The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-11-22
lHI LATE MANHATTAN EXPRESS.
CHAPTER II.-COSCLCpEp.
PTs FLUCTUATIONS, sc,

CHAPTER II.-coScLuDED.
Don Carlos Furioso Tesurioso De I1;vald
couldn't /" run der mausheem rs toe
Expensive and PQa;gate-lManhanan
no Place for the Son ola NoLleman-
The Express at a Lop EJJ tuo year.
ago-Don Carlos addresses his Fe!lou
Gitizens-halian Pathos-Intimates thai
Don Carlos played himself out-L i'm
pressed aciM a Desire to Serce his
Country-.Seeks Recognition of hi,
Services at the hands Of the Admintstra.
-sion-H Faas-Rer Consequence his
PAleymatic temperament assumes othe,
than state Of EquiliLrium-FlaaHy
gets a Promise-Don't sleep much
Concludes there is Something Wrong,
and Is supposed to hare Cussea" a
Litle-Humphrey becomes Hammered
scih his hiyh-toned Language, and as
sun,es Comn,and-We Efects of an
Ablutiom in the Blue-Aumphrey urges
. Don Carlos to try ayain-Had to fir
nish the "Dudenads Don Carlos
, process hin,selfa Bore-ln consideration
Of srhich quality he IS sent to The Athens
Of Civilization and Refnement-TAe
teo Robinsons behind the Curtain
Don Carlos IS required to watch the
Price Of Coffee, and STAGE off IMsscs-
He returns to Manhattan utM Radiat-
ing Face-Tdkes lbs Departure Who
: did the Feeding-Don Carlos acts per.
,;diously-The Aid Of tie Lac inpoked
ak" aoaoes Eloquent" THE Blue"
and Western Kansas synonymous
Mackere, and Taapoles-An hrocation
The Lone Wido,o-4 Carlyle Flight
Has a poor opinion Of the American
Eagle-As Diet is Contractors Beef
It plays Shark on WaN Street. Grand
Tableaa1.
Mr.. EDIToR-Your paper of the 9Th
inst. contains an article entitled, "The
Late Manhattan Express which emanated,
judging from its tenor, from person not
"picked up from the streets with dirt and
uncombed hair" but "high born, noble
and fair" who must be animated more from
low, personal and political motives than
candor and veracity in his statements re-
specting Mr.. Humphrey; and justice de-
mands vindication of the character of the
person therein SO unscrupulously assailed.
Every one knows under what auspices Mr.
Vivaldi was induced to set up a press 10
Manhattan. After raising him numbers of
subscribers, and large advertising patron
age, and presenting him with divers other
valuable donations, those of single iudi-
riduSl alone having amounted to the snug
sum of 5000, Mr.. V came into our midst |
with his press in June, 1859, and COM
menced the publication of the Manhattan
szIcpress. But his expensive and proHigatc
manner of living, the number of hands
unnecessarily employed in the office, cost
log him per his own statement about $50 |
per week, together with his inadvertencies
in the management of his business affairs,
convinced ME that the career of the Express
could not continue long from its own re
sources unless maintained from outside
succor. Mr.. Y. pushed the paper along
for year, at or near the expiration of
which lie called together citizen meeting,
at which he stated his destitute condition
IN IS piteous manner as possible, about
as follows: Been here now year-ex
hausted all my funds-no provisions in the
dollar in my pocket-tbe last
dollar given to my boys-no credit-family
nearly starving-Pm the son Of q nobleman
can't stay in Manhattan any longer
must stop the paper-got inducements to
20 to Atchison-can't support Manhattan
interests any longer-can't help it if Man
haitian interests and the Repooblican'
party 90 to immortal smash-:nuss have
money" &C., &C., In consequence Of these
heart.rending statements, his friends again
rallied and rendered him all the material
assistance in their power, which, in addition
to the donation of lots, FIVE acres of land
contiguous so Manhattan, gratuitous rents,
&C., previously received, was as ample as
The liberality of those gentlemen was noble,
and worthy of better recipient; for Mr.,
\. seldom If ever wrote single article for
'he paper, the ably written articles which
appeared during that time having been
furnished by General Lyon. deceased,
although Mr.. Y. desired to create the i'm
preston that. they emsnated from him.
General Lyon being called into active ser.
vice by his country, the editorial depart
ment was necessarily by him abandoned.
Vivaldfs utter inability to ably conduct the
editorial department, his laziness or reck-
lessness in promptly mailing his paper to
his subscribers abroad, the almost incessant {
of his employees, to whom '
be demeaned himself very insolently and
causing constant change of !
hands, all tended to bring the Manhattan
Erprcss establishment TO a low s ,i it
vas Of this juccture that the Office looked
for q head. Mr.. v. knowing Mr.. Hum. G