisbers. until all arrearages are paid.
Regular monthly and yearly advertisements wui be inserted at the following rates :	
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"Special notices will lie inserted at twelve asd A HALF CEXTS por line, and local and editorial no¬ tices at FIFTBE.V CEXTS per line.
All Resolutions of Associations, Communications of limited or individual interest, and notices of .Mar¬ riages aud Deaths, exceeding five lines, will be eharged tex cexts per line.
Legal and other notices will be charged to the party having them inserted.
Advertising Agents must find their commission outside of these figures.
All advertising accounts are due and collcctaltle Khen the adcertisement is once inserted.
JOB PRINTINl} of evcry liind, in Plain and I'anev Colors, done with neatness and dispatch.— Ilanii-bills. Blanks. Cards, Pamphlets, .tc, of every variety and style, printed at tho shortest notice, and every thing in the Printing line will be execu¬ ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.
Miscellaneous.
1872.
1872.
CARPETS!! CARPETS!! CARPETS!!
SPRING  STOCK.
AT LOWEST PRICES!
JAMJ^S A. BROWN
/¦•• coniflanili/ rccciviiii/ at hin nfie
CARPET STORE,
HUNTINGDON, PA. 525J IiiU Street.
Beautiful    Patterns  of   C.
lis of thc
uufaetui-er.«
arpets, fresh  from the stock comprises
Professional Cards
BF. GEHRETT, M. D;, ECLEC- • TIC PHYCICIAN AND SURGEON, hav¬ ing returned from Clearueld county and perma¬ nently located in Shirieysburg, offers his profes¬ sional serviees to the people of that place and sur¬ rounding eountry. apr.o-lS72.
y\R- n. W. BUCHANAN, DENTIST,
No. 22S Hill Street,
HUNTINGDON, PA. Jnly 3, '72-    	
DR. P. O. ALLEMAN can  be con- suited at his offioe, at all honrs,  Mapleton, p-i, [march(j,72.
DCALD WELL, Attorney -at -Law, • No. Ill, 3d street. Office foraicrly occupied by Messrs. Woods k Williamson. [apl2,'7I.
kR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, ofFers his
'   professional services to thc cammunity. Office, No. 523 Washington street, onc door cast of thc Catholic Parsonage. [jan.'l,'71.
D^
EJ. GREENE, Dentist.    Olfice re- •    moved to Leister's new building, Hill street J'¦."itingdon. [jan.4,'71.
GL. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T. •    Brown's new building. No. 520,  TTill St,, Iluntingdon, Pa. [apl2,'71.
H   GLAZIER, Notary Public,  corner •    of Washington  i.nd Smith streets. Hun¬ tingdon, Pa. [jan.12'71.
HC.   MADDEN,   Attornoy-at-Law •    Office,  No. —, Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa. [ap.l9,'71-
J   FRANKLIN SCHOCK. Attorney- • at-L,aw, HUNTINGDON, PA.
junc20,'72-6m.
J    SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at- •    Law, Huntingdon, Pa.   Office, Hill street, hree doors west of Smith. [jan.4'71.
JR. PATTON, Druggist and Apotli- • ecary, opposite the Exchange Hotel, Hun- ingdon, Pa. Prescriptions accurately compounded. Pure Liquors for Medicinal purposes,    [nov.23,'70.
HALL MUSSER, Attorney-at-Law,
>No. 319 Hill St., Huntingdon, Pa. [jan.4,'7i.
JR. DURBORROW, Attorney-at- • Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will practice iu the sereral Conrts of Huntingdon county. Particular attention given to the settlement of estates of dece¬ dents.
OUico iu ho Journal Building. rfeb.l,'rl.
JW. 3iATTERN, Attorncy-at-Law • and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa., Soldiers* claims against the Government for back pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend¬ ed to with great caro and promptness.
Offico on Hill street. Ijan.4,'7].
K ALLEN LOVELL, Attornej-at- • Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention given to Collections of all kinds; to ihe soltle- munt of Estates, <tc.; and nil other Legal Uusiness proseoated with fidelity aud dispatch.
^Jd9^ Ofiice in room lately occupied by R. Milton Speer, Esq. [jan.4,*71.
MILES ZENTMYER, Attorney-at- Law, Iluntingdon. Pa., willattendpromptly tu all legal business. 0£5ee in Cunnindiam'.s now building. [jan.-l/?].
PM. & M. S.   LYTLE,   Attorneys- •    at-Law, Hantingdon, Pa., will attend to all kinds of legal business entrusted to their care.
Office on the south side of Hill street, fourth door west of Smith. [jan.4,'71.
E,
A.   ORBISON,   Attorney-at-Law,
Office, 321 HiU street, Uuntingdon, Pa. [may3i,'71.
JOUS  SGOTT,
S.  T.  EKOW.V.
J,  M.   BAILEY
QCOTT, BROWN &  BAILEY,   At-
r^    tomeys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa.    Pensions, aud all claims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against the Government will be promptly prosecuted. Otfice on Hill street. [.ian.4,'"l.
TW. MYTON, Attorney-at-Law, Hua- •    tingdon, Pa.    Office with J. Sewell Stewart, Ksq. [jan.VTl.
WILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney- at-Law, Huntingdon,Pa. Special attention given to coLcctions, and all other l?gal business attended to with caro aud promptness. Office, No. 229, llill street. [apli(,'71.
Hotels.
"VTORRISON HOUSE,
OPPOSITE   PENNSYLVANIA   U.  11. DEPOT
HUNTINGDON,    PA.
April 5, 1671-ly.
J. II. CLOVER, Pl
TXrASHINGTON HOTEL,
t T S. S. BowDox, Prop'r.
Corner of Pitt t Juliana Sts., Bedford, Pa.   mayl.
EXCHANGE  HOTEL,   Iluntingdon, Pa. .lOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor.
•Tanuary 4, 1371.
Miscellaneous.
. BAKTOL.    (    A. KENN
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(VRTOL, KENNEDY & CO.
\_Latcly Franklin Manufacturing Company.^ Manufactures Flooring, Siding, Doors, Sash, Shutters, Blinds, Moulding, Scroll Work, Counters, Shelving, Wood Turnings, Hubbs, Spokes, Bent Work, Porks, Rakes, Brooms, Pick, and Hammer Handles, all kindsof Furniture, Ac. OurMachinery the very best qualityand giving our entire being of attentionto tho business weareable to manufacture aH of the aboved named articles, as well as many others, in the best style and always promptly. All orders addressed to
BARTOL, KENNEDY & CO.,
Huntingdon, Pa., will receive our immediate attention.    Priee   list furnished when desired.
Lumber taken in exchange   for all kinds of work. J.in. :!1. 1871.
KA. BECK, Fashion.able Barber • and Hairdresser, Hill street, opposite the Franklin House. All kinds of Tonics aud Pomades kept onhand and for sale. [apl9,'71-6m
BKCSSELS, INGRAINS,
VENITIAN, WOOL DUTCH,
COTTAGE, HEMP,
LIST and RAG CARPETS
CARPET CHAIN,
COCOA AN1> CANTON MATTINGS,
FLOOR, STAlil AND TABLE
OIL CLOTHS,
and a large stock of
WALL   TAPER,
Window Shades and Fixtures, Drugget, Velvet Rugs, Door Mat.«, E.\tra Carpet Thread acd Bind¬ ing. I make a specialty of furnishing Churches and Lodges at City Prices, and invite Furnishing Committees to call and see goods made expressly for their purposes. ,.
Buyers will save monei/ and be better suited by going to the regular  Carpet and  Oil Cloth Store, for any of the abovo goods.    I defy eompetition in prices and variety of beautiful patterns. I have also the Agency for the Orignal
HOWE SEWING MACHINE, IMPROVED, so well known as the best Family Machine in the worid Call at the CARPET STORE and seo them.
JAMES A. BROWN.
Fcb.l4,lS72.
W.  BUCHANAN J.   M.  DUCHANAN.
IDUCHANAN & SON.
5 0 9    II I L L    STREET,
HUNTINGDON,   P.\.
We have tho the largest, eheapest  and  best as¬ sortment of
COOKING   STOVES
West of   Philadelphia.    Wo constantly  keep on
'"'"' SPEARS',
CALORIFIC, EXCELSIOR.
OLIVE BRANCH.
PENN, MORNING LIGHT, COTTAGE, STAR, and the
REGULATOR.
EVERY     STOVE     WARRANTED I WOOD and WILLOW WARE,
JAPANESE V/ARE, TIN AND PAINTED WARE,
TOLEDO PU5IPS, ETC., ETC., ETC. ETC.
Persons going fo housekeeping can get every¬ thing they need, from a clothes pin to a cooking
ROOFING, SPOUTING & JOB WORK
done at short notic satisfied you caa sa
L call and  we  feel 3 Oapril.
Gr
RAND DEPOT
FOR
NEWGOODS
D. P. GWIN INFORMS THE PUBLIC THAT IIE
HAS JUST OPENED A
SPLENDID STOCK OF NEW GOODS
THAT
CAN' T   B E   B E A T
IN CHEAPNESS AND QUALITY.
CALL AND SEE.
D. p. GWIN.
TCTRESH ARRIVAL OF SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
at the Cheap Store of
BENJAMIN JACOBS, Cornerofthe Diamond, in Saxton's Building I liave just received a large stock of Ladies' ele¬ gant Dress Goods, Gentlemens' Furnishing Goods, BootP, Shoes, JIats and Caps of all kinds, in end¬ less variety, f(»r ladies, gentlemen, misses and children.
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
GROCERIES,
CoEfee, Teas of all kinds, best and common Syrups, Spices, Ac. Tobacco and Segar:', wholesale and retiul.
These goods will be sold as cheap, if not cheaper, than any other house in town. "Quick sales and small profifs'," is my motto.
Thankful for past patronage, I respectfully soli¬ eit a continunnce of the same.
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OLITIOAL CAMPAIGN OF 1872.
GRANT   AND   WILSON,
GREELEY AND BROWN CAMPAIGN CAPS,
CAPES AND TORCHES, TRANSPARENCIES AND BANNERS,
with Portraits or any device for all parties.
Silk, Bunting and Muslin Flags of all  sizes on
hand or made to  order.   Chinese Lanterns of all
sizes and styles: Paper Balloons, Fire Works, kc.
Campaign Clubs fitted out at the Lowest Rates at
WM. F. SCHEIBLE'S,
CAMPAIGN DEPOT,
No. 49 South Third Street, Philadelphia.
jly3-3m. (Send for Cireulars.)
p OOD FITS!
SHOEMAKING !
We manufacture to order all kinds of Ladies' and Gents'Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Ac, of the best material the market produces, and at the shortest possible notice. Persons from the country can be accommodated with our own manufacturing by giving a few hours notice.
All kinds of repairing neatly done.
For Jiast favor;? accept oursincero thank?.
D. JIEPtTZLER & BRO.,
403 Allegheny St., Opposite B. T. Depot juue2Gtf Huntingdon, Pa,
GAS     L O A N. The managers of the Huntingdon Gas Company propose to effect a loan for tho purpose of enlarging and extending their works.
Bonds, secured by a first mortgage upon the works autl real estate of the Company, will bo issued in sums of from
$100    to    $1,000,
bearing   interest   at tho  rate  of   EIGHT PER CENT, per annum, payablo in January and July.
Tho bonds will be payable on tbe Ist day of July, 1880, with the right of redemption after five years.
By order of the Board of Managers-
J. SIMPSON AFRICA, President. J. W. Gi;ee.\lasd,
Seeretary and Treasurer. Uuntingdon, May 1,1872-tf.
[OFFICIAL.] OF   TIIE
UNITED   STATES
I'A.SSED  AT TIIE
FIRST SESSIOX OF  TIIE  FOPvTY-SECOND
CONGRESS.
[Ge.neral nature—Xo. 80.] AN  ACT makini); appropriations for the support of the Military Academy ibr the fiscal  year endiuj; June thirtieth, eigh¬ teen hundred and seTenty-thrcc. Be it enacted hy thc iSenate and  House of Representatives o/ tha United States  of America in Congress assemhled, That   the following sums be, and the san.e aro here¬ hy, app'.opriatcd, out of any nioney in tho treasury  uot  otherwise  appropriated, for thc  support cf the Military Academy for tho  J-ear ending Juno thirtietli, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, viz :
For additional pay of oiTieers, and for pay of instructors, cadets, and musicians, two hundred and twenty-two thousand nine hundred and tliirty-seven dollars and fifty cent.a.
For repairs aud improTements, timber, plank, boards, joists, wall-strips, laths, shin¬ gles, slate, tin, sheet-lead, nails, screws, locks, butts, hinges, glass, paint, turpen¬ tine, oils, bricks, lime, cement, plaster, hair, blasting powdei', j'use.^, iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other similar materials, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For pay of citizen mechanics employed upon repairs that cannot be done by on- listed men, eight thousand dollars.
For fuel and apparatus, coal, wood, stoves, grates, furnaces, ranges, fire-bricks, and repairs, fourteen thousand dollars.
For gas pipes, gasometers, and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, sis hun¬ dred dollars.
For fuel for cadets' mess hall, shops and laundrv, three thousand five hundred dol¬ lars.   "
For postage and telegrams, two hundred dollars.
For slafionery, blank books, paper, en¬ velopes, quills, steel pens, wax, and ink, five hundred dollars.
For transportation of materials, dischar¬ ged cadets, and ferriages, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For printing type, materials ibr office, diplomas for gr.tduatcs, registers, and blanks, seven hundred dollars.
For compensation of lithogr.npher, one hundred dollars.
For clerk to disbursing oincer and quar¬ termaster, one thousand sis hundred and fifty dollars.
For clerk to adjutant, one thousand five hundred doiiars.
For clerk to treasurer, one thou.sand five hundred dollars.
For dopartment of instruction in math¬ ematics, viz : For plane table, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; repairs of instru¬ ments, thirty dollars; text books and sta¬ tionery for instructors, twenty dollars.
For department of artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics, viz : For tan bark for ri¬ ding hall and gymnasium, one hundred and fifty dollars; stationery for assistant instructors, one huudred dollars; guidons, marker flags, camp colors, and embroider¬ ing colors for caps of cadets, fifty dollars; repairing eamp stools, tents, and furniture, five hundred dollars; foils, masks, gloves, and repairs ior fencing, two hundred dol¬ lars.
For department of civil and military en¬ gineering : For. models, maps, repairs of instruments, and test books and stationery for use of instructors, five hundred dollars.
For department of natural and experi¬ mental philosophy : For chronograph for observatory, oue thousand dollars; two sextants, three hundred dollars; survcj-or'a transit, two-hundred and fifty dollars; bar¬ ometer, fifty dollars ; repairs and contin¬ gencies, five hundred dollars; compensation to attendant, fifty dollars.
For department of drawing: For Tur¬ ner's Liber-studiorum for the use of the second elass, one hundred and twenty dol¬ lars; topographical models, architectural mode's and ornaments, and models of ma-. chine.s, for tho use of tho third class, one hundred dollars; colors, brushes, pencils, and papers, for the uso of instructors, ten dollars.
For departmeut of lawaud etliics : For books of reference, text books, aud station- cry, for the uso of instructors, one hun¬ dred dollars.
For department of French : For text books and stationery, for the use of instruc¬ tors, fifty dollars.
For department of Spanish : For text books and stationery, ibr the uso of instruc¬ tors, fifty dollars.
For department of chemistry, mineralo¬ gy, and geology : For chemicals, including chemical apparatus, glass aud porcelain wai-e, paper, wire, an'd sheet metal, five hundred and fifty dollars; material for practical instruction in photography, two hundred dollars; rough specimens, iiles, alcohol, lamps, blow pipes, pencils, and agate mortars, for practical instruction in mineralogy and geology, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; fossils illustrating the different rock formations, for daily use in section rooms, onehundred and twenty-fivo dollars; gradual increa.sc of the cabinet, five huudred dollars; repairs and improve¬ ments in electric, galvanic, magnetic, elec¬ tro-magnetic, and magneto-electric appara¬ tus, four hundred and fifty dollars; rcpairsi and additions to pneumatic and thermic apparatus, one hundred and fifty dollars ; improved adjustable electric lamp, one Iiundred and fifty dollars; carpenters' and metal work, and materials for the same, sixty-five dollars ; improved binocular mi¬ croscope, complete, three hundred dollars; diagrams illustrating chemical and geolog¬ ical phenomena, one hundred and twenty- five dollars; mechanics' tools, twenty dol¬ lars ; pay of mechanics, to be cmpioyed in chemical and geolegical section rooms, and in the lecture room, one thou.sand and fifty dollars; for bringing steam directly to chemical rooms, and for chemical and me¬ chanical operations, two hundred aud sev¬ enty dollars; steam cylinder and piston, five hundred dollars; setting up Ludd's dynamo-magnetic electric machine, one hundred dollars; roplastering and repaint¬ ing section rooms, one hundred and twen¬ ty dollars; reflooring lecture room, eighty dollars; covering floor of mineraiogical sec¬ tion room, one hundrod and ten dollars ; compensation to attendant, fifty dollars.
For department of practical engineer¬ ing : For ten box-compasses, fifty dollars ; repairs of instruments, twenty-five dollars; lumber for profiling, tracting-tapes, and turpentine, onc hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For department of ordnance and gun¬ nery : For bnilding sink, repairing and pointing walls, and for new doors, five hundred dollars.
For tho expenses of the board of visi¬ tors, five thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent ex¬ penses : For gas, coal oil, for lighting the academy, cadet barracks, mess hall, hospi¬ tal offices, stable, and inside walks, four thousaud dollars; water pipes, plumbing, and repairs, two thousand dollars; clean¬ ing publio buildings, (not quarters.) five hundred and .sixty dollars; brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, and cloths, two hun¬ dred dollars; chalk, crayons, sponge, and slates for recitation rooms, ouc hundred dollars; compensation of chapel organist, two liuudred dollars ; componsation of li¬ brarian, one hundred and twenty dollars; compensation of non-commissioned officer in chargo of mechanic, fifty dollars; com¬ pensation of soldier writing in adjutant's koffice, fifty dollars; pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus, cadet barracks, chapel, and philosojAical aca¬ demy, ineluding the library, one thousand five hundred dollars; pay of assistant of same, .seven hundred and twenty dollars; pay of five fireman, two thousand two hun¬ dred dollars; increase and expense of the library, books, magazines, periodicals, and binding, two thousand dolhirs.
For reimbursing cadedts for losses in¬ curred by their efforts in extinguishing a fire in thoir barracks, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, six thousaud eight hundred and eighteen dollars and eighty-two ecnts.
For jiay of librarian's assistant, one thousand dollars.
For contingencies for superintendent of the academy, one thousand dollars.
For repairing and opening roads and paths, two thous.and fivo   hundred dollars.
For ice house and an additional store¬ room and .servants' room, seven thousand five hujdrcd dollars.
For coal-house, five thousand dollars.
For rc-eovcring south wharf, two thous¬ and five hundred dollars.
Approved, May 23, 1872.
[General nature—No. 1-11.]
AN ACT to authorize  the sale of certaiu
publie property.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhled, That the Seeretary of War be, and ho is hereby, iiuthorized and directed to sell, in whole or in sueh subdivisions as shall, in his opin¬ ion, secure thc greatest amount of mouey either by public auction or by inviting pro¬ posals for thc purchaso thereof, and in either case to the highest bidder, all the lands and tenements belonging to tlio United States, at Kome, New York; Ver- gennes, Vermont; Fayctteville, i\^orth Carolina ; Mount Vernon, Alabama ; and Chattahoochee, Florida, now or heretofore used for arsenal purposes, and known, re¬ spectively, as Home arsenal, Champlain ar¬ senal, North Carolina arsenal. Mount Ver¬ non arsenal, and Apalachicola arsenal; al¬ so tho captured lauds and tenements be¬ longing to the United States at Sbreveport, Louisiana; Marshall and Jefferson, Texas; and in Marion and Davis counties, Texas; and a traot nf forty acres of land, more or less, situated about two and one-half miles from tho present Uuited States arsenal at Augu.=ta, Greorgia, which comprises tho site of thc old United States arsenal and auy adjoining land purchased by the so- called "confederate States," whieh fell to tho United States as captured property, and which has not hitherto been sold, and all the material and buildings of the pow¬ der-works erected by the so-called "con¬ federate" government thereon : Provided, That no sale shali be made under this act until thc timo, terms, place, and mode thereof shall havo been published in one of the principal ncw.spapers in the city of Washington, in two of the principal papers printed at the capital of the State, and one paper printed in the county in which thc arsenal or lauds to be sold arc situated, for tho space of sixty days prior to the sale. If no new,spaper is printed in thc county wliere the property to be sold is situated, then the notice shall be published in a newspaper printed in iiny adjoining county.
Sec. 2. That the terms of payment for the property abovo directed to be sold shall be iu all cases not less than one-fourth cash and the remainder on credit of one, two, and three years, with iutercst at six per centum per annum, secured by land and surety from the purchaser or purchas¬ ers; and the Secretary of War is empow¬ ered and required, on receiving the pur¬ chase money in full, to execute all neces¬ sary deeds of said property to the pur- cliaser or purchasers thereof on behalf of the United States.
Sec 3. That tho proceeds ofsaid sales, after p.ayiug the necessary expenses there¬ of, shall, upon receipt ofthe same, be paid by the Secretary of War into tho treas¬ ury.
Approved, June 10, 1S72.
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The  Diamond Fields.
Another Story—The Narraiiea of Ihc Or¬ iginal Discoverer—Gems Ahounding in Bushels.
The Laramie Sentinel has the following: V^c have the honor of first placing be¬ fore tlic country the only authentic histo¬ ry and circumstances connected with the great diamond discovery, which we gath¬ ered from the original discoverer, Mr. T. Edward Arnold. The main facts wero in our possession some days ago, but at the request of parties most iuterested it was not published at that time. Our readers will remember that on the 14th inst., there appeared in thc Seniinel an article on this subjeet. The next morning, wo were waited on by Mr. Arnold, when the following conversation ensued : Mr. Ar¬ nold—"It is no use for me to misrepresent matters to j'ou regarding your article in last evening's issue, for you have got us down to a hole. I came here for the pur¬ pose of fitting out an expedition, as you state, supposing that it could be done without our intention or destination being discovered. Tho San Francisco papers have been working in the dark, publishing all sorts of nonsense regarding this im¬ portant discovery, but you are the only one who has yet hit us hard. We will compromise, if agreeable to you, as we are not ready to have the facts made pub¬ lic. If you will let up on us for a few deys, we will give you thc facts in full, and you shall publish the first authentic account of the affair." Satisfied that we would remain quiet untii such time as he was ready to have the matter made public, Mr. Arnold proceeded : "I am the origi¬ nal, discoverer of the diamond district. My first visit to thc fields was in July, 18GU. I was prospecting in the Pimas Indian country for gold. One day an Indian came to me bringing about a pint of bright and peculiar shaped stones. The Indian assured me that they were diamonds, and that the locality where thoy were to be found had  been  known  to  his tribo for
many years. After making him some presents, with a heap of persuasion, he consented to accompany me to the ground. It was a three days' journey, and we start¬ ed immediately. I found the fields loca¬ ted on the slope of a mountain, of sand¬ stone formation ; and so plenty wero the gems to be found that I picked up a quart or more in a fciv minutes. I started next day. with fear and hope, for S.in Francis¬ co. On my arrival there I carried the stones to J. A. Tucker, jeweler, on 31ont- gouiery street, who pronounced them worthless. I was not satisfied. I heard ofa French lapidary in the city who had worked at Amsterdam, Holland, the great diamond cutting mart of tlie world, and to llim I repaired for his opinion, lie pro¬ nounced them diamonds of the first wa¬ ter.
My friends in some manner got hold of the matter, and it was creating some ex¬ citement. When questioned, I referred to Tucker. This satisfied them, and threw them oft". To muko assurance doubly sure, I sent one of tho stones to Fossa, Morris & Co., Boston, and had it cut. This rc- liered my mind of all doubt. I went back thit season aud brought out with me about §200,000 worth. I made two trips in 1870, t\?o in 1871, and one this year, in company with Dodgo, llcwbery and Ilenry Janin, who were sent to verity my state¬ ments to the csmpany I was thou forming. On this occasion, in washing about a ton and a half of dirt, we ibund 880,000 worth of brilliants. The publishing of this re¬ port of Janin's was the greatest mistake we have made, for it set all thc old miners upon us. These diamonds were discover¬ ed before the two pretenders were even in that country. I kn»\\' them both well. Theyare "frauds." li'jre hs showed us a beautiful brilliant ofsbout seven karats, sayiug : "This is ono that I brought out with me ou my last trip. Dodge, who aecoaipauied us on that occasion, is a very poor miner. He is loo well fixed to mine. After being on the grounds fcr a few hours, he positively refused to pick up thc diamonds when they V\-erc under his very nose. Janin's report was mure than satis¬ factory, and the company wss formed, with a capital of $10,000,000. It was still thought necessary to keep the locality a secret. I started South and secured twen¬ ty nejroes, thi«king that I could move them out to the loeatiou to get about six months' work out of them, when I would have been willing that tho world should know the location. I got them here, and had them equipped, and was ready, when I lo5t confidence in the colored troops and concluded to send them home. They bad been here only about threo weeks, and I gave thom SI50 each, and they were well satisfied. General M'Clellan has coma on, and matters are satisfactorily arranged. I go to Canon City, Colorado, from whieli place I shall start with one hundred pick¬ ed men and experienced mou. Our claim is ali right, ^\'e are protected by the government, and we have concluded to go ah-oad iu the matter boldly. Miner and Fox, of Colorado, claim to havo discovered the spot where our gems aro found, but do not spea's of seeing the men whic!) wo have ou the ground working and holding possession. From Canon City our route lies southwest, through St. Louis valley three hundred miles, and south ofthe Moquis village near Flax river. About 62,800,000 worth of brilliants havo been gathered up to this date, figured at a low estimate. I took out ono weighing 405 on my first visit. I eould pick them up on the slope of the mountain without trouble. The rains had washed tha sur¬ face dirt off and exposed thom to view. I have denied, upon all occasions, any knowl¬ edge of the loeatiou of the diamond dis¬ trict, except to my company. I havo been obliged to do so to protect the interests of my friends and myself You are tho first outsider who has obtained any accurate account of this affair. Humboldt speaks ofthis country as a region where diamonds should be found, and Lieut. Ives, who passed through that section in 1857 with a surveying party, describes the rubies and emeralds found there, and speaks of find¬ ing stones resembling diamonds, none of which were tested by competent judges. Wo believe that thc gravel in whicii the gems are found occupies an area of somo three hundred thousand acrci. The tract is on government land, and tho govern¬ ment has issued its patent for the entire area. The present owners have, thoreforc, the power of the United States to protect them in the possession and enjoyment of their property." The company of whicli Mr. Arnold is the founder is incorporated as tho California and New York Mining and Commercial Company, with tho fol¬ lowing named Trustees: Uon. 31. S. Lath¬ am, President of tho London and San Francisco Dank ; Albert Gansal, of 15. Davidson & Co., Kothschilds'ageuts; Hou. Thos. A. Selby, Wm. M. Lent, Wm. F. Babcock, Louis Sloss, aud Maurice Dore, of San Francisco, and Gen. George B. M'Clellan, and S. L. JI. Barlow, of New Y'ork eity. The capital ."took is 310,000,- 000. Mr. Jauin, the engineer aud miner¬ alogist nf the company, estimates the cash value of the jewels ali^ady secured at §1,- 000,000, and s:i3-s there cnn be no esti¬ mate of the wealth embodied in the com¬ pany's tract. JIr. T. Edwards Arnold is a Kentncky man by birth, and is forty years of age. He came into the Western country at the age of eighteen, and has, therefore, the experience of twenty-two years mining, and was at ono time the partner of old Bill Bridger, and is said to know the Western countrylbetter than any man now living. He has acquired a for¬ tune through his diamond discoveries, and after getting tlie company into working order, lie proposes to retire and no longer lead thc life of a hardy miner.
The Stray Mule.
At a meeting in a frontier Western set¬ tlement several present were stoutly oppos¬ ed to the organization ofa Sunday school. Not being able to agree, the meeting was 'breaking up' when the chairman suid he had a very important notice to read to them. Quiet was soon restored to hear this rather novel 'religious notice.'
'Strayed—A large black mule. He had on a halter when he left, and is branded on the left hip with the letter S. Any one returniug said mule will be liberally re¬ warded.'
The keen Sunday School Union mission¬ ary quickly announced that he also had a very important notice to give out.
'Str.aycd—A number of boys from their homes, near this place, Sunday morning. They had guns and fishing poles on their shoulders when they left. They are brand¬ ed, by a holy God, as Sabbath breakers. Any one returuing said boys, and placing them in a Sunday sehool, will be liberally rewaded at the day of judgment.'
The tact of that missionary carried the vote in favor of a Sunday school, and those stray boys were duly returned to it.
[From the Warren (Pa.) Mail.]
The   Philadelphia   Press   and  Gen. Allen.
The Press opposes Hartranft ostensibly because ho was nominated by Cameron's influence—in fact, because he exposed the Evans aflair with which Forney was unfor¬ tunately connected. It opposes Allen, as a blind—to make people believe that its opposition is general and not porsonal to Iiartranft alone because of that exposure. Tho Press ofAugust 17th says :
"He (Allen) is a sound Republican, and gives evidence that he is willing to mako a personal sacrifice for tho succcf s of his party. But he cannot forget and dare not deny the affidavit of G. W. Ellis, of AVar¬ ren county, wlio, being iuterested with a number of other gentlemen in securing cer¬ tain legislation, weut to Ilarrisburg to se¬ cure a charter."
Ellis made no ajjidavit, and would make nono. lie made a slatement in 1SG9, which the Press first published in 1872. It may think such changing of dates hon¬ est, but plain people don't. Wc desire to inform the Press and all others that Allen did then and docs now deny that state¬ ment. Ellis himself considered it a mis¬ take bofore he left tho county three years ago, and always exonerated Allen from blauio. It was like all '-last cards" before eleetion, and had no moro effect. Allen was then a candidate i'or Senator. This statement was circulated everywhere by his personal enemies, and the wliole trans¬ action alleged to havo occurred in 1867 was thoroughly canvassed and understood by the pooplo of this county and Senatori¬ al distriet. Yet ho carried the County Conveution largely, was nominated by ac¬ clamation, and triumphantly elected. This was the people's verdict then. It will bo the same now.
The only man whom ll^llis connected with fhe transaetion at Harrisburg was Mr. Chase. Ho very promptly mado tho following affidavit, wiiich was never de¬ nied :
AVarren, J-ane 2S, 18G9.—I here'oy certify that the statement published in a circubr, dated AA^arren, Juno 24, 1869, over the name of C. AV. Ellis, in relation to his visiting Harrisburg for tho purpose of buying legislation, two yoars ago last winter, is not true. Mr. Ellis knows more of the transaetion than he has stated, whieh he will notdeny under oath. I act¬ ed entirely under the instructions form Mr. Ellis, which were different from thc statement published. I nevor had auy in¬ structions from General Allen in the mat¬ ter, and understood from Mr. Ellis that General Allen would have nothing to do with the matter, and I believe he did not. Theo. Chase. State of Pennsylvania, Warren Couty, ss.—Personally appeared before me a Notary Public in and for the county of AVarren, Theodore Chase, who, being by me duly sworn according to law, dcposeth and says that the abovo statement., signed by him, is correct and true.
In witness whereof I hereto set my hand and official .seal, this 29th day of June, A. D. 18G9.
Frank. D. Beeves.
Notary Publio AVhen the statement first appeared it made some feeling, and a regular exami¬ nation of Ellis and others, at Allen's re¬ quest, took place in Warren before a crowd of spectator. Allen and his accusers met faee to face. They were not sworn, but otherwise the examination had all the force of a trial at Court. Tho result no wiso criminated Allen, as the following will show :
AA'arre.v, Pa., June 26, 1872.—AA^e, the undersigned citizens of Warron, hav¬ ing listened to the examiuation of Mr. Ellis on Tuesday, June 18th, at this place, do declare that tlie statement of 3Ir. l-^llis, dated at Erie, June 21st, does not con¬ tain all the facts which ho gave here, and which conveyed a difTerent idea from the last statement. Mr. Ellis expressly declar¬ ed that he docs not now believe and never has believed thtit General Allen ever re¬ ceived any of the money or apprepriated it to -his own use. He said he exonerated General Allen from all blame in tho mat¬ ter. J. R. Capron, a. Gerould,
David Dinsmoor,    D. I. Bali,, D. M. AA'iLLiAMS,     KuFcs B. Smith.
In addition to this the editor of the Demoeratic papor (the Warren Ledger), no wise partial to Allen, was present and made a long and impartial artielc on the subject, under date of Juno 24,18G9. AVe extract suoh parts of it as refer directly to the result without censuring the opponents of Allen, as he did. After complimenting Allen for his zeal as a Ilepublican, saying tbat—
"He has organized all thc mass meet¬ ings, and brought out the speakers—has spokeu himself—is always active and effi¬ cient. He is 'Young America' Radical, and Radical Young America goes for him"—
He alludes to the Ellis scandal, and says:
"These stories coming to Allen's knowl¬ edgo naturally aroused his temper, and ho charged thc story to be false and challeng¬ ed investigation. Last week tho investi¬ gation was had in this town.    '•'    *    *
'•Now, this revelation is as true, in the main, aa could be elicited from a judicial investigation. Tt is not our business to surmise who did finally obtain the money. It was not to shown that General Allen ever had or saw a dollar of it. That it was raised for corrupt purposes is clearly proven. If they attended to make capital from this to injure Gen. Allen they are Licking in judgment.    *****
"This investigation then, has not injur¬ ed the General's chances for a nomination, or should not. He always asserted he would not have the money, and they failed to show that he ever did have it. He has boen tried, and we find in favor of the de¬ fendant and against the plaintiffs. * '* This Court claims to be an impartial one, aud we think the decision is according to the evidenco. If then Gen. Allen's chances were dubious a few days ago, this triumph¬ al acquittal should make him the nominee by a unanimous vote of the Convention, if it seeks to do juStice."
The next week the Ledger alluded to strictures on its article by Allcn'a oppo¬ nents, and added :
Thc circular, which most of our readers have probably seen, was intended to cor¬ rect the Ledger in some particulars, but we failed, as most other did, to discover any material difference, exeept that the circular was all on one side, whilo our ar¬ ticle was made up from the testimony of the two sides, and was correct in all its ma¬ terial parts.
Coming down to the presont time, wo havo evidence still more positive. Even his political opponents tire of this sort of per¬
secution and .speak out in his behalf. Only last Saturday, August 24th, at a Demo cratie meeting in liis own township of Glade, fair-miudetl men advocated his elec¬ tion. David iJeatty was President oftho meeting in Glade, Matthew Shipman A'ice President, and Jacob Offcrlee aud Theo dore Hull Secretaries.
The following resolutions were passed unanimously :
Resolved, That we, life-long Democrats of AVarren county and neighbors of Gen Allen, do most cheerfully bear testlmony to his excellence as a citizen, aad most de¬ cidedly dissent from and disapprobatc tho slanders being hurled against him by tho partisan Press. Knowing liim from his boyhood, we do not credit the charges made against him, but believe thom the offsprinj; of politica! malice and disappointed am bition.
Resolved, That while entirely difi'ering from him in polities, and being in favor of Greeley and Buckalew, we do not feel that political success should bo obtained at the prico ofthe fair fame of any candidate, and we therefore expsess our sentiments most fully, and, as we think, in the most democratic mannor, when we say that trumped-up charges, unsubstantiated by any evidence, are not and ought not to be considered as ofany value whatever against auy candidate, but in thc caso of-Geu. Al¬ len it is most especially unjust, as, with¬ out money or influential position, he has rison to distinction, and his wholo life has proven his energy, his ability, and his fi¬ delity to every trust or business which has been placed upon him or in wiiich he has been engaged. He is almost the first in overy charitable enterprise, and is emphat¬ ically the poor man's friend.
Resolved, That in giving expression to our sentiments, wc believe there aro hund¬ reds of our neighbors who will agree with us, aud who, whilo repudiating the calum¬ nies heaped on Gen. Allen, will vote the balance of the Democratic and Liberal Ticket from President down to County Auditor.
This independent aetion sustains what we have before predicted—that he will not only carry his own Democratic township, but run ahead ofhis party in this eounty aud district. Ifa man's neighbors don't know him who should 'I If they trust him and support him, why shouldn't the Press ?
AVc have given the above to .show to peo¬ ple abroad what was and is the general judgment on this affiiir at homo. That the Press is insincere as weil as unjust and unfair in its opposition to Allen especially, is shown not only by its effort to revive an old scandal long ago exploded, but by its own houcstly oxpro-ssed opinion of our nominee when it had no occasion for a factious opposition Here is what it said no loner ago thau May  19, 1871:
"Gen Harrison Allen, State Senator from AA'arren county, who was largely vo¬ ted for inthe Republican State Convention for the office of Auditor-General, is one of the truest and best men in onr Common¬ wealth. Had ho received the nomination he would have received a cordial aud en¬ thusiastic support. Let him contentedly bide his time.    Higher honors await him."
Ger. Allen did '•contentedly bide his time," Ho served his constituents faithfully and ably, two years in the House and throo years in the Senate. As a Republiean at home, at Harrisburg, iu tho Chieago Nat¬ ional Convention, aud on the stump, aud every whore, he has been and still is true as steel while others have deserted to tho enemy and betrayed their trust. That "higher honors await him," will be tho verdict of not only the Press but of the people at the polls in October next.
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Lost Opporiunities.
There was a timo when Mr. Buckalew might have pushed his claim to statesman¬ like grasp of mind into the sphere of pop¬ ular recognition. That was on the 8th of April, 18G4, wheu the Senate of thc Uni¬ ted States adopted, by a vote of 38 to 6, thc constitutional amendment abolifihing slavery throughout the Unitod States. On turning to the record we find that Mr. Buckalevv' was dumb on this extraordinary oecasion. AVhilo debating with himself whether fealty fo the Democratic party was compatible with an act of justice and reparation, applauded by every enlighten¬ ed nation on the globe, the grand opportu¬ nity passed away forever.
Now, though it may well bo true that not every Senator who voted to do away with chattel slavery forever was a states¬ man, wa hold that no statesman, in the enlarged sense of thc term, neglected to vote for it, or voted against it, wheu the opportunity was presented. A statesman is one who cau, whea occasion requires, rise superior to party trammels and de¬ clare for evca-lianded justice. A states¬ man always acts in the present _/b;' the fu¬ ture. The stupidest of men who, favored by aceident, .sometimes attain to seats in legislative bodies, are generally found equal to any party demand made upon them.— Such men can follow the orthodox fashion of voting with thoir colleagues, or they ean manage to dodge a vote which they deem iuimieal to thoir individual interests. Such men, liowever, are never ranked with statesmen. Carefully looking over Mr. Buckalew's record as a publie man, we find no marked in.stanee in which he has risen above the level of partisan politics. Ho seems to have been bora with a mor¬ bid veneration for the Democratie party— always, in its pretensions, an enormous fraud upon the people. Such men make tolerable leaders—never statesmen.
There w».s another occasion whon Mr. Buckalew might have earned a reputation for patriotism which would have lived af¬ ter him. Indeed, his ^entire Senatorial term was fruitful in oecasions for the ex¬ ercise ofa high-toned patriotism. But wo moro particularly allude to the summer of 1864, when General Grant, General Hart¬ ranft and many others were at tho front, hammering away at Mr. Buckalew's rebel¬ lious frieuds—his Democratic friends.— That was a time in which to strengthen the hands of the governmeut was markedly a patriotic duty. But upon examination of Senator Buckalew's record we nowhere find that he thought it any part of his du¬ ty to befriend the power that fed him. It may be relevant here to allude to a coin¬ cidence in history, because history in¬ structs as often by coincidence as other¬ wise. The coincidence relates to tho whereabouts of four individuals now rath¬ er prominent in the publio mind. In the summer of 1864, General Grant was obey¬ ing the war-ery shouted by Horaee Gree¬ ley in 1861—that is, ho was beating his way "on to Richmond." AVhile General Grant was thus engaged, Mr. Greeley was trying to induce Mr. Lincoln to call off his dogs of war, aud furnishing the key¬ note of the Chioago Democratio platform. That key-note was—"the war is a failure." The key-note of Mr. Greeley's letter to the President was—"we have failed; let us try to settle."   By this singular coincidence
it will be seen that the Democracy did not, oven so early as 186-1, scorn to be led by Horace Greeley. Ho was afraid of a north¬ ern insurrection then, and he is now the tool of those who then threatened to revolt.
And in that dark hour where was Sena¬ tor Buckalew ? He, too, was sustaining Mr. Greeley; secretly of course; for De¬ mocratic traditions do not admit of open- handed treason—in thc north, that is to say. He, too, either regarded tbo war a failure, or that its further prosecution would ruin the Democratic party. So all through that fateful summer he was con¬ spiring with Thompson, Holcombe, Saun¬ ders and company, not, we may admit, on the soil ofthe Uuited States, but in Cana¬ da. 3Ir. Groe.ey was his leader in surren¬ der then, and Mr. Greeley ia his captain ia surrender to-day. But Grant. Sherman, Farragut, Hartranft and others, kept pounding away at Mr. Buckalew's friends at Petersburg, Atlanta and Mobile, and the people went to thc polls and indorsed, not Messrs. Greeley and Buckalew, but Grant and Hartranft, and the rest of tho brave mon who could not be honeyfugled by Jacob Thompson & Co.
And now the maa who tried to frighten 3Ir. Lincoln w^Ith a northern insurrection in jtosie, iu 1864, is the candidato of tlie Democracy f'or the seat Mr. Lincoln au mueh honored. And the man who, per¬ haps, did more than any one other man to mako a northern insurrection of Mr. Gree¬ ley's supporters impossible, is tho candi¬ date of the Republican party. The man who, as a Senator of the United States from Pennsylvania, dragged the Common¬ wealth into the mire of treason ia 1864, is (what more fitting?) the Demoeratic can¬ didate for Governor of this Commonwealth to-day! Really he has not changed his politics nor his position. As he was in 1864 the associate conspirator of Jacob Thompson & Co., so is he now,-iu all save the overt act, the associate of men who are hostile lo order. Really it is not fair to institute a comparison between such a man and General Hartranft; because the latter has been often tried and found true, while tho former h.is been tried and found want¬ ing in patriotism, even when patriotism commanded the respect of all civilized mankind.
The people must ehoose between these men with their eyes open.—Phila. North jimeriean.
Some of Greeley's Friends.
The reader can form a very correct idea of the elass of people whom "Radical usur¬ pation?'' still exclude from all tho privile¬ ges of citizenship, iu tho rebel States, if he remembers that the atrocious scoundrel, AVindor, who is gibbeted in the statement hereto annexed, is one oftbem. AVe quote from an account of Andersonville, written by a surgeon iu the rebel army:
To complete his ])recautioas for the safe keeping of his charge, or to quell any dis¬ position to revolt, he had placed, through Gen. AA'inder's orders, a battery of six pieces of artillery, which commanded tho whole interior of tho prison, and which was kept charged with grape and canister, ready for instaut .service. The orders to tho officer in command were to "sweep the stockade" if there was any appearance of mutiny, or any unusual crowding together ofits inmates.
The artillerists were on duty at night as well as in the day, and wore relieved at their guns as regularly as were the custom¬ ary sentinels on guard. Tho position of the battery upon a hill and overlooking the prison, while ii commanded its whole interior, was such that, if the order had ever been given to fire, its hurling grape would have borne death and desolation to many thousands.
AVhen General Kilpatrick, ofthe Union army, was expected to advance in his ride as far as Andersonville, the following order was issued :
orders no. 13. Headquarters 'Confederate States'! Military Prison, r
Andersonville, July 27, 1864.   J
Tho officer on duty and in charge ofthe battery of •'Florida Artillery" at the time will, upon receiving notiee th-at the enemy havo approached within seven miles of this post, open fire upon the stockade with grapeshot, without reference to tho situa¬ tion beyond these lines of defense. ^
It is better that the last Federal be ex¬ terminated than be permitted to burn and pillage the property of loyal citizens, a« they will do if allowed to make their escape from the prison.
By order of John IL AA'inder, Brigadier General. W. S. Winder,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Upoa the promulgation of this sanguin¬ ary imd barbarous order, a citizen of Sump- ter county and an arch secessionist, who . happened to be with the militia force called out by the Governor of Georgia for the defence of Andersonville, remonstrated wite General AVindor against its iahumau- Thc reply was: "Sir, I will kill tho last d—d Y'ankee iu that stockade before Sherman or Kilpatrick shall release thom '/ (jod d—n my soul ifl would not rather seo those twenty thousand scoundrels blown to hell than go to Heaven myself!"  1»   »•   *	
JC@°- Buckalew voted to pay our soldiers in gold iu 1SG4. Our expenses then were 82,500,000 per day. Gold was 2.40. Tho nation was staggering from the tremendous tax upon our people to put down the Re¬ bellion of the Ilcniocraiic parly. No na¬ tion ever made sueh sacrifices, even in self defease. Ours could do no more. If this vast expenditure would not win the nation
was lost, AND THE rebellion was SUC¬ CESSFUL ! No soldier demanded p.ayment ^old. No patriot dreamt we could raise any more money to carry oa the war. Any proposition to increase our expenses was a direct aid to the rebellion, and this whole transaction shows that the proposal to pay our soldiers in gold WAS intended to de¬ stroy THIS nation, AND AID THE RE¬ BELLION !
Powell of Kentucky—an open rebel— mado the motion. It received only thc votes of Senators well known to be in sym¬ pathy ivith Treason! Powell, Sanlsbury, Wright, Buckalew and Garret Davis voted for this rebel villainy ! And so we elearly see that Mr. Buckalew's record, im ichich he relies for his defense to THE CHARGE of TREASON, fumishcs the fullest proof of his disloyalty. His company in this case—AS in Canada—is conclusive against him ! Only one way remained to destroy his country! Lia^easing our e.r- jienses ritinetl us! AND BuCKALEW HAS¬ TENED TO AVAIL HIMSELF OF THE ONLY REMAINING TRICK TO RUIN HIS COUNTRY !
If Buckalew had succeeded in "paying our soldiers in gold" they did not want, Grant would have surrendered to Lee, and Buckalew would have fhe reward from rebels commensurate with the service ho had done them, by incieasing our war ex¬ penses to 93,000,000 a day!! Taxpayers, what do you think of this?—Har. TeL