The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-02-23
NEWs VAplrTy.

1850 s41s NEWS VARIETY: ..sz.
'Fr~ass - sESsEs -
Pnenmonia is prevailing to some exten
insDeugias county. bat not generally fatal
A few cattle have already died from starry
alton, near Topeka.
40 shs months Of sspteabes and oetsbs,
last. {, 4es. 900 bushels of wheat wsrs az.
ported from the United States to England.
a.Aeysnsnts are on foot 70 build line Of
telegraph froms Lsavsn~orth to Lawrence
and points mp the Ksw river.
The reenlt of the election which TOOK
place in Missouri for delegates to State
Convention on the 18th, is not known AZ
yes. bus from the mesger returns before us.
vsshSuld think the Union party were sri.
unphapt.
The telegraph shows that the election OF
AUnion Convention in Virginia was only
The triumph Of name. Secession was
really victorious. s5.
The following gentlemen have besn ap-
pointed by Gov. Beebe. As Delegates to she
Psacs Convention now in session at Wash
lngson: Judge Ewing and Capt. Stone OF
Lesvenwcrth. DR.. Scott of Allen county. G.
w. Deitzssr of Lawrence. and r. B. Mitch
ell of linn county. Mr.. Beebe made the
appointments BY virtue Of authority con.
fsrred sspe0 him as the provisional Govern
or Of the State under the Constitution, and
Gov. Robinson, at the instance of Gov.
Chase OF Ohio. confirmed the appointments,
on his accession.
The House of Representatives has passed
bill cutting of all the postal arrangements
With the seeded States. The vote was
very signiicant--l3l to SO.
There is trouble in the Montgomery Con.
yention. The Carolinians think that as
they seeded first. they are entitled to play
the leading parts in the disunion farce
They feel sighted at the manner in which
they have been treated by the Conventien,
and may perhaps secede again.
The Governor of Indiana has, within a
few days past, written to all the County Au-
number and condition of the arms in the
State, and its general capability in militia
~ way.
The New York Tribune relies upon the
people tn support the Government. if the
capitalists refuse to purchase the Treasury
notes. /, suggests that Mr.. Lincoln should
in that event. follow the Napolsonic plan.
and issue bonds Of SIS, $50 and 800 each
THE plan of attack on Sumter. as divulg-
ed, is TO dismantle schooners and convert |
them into floats, load then with cotton bales,
and the vessels being towed under the walls |
of the fort, the cotton bags are to be piled
one upon another until sufficient height is !
reached to enable the scaling parties in null |
titudes to ascend the walls. It is believed |
that the fort can be taken by this process at
less sacrifice Of life than by any other means, |
i bill has been introduced into the Wis
censin Legislature, and will probably pass, |
$1,000 for the purchase of
seed wheat for Kansas.
The citizens of Garnett, Anderson Co.. |
have held a meeting, of which J. G. Lind
sey was chairman. and A. w. Ross, Sec,
asking for aid. They say ''There is evil
IDENTIFY much suffering in Kansas for want
Of provisions.
The votes for President and Vice Presi- |
dent were counted at Washington City on
the 18th inst. Lincoln and Hamlin were |
elected. Mr.. Lincoln heard the news at CO. |
lumbus. Ohio. He did not appear to Be
much taken by surprise. s rs.r -e
Mr.. Bouligny. the only '+American"
Congressman from Louisiana. remains at
his post. though all his colleagues have de-
serted. He claims that. IS he was not elect |
ed by the Secession Convention, he is not
bound by its action. He was elected as an
American Union" man, and to this prin
ciple be would stand forever. He had sworn
to support the Constitution of the United
States, and would maintain that oath invio- |
late. He promises that whenever his i'm
mediate constituents instruct him to with |
draw he will comply. but will. at the same
time. resign his seat. and continue Union
man. under the flag Of the country that gave
him birth. His announcement was greeted
with long continued applause. both on the
floor and in the galleries.
No mails are now sent TO Pensacola. Pa
pos are withheld. and Letters addressed to
that place are sent TO the Dead Letter Office.
Various other points. where the mails are
tempered With, or whose officers refuse to
recognize the authority of the General Gov
eminent. will soon be similarly dealt with
On. the 18th Mr.. Conway presented to
Congress memorial of the Legislature of
Kansas for indemnity TO cersain persons for
Losses during the political troubles. Hopes
are now entertained that these claims will
be paid by Congress. IS they should be.
The forts belonging to this nrtion in the