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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

This Premium Lis; is made up, and spe-
cific sums of money are offered III each case
upon a purely mutual and cooperative
pian; that is TO say: he entire net pro-
ceeds of the Exhibition, over and above the
necessary expenses Of its management, shall
he divided pro rata, on the basis OF this
Premium List among those who are entitled
to premiums.
amount awarded, it shall be accepted, new
ertheless, in full for all liability OF the
Board on account OF such awards; and II
such net proceeds shall exceed the amounts
| awarded. the whole shall he divided pro
rata on the same basis.
We take the above from the book con-
tanning the list OF premiums Of the Kansas
State Board Of Agriculture, with regulation:
for 1874.
Our attention has been called TO Thu
anoticen by scores Of complaints made by
parties to whom premiums have been award
ed. They assert that the officers OF tn
/ Board tell them that there Is no money II
the Treasury, and that no premiums Will b
paid. -.
We have repeatedly attempted to obtai
L a report Of the receipts and expenses OF tn
Fair, but all parties refuse to give the IL
formation.
Reports say that the total receipts a; tn
!, gate during the week amounted to abo'
q seventeen hundred dollars. The total r
ceipts lack about four hundred dollars I
paving the expenses, and that not one doll'
is lei, to pay premiums.
= 1t is plain that If the above is true
y premiums will be paid. 1t is the duty
T. the officers Of the Board to state to the pu
he lie, at once, the truth in this matter. As
h, is now, there is no end to the i'll feeling al
c, loud mutterings of discomfort. The Office
r of the Fair are spoken of in no compiimer
in ary terms. Will the officers Of the Fair c
C, plain, or will they now arrogantly tell I
to people who seem to have been duped, not
~ disturb the peace and quiet OF the men VI
Of have skilliully managed the late Fair so
t /; to make it complete failure.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17
What L It!

Goodin is the candidate Of the Kanfas
CITY Times for Congress. He has been the
special pet Of that paper because he has al
ways bsen = partisan Dsmocrat. As The
s.Reform" movement il in the intersts Of
Democrats, the Tfaes is righf.-Girard
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17
ATcHIsoN, Sept. !, 1874.

OIrW HHu, LSI.
DEAR SIR:-In the article pabli,hed in
the Kansss City Times Of August 7th, it Il
charged that you had certain conversations
with Senator ingalls, about my appointment,
% U. S. District Judge. and that you offered
him money for my appointment, and that
you paid the sum Of S3. 200 fer my appoint
men; ard farther, tina; cert ain money was
paid through you. or the First National
Bank, to Messrs. Oils & Click for CT on be.
half OF Senate. ingalls,, etc.
Now you will plese state whether any oil
these charges are true, and give such facts as
you may have, and as you are willing to
safe under oath, about these charges.
C. G. FOSTER.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17
REPUBLICAN TiCAET.

Ew COagre-,, First Di;trid' ,
- WILLIAM 4. PHILLIPS oil saiine'
Fy Congress, Second District,
:. - Cons. Of Wyaado:te.
For Congress, Third Disirie',
w.R BRowH, Of Reno.
For GoreT7soT,
THOMAS 4. o=Bo.S, Of LsavsE77orth
For Lieutenant Gorer''or,
NJ. J. sALrER, OF Neosho.
For Sseysiary Of Star.
TEoy.s II. ,,yAsAUoH, .; ''aiir'',
For iadtor,
D. W. WILDER, q Bourbon
FIR Treasurer,
SAMUEL L.FFIS, Of Nemsha.
For Attorney General,
A. NJ. F. R.spcLPH. Of Cofey.
FIR Sup~intendent If Public Instruction.
JOIN FRAZER, OF Douglas.
For Associate justice.
M. yALscIIyE, of Franklin
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17

is re. legal; II is no. constitutional Tor the
State TO aid il. Wipe it out, then, and aP-
proDria,e the same amount to feed the hum
.rv and supply the destitute in our State!
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17
STILL ANOTHER DECLINES.
Er. Lines is Satisfied with the Sobriety and
Honesty Of the Present Auditor.

TOPEKA, KAN, Sept. II, 1874. !
10 The Editor 81 The Commonwealth:
desire through your paper TO decline the
nomination Of State Auditor rendered by the
Temperance convention, recently in session
at Leavenworth, and without giving other
reasons will only say that the present incum.
bent, on the basis of capacity, integrity and
sobrie:y is entirely satisfactory.
Respectfully, CHAs. Il. LINES.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17

from the Lawrence Tribune. This state
ment is corroboraied by half dozen citi-
zens in this town. Indeed two OF our promi-
nent citizers have asked TO be released from
the Collectors bond.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17

Fever had but two conversations with
Mr.. Iugalls on the subject. previous to my
appointment, and those conversation, were
very brief, and were during his trip home
on The death Of his child.
The objections which we're urged against
the candidates for the Ju3gestip We're
SPOKEN Of, and also the probability of new
man being taken up. He promised me
no,hine, bot rather indicated thst he would
adhere 10 Horton. I told him that 1 vas
not . candidats in opposition to Judge
Horton.
The subject Of money or any other valu4-
bic cousidesatioo for supporting me vas
Fever ment,oued b. either Of o.. Neither
aid Mr.. Aud or any one else, to my knovl-
edse. ever OFF, him or any one for him, one
dollar or any other compensation for my
appointment l am aware that Mayor
Blsir. Mr.. Aud, and others Of our citizens,
exprened to him desire to have me ap-
pointed, especially if Judge Horton could
NOT sucreed.
Ater Mr.. Inga!k returned from Wash
linton. l had no communication With him
mill aAer Tie pres Dispatches announced
NY sppoirtDenk
Il HDot tsus tbas promised or UNDER
took 10 huaA up the kaaaas City 1saes, o.
ihat Mr.. Isgalb expsesd soeh dsiss and
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17
0upsisilg.

1t is surprisirg that the managers Of the
State Fair failed to get reduced rates and
round trip tickets, in favor of Leavenwerth,
as we're awarded BY the r. Z. Co.'S. to the
Kansas Ciy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
De,uAcrdf
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17
ATCnIsoN, Sept. 4, 1874.

ATCnIsoN, Sept 4, 1874.
Hon. John A. Martin:
DEAR SIR-Herewilh hand You state
menis from Me sra. Otis & Click and David
Aud, t. the truth of which they are wiling
to make cath, concerning c rtsia transac-
tons charged in the Kan.as City Times.
TIE article appeared in that paper while l
was absent in Colorado, and on my return,
several days ago, was undecided whether
to pas it by in silent Contempt or procure a
denial from these gentlemen who had the
NEAR Of knowing whether the charge. were
true or fa'se. Inasmnch as it indirectly i'm.
rlicaied myself, Is we'll as directly a.sailing
Mr.. Ingalls,. concluded, without knowing
his wishes, to csll On these gentlemen for
the facts.
And in this connection will avail my
self Of the opportunity to make brief state
nent about my appointment as US. De
trict Judge
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-17

!, anu tnat idct, trimludi cOEhtCtlCn, Whlen was
neither matter Of feeling nor judgnen,
in the SINE in which word. are used in re-
fractions; but whether done by force or DIAL
lance, is question Of both feeling and
Judgment, and so much is retrac.ed. and
knowing the relations between this woman
and Pe, cher to have bten not only cordial
and friendly, b1, thereaiterwaris very init
mate, gave credit to this version Of the in
tercourse, and particularly because Mr..
Beecher, 10 confirm his statement that he
had not ravi7had her, brought TO me several
letters to him, which sill hold, showing
the continuance of friendly relations with
her. i DO not give the lady's name, and
withhold the Eihoersph Of her letter, be-
cause | 90 not wish needless ly TO involve
reputation which has thus far escaped pub
lie mention by any Of the parties 10 the con-
trOversy. IL the facts stated here should
identify the person concerned with him, and
il these who are interested in her feel sg-
grieved, let them avenge their grief, ii upon
any one, upon the pastor of Plymouth
ChUreh, ard not upon me, as have been
threatened il would be If ven,ured TO state
the facts OF Beecher's guilt in this case.
have fit the blows of Plymouth
Church already because have told
u
have been threatened with more If l shall
and az far az | may be, unbiased By wrong.
injustice, ard fale aceusaiions, facts sbaU (,
he stated ~ they are known TO NE aHd
known to God; and only adding that this
last territ ie narrative Of crime was given me
by Beecher in the presence Of wi!nepes, i
dismiss this tragic episode to the main cor
i-oversy.
EEEcHEE's PLAN TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
Having made an ailGsion to Beecher's
proposed suicide, il may be we'll for me 10
state here the full circums ances Of his COR
feseion concerning his proposed de.igp. He
.old me, and showed to another in nv pres
eEce, that he had within re ach in bis own
study a poison which he would take if the
story Of his crime with Elizabeth should
ever come to the public. He told me OF
visit which he had made to photograph
era gallery where he learned that one of TIE
employee, had mirtcken glsss Of poison to-
. glass Of water, and, having taken and
it, Lad fallen dead with SCARCELY
lime to drop the slass. Betcher said that
Vas what he wanted for him s. II, and. under
he plea Of making rome photographic ex-
ptrimenls, he procured some OF this same
poison from the photograph, which he
cid me he intended 10 use u an 'iniima.ion
,f his crime shorld be made" and then he
aid 81. would be simply reported tia.
Beecher cie,i of apoplexy, but God, and
ron and wi! know what caused nay DEATH"
II those who blame rue could have looked
INTO that erief-stricken face, and listened n i
he tones Of his voice in great emergenGie,
q which he said there was no refuge for
lin but in death, they would have felt in
'elled to do rs generous and oper-hearteI
ervic. a. praciiced towards him. 1t would
ave taken harder heart than mine, being
'itne Of his sOrrovs, not to forget his sins.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-21
The st, Louis Fair.

ICorrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette J
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10. The sage Of Chappa
Qua spoke. never so wisely as when on the ST.
Louis Fair Grounds. He once remarked to as
sembled thousands that from the echoing col
onnades Of the dim aud glorious past have
coue sounding down "the names OF few great
warriors, many city building depots, the found
ers of three or four out of the ten thousand re-
lgions, two or three remarkably strong minded
and generally ILL., behaved women, but Of the
great benefactors and real leaders OF mankind
the reverbcration is silence. What prophetic
words How Insignificant are our agricultural
giants 10 the eye of the world when brought in
antagouism with our political and otherwise
professional monsters. Happily there are ex
eeptions, and one of the grandest we had the
Measure 10 eujoy during the week closing to-
day was the st. Louis, or it may safely be desig-
mated the National Fair Of the Union. OF this
Fair we wish to present. in brief, few OF It's
illimitable wonders and attractions. Entering,
our attention is first called to the vast amphl-
theatre, the coliseum of America, aud It's dl,
mansions are simply immense. The track IN
side with it's noble central pagoda Is between
1900 and 1900 #. in length upon the outer cir
cumtercnce The building offers ooe Of the
finest promenades for the ccquetting beauty
and the gay gaIlaut we have ever net. We
met Gen. Charles r Decker, OF Mississippi, in
the amphitheatre, and as We never before had
been treated to the novelty Of meeting one be-
tween whose stature and our own the proper
ton was considerably greater thao one and TWO,
we gladly entered into conversation with him,
and found him intelligent 10 ''cootab' aud
shrewd 10 business-that is, 10 selling his pho
tograpb, one of which naturally We purchased;
His heights thlrty-one inches. The General
has travelled the Uuited States, like his
confrere 10 military dignity. But we digress.
Near the new amphitheatre is the old Que,
which was, until few years past, when the
presents colossal building arose, the architectural
eynosure of all visitors. but now It's track is
given up TO grass and flowers, aud its seats re-
moved. It has become large circular hall,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-21
Lewis and MOSby.

The Richmond State Journal reads john +.
Lewis, and all his family out of Its party and
formally excommuncates Col. John 5. hlosby.
The Journals most serious cOIS plalnt against
Senator Lewis is that be has recently express
ed sentiments preiudcial to the character and
political honesty Of Plat, and declared hinlsef
hostile to the election Of that carpet Dagger !
1t says:
"Iu looking at the record of Mr. Lewis
we are not surprised at this conclusion OF his
senatorial life. He has used lis position solely
for The benefit of bis family, aud for the pro-
curement Of office His brothers and SOD, and
in fact everybody that claims kin with him,
bearing the patronynic of Lewis has been pro
vidcd for by his naneuvers with the adUlnls-
traton One brother minister to Portugal,
another Uoted States district attorney, son
assistant district attorney, aud so on through
the whole calendar Of Lewis aud the colaterals.
These family appointments, and III fact all the
appointments recomne oded BY him with any
note have been 10 the interest of himself and
not for the benefit of the republican party.
Since bis advent into political life in Washing
ton, and since the influence of his appointments
has been felt 10 Virginia, the party has been
growing weaker and its majorties daily dimin-
shiug To cap the climax, and to appropriate
y terminate his short but dlscreditabe political
career, he and his associates are trying to de-
feat Mr.. Platt who has been and is the best
Congressman Virginia has had siuce her repre-
seutatiop commenced. We are constrained to
believe that Lewis uever was Republican, and
that his professions of Repubcanism were
cheat and swindle, and MADE for the purpose
of political plunder His son-in law, John Am
bier Smith, has already been kicked out of the
party as unworthy of confidence, and is now
openly working with the Democratic party. As
for Mosby, no Republican ever respected him
in the least. He got dozen or so votes fer
Grant 10 1872, and for this service he has had
a few Democratic clerks appointed by the au.
thorities at Washington. That is all, and that
is the end of Mosby 10 the present condition
of the South, we are panied to chronicle the
per6dy of such men as Lewis and Smith. But
it is duty we owe TO the party and to the
country, ADD we shall not f;uch FROM it. The
sad result of their apostacy to the Republican
party is the diminished vote Of the State-the
general disorganized condition of the party, and
the doubtful political character Of Federal APP
pointees recommended by them. Their Con
gressional aud political record will expire on
the 18th Of March, and that will be happy
day for the party in Virginia. y
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NEWS OF THE DA y.
= 10 sho,o the very age and body Of the Times

The sheriff and posse who went TO Lake we"
Station, Porter county, Indiana, to dlsperse
the mob, which was preventing the laying OF
the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad track across
that of the Michigan Central were 1orc'D'y
compelled to fall back. The sheriff tnen reau
the riot act, and stated the penalties TOT resl'
tance to the law. He attempted to arrest some
of the ripgleaders, but was unable to do So
Later advices are to the effect that Governor
Hendricks dispatched two companies OF SOL
diers to the seat OF war, who captured the
most turbulent of the Michigan Central men,
dispersed the rest aud protected the Baltimore
and Ohio men while they flushed the crossing.
The steamer a. Wioauts belonging to the
Coast Wreckpe Company, which sailed FROM
New York for Key West 90 September 20 has
not been heard from since September IS, ANA
fears are entertained that she is lost She
touched at Fortress Monroe September 70, ana
was seen next day by a iDasslnE vessel twenty
FIVE miles northeast of Frying Pau Shoals one
was expected to call at Wilmington, n. Y. ana
Savannah, Ca, but has not been heard from
at either place 1t is feared that she may have
gone down 10 the terrible hurricane Oh oepteu-
Der IS. She was well proVlsloucd Tor over Two
months.
The United States mint at Philadelphia,
yesterday, delivered the first lnstamcht OF
brooze aud silver medals struck by authority OF
Congress for the centennial commission ann
protected by the coinage laws. They are IL
tended as memorials OF the one hundredth an
niyersary of the nations BIRTH and will be sold
at one two, three and FIVE dollars each, accord
ing to their respective styles, by the centennial
board of finances, aud the proceeds will be ap,
piled to defraying the expenses OF the uauonai
celebration.
During the week ended October II, official
numbers and signal letters We're awarded by the
Bureau of Statistics, Washington, TO thirty
mage Of lO,l47 Five Of these vessels averaged
over 900 tous the largest being 435 tons
A compromise Las been effected 10 Jctter-
son parish, La, between the Conservatives
aud the Republicans, the latter nominating the
sheriff, coroner and TWO members vi tho Leg
sIature, and the former one member Of the
Legislature.
The estimated liabilities Of +. +. Morgan
sons, of San Francisco, are over $3.50, 900 1t
is also stated that the Changers Of California
and Oregon are not suffering BY their failure,
although there are reports to the contrary.
The Executive Committee of the National
Uniou League Of the United States net yes
terday in Baltimore, and it was decided to
hold the uext National Council iu Cincluuat III
January next.
During druoken riot at Newbcrry, S.
G., yesterday, colored policeman named
Henry Buford was killed, and several parties
wounded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-21
G.s- A called meeting of the Sun Fire Com
p4ny will be heii Ut ihrir nail Tonight
oct 2i-lt By ORDER OF THE President.
OFFICE,

MAYORS OtFlCE,
WI Alexandria, Va, Oct. ~. 1874.
Notice is hereby given that the rroyi.o" o t
the following section ri Ia .pter ANl ca. !S,i
will BIZ enforced on and after the Isl day Of No
vember next:
"All and each Of the following named artci",
which shall hereafter be sold within the city 81
Ai-xandri,. shall be sold by weight and not
otherwise: hllowir sixty pouHds for u bH,h"i
of whe~t; fifty six pou i. for u bnsneI of corn,
SHIELDED or seventy po1nds Cor y bIshe %! corn
in the Ear; forty eight pounds for n bu-hel 81
corn meal fifty six pounds Cor bushal Of rtc
thirty two pounds for bushcl Of ont; '"r'y-
eight pounds faca bu.hel ri nrley; sixty pounds
for ~ bu>hrI of ho'niny; f.y-Iw" pounds for ;,
bushcl of buck wheat; sixty pounds Tor u "u.H"i
OF Irish potatoes; fifty pounds for bus:ri 81
sweet potato"s sixty pound. for bd-h"I ..
b", n peas; twenty pounds for ush" "'
bran fifty seven pounds for bushel Of onlon-;
twenty pounds for q tu;nel Of dried apples. an!
t&enty three pounds for bushn OF drrI
peaches. Any person or per "ns who Shal ''.'
or III for sale any wheat, cora, corn meal bar
ley, Lvminy, bucKWhnat, irish potatoes, sweet
potatoes, beans peas, bran, onions cried app">
or dried peaches, in any manner other THAI,
herein prest ribbed shall trrG.it and pay II sum
not "xcrodiag twenty d"tlt-s. nor less than two
doiiar- for cv-ry sIci oif.nC"'
oc.2l.tIl K kEMPER Nnvo-
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ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81 1874

A conference of the friends of Burgess and
Smith, Radical candidates for Congress ID
the Richmond District, was held in Richmond
on Monday night, at which Major Worthlng-
ton proposed that both candidates be With
drawn and the conference adjourn for two days
and then make a nomination. This was voted
down when Smiths friends left the room in a
body, aad those that remained re-endorsed
Burgess. In this connection the Richmond
News says. "We are authorized by Congress-
man Smith to say that the rumor, that in the
event of his withdrawal as Radical candidate,
and the election of Mr.. Burgess over ex-GoV.
Walker, he will then receive Burgess Office, is
utterly unfounded, aud that he would consider
it an insult if he were under the circuu stances
offered the position"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-21
The Lee Memorial MOnument.

The lates, news from TIE Lee Memorial Asso.
CATION Is that Prof Edward " Valentine, the
sculptor mas procured from Vermont block of
pure white marble. from which he Is now III. h
onng y recu1nbent figure of General Lee, to be
paced on the gran| monument that Is nov be,
ing erected ut his tomb NJ the Washington sld
Lee Univer.ity, Lexington. Va. Inc hgur2
Represents Genera! Lee reposing IN nh easy iD-
siliun upon n couch, Ills mead and shoulders
slightly raised above the body, his lett arm out
stretched by the side of his sword, his right arm
Ibid across his breast. He we RS full Conieder
ate uniform, including boots and gauntle:s and
n light drauery covers nearly the "hoic form.
The appear nee is natural aad graceful, ndics;-
ing ,eaceiul slumber rather than death.
This monument, when surmounteI In such
u fac WORK OF art will be u isstirg memorial t"
one OF Virg:na's noblest sons snd patriots. TIE
members OF this Association are gentlemen well
and tnvorably known by the entire community,
who will STE that nothing is eft undone that
will add to tn" beauty and finish of this great
work. We are advised by the Secretary, MIR.
Charles a. Davidson, of Lexington, Va, that
not sutii lent fluids have yet been subscribed to
fully complete the monument. In order to fur.
lhrr this obje't they have issued llte-sZt steel
engraved portrait of General Lee 20 be sold on.
~ by subscri rtlon through authorized agents;
the proceeds Of such sales TO be applied t ward
the completion OF the work They nni we ieel
that this is An opportunity for ali not only 10
procure superb liie-like portrait of the great
General al u very reasonable price, but also ems
bies every person t. aid in the erection Of u last
ing monument to his memory. Each subscriber
will receive u Certificate signed by the Secretary
and Chairman of the Lee Memorial Association.
We commend this ysluabl" portrait ~ the
public, and predict fo. it an IL nense sale. Some
energetic person should secure the agency in
this section to assist in this noble work ". W.
BosrwIcK y Co., Nos. III and l79 West
Fourth street Cincinnati o., have been ap
pointed General Managers of I'll Agencies in the
United States. All communications addressed
to the above hrm for circulars, certificates and
terms to agents will receive their immediate at
tantion
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-21

Some twenty-seven delegates, representing
Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana, to
the Capital Removing Convention 10 Louis
vile KY, yesterday, and organized, with Judge
John Elliott, Of Kentucky, president. Various
addresses were made by delegates upon the SUBJ
iect. Resolutions we're passed declaring that
there was necessity for removal Of the nation
al capital to some point in the Mississippi val
ley and calling upon Congress to take action 10
that direction. A committee was appointed to
memoriaIize Congress, and standing executive
committee of twenty appointed. The convention
then adjourned sine die.