The Kansas Democrat from Oswego, Kansas • Page 2

THE KANSAS DEMOCRAT. 2 of ground, whose sides slope off result of legislation, that was mm a comprehensive view. He does not understand the primary de-ments of the constitutional re-quirrnents for war. All he knows is how to execute. Put him on a horse and he'll blunder along somehow in the field.

There's where his vocations ends. Ohio Statesmen. Two pairs of boots ard afioo or so of pantaloons were visible from thw door, aad the girls, making sc-nie common place remarks to thieir mother, went away laughing loudly. "Pliancy the pheel-rugs" of the chaps behind thd lounge. But in a1 few seconds there came a about from the woodshed, when the girls then were, saying that their lamp had blown out, and asking "mother" to come with1 hers.

The boys heard them' plainly, and even sniothening Dick stopped his muttering audi threatening. The good olldl laly rose, wiped her specks and folded them away, and bidding the girls not to be frightened, went off with the lamp to their aid. It would be superfluous to say that the lounging, boys didn't lounge just there any-longer. They unlocked the front door as quickly as ey could and slid out, without even bidding the young ladies goodnight. It was well for them that thty did, for in less than three minutes the old lady was seated on the lounge again, perusing her book.

Sigi-nam Courier. like the sides of a mound, said elevation occupies sufficient space for a large city, and its base surrounded by the level and fertile valleys of the Canna river, and tributaries emptying into the Canna near this point. The soil is very productive the hills affording abundant supplies osf wood and building stone, while the same time they afford excellent pasturage. A more beautiful diversity of hills, valleys timber lands and prairie, couM hardly be' imagined. It is twenty miles west, and live miles south of In-dependence, and on the main traveled emigration road to the west, and consequently its prospect for improvement is excellent.

The town is well Laid out, having a large' public square on the very center of the elevation. The Tbwra Company regulations, are such as to insure the best interests of the town. Lots are given to actual settlers, the lo-aaJity depending on the size and quality of the buildings. To persons who desire a situation in a yAing, prosperous and rapidly i mproving town, we extend a cordial invitation. Farmers, mechanics, businessmen and tradesmen of all kinds, a good held of operation is open to all.

J. Milton. Cedar' Vale, Howard Co. Editor Democrat: The lirst copy of your valuable paper came to my notice while at Peru the last of February, and I was fortunate enough to make the ac quaintance of the Editor, and found him to be one of those lice whole milled men. always awake to the interests of Southern Kansas; well I subscribed for your, paper at once, intending to be beuelited by your manly straightforward course, altho' opposed to you on apolitical stand point.

Yi'ur paper comes regular, but a long time about it, as it has to go to Howard city and then here, Now we have been working for direct communications from here to Independence, and trust you will work with, us, believing it is to your advantage as well as our own, for if Independence gets a railroad, all the large supplies corcing here, will be brought direct nom your place I trust that these events will be brought about soon, at any rate give us a mail joate from Independence. Cedar Vale is rapidly improving therj wili be built within the next month, some fifteen homes, two stores are in opperation, and Mr. Slocumb, from Oswego, is building a large hardware store for dry goods groceries and etc. C. Corbin is building a.

drug store. A. Nixon a good furniture store. L. Garrett has a good; two story hotel and serves up "-hash''.

to please the most fastidious. Quite a number ed' dwelling houses are being, and' will oe bunt. nave a good saw mill and a splendid country surrounding the-town, and plenty of good upland claims to be ta ken yet. Seeing is believing, so jump -on the lirst-' stage running i i i mrouim irom independence to Arkansas City, and you. will gut a good listot subscribers, as you have a large number of political friends here, and when we have direct communications from In dependence they will be glad to subscribe for a live paper.abound-ing with' all the latestnews of the day.

Respectfully lours, Subscriber. The following letter from Ross has been kindly furnished to us lor publication-by the man to who it is addressed. It, sustains wha twe have heretofore stated, that the square form.provisiou will permit stiadling lines. Our new Representative, P. Lowe, has introduced a bill permitting entries by legal-subdivision, but as nearly all th;) Settlers have fallen to the lines in the square form, the necessity for such a provision is slight WASinxoTOjfi March 17, 1S71.

Hon, Wm. Hay. Coffey ville, Kan. Dear Sir: Yours-of the 21th cam duly to hand, and have deferred "answering until now, in vie a- of the then vending, in reference to these lands. Nothing has been done, however, and the status of these lands is unchanged.

My interpretation of the law is, that you can enter the four foities you have claimed the only provision of the law being your claim must be sqnatf, and embrace your improvements. You can cross section lines in any way you jfes re, so long as your claim is in "square form." Very truly yours. E. G. Ross.

Parker Record. The scrupulousness wYich characterized all the American Presidents before Gen. Grant in the appointment of relatives to of-lice, stands oui im brilliant contrast to the nepotism of the present Executive. A correspondent of the Lancaster Bugle tells a pleasant story, to illustrate this joint. The day before General 'Harrison was inaugurated.

President, Van Bukkn called on hiru and said, "Is there any thing I can do to oblige you?" "Yes," said General II rrison, "my son-in-law, UyMuotal Pike, died oh the battle Held' and left an only son, whose inclinations are as his father's, for the army I cannot appoint him." "Is that all'" said the President, and in two hours thereafter the commission was signed by President Van-Burin and Sent to the young Compare the scrupulous-nes of General' Harrison with the avidity of Grant in crowding his-relatives into oflice. It marks the difference between General Grant and all his predecessors. Ohio Statesman. Girl's Wit. The following good story is vouched for to us by one of the participants in tlie affair.

Two friends we'll call them Tom and Dick went a few nights since to call upon a couple of damsels, who resided with, their mother in the eastern portion of the city. The old lady is somewhat deaf, and the girls somewhat roguish. The gents were graciously received by the -old lady, who formed a lifih in the so cial circle. Ordinary bed time came and the gentlemen professed to leave, the girls showing them the door. But this was only a ruse to get the old lady to bed.

The front door was opened, and shut, and the girls returned. to the dining room the two beaux having been slipped into the front parlor and left there in the. dark, it was supposed, of course that the slightly deaf old lady would soon be in the land of Nod, but she took a- sudden whim- to go and sit in the parlor a while, and taking up a light started for the place. Dick and loin had been anxious listeners and watchers, and now saw the old lady ap proaching with the- lamp; As she passed into the hall, their means of escape wascut off Dick made a dive behind the lounge that stood miy, a. few inches from the wall the frame work was too low for him to crawl under and Tom, liuding no other place, wedged himself in on the top of Dick.

The old lady sat the lamp on the bureau, took up a book, and deliberately seating herself on the lounge began to read. The feelings of the nice young men behind the louuge may be better imagined than described. Tom was in dread of immediate detection, while Dick dreaded He was so frightfully cramped that he was getting reek- lass as to consequences, and in a muiiled voice that only the old lady's deafness prevented her from noticing, mumbledito Tom. "Kick the lounge over, blow the lamp out and let jump through the window. as uicic was.

sqmrmng in a way that bodedia sudden exposure for Tom, it is probable that the latter would have taken his advice to the letter, but for the in terposition of the quick witted girls. At first, expecting the cat was out of the bag, they had kept back, ready to take the storm of reproach they could not avoid, but hearing no noise after, the old lady entered, they werittasee what had become of gallant. Independence, April 13tk 1871. SUMNER INTERVIEWED. A Herald correspondent waited on Mr.

Sumner on Tuesday last, and "Interviewed" him on public questions. The Senator, nothing loth, spoke his mind freely, and is thus reported in referring to Grant's threats of war, and orders to our commanders to commence hostilities against Hayti in certain contingencies. Mr. Sumner said: The conduct of the- Administration in this San Domingo business must "be stigmatized as a usurpation of the war power, and a shameless violation of the Constitution. Grant's conduct in the premises is perfectly indefensible.

You see war is a great and tremendous evil, one which must not be lightly handled, and therefore its exercise should be attended with the gratest amount of deliberation and cautLm. It was never intended in this country that one man should have it in his power to make or declave war. That power properly belongs to he-people. It appertains to them in their sovereign capacity. It is a legislative act.

In a republic the war power must be lodged in the people, and its control and exercise indefeasibly lwlong.s- to the Legislature. The frainvrs of tlie Constitution, witu unusual wisdom, foresaw the dreadful consequences wMch would inevitably ilow from lodging the war power elsewhere than in the national Legislature, and hence they were so emphatic aii'd implicit in con-iineing this pwer to Congress. You see how they have hedged the exercise of the war power, even on the- part of Congress, with limitations and Constitution requirements. I wish you would reilect upon the exceeding wisdom displayed by our lathers in the provisions of the Conslitu tion in tins matter or tlie war power. Any usurpation of this power by one man, under- any circumstances or upon any pretext, id tupping -stone to despotism, to the destruction' ofcon-B-titutional freedom.

It is. a direct ass lultupon the sovereignty of the people, and can not be to closely sreutiuized and severely denounced. The control of Idle war power by congress is-. one' of the glories of the American. constitution; It is different with other nations.

Even in the British constitution there is vast difference from ours in this inspect The Queen of England in council can declare war with, any nation for example, with Fiance at any moment if she so chooses, and Parliament has literally nothing to say about it has no power to or prevent the operation of war: So in like manner with Germany. We alone commit the entire controle and exercise of war-making power with the people, where it rightfully belongs, in the- legislative branch of the government. (Jim people generaMy have not, paid much attention to this matter. They never dreamed the time would come wheir on man would usurp this power. The question has not been discussed much among the for.

we have never had a President before who usurped the war power. Grant has done this. He has been, making, war. for months without any of consideration for the legislative He lias consequently been infracting the constitution in the gravest manner, and his conduct is totally indefensible. The Senator made the above remarks with deliberation devoid of excitement, but evidently meant what he said.

As he concluded your correspondent said: Co rres Iut, senator, do you think President Grant looks upon this matter as a violation of tho constitution? Do you think he knows his vi.iws of the question are sa widely different from yours? Sum uk lie? What does-Grant know He doesn'tltnow anything, sir. 1 do not accuse him uf anything whatever. He is not a man capable of understanding principles or grasping anything in Communications to the Democrat. Eloin Kan. April 3rd, 1871.

East Independence. Dear Democrat In looking over papers from different parts of this country, I frequently meet with letters from Kansas and other western States, whose writers are inclined to iiatter only their own localities now I can give but one reason foi this, and that is they have never visited Sprague's galley. Valley has long been noted for the beauty of its territory, the mildness of its winters, and its great agricultural and stock raising facilities. As there was but little ground broken last spring there was but comparatively but little produce raised, But enough to prove the productiveness of our soil beyond-, a doubt. The stock raising facilities are flattering indeed cattle not only live on the range but they fatten'.

Onr young anil nourishing little city is a beautiful place, situated in sprague's Valley and on the Banks of. the Big Cana river, with tho graaid old hills looming up all around us, covered with green trees, and making it look like ru beautiful panorama. Ve have cine drug store, one dry good store and grocery store, one blacksmith shop, one meat market, one line hotel, one steam saw mill, one church and one schuol house, with the present assurance of a large number of buildings being built here during the coming considering the large number of settlers that are located in the vicinity, Elgin expects to become the queen city of Kansas. G. P.

Reeves one of true proprietors of the "corner lots" of Oakland, was in town last week, he exclaimed with the following poetic strain -'Oh Elgin, what a spot in winters cold and summers heat! who would have believed it's" Mr. Gettman-has been appointed postmaster at thi.s place. The farmers report that the growing wheat is looking splen did. G. P.

Reevs has purchased the Pete Howard claim1, near this city. lne Usaere Indians nave re turned from their hunt and are camped about four miles from here on Buck creek. They will remain here about one month to recruit their stock, they are on the trade for hash, for which they give in return buffalo robes They located a mission for the Osage Indians- at the mouth of Little Caua, which empties into Big Cana about 18 miles south of this city. Garden seeds-are plenty in our stores, and they did not come from Washington city either. G.

P. Reeves lias started a wagon and blacksmith shop in Bant Elgin. Dr. Newlon of Oswego has a branch of his drug store here, he occupies the store room of Bennett Gamble Lee. James Sprague lias the best farm in Kansas, he has a line or chard of about one hundred apple three hundred peach trees and plenty of gripes.

Mr. Sprague is a young man, and it would not be more than fair to say to your numerous lady leaders that Jim is in the market. The Golden Gate sal loon has ciosea ior ciayr, so tliere is no whiskey sold in this place only for medical purposes. Yours, A Wanderer. Bellville Howard Co.

Kas. March 23th. 1871. Editor Democrat The county seat of Howard county having been located at this point on tho 28th cf February last, it in probable that your numerous patron may have some interest in reading something of its locality, soil, prospects Bellville" (also called Peru) is situated on a beautiful Humors of the Scaffold. An Irishman had been con-vicied for a robery of.

the Old Baiiy session, for which' ho was brought up, with others, to receive judgment, of death. Tho being called out by ie ollicers of.thecourt in the usual way to declare wiiat he had to say why sentence of death s.ioufd notde passed upon him, advansed to the front of the dock with a vacant stare, and inquired: "What was the question "You have been convicted What have you to a why sentence of death should not be passed upon you, according to law answered eprisun "I have nothing much to say, except that 1 do not think that lam safe huyotir namls." Tiie court laughed sentence was passed; audi the prisoner was about to retire, when the ollicers of the court called him back to know his age. "It is my name ye mane?" "What is your age "I believe I am pretty well as old as ever I'll be." Again the whole court was "convulsed with laughter but the wretched man, whose mirth proving powers were quite involuntary, was doomed even at the scaffold to "set the people in a roar." In the press-room his irons were removed, and his arms coatined with cords. This being done, he seated himself, and in spite of the calls of Jack Ketch and the sheriffs to accompany i hem in the profession to the scaffold, he remained sullenly on the bench where he had taken up i his position. at last urged the hangman, "die time is arrived." But the Irishman would not move.

"The officers, are waiting for you," said. the sheriff. "Can any thing be done for you before you quit this world No answer wa3- made. Jack Ketelngrew surly. 'If you won't go then I must carry you," he said.

"Then yon may," said the prisoner, "for I'll not walk." "Why not?" inquired the sheriff. "I'll not be instrumental in my own, death," answered the prisoners "What do yon mean asked the ordinary. "What do I mane?" retorted the hapiless -man "I mean that I'll not walk to my own distraction." And in this determination ho pre3isted, was carried to the scaffold, where he was turned off, refusing to do anything' which migh; be constructed into "his being a party in his own death. Proper minded beadle to forward young man: "Come, young gent, yjou're not wanted in here there's a wedding coming off." Forward young man to propper minded beadle "Well, I don't know that either, if you don't let me.in for Pm tho bridegroom.".