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EVERY THURSDAY & Family ^ie\vs|>&pcr, Hcveted U> Politics, l/itevalurl, Agriculture, lLoca\ Interests, and General News. VOL. PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., THURSDAY^ MARCH 22, 1866* . T w ol»«r^ri«4» to proportion. Tw#We llnat con.il- tnt* * ia»«rO'' ,-; ,;< nlxiiho; $6 par yonr— Bu»>m>M Ol»*\d» not oKoepillnjr »Ix ilniM, ?Opor yonr— Attorneys anflTottisellors at Law, PLATTSBURGH, 'N/ Y. OFFIOKt, B NORTH SIDE Ittortteyitttf ftillftffifr t t Law, AWD jttteAHY wftftro, PLATTmj, Office oppo.lte Iron Burilt, <SVor W. H.Morg»n» Store, , A Office 0T«T tlie First National Bank, PLATTSBURGH, N. Y. GEQBGEL CLARK, Attohiey i& (MltfpK 1 at Law, fclceaaad Agent tor Collection of Pension*, Book Pay, Prime Money, *n« all Oov- OMNTON OOUN 480 NEW YOKK. SMITH M. Forinorly of Ucckwltb, John.on A Weed, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Land nnd Insurance Agent, burner Brld«o ftttd MurgaroHStrooU, over H- W. Oady & Co. 1 * Vtag Btoru. flattsburgh, Qlintor. jCounty, N. Y ^ Soldiers' Bounty Pension, And 1'nyAgcnoy. .A.. O. CABVEB, C'OUNSKliOHiAT LAW! TJAVIWO DKVOTE O HI S ATTENTION KX- XI ctwtUuly Mr |tt»JJU«1 H)IUM year* Io uyoMtuultug vhoroutrhly oonveraant with thu bu*lnc«n, wlll]>rucuii> l>r i'«y l nmi PonrtOtt fdr friviUM Holdlm-n ind Sftllom. l'uy. IJoutity «nd I'eruloim for Widow*, Minor (Jlill- torn, WUawjd Mother*, *ml AJ'i.or Orphan HUtor* of fay duo tootflco'r*outof «orvlcc, nnd for Officer* from lato of Htnto to United Htntim muntor. , , Only tliu foe allowod by law will bo eh*rge<!,ftn4 not until the clMm in dooldod by tho Government. All loiter* requiring Information and eneloiing stamp* will bo fttitwered by return njall. Proper phpert, withinstruction* for oxeoutlng, will l>o *ont by roturn of mUlto applicant* living out of lltie* for'procurlng Informa- ' A. O. OAKVER. Hair Pressing. Shaving & flair Dressing New Hait-t»essfng ~ IMS. BJQQ NDE»««Hn » tuo tht th HAIR-DRESSING SALOON, un urldgo Struct, ono door oa*t of Kotaptor'i Jewel rv Htoru, nnd would be happy to give prompt attention u all who will favor them with thelfpatronagc. Oonnoctod wllhthn »bovoti a liadl©*' Donnrtmo; t whore 0UBLIN&, FHIZBINO aad OKIMPING, »ll bo done In tbe rowt • kllAil routiner. Plattoburth, May lf,H08. Fashionable Saloon In tho Iron Bank Building, (up ntulin) wliore limy nil them witU-Ujolijiatronauo. Tliay,nro llrnl. olnni w«rk men, *B4^U^pa>U«H « fJvoUii. boat of latlifaotlu Hhuvlng, Shampooing, Hair Catting, and Htitr nnd Whisker Dyeing. artlcular nttontlon HAIH CUTTINO. Bliop opanea on Sunday. Olv I. V. 11OAO. l'lnlUburgb, Oot. 4,1866. Physicians. and Surgeon. lover Edwurdi «V •<>». T. Ttr Physician and Surgeon, PLATTSBIKCH, IV. YT Drain Tile. 15,000 TWO INGII, 10,000 THREE INCH, DRAIiN TII.K, K» r ,„!,. i, v •t I'. H. KKTCHirM, A JB^iT~t5*w crtijTn 'AMMMO 1 . ' «A S Mfi1Mirt«r«<IVh«n Oeflmd Offioe over G. V. Edwards A Son's Store. Dentists. Dfi. F. F. HOWARD, forgtosl and Mechanical Dentist. <Oflle« I n »p«n««*»i lU»W f oV«* A. •a r All Work Wwrflntod.-tei M. i G. F. BIXBY, _ ;©ENTISTS, s over De Forrii' Drag Store, PLATT8BURGH,.». Y. Hpteis. LAKEHpIJSE, ViOiriiD, Proprietor. MONTREAL HOUSE, BYS. UfUBEE, Ausable Forks, CHnten Co,, N. Y. Bnt*rtnlnm«at promptly fttrttl.hed, and tftil Mt Oysters! Oysters!! rpHOMAS DBLAJTEY HAS OPENED HIS X WhoiaiKlu Oyster* E«<tabli«hment, Having miwlo more oomplsto -rrangomenti than ovor aforo wltfi aomo of tbe Largest Ojrter Houses la S«m England. Ho ii now prepared to furnfib Oy«- \LOWEST CU T PEJOES. ppoilte (be United State* Hotel, Biidgo OLINTON HOTEL, Ausab\c House. ^ Gard. refurj.{ther«nd nfllted, In for the reception ofyuoitt pl«o»nn Tro r aiatsnii 1>. 8. OUTTIKO. FRENCH'S HOTEL. ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. Opposite City Hall and Park. COR. FRANKPORT STREET, » NEW YORK. ^pacloua ICofoctory, Dath Roonm mul llnrbcr'H Bliop. Servnnl* no t allowe d to reoctvo*]>ar<|itlalte*. K) NOT DJCUVJ UtTRNKKS OB HAOKMKN WHO SAY WK AllB VVLt. fl47yl Hardware. Fine Cullery. I HAI.E A T O. A. COOK'H. ruu.burgl), January 1,18OT. •——— p| gto i g 7\ R IFL E AND BLABT11BG POWDER , FO R •alo nt tho Hardware Btore of C. A. COOK. I'laltgburgh, January 1, 1800. PttlDtS, O ILS, PUTTY, Ac , tho iUrdware Storo ol l'Utuburgh. January 1, 1 Shoe Nails, tiburgh, .Military 1, I860. Scales. \fXWt rtfeSTKlt, PXATPORM, AtfD COUW- ITJL ter Scale*, warmntod eijual in oorructnuia, und «u- porlor In flnlah, to Falrb-nka A Oo.'i, nnd for »nlo at oducttd prlco*, by (J. A. COOK. PlatUburgh, January 1,1,1866. Hardware I Hardware I O . -A.. O'O-O K 9 DEALER IN Foreign and Ame/tcaa Iron & Steel, Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Meohanlos' Toolfc, Ag'l Implements, Saddlery and House Finishings, Clrfttfituf 'ttndikilll- Saws, read, Zlno, Cutlery, Nails, Clots, Palati, OIU, Oor<Iag«, Powder, etc. Margaret-st. Plattttburgli,N. Y. HILIOASON & MOBEY, GUNSMITHS, WHITESMITHS, CUTLERS. Shop on River Street, Opposite Lafountain • Park House. PLATT8BUB0H. N. V. M 3 Champlafn Valley y e and. ESai*Infirmary 9 I. IV. Y . Office at the 1 uited States Hotel Open for KsMUilnntlon and CoaauHatioii S«turday*. For Particulars Address 8. HAYNE8, M. D. Hnmnac, N. Y. T UIK gUBBO&IBBR HAS OPENM1) A KKB- TAURANT In Urn Waahor Building, opijonltu tliu PALMER MILL STORE, Whcrv nil noodfiil ItcfioKhmont* can be .uppll v»r ttw p'urpono o f amummont n BILLIAR D TA- ni.K IK furnl.liwl. G. B. MOJIUOUH. J'lnttHl.umh, i.\.l,rui»ry 2'2, 1600. C67 Dried Applet. |> V TIIK UAHItKT, Oil POI'NI), FOR HAT l * h .y \ •'• WK.WKIC Oysters. Oysters* CHOICE: ARTICLE CAN MK HAD ANY I.'FIIO. 22,i8Bfl. : ' ' o67wi AT WHOLESALE AST) BETAIL, IO o f New Hnon, Honfodand UaHlmor c Oy. ow offvr t o th o trad a Keg and Can Oysters. or 8(ipwlorQan)lty, st tho Ixiwett Uark«t Trice. Order* Rollclted, nnd prompt attention glvun. Troy, October 20, 1806. 5*0lt Music. Music and Maffoa! Instraments. For Sale, Sheet Music, PIANO-FORTES 4 Mas, & Hamliiis Cabinet Organs, Which Are tho belt Imtrrirncnti of thc-lr kind. -The beat Italian Vlolta, Ottttar and Banjo •trlac«i By KDWAItl) KLOBV, Toncher of Vocal und ltntrumentul Mutlr. I'lKtUburvb. N. Y. 449tf MELODEONS! 3. < VCCitfMSOlt TO Menrt. BSTY 4, GREEN Perfect Melodeon. With Tat«nt larmonlc Attachment, Basi Damper nr Manual Snb-Ba«s. »..„ world-wide renown tlifl«« MKLODRQXH lia S( I[()0L HARMONIUM, With or wlthonttlii' Ilarmoiili-Altiirliinoit uml M:itn; Sub-7)ti»n, Till* hiitlriiHH'til h»« iiorcjiinl of It* «lx« I i>nwur nn'l nMnluiusy, nml I* ronliy tli» m»nt dunlrnblu t inbhtitb ficliontu, Uliuiulicn, U'cturo Itnorim, Viatel I'ubllc lliVIU, *\• Ihnt can bo ohtjilncil, »H the low |irl mu\u\ r mlU>d?nml mi'pplfo* n phu-u U whlrhVlt'lia\ (.'. Bml'ii'in^lVclly\.^coimtruotlon nnd UIIKD of nmiinKi-iiu-i will nt <muo recummviid It to eviry onu n* bolntt nil il: Uotatmml for U. \Kvory Iiixtrunicnt wiirrutitiMi. • Since the pubHentton of tb**Frtdg« of B\fth»» by Hood, we liave neen notbtaM pal to Iho folknrlng po- em In point of smooth r*iS Ion, flowing rhythm, aVd touchingpnthon, Tua plaMtl fcwtttl Of « woman'* lost honor wjll bring team to over* sensitive broMt. ..The outhor nnd aabjwst Of «.• ptt^va s an nctroSTof MrR e reputation, who formerly llvgj in St. Lows ia great •iyloandmagrilttcencG. Shtfi irfconneetetl by marriage with »om« of th« flirt poaplf y U » wtw»try, and to those who knew her tho poefnfrlll bo dotlbly uttraetire '- • woman of great genii• «#aarp»«fng teftuty, fall- en from her proud oitntfr, p»b i-her own tool, and lets the world see the remorte *| ten upon it In tneh ter- riblo letters.— Bxchanga. Ture U Oht the (.now, the beautiful mow, now tho flake, gather and laugh aa the Whirling ftbont (n the maddening fun, It plays in Its glee wtthevcry one, Chasing, *?J nd it tparklet th« eye, ogi, wltb a bark and a bound, -'eMyaronnd; And the frolld ...„ . 8h»p et tne crycbkla that eddj _. , , Tho town l« afl*e, and It* heart ID a glow, To wolcomo tlio coming of the beautiful MOW ! How wild the crowd goes iwajring alone, Hailing each Other wflb hnmor and aongl How the gay ttadge*, Illto meteor* f1«mb by, Bright for tho moment, then loat to tho eye - • . Hinglna, Swinging Over the oru.tof\ho beamKnl anow: Snow ao pure when it fall* from the aky. To be trampled Iq mad by the crowd rushing by, To bo trampled and tracked by tie lhou«nn<f« oVfo< Till it blend* With the filth of the horrible »trout. Onco I wni pure at tho enow—but I foil I Pell like tbo mow-fluke* from heavon to hell! Belling my soul to 'whoever would buy , Dealing lit »h«me Yor a mor«ell off bread, Itotlng th* IWntt andd fan—-~ * v - J — ' r a mor«e o bread, f««rtnf(th« dead, lfellll Once I was fair at the beautiful tnnve. With an eye like It* crystal, n bean like its glow ; Once I was loved for my Innocent graco- Flutttired and longbt for tbe charmi of ray face 1 Father, Mother, Sl.ter, all, God and mywlf, 1 have loit by my fall; Tbe veriest wretch that gocR uhlvcring by, Wi II make » wldo weep, lent I wiuider too nigh; for nil thnt lit on or above me 1 know, There U nothing so parent the boaUtlfolmow. inting, Frees Ing, Dying alone, Too wicked for prayer, too weak for n monn, To be heard tn the streets of the crazy town, Gone ra^d In the Joy of the *now coming down, To be, and no die, in my terrible woo. With a bod and n .broud of the beautiful snow. t rom tho hoit manufacturer*, now ami Ncitond-hanu, for Boots and Shoes. M>R MISKB0, I.ADIB38 AND CHILDREN , a nice arUoloJuat rcgulvud by^t.^ fh, Nov. 10.18(1 Boots and Shoes. . II. HHKIUIAN. ndrorMilO by l'latt«b)irgh, Bepl. 28,1805. J. J. DROWN. Boots and Shoes. TWUE SUBSCRIBE R I S IK RECEIP T OS 1 X ofa Ittrgu und varied oiiortment of tho btut quull- tlwi which will bo aold ot the lowent possililu HIHII prl- •«. U. It. HllKUMAN. Plnttgburah.Scvt' 28, lS^g. eat) CAN BUY BOOTS AND SHOES, U y tlio CnHO or Bozcnu, As Cheap n» in the Cities, OF JOHN J. DROWN, 494 PLATT3BUBOH, N. Y. H. H. SHERMAN, MANUFACTURER AND DKMMl IN In nil doiiorlptions of Shoes, and . Also , SHO E FINDINGS . KVl*t <ioor PAitt of P. Laforcc, BrldgcStroot. L'lnUitburgli, March 1, 1864. *UM PR OCLAMATIONI To all who are in want of BOOTS AND SHOES V T THIB UNDKUHIGNEU, B£ O LEAV E TO A 9 Inform tho public that I liuvo purebu»ud thu build- Ing lutoly occupied by tho Iron Hunk, wljlcli I haVe ro- /Itted for a Boot & Shoe Establishment, And urn now ready tn lupply big nnd Itttlo, old nnO young, with JlOOTrt nnd 8HOK8 made In Iho lulo.t »!ylo«, mid buiigbt for the cheapest posilblo cn*h prlco. A* nn experience of many your* bn« timght me, \n bo well Cor tho pooplo ofPlutUhurgh and vicinity to ex- ainlnc the qnalUy ami prlueH of n»y «<w»le buforo pur- chnftingcthtiwhurr, a*you will pruilt hy it. 1 niito keep cotNfttnntly on hand n good iinnorlmunt of I.AIUKH'iind GKUT'S Over Shoes and Rubberw, Of 1)x-l>c»l ooaNty; n)*i>, tfcmt'* Wntnr Troof Ornln HootK, lil«li lii^s, nil which I will noil cheaper lh«n can bo hoiiRlit iioilh of N T (iw Tork City. &ri'lvnn- Klvo niu u cull, lioinoiniior the plnoi>. Iron Hank HiiUdlim, Murnnrt't St., head of Br!di?c Ht., Plrttl«- fMti'il .r.iMiinry II, 1«f,r.. ;,./j Oorrc*pondenco of the Springfield Uepublloan. The \Vo Sem-i-tc\ Valley of California. Yo 8«MiTi VALWT, Aug. 11, 1865, Tho Yo Semite! As well interpret God in thirty-nlno arilClcJs as pOHray It to yon by word of mouth or pen. As well reiwotluce castle or cathedral by a stolen frebw, a broken column, as thla assemblage of niUnral wonder nnd beauty by photograph or pftbtflHr The overpowering senBc of the subllmflfiWl awful desolation, of transcending marvelonsness and unexpectedness, that swept over ws, as we Ktigned our horses Rhnrply out of green forests, and stood upon high jutting rock thatoverlook- e I tliis rolling, upheaving sea of granile moun- tains, h )ldlng fur down its rough lap this vale of bef.n'y, of meadow and grove and river,— mich (idc of feeling, such stoppage of ordinary emotions comes at rnre intervals) in uny lifcJ — It wi8 t ic confrontal of Ood face to face, as In great danger, in solemn, sudden death. It was Niagaia, magnified. All that was mortal shrank back, all that Nvafl immortal swept to tho f.-i.ni and bent down lu awe. We sat still before tho rich elements of beauty, ma- Jcbty and desolation, and then, eager to get nearer, pleased tired horses down tlie steep, rough path into the valley. And here we have walked and wandered and worshipped for four days. Under sunshine and slmdows, by rich mellow moonlight; by stars opening double wide their eager eyes; through a peculiar Augnst haze, delicate, glowing, dreamy, yet hardly perceptible aa a distinct olement--the Now England Indian summer haze doubly refined,—by morning and evening twilight, across camp-fires, up from beds upon the ground through all the watches of the night, have we seen there, the great natural wonders and beauties of this western world. Indeed It is not too much to say that no so limited space in tho known world offers such majestic and Impressive beauty. Niagara alone divides hon- ors with it in America; Only the whole of Switzerland can surpass It—no one scene in all the Alps can match this before me now in the •things that mark the memory and Impress all the senses for beauty und for sublimity. The one distinguishing feature Is a double wall of perpendicular granite, rising from a half a mile to a mile in height, Inclosing a val- ley not more than half a mile In width on the average, and from 10 to 15 mileB in length. It is a fissure, a chasm, rather than a valley in solid rpek mountains—-thoro is not breadth enough in it for even one of its mountains to lie down—and yet it offers all the fertility, all the beauties of a rich valley. There is a meadow with thick grass; there are groves of pine .and oak, tho former exquiBlte in form and majestic In size, rising often to 200 and 250 feet; there aro thickets of willow and birch, bay-trees and logwood, and various flowering shrubs; prim- rose and cowslip and golden rod and violet and painted-cup, more delicate than eastern skies can welcome, make gay garden of all the va- cant fields now in August; the aroma of mint, of pine anfl flr, of flower loads the air; the fern family find a familiar home everywhere; and winding in and out among them all, flows the Merced river, so pure and transparent that yop can b.ardly tell where the air leaves off and the water begins, rolling rapid over polished stones of soft saqds, or staying to wide, deep pools that invite the bather and the boat, and hold- ing trout only less* rich and dainty than the brook trout of New England. The soil, the trees, tho shrubs, the grosses and the flowers of this little valley are much the same in gener- al character and variety, as those of ydur Con- necticut river valleys; but they are richer in development and. greater In numbers,\ They borrow of the mountain fecundity and sweet- ness, nnd thoy are fed by summer rains as oth- er California' valley* rarely are. Now imagine, can you?—rising up, uhecr and sharp, on each side of this line of fertilo beauty, irregularly flowing variously crowned walls of Groin to rock thrice as high as your Mounts Tom an<J Holy ok e, twice as high as Berk- shire's Graylock. The color of the rock Is most varied. A grayish drab or yellow is the dom- iuent shade, warm and soft. In large spots, it whitens ont; and again it is dark and discolor- ed as if by long exposure to rain and snow and wind. Sometimes the light and dark shades aro thrown Into qnick contrast on a single wall, and you know where the iebra and Dr. Bel- low's church wero borrowed from. More vari- ed and exquisite still are the shapes into which tho rocks aro thrown. The one groat conffptc- noufl olijoct of ^hc valley is & massive, two sided wall, standing out fnto and over tho meadow, yellowish grey in*color, and rising up into the ulr, unbroken, square, perpendicu- lar, for full Mure quarters of a mile. It bears in KpaniMi aiuHudian the mum: of C re at Ju- iova; and it is easy to believe that it was an object of worship by the barbarians as it is not difficult to recognize the Infinite in It, and im- possible not to feel awed and humbled in its presence. . In other places these mountain walls of rock take similar and no less majestic shape while as frequently they assume more poetical and fanatasic forms. Here and there are grand massive domes,! as perfect in Bbape aft your Mate bouse domes, and bigger thaa 4he entire lotof a dozen state Souses. The highest rock of the f alley is a perfect hnlf-doin>, spilt sharp and square in the middle, and rising more tfean a mile, or near six thousand feet,—as high as Mount Washington, to above the level of the sea— over the little lake-which nerfcettr mir- rorsitemaj^ticformatite/oot. WeafiJTa - mids take thefr placesTrJ ti& w«tt; tn«i these pyramids come in families, and raoant away one after the other as \The Three toothers.\ The* Cathedral Rocks and the Cathedral Spires unite the great impresBiveness, the beauty and the fauatastic forms of the Gothic architecture. From their shafts and color alike it is difficult not to think, in looking upon, them, that yon arc under the rains of an. old Gothic cathe- dral, to which those of Cologne and MUan are but baby houses. The most common form of the rocks is a slightly sloftjng bare wall, lying hi long dizzy sweeps,, sometjmes horizontal, sometimes perpendicular, and stretching up and up so high as to cheat the valley but of hours of sunshine every day. Hem; huge arches are carved on the face; there long, narrow shelves run midway, along which and in every availa- ble crevice, great pines sprout and gib*, yet appearing like shrubs agaiturt the broad bright of tho wall. Again the rock lie^i in thick folds pne upon another, like the hide of a rhinoceros; occasional columns <ataad out as if sculptured upon the surface; sometimes it Juts out at tbe top over the valley like the brim of a beaver; and lien U recedes and sharpen* to ajpne, Many of the varioaa shape* and i*ud« of color in the surface of these massive walls of rock crime from the peeling oft* of great mass- es of granite: Frost slid Ice get Into the weak crevices, and blant ont boge sfltiei or fragments, that fall In boulders, from the sUe of a great house to that of an apple In the valky below. Over the sides of the walla pour streams of wa- ter out of narrower valleys still above, and yet higher ami far nwajyrbo to 12,000 aad 18,000 feet the culminating pe*kB of the SlorraNerftda. All forms and shapes and colors of majesty and beauty cluster around this narrow spot; it seems created the home of all that is richest in inspiration, m tbe berate in life, for poetry, for pamting, for imaginative religion. The waterfalls of the valley, though a leaser incident in its attractions, offer much that is marvelous arid beautiful. This, however, is the season of their feeblest power. It Is in May and June, when their fountains aw fresh- est, that they appear at their best, nnd assnrae then- proper place in tile grand panorama of beauty and sublimity. In the main portion of the valley, the Bridal Vail t» the first conspicu- ous fkll—now a dainty rivulet starting over a precipice 900 feet high, but nearly ail lost at once in delicate spray that sways and scatters in the light breeze, and fastens upon the wall, as sign of its being and Us beauty, the f&filed rainbow of promise. The same of this fall is well chosen; it is type of the delicate gauze, floating and illusory, by which brides delight to hide their blushes and give mystery to their charms. Parthur up, before the hotel, you see the Yo Semite Fall, perhaps twice the size in volnmn of tho Bridal Vail, but distinguished for Us height—the greatest height of any water- fall yet discovered in the worH. It is broken about two-thirds the way down, its high wall of rock by projecting masses of the mountain, giving it several hundred feet of cataract pas- sage, but counting its whole fill) from top to bottom, it Is 2000 feet in height, which is only fifteen times as high as Niagara Fails. Now, It ia a mere silvery ribbon of spray, shooting down its long passage In delleate rockets of whitened foam. Earlier in the season, when ten times tho voluran of water pour* down, it must be a feature of fascinating, wonderful beauty. The valley above this point separates into two or three narrow canons, and these are soon walled In by the uprising rock*. At the end of one of tUeee,, the main branch of the river falls from its upper fountains over two walls, one 850 feet high and the other 700, at points half a mile apart. The low fall is wiled tho Vernal and pours down its whole height with- out a break, and forms at the base a most ex- quisite circular rainbow, one of the rarest phe- nomena in al) nature. The upper fall bears the name Nevada, breaks as it comes over to crest into a grand blossom of spray, and strikes about halt way down its. 700 feet, the obtru- ding wall, which thence offers just sufficient slope to keep the water and carrying it in chas- ing, circling lines of foam to the bottom. This is the Full of falli—there Is no rival to it here in exquisite, various facinating beauty; and Switzerland, which abounds in waterfalls of like type, holds none of such peculiar charms. Not ardrop of the rich stream of water but 1B white-in its whole passage—it is one sheet, rather one grand lace work of spray from be- ginning to end. As it swoops down its plane of rock, each drop all distinct, all alive, there is nothing of human art that you can compare it with but innumerable and snow-white point lace collars and japs; aa suach more delicate and beautiful faperfeet however, as Natnre ever Is than Art. For half the distance be- the two folfe the river runs swift over a solid f>lane of granite clean and hard as ice, as it'Xeptune waaona grand sliding down hill frolic. Tbe excursion, to this bead of the chasm from the stopping plice beliiw is through nar- row defiles, over Allen rocks, up the sides of precipices, and over perpendloolar walls by lad- ders for a total distance of about four miles, and is the most difficult and fatiguing one that confronts tho visitor; bat both in the beauty ofits waterfidls, and the new and rare shapes of rock scenery that it oflers, It is most richly compensating, and never should be omitted. The journey hither from San Francisco is both a tedious and expensive one, and so a barrier to the extensive popular enjoyment of the rare works of nature here gathered. But the number of visitors is rapidly increasing; last year there were In all bat 100, and already this season Over 800 persons have come into the valley. Congress has ceded the territory of the Valley to the state of California for reservation and preservation as a spot for pub- lic resort and popular enjoyment; and a laud- able and promising effort Is sow making, un- der the lead of Mr. Frederick Law Olmstead,' the manager of the Maraposa estate, to secure nn Appropriation from the state treasury for improving the means of access, laying out paths among its beauties, and providing cheap yet agreeable accommodations for visitors. Tills wise cession and dedication by Congress, and proposed Improvement by California, also includes the nearest of the groves of Big Trees, which is to be similarly held and protected for the pnbllc benefit, and furnishes ffe admirable example for other objects of natural cariosity and popular interests all over the Union. New York should preserve for popular use both Niagara Fairs and Its neighborhood and a gen- erous section,of her fanroua Adirondack*, and Maine one of her Lakes and its surrounding Woods. The first Bt»ge of the journey to *be Yo Semite is by steamboat Xa Stockton, up the Sacramento and San Joaquin river 125 miles. Next is a stage ride of a day and a half (160 miles) up tho San Joaqttm valley, ovor now nrid plains, waiting for irrigation to be produc- tive, and tucningnow to thecast, among the Toot- hills of the Sierra Ntrads, along the valleys of the tributaries of the San Joaquin, and into and through Mampoa* oetfaty, s&re+rty sqnare miles of which constitute* the ceiefcrated Mar* aposa estate ©rQei^ggMMnt. Here, at tt point near the vfltrfge oT^Rariposfl, we came to the end oT the stag*#Mtd, aad entered up- on 60 miles of horse back tMiftg #o OWch fi». ther into the bowels of the Sierras, in order to rca qh the Happy Valley, AM g * narrow trail, flliftbfair up and down e ft£mrtaln#ty and turorJih ctoftT defliesV ^*of majesHo pfee» AM g steep ft£mrtaln#ty tfettoogh eontiftttma and t f ^lAtoa^grwrttollbt, n^to fiOOO or 8000 feet above the s^ tevel, « e fed* mslngteflle,— a part of the way by a rapntiUght that lent indescribable picturCBqMncM and fas- doot*»«fte hpnr 4 fiuij merriment \ „„, . every moment of rr _. long mtte of tbe rs#e torn. Our party had swollen to seventeen, largest that erer made the trip and Joel five ladies. We exhausted all the horses of the kingdom of Fremont and crettt/Sd fkmme In our path. Lodgings were iftWndanlfhow- ever, for what hooae and tent d » nothoW, the wide expanse of heaven aaeffy covered, *nd the hay stack warmed. Tbe ont door beds in. deed, canto to be at» prernfum; for to the dry pm ah- of this ft$ft*6, the*© fc tttfttaifc ' no harovbrit •*- '* - - - arm, b aetntfbed targfeeptog a$& the ground either under tents or ia tike Often air. The mountain pastures—scattered meadows rich at this season with a vornal green—fam- ish mutton *weet«r«fa4 richer fl*»6 even Eog- llsh brooders or batclmr* on give you; the forests yielded their deer, and tbe riven their tote^- \ * - - rich in song and flowed and overflowed; in joke nnd raHery; and sturdy Jonfhter. We \kept at dignity; and voted form and censnbny nuisance. Bat otrr week Io U»e woods, fat iw« and we turn our laces Jtowante driRwita. m^ conformity to-morroSv.' We shall be fflA to see the Washerwomm, trat w«lanwrJt tfiit no 1 more, sive in memory; shall these eye* fectoM these scenes of infinite beauty aod wrbUjaity. The name that has attached to this beautiful valley is both unique and euphonious. It rolls off the tongoe mMt liqtidly when yon get the mastery of its pronunciation. Host ftmngers render it Yo-Sc-mUe. or Yo^Sem-lte, bat .the true style is To Sem-i-ic. It Is Indian for (friz- zly Bear, and probably was also the name ofa noted chief wttoMlgned over th« Indians in this, their favorite retreat, aad from Ai» chief comes the application of the name te^Vbfilocal- ity and Us marvelous scenery. Tbe foot of -white man never trod its Hmit&—the eye of white man never looked wpdn MB snrjltae'won- ders till 1851, when we came here inpawoit of the Indians, with whom tta* settlers were then at war. Tha r^,mejUu^toarted that their retreat was sbctfre; fnartoey nsd one spot which their enemies cottld'never penetrate; and here they would gather In and enjoy their spoils unmolested. But to the white man'i re- venge was now added fee stimulus of cu,rto«l-. ty ; rrt>dMlhwHefbtmdhti way, tod, coming to kill and exterminate, he hw itald, and wif Therj aro bat two orthjeo «etUealn.U«e n , . Ono Mr. Hutchlas, keeps a hotel, and can ac- commodate a dozen tu twenty people at once very comfortably, and b boOt onWrprlsma tkd oourt««us> TUer»»r* on4y*ro ptths «ut of tbe valley, one oror Oiftnu)UD|aip U? the right, to Conltervllle, jnd the QtjWf in t^Q q^w *\ for foot passengers and horse*; and all I gage, all providon* lumber, «tc, bsre to packed on Uw forts of mole* «p^ J^MMS, The mountains close in upon, the river soncorty below this spot that there is no egress- 6r fi- gress in that way except tor foot travelers, lend only with difficulty to them. Life, is it not nsefuiYnt is happy? say* the egotist. Is it not happy enough ff IC fe ttsefan says the man ot worth. Things tbnt are written for bread aro apt to taste of the emptyings. \Working for bare life\ is defined to be making clothes for Is new baby. In what color should a secret be kept ? In violet.* , ^» An Eloquent speaker is like a river—-greatest at, the mouth. Podophyllne is good for the liver, bat the dyer UMB cochbteaL ' Wlc is the letter S like thunder f it makes our cream BOM cream ... CoLtEOB.^-The\ tttands of trAm wHt applaud ttteWtedonf of th<sTrt«- -' ' Enrf. HitcbeoBk wthe rac. „ Fort. He ha» been. Vt«;e Presi- dent oT the CoUege «lnco 1&40, and, dyrW the protrateted illness of Dr. Nott, gave gratffyuig evidence, not only of profound scholarship, but of great executive ability; The honored Insti- tution wUl be safe in big hands. THB Rtoi(T» OF PlDteTrtiAi*8.—A sensible Mew York-jodge sedd. in » rewnt case when three thousand dollars damages were awarded, \ It is as much the duty of the vehicle tq keep out of the way ofjwdedfrlan*, as it is fo* the latter to escape being run over by the former. Therefore, drivers hav« rv» rlgltt to monopolise thu privilege of the streets aa they sow do, an< foot-paesenger» sboukl make llrem understand the foot tiy a few Tejttf e^rieaces. 11 The lalo John A. ^errand was a great liter- ary bore, who wrote epic poems with startling titles, which he was accustomed to recite to the erent annoyance of his friends. One day he asked Douglass Jerrold, the caustic wit of Punch, \JerroW did you ever read my \De- srentintoHeHr\ u No,» replied JerroH, \but 1 should like very moch to see it t\ On&of the editor? of » Jfew Orleans paper, Boon after beginning to leartt tae prmt|ni? ftus- iness, went to court a prweherV daughter. The next time he attended Ibe Bteetmg to wac taken down at hearing the minister amoiMe as his text: \My danghter i» grievously tor- mented with a devil.\ » Tarn going to ridfe at tbeafOMty,\ Frenchman'whoso English was not very per. feet, to a friend in town. u You shortd say ride in the country,\ remarked the friend. \Aht ye»-ve«y good,\ responded the J^ench- man j ^and when I come back I will knock « •your door I' w , juae'a reporter of the Gee . Martial Rt Balefgfo, writes that the trjal will, £ ia estimated, coat the Govenniientat JeasiftOO, 000 before it is ended, Tbe testimony thu» fcr for the pronecatlon Is replete wtOi*gtro», only equalled by tire development of tbe WirttCourt- Martial. o> Jfr. No^cs, speaking of a blind wood-sawyer-, mi j-s: \U'hik none ever sivw him see, hundreds have seen him saw.\ mem-? --jj and I am fl^S atf* r A. * it wooW be safe tor rogafttJ in thflr Stat*- — wouB not abrogate it tot yet, Q. Would you recommend the abolltfoa of tfre Freedmen's Bureau in that State I JL Hot yet. .
