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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-11-24
DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS.

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We publish a series ofresolutions from the
Democracy of this county, some of which re-
fleet much credit upon their sagacity. The
resolution referring to woman suffrage shows
that the Democrats are anxious to forestall
the Republicans upon this plank, and as We
believe fair majority of our party are in
favor of this proposition We are glad to agree
with the Young Democracy upon this point,
at least.
The following is the platform adopted by
the Democrats of Coffey County:
WHEREAS, The right of suffrage has been
entrusted to all male inhabitats OF the State
of Kansas and of the United States, regard
less Of trace color, or former condition Of
servi:ude,' and
WHEREAS, We can see no good reason
that "sex" alone should constitute the only
reason for denying the same rights to those
we are proud to look upon as our equals in
the fullest sense of the term; therefore
Rssolred, That, as Democrats, We are in
favor of granting to all females the same rights
political are granted to males, with
only the same restrictions.
Resolrcd, That while we are willing to
take advantage OF, for the benefit Of our
county, the provisions of the Law granting
to townships and counties the power to vote
bonds for the aid of railroads and other in
ternal improvements Of similar character,
while such laws exist, We recognize the dan.
ger in the law authorizing the levying and
collecting of any tax, save for the purpose Of
defraying the necessary expenses of govern
ment, adm hold it as our duty as party to
seek the adjustment of such law at the
earliest possible day.
This is the best platform that party ha,
yet adopted in any County Of our State. To
be sure, the men who adopted it nullifed il
by also approving Of the State platform, al
follows:
We the Democrats of Coffey County, as
sembled in mass convention, do heartily en-
dorse and adopt, as sense of this meeting
the Democratic platform of the State o
Kansas.
The Democratic party is pretty weak il
Cofiey County, bu: it may grow by adopting
liberal ideas.
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OxLYoxE SAVED OUT OF 200.

A Letter to HIS brother from the sur.
vivOP from the Wreck 81 the Cambria
Drifting In the Boas with the Deed
Girl.
From the Hudson, n. Y, Register.l
James Mcfarland, residing in this city,
yesterday received the following letter from
his brother John, the only survivor of the ILL.,
fated Cambria:
LONDONDERRY, Oct. %, 1870.
DEAR JAMES: l take my pen in hand in
hopes Of satisfying YOU that l escaped with
my life, thank God, out of the wreck of the
the 10Th, when dreadful storm arose which
drove us against rock, about thirty miles
from Londonderry. Our ship opened in the
bow, and in a very short time she sank.
l got into one of the small boats, with
twelve others, when in few minutes it cap
sized, throwing ia all into the water. so,
hold of the side of the boat, and fortunately
succeeded in getting into it again, where
remained from IL o'clock on "Wednesday
night till 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
And 80 l drifted about with the wind and
waves, with one dead girl, my only compan-
! ion, when fortunately was picked up by :
steamer coming in, and brought into Derry
! was we'll attended for few days, and
now l am at home again, as we'll as when
left you, thank God for it. j lost all m,
clothes except what l had on. So Won SCI
God has favored me. Thanks be to Him fo
His kind mercies. Out Of 200 souls, l an
the only survivor.
| Your affectiunate brother,
JOHN MCFARLAND.
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high eno1Gk ~ 10 b hood toe much.
Avoid ~ ne sfIchDs even h5ckoey.
have 6own some 1lceles sanmps b ne
damp ships, and eve logwosf chip Aum
the dye-vsAv TO 0sAs- 10th meat ana 4ah-
because, forsooth, they make the best smoke.
and bacon of their own curing. / would
wish nobody wone punishment Fresh
clean cof1 -cohs should be used for smoke
and nothing else; and II there d here and
there scattering gfainof cogn on them all
the better. Make two fires day only, one
in the morning md one in the evening, 20
that the meat may cool OF between spellA
Continue this course Tor three or four weeks,
and you will have more delicious hams land
of what colorD than we're ever or can be
made in Westphalia, for the simple reason,
if no other, that nothing bat hard Indian
corn will make good bacon, and nothing but
corn-cobs is fit to smoke it with. T.RH.
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friendship lated until his death, and with

friendship lasted until his death, and with
an ever increasing esteem and affection.
One person, poor law student when they
first met, speaks of the way in which Nc
Farland constantly, but unostentatiously,
threw business in his way, and also gave him
pecuniary assistance, and adds:
81 am proud to say that he possessed more
charity, less selfshness and purer motives
than any man it has been my good fortune
to know. 1t was as impossible for him to do
a mean thing a. to live without breathing.
Few men possessed minds as clear and COM
prehensive, and judgment as acute. might
cover quire of foolscap and then not detail
half of what know Of his noble heart"
And this is the testimony of all. The
gentlemen who are now engaged in
settling Col. McFarland's estate find
proofs which are even to them surprising OF
the constant, the careless, and the exuberant
kindness and charity of their departed
friend. He had befriendsd men of every
kind, men from whom he could receive no
return and 10 reward, and had done it on; Of
the fitness of warm and gentle heart. Now
that he has passed on to another career, let
those who knew him, who remember whom
he loved and whom he has left behind, make
some approach at least to his own unbound
ed generosity. We owe that to the memory
of Peter Mcfarland.
In person Mcfarland was tall, large and
commanding. He had no airs, great or
small, no pettiness, and did not affect superb
ority over any person whatever. He won
respect without asking for it or attempting
to gain it. He was one OF the most erect
and marked figures seen on our streees, but
no man ever said or felt that Mcfarland had
an overbearing or pretentious manner. He
was easily and naturally gentleman. In
business matters he said little, and that
quietly and to the point. He took things
coolly, and was self-poised-a man who
could stand alone and firmly, but without
pride or conceit. In social life, he was one Of
the most affable and pleasant Of companions.
His voice was gentle, his smile winning, and
his man manner such As to disarm opposi-
ton and make friends every where. He
was good talker, but, unlike many takers,
he could listen also and fairly judge Of the
opinions advanced by an opponent. lie
enjoyed hearing opposing views, having a
mind fair and broad enough to comprehend
them. Thus he had friends among men OF
all classes and nationalities, and was true to
all. His familiarity with good authors and
life made him an entertaining and instruc-
tive companion, and he was never in want
of friends. But we must close our sketch.
1t is already rather too long for these col
umns; but too short to fifty commemorate the
virtues of this brave and good man.
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The Connecticut papers are talking about
having their system of legislative apportion-
ment reconstructed. At present, Iitchfeld
county, with a population of IS, 49,, has for
~ Representatives, while the city of New
Haven, with $4,000 inhabitants, has but two,
and New Haven county, with l2l 1872, has
but thirty. Hartford county has five times
the population and eight times the taxable
property OF Tolland county, but has only
twice as many Representatives. Hartford
itself, with 1900 more inhabitants than
Tolland county, has only two Representa-
tives, while the latter has twenty-one. Sim
liar inequalities prevail elsewhere, and the
entire system seems 20 be viciously unjust.
Discrepancies similar to the above exist in
our own State, and it will be one of the prin-
cipal duties of the Legislature to correc.
fhan
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At an early age Thomas Hale was wsy-
ward, and before he wis II wears he had
forged the name of an aunt ON a $500 note
and WAS sent to prison for three wears. AZ
terward he became proprietor of the ''Ex
change on Houston street, New York,
noted gambling resort and the headquarters
of corInterleiterS. a raid was made on the
place Il, one time by the police, and Sill 600
in counterfeit money was recovered lie
Showed seventeen of the counterfeit fifty
dollar Treasury notes in one day when they
first made their appearance. Afierwar'! he
was the head OF the worst counter citing
game in the country, and began circulating
fractional currency In March, 1865, he
had agents throughout the country, and on
account of the sickness Of one Of these, Hale
himself undertook to deliver g., 800 in coun-
terfei; fractional currency to man in Ohio.
He Was spotted and arrested, and pleaded
guilty. He then informed Colonel Wood,
Chief Detective Of the Treasury Department,
that he had secrets about co1nterieiiing, of
inestimable value. He was released, and
was kept in the pay Of the Government for
several months. All this time he was en-
gagged in the coun.erfeiting business, but vas
again arrested, and is now in prison awaiting
sentence. This is surely an extraordinary
career for 80 young man.
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We publish to-day the official vote Of
twenty-three Counties. Their whole vote
is 80, l56. Harvey's vote, 25,0S2; Sharp's
14,O74; Republican majority, 11,00S. In
these counties the whole vote is considerably
increased over any previous election, but the
Democrats have gained more than We have.
Our majority we now think, will exceed 90
coo, while the whole vote will be greater
than had been anticipated. Majorities have
been ascertained from many counties where
the whole vote is not vet known.
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LIST. Payments hereafter will be made
quarterly, the next one falling due on the
4th of December next; payment to COM
mence on the 9th as the 4ih occurs on Sun
day.
I'd. Under the rules Of the department,
those living within convenient distance OF
the agency, are expected to apply in person
for payment.
81. Vouchers will be sent BY mail to all
pensioners on the roll at Topeka not accus-
TONED to draw their pay at the agency, d.
rec.ed to them at the Post Office given in
their last proceeding voucher, as their ad-
dress, in season to reach their destination BY
the 5th inst, and where any pensioner fails
to receive the voucher from any cause, they
have only to give notice to the Agent, and .
duplicate viii be Immediately sent. The
Agent should be promptly notified of all
changes in he Post Office address of pension
ers. -rr
4th. Pensioners under the new Law are
subject to no charge in connection with
the payment of their pensions when
they apply At the agency, and when
paid BY mail, 70 no other charge than the
customary tie for administering an oath, and
the postage on the return of the voucher to
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-11-24
the whole vote is not vet known.

THE Commissioner of Indian affairs has
completed his annual report. 1t is in itself
brief document, but the reports which will
accompany it are voluminous. The Indian
situation on the whole is regarded very fav-
orably, as the majority of the official reports
forwarded represented the condition of the
Indians as more peaceful than for years.
The single exception is in Arizona, where
raids are of frequent occurrence by the
Apaches. The Commissioner warmly in
dorses the present peace policy.
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OUR Legislative list is. now complete, and
we believe entirely correct. The initials of
a few members are omitted, but will be given
very soon. We think Clarke has less than
thirty votes in both branches, or less than
one half of the number needed TO elect SEN
ator He is a losing candidate, and struck
his highest point good while ago. The
descent of Avernus is easv
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-11-24

LEGIsLATURE,-J. I. Campbell, anti
Clarke, is elected to the Legislature from
Howard County. Lank Moore, and not
Levi Billings, is the member from Marion
County J. NJ. Mahr is the member from
aha..a
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Nine-tenths of the members of the House
of Representatives of the forty-second Con-
gre.s have been elected, and its political
character has been settled beyond the posi-
bil:ty of change. The very iull list of menu
bers elected, shows that out of the full house
OF 2i3 members, 2l7 have been elected. OF
these 135 are Republicans and 81 are Demo-
crafts, being clear majority for the Repub-
licans of 53 votes. The States We, 10 elect
will no, diminish this majority. II is by M
means unusual for President TO find his
second Congress against him. Both Pierce
and Buchanan sent messages To unsympa-
thetic ears when they addressed the House
during the last years Of their administrations.
Mr.. Lincoln was supported in his measures
by the Thirty-eighth Congress, bu: the
strength was no: 80 great as in the Thirty
seventh Mr. johnson was at war with the
For;ieth Congress during its whole term. 1t
is an evidence of the hold the Republican
party has on the people that it has retained
its ascendency so long and with So little loss
even in the minor contests. For twelve
years it has controlled the popular branch of
Congress, and its power there is assured for
another term by a majority somewhat les~
than the twO-thirds Of war and veto times,
but large enough for all practical purposes.
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Wonders Of Easter leland.


In the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean,
three thousand miles distant from the
nearest continent, rises the mysterious Easter
Island. Astounding With the remains Of re-
mote antiquity, which greatly interested and
perplexed party Of savants who recently
visited them. The island is about forty
miles in circumference, barren, without trees,
destitute of resources, inhabited by few saw
ages, who lead the most miserable existence
imaginable. But upon this narrow strip Of
land, so barren and unproductive, the as
tonished eye of the explorers beholds =
forest of gigantic stone statues, about
the origin and meaning of which
the race dwelling around them know
absolutely nothing. The smallest of these
statues measured twenty feet in height, while
many measures thirty feet, and few attain
the incredible dimensions Of fifty feet. Some
repCse upon long platforms constructed in
the cyclopean manner; the greatest portion
of them wear crowns about six feet in height,
formed of volcanic tufa, which have EVIL
IDENTIFY been placed upon these statues after
their erection. The foreheads of these
statues are retreating and the mouths promi-
nent, which indications may probably reveal
the race who constructed them.
As regards the workmanship displayed
upon them, it is rude and clumsy, although
not destitute of character and expression.
The questions concerning them, presented
for solution, are what do they represent?
whose handiwork are they? and how came
they there? There are no metals in Easter
Island, nor even slick; only q few hard
species of stone are found capable of
being fashioned into axes, with which
perhaps those mysterious statutes
were hewn. The stone Of which they
are composed is found neither upon the
island nor any of the surrounding islands,
Their number, dimensions, and character,
forming a strange contrast to the narrowness
and poverty of the place whereOn they are
constructed. How could this barren island
have nourished race of men capable of
raising such monuments? Where is the
race? What country do they still inhabit?
In reply to these speculatiOns, several scien-
tific men of great authority hazard the opinion
that the island in question is only one Of the
SUBMITS of the submerged continent which
geological evidence proves at one time to
have occupied the whole of that part of the
Pacific which is now called Polynesia. Sew
eral also show grounds for believing that the
statues in question present Mexican physi-
Ogomy, and may have been the work Of one
Of the kindred races of that people. Sew
eral of these monuments are now on their
way to the British Museum, where, it is
hoped, additional light will be thrown upon
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Details q the AGatr-An Improbable
Piece ofThievinS.
information of the robbery Of james F.
Joy, at the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York,
on Tuesday, of $50, 600 in railway bonds, has
already been received BY telegraph. The
New York Standard contains the following
account of how the affair was managed BY
the thief:
Yesterday afternoon one of the most dar-
ing robberies ever perpetrated in this city
took place in one Of the largest and most
crowded hotels on Broadway, at the business
time of the day, and in the presence Of one
of the attaches of the hotel.
At haf-past O'Clock in the afternoon,
q gentleman rushed up stains 10 room in
the third floor of the St. Nicholas Hotel and
arrested the chambermaid, asking her to ad-
nit him to the room of the Hon. james F.
Joy, of Detroit, Mich, saying that the latter
gentleman had left a parcel in his room
which Mr.. Joy requested him to call and OBJ
tain. The chambermaid supposing all to be
right, showed him to the room and admitted
him, unlocking the door with her own key.
The woman then left for few moments hav-
giving them the daily cleaning. The stran-
kcI ulOcI et'CAuAu6 . 1CW AAAVAASCuso ~ sAS
room went away unobserved.
In about half an hour Mr.. Joy returned,
and when he went to his room he discovered
that his bureau drawer had been forced open
and $50, 900 in Chicago and Iowa Railroad
Bonds had been taken away. He At once,
without losing any time, reported his losses
to the office Of the hotel, and was recon-
mended to let the detectives know the facts
in the case, and in short time the officers OF
the Central Police Office had been informed.
The stranger who had entered the room
on the plea Of looking for . parcel, must
have followed Nj. Joy from the bank, which
he had visited in the morning and brought
back the bonds. He then watched his oppor-
tunity, and when he saw Nh. Joy leave the
hotel he ran up stairs, As though sent BY Mr..
Joy.
The clever thief whoever he Was, who
stole the bonds, has very likely discovered
that he did not get a. much a he planned to.
The bonds taken are not to be found in the
market, and consequently as soon as they are
offered for sale they will at once be detected
a. the stolen ones. They are Of the denomi.
nation of $1,000 each. The chamhermaid
was able to give but meagre description Of
the thief, but such as it is the police will use
for his arrest.
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AhOui Women.

Rosa Bonheur proposes TO visit our West
ern prairies.
What kind of sweatmeats did they have
in the ark? Preserved pairs.
A delicate parcel to be forwarded by rail
"A young lady wrapped uPin herself.
1t is repeated that Jenny Lind IS coming
to America TO sing again.
The oldest h,isbandry we know OF is
when man in clover marries 4 woman in
weeds.
DIR. Mary Walker has commenced 4
series of articles on ''dress' for Wcodh,U d:
Caain's Weekiy.
Miss Hosmer, the sculptures, WIS in
Rome during the tombarimen, by the ltal-
ian troops.
Mrs. Muloch-Craik, author OF "John
Halifax" has i'm press Fair France; I'M
pressions of Traveller"
A lady advertises in the Glasgow Herald
that she wants a gentleman for breakfast and
tea. The cannibal!
In English hotels the women-Servants
carry up baggage, while the men carry up
cards and run on errands.
Marie Seebach, the gifted German TRACE
dienne, is thirty-three years old. Her par
ents were Opera-singers.
Miss Matte Adams took the prize Of the
golden apple, as the handsomest woman at
the Georgia State Fair.
The daughters Of President Gran. and
Governor Hoffman are expected to make
their debut into society this winter.
The first female law student in Michi-
gan University comes, Of conrse, from lndi-
ana, and her name is Sarah Kilgore.
The japanese women have very hand
some hair, and dress j; with more taste and
elegance than any other women in the
world.
Miss Eva, daughter Of Judge J. T. Mills,
has been appointed preceptress of Latin in
Lawrence University, at Appleton, Wis.
Mrs. General Houston is dead. The
surviving members Of the family Of the
father of Texas reside in Georgetown, in
that State.
Miss Lena Kendall, of Kosciusko coun-
ty, Ind, recently won a wager of fifty dol
lars by walking eighteen miles in less than
FIVE hours.
Susan Cooper, daughter of the novelist,
lives at her fathers old home, in Coopers-
town, n. Y, and is generally devoted to
works of charity.
Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spof1o7d, whose
winters are passed in Washington, is believed
to be engaged on a politico-social novel of
life in that city.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton SAYS that
men have hitherto translated the Bible, but
if women were allowed to try their hand, we
should have another and an improved ver-
sion.
-Parepa is living privately and retired in
England on the Sl22, 900 which was her
share of the net profits of her English opera
last season. She will return hither next
March.
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Reduction Of Fares.

We have the announcement from San
Francisco that the Central Pacific has re-
duced the price Of second class tickets from
$50 to SIS to Omaha, currency, and from
S11O to 500, currency, to New York. We
ASCERTAIN, by in9uiring a; the railroad Office
of this city, that the third class fares from
San Francisco to New York are also cut
down from SIS to $S5; and from San Fran
cisco to Omaha from SO to $50. currency.
The running time from this city to New
These reductions viii prove great benefit To-
California. High fares have heretofore been
our greatest impairment to increased poPu-
lation. At the present prices OF greenbacks,
the poor laboring man and Immigrant can
reach our coast for a fraction over SD IN
gold, all expenses included, and effect
saving in time which will be equal to like
amount when compared with the more
Heightened and tedious sea voyage.-.Sdn
Erdncisco Coll.
The story that Austria has entered into an
alliance with France is, of course, born Of
Lombard-s;. She has not been in condition,
whatever her frame OF mind, 20 provoke the
rage Of Prussis or try Issues with her since
Sadowa II she dared not accept the pro-
posals Of Napoleon when the war opened and
the power Of France was yet unbroken, what
would induce her now to tender allegiance to
a helpless nation and engage in war in
opposition u the opinions and feelings other
own people? II may be safely assumed, We
think, that Austria, which, like all other
is ruled BY policy and not senti-
nent, has no intention of committing any
such folly. She will remain neutral, and
accept Bismarck's sharp reproyal of her con-
duct, in suggesting mediation, with due hu-
lnility.-N Y. Tribune.