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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-02-15
NARROW Gauge CONVENTION.

We have i, upon the authority Of eastern
papers, that an important Convention, COM
posed of all the narrow gauge railroad COM
panies OF the United States, is to be held in
St. LOU. next June, Tor the purpose of dis
cussing the question whether railroads of this
description, will answer the purposes Of roads
of wider gauge, and generally of ascertaining
their cost, the expense of operating them and
keeping them in repair, the relation of their
freight capacity 10 the demands Of the coun-
try, their safety ard accommodation a. res-
poets passenger traffic, and what general
sy..em ough: TO be adopted in their construc-
ton and management. The Convention, it
is said, will be attended BY the most eminent
civil engineers and railroad builders Of the
country, and may perhaps result in new
departure in our railway history.
The idsl Of this Convention brings to
mind the history of the times when our
present railroad system was in its infancy
only about half century ago-and letter
from Chancellor Livingston, of New York,
written in ISL, in reply to the suggestions
of a friend about railroads, has recently been
brought TO light, in which, after stating that
he has given the subjec, mature reflection"
he says:
"They must be double, SO as {, prevent |
the danger Of two such heavy bodice meet.
ing. The walls on which thew are placed
must be, al least, four feet below the surface.
and three above, and must be CLAIMED with |
iron, and even then they would hardly sus.
tain so heavy a weight as you propose NOV.
ing at the rate Of four miles an hour ON
wheels. As to wood, il would not ls,t a
week. They must be covered with iron, and
that, too, very thick and strong. The meaps
of stopping these heavy carriages without Q
great shock, and of preventing them from
running upon each other, for there would Be-
many running upon the road ct once, would
be very difficult. In cases of accidental
stops, and necessary stops to take wood and
wafer, ETC., many accidents would happen.
The carriage Of condensing waisr would be
very troublesome"
After enumerating many other very grave,
and-to the write.-insurmountable objec-
lions, the Chancellor concludes that "upon
The whole, even if their construction shall
be found practicable, which can hardly be
hoped for, they will be far less convenient
Than canals."
This was only sixty years ago; and when
We contemplate the marvellous progress that
has been made since that time in the devel. ,
'pnsat and Perfecsing of our magnificent ,
'ysten Of iron highways, Who can ct Limit
10 the sehisvements Of the next sixty year, I,
10 come.
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SUGGESTION TO OUR LAw.NAKERs.

The New York Legislature is discussing a
bill to amend the laws Of that State in ,e-
lation to murder. Itprovides that on an in
dictment for murder the jury can bring in q
verde. for granddaughter in the second DE-
gree if the facts do not warrant verdict for
wilful murder. As the law now stands, it ID
the same as in this State, and when an in.
dic.nient is for murder, the jury must find
guilty" for murder or declare the prisoner
innocent OF any crime. This is not right
for it frequently happens that party in
dicted for murder is found, upon Trial, to b
guilty OF manslaughtsr, but under the muir
der Indictment lie must be discharged.
The New York papers say the bill is
favorably recsivsd by the best lawyers of that
State, and will unquestionably be passed. A
step in the same direction should lie taken by
our own Legislature,
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TRIski 0: HISTORY

read sometime ago in the Ledger an art
Gle from Hon. s. c. Pomeroy, in which
learned that TIE first Massachusetts party
land was led to believe, the frs. Free Stat.
Settlers OF Kansas, headed by Pomeroy, ar
rived al Lawrence, Sept. Is, 1854, l read
in the Kansas Magu=ine, Of February, Hin
toms article, South Carolina thanked, p
glowing accom-. of the second Massachu.
sets par'y's trip through Iowa, and their tri'
umphant crossing Of the border. Aug. 3,
1851.
/ came to Kansas in June, 1854, and set.
tied or the California road, above Lawrence,
now kncwl as the "Spicer Farm" Judge
]. \. Wakefield, E. W. Miller. Rolf, Siearns,
Yates and White, settled there about the
same Time. Our first "Squat;er's' meeting
of Free State men, took place at MILLER q
Spring." July 10Th, 1854; and at that meet
ing we won our first triumph over the Slave
power in Kansas, and Free Safe men got
their first foot-hold in Kansas.
The first party Of Eastern emf grants
reached us August lst, 1854. This party
numbered among It's members, ID. X. An
thony, s. +. Toppman, Old Man Archibald,
and DIR. John boy, NJ. D." ! again came
up the river on the steamboat "Polar Star"
in the spring of 1856. The las, boat up be-
fore US had been stopped at Lexington, and
robbed Of one hundred Sharp rifles, minus
the slides, which had been sent Up BY stage.
Our patty numbered $50. We started from
Cleveland, Ohio, and were constantly aug
mented until We reached Cincinnati, Ohio.
At St. Louis 80 Rhode Islanders joined u.s.
Our starting and destination was in all the
papers. Al ST. Louis We learned of the ex-
element at Lexington, and the stopping Of
the boat and the capturing Of the arms; this,
however, was known only to two Of cur party.
1t was telegraphed from St. Louis to Lex.
inCton that the "Notorious S. \. Wood and
party were on the Polar STAR armed with
Sharp's rifles" When tie Captain told me
this, 1 assured him that we had no Sharpe's
rifles, but Z. S. rines, borrowed from Ohio,
and that we should defend our property at
all hazards.
At Lexington al least 500 men rushed to
the levee, and in moment deck and cabin
were full. l had sent half dozen we'll
armed men below, and cautioned our men to
be quiet and cool; pick a man, and on
given signal, be sure of man each.
Once in the cabin, "wherc is Wood?,
greeted me on al! sides. Stepping on to a
table, / said, ~ am S. \. Wood, what do
You WANT" at the same time 7 blew on a
police whistle which could be heard all over
tie boat. ard put every man on his guard;
il was not 'thc signai.''
The crowd demanded 10 know if We had
any Sharpe's rifles. If ever cool in nv life
/ was then. said it does not matter: you
have 100 nayies but do not Know how to use
them. asked them to bring them down
and let MS learn them how TO use them.
They invited us I'D town and said they would
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Nasty DONE FOR

A Mr. Parker, OF New Hampshire, stood
up in the United States House OF Repfssen-
taiives the other day, aud declared that the
Democra, Party has been the particular and
especial champion OF education, That lets
Nasty out, and entities Mr.. Parker to the
Pos,nffi,e 1T Confederate Cross To9as
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TOPEKA.
1hs s.nit 'ntiary Approrri ion B
Passed.
fb5 Aprort,o1nent Committee Really
to Report.
TopPwA FL q

lOfEkA, roe ..
The Senate passed House bills appropriate
ing SSo, 900 each to the University a.d S,ais
Normal School at Hmporia. Also one ap-
propriatiag So, 900 to the Peni,s,tiary.
The Clerk OF the House this morning
found the lost bill, and sent it to the Senate
where j; was referred to the judiciary Con-
mit,se.
Mr.. Clarke, at his own requsss, sas rs-
called before tho Wood Invs.tigatise Con-
mit,ee Of the Senate. and swors tha1 hs did
not know OF the propositio. that King, Of
Atchison, made to Wood. 1t SCENE Kisg
refused to sign his testimony, because, . be
says, the whole of il Was not taken down.
At Clarke's request, Topping. one Of the
committee, was sworn, and IN effort vss
made to show BY him that great dal Of ~
timony before that COMMITTEES, had not been
taken down, and had been ruled out.
Clarke asked Topping the following quss-
ton: 'was any question asked King vheth-
er Senator Wood knew about the S, 1000 cur
tiica,e of deposit..''
Committee Kellogg and MeClslland re-
fused TO allow Topping to answer the ques-
ton ON the ground that the action Of the
committee Was under consideration.
A majority Of the ApPortionnent COM
mittes have asresd to report tomorrow the
following division of the State into Consrss-
sional Districts:
First District, -Atchison, Doniphap,
Brown, Jefferson, Jackson, Nsmaha, Potts
watomie, Marshal, Washington. Riley, Clay,
Dickinson, Republic, Ottawa, Saline, Jewell,
Mitchell, Lincoln, Ellsworth, Smith,
Ostornc. Russell, Phillips, Rocks, Ellis,
Norton, Graham, Trego. Cove, and Wallaes
counties and all unorganized counties north
Of the third standard parallel.
Second District.-To BE- composed Of
wyando,ie, Lsavenworth, johnson, Doug
lass, Franklin, Miami. Linn, Osage, Shaw
nee, Wabaunsee and Davis.
Third District be composed Of the
rest OF the State.
There will be 3 minority report. The
House spent the entire day since II o'clock
on the liquor question. The Temperance
olks evidently are better organized. thsy
have s,rsn.;h to pass the bill If the vote can
Ne reached. A test vote was had in the
Committee on the Whole on = motion to
exempt cities of the FIST and second class
rom n. operation. Of the..bll, and there were
'or,y-nine vote, agains; it, which is enough
o ps- the bill On ii. third reading II they
yer get toit.
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ACoMPMOnlsE WITH TWEED.

A dispatch from New York tells US that
negotiations for compromise Of the civil
sui, asains. Tweed, Connolly, and Others are
progressing; the papers were drawn up yes
terday, by which Tweed & Co. agree to re-
turn 81, 900, 900 of the stolen funds on con-
dition tia. the civil suit will be discontinued.
The papers are not yet signed, owing to the
absence Of Woodward and Ingersoll, but it
il understood they will be. These negotia-
tions refer only to the civil suit. The Grim
inal charges against these men will be visor-
oasly prosecuted. The negotiations include
the Sc, 600, 600 grab of June and July 1870.
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Is This TRUE:

We clip The following item from the st.
Louis Journal of Commerce, where it appears
edi;orially:
United States District Judge Delah,y, Ct
Kansas, it is alleged, has fallen from judicial
grace, and 8 petition has been presented in
Congress asking his Impeachment for NAL
feasancs in Office
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CHICAGO.
Ssrser-Ss..S 70 xiii ii3seir. "

BFosa1 Assault on . Newspaper Re.
POFser-D0and 70 Mil Himself
CHICAGO, Feb. s.-This forenoon saloon
keeper named Ch:s Hauskes was fined $50
for vanton assault on Dir. Gross, . reporter
of the Times. Mr.. Gross was in his saloon
to report the proceedings of the TeutoniaCo :,
which holds its meetings in that saloon. Mr..
Groas brings civil suit for damages.
Yesterday morning VIM. Kline, . book
keeper, attempted to commit suicide By tax
ing chloroform and laudanum Hi condition
vn ascertained to administer successfully
the nscesary antidotss. He was taken TO
the county hospital during the night, where
hs contrived to obtain more poison which be
swallowed, and this morning he vas found
dad in his bed with bottle Of !audanum by
his side.
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HOr THAT CHURCH.

The Leavenworth TIMES. of Sunday last,
says that NEARLY all the Lcavenworth MEM
bers Of the Legislature arrived home the night
nefore 20 attend church." Where do these
patriots perform divine worship-at the ''litile
church" with the green cloth altar, of which
the Reverend Jayhawker Jennison is pastor?
-Aansus CITY Tunes.
Ne; Tie members OF his church remain in
Topeka, where the Reverend Jay hawker and
his deacon, the "Bee-man" have regular
services in the Senate Chamber.
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~ q EEnSG nv

The Chicago Pos says Of the female treas
ury clerks, STEW die and none resign-excep'
those promoted by marriage" One of the
girl. was married the other day, and it is
sad there were six hundred and forty appl!.
cations for her place. Wen believe the get
ting married part Of this story, and the
fraction of forty, if somebody else will take
the i,-irsJe of six hundred.
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O0o061e0s
Out in Montana the cold has been 20 in
tense that whisky has had to be sold By IL.
aiek.
"A dog that never barks but ever crow
like cock, is the glory of Decatur, ILL.,,
Just now.
Those Iowa chaps that 'swapped7 ~ivs.
have been arrested.
The japanese Embassy are at Salt Lake
City embargoed BY snow drifts.
1t was in Boston thai citizen succeeded
in cheating the gas company recently.
1t is said that Bosz married because be
feared that his laborers would think him .
ruthless master.
New Haven policemen have attained
unto velvet collars, and are consequently
happy.
illinois Is the great railroad State of the
Union. She has now in operation SIPS
miles-just 7U0 miles more than any other
State.
The New Orleans Pcsyxss has passed
into the hands of the New Orleans Printing
Company, and it, editor, Mr.. Halbrook, n
tires aftdr thirty year' service.
The Professor in Bangor theological
Seminary make IN earnest appeal TO the
country At large, in view of the constant de-
crease Of young men preparing for the
ministry.
Amherst College students are rejoicing
over the announcement that the faculty Of the
institution no longer Oppose boating. Sos3
were subscribed 1t mss meeting 70 stan .
new crew.
"A Michigan paper thus delicatsly -.
nounce . death from "nos-expiosivs:"
''An Maria Famley gave up the bod habit
Of usins kerosene for kindline fires on
Thursday last"
The mammoth skeleton of the we'll
known elephant, Hannibal, formerly Of Van
Amburx's mnegesie, i now in Chic.go, and
, to be ''sst up" in the Academy Of Sciences.
Move than nix hundred young women
.ess ambitious to diPlay their chairs in |
h balls9, at o. Of u NsV York thsatau |
NJ dsy 1T vsek, but ef course they could
DoG al b aceo0nsaafsd.
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Hon. Vim. NJ. Evarts, one of the counsel
for the United State. before he Geneva Con-
ference, ID in London, He will leave for
Paris to-morrow. Hon. Caleb Cushing, also
ennec'ed with the Genevs Confersnss, has
arrived in Prs
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Topeka, Feb. 3

Topeka, Feb. 9
After about two hours being spent on tbs
dram-shop ac, to-day, it was ordered g.
crossed for third reading.
The clause in this hill TO exempt cities Of
tbs third class from it, operations, 80 far -
making it necessary to have petitions before
granting license Is concerned, which il the
same as in the bill As left for cities Of the first
and second class, exsmptins cite. of the
third class, makes the bill:;so obnoxious to ito
supporters th-t it is very probable it will not
plss.
A memorial to Congress asking for money
to build a court house &c. at Topeka passed,
with an amendment asking for Leavenworth
similar appropriation, to build . pos,ofiics
and custom house, but leaving out . court
house.
Mr.. Fenlon made strenuous effort 10 in
cIude court house al Leavenworth, but hs
failed
A memorial WAS passed asking Congrssst 10
| create another judicial district, attaching =
part Of the Indian Territory to the Southern
Dis,rict, with the court at some point ON the
southern borders and that the court for the
Northern District he at Topeka.
In the Wood Investigating COMMITTEES &C.
day, Mr.. D,lan, Of Atchisop, testified that
he didn't think Clarke knew anything about
the King certificate Of deposit.
Mr.. Clarke asked Dolan the following
question: "Did King give you to understand
tina, Senator Wood has possession Of the CO..
tiicate?"
Kellogg and Mcclellan objected to the
question snd would not let the answer 70 o.
record. The answer was that King told him
that Senator Wood returned the certificate to
him after keeping it for some time.
An appeal will be made to the Senate from
the action Of the majority Of the committee.
The Senate adjourned over At noon until
Monday.
The Joint Investigating Committee re-
ported to the Senate this morning that Dan.
Adams refused to answer . number Of quss-
tons on grounds thsr it would be exposing
private business Of customers Of the bank OF
which he was President. The questions were
whether Len. Smith or Caldwell made checks
to members of the Legislature, or Others,
which we're negotiated through his h.sk.
Also whether certain parties drew through
his bank On the Treasurer of the KanaD
Pacific Railway for $4,000. or any Other
gam.
A resolution was passed directing Ar.
Adams to answer the questions, and il il I'M
drrs,ood that be will answer them tonight.
minority of the Apportionnent Com.
miitee rep, Itsd = bill this forenoon making
the First District OF Douglass and johnson
counties and the cou.ues south Of them 10
he .Order; the S-cona District of all north
II the river and we,; TO Cloud county, and
he Third District of the res, Of the SAFE -
: reduced by tie majority, and was ordered
,rin,ed. Tie feeling is that the minority
I'll pas, or none at all; ye. some say that
iiiy-two votes are pledse for the majority
,'li.
Abou. two hours waz spent this afternoon
n the bill about driving Texas cattle through
his State, Int nothing definite arrived IT.
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ThUksDAl, FEBRUARY 10 1872.

MIS-. VICTORIA c. WooDHULL has with
drawn from the field as Presidential candi-
date. Her friends are expected TO ooncen-
-ra,. their labor. on George Francis Train or
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ONE OF rox. L. JOHNsox,s LIES.

ONE OF Ton. L. JOHN8ONIS LEE.
Mr.. Brauahold, editor of the Telegraph,
presenting bill amounting to SIS. This
bill was reported on iavorably by Mr.. Dona-
hue, Chairman of the Committee on Print
ing. As soon a. the report was read by the
Clerk, Mr.. Anthony approached the desk,
and taking the bill, stated that it was evident
that there was disposition on the part Of the
committee to allow a certain class of bills,
and ignore his bills Tor words to that effect !.
He further stated that the printed matter in
the bill presented would not measure FIVE
squares OF the lines advertising columns.
Al this point Mr.. johnson rose to explain,
and stated that the matter in question wauld
measure seres squares of the TINES type
taking Mr.. Anthony's word that eight lines
of his type made square, when, in fact, ten
lines of Nonpareil are a square. Mr.. John
son produced a copy Of the TINES, and with
the assistance of the Clerk, Mr.. Creighton,
ard in the presence of the Mayor and Coun.
cilmen, measured Mr.. Braunhold's printed
matter with the TINES measure, and it ac,u-
ally measured eight squares!
This disclosure of facts completely check
mated ''ihe Great Financier," and with
complacent emile, he gently sank down in
his chair, while the indignation of every
Councilman lowered over him; and before
his head became clear, he buried himself
behind the columns of his paper, and poked
out his venomous tongue at Mr.. johnson,
who was performing his honest and sworn
duty TO the citizens Of Leavenwortb.
JUSTICE.
The above article written by the Demo.
cratic Councilman from the Third Ward,
appeared ia the Commercial. yesterday.
We stated in TEE TINES that Tom L.
johnson lied when he made the above state
ment in the Council. We now say he lies
again, and propose to give the proof.
In the Council Mr.. johnson said the ad-
veriisement would make eight squares in
The TINES. In the above article he says
i, will make only seven.
We have had the advertisement set up in
ordinary TINES advertising type, and here
;nsovt II
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The ssaea. Party.

MENrHIs, Tenn. Feb. The Grand
Duke and party lei; ior New Orleah. on he
steamer jos Howsri at 10 O'Clock thi-
morning. Several ladies and gentlemen
accompanied the party.
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The AIabam. .,ex., Ia Canada

TORONTO, Ont, Feb. 7.-Pape.s thruug'
cut The Dominion this morning. contain al
ricle. on the Alabama Treaty. Ii cir sensrs
tone is moderate Al;hou<h the America
terms are considered inadlsi,si lie. go seiiou.
difficulty is p eheuded.
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Done Believe Hsn. (sisDs.

The Russian Gay Deoeiver goes on his
winding way, finding on each successive day,
snd at each successive reception, 'the hand
soonest and most attractive young lady he kas
yet met with" He has already found three
Of that sort since he flatfered St. Louis with
the compliment he has made ancient and Cob
like BY repetition. ''Something too much
Of this, a my Lord Hamlet says. We usrs
inclined to credit the G. D. with sincerity
and good taste when be pronounced the YER
dict in favor of the 81. Louis beauties; but
on reading his remarks on kindred topics in
other PLACES, Ne are inclined to think that he
has no serious intentions vhatsvsr. And .
for his word-if vs were i. danger Of bsins
sent to Siberia to-moFrov-vsv oald not BE-
lieye him on oath.-.N. Leyis DHse9o1
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The trial and acquittal of Mrs. Wharton,
Of Baltimore, for the murder Of Gen.
Ketchum, has given our system of criminal
jurisprudepce q severe shock.
A woman Of high standing in society, and
of good education, is arraisned for murder;
the case looks suspicious; the house il
guarded; detectives swarm around; a mob
gathers; the newspapers are full OF details,
and fearful ''scare heads" One, two. seven,
nine murders. People who have been dead
for many year., including her own SOD, are
dug up and the mouldy earth analysed for
poison, and with some success "modern
Borgia," surpas ing everything in the his
tory of crime-this was the hash which for
six months has besn from day to day dished
up to feed morbid public sentiment. The
public mind was poisoned against an unfor-
tunate woman around whom circumstances
had woven their net, the warp and wool of
which was drawn from the ipss dirt of false
hood wearing the cloak o: science. Tartar
emetic found in the stomach, also in the glass,
also in the brandy, learned professors swear
to it-while Others, among them the proud
est names in science, declare that there was
no tartar-emetic, either in the stomach, the
glass or in the brandy, that the same condi-
ton could b found in almost any dead
person.
This is fearful TO contemplate. This
affects the whole people. Juriss must 20
back again, discard scientific testimony, send
the experts about their business, and lay
anew the foundations for circumstanrial
evidence.
II Mrs. Wharton had been an obscure wo-
man, without friends or money to contest
every:inch ofths case-she would to-day have
Teen under sentence of death! Hundreds Of
such eases may have happened, Innocent per-
sons may have gone to the scaffold branded
with murder. their fanatics outcas, their
name an infamy-all the result of false scien-
ti6c data, this too in the nineteenth century
and in an age which boasts of its medical
Jurisprudence.