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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16
Master Commissioner Sale.
TERRITORY OF Kansas, Breckenridge County w.
jefferson F Ellis Gus a

j. A. Brown.
DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed: ed.
ID sued out Of the Second District Court sui ~
in and for the County Of Breckinridge. fO' W -
trial of causes arising under the Laws OF the s 1
ritory of Kansas, dated Dee 22d, A: D. iOT'
Wherein Jefferson F. Ellis is Plaintiff ana q az.
Brown. Defendant, will, on Monday the ~
day Of February, A. D. 1861. between the hOul, 4,
10 O'Clock A. n. and p. d. of said day, =;
Court House door. ia the town Of Emporla, 10 ~
County of Breek nridge, expose for sale ana I H.
at public auction. 10 the highest and best bid0S
for CASH in hand, the following real estAe I
wit: The undivided half % Of the east .n-
Qs) Of the northeast quarter ~ q '1 Psne.
Q0) and, also, the undivided half " Of Is q"
and one half tl215) acres, Of the south cas- :
of the south east quarter % of the south
quarter (1z) of section four, {4) township y
teen fIs3 range tenfq0). situate in sad cO- ~.
Levied upon as the property OF J. A. Br Bro: N
satisfy said order Of sale. Appraised at go
z. GODDARp
Master Commissioner Breckenridge Co, < J.
Dated, Emporia, January 18th, A. D. leoi
Printers fees, $I0.S5. 2z-0'
u The above sale wal, postponed till the .
day Of April, A. D. 1851.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16

"Ah. Doctor, how is my wife to-dsv,r
The Doctor shook his head and s,a
you must prepare for the worst
"Whatl" exclaimed the alarmed husb,,S
sis she likely to recover?"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16

During an examination, medicalau4st
being asked the question, "When dOepa.
LITIGATION ensue?" replied: when yaa,
people pop the question and are ansEs,t
NO - -.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16

The disgraceful conduct Of Gen. Twiggs'
of the U. S. Army, in surrendering the
United States property to the traitors, re-
ceives The condemnation of all citizens who
love their country. The value of the prop
erly seized is estimated at about 1,3OO'-
600. We should not wonder, should the
rebels persist in their course. II they would
be Seized in short tina. 1t is thought in
army circles that Col. L. V. Sumner will be
promoted to the commission dishonored and
abandoned by Gen. Twiggs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16

Mr.. John Shepherd. who, It is well
known, was very successful IN obtaining
supplies on a former visit to ILLINOIS and
Ohio. starts East to-day. to solicit contr'ou-
tons in seed wheat, corn. oats. potatoes,
garden seeds. DC, for distribution among
our farmers who are unable to purchase.
We hope the friends of Kansas will respond
literally. We feel confident that everything
Z procured by his agency win be faithfully
distributed 10 the needy of all parties and
denominations. The committee with whom
be has been acting for the past three months;
expect soon to be able 10 make full report.
s.-Laprence Republicans.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16
GOOD NEWS FROM OLD RESIDENTS

A Kansas farmer writing from Manhattan
to the LeavenworIh Conservative, under re-
cent date, gives the following facts and
sound advice to the people and farmers of
Kansas. We think it would be well for
all to heed it:
Il came to Kansas in SO, and have been here
ever since, and ought to know something OF
the country. Let no farmer be discouraged.
have averaged at least 40 bushels of corn
per acre each year, except 1860, on eighty
acres of ground. This has not been done
in Illinois or Iowa. Kansas has less rain,
and should have, than most of the West,
but pillow early and deep, and tend sOell, and
we shall need no more help from the East.
Let the spring wheat be put in the first
hour the ground is dry enough to harrow;
let the corn be planted in the ground and
not on the top of it, and if we'll tended, we
shall need no more relief men.
''Let the energetic take courage, and the
drones leave US; let the State Legislature
adopt rigid economy in It's expenditures,
and look carefully after the early develop
ment of all our resources, and Kansas will
soon be one of the best States in the Union"
MORE ESTIMOET-NO OROUTH IN KANSAS
FOR TWENTY YEARS BEFORE.
The following is an extract from letter in
the LeavenwoFth Conservative from a resident
of Potawatomie county. It's testimony in
regard to the Kansas drouth is full and en-
phatic. He. dates March 7Gh:
.'Spring ist upon US, aid our farmers are
busy at work clearing up their farms and
getting ready for another trial. as they be-
lieve in the saying, "'Twont do to give il
up 500 There will be more wheat, corn
and oats sowed this Spring than any year
previous. if farmers can get the seed. Most
of our farmers are perfectly satisfied that
Kansas will prove good farming country,
and are unwilling to believe that such a
drouth as that of last year will occur again
in twenty years, and your "humble servant
having been resident in Kansas for what
is now the State of Kansas since 1889. has
never seen the like before, although there
were partial failures in crops, but not gen.
eral, in 1914, 1880 and "a. But those
failures were nothing like that of last year
as there were good half crops raised in many
parts of the Territory, and then farming
was done, only in a very limited way"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16

e. j. A. Brown. r.
DY VIRTUE oF'AN ORDER OF SALE y !.
ID me dirieted, issued out of the Second
triet Court, fitting in and for the County Oh Pr
inridge. for the trial of causes arising u9a1 ID
Laws OF the Territory of Kansas, dated = = h.
of December, A. D. 1860, wherein George q; -
is Plaintiff aud j. A. Brown is Defendant ~
on Monday the 25th day of February. A.; !, D. IL Il
between the hours of 10 O'Clock u. ae
o'clock p. 81. Of said day at the Court hous -
in the town of Emperin. in the said Coh III:
Breckenridge, expose for sale, and sell o. q, s.s
auction, to the highest and best bidder: '@ Il
undivided half 80 Of the east half "a " NJ
north esst quarter ~ of section fourtfse sI.O
township eighteen, Qs) range ten I'D anT ssS
undivided halfof twelve and one hall tiZ72t5i n
Of the south east partof the south stquaEierr r
the south west quarter % of section ';.n,tb
township eighteen. f161 range ten, ElOl s
said county Levied upon as the prof. el a91nrsI
A Brown to satisfy said order Of sale; Rt1
ed at S265 90 E. GODrcIa 7.
Master Commissioners Breekinridgs q S0 1851 81
Dated, Emporis, January 18th A. u n,92-6s
u The, shore sale Was pOstPeped W
day of April, A. d. 1861.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16
PoMafELrNa PoMERoY.
From the Leavep worth Times.

From the Leayenworth Times.1
Gen Pomeroy's Senatorial residence is
being finished in fine styie.-2opeka Til
6Rae. s
We hope che money used or the "Senato-
rial residence" will not have the effect to
.'stop supplies What q blessing it is that
Pomeroy ''stays at home" all the time!
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16

a cord or two of four.foot wood wanted
at this Office.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16
From the Leavenworth Conservative.

From the Leavenworth Conservative.l
WHERE IS THE MoNEY.-We have asked
this question good many times. 1t was
well known that Gen. Pomeroy was daily
receiving large amounts of money. New
York city and State-outside of the So, 600
appropriated by the Legislature-havec con-
tributed with liberality that knew no
bounds. Gov. Dennison of Ohio called up
on the charitable citizens of that great State
in special message, which call was nobly
responded to. Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin paper you could
pick up from free State-contained state
ment of money contributed for the relief of
Kansas.
Most of this money went to Gen. Pome-
roy. He published no statement of it; he
has not yet done so.
The only Atehisonian response we get is
from the Champion of that village, which at
last publishes colum and half of special
pleading on the question, bat does not an
sa0er Il. The bushels ofpotatees aud pounds
of flour seem to be accounted-We say seem.
for nobody knows whether it is done correct
ly-the dollars in money, quite as impor-
tant, receive no attention. The Chanspioss
says an auditing committee was appointed,
ana names as the members GoV. MedarY,
who lives in Ohio; Mr.. Parrott, who has
been in Washington all winter, and would be
accused of political purpose if he put his
fingers into Pomeroy's pie, Gov. Robinson,
Mr.. Conway and Mr.. Ewing, who are all in
Washington.
Gen. Pomeroy has got very nice thing.
and will probably tell us all about it when
he completes his Senatorial residence" and
arranges matters with the members" for
his election. We shall then hear from him
have book with picture of the Indian
and all the other startling scenes connected
with the famine.
In discussing the merits of the candidates
for Senators one decided word of comment
may be spoked in behalf of Gen. Pomeroy
which will not apply to any of his competi-
tors. He is remaining at home, toiling day
and night, &C., &c.-Noumd City Report.
We have later news. Gen. P. amt at home
so much as he was. Topeka paper says he
has been there and has engaged house
which he will occupy during the session of
the Legislature. The Lecompton paper
says he has been there The Lawrence Re
publican says he has been there and shelled
out relief to carry the election Yes Pome
roy IS toiling day and night. dispensing re-
lief and looking out for The members of the
egislature.-LedVen Conservative.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-16

- .z NEosHo HOUSE v.ys,
EEosHo RAPIDS. .s - fiss
q. PAWS, Proprietor'
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Master Commissioners Sale.

TERnIroHY OF KASsAs, Breekinridge COUNTY
George Il. Rees
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Publication Notice.

STATE OF KANSAS, Breckenridge county, IS.
u.s. in and for
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-08

We extract the following from the Editorial
columns Of the Ohio State Journal, Of SStur.
day. Legislative experience is one ofthe frst re-
quisites for prompt and satisfactory discharge
OF the duties dcvolving upon Speaker OF the
House, while good address and pleasant EssB-
ners arc indispensable adjuncts, ifthe occupant
of the chair hopes to secure and retain the
good will and cooperation Of the members
These requisites Mr.. Ii. possesses, and hence
the propriety and Justice of the suggestion that
the boGor be bestowed upon him:
"SPEAKER or THE House OF REPRESENTA-
TIvES.-We would rofer our readers to COM
municatioH in our columns in reference to the
"Nexi Speaker" The communication is from
a source well qualified to judge of such mat
tiers,
The name of Mr.. HGbbelI, has been FIRE.
quentiy Reat fOglcd as among those best quail
fed for the post of Speaker. Ills legislative
experience, courteous manners, familiarity with
all the duties of the House. al give him pecG-
liar qualifications for the position. Wherever
bis name has been mentioned 10 this connec
tietl, VIC have heard but one opinion expressed
that he is the man for the place"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-08

Many Of the counties have responded nobly
to the call of the Governor, for contributions
of blankets and winter clothing for our SOL
diers. Musk;ngum and Portage especially,
are entitled to honorable menticu for their lib
erality. The following paragraphs show what
they have done<
The Military Committee of Muskingum
county, sent to this city on Monday last, FIVE
large boxes continuing donations for the SOL
dieCS, as follows:
IS Colored Blankets, s White Blankets, 50
Comforts, Sc Shirts, , Coats, 81 Pairs Draw
ers, 800 pairs Of Socks, 50 pairs Gloves, l3
Neck Comforts, pair Boots, 2 pair Shoes.
And on Friday they sent to Gallipolis two
boxes of hospital stores.-Stdte Journai-
WELL. DoNE PoRTAGR.-The Ravenna Dem
ocrat states that on Monday twcnty-six boxes
of blankets, socks, mittens, &c, were sent to
the Quartermaster General of Ohio, as a do
nation from Portage county to the Ohio SOL
dierS in need of such articles. The value of
this donation is estimated at $3,OOJ. The peo-
pie of old Portage are generous as well as pa
triotic.-Ciere. Herald.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-08

A WORD FOR THE PREs1DExT.-Tt is almost
impossible to conceive the responsibility which,
at the present moment, devolvcs upon Abra.
ham Lincoln, President OF the United States
Even in ordinary times the offioe OF Chief
Magistrate Of mighty republic like ours, is
anything but sinecure. 1t is constantly sur
rouIded with anxiety and difficulties, aud The
discharge of its onerous duties and obligations
requires the exercise of no common mind
But now-wiih the country convulsed with
fearful rebellion with two hundred thousand
traitors in array against the Government and
threatening its very existence-the additional
anxiety may be regarded as terrible. In every
day life, with the merchant, the tradesman,
the manufacturer, and the shop-keeper, the
war has its cares and perplexites. What then
must be the position of the President, with
his fearfully multiplied and terribly pressing
responsibility. And how has Mr.. Lincoln
borne himself under the circumstances? The
reply there can be but one-is honorably alike
10 the man aud the Office, to the patriot and
the statesman. From the moment Of his in.
auguration up to the present time-and the
period has been without parallel in the his
tory of the country-the Executive has dis
charged his official duties with degree of fear.
less patriotism that has challenged the admi.
ration of his loyal countrymen throughout the
length and breadth of The Republic. We have
nothing TO ask at the hands of the occupant of
the White House, but we can well imagine the
solicitude which may be felt 0y the President
at a crisis like this for the confidence and ap-
paObation of the people. This thought alone
prompts our brief record OF the fact that the
almost superhuman labors of the President,
and the faithful manner in which they are dis
charged, are fully appreciated by the people,
and that he has the hcart-warm wishes of all
parties for the speedy and signal success of his
patriotic policy.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-08

mitted by the Editor to 60 yelping along our
manuscript in a very disereditable way, both
for him anti the yelper.
Have the advocates of the McGufey Read
ers no better weapons to use, for the purpose
of defending their merit, or overcoming the
very damaging fact that their Author is % fcs
tering in treason" against The country of his
birth?
Yes; our calunniator has made one at,
tempt, only one, aside from his own assertions,
to prove the superiority of his faverite books.
This is by giving rs the opinion of three teach
ers. No doubt there could be hundreds more,
and they could be refuted by hundreds on the
other side. The question could never be set
tied in this way. But these opinions are worth
something. We will therefore give few to
coSnterbalance those adduced
So After q careful examination Of the Good
rich New Series of Readers, and their use in
our schools for the last seven months, am
Fally prepared to say, that I greatly prefer
them to the NfcGuffey new series, which are
little else than rehash of the Old."-Rev. w.
Ii. LowDER, to the Pigua Board.
The undersigned : arc decidedly in fa-
vor of substituting them (the 4oodricb) for
McGufeys Series now in use."-FoURrEEN
TEACHERS OF PIcCA. They are substituted.
l have been using Goodrich's Series in my
school for the last year, and greatly prefer them
to the Eclectic Rev. CHANDLER RoBBINs,
late Sup't of Public Schools, Springfield, o,
where the books have been displaced, simply
and onlg on account of that false charge Of
seceSsiOnism.
Goodrichs Readers are capital books.
can think of nothing required TO give them
perfection."-W. D. GOODMAN, Prof. o. W.
Uniuersdy. Up.
! p. S. There is another attack in the Stand
ard of yesterday, by new hand, but there is
little that needs notice, except the compari-
son Of prices. The Cleveland Primer, Ward
Method, ard Towers Speller have nothing par
ticular TO do with the Goodrich Series, nor
with McGuffey. But they are doubtless better
than all the books displaced by them. Let
Goodrich's and McGuffey's Readers be COM
pared, and the &c Readers of Goodrich are
found to contain 1852 pages, costing $3.50
| The Readers of McCuffty contain AGO pa
yes, costing s., 30. Thus there are Ill more
pages in Goodrich. with only 55 cents addition
al cost. The paper is fner aud better, the pa
gcs considerably larger, and the binding at
least equally as good; as any one may see by
examining. The books are therefore cheaper
as well as better, notwithstanding this outcry
As to the Biographies, it appears that the
most of our people, who are " interested" dc
' think deal of Mr.. Camp If the work
q answers for both intermediate and advanced
it is so much the better.
The assertion that all through Ohio and
Indiana the Goodrich Series has been thrown
out in less than six months wherever introdu-
ced," is simply rousing failure in attempt
ing to tell the truth
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-08

CoTTON AND NEGROEs.-The overthrow OF
King Gotten, now acknowledged by the Cab.
inct of the rebel Confederacy, carries down
with him the black subjects who oupport his
throne. Before the war, the average value OF
male and female slaves in South Carolina was
for years thousand dollars. The average cash
value Of male slaves at present in South Car
olina, as shown by the auction sales, &c, is
S3l5-female $4OO. Thus ii appears, remarks
the Louisville Journal, "that, for the first time
in the history of that State, or of any State,
male slaves are much less valuable than female.
The reason, no doubt, is that purchasers don't
like TO buy male slaves, knowing the strong
probability, if not the certainty, of their being
seized for military service. This strongly in.
dicRtes the condition of things there"
The depreciation upon the hundred and eigh-
ty-five thousand slaves Of South Carolina, al
lowing the number Of males and females to be
equal, is about two hundred and sixty four mil
lious of dollars. The Journal says:
What monstrous loss for a single State,
especially State no richer than South Caro-.
lima. She has suffered fearfully from this war =,
and if it come not to speedy close, her suffer.
ings will be tenfold what they have yet been.
Terrible was her crime and terrible has been.
and more terrible will be her punishment.
If the depreciation inthe value of slaves has
already been so great in South Carolina, re.
mote from the scene of war, what has it prob
ably been in Virginia and Kentucky2
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-08
Proclamation by the Governor, Appoint.
ing day of Thanksgiving.
STATE OF ONO, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, !
COLUMBUS, November Ist. 1861.

STATE OF ONO, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
CoLUMBUs, November Ist, 1861
Pursuant TO the request of the General As
sembIy of this Stnte, and in accordance with
my own sense of gratitude to Almighty God
for the aountiful ,nercies which he has bcstow
cd upon the people of Ohio, do hereby desig.
nate and set apart THURSDAY, THE 28rH DAY
OF NOVEMBER, INSTANT, as a day of Thanks
giving and Praise to Him for the inestimable
privileges of our Civil and Religious Institu.
tious, for protecting our homes from the raw.
ages of war; and for the manifold blessings,
individual and social, which surround and sup
port US; and ] respectfully urge upon all the
people that they refrain from their usual en-
pioyments on that day, and, in their places of
public worship, and at their homes, with crate
ful acknowledgements, cffrr fervent prayers to
our Heavenly Father that lie may continue to
remember US in his mercy; remove the calumi-
ties of civil strife which af1ict the Nation; re-
store concord between the States, confirming
and perPetuating our political Union, and Sc
curing to US and our Poslcrity the privileges
and advantages which distinguish Christian
people.
In testimony whereof have hereuuto set
my hand aud caused the great seal OF the State
of Ohio to be affixed, this the 1st day Of No
vember, in the year of our Lord, eighteen
hundred and sixty-one, of the Independence of
the United States the S5th, and of the organi-
zation of Ohio the seth.
WILLIAM DENNISON.
By the Governor
ADDISON z. Russell, Secretary of State.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-08
FINANCIAL troubles in Eizie.



The truth is dawning. Another disappcint-
ment has befallen the Southern people. We
have all heard Of the thousands Of subserip-
tions Of cotton by the Southern planters TO
their Government 10 enable it TO prosecute the
war. The men making these subscriptions
have done SO under the expectation Of receiy'
ing therefor the Government certificates which
indeed were promised. and using them for pay
ing their debts and making their indispensable
purchases. They have hoped and trusted that
the certificates would he TO them sort OF dc
preciated money.
But the plan of the Southern Government
is changed. Its promise is revoked. A gen
tIeman recently from the South informs US
that SIr. Memminger, the Secretary Of the
Treasury has issued letter or manifesto, am
nOuncins that cotton will not be received and
paid for with certificates. He gives reasons
loE this annunciatiOn, strong TeasJBs fOsfiHdeti
upon the necessities Of state. The Southern
authorities do not dare to lake the Dtton and
accumulate il lest it fall into the hands Of the
United States fleets or armies, anil they have
not the power TO make to lis Owners any CONS
pensatiUn without receiving it.
in an equally miserable and help pless condition.
The government has 10 fnrego all the bene'
fits of subscriptions it so labored to obtain,
and the planters have to give up the cherished
thought and hope Of some compensation for
their cotton as a means of livelihood. The
Secretary of the Treasury tells the people in
his manifesto, that, although the subscribed
cotton cannot be paid for, the taxes must be
paid-a notice 10 them that they must look
for the means of payment where they can
lie advises them, it is true, TO go to the banks
Ccr Uelicf, but the banks are all hopclessly bro
ken, not lseing allowed by their government to
pay out dollar of specie on penalty of tic
forfeiture Of their charters and The severe pun
ishment of their directors. The banks can
help nobody, they cannot help themselves.
Then what are the people TO do? Notified
that the government will not take their cotton
knowing that they are not permitted to send
it to any other market, realizing the fact that
they have nothing to look for from their bro
ken banks, finding themselves without means
TO support their families, and seeing that theiI
enormous taxes must be paid even at the sac
ri6ce of all the property OF every kind they
have on earth, what. we repeat, are they TO do
Who among rs, who among them, can answer
this fearful ard portentious question? Their
| is but one thing they can do to save themseIve
| it is TO rise up while there is yet time ant
put prompt aud fOrcible end to the rebellion
which in so brief period has brought upo
them such mighty and uncomfortable evils.