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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

talk Of building large stone court house in
the public square, soon, to supplant the
I frame building now occupying that position.
Good, substantial sidewalks, of the hest oak
plank, are being laid down all over town.
We called upon Mr.. f. n. Morrill,,
County and District Clerk, and from him
obtained the following notes:
The present county officers are: County
and District Clerk, Z. n. Morrill,; Sheriff,
J. E. Bowers; Treasurer, 4. Mclaughlin;
Register Deeds, J. W. Oberholtzer; Probate
Judge, ID. X. Rabbit; County Attorney, B.
F. killey; County Superintendent Of
Schools, Noah Hanson; County Commission
Bowren County officers elect: Legislature
Rabbit; Twelfth District, T. {. Parker.
aha counties, A Craycroft; Probate Judge,
d. X. Rabbit; Sup;. Schools, K {. Close;
District Clerk, ii. J. Aten.
The census Of the county Is about 200,
and immigration is pouring in. Great in
quiries are made for lands.
The rate Of taxation is three mills.
There are fiify-six school houses in the
| county, and the schools are all well attended.
lherc are about Z-vp cnllCren.
Several new coal banks have been opened
| lately which attract the larger share Of aften-
ton at present. The veins average from
fourteen to eighteen inches OF very fair coal.
The people want railroad down
the Grasshopper TO Leavenworth, and are
ready To do their part whenever they meet
with sufficient encouragement. How would
/ it do to look up that matter?
! Eight miles from Hiawatha brings Us to
Hamlin, which is nothing more at present
than mere station. Ten miles further ON
| is the nice little town Of Sabeiha, in Nemeha
| County. \ recent description in The
TINES will suffice, for the present, concern
ing the place.
\ rapid run of seventeen miles farther,
under the conduc,orship of the popular
George Anderson, and We are nj Seneca,
seveniy-seven miles from Elwood. There
we stop over Sunday, leaving our observa-
tions concerning ''the county seat Of Meme
ha County, to be summed up in our letter
from Marysville, the end of the track. 4
local item, however: William 7. Green,
incarcerated in the county Jail at this place
for stealing some horses in the county some
months since, escaped, with the aid of sorue
one on the outside, .on Friday. On his de-
parture, he took another horse from 4 gentle
man near town, and from another a watch.
Parties are in pursuit with ilattering hopes
of Success He has already served two terms
in the Michigan Peni,entiary for like
offences. If he is caught, the chances for
another term seem to be dead against
him."
| 4 gentleman informs me that he saw two
wild deer near here yesterday. People have
generally thought that all game of this
species had long ago lied ''to parts un-
known"
". q.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

wIrs our Northern friends, among whom
the Atchi-on Champion is included, please
understand once for all that there is no I'roPo-
sition "n the part of this city To cause bulk
10 hc broken here. Ii is significant fact
tia, the only threat against traffic comes
from the Railroad Company. Our citizens
are not thirty days men, but have enlisted
Il, ,,.,r
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29
Re~slleesions Of Thaekeray.
From Our Moufhly Gossip, in the January nu
her Of Lippinieott' Magazine.

From Our Mouthly Gossip, in the January num-
her Of LiPPnicotts Magazine.
Isaw him for the first time day or two
after his arrival in America on his first visit,
and saw him for the last time few weeks
before his death.
Good portraits Of Thackeray are 40 COM
mon, and 80 many of your readers saw him
in the lecture-room, that need not describe
his person. The mis-shaped nose, 80 broad
at the bridge and stubby at the end, was the
effect of an early accident. His near-sighted-
ness, unless hereditary, must have had,
think, similar origin, for no man had les
the appearance of a student who had weaken
ed his sight by application to books. In his
gestures especially in the act of bowing TO a
lady-there was a certain awkwardness,
made more conspicuous by his tall
well-proPortioned and really CON-
manding figure. His hair, at forty,
was already gray, but abundant and mas~N
the cheeks had a ruddy tinge and there was
no sallowness in the complexion; the eyes,
keen and kindly even when they wore a sar-
castle expression, twinkled sometimes
through and sometimes over the spectacles.
What should call the predominant e.
preston of the countenance was courage
readiness to face the world on its own terms,
without either bawling or whining. asking
no favors, yielding, II At all, from magnani-
nifty. / have seen but two faces in which
this expression, coupled with that Of high
Intellectual power, was equally striking
those Of Daniel Webster and Thomas Car
lyle. But the former had Q saturnine
gloom even in its animation, and the latter a
variety and intensity Of expression, which
were absent from Thackeray's.
On the evening Of which speak sat be-
side him some time in the ibfary-an apart
ment of which he has-nade mention in the
opening sentences Of The Vngiaians. A
variety of topic., chiefly literary, were dir
clsed. His own manner soon made il i'm
possible, even for one who in every sense
looked up to him, to be otherwise than IA
miliar in tone. No one was more thoroughly
highbred, but no one more averse TO for
maiity, and there was consequently no
fencing required before one could feel at
ease with him. His expressions at times
we're tolerably blunt. Speaking Of Carlyle,
he said, "Why don't he hang up his ID
old fiddler" adding, however, in reference To
the Life Of !Noiiag, then recently published,
YES, a wonderful writer! What could
you or IC) have made of such subjecs:''
He went on to praise Carlyles dignity Of
character: He would not 90 round making
q show Of himself, as am doing" "But
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29
l,aTtnlenl

The truth about the Chinese massacres oi
Missionaries is beginning To leak out. The
French priests had, it appears, not only
taken possession of land and ''heathen'
temples, but had even established civil
government of their own. Their converts
were shielded from she laws Of the Empire,
and from taxation The English Mission
aries also have too usually shcwn greater
reliance upon ginboats than upon the Cos
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

SrSAraR ANTHONY has done good ser
vice in cndeayoring to reduce the wasteiu
and needless expenditure connected with the
publication of Patent Office reports. Their
cost is quarter Of a million, and their fate
condemnation as waste paper. Ii is pro
passed to publish future reports weekly, 81
that manufacturers and inventors may keeI
themselves informed of progress in their de-
narffnp,,ts
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

lHT.
tn. f,Ilox;,o Latter which Mr.. Bonner
| 80 :. - ., s,,,. received in
thinks IL necessary 10 s'ae "S 'ee
MI romefos own hAnu =,
Puoiishea IN 'ne we" i"N
romeroy cAiis
i'Seh' we '"'N II '@'' '''
the wrief aiso'
WASHINGTON, u. L., Dec: 10, 1870.
Mr.. ROBERT BoNNER-My Lear SIR; l
see in one OF my New YORK PaPefs, that 1
am reporter as having oelieu lne "i!c'e
n,'. .n ap ,hs .sS.n,,nr;,i Ser;es'; in the
columns OF the Ledocr, In writing you now
/ desire TO say that the reported and supposed
denial probably originated from ,ne iaa % u
nn,n Nm. ..;ns.nrac;.sn wh;ch cren. into the
the article and are 10 be attributed to typo
graphical errors, or by the mistake OF the
the amannen.s enP'cye ~
ns, a, IN .nd ,h., IL INV haste in Ieav-
ing INV hotel in New York, had not seen
the article in proof If had remained IN
New York and embraced the oPlor'unt! W
ma,I II Ln .Is - pu ,osarx and rd,, would
no, have been troubled with this letter from
me. am very truly, &c,
>. =. roALhoi
MIR. Bonner also publishes the suo,oiheu
receipt every WORD oil IL, ana tihe lsue,
he says IN the haho"r''ihs vi '"e
unguished senator:
wH na,i."' e., ~ :. ..,;
nnhi;.hsJ r. The New York ledger.
500. sc. PoNERoY.
OF course no one for an instant suspected
the proprietor of the Ledger Of any attempt
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

rHE indictment Of Congressman Butler,
pt Tennessee, furnishes a number Of ex-
changes W ith text from which to discourss
"f the dcPravity Of the present Congress.
We do moi believe that this Congress is ex-
ceItioaally wicked, aud we regard ii as a
healihful symptom that some anxiety Is
-hr,n 90 r.,t nd of the black sheer.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29
IRELAND.

uREusANO.
The fate Of a country whose contri-
buttons 10 our prosperity have been so
immense as those of ireland have been, can
never be a matter of indifference to the gen.
erous minds Of America. The present time
seems peculiarly appropriate for a considera-
ton Of the actual position Of the Green Isle
under British rule No political question is
before Us to cause us to extenuate, or set down
aught in malice; no threatened breach Of in
ternational obligations exists 10 excite our
Sympathy or alarm onr patriotism. We can,
therefore, afford to speak with judicial calm
ness
Two items Of news suggest themselves in
connection with this subject. One is the fact
that the British Government has despatched
large military reinforcement to the Island
in order to prevent. on the occasion of the
anniversary Of the "union' of the two coun-
tries, the manifestation Of the continued dis
like for that ''nnion" entertained by the
people. The other is the ramor that Mr..
Gladstone is about TO release the Fenian
patriots who are in dungeons for the crime
of having loved their Fatherland too well.
We fear the fact must be held TO disprove
the rumor, and that for many a day TO come
the old story in which, since '9S, the Irish
race has walled with sad, sweet music its
exile and its voc, remains true with but
slight changes.
..'Tis the most distrcssfal country
That ever yet was seen,
They imprison men aud women
For wearing Of the green
Remembering, rs We do, the brave service
some Of the imprisoned men did for freedom
under the stars and stripes, We would gladly
credit the rlmor that promises them release.
But We do not think the British Lion will
easily let escape from its claws such dauntless
foes rs o. Ressa and Burke. The new mill
tary expedition proves that all the sops
thrown to Ireland within the past two years
have failed to pacify her discomfort, and 20
long rs that discontent endures liberation of
the prisoners seems an over sanguine dream.
England Cdn auOfu W pC CAxeke@ VI HAcu
who blusieringly invade Canada, but men
who courageously have entered her own bor-
ders as apostles Of liberty are not to be 30
treated. They aim at a vital place and re-
ceive corresponding penalty when cap
tured.
LEGISLATION has done little to remedy the
national grievances Of ireland. The bill for
church reform simply recti6ed in an imperfect
fashion sectional religious wrong; the land
measure was 81 weak character, and anger
cd landlords without satisfying their tenants;
noshinghas been done to encourage manu-
facures, develop internal resources, or to
meet the demand for recognition as co-equal
power. While, however, the British par
lament has proved unequal to
the task of Cancellation, the Irish
national movement has made great prog
RES and formed important alliances. The
old feud between Protestant and Catholic has
los much of it, bitterness, both have BE-
tboueht them that their country and their
wrongs are common, and the Orange and
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

The news concerning the release of certain
Fenian prisoners 10y the English Govern
mcnt. does no; affect, materially, our article
un the Irish Question a. il is not full act of
amnesty, and does no; carry with 1t repeal
Of the political penal laws by which Ireland
Is oppressed. Ii is mere sop, and will fail
a. all half measures have hitherto done.
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NATIONAL EDUCATlON.

The bill introduced last session by Mr.. &
+. Hoar is again before Congress. The oh
Jet Of the measure is TO secure IN efficien
system of popular instruction in ever,
State Of the Union. We extract the follow
ing SYNOPSIS from the n. Y. Sun:
The sum and substance Of the project j,
this: The President is to appoint for eacl
State, by and with the advice and consent o
the Senate, State Superintendent Of Ma
tional Schools, at salary Of 5000 per an
mum. Each Of these Superintendents is Il
divide his State into as many divisions as
the State has Representatives in Congress,
and the Secretary Of the Interior is to ap.
point an Inspector of each division, at sal
ary Of 1000 per annum. Each of these di
visions is to be again divided into
school districts, and the Secretary
Of the Interior is to appoint in hi.
one local Superintendent, who is Il
receive three dollars per day for the time &c
t,,ally employed in the duties of his Office.
The State Superintendent is to direct how
many schools shall be kept in each district,
and the local Superintendent, with the ap
prevail of the State Superintendent; is to hire
or build the school houses There are pro-
visions for taking property for school pur-
poses where none suited can be had BY vol
untary contract, and for furnishing books
gratuitously to children who are unable 70
pay for them. The sum of so, 600, 900 is
directed to be collected BY direct tax upon
the several States, to carry out the provisions
of the bill; but IL il be proved to the salts
faction of the President that any State has a
system of common schools which provides
reasonably for all the children therein, the
officers in that State shall he suspended
We think the measure in many of lis de
tails illjudgcd and exlravagant, but we have
the deepest sympathy with its purpose. We
cannot, therefore, endorse the hope the Sun
expresses that the bill may be summarily
rejected. Let it be well considered and care
fully revised. If its plan is made more eco-
nomical and tine Senate instead Of the Presi-
dent is made the judge of cases in which il.
provisions shall be applied, there will he
small room for objection. In hlsing our
Government upon universal suffrage We have
intr,lsted the future Of the country
not to the virtue and intelligence OF
our best men, to but the average
man. What that man is and deserves, our
future and desert as nation will be. The
school must educate the child that is father
of the man who is to cast the ballot on which
wal depend the future Of the worlds free
dan We xhould prefer that every State
should organize its own e,iucations! system,
but when Tennessee and other States refuse,
We think that the Government has resting on
il the duty Of protecting its citizens from
Ignorance. Tpe right to education is a
clearer natural right than \ at to the ballot.
Tennessee elects rulers for Us all, and We
have right to guard ourselves from the re-
suits that will surely follow failure to sus-
tain ovr Common Schools
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

The Pope, fearing an interference with
his hierarchical independence by the govern
ment Of King Victor Emanuel, has decided
10 entrusi Cardinal Paul Cullen, Archbishop
Of Dublin, with Plenary power 10 appoint all
the English-speaking bishops Of the Church.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

RoELRT TooMBs ASD JUDGE STEVENS
have issued a fre-eating address TO the people
Of Georgia The endeayor of the Republi-
cans TO make the common school system Of
the State efficient annoys these distinguished
nsnncra.s
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

q. BALDWIN, the gigantic and Pugilistic,
who is At present in the Boston House Of
Correction, refuses to accept the release
offered him, because it is conditioned by a
requirement To- leave the peaceful State of
Massachusetts,. We hope our friends at the
Hub" appreciate the compliment
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29
The Centennial Of Beethoven, the Shi

The Centennial Of Beethoven, the Shake
i.e,re of music, is being unsteady celebra-
ted all the civilized world. Dispute the war,
Germany Is holding jubilee under the direc-
ton Of her ablest living composers. Lon
don holds high festival, and New York and
the Hub are making preparations for a
worthy calahra,ion
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

4 RrMoR is afoat that Theodore Tilton is
soon to retire from the editorship of the
Iadep.adent. We trust If may prove untrue,
for Mr.. Tilion has made his paper among
the most valuable of American religious
weekiies.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29


from hiehA'" GRANT WINE : ne" volume
bearing me ai"ve ''iie' We quote aie~ para
graphs, showing nice s',Se III uiser'i,i"a-
tion ioun'ied on practical views OF the SUBJECT.
Igydmfe Ihis word should never be
employer IN reference 10 persons as" mean,
merely 10 a''i weight .o-'o MAKE an e.i'
more oppressive; INJURY Is asg,a'alrI oy IN
suit s"neuines IMPROPER! us''' II, ."s
sense :" "T.''s' As WIS MUCH aegr"a'eu
ny his c"hnu1-
b"""ee III 'ne Se"Se ~ ies., ien'a'"ue,'
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TWO sues 81 al" aeSo"'" "e ,'.o' ~ " .a
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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29
spORrING ITEMS.

wup DAyRELL, the celebrated English
r,,e-horse. died recently at Clinton, neal
Hungersord, in England. He was 10
pears old, and he had record on the Derby
that made him a nabob among the fass
bonss. He received, rs he deserved, dis
,;rc,;sbed attentions iu his declining years.
Robert Bonner, evinoes very active
ambition to continue the owner OF the fasseSs
,ro,ter on this or any other continent. lie
has three ether marvels Of speed,
hsides Dexter, working up to the
maximum speed, Pocahontas and Joe
Elliott, the sporting world have quite
frequently heard abovt. TheirPer'ormanoes
have been publicly announced. He has a
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

KANSAS is the champion corn State. The
annual repor, Of the Commissioner Of Agri-
culture gises our average yield Of corn pei
acre a. Is / bushels. The average yield in
ali Ia. S.afas i % 3 bushels.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

4 COOPERATIVE colonization scheme has
has been started in New York. 1t proposes
to enable workingmen in that city To ropu-
Lie The Indian Territory.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29
WHAT THEY SAY.

The n. Y. Void commends Gov. HoH.
mans friends for their prudence in not push.
ing his candidature for the Presidency Al
present. 1t thinks ii may be necessary to
give the nomination to a citizen of Pennsyl.
yania or Indiana in order to influence the
October elections. II is rather far from
Matching time to be counting chickens.
The Emporia Duly rNexs has the follow
ing excellent remarks on the railroad tax
question:
As will be seen in the proceedings pub
lished in to-day's paper, the people Of Ere
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

TIE election Of United States Senator b,
our State Legislature, will take place Oh
Tuesday, January 9th, ISL, the day ap
pointed by law.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

The agitation called forth by the bad faith
Of the railroads, continues TO spread through
the county. We publish elsewhere the reso-
lu;ions adopted by the tax payers Of Easton.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

. orr Geographic columns contain full de
tails ofihe dispute between the President and
Senator Sumner General Babcock's indis-
Greet words will disgust the Nation, and Will
,T,ubtl.s, Ia. rebuked by the President.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

TuE Cuban insurgents continue their gal
liant struggle against Spain. Is it not about
time tina, a European power should he re-
fused permission To- murder freemen on
American soil?
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

Gov. McCLURG has appointed Hon. d.
Y. Jewett to serve in place Of Mr.. Drake,
for the remainder of that gentleman's term in
the l. < Senate
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

The Chicago Tribune attacks Secretary
Bouiwell's financial policy Diminished
deb, and appreciated securities are hard
lacts TO ignore.