The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-22
LITTER FROM KANSAS.
II -. LEAvENwaRra, Ks. !
Oct. l5, 1874. !
Ed. DOT.

Er. EEAvENwaRrh, As,
i H Oct. Is, 1874
Ed. P.lof:
1 He has come and gone Yest,rd-y tia
great Ulysses G. coniescended to make
himself visible for one short h.sur TO frw
elect reciri. nts of lis farors In tho Way
of soft government pdsition.) At I'll,
place.
lie enme accompanied ly Sherman, Bel
auap, and other more or less notorious
servans OF the people, and Mas received
amidst the tbun Ter of cam oa, and With
tae tune of - Hal TO the Chiei," by the
5:h Iuianlry band. Elegant barouches
aud phuetJns IRON Leaycn~oitE,, contain
lug the etitc Of the city filed tie streets
! round the Fort; while the occupants
,rtiined tiieir optics itt glimpse OF
=, HON '-~ny Grant, Of cours-. Well,
aho Is Granll The PreSdent Of Tie
Cnted Stofes. How Insignificant Il per
SON Tor 81 ernud titie-iUr so noble u
/ is.,s.sion! ei,.f Msgirtrsle Of thl. greal
DeIn. cratic Na;iIn.
As he walked up the 81 ewalk aru-in
IN With The Secretary o. War and tn
.eneri,l # the Army, fsioded bv IL score
. army ,,fac,rs in their flaming dress uni
rms, one coali hariilv help exciniming,
III = consistent. Why either Sher-
man or Be!knap looks mere like Ptesi
dent than Grant, don't believe either
of them would feel complimented by the
remark. His c,untenance don't uppesf
very intellectual. | don't see anything
| imposing in his stature or carriage" Such
remarks could be heard on all sides. Bet
he ist President, and has been for six
years, and may be for six years to come CD;
therefore must we do him homage of
course We must.
The party were in much Of hurry, as
! it was necessary for them to be 10 Spring
fed, Ill.,, within twenty-four hours after
their arrival here, in order to be present at
the unyeihng Of the monument IN that
place in honor of the immortal Lincoln.
PERHAPS the President hurried away to
escape an ovation or chunce to make a
speech, as they say he reserves the few
stereotyped expressions by which he ex-
plains his limited ideas for special occa
sions, and this was not one of them. That
may not be true, however; at least l would
not state it as truth upon my own respon-
sibility. although l wouli almost. think
/ have devoted about space enough to MIR.
Grant, and will bore you with something
else.
The fall campaign (poii.caD 10 in a
lively state of progression here; the chiet
interest being ceutered upon the race for
Congress. We have three would-be repre-
sentatives in the feld-Ilon. W. 5. Phi ips
lpresent incumbent), regular Repablic.
nominee; Hon. n. Green, Ex Goyern6r of
Kansas, also Republican, running indepeu-
deutIy, aud IIon. Marcus j. PARROT, Dem
ocratic or Reform candidate. The race
will be - close cSe, ard already e1 cites
much interest. IN speculative minds, the
regular Republican nominee has the ad-
vantage, as being already in Office he can
pull many wires. lie has secured a great
many government appointments to money
ed politicians IN his district, who y work
ing for hlm help themselves, and the
moneyed interests are powerful in inhu-
encing elections. The other Republican
candidate Is acknowledged by all disuter-
ested thinkers to be the best man of ths
three, but being a temp erance man aud q
church member, it Is thought he cannot be
elected. Strange isn't it. The Reform
candidate s an able man, and has already
been 10 Congress; but he is struggling IN a
strong Republican district, and although
there is spt in the ranks Of the Repub i
cans, and it would seem that his chances are
gooi-gamblers bet against him. attend
ed mass meeting of the eolored citizens
Of Leavenworth last night and listened to
black orator harransue his people in the
interests of the Democratic candidate fJ,
Congress. 1t would be strange thing W
in Wisconsin to near c0lored man make
political speech: but to hear him advocate
the principles of the Democratic party
would be still more strange. The mar
who spoke last night was good talk.rj
that is, he had an easy flow of language
although his arguments wantedi idepth. Ill
spoke in one of the finest halls in the city
and large proportion Of the auiieuc
were white Ieopie. lie Was capita
iArug the war, and dii some pretty goo,
hings they sly. IL" is shrewd enough t,
make money out of Office seekers anyhow
Enough for pllirical notes. Their. ha
been considerable rain here since my r
turn trvm Ma"itownc. which lassivsn til
country sprag ike appearance. Til
: grass Is starting up in the fields Just as
loes in the spring. The pctxto,s ar
nloss omins aud forming just as they do i
the month Of June, and were it not for a
occasional yellow leaf on the tsees, tn
work oi Jack Frost AMI the scare; aprea,
ance of the corn fields. person woul
imagine that Spring hsd but just opened
T. Speak ing Of corn, heard person say tn
!. other day that from field Of ffry iy
acres he real zed bnt twenty five bushels
corn. Pretty slim Yield | should juAg
, l think | have Written sbout enou5h f.
II this time 81. Q.
, A Christiln Sect GioIog over TO
Frs judaism.
ii From tie Jewi.i Times.
Z From Temesvar. Hungary. comes the r
pnrt thar an en'ire sect. formerly Christia
/ as determined to embrace Jullaism. III
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