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LEAVENWORTH KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 13, 1879.
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KIMtlK.
The following letter from Pawtucket,
Bhode Island.isassmpleof hundreds re
ceiv d at thi offiie foin all parts of the
east, in Uiug inquiries aboat the i)il and
climate of thiB country, and Wing for such
other infcrztalion as immigrants may be
supposed to want, always accompanied by
requests for a copy of the paper. If any
of onr real estate dealer or o'hers. have in
print, the information asked for by our cor
respondent, it would d nibtlees be to Uieir
interet to "nd it to him :
Omen op Fae.
Company
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February .i, 1879. J
7 he Katun WecUy Time Lmrrnrorth,
Gknts: Will you obtain forme s early
is 'ms-i .e the statistics of your town, ih'
climate, nricv of farm Nod. farms for sale
and prices of ame, in f set all lb jnf-iroi
tion you hive in print, t"gethrwiih ri"
advice in regar'l to a l-w iamiues or,
contemplating moving in or close by you
ritv. What i Und worth ihree or rix
miles out of your citv, say south, ier acre.
Where would jon advise us to settle, and
what ime is allowed to settle for firm
What expense vnu inrur pl-ae forward, in
obtaining printed rvp-irt". ami I will remit
Apologizing for troubling you,
I remain vour R-cifiillv,
Thomas II Evroy.
P. O Box 53 .
Is Please send me a copy ol -t'
Wfi:ki.y Times with the rest
In view of the fact that inquiries such
a the above re Wing male all the time.
Leavenworth might invest a little mon y to
good rdvantage by having irinted, in con
veiiit shape for mailing, such information
a home seekers desire, and then having
su"h document distributed lilw-rslly
throughout the coun'rv. The W'-a'ern and
S iriiern ee-tions f K in-ss are liberally
dertid, all over ibe world, by wealthy
rilroil rirjHirHtiin having land to Sell
but oo'h nj m dune to draw attention io
iir (mrtion of ibe Slat- except whit is
.l.i.i-l.v iniividixl effrt It would f r
Iesvenwurih tfi hve a irmnnent ndveri e
ig l.iir-Bti, nd keep cl-rk eoiploye) 1
the time mailing documents setting f.r'h
the dvKri'g- of h!s rxirtioti of ihe State
' II tl.l.IJI
Au-tri ndti-rm.ny are idatipg them
le- fr inlund commerce with Ruian
!.-. snl the extrsordinsry mesure,
1 irb ire l-ingtnkpn by the Rihian G iv
rn-"nt egMi'M ibepread of iheepidemir
gi to t-li ili.il it is more virulent, and i
giio?-g g-nunl more rapidly, linn th
flirt-iV it' flefiionstrate. A militari
nt il n -qn I n - rmglh t-- th- arn y of h
lii il ixte .urriiiiinl-' the inf cted di
'ri'e eMiiti. ,fl nil intercturxe with iht
ie" of he Kiupire Uof-inuniUly, th-C-'""rU
iinong whom il firt b-oke out,
p - ic e'lricketi by ihp HuddeDess of the in
vaiou snd i.s i;reit fitMity. fled into the
t ei-, carrying with them the seeds of the
,i ise. In all ppdiktiility they have
inf eted the nomadic tnbt- with the con
ronigi -n -hoiild the epidemic nacb
)le-Hi, or anv o:htr Kluck S- por'.it may
! carrieil into every jiort of Europe. The
f-xt nsive commerce of Russia in grain
wall wtlern Furoi- ii.i reuses the chanrts
for a ttienl di"eniiiiaiion of the scourge
The cnle trade of Ru-sia, as well as in
general internal irade, ha come to a stand
Mill. Thi prifirtion of her commerce
will lie- to Rn-i a culsmiiy only eecondto
lh rav ges ot the olngne, for juct now, af
tei an expensive war, she can jojrly afford
to hive her bii'iness par.ilzed. The ces
atin of the grain and cattle trade
w II alo work serious injury to
other European nation, as Russia is the
region whence there is the largest export of
grmn and cattle to the heart of the conii
nont. With this fouiC" of supply cut cfT
Europe; will bsve to look to the United
S ates, and, di"cusirg the probability of
tlii", ttie Philadelphia ' ssys:
Ojr ability to meet this extr-t demand
deprods on our own exemption from the
course that now threaten" to seep all
over Europe. No time i to lie Iot in tak
ing iheueces ay precautions. The health
of h Nation, h ell as iur commercial
in'erets, re at ettke. Thui far nothing
Jias bren done, perhaiw from the belief that
:h- ncean is an iuriirmouutahle obstacle to
titie exu-mion of the epidemic to this eide of
the globe This may be a fatal mistake
Toe greit plague of Lnlon, in 1CC5. w
rausetl by woolen siutf iiuponed from IIol
Inuil, which haii received them from the
Is vant A bile of good, or a woolen gar
m-ut will carry the plague thousand
of miles away. Of its contagiousness there
can be no question. A select committee ot
the Ilriiish lloue of Commons, in 1S19
reported it as the most contagious of all
known dieeases. Of all them 1 "dies thai
have scourged the human race, the plague
i ihe dim fatal In one year it destroyed
80009,000 f people. Phsicians are con
verssni wiih Its symptoms, but they have
been unable thus far to combit it by any
remedies which they have adopted. There
is no (protection g.int its ravnges but th
perfect isolation of the country in which
it exists. In London, in 1GG5. plague in
fected houes were shut up. and their in
mates prohibited from outside intercourse
There would not be so much danger of the
nniversal spread of the plague were the
ficiliiies of intercommunication between
the dirlerent countries of the world les
general thsn they now are. Stringent
e-niury prectutions cannot be too soon
adopted to prevent this in-odious epidemic
from reaching our o-n h-'e.
DESKHVKs AITt riOSi
The Maryeville Snn miks a suggestion
ic regard to the Kansas Central railroad
which is worthy of consideration. The
Kansas. Central is now recognized on all
hands as one of the most valuable roads
leading to Leaveuworlh and our people are
interested io anything that can be done to
extend it through the rich and graving
counties west of its preset: terminus. It
brings to us a valuable trade, and every
mile that it is extended makes the trade of
tho line more valuable. The ..Vire say s:
By prompt effort the Kan-as Central
railroaj company can extend their road by
Krankford to Mryville this spring, and
receive liberal aid along the route. Then by
extending this line of road due wisi
through tVuhiag-on, R-publir, Jewell, and
Smith counties, a vas empire uf commerce
is oK-Ded to Ihe trade of Lei ven worth. By
acliug at once the Kansas Crnlral canoe
cuty this inviting fi hi. It would be ju-t
the road nerd-d by that portion of the
Stale, and would received liberal aid all
along its entire line. The people of this
city are willing to do more than
any other town on an' of the pro
posed routes of thisrod tn secure this
line. Few town-hip iij the State have the
capitilut and taxable w alth that Marys
ville has. We are worth more than whole
counties in some portions of the State. We
have mill aod factories, elevators and evi
dences of substantial thrift ihaf onght to in
duce this competing line of road. As we
have indicated, this is the best rou'.e fir
the Kansas Central, and the business inter
ets of Leavenworth. It w mid open a
field of commerce that would bring mil
lions of dollars' worth of trade to that city,
where dow they d not receive a dollar.
RetCsiuarABr More lkuncBa
er.
St. Lonls Republican-Democrat.!
Pel ton, the nephew of his uncle, is get
- tin; a preUy.heaey burden to carry, but it
is bo news to those who knew much of his do
ings in 1S7G, that the biggest share of the
ins and blunders of the Democratic cam
paign belongs to him. He is not made any
aoraof a target now than the facts war-
1" IMinVlTIOX.
Th-o'd p-.ji.Mce. on 'CC--utot mi
gradually wearirg away, and women have
been admitted ibis Tear, fur the firit time
to all the examination, and degrees of the
University of London, without exception,
on precisely the game terms as men. At
the winter matriculation, two weeks ago,
there were nearly 600 candidate altogether,
and eleven of them were young ladies.
One ladv presented herself at the examina
tion for the degree of Bachelor of Lawr.
These are the first ladies who have been ad
mitted to the regular examination of any
English university.
A PdlERiiV l'UKIf'IEIt.
One of the members of the investigating
committee appointed by Speaker Clarke
voted for Pomeroy every time except tlie
lat, when he voted for Horton. It was ru
morel about the capi'al for"davs preceding
the election that the vote of himelf and
the few who were associated with him were
fur pale When they offered ibeir votes thev
were promptly and emphatically told by the
partie to whom they applied that they
jj w.re not bnying vote,
.'01s ,.,-..,,. became tn
At thi the virtu-
tnighty indignant, and
from that time ronndiy sore he would
vote only for that honet old saint, Tom
eroy. Why did he vo'e for Horton ?
TIIK CIHIIKIt IITJ.SI.MISS.
A flo'-d of light is being thrown upon
the cipher dirpatch business by the Demo
cratic witnesses now being examined before
ihe Democratic Investigating Committee in
New York. The chief operators in the af-
faii Marble, Pelton, Weed, and others
have been upon the s'and, and they have
all admitted that the cipher dispatches, as
published by the Xcw York Tribune, were
Hubtntljlly correct. In summing up the
testimony of Smith Weed, the Chicago
Triiun says:
It L evident enough from the tenor of
Smith Wtcd s evidence and of the ciphers
why the conspiracy failed. In the first
place, Wade Hampton, having made Hire
of the S'nie ticket, cared very little what
lH-cme of the Na'i nal ; and, in the second
placr, tbeHizeof lb- pile as too Heep for
th- birl which Tilden a s belonged to
Pel on. and Pelton says belonged to the
' ruuiittee, and Weed says belonged to
Mayor Cooler, nd Mayor Cooler says he
never heard of. The details, however, mat
ter little. It i eiibstanttated that a prop
edition was mule to cell out ihe Canvassing
ird to the Democrats; thai this proposi
'ion widicu-ed an1 firorably considered.
thst Smith Weed, repreinting , was
the pirtv of the first part, and Solomon,
representing the Cmvasing Board, wa the
party of the tecotu! part, and that, when
ihe time, rime, the pirty of the one part
mid not deliver and the party o the other
could not psy. Tnat is all tint has ever
hen alleged.
t tiris Innlir nini .Socialism.
New York Times.
When we look b.ick to the first centuries
f the Church, we ures'ruck at it eex-ranr-luiary
chsnge which has taken place in the
relatiunof Christianity to nhat are termed
the lower cl-se of society It was to lhoe
las-es, at the outset, that the G.-Sj)el made
its mot earmst appeal To the jioor, to
'aves, to the afflicted and ojipre-sed of
every fort, the As)tles and other early
preachers principally addressed their
teaching- By this multitudinous classthey
rere heard with the nirnt sympathy, and
from their rank the primitive churchts
tre filled. Christianity first establi-hed
Hi-elf on the lower strata of the jiopulace.
The early Church was the church of the
c tacttiib. It burrowtd underground U
f.re it emerged into daylight and
climbed to high places of poor. The
heathen writers of the first two centuries
-crcely allude to the CnriMiars. When
tney are referred to, it is rts an ignorant
ud de-pisd clars. Tte rich, the powir
ml, the cultured, if they noticed them at
all, regarded them with didain. The
early ajtologists had to defend the Christian
cu-e ngsinft the accusation of being a re
ligion tliit started from 'btrharians," and
-ought acceptance among the vicious and
mlearned. Christianity was the religion
of the people, and so it continued to be
through the Middle Age. In this lat
period, it is true that all clas-e, the high
ind the low, were gathered into its fold ;
hut among them were the humblest in
worldly rank. Witccs the Crusades, which
were a mighty popular movement for the
rrscue of the s icrd places. Every easant
fell the enthuriasm that spread like a con
tsgion from land to land.
At present, we hear the question raised
on every hand, How shall Chrii-tian'ty be
arried to the maes? IIow shall the
Christian faith lie kept alive in the huge
multitude who are devoted to manual toil,
aod I ow act as an amid jte to the rexlless
pis-ion which threaten the stability cf
Government and menace pociity with con
vulsion? Thi qu-stion implies that a con
eiderahle jsiriion of the working classes in
civiliz-d Christian nation, lxitli Catholic
tnd Protestant, are alienated from the
Chri'tian faith, rebels against its authority,
careless alike of its restraints or its hopes.
Why thi- difference between these later and
the earlier aes of the Church? IIow is
it that a religion that found its heartiest
relcome in the claby whom the comfort,
not to say the luxuries, of exi-tence were
posseB-ed in a FCact measure, is now
spurmd, to any extent even, by the corre
sponding portion of modern society?
With n ference to this pro'dem. we have
here only two suggestions to offer The
first is that in the ancient Roman Empire,
when Christianity was i-truggling for life
and for conquest, the lomr clasj had no
prospect of relief and solace from any other
source. Especially had they no hope of
altering their condition by atticking the
authority of the Stite. Evolutionary vi
olence agaiast the imperial power that
dominated the world was an impracticable
thing A Communistic revel would have
been an act of madness. In the Middle
Ages, Roman imperialism had pased
away ; but the elements of deinocrary that
entered into the orgtnizttion of the Church
and affected its priesthood Were adipted to
enli-t the sympathy of the common eople.
Over sgaiiJst the monarch and feudal
lord stood the Irerarchicil order, which
the humblest might aspire to enter, and
which not unfnrquer.tly interposed
a shield for the pro.tction of the
common man against ihe tyranny
and exaction of his lay superiors In ihe
present age, the Church has more frequent
ly been on the side of secular authority.
Christiauity has been made a prop of des
potism In the great monarchical reaction
in Europe, after th; wars of Napoleon, 'ihe
throne and the altar" were the watchword
of the asssilants of liberty. In this double
interest the Holy Allitnce trampled on
freedom io Spain and Italy. Meanwhile,
at the same tim- that the people have been
conscious of lo-ing the gym pithy of their
ercle.iatical rulers and teachers, the spioit
of Democracy has been growing, and has
b-en infusing a conciounes of ower into
he minds oi the less favor d class. The
etf ct of the Feoch R-rolution was not
prevented by the temporary reaction of the
h. stile political theory. To gaiu their ends
by the billot or by araud revo'ution is
deemed prscticable bv the disaffected Thev
e-k for a remedy and a consolation on the
earth, and no thronih a spiritual dtliyer-
ance that mm' w l tor its lntit until they
hive pissed beyond the confines of this life.
The second suggestion we have to make is
that in Protestant countrie, where the
democratic theory prevails, there ras been
a tendency to make religious worship and
teaching the privilege we might almost
say luxury of the few,while nothing is
left to the lower orders but toe crumbs that
fall from the rich man's table. The church
is tuned into a religious dab, sud the
religious edifice is parceled out to its own
ers. 1 here are mission cnurches ana mis
sion schools, to be sure, and all praise is
due to thoe who establish and conduct
these enterprises of charity, but democracy
engenders a pride that makes the
poor unwilling to be led in the
kitchen. It is more easy to find
fault than to suggest remedies, to point
our abuses than to explain how they may
be removed. But he who wi'l devise
plan, and make Christians adopt it. by
which the poor and the rich can be brought
together for common worship will contri
bute something to tLe healing of social dis
content. OI eoane, all practical exemplification
4 -if the nirit of the Gospel, in the form of
sympathy and Iioerality on the pan oi uie
capitalist and employer tends Mroigly in
the mi direction To make the laborer
feel that his employer i; not separated from
him in feeling, but is con"ciencicu.ly dis
poned to further hi rights and interests,
and to put him in js'eion of a reason.
b!e share of this world's good', U a plain
dictate of Christian principle.
Tjt niclimond All Rlglit.
New York Herald, 6 1
The rumor of the los of the United
States steamer Richmond seems to be en
tirely without foundation.
lVliy la the old Jtan Going; Abroad ?
Kansas City Journal, P.
The question seems to be : Is Senator
Christiancy going to Peru on account of
his health, or of the step-mother of his
children?
tcns.tor Cankliug" Home Organ .Sn
pettflS). Utjca. X. Y., February 4 The Utica
"Daily Republican," 'tarted by Lewis
Lawrence in October 1S77, suspended pub
lication this morning
It li a. G'xd Xlil ns lor Them That
Tuejr Bir.tll Here.
(Philadelphia trader. (Ind.)
It i luckv that the Chinese Ambassador
is safely in Washington with his clerk and
attendants, otheririe, under the new bill
limiting immigration, his suite could only
come into the country by sections.
Let 71 r. llrndrlcUs so on
With Ilia
Dilno
(Memphis (Tenn.j Avalanche (Ind ).
The name of the next Democratic nomi
nee for President may as well lie mentioned
now as any time. It is Samuel Jones Tilden,
lo Gramercy Prk, New York. Mr. Hen
dricks may just as well go on with his
dying. -
Mell.lTes to KnJty IC "All kr IHni
ell.' New York Tribune, 6,J
Thrre lives a Democrat who has learned
and forgotten so little that he "recalls with
pride" the fact that he voted againt the
Fifteenth Amendment. It is Senator Why te,
of Maryland, who will be allowed to enjoy
this patriotic emotion in solitary grandeur.
Hall a I'ctitiirr Altar.
" Chicago Tribune, 7
Aichhi-hop Henri's golden jubilee,cele
braling ihe fiftieth anniversary of his ele
vation to the priisthood, occurred yester
day in Milwaukee, and was made an event
of great interest by the pirticipition of
eminent ercle-iastics of the Rom.in Catho
lic Church and of a large number of civic
orgsnizitions. The jubilee sermon was
preached by Archbishop Purcell.
A IIr liiUiiiaitii.
New York World, IHm.l
But we cannot reeist a perhip. unwortlry
suspicion that it mut have been the repu
tation of the dark-eyed daughters of "Lima
of the Kings" for grace, gayety, and co
quetry which determined his choice, and
though we should be sorry to breed dissen
sions under the diplomatic roof, a sense of
duty compels us to put Mrs. Christiancy on
her'guard in this nutter.
Ought to be Able i fix the Rewpon-
Ibllltr.
New York Times, 5 !
It ought not to be difficult for the com
mittee to follow the clue here given, to dis
cover who it was that eent Weed South ;
who gave him a cipher fitted to transmit
the terms of a corrupt bargain in; who re
ceived the propositions telegraphed to Hen
ry Havemejer ; who accepted them, and
who were involved ia the scheme to carry
them out.
alow a -rencti Miou-Keepcr wasj
SnlmtirJ bj liimicir.
A Paris paper relates that a man dressed
like a peasant aid bearing a heavy burden
on.hi shoulders, fell against a shop-window
in Paris and broke a sheet of plate glas
worth 500 francs. The proprietor s-iz.d
him, b":tae averred that he had no money
to pay with. Two pss-ers-by advised the
shop-kf er to eearch hira. which was dore
and oa him was fuund a bank note for 1,000
franc. He avrred with feigned grief that
it belonged to h:s emp'oyer, but the shop
keeper inited on paying him-elf out of it,
and to that tff ct gave him 000 francs and
sent him away, sobbing bitterly. The note
wa forged, the advisers were confederates,
and the victim not only Iot his plate-glass
window, bat o00 francs into the bargain.
Tlliteii I Mire in be the Nominee.
Springfield, Mass , Republican.
Perhaps Tilden does not mean to make
another grab for the Presidency, but if he
should decline to be counted out of the
race, there are fresh barrels of money in
the cellar with which to lubricate the ma
chinery. He l just now credited with hav
ing made a clean million of profits from
the Elevated Railway enterprise. Indeed,
if current reports arc true, this is the big
gest bonanza New York capiuliau have
struck for a long while. The originators
of the Xew York or East Side Company,
Tilden and Cyrus Feld among them, ap
ear to have made their investment on
the bais of fiftttn to forty for the stock,
and fifteen to twenty-five for tbe 7 percent,
bonds with which the road has been built.
The stock is now quoted at 143, and only
110 shares were in the market last week.
The Fcnltenilnrr Onsht to be Self-
milipnriiiiir.
Workingman's Friend YeiterdayJ
It is the object of this paper to watch
with vigilant eye the doings of all those
who occupy places of public trust, see that
they lerfurm their duties according to the
letter of the law, and receive not supernu
merary emoluments through its evasion,
or make extravagant expenditures of the
public funds. And we shall relentlessly
pursue all those whom we fiod to be in any
way preying upsn the Commonwealth,
whether by defective and inefficient laws
many of which we have or by direct vio
lation of statutory providons.
Large appropriations are made by the
State for the Penitentiary, near our city,
the Warden receives a salary of S2000 per
annum, the Deputy Warden, $1,500, the
Chief Clerk. 51.000, the Cbaplain.5S0U.Phy
sician SI ,500, guards, watchmen, and a hot
of smaller aids and helps receiye sums
much larger than could be commanded in
private avennis of buints. In addition,
large appropriations are made to defray the
expen-es of each and every department of
the institution, ow, taking into consid
eration the fact that the cost to the State of
etch inmate is only about fifty cents per
week, and they are made to earn at least $7
per week, by Their work, there mut be an
enormous harvest of profits reaped. Thj
people out of whose pockets those plethoric
appropriation come, are i iteresUd t3 know
into whose pockets lhse profits go. The
institution ia tne manufacture of wagons,
bjots and shoes, employ at this time up
wards of five hundred workmen which
makes it one of the largest business opera
lions in the State of Kansas. It seems
from these facts, that if there is any insti
tution in the world that could be made self
supporting, onr State penitentiary ought
If so, then why these burdensome aDpropri
atiocs? Private manufacturers can build
large works at their own expense, par good
wages tor workmen, and carry on a lucra
tive business. And why cannot the State
do likewise with tbe cheap convict labor?
We should like for some one, who is posted,
to answer these questions.
Then we understand that the Deputy
Warden, Clerk, Chaplain, Physician are
I dtn'shed houe, provisions and servants for
which there are no appropriation by law.
If this be so, the exchequer of the concern
mut receive a constant and depleting
drain; for the cost of the luxures vhich
each pampered officials are liable to incur
would amount to considerable, we are in
clined to think.
Xow considering the lact that the peni
tentiary could be made to produce a large
surplus, which turned into the State Treas
ury might more than cover the entire ex
pense of founding and rflSning the concern,
if instead, this surplus is converted into
the private coffers of its managers, the large
appropriations made every two years for its
maintanence become a direct rohb:ry of
the people Taxation of property-owners
is made higher to meet the public expen
ses, and the property owners and business
men in tarn make, their surplus to py this
tax by redecirg the wages of the workirg
man ! And here the scheme ends. The
workingman is in this way made to pay
every tithe of the tax to run the pondtrous
machinery of government, and it ia be who
now rises up to purge trie corrupt afTtire of
Slate atd scourge from the temple of liberty
the duhoneft and grasping money chanters.
We would EUgzcst that the Legislature
look into this matter, and endeavor to put
the penitentiary tion a basis whereon it
shall not est such a monstrous hole in the
public treasury, and from that down
through the private prosperity of the com
monwealth to the bottom of the working
man's pocket.
If thecharges above are not true, we
shall be glad to rcctifyourerror.it they be
trueonr course is maiked out The Direc
tors of that institution are not allowed to
make laws, we have a legiiiature elected by
the people to pa1 laws for our government.
KABUVTI1 OBSERVAXCK.
A llETXY TO BEY. F. M. SrECCER BY WII
11AJI EMltETTE tULEMAX
"IhttwiurJ viontc3,T.aicitar riJiaifas cleiig-
ctim Bttu."
Editok Times : The marked difference
in tone ar.d diction between my resume of
S ibbath observance and Mr. Spencer's reply
thereto, is evident to their every reader.
While I presented a calm.plain, unvarnish
ed compendium of historical f jci, wholly
impersonal, free from all personalitie, my
opponent's attempted rejsicder is redolent
with gross personal abue and vituperative
invective, nnsutained by the smallest
vetigeof substantial truth; he indulging
in a series of bold, bald aertion3 impugn
ing my character offensively and untruth
fully, and in a manner unbefitting a follow
er of the gentle Xazarene, and a profetsed
exponent of love, charily, fraternity, and
justice. Intelligent critics affirm, that,
when in controversy one descends to villi
cation and abuse, it isgecerally a transpicu
ous sign that he is in the wrong, and, failing
conclusive argument, is fain to resort to
epithet and expletive to cover up his defeat.
In reading Mr. Spencer's labored article,
facetiously termed a review of my historical
resume, I am forcibly reminded of the mani
fest applicability of the following Scriptural
passsgis to our clerical brother, and to
their earnest consideration I now invite
his attention: "Judge not, thnt ye be not
judged;" "Charity suffereth long and is
kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunt
eth cot itself, is not p 'fled up, doth not
behave herself unseemly, thinketh
no evil;" "If any nan among yon seem to
to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue,
but dectivcth his own heart, this man's re
ligion is vain;" "Speak not evil of one
another, brethren. He that speaketh evil
of his brother, and judgeth his brother,
speaketh evil of the law and judgeth the
law."
Mr. Spencer saya that he thinks rny
rcune was a rehash of the work of some
anti-Sabbatarian. lie is as thoroughly mis
taken on that point as he is- tint the
primitive Christians observed Sunday as a
Sabbath. I have been a theological and
biblical student since boyhood ; and if he
will call at my residence I ill be happy
to show him my extensive theological
library, containing the works of many
of the racst levnetl theologians and biblical
scholars in the world, works with which
his writing, and Lis sermona evidence him
lobe completely nnacquainted,not alone with
their contents, hut even, in his complacent
nescience, with their very exigence. So far
from being a rehash of another writer, from
my intimate acquaintacce with tLe litera
ture of the world, particularly, that in the
domain of theology, I am warranted in
challenging the production of any book
on the Sabbath question embodying
the presentation of the facts I
mentioned rt'-tive to the Ak
kadian origin of the Jewish Sabbath, and
the attitude of the eighth century prophets
to the ceremonial law and the Sabbath.
The fic.s stated were drawn from my own
archtealogical and biblical studit, based
upon the beet echolari-hip of the world,
christian and non chri-tian. Iu this rise
my critic has charged we with doing slut
Mhich he welt knew ne had done mmeil ;
inasmuch as nearly the whole of his so
called reply is a "re hash of garblid ex
tracts from "the pen of an unfair and dis
honest" advocate of Sabbatarianism. He
has taken bodily from Rev. Ja. Gilfillan's
work on tbe "Sabbath viewed in the light
of Reason, Revelation and History," nearly
every statement, quotation, and argument
in his article ; and in the case of those few
points not borrowed from (-ilfillan, it has
lieen intimated to me that they were given
him by a gentleman whose aid he invoked
in preparation of his rejoinder. Gilfillan's
work, as I shall prove, is permeated with
garbled extracts, false quotations, pervers
ions and dis'ortion of the language, ideas,
and facts of thoe referred to by him.
Mr. Spencer claims that the Patriarch,
from Adam to Xoah, observed the Sabbath
I defy the production of a sirgle line in
the Bible stating the Sabbath was ever ob
served bv any one before we meet with it in
Exodus XVI., 23, ct it'j. IX:es he koo
that the bUsiicg of the seventh day in Gen
isis ii, 2, 3, is deemed by Paleyand a large
number of other eminent Christian scholars
as not having any historical connection with
the creation, hut as mentioned in Gene-i
out of chronological order, and by way of
anticipation cf Ihe Mosaic ordinance? Docs
he know that the Christian fathers declare
over and over again, that Abraham and the
Patriarchs did not keep the .Sabbilh, it
being first instituted by Moses, and there
fore when Christ came it was abrogated and
the law ot Christian liberty took its place?
see Justin Martyr, Tcrtullian, Irraeneiis,
Kuebius, etcj. VM not I herdoretus, a
Christian father, as late asA.D, 429, as
sert that "no other nation beside the Jews
erer ob-erved the Sabbatic ret"? Com
ment in Erek. XX,.
Mr. Spencer aserts that the Hebrew word
translated "rested" in Gen. ii, 2, 3. is de
rived from the triliteral root "Sh b th,"
which means Si-bbitb, the verse literally
rendered meaning he "Sabbatized" on the
seventh day. The gentleman's Hebrew
etymology is slightly at fault, I ween;
FSince the" word "ehabath" quoted by him
does not meanSabbath.though it is the root,
as he says, "Shabath" the rcot mean to
cease to'do; to rest;" and from this root
the word 'Shabbath'' meaning Sabbath Is
derived. Instead of "rest" being derived from
-Sabbath," "Sabbath" is derived from
"rest;" so the word "vayisbttb," in (Sen.
ii, 2, 3, is a derivative of " shabath," to rest,
not of "Shabbath," the Sabbath, itself In
other derivative of the same rojt- The
passage is therefore correctly tranlted,
and the gentleman only displays hit lack
of knowledge when he asserts it should be
rendered "Sabbatized"
Truly all scholars will be snrpried to
hear from Mr. Spencer, that "all the early
nations retained some knowledge of the Sib
bath" Until the deciphering of the Asyr;o
Akkadian inscriptions, it was generally
held that thi observance of a hebdomadal
rest-day was confined to the Hebrews, and,
possibly, tbe Phoenicians; and up to this
day, if I mistake not, no trace of such sn
observance has been found except among
the tribes and nations dwelling in or mi
grating from Mesopotamia. The PLirii
cians were closely affiliated with the lie
brews, their language being almost idei ti
cal and their religions ob-ervaceei havivg
much in common. Bath derived their S b
bath observances from Akkadia. Jlr.Spen-
cer makes thi quotation from a Chi. ?e
author in proot ot r-abbath-keeptng in I .i
na : "Every seven days comes the revolu
tion." What possible connection this has
with the Sabbath I leave tothe profound sa
gacity of my reviewer to discover. It may,
possible, refer to the division of time into
weeks, which was astronomic"! in its cii
gin,and not confined to ihe Hebicw;but noth
ing more can fairly be made out of it.
His fanciful exgtu of Adam tellicg Me
thnsalah, Methusalah telling Xoah, and
Xoah telling the Akkadians, is too ludi
crously extravagant for serious considera
tion, there being not the least vestige of au
thority for such chimerical speculation.
Does Mr. Spencer know that Xoah and hi
sons are pore myth, cot personalities, as also
were the antediluvian patriarchs, and that
the tenth chapter of Genesis, giving the
genealogy cf the descendants cf Xoah, is not
a list of names of persons, but of tribes, na
tions, town, and cities? Shea. Ham and
Japhet are simply the personalized embodi
ment of the three divisions of the lmtrnn
ratesarpoced to exist when the chapter
wis written; and all the names of their
descendant, except that of imrod, who i
a historical per-onage, are thoe of eoplcs
and local'ilie', not men.
For example : The son of Ham are said
to lie Ciish Ethiopia, Mizraim flower
Egypt, Phnt North Africa, and Canaan
Palestine; alj countries, not men. Ca
naan, it is said, begst Sidon the city,
and Heth (the Hittites, and the Jtbusite,
Amorites, Girgasites, Hivitrs, and five
other tribes, all these being the names ot
the different Canaanite tribes subdued or
absorltd by the Hebrews, Among the
other nations and localities spoken of as
men in this chapter, are Gomer rCimmeri-
n :- ir o t- --t ,. . .
m or v-jmrij, .'iagog tccyiniansj, .tiadai
Medes, Javan foniansj, Tiras Thra
ciani,Tasghish Tarul,Kittim Cyprians,
Elam Western Persia, Ashur Assyria,
Lud Lydians, Aram Aramiea Lz
land of Job, jEber Hebrews, etc., etc.;
and Accad it Xinevah, is Akkadia, a city
and country. fee -ott and UliddonV
Type of Slankicd," "Sharpe's Hebrew
Scriptures," and various other ethnological
and theological works.)
As for Noah instructing the Akkadian,
Akkadia was in existence long before the
time assigned to Xoah by the Genesaical
chronology. From the timeof the deluge
(A. M. lCOO) to Abraham (191S). was three
hundred years. In Genesis, Accad is in
the fourth generation after the deluge,
which at the lowest calculation would
scarcely be less than a hundred years after
the flood, or about 1750, two hnn'dred years
before Abraham. The son of Ximrod, who
presumably, speaking iu the spirit of Gene
sis x, founded the city of Akkad,
was born about two hundred years
before Abraham, he and his family, ser
vants, etc, corstittiting the Akkadians.
Compare this with the inscriptions on the
monuments, and what is the result? Tab
lets have been di-covered containing inscrip
tions dating at least two hundred years
before Abraham, but which arc in all prob
ability really much older. The Christian
scholars exhuming and deciphering them
refuse to admit them as dating back more
thau two centuries before Abraham, for the
reason that Genesis, to which they cling as
to literal truth, states that no Akkad'was in
existence until two centuries prior to Abra
ham. Xow, at the time these inscriptions
were made, Akkadia instead of being a vil
lage community of one branch of Ninirod's
descendants, was a large and flourishing
nation, in a high degree of civilization,
comparatively, a civilization which had
existed for ages, extending hick lorg ante
rior to the date assigned the Xoachian
Dflugc. Their language wai cuneiform,
which was a modification of tbe hieratic, a
few characters of which still remain, and
the hieratic was in turn developed from the
hieroglyphic Tbe Akkadian language two
centuries before Abraham had then psssed
through these three stage, each of which
required centuries for its evolution; conclu
sive proof being thui afforded that the
Akkadian civilization was of remote antiq
uity, and, in all probability, extended back
thousands if years before the alleged date
of Adam's creation. Akkadia being exis
tent before Adam, it is absurd to speikof
the rest-day oi the lormer being derived
from the letter. Evolution and Darwin
ism, I would inform Mr. Spencer,
do not predica'e the evolution
of man from "monkeyhood"-l,lC0years ago
(the date of Akkad in Genet i,) or 59S3
yeara ago the date cf Adam, but, in con
junction with arcb.-eilogical, anthropo'og
ical, philological, geological, and paleontc
logidal evidences of man's great antiquity,
they jKjsit man's evolution over 200,009
years before the mythic Adam ever trod
he fabled Eden; plenty of time thus being
given for the development of the Akkadian
rest-period, eight or tn thousand years
ago. The division of time into weeks of
seven day and the contcration of the sev
enth day, were a3!roaom?cal ia their ori
gin, were conne:ted with the worship ol
the seven heavenly bodu, sun, moon, and
five planet, aud more especially with moon
wortliip. Among Akkadian names of de
ities, rhich the Israelites and Canaanite.
ircorjiorated into their language anil wor
ship, mav be mentioned Simas, the sun
god, Hebrew, Shemcjh, and Shimshouor
-"srescn. Xabu, tbe prophet, the god of reve
lation, Hebrew, Xabi, the prophet, and
Sin, the moon-god, after whom the wilder
ness cf Sin, the mount of Sinai, and the
tribe of Smite were named. Tiele, Outl
Hist. Ace. Rel , page 73; Bible for Learn
ers, vol. 1.. p. 3J7
As for the correct translation of Yahweh,
or Jehovah, the following excerpt from the
."Bible for learner," by Dr. H. Ojrtv
Pro'essor of OKental Larguages, etc. Am
sterdam ; Dr. 1 Uooykaa-, Pator at Rot
terdam; and Dr. A. Kuenen, Professor of
Theology at Leyden, three of the mot
learned Hebraists and biblical scholars in
the world, will suffice : ' In ancient times
they (the Hebrews) only wrote tho conso
nants of their words in inscriptions and
book?, and so expres-ed the name of God
by the letter Y H W II. Xow, every Is
raelite knew quite well how to pronounce
thee letters ; but after the captivity they
began to entertain a superstitious fear for
this ho'y name, and to avoid pronouncing
it, until at Iat it wa etrictly lorbiduen to
utter it. In reading Holy Scripture, there
fire, thcr generally substituted Adonai.
"Lord," "but sometimes Etohim, " God,"
for the name Xow, when the Jewish
echolars of a later age added the vowels to
the text of the Bible, for fear the pronun
ciation should begradually lost, they added
the vowels of these words Adonai or Elohim
to the consonants Y II W II, so that Ye
howah or Yehowih iejIpears to be written.
Ai the first of theee forms cccurs by far the
most frequent, the name Jehovah has come
into use simply through the affectation of
half-educated students though hardly a
single translation, of repute, has commit
ted the blunder. There is no Jewish tra
dition, therefore, as to the pronunciation of
tne proper name of Israel's God. But at a
time when the Israelites were still in the
habit of pronouueing it, it was picked up
by certain foreigners and, therefore, ap
pears in a few Phoenician and Greek in
scription. Thee inscriptions, together
with the laws of the Hebrew language.
show that something like Yahweh must
have been the pronunciation of the name."
(Vol. i., p. 253 ) See also the works of
Davidson, iroldziher, Knappert, Esald,
De Wette, Kalisch, and many others.
Xo scholar at the present day, of any ex
tended reputation, would dare risk that
reputation by upholding so thoroughly
disproved a theory as that Jehovah was
the correct translation of Yahweh.
I am charged with being "culpably and
pitiably ignorant" in trying to make Isaiah
condemn the observance of the Sabbath. I
quoted Isaiah 1, 13, where Yahweh dis
tinctly state that the Sabbaths are iniquity
and should be done away with. All can
read it for ihem'elve. in their Bibles. Is it
culpable and pitiable ignorance loqnote the
words of another, plainly and um qui vo
cally expres.rd, as indicative of his mean
ing? My critic did not dare to dispute the
correctness of my quotation, which con
firms all I said of the prophet. To meet
my statements, he quoted three passages
from the Utter part of the bookcalled after
Isaiah's name. Does he know that thai
book is a composite production, consisting
of the writings of several authors? Chapters
XL to LXYI, are by another prophet, Iiv
ing at the timeof the captivity, 250 yean
after the genuine Isaiah, and whom fur want
of a belter name scholars call the second
Iaih or Dentro-Isaiah. Chapters
XXXVI to XXXIX, belong to an author
liter I.aiah. Chapter XIII. 1 toXlV
23: XXI. 1 to 10: XXIV to XXVI I;
XXXlV and XXXV are also by later
authors, living ii the dtys of the captivity.
(See Kuenen's Rel. cf Isrl, Sharje's He
brew Xalion and its Literature. Knaprrt'
Rel. of Israel, Bible for Learner. David
sen's Introd. to Id Test, Chidwick's B.ble
of To-day, Sunderland's The Bill, and a
host of other workr.) During ami after
the captivity the ceremonial law, nnder the
guidance of the priests, became predomi
nant in Israel, and the Sabbath observance
was nor rigidly enforced ; axd the second
Isaiah, writing at that time, fervently ad
vocated Sabbath keeping. The three
quotations of my opponent were all taken
from this later writer, the Deutero-Isaiah ;
and I defy tbe quotation of a line from the
writings of the rerl Isaiah, living in the
eighth century before Christ, in favor of
Sabbath-keeping. Instead of fmytelf, it is
rather the gentleman himself who is "cul
pably and pitiably ignorant" in quoting as
Isaiah's words language written by another
prophet 250 years after his time, I will
willingly loan my critic the books fully ex
planatory of Iaiab and its various parts.
MV. Spencer accuses me of 'shallow soph
istry." His attention has alretdy, in one
memorable instance, been invited to the
dictionary signification of a certain word.
I now rtqaest his coctideratiea of the defi
nition of the term sophistry. It is enly ap
plicable to fiilaciocs reascnicg cr false
logic; and as my former paper was a is m-
p:e ftatctuent ol nutoncal tacts with, no at
nttetnpt at argument cr logic, how it conld
be composed of scph'ttry I leave to tbe Ri-con-like
intellect of my a-tute critic to de
termine. But when he argues to prove that
either Jesus was divine, equal to the
Father, or a great impostor, he is guilty of
the shallow sophistry he unjustly ascribes
to me. Jesus disclaims being Gcd ia all
three of the synoptic gospels MatLxir, 17;
Markx, IS; Lokexviii, 19, and even in
John erroneously supposed to be written
by the Son of Zebedee, but which in reality
was written about the middle of the second
century by a Greek Christian, imbned with
the desire to blend Gnostic and Platonic
speculative philosophy with Judean Chris
tianity see Tayler's Fourth Gospel, BaurV
First Three Christian Centuries, Hanson's
Jesus of History, Keim's Jesus of Xazv
ra, Bible for Ymu People, vol. V
Scott's English Life of Jen, Mackay'
Rse and Progress of Christianity. Greg's
Creed of Cbri9tendom,C!iffordVStipei natural
Religion, and many other works), even
in John, Jesus I made to say, "My Father
is greater than I." It is a foul slander
upon the Xazarene Reformer to charge him
with claiming to be God, or as equal with
the Father. Ha claimed to be the
Messiah, who was to be a choen agent of
God for the deliverance of the Jewish peo
ple partly human, the "Son of
Man," as Jesus termed himself.
Mr. Spencer asserts that John xx. 19, in
the original Greek, la mia toi Sabbaton,
should be translated "the first of the Sab
baths" inslead.of,"ihe first day of tbe wek."
Sabbatnn, I would inform him, mean
"week," as well as "Sabbith" and the
translators correctly expressed the meaning
tf the pa3jreF which, if it could have been
accurately translated Sabbath, the Chris
tian translators certainly would have so
rendered it. (See any Greek Lexicon )
A consideration of the questions of Sun
day observance by the primitive Christians
from the first to the fourth century, and
the attitude of the early Reformers toward
Sabbath observance, will be embraced ia a
subsequent paper.
WHAT Tim PEOPt.n Tni.Mv
l.ti; alls' nn-fci,Lcrit..
OF
HE HAS DOSE JJI3 DUTY XTELL.
0-age City Free Pre's, T
Senator Icgalls has done his duty well,
and deserves this public approbation from
Kansas, which State he has so ably repre
sented in the highest body of our Xational
Government.
SHOULD HAVE EEES H.ECTED OS THE FIUST
EALMJT.
Morris County IlntcrprlsC, .
The most fensible thing the law makers
of our great commonwealth have done, so
far, is to re-elect John J. Icgalls lo the U.
S. Senate. The only wonder to us L, that
he wad not elected on the first ballot.
HIS RECORD ELFCTED HUt.
Olattie Mirror and 2ews letter, e.j
The opponents of Senator Ingalls made a
ha'd fight againt him in the Kansas Legis
lature, but the Senator's record as a true
Republican, and as an efficient worker won
the battle. Ereu the Democratic paper
concede that so gocd a Senator deserved
re election.
IT OUGHT TO TEACH THE PARTY A LESSOS.
Oskilloosa Independent, b.
But it availed nothing. The judge did
himelf harm instead of good, ana Mr. In
galls won the prize. We hojw the Republi
can party will learn wisdom, settle such
matters hereafter ia caucu, and never per
mit such a scene to again disgra?e the cap
ital of cur State.
A SUB.E nxrcTATio:?.
Valley rails N"cw Era.
The highly complimentary notice, from a
Democratic paper printed at Mr. Ing-'I,
home where he has resided for many j . rs,
and where he is best known, ought to lea
sure refutation of many of the vile slanders
concerning him circulated by wnationa!
sheets such n the Kansas City Tints and
others of like etripe.
THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE ARE SAFE IN
HIS 1IAMH.
(ilrard Trevs, 6.
While Senator Ingalls was not our first
choice, nor the first choice of a majority of
the Republicans of Crawford county, we are
satisfied that the intert of the State are
safe in bis hand. During the six year in
which he has bvren iu the t-enate he has won
. leading poiiion among it member, ami
has always endeavored t- do all he could
for Kansas.
THE SENATORIAL ELECTIr.N.
IDodge City Tlraes.1
Everybody is pleased with the result cf
the Senatorial election in Kansas. It i
true other candidates were preferred, but
since the result has been announced we hear
of but one expresion, and that one
favorable to the re election of Senator
fngall.
There wa a strong effort for lm defeat,
but Senator Ingalls cin feel asnred that he
has the sympathy and well wihe" cf hi?
constituent in this section of Kana. An
able man and familiar with the routine of
Congressional duties, he will be cf more
service to Kansas than a new man. We
offrr our feeble voice in bis behalf, and re
joice that Kan-rs ha a representative
whose reputation is national.
THEY CAN'T RE RESURRECTED.
IO-Ualooa Independent, S J
Men in time find their true lever. S. C.
Pomeroy and Sid. Clarke u-ed to be con
sidered somebodies. We knew from the
beginning there was nothing strong, or
great, or noble about either of them; but
they had their day, and it brought them no
lasting honor. The former is politically
dead, and is now engiged in the laudable
task of digging deeper and deeper his own
grave, 'f ht latter was recently placed on
bis last political legs, and hasben and still
is engaged in the appropriate business
of knocking the pins from under himself,
so that be may the more speedily follow the
ex-Senator into meri.ed oblivion.
NO BETTER MAN tMCLD HAVE BEEN
CHOSEN.
Ellin wood Express, 6 J
r The vote resulted as we had hoped, but
we did not anticipate such a bitter and re
lentless warfare as was raised against tbe
people's champion, and Mr. Ingtlls has the
proud satisfaction of being to day the mot
popular in the Slat-, as is Logan in Illi
nois. All that the op;ofition could do wzs
done to defeat Mr. Ingalls, but th Water
loo defeat they met with at the hands of
the patriotic members of both Houses will
prove bi:neScial to them iu more ways than
one.
Xo better man conld hav; lwn chosen to
represent our people in the United States
Senate.
A HOWLING PACK OF HUNGRY rOLTncIAXS.
Linn County Clarion, Tj
If the Republican parly in Kansas wishes
to retain the confideuce of the eople and
receive their suppjrt in the future, it musi
cut loose from the howling pack ol hungry
(politicians who are hanging on to its gar
ments, and attempting by ihe vilest elan
ders to blacken tbe character of every good
man who stands belwreu thtm and the
Government pap spoon It is a disgrace
to the State. . disgrace lo the R'publi
can party, to have it go forth io the world
that the only thing that saved this bgi-la
ture from committing the beniou criue ol
restoring the interests of the State an. I
party to the Pomeroy regime was th time
ly exeicise of good etne by a few Demo
crats. REQUIRES SOME EXPLANATION.
rPsolafsplrlt,7
A predicted by 2 he ispint last week S;n
ator Iruralls ws re-elected over the com
bined forces of tbe opposition. Our Repub
lican Repre-eutatives from this county, as
usual, were f jund birking np the wrong
tree. They joined with the opiosition in
its cruade o: "myihing to beat Ingalls"
andgot"teaut.'ulIy left." Jest why they
pre-ented such it solid front against Mr.
Ingalls is not known, because while ttey
were candidates it was given out b their
friends and the; who had authority to
speak for them that Icgalls was their sec
ond, if not first choice, and it wai under
this belief that they received the votes of
Senator Ingalls' friends. However, they
may have changd their minds whea they
got to Topeka, which is all lifcht, bus may
require some explanation.
THE PZZS OF ANT MAS IN THE SZNATE.
Columbus Courier, .
The contest from beginning to end was a
bitter one, as waged on the part of Mr. In
galls' enemies, assisted by that dirty Mis
souri sheet, the Kanaaa City Tina. But,
thanks to the wi-dom, p itr'otrai and gocd
sure ct ibe Republican of tho Kasn
Legislature, ll o,-pr? ilicn, rs.-i.ttd by this
vile sheet, had no effect, unless it was to
strengthen Mr. Irgalls in the high estima
tion in which he i held by the people of
the State.
Mr. Irgalls went to Washington six
years ago, an entire stranger lie had no
exirience in national legi-Iation, bat now
at the close of hi first term,he stands as the
peer of any man in the Lnited btates Sen
ate, and is classed with such Senators a
Conklin. Blaineg and Thurman, the leading
lights ot that august body ol able statesmen.
It is well and altogether fitting that Mr.
Ingalls should be returned to represent our
state in a position he has ro ably tilled in
the past six years.
THE PEOrLE MAV CONGRATULATE TITEl:
SELVES. Galena Mlner.6.
Senator Ingalls wa, on last Friday, re
elected to the United States Senate, in
spite of the unity of as pernicious and
maliciously vindictive and unscrupulous
opposition as any mortal ever had lo con
tend with. The' Kansas City "Times," al
ways ready to champion the base and de
fame the gocd, had collected numerous
letters of Mr. Ingalls' had them engraved,
run them on special i 'gpQjatp.a.nd scatter
ed them broadcast o qj j ot, at so late
a date, that neither r oi0, opportunity
was given to any onlJII,lq4 an explana
tion. But the day i3a,it "when eleventh
hour exposures exert much influence,
except to make more solid the rank they
are in'ecded to disconcert, and disgust tbe
fairer and more honorable sec of the
members of the organization who make the
charge. The Repullicin. of Kansas can
well congratulate themselves that they have
Mr.Ingalls again in the Senate, for al
though he has but one term's exjerience
iu that honorable body, he stands the peer
of any of its members.
KANSAS NEWS.
A new publication has been com
menced in Fl ecott, called the HtpuUican
llca-rd. It is ediud by S. A. Day & Co,
and will be Republican in politic.;.
KILLED AGAIN.
(KmporlaXcws, T.)
We are glad to hear by the eastern pa
pers that Wild Bill has been killed again,
this time in lMinison, ivxas.
MARSHALL COUNTY.
.Marsha 1 County New. 8 J
Marshall county contains 570,000 acres
of land of which 432 Cll were taxable in
1S76. Of the whole amount 0 per cent is
bottom, and cu per cent, upland.
A QUARTERLY MEEmO IN rOTrAVTATOMIE
COUNTY.
Wainego 1 rlbune, 7. J
The second quarterly meeting of the M.
E. Church wilt b; held at the ML Union
school house on the 1 lth and loth of Feb
ruary, 1879. The quarterly coLference will
also be held on the loth of February, com
mencing at 11 o clock a. in.
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Map.hiil county 2evrs, 8.
A young man in Glen Elder, Mitchell
couuty was recently seized with a fit and
fell into the fire. When discoveiel hi
whole body wa charred, the ends of hi
fingers being burned cll. He lived but a
fe"V hour, suCering untold agony.
A CniLD INJUItED WITH POWDER,
Marshall County News, S
One day last week a two year old child
of If. K. Sharp, of Guittard townhin, wts
playing with a bottle of powder when the
stopper came out, and some of the fowiier
spilled in the sire, causing an explosion,
Ihe hinds and fcs of the child being severe
ly burned.
THE CHEYENNE PRISONERS.
Atchison Champion, J
Fourteen buck Cheyenne Indian, and
four squaws, under charg? of a company of
soldiers, came d'.wa on the A. x ISurthern
yesterday for Fl Leavenworth. They were
from Fl. Eobinon, and are ihe remnant
of tbe recent light near that pl.ee. The
males were chained and fittered, and were
a hard looking crowd.
BUDS UNINJURED IN CltEIIOKES COUNTY.
Cuter Springs Times, C
Captain Ingraam, who own one of the
best fruit farms in this county, jut north of
town, informs tl that he has made a care
ful examination of hi orchards, both old
and young tree, and reports the buds in
fine condition, and, to far, premise a fair
crop next season.
DEATn OF TWO WELL KNOWN 'INDIANS
Paola Citizen, 6
We learn that John Roubedeaux and
Eli Geboe, who will both be remembered
by the old settlers of Paola as belonging to
the Miami tribe of Indian, have rtcently
died iu the Indian Territory. Eonlx-deaux
was a member of the lodge of Odd Fellows
ia this place and was cne of the chiefs and
head men of his trile.
GOOD ADVICE.
Manhattan Nationalist, 7.J
We would like to give a little gratuitous
advice to a certain cla-s of young men at
tending religious worship. If you have no
better motive than to sneer and scoff, or
make noise fufScient to di'ttirb the exer
ches you had better stay away. Such con
duct is not only unmanly, but contempti
bly and a young man who has any regard
for himelf or any body ele, would not be
guilty of such gross mis-conduct.
THE WEsOTRV MAIL SERVICE.
Wyandotte O'azetle 7
All route agents on the Kanas Pacific
now run through from Kansa City to
Denver, instead ot to Brooklyn, and from
ttre through, as before. They are on tbe
road four djys in succession, and cfTlhree.
I he agents on the anta Fe have been or
dered to run nto Kansas City instead of
Atchison, as formerly, and it is probable
that nearly all of them will make their
home in Wyondotte, if they can find suit
able houses.
AN UNCIKATETUL TRAMP.
Topeka Commonweal'b, T.
A few days ago, a tramp applied to Dr.
Huntoon for something to do. A bargain
was made, and the tramp went to work for
his board. "Wtdnefday night, about on
o'clock, tbe tramp went to the office, where
John Peterson, who has charge of the sta
ble, sleeps, and took from under Peterson's
bead, hi pants, and his coat and vest, which
were lying oa a chair. There was nine dol
lars in money in the pants poctst, which
eemed to satisfy him, as he took nothing
else, and left for parts nnknown.
A DANCEP.OC5 rXPERIJIENT.
Valley Falls New Era, 6.J
Lat Saturday evening four boys, the
youngest about 10 and the oldest 1G yeaia
of age, were found in Michel IV hog lot in
state of utrrr unconsciousness, having
drank nearly a gallon of the worst kind of
whi-ky, which they stole from a railroad
man. They were taken to Felix Tbie
bi lid's and cared for until they "cime to."
It appear that the oldest was the "Cap
lain" for l.e g"'t the mest of the poison, and
cmc very near being laid out for good
II- was past sietkicg for twenty fjr
hourr.
A LAitur. e'..jnl.V.
Cbjnute Times. B.
An emigrant wagon passed through town
lsst week drawn by a sorry pair of ponies;
the load consisted of a father, mother aod
fifteen t w headed children, the oldest one
bout twelve years old; the live stocii fol
lowing consisted of one cow, nice dogs of
L'firect breed, and oeiog driven by a red
headed Imy of African descent, about four
teen years of egz. The red headed lad
eemed to be rr-eed of all the intelligence
f the party. He said they were frcm
Sevier county, Arkanaw, and "was going
lo Idaho." He said the children were
seven pair of twins and one over.
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A SENSATION AT CIXTZR SPRING3.
Baxter SpriEgs Times, 6.1
Quit a sensation wa created in our city
yeaterday morning, when the fact became
known that Under-sheriff Bli.-g, had left
his wife and etoped with another woman.
He left here about eleven o'clock last Satcr
doy night and his whereahoats nnknown.
The woman was at Colun.bis, and it is
supposed he hid arranged to meet her at
srine point on the mute of their flight.
Bliss took with him bis two youngest chil
dren, leaving his oldest, boy with the
mother, whois ecciente. Before 'eating he
made an aignmentof hi properly and ai'
fsedue him, to hi wife. Tne cooditioa cf
hu busintss affairs ia connection with h
cCce is as yet enkno'vp, but ro lar, co ir
regularities have been discovered. The
motive that prompted Biiss to take this
step, cannot be attributed to any other than
a blind infatuation for tbe woman with
whom he eloped. "Jim," as he was famil
iarly known, was a gocd cfSeer and ws
well liked by the people. When he has
time to reflect he will undoubtedly regret
his rash step
J. fl. B.
He Writes an Interesting Letter
From the State Capital G'ving
His Views upon Th'ng?
in Genera!.
Also Furnishinq Several Items cf
News Which Will Prove
Profitable Reading.
Topeka Topics Epitomized What
the Legislature is Doing
and Intending to do.
(Correspondence Times.
Topeka, February S. Of makiug law
as of the making cf books there is no end.
I cannot say how many bills have leen
introuced in the Senate at this ivriod of
the session, but of House bills no less than
two hundred are already in, and consider
ing the Senatorial hubbub, for which all
ordinary husiness'so long had to stand aside,
this hu been no rood time for
he oidinsry business of law making
either. It is not to be presumid that a
great many other bills and resolutions be
sides those already in Ihe har.dsof the Cierks,
will not continue to come in. That one half
of theworkeolaidoutor to belaid out, will
be done or if all attempted that it will
be well and thoroughly done, is out of the
question.
I am aatiified from what my eyes have
seen, and what part I have takeu iu thi
business, the way is now open for too much
local and special legi-Ition. That the
Stato is new, the conditio!) calling for leg
islative adjustment art multiform and ess-
stantly changing, th it our population and
wealth are rapidly augmenting, must be ad
mitte ; but I cannot help thinking that
much of this jobbery that is thrown npon
the Legislature at every session miht be
saved by a change in the Constitution, giv
ing to Boards of County Commi-sioners and
other Io :al officers larger discretion in the
management of affairs of a purely local
and personal nature.
For the reason above stated and from
other conideritions I ihiuk a convention for
the amendment of the St ite Constitution i
needed, and ought to beca!I-"d at nj distant
day. Good policy and economy
demand of course, that the organic lav.
not be changed for "light and trivial
causes." Moreovi r, changes of thi sort
ought not to be made until then practica
bility is fully demonstrated; neverthele.
there is need for important chnogeji, and
with the great amount of available slate,
manship which our State can now beast of,
and which is aching, possibly, spoiling, for
recognition and employment there is no
good reason why ve should not have a con
stitutional convention at an early day.
Without proposing to forestall the work
of such a convention, it j-it occurs to me
that a provision that the Governors of our
State for a period of years after the expiia
tion of their term of cilice should be mem
bers of the State Senate, would be a wise
arrangement. It would be an secession of
ability and experience in the affairs of the
Slate, which the Legislature could stand
and which the people could well afford to
pay for. Under existing circumstances
though the "Govercer of to-day
becomts the citizen of to-morrow,
yet on the day after to
morrow he turns up acindidatefor United
States Senator or something of the sort,
often to the great vexation of those who
take it upon tLeme!res to make up olEci i
late, and to the anti07ance cf tho-e who
have the electing duty to perform. Some
stepping dosrn arrangement a sugjested
might give some relief from the uual re
dundancy of I". S S.'natori-il timber.
The committee which two years ago wa
appointed to revie the I.iw, though they
have drawn pay as his been said, with "erui
nmt regularity" have up to this time come
so far short of letting their work in a suita
ble shpe to be acted upon by the LegisU
ture that it is not likely that much, if any
thing, in the way of revision will be done
this session. We shall go on, and of neces
sity wiih the customary hotch-potch cf
redundant, conflicting, ill-deserted l it en
actments to th?. end, and then adjourn.
And then, mt have an investigation job
on hand. Of course, there are those of u
who do ree what good ie to come cf it, ex
cept to furnish smut matter for tbe Kansas
City "Time," but investigation is insisted
upon, and it may, in fact already has, oc
cupied time and attention.' J. A. B.
ail.NATK.
Topeka, Kan., February 8.
In the Senate President Humiibrev an
pointed Senators Buchan, Johnston, Gilpat
rick, Piburn atd Williams as members of
the Csjmmiltee of Investigation cf the al
leged eltc ion fraud.
Three b;lls were introduced.
A resolution requeuing the Commission
of revision to return J5C00 drawn as salary
ws adopted.
A j dm resolution wsg introduced creating
an ixecuuve council to locate a State ie
form school and making appropriations
therefor.
The Senate then adjourned until Monday
at 3 p. m.
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not.se.
Topzka, Kak., February 8.
In the House an act was pzssed which
extend the charter grant, d to railroads bi
the legislature for a period of Urrilori ii
yesrs The old charters expire on the 11th.
Among the road afl.ci.d re ihe A. T. t
S F, L. L, & G..C. B. U. 1 K. P , and M
K. Jt T. The old charter ran f .r tJO year.
The House meete Mocday at one oVIcck.
TIICK-OAY.
Senator Myers offered th.- following reso
lution, which was adopted by x vote of 18
to 10:
Wiiekea, It appears that the Comtnis
sioo heretofore a: pointed to revise the gen
eral statute of th,-rr !. 'i.... I..-
the Treasury the .m f .-. ?..V K.t".ZL
v , , ,(,ww. nojj IMV
i:JVrs!X'L'Z,r
-. .1 t
mis:on; and,
W11EKEA3. The said Commission has
wholly failed to perform the duties pre
scribed by the law authorizing their ap
pointment, and have rendered ro service to
the fctate entitling them to the
tion aforeiid: therefore.
compecsa
iJ-seter.That the members of said Commi-sion
acd the Clerk be and they are
hereby requester! to psy luck into the Stale
Treasury the amofnt drawn br them re
spectively. fenced, That tbe Seen tary of .he Senate
be and he is hereby direCed to forward to
eacji men-tier- ol aid Commii-ioa,
of these resolutions.
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FPJDAT.
The stand ing committees made reports.
Senator .Hallowell moyed to reconsider
J tie vote I y wh"c'i Senaior Myers.' lesolu-
uon was adon.ed on Thursday. Adopted.
Seaa or B-jdley iroved u ainsrinl by
strifciogcut tho portion nhichrtqucsts the
clerk to return his salary.
Senatcr Buchau moved to indefinitely
postpone the whole question.
Senatcr Bradley did r.ot think it wj un
dignified to pi the resolution, nor iu it
too strong. The Commusioceis had not
done the work assigned.
Senator Brown said he could take a joke,
but UOn readirg the proceedings iu tte
"Commonwealth'' yesterday, he hail failed
to extract any joke. It read yery serious,
asO while il w.is known to the Senate that
the statement in the resolution were untrue
3 regard himsclt, others did not know it.
He denied that anv blame attached to him
self. Senator Myers explained that he did not
mean, in any resolution to make reflec
tions on Senator Brown He did cot intro
duce the resolution as a j.ke. The gentle
men had sought fir and nceiyrd ihe ap
pointment, and one of them had u-ed his
voice and vote on the floor of this chamber
to p3 the bil , and iheir treatment of the
Legislature i an outrage upon decency and
we have a right tndenund ruluro of tbe
money. If they do not do so, we have a
right to akihe Attorney General to com
pel them to do so. o re son hs Ixrn as--igned
for their not complelirg ibe work.
They have made no report, but have drawn
h money anil failtd todo the service. He
hoped tl e nsoluiion would remain on the
journal.
Senator Greene thought this was no the
proter way of reaching; the commi-sion
hut be believed they shmi d in tome way
be brought before ihi body and made tJ
HQsTcrto this direlection of duty.
S nator Hallowed stid thre had
been many blunders io attempting to obtain
a reort. We have not legtlly asked for
report, aud while I j do my voice and vote
with the sentiments of several gentlemen of
the Senate, let ihe gentlemen who favor
thi matter, introduce a concurrent reoln
tion asking the Governor to make a report.
Senator Myers said a committee had al
ready visited the Governor, an I learned
what report had been made to him.
The president ssid the report had come
from the Secretary of State in response to a
resolution asking for it.
Senator Hallowell said the joint commit
tee on KevLdon had intended to take some
action, but a quorum could not be got to
gether. Senator Kellogg slid he woutd. when an
oppcrtuuity offered, present a resolution to
relieve the Commtsiion from further ser
vice. The motion to postpone was loaL
Upon motion of Senator Bradley, the
amendment, which excluded from tbe reso
lution the name of Senator Brown, wai
adopted.
Ljou motion cf Senator Morrill, tho
Secrttary wa directed to ex) ucge from the
"Journal," all alwut the Clerk of the Com
mittee, who i Senator Brown.
S-nator Hjllowell moved to lay the reso
lution ou the.tabl?. Lrst.
Senator Itobinson moved its adoption.
Senator Kellojg moved to postpone fnr
h r consideration until next Tuesday at 3
o'clock. LL
Senator Buchan said there was no neces
sity forpas-ing this resolution. .No gocd
cou'd come from it.
Senator Gillett saw no pood in the reso
lution. The Commissioners would not
turn lack the money ll.ey have drawn.
This body has uo fficial iuformatu:
which would make thi prtjier. It doe
not comport wiih the dignity of this boi'y.
Senator Williams said he" didn't know
srl.at wa right or wrong in bringing this
up, and while he knew the resoiiitiou wa
idie, something should be dof-e. The Cc ia
miseiontiS failed in two ear, lo do what
they we-e directed to. Wiith it may be
undignified to pa this resolution, pocie
ihiutr sbo-iM I" done. He would vote fur
oy resolution u 'nsure.
e, nr Or jj U .. not 7lsh t- eiciKW th
Cjuinji-siouer.-, but the pujing of tilth a
resolution was child's play. Il" they can be
heItVreponibIe, I will vrv for any resolu
tion. When they learn that we are iu ear
nest, they viill ri orL
St nator tlreeni- said the preamble could
not well h; adopted, and moved to amend
by striking front the preamble the word
"wholly," und inserting "adequate."
Senator Meyer was willing to accord fo
'he oih.r ttd of iLe Chamlcr, (where Hal
lowell, Brotn, Johnton and other t-it.
the fine ideas cf courtesy, which were ml
vancetl, but was not too thin skinned lo
vote for this resolution. If the-e gentle
men of the Commission have not the court
sy to pay hick (he money, then let the
Attorney General prosecute. He hoped
th- resolution would b-? adopted. All the
gentlemen admit that the Commiion has
failed tp jrforni their duty. Why not say
o by their votes ?
Senator Kellogg offered the following as
a substitute:
WiiniKAS, The Cbnmiion appointed
to revi-e the Stitute, has f tiled to perform
any of ihediitus enjoined upon il by the
terms of ihe law cf it creation and
Whereas, The proper con-id. ration of
any report that might he made- by sid
Commisainn is iinHw,ibIe at the prer-nt
st s-ion f the Legi ,tnre ; there fore ! il
Metthfl, That snid Commission i hereby
relieveil from the further o niderttion of
the subject, and thst no further procte lings
be had or labor Is-rformed in pursuance cf
tie Statutes Jtutlionzn g said se ion
Senatr Bohin-ou favored ihe nriginil
resolution. It might not be dlgniftid, but
it is a dignifi.d as th- ell' j t l-e-nni'n.
Umlerlhe in uuisisn-es the ncliou .if the
Committee- is an insult to this Legislature.
What he had M-en of their work convinced
bim that it is no revision any ho; it i. a
re enirtinent of law, rather Than a revi
ion The resolution is jost'wha. we ought
to pas.
Senator Gilleit said that the Senate
nnghitohave information on the snld-ct.
We are working without iL He therefor
moved that the resoln'snns !w r.ferr.d to
ihe Ccmmit'ee on Kevi-inn with recuest to
reirt within to dais. LosL
Senator Lellotrir ur".d the aJnntinn of
the substitute, to thit other renllemeii
might be appointed who would ixrfcrni the
du'it-t of the commission.
Senator Gillett did not wMi to lay any.
thing in the way of en rxpre-sion of the
.-enaie, nut no thought the r-enate
should ask the Governor for whatever in
formation h may have. He offered the
following substitute for both resolution
endirg:
I.e-Vied; That theVGovernor be, and is
hereby reque-ted to furnish the legislature
vith any information he may have in ref
erence to the present condition of the re
vision of the laws, provided for fcy act of
1S77.
Senator Hallowell favored the substitute.
If there was evidence from tbe Governor's
report, that they had been negligent, ht
would vote for any resolution. Let us act
like- men, and receive the reporL
The suiMilnie was. adopted.
The rejroluticn, as amended, w: then
pa s d.
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