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csestfOi7i WEEKLY. TIMES EAVEI T TrMWM,w,MiMP3Kaei n a eg mpi a eMaaag WORTH THE i! i! ' i! ,: v i- fe EstaMiited. 1855. Vol. 24-Ho. 431 Swklg Shwm THURSD Y. FEBRUARY 14, 1878. CITIZEN WAMIBUItNi:. Ex-Minister E. B. Washburne's lecture last evening at the Opera Hou-e ujon the "Siege of Paris " wis attended by most of our leading citizens, who expressed mem- selves greatly pleased. Mr. Wasbburnc is J Utly acknowledged as one of the leading ; statesmen of the country. His speeches j t .t I and votes in Congress and his course while our Minister to France, met with the hearty approval of the great mass of the American jieople. cnrER'nir s.vv !. n,i.uv. We publish in another column this morning the full text of the bill introduced in the national House of Representatives, by Colonel Phillips for the establish ment of government savings banks in connection with the port office, n.. . ,t i r :- l.:l. mis measure nas oeen tiKise-n ot m i , , , .. i terms bv the press of the country, and there ' is every reason to believe that it will be made the basis of a system of government savings banks in the United States. Our jieople with one accord give Mr. I'hillijH credit for being the clearest headed fintnci-,1 thinker and writer in Congress. xii i: en;: or-rni: rcni'LC. A subscrilwr in I.abette countr, writing to renew his subscription to The Times, remarks : The j-npleh(reall like j our Times. They like jour liidciieudeuce. They admire the i-olid licks jou strike lor every measure thut Is In ilie interests of the people, uveti if the measure originates in the IVmocratic jiarty. i ulirad. Stand by the jtfojile and the leo Ie will Kland by jou. Our correj-ondeiit ought to know and the politician ought to know, too that the time has past for supporting bad measures lecau-e they hapjicn to originate in our party, or oppo-ing good measures becau-e they originate in the other party. I'arty spirit has heretofore blinded the people to their own interests, to such an ex tent that they have alnio-t voted away their birthright in the interests of the money jiower. Hut that time is pa The jeop!e are at last fully awake to the fact that there are other interests which are just as imjKirtant as those of the bond-holders, and for the-e interests they propose to hereafter work and vote. First amorg these is the island silver bill. We want that pSK-s.sl iu order to give us the old sil ver dollar, and re-tore it to its proper place in the money of the country. After that e want the national banking law regain, the nttional banking sr-Uin aboli-hed, and greenbacks Hilr-liuiled for national bank notes. The siple demand this in order to save tin in paying out forty millions of dol lars anuuall in intiitst for the use of a currency that they don't want. Then we want the income tax n-t tired m that while the ior man is paying tax on cvtryth'ng he owns, his rich neighbor will lie prevented from shirking his share of the public burden by hiding Uhind Government bonds. The money jiower and its organs may keep up the argument of taunts and jeers ; they may refer to the silver bill as "repudiation," to the green back measure as the "rag baby," and lie particular a ays to characterize the income tax as "odious;" but Mich arguments have lo,t their force, the K.-ople have became ac-cu-tnmed to them, and no longer fear them; they nui-t invent some other kind of argu ment if they cx(iect to prevent these three measures from liecoming laws. We arc told that the pa-sage jf the sil ver bill will drive gold out of circulation. Well, what if it does? Again we are told, the greenback will drive out the silver, and again we inquire, What if it does? During the most prosjieroustra that the United States ever saw, there was neith'r gold nor silver in circulation in the country, and the jieople knew no other money than greenbacks. And there is good reason to believe that the adoption by the government of a financial policy cstabli-heel in the interests of the people would restore the country to another such pericd of pros per! t v. Such a policy is needed by the West; she n-eds it to bring settlers to her public lands, to cultivate her rich prairies, tobuild her railroads and her public works. The Eat needs it, to start up her idle mills and factories, to furnish employment to her ar my of tramps, and bread to her starving paupers. The whole country needs it, ex cept only the interest of the man who has his money invested in Government bonds Is there any principle of right or justice that requires us to uphold a policy that prostrate all the energies of the people, in order to enhance the interests of one class, and that the only idle class among us? TITO MOKE SHIP CANAIJ. Dr. Strousberg. a highly imaginative German financier and contractor, who de cidedly "came to grief in both capacities in Kussia not long ago, and has latterly resided in Prussia, has published a pam phlet in which he proposes to convert Ber lin, now in the center of inland Brandcn berg, into a seaport. Thus, in one respect, he follows in the footsteps of Shakspcare, who placed one of his dramatic scenes in a seaport in Bohemia a country which is a long, long way from salt water. His plan s to construct two deep-sea canals from Berlin to the mouths of the Elbe and the Oder. Thus, he affirms Berlin will be changed into the commercial as well as the military capital of Germany. He antici pates so few engineering difficulties (indeed, the country is low and level) that only two or three canal locks will be necessary. The estimated cost is forty to fifty million dol- lars, to be raised by a commercial company." -JCHV "ODIOUS T" A proposition looking to a re-enactment of the odious Income tax obtained an almost solid democratic vote In the House ot Repre sentatives yesterday. AVir York Herald. The House is the popular branch of the National Legislature, and iu members the direct representatives of the people. If majority of the people, speaking through their representatives, are "solid" in favor of the measure, why, how, or to whom, should it be "odieus." BEX. WABR SICK. Ex-Senator Ben. Wade, has been very se riously ill at his home in Ohio, for the last two weeks, and for some time his life was despaired of. At last accounts, however, he was considerably better, and his friends now have steady hopes of his recovery. A NOTABLE IfNIO.N. The announcement is made of the union of the two well known publishing houses of James R. Osgood & Co. and Hurd & Hough ton, of Boston, under the firm name of Houghton, Osgood & Co. -JEW W.A3IET8. A statement comes from Washington un der dale of the 4th instant, to the effect that Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian Insti tution, reports that the Director of the Par is Obrerratoiy announces the discovery by M. Prenotin. at Toulouse, on the 29th of January, 1878, of a planet of the twelfth -jugBitade, in 8 howa 43 minutes right a. cen-icn, 18 degrees 19 mimr. - n,Hnnr position February 3, 8 38 plus ' 13.30 Professor Henry al-o rej or:- tlm I profe-or C. IL Peter-, at Clinton, ? Y., i announce the discovery by him ai C.u a.2 i X. Y.f on the -1th of February, lS7s. i.f a planet of the tenth magnitude, in 10 hours 1 minute rijht asc nrioa, 11 degrees 30niin utes north declination, with a strong motion north. iacCUSOLI. l. AE1V VOKK. Chickering Hall being unable to contain an wh0 wished to hear Colonel Ingersffll lecture on Sunday night last, in New York, Gilmore's Garden ha been secured for the Colonel this evening. ;m: cr. Maihal Miller's organ admits that Char lie has gone tip. Guess somebody begins to sweat, after all. nit. KAitDivicui: to tiee i'ki.nt i;iis. Dr. Ilardwicke, of the First Baptist church, preached a sermon last Sunday evtnimr. directed cucciallr to printers. It . . . . , :,,., . ,i, contains much that is of interest to the . , . , ,, . .. ., . craft, and we give a full report ot it else where in this morning's issue. A MI.KCV Ol'i'OltlXMTV. A brief item of news from Virginia ren ders it q-ii'as evident that if we are to con tinue to have women for Postmasters in this country people must stop the noa-ense of sending silk dresses through the mails. A young woman is now in jail at Uich mond liccau-e she had opiortunitics as a post-office cleik to appropriate a jerfectly lovely costume which wasn't hers. 1-FICIAI As the ground hog regulates the weather for a large number of the American people, and as Sol Miller has siK-cial charge of the ground hog in Kansas, we have waited for his reiort before venturing any comments on the conduct of the hog. Here is his of ficial retort in full: The CJnniud-IIn; did not see his shadow. If we do not hae any more cold weather. Winter Is ovr. XII R fill RAX CON rUOI'ERM. Iter. S. C Kartlett, D, D., President of Dartmouth College, one of the must emi nent and learned men in the Protestant church, has commenced a series of papers in the CttrvJlan Union uon the question of future punishment, which is now eliciting so much discussion all orerthe the Chris tian world. The first ot thee articles ap- Iieared in the t'aion of the Cth inst., and is reproduced in our columns this morning. jui.it's sc'Iiii:ii.iiavi:u. The death of Mr. Julius Schiedmayer, the great German piano-maker, who was one of the judges of musical instruments at the Centennial, leaves the rival American firms with one le-ss per-on to attack. Mr. Schieslmayer was fifty six years old, and the reputation of his family a builders of mu-ical instruments dates back to the Ia-t century. He had w u no end of medals and decorations, and had lieen oi.e of the musical judges at every international ex hibition since ISCi tjjk ;it.iN x it a in:. The receipts of grain at the jiort of Xew York by the three great trunk lines, the Erie, New York Central and Pennsylvania ISaiiroad Companies, in the month of Jan uary, aggregate the enormous amount of G,102,0S.' bu"hel, and the amount of flour was S1'J,71S barrels. This is an inciei-e over the receipts of the cure-ponding month eif last year of nearly four-and-a-half million bushels of grain and nearly two hundred thousand barrels of flour. The export of grain from Xcw York during the month of J nuary was S.192000 bushels, about one-half the amount received. -nOW'.B.'WXXIIE I.OI'l5IANA UR TtItt.MG IIOAICD !" During a lecture delivered by Colonel K. G. Ingersoll in Philadelphia, about a year ago, some one called out to him, "How about the Louisiana Keturning ISoard ?" The ora tor said in answer, that he was not lectur ing on politics, but continued: In sixteen suites of tne Union there Is no freedom of speech, no cenuine liberty, and for that reasmi 1 justify the action of the Ixu Isiana Heturnim: Hoard. When 1 read the evidence taken before the Senate I felt ns if I could hear tliedropsof blood falling upon the withered leaves ns men were whipped in the darkness ef the nlfht, and I thought if we were guilty of no other crime thau refusing to receive the ballets of those who prevented others from voting, wecould all stand an ex cellent chance of ettin i to Heaven. ENX1XI.RD XO TIIANIt-J TheAt torney-Gcncral of the State recent ly published an opinion to the effect that the county printing must be paid for at the rates fixed bv law, and that county boards have no discretion in the matter that they have" the right to designate the county printer, but hsve no right to pay him more or less than legal rates. Inferring to this fact, the Troy Chirfol the 7th, says: I Attorney-General Davis Is entitled to the thanks of all legitimate newspaper publish ers for settling this vexed question In so clear and concise a manner as he has. It will re sult in securing something llkejnstlce to the hardest worked and poorest paid profession In the State, and will be a welcome relief to county boards that were disposed to do the fair thing, but were intimidated by the clat ter of Irresponsible Incompetents, concerning the interests of the dear jieople, ind false representation of economy. OBEV XIIE RAITS. A large meeting of the people of Kansas Gty was held night before last, in support of the effort now being made in Congress to compel the Union Pacific railroad to com ply with the terms of its charter, and pro rate with the Kansas Pacific. The Journal says: As Ion? as the contest was between two railway corporations, over the enforcement of a plain provision ef law, our people were content to wait the slow operation of things confident that In the end Justice would be done. But when they see cities an 1 states arrayed in pnbltc meeting to bolster up so palpable a wrong as the discriminations of the Union racinc, and that too In the west, and when this support Is based upon the op. nly declar ed fact that our commerce must be taxed for local benefits, their patience is exhausted. They are determined that public opinion shall not be misrepresented, or advantage trained by false pretenses. When cities like Omaha and Council Bluffs meet 1b mass assemblages and uphold a sys tem that charges 1300 a car load for 517 miles, and offers to carry the same car load 1,03J miles for 1300, it is time indeed that other cities should be heard lu favor of free com merce. PACinc HAii.uoAns. The Wsshington lUpubliean of the Cth has an article upon the efforts now being made before Congress by the friends of the various Pacific railroad schemes, to secure aid for their respective lines, and concludes as follows : The one clear thing in all this muddle is that each of these concerns is for itself first and any benefits the country and the people may derive are Incidental only. They all propose to take tome of Uncle Sam's land, and one of them his credit besides. If we do not mistake the temper of the time, none of them -will succeed, and Congress might as welt say so at once. "So lands, no money.no credit, no indorsement we will give all of you a privilege or building roads where )ou like, with your own means ; but more lands or more help than that yon cannot and ought not to have." The Pacific railroads ought not to be allowed to absorb tha time of Congress to the exclusion of other and more generally Important matters. One Pacific railroad is enough for the - e. i t ,t ,nrr J to qo the bu-tness of the country, nresent. . , l .!.- .1,. and seems to be one roau more man we. c i.. ..- , If com- government is able to regulate. If com- pcMed to obey the laws, and do present road is sufficient to Meet mands of business, and if we are not able to make one road obey the laws and comply with iu contracts, U it likely that we shall be any better able to compel two or three roads to do their duty'' EIRCXINO A POPE. While the devout in the Catholic church are absorbed in mourning for Y'.m IX, long considered plans for turning the suc cession to the papal chair in this or that direction have doubtless received the fresh impulse which always follows a change of the situation from the pro-pective to the actual. The cri'is is of singular interest. It is always important to the Church at large, and the Cardinals in particular, that a pontifical vacancy shall be properly fill ed, but now a new complication has arisen. For the first time, for many long centuries at least, a Pope without tenijKiralitics is to be chosen; unsettled difficulties with Italy are to be adjusted, and little of the support which the Catholic jiowers were accU-tonied to afford can be exjiected. They have just replied to Car dinal Simeoni's complaints against the al leges usurpations of King Humbert that they have no wish to disturb their harmo nious relations with that monarch. Austria is at least lukewarm in her devotion to the church. President MacMahon and wife have discovered that that they can not hand France over to ultramon tane dictation, Spain is too weak to lend assistance if she wished, while Por tugal, we shall soon see, may cherish plans in the opposite direction. The new empire of Germany, though ruled by a Protestant sovereign, does not regard the choice of a Pojie as beyond her jurisdiction, and her voice may be heard. The election will be watched "with hardly less attention by American Piotcstants who have no personal ends to serve, than by the politicians of Eu rope, and by the nearest adherents of the Itoman Church in all parts of the world. From notice City. Dodge City, Kan., Feb. 7, 1S78. Editor Times :-Sheriff W. Ik Master son is making sad havoc among the horse thieves and train robliers. He brought in a well-known horse thief to-day from Colo rado, named James McDuff. The prisoner was arrested for horse stealing, but is alfo supposed to belong to the gang that robbed the A., T. St S. F. train. He was arraigned before Lloyd Shinn, Justice of the Peace, and waived trial until District Court !ond, at 52,000. The sheriff" will soon make a raid on the organized band of thieves who have roamed this country at will for years, and it is to be hoped he will capture them w ithout loss of life. A de-perate re-i-tance is anticipates), and the sheriff is risking his life in the adventure. Maj. Crowell is in the city on e-fficial bii-iness, but a matter that in no nay implicates uro tiostmaster. Gooi (.'mzrje. a riiRi: nc:nx. Itoutitrrs, Ilowt-li. and Snainc-IIIls Xmo Prnccloii! ."TIe-cl. mid the Itc Kiilt Xlicreol "Jlac" on luc Muni tion. EiitTOitTlMis I have quite recently written you concerning two processions, in which I particitated, and now I want to tell yon about two others in which I did not panicipate, except as a quiet spectator. Space will not permit more than a brief reference, and that only in a general way, except in one or two instances of a personal nature. It was at a time when the excite ment of a jiolitical canvass was at the high-e-t pitch red hot and still heating and the mayoralty of this city considered of more resjionsibslity than the Presidency. Hauip. Dcnman was the nominee (second term) of the "unterriGed," and was opposed bv a prominent Republican. The canvass was a fierce one, and knock-down arguments the order of the day, and often far into the nJfrJit. Each party resolved to have a torchlight procession on the Saturday evening preced ing election dav, Monday, and they did. It was a high-muek-a-muck night to some, but to many it was more muck-a-muck than high. The routes of the procession had been published, and the streets through which thev were to march were filled with people. Delaware street had just been macadamized cl-r inMies deen. actual measurement; honest contractors in three days-cut this out Mike -and the little boulders were sharp cornered and proved quite handy. I left the Republican procession to take care of itself, and, as a "flanker," paraded clo-e up with the "untcrrified." I wanteil to hear them "holler" and "see" them drink. Each procession had its hand, torches, banners, transparencies and flags, and those who were not provided with any ef the above (band excluded) supplied himself with a stick of cord wood from the most conveni ent pile to be returned when called lor. The band of the "unterrified" was composed of Germans, and the music iurnisneu in ine earlv part of the evening was mostly classi cal.' They were familiar with but one pop ular marching tune, and that was "Paddy cot drunk on fish and pe-ta-tecs, St, Patrick's Day sn the morning." and they plavcd it until they played it out; then the Dutchmen got mad and turned their horns "eend for eend," and blowed in the big end; every sound produced was a note about two-and-a-half bars above E. sharp, upper register head notes mciuaeu -1 w. nt to the leader and asked him what tune they were playing as it was doubling and twisting those in the procession into all manner of shapes; some were marching, bow-legged, cross-legged, pigeon-toed and on their hands feet in the air. He un-..i- ni;o,? "beer or bust 'em ; ."1 said "the horns r Ko," he rejoined, "dem odcr fellers." All right, go ahead, bust cm. x . , -.. . l. .1.. lift srtin (!rsW fl noticed Jimmy rtiun -vu v- -" .s drav) as "flanker;" he had it with him-to pick up anv one who might fall by the wavside froni over-heat or a too free indul- " a fllmmv Hlrt IWni!frV eence in ice wawr. "?V' ," . ' " .1 .... Into hn vnrvinilCOfl ever pav vou mem hjui -"" i "" vou for'h'auling that "karpet" sack and him, Judge when he first landed here? This inquiry strictly confidential.) This is the same Jimmr Franks that used to haul the girls to the 'balls on his dray for two bits a head standing room only I don t mean that; they didn't stand on their e? :.,- mixeel : two bits a foot; no that won't do, for at rate it would cost four bits. H. T. G. help me out of this 1 hare helped you to tote meat; nerer mind it- two bits for each person. That sit. 1 am all right now, but where are my proces .:. TV, Tosnme. The "unterrified were marshaled by Judge Halderman, good looking, and always nobby, but on this oc casion mounted on his fiery and prancing bav, he was perfectly gorgeous. He was mit efficiently assisted by that prince of iollitv Lafayette Mills who mounted on a beautiful and trained horse went serpentin ing through the procession at a full gallop, keepinethecolumn well closed up; Mr. Mills was not much on pirouetting himself hut his horse was and it was perfectly thrilling to see that noble animal, making circles on the ground, whilst the rider would be shouting defiance at the enemy and chal lenging them to cross the periphery. As the head of the column swung into Second street from Cherokee a bright light on Delaware street was positive evidence that the " Repubs" were not tar away ; word . .wl alnnr the line to prepare for action ; I was dure that meant for all to take a drink. It never once crawled through mT"har"thata fight was contemplated. Bv this time both processions had reached the corner of Delaware and Second streets. Through some error in carrying out the nrocramme of the line of march, there was .i..m, nr nreliminanea other than business, and at it they went with a will to force a priority to right of way ; but " pn- :,? ,: time wasn t worth oritT" this First it was fists, then a courier craw torches and torch handles, teaosparencies, flazstafi and cord wood; when time were LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, THURSDAY, exhausted Colt' persuaders began to far - exhaLe -J':; , , HMluuMuju.u.".. . i boulders came into p t, ind 2'a" 2SST.-!r-rr.nnJ-t'he!. , boulders came flew thicker than it ever snowed itsdutv the bruised rib and broken arms were very ?.&?-!:. It ... farf-1 time while it it . I lasted. You couldn't run away it you Trnnied to vou had to stand and take bit or miss. If was in the very midt .1 - . c1. .1... s , -.,,. mntmt. T F?"IT '"".. li"-.r-fifcI eu a uui. s.. cuu.... s., .- and began: "Friends, i am ;" as :. " - i ? i .:t,.i r.tf.-.Ur !n;l,Ji It was a heroic act. I donrt mean hitting him in the belly with a reck .. lrnw lnit his atlemnt to nuiet that mob. He was taken from the field of gore bv friends slightly demoralized; but Gilleit's soothing syrup ta'ken internally, and applied externallv, soon revived him. This was regarded as a substantial vic tory; a triumph of boulders over bowels, the elasticity of the one had failed to re-ist the progress of the other, hence the re-ult. Of cour-e the fight broke up the processions as such, but skirmi-hing among the strag glers continued all night. Large crowds visited the battle ground on Simdy ; it was a sad sight; smashed windows, piles of ma cadam, bullet holes, bits of flags, parts of mottoes, the debris of the proevs-ion, ban dage.! heads, arms in slings, Ac ; but where wasllalderman? He had not been seen during the fight. About neion he put in an appearance, when one. of the mashed ones approached him and said : "You lit out p. d. q. last night when the fight com menced." He replied: "Purely accident al ; Wvs, you know I am with you, always with vou, and would have stayed with you last night but for that damned snafile-bit on my mare. amUa't hold her. At the first "shower" she jumped away and never stopped until she reached the Fort." I Iere was another victory-a victory of snaffle bits over undevclojied muscle, which made the honors easy, and the battle a draw. The election was held on Monday and pass ed off quietly. Hamp. Denman was defeat ed, but counted in ; the first count-in in the history of the government, of which positive evidence still exists. Mac. POSTAL SAVINGS IIANICft. A Bill to Promote luelepolt of Sav ings in a Popular Roan, and lo Proude for Funding the National Debt In Home Bond. Convertible Into Currency. By Mr. PHILLIPS, of Kansa-. Be it rmirtrtl b'j thr Senate and JIatue nJirpre tentatitrto'the Cmled males of America, in 4Xjngrc assembled ." That anv holder of United States notes or gold and silver coin or subsidiary coin may deposit them, in sums not less than twenty five cents, at any postal money order otlice of the United States ; and a book account of the same shall be kept; passbook receipts from such office shall be given such deims itor, under such rules as the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General shall prescribe; and, when said ac count reaches the amount of ten dollars, the postmaster of said money order office shall issue to such depositor, and he shall receive free of charge, a jiostal order on the Trcasurv of the United States, the necess arv blanks for such purpo-e to be furni-hed to'each postmater by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the money received lor siieh orders to be accounted for by the ii-tnia--tcr, under regulations to be pre-enbed by the Secretary of the Trcaury and the Potina-ter-Ueiieral ; and such jiostal order, when pre-cnted to the Treasurer at Wash ington in sums of ten ibllars, or any multi ple of that sum, shall lie convertible into bonds of the United States of t'.e kind and description herein provided; and such lsonds mav also be i--ucd in exchange for United St'ates notes, at the Treasury ;f the United States, at the office of any a-si-tant treasurer, or at any designated de-po-iotrv of the United States. Sec."-!. The Iwnds herein provided for shall be is-ied by the Secretary of the Treasiirv, of such form and description as he may prescribe, and of the denominations of ten, twenty .fifty and one hundred dollars, and shall bear int'enst at the rate of thre-e and si.xtv five hundredths cr centum r annum, "or one ?nt on one hundred dollars for each dav after its i-.-ue. for the term ot" three veans and no longer; and said bonds shall be exchangeable at par for the four per centum bonds of the United State- au thorized to be issued by the act entitled "An act to authorize the refunding of the national debt," approved July fourteenth eighteen hundred and seventy. The interest on the three-sixty-five bonds herein provided for shall 1 payable every three months; and said !und. on presenta tion to the Trca-urer of the United States or to anv assistant treasurer tliereof.shall be exchangeable for notes of the United States, principal and interest thereon being payable to date of presentation ; and the three-sixty-five bonds jx surrendered may be reissued by the Treasurer or assistant treasurer, bearing interest from the date of such reissue ; and the necessary steps to carry out these provisions shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury. err. ft ill monevs received into the Treasury under this act shall be applied cxclusivelv to the payment of any bonds of the United States reileeraableattheplea-ure of the United States, calling in of such bonds tho-e that bear the highest rate of interest: iYwicM, That the Secretary of the Treasury shallretaina sufficient amount of notes or coin of the United States Jo meet the purposes of reconversion herein provided for, not to exceed fifty millions of dollars. Sec. 4. All expenses incurred under this act, except as provided for by appro priations for engraving and printing the public securities, shall be paid out ot the appropriation made by the act of July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, for refunding the national debt ; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasiirv and the Postmaster General to provide'rules and regulations, and promul gate the same, to carry out the"proviions of this act; 1nd they shall require ade quate bond from all officers wl.o-e respon sibility may be increased by this act, and shall see that the same is increased from time to time as the public interests may demand. ... Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts conflict ing with the provisions of this act are here by repealed. Endlc Pnnlfctiment. (Iter. 8. C.BartIctt,D.D., President of Irt inouth College, In Christian Union, Febru ary 4th. I. DEFINED. In compliance with a request and a method proposed by the Christian hnum, 1 shall make a summary statement of my views upon this topic In a few brief artl icles it must be done with extreme brevity. Side issues must be dismissed, detailed dis cussion refrained from, and conversation declined. It is a subject to be approached born tenderly and rererently. 1 trust that my necessary brevity may not seem hard or All'distinct and certain knowledge of the destiny hereafter must come irom a super human source. It is a question of fact ; therefore to be settleel by personal verifica tion or competent testimony. The "rnier is out of the question here. Our follow men are all alike in the dark. Only the God who knows what is beyond, and what he will do, can authoritatively testify. Reasonings from analogies are important f. nfirniiimn and refutation, bnt uncer tain alone. We properly appeal to human instincts, to our native apprehensions and hopes. But these need positive reinforce ment and verification. They bring us but probabilities, variously estimated and L...,...I nii easily denied. We and easily . . .1 Al..jnn nf tllO . fir-iron in me njutiu-iw wisest of the Gentile philosophers that, concerning the relations and de-tiny of the soul, "the truth can be .stabli-hed only by the word of God." (Socrates, in I accepVthe teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ and of those to whom he committed the organization and legislation the "binding" and the "losing" of his church as that word of God. Their utterances are to me, when I get their meaning, absolutely cratAoritof ire. I submit, whether their teach ings suit or views and wishes or not. And I seek their meaning in the same general method as that of Plato or Cicero, by the honest and consistent interpretation of their language. It is important, when that meaning is ascertained, to show the essen tial harmony between the utterances of the Divine Word and the doings of the Divine Providence. But the final appeal is to the "Word. "What is the doctrine of Eternal Punish ment taught in the Scripture, as I nnder- ' sd it?" In the Scripture, which sak , and for tho-e to whom their words conie, -- - ,,.., :c .1... i n nni ibuiuy in iw touc mu, iu. . Thev who leave this world in such conflict' i with Go-Is character and demand a to ; have rejected hi, appmnted ration, that i, retu-ed to receite JM' loss and suffering. The evidence of the i,i..,l..i iruiu are ucie-rrcu im "; u.ii... LWes ll-auvuie im)9ii&t ui vii. i'.n i rr - on 1- .1,.. .u: ..( I.A utlerings of the lost and the bless- mIi'.css of ttie saved are set lortli by maten- a! imagery, the one quite as much as the )ther. Iut as heaven is no literal weit dins, fea-ting with Abraham, reclining on his bosom, weariug of palm branches and crowns, and playing on harps, so weunder stanti the sensuous imagery concerninir the condition of the lost in no literal sen-e, but as accumulated pictures of horror. We are al-o warned off from a literal interpre tation by the variety and incompatibility of the images, -ometimes even in the same sen tence: the worm and the fire, cutting asun der ami yet receiving a "iionion,'' outer darknessj'and the like. These image- have oft. n been too literally pressed. Xot al-wav-i, ceii in early times. Ireiueus, in the second century, said.- -Separation from God is death, and co'i-i-ts in the b'ss of all the benefits it huh he has. in sture, and tho-e who cast away these, things being in fact ile-tituteof all'gfKjtl do experience ev erv kind of puiii-huieiit." (Adv. Hrer. xxvii), Metaphors and symbols, however, represent a tmldy, and images of dread and dreadful reality.' When we inquire lor the exact uuKle of suffering, it is left much in the same manner as the enjoyments of hea ven, certain but uiidescrihed. One rea son, probably, is that in our present state it could" not be fully made known to us. Another, that no directly practical ob-jt-et, such as the Scriptures always seek, would be accomplished by it. Still ire naturally suppose that to a being preemi nently spiritual the prime Buffering will be of the spirit. The intensity of such suffer ing in this life has tasked the novelist and dramati-t to describe. Knovlng, as we do, something of the agonies of envy, hatred, baffled malignity, remorse, and even of per ianal disappointment here, we should 1 dull indeesl not to recognize their probable power and stringency there, "Is it natural suffering or direct inflic tion? Apparently both. If the same spir itual laws continue, then the evil emotions must work suffering bv theestablishetl law of cause and effect. This seems to be indi cated by such passages as that "sin when it is fini-lied bringeth forth death" (James i 13.) But the Scripture docs not stop here. It habitually ascribes the infliction of pun ishment to God, as fully anil directly as it does any other of his acts. It speaks of his personal anger and "taking vengeance" (Rom. HL, 3), aserting that he "will render to everv man according to his Ieeds"lRoni. II, ll), and that unto them that obey un-rijiteou-ncss" there shall be "indignation and wrath," namely, the inner emotion and the outbreaking evprssion, "tribulation and anguish," namely, "the outward weight of objective infliction and the subjective feel ing of the pressure" (AlfonI). This may in dttd be called, if one choo-es, a ncccs sarv consequence of God's nature and man's character and Gtsl's relation to man. For God, if true to him-clf, is displeased with sin, i. e, with the character and act of the tinner jiinr.iii there is no other sin and if true to himself he must express that dis-plea-ure. That repression of the great God must m-ifce an impression and a terrible pressure. It would be easy to illustrate imperfectly by inferior instances of the crushing weight often put upon men bv the expressed dtgust and horror of their fellows. Yet these ate but glimpses and hints. God's presence and pressure are out of all conceivable proportion to such inllu ncrs. Absolutely to deny or to de-ert phv-ical suffering also would transi-cnd our nietns of knowledge. For while in this life pain of the soul wears on the liesly, and pain of the body wears on the soul, the whole mau, we cannot tell what may or mav not be the reciprocal relation of the Hiu'l and its non-material and indestructible lioily hereafter. I think we must s.iy that physical suffering is by no means impossi ble. . XIIE PKIXTEIIS. ! rmon by jr. B. Harduiekr, U. !.. Sunday Evening. February 3d, at the Baptikt Cliurcn. I have lx.'n a minister of the (.ospel for inorethun aiiuarter of n century, ni.d durim: that time 1 do not remember eter to have heard, orread, a sermon to printers. Why tliiShveiiiiiigiieKlect? They nie men of Intel-llKt-iiev, aim compose a Ixxly of skllK-d lubor eis thut is now lnn;e and Influential. I have been requested to spe-uk to them to nMit. I do so with a real pleasure. Tbouaji nnt myself it printer, Iliae, lor years. Uen intimately associated with theiuemorrsof this woiuierful art, and I can assure )ou. In advance, that from more than one considera tion my sympathies run out towards you. I m intert-sUsl i" i'ou " Individuals, 'i on me my brethren. In h most peculiar sras-, some of you have a claim uoii my n-peet. You compose a eors of laborers that the country cannot dispense wllh. Your labor Is nlivslc.il and mental. Itisof the greatest im isirtance to all the interests ofeilue-itinu, so cial mid business life. What would the nlne t. eiith c-ntury be without prlnteis? Go read the fragment or the history uftlicag s Hint T.rrevded Its introduction to the world. How Hll classes were illiterate. There were mein Irtso. royal families who couldn't n-d. li.tr-le-uiasne did not learn to rernl until pie was a niHii and lie waslhlrty-flveyearsold Is-lore h, learned lo write. Illiterate Klnus iniide their marks Willi their teeth ill the wax that wns designed to receive the rotal -hI. I loretheurt of printing the school inasirr t.-iU'-lil by lecturi--. llookswcre few-mid cost lv "The rich had them, but the Ior could lio't airord to purchase and they were sirner allv too ignorant to mske them. Printing has changed all this. Books once lockisl up in dead languages Have been printed nud giv en to the masses. The thoughts that bunks contain have passed rrom the mind down through the peu into words, and these- words li-ive been given to the woild by the soiled, blackened lingers of the printer's wonderful art It has leveieu aim iiiuir mc mr iuj;ii a"y lo knowledge. Her temple is now ac cessible to men and women of all nets. Printers hae done more to dilluse inilormation, and to educate the nle than the schools. They !....'. .,ii t.muder monuments to h-iuiii ceiiius than any that stand on the plains or slilin or even tho-e that may lie now seen fro the waters or the far-famed Nile. Print lii has llnkt tithe centuiies. The moderns nrelK-llcriicniiatnted with Cirsar'seoinenla ri. than many who were couiuporary with Printing has contributed more to correct thinking than all that ever emlniileil from the academy or the church, more than all the roll.-t-s or high schooLs ot our country. It was the istwer of printing that did niut-li in emancipating the- human mind rrom iiarkuess, and the Slavery, to the worst or dt-slKlllMUS. . . I remember to have seen, sonv-where, a picture oi the rude press, on which the lirst J.roor sheet was taken irom metal type, and ,, f.n never forget the expression or thr three races that appeared on that picture. Ytier made a deep Impression on my mind. II ,11 hey forecast the ftiture: had they any conceplioii or the magnitude or the work fliey commenced. Wn.it ir one had s.-tld, in four-hundred years there will be priming oilices in eery low n and village In lite civil ized world, lliat there will scaieeiy lie room tortile books that will be turnnl from the press ; that the newspapers will be surllcieiit o literally cover the face of the earth. V ha.'V been this almost -.trilled To what perfection this art lias been carried w e can never know, un less we have seen it In iu crude beginnings, niiil now as It approximates perfcct.on. 1 litre ?"a iutirul book on your center table, the ciitora rriend-the IlluMrated iiewspaiwr Vhe dally that comes to you In the morn ng as vou are called lo breakfast-the eteuiug Sail v that ) ou read when sups.r isoyer-they are invaluable. ou miss them, and ieel that ail l" not well. W hat if the printers w ere to far down their slicks and refuse to set it , type tnfnvear? Who can tell the eflect? There would be confusion and trouble etery where. "he Popl wouM li" up '" ,heVh '""i and demand that men who have the exclu sive control ol this rt go to w ork and furukh li.eiulhe mod tor the mlud.that aiimulaiit Ul.lch thought ueeds-ihe Inclination lhat is WI"...,i ... ..i.ssi-sh in trade. ti.!. iiriiiur sustains no unimportant rela tion Tn political allalrs. hat would a pollt-i.-il canvass be wllLi.ul ncwspaperN poter and printed tickets? How would men abusu e?ch "ther? Wry lew have the cour "" to do so In per-on, and seek tu ride behind Hie printer. u ,w .....eu !.. -imminent- t hnt ifa!, the add.cs.ses ,r.at nndthelr way Into printing oilices; all the speecues made iu Contresswerepiihli-heJ Julas they came The priiitrs "-; r . s-s"Jss". , t, ,,. ,ti. renmentatiees. -sTii'ie would aisseit that the school master was never abroad, and that spelling was one of tne lost or u-eles arts iu tne eolleies that Ldated llnissTmen. Proof-readers and nrinters i knowi secrets that would send one naU our polHiclau lo school to lin to spell, or to the "l""1 of jrivt llle ,, remain until Intelligence ceases to be a qual Xca'lon Tlorservlng the people in high puces Ttamneattmtappemla the average n7ws,per during a healed political canta. ufat imprinter, are ashamed or-that tney U,m .Si admit ?o their. columns tr they were on the tripod, but this is a partoi W.-MDteis wonderful delivery from cor nt?V The abuse of the freedom of the orSipMbeeS Overruled for good-for it has serein some lnstauc to keep bad nun JEntlv silent, and has deterred them FJi ?hit nolicy that will Impair the JtaW. and interests ot the pwpic'VrMa.-r, are wstenf uorkert. Take up . newspaper whereTthere is a mark or dot on its face; It wis rne by a pleceoi metal that had to pass UiroSsh the nltaersof the printers. What raairaeeand siai It squired to have every Elio? tfieie In the right place. All night lonV?&en,b-T. & -rl stood at It; I vurisl lor lueir nawuur auu iAij, . t nrilieytgrowuimai:i eiry, now mucu me of wavs remain tn conflict with Uod, under , intuits ma) ire iuuie,iiieia mw oeuiusu- s" I . . . .1 ..I lrltl,n.. Ib.uU.i'.. fit ill,,,,.? f 1ilIlfs.Slls. . i ins ilunleaaure and in a state ot con-cious i -" .;,;. .....! .,,,...,.. ,lf ., ,n FEBRUARY 14, 'ff .J ,"m ' il-p'r eiLses? the click of the tviw was heard as Iioiu Cox lo sucu, iruiu -u,'i iu ;iai theenllev totlielurm. While oth- --"---,- """;"i I'!??. piiii:,ureamiugoi tilings wctuue, ii workers were preparing them u forthemoruing. It Is weil lor us , member tn.it there is much of v ,1;? uiikesnodutereutehowtheh.ud if ti of Ic:erIouv-enduresuUer- others. It ipay nclie. parts iiMde by lulieiil. skillful labor to lotm u Harmonious wnoie. it niuiio us much or patient application to the details of this wontierlill art to make a siiccvNsiu!, clean printer, as It does to secure a mushed education, or it knowledge ot the ii anied protessious. Tl.eworkof the printer U exhausting to the best., and the mind. He isi-niistautlyon his foci in one posi tion. 'o man can s'auan hour lu the same place w .thoiit situ r unealues.s. The muv cles, nertes and )ts are set erely exercised Irom llielline tne printer takes his place at the case. L'tifortuiiately, the greater pari ir the woik on our great dally papers Is done at night, tu close rooms, where tue iilr lsocca sioiialiycouKiiesI ami Impure, is It remark able thsl ph)sltal and mental exhaustion lullow protracted labor? That they soiue tluitslireoi the monotony ot the otUce, ui.il change 'heir location. Much or the tramp it n m l.miiers lias its ori-iu in it desire to en- Joy variety, rather thau In a disposition to change, it isinin exitausiion mat prcisirvs the prluttr tar belmr couviueed that stimulants wui assist him lu his wmk. There is really nn net Tlielr esslly for ttlus use or stimulants. work is not more exhausting than some oth ers, lliuiicmtiiui lorsiimuiuiii was common when lr. lVnjiiiiilii hiankliu worked at Hie old hand press, lie Used tea and water, and sln.wiilthatlieli.id b Iter hi alUi, and kt louneil more labor than any man in theiit-hes-. I have had piinleis who were intein istiiIc, some who Wire nioderaie drinkers, in dolheis who were strictly teiiienite. The men who did not drink were the best work iiitii. Their strings callcet for more -viii." than those ot tljemeii who were first stimula tes!, and then enfeebled by drink. Jiruiking Is a vies printers have from o! seiatloii, audsome hae an experience of this; hut It must be remembered that this Is a let: not confined to printers. All profes sions lurni-h Illustrations of Its effects. Asa class, pilute-ik are unselfish and whole soulcd. 'Iiielr unions anil leagues grow- out of the mutual necessities, of the memliers, and were origluaily designed to assist I he needy. Printers help each oth er. I l.a seen the boy about the olllce divide ills lunth with an unfortunate tramp wlioliailjust arrlted from walking up and down the earth seeking something to do and In detour. Ilie in gralory Ilfeoi Ilie printer Is uniitecssary. There-are many or them who hate no abiding place or continuing city. Away Irom home liitiuences, without rrlends or 1 1. (Ill, it ts well that there is spirit and generosity tnoti'll lu the corps lo help a uisdt btother. 'i his constant gitlni makes lliiiiinot merely liberal, but generous and whole Marled. Time will rail me to speak or the wit, the siurklltighnuior.thHt may be seen and heard Iu the printing office, or the public spirit these men manlfi st, Ihelrqulck and Intelli gent perception or all thesfrong points ofa suhjeet, their detotlon to their country. It makes me Kid when 1 read the history of the aik, and think that the men who aided In its construction perished in the flood. Thus it Is with printers. They aid in the dltlusioii of information, iu piomotlng every good work. In tilling men, iurtles, states and churches into notoriety, but their work is done in such a retired place that men do not see Hit iu, while aiding to rear the grandest mon uments to intellects and assisting others into grand highways or thought and power, they are themselves ton olteu poor, helpless and iinnlile to take that position in society, that Is accorded lo the members of other profes sions. They die away trom the hulsy world, bt cause they hae worked down In the great c.tlsoiis usedlu reaching the bed rock, and making a sure foundation for the superstruc ture that Is to be reared by others. 1 have told you what these men are, now I must tell you what they need. 1. .More attention ou the part of Christian ps ople. They are not worse than other ik-o-ple. They snoutd be brought to the trout and made to reel tnatthey uru Identified with all that concerns men. There is no reason why their intelligence ami cxiierlence ot the world do not gltethtm more prominence In society. There Is nothing in Hie business that need keep them In the Kick ground. They need it clearer perception or theinor nllly ol the Uosiiel. 'Iheyare soinetiines so slluitnl thai they folate the law tit theS.l iiaih. Tins should net erlM done except as n in UK'ruf necessity. There is no necessity for a Sunday, or rather a -Monday dally paper Unit has lo be set up on Sunday. I think Hi it there are pht steal, lint to say scriptural ri -sons why printers should hate a r-abbaiu. They in tsl n stand recreation of mind that exemption from labor will give. 1-el peo ple mid printers unite to secuie this and It will be icesllllpllslied. I have-said they need more attention from ministers of the liosjiel. They ciiin- lit mosl instances from Christian lionies to theprinl mg otlici". Tney were taught In cliildnoold to reverence Uod and Ills wold, but in some Instances contuct with the Infidelity, the corruptions of the olitlcs of Ihe day and the ly seelusitin from society has made them scepti cal. It is a mistake that scepticism cure, it self, or that it dies by being let alone. It must ls lm t. These men must be-treated as bietlurn.asoureiiiials. We should s( k by a'l lawful litems to draw- them to the hotisa or liod. liny do not live as long as sonic othi r people, nud we must impress them wllh thelmporlauce ot the religion orjesiis Christ. , , '1 here Is no reason why you are not religi ous men and women, lhere is nothing in rellBion that will iuake)ou an unskillful or Hie llieieiii'workman, but alt that Is needed to make you the luuhest style or man. Ssome ol our most successful printers have lie, n pious men; I wish that they were all pious. We take the case or the Harriers, who werr printers befoiethey were publishers. They are inemliersof the.Mclhodlst chinch. Morejihaii Ihlilv-tlM-years.-igo, there was a fair-faced, light-haired Ixiy, waited on the man who worked the old hand-prtvsthat turnednfrthe JM givut Herald. He did his work well. As soon as lie iHsitnie a man, he siughl and ob tained the religion of Ji-us. Hi- was a toor, fatherless bo). "What can he do?" asked one. Well, I'll tell )ou what lie has done, lie has become a I rofoiind scholar, nnd Is losiay uueor the most accomplished and eloquent preachers lit the United fetates. See wtiat grace and study tIM for lilin. Ifllr. J.hatl not lie-come it Christian, he might haveto-day bevn siuoklnga short stem pipe o era case lu a country printing olllce. Where are the men who sneered at him ? The boys who ridiculed him btctusf lie determined to be come a Christian ? Whoknowsthem? Alas, thev are unknown. But the new man the .hilstiim printer lives in the pejrltss ova tion the noble gentleman. A tew miles irom my lather's farm, was a little town where there was a weekly news iuimt. Almut twenty-five years ago.a freck led lace boy, not ery prepossesstng in ap pearance, was taken into that otlice to learn Die art of printing. He was to learn some thing or Interest In the "pt box." It was a real pleasure to him lo ink the forms us the pressman was preiiariug lo bring down the t inptu upon the t)'ie. There was a revival Initial town, and hentteiidrd, wasconvertesl fir primers as well as other jieople can lie converted. He went back to his cause and inaile a good workman. Then lie was promo ted. Kiom Ilie printing office he went to college. He is not eloquent. In manner, but isoue of the most thorough literary men In our ministry: and is to-day a distinguish d pnifi-ssor lu a theological seminar)" in Pennsylvania. I present you these instances or conversion with a view to using them as indications or what may be found in our printing offices. Dr. Carey said, as he was leaving Kngland to become a missionary to India, tn a )oung man, a practical printer, 'w-e shall need j on soon." "What can I do?" "To print the iilbleand tracts In the lan guages and dialects of the Kssu" Well, sure i iinugh. In a tew years that young man was in India. His tyiennd printing presses did more than the voice or all the men whoever preached in making the way oi tne iiru known to the millions or the Kast. The name or Mnrshman, the printer. Is linked with that or Carey, the scholar. The want or the world is a sanctified press, and such a press must lie conducttsl by sanctifiea print ers. Ix-t me commend to your study, your l.llernnil npceiiinnce. the Christian religion. It is needed. It will sustain you under all the trials or lire, and when you grow too ree ble to stand at the case. whn the stick and rule must he laid aside, and other hand, than your wn will receive your "take." )ou will need, the support and theconsola tion it affords. IJfo isn proof, God has marked it, and you must correct the errors that it contains. Tney must lie corrected now. It will be too late when the fonn is locked up. Then all mis takes will remain uncorrected. Do correct them now so .that God may pronounce the revise correct, and permit you tu&niss into the eternal city with hisjblevsed commendation. 1 stand here nol as a minister alone, but as a mun flcquainttsi with men to urge you to seek saltation now. Je-us Is ready, willing. Ileisblesslng others, and Ho will bless you. You seek Him and He will reccle)nu. couvrr board. Proceedings of the Board of County Commlsolnncn. Held February -lib and Sib, 1?. AIUOCUNEIt MEETING omCIAL. Ke-bruary 4, ls75. IViard met pursuant to adjournment. Prr-ent Commissioners .-squires, Pickens and B-. lttchnids, chairman 3. Full Board pr. snt. The County Ci rk presented his annual re port for the )e.r li. which was read and ordered published, and M pamphlets order ed Including the Auditor's report, the work to lie done by the Job rrinter If under his contract. Knot, then the Auditor to let the work to the lowest bidder. The following resolution was offered and laid over until afternoon session : .Kw'pi'.TIiHt the County Surveyor bi di rected to retrace so much of the Lea-n worth and Lecomptou road as passes througtt scc tton I, township a, range 'A also through sec tions, same town and range, and In section 6 to a point where said road Intersects the east and wet hall ot section line as now loca ted, and to plat the same for the purpose of perfecting tue records, and also to retrace the corner of section 12, townsnlp 8, range 21, It being the northeast corner, oo the road leading from the military road to Kick- Jsa. n. MeGee, trustee of Alexandria town ship, appeared before theBnard; the build ing of bridges, as petitioned for by Morgan and others, was laid over until there Is lunds to build. The following petition was presented, read, and on motion received and placed on file: To th' Cbunli Commissioners of Learenxrorih Ctunfi JCansis: We, the undersigned citizens and voters of the above namea couniy. uq nereey pray anu ask your honorable body to make no levy for the payment of any Ballroad Bonds as claimed against said Leavenworth county, and we hereby pledge ourselves to defend 1 Will. Ik 19 u WUUUC-IJU, u..luliaiiri. v. .-...... 1878. your honorable body against all adverse con- sequences thereby resulting. j .sunril by a number of citizens of Tonga- 1' noxle Inwuship. Petition of sundry citizens of Shermtn township for bridge ou Harness load over 1 Xlue-Mile Creek, was presented and referred , to committee ou Ito ids aud Ilridges, district Xo 3. The following communications were pre s:nted: Leavenworth, Kas-, February 4, 1S7S. To the Hoard of County Commissioners of Ltar- enuvrtn Lvunti, Aaitsas. The undersigned hereby propose to take tliewholeamountofinsuranceon court houvt and furniture, (ST,UeV) tor the ensuing year, on condition that they be allowed to use the premium lorsitid insurance in payment or isick taxes wllli li er cent, interest now due the county ot Leavenworth. Kansas, llesisn-trully, Nelxesi Wees. To the Jl-nnraUe Htnrd of Cbunrj Cummit sionersvf J renuvriA County, Jxansas' Gentlemen: If the Board will give me the insurance on IheCourt House I will give the county such time on the payment or pre mium as its exigencies demand, my bill to lie treated us oilier Dills ag-ilnst the county, taking Its regular course, and to be paid when lis time properly come. ItestK'ctrully submitted, J. Gevxr. Leavenworth, Kehrnary 4th, 1ST. Which communications were refered to the Cotumttie-Min Court House. McCowu Hunt. Clerk District Court, pre sented retiorl of Ices collected for the quarter ending Jaiiuiry Mh, 1ST!, amounting to t.tl, which he wished to settle with the county by paying evrtillcate-. held by him against the county, which, on mo! ion. was granted. Ou motion, the followingclalms were allow ed, and Auditor requested lo allow: K.T. litrr. 5iu lor plans oi eouri uouseior the Government or the United States, In the matter or rent ing certain others. Ureal Western .ManuracturingCo.,S.jo.s.Sfor male ial furnished for sundry repairs at the Court Hous,.. I. l.each,Si;..Y. for sundry bltnkets, shoes atnl iiants, furnished couutvjail. I,leiil.uuiitiaie,oI Ilie;l liuaniry, appear ed before the lloanl, asking foraid to send one .M s. rsclimldt and f .mlly to New Orleans, the ol!icershaiugsupsirledtlieramlly, and had made up n purse lo scud her toiler rrlenus; which matter win hud over until the after noon session. Adjournment. Ou motion the Bo trd adjourned to 2 v. st. A1TEKNOON SESSION. The Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, lull board. On motion or Commissioner Squires 10 was appropriated to forward Mrs.bcnmldt and family toiler rrlends, and the said amount placed in the hands ot Lieut. Goodale or the 2Jd Infantry, forsalii purpose. On motion of Commissioner Squires, the resolution Instructing the surveyor to retrace the road according to the resolution ottered at the moruiug session, was adopted. Iu the matter ot banging gates on the Eg glestoit road, the following was offered and adopted : Jlrsol red. That that portion of tho order made by the Board November 0, 1877, in rela tion to the Kggleston road, permitting the parties living along said road to bang gates, is hereby so modified as to read, "a He par ties Ilvlngalong said road from the north end extending south one mile." But no gates shall be allowed on said road south of this point. In the matter of the appeal ol school district No. 35: And now-on this day comes Jeremiah Don ovan and P.JI.Corney, feeling themselves aggrieved at the action of the Superintendent ot Public Instruction in not adding to said district No. 33 the northwest H or section IK, township 10, ranged; also, the southwest li ot section 9, township 10, range IE!, and riled their notice or appeal, asking the Board to reverse tile action of the County Superin tendent or Public Instruction. Alter hearing all the evidence In the matter It was ordered thai tile matter lay over until to-morrow morning. The following resolution was offered, and, on motion of Commissioner Pickens, was adopleil: WiitKRAS, It appearing that Levy Mc Danlels Is in J.dl for non-pa) mentof a fine, and that he is unable to pay said flue; there fore, Jlesolretl, That the fine Is hereby remitted and thesjneriir Is Instructed to release him from custody. t oniinissionerS-qulres moved that the Co. Attorney examine the returnor tax warrants I itersona! proiertyiiiid rcjiort tolhe Board wnat return has been made in the premise's, lor the purpose-tot more fully collecting said jiersonal property, whicn has been returned us not being able to collect. Which motion was adopted. The following was oire-red,aud,on motion, adopted: WlIEUEAs, It appearing to the Board that there is a question as to the legality of the proceedings in assessing the personal tax of Owen Dully, for the )ear or 1S77, and also a seeming hardship has lieen done to him. and further that uult-ss Mime rellet Is granted, cost and exiiense will. In litigation, the result uncertain, and It appearing further that the personal property uf said Dully was assessed lor the vear WC, at lie sum ot $J,170"t, and that said Dully Is ready and now olfers to pay a iersonal tax on thesame amount for 1S77, In rull ol his personal tax for that year, there fore for the propose or sett ling the matter and saving litigation and expense, belt Jlesoti-etl, That the County Treasurer be, and he Is Hereby, Instructed to receive from Mr. Duffv, his personal tax torthe year 1877, on an assessed valuation of S,UU.H0, and that nn pav meut of such tax, said Dully be re lieved" ofany and all liability for personal tax for said) car. The following resolution was offered and rulnptt d: JltMlml. That the Committee on Poor, are Instructed to use flSU.UJorthe poor tund, for thelieiietltsof the poor, outside of the Poor House. The following proposition was presented and read: To the Honorable Jloard of County Commission. ers.of Lravenvorth County, Kansas .- Gentlemen: I re-pectiully submit the following pioposlllon for your consideration : 1 will board, lodge nnd keep In confinement upon tlie premises occupied bv me. In Leav enworth County, Nancy A. Wlnchell and Al ms, A. Winchell, Insane persons or saldcoun ty.forthesumorillt) cents ticrday for eacli oneof said Insane persons, the said county to furnish mid pay tor all clothing and medi cine or medical attendance that may be re quired by the County Board for the use of said Insane persons. Very respectfully, LUTIIkK C. Kincaid. February 4, 1R7S. Commissioner Squires moved that tho prop osition lie accepted. Commissioner Pickens moved to amend that nn medical aid outside of the County Phvsician will lie given. Motion ns amended adopted, and proposi tion accepted its amended by Commissioner Pickens. On motion of Commissioner fsqnlres the re maining three fe am ' Insane, were glvenfto Mrs. indwell iisin tne same conditions and terms a Mr. Kiucald. On motion the Board went into executive session. The doors were opened, and the following was offered in open session, and adopted: Whekeas. At a Tax-nayerV convention helilon i-aturday, the 2nd day of February, 137S. In pursuance or a call before th-it time made by the Board, It was determined that the Board should use all means in its power to bring about a compromise or the railroad liondeil indebtedness or the county on the M. I it. It- bonds and U. I. It. It. bonds, at a sum not o exceed X cents on the dollar, and. Whereas. The Board respects th action or said contention as an expression ot the will ot the people; therefore, lie It Jiesolretl. That the offer heretofore made by the Board, to-wit,on the 4th day of June, 1877, as a basis or compromise is rescinded. Sec ond, and be it further V.'rioimi, That the Board have determined, and do hereby determine the percentage at which it will refund its said railroad Indebt edness, to-wit: IT. P. It- It. Imnds, .11 cents on the dollar. M. P. It It. bonds, Si cents on the dollar. The new bonds to bear Interest at seven per cent payable srml-annually.on the first days d January and July, or each year, lo be or thedenomlnatlon or IJOO, f.Vfl or f lWXi.earh. ini.nst ami nnncioai navauie at tneomce ot the County Treasurer or Leavenworth Countv. Kanvas. tn be due as follows: K'O.ijo)) on the first day or July, 16X7, nnd the same amount on the first day ot July. In each year thereafter, until the last one is due and pavahle, said new bonds to be issued under anil by virtue or chspter 13J, or the laws or 177, to which all persons Interested are here by referred. And the Countv Attorney Is herebv reques ted to prepare suitable blanks for such Bonds and coupons, and the County Cleric Is re quested to procure the same to be properly printed and lithographed. And the Chair man of this Board and County Clerk, are hereby Instructed to tssne tn any holder of such Bonds, to-wlt : Missouri Pacific Bonds or L'nlon lciflc Bonds. Missouri Bonds at such rate in the manner prescribed in said chapter Kt, whenever requested of such holder. Jlesnlmt, That the Board will not deter mlneabaslsor compromise forP.Cfc Ft-D. n. It. bonds, but ltany holder or such bonds desire to surretder the same to the county, the chairman or this Board and Clerk are In structed to transfer to such holder an equal amount in stock that the county holds In saltl company. Adjournment. On motion the Board adjourned to 8 o'clock A. M., to-morrow. tcesoav, feuecarv 3, 1875. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Pres ent, full Board. In the matter of the Ollphant and RIcker road, the following report was presented and adopted : Mr. Chaiumas The committee on Roads nd Bridges beg leave tn make the following report on the Ollphant and RIcker road, have had the same under consideration, and would recommend that a parlor the Viewers' report lie adopted, the road north or the Brown road trom a point where It crosses said road lo where It Intersects the Leavenworth and Grasshopper road, be adopted, and the road ordered opened, and Mr. Gales be allowed eventy-flve dollars damages. All of which is respectfully submitted, H. C feQiriBEs, Committee. In the matter of the appeal of school dis trict No. ;", the following was offered and adopted : In the matter of the appeal of Messrs. Don ovan and Corney. Jlesotted. That the boundaries of school dis trict No. 5j remain as they now are. and we, the Board, recommend that the children of said Donovan and Corney be allowed by the school bosrd of school district No. 35 to attend school tn S". and that the treasurer of school district tl be ordered to turn over to the treas urer of school district 35 all moneys paid into u-hool district 21 bysaidDonovan and Corner for school purposes from this date, and iu- cluaingtaxui ton, uuui uiuerwise oruereu, this action to remain until the next regular meeting of the Board, then to be satined unless objections are nied by parties lnter ie.l at least ten days before said meeting The following proposition was presented and orucrcst js-ce,ei Leavenworth, Kan February 3, 1373. Jloard of County Commissioners, County of Leae enuorth, A"un- Gentlemkx or the Eoaiu When wo sub mitted our proposal to take the insurance on the court house, with the privilege ot paylug back taxes witu the premiums we thought the proiltiou an advantageous one for the county, and we are still of that opin ion ; but having learned that the honorable County Attorney rinds legal difficulties lnthe way of such an arrangement, we respectfully wltbdraw the proposal and submit the fol- liiirlm- We will write all the lnsumnceon building and furniture and take certificate of Indebt edness for the same, pending the time when the county Is prepared to draw warrants for the amount, should the buslnessbe awarded to as we will write It in the first class com panies nameii at tne ueau oi mis sneeu Kespectruily, NellesWeed. The Committee ou Court House recom mended lhat the Insurance forlSTS be divided one hair to be awarded to Jacob Geyer and one halt awarded to Nelles A Weed, and If Mr. Geyer reiused to accept the one half, the whole amount to be awarded to Nelles A Weed, which report was on motion of Com missioner sjqutres adopted. In the matter or the Maloney mad on mo tion the matter of considering said road was laid over to the April meeting. Mr. Geyer appeared before the Board in the matter of insurance of Court House, stating that he was not satisfied with awant made, giving his reason therefor. Also other agents who were dissatisfied. Thereupon Commissioner Squires moved that the action had In the mailer of Insur ance on Court House be rescinded, which mo tion was adopted. Commissioner Squires thereupon moved that the Insurance be distributed as last year, among the companies represented by the six egents present, to-wlt: Nelles Weed, Ii. C Keller, It. A. Ketner. G. D. Fare. O. It. McNary and Jacob Geyer, and place In sarno companies as last year, and It any are short, the committee on Court House and the Attorney select the companies, and If tho agents wish to change any ot the companies the committee to select such companies. Which motion wasaiiopted. Sundry citizens of Klckapoo township pre sented a petition iu the matter of assessment of land owned by Mis. Charity: Atkinson, which Is assessed to heras containing;) acres or which hair has been washed Into the Mis souri river, and asking the Board to reduce the valuation accordingly; which petition was granted on motion of Commissioner Squires, to one half, and the Clerk Instructed to correct and credit the treasurer with the tax on said reduction. Adjournment, On motion the Board adjourned to I r. Jf. ArTZXNtKlX SESSION. Board met pursuant to adjournment, full Board present. On motion the Auditor's report on claims was adopted. At the request ofChas. ir. Grover, Commis sioner Itlchards moved 'that the sum or at be appropriated towards a sum now lielng collected for sending Dr. Stlne and family to Pennsylvania salu amount to be placed in the hands of Mr. Grover, and not to be used until the amount necessary Is subscribed Motion adopted. Claimson Poor fund due MLMuncIo Cem etery and K. J. Humphreys, be paid aud Clerk ordered to draw warrant for same. The Clerk was ordered to draw warrant In favor of Hani'i Dodsworth, for r1.7t on ac count or Bookbinding and Stationery, fur nished as per contract. H. J. Dennis ex -clerk of the District Court, presented a petition in which he sets forth that be holds as such clerk, SJS5 'M. which he wishes to settle witn the county by turning in warrants to that amount due him, which was granted, and Clerk Instructed to draw warrants for said amount and make the set tlement. Petition of Samuel Burk and Lewis Over ton, BalliiTs, was presented, asking the Board to allow them two dollars per day, as hereto tore, as the discount on tne certificates was so great that two dollars was as low as they could serve for, considering that they receive pay for only the time that the court was in session, and not by the year, was on motion ot Commissioner Klchards, granted. On motion ot Commissioner lie-kens the Clerk was Instructed to draw warrants in fa vor of wood contractor and groceries furnish ed to Poor House. The following resolution was offered and ndopted : Jlrsolrrtl, That Richard For, who was ap pointed Janitorat the court house, at the Jan uary meeting of the Board 1S7S, is herebv In structed to commence his work on the 7tlt of February, 1S78. Blank contract was presented by theCoun ly Attorney, to be niled by the Board, which was read and tilled as follows, and ordered signed : Time to commence from February 7th, ls78, term, one year salary, Siier month, which contract as rilled up was then ntiprot eel. On motion the Clerk was ordered to allow warrant iu favor of A. A. Feun, for repalrsnt the court house fa.40, and for Dr. J. W. Brock I0, for proressional services, and Win. Ort man CI for Ice. Also for II. K. Miller Rsii. bailiffs salary, and not to be delivered unless the money is on hand to pay. Catharine Bergman presented a petition for the remission of tales upon lots 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, block 1, Berry's addition, which was on motion laid over. Iteport of County Treasurer for one quarter ending January 27, 1S7S, was presented and referred to the Committee or the Whole. On million, the order made in rererenco to the insurance ot the Court House, was so far reconsidered as to Include Martin Smith as one ot the agents to receive the same iHjrtlou ot the Insurance as the other agents In the matter or the E. Knapp ro id Jlesolrrd, That the order ot the Board made January s, 1STS, In relation to the damages In Kd.Kmpp road be modified so as to allow Fred. Hoberg fllteen dollars in addition to the damages allowed by said order. Adjournment. On motion Board adjourned to March 4th, IBS. J. W. NIE1IAC8, Count y Clerk. LET BY-0?ES BE BY-O.SIE.S. Let by-goncs be by-goncs. Ifby-gones wero Clouded By might that occasioned a rang or regret, O. let them lu darkest oblivion be shrouded ; Tls wise and 'tis kind to forgU e and forget. Let by-gonesbeby-goncs,and good beextrac- Froiti all over which It Is folly to tret; The wisest ot mortals have foolishly acted The kindest ure those whoforgie and for get. Let by-goncs be by-goncs. O, cherish no lon- Thc'tliouglit that the sun ot Affection has set EcllpsAl for a moment.Its rays will tcstrong- Ifjou. likiCn Christian forgive and forget. Let by-goncs be by-goncs. Yourheart will bu When kindness of yours with reception has The"tlaine of your love will be purer and If eidd'lik'e, you strive to forgive and forget. Let by-gones be by-goncs. O, purge out the leaven , . Or malice, and try an example to set Toother, who, craving the mercy ot heaven. Are sadly too slow to forgive and lorget. Let by-gones be by-goncs. Remember how- To heaven's forbearance we all are in debt : They value God's Infinite goodness too To liced not the precept, "Forgive and for get." -p IN CONGRESS. SEMATE. WAsnTsoTON, February 8. Mr. "hyte said it did not seem possible that the Sen ate could resch a vote on the silver bill to morrow. He therefore moved that when the Senate adjourned to-day it be to meet on Monday next. Mr. ALLISON, in charge of the silver bill, opposed the motion and called for the yeas and nays. The motion was agreed to ; yeas 23, nays 24. . . Mr. HOAR submitted a resolution in structing the committee on appropriations to consider and report whether the work on public buildings in Washington, now enanenilni. miT be resumed so as to give present employment to working men who-e families are suuering iruut ubuuiiwu. Agreed to. Mr. SAUNDERS called up his supple mental joint resolution prqvidinglor the appointment oi auuittouat exiuiuim-ioutis to the Paris exposition. Discujsed until the expiration of the morning hour, and was then referred to the committee on ap propriations, together with an amendment, appropriating $2,000 to pay the salaries of the additional commissioners. Consideration was then resumed of the silver bill, and Mr. Hill made a speech. Mr. II ILL thought the silverdollar should beremonetized, but he could not support the bill now before the Senate as it came from the House.; He believed if this bill should pass unamended it would enrich a few in dividuals and give no relief to the financial embarrassment of the country. It would necessitate.additional legislation andfinal ly take itailace in history as the pick pocket bill of American legislation. He objected to the free and nnlimited coinage and to the proposed unlimited legal-tender power to be given theVilver dollar, and said he could not consent to the coinage of a dollar worth ninety cents and stamping it as a dollar. He believed the most effective and permanent way to keep the silver dollar equal with the gold dollar was to prescribe for silver of unction in our currency. He would have silver more than a subsidiary coin, but wonld limit its legal-tender power. The people demanded the silver dollar, bat they did not demand one which would drive gold out of the country. Ke would give silver a legal-tender power for all payments not exceeding $100. He was m favor of some compromise, and hoped his friends wonld not plant themselves square upon the House bill and refuse to compromise. He cared nothing for the bondholders or any clam. He believed that legislation that Cowe---ilve tabllbcl fcy I. IC Anthouy, January. lsci was wise for one class was wise for ail class es, and he represented no class. He repre sented the people, the Governmsnt, etc. Mr. Hill referred to the recent speech of Mr. Eaton, in which that Senator said that Agrarianism and Communism would never find a foot-hold in the U. S.. and said those were noble words, worthy of the best men of the best ages of any country. lie deprecated those speeches, charging that the laws of the countrv had been passed by fraud. The passions of the people might be lashed into a fury which no man could controL "Bloated bondholders' were familiar words in the vocabulary of American fanaticsbut lli... w.j nn eu-Ma'M- CTPIlsfi which. C9uld justify a disregard of thesolemn obligations of the government of any kind. Tkere was but one patriotic course for the coun try to pursue, to call back the people to an honest, renewed recognition of the obligation ot a contract Teach the present generation, teach all gen erations that fidelity to truth and law, the best religion, the wiscststatesmaitfhip and purest patriotism. Mr. "WIHTEKS said his first impression when this bill came before the Senate was adverse to it, but during; the progress c the debate his opinion had changed, and no he had not the slightest doubt that all the bonds issued by the r-overnment were payable in gold or silver. One reason which led to the pre-ent distress was the lact tnatinc viot ernment had put itself on the road to con traction aad was following it closely. He agreed that legislation since the close oi the war had been uniformly in the interest of the creditor and against .u . -....- l'AninnaiiTii ailcpr. make it a full legal tender, and the people will look to Uod and their own strong arms tor ma. prospcritr which all hope to see. Mr. DAVIS lof West Va.,) took the floor but yieled to Mr. Whyte, on whose motion the Senate went into executive session, and when the doors re-opened adjourned until Monday. HOUSE. AV.VSHIXOTON. February S. This being Friday, bills of a private nature were con sidered. .Mr. S.VPP introduced a bill to aid in the construction of a railroad from a tioint opposite Memphis in Mississippi, to Jeffer son, Austin .and San Antonia, Texas, and thence to a 'point at or near El Paso. Ke ferrcd. Mr. BRIGHT, chairman of the commit tee on claims, reported the bill appropriat ing $132,617 for the payment ot claims allowed by the accounting officers of the treasury- Passed. Mr. IIAl.KlS.chairmanof thecommtttee on elections, made a report in the Louisiana contested case, that Mr. Darrell, the sitting member, is not entitled to the seat, and that James H. Acklin, the contestant, is. Mr. PKICE presented the view of the mi nority with a resolution that Mr. Darrell is entitled to the seat. .... Mr. THOUNIlUKt-iH stated for himself, "NVaiteand Hiscock, that they had signed neither report, and that they would hie their views. The reports were ordered printed and Mr. Harris stated that he would call them upfor action on Wednesday next. The House then went into committee of the whole on the private calendar. Th lint bill taken up was one appropri ating S1S.4S0 to pay W. H. Newman ami L. A. Van Hoffman, of New York, in full, as compensation for the use of the Pioneer Mills, in Alexandria, Va., by the V.S. au thorities during the late war. 'I he lull was .i..-i.l l.v Misiars. Hunter. Finlev. Lob- inson, of Indiana, and Wilson, and opposed bv Jones, ol tmio, anu e-oujr, ui -......- can. In the course ol tne uiscussiwi, ..tr. Tilden's letter, adverse to the payment of war claims, was frequentlyalludeil to. Mr. Conger, in his optiosition to the bill, de clared that if there ever was a case where houses and lands ami mills and an oiner property of a city had been captured in : ...... tio -itv of Alexandria. That citv had been captured by the troops ot the United States when the brave and lamented Ellsworth was shot down, and nan never been released from military occupancy du ring the war. The Government had a right, under the laws of war, to take all proiierty in the city of Alexandria for it own use; drive out all its inhabitant and to destroy the city if it chose to do so. Referring to Mr. Tilden's letter, Mr. Con ger expressed his surprise at the suggestion made by Mr. Mills, la-t Friday, that Mr Tilden would not be the standard bearer of the Democracy in the next I resi dential campaign, and he asked the mean in" of that intimation. Did it not mean that the standard bearer of Democracy in the next campaign would not write such a letter, and would not endorse such views? Was that a foreshadowing of what was to come, and did the gentleman Use tins case to commit himself upon, to commit I.epub Iicans upon, and to commit the country utson ? It seemed to him that the question had been brought in to prepare the country for a different letter from the next standard bearer of Democracy, tthat would that letter contain? How would On phraseology of the Tilden letter be changed in the next campaign? i..l,,r .Mr. liiaimr-'MMiiJii.si'-ft'- -- he asserted that there was no contract to pay for the rent of these mills? Mr. CONGER replied that in the report of the committee there was no proof more than the assent of Commissary 111 to the snegestion that there should be pay fr the use of the property, by saying if the owners were loyal they should be paid. Mr. RRIDGES Doe the gentleman de ncy that IJell had authority to make that statement? , ,. .Mr. CONGER I do most emphatically. Bell could not bind the conntry for all the millions that are to follow the pamage ol this bill. . . ,. ,. ,. Mr. TOWNSENP, (ot ew ior,, argued that in this case there had been an agreement to pay rent for the mills, and that therefore it should be paid. Mr. FRYE characterized the claim as perfectly honest, just and fair, and said that there was a contract by implication which ought to compel the government to PaMr.rOTTEK sent to the clerk's desk and had read an extract from the decision of the Supreme Court, announced four year ago, to the effect that a military officer, if charged with a particular duty, wight im press private property into the public service or take it for public ii-c,an.l that the government was unquestionably hound in such a case to make full compensation to the owner. . The discussion having closed the com mittee ro-e and reported the bill to the House, when it was reiected ; yeas 9-1, nays 109. The affirmative vote came principal Ir from the Democratic side, and tho nega tive from the Republican side, but there were exceptions to the rule on both side. Before the announcement of the vote the question arose as to the right of members, who was als-ent during roll call, to vote. Mr. Mills taking the ground that a mem ber could not be deprived of his constitu tional right bv any rule of the Houset The SPEA'KER decided with some .t. !.- ,i. nnpaiinn ri:u1 lieen anta- waruiiu ilia, mi; '!.--...- " . ted for vears, and had been mnformly deci ded aga'inst the position ; that this was not in contravention of any constitutional right, because it was tneuaiyot .m-mwu- i .- t -.1 oltoe.,1 tnthpir nnblic Ders to oe presem anu -.. s. - - duties,and that theonly persons aggrieved in such a case were the people whom such members represented. The decision was applauded, particularly on wre mi"-i- o-t ... L.vtn tswn nnnounced. a stue. i-ic iuic u..i.t -- motion to reconsider and Ui lay on the ta- ble was made, but penumgacuoit me nv adjourned. There will be a session to-morrow for debate only. " Hayes. (Philadelphia TImes.1 The country wUl be delighted to learn from the irreconcilable Iowa Sftt Jf5r that "although Senator Blaine dined with the President, it does not chaDge his atti tude toward the administration. the Senator is not to be bought off with so trifling a thing as a Write House dinner, and it is quite time this important fact is understood. This is a warning to the 1 res ident not to waste his dinners. It Don.ot Keler to Stanley. Boston Globe. A book has been printed called "The Boss Devil of America." It ia not a biog raphy of fctanley Matthews. Crown Itemarlt&blr Kobust ol late. Inter-Ocean. Bv the way, what has become of that feariul phrase, "rag baby ?" Is it any the less applicable because the infant has grown remarkably robust of late? jrt' l-M.y-. t Jh'ifr: f- gs.-; T"a.;..