wm Mil Ij JllJ11BH . . s- v .1 - o-v. - .Pf - 'XTT- .r"v ' a - -t ' - . &-. -4 w- .-'V X THE LEAVENWORTH WEEKLY TIMES i Co-iicnratire. ErtabrsheJ.br I D-A. Anthcn Jacmrr 1861 f LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, THURSDAY. APRIL 17. 1879. NUMBER 1,203. SB' J r M'J rfc W v W .. ".- , - ?wCJ ? ? tEffMltia 3iliiK8 THDRSDAY APRIL 17. 1879. a pi.wrmiji. As there is to be no national Democratic convention thi" year Mr Stephens, of Geor gia, proposes that the. Democratic Congres eional caucus phll icrfunn its functions to the extent of building a platform upon which the parly may stand. ci iiii en ATI". Head tLe interesting lettir on car first page this morning, by our traveling cor rcsjiondent, eiescriptive of Cloud county. Cloud is in thp eccccd tier from the nor'h, about' the middle ot the S'ate, and is as fine a body of land as everlhe pun phone upon. Concordia, the county town, is one of the liveliest ad most pro? percus towrs in the State. It is growingrapidiy, azd offersnew Peltiers euperior jdvantptr". ICKl'I'ltl.li; tllJ'NTV. An excellent letter from Scat-dia, by our traveling corres.ondent, descriptive ot Re public county, will be found on our first page this niornirg. Itepublic county is in the northern ier, fcbout midway from east to wei-t, and is oi e of the finest and richet counties in the State. Its resources have only began to be developed, and it offers at tractive inducements to thrifty and enter- prising t ctt'ers. .MirTitia:. The St. Louis 11 mU,ean of the IPb, in an article uion the ' negro liegira," saTi-: Alreidy Republican Kansas i- clamor ous with indigDyiiin at the outrage in flicted ujion il, at d the joor negroes fird theuitlvm surrounded by enemies inctead of frietd. Nothing could be more untrue or more unjust than that pla'ement. We do not invite the indigent iHr of all the world to come and ftwten lhemtlves as a burden upon u, but 'K publican Kanat," keejt her doors wide opeu to the unfortuca'e of every land, nd has r-om and welcome for every man, whatever his naticna'ity or his color, who conns to l.er thorea peeking refuge from oppression. WM.l.IA'l I.I, .VI) t. itIHSO.V. To a New York Her Id interviewer Wil liam Lloyd Garn-on cajs that he icjards the sudden ixodus of the black men, not ns a geieral or conctr.ad scheaie through the Southern Mai s, but purely local. It is cauKd, too, in hn belief, by the poverty of the colored iu.ie and by ih. fact that lh(v are oircitl ai.d in pouie earth' Lulldi zed' by the white inet, who e pelfs they former ly were. But he cannot eee any way to set tle the relations belwii-n tie races or re move the cau-es of discord and dinirust tht now exi-t, unites a sj.irit of mutual concts pion ami toleration he fur-il. The lot of the colored luan is tat in the S jutfcern Slates. There he liiust htav, pays Mr. Gar rison, and it v. ill dend as much on his white neighbor or n.ploM'r a on him-eif whether his condition be prosperous or not. And, 1 c add, the future of the buuth uui-t in a great measure deer.d on the condition of ha color. 1 :ator. A ;i:n riti. ski r. Tae Iiuisville Co r'tr-Journal rises to cfKr the fullowii.g remark: The uiigraticg blaeks, who are reported to be chert f ca-ti in .St oil!-', should make a loud dnncl ,n lli.ir Kfiub!icai, "frimK" fur the imn.ei.tf Mim etulen from tiiem bv the nfuie aid "ftitrds," ihrougli the cunning egeicy of the FrecduietiV JSauk. If the R-iiitilicr'S rilly waul tn help the io.t black mau" jH.cuataily, they might have tLe dctucy to resioie that pto len momy. And th Ixuisville GvrurJovrnnl is perriimltd to sit down again by the follow lrg broad slap frcin the Chicago Inter Ocetnz Yes, it i a gixnl iint; the Freedmsn's Batik Kep:iblicn clioulii contribute IiIkt ally. A' il r ili ii'il kmiw t at il would be ami-s f r th O-.I i.d lis conMituentp. who fjr genratiubs Ikvp livd S if lite Iabr of hee people ho have sp-rulst-!! in their lle-h h ,1 bluoil, sn't g own rich bj it, to iiow cou'rim-- t-uuilhin to seltb them wiier th-j can live in peace. It i mvan to rob a mt of h ft-w dollars of ln bard-eirneil ge', but the man who has all his life b-n t:g"gei) in the bti'ines' phould li-i-itite about calling attention U the Mil'j ct Ariiii, ttiiiHii tr niMi.xir. The National Iitrd, or "Bureau," of Health, provided for in a la prstd at the last sts'ion of Congress, held its first meet ing in Wpshipgton la-t we k. The Board is compoi-ed of one representative from the mi (Ileal staff of the "ruiy, one from tnedical Ptffof the navy, cm- from the Marine hospi tal service, one from the Attorney General's department, and seven gentlemen design ated by the Pie-sM.nt, -ubjsct to the ai proval of the Senatp, the only provision le ing that only one sha 1 be appointed from a single Stale. 1 lie firt four memlers of the lmard receive no c miensation outside of their regular salaries except for travel ing expenses; the seven others receive ten dollars a ley while upon duty and their traveling exrcn-cs alo. As at j resent con stituted, the 1kti1 consols of Dr. J. L. Cabell, of the Univerrily of Virginia, President; Dr. J. S. Bi'Iings, of the L. a Army, Vice Pro-iJent; Dr. T. 1. Turner, of Vie Kavy, Secretary; Dr. Henry I. Bow ditch, of Massschi.selts; Dr. S. M. Bemiss; of New Or!ean; Dr. Johnson, of Chicago; Dr. Mitchell, of Memphis Dr. Sle-plun Smith, of New York; Dr. Verdi, of Wash ington; Dr. Baiihace.of the Marine Hospital Service, and a representative of the Attorney General's office. The as sociation is as yet in embryo, ac ing as an advi-ory baard, but it is pro posed to make it more active in the future. The work which the board has accompliskVJ is briefly as follows: It has rgreed upon the provisions of a bill to promote the pub lie health and to prevent the introduction of contagious and infections diseases, and has transmited that measure to the Senate Committee on Lpidemics, at whose request it was prepared. It has also se lected a number of scbjcU which require immediate attention and has referred them for investigation and consideration to the various standing committees upon food adulterations, epidemic diseases, statistics, etti, and to the executive committee, which when the board is not in session, has full power to act in all matters net involving the expenditure cf money. With a view to a more crreful study of contagious and epidemic dheasrs in foreign countries, the board has appointed a specUl commission, which will shortly pail for Havana, to in vestigate the yellow fever question in the island of Cuba. The boasd is now pre paring and will soon publish a general circular, which will embody its views as to Its own dutiej and the beet methods to be pursued in execution of them. Another meeting will be. held in cocjjcction with the American Medical Association at At lanta, Ga., May lit "Tonr Candidate I Casaoi Be." IUtlca,(X T-),Observcr, Dem.1 The OJserwr is authoriii.1 and requested to say that under no eircumataare whatso- t will Governor Seymour consent to be nruinaw tar pBBUcoaiee. Itl'VIMi A DtlfTOR OF DIVIXITY. Gen. Joe Hawley told an interesting story in his rpecch on the army bill. It is re ported in the Gmgrtnicnat lUcord thus: I had at one time the extraordinary sat isfaction of goini: into a Southern State and purchasing the title to a learned clergy man, i actually carried home in my locket the title deed to a Doctor of Di vinity. Laughter. A man ran away in ins youth, educated him'elt, became an honorable preacher of the Gospel, and got his diploma as D. D. When your slave law came out he wanted to be free, and I went South to purchase his freedom from the ODe who claimed to own him. I was willing under the circumstances to purchase him, but ps he had malehimelf a Doctor of Di vinity, I did not think the estatehad a right to claim pay for the improvements laugh ter, so I bought him as "Jim," one negro man Jim. He received his title deed of freedom. It ii upon the records in Hart ford, Conn., that in consideration of SI, and. above all. of the indefeasible "right of all men to be free, he was entitled there- alter to own hiineell. The Chicago Tribxme xt marks, in refer ring to the above, that few ierson have owned Doctors of Divinity ; but those churches that have had thm have fcucd them to lie, we are informed, very good ser vant". They are easily impofid upon and cheated, as many congregations can testify. a;am; i-'AtrioKT. Messrs. Kirby Brothers' of Burlington, New Jersey, manufacturers of cann.d goods, have for some time past been mak ing arrangements for establishing a can. ning factory in this city, and expect to commence operations at an early day. 'I he Atchison Cliajppiun, of yesterday morn ing, referrfng to this ma'ter sajg: A member of the funi of Kirby Bro.'s, spoken of in the Ommpicn several days ago, will be in Attli'nou to-morrow, to take a look at the prc-s;ct of establishing a canning factory I ere. This is the firm thai Ia;iveiiworth hss leen endeafr.ring to in duce to locate in that city. In a letter to Mayor Ilohr they state that they pnfer Jo eating in Atdrson, if they are acrorrfdl the Urc ssary encoura;ein'Df. Let our citt zem to it that Mr. Kirby is properly iecived and the pdv?ntgea of our city prorerly explainid to him. The CImkijmii is just a litt'e too fist. It is poesiMe that the geutleioeu referred to intended to start a factory at Atchi-on,alsc, but te are inclined to think the report mostly "blow;" at any rate it lus nothing to do with the e.-tabi.ehicent to be started here, f. r Me-s'ra. Aberuathy Brothers yes terday received a letter from Mr. C II. Kirby to the ctlect that he was already on the way to Ieavenworth, and might be ex pected here to mcrrow. T'li: .c t. i .M H'lE'iT. The New York Time pu"li-hea reports from correspondents in eery S.ate in the Union as to the IVifiiitntial prtfen t.ces of the people Thee reiwrts purport to give the popular sentiment in nearly 1 OuO dif ferent Iocalilis, representing 157 Con grtFsional districts. In ISO districts heard from the Republican ecntiment is unmis takably in favor i General Grant as a Presidential candidate, and in 1 1 in favor of Blaine. In the others the names of Conk ling, Garfield andi-herman were mentioned The Democrat c sentiment is in favor of Tilden in 1)9 districts, of Thurman in 2:5 scd of lt.-.yard i:i 11. The reports lead the riwa to conclude that were the Republi can convention to be held at once that Gecerul Grant vouid receive the vole of every State but Maine, Nevada, and Ore gon, and j-ox-ibly California. The move ment in favor of l-Jranl, it is c.ncvdwl, originate! wiih tie people, and cot with the politician-, while, on the other hand, Mr Tildi-o is being foro-d on the Demo crats by their leaders. Commenting ujsm the cauditii n nf affairs outlined abave, the Chicago 7ftr 0:enn says: Coming from a par like the Timet, which has di-couraged the Grant move iiieut, the repoits summarized above, taken in connection with the li orial cnuiment, are piguifitmit. The I tr-Uctan was the fir-t paer to s tigiint thl lh Riurb m re action would call out a popular demand for the re el-ction of General Grant The tub--xxutial iiuioimity ol the Republicans on thi- qile-liou di mun-traU how correctly we gai.;ed jiopular spirit ard sentiment M inihs pgr w.- said: 'What has been, nJ wlut may be siid to d y or to-morro, cinnol d--ieii the tru-t of the jieople in tirneral Grant To such a man the people urn instinctively in critical or dsn;erous nines. Tliey know him better than our po litical leaders imagine; nd they trust him tocau'e thiv have trhd him, and found !iim strong and true. Such a man inpire the l-ting devotion of frind (the first element of s.rength), and, at thesmie time cau-es his enemies to ie-pct or far him (another important lepit-nt of itrength) ' nrlli,i I i ilie- ('iiinrj-. (K lisas Aurteullarit, 5 Tli- Invenwortli Tmi.t now lias two 1ra(UuK correspondents Intervlewlm; Kan Ms n.d willing up tt e cou-itrj- The I uirs Ish psxl pirer, snd own'tl by one of the Ulg2st liearlnl men lu Kansi-s. Ilstrnvil lng Jntllngers will find the iHtcli-strlns oat nt the Kansas AgncJturut office, Wainego, Kuusas. A Cein I'rnm tin- T.i In i n p Trial. .1 Iiroilitr Ilatliwa; Te-stlmony.l I ii lieve that Dr. Talmags got so med tj dealing in hyherimle that he did n t know he lied; if a man tells a lie ro big that nobody bslieves it, there is no harm in it Dr. Talmage has always treated me kindiv. Dcuiand lor . Ilaiikrnitt Lsu. IMIssoiirt Ki-publlCMU, 11.) The Bo-ton board of trade has appointed a committee to draw up a new national bankrupt law, and aked the New York chamber of commerce and the chambers of commerce and boards of trade of other citii- to co-operate with it in an effort to secure the pxsago of such a law. The New York chamber ha taken favorable action. The need of a fair national system of bank ruptcy has heen recognized more than ever -icce the old law was repelled though the rtj-eal of that cumbrous and costly act pro duced almost universal satisfaction ; and it is certain that, under that restoration of credit and revival of buinefs now begin nirg to take place, the need will be felt still more. A Ilaekeifird f-priiig- m Ohio. Claclnuatl Oszctte, II. The late scows and almost steady cool weaihcr cf the spring have kept back vege tation in Ohio, from lake to rmr, so that at this time it has made but a faint pign of verdure. The trees, save the willows along the streams, give hardlv a sign of life. The grass is not more than is often seen in Feb ruary. The wheat looks finely, but all nature awaits the fructifving influence of heat and moisture. The whole country nereis rs.in. which at this writipg has come. With all this, w shall probably have an early spring. All nature is read"? to start forward, ami may now do it with out liability to nipping frosts. A verv few dsv ot growing weather will make a great change in the apect of the countrr. the conditions promie a fruitful year. Tlicy Acted In Itie Proper spirit. Chicago Tribune, ll.J There is a disposition to accuse Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin, of party infidelity because, upon the question of admitting Senator Bell, of New riampshire,hc has not thought it his duty to vote in the affirma tive. The admission of members should never be a party question. Questions of the lejalityof election and qualification of members ought to be decided always as questions of law and not as party matters. No man should be admitted or rejected be cause of his politics. If Mr. Carpenter as a lawyer, and he u an able one, thinks the appointment of Mr. Bell illegal, he should vote to that effect without rtfeeence to 3Ir. Bill's politics. Some eight or ten Demo cratic senators voted to admit Bell against the judgment of a majority of their party, la thia they acted creditably, mad ia the spirit which shonld always govern the de- niiwot mcaim lima A JOCKS.VI.tST IX JAIX. The Springfield corrf spendent of the Chi cago TVitune, in writing to his paper of the doings of the Legislature cow in session, made use of language in referring to cer tain members of that body, which, to say the least,waa not complimentary, though its truth has not been called in question by the public A r-rmmitite of investigation was appointed, and the corresporCent, Mr Xevins was summoned to give the name of his informant to the committee. This he refused to do ard was reported to the House for contempt When brought to the bar he etill declined, and was there upon committed to jiil for contempt His counsel, ex-Governor Palmer, sued out a writ of habeas corr-us returnable before Judge Zane, of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Illinois. After elaborate arguments on both sides Judge Zane, declined to grant the piisoner'a discharge and remanded him to jsil until such time ae he signifies hu willincners to answer, the questions propounded to him by the speaker of the Home. Unless thi cae i' reviewed en appeal, it settles the con-traction and prac tice under the Illinois common law, cf the constitution and statutes in regard to con tempts of the Legislature, and p-ttlts it in the jiower of a majority of either I Ioure.in its discretion, to commit any ore to jsil tor contempt who refufes to answer nuestion which the body decides to be proper. As legi-latiires go, perhaps thi- will b found to be a very dangerou iKjwcr with which to arm a majority- Bat i' is well to have it stated clearly, so that one can know when he.ii liable to punishment kouim.m: a sv.viuoGiJf. DuriiiK 111" Panour Tiller rarrlr Olf n. Tornli Coierin;r wiJ .Silver- strr Philadelphia Time, ..J While the Passover eervice -rat in prcg re's in the Redd Slia'on Synagogue, at Broad and Mount Vernon streets, on Tues day, a thief entered by the luck dor and hi. in the cellar. Some time ltlwrtn (he end of the morning ceremonies at noon and the Ik-ginning of the evening service at 0 the thief a-oecdetl to the symgogue asd commenced nitrations on the ark, w ich is a port e.f rlot containing the lts, or Torah. Kach Torah consist- of the five bAs if Mo-es, written in Hebrew. The are for th" u-erof the minister, who reads a chspKr from one Torah at every eeivice Usually the Torah is enca-eii in une fhk and a numlwr of Silver creaments, euch as Ml" and shields, are arrnged on eini. An adjun.t of the Torah is a oli-hrd stii k cf silver, a foot and a half long. On its end is a small silver hai.d, having the fnrefingr extended. Tim is u-ed by 'he minUter for tracing the words along the Torah iJurin' the rudirg ef the. jirayers. The silk and silverware are worth considerable, and frequently have lieen stolen. In the Rodef S-halom syna gogue the thief broke op-n the ark and carried away the-e arti- les. There vn eight Torah in the ark, but th- thief tijok only one set of cilverware, a silk covering and one winter. Thee were all that I.e. could readily carry. TriRl nf a lelexreipli per-or. New telegriph operators hive to undergo a recep'iyu which Iwrders on the treatment known to college freshmen as hazing. Tl.e cTjfr,Tfi thus describes it: The new man walks into an office fnll of pjrarg- fares, not a friendly hand 1 1 shako, i'h nothing to rccunmend him but his ability as an operator, and his implicit ouifi.lence in that ability for his only encouragement He approaches the manager's desk, ard after five or ten minutes the man iger con descends to glance upward, and in a tcce full of thunder, bltintlv inipiires. "Well, sir, what is ii?" The "freshman" p!a'e his bifines, and the minsger jirooes to give him a trial. Accordingly he is asigcel to an instrument and told that he is i "re ceive a sjiecial." Hi feelings at this junc ture are about the sam as thoe piipio-cJ to lie experienced by a man who is about to lie hsrged Nervously grasjiing the en heltgins to copy, 'lhe rsiiratiou trickles down his hsnd. which makes that member pdhereto the blank, his en stick" fast, the ink is the thicke-t crTncoun tereil, and there is nothing left for him but to break. Casting a guiltv glance about him to se if any one is Iookirg, he ranches for the key anl explain to the sender that he is a new man "pie ie take it steady;" but this only makes matters wor-e. "The pender berins to "whoo 'em up," and as the cold chills ran down bis spinal column the 'fnhnianV n in dites characters uion the blank roeniblirg the Chinere hieroglyphics on a tea Ikjx. This torture usually occupies about hall an hour, wh-n the welcome n m" (no more) falls roothingly upon his ear. He breathes a igh of relief, and locks nbout him. Behind him stand half a dozen operator, with grinning countenances. In a moment light bgmgtodawn upon the "lit-hman' he i the victim of a joke. A glance iri anoth er direction tlipcloes the fact that ths mit rapid sender in the office had ben trars mining to him from the column" of a dsi'y liaper for tie aniii-viiient of the "Iiovs." If he accepts the ituatirn a- a joke he U in itiated, but if becomes argered, he is trill a 'freshman." Exlrnslie Fepileri t- I'io Atrlilvon, Tcpckn and Ram l'" Horn). Chlca-o Tribune, 10 The Atchison, Tureka and Santa Fe Railroad compsny auurunte" the incors ration of the Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railroad company to build a road from Emporia via Eureka to the HWth lice of the State of Kansas, of which sixty-five miles will be construct! this ye'r, at an estimated cotof $10,."00 per mile. The incorporation of th- Cowley, Sumner and Fort Smith Railroad company is also announced by the Atchison, Topeka and -janta Fe, to build a mad from Wich ita via Winfield to the southern line of the State at or near Arkansas City, in Cowley ccunty. and also from a point on that road via Wellington to the south line of the State of Kansas, at or near Caldwell, of which it will construct this year twenty eeven mile". The same company has also "ectired the incorporation of the Marion ami McPhtrsnn Railroad company to build a road from Florence via Marion Centre and Mcheron City to a point oo its main line in Rice cotintr. cf which fortv-six and one-half miles will 1h? coc'trrcted this year, at an estimated cost of S9..KK) per mill" The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company will lease the several roads en their completion, fur nishing rolling-"tPck and paying a rental of not less than S3 per rent nor more than thirty-eight per cent ot their respective gross earning", as may be (Itemed equitable when the lease are nude. Thee several companies will isiie a first-mortgage bond running thirty years, with interest at seven per cent per annum, payable semi annually, principal and interest guaran teed by the Atchion, Trpeka and Santa railroad cnmpasiy, and limited to SS.OOO per mile. In consideration of this guaran tee the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company will receive all the cap ital stock of these several companies, less what is delivered to the several counties and town-hips for aid voted. To secure the money nce-sary to con struct the several road", the Atchison, To pek A Santa Fe road offer the following proposal: ror one thousand dollars in ca.-h the company will give one one thou sand dollar bond of one of these companies and one share of the capital stock of the Atchison.Topeka & Santa Fe railroad com pany, each holder of seventy shares of said stock bting entitled to subscribe for nee thousand dollars or multiples thereof. This pub-cription is now offered to the stock holders of the Atchison.Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, of record April 15. until April IS. 7be Indication ravarable. Detroit Post., The indications of the Ohio elections are in every way favorable politically. That State will be carried by the Republicans this fall and cext. A Tonne Itiaaop. A nephew of Cardinal Manning is to be Biabop ol the new Roman Catholic Ses of Middleboro, Yorkshire. He ia not forty yanra el n but ia Ttry popular. THE COLORED IIEITGEE?. Interest Injr lell'r From a JJeuiIeuian YVbn Kan Traveled Tlironsti the Sooth. St. Loui3. April 0, 1S73. Erlltor times: I have read N. A. Phillips' ltte r in your paper of the Sth to the Ne York Tribure, in regard to the exodus of the tegroes from the Southern States to your State with considerable interest Having lived in the Scuth since the termination of the war (and was in the army th At was suc cessful), and having traveled in the States of Arkansas, Mi"L-sippi and Iwiiana pretty extensively for the pvt eight years as a commercial man, connected with a large cotton hcttse in New 0.-lcan, my vo cation threw me a great deal smeng the whites and ncgrce of that section, and I hive had chances t make obsxvation",and knowing the relations existing between the whites acd blacks as regirds bu-iness and politics, I thought it might be interestirg to your readers to give you my observa tions. We will take up first the culture of cotton. One good, stout man. with a mule and the nrcfs-a'T implements, which cr.n pit cf a plow, sweep and h'-e, can cultivate ten acres of cotton, by 1 ein up early and late, but Rilhout Sffistance Le cnrot pick it (T as you would say harvest it), with out extra ex ens?. He pays rent ;r at rr S10. An acre cf good land will prodiiev a bale of lint cotton of 430 pound", (which is a large yield in a f ivora ble feasfm for the b-st of land) or 1.CO0 pounds of feed cotton. Lint, i the cotton after it is separated from the seed and after beit g baled is ready for market therefore "ted cotton is as. il is picked iroai ikeiitalk without leing ginned. The oo-t of culture of t-n acres will U about as follows, which ds rot iiielud provisions for himself or mule acd outlay of implements: Tknf n'fin arrf.10 iwrarre ..... : Iffl 4 (ii'ifiiiiir lin In e. 4 .'One- b !. It.y.nSauj n;! leu bal s, . 2' Which makes for outlay -. - . i Iw Oa thi" ten arres he raises 4,300 Miund of Jint cotton wor.h the past year at an average not tiimeih-n jn-onnie puma' tier w.-tild makeS;!:iT30, ln-arinz abalatire of $172 3.' out of which he ha to feed his ruii.e, cloth ard fed himself, rhould be have the lst'er. For rcrn he has to p-y at iei.n 1 r bushel, 4 to 5-3 per haml f.. f ir meal. 0 cents a p nr.d for hacrn, HI U ,uii!sof his. no coflee tl aril she'pphcehij apparel at the-.ame prnior!iiin, sothat any one can easily jodte hnw lorg it would take a man to get rich at thtfe figures acd how Ions thev would work a these figures wl en they could get 13 to 20 rents j-er iriird frr lluir roiti r Theyouid mfke bo'h en's t"t-t by cl e economy ard pay the rrnt v cx rbit -i iriie.s.r irovisiors, ec. 1 h- ocners oi tihntations charged th r-'urul eopb jili-l as murh rent fur their laV- vIit tot ton i.is wcrth only an avr-ce f S to 10 cents jer pcund. a wbr it w" worth psy tenyearsag-,20and"3cinlB jtriound The colored man's necvsiii-s re v-ry few ("irn hmd, hacin, cnff"', tuincco ami jsri" clothing for himself is alt he rnpiire :o ! happy, aud soni-1 -pnhrs f r the fetuile lortion. With plenty of ih ab ve f jr tl oaiselves pnd fstnilies, yu'i wi'l find thm happy aud ontentei!, far as the l3lv is rorcerred. In the best cotton lands on the Mississippi river are a gre a' many meic'iants. who hae no scruples in taking advantaje of the ivnorn-ce of the negr and swindle them ontrtgeonslv with their cheap ehoddr goods f all kind. The negro like" to exerci-e the privileg of voting eccordiug to his own ideas, 'which is to vote th the Heiiibli-an trrket without icratchipg What is not in accordance with the views of the Southern men, as what thfT "tight to d", hence, the diOVrencelietween the lulior er anil landlord. The npgro thinls in vot ing the IVmocrn'ic ticket that !. is doinf some'hipg to put his rzee iMck into Incil sge agsin, und would rather die than do so. The young I.-mocra-y will not let theui vote at all. unless ilev vi-te as Dtmo ends may direct, anl fr. pii-rt!y if thevs hiti't want lo vnte or c-ti 't vi'i- tlitir owijj choice, lliey pre hull di z .1 in'o voting ( against their choie-. htskir2 a.l in all the negro csn hardly b b'aiued for wactirg to migrate to a land or S'ste where thA can vote as they please. Thsy have more of a liking for Kansas on .icruint of it" being the home cf old John I!ron, and other remtntic circnnistanos connected with the organization of the State as a free State, which th-y have iit Iigiti to appre cia'e. he i eottle of the Sou h will ims them n very treat deal, and I think they will ifter a litile while, see that it will b to their interest to allow them tn exercise their right of suffirage untnolctid, aud re duce their reu s on land, ai.d i-tl) them the nece""iries of life at a living profit, root out the had. or at least ce that the they do not swindle the onr ignorant negro out of all he is able to make. 1 anticipate rather hard time for th colored people for the first four years, in vc.ur woodless State. Where thev ratne from they had plenty of wood, ard liked big fire" with oirn ilrjors in weather yon would call p!eaantly warm. CAJtXFurE. aiadmiir It nnpHrts'i, l.nl Vird. Madame Ronaparte is reported to hive diid in the Pre-tiyterian faith, in fchich bhe was born. Oa Tue-day she ai-kl that someone would pray for her, and a clergy who was summoned mad" a prsver which teemed tn impref" her grettly. Sitnehours sfter she related hi" word" rela'ive to the AtonTiert, -nil added pof ly, "That's in the Bible" These were her lact coherent word". She i" said to have hrorght up her child in th Catholic faith from gratitude to the Pope, who refused to annul her marr'age. She s far from an irreligious woman, and i" known to havi prated de voutly every night and morning. ire it a I.tt'lo ii.ik rianieit Tli.iii Hie ICftt sf Iiem Xew York Tribune, 9 J The Mississippi newspaper which thanked God that "we" had captursd the capilalj and which was repudiated by Mr. Muldrow because it was not a representative Demo cratic organ, now ri'cs to explain that it supported Mr. Muldrow for Congres", and he seemil to be under the impression at that time that its Democracy was pretty good. The Mis-i'rippi editor is entitled to the repr:t of people who like tn have a ra-.n say what he think"; he differs from Mr. Muldrow and his like, not in opinions, probably, but in candor. yecre'nrr .Sctiur anil lairlmwiiy. It seems to me a great libertv to take wjth any lady's name to couple it in print with that of any gentleman in announcirg their matrimonial engagement, unless such pnnouncement has first bei-n made by the families mo"t nearly cn-orrcc'. The re jiort that has been so widely circulated by newsjiapers that Secretary Schtirz is be trothed fo Mi-s Evirts must lie most em biViassing to the latter, for I have excellent reasons for believing it untrue. S.cretary Schurz is hichly amused about it. and jests over the authoritative manner in which the papers have made the announcement. I have never thought he was a man to choo for a wife a lady who, however well suited to him otherwise, is no older than his daughter. I do not believe he is thinking of marriage at all. His two daughters, both of whom are old enough now to eive him companionship, and his two little boy make his home a very happy one. He "is both fond and proud of his children, as he hs every reason to be. I believe him rttll to mourn the !o of their mother, who was in every way a helpmeet to him. She was a most devoted wife, yet once told me her husband said she was the severest critic of his speeches. -bat that is," she added, "be cause I try to think how others view them ' I shall never forget her great happiness and content after he had made his fir-t great speech in theSenate. Ooeof hia colleagues in the Cabinet told me that "it had been de cided," whether in the Cabinet meeting or not he left me to infer, "that tbee things had gone too long by favor, and if Secre tary Schurz desired to marry, the lists mut be open for competition." A compititive examination according to the reveres: Civil Service Reform rules would, I suppose, be insisted npon. I do not ece, however, why thia should be confine! to ore only of the nnmarried members cf the administration. Secretary Schurz should not be the only prixs when the Vice President and the At-tersey-Geaeral are also ligib.e. REPUBLIC COUNTY. Ono ot the Moit Beautiful and ProspBrous of the Northern Tier cf Counties. Her Great Salt Marshes A B'g Bo nanza fcr Somebody Coal Soil Et Cetera. Belleville, the County Seat Scan pia, the Metropcl'e A Won derful Little City of Remark&ble Growth. An Increass in Population of Five Hundred P r Cent in Four Months. Historic Ground Pike and the Span'sh Flag Tho Massacre of the Mormons. Scandia, UErcnLie Co , April Oth. Enrron Timls: The glorious and much nee Jed rain which has fallen within the pist two days has leenr f incalculable ben efit to this part of the State, and has ut, virtually, thousands nr.d thouacds cf dol lars into the pcckttsof the farmers, who, to tell the ttuth, were he; inning to look and fel rather downhearted at tLe ros Iects in regard to the crops ; winter wheat more epeci"illy. Rut now everything is charged ; the hu-bandman is bright, cheer ful, hopeful and happy: tLe dread is past aid fear has departed; nature is aa sweet and smiling as a bride; and THE FACE OK THE COl'XTRY look" a" bpautifnl as can 1st imagined. Kverv doubt has been completely di.-stpst- ed and the cloom has disapieared ; wheat t-ps blithely up to the scratch and the farmer takes ofThis coat, ready for the bat tle, encourareil bv such a backer, and is ure and certain that he will win; the 'radwman i" content and knows that he ran order as many goods as he likes, f jr he i" confident of customers muicient to taVe hem off his hands; the editor whistleth meirilj, fcr he fcenteth back ny from de "pondent delinquents in the air; nobody jrumbles, every hedy i" happv. for the agri cultural goo-e hansreth altitudilum. A PHYSICAL 1VOXDEB. As I have perhap" renurked before, the way in which the towns in northern and r.orthwts'ern Kansas are building up is ab "olu'ely wonderful, and is indicative of a growth that is as corresrondimily startlirg et at the same time rmanent pnd solid It would be an utter mathemitical impos "ibility to e-titn 'te or even approximate the numb r of million" of feet of lumber that are put iato hnildicjs durirg the course of a month, (for the great majority of the structures erected arc vood ) There is not a town that i" not makirg some im provement, while the mo't of them are making tremendous strides forward and are h-ing completely tnetimorphnM.d, fo to speak, and the man who mw them a year ago, will hardly recognize them as the same upon jiaying them a visit cow. The amount of lumber going over the railroad" to sup ply the building demand is aMoni-hin; mil in many cafes tho-e who would lik to build now are forced to wait until 'their turn comes and they can ! supplied. THE XCMBtK OK ECI 1.1)1X1?, both in the towns and in the country, in prrcesa of erection ct th present time, can only ba e-tituated by thousands. It is a fuinre; worse than a priirie fire; a regulsr lidemic; iep'e build becau-e they ar forced to and not because their neighbors !.; yet. with all thi", the demand for houses of all kinds is ahead of the supply, -mil there i" hardly a town but showsi-corcs of habitations of every conceivable style of architecture, the prevailing style b-irgcan vas covered, and hoard nailed on in anj way, so they will afford shelter. A house of any kind U in demand, for residence and business, and many merchants who mme nut to th.ie towns are forced to build, it being an impossibility to rent. KEI'CEUC COrXIY. Republic is one of the northern tier of counties, and has been receiving, during the past two month", a large share of the immigration now louring in. The firsl ettleuient.ws made in ISfiO, and although the early growth cf the county, in the mat ter of the development of th soil and in crease of population, was slow, the past five or six years has witnessed a great charge, and Republic now rank atnorg the first ot her sisters. The character of the lar.d in the rcuntv is high, rolling prairie, with no "wamps.a good mpplyof limber, numerous water course", spiendid building stone, verv little wa-te land, a soil rich and deep and adapted to every variety of grain and fruit, gnod water, the average depth of the well", with the exception of one or two locations, being from twenty-five to fifty fet, and A LRQE TMCEIl OF SrT.IXG3, which furnish the very purest, freshest ard beet of Adam's ale. The limber found in the county include walnut, hsckberry, oak, Cottonwood, and ced.ir. The population a the ptesent time is something over 12.C00, which, at the present rate of increse, w II lie almo-t, it not quite, doubled. hen th" census of 1SS0 i" laken. In WO th num ber f inhabitants wa 1 2M ; in 1S7.3, the census sheets showed S,01S. the iccteefe ir five years being fi,"(7; the census of 1S7S bore'the n'ms rf 10,132, while that of thi year was over 12,000, the increase in th past eight years having been about 10,000 1YATER rRIVILEOES. The Republican ri7er, entering at the northwest corner, traverf es the entire length of the county in a slightly southeasterly di rection, and atlonts a tins water power There are several flour. aw and grist mill alon its banks, and as the other rcource of the county are developed this stream will play an important part. Ther are hut one or two streams in lhe Stale which offer sti jierior inducement to the Rpnblicn in this respect. Mill and Roe creefca, which flow east into the Little Blue, White Reck creek, which flow3 northeist, ard Beaver creek, southeast, into the Republican, and West and Elk creek, which take a south erly direction, are all fine ftream, bide" which there are numsrons "mailer water course, which afford the soil an abundant supplv of moisture and are n great rein forcement in a dry seaon. The bottom cf White Rock creek is wide and very rich, being heavily iimDjrett. THE GREAT SALT MAF-II, Tn the nnthf astern part of the countr. in ttrant t)u-riip, i located what i known as the "Great Sill Marsh," which embrace or cover about four thousand acres. Weils of brine have been obtained at a depth rf six feet, sixty-five gallon of which are sai2 ti produce a bubel of very fine salt, con taining le-s than lour per cent, of impuri ties, fhere i also another salt marsh in Beaver towphip,in the extreme pouthwet trn part of the country, which crabrare" about five thousand acre, bat to which vtry little attention has been paid as yet, and which ha been but little developed The "Great Salt Msr-h" is something like a huge bisin filled ith palt water, and, if properly developed acd worked, would prove a big bonanza, to somebody. The town of Seap in Grant township", south western part of the county, would be a grod point for the establishment of a salt facto ry, and from present exprcvioc it may not b very long until one Is built there. The article made from the brine is said to be of a superior quality, is in paying quantity, and therefore worth something. Ee"ides the utility of these marshes their peculiar ity will in time attract attention, for salt water isn't had every dy nor every place for the simple digging. atAXTFACTURFS. The amount of capital invited in manu factures in the county is estimated at about $23,000, although no doubt the sclual fig ures would show tides that Th cheese factor, tagkt nulea aout&weat of Scacdia, 55-?'KS! I srrrn"'T2' -ayy is doing a. good business, snd turns out prime article, acd in addition to thw there 13 a larr, figuring mill at Scandia, run by water power; another, at White Rock, and another, run by steam, eighteen miles eouthwest of Belleville. has been found in the southern part of the county at a depth ranging from forty to seventv feet, and is extensivelv ned through out the county. The coal i of good quali ty, selling at the mines at from $250lo 3 per ton, acd supplies a want which i leu all the more on account of the comparative scarcity of timber, the forest land of the caunty being barely more than three per cent, lhe farmers ol the county, however, are planting trees pretty extensively. so lhat there is no danger of a fnel famine. It is found in greater or les au'i dance in Lincoln. Jellerion. Norway and Grant township. THE COrXTY IX GEXEKAU The indebledcsiof the county i about ?5G,000. which wa created by the issuing of boeds to fund outstanding warrant. Thre is a pinkitg fund of SC.000, ior which i regular tax is levied. The county has taken up, during the past year, S3.000 of 'he indebtedness, which leave at the pres ent time about 531.0C0, which will be lift ed with little or no effcrt. A great abuuWce of superior lirae'tone is found in all the townhij s of the coun'y, and red saai!-:oi.e in pome localities. Tee former is usl very largelv for building nurjio-e. and lime ia manufactured in snl- llcient quactitieis to supply the local de- j maniL t-'irH rlsv hEs t.n been di-covered I in Lincoln and Jetieron towrship. and intterr clay iu Lincoln acd IJcsc Creek townships. ! number cf seres in the cottniy i 4G0.SO0; tixahle, 201 Oil ; under cultiva tion, 100C00; increiseof cultivsteJ acres during the year 1S7S, about 10000. The value of the garden prodiire. poultry ind eggs sold last vear ifstimated at S10,- 000 'P- wool c.ip of 1S7S is estimated at about S 000 pounds, ilurticulturally i-peakirg, there wt re f-r-ty acres of nurseries lal year, and the nuiuberof trees in bearipg about afi!Inws; Uierrv, 3200; plusi, l'.TOO; apple, 1 CtO; pesr, 1.3W, and leach. 4:0J0. The total cost f all the fences in the county, as reported la-t year, wis $123,000 The ae--ed vjluation ot the ier5onal prcj erty of the c.un'y is $200,000 ; total s'-es-ed valuation of all property, SI 100,- !""; true aluatioa of all r roerty,?l,fc00,- 000. there are one hundred and four organ z-d i-cbool distrii Is in the county, ninety seven of fchich hate school house, the val uation of scheol property bing 533,000. Of the school houses seventy are frame, nine log, three brick and fifteen stone. The vrage salary paid to male teachers is t2S 31. and female, .;22 11. The total valu-t:nn of church property in the county is S10 000. UJLLEYIl.LF, 'l.e county seat of Republic, is situatd al ut in the giographical c-nter of the county, and while at preen! it has no rail ruid connection there are two 'chews on f.jot, one to exteid the St. Jo;ph and Den ver City line from Hanover, in Wa-hington c 'Unty, throush V a'h:n?on ' Belleville, cd from that point to Scandin, therce to Jewell Center; t' p o'her, to exterd tLe Karsis Pacific from Clyde to Belleville and f o:u i! ere to Hn.tin.s. nn th line of the Burlirgton & Mis-uri River roa 1, but no vote hi yet been ttken on a bond J ropo: tion from eithir r'.nd The r.c-pitv efs nilroadi" s'.rongly felt at Belleville, as thi will play an important part as to where lie criinty Feat shall 1k ptrmanenl'y hcste '. I!-l!evil'e is beautifully si'nated, the only difficulty exs'rier.rtd beirgthat if obtaining water, wtiich i obtained nnly by pinking wells to a coni-iderab'e depth. TI e population of the town i about three t undid, and the school population one hundred. There i a fine stone public -chord Inihling. etcctil at a c-st ot i3,000; he M E. ard Presbyterian churches Imth have erected gord hcu-es f worship. The 7r-oie i luhlished at IWHeville. ard i ioing good work fur the county ar.d town, n advarcing the bast interest ol b'lh. White Rock Citv, ten mile porthwe-t of Scandia. i a gocsl tradirg point, located on White Rxk creek; Seapt. ten miles south west of Beville, i alo a ll jurishing villtge, li-ipg on the border of lhe "Great Sal! Marrh;" Fairvicw i three miles north ot S-ipa and enjjys a very good trade All f theee towns are surrounded by a fine farming country. SCINDIXAYII, or Scandi", a it i now known, i the me tropolis ot the county, and l a lively and bu-t!ing a any town along the lire of the Central Branch It is a remsrkableli'tlecity in tact, as it date. its growth from aliout four months back, since which limp it ha madp "line very remarkaMe strides fir an intint Four month ago it might vrith truth be s.iid that it was nothing; now it i a rity cf the third rla-; its population now i"five hundred; it is no irco pirated, and s "oon a the e'ection i he'd will have a lord mayor ard five coucilmen; during the l."t f-iur month ore hurnlred and fifty build ing of all kiri?. have been e-ected, and building is etill THE Or.PFK OF TnE D IT. The water power at Scandia is the best en the Repub'ican river, lhe dam having a olid reck foundation. The flouring mil! at ibis joint is run by water poser. S-an-dia has fomething over fifty h:isine" house, to which addition are bring md every week, while there are business m n now awaiting for houses to bi ercted for their a'-cominoilaiion, for renting a business place is entirely out of the question. Rei lences are going up on every h ind. and so great i the ru-h that many families are living iu houses upon which cirp-nter are etijl working As an instance of how they do thing in Scandia it might be well to note th fact that the other day a fsmilv came into town, bjiight a lot at one o'clock in the afternoon, set a equad of caq ntrr at ome to work ard by Mindown were oc rnpying and living in their own I oue at sundown Chicago ftyle. And again, a gentleman contracted fcr a iioi'sn TO LIVE IX, agreeirg top S130 per vear therefor; he ;iiil the S130, ar.d then the JanllnrJ cot havirg furd sufficient to complete the hou-e he advancnl ?100 ni'ire which W2 a goji ining ior tne landtoru. Una' i no Scandia was originally ire erupted by a iarty of Swede", who afterward sold it to the Scandinavian Agricultural Soci-tv the oriely laying the town out and givirg it the name ot w Scandinavia. The rail road a branch of the Central Branch, ex tending up from Concordia, was cnmp'eted in January lat, ard from th date of the advent of the iron horse, or rather a cot-pie of weeks previous, DATE3 SCANDIA' I-RCSrERITY. A good deal of pbipping will be done from here a soon as the season open, and if the town ketH on in the path she is now treading, and there is no reaon why she shouldn't, for she has thp nTt sary grit, push, energy and enterpri-e, she will be a city of the econd clas in a comparatively ihort time. This little burg is a fair speci men of the push and goaheadativeness of the northwest, which is true American get up and nothing more nor les. She is all life, a comely infant, strong, and ith supreme confidence in herself, which pre the cecr"ary attribute which cannot fail to prove tie realization of her fondest hope. Scandia ha a bak, which has hit recently started, the Farmers acd Mer chant'; which ha a paid np capital of S0, 000, and which in already doing a good paying business. Sh aln has a vinegar factory, which i doing well, and, in fact, every clas of btisicess is is r&"perous as it possibly can b. nrTocic groc?:c. Scandia i looted upon historic ground, for upon the very spot, years ago, Pike, after whom Amri-a' great peak of the mighty Rockies is nu.ned, haule.1 down the Spani-h color and fijited from the fliz- staff, which formerly bore the insignia cf royal tyranny and plavery, the itars and stripes, symbols of freedom to evervbody. And again, abnt a qu&r'er cf a mile east of the town is the scene of the massacre of a party of Mormons, somenmetetn in num ber, who fell beneath the tomahawk acd murderous scalping knives of the blood thirty Pawnees, who killed every mother's son cf the unfortunate polygamL-ts.with the exception of one, who escaped to tell the sor rowful tale- And even now the sharp ploughshare cf the huv husbandman, as he breaks the ground for his crops, ttrikis and turns up to the surface the bones of some one of the victim, while in Scandia there is quite a collection of iemain, a lit ue me worse ior txpoeure, End ot course Terrdevoidcfflah. whi,ALavelrVvi vptromthnetotteebrKlkhvni a wm formerly the old stamping ground of the treacherous and warlike Pawnees. who, as late as 1SCS, murdered a fifteen year old lad close by the town a lie was guiding the plow, with probably no thought of the approaching (larger. A short time ago. in a cave, not far from this city,was found the skeleton of a man with his arms crowed over his head, leading to the supposition that this was a burial place for the red men who formerly claimed this territory for their own. But the savage's time i past, and where he formerly held high carnival, and had more fun than anybody carving up his enemies, and making love and calping people he didn't like or had pome grudge against, are" the streets of a busy city, crowded with bus inj. Time work changes in no place so quickly as in Kaxsa. ECAXDU U SITUATED under a bluff or pin rt range of hill, whtch erve as a ehelter f rem the driving storms which come from the north and east, aud a mure favored lecation could not be found. The school population of the town is about one hundred and fifty, but the pres ent school building beicg insdequate to ac commod s'e the contantlT increasing num ber of children a new one i to be erected. The Kepnblic County Journal, published here by Mr. A. B Wilder, will put on a new dre's nxt week, which i indicative ;hat this epitghtly sheet i prrspering. It i a live Hr published iu a live tnnn, and is dtstrvediy successful. JoiIX. TI!i: TCIC M How Sle rfstr)i TIiiiuntid-ul Rcl Ian IVortU oi l'riijuttjr. IJfew Yort an Mr. Psgeexhihittd nnrcercu blocks of wood full cftho'es. Ife also showed Fpecinirn of the teredo, and gave a dif- cription of the trnls with which he er'or- ffli d his labor. Hi boricg appiratu, Mr. I'.mestid is of a triple character. First and fort mo-t, ce-eingthat it i a prpj.ction iruui uie irunt oi ill" fuel iiKe IiU, is hi I auger, with which he make an entrance I illt 1 lhp liirfp nf vnnil tn irfiifli 1, ... I pent to dwell. Sule by side with this i a gouge, and on the outer siirLice a fi'e Th teredo can cut in any direction Ife is supplied with a double siphon, with oli arm i.f which he helps himself to aniiu i cu'ii-when he i" at work, and with lhe oiherejvts his samlu-t through his bodv into the water behind him. When he enters the wood he 1 almost intinitenitl in length breadth, and thickne-s, but afur he h.i.s liveil for a short time among he fibrous shades that g'.ve him home .Ind fo-i'I. he ha grown lo the length of fuur inche, and i stout enough to warrant the supposition tint he h.i feasted upon farin Ateoti fixjd from birth. The tereilo is pmictilariy trjiibitsjine at the Bittcrv, but muc-h more so at Ifolsiken, where he ha de-troyed in six months the piling ef a pier that co-t thou" uids of dollars Annrg the i-icitucns of his lieadworfe exhibitxl by Mr Pagp was it block cut from a mahog an7 log in the haibjrof Aspiuwall. Th entrarce hnles mi le by the little pt and hi fi-Ilow-borers were hanlly viible to the npl.-'d eye, the s-rforation on lhe opposite s.degaveth" blick the spjearante of a target that had lieen honey corned by bul le's The teredo a si de-trurtive to the piling ct the Mobile tXew O-lean" Rail ro id that the roinjiany'is profits were fur a lorg time eaten up in reparing the danig loa- by the worm ; and it vn not until cno-ote oil was ined in impregnating the wood that they were able to pay di?id:nd. Thi crtcsote oil, one of the many pr ducts of coil tar, is the only thing krown -n -t viil check the teredo. " Frtrh Wi", hnhever, will kill him an! every vear reaguing ves-eelsthit have heeu'raidtd tiioii by tie rm re taken up ths llui on to R-nikut and other Hiint, where, in '. v week", no tnc of the borers remain" excei t the ho'ei he Ins made and the cI cireou material with which he Las lined hi tabular dwelling. Two years ago. Mr IVge rontinurd, a ve"-el, laden with marble was wrerked off Eire Island. S me marine ar.imal,skic, perhap to the teredo but supplied wiih more adamantine im plements, atiacled the marble nd workrd hi Kty throngh it a though it was noth fag harder thin prf' jiipp. A litre of the m-rblewa ehown. It was completely honev-combtd. A U1IH1Y1 Eij IIAttiJI. Tbr itellc's nf n. Hindoo Stttte.iumi mi n I'llgrimacp. 1- rotn the London Queen Tie llcntuuaril 3Iad rather amuse t: with its slury ilcut Sir Jurg Bihadoors widow. A minute and harrowing ac count wss given of the suttee of the in eoiioIablp widows of Sir Jung Bthado-ir immediately after the Innienteil death of ihut remarkable roan. It was alterwan! mentioned that only a few of the grpat minister'" relicts expired in the fl ime, and ultimately it came to lie siirmis.il that j sibly only one, the youngest and prettiest, died by fire. Still it h.is hitherto lieeri Mieved ttt gonerallv that Sir Jung' de-ith proved th krell of a considerable percentage of hi widows, if not the whole bitch. Thi pleasing rr.manre ha, how ever been completely discredited by the arrival in Biniluy on J tn. IS of the whole lour of lhe widow in que-ti,jn, rcorled by a dea"hment of tie Nspaule army, unrter the p.rsonl command of Gen Jrjiot -ingh "the Lion of th- World" the eouimarih'r-ir-chiefof thefo-ccof Nepaul The ladies are en rotre to I)arka, om- of the five places of pilgnn.sge memiored in the Shasta as po"se-ing extraordinary "inc'ily. Jui-gTnattt i n'ither of tt,p five placoi in question, and Benares i a third. The holiness of Darka may Iw inferred from that of it compeers. " The widow are shroud d from heail to fn,t with such rarethat even if the ma-ulio eye wire iermittd to appr-sth th-m it c-.uld Iesro nothing of their form of f c lure". But every rate i taken that no" evn their outer garments mav be s-en by thpo'Ii-r-ex Acovti-l way w. forn.eil t tc Bvculia station, pan-fag from thp railway carriage through the lstlie-s wait ing room to the carriage in attendance, and along the passage lhe ladies were carried or moved lieneath a sort of canopy of eilver, right rryal in st7le and value. One? safely got into the carriages, hey were whiked r.ff to Sunkersett Hou'e, which was engaged for the occasion, There tbey were to remain for a short time, to recover trom the fitigue of the railway journey bsfi re proceeding to the Dsrarka. The fo lowicg week our contemporary return"! to the snlj ct, giving some ad ditionil particulars from a Calcutta pa-r. "A curious pilgrim parly i row preced ing through the rouctry, visiting the mot sscred "hrine It consist of the relicts of the latp Jung Bhad-)or, with other Jadies of the Nepaul court, attehdeil by a numer ou" rttintjp, and escorted, we I-lieve, by a h-ctber of the late Prime Minister of cur Goorkha neiehlior. This stracgp party cros-ed the holy rive-, en their return from Mrzuffrrrore, at the (Jange bank, opic"ite Barrh, from the river He terminus ef the Tirhoot i-tate railway, by which they had comedrvwnin a special train and the sight of thsir crcs.-ing jireenled a strarge scene with its motley crowd and their strange observance A special steamer wa waiting to recive the party, who left thercarriage and walked over the sand under a generous canopy, completely hid fag them frr m view, and upheld bv sit mighty bearer. The ghat wa entirely curd for their pAage, but when the ladies reached thejetty they emerged from their moving tnt and walked exposed to the steamer waiting to receive them. Tnev were all dressed in the mot bsaiit" 1 an'd vari colcrrd Chinese ar.d Japan? - piik W?T1M fl f.B ll.m,il f.t1 . .... ...... ..v. .- t u.14 Aitijr jjrupo ssmg. A they left the shore the esxirt lirtd a salu, and aa a propitiation to the grd handful of rupee were thrown into the river from both sides ot the jtty as the party wa walkirg aero it. This mag n'ficent largese seemed to have the desired effect, for no casualty attended the stoppage cf the steamer in mid stream, for the bath ing of lhe pilgrim, who ere all palely diptched from the other iJe in a Pcil train by the East India Railway Companv nn their way to BDmbav. A couple f hundred ccolies, who had been interested spectator of the ne from various, vantage-point on the bivk, made a unanim ous rosh into the water en the disappear ance of the last red coat, and began builv seeking for the food (gifte?) thrown their co-v, r.otning UDdeterttd by the sicrileg. " ". wV" ",1-.'??- JIan-' iijics u'lure ci meir perionnstce, lumKeJlaaw UM" recar' KANSAS NEWS. Topeka is to have a new daily paper. Trinity church in Atchison orated for Easter. dec- At last the Iaz;est man has heen found. lie spells photograph "42graf." AX AMKOrKIATE XAJtE. Wlnfleld Telegrsm, r. Hotel de Hoss, with a big "res." in the centre, is the latest name for one of our livery and sale stables. FT. SCOTT ODD FEIX0W3" fKort Scott Monltor.il. The Old Fellows cf Fort Scott are mail ing preparations to celebrate the anniversa ry of their order on the 2flth of this month. TEACHES NOT KILLED. (Emporia City Echo. NX A Joplinite tells the JTeratJ man that all the peach bud in that locality are killed. Xot so beve Mr. McLaughlin has several trees ia ' 11 bloom. A KCilOR. Kort Scott Monitor, 11. 2ewp3per report s ay that A. B. E1IL, late Greenhack candidate for Congress in the First District cf this State, has leen adjudged insane GYrSIES XEAR YALLEY FALLS. I Valley Fa Is New tra, li A band ol gyies have been camped on ice suourns oi lue city during the past week, and lhe little boys all around town are telling fortunes on their hands, IIOLDIXO II CK FOR AX ADYAXCE. lEmporla ews,10 r r. ... . , .m - ccj.ii i" geiung 10 oe corn, itere is any amount to be had in this pection, but the owner gecerallv refu"e to sell because they look for a possible advance in price. riCKrOCKETS IX TIIE LEAD MLN'ES. I Empire City Echo, W It i reported lhat Mr. Bugbee. one of thp irr,irietots of the Cyclone shaft, had hi locket pickp-l uf S173. on the straet nf Galeu.i lxst Monday evening. AT ft .-corr. l'orti?c-ott Slonltor, Irt .T1ip negroe who came in from Kansas City Tues-lay afternoon are all scattered jrounil th city looking for work, home, or something to turn up, thing which are all very uncertain. A XETV T.VrFR IX FOOTE COCSTY. Emiorla News, lu. The Xeic ll'(r, is the name of late publics ion in Cimarron, in Foote Connty. The pser though small lar evidence of vim acd will, do doubt, ere kng, le en larged. A KAXStS SOXO IX ECROrE. Atrbt'ion Champion til The bind of the Twenty-fourth R-giment on marchiug out of Natal for Zululand, play til "John Brown's Body." the soldiers singirg iu chorus, as ours did when they Itlt fjr the civil war. ACCIDEXTALLY SHOT. Uaaso Journal, IX A son of Andrew McCJellan, aliout thir teen yeiis of age. was accidentally ''.t in it'e thigh bv a pistol in thp hands of Wm. Miller, on Wednesday. The buy is getting along very well. lie had just arrived from Illinois. THE COWLEY COCSTY MIXER IL LAXD3. Wlnfleld Semi-Weekly, 9. Th north and east patt of the county is filbd wiih priMtiectors loosing fo- metal and an fll.rt i.i being made to have the governmant set apirt all the land that has not Leen provid up. as mineral land. MAKING A r.W START. ICor. WiLdi-ld Te'etrani, S Mr. Jas. Yager, sen., forgot acd called himielf gnndpa to hi own dnuwhter. Tl.e reason wa she was youcger than any of hi grund children, and twenty year ard two days younger than anv of her brothers or sister. Mr Yager look fitherly again. Mrs. Yager and babe are doing well. A EtCI DAYS WORK. WlntteM heinl-Weekly. 9. Oa last MoLiIay B. M. Legg, asi-irted by hi jmrrejiiien, W. T. Kets and John Irury, did thp largest diys srork of Llack- "inill.ing that was probably ever done in hi c unty. Th-y rut and eet forty one wagon tire, phod futii horses and kejit ti the usual work of the shop. If any other blacksmith can beat thi let in have it. A XEW LOD'IE OF MAOVS. Kiaylonl ' or. Ab hl-on champion, li Gajlord I!ge U I. A. V & A. M, tpc ncenllv organized, ard the followipg are the ffictis:J. Oilman, M-ster; S Kellev, Senior Warden; 'on. C. Ayer", Ju nior Warden; Ilr t . J Iloluie', Ss-cre'ary J Murgin, Trearurr The reuiaiider of the officers have not been design-ted. Tl e rder hssa lode room and hold regular meeting. THE COMING SAEXfiERFEST. IWnflfM Dally Telegram, 101 The Sserg-rfet will ruet in L-aven-wonh in June. Thi grand musical con-v-n ion of thGeruiin will in West every German in Kansas, and will be largely ut ter ili-il. The city of Leavenworth that never do- anything by halve, will spread heri-elf to give the delegation a cor linl welcome We supposp, of -ource that WiitleM and Cosrley county will be repre rtnt! in the convention. rnEPARINO WAR. (Henrot Courier, It Now that thp peop'e of Seneca have voted down licn-ni saloon", a furd ha Wen rai-ed by leading eitiz'n ol the town to erfrrrp the law, and prevent the illesal sale of liquor the couiirg year OverSSOO ha already been s cured to employ counsel in cae rl necsity, ard the City Council ele t havp lieen msde a ppc!3l committee to have charge if the matter. It I evident whisky won't be "sold on the sly" in Seoeca this year. MA'OXIC. Atchison Champion, 1I.J We are informed that Kinesis Lodge of Perfection, Uo. 1, Ancient acd Accepted Scottinh Rite of Freemasonry, Iavenworth, Kana. i now in working order, and that regular mcting will be hpld on the fourth Fndiy of each menth. For the accratno dation of such brethren as may de-ire to petition for admis ion, and who are not living in or near the city, ppe-cial roeetinzs will be held it necessary, those desiring further information in reference to this matter should address A. A. Fenn, T. P G M . or Fred A. Citncran, Grand Secre tary, at' Leavenworth. FOOT PAD ARRESTED. lErnpIru City Il:h-',10.1 Oa Friday las t, Joe Mills ar.d Frank Ts tten came into town from the Pitzar digging and reiorted that ihey had been stopped the night before by three masked men, near Spring river, while on their way to the above mentioned mines, and the for rnr relieved of hi i:cket-book contaioirg ;97. Tbs-y swore out warrant for tin- ar rest of filly Brown, James Short am! It'll Chenanlt ; the warrant we-e put in the hand of the pror-r officer, who m n brought the accused parties before the justice of fhe peace, who set their examin tion for Tuesday of thi week, at which time the case wa examined and the hoys bound over ia the sum of S-300 each, for their appearance st the A pri I term of the dL-trict court, which convenes on the 21ft inst. JCDOE R VT. KUGCLL3 CF LYOX COCXTY MEETS WITH A SERI0C3 ACCIDEXT. Kmporla News, 10. Ye3rday evening Judge Beggles acd his foreman. Frank Blair, drove a pair of colt to town in a spring wagon, acd the bridles needing same repairs, they drove up to Ed. Calkins' harness shop, had the re- Eairs made, and were a'out to start for ome the Judge being ia the peat, and Blair getting in when the colts started on a run, and as they turned the corner at the Evangelical church, Judge Rugglea was thrown out, and we are sorry to say, had hii leg broken above the ankle ankle bonts aid to be broken. The team ran on, with Blair hanginz in the hind end ot the wa gon, and great feara were entertained f r his safety, but he finally turned up ail right, the team having run about a oile. Juoge.uuggiea wm placed in a sprirg wagon asd takes home to his farm, accoav panied by D. T. A. Wright. Later. At the last moment we learn that Judge Kncslct' leg will have to ba amputated below the knee. Th Juda bears it well, and teems to ba ia good spirits. THE H1LLMAX JtYSTZRT. Lawrence Standard, IL There is scarcely any abatement of ia terest in the mysterious cue which baa agi tated Lawrence for the past week. Though public opinion is somewhat divided, yat the very general rpinicn i that the body ia not that of Ilillmao. Hillman has a linttr living near Valley Falls, and CoL Walker went up thereto see her acd get a descrip tion of her brother. The Colonel had con siderable difficulty in finding; her, aa do one seemed to know her as the sister of Itillman. Her name is Mrs. McCoy and she is the wife of a very respectable and well-to-do farmer of Jefferson county. Mrs. McCoy said she read an account of her brother's death, and wrote to Mrs. Hillman asking her to write if the body was brought up from Barbour county, so that she might have a last look at her brother. Thi letter Mrs. McCoy never re ceived any answer to. She savs her brother usually gave his height at SJ inches. He had light brown hair, slightly" curl;r. One of bis upper front teeth on the left side waa gone. lie had a scar on one hand caused by a bullet wound, which he got when care lessly fooling with a revolver, in Texap, two year ago. She thinks the wound did not leave a very large tear. When the body was ex hunted, Wednesday evening, lr. Miller carefully examined the hands with a mi croscoie and found no scar on them with the exception of a slight mark on the mid dle finger near the hand. The doctcr cut off and preserved some of the hair. Mr. Iiahskopf saw the remains and paid they were these of a man who once called at Ilia place with Levi Baldwin to see some hides. A gentleman from Valley Falls, who had known Hillman from his boyhood, also saw the body, and said it was not that of Hill man. The photographs which Mr. Lamon took of the body will be finished to-day. The report that Mr. Hillman has left the town i false. The inquiry, "Where is Mr Brown?'' has not been anwered. A small circle of persons interested in the case have been very much agitated all day, and the appearance of things indicate that there are coming developments which will astonish a great many persons. It'a tliClYork ot ili 1 lrl.nl Itepnbll. cnii-i. When the long column of Southern negroes took up their line of march for the free West, their late masters proclaimed that the exodu would prove an incalcula b'e blesfag to the Smith. Now the bull dczens begin to realize their dependence on thi labor, which cannot be replaced, and they charge lhe wirked Republican politi cians with originating and encouraging the movement. Hc-re'H llio icislit "rt ot a Doctor (or you. A German Physician ha demonstrated that early risiLg is a very bad habit. He has taken the trouble to collect informa tion a to the habits in this respect of sev eral peron who have lived to an advanced a;e, and he fiuil- that in the majority ot the cases the long liver have indulged in latP hour. At Iea"t eight out of ten persona who attained the sge ef eighty years and up ard were in the habit of not retiring uuiil early hours of the morning, and of rcnafatn.; in bed until the day was far advanced. Oa i other hand, he haa filed to discov r, aftei oareful observation nf the health of several earlj .?-, that it was in any degree better than that of -iciilar number of late risers. He thinks lhat so far from any derided benefit being gained by getting up early in the morning, it rather tend to exhaust physical power ind to shorten life A I.ltile JiinIUp. iliiiuniiitr.anil I'im mnii riip. New Yorir. Tribune,. The pi inters along the lower Mississippi app- r to have adopted a pi tn for stopping the n-ro exidti that is characteristic if notelT-ctivp Tbey hang or shoot a few intei.dtd emigrant as a warning to others, and patrol the river bank with shot-guns to i revent thp fleeing black from getting on Ixiard ning steamboats. These bull dozing measures only serve to intensify the negroe-' desire to escape, and they manage to evade the patrols and board the boasts at unexpected Kiints "Committees ap- -pointed by the planters notify the captains not to take away the colored people, but thp raptaiLs aie eager to swell the profits of their trip, ard few of them pav any atten tion to such order when out of the range t the Committtex' phot guns Thus far ill attempts to heck the movement have nrly increased it. Suppose the planters eh'HiM now dtr-Iianil their patrols and com mitters, put away their weajmn, and try a nw policy. A justice, humanity and com mon eence would, we venture to say, prove u rfect remedy f.ir the evil. IEn.ilIr.iinU.-. ii, n I tall. I Detroit Kreo I'resn. Z.bnlon Martin and his son. who live at Ilecrv' Bend, about six miles from Oil City, Pe., w il removing stones on their farm, the oth r d y, disrovered a ball aa large as a hii-hel bisket, which appeared to 1 e a IihII of bU k rope, knotted and curi ously interlaced The warm sunshine fell tl ion the ball, which soon seemed to move in it many coil", acd then the men saw tlrtt the In 1 wa a m-us of snakes. The warmth rev veil the dormant reptiles, and tnp surtare of the bill was soon covered with rattle whiih swsyed to and fn with a soin il rsstinhling the blowing of wind through the dead lesves of a tree. What sHiiird at firnt a gordiaa krot, began to un-' ravel. The tails pro-ruded more and more, and a the snakes unlrcked their intricate roil they app-.red tulip packid with their hesd iu thpcrnterof thL living ball. The snake soon completely uncoiled them selves and showed fijht, whereupon the men set at the worc of slaughtering the reptile. Filiy s.x snakes were killed, the largest pos-e"irg u-venteen rattles. Ulr-.Jen llavii. Mr. J. ff ron Davis is described by a c irr.iondent cf the Boston llcretd aa x n fined, matronly person, pl-inly drtsed i i black. She talk well, and knowa the French language and literature. She ap proves th-- education of the colored people, and is hopeful concerning their future. J-he pays that she ha nothing of the math ematical faculty, and not long ago, desiring t pay a negro for some wocd in her hua li.nd's absen-e, she attempted to find the v, lue with j-n ai.il paper of a fractional part of it. She covered nearly a sheet of Paper wt-h figures, but was not satisfied with the re'ult. At lat the negro team ster, with great humility, remarked, "Mi sii, your tic ii re are not correct. Let me do dat mm for you " "Bat do you know how lo cipher, Jimmy?" "Yt, Missus, I does," said Jimmy. She give him the pes ami paper, acd Jimmy figured it out ia aa instant, ai.l at cccc received his money. "But wbere did yi u learn to cipher?" said Mrs. Davis to him, "O, missu," said Jim my, "Ie a griduate of th.s high school.'' 'Irs. llavis i extremely "ari 'tocratic" ia i r social opinions, and in religion she ia r urihodox. A 7Vw .leouMic spparalaa, 'ie a-ialcgy between sound light ia. ) a j rispects, reirarkable; they are --.ve mo'ions; lioth maybe reflected, It i.icud, crniea-ed, or diffu-ed by similar t n.ed:. Sounds may Le received aad eeap. veytd by means of metallic parabolic re lied rs, sothat many times the volume of sound that naturally ptrikes the ear will be com ntratert, rendering audible found that might otherwisp Le too distant cr too fa&t to Le hesrd. Such reflectors of neccaekw have a fixed focu, and are available nader certain conditions only. An apparatua ba recently been constructed that is, in fact, a pcrtbie and adjustable whispering gellery, having many ueful applications. The is strument is very simple, consistiaa; a reatially of an airtight drum, oae head ot which is rigid, the other elastic. Taia. drum or more properly, reflector, ia mounted on pivots in a swivelled support, and is provided with a flexible talks bavin:- a mouthpiece and ateaeaakvX at his free end. Two wirea are streca-. across the face of the refiector at rigat aa: gles to each other, acd support at their i tenection a small plane mirror, the oSee of which is to determine the poaitioa ooaw reflector in relation to the dirpc&aoa er. sound. Asmalleartrorr.- dQnW Tiaod in rftnnprliiinrrrj v -- .... , crease its ffeco'u "sber? and cattle raMafe the sonVtoe mfeSm!jSmSit sw -- -a arui .! nn uns ear ' jg, ja-iw Ww?r- tV'Jl j z i hi , l J 1 4 -is WSSsSi'v " u ?;. 'i .., i m - iZ&r. "gsi