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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01
NEW POEM HY WHITTIER.
'rhc Fray er seeker.

!lon- the lie v here prayer waS made
! woman. all in black a.layeL,
Close Yelled between the k1eeGnc ho-,.
With gliding motion Ofa ghost,
lassel t. the desk and laid thereon
y sc.r'c which bore the-. words alone:
Poay lor ne.
Back FROM The place Of wor>hipin-
she cli1ed like guilty thing;
The rustic other draYCTies stirred
81 hurrying fee, alone was heard
While fall % awe. the preacher read.
- out into tn" dark she sped:
Pray tor me-
Back To Ihe L Oh: from whenc, she came.
4" UniIhagined grief or shame,
i.ro~s the threshold of n q doc
None knew the burden that she bore;
Alone she lef, the written -crp!',
The legend Of troubled soul:
PoTy ror me-
T.,de up, ron- Ghost of wo. "r sin
Thou l"ay' i = common need within:
Each hears, Ike thee. some namele-, vei.hi
>"iIc Misery inGst.cu.ate.
some -errst sin. some shrpUdod droa.i
>.,.Ie household sor1Dv all unsaid:
Ps-rI9 Wy'
I.,ss on. THc tgpc 81 all tiiog az.
sad witness 20 the common heaTt.
With face in veil and sal On lip,
In mute and strange CJfupauiOn>hip,
Like thee We wander u and FRI,
Dam'ly imploriyg Is W" 60.
Ft'y t1r H.
Nh. v 30 shall pray -'aaa who piead-
sIr wants pe-rhaure hath creator needs,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

tfrom the Parker, Montgomery County, Record.
BY the treaty Of the Goth of September,
1868, the Great and Little Usage Indians
ceded to the government that portion of their
lands adjacent to the Cherokee Neutral
Lands, now embraced in the rich and popu-
Ions counties of NeoshO and Labette- being
fine rich body Of country extending fifiy
miles from north to south, and thirty miles
from east to west, to poin, one mile east of
tne Seruigris river, where that stream crosses
the State line. These are known as the Ced-
Cd Lands, and were surveyed and sectionized
authority OF the government in 1867.
Neosho county according to the census Of
1871, has population of over eleven thous-
and souls, and Labette about ten thousand,
thus Eanking at once with the most densely
populated counties of the State-an unerring
indication of the superior natural resources
Of the country.
THE TRUST LANDS.
By the same treaty of 1865, the Great and
Little Usage Indians ceded to the govern
ment in trust, for their benefit, what is
known as the twenty mile strip-being a
strip Of land twenty miles wide from north
to south, commencing at the northwest cor
ner Of the Coded Lands and extending west
wardly to the Tooth meridian, = distance OF
2oS miles, Is chains and 6 links. These
are called the Trust Lands, and have been
open to settlement ever since the treaty of
1865.
THE Usage RESERVE.
Immediately south of the Trust lands, lies
the celebrated Dosage Reserve" sometimes
called the "Osage Diminished Reservation"
being strip of land thirty miles wide from
north to south. and extending from the west
ern line of the ceded lands to the Tooth me-
ridian, the same distance precisely as the
Trust Lands. By the act'oi Congress on the
18th Of July, 1870, and approved by the
Great and Little Usage Indians i'm Grand
Council assembled for the purpose, OH the
18th of September last, this magnificent trac,
Of country and the Trust Lands adjoining it
on the north, have been opened to settlement
and are now offered for sale to actual settlers
only, at Sl.25 per acre, payment to be made
within one year from the date of settlement.
These lands are now being surveyed by sew
raj parties who are actively engaged in tina.
work.
No better opportunity than this could be
presented to the industrious immigrant for
acquiring home, and in time competency
and perhaps wealth. These lands are Justly
regarded As among the most valuable in the
great southwest-being of unsurpassed beau
ty and fertility, well watered, and in mos:
localities, abundantly timbered; with a most
genial climate, happily removed from ex-
trt me heat or cold, and admirably adapted
to the growth of all the products OF the mid
die States, rs the bountiiul yield of every
crop planted this year shows; while for stock
raising and pasturing purposes il is conceded
to be peculiarly favorable. 1t is now rapidly
filling up with 4 moral, industrious and
thrifty population, and there is room for
many thousands more.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

THE least known part of this country Is
perhaps, North Alabama, where, for dis
tancc Of two hundred miles, there are sIcl,
inexllauStiblc stores Of iron ore that il will
not cost 50 4 ton, while in Ohio and Penn
svlvanil it costs 1T the furnaces from 80 to
SID q ton The coal is inexhaustible in the
same vicinity. This great mineral wealtl,
must ultimately make the Elyton region IN
Uuriyallc! manufacturing district.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

SEvEyrY-TIREE counties in Illinois from
which official returns have been received,
give Logan for Congressman at large, l09,-
700 votes. and Anderson S9,So7 Twoyears
ago the same counties threw lGl, 1857 Repub-
lean votes and l29, sos Democratic votes.
Thirty counties to hear from (Which include
Cook gave Republican majority in 1865
Of ii,5iS The indications are that Logan
majority in the State will be from $1,000 +"
-, no,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

GERMANY ONE AND INDIvIsIBLE-The
consolidation Of Germany as nation is al
most complete. Baden, Bavaria, Hesse,
Saxony and Wuremburg are within the fold
and almost settled at their places at the fam
lily table. The household arrangement j.
no. just exactly complete to-day, but it will
be soon. The Eastern question agitation
hurried the smaller Powers to seek refuge
nearer the domestic hearth. Bismarck is a
very lucky statesman. While the outside ma
tions are troubled the Pr,lssian Premier
ornMs fat and nanny
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01
Samples of the Wit of the Late Geo.
-. Ppezslice.

About the only person that We ever heard
of that wasn't spoiled By being iionil"d wa-
.Iew named Daniel.
IN English writer -ays ia hi advice t.
Young married woman. that their mother
Eve married Il gardener" u might be added
that the gardener, in consequence of the
match, lost his situation.
Whatever Midas touched turned into gold.
In these ,lays touch Il man with gold and
he'll turn into anything.
The editor of the Ohio .StGtesnana saws:
More villiany's ON foot" w suppose she
editor has lost his horse.
Can't make your lover Jealous, mis-
son, yes, sir, think we can, Il We put onr
heads together
We are often told 10 initiate nature Sill
we should not initiate her too literally. We
needn't dress in green velvet through the
summer because she does.
An author, ridiclIling the idea OF ghosts.
asks how dead nlan can &c. locked in!p Il
room. Probably with a skeleton key.
J. it possible, miss. that Won don't knn~;
the names Of some Of yoar best friends
Certainly don't even know what my
own may be Il year from now.
Our neiehbOr l. sill arguing J-a.E-. the
credit system. lie; him Try 10 get credit any
where 70 the amoUn: of =. and he viii ind
that arguments are perfectly conclusive
\ gentleman, if a=grieyed, has Il right -
pull blackguard's ears, bu, he should not
cut them of. They should he left ON for ,ie
accommodation OF other agcrleved plF,les.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01
manufactures, s15s, sss. The whole value

manufactures, $l5s, 2ss. The whole value
Of farm productions, given by the census,
and estimated BY ,he Kansas Farmer, is S2i,-
351, 5S5. A few figures like these will con-
vince the judgment more than multitude of
words.
Some matters of growth and development
in our own city are worthy of brief and hur-
ried comment The coal mine has been one
of the great features of the year. Seventy
five thousand bushels have already been Ia
ken out. One hundred men are now en-
ployed in the mines, and two hundred will
soon be at work. The demand thus far has
exceeded the supply, and a great increase of
the mining force has become a necessity. An
analysis has just been made Of the Leaven-
worth coal by Booth & Garrett, chemists, of
Philadelphia. They write to Geu. Wright:
THE followingare The results of our analysis
of z sample OF coal from Lcayenworti, Kan
sas, made at your request, compared with a
similar ANALYSIS of Wcstmoreland coal.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

l. PARIS BLocKADED?-A private letter
from Paris, per balloon, says it is not Paris
that is blockade!, but the "rest of the world
''Contentment Is 4 virtue" ''Blessed are
they who expect little'-gunpowder.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01
the future. W. copy the following from the

Baltimore american:
The prejudice which is entertained against
the voting of the colered people contributed
more to our defeat than all other causes COM
bined. The negro has proved to be IN ele-
ment of weakness and not Of strength, and it
will take time to educate the masses up
to an appreciation of the justice of his en-
franchisement. 1t is not the first time that
the Republican party has marched to certain
defeat in the advocacy of that which is noble
and JUS, sbut which for the time being, the
majority was unable to comprehenl.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

DuEroUE has 4 .ine public library, and 50
little cultivated is public taste there tina, the
Times SAYS: 'Outside of limited circle, but
few support or even know that there is sucl,
n thing rs 4 public library in Dubuaue.'
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

Reports received from Berlin in relation
10 the collections for wounded German SOL
diers and the widows Of fallen Landwehr-
men, up TO October ~, show the following
Coli, ,ie.i in PRUSSIA - Is, .1s Pr1inssia ThaIer.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

In view Of the influence on American civil
! lization which Chinese immigration fore
shadows, and which should be met by more
general as we'll as better education Of our
masses, the Commissioner of Education has
requested Prof. Porter, of New Haven, Con-
necticnt, to prepare an article for the annual
report Of the Bureau on this subject. The
article in question, which is lengthy, and in
tensely pro-Chinese, has been received in
Washington, and the following facts are
taken from it:
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

UNDER the head of ''Curicus Effects Of
Dancing" the Bridgeport Conn. Standard
says: "At the close Of the dance at Lyceum
Hall, Saturday night, one Of the lady dan
GERS vas taken suddenly i'll. Nh. Pagan, the
janitor, vas putting on: the Lights, and after
he had extinguished the most Of them he no
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01
.31. ,ey


These fsurss comprise only contribution;
in money and exclusively such as were re.
ceived BY the central committee, No. 12 un.
tes den Linden in Berlin. Sums directly
employed where they were collected, or sent
to special localities, hospitals, other commit.
tees in other cities, are not included in this
report. Upward Of 125, 900 Prussian thalers
have been forwarded to Berlin from the
United States since the twentieth of October
last, with which we count the last install
ment Of 10000 Prussian thalers from St.
Lonis, and the receipts from the great fairs
in New York and Brooklyn, which in the
aggregate hrongh; about 100, 1000 Prnssian
,halers. Ii Chicago, Philadelphia and Gin
cinna;i had contributed in the same proper
ton as st. Louis, ''the promised million
wonld have been brought mp easily.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

GERMAN is TO be taught in cur public
schools, of those who may desire il. The
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

N1H.L-r OF crr;roLs ,r This Country si.ce I-2u.
ls2b.i0 iSas, ten years
1919 Ia 1870, ten ycar>.-..
$50 In is-D, ten 81
1851 io ls,", len ~, .'1
1850 !" lsG>, eight H. 2li
1859, "ne ~ 49,
1870 10 June ~, six ont :iy
The aggregate of arrivals thus far is l0j,-
IA. Deducting the estimated nnmber Of
deaths and returns to China, it would appear
that there are now less than 100, 0OO China
men in this country. The rate of increase
for each Of the last fOnr wears is:
In I-51.................. 8: SO In 1869 81
ln D. 20. In Is10....Ij, 10
The immigration has been chiefly of
males, but later immigration las brought
with it a noteworthy increase Of females. In
the year ending June 30, 1867, there were
only eight females arrive,l-all to Atlantic
ports. In 1868 the whole number was 4G /;
in 1869 it was 974; in 1870, l,1IG. The
total arrival of females to June so, 1870, was
2,l4i. In regard to occupation, the returns
for the year ending June 30, 1870, exhibit
the following facts:
Physicians, G.; carpenters, IL; stone-cut:ers, II;
mechanics, Ia bakers, .; CARRIERS, Z; tailors male
IL; female, II cooks, male -; farmers, ,33; in
terpreter>, !; laborers, H. 80; merchants 49, ped
ser>, ,: sailors. 5; occupation not stated, IL !;
without occupation. 1875.
Prof. Porter thinks that China could spare
millions year without feeling the loss, ex-
cept in a >eu=e Of relief, and America can
absorb these millions, so far as sustaining
labor Is concerned, with no sense Of repletion.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

o! Shefma0 ON the EaSfepm
oestlOn and the Danger or a Gen.
SSal EuroUcon War-Ibc Military
1SreeS oitne Nar'"n~ Pow rx-Arn,~
sees1Siy sold by the Gov crnnlc:ltf for
she Turkish Army.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

stood At sunset, Thoughtful, and alone,
ON the Cathedral tower Of high Cologne,
And hear, the pleasant Rhine make murmurO,
moan.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-01

He przvr.n rs,t yGo leaves Elctla>>'-l
The my-.e.y nf &Hu;heE' breast,
WHY CHECKS grow pale, why eve, . crfi"v-.
Or heals a-r Whit, tE1I Lee'P- not know,
Enough q, r1,c ~ many a sl-n
That every heart hath needs Ike thine.
Pm t.r 49,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29
Pocket Argument.

The planters of this parish have Il pc
riodical attack Of genuine indignation
about the time the taX-gathcrcr makes
his regular annual round. Neat little
tax notices are served upon them to
pay their taxes within such Il time.
They look at the column of figures, and
find Il formidable bill due our Radical
masters. And then these planters make
ugly faces and abuse the men who make
our laws. But all this fretting does no
gOod-the fellows who fix the rate Of
taxation only laugh to see their vic
Tins bring out their purses and pay
the tribute cXacted. And then these
same fellows get together and parcel
out the taxes among themselves and
flvoritcs, and make up another tax
bill for the people to foot.
The planters have it in their power
on the day of election to put Il stop to
these enormous tax bills, by hurting
from office the men who thus are rob-
bling them of their hard earnings. The
combined influence of the planters of
this parish would be irresistible, and
the way to combine this influence is for
each planter to do his part on election
day. Let each planter secure only one
vote, and the day will be ours. That
will end high taxes. ...
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29
Legislative Candidates.

The Democrats of the senatorial dis
trict composed of MOrehOusc, Carroll
Richland and Madison parishes, have
nominated Col. Calvin Moore, of )elhI,
as their candidate for the Senate, in OPP
position to Gen. McN1iilen, regular Rad
zeal. and Curtis Pollard independent
Radical candidates. The nomination
of Col. Moore is an excellent one. lie
is well qualified for the position, and is
personally very popular.
In Union parish the Democrats met
in Convention, and after :, harmonious
session, unanimously nominated Geo.
III. Ellis, Esq, of Farmcrvlllc. Mr..
Ellis is Il promising young lawyer an"
will certainly be elected.
At a Democratic Convention held in
Vernon, on the oath inst, II. ii. Ste
vcnS, Esq, was nominated for Repre-
sentative of Jackson parish, beating
Mai. j. II. Kavanaugh one vote. Mr..
Stevens will no doubt be elected. He
POSSESSES qualifications of !, high order,
which he will no doubt employ for the
benefit of his parish, in the legislature.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29
Death Of EX-I4ieNt. Gov. Pearce.

The Sparta Times in Il feeling obituary
announces the death of Benjamin w.
Pearce, Lieut-Governor of the State
during the lamcntcd Aliens admins
tration. We knew Gov. Pearce well.
He was Il man of warm affections, great
State pride, fine abilities and made an
excellent citizen. AS a legislator, he was
watchful and influential; as an army
officer kind to his men and alive to duty;
rs member of society ever ready to do
his part; and as husband and father
attentive, induigent and exemplary
He was fitted to take leading part,
whether in public affairs, or in the so
cial circle, and such was generally the
rank he enjoyed. The State has lost Il
worthy citizen and political circles an
active and interesting member in the
death OF Gov. Pearce.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29

things, have higher civilization than
we of the New World, notwithstanding
our rapid progress in material comforts
Of life. Even the Mahometans, whom
we generally consider barbarians, never
injure or destroy Il tree or shrub; while
we ruthlessly cut down and chop up
the majestic monarch OF the forest, to
make few dollars or grow patch OF
turnips. Behold our civilization: 1t
is material and moncygctting; deficient
greatly in the beautiful and ;esthetical.
Now, would not an Improvement
Society, by talking, writing, speech
making and printing, increase not only
the general activity, but educate the
young-thc children, who naturally
love flowers, shrubs and trees - i'll the
higher forms of what is most beautiful
in nature and purifying in morals !:
How stupid we are to the higher char
| acteristics of our nature,-the love OF
| the beautiful, the pure, the immortal
| Such pleasing objects would call ou'
people from mere nOney-niakinG OF
small politics, to subjects OF recreation
| taste for the beautiful, heaithful, phys
zeal action-in short, to whatever con-
| tributes pleasantly to the moral ano
intellectual good of our people, and to the
true advance OF Christian civilization
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29
A Scrap Of History.

The colored people of Ouachita parish,
who are continually warned against
Democrats, because they fought for the
Southern Confederacy, are requested to
read the following document. 1t is a
faithful copy of an agreement made
and signed in this parish during the
war, and shows where some Of the lead
ing Radicals of to-day stood in 1862,
during the struggle, rs the Radicals as
sert, over the institution of slavery:
MONROE, La, Feb. ~, 1862.
The undersigned do hereby agree and
obligate to raise and provide fund,
sufficient to pay to each and every vol
unteer, who has or may hereafter enlist
for the war, who may have a family or
any one dependent OH his labor for sup
port, Il bounty of one hundred and fifty
dollars, to be paid quarterly in advance,
for the benefit of the family Of such
volunteer, during the war, or until the
discharge and return Of such volunteer.
The fund herein contemplated to be
raised shall be assessed upon the sub
scribers hereto, according to the late
assessment of the Confederate tax. The
assessments, as above, may be paid in
cotton, PROVISIONS, suitable shoes and
clothing, at the market value thereof
in money. Said fund to be under the
direction of the following committee:
r. w. Richardson, John Ray and j. p.
Crosley, with power to fill vacancies.
This agreement to be binding and take
effect as soon as one hundred and fifty
names are subscribed.
w. J. Q. BAKER, now Registrar in
Bankruptcy.
JOHN RAY, State Senator.
RoB'T RAY, now District Judge.
JNO. II. LUDELING, now Chief Justice.
The 100 names We're subscribed and
made; subsequently the
obligation was assumed by the Police
Jury of the parish, a tax assessed and
collected for the purpose contemplated.
The original subscription can be pro-
duced, if required.
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STARTLING FACTS FOR THE LABOR
IN0sPOOR.

The Radical party claims to be the
especial friend ofSthe poor 'deiuded
negro. EWhats that party has ever done
for the poor OF any race history utterly
fails to show. 1t has-nurtured the rich,
pandered to the. ambitious. courted the
aristocrats and rests it's hopes of con-
tinuance in power upon unjust discrim-
nation against the working man and
the poor of all races. This is clearly
shown by looking at the existing Rad
ical tariff. Taking mere ornamental
products, used alone by the wealthy
classes, and we find the duty levied
we mean the tax levied by the general
government for the importation OF such
articles-to be as follows:
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29
The Radical Party and the Negro.

The Republican party never consider
ed the privilege of voting to be right
with the negro, until they saw that
every white man of any pride or digni-
ty in the South was, as he should nat
urally have been, an opponent OF the
destructive and reasonable teachings
of New England.-Then AS party
nleasure-as necessity, to secure the
aid of the Southern States in perpetua-
ting their power-the idea was hit up
on, and carried through by the bayonet
on the part of the soltliery, and down.
right perjury on that of Congress-
Whatever Congress, or the Republican
party may have done for the negro, has
been returned to them in the way OF
usury the most enslaving that was ever
known.
When negroes have shown any indie
pendence in their views they have been
beaten by white leaders, or set upon by
their colored brethren, under the direc-
ton, no doubt, Of the whites, and driven
from their homes. The negroes should
Oe11I VIldO NhSS oAS PSAASSSAy
norant of the history Of the Northern
men among us. Who are they? All
the answer that can be given is, Sir,
they are Office seekers. Can you, as
freemen, hazard your liberty in promot-
ing mon who may be, for aught you
know, deserving of the direst penalty
of the law. .. ......"
AS to the Southern men who are CO.
operating with them, you ought to
know that their professions are at war
with their past history. We cannot
say they are all ambitious-that is lau-
dable-but we do say they are hunters
for place-large salaries, without regard
to fitness or qualifications. ....a ...-,.
Law is endangered by the ignorant
manipulations of Legislators, or set at
nought by the wilful or natural inca
pacity of the Judiciary. In the teeth Of
official and electoral wrongs, the DEM
ocratic party has been and will ever he
obetient to existing law and III opposi-
ton to the Republican party.
The negro is freeman; we bear him
no malice-on the contrary, we wish
him well, and in doing well, he will
not be long in Kidding himself Of his
present leaders.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-29

Mr.. Davis arrived in New York on
the 18th instant, with Mrs. Davis and
their three children, Willie, JEFF. Jr.,
and Miss Winnie. Mr.. Davis was
greatly shocked and deeply affected on
learning the death of Gen. Lee. He
leaves there shortly for Memphis
IickS6urg Herald.
Mr. Davis is of all men the best fitted
to pronounce an eulogy upon the life and
character of his illustrous General-in-
Chief We earnestly hope some suita-
bic occasion may be arranged for the
production of such Il tribute to tho mcm-
ory of Lee. 1t would live i'll history so
long as there remains Il loyal de~ccn-
dunt of that brave host who followed
the banner of the Lost Cause.