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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-30

PROBABLE sTAYE OF AFFAIRS AT FORT CASTILLO.
Mr.. G. j. Mcdonald. who is supposed to be the
agent of Garrison. returned with Gen alker In
the Northern Light, but not prisoner lie Ieft
Greytown on the lSth-six days after the arrest of
Walker. lie stated to our reporter that when
Commodore Pauiding tsok the stores away from
Greytown, he did not know but that by 90 doing
he was delivering Col Frank Anderson, with his
little command. over to the tender mercies of the
Costa Ricans. Shortly before Mr.. Mcdonald left. A
canoe came down the river with the tidings that
Col. Segundi Quaresma, commandant of the native
forces at Fort Castillo, had asked the aid of Col
Anderson TO capture the Costa Rican boats. 1t vas
thought in Greytown that Anderson had done so,
and the probabilities that he is now in possess
sion of that district, which is commanded by the
f)rt and which is in fact the key of the country.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-30

I AIDES THIN SOLE MOROCCO
~ B0ors-Just received to-day a.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
Southern KanEas Railroad.

In another column viii be found the pro-
ceedings of Convention assembled for the
purpose of securing the construction of a
railroad from the city Of Jefferson to the
south -western border OF Kanzas Territory.
1t needs but glance atfhe map of Missouri
to show low profitable, both to the trunk line
and to the counties throsgh which it would
pass, such railroad must prove. The vast
region OF country to which it has afforded
an outlet is one of the richest In the great
valley of the Mississippi. The grain and
cattle which are yearly produced along the
line of the contemplated route, and III the
southern part of Kanzas, can find now no
sufficient market, and the construction OF
this branch of the. Pacific road would at
once bring them within reach of st. Louis.
The movement has been most auspiciously
begun. The very best feeling pervaded the
Convention, and there can be little doubt but
that the counties along the line viii make
most liberal subscriptions to the capital
stock. Should it succeed, it promises to
make Jefferson City one of the most pros
porous points in the State. Already large
manufacturing establishments are contem-
plated there, and Eastern capital is beginning
to look to it as proper place for investment.
The projectors of this new railroad enter
prise have our heartiest wishes for their
success, as well as the, property holders of
Jefferson City, who are so deeply interested
In its speedy eompletion.-S. LOaas Dem.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
Artiactal nreedine oe Eish.

We are informed that q very extensive
establishment has been started at Shattuek' Z
Lake, by Mr.. Upham Treat, formerly Of
Maine. Mr.. Treat commenced his arrange
ments early in the spring, and has already
stocked his preserves with shad, bass, sal
mon and other fish to considerable extent
When the spawning season comes on he will
commence his experiments, and the prospect
is that he will be entirely and remuneratively
successful. There Is nothing more simple
than the artificial breeding of fish. The
entire mystery consists IN taking the female
during her time, and by running the thumb
with gentle. steady pressure down her
back, force out her oya in a jar of pure,
fresh water. The male is then taken in the
same way. and made to yield few drops of
the spermatie fluid in the same vessel the
two are then stirred together for few mo-
ments, and the contact of the fluid of the
male has the effect to yitalize the eggs at
once. The eggs are then laid down in
shallow tanks with gravel bottoms, arranged
IN series OF steps, so that running water
can continually pass over them. The whole
trouble of the breeder is then to keep the
eggs free from any sediment or muddy de-
posit, and in due time each egg becomes a
hsh. Thus almost every egg in an innu-
merable ava can be turned TO account for
the benefit of man. There is, however,
something to do after the eggs have become
fish, and that is to con6ne them within GER
tain limits by dam, until they are old
enough to be able TO take care of themselves,
and make fight against the larger fish which
would eat them up. There are now three or
four establishments in The country for the
artificial breeding of fish, and we see no
reason why every lake and river may not be
filed with life and food, and made to make
an immense return to the enterprising men
who 60 into it.-Porter Spirit
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
A Calumny Refuted.

The London Missionary Society, which
has had a fine opportunity to examine the
working of West India emancipation, makes
the following declaration in its last annual
report:
''In the West Indies the old and oft-re-
peated calumny is refuted, that starvation is
the only corrective for negro Incidence, and
the whip the only effectual stimulus to ex-
ertion. There we behold our former slaves,
by honest industry acquiring, in many in
stances. the possessions of men by whom
they were regarded but as goods and chat
tells; and we see them expending the fruits
of their toll, not as their owners often did,
in the qualification of low wvices, but for the
support of their Christian teachers, and in
securing for their children the blessings of
instruction
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
Prodigious Baby.

Talk about your fat women, fat bullocks,
fat Berkshires! They don't amount to a
darkey's account, when compared with the
blessed fat baby we saw at the State Fair on
Thursday last. 1t was prodisious,
strous. The youngster was only nine months
old, and a0eighed aOitlli,s small fraction of
one hundred pounds. Never saw anything
like it before. Wouldn't have believed that
such mass of human flesh could exist in
such a shape, if we hadn't seen it. Hun
dreds of people visited the monster, in Flo
raj Hall. 1t was brought there by its moth
er, clever Irish woman of medium height.
1t was prodigious beyond conception. Of
course it was perfectly good natured, and
received the addresses of the curious with
stoical indifference. Heaven have mercy on
the woman that nurses it. Take the fat wo-
man out of the country now. She's no Gu
riosity at all; compared with that blessed fat
baby. 'Howly Mither,'' what monster.
Cincinnati Commercial.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

DIsTEMPER AMoNG CATTLE.-We are sor-
ry to learn that fatal distemper is raging
among the cattle in this vicinity. Some
call 1t the Spanish Fever, disease said to
resemble murrian. A gentleman just in
formed us that he recently turned out two
yoke of cattle in the bottom land, about a
mile east of town, and has just found two
of the oxen dead. He informs US that prob
ably twenty head of cattle have died in this
vicinity within the last ten days. Less
than two months ago, some half-dozen head
of cattle died within few days, rather mys-
teriously, about two miles south of town.
People supposed this fatality due in some
manner to poison. We presume, however,
it was due to some such disease as above
Observation-Disclosures Republican.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

THE Hoe CHoLERA.-The Henderson
(Ky.) Commercial gives an account of the
sad havoc made by the hog cholera in the
Bend, near Henderson. Scarcely farmer
has escaped destruction among his stock
Many persons have lost every hog, both
young and old, and some have but two OF
three left to tell the devastation that has Ia;
ken place. The symptoms are not those of
the hog cholera, but more nearly resembling
the quinza. This disease cannot be attribu-
ted to strycbnine, as there are no distilIeries
in the vicinity. A farmer in Perry county
publishes a remedy, which he says is eff
feeiual. He throws the suffering pig upon
bis back, forces open his mouth. and applies
a small quantity of tar to the roots of his
animals tongue. He pronounces it GER
tain cure
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
A Man of Business.

In one of the western counties of Rev
York. isa man by the name of Zadoc Pratt,
one of the bone and sinew, an intelligent me-
chanic and farmer, who has contributed
greatly to the general prosperity as well as
to his individual wealth. In speech at an
Agricultural Fair In Greene county, New
York, he said that, since he had been en-
gagged IN farming, he had employed over ff-
teen thousand years of other mems labor;
had employed thirty thousand men, and
paid them for their labor over two millions
FIVE hundred thousand dollars. He had
cleared over ten thousand acres of land, and
used over two hundred thousand cords of
hemlock bark, and paid over half million
of dollars for it. He had used and worn
out FIVE hundred horses and one thousand
yoke of oxen, used two hundred thousand
bushels of oats, one hundred and twenty
thousand tons of hay, thirty thousand bar
rels of beef and pork, nearly one hundred
thousand barrels of -four, and potatoes with
out number or measure. He had tanned
over one million two hundred and fifty thou
sand sides of leather; his usual disburse-
ment is over five thousand dollars per day,
and he has used In his business over ten
millions. He has never had a side of leath-
er stolen, and was never sued on account of
his business transactions. We should say
that Zahoc was valuable member of society.
Moreover, this shows the advantage of di-
versifying labor, and of bringing the man
who consumes by the side of him who pro-
duces.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

The question has often been asked, and
much doubt exists abroad, as to whether the
soil of Kanzas is productive. A flying Wis
it will satisfy the mind of any one on this
score. Why, the records of Sinbad thd Sal
lor and Baron Munchausen are mere circum-
stances by the side of Kanzas. We have
heard of man driving an OK team, and be-
ing oyertaken by night, on the open prairie;
he camped out, and stuck his ox-gad in the
ground beside him. In the morning when
he awoke, he found himself lying beneath
the foliage of large cottonwood treei-
Lest some should doubt this story of rapid
growth, we will tell what We know to be a
fact. A person was seen, one evening, to
place a bottle beside stone, and cover it
with loose earth, and the next morning a
drunken man was found On the spot!- White
Cloud Chief
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
Chinese Sugar Cane.

While other localities are merely expert
menting with the Chinese Sugar Cane, We
in Kanzas are already making the syrup an
article of merchandise. Our friend Mr..
Charles Stearns has made US a very fine
present of fve-gallon keg of Chinese Su-
gar Cane syrup. 1t looks and tastes much
like good article of ordinary molasses OF
syrup. Mr.. Stearns judges that at least
5000 gallons have been produced in Kanzas
this season. He has it for sale at S1.25 per
gallon, retail; OF S1.00 in quantities of ten
gallons. Should this article come into gem
eral use, as we see no reason why it should
not, Kanzas viii next year raise all the sy-
rup she needs for her own consumption, and
perhaps have some to spare. Mr.. Stearns
has our thanks for his valuable favor.-Laic-
renee Republican.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

Eighteen months ago, nearly all the de-
sirabfe claims near the junction of the Ne
osho and Cottonwood, were in the posses
sion of Missourians. During the disturb
ances of last year nearly if not quite all of
them became so much frightened that they
left their claims and went back to Missouri
After quiet had been restored, some of them
returned to their claims; bat the majority of
them remained in Missouri, leaving their
claims vacant. The first emigrants to this
section, last spring, found these claims still
vacant, and they were Immediately taken
Nothing whatever was heard of the former
pOssessors until about six weeks ago, when
several persons from Missouri appeared in
the neighborhood and laid claim to as many
different quarters" on the ground of hav-
ing made the first settlement on them. No
attention was paid to this, and after short
time most of them returned to Missouri
One, however, who claimed ''quarter" ly
ing in township eighteen, which had been
taken by Mr.. Puterbaugh last fall, and oc-
eupied by him ever since, remained a short
time trying to get possession of the claim.
Failing in this, as the others had done, he
too returned to Missouri. A short time af-
ter he had left another man made his appear
snce, claiming to have purchased Mr.. Puter-
baugh's claim from the Missourian, and
proceeded at once to erect him a cabin on
the claim. He was ''warned off, by Mr.
Puterhaugh, but to no purpose. As soon
as he had completed his cabin he went to
the Land Office. at Lecompton, pre-empted
the claim, and returned with the Duplicate
in his pocket. Mr.. Puterbaugh not having
filed his Declaration to pre-empt, there was
of course no evidence, at the Land Office,
thatthere was another occupant on the claim.
As soon as Mr.. Puterbaugh became aware
of what had been done, he started for the
Land Office to enter his protest against the
proceeding. and give notice of his intention
to confess. As he has not yet returned, we
do know what the result viii be, although
We have no doubt that the intruder viii be
''ousted'' and Mr.. Puterbaugh's claim con-
trmed. $50 mote it be''
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

The FRAUDS WHICH ELECTED BUCHANAN
The Philadelphia Neacs says; "The Grand
Jury yesterday returned upwards of fifty
true bills against the election officers, fol
the frauds perpetrated in October, in 1856
The District Attorney has presented these
cases as speedily as he could, owing to the
fact that the papers have been scattered and
mislaid during the late investigation. They
have been collected, together with the requi-
site proofs, and the indictments have been
all found.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
Ernit Trees.


We hope that every Kanzas reader of THE
News, and all other persons having claims,
viii plant as many Fruit Trees this fall, OF
various kinds, as can be obtained. The stun
ted disagreeable Missouri fruit which has
been purchased here this season, at the most
exhorbitant prices, should serve as an in
centive to take immediate steps towards sup
plying ourselves with that cheapest and
best of necessities fruit. Get the
best quality of grated trees from responsible
persons, if possible. They will cost more
at first, but in the end they are by far the
cheapest. Now is the time to be making
ready-engaging trees and preparing places
to set them out
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

had no knowledge, information, or init
nation, that the Fort Smelling Reservation
soas to be sold until after the sole acas made
and then only learned the fact by public ru-
NOR and newspaper reports. Senator DOu-
gLas.
So you learned, Senator, after the sait
aoas made, that the property was to be sold
You are bright youth. Who knows but
one of these days you'll be President of the
United States?- Louisville Journal
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

Mr. Fawcett brought into our Office, few
days since, large Potatoe top or vine, on
which was Jttyfour potatoes, some of them
of good size. The vine had been broker
off close to the ground and the potatoes had
all grown on it without touching the earth
The hill from which the vine grew contain
ed the usual quantity of potatoes, ''the out
crop" not seeming to affect their growth.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

MoLAssEs FROM CoRN.-Geo. S. Kintzi,
of Exeter, Berks county, Pa, has, accord
ing to the Reading Gazette, succeeded in
procuring an excellent quality of molasses
from the common Indian corn. He took
eight corn stalks, cut off at the root and at
the ear, crushed them in cider mill, and
pressed the juice out with his hands. A
quart of sap was thus obtained, which af-
ter boiling thirty minutes, yielded one pint
excellent syrup.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

UNITED STATES TRooPs.-We now un-
derstand what Gov. Walker means when
he speaks of having the troops protect the
ballot-box. In plain English it amounts
to this: The troops are ordered to some
voting precinct where the Pro Slavery men
have full sway. They then disguise their
uniform and slip in Slavery ballots
Gov. Walker, in the meanwhile, stands by
to see that they do not vote the Free State
ticket-LeaU. Times.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

OREGoN.-It has been taken for granted
that territory so far north as Oregon was
forever sacred to Freedom; but the politi-
clans of the Southern stripe, who swarm in
that region, are endeavoring to have it 9TH
erwise. The Convention to form a State
Constitution proposes to submit the ques-
ton, whether they shall have slavery or not,
to the vote of the people
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

FoREIGN IMMIGRATIoN-The number ot
foreign immigrants who had arrived at New
York this year up to the esd instant, was
139, ,955, being Al ,513 more than arrived in
the same length of time last year. 1t is
probable that the immigration this year will
exceed that of last by 10000.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

REPUBLICAN CLuB.-There was a very
large and enthusiastic meeting of this Club
on Thursday evening. Excellent speeches
were made, and the meeting was kept up
till quite late. The regular meeting of the
Club takes place this evening. Members
are requested py the business committee to
be on hand, and the committee wish US to
state that the names of new members who
wish to join, will be received.-LeaU. Times
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

The Maine Farmer commends the use
of barley for bread, and speaks of receiv-
ing from Aroostook county, specimen OF
flour from grain cut Aug. Sd. The Maine
farmers acknowledge early barley bread, Ia
ken hot, to be real luxury, and especially
SO, as ii comes at a season when the meal
and -four chest is low, and Genesee rather
high. The average yield of barley on new
land is larger than wheat.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

The Atlanta American says: 1--WE have
it from gentleman of undoubted yeracity,
recently returned from Kanzas, that Gov.
Walker assured him that his Inaugural Ad-
dress was written out in Washington City
and submitted to the President and full
Cabinet-that it was approved by them, and.
by request of the President he Walker
stoppedon his way to Chicago and submit
ted it to Stephen A. Douglas, who also ap-
proved it heartily
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

Cone IN THE FALL.-Those intending to
emigrate to Kanzas, should do so by all
means, if possible, in the fall. Persons
who come in here in the spring are quite
liable to fall fevers, but those who come IN
the fall become aeclimated more easily and
safely. Besides, those coming in the fall are
better prepared for making good early start
on their claims IN the spring.-Ldacyence
Republican.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

The New York Tribune cautions persons
in quest of work or situations of any kind,
against going to that city before next spring.
1t says there is not employment for those
who are there now, and estimates that on
the 1st of December there viii be iO0. 600
persons in the city who viii be unable to
obtain anything to do.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
EHPoRIA And LAwRENCE
PASSENGER AND EXPRESS LINE

D. u G u N A1@HEfl, FhcRkIEEoES
A HACK viii leave the Imports House, Empo-
"A ria, foF Lawrence, every Aonda morning a
Z o'clock, sHd the Whitney House, LAErsnee, fos
EmpoEia, every Thursday morning at O'Clock
Passing through Bloomington, Twin Mound, Bur
Ingame, snd Kanzas Centre.
: AGKS1s.-N. s ST0RRS, Emperia House. En-
poris; T. L. WHITNEY, Whitass House, Isw-
renee. sug15-6
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Con-
necticut, Rhode Island, Iowa, and MinHeso-
Ia, have all held elections since the Presi-
dental contest. Every one of them has sus-
tanned its position as Republican State by
decided maiOrities
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

From CUBA.-The negro and cooley i'm
portations continue on the increase. From
the former, Concha and his satellites derive
immense fortunes. Hardly week passes.
after successful voyage. The Americans
carry on the trade almost exclusively,
thanks to the facilities afforded by our de-
ficient laws to eyade suspicion on the coast.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

INFORMATION WANTED, by Elvira Wilson,
of Leayenworth, respecting Crowel Wilson,
a young man who left Leayenworth for
the Neosho country last May, and has not
been heard of since
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

A writer in the Guernsey co. Times
says sShould ever the colored man be
permitted to vote, they (the Locos) viii be
the first puppies to hug the negro round
the neck, ask him for his vote and drink
his Whiskey,
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

1t is said that preparations are being
made by the pro-slavery Democracy of
Minnesota to perpetrate frauds at the COM
ing election, so as TO secure the three Rep
resentatives in Congress to which the new
State will be entitled
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

Mrs, Partington, hearing some one speak
and being somewhat deaf, she understood
the speaker to say-"life frustrated by foul
air in wells !'' In her sympathising way
she adds, that this world is terribly troubled
with gas-of one kind or another.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

FoRsMAS's celebrated Grinding and Bolt
ing. Custom or Merchant FIGURING Mill was
awarded the first premium at the late Ohio
State Fair. Plumb d McClung, Emporia,
are agents for their sale in Kanzas.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

We are reliably informed that through
neglect of the proper persons the poll books
OF Madison county have not been sent to
the Secretary's Office at Lecompton. The
only precinct was at Columbia, and the
whole number of votes polled was 76, all
but seven of which were Free State.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

The statue erected TO Daniel o'Coanen,
at Limerick, IS of bronze, of colossal size,
and represents the Liberator' In a COM
manding attitude, grasping In his left hand
the roll of the Emancipation Act, and his
right hand raised in front of his breast.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

BRIGHAx ToAsrED.-One of the .toasts
at Mormon celebration, at Philadelphia
was: Brigham Young-Tbe Lion of the
Lord. When he roars in the mountains,
all the wbelps stick up their ears. Such 8
getting up stairs never did see'
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

E. W. Brooks on his way from Ohio e
Kanzas, was robbed at St. Louis On the steam.
er Ogles5y of S2,448. 1t was the proceeds
of his farm he had sold and was all he had
in the world.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

A Post Office has been established at
hyatt and W. F. NJ. Army appointed Post
master. Hyatt is one of the hee towns of
hanzas, and Army one of the hve men,
Success to both.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

The Lawrence Repudliean says that Rev
Daniel Foster delivered his lecture on Kan
zas in the Unitarian Church in that place,
on Saturday evening, Oct. Sd, to very re-
Spectacle audience, who wers highly enter
tanned with the lecture.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

A new light-draught steamer called the
Mlnnie Belle designed for the navigation
VI the hanzas River, has just been compile
eo. She draws nine inches of water, light.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

On Thursday night last heavy frost,
the first of the'season, fell in this vicinity.
The corn was all secured before its arrival.
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17

There was no precinct established at Quin-
daro. The Inhabitants of that place were
Obliged to go to Wyandott, distance OF
FIVE miles,
The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
H o n n s B Y & FIC X
MER HAE IS.

- -
EMP0RIA, KANZAS,
"AVE opened large, seasonable and we'll
I L selected stock of Goods in their
New Store HOuse, Directly Opposite TO the
Emp0Fia Hotel,
where they will be pleased to accommodate all
who may need anything in their line on the LOW
EST POSSIBLE TERMS. We would state to
the people Of this vicinity and the public general
", that having purchased our goods IN St Louis,
and shipped them, without unpacking, directly to
this place. We are enabled TO sell cheap, and In
most cases cheaper, than any other establishment
West Of the Missouri river. full supply OF ev-
erything usually found in Western Stores viii be
kepteonstantiy on hasd at prices that cannot fail
to srike as very reasonable, al who nay favor Is
with sheir patronage. Our stock consists in part Of
DRY Goods. Boots and Shoes, Groceries,
Hardware, TinWare. Stoves, Drugs,
Medicines, kc., &c.
It is no trouble to show Goeds-eall, examine,
and judge for yourselves.
Empofia, Kanzas June 9Th, 1857.