Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1874, Page 3

THE CHICAGO DAILY ' TRIBUNE: SATURD . ’ ¥ AY, APRIL 11, 1874, STATE POLITICS. HMore ‘Congressional Gossip from the Capitgl. (mdidates in the Central and Southern Districts. Tho Present Congressmen Secking Renomi- nation—Chkances Rather Slim All Around. A Host of L}gislalive Graduates Anx- inuE for Promotion. ! J Opportunity ‘for the Farmers fo Elect Their Own Representatives. From Our Own Correspondent. SeRINaFiELD, April 8, 1574 Ins former letter I chronicled the gossip of tho Capital concerniog_candidates for Congrees inthe Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Soventh Dis- tricts, and will now complete the task by doing fhe samo for the remaining twelve country dis- tricts. I o THE EIGHTH DISTRICT, comprisiog Kankakee, Iroquois, Ford, Living- ston, Woodford. and Marshall Counties, is repre- sented by TEE WON. GREENBURY L. FORT, of Marshall. ir. Forl secved in the Legislature at the timo of tho lake-front and grab-law escitement, and was very well koown. He was npot heard of in Congress uitl onme dsy when be attempted fo reply to Alr. Dawes' famous svcech arraign- ing the Republican party for wastefulness. It wasashrowd dodge. An attack on Mr. Dawes gave him passing notoriety, and placed him right sidoup with the party. Ho distributed that speech far and wido over the district, to adver- gico what a great fellow he was. It was some- thing to face a man like Dawes, Alr. Fort is not 3heavy man, but is & caoning politician, and will make an effort to go back. Givibgamana tasto of Cougress is like giving a tigor a taste of blood. Were the district 5 much under party comtrol as iu days gome by, Mr. Fort’s chances would be fair. Still, thero wo uspirants in the party, and he will ot securc even & pariy-nomination without some trouble; and, if be doss secaro it, there w0 grave doubts if it will do him any gnod, in the face of the Farmers’ demand for new men. Heis auything but & new man. Having been in ihe party-harncss so long; he is nothing more than 5 political hack, and no great shakes of a hack either. It would indeed be strange if that intelligent district could not produce candidates of heavier catibre than Mr. Fort. There are men whose claims on the party ara just as strong, JASON W. STREVELL, . of Livingston, served in the State Senate in 1571, aad has long been spokcn of asa likely man for Congress. He is a blonde, a church-mem- ber, a temperance-maa, & partisan, & lawyer, and 0vears of age. Ho has many bitter enemies, however, and it is doubtful if be can be nomi- nated. A strong opponent from his connty in a eouvention would be SENATOR STRONG. who served in the Houso of Representatives in 1371, and is now in the Senate. He is a banker and capitalist, interested in railroads and other money-making onterprises. He is no orator, &nd nover made a speech that amounted to any- thing. Ho sticke to tho party like a burr to & sbeen's back, and it is the place for him, as he caunot bo accused of sympatby for tho Anti- afouopoly movement. Wseing a monopolist by instinct, education, and interest, ho could not ot the Farmers' vote, and bad better not try. Strevell would be much stronger on the stump, but Lie bas no more ability. BStravell talks with- out thinking ; Strong thinks without talking, BENATOD PALXMER, of Kankakee, is & strauge being. He never knows where he stands, and his mind is as va- sable as tbe wind. He is in dread ‘of the Fermers, and would like to oblige them, while, 1t the samo time, he is afrud of offending the party. Between two stools bo will come to the fround, and Afr. Palmer has got to learn that he sannot serve God and Mammon. If he could >uly make up that mind of bis, and koep it mede np, there would be some hope for bim ; out he will oecillzte in uncertainty, and not go %o Congress, whero ho wanis to go if ever a xnan did. AR. BLADES, st Troquois, who Las heen a Federal officeholder for many a day, stauds the best show, if tho sarty nominates a man from bis county. Ifis nuderstood that there was some kind of a trade intended to soothe him Jast time, and, on the strength of politicians keeping their pledges, he bopes to win. JUDGE STARR, 3t Kankskee, who was beaten by Fort once be- fore, would like to trva race with him again, ather as the Republican mnomiuee, or &8 {he Farmers’ candidate, if the Farmers would only Tather pim. . CALYIN FREW, 3 Ford, wants to go ever so much. Ho was in ihe Legislature four years, and was an inveterate alker. Ata moment's warning he conld make & ipeech on sny subject, especially 1f the gallery xutaingds lady or two. He has had parlia- Deatary experence, i5 » fair lawyer, and_young enongh fo stu:lj and improve bis mind. If heis taken up, it wisl be 28 a compromise. *NAT" MOORE, of Marehall, had the misfortune to be a member of the Twenty-sighth General Assamblg, which is enongh to kill the best of men. Ho alwnys aldvazated economy, is a farmer of average intel- ligence, eud would probably do as wellin Con- Evess a8 any that have becn mentioned. Tt looks s if Alr. Fort had the inside track for the party-nommation: and, if tho district deaires fo bo represented by a better man, it will have 1o take somo one ontside the party. . THE FARMEDS will put a ticket in the field. If they nominate cne of their best men, he will certsinly be deoted. It is not known who will be nominated. Among those mentionod are AMr. Alexsnder, of ilman; Mr. Whittemoroe, of Kankakes; and Dr. Erasmus B. Collins, the “great objector”™ of the Twenty-eighth General Assembly,—a man of some force and of considerable ability. It would nof be surpricing if some maa nover of in politics would bo taken up.. D e _ . THE NINTH DISTRICT, comprising Stark, Peorin, snd Knox Connties, is represented by THE TOX. GRANTILLE BARRIERE, of Fulton, who was struck by lightning when be g0t the nomination. through jealousy in the par- {¥. Bince the defeat of the Ingersoll faction of the panty, in 1870, there has not been harmony mthe district. Some of Tngersoll's henchmen *ho were in office lost their places, and otbers WEo expected places wero disappointed. Among the former was L4 : ENOCH EMERY, . #ditor of the Peoria Zranscripf, who heid offica years, and grew comparztively rich as Post- Daster and Collector of Internal Revenue. Ho 3crafty and rather mnscrupulous politician, ind would Iike & seat in Congress; but ho is !:;“.‘?Rh;isown party, and has few fiiends in 3. 8. STARE, ong uf Peoria’s Representatives in the Legisla- ture, iy as foll of cunming 28 Emery, s party ¥hip, cool, calculating, and ambitious. He is fer—very far—from being s great man, but is [, :e peer of Mr. Barricre. Starris too shrewd Tan ihis time. Ho fears the Farmers' Move- Went; has an ides it -may win this year; bt is toufident that it will “play out” before two i:!.:s,ma that the Republican party will then Stronger and more united than ever. Btarr thin, DOt waste any powder. He wants a sure S or nothing ; 50 he won't ran unless the . Pany forces him. The anti-Ingersoll men in > Darty will beat him befors the people &10ald be be tho nominee. of Fulton, an ex-Stato Senats 4 nalcr, & clever gentle- H2u, 2d yiorhaps the beat man tho party basin 8 district, would make a fair Representativo ; % W b8 voied against the wishew of his people on the Stato-Houso removal, he is 8 dead cock in the pit. DAVID X'CULLOCK, who hasbeen opposed for years to the Emory- Jugersoll-Starr ring, is aman of some ability and unwearying industry. PAT BANTOLD, of Enox, who has beou in the House and 8cnate, ig a slow but sound lawyer. Ho has been mixed up in the county-seat ficht, and the bitterncss of the contest remains, and would prevent him from taking a fnll delegation from his conuty to a convention. Prico, of Kuox, a much yonnger man than Sanford, is in the samo fix. ray, of Fulton, 18 & brilliznt young man, who will be l;card from in a Congressional Convention somo ay. THERE ARE ENOUGH DEMOCRATS to run a ticket, and they aro unwise enonzh to doso. W. W. O'Brien, the well-known crimina! lawyer of Peoris, is spoken of ; but he would need the Farmers' vote to elect him. If he could securo the Farmers, he would win. Jack Les, of Peoria,Btato Senator, would go 1n & min-~ nte; and so would M. C. Quinn, the bright little Irish lawyer, who made so much fan in the Log- islature.” Lee is & rising young man. Quinn woald pass for a man of weigit, and there is really a good deal to him : but he cannot be seri- ous five minutes at a time, which gives a tingo of frivolity to all he says. Were he preaching a fuoeral sermon over the remains of his grand- father, ho would indulge in & comical allusion to the party in the coffin. L. W. James, who was- in tho Constitutional Convention, is now living :.I:l Peoria, and would take a Democratic nomina- ion. fNa list would be complete without the name of *EAM" CTIDMINGH, of Fulton, who is now in the Senate, and served a torm in the House. Ile was distingnished in his county as a Supervisor, whence be graduated to Springfield. Ho now lives in hopo of going to Washington. He is a Democrat, or was when inst heard from. Men change 8o suddenly now- adavs thero is no telling from woek to week to what party they do beloog. Cummings would jump at a Farmers’ nomination; but he won't be gratificd. Heis too old a stager for them. He ia well posted in Parliamentary practice, is & mulrdumr of bills, and talks ofton in & jerky style. Tte truth is, that, in this district, a8 in many others, party nominationg are not cagerlysought after. ' They are regarded as an unsafe invest- ment this year ; and, if the Farmers do their dnty in nominating tho best men thoy can find, tho prestige of party will be gone forover. p Ao 2 THE TENTH DISTRICT takes in Mercor, Henderson, Warren, Hancock, McDonough, and Schuyler Counties, and is rep- resented by " TAE HON. WILLTAX W. RAY, a banker, of Rushville, Schuyler County. The district bas been Republican, and, if the Farm- ers do not nominate a man, will probably go the gamo way next time. 3r. Ray wonld nndoubt- edly tako another nomination, though it is not known that he is on the anxious seat. BENATOR HAMPTON, of McDonongh, who has had_many years of logislative training, would liko the honor. Heis an editor, a man of some sense, and an extremo partisan. He was Chawrman of the Republican cnucuses during the winter, and did his utmost to maintain the party organization. Representa- tive Westfall, of the same county, may be ro- garded as a candidate, with slim chances for venrs to come. Mr. Grabam, of Morcer, who failed to grasp ths Ravenno guestion, would go; but be is & * weak sister.” William A. Grant, of Warren, is a higker grade of man than Gransm, but not much: EDWARD E. LANE, of Hancock, is a much abler man than Graham or Grant, which is “damning him with faint praige.” Tl will izure in the Republican Con- Sention, and, if he does not win, may be ablo to slaughter some aspirants who are sbsolatels anfit’ to go to Congress, or oven to & Board of Supervisors. : OX THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, William B.Neece, of Macomb, i3 the most promi- nent. Ho ran bofore, and was bosten. Ho eerved in the Twenty-seventh General Assem- bly, and was respected by his colleagues. He is s lawrer and a forcible speaker. If the Tarmers would indorse him, he could be elected. Alson J. Sreetor_ succceded Mr. Neero in the House, where he distingnished himself by op- Dosing any increase of school-facilities, and by futile attempts to amend the Rovenuo law. He is 8 bald-headed man, of horse eense, but of vio- lent prejudices, imbibed in youth. o THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT, which embraces Adams, Brown, Pike, Groen, Caibioun, =nd Jersey Counties, is represonted by THE HON. ROBERT M. KNAPP, of Jersoyville. His most formidablo opponsnt will probably pe the Hon. William L. Richard- son, who served in Congress yoars 8go, sud was clacted to the United Btates Senato to fill the ~vacaucy cansed by the doath of Douglas. He servod four years. Ho was a man of ability and influential in State politics when the Democracy was in clover. At present he is editing tho Quincy Herald, and infusing new life into tho Democracy in his section of country. He is abreastof the times, and is probablv the ablest ‘man on tbat side in his district. He is rather disposed to favor Mr. Knapp, but the Conven- tion will probably Z FORCE THE NOMINATION ON HIX. Tra M. Moore. would stand 10 #Low beside Mr. Richardson. The Republicaus might nominato r. Massio, of Pike; but Richardson can beat any Ropublican, especially a8 he 15 in sympathy with the Farmers, and would reccive their sup- port. e ‘'THE TWELFTH DISTRICT comprises Scott, Morgan, Cass, Menard, Sanga- mon, and Christian Countics, and is represented by THE HOX. JAMES C. BORINSOY, better known as “Jim™ Robinson. He is a nat- ural politician, and bas been in politics ever since he could vote. He has been in Congress several times, but the sceptre Las departed from him. He took the money, and in that district, asin- deed all over the State, salary-grabbers are be- low par, and can never riso above it. Afr. Rob- inson is an ugly opponent oo the stump, and 8 shirewd wire-paller.. If ho fiads his own caso is hopeless, he will endeavor to dictate his succes- gor. He has probably thrown up the sponge and retired from the field. The district’ is Dem- ocratic,” aud there are innumerable candidates. Among them are THE HON. WILLIAM M. SPRINGER, a lawyer of some sbility and wealth, who is already in the field, and who mnde a spcech on + watered stock,” & short time ago, to catch tho agricultural clement. Tho stock referred to aro not domestic anin:als, but railroad-bonds. In Congress Mr. Springer would be' heard from. o would make speechies, and no mistake. He would be an active, fussy, useful member. Ho wes unfortunate in being in the Legislature when thie attempt to move the Capital to Teoria was made, three years ago. Sangamon Covoty Diames hif for that; which is’ hardly just. He 1mado intemperate speeches, it is true ;- but that %o was the cause of the attempted removal i untriie. Any wayihe is s candidate for Con- gress. Sois : SENATOB BROWY, of Morgan,—a natty little fellow, a gentleman, and s lawyer of ability and wealth. ' Brown_can best Springer. Ex-Senator Epler, also of Mor- gap, is in tbe field. Tt looks as if Christian County would present the name of Senator ‘Hundley, and he may slip in while Morgan and Sangamon ara Aghting. Thie Bepnblicans have AR, CCLLOM to fell back upon. 'He would run if ho thought he could be elected, but he cannot afford to be defeated, in view of the fact that ho is a candi- date for Goyernor. i 2 TEOF. TURNER, of Jacksonville,—baving been martyred by the Sonato on account of the *‘ Heathen Chinee” eseay in which he abused lawyers, legislators, and everybody but himaelf and_ the Farmers,— thinks he can run away with their votes and go {o Congress. He is wedded to the party, and hopes to corral the Farmers snd be a candidato on the combined stréngth of bis Agriculture and his Republicsaism. PROSPECTS. The Democratic party will probably make a etraight pomination, which they would not have ventured if “*Bill” Allen bad not been elected Governor of Ohio, and New Hampshire and Counecticut had not gone Democratic, The Re- ublicans will probably keep quiet, and induce he Farmers to run a man whom they can sup- port. Inthat event the Farmers will win. Who they will nominate is impossible to predict. Y —e—— THE TEIRTEENTH DISTRICT jsmade up of Mason, Tazewell, McLean, Lo- gan, and DeWitt Connties, and THE HON. JONN M'NULTA, of Bloomington, is its Represeutative. Mr. AMc- Nulta served in the State Senate, whence he was promoted to Congrasa. Hes is sometimes xnown -ciont 28 tho “lesser Dougias,” from & fancied physi- cul resemblance to the great Domocratic lesder. The resemblance, if it exiats at all, is only physi- cal, It does not extend to the brain. McNults is somewhat pompous in manner and speach. He mnda an oralion in Congress, and scattered it over his distict, It was iotended to catch tho Farmers, but will hardly succeed. Ho has offended many politicians by removing old offi- cers and appointing his favorites. He turned a woman out at Maxon, and put in one of his own men. All the women in the district are arrayed against him; and Mr. Merriam, an an- office-holder, is doing his bost to form & combination inside the _mrt;, with the laudable object of laying Mr, 3icNulta out. His recent_exploit in raising & row with Sneaker Blaino placed him in a ridicu- lous attitude, and will be used against him. BILLY " 8MITH, of McLean, who was Speaker of the Honse in 1871, would like McXNulta's shoes. ¢ Billy"” was deceived the last timo by a proposition to make bim Lieutenant-Governor, zud did not enter against McNulta. o was not nominated’ for Lieutsnaut-Governor, and dida't o to Congress. Ho will bo in the fiold again a3 2 Kepublican. CABSIDY, of McLean, bas an Irish name and a face that is a8 Irish as the rock of Dunamase. It is ru- mored that his forefathers got aboard the Maf- flower at Cork, when sho put in thero for water, aud he is tho result. Hois quite o fellow among the Farmers, or thinks ho 1s, and pretends ho doeso’ cate to go_to Congress; which is all poppycock. ~ Givd him an andience and a railroad; and ho will rave and gnash Lis teothin a way to'scare a timid locomotive. He is an extremist on tho reilroad _quostion, utterl: dovoid of reason or senso on that subject. !fl is houeet, however. UNITED STATES MARSHAL ROE. is mentioned s the proper purty-caudidste, e 18 a man of ability, & clear -thinker, and a fine talker. Me editod a paper, and was poor, until he got tho Marshalship. He bas enamies in the dlstrict, and could bardly unite the parsy. * Dan " Ray, Secretary of the Senato, might be coaxed to zo. He is a clever sort of fellow, and wouldn't make an ass of himself. His Ropubli- canism is without flaw. Stewart, of McLean, is too young and too fauny. ile was niways manufacturing humorous speoches, and resding them in the House. He is sound on tho Rapub- licau goose. Alr. Bnow, of Tazewell, the father of the Compulsory Education bill, is a nice gen- tleman, of some ability; but he is_almost too finical to run well in a scrub-race. Mr. Hawos, of Logen, is & farmer.—a rough diamond. SENATOR DONAHTE, of DeWitt, Chairman of the Senate Railroad Committeo, is more likely vban those mentioned to get the Republican nomination. He is a quiet gentleman, of congiderable force, and a bit of an orator. ‘Tho Hon. Judsh P. Benjamin, of Bloomington, may bo o candidate, snd 80 may Col. Morgan, though there is nothing cortain about them. Dr. Rogers, of McLeaw; would take a Demacratic nomiuation. Ho would make & speech every day in Congress, and regret there was no sossion on Sunday. —_— THE FOURTEENTE DISTRICT, composed of the Couatiez of Macon, Soott, Champaign, Douglas, Coles, and Vermilion, is reprosented by THE HON. JOSEPH G. CANNON. This is his first trip. IIo served two terms ss Prosecnsing Attornes, and hss mede moneyspec- ulatmg in land and loaning cash. He got tho nomination because the friends of Jesse 3oare, tho former Represcutative, who lived in Coles, and of Langley, from Champsign, fought until thoy weracompelled to compromise. Then Can- non was taken up. Douglas County was for him golid ; but, as he has since removed to Vermilion County, he cannot control Douglas in fature, and it is doubtful it Vermilion will stick to him. Champaign may present Langley's namo agaiu; but Champaign 18 mever united on any ono. Thero are to nany great wmon in that county, b:n!: they waste their strongth slaughtering each other. SHELDOX, who represents the Agricuitural University in the Sonate, will try his Dand,—cleiming that Langley, Lawng beon defeatod once. shonld not i;o before a convention again. Sheldon is a arge, fat man, who has epent his political ex- istonco looking aftor appropriations for tho Universits. Macon will go into the Convention with the Ewins, : MOFFITT AND RACE. Mot was facetiously called th in the House, because somebody he was a candidate for that offize. Well, he canai- date for anything he can get. Ho is intensely Republican,—s farmer who blows about tho poo- ple's Tights and anti-monopoly, while ho isa subservient tool of the party. "As for Job Race, he is only a Republican. “Oskwood, of Ver- milion, a Representative, would go it he were ‘Bout ; but hois young, and must wait awhile. STEELE, OF COLES, wonld be a much more likely candidate, if ho could carry his own couunty in a convention. His brother waa defeated in the Coles Judicial Cir- cuit, for Judge, last year, and the Farmers did it, electing Davis, their own candidate. Steelo is 4 man of no mean ability, and tho beat talker 1 the Senate. His colleaguo in the House, “ Governor " JAMES A. CONNOLLT, of Coles, was the ablest debuter in that body. e served in the army with some distinction. Thongh born in this country, his face is ag Iriak 88 “a kish of brognes.” He declined the Farm- ers’ pomination for Judge, because he wasa Ropubiican, and sacrificed himself on tho altar of party,—a very foolish proceeding on tho part ot Mr. Connally. He is not much of a dema- gogue, though he did try to pander to the Farm- ers during the last session. Ie is a stronger man than Cannon; but the Farmers can beat him, or any one ¢lse, 1f they Jiki JUDGE NELSON, of Dacatur, who was defeated last time, msy bo tho Democratic candidate, if fhat parfy vomi- nates; but Mr. Grier, County Judze of Macon, will give him a rub in the Convention. & — THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT includes Edgar, Clark, Cumberlznd, Moultrie, Shelby, Effingham, Jasper, Crawford, and Law- renco Counties, and has TUE HON. JOIN B. EDEN, of Bullivan, Monltrie County, for its representa- tive, Mr. Eden isaman of simplo babits, and much respected in his district. It is not known thathe will be & canaidate. Voris, - of Sholby, has Congress on the brain, but he will hardly win this time. Heis s quoer fellow, talks - il out provocation, and takes an hour to say Y fng. Thedistrict can ‘do better. “Ed" iyur- 1an, of Clark, is aut of the race, and is in favor of Jobn Jacknon, of Lawrence, an ex-Scnator. Jackeon is agiant physically. He is no speaker, but has good sense, and is very rich. He foems to be ahend mow. Judge Allen would take a nomination. . . GOLDEY, of Clark, is a Republican Legislator, & man of legal ability, and. if the Republicans mnke = nomination,—which is not probable.—he may be the nominee. The Republicans will oppose the Democratic candidate, whoever he may be. s g bt THE SIXTEENTH DISTRICT compriscs Montgzomery, Farette, Bond, Clinton, Washington, Marion, and Clay Counties. - THE HON. JAMES 8. MARTIN, of Balem, Marion County, is its Congressman. o will be beaten outside, if not inside, the party. Senator Henry, of Clay, bankers for his place; but his record daring the lst session, as Chairman of the Penitontiary Committes, ghows that Le is a whitewasher who cannot be trusted where tke interests of the party arezt stako. His speeches intended to catch the col- ored vote, which is of importance in his district, rovo him a demagogue. 3lr. Van Dorsten, of Fayotte, who served a term in the Senate, aud is & protego_of Dick Oglesby, Would like to run, aud can best Henry, though not a strong man himself. Fred A. Leitze, of Clinton, 8 German, who served in the House, would make more than an average Congressman. Ho is positive, well informed, » good_ spoeker, and, thongh & lawyer, has hay-seed in his hair. AMONG THE DEYOCRATS are Napoleon Bonaparte Mornson, of Marion, who was an attentive member of the Ionse ; but it would break his heart to spend money on Con- 5. Ho is wealthy and hoards bis monoy. ‘harles D. Hoiles, of Bond, is rather young to venture go_far from bowe 85 Wasbington. He means well, talks little, and votes Bourbon Domocracy ‘straight. Gen. Jesse Dhillips, of tgomery, is mentioned ; and so is Lob Me- iams, of Litchfeld, Montgumery County. TGDGE KINGSDTRY, of Hillsboro, the Farmers'candidate for Supreme Court Judge, who was beaten by Judge Schol- field, is much talked abont. —— THE SEVENTEETH DISTRICT, composed of Macoupin, Aadison, St. Cluir, and Monroe Counties, is represented by THE HON. WILLIAX E. MORRISOY, of Monroe. Mr. Alorrison s persanslly very *s } popular, and, if ho wants a renomination, can probably,secure it. Heis in delicate health, and was forced to abandon his seat in C Tepair to the milder climate of Flg!;ifi):“sfig district is controlled by the Germans. who form a Iarge and influential portion of the population. With them Mr. Morison is a favorite. As the dwtrict. is Democratic, = mcmbers of that party would like o sccure & nomioation, Hincbeliffe, of St. Clair, a stardy Foglishman, who espouses the cause of work- inguwen, isa pet of the miners, and thiokw he can make the race; but that is not certsin, Keso—the man with the Heury Clay, forehesd— imagines he cau be Cougressmau; which i3“ab- surd, uniess the voters become ineanc. doesn't amount to a hill of beans. 1 EX-GOY. KOERNER |13 has been mentioned, but is not Likely to bea ¢an- didate. Mr. Rinaker. of Macoupin, ia ready.to try his luck as a Republican ; but it will only, bo a wasto of time. 1 ——— THE EIGETEENTH DISTRICT. ! This District is composed of Randolph, Parry, Jackson, Union, Willismson, Johnson, Pdpo, Massac, Palaski, and Alexander Couaties; and THE HON. ISAAQ CLEMENTS, 3 —John Logan's * Tke"—is to the foro in Wish- ington on its behalf. He wants to go backagaln. He was elected by accident, on account of a fall- ing out among the opposition, Mr. Inscore; of Union, & Republican, who was olected as‘tho mirority Representative in the district, woald mzke a8 good a race 28 Clements, and probably 88 pood a Congressman. He is 2 Republican to the backbone, balieves in tho glorions post ! of tho party, aud is not without hope that, on the strength of that saxo ** glorious past,” it,can send him to Congress. ‘ Tho opposition, whatover form it assumes, J| will select John Oberly, of Cairo, or Dr. Cagey, i of Mound City. # OBERLY : is vory popular, a genial, whole-gouled being, and talented. Sometimes be rises to brilliancy. He bas devoured all kinds of reading, and is o most entertaining talker in public and private. e is editar and proprietor of the Cairo Butlghn, eud can fifiht bis corner sgainst any man. | Ho believes the Domocratic party is very dead. and Das thought so for s long time. His influente is folt in his section of the State. CASEY - ig another of the Casey family, and, like all of them, was born & politician, " He inherited his tasto for politics. Al the family, wita_perbaps one oxception, bave figured in public life. - is = whole-souled gentleman, hospitable and zonerous, mukes fow specches, but thinks s good deal, and exhibits his abilify in a quiot, un- Besuming way. Ho thinks Democtacy is played out. Fifteen successive torms ho has been Magyor of Mourd City, the people_electing him froquently 1n oppoition to bis wishes. Oberly will uot run 1f Casey does, but will Le for Casey. In all probability, Casey will bo the caundidate. o THE NINETEENTH DISTRICT ia made up of the counties of Richland, Waynb, Edwards, Wabash, Jefferson, Franklin, Haniil- ton, White, Saline, Gallatin, and Hardin. THE HON. SAMUEL §. MARSHALL, of McLeansboro, Hamilton Connty, is now the Represcntative, but ie not likely to be agan. Alr. Marehall has rua tho length of his tether. It was goiag to be his lnst time for three or four torms, and while he was setting the pins fora nomination, ho pretended he would not take it under any contideration. Ho always took it, howover, to the chsgrin of soveral gentlemen, who havo been desirous of his place, 'One of bis constituents told mo, “ He never did nothink for tho deestrick ;" and *Who ever heerd of him in Con- 7" 1o prozeeded to bemoan (ho fact that farshall *‘nover gent us no oamphlets, no speeches, no eceds; and it's about time we launched a new boat.” Mr. Marshall is recog- nized 23 & man of more than average ability, and he has ruled the district foralong time. It scems pretty certain that ho will be beaten if he seeks the nomination ; 8o he witl probably haul off and work for TOWNSEND, of Shawnootown, a emart youns man and his proteze. Townsend—I believe hia front namo is Dick—used to bo a page in the House of Rep- resentatives at Washington, where ho attracted Mr. Marshall's attention. 3Mr. Marshall brought bim to Tlinois, and put him fo studying law in his ofice, where he fully realized his patron's expectetions. It is likely that MIr. Marshall can secure his nomination : and, 28 Towzsend mar- ried rich, ho can spend lota of money, and money makes tho mare go. TOM CASEY, of the somewhat famous Casey family, which haslong been powerful in Southern lllinois, would be a candidate, but he has two years more in the Senate, and ho is afraid the Farmers can beat any Democrat in the district this time. Ilo wonla rather take chances in 1876. Though two or three generations removed from Munster, ho rornins the outlines of his Celtic ancestry, and inberits the Irish gift of gab. He was by all means the readiest talker on tho Democratic sido of tha Senate. Drave as a lion, big a8 a giaut, courtcous and winning in manrier, he has in bim elemonts of success 83 & politician ; but he per- sists in clinging to the defunct Democracy. The Farmers will teach him a lesson next fall. SENATOR YOUNGBLOOD, of Franklin, an admirable speaker and a young man of fair promise, will bo ahead of Casey two yoars henco 1f Casoy doesn't look out. Heis an ambitious aspirant for Congress, and will make it warm for Casey. It is now thought that GEN. ANDERSOX will be the man. The Grangers are favorable to him, and, in caso of his nomipbation, Casey, Youngblood. and the Democratic leaders would wheel into line and support him, with the an- derstanding that he would leave the field to them next time. He was a Democrat when there were Democrats, but he caught the drift of public sentiment and joined the Reformers. Tho district bas been Democratic, and it is difficult to predict what the Republicins will do, or who they will run, if aoybody. There's COL. FERRELL, Senator from the Fifty-first District. He is an old stenmboatman, familiar with the rivers from Pittsburgh to the Gulf. The Scnate was his first venture in State politics. Qld ‘‘ Father ™ Waterman went to his houss ono night, and, befors morning, bad his permission tous- his name in the Convention. Io was nominatod by one majority, and his opponent to.k tho stump for a temperance cendidate, hoping to beat the Colonel. *‘'The other fellers were whalin’ talkers, reg'lar old steamboats,” remarked the Colonel; *but I jist got in my bugzy and_nd round the five counties in tho dectirick. I was out nigh_onto five weeks, but T beat 'em a thourand and twelve votes,” The Colonel might take the Repablican nomiustion just for the fun of it. He's comfortably fixed, and would just as soon ride round the district a8 not. ' Then comes DE. POWELL, of Richland, better known in the Twenty-seventh General Assombly, of which be was a member, a8 “Jangamalangoho.” THe bod & song which he sang oo all convivial occasians, the burden of which was, that : A blue bird #at on a hickary imb— Jangamalangoho; and he would like to warble his way into Con- gress. e should be sent when the district is depopulated, and no one remains but himself. In the meantime, some one else had better go. 3R, JAQUFSS, of Wabash, settled i that region soon after the Flood, or thereabouts. Ie 13 an honest and vigorous old gentleman, and hig Pepublicanism is of the rankest kind. MESSES. ANDERSON AND WALEER. a pair of young lawyers,—the foriner a Repnbli- can, the latter a Democrat—ware in the House of Representatives from Hamilton County. They were remarkable for introducing oills adverse to the Northwestern Road, whick they nover esw in their lives. That wasahout all they did. Even they want to go to Congress. 44PAT " DOLAN, of White County, isfrom Timaboe. Timshoe is mear StradlLally. Stradbally is near Abley- leix, and Abbeyleix is in Ireland. He crossed in 8 Black Ball liner before the invention of steamers. and nearly forty years ago waudered out to Dllincis, suffered the privations of a pioneer, and was eent to Springfield to get $1,600 to haog the intes on the Little Wabash. He got it, and was bappy. He, too, would go to Congress. | P RESUME. What bas been written has been the gossip of tho Capital during the winter. Some of the ro- mors will bo realized. It would seem that both the old partics are afraid of the Farmers’ Move- ment, and -are reedy to become ite gervant for a while to sccure the mastery over it in the end. They will stoop to conquer. In Republican dis- tricis the Democrats, and in Democratic districts the Republicans, will prohably make no nominations, but support the Farmers' can- didates. Tbe Farmers have s fair prospect of electing their candidates in EVERY DISTRICT OUTSIDE CHICAGO: but, to do 80, they must nominate the very best men they can find,—men of insegrity and apility. Bur. " THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Jones, Wis Speech---Gold Hill Speaks to Rag Hill Speech that Is Silvern---Confasion of the 4 Great War-Governor.” From Our Own Correspondent. : ‘WASHINGTON, April2, 1874, Jones, of Nevada, gave another blow to All- Fools-Day by delivering s epeech yesterdsy, April 1, which was the town-talk all Izst evening, and continues to be so to-day. A. P. JONES. This man is a hard nut, who has had his ups and downs as fally asono of Dret Harte's char- acters, Born in Wales, a8 his name indicates, Le moved from Ohio to the Pacific Coast. Hav- ing some shrewdness, and as much courage, and more quaint good-nature, he became a favorite and foll under the patronage of Alvinza Hay- ward, owner of the Amador Gold Mine. Hay- ward bad pursued a career not unlike his own subsequont one, and is related to have followed 2 shaft into a gold lodgo so long that he was re- duced to ono bagof beans to feed his workmen, when, at that distressful moment, the ore was found. The incident hos beeu clumeily woven into Mark Twain's story of * The Gitded Ago.” Jones showed some capabilities for public life, and was put on the ticket with Gorham, to be Licutenant-Governor of California,abouf six years ago. He was beaten, but, as it is claimed, becauso Gorham was uvpopular, not himself. Then, abetted by Hayward, he removed over to Gold Till, in Nevads, and began to run shaft into the Crown Point Mine. Suddenly it began to yield enormously, and, for some time past, Jones' income has beon £75,000 A MONTI. His successes, and that gameness in business for which Californians aro ronowned, made it comparatively easy for Jones to run off Gen. James Nye from the United States Sonate. Itis rumored that ho made Nro a substantial testi- monial of his good opinion. At any rate, the 1atter retired smilingly ; and then Jones mado a cendid speech to the Logislature, outreating them to suffer mo pereonal inconvenience, or loss of self-respect, if they bad found it neces- sary, in the conrse of mutual obligation, to tako some little donceur. i That epecch, made at the frontier of civiliza- tion, was trotted all over the United States asa proof that Jones had gose right in and bought » Scoatorship. T think I said somathing of that kindmyself. Bat, in such s wild, sparso society, which biad no reascn in logie to be felecting Sen- atora, we may presnme that Jones obeyed the in- evitablo law of liberality; and tbat his speech was not addressed to omter mankind, but to those poor fellows whose pockets he had warm- ed. ns the only thing he could do for them in view of tho sttaation. INTERLUDE. 4 However, what was gaid about Jongs in the nowspapers made uo differouce in Washington. AMammas with marriageable daughters laid for him. Great lobbyists, who had fattenced on the stranger, inquired into all the nicoties of his ap- Potites, tastes, aud style of companions, that thay might bo ready to entrap him. Professiou- al philauthropists mado a momorzndum opposite his name. Jones was unavoidably delsyed. He and his friend, Uayward, bad formed astrongattachment for Nowton Looth, the young Governor of Cali- fornia, against whom the Central Pacitic Railroad and the monopoly-interests of the Pacific Coast were making a ditcouraging fight for the United States Senate. Jones had heen the political friend of Booth, and, when the latter was ma- king a splendid figut ' before tha people for Goy- eraor, lent but little of the light of his counte- nanco. But the Senatorship was quite another qaestion ; and, around the balls of the Capitol at Sacramento, Joues delayed until _the scssion at Washington was_far advanced. Wien Booth waa elecied, tho Novada Senator appeared in ‘Washington. THE HERO COMES. He was now scen to bo » red-faced, gray- haired, hardly-noble, Welsh-looking mau, with o suavo upeech, affable, blue-oyed, and a propen- sity for goud eating, visiting, and Jmowing ngreesblo people. Ho wag moro_obliging thau rotined. Hewent to the recoptions, and was followed around by mammas and demoiselles. Ho talked horso with Gen. Graut, sad bought five atylish nags for lumself. For some time he stopped with Welcker, the great cateier of the Capital, and gave some nice dinners thero. After the death of Charles Astor Bristed, he routed Mra. Bristed’s house, furnished,—the samo once owned by Edwin M. S:anton, aud the seat of his death. Thero Jones took up his residonco, with a widowed rister and ber children; and the rumor provaiied that be bad made a sccond alliance with o young girl on the Pacific side, whom ho should prescutly take out of achool snd meke Mry, Jones. TN THE SENATE-CEAMBER e received but littlo atteation, after the curi- osity of #o rich a widower had worn off ; and the opinion got to be tliat he was not to be heard of outside of the social circle, but would be a good- natured quiet attendant on the votes, until some day he would retire voluntarily and'go back to tho mines. During the currency-debate, howevér, ho dis- tributed bimeelf around the Senate-Chamber, listening to nearly all the gpeeches; and, when Carl Schurz made bis celcb_nzegl speech, I no- ticed Jones at his elborw, looking™up with intell- gent approval, which Schurz “scemed _to feel, and the latter turned about and addressed Jones. ‘Aftter weeks, a9 yon know, the sound educa- tion and experience of the Senate were beaten by numbers, and the carpet-baggers, ex-Confed- erates, and some Western men carned a vote for more éurrency. Their success was 80 8weeping that they expected no further oppoaition, and several week-kneed contractionists fell in with them. The junta then procceded to eact an- other formof currency-increaso, whon Morton made ono of his brutal fulmivations. He said the people wanted moro money, aud the country would come to specie-payments Whenever it could. < THE CLINCH. On ‘this, Jones, to everybody’s surprss, stood up like au honest miner to explain.~ Before he sat down, Morton felt, like Bill Nye, that *Tha Heathen Clinee was peculiar.” o made a speech which put him at once in the front rank of gensible and clear, if not pow- orful, men. Ho began with an illustration from the States of tho Coast where ho resided, and asked how it could be said thero was not enough 2old to porform the exchanges of the rost of the TUnited States, when all the Pacific communities Dbad steadfastly adhered to gold and silver since tho beginning of their Listory. To-day, 28 dur- 1ng the War, amplo gold and ailver aro to be there had,—enough for all transactions. Morton made his usual tirade about tho want of patriotism of the people who had mot ac- copted the greenbacks, and said that they had ot back the Pacific Const by refusing to accept them. But they used gold and eilver as cur- rency, because it was their product. ow could the United States have suppressed the Rebellion if all the States bad paid the ame as the Pacific Coast, and refused to take Government paper-money ? Joues' reply was s staggerer. In that event, he eaid, the Government would have put down the Rebellion for £1,500,000,000 leas than it wag done. Exclamations were heard from the Senators and attendants, and the galleries feit tho pith of tho response, and began io applaud. Thas en- couraged, Jones launched into a speech ap- parently ‘off-band, thongh eomewhat after the maonecof the miners when they atand in their shirt-sleeves and discuss anythiug at the mouth of the pit. . e defended both the wisdom and the patri ism of the peoplo of the Pacific. Their record was made in the War, and it was no doubtful oue. After the War they camoe intoline with tho North and the Republicanparty. Our Government had bogun at the wrong end with its paper-monez, ond, as eversthing ummediately went_up, Gov- ernment itself to pay enormous prices, which are now charzed np in the pational debt. Oa the Pacific Const, the financiers saw no reason to add to the bardships of war the payment of rag- paper money. Nor would they, oven at the im- putalion of 8 want of patriotism, swindle their creditors by paying contracts made in gola with depreciated paper. Jonesthen went on to show that an inflated carrency made stocks and speca- Jative things rise. The farmers and the produc- inz and laboring classes were the only oncs who are not benefited by it. Banks, bankers, and gamblers, it gave the advantage. TIE NEXT WAR-GUV. This last was a heavy skock to Marton, who wes already enjoying in imagination tho cheers of teus of thousands of Grangers, assemblad at the rosdside when he should procecd to siir up the multitude with recitals of his valorons worx in Congress to carry the next campaign. in In- disna. He conld not keep still st the imputa~ tion that all his demagoguery® was really in the interest of the money-changers and speculators, and to the prejudico of the farming ciass. He rusied in on Jones with a question,—per- sonal, like all he pats,—for he know that Jones bad been & mining operator, and had sold the stock of his mine on the San Francisco matket. Jones met thia question in a mannor that coy- ered Lis mine, himself, and his argument. He had vever heard of such speculations as they have in the Eaat, upon the Pacific Coast. The reel value of things rose and fell rapidly in s country hike the Pacific. But tha gnmglnm of the Pacific Coast never came to Cougresd and asked the curreucy to be inflated to give them reliaf. ‘The Senators were now listening with that at- tention which 2 wag., a millionaire, an honest miner, and a curiosity naturally reccives on his first appearance. There was laughter, rennwed interest, and s roll of applause sgain. Jones' argument was the moro effective because made from & domestic and homely standpoint, 80 that it seemed to be less an effort of intelligent thonght than an illnstration fromPoor Richard. We heard no more of Morton. Heonceforward Jones grew fervid, earnest, and almost eloquent. There was an sbundance of paper-money already in circnlation, and to isine more paper wea to dishonor the Government, and an enforced violation of contract did not sid its credit. He advocated resumption of sy<cie- payments July 4, 1876, as the best Centennial ex- bibision, and the most honest, which a great na- tion could make. Turning, then, to the Sonth, ke expressed the want of that mulish section in two or throo scutences, which wers as happy as thev were pungent. Too many poople wanted to hira oth- ors, aud too few wanted to hire themselves. ‘Fhon ho addressed the farmers and planters of the South, ehowinga clear knowledge of their staples and condition. Their cotton went for gold, and everything they used bad to bo paid in the price of paper-expansion. What they and the West wanted was asound financial system first of all, and nothing else, but Iabor. It scomed for a time that Jones had put an- other oolor on tho prospect, and that there would 1.e 2 roaction against intlation after bis speech. Fow men, howaver, learn anything from speech- rticularly Senators. ~They all crowded around Jopes and congratulated him. He had made one of the successes of the ecusion. Next time he speaks, ha vall have an audiouce as big as anybod, But, in £wo or three minutes, John Logen got up, life a listener at the close of a Gospel-gor- mon, snd drove off in pursuit of Lus currency- inflation. John, too, wants to ses the Grangers come out at the rosd-side when Lo shall return from Washington, to saz, **Huil, the conqueriog hero comes! But, if the debate goes on ‘much longer, and Schurz, and Jones, nud others speak again’ with power, tho Grangers, who do feel arguments, |, may como out to receive these demagogues with all those egys which are not at the time market- ablo, The palms strewn in the,ways of both, in such an event, will be liko those to which the old clergyman referred when ha read to the con- gregation the statement that, as the Divine Master rode into Jerusalem, thiey strewed palms in Iis path, The old man raised his spectacles and ehook his head sadly: “3fy brethren,” he eaid, “persecution! perse- cn}ir:l,n'l ‘They tried to make His eriftor throw JONES. The leason of Jones' spocch to ms was this : that no scandal can kill a genuine thing. They o barter in_Legislatures to elect Souators. They barter with everything short of money in some of the bet Commonwealihs. They barter with champagne and eigars, with promuscs to oftices, with lying suiles aud compliments, with mock Teferences to_pious things, with lin-and- knee servico. They barter with running friends who awell to_unreal escellence the csndidate’s merits, with tho temptation of women’s bland- ishments, and with Ko much that is false and cunning that I wonder how 2 man can slip througl » State Legislatura and sppear in Con- gress puro and self-respecting. If Jones did Darter,—and they #ay ho did; that is, they eay he bought off tha other candidates and let the Tegislature storm Crown Point,—he was the first to stand up and say that be sdmitted it ; that be put it on no defenao lowor than the act.’ If peo- plo buy their seats, lot them adorn them as well 28 Jones. GaTo. —_—— e SHORT WEIGHTS IN GRAIN SHIPPED EAST. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: S1z: A large amouni of gruin (corn and oats) is sold to Eastern shippers by receivers here, delivered on Michigan Central cars at Joliet, where the Company have an elovator, track- scalos, otc. Tho sdvantage tho commission- man, or rather his consignor, derives in having grain sold there is, that the freight from points wost on the Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific Rail- road and its connections to Joliet is less than to Chicago, and the same is the caso on the Chi- cago & Allon Railroad south; while the grain, as & rale, brings Chicago prices there, and often a trifle more, yet costs less freo on board cars than if bought in elevator here, after paying storage, trimming and switching charges. The grain received at Joliet is transferred to Michigan Central cars, either through their elovator or from car to car, aund is supposed to be weighed by Michigan Cantral Railroad Com- pany employes, bill of ladiug being iseued on their weights. When weighed on track, the Agent iuserts the stipulation, * Track-scale- weights given for bulk-grain nof guarantead to shippers or consignees;” or, if weighed in the elovator, the words ‘‘clevator-weights™ aro inserted. On arrival of shipmontsat their destination, there is often considerable shortage from railrond weights, for which tho nhi[:’pem receive claims from their consignees; and, no matter how well eupported they may be by weighors' certificates, or nfidavits, the General Freight Agent ignor them eutirely, and falls back on tho stipulation in the bill of lading; and there the mattar usually drops, 28 tho claimant $haa o recourse except a suit at law. which, with & corporation, is ve;y cxpensive business. } The Company, scsm to believo that **ight makes right " but this way of doing business is very unsatisfactory, not only to shippers, who suffor o loss of Lusiness in consequence, bnt to their customers East, who eeek other markets, where they can receive fair treatment. It is swell known to all shippers that railroad compa- nies always pay claims for shortage on packzge- freight, and thore ia no renson why they should make Bulk-grain an exception, especially whero weighed into their own cars by their own em- ployes. It seems that if the Railroad Commis- sioners would ascertain what the few evils are tLat shippers suffer unjustly at the hands of the railroad companies, and corroct them, leaving competition to regulate rates of freight, it would be botter for all interested, and there would be little just cause for complaint. “ONLY A WORIAN'S HAIR.” ZLate Judge beside an Indian river, My wife's great-uncle, frail and old, Minus Lis temper and bis liver, Came homo with stores of wealth untold. ‘We'd named onr eldest boy Ramchunder ; ‘We't called our house “ The Mangostines ;" And, but for a domestic Llunder, ‘Should now cnjoy bis princely means. We laid down vards of Indian matting; Compounded jars of sangsree: The cook had turned, by constant patting, Our Dorset butter {nto gheo. We warmed the house from base to attics, ‘Although tho season was July : He brovght a train of Asiatica, Whose faccs made tho children cry. My wife received him in o barry, Her Lrow perplexed with botisehold care ; 8lie*d been all day about the curry, ‘With scarcely time to dress ber bair. The children then were allfparaded ; e loudly Ulessed our little Ram § Each wore 3 tussah richly brajded, "And each performed a deep salsam. We closed the windows while at dinner ; How hot tho eoap and chutney were ] John punkahed well for & beginner ; My wife wore roscs in ber hatr. The pains we'd taken were not waated : e praized onr sance of capsicam ; Said that much pepper he'd not tasted ince with the Riflcs at Durm-Dum. The curry! eareful preparation, With glowing chilis round it stnek, Aprezred: he eniffed his approbation, "And trified with 8 Bombsy duck. The rice was dried to pure perfection He Biled his mouth— silexre fell— Then starting, with an {nterjection, “Which I am too polite to Ho gasped, be wheezed, he conghed, be spluitered; 3 We Igosed his aock, e gave him ir, And with a stiled voice Le muttered : “ You've choked me with a Zithy bair.” Alsa! ft was Do hair of minlon ; My wife confensed she drosse in basts, Azd wialo Maria combed ber chiguon, ‘Herself had mized the curry pastel They proved the will of Thule Crompton, By which we never got s grost; ‘His housands found their way 10 Brompton, Por the Discases of ths Throat, ¥ Jowrnal, KANSAS. A Heavy Spring Tide of Immigra- - tion, Indian Complications---Farming and Stock-Raising. Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. SaxcEsT, Kan., March 31, 1674 Perhaps no State in the Union has had greater difficulties to surmount in the primitive stages of its progress than Kansas; yet, with all the impediments that obstructed tho early settle- ment of the State, her march to empire has boen. BTEADY AND UNMISTAEABLE. . First came the Moloch of Human Slavery, with its insolent demands for imperial sway, threat- ening the stability of 6ur Republican institu- tions, and causing the friends of liberty evers- whore to tremble for its eafety. Happily, the conflict that here culminated into open war has well nigh ceased to distract the country, and the lovers of freedom tbroughout the world can lift up their heads and rejoice thatitisso. Other peoples, struggling for the blesaings perpetuslly guaranteed to us by the successfal issue of tho contest botween Freedom and Slavery, will hava to fight our battles over on distant soils, and pass through the same ordeal of fire and blood; but this continent will never again witnoss such a strnggle a8 the one from whoas baneful effects we bavo not yet recovered. Then the gaunt spectze, Drought, with its long train of evils, showed ite deformod head, and starva- tion, in all its frightful forms, loomed up view. All thees misfortunes wers borme wit>.2 fortitude that canllenged the admiration of the world, and Kansas omerged from the fiory fur- nace crowned with immortal glory, and strength ened by experience for new conquests. In a population composed of heterogensont elements from all quarters of the globe, it wa not to be oxpected that purity in the administra- tion of government affairs should be the exclu- give rulo; and henco political ontcasts, despite the noble efforts of the good and true men, hav- ing tho honor and integrity of the State at heart, to the contrary, have, from time to time, suc- cocded in foistiog themselves upon_the poople. and in bringing opprobrinm to their otherwise slainless escuteheon. Bnt TUE EFFECTIVE FURGATIONS tho body politic has undergone within the past year, aud the goneral awakening of the people ‘upon political subjects, will have the effect to restoro our Commonwealth to the proad position to which, by reason of all the considerations of iutelligence, virtue, public spinit, and honor, she is eminontly eatitled. if tho throngs of immigrants now pouring - to tho Etate by every avonus of ingress are any critorion, the present uesson will witnesa larger accessions to cur population than any precoding ane.” Tho peoplo mow locking to onr borders heil from Illiuois, Indians, Wisconsin, Iowa, Aiesonri, and othern Wastorn States, and rep- resent some of the most sobstantial farmera and stock-raisers. Thoir acquigition will add much tothe wealth and material prosperity of the State. The point to which the bulk of thess immigrants seem to converge is the sonthwes! whera the main body of uuoccapied arable lan is found. Should this influx bo kept up far another season,—and THERE IS X0 ROOX TO QUESTION IT,— the limits of our ungettled area will bomaterial- Iy contracted. Among 5o many secking new homes in & new country, it would be strange if there wore not those who will become disastisfied and eel their sails for o backward movement; but the man of pluck, encrgy, aud limited meaus, who cannot improsc bia condition, either by farmirg, etock-raising, ar any other calling, Ly planting himself hero. will look in vain elsewhere to doit. The few who will come and ;70 will not bo missed any more than a drop of water woald be missedafroum the great ocean. Their places will be filled by men of grit, onterprise, and noblo nims, wha Inow what they are going to do before leaving, snd who mada up their minds to do it against all obstacles. Thero is no statate prohibiting say who become disg from taking the back track, and the avenues of escape are numerous and always open. Tho character of our soil, its adsptation to all the varions ends of agricultare, are too well- known to need any extended oulogy at thia dsy. ‘Wherever tho test ha# Leen made, tho results HAVE BEEN MOST BATISFACTORX and the mournful wailiug of the dismal prophets of evil will avail about es moch as the wavos sgainst the rock of Gibraltar. Tho State will go on growing and expanding just the same as if there were none such in it. ‘The new-comer soon becomes imbued with the iric which is a distinguishing charactoristic of tho ola, thorough-bred Kansan,—S:ate pride,— by which is not meant an insolent assumption of importance and suporiority over other States, but an eminently-proper sontiment, which re- joicas in the success of eversthing pertaining to tho prosperity and upbailding of the Common- wealth, To thigvery Iaudable sentiment thero sre fow exceptions, and Kansas people have becomo roted for their zealons devotion to the State of their sdoption. Besides her excellent school- system, charitabls institutions, and generally- unexceptionable laws, she has a newspaper press that honors alike the State and the profession. In tho work of settling up her broad domain with industrious and_intelligent frcemen, in otpanizing and promoting enterprises of public utility, aud in the practical cducation of the people, these journals b: PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART. Wide-awake, public-spirited, they have aver kept even pace with the rapid adsancement of the people; and the political renovation tho State has undergone is due mainly to ths i fatigable Iabors of ber Dewspaper-men. That ever-recurriug question of an Indisn war is begioning to CRUse 80O anXiety AMODE the inhabitants of the burder. In tho Nasion, where most of the Southern tribes are corgre- gated, the Indinns ate represented to bo I stale of disquict, and a namber of marders have recently been committed by them. Large partics, armed to tho teeth, ara now hundieds of miles away from their reservations ; and their Liostile intontious bave been made known by a eries of recent incuraions. It is about time theso bloodthirsty vagrants were made to know their place, and to feel the power of the Goyern~ ment. 'The blood of slauglitered innocente cries aloud for vengesnco, and the voico oI our frontier citizens unites in demanding that chese rapacious outlaws be deprived of tho moans o murder at will. The people expoved to the rav- ages of the Tndians cxpect no sympathy or eid frum the stock-jobbers of Congresa ; their suly hope of peace and safely if in a vigorous pros- ecution of the policy inaugurated by GENS. SIERMAN AND SHERIDAN. Under the managementof theso truc-hearted Western mea, Indian massacres of shito taen, women, aud children, would soon be numbered among the tlupgs of the past. ‘That the Indians, in some cases, are provoked to commiiting depredations by the acts of law- less scslawags who Lover on the outskiris of civilization, 18 not douied ; but, is this fact any reason why the thourands of men who, with their famiiies, come West to occupy, in good fuith, the Government lands in conformity to the Government lawe,should bo made to suffer Icrls; Janlers acts of & few unhung freebooters 2 what value would these Iands be to the Gov ment or to the Stato if they were left unocen aud oncultivated ? What was the object in ex- pending larze sums of money in having them surveyed, if 1t was not to eacourage their eettle- ment and caltivation ? Is it not, then, clearly the duty of the Government, to be consistent with itself, to afford some protection to the peo- ple vhom it has induced to eettls upon its lauds, against the annnal inroads of the wavages ? The season for poetry, singing-birds, fowing brooklets, green grass, fragrant fowers, aud & thousand’ other_fancics, is almost Lere ; and, from present indications, it wili be a FAYORABLE ONE FOB FALMING. , The late enosws and oarly raius have put the soil in fine condition for the plow, giviug promise of & vear of plenty and prosperity. _ » The country lying betweén Great Dend—a point on the Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fa Rail- road—and the west bonudzryof the State,—a distance of over 200 miles,—is at prescig largely devoted to stock-raising; but good farms aca being opened up all along the lve, £nd in two years there will not_be an_scro of unoccupisd ground in tho valiey. There s no condlict be- tween cattle men aud fanwers, and there need never Lo if cnch will show a disposition to ro- spect the rights of tho otLer. Tue botiom-lands aro best suited to agricultnral parposcs, wiilo the uplands will farnush nolimited range for cattlo for years to come. . Since the repeal of the pre-emption lasws, thia 1and can be taken only by bomertead, which, in the case of those who bave not served in the army, requires = reridence of fivo years to securs titie: or tc alicrnale eections may be purchased from the railroad compauy, wuich mauy wi doubt prefer to do.