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LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY , 187ifc& V t " 1,248.
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at his ad
bed.
Owing l
Tcnate concatenation
JjLe precnt Chief Eaecu-
uTs commonwealth has never en
joyed the privilege of telling the ItiJ'e,
officially, what he ha? done for them and,
what is worse yet, he never will have such
a nriTilipe. Now. tin in a bad etate of
affairs, and it hu caused us a great deal of
mental anxiety. We have concluded that
such a condition of things will never to
The Governor mint have a chance to te"I-
the world about all the wonderful
thingK he has accomplished. It is abso
lutely neces-ary Uiat he elwuld
have such a chance. The good of
the State requires it ; and, U sides, if 1 e
should h.v to return to private life wiih
all that information in him, we shouldn't
want to be reiponsible fur the consequences.
oessily knows no law, and since it if a
necessity that the - Governor should have
his '"say," in order to "pitch intu" a few
individual, and do a little electioneering
for the isenatorship. we have devired a. way
to get around tle law, and give the Gover
nor a chance and that is, to have a fan
well address,1 We regard that as a veiy
' happy thougliL George Washington had a
farewell addtem, and i-n't our George a
greater man than George W. ? Ask him
he tnows, though being a ; very diffident
man be might not like to tell. Then we'll
have a fart-well aodrta-s. The GuvercorV
in wlely shrink from i', hat the exigencies
of the c-ae dun and it. We rhall have tin
two houses of the legislature called togi ther
in joint M-ssion, just as wu elone to year
ago, when the Governor made them Ii-ten
U his fpetcli, and the-n wel , we i-hill not
presume to t-ay what will 1-e dim
then, hut it i 'rfctly rife to if
.;um that no mcnilier will In- al
veil 4o escape until he has It!'
fjlly I3i,re-sed wiih the greatness of th.
LdinintMralion. Ol course, there i' re
Jaw nor wl-it for any such tin' .unci
' exhibition a thi, but a we bve remark
td rf'orf UoFity know no Ur. Th-
3ovf rnor mil lt out of office, and 'he wil;
ste.'U, ni'.rt cijitll Ujon the Legi-Iatun
nan tnr .'l.-r private cmrn, anu th-
Faerformapce iill co-l ih- stiite a couple ff
Ihoii'inJ ' I'.iT, hut what !- all Iu
vgnify. whin there i" much .1 -tale? If
t greit mini' prgntit with .1 prrt b :ii
the I-ki t ure can deliver l.im bv thetx
p-ndiTurt' f-f a f-w pahry ihiucd o! the
Tople's money, who ill ol'JM't to it ?
Even if the rpcech i-hould he let it would
, aave the plan
Then we Khali have a fartwill aihiriK
id thus t-taWi-h a pn cedent which may
w v-'uabl f any other ci'Uen. whi. Iikr
G.-virnrr dtir to nidle a -j-eitt
but dr-n'' wut lol, ire :i hill.
mik mi 1 i.s ok (;ki:i:mi(K-'
It Is 4iksi)i1- ti it ji niTiJiirity of tin- iiii-iu
i-- rHofth'- K iiishs. llt-nuhiicin cour-ntlori
rial y In f.iMir f the leMilutiou .m.ui-
t1 hunks hut Ih tiMilnlcin nei-r i t-
tl l fur Ui in jTitj 'fllirni I....1 1.-I tli.-li.ill
iif or-1' wmi Mted on Hut vcu K w- klidw
'l-itiry iiii-iiiIkt nf the (ouxeiitt in wa-
e y In favor of tht rc-Milutlou It would not
4tice our iK-lti-ftliHt just as mio hi thi
ar tlie MrKuini-nt In favor of tlin rtiou!
ink hysti-m. the ?nairs of the party will in
iKt on lis rrec-iio!i Mini iH-Tp-tustion.
Till lints t Iti's dll!eri-iitl,t Hint, of
four-, it iny 1m right :iul wi- wron, hut wh
dlKtlnclly remrinhT that lesilmn a j-.iras'
itthoashl tht-Kn-at majority f tin- U-pulili-exns
of Kau-at asr d with it In Its list mon
ey theorl -s. Its prediction came fovioimhi
.then.nnd wfi-xpect them to;iu.iln.- -Jan hut
Wtnn Aninn iff
The trouble with the 'aliimr.lixt in that
it doeon't n-eni lo le po-ibIe for it to tell
the truth. It is raid that some men will
lie from force of liabit, iiu-n the truth
would suit their purpo-erjbetter. We don't
like to say that the editor of the Au'tonnur
belongsHo that class, but he certainly act
like it. lie knows that the! convention wan
oveiwhelmiiigly in faver of the resolution
to fubstitute greenbacks for national bank
lies; he knows that the jieople of the
Rate thoroughly understand this question.
ind that ninety-nine out of every hundred
irefer reenback to Dank notes. He
;now that The Times never advo-
:ated "fiat money theories," and when
ne states as he does in the above extract
that such theories were ever advocated by
this paper, he states what is untrue not
throngh mistake or ignorace, but through a
deliberate intention to falsify. He knows
that '"fiat theories" were advocated only by
u portion of thoe who belong to the so
called " Kational" party Mr. Mitchell,
and others and were ridiculed by every
body else, lie knows that his whole
statement alout our advocating such theor
ies, and making predictions in regard there
to are utterly false from beginning to end.
He knows that we have always advocated
the soundest kind of sound paper money?
tl plenty of it, and he knows that this
"ition, when honetly stated to the people
of Katwas meets their almo-t unanimous
PprubauJn, and ht-nce he resorts to misre
presentation and falsehood.
The only parties who talked "fiat mon
ey' in the Republican nsrir !.t f.ll w
. men, who, like the editor of ytimnlitt.
were not in sympathy with the princi
plesof the party upon financial question".
a..! t. ... .1 ! tic -.t . f
-Y -"" I"" "P "s nai man ot straw, id
order to divert the attention of the prople
from the real questions at issue Those
tmblic speakers, claiming to be Kepubli
cans, whose sympattes with the bond hold
ing class would not jiermit them to stand
npon the Republican platform of Kansas.
nsart Is.. ;.. J) f .!. i
throwing dut into the eves of the Ioplc -
And this iu the whole extent of the fiat"
T . , "";c ui me purHse 01
tike in the Republican nartv the Ii-
tt of the Xalimalift well knows.
'Till, AI'I.HX- t a".
PUe""dja -lis j.a'um luiQ.i one
'lie i-i- ii '.f'H of the Allien
war, ami there is. no evidence that the oth
er two c-dumns of the invading army will
mc! with any formidable opposition to
the attainment of the objective points to
ward which they have been directed. The
withdrawal of the Ku-sian mi ion from
Kabul l" ruppoed to be not remotely con
nected with the collar.se of the Ameer'')
power, and the generally pacific tendency
i: r i., :. :, r.i:..-Ml
' , . "
10 I e prompted, in pome Mieasure, by ani-
letv aliout her internal atlair'
iiik iii;HT3it"v niKTiiF, pmck
A nuT.ir of our xpli-nss have ri'com
meudl 1I"U. Geo. A.C" awfoid as I'r-lilent
AnUr-ou'i tuecvr in the Asrlculiural
'o!iri". He hh i'li-nliJ man, hut whpiher
fir not he halh-p-clal inallflcatlons need'
-d for that pUce Is more than , we know.
Manhattan Xationnlut.
If a thorough elucation, good common
enre, unl, practii al ideax, and .1 cent ml
knowledge of the world, erve to fit a man
for the iio-dtion, then no man in the State
h lietter qual.fied than Gorge A. C'raw
fonl ; and the fact that he ha bten so long
identifieil with the progress and develop
ment of the State, and ha contributed fo
much toward it, by his efforts and his en
ergy,.wil! give a peculiar fitnecs to his -e-kction.
MM' f 'A !! It TE.
The U'wing-.lari's l'nanl, of this city,
nominates the editor ot Till: TufES for,
tate I'unter. We are under obligations
to the 1. rrl for its friendly notice, hut
could not consent to be a candidate for the
po-uion. Mr. Martin has made an excel
lent printer, and so far as we know has
given general satisfaction. He has some
iersouaI ieculiari!ies that we have never
been able to admire-, but as a printer he
dof-s good work, and elos it honrstly. It
ihe legislature rhall coi.cIude that he has
held the piice long enough, there are sev
er! gntlenirn -l! ijiialifn:d for the place
who would be very iIad to nccept it. I' 1'
Iljkir, ed the ToJ-kn ('itntnonvotlik', ain
uel Did-uirih, of this -city, aui T. D
Thacher, of Lawrence, have all been favor
ahly mentionid in connection with the
I'laev, and are all w-il ijiKlified to dif
fliare 1 he duties of the fifBc- 10 the sati
fa lion of the public The legi-Ijture will
11 .t lsck for good malettnl from whioh lo
make its choiet?.
in . -1 i-.ii r :i. it r
Mr. Ssnatcr Thtirnian. of Ohio, is in a
very light pl.ice. He wants tin- IKinocral
i nomii.atiou f r the l'ie"tdency in lfM),
and his p-uiy frii-nds want him to la-acin-didati-for
Goverior in 1S70. If li .ucej.t
ihe Guhernaton il ouuiinttion h- wills;..n
his l'risidt ij".i.il jir--pe:, and if hi ilo- -11
icetpl it his friruds will think ih.tt li- !
1.0. iilfifie-pt retire! f r the in -re-t- 'f ih
j.irty tixutille hita lo lieiv-mi- the uj'.oim'
stsndjrd b-arer. Jlc i in a dilmma, an.i
to take either horn, he is afraid, will be f j
til to his I'residtntial :irpir.ilinns. The
1 eti-s? of his uocoMiforUble po-ition i" thus
- atnl by I e Chicago Tubae erf the
JTJi
If ! i-rorsent to tke'thp nomioation fr
ixivirnor of fi.io h win is- oonit llnl
inki-lhecienva-soii h iitonoiinrtsl t;r-eiihn k
llalfirtn, and thu4stanil Cf'uiutt eit to.e doc
1111. e which will deprive litui of tlifsupinirt
of I In- hanl money ni' 11 of the K-st. horthi
n mui he would ll;e o t ecxctieil from 111 k
in the riif. iie-xt ye-r,hut lie will flmi it dlf-
lirult t niiswi r the ohj .tlon that a mm
who siinwtMrn loisk'-i!Mt r sk f -r Ui- 4ir
t s no i:l iikiu uirtiire nt It 111 tne l iT4r
i-onie-t o' Ismi Pr M-nt i.sarun-eslntrnMte
that TlmriiiMii wi 1 hae lo pay the p imliy
of his 11 f atnl route tn the froul like h m in.
I.OSI 'I III. SllltV.
It seems hardly credible that a railway
pairiiger train slioiill be "lost" within a
hundrtd mile-s of .Ne York city, not only
"snowed under'" but so badly blocked in by
drifts on eer side that 't e juld not even
be heard from by teh graph. ISut such was
the cae during the late ttTrihle storm in
the Kist. The KenU of the '2'tih say? :
An announcement that a tralu on the way
from thlscltv t HuKiilo has b rii lost in the
snow In North rn New Yolk, and that no I11
tellli:i nee c ai lie ohuintd ot Its wherealioul-,
Mviusiiu ustoui tllliu pieceof uews,yet it Is
made yuh ic throui.li fioMal authorities
whose intetet In the malls carrlfd on the
lovljtialn Is utlii-ial,and nhoe in'nrma ion
st oulil Ik accurate Seterhl traiusi
are lep rest as snowed up In our other
dl'pslcht-s and tlie story eif the storm
sufficiently accounts for the vent. In the
country throu.u which the Itoine, Water
town and Oideiisbunt Kallroad runs they are
accustoimil to heavy snow storms, hut are
not often so well supplied as on this occa
sion 1'iie dsjs of heavy siiowin; will
mike an oh-tructlon anywhere that trains
cannot well cet through Hut at least it Is
known where tuestt trains are, and they can
be reichcd and the passenners supplied or
re ieved fioin the Inconveniences of life In a
snowdrift Consequently their case present
nothtnc wor-e, rfl.r all, than a picture of
tbe emburrH'-Mii-uti of travel and the ex
tensive Interrupt on of communlcitlons.
Uut a train snored up and actually lost sun
KtsU K-slbIe lnconvenlt'iicus of a more
serious nature.
Tds P.l( ol I'riain at Ancloat
Troy.
The London Times of December 11, con
tains an extremely interesting letter from
Dr. Schlieman, relative to the palace of
Priam at Troy which he hs unearthed.
Although he has not yet examined "the
whole of it, he is already satisfied that Ho
mtr could never have seen it. He eays:
"In fact, by Homer's description, we are
led to expect here a palace of polished
stones, containing ihe htty bedchambers of
PTiam's sons, and just oppo-ite to them, in
the court, thejtwelve bedchambers, equally
ot polished stones, of the King? daughters
Rut, at his time, public edifices, and proba
bly also royal mansions, were built of pol
ished stones, so he naturally attributes the
same architecture to Priam's house, mag
nifving it with poetic license."
Dr Schlieman describes the house at
built of unwrought stones joined with clay.
A corridor, forty feet long by six feet
broad, leads to a little chamber seven feet
by four, which is nearly filled up by a single
hus-e jar. filled, like the others, with beauti
i!l.,er - r?CV,.a T-l Bj d-r 01-'' t-W?
l wlde th!" chmbe,r communicates with
r ' " --.-- twufc mmu d:i;u itt;i.
broad, which contains three immense jars,
five feet high, four feet broad, and two
inches thick. Thia room opens into anoth-
lonff and twelve
IubIIUinr Iic l.nri,
Troy chief.
A number of paper' are advocating the
propo-iuon of publishing the lau euacttd
by the legif la-ure, in one pajier in every
cuun.y in the State. The entire laws have
b?en codified bv a commLvion: authorized
by the legislature, and they will report a.
cde at the comiug feion. If they are
adipf., as hey probably will be in some
chape or other, there will be an entirely
new code of law for the State; for it U f aid
that the chsng eugekted are radical.
How are the-daw to U; placed befor the
ole .' Not one in a thousand oivm a
volume of State lawr, orha access to them.
Publication in the newpipers is the onlv
practicable way to make them generally
known. Yet, when the proposition
comes up. it will be Vehemently o
jiored, principally on the ground cf ex
pense, and by no cla" harder than the law
yers. When a man violate law, the 1 iw
yerr pro.-ecute him with all the zeal in their
iiooer: and a favorite quotation with them
is that "every man i- supposed to know the
law." He is tuppotd 10 know it, when
the means of knowing it are not within his
reach. Ihe cost of t-ubli-biic general laws
in Ihe newspapers will not be so great a
some imagine, but however trreat, the bsne
iit to the jieople will be greater than the
cost. Kvi-n a law of so general interest as
the game law is not understood by a large
majjrityof the people, and we have nurntr
ous reqiicts to publi-h it. The same may
be sai of every law of general interest.
It has seemed to u, for some time pat,
that the lawyers were arrogating to them
selves too eicluive control of all things
connected with the laws. They hardly con
cede to other persons the right to an opin
ion'concerning the laws or their adminis
tration. They want the'whole'say about it,
wliile the people who are interested are al
lowed nothing but to pay the expenses. We
have under-tood that the codifying com
mission have abolished the publication of
tax lists, s lying that people know they owe
taxes, and it is not nece-ssary to nutily
them: bat that delinquent land) shall be
Add without notice. Instances in every
county have run up to the thousands, in
which, by simeoverris-ht, mistake, or even
dishonesty of ofScers, lands have been adver
tised for sale as delinquent, when the
owneis had receipts for taxes in fulL The
only a in which they discovered that
they i-t'jod on the books as delinquent, was
by the publications of their lands in the
lilirquent tax lists. Rut by this snap
judg.i.cnt proces", a man's land may go to
mle, and the title pass out 'of his hands,
without his knowledge, and when he has
receipts for the taxes. At allevents.it will
lead to tedious and expensive litigation.
Wsunlersml al-o. that the Comifion
have abolished certain notices by publica
tion to non-residents, when suit is brought
ag-iiu-t them It will be a happy time,
wnen the lawyeie have the rights of tbe
Ieople in their own hands and can brinz
suits, take judgments, and sell property, 'all
in the dark, and the ones most interested
ki ow nothing about it, except when some
(rend h-ippena to find it out, and informs
him ! This is a question that it behooves
the eop'e to If ok'to. It not only interests
the printers, but the people still more.
We do not think that the tieuple have yet
arrived at that confiding stage where they
are content to. n to ale p, and let the law
y-rs manage their affairs R'lt if it i
nece-ssry in reduce or abol't-h fee, lei it
oniuiei4- wiih tl.e whole-ale system of
r bb ry known as lawyers' fees, thit is ren
tiMttil only by whaCt he lawyer v Gt to
c'largi in many in-l-ncs amounting to
uioie in a single ce-cthau J printer makes
by a whole year's labof.
t
nnrusiifp on t1 - Army Rttl.
(National republican, WashlEfJon.
While Seuato- Iiturts de's orato-ical ef
forts : re mt of thehiguest ortler, hissjieecli
.11 that n.Ost fruitful de-current, the bill fcr
di-i.ian'zi.-f, th- array -"d 'o divert tie
.-t-rretary of AVar. of his public duties
-cent 10 b-1 a c. ndid attemj t at anexpla-n-ti"n
of its provii-on--. anl lo that extent
deserves commerdation. rVme very im
jairtant sections are omitted in his enumer
ation, but on the whole, he seems tn h-.t
tried to lie r f t. I on 1 nl 1 -.-i-tic parti
an of t c origiual. promoters of this foolish
scheme could will afford to be. He says;
"The interchsngr ability between the line
and theet.ffis eslsbli-hed by making sll
I he officers of the stair department below
the rank cf majjr eletailable frora the line
of the army, as heretofore indicated, and
reducing the number of field officers of the
staff departments to the nnmber.Lb'olutely
required fur the prcent service." '
In mifcellaneous document (II. K. Ko.
X, Forty-fifth Congress, second fcsi-iin,)
General Pope remarks, and as f3r ps can
be known, his views were concurred in by
the Military Committee of the II jti'e, three
of whose member were members of the
ISurnside Commission :
To say that a staff should consist of offi
cers temporarily detached from the line
and to be interchanged at short intervals
does not appear sound, except in a very
limited sense, and for the transaction of the
more local businesi of military posts. To
extend such a system generally would be
as unwise as to apply the same rule to a
railroad, and to interchange conductors
with locomotive engine-rs, train dispatch
ers with -'freight agents, or breakmen
with porters, or superintendents with civil
engineers, &c, indiscriminately. Such a
proposition carries no greater absurdity on
its faca in railroad than in army matters
I do not considttv any proposition to do
without a stafl and to "depend upon details
from the line for staff duties at all tenable,
except in the limited sense referred to, and
in that sense this practice is and, practical
ly, has always been in ope ration.
If this is not considered sufficient in re
ply, the following from General Sherman,
in his annual report for ,1 SOI', ought to be
conclusive. The General says:
A staff system that has admitted of an
increase of the line of the army from the
meie nucleus of 18C0 to 1,000,000 men, and
the redaction back to the present standard
wiihont confusion, and with the most per
fect accountability as "to properly and
money at all times providing for the
army abundantly is entitled to our re
sp ":t.
nd upon another occasion: 1.
To change a well-estsblirhed srsteoi fo
a., ther system is always of doubtful wis
oe
?re is a clincher found in the re
po the House Committee en '"Military
At' Fortv-eecond Congress, third ses
sii iz :
a je present division of duties is the re
sult of long experience, and very recently,
in the struggle against rebellion, was found
to work successfully in the wildest theatre
of action.
I regard to curtailing the powers of U e
Se -stary of War, Senator ISurnside says
that by section 75 "powers more ample
than tlese cannot, in my opinon, be given
und.T the Constitution."
T:iis remark may be true of this section ;
but if such ample power were intended to
be tiven to the Secretary, why are they
afterward taken away from him piecemeal
and in portions at a time given to General
She. man? Section 76 gives the General
"the command of the entire army line and
staff." m This leaves nothing for the
Secretary of War. By section 79 the
chiefs ot.the staff departments, who are now
by law exclusively nndcr the orders of the
ecetay, are placed under tbe General
also, and it' will require an acute lawyer to
tae separatinz tbe two inrudic-
is likely to sutler and
is or be eround
is dctibie-
carefully study the bJi z-..d jadze for them
rrlve. lor we repeat uhat wt have i"0 clten
raid, that if it paei and b-coiu,- a lax,
tin- great office of the Secretary of War will
be praciically abolihed, and the military
arm of the government btcome ureme,
for good or evil, a- it may be adu.ioiMered.
i"m.:iic.i..
HEsTANIM Ills l. fcDLY 1IIOU.
iJ-fcaloosa Iudelendent, i! 1
Judging from the prctnt outlook of af
fairs, Mr. iDgalls has the m-ide track for
U. S Senator as his own succef ir. We see
no good reason for a change. Mr. Ingalls
is the ab!e.t Senator the Stile has tvtr had.
He has made a gfKxl record, i-. an able and
ready debater, and i-tand deservedly high
among his fellow Stnators. We believe he
thould return to his po-t.
looking Arm: the ini vns.
Elils County .-tar, '
Col. John P. Si. Ji'hn,the Governor clec
vi-ited Ellis last i hur-nay to leirn -mine"
thing concerniiik the Indiin raid of la:
fall. In the evenim: the citizns gave him
an informal reception, in whuh mo-t of
them participated. T!i9 affair was pleas
ant to both the citizens and Governor.
orrsroKE roi: sevatoki.vhii.s.
ITopeka Commonwealth, 27.
Wejee from our State exchanges that it
isjienerally under-tood that tbe Gmmnn
vvolth favors the re-election of Senator In
gills. This is true, and the reasons of this
preference we know to be personally di-iu-tere-tefJ,
and we believe them to be cogent
and sound We are well acquainted with
the personal character and qualifications
ofSenitor IngalN, and familiar with his
serrices to the State and the nation as a
"United States Senator. ' We know that
those services wire rendered honestir and
diligently, and we believe that in point of
ability and charactir Mr. Irgalls has Ion::
ranked wiih the bet men in a bod fairly
presumed to contiln the fiY er of the in
telligence and the hanor ol the nation. W e
know, furthermore, that the strength a
Senator has in that body is largely the
strength which bis Stale gives him in
believing in him, in tttnding by him, and
returning mm to his place when bis term
expires. It is beyond question that the
State of Wisconsin has large representative
strength in the national councils in the
person of SenatorjHoae, as would the Stale
of D-laware if the government were to be
come democratic in tbe names of llavard
and Salisbury. Even IUiode Iiand is dig-
nihediin the deliberations ot the senate
and wields more poser than many broad
and populous we-tern States in the impor
tant stations which the long exier'srice of
Senator Anthony entitles him to. "It is
mt in the theory of our government that
the Senate should be a changeable body
The House was intended to
promptly represent in its ch nges the
fluctuations of ihe popular sentiments
and will. The Senate is as it was intended
to be staid, coa-e-rvative ami "unending.
The early write" on our con'ittition, liken
ed the Senators to ambassadors. of ihe Stale",
tear the gemral governrrent. In surh a
hotly a Seoat'-r 'f even mediocre talents,
and even in the minority, nins largely in
-trergth and stardirg on his second term,
much more a m -n'ol rijie cnlture of first
eU-s a'-ility kmt natural aptitude fi.r j ub
lie ffairs, as is Senator I"iralls Kxpen
eno coes for a g'eat deal in b- dy wi h such
-cnl.ir irarii'ior.s s the-U S. Senate.
Lven so ahje a nun as Bls-ne, and with
iiis large pani.-uaintar; experience, may
not presurae'at Gr-t o lead in the- Senate
without a well under-t-od rebuke. We
state cur full and well copsidered belief not
liilluly f ifmed. that nothing can be said dis
creditable to fcenator Installs since his dec
lior to the Senate which is not purpoelr un
true We would be nintejervingcf goisl and
creditable rvice in the Senate, as we cer
tainly would bewitbrut die-chence of di
'ingni-hefl representation iu that b-sly, If
w,- were not to re-eltct 'euator Irgalls," and
we t ind prepared 10 say this of any qual
ly able man when he 'shall stand for re
ek c ion.
Xaw we hav..-itd .vir pi'itive lonvic
lion, and expres-ed our jiositive wUh as to
the Senatorrhip, and in so doing we desire
to sav that nothing shall ever be counte
nanced by us which tende to the scandaliz
ing or tearing down any ojher candidate
We understand that certain persons belong
ing to the malignant clas-, of "which we
have spoken, intend making a mud war
fare on Senator Ingalls and Gov. Anthony,
and tcrhaps olher candidates We
are sure that none of these gentlemen have
authorized euch rn attack upon their op
ponents or would permit it if they could
prevent. We do not know that there is
any way to prevent it, but we make the
prediction, that any charges or assertions,
documentary or otherwise, which shall lie
reserved till the eye of the Senatorial elec
tion will fall flat, stale and unprofitable
upon the disgusted public ear.
Tbe Rise end Fallot m famous Int.
tiiimn.
ICliIcago Tribune, 27.1
"What is known as the "Gold Room" in
Jsew York City was -n peculiar institution
that had its origin in the war. and thrived
and flourished as lung as the influences ot
the war were stronger than the counteract
ing conditions of peace and recovery; it
has been in a state of decjine for two or
three years, however, and it will pass out
of sight and mind next week, it is to be
hoped, forever. It was the scene of the
wildest speculations of the sj eculative era
from 1SC1 to 1S73, and during eight or ten
years made and unmade more fortunes
than the s!ock and commercial exchanges
combined. It started on a street corner,
rose to the dimensions of news-stand, de
reended to the depths cf a dark cellar, and
finally occupied expensive Quarters, and rs-
tablithed exclusiveness by fixing the price
ol ?iu,uuu a membership. Ibis was Its rise,
iu fall has been marked by successive reduc
tions of importance and quarters until the
fund of the Gold Exchance was divided.
and the business relegated to one room of
the Stock Exchance. But it has taken
fourteen years lo break down a practice of
gambling that attained national dimensions
in three or four years.
It was not till the opening of. the vear
IS62 that gold assumed a well-defined pre
mium over paier money. 1 revious to that
time there had been charges and commis
sions for handling the coin, but from that
time on it became a vehicle for speculation.
An indefinite suspension of specie payments
would alone nave placed a premium on
gold, but the provision for the payment of
customs in coin and tbe heavy loreign
purchases made by the people of this coun-
try, gave this premi
iirm a decided influence
over business, and made it more available
for speculative purposes than was any other
commodity. From this ouui legitimate
simulation sprang up a desperate species
of gambling, and buying or selling gold
soon came to be much tbe same thit g ss
staking money on tbe turn of a tingle
card. It followed the very successes and
reverses of the warj went up or down as
the chances of ultimate specie resump
tion grew more or less remote,
and was the favorite material on which
large combinations operated to squeeze ihe
outsiders. It reached its highest point in
July, 1S64, when it required 5233 in green
backs to purchase $100 in gold. This was
the time just before day when it is said tn he
darkest, and the progress which the Gov
ernment made towards the conquering of
peace secured a decline, though by no
means a uniform one : gold rambling went
on Yigorously until the panic cf 1373
brought most of uhis kind of speculation to
the most notable epoch in the his-
Uold Koom cccarred, indeed,
a nun zoovemem was
h'ch ran
in
- j ably uniform. The notation for January j
' 1, Is. 1, vss looj, and lor Janunry 1, 15S,4
LU-i. . prominent cold broker is
reported as having recently said
that there would have hita no rxcula-
tion in gold duricg the last two years '
if it had not been for Cos cress. ' It is onlv
the uncertainty as to resumption, OCCastoa-
ed by threats of hostile legislation, that has
kept it al a premium, xor raoauni this
premium has been meielv bominal and the
I announcement of resumption, along with
' the acceptance of greenbacks in payment of
l.l.. -.n wt.. :. ... .1. ..1 in. -
""Vr.' -". -M'- "."" ".S5"'. auc,
iiuld Ktoui in Xew York, which has so cf'
ten been the sc?ne of the wildest excitement,
is now de-crted, and the few brokers who
hang around it ram habit are said to be
thoroughly convinced that resumption will
be a succe-s, and thai thy must look np
another fie.'d for the employment of their
talents.
RAVAItlt TtYl.fllt .U THE
iitr.s irci;uiM-.
ET-
A Itetunrkable. lntirvieiv llelueeil the
I.aie Jliuisler nnd Ihe-tlife al.lho
Crr11iH.11 i:tu;ieror.
One of thv mo't interesting di-qcches
which the late Rayard Ta-Ior -ent from
Rerlin was that written n the 1st of July
ibcribing the visit of President Grant to
the German capital The Emperor, owing
to his then recent wound was unable to re
ceive any one, and the Knpre-u felt bound
for that reaon to maintain her privacy in
the palace. Rut the Finprc-s sent for Mr.
Taylor, who described ihe interview in the
following wcr Is:
"From the ab-ence of certain customary
formalities on reaching the palace, and the
quiet manner of my rewption, I suspect
that It was meant to tie private nuite as
much as official. The Empress took oc
casion li exprevs to n.e the Em
peror's interest 111 General Grant's historv.
his desire to meet him iersonalIy. and his
treat regret that this was now im
possible. His words and manner implied
an authorization that I should repeat these
expressions to General Grant. he then
spoke very freely and feelingly of ihe dis
turbances occasioned by the distress of the
laboring clas-es, declared her belief that a
period of peace would lx tbe be-t remedy,
and finally said : ' he Emperor knew that
I thou Id see you to-day. lie has ihe peace
of the world at heart, and he desires noth
ing so much as the establishment of friend
ship between nations. I ask you to make
it your task to promote the existing friend
ship between yourcountry and ours. Yon
cannot do a better wcrk.acd wemost heart
ily unite with you in doing if This, is the
Emperor's messie to yoji, and ne aked me
to give it to you in his n me as well as ray
own ' She bowed and left me, '
"The deep, earnest, pithetic tones cf her
voice impre-sed me profoundly. I kept her
words carefully in my memory, and have
repeated them with only such changes as
the translati -n makes ntctavir)."
It'a Vultner in Tell ilieTruik.
ITroy Chiif
A " Vulgarian," i wht the Leaven
worth Public Pre calls us Rm that i
no' the worst thing in the world. A pub-li'-officer,
who lirtschaiges preferred 1 ainst
him fordi-h- m-ty in office, is kicked cut,
Cfi then hjsiii buys a nespaier for the
piirp-se of liaviug a vJiicV throiuh which
to ec-eech, dy alierday, again-t puhlicof
Gcers, because they w. md not US2 their in
flieLce in shield him. toav nst be a"Vul
garian," but he is a first-class public curs-
ance.
It n.n a Kort of Ilabli He' iiotilato.
Chlrago Tribun-,27)
Gfant would run well in the South.
Gen. Toombs says he "hss never , forgotten
now gractiuliy he treated !ie and our
-olditrs at tlij "surrender." Am how
gracefully lie treated ycur soldiers at, Don-
aU1on sjid ick-burg, and several other
place", too, General. It was' a way Grant
had, a sort of habit be got into.
Would Itmiber lln.1 e ibr :renback.
One of the city banks that had been pay
ing out gold for some time was entered by
a darkey from one of the Southern Mates
who handed up a five dollar check to be
cahed. ''Gold or greenbacks?"1 said the
bu-y cashier, ; laconically. "Gold, massa?
Whales dat you say?" said Sambo, his eyes
opening till the 'whites alone' were visible.
"Do you want gold or greenbacks for your
chtck ?" explained the Cahier. "Dis chile
tsked de gold, boss, every time." Two shi
rting bits were nanded out in shape and
size very hue the little yellow pennies, but
each stamyed $2 50. Sambo's face fell as
they dropped into his palm. "Is these yer
So?" "ies, that isto-$2o0each." Sam
bo walked out slowly, stopped on the side
walk a moment, and returned and said:
"I say, boss, if ye jest as soon Ise take de
jiaper Ise more use to it, and I lose these
yere little fellahs, sure."
(Tied np sail Ita 9lonev. and Doesn't
I.Ike Co Ask lor Jlore.
N'ew Tork Tribune, 14 1
The Potter Committee is said to be in a
great quandary about its future. The ap
propriation is all pone, and any request for
more will lead to diiagreable questioning
about the nature and importance of the re
sults obtained. The sub committee ap
pointed to go to Xew Orleans hasn't a cent
to pay its fsre with, unless its members
draw upon their own pocket-books. There
is said 10 be a disposition in the committee
to allow the process of dissolution to take
place with as little noise as possible, to
make no report, and to pray that the day
for the adjournment of Congress may come
as quickly as possible. This is the wisest
course. UI course it .will be a humiliatinr
confession of defeat, but that has been
made several times already. The public
will stand it a good deal more good-na
turedly than it will a further appropria
tion.
A .tibcb .tlarrylDa: Con airy.
The younger a country is the more mar
riages there in it. Naturally, therefore,
our country exceeds any State in Europe in
its connubial tendencies, though these are
slowly but steadily declining with our grow
ing years. It 1 said that here there are
over 8,000 marriages in each 10,000 of our
population , in Hungary, 6,475; in France,
5,506 ; in England and Wales. 5.390 : in
Austria, 5,271 ; in Italy, 5270, in Den
mark, 0,1'Jl ; in Uermany, o,107 ; in Nor
way, 5,005 ; in Sweden, 4J52 ; in the Ne
therlands, 4,9-13; in Scotland, 4,6"8; in
Belgium, 4,631; in Switzerland, 4 532, and
sn Ireland, 4,312. These figures controvert
popular opinion. It is generally thought
that Ireland is one of the greatest and
France one of tbe least pro-matrimonial
lands, and that Germany is particularly
distinguished for conjugality. We are
always hearing of Germany domesticity,
German attachment to the home, and the
like ; but the Grman as a people are cot
by any means painfully domestic.
Detervnl Honors.
ITroy Chief. t
Among recent appointments and re-appointments
ss Postmasters in Kansas. Ve
nctice the names of A. D. Brown, af Bur
lington, Jaif ib Stotler, at Emporia, and M.
M. Murdock. at Wichita. These gentle
men n all editors, apd number of
either editors in the State are Postmasters.
We, congratulate them upon their luck.
mey deserve the positions. Editors do
more gratuitous work for the party than
any other class of people, and are more poor
ly; paid for their Iabcr than any other
branch of basiness. These- 'offices will as-si-t
them in making a living that the
newsaaper oareiy anorus Trie celebrated
gap, Onthne, closed a -resolution to
in ihp Manhattan Convention,
ruceut .giving office to
jMt many law-
pnnciple.
ty ol
.. IX A MO A e RlCAAenl rai louoee wim the State llnlvndf-r. (ion hunothad an Intntr it:!h Mr.S.on j-
Tbe policemen at Wichita jet sixty dol
lars per month.
The case of the State ajalnU ScraSord la
. still druzjtnjr on In Topeks.
j The Atchison Champion says that Paddy
' Lyons, an o d Atchison settler, died at the
poor house rrtaay morning.
I ANVyandolleorsanlzed a Board of Trade
lt evenlnj, -at the offlce of Gen. Byron
Sherry, in Kansas City, Kns
1 m I'.irn.
Dr-IVsklnala-Ilsv-l f., m,ti .h.,M
iroy Chif, -01
Wltntn a few days past, John Wilson
boughtofa farmer in this township, seventy-
four head of hoes, that a erased three hun.
dredaud slxtj-four pounds t piece. That is
pretty good, this year.
Au l" c Opener.
We are In retelytol a new paper Just Is
sued at Caldwe 1, in Sumner County. It is
called the l'.ye Orxrr.rr and edited by Mr. J
U. Kelley aud Mr T H B. IUs. n is an ad
vance number of tho i"jit that is short! to
I malieiis appearance.
I A Ctte fader lo I'le-tiupllon Law
ITopekH Blade, :6 J
A land case under the pre-emption rlht,
from the SaC and Fox Bcsere, in (Jiege
county, is now under controversy in the IT
S. Land OKlco. The case is bltehead w
Felch. Jud,;e Itodzer, of Burliuyame, ap
pearing for the defense nnd A. II. Case, of
this city, lor the platntttl.
A l'aluiul Accident.
Wichita Beacon. Ml
Lsst Thursday night n old gentleman on
thecars. met with a painful accident. In hav
ing the end of his little flnsercutoll by the
sudden closing of the door lie was standing
by the door and got his linger in the crack.
The pain wat so intense that he fainted
away.
fciale rcrsonnls.
lion. J. II. Wllley. member elect from Ed
wards county. Is stopping luTopeka.
Senator Robinson, is In Toieka, attending
to business perlalulng to the fatate Hlitortcal
Society.
Ciov. J. P.St. John, has been spending some
days in the Htate Capi'al.
llon.Thew. Kyanarrived at his homo from
Washington last Tuisday.
Senator Plumb has returned homo from
Washington.
Airesied for flitlng; an Ear o.
ITopeka Commonwealth. 27 J
Wm. Bretton was arrested Tueslay after
noon for biting offthe ear of Charles Snead.
They were both waiters at the Tefft House.
It seems that Bretton was discharged and got
dru k, and hd some words with Snead and
bg in flighting, when Bretton threw Snead,
and bit it oil. He was orouzht up before
Justice Searle and held In bill to the amount
of 1300, until 9 o'clock this morning. The
punishment for theoflVn-e Is notlefs than
nveyeaisiu tho penitentiary, which he de
servos Tbentiirni liii "t Iteai-U ilaxier.
f Baxter 8prlngs Tildes, 101
Baxter spriui:s w u th-fotiher edae cf the
latesuowan sleel atorui On the nlht ot
the 13th inst. when the sreatsnT and sleet
a orm prevailed north of us the snow here
was but lilt i more than a heavy frot arid
the sleet was liglit dl-appearing iu a lew
hours w'hatls r in-trab.eub-atlbW storm
heavy si.' lell elx or s-en miles north
of this p'ace, soheevy as to break the liinu-
from the trees At C- u in us, the s.eet was
very heavy, rerainlU5 en the trer-s aud sr-"
yet.
Fire ti Btxitr .Sprlnea.
3ixierfprlni. Time-, is
Last MO'-d ly moruinj about Ave o'clock
ourcitlz 11s Were aroused iruni their slum
bers by fie cry of fire, and 0:1 rushing to the
s-euelt waa.fuuud to ha the dwelling house
ofMr.C. E Mllhuru, In tbe soatlieu-d part
ftown. 'Ihe cause of the fire is sipposed
to have been a defective flue. Tin Are was so
far lulvanceil when discovered that the mem
bers of the family had oaly time to escar- 4a
their night clothes. Two chairs w ere all mat
was saved of H19 house-hold goods. Mr. Mil
burn I a poor man, and this mUloitt ne.
aiutng la winter, is ery uufoirionr'te in
deed. rjveJIfn crnsucl rr n nrrrlrh
iLilU Couuly star, -G I
On Monday lust, while the section gang of
Mr. Bannister were auwork near ling Baik,
engaged in loading -toue, the derrick em
ployed and shlcti wasat'acliej to the reiror
a flat car, gave way, projipllatlnj Its be ivy
timbers upon tlvo of the gang, without a mo
ment's warning. Three of the men were
knocked reuseless and sustained slight inju
ries; another m in, one.Mlchaui rimllh, being
seriously if nut fatally hurt, his right shoul
der and collar-bone bring literally smashed
oat of shape, a portion of the bone penetra
ting the right lung. Under tho skillful treat
ment of Dr. Lorlng, the patient at tnU writ
ing is doing ua well as could be expected from
the serious natur of his injuries.
Ifeiarioa 10 Help Ihe l'uor.
Topeka Commonwealth, 17.1
There was an impromptu gathering Christ
mas night at the Tefll House, to take some
steps tor tbe benafll of the needy and poor
on New Tears day. Mr. M. Bosworth wa-
appointed chalrmm, II X. Devendon, sec
retary, and K II Blake, treasurer. Among
other tnlngs agreed npon, was that the room
lately occupied by C. B Uamllion A Co., on
the Avenue, should be open next Saturday
to receive contributions for the poor. Any
contributions from city or country will be
received. There will be a charity ball ou
New Years Eve, the proceeds to go to the
poor. Sam Badges and U. I- Shlrmach are
to have charge of this party- Mr. Badges
was also authorized to place boxes In the
pOst-oaic to receive contributions. The fol
lowing committees were appointed to canvas
the city and 110 vlio were In need, and to
collect subscriptions:
Mrs. X. H. Angle. Mrs. Lon Arnold, Miss
Eugenie Daniels, Kate Whiting, Mrs. W. P.
Douthltt, Mrs. M. U. Case. Mrs. Dr. Sheldon,
Mrs. Ward Barllngame, Mrs Geo W. Crane,
Mn. D.P.Alexander and Mrs. Robert feteele.
la Hoaar or Uoa. Eli Thayer.
Topeka Commonwealth, .5
There was a meeting yesterday of tbe
Board of Directors of the State Historical So
ciety. The object mainly was to agree npon
a new constitution, to be submitted to the
members at the next annual meeting, which
will bi on the Slat of January. Senator
Boblnaon, Hon. O. A. Crawford, John Fran
cis, r. O. a dams, and K. P. Baker were
pies ent.
.An evening session was held at thcTeOt
House.
Tbe following resolutions, which were of
fered by Gov. Robinson, were adopted :
WnsriEASj, Tne great services of Bon. Ell
Ihayer, in behalf ot the freedom or Kansac,
deserve some mark of recognition, as they
command thegrat.tnde of the people of our
Slate therefore,
Jtciohrd, That steps be taken to procure bis
bust or statue to be placed in position In tbe
rooms of the Kansas State Historical Society,
as a perpetual memorial.
Jletolved, That the Secretary be authorized
to open np correspondence with a view to
procuring such bust or statue, and that be re
port the result of his correspondence to this
Board
.nevtiac of tae laiwrence Tax-Payom
Tbe "naded liidpbiedne.a.
Lawrence standard, 27
The public meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce, was only moderately well attended
tut evening, though It was understood that
the meeting was for the dlicasslon of Impor
tant matters connected with the welfare cf
Lawrence and Douglas county, and the oc
casion was certainly a proper one tor a large
attendance cf our Usiness men. However,
It begins to look as though tuejrpropcaed to
wait until the sherifflsatthelr doors before
waking np. It Is conceded on all bauds, that
now u tbe right time for an effort towards
effecting a settlement of the railroad bonded
Indebtedness and taking mea-surea .to secure
c suitable railroad rates. We have a strong
representation in the legislature this winter
and thosegeutlemen who compose it ought
to be given to understand what Is expe cted of
the in by a unanimous expression of the peo
ple of tbe city and country.
On motion of Ueore Lels, J. D. Bowenock
was elacted ciulrman and Irr. H. J. Canlff
secretary.
Thadiacusions were principally concern
ing railroad tariffs, and our county and c.ty
Indebted ocas.
aXDGB exert sam
b, Doociaa, .Linn, and other
der to afconlderand fight
la, and afford staple
lssionen. Wo
defanct rail-
red on
ral College with the State tTnlvsnelrr.
r. B-iwersock sild as yet he was not
roach ncqualnted with the question under
dlrenxslon, nur with the temper of the peb-
pl-of l'ougus county In regard toll, bntbe
believed there Wis some lawful and Judicious
way to effect a settlement of these vexed
question? and they would be found,
ilr. r.'ssrs said that Judge billon" Lad ad-
vlfce-d an oler of comprotuUe at an equitable
1 """ ,u..""'-;u ,ural i" we could pay, and
me oonunomers uia not accept it then
keep them from levymg on our property. If
I possible.
treate.1 ma business manner Th best way
1,1,, ,-ome to adetlnile conclusion as to what
weCaupay. and then tender an offer In ae-
Lcurdauce. The Doctor did not believe that
we could settle for less than fifty cents ou the
dmlar. Unless there is a. settlement by next
March, JuJi;e Dillon will seud the Curnmls-s:oue-rs
lo Jail or some other country, fcomj
of the heavy capitalists wrote to the Doctor
to know If theeouniy could piy JSccuts. Hd
vDesklrsj expected to do as the people de
sired, aud if it wa their wilt he naver would
make any levy. II o would n;:eo to ue im
prisoned twenty yer, if within two years
he could not make a settlement ot our en
tire railroad bouded indeblcduessa at SO cents
on the dollar, if authorized to do so by the
people.
Mr. l. W. Hume said some of the bond
holders would u;;ree to take 50 cents on the
DockIus county bonus, but by doing it would
depreciate their bonds in other counties
thai are not so good. Honesty pays as an
iiidividualaudasu community, and if this
county will decide on some amount to pay
them, wecan make a settlement, but we can
not ilhtlhein. People wilt notcome here and
invest in property until the matter Is settled.
Mr. Stevens thought thai as far as the rail
road rutf ure concerned, tha Illinois law
would suit us, and moved that it bd recom
mended tn the legislature throuehour Itepre-sentatlves-
After considerable discussion,
the motion carried almost unanimously.
Jtr. Clarke thought Douglas should confer
with Leavenworth county concerning; our
bonded indt:btedne-s, at Ihw convention lo
be held iu Leavenworth.
Mr KiHrorth thought a delegation from
this niee.lux should be appointed toconfer
withlheCuiumi-'Sioueraat Leuvenwcrth.and
decide with them upon somu basis of settle
ment, if possible lie thought u special elec
tion shou id be culled to otu bjion the propo
slium, and at this election u elasa of citizens
would cume out that was Interested, while at
a general election a class ot people vote who
are no. interested. He moved that a delega
tion of three, with Mr. IlLigH as oni of them,
be appulnted to go to Leavenworth.
Mr. Wukefleld made a substitute that all
oar legislative representatives and the coun
ty commissioners, be appoiulm to confer
with Leavenworth Carried.
Themeetlug adjourned to ThursJay af;er
first Moudao in January.
TlieS-irvej' nf sua rkanM.
Wichita Beacon. 23,
Mr Camp, re touni; gentlemen who accorr.
patiied 1 pt, McKoirn on his surveying; ex
1 ditloodown the Ark in sis rive , returned
to ihl- city Sunday nlrf 1. The party arrive
al Kort (J.b 011 the !fth limt, bein abjut
11 weeks out from Wichita Tne made
nine mile- u day and found su uvcraKei-f
twenty niches of water, -he river beli-g alps
luwrt stage. A six inch rl9 overtook theru
before-llm vot to O wm. Caul. Me-Kiiowu
( j, f.ut,n ,1 ttlHt merive ciulw adeiuivica
j able aud will so reivjrt. If possible Ui ihe
. n ... I"-...... .a 11... !.. .. I. ...t
preseu Congress, llie tiu.e lm now
com for- the four countries 'directly
Interested In the navualloj ot th.s
river to bring their combined Influence
to bear In obtaining theueeesary appropria
tions trom Congress. A convention should
lw held ut some convenient point to give
expression to the wishes of the people, and
to more efTe-tually sustain ou euatora and
representatives in their efnjrts b secure ihe
ally Initiative of this grifu enterprise. If
thl liver ciAi be made navigable. It will not
on y give us an eutlet to tho best market
built will compel the speedy building of
ra'w:iy along its banks, aud that too with
ou nry subsidies. The best markets for our
liroiuellons lie in thi 'I'r- :, and with
rui load and river transportation, which
means rpilck tnnslt and cheap rates, we
have the best country in America.
RAILROAD NOTES.
The cold weather Is giving extra work to
theeniplojes in the car shops on the various
railroads.
Conductor Andy Barker, ot tho Kansas
Pacific, was presented with an elegant Con
ductor's lantern on brlstmas.
Twenty passengers were transferred from
the Chicago, Ro:k Island and fncitlc to the
Kansts Pacific, last Friday morning. The
pas-engers were people from theEast,seeklng
homes In Kansas.
Engineer Slypes, of the Missouri Pacific,
met with a slight accident to his engine,
while pulling freight train 'o.35, past the
Knns.es Central Depot yesterday morning,
which resulted in the blowing sut of a cylin
der held.
rnoHOTED.
Kansas City T'imcr, 2S: Sam Allen who has
been braking ou the Atchison division of the
Mo. 1. H'y., has been tpromoted to baggage
man.
hack at ins i-osT.
Kansas City TtttfaZiz Geo. N Clayton, the
o:d time western geut for the Wabash, re
turned yesterday from his wedding trip and
is again around with the boys.
INCREASE OK BCS15ISA
The large number of extra freight trains
that are now running on the Kansas Pacific
Missouri Pacific, C, R. I. & P., and Kansas
Central roads indicate a large increase In
business over last year.
a ue.Noy.unrD.
Atchison CAftmpum,2S: Billy Copland, who
li breaking on ihe A. ttS. road, met with a
serious accident, day before yesterday, near
Iowa Point In making a coupling his hand
was mashed, and two fingers were amputa
ted. RKDCCISO HATES.
Lawrence Journal: It Is stated that the At
chison Topeka Santa Fe railroad will, after
the first of January, reduce Its rates ofpas
tenger fare to four cents per mi , and make
a corresponding reduction in freight rates.
Th.s Is a movement in the right direction.
THE WICHITA ESTE-SIOjr.
Wichita Jlracon, 25 : Mayor Case and Judge
Hanback, of Topeka, came down last Thurs
day night on their way to Sumner and Cow
ley counties. These gentlemen represent the
Santa Ke road In the matter of tbe extenalcn
of the Wichita B-ancb, and they no doubt
were sent down to be prosent at the election
yesterday on the railroad bond question.
CASDIA'S RAILROAD.
Atchisjn Champion, 21: The Scand.a
branch or the Central Branch Railroad will
be completed and open for business by the 1st
of January Tne track-laying was com
pleted yesterday. This adds another twenty
miles to tbe railway operated by the Central
Branch Co., and makes directly tributary to
this city, a large portion of the beautiful Re
publican Valley, one of the most prosperous
and fertile regions in Kansas.
THE tAATA FE EXTXSSIOX.
Arkansas Valley Democrat: The proposed
branch of the A , T. i S, IV railroad to start
from Elmdale In Chase county will In all
probability be built won Two townships In
Marlon county Joining Chase on the west,
have voted bonds to aid in butldlrnr It. Aa
the Hoe Is to run direct to McPherson, bonds
will no doubt be voted In that county also.
From Mcl'hereon to Lyons, Rice county, and
frm there direct to Great Bend. It looks
well on paper and probably would In reality
also.
KXTE5SI0X or TUE A. & X. KOAD AMD IX
rEOVEXEXTS. Atchison Champion, a: Count UIddinz,
chief engineer ot the- Atchison 4 Nebraska
road, went up to Crete, Nebraska, yesterday,
with a laigi corps of assistants, to run a line
from Cret to Columbus, the new extension
of the A. A N.
'Col. L. w.' lowne, superintendent of the
Atchison & Nebraska road, and Dr. L.L.
Todd, superintendent of the bridge, are la
St Louis, in consultation with tbe govern
rnent engineer at that place with regard to
some mnrn needed repairs In front of the A.
N. depot grounds Just above the bridge In
this city.
SAXTA IE XATTXE8.
Tney are bavin: a terrible time out In Colo,
rado, about th question of rates south pvr
the Denver and Rio Grande road, now that It
has passed ln.o the hands of the Santa Fe
aoraaaNIckerson, the President, has
tnver and was Interviewed by a
Mr. Nickenon expresses
kt friendly terms towards
be Is not lu a position
irong, hssays, baa
en vera Rio
asczer- s
Caon has not had an tntrv.ewr n:h Mr S. on
tho subject sinco the transfer w., mode h
Is r.ot able to speak positively. However, bo
wj out appreuenu any xu xeiius u.iwtea
Denver and the Denver Jt Bto Urundo man
agement In the future. What is wanting
now. he Intimates, Is a proper, understand
ing; as tbe reporter understood the gentle
man, It is not the Intention of tbe present
management of the D-:nver A IUo Grande to
mako war upon Denver, whatever may be
its policy toward other nnd comittlns rail
roads. In advancing ire-j-nt rates from
Dever south, Mr. :K'kciou says 1 Is not
the policy of the company to cut oil Denver
merchants from Southern trade. The com
piny desires to treat other lines asthey have
treated the Atchison, Topeka sunM Ke.
Mr. 2vlckerson says that is the policy of the
luanHgeuient to assist iu building up Denver,
because he thinks that lu doing so the
great railroad of which ho is the head
will be llm earner. This expression on
tho part of Mr. Xickcrson should bo re
ceived by Denver in a friendly spirit.
TAKEN I'MICC APVHEJiENT.
Kansas City Times, is: On Tuesday, iu
Denver, tho celhiated Denver Pacific Csst s
came up before) Judge Ilaliatt In the United
states District Court ou a motion of Charles
.t Dillon, counsel iurUuriruor Eyce-s and A.
Dolman, trustee of the bond holders, to have
the property turned eiver to them a-s asked In
their petition. Tin- niolio'i was ur.ucd al
most the whole afternoon, Itecd A Teller ap
pearing for the recti veis, Kd.erloa i (.1 ivton.
Alter a very lull ami elaborate statement of
all the facts in the case. Judge Hullelt an
nounced that he would tako tho matter un
deradvUement, aud reserve his deelsion for
a future day.
EXTtSslON or Till KOAD i EOM l'AOLA To OT
TAWA. Lawrence Journal, i7: tVe mentioned, the
other day, the fact that the Missouri Pscitlc
Railway Company was projex-lng toext nd
Its road from l'aola lo Ottawa. The following
proposition was pre-se-hted to the popIe of
Ottawa by President Schofleld. of ttieOttlwa
A Burlington road, aud a committee ot tweu-tv-flve
elttzens wasappoialed to take actiun
on the matter:
Mis uri Pacific Kailwav Compact. )
VlCE-l'KKSIimT' Ullll'i; ST. lail'ls, VIo.,
December It, 1-Tj )
To tht eop'cef Ottawa, Kjtis-s ami vtc.mty :
I will, Hithnut ele av extend the lb Mm
raiiroa't fioui PaoluiolHtuwa, if ou will se
cure to lue tbe. rtuhtof way therefore to lie
selected by me, ami Ilfty lhous.iud dollar
(IJo,'0')ln cash, cross-tles of Hiiiuible dur
acier, or Nbjr to be ejended In grading
said extension; auii I will oerate er cati-e
t"e same to be operated to Ottawa by the
Missouri I'actnc hallway Coniiii) J
signed) C K. Iiauuis3N.
TUE NARROW GAUGE IjrESTIOX.
Wamego Tnlune We received n call Sat
urday from Mr. Louis Ecsctt,a promiuvL.t
farmer of West Xewbnry township, aid
learned from hlrn that the peopleof that seo
tlou area unit for u r.dlroad Into ihelr conn
tv ; but they are divided somewhat as to
whtcn tine will lot tm-mihi practical iie.i
etll lb line Irom To Us or ihi llnef.otn
OujivU vVameo Ine'e st halt of t e
lo-enshlp favor iuu Totieka route up the Vi
Cieuk Valley, t-. - 114. tl.al 11
will Induce the hl.ii of ill. ci in
l si from Alma lo Newbury mi I
tlie niee N not a' imeihe, a v i'in- T'
western poilion ol t .e lownMtip f vor lne
iiriow fjaui;eriju efroiu On u., f r van- u-
ie:isons; one of whtcn iihi llie iml n iu
timt line wnuid e yi lieeouuyu as m -eo
o-i couuly .ertl matt rs, wi ull Imii.sn
Iheui a risf! near uuiiu f r nil p ai'lte I
luriNrse-s wil out nmrilba their b aim m
T,lley; aid iiej prefer a iiee-u 11 n.
L-aviuwor . snoiti. r tiling aiem- to a i.t.
Willi l!l wes al., Iie4 1 r II. e T-fs k
,T' Jevt 1. ay a ba .1 j tes- ot rs lr 11 1 - c .
iO og ' Urf a.d sot i Mi.-re ir o'Cei 10 1 r
vi.tUie tx u luu uf u.e Nsti'uh oal.i n.
hal uirection
TUL'ATI.M. At I in JlIM.
The Articles IVhlcIi lite .Senate Hns
llailtiea-Tiv Additional I'ur.
The provL-ions of the treaty between the
United Matei and Japan, which was ignid
on the -5:h of July last and ratified ui
the Senate on the lSlii inst, are as follows;
The first article provides that the tarill
convention of 1SCG, concluded with the
t'ni'ej fciates, Grent Britain, France and
Holland, together with the schedules of
tarilF on impi.ru and exports and bonded
warehouse regulations aiu.-hcl to th.i
convention, shall be annullid and also c.r
tain suhsefutnt commircial treaties wi'n
these nations, and the right of the Japan,. -Government
to adjust its customs tand and
taxes and to regulate foreign commerce in
the open p rts shall be recoguized by the
United Sta:es.
The second article provides that m
higher dutioe i-hall be imposed on articles
from the United fct itcslhan on tlio-- fruui
other countries ami that no prohibition of
exports shall be discriminating agaiusl the
United States.
By tbe third all export duties in Japan
are abolished.
Under the fourth article all claims by
the Japanese overnment for forfeitures or
penalties for violations of the continuing
provisions of existing treaties and for vio
lations of the Japanese customs and com
mercial regulations are to be sued for and
collected in the consular court of the Uni
ted States.
The fifth article reserves to Japan the
right to control the coasting trade. JSever
thelew under the next article American
vessels entering the open ports may unload
part of their cargo and proceed 00 their
voyage upon the payment only of the
charges on the merchandise landed, while
all governmental charges on ve-els them
selves shall be collected once only in the
first port entered, alter which the vessel
shall merely be liable to pay the local port
dues in any other port which the may en
ter. Article seven opens to American com
merce two additional ports, one at Shiin
onoseki and tbe other to be decided upon
hereafter.
The ninth article provides that the pre
sent treaty shall be a part of tbe unre
pealed provisions of existing treaties, and
that it and they shall be no subject to re
vision when so demanded by either party.
Article ten makes the convention take e'f
fect when Japan shall have concluded such
conventions or revisions of existing treaties
with all the other tresty powers holding
relations with Japan aa shall lie similar in
effect to the present convention, and such
new conventions or revi ions shall also go
into effect, and provides that it shall be rat
ified and the ratifications exchanged at
Washington as soon as may be within fif
teen months from its date.
"MJ.ID KCfl OF BOSTOV."
A few of
lae Heavy Taz-payera
ot
trie II a b.
Boston Traveller, 23 1
Last year the taxes in this city were as
sessed st the rate of Sl.tlO per $1,000.
This year the rate was lowered toS12eO,
which has somewhat reduced the list of
heavy tax-payers as well as the amount
paid. Tne assessor's valuation does not
cover property owned by individuals in
corporations, government boeds, etc. Tbe
heavy individual tax payers are . Joshua
M. bears, SiSlCr, 100; f.F Weld. SiOB..
500; Moses Williams, SO-a 1,400; John I
Gardner, J164,.jO0 ; James Parker, 90;,
700 ; fiarvev U. Parker, iKJS.K'O ; Peter (
Brooks, $7?3,00; Charles Francis Adirn-,
$769,Ki0; ILIIollis HunnewelJ, 7Vi.2ii.
Mary and Ann Wigsrlcworth, ;7"U,'
James L. Little, S'.i'J'-O'J; Mo-es A. Isne,
$705,600 ;JoephNicktr.m,aWe,',()0-. John
C. Gray, jf 10,300 ; C'narls W ialIoupe,
SG32..000 ; K-o L. Phillip ICJ3OJ0
Among tru-tees large taxes are paid, aa
follows: John M Ma-jn, ?1 7v,!Y- W.
S Dex'er, tl,ois i, Wm. Mino-, il,-7s,-700,
h. I. Browne, 31, 0-'elOoj; Franklin
Haven, 21.0.12,JiiO ; E D. ix.lnvr, i'jl-i C;
W. W. Tucker, 5-io,.!ea0 ; -Samuel Little,
SS,sOJ. F K bear..,S8I3,100; John A
Lowell, 5791,000; Wm. Miuot, Jr,S7'eV
700 ; Richard Baker (estat-,, 5701 700.
Heirs are tax d aa follows : George
Parkman, 5l,147,G; Gardner Brewer,
f 990,109; Catherine W. Codman. 5919 -
500; Augustus Hemenway, 5905 000; Jas.
M. Beels-, 5534.000; Peter B. Bngham,
The Boston Gaslizht Co. heads the li-t of
heavy corporation tax-payers with ST!,-S3.-000.
and is followed fry tbe Fifty Assfxiabs,
,917.C00; Boston Water Power Co.,51,
090,000; Boston Wharf Co". 51 ?94 ISO ;
aiutal lile lnsurar.ee Vo. 2i. Y , Ssr9WOOO;
X. E. Mutual Life I a-u ranee (Jb 9d0,4';
Metropolitan lUilroad. 59'JOiOO: Old
rjouth Church proprietors, 5700,000; South
uoston iron Co , SooO.MAi. the IJostcn &
Albany Bailroad Corporation is taxed for
50,994,000 ; the largest sale amount in the
city Then follow the other railroad com
panies in the order given : Boston X Prov
idence. $2,057,000: Etsurn. 51 793.J0O
70ld Colony Newport. J1.1SI.100; Fitch
Dura. W.UI50.&00 : H. A la. and Nashua -
Lowell, 878,300 ; Botton & Lowell, 3788
3Ii:. LJAYS..
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Ji
'AjlffKipaper Corre;ondcrti Ilila aa
Intott Uvr 14B Hirfl,
WajntsGTOsr, recemltr 2S. Pro-Idtct "1
Hayes eerrs to be snioyicg the Christmsj
e ?.!. .1... . ....& , .d.aj..... 1 1. fc. .a Br .
hownB the rest cf mankind. The gov- jPs J
erume nt -Ierks and officials are working on J? -.
halt-time, and ice.rrraiueci uaj rji nou-
dav vacation as well as tbe rest, lie was
never in betur health, and since harmony
ia the party has improveil, ha has been es-
peciaily in cood spirits. 111s aamiuisua j
ttn imirnii!M the end of its second Yeari
and as it is natural that the first half of a 'Jij
Presidential term is tar more dithcull ana
perplexing to the Executive, he looks for
ward to the remaining half with more
cheerful prospects, and with, confidence in
tho usefulness of his experience.
I1E HAS REASaVS TO BELIEVE
that his administration has been satisfac-
tory to the great body of ihe people, f who
have alwavs iriven him credit for rood in
tentions, and even in the acts that have
been most criticised, have cordially ac
i.now!edged their confidence in tLo patriot-i-m
of the President's motives and his ele
stre to do .what is best for the country.
In conversation with a correspondent of
the Chicago "Intcr-Oocan," the President
indulged iu some reflections appropriate to
the new year, and spoke of his great'hope
ulncss that the remainder of his admin
istration would see more prosperviin t'Oijs
lun the country has enjoyed fer many "
year).
HE THINKS TnK Ol TLOOK VERY CHKER
KIL.
Ile thought the financial and commer
cial outlook was especially cheerful, more
so than he elared to hope a year ago. The
premium on gold, he said, hid disappeared
fifteen days in advance of the time fixed" by
law for the government to redeem its notes,
u.il the re was no shock to business, as he
feared there would be. He had been a
cousfint and unswerving i-nppoTter of' the
plank to resume specie payment on the 1st
oi January, 179, and
HAO rri;VED and advocated
all movements looking to its complete ful
fillment. It will be remembered that eev
. ral months before the nominating conven
tion at Cincinnati, and at a tune hen there
was gre it oppo-itiou to the carrying out of
the restuiip'ion ae-t. especially amorg west
ern Democrats, but al-o among a powerful
minoriiv of Kepubliiir, he was asked if
he f iv-iresi resumption in ls79
'Y.-," he replied, "unle-a there is a way
to brin.; it all mt iiuirker."
he is pit' rn ok it r-s financial Rttuim,
and to this view he has sieadilv ai'herrd
through all the varying chj Les of public
opiuionoii the ubj ct Now, he say.he h is
no regrets ir hi" coiir.r.or does be b-lieve
that ihe country otild have btcti be'br
ffif he, in the ht i.t MilHfpiri.t even.-),
hid In Id iilll-reiit fpif-iin-., and yiven
.oeiii olii ii coiiiiierauiv ami evpression.
K-frrnas i ih diiai-pearancv 1 1
Tlin rREltlf.'t os uiilp,
t c l"r'd-i I s i .1 he 11 I- rs o a! ihe "pr c
ton- mental w . coimi'g iM-p-f'eril eir
fllstton in II Ilr-1 trn tenters if tra.'e.
He 'Inaight tint afier 11 lisil b.o.me f.tnil
nrb( cirifili' as i" " T- it wmibl eome
.tit t il irk c r rs nd oM "stmkii a- "
he 1 ! y ! icts wrj-reiji ' ! b-
-o rin i t' 1 itr erey oiilt U j 4
1 tl .1 . . 1 V ' ' t sllieli i te ' 11 I
m il tin It fl-efi In' b 1I1U ' 1 ' 1 1 v
of all e I i"-e-a were luw of ti e oj-luion h 1'
gola "inflation ' was
A QOUD TUIJ.ei
0
The difficulty, he said, was the fact thf o
many 'intelHstnt men dldiyLl-lie '
could bo brougut about, at leirt sithoiit a
great struggle that would be'disa-'rrTis t
many business interests But here ' was
upon u, which was pretty gixxl eviuv -ee
that the "experimem ' i called; of -sumption
would be 3 such-h.
WHAT HE THINKS WILL OML AFTER KI
EUitniO.N. , ,
He did nots't..i .'e that ftuld uld
immediately come ioi ventral e-irc In
but he tuoi.f,;.t . '. . .f j wii. i u a
j.trity, at hr.l, uld be "toniui.
gnld'a lilt'e tighter tbun paper t nt i'.
to illu-trate: A 'irruir with a UOH'i
piece and a 5-0 bid would prefer lo yiy
out the bill lift Bui ibis would on. v 1
temporary, and as soon m the novtlf
wears off, the President s ,
he believed with Secretary Mm
mac, that grefitb.tiks would I
tt a slight 1 remium over gold, on .urouiit
of greater cuiiveiiitoe in liamliiug Tin'
notild occur, he tlnl.iIit, in .hecitu s, and
peihaeAteiiil to llie rural di'tnrts. 1
won d be very slight, this premium, bi
the I're-ideiit said he would be surprised it
it did not exist.
THE ritE5lDE.vr THISKri (,r.r.IMtAi us Will
BEAT A mUUl't
He based this opinion upon the fact that
th? sold prem'iim would be kept off by the
larg- coin revenue cf the govern uient,
backed by the plighted Li'lh of the nato n
that resumption should no' only b- a suc
cess, but a 1 ermaneut success. Now, con
tinue il the President, we have been aci us
touieel to pa er money for sixteen years Vs
a currency we have had little or nothing
else. Our people are used to it. '1 he fen
eration that has come np since I he war
know very little of any other kind of mon
ey, and everylsxly agrees it is
THE BET PAl'Mt CI KREM V
we ever had. I Mippe, paid ihe President
that no one will dsputetbat, Ik- he"in
ilitionist," or bulliouist." or what rot.
Counterfeit detectors, arid all publications
for the discovery of spurious mouey, have
been done away wiih. A man does not
sub-cribe for a detector publication, w nh a.
long list of states and a longtr list if
banks, to tell whether the money he iiae
pens to have i good, bad or indifTerei.t.
So far from looking at a "detector," or con
sulting a neighbor, be scarcely looks at the
money. He knows it is go-id from one end
of the land to the other; that counterfeits
are extremely rare, and that the bill of a
national bank that is broken i jti-tasgood
a the billot one that is not. The holder
is absolutely
sr.crr.ED against ls.
Having l-c net accti-tomyl to this cur
rsney, the President siid, the people would
1 slow to part wiih it tor gold, merely lor
tbe pleasure of exchange, when gold was so
much more bulky and inconvenient. I fir
these reasons, and to facilitate commenial
transaction, and for the convenience f
travelers, he thought paper would alwae
be at a slight premium.
He hoped to ree
THE SOUTHERN-0,UESTI".V
drop out of politics. Ibis question, the
President paid, mnst soon come diredy w
fore the people for "ettlernent, and he li-; I
for a full and exhatitiv .ll.ussion, ni t
only of this, hue ot ell financial matters
He believe-1 that financial questions would
in tbe Inture occupy a greater part of the
attention of the public mind at least he
hoped so, and he believed it would lie Let
ter for all concerned if this should be
the cac and there should beles sectionalism
in politics. He thought the sectionalism
meaning the onibtrn question would
never revive itself to become so prominent
in polities as it had been, and he hoped it
would soon die f.ut. It was pretty near
Head now be said Th" President referred
to the fiilBctil y in getting Senators to serve
fin thecfimmrtee under Blaine's rcoluiioru
as evider.ee of thi-; and the reltictancerf the
Hoti'ie to debate the question was addi-ti-
nal evidence. Sectional questions, he
-aid, call fir artitueits addressed to the
passion, while financiel questions appeal
ed more to the reason, atd vere educational
in their tender.cv In Englai.d, thrcc
f jrths of the public iues related dir-'Iy
tn th. finarcesof the naticn, and in the
early hi'tory cf oar oTn government, the
ni'Jt imriortant matters eng,'ing the atten
ti.n of the itatetmen re'ateii lj finances and
Ike revenues.
HE I'lAiJJ THE BL.IISE IsfVETnCATtOX
vrrr. li-ail.
Sper.king tf the Blaine committee, so
ca.''ed, he fesrtil it would not accomplish
any subsUntial results. Tf ere was a lack
oftime, and anicdis-sMi''n to tako hold
of tie matter. There were already indica
tionslhat it wou.a t nd where' the Pottery
committee endid, ard he believed it wni
the sentiment ' r the country that Mr.
Potter's committee was a failure indeed.
Some of the earlier friendi of the mover
ment were cow beginning to apologize for
its existence. t
Being informed, that many prominent
Demwrats spoke of ihe I'otttr committee
as an elephant that had become burden
some, and that thijdispcs'.r ot the animal
was their greatest; co-jcern, the President
laughingly remarked tar I he had found
that the best way to treat such elephants
I was to let them alcr.c, and they irould soon
urniui oegieei, r.pn Ce; jorsuuen.
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