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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-08-30
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

NEW YoRk. Aug. 22.
The reception of Gen. Corcoran this ST
ternoon was the most magnificent ovation
ever accorded here. The formal reception
by the city authorities took place in Castle
Garden, Mayor Opdyke making the speech
of welcome, to which Gen. Corcoran replied
in fitting terms. The popular greeting was
marked with an enthusiasm seldom witness
ed anywhere. The crowd around Gen. Cor
coran's carriage was such that it was with
difficulty dragged up Broadway. Along the
entire route of the procession the jam was
immense.
The militia display was fine, considering
the greater part is at the seat of war.
The charitable societies turned out IN
large numbers. and the firemen looked mag
Notwithstanding. perhaps, 5000 me n.
AS the procession passed the New Eng
land Rooms a salute was fired from four
FOUNDER on the roof. The march con-
tinued until the procession reached the Gen
erals quarters at the st. Nicholas, and the
scene tonight will be fitting sequel to the
stirring events of the day. Corcoran may
well be proud of his re-advent to his adopt
ed city.
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EIGHT IRoN-CLA MoNIToRs.-The New
York Post learns that not less than eight
iron-clad ships, most of them Monitors. are
now in hand in that city and vicinity alone.
Two of these are very large, and will not
be ready for some time; but one of the new
Monitors will be ready in few days; one
is promised by the first of September, and
another in Capt. Ericsson's hands, is to be
ready in thirty days. On all these ships
the work is going on night and day alike.
On one, four hundred men are constantly
employed, one set of four hundred working
by day and another all night. The work is
pressed on as fast as possible: and doubtless
the Ordnance Department will have the arm
aments ready to put on board the moment
the ships are completed. With such feet
of Monitors, all staunch and sea.going YES
sells, we shall make short work with the en-
emy on the coast.
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NASHVILLE. Aug. 81


Yesterday noon. Capt. Atkinson, of the
5Oth Indiana, with twenty men in stock
ade at Edgefeld Junction, were attacked by
/ 900 guerillas. He repulsed them three
times, killing Morgan's Adiutant and seven
privates, and wounding eighteen others, and
finally after three hours fighting drove them
of.
Col. Mason, of the list Ohio, 1.-THE same
regiment denounced by Gen. Sherman for
cowardice at the battle Shiloh with 800
men and two cannon, in strong intrench-
ments at Clarksburg, surrendered without
resistance to the same number Of guerillas.
The guerillas were aided by rebels who
had taken the oath of allegiance. A large
amount of United States properly was
seized.
One hundred soldiers were captured by
gueriilas at Mankaw Greek, near Edge6eld
junction, and the bridge burned.
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LEXINGTON. XIV. AUG. "a.

An order was issued Saturday to impress
1900 slaves to repair the road between Lex.
ington and Cumberland Gap. The impress.
ment was made in Fayette and Madison
counties. Loyal owners are to be paid Ia
borer's wages, and the rebels are referred tc
the Department at Washington for settle
ment. It was not found necessary to take
loyalist's negroes. The rebels are in great
distress, as many of their negroes were ia
ken while working in the hemp fields.
Loyalists commend the measure as Just
and wise, and other roads in different parts
of the State are to be repaired by impress
ing negroes in other counties.
Cassius NJ. Clay is here, and will be as
signed a command in a few days, by Gen
Wallace, Commandment of the Post.
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ICommunicated.l


Do Kansas Soldiers Receive as much Pay
as Soldiers from other States!
In almost all the other States in the
North and Northwest, the soldiers receive a
fixed pay per month from their respective
States, independent of what they receive
from the U. s. Government - some 81,
some Sc, some 90 per month. A Kansas
soldier receives from the Federal Govern
ment the same pay as the soldier from any
other State, but from his State not one dol
lar.
Again: The towns, cities, railroad COM
panies, &C., in the Eastern States, subscribe
from twenty five thousand to two hundred
thousand dollars, to be divided among the
soldiers as bonus. In the different coun-
ties the Commissioners have borrowed
money and called on their respective 1egis-
latures TO authorize the loan. This loan is
divided among the soldiers as bonus
making twenty five, fifty, and sometimes
one hundred dollars. All this independent
of agencies established in the several coun-
ties, for the purpose of collecting mittens,
stockings, gloves, dried fruit, jellies, pre-
serves, &C., which is forwarded weekly to
the camp.
Are Kansas soldiers treated in this way
Not at all; but. on the contrary, in many
counties-Lyon county not excepted-the
soldiers are loved to death by the jayhawk-
ing merchants, who manage, By some slip
pery-eel process, to get the last dollar from
them; and when they have succeeded,
the soldier is kicked out OF the way, to
"root, hog, or die" Treated as brute
Oh, what stimulus, what motor, to per-
suade men to volunteer
Will not our county do something forthe
volunteers ?-or will not the citizens take
the matter in hand, get up subscription,
and subscribe literally toward the support
of the soldiers families-agreeing to pay
certain sum annually during the war, if not
in money then in -four, potatoes, wood, or
in hauling wood, or in any other labor or
product of the farm? All this can be car
ried out by having county, central, or
you may call it an equalizing committee,
for the county, and then superintendent by
the township trustees, or committee ap-
pointed by the people assembled in mass
meeting.
Those who stay at home while their
neighbors are suffering sickness. fatigue and
death on the field of battle for common
good, are much interested in this matter,
for large majority of those who stay at
home would. if drafted. suffer in pecuniary
point of view hundreds of dollars annually,
besides running the risk of losing every
thing they now have.
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JUDGE EwING,s SPEECH.

Agreeable to announcement, Judge Ew.
ing spoke here Saturday afternoon last. or
the war, and on the importance of enlisting
in the service of the country to help it oui
OF the Rebellion which it is now struggling
to put down. His speech was listened to very
attentively by large crowd of people who
had gathered from all portions of the coun.
TT. 1t was one of the most able efforts we
have heard since the war broke out. The
Judges earnestness. eloquence, and patriot
ism fred the souls of all his hearers, and
made them feel as though they were ready
to leave all to take arms for the defense OF
the best Government on the earth.
We had reporter on the ground, and ex-
pected to have laid before our readers, this
week, synopsis of Judge Ewing's speech;
but the gentleman who took notes was call
ed away and has not yet returned. Next
week our readers may look for pretty full
report of the speech. We know they will
thank US for our efforts to lay the sayings
ofthe Chief Justice of the State before them
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New York. july 90,

Arrangements are being made for another
mighty war meeting, to be held here in few
days.
The 18th, 10th, 18th and 18th Connec-
ticut regiments will pass through here with
in few days. They are full to the maxi
mum number, aud completely equipped.
Four more will be sent shortly.
A subscription for $4,000. 600 $40
treasury notes opened at the SubTreasury
to-day. and soon filled up at y premium.
Thompson and Brother headed the list By
ST. 100000, and the balance was soon ia
ken by leading bankers.
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WASHINGTON. AUG. 25

The recent expulsion of newspaper cor
respondents froR the Army of Virginia, and
the order forbidding the transmission of in
teilegence from that quarter over the tele-
graph lines, has rendered the collection OF
reliable news extremely difcult and almost
useless.
Skirmishing has been going on to great
er or less extent during the past three days,
during which several attempts were made
by the rebels to cross the river, but they
were each time successfully repulsed, and
in one instance, quite number of prison
ers were captured. The troops are in good
spirits. -
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sKEDADDLED!

TIE large band of rebels which were re-
ported in Jackson county in our last issue,
have ceased to threaten Kansas City and our
own State, and have turned their faces south
ward, and are now safe beyond the Usage.
1t was hoped our forces had them cornered,
and that they would all be taken prisoners
But they were little too sharp for that.
Our troops under Blunt, Cloud, and War
rem gave them close chase, but they succeed
ed in escaping on account of their familiar
ity with the country, and having no baggage
or heavy transportation. Gen. Blunt march
ed from Fort Scott to Lone Jack in three
days-a distance of III miles. He made
one of the most vigorous campaigns on rec
ord. A correspondent of the Conservative,
describing the chase which Blunt and Cloud
gave the rebels. says:
eve were now directly on the trail of
the fleeing and disorgsnized foe. Col. Cloud
was in the advance, and kept up continu-
Gus skirmishiug. The rebels had ignored
all order or discipline, and were moving like
An armed rabble in wild confusion. The
road aas lined with hats, caps, jackets, mus
kets and all appurtenances of soldiery, and
every copse Of woods was filled with those
who, through sickness. fear and exhaustion,
were only too glad to deliver themselves as
prisoners.
''The end was now about attained. The
rebel host which had but few days before
Haunted its black ensign along the banks of
the Missouri, was now ragged and crazy
mob flying in wild confusion before the vic
torious legions of the Republic. Missouri
and Kansas were saved. Under these cir
cumstances Gen. Blunt concluded to move
bis main column back to Fort Scott, leaving
Col. Cloud and Gen. Warren to complete
the work he had brought to such happy
issue. From Tapersville, he moved to
Montevalla, and from hence to Fort Scott,
which point be reached on the 22d, after
having carried his men nearly 800 miles in
week, and wiped out every vestige of trea-
son along his entire line of march."
Thus the Rebels are cleaned out of South
west Missouri again. only to return, we fear.
in few weeks. with much larger force.
How often will this work have to be done
over?
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The CRoPs IN IowA-The yield OF wheat
is estimated at 60 900, 900 bushels this year,
being $50, 900 bushels more than the crop
of 1861. There have been 1895, 900 acres
cultivated this season in corn, which will
7ield rs, $50 200 bushels, or an excess over
the crop of last year of Is 900. 900 bushels.
Oats will reach 100000 bushels; hay,
100000 tons; sorghum, 100000 gal
Ions; and potatoes double last years guam
tity, The State will be able to export this
year 175, 900 cattle and 900, 700 hogs. The
increase of sheep has been about one-third
during the past year, making the number
in the State $50, 900.
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WASHINGTON. july %.

Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland has
made his report TO the Government upon the
administration of affairs in New Orleans,
and the President has approved its conclu-
sions. 1t is understood he recommends the
return to. the Consul of the Netherlands the
100000 seized by Gen. Butler; that the
$4,000 be returned to the French Consul,
and that large amount of sugar and other
merchandise be relinquished to the Greek,
British and other foreign merchants domi-
cilled in New Orleans, as, according to Mr..
Johnson. these seizures by General Butler
cannot be justified.
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Bully for SiReIs

New York, August 25.
A Rappabannock correspondent of a
Philadelphla paper states that on the morn
ing of the 2lst the rebels opened battery
on our center, and continued vigorously to
throw shot and shell for several hours. A
little higher up it was discovered that the
enemy had, during the night, erected a
bridge across the river. At this point the
most brilliant and successful affair of the
day is said to have occurred. In the vicin-
ityLof this bridge was one of Sigel's bat
teries, on which brisk fire was opened by
the rebels, to which, for time, our battery
replied with spirit. In little while our
fire slackened, and then ceased, the battery
having been apparently silenced or with
drawn. Three rebel regiments now rushed
across the bridge, and Sigel offered no op-
position. Everything seemed favorable.
But the scene soon changed. No sooner
had they crossed than Sigel opened his bat
terry upon the bridge. The fourth shot
completely demolished it, and at the same
time deadly fire of musketry assaulted the
rebels in front. Their retreat cut off, no
hope left, few shots from our battery,
charge. and they are ours. Not a man
escaped. Nearly 1000 are said to have
been captured. and about 400 killed and
wounded. The enemy having failed in
this, now hurried forward their forces and
stroVe to outaank sigel By crossing at
French's Ford, but Gen. Pope ordered up
Banks to the aid of Sigel, and the enemy
were again repulsed, and moved higher up
the river. How the next attempt of the
enemy succeeded is not yet learned.
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EMPoRIA, Aug. 81, 1862


EDITOR News: Among the many whose
names have been mentioned in connection
with the nomination for the Office of Gov
srnor. allow me, through your paper, to
call the attention of the people, briefly, to
the claims of Gen. G. W. Collamore, OF
Lawrence. whose name will be tower of
strength to the ticket on which it may be
placed. He is thorough business man, a
sound lawyer, man of capital, an accom-
plished gentleman, always approachable
and social, with unquestioned honesty aud
executive ability. Southern and Central
Kansas ought to, and have no doubt will,
give him an enthusiastic support. The
liberality with which he poured ont his own
means, while Quartermaster General of the
State, to provision the first regiments of
Kansas volunteers when the State could not
do it, and the energy and honesty he mani
tested in the distribution of aid to the desti-
tute people of Kansas. during the year of
the drouth, point him out as tie man who
has the interest and welfare of our people
Enthusiastically at heart. Free from all those
old political associations which have caused
so much contention and strife in our State, he
| would, if elected, make an able, honest and
impartial Governor. He deserves our sup
port. KANSAS.
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LOUISVILLE. Aug, 90.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. %.
Major Generals Nelson aud Wright, and
Brigadier Generals Manson and Craft, ar
rived this evening.
Yesterday. near Gallatin, General R. w
Johnson, of Kentucky, with 800 men. com
pricing part of the Cd Indiana, Wynkoop's
Pennsylvania Cavalry. and the 9Th Ken
lucky Cavalry, under Col. Haggard, at
tackled 100 cavalry under Morgan, neal
Gallatin, and were defeated, with loss Of
800 prisoners, including Gen. Johnson
The remaining 500 escaped, and went tc
Nashville.
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CAIRO. AUG. 22,

Lately intercepted letters of August 9th.
from Gen. Hindman to the rebel depart
ment, state that he has $4,000 well armed
infantry, 5000 cavalry. and 81 pieces of ar
tilery at Little Rock. He proposes awaiting
an attack from Gen. Curtis, instead of at.
lacking him at Helena.
He intends to annihilate Curtis, and then
push vigorously for the Missouri river. He
has received supplies of arms aud ammuni.
ton from east of the Mississippi river.
Helena is to be fortified as the basis of OBJ
erations. Siege guns have already arrived
The health of the army is good.
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Col Corcoran has at last been released
Great public demonstrations have been made
at Washington. The President has made
him Brigadier General. and dated his com
mission back to the time of his capture at
Bull Run. Col. Corcoran's influence with
the Irish will be incalculable. and an impe-
tus beyond precedent be given to enlistments
from that patriotic class.
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BY LAST NIGHTS NAIL.
Attack on Fort DOneIsOn-The Rebels
Whipped.

AItdCk On OIL OOnSl8On-1AS E6SBS13
Whipped.
FoRr DoNELsoS. Aug. &c.
Fort Donelson, garrisoned by four COM
panies under command of Major Hart, oil
the z1st Ohio, was attacked yesterday by
the forces of Coils. Woodward and johnson,
numbering 800. They we're repulsed with
heavy loss.
Col. Lowe, of the 9Th Iowa Cavalry,
commanding the posts of Forts Heimau,
Henry and Donelson, started Immediately
to reinforce him. arriving after the attack.
This morning he started with four compa-
Lies of cavalry in pursuit, and came up with
the enemy about seven miles from here, on
the road to GAINESVILLE, strongly posted with
his men in ambush. He attacked them, ia
king their cannon, and after half an hour 8
fighting, the emmy retreated, and Col. Lowe,
his forces not being sufficient, has returned
to his post. We lost two killed and thir-
teen wounded
Lieut.. Summers, of Co. B., is danger
ously wounded. All the men manifested
great courage and GOODNESS, and are now
anxious to meet the enemy.
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Racoon Ford, where the Confederstes un-
der Jackson crossed the Rapidan, for their
advance on Pope and Banks, was already
distinguished in our military history. 1t is
the point where Wayne, with his reinforce
ments for Lafayette, succeeded in crossing
the Rapidan southwark, and thus foiled
CORVALLIS, who had advanced in that direc-
ton with the hope of preventing this com
bination. Racoon Ford was on this account,
for some days, in 1891, point of anxious
interest in the Revolutionary history.
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CoLUMBUs. O.. AUG. le

Drafting will be made by wards aud town
ships in the different couRties. Each will
be accredited with the volunteers now in the
service whom they have furnished. In ma
king the appointment for drafting. volun-
teers In the gunboat service will be included.
Ohio is required to furnish "a. 400 men
to cover all re QUESTIONS. of whom 81. 500
are for old regiments. and Sc, 800 for new
ones. If these are furnished there will be
no draft. Forty-one regiments under the
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CrNc1NnAr1 Ann

Specials from Indianapolis say the Mayor
of Henderson, KY, has fed to the rebel
army. The entire council were arrested for
refusing to take the oath of allegiance. but
were released upon resigning and giving
bonds in $4,000. The property of the May
or has been seized, and new election or
dered.
Ten Indiana regiments, four companies
of cavalry and one battery have already gone
into Kentucky. Two other regiments were
expected to leave last night.
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Lhe rumored capture of Gen. Mis- 81 :,
terly false. Is Ut
A tolerably well authenticated report ..r.
Col. Garrard, with 600 or 700 men lays S
ed SCOTS Louisiana Cavalry YESTERDAY =.
LaurePs Bridge, near London, and .ss at
quite severe fight. defeated them, eplitt;Da
the rebel regiment in two parts, which sk..
daddled in different directions. 'A''
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INpIANApoIys Az. .

About 5000 of the rebel prisoners CON-
tined In Camp Morton, left yesterday and
to-day by special trains for Cairo. Thar
will be sent to Vicksburg to be exchaposj
Between 400 and 500 Tennesseeans ~
Kentuckians took the oath of allegiance ~
the United States, and were released and
sent home.
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Scotland, according to her last census,
contains population of 1868, 294. This
includes all the natives who are in the mill
tary, navy. and merchant service, and the
increase in ten years has been only six per
cent. Thousands of Scotia's sons are in
this country, and are among our best
citizens.
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New YoRK. Auo or

~, = O1sHs @AHISs ~.
The lOSth regiment from Rochester. will
be here this evening and leave by the Am.
boy route. The l 18th will also arrive III; 8
afternoon from Albany and leave via Me-
Jersey. The 18th Maine goes by the same
route tonight.
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WAsHINeToN Aug Or

Mr.. Stanton said to-day that the order
for drafting to fill up the old regiments
would be enforced without fail by Septem.
Der Ist. The old regiments which have not
been recruited up to their full strength BY
that time, will at once be filled by draft.
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The engine house of the Hannibal & st.
Jo Railroad Company. with FIVE locomo-
tives and other machinery. las burned at
ST Joseph few nightsago. Only one en-
CINE was saved. Loss, $50, GOO; partially
insured.
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EMANciPATED.-Twenty- one negroes, the
former slaves of Willis Horde and Thomas
Gardiner, were Thursday morning emanci-
pated by the Provost Marshal General. Inc
negroes had given evidence of Importance
concerning rebel movements, and were own
ed by men whose disloyalty had been fully
proved Under the recent act of Congress,
they accordingly became freemen.-'St. Louis
T5aioa
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from rom Salisbury. North Carolina, and 9th.
southern prisons, and came here via Ri '
mono. They make bitter complains s''a 4,
10eir usage and hard fare. They left f =;
Washington this afternoon by special ALL no ,Oi
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Is.

The Press of this city has letter from
Pops's army, dated the 22d, which says
that Sigel had captured 1000 rebels. who
had crossed the Rappahannock on bridge,
which was destroyed by the fire of Fed
eral battery, cutting off their retreat and
forcing q surrender, after a. loss of 400 killed
aud wounded.
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WARRINGTON. Anr- 9,

1t is asserted by the emancipstionists that
the long political struggle is drawing to
close, and that the President, overborne by
the pressure brought Upon him, will issue
decree, giving freedom to all slaves, and this
before the 9Th of September.
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new Federal requisition have been nomi-
mated.
The organization of the 105th, at Cleve-
land. was completed to-day, being the first of
the new regiments.
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THE BIGGEST DONATION YET.-Johu c:
Rives, the publisher of the Congressional
Globe, has contributed $4,000 to the rails
ing and equipping of the 1st regiment OF
the District of Columbia.
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Ex- President Buchanan is about to re-
move from Wheatland 10 Downington, Pa
where be has just purchased farms three
hundred acres, for S26 900.
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We shall soon have an army of 200, 600
men in the field, which is over one hundred
thousand to each rebel State.
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NEW YoRK. Aug,

There is a report that Gen. Burnside is to
command the combined armies of Nc CIellan
and Pope in the field. We cannot say how
we'll founded.
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A colony of colored persons. to settle IN
Central America. is being raised in the DIS
tsiet of Columbia, Quite 4 number are en-
gaged-in the enterprise.