The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-01-11

OOO men' We SSu Ues Ou Asl1S ou0 o-1"'1
soon hear good news. Gen. Curtis remains
in command of of the post at Rolla.
a There are now over 5000 Rebel PRISON
.ers in st Louis. Price oughtto send them
copies of bis $50. OOo'' proclamation.
There was an engagement on the 9eth
at Mount Zion. Boon county, Missouri.
Four hundred and forty Union men under
Coils. Glover and Birge encountered 900
Rebels under Col. Dorsy. Union loss. 3
killed, II wounded; Rebel loss, $50. We
took S5 prisoners. io5 guns and 95 horses
Another successful engagement took place
at Fulton. The Rebels in North Missouri
will soon be completely dispersed.
Vera Cruz and San Juan have been evac-
uated by the Mexican troops. Nearly 100
rifed cannon. of the latest pattern, were
found in San Juan. A good haul.
The steamer Northern Light arrived at
New York on the 4th, from Aspinwall,
bringing s71o.s4e in California gold.
Col. Morgan has now in durance. at Wes
ton, No., about two hundred Secesh pris-
oners.
Another great Indian fraud has been
discovered. of $4,000, on the Shawnee
Indians, perpetrated last month by one
Edward Clark. as is supposed by the Shaw
nee Indian Agent, Abbott. Mr.. Dole,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has al
ready secured the Government and the In
dams against loss.
The National Republican says the Ad-
ministration will cooperate with Gen. Lane
heartily and fully. He will have such an
army and such command as he desires to
have. No announcement could be more
gratifying to the country. 1t is the begin
ming OF the end of the war.
Tie Richmond Inquirer of the 30th says
VIM. N. Brown. an Englishman, formerly
editor of the New York Journal Of Com
nserce. has been commissioned Secretary of
State during the temporary absence of
Hunter This confirms the report that
Hunter, with Breckenridge, had sailed for
Europe.
The Milwaukee Nescs says eight thousand
men are shivering in Wisconsin camps.
burning one hundred and fifty cords of
wood every week to keep from freezing; and
asks why they are not ordered to Kentucky.
to the Potomac, or South, or anywhere they
can be useful. The men are begging for
service.
has hala If oafk ia
for England. have arrived at Panama. A
larger amount is going via Cape Horn.
Mr.. Gilet, one of the released Union
prisoners. speaks of the Union sentiment in
Richmond with the greatest positiveness.
1t is certainly large.
Intelligence from Springfield. Mo-, to the
96th, states that Price. with 5000 men,
had taken all the houses for his troops,
turning the families into the street. The peo
pie of Arkansas have refused to allow him to
enter that State with troops not regularly
enlisted in the Confederate army, of which
class he has only 1900. Order again
.'reigns in Warsaw" and along the Usage.
and along the Usage. since Gen. Pope's
operations.
St. Louis advices represent Rebel taunts
and sneers upon the delivery Of Mason and
Slidell as excessive.
A dispatch from GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin,
says Col. Barstow had received orders to
report himself at Fort Leavenworth with
his regiment, the 81 Cavalry. He would
start about the 9th inst.
A Port Royal letter announces the death
of Gen. Drayton. who had command of the
Rebels at Hilton Head. He was wounded
in the fort. and died on the retreat
His brother, Captain Drayton, had com
mand of one of the Federal vessels during
the bombardment.
At Washington, the rumOrs in regard to
trouble with England. because of the block
s1es of Charleston and Savannah with stone
hunks, is not credited.
Government has taken measures to OBJ
tain cotton seed from Port Royal 70 plant
in Illinois and other Western States.
The opinion of Comptroller Whittlesey,
also of Secretary Chase, is. that according to
the present law regulating compensation of
members of Congress. they can receive
mileage only for the regular session. Sew
sral Senator'S were paid mileage for the July
extra session. before the opinion was Off
cially furnished.
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