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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

Metz is the centre Of the triple range o
fortre.~es with which the celebrated Vanban
the architect of Louis XIV, attempted to de
fend France against Germany from tn.
north and the east. Round thee frontiers hs
constructed no les than lightweight for
tresses, of which valenciennes In the north
and Metz in the eat are the strongest. A.
said before, Metz lies in the centre Of thu
triple range, having as advanced post Thion.
vile, and in the rear Nancy. The Moselle
here Is sill very small, and scarcely practica,
bic for small Aeamefs, that 90 down with the
current to Thionville, Sierck, Treves. Al
Coblentz it flows right through the city; one
part of the river Is still water. Metz is very
inegnlarly built, has population Of abooa
50, 0O0, and something like q 600 men in gar.
rison. 1t Is surroWded By three walls, form
ing two ditcbes, which are sbo4 eigity feet
deep, and being comected with the river,
may be inundated At Eve minutes notice.
On each side Of he pl.ce i sifualed kind
Of natural fort cnllea, On the night side Of
Tie rivef, tie Ee4 Belle Csoix, and on the
leh side the Mount s. Quentin. On the top
Of this htteF, cummandng . view Of about
twenty-five nilea Il N Optical telegraph.
the Ggnab Il whieA my D. - fiom
the Cafhedral If He1z. he ekessxr De f1i,..
or Esse asr Issps CONSIST IN dep ditche.,
Gid up viii hyussh, sword, dell. svs,-
a11, &c, vhicA ale eSvas1 vih ~ Isuid
70 cse6hlly ~ u - pssaissd ee =
sraseely 81 = 1saase -. An IL Ei6.
- ouAsi6e tAe pAn - uooa.a 49,
vssk. = thA avNeke dsstysl Asde-
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

votes were for the nost Pazt Deposited in tie
morning. In the aAeznoca the questioaing
Of The colorsd ysaeu versoe arIssepa thst
only aa.aA M q Hb6n vere ehlsd 10
vote. The most frivolous and unimpogtant
qoetions were asked, plainly for the purpose
Of allowing a. few votestO be cast n possible.
Our informant saws that as many - ten
minutes were not infrequently spent in
ca techising the unfortunate persons whose
only crime was desire to vote the Republi-
sn ticket In the afternoon, at least two
hundred colored men, seeing that there was
No possibility of their being allowed to vote,
marched away in procession.
In Louisville, precisely similar scenes were
enacted. We need not go into particulars.
On one pretext and another the colored men
were prevented from exercising their rights,
md what between the demonstrations of viO-
lence and the trickery Of Democratic man.
agers, the Republican vote was kept down.
The election We styled farce. 1t was .
fraud. 1t was deliberate and successful at
tempt to prevent large number of citizens
from exercising their right of franchise.
Where trickery could accomplish the ends,
violence was not resorted to. Where it could
not, violence was resored to.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

Louis Jules Trochu, born in 1915, is still
in the full vigor of his faculties, and has for
some years past devoted 50 intense degree
Of attention to military study of the Rhen-
ieh frontier that he is pre-eminently fitted for
his present post. His history in brief is Lieu
tenant in 1910, Captain in 1913, then staff
officer with Marshal Bugeaud in Algeria,
major in 1876, Lieutenant Colonel in 1858,
General of brigade in 1854, and General OF
a division in 1864. In the Crimea he
served as chief of the general staff, and il
credited by Kinglake, the historian, as the
master mind of the French army in that
war. In 1869 he was charged with the prep
aration of a plan to reorganize the French
army, the Emperor discerning through the
smoke of SadOwa that new military era had
set in, and in 1867 issued the result of his
labors in famous essay that has run through
ten editions. Since the usual of this PAM
phlet "L'Armee Franchise" his chief study
has been the Rhine border, the imminence
of war with Prussia being ever before him.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

Nearly every day the Lawrence Tribune,
edited by Mr.. Speer, whose accounts are as vet
mnadjusted by the government, has some
thing to say about boiling Mr.. Speer, the
person whose accounts have never been set
tied, seems TO he fully conscious of the terri
BILE dose which the Republican party would
have to swallow should Sidney Clarke again
he nominated and Speer's unsettled accounts
endorsed, and SO he rushes around the streets
and over the prairies, with nose and coat
sleeve in i connection as disgusting as his
dcfalcations are criminal, and says TO every
honest Republican he meets-''Going
10 bolt, are you, going 10
holt?' lie then applies the index finger of
the left hand to the right nostril, by move
ment more giratory than graceful, gives the
spinal column a curvilinear movement, snorts,
emits the mucous, brings both coat-sleeves to
hear vigorously, from opposite directions, on
an overworked nose, s!obbcrs again, and
brings up the highly-wrought climax with,
''Going to bolt, are you?'
The course and the reasoning Of the unset
tied Spccr does no, surprise us. So many
crimes have been committed and sustained in
his checkered and defaulting political career
that it has naturally enough come to him
that stealing, seduction, robbery, falsehood
and child-murder are slight and easily ex-
crlsable faults, while the rejection of party
nomination is a crime.
Before the meeting Of the State Republican
Committee it is probable that the ab~conding
Speer really thought that Clarke would be
nominated, and he proposed TO force his cleo
ton by making it appear that boiling was
high treason. 1t was a criminals view OF
the situation. "Make the Convention
small" said the insolvent Speer, ''pack it
as much as possible with postmasters and de-
puties buy up the rest, and then intimidate
the great masses of the people by making
them believe that to bolt is worse than to
steal.'
How the dead Spccr talks since all his
hopes are blasted by the action of the Com
mittee in making large Convention We do
not know, and itdoes not matter. II boiling
is to he done it will he done by the persons
whose accounts with the government remain
unsettled.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18
THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1870.


The Topeka Commonwealth, alter protest
;,o G,r MANY months that it was in favor OF
a good man. for Congress, at Last openly
favors the candidate whom it has all along
secretly advocated. In its issue of yesterday,
that paper says:
THAT Mr.. Clarke has been an industrious
member all will concede. That he has been
ever true to the party that has elected him,
and occupied advanced and unqueSioned po-
sitions on all questions of political charac-
ter that have been considered, all will admit.
That he has made mistakes on local questions
is probable"
The State Printer may be set down for
Clarke and Harvey up to September Sth,
and we will say for him that he has conduct
ed the canvass in a more manly way than the
other organ at Lawrence. But the Common
meolh has aloiogized for John Speer, as il
would not do for small offender or an or
binary pickpocket. The policy Of Clarke
organs Is, the greater the theft the more ex-
ciIs,bIe the criminal. 1t is policy which,
had il chance of success, would ruin the
par,isans whom it favors and the party with
which il is in alliance. The masses Of the
people are honorable, not depraved, and
they will not allow themselves to he led into
an endorsement of a criminal and participa-
ton in his crime.
Ii is not true that Sidney Clarke has been
true to the party that elected him and that
his political position is unquestioncd. The
Commonwealth knows better, and j; will fail
to delude any Intelligent reader by s,ch
wholesale endorsements of a bad man. Clarke
is only a recent convert to universal suffrage,
having openly opposed it at our State Con-
vcn,ion four years ago, and he is not in har-
mony with the Republican party on finan-
cial questions, having openly advocated repu-
diation. But we do not propose to review
his record now. 1t is very familiar to our
readers and to the people Of Kansas. We
have made the above quotation from the
State Printers paper in order to let the peo-
pie know how that officer stands, and what
kind of work his paper is doing. 1t is a
record which may be useful next winter.
Clarke's race is nearly run, and when he
is shelved, as he will be within month, the
people will insist upon cleaning away the
rest of the rubbish.
Clarke was to have made speech in To-
peka las. night. We suppose lie claimed, as
usual, that he had never done anything
wrong, and pledged himself in the future to
do still better lie is never hesitant about
promises. We. remember him before our
Board of Trade, promising to urge the rati-
fication of Sturgis's Usage Treaty. He may
forget these things, but we preserve and Use
the record, and We judge of the value of
present promises by the way he has violated
sacred pledges i'm the mast
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18
COUNTY FAIR.

Leavenworth County is not to he behind
the rest of the State this year in the matter
of Fairs. In fact, she proposes to he ahead
of every county ,.and, in some respects, ahead
of the State Fair. At the State Fair onl,
six thousand dollars are offered in premiums
while the premiums offered by our home so.
cicty-the Kansas Agricultural and Mechan.
ical As>ociation-amounts to thirteen thou
sand and five hundred dollars.
The Fair will he held on the 18th, Nth.
18th and 10th of September, and all entire,
will be free Ths Association is blessed
with an abundance of funds, and numbers
among its leading men the best citizens of
the county-men full of energy, of generous
purposes, and whose determination is TO get
up the best Fair ever given in the State.
Stock and freight will he brought by the
railroads free, and excursion trains will carry
passengers at half-fare rates. Our proximi-
~ 10 the principal cities in Kansas, to St.
Joseph, Weston, Platte City and Kansas City,
in Missouri, makes us accessible to a popu-
lation numbering half a million. The coun-
try We occupy is as rich and productive as
any that can he found, and Leavenworth
thus becomes the centre Of a region unsur-
passed for stock, fruit, flowers and every
variety of agricultural productions. Our
Fair Grounds are excellent, and they will be
fitted up in the best manner. We expect to
see ten thousand strangers here during the
second week of September.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

CHALoNs, where the Emperor now has
his headquarters, is about so miles in the
rear of the line of the MoSelle, and 80 miles
in straight line from Paris. Metz and
Nancy are so miles apart, and each l7O
miles in strai ght line from Paris. BY
railroad, however, their distance from the
capital is much greater. The Strasburg
trunk line passes through Nancy and Cha
Ions, the distance Of the former place from
Paris being by rail about DO miles. Metz
is situated on branch of the same road,
which forks Il few miles northwest of Nancy,
and its distance from the capital by rail is
about 24O miles.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

q decrease ance the cenn Of 1850. Lewis
ton is the only city where any gain has been
made Of imporhnoe, Will BAH shows . lDsl
Of nearly 800 eitiseA In most Of the
country towns there is \ slight los. although
Skowhegan shows gin Of ia In Vassal-
boro', one of the mos 6ourishing towns in
the State, there is los Of 200. Returns
from New Hampshire are coming in. Sixty
two towns, not including any Of he cisies.
show an aggregate net decrease of 6,142,
compared with the censns If 1860. Reports
from the whole State will probably show a
small decrease from the last census. The
number Of voters in the State, however, Is
thought to be nearly, If not quite, mp to the
figures Of 1860,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

David Glascoe Farragut was born near
Knoxville, Tenn, in 1901. He entered the
navy a. midshipnan at the age Of eleven,
and his first service was on board the Essex,
Capt. David Porter, in which, while still a
boy, he witnessed one Of the most terrible
sca fights on record. Before the loss of the
Essex he served as acting lieutenant on board
the Atlantic, an armed prize. On Jan. l,
1921, he was promoted to be lieutenant and
ordered to the West India station. After
ward he was on duty at the Norfolk Navy
Yard, where, except for two years during
which he cruised in the Vandalia, on the
Brazil station, he remained until 1888. He
then returned to the Brazilian coast, as Exec
utive officer of the sloop of war Natchez.
In 1888 he was in the West Indies. In
1871 he was commissioned commander and
ordered to the slOop Of war Decatur, Of the
Brazil squadron He was again on duty for
while at Norfolk; in 1851 was appointed
inspector of ordinance; in 1854 became CON-
mander of the. Mare Island, Cal, navy yard
in Sept, 1855, was commissioned captain;
and from 1858 to May, 1860, was in CON-
mand of the steam sloOp of war BROOKLYN, Of
the home: squadron.
In 1861 he was member of the naval re-
firing board which met in October, at New
York. When the expedition against New
Orleans was fitted out, Farragut was in.
trusted with the command of the naval forces,
and hosting his flag on board the Hartford,
sailed from Philadelphia in the latter part Of
January, 1862. On reaching the Gulf Of
Mexico he organized the western gull
blockading squadron, entered the Mis-.
sissippi river in March, and after
terrific bombardment passed Forts jackson
and St. Phillips, April oath, destroyed .
large fleet of confederate gunboats, and pro.
ceeded up the river to New Orleans. On
the 18th he silenced two heavy batteries, ARD
at noon of the same day the city lay at TIN
mercy of the guns of his feet.
Farrag,It then proceeded to Vicksbarg,
went past the powerful batteries of the enemy
with his vessels, and opened communication
with Flag Officer Davis. Soon after his
feet was Withdrawn to Pensacola. He re-
ceived the thanks of both houses of Congress
and was placed first on the list of Rear
Admirals. His fight in Mobile Bay, when
he was strapped to the rigging of his ship,
has been the frequent theme Of poet and
artist His title afterwards became Admiral,
with Vice Admiral, David d. Porter, and
ten Rear Admirals. At the conclusion of
the war he visited Europe and was received
at all the courts with marks of such consider
alton as were due to the greatest living naval
commander. Farragut's personal appear
ance would not mark him as an ideal hero,
being Of small stature, Of plain and common
features and entirely modest and unassuming
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

Prom the Topeka Record
1t was our expectation to be called upon
during the progress Of the campaign, and at
its close, to record the political decease OF
many of our fellOw-citizens, but We confess we
were not prepared 30 early in the action to
announce death and burial Such, how
ever, is our painful duty. The politician
who has SO soon been Strengthened for the
tomb upon whose eyes the inevitable coppers
have been placed, and around whose for
once and forever silent jaw the gho~tly hand
kerchief has been tied, is the late Hon. f.
J. jenkins, Of the county Of Doniphan.
We knew Mr.. jenkins in his lifetime
and became acquainted from him with many
facts in his history; and for other facts We
are indebted to an admirable biographical
sketch of Mr.. J. by Mr.. Sol. Miller Mr.,
jenkins was ''selfmade'' man, and reflec-
ted more credit on his maker than many Of
that class. He rose through various grada-
tons to the State Senate, where he was
chairman of the judiciary Commute. Mr..
jenkins was lawyer of respectable attain
ments, fact which We learned from him
personally.
Mr.. jenkins left Topeka last winter in
good health, the determined foe Of corrup-
tiOnists and thieves, an enthusiastic believer
in the new doctrine of "a new deal and less
steal" He 30 continued for some time, but
in an ill-starred hour he took poison in the
shape Of a promise of an appointment a.
Register Of the land Office in the Republican
land district, and At Lawrence, on the 9th of
August, 1870, he gently fell asleep in Clarke.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

From the most remote period Of history
significance has been attached to precious
stones, and they have been supposed to exert
baneful or blessed influence over the dcs-
TIMES Of the wearers. Among other curious
old fancies about them IS I;.at which cola. sets
one with each month in the year, and with
all who are born in that month. Thus, to
January belong the garnet and jacinth,
which preserve the wearer from pestilence
and from lightning rather necessary al the
season and in this zone). To February be-
longs the amethist, signifying temperance.
1t protects the wearer from evil thoughts,
and cures or prevents inebriety 1t makes
him diligent, and prOcures him the favor of
princes. The stone of March is the jasper,
which cures hemorrhage when worn or APP
piled to wound. Those born in April
should wear the sapphire, significant of
purity. To MAY belongs the agate, which
protects from poison and aPpeases pain. Ii
single in color, it renders the wearer irwin
chile.
June has the emerald, significant of hope;
teaching the knowledge Of secrets, bestowing
eloquence and wealth. 1t betrays incon-
s,ancy by erumbling to pieces when it can
not avert the evil. Achmet Steiram saws
that ''IIe who dreams of green gems will
become renowned, and meet with truth and
fidelity" The falling of an emerald from
its setting is an evil omen to the wearer
When George iii. was crowned large EN-
erald fell from the crown. America was
lost to Great Britain during his reign. To
July belongs the onyx, which excites melan-
chOly and vain terror to the wearcr, but for
tunately the month also possesses the cornc-
Ian, which secures success, particularly in
lawsuits. To August belongs the
sardonyx, which brings riches to
the wearer. To September belongs
the chrysolite. To October belongs the
beryl, or aqla-marina, which renders the
wearer successful in navigation and ins,,res
safe voyages. The opal also belongs To this
month, stone which unites the colOrs ami
qualities of all others, and has been beauti-
fully called by poet and artist, "a pearl
with soul in it, Its meaning is cl,ildlike,
fairness and loveliness. November has the
topaz, which signifies courage and cheerful
ness. 1t shows the presence of poison by
loss Of color; it gives light in the dark, and
dispels enchantment if worn ON the left arm
or around the neck. Ii also strength
ems intellect and brightens wit Those whose
birthday is in December have choice between
the ruby, turquoise or malachiie, or can wear
all three. The ruby signifies passionate love
and joy and gives pleasant dreams; but short
ems the sleep of the wearer, and dsturbs the
circulation of the blood, inclining to anger.
The turquoise is the noblest of opaque stones,
and signifies self-sacriiicing love Ii appeases
hatred and recOnciles lovers, and it relieves
or prevents headache. Ii also protects the
wearer by drawing upon iliself the evils that
threaten him, becoming dark, dull, and ap-
Paren,ly worthless, but resaining its color
gradually when the danger is past. This
valuable property, however, belongs to it
only when given, not when bought.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

DwELLERs inland scarcely realize the
perils Of those that go down to the sea in
ships. In the quiet month Of July twenty
vessels belonging to, or bound TO or from
ports in the United States, were reported
totally lost and missing, Of which fourteen
were wrecked. one burned, one foundcred,
two capsized, one sunk by collision, and one
missing. They are classed As follows: Two
steamers, one ship, three barks, five brigs,
and nine schooncrs, and their estimated
value, exclusive of cargoes, is S5s5, 900.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

THE Gazette, of Iuka, Miss, hears that
JEFF. Davis has been offered high position
by crowned head of Europe if he will take
part in the present warm which, if he &C.
cepts, he will he followed by thousands Of
Confederate soldiers. The Gazette SAYS
this individual stands higher in the estima-
ton of the virtuo,is and brave than any man
in America, and it hopes to see him Marshal
Of France
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

CANDIDATES for State Offices thicker daily.
The gentlemen who are anxious to serve the
people as Attorney General are Archie
Williams, of Topeka; II. W. Cook, OF
Wyandotte; and J. NJ. Broadhead Of Mound
City.
Hon. Jacob Stafford, present Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, will be a
candidate for denomination to that position
before the Republican convention. Hon. D..
J. Brewer, of Leavenworth, will also he a
candidate, We hear.-Tcpska Record,
We had not before heard of Judge Brew
er's candidacy. Judge Spencer, and Mr..
Brockway, both of Topeka, are also candi-
dates.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

"Three armies, !" according to Rhenish
nper, are to act against France. The first
(Northern) army, under Gen. Herwarth Won
Bittenfeld, consists of the Seventh Army
Corps (Westphalia, Gen Won Zastrow); the
Eighth (Rineland Gen. Won Goben); the
Ninth (Schleswig- Holstein, Gen. Won Mann
stein; the Tenth Hanover, Gen. Won Volts
kheetz). The second, Tor Rhine) army,
under Prince Frederick Charles, consists Of
tie Second Army Corps, Pomerania, Gen.
van Fransecky), the Third (Erandenburg),
tie Fourth tSaxony, Gen. Won Alvenslel'en),
and the Twelfth, Kingdom Of Saxony,
Commander, the Crown Prince Of Saxony).
The third (Southern) army, under the Crown
Prince Of Prussia, comprises the Guard Corps
Gen. Prince August Of Wurtemberg), the
First Army Corps East Prussia), Sixth
(Silician), and Eleventh Hesse- Nassau), is
not vet announced.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

A CRIB, forty fee; in height, and 800 tons
weight, was successfully launched at Cleve-
land, last week. 1t is pentagonal in shape,
each of its sides being tortyfour feet in length,
with circumference Of go feet. 1t is 10 be
placed over the shaft at the outer end Of the
Water Works tunnel.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

THE name of Miss \. l.. Morrow, d
teacher in our High School, is mentioned in
connection with the position of County Su-
perintendent. Miss Morrow is an expert
enced teacher, thoroughly qualified, and a
true Republican. We are glad to hear her
name mentioned, believing that women are
As much int. rested Us men in our public
,cl,,,lS
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18
From the Lawrence Journal. |

On Wednesday, Mr.. J. Speer and Capt.
Matthews, the gallant colored soldier, had
an interesting discussion on the streets. The
Captain claimed that the colored men have .
right to vote a. they choosefor Congressman;
that - colored man he claimed the right
to oppose Mr.. Clarke's nomination, while
he favored an equally sound Republican, one
Who l ndically honest As veil a. radically
rehe The 9sedsjon Attracted ; GOOD dol
Of attention, but Matthews evidently had the
crowd with him. He also had the advan-
tage in character and ability. Matthews d
aahs eoeessa saA ssd v9 . god ao3diss.
Tie co1ored men are faa coming 10 Chpe
Mathew . concluiou, thatthe SINE has kad
0sssA Of 01jR zSz.s7s.ssazs
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18

Mosr persons will he surprised to learn
that there are three churches of the Mormon
faith in Massachusetts, one Of which, in Bos-
ton, holds public services every Sunday
The-e societies, however, are distinct from
the Brigham Young church, and are opposed
to plurality Of wives. They call themselves
the Reformed Church of the Latter Day
Saints ~