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THE LEAVENWORTH WEEKLY
TIMES
LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878.
Established. 1835 1
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THUISSDAY, NOVEMBER, T. 1878.
THE Eff MJPEKI'M-IEDKT OF
THE I.AME AM'I.II.M.
Dr K I. Tt-nny, superintendent oi ine
Htate Insane Asylum at Ossawstoinle, ha
resiKnel on account of 111 Ik-hIM. and will be
KucraMttlon the 1st of next mouth bj lr.
A. H. Knapp, Ids pmltot M the fttln.
Dr. Tenny "an met with KVucf",1,r l'of
treatment of luillenls, and the u" ' "rfni
cures be lias made has be, n quite fJf.Viclafa'
and a great proor of tils skill w, a '"g""
In till. arUcularlineof j.nictlce.-ta tVl
Zett 1WU
The e. comln?. a H docs, from a paper
printed in tlie iienresl icinitj of theasjlura,
Is a nattering testimonial of the efficiency of
the pro-ent Mirlcteudfcnt, and therefor.- is
all tliemoreproutuucedin Its denunciation
when the facts of l)r.Tenu' deposition are
known to the public, as they must ultimate
1 be. Dr. Tenny did not resign, but was
notified to acute to gte p.ace to Dr.
Knapp,
the former Incumbent, who
was removed over a year ago,
There
were no charges agilnst Dr. Teunj, lie was
removed owing to thegrcater jiolltical Influ
ence of lir Knapp of Ottawa, who with in
terested friends was supposed to control the
Franklin county representatives In the leg
lslature. The number of patients returned
cured tlncc Dr. Tennj Ut charge of the
asjiura has been two thirds more than dur
ing any like period of .the asylum's run
Wichita lltccut.
The Dr. Knapp, referred to aliove, as
taking charge of the asylum, is the man
who was removed from the tame position a
little less than two yean ago, for immoral
and licentious conduct. A committee of
the legislature made a full investigation of
the charges against him charge which
had lieen preferred by the Governor and
that committee, of which Hon. W. II Pil
kenton, of Republic county, the pjiecial
friend of the Governor, was chairman, made
a report which was as jiositive in his con
ilemnation as the English language could
make. After a patient examination of al
the employees of the institution, under
oath, the committee reported that they
found the charges against Knapp to be
true, that his conduct was grossly immoral
and licentious, and that he was a had man
and un&t for the place. That we may not
seem to over-state the case, we copy from
the official reiorL (House Journal, 1877,
ii 7ti -C-7 :)
.1. That IheSuperlnt) ndi lit has disregarded
ills duty In this that he had not islted the
wards once even morning and eetilnK(even
when he has been at tile Asiuiiij,astheillles
oi me Asjium uemanu and require mat he
should, and, lu fact, Ihdl he bus not 1 lsited
sorueol hi. wards ford.! at a time.
I. That lie does mils em to hae made any
thorough ersouiil or plosieul examination
of an of the Insane, ilia he might become
acquainted wlih the cause of their Insanity.
5 That under his management a reign of
terror exists whe.e peace and harmony should
prevail.
b. Tut he omits to attend to the duties de
volving uirou nlui in tills, lo-wit: That in
must cases uheie he lots lie n notllied of the
KulferiugH of patients from acu e disease, he
lias omllt'd lordajs, and eeu weeks, to at
tend to them.
7. That h allows several fivorite attend
ants to wllluily violate well-known tuies
without taking notice. of the f tct, and lias re-iM-atedly
fllschargea others lor the same and
fess offense.
is Tiiit the office of Ma'ron In this Institu
tion seem to be one of emolument an " eiise
rathe r than of work, under the p.eeul man
agement. 9. That from tr ntatements of several cf
tlie emploves and otties, we find that the
Super! nleniieut imse n attempting to pros
tliute his itotltlon lor lieeiitiou. pitrtxisj-..
That at times when lie should have leen et
tendll g to hlsdlltliH, tie w is locki d up III
certain rt suns in the Asylum Willi oneot lh
female emploves, and al one line when
eaught tieshouesl masked s ttiMif guilt, and
trld to xplaln the mutter auav l -avlug
thej were -cjiuliliiiiats.' At this lime all
toe lights wi re urn-d out except one, and It
was turn ddown v ery lo x, vv li ich wis unu
sual at thiH hour TliesiHteiiKiitsiurthir
s.how that 11 is woman wis unmarried. ai d
that she had a miscirriat ; that i lie super'n
tiuiUut wa lur atindiug ptisclali , ttiat
lie silil ret-iintsl the woman in the employ
f the j"sium lor a 'oug time afUruiin ,
when rumorwas rile of immoral and improp
er conduct on her part. And that the st-ile-im
ntaol the mp!oves show further, that he
ntieinvtts! toailure 1 1 destruction mid s.dnre
an innocent, fatnerlevsgirl; ami that for the
areonipll-limeiit cf ii t!elguiie fli,t made
her a present il a halrswiu li an 1 atteiwaids
olferftt hern set of eair-rings and at the time
the lings were oile il he imtip proios!ttous
and tlemoustratins which she iudlguaiitly
refusHl
10 Tint heis immoral and llcent'ons in his
habits, and lor that reinu Is totallv unlit for
the jKisiilnu w hich lie holds
12. That he lsciuel, unkind and uiinec s
rally harsh In his tre i mem of th- putient..
having r-eaiedlv Kiiccketl out the teeth of
pallellUiln foleing thef-Mg into tin ir moutlis
lor the puiscol foiciug fodaiid medieine
li u Willi asioniHcn pump
II. That wefttid that ttie ineillcsl treilmeut
of he lnane isdetlcleul In the lol ovii)M re
spt cts, v 17 Tl ere is no regulsr scieutilic ex
aminiitloii f insane eroiis to II dltieeiiise
eif their !usaiilt , tii re is no regular sv stem
atlrrourse of medical tr-atmeiit applied to
ttu Insane patient, i xcepl such as maybe
aHlicf-fl Willi Mime aruli iitkaMs.
l. That we tiud tliat Insane iatients have
lieeii plac -d there, aud have not reeeived any
in tiled Irtatuieiit.
1G Hi it it is the opinion of your commit
tee that under tlie present maiing meut the
Institution is no iiiiserliitlie puritti-s for
w hlch it wk e eiitetl, and is more a place of
contluemeut thau treatment.
Th's report was made by a committee
consisting of the Governor's friends ap
pointed according to his desire, to investi
gate charges urged hy himelf and upon
Btich rrjiort Dr. Knapp was removed. Dr.
Tenny, apiMiinted to succeed him, was re
commended by the euperinlecdents of five
of tlie most prominent institutions of the
kind in the country, as in every way com
petent and worthr, and although he had
not made application for the place, he was
appointed in preference tofftccn who had
applied. The official records fhow that
the institution was never before so well
managed as by Dr. Tenny, and its treat
ment of inmates never so successful. The
Governor removed Knapp because he w as
shown to be wholly unfit and unworthy,
professionally and morally, and Tenny
was appointed because he was the best man
for the place; his administration has been
successful, his conduct has been upright
and honorable, but it was found that he
could not do as much as Knapp toward ec
curing the Franklin county delegation to
vote for the Governor for Senator, and he
isset aside, while theman referred to in the
above report, made by the Governor's
friends, is appointed in his place.
Can any man conceive of a baser prosti
tution of the public service than this?
Could the public institutions of the Stale be
prostituted in a baser manner to the per
sonal ends of the Governor? No matter
liow bad, how unworthy, how immoral,
bow licentious, how incompetent a man
may be, if he is able and willing to serve
the Governor's private interests, the most
sacred charges of the State can be entrusted
to his keeping; but if heis not willing to
be used as a tool to further the Governor's
private ends, he must go, no matter how
worthy or competent he may be. If he can
not serve the personal interests of the Gov
ernor, it counts for nothing that he is the
most competent superintendent the institu
tion ever had,and that the'unfort unate wards
of the State intrusted to his charge are care
fully, ably and humanely attended. If he
is willing to serve the Governor's private
interest, it matters nothing that he is in
competent, unworthy and immoral. If only
he will "help to carry the delegation" he
may neglect the unfortunates in his keep
ing, subject them to harsh and inhuman
treatment, debauch his female subordinates,
and turn the insane asylum into an assig-
nation house. And this under our present
high moral administration '
Steal ICJT 31I Ilnrnctl' Thunder.
Chicago Journal, 2.J
Charles Itsade. the well-known English
""elist, is ju-t now engaged in a species
of literary piracy which he has in the past
ejere,J condemned in others. He has written
?t 5m based on the novel of Miss Francis
H Burnett, entitled "That Lass o Low
lie a, and jmUfies his literary thievery by
churning that others have robbed him.
This is a poor defense for one of the lead
ing authors of the day to make, and cer
tainly comes with poor grace from one who
TTltv?cbuA"7f Tituper
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Minus MSPICIoi's,
The Forth Kaman produces an attractive
array of facts and figures to prove that
Kansas will give a Democratic majority
this falL The suspicious feature about his
calculation is the too much evenness in his
figures. He puts down the Democratic
majority at jmt four hundred and thirty.
That founds well, but when you set it
down in figures -iJU it has a puopicious
look about it it looks as thou0h a man
had gueeK-d at it. If he had paid 429 or
431, it might not be any more reliable,but
it would look more like a calculation.
A lllli LAW MIIT.
A law suit, on the decision of which it is
said ile-iend intertts valued at.4 ,000,000,
was brought on appeal liefore the United
States Supreme Court at Washington last
Tue-day. The case which comes from the
Northern District cf Illinois, is entitled
"The Chicago and North western Kailway
Company vs. Thomas Sales." The action
is for damages for infringement of a car
brake patent, the allegation being that the
company, which uses the Stevens patent,
has infringed the Tanner patent, owned by
appellee. The decrees was for nearly S00
000, which was for five years' use on only
a part of the company's road, and as near
ly all the roads use the same brake, the
importance of the suit may readily lie ap
preciated. A CIMJII-VAI, lll.irDEIt, (IK
lldltMi
The papers of New York are not at all
backward in their criticisms of the crimi
nal carelessness of the Manhattan Itank of
ficers, which rendered that institution such
an easy prey to the robbers. The Tribune
says, in its itsue of the 29th :
No clew has jet been obtained to the secret
of theastounding robbery at the Manhattan
Savings Institution or. If any has been ob
tained, the police are not i el ready to make
it known. One experienced bank detective
Is evidently disposed to tree the Janitor from
all suspicion, while mother Is convinced
that either the Janitor or the watchman, or
one of the teneuts, or ail three, were in collu
sion with the burglars. Meanwhile the whole
community Is lust In amazement altne crim
inal stupidity which intrusted the secret key
to 'he iiossesslou of millions of dollars to the
fi lelity or the bravery of one weak and cow
ardly man, whom u heavy bribe could nut
fall lot nipt, lilt did fail to coucmer him.
Superintendent I-amb declares that the or
nee rs and trustees wtio are responsible for
such negligence ought, if such a thing were
tosslble, to be made personally liable for the
loss which the bank will sustain. Iiank of
flcerseverv wiureareiiulte as much aston
ished as theSiiperlnteuilent. It Is reassuring
that Investigation falls to discover any sim
ilar Institution where such a system Is pur
sued. Meantime thera seems to be no reason
lor alarm onthepartofdeiKisltors.
'i-iioi'iiimc co.itEUEXCE."
The convention designated as above,
which has been in session in New York
this week, is composed of representative
Christians of nearly all denominations. Its
object is to consider and diccus the various
theories held by believers in regard to the
second coming of Christ. This event, we
believe, is looked forward to in faith, by all
the different divisions of the Christian
Church, but there is creat diversity of opin
ion in regard to the time and manner of
his coming. From the time of the disci
ples down to the present day, the church
at lare, has believed that Jesus the Christ
would return to the earth, in the fullness
of time, and estahlirh His Kingdom, but as
to when he will come, how he will come,
and whether his Kingdom is to le tempor
al or spiritual, are questions upon which
there has been no common ground of be
lief. The object of this conference, as we
understand it, is to consider all the vrnous
views of Chri-tiaLn upon these joints, and
to mike an effort to harmonize them. The
New Yotk 'l,ibunt in an editorial referring
to the conference, says
Th substantial dillt-rencelietwi-en theiioc
triue taught lij the Ihesilolans now meet
ing here and tlie bulk of the Christian
ttmrcli. our readers will rtmemlter, is that
whlleallb lieve the world will Homedav lie
converted to toe true filth mid practice ot
( liristlinlty, the inllh imial disciples !rut
that Christ w III himself return aud govern
It fora spaceof a thousand eirs M-mj of
these lielievers dlscourtge all attempts to
discover the time when lie shall ap
is ar. lint such it'teinptK hive
l-en frequent, and supporU-d l phophetic
inter relation have moved the nitrous
world to Its foundations 1 beveur l(xm,A,Il ,
was long held as tlie date; lsj, for two or
three nerall lis was lo be the appointed
time, ac-ordiug lo l!urgrs interpretation or
piophecv. Miller fiVisI tile duteat 811,and
1 iter, Coinmluat sf7 An attempt we be
lieve. Is made bv iheKev. Joseph ,v. selss,a
I.utlieriau citrgm:iu, who takesa leailii-g
part In i lie pre-tnteonfereiice, todetermlne
tlie time a proxiiimtelj.. through an Inter
pretation it .in Inscription lound in the
(treat l'iramid. It Seiss, however, will
siteak for hl'iiself on this inalteT. We bespeak
the ft ranis niietiilou oi iniuKing H-opm to
th e men, who hold to their belief In mo-t
devout sinceritj The world has not so
man) hopesttnl it can ntionl to tlout one
lliHt comes to It Willi an u-ssumpl.ou of di
vine authority.
itr.rrm.ir cov,tv rovi.x
in. Our reporter failed to give the reasons
as-igned by Senator Winter for withdraw
ing his name as candidate fur Probate
Judge from the convention. The Senator
said :
"Judge Mann has tampered with some of
my delegates and has ottered to pay them
anysum within the boundsol reason tor their
votes or him, and they allerwards demand
ed of me to pay them ten dollars each to vote
forme. Now gentlemen of this convention
if I must buy anamination like buying hogs
and cattle I will not accept a nomination
If tendered me. With all due reg.nl for my
friends lti this convention I do now with
draw my name as a candidal) for Probate
Judge."
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lEmplre City Echo, 21 J
We neglected last week to call attention to
tlieadvertiscmentof the i eaven worth Times.
It Is on among a very few consistent Green
back itepnbllcan papers In the state, and de
serves the Rupponof atl the irlends of the
people In Kansas, regardless of politics.
The IHiplicattna" Process Will not
Work Ag-aln.
Wichita Beacon, SO.
"Who bates the holders of United States
bonds?" Inquires an excitable organ of the
bonded Interest. We don't Imagine that
anybody hates them, but the voting popula
tion don't love them dearly enough to allow
them to double the v Blue ot tbelr property
again by corrupt and vicious legislation. We
feel authorized to say that the duplicating
process wi.I not work again.
Tlie Governor of North Cauwlina to
the Governor of Sontn Carolina.
New York Tribune, HO.
Governor Hampton speaks in South Care
Una to-morrow night, and some sanguine
persons expect that lie will denounce the
outrages In which certain members of his
stall have been the most conspicuous actors
Even If he should do so. It would lie quite in
order for the Governor of North Carolina to
suggest to the Gov ernor of !-outli Carolina
that It was a long while betw en theontragea
and the disclaimer, and to remark that the
election was only five days distant.
A Divided House.
Lawrence Tribune, J
Horatio Seymour, of New York, has writ
ten a haid money letter that puts Sherman
In the shade as a gold worshipper, and says
that one by one the Democratic leaders are
stepping on the honest money platform and
compelling the Greenback element of the
party to take back seats.
How do the Kansas Democrats who pro
fess to be such good Grenbackers, like this
action of the nabobs of Democracv? Will
they do as they did In bt. louls In T6 swal
low tbeir own opinions and the hard mosey
leaders at one gulp?
It looks as if It was a poor way to help the
Greenback cause, to vote the Democratic
ticket.
Ills Honesty wai evcr (inspected.
New Y'ork Tribune, J
Tha. latest embezz'ement case Is one with
many painful features. The clerk who has
stolen more than J1W.00O Intrusted to him
for the payment of duties on bonded goods,
and who had covered his tracks with great
ingenuity, callingev en forgery to htsald, bad
earned the confidence or ids employers by
fifteen years faithful st rvlce, beginning as an
errand boy. His honesty w as net er suspect
ed: he was hawpy in his home; his habits
were exemplary. Bis deliberate act of self-
destruction Is one cf those Inexplicable
events which loi and then shock the pub
lic, when men, whose Uvea are opening with
pramr.. -
tence and leap into ruin. I
FKoiivrcruUKT.
In speaking of the Uepublican County
ticket, the morning after the convention,
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Tup Ttmvs stated that the cimime for
Probate Judge was "not above smpieton
This remark has been very freely comment-
ed upon and alargenumWr of Republicans
, Dp? '. , f ,. Mm,;n ,l,,t
have insisted, dunrg tLe camnign, that
i ii . trtbisoi.inion
we sheaild stateour reasons lor this opinion.
,,:"" , . , .m .,, rTll
We have thus far refrained lrom t-.tnn
a word on thus subject, list we
might in
jure the balance of the ticket, but in re
sponse to the request, or demand, of a
large number of Kepublican voters, we
state here, in plain terms, our r aons for
believing that the nominee for Probate
Judge is "not above su-picion :"
Fir-t, Immediately alter he entered tijion
the duties of his office, h. brother came lo
The Times counting room, and made i di
rect propsilion to our huiniss manager to
bring the advertising of the Probate Court
to The Times if we would jy lam fir it !
He said he would bring all hi advertise
ments to this paper, if we would give him
receipted bills for the same at live dollars
a piece, and accept three dollsts! We in
formed the gentlemin that we old not do
business in that way, and cor.-equentlv his
advertisements were rot brought 1 ere.
There was no hinting or 'insinuating about
the matter, but a plain uuhlu'hins
proposition to bnu, his hiisiners
here it we wonld agree to give
him vouchers for furly Jier cent, more
than we received, that he might lie enal.led
to rob the widows aDd orphans of tho-e
whoe estates cume into his liandi for settle
ment. Second, The law states distinctly that
the Probate Judge shall not be entitled to
pay lor a clerk, yet in the Probate Court
under the present judge, fees are charged for
the services of a clerk ; and
Third, It is well understood by the pub
lic that in order to facilitate prompt action
of the court, it is necessary to retain ' the
court's brother" as attorney in the ca-e.
There aie several other features, in con
nection with the conduct of the office under
his administration, that deserve to lie se
verely criticized, but the above is sufficient
to warrant all we have ssid about him, A
man with such a record is certainly no
above suspicion.
Thejflln up the Wliolo Fraud Hi-
nm
New York Tribune, 19 1
Anderson's recantation of his recantation
ofhLslast series of lies has utterly discour
aged the few Democratic editors who were
trj lug to keep tlie fraud cry In motuui. They
break out in bitter denunciation of the "red
headed lunatic" and then give up the whole
fraud business forever. Now that iheentlre
work of the Potter Committee Is destroj id,
the hive nothing to oppose the cipher rela
tions w ith. One of them remarks with as it
of aftei-all-it-might-be-worse air: "Thank
Ood for one thing, Anderson can't produce
any cipherdlspatches!" Cheerup, brethren :
im will need strength to bear a good deul
3 et before the "fraud" campaign Is ended.
An Auomaly in (he way of Itepnbll
can Speeches
Woodson County Post, 2.
We attended the great barbecue at Iola on
last Saturday. Gov. Geo. T. Anthony was
the sp-uker for the occasion. His speech
wasau anoraa'y in the way of llpubllcin
speeches. In the first plsce he said but little
aliout the Democratic party. And In these c
nnil place the lamed blood shirt wnseiiliie
!j Ignored Ills whole speech was devoted
to the (reenhii Hers, almost exclusvel and
was tlie harde-l of the haul iiioncj order,
giving gleat ouViim to tlie memb-rsof that
oirtv iircsent. In snwiklnc of the proiwise-d
Int money he said be asked Uro. Mitehell
liow he pio-o?.ed to put themone"r in eircu
latioii how lie would rnakothe jieople lake
If Mitchell repll.d that He would put ihe
suord under Hand cnniel the jieople intake
1U A prominent reeubickrstandingty us
at theiuies.iid,"I will bet a lliou.ind dot
ltisltiat Mitche 1 M'trr said it '
Ctntlcmcn'a Footmen.
ISelgravia J
One of tlie jvests ol the old theater w.es the
gentleman's footman. He occupied his nia.s
fr's seat In he boxes until he chose toap-
lear, and spat and threw orange-peel upon
the heads of ieopIe in the pit, and exaggera
tes! all my lord's lll-bresliug. These Wlows
were admitti-d gratis to tlie upper gallerv,
which wass-t apart for their use, aud was
the noisiest art of the house. At length
their riots became so unbearable that the
privilege was withdrawn and the doors were
elosed agsinst them. 'Ihe next night they
asM-mbltd In large numbers, forced their way
in, and, uotw itlistandlng the presence of the
1'riuce of Wales, pri ceeded to the mosi vio
lent extremes, rnerestof theiiudleiice.who
hated them hcartll) for their Insolent air-,
took pin wltti the authorities, a battle rojal
ensued. In which tin Jeame-es got the worst
of it, ami Igtiteen oi their numlar sent to
prison. That fimou- satire upon their order
entitled "High I.lfeltelow stairs," Really ex
cited their indignation, and they assembled
each ultit to hlssiu
A tiestion of Circulation,
Atchison Champion, l.
The CAawipionlspalngfor postage on its
circulation this jejr a large increase
over the amount It paid last j ear. The circu
lation of this Journal Is much larger now, for
both Its dally and weekly Issues, than it
was at this time last jear. It is larger than
it Iirs ever been before, aud is steadily In
creasing. Wedonot pretend to know anything about
thecirculitlou of the Iaavenwortli Times.
U e hav e no disposition to doubt that It has a
large circulation, or thit Its circulation this
vear is larger than it was last year. If The
riMt had a circulation or a hundred thou
sand we should not be Jealous of It. We are
not responslb'e for the post office returns'for
1S77. "A e didn't make them, and didn't even
procure them for publication. We copied
them from the Kansas City Ttma. But we
do know that the Champion is paying, this
vear, largely incres,d bills for postage over
thoe paid by it last jear. We are content
with the extending and largely lncreaw d cir
culation of he CAamjaon, and are gratified to
know that the Leavenworth Tijiks is also
prospering, as it deserves to, for It Is an ex
cellent paper.
II ben Johnny Conies Jlarchinr
Home "
Boston Advertler's St. Petersburg Letter.
Thellusslan peasant is an undemonstrative
fellow. Be possesses the quality of self con
trol In a very high degree. Those who were
looking at the soldiers survej ed them as
calmly as ir they had not been the heroes of
that winter passageof the Balkans, it was
only by the wet ej ea and eager, strained look
of attention on the faces that their pride in
these v Ictorious soldiers and sorrow for those
that were not here were exhibited. As for the
soldiers themselves, they w ere very quiet; but
as they marched by their ranks were broken
and women and children were mixed op
with tlie rows of bayonets. Here I saw an
old woman who had lound her son. She was
holding on to his coat sleeve and crying very
quietly. Then came a young girl who had
to run to keep up with the long-legged soldier
beside her. Si e was crying, too, and he was
winking hard and looking straight ahead of
him. There were many 1 ttie children, all
eager, most ol them In tesrs, but no one exci
ted ortalklng. As tli-y passed ttnoagh the
gale an officer attempted to put these intru
ders out ot tbe ranks, out the Czarowitch for
bade It. so the mothers aud sisters and wives
kept their places, and marched the three
miles with the soldiers through the mud, re
ci lv log fresh instalments by tbe way so that
at last there was quite a crowd of families
As they passed down the street flowers began
to rain upon tlieru. Each of the comra-ud-era
was crowned by the Grand Duchtsses. and
almost every bayonet bad wreaths or bou
quetsuponlt. Sobs mingled with the hur
rahs which swelled forth, for mny poor fel
lows had been burled In the trenctilnarneless,
and It was only by seeing their places filled
by others, that their families knew tbey had
gone on their last long Journey. It was the
same all along the line or march showers of
cigarettes and flowers and shoots of Joy, until
the regiments dispersed.
Bishop Sere
tonr in the Bell of St.
Patrick.
New York Time, 1.
Tbe land in the village of Hague, on the
banks of Lake George, bought by Bishop
Seymour, of Illinois, Jsuccessor of Bishop
McCoskry, recently deposed, is said to have
more than doubled in value since he hired
the old couple named Davis to remove
from their cabin, and burned down their
premises, where they had long kept a host
of rats and serpents of every variety, to the
terror and disgust of tbe entire neighbor
hood. Davis pretended to be a snake-charmer,
and exercised a familiarity with them
that was extremelf repulsive. It is esti
mated that hundreds of rodents and rep
tiles perished in the flames, although scores
ot them crawled out, and finally escaped.
The Bishop's manner of banishing serpents
was more practical than that ascribed to
Bishop Patrick, and shows how much
more elective a torch may be than a cro-
?. . wielded by . fnUy-acctedi-
ted saint.
, A-x iTKKnvri-ifi nocr-nE-vT.
' " - i ...euienani uenerai
neridan to the General of thr Arm v Josi
made public, contains a good deal of what
'L" ""w ""? 1D"
,""'S readiug. The report embraces
, an account of the operations of the army in
I ' . , , ,
I the J,tt1' and Territories in whteh the In-
I d'-m troubles orcur; al,o the region cursed
, -.' - , . .,
- """-"""-" "", in iact, me enure
; ..:, ui military acuviiy. e nave no lor-
eign foes to fear at any point along our
vast sea shore or lake-fronts. The Indian
and tLe Greater are our chronic and only
enemiex. General Sheridan has in his
division eighty-two jierrnanent posts, lie
sides camiH of observation. To garrison
these, and, as he expresses it, "cover the
country fiom liritMi America to the Kio
Grand on the south," he has one man to
1J0 Kiuare miles in the Department of Tex
as and about one in every seventy-five miles
in the Department of Dikota, the Platte
and the Mii-onri, the regions mot exposed
to hostility, namely, four companies of ar
tillery, averaging fifty three men each;
eight reginunts of cavalry, averaging 704
men each, and eighteen regiments of infan
try, numbering 4 j2 men each. The Lieu -tenant-General
ssys without any boasting
or exaggeration:
nhm it is borne in mind that this im
mense seetion of country has to be ccu-tant-lv
under surveillance sgalnst Indians ind
rddlng pirtles from the Mexican side of the
Itio Grande, tlie work tint his to be perform
ed bv that i-ortlon of ourarmy 1 arated with
in his military division will be appnciited
hy all military mm, mid by those ho hive
ever lived iiiion our frontier. No other army
In the world has suchadllflcalt line to keep
in o der, aud no arm In modern tlmesli.es
hid such au amount of work put upon the
same numlier of men. In all other countries
it Is the custom to establish garrisons of not
lesMtnan a regiment or a brigade, while we
have for the performance or similar duties
only one or tuo couipanus. Hlth us regi
ments are rarely, if ever, together: the Hosts
are generally garrisoned bj one, twoorfonr
companies, who are expected to hold anil
guard agalust one of the most acute and wary
foes In ihe world a space of land that in any
oilier country would bj held by a brigade.
To do this requires sleepless watchfulness,
great activ lty and tireless energv , and I am
gratifitd to know that, as a general thing,
our officers posse s those soldierly qualities.
The part of this report that has peculiar
interest to the people of the west, is that
portion in which he treats of the Indian
troubles. Speaking of the condition and
conduct of our Indian department, he says :
The Indian dep i't, owing to want ol suffi
cient appropriations or from w retched mis
management, has given to the settlements la
the western couutiy constant anxiety and
loss of property, attended by dreadful crimes
and cruelty, 'there has been an InsuHiclen
cv oi food at the agencies, and ns thegame Is
gone, hunger has made the Indian in some
cas-s desperate, ami almost any race of men
will fUhtratuerthau starve.
He attributes our Indian wars to the fact
that we have taken the Indian's
country
from him hy force, and have not only driven
him from place to dace, but have killed
his game, destroyed his means of subsist
ence. "In other words," he says, "we took
their country acd their means of support,
broke up their mode of living, tbeir habits
of life, introduced disease and decay among
them, and it wa for this and against this
they made war. Could anyone expect
less7" And he adds:
Then why wonder at Indian difficulties?
Th-.e wars might have been regarded as in
evitable, and, therefore, a sufficient number
of siildlers should havelieen provided to meet
them, hut it was not iloue, and hence the f i
tal results which followed. No other nation
In theworlil wou d have attempted the ie
ductlon of Iht-sewild tribes and occupation
of their couutiy vv in less than GO.Olxj or 7i',iji
men, wnue t wuoie lorce empioveil and
scattered over theei ormousreglou deserilad
never uumliend II OXi men. and neailv one
third of tills foice has been coufitltst to the
line of the Klo t.rande to protect tile Mexi
can Irontier. Tlie consequeuce wie that
very cugienient uh-h lorioru lioji'.aud
was attended with a Ios. of iiie imp irai'ed
in warlire. No quitter was given by the
savages, and theojllct rsand men hirl to en
leron their duih-s vviili the most tsirbirous
cruelties! staring them in the faee iu caseot
deleat. Nor was this misfortune confined to
I lie soldi, r; it extended lo the settler, who
was himself killed, or came Louie loses. Ids
wife aud ehlldreu murdered and his stock
stolen, s-ueh. In truth, h.es been the contest
on our western frontier duriug the last lea
ears. It would have bo a less expensive i
an army of CQ.OuO or 7a,MM had lieen miin.
tallied, and. moreover, the blood o gallai.t
officers, soldiers aud citizens would not have
rested ou our hands
This, he regards as the first cau-e of our
Indian wars, and under such a condition
of circumstances, he thicks war with them
would have been inevitable, no matter
what subsequent policy the government
might have adopted. He expresses the
opinion that we cou'd not expect to deprive
these primitive people of their homes,
where they "had lived in barbarous con
tentment for centuries," without war, aDd
thinks the only strange thing about our In
dian wars has been the manner and
means adoj ted by our government to
meet them. The next great caue of
Indian hostilities, tbe Lieutenant-General
states as follows :
After he his lost his country he ands lilm
self compelled lo remain on reservations, his
limits circumscribed. Ills opportunities of
hunting abridged, ills game disappearing,
slckuesain his lodge from change of lite and
food, and Insufficiency of the latter, and this
Irregularly supplied, and the reflection com
ing to him f wh it he was, and what lie now
is, and pinched by hunger, creates a feeling
otdissatisfactl in which, in the absence of a
tood strong force ot soldiers, starts him out
on the war-path again, and unarmed people
are killed, settlements are broken up, farms
are abandoned and general confusion exists.
This condition of affairs Is well Illustrated by
the lecent outbreak of Northern Cbeyenues,
who lauly abandoned their reservation at
Fort Reno, and the same mlghl be said ot the
outbreak of the Nez I'ero-s last ear, and cer
tainly of that of the Bannocks and Shoshone
in this year, of tneChejennes. Klowas and
Comancbes In 1874, and unless other measures
prevail hereafter rt will goon. The Crows
will come in next, the Asslnabolnes and
(tros-Ventrea and wild tribes north of the
Missouri will be obliged to follow. Spotted
Tail's and Bed Cloud's people will be driven
to the same conditions eventually, and so on
down to the tribes in the w estern part of the
Indian Territory.
He then goes on to show that we are
wholly unprepared to meet the attack o
the Indians, and that we arc not able to
strengthen one point without weakening
others. For instance, he says:
At Fort Sill and vicinity, to meet tbe
KIowss, Commancnes. Apaches, and others,
located in Indian Territory, numbering SIUU
or 4.CJ0. we have not more than 3(0 effective
men. At fort Reno, to guard theCheyennes
and Arapahoes. numbering 5,000 or 6,000, we
have not exceeding a) effective men. At
Red Cloud agency, where there are at least
6,000 Indians, we have only two companies,
and could not in ten d-ys collect over Suo or
609 men. At Spotted Tali's ire have only two
companies, numbering 119 men, and It would
take two weeks to collect all the troops we
could muster, and they would not number
much more than 900 or 600 effective men,
while the Indians number not less than 7,000.
And so on at points where there are Indians
and agencies, and at other strategetlcal
points, the number of tbe troops is Insignifi
cant, and if outbreaks occur, as I fear they
will, the consequences would be appalling,
and I desire to warn the general of the army
that we have not half the troops required to
meet these anticipated troubles.
What we mut do to prevent the constant
recurrence of these Indian wars in the fu
ture, is thus briefly and sensibly stated.
Now that the game npon which the Indians
depended for their regular supply of fl is
gone, we shall require a good supply of ra
tions with perfect regularity In their Issue.
to meet the needs of these people toeitliM
with a strong and stable government, backed
up by a sufficient number of soldiers to en
force a spirit of obedience, and to keep these
restless savages within tbe limits of tbelr
reservations
General Sheridin'sjopinion, in substance
is the same as that entertained by all who
have given the subject any careful thought,
and that is, that we must not violate our
contracts with the Indian, and must govern
him with a force sufficient to keep him in
order.
There is Wisdom la It, Xeverihclct.
A writer having -juoted that sagt remark
of Richelieu, when his too ob-equious
henchman, Hoget, had just bowed himself
out with a low sweep that brought his head
nearly to tbe floor, "I do mistrust Huget;
he bows too low," the sentiment appeared
in print this way : "I do mistrust Hoget ;
he blows too loud." There is a lack of the
classic polish in this new rendering that was
characteristic of the refined French cardi
nal, but there is no doubt that If Bichelieu
hid been an American mlitieian nf tha
days he bight hare talked that way. It
macks of modern day alanf , bat there is a
wealth of wisdom in the sentiment never
Till: UEAIt AUTI1E DOUG.
IJ. T. Trowbridge la New York Times.l
Says rncle?Iow to Uncle Joe.
"This card that I Jet read
Is is "-uare,"savhe."asacard can be.
An ti't'alu't no more to be said.
The hunt for fraud Is a good bunt ylt,
Au' Sammy is till ahead."
Savs Uncle Joe, " I guess tint's so
That's Jest about so," says he,
Ham's like the pup lom Bade brought up
bood pup as ew r ye see
To bark al a bull b-'iind the bar',
Or a squirrel up a tree.
" Jest letch his nos to a chlpmonk hole,
How the critter would tear an' j elpl
You' I 'a' sirtln thought that dorg could 'a
fought
Mx grizzlies, an'ax'd no help,
L'pon iiiv uonl, ifevtr vou'd hcanl
'lorn male hi hreso' the whelp!
" One night a lieir Iin-geil ofTa pair
Of nice fit pls for i-ale.
Oce under eirh arm, hecrosusl the farm.
An' jo might 'a iienrd Vm squeal
All over the lo. till hetoine ton spot
Where he stopped lo have his meal.
"Tom heard tlie nuk t, an rushed to the
pen
An found wl nt thebmot had done.
lie lit Ids inntern a.id called his dorg.
Ah, now 'sivs he "for the luii'
As l.eraiiimeda lan,e hulMnzlu'f hare
In his duublobamlled gun.
"He Inund the spot in'mideoneshot;
An then Is-gun the chase!
The sun r- up, win n the tiear an' pup
Tnrena at thunder n' sice
Throiu.li i ile-eof w- nd in" Tom as left
llohlii'l Vm In therac,
" lie fullered the trs I aa c-nsj (iioi:;li;
Hfnirby n m m 1 e mt ,
Milk-pdeln hind, ami Tom dhin'l stand
Wrj rniich nuet iplett
"Ilev j e - en,' s.ij s n .'Um run' a dorg i'
An the mu. , he aj ,' "vou ixi
" ' How Ioi-g ngr. " ! tinsner'nliour.'
Tom wiped the sweat '.n'said,
"WhWh hid the arlvuninge, should ye
think:'
The feller s rs'clied hts head
Inacindid w : Wal, tlmdonf, Idi'd say.
For he was a lee le ahead
Now It seems to me," Uncle Joe, s dd he.
s-ThatV Jest the ol' mau's case ;
The hunt for fraud Is a good bunt still,
An' his card may be an acre,
Hut Sammy somehow tins got jest now
At the wrong end of the race."
THE GtTESJ OF II EL, I.
Viewed From inetlutside and Inside
by Dr. Talaais-TAhsl Titer Are
.tladv of-lnpsre Literature, the
Dissolute liaaoe, Indiscreet Apparel
and Alcohol,
(New York Herald, IS
The Brooklyn Tabernacle was again
crowded to its utmost rapacity yesterday
morning with a multitude who bad come
to hear Dr. Talmage's description of the
"Gates of Hell." This is the third of his
sermons on the night side of city life, which
are attracting so much attention from the
circumstance of the preacher's romantic
wanderings among the haunts of vice in
Xew York about five weeks ago in search
of subjects for his sermons and in order that
he might first see these places before de
scribing them and learn their real dangers
oeiore warning people away lrom them.
Yesterday's throng in the Tabernacle was
only surpassed on the occasion of the first
sermon of the series. Morgan occupied his
usual place at theorgin, Arbuckle gave sev
eral cornet solos and some hymns were sung,
after which Mr. Talmage gave out the
weekly notices Among them was one to
the effect that neit Friday night he would
lecture upon Brooklyn politics, so that his
hearers might all know whom to vote for in
the coming election.
Just before commencing his sermon Mr.
Talmage made the following announce
ment : "I wish that what I say in my ser
mons should be received in silence, as oth
erwise it disturbs some of the good people
of my church, and disturbing them displeas
es me. I would be much obliged, there
fore, if you would receive my words in si
lence." Alter this injunction the audience
was coiupiratively quiet only applauding
once and hurstins into laughter twice dur
ing the sermon. Mr Talmage took his text
from Mitthew xvi , 18 "The gates of hell
shall not prevail against it;" and then be
gan his i-eruiun as follows :
THE TIGER IS HIS DEN.
"It is only ten o'clock," said the officer,
as we got into the carriage for the mid
night exploration, "and it is too early, for
the theatrts have not yet dismissed." The
places of iniquity are not in lull blast till
the people hive time to arrive from the
theatres. So we loitered on and the officer
told the driver to stop on the street where
is one of the costliest gambling houses in
the city. Coming up in front all seemed
dark; the blinds were down, the door was
guirded. We were admitted and found
arjuud one table eight or ten men in mid
life and well dressed. All was going on in
silence save the noi-e of the rattling chips
on the gimbling table in one parlor and the
revolving bill of the roulette table in the
other. There was something awfully sol
emn in the silence, the intense gaze, the
suppressed emotion. Xo one looked up.
They had inorvy in the rapids. Some of
them may have seen horses and carriage,
and homes and family rushing down into
the vortex. Some of the-e men come in by
private key. some by careful introduction,
some are taken in by the patrons of the es
tablisement. A young man put his money
down on the roulette table, and lost; put
more money down, and lost. Then he felt
in all his pockets for more money, but
found none, and severely silent he turned
his back and passed out. While we sat
there men lost their property and souls.
Merciless plate. Not once in all the years
of that gambling house has there been one
word of sympathy uttered for the losers.
When men have their property wrung out
of them they go out, some to drown their
grief in stiong drink, some to ply the coun
terfeiter's pen to repair their fortunes, some
too suicide's revolver all of them down It
is estimated that every day in Christendom
SbO.OOOOCO pass from band to hand
through gambling, Sli'J.lOO.OOO.OOO every
year.
BAD BOOKS AND NOVELETTE?.
"But," I said, "it is eleven o'clock, and
we must be on," and our carriage rolled on
toward the gates of hell. Who shall
describe them ? They are burnished until
they sparkle in the gaslight; they are
mighty and set in sockets ot deep and
dreadful masonary : they are high, so that
those inside may not climb over; they are
heavy, duu swing easily in to let those in
who would be destroyed. I went in, and I
am here this morning to sketch them. We
did nor stand looking at the outside. I
shall tell you what those grtes are made
ot.
Gate tiie First Impure literature. A
great deal of it- The bad literature is not
gripped of the law, but it is in your parlors
and your libraries. Some of your children
read it, at night after they retire tbe gas-
burner swinging as near as possible
to the pillow. Much of this literature is
under the title of scientific information.
Itis appalling that men and women who
might get from their family physician all
useful information needed, and without
any contamination, should wade chin deep
through accursed literature under the plea
of getting useful knowledge, and that
printing presses, hoping to be called decent,
lend themselves to this infamy. Fathers
and mothers, do not be deceived by tbe
title "medical work. Nine tenths of such
books come not from the lost world. Then
there are the novelettes flung over the land
by the million. No one systematically
reads tbe average novelette ot the day and
keeps either integrity or virtue. Oh this
is a wide gate of bell! There are million
men and women in the United States to-day
reading themselves into hell. Scour your
house to day to find whether there are any
of these adders coiled on your parlor table.
One bad book or picture may do tbe work
for eternitr.
dissolute dancing.
Gate Tne Second The dissolute dance.
You know of what I speak. It is the first
step to eternal ruin for a great multitude of
both sexes. Yon know what postures of
figures are sugges'ed by the devil. They
who glide in the dissolute dances glide
over an inclined plane, and the dance is
swifter and wilder and wilder, until, with
the speed of lightning, they whirl off the
edges of a decent life into a fiery future.
This gate of hell is so wide that it swings
across the Administer of many a fashion
able parlor and across the ball-room of tbe
summer watering place. You have no
right to take any attitude to the sound of
music which would be unbecoming in the
absence of music.
Gate the Thtbd Indiscreet attire.
The attire of women for the last few years
has been beautiful, bat these are those who
always carry that which is right into tbe
extraordiaary and the indiscreet. I am
told then k a f ashion to come from Park
shocking to all righteonjswsa. I charge
Christian women neither by style of dress
nor adjustment of apparel to become ad
ministrative of evil. Perhaps no one will
dare tell you, so I will tell you tnat there
are multitudes of men who owe their eter
nal damnation to boldness of womanly at
tire. (Applause.)
ecu's ravages.
Gate the Fourth Alcohlic Beverages.
In our midnight exploration we found
that all the sins of wickedness were done
under the enchantment of the wine cup.
That was what the waiter carried on the
platter ; that was what glowed on the ta
ble; that ilu-hed the cheeks of the patrons
who came in ; tnat staggered the steps ol
the patrons as thev went out. The wine
cup is the patron of impu-itv. Xearly all
themenwlio go into te shambles of death
go intoxicated the mental and spiritual
aboli-hed, the bri te ascendant. Tell me a
young man drinks and I know the whole
story. Xo man ever runs u tinkeancss
alon. That is a carrion-crow that travel
in a flock. In other words, the wine cup
unbalances and dethrones one's better judg
ment and leaves him a prey to all the evil
appetites that may choo?e to alight upon
his soul. There is not a place of sin in the
United States to-day but finds its chief abet
tor in the chalices of inebiacy. The court
that licenses the sale of strong drink licen
ses death, licenses all crimes, all sufferings
all disasters, all woes. It is the legislatures
and courts that swing wsde open this grind
ing, roarirg, stupendous gate of the lest.
THE FIRE ESCirES
"Bat,'' you say, "tell us how thesa ga'es
swing out to allow the escape of the i-eni-tent."
I reply but very few escai. Out
of a thousand that go in nine hundred and
ninety-nice peri-h. Suppose one of these
wanderers knocked at youf door, would
you admit her? Would you introduce her
among your acquaintances; Would you
you take the responsibility of pulling on
the outride of the gate of hell while she
pushed on the inside ol tbe gate, trying to
get out.' You would not. You write poe
try over hrhorros and weep over her
misfortune, but help her you never will.
There is not onejierson out of o,000 that
has come ro near to the heart of the Lord
Jesus Christ as to dare to help one of these
fallen souls. Are there no ways of escape?
Oh, yes ; three or four. One is the sewing
girls' garret, dingy, cold, hunger-blasted.
Another is tbe street that leads to the Fast
Kiver, at midnight, the end of the city
wharl. The moon shining down on the
water makes it look so smooth that she
wonders if it is deep enough. It is ; no
boatmen to hear the plunge, no watchman
to pick her out before she sinks the third
time. Another way of escape is by the
curve of the Hudson River Railroad at the
point where the engineer of the lightning
express train can't see more than a hun
dred rods ahead of the form that lies across
the track. He may whistle down breaks,
but not soon enough to disappoint the one
who seeks her death. Will not God fos
give? Yes, but man will not; the church
says it will, but will not. Our work must
be prevention rather than cure. It is not
so much that I may persuade one that has
fallen to crawl up as to warn those who
are going too near the edges.
THE EFFECTS OF HIS SERMONS.
But what is the use of these sermons ? I
say much every where. I am greatly ob
liged to you gentlemen of the press who
have fairly reported what I say on these
occasions, to the press of this city and Xew
York and other prominent cities. I thank
you for the almost universal fairnei-s with
which you have presented what I have had
to say. But of course among the educated
journalists, who sit at these tables and who
have been sitting here for lour or five years
there will be a fool ortwo that don't under
stand his business. (Great laughter ) But
that ought not to discourage the great new
paper press, or the profession which cir:u
on the great enterprises of the literature of
the day.
I think, also, those who have by letters
cheered me in this work. Letters have
been coming to me from all parts of the
country, about one of a hundred condem
natory. One I got ".esterdsy from a man
who said he thought my sermon would do
great damage as they would arouse su-pi-tion
in many families as to where the Lead
of the family spent his evenings. I was
sorry the letter was anonymous. If I had
known whom it was frsm I would have
written to that man s wile telling her to
put a detective on her hu-hand's track, for
l know right well he was going to had
places. (Laughter.)
THEFIVAL BATTLE.
You say there is nothing to do away
with these iniqitie; you cannot resist them.
Stupid may, what does my text say ? "The
gates of hell shall not prevail ngainst it."
1 hese gates shall be prostrated. The Bible
utters its denunciation against sin, hut the
piety of to day is such a mamhy-pamby
sort of thing you can't even quote the
scripture without making pomebody rest
lecs. As long as this holy imbecility reigns
sin will laugh us to scorn. Xow, allusion
to sin must be a tone apologic ! I put my
foot down on all the conventional rhetoric
on this subject and tell you plainly that
unless you give up your sin your doom is
sealed. In the beseigement of the gates of
hell we want no soft sentimentalists, but
men who are willing to give and take hard
knocks. The gates of Gaza were carried
off, tbe gates of Thebes were battered down,
the gates of Babylon were destroyed and
tbe gates of hell shall be prostrated. A
Christianized printing press shall be roll
ed up as the chief battering ram, and there
will be a long line of aroused pulpits,
which shall be the assailing fortresses, and
God's red hot truth shall be the flying am
munition of tbe contest Then the sappers
and tbe minners will lay the train beneath
the fundations of sin and at just the right
time the Lord, who leads the fray, will cry
"Down with the gates," and the explosion
beneath will be answered hy all the
trumphets of God on high celebrating tbe
universal victory.
r.OD WILL FORGIVE.
There may be in this house one wanderer
who would like to have a word calling her
back, and I can't sit down till I have ut
tered that word. I know that God will
have mercy on the wanderer who would
like to come back to the Lord of infinite
love. One cold Christmai night a poor
girl left her father's house. She was at
tracted by the warmth and light of a church
one night, years after, and entered. The
minister was preaching of Him who was
wounded for her transgressions and bruised
for her iniquities. She went out and re
turned to her old home. If her mother
was glad to get her back God wss glad to
get her back. There she lay dying, and
just before the moment of her departure
she wept and prayed that the mercy ot tJod
alight upon her soul. And there she lay
upon the bosom of her pardoning Jesus.
So the Lord took back one whom the world
rejected.
There arc Tlaay Others of tbe Same
,11 Ind.
Cincinnati Gazette, 1.
We do not understand that either side
has subpoenaed Gen. Pope in the Fitz John
Porter inquest. As it is a body which has
no legal existence nor function, and as, if
it shall recommend a new trial, and the
President shall order it, all the testimony
at the inquest will hare to be given over
again, we can imagine that Gen. Pope does
not feel called upon to attend the inquest
in any shape of a prosecuting witness. We
presume that he regards the inquest as un
called for. There are many of the same
mind.
POLITICAL.
1IS made a splendid canvass.
Onsia Journal, 31
John A Anderson has made a splendid
canvass, and has made friends wherever be
went. No abler man in the district could be
found than Mr. Anderson. He will go Imme
diately to the front rank In Congress, and
will be able to do good work lor his State and
district.
NO ASKING rOK OtTTCE.
ITroy Chief, l.i
Rome of the Greenback papers are raisins
a hurrah, because, as they allege. COL Mar
tin, of Ihe AUbtsou Champion, while a candi
date for the nomination for Governor. ex
Pressed Greenback sentiments, bnt now is
opposed to flat money, mad in favor of sfcold
basis. Even if this were true, we cannot see
how It concerns tbe Greenbackers. Col.
Martin was not asklnf for the Greenback
nomination for Governor.
ONE GOOD THING.
Troy Chief, 51.
. The yellow fever did one rood thins It
bleached out the bloody shirt." AtbamTAr.
ve- . .. .
xea. . out me aontnern nemoeraey re
hloodylac It afresh as rapidly as they can.
COHO.VIDO'N rrXARCII AXD tiie
J!OVUS OX TIIE BLCFF.
I.arned, Kan . October 30th, 1S7S.
Editor Times : I have read your very
friendly notice of my version of Coronado's
march, and the possible relation between
the mounds recently discovered on "Sheri
dan's drive," near Leavenworth, and the
Spani-h expedition of 1540 2. I have not
the time at my disposal now to interpose
my objections to the theory indicated in
your review of the subject ; neither can I
declare that you are not correct. I am
preparing a magazine article en the"Mound
System West of the Missouri," which has
already been announced for the November
number of Col. Case's Scientific Keviaw,
(Kansas City,) acd hall there discuss thj
question of the origin of the Leavenworth
mound. I was induced to write the pro
posed article (now under way) from some
remarks made at a meeting of the Kansas
Academy of Science, by our worthy and in
defatigable secretary of our State llistoric
al Society, Maj. Adams, in which he stated
there were no mounds west of the Missou
ri, or in substance to that effect. I have
given the subject some thought in years
gone by, and have opened everal mounds
in person, between the Missouri and the
Yellowstone, and have also hurriedly ex
amined some work, of a similar character
on the Big Cheyenne river, and various
other points west of the Missouri. I have
discovered alo in our beloved Kansas, as
far west as even here, the unmistakable ev
idences of a prehistoric civiliz-tion, which
will be given to the public soon.
The fact is, that everywhere we tread up
on the ashes of a lost and pre-historic peo
ple, whether it be under the shadows of the
mighty pyramids ot fcgypt, in the sunny
valleys of France and Italy or on the broad
and magnificent prairies of our own coun
try. I have in my'pofession a pre historic
flint found by myself only a short time ago.
near this place. I find also relics unmis
takable relics of that worship which had
its origin so far in the venerable past that
even the religion of 'he saitic Isis, and the
majestic Osvois is comparatively modern.
Kansas is truly classic ground, and will
repay richly the researches of the student
of archeology, as well as New Mexico, Ari
zona and other portions already famous by
the discoveries of Hayden, Powell, Wheel
er and others.
I will not attempt to elaborate in a mere
letter, on the possibilities iu this direction,
but let us hope that the discovery of the
mounds will inaugurate an enthusiasm in
these most interesting matters, that will
bring about splendid results.
II. Inman.
THE FITK JOHN POItTEK CtSE.
We copy this morning from the Pitts
burg Chronicle an excellent article on the
Fitz John Porter inquiry, which states the
case fairly, and will well repay a careful
reading.
IlOa CHOLEUAi
It is reported that three hundred swine
died last week in the southern part of
Woodbury county, Iowa, from hog cholera,
and ravages of the disease are reported in
other sections.
RAD I.tW.
The Illinois Supreme Court has rendered
a dicision that a city cannot by ordiance
compel a citizen to remove snow from a
sidewalk in front of his premise-, any more
than to retrieve obstructions from the mid
dle of the street.
SPECIE 'r"A.TlET'i.
The New York Tribune calls attention to
the fact that the entire generation of busi
ness men in this country under forty years
of age have never had any experimental
knowledge of a 'currency redeemable in
coin ou demand.
Tiii:i-E'i:ir. recoup.
The death record of the yellow fever
epidemic in the Southern States, now virtu
ally at an end, Ls fearful to contemplate.
The total number of those who died from
its effects is set down at 12,017, equal to
twelve regiments of soldiers. New Orleans
furnished of these victims 3,917; Memphis.
3,103: Vickshurg, 1,119; Grenada, 3''7;
Holly Springs, 31 1 ; Cairo, 33; St. Louis!
31 ; the vicinity oi Gallipoli-, O, 3J; Cin
cinnati, 1C.
COIN" IN TIIE THEASt RV.
Secretary Sherman's rejwrt of the condi
tion of the Treasury on the first of the
month, shows that the net coin balance in
hand was larger by about $S,000,000, than
one month a,, being now 142,710,293.
Of this sum, Sl.!,4 10,129 is in silver dollars
and SG,323,132 in subsidiary coin, leaving
in gold, 5122,917,032. In all, there has
been coined in silver dollars S18,19o,000, of
which about four and three-quarters mil
lions are outstanding.
.Tl A SI AG'll ENETT1.
The result in Massachusetts to-day will
be looked for with great interest, all over
the country. The fctate is confidently
claimed by both Butler and Talbot. The
chairman of the Kepublican committee
says Talbot will have -10,000 and possibly
50,000. Butler's chairman gives Butler
130,000; Talbot, 10.3,000; Abbott, 12,900
and Miner o,000. Abbott's calculators give
Talbot 120,000; Butler EO.OOO; Abbott 40,
000 and Miner 3,000. Thus it will be seen
that the Abbott Democrats give Talbot a
plurality of 40,000, which corresponds with
the Kepublican claim.
FRAUDULENT VOTE!.
The New Orleans Democrats, in the mat
ter of making fraudulent voters, can giv
odds to the bummei politiciaasjn the North
even those that learned the trade under
Tweed. A dispatch from New Orleans says
the Judiciary Committee of the Citizens'
Conservative Association will almost im
mediately institute criminal proceedings
against the State Kegister and his subordi
nates for procuring the registration .of 5,
000 fraudulent votes. They claim to have
documentary evidence which proves 4,300
to be fraudulent, and their investigation is
still going on. In a single house there are
130 registered, where but three voters re
aide. These fairs have been brought to
the knowledge of Gov. Nicholls, but he
says he can do nothing to prevent or punish
such frauds.
a .s e:sible decision.
A recent decision of the Law Department
of the Administration is destined to stop a
considerable leak in the Treasury. It has
heretofore been the custom of the Treasury
to regard a specific appropriation by Con
gress lor the payment of a claim as manda.
tory and conclusive; but a claim, backed
by such an appropriation, having been pre
sented, and appearing very suspicious, one
of the officials conceived the happy thought
ot asking the Attorney-General if it most
be paid, whether or no. That officer deci
ded that it need not be unless audited by
the department. This very sensible and
practical decision saved, in the case refer
red to, 32,000 to the Government. It is
so obviously in the interest of the Treasury
that we may be permitted to wonder why
it was not long ago reached.
Hoaer. r
ot asur,
TbsM the
QnestloB.
St. Louis Times, 2.1
In answer to a correspondent who asks
whether greenbacks are taxable, it is here
answered that the statutes of this State list
''money on hand and money in bank'' as
liable to be taxed. If the bullionists suc
ceed in maintaining that greenback are
not money, our correspondent must draw
ma own conclusion.
r.rn. I'ortcr' Cnsc.
Pittsburg Chronicle, 1.J
The Xew York Jicrni.with a pertinacity
worthy if a better cause, persists in crooked
interpretations of the circumstances connec
ted with Fitz John Potter's case. It accuses
General Pope of resorting to "artful exjie
dients" to evade testifying before the Board
of Inquiry, and argues this will make an
unfavorable impression on the public mind.
The public mind, we apprehend in this in
stance, is less influenced by prejudice than
the writer who fails to distinguish between a
Court of Inquiry,and an inquiry ordered by
the President for the purpose of determin
ing if theie are reasonstutlicient to justify
the cranting of a new trial to General Por
ter. The Heia'cTs assumption that Pope is
atraid of being convicted cf em r, Ucaiire
Irc declined to appear as a voluntary wit
ness, is not warranted by a single fact. Xo
person who has rend the evidence, will -e-e
in his hesitation to take the witness stand,
any lack of candor or manliness. Oa the
contrary opinion will be pretty evenly di
vided into a leelicg of admiration for a
cicn who relies rather upon the sense cf jus
tice of others to vindicate him, and riheve
him of the disagreeable tak of reiterating
charges suGcicntly explicit, and who has
shown a very natural and praiseworthy
disposition to avoid, so far as lies in Lis
power, any appearance of perronal feelinj;.
The Herald ccs in this i handle for Porter's
friends. Which reminds us of certain facts
that appear to have been forgotteu, acd
which it may be well to recite.
The present investigation is not a court
of inquiry, nor should it resemble a court
martial, nor any other military court,
known to law. It should be in every re
spect essentially unlike a court martial.
But whether purposely, or from circum
stances not anticipated by the President or
tien. Pope's mends, it has drifted into the
direction of a regular court of inquiry.
The method, the scoie, and direction of the
inquiry resembles that ot a regular trial.
What was intended was an extra legal in
quiry, designed to give opportunity to
Gen. Porter to present facts which would
sustain his claim for a rehearing. Among
the reasons given by the General, was the
pressure of popular opinion when he was
tried and convicted. Ko result reached by
the investigation now progressing, could
affect the standing of Porter.
All the present Board can do, is to ad
vise the President of the real nature of IV r
ter's claims for another trial, and further
than to recommend that he be granted a
new trial it cannot go. Gen. Porter's
friends have latterly plead the insufficien
cy of the testimony which convicted him.
They conceived the idea of placing ex-Confederate
officers upon tbe witness stand.
These witnesses have been beard. Their testi
mony has been carefully weighed, and its
exact value determined. Nothing they
have said affects the main question. The
point made against Porter was, that when
Gen. Pope endeavored to overwhelm Jack
son, who was separated from the main
body of the Confederate army. Porter failed
to execute an order issued to Porter hy
Pope on the evening of the 27th to move at
1 A. it , so as to be in position to attack
Jackson's right. The testimony submitted
recently does not relieve Porter of the
charge of disobeying this plain and per
emptory order. He did not move his men
at the time he was ordered to move. He
claimed the night was dark, the way block
ed. It has been shown that the night was
clear and the road unobstructed.
It has been proven that he was idle all
ot the -Jlli, with the sound ot the guns
belching during the engagement between
the men immediately under Porter's and
Jackson's command, ringing in his ears,
and that even so late in the day as I 30 r.
jr , when ordered to move on JacL-on's
right he excused himself by saying it was
too late. There Ls a question as to theexact
hour this order reached him. Gen. Porter
claimed that it was really too late when the
order reached him to be of any service, but
the mass of testimony shows it could nut
have reached him later than o 30.
Latterly, Porter's friends have assumed
there was not much of an engagement on
the 29th. This is curious, after the "too
late" plea. However, the weight of testi
niony shows there was hard fighting,
heavy lighting on the 29th.
t-o, that thus far, the chances for General
Porter's obtaining a new trial are not rosy.
At this particular time,when the man he his
been the means of convicting of treachery,
is striving to remove the weight of odium
under which he rests, for Gen. Pope to ex
hibit a rudiness to appear agaiu-t him,
would be regarded as ia had ta.lc,'to say the
least.
Our Skeleton Army.
(Xew ork Herald, 2.1
The annual reiiort of Lieutenant General
Sheridan deserves the calm and careful at
tention of every citizen who professes the"!
honor and pride ot a patriot. 1 he only pos
sible excuse tor leelings prejudicial to our
little army was ruined by the bill prohibit
ing the use of the national soldiery as a
posse comitatus, so now Bepublican and
Democrat, Soutt and North, are compelled
to regard it as what alone it is the foe of
the n i lion's enemies and the nucleus which
the most ordinary caution suggcts, of the
larger force which some accidental foreign
complication might require. The nation's
principal foes, recognized as such by every
one, are the Western Indians. How the
red man became our enemy neither politi
cal party can explain without admitting
indelible disgrace on itsown part. The In
dians have been cheated, lied to and abused
ever since civilization crossed the Missis
sippi, and the lions and jackals of every ad
ministration have taken part in the villain
ous work. There are now west of the Mis
sLssippi aliout three hundrtd thousand In
dians, all the males of whom are compe
tent to bear arms and nearly all in pos
sesion oi eflective weapons. According to
officers of the army, who are suppored to be
the Indians' moat merciless enemies, there
are scarcely any of these savages who can
not be made, not only peaceable, but self
supporting; but the influences at Washing
ton of the whole body of army officers does
not equal that of any small local Indian
ring, and every Indian ring sees in any at
tempt to civilize the Indians the loss of its
own occupation. A rifle and sabre cam
paign against these white vermin being
prohibited by current sentiment perhais
because they would in some cases have to
be pursued into the House of Kepresenta
tives and the Senate Chamber itself mili
tary efforts must be restricted to the effects
of the evil instead of the cause the fndians
must be watched and sometimes fought.
For this duty we have not fifteen thousand
men available. Although we are the only
civilized nation in existence that has not
for years seen a complete regiment of its
troops at any important point, let alone any
"show" point, we have not enough troops at
any single post on the border to pro
tect life and property in case
ot an Indian outbreak. fle are
in the position ol a chess player, who with
aj few pawns must rrotect himself
against the full board of his adversary.
The situation at certain points is given by
General Sheridan in figures within the
comprehension of any one. What the re
sults of such inadequate provisions are is
already known to every one who has read
the IleraloVi numerous reports of gallant
but ineliective chases during the past year
or two. The lately outraged residents of
estern Kansas also have something em
pathic to say on the subject. Yet between
old time hate and modern partisanship, dis
honest greed and personal obligation to
rings which nave contributed to campaign
expenses. Congress this winter will not be
lacking in men who in one way or another
will be peristent in attempts to impair the
strength and efficiency or the army. The-e
men should be watched by the constituen
cies responsible for them. The nuestion is
not political but national. So opposition
to the army is not partisanship but rank
treason, which can be and should be punL'h
ed, as it may be, without resort to either
law or violence. Elsewhere in the civili
zed world treason makes its pertetrator so
cially and politically an outcast. Is our
civilization to fail on this important issue
AB OI FmslalOBea Lamp.
ITmlrie Farmer, i
Alpheus has been bavins; a ions spell of
lever, and it was necessary to have a light
burning all night In his room. We live out
In the country so no gas was accessible
candles flickered so disagreeably, and a ker
osene lamp when turned low always had an
annoying smell for an invalid so I be
thought ot alight my mother used to impro
vise, when I was a child, before kerosene,
with its attending dangers, were known, it
was made by taking a sancerof lard, and cut
ting a piece of newspaper in a circle about
three Inches In diameter, then twisting tfce
center oi this up to a point, ana Duryingaii
but the Up In the lard. It will burn all
night a shady dim light and In our case
home-
pruveu a real eomioru soma ot uisse
ly facts, are welt worth remembering.
Adcrllinr for Itusbaud.
Advertising for husbands and wives, we
had supposed to be canfined to the Western
nationsF but it seems that they understand
the peculiar art ato in the East. A young
woman ia Goa, on the Malabar coast, has
adopted a novel method of securing a mat
rimonial partner. She has posted in the
Municipal Chamberj; announcement that
a youn lady of li, of good position, and
comely appearance, having an annual in
come of 1,500 xerafins, wihcsto wed a man
who understands English and Portuguese,
(she herelf is of IVrtuijue-e tit-cent.) and
the metrical -tcm of accosnts, and has an
income I.COrt xersGns. She adds that on n
given day, at cot o, she will walk tbroipji
the principal streets with a green umbrella
in her right Iisnd and a ""reen hankerchief
in her left niter vrh.Ji sue will, jt a cer
tain i lace, receive proposjN from suitors in
per-on, and -elect him he likes best. The
latest advice from Uoa are esrlier than the
dite of her promised promenade, and we
awa't intelligence as to the re-nlt thereof
with burning expccta.ion. We arc confi
dent that a ycun-r woman with so much en
terprise, entrgy, and audacity will have s
number of suitor, who must be attracted, if
not by her looks acd carrijge, at least by
her green umbrella and green r-acdkercLiet
It Ls picasiiit to obsirie that he is so par
ticular about the metrical system, full
knowledge of which is indi-rec-able to a
well-regulitcd husband. Men unacquain
ted with the syatem often make wretched
husbinds ; but a man who has the metrical
system at his finger-ends never fails in the
fulle-t performance of hts connubial duty.
Kelllii Trouble ini!ieu llattn
Scliuols,
The old controversy about ' the Bible in
the schools" has developed some curious
features in Iev Haven. Some months ago-
the school board voted to dispense with the
religious exercises with which, up to that
time, the daily sessions tf thenublicschools
were opened. This led to a popular agna
tion during tl e canvass for the lecal elec
tions, the "Bible" party being led by IVst
master Sperey, the New Haven "boss," and
the sup'iorters of the school board by Pro
fessor Sumner, of Yale.who is an Episcopal
clergyman. Ike result was the triumph of
the "boss" over the professor and the elec
tion of the Bible candidates by a larse ma
jorily. The next thiDg was lo agree upon
a form of devotion for the- school, and to
this end a number of prominent clergymen
three CongregationalisLs, o;e Episcopal
ian and two roman Catholics were
invited to propose a plan for the con
sideration of the board. Their sug
gestion was that the schools should
be 0ened by reading a selection of
Scripture, the lrd"s Prayer and the Ten
CommanJments, but that, uheu more than
thirty per cent, of the children were Ko
man Catholics, they should lie allowed to
hold a separate little service ed their own,
for whiih a form was prepired, consisting
principally of the I-ord's Prayer, the
Apostles Creed and a Collect or two. with
responses, and the ngel.c Salutation.
This little service was simply suggested for
the use of l.omun Catholic children, hut
one of the newspapers got hold of it and
printed it as having been agreed upon by
the school board for user in all schools.
The howl that followed nny be etsily im
agined, and good Dr. Wool-e'y and Dr. Ba
con and other stalwart Protestants were
called on to explain what tl.ey meant by
recommending the "Ave." It turned out
tint none of the clerical committee had
much confidence in the plan of separate de
votions, but they wanted to recommend
something and this was the best tl ey could
a,"rie upon. So the school board is no
nearer a solution than before, except that
the difficulty of estiblishin a legally-authorized
form ot devotion that would F-tis-fy
anybody has been pretty well demt.i
t: rated.
Wuat an Adierllscinetit Can no.
Loudon teller to Cincinnati l.an,ulrer.
In Paris, last summer, 1 siw a friend cf
mine who had just come over Using a pen
of peculiar construction, designed with
sj.ecial reference to these untidy persons
who, like iny-elf, ink their fingers when
they wriie. Suw, my friend is a man
whose hands are as white as lihe4, with
finger-nails like rosebuds m tint ; notiee.t
hie hands, even remarkable, consideiinir
that he is an elderly man, and one who oc
casionally heln with the lighter work on
his farm in Nebraska. Catch him inking
his fingers '
"Why, where did you get that nice pen "
I asked him, a vi-ta of l'!'-slul exemption
from an uninked middle finger iqeniog ou
my joyoii", expectant mind.
"In Omaha," he answered. "It's the
nicest thing , I used to ink my fingers be
fore I got it '"
He did' He inked Ins fingers' That
wis enonh for me. I got the mme o'
the merchant from whom be bouj:ht that
jieii, the price of it, and enclo'ing the
money I tent from Paris to Omaha for the
pen. "
By the last steamer it came to me. There
had been a little delay. The stationer at
Omaha was out of them, but he tnt to
Sioux City to the man that adverti-ct them
for another lot. And now here is wliert
the laugh comes in. The ns are an En
glish invention, and tons of them can Le
brought to Iyindon if desired. At the sta
tiorer's next door I could have got what 1
had sent to Sioux City for. But how could I
know that' I dealt with the man that ad
vertised. A ."Sell Departure.
Since the Supreme Court cf W i-consin
has decided that corporeal punishment ot
any kind administered by a echool teachtr
in a public or private school is Sufficient
ground for an action for aeault, and can be
maintained as such, teachers there and else
where are inventing other metheds of ui
holding the discipline of the schools with
out making themselves liable to the law
Among the very latest inventions (caveat
filed and patent applied for) that we have
seen de-enbed is one di-covered by a Mrs
Garland, that knocks the old, hickory jack
et duster and palm blistering ferule higher
than a kite. Mrs. Garland teaches in Gal
veston.Tcx., and has taken up the interna!
proees of reform. Last week he called up
a naughty little girl bearing the historic
name of MoIIie Adams, aged eight vtars,
and made her swallow a dose of ea10r oil
as a punishment. Neither MoIIie nor her
parents relished the application of that
kind of lubricator to the running gear ol
Mollie's internal mechani-m, anil there 1
ju-t now considerable agitation over the
event in Galveston, especially that jiortioa
of it that constitutes the School Hoard
The riht to ue cutoroil instead of strap
oil as a means of discipline in the public
school is Leing vehemently argued.
A ICumantic Soiacl la itio Itiisuc
Tllrklsti liar.
I'u.v-im papers relate some romantic at
tachments wliicb. have sprung up between
Turkish prisoners of war and Bu-sian la
dies tf various ages in the towns where the
former have been detained; leading in tome
ca-es to somewhat sensational and rather
inconvenient scenes upon the departure of
the Turk. A C'harkoli a Uu'sian girl,
drtsped up as a Turk, took her place among
the returning Moslems. She was detected
on cumbering the rcrsons conveyed in the
car. At Poltava a young lady of position
and education in-ited upon accompanyirg
a Turki-h officer, to whom she earnetly
deid to be married. At the same place
the le pirture of one railway train carrying
lilx-aud prisoners led to a regular scene,
necffsttattng the interference of the police
and calling for orders which have uncc
been given to prevent similar occurrences
in future. A crowd of Iadit-, young and
old, some only school girL, ai-embled ou
the platform and tock leave of the depart
ing Turks in the most pathetic and demon
strative of way-. All embraced, ail kis-ed,
tr i burst into tears, others fainted away.
A , 1 1 was done in public The school
gir' taking part in the display have since
t e-i expelled from their schools.
It'.W lMlOl'IIKTIC COMEBKICr.'
li aeon Kichard Smith, of the Cincinnati
G x. t calls it "a conference to propaga'e
U e second coming of Christ," and says:
x le conference at Mew vorkto propagate
the second comlnt: of Christ resolves, in u
ptat'orm pabllshed in another colnmn, that
tlie s-cond coming Is tojba In visible bodily
presenc-. Therefore tl must be-local. There
f..wit iniDortanltoknowln waaKountry
and rily lie is to make His en try. SaajUt. b
in Cincinnati ? If so, then Chicago, Sk Loiils .
l,orla.t'otioh,ew lork, Boston, I'hlladel
Dh . md the rest will frt'.lonsly niylleN
not he ral Christ. And England and France
'.i up Ha was on'v a Yankee CnrUt.
At.il if He Is to come In lodily rormasaman
bow snail we jenow xiiiu eiuu v,uc. ....
u'.'iiAwiiiflnrnmmiAnof tho second com-
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