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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08
THE BUBBLE BURSTED.

The Fort Scott War isended. That town
still stands and Missouri is not invaded
Harvey and the FIVE hundred U. S. troops
that marched down to Fort Scott, will now
have the pleasure of marching back again.
without having got airy shot at ye great
Montgomery. Poor old Judge Williams,
who imagined that his court was broken
up, himself killed, and all the papers of his
court destroyed, has not been heard of since
he sent his famous dispatch. 1t is reported
that Montgomery, has also absquatulated.
We do not know two men whom the Terri
tory can SO well spare as Williams and
Montgomery; and unless they can come
back and behave themselves, we hope they
will both stay away. The Missourians who
were shouldering their muskets by the hun
dred, a week or two ago, have laid down
their arms and gone home, most of them
highly disguised with the late border war
humbug.
Several of our friends have spoken to US
of having received letters from the East,
begging them TO come lone, and exhibiting
the greatest alarm at the state of affairs in
Southern Kansas. Eastern people should
learn by this time. not to be frightened at
" Kansas troubles They should not put
a particle of confidence in half they see in
regard to the matter in Eastern papers. In
all the great battles of our border armies for
tho Iact throe wi Dtera uo baI;ava not q mon
has fallen. They are like many of those
fought by Jim Lane in '55 and '56--blood-
less
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08

august" and equalize the valuation of
property in their respective counties. Sec.
26 requires the clerk 10 forward an abstract
to the Auditor of the Territory. "betore Ehe
first dag Of September Another section
of the same act reads as follows:
az See. Y. The meeting Of she Territorial Board
of Equalization. shall be on the second Monday Of
August annually
That is just eight days 6efor: the County
Boards met, and nineteen days before tie
County Clerks are repaired to forVaratke ab-
strGcts.
Now, what did the Territorial Board OF
Equalization do in this dilemma? Just
what any sensible man would have done
they met and performed their duty, just as
soon as the abstract were received from the
clerks, and, of course, they could not do il
before. The law has been complied with in
every particular, by both county and Terri
torial officers, except the single instance Civ
en- above. in which it was impossible to
comply With it. The amount of Territorial
tax charged to this county. (Ss $40 O4) is a
triie less than three mills on dollar, show
ing, that the valuation of property in this
county, was very nearly the average valua-
ton in the whole Territory.
"This three mill tax, including the CAPT
tstion tax, amounts to more than our coun-
ty tax. and must be paid in gold or. silver. -
Here are two mistakes p in one sentence.
The county tax is the largest by more than
FIVE hundred dollars and the Territorial
tax can be paid with Territorial warrants,
which can be bought for thirty five to forty
FIVE cents on the dollar. There are several
other mistakes in the article, but, they are
so obvious to every one. that it is unneces-
sary to point them out.
The characteristic fling, in the closing
sentence, requires no answer from me, as
member of the County Board, or as an n-
dividual.
l am happy to inform the people of the
county. through your colEmns, that a meet
ing held at this place last Saturday. refused
to pass long string of resolutions and
whersases. looking 10 the reputation of our
just debts. The action OF the meeting was
an :" indefinite postponement of the whole
subject" think we should use all the in
fuence in our power. to induce Congress to
assume the Territorial debt but l do not
think reputation is the best argument we
can use to accomplish it.
E.P. BANCROFT.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08
CONGRESS.

Congress convened on Monday last. of
course nothing has been done yet. The best
feeling prevails between the members from
the North and South. The present session
may be looked 10 with great deal of in
terest. Many attempts will be made 10 pass
some measure that will pacify the country,
at least temporarily, on the slavery ques-
ton. Several members of both Houses
will 90 to Washington with compromise
bills in their breeches pockets. Among the
rest. the telegraph reports,that Seward will
advocate the establishment of the Mis-
souri, Compromise line. In this we think
the telegraph is eitLer mistaken or lies
Mr.. Seward will do no such thing, unless
we are wofully mistaken in the man. The
Ere eaters and Northern doughfaces would
not rest until that great measure was re-
pealed, and now let them take the conse-
uuences. We would Ike TO see tranquility
and good feeling existing between the two
sections of the Union but if compromise
is adopted. we do not want it to be such a
one as will disgrace the North.
The Presidents Message has been de-
iivered to Congress. 1t is quite lengthy
He reviews the history of the anti-slavery
movement. and says all that is necessary to
accomplish the object of peace is for the
sslaveholding States to be let alone aad man
age their own institutions in their own way
We are not aware that any body ever pro
posed to interfere with their managing
their own institutions in their own way -
The great mission of the Republican party,
as we understand ii is. to administer the
government for the equal benefit of all see,
tons of the Union and while the South is
permitted to regulate their institutions in
: their own way" TO see that the rights Of
the North are not scorneda at and tramplsd
under foot, as they have been during Blu
chanan's administration. The President
further says
1.-THE antecedents Of the President elect
are calculated TO excite fears in South Car
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08
THE CRISIS.

The great crisis that is comm for 10
come. still approaches. We rather suspect
terrible things will be done sometime in the
early part of next year if the Electors give
Lincoln a majority of their votes. The
Little State of South Carolina, whose in
Enthusiastically the great politicians
eat birthstone and vomit four pronged blue
bazes. is still in the Union. But she still
says she is going out; and if she can't get
out any other way she's going to fight out.
The most laughable part Of it is that most
any single county in the great States of New
York, Pennsylvania or Ohio, could ''cIean
her OUT so clean that she woull not know
herself iG two weeks alter the first battle.
Her people are still holding meetings and
increasing and resolving about bursting up
the accursed Union. We are not getting
serious about South CAROLINA, or any of the
other Southern States. Let them whereas.
and resolve, and enact, and arm and equip,
and play the fool to their hearts content,
and let us let them without let or hindrance
do let's. But lei us not get serious about
their foolery. They don't mean anything
melancholy. Suicide is the only crime they
can commit; and if they choose to cut up
the ridiculous antic of killing themselves
by swallowing cotton and smashing it down
with gulps of fire, we hope we may be per-
mitted 10 have our little laugh over the Jug
olery
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08

DINA, but is the question Of contingent dan
ger sufficient to justify The destruction of
the Government He reviews the acts
of the different Northern States in the pass
age of personal liberty bills. and pronounces
them unconstitutional. He says thatit can
not be presumed in advance that the Presi-
dent elect will fail to enforce the fugitive
slave law, as this WoulI be unjust and con-
trary to Christian charity. Let US wait for
the overt act. He then declares against the
right of secession, and says to admit it,
the Union might be broken into fragments
in less than two weeks. He quotes the Ian
guage of Jackson and Madison q: "Secess-
ion is altogether founded on an inference
not in the Constitution The Union was
designed to be perpetual. He then quotes
the Constitution in support of this view.
tended to implant in: FITS bosom seeds for its
own destruction. They were not guilty of
the absurdity of providing for its own dis
so lution. The right of resistance against
tyranny and oppression, however, cannot be
denied. Theis right is asserted in the Dec
laration of Independence, but secession is
speaking of the affairs of s ruth Carolina, he
uoeS not appTeheHu lLat All attempt VIII DC
made to seize TIE Forts, but if in this he is
mistaken. the officers have orders to be strictly
on the defensive, and let the responsibility
rest on the heads of those who provoke the
contest. He invokes his countrymen 10 pauae
before attempting to destroy the Union,
which Las conferred so many benefits. He
argues that Congressscan do much to restores
peace. by proposing and recommending an
amendment to the Constitution for reme-
dying the existing evils. The course he
recommends is, to have an explanatory
clause or amendment to the slavery question,
first. expressly recognising the right of
property in slaves in the States where slaV-
cry now or hereafter may exist. Secondly,
the duty of protecting such rights in all the
coming Territories, until the latter are ad-
mitted as States into thu Union
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08

There is every prospect of a severe win
ter in the mining region. The Denver
Mounta;nser says: 1t is not reasonable te
expect very mild climate at an altitude OF
5,400 feet above the level of the sea, and
that too beneath the shadow of the Rocky
Mountains
The same paper has the following:
sit begins to be apparent that old noun.
taineers in this section were right in their
conjectures respecting the hard winter, o.
which We have had very undeniable speci-
mems for the past two or three days. From
the ample preparations of beavers, the early
fight of birds, the usual protection furnish.
ed by nature to the seeds of the conifere
and indications of similar character. &
very severe winter was inferred. An OBJ
servance of these signs of the brute crea.
ton cannot be looked on as idle or supersti-
tious kind Providence wisely furnishes
them with means for their well being and
preservation. We should learn wisdom
from them. and provide against the prospect
of coming calamity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08
From the La Gross (Wis,) Union and Democrat, ]
OH, DEAR! WHERE'S THE CAM-FIRE

From the La Gross (Wis,) Union and Democrat
OH, DEAR WHERE'S THE CAM FIRE
The returns from this State come pour
ing along like buckWheat from the tail-end
of tanning mill, and just about as COM
Portable to read as that triangular grain is TO
sit on ! We feel sort of wea kish about the
gizzard We feel chilly, clannmy like, just
on the small of the back, to read how this
State-this Badger State has acted Oh,
Temparo-oh Moses sine gairy ding done!
81 wish l was in Dixie !'' If the postmas
ter puts another Republican paper in our box
until after Thanksgiving, we'll steal his
door. yard They are so mean-get fell
low down and laugh at him /! Sitting strad
die of his.ehest and playing the devils dream
on his abdomen. Wouldn't be half as bad
If the Legislature don't divide this State,
she Legislature is fool. Arnold is scoop
ed Reymert is scoop-ed Larrabee is
scoop-ed Douglas is scoop-ed Hurrahs
for the three scoops" Mani;owoc county,
instead of 400 Democratic. gave Lincoln
$50 majority. Oh dear We are in agony!
Rock county, that "wool-growing section. !"
gave Lincoln anywhere from 10, 900 to 7O0,-
OOO-we have net time to count.
jefferson county has turned over like q
boy with the cholic, and now lays grooming,
back side up! Wisconsin has done it -
Everything is Lincoln. Eeven the rails
must have voted. He will have more ma
jortity in this State than You could roll
down hill We have three hundred pounds
of figures, but not enough to give half the
Republican majority in Rock county even.
Go on with your old scow-it won't rain
long!
For PRESIDENT IN 1864: STEPHEN A DOUG
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08
SHALL WE PAY THE TERRITORIAL TAxe

ED. News Il notice in your last issue
an article under the above head. containing
so many misststements that may be receiv-
ed as truth by those who have given the
subject no attention, that feel it my duty
to correct them.
The first mistake is. ''the Commission
ers of this county have levied a tax DC"
This assertion is contradicted in the extract
from the Law which is quoted in the same
article. The law reads as follows:
revenue to defray the expenses of tie Territory
for the years 1889 and 1860, there be and hereby
IS krried tax of three mills on the dollar, upon
all property in the Territory subject to taxation,
and an additional tax of fifty cents upon every
white male inhabitant of the Territory over the
age Of twenty years.
Any one can see from this that the Leg
islature Iesied tie tar, and no one else had,
or could have, anything to do with it. The
principal difficulty appears to be with the
Territorial Board of Equalization; and they
no doubt will feel themselves under great
obligations to The gentlemen, for bis lucid
exposition of che law. and their duties un-
der it. Now, the only difficulty 10 the mat
ter. is occasioned by simple blunder in
the law. Sec. Is, requires the County Com
missioners to meet on the "Mird Tuesday of
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08
E. P. BANCROFT.

In accordance with a call published in
the Americas Sentinel, the citizens of the
several townships of Breckinridge county,
met at Fremont on Tuesday, Dec. 4th, $780,
R. w. Cloud was elected Chairman, and
S. G. Elliott, Secretary.
P. B. Ma1son. being called on, stated
the object of the meeting.
On motion the chair appointed the fol-
lowing committee on resolutions:
Fremonttownship, Leroy Crandall; Amer
Gus, T. G. Hill Emporia, R. Y. Glenn !;
Waterloo, John Wayman Agnes City. w.
A. Shannon.
The committee reported and after full
discussion of the subjects embraced, the re-
port was adopted as follows:
WHEREAS, 1t is hereby necessary under
existing circumstances, that the entire coun-
ty of Breckinridg, act in concert with some
90 Relief Association and.
WHEREAS, The one known as the Hyatt
Relief Association, is the most thoroughly
organized, and has already perfected ar
rangements for procuring and transporting
to the actually destitute, superior to those
of any organization since made; therefore,
ResolUed, That we. the people of Brock
inridge county, met in convention at FIRE.
mont, this December 4tb, 1860, recognize
the Hyatt Association " as the most eff
cient and reliable of any now in operation,
and we agree to cooperate with and sustain
the said association. And the said COM
mittee earnestly recommend to the several
townships, where any vacancies may have
occurred under the Hyatt arrangement, to
meet in convention and FIJI said vacancies,
and make prompt report to S. c. Pomeroy,
ESQ, at Atchison. 30 as not to preclude the
needy from the benefits arising from the eff
forts of those who are now laboring to Sc
cure funds and provisions for the relief Of
the needy in Kansas.
On motion. the Secretary was directed
to furnish copies of the proceedings of this
meeting to the Americas Sentinel, and EN-
poria Wears. for publication.
On motion, adjourned.
R. w. CLOUD, Chm.
S. G. ELLIOTT, Sec'y.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08
TERRITORIAL NEWS ITEMS.
R. w. CLOUD, Chm.

The Supreme Court of Kansas viii COM
menee regular term in Lecompton on the
first Monday in January next. There will
be much important business to be disposed
OF
The fine showers of rain which have Lately
visited this section have produced won
derful effect for the good on the growing
wheat crops.-Burlingtoa Register,
The land Cfice has ordered a survey of
the Kansas Indian Reservation. About three
fifths of il is to be sold to the whites, as
stipulated by recent treaty with the In
dams, and the proceeds are to be appropri-
ated for the benefit of the latter. The re-
manning two fifths is to be laid out in forty
acre lots, one of which is to be held by each
Indian in seyeralty.-Ledven,Oort Times.
Emigratnts are streaming into this vi
cinity every day, notwithstanding the strin-
gent times in Kansas The class of settlers
that are now coming in are of very desir-
able kind-people with backbone. common
sense, and (What is particularly desirable
just at the present time, an abundance of
the ''resdy." Several important transactions
in real estate have taken place in this coun-
ty within tbs past ssek.-BUrliHgto" Beg
lister.
- DISCOVERIES AT PAIoA.-While at PAoLA-
this week, we learned that there has been,
and is being made, discoveries in that vi
cinity, that has caused no little excitement
among the inhabitants Of that Eegion. A
company has heen boring for oil, and al the
death of 1875 feet they have sturck oil which
Is, TO all appearances. IS valuable as that
procured in enusylvania.
The rock in the vicinity of Paola is feunj
to contain gold and silver in considerable
qualities, and several gentleman from dis
lance are now there making sn examination Of
them WydEdOH Argus.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08

The River has receded rapidly within the
past five or six days, and is lower now than
it has been for several months. The bars
above and below loom up their ugly proper
tons, presenting'a repulsive and unWished for
sight, especially to river men and shippers.
Navigation is, consequently, difficult and
dangerous. A week or two more and
shallow water or Jack Frost will have closed
it officially -Leaven,0orth Times, 4th
The Ottumwa College opened its winter
session on Monday last. Quite a large
number of scholars are in attendance and
the prospects are fattering that the present
term will be successful one. This institu-
ton offers rare inducements for seekers after
knowledge to acquire good education
Burlington Register.
A Telegraph from Washington says that
the settlers on the Cerokee Neutral Lands
we're forced to leave them, Through the
integrity of the Commissioner of Indian At
fairs Integrity" indeed The gov
eminent officials permitted those settlers to
make their clsims, encouraged them in the
belief that the Indian 1itle would be extin-
guished, and then drove them from their
homes, at the point of the bayonet, burned
their cabins, and left them destitute on the
prairies. at the beginning of winter The
pretense under which this was done, was a
desire to keep faith with tribe of semi-say-
! ages, who were entreating the government
to take the tract in question off their hands.
That kind of ''integrity" may prevail in Ar
kansas. or Austria, or Algiers but it isn't
appreciated in this latitude.
Themes.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08

oaribaidi has resigned his dictatorship
into the hands of Victor Emanuel, and gone
home to his rude farm on the little island Of
Caprera. After uniting Sicily and Naples,
with their nine millions of people, to the
Italian Kingdom. the liberator returns to the
simplicity OF his peaceful seclusion, refusing
both wealth and titles. enriched in nothing
but glory, and the mingled admiration and
affection OF the world. If history records
any where the life of hero more disinter-
es'ed' more brave, more faithful. endowed
with more substantial rnagnanimity or a
more sublime simplicity of character, we do
not know it. Italy may well look upon
him with pride and gratitude, but he be-
longs TO humanity even more than he be-
longs TO her.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08

HANNIBAL HAMLIN--The Hon. w. s. Lind
say. who is now in this country as the rep
resentative of the British shipping interest,
paid the following deserved tribune to Ham
lin in his speech before the philadelphia
Board of Trade:
He said he had met most of the Govern
-ors of the. States through which he had pass
ed, and had enjoyed interviews with a very
large number of prominent men in the cuon-
try. IN particular the Hon. Hannibal Ham
lin. of Maine. He spent an afternoon at the
quiet residence of this gentleman, and felt
bound to say that for comprehensive knowl-
edge of those commercial and maritime
questions::in which both nations are interest
ed, he had met no gentleman so fully vsrsed
as this gentleman just elected Vice Prssi-
dent of the United States.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-12-08

The progress of THE FARMER has been on
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the Producer to market his products to the best
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The notorious Redpath undertook TO get
up agoho Brown meeting. at fremont Tenn
pie, Boston. on The Sd inst The meeting
was taken possession of by Union men. who
appointed Richard S. Foy. Chairman. and
passed resolutions denouncing Brown, JUS
tifying his execution. and laudating Virgin
ia. The Abolitionists vainIy endeavored
to get hearing. Finally the police were
called, and amid much confusion the hall
was cleared. and the Temple closed by or
der of the Mayor.