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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

IF.-The position of Kansas all hangs on
an If. Our people are now cultivating their
seed wheat. eating their beans. and attend
ing to their regular business. They see
clearly that their agricultural products will
command high prices in the fall. that their
granaries will be filed, and prosperity and
peace will bring healing on their wings.
They are we'll aware that their interests are
for peace, and will have it, if it can be OBJ
tanned by pursuing course consistent with
honor and freedom.
If. however, Missouri arrays herself in
arms against tbs constitu ed authorities.
she viii find an army here to meet her.
Men will think less about making money
than the preservation of the Union, and
will hold themselves in readiness to meet
invaders, let them come from what quarter
they may.-LeaUenworth Conservative.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

PROBABLE DURATION OF THE WAR.-The
New York Herald remarks: Some give it
ninety days, but we will give it six months.
In this armed movement TO the South, the
people of the North are ahead of the Gov
eminent. If Mr.. Lincoln wants them, he
can have 100000 men in three weeks, and
$500, 100000, to render the war short,
sharp and decisive. In the first place he
can march on Richmond from Washington
with his troops, to restore the authority of
United States law. Wherever there is a
post office and a custom house at the South,
the Federal Government has a right to pro-
tect both with any number of troops neces-
sary for the purpose. THIS is view of the
legality and constitutionality of the action
of the Administration which seems to be
lost sight of at the South.
The principal towns would thus be occu-
pied in succession by the advancing army.
and that accomplished, the surrounding ter
ritOry is necessarily reduced to submission
to the Federal power.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18
LINCOLN AND THE COUNTRY.

a correspondent sends us an extract from
q speech made By Abraham Lincoln in 1910,
during the great political campaign of that
year. He had been holding debate with
Messrs. Douglas and Lamborn, and in re-
pig to remark of the latter that they were
sure of victory, Mr.. Lincoln said:
''The probability that We may fall in the
struggle, ought not to deter US from the
support of a cause which We deem TO be
Just; 1t shall not deter me. If ever ] feel
the soul within me elevate and expand to
those dimensions not wholly unworthy of
its Almighty Architect, it is when con-
template the cause of my country, deserted
BY all the world besides, and I standing up
boldly and alone, and hurting defiance at
her victorious oppressors. Here, without
contemplating consequences, before high
Heaven, and in the face Of the world,
sacear eternal fidelity to the just cause, as
deem it, of the land of nv life. my liberty,
and my love. And who, that thinks with me.
will not fearlessly adopt the oath that take.
Let none faiter who thinks he is right, and
we may succeed. But. if after all We shall
fall. be it so. We shall have the proud
consolation of saying to our conscience,
and to the departed shade of our country's
freedom. that the course approved by our
judgment and adored by our hearts in dis
aster, in chains, in torture, in death, We
never faltered in defending
This was language worthy even of the
present emergency. It indicates patriot
ic devotion 10 the welfare of the country,
which should inspire confidence in the man
who uttered it. and who is now the leader
of the nation in its struggle for the preser-
walton of its existence.-N ?. Times.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

MARRowFAr BEANs.-A correspondent of
the Rural american says: From observa-
ton, l am forcibly impressed that there are
but few farmers who realize the worth of
marrowfat beans, compared with others that
are generally raised. Some farmers think
that if they plant few teans, they must
occupy some odd corner, or some poor spot
of ground. Ny advice would be. to pro-
cure the marrow. as they will yield on good
ground from one-third to double more than
any l have tried. l will give my expert
ence. Three years ago plowed and planted
from the l2th to the 18th of June, eighty
feet square, in drills about thirty three inch
es apart. and sixteen inches in the row. on
land suitable TO raise good corn, aud har-
vested six Blu hels of good beans. would
recommend planting as early as corn, be-
cause it gives better weather to harvest
them, which is very essential, to keep them
in good merchantable order. These beans
are quoted the highest in the New York
market"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

MEMPHIS ON THE VERGE OF FAMINE.-A
letter from Memphis. Tenn, received by a
merchant of Kentucky, from an extensive
produce merchant doing business in that
city, and friend. states that there is not
enough produce there to last for thirty days,
if the supplies are cat off. This, be saws. is
confirmed by the leading merchants of Menu
phis.
Flour advanced one dollar per barrel in
one day in that city lately, and the mer-
chants write and send the money to Chicago
for -four. produce and provisions. with the
declaration. "Price is no object-send."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18
THE LAST YANKEE DOODLE.

Yankee Doodle went down South.
To look at Sontkera glory.
But when be saw Jeff. Davis there
He sung out-"TAeye's Tory"
Tn n JEFF did swear, with staggering air
BY great sword and etiletto.
That lac would trail cur flag in dust,
And raise his great Palmetto
Says Yankee Doodle-"Ill go home
In Washington III stay, sir
I'll meet you there wheneer YOU come
At any fi.se Of dag, sir"
Yankee Doodle is at k0sle!
And don't you hear him thunderf
His voice to every friend. Is, CoEsei
To ReAsIs-eSfand from under!
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

EMPHAr1o.-The kearney companies, on
their way to Fort Leavenworth, passed
through Omaha. Rumors having been
current at the latter place that Col. Miles,
the commanding officer-beiug Southern
man by birth-was a secessionist. the Ne
6raskian says there is foundation for
such rumors. That paper reports the fol-
lowing as the substance of remarks made
by the Colonel to some citizens of Omaha
Il don't desire to take part against the
South or the North. In my long seryice in
the army have achieved too many glories
for the whole country, to have them divided
and split up now. They don't belong to
the North or the South. But they shan't
tear down that Old Flag-I'II die first. I
was born under the Stars and Stripes, and
1 expect to die under the same old flag
and l DON'T CARE A CONTINENTAL HOW
oTrTcK Us
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18
As we look out of our window the refu

As we look out of our window the refu-
gees from Missouri can be seen camped
upon vacant lots about town. Young men.
and old men, and families, are coming by
scores. In some localities, we are told the
Border-Rufian spirit of 56 prevails, intens-
fled by the disgraceful defeat that attended
the bloody effort to make Kansas semi
barbarous State in Sc. A gentleman of
much intelligence. and a native of slave
State, called on US yesterday, and says if we
were supplied with provisions. thousands
would be here in few weeks.-LaWrence
Republican.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

planning PEAS DEEP TO PRoLoSG BEAR
ING.-Elihu Burritt says, in the Homestead.
that " Tie theory, recently advocated. of
planting peas very deeply in the earth. in
order TO prolong the bearing capacity of the
yin. $ has been well tested in Williamstown.
and found TO be correct. A farmer told
me that he plowed furrow beam deep
then scattered the seed peas at the bottom.
after which he turned deep furrow upon
tllem with his rlow. covering them, if pos
sbie, to the depth of twelve or fourteen
inches. They pushed their way up through
the thick mass of earth very soon, and in
stead OF turning yellow at the bottom. and
dying after FIRST gathering. they blossomed
and bore until he was tired of picking the
pods"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

We are informed by H. P johnson. Esq,
of Leayenworth. that he is engaged in en-
listing volunteers for the three-years term
Of service recently called for by the Govern
ment. He has offered the services of his
own company, and desires all companies in
the State designing to enlist for that term
to join with him in making up the regiment.
Success to the enterprise. We hope TO see
the ranks of the regiment speedily filed.
Few better men to conduct such an under
taking could be found than Mr.. Johnson
Topeka Record
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

APPRoPRIArE.-It must be admitted that
the "Confederates" have shown an excel
lent sense of propriety in the selection Of
their national emblems. The vegetable
kingdom might be searched in vain for a
more unsightly or meaner looking tree than
the palmetto; large cabbage stuck high
on bean pole is about as handsome an OBJ
ject. The pelican is foul and filthy bird
that lives on stealings. The rattle-snake is
one of the vilest and most loathsome of
reptiles-cowardly. treacherous, and ven
omous-P Providence Journal
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18
Publication Nntica.
STATE OF Kansas, Breckinridge county, IS
Very Aidrieh)

STATE OF Kansas, breckenridge county, IS.
Very Aidriehl @ aHl 81
WB SwisheF.S
CIVIL ACTIoS IN ATTACHMENT.
M B. SWISHER. OF VERAILION COUE-
w TY. in the State of Illinois, will take mo-
tiee, that Very Aldrieh Of the State of Illinois,
did. on the 26th day Of April, A. D. 1861, fle his
petition and affidavit for an orier of attachment
in the sad court, against the said w. b SWisher.
defe dant. setting forth that the said defendant
made and delivered TO the said plaintiff his prom
issory note for the sum Of one hundred and forty
dollars. due Oct. LIST, A. D; 1889. and dated Au-
gust Sd. 4. D. 1858 also. that the said defendant
Is indebted to the said plaintiff on an account
fruit trees, meTchat disc, dc, delivered to said de-
fendaat Trlor TO the LIST day Of October, D. 1s59
which said order Of attachment was issued upon
said affidavit and levied Upon real estate belong
ing to the said ". B. Sxisher. in the said county
OF Breckenridge. sfs-s.ss - szf $40 =
The said ". B. Swisher will be required to an,
swer or dcmur to said petition, on or before the
29th day Of June, A. d. 1851, or the said petition
will be taken as true, and judgment rendered &C.
cordingiy. sis - s+-i'
Dated this 4th day of Nay =. .. 1861. s1icaas7
1888 d. A. PAINTER, CLERK.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

Thurlow Weeds advice to the Admins
tralion Is: ''Ist us hear of no parleys or
truces-let the Government compromise its
dignity by no negotiations-untilt the reb-
els have first laid down their arms. Let
the Administration understand that the
country looks to it to settle the controversy
with the South, and settle il so effectively
that secession" shall become an obsolete
term in the vocabulary of States"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

&C. S. A.''-There has been some doubt
as to the exact meaning of the above cabal-
istic letters as applied to the rebelious
States of the South, which we now propose
to relieve. At first. when South Carolina
and Louisiana stole tie minis and other
property of the United States, these States
were by universal consent branded with the
letters &C. ST. that is. Caught Stealing /;
but when Texas, however, followed suit.
with grand larceny. the letter ''A'' was
added--so that the letters now signify,
Caught Stealing Again.--LeaoenWorth Con-
servatiUe.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

THE GENUINE FLAG In the multitude
of banners which float upon the breeze in
these patriotic days, there is scarcely one of
the correct stripe. The following is the cor
rect style: There are thirteen stripes. seven
red and six white, representing the original
thirteen States. The field of blue extends
to seven of the stripes. and the stars are
worked parallel with the stripes.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

An English journal. arguing the ques-
ton whether Great Britain should recog-
nize the Southern Cenfederaey. rather
thinks it should not. on the ground that the
principle of secession would compel the rec
ignition of every State. county. town. or
individual. that might choose hereafter to
secede from the American Union.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

It is estimated that the amount of money
spontaneously offered in one way and an
other by the citizens of New York, in cup
port of the Government, exceeds two hun
dred and ninety millions of dollars. ~
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

The Governor of Missouri recommends.
in his message. that Missouri should assume
an EARNED neutrality" Where is the Gov
ernor to get the money with which to pur-
chase arms And If he had the means to
buy arms, where could hs bay them
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

p, KANSAS MILITIA The following appoint
ments have been made by the Governor:
Adjutant. General, 4. B. Mitchell; Quar-
termaster General. Geo. w. Collamore
Pavmaster- General, VIM. Mitchell Engi-
neer in Chief. o. B. Gum Judge Advo-
cate General. James L. Mcdowell; Aids,
John A. Martin. VIM. H. Smythe. James
Montgomery, E. P. Bancroft.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

WAR THE PoL1cY OF THE ADNINIsTRA-
T1oN.-A special dispatch from Washington
TO the n. Y. Tribune, May LIST. says:
The fact is at last demonstrated beyond
the shadow of a doubt. that the policy of
the Administration, now and henceforth, is
war. To this conclusion Lincoln has urged
his Cabinet, for ten days past. Messrs,
Chase, Blair and Cameron have entered
heart and soul into the plan; and but for the
wavering of Messrs. Seward and Welles on
this point. the Cabinet would have been a
unit. Mr.. Welles has received such letters,
petitions and appeals from his own State as
have insured his conversion Ia an anti peace
doctrine and finally Mr.. Seward has added
his undoubting assent to the necessity of
such a course.
Senator Wilson. with Judge Hoar of Mas
sachusetts, called upon Mr.. Lincoln and
each member of the Cabinet to-day, and
urged on them the imperative demand of the
country that active and positive aggressive
measures be adopted. Twice they saw Mr..
Lincoln, whose whole nature seems bent
upon ting the dignity and unity of
this great nation before the eyes of the
world.
The country may rest assured that the
course of the Administration has been, is,
and will be, onward and upward. The
standard will suffer no degradation in its
hands. Nothing. in the end, will have been
lost, and all good men will agree in com
mendations upon the action of our leaders.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

The uniform of ElIsworth's Fire Zouaves
is of gray cloth. with red shirt. the collar
of which turns broadly over flowing jack
ct. They are armed with Sharp's rifles. to
which the saber bayonet is to be attached.
These arms were purchased by private
funds, at cost of $4,000.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

The question is often asked, ''Wbat is a
stand of arms % Properly speaking. it is
a complete set of arms for one soldier. which
would include the bayonet. musket, and its
appurtenanees. 4 rs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

In Canton, Mass, a mother dying of con
sumption bade her son go into the service
of his country. though certain she should
not live to witness his return. a3
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

The n. 7. Independent says: I've. may
mention. what Is not generally known. that
the last food sent from Charleston into Fort
Sumter Was rice mingled sriA pounded
gloss."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

WHAT THE SoUTH THINks OF A UNITED
NoRrH.-The Philajelphia No:th american
has the following:
''Soulherners who come up here on bus
mess errands are utterly dumbfounded al
the overwhelming unanimity of the people.
their calm. settled, resolute air, the GOODNESS
with which they go about their preparations
for general war. and the visible evidences
that they neither expect compromise nor
will put up with one. One Alabama man.
who had been looking at things here, sat
down in Market street jobbing house and
shed tears. Another Southwestern buyer
said that he had never dreamed of such a
state of things as he saw here All who
come from the South agree that no adequate
idea of what is the real nature of the case
exists anywhere in that section. They will.
however, learn it before great while, at
the point of the bayonet, since they will
obey no other monitor
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

The n. Y. Tribune Gays: Washington
once safe, our next peril - negotiation. We
shall have more border State mediations and
proposals of truce. to give time for confer
ences and protocols. And truce. IL once
concluded. will prove our ruin. Z Il will
cheek the enthusiasm of the masses. stop
the rush of men to the defense of orr flag.
smother the righteous indignation nov
burning in every breast. and break the spirit
of the people. The universal American
heart, and no less the universal reason. now
say, "Lei US make clear end of this bust
ness. Let us have DO cessation of HOSTILE
ties short of complete and final settlement
of all our difficulties So say We all. Let
the Government take heed, and b. strength
sEed.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

Col. J. C. Van sFa1 has been appointed
Military Storekeeper at Fort Leavenworth!
Other changes are made in ffices at the Fort
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

sEADv1sED TO LEAVE WAsHTNGToN.-A
Washington dispstch to the Tribune says !;
"a married Virginia lady. and in feeling.
thoroughly loyal7to the Government. is dali
Iy receiving almost agenizing letters from
her friends in the Old Dominion, urging
her to fly from the Capital northward before
it becomes too late. for that Washington is
surely to be destroyed. as if by an earth
Quake. These friends believe what they say.
The lady thus strongly advised. however.
considers this q remarkably safe town"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

A MODEL ANSWER To A TRAIToR.-A mer-
chant of this city received letter, a day or
two since, from former correspondent, a
merchant in Arkansas. requesting him to
purchase a silk secession flag of the first
workmanship. and TO forward it to Arkan-
sas. No limit of cost was fixed. The silk
was to be the best, the work the most artis-
tic that could be procured in the city. The
Arkansas rebel wished to make display
superior to that OF any man in his own
town. Instead of his secession flag, how
ever, the New York merchant sent him this
answer:
eff you had ordered rope to hang your
self / would have sent it with pleasure, but
your order will not fiII.''-N r Post.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

Our advices from Washington assure US
that the Governments fully determined on
war-an active and aggressive war TO vim
dictate they ower and dignity Of the United
States. Mr.. Lincoln mas long been iii ia
>or of this policy. and SO have Messrs.
Blair, Chase. and Cameron. Messrs. Sew
ard and Weies al first dissented, but have
at length yielded to the general voice of the
people. In alusion to the recent attacks in
the newspapers dpon the Administration,
Mr.. Lincoln said yesterday, I'VE can af-
ford to pass them by with the dying words
of the Massachusetts statesman, We still
live am sure they don't worry me any,
and reckon they don't benefit the parties
who write them''-N Y. Tribune, May g.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

There ere few who have eaten we'll ripened
Sweet Potatoes. of the better varieties, who
would consent to be without them in their
season. where they can be 50 easily grown
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-05-18

IxDrANs.-on Tuesday some thirty Pota-
watomie Indians filed through town, sup
posed to be on their way to Atchison. Many
had their faces painted Enthusiastically. and
each one carried his carbine. We had a
long conversation with one of their number,
who seemed very anxious to learn the latest
news from Washington. They were all
posted In war news, and said their tribe
would Join the DelawaFes and Kickapoos to
fight the wild Indians whenever it is neces-
sarv-T opekQ Record
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-05-04
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Though the value was not great, the loss will
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