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The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

We stated last week that Chase county
was mott this Convention Distriot-that no
provision had been made for it by the Leg
islature when they made the apportionment
of Members to the Wyandott Convention
On the morning of election circular ap-
peared in our streets-whieh purported to
have been gotten up in this place, but which
was really written and printed by an Office
seeker at Cottonwood Falls-denouncing us
as liar, and making other statements
which are equally ungentlemanly and cow
ardly. The law will bear US out In the
position we took in regard to the matter.
The bill creating the new county of Chase
was passed after the convention act became
a law. and consequently the county was
not in any District-no provision had been
made for it. Instead of laying the blame
on the Legislature where it belonged, this
circular sspitched into" THE KANSAS News,
as though it was responsible for the over
sight in the Legislature.
The circular abounded with ridiculous
and false statements. The author raised
the old worn out Democratic electioneering
cry of NEGRO equality etc., when it is a
notorious fact that he is negro -stealer,
and is one of the most radical anti-slavery
men in the District. In some portions of
the District. be run for Delegate to the Con-
stitutional Convention as an Abolitionist
and negro stealer, in others as Democrat,
and in others as a conservative. He is de-
eidedly mongrel-having no fixed princi-
pies either politically or morally. sa
The senseIess cry raised by the author
of this rich specimen of literature-only
equalled by Peperage's. 4th of July ora
ton, or something more ridiculous and
laughable-about the News Office clique,
or ''ciick," as he spells it, is in keeping
with the intelligence and truthfulness of its
writer. We did not attend the Convention
that nominated Messrs. McColloch and
Winchell- had no hand whatever in their
nomination, and did not even know who had
been nominated until some time after the
Convention had adjourned. When we
heard who the nominees were we resolved
to do what we could to secure their election,
deeming them worthy of the support of
the Republicans of the District.
The writer of the circular is an Office
seeker, who has lately located in Chase
county for the purpose of being elected to
all the Offices in The gift of the people, and
the first move he makes is to try to preju-
dice the people of the different localities of
the Upper Cottonwood and Neosho, whose
interests are identical, and who have always
worked together in harmony to advance
those interests, against each other, think
ing to ride into popular favor by crea-
ting local broils. Shall dishonest and cor
rupt trickster succeed In dividing the peo-
pie against themselves for purposes of self
aggrandizement
We ask the pardon of our readers for
having alluded to this circular, as such
things generally carry their own antidote,
but as it is a fabrication of falsehoods, and
viii doubtless fall into the hands of some
persons with whom we are unaequainted,
we deemed it necessary to say few words
in self-defenee.
It is rumored that Letcher (Democrat1
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11
CHASE COUNTY.

We have only heard from one township
that of Cottonwood Falls, which cast So
votes. ali for Espy and Wood. We have
nothing from either Usage or Morris coun-
ties.
In Shawnee county we learn that the reg
ular Republican ticket is elected by hand
some majorities.
LeavenwOrth county has gone Demo.
cratic by 500 majority. --l
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune says that an investipa-
ton will be ordered next session, covering
the persons and paper which disclose Mr..
Buchanau's correspondence with Mr. r. j.
Walker in Kansas, and the secret history Of
the Lecompton Constitution, which is now
imPerfectly undersood by the country.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

The State and War Departments have
made up their Instructions for Utah. Gen.
Johnston will, hereafter await the orders of
the Governor before calling out the troops
to act as a posse coHnitatHs to assist the civil
authorities in the enforcement of the laws.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11
The Election.

AS yet we know but little of the result of
the election on Tuesday last. In this coun-
ty the vote was exceedingly light. In most
of the Townships not one third of the vote
was cast. We give below the returns of
this county. SO far as we have heard:
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

The fare from st. Louis to st. Joe,. yio
Hannibal Road, is now 81 90 for first class.
and 50 90 for second class, passengers.-
Freight, by the same route, is sent to Leav.
enworth for twenty cents per hundred. -.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

MONTGOMERY II THE FIELD Mot the
field of battle, however, but the field of ag-
riculture. and toll. We learn that the Cap
tain is now busily engaged In tilling his
farm, and viii soon have one hundred acres
under npfoyement.-Linn County Herald.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

The free colored population of Louisans
are emigrating to Hayti in large numbers,
and it is calculated that over 9OO0-the
greater part of whom have trades, are In
tefligent and indastrious-wilI leave 70,
Hayd before the end Of the present year.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

1t is rumored that Letcher (Democrat1
has been elected Governor of Virginia by
about 1900 majority. ....r
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

The Seiemyfc AHaeTiean says that Mr..
Hughes, an American, has invented a new
Telegraph Gable which overcomes all the
difficulties occurring in the gutta percha
coating.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

According to the Detroit Adyertisser, the
population of that city now numbers 75.-
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11
J. $, 'IllqE CHICK. b. n NoRTHRUF E R. THREEkEL0
]. s. CHICK & CO.,
tsueoessOrs to NOrthrup q Chick1
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Groceries and Provisions,
NAILS, SASH, GLASS,
Liquors, Cigars, Tobaccos,
NAvAEds STORES. &C.

NAVAL STORES, &C.,
'a-1 KANSAS CITY, MoIsEzofjk
"E take pleasure in presenting our card to the
w Citizens, Merchants, and Traders of West.
ern and Southwestern Kansas, and. especially to
those of the Neosho Valley Country. assuring them
that we are enabled, by long experience and care.
ful attention to our line of business to offer them
greater inducements than they can find anywhere
IN the West. Our stock of all kinds of
Staple and Fancy Groceries, -
is oery large, and well selected and as we buy our
Goods for Cash, and sell for -, we can sell them
lower than those who sell q time, and run the
risk attended In most cases, with loss by badGebts.
We keep IN store, at all times good stock of
Bacon, Hams. Sides, Lard, Flour of the very best
brands. together with full stock of
NAILS, SASH,
GLASS, OORDAGE, . 2
~ENf BROOMS, BUCKETS, Lsz sfs
as4 -.a er TUBS. CHURNS, .Ttf-fy
--a-5s MEASURES, a- II
s.r E-= ssfs;,f 5 BASKETS, es-
l.i -.-f &c. &c, &ss
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FORWARDING GOODS attended to.
u FORD d FILLMORE, Lawrence
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

THE SHORTEST AND BEST ROUTE to
= get your goods is now from Lawrence.
E-r s.-r.--., FORD & FILLMORE
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

TNHE best 4oute to get your Goods is up the Kaw
i River, via Lawrence p :
g. FORD & FILLMORE
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

POATS are new runRing on the Kansas Rive
ID every day to Lawrence
.T-E E1r Er71 81 FORD d FILLMORE.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

GOODS SHIPPED TO LAWRENCE to on-
" care, viii be attended to.
FORD & FILLMORE.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

w. A. FEReusos, Secretary.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11
STAPLE GROCERIES,

Besides large stock Of - =.
The Kanzas news., 1859-06-11

THE KANSAS RIVER IS NAVIGABLE
Il FORD & FILLMORE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08
A Sublime Peroration.

i The closing passage of Prof. MitohelPs lecture
at New York, on Tuesday evening, was deliver
ed with thrilling effect. After speaking of the
unfathomable distances which no telescope can
penetrate, lying far beyond the system in which
i the earth revolves, and yet filled with indepen-
dent systems of worlds of infinite numbers, he
said:
Light traverses space at the rate of mil
| lion miles minute, yet the light from the near-
est star requires ten years to reach the earth.
and Herscel's telescope revealed stars two thou
sand three hundred times further distant. The
great telescope of Lord Ross pursued these cre-
atoms of God still deeper into space, and having
resolved the nebul@ Of the Milky Way into stars,
discovered other systems of stars-beautiful dia-
mond points glittering through the black dark
ness beyond. When he beheld this amazing a.
byss-when he saw these systems scattered pro-
fusely throughout space-when he reflected up
on their immense distance, their enormous mag
ritude, and the countless millions of worlds that
belonged to them, it seemed to him as though
the wild dream of the German poet was more
than realized.
| "God called man in dreams into the yestibule
of heaven, saying, come up hitber and | will
show thee the glory of my house, And to his
angels who stood about his throne he said, take
him, strip him of his robes of flesh; cleanse his
affections put new breath into his nostrils;
but touch not his human heart-the heart that
fears and hopes and trembles.' A moment, and
it was done, and the man stood ready for his
unknown voyage. Under the guidance OF
mighty angel with sounds offying pinions, they
sped away from the battlements of heaven
Some time on the mighty angels wings they lied
through Sabaras of darkness, wilderDesses OF
death. At length, from distance not counted
save in the arithmetic of heaven, light beaned
upon them-a sleepy flame as seen through
hazy cloud. They sped on 10 their terrible speed
to meet the light the light with lesser speed
came to meet them. In moment the blazing
of suns around them-a momont the wheeling OF
planets; then came long eternities Of twilight;
then again on the right hand and the lett ap-
peared more consultations. At last the man
sank down, crying, Angel, can go no further,
let me lie down in the grave, and hide myself
from the nfntude of the universe, for end there
is none.' End is there none9' demanded the
angel. And from the glitteriDg stars that shone
around there came choral shout, End there is
none = END is there noneP demanded the
angel again, and is it this that awes thy soulE
| answer end there is none to the universe OF
God Lo. also. there is no begnning!"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08

TopAooo.-Tobacco is usually considered an
American plant, though it undoubtedly origina-
ted in Tobago, one of the West India Islands,
Smoking is an institution of about two hundred
years growth, though, according to Linn@us,
tobacco was first known in Europe as early as
1860. Though cultivated in almost every State
in the Union, it constitutes staple crop in COM
paratively few.
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Missouri, are the largest produ-
cling States though increased attention is being
paid to it In New England. Tobacco may be
brought to maturity in most OF the countries OF
the world, and is cultivated successfully in Eng
land, Germany, Russia, China and Japan; but
| in most of these countries its growth as crop
is prohibited, and INDUSTRIOUS imposts and duties
are laid upon its sale France annually con-
trives to get $10,000000 revenue in this way.
England imposes q duty of 800 per cent. on this
article. and still its use increases there.
The exports from our country have increased
from 81. .64s, 900 in 1921, to $14,712,0O0 in 1857
The best tobacco is supposed to be Cuban
Formerly, Maryland and Virginia raised the best
| in the United States, but now q variety Known
as the ''Connecticut Seed Leaf" from its being
raised in that river valley, usually brings double
the value of the former, and consequently tobac'
CO increases in quantity in New England and d.
minishes in the Southern States Virginia, IN
1910, grew about "a, 100000 lbs.; in 1850, o.,
100000 Connecticut, in 1910, grew 4fl,oo'
lbs. /; in 1850, 1,267, ,624 pounds.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08
The Trade in Eunuchs.

The Jews have been unjustly associated with
the trade in eunuchs in the East, says the Knick-
erbocker, in brief article on the subject But
the perpetrators of this borrid mutiation are
Christian Oopts; and as the subjects of their
cruelty sell for from $75 to 5000 apiece, they
carry on lucrative business in Egypt. The
employment of eunuchs by Eastern m0narchs
dates from remote antiquity. They were nu-
merous in the Eastern Empire before its fall, the
eunuch Marses having been one OF the best gen.
erals of the Greeks.
While in Constantnople, we learned some
curious facts relative to eunuchs, which were
confirmed during our visit to Egypt. The trade
is not so active as in former times. About three
hundred eunuchs are annually furnished in E
Qypt, some of whom come to occupy important
posts in the Turkish and Egyptian government.
The Kislar of the Sultan, for example, is the
third man in the Ottoman Empire, having
charge not only over the harem Of Abdul MedJld,
but being the director of the revenues OF the i'm
perial mosques, and the incomes derived from
Mecca and Medina. From singular custom OF
the Ottoman Court, private harem is Kept
within the walls of the sersgo for the Kisler
Aga. as well as one for the chief OF the white
eunuchs.
Syout and Gireh, tar up the Nile, are the only
places III Egypt Wnere eunuchs arc ihauo ioi tno'
Egyptian and Turkish markets. The white sub
iects are Circassian or Georgian boys; the black
Abyssinians or Nubians from to years OF
age the latter being brought in caravans from Su-
mar and Darfour. The village of Tawry ell Dyr,
near Syout, is the great metropolis OF the trade.
The mutilation, far more terrible than is usually
supposed, is practised in the autumn, that season
being regarded as most favorable. The sufferer
is buried for twenty four hours up to his waist
in the sand. Three out Of every four submitted
to the operation perish. A wealthy. Turkish
Pacha, wishing to make Abdul Medjid valua-
Bile present, sent him number Of beautiful Oir-
cassian boys who had undergone the infiction in
Egypt. The Sultan, humane and tender. heart
ed man, could not repress his indignation at the
act and directed that it should never be attempt
ed again. ,,
The eunuch can ordinarily be distinguished by
his exterior pbysiognomy. He is usually pleth-
oric, beardless, and has feminine voice, while
sombre and irascible disposition naturally rises
from the sense of degradation which ne expert
ences. Some of them have fondness for female
society, and there are instances in which they
marry.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08
POETRY
Evening Hours.

Evening hOurSs
BY CHARLOTTE BRoNTE.
The human heart has hidden treasures,
In secret kept in silence sealed;
The thoughts the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures
Whose charms were broken, if revealed;
And days may pass in dull confusion,
And nights in noisy routs may fly,
While lost in fames or weath's illusion,
The memory of the past may die.
But there are hours of lonely musing,
Such as in ev'ning silence come,
When, soft as birds their pinions closing,
The hearts best feelings gather home.
Then in our souls, there seems to languish
tender grief, that is not woe;
And thoughts that once wrung groans OF anguish
Now cause some mild tears to flow.
And feelings once as strong as passions,
Float softly back-a faded dream
Our own sharp griefs and wild sensations,
The taste of others suferings seem;
Oh! when the heart is freshly bleeding,
How it longs for that time to be,
When through the mists of years recedlng,
Its woes but live in reverie.
And it can dwell on moonlight glimmer,
On evening shades and loneliness,
And while the sky grows dim and DINNER,
Hear no untold woes distress
Only deeper impress given,
By lonely hour and darkened room,
To solemn thoughts that soar to heaven,
Seeking life and world to come.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08
Mary Morrison.
One of my juvenile works.-Burn''

Une OF my JuVenlle WorhS.-D~T"S'
Of all the productions Of Burns the pathetic and
ous love songs which he has left behind him, in t
amer of old ballads, are perhaps those which ia
q deepest and most lasting hold of the mind. Su
@ the lines to "Mary Morison,;' &c.-Hdss'tt.
Oh Mary, at thy window be,
1t is the wish'd, the trysted hour
Those smiles and glances let me see,
That make the miser's treasure poor;
How blithely wad 1 hide the stoure,
A weary slave frae sun to sun,
Could the rich reward secure,
The lovely Mary Morrison.
Yestreen when to the trembling string
The dance gaed through the lighted ha,
To thee my fancy took its wings,
sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Though this was fair, and that was Draw,
And you the toast of a the town,
sighed, and said among them a,
aye are ma Mary Morrison"
Oh Mary, canst thou wreck his peace,
Wha for thy sake wad gladly dieY
Or canst thou break that heart of his,
whase only faut is loving thee9
Iflove for love thou wilt ma gle,
At least be pity to me shown;
A thought ungentle Gamma be
The thought o. Mary Morrison.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08
oueen yictoria,s House Servants.

| Every one of Queen Victoria's subjects is her
servant; from the highest to the lowest they are
happy to call themselves II. B. Ms. servants.-
But she has special corps Of help for her own
private convenience.
Il appears that the number of individuals en-
ployed in the personal service OF Her Majesty,
exclusive of huntsmen, whippers in, DC, not
enumerated in the department of the Master OF
the Horse, is as follows In the department Of
the Lord Steward, 1877 in the department OF the
Lord Chamberlain, 633; in the department OF
the Master of the Horse, 119; total, 921.
Imposing as is this array, there must be added
the household of the Prince Consort, which con.
sists of groom of the stole, treasurer, prl-
vate secretary, two lords of the bedchamber,
clerk marshal, three equerries in ordinary, and
chaplain at Osborne, librarian, two gentlemen
ushers, two physicians in ordinary, and two ex-
traordinary, toIr surgeons in ordinary, two sur
geon dentists, and an apothecary, and gentle.
man rider; besides an army agent to receive bis
pay, and solicitor to conduct his litigation.
Adding these the household functionaries
muster 965 strong.
| Tn Scotland and Ireland there are two more
royal households. The first of these consists ol
keeper of the great seal, a lord pryy seal,
lord clerk register, lord advocate, lord justice
clerk, an hereditary grand constable, knight
marischal, an hereditary master of the house
hold, an hereditary standard bearer, an heredi-
tary armor bearer and squire of the royal body
Gsdy Seyron Stewart) an hereditary carver, an
hereditary cup bearer an hereditary usher, (heirs
of the late Sir Patrick Walker9 an historiogra-
pber, three physicians in ordinary, and physi.
clan accoucher, three surgeons in ordinary, two
surgeon dentists, two chemists and druggists, a
cupper in ordinary, and an occulist, three deans
and six chaplains, six hereditary keepers of pal
aces (uearly all mere ruins,) and body guard
of royal archers, commanded by a captan-gene
raj, three lieutenant generals and four major
generals.
The Irish household, which is formed on the
English model, has among its functionaries two
persons described as gentlemen at large,
whose duties must be left to the imagination.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08

THE PHRASE "Loe RoLLING."-The phrase ii
drawn from the clearing OF forest Land IN new
country. The settler could himself cut uo"n
the trees, and cut them into lengtns or psS.m
The next step was to roll them into heaps fol
hnrn;na and that he could not do without help
so 80 ha Called his neighbors to help him roll, and
~ 1Uhan ln thew had rolling he helped them. Thi.
was aptly applied to legislative ac'l0n %, ior tne Tn
PTI P;II and 7 will vote for yours. The phrase wa'
probably western; it is certainly more than for
ty wears old.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08
Campbell Improved.

"Oh, star.eyed science, has thou wandered there,
To watt us home this message of despair9"
are two lines from Campbell's pleasures ol
Hope" which, after having passed through the
mind of Mr.. Chas. j. Faulkner, of Virginia, were
given forth by him in the following form, in an
address, and quite clever address, delivered by
him lately, before the Valley Agricultural Soci-
ETY., at Winchester, in this State
"Oh, star-eyed science hast thou roamed so far,
To bring us back the tidings Of despair"
By this transformation some persons might
suppose that not only was the poets phrsseolo-
gy somewhat spoiled, but the rhyme lost. But
If the Virginia pronunciation be followed, the
rhyme becomes pertect-for example:
"Oh, star-eyed science, hast thou roamed so far,
To bring us back the tidings of despair ?"
-Lynch6my Virginian.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08

The neat old lady down east, who scrubbed
through the floor and fell into the cellar, is bu
one among many of the very nice females will
which our country abounds. We know goo'
lady in New Jersey, who whtewashed all th
wood she burnt; and another in Connecticut
who used three times day to scour the nose o
her lap dog to keep him from soiling the disl
out of which he ate his meals The same goo
lady took her own food through napkin ring t.
keep it from coming in contact with her lips.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08

Some tavern jokers hailed clergyman il
Nashua, New Hampshire, the other day, with
request that he would settle dispute among
them. "What about9" said he. "Tell US how
old the devil is 2" they answered. "Keep your
own family records, keep your own family re-
cords gentlemen" said he; and the fellow who
said he could "head off the minister" went in
and, we regret to say-treated.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08

THE Forensic 'WE."-Barristers have a lu.
dicrous habitof Identifying themselves with their
clients by speakngin the plural number. Seen
tlemen Of the jury" said a luminary of the west
ern circuit, "at the moment the policeman says
he saw US in the tap, l will prove that we were
locked up in the station-house, in state of in
toxication.n
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08

Some men think that the qualification of curl
osity is the end of knowledge; some the love o
fame some the pleasures of dispute; some th'
necessity of supporting themselves by their
knowledge but the real use of all knowledge i
this. that we should dedicate that reason which
was given us by God to the use and advantage
of nan-Lord Bacon,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08

The emigration of respectable Chinese to the
gold fields of California and Australia appears to
be about 10000 per annum. Many of them re-,
turn again, and American vessels receive good
share of the passage money, But this trade, SO
far as California is concerned, VIII hereafter be
iect to a fine OF 5000 for every Chinese brought
by him into that State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08

A LASTING PERFUME.-Among the curosities
shown at Ainwick Castle, in England, is a vase
taken from an Egyptian cats@omb. 1t is full Of
mixture of gum, rosin, &C., which gives forth
an agreeable odor to the present day, although
probably 5000 years old
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-08

A little girl showing her little cousin "a boy
about four years of age) star, said: "That stal
you see up there is bigger than this world. y
Says he: mo it aint." "Yes it is" "Tben why
don't il keen the rain off2n said he.