which raised all the small streams in the vicinity and left the roads for a couple of .days in a muddy and disa greeable condition. The farmers in this state areestreme ly soliCitonseoneerning thisyear's crops, as it Is feared the grasshoppers will des troy everything. A perfect avalanche of the destroying pests came - upon the whole State of Kansas last summer from the West, and their eggs have been de posited in our soil by the millions. We have had several days of intensely cold weather this season, and the farmers hoped it wouldhill the eggs brit it has not, as the grasshoppers have -bees lisieJaed out by. placing - the soil con taining-the eggs on a warm stove. I LISS'S' seen several bottles of _the young insects that have been hatched out by the heating process, and what will be come of Kansas crops this year is a mat ter that must be solved by the future. It is certain that early crops will be en tirely -destroyed -during their flight across the State, as will also the crops in Ills:sour/ if they continue their jour ney east as they have commenced. Most all kinds of business just now is dull, though all are looking.for a change at an early day. Rents are high and scarce but the markets are very reasona ble. Wood is selling for $6 and $8 per cord ; apples $ per bushel; potatoes ®$1,80; butter &5 C `Lists ; eggs 35c; beefsteak 12i; pork do. 10c ; quails $1 per dozen; prairie chickens 15 to 2Oets caeh, and the eatables in proportion. There probably harkbeen more quails, prairie chick ens and rabbits brought into our market this season than for the past five years psevious, and many times I nave seen a' load of chickens (dressed) , -(A1 for eight and ten cents each.— The choicest brand of St. Louis flour new sells for $7,2.5 cts per 100 lbs. Buck wheat flour is scarce and sells for lOcts per lb; cabbage is very scarce and small neads are selling readily for from 30 to lOcts; thought saw them selling in Denver three years ago for $5.60 Per tread. The citizens of Atchison are in high spirits because our townsman, General Pomeroy, has been chosen to represent them another six years in the U. S. Senate. P. A. R. Tam SNAKE AND TUE ROCK. In a recent speech in Congress, lion. John Wentworth, of Chicago, used the happiest illustration we have seen em ployed to exhibit clearly and forcibly the existing state of the question rela ti: e to our treatment of the rebellious 3t:-tes. lie presented the matter in al. ill;-....J:1 , :11. - ,.Z/1:1.,;10 - y or fable, as follows. "A Lavekr wa, one day accosted by a. snake from under a rock, asking to be let out. The uraviler at first was afraid of the consequences; and told thesnake :hat he was atraid he would bite him it he Was let out. The snakeasserted that he had been under the rock a long tittle; lir: he regretted his natural propeiug -I.e-, and was revolved hereafter to ef .• c:ott::y control them. After much the traveler compassionately 2 , -.1:,ve.! the :•ock. and he and the snake e.l some Cii`fl:lllVe agreeably : , ,tetntsr. the snake .aid lie like biting somebody ; that he • iiMitt not bite the traveler, but his venow GUS propensities had returned with such strength that he could not to ten longer control bielf. He con :ended that the prom* na:- he had made made under duress: that God had made him Ihr a snake ; that he had no ;,ther !unctions to perform than those c" a snake. The traveler entreated him to control himself and remind him of 11.-, original promise. The matter was :nally compromised by agreeing to leave the question in dispute between them to thilt first three animals they, met. The first was the wolf. He de e!ded that the snake was restored to his o:igival rights, and that his promise iymkle while under duress was not bind- The next animal met was the iamb, who decided in favor of the trav e.er, and was in favor of peace among all animals. The third animal met as the fox. Beforente could give his , Nnion-the wanted to survey the origi- Du' premises. Upon reaching them he .cited the snake to hiy down in exactly the position he was in when the travel ,r found him. He then asked the trav eler to .. ,place the rock as it originally This being done, he said : "This rme requires great deliberation ; we must take titue'to consider it." And scr ra and the traveler passed ou. Now the serpent of rebellion having I,Len foolishly liberated from the pros trate situation under the great rock v, hich:Corthern patriotism rolled upon Lo crush it, without having lint been disapned of its venom, Coolly proposed to use its fangs upon the hand which magnanimously gave itfreedont. There - , ,encw to be no alternative left but to re place the lifted rock, unless the snaky enemy, whom he cannot trust, will quietly submit to have its poison fangs drawn out. That done, it may wriggle ivllere it will." A Haab STORY.—A correspondent of the West Branch Bulletin, writing from Cogan station, under date of Feb. 25th, 1-3 responsible for the following :Hun chausen account of a bear hunt :rßut now I come to the gayest hunt (7,11. Yosterday, wbile the men were ngaged in felling trees on the side of the mountain, some of them getting dry, one or the boys proposed to pro,i ;.cet for water. Traveling along the side of the mountain, he saw a hole un t;e.r a rock, and not thinking of any harm, stuck his head in, which was im mediately saluted by a snap and growl of an old bear. Seth jerked out of that in a hurry, and called to the other men. T.Ley joining him; a consultation was held, when they concluded to dig them out, so they sent for all hands and the dogs. In. mean time, the old bear hot liking the way things were going nn, stuck her head out, which received a sly pop from John Kinley; but It was until the second shot was delivered tha: we were this to lay hands on her. On c-xarnination, we found two ball iv.ies. , )etween the eyes. By this time and was ready to partici- We were ad standing around the when Abe Bastian sings out : MEI NM he.:e': one:" but soon dieW back. On throwing some snow in, it appeared d gave up the ghost. Charley lie:0- mun crawled in to haul him out. two holding to his legs to help pull the No sooner bad we got it out, when two more came out as orderly at, iii6ugh they were coming out ofcb urch. .nd then the fun commenced. Heyl n., in grabbed both of them, one pulling tie other down the bill. John Sat- pitched in and ,helped—over the rocks, 'Lumps, down the bill we together, uow bear up, :.ow dog down, until all hands were mixed generally. -We finally succeed ed in getting them chained, and co the f-,(.t of the mountain, where we found a and drove them home, having captured two alive in two Our friend of the West Branch Belle- EZCIS be is "rapt anxious for religious d.s , .....igsricris, and shall not enter into item" in his columns. We have been z.u . _-:.l.lnraed to hear much during the zr from our Democratic opponents :'.lent Introducing politics Into the pit., and now we have a protest from Republican friend against intro religion into politics. When t.zAh there theories are satisfied we shall witness that most melancholy of all Eights. a pulpit without courage and a press without a soul. We believe the sphere of the press to be co-extensive in its didactic character with that of the pulpit, and we believe 'the pulpit to have the whole domain of moral truth for its field of operation and discussion. fihnum Republican. A 14 - 4 kt fuon Washington states that ), a broken down, t