Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 29, Brookville, Franklin County, 12 July 1867 — Page 1

"I'M A1 'H'N.Ui'i-i wuv TTBUsailT XVXKT MUIttT XT c. n. BiNonini liropricur. J2c Ii tieITationirEanl EaUdlnf, TERMS OF SU3SCRIPT10MI . 13,50 PER YEAR, m abtawci. . 13,00 " -' . If kot f aid iitamaxci. Ko postag on papers delivered within thia Co a fit J. THE STORY OF A POOR MUSICIAN. T ran lists d from tbsdtrtnsB, by tba author of . 'SniU'sBiiliirthdaji." In" tHlge 09V ar from the : capital, ther lived a poor muskian with wife and tail J, or rather children, for he bad ait of thetn. ' Things went hard enough with Jtim and he was not wanting in many cares occasioned by his' notnerous family. Iii income was yery r smsIU . On Sundsy he played the organ in the church, and al tboogh the pai'.ih iu wonderfully edified 1y Iba gloyicraraounds he enticed, from the inatrumeot with skillful hands, it never occurred to it to reward the modest ar tist. 1 lie received for bis profession of -crgtnist twenty dollars as year, and with 4 this sum the woithy peasants thought he ought to be satisfied. " ' ' ,' -)Valiher, for such wss the name of the . musician, was satisfied with it, and it never occurred to him to ask the auntcre villago magistrate for an increase to this sea nty salary. Even if thor had withheld hi . yearly twenty dollars, he woul-J still have pone on plating Sunday after Sunday in the church; for to ait at his beloved organ, , and to let its barinonious tones bear his eoal away as on wings to bis God and Saviour, was his most heartfelt pleasure, bis deepest delight. .. , Üut the twenty dollifs. slihoogh Walther ' wned a small house', did not suffice to feed and clothe his large family. To be . sure it was Dot necessary to buy shoes and boots fw -the children, for in summer time the. little boys and girls . ran ' about bare- ; footed, tod in winter they had to eontent 3 tbemaclves with, wooden shoes, which, if

they were a little neavy, at least kept them (. twria,anddid not need re-soling, as leather 'baes would do. But the. children must have clothes. Frau Walther made 'their , garments of grsy linen woven and spun ' by herself, In order that they might not cost no much; but even thia simple cloth iog cost money, and many v times in the year friendw either scratched behind his car when bii wife ;came and- represented that liana or Christian ..or Lottio mut really have a new garment, because the ', 'old oho was so torn thst it could be pieced and patched du more. Then they would take counsel together, and somehow or other, wben- their poverty rest bed its height, help would come from the most unexpected quarter. Uo account of kin 1 gentle, kind disposition, the villager wcro very fond of Walther, and though it never -occurred to them to raise his salary, which would hive been the proper thing, yet, when ho had played unusually well, they would send him gifts that ofleu helped ' him in his most piessing wants. . ; These, however, would not have hin lercd Wulti.er and hi family from suffering "with hunger, if beeide Iii art he hud tot aUo learned a trade, and that was the trade of a tailor, besides, he olted played at weddings and other festival in the Village, and thia brought in some money, which was of groat scrvico to hi family. ."ill. tho long run, however, thing went hardly enough with him, and many a time 'in the year he and his wife and his child"ren had to go to bed hungry, and many a " ' noonday came vffcen there was nothing to eat .but a bit of dry bread, or couple of potatoes sprinkled with naif; as lor diiuk, they never had anything but tho clear, fresh water, that flowed into a fouutuiu near the house. . ' ' With all their poverty and all their . need, however, Walther's family were always cheerful, and they never lost, even in the worst times, their fai:h iu God, snd ., their hope for a. better future. The six children bloomed like red puppies, and " their aimp)e mode of living kept theiu well. . , ao that itot one of tbent were ever sick. Father Wallher sat all the day hard at ' work, making tickets and coats' for the

.peasantry sod never complained that the time seemed long ! to him. And he did not despise his trade, by any means, although he could play ou Wir organ to well; "for," sail he, "art brings me in but little, 1 a a a . a . ana trau atanus on no goiutn out onir a silver foundation, but without it we snuuld long ago hate gone to rain." , . i t' liut he Uved his. art above . all thing. Often when he had been sitting at work till fir into the night bdsy with needle

and shears, he would slip softly into tho rr,,, church, lock himself in, aud play what '-vr his . mood .iaspired.' In such still hours he played moat bcuut il'ully ; aud il a belated traveler was passing Jie would of ten stsod by the church and listen to tho ,'. bcavinly sounds that, full of strength and . -i-.- sweetness, pealed forth froni the houso of ' God. - Tb pastor had often ' said, "The prginiif in the capital who plays every .: ... Sunday to our grscioui prince and noble

men, caunot possibly play so well as our

"' ' ' Weither; tod It is a sin and a shame, that - - such a man should be ao miserably olf in ,turtiltsge,j Hehud often tried to per-.Jit.,-; iiude Haltiicr to gQ'.lo tho capital, and

ask leave to play. in tho court church; and the modest man had always leluscd," and eould not be persuaded to lo-vo the village.

"If God only lets me keep what I have, $. . ....Ishall be content," ho would answer. ,, .."Hero my musio gives plessare. but I I'. ' should be laughed at at court No, no, .' 1 lief l'astorl Do not try to tempt me to such a bold undertaking!" ' - - And the good tailor, sexton and organ

ist itaid at his post, and troubled himself

. -1 very little with what was going on in the c' world. t ; ,rAt last, one wintry night, a great noito J wss heard in the village. The night watch- ; '"V man blew powerfully upou his horn, and

the cry of "lire: fire! ' sounded fearfully through tho streets. Everybody sprang oat ot bed full of terror; the men ruhcd into the streets, and asked hastily, l4whore7 htre?'!i Wahher's houscl'V was the answer, and everybody crowded together, aad rolled like a stream towsrd tho abode öf the poof man.' All were ready to holp and to sae; but alss! help came to late, for the roof of the houio was at read v tu a blsto, ind tho peopla had as muoh as they eould do to keep the next buildiog from being devoured by tho greedy flamci.

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VOL. Gt NO. 20. . Wslther stood not far from his burn ing house, and looked sadly and with folded hands at the destruction the fire was making of hia property. Hia wife and children stood about him crying as if their hesrts would break; and in their distress hardly able to control themselves. The father, though sorely troubled, spoke to them some words of comfort. ''Do not be afr lid, children, and do not . despair! Our diar Lord still lives, and whatever he aenda upon us we must consider aa a proidence, intended for our good. The oss is great, it is true; but God will still ielp us, as he baa done hitherto." ' 'Bravely spoken, my manlM said the Herr l'u-tor. who stood ne'sr, and had heard Walther'a words. "Ift who puts his confidence in God is notlost, and has a stafTon which he can lean in every trou Vie." The neighbors snd the rich tarmcra of the villape came now, and offered the afllictcd family a refuge in their knutei; each wanted the privilege of asking Weither, with wiib and children, to his home. Tbi touched him deeply, and he said with tears in LI cje, ,,iec, children, how God himself makes the blosoni of jny spring out of misfortune. Love lays its balxaiu on our wounded hearts, snd help comes before our trial is over. Ye, yet, all things are for the best to them that love God." The family took rclugo iu the largo house of the village magitrate, and -fell asleep amid tcara and prayers.' Their hearts were full of trouble, but their faith in God sustained them, and kept them from sinking under their sorrow. The next morning it wss seen thst of Walther'a property not the smallest thing had been saved, except what little parent 'and children had upon their backs. And that waa little enough. The sympathising villagers provided for their most pressing wants, and furnished them with warm clothing and with food; but their prospects for the future looked gloomy, and Weither did not know how he would rebuild or refurnish his house. And as ho sat brood ing over , hi mUfortune, thinking 'and thinking what would become of hiiu, he remembered what the Herr Pastor had urged him to do. Ye," aaid he, "I will go to the capital, to our graciou prince, offer my poor services, and, if be will listen to me, will 1lay upon the orjran aa well as I can. 'erhaps our d'r Lord will touch hi heart, perhaps he will have comptsHon on me, and give me some little salary of which, with economy, we can live, lie is said to be such a good, benevoteut man!" Walihcr did not say a word to his wife and th'iMrn about this plan, iu order not t excite groundless hope in them; but he went to tho Ilfrr TuMor, told him what he proposed to do, and begged him to give him a note to the prince, in which as much might be sail in his favor as was coiifisteut wilh truth. Tho pastor, a friendly, kind hcurted man, waa quite ready to fulfill Wulther's wish. He told him to return In su hour, and in the interval wrote to tho prince, aud gave the letter to poor Wallher, with his best blessing. Ina few days Walther reached the palaco. He atcended the wide, stone stairs, with a trembling atop, and saw the door keeper before him, who looked at him scornfully from head n foot, and then asked in u harsh tone, "What do you want?" : Walther was alarmed at this rough salutation, and replied timidly, "I wish to sco our gracious prince, and to hand j letter from my pator." A begging letter, no doubtl" cried the man. "Mo olf with oursel(l The prince ennnot listen to every atrsggler that comes along!'' 'Ihefo cruel words went like sharp sword through Walther'a heart. He stood sadly bclore tho door of tho palace, bis lips trembliug, aud with hot tcara iu hia eyeb. "Well, what are you standing gaping hciefoi?' cried tho dooikceper. "Must 1 show you the way down tho step?" Walther sighed, and turned his back upou tho palace, in order to go away. He had scarcely taken a couple of steps, how ever, when he felt a hand on his urin, and a kind friendly voice said "Wait a little longer, my good man." Walther look, and saw au old nun, with bright, intelligent little eyes, which regar ded him with sympathy and compassion "You wish to see our gracious prince?'' he asked. . ' 'Yes; but I am forbidden,." replied Wal ther, In choking voice, rfollty. oftlyt Perhaps we csn bring it! about.'' auid the old man, smiling. This rude fellow cuu not prevent it, at any rate. 1 am the chamberlain of our gracious muster, aird if you will step into my little room, we can consider the mutter, Walther felt as if ho were hearing a vtfice from heaven.' lie fallowed hi protector with fresh courage, and when . Ihoy hsdrcuchedthe little room told him frankly what busine h.td brought him to the capital. The cbuiubcrluiu inquired particularly into the ciicunistuucea, asking a huudred questions, which Walther answered witb most guileless honesty, and Said at last, - "Dear Herr Walther, I feel your miafortunes very sensibly, for I see that you ate a God fearing, Christian man. In. trust your pastor's letter to mo. I will j give it to the prince to-day, and then we must wuit to see what he will decide. Keep up your courage, Herr Wallher. (Jod will never forsaku 0110 vrho trusts hi 111 as you do.' Walther gavo up tho letter without hesitation. "And now," said his nw friend' passaway the timo as best you can. If you have a fancy to try tho organ in the chapel, go to the sexton and tell him that I would liko to havo hita unloolt tho door, and admit you to tho gallery. He will do it with pleusuro." "Will ho really?" nuked Walther joy. fully. "May I really venturo to play up on that splendid' organ? Ah, 1 shall do it only too gladly!" "Well, go then, go then," said the Chamttrlaip, smiling, "la su hour or to 1

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will come to the chapel for you." Wallher departed with a light heart, and soon reached tho house of the sexton, which had been pointed out to him. Without delay he was admitted to the church, and seated himself at the organ, which ho found a very fine' one. Never in his life had he been in snch a mood ss that in which ho now found himself. Tho kind, gray-headed old chamberlain, although he hsd promised him nothing, had awakened joyful hopes in him, and hia heart was full of lovo t Him who had thrown him in the way of so good a fiiend. '. Ho was delighted, too, that he could play on this. larf, beautiful orin, and with a powerful hurd he run oveiultii keya, and played the air to the sweet by tun "Commit thr vsry w 1 j, 1 Am! all ibat gr'svr. anit pAlot, To 1b.1t tru If ithcr tara hioh il. lu lu w. rU luotulos." The notes of the powerful: organ resounded jloriojjly. beneath the vaulted roof of the church. Wallher, overcome by his own holy emotion, forjrot everything about him, fancied himself in his own little vilUgu church,' where he often h.d exercised his powers in solitude, and kept winning from the organ i;ro snd more beautiful sound, unmindful bow tho minutes weru flying awuy, until an Lour and n half had slipped by. ' Suddenly he stopped pitying, for a strange hand tapped him lightly on the shoulder, and a atrango voice said - "Well done, my new organist! Stop now, and speak with my chamberlain, who will have more to tell you." Walther looked up, saw a tall handsome man standing behind him, who nodded to him in a friendly Way, but without waiting for a word in reply, hastened away with rapid footsteps. 'Tell me. I beseech you, who was that gentleman?" he asked the chamberlain. Joy sparkled in the eyes of the latter; his lips were covered with smiles; cery feature showed how muoh excited he was; at last ho said, sua voice full of emotion "Don't you know, you luuky man?'' It waa the prince, our most gracious master, who has appoiuted you organist to tho courtl" It is too much, O my Qull'' cried Walther, nearly faiutiug with joy and surprise. "Come with me, my good fellow' said his friend :hu?rtully; "iu my little room at homo I will find something to refresh you, aud theu I will tell you all that has happened " He drew the bewildered Walther away, and whan he had a little recovered him elf, said to him ' "Listen, my good friend and court organist." Walther smiled at this new title "When you told me the story of yur misfortunes, which you hud borne with courage and faith God only could have given, aid when you added you pluyod ihe i.rguu iu your village, it occurred to nie that our court organic wiihed to retire, owing to old age, and I thought I might kill two birds with ouu stone help the ono to repose, and the other to a ood position. 1 sent you to tho church to play, but told you uothing of my deigu. Ict you should not play willi ease and freedom. It wns ticces-ury that you should do that, fr 1 hud resolved to propose you to tho l'riuci as suceesbur to our oranUt, and knew ho would go to the church tu hear you when I hud told hi 111 all coticoriiing you It was important h should know. H.crylhiiig turned out as I thought it would. Our good, gracious 1'iiueo uccumpuuied mo to the church, heard you play like uu aucl from heuven, and now you uro a made mini. 2Six hundred do'.lurs salary a houso, all the wood you warn; what would you have more?" "U my God!" cried Wallher, while tears of joy ran down his cheeks,' "0 my God! what (lave I done to deservo this huppi ue? Whit will my doar wife say when I return to hci? How my dear children will rejoice! O my God! it is too much, too much! What have I done U deserve it?' "Control yourself," said the chamber lain sciiouly. "God has scut you this good fortune btoiuseyou wcro patient in troublo und joyful iu hope. All things aro for tho best to those who lovo God. This is what you said when your h"uo was burning; and now ho has fulfilled those very words." "And blessed bo His name!" cried Wu) ther, looking upward. "0't. give thanks unto tho Lord, tor He is good, for His merry endureth forever!" ' One can imagine tho joy that was fell by Walther wile, his children, the Herr 1'astorand othir friends when ho m ole known hh good fortune to them. We need only add that Wulhor enj tyod his happiness with ceutcloi-s grutitudo to God, utiiintrue friendship for the good old ch.tmbei'luio whom Im h id chosen as the instrument uf Lis own loving kiuduuss. Somn pcoplo place their ideas of hup pine.'S upon one thing aud soma upon another. A lady made call upon a friend who hnd lately been married. When her husband came homo to dinner, sho said: "I havo been to sco Mrs.", "Well." replied the husband, I suppose she is very btirpv " "Happy? I should think she ought to he; she bus a camel's hair shawl two-thirds border." Tho tallest palicoman in England died recently of consumption at Kelso. He was six feet ten inches high, was thirty years ofu'zo, and murricd. "Mark Twain" says that to "sco a lovely u'ul of seventeen, with her saddle on her head, and her inuzzlu on behind, and her veil coveting tho end if hrr 1100, como tripping along in her hooplcss, red-bottomed dress, liko a churn 0 fire, is enough to set a man wild." A poot intended to say, "Sco tho pae martyr in a sheet of fire," instead cf which the printor made him aay, "Sco the pale martyr with his shirt on flro."

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Fet its Aintrloao. The Soul's Long'ngi. Why Ihtis deatbUis loogingi In a hsart Th.ie aiplratlons foralr1blr world, IT whan I from this prsut Uta d.part, I Into oblUioo shall b hurled. TYhy fravUaU to mors sialtsd jphersit Andeel a queocblsii tslrit for dtpr llin; If Ufa be mtssured l j lhi 'ct of j carl, Aui It ihei. Is no oiher world tbsa this? Why htva I now a despsr, troidtr love, Foraoul who h. lang- frnia us Ls.a rirent Wbj f.tl that ihej bsTsrccbtd sota sbors, ir ibsrs bs bo calm, Iteinal Usavm? I ft, t know tbsrs Is a futurs rit, A laud whiou koowf'no-sorw, ,lh or pals, Wb.ro souls luiaioftal as.frrtr lk-t, And her with Christ :bejr ahn.II fortrcrrsln. FROM THE GREAT PLAINS. How the Union Pacific Railroad it lullt. An intelligent correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette bus wntten a very in-tact-ting letter, showing the num. er in which this last wonder of the century is beiiitf completed. He says: "There is nothing conuvcted with the Union Pueific lliilroud that is ntt wonder I'ul. The possibility of constructing such u roud at some future day has Iug loom ed up us uue of the t vents of a grander future which alt believed wus to oume for the laud. To look upon so oiuci of it uocouiplUhed, to watch the marvelous progress of euch day, and leel sure that the great enterprise which wu hsd consigned to the future of our dreams, is to be a re ulity for us, makes one pJkmJer of the no ble days in which we lift. 'In one scute the roud is as great an sViievement as the war, aud as grand a triuMi-h tu those who huvu seen much of the former and looked from this point upon the unfoldiugs of the latter, they appear equally i.npresbive. Wliut the country has dreamed about fur many years is becoming a reality much faster than the people know. One year ago, but forty miles wero unshed; this morn ing, we look back from our train over a day's rapid tun, and forward sixty miles To-night, threo additional miles of rail will mark the truck of tho day's ud vanco. Our party left the depot at Omaha a. 9 o'clock ou tho morning of the 3d iurt. 1'ho statiothousc, and the Common passenger cars, were better than thoso on tho ro.ll from Wushisgtou to New York; thoo who have been so unfortunate us to make tho latter trip will all hopo they ore very much better, if the lovo ol' couuliy be in their hearts. . " "Tho train, which was made up for the excurMon'iMs, consisted of cars us elegant as any that can be found Cast of the .Missouri. It wiis ery difficult to look at them and realize that bel'utu night tlxy wou d bo roaring along over the pluins from which hostile Indians, deer aud antelopo have not been dtiven ytt. """" VALLEY OF ThE PLATTE. "Long before tho vulley is reached, it spreads bclore the cyo likt u vu.t buy openiug . out into au ocfun, whither the .truck appears to lead. It is foity mi less from the low rolling hil s ou the north, to llici'ppo-iito und similar rane on tho south, lletwecu, tho surl'uce is almost pet f Ctly tli, though its regular ascent tow ird the Vc.t, of about ten feet to tho inile, gives vmple drainage. The noil is very rtc-h, and tho mind falters iu itfTittempt to estiinato tho future of svciV vulley, or its immense capabilities. Tlil trruin fie!ds of l'juropo are mero gtrdenl li'ehcs besido the green cccins which roltnoin t'olorsdu to ludiautt. The valley wiucns with the advance. Tho hills behind sink into the .lain until tho horizon thcro is 'per lent. TIioho ou cither ai Je grow fuinter, till through tho heated air they tuko on tho appearance of low islauda seen across many 11 ilea of water. "Much of tho laud at tho mouth of the valley is under cultivation, und the drcp black of the frohiy turned I01111, tho dutk green of tho wheat, tho lighter grass, tho deeper shades, und the brown of th.it which the fiies of the autumn snared, niuko up tho wiio cxpinst a mosuio which nature iilono could color, and the praitics only liud room to display. Further on, hugo plows, drawn by eight oxen, labored slowly ulong, each futrow being uu added ripplo to the tide which is sweeping up over all these rich regions -a tidu whoso ebb the youngest will never know." Atter a rapid run of I5) miles, wo stop, pod for au excellent dinner ut (jruitd Island. A CONTINENTAL MILESTONE. "The common mile posts seem to measure iiisiguiScaut dinlauecs upon the wide plains. Ouly each lite milus are noted on this roud, and when one has pureed between two of tho.-e, the step taken hardly uppeurs liko uu advancu. ltut thcro is one point in a iked in a munner to suggest the distance which had hoc 11 oveteoiuo, und the gigautio character of i ho work. Al a point iu tho plniii which otherwise bocms us iudutermiuuto us tho poritiou of u iloatiug log at sea, a wide, arched sign bo Wen two strong set posts, bears tliis iiA Lptiou: lUUth meriduu -17 miles trotn v iuh:t. I only J 10 H . Hero was tho teriutuus of tlo last September. Now it is coo poiut near tho 1021 meridian,1 dintaneo from Ouiiha is bG3 mil VI the I bus the woric moves on, measuring 11 .suring 1 cv nam CITT. Platte, onUbrid it Ion;:, tho I mi tauce by tho hour circles. A FRONTIER CITY. "Crossing the North Platte, on a bridge about three thousand feet long, the train soon stopped at North Platte Station, which can probably, for a time, be regarded as a frontier town. Last fall there was no building here. Now the Railroad Company have fine brick car-houses, there is a good hotel, where excellent fare is provided, aud on the main street fronting the track are thirty-six buildings. The depot and warehouses are overflowing with stores of all kinds. "Within twenty miles of the end of the track a few of the party rode on the cow.

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catcher. It seemed marvelous to drive on at twenty miles an hour over rails that hsd only been down for ten days. I3ut tho perfection with which, the work is done allows it, and makes it safe. It was exhilarating in the extreme, thus under the flags whi'.-h streamed 'on cither side, to ruh over these prairies so lately bound with links of iron to the enipiro of the Ha. "Three hundred and twenty fivo miles out, a construction train of eighty cars stood on a side track.- It was loaded with iron, ties, spikes, and chains, in exactly such proportions as were needed. It looked the very embodiment of system.and was ono key to the rapidity with which the! work progresses. . .V.liit'ö further ou- stood a similar train, and next we stopped in tear of the. one where the traekluycrs resided. Seventy-six hours swift riding bad bronght us to this goal. The hills , of Colorado were in plain sight. San Francisctras nearer than Doston. Ihe road had been a constant wonder from the start. - Its depots, its esr shops, its equipment, its remarkable smoothness, its high ruto of speed, its long bridges, and its well ordered eating houses, had attracted constant attention to it as a railroad alone. . Uvery step trdJ revealed now wonders. The treat achievement crew upwurd towurd its real proportions with eviry tl.rob of the euine. But all we suw was commonpluce and natural beside tho scene that awaited us where the truck was being laid. If the rest had exiited umazemeut this new wonder took alt the attributes of uisgic. Fictions of the.Kust must bo ro-writtcn to match the realities cf this We.t. ' HOW TtlE ROAD IS BUILT. ' "The plain fact will reveal the msgni tudo of the work. There is really little known by the people of l ho character of tho enterprise. Moot think .that a com piny of capitalize are hastily putting down a rude truck, over which curs can be moved with care, for the purpoM) of securing lands und money from the Government. The fact is that ono ot tho most complete roads of which the country can boast, wilh equipments that surpass many, is being lutd with a speed that fails to impress the nation, simply bccau.e ?t is not believed. Outlet the facts tell their plain yet wonderlut story. "General J. S. and D. C. f'asemcnt, of Ohio, grade the roud, lay the tra. k, and put up tho telegruph. The giadcrs go firt. Theie aie 2UU0 ot them. Their ndvancu is near the Death Hills, aud their work is done to Julenburuh. Of tin getters umLwuP'j choppers there l,5i:0. Their axes aio iciuuu'. l-r Uiu I fJ 1 V 1 iivii ai:n im ivpwuiiut.M the Black Hill, over Lurumie Plain?, und iu the pAcfie of the Kocky Mouutuius. They huvu lOU.OUU ties iu these bills nwuiiing siilcpuards for truins to haul them. Then follow tho tie-layers carefully pet forming their share of tho work. "Now go back twenty miles on the road and look ut the imment-e construction trains louded with tics und nils, and 11 things needed for tho woik. Il is like the lruiid rcrcrve of uu urmy.. Six umIhs buck are other trains of like character. There uro the second line. Next, near the terminus, 11 nd folluwingJt hour by hour, are the bourdiug curs una u couMruciion train, which answer to the uctual buttle lino. Thy ono is tho camp; tho other is the ammunition ucd in the Oiht. '1 he board ing oars are each eighty feet long. . hutue arc lilted with berths ; two uro diuinsr hull.-; one is a kitchen, htoru room and uflicc. "Tho boarding cars go in advance. They uro pushed to tho extremity of the track ; a construction, truin then runs up, unloads its material ..und eturts buck to Win another liotn tho second lino. The bourdiug truin is then run back till it has cleared tho uu louded muteiiul. ' "The truoks, each drawn by, two horses, ply between tho ttuck-luyera and their siltudics. One of thc.o trucks takes 011 a load of mils, ubout forty, with the proper proportion of spike und cliniis, making a load, when the noises are started olf on full gallop for the truck-layers. On each ide of these tiucks aio rullcia to fucililuto running i ll' the iron. 1'hc ruils within reach, pnrtie of five men stund on either side. One in lheio.tr throws u mil upon the rollers, threo in ad vuuiü roizo it, und run out with it to the proper dintutico. Tho chuim have, meantime, been set under thu last nil. a pluced. Tho two men in the resr, with a singlo awiui, foicu the end of the rail into tho chair, mid tho chief of tho qiad calls out 'Lovu,' Ilia tolio Ihut iquals iho "Forward" to uu unity. Kvery thirty seconds there came that bravo 'Down,' 'Bowii,' 011 cither side the truck. 'I hey weru tho pendulum bct)U of u mighty era; they mailted thu time of tho uurol: and its legululion step. "If it is uslc-1 : 'How docs the work p.ct on?' agsiu let tho facta answer. Ou ihe Dili of May, IStJJ, but forty miles of road wero completed. In u hundred and eighty two wot king dajs thereuftor, two hundred und foity-fivo additional miles wcro laid, und put in primo condition, every rail u' d tie und spiko having been brought up from the rear. . Scvcu saw mills furnish tho ties and lumber. All bridges are IVuua-d, tho pieces numbered, and set up where wanted without tho IrHst delay. The bridge ut L iup Fork is 1,500 feet Ion;, und us flue a Howe truss as can be found in the laud. While our truin wns running the sixty milea from North Platte; over a milo of truck hud been put down, and ono train pissed over it. From one o'clock till four in tho ul'tcrnoon, a mile aud two hundred feet wero udded to this white the party was looking on. WKUTKHN CAU SHOPS. "After the return of tho party to Omaha, it visited the extensive shops of tho ruilroud company at that point. "Tho depot grounds, upon which they uro situated, contain forty acres, speciully devoted to theso buildings, and to passenger and freight Iraflio. Within fivo years it is estimated thut the whole of this space will bo needed for the burin? of th roud.

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WHOLE NO. 289. ===== "The engine-house will hold twenty-one locomotives. There are two others further West. Thirty-two engines are already in use on this road, whose terminus is in the 'desert,' and twenty. three more are on the way, and already wanted. Those last constructed are coal burners. The fuel to move them is to come from the Black Hills. In a few years it is confidently expected that the iron to supply these very works will be obtained from the same point. Think of importing iron for Omaha from the West! "Passenger cars are in process of construction equal to the best. Emigrant cars were being built, and the frames of an hundred freight cars were ready to be put to gether. Several traveling post office cars are already finished. For stations on the route, the distributing boxes will be mark ed 'North Platte,' 'Fort Laramie, 'Salt Lake, 'Sacramento,' and 'San Francisco;' while the closed pouches, at no distant day, will be labeled 'China, Through,' 'India, Official,' 'Sandwich Islands,' 'Russian America,' and 'Japan.' And the cars are built as if the service were already secure. Every particle of work, in all the multifarious kinds demanded, shows implicit faith in a future, of grand proportions for the road." ---<>--- The Press on Stanbery's Opinion Nullifying the Reconstruction Law. The Washington ChronUU says in a long article: The last, "opinion" for length and obscurity, is fully equal to its predecessor. The Attorney General seems to be proficient in the art of "darkening counsel by words without knowledge." Whatever force and clearness remained about tho reconstruction law after his first opinion has surely been explained away and utterly obscured by this second "multitude of words." If President Johnson understands the law any better now than he did tefore, he deserves some credit for being able to see further through a millstone than the majority of his countrymen. The Attorney Ucncral starts oat with reciting the various. provisions of the rcconstiuction act, snd then proceeds with his argument sgsinst the exercise of certain rowers by the military commanders, lis whole opinion is based upon the erroneous assumption that the military districts are not composed of what' Cougms terms "rebel States," in which "no legal State government" exists, but of Stute having all the "cbaracteiistics snd powers of a State government, legislative, judicial and executive." Ttis is the old ideu under which tne rrcsioent actea ocfors LVnnr'" trnk jp hand the work of rct-oiMi ucui d. . - Tho Attorney GeneraPutterly ignores the iactofthe recent rebellion in the South, He deliberately forgets that there has been a great revolution which sweptaway everything in the form of a State government in thut section. He endeavors to stultify Cjugrcss by saying that the military reconstruction act 4 contemplates two distinct governments in each of these ten States, tho one military, the other civil." What sort of legislation is this? Two distinct governments in each State! Twenty "distinct governments" in ten rebel States, ten civil aud ten mi ituryt And yet tint is but ihe natural and inevitable deduction to be drawn from Mr. Stan be ry 'a argument. The lawyer who can so construe, or rather misconstrue, the plain meaning of the act of Congress, has, of courte, the hardihood to undertake the delicute tusk of defining tho lino which sepumtcs the two jurisdictions." The act of Congress sets out with the distinct doclarution that "no Ivyal State gorrrnmruti exist in tho rebel Slates of Virginia, North Curolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alubiima, Louisiana, Florida, Texus, aud Arkansas." In tlte face of this Mr. StitiLcry tails of a government bctn: recognised which covers "every de partment of civil jurisdiction in each of these States" "It has," ho ays, "all the characteristics and powers ofu Stnte government, legislative, judicial, and executive." Congress wss clearly not aware of this fact when it pused the military reconstruction acts. To be sure there was some sort of civil government in tho.-o States, but it wus never iccignizcd as Ugal by Congrcr. It was and is used simply as a convenience, or, ruther, tolerated ns being Bonn thing latter than unurchy. It whs to pioicct ihe loyal portion of the people of those Mates in the ioimstiou of legitimate State oveiumcnts and facilititte their efforts that tho military forces were sent to tho South. Tho military commanders icprcsctit ihe United Ststes Government. They are not, as Mr. Stunbery supposes, lent thcro to do mere police duty for the so culled governments of the rebel States. They are charged wilh the performance of certain important duties, and thy are clothed with full powtr to executo them. The New York JliralJ says; We arc to havo a deliberative piece of legislation put forth, from the Kxecutive Chamber an "order in council ' an imperial decrco or ukase nullifying absolutely tho reconstruction laws passed at the lust fecssion of Congress, and declaring that Congress had no legitimate power in (he Government, kineo we seo that in fact it has none, and that it only wasted thu words in which it expressed the people's will. Attorney General Stunbery used no idle expression iu tho Supremo Court when he dcclaicd that his sympathies wcro ou "ihe other aide." Between tho President and his lawyer and the stuttitied Cabinet that agreed t the President's vetoes and now agreos to one more veto, we seethe defunct State-rights doctrine uguin rising to trouble the iiution with its putrid pre-enee. Functtouurles "deriving thut r u ut liority from tho State governincuts," thoy tell us, shall bo sul'o and sacred. No general shall touch them. They may do what they please they may bo obstructive and factious and impracticable, recording to the examplo Kt in Washington; and if the generals find it iuipoi'.iW'j tj curry out ih law wjih

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I such civil officers fighting them at every step, wfcy, tuen, the generale may teaigo! That is what the law of Coogreaa coma too. Uebel hatred cf reeonstroctico will havo lost all ita ingenuity and sniusus if. -under such a Tu'e aud 1 with tie guidace of the makers of that rule! " it does "tt utterly kilt every pr ist of the law that the North desires should bo kept alive. . The Titiitt, alwaya conservative, aad generally disposed to favor the President, thus reflects public sentiinsnt:It Is perfectly desr that the people Waat things tione, not argued, iu the- South. They applaud Sberiduu for, having aweps out of hij psthjjjuu V(U ItrreJ.iideriMj uu oD.uruciing tu work: ut lecOottruetioo .which Ue was sent thertr to carry out. Whether La had the strict u-chuics!' riht to do it or bot, makes little difference. They do uot cure to ' imjuiie iuto .that. I'jdecd, I hey are impatuut aud uneasy when they liud tluit mads the main point iu tho case by the Government. TtU may not be encouraging to lovers of coo stitution? and laws tu those' why believw the salvation of the'euuntry depends upoa a rjxid adherence to the letter of both, but it is unquestionably the temper of the people. They believe that the rebel . temper still exists, and thut it lies at the bottom of every attempt to defeat, check, -or even guide the process of reconstruction by our military commanders ander the law of Coogro-s, and they interpret everything that happius in the light of this belief. , ... .... . . ; ;;; The New York Trilun says: " Mr. Stunbery cuts the heart oat of the Military bill. If be is right than Cougrcss. is criminally wrong. A measure which was carefully and anxiously dtyistd by more than two-ihi.rds of the Seuate aud sho House aud uot only adopted, .but a aecoud time considered aud passed over aa able and ingenious veto- message, 'proves to be a delusion aud a snare, aud absolutely worthless us a. measure , pf recoustrucLou. If Mr. Staubery is .right , theu'w cau no more reconstruct the South under this bill than we could under the tax levy of our Common Councils." . or ! Mr. Swinburne's labt poem. The Seu&to wis wrong; the House did not know what it was doing. Mr. Johnson's veto message was writcn in iguorance of the law, and our Generals have eutirefy tmscoDstrued oue of the plainest and luostemphati bills of Congress! Kverybudy -has erred, but Mr. Staubery ! That ofheer may be 4 aabtU logician aud well learned iu ilia' law. bulwo do nut believe either Li logic or. hia lUCl. The Ciutinoati Gottitc says: TaNow iTtaubery' rr"nt cinioo if: the military reconetraciioo"act m correct, ' all of Johuson'a description ofit-iu hia veto message is.a lie. lie stsods coavicted as a coiumou liar by his owu Attorney General, whoe opiniou he has bought for the purpose of justifying what he is about to do iu reversing tue sets cf these military o (licer., which are not only necessary to the houcht carrying out of the Kecouttruction act, aud ait not intended for aay opprcaiou, but are very faf within lh powers which Johusou told Congrusa the commanders would have uuder this act. -If Staubery 'a opiuion of ihe act is true, Juhuson is a liar; a liar with detibetatiou aud ponderous length and fhif tituiost verbut exaggeration, and ma ocial lir with 6uch consequences in prcjudiuinguu act of Congress, aud ' iu stirriug up resittaooi from an unbtttleineut . mukc hiui a villain and a put lie enemy. . The uutuio of 1'umocraiic party politic4 in destroying nil pattiotisiu, tin 1 making every luuu hia country's parricide, is not more lamentable than iu its' moral degrade tion. Here wo ice an Acting President, who for a lime was though to be waaheU of bis eld habits, but who has returned to straining Ian uunuc in au oCai.-i.il message in what Ma k'gul kdvircr and his accepted authority now shows to be a woik of, unqualified falsehood, in 01 der 10 furuUh the Confederate DcnJocrucy and tho South wilh material to assail me legislative power. And now wo see the I'euioeratie Journals for example, the Cincinnati Knquiicr which adopted his falsehoods, tud amplified and ro cn forted tlfiu by exaggerations tf their own, to denounce the absolute military despotism create 1 by this act,' pronouncing ibis opinion the true construction of ihn law, thut "the civil authority has alt the power of a State Govrrumt nt,. legislative judicial and rxecutive,", and that the power given to tho military commanders is povver to pi cu rve, not to abrogate to mi. lain tho existing frame of sucial order, 11 h 10 i'.rvdt cc . military rule ia its place." . , Thus wo mi that party lVmocrscy it a total ubutidoiiU'Cbt of truth as well as love of couutry, and that its moral degradatuu goes hand in hand with political desfrue tion. .... , a - -s ahak - t Thomas Jeffor&o.Va Ten Rules of Life. The following rules for practical life were given by .Mr. .Jetferson, in a letter of ad view to his namesake, Thomas Jvflcrsou Smith, IS.'S: . 1. Never trouble others with what yvu can do to-day. 2. Never trouble othors with w'ut yu can do yourself. 3. Never spond your money before, yeuj havo it. 4. Never buy what you do no w.autbe. cau so it is cheap. "r. Piido cjs's more thau hui 1, thlrt und cold. U. We twvvr repent of hWi ulea Um lit I to. 7. Nothing is troiiUvvv.nj tint wa d willingly. 8. How mu.i'h p'ilr Uivottose vi!s s; us which uover lu.toioJ. i. Take lUi'.is al ays by their smooth, handle. IU. When un;ry Avant lou leforti yv speak; if very aügry Co not hundred. - . . l.-ifajictt wants ti L a port wfeotry.