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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

MASTERS OF VESSELS AND PURsERs should
be on their guard against a number of Bohe-
milan swindlers who are collecting marine
news in the harbor and representing them
selves to be employees Of the Associated Press.
They have no authority to collect such news
for the Associated Press as that institution
ceased over two years ago to have anything to
do with the harbor news. Any person who
represents himself as being an agent Of the
Associated Press for obtaining marine news
should be treated as swindler.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

From the logs of the yachts Cambria and
Dauntless we have compiled the following
table of distances made by each for every day
of the race. 1t will be observed that the foot
ing up shows difference of one hundred miles
in the length of the courses taken, and repre-
sents that the Cambria had that much less
figures as we find them put down in the report
from each vessel, though some of them seem
susceptible of explanation that might give
different result -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

ANOTHER LESSON FOR THE EMPEROR
NAPOLEON There is no end to the list Of
persons who want to teach the Emperor
Napoleon very useful lessons. The last addi-
ton Is Dr. Paul Schoeppe. Thisperson, twill
be remembered, practised medicine at Carlisle,
in Pennsylvania, and was there convicted Of
murder in poisoning one of his patients, having
previously forged will by which he was to in
herit her property. He is now under sentence
to be hanged, and he asks the Governor of Penn
sylvania to give him his liberty shat he may
volunteer in the Prussian army to teach the
tyrant Napoleon o lesson" Worthy people
are the would-be teachers of the Emperor Of
France.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

The first decadal census sinca the war Is
now in course of proceeding and 1t is OF the
utmost Importance that it should be taken
with more than ordinary care. Extraord-
nary changes in the population and in the
statistics of the country have occurred since
1860 Old industries have gone down and
new ones have arisen. Resources altogether
new have been developed, and notwithstand-
Ing the terrible drain of the battle field upon
our population the loss will be supplied a
hundredfold by the immense immigration of
the past few years, as well as by the natural
growth from the cradle and the nursery.
There appears to be some apprehension,
however, that the census is going to be
botched, Numbered and even INSTRUCTED by
the officials charged with this importa mt
duty. 1t is alleged that the whole system has
been converted into political machine for the
employment Of idle and. in many cases, in
competent partisans. We trust this Is not 80.
We saw from the first adoption of the legisla-
ton by Congress that the method of collecting
the census returns was clumsy, unnecessarily
complicated, and must certainly lead to many
errors and delays. The system we require is
that very simple one adopted in England. A
printed paper, with blanks to be filed, is left
at the house of every citizen, with instruc-
tons to have the blanks properly filed on
certain day, ready for the census
official to receive them. Thus the census
is taken all over the country in one day,
and it is taken accurately. Citizens there are
not submitted to the inquisitorial torture of
our people at the hands of the deputy mar
shals-ignorant fellows for the most part
who put all kinds of useless and offensive
questions to the householder, and when they
get hold of a poor servant girl fairly drive her
into frenzy
However, as the system has been adopted
by Congress-another specimen Of its saga
city-and there is no help for it, there is no
use in people complaining. They must only
do the best they can to answer the forty or
fifty questions put to them by the gentlemen
with the big books. The heads Of the Census
Bureau should see that the work is done with
as much accuracy as possible under 80 loose
system. They should direct their subordi-
mates also to give as little annoyance to citi-
zens as is consonant with the performance of
their duty. None Of our intelligent citizens
have any objection to give all the information
in their power and to assist the completion of
this immense and important labor, if they are
civilly approached by the officials.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29
Rev. DR.. Newman Bound for Utah.

The Rev. DR.. Newman, the distinguished
pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist church at
Washington, in which President Grant occu
pies pew delivered some time ago sermon
in which he exposed the errors of Mormon
polygamy, not only in forcible, logical style,
but, as it were, speaking by authority"
His discourse was regarded by the nation as
rejecting the views and policy of its chief, and
therefore acquired Importance in political as
well as religious point of view. 1t made q
deep impression at Salt Lake City no less than
elsewhere. A famous elder or bishop of the
Latter Day Saints made an elaborate response
to the arguments of DR.. Newman, who was
thus led to still more thorough examination
of the system of polygamy. Armed at all
points for controversy on this subject, DR..
Newman left yesterday for Salt Lake City,
where, in the temple itself, he will strive to
convince Brigham Young and all his followers
that their theories and practice are at variance
not only with modern civilization but with the
authority of the Sacred Scriptures Doubtless
the influence of the sermons Of DR.. Newman
and of the Pacific Railway, and Of the cleo
trio telegraph, and Of Gentle immigration,
will tend to convince Brigham Young that it
will be expedient ere long to announce new
revelation, abolishing whatever Is abhorrent
to truth, purity and justice in Mormonism.
Enough will be left to justify all the eulogies
which have deservedly been paid to the
Mormons for the marvellous thrift and indus
try whereby they have made the wilderness
glad and the desert rejoice and blossom as the
rose. Probably the Rev. DR.. Newman may
win nobler victory over some of their preju-
dices by his eloquence than an army fully
supplied with chassep6ts, needle guns and
every other kind Of instrument known to
destructive warfare. Truth is mighty and
will prevail.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

head whence Europe spread" West
asia is laid bare by our writer.
The journey from Consiantinople to
Tiais is reported, scenes by thsway described,
the Russian government system n the region
noted. and the state of society, whic& appsars
to be reallaPleasant, spoken Of in quite an at
tractive manner The hoary lands are being
renovated rapidly by our special pens and
printing presses
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

THE NEW YORK STATE WoMAN's SUFFRAGE
ASSOCIATION is in session at Saratoga. Susan,
B. Anthony, Olympia Brown and the usual
lights of the movement are present in full
force, enjoying the delights Of Saratoga under
pretence Of forwarding the interests Of the
women anxious to vote.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS are upon US.
State conventions and mass meetings are the
order in every direction. In South Carolina
Governor Scott, by the grace of ex Congress-
man Whittemore, has been nominated for
Governor, and Fl. J. Rancier, colored man,
for Lieutenant Governor. In Ohio, several
Congressional nominating conventions have
been held, and in Indiana large republican
mass meeting has taken place, at which
Senator Morton set his record before his
friends. Altogether numerous warm cam
paigns are opening for the warm weather.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

TRAVEL IN THE CAUCASUS. BY special
correspondence, dated in Tifis, Georgia, on
the 18th of May. we are enabled to present to
our readers to-day description of the vast
region Of tie Caucasus. ''the fountain
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

OUR EUROPEAN WAR DISPATCHES BY
MAn.-Our special correspondents in Europe,
dating in France, Spain and Germany, supply
the interesting statements of the preliminary
facts which have induced the great war, which
appear in our columns to-day. e
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29
Was 1t Poison 2

Two very extraordinary cases of sudden
death occurred simultaneously in Jersey City
on Tuesday. It appears that two men who
were bosom friends and constant companions,
residing within short distance Of each other,
took walk through the city on that day, and
during their perambulations drank several
times. Soon after returning home, and almost
at the same moment, both men fell dead from
their chairs. The fact that they were both
young men, hearty, strong and enjoying good
health, renders the cause of death very mysteri-
GUS. 1t will be serious question for the Coro-
ner to decide whether they were not poisoned
by some substance imbibed in the liquor they
INDUCED in during the day. he should
endeavor to find out what liquors and in what
houses they drank in their days ramble, and
detect, If possible, who the parties are in
Jersey City who sell the deadly poison,
warranted to kill almost instantly. A skilful
post-mortem examination will detect the ex-
istence Of poison. if such exists, In the system
of the victims The investigation of this
curious case will be interesting.
GOVERNOR HOLDEN evidently has the upper
hand in North Carolina. He refuses to deliver
up his citizen prisoners and the Chief Justice
of the State refuses to attach him. The latter
claims that the motion to attach the Governor
must be made before Chief Justice Chase
who, no doubt, would attach the Governor
readily enough.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25
PRE-EMPTioN SETTLERS are /,

rRE-EMPTioN SETTLERS are officially
notified that the settler on surveyed Gun
offered iand' must file his or her declaratory
statement within three months from the date
of his or her settlement on such land, and
within eighteen months from the expiration
of said three months make the proper proof
and pay for such lands. Where settlers had
already fled before the passage of the act,
they are required to make proof and payment
within one year from snch passage; therefore
all filings made prior to that date will expire
by Limitation of law upon unofiered lands on
the l4th of July, 1871. The settler on ''un-
surveyed land" must file his or her declara-
tory statement within three months from the
date of the receipt at the district land office
of the approved plot of the township en-
bracing the tract upon which he or she has
settled, and within eighteen months from the
expiration of said three months make the
proper proof and pay for such tract. The
proviso of the act of June 9, 1862, requiring
the filing within six months from the survey
in the field, and providing for the filing with
the SURVEYOR General, is repealed.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25
THREE CONVENTIONS.

Three Conventions are already announced
to be held at Topeka during the month Of
September-the Republican on the sth, the
Democratic on the 18th, and the Working
mems on the 22nd. 1t will be good month
for Topeka hotels and the telegraph wires,
and We trust that it will also be a good month
for the true men of the State-an element
not often well represented in political Con-
yentiOns. --....
The inference we draw from these calls for
these Conventions is the same that one gets
from moving among the people and from
reading the newspapers of the State, namely,
that the people are deeply interested in the po-
litical welfare of the State. We believe there
has been no such deep feeling, no such earnest
and unfinching determination moving the
people of all classes, and of the most oppo-
site personal aims and political purposes,
since our early struggle for bringing Kansas
INTO the Union and bringing her in az Free
State. And if our. Judgment in regard to
this strong current Of feeling is correct, then
there is nothing TO fear. The danger here
tofore has arisen from the apathy of good
men. They have stood aloof and allowed
few professional ofiice-seekers and loafers 10
dictate orr public men.
The people can Ike trusted, and a general
movement of the masses means the re,lemp-
ton Ofthe State and the utter overthrow of the
rings of rascals and cormorants-the men
who live on public plumber. 1t is with the
Republican party, if il chooses, to inang,rate
this movement and to save the State II it
fails 10 see the signs Of the times, if it hesi-
ta'es, or misapprehends its true mission, it
will leave void which other organizations,
or the people under new organizations, can
hardly fail to fill. Party ties are not strong
enough even in Kansas to sustain men who
defend thieves and buy up courts to keep de-
faulters out Of prison. When the Republi- |
can party shall thus consent to wallow in the |
mire il will become an object of universal |
contempt. The thieves are now using its |
organization and its patronage to sustain |
criminals in Office. They make no reply to |
the facts showing their crimes and baseness,
and their only hope of success is founded on |
the cohesive power of public plumber.
There is no other State in the Union where
Republican oilice-holders are placed in this I
:thject position. Wet and believe that the
shame is not 10 endure here longer. Let the
Eighth of September mark new era in or
political history-iet it inaugnrate the rule
If honest mer.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25
From the Iowa Voter. |

From here We ran up to Leavenworth,
twenty five miles, where carriages were in
waiting to convey the weary excursionists to
places of entertainment a guests of the CITY.
In the afternoon carriages were again free to
all who wished to see the city and the Fort.
Leavenworth has \ population of about
30, 600, accumulated in fifteen years. Its
five daily papers, its numerous churches,
academies, fine residences, and business
houses, would be . source Of pride to any
city in the Union. A Masonic Temple and
4 Cathedral are being erected, both Of brick,
with marble mounting. The former will be
IS BY Us feet on the ground, and Eve stories
high; cost, 500, 900. The Cathedral Of
the Immaculate Conception Is to be
78 BY 200 feet On the ground, and cost $780,
900. A railroad bridge is now being built
across the Missouri opposite the Fort, two
miles above the city. Until recently their
coal came from Lexington, No, and cost 40
cents 1t is now taken ont At home, from q
three-feet vein, through q perpendicular
SHAFT 700 feet deep, which cost $50. 600.
This coal Is worth q cents per bushel.
Wood is worth s. to 50; has so1d 1t SIS per
cord. The city Is lighted with gas. The
FOrt, two miks north, from which the city
took its name, u now commanded bv Gen.
Sturges, and is gauisoned By company of
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

\ LIST of the eighty-eig bishops who
voted directly against the infallibility dogma
shows tina, twenty-five belong to Austria and
the same number to France, eleven
to Germany, eight to the British Dominions,
six to Italy, six to the Oriental rites of Tur-
key, and only four to the United States.
Relatively the strongest opposition came
from Germany, about one half of all the
bishops voting in the negative. Austria and
France also gave strong negative vote,
which, however, fell considerably short Of
the total episcopal vote of these countries.
Thus the dogma has the majority of bishops
in every country except Germany IT. how
ever, Hungary is considered Independent of
the remainder of Austria, its opposition is
much more compact than even that of Ger
MANY
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

THE work of taking the census is near
completion. The Superintendent states that
by next Monday he will have the total pop
ulations of Maine, Delaware, Connecticut and
Rhode Island; by the LIST of September the
Northern district of New York, MARYLAND
and Ohio; by the 18th of September all the
States and Territories, except Texas and Or
egon and a portion of Western Michigan,
which will not be completed by the LIST of
October. He will be able to give the COM
plete population of the country by the 10Th
of October. He thinks that by the LIST of
September he will be able to give the popu-
laiion of all the large cities Of the country,
except San Francisco, and this latter BY the
10th of September. The total population of
the country he estimates at 40, 800, 900.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

in Tie snccsss 81 Ire ffencIS arms under e 4
istins circumstances. A little later and the
troops had all gone To the frontier where the
Enlefos SdPwSd them. Eugenie, on her
retlm fOps 6herbourg, in dinner At
st. Cloud toasted the ex-min;.-
ter: "TO m. Theirs, to whom we
are indebted for the Notifications Of Paris. a
''work which now enables Us to send 10 the
frontier LOG, 900 men who otherwise could
"not have been spared" The soldiers who
went 20 gaily to the field have been beaten,
the ministry which weakly consetad 70 the
war is overthrown, and worse than the Wild
Ct imaeininssof S1: 1hiess hzseomes1r~.
1t Is in this emergency that he adGa his voice
t. the swelling chorus of :rePahi4a4 cd
decises tiat ~ smpir sAqld enn. 4hse
can be no more striking evidence Of The s1te
of feeling in Paris. The Emperor went to
war to extend his power abroad and to con.
solidase il at home. He is N aaaaer 0floe-
ing both and altogether. The next battle
must decide his fate. ''Victorious or dis
crowned is tAe fearful ahernsiVs roented.
If the Russians are successful the ultimatum
of Bismarck, meered 1t in some quarters and
REGARDED - an idle boaA - nearly all BE-
comes an accomplished fact.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

"MONADNOCK" writes from London 10 the
New York Times his belief in the duration of
the war, and quotes an English writer, who
can compare il only with our American war,
in intensity of hatred, in personal bitterness,
in the immensely Of its operations The
Englishman expects the same issue of pro-
longed and desperate struggle until the utter
exhaustion of one or the other cOntending
nations. Yet he says the issues are great,
the interests are too intimately connected to
permit this struggle to thus continue, with
ont involving some nation or other, and
hence he is convinced that We are at the he
ginning of a great European war.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Company have filed with the Secretary Of the
Interior a bond i'm the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars that they will, in the con-
striIction of their road from the southern
boundary of Kansas through the Indian Ter
ri'ory TO Preston, in Texas, and Fort
Smith, in Arkansas, conform to the standard
prescribed for the construction of the Union
Pacific railroad, and will in every particular
respect the rights of the Indian tribes.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

A the removed Swedish prima donna,
Christina Nilsson has been engaged BY Max
Strakosch to sing in New York next Septem-
Der, the following sketch may interest some
Of our readers:
Christina Nilsson was born on the :srd of
August, l84S, in the hamlet Of Hussaby, near
the southern cnast of Sweden, and j. the
youngest of eight children. As IL the case
with most persons gifted with unusual genius,
she was remarkable even a. a child. Her
girlish warblings delighted the peasantry of
the village, and at last attracted the notice of
. wealthy family, who recognized the pec,,-
liar beauty Of her voice, and undertook to
secure for her . musical education. Once
taken from her peasant home, she found
many friends and patrons, and finally placed
heEsef under the instruction of Mr.. Wartel,
in Paris, and pursued q severe co,lrse Of
training for several years.
"She made her 6ra appearance on the
French stage 9th of October, 1864, and from
that time 10 the present has divided with
Adelina Patti the plaudits and honors of the
courts and capitals of Europe.
"The fair-haired souestress has been sing
ing recently At The DruIy Lane, London, and
though the English capital has been frequent
y delighted BY her before, the public has |
gone veil nigh wild over her. At last &C.
counts abe was appearing there As the Coun-
es, in Figaro" and the London Grupkie |
notice highly laudatory Of the |
performance by remarking that 1.-THE ap-
plause was tremendous, her reception i'm
nense, and that the audience went away de-
iehted, It is supeEAuous to add"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25
THE LABOR UNION.

1t is hardly necessary for. us to say that we
do not endorse all that Mr. Sylvis says in a
communication which We publish to-day.
But We do most heartily applaud his spirit,
his carnessne~, ana The ssenesal Haendeney-us
the labor movement. We have been /. h
boring man all our lives, working more Hhan
twelve hours a day, and with little prospect
ofever being ANYTHING else. We believe
that most of the men who become rich gain
their wealth because they are liars, becauas
they are cunning and nse deceit, daplicisy
and treachery to accomplish their ends. We
would rather trust the first ten. carpenters,
stone-masons, mechanics or laboring men of
any sort, than the first ten men whom We
might happen to meet each Of whom was
worth one hundred or more thousand dollars,
on any question involving truth, hqpor or
fair dealing among men. The rich are rich
in vast number Of case. because they are
false, selfish, cold-blooded and utterly in
different to the rights and weli-leing of
their fellow men. We do not make these
statements with any bitterness Of feeling, but
orr judgement has been formed from a
pretty extensive dealing with all classes Of
men,
All reforms originate with poor men, with
common people. Christ took fishermen and
tent-makers for companions and followers.
Who ever heard OF a banker, broker or mil
lionaire becoming worried about the condi-
ton Of mankind? Reforms come from the
people. 1t was SO with the anti-slaverv,
temperance and every other great movement
which has originated during the Last century,
and it will he 50 to the end of time. The
working men need expect no aid from the
purse-proud class. When they are fully or
gained and their power is feared, they will
be listened to, and every just measure which
they advocate will be granted. Justice tri-
umphs at last, in every cause, and certainly
no rights are so sacred as those Of man rs
man. We think the working men will get
little sympathy from the Democratic party,
but plenty Of promises, especially while that
party is out of power. When they get into
power they will do in the future rs they did
in the long and oppressive past. The in
'tin'ts Of that party are with oppression and |
not with the people, and no reform move
mcnt has originated with them or received /
heir hearty approval. August Belmont, the !,
largest bondholder in the country, is a Dem
,crat and the President Of the National Dem
'cratic Committee. lie has picture gallery /
worth half a million dollars, hut mot single
impulse in behalf Of the struggling masses Of
The working men are right in agitating,
md, of course, they will do ii in their own
way. We think they could make themselves
cit best in the Republican Convention, but
hey may Ike right. If all classes will take
he same interests in public affairs our State
'ill soon ceased TO he disgraced by corrupt
,Oliticians
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

4 GERMAN Democrat in Burlington,
Iowa, told the editor Of the Hawksye, a dav
or two since, that he had never voted any
but the Democratic ticket, but he was now
done with that party and should never vote
that ticket again. He said he knew thirty
Germans in the city who had voted just As he
had, and who now feel just az he does.
Cause, Democratic sympathy is with Napo-