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THURSDAY J USE 19. 1879.
HOT.
The people of recze Point, near Phila
delphia, are having a hotter time of it
than we are. About a half million bar-
rein of coal oil were on fire there yesterday
afternoon.
"a"ooi timk.
The grand Sx-Dgerfei-t now in progress at
Cincinnati is the greatest ifftir of the kind
ever held in the West. The attendance is
Terr large, and it is estimated that at least
fifty thousand persons will be present at the
picnic to-morrow.
AXTl-TItKAT.
As anticipated the Anti Treating Society
of Sew York has proved a success The
Herald says the society is not holding many
meetings or singing temperance songs, but
its pledges are doing a great deal of genu
ine temperance work. An association of
the same kind should be started in every
city and town in the Union.
TIIK XCtVTUE.tTRF.
The new theatre is no longer a matter of
ppeculation, but a fixed fact The neces
sary funds have been subscribed, the loca
tion has been selected, and the contract for
putting up the building was let yesterday.
When the amuement season opens next
fall we shall have one of the handsomest
and most commodious places of at. e
ment in the Missouri Valley.
TiiircoTTox fltOI.
The rejwrts just collected by the cotton
exchanges of the leading Southern cities as
to the condition of the cotton crop are very
encouraging. There has been a slight in
crease in the acreage planted, and the crop
is generally earlier than last year. The
exodus has cot materially disturbed the
labor supply, even in Louisiana and Missis
sippi, and the prosectg for securing a large
crop in prime condition are excellent.
a niiaki i.i:;ai. FI4.IIT.
A law suit of unusual interest is on the
tapis in Massachusetts. The Legislature of
that fctate, at its last session, enacted a law
making the owners of property liable for
any damage caused by the sale of liquor on
their premise. A cae has just arisen in
the city of Lynn which will serve to test
the constitutionality of this civil-damage
act as it is entit'ed. There is a rumor that
the liquor dealers have combined for the
purpose of employing General Butler to
represent them in the courts; in any case, a
sharp legal fight is assured.
T 1 1 OS. IIYAxT"
Referring to the flank movement made
upon the Democracy a few days ago by Mr.
Ryan, of this State, by which the Demo
cratic camp was completely surprised and
came near being captured, the Boston TYar
tlcr says :
Mr. Ryan, a Republican Representative
from Kansas, almost succeeded in surpris
ing the Democratic House into passing the
army appropriation bill yesterday. The
Democrats, seeing the possibility of having
it laid to the credit of the Republican side
that this important appropriation bill was
promptly put on its passe, filibustered,
and finlly managed to adjourn, by a vote
of 10-3 to 1(m3. It is doubtful if they would
have suceeeded in heading off the Republi
cans, but for the eccentricity ol two ol the
latter. Messrs. Keifer and Sipp, of Iowa,
who, for rome unaccountable reason, com
mitted the (oily of voting with the Demo
crats to adjourn.
-TIlATNOfTlIIlItX ASS."
The l'csf Dirpatch the most radical
Democratic paper in St Louis puts the
above caption over its remarks upon Sena
tor Morgan's late rebel speech. Morgan
has evidently put his foot in it He is
pimple-minded enough to say what he
thinks a species of honesty which the
Democratic party cannot affjrd to indulge
in at the present time it isn't quite strong
enough for that yet Its belief in the jus
tice of the "loot caue" is just as firm as
Morgan represents it to hi, but for pru
dential reasons this filth has to be kept in
the back-ground, and hence Senator Mor
gan is taken to task by all the more shrewd
Democratic papers, for permittirg a 'pre
mature ilbcharge of hi mouth. Read the
comments of the l'orf Dttpotch, published
elsewhere. They are very patriotic
K.MISOXTHi: INTIUIFS ('AVAL.
Captain Kxin h&s an idea about the Isth
mus Cinal, which is worth coni.lerirg He
Biy that it is idle to spend $150,000 000 in
digging a canal through thels-hmus, when
by an expenditure cf one-third as much
along the line of the present Panama rail
road, it will be perfectly easy to take ships
and their cargoes bodily over the Isthmus.
His plan would be simply to dig a ship
canal with locks alongside the railroad.
lie believes it to be practicable, and, as
compared with the plan lately recommend
ed at the Isthmus Canal Conference on the
other side, verv economical. Captain Eids
has been so successful where other engin
eers have failed, and has accomplished so
much at comparatively small outlay, that
his opinion on this subject is entitled to
unusual weight
COVUKtX.
To all appearances the "heated term"
lias done its work and forced Congress to
the point of adjournment The House is
anxious to run away, and the Senate mani
fests a disposition to second it Since the
struggle over the appropriations has been
transferred from the Legislative bill to an
other, the members of the legislative
branch have shown manifests signs of relief.
Their pay is now secure against contingen
cies. The Democrats propose to solve the
dilemma by refusing to appropriate money
for supervisors and deputy marshals; and
this they claim as a proof of wisdom.
Rather, it is a proof of cowardice. Every
body in this world has the power to neglect
bis duty, but this is the first time such con
duct has been proclaimed to be a mark of
merit This Confederate Congrws has
given us many surprises, and this is one of
them,
THE NIUXAL STATIOX.
An effort is being made by certain par
ties to cause the removal of the United
States Signal Station from Leavenworth to
Kansas City. Such a change onght not to
be made. A signal station, inland, is of no
particular benefit to the town in which it
it located, and the only matter to be con
sidered is the general efficiency of the ser
vice. The cost of maintaining the office in
Leavenworth is considerably less than it
-would be at Kansas City, because of the
cheaper rents here. The meteorological
conditions at the two places are always
substantially the same, and there is abso
lutely no reason why the change should be
made.
If the people ot Kansas City want a sta
tion at that place, we have no objection to
the Government establishing one at that
point, but we do object to the office at this
place being removed unless some good rea
son can be shown for it and every reason
that can be adduced inthis case is in favor
of Leavenworth.
Tbe general public is much more inter.
ested in reports from Kansas, than in re
ports from Missouri, and if the office :s re
moved to Kansas City there will then be
but one station in Kansas, which is in the
extreme southwest, and does not fairly
representthe meteorological conditions of the
SiaU. The Dodge station the only one in
Kansas besides the one at Leavenworth,
is away out in the hottest, dryest portion of
the western plains. If the office is taken
from Leavenworth to Kansas City, Dodge
will be the only station in Kansas, and all
the official observations and records made
in the State will be made at that point
Every one knows, or ought to know, that
this would do the State gross injustice. The
climatic conditions of the extreme south
western counties more correctly represent
those of Colorado than of Kansas. The
average rain fall is not a tithe of
what it is throughout the
State generally, and we don't want the pub
lic to lorget its judgment ot Kansas, upon
observations made at that point, because it
would injure the reputation of the State.
The office amoun's to nothing, in the way
of business, to the town in which it is loca
ted; simply one sergeant and his quarters
That' all there is of it If there were any
reason why the nation should be removed
from Leavenworth, we ehould have no ob
jection to its going to Atchison, Lawrence
or Topeka, or to any other town in Eastern
Kansas, but we protest against its removal
from the State. While Kansas is attracting
so large a share of public attention, and
while so many people in search of new
homes are turning their attention hither
ward,the records of the signal service should
fairly represent the meteorological and cli
matic peculiarities of the State, and this
would be impossible if the only station in
the State were the one at Dodge City.
We call the attention of our delegation
at Washirgton to this matter, and trust
they will use their influence to prevent the
proposed change not as a matter of inter
est to Leavenworth, but of justice to the
State.
nil i cur
There is an exodus of ministerial talent
from Chicago that is alaming. Within a
few days Dr. Patton has accepted a call
from London, Robert Collyer one from
Sew York, and Dr. Harris one from Mich
igan. Has Chicago got so well she doesn't
need physicians, or have they given her
up?
xi:v iv.it vilsski.s.
The ISriti'h government is taking the ad
vice of Hobart Pasha, and are ordering a
class of fast-sailing and small s:z?d vessels
built at the government and private dock
yards. Orders have just been given at
Portsmouth for the construction of two cor
vettes of steel and iron, cased with wood
They will be of 2ZS1 tons, and 2.300 horse
power, carrying fourteen guns each.
IX A IKKIlCA3Ii:XT.
There is a prospect that the Confederate
Congress, which has teen laboring to revive
the lost cause, will adjourn with the cau'-e
still lost, and lost in disgrace. The at
tempt to provide facilities whereby any
State may nullify the jurisdiction of the
national government has failed, and there
is much intestinal recrimination of charges
of responsibility for getting the party into
such a predicament
tiif. cmct;iTJriM;K.Miii
Secretary McCrary, whose nomination to
Judge Dillon's place is now before the
Senate, ought to be confirmed. He is one of
the ablest lawyers in the West and his ap
pointment is most cordially endorsed by
the jieople of the entire circuit. The Globe
Dcmocrct says :
To settle the matter in the right way, we
hoie McCrary will be confirmed. Every
body has confidence in his judgment, his in
tegrity and his ability. If the Democrats
defeat him they will probably regret it be
fore long.
tui: LAhon cohjii'i-tkk.
One of the Washington correspondents
has found out that Colonel Wright, chair
man of the committee to investigate the
causes of depression of labor, has secured
the necessary passes for a trip of his com
mittee to California. The peases, accord
ing to the report, were secured by a young
man who wanted to go along as an attache
of the committee, and who was selected on
that account When Colonel Wright
reaches California he will soon learn that
one of the chief causes of the depression of
labor there Is Dennis Kearney, but he
probably won't say that in hi report.
WOJIAX SFFFKACi: IX
31ASSA-
CIH'SKTTS.
The exj eriment of female suffrage (lim
ited) which is to be first tried in Massa
chusetts this fall, is already progressing
through an important preliminary stage.
Each woman who votes is required to pay a
poll tax, and a property statement for the
assessor's use is the first requisite. By
carefully noting the cumber and class of
those who apply for as-essment blacks, it is
possible to judge pretty accurately of the
spirit in which the legislative concession
has been received by the fair sex. After
having made such an iuvestigation in Bos
ton. the Adicrtitr of that city says:
Without exception those who have pre
sented themselves have been won,en who
have represented the wealth and culture of
the city. Many of them have been po--sssed
of large property; all of them have
been well educated women. They do not
by any means represent excluively the so
called "strong-minded," but there are nuny
who have been either indifferent or even in
some cases opposed, but who have accepted
it as a duty which must be fulfilled. So
women either ignorant or disreputable
have presented themselves.
ALU I'AMSCI).
The last of the appropriation bills passed
the House on Thursday, by a nearly unani
mous vote and is cow before the Senate.
In place of the original rider, repealing
certain laws for the protection of the ballot-box
at national elections, the bill con
tains a little buncombe a little dirt used
as dust to cover up the Bourbon retreat
in the shape of a proviso that "no mocey
herein appropriated shall be paid for the
subsistence, equipment, transportation or
compensation of the army to be Used as a
police force at the polls." This lighting is
as harmless as a stage thunder
storm. It does not repeal any law or im
pose any restrictions. General Garfield
said in the debate, that the thing prohib
ited, if anything was prohibited by the sec
tion, was something which did cot prevail
under any law or nnder any pra tice in the
country. He was quite right, also, in add
ing, "furthermore, I do not know of any
man in this world who is in favor of using
the army of the United States as an ordina
ry police force to run elections in a State."
Commenting on the situation, the Chicago
Journal says:
The truth ithat the Democrats have
been hoisted by their own petard. They
entered upon this crusade against the army
in the hope of making party capital. They
thought to raise an issue of "Bullets vs.
Ballota"on which to go before the people.
They expected to succeed in placing the Re
publicans in a false light as relying upon
bayonet interference to control elections. In
this they signally failed. The underpinning
of the chief plank of the Ohio platform
baa been knocked out, and to chance the
figure, the right boxt of the Democracy
baa been taken by the Batrablican joker.
He Bepublicaw of the SeStt ought to
evince aa much political eagscity as the
Republicans of the House did lesterday.
It is much better for the party to have an
opportunity to enow in a practical
that it daces no reliance uiion military in
terferecce to carry the next election, and is
as much opposed to bayonet rule as the
Democracy could be.
LETTKIt
FK03I HKCUKTAU3l
SIIKltJI.VX.
Hon. John bnerman in reply to a notics
,l
of his election as an honorary member of
the Kansas State Historical Scciety, brings
up intending incidents reliting to his con
nection with the early history of Kansas.
A resolution was 'pas-ed by the lloue of
Renresentatives on the 19th of March,
18-jG, for the appointment cf a committe cf j
three of that body to itquire into acd col- f
lect evidence in regard to the troubles in
Kansas. William A. Howard, of Michi
gan, John Sherman, of Ohio, and Mordecai
Oliver, of Missouri, composed the commit
tee. The committee reached Lecompton
April 18, 1S00. The inve-tigation was
conducted at that place, t Lawrerce,
Tecumseh, Leavennortb, Weetpo't, Mo,
on steamboat on the Mieouri river,
at St Louis Sew Yoik and Washington.
Witnesses were brought from all parts of
the territory, and of the country and a
mass of testimony gathered which, with the
report of the committee made a volume
1200 pages, of which 20.000 extra copie-s
were printed by ordtr of the House for
general distribution. The report made a
nrr.fnnnd sensation acd brought Mr. Sher
man and the othtr members of the com
mittee prominently before the country in
connection with the political agitation in
which Kacss figured so prominently.
That prominence Mr. Sherman has con
tinued to maintain. The follonicg is his
letter to the Historical Society :
Treasury DErAitTMKfT,"!
Washington, June 7, lfeT'J.
Mr Dear Sir: Your lwterofthe .'list
ult, informing me tint at a meeting cf the
Board of Directors of the llisoricil So
ciety of Kanas, in cvns.iU ration cf my
mnnortinn with the earl V hi-torv of th:.t
State, I was elected an hotiorry member eif
the society. is received. I accept with
tIeaure the membcrchip of ycur society
thti tendered to me.
My appointmewt by Mr. Speaker Banks,
at the first seion "of my Congressional
life, on the important commit ee to investi
gate the state of affairs in Kansas, was en
tirely unexpected, acd the incidents of my
vi'it made a more lasting impression npoii
me than any other event in my life. Sud
denly thrown into the midst of the contest
between freedom and slavery, now happily
ended, acd compelled to wit-ne-s
with my own e-yes the reckle lawless,
invasion of the rights of the early settlers of
your State, I naturally formed a deep and
strong hatred for the whole tystem of slavery
which led to this injustice, and formed in
my mind the determination, to which f
have adhered, that I would do hit utmost
to overcome principles and in3tiluliocs so
utterly destructive of social order and
peaceful progress. Thoe scenes nude the
same impression on my mind that they did
upon your early settlers; among whom 1
remember very well, and admired greatly
for his courage, the president of your soci
ety. Gov. Robinson. They fixed firmly
upon your history an irreconcilable ho-tility
to opprefsion aud lawless violence, and im
nl&nted a love of liberty and social pro
grei-s which must ontrilmle m inske Kan
sas one of the most pros-erous, jopulous
and wealthy States of the Union.
Very truly yours,
Jons Smekmax.
F. G. Adams, Esq ,
Secretary State Historical Society, Topeks,
Kansas.
I'lrnir at I.ennpe.
Correspondence of the Le-nenworta Times.
1 ESArn, Kan., June 11, 1S7U.
Yesterday was a pleasant day, although
a little warm, for the gathering of the peo
ple of Sherman township at this point who
came together for the purpose of meeting
one another, and ei.jjying themselves in a
quiet, innocent manner. At two o'clock
the crowd wa3 calltd to order by Fide r
Evans, and upon motion Mr. D. M. Bales
was called to the chair who introduced as
the first speaker Sheriff P. G. Lowci
who succeeded admirably in
ing everybody feel good
mored and plcast. Mr.
inak-
hu-
Lowe
referred to the strusg'e over the liond ques
tion, and congratulated the jwople upon the
result.
The other speakers were County Trcnu
rer Shepherd, Commissioner Squires. Com
missioccr Pickens, Representative Black
man and Mr. Frank T: Lynch, of The
Times, acd Judge S. J. McSaughton, of
this township.
When thes;ieakingwas over the platform
was cleared for a dance, and the young
jieople enjoyed themselves during the af
ternoon as only yiting people can at a
country picnic Everybody seemed
to be happy, pleasant and glad,
and I know ci nothing that could equal thf
nappy smiles of tho-e horcst old faimers as
they talked over the wise and just deposi
tion made cif the mandamus ca-es by Judge
Miller. The county officers all received
t;reat credit for their firm -land in behalf of
the taxyayers, especially Mr. Pickens, who
received a perfect ovation, acd it was right
that he should, as h was at home in his
own township, am org his own jieople.
In addition to the speakers named above
County Clerk Siehans aud Mr. Churchill,
of your city, were present
One half of the Leavenworth party ac
cepted the hospitality of Elder Evans, aud
the other part that of Mrs. S. B. Kenton.
They returned home expressing their warm
est thanks to the r.oble people of Sherman
township, for their characteristic, kindly
generous welcome. Lixwooi.
The SlnrliOIarrj ins Alirc.
IChlcazo Tribune.i
The almanac of the future will contain
announcements like the following : "Alice
Oates nianied on this day " "Do., divorced
on this day." "Do , re-married on this day."
"Do., re divorced."" Do re-married." Do.,
do , do., do., do , do., ard repeat. If the
blooming and frisky Alice doesn't stop
soon ehe will crowd out other equally im
portant lints abjut the Lisbon Eaithqnake,
the Plague in London, and the defeat of
Tom Ewing for the Governorship in Ohio
Death at a Slarriase Fcawt.
A wealthy old gectleman living in Ber
lin, fell in love with the young daughter of
a poor widow. He wooed and won the
girl, and before the wedding day arrived
be made a will leaving her all his proper
ty, amounting to several hundred thousand
marks. The marriage was celebrated in
brilliant style, and the wedded pair with
their guests sat down to breakfast Scarce
ly had the feasting begun when the vener
able bridegroom dropped his knife and
sack back in his chair, dead from heart
disease.
Tbe Famine in Caxhrnere.
Bains sufficient to greatly improve the
crop prospects have fallen throughout Bin
gal and Asin. In Cvhmere there is no
improvement in the situation, and the peo-
Ele are d) ing of starvation by hundreds.
,arge supplies of food are on the way to
the mountain fenced territory, but they
were not dispatched soon enough, acd
thousands of lives will be lost through this
negligence cr improvidence of the people
and authorities, who seemed to have learn
ed nothing from the appalling experience
of their Hindoo neighbors two years ago.
Took Ilira for Iteeeher.
Mr. Collyer's personal resemblance to
Mr. Beecher is striking. The size, figure,
and gait, the well-shaped head, flowing
gray hair, and smooth acd florrid face, are
alike in both men.
In referring to this resemblance Mr. Coll
yer said : "On my way from Chicago East
this tice, I got off to walk about the plat
form at one of the stations. I noticed sev
eral persons put their hands to their mouth
sideways acd whisper to those next to
them. A young man from Chicago, whom
I knew, came up to me and said, 'Mr. Col
lier, do you know what the people here are
sayiogT 'Oh yes,' I replied, 'thev are say
ing that I am Beecher.'"
"Well," continued Mr. Collyer, after a
hearty laugh, "we are both from black-
smith stock. Bxcher's grandfather, I be -
heve, was. a blacksmith, au' my father was
a btackiuii.b, and so was I."
i; i :
The California Wort.Iiimuii.
Commentirg on the platform of the
Workingmen's party in California, the San
Francisco Pi.it eats: It is satisfactory to
cote the fict that tin- coucei
cughly American in its aspirat
P'ibican in its sentiments.
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Acco-iomsU have no Irotbold upon arv
plack cf its platform. This fact will go far
toward conciliating Kistern sentiment, and
will make friend- among thoughtful men
cf the old parties" It Kill be remembered
that in the Constitutional Convention there
war a State rishts or secersion element
1 he Workingmtn'tf p-iriy repudiated tiiis
element
Tiid Kmt 2: en of I tie l.'nl-ropnl
l:u-cll.
I l..ti.pu i News,
la a cnverjrt' - le' 1 at one of the
State c(53f tlu3 i.-uog. Senator Vcor
heeV religious belii-f ltetame the subject of
icquiry. "He1 an Episcopalian," said a
gentleman who appeared to speak by au
thority, "and was cccfiriaed at Terre
Haute about two years ajo. There were
nearlv twenty in the cls- for confirmation;
Mr. Voorhee stood at ose end oi the line
and Bayli-s V. Hanna at the other. The
Terre Haute newsboys and bootblackf, who
are as 'pert, and chipper, and sassy' as the
fraternity are elsewhere, dubbed the dis
tinguished gentlemen 'the two end men of
the Episcopal Church,' and by that title do
they go to the present day."
oi!s from the Old Ilourbon Crave
3 ant.
:cbIcasoTlms, II J
The project to wipe out such laws made
by (Jungrtss since the supprcton of the
state sovereignty rebellion as are not com
patible with the Calhoun theory upon
which the rebellion was begun was formed
by jiolitical fosi!s from the old Bourbon
griveyard, assuming to be parly leaders by
divine right, simply as a plan to catch
votes in the next presidency squabble. For
nearly fourteen years the same fossil re
mains of the palecz lie political period have
lieen ransacking eirth acd heaven (acd
other regions) to find a platform on which
the old bonen of a defucct political party,
drapeed from their winding sheets, could
be leunite-d acd galvaniztd into life for
another contest for the spoils. The differ
ent 'olicies" that have been tried acd
found wanting for the purpew have been
singularly variou", and as opjwsite to each
other as some of the candidates chosen to
earry them into effect
I'allurr ofttie Italian .MIL. Crop-.,
iNewYork Times, T.J
There are indications that within the
next few weeks the.e will be quite an
advance in the price cf silk. In fact an
iccrea-e has already taken place in the
value of the raw material, but has hardly
icnetrated to the manufictured stock in
the possession of retail dealers. The cause
for this advacc? is f jund in the probable
failure of the Italian silk crop of this year
the severe fronts of the hpring having
fatally injured the cscoousanJ also prevent
ed the vegetation upon which the worms
fenl from projrly developing. The same
troubles have been experienced in Franee
and Spain, both silk-prcducmg countries,
but with these the etlectn of the frost have
been less itvvre, and as the silk crop is
abo ordinarly smaller, a shrinkage in
these quarters does not materially influence
the market 1 he other gre-at silk-produce
countries are China, India and Japan, acd
in these there is every promise of a fair
average yield, acd, with an advance in
price in Europe acd America, shipments
will be made sufficiently large to partly
oilset the losses in the Italian crop. The
amount annually imported from the East
is almost equal to the entire European
production, so that the aggregate falling off
maa-be put at 10 r cent o! the volume ol
new silk which each year finds its way into
the markets of the civilized world. This
dimicuation in supply is sufficient, if other
things were equal, to produce a rapid ad
vance in values, but the d dice in the
worth of merchandise of all kinds has had
its effect upon trie price of silk, which has
been steadily going down siace the sudden
start given to it by the short crop of 1S7C.
A deficieccv in supply will occasion at this
time a falling cti in use rather than an
enormous advance in price, which in years
past has followed upon a bid season, acd
it is doubtful whether the market at its
maximum during this year will range
much higher than what would hi consid
ered fair prices eight or ten years ago.
That Southern A"-s.
St. touts Post Dispatch Deinccratlc.1
General Morgan having mads precisely
the sitech wanted by the Republican dema
gogues in the North and sure to do the
"South more injury than fort speeches of
Blaine and Chandler, it is refreshing to see
the alacrity with which our venerable con
temporary the Urpuhlie-tn rushes to its de
fense: "ff the Southern eople," it says,
"showed no respect fur 'the lost cause,' and
denouccrd it as the sum of all iniquities '.
if they branded themselves and their desd
as traitors, and crawled in the d.'rt a the
feet of the Sorth as miserable suppliants
they could not be tni'teil to do what they
have solemnly promised to do." Xoboely
expec s Southern jieople to do anything or
the kind. Th.it is not the question at all.
Common interest aud common sense teach
that national harmony, patriotism, love of
co'intry and fraternal relations are imos
jios'ible until 'bygoc' a'' are really "ny
gonts," until the dtad are really dead, un
til politics turn upon new i-r-u-s, not the
jiasions and hatreds of the late war.
Whoever tears open the-e terrible but
healing wounJs, in our opinion, is
unpatriotic and contemptible. We have
said that dozens cf time.--, when the Zich
Chandlers acd B'aices apjiealed for the
war feeling of the Sorth. We soall say so
as promjitly when an ass like Senator Mor
gan fooli"hlv does the same in the South
does what we feel certain every secsible
Southern man must regret and disapprove.
So honest L'ni jn man or patriotic Ameri
can exjiects the Southern people to "crawl
in the dirt" acd make humiliating confes
sions. We want them simjily to keep quiet,
say nothing about the past, and let it be
forgotten. Good tact and good secse both
teach that this is delicate subject ujen
which the less ssid tlw better for the
South. Batwhst dom Mr. Morgan say
Mr. Morgan who is a Senator of the United
States from the South? "lLe demand of the
South was simply that these rights and
guarantees should be faithfully observe!,
l'hey made no iggresion upon the legal,
moral, social or jiolitical rights of any
other section crState. Sothing that they
demanded was liable 3 jut censure."
This is simply a lie, acd all the more
unpardonable because its author wrote it
out carefully acd did not utter it in the
heat of debite, but went hundreds of miles
out cf his way and out of the Senate to
utter it Whatever the provocation might
have been, the fire upon Fort Sumter and
the deliberate opening of the civil war did
not come from the Sorth, and to say, at
this day, that, though the South ru-hed
into war and tried to break up the L'nion,
it "made no aggression upon the legal,
moral, sccial or jiolitical rights of any oth
er section," is simply preposterous.
Again Mr. Morgan says: "It wv their
homes acd their wives acd children and
friends that were their (the unknown
dead's) stake in the war. Their homes they
defended against desecration; their wives
and children against insult and humilia
tion; their friends against wrong and injus
tice, acd their country against invasion.
For these they died. This is the whole
story." But this is not the whole story by
any means. If this painful subject must be
discussed it must be distinctly understood
that thoe men, with the highest regard
for their conv.ctiocs, fought in a war
agaicst their country, caued by themselves
and solely oat of supposed danger to the
institution cf slavery, not liberty, as Mr.
Morgan claims. Bat slavery is 'the very
opposite of liberty, is not the opposite of
but "wrong and injustice" itself.
We have been called extreme, because
we sincerely believe that as a rule, Confed
erates are cow better Union men than Re
publican stalwarts, and because the danger
to the Union cow comes from the Sorth
and the Republican rebels who howl for
Grant a third term, and a military, strong,
centralized, imperial Republic "Bat we
are equally sincere and equally plain
spoken in denouncing foolish utterances
and dangerous sentiments, whether they
come from the South or the Sorth, whether
they are made by a Republican or a Demo
cratic Senator. And if Mr. Morgan be
lieves wnai ne sua ce u a loot a he does
' not be is a kn ve. Possibly he h a li""e
lnh, and S Hern ptr shou ! be (irM
ellhioiso.
r-
l:ucuurusInzKeiortH From Uu,mc.s:
Cli-rlr-iu tlir Kut
..-!...... ..m..uu i,,uU.lc.ia j
tiin thi rprwi? Vjimi VMtltpp nfvirtir im.-! '
by li genial raios has made the farmers
iubiiuL over the prosjiert of their crejn,
and W-tern dealers are freely civics or-
I tUr, not u 'y f jr the neces-itics but Iiii-
nru- if life. Ihe ncaauuc-.ur.rs cf Sew
E glar.d are working ou full time, ard
mice ntw or.es hive ben started. Wages
Uirig low they ha7e a much latser force cf
hands empl.iyd, atd the rep iris of the as
etciatiocsfor charitable relief indicate that
tne cumber forced to be idle is less than
has been known for six years past. Al
though It requires clo-e cipLericg to seep
the cost of induction within tee small
prices obtainable, the turn-out of goods is
unusually gre.it Manv cf the mitis have
sold ahead of their produc i in in wooleu
goods, acd lltncels, the iucretfing de
mind for which has jiut up the jTice cf
woo). Tie demand for cottons, icough
not so great ns e-arlisr in the sras?n, coa
timies active at advanced rices, aud z
still further increase in th- crat future is
anticipated. The leather market is brink ;
there is a better demand for crria" than
has been known for years ; the S'irtti river
iron furnaces are in full b!jst; Patterson
silk manufactories viere i-e er doing as
much as now ; Trenton pot'er ka, iron wotls
and machine shops lnve hard wo, s to keep
up with their orders ; kt-uoiQMvts. though
selling for half what ll.ty brought a few
years ago, are manufictured in large num
ber., with prolit Kxcrllent reports come
Irom mining am mnuUcturtcg interests
of Pennsylvania. In rpite of the low prices
of coal,coal miners are ruueing t" '.1 time,
and in some cases the iron couipa.ii.saie at
work night and day. Southern corresjioa
dence of Sew York business houfes report
an encouraging condition cf trade and
manufacture. The tobacco business has
received an impetus lrom the reduction of
the tobacco taxts. There is an imjirove
ment in real estate in this city, caused by
the extension of the elevated roads. An
active trzdi 1. is been oreccd with Aus
tralia. Ilcath ami Ilevastattou-IVri'icli.-i or
Jupiter, t'rai:us .ojituiiL- an it Mat
urn. The astrologers are begicning to fire up
and come to the front They jiarade the
jierihelia cf four great placets in ISiO, as
j resaging uocomu.oa wrath to the world
and as evidence of the beginning of the
grand saturnalia point to the war with
Chili and Peru, the war in Afghanistan and
Zululand, the eruption of Mount Etna, the
march of Asiatic cholera westward and in
due seasou will array the Kansas cyclone
to their side.
But that "prophet cf evil, fiend or devil"
Prof. Grimmer, of Sau Jo-e, California,
goes ahead of all otuers in the line of
devastation, death, and the earth covered
with the over-hadowing wing of the
destroying angel. He id a professional
aurolorer who cliinis tint his "voice is
the voice of the stars" He tells us that
the effects of the coming perihelia will,
from JfesO to Ibv, produce "one universal
carnival of death" resulting from jitsti-
lence, sword, famine, revolution, wars, tor
nadoes, earthquakes, volcano's and the like.
America will be devastated, he says, aud
further:
Every drop of water in the esrih. on the
earth, acd above the earth, will be more cr
Ics jioisouoiH. The atmosphere will be
foul with noiome odors, acd there will be
few constitutions able to resist the coming
scourge. There will come storms and tidal
waves that will swamp whole cities, earth
quakes that will swallow mountains and
town', and tornadoes that will sweep
hundreds of villages from the fs.ee ot the
earth; the mountains will tremble and
totter, acd fall into sulphurous tli-sms;
thegeograjihy of the earth will be changed
by volcanic action; mountains will toui
their rocky heads through the choicests
valleys: valleys will appear wnere moun
tains formerly stood; skillful mariners will
be lost on th-ocean, owing to the extreme
variations of the compass; navigators will
crow pale with alarm at the capricious de
llexures of the needle; volcanoes that have
been dormant lor centuries will awaken to
belch forth their lava with more violence
thin in their pristine vigor, rainfalls will
deluge valleys and the; mountain stream
will enlarge their beds and become mighty
torrents; fires will start spir.taneuHy acd
devasalte whole forest"; great fires will occur
in many cities.
This, in its line, is a li'tle ah'ad r.f any
thing yet jiredicted. If it all takes place
it will be "a clover" year fur newspapers
lejiorters. But the jirofessor first iocs to
work aud poisons every drop of water, and
then gets up wars, and other dreadful
thirgs in wt.ich we are all to figure. But
how we are going to war after teirg ki.Ied
with jioi-on, and how we are to get atari;
in marches and sieges without wa'er ths
professor fails to explain. Pcihsjis he de
jiends upon lager beer.
Such stutl as this furnishes witerial for
the superstitious and "many a grusome
tale" for stijieranuated females cf ' the cfl
color, but to the eye of a living minnow
they are a dead sardine.
The perihelia of these planets occur
about every oce hundred years, and history
don't mention (trimmer's calamities as si
multar.cjus. They occurred in ViO'2. If
he ill establish the legend that the Conti
nent of Atlantis actually excited between
South America and Africa, and that it
sunk when S'orih America roe from the
sea, and that the position of these planets
was in ierihelion at that time, then he may
induced ieojle to jiiy up their debts and
prejiare for a jitrmacent change of veuue.
The Itomaii..- ur -llovins into the
Country.
i'liiledelplila Times.
There is a good deal of romance about
moving into the country for the summer,
getting away from the hot, dusty town icto
the pure, fresh air, beneath the sun-lit
skies, amid-t the waving tree", purling
brooks, docile cattle, green meadows and
things of that sort there is a good deal of
romance about such a change, acd its im
mediate effect is to stir the slugguh blood
into new life and to arouse into vigorous
acivity the generous impulses of the heart.
This is the jioetical and also tne popular
view of the situation. But jiracticaj jieople
are more than ready to affirm that there is
about moving into the country a good deal
of sober reality.
Iu ticint ol Uct, micration bevond the
urbsn bounds is broidly divisible'into three
distinct stages of misery of getting ready,
of going, cf settling down. Some philoso
jihers add as a fourth stage the miery of
staying in the country afier you get there.
Leaving out ot consideration this contin
gent misery, and also the enormous
amount ot worry incident to determine
ujion a suitable place to go,
worry that sets in about tee middle ot
March acd lasts, generally, until the be
ginning of June, there is in the matter of
packing np aloue enough ot tribulation to
make the average strong man collapse ut
terly in b sly m.d in ruled. This is on the
bi,is that you have taken an "eligible su
burban residence, furnished" "furnished,"
heaven save the mark! acd have to carry
with you as full an outfit of necessaries
and of luxuries as though you were about
to l the hero of a shipwreck upon a desert
island. If you are going into the country
to board, the tribulation is scarcely less.
You are to be cramped up in oce or two
rooms acd forced to make soul-harrowing
decisions as to which of your home com
forts you shall take with you and which
leave behind. It is a cottceable fact that
some evil mischance invariably hinders
your departure on the duly appointed day.
When everything is packed at last, aud
your town habitation is torn to pieces and
utterly uninhabitable, the "strawberry
g"irm" comes or the baby falls ill, or your
maiden aunt from Boston the aunt who
has promised to remember you In her will
and is cot a person to be trilled with sud
denly swoops down upon you. And for
days you and your whole house are as pa
riahs and outcasts and go about sorrowing.
The journey out of town, when finally ac
complished, is tempts nous. Either the car
riage is not on time, or the man who is to
come for the Inggage is late or even forgets
all about you and does cot com at all, or
you go to the org station, acd so fail to
make a connection with the farmer's wag
on ; one or the other of a hundred possible
mischances certainly comes upon you, acd
the expedition ends in vexation of the
pint and exhaustion of the fiuh.
of Broken diwn with weariness and worrv,
sleep seems to be the sweetest blessing ttm
Niole ImJ in all the world and jut
a'loui me least attainao;e. It
vou are in
your "furnished" hcu'e the utter absence
of theets and pillowxases probably will be
lae (.lamauDj; block ln ine ath leading m
,t i -- i i? , .
powerful klluence in keenice vou
awake, and the mislaying of the valL-e con
taining all the night-gowns will not tend to
make the way to slumber any easier. And,
wherever you are, you will be disturbed by
the novelty of your surroundings, by the
I-a.itive discomforts and by the negative
abtence of comfort', all contrasting so
sharply with what you have been accus
tomed to inthe quiet and peace that nor
mally obtains in yenr own house. Acd
Ihis is the movins thak is raid to nartake of
the nature of rom-nce '.
So, there is cot much romacce about
moving icto the country, ft is all very
well to get away from the hot, dusty town
into a jiure atmosphere, and into close
jirozimity to birds and brocks and beasts
acd gieen trees and the like, but such a
pasge is not romsn'ic nor while it unde
niably quickens the ilow cf the blocd has
it anything whatever to do with arousiog
icto vigorous activity the generous im-pul-es
of the heC (ui'e the reverie.
KAK8AS EBETfiSS.
H oairaonwi-altli, Junc ;
Editors and their wives from all p rts
of the Sate arrived yesterday by the in
coming trains from all directions. The
maoagemeot had made such excellent ar
rangement that upon alighting from the
cars, our gusts knew where to liaJ enter
tainmect, and were taken to their places in
the carriages of cilizns as far as possible,
acd in omnibuses, for which tickets were
provided them. The hours between the
arrival of trains acd i!u time ret far the
Convention were jia-sed as the guests ehos;
generally in walkiog over the city and get
ting acquainted with each other. The la
dies were in ecmc instances taken about the
city in cirrioges, but most e,f them jirc
ferred to ret after their rids.
THE ' CONYKNTI X.
The editors assembled at the State
Houte, near the ajqiointed hour, at.d visited
the offices, examiued the nerf buildii'g r,d
disjiosed of tbem-elvcs.-s thev saw fii. At
five o'clock President King called the Con
tention to order, acd stated that Hun. Al
fred Griffin, Treasurer, couid not le yrtu
ent, acd that it would be iu order to sup
ply a Treasurer y n tern.
Upon motion, the President appointed
Mr. Peffer, of the Coffey ville Jur.uil, as
that officer.
After some disccssion and numerous mo
tions as to the method tobeus.il in the
election cf officers, Mr. Park of the Atcli't
son I'atrut, offered a substitute for all of
them, that the President appoint a commit
tee of five who should rejiort names of offi
cers to the convection, and that he al-o nj
point a comtuitiee of five who should sug
gest the came of some city for the holding
of the cext annual meeting.
The motion was adopted, and the Presi
dnt ajijKiintcd as the former committee,
Messrs. D. It. Anthony, I. K. HmUon, 11.
C. Rizer, Ed. Lane and J. S. Uilmore.
The Committee on Location was Messrs.
H. Clay Part, W. M. Alli-oa, J. E. Rastall,
W. D. Jenkins and S. O. Stevens.
The committees were instructed to report
at the evening session.
Col. Anthony moved that a committee of
five be appointed on reelutioos.
The motion carried acd the President
said he would came the members at the
evening sersion.
Mr. Baker movel that the member be
invited to come forward j.nd piy their
dues, which mction met T.ith unanimous
consent, ar.d csrrid. E'glity-six gentle
men thee came fcrwstd il-1 paid one dol
lar each.
Mr. Stotler stated that the Etcporia
Knights Templar band wis in the city, un
der the invitation to accompany the edi
tors on their excursion, and suggested that
definite arrangements be made for their pay
of S250, which had been jiromijcd them.
He moved that a committee of three be
appointed to attend to the matter. Car
ried.
The PresTdnt appointed Messrs. Stotler,
Baker acd Prouty as such cemmittre
A communication was received from Dr.
Eastman, Superintendent of theTojieka In
sane Asylum, inviting the editors to visit
the Asylum to-day. It wasordered filed.
Mr. Bskermoved that the report of the
Treasurer be refrred to the committee on
nomination of officers. Carried.
The Secretary jiresented the compliments
ol Jlr.i. Cipt. Henry Kin;, with very ueat )
wcite siik oauges lor me memii.rs.on wbicti
was jirinted ia gilt, "Karoos Press," The
badge were teceived with thanks. On cm
tion, the Convection adjourned until 7.30
o'cltith.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was cot commcccd
until b o'clock, when the committee j
jiointed before the close of the afternoon
session made re jicr.s.
The Committee on Sominations made the
following rejiort :
TorriJA, Kax , June V2, 1ST9
Mr. Pr.Esiti.NT Your Committee on
Officers would resjieclfully recommend for
election as officers of tle" Kansas Editors'
and Publi-hem' A-soc;atiun fur lLe er suing
year the followics :
For President, Cap:. Henry King, of To
peka. For Vice-Presidents. II. Clay Pirk.of At
chison; John S. (iilmorc, of r'redoni; M.
M. Murdo k, of Wichita; and II. V. Siitb,
ot Concordia
For Treasurer, V.'. A. Pcff;r, of Ctffey
ville. For Secretary, S. S. Froutv, cf Junction
City.
Signed D. It. ANTHONY,
Eo. C. Lant, Chaiiman.
Secretary.
The rejicrt was adopted, sad the nomi
nees elected.
The Committee en Lccaticn rejicrted as
follows:
To tht OjjicfTX ar.d Jemiers rj L'tt A'ascs
Stjtc JCdUortal Auociattoi:
Your committee apoicted to name a
place at which shall be held the cext con
vention of ihe association, beg leave to re
jiort that your committee is in receipt of a
formal invitation from the mucicipil au
thorities of Wicfield to meet at that city,
which invitation is attached to acd made a
part of this report.
Your committee are also in receipt of an
invitation from the members of the pres
of Lawrence for the convention to ajeemble
in that city.
Your committee thertfore report to you
the names of Wirfield and Lawrence, and
ask this convention by ballot or otherwise
to decide between the two.
Reepectfnlly submitted,
H. Ciav Pakk,
WjIX D JE.NKIN',
Wm Allison,
J. T. SrtviNs.
We apjiecJ the invitation from Wicfield:
Office of tiieCitv CLrnK-, l
U'lSlHLD, KANies, Jur.e!. '7.
To rAs Irttttleni and m'mbr$ cf the KaruiM
Slate Editorial Auxviiijui
Gentlemen : At a re gulsr meetirg of
the ccuccilmen of the city cf Winfield,
held on the evening of Monday, June 2J,
1S70, we were instructed by resolution to
extend an invitation to your association to
hold.its next annual meeticg-lSSO in this
city acd to tender to you the hosjiitalitits
of the city. We would resrectfully rerre
sent to your honorable body that Winfield
has never yet asked I s f vcr of vou acd
urge upon you to accv his invitation and
pay a visit to the garder. pot of Kanas.
J. B. Lynn, Mavor.
Attest J. P. Shost, City C lerk.
Votes were then had on tha cities cf
Winfieldt Abileoe and Wichita successive
ly, and the decision of the Co-veation was
against all of them. A vote was then had
on the proposition to bld it at Lawrence,
acd that city was selected.
Governor St John was thea ictrodeced
by President Kin;, who, in th at-ence of
Mayor Case, had been requested to
WELCOME THE EDIT0E3.
Gov.St John recited the accident which
had broaght him before the Convention,
and in a humorous manner told the conver
sation which had passed between the Mayor
acd himself. He was very happy in his
remarks, and was cordial in his greeting.
He extended a hearty welcome to each acd
all, with the freedom of the city, acd as.-
aured the editors that it was, the wish of the
pejple of the city, for whom he spoke, that
ineir guesu snouid tuny enjoy tneir visit
It had been their aim to supply all with
such conveniences and to extend those hos
pitalities which were possible. If anything
wasceglected, it was an oversight acd not
uic luieauou oi any ciuzec
JUDGE rEFFEB,
of the Coffey ville Journal, rejilied on behalf
of the editors, aaUring tie jieople of the
Capital, who had so generously provided
for their comfort, that nothing had been left
undone. He commented on the gatherings
of the newspaper men at the Capital City,
and ekewhere, as occasion permitted, as
ongai spots in the wearisome labor of jour
nalism. He trusted that the pleasant ac
quaintance with the citizens of Topeka, so
pleasantly begun, would but serve to ce
ment more closelv the feelim-a nf frienrt.
ehip for it, which'the members of the con
vention had,
THE rOESr.
The President then intrmTure.? f?virf
W. Reed, of the Topeka Jilade, as the Poet
ui mis year, woo read the lollowiog poem :
THE KANSAS rKZSS.
Now tho brisbtdsys or Junearoclidlnsby,
luinitull of suusbine, fragrance, bloom and
Mini;.
IMme Nature dons her beantous nttlr,
Aud In tier pathway cnuutluss b.esstn
throng.
H'r po-ver
want:
nrrcnie brooks no delay nor
ebe riivn no b unders, fi,hlons nausbt in
Mini ; "
lv lw of eonito forces sli unite
utn, .a and iy la oce uaimontons chain.
N o Ksnsacs well may speak her n.ime Is
pritssa;
Jh9 he-ips her trea-nrrsat onrvery doors ;
Mio w.t es her M?epler unit fair Ceres BIN
Our rural gran'ries with her choicest stores
r. r niHKtc touch unto. its th" bud of pr:u'
Art I'lorit. lovellet soddt-tof hertratu,
li-ii.)es i lien ner ! unttest otlerlugs
TtiHt ll:ic the wildwo.d, hillside. ale acd
p. .In;
Wliilo Xoture, Art acd rrosrj-. hand In
hand,
ditto t crown oar Sta'e with wealth and
jiei.ee.
While Freedom's umtatued banner waves
oYrHtl.
And spun;;, of tnowled
creae."
ge everywhere In-
'. a c.ance lines o'er the record of the jnt.
To read bow pitn.it insrtrrs suffered Ion
To frw this In nd from T rauny's foul euix.
Aim! Inula deep laid schemes of hate and
w ro.
TlK-y el ully rRvctiicIr.iIl fjrrUht and truth
Awl, unl.o tni tolUd, lorctoUl u future
grind
F.ir sun-liksei! Knnvis. Think you then they
Oor jTtsent ln the fnturu that they planned !
To day theiecboof their wa'ch words cheer
IhoiiMQUa ot settler-. In tliflr prairie homes.
Tiu .. ..... ....I.. .. ... ..... . .
..-..h. ... .iiuu'-iifm in ineir iiooieoevus
lo each lutrlot
conies.
In tho9C'ark days the press, with well-timed
A ui! tirnve endeavor, smote the ruthless foe ;
. Ul.o sIlt-wiueU IU.l-es ot tilth uud
boyj
Gave iiikiiy a faltering hehrtu warmerg'ow.
To-tUy our !C.as-is I'r.ss fraternal meets.
Ami proud T.i-k e opens ul her uoont
1 iy tin prts lr uumbtrs couiit for
s ri-n: h
Migii' ipt. I. invaders t-Va from foreign shores.
But no.i--tvnid.
the jien bnpptauts the vengefnl
Msttit.-.tnlii" Freedom on Columbia's sod;
Ima ball s.llil.,1 iiim. Us every word
Incuui;.lii,-.,r et.ui try imd lineof ejod!
THE ANNUAL ADDEEsS.
Capt. King then said: "It is a plexsure
to rue, aud 1 have no doubt it is to all of
you, that wo have an orator this vear, to
whom we mav always listen with jdeasure
and jirofit. I have the honor and jdeasure
to introduco Hon. T. Uwight Thacher, of
tfce Lawrence Ji urrjil."
.Alme conclusion cf the address, Col.
An' .oy moved that since the election of
Orator and Poet had been forgotten by the
Couuiittee, the President hi author.zed to
rppoint lioth. Carried.
-Mr. Prouty moved that the thicks of
tf-e association b- tendered to Hon. T. I.
Thacher forhis able and appropriate ad
dress. Carried unanimously.
The Convection then adj'.urred, acd
THE CALL
comicr-cced. A lirge proj-ortion of our
Toprfca scciety wxi out, ai.d many cf the
editors br. ngtit their ladies Representa
tive Hall was tastefully draped, acd was in
excellent condition for the jilcasures of the
hour, ivhich continued far iuto the eight.
rrosrarame-crthe tlxeursion.
IT.IDAY, JCSE lu'.
LeaveT.petaat2.-np. in, by special
train on Atebisou, 'lojieka & Santa 1'k rail
road. .
Arrive at Ksnsas City at C p. m .connect
ing with Chicjgo and Alton road for
Chicsgo.
Supjier at ti.30 p. n , on diniDg car at
tached to train.
Iiorts insleejiing cars 2o0 cith from
Kacsas City to Chicago.
. SITCRMY, JUNE 11.
Breakfast at S a. m ,and dinner at 1 p. m.,
on dining car attached to train.
Arrive at Chicago at S-.H0 p. m.
The party will ba transferred from the
railroad depot to wharf of Lake Michigan
i LakeSujierior Transportation Comjiauv,
in oranilm.-es, kindlv furnihsd. fr.e of
charge, by Mr. Rank Prmelee, of Parme
lee's Omnibus I jcp.
Supjier will I Krved on board the
steamer, to all who desire it, at the cost
price of 23 cents to each jerson, supjier not
being kciudtd in the cor.trsct far round
Hip.
The faro on steamer will le S.J fcr each
I-rson to Mackinac and return, including
jiaessge, meals acd sleej.iog berths; ticket
arrangement ia chirge cf officers of steam
er Leave Chicago for Msciinacat S p. m.,
on steamer "P.erlcss," Cot. Allen Mcfn-
6CKDAY, JUNE 10.
Arrive at Milwaukee in tha morning
and stop about three hours, rffordingthe
excursionists an opportuuity to g- ashore
ar.d view the city.
Pass Port Washington, Shibyin and
Manitowoc durlrg the day.
mondiy, June 10.
Arrive at Mackinac about G.uO p. m.
INIf the jisrtywillgo to Astor House,
acd half to Island House, where they will
be entertained at the reduced rate of $2
per ildy for each person.
Bill in the evening, at Aster Iljuse.
TCr?DAY. JUNE 17.
The day will fc spent in walks and rides
about the island, under direction of Mr.
Geo. C Ketchum, postmaster at Mackinac,
to whom the jiarty is much indebted for
services rendered in aid of the excursion,
i lave Mackinac for Chicago in tEe even
ing on steamer "City of Dulutb," Captain
Alex. McDougall.
lYEDNrSDAY, JfEE I".
Pass Manitowac, Sneboygs.n acd Port
Washington during the day. Arrive at
Milwaukee in the evening.
THURSDAY, JUNE VJ
Arrive at Chicigo in the morning
The hoU Jiarty will be entertained at
the fcherman Houe, ihe jiroprielor, Mr. A.
Hurlbert, having prof-osed to redoes: his
regular prices at the rate of a dollar per
day on each room, the rooms being graded
in price according to location and"apjoint
ments, to-wit : ;3 00, c 1 00 and 50.00 per
dy. The rates 'o excursionists will.there
fore.be jJ 00, S3 50 acd $100 per day, ac
cording to style of rooms selected.
The day will be devoted to viewing ob
jects of interest in the city, acd ia the even
ing the entire party will have free admis
sion to Haverly's theater, with compli
ments of the manager.
FRIDAY, JCSZZO.
Daring the day eptcial courtesies will be
shown the party by the Chicago Stationers'
Board of Trade, Gen. A. C. McCIurg, Presi
dent ; and in the evening, complimentary
tickets will l furnkked to Hooley's Opera
House by the manager.
SATUKBAY, JUNE 21.
lave Chicigo for Kansas a 10.SO A. M ,
on Chicigo, Rack Island and Pacific rail
road. Dinner acd supper on dinirg car at
tached to train.
Berths in sleeping cars cm l obtained
from Chicago to Atchison or Leavenworth
at 2 00 each.
S.CNDAY, JUNE 22.
Breakfast at Cimeron, Mo. at 3 a. ir.
Arrive at Leavenworth at 10.30 A. L, acd
at Atchison at 11:20 a m, conceding with
all outgoing tratcs
Hotel acd sleeping car arrangements are
in charge of Mr. V. W. Walton, Assistant
Secretwy, who will sriare no pains to se
cure the comfort and satisfaction of all
members of the party.
Mtuic will be famished duricg tie trip
, by the Knights Templar IUnd, of Kmpo -
ria, accomoaayin the par. by Special in-
vitation, and as a compliment to the Edi
tors oi tvanssj. HENRY Bkisa, fres t
H. Clay Park, Secretary.
COI.OK.VIIO JlIXK.
"A rialn, rnvarnlthetl Statement of
Fcrtt l.eailv!!!e"-larL Cocatyi".
I.alr County.
IConespondenct ..rao rtiune.)
Alma, Park Co., Col A. Cook, K ti. SO
Dearborn street Chicago Dear Uncxe :
As yon are desirous of obtaining my ojiin
on acd views ou mining matters generally
in Colorado, I will.to the best of my ability,
give you a plain, unvarnished statement of
facts. During my ten years' mining expe
rience in this State, f have worked more or
less in pretty much all of the important
camps.
I was employed in California Gulch a few
years ago, and cimjied in what is cow the
centre cf Lradville. At that time carbon
ates and Leadville were unknown. Doubt
less I have frequently handled the seem
ingly valueless mineral, never dreaming of
its intrinsic value. As I have been lately
working in some of the crack mines of
Leadville, I think, should I ever ercouufer
carbonates, I would h.tve no ditcrulty in
recognizing them.
Leadville is undoubtedly a remaikab'y
rich and wonderful camp, jiossessing mjny
rich acd valuabla mines. Rut it also con
tains a large number of worthless ones I
can mention a dozen mines on Caibonate
Hill, enjoying good reputations, that do not
jity exj-enses. Some few on Fryer Hill are
yielding largely acd prtatabl ; but, as
there is only one stratum or layer of niiner
a', and the ground is easily worLetl, it is
only a question of a yesr or two to com
pletely work out the'oOO by 1,003 feet.which
is the siza of a claim. Tee Iseadvilie pi
pers, Here jubilant a lew wicks ago, owing
to the Peodery shaft striking mineral below
the outcroji. This, they jiroceeded to jirove,
showed conclusively the existence of more
than on: mineral layer. . he fact is (and 1
my.-elf worked on the outcrji j is: above
the Penderyi in-tead of being really an
outcroji, the vein, or contact, tooK a dtji the
other way. We, who knew liovv the can
tact turned over, were sntisfied that the Peu
tlery shaft would uhimitely strike the con
tact, acd looked for i;;ihijI being struck
several weeks before it actually esreurred.
The minei in the vicinity cf Leadville
are held at figures tar bsjond their aetuil
wcrth. Some that are valued at ?2000tK)
would be considered well sold if they real
ized 500,000 in another locality. The Fryey
Hill consolidation certainly embrzees tev-
eral coed mines ; but, as it t strcked at
$20,000,000. I think the dividends will not
only lie very small, bat, like angels' visits,
lew and lar between. 1 would not like
to give 10 per cent for the stock value. I
Mining is often called a lottery ; acd ro
it is to a certain extent. Bat tnt4re j nze
would be drawn if a little more precaution
was exercised in making inv.stments.
Whenever there is a fcter-heit exci'eni?u
in a new camji, mining jir.ijierty will stll
for ten times the figure that enn benb ained
fnr it after the caciji h siin -rid d wa
Purchasers generally p-y about ore-th:rd
more for jirojerty than the ,nginal owner
gets, ihe bslicce goes to the middle
man who ojieratcs b-tw-'n btiter acd
seller.
l'xperts (compo-ed m'.itly of theoretical
miners) are frequent sent out to report on
jirojierties. Some few made gtod, fair re
lKjrts ; but the maiorit7 make them Utt
teiing or otherwise, according to the abili
ty of the owners to pay fjr them
1 jiersonally know ot several
instances where worthlets jin.perty w
made to apjiear exceedingly vsltiah.e. Of
course the interested parties wore well able
to jiny for such rejiorts. The jnor jros
jsctor may di-cover a really good mine;
hut, as he jiossesses neither money cor in
lloence, he cannot work his projierly ad
vautageously or find a purchaser. Ccci
sionally an ojieraior will rome alorg acd
bond the mine (worth trlOCOO) fir sav
5 000. and finally sell it for ilOOOJ Jr
J20 000. Thus both buyer ani seller ?ie
cheated, and the middleman (ihe Granger's
fo) is the only oce benefited.
There are many mices in Colorado wh'ch
barely pay exjienscv, but which, if jirojierly
managed, would yield good returns. You
see the presidents ar.d directors frequently
have a number of jioor relatives to provide
tor, and, wr.ei they are lound tibe rxr
fectly useless lor anything else, they are
sent out here to takechargecf a mice. As
the new msnager dees not wish to have a
foreman who knows any ciote than himself,
he iiroctires the services of some oily-
tongtied fellow who his foresworn ork.
and, between the two, the management is
disastrous to the stockholders.
1 only returned lrom Ial'ill! yester
day, and can sately affirm that the popula
tion has decrea-til one third during the
lijt three months. The fact is Iieginnirg
to be realized, that the growth of the town,
and every business was overdone. It will
be a good camp for a year or two yei; but,
when settled down, nfttr the ei'-itementhna
abated, two-thirds of the buildings will be
trnoccujiieJ. Rnts for a time were simjily
exorbitant. Two months' rent was suffi
cient to defray the cost of construction e.f a
majority of the buildirgs. The demacd fcr
buildings: was in exten of thesupjily, but
it is not so now.
If I wished to make a mining investment
I would jirefer Park county to Luke coun
ly. (hie rea'oa is, there is no excitement
in Park county, and property can it ob
tained for reasonab'e (trices. I firmly be
lieve that, if th" eacie amount of capital
was invested, and half tlieipi mtiiy ,,f j.ros.
Iiecting done, there would be more pajicg
mices than 1-ieadville contain-.
The mineral of Park county averges a
much higher grade than it dries in Lak .
Unfortunately, at Ihe jireent time there is
not a smelting works tunning in the c un
tv. Consequently the ore has tob chipped
to Denver or Golden City, acd this entails
a cost en the jireslucer of from S10 to $12
jer ton for freight. Leadville lias seven or
eijht smelters right at her door.
The Park county mices are all in blast
ing ground, and are, in consequence, more
exjiensive to work ; but the ore being
mcch richer fully compensates for the co-t
of extraction. They may not jiay quite so
large a dividend a some of the carbonate
mines, but they will still he productive
when the carbonste legion is exhausted.
There are lots of slightly developed claims
in this county, hicti, fur the amount of
work done on them, look very j.rcialsing ;
but, as the owners are without exception
poor men, they are unable to of en them
up. Here they can te bought fur from
$100Oto$0,0W;in Le,d7ille they would
sell at from $20,000 to S70 0j0. This looks
like a wild statement, bat I jdedge you my
word it is correct.
Ore milling forty ounces is considered
pretty fair mineral in Lake county ; in
Park it will not pay for hauling. One hun
dred ami fifty ounces is hih grade in lead
ville, but nothing bhf in Alma. The last
shipment cf ore I sold from a mice i was
Ieasicg in Park county, last fall, millet :
first-class, -190 oucces; secoLd-clas, 331
ounces ; tbird-clzs', 20 1 onuces. I have the
mill returns yet. This i, however, even
for this district, a big mill return. Speci
men assays are co eocd. If the were, I
can get you many that will run over $20,
000 in silver to the ton. One assay rr
cntly made here gave something over ?10
000 in gold acd over $3 000 in silver.
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COL Ilt'.VT.
Over Forty-rive Yearn or i'aithrut
hertlre.
IlEAD'ejTES DEr-'T OF THE MlPSOL'SI,
SOL'SI, 1
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AiSNT. ADJUTANT UENL 3 OFFICE,
l-T. LEAVES WORTH, Kv., June 1
General Ordztj. 1
Xo. 9.
Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin E. Hunt,
D'traty Paymaster-General U. S. A , Chief
Paymaster of this Department, has bten re
l.eved from further duty in consequence of
aa order of the President of the United
States placing him ujon the retired liat of
the Army.
In takicg official leave of th'srfiicer.who,
by an honest, faithful aid efficient jr
formance of duty for more than forty-five
years, has richly earned a period of rest,
the Department Commander desires to ex
press his appreciation ot his long devotion
to duty, and to aesure Col. Hunt that he
carries wi.h him into bis retirement the
best wh-hes of thce with whom he his been
so Ion; associated.
By Commiudof E.-igadier Geseral Pope.
. R. Platt,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Wat. L VoLKifAB,
1st Lieutenant 0th Cavalry, A. D. C.
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30th, 1S.J.
TotheKdJirai the I V j -.-'at: At tbe
solemn, ad impressive tuner .'of my be
loved acd early friend, William Lloyd
Garrison, oce of the sjeakers.read a part of
the following poem, which Tnow setnl,
askirg a place for it in toy fujier, although
after the surprisingly beautiful tribute of
Wendell Phillij)', and the pcrhaji still
more touchingly eloquent words of Theo
dore D. Weld," it tuay seeta superlljus.
S-jmething on mr pwt seems due to the
intimate lriecdshir of more than fifty years,
unbroken am! utdi-M.'bed by any tlitfcr
ecce cf opinion am! a: .3 duricg keljl.,
?Mi-slaVer slrufcle. iny frierd.
Jnus li. ViirrriEK
euBcxsjnx.
Tbe storm an.l peril ovi past,
Tbe lioauil.it h.ilrnt aiuil and still;
On, soul of freedom ! tase at last
Tho place vrhlch thou uio.e enst lilt.
Cm Arm tho lesson tancht a' oid.
Lilesuvetl lor sett Is It, wmie llwy
Who lose It li ills ser Ice hwhl
Tbe lessa of Uud etertal day.
Nut f jr thy self, hut for tbe slavn
1 .1, w.ud- ol thamt.r shoot the wot Id ;
N srlt!shsritiur hatred ipivo
.Th? sfeu'h wherewith thy bolts were
buced
i-p.ni Up- that Mtnai' trumpet blew
W r beard a tender undersong ;
Thevr wrtu froaa ptty mrew,
from love of men thy h..ttjof wrung
Now psist and pre-ent are-aaono;
eh nt-ib" ow lIHiibovu.r
T'. moitai earn have buttjfrua
The immortality of iove. ,
N t for n son! lite thmo tho Mini
if e . nso. ease and j ys of en.i;
lt.ii du'y, mure trnn rrowu or palm,
lwuwu excttiin tecomnvm-f.
; .p nndon : thy day well etonp,
it- mor i in,; prt.mlso wo! I fultMnt.
A i tne to u lunipha yet nnvou.
To boiler tasks Ibai Uud has willed.
U . leave bel-lnd thee nil that mars
n e wurK tit-low of man for niaii;
Willi the bite .eslunanf tb stars
1 s i set .ce such u angels cull.
WhPrevr wrot-c Khali rhjht deny,
t ir sutft rlttir splili nr tnetr pica.
It ihii v i ' -ce to smite thu lie.
A t.n: d to set the enptive flee t
i:i:i.no.i it.vcii.rr.
The I.licl TiiRPHTlit. art- i!u in;r In
Colorado How they fct'I in Hooton.
Denveh, Col., Juce 1 1. The excitement
attecdm- the service of the injunction yes-
terday morning ia accordance with which
the Atchison, Topeka it Santa Fe railroad
company wa3 ousted, and the Denver &
Rio Grande company resumed jiossession cf
its const rucied railroad, has subsidee!, ar.d
q liet i reported alcn the entire line.
Proceeding on which .the order was based
wn rr.mtrccl seme week ago to cancel
and s !a-.!e the lease which vaa signed in
H--I..T1 by the two companies last October,
In', wh'cl still remains undelivered, by the
tern. of which the Kio Gracdo comjiany
was to leae its line of constructed road,
hrte hundred ami thirty-seven miles in
iers'h, lo the Atchison company. Aftir
fuii argument by counsel of the respective
pt'ties, Jude ISowen dtcided the Ieate
invalid ami that the Atchison company
HAD KO IlIOHT
or authority to occujiy aud ojierate the
road, acd he directed an injunction to issue
against the further oecujiancy and opera
lion thereof by that company, ami erjjined
tt em from interferir with or obstructing
the fu'ure operation ( the road by the Rio
tinrde company. The Atchison comjiany
had jilaeed armed guards at various sta
tions of ths line to re-is". tSe execution of
Ihe order of the court. These men were
enj lined al-o. Process was sinitiltaneou-ly
served alone the whole lire at yesterday
ranmir;;, acd the whole road, with all the
rolling stock, excejit four engines which
were run up the canot?, and all the stations
except El Mora, are in jieacab!e possession
of the Denier A Rio Grande company, ami
regular trains are being tun ovarthe entire
road.
THE LIU l.C-ANtlE C3Xrt:t A--iiEKT
that durint; the six months' jiossession of
their road ad in' trim by the expelled Ies-K-e:i
nearly all the essential conditions cf
the birjrain had been violated. Judge flat
ten decided that the controversy w.et in ef
fect l-eiween the two couijiacies, ar.d there
fore removable, and that the L cited States
Court had jurisdiction, bnt did not decide
the question of the legality of Judge ISoW
en's injunction, fie said he would take no
further action until the Rio Grande attor
neys were cotitied. It is ir.lerrtd that he
intends to jicstjioEe all further action until
Justice Miller's arrival, as this and the
Grand Cinon suit are ail considered jart of
the sime litigation.
The f Jlowirj is a l:sr of the jicrsina
wotiodttl ia the recent col It i. t lit t ween the
Atchi-on, Topeka A Santa Fe acd the Pen
ver & l.io Grande railroads: Harry Jen
kins, nwrtally ; Da Sullivan, James Har
ris acil J. M. Fyfe, Uid!y, and Thomas
Morrow, slighllj.
THE FEELINO IS BMTON.
Bet-Ton, June 11. Much excitement was
caused on Hate Street by the receipt of the
uewsi from Colorado that Judge Bowen had
gran'ed a mandatory writ to Jirevent the
Atchison, Tojieka & Sjnt.i Fe road from
ojieratic" in Colorado, acd many of thore
interested in this road wetu not slow to char
acterize Ihe forcible action of the local
authorities in sympathy with the Denver
A Rio (ir3r.de Uailway comjisny in Seizing
the road bed of the Boston lice in that
State as a hieh handed outrage that should
be vintlicated acd rebuked with all the
force and majesty cf the law. A visit to
tlie cili'.-e of the Atchison, Topeka A Santa
Fe comptny showed that the excitement
there wjs fanned by numerous callers, who
a-.ked questions of &!1 kinds aud received
ALL KIN I," or ANSWEIW.
Liwyers were in consultation with the
Piesidt-nt, and an air of unwonted btHtle,
biidneia aud even excitement feeci'd to
j ervade the cfS.ers cf the company. Prei
de.t " ickerson, in rejdy to inqniriec, said:
"All we know about the atiairis couiiri-ed
in the rews (nibli-lied in the morning jia
ir. Our our ial communication from the
actual scenes ol contention is interrupted,
but wul be restored. We expect that the
action of Judge Hailett, of the United
S'tites court, will restore to us pos-ession ot
the licea taker; but then we do not know
that it will. Law is au uncertain thing,
and may turn against us when we have
most cucfidecce that it will favor u, so w
cannot say what the result will be. We
exjiecf, however, that in about four days)
we shall know something definite about it,"
"If the decision should be tdverse, what
tl.er.?'' was aked.
"Why, then it would simply put us back
where we were before we made our ar
rangement with the Denver & Rio Grande
comjiany, and we ebould have to make the
best margins we could to continue our line
of communicati.-m with tha various sec-
ioi t'f Colorado.
teratsnds n,w.'
That is how the m;t-
(ur I npiT "Ia.es.
I New lone Graphic 1
'Some j'uralist'c scribes of America
speaic tt times ot our upper claw.."
hat consti'ate-i onr cptier classes ? Who
are ihey ? Is cot the phrase comparative
ly new ? Was it ever in use 40 years ago
Analyza American society. As to means.
we have very rich men. men mcderatelr
well r ff, poor men, very jicor men. From
wbich u drawn our upper cla?s ? Again.
as to antecedents we have very rich men
of two or three gcerat:ons' jitdigree, very
rich men of no pedigree, 10 years sgo keep
ing correr groceries. Uutot wLich cometh
ihe upper claw: A gin, doctors, lawyers,
minister', editor?, ruerehants. Generally
well educated. A few well otF; a'eat ma
jority of moderate income?. Wuich of
these belong to the Americin upper claa '
Again, arm7 acd cavy. For the most part
sons of merchint?, mechanics, lawyers; in
fact, eons cf the people. Is this the upper
class, or a part thtreof? Again, does an
American of education acd recced tastes,
with an income of S1.00O cr 52,000 per
year, belorg to the uj.jr or lower class
Does the steady, hone-t, intelligent me
chanic belong to the upper cr lower cla-s '!
1-oes the great republic ia this class-scale
tolerate 3Dy sticdard save that of intellect,
virtue scd "intelligence ' Are intellect, vir
tue and intelligence at 51.2C0 per year re
legated to a lower sccial standard than in
tellect, virtue and intelligence at 51,550,000
per year income?
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