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SATURlAX OCTOBER J, 18S9. 1
l '.fta, SXLEOaTX TO CONGBEfiB.
m a n c u s j . p Anno t t .'
My connection jritH Thk Ex?0RIa1News
ceases -with this No. -X have sold the office
to P. BPLtTJtB and Pro lee Eas1dai.l, by
whom the paper !wfll bef cdacfed Iff tb
future. Both of these gentlemen are . .veil
known here, and need to introduction' from
me. They 'are experienced printers and
editors, and the 'change will be a beneficial
one. to the' patrons of -the. ' paperl r' To- the
people of Breclen ridge and l, the adjoining
counties I return my sincere thanks for the
liberal support "Which has been extended to
the paper during my connection With it.
You have my ; best, wishes for your future
prosperity.:? -'1 J. STOTLER. ,
.With the date, of this, issue, Tut, $ews
falls beir to new publishers and editors, : It
is not necessary in this connection to make
any extended remarks explanatory ; of our
position and. future course. Our political
opinions j are. well known in this portion of
Kansas at teast ; and all our interests, wheth
er political, "pecuniary 'or otherwise,' are
identified with those of Central and South
western Kansas. . Both have ,been residents
of Emporia from the date of its existence,
and-both have been more or less interested
in Tim News since 'its f commencement;
and it shall be our aim to increase its use
fulness by making it a necessity to every
farmer and business man in tlrts portion of
Kansas. ; But enough. The News will
epeak for itself, and we ask for, nothing
more than its merits deserve. K.
, ' . . " , . THE EDITORS.
Next Tuesday!
Only two more days until the election on
the Constitution. , Kext Tcesday, the 4tl
inst., the people of Kansas are to deciJe up
on a question seriously affecting their pe
cuinnry moral, social and political interests
ior years i owe. , ; mcj
rfrom the , enects ox para tunes, wuuu van
only be relieved by emigration; bringing
with it -capital and a demand for produce,
'Stock,' &o. ' V,". -i ''
A State Government is just wh- wp
need to attract emigration:', It j-'" jngpire
a confidence in peace and suprernacv of
the law which is now ;anting : :
But it is needle for', us Q rebearse what
every man k0W8. We only ask the peo
ple to do iheir duty. ' '
There is not a man amongst us but wh at
can well afford to spend the whole of elec
tion day coming to the polls and bringing
his neighbors with him. Let tbm do i,
and cheerfully, too, with the feeling that
they are doing their country and themselves
a service by it.
Next Tuesdat Vote Vor the Consti
tttios, and see tp at tocb keighbors do
THE SAKS. 'T :', .;'
Tlio Election of Delegates next
Tuesday.,
Next Tuesday, the 4th' inst., the day of
election on the Constitution, the , Republi
cans of the various townships of the Coun
ty, are to choose delegates to represent
them in a County Nominating Convention,
to be holden on the 11 th inst.; for the pur
pose of nominating candidates for . the va
rious County Offices, and a member of. the
Territorial Legislature. ,
There are a number of Candidates in the
field for the differenl offices, and the work
of "electioneering" is being zealously car
ried On. J. '. ' ' - - . i . - ' ' . '
Now the matter of the election of these
officers is one of much importance to the
people all over the couqty, and it is. 'their
duty and privilege to canvass the merits
and demerits of, the various candidates who
are asking their suffrage'. r : -
. But their maia matter' of caution should
be in the selection of delegates to the nbro
ioating Con'ention. ; If. these, are good
men; actuated by a I desire to ? promote the'
interests of the' whole eouhiy, and not n
single portion of it, or a single person, the
nominations w'-l be safe in their hands:
If they are not of llus -kind, trouble. will
ensue, and the people bf the county will be
divided in such a manner as to endanr
their prosperity as a peopl'. ' .' " .
. If the people will but elect as delegates
next Tuesday, honest, intelligent and sub
stantial citizens, and good Republicans,' tlie
interests of the county, and of the Repub
fican partyt will be cared for Jn a proper
manner and without a diviskvpuof the now
unanimous, action of the people of - the
county, r 1 r : - " ; - -
The y ield of wheat at the thresher through
out Iowa, Indiana ana Illinois seems to nav
disappointed the general expectation.
Uttr from tliinois to the iV. J' Tribune,
saTs- V "We vhave just; finished threshin
forty acres of wheat,; on our farni, near
Bloomingtbn, and We:'ir:cdniiler.yer
lucky" m getting an average ot nine ouau
els per acre. .In this cbuaty, ; the average
yieldof wheat will not exoeed five bushels
per. acre." x nave 7o acres oi corn sianu
ing'wbicb ought to returu 3,000 bushels;
but that may disappoint exeUtwaf if !
much a tbelteaifcJb'TheIates ao
counts from - Indiana, Jniioate' about eleven
bushels per acre f n the drthern couaties, a
prairie region,' whicb ii considered the best
part of thjrsutejforwat,
of the ligbVyteMj"?1!1? i1 v5?0
cur lo;taying tbt rjuJUy.ia goodj r va
A few years ago there was a movement
for "Christian Union," that is to uniteVll
the evangelical religious' denominations in
to one grand phalanx, to wage war against
aatan- and' all his workers, j The subject
was mentioned i to at certain jBfngle "minded
old lady a cousin to JJrsVPartington; we
believe, whoat once fell in with the project
and suggested the way in which' it could be
accom pliah edTXt waa'Tor'AVvWy-" body" to
just walk right up and join the Baptist
(That is precisely our, plan for uniting the
vpusibiua ior j.ne next, .rresiqentiai. elec
tion against the present Administration and
its supporters.- Let the people walk right
up and join the' Republican" 5 party ! ., That
is the'shorteet and simplest plan of union, ,
it is also the easiest and the best ! and what- i
ever..-the-York' Tribune or anybodj"1
else may say or do about it, we believe it is
tbe most expedient course to be taken.
The Republican platform is wide enough
and strong enough Jor every true ' man to
stand upon. It-is tiuly national in every
plank, and in every timber.' It is'opposed
to the extension of Slavery, 'opposed to the
Slave Trade, and opposed to.;swindling. It
is in favor of Free Soil, Free. Speech, Free
Labor, Free Homesteads and Fre Schools.
It is in favor of the Pacific. Railroad, and
in favor of mnking the. rails fur it out of
the mountains of iron : we have at home,
rather than running in debt fr them in Eu
rope, and bringing tjiern five thousand
miles by sea and land to lay them down, at
the foot of those ironmouqtains, . through
forests of timber and over mines of coal,
while our laboring men who" shoul 1 be em
ployed in mining the -coal and smeltipg anil
manufacturing the iron, .remain idle and
desti i ute, unable to buy the flour, pork" and
bef of the farmer for want of the employ
ment. " - :-T" 5 ' ';
; The doors cf the Republican Council
House are wide op-ri no obnoxious tests or
degrading ceremonies are lequired. "je
Republican party is made up of th-oSe wV0
were once Democrats,' Wha' Free
, - . . . , r . tieiiher,
but
imv .ji-lJum'U I..e T',tr
7t. : i
to vote fince the
noil hern mcj
obsolete. . There are
- i
and. southern men, eastern
r ,jstern men among - its member..
..ners ot this tvepuDltc.' The airii of the
party is to if turn to "the .good old paths
ironv which , doughfaces an j demagogues
have Jed us . astray;, at tiie bidding of jh'e
Slaveholding oligaiebV; The Republican
party is not a new invention as many are
taught to believer but its leading ideas are
as.olr as the, Constitution, and as , vital to
L'.oerty rs air is to the lungs. The bla-k
Democracy of the preseut day whether of
the type advocated by-Douglas, or tht pat
ronized by .uuchanan. is a motern inven
n a new fangled notion, having no
root' in the UonPtuution no sanction in
the teachings of Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe or Jackson. 1 he Buchanan policy is
n all essential . features identical .with the
old. Federal policy, of which Buchanan was
n his' younger, days' a devoted - partisan.
His early predilections are still the most
powerful impulses of his being Govern:
ment under his Administration has become
so far as he can make it) a centralized des
potism. The old estate ttights doctrines are
rnored and tramDled under foot, while
Dred Seottism is set iip"as was the abomi
nation of desolation in the "holy place" of
he Jews. , The appointing power of the
General Government has been turned into
engine of corriipi ion, every contract
made for. Kuilding-a 'ship for tlie , Navy or
for, supplying Army or Navy , with any
thing they, needi must covera bribe of from
five to fifty per cent.-for some corrupt a-id
otten favorite," while the ' Supreme . Court
tself has at last been transformed, as Jef
ferson hng since prophesied it would ulti
mately be, into' I"a -corps' of nappers and
miners" to undermine and destroy the Con
stitution;' that 'our! fathers' framed. The
Remiblican cart v is a re-criianizaiionof that
Republican paity first organized by Jefier
son arid bin :,co-laborersVlo .'protect tlwTre
served rights of the-States and of the po
tnVfrom the va"?t and constantlv increastni
. -1- - .-i ,i ' - r
oowerof tbe Uenerai uvemrcent to pre-
vent the. immense patronage and weight of
the i General : Governmetit from crushing
out the independence and substsntial being
of the States. Our Government was in
tended by its founders to be a confederacy
of sovereign States, with a general agency
hI Washington for the liausactioti , of cer
tain 1 buahiess Tmaiters - which the States
could not so well mana for themselves.
By the overshadowing power and influence
of its hundred , millions of annual ..revenue
in .the hands of unscrupulous - and corrupt
officiate. ' this : confederacy of sovereii;n
States is being rapidly changed into a ceu-
tralized .Republican despotism, more like
France under. the reUn of teri-or, or later
under Louis . Napoleon the ' Princei Presi
derit,r than" like the mode! ' Rt-pubU'tf; our
fathers aimed to establish. The Reputl
can party seeks to change all this, , and to
bring us back lo: the old paths of honesty.
economy and freedom; Let every man "who
approves the object; unite with Republicans
to accomptisu . jei oia liepuoiicans wei;
come every new comer with open arms and.
a hearty greeting. Let us have a rsxox of
RePCBLiC-A JtS TOB THE SAKS OF TBS RxPCB
-.-TJnrtyif'JJoVmniia iarrivedtat JJew York
on the 3d Inst, from w Liverpool, Eng., on
board llie ship A tlantic. If They were all in
tellisent and well prf idea for, and started
at once , ppoa j.hejrj )M?7. 95l j1
Ilepublie Candidates xbrState Homi
'.JAy inatlona. -"-'-z-"
As the prospects of the Republican par
ty for success are every day increasing,
and the adoption of the'. Wyandotte Consti
tution isecured beyond doubt, tbe impor
tance of the Republican State Nominating
Uonvenliou is proportionaoiy magnineayin
the eyes of office seekers and politicians.
Ae-a3t;on8equence Republican candidates
fonthe -; Tariotut 'JState fi5ces are; becom ing
numerous. Jjrtt' 7-' ' l"r x:i'
zFprmtTJiox.-rib. have H. P; Johnson
and H. Jsz Adamsf of i Leaven worth; ('W.
McKay, ofVVyandotte;C. Robinson and
C.- W.-iJabcocSrof "Lawrence.
. 1 Lieutenant-' Governor -J P. Root 'of
.Wyandotte; Lucian Fish, of Shawnee couu-;
ty, and W R.' Griffith of Bourbon; r
r Secretary qf .Staled James' Fleicher.-of
Topeka; J. WJ Robinson, of , Manhattan j'
and A. Dan ford, of Linn coutv.
Auditor O. S.; Hillyer, of Grasshopper
Falls; S. D. Houston, of Manhattan, and
S. E. Hoffman tf Woodson county.
Treasurer. A. Wakefield, of . Douglas
county; Henry Harvey, of Wabaunsa coun
ty, and J. G. Bluut, of Andersou vouuty.
. Attorney General-C. A. Foster, of Ly:
kins county; and J. T. . Burris of Johnson
county. s .'
Superintendent' of " 'Public Institution
Rev. Davis,' of Daugas; couaij; "an J. , .
Goodenonr, of -ManLiauaii. : . .!
Supreme. Jadyes Tom Ewing,' of LeaV
enworih; S A. Kingman, of Brown county;
S. W. Greer and L. Dr, of Suawiee
county; aud Lawrence D. Baily-0f e.
poiia - ' . - -J: . .. ; - -
For Render Gf Vonpfrsk-O; E. Lear
Jpt y couniy M. F- Conway aud
E.S. Lywmank of Lawrence. ;
We believe w have presented the names
of all the pr0ruiiieiit apiiaiits for nomina
tion at lh.5 ):ands of the Republican iswie
on"iention. .'.If we have omitted anv it is
'ininieniional, an J we will mate the amende
when informed of the taut.
"That's the "Way tho. Money Goes.
The Uiali correspondent of the .MUjsHuri
Democrat makes an expose of the late Gtv
e in me lit mule ale at Camp. Floyd. Utah,
whic'ii serves as an illu&iraiiou of tiie'wav
llie people's money is squandered. Ild
says that the Quartermaster General ; at
Camp r ioyd.; received" Hit: order ; ii.oin - tue
Secretary of.. War", to receive notes from a
cerliau Mr. Hdliday as 'cash, for all pur
chases' mdde by him, '''and 'that .the auction
eer received secret instructions to knock
down the mules to Mr., HaHiday .'at certain
figures.' Under these terms Mr.; llalliday
purchased Upwards'of-a; thousand 'mules.
paying in notes a little more than half what,
other parties would have paid in cash.
T;.e writer also states that Mr. Haliiday has
a contract to supply to the Government at
Fort Dallas, Oregon, a thousand mules at
his own price. He will therefore sell back
to the Government these same mules at a
profit of not less than fifty thousand dol
lars; which is a pretty lair profit, consider
ing that he invested no cash in the opera
tion. This is the same Mr.' Halli.lav, it
will be remembered, to wliom the cou tract
was given to turuislr the Uuih 'army with
flour at $28 per hundred, when ii s actu
ally selling in Silt Lake for 6 per. huh
dred. How large a share of the profit of
these transactions is "fobbed" by the Pres
ident and the .Secretary of War does not
appear; but it is doubtless something "hand
some." ..' ' " ;
' The Hotel Robbery at Kansas City.
' Oii the niirht of the 6th ult. a iruest of
the Farmers ' Hotel, 'Kansas' Cuy.J-'wai
robbed of a valuable watch and somem-fiif y,
aud his pauts thrown out of the window.
In the statement published nrxi morning in
the Jourhul of Commerce, the theitW.i
charged upon .Messrs. A. M. Jaiboe and E
G. Davidson,, two respectable tanners resi
ding at -Versailles, (11J Cretk,) in this
Territory the evidence adduced being that
they occupied the same room with .the per
son robbed. The' t'entlemeu spoken of,
after their return home, and hearing f their
implication, addressed a note to the editor
demanding a correction The same paper
afterwards stated that it had been iu formed
I il-,ai itio ii'tmu t( t Hf tfMii i tiiin .a 1 tut
" . r. " r
appropriated by the guilty p Jy and entered
upon the hotel register in order t avoid
suspicion. The clerk of the hotel next pub
lished a card, averring that the names, ot
Messrs. Jaiboe'and Davidson were copied
in mistake for two otters the guiby ones.
and there the muter stands. Ii ts rutficeii
on lhe whole to say that Messrs. Jaiboe and
Davidson are en tiuly innocent of the charge
preferred against them, who, wiirj the evi
dence of this; fact on their side, and as citi
zens of an 'adjoining couuty, we feel pre
pared to defend. - - - !'--;-- -
4 Sir Grantly Berkiy, the celebrated Engr
lish sportsman, whose visit to' thi-eouutry
has bee ri meulioned; left Kattsas f Ciiy lat
Suuday nuruing for a buffalo hunt ri ihe
Big Bend of the Arkansas We passed bim.
on our way here from Kansas City, in camp
at Black Jack last Tuesday evening. . He is
well, provided fort the trip, havingtbree
teams, with .extra horses, eight' or ten ser
vants and attendants, and a pack of dogs,
one of which he brought from England and
value's at 51000.' His guide, an old mouu
taineer, he pays five dollars per day, which
probably aecottBtfce tne slow progress
they are maktrigV 4 However,! he will doubt
less make his , excursion act reach "0 Id
England' by the time of the holydays, and
tlien won't be Itave big stories to relate of
his adventures in the land of wild Indians
and buffaloes ! He will probably pass
torougu iuspona. t . .. fr1 & .t &ty
Fa wkear Steam Flo wand Farm Engine.
.Amongst the many attractive, features of
the late Illinois State Fair, held at Freeport,
ihe foremot was fbe teamOPlow and: Farm
Engine -df. Joseph iWj. FkwkesV ;'6f Peanj
sylvsn"awhieh was on exhibitioa arid triaf,
competing for the ; threee thousand "dollar
prize, offered by the Illinois State"Boartf of
Agriculture for the best steam plowing ma-
Theonly.eutqrAhat came within the terms
of the resolution offering the prize-was that
FMrTFawkefThe Executive. Committee
of Hhe State- Board ?of - Agricui tdre appoi n -ted
a Mechaaic4dT Committee to iuci the
experiments consisting of Isaac A Hedges,
and A. B. Latta, of Cincinnati, and P.rW.
Gates of ;Chickgb, all 1 practical machinists
of. great experience and ability. . ' ' -r
The. final trial took place on the lastdayi
of the Fair, in the-presence &t a doricourse
of thousands -jof spectators Before pro
ceeding to the 'plo wing ' trial,' the Engine
made a detour of the Fair Grounds for over
a mile with a wagon loaded . with people at
tached behind,, and the deck of the Engine
also heavily frieghted with ladies arid gen
tlemen. - The detour was performed . easily
and rapidly,- and confirmed the favorable
impressions of the capabilities of the En
gine tor drawing loads of grain,, etc., over
com moii roads. - - - ' '-
At the appointed time the plows were at
taohed, .aiid iLe engine started t-owoik, but
aftergoicg about fifteen yards. the wooden
pins which h'eld: th-hooks of the drau'ght.
cbittns yielded to 'art . en'rmous" force, aud
broke, and the engine being, stopped an ex
amination disclosed the fact that the . plows
bad been set for stubble work, and were ac
tually plowing; tile "virgin -prairie sod to" a
depth ' of seven inehes." 'I4ie ground had
become baked as hard as tone almost, by a
three; months drouth, and was in such con
dition that an old prairie farmer present de
clared th-tt it would be barely possible for a
man .with a vteain of six horses to plow
more than an acre and a quarter ' per day.
working, from-, morning , to night. Tlie
wooden pms are used oy f awkes tor just
such- emergencies; so that if the jranjr of
plows should strike an obstruction, the
pruis wouhl break before the pow3 received
damage. - While . waiting to .have 'the pins
replaced, a smart shower wetted the ground,
which, previously dry, -was as if "oiled; so
that the wooden drum, ' orr driving wheel of
the machine 'from r which . the spuds had
been broken during its transportation from
Philadelphia t-l'pped so as to prevent fui-
th'er progress at ; tnh't timfe.V. Fawkes then
accepted an offer of the Executive Commit
tee to aojourn tue iriai unto, uis return
. j? -l - i. "Li :i t. z - i
from the Ameaican Institute Fair, in New
York, aud from Virginia subsequently
(where a county society has agreed to pay
him 81000 and his expenses, to make . an
exhibition,) wben'he will fulfill the stipu- !
lations of an offer of the Illinois Central
Radi-oad Company, to have his plow prac
tically tested at three different points on the
line of the road, for which if successful he
is to receive , from the Company 'prize of
$1,5J0 and also the S3J00 prize .of the
Agricultural Society, which the; Executive
.Committee decided not.to award until after
further, experiments, although the Mechan
ical Committee unanimously recommend
ed It. ... ; . '. V, , .. . . .. , '
Weextract the following from the report of
the Committee of Machinists,' showing the
capacity of tile Engine, and its adaptability
for farm -work: '., . ; j ,
First: The weight ten tuns, aa reported by Mr.
Fawkrs. . ; ; ';.' , - I
r , Second: 'Ihe iuol consumed, in one hour was
l70 i!iiili, r two bushels And ten pounds of in-f.-rior
co-it,' with one-eighth pnrtof a cord of wood,
'VTtpor.uing nlxmt 15") rullonsof wnt.er,ftnd plow
in; one, iieiv in twelve minutes 'which includes
turning).- 1 .
The 'w-oil used was mostly of lime, and consid--mily
d-c:iyd. nnd would liave been rejected up-
ItJl SU'JllllljOIltS. . - ' ' '' - '
TIdrd: The ; amount of traction ? on different
gr.i-Jeof lund woiili le . a niatu-r difficult to de-t'-rmine,
.with 'the f-icilities iri "the h;uids of the
Ciiimitfe.7 We hid tle eifgin run u the Tari
nis gntd-s of the- Fairgrounds.- passing into a
gully, with the plows swung in tht rear, which
struck on one bar.k as tlie main roller was raising
the other, which overpowered" the engine, but tp
i Hint'liinw tlie 'nlo . the foachiae i moved out
without the least difficulty.! UH)h ineasurvnient,
the irniile was found to, be one fot Vertical to four
n the horizontal line. ' Steam, by the indicator,
was marked at only 63 3 103 3 being his ordin-
a v iiiviare. - . . . i. ",v '. ..
. tourlh: Th fntclion produced by the pressur
avAinst the shuKL rs of tli axles. insUad of be
ing fair on the journals (which are of less size),
nmv ihsiimv make a sliglit wnet-'- ot powtr in
ruiuiiim across inclined il:imM. Tho winrnnd
tear woul t b i tiie sone as witli any oUkt steatn
engine nsi'd for loeimtitn. -. ' . "
The engine can sif -ly be run neross an inclin
ed il:int- ot 30 , b- c:iuw of its great breadth of
iif six i-'i ) uie j rii!ci:ii arii oi uie oouer.
tli.- ht-uvy hcc-lntx, anci a grat Hrtion of Uie mi
chiiury, being below tlie center.
i,?A: "We hnve previously stated "that an acre
culd be plowed in twelve jiimutes; but an exam
iiiation of Uit lot owing computations will dem
onstrate its aetuai ix.rrurin.inc -., A. strip uf land
216 yards long and 2U feet wide, was' plowed in
f.mr uunuUs; and the head-lands of sj feetwere
crossed, on in 27 seconds; other in -30 Uie
plows being elevated and lowered to and from the
grounn in we urne . . i, .., ? j .tt ,. . . . . ,
, SuaJi: ,Jo steam-engine in jexisrence snouia oe
entrusted to I nexpenenced persons.
This one is as simple as any we nave ever ex
amined, is strong and substantial. . U is a loci-
motive hisch-pressure. engine in construction, nr
ranged for reversing al will, and was repeatedly
advanced and reversed'a few: i inches at a time
with perfect ease, and is a few - seconds. The
skill requisite to manage the - machine should - be
acquired in tpionui oy any inteJiigtnt American.
tainty of the 'employment of steam for-farming
UniKT, anu juur vauiiuiiucc, 111 view ui Uie Cer
purposes, woui j tuongiy recommend that the far
uiers of llliHois sliotild give es;ecial attention, in
the education cf their sons, to the principles of
m elrauics aou uie praeucat management of steam
enmnes. . '' r: !
. Seventh:. The fuel furnished ; by th Society to
yoHr Committee was of.puch inferior quality as to
hardlv enable "us to demonstrate fullv the steam-
g.-Merating cambitrty"of 'the boileV, hot, by refer
ring to Uie amount of its fire surface (375 .square
feet), it will bseArby practical luentbat with
the a J vantage' of an rxnust to create Artificial
draught; it is lully eompctrnt. wit-h ordinarv-fuel
toirrberaUi' continuously abuauafTV ste&m for its
In -weight of coal and wood on board, and of
passengers, it earn a, uirougnout Uie experiments,
as much as would represent the weight of an enr
(ire day's sopply of fuel It would carry -water
fear three hours rua.; v-.hu.'Vi r.
JSA.- As a atatioBary engine bcr po$r wi
ia CC5 'j s;
tested at Power HalL where, after iackinar no her
rear-end so that the main- drum "turned clear of the
ground, by applying the power direct to the, drum
or roller, 12(1 revolutions of it were' obtained per
minute. By passingthe belt of & 50-foot line of
shamng.over,Uiaurum, the engine propelled one
o nne uirnsiier.jyue turn una luu mux at wors at
the rate of 25 bushels per hour, - two small iron
corn-millsxgrin.ding 6 bushels eoch per hour, one
wood mouldiag machiuei one .re-eawing circular
saw of 2 feet diameter, and a smut-machine of
high speed; all simultaneously, and with only 10
5s of steam. From experience with circular
1 saws, we estimate it as capable of. running two of
the largest size at one time. It is perfectly com
petent to go into the timber, haul logs where the
ordinary log-wagons wouId.be employed, and in
one Lour be jaeked up and - furnish power to saw
those of large size. . " -y.-,-
Nint&: The fire-box. beit withla 'fourteen lach
es of "the ground, tbe, mafclune .would run without
injury through wter twelve-'inehes deep; it was
run by us over ground where by hand pressure a
lath was 'forced downward fifteen inches, and on
examination we.were of the impression that the
actual compaction of the ' surface by the machine
was' not more than one inch.' J Horses crossing- this
slough sank to their fetlocks, but, as with the en
gine the actual surface pressing upon the ground
is at all times six square feet, the ability to sustain
weight Is much greater -than with the wagon and
team where the weight rests on narrow bases.
The four wagon' wheels present a surface width of
seven inches in all, but. the engine, with its drum
and guiding wheels, a surface of 102 inches. The
weight of the engine is ten tuns, that of a wagon
load of grain,, one and a-half tuns j or something
more than one-sixth as much; .but the engine with
a drum six feet in diameter,-, and guide wheels
three and a-half feet in diameter, gives a much
greater proportional contact with the ground, and ,
its load is proportionably lees liable to miring in
Sloilghs. : -." t " ' O I?;;? ,'v7fi t 1
. TetUh: The difference of power between run
ning, the engine on plank or hard road, and com-,
mon prairie, would be great; ' but, that ' between
running on ordinary ground and ground so soft
that the drum would sink four inches, we have no
means of knowing. It is evident; however, from
the explanations in tlie preceding, answer, that
ground in sueh condition that a drum, six feet in
diameter and six feet lon, would move to that
depth, would be entirely -unfit to plow,-and could
not be even crossed by horses..?, ? ' r . i j
, Having thus iu detail answered the interrogato-i
ries propounded to lis by the Executive Commit
tee, We desire" to make some general remarks with ,
reference to tlie practicability of 'employing steam j
for plowing, ana other far nV ' purposes. ' The ex-j
ierimentswith Fawke's strain plowing engine!
laye demonstrated to our .satisfaction that it is !
practicable that, in a few years,' a large'portion of
the labor now performed by animal power on tlie !
farm will oe ,-sujierseded by steam, esjecially in
j'rairie countries, , aad on well, improved farms,
wlier- but few stones, or other obstructions exist.
The engine here exhibited is intended only for
large t'per;rtions,. being capable f breaking from.
25 to 40 acres per day; but we see.no teason why
its size may not oe reduced very considerably
(say to one-fourth), ana, stilt successtuily compete
with animal power. A skilled ' engineer, sent to
witness this trial by the largest machinist in
Ohio," has reported; favorably to his employer,
and a contract has- already been - made by him
with Mr. Fawkes to build a small engine for his
farm of 300 acres. " r
We estimate tlie cost of plowing by it from, the
touowiug very IjiDeral data: ;
VSKD PEE DIEM.
One tun of coal - 1- .- - -' -. - - - $5 00
One cord of wood- -' - ' - ; - - "-' - 3 00
Iabor of three men, engineer, fireman, an assis
tant - - - - - - i - - , 4 00
"Oil, AC - r r- t. 't . ? - V - ' - - 1 00
Ordinary wear' and tear - 2 00
Interest 10 pr cent on $4,000, (cost of engine) 1 12
. Total, -- -..'.:. .''-..-:;- $16 12
With the most , liberal allowance, for hauling
water anu cpai one mue, ior stoppages ana turn
ings, the machine should plow 25 acres per day
At present'eontract prices of : $2i50 per acre foi
prairie breaking,- tliis. would cost $62 50, .while
bv tlie above estimate it is seen "that Fawke's
plows for-G4J-. cents per .acre. " V 1
. " Your Committee, in view of the result of their
experiments; -unanimously recommend that the
rirst rnze of three thousand dollars be award
ed to Joseph W. Fawkes of Christiana, Lancas
ter Co., Pa., for this Steam Plow.
All of -which is respectfully 'submitted. -ISAAC
A. HEDGES, Cincinnati.
P. W. GATES, Chicago.
A. B. LATTA, Cincinnati.
If.. this opinion and verdict has weight
and we do not see why it should not, we
have at last got a practical steam-engine
for plowing,' and the size of a : man's farm
need no longer-be his excuse' for poor cul
tivation, nor need he or his smaller neigh
bor: farmer be longer dependent upon pro-curinp-
a large- force ,;ol men, teams and
plows, to break his land within an unusu
ally brief period. The all-powerful agent
that now waits his ridding can be made to
do more or less work, in a given time; and
it remains with him to decide how that pow
er shall be applied.- 1 " - :
- J New Zjead Discovery.
" ' We have in . our possession .a Tery pure
specimen of lead Ore lately discovered on or
near the town site of Belmont, in Woodson
county. From a. gentleman knowing to the
fact, we learn that some one hundred pounds
of the mineral was taken from the surface
of the vein.' after which Hhe lead ; was cov
ered,' "the land on which it is situated has
not yet been obtained possession of; by, the
discoverers., Ithas for. some time, been
known that lead. existed in .that, region, but
no - discoveries-of importance1 have7 been
made ptevious to the present mentioned one,
which from reporUis of .extraordinary rich
ness. ;--.' ? . ; :-. o - - - ' . ' . --
'-, JK 7 . " f . !
: . . Turn Out I . .
: "Next Tuesday will probably be the roost
mportant day in its influence upon the des
tinies of free Kansas of all the; days in her
-alendar." The adoption of the free Consti
tution by a full vote will in all probability
ensure her admission into the Union. Let
every true man be alert, and active from
sunrise to -'sunset ! Let those who have
teams help their ' less fortunate neighbors
to the polls ! ;Quicken the lukewarm, con
firm, the wavering ! See. that the last
MAX IS AT THE POLLS, i, . .
The first number. of tbe . Americus Senli-
ml has come to hand; ? R. - M. Ruggles is
the editor. , It is vrdependent riot neu
tral.t 'That is, it neither" Buppbrts' nor op
posed the Constitution,, nor the'RepubHcan or
Democratic parties of the Territory.; Mr
T. : C.N Hill is tbe proprietor. We wish the
aenttnel that success to which its merits en-
utleit?. . ' ;', ., ''.',; .' ' -
" The New" York 'Democracy met at Cpn
vention,in Syracuse, aew days since, and
after, bavin? a general row.: in which twp or
three men were-knocked down, ''split into
two. detachments-7-Hard. and -" Softand
nominatedeach a separate State ticket, and
set of deiegatea , to tne lJUarieston Uonven
tion.i.The 1 - Republicans are sure to carry
tbe State. - ;- 3' ' ff-X-'
, The EI wood Press ..apnounces that Doni-
phaniCounty .13 good - for four hundred .nu
joruy in iyor. pi ine 4yanaoUe tnstitu
VOTE POEiTHE COSTITUTIOSP
Tuesday October 4th 1859.
Notliingia Cneaper than . Voting
Three yeaVs ago the Free State men of
Kansas "were fighting "Tor their liberties.
Kow they have only to vote for them. "Whd
will begrudge a1 day to rote for the new
Constitution? ' Nothing is cheaper than
voting.' Ballots" are cheaper than bulled!
Tvbz OUT ! Turb OUT 11 -
In J17 counties in Texas the majority
for Gen. Houston, for Oovenor, is 8 891
jHis friends bare also-the -Legislatare.
Clark, Independent Democrat, is- believed
to be elected Lieutenant-Governor, by a
bout 1,000 majority. Reagan, Kefe
Democrat, and Hamilton, Independent Denjr
ocrat, are elected to Congress, the former
by about 20,000 and the latter by 1,200.
yhen Martin Wei ton, a notorious bio",,
way man, was dying in the' Massachusetts
States Prison, he dictated a minute account
of the adventures of his life. It was pub
lished the next year, and there is a copy ia
the Boston Athenaeum, bound by his di
rection in leather made from his own skin.
It is as soft as wash-leather, but much whi
ter. Annie Williams, a seamstress, commit
ted suicide in Philadelphia on Monday by
swalkiwing an ounce of laudanum, purchas
ed with the last penny she possessed. A
local paper describes her as "only 23 year
of age, and possessed of as fine a person as.-
tbe finest lady you will meet on Chestnut.
street. She could hot obtain work to.su.p
port herself. . .
.A, Subterranean Fountain of Oill Has re
cently'been discovered near T'tuaville, Pa.,,
which yields four hundred gallons, of pure
oil every twenty-four, hours. , The- oil is
sues from a fissure in the roclL seventy-one-feet
beneath the surface. .
We learn from the Kansas -Prewthat'the-Re
publicans xt Morris eounty are' for the
first time, organized and ready for action.
Morris county is getserally supposed to be
Democratic, but we anticipate that it will
give a majority for the- Constitution.
The Pre is doing a good wort there-
The State eleetion receirtly held fn Mame
has resulted i a Republican majority of
over ten thousand electors, thirty out of tb
thirty-one Senators and over three-fourtha
the Representatives. .
The Harvest in Russia. Tbe harvest
in Northern . Russia is very wnequal. In
the Govemment'of Rezan it yields from fif
teen to twenty fold; in - the Government of
Moscow, from seven to ten fold; in Vladim
ir, from two to ftUree fold, and. ia. Saratov
not even the seed is returned
The Supreme Court of New York has
decided that a divorce obtained in Indiana,
when the party goes on. purpose to secure
said, divorce, and then returns- to New Yoik,
s void.-'" ' .. i ' V "i 1 '
A statue of Daniel Webster was erected
upon tbe State House grounds in Boston,
on tbe 17th inst.- All - business was sus
pended upon that day, that all might joia
in rendering homage to tbe memory of one
of America's greatest statesmen.
' ;POR:fSAIiE!
Choice Timber and Prairie Land,
IN MISSOURI.
HAVE FOR- SALE ELEVEN HUNDRED
and sixty acreB of choice land in the Stite of
Missouri, both prairie and Umber. This land lie
as follows L . . . .. .
1C0 acres in Ripley county; ; " ' '
560 Shannon - '
160 " ,' Oregon .?
280. 'X Wayne . . ( ....
These counties are amonsrst tbericliestin South
west Missouri, and a heavy emigration from tls
North and Eastj'is now being attracted to them.
This land was all carefull v. selected bv myself,
and is eligibly located with reference to good
neighborhoods, and close proximity to. markets.
" The title is undisnutabU and free from all in-.
cumbrancea.' ' 1 ' .. .
Tbis'Tand will be sold at ' ; i; ,
-tOW FIGURES FOR CASH,
or be exchanged for stock,'! - - ' . : '
For "further particulars, enquire of or addrei
P. B. PLUMB, Emporia, or the undersigned st
Waterloo, Breckeiridg coanty, Kansas.
W . tl. ZlllM'L" -
-Waterloo, Kansas, Oct. ii 1 859 -tf - v"
Dow tJr eek j Hursery. ;
THE ,- subscriber would respectfully annoon
to tlie seUlers of South -western Kansas that
he ha FIFTY THOUSAND fine, likely, one
and two year' old Apple trees of the very best
varieties cultivated in uie.wes. uj nii wtre
..i.. ;n..i .r m ttt the best Nnrseries ia Illinois
and my trees are warranted to be ,'the, kind they
are rei.resented. I will -sell Utter trees for
money than ever was known in this part of Kanss.
. . . cvn in onn AAA m .l . 1 a. ..
1 also nave iuu,uuu or .wu,wu am irgj
best hedge" plants ever raised aaywher, for-sala
cheap. - ROB'T H. ABRAHAM.
Dow ureeK, uct; i, Jt.-
. -GREAT WESTERN - -
FTJENITUBE STOKE !
-- BAWOSTH &3SEEIiY,
Main street, near Third..:JCANS4S ClTT, MO.
TTAVE the largest, best and cheapest tcJ
Our immense
stock has .ust been received..'
October 1, 19. -i
POLLARD & F AIRMAN,
- Wbolaule aad ReUil IWr ia
STOVES;
- Slieet-Iron, Tin Pjatei .Wire, &c- .
Corr Main 3d sta..::; '..KANSAS CITY,
WOULD respectfully call attentida to
LARGE AND COMPLETESTQCK 4
celebrated- 1 -r ,: -
CHARTER OAK. - '
PLYMOUTH ROOK,
UnyX - PREMIUM.
Also,- a. larg assortancnt f: J?rior Bo & '
Coal Hrating Stoves. , -?; - '-"' ' - : aX--Wewouif
-Ui paHleolar aUnt .
ers and others-to'onr large and eoropwM rTt
meht U TINWARE,hich we are, .off-nf. .
extremely low rates., . . . .. .-r- ? " i.1T yinds ot
' jyTio Roofing. Guttering, and - -
Job Work. promp"y executed 4 T?im3.j i
Kanaas City Mo.,jCot. 1. . ? . . I4lM
-V'l. tM'f:'.'i'0 't-T'.-.T-v-'i'l