The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-01-18

will kill.
Henry J. Raymond, of the n. Y. Times.
has been elected Speaker of the New York
Assembly.
Gen. sigel has resigned. His resignation
creates great excitement among his troops,
and many other German officers have also
resigned.
The aggregate number of men raised in
New York for the war is 100. 578. The
number now in the field. deductine killed,
wounded, prisoners and discharged. SO, 934.
Number ready to go. now at camps of in
struction, IA, 500.
The Tri6une's Louisville dispatch says
the Catholic Bishop of Nashville has ar
rived. He states that drafting in Tennessee
proved failure. Great numbers in Nash
vile are outspoken Union men. If Bowling
Green falls Nashville will be destroyed. The
Bishop saw at Glasgow Junction the re-
mains of splendid tunnel. destroyed on the
9Th by the Rebels. The railroad from that
point north is entirely destroyed.
The Rebels are enseavoring to draw the
Union army to Bowling Green. where they
have masked batteries. The approaches to
Columbus are splendidly defended by nu-
merous batteries. Chains and torpedoes
obstruct the river.
Gen. Grant, at Cairo, received dispatch
on the 7th from Cape Girardeau, stating
that company of the 7th Illinois Cavalry
had captured Major Williams and several
others belonging to jeff. Thompson's army.
The Federal gunboats Essex, Lexington
and Tyler went down the river few days
ago, and made reconnaissance. They went
within range of the Rebel batteries near
Columbus. when they met the Rebel
steamer Mohawk, which retreated after
our boats had fred two shots at her. When
our boats were returning, Rebel gunboat
followed, but was chased back. Commo-
dore Foote thinks the way open to Colum-
bus.
The House Committee on Ways and
Means have framed bill, which has been
introduced, authorizing the issue of hun
dred millions in demand treasury notes,
not bearing interest. payable generally with
out specifying place or time, which, as well
as all other treasury notes, are to be declar-
ed lawful money.
All schemes of emancipation and colon
;1a ton IF c1ovoS bavo hoop rafarrad nv the
Judiciary Committee to subcommittee,
consisting of Bingham and Thomas.
Gen. Schuyler Hamilton has been ap
pointed to succeed Gen. Curtis, in COM
mand of the District.of St. Louis.
The New York Assembly has convened.
Gov. Morgan sent in his message. 1t says
40 per cent. of expenditures made by the
State have been returned from the Federal
Treasury. The Governor recommends mil
itary drill and tactics be introduced into all
State colleges and academies. Emigration
to New York. he says, has fallen off 81 per
cent. from last year. He recommends that
New York's proportion of Federal tax
two million dollars-be assumed at once by
the State, and proposes mode of liquida-
ton.
On the 7th, Mr.. Colfax, from the Com
mittee on Post Offices and Post Routes,
reported a bill-which was passed-extend-
ing the provisions of the law of July last
which authorized soldiers to send letters
through the mails without prepayment Of
postage, to soldiers and marines in actual
service of the United States, under such
regulations as the Post Office Department
may prescribe-the postage to be paid by
the recipient.
A telegram Of the 10th says: The feature
of Congress yesterday was the speech of
Senator Sumner sustaining the Administra-
ton in the surrender of Mason and Slidell,
an showing clearly that it was in pursu-
ance of the policy maintained by the Gov
eminent from it's inception to the present
time. All foreign legations were present
except Lord Lyons.
Senator Shermar's retrenchment bill. in
troduced on the 9th, reduces the salaries of
all clerks in the Capital in the Government
employ, but in nowise affects Representa-
tives or Senators, except TO reduce mileage
to ten cents per mile.
Two hundred prisoners, released from
Richmond, arrived at Washington on the
eth inst, and were paid of. @
Ex-Gov. Morehead. of Kentucky, has
been released from Fort Warren on parole.