The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-03

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Victor HugOs prepO-terous and concerted
sHi.;orv Of Crime and convince the NY
goi,blers of the boulevards that he Is the
greatest Of poets AMI Of Frenchmen
HOLLssTER.
His stage Experience in the >outn.
wess-Es. Opinion Of New Mexico
and the Inhabitants There"t-The
same Being Not "A very fiaaaer'ng
One.
EDITOR TIMEs:-I know, now, what all
those officers were doing at Fort Union.
There has been a court martial IN session,
and while, oil course, the proceedings and
sentence are secret until promulgated from
HEADQUARTERS, it will not be improper Tor
me to say that, the trial having indirectly
involved the official character and integrity
OF Capt A. : kimball, A. q. NJ, the Inves-
tigation. which was thorough and search
ing one. LETT him without one stain upon Ills
character. either a. a gentleman or an oih-
Ger. and he stands to-day, as he has always
stood. one Of the best and most thoroughly
honest assistant quartermasters III the ser
wee.
Before leaving Fort Union, i accepted
,b. invitation O. a friend To attend mass AT
the church at Ia Junta. We found the
father in charge an Italian with an unpro-
nounceaLle name, very pleasant gentle
man. lie performed high mass IN Latin,
nr.acbed his sermon in Spanish, but, alter
ib, service. found he could take glass oil
wine in a. good English AZ any Of lis. The
church is a barn-like structure, and the
Greasers take their religion fiat on the floor.
| The accompaniment To the chants IN the
service. was performed on TWO old cracked
yiolins and a dIiapidated guitar, Win, h
threw a certain grote>queness over the whole
service that, otherwise, might have been
considered primiliyely simple and beauti-
full.
The natives Of Northern New Mexico are
| a hard looking loI OF citizens, and the esli-
nation in which they are held by old res-
| ident Americans may be illustrated by
remark of Capt. Chambers MckIbben, who
knows them pretty well. l had heard
much OF the cupidlty and treachery Of the
native Greaser, and the extremely llSht
value they place upon human lie. Among
other things that they would not hesitate 10
kill a man for hall dollar, and asked
| Can't. Mckibbeu ii he really thought that
was 50. well, NO" said he, Il don't hard
" think they would kill man Tor hall Il
dollar, but 1 have no doubt they would
kill ten men for i've dollars. Which
Thought rather nice distinction to draw
and did not pursue my inquiries ANY lar
ther.
HoMEwARD BOUND.
Having completed our labors, We were
furnished with an ambulance, and having
supplied ourselves with the necessary
amount OF antidote for snake bite which ali
travellers should carry, and having been
presented with a substantial lunch by Mrs.
kimball, whose kindness and queenly hos
piraIirv will be always fresh in our memo
ries, We started with light hearts for home.
The old stage road from Trinidad 10 urt
Union, IL not now generally Travelled 10y
ambulance, the government having made Il
cut-oii which decreases the distance some
ten or fifteen miles, but on this occasion, The
RELAYS of mules being ON the OLD ROAD, VT
were sent that way, ana much more en-
tertaining Tip IL proved To he. The road
passes inside OF the first range Of loot hills
mr. Young mountains, and there Is a continu
al chance in the SCENERY that enlivens the
trip and makes il much more Interesting
; than a ride across the open prairie, especial
~ for a kansan- +,
The only place OF any importance at al
op the route is the town of Cinnamon, til,
county seat OF toliaN county, nestled down
between high mountain peaks, looking a
comfortable as an old family cat before th'
fire. We did not stop TO see The town ou
passed on in hurry to get home Az Tin
moron the road emergcs from the 'ahon
but closely hug the mountain all the way
until we enter the pass over the hatai
mountains.
The public transportation as well as III
mail and express transportation Il perform
ed by means of Barlow " Sandersons stage
air tight boxes that hump You over IN
country at the rate Of about 40 miles ever.
twentv-four hours, with not another accom-
oda,ing feature about the whole concern
= They seem to be entirely devoted 10 tn
acquisition of the Almighty dollar, an
: very slightly TO the comfort or safety oil tn
travelling public Robberies of passenger
: on their coaches have been quite freqden
of late, and the stage company oilers onl
: $50 for the capture of the robbers, "a beg
$ carlv sum to offer any man to risk his III
in the capture OF desperadoes OF that strips
{, But perhaps that comes from association
| with those who place 50 light value o
, human life. Still they never fail TO exac
!, exhorbitant prices Tor passage on thei
i stages.
! OUR LAST NIGHT IN NEW MEXICO
!, was spent with Mr. W. W. Boggs, just at I'll
y foot of the Rattan Mountains, very INTEL
. gent and entertaining American gentleman
and there "a every where else We hear
complaints of the condition in which Amer
! cans are placed by the pandering oil IN
! poIitical ring to the Greaser lnfi'lenc
!, especially in court matters. There Is a
II effort now being made 10 divide Cola
county, and if it succeeds II Will give !
II counties adjoining settled almost entIrel
by Americans, and then they hope to hol
;, the courts so that juries will not be entirel
made up Of ayaricious and unprinclple
< Greasers That they may succeed In e,
IL Treating themselves froEI the clutches oil u
vampires is the hearty wish oil every OF
: outside of tpe ring"
lie Twenty-one miles over the mountain
,r brings Us to Trinidad. apparently quite
,e thriving place, but sadly in need OF rallroa
is connections. which they hope soon TO hav
re / learn that our old townsman, Mr.. Aloni
he Hastings, is located there, and making
living. Mr.. Hubbell, formerly editor
The TINES under the old dispensatiGn,
about TO start a Democratic paper at lrir
re dad. Here is also the home OF lhos.
he Stevens, but We did not stoPto see any
to these gentlemen.
s. IN GODS COUNTRY AGAIN.
to As coon as YOU enter the cars oil II
v. A. AS. F. Railroad, you feel that "
In will soon he in land smiled upon by
i Creator. The courtesy OF all the officials
that road makes one feel that he Is IN Il
hands of gentlemen nurtured in the scho
of poli,eness. and that his life and limbs W
ne be as safe as it is possible for them to be
a railroad. Away we speed at the rate
nearly thirty miles an hour, and soon u
beautiful fields and comfortable homestea
"a of our own lovely Kansas comes into Vie
US and we feel that we are again sale IN Got
~ own conn,rv ii. {. III.
The same in Europe rs IN Amersc'
New York World, "A
IT. The season seems to be as remarkable
Northern Europe as in Northern Americ
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