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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-11-30
Kr.KLUX.

The few we'll meaning and peacably- dis
posed people who are disposed to believe
the Democratic statement that the Klux
scare" is nothing but dodge for political
effect, and without any real foundation in
iact, are referred to the reports Of Represen-
taivs Scho6eld and Lansing, who have
just returned from trip through Florida,
and make the startling statement that there
are no white Republicans left alive in jackson
County, though jackson County cast over
thirteen hundred Republican votes in 1858!
IL it any wonder that the Democracy are op.
Posed to Grants Ku-Klnx policy, when
that policy Is to suppress an organizatioo
which il rendering such valuable service to
ths Democratic Party? At the present rate
Of progress they viii soon succsed IN aholiah.
Ing kepublicanim in the SoutA, b s'abol.
ihing'' Ill The Republicans.
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CLEytLhND. Nv. 2l-C K Armstrong,
postmaster a. Es-J LUInfai, ohIo, va. ar
rested and brou.h- acre ~ the instance of
Special Agent 1ridSin, OF the Poatofiice
Department, charged with holding money
order funds, and held b. United States
Commissioner White in the sum oil 100
to answer at the jury term OF the United
States Court. Mr. BiIdwin assured 4 gen.
tIernan in the service, to-day, that ofenses
of this kind would b. prosecuted it'll ex-
RENE rigor hereafter.
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PARIS, Nov. 23.-The trial of the Com
munists who were engaged in the destruction
of the residence OF Theirs, terminated to-
day, They have all been sentenced to i'm
Prisonpent for terms ranging from to 20
years.
PARIS, Nov. 2i.-President Theirs re-
ceived the Chinese Embassy yesterday even
ing. The Chief Ambassador expires. Ell the
hope that the hearty relations between France
and China would be maintained, to which
Theirs replied, "Your Government must
give proofs that our missionaries and con-
-uis are respected This is absolutely nec--
sary for the preservation of peace between
Fran e and China" The Presidents tone
was emphatic. The Ambassador withdrew,
deeply impressed with his host.
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SHERIDAN AND PALMER.

The press and the people, all over the
country, unanimously condemn the conduct
OF Gov. Palmer, toward Gen. Sheridan.
Though the Governor unquestionably has
the letter of the law on his side, public senti-
ment, public emergency, right, humanity,
and the ''higher law" of self-preservation,
are all against him. According to the
technically Of the law the General did what
was not legal, but the end justified the
means, and the whole world sustains him.
The Governor has done himself no credit by
his course in this Iaaiter
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"Mark that parent hen," said a father to
his beloved ones. 'With what anxious care
does she call together her chicks and cover
them with her expanded wings. The hawk
is lowering in the air, and disappointed oi
his prey, may perhaps dart upon the hen
herself. and bear h of in his talons.
Does not this sight uggest to YOU the ten
derness and affection Of your mother. Her
watchful care protected you in the helpless
period Of infancy, when she nourished you,
taught your limbs to move, and your tongue
to lisp it,. Uniformed accents. In your child
hood she mourned over your little griefs;
rejoiced in your innocent delights; admins
tered to you the healing balm in sickness
and insiilled into your mind the love ol
truth, Of virtue, and Of wisdom. Oh, cher
ish every sentiment Of respect for your mo'h-
er. She merits our warineSt gratitude, e.
TEEN and veneration"
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The Denver Nars, of the 10Th, in referring
to the recent great snow storms on thu
Plains, after speaking of the detention
caused on the Kansas Pacific road, says
The Union Pacific Railroad has not e.
capped this time, but comes in for its share o.
detention. On Friday there was no connec.
ton at Cheyenne, and yesterday the situation
was the came. The train due at Cheyenne
from the east on FRIDAY arrived at that point
on Saturday, and the train that should have
reached Cheyenne yesterday was Stacking
and filling" in the snow drifts at North
Platte, At last accounts. The storm prevails
from the summit of the Rocky Mountains to
Ontahs, the wind is strong, and there are
excellent prospects for continued trouble on
the road, although We hope q clear track may
soon be made.
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LOUISVILLE. Nov. 24-The excitemen, in
Clark comfy, Kentucky. in reference to the
Park tradse'iy has not died out. The deed
IL being thoroughly investigated \ MUM
her of negroes are leaving the State Mr.
Taylor, wife # Squire Taylor, says the
one VINO struck the fatal. blows had gone To
Chicago, where her daughter was a washer
woman in a hotel The Grand Jury OF
Clark county meets on the 1t prox., wlen
it is probable that some Of the lynchers will
he indicted
Early this morning, public school build
ing to Lawrence county, Ind, WAS burned
to ,he ground, consuming book, furniture
and all the apparatus. The building was one
of the finest in the State, and cost abou
81 900. No insurance. Fire believed to
IL. the work of incendiarv
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He cannot be an unhappy man who has
the love and smile of woman TO accompany
him in every department in life. The world
may lock dark without, enemies may gather
in his path.-but when he returns TO his fire.
side, and feels the tender love of woman, he
forgets his troubles, and is comparatively a
happy man. He is but half prepared for
the journey of life, Who takes not With him
that friend, Who will forsake him in no emer-
gency-vho will divide his sorrows, increase
fis joys, lift the veil from his heart, and
throw sunshine amid the darkest scenes
Not that man cannot be miserable who has
such 4 companion, be he ever 90 poor, des-
pissed and trodden upon By the world.
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She ~ easher In Utah.

SALT LAKE, Nov. 23.-Dispatches from
the Little Cottonwood state hat, owing to
the storms during the two weeks pas; mining
has been Discontinued to a great extent.
The snow At present is about three feet On
the level.
The Review says that the amount of
Brigham Young's bail has ben raised among
the poor by subscriptions.
The grand jury came into the court room
late this morning . number OF bills OF
local character were, at their own request,
dismissed.
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The Wiekeubur- Massacre

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2i.-Derails from
the s,Wickcnburg, Arizona, nlassacr. leave
no doubt tina; F. NJ. Loring, of Wheeler
expedition, was killed by tn AIaches. The
nation leave. no doubt tina, Cachi-e Is AT
Canad, A lamazp
Hire, arrested here for the robbery OF the
National Bank at Great Barring .. HAS,
couicsses everything. He will b. taken
back Immediately for trial
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GOOD.

The Chicago Pos, gives evidence Of lively
appreciation of the fitness of things, in the
following:
'Carl Schurz has indicated a new policy
for the Democracy. 1t it is called the Pas.
sive' Policy. Whist kind of policy this il
would best be described by dropping the y
fvnm paaciya -
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SALT LAKE


SALT LAKE, Nov. 22.-The tran from
the East il still forty-eigh, hours behind
time, owing to snow storms. The weather
here Is very cold. Reports from the Cotton
wood and neighboring mining camps say
the snow has f,llen to the depth of three or
four tee. There is every indication Of a
hard winter.
The corner stone Of the First Methodist
Church building in Salt Lake W. laid YES
terday, with considerable ceremIny. There
are now here, regular church Organizations
of the Methodist, Epi-copalians, Presbyte-
rians and Roman Catholics.
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PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 23.-The thila-
delphia Railroad Co, announce that the
New Jersey Railroad will he taken posses
giun Of on the lst OF December, and that
they have appointed officials To- take charge
o'the same. The company has closed a con
tract with the International Steamship Com
pany for the line steamer between Philadel-
phia aud Antwerp.
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Don't be Like aI.ebsser.

The lobster, when left high and dry among
TIE rocks, has not sense or energy enough to
work his way back TO the sea, Tut waits foE
the sea to come to him. lift does not come,
he remains where he is, and dies, although q
little effort would enable him to reach the
waves, which are, perhaps, tossing and
tumbling within few feet Of him.
There is tide in human Affairs that some
times casts men into ''dry places" and leaves
them there like stranded lobster. II they
choose to lie where the breakers have flung
them, expecting some grand billow to take
them on It's shoulders and carry them into
prosperity, it is not likely that their hopes
will be realized. Nor is it right that they
should be. You must not Expect others to
help you till you try to help yourself.
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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2i.-The es;sbii-h-
ments OF Wilson Hawkworth IL Co., Heaton
& Denklr and A. y. Simply, Oh Commerce
street, are burned. Lo--, $4,000; insured.
CISCrSSATI, Nov. pa. r. Nelson's
business house and adjoining property, at
Jonesboro, Ind, burnv early thi- morning.
Los, $. 900 To- so, 900; mostly insured in
Cincinnati companies. SuppO-ed to lie the
work Of AN ine.Ddtary
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WASHINGTON.
A Petroleum Saae.sien.

WASHINGTON, Nov. = The Solic tor If
the Treasury decides that any passenger
stermboat carrying petroleum contrary to law
is subject to seizure, but the oil itself is not
also, that when carried according To law, all
petroleum must be marked at what degree OF
Fahrenheit it will ignite.
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TwsEp's bondsmen have failed to come to
time. and the ex-chief is now at large on hi;
s'psrole of honor p In the language of the
hymn, slightly improved
''Great God, on what q slender thread
Hangs all that's LET of the ring
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ROME.

ROME, Nov. pa Consis Dry will be
held on Friday, for the ordination Of Bsh-
OPS, when the Pope will pronounce IN xllo-
cuIion in which he is expected To refer to
hi course in correction with the occupation
at the city bv the King
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a RObbeP Killed.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 81 A robber named
Feeandhog attacked Mr.. weiize, a farmer,
north of ST. Marvs, Ohio. a few evenings
ago, and presenting pistol, Weize knocked
if from his hand and then killed him with a
poker. On the person of the latter were
found watches and other valuabIes, among
them watch belonging to Jacob E:kes, who
was attacked and robbed near wapakonetta,
six weeks ago.
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Andy johnson.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2I.-The steamer Andy
johnson, which sunk above !I'nnibal ye-ter-
day was valued at $40, 900, and not insured.
The Tom Jasper, sunk below Cairo, be-
Ionged Ia the Nor hx,-tern Union Company,
was valued at -, 600 aud insured in Gin
cinnl,i office for SO, 10.
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NEWARK. Nov. 81. The malt house o:
Peter Ballatine X Sons was totally DESTROYED
by fire this evening. The building contained
-, 900 bushels Of malt. which was burned.
The los Is estimated at $4,000; insurance,
100000.
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Wsz,sn-ss OF the Democracy has
b.e.l ;ne apathy OF it, best men. kansas
City Times.
1.-The weakness of the Democracy has
been" for a good while past, the only 'prin-
ciple' il had.
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Four of the Missing Reported Found
-R0PS1aPs.

NORWICH, ct, Nov. 2i--The four mise
in deck hands belonging TO the CIy OF New
London and reported drowned, have been
found, reducing the number lost to seven
Teen. of these sixteen have keen recovered.
Four boys between the age Of 10 and IA
y,ar-, Se'e senienced to-day To two year,
imprisonment in the safe eform School,
They committed eigh, bIrglarie- recently.
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sda,i'ic.: 6. ,Psnci.r..

LOUISVILLE, Nov. i.-Tao negroes,
y. Harf-r and George Griffith. werc today
admitted 10 practice in tie o-Ir'- Of Ken
lucky. They Were examined -n,i licensed
yesterday, and took the a.,"ruey'> oath.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-11-30

The new Democratic coat Of arms Is
'Possum. After the Presidential game Is
PLAYED, next fall, they will have to use that
other ,n;mal-xhich it isn't polite to name.
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Cold Weather.

CHICAGO, Nov. 23-It has been univer-
sally cold here to-day, and the indications
are that Sc shall soon lie visited with snow
storm. Heavy snow storms are prevailing
at many points in the west and northwest, in
many cases so severe a. to interrupt travel
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Southern Lights.

We have heard OF the northern lights, OF
aurora bOrealis hut We are not in the habit
ol rcflec.ing that the same phenomenon il tO
he seen in the southern hemisphere, where il
is called the southern light. In order to e.
tablish Il relation between the magnetic dis
turbanccs in the north and south, and to
prove that there is a perfect coincid' nee and
simultaneousness in the auroral light Of the
two hemispheres, Professor Heis, of Nun
ster, has entered into correspondence with
the directors of otservatOries at various sta.
tons in Australia and the East, and has been
able 10 collect much interesting and nove
information, which may serve as data in the
solution of the question of the probable orr
gin of this class of phenomena.
From records kept in 1870, il appears thai
the aurora of'the Slh of January was oh
served at the same time in Oxford, Liver
pool and Melbourne Magnetic disturban.
ces were noted, on the 4th Of January il
Melbourne, Rome, and various places il
France and England. The southern light o.
February LIST, in Melbourne, was the north
ern fight at the same time in Paris, London
konigsberg, Stockholm and other European
cities. March shows several instances q
similar coincidence il magnetical and
auroraI phenomena. Some months were eX
ceedingly Iich in simultaneous aurOras, and
there was not month in which cOincident OBJ
servations were not made Ii adds very
much to the grandeur Of these phenOmen:
to know that they are visible at nearly tn.
same moment entirely around the globe, and
as soon as We have long series Of obseva.
tons, we shall be he better able to give q
rational explanation of their probable origin.
-Scientifc American
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Hs.Eau

New ORLEANS, Nov. 22.-Lieut. Cover
nor Oscar j. Dunn died ut & o'clock this
morning, at his residence No. 5;52 Canal
street. ter three days illness OF congestion
of the b-:,n and lungs, aged 81 years.
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A WILD FAMILY.
Savage Life .. . Csv,,...a C.-n..,sy

The editor Of the Piltston Wyoming Coun.
ty, Pa, } Comet gives the following particu-
lar- of visit to \ nomadjc family, living but
thirteen miles from Pitiston:
A rude hut, not mouthful in il to eat
nothing TO cook with or eat frOm-Do beds,
chairs, nor stools; the old man was found
digging hole in the ground to get into to
keep warm, himself only half clad; his
daughter, % vars OF age, a we'll formed
young woman, stark naked, not stich on to
hide her shame; the boy half starved and
emanciaied to deaths door, and what makes
the matter the more inexplicable, the father
is described as msn Of extraordinary attrib-
u,e-, in reality. a walking bibl cal cyclopedia.
being enabled to refer with prOmptness to
any text in the Testament, and recite the
major portion of the Bible without hesitation
or promiting. This mans name il Welles
Parkes. The girls name is Melvina, and
the boys Billy" When the party arrived
on the scene the girl was on the hillside
among the thisile-, picking from them the
soft, downy blows There was not ve-tigp
of any hing upoe her naked form to cover
her shame, or ,.rotect her from the weather,
thorns or briers of the woods.
Her father calling her, she started for the
house as obediently as dog would answer
the whistle of its master. As she approach
ed she seemed utterly regardless Of the
,horns and stones that Law in her path.
Neither of the children have ever spoken q
word. Melvina's hair is of chestnut color,
and although it never has been cut it doe
not hang down on The neck, but il frizzled
and matted together. The boys hair i
some lighter and about the same length, and
is matted in curls. The girl is we'll formed
and, with the exception of a slight inclina
tion to lean forward, is a model of symmetry
in form and features.
Her skin is darby tanned, and from tn,
sole Of her feet 20 her waist it bears the ap
pearance oil being burned, and the skin i
so much given to roaming in the woods a
the girl, and is not so feshy or well formed
His temperament is at times garruious, but IN
will approach strangers after much per
s,iasion. The girl il more timid. Sin
would not allow Us to shake hands with her
a. her brother; and her father only SCENE,
10 be able TO approach without arousing he
fears and -creams When told to lie dow
besides her brother under the blanket sh
would not do SO until he had turned his bacl
to her.
Parkes is 81 years Of age, and was MAJ
ried twenty-five years ago to a girl n,me'
Brown. She lived about six miles abov
Tunkhannock, near Springville. His vii
is still living, but she had left him at abou
sap time las; spring, and has not been bac
since. She is now near Maltby, nursing
sick woman. BY her he has had nine chi
dren; these two, Billy and Melvina, helm
the eldest. She rest are healthy and brigf
children.
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lee l.or.e

MILWAUKEE, Nov. ga di>pat h from
Winona, Mimi, says the lee at that place
j. gorged above the bridge, below which the
channel Is partially open, and several steam
ers are frozen in.
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Gov. GRAFT Brown, Of Missouri, has
set good example to the Governors of all
other States. He announces in a letter
which has been published, that when he be-
came Governor he made up his mind not ''io
Use anything in the shape Of alcoholic
drinks :" he has stuck to the rule, and he
has stuck to the rule, and he means to MAIN
tain that attitude-a perfectly perpendicular
one-''so long az he may may be charged
with any administration OF public affairs. -
He means, in this matter, 10 stand above
suspicion and above even malignity," A
similar resolution made by all public men,
with reasonable assurance that it would not
he broken, would 60 grea. way toward in
creasing the confidence of the people in theft
servants. We think that We are justified in
saying that the effect in Washington would
lie at once magical and gratifying. 1t Is not
the Representative who gets thoroughly
drunk who does the most mischief, for be
can be removed BY the Sergeant-at. Arms; it
is the member who makes speeches and in
PRODUCES measures in a chemically muddled
condition who is the saddest nuisance.-N.
Y. Tribune.
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\ CONVENTION oi such interest to philo-
logist. and ethnologists ordinary political
assemblies IN this country areto the great
body oi / ofhce-sesxeIs, is about to be held
at Can-uati, in Germany. Every seven
years session Of the Parliament Of that
strange body Of people known as Gypsies,
occurs, for the purpose Of considering and
taking action ON whatever matters Of ma
tional polity may demand attention. Such
il the meeting shortly to take place. Dele
gates. chosen from members Of the royal
blood, will be present from all the tribes.
wherever they may be scattered. The
total number Of these singular peo-
pie in Europe alone, Is estimated at from
seven to eight hundred thousand, in which
there are several rowing tribes in India which
are said 10 belong to the same family. II j.
questionable, however, whether band Of
genuine gyp-ies has ever been seen in the
United States. o. late years the European
gyI-ies have begun to manifest an inclination
to gather in settled habitation- and adopt the
Customs and practices Of civilized lie. In
Transylvsnia, Wallachia, MOldavia and
Hungary, large nsmbers follow the Occupa-
tons Of the ordinary peasantry; while in
spain, Turkey, and the Southern provinces
of Russia, many Of them, also, are en-
gagged in fixed pursuits. The SiDtA,
or gypsy language, has no letter. offs own,
nor ioe- their religion appear to have any
principles Of morality in it, Opinion Ia
greatly dev dei npon the suijeci Of their
origin. They are variously reported To be
Of Egyptian, Median and Indian ancestry.
Their language is said to have many points
OF resemblance with the Sanscrit, among
which ia the harmony Of its phonetitism.
The proceedings of the Pertinent will doubt
less be watched with great interest by
scholars and philosophers generally.
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Fire.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22-W. q. Cases
large machine shop and foundry were burned
lasi night. Lns, $30, 900, Insurance, So
100.
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kAnhsDaaen.

TRENTON, n. j, Nov 2i.-An eIPlo-
sion occurred at the State House, this morn,
ing, blowing out one Of the end walls and
shatterlng the side walls. No one injured.
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Arrival Of Alexis


NEw YORK, Nov. 2i-Alexis and suite
arrived at 1880 tonight and proceeded
quietly to the Clarendon Hotel
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TIE London Opinion gives a report that
I A. Froude and Wilkie Collins confem-
plate visiting the United States in the capac-
ity of public lecturers.
There is spectre at Portsmouth, Va,
which throws itself across the railroad track
At night a. the train approaches, but Pru-
IDENTIFY gets out Of the way again.
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NEW YORK.


New YORK, Nov. 22.-Soon after the
arrival OF the Grand Duke al his apartments
in the Clarendon Hotel, he dispatched the
following message to his father, by the cable
''TO the Emperor of Russia, 81. Peters
burg-Eniry cordial, and magnificent recep-
ton; parade Of militia, and general holiday
in the city. Signed ALEXIS"
The same dispatch was sen, to the Empress
of Russia, Crimea.
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OMAHA, Nov. 22.-Legal proceeiings
have been commenced against the Union Pa
citic Transfer Company of Chicago, for
charging fifty cents each for ferrlage of foot
passengers across the Missouri River. The
laws of this State permitting of charge
Of but 10 cents.
The thermometer this morning Stood eight
degrees below Zero.
The Missouri River Is running full of ICE
causing considerable delay 10 boats.
This morning the report of the Legislative
Committee of Wyoming Territory for the
past two years shows = worse state of affair
| than exists in New York