The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-02-18


to call me s.dear Chester" instead of "dear
consih Frank, 2 as five years before, and to
scold me for being SO stupid as to sit and
Tiife,=iinsIgad of talking With her Was
ever man so happvina slight mistake ,~,.;l
Financial Condition of Kansas
We take the following extract from the
Leayenworth Herald, which win give our
readers an idea of the financial affairs at
Kansas. eassSiff,5 80 . .s1a;.sisss alaI
3 Gen.. II. j. Stricken, the Auditor, has
made a complete, correct, and comprehen7
siye report of the state of the Territorial
finances The Legislature has ordered
1000 copies TO be printed: 81 'NEssos1
Through the kindnesssof friend, who
has been permitted to glance. at the forth
coming report of the Territorial Auditor,
we are enabled to place before our readers
the following facts and figures relating to
the financial AFFAIRS of Kansas. ss'h 70 soi'
1.-The indebtedness of4the Territory upon
all accounts from the organization, up to
January lst, 1850, is 100000. ...
of this amount there is outstanding and
unpaid warrants amounting to $5i 200.
q The whole amount of revenue paid into
the Treasury of the Territory, from its or
ganization to the 1st OF January, 1860, is
$50, 900. .g.s ...f-..,....
The whole amount of warrants issued
upon the Treasury for the same times Is
$83, 900. s471I "a" sofiaafG"o sag
The whole amount of revenue paid into
the Treasury for the year SO, is S29, 600.
The whole amount of warrants issued
upon the Treasury during - the same time, is
$62, 600.
q Only eleven counties have reported the
abstract of taxable property, for 1859, which
amounts IN the, aggregate to S8,50O,O00.
The auditor estimates the taxable prep
erty of the 10 counties, not reported, at
$4,000, 900.
+ Making the total amount of the taxable
property of Kansas, 81 5, GOO, 000.5I &s5ys
The report of the Auditor, Mr.. Stricken,
lis quite lengthy and prepared with more
than ordinary ability It gives a full, com
plete aud accurate exhibit of the financial
affairs Of the Territory. The Auditor has
suggested many important changes in our
Tax Laws, and if adopted by the Legislature,
| as they should be, will greatly lessen the
burthens that now SO .grievously Cypress
| our people. pton Democrat. rs est
From the Philadelphia PennsylEanian, Jan. 81
| Gold from Kansas, or pixies Peak
| OFFICIAL INFORMATION AS TO IT'S VALUE.
Many inquiries are made in reference. to
/ the amount of gold produced from 81 ike s
Peak and the region thereabouts, and the
value of the same per ounce. For the pur-
pose of giving information on this subject,
| we pG blish the following extract from the re-
| port made by Mr.. j. r. SnoWden, the Di-
rector of the Mint and its branches; which
F.. Tx f,p al + hot
| obitgIng public officer:
/ stThe statement in my last annual report
as to the value of gold from Kansas, or
pixies Peak, was based upon a single de-
posite, which was incorrectly affirmed by
the depositor of it, to be the product OF
that region. The mint being now almost
daily in receipt of the genuine article, both
in washed grains and amalgam, we can give
more correct, though not very definite in
formation, concerning its value, The fine
ness of the gold has the average range of
eight hundred to nine hundred thousandths,
but generally lies within eight hundred and
twenty-five TO eight hundred and forty-fve.
The ALLOWING metal rs silver, as in all cases
of native gold. The value of the gold in
bars, allowing for the silver, is nearly or
quite S. SO per ounce, on the average. Il
| is not SO easy to arrive at an average of the
gold in grains or amalgam. on account of the
variable loss in melting Until within re-
/ cent period it was found that this loss would
make reduction of about two dollars per
ounce upon the value above stated but lately
the manipulations at the mines seem To have
been improving, as is indicated by the SIS
| being reduced TO about 81 sn nor o,,nc. o,d
it may ere long be brought down,tQ one dol
lar OF less. At present, theref khe mint
value Of Kansas gold in grains kEpafgam,
to speak in general terms, is abo3 $40 an
ounce, troy weight. It will be seen by re-
ference to the tables attached to this report
that the amount of gold received from the
country just referred to. during the last fiscal
year, is quite inconsiderable. But it may
be noted that since the close of that year
the receipts have increased. The amount
received at the mint in Philadelphia, up to
the date of this report, is S97s585 TO-;
We learn hat since the date of this re-
port the frlther sum of S152, 978 has been
| received at the Mint in philadelphia, and
/ that our other minting establishments have
received about $4,000 from the same
source The amount, therefore, received
up to this time from. that region is about
$3.50. 600. Il thus appears that the country
considerable quantity of gold, and there is
reason to believe that the production will
| increase from that source sssz a
WHISPERS editress of the Lancas-
ter Literary Gazette says she would as soon
nestle her nose In rats nest of swinole
Etow, as allows man with whiskers or
moustaches to kiss .her..s, - .zs.z
We don't believe word of it. The OBJ