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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31
President,s Prociamation.

WAsHINGToN, October II.
WHEREAS, The term of service of a part
of the volunteer forces of the United States
win expire during the coming year, and
whereas, In addition to the men raised by
the present draft, it is deemed expedient to
call out 100000 volunteers TO serve for
three years or the war, not, however, exceed
ing three years: Now, therefore, I, Abra-
ham Lincoln. President of the United
States. and Commander-iu-C Chief of the
army and navy thereof, and of the militia
of the different States when called into ac-
tive service, do issue this mr. proclamation,
calling upon the Governors of the different
States to raise and have enlisted into the
service Of the United States, for the yari-
Gus companies and regiments in the field
from their respective States, their quota of
800. 600 men.
l further proclaim that all the volunteers
that are called out and duly enlisted shall
receive pay, premium and bounty, as here
tofore communicated to the Governors of
the States by the War Department, through
the Provost Masshal Generals, by special
letter.
1 further proclaim that if any State shall
fail to raise the quota assigned to it by the
"0A * PoI lulculS uuucI IulS CALI tu6u d
draft for the deficiency shall be made in
the State, or in the Districts of said State,
for their due proportion of said quota. and
the said draft will commence on the 9Th day
of January, 1854. further proclaim that
nothing in this proclamation shall interfere
with existing orders, or those which may
be Issued for the present draft in the States
where 1t is in progress, or where it has not
yet been commenced. The quota of the
States and Districts will be assigned by the
War Department through the Provost Mar
Shal's office, due regard being had for the
men heretofore furnished, whether by vol
unteering or drafting. and the recruiting
Will be conducted in accordance with such
instructions as have been or may be issued
by that Department.
In issuing this proclamation I address
myself not only the Governors of the sew
eral States. but also to the good and loyal
people thereof invoking them to lend their
cheerful and effective aid to the measure
thus adopted with a view to reinforce our
victorious armies in the field and bearing
our military operations to prosperous end,
thus closing forever the fountain Of sedi-
ton and cruel war.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city OF
Washington this 18th day of October, A.
D. 1868. and of the Independence Of the
United States the 88th.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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GEN. HooKER's New CoMMAED.-The
Washington correspondent of the Boston
Traveller says of Gen. Hooker's movements:
He is to be under Rosecrans, and is to
command part of the reinforcements sent
to Chattanooga. 1t is pretty generally
known that the Government is exerting it.
self to the utmost to give Rosecrans. troops
enough. not simply to remain safely on the
defensive, but to assume the offensive at
once Hooker viii have charge of one of
the largest corps of the Army of the Cum
berland, and he has few superiors as a corps
commander in the country. He accepted
the appointment readily, although it is a
step down the ladder, and it was fine ex-
hibition of patriotism as well as good sense
for him to accept it unhesitatingly.
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WITTY-sCTssoR-fsMs.

Prentice says that JEFF. Davis life. Hful-,
" narrated. we1ld Gil 4 large volumes but
Its end will be toldsby q single line. ri.
Why is an elephant unlike tree? Be-
cause q tree leaves in the spring. aud the
elephant leaves when the nnenagerie does.
Mr.. and Mrs Brewer, of Wayne county.
KY, have twenty-five children. This is
perhaps the most extensive Brewery in the
West.
Why was there panic in the early days
of Moses-2 Because there were PUSHES on
the banks and Pharach's daughter with
drew valuable deposit.
81 wonder this child don't 90 to Sleep
said an anxious mother to female acquaint-
ance. "WelI, DON'T" replied the lady;
''its face is so dirty it can't shut its eyes.
"A military officer wanted to compliment
a negro by drinking with him. "Well Cap
TAIN" replied Cuff, Use very dry, so
won't be ugly about it. Some niggas is to
proud to drink with a milishy ossifer-
but think milishy ossifer, when sober.
is just as good as any nigga-sPecialy if
the nigga is dry"
One day wealthy old lady, whose plan
tation was in the vicinity of the camp,
came in and inquired for General Payne.
When the commander made his appearance,
the old lady, in warm language. at once ac-
quainted him with the fact, that his men
had stolen her last coop full of chickens,
and demanded the restitution of their value
IN currency.
81 am sorry for you, madam replied
the General, ''but 1 can't help it. The
fact is, madam, we are determined to
squelch out the rebellion, if it takes every
ID chicken in Tennessee !'A
A newly married couple of Teutonic
extraction came TO a store for the purpose
of buying the necessary articles for house
keeping. After purchasing dishes, knives.
forks, coffee mill, &c. Jacob looked around
and observed a grain cradle, he asked:
"Vat ish de brce of de Cradle ?''
The red checked little spouse did not see
the useful farming implement, and when
her liege lord asked the question, she turned
with blushing face, exclaiming:
Now, Shake, don't be fool; you knows
we don want no Cradle now"
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PREPARE FOR A SEVERE W1Nr4R.-The

PREPARE FOR SEVERE WINTHR.-The
weather prophets say that the people may
look out for the hardest winter seen for
years. There will be more cold days, the
mercury will run lower, and the snow be
deeper, than before since 1857 This is the
first fall since that of 1857 that the birch
trout have commenced leaving the small
creeks for deep holes as early as September,
muskrats have double walled their little hill
lock homes. These and certain other infal-
Hble signs known to the sportsman and
hunter, indicate winter Of unusual sever
ity. 1t is thought by many that the river
will close at least two weeks earlier than
last year.=,St. Paul Press.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

TAxAr1oN-The first Legislature that
had to change our entire code of laws from
a Territorial to State Government, and
done twice the work of any subsequent Leg
islature. appropriated about 100000 which
covered our entire State expenses. The
next Legislature appropriated $40, 600, OF
an increase of $4,000. The last Legisla-
ture appropriated $4,000, an increase
over the first Legislature of S45. 600. They
also contracted an additional State debt OF
over 500. 600, and taxed every log cabin
in the State. Elect the same members this
fall, and they will bankrupt the State.-Ee.
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PROPOSAL No. 3:

For the printing of the JOURNALS of the
Senate and House of Representatives, and of
such reports, communications, and other docu-
mCnts, as enter into and make part of the Jour
mails. Bids to specify the price per quire Tor the
paper, the price per token for the press- work,
and the price per thousand ems for the compost
ton. The said Journals to be printed in super
royal octave form, neat Long Primer type,
single loaded, in as close and compact order as
is consistent with good workmanship, without
unnecessary blanks, paragraphs, broken
pages the pages to be of the same size those
of the Journals of the Legislature of 1860.
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PROPOSAL NO. 3

For the printing of all Reports, Communica-
tons, and other documents, that may be ordered
to be printed in PAMPHLET form by the Leg
islature, either branch thereof, except such as
enter into and make part of the Journals. to-
cether with the volume of PUBLIC DOCU-
MENTS. Bids to specify the price per quire for
the paper, the price per token for the press work,
and the price per thousand ems for the compost
ton. To be printed the same kind of type,
and the pages to be of the same size specified
for the Journals IN Proposal No. 2.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

JAYHAwKIHG.-The Natehez Miss. cor
respondent of the St. Louis Republican gets
off the following serious joke:
And so far as quiet stealing goes, the sol
der gets alarming'y skillful. Strategy,
nv bow" becomes an element of his laree-
MES. It is a fact, believe, that party OF
the 5lh Kansas once stole a grave. How?
you ask. IN this way: Some members OF
the Cd Wisconsin had to bury a comrade,
and dug a grave for the solemn purpose.
Some members of the 9Th Kansas having
the same melancholy Office to perform for
one of their deceased companions, watched
a chance, and while the detail of the Cd
Wisconsin had gone for the Wisconsin
corpse, took possession of the grave and
buried their own inanimate jayhaWker
therein. cali that the graVest offense, in
its way, on record.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

The ARMY AND THE NEGRO SOLDIERS
The feeling of the. army toward the black
soldiers is thus related: 81
said, in careless tone, to one of the
Pennsylvania soldiers, who was looking at
Higginson's regiment, as it stood in line,
"Isn't that rather new, to be relieved by a
negro regiment?"
''All right" said he. They've as much
right to fight for themselves as have 10
fight for them
A squad of half dozen men stood by,
making no dissent, and accepting him as
their spokesman. Moving in o.her d.
rection, 1 said to soldier, "What do you
think of that regiment?"
"All GIT. d rather they ID shoot the
rebels than have the rebels shoot me-" and
none of the bystanders dissented
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Folding, Stitching and Binding
PROPOSAL NO 6.

For the folding of all bills, resolutions pam.
phlets or documents ordered to be printed. to-
gether with all the stitching of the same, and the
paper covering all documents ordered covered by
the Legislature which proposal shall specify the
rate per hundred sheets for folding, rate per
hundred copies for stitching, and rate per hun
dred copies for paper covering all documents or
dered 10 be covered.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

CURE FOR DIPTHERIA-I see that dip
liberia is raging at Strattou, Vermont. This
disease occasionally breaks out in different
parts of the country. and as often battles
the skill of physicians. have seen a rem
edy used successfully in many cases, and
write to give it to the public. It is This:
Keep fat bacon, well sailed, applied to the
throat, and use gsrgle of salt water often.
Apply also iodine to the infected part four
or FIVE times each day by means of small
sponge mop. A cure is almost certain. To-
dine IS also a specific for erysipelas, which
is the same, l think, as diptheria, except
that it is outward. These diseases both
ragged here, to an alarming extent, some
months back, and the iodine proved an ex-
cellent remedy Cor. Louisville Journal.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

NOTICE.

Proposals for State Printing.
Sealed proposals endorsed Proposals for State
Printing" will be received at the Office of the
Secretary of State, Topeka, Kansas, until the
first Monday in November next, for the executing
of the several branches of State Printing in sep
arate contracts, as hereinafter specified, for the
term of one year from the fourth Monday in De-
cember next.
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PROPOSAL NO. 4:

For the printing Of the General and Local
LAWS and such joint resolutions may be di-
rected by the Legislature tC be printed Herewith.
81 DIS to specify the price per quire for the paper
the price per token fer the press work and the
price per thousand ems for the composition. To
be printed IN royal octave form, on good Small
Plea type. The pages to be of the same size and
form those in the laws of the session of the
Territorial Legislature of 1860, with similar mar
ginal notes and index to the same.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

On the 18th of August a great FIRE oc-
CURED at Monasta, Turkey. when $500
shops, $40 houses, 40 knans, 3 mosques, S
synagogues, and other property, were de-
stroyed, all of the value of two million and
a half of dollars. More than six hundred
Jewish families have been rendered house
less BY this calamity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

A Berlin professor finds that Europe
contains $4,000, 900 Of Inhabitants, Asia
100. 900 600, Africa 80, OOO, 900, America
600, OOo 600, and Polynesia 1000, 600
total 1888, 600 900. Of this little crowd
about $4,000. 900 die in each year, which
is 87,76l day, or 81 per minute An
other professor calculates that sc, 627 ,843,-
275,075,8 55 people have lived on the earth
since the creation.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31
ALLEN WHITE, M. D.,

Physician and Surgeon,
OFFERS his professional services to the PEG,
" Pile of Emporia and vicinity. Once and
residence on Commercial ST rect, Emporla, IN Ban
erofts building. I5Uo
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31
PROPOSAL NO. 5 :

LARS necessary for the use of the Executive Of
fees of the State. Bids 10 specify the price per
qure for the paper, the price per quire for the
press.work, and the price per thousand ems for
the composition.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

The belle Of the British Court is admitted
to be Lady Constance Grosvenor, born in
1884, married in 1859 to Earl Grosvenor,
prospectively the richest man in England.
The published portraits of the lady scarcely
do her Justice
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

Sea-bathing costumes in France are reg
ulated by the Government, which regulates
everything. A writer, speaking of their
effect on the wearers, says, ''the men resem-
bic wet statues, not much like Apollo. and
the women look like magnifed brown rats
on their hind legs"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

''Is it very sickly here?" asked son of
the Emerald Isle, the other day, of brother
Irisbman. 'Yis," was the reply, ga great
many have died this year who never died
hefore . go
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

Wo I've take the following about
wool from the last New York Economist:
Domestic woods have been more in re-
quest from manufacturers, and are frmly
held at a range Of sixty and sixty eight
cents, some small parcels changing hands
at rather higher figures. AS regards the
future of wool, opinions at this writing are
about equally divided. Some say that
woods will be higher, based upon the small
supply of cotton, aud that the yield of do
mestic wool this year does not exceed that
of last, instead of twenty and twenty five
per cent. increase. Many of the growers
have crowded their lands with sheep, over
fed them, and the production will be less
than supposed. Others argue that, as for
eign woods are largely taking the place of
domestic by change Of machinery, and
being cheaper. it will affect the value of do
nestle. and must reduce its price. These
are the opinions, and we give them for what
they are worth.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

ARENAS Ward says there is no daily pa
per published in his town, but there is a
ladies' sewing circle, which answers the
same purpose.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

Four things come not back-the broken
word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the
neglected opportunity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

A young woman IN New Orleans shot 3
fellow for asking her if she would marry him.
He popped the question, and she the ques-
toner.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

Why lie a noteof hand like a blade of
grass? Because it is matuFed By falling dew.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31
By the President.
w. H. Seward, Sec'y of State.

COUNTERFEIT POSTAGE CURRENcY.-It
has been ascertained that of the so cent pos
tage currency there are nine different coun-
terfeits, of the 25s and los two each, and of
the IS, one. Besides this, there is much
mutilitation of this currency, the fragments
of which are pasted together and used by
those whose gains would be at least equal
if their labor was devoted to honest toll.
The present postage currency is coming in
to the treasury at the rate of $50. 600 per
day; and about two millions of the twenty
millions ofdollais issued have already been
received. The fifty and twenty-five cent
notes will be Withdrawn. and the new and
improved issue will soon begin to take their
place. The withdrawal of the fyes and tens
will be more gradual. All the notes return
ed are counted in the Treasurer's Office, put
in packages of ten dollars. and then cut in
halves by machine; subsequently, each
percel of halves is counted by different per-
sons; thus the pile receives three different
countings.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-10-31

Prentice says wheH man hasn't paid bis
whisky bill the due is on the rye.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-02-14
Charleston a Deserted city.

The following is an extract of letter
from a foreign gentleman, dated Charleston,
S. c., Dec. IS, 1862:
We arrived at Charleston four days after
leaving New York. and although 1 had not
made myself any illusions, yet 1 did not ex-
pect to find this city such as it is; in truth.
at first and particularly in certain quarters,
it seems like one vast cemetery, and there
are scarcely two or three streets sufficiently
animated to dispel this impression.
Ever since the beginning of the blockade
every day some families moved away to
retire into the interior, and Of late this emf
grafton has become almost general. Con-
sequently there can be nothing more sad,
1 assure you, than these fine streets in which
you often do not meet ten persons in their
entire length; nothing so sad as these fine
houses without life, their balconies and gar
dens deserted, and their windows closed
silent and funeral, as though death had
passed there. Add to this the fret that
nearly third of the city is in ruins, the
effect of the terrible fire which devastated
Charleston about year ago, and you will
scarcely have an idea of the sad spectacle
that presented itself to the eye on every
side. The more sad for me, as the transit
ton had been so sudden, and had my mind
still full of New York. --- asgra
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course of fifteen minutes IN Iength, OF which
he does not understand a word. Songs,
too, in French or German, after single
hearing, he renders, not only literally in
words, but in notes, style, and expression.
| His voice, however, Is discordant, and OF
! small compass.
The peculiar power which Tom posses
ses, however, requires no scientific knowl-
edge of music in his audiences to appreciate.
Placed at the instrument with any must
clan. he plays perfect bass accompaniment
to the treble of music heard for the first
time as he plays. Then taking the seat va
Gated by the other performer, he instantly
gives the entire piece, intact, with brilliancy
and symmetry, not note lost or misplaced.
The selections of music by which this pow
er of Toms was tested, two years ago,
were sometimes fourteen and sixteen pages
in length. On one occasion, at an exhibit
ton at the White House, after a long con-
cert, he was tried with two pieces-one
thirteen, the other twenty pages long-and
was successful.
We know of no parallel case to this in
musical history. Grimm tells US, as one of
the most remarkable manifestations of Mo-
zart's infant genius, that at the age of nine
he was required to give an accompaniment
to an aria which he had never heard before,
and without notes. There were false ac-
cords in the first attempt, he acknowledges,
but the second was pure. When the mu-
sic to which Tom plays Seco1adC Is strictly
classical, he sometimes balks for an instant
in passages-to do otherwise would argue
a creative power equal to that of the master
composers; but when any cbordsnt harmo-
ny runs through ton which the glowing
negro soul can seize, you know-there can
be no "false accords," as with the infant
Mozart. After any too prolonged effort,
such as those l have alluded to, his whole
bodily frame gives way, and complete ex-
haustion of the brain follows, accompanied
with epileptic spasms.
Being slave, Tom was never taken to a
free State; for the same reason, his master
refused advantageous offers from European
managers. The highest points north at
which his concerts were given, were Balti
more and the upper Virginia towns. I heard
him sometime in 1860. He remained
week or two in the town, playing every night.
That feature of the concerts which was
the most painful, have not touched upon
the moments when his master was talk
ing, and Tom was left to himself-when
weary despair seemed to settle down on the
distorted face, and the stubby, little black
fingers, wandering over the keys, spoke for
Toms own Gagged soul within Never, by
any chance, a merry, childish laugh of mu-
sic in the broken cadences; tender or wild,
a defiant cutlery, tired sigh breaking down
into silence.--AAGntjc Monthly.
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MERCHANTS HOTEL,
CHEROKEE STREET, . r
BETWEEN MA1N AND SECOND STREETS,
.F..5. Leavenworth, Kansas. sa7
J. LANDEs, -PRoFRIEToa.

THIS HOUSE has been fitted up, and entirely
i re-furnished, The chambers are large and
comfortable. Servants attentive. 7e r,.i,srsif1
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