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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-07-22
THE BENEFIT Z OF DEMOCRATIC RULE.

New York C-.y has enjoyed Democratic
rule for many years, and during all that
time has been grooming under the oppres-
sive burden OF taxation. What has she re-
ceived in return for her money? Did
Tweed, Connolly, Sweeney and other Demo-
cratic lights steal it, or has it been put to a
proper use? We think in as much
as the leaders of the New York
Democracy are either at present inmates Of
felons cells. or exiles in foreign land, that
there is no doubt but that they appropriated
the municipal monies to their own use.
This is what hepeople OF New York cannot
bear, especially as day after day, under a
Democratic administration, some act OF
violence or THEFT is perpetrated, and the
guilty ones never brought to justice.
But a few days ago the papers OF
the Metropolis were excited over a theft
committed in broad daylight. \ woman
was sitting in her window sewing, when a
good looking man appeared at the gate
with a notebook in his hand, such as are
used by census takers. He was soon joined
by two companions, one of whom raped on
the door, which was opened by the woman.
Alter few words, one OF the fellows rushed
in, seized the Lady, and his accomplices
barred the doors e the house. Their vic
tim was hound, nand and foot, and gagged,
when the scoundrels demanded the keys to
certain drawer containing bonds, money,
&c. This she would not give them, when
they searched every room in the house, and
departed leisurely, with $4,000 in bonds.
And this in broad day light, in one of the
streets of New York city, and the villains
not yet arrested. Well may the World call
for an organization like the vigilance COM
mittees which make short work of Kansas
horse thieves.
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COUNCILMAN scHMELZER.

Last evening Mayor Alternately appoint.
ed Mr.. J. F. Schneider, Councilman from
the First Ward, vice Mr.. B. Flesher, re.
signed. The city is to be congratulated
on the appointment, for Mr.. Schneider is
one OF our most prominent citizens, and an
upright, honest and conscientious gentle
man. He has resided in the city
for the last fifteen or twenty
years, and has built up trade with the
merchants of this and adjoining States, Of
which he may we'll feel proud. Mr.. Flesh
er, the retiring Councilman, will leave in a
day or two for Europe, where he hopes to
be restored TO health. We wish him safe
voyage and speedy return to the Metrop-
oils OF the Garden State.
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THE CENTENNIAL.

4 gentleman fresh from an East
ern visit, says that everybody there was
talking centennial, past, present, or future,
and that nothing impressed him 50 strong
ly during the trip a the contrast herein
between East and West. The reason is OBJ
vious. Hitherto the centennials have been
local. Lexington, Bunker Hill, Mecklen-
burg and Ticonderoga, while fraught with
national consequences, were in themselves
local. The participants therein were all
from the immediate neighborhood Of the
occurrence. The 'iembattled farmers" OF
Lexington and Bunker Hill lived within
cannon-shot of those battle fields. Ethan
Allen led squad OF his neighbors, and a
Mecklenburg Declaration OF Independence
was made by the people OF only one county
II could not be expected that the entire ma
ton would take an absorbing interest in
these centennials. The West has no local
memory connected with the Revolutionary
war. The few Frenchmen who had skim
med along the Western waters had no::part
or lot in that contest.
But centennial is approaching in which
the whole country ia interested. The
Declaration of Independence was indeed
drawn up and signed and promulgated at
Philadelphis, but that city can claim no
special interest in it, or responsibility for it.
That decisive step was taken by a body of
men representing the entire country. OF
the fifty-six signers of that document only
two were born in Philadelphia, Clymer and
Hopkinson, and nine represented Pennsyl-
vania, namely: franklin, Rush, Morris,
Morton, Ross, Smith, Taylor, Wilson and
Clymer. The Continental Congress was at,
but not OF, Philadelphia. When that Ma
tional celebration occurs, the West will
have no excuse for any lack Of interest O,
participation, and Kansas will he repre-
sentei
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THE BLACK HILLS.
The Story In Regard to Them
As Told By One Who Has
Been There.
The Military Will Drive All Ad-
voItu, ers Out Should They
attempt Prospecting.
The Indians Are Lying Low at
Present, but Failure TrOu-
BILE Nay BE Expected.

Mr.. Il. ii. Bishop, ! wealthy citizen OF
Wichita, was in the city last evening, hav-
ing come direct to Le1yenworth from the
Black Hills. The route taken by him in
returning was from Camp Harvey, the very
center oil the Hills, where Prof. Janney's
expedition is at present encampej, to Fort
Laramie, distance OF one hundred and
seventy-fve miles, and from there to Chey-
enne, on the Union Pacific road, ninety
miles. The expedition under the direction
Of Prof Janney, will probably remain al
Camp Harvey until ordered back to Omaha
which will probably be about the latter
part of August. Prof. Janney has been
trying, since the time of the entrance OF
the expedition into the Hills, to throw cold
water on the high hopes and expectations
hitherto entertained by the men, and, il is
said, he has not fairly represented the
country. Mr.. Bishop was one Of the mem.
bers Of the famous Gordon party, which
started out from Sioux City and entered
Custar's Gulch on the 2Sd Of last Deem.
Der. While there, the men prepared to
winter, and erected stockades for protec.
ton against Indians, and huts for shelter
In the early Spring, Gordon, with several
men, departed from the s;ockade for the
purpose OF obtaining supplies and men in
the East. At the Kelya Paha river, on the
Nebraska State line, he was overtaken by
Capt. Mills, about the LIST of Nav, and ev.
erything destroyed, the men being forced Il
find their way back to Omaha a. best they
cpnfI In tho l,x- Il o..
vious, Captain Mix descended upon the
stockade and marched the men there Il
Fort Laramie.
Prof. Janney's expedition is guarded and
protected by six compaties Of cavalry, OF
the md and Srd regiments, two companies
of infantry, and two Gatling guns. Tn.
soil in the Hills is so peculiar that great
difficulty is experienced in striking bed
rock, from the fact that small streams OF
water flow between the different stratas OF
rock underlying the surface. Pay streaks
yield from five TO ten cents per pan, and
the color can be found in the grass roots. Ii
the ground was thoroughly Prospected, and
mills and all the necessary machinery
erected, it is probable that gold could be
obtained.
Mr.. Bishop says that on the way home
he saw several parties of adventures en-
route to the Hills, and that at the present
time there are fully five hundred men in
there. Nothing can keep them from in
vading tine territory, if it is at all probable
that gold can he found there. No trouble
has yet been experienced with the Sioux
Indians, although from their long con-
tinued silence trouble is ultimately feared
From the fact that they have not yet been
into Prof. Janney's camp to have a talk, is
sufficient evidence that there is mischief
brewing
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POLITICAL ITEMS.
horse thieve

The people of Nebraska vote on their
Constitution October 18th.
Some Republicans want two B's put in
the field for the next Presidential election
Blaine and Bris;ow, or rice reso.
The last Democratic Treasurer OF the
State of Ohio, was 4 defaulter to the
amount Of S659,OOO.
Senator Morton will make some ten or
twelve speeches in Ohio, beginning about
the first of August.
Ohio is at the front again. Mr.. Irwin,
the Democratic nominee for Governor of
California, is native of Butler county, O..
Sam. Tilden has thrown his fat into
the fire now, for no conscientious Demo-
Graf would vote for ruler who abandons
his post OF duty and idles away the Sum-
mer at Long Branch.
A writer in the New York Tribune
warmly recommends Reverdy johnson
for the Presidency, speaking, among other
favorable things, of his 'ripened years"
He has seventy-nine of them.
-ioyernor Tilden met President Grant
on the beach at Long Branch. Grant re-
marked pleasantly, What, you here, Sam ?"
And Sham, blushing to the roots of his ears
murmured, 'But l have boils, sir.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
StCr intimates that Sam Randalrs chances
to the next Speakership depend to great
extent upon the success of the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania this fall. ''Wain re-
lance, Samivel, vain reliance"
-Ex-Governor Stone, OF Iowa, washes
his hands OF Shepard LETTER, and recedes
from the Liberal-Democratic party. He
will take the stump on the Republican side,
at least within year. Fitz Henry War
rem, another famous Liberal, utterly repudi-
ates Letter.
The worst oiled man in this country
is poor old William Allen, of Ohio. He
thinks he sees the White House in the dis
lance, when all the time it is gravestone.
1t is cruel IN the Cincinnati Enquirer to
keep the game up any longer.
There is plenty of room for improve
ment in our present politics. But 1t is
fact, susceptible of the most conclusive his
torical demonstration, that We of this day
don't begin to be 80 partisan or so unscrup-
ulous in our politics as our reverend grand :
fathers were.
1t is said that the editor of the New
York World was just winding up another
brilliant leader on President Grant at Long
Branch, expatiating upon neglect of public
duties, idlencss, and all that, when some
body told him that Governor Tilden had
gone to Long Branch for the Summer The
article has never Appeared.
1t is generally conceded that General
benjamin Harrison will head the Republi-
can ticket in Indiana for Governor in |
1876, and Hon. VIM. S. Holman the Demo-
cratic. Gen. Harrison was second in the
ballot in the convention of 1872, when Gen.
Browne became the nominee, and was NOM
mattel by exclamation Tor Congressman at
large, but peremp,orily declined. lie is a
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The Mild Power Cures.
Humphreys Homeopathic
Specifics.

FAMILY MKDISINK CAsE Is aEAaiiy sscsss.fy.
You must have something I" give for q colt. ior
headache, d'arrI9s, rheumatism, neuralgia,
tooihaehe, Group, whoopios cough, other OF TN
hundr,d lis thar are sure 10 cone. Foressrn.i
is torearnet- You nave IL in case Of HUMPH-
Rtls' aOMEUPAIHIC SPECIE iCS. simple
you can make ro mistake; reAdy-.o you need
not wait saie-so you may act eailesiyi efhe:snt
do not kill; tha, save. but do not destroy.
We. Cares. Price in B.Iss. Crass
/ fesers. Congestion, Inflammation q,
- Worms. Worm Fever, Worm Coi!c-..- -
Gsytng-Colic o. Teething Of Infants... -
80 Osars o Sea, ChiIdrsn or Adults. .,
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10 - S"vrr Ague, thiiis, Fever AsLes. 30
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Marrow Gauge News.

| On Saturday last our town was visited by
ex-senator Alex. Caldwell and Hon. Len
I. Smith, two OF the most prominent mel
connected with the Kansas Central Mar
row Gauge) Railroad. They were accom-
| panied by Mr.. +. Won Weel, the New York
| agent Of company OF Holland capitalists
They arrived here too late in the day for a
meeting, and said their visit was more fol
| observation and action than for talk. sun
day morning they went west TO Cawker
| City, and returned the same day, when
| they left for Leavenworth, the head9uar-
tiers of the company.
The object OF the visit Of these gentle
men was for the purpose Of showing Mr..
Won Weel what kind OF a country the Mar
row Gauge would travese, should il be
built through from its present terminus at
HoltoB, to Denver. The agent, while here,
expressed himself As delighted with the
country, and said that he could not but
help give to his company the most favora-
BILE report. Through this the officers Of the
Kansas Central Company expect to secure
the money TO extend the road.
This, we bt lieve, decides the railroad
question for the Northwest, and happily
the building Of the line comes from a
direction which our people regard as their
best outlet. Before long we may expect to
see some action taken. When the line
touches the Solomon Valley our people will
give it that encouragement which such en-
terprises deserve-Beiod Gdzsfe.
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WHAT THE WAR COST THE SOUTH.

4 correspondent of the New York EteR-
ing I1S, Who has turn for statistics, gives
some highly interesting facts and figures
connected with the losses the South sus-
tanned by the war, showing the diminution
OF assessed personal property between 1850
and 1870. Alabama, with two hundred and
seventy-seven millions of personal estate
in 1860, returns but thirty eight millions in
1S10-a decrease 0f two hundred and thirty
nine millions. Arkansas is reduced from
one hundred and sixteen TO thirty-one
millions in this respect Mississippi re-
turns three hundred and ffty-one millions
in 1850, against only ffty-nine millions in
lS.0-a decrease Of two hundred and
ninety-two millions; and South Carolina
presents even greater difference, returning
three hundred and tifty-nine millions as
sessed personally in lS60, and sixty-four in
1870, being loss Of two hundred and nine
ty-iive millions. Georgia in 1860, returned
larger amount Of assessed personal estate
than any other State in the Union, namely
four hundred and thirty-eight millions. In
1870 this total was changed to eighty-three
millions, loss OF three hundred and fiftv.
live millions. Missouri, though a slave
State, has suffered comparatively little.
Her personality, as assessed in 1850. was one
hundred and thirteen millions. In 1870 !,
was increased to one hundred and thirtr-
seven millions. Taking the aggregate es-
timate&'tr'1e wealth of all the slaveholdinp
States in 1s60, it presents a total of six
thousand seven hundred and forty-six mil
lions of dollars. IN 1870 the same appre-
gate falls to five thousand four hundred
and sixty-t~o millions, showing a loss Of
twelve hundred and eighty-four millions
The non-slaveholding States, on the couta.
~, show an immense increase during the
same period. In 1860 their aggregated es-
timated true wealth was nine thousand
three hundred and sixty millions being an
sucrease OF fifteen thousand and twenty
millions. If We look at the wealth of the
iate slave States in 1850 there appears a
great increase from that period to 1850
The total in 1850 was twenty-nine hundred
snd 1orty-seyen millions and in lseO a,
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thousand seven hundred and forty-six
millions, showing an increase of thirty
seven hundred and ninety-nine millions, or
one hundred and twenty-eight per cent.
Had the war not taken place the same ra-
ito of increase would have fixed the wealth
of the Southern States in 1870 at fifteen
thousand three hundred and eighty-one
millions, or more than two and quarter
times what it actually proved to be.
We cannot but pity people who were
led as,ray by bad and designing men, and
We hope that the coming year, blessed with
good crops, may be turning point in the
suffering history of the South.
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STATE ITEMS.
very dull.

Exchanges very dull.
The Topeka Blade is now illustrated.
The Topeka Times has changed hands.
The Neosho County Journal entered
last week upon Vol. No. V.
The Parsons cheese factory make forty
five pounds per day.
The Atchison Champion thinks that
Atchison will have no fair this Fall.
Topeka is thinking of spending some
money on water works.
The First National Bank, of Eldorado,
has liquidated.
Capt. Hanna is urged for Register of
the Land Office at Salina.
Mr.. Frank Moriarty assumed control
OF the Council Grove Republican last week.
The Lawrence Standard complains of
sneak thieves.
Mr.. E. E Barnum, of Topeka, will not
60 to Colorado. Glad to hear il.
The Champion il the official paper of
Atchison for the coming year.
The late rains have added millions Of
pounds of hay to the crop this year, and
making hay-contractors happy.
The Midland folks are busily engaged
in making a transfer TO the A. T. d s. +.
Road.
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SAD SUICIDE.
A Girl Fourteen Years Old is Tired Of Life.
She Takes strychnine.

a uifl kourteeu 1ears Vio - llreU OF Lie
She Takes strychnine.
A sad and in some respects remarkable
case of suicide occurred on Thursday after
noon at Charles Manhart's ranch, about
four miles from Denver, on Clear Creek
The victim OF her own unaccountable act
was Elizabeth Thomas, aged fourteen, a
sister-in-law of Mr. Manhart. Mr.. Man.
hart, his wife, and sister-in-law had been
in Denver, and on returning home found
Elizabeth lying in COMMISSIONS on the floor.
She told them she had taken poison. Milk
was administered, and afforded temporary
relief. No reason could be ELECTED for the
deed, save that she said she wanted TO 90
to her mother and two brothers who are
dead. During her Consciousness she
admitted that she had taken strychnine, a
vial of which was found on the cupboard
shelf. Mr. 'anhart said kept strych-
nine in The house for the purpose Of poison
ing rats. A messenger was At once dis
patched after DIR. McClelland, but she died
about two o'clock, half an hour before his
arrival.
OF course, as in all such case., there is
much gossip in reference to the affair
among the neighbors, but We are confident
that Coroner Stein exerted himself to the
uttermost to ascertain the facts.
About two years ago brother Of the de-
ceased, aged sixteen, was shot. An investi-
CATION resulted in the conclusion that he
had shot himself, but there are circum-
stances which suggest the belief in the
minds OF some that he was murdered
There are also unwholesome reports which
We do not care to give currency to at the
present time.-Deauer Tribune.
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Ex-GovERNoR WILLIAM BIGLER seems
to be the favorite candidate among the
Democrats for Governor OF Pennsylvania.
He was buried politically fourteen years
ago but Bourbon Democrats are model
resurrectionists since Allen was elected gov
ernor Of Ohio. The Rochester Democrat
suggests that they had better see how much
vitality is left in Allen before they try any
further experiments Of the same kind
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Gov. Osborn, at Troy, Friday night
last week, made a speech to the citizens
in which he made some sensible remarks
upon the restitution in this county. He
said he was satisfied Doniphan had suffered
more than any other county in the Stale,
and that some OF her citizens were much in
need yet he thought there should lie no
outside begging, but il there had to he, to
depend upon the more favored sections OF
our State, and not send agents to the East,
as some have resolved to do. He called to
mind the fact that Kansas beggars were in
bad odor at the East; that an editorial ex-
cursion had just returned home from trip
through the State; glowing accounts OF our
crop prospects were being published, and
that man who would attempt to beg for
relief to send to Kansas amidst these re-
ports would be act down as an impostor.-
Uothena R<portT.
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Lands and Carruth, OF Vineland, have
come, it is said, to an amicable understand
ing OF their difficulties, and have agreed to
forgive and forget. Mr.. Lands has agreed
to pay all OF the expense growing out OF
the shooting, and Mr. Carruth has prom.
ised not to bring suit against him. 1t il
intimated that the State will not let 70 Sc
rious matter drop 50 quietly, but will
bring the case into court. Mr.. Lands il
said, however, to have taken his departure
from Nineland, and nothing can be done un-
til he il found.
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Another Railroad War

We should hope that there is no truth in
the report that the recent railroad war
Is likely to break out again. 1t caused
quite enough mischief while it lasted, and
il is doubtful whether even the stock gam
blers could have gained anything by it.
The trade Of the country is Eot in a condi-
tion just at the present TO warrant a de-
iberate attempt TO disturb it. The gold
clique in this city has for the present been
broken mp, and it is whispered about that
the pious old Daniel Drew has been brought
to almost complete ruin. Thus, one by one,
the ''kings of the street" tumble down.
Whose IL N wi ! it be Eext?-N Y. Tunes 9d.
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TIE St. 10. Herald says tina, the Orange
mems Society is a secret and political one,
whose members are sworn to support and
defend the reisning king or queen Of Great
Britain. OF course no intelligent and pat
riotic American can consistently sympa-
thize with the organization.
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The Maryland Democrats will hold
their State Convention at Baltimore, on
July Dist. Ex-senator Hamilton is said to
be the favorite candidate for the nominal
ton for Governor, although Governor
Groome has large following,
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A LAW in Indiana prohibits the inter-
marriage of white and colored persons, un-
der penalty Of Imprisonment for not less
than one year, nor more than ten, and fine
of not less than 81 600 nor more than $lO,-
600; and German gardener, who recently
married colonel woman, the bride herself,
and the black clergyman who performed
the ceremony, As aiding and abetting such
marriage, mourning equal penalty, are in
corresponding trouble.
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The latest advices from Europe in regard
to the weather and the condition of the
crops there point in the most unmistakable
manner to large export demand for GU,
grain, and the farmers, learning wisdom
from experience, will undoubtedly meet this
demand with unusual promptness. Such a
course would be clearly for their best inter-
ests, as the present crops will be raised upon
cheaperlabo and cheaper supplies than for
many years past; so that they can sell their
products at comparatively low prices and
still make more money than upon preceding
haryests.