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r?3?7" '"Jsp . ,,'' .. z. . . " - --- -' . ' i - X THE REGISTER. t f't"' - RATES OF ADVERTISING. a- IOLA REGISTER. SI-AC-. lincb... 3 inch.. 3 inch.. 4 inch.. XCol.. MCoU. 1 Col.., 1 r. 3 w.tl w.ft m.fl m.fs m.UYB. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. si oo si so siooiMoo uficttesotoio w ISO 3 00 ta 3 SO 5 00 7 00 eso 8 50 10 00 13 00 IT SO 13 00 3 00 4 00 5 0t 2 SO asc 3 SO! 10 00)12 00 iooo i5 00 33 011 eooo ALLISON & PKBKIXS, Pcbusiucrs. 3 SO 6S0 5 SO MODI is wi a oo 10 00 US 00 S2 0UK7 00 to oo'ia oo iS 00 1 S 00138 00 CO 00 100 00 IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSA8. Jj-Transient and Legal advertisements most belaid fur. In advance. I oral and Special Notices, 10 cents a line. All letters in relation to easiness in any war connected with the office should be addressed to the Publishers and Proprietors. AtXISOX A FKBXU8. TEKMS TWO DOLLAU9 PER YEAR. .VOLUME IX. af IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, AUGUST 28, 1875. NO. 35. 6rngAiAPER or couhty; THE 7 ISustness Jlircctori). NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. President..- Ulysses S Grant Vice-President...-. Henry Wilson Chief Justice Morrison R Waite Secretary of State Hamilton Fish Secretary of the Treasury U II Uristow Secretary of War , . . . Wm W Uelknap Secretary or the Navy Geo M Robeson Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano Attorney General... ., Ed wards Pierrepont Postmaster General Marshall Jewell Speaker of the House .James G lilaine Cleric of the Senate Geo C Gorham Clerk of the House Kdward Jlcl'herson STATE GOVERNMENT. Governor Thomas A Osborn Lieutenant Governor. M J Sailer Secretary or State T it cavanaiujn State Treasurer Samuel Lapptn Attorney- General AM F KandolDh State Auditor D W Wilder Sup't Public Instruction JohnFraser COUNTY OFFICERS. IHWTalcott, District Judge X?F Accra, Probate Judge Wm Thrasher, County Treasurer ILA Needham,. ............ ...?... '.County Clerk GJf Brown, T. Register of Deeds J II Richards County Attorney C3t Simpson, Clerk District Court .1 EtBrran .Superintendent Public Schools J Ii Woodin, Sheriff j.yman itnoaacs, surveyor aj xiorvuic, J A WJIowland, Commissioners Isaac lionebrake, ) CITY OFFICERS; W C Jones, Mayor J K Boyd .-. Police Judge W Apple, 1 X F Acers, I J II Richards, Councilmen WH Richards, C M Simpson, J John Francis Treasurer WJ Sapp Clerk Tames Mmnson, Street Commissioner John II Willis Marshal CHURCHES. METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Corner of Jefferson avenue and Broadwar St Sen ices every Sabbath at 10i a. m. and 7 p.m. injcr juccuug iunux ceilings ui , p. ill II. K. Mltii, Pastor. PRESBYTERIANS Corner Madison avenue and Western street. Services V)H a. in.and7p. m. Sumlay school at -j.Sia.m. v , a. u. clauk, rastor. ' : -BAPTIST. J On Sycamore street. ServicesevervSabbathat 10;a. ni.aud7p.in. I'rajermcetingon lhurs- iay evening, murcn meeting at 1 p. m. on Saturday liefore tie first Sabbith in each month. Sabbath School at O.'f o'clock n. in. C T. Floyd, Pastor. Secret Societies: IOLTA LODGE, "NOT'38, A. F .t A. Masons meets on the first ami third saturuajs in eiery month Brethren in gmal istaniling are invited to attend.' II.-W TALCOTT, W. M. J. X. Wiiro-, tec'y. IOLAvLODGENO. 21,- I O. of Odd Fel low s hold their regidar meetings every '1 ues ' d.i v ei ening. in their lull, next door north ot the l"-t ullice. Visiting uretnrcn in good standing, are inviteu to attend t i CM. MSIP&ON, Si U "W. C.JoNmfSeeT.V i --.6- ' . Hotels. LELAND HOUSE. T D. ALLEN. Proprietor. IOLA. Kansas Xj This house has lieen thoroughly repaired and refitted and is now the most de-urable place in the cit3 for travelers to stop. Xo nins w ill be Flared to make the guests of the Leland feel at home. Baggage transferred to ami from Depot ireeoi marge. -CITY HOTEL, - R 1CIIARD PROCTOn. Proprietor. Tola. Kansas. Mngie meats cents, uay uouru ne dollar per day." .5 ttorncij5. NELSON E. ACERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Iola, Allen county, Kan-as Has the only full and complete set of Ab-tracts of Allen county. . FRANK W. 1SARTLETT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Iola, Kansas. Money to loan on long time and at lowratesou well improved farms in Allen county. U M J. C. Mrmur. J. XI. UrciiAUD, Countv Attorney . MURRAY & RICHARDS, A TTORXHYSAXD COUNSELORS AT LA.V XVi Money In sums from S30U 00 to 8-',0,Kt 00 loaned on long time Uion Iwproveii farms in Allen, Anderson, WooUsou, and Neosho coun ties. . yijijsicinns. M. DeSIOSS, M. D.t "FFICE over Jno. Francis A Co.'s Drag Store V Itesiden'-e on Washington avenue, 2nd door fcouin eosno street. A. J. FULTON, M. P. L. C. P. S. Ont. Canada, graduate Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia, member of the Alumni Association Jefferson College, Physician burgeon and Aceoucher. Office and residence o er Keek's gram and feed store, Iola. Kas. i iUiscellaneous. L. L. LOW, 'ENEKAL AUCTIONEER:" Iola, Kansas. I Cries sales in Allen and adjoining counties. IL A. NEEDHAM, COUNTY CLERK. Conveyancing carefully done, and acknowledgements taken. Maps ami plans neatly drawn. . j: n. WHITE, T TXDERTAKER, Madison avenue, Iola, Kan J sas. Wood coffins constantly on hand and ilearse alu-aj s in readiness. MeUUcUurtal Cases furnished on short notice. m - H..REIMERT; TAILOR. Iola, Kansas. Scott Brother's old stand. Clothing made to order in the latest and best style-!. Satisfaction guaranteed. 'Clean ing and repairing done on short notice. --& " J. E. THORE, v "DARKER SHOP on Washington avenue first 1 JJdoorsouthofL.L. Xorthrup's. Fuel, .Prod uce and Vegetables bf all kiads taken iu eVchange for work. Also, a few good second-hand Razors for ale cheap; also a fine quality ufllairOil. .x-. D.F. GIVENS, -Tf.VTCHM-VKEIt. JEWELER, AND CLOCK VV'Repatrcrrat the" postofflce, Iola, Kansas, docks. Watches and Jewelry, promptly and neatly repaired and warranted. A fine assort ment of Clocks, Jewelry, Gold pens and other fancy articles, which will lie sold i heap. ' . STATE OF KANSAS, -J Allkx CocirrT.' ( W. C. Jones Plaintiff, 1 vs. V Josbh lloagland Defendant. )r . Before II. II. Pulver. jP., of Iola township in said County. - The above nimed Josiah Hoagland will take notice that on the 30th dav of 'August, 1S75, I sued oat before the above named J. P. against bim said Josiah Hoagland an 'order of attachment lot the sum of 8VS.00 and that said cause is set for icannge!itemb(-rl7lh, IH73. at 11 o'clock A. . 3J3w W. C. JONES, Plaintiff. iAS7 TAKE THE PAPERS. X. P. WILLIS. Why don't you take the papers? They're, the light of mr delight; Except about election time. And then I read for spite. Subscribe! you cannot lose a cent; Why should you be afraid? For cash thus paid is money lent At Interest four-fould paid. Go then and Ukc the papers, And pay to-day, nor pay delay", And my wonl for it is inferred. You'll live until you're gray. An old neighbor of mine, While dying of a cough, Desired to hear the latest news While he was going off. I took the paper and I read Of some new pills in force; He bought a box and is he deal? No hearty as a horse. I knew two men, as much alike , As e'er you saw two stumps; And no phrenologist could find A difference in their bumps. One takes the papers, and his life Is happier than a king's; His children all can read and write, And talk of men and things . The other took no paper, and, While strolling through the wood, A tree fell down and broke his crown And killed him "very good." Had he been reading of the news, At home like neighbor Jim, I'll bet a cent that accident Would notof hapiienedhim. Why don't you take the papers ? Xor from the printer sneak, Because you borrow from his boy A paper every week. For he who takes the paper. And pays his bills when due, Can live in peace with God and nun. And with the printer too. T1IE ISX AT THE GAP. I wasjust starting out in the world, and was twenty-two years old. I had graduated the previous year, and had just' been 'trying to get an appointment as an army surgeon ; but, failing in this went westward, to find a place in which to commence and make my reputation. Savannah was" my native place, and from there I started to find my way into Kentucky. I should have gone out earlier in the season, but I did not get ofTon my expedition until the last of Novcmlier. In 'those days there were not cteii regular lines of stages over many traveled routes; but parties would join together and get somebody who tad a covered wagon to carry them through from point to point', and divide the ex pense. It was so on the especial time that I passed through- the Gap. There were six of in altogether ; but the only one with whom I ' made any acquaintance was a soldier on a furlough going into Kentucky on a visit to his relatives. He was a flue looking, bluff fellow, with an olf-band way of telling liis camp-life experiences that pleased me very much, and made me regret ex ceedingly my want of success in getting my applied for surgeonship. I had not gone very far with Sergeant Bates before I confessed that I liked him very much, and agreed to go with him to his home, and look around in that neighborhood for a settlement. He, on the other side, seemed disposed to extend a sort of pro tection over me, for iu those days I was rather a puny specimen, and looked tu though I might need something of that kind. Before three o'clock on the day of our setting out we had dropped our passen gers, one by one along the road, until Sergeant Beach and 'myself were the only ones left. About that time it came on to snow, the wind driving it into the wagon, and making everything very un comfortable, in spite of the warmth of our clothes. Down it came, faster and faster, until it turned out as heavy a storm as had .ever been seen in that part of the,cuntry. The driver wanted to turn back but we would not permit it, and urged the tired horses on in the hope of reaching a village. At last the effort was of no use;, and while the pant ing horses stopped to get a little breath we asked the driver whether there was not any place about there be could stay for the night The man hesitated, and then, being crged, answered : 'Yes ; .there's a tavern just below here in the Gap, if ye Jike to stay there.' "What is the matter with itf" was Ser geant Beach'a question. He didn't know. Had never seen any thing himself, but had heard a great deal of talk. We might stay there all night if we liked ; but as for him, he'd go back a mile or two anyway, and get stabling for his horses, and come over for us in the morning. We tried to say something to the man, but it was of no use; and so we wereobliged to consent to the arrange ment, and the horses were once more urged forward, and in a few minuets we found ourselves halloing in front of a large, unpainted board house, a rairty in .1.5 ! -t. i. 11 - ima pari, ui me lajuuiry, niiuuutu sign of a light, for it was then after dark, glimering through its windows. With some trouble wearoused the in mates, and got admittance ; and the land lord, a. large, sullen looking man, who eyed us and our baggage very strangely, kindled a fire himself; while his w-ife, a slattcrenly woman, went about getting us some supper. Very soon there was a smoking dish of some kind of stew upon the table, smell ing rather good, and some hot corn bread, To my astonishment, though the ser geant drew up to the opposite side of the' table at tho same time as I did, he at once turned to the landlord and asked whether he had nothing cold in the house. Yes, he had a cold chicken. I declared I would rather have the stew : but a quick kick under the table broke me off before the preference was half ex pressed, and the landlord left the room to get a chicken, as well as to boil some eggs which Beach had ordered. He had scarcely time to whisper to me, impressively, to do as I saw him do,, and eat nothing but what he eat, when the landlord returned with the fowl. I did not exactly understand the matter, but I obeyed orders, and cat as I had been in structed, all the time much annoyed by the slipping in and out of the landlord and bis wife, one ot them, as it were, continually mounting guard over us. At last the hcrgeant as I thought sim ply to remove the silence and restraint spoke to the landlord. "Anybody stopping here for the night landlord T" "Nobody but a traveling parson," an swered the landlord, sullenly. "He's going into Tennessee to try for bizness." "What's his name?' ' was Beach's next question. "Name name I" was the landlords answer as though thinking. "Let me see! Guess it's Graham, or suthin' o' that I Yes, it's Graham.", "May be Mr. Graham would come iu and have a little talk with us." The landlord went out to bring iu Graham. In a few minutes they return ed uranam mating an a vxirarii bow a? he entered, and saying something awk wardly that at once struck me as unlike a clergyman; for however uneducated were tho traveling pr.Mc'icri of those days, they were all men !io knew and practiced the amenities tf life, and were at ease in whatever society they were thrown. The sergeant give him one quick reading glance, an 1 then welcom ed him to the hospitaliti.M of the supper. The evening soon pawd away with no desire to prolong it, fur Graham quickly showed hiuue'f an ignorant man, with out conversation. The landlord was re called and a request made for our rooms. I had scarcely got into my room and commenced undressing myself, when my door, which had no fastening, opened, and in walked the sergeant, carrying his haversack, and without his lamp. I was surprised and made soma expression .fit. ."Hush! man, if you know what you are about ! We're in a den of thieves and murderers! I shall stav here to night and sit in that chair!" I opened my eyes wide. The sergeant directlv examed the door and found it without fastening but the hitch; and then the other, leading into a side room, which was in the same condition. With out addressing another word to me, he went, in a business-like way, to his haversack, and took from there, first, a pair of hostler pistols ; and secondly the barrel and stock of a carbine, separated for case of carriage. The last he put together in a few moments, and loaded with a brace of balls; the first he exam ed carefully, rcprimed and handed me one of them. Then taking a lamp, he set it carefully on a stool half-way be tween the door and the chair upon which he proposed to sit, and then com ing up to me issued his orders. "You take up your position on the bed, and watch that door, pointing to the one leading from the side room. Don't fire until I have done so and miss ed, and then take the best chance you can get." "Why, you don't think sergeant, that those two men will attack us?" I asked, deprecatingly, for though I did not like the way the landlord acted, I had no thought that there was any danger. 'Those two men;" he whispered frowning. "Two ! for all we know there is a dozen in the house. That landlord's wife was no woman. It was a man as certain as I am 1" A shudder ran over me at this for I instantly remembered that the woman had a sharp and masculine look, that added much to the unpleasantness of her being in the room below. I kept still sometime thinking of this, and within fifteen minutes I distinctly saw the door I was bidden to watch open, and tho shadow of a head cast upon the wall. Tho sergeant was within my line of sight and with the movement of the door I could see his carbine rise, and hear the click of the hammer. A mo ment elapsed and the door slowly closed, and onee more all was quiet. I lay per fectly quiet, not daring to speak to the sergeant, and so another hour rolled past. Then, once more that door opened as before, and once more the shadow appeared, once more tho carbine rose, and the click was lujard, and once more as silently the shadow disappeared, and the door was closed. It was a long and weary night that we watched without speaking, and notwith standing the danger, I could not some times avoid falling into a few minutes doze, from which, every time that I would start up there sat the sergeant, immovable as a statue, his carbine rest ing on his knee, and facing the door. Morning came at last, and the first streak of daylight, and we began to stir. The agreement with our driver was that he was to be with ua at daylight, wheth er it continued, to snow or not The drift was deep but it had ceased to fall, and punctual to his promise, the man was before the house with his wagon. I thought he gave a start of surprise as we made our appearance at the door. As on the night before the sergeant declin ed the cooked dishes and coffee, and cal ling up the cold fowl and a few more eggs, we made our breakfast. "Keep your eyes openand your hand on your pistol all the time, but under your coatl" was Beach's whispered in junction to me, when we had finished eating, and were about going to the wagon. No sooner were we seated in the vehi cle than Graham made his appearance, and begged that he might go on with us for a few miles to a house where he was to stop the rest of the day a favor that, to my surprise, Beach instantly granted. Wo were no sooner under way, say a quarter of a mile from the house, than I saw the sergeant begin to feel rapidly in his pockets, and about his person, a move that astonished me as much as it did Graham. Then ho suddenly burst forth with : "Heaven and earth, doctor, I've left my wallet and all my money under my pillow. I must go back." For an instant I was staggered, but I saw there must be something in it, and kept silent "Can't your friend go for it?" Gra ham asked. I made no response, only wrapping myself closer in the wagon blanket i II go, if you want me to," were Graham's next words doubtfully. "I wish you would, dominie," was Beach's ramer coaxing response. "Xouro a younger man than I am ; and, you see" this he said whisperingly "I don't like to trust everybody, Graham gave a rather pleased spring from the wagon, and went oil rapidly towards the house, disappearing at a turn iu the road. No .sooner was he out of sight than Beach instantly brought his pistol to bear upon the driver, and addrccd him: "See here stranger I don't know anything about you. You may be all right but I am determined to look out for myself. I want you to drive on just as f.ut as the law allows ye and a little faster. Go it now, and if ye slaet up or make any signs, yo're a dead man. Lay on the Lisli." The driver gave one astonished stare at the sergeant, and without a word in reply, gave the horses a cut that aston ished them, and away we went through the snow at a rate that threw the light airy drift all over us That was the way we went for nearly seven miles until we reached a village where we had the good luck to come across a recruiting p..rty, the officer in command of which was an old comrade of the sergeant. A few words from Beach told the whole story, and the agreement was settled to make a raid upon the hou-c that night, and bring whatever mystery there might be within it to a conclusion. "Arc you sure you're right, sergeant?" I said, after the arrangement had been made. "Sure I am right !" he echoed. "Do I look like a man to make mistakes? See here, doctor; I knew that fellow, Gra ham, in a moment. His real name is Hawkins. He has forgotten me, but 1 shall remember him to his dying day. He was with us at Platlsburgh, and de serted after committing robbery and murder and I was one of the men de tached to pursue him. Wc overtook the -coundrel, but did not succeed in getting him, though that scar you saw upon his cheek is my own mark. I knew it the moment I saw it, the very slash of my saber." Sergeant Beach wanted me to stay be hind that night when they went down to visit the inn at tho Gap, but that wouldn't suit me. so on I went. Wc had made all arrangements in advance. Two new men unknown to the landlady, were to go in citizens' dress, and put up in the inn, and when fairly housed, long enough to draw together those who op crated within its bounds, we were to rush in and tike the party. The thing was well managed in all respects but that of being too quick. The two sent in became timid, and gave the alarm too quick, the lesult of which was that we surrounded the house, and, rushing in, took only the landlord, his wife and the assumed preacher prisoners. A search through the premises at once disclosed the dread nature of what had been going on there for years. Clothing and cflects of murdered men, blood stains, and papers that would have been only relinquished with life. Bedding, with the fresh blood drip upon it, and knives that spoke positively of a mur derous use. The soldiers had not been five min utes in the house before they had turned the landlord's wife into a hard-teaturcd muscular, gray-eyed rascal, young, but full of villainy: and we had not been ten minutes on our route with the pris oners toward some place of security be fore the landlord gave in and made free confession charging Graham with being the inciting cause and- working the whole thing. Graham's mouth twitched fearfully, especially when, after an hour's travel and examination by the sergeant under the full glare of the sun, his memory came back-as to who he was. Then, perhaps feeling that his lifo was gone anyhow, he made one dash into the swamp skirting the road, and although he was twice warned to stop, kept on, plunging desperately through the black mud. A half-dozen carbines playing on him at once finished the matter. We saw him fall, and sink in the dark, slimy mud, going gradually all under, and after standing nearly fifteen minnles watching the spot, the conclusion come to was that he never would trouble any body any more, and so wo went on. The landlord and his pseudo wife were carried down to the county town where the court was then in session ; and the result was that a cloud of witnesses, springing from all directions, made them responsible for a score of murders. In less than a month from the day of their capture they were swinging upon one gibbet; and the night of the hanging some quiet party from somewhere about the country took a walk over to the Gap Inn and made a bonfire of it. Twelve Years A-o-Quantrell Rail. There is a period in every man's life to which, as the revolving wheel ot time brings us to the anniversary, the present is forgotton, the past is before us again, and wc live as though time had stopped there. Such is our lot to-day. Twelve years ago this morning, we were startled by the cry of'Quantrell is in town!" They who have been surprised in camp, or still worse, they who have been star tled by the cry of "Indians are coming!" with wife and helpless children around them and knowing that torture awaits them all canibctter imagine, than we can describe, our emotions at that time. Twelve years ago this morning the city of Lawrence, than which no city iu the State was more attractive or prosperous, was reduced to ashes and eighty-four of peaceable and industrious citizens were brutally murdered by a blood thirsty, villainous baud of men, the leader of which had been nursed while sick, and petted when well, for his professed fideli ty to freedom and truthfulness to friends, Quantrell, or, as wc knew him, Charlie Hart The scene beggars description and to those who were there, revolting to recur to. Charlie Hart came to the city of Lawrence, hailing from Ohio, in the midst of our Territorial troubles. He immediately joined the young men, ap parently with his whole heart, in their warfare against slavery and border-ruffianism. He was soon known as the brav est among the brave. He was a natural leader. Tall, slender, but athletic, a fine mould of countenance, light complexion, light hair, with large blue eyes, the ex pression of which, though seemingly rest less, was that of truth and generosity; thu very type of a noble Knight Char lie Hart, alias Quantrell, become a great admirer of John Brown, and in company with some half dozen young men, formed what they called "The Liberator's Club," whose mission was to find liberty for the slaves of Missouri. Many are the slaves who have found liberty by the daring heroism of Charlie Hart and his "Club." Thus he continued until 1SC0, always enjoying the unlimited confidence of his friends. About this time he proposed a plan to the "Club," by which they were to liberate a whole family of slaves in Jackson county, Mo. The plan was a daring one, and its execution extremely hazardous, so much so that it was some time before the "Club" consented. But the plans were all laid, the time set for their execution, and all the arrangements completed. Charlie Hart, alias Quan trell, preceded the "Club," went to the owner of the slaves, told the whole sto ry, joined the slave-owner and his friends to aid in the murder of those men with whom he had so long associ ated, and whose friendship he had so often tried and never found wanting. Tho "Club" went, were met by Quantrell and the slave-owner, and only one was left to tell the tale. From that hour Quantrell assumed a new role. He be came the leader of a more desperate band of guerrillas than history leaves a record of. He was dreaded by citizens and soldiers. His moements were as stealthy as a cat's ; he was as unfeeling as a savage and as resentless as a hyena. Quantrell seemed to be infatuated with the idea of returning to Lawrence for a raid. The people believed, and yet refused to believe, that he could reach Lawrence. But on the morning of the 21st day of August, 1863, he came wich his band to Lawrence. We were startled by the cry of a little colored boy living with us, who burst into our bed-chamber, and breathlessly said, "Quantrell is in town ! what shall I do?" We as quickly re plied, "Kun for the brush." Yet not fully awakened we jumped from our bed, dressed, left our wife and three little children, and deliberately walked out of the house into the crowd of villainous wretches bent on murder. We don't know why, but we went with them wherever they went Wo saw them murder four men in the most bru tal manner. One man they shot some five or six times, and lying upon one side, raised a little upon one elbow, be begged more piteously for his life than language can describe. We never can forget the expression upon his face, yet "so benumbed were we that wc saw it all without aa-emotiou of pity. Why or how we.know not Nor did we realize any fear until we had an opportunity to escape. Murder ran riot all around us; the torch was being applied to every res idence ; the air was filled with cries for mercy ; the wailing of women and the screams of children ; men were murdered with their infant children in their arms, and wives struggling for their protrction All these things we saw unmoved, until we jumped and ran. Then, no man ever realized more than we. We met poor John Speer and his distracted wife, wait ing anxiously for the return of two sons, and they are still waiting for one, the other they laid away to rest We ran to the river, swam across while being used as a target for the wretches who had left death and desolation in their course. We obtained a horse of an In dian and rode to Leavenworth, changing horses four times, in a little over three hours. We started Gen. Ewing with a regiment after the raiders, and returned to find our family homeless, with nothing left save what they had on. But all that was gone was nothing; we bad them and felt rich. But such a scene as Lawrence presented! Verily in ashes, and in those ashes were the charred remains of some eight or nine men, who but yester day had all, at least, in hope, that men could crave. And this was not all. Sixty-four dead bodies were lying near to gether, while their friends were getting coffins from Leavenworth. These are the memories which crowd around us to-day. They are not pleasant yet can not be forgotten. Fate seemed to favor Quantrell. A man from Johnson county started by an Indian trail to inform the people of Law rence of his coming. He rode too car lessly ; his hotse fell and so injured him he died. A full company of soldiers were stationed at Oxford, who seemed more anxious to keep out of harm's way than to protect the citizens. Col. Plumb came up in the rear and would have at tacked them had it not been for the counsel of Gen. Lane. Col. Plumb has been most unjustifiably censured ever since. He took the counsel of Gen. Lane, who was a Senator and a soldier. Gen. Ewing started just in time to see Quantrcll's rear guard leaving our State in perfect security. Everybody seemed stupified, no man was equal to the occa sion. Twelve years ago and yet it seems but yesterday. Leavenworth Commercial 21it inst. ilow Woman Suffrage ouiing Works in Wy- The Laramie Sentinel says : It is well known to the old pioneers that the Sentinel advocated woman's suffrage here in Wyoming, and stood by it pretty faithfully, in its infancy, and in those times when it was in jeopardy from its enemies. We never advocated it from just the same standpoint that Miss An thony and Mrs. Woodhul do, nor did we ever expect it would be attended by just the same class of results which they an' ticipatc for it. We never supposed women, as a separate and distinct party, or as individuals, would reap any spe cial benefits from it, aside from the com mon interest they have with the commu nity at large in .having good laws and efficient government, and in this we arc not disappointed. And we refer briefly to the subject now because there are so many ncw-comera here who have not had an opportunity to watch the practi cal working of this experiment To us the novelty has worn off, and we have had time to coolly estimate the re sults. There are those here who can re member the condition of things six or seven years ago, and can compare them with the present, and though wc might differ somewhat as to the causes which have produced this change for the better, yet wc shall be able to agree upon a few facts. We never had a term of court here, held in a decent and comfortable place, with its proceedings marked throughout by decency and decorum, and divested of every thing pertaining to levity and blackguardism till our ladies were sum' moned to attend and participate in it. We never had a grand jury here that boldly and unflinchingly took hold to investigate oflenses against decency and morality, and hunt out and bring offen ders to punishment, till we had a grand jury composed largely of ladies. We have had several terms of court, but had scarcely been able to convict or punish a single criminal for any crime, however heinous, through the medium of these courts, till we got juries com posed largely of women. We did not have a single election here without drunkenness, rowdyism, quarrel ing, fighting and bloodshed, until our wives, mothers, sisters- and daughters were permitted to accompany us to the polls. Wo well remember the time when many a man stayed away from the polls, losing his rights ot citizenship rather than encounter the danger and rowdyism he must meet in order to exercise it But all this is changed. Our elections go off as quietly as any other social gath ering, no matter how heated a political campaign may be, or how important the issue at stake. And we all point with pride to the result, whether or not we agree as to the cause which has produced it. Ab Eccentric Judge. Judge Uunderwood, of Borne, to tout" young lawyers who had just passed an ex amination in his court: "Young gentle men, I want to say a thing or two to you. You have passed as good an examination as usual, perhaps better; but you don't know any thing. Like those young fel lows just back from their graduation col lege, you think you know a great deal. That is a great mistake. If you ever get to beany account, you will be surprised at your present ignorance. Don't be too big for your breeches. Go round to tho justices' court Try to learn something. Don't be afraid. SetofTiiponahighkey. You will no doubt, speak a great deal of nonsensebut you will have one consola tion: nobody will know it The great mass of mankind take sound for sense. Never mind about your caso pitch in. You are about as apt to win as lose. Don't be ashamed of the wise-looking justice. He don't know a thing. He is a dead beat on knowledge. Stand to your rack fodder or no fodder, and you will see daylight after while. The community generally suppose that you will be rascals. There is no absolute necessity that you should. You may be smart without being trickey. Lawyers ought to be gentlemen. Some of them don't come up to the standard and are a disgrace to the faternity.- They know more than any other race, generally, and not much in particular. Tke? .don't know any thing about sand stones, car boniferous periods, and ancient land animal known as fossils. Men that make out they know a great deal on these" subjects don't know much. They are humbugs superb humbugs. They are ancient land animals themselves, and will ultimately be fossils. You are dis missed with the sincere hope ot tha Court that you will not make asses of yourselves." Louisville Courier-Journal. Tbe Southern Girl. Constance Fenimore Woolson writes in the Cleveland Herald : You can tell a Southern girl at once. She is rounder than her Northern sisters ; indeed she is never thin or tank; she walks with a languid step, and all her movements are slow and indolent, she is never alert She has fine soft eyes with a serene expression, very different from the quick, keen eyes of the North ; she has not the beautiful red and white com plexion of New York and New England; rather is she sallow, with a few rose tints; you might call her cream color, she - never looks anxious, no matter what hap pens ; she does not think she can help matters by her advice or interference, but sits back calmly and leaves every thing to "brother" or "pa," pronouncing the latter word in a way I defy a North ern girl to imitate. The word might be used as a shibboleth ; it is not exactly "pay," but half way between that and the sound of "a" in "cat" Our Southj ern girl dresses picturesquely rather than trimly, and has brighter colors and more floating ends and curls about her than a Northern belle allows. She has pretty, plump hands, but she is not par ticular about the gloves that cover them I mean particular compared with Fifth Avenue belles. In shorf, she is a mora voluminous sort of girl in every way and cares less about "the fashion." She has one decided advantage over the Northern girl, however, and that is her voice ; it is sweeter and lower, a little 'trainante,. per haps, but essentially gentle and wom anly. A Singular River in the Blark Uills. "A New York Herald correspondent, writing from the Black Hills, says: A most remarkable stream was discovered and appropiately named Amphibious Creek. Its waters sink into and raise from the earth many times in their jour ney from their original spring to the south fork of the Cheyenne. A well worn bed extends all the way, showing that in the wet season a torrent flows on the surface ; but at the present time not a vestige of the current may be seen for miles after it disappears, until it sud denly bubbles up again from the rocks and rolls onward to the next point of descent into its subterranean channel. Streams of this character are so common on the great plains, that they are not thought remarkable, but they are rarely found among mountains, for the reason that the sub-strata is usually composed of solid rock lying not far below, tbe sur face, and affording no room for a sub passage through the sand, if that should happen to compose the soil. The Baltimore Gazette from the .first has been foremost among Democratic journals to denounce the Ohio Democra tic platform. A correspondent of that paper, who has lately traveled through the State, concedes the defeat of Allen for Govcnor. He reaches the conclusion by looking at the returns of 1873. Allen's majority then was only eight hundred. Ten thousand Liberals threw away their votes on Collins two- years ago, who will now cast their ballots -for Gen. Hays. Besides this accession, tha Republicans have a reserve of fifty thousand who did not vote then to draw upon now. The correspondent of tha Gazette therefore figures ont a Bepublit can. majority of from thirty to forty thousand. M