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GEN. LEE AND HIS SLAVES.
TUB TEJ.DEB. JCEECIK3 OF THE WICKED.
.,' The following extract from a private let
Tcr, written by a young man connected with
the Army of the Potomac, to his father in J
Massachusetts, and published m the Boston
Journal, gives some facts concerning the
rebel Gen. Lee and his treatment of his
slaves, which, forcibly illustrates the brutal
izing effects of slavery. The letter is dated
Fort Albany, Virginia, Ap'ril 16 :
" Some time ago I called on one of Gen.
Lees's old slaves, to find out what I could
or that niguiy praised man. 1 am going
to soc him again when an opportunity pre
eents itself. You know Gen Lee is con
sidered an unadulterated " F. F. V." He
was the superlative of the upper tendon
of aristocratic and presumptuous Virginia.
This slave, now a man, and a christian man
too, is very old and unable to do much,
consequently he was left on the estate. Of
course he is extremely ignorant, but never
theless he is quite intelligent, and can tell a
straightforward story as clearly as any one.
" Gen. Lee was more dreaded by his
slaves than were any of his overseers. His
ostate was immense. At Arlington he
owned (through his wife) seven hundred
acres in one lot, eleven hundred in another,
and ether large tracts in tho State. He
had four hundred slaves right here ; how
many elsewhere I don't know. Thus you
see his possessions were very great, and
being so near Wasbiogtown, Georgetown,
jtnd Alexandria, very valuable. He had
'carriages, plate, and all tho equipage of a
proud Virginian aristocrat. He was " al
most worshipped" by the gay, the haughty,
the renowned and gifted. His position was
envied, his name honored, 1
"This slave had n score of sons and
daughters. One by one they were torn
from him, until now, in his helpless old
age, but one son and two daughters remain.
One daughter and the son were too young
to be carried away ; the other daughter was
to smart to be entrapped. It was really
affecting to hear this old man tell of his
wrongs and anguish at parting with his
loved ones. lie " Knew they would nave
to be sold sometime," he said, " but they
were my children, and I couldn't help lov
intr them." Some were seized in his pres
ence, and sold before his face : 'others were
soeaniv stolen at nieht, and hurried off
without a good-bye blessing.
" One day the slaves had been worked
unusually hard. It had rained furiously
all day (and I know what a Virginia rain
is). At evening they returned to their
huts, wet, weary and hungry. This family
had nothing to eat ; they had been at work
all day and could not prepare anything, and
two of the boys were sent to the brook to
catch n few fish. It was dark, but they
were seen and reported. The aristocratic
Gen. Lee ordered them to be whipped at a
certain hour the next day. All the slaves
were assembled to see the floffeine. Four
$oys and a girl were to be flogged. " It
was done in that barn," and he pointed out
tho' desecrated building. The overseer
lashed away at the boys until their backs
were raw and bleeding. Next came the
girl j her back was stripped and her hands
tied so that her feet could just touch the
loor. The overseer' gazed at her tortured
form and hesitated. He was ordered to
begin. " I can't do it," was the reply.
Again he ordered, and again the overseer
replied, " Master, I can't whip a wtmsa."
Lee'snatched the whip and with his own
hands flogged a holpless woman,, which his
fverieet had tho manliness not to do. As
I hi1 this black man tell these stories, I
felt what I cannot express. My heart
throbbed with indignation, and my body
trembled with passion. Oh, how I wanted
the power 'to ayenge this man's foal wrongs.
Because he was black he suffered cruelties
which we would not allow a dog to suffer.
I thought of our own loved family. What
if J were.cruellT whipped, for letting food
forla half starved mother! What if my
sisters weretudely snatched away and sold
to brutal men ? What' if say rather was
trampled tide foot aa ft chattel, aadiiot a
word of intetcesifoz permitted? Audi
Is.. -oteottiGcaoWi
n6Igpi, top. of .-,- . ; - t. " u--
Hewould allow all &.".
prayed as never before for the slave, aid,
trusting my faith to Him whose ways are
mystenoas, I consecrated myself to His
and my country's sacred cause of liberty
and righteousness. My dependence it- ia
Him, and I cannot, I will not, believe He
will allow the oppressor to triumph. Some
tell us, at home even, slavery is a ' divine
institution,' and blame us for speaking
aught against it I thank God I never
thought so, and that I have seen enough
never to think so. How a being can say
that flagrant injustice, brutality and inhu
man barbarity are 'divine,' I eannot see.
He is a being, but not a man. As for me,
my ' anti slavery ' is stronger than ever,
and immovably fixed. We are being
taught that we must ' let my children go;'
and I were unworthy a mother's kiss, a
father's blessing, a sister's fear, a brother's
affection, did I iiot use every exertion
feeble or powerful to enforce the lesson.
" After Lee had lacerated the girl V body,
he bathed the yet bleeding wounds in brine.
Now that hand is raised against his coun
try." '
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CRITICAL SITUATION OF VICKSBUBO.
From the Petersburg (Va.) Express.
After a silence of some four days, we
again have intelligence from the vicinity of
the lig .Black in Mississippi, it is very
far from encouraging. It.plaoea us in pos
session of information which we were not
prepared to hear. In Saturday's fight we
lost forty pieces of artillery, spiked and
abandoned. The advantages gained on
Saturday were fully appreciated by the
enemy; and on Sunday he again advanced
to take tho bridge over the Big Black, but
was repulsed. Nothing daunted, Grant
crossed above the brigde and attacked Pem
berton in the rear. The result is told in a
few words. We burned the bridge, aband
oned our works, and fell back towards
Vicksburg with heavy loss. At last ac
counts Vicksburg was closely besieged, and
the enemy was closing in on every side.
That our readers may form some idea of
the contracted limits in which General Pem
berton's army is now confined, we would
state that the Big Black Bridge crosses
that stream only twelve miles from Vicks
burg, and fifteen miles from where it empties
into the Mississippi. This stream is about
one hundred yards wide, and was formerly
narigable for small vessels as high up as
where the railroad crosses, but the stream
has become obstructed by trees and the
caving in of the embankments, so that its
navigation would be difficult, if not impossible.-
The topography of the country through
which the river runs, below the railroad, is
generally swampy; above, it gradually
rises into undulating and heavily wooded
land. The stream is fordable, but owing
to the nature of its banks, the passage of
artillery and wagons is difficult, and con
fined to few fords. The bridge which
crosses here (now destroyed) is about half
a mile long and eighty feet high. Tho part
of it which is immediately over the river
is supported by strong columns of stone
and brick the rest is of strong wooden
timbers, The destruction of this bridge,
unfortunately, not only isolates Vicksburg
from communication with all other parts of
the Confederacy, but it opens to the enemy
the rich and desired Yazoo country. With
scarcely any field artillery, Gen, Pemberton
cannot long hold out, we fear, unless Gen.
Johnston speedily concentrates his forces,
and relieves the beleagured army.
At present, we cannot shut our eyes to
the fact, that the situation of Vicksburg is
extremely critical.
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REBEL CON
FEDERACY HOPELESS OF SUCCESS.
The London Star, received by the latest
arrival, publishes a statement from its New
York correspondent, headed in large type,
as follows: "Highly Important Intelli
gence from the- South Vice President
Stephens Regards the Rebel Cause as
Hopeless: A Party Favorable to Recon
struction in Georgia?.' These statements,
the Star correspondent asserts, were receiv
ed from a gentleman holding a prominent
position in Georgia. This gentleman de
clares that the North can have no idea of
the deep gloom and discouragement which
envelops the people of the Southern States.
The victories which the Confederate forces
( achieved for a time caused rejoicins and
positive exhilaration : but, as' the months
passed by, and the utter impossibility of
driving back the Federal forces, or of com-
tpelling them to relax their bold upon the
fertile districts which they bad succeeded in
occupying, became apparent, the people
began to realize the magnitude of the task
which they had undertaken; and now, he
says, despair seems to have seized upon
them, and they await the development of
the future with gloomy apprehension in
stead of hopefulness.
Vice President fetepuene sua a aenoua
disagreement with President Davis several
months ago, and nice it oecurrea tney nave
not been on speaking terms. Mr. 8tepheas
has since expressed his;eo&vicuon that jtne
Confederate experiment is a failure, and
that all hopes of its ultimate ewocoss'have
long since vanished. It is also aesertei
that many influential m'etf in Geortia are'
Ufavaof a reconstruction of the Uniosu '
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MAJOR-OEHEEAL GRANT.
Ulysses S. Grant was born at Point
Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822, and grad
uated at West Point in 1843 as brevet 2d
lieutenant in the 4th infantry- During the
Mexican war he participated in Taylor's
battles at Palo Alto, Reeaca de la Palma
and Monterey. Afterwards his regiment
joined Soott at Vera Cruz, and Lieutenant
Grant took part ia every engagement up to
the City of Mexico, receiving brevets of
1st lieutenant and captain for meritorious
conduct at Molino del Rey and Chepulte
pec. At the close of the war his regiment
went to Oregon, where he was promoted to
a captaincy, but in 1853 he resigned and
settled in St. Louis. In 1859 he removed
to Galena, Illinois, where he was engaged
ia commercial business when the rebellion
broke out. . He was among the first to offer
his services to Governor Yates, and was
made Colonel ofthe 21st Illinois Volun
teers, with whom he went into service in
Missouri. In the summer of 1861 he was
made Brigadier General and assigned to the
district about Cairo. He immediately oc
cupied Paducab, Kentucky, stopped the
flow of supplies for the rebels up the Ten
nessee and Cumberland, moved soon after
to Belmont, opposite the rebel stroaghold
at Columbus, from which place he was
driven only after a desperate fight by a
largely superior force of rebels. In Feb
ruary, 1862, he led the land forces sent
against Fort Henry, but did not participate
in the ytctory, the gunboats having done
the work before he got there. Thereupon
he marched forthwith upon Fort Donelson.
This place he beseiged and assaulted, and
on the 16th of February the rebels raised
the white flag (Generals Pillow and Floyd
having stolen off during the nfeht with
5000 men, leaving Buckner to surrender)
and sent to Grant for terms. He replied
that the surrender must be unconditional
or he would instantly move on the works.
This short and soldierly answer gave him
the sobriquet of Unconditional Surrender
Grant the initials being the same as of
bis real name. This fortunate and fairly
won victoiy, was rewarded by a commission
as a Major-General. In April he reached
Pittsburg Landing, Buell being in his rear
with reinforcements. The rebels did not
wait for Buet, but made a furious onslaught
upon Grant, who was forced back to his
gunboats where he resisted Johnson with
success. Next day Buell came up, and the
rebels got a severe flogging at what they
now call the battle of button, their com
mander, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, being
killed. Ills more recent operations, now
culminating in the capture of Vicksburg
and the opening of the Mississippi, are
fresh in the public mind. General Grant
is represented as a man of plain appear
ance, about five feet nine inches in height,
light hair, blue eyes, rather taciturn, close
ly attending to business, methodical and
cautious, though full of daring and dash, if
need be. He is held in the highest esteem
by his men, who seemed to place unbound
ed confidence in him, not because of his
political preferences or aspirations, but
because he is emphatically a "fighting
general."
EMIGRATION
Emigrants from Europe continue to pour
into this port at an astonishing rate. For
weeks past they havo averaged a thousand
a day. Thus far this year, we have had
altogether forty thousand, or about three
times the number that arrived in the cor
responding period of last year, when the
emigration was considered respectably large.
As yet, the greater part of those who have
arrived this year are from Ireland, though
a fair proportion are from Germany, the
other great European hive. They are
attracted here partly by the demand for
labor and the high' wages laborers com
mand. The general prosperity here also
has enabled our foreign population to send
larger remittances to their friends in Eu
rope, and thus facilities have been afforded
the latter to emigrate. It is probable that
after the Spring and early Summer influx
from Ireland, a vast German tide will set
hitherward. Teas and hundreds of thous
ands of people in Germany are anxious to
come to Americaattracted in great measure
by facilities for obtainiag land under the
Homestead Law. The Governor of Ohio
has appointed a Commissioner to visit Ger
many and invite the people of that country
to remove to Ohio; and the fruits of this
action will doubtless appear by Autumn.
There is a great demand for laborers all
over the West, for farm work and mechani
cal employments. Even in New England
there is a desire to secure part of the
emigration. The Springfield Republican
says: " there is a great, lack of laborers in
that section, and is likely to be during the
season. In the cities especially it is almost
impossible to hire a man to do a day'a
work; and we trust -some of the new re
cruits will stop, ia this region."
. It it certainly a remarkable spectacle to
see people coming from all parts of Europe
to settle .for. life in a country racked and
ton by civil war. It is evident they at
least have faith ia the country's fa tare. It
ia evident they are not affected by the cease
less torrent of false noons about as poured
one by the Earepeaa papers, and especially
by the British Press. M JT. Timet.
jW" Why are johee like water
the drier they are, the-setter they crack.
THE PRINTER.
B. F. Taylor, of the Chicago Journal,
a writer whose every word is a poetic
thought, thus speaks of the Printer, tralv
and prettily. In those pretty pictures of
language what word painter so artistic, so
exquutte in touch as he T Read it, think
of it, and say, for you can't help it, "it is so."
The Printer is the Adjutant of.thought,
aad tMMxplains the mysteries uf the won
derfitl words that can kindle a home as no
song canthat warm a heart as no hope
can that word, " we," with a band-iu-hand
warmth in it, for the Author and
Printer, are engineers together. Engineers
in deed ! " When the little Corsican bom
barded Cadiz at the distance of five miles,
it was .deemed the very triumph of, engi
neerings But what is that paltry range to
this, whereby they bombard the ages yet
to be. tr . t
There he stands at thecase and marshals
into line the forces armed for truth, clothed
in immortality and English. And what
can be more noble than the equipment of a
thought in sterling Saxon Saxon with the
ring of spear or shield therein, and that
commissioned it when we are dead, to move
gradually on to "the last syllable of re
corded time." This is to win a victory
from death, for this has no dying in it.
The Printer is called a laborer, and the
office he performs is toil Ob, it is not
work, but a sublime right he is performing
when he thus "sights" the engine that is
to fling a worded truth in grander curve
than missiles e'er before described flings
it into the bosom of an age yet unborn.
He throws off his coat indeed; but we
wonder the rather that he does not put his
shoes from off his feet, for the place where
on he stands is holy ground.
A little song was uttered somewhere long
ago; it wandered to the twilight feebler
than a star ; it died upon the ear; but the
Printer takes it up where it was lying there
in the silence like a wounded bird, and he
sends it forth from the Ark that had pre
served it, and it flies into the future with
the olive branch of peace, and around the
world with melody, like tho dawning of
spring morning.
THE EHGLISH LANGUAGE.
The words of the English Language are
m
a compound of several foreign languages.
The English Language may bo looked upon
as a complication, both in words and ex
pressions, of various dialects. Their origin
is from the Saxon lancuace. Our laws
were derived from the Nortnnn, our military
terms from the French, our scientific names
from the Greek, and our stock of nouns
from the Latin, through the medium of the
French. Almost all the verbs in the
English language are taken from the Ger
man, and nearly every other noun or adjec
tive is taken from other dialects. The
English language is composed of 15,734
words of which 6732 aro from the Latin,
4321 from the French, 1665 from the
Saxon, 1669 from the Greek, 691 from the
Dutch, 211 from the Italian, 106 from the
German, (not including verbs), 90 from the
Welsh, 75 from the Danish, 55 from the
Spanish, 50 from the Icelandic, 31 frotp
the Swedish, 41 from the Gothic, 16 from
the Hebrew, 15 from the Teutonic, and the
remainder from the Arabic, Syriac, Turk
ish, Portuguese, Irish, Scotch, and other
languages.
A Hero. Dr. Fisher, Surgeon of the
44th Massachusetts Regiment, relates the
followiog ineident of heroic self-sacrifice
which occurred during the seige of Wash
ington, norm uaroiina :
I must tell you of one hero who saved
a company of soldiers from certain death.
A flat full of soldiers, with a fow negroes,
attempted to land at Rodman's Point, but
were repulsed by a terrible fire of rebel
bullets all tumbling into the boat and
lying flat to escape being shot Meanwhile
the boat stuck fast on the shore, when this
noble African said: 'Some body's got to
dio to git as out of dis, and it may as well
be me I' He then deliberately got out and
pushed the boat off, and fell in to it, pierced
by five bullets. -Dr. Ware afterward am
putated a leg and reset a part of one bone
in the arm, but the man of course died."
Bjajv Many a good speculation has failed
for the same good reason that the old Texan
ranger gave when her was asked- why be
didn't buy land when it was dog cheap.
" Well, I did come nigh on to taking eight
thousand acres 'onest,"said old Joe mourn
fully. " You see two of the boys came in
one day from an Indian hunt, without any
shoes, and offered me their titles to the two
leagues just below here for a pair of boots."
"For a pair of boots!" we exclaimed.
"Yes, for a pair of boots for each league."
" But why on earth did you not take it I
They'd be worth one hundred thousand to
day. Why didn't you give them the
boots?" "Jest because I didn't have the
boots to give," said old Joe, as he took
another chew of tobacco quite as contented
as .if he owned twe hundred leagues of
land.
. j ,
sVT A newspaper editor ia the interior
of Wisconsin, who was recently married,
appended' to the announcement the follow
iag: "Cards issued upon short notice at
9S per tho natal"
sjsjvThe New Yerk Pest says that Genu
Frement has been elected President of the
Pacific Railroad. Eastern Division; - -
From the LeTnwortJi Time lTy31
COLORADO AND III GOLD.
Since the memorable Pike's Peak gold
feyer excitement, and its attendant exodus
of '59 and '60, Kansas people have (heard
comparatively little of the rich discoveries,
development and consequent rapid increase
of wealth in our tister territory, Colorado.
War aad its conoomiuat absorbents have
chiefly directed, popular attention towards
other fields of interest; yet Colorado'has
steadily aad rapidly progressed in substan
tial improvement, uatil now she steads the
proudest and most prosperous of American
Territories. The early fortunes of all young
territories are severe, but the first experiences-of
Pike's Peak t were discouraging,
indeed, and "it was not until within the
last two years that tbo industrial success of
that section could be said to bo a stable
reality.
The first "discoveries were very naturally
made- in the gulches and placers, or bill
slopes. These, requiring comparatively
little capital to develop, were first mined.
Being limited in extent, these were soon
exhausted, when the general attention turn
ed to mining in leads or vein's, which now
engage the exclusive interest of a vast capi
tal, and almost the entire population of tho
territory. !
The mining territory of Colorado ia in
two principal sections, known a& the North
ern aud Southern mines. The Northern or
Gregory section' embraces a belt averaging
lour mues in wiato, extending some imrty
five miles in a south-east direction from near
the base of the mountains to the foot of the
snowy or chief range. These are the most
important in every particular, although the
mines yielding the great majority of the
gold product of the territory are embraced
within an area of four miles square, central
as relates to this gold belt.
Within this small area, some 210 quarts
mills, with an aggregate of 2000 stamps,
are constantly running, involving an origi
nal expense of $2,400,000, and to keep in
motion some 150,000 per week. To furnish
these necessary employment, 3500 able
bodied men labor night and day, mining
out each week 1500 cords or 12,000 tons
of ore. This, at the low estimate of $200
per cord, furnishes a total yield in this
district of 5300,000 per week, or above
fifteen and a half million dollars annually.
No correct estimate can yet be bad of the
valuo of real or personal estate in-this dis
trict, from its varied location and ownership
and still es& can we approximate to that of
mining claims. After valuation will set it
at hundreds of millions. In. this district,
comprising Central, Black Hawk and Ne
vada in one continuous city, four miles in
extent, thrives a population of near 15,000
inhabitants, all directly deriving a prosper
ous livelihood and, in a majority, a generous
wealth from the working of these mines.
Outside of this district, and within this
geograpical belt, is contained some 8000 or
more hardy pioneer people, all similarly
engaged in developing the inestimable
wealth hidden in the rocks.
Some ninety miles southwest of these arc
located the Southern mines, comprised in a
like geographical limit, and said by miner
alogists to bo a continuation of the other.
The leads in this belt are equally rich with
those of the Gregory section, although from
the fact that their development has Just
commenced,the yield is comparatively small.
They are, however, being rapidly opened
by a population of some 5000 industrious
people.
Mining may be said to be in its infancy
in Colorado, notwithstanding the inestima
ble amount of capital and labor already
expended aud being invested there in the
development of the richest mines ia Amer
ica. Rich discoveries are constantly being
made, and of those leads which were found
at an early day only a few have beea open
ed down to a sufficient depth to insure a
certain large yield. Ia the Gregory dis
trict, about fifteen leads, with an average
of twelve claims' each, give immense and
comparatively- sure profits. Yet, within
rtbe area named, thousands of leads exist
probably as rich as these, some being de
veloped at great expense, and others wholly
untested and unknown.
The leads have the same general direc
tion with the main belt, and are easily dis
covered when the soil is thia on the hills,
by indications in the reck on the surface,
They are perpendicular stratas in the solid
granite rock. On being penetrated they
are found to be composed ef quartz in par
tial decomposition and yield from $100 to
$500 per cord to the depth of about 50 feet.
If found to yield less than $100 they are
abandoned unless indicating a greater de
posit of gold below. At an average depth
of 60 feet from the surface the geological
character of the vein suddenly changes and
is chiefly composed of iron pyrites, and
othermineral salnhnrcm intermixed with
quarts. VThis material contains by far the
largest deposit of gold, the yield increasing
as the vein is penetrated downward. At
th depth of 200 feet an average ef $300
per cord, is taken, outalthough some veins
hvhecei found t yield aa high us $1400
to the same quantity. Thia ia from actual
milling operations, which differs greatly
frees the reenkof ehemicat testa and assays.
It is a nreverbial net that net half the geld
eonmiaeeV in the ere ie -catfrsatesl by the
nenei milling msthsd. : Frem eesay s made
eferaiyielcing $500 per oerd in mills, It
s found, to coatnis).fowtiaMs,that amount,
and material from one lead has been fc Red
by assay to contain the fabulous proportion
uf $225,000 to one cord, But this of
course is "not practical, as.no invention will
ever be found to extract an) save U the
gold, although rapid improvement are being
made in machinery aad apparatus,
A new discovery of great importance has
been lately put in practice and found fet
tering sueecas by saving double that at
mills by the old process, xne ore is round
to contain a large per centum of su!phur(
and to obviate difficulties attoadiujiu
presence, the material is first pulverises)
and then in a strong current of air passed
through a dease mass of flame, which)
wholly desulphurises it,
The actual yield of the geld mines si
Colorado cannot be had, from the fact that
it has no regular channel to the commercial
world. From the receipts of tho United
States mints at Philadelphia and New Yerk
it was ascertained that the deposits from
Colorado last year amounted to something
over nine million dollars ; aad it is estkne
ted that the amount taken elsewhere would
increase the yield to near fifteen milltouev
This is above one-third tho actual yield ef
the mines of the entire country. The
yield the present year, it w estimated, will
approach twenty-two millioaa.
Colorado is eminently a mineral territory.
Almost every mineral known to science ia
found tliero in abundance j especially the
more useful metals. An iron ore. vein of
great extent is traceable over forty miles
along the base of tho mountains north ef
the South Platte. A practical test made
by smelting several tonspioved its value at
fifty-four per ecnt. of pure iron.
Lead ore veins of great richness aad ex
tent have also been discovered and worked
to advantage and profit.
Mineral springs also abound there; valu
able both medicinally and commercially. A
petroleum or coal oil spring is now being
worked with flattering success. Coal beds
of superior quality and unlimited extent
also abound.
As an agricultural and pastoral region the
eastern and southern portion of the territory
has few superiors. Bordering all the
streams and in tho mountaia valleys large
tracts of land are already cultivated, aad
yield almost extravagant quantities of pro
dace common to the country. Very few
can equal, none can excel these fertile vnU
leys in the production of vegetables. Thia
is substantiated from the fact that the
country now contains an overplus of vege
table supplies, and they are selling there at
about one-third the prices for the same
artiole on tho Missouri. All the cereals nan
be raised without irrigation, aad at the
present time broad fields of waving gram
attest the general fertility of the soil.
As a grazing section Colorado contaias
large tracts specially adapted to that pur
pose. Stretching away from the mountain
bases to the rollings borders of Kaasas, the
sea of the prairie, is covered with a nutri
tious verdure capable of supporting immense
herds of stock.
Thus with her inestimable and exhaust
less store of mineral wealth, and her vast
resources of agriculture, Colorado will soon
become, with the indomitable perseverance
and energy of her people, ono of the proud
est States of the American Republic.
With a popalation of 40,000 people, increas
ing at the rate of 8000 s year, all dependent oa
the East for a large portion of staple asppliea.
that Territory poMeues an immense eoauaerce,
which is rapidly assuming vast proportions.
This commerce: naturally seeks a baying market
at the nearest aad saost available points ; and as
the Platte Valley is the easiest travelled ronte.
the traJe chiefly goes to Omaha aad Nebraska
cities, as being the most available points. At
chison and St. Joseph bare a considerable share,
while Leavenworth baa at present only a small
portion of thia trade,
Kansas and Colorado am eonnreted by ties
other than geographical. The people are similar
in their love ot liberty, untiring energy and de
termined parpose. Many of the most enterpris
ing citizens of Colorado were pioneers from
stirring scenes of Kansas. Hence they shoald
be closely related commercially. Leavenworth
should possess the monopoly of trade front Colo
rado. Rut the North Mlssovi towns &mve tb
benefits of that trade because they hem the ad
vantage of nearness by practical travel roots.
The distance from Denver to Leavenworth in
less by the Smoky Hill Eoute than that from
Denver to Omaha by the Platte. Let a road te
opened up the Smoky Hill or Solonsoa Fork, aad
Leavenworth an rival all other eoraasemial
points for that trade, ia that her nwrehanu ana.
greatly undersell up river town merchants, aad
also offer ehoiee and sales from heavier stock
and greater varieties. The New Mexican trad
is becoming matter of deep eoasera to Lara
worth merchants, yet that omaieree ia far teas
in amount than that ot Colorado. HOWEVEE.
BY A WELL ARRANGED AND SUBSTAN
TIALLY CONSTRUCTED ROAD LEADING
UP THE VALLEY OP THE 8MOKY HILL.
ALMOST THE ENTIRE TRADE OF THESE
TWO TERRITORIES COULD BE 8ECURED
TO LEKYEX WORTH. It only remain for her
merchant and capitalista to open a Praseienl
commercial avenue of this character. Let that
once be done, aud a commerce already oat4
by million aad annaally isci-asing, woalJ giro
its sapericr beaclt ta She baUdiag np ef she
future Great Mekwpoli f Kan.
IS. Judge Bans, of the United Stales
Supreme Court, wan holdiag court at Tjaas
anapolis, on the day VaUsadighsm was
arrestee. Daring the internaiasiasi ef the
court for dinner, the Judge eat at the head
of the table at the heteL while the mimsirs
of the bar were arranged along iu aides,
among whem was Voceheee. The Judge,
in his peculiar way, sailed out U Veerbcee,
who was' at aha lower end ef the table,
Voorhees, you had better lock out they
have got down te the VV This set ism
table ia a roar, and Veer heee ameers te
have appreciated the point.
