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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR.
SHIP.

We learn from the telegraph this morning,
that Senator Paterson was defeated yesterday
for the nomination for reelection, in the
Republican Legislative caucIs in New
Hampshire. 1t was well known for some
time that the opposition TO Mr.. Patterson
would he quite strong and that in order to
secure the nomination he would have TO make
a very enegetic fight; nevertheless il was
generally supposed he would come out sue
cessfull, but the telegraph informs Us that
on the fifth ballot majority of the votes in
the caucus were cast for Hon. Bainbridge
Wad.eigh, who is therefore the Republican
candidate for Senator, and viii, a course, be
elected, as Mr. Patterson's successor. Mr..
Wadleigh is n man who stands high in politi-
cal circles in New Hampshire, and has been
quite prominent in his State for years past,
bu; this is his first appearance in National
politics. Senator Patterson il an able,
homes, man, he has been true 10 the country
and the party, and We shall regret to lose
him from the Senate
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
NOT QUITE CLEAR.

As showing the dense ignorance which
prevails among even the most intelligent
classes Of foreigners concerning the relations
of State and Federal authority in this cour.
try, an exchange notes the fact that a men,
Der of the English House of Commons re.
Gently stated, in a debate on the license
question, that in late visit to the State of
Maine he found that, although the aurhori-
ties OF the Commonwealth supported the
prohibitory liquor law "the Federal officers
did not hesitate to issue licenses for selling
stimulants, and that more than three hun,
drsd such licenses were annually renewed
in the city of Portland alone" This is a
complete mistake. The United States Gov.
ernment does not issue liquor "licenses."
The State issue the license, and the internal
revenue bureau imposes special tax; but a
special tax receipt does not empower the
holder to prosecute any calling or occupation
IN contravention of the laws of the State in
which he resides, or carry with i. exemption
from the penalties which the State provides.
There is at least one member of the English
Parliament who is in "muddle."
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
TBlE fxClr Crop.

The following items, compiled by the Hol'
ton Express, will give the reader fair idea
of the character of the fruit crop in Kansas
this year:
Peach trees planted two years ago will
yield fair crop this year.-Paola Spirit.
The peach crop Of this part of the State
will be immense this season. Nothing like
i; ever before.-Atchison Pafriot
J. S. Pierce, OF Waterville, expects to
gather two hundred bushels of peaches this
year from his orchard of trees only three
years old.-Btus Rapids T;mes.
The Marysville Locomotirs states that
Perry Hutchinson has some apple trees only
three years old that will bear fruit this year.
A few days ago We heard farmer say that
peaches would be 40 plenty this year that
fifteen cents \ bushel would be considered a
big price.-Ckuse County Leader.
The Garneit Haindeoier ssys the peach
crop will be immense in Anderson County.
We hear the same report from other coun-
ties. The peach trees in Miami County will
he overloaded with fruit. Peaches will not
be worth, in our opinion, a half dollar a
bushel this season in Miami County.-Spiif
Fears of the destruction of the fruit
crop by fros. having subsided, some alarm il
now fei. that we'll have more peaches than
We can dispose Of Oar 'teeth water" to
think of if.-Emporid Ne,rs.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
THE OLD MEMS GRANT M:E.I.G.
BY JOHN n. ifAfEz.

Well, wife. We We hid a meetin' st the school
house on the hill,
And va, chosen Chairman to keep the cid men
still,
But found couldn't Go it; each man down Lis
And shout with ali the voice lie had, ''r,n goia'
in for Granti'
things had been done;
How the nafion's debt had melted Ike the snow
before the sun;
We said, to keep it meItin', do a better thing We
Than to stick snd hang together and all 20 in fer
Grant.
We all looked through cur ssec:aclcs uron the
naked facts,
Then drew the veil of charity Ger giant saEHner'
acts,
We said, I'VE like you, sarauer. but go your Eay
Then made he school -bous.- echo with !: rou.ing
shout for Grant
They stand around the party gate pair Of snar!-
ing ours;
Their speeches cannot harm Us, Nor make ufaLt
toe their mark,
Hes an old Gslena tanner, aud knows low 70 han
di BARA
We talked about Grants smokin we thought it
no grext sin;
To vote that oct Of office VIC u,sa. vote wcrse cne
il,
And, seein' We were smokers, 'iwouiin' 10 for
to rant,
So Lit pi pes together, and sncled the health
ofGfanf.
In the days Of the rebellion of could 90 10
fight,
But we read from morn till evening how he ba,tled
for the right;
He has been the nations servant In the days Of
peace and war,
And treason me!is before him iise the smoke from
his cigar.
After 4 adjourned the niesiin' 1 gave each IL.
friendly grip;
We, every one determined 10 stand hy the war
tried ship;
We will not iopple over, We will no; even
slant,
But put our canes down firm aud strong, and stand
up straight for Grant,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.

Congress, few days before its adjourn
ment, passed a bill making several impor-
tant alterations in the bankruptcy law
Among other changes is one extending th.
time during which bankrupts may be dis
charged upon the payment of fifty per cent.
of their indebtedness, until the lst Of July,
1873. Life insurance policies TO the amount
OF $1,000 are also exempt from assets avail.
able for creditors, and all judgments obtain
ed against persons or property before pcti.
tions in bankruptcy are filed, are 10 be frs
and fully satisfied. A number OF other i'm
portant notifications have also been made,
with the view of rendering the law NOR,
practical and effective.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20

The following conversation between q
young lady who wrote for magazines and N
old gentleman who believed he could speak
English, occurred somewhere in Nannchn-
sets, and is quoted for the benefit Of gram
marians:
Old Gentleman. ''Are there any houses
building in your villase?'
Young Lady. "No, SIR. There is new
house being built for Mr.. Smith, but it ID the
carpenters who are tuilding."
Gentleman. True; sit corrected. To
be building is certainly different thing
from to be being b0ik. And how long has
Mr.. Smiths house being builtr'
Lady. Looks puzzled . moment, and
then answers rather absuptly, "NearIy .
year."
Gentleman "How much longer do you
think il will be being buihf' ga
Lady. Explosively: "DOn't know" l.l
Gentleman. 81 should think Mr.. 6nilh
would be annoyed By its being - long bei.g
buiit, for the house be now eccupies bsing
old, he mnst leave il, and the new one bog
only being built. instesd Of being buiat - be
expected be cannot- .-'i-'
Here the gentlemen perceived that the wo-
man bad disappeared. =
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
ALITTLE TOO MUCH.

Oar estimable and usually amiable friends
of lhe nea. little village si,ui,ei on the Mis-
souri, river about twenty miles above Leaven-
worth, seem 10 he in state Of mind border
ing upon frenzy, all because The county OF
Le.yepworth, as one of the heaviest stock
holders in the Chicsgo & Sou'hwetern read,
protests against that road abusing IFS credit
and wasting lis money by mixing itself up
in the costly and Quixoticai nonsense OF
bridging tie Missouri at the village siore-
mentioned. Leavenwo-th ohjec:s to taking
stock in this enterprise because she believes
i, will be foolish and fruiilsss waste Of
money.
To build a bridge a. Aicllison, Kickapoo,
Quindaro, or any other Of the small but re-
s,ec,abIe towns of Kans.s that chance 10 be
located upon tie river, would involve an i'm
mense outlay OF money, with very remote
prospect of any return upon the investment,
and would be an enterprise so visionary tha,
it is almost impossible to imagine that sane
men wonid seriously contemplate tie inrest-
ment OF money in il. But il seems that the
people OF A,chison have, bv some means I'M
known TO the outside world, inveig!ed the
Southwestern road into 4 prorDiae TO aid in
such an enterprise at their town; and hence
the county of I.oavenworth, large stock
holder ia Faid road, enters her protest. Upon
this proyocation our bucolic nsighbcrs be-
come fearfnily irste, and abuse us in
manner sad 10 contemplate. We are
sorry that our course should hare hurt item
80: we certainly had no intention Of wound
ing their feelings, andesn't see why simple
&C, of prudence on our part, 10 protect our
own Interests, should throw them into such
spasm OF Indignation, and make them thus
to rave and rant, and Tear passion 10
ta;ters.' We are pefecily willing 10 help
our rural friends in any way that can pro.
mote their Interests; we have 10 objections
to aiding them in building their barns and
fences. we are willing 10 pay a reasonable
assessment to aid them in importing blooded
animals to improve their stock, or will even
60 so far as TO help them 10 build that hotel
which they imagine they need. but it is
rather too much to ask us 10 take the chance
of losing three hundred thousand dollars
worth of good railroad stock in building a
bridge over the Missouri river at point
where no possible confederation OF ciicum-
stances can make bridge necessary for fifty
years, a, least, and this merely to crafty
the over-weaning. ambition of village TO be
called a city. That We FAY, is too much;
anything in reason, We are willing 20 grant,
and would even be willing to crafty their
ambition and build a bridge for them, il such
a work could he OF any considerable use to
them, but Missouri river bridges cost too
much to be built merely ''iur fun" at places
where tley are not needed.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
GREAT BRITAIN.

LoSDoy, June l3.-Dei2i.s of the food
near Prsgae, -'ifc that it extended over the
country sweeping everything before it. The
fertile distrc's we're 'tevasa,ed and num-
Der of village were swept away. The loss
Of lie il appalling. The number Of per-nn.
Win yerishei beir. estimated at 400.
LONDON, June lin the House Of
Commons this Afternoon, NJ. Gladstone re-
piled to an interrogatory from Mr.. Hasman,
that psIers concerning the recent negotiations
with the Uni,ei States would include every
thing excep, the Stafford Northcote dscla:-
a,Ion, a. to responsibility Of the British
Commissioner.
A di.patch from Bagdad says: The Royal
Mail Steamship, Cashmere was wrecked At
Baes-aI By pirate, who killed and wounded
several persons on board, and carried of
4 300 Erpees.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
HERE'S A CHANCE fOR HORACE.

- ShnANSL TUX kNORASE.
We appeal TO Horace the agriculturalist,
TO rise superior TO Horace the politician or
candidate, and give this matter his attention:
In discussion before the National Agricul-
tural Association, few days since, on the
nesleated subject of entomology, i, was
stated by gentleman who has given much
of his time and attention TO Sgrres, that
American farmers lose every year about
$500, ,0O0, 900, by the ravages ofinsects. Now,
bugs, like all othe. things, are subject to the
operation Of natural laws, and while we have
no desire to advise the Philosopher to do
anything rash, at this critical period in his
history, We are nevertheless firmly of the
opinion that these voracious insects might
be induced to desis; from their depredations
and go west, through the operation of a high
professional revenue tariff, judiciously ad.
justed, thereby establishing absolute free
trade with all nations whereby sufficient
tax would be levied upon all foreign COM
munitiss 10 prevent the pauper bugs of
Europe from coming into competition with
our home industry, to the great detrimen. of
our agricultural population, and at the enor-
nous cost of $500, ,OOO, 900 a year, clearly
traceable to the reckless extravagance of the
present incompetent administration; in all
other cases the matter might be safely left to
tie decision Of the people o. the several
districts rcspectiyely.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
SPAIN.

MADEIp, June l3.-rhe journals Of ttiinri
city sS-eri that > plan Il IN cosiemplation to
unite tLe Carii-,s with the International
orsinizati"n in Spain, when M eHort will
he made ly the combination 10 create di--
satisfaction IN the ARM.
II IS stated tha, the Ministry are not in
harmony with the King on ceri,in measures,
AMI will tender ;i.eir resiguasGn.
MADRID, June II iaw Cabinet has
been ioFnel by the united e-torts of General
COidczi. S-no: ZJvilla and Der Peuz. To-
villa j. Prs-iceni Of the Council.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
GnI.OHEn VOTERS.

The last census shows that the total nun-
ber of co!ored people in TIE United States
is 4, S79, l0i. Gentleman who are jus. now
figuring up the political chances and pro-
liabilities would do well to remember that
the colored people are the dominant race in
the States Of South Carolina, Mississippi and
Louisiana, while they are quite close TO the
whites in Florida, Alabama and Georgia.
That they will secede from the Republican
party, even if Mr.. Greeley should be nomi.
mated, is utterly out Of the question, so that
those States may be counted sure for Grant
and Wilson in November.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
NEW YORK.

Es,c Supplemental Ariicle-A Severe
Saorm- More strikers rrOu, Ncx.
tcO.
NEw YORK, June IA Washington
special says the following ia virtually the
Concluding paragraph OF the supplemental
treaty arncle aiop;ed by tae'Senate: "In
consideration, DC, the President OF the
ohiIed States, by and with the advice and
consent oi the Senate, consents to the estab-
iHhuieM o' new feature in international
u" ieF tiie guidance Q: both lions. To the
eheVt that neither OF the contracting powers
snail De held responsible for acts of lis c;;i-
zens as agains, either Government in favor
OF any beiiiserent power with which either
GovernmeEt may be at war; and also CON-
sents to make no claim on the par, nj ,be
United States in respect to the iniirec, dam
ages, - aforesaid, before the tribunal of
srbi,rsiion at Geneva
Patterson, New Jersy, was visited las, esen-
ing with severe thunder storm, accom- pan-
led nv hurricane. Morrill's flour mill was
struck by lightning and almost entirely de-
niolished, new three-.to,v building was
blown down, and many buildings unroo,.d
and Otherwise damaged. The Losses are
large
Iron and metal workers, numbering about
10000, will strike TODAY for the ely hi hour
system.
The executive committee Of the Marble
CUTTERS report that all but three of the shops
have acceeded 10 the demands of the men.
A Mstamoras dispatch saws: Trevin
claims TO have captured sixncn hundred
prisoners at the bitlie of Monterey. Private
letters from Monterey sts;ethat fifteen prison.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
ron A SQUARE FIGHT.

A newspaper corresi o1dent who Interview
ed Pres;dsnt Grant a, Lony Branch yester-
day tells rs b. telegraph this morning that
the Presiden: expressed hope that the Bal
timore Convention would ra,ify the nomi-
nation of Horace Greeley, in order that the
fight msy be an open one between the two
Candidates now in the field. Reports of in.
terviewers are generally to be taken with =
grain of allowance, but in this case We have
no doubt that the President, j: he said any,
thing to the correspondent referred to, said
just about what he il reported as saying.
Gen. Grant undoubtedly knows as we'll as
any other man. that the people Of the coun-
Try are for him and With him, and that his
reelection next November is foregpe con-
cauaion, whether he il opposed BY one candi.
date O. twsnty, and hsnce II is very natural
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
GEN. GRANT NEVER HAS BEEN
BEATEN AND HE NEVER WILDE. ''
Horace Greeley.

The accounts which come to lis from all
sections Of the union, of the enthusiastic
spirit in which the American people received
the announcement, of the nominations Of
Grant and Wilson, prove. conclusively that
when he put the abovesen,ence on record, Mr.
Greeley "builded better than he knew" and
il destined to 60 into history as prophe: in
spite Of himself. Gran, will be elected mex;
November by larger majority than he re-
ceived four years ago; in Kansas the majori-
ty for Gran. and Wilson will no. he less
than twenty-five thousand, and everything
indicates like increase in nearly all the
Republican States in the union,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
The SlGNAL ,Ewv1CE-

In view of the great benefits conferred
upon commerce by the Signal Service Bu-
reau, in giving notice of the approach of
storms, it has been suggested that the Gov
ment might proftably extend the bulletins
throughout the agricultural districts. Farm
ers, by observing the reports, might greatly
advance their interests. Ii was stated bv
Commodore Maury, delegate to the Ma
tional Agricultural Association recently in
session in ST. Louis, that by an extended and
uniform system OF observations in both Eu-
rope and America, the kind Of weather for
an entire season could be calculated in ad-
vance with iolerable certainty, and that the
farmers might even he informed what would
be the most profitable crops they could plant.
What may not the skill and enterprise of the
nineteenth century achieye1
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
Gen. O., nu and the '.kannie. >,

WAsHrNsToS, June Iith.-Tle Daily
morning Chronicle OF to day, contains an ac-
count Of what is proposed TO be done under
the lead Of Gen. Ryan. Who left on the steam
er Fannie, for Cuba. The plan of Opera
lions il stated 10 be on diseJabarking, and
Gen. Ryan will irst rally the coas, guards
and then immediately dispatch fleet cnurier.
70 the interior Of the island 10 announce 10
the trusted Cubans already aware of the 3D.
proacling OF the army Of the Litesators, AZ.
ter his arrival. and with all expedition. he
will get together the largest force possible for
the protection Of the landing Of two expe-
di;ons which follow him without delay.
The steamers were pu, TO sea the same dsy.
each one having the came de.tination, bur
the Fannie Will reach the rendezvous come
little time in advance Of the others. The er-
tire force amounts to full 1900 men. and all
ofthem armed and equipped. Gen. Ryan will
remain On the coast, and expects 10 have.
within forty-cight hours after his landing, at
leaA 5000 true Cabans rallied to hia stan
dard and ready armed to make q ish, If
necessary for protection Of the disembarka.
tioo of men fsom the Two oaher steauera
Mose expeditions are TO follow the one Al
rsa1y started, and stroag hopes ara enter.
eai.ed that the great object will be accon.
pliahed between now and the Presidential
electios. The Fannie has on board 1000
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
MEXICO.

MATiNoEAs. June il.-Courisr Extraor-
diuary arrived to-day, with news that COL
R;veallas, who held Monterey for the gov.
ernmen,, several day. after the defeat of Gen.
Corel.as, bas reached Saltillo, with about
eight hundred men, and occupies that plsce.
where he was joined by two thousand gov.
ernment troops from Matagualla. This
force il believed to re sufficient to prevent
the rebels from advancing in that direction.
Gen. Cevallos te!egraphsd to day, tha, he
has established his headquarters at Cenorso,
and repulsed several attempts Of the rebel.
to advance towards the frontier; and will be
able to check their m.rh On this city. Tic
steamer Tobssco Left Vera Cruz with several
hundred reinforcements, and will soon arrive
here. There IL confidence in the ability Of
the government to reprieve the late disast9.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20

LEWISTON, Maize June I3.-Eepi.Ll.can
State Convention me, here to-day, Joseph
A. Porter presiding. Sidney Perham, w,s
re-nomina,ei By acciamation Tor Governor
and Samuel Z Spring asd Alex. Campbell,
for electors Of State at large.
Resolutions were adopted Fe-siiirming the
declarations Of principles of the Na';JnaI
Convention a, Philacelphia, cordially er-
dorsing the nomination Of Gran; and VIII
son, and promised the electoral vote OF the
State, by larger majority than that OF 1865.
AID expressed their thanks to the people Of
the State, to Congress fer leyisstio1, and .x-
tending to promote rhip buiiding, and the
revival Of commerce, rS-Ifhrming faith in the
principle Of prohibition, amt closed by COM
to Gov. Perham. Convention
closed with cheers for Grant and VII on.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
snfr. trsStieASI

PrTTsBURGH, June I3.-Fred Keaaen
and Richard ID. Maxwell, machini,;s en-
ployed in the Diamond Street works, were
siii,d his morning. They were lifting an
immense bed plate on jack-screws, and neg
Iec;ing to prop it, he plate slipped cut and
crushed both men 10 death
jacob Snyder. an engineer in the brick
works, hlleghany, WIS torn to pieces 10y the
dy-wAeei OF the nsire. this morning
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-06-20
The Marrow Gange
From the Chicago Railroad Review.


On the first of June, 1871, a company,
with the above title, was organized, at Leav-
envorth, for the purpose of constructing a
three-feet gauge railway westward from that
city to the Kansas State Line & Denver, with
branches at intervals to important accessible
localities on each side the whole, amounting
to about six hundred miless. The projectors
Of the scheme, and thepresent prosecutors Of
the work are Messrs. Leonard T. Smith, Lu-
Glen Scott, Senator Caldwell, Paul f. Ha-
vens, H. W. Gillc.t Henry L. Newman,
Levi Wilson and James c. Stone, Of Leav-
envorth; Chas. s. Stettauer, of Chicsgo;
Thos. A Scott, Matthew Baird, and John
McMannnr, Of Philadelphia; and Senator
Sprsgue, Of New Jersey. The names ofthese
Rentlemen are alone sufficient guaranty
ihat the project is not only practicable one.
but one promising large pecuniary advan.
tases to those controlling the enterprise. So
far, all the necessary disbursements have
been provided for from the individual re.
sources of the gentlemen named, thus demon
str.tinx their faith in the ultimate success Of
the undertaking.
The country 10 be traversed BY the road
and In branches is acknowledged 10 be the
nost fertile and promiai,g section Of Kansas.
Much Of il vas among the earliest settled
postioes, and that the whole Of it Was not oc.