The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1864-02-06
Items nud News.

Gen. Grant is fully 10 favor OF all the
Presidents measures. and especially Of
his emancipation policy and the arming
Of the negroes. What will the New
York Herald do for . candidate for
President now? II has tried 10 kill
Grant BY endorsing him. but the attempt
signaIly failed. Grant can't be killed
with paper balls.
The Pi,,sburg Dispatch says the ''po-
sition Of the Blair family in relation to
the administration must be = source Of
regret TO every sincere An,i.Slsvery
msn ia the country" 1t is somewhat
singular ,ha, = family which hss gained
its reputation BY a theoretical advocacy
of freedom. should fail at the precise
point where practical emancipation is
sl,ainable. Old Ben. Butler. will his
practical strong sense and ready sb'li'y
TO grapple with the monster treason. is
a happy contrast. i" his converted STATE.
to the Blairs. Who have gone back to
their "wallowing 10 the mirs." How
ever. We hope they will get up and
wash of sgain.
A man named Roosevelt recently died
in New York worth over million Of
dollars. He WAS . r~cluse-a miser-
and held no intercourse With the world.
except ss business demanded. In bis
young days he was engaged 10 be MR.
rird. but from some cause he Was not
He left the lady. who is yet single. a
good legacy. and wiIled = million of
dollars to found . bospilsl. lie had
paced his room with cane in hand So
that the foor had been worn entirely
through several times and replaced. He
travelled 10 this way As much as the dis
lance around the globe !, is thought.
A wealthy Kenluckian named Samu-
el Stevenson. died recently in WASH
ington from the effects Of slung- sho.
received in the yard Of . bawdy house.
in that city.
A hundred Wild ducks we're caught
near Vincsnnes, Indiana. during the cold
weather BY the ice and snow freezing
upon .h IN as they rose out Of the water.
and preventing the use Of their wings.
|, is said that every building 10 one
Of the principal streets Of Washington
city is hoass Of i'll fame. and more are
being erected.
The Hartford Times aays that . gar
net. which belonged TO the signet-ring
Of Coun, Rochambeau. the French officer
who aided Washington in the reduction
Of Yorktown when CornwAllxs was In.
ken. was found BY . Northern soldier
si"cs our occupation Of tina. town dur
ing the present war. This is valua.
bic relic.
Affairs in japan are utterly confused.
Outlaws abound. and !. seems that an
arehy prevails to = great extent. That
country has been sealed from the res. Of
the world. and The sexl 10 about 70 be
broken.
A rebel letter from Bragg's army to
the Mobile Register says tia. the .p-
p6intment Of Gen. Thomas in the p!ac.
VI Gen. Roseerans was worth 10000
men to the rebels. The same letter
says Thomas was strong southern man
Of ihe Calhoun stripe-that be went to
Richmond Al the openins OF The war.
and rendered bis services 70 the rete,s
that his application fer a DO .iliou in
the Virginia State Guard (he i. a ua. We
of Virginia. is yet on Gle and suggests
that lie must have been bought up. or
that his wife (of Troy n. Y. } prevailed
upon him no. 10 side With the rebellion.
Rosecrsns has assumed command a,
81. Leuis.