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until after the expiration of the thirty days,
thus preventing second location. Before
going he advised that the Board Of COststy
Commissioners which had been secured by
little sculduggery in the interest of Bur
lingame) should assume the power to make
the second locationt This programme was
faithfully executed, and in due time the
County Board enacted the farce OF locating
the county seat at Burlingame, and calling
an election q that action. This election
being entirely outside of any legal authority,
and having been had solely in the interests
of single town. it was treated with con-
tempt by the majority of the voters. who
did not hcnoe it with an attendance at the
polls The result showed the strength of
Burlingame pretty thoroughly, as she got,
all told, one eadred and hhirty-siS Uotes
One reason given for the action of the Board
was to producs, by getting large vote for
Burlingame, q great moral effect; and it
would seem that the result has been reach
ed, though not In the direction expected
In the meantime, the seat of justice of the
county remains at Superior, where it was
permantly located by popular vote over
year ago, and where it will probably remain
for years to come. will only say, in con-
clusion, that the recent enlargement of the
county of Usage was made at the urgent
request of Burlingame, which was com
PEELED to go twenty five miles to do county
business. Superior, having the county
seat. was Indifferent to the change. Under
such circumstances, it is considered little
steep for Burlingame TO insist that the first
thing done after the change of county lines,
shall be- TO take the county seat away from
her neighbor and give it to herselfl The
demand may be entirely reasonable; but as
there is room for doubt, Superior respect
fully declines to give her consent.
Usage.
SEpERIoR. June S. 1860.
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THE ELECTION FOR COUNTY SEAT
OF Usage COU TY.

EDITOR EMPoRIA News Your request
for information concerning a late pretended
election for county seat. held in Usage
county, has induced me to give it a notice
which it does not deserve.
Under law of last winter, the location
of the seat of justice of this county was to
be made by Board of Special Commits
sioners, named in the act, and that location
submitted to the people for ratification or
rejection. This was done to avoid long
and bitter contest between towns, it being
agreed on the part of the representatives
from Superior and Burlingame that a point
between those towns should be selected,
and the matter adjusted in spirit of COM
promise This adjustment, however. was
defeated by the sefishness of Burlingame,
which voted almost unanimously against the
point thus selected, thus causing its defeat.
Superior, on the other hand, though al
ready in possession of the county seat,
honorably voted, by large majority, for
the compromise.
In case the first location should be voted
down, the Law provided that the Board
should, within thirty days, make new To-
cation and submit it in like manner. The
consent of all three of the Board was need
ed TO make any location; and the member
representing Burlingame left the Territory
before the first election and remained absent
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NEWS FROM THE MINES.

The late reports from the Rocky Noun
tain Gold Mines are more favorable than
ever before. The dates are to the first in
slant. To the South, that is from the Blue,
Taryall and the regions in and around the
South Park the news is ''iush." s'The
diggings are opening rieh, and surpass the
most sanguine expectations. The Rocky
Mountain Neacs has the following among
other items
ssMr. J. Webster, of Massachusetts,, call
ed upon US this morning. just in from the
Arkansas, for provisions. He speaks very
fiatteringly of the mining prospects gener-
ally, south west of us. He saw two claims
that are opened on California Gulch, from
which two men, with hand rocker, took
out eight ounces eleven pennyweights in
one day, and two others, higher up the
oulch, took out $50 in about half day.
]. ]. Hendrickson, of Independence, Mo-,
writes that he has seen two men take out
$3.50 in three fourths of day in the Cali
forna Gulch, which is about eight miles in
length and was discovered about the 18th
of April last.
The mining season can now be considered
disappeared and Spring at last arrived. The
work is now mostly applied to guich dig
gings and prospecting; although leads have
in a measure been abandoned. it does not
prove that they are not worth working, but
the necessity of having machinery and men
of capital to have them properly worked.
Clutches yield from three to thirty dollars
per day to each hand with rockers and slut
ces, which result can safely be expected all
summer.
The Clay county lead with a machine
pays over fifty dollars day per hand.
There are ten quartz mills in operation
and one with FIVE stamps Is taking out three
hundred dollars each "a hours run.
AIexan Ter & Co., are taking out from
three to five hundred dollars per day with
their mill.
With regard to the Indians and their in
tentions, the News adds:
'sOn Thursday last the advance Guard OF
victorious war party of the Arapahoes. re-
turned from their late expedition against the
Utes, with four scalps aud forty or fifty pO-
nies. They pitched their camp on the
Highland side of the river, and straightway
commenced scalp dance with all its must
cal and other accompaniment, which was
continued through the night.
On Friday there was a large accession to
their numbers and grand triumphal entry
into the city. with music. banners. and
hundreds of gaily eaparisoned horses and
their riders.
During the day the scalp dance was per-
formed several times in the principal streets,
in the presence of hundreds OF curious
spectators.
Never have We seen more striking con-
trast between the savage and civilized life.
Dusky warriors, bedizzened with paint and
tinselry, dancing TO their rude music, pre-
cisely as their ancestors danced centuries
ago in celebration on the same ground; but
now over their mystic circles fall the shad-
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FROM CALIFORNIA-.FIGH WITH
THE INDIANS-.DEFEAT OF THE
TROOPS

The last Express from California brings
sad news. Several Americans had been
murdered on Carson's river while asleep,
by the Indians.
This outrage led TO an organization of
whites. The volunteers, numbering one
hundred and FIVE men, placed themselves
under the command of Major Ormsby, and
pushed in pursuit of the Indians. The re-
port says:
This force, on the 18th instant, at p. NJ,
came upon the Indians at bend of Truckee
river, about sixty-fve miles northwsrd to-
wards Pyramid Lake from Virginia City.
The Indians were in ambush at q narrow
pass through which the Ormsby party were
proceeding, and numbering, it is supposed,
not less than five hundred, all having fire.
arms, plenty of ammunition, and one hum
dred and fifty horses within convenient dis
lance. They opened fire upon our troops
from their safe hiding places. and Major
Ormsby ordered a charge, but the Indians
continued to skulk. firing occasionally from
behind rocks and sage bushes, doing dam
age, without suffering much in return.
This condition of things continued two
hours, when the ammunition of Ormsby's
party gave out. The Indians seeing this,
closed upon our men, pouring in volley af-
ter volley, killing many on the spot. The
balance retreated, scattering in all directions,
over hills and among sage bushes. They
were pursued twenty five or thirty miles by
the mounted Indians and many detached
parties cut off. The survivors came stray
Cling into Virginia City during the two fol-
lowing days. The exact, number of killed
is not yet ascertained, but it probably ex-
ceeds fifty. Among the slain are Maj.
Ormsby, Henry Meredith, distinguished
California lawyer, w. S. Spear, Richard
Snowden, VIM. Arlington, DIR. Jader, Chas.
Dexans, James Lee, F. Johnson, Charles
Mcleod, John Fleming, S. Anderson, An
drew Scheald, M. Knezswich, John CORN
DO, A. K. Elliott, w. Hawkins, Geo. Jones,
VIM. Macintosh, o. McNoughton.
Total known to be killed, 81; wounded,
3. The fate of 43 is unknown. Returned
alive, SO. Wagons have been sent out to
pick up any wounded that may be found,
and also an armed force to protect parties
burying the dead, but no account has yet
been received from, the battle ground.
Great excitement ensued in California.
Money was received, and men volunteered,
in every direction to punish the Indians.
The State authorities promptly dispatched
arms and ammunition to quarters likely to
tell against the Indians.
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ow of lofty buildings; around them stand
throngs of curious pale faces, and by them
even turning out of the way to pass
rolls and surges the ceaseless tide of adyan-
cling emigration-long lines of tented wag-
ons vending their way steadily toward the
setting sun, sure harbinger of the speedy
disappearance of the red man.
Ever since the dance and ceremonies have
been kept up in and around the Indian
camp; the tap of their rude drums being
heard at all hours of the day and night.
Their attack upon the Utes was beyond
the Rio Grande in Northern Mexico. -Four
scalps were taken. and three hundred po-
MES driven off, but all the ponies were lost
or recovered by the Uies, before reaching
here. except forty or fifty. Over one thou
sand Indians are now in and around town,
among them Little Raven, head chief of the
Arapahoe nation.
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number killed at over fifty: Up to A. n.
yesterday morning thirtyseight dead bodies
had been recovered from the ruins and were
being identified amid scene of grief and
anguish that surpasses description.
The tornado. passing across the river,
struck The town of Albany. in Whiseside
county, Ill. This has about 800 inhabitants.
AS at Camanehe, the tornado passed through
the heart of the village. leaving scarcely a
house uninjured. and utterly demolishing
many of them. 1t continued as far east as
Lee Centre, ILL.,, destroying everything in
its track. It trayersed q distance of over
one hundred miles. destroying over one
hundred lives, and three towns-Dewitt,
Camanche and Albany-and half ruined
Garden Plain. Sterling and Lee Centre
The whirlwind lasted at points less than
three minutes, but its appalling force may
be imagined from the fact that it bore upon
its wild wing fragments of buildings some
eight miles. The very surface of the ground
was rent and torn as by ploughshares along
the course of the destroyer.
1t will be impossible to estimate the loss
of property by this calamity. To the farm
ers it will be immense. Cattle and stock
were killed in large numbers, both at the
homesteaGs and at pasture. Fences, houses,
orchards and standing timber, all were de-
stroyed along the broad line of the tornado's
r,aroh
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TERRIBLE TORNADO IN IOWA
AND ILLINOIS.

Sunday evening the 81 inst, terrible
tornado occurred in Iowa and Illinois.
The first that was heard of it was between
Marion and Cedar Rapids, in Linn county,
Iowa, going northwest and southeast in
three different veins, crossing the track of
the Chicago, Iowa & Nebraska Railroad,
several times. At Lisbon station the depot
buildings and all the warehouses in the viii
lage, were completely demolished. A train
of ten freight cars, heavily loaded, was
lifted bodily from the track and dashed to
pieces. From Lisbon one vein of the storm
passed north Of Mechanicsville, demolish-
ing everything in its course and killing
sixteen persons. The rest took in It's
course Union Grove, killing. in that vicini-
ty. seventeen persons, then passing south
of the railroad near Dewitt, killing twenty
seven persons. 1t then passed south Of
Ronessa and Low Moor, to Camanche, a
town of about 1900 inhabitants, on the
Mississippi river. The Chicago Press ana
Tribune says:
The tornado came upon Camanche about
7P. N. An eye witness describes it in ap-
pearance as resembling an inverted hay-cock
its broad point sweeping the earth in its
fearful march. AS it came, peculiar moan
ing sound struck the ear. heard even al
some distance on either side the track.
Almost without warning it struck the de-
voted village, and in track about quartei
of q mile wide the tornado passed across
the very heart of the towr. Human pen OF
tongue utterly fails to describe the scene o.
terror. of mortal peril and agony that ensued
The air darkened by the black pail thai
trailed as minister of death from the heay-
ems, was filed with rushing torrents of rain,
fragments of crushed and shattered build
iags, and cries, and shrieks, and prayers
for. help. All was over in less than three
minutes, aud where, ere that brief interval
had stood thriving village, all was now
terror, desolation, ruin. Not a single bu
siness building in the town remained
standing. it
The entire length of Front street was &
scene of ruin. The dwelling of Mr.. Wal
dorf was demolished and Mrs. w. killed
Several dwellings standing on the brink o.
the river were blown into the river and
their inmates drowned. A large raft was
passing at the time with twenty men on
board. These were all carried into the
stream and drowned and the raft broken mp
Manifestly amid such terrific violence and
ruin, the loss of life must have been serious
and it was so. One account places the
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-06-16

The House of Representatives, on Friday,
the 9th instant, adopted resolution, by a
vote of 81 against 90. that J. R. Barrett was
not, and that Frank P. Blair was, entitled
70 a seat in that body, as the Representative
of the st. Louis district of Missouri. 1t
was proven that nearly one thousand fraud
alent votes were cast for Barrett, whose
plurality was then only six hundred.
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Hon. Edward Bates, of st. Louis, has
written q letter to o. H. Browning. of Quin-
ey. Illinois, advising his friends to do their
utmost to secure the election of Lincoln and
Hamlin, and expressing the opinion that
they should not waste their votes upon the
Bell and Everett ticket.
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The drouth still continues along the river.
At Leayenworth, the 18th instant was ap-
pointed by the ministers of the different
denominations as day of fasting and pray
er, on account of the drouth.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-06-16

Ex-Gov. Horatio Seymour. who has been
mentioned in connection with the nomina-
ton at Baltimore, has written a letter de-
cliniDg thehonor of being beaten by Lincoln
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The recent municipal election III Wash
ington City resulted in the choice of Wal
lack, Independent, over Bennett, the regular
Democratic nominee.
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The Baltimore ewing" of the Democratic
Convention meets next Monday, the 18th
instant.
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wAsaIxaros Jure :

In addition to this our Delegate. NJ. ].
Parrott, telegraphs as follows:
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The seeding portion of the Charleston
Convention met at Richmond, Va, last
Monday. We have as yet no news from
there. but presume that they made their
Nominations and adjourned. If Southern
man is nominated at Baltimore or an ultra
pro-siavery platform adopted. the Richmond
nominations will of course fall to the ground;
if not, they are likely to draw largely from
the regular Democratic strength in the
South-sufficient it is thought to give sew
eral Southern States to the Bell and Everett
ticket.
The last Pixies Peak Express brings in
telligencs that much alarm prevailed in
Denver City and vicinity in regard to the
operations of the Indians. Large numbers
of Kiowas, Apaches, Camanches, Sioux,
Cheyennes and Arapahoes were encamped
within few miles of the city, and an at
tack was feared. The Indians have COM
mitted some depredations, and the citizens
were taking precautionary measures of de-
fence. Reports from the mines are favorable.
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This is definite. and we presume settles
the matter. Free States are evidently at a
discount in the United States Senate.
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- WASHINGTON, June Z, 4 N.
State Bill hopelessly down. Adjourn on the
a6th. MARCUS J. PARRoTT.
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The telegraph reports to us the following
WASHINGTON, Jun

ARLINGTON, june b.
The Democrnts of the Senate held caucus this
morning, ct which they agreed to vote on Mr..
Green's amendment to the Kansas bill, changing
the boundaries, and send the question back to the
Teor,IA
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-06-16

In leader on the Chicago nomina-
tons, the ~ Q. Bee says that Sin thus
acting, Black Republicanism has evinced
base iugratitude, but crafty and prudent
policy. It has treated its founder most
vilely. but ii has added materially to its own
prospects of success"
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The Republican State Committee of
Michigan have issued an address to the Re-
publican electors of that State, warmly ap-
proving the nomination of Lincoln and
Hamlin, for whom they promise majority
of at least, $4,000. We quote passage
with the Convention at Chicago-its
spirit and tone-its patriotism and self sac
rifice for common cause and its honest
purpose to select the very best men for the
crisis, that the Republicans, of all classes,
are now more than satisfied II decided in
its wisdom that the young West alone could
give US The leader under whom victory was
certain; and not in all the Valley of the
Mississippi, from st. Anthony's to the Gulf,
from the Alleghanies to the western peak of
Kansas, could they have found more fit
embodiment of the exuberant vitahty-the
rude strength. the open cordial heart. the
straightforward honesty. manly frmness
and intellectual vigor Of the Western char
acter--than in Abraham Lincoln Of Hi
nois."
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TERRITORIAL NEWS ITEMS.

SUPERIOR, June 8, 1860.
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Mr. Geo. G. Fogg. the accomplished
editor of the Concord, N. II. Ladependen
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-11-24

if whispering 'It's all right, let us enjoy the
sunshine; he'll take care Of US ~
Yes, one cannot properly be considered as a
member Of the Brotherhood Of Man, an inhabitans
of The earth, until he possesses a portion OF her
surface. AS the sailors say. he stays but he don't
actually live. The Agrarians, Communists, So
cialistic Jewelers.. aud Flats of all kinds are re-
plcnished from the ranks of the non-holders OF
real estate. Banks break; stocks and scrips Of all
kinds 90 up aud Town on tho financial see-saw;
but a fee simple Of solid earth is peDrTHERE
You see it, you feel it, you walk over it.
1t is yours, and your children's, and their pro-
geny's (%unless mortgaged and sold through fore
closure) until the Millennium.
And this is how l came TO buy a Farm.
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SORE THROAT, DlPTnERIA.-wHAT is ITf
A SIMPLE CURE.

SORE THROAT, DIPTHERIA.-WHAT is IT2
A SIMPLE CURE.
We find the following description in one Of the
City Registrars reports;
"Dip,heria is q disease Of childhood, the greater
portion Of it's victims, like those OF scarlatino, be-
ing between two and twelve years of age. 1t
with the usual symptoms of a cold
and with considerable fever. simultaneously with
these symptoms, and sometimes preceding them,
there is a deposite in spots, Of a greyish white
membrane upon the tonsils and back part of the
mouth. This membrane increases with great ra-
pidity, the fever becomes of IL typhoid character;
there is great constitutional depression; the breath
becomes exceedingly fmtid, and in some cases the
glands about tho neck become enlarged. When
death takes place, it is caused IN some cases by
the extension of the false membrane to the air
passage, producing the effects of Group; in other
cases it is caused by exhaustion and fever from
the poison of the disease. In some epidemics a
majority OF the fatal cases will die apparently
from Group; in other epidemics, the large portion
will die from the constitutional symptoms. In the
severe epidemic in the city of Albany in 1868, a
few cases occurred in the spring and summer, but
the greatest, severity Of the disease was in October
and november.
1t is entirely a distinct disease from scarlatina
or Group, though it has some relation to those dis
eases which at times cause doubt in the minds of
superficial observers.
The diagnostic BY which 1t is known from other
complaints Of the throat, is the formation of a
membrane which increases gradually until the pa
tent literally strang!eS to death. II is sometimes
accompanied by liberation, and extreme prostra-
ton of the entire system, and at others by neither
of these symptoms, yet in either case it is equally
fatal. To arrest the formation of this membrane
would therefore seem equivalent to curing the dis
ease, and this in most instances may be done in
the following manner.
In the early stages Of the complaint, which il
always accompanied by a soreness and swelling 2
the throat, let the patient use a sim pie solution Of
salt and water, as a gargle every fifteen minutes
At the same time moisten a piece of flannel with
solution Of the sans kind, made warm as the pa
tient can bear it, and bind 1t around his throat
renewing it as often as the gargle is administered
and in the meanwhile sprinkling fine salt between
the flannel and the neck. Use inwardly som
tonic or ~s.imulaut, either separately, or if the pros
~tration be great, use both together. The treat
ment, as may be seen, is extremely simple, and i
used in the earlier stages OF the disease, will effec
a complete cure ."-Froridence Rhode Island Post
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-11-24

A CRADLE VIEw.-When one reads of the baby
boys and girls cent yearly into the world spapg-
ling the earth plentifully as daisies, it is a curious
speculation to think how the wife lies in the era
de thoughuess of the tyrant who is destined to
enSlavo her. and the despot himself takes his NOR
ming pap, his white sheet-of. paper Of q mind vet
with the name Of her who may haze in
the far years to sit up for him; sitting and watch
ing with the resolution 10 tep him what she thinks
OF him, when at the unreasonable hours be shall
zig gag home Douglas LrOid. ''''' ',
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A DOG STORY.

The dogs of Constantinople are famous for their
]ferccity, and it has been supposed that they are in
capable OF attachment to man; but a F%repchuan
has lately brought one to Paris with him. under
circumstances which prove the contrary. One day
at Pera, he noticed a SPLENDID specimen of these
wolt-dogs Icing with half closed eyes in the sun.
and be went to him and caressed him. The dog
did not seem to understand it, and Law AZ nation.
less as a stone. Next day be repeated il, and the
next, and after several days the dog seemed 10
learn the meaning of it, and followed him to his
hotel, aud became his constant companion. Abou,
two months afterwards, the Frenchman bavipp
finished his business in Turkey, took a passage on
a steamer for France, and recommended his pro
tege to the care of the hotel keeper, who promised
he should never suffer. Ho forbade the doo TO fol
low him, and went on board the steamer. where
his compassion was excited at seeing the dog. who
had followed him at distance, sitting on tn.
shore. But when the steamer started. all wert
aStonlshed to see the dog plunge into the watel
aud follow after. On and on he swan until. tht
speed OF the steamer increasing, he began to how
In distress. AT last the passengers begged tn,
captain to take him on board, and a boat was low
cred to pick him up. So the ex-vagabond of Con
'tantinople became the tax-paying Parision.