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The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
A Free School.

One week from Monday next, the i1th
inst, Miss MARY JANE WATsoN will COM
mence a school in Emporia which will be
open to children of all ages, free Of charge!
The citizens of Emporia, with Characters
tic hberality, have subscribed a sufficient
sum to pay teacher. room rent, fuel, ETC.,
and give to the people of this vicinity 8
free school. = q -
Miss WATSON comes to US highly recon-
mended and will. we doubt not, give entire
satisfaction to all those who may place their
children under her charge. There is GER
tainly no person who has children old enough
10 go to school that cannot afford to send
them to free school.
Board can be obtained cheap for those
living at distance, and we think it would
bea good plan for those having children
they wish to educate, to come to town and
live during the winter months when there
IS the least to be done on the farm.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
District Court.

The q. s. District Court for the Sd Ju-
dicial District commenced its first session
in Madison county on Wednesday of week
before last. AS the county was not fully
organized, no Township Supervisors having
been commissioned except for Florence
Township. no Grand or Petit Jury was
present, and of course but very limited
amount of business could be transacted
We believe the whole amount of business
consisted in granting injunctions in certain
cases, and discharging Kelley from the Gus
tody of the Sheriff on writ of habeas
corpus. I 49,
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Notice to Township Clerks.

would respectfully call the attention oi
Township Clerks tt3 the 46th section of an
act of the last Legislature, in relation to
township officers, (page 3s5, making ii
their duty to transmit To- the Clerk OF the
Probate Court the name of each Constable
and Justice of the Peace. 1t is unneces-
sary to state the importance of this to per-
sons executing instruments to be used out
of the county. G. " EsRRlDeE'
Clerk Probate Court, Breckenridge County.
Sept. 26, SO.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Inanceu.euts to Subscribers.

We viii furnish TIE NEWS and ENERYs JOUR
x.L OF AuRIcutruRE, (price 5000 the best Agrl-
cultural journal in the Northwest, one year 1of
three dollars and tbents5i5e cents We make this
liberal offer with the hope of increasing our own
subscription list, and also that OF an excellent ag
ricultural journal, which viii be found 10 oe adap
ted TO the wants of the farmers OF kanzas.
Also, one copy of The NEWS for one year
and one copy of the ATLANTIC, the great Boston
Monthly. one year for toar dollars The price Of
the ATLANTIC alone, is btrss dollars.
Now is the time.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Bountiful .Crops

The people of Kansas have good reason
TO eongratulate themselves upon the great
abendahce of the crops This season. While
in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesots, Wisconsin,
Illinois and many other States almost al
crops have been a partial if not complete
failure, we are bountifully supplied with all
kinds of produce that the newness of the
soil will allow. Farmers estimate the yield
of corn at from seventy-five to one hundred
bushels per acre. Potatos, rye and oats
have done equally well. Wheat has suffer
ed some from rust. still there is good
supply for home consumption.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

The O. s. Journal says that Judge Leav-
lit. in his charge to jury, remarked that
"Christian charity was not within the
meaning or intent of the Fugitive Slave
Law, and it would not therefore answer as
a defense for violating the law This is an
admission which shows the Infamous ma
tute of that law in clearer light than any
of its enemies have ever depicted it. It is
an acknowledgement that the Fugitive Law
is antagonistic to Christian charity, and
whoever would obey this law must expect
to pc punished for it. Is anything more
needed to show it's infamous character
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

GoLD.-From the many statements made
by gentlemen of veracity and integrity,
who are daily arriving in Leavenworth,
Wyandott, Kansas City and Westport. di-
rect from Pixies Peak, we are led to believe
that there must be gold in that vicinity in
considerable quantities. We would not ad
wise our friends to start for the mines be-
fore spring-there is certainly more to be
lost than gained by such course Wydn-
dot Argus.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Americus School.

1t will be seen by reference to our adver'
Using columns, that the second term of the
Americus School win commence on the 18th
OF this month, under the direction of Rev
" w. Terrence. From a personal &C
quaintance with Mr.. 7. we can safely recon-,
mend him to those having children to edu
.a'e' as gentleman in every way quali6ec
Tor that business.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

GREAT AMERICAN GIFT BOOK HOUSE.
No. 293 BRCDWAY, NEW YORK;
where the gifts consisting of JEWELRY. de-,
AND VARYING IN VALUE FROM rs CENTS
TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, are always on
EXHIBITION, IN AMPLE SHOW CASES
Our New Descriptive Catalogue, containing q
large variety of Books in every department of Sci
ence and Literature, (all of which are sold at reg
nlar publishers priees,} and explaining OUR
NEW AND ORIGINAL SYSTEM of allowing
every purchaser HIS OWN CHOICE OF GIFTS
and setting forth unequsled Inducements to
AGENTS, viii be sent, post paid, to any indIvld-
Address, a. RANEEY, AGENT No S9S
Broadway. 20 ens
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

The Masonic fraternity of this place have
, leased, for period of years, hall for their
meetings. from Messrs. Bailey & Plumb.
who have entered into contract to have il
completed by the first of December next.
We learn that their Lodge is increasing rap
idly in numbers. -a
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
SPECIAL NOTICE.

OHIO STATE AND UNION Law COLLEGE
This Institution has been removed to Cleveland
Ohio. Degrees are legally conferred and Student:
upon graduating may be admitted to practice
For circulars, address, at Cleveland, .-a
feb20-ly NJ. a. KING, Secretary.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

We were happy few days since to grasp
by the hand our old. friend, Geo. Evans,
who had just returned to his home on the
Cottonwood, from visit to his friends in
Iowa. Few better men there are in this
or any other community. We wish there
we're more of the same sort.'-
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

Borton & Co. have removed their Hard
ware and Stove Store from the room under
the Printing Office, to the room formerly
occupied by n. s. Storrs, one door south
OF the Hotel. .--.... ....,... -.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

We were pleased to notice few DAYS
since the return, from Ohio, of our fellow
citizen, George Baker. accompanied by the
wife and family of our friend, ]. B. Cox.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
d I z D.:

At Little Prairie Ronde, Michigan. on Septem
Der 4th, Of consumption. NAPOLEON E. CoPLEY
late of Emporia, aged "a years.
"Oh, the friends, the friends we've cherished,
How we weep to see them diei
All unthinking, they're the angels
That will lead US to the sky.'
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

.iassrsien par esnt each suss7senf
= ...s; one dollar line. Per Annans one Ioerln eoi
hFs IA 10. ,ix mos II oe year. 30 o. One hal
-. o. II oo 20 %; one year. $50 Az 1rAn
eo ,,rs;r. sdysrtssuaszts must be paid in advance
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

According to the St Louis Republican of
H'e date, there Is some doubt whether
yodge Breese, late Administration candi-
us'e Tor q. S. Senator in Illinois, has de-
ehned to be considered candidate, as was
reported.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

Fer Justices.---Blank Subpenas' Executons' s.
summons, Warrants, Recognizanees, ke' for SAFE
at this office.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

.n3: y; K, Giddings is engaged in writing the
history of the Auti-Siayery Fight in
congress-" and his retirement viii enable
H'in to finish the work at an early dzv.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

Rlauks.-Deeds, Mortgages. Bonds and Decla
..tious for sale at this Office in any quantity
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

Single copies of The NEws in wrappers for sale
:. this Office, at five cents Per copy
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Masonic.

D., A. F. and n. are held on the Thursday eve
ming of, or preceding the full moon, in each month
L. D. BAILEY, ". II.
C.V. EsKRrDGE, Sec'y.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
J. s. CHICK & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
Dealers in Provisions, Liquors, Segars, etc.

Dealers in Provisions, Liquors, Segars, etc.
KANSAS CITY, MO,
HAVE on hand and for sale, CHEAP FOR
II CASH, large stock of all kinds of Grocer
les, WOodehware, Nuts, Cigars. etc., of which the
following is part:
$50 bbls prime n. O. Sugar,
25 do Crushed Sugar,
% do Powdered Sugar,
200 sacks prime Rio Coffee,
I75 dozen 2 hoop Buckets,
IS do hoop Buckets,
125 do Well Buckets,
l25 Nests Tubs (3is)
60 do do [S's)
L. 100 boxes assorted Pie Fruits,
50 do fresh Peaches,
25 do fresh Strawberries,
IS do assorted Pickles,
250 do Oysters, e ID cans,) n .-
~ $50 do do Il ID cans,)
IFS do Liquors, (assorted,)
25 Gross Cards,
25 boxes Ink,
20 do Pipes,
200 bundles Pipe stems,
500 kegs Nails,
IS do Fence Nails,
IS boxes Coffee mills,
25 gross Backing,
100 boxes Slger Rasins,
Is one-half boxes Sager Rasins,
so one-fourth do do do
casks dried Currants,
5 sacks fresh Dates,
so glass cases Prunes,
rs boxes Nectar leaf Tobacco,
90 boxes No. chewing do
IS do do 2 do do
90 do do 8 do do
5000 sacks Flour,
so bales cotton Batting,
$50 bags Shot,
100 N. G. D. Caps.
so boxes Pepper Sauce,
so do Brandy Cherries,
25 do Tomato Ketchup,
1850 ceroons Indigo,
9 600 assorted Cigars,
500 boxes Teas, various kinds and qualities,
SO one-eghth casks Cognac Brandy,
IS one-half bbls n. Y. Brandy,
5pipes pure Port Wine,
10 6bls domestic Port Wine,
200 bbls Crackers,
Is boxes do
It's bbls Pittsburg Ale,
100 casks bottled Ale,
60 casks Scotch Ale,
200 bbls C. D. Whisky,
so bbls and rs l-2 bbls Rye and Bourbon do
$50 boxes Soap,
IFS do Cheese .----..
$50 do Star Candles,
so do Mould Candles
IS do Claret. =
$50 do Matches,
90 cases R ". Matches,
200 coils Manila Rope,
200 dozen Bed cords (assorted);
90 bales Oakum,
25 bbls Rosn,
IS bbls Tar.
200 boxes Yeast Powders,
IS boxes Soda, Tin l-2 and ID papers,)
so kegs Soda,
% bales Osnaburgs,
40 bales Sheeting and Drilling.
Cash paid for Buffalo Robes, Hides. Peltries,
Furs, Tallow dc, at the highest market prices.
We do an exclusive Wholesale trade, and can
offer greater inducements to those who are buying
for the trade of Kanzas Territory and South West
Missouri, than any house west of St Louis. All
our Fancy Groceries and fine Liquors purchased
in the eastern cities from first hands-and can be
sold at loweRrates than those who buy in St Louis
can afford them. We invite Country Merchants to
examine stock and prices before they pur chase
their supplies. ]. S. CHICK d CO.
August 81, '5S-m3
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
G. V. SKRIDGE,
EMPORIA, KANZAS,
Real Estate A gent.
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Conn mis- sioner Of Deeds

Com ssioner Of Deeds
For Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
and Iowa.
DRE-EMPTION BUSINESS promptly atten-
i ded to; Legal instruments carefully drawn up;
Deeds, Mortgages, Bonds, &c. made out acknowl-
edged, and recorded; Sales made on Commission,
and debts collected; Claims registered, sold, and
fled on.
SHARES AND CHOICE LOTS
in Emporia, Madison, and other prosperous towns
in Central Kanzas, for sale cheap.
Timber and Prairie land, near Emporia, ct low
figures per acre.
Land Warrants,
for cash, and on time. can be had at my Office.
Information respecting claims, and the Pre-
emption law, given gratis.
Late Platts from the Land Office for examination.
% return thanks to those who have here.
tofore literally entrusted their business to my
care, and in the future. as in the past. will en-
deavor to be prompt, punetual and faithful.
OFFICE at the store of Hornsby il Flick, oppo-
site the Emporia House.
C. V. ESKRIDGE.
july243m
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u O r S A I. E.

l. Eighty acres pre-empted land, on which
is good hewed log house. q good well OF water,
Is acres under fence, II corn, and other i'm
provements-With which will be sold acres tim
ber, near by-several head of hogs, cows, 2
steers, &c. Said premises situated q miles
from EmpOria, between the Cottonwood and NeO-
sho. There's bargain in the above. Call on
G. V. ESKRIDGE.
Emporia, Aug. %, '58.-tf
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The Nebraska Legislature.
The Ne6raskian classes the next Nebras
ka Legislature as follows:
COUNCIL. {

COUNCIL
Democrats -.--. 10
Opposition 3 2
HOUSE.
Democrats IL
Opposition lS
The Ne6rasEian thinks it is barely posi-
Die that one of the gentlemen classed with
the Opposition may favor Democratic or
ganizasion. We think it almost certain that
there win be fair working majority in both
branches of the Legislature.-Nescs.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

~ OOD CLAIMsImproved and unimproyed
N timber and prairie. for sale by
supes-tf G. V. ESKRIDGE.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
L. D. BAILEY,

L. D. BAILEY,
Attorney ana Counsellor at Law,
EMPORIA, KANZAS.
WILL give prompt and faithful attention to
w any business of legal nature that may be
entrusted to his in any court of the Territory.
GOfice, at the Store of A. G. Proctor, l59
Commercial Street.
Feb. g. 1858.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
AMRRoTYREs,
Great Reduction i'm Price.

rTNHE finest and most beautiful I-9 size Ambro-
Il types, of unequaled delieaey of tone and finish,
with good case, can be had at the picture rooms
of J Bowls, Lawrence, for One Dollari All other
sizes of pictures in proportion.
Perfect satisfactioR guaranteed or no Charge.
The subscriber feels confident that in thus retu-
cling the price Of pictures he is only doing what
the times demand, aud earnestly hopes that al
good and honesttraders and tradesuel will reduce
their high prices at least so much as viii allow their
customers and friends dollar TO spend for good
picture BOWLS
Lawrence, Kanzas. Nay Is, 1850
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
Inducements to snbscribers.

wsviIl furnish THE NEWS and ENERTs jour
-, ~ AGRICULTURE, (price $20O) the best Agrl-
.-I,,-al Journal in the Northwest, one year tcr
,I,,, dollars and tsOenty.foe cents We make this
,;ss,sI offer with the hope of increasing our own
-I.o-;re;on list. and also that of excellent ag
eultural journal, which will be found 70 De adap-
Il to the wants of the farmers of kanzas-
Also. one copy of TIE News for one year
and one copy of the ATLANTIC, the great Boston
Monthly, one year for four dollars. The priee Of
!. ATLANTIC alone, is three dollars.
Vow is the time.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
The Population of Texas.

The progress of free labor is making rapid
strides in Western Texas. and even now
has the full control and viii mould the fu-
.ture political destiny of that immense stretch
of table land. The following from the New
Orleans Bee, shows what is going ON IN
that quarter:
1--WE have recently conversed with an an
tefligent and observant gentleman, who has
spent many years In Texas, and has travelled
all over the Northern and Western portion
of that State. He informs US that through
out those sections of the country the immi-
grafton is nearly entirely derived from for
eipners. of whom seven eighths are Ger
mans. Excellent agriculturists, hardy and
patient tillefs of the soil, sober, temperate,
industrious, peaceful, and obedient to law,
this population in many respects cannot be
surpassed--but they are from birth, breed
ing and habits of thought. invincibly hos
tile to slave labor. Not one in a thousand
owns a negro, and there are whole tiers of
counties in certain parts of Texas, which
cast, in the aggregate, many thousands OF
votos, where one may travel many a day
and scarcely see black skin or hear the ac-
cents of the English tongue. There is very
little intercourse for commercial purposes
between these people and the inhabitants of
Southern and Eastern Texas. There are
no available means of ready and easy com
munication, no railways and the ordinary
roads are exceedingly primitive in construc-
ton, and frequently rendered impossible by
bogs and marshes. The industry of the
German population is peculiar. 1t is easily
satisfied, and is not of the vigorous and en-
ergetie character of the Anglo-Saxon race
It is not adventurous and enteprising. 1t
does not perpetually seek for improvement
The Germans of Texas are satisfied to till
their abundant lands to raise live stok, to
provide every desirable comfort for their
families. and to live the tranquil, unostenta-
tious life of their forefathers. The lands
they cultivate, and millions of acres more,
are unsurpassed in fertility. How is it,
then, that they have remained in great
measure unsettled by American planters?
Simply because the latter will not immigrate
to a country distant from the center of com
merce, with few and imperfect avenues, and
these at certain seasons almost hermetically
closed. The American who purchases a
section of land in Texas calculates-to use
national term-to raise cotton or sugar,
and to make money. He will avoid the Sc
lection of any spot, however productive,
whence the products of his labor cannot
reach a market The German, on the other
hand, buys land that himself and his family
may possess cheap, substantial, and COM
Portable homestead, and rarely looks beyond
this main point. Hence the region referred
to is rapidly filling up with Germans, who
outnumber the Americans in the proportion
of ten to one Our informant states as the
result of personal inquiry and observation,
that if no marked change should occur be-
fore ten years elapse, Texas will be divided
into four states-one slaveholding, and the
others Free
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

Our readers will find in another column
the advertisement of Moore's Rural NeW
Yorker. The New Yorker has been long
snd favorably known to the reading public,
sad it is needless for US to say aught in its
praise. We viii furnish one copy each of
il and THE NEWS one year for three dollars
aud twenty-five cents; being seventy five
onts cheaper than they can be procured
separately.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

The last rumor is that the illustrious
John Calhoun, of Kansas, is indignant at
MS removal from the Office of Surveyor
General, and is about to print certain mys-
terious documents received from distin-
guished gentlemen in favor of the doctrine
Of Popular Sovereignty. 1t is stated that
he will also show that while he is supposed
to have been the prime mover in the deser-
ton of Gov. Walker, he has simply been
used to pull the chestnuts out of the fire.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
Railroad Meetings.

A Railroad Convention will be held at
Butler, Mo-, on the 18th of August, after
which a series of meetings will be held
dong the route of the Jefferson City d Ne
oshO Valley Railroad, as follows: At Mo-
neka, on the Goth August; Hyatt, 24th;
Nashville, 25th; Hampden, 26th; Ottum-
wa, eth; Florence, 98th; Emporia, 3oth.
The following speakers are expected to be
present: ]. F. Hollingsworth, of Mo-, Jno.
o. Wattles, w. F. M. Army, E. P. Ban
croft, and J. T. Cox.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

Turning out Irishmen to put in Negroes.
The administration of James Buchanan.
says the Missouri Democrat, is known to
be devoted to the negroes and the negro in
terest, but some late developments at Wash
ington show it up in light for which we
were scarcely prepared. We knew that the
proslavery party of this country. and partic-
ularly of this state, was gradually taking
ground against adopted citizens, and was
beginning to curse and revile the Irish and
the Dutch, as not being sound on the goose
question. We knew that that party was
Just now all powerful with the cabinet, and
controlled appointments and places and pol
icies and employments. But even with all
this knowledge we were taken by surprise
at finding national democracy beginning the
work of prescription by turning out Irish
men to put in negroes around the federal
capitol. Yet such facts are vouched for by
one of the most reliable journals of the coun-
try. We refer to the New z ork Tablet,
paper that has large circulation in this
city, and that is possessed of an extensive
reportorial corps throughout the different
States. From its own special Washington
correspondence, contained in a late number,
we extract the subjoined statement, which
we commend to the attention of those Ma
tional Democrats, who are trying to blarney
the sons of Erin out of their votes. If the
Administration at Washington turns Irish
men out of employment TO put negroes in,
what would the party do in this State If they
could only revive the slave trade and import
Africans enough to crush out free white Ia
Dor. Here Is what the Tablet says under
date of July 9th, 1853:
"There is dead lock in political affairs
here at this time, if we except the occasion
al removals from and appointments to Office.
The richest and, perhaps, most remarkable
exploit in this way happened week or so
since. Two worthy Irishmen, having fam
lilies, were employed under Capt. Meigs at
81, rs per day each. to attend the furnace
in the House of Representatives. By re-
cent act the control of the apparatus was
transferred to the clerk of the House from
Capt. Meigs. An assistant to Afr. Allen,
named Carter, and part editor and owner OF
the Union, in the absence of his principal,
removed the two Irish Democrats, and put
two negroes in their places. This is not all.
He even raised the pay of the negroes to
$50 per month. have not as yet learned
whether the darkies are free or slaves; if the
latter, the motive for the change may be ca
silly inferred; if the former, then negroes
are better citizens than Irishmen under q
Democratic administration or Democratic
House of Representatives. Anything o.
this kind Carter could do would not surprise
Ime. for l have some slight knowledge o
his proclivites. I hope your highly es-
teemed representative from the Fourth Dis.
trict in New York viii cause inquiry to bt
made of the matter when he returns her,
tnext winter" --. -.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
Madison County Probate Court.
JUNE TERM, 1858.
S'Hl9n Ts. Dow ATTACHMENT.

Samuel Walker.
TTHE above action wag brought to recover the
i sum of one hundred and fifty dollars with in
terest from the 9th of March last, founded de-
ting, by him subscribed, dated the 9th day Of
March, 1853, by which note, as the plaintiff al
leges, defendant promised plaintiff to convey to
him eight lots in the town of Waterloo, Breckin-
ride county, by good and sufficient deeds, or in
default thereof to pay to said plaintiff the above
sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. Said plain
tiff AYERS that defendant neglects and refuses to
perform his said promise in either alternative and
thereupon commenced suit by writ of attachment
term of said court And now the said defendant
not appearing to to said action at this term
of said court it being made to appear to the salts
faction of said court that the defendant has alb
seconded or absented himself from his usual place
of abode within this territory that he cannot be
summoned, and that his property or estate in this
county has been attached on said writ, in pursu-
anee of the statute in such cases provided.
1t is ordered that the plaintiff notify said defen
dant of the facts above set forth and that unless
he be and appear at the next term of said court to
be holden at the county seat of said county the
first Monday in September next. on or before the
third day of said term if the term shall so long
continne and if not then before the end of the
term, judgment will be rendered against him and
his property sold to satisfy the same by causing
attested copy Of this order to be published four
weeks successfully in 5he KANzAs News a news
paper published in Emporia, In said Territory Of
less than four weeks before the first day of said
September term.
Given under my hand and seal this ninth day
of June, A. D. 1857. A. D. GRAHAM,
Judge of Probate.
L. D. BAIEKY, Atty for PIE. n49w4
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

WHERE ARE THE MoRMoNs GoING?-A
Washington letter writer gives currency TO
the conjecture that the Mormons are taking
their way to some convenient place on our
Pacific coast, in order ultimately, to embark
for the great and fertile island of New Guinea,
or some other locality in the South Seas,
near the polygamous communities of the
East, where they can enjoy their peculiar
beliefs and practices unmolested by any
other people.