DAILY TIMES
[LEAVENWORTH, KS]
June 12, 1860 – October 8, 1861
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 15, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Another
Dead Body Found!—While Dr. Davis's sons were fishing on the river bank, a mile
below the city, a dead body rose to the surface and lodged.
They were about to secure it, when the current bore it away.
It was afterwards secured, and an inquest held by the Coroner.
The verdict of the jury was, "death by drowning."
The body was that of a young man, with heavy beard; had on two coarse
shirts; pair of drawers; blue striped cotton pants; blue cotton overalls; white
woolen socks; blue blanket overcoat, bound with black braid, and with black
buttons. A woolen comfort was tied
round the neck, and there was neither boots nor hat found. The
corpse had been in the water from four to six months.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 15, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
The
Theatre To-Night.—The Siegrist and Zanfretta Pantomime, Ballet and
Corde-Tendue Troupe, of which so much has been said in New Orleans and St. Louis
for the past few months, in making their first American tour, take a flying trip
up the Missouri river and make their traveling debut in Leavenworth City
to-night. To those who have not
seen the famous Ravels, it will perhaps be difficult to give an adequate idea of
the unusual novelty of their performances, and to those who have, it will be
sufficient to say that our exchanges agree in according to them equal genius
with the Ravels.
Mlle.
Marietta Zanfretta, said to be a miracle of grace and skill on the tight rope,
Senorita Annetti Galletti, the premiere danseuse of the Italian and French opera
houses, described as a paragon of the terpsichorean art; Signor Vilarde, the
most distinguished Maitre de Ballet in Europe; the Brothers Siegrist, the
celebrated French Pantomimists and Gymnasts, supported by numerous auxiliaries
in ballet, pantomime and gymnastics, are the great guns of the troupe.
It is perhaps the most important troupe of artists that have ever visited
this country.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 16, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
A
Theatre Mania.—The Siegrist and Zanfretta Troupe, have inoculated our citizens
with a regular Corde Tendue, Ballet and Pantomime furore, not the less exciting
from their having dropped upon us unannounced, and from the clouds as it were.
We have seen men, and women too, graceful and skillful as we thought upon
the tight rope, but after seeing M'lle Marietta Zanfretta, we are surprised that
we could before have been so easily pleased.
We have before experienced our share of enthusiasm in witnessing a pas
seul or pas de deux in the ballet, but after seeing Signorita Annetti
Galletti, all danseuses premiere of past years appear awkward and uncouth.
The circus has agreeably entertained us with human specimens of
extraordinary physical skill, but after the exploits of the Siegrist Brothers
and Alexandre Zanfretta, the circus has lost its charm—even a propensity
generally indulged of cachinatory efforts after the oft repeated jokes and
ungainly grimaces of the traditional clown, makes us blush after the
irresistibly comical countre-temps of Velardi and Zanfretta in the Magic
Trumpet. One-half of our readers
will be discussing the "Siegrist and Zanfretta Troupe" at breakfast
this morning, and the other half before night.
To-night
the irresistible M'lle Marietta Zanfretta in new feats on the tight rope; the
delightful Signorita Annetti Galletti in a variety of divertisements Dansuese
[sic]; the Brothers Siegrist in new and wonderful gymnastic displays, and the
new Comic Pantomime of the coopers, will attract everybody who has, or can
borrow half a dollar. "So mote
it be."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 18, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Siegrist
and Zanfretta Troupe Again.—The advertisement in the Times this morning, that
this troupe of wonderful artists are to perform here three nights more, conveys
information gratefully received by those who have participated in these unique
entertainments. Every body is
delighted with the whole affair, and nobody hesitates to express his admiration
emphatically. On Saturday night
they eclipsed even the brilliant efforts of the night before, and by dint of the
introduction of more light, enabled their patrons to get a better glimpse of the
great artists who achieve all these extraordinary exploits.—Even what at first
appeared a contre temps, the fall of the beautiful Marietta Zanfretta
from the rope into the parquette, was so gracefully and skillfully gotten over
by the charming danseuse, that the sympathy and applause of the large audience
was accorded her, so vociferously, indeed, that we have a lingering suspicion
that the fall was only another French coup d'etat of this Napoleon of
tight rope performers, to take the house by storm.
As usual, Signorita Annetti Galletti was irresistibly bewitching, dancing
her way with those expressive toes into the hearts of half the gentlemen
in the theatre. The Comic Gymnastics of the Brothers Siegrist, like
everything these gentlemen do, was exceedingly laughable as well as skilful,
while the pantomime of the Coopers convulsed the audience from the rising to the
lowering of the curtain.
To-night,
new Tight Rope Gems, the thrilling Spectacular Ballet of the Italian Brigand,
new Gymnastic feats of the Brothers Siegrist, and that greatest and funniest of
all Trick Pantomimes, entitled Vol an Veut, or a night of adventures.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 19, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
A Free
Lunch was given yesterday morning at the Weston Lager Depot, corner Delaware and
Second streets. The occasion was
the receipt of a stock of Bock Beer. "Philip"
served up an unusually nice lunch, which everybody enjoyed.
He is a clever fellow, keeps an orderly house, and deserves success.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 20, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Republican
Songster for 1860.—We have received a copy of this little volume, edited by
John W. Hutchinson, of the celebrated family of singers of that name.
It is just the thing to furnish music for the coming campaign.
It contains the Republican platform, and fifty songs, many of which are
adapted to popular airs. A number
of the pieces are entirely new, and written expressly for this work. Every Republican should have it.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 21, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Madame
Anna Bishop is Coming!—We are highly gratified to be able to announce that
this distinguished vocalist will, in a short time, make a visit to our city and
favor us with one of her grand concerts. It
would be entirely superfluous for us to attempt to add anything to the musical
reputation of Mad. Anna Bishop. We
shall, however, refer to her proposed concert again, as soon as we learn when it
will be given, and can announce the programme.
As this lady will sing here but once, and as it is not often our citizens
are afforded so rare an entertainment, the largest hall we have will be crowded
to its utmost.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 21, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
The
Fetes at the Fort.—Col. Magruder and the officers at the Fort inaugurate
tonight a series of entertainments containing to-night and to-morrow night, for
the especial delectation of the ladies of the officers of the garrison, and the
public in general, in which we understand many of our citizens contemplate
participating. They have engaged
the Siegrist Zanfretta troupe, and have fitted up a spacious hall for the
performances, in elegant style. A
ride to the Fort and a sight at these recherche entertainments will be
enjoyed.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 22, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Advertisement for Buchanan
Woolen Factory and St. Joseph Woolen Factory, both in St. Joseph, MO, wanting
wool and selling satinets, heavy and light jeans, tweeds, linseys—white,
colored, striped or plaid, flannels white or colored, fulled linseys 1½ yards
wide, colored or mixed 1½ yards wide, fulled cloth ¾ and 7/8 wide, blankets of
all kinds and qualities, yarns of all sizes and colors.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 22, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
Summary: Advertisement for the
Grand Semi-Annual Ball of the Red Rover Fire Company No. 3 at Stockton's Hall,
July 4, 1864
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 26, 1860, p. 2, c. 2
A New
Orleans paper tells a story which may not be true, but which is certainly not
improbable. A New York school girl
thought it would be an excellent joke to advertise in a city paper for a
husband; she did so, and, of course, received replies.
The writer of one of these, who pretended to be the son of rich parents
at the South, made her acquaintance without the knowledge of her family, and
finally induced her to elope with him, promising to marry her in Cincinnati.
Of course he did not fulfill this promise, and, of course, the silly girl
was ruined. She was then left alone
in New Orleans. She was driven by
her despair to attempt suicide, but was prevented from accomplishing this
design. A volume of such stories,
however, would not keep some school girls from indulgence in anonymous
flirtations.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 27, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Gardner
& Lewis' Panorama—This stupendous work of art, covering about three
thousand square yards of canvas now being painted in this place, will be
presented for the first time, to the people of Auburn and vicinity, on the
Fourth of July.
This
Panorama embraces all the scenes of interest on the Missouri river, from Fort
Leavenworth and Wyandot; from [fold in paper] up the Kaw river and the Smoky Hi
[fold] to the Gold Mines and Utah, giving a life like view of all the towns and
scenes of interest along that route; the cities that have lately sprung up at
the base of the Rocky Mountains; Salt Lake City, and the scenery surrounding it,
together with a life-like picture of camping life on the Plains, etc.
Mr.
Gardner, who has been engaged for some months past in taking sketches and
overseeing the execution of the work, is an artist of a well established
reputation, and of considerable experience in painting panoramas, and besides
himself, they have employed artists of superior merit to prosecute the work.
We
have visited our friends studio on several occasions, and were much pleased with
what we saw. Among other scenes, we
witnessed a view of the City of Leavenworth, and at first glance could point out
all the buildings within our recollection.
After
giving their exhibition in this place, they will present it in several of the
most important points in the Territory, and then start directly east, where we
predict for them a brilliant reception. [Auburn D[fold in paper]]
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 2, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Fire Works.—C. Burklin, opposite Stockton's Hall, has on hand a large
lot of fire works of every variety. Do
not forget to give him a call and purchase for the Fourth.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 4, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Monthly
Meeting of the Ladies' Benevolent Society will be held at Mr. Wm. Perry's, Miami
street, between Main and Second, on Thursday, July 5th, at 4 o'clock,
P.M. All the members are requested
to attend, as an election of officials will take place.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 4, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
The
Fourth.—There will be ample opportunity for everybody to enjoy themselves
today, according to their fancy.
Our
home celebration promises to be a good one.
The
procession will form on Shawnee street in the following order:
Shields'
Guards, filing in from Sixth street, Turners, Carriage with Orators Brass Band,
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company 1, Eagle Fire Company, No. 2, Red Rover Fire
Company, No. 3, Hibernian Society, Citizens.
The
line of procession will be formed between nine and ten o'clock; when it will
march through the principal streets, as heretofore noticed, and thence to
Fackler's Grove, in south Leavenworth, where the Declaration of Independence
will be read by D. H. Bailey, Esq. Capt.
Wm. Perry will deliver the oration of the day, and patriotic addresses will be
delivered by Col. Vaughan, and others. A
good brass band will be on the ground, and all who feel disposed will have an
opportunity to keep time to the music.
Ice
cream and other refreshments in abundance will be provided on the ground.
The Committee of Arrangements have employed persons to see to this part
of the programme, and expect that no others will take refreshments on the ground
to sell.
In the
same vicinity will be held the picnic of the United Presbyterian Sabbath School.
Short addresses will be delivered by several gentlemen, after which
refreshments will be served, and the children allowed to enjoy themselves
generally. A handsome banner will
be used on the occasion, which was painted for the school by Mr. Hook.
It represents a shepherd with his flock, and is as appropriate as it is
well executed.
The
excursion on the Des Moines to
Atchison will be a pleasant affair, and will attract a good many.
The boat will leave here at 11 A.M., and return to-morrow at 9 A.M.
A
further trip has been arranged on the Platte Country R. R. to St. Jo. and
Savannah. This will give all a
chance to see the fine display of fire works in St. Joe. As the fare is only $1 from Atchison and return, nearly all
who go to the latter place, will go on.
We
hear of some who are going to Wyandot to attend the celebration there.
Gov. Root will will read the Declaration and Gov. Roberts will deliver an
oration. The festivities will close
with a grand ball.
In the
evening, here, the Red Rovers give one of their popular dancing parties.
There is no more efficient company in Leavenworth than this one, and we
hope they will be encouraged by the attendance to-night.
Occasions like these are the only ones when our citizens are called upon
to exhibit their appreciation of the services of these gallant fellows; and we
therefore expect to see a large company assembled to honor the Red Rovers.
The
German Turners also give a ball at their hall on Delaware street.
They always take much pride and are very enthusiastic in getting up such
affairs, and it will of course pass off well.
All who enjoy the fascinations of the German waltz should be there.
We
wish the readers of the times much pleasure, in whatever way they choose to
celebrate.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 4, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
Mrs.
Burnham's School Exhibition.—At the close of the exercises of this school, a
silver cup was presented by Miss Laura Gwinn, on behalf of the pupils, to their
teacher. An appropriate and
excellent address was then delivered by Mrs. B.
The visitors then agreed upon a committee of four persons to draft
resolutions expressive of appreciation of the services of Mrs. B. in the
capacity of teacher of the colored school in Leavenworth.
The
first of the resolutions is as follows:
Resolved,
That we cherish the cause of education, and look to it with longing eyes and
hopeful hearts as the great lever by which our race is to be raised from
degradation to that state for which the author of our being has designed us.
The
other resolutions express thanks to Mrs. Burnham for her energy and perseverance
in the cause of education.
We are
glad to see the interest which the colored people are manifesting in their
school. They deserve encouragement
in all such efforts to elevate and improve the minds of their children.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 4, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
The
Methodist Sunday School Exhibition at Stockton's Hall, last evening, was a
perfect success. The entertainment
consisted of composition, speaking, dialogues, music, &c.
The entire programme was so well gone through with, that it is difficult
to tell which piece excelled in composition or execution.
There was one piece, however that elicited the applause of the audience,
and was exceedingly appropriate. The
piece opened by thirteen young ladies in white, representing the thirteen
original States. Each lady had a flag with the name of the State she is
represented. In their behalf the
Goddess of Liberty declared them free and independent States.
Then one by one each State, represented by a young lady, was presented to
the Goddess, and petitioned for admission.
In neat speeches they were all admitted, and flags presented.
Kansas was represented by a lady dressed in black, who presented her
petition, and it was rejected. The
whole piece was well gotten up. The
Hall was filled to overflowing, and all seemed pleased with the exhibition.
The receipts must have been very satisfactory.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 6, 1860, p. 2, c. 1-2
Our National
Birth-Day!
How it was Celebrated by the People of
Leavenworth.
July 4th, 1860, will not soon be forgotten by those who participated in any of the festivities which transpired in this vicinity.—Some began demonstrations the day before; many more will not recover from the effects for days to come. We have, ourselves, at the time of writing this, a very distinct impression of having witnessed this greatest of American "elephants" in all its magnificent proportions. If we should fail to chronicle anything which occurred, this must be out apology.
The Day Was Ushered In
By a national salute of thirty-three guns.—The boys added the efforts to herald the glorious anniversary by firing sundry pistols, crackers, &c. Everybody was astir early; and large numbers came in from the country, to share in the joyous occasion.
The Procession
Of the military and fire companies formed on Shawnee street, about ten o'clock. First came a band of martial music, followed by the Shields Guards, looking finely, and performing their evolutions with skill and regularity. Then came the German Turners in costume, and accompanying them a car of thirteen little girls, in white, representing the thirteen original States, one dressed in mourning to personify Kansas, and a larger girl dressed as the Goddess of Liberty. Next was the carriage containing the orators of the day, followed by the Chief of the Fire Department, the Pioneer and German Protection Hook and Ladder Companies, and Red Rover Engine Co., and the Leavenworth Hibernian Society, in the regalia of their order. The Fire Companies made a good display; having their carriages decorated with flowers, flags, &c. The Turners were also very successful in the fine appearance which they presented. Two excellent brass bands formed part of the procession. During the march, "Old Kickapoo" pealed forth its tones of thunder. After passing through the principal streets, the main body proceeded to Fackler's Grove, in South Leavenworth, where it was joined by a large concourse of people.
Proceedings at the Grove.
After music, and a salute by the Guards, the Declaration of Independence was read by David H. Bailey, Esq. Wm. Perry, the orator of the day, was then introduced, and delivered an address which was highly commended by all who heard it. Brief, but able and interesting speeches were then made by Col. Vaughan and others. At their close, all hands formed for a dance, which was kept up for several hours. A large number of ladies being present rendered this portion of the entertainment [a] very pleasant one.
The Sabbath Schools
Held a pic-nic in another portion of the grove, which was participated in by about five hundred Sabbath School children, comprising nearly all the denominations in Leavenworth. The little ones were addressed in a happy manner by Rev. Baldridge, Jas. McCahon, Esq., and others. After this, refreshments were served, and then all turned in, to enjoy themselves according to their fancy. The prattle of merry young voices mingled with the music from the adjoining celebration. All were happy and delighted; and nothing occurred to disturb, in the least, this feeling.
At Turner's Hall.
The "Turnverin" preferred to retreat to their large, cool hall.
Wm. Kempf made a very able address in German; the applause with which it
was received demonstrating this fact to those who were not familiar with the
language of the speaker. An
eloquent oration, in English, was then delivered by David H. Bailey.
Mr. B. sustained himself so well that his audience were highly delighted.
At the request of our German friends, we publish the effort of Mr. B. in
another column, and our readers will see that it justifies all we have said in
its praise.
The
Ball, which was to have been given at Turner's Hall on the Fourth, was postponed
on account of the storm. It passed
off last night very satisfactorily.
Excursion on the Des Moines.
To us, the great feature of the day, was the pleasure trip up the river, on board the steamer Des Moines. At 11 o'clock, she was at the wharf, ready to receive the cargo of human freight which awaited her. Before leaving, a beautiful flag was presented to Capt. Fleming Calvert by the ladies of Leavenworth. R. R. Rees, on behalf of the donors, delivered their gift, in a few appropriate remarks. The Captain responded, saying it was the proudest moment in his life; but as speech-making was not his vocation, he could not do more than return his sincere thanks. The audience then gave three cheers for the Des Moines and her commander. The banner was then handed to the Mate, and run up to the head of the flag-staff, when amid the cheers of the crew, and of those on shore, we pushed off.
On the "Big Muddy."
Although the day was very sultry, the trip up was by no means an
unpleasant one. The band played
stirring airs, as we passed the different landings; attracting the natives on
shore. We saw some of our party
seeking relief from heat, by imbibing an icy beverage, through long straws.
On inquiry, we learned that this was that celebrated invention, said to
have been originated by the jovial Burton.
Others amused themselves by playing a curious little game with coffee
grains, of which we could understand nothing except the frequent calls to
"ante-up." Many sought the pilot house, and watched the skilful manner
in which the Des Moines was guided on her course.
We
reached Winthrop, opposite Atchison, just too late for the excursion train on
the Platte county R. R.; and made fast to the shore just in time to be ready for
a storm which suddenly came up. The
gale was very severe, and had not our craft been safely moored, we might have
experienced danger.
The
rain cools the air very much; thus rendering dancing and comfort both possible.
The dance was participated in by a large number who "chased the
glowing hours with flying feet," until the dawn of day.
'Home Again."
We crossed the river to Atchison, on our return trip, early in the
evening. In company with the editor
of the Herald and others, we took a stroll up town.
We visited the printing offices but found nobody there. Gill discovered a copy of the Boston Liberator in the
Champion office, which he pocketed, with a suspicious look. We advise Martin to beware!
When
we had nearly reached Leavenworth, a meeting of the passengers was held to
express their thanks. Col. Burns
was called to the Chair; J. K. Bartlett and Wm. H. Gill were made Secretaries.
Messrs. Reese, Eddy, and Hogeboom were appointed a committee on
resolutions, and reported the following. . . .
In
addition to those mentioned above, much credit is due to J. D. Hooper and E. A.
Arnoux, the clever pilots, and Mr. Culnau, for the manner in which the boat was
decorated, and for their attentions to the guests.
The
following acrostic and poem were written for the occasion, and read during the
trip: . . .
At 10
o'clock yesterday morning, we flew gaily down by the landing, our flag floating
in the breeze, and the band playing a lively air. And thus ended our experience of the late Fourth of July.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 6, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Madame
Anna Bishop, the world renowned cantatrice, who since her last appearance in
America, has visited Mexico, South America, Central America, the Sandwich
Islands, California, Australia, Bombay, Calcutta, Canton and Hongkong (China),
England, France, Spain, Germany, Russia, and has nearly completed another tour
of the United States, since her return from Europe.
This
truly celebrated lady is now on her return from Mexico and Texas, where she has
met with unprecedented success. She
will reach Leavenworth about the middle of July, and will give one or more of
her grand concerts here. She
intends to ascend the Missouri river as high as St. Joseph, from thence to
Hannibal, Mo.
This
truly renowned vocalist, known the world over as the queen of song, will, we
predict, receive a warm and enthusiastic reception from the people of
Leavenworth. She has traversed the
wide world, and equally enchanted and astonished all, not only by her
extraordinary vocal powers but also by the facility with which she so soon
acquired a knowledge of their language, and sang their native songs in their own
tongue. Whether as a singer of
sacred or secular music suffice it to say that Madame Bishop has no superior,
and we assure the people of Leavenworth and vicinity that there is a richer
musical treat in store for them than they have ever enjoyed before.
Let it be borne in mind that Madame Bishop sings in eight or ten
different languages. She will be
assisted by a number of other artists.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 13, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
"Old
Kickapoo."—We learn that a process has been issued by the Mayor of
Weston, in order to get possession of this relic of the Kansas troubles.
The officer is in town, but has done nothing as yet.
We decidedly object to this proceeding.
The old gun is one of the legitimate trophies of war.
If the Missourians desired to retain their artillery, they should have
remained at home with it, instead of interfering with our affairs.
"To the victors belong the spoils."
P.
S.—Since the above was written, we are informed that an attempt was made to
get possession of the cannon, which was resisted on the ground that it was not
the original gun which was taken from the Kickapoo Rangers.
We believe it is now in charge of Capt. Dickson, who holds it for the
German Turners.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 13, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
The
Concert To-Night.—Prof. Striby gives the first of two concerts this evening,
at Stockton's Hall. He will be
assisted by the young ladies of his music class.
The concert will be vocal and instrumental, and the instruments used will
be the piano, melodeon, guitar, violin, flute, &c.
The programme of this evening contains the four Presidential marches we
spoke of the other day, and many other popular pieces.
"The Wanderer's Farewell," "Lorena," "The
Peasant Maiden's Lament," "Alp Song," "France, I adore
thee," &c. Prof. S. has given concerts before, and they have been
appreciated. Every lover of music
should encourage these concerts, as they tend to develop home talent.
Tickets only twenty-five cents. Let
there be a full house.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 16, 1860, p. 3, c. 23
Stockton's Hall!
Wednesday and Thursday Evenings,
July 18th and 19th.
Madame Anna Bishop,
The
World-Renowned Cantatrice!
Who, since her last appearance in the United States, has made
A Tour of the World,
has the honor to announce
Two Grand Vocal and Instrumental
Concerts!
As above, on which occasion she will be assisted by the
following distinguished artists:
F. Rudolphsen,
The eminent Baritone.
T. A. Hogen,
The
celebrated Pianist.
Tickets of admission, 50 cents.
Reserved seats, (extra) 50 cents.
To be had at the store of J. M. Williams, Esq., where a diagram of the
Hall may be seen.
The Piano used on this occasion is kindly loaned by Prof. Striby.
Doors open at 7½ o'clock. Concert
will commence at eight.
E. C. Townsend, Agent.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 23, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Crisp are availing themselves of the opportunity offered in the
vacation of their regular Dramatic Establishments, to make a brief tour,
accompanied by an efficient corps of artists.
They will visit Leavenworth shortly.
Mr. C. has been lessee and manager of Crisp's Gaiety, at New Orleans, and
the other large Southern cities, and manager of the Parodi Grand Italian Opera
Company. The Southern press speak
in high terms of Mr. and Mrs. Crisp. They
will reach here about the first of August, and remain one week.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 26, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Theatrical
Entertainment and Banner Presentation.—Those who are fond of stage
performances will be glad to hear that they will have an opportunity on the
first of August to attend an exhibition of the kind at
Stockton's Hall. The
occasion will be that of the benefit of Mrs. Agnes Burt, an actress favorably
known to our citizens.
The
entertainment will consist of scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin, with Topsy's
original songs and dances. Scenes
from a number of other plays will also be given.
The inimitable Burt will be on hand with his comicalities.
Other artists of high repute have consented to assist.
In due time, the programme will be announced.
But
the great feature of the evening will be the presentation of a magnificent
banner valued at $75 to the fire company which sells the greatest number of
tickets. This banner can be seen at
the office of Hill & Collins, painters.
Smaller banners will also be presented to all the companies.
Come of the members have already begun the work of selling tickets and
are meeting with good success.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 31, 1860, p. 2, c. 3
I. E. That Is.—The names of girls in these latter days have a decided
tendency to terminate in "ie." Taking
up a couple of catalogues of Ladies' Schools the other day—pleasant reading by
the way those pages full of the names of school girls are!—we found the
following angels in ie: Essie and
Elsie, and Carrie and Katie and Kittie and Fannie and Annie and Millie and
Mollie and Minnie, and Lizzie and Libbie and Lottie and Lucie and Laurie and
Lillie and Addie and Nellie and Hattie and Jennie!
Whether
the blossoming out of the dear old fashioned names into foreign posies is the
result of European tours, or whether Shakespear is wrong about the sweetness of
roses, or whatever it is, we can only exclaim Y. girls!—[Chicago Journal.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 1, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Review
at the Fort.—Our city on yesterday was alive with a rumor, that a grand review
of one thousand troops was to come off at the Fort. Being demi-military in our habits, strongly military in our
tastes, and remembering the gallant displays, made doubly pleasant by the
hospitality and urbanity of Col. Magruder, the brave and soldierly commandant of
the Fort, which we had before witnessed there—we concluded to go, and, very
much like Japhet in search of a father, we started. By the line of carriages rolling over the undulating road
between the city and the Fort, we discovered that many others of our citizens
were also "military by inclination."
The first thing which attracted our attention as we neared the garrison,
was the encampment of the recruits, picturesquely situated upon one of the
little knobs of the Reservation. Supposing
that where the tents were there the soldiers were also, we dashed madly towards
the camp; but, to our chagrin, we discovered that a fence cut us off from the
goal of our hopes. To men who
expect to die militia generals, this was a small obstacle, especially as a gap
only three rails high lay right in our path.
After holding a hasty consultation, Jones and we concluded to take the
gap at a flying leap. We started right bravely, and for the first twenty feet we
fancied we were part of the "immortal six hundred" at Balaklava; but,
alas, for our dreams! our
"barbed steeds," like Rosenanti at the charge of the wind-mills, as
they approached the gap, stopped in the "middle passage" and
obstinately refused to move. But
like great souls we rose superior to the difficulties surrounding us, and Jones
let down the three rails and we gallantly rode through.
We found that the inspection of the recruits was already over, but that
inspection was to take place at the garrison.
A
gallant sight awaited us. Col.
Magruder's and Capt. Barry's batteries were drawn out; also two companies of
foot artillery. To say the troops
looked finely, and worthy of the service, would be tame praise indeed; yet, if
we spoke all we felt, our readers would look upon us as a military enthusiast;
and the brave and gallant officers, who are as modest as they are brave, would,
perhaps, not think us sincere.
Major
McDowell, assistant inspector, reviewed the troops, and well might Col. Magruder
be proud of the appearance they presented. The inspection was not one of mere form and show, as we
suspected it would be; on the contrary, it was rigid in the extreme.
We observed Major McDowell, with his own hands, adjust a strap upon one
of the privates, which was not exactly fitted according "to
regulation," a circumstance which speaks highly for that officer, when we
consider the immense amount of labor of this kind he has to perform.
Among
the many gallant officers present, it is perhaps invidious to particularize
any.—But we were struck by the appearance of the distinguished commandant,
Col. Magruder, who already has written his name on our history's page, among the
hosts of heroes that emblazon it. Also,
Capt. Barry, who looks every inch the soldier, and who has not forgotten, amid
the "pomp and circumstance of glorious war," that literary and civic
attainments which add glory to the soldier's wreath. For him we predict a bright future, and if opportunity ever
affords, he will place the name of his battery, and himself, along with those of
Duncan, Ringgold and Sherman. Lieut.
Perry, the worthy scion of a race which has already added some of the most
glorious chaplets to our naval fame, gives promise that in the profession he has
chosen, he will not be found unworthy of his name, brightened by the memories of
Lake Erie.
[Query.—Why
is that the field officers, and those who have risen to distinction in the
service, treat civilians with marked kindness and respect, while some of the
beardless Lieutenants treat every person except superior officers, with a
haughty superciliousness that makes them the laughing stock of every sensible
man? Jones suggests that their
heads are still swelled from the effects of the potations imbibed at "Benny
Havens'."]
At the
kind suggestion of Major Chase, we inspected some of his "bottled
stores," and after two or three "long drawn inspirations,"
pronounced them good. Altogether,
the day was very pleasant.
To-day
there is to be a grand field review.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 3, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Gardiner's
Railroad Panorama of Kansas, Utah and the gold mines, will be exhibited here in
a few days. It is a work of great
merit, and as it possesses a local interest, should be witnessed by all our
citizens.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 4, 1860, p. 2, c. 2-3
[Correspondence of the Times.]
New York, July 27th, 1860.
New
York is fairly cleaned out, just now, Broadway alone presents some show of life
still, as a promenade, and even there the crowd is thin, and unmetropolitan.
The avenues, of course, are entirely deserted, and the whole dwelling
region, up-town, is about as lively as Greenwood Cemetery.
Walking through the Fifth avenue, the other day, I found all the houses
hermetically closed, except the Brevoot House and the tailor's shop, (for there is
a tailor's shop in the avenue!) and the only residents I met in my walk, were a
cat and a servant-girl.
Everybody
is off for the watering places—everybody and his wife—or, as it sometimes
happens, somebody else's wife, as in a recent case that has caused quite a
flutter among the lovers of scandal. A
certain well known and eloquent lawyer of this city, whose success in managing
property suits has made him very popular, is—or rather was—the bosom friend,
counsellor, and guide of a certain eminent and wealthy dry goods jobber, whose
name has long decorated a sign in Broad street. Last week, a tremendously hot day suggested to the lady of
this merchant, that the seaside was a good thing to do. Her husband, however, could not spare time to take her to
Newport, whither she was desirous of going, and she was quite in despair until
the friendly and gallant lawyer announced his intention to make a business trip
to Boston, and politely offered his services as escort to Madame.
The
lady was anxious; the lawyer was polite; the husband was confiding, and the
consequence was that the two former went on, one fine evening, by the Fall River
boat, for Providence, and thence to Newport. The worthy merchant was to follow on Saturday, and the legal
gentleman was to return from Boston in time to meet him at the watering place.
Madame
promised to write as soon as she reached her place of destination, but no letter
appeared. On Saturday, the husband
posted off, to meet the wife of his bosom, but—as the novelists
say—"judge of his surprise," when he arrived at Newport and found no
wife of his bosom to meet! She was
not at this hotel—she was not at that hotel—she was not at the other
hotel—in fact, not to put too fine a point upon it, she was not at any hotel
at all.
Eager
enquiries finally developed the fact that a gentleman and lady, answering to
the description of the missing ones, had passed one night at a private boarding
house, under the name of Mr. and Mrs. ______.
They had gone, however, the next morning with the intention of visiting
Nahant.
To
Nahant, then, the now horrified and unhappy husband went, but no such couple had
been known to make their appearance there.
Returning to Newport, he made investigation among the steamboat and
railroad people, and found that his wife and his friend had had their baggage
checked for New York, when they left!
After
keeping up this wild goose chase for several days, the despairing husband
discovered the guilty ones at Long Branch, on the Jersey coast, passing for a
newly married couple, and doing up the delights of the honeymoon in "a
cottage by the sea."
The
gallant lawyer fled, as from the wrath to come, and the lady received the full
glory of her outraged husband's wrath. As
a finale, he sent her home to her father—a respected clergyman living in
Brooklyn—and purchased a revolver with which he intends to shoot his former
crony, the first time they meet. I
should advise the legal gentleman, firstly, to mend his morals; secondly, to
stay away from New York as long as he can.
As both parties are well known, and in good society, the affair has
caused an immense excitement among the quidnuncs, though much trouble was taken
to keep it hushed up from the first.
The
Excursion of the Great Eastern to Cape May is one of the best specimens of how
our British cousins deplete Jonathan's money bags that I ever saw.
Tickets, ten dollars, but nothing furnished except the
passage.—Refreshments were to be had on board, however, at a very neat little
scale of prices, which reminded one of the old California days, when a cook
turned up his nose at a customer who offered only seven thousand dollars for
a plate of pork and beans! The
Great Eastern showmen had the kindness to supply mattresses to gentlemen
"without extra charge," but as all the berths and state rooms were
reserved for ladies (at a very round price extra) the gentlemen hardly knew what
to do with their mattresses after they got them.
The fact is, the directors of the big ship sent her over here to make
money, on the principle of the Quaker who told his son to do
likewise.—"John, get money honestly if thee can—but get it!"
It is
odd how short a time it takes to get up a sensation here in this Babylon of a
city, and equally odd how short a time a grand sensation lasts.
When the Japanese Embassy were here, one would have imagined that New
York was to be Japanified forever after; but now, nobody thinks or speaks of the
"Japs." All are forgotten alike, from the worshipful Simme-boojsen
down to the lowest scullion. Still,
a triffling [sic] incident occurred last week, to show that this general forgetfulness
does not extend to all individual cases.
A
gentleman named Bolton lately fitted out a vessel to go to Japan, and just
before sailing, instituted a wholesale rat-hunt—as the ship was overran with
those unpleasant animals. In the
course of this general slaughter, one of the sailors, penetrating far forward in
some dark and unused corner, found a young girl, some sixteen or seventeen years
old, and very pretty, coiled up in the smallest compass possible, and apparently
in imminent danger of suffocation for want of fresh air.
On
bringing her out, she said, in reply to the Captain's questions, that she had no
home nor parents. All her
relatives, so far as she knew were dead, and she had been living out at service
for some time, but did not like it, so she determined to go out to Japan.
She had seen "Tommy," the lively boy interpreter, when the
Embassy were here, and had conceived an enthusiastic admiration of him, which
led to her choice of Japan as a "strange country for to see."
She reasoned, quite shrewdly, that as Tommy was partial to American
girls, and as they must be very scarce out there, she would stand a good
chance.—Unfortunately for her castles in the air, it was deemed best to leave
her behind. The Sisters of Mercy, I believe, took charge of her.
The
ladies will be interested to know that Eugenie, Empress of the French and
originator of hoops, has signified to the dames of her court, an intention to
retain crinoline as an institution, for another season at least.
It will not be worn to absurdity, however, in point of size, again.
The latest fashions from Paris are mostly seaside toilets, and are very
pretty. Morning dresses are quite
plain, of quiet shades, and sensibly short in the skirt—coming just to the
floor, instead of dragging some three or four inches.
Black velvet is in favor as a trimming for these.
Dinner
and evening robes are of much more brilliant colors, and striking contrasts are
in vogue. Some exceedingly handsome
styles in black and orange, with black lace, are worn by brunettes whose
complexion can bear such colors.
Straw
hats and flats of various forms are popular for watering places, and the little
English hat, sometimes called the Spanish, is a great favorite.
Make of dark straw, with a simple rosette on one side, and worn with the
hair in a net, it is dashing and piquant to the last degree.
These nets, which are rapidly coming into fashion, are really very pretty
when made with taste. For a
brunette, nothing can be more suitable than dark crimson silk, with gold beads
at the corners of each mesh. For
blondes, black or grey, with silver beads.
I have seen one of pale blue and silver that was charming, but the
wearer's hair was a very fine golden tint.
The
Zouave will be fashionable this Fall.—It is a species of basque with full
sleeves and skirt, and heavily trimmed with brilliant braid, frogging, &c.
Unless made with perfect taste, it has an unbecoming cumbrous and gauky
[sic] look. I do not predict a long
popularity for it.
As
might reasonably be expected, at this time of year, the weather is terribly
warm, and so is
Philemon.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 6, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Gardner
& Lewis' Panorama.—["]This interesting work of art is at length
finished and ready for the public eye. On
Thursday eve last it was exhibited to a densely crowded house in our city, and
from the deep interest manifested by those in attendance, as scene after scene
was presented to view, not a doubt can be entertained of the complete success of
the undertaking. It is highly
creditable to its originators, and a successful tour of exhibition now awaits
them in Kansas and the East. The
scenes embrace all the towns from Fort Leavenworth to Junction City, by water,
to which is added some very life-like and amusing scenes of the gold regions,
and miner's life, together with Salt Lake city, and Brigham Young and his
numerous family.—[Topeka Tribune.["]
This
stupendous work of art, covering nearly three thousand square yards of canvass,
will be on exhibition at Stockton's Hall, during the latter part of the present
week.
This
Panorama embraces all the scenes of interest on the Missouri river, from Fort
Leavenworth to Wyandott; from thence up the Kaw river and the Smoky Hill route
to the Gold Mines and Utah, representing a life-like view of all the towns and
scenes of interest along that route.
The
scenery represented is some of the finest in the world, and the whole painting
will be one of the most thrilling interest to the people of the Territory as
well as to all lovers of art in the East, where we understand, it is now on its
way.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 7, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Campaign
Medals.—Our friend Tom Hazen, always up with every new invention, and
distinguished for his enterprise in keeping up with every new feature, has a
complete variety of campaign medals. Lincoln,
Breckinridge, Douglas and Bell may be found at the Post Office Depot, all in
picture done up in a button. Patriotic
individuals will take notice.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 7, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
At the
Post Office News Depot can be found Harper's Weekly, Leslie's Budget of Fun,
Phunny Fellow, Yankee Notions, Wilke's Clipper, Porter's Spirit, Police Gazette,
American Agriculturist, Irish American, Irish Pictorial, Boston Pilot, Ledger,
Mercury, New York Day Book, The World, New York Herald, &c.
Go to the P. O. Depot and purchase.
Tom W. Hazen is ever ready to wait on all.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 10, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Gardener
& Lewis' Panorama of Kansas and the Gold Mines.—The gentlemanly
proprietors of this great painting are undoubtedly men of more than ordinary
ability in their art. They have
evidently put a large amount of labor and ability upon this painting, and have
succeeded in a high degree in producing a work of art of more than ordinary
merit.
The
scenes of their painting are mostly laid in Kansas, and therefore are of great
local interest to our citizens.
Stockton's
Hall was crowded, last night, to excess, to witness their first exhibition.
We advise all who have not seen this panorama to go to-night.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 14, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Fun
Ahead.—The famous Bennett Campbell Minstrels, and their gentlemanly agent,
Col. J. A. Howard, are in town, and will give a series of entertainment at
Stockton's Hall, commencing this evening.
From
Mr. Howard we learn that the company have just returned from a successful tour
in the gold mines, having spent the past winter in Denver City.
They have in rehearsal an afterpiece giving practical illustrations of
the scenes daily enacted in Denver city. From
the known reputation of the Campbells, we bespeak for them the success their
popularity deserves.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 14, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Panorama
of Leavenworth City.—We learn that Messrs. Gardner & Lewis, proprietors of
the Panorama of Kansas and the Gold Mines, contemplate painting a panorama of
the business streets of this city, to be exhibited by them in connection with
their present one, provided our business men will contribute a few dollars each
to defray the expense of getting it up. There
are several reasons why they should be encouraged:
it will show to the people of the States the business part of the city,
and give them an idea of the metropolis of Kansas that they could not get
anywhere else. It will also serve
as an advertisement to our business men, which will be worth much more than the
sum subscribed by them. Let us have a Panorama of our city.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 16, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
The Capitula, or
Promenade
Hat,
A jaunty, saucy little hat and feather—worn by the girls.
The Shaker Hood,
From No. 10 to 13—Adapted to the Mid-
dle-Aged and Married.
The One Ounce Hat,
For Lightness and Comfort Can't
Be Excelled—For Clerks and Book-Keepers
The Opera Soft Hat—Fall Style,
For everybody,
Just received at
Putnams & Co.,
No. 24, Delaware Street.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 17, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
At Stockton's
Hall,
on
Monday Night, August 20th,
And During the Week,
The Grand Historical Illustrations of
Dr. Kane's
Arctic Expedition
In Search of Sir John Franklin,
Painted on 3,000 Feet Canvas,
Vividly portraying the sublime yet awful grandeur of the
Polar Regions,
With a Full Descriptive Lecture, by
W. H. Paul, Esq.,
Honorary Member of the Kane Monu-
mental Association.
Doors open at ½ o'clock—to
commence at 8 o'clock
Admission 50 cents—Children and Servants half price.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 18, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Panorama
of the Kane Expedition.—This grand painting was exhibited to our citizens at
Concert Hall on Monday and last night, and we believe that the uniform testimony
of every one who has seen it, is that it is vastly superior to, and better worth
the money charged, than anything of the kind that has yet visited this city.
The scenes represented were painted from true sketches taken on the spot
by Dr. Kane himself and other artists who accompanied the expedition.
Those who love to gaze upon the awfully sublime in nature, should go and
see it, since the real displays of nature's dreary magnificence in those Arctic
regions, never revealed to the gaze of any white man save those of Dr. Kane and
his devoted band, exceed the liveliest pencilings of the most vivid imagination.
These representations, gorgeous as art can make them, were pronounced by
Dr. Kane himself to fall below the real grandeur of the works themselves. To those who have read the record of those thrilling
adventures, this panorama will be doubly interesting.
We urge upon all our citizens not to miss this opportunity of witnessing
this truly meritorious exhibition. We
pronounce it a magnificent panorama, well worth double the price charged to
witness it.—[Kansas City Journal of Commerce.
By
reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that the above panorama
will be on exhibition next week, at Stockton's Hall. Having seen this painting in the eastern cities, we can
safely add that it is all that it claims to be.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 20, 1860, p. 2, c. 2
Letter from Pike's
Peak.
[Special Correspondence of the Times.]
Denver City, Aug. 9th, 1860.
Dear
Bartlett: We arrived here yesterday
at 4 o'clock P.M., making the time through in six days and eight hours—one of
the quickest trips the Express has yet made.
The journey was very pleasant, with the exception that the route agents
would insist upon crowding nine and ten persons into a coach that the
manufacturers never intended should hold more than six, and packing carpet sacks
and express matter into the bottom, until your chin and knees came close enough
together to make the one answer as a pillow for the other. When I tell you that
part of the time two of the passengers were substantial ladies weighing about
two hundred pounds averdepois [sic], with all the modern crinoline fixings, you
will agree with me in saying that the company either ought to enlarge their
coaches or adopt the regulations of the French stages with regard to female
passengers.—My companion Sam says he thinks ladies had better stay at home and
not run after the "Peak," but he's a bachelor and dispeptic [sic].—With
this exception everything was all a traveler could wish.
You see the stage driver here as one of the institutions of the country,
restored to all the honors and importance he once enjoyed in the States before
railroads and steamboats took the lines from his hands and cast them in these
far Western places, and the speed which they bowl along over these prairie roads
must make it particularly unpleasant to be a mule during the heated term.
I will
make one suggestion right here for the benefit of any of your readers who may
contemplate coming here by Express, and who have no stomach for a seven day's
diet, consisting of pork and beans, varied occasionally by a dish of beans and
pork; the standard and only dishes found at all the station houses.
Before leaving Leavenworth they should supply themselves with a few cans
of fruit, a few bottles of pickles, and many bottles of Bourbon or Otard.
The appetite the air of these plains gives a man for all these
articles—particularly the latter, is remarkable, and I know they will never
regret having followed my advice.
The
emigration seems to be mostly Eastward, I am sorry to say.
We met in all 1,295 wagons returning to the States, and I suppose they
would average four or five persons to the wagon.
I don't pretend to give a reason for this immense efflux of adventurers
from this country, but I talked with them whenever opportunity offered, and they
all seemed disappointed, and many intensely disgusted.
In addition to this, a mule team passed through here yesterday thirty
days from Salt Lake, and reported
having met a large emigration on their way to California, numbered by thousands,
many of them disappointed Pike's Peakers. They
also report Indian troubles on the Humboldt, beyond Salt Lake, but none this
side. We passed coming out 327
wagons—most of them trains loaded with goods and provisions.
I tried several times to ascertain whose trains they were, and the
invariable answer I got was, "Wo haw, Bolly g'long."
That firm must be doing quite a large transportation business and Sam
thinks they are connected somehow with Jones & Cartwright.
Denver,
the citizens here say, is very dull, though contrasted with any of the towns
further east it leaves the impression that it is remarkably fast for its age.
The streets are crowded with wagons, oxen, mules, mustangs, loafers,
pilgrims and "huskys," just down from the mountains with big
revolvers, and villainous looking knives strapped to their sides—all looking
busy, good natured and dirty. The
streets, too, both in the way of houses and placards, look very like a
city.—Auction notices, estrays, dry goods, "nigger shows," railroad
bills, (North Missouri,) are posted on every corner, and I saw the bills of that
company on every station house and stable on the road, which shows that that
enterprising company appreciate the importance of securing the immense passenger
travel which comes from this region. Some
of the business houses here are as large, if not larger, than any in
Leavenworth; in fact many of them are branches of prominent houses there—among
them I notice Haas & Bro., Snedecor, Clayton & Lowe, Foard & Foard,
and others. Tappan & Co.,
dealers in rubber hose, belting, force pumps, hydraulic apparatus, and all sorts
of mining outfits, is the largest establishment of the kind I have yet seen in
the West, and the fact that this kind of goods find a ready market, shows there
must be something of reality in the reported richness of these mountains.
I
could fill several more pages in describing what I saw on the road and what I
have seen since my arrival here, but I start for the mountains to-morrow
morning, and must go now to shake hands with the old and new friends I have
found here, before I leave. I will
write again from there.
Jones.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 21, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
The
Panorama on exhibition at Stockton's Hall should be visited by all.
Apart from the great beauty of the painting, the lecture accompanying its
representation is more than worth the price of admission.
We had seen the panorama before but cannot recollect of devoting so
agreeable an evening, at any time, to any scenic display as last night.
The relics of the expedition and the "faithful dog" which
accompanied it, all have their merit as being survivors of one of the
bravest heroes whose deeds of glory are measured by the appreciation of a great
and intelligent people.
This
is not painting merely; it comprises whole lessons in polar navigation, and we
say to our citizens, fill the Hall nightly while the exhibition remains in the
city.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 21, 1860, p. 3, c. 4
Ice For Sale.
The citizens of Leavenworth
and steamboat men will take notice that I am continuing to furnish ice at 50
cents per hundred, for the season, and have not put the price up with others.
J. Combs,
On the
Levee, bet. Delaware and Cherokee streets.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 22, 1860, p. 2, c. 2
Panorama at Stockton's Hall.
There is, on exhibition at Stockton's Hall, a panorama whose merits are
transcendently superior to that of any other we ever witnessed. But it is not as a mere work of art that we commend it to the
patronage of our people. It
furnishes the occasion for entering fully into a correct appreciation of the
motives that actuated, the heroism required, and the glory attached to that
noble soul, who, from his quiet Philadelphia home traveled across the rolling
deep and over the floating ice, and amid the surging billows of the Arctic
Circle to restore to a sorrowing wife and mourning friends, and to a mighty
country, the self-reliant sailor who had years before consecrated his life to
the promotion of science and the advancement of the commercial interest of the
world. And Kane, too, has his
glories; equal in all that endeared Franklin
to his countrymen, he has shown a like heroism—has encountered and met
undismayed all the horrors that the other endured; has written his name high up
on the scroll of fame, in pursuit of an enterprise, before which the bravest
deeds of battle fall into utter insignificance, and it is a privilege for any
cultivated mind to have the opportunity of surveying the frozen fields of his
renown. With a short lecture upon
the motives and necessary preparations for the voyage, from Mr. Paul, the
curtain rings up with a beautiful and comprehensive picture of New York harbor;
the canvas commences moving and the exhibition floats down the bay amid the roar
of artillery, and so graphic is the scene that we seem to hear the crowds of
assembled friends and citizens shout those farewell Godspeeds to the little band
who were starting on their unknown wanderings amid the icebergs and ice plains
that hem in the polar sea.—And now let the reader imagine himself aboard the
vessel. A little way down the bay
the climbing moon begin to lighten up the scene; and so we glide beneath the
stars, and meet the in-coming Persia; the clouds, light and misty in their
etherial [sic] loveliness, sail gently overhead, and as they stray across the sky, the
silver full moon alternates the pictures, while the gilded waves, whose rippling
we almost hear, toss back its brightness upon sails and spars and hulls of
countless vessels sweeping by.
Thus
we seem to glide along till golden day bursts gorgeously upon the head lands,
cliffs and harbor of St. Johns; there we take aboard provision amid all the
noise and bustle of the excited town; we are off again, and beneath a changing
sky, which seems to glow with renewed splendor, and borrow additional brightness
from the ice carpeted sea, we make the tinted coast of Greenland, animated in
all its chill surroundings with the busy norsman [sic] and enduring whalers,
chasing the whale or busy with the squadron that is anchored off the coast.
Here we have an unlucky whale harpooned into madness, who, in revenge,
has tossed high into the air, boat and crew.
Then comes South Greenland, with Kane's vessel moored to an iceberg, and
we go ashore to view the frozen splendor. The
canvas rolls on, and we accompany the adventurers; soon the Crimson Cliffs of
Beverly, whereon a thousand armies might have poured their blood—so carmine
are they in their awful beauty—burst into view, towering hundreds of feet into
the frosted air, and reflecting far over the glossy waves, bright gleamings from
their eternal frosts.
But to
trace the journey through all its accumulated scenes of wondrous splendor and
horrors, would require more time and paper than we can give—the towering
icebergs, the far stretching ice fields, the deep and gloomy ravines, are ever
connected with the voyage—they are all there illustrated with fidelity by the
lecturer, and in this connection we would impress upon our citizens the rich
harvest that ice that is within their reach.
The lecturer is an able one, possessing narrative and descriptive powers
of remarkable force; and as he roams with a recollection of the bosom friend,
whose fame has been impressed upon every surging berg that passes by, his
eloquence seems to touch the frozen jewels that glitter there with a weird like
loveliness and we view the glittering waste roll by, forgetting that out of all
these terrors sprang the triumph and glory of Dr. Kane; and so unconsciously we
are carried on, and when the lecture is over, we have accompanied the brave,
courageous crew, who for two long years in the little "Advance" and
shared the deprivations, braved that terrible voyage; have shaken hands with
Esquimaux—looked into their houses, and fished and hunted with them the
uncouth walrus, or shared their dangerous grapple with the polar bear; have
stood beside the gallant Morton while he floated from its staff the old
Peacock's flag upon the solid ice-shore of the open Polar Sea; have been by when
he returned to his commander; seen the party quit the vessel forever, and strike
their weary way, with dogs and sledges, toward home over a trackless waste of
seventeen hundred miles of tumbling ice; have been with them when they met their
savage friends, and seen them bid adieu to the poor Esquimaux who wished to
accompany them to softer climes; have traversed with them miles on miles of ice
flows till they reached Providence Cliffs and celebrated their unforgotten 4th,
with storm and sea bird cries, and crashing ice, for their artillery.
Again we are homeward bound and hemmed in with fresh disasters; share
with them an ounce of fat per day, behold even these short rations grow less,
and participate with their feelings, when their decimated band discover a seal,
asleep upon the ice—we seem to hold our breath while Kane puts his trusty
rifle in the hands of his best marksman and tells him to "shoot in God's
name for his life;" we seem to be there when one of the three little boats
upon which they depended was crushed in the nipping ice—in fine are with them
through all their thousand trials till the Narrows are made and the brave
fellows anchor off the Battery. Then
we feel that those relics, the gun and dresses and skins, which the lecturer so
kindly shows us, with that old American flag, that years ago floated out upon
the polar basin, from its staff set deep in ice that never shall be melted, are
treasures not unworthy our examination. And
the "faithful dog," who has lost his master, looks solemn and
perchance more docile now, than when amid those scenes of splendid desolation he
first knew and loved him, who is dead, but whose memory is with all who prize
their country and its fame, a bright perennial green.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 23, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Lost.—A
pair of spectacles with black frame. They
are known as pulpit glasses.—The glasses only fill two thirds of the frame.
The finder will confer a great favor by leaving them at the Post Office.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 24, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Our
city was unusually busy with attractions last evening. The Panorama at Stockton's
Hall; Lola Montez, at Harmony Hall, and the Minstrels, at Shawnee Hall, were all
well attended and afforded a fund of amusement to those who participated
therein.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 25, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
About
Town.—The city yesterday presented a very business-like appearance on the main
streets. At one time there was such
a jam on Shawnee street, between the Market House and Fourth street, that it was
impossible, almost, for a vehicle to pass.
There were wagons with hay, wood, hides, and many other products of the
farm; there were express wagons, stages, butchers wagons, &c., all mixed up
in "glorious confusion." The
Market House was quite surrounded with people from the country, who had all
kinds of marketing for sale. Delaware
street was also well filled up with teams, and the merchants on that street must
have done a fair business.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 25, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
Sque-ge
and Chi chi.—We were favored last evening with a serenade from the original
Sque-ge and Chi Chi Club of this city. The
song—"Twenty Years Ago"—was well sung by one of their members, and
reminded us forcibly of the happy hours passed in our school boy existence.
Come again, boys; you will always meet with a hearty welcome in this
direction.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 27, 1860, p. 2, c. 3
Our Special Denver Correspondence.
Denver City, Aug. 19th, 1860.
Dear
Times: Since my last, but very
little improvement has been experienced in the business relations of our city.
Trade labors still under the wonted dullness.
Stampeders are yet daily selling out their goods and chattels at auction
in our streets, and hence the legitimate traders suffer from a very discouraging
scarcity of customers.
The
immense stocks of every description of merchandise that have been imported from
the States directly to the mining districts, have thus far made the demand upon
those of our city merchants a purely local one. The consequence is, that very little dust comes in from the
mountains.
The
exact amount of bullion that has reached this place for some time past, is shown
by the business of Hinckley & Co's. Mountain Express and that of the leading
buyers of dust. Hinckley & Co.
have brought just about $12,000 to this place during the last month, and Clark, Gruber & Co. have bought on the average about $2,000 per day
since they opened. Turner & Hobbs are buying at the rate of $5,000 per week.
The other bullion brokers are entirely out of coin, and have not been
operating for some ten days.
Hinckley
& Co. have delivered not less than $20,000 for the States to the C. O. C.
& P. P. Express Company during the above mentioned period.
Jones
& Cartwright's 10th train has arrived with 780 sacks of flour,
48,101 lbs of machinery, 1,200 lbs. of drugs, 11,000 lbs. of crockery, 4,200
lbs. of tobacco and cigars, 1,033 lbs. of cheese, 140 cases of boots and shoes,
11 barrels of whiskey, etc., etc.
The
market is greatly overstocked with boots and shoes.
They sell as cheap here as in Leavenworth. The supply of clothing is ample.
Gas pipe is in great demand, also hardware.
Whiskey
sells for 10 cts. a glass "on corners," and 25 cts. per do in saloons.
Board
at our "leading hotels" is $10 per week—for meals only.
A good meal can, however, be got for 50 cts. at the numerous restaurants.
Ice is
selling at $2 50 per 100 lbs. Jeremiah Kershaw is making his pile out of the
frozen water.
Life
and property is now once more as secure here as in your country.
The killing of the desperado Steele, who attacked the News office, has
taken the starch completely out of his fellow blacklegs.
I met
Judge Purkins, L. L. Weld, Dr. Morris, and others of your former fellow
citizens, almost daily on the streets. They
all enjoy good health, and although not fully contented with the present aspect
of things, hope the best of the future.
To-morrow
I propose to start upon a protracted tour through the mountains.
I intend to visit every mining district in the country, and on my return
will furnish you with a faithful and detailed account of the present condition
of the mining interests.
Jones.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 28, 1860, p. 1, c. 6
A
woman disguised in man's clothes, gained admittance to the Sons of Malta lodge
room in Hartford, the other evening, and passed all the several degrees of
initiation successfully until the worshipful commander came to apply the emblem.
Then the trick was discovered, the candidate being found unworthy to
receive it. The affair has caused considerable excitement.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 28, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Wide
Awake Club.—The young men of the city who are favorable to a reformation of
the city government, are requested to meet at Mozart Hall this evening at 7½
o'clock, to form a Wide Awake Club.
Wide Awake.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 30, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
That
jolly band of fellows, the "Squee-Gees's," formed in front of the
Times Building last evening, and favored us with a song, which sounded
beautifully in the open air.—We have been favored before with music by them,
for which they will accept our thanks. By
the way, the company intend to give the musicians connected with them, a benefit
to-night at the National Theater. The
entertainment will consist of songs, dances, burlesques, &c., and all lovers
of fun will find something there to amuse them.
One of the best jig dancers in the West will "come the heel and
toe."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 30, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
Something
Not in the Bill.—The dog Myouk, which was one of the four that accompanied Dr.
Kane from his vessel to the Danish settlement, last night took it into his head
to have some sport. As usual, he
was brought out upon the stage at the close of the exhibition, but spying a
medium sized canine, which seemed to be a full-blooded cur, he sprang off the
stage and put his vice-like jaws upon the neck of his canine brother, and it
required the exertion of the keeper, Mr. Paul and several others, to get him
away from his victim. He is a
curious compound of the savage and domestic.
The
other day he saw a pig in the street, while viewing the neighborhood from a
window; he forthwith leaped on to the pavement and in a few moments, before his
keeper could interfere, the grunter was transferred to fresh pork.
With
those he recognizes as human beings he is as docile as a kitten—will play with
little boys who congregate around him during the day, and only "make
believe" bite when they steal the ice which he delights to rest his paws
and head on. At other times he will
wait till one mounts him for a ride, and then, quickly start upon a run, turning
a somersault and roll over the urchins before they can get out of his way; he is
entirely harmless to the boys, but woe to the unlucky pig or dog that comes
within his grasp. A great
institution is Myouk, and well worthy the notice of the crowds who flock nightly
to the panorama.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 30, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
More
Novelty at Stockton's Hall.—It will be seen, by advertisements, that Mr. Paul,
the manager of the Arctic Panorama, is determined to give our citizens
additional amusement to the great painting heretofore on exhibition.
To-night, in addition to the very interesting exhibition, the old
favorites—Mr. and Mrs. George Burt—will appear in the laughable protean
farce entitled the "Lover's Cottage," Mrs. Burt appearing as Lizetta;
Mr. Burt as Corporal Max, and Mr. George Pardey as Nantz.
Of the two first mentioned artists, it is needless to speak—they are
both known to our citizens. This
will be the second appearance of Mr. Pardey, and all who witnessed his acting
upon the occasion of the Banner Presentation will, we are confident, improve
this opportunity of again seeing him. During
the last Fall's season, he was engaged as first Comedian at the St. Louis (Ben.
DeBar's) Theatre. Since then, he
has played engagements at Louisville and Cincinnati, holding the first position
in these principal Western theatres, in all of which engagements he became an
immense favorite. He will give the
audience what the bills call the side-splitting song of "Tippity
Witch." Mr. George Burt will
give us another specimen of stump oratory, entitled "City Fathers and
City Children." All
this, and the entire panorama, will be offered for twenty-five cents; an
entertainment sufficient, certainly, to satisfy the most fastidious.
How our office-seekers and office holders will catch it to-night from Mr.
Burt, who, we learn, is in the secret of many inworkings and outworkings, and
will let them out to the audience! There
will be something for every one.
In
view of the variety of the entertainment offered, especially as the price of
admission is but twenty five cents, we expect to see a crowded house; so let all
go early, as the curtain will be drawn precisely at the hour advertised.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], September 1, 1860, p. 3, c.
2
Gift
Entertainment To-night.—At Stockton's Hall to-night the last exhibition of the
beautiful panorama will be given, on which occasion Mr. George Burt takes a
benefit, and will distribute among the audience a number of valuable prizes.
An excellent entertainment will also be offered—Mrs. Agnes Burt
appearing as "Topsey" in scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin—a character
which she has sustained upwards of three hundred nights.
Mr. Burt will vary the performance by introducing comic singing and
Yankee drolleries, and the entire panorama given.
The gifts, which will be distributed during the evening, consist of setts
of jewelry for ladies' wear, gold bracelets, silver cups, &c., and will be
on view during to-day at the Post office. The
admission to the entertainment, with the chance of getting an elegant present,
will be but twenty-five cents, and everybody and their wives should be on hand.
We speak for an early seat as the Hall certainly will be crowded, and we
trust our friend Burt will be delighted to again greet his many friends.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], September 3, 1860, p. 3, c.
2
In
accordance with the established usage of the city, the saloon keepers are hereby
requested to close their saloons during the election day.
H. B. Denman, Mayor.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], September 4, 1860, p. 1, c. 6
Married Men's Indignation Meeting.
Those married men in the city of Janesville, Wisconsin, whose wives have
gone "East," and insist on leaving home every summer, held a meeting
the other evening, to see what it's best to do under the circumstances.
The Gazette says there was a large attendance.
N. S. Lund was elected Chairman of the meeting.
The meeting united in singing "Come, ye Disconsolate!" Burns'
"Cottager's Saturday Night" was then read, and the Committee on
Resolutions reported the following:
Resolved,
That the habit of the married women of this city leaving their homes and
families for long visits to relatives and friends is becoming so serious an evil
that it demands the speedy adoption of some effective cure.
Resolved,
That while we entertain the highest respect and a proper degree of affection for
our "Eastern cousins" and "relatives by the wife's side," we
nevertheless have a deeper reverence for that portion of the marital vow which
binds the wife to minister at all times at the family altar, and for that
scriptural duty which requires a woman to forsake all others and cleave unto her
husband alone.
Resolved,
That our thanks are not due, and are not tendered to the
"gentlemanly and affable" Railroad conductors, who superintend the
safety of our wives and children in their flight from homes prepared and
sustained at a heavy expense by ourselves; and that we reprobate the invention
of Railroads as destructive of domestic enjoyment and personal comfort.
Resolved,
That we heartily indorse the suggestion of a permanent organization for mutual
aid and protection, and that we recommend to the married men of our city to give
it their countenance and support.
Resolved,
That entertaining a due regard for the social relations of "our
circle," the members of this association take upon themselves to keep up
the "calls" of the absent ones during their absence from home.
Adopted
unanimously, but amid much sighing.
The
meeting closed by Col. Ezra Miller singing "Days of Absence" in a very
pathetic manner.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], September 4, 1860, p. 2, c. 4
Webb Sisters!
Misses Emma and Ada Webb
Have the pleasure of announcing that they will appear
For Two Nights Only,
Wednesday and Thursday Evenings,
Sept. 5th and 6th,
--at the—
National Theatre,
In a Variety of Characters, with
Sings and Dances,
Supported by
Mr. Webb, Mr. Foster and Others
The Misses Webb have just concluded a very successful tour of
California,
Sandwich Islands,
Australia, and the
United States.
For particulars, see bills and programmes.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], September 4, 1860, p. 3, c.
2
Theatre.—The
Webb Sisters.—We are pleased to announce that the celebrated Webb sisters will
make their first appearance before a Leavenworth audience to-morrow evening, at
the National Theatre. They are
highly spoken of by all the prominent Eastern and Southern papers, and won
golden opinions and dollars a year or so ago in California.—As actresses, they
possess a high order of talent, and it is said that the youngest, Miss Ada, is
equal to Miss Agnes Robertson, Mrs. Barney Williams or Mrs. Florence.
She possesses a sweet voice, and dances Irish jigs, flings and hornpipes,
to perfection. Their stay here must necessarily be short, as they have
engagements East. As it is not
often that such stars come among us, we expect to see the Theatre crowded.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], September 4, 1860, p. 3, c.
2
The
World's Star Minstrels gave their first Concert on board the steamer Banjo, to a
large audience, notwithstanding the exciting election yesterday.
The troupe came well recommended, yet the half had not been told, and
every one seemed to be agreeably disappointed with the entertainment.
Their music, vocal and instrumental, was superb—their glees,
quartettes, and duetts, were excellent, chaste, and of rare execution.
There was one feature in the entertainment that is highly commendable,
and that was the entire absence of all vulgar and low-flung phrases that too
often characterize negro minstrelsy. The
most fastidious need not object going on that account.
Mr. Adams, one of [the] finest ballad singers in the country, is along
with the troupe; also Mr. Gardiner,
the celebrated basso, and many others of merit.
The entire Band is one of the best in the country.
They give their last concert this evening.
All lovers of good music should be on hand.