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' L W' -Ik J5tj.'1 ' l ii K" ? VOLUME X. WICHITA, SEDGWICK COTOTTY, ENSAS, THUBSD AY, MAY 19, 1881 NUMBERS: -hv hv r ' v m v a - - m. - - -m rav & .h m " m - . i.iiH. mw 'zjm m w r -rH ' c ,, . , , ., ,, . . , . , - M i i . . . .... . i i. i .... . i i i .. . i . .mi .I, i . j --.- - . t . 1 I u M. V. HCKBOCK. b. r. aosocs. M. M. MURDOCH & BBOTHEB, l'niunu akd PBonurrOBg. 1 WO ULLAILi l'Ktt YEAK, IK AI)VAXCE ismsisota satis kass isvn at uruuxtat. MAILS. JIdll via. A..T. &S t rallroail, from the north , rrlves t 9 00 m. , dU at 0 KB; from the south, arrhcs t& W p. m ,lrirU at 5:t5. Mail ia St. ljaal 4 San Francisco railroad, arrlicaatG t'. in. anddcarUat8.00a. m. Han1". Anthony. Uuby, Ievr, arrive Tn day, lhumlay and aturday; derU Monday, lnewln and Friday. Klupman, Afton. Markhall and St. Marks ar rlren Monday, Wednnxlay and Friday ; departs '1 nesdar, Ihnrnday and tntunlay Doucian. Iowavllle nd fclk KalU arrlreo at Urn , Jurlv, Thursday and i-aturday; Ue)rt I p. in. Monday, V mluwday and Friday. .ldorado, lowanda and Uenton arrives at 6 I m , Monita) , Weilnesday and Frlda ; dearu at S a m , 1 ueaday, 1 hurwlay and Saturday. Ilutrlilnw.il, Mt Hope 'l Fayette arrive at II a. ra Monday and Thursday, departs at it. m. HajsWlU, KolllnE Green and ClearwaUr ar- rlrea Tuesday and !alurday, departs at it a. in. Monday and Ihureday. Mails solus eaxtand south close promptly at 9 p. in. and all other mails hair hour before de parture, l'oslolllre open for delivery of letters and tale of stamps fnuiiT a. m. too;, p. m. Monej order detriment open from 8 a. m. to 4 p III. M. M. MUKDOCK. 1 M. C1TV OFFICERS. Mayor Win. Grelffensteln. rit) Attorney V. V. W alker. J'olice JudRe A. A. Glenn. City Treasurer 0. Klmmerle Marshal James Kalrns. City ClerV Wed hchattner Justices of the l'eace lulius .IiinLerma en an W W. 11ioma. Constables K. Grady and J. L. Cooper. Council. First ward M. Zimmerly and J. Ililllanl Ojuncil, Second wanlr.Getto and Geo. Harris. Council, Third ward C. K. McAdams and John M. Allen. Council, rourthward J. Ij. Ujer and E. II. NiiKrnt. Hoard of Education, First ward Kua Harris and II. Jt. Ilutler. becoud wanl A. It. Wright and J E.Caldwell. Third ward X. V Med erlnnUrnnil ii. W. I.ey. Fourth ward J. C. Urilutld ami A. J. I.ongduif. COUNTY OFFICERS. JudRe of the Thirteenth Judicial District S. Torrance. State Senator II. O. Sluss. lprcsenUthes W. E. fctanley. F. BI. I)or Cemvre. " Hoard of County Coiiiinlsisiouers G. W . al ter, G. W. htoenrod and". E. Joceljn. Count) Treaxiirer .lohu 1 uckcr. Count) lerk E. A Jlorse). Micrlll II. It Watt. Clerk, of District Court C. A Van Ness. 1'rolmte .ImlRe E. It. Jewett feup'tor l'ulillc lustru ctlon Ljdla Ilc.iton. Iteirlrterof I)re.l C fe. Caldwell. Count) Attorne 1 M.Dale Count) Mme)ur ). K. Hamilton. (orner ! W. Wlniranl. D(put) U. s Martial .lames J. Mo'. en. CHURCHES. .St John's I.pli-copal Church Itrt. Lewis Ie I.i,retor. ferUieson lunila) at 10, a. in.au .' ' i We-liHoda) eeiiiugat;,'. eats free. lint l'reili)lerlu Cliurch Services ccr) Sahliath at Ml. o'clock a 111. and 7, o'clock ii in. Prayer meeting ever) Thursday at 7J, o'clwk, p i"u. M E. Church Ii. Kelly. pator. Sen Ices M r) baWmlli at lo. o'clock a in. Hii'17.1, p.m. 1'rnvr r Hurling on T hur&da) eveuin);. St Ali.) fiisCatholic Chun hlte. McCall, pator Sentrcs on tin -il and 4th fcunda) of ever) month; hlj;h Hums at 10a. m , v esjiers at 7). p. in. Methodist, German I!ev E. W l'faflcnlior?rr, )Ui.tor KtulnrM rvlies at the ihurcli liulMlng at ID', a m aiid7'( p. m. 1'iavtr meeting on Wtiliie-iia) night 1171 ) " I'riindr' inietingfach Firxtd) nioniliig, until turtln rnotlie, at 1"', o'clock, on norlh ride of Douglas aviuue, lnHweeu J rr iit'iut and Glolie House, tulrumv tlilrilditor tail of dlolie Hounc. Christian church, tervlces ever) Iird's-la) at llo'rlixk, a in , in Occidental huilding (uorlh room) Miuda) siliiHilal loMock,a in (liuiili if too hiuners llev T .). Mielton, paelur. !!.. e at the Ojcra IIcium'. bAlUtATU bCMOOIA. The M E -.l!il'.ntli Mhool, V E Manley, uiriuleinleiit, inei ts althechimh at Si, o'clock p in The l'rcth) ti riin Srfhliilh ktIumi, lt.-.r-tou, .iperluteinleiit, meets at the rreil)terlan church at li lu. tSeriunn M. E Suuday school, meets at the school linuie, at 2,', o'clock, p in. H.KauBliiau, Superlutencl"iit EplMopal ahliath siiiool, E S. Maglll, Sujier InUudcnt, meets In Episcopal Church nil1, p m. LODOES. Mt. Olixtt tMMAMiei. No li, Iv.T. Uegulnr Conclave first Iridav of ever mouth. . &. ComiKTT, E. C. C. A. Walkeu, Iteconler Wi iuta ENCAiirMKVTXo, 21, 1 O .O. F. meets on the eruinil and fourth Tliurpdav ofeach mouth C. C Fi u-ist , C. I. W 1', Stem, Scribe. I. O O F Wichita Lodge Xo. !, meetsever) Satunlav night at 7 o'clock, at their hall in Temple lllock All brothers In good landing are I m tied to attend M. W. Lew, N. G. II. W Vioif, It b. A F. A A M Meets on the Fret ami third Monday of r ach month Geo. E. Hauiiis, W. M. Wichita Ourrai, It A. M Meetsoathei.ee nd r rida) In encli month j r ame, h. r. KMdilTsor IIiinsii, meetat Odd Fellows' Hall, every first and third W'ediieda) nfcndi month. J. W. Wlvciahd, Dictator. Kon'T Jack. Keiwrlrr. VlKtitKO llOIU'K-TIIIEt AociATiOMneeU third Satunla) of .Tunc and tlilnl tatunla) of SeptemlH-r. !-Uii It Duw. Secretary U S. IVND OFFICE. Douglas Aemi, Commert ial Itlnck. K. L Walker, ltegl.li-r, J L. Dver, Kecelver. Office hours ironi 'J to l; a in and" from 1 to 3 p m. ATTOKXEYS. JOMV CLAltk. s. .Jor. CLAKK AJOXES Law , rn. cornr Douglai ami Eniorla Are urn's, XV Ulilln, hauas. 41- H II W1HTLMVX, Attoiine-. atLhw. W ill practice in the State and hcderal Courts In the Mate of Kansas. Of fice on Douglas avenue, N. V. lllock, Wichita J.-5-1) STANLEY WALL, Ahukve-i at Law, VWihlta, Kansas Oftlce over lisautz & ltutler. 3.1- sLUSSAHATTO.V, ArrcinvKis, Wichita, Kansas, onlce In Eagle lllock ti ll fi. UUGGLES, ArroitNEt atI-aw, Wichita, Kan?Si. 47- i0 HAUIIIS. kOS IIA1U118 HAliKISA IIAUK1S. Attiiiinkts at Law, Wldilta, Kansas Office In thehiiildlugorcupicd l) the U -.. ljiud Office Ixians negollateil cm iiupntvcxl lauds In Sedg wick and ."limner couuties. 33. , II M. DALE, Attoiinei at Law, Wichita, Kausas. No tit Douglns Avenue. Office J M. ;j.VLlIEiaTOX, ArroitNEr at utW, WUhita, Se.lgnlck couuty, Kansas OlLie in Ceuteuuial lllock, over A ley's Shoe More. apAV. .1 F LVUCK, Attoknk at Law, first door north of U S. Laud Office, lu Commercial lllock, Wichita, lan-4i peclat attention given to all kiudsof b.islne conuec'ted with the U. S IjidJ Office. 1S- JAMES L. HTEU, Attorney at Law, Wichita, Kaunas. 32- E II JEWETT, A1TOKM.1 at Lcit. W lchlla, kansas. 1'IIYSICTAN.S. A W.McCOV, I'nrsiciA AxnMnuci Also U. K. eiam Inelng MtrgeOh for ienslnns Office over llsrnes A Sou's Drug More, Kesl Jence on l-awreuce ave nue lu third block north or Methodist church l-6m DK E. II. 1U.XTZ, I'pyplcfanaud "iirgecm. Office Temple Ilutldine, Uesidence first door north or Tumsr Hall, comer second and Market ts., ichlta, Kansas. 49- 1K HOMIKOrATH. A J. LOXGSDORF, Office on Main Street. M)ers & llro's store, Wichita over 17- S. S. 11 AUG UMAX. M. D., I'm i CIA- A'cu SrnGEox, Wichita, Kansas. 7- I). W. .SMITH, Dentist, Eagle Block tta, Kansas. Douglas avenue, Wlcb- Dtt. W. L. lOTLE, Oestist. Office over MaUhaw'aJsareir ator, Citwlil Hurt, WIssMsm. U- For the Eagle. .PARODY OX WlAUM MTU GtXM. Br one or THX MACS. I. O, Johnnie dear, and did you hear, The news tbat'a goi ng around, Sure whiskey la forbid by law To flow on Kansas ground. , July the fourth no more we'll keep, i Our Liberty is gone, And we must give up the bible For the teachings of SU John. II. I met a good old llooslcr, And I took him by the hand, Said I how's Indiana, And how does she stand? 'Tis, said be, the greatest countcrie That mortal ctcr saw, Where men cau drink good whiskey And Iolate uo law. III. And since the liquor we must drink, Is ginger beer and pop; We'll not forget -'old bourbon,'' For this tile tec total slop. We'll plant God-ghcn barley, Iicneath our p airie sod ; And it wilt take root and flourish, 'Though underneath trod IV. Dear lager, thou must leave us, Dritcu by a t) rant's hand ; Hut thou wilt And a refuge, la Missouri's happy land. Where the cruel lans of Kansas, No binding force can claim ; And where thy jolly subjects, Sing hosannas to thy name. V. When ou can from the turnip, Extract life gilng blood ; And when the trees grow downward, O, then perhaps you could Prctent the cup of Bacchus, From circulating free ; Rut till that time's arrival, The wee brown jug for me. Ui.en-Mauy Fakm, Slay II, 18SI. Editorial Staff Correspondence of Hie Atchison Datl) champion PBBNTIB' LETIERR. Th Hermittgt Tk Old War Trail. NO. IX. C11 vttanooga, Tl.XN., April 'J3. 1831. Itcforc bidding good-byo to Nashville, in company with an old army friend I made a pilgrimage to the Hermitage. Hovveer ele vated the moral worlli of the two traveler", there was nothing sufficiently gorgeous in the array as to v iolcntly stir up the populace along the road. The pilgrimage was made in an express vvaoti, with a colored gentle man, Hip driver aud proprietor, on the box. The old Lebanon pike was found in good order, with the toll gates in their old loca tions. I doubt if there is a plcasantcr old road in America. It was a soft, hazy day, a sort of combination oall the seasons, save winter. It looked like spring, was in warm as- summer, and with the smoky horizon of autumn. The road is lined w ith large farms, (plantations was the old name), with stately "manor houses" with the Greek porticoes in front, and enormous oaks and elms all about. Good, old-fai-liioucd houses thee, built when each famil) was large in itself and was, be side, tisited b) a great host of relatives. The fences were in good repair; the newer ones being eon-tnietcil of a flat btrbed wire. Illack people were in the fields; one large part) was setting out a nursery, others were towing pla-.lcrofl'jris broadcast, many were plow ing. f'l he w bite men were aho cngigrd One was overseeing the nur-ery operations, aud others weic going fililng. We passed through a w a) idc shad) village, where the store and other buildings were being held up li) men It aniii ugaiiist them. The hamlet is known is Slip Up. It is a Ion,- eleven miles from Nashville to Hie point where jou leave the pike and turn off down a sort of n woods roa I to the Her mitage This traveled a quarter ol a mile, vvecame upon a brick house almost hidden from v lew by a grow th or cedars This w as once the home of Andrew Jackson, and here he is buried. AVc turned round the comer ol a mou'd) board fence which enclosed the cedars, aud moved up a tough lane to the side of the house. There was no stir about, only an enormous turkey stepped across the lane.and a ouug call came out of the cedars and look ed through the fence with the curiosity of joutli. No human being was visible. General Jackson built what was, for his tunc, a stv lish houe. He seems to hav c had some idci of Mount Vernon. There is a large two-story brick house, aud on each side one-story wings, one used, in the General's time, as an office, and the other as .1 long dining-room adjoining the parlor. Aloftv two-storj porch, with high wooden pillars of an uncertain order of architecture, graced the front and alo the back of the niiln build ing. The windows of the parlor were open. Wc stood on the etonc floored porch and rang the bell; no one answered, and a journey round to the back of the house resulted in tho discover) of a bouncing vcllow girl, who explained tint she could show the house in the absence of her grandma, who was sick. So wc all went into the parlor, which is just asGeueral Jackson lelt it. It i a stiff, gloomy sort of room. Tho brocade-covered chairs, magnificent in Jackson's time, looked fit to break any modern back. Then there were the oId-fahioncd horse-hair chairs, which arc twice as funeral as a hearse. There was a quaint little piano made by Gilbert, of Bos ton, and bought by General Jackson. It was about half the sire of u Stclnvvay, and its )cllovv ivory ke)s gave .1 shrill, crackling sound, like an old woman's voice; je how inanv I ilr fingers hav c sw ept ov cr those kcj s, when the old General, broken by age and ill ness, got out his hvmn-book, (iiW book, as he called it), and had the young ladies sing. There were portraitsof General Jackson, and a frigid marble bust. Hcalcy's picture, painted a short time before General Jackson's death, is the finest. I never saw age and pain more faithfully depicted. There were various relics and curiosities, motlv locked up in a glass case. One lay outside, a ltril-I-li bavonct, picked up 011 the battie-tlcld of New Orleans, around which the root of a tree had grow n, making a very peaceful look ing bavonct. This parlor did not look much like Jackson, and we walked around the sunken, mos grown brick walks, aud noticed the general air ol decay about the pltce. The Mate of Tennessee iued bonds to buy it, and wheth er the bonds should be paid is vv hat the State Credit aud low Tax parties have been quar reling about. At present it remains in the Jackson family, a son of General Jackson's adopted son occup) ing the place. Between him and the State the house ma yet tumble down. Going out to the garden wc saw an aged black woman approaching. She was so old that her original black color had faded into an ashy hue. The old lady joined us in the large garden, first laid out, as she Informed us, by the artist, Earl, but now sadly dilapi dated. There w ere ragged shrubs, and neg lected flowers; it made one think of G old anaithV'blossonjIngfricze.unprofitablyga." Under a little circular temple of stone, lie the remains of General Andrew Jackson, be side his wife Itachel. The long and often printed inscription over the dead wife, told much of her husband's life and nature. I presume bad I been a voter in Jackson's time. I should have taken gnat satisfaction In voting against him, and should have de nounced him as an ignorant, violent, over bearing, bone-racing, dueling old tyrant, aa wa the fashion that then prevailed; but see ing the two graves, and reading the line over the woman he loved to faithfully and so long, it was impossible to remain in arms agaiMthiimeraory. "A being so gentle aB4 ret to virtuous, slander might wound, bat could not dUhonor," ayi the iMcriptio. It waa to avenge words acaiMt Xtr that Jack son, himself woumded yet ansHchlag, shot down Charles Dickinson, in one of the most ferocious duels recorded in history. The old servant who lived at the Hermit age the last four rears of General Jackson's life, told, as she had done a thousand times, the story of bis waning days. It was an oft repeated tale, yet as told it touched me more than any printed page. There are no buildings about the Hermit age save some bouses occupied by renters and servants; mostly cabins ; and in a grove near the turnpike is an old-fasbioncd country churcu, a square, ugly edifice, of dull-colored brick, with a large chimney but no tower. The church was built by Jackson, and it is connected w ith all his later history. Suffer ing constantly, utterly broken in body, the old man walked up and down the avenue of cedar he bad set out, and thought of the world beyonJ. In that church he professed bis belief in "the Friend who would keep him to the end. The old servant described him as the friend of every child be met; the kindest of masters; surrounded by young company ; glad to hav c the young ladies sing to him the hymns be had marked in the old leather-covered book. When the word came to the church, one Sunday, that he was dy ing, the entire congergation flocked to the Hermitage. The black people, too, came to the "big house," and thronged into his room one that looks out on the lower front piazza. They w ould hav c sent them away, bet the d) ing General, issuing bis last order, said, "No, let them stay. God is no respecter of persons." This is what the old woman saw. It is known to others that, though tortured and weak, the old man to the last kept bis eye on the political torizon, though no longer lor himself. I have myself seen, In Kansas, a letter written by him two months before bis death, in which, speaking of l'olk's cabinet, he said: ''Mr. lluchanan would make an able Secretary of State, but he lacks moral cour age." The Hermitage was left to darkness an J si lence, and after another day in Nashvi'Ie, I started southward over the old railroad, the Nashville and Chattanooga, the old war trail, every Inch of which was fought for in the great struggle, and so famous it became that the name of every little station on it was spoken of and know u at the cuds of the world. Through the cedar brakes and across Stone river to Murfrccsboro. The old line of de fenses vv as passed, just as good as cv er. The town has improved some, but looked dark after the rain of the night before. Christi ana, a little station, where the houses stand on posts. Fostcrvlllc, and a line of conical wood lulls, the outposts of the Cumberland mountains, rose up asif tobarthc way. War Trace, old name, but looking thrifty with new cottages and a new church. Normandy, and the south end of the car begau to be the higlicit ; wc had begun to climb to the plat eau, and there were lofty hills on either hand. Tullahoma ; here w e were on the high plain. A smart looking place, with nothing but a growth of voung oaks all about it, as it the old timber had been cut down for camp tires. I remember one nignt, at the old Nashv ille Theatre, thcthunder that roll ed ovci the house when it was announced, in a song from the stage, that "wc"' were in Tullahoma. Then came Cowan, and a new Iron furnace, and a railroat winding like a snake, up the mountains to a bare spot, visi ble a long distance, where is located the Uni versity of the South, and bejond the object ive point of the road, the great Scwanee coal mines. The dav was pirftct, and the mountain sides were gra) and bronze and emiraldwith the changes of the coming leaves It was all loftiness verdure and sunshine, vv Ith a sky like dissolving pearls, lu and out among the mountains swept the swift train, down all the time now, and then came out in a level red cla) country and hero was Steven sou just as slnliby as vv licit I saw it last. The row of dirtv -faced houses under the liluff, -taring like loafers at the railroad track and the old fields and even same entrench ments were .'till there. One man had built his house in a redoubt, aud used the breast works for a fence. The former law office of Hon. W. C. Webb, of Kans is, was probably in sight, but I could not distinguish it; the judge had departed and left "no sign." Low, swampy woods, a branch railroad striking out for Jasper, and then the great mountain wall south of the Tennessee rose before us, and wc slowly run into Bridge port. I was looking up at the ridgo at the left of the road, at a little red 4inc of heaped earth, an old relic of the vv ar, and some grow ing peach tiecs; aud thinking of a dreadful powder explosion I once witnessed there, aud had quite forgotten every thing clse,whcn the train moved slowly out on the bridge, and what a sight burst upon my vision! Here was the smooth, brow n, gliding flood of the Tennessee, coming forth from its rocky por tal. Looking up the stream you saw the pur pie mountains, line on line, stretching on ever) hand; mountiins to the right and to the left, one behind the other, bathed in the sun shine. Just at their foot rose a column of black smoke from the furnaces at New Pitts burg. A steamboat taking the chute back of the island, drifted slowly, the smoke lazi ly floating from Iter chiinucys, toward the bridge. Then vv c vv ere ov cr. The country grew wilder; the railroad seemed bunting its way; ever aud anon it sought the river, then climbed back into the hills ; itow up, now dovv 11 ; past Shell Mound and Whiteside, over the spider-web bridge at Running Wa ter; thcu wc saw high abov e us the long gray wall of a mountain we bad seen before; then a grccu valley at its feet; a run along a nar row shelf between the cliff and the river, past the mouth of a cave; then we saw the long slope of Lookout Mountain, with the great rock looking dovv n ; a cloud of smoke rose before us from the town. Wc were at one of the famous precincts of the world. Here was Lookout, Mis-Ion Hidge and Chat tanooga. N. TotOBfh tat Soath- Ib a&d AratutlCkatUM)- No. x. ClI ITTANOOGA, TcUH., April 24. It is lortunate that the w riter of this letter is not the discoverer of Chattanooga, en deavoriug to give the world a first descrip tion, for the town is so beset by ridges, ranges, spurs, knobs and "coves,"In the way of mountain scenery, and so involved arc the tortuous windings of the Tennessee, that nothing but a map can convey an idea to the non-beholder. Iu this letter it will be taken forgranted that the writer has "been there, and an attempt will be made to bring, in a general war, to the mind ol the c-oldier, the changes which have occurred since be departed. To begin with, it is necessary to under stand that Chattanooga has grown to be a city of fifteen thousand people, and has far outgrown the line erected for its defense ; and, also, the reader should remember that the boy baby, born in the days of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, is now about ready to enter the field with a mous tache, and is laying vigorous siege to the young lady who made her appearance in this bothersome world at that period. On the evening of my arrival here, in com pany with a former offlcer of the ?$lh Penn sylvania, who took part In the operations in and about Chattanooga, I V isitcd some of the important localities. Our first visit was to the national cemetery, which lies between the city and Orchard Knob. This cemetery, though not naturally so beautiful as many of the site selected by the gov erament, is care hilly watched and tended.and in time an will change what was once a gravelly knoll cov ered partially with cedars, into charming park. On the highest ground is an observa tory, with brick pillar and a sodded Soor, at present roofless, from which the gazer can see on one side the city, on the other His- sionary Kldge, the present and thepatt; while Lookout, which yon era never escape in Chattanooga, lifts its great form against the sky. The cemetery is the resting, place of thou sand. It make one's heart ache to think of how many. And in tne record the Eighth Kansas fills a sadly Urge portion oi a full page. I visited the graves or Captains Tre go and Graham, who have their real monu ment in two Kansas counties, named in their honor. They are buried side by side, not far from the entrance of the cemetery, in an open circle. In common with the oth ers, the inscription above them only give their names, rank and state but the rest will be remembered. It has seemed to me, how ever, that in each of the counties named after the dead soldiers of Kansas there should be some permanent memorial, a portrait, or bust, or some mural tablet in a public place or building in the county, to preserve the memory of the brave. Already there have been questions a to the real origin of some Kansas couuty names, and such questions should be settled forever. The cemetery is laid out in drives, one of them passing by a natural cove which is used as a vault. There are a few conspicuous monuments in the cemetery, but wanting such tokens, which sometimes seem to savor of the pride of the living rather than respect for the dead, love and patriotism still remem ber the sacred places. The visitors' book bore thousands of names from every north ern and many southern States. They come here singly and in excursion parties, and the people here tell me that scarcely a day goes by but some solitary man looks curiously about him for some traces of former years, and questions the passers-by, saying : "1 have not been here since the war;" and a generation will pass away before men will cease to be led here by sentiment alone that stirring in the heart which leads us to long journeying to visit once more the scenes of gayety or griei, of glory or defeat, From the cemetery wc went to Orchard Knob, famous as a point of observation for the leading commanders of Missionary Ridge. I am told that bill was once actually selected as a site for a fruit orchard, but no traces of it remain. It is now a rocky emi nence, rising like a wave in the plain that stretches toward the foot of Missionary Ridge. It is densely covered with a growth of cedars, and running across its crest what seems a hurriedly constructed line of works; two lines, in fact arc still visible. As there is no soil to speak of, the breast works arc composed of loose, broken rocks, and the the work of raising them must have been very laborious. In spite of the cedars, Mis sionary Ridge is plainly v isiblc. The slope of the Ridge directly opposite Orchard Knob is now cleared ground to the crest.; II 11 fact, the Chattanooga side of the Ridge has been greatly changed in places. Where there were old fields, a growth of young timber has sprung up, and in other places the tim ber has been cleared avvay,and there are fields and orchards. A part of the ground swept over by the advance is now a flourishing young peach orchard ot tw o hundred acres. There is little timber betvv ecu the town and the ridge except a joung growth of oaks which has sprung up since the "troubles." We returned from Orchard Knob to the city by way of old Fort AVood, afterwards called Fort Crcighton. It Is still a strong work, and is the property of the Dupont pow der company, which used it for some time as a magazine. The present appearance of things may be very briefly summed up. The foits which co-t the army so much labor w ere built ot an article of red clay, which has been found very useful for street and brick purposes. Thousands ol cart loads have been used in grading the streets of Chattauooga, and brickyards have becu established ucar some of the old works. They have been micd, moulded and burned, and are now iu sub stantial buildings all over the cltv. I find but very few of the old landmarks. Directly to the west of town will be re membered the high eminence somewhat re sembling Lookout in shape, and called Cam eron Hill. It terminates in an abrupt de scent at the river. Formerly it was covered by a close grow th of cedars, but the cast, or tow n slope, is now bare. The v iv id green of the grass and the intersecting gullies, which atadlstancenilghtbc taken for hedges. remind one of the high hilts of Ireland. On the height our signal corps was established, and also a battery of very heavy l'arrott guns. Roads were constructed which are still in use, and traces of the old parapets are still v isiblc from the town. The lower eastern slope is covered with some of the most tasteful residences iu Chattanooga, sur rounded by lovely grounds. The residences arc climbing the slope, and one of the high est is the house of Mr. John Stivers, a cous in of our Tom's. Cameron bill is a favorite resort for the loungers of Chattanooga. Descending to the foot of Market street, there arc traces of old lines along the river, and then houses intervene until you come to Fort Wood, which 1 have mentioned. On the next rise there stood a work, the name of which I have forgotten, but it has entire ly disappeared, and the house is occupied by a stately private residence and gardens. Fort Ncglcy (late Fort l'hclps) is rapidly be ing converted into brick. In a little while it will have disappeared. The large brick house occupied by Colonel Martin as head quarters is still standing, and is the proper ty of the Lookout rolling mill company. w hlch occupies the adjoining grounds. It is now what is now Whiteside street, and there arc houses for half a mile beyond it. To go back to the fortifications: There arc traces of a covered way between the fort I have spoken of as having disappeared entirely, and Fort Neglcy. On the line near Lookout uo large works arc visible, nor do you sec anything of importance till, swing ing around the foot of Cameron Hill again, you come to Fort Mihalozy, still in good order. In traveling about the open spaces and commons of the town you come upon fragments of ditches and parapets, and there are traces in the Interior of the city of a very elaborate work built on a sort ol cliff and known as Fort Jones. Out in the oak bush between the city and Missionary Ridge may be found the front of the Confederate defences. The works in most cases appear much less elaborate and well preserved than our own. The elegant court house in Chat tanaoga is said to be the site of a former field work. In company with Colouel McGowcn, of the Chattanooga Timii, I started out in seaich of the camping place of the First Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, near Rossville, from whence it start ed on what resulted in the long march to the sea. We went out a good road constructed by county convict labor, until we reached the former home ot the Cherokee family of Ross. On the road wc met the old-timers coming in. Lookout will become a bloom ing prairie before the "pore"' white man of northern Georgia chauges. Here they were, the same gay.old cavalcade, the lank, narrow skirted old woman with her snuff stick In her mouth; the same grief and famine stricken mule, tied up with rope gears with a sway-backed horse; the same weather beaten wagon. Nothing bad changed, not even to the bundle of blade fodder in the wagon for the "critters" dinner. We left the road and passed through the gap in the Ridge, but where I expected to find open fields was covered with young pine twenty feet high, and I gave up the search. I learned, however, that a portion of the ground wa still In cultivation. Giv ing up this trail, we skirted along the foot or the western slope of the Ridge, seeking a road to the crest. The road lost itself in the woods, but finally, by letting down bats and pasting through cultivated ground, we came out at the summit, some distance sonth or Brags' former headquarters. Here was a neat farm house, with a vineyard, straw berry bed, and a market garden. Th pro prietor, Mr. Carpenter, came out. I soon leaned that he wa froanOhio here, was born New EngUnder, sad hod lifiiithts trade in SpringfleW, Ttrtt, avOage I knew very well in my boyhood, and here he was plowing and towlag on sha once blood stained height. It wa a dMeJoa day; be fore us lay like a map the plate and town; the saaoke of the iron nriHs rolled away to the south; beneath its cload we knew was heard the roar of the fires, the hoarse scap ing of steam : the ringing of iron upon iron; the hundred of sounds of peaceful indus try. And Lookout, enangeles In war or peace, erar the same in iU grey majesty. while generations oi men about ft foot arc born and live, and laugh and weep and die, looked down upon it all. Here surely there had never been any stain vpon the earth darker than the falling petals of the peach bloom, or the strawberry's anowy blossom. But even as this thought came the gardener led me aside, and removing the covering of a box showed me mouldering bone of a hu man being, the remains of sense lost and tor gotten soldier be had just found mingled with the soil of his vineyard. With what army he fought, lor what erase be died, nothing could be known. The corroding earth had obliterated all. Net a button re mained. If a Union soldier; l all the search he bad been lost. If a Confederate, he had not been missed. He bad Joined the army of the "Unknown," forgottenaH save those perhaps who listened for months tor his tin returning feet ; forgotten by ail save those and God, whom we would Iain hope knows and cares at last for all. I was glad to turn away and speak to Mr. Carpenter of other things. He told me that bis neighbors for a mile along the Ridge are northern men, from Pennsjlvania and Ohio, engaged like himself in fruit growing and gardening. The northerners stilt hold Mis sionary Ridge. The eastern slope, which is much less rugged than the western, was for some distance in cultivation to the foot. The soil looked yellow and poor to a Kansas man, but I am assured that is productive. I w as told that northern men were quite success ful In this sort of business, where the native "cracker" sinks into the most worthless of created beings. If there is anything In the influence of nat ural scenery on the heart and thcmind,these dwellers on the ridge are most fortunate, for to the west they hav e one of the noblest pros pects on earth, while to the east range on range of hills, v arying in color as they re cced, from green to purple, strctca away, to terminate finally in the Kcnncsaw moun tains. This is about all there Is to say of the Chat tanooga of the past. The Chattanooga of tho present is the most interesting town I have seen in the south. A gentleman who has been in both places s) s it resembles At chison, and in some respect the comparison is not a bad one. The population Is divided in birth and in political sentiment, and the result, instead of being discussion, is unity. Here are Confederate and Union soldiers ; citizens of both parties. Colonel 3IcGowen, who edits a Democratic paper here, came here as the commander of a colored regi ment, and I presume there arc changes in the other direction. Then there are State Cred it Democrats aud State Credit Republicans, and Low Tax men ol both parties, forced to some extent to work together. But the great tic that binds men together is business, and Chattanooga Is a business town. Market street is as wide as Kansis avenue in Topc ka, and as busy as Commercial street in At chison, and is twice as long as tho latter street. Chattanooga is a great manufactur ing tow n greater than we of the north sup pose. In fact, while we have been speaking of the south only as a political stamping ground, a great industrial revolution has been going on, at least in portions ol that country. AVc know all about the Ku-Klux and the White-Liners, but wc have not heard of the mines and the foundries, the facto ries and the rolling mills. Chattanooga is dotted all over now with fortifications of in dustry, as she was once with those of war. I devoted a good many hours to the task, and then did not sec half that I wished. At the river bank there arc the extensive furniture factory and saw mills of Loomis & Hart, both northern men. They use a great amount of nativ c lumber from up the Tennessee. The revival in this trade is wonderful. Oue New York party has 500,000 feet ol black walnut King in the river just above Chattanooga. Over in the narrow valley, between Camer on Hill and the river, the ground was cover ed for maiiy sacres. There is the Roauc Iron Works, owned principally by Cleveland Cap italists, employing 550 men at Chattanooga, and as many more in Roane county, at their mines and mills. These works are the out grow th of a rail mill startc J by the gov em inent in I860. Then there is next an exten sive maiulacture of drain pipe, owned by Montague & Co. A few yards furthor on Is one of the largest tanneries in the United States, that of J. B.iloyt & Co, of Boston, manufacturers of sole leather and belting. The great belt that ran the machinery at the Centennial exhibition was made by this firm. Tiirce hundred and twenty bides a day are handled here, and one hundred and twenty men are employed. Then there is a large blast furnace owned by J. C. Warner & Co., of Nashville, and then, going out on the plain stretching to Lookout, arc the Wasson car works, employing two hundred men, and manufacturing box and flat cars, including the w heels. All these works draw their raw material from the surrounding country. The iron ore is dug out of the Tennessee moun tains; the clay of the tiles comes from Bir mingham, Alabama; the thousands of cords of oak bark arc gathered in Tennessee and northern Alabama and Georgia ; the lumber lor the car works and furniture factory is floated down the Tennessee. The coal used is a home production, and coke furnaces are being built all over the country. It is such things as these that the people talk about in Chattanooga. Besides these works, there is the Lookout nail works, and under the shad ow of the mountain, the Vulcan nail works. Then we have the cotton factory, the exten sive machine shops of General John T. Wil der, formerly commander of our mounted infantry brigade, now postmaster at Chatta nooga, and one of the pioneers of the mod ern iron industry. There are flouring mills, an ice factory, an establishment lor making gas pipes, and many more. All the works I visited employ both black and white labor, the laborers being also a home production. Chattanooga is the centre of a great coal and iron business. At Rising Fawn, J. C. Warner A Co have Immense work, and at South Pittsburg, on the river between Chat tanooga and Brideport, an English company have invested 9 1,500,000. This, to moralize a little, shows what can be done in the south by a union of forces. At Chattanooga, northern money and mind, and southern money, muscle and mind, have made a combination, and the result is some thing to be proud of- In a letter from Nash ville I gave full credit for what bad been done by southern enterprise, bat at Chatta nooga both the northern and the southern men have worked together, and I am free to say that I like that better. I have not time to speak of the wonderful railroad system of Chattanooga. I noticed one thing, however, that the southern road are adopting the northern system of adver tising. Future Pangborns and Charley G feeds will find employment In the south, and will do what has already been m well done for and by the Santa Fe road in Kansa and Colorado. I cannot close thii letter without saying a word about Lookout. You cannot get away from the site of it at Chattanooga ; it is im possible, almost, not to visit it. I bad stood on the "Point" year ago, and to see the in comparable spectacle of river, valley, rock and mountain once, is never to forget )U Still I could not resist the teaspuUon to vis it it again, and starting between shower, sde the ascent ra hecwhnek. Jt rained at interval aU the way, asat rae target th rain in taeh a joaraey up and mp the St- Brno road, now wrapped In aust, mw caleaing gttnVie of the Tilts Ihiragh the paning CUM mtm; ITHiiHg Ing of the wind in theplae tops, and the voice of the mountain stream that "slips through moss grown stones with eadlessj laughter." On arriving at the ere I rode over to Rock City, that curious collection of nature s freaks in fancy stone work, and then finally, drenched, tired and hungry, I came back to the Natural Bridge hotel, near the St. Elmo road. Here I was "hospitably en treated," had an excellent dinner, looked at the natural bridge, and just as the day show ed signs of clearing, started back to Chatta nooga. It is to be regretted that, over such a beau tiful place as Lookout Mountaln,thereshonM rest a shadow of greed or extortion, such as has deterred thousands or people from visit ing Niagara Falls. The heritage of the Cher okees was divided by lottery, a considerable tract on Lookout Mountain, including the Point, being drawn by a family named Mar tin. The Martins left the country and the property fell into the hands of Colonel White side, who bought it in for a trifle. It is now in the bands of his widow and other heirs. The mountain had been a sort of free sum mer resort for thirty years, and it was not until the yellow fever year that the White- aide heir bethought themselves to extort money from the public. A crowd or terrified people sought the mountain for safety front the scourge, and so the house of Whiteside established a toll gate on the old road, and commenced a regular system ot exaction. The people of Chattanooga were greatly an gered and disgusted at this, and a company bnilt the St- Elmo road up the mountain, an excellent highway, and destitute of the or nament of toll gates. The Whltesides at tempted to enjoin this enterprise, but with out success. They have now even built a lence across the Point, put up toll gates, and actually refuse access to v lsitors who come up the mountain with teams hired at other livery stables than their own. A spot which rea'ly ought to be the property of the United States is now fenced In and toll gated and surrounded by vexatious restrictions. A considerable number of law suits have been brought, with, so far, no relief to the pub lie. I write thus, first, to prepare the v isi tor for whathe may expect ; and, second, to reliev e the people of Chattanooga from any complicity in this meanness. Notwithstanding all this, Lookout Moun tain, with its natural features and iu histor ic assoclatlons,it is a pleasure, almost a duty, to visit. There a thousand things to see, and the old soldier especially finds traces of the most stirring years of bis life, which awake emotions which he alone can feel. Near Rock City I found ten lines of rude stone chimneys, which marked the old camping place of a regiment. The visitor who de sires to visit this region will find a bright chronicler in Mrs. Thomas, of the Natural Bridge hotel, who was born at Rossville, al most in the evening shadow of themountaln, the daughter of the pioneer surveyor ot this region in the days when the Cherokee turn ed bis sad face to the westward. With the hope that every wandering Kansau visiting Chattanooga will find there the same gay welcome and open-handed hospitality that the writer did, he says good-b) c. N. ASTRONOMICAL WISDUM. Oil Tub Signs oftst Chugat of & WoAhtr. Another popular idea is that the weather changes with the moon's quarters, although, of course, there Is 110 truth in this piece of vulgar astrology. That educated people, as Dr. Taylor has truly pointed out, to vv horn exoct weather records arc accessivc, should still find satisfaction in this lanciful lunar rule, is an interesting case of intellectual survival. Yet, however, the fact remains, and in cvery-day life one of the most fre quent remarks appertaining to wet weather is, that it will no doubt change with the moon In many parts ol the country great atten tion is paid to the day of the week on which the change ol the moon occurs. Tim-, If the moon changes on a Sunday, wo are told "there will be a flood before the month is out," whereas a new moon on Monday is nearly everywhere welcomed as being .1 cer tain omen, not only for fair weather, but good luck. A change, however, Saturday, seems universally regarded as a bad sign, and numerous proverbs to this effect are found, scattered here and there. In most parts of England, as well as Scotland. Some of the mot prevalent are the following: A Saturday's change and a Snnda) 's full moon, Once in seven )ears is once too soon. In Norway, the peasantry say : Saturday new and Sunday full Never was good and never wull. The same notion exists on the Continent ; Wednesday in Italy, and Frlda) in the south of France being regarded as unfavorable days for a change of the moon. At Whitby, lor instance, when the moon is surrounded by a halo of watery clouds, the seamen say there will be a change of weather, for the "moon-dogs" are about. This halo Is called in Scotland "burgh," the early Teutonic word for circle, as In the follow ing rh) me : About the moon there Is a bergh. The weather will cold and rough. A pale moon, too, is equal y unfavorable ; apiece of weather lore to which Shakes peare alludes in "Midsummer Night's Dream," (act li, sc ): Therefore the moon, the governess of floods, Pale In her anger, washe all the air. That rheumatic diseases do abound When the moon's horns appear to point upward, it Is said to look like a boat, and in many parts there is an idea that when it Is thus situated there will tc no rain a super stition which George Elliott describes in "Adam Bcdc." "It ud' ha' been better luck, if they'd ha' buried bim i' the forenoon, when the rain was Tallin'; there's no likeli hood of a drop now. An' the moon lies like a boat there. That's a sure sign ol fair weather." According to the sailors, when the moon is In this position it denotes fine weather, for, to use their phrase, "You might bang your bat upon It." In Liver pool, however, it is a sign or foul weather, as the moon is now considered to be Ilk a basin of water about to fall. The Scotch proverb inculcates the following admoni tion : The hooey moon is oa hi hack. Meed your shoes and art your thaek. Whenever a large planet or large star is seen near the moon, it is said by sea-faring men to prognosticate boisterous weather, for, to make use of their term. "A big star Is dogging the moon." Some years ago, says a correspondent ol -VWj and Qtrin, a fisher man of Torquay told me after a v Solent gale that be had foreseen the storm, as he had seen one star ahead of the moon ton Ing her, and another astern chasing her. Many other superstitious lancies are associated with the moon's supposed influence on the weather, varying, ot course, in different localities. Thus, a clear moon t generally supposed to augur bright weather in summer, and frost in winter. One proverb tells us ; If the moon shows a silver sblelJ, Be not afraid to reap your fie 14 ; Bat H she n haloed roood. Soon we'll tread on deluged ground. In winter time according to a popular adage, Clear raooa, frost soon ZTeme JerAU ' I B8FB I Dei'T rJT&UBI." Speaking of wags; what W more waggish tnan a dog's tall when he l pleased! spa!ng of tails we always like tboe that ead welt Hogg's, for instance. Speaking of bngs we saw one ol those o laul the other day lyiajr. in the gutter, and in the opposite oar, a well-dressed man ; the first one bad a ring in hi note, the latter bad ariegonbisSBget. "A bog Isknownby the company he keep." .tboogbt we, and tnasgat Mr. Porker, and of be west. Speaking of going otf pat s in sains! of aganweowned. It wurtogese night-psM we kava't seen it since. Speaking of gsssreasied a f powder. We saw a lady yesterday with so stachofit raherfsce that she wa reftued for fear of 1 BY HKatr xourocB. Ye, I once committed a nMrder, Outside of the realm of law, That I s'pose the body or people Would not heed the worth of a straw ; But I think 1 should sleep the sounder, Sometimes when the night wind wail, If I never remembered the murder, Or never told over the tale. "No matter what road I was running, In one of the Middle Stat, So many yean since, that I wonder Why the sorrow never abates. I was yoang, and hasty, and savage, A youth is apt to be ; And my hand my hand, you will fancy, Was a trifle too ready and free. "I was In my caboose just at evening, Say 'tween Holden and Fiddler's Sua. Making time to reach Waymaa's Siding For the up-train, at five twenty-one I had had a hot box at Grossman's, And that put me four minutes behind ; So I felt like the word 1 ugly, But the truth like 'going it blind V "Round the curve, and running say forty, Or it may have tseen fllty who knows? And there, on the track, before me, A black fiend at full scream arose ; A dog that sat down in the middle Between the two lines of rail, And howled like a fiend incarnate. With a mixture or bark, yell and wail. "Did I stop? Not much ! I just opened The throttle valve, by a mite, And over that dog she went flying, And over something else white I 1 stopped her then, with a shudder, And ran back ; in a maugled heap Lay the dog, and what bad been lately A girl-baby lying asleep ! "Havelcvcrgotoverlt? No, sir! And I never shall, till I die! Why didn't I heed the warning, ir 'twas only a black dog's cry ? I may have done many more murders, And 'tis likely I have, on the whole; But there's none, when night winds are howling, That lay such a weight on my soul ! "Anu what Is the worst of my sorrow? Don't make the one grand mistake ! I shouldn't grieve twice, I've a fancy, For the poor dead bab)'s sake ! But the dog, that vv as doing bis duty So nobly I grlcv e for him ; And I never tell over tho story, But I find my old c es grow dim." 7B0M WIOBITA TO TBB PA0TJI0. Leave Wichita Wcdnesdiy. April 37th at 5:10 n. m., and as we move out nothing new greets the eye. Nothing but one vast prairie Some arc planting coru, and others just be ginning to stir the ground. Wheat along the line here looks well. Now w e come to a small town called Valley Center. Situated near the Arkansas' river the country bear some resemblance to that of Harper county. Now we come to Srgwick City, a little larger than Harper, and from the looks of the tomb stone in'the grove near by it must be a sick ly place. Next on the line is Newton. This is quite a business place and one very large building is ncaring completion. A stop of half an hour is made here for supper, and after being shoved up and down on the track and chugged aud banged around for an in definite time, we resumed our journey. It is dark for the next few bonis and I cnu tell you nothing about the country. AVc passed over a bridge under which arc some rain with torches, spearing fish. Walton Is reach ed, and still we speed on, but It is only a short time till wc arrive at I'eabody. From thence to Cottonwood anil Florence and Em poria. I arrived here at 10 p. m., and will leave my fellow-travelers topuruetbelrvva) alone. Emporia Is beautifully situated and almost surrounded by a belt of timber. It has more depots and junctions than any small town 1 ever saw. At 1 o'clock p. in. wc started dowu the Valley of the Neosho, which has an abundance of timber, lledbtld is in full bloom and in ikes evcnthlng look beautiful. The town ol America, which Is the first place reached, was prob ibly named in honor of the discoverer or America. We come, now, to a rocky country ; rocks and hills on every side, borne one said the name or the station here i Rock Creek, and I think that would le a very appropriate name. Wheat looks bad here, and there Is not much or It, Farmers are plowing lor corn. Grass isgood along the valley, and stock looks well. Council Grove Is a pretty tillage with fair ground.' all lived tip nice. Stone fences and stone houses prevail. Junction City is not a very larc plsrc, but is scattered over a good deal of ground, and lies back from the railroad. Off northwest, two and a halt miles, on a hill, stands Fort Riley, a very uicc little place, nearly a Iirge as Fort Leavenworth. There are five com panies of soldiers quartered there. Junction City lies between two rlrcrs, the itepublicin and Smoky Hill. At o:i) we move out fur Denver, our train being made up of eleven coaches and run at rapid rate This Is the Smoky Hill country, and a beautiful country it is, too, all level bottom land lying along the Smoky Hill river. Wheat along this valley looks well, but It is better for corn. There Is plenty of timber all along the river. The country from Solomon is one vast plain almost as level as a floor, with here; and there a hill rising In the dlstancr, and the road runs along parallel between two belt of timber. A herd of cattle Is grazing on the luxuriant grass, and at I look down through the dim vista of time my hesrt thrills within me to think of those things that used to be, but have long since passed away. Sallna la scattered over a good deal of ground and makes a big show, but the house are small and nearly all frame. Bavaria, Wilson, Bunker Hill, Victoria, Ogsllab, Buffalo, Greenfield sre passed and 5 o'clock a in., April Sttb, find us at Vau nclla, a small town standing alone on a vast barren prairie without a bush or tree to be seen as far as the eye can .reach. Th morn ing Is damp, cloudy and cold. The country aroun J Sheridan It barren, rough and rocky. It Ico.s as though no hu man being could possibly live here, but It 1 evident that they do from the eod-bue and dug-out-. The passengers compUIn of being cold, and at 7:li a fire was started in the stove. It Is a hard looking country in led around Hogo, where wc stop twenty minutes for a very lite dinner. And now comes a beautiful acene ; The mountains In the distance seera to tower U the clouds, and they do, and far above them. They present a grand, sublime atJ glorious scene- Viewing them at a distance they iteets shrouded In a mtt. The city of Denver lie at the foot of the mountain in a valley which U flat but very rough. There are a gt-od many very Une brick atxJ stone buildings. It is a srtf pic turesque city viewed from a diiUnce, en ac count of baric; the mountain for back ground. The papulation, I uadersta&d, I 0r. There s a very tat de-pot nearly fin ished, which I constructed on the saepln as the out at Kaoua City, Almost all kind of people are to be scfTJ Usek, white asd yellow TbitlsUerla the Cfciasiaaa with his liule drawn ep, blk eye. Wc leave Denver 1 U the Colorado Ceetrtl, asd at Tmt go, twoeults from Denver; U the eit3ag works, asd ttey were la fu!i blast. The ataslfc, this roaming, present xrssd ceee, the sue hisiss on liesa, tie lower tvse brown aadbarv, while the other are perfectly white with snow &4 tawer upT eeensagly to the ilearea. Oh, cow grand and glories are Use work of atrt My heart I sUcd with ecstas-? asd yet I aat f( tricaen, and wonder at the JutUi for d clariag tiat there I t GoA, aad If he were tad era) the anewrppad tsvssatv Inlflmf JsMt HrfTf JfttMf iCMWMUsakhto srathmrata vm hi heart m wraMaay, tie the werkaorthe OnsACmstar. GoideabiapreUyvlHagerigat snenatala. Here they pat on three to take th train np the moanUIn, aadon top of one of the nataln la a take wtth flah in it. Seaatiftd stream of water tw down th canon into the Irrigating rVtehea. Garden (tuC, in the vaHey.i tatter ad vanced than in Harper enunty. We are new running through a beatttlM valley with mountain of mow on Sr left It look cold up there, bat it is a warm a summer here. Louisville is a little village nettling under the spur of the mouataihs, (I thought), ht a gentleman told me the nearest were tea or twelve mile or, Here I aw two hog the only ones I hav seen In thl coaatry. There 1 plenty of grass in this vaUey now, but then wa ndne here last year. There I no timber to be seen la any direction. Boulder t a very pretty place, situated in the mouth of Boulder Canon with saountain on all tide. AU small fruits aad garden vegetables are far ahead of those inSottthera Kansas. Strawberries have been la bloom a good while. Peas are a foot high, aad rhu barb is just ready to bloom, aad everything else le proportion, stoulder 1 5,090 feet above the sea level, and the highest point above this is 8,099 feet. Boulder City, as It was first called ,1 the county seat, was the first settled and I now the largest town In the county. It location I extremely beautiful. It is a town of the plain, built at the base of tho mountain aad overshadowed by foot-hills ol singular gran deur and beauty.of form. The situation Is also extremely advantageous for trade, hav ing, In the mountains, a wide scope of min ing region whose natural out-let aad li let l the Boulder Canon, at whose mouth U the Indispensable town of Boulder. Moth the scenic wonders and the natural business ad vantages or the point appear to have been as closely discerned at first m now, for within a month after the discovery of gold the Bould er City town organlxation was effected. Thl was on the 10th day of February, 1(09. At first there were fifty-six shareholders, whose ambitious plans for a city covered two sec tions, 1.340 acres, 537 blocks of twelve lots each, and extending two mile along the river from the mouth of the ranon. Th mining excitement run high that spring and It I estimated that there were two thousand people In and around Boulder, and the ex pectations of tho founders of tfie town were correspondingly big. 1 ho winter ol 1858-9 proved oue of those open, sunny winters, that have since become famed as the peculiar glory of Colorado. I could write column after column, but thl article is altogether too long, now. I feel very well, and hope to continue until 1 am perfectly well. Ucspectfully, Wallick S.vcktcTr. HlMOBTIi Or T0BIT0WH. There Is, however, in the memories of York town even now murh to draw living Englishmen and American nearer together, aud unquestionably the bearing of General Washington nl the supreme moment toward his vanquished and humiliated enemy was of that character which It is meet and right that blstoriatushould "not willingly let die." When, cm tho 1Mb of October, 1781, Lonl Cornvvallis had lost tils two redoubts by storm, he made an attempt to escape with his rank aud file who were still lit for duty rather more than 4,C-00 In number across the river to Gloucester. The attempt was frustrated, as might hare becu expected, when It is rcmcmliered tint the opposing forces, Freuch and American, vastly out numbered the British, and that a French fleet of moro than iliirty sail, umlcr the Comic do Grassc, lay lu the ailjolnliitf river cud roads. On the morning f tliu 17th orOcto- ber, Lord Cornvvallis acceptrd the inevitable, and the terms of capitulation were settled between lillil, as representing the British side, and Gcueral Watlilngtou aud the Cotut de llochnmbeau, as severally leprcseutlng the triumphant font of America and France, But it'isnot gcni rally known that at the mo ment when Lord Cornvvallis surrendered to General Washington, the humbled English man simultaneously uncovered his hcni. With characteristic thouglitfiilness General Washington prayed him to put oil hl hat, as the weather being chilly and wet, there was danger of his catching cold. "It does not much matter vvhati,ow be comes of me," exclaimed the dejected Eng uan ; to which, iu a firm voice. Gen, Wash ington bt once replied: "l)u tba contrary, my IjiiI, I anticipate for you a long career of distinction and honor in the service of jour King and country." How truly these generous and prophetic words were borne out may bo seen by those 'win care u read the epitaph upon the monument erected by a grateful country to Charles, First Marquis Cornwall!, In St. Paul's Cathedral. Yel memories of this kind serve only to remind us that, lu Keblo's beautiful word, "Broth ers, are brothers' evermore, No distance' and It may bo added, no bickering "breaks tbeir tie of blood," England Is, happily, on terms ol the closest amity both with France and the I'nltcd States, and no celebrations ol events which harpened a century since are likely to diminish the cordiality or their frletldohlp. Znfe Ttt'rafi. WHEY TgJCT TotnMU. D1AD. Children are the sunshine of life. They are the soil wind which thaw away the snow and ice of telfishnrss. They are tlw atmos, pbere In which old age finds hours of youlh fulness. On l'ropect street lived an old woman who made herself a terror to every child who passed her door. Her house was old and grim. The dark curtain wre al ways down, the doors were seldom open, and no child passed It without fearing the evil spirit that seemed to lodge there. The old woman cuned any one who dared peer through the fence, anil If seen abroad stfe was carefully avoided. A few days ago the children saw the Inside of her house fir the first time. Th" old woman bad Ik to found dead, and men and women bad assembled to respect her told clay. With there eta the children. Tey r.eretse Ursula forget wbstsbebut Wen, and the jrt to sbol tears over the Jos of her earthly rareer. Men and women were ssllsfied when the body bad been dred fgr the grave, but ths children brought Bower and laid liters on her gnrrir hair until she seemed to wear srrawn of glory, theyj Uetd a beautiful Illy In her bony 0e;ere. green vine over her breast, and when ti curtain was raised and the sunsblae streamed (e and fell uj-7n the dead, men and women said "Ul the face- of a tsMher anda woman, sod w were l harsh with her. Let God remember that she. wat all alone, and bad ttnrh t cridare." The work of the children had n,Ml itrsli, ol Its look, and melted fratea Icisrts, and s Qtrf stood arouod the bier they ssne "Ye, we'll catberatllv riser Tsial w if U- U.JVM f 0tA " Jlen pressed each otter's viU aad wfci- peredf "WooM that our hearts would alwsysV lie hrt nt ciWrro.' TIEaa, AT' MmX A rVeocbnvsn received a draft payable at three 4y sight atacrtala bank.' Tbelrst dsy be presented b5J tllh eMitef, aed exuded ii btfore tie psyixg teHrr, d iJd i Yosi ssre tiai oae and foldiag it cp be alked aw ay, TV beat owrof ;r be ap peared xr?n, aad g'siog thrvagb the sua on,Jdir tSist tnin." Tie third day be appsrt'ed w atvr, atd U i Yofl ses; thai three tiast; ytti tT Wa' Armas: ami larger Us ti original ptse the "reavsaAt es Victoria toad of Iaaa." ifcrsseof Hi getting fcitled r optsrvd every rsr days, aad site reaaaatU Mlsnwetshsata srard yarJ wide, aad Sfvrngpattry Ulsseheaef Tee; sfcwaann. lav a rearta sMval all tetnltklassdttMSsamhwlaaws))! AIHtsdclsM of eteanngt) ago snlsOeh n tag for a ae want, aad that I for get to Anserlea." Jee-"I9tBThhaa ttsfcevtoi bicycle. What on earth la he Jalt(fattfcr' nvwlsaWW'nn)f TWwj MsBn' nMHsrMVyiw! "9K Jvh BbMwI lrVaBB pNI wnl j "For 'InnaMH ressd 'senator " sMftaCa aasMan paper In expUasMwi of a tj iff ah leal error. What' the me-af ling; a Hm about syaunjm? Jit rW. A matron nnder truss stsmlastlsn in a wltae tamed up Varna at the infirm, tioa that her daaghter waa ineHaed wad a widower. "Very likely," J4 he, wMh a to of her bead, "that my daughter nhanhi marry a second-hand saan!' The ratto of vote to popnlatten hi the Hf fNew York, at llMmrt rYtaldasjtfoJ ! lion, wa about one to Ave; In FhHadtlfhla and Chicago, one to six ; Be and Saint Louis, on to seven; la New Orleans, on to nine, and la Providence, oat to kva. A cltltMs of New Mexico being Inlnrawd that, la hi absence, a panther had itantait his wife, aad that she aad beatM oaf and killed th aalsaal, merely shrugged hte .. der aad said, "Kl that panther kaowed her a writ a I do, he'd a never riled her af, you bet t" . "What I a cold Y ask C'lswtef Jm Well, sir, suppo you begin by aaalag hard you nearly bleak your neck aadbrl your tongue terribly. Then your a get stuffed up, and you need aboct foartota handkerchief a day, aad the end of your note gels too watery, aad you begin to cough so the lolks across the wyeaa't sleep, and you feci lame all over, a though yoa'd been under a fire engine, aad you're ugly, nd kick th dog, aad chae the eat with a hoot-jack, tell your wife she caa't cook, aad make the household a gebenna lor tea days. Then you've got a edd, Jfrafos Pttt. PostoOce change In Kansas during the week ending Hay 7, MM, furnished by Win. VanVleck, of the Poslosse Depart ment. DiaCOXTIKUBD. Buck Grove, Jackson country. XAXB AND BIT. CHAKOBD. Camsrgo, Smith county, to !, Frank lin county, Nebraska, aad John L. Cook ap pointed postmaster. rusTMASTCH ArrnixTBP. Bremer, Doniphan county, Jesse F. Cook. Brett, Norton county, W. Alter. Clarkson, Kusscll county, Dclo V. Cald well. Clayton, Norton county, John J. Cameron, Jr. Clear Dale, . "dinner county, Mrs. Eva I, Donahue. Fall Leaf, Leavenworth county, Napoleon L. Coop, Grov eland, Mcl'herson county, Mant'l M. Mitchell. OLADaTOHITTUATMlllT OT 1st Nil RIVAL. " I am overwhelmed," were the last dls tltKt words that Lord lleaconafleld uttered. He then seemed to tail asleep. About a quarter of an hour before hi death he strove to rally, raised himself, and stretching hits, self as he used to de hen be rose to reply In the hoiie, his lips "moved, but no sound came forth. This passed and the end came . lu quirt and peace. No word ol explanation has jet comet from .Mr. Gladstone regarding his extraordinary behavior with reference. In his Jead rival. Lord ftaeoutnM's death wss most surely worthy of mention by the leader of the Government In the !lotlsj of Commons, even were not that, salt la, the custom. Hut Mr. Gladstone' lips were seat ed, and he absented hluselt from the funer al. The whole proceeding has at least an tin Kenerutis look nd in a line of conduct wiser Lord necoiisfled was peculiarly c"MroU and happy. Had Mr, Oladstou died before him, it l probable that no or competent, comprehensive and truthful estimate of hi eharaeter and career would have come freea any man than from hit rival. th kilwws or to nmamn. Only two of the President of the failed rf tales were actually number of rhurrb when In office, Washington being th first, n Episcopalian, anil General Garfield th other, a Disciple Baptist. -Adam married a minis ter's daughter ami leaned to UnlUriaali; Jetferao 11 wat skrptIcL;Maon' rly con nections were I'rrsbjrterlanj John . Adasaa was as hit father; Jackson was Melhodirtlu and died In It communion; Van Itarro wa brought up lu the Dutch Reformed Church, but afterward iesoed toward Episcopalian (tin; Harrison leaned toward Method-Is; Tyler waa an Episcopalian ( Potk waa b tlxed a Methodist prra'her after hi bale expired; Taylor leaned I'.wtrd Kphx-opal-lanistn; Fillmore attended the UaiUrltn church; Franklin Fierce attended tbeOa gregallonal (.buret-, hut was not member llnrhanan was I'rrshyf rLin ; Lincoln was not member of ny cburifc, but fretittraUr attended Dr (iuilej's PresbjlarUn rbarcls and Bishop ttlnipson sad Dt. Gurhry deliv ered sddrrse over bis rtm nt; Gnat sad llayet r Xetbodlttt and attended Method 1st churrfaea, but are not w 1 tbers. rmftJiSHmumaam. Two dlttinxuisbed Englishmen have died within short time, nd reader of English eewspspers will be struck with the perleet frbkne with wblrb the respetllvt merit and demerit of both r d!sused theft-la. Not less retnarkbt Is th dlnVrewce of opin ion ronrenilDjj them. Of the ahsrp rrltUltm tc which Ht. ('ariyle's chars'Ur, eoadaet aod wnrk has bea ubjeeid need r nothing more at thl t(oe. Not s striking Is the dlscas.lor, or, we iaty y, dltaeetlon, of th Earl ori!oeid. Oftf Journal yt that he "wat if great legislator;" tmtAkwt that bis death "has esst oyer lb aatloa tb ths-J-jw of deep TUftn." "Ills tntf," stys ote writer, "we trust, will find few lav tutor;" "as ttsifiiasB," ; another. "ht was Unesth ejofeM.' "Hi lnV eoeee says Ubsrrsl writer, untT Often Ignoble, perverse, fwe-lVitsed ulUaaatoiy t j-risti, ji fraught with breceadtHUg leg. eyofevll' Wesney add few nsor pra-t-rspbs "Th best friend to the Dumtrf at IJ-aon.aVW sre those wUo r eagsged Is mitigating, a far tsey be, the result of bit al j-i.teoa"rp'ttr;' "Tae V-nSSaat Artlsee-t of 1,rrd rVfsrM wee fvmdeI opoa b sf croerty atvl ttekig." 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