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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

THE PRosPEcTs notwithstanding the
gloom which has overspread Kansas for many
months past, and the universal depression
under which she is now suffering. her pros
poets for the coming season appear cheering.
Last years drought has not frightened peo-
pie at distance as much as might be sup
posed; for from every direction we hear of
persons who are preparing to emigrate to
Kansas-many of them persons of means.
Late political events in Missouri, and appre-
tensions for the future, together with the
lawless proceedings of heated partisans, are
driving out thousands of her best citizens,
very many of whom are turning their at
tention to Kansas. We have heard of a
number who are endeavoring to trade Mis-
souri, for Kansas property, or locking for fa-
vorable locations to purchase. Every far
mer will this year make use of every rood Of
available land, and immense quantities o.
grain will be put in the ground. 1.-THE sea
son proves favorable. for which there ap'
pears to be a good prospect. by next fall
Kaueas will be all right again, and prepar
ed to take vigorous start ahead, the mex
year.-White Cloud Chief.
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Kew England Kansas Relief Committee.

Our readers have learned, through dis
tressing daily kilograms. that the people OF
New England raised fund for the relief of
Kansas-that the Pomeroy clique were dis
tressed about it, and tried to divert the
money and means furnished by the New
England fund into their own channels; that
they sent an agent to Boston for this purpose;
that, after much importuning the agent came
home, and the Pomeroy clique concluded to
mind their own business.
The New England Committee have acted
like quiet. sensible men, who had a duty to
perform, and intended to do it in a thorough
and anostentatious manner. They selected
George w. Collamore, Esqr.. to act as their
agent In Kansas gentleman in whose
judgment, honesty and ability they had full
conf dence. Mr.. Collamore did not think it
wise to credit the exciting kilograms which
filled the columns of the newspapers and
aroused the disgust of all men who were ac-
quainted with the actual condition of affairs
in Kansas. He came here aud travelled
among US; he visited large number of
counties. When he found actual deslitu-
ton, he relieved it. He made himself ia
miliar with the facts and carefully noted the
families who needed help.
At slight expense and with great tho
roughEess he thus learned where relief was
needed, of what kind and how much.
We venture to say that no other man has
seen SO much of Kansas within the last three
months or is so we'll informed as to the actu-
al wants of our people. Mr.. Collamore has
found ne cases 0fstarvatien--not one. His
report of what he has seen and what he
knows bears the same relation to the seusa-
ton dispatches of Hyatt and Pomeroy that
Hume's History does to Sylyanus Cobb's
novels
Mr.. Collamore has not consumed his time
in inventing kilograms. weeping over fanei-
ed suferings, or writing pious letters. He
seems to have done his duty with as little
parade as possible. By the way, Mr.. G. is
not candidate for the Senate. We are not
aware that the name of the New England
agent has been before mentioned in shy
newspaper, and it is but justice to him to
say that we do it now without his authori
ty or knowledge. When the New England
Committee see fit to make public the infor
nation they have obtained in regard TO the
Kansas famine. some of US, who are now ac
cused of Misrepresentation, may be found
to have stated the facts correctly.
The people of the Northern and Eastern
States may then learn that Kansas is not
"charnel house." again look upon our State
as a desirable locality to settle in.
We have been led into this train of re-
mark by seeing on our levee yesterday
large amount of relief goods from the New
England Relief Committee. Two thousand
bushels of seed potatoes and three thousand
and three hundred bushels of seed wheat,
came up by the Isabella yesterday. We un
derstand that this supply is to be sent to the
extrem border counties, and that complete
arrangements have been made so that it will
reach those who are really needy.-LeaUen-
north Conservative. -.e-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

Wheat CRoP-SEED Wharf.-The crop
of wheat looks well in Kansas thus far. At
present the weather is little dry, revivin G
the fears of some of our people, of another
dry season. We anticipate no such thing.
however, and predict that this years crop
will be the best ever seen in Kansas Com
paratively but little wheat was sown last
fall, because il was impossible for our peo-
pie to get seed. They want spring wheat
badly, now. Hundreds who would never
touch pound of contributed provisions are
now anxious to procure seed, and have no
way to get it, They would SOW plentifully,
if they had the seed. They are not the class
of men to ask charity, and the last men tn
make their wants known. They would take
seed and give large Share of the proceeds.
or pay. cash as sooa AS the crop is harvested.
1t is high time that spring wheat was sown.
and We hope to be able to announce the ar
rival of seed in few days.-LaaOrence Re
publican. =
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

It gives US great satisfaction to record
the election of DAVID WILMoT-''Proviso
Dave"-as United States Senator from
Pennsylvania. to supply the vacancy &C.
casioued by the resignation of Gen. Came
ron who goes into the Cabinet as Secretary
of War. The principles of advanced Re
publicanism have no more true or tried de
fender. nor the Union more patriotic sup
porter, than David Wilmot. His life has
been spent in combating those foes of Con-
.stitutional Liberty who have now naturally
become also foes of the Union;- and it is a
fitting proof of the sincerity of the repen-
lance and conversion of Pennsylvania, that
she should send to the National Council:
each man as David WiImot. to aid IN ex.
plating the sins of James Buchanan.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

SENATOR DoueLEs ON THE waose ST.
JoRDAN.-The Distinguished Senator OF
Illinois, after wandering in the dess,, ,'" :,
twenty or thirty years, has evidently Or Or
TO the conclusion that, like the ancieDt luz
giver of the children of Israel, be is waI .a"'
along towards old age, he must pacI ts
trunks and prepare to go into Canaan us
rest in Uncle Abraham's bosom. "
Such is evidently Mr. Douglas ipfsD,;.
Judging by his recent course in the San".n'
but he viii do well to recollect that Nos"e
his great prototype. ruined his poliGo,
prospects by endeavoring to please eyervSs A'
dy, and that he was never permitted to c, ~
Jordan. From the summit of Mount P;s.Ss
Moses saw. afar off, the sweet fields 81
swelling foods. the majesty. the rich ciG -
ane busy towns of the promised land; tb.s
girdiDg up his loins, Moses laid hins.I::
down and died. So it will be with Ssn,,sNH
Douglas. Far away, in the dim dis,an"U.'
he will see his old adversary. Lincoln, d.S
ing out the milk and honey of the poEG,I
Canaan. bat not drop will be given to l.
Little Giant. There are too many Aaron,
and Joshuas in the way Of the Illinois NJ.
ses. He will die before he reaches the sbo,,
OF Jordan, and future political pilgrims will
endeavor in vain 10 end any traces Of hi.
final resting place. Sic trdnsa-Mtr
York Herald.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

The Emporia Neacs was established at
Emporia, Breckenridge county, in the year
1857, and has been regularly issued ever
since. Much good has resulted from the
publication of this journal, TO the interior
of the State. and large amount of labor
has been required to Keep the paper up.
Neosho Valley men should give the Rescs
liberal support Council GrOve Press.
We thank the Press for SO friendly a
notice, the more as it comes from an editor
who in the short space of two months has
raised that paper to a position which it
never before held, and which gives it the
influence which justly attends independent
ability. We give expression to the wishes
of host of friends of the Judge in this
county. when we say that We hope he may
meet in his new home and vocation with
the success he will certainly deserve.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

The New York Tribune says:-Mr. Black
recently addressed circular letter TO all
foreign Governments, protesting in decided
terms against the recognition of the Con
federated States as an independent Govern
ment. and assigned the reason at length
which induced the remonstrance. Thepro'
test will, of course, be renewed, and PR
haps, emphasized by the present Ada4s'
tration, so that when Mr.. Yancey sHf bis
diplomatic colleagues get abroad. TIKI! VA!
discover that recognition by the Great Pow
ers is less easy than was supposed at Mont
pomerV.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23
A NOBLE SEsr1MExr.-Andrew johnson

A NOBLE SENTIMENT Johnson,
of Tennessee, is rising more rapidly in the
general esteem than any other man in pub
lie life, if we except the President of the
United States and the hero of Fort Sumter.
The remark is attributed to him that he de-
sires no other t'compromise" with which to
go before the people of bis State than the
Corwin amendment of the Constitution. in
doEsed In Mr.. LiDcoln's Insugurai--an
amendment which simply declares that Con-
gress shall never interfere with the domestic
institutions of any ofthe States composing
the Union. The Tennessee election takes
place on the first of August. and We prediei
that Mr.. johnson viii be sustained in this
issue by an overwhelming majority, despite
the efforts of traitors, North and South. to
separate the ashes of the Hermitage fron
the Union which Jackson so loved, aud de.
clared % naatss and shaH te greservsd. e
Ch;cago Tribune.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

SECESSION ON THE PAcIF1c.-The Chair
man of the Breckenridge State Central Com
mittee of California has called a meeting of
that body at Sacramento, on the Goth inst.
to consider the present crisis in our national
affairs. He urges the following reasons for
the meeting:
Let US have union if we can, peaceable
dissolution ii we must, but conflict never.
If peaceable dissolution comes, why should
not California remain with the free States !?
If bloody separation, why should she not
establish a Pacific nationality? Is she
willing to be dragged into war against a
Southern Confederation of her sisters, should
such Confederation be irreyocsbly estah-
lisbed Ought not she to demand of the
other free States to consent to peaceable
separation. if any must come. as an unyield-
ing condition of her remaining with them /?
Does not Lincoin's foreshadowed policy of
executing the laws over seeded States i'm
ply force. coercion. war I? Are our people
:eady to be plugged into anarchy, and snf-
fer the ravages of such war? These are
the momentous questions to be considered.
and which, il is feared. will too soon require
action therefore. full meeting of the
Committee is requested.
CHAs. LIEDLEY, Chm.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

Some of the acts of the Montgomery
Convention evince remarkable foresight in
their originators and movers; that, for ex-
ample. which secures a monopoly of all the
highest honors to citizens of the Gulf
States, which may be found in Article of
the Constitution
mo person except natural born citizen
or a citizen of one of the States of this Con-
federaey at the time of the adoption of this
Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office
of President"
This secures the supremacy of King
Cotton the while it excludes the border States
from participation in Presidential honors.
1t is admirable in another point of view,
too. since it bestows a cold douche upon
the tender aspirations of such border State
leaders as Floyd, Mason. Green and Hun
ter. Perhaps general amnesty may be
proclaimed to all persons SO unfortunate as
to have been born outside the realm of King
Cotton.-N Y World.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

THE FLAG OF THE AMERICAN UNION
A few days since Judge VIM. Lawrence Of
Logan county, o., caused the following Or
der to be entered upon the journal OF bis
Court:
'.It is ordered that the Sheriff of Logan
County be and hereby is directed and re-
quired at every term Of this Court, to erect
upon the dome of the Court house in Belle,
fontaiae, suitable standard with the flag Of
the American Union thereon, and the same
shall there remain during the sessions OF the
Court, as an evidence of devotion to th'
Constitution, the Union and the enforce
ment of The laws"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

THREE -FouRrHs OF Our PEOPLE HAVE
THE ScuRvY-From an Atchison letter in
the Chicago Tribune we clip the following.
"Another feature of this suffering. as il
appeals powerfully for dried fruits, may
not pass without the word in Season
DR.. Robinson. Secretary of State, who-it
may not be known to many of yOa1 readers
lis an experienced physician, left here a
few days since, afier spending some days in
familiar intercourse with The applicants for
relief He reports that three out offour are
affected with the scur"y, some to the extent
that their teeth could Be tdke1s>oss a0sth the fin.
GERS
This statement is made by Mrs. Nichols
of Quindaro, very trustworthy. and intelli
gent woman. DR.. Robinson denies The
statement. Both parties are well-knovn.
and the public Can decide for itself who i
responsible for it. We win simply say that
the statement has no foundation in fact
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

POSTAGE IN THE SOUTHERN CoEFEDERA-
cY.-The Southern Congress has passed the
postal bill. which regulates the rate OF post
age. and all matters connected with the car
ryiag Of the mails, &c. Il will go into eff
feet very soon. Il provides she following
rates of postage: On letters 800 miles, FIVE
cents; over 800 miles ten cents: advertised
letters two cents extra. instead of one. On
newspapers (other than those sent direct tc
actual subscribers from the Office ofpublica.
ton TWO cents each. and the entire rates Of
newspapers and magazine postage is doubled
on present q. 8. rates. The registration
letter-syssem and the ranking privileges il
abolished.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

There has been an exchange of shess
Fort Sumter. Friday morning, one d&s
guns at Cummings Point was Accidentally
discharged, the ball striking Fort Sumter
near the gate. Major Anderson at one.
opened upon the iron battery, thinking ii.
time to test the weight of metal. and CON,
para,ive tenacity of brick work and sand ant
railroad iron, had arrived. The Souther
heart was not fred, and boat was dispatch.
ed to the Major. with proper apologies. As
shots have been exchanged. we suppose the
suspicious time for the settlement of diff
culties has arrived. The country will not
be displeased to hear that Major Anderson
was so prompt this time to burn powder.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

"Antslope." the New York correspond.
ent of the New Orleans I'icdyune had look
at President Lincoln while he was there,
aud concluded that "wbile there is geniaty
and merited worth speaking from that face,
there is, at the same time, an iron cast pre-
sented, and an indomilable will. Indeed, al
a first glance. he reminded me of one Cf my
sledge-hammers, with which break rocks
at home-his body slender. like the hands,
but topped off with head all solidty, al
firm endurance, all iron. His hands, 100.
are all muscle, and strong grip from Them
must be like the grasp of a vice"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

John Mitchell delivers himself as follows,
in his last letter from Paris to the Charles
ton Nereary. John has evidently been un-
able to arrange matters TO his satisfaction:
''On the whole. I would beg most ear
nestly to impress upon you the conviction
that in Europe generally. but in England
particularly. you have no chance. 10 locus
sf0ndi, no pretension to De considered as
Christian men, or perhaps as lunan beings,
except the cottonield alone. But for that,
and the interest hanging upon that. you
would be hunted from the face of the. earth,
and erased from creation by the indignant
voice of an outraged nineteenth century"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

am sick of opinions; am weary %
hear them--my soul loathcs their frothy food
Give me solid, substantial religion; give me-
an humble lover of God and man-s man
full of mercy and good fruits-a man laying
himself out in the works of faith, the Ps-
thence of hope. the labor of love. Let my
soul be with such Christians wherever they
are, and whatsoever opinions they hold
HE that doeth the will of my Father IN
Heaven. the same rs my brother. and ny
sister, and my mother." ~. Wesley.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

THE FLAG OF THE CoNREDERArE STATES.
The following is the official description Of
the design of the flag recently adopted by
the Congress of the Confederate States;
'.Red, white and red, in the three equal
parts horizontally placed. The white be
tween the red, blue union, with seven stars,
in the form of circle reaching down to the
lover red"
Il was formally hoisted over the State
House at Montgomery on the afternoon Of
Monday last.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

We learn by telegraph that the Hon. D.
K. Cartier ("Decay CARTIER" as he is irrev-
ereutly styled in Ohio) has been appointed
Governor of Nebraska. Mr.. Cartier is a
man of eminent ability and unquestioned
integrity, and would have made first rate
Governor of Ohio. Why then send him
into what A. Ward calls ''a furrin part %
We regret to see evidences in this instance
as in the case of the Kansas appointments
already made, that our new administration
is likely to tread in the footsteps Of its ig-
nominious predecessor, so far at least as
Territorial and Kansas appointments are
coEcerned. Perhaps the people at Wash
ington haven't read the news and don't know
that Kansas is admitted. Perhaps they
innocently suppose that Nebraska is devoid
of patriots and therefore unable to supply
its offices from among its own peop.e. We
submit that this is wrong-utterly wrong.
What does the Hon. D. K. Cartier, practis-
ing lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio, and stump
orator thereabouts, know of the wants of
the people of Nebraska? If a Governor
from another State was needed we have one
in the person OF His Excellency, Charles
Robinson, whom we could easily have
spared, and whose large experience as Gov
ernor of Topeka and as Territorial poll
tician might justly have given rise to the
suspicion of peculiar qualifications for the
post. Besides, Kansas and Nebraska have
SO long been sister Territories that Nebraska
would scarcely have regarded Gov. Robin
son as stranger. However, our advice is
too late, and Gov. R. is also too late in this
as in another case. But while there
might have been some show of propriety in
such an appointment, there was none in that
of the excellent. Mr.. Cartier. Neither can
we see any in importing officers from Hill
nois to Kansas. How would it look to ap'
point the Hon. Judge Williams, late, if moi
now, of Kansas, as Illinois District Judge
and the equally Honorable P. c. Colby as U
S. Marshal for that District? We respect
fully submit that it isn't fair. If politician;
of other States need rewards for their ser
vices. and are not considered desirable citi
Gems at home, let them be sent to the Feje'
Islauds or elsewhere; but let the Territories
or at least the States, be governed by thei
own people.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

WHEAT.-We are informed that an aous-
dant supply of wheat for sowing IS on mana
We are glad to know the farmers are wa.
ing 10 she importance of sowing all ina ~
they can. let no one hesitate 10 SOW al
the ground that can be prepared. we ~
sure to have good crop this season, drOu0
croakers 10 the contrary Notwithstanding
Leco,npkoa Democrat,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23

A PHILADELPHIA ANATHEMA UPON b.
cHANAN.-The Philadelphia Sunday alias
closes an able review of the administration
of James Buchanan, in the following terri
bic anathema:
Blighted in his ambition for q second
term of Office: blasted in reputation through
his acts of commission and omission; de-
spised by the very creatures whom he drag
ged into official positions-for none of them
have ventured to indorse his administration
in the convention of which they have been
members; accursed of men and rejected by
Deity, he will descend to the grave amid
the anathemss of distracted nation, whose
generosity he abused and whose institu tions
he destroyed. An ancient nation once
decreed that no parricide should find Sc
pulture within her limits. With equal JUS
tice could our Legislature enact a law that
Mr.. Buchanan shall never poilute the soil of
Pennsylvania with his traitorous rem aims.
The Venetian Councils decreed that Marine
Falirio should find no place among her long
line of Doges; and up to this day, the panel
which his portrait should have occupied, is
covered with the black drapery of death, as
the punishment of posterity for his treason.
Let the Congress of the United States make
a similar record Of Mr.. Buchanan's blasting
treachery, as a warning to future dastards
and dotards. The promethean penalty of
the vulture and the rock, throughout the
long ages of eternity, would be the most ap
propriate reward for this leader of traitors.
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THE srArE LEcrsLATURE.

The first State Legislature of Kansas will
assemble at Topeka. on Tuesday next. the
26th. It has in its hands, for eviI if not
for good, the destiny Of our young State for
many years to come. IF ever the shak-
spearean maxim. .'If'twere done, 'twere well
done 'twere done quickly" had just ap-
plication, it has in the case of this Legisla-
tive session. The passion for law making
is one which generally amounts to mania.
among new members. .'How not to do it,
Will be, pefhaps, the hardest as it will also
be the most important lesson our Legisia-
ture will have to learn. What the people
demand and what the interests of the State
demand. above all things. is light taxation.
To this end let the session be short, and the
expenses authorized and provided for strict
~ economical. There are but few things
which really require any attention At the
hands of this Legislature. Two q. s. Sen
alors. of the straight-out sect of Republi-
canism, ought to be elected. The jurisdic.
ton of the courts. and their times of sitting.
must be determined. An apportionment bill
must be passed. Beyond this, little or no
legislation is needed. IF laws must be made.
let committee = consisting, say of the
members of the Supreme Bench-be ap-
pointed to revise our entire statutes, and
report next winter. Above all, let the Leg
islature adjourn.
If, on the other hand, neglecting the plain
dictates of sound policy, our Legislature
consumes two or three months in general
legislation. at an expense to the State, for
the per diem Of the members alone, of three
hundred dollars a day, and the schemes of
lobbyists meet with the success which long
sessions generally give them, heavy taxes
will be entailed upon the people. and one
prevailing and potent motive for emigration
from the older States will have been cut off.
People will not leave the East, with its rail
roads and telegraphs. its schools and church
es, on account of high taxes, if here in the
West, without those advantages, the taxes
are equally high. Besides. our people who
are already here are poor, and can i'll afford
to spend money for the propagation of use
less knowledge, such as half our laws have
thus far proved to be. Let the machinery
of the State Government be as simple in its
construction and as cheap in its operation as
possible Those who shall help to make it
so will live to see the results of their action
in the consequent future wealth and great
ness of the State. for whose interest they
wisely acted.