The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1865-08-05

The News.
The rebels keep rushing to Washing
ton for pardon. Some who have been
pardoned return to the South and
preach treason, laud the rebe lion, and
curse the North. AS one Of the condi-
tions of every pardon. the Presiden,
should exact personal acquiesence in
the measures Of the government, and a
condemnation of treason-failure in eli.
ther Of these. should subject the person
pardoned to forfeiture Of all the bene.
fits of the amnesty. This is practical
ly implied in the oath. but it should be
q special contract in the pardon it.
self.
A fire in Atchison on Monday night
destroyed property 10 the amount o.
about $4,000.
The public schools in New York have
been in danger Of being closed for want
of funds to carry them on. And yet
the city government. spends thousands
upon public receptions, etc. that are
Wasted.
A proposed concer. in A,chison had
to be abandoned because piano could
not be obtained for the occasion. What
city!
Sam. Wood is reported TO be on his
way to Fort Scott. under arres. on the
charge Of cattle stealing.
Bill Mulligan. the noted rascal. was
shot dead BY an officer in California.
He was drunk at the time. had shot two
citizens and was aiming at another when
the officer finished his guilty career.
Gov. Holden, Of N. c., says the Bit
ter feeling in his State against the peo-
pie of the North is confined to . few
persons. and need no, be feared by per-
sons desiring to emigrate there.
A destructive FIRE is reported to have
taken place in Galveston. which was
finally extinguished By tho soldiers.
It's estimated from pretty reliable
data that the South lost nearly or quite
600, 900 men during the war. Alabama
alone lost 10000. @s
1t is said the Indians are determined
10 fight. and don't want peace. Clean
them out, then.
Returned families going back to The
South frequently 6nd their homes in
ashes. and everything about the psemi-
ses in desOlation.
In the Quartermaster's Dept at
Washington $50 extra clerks are kept
busy day and night, SO great is the Ia
Dor consequent upon the mastering out
of the army.
A serious riot occurred in Cincinnati
on Sunday last, in which 3 men were
shot.
Paymaster Walsh, Washington, and
his two clerks have been arrested and
imprisoned, rumor says on charge Of
defalcations.
Gen. Dick Taylor tAs been to see
HE President; it is said to obtain an
interview with Jeff. Davis. who is bis
TIE revolution in Hsyti is still prog.
-essing. The darkies there do not get
.long well with self-goyernment. The
have for their motto:-
Liberty, fraternity and equality JEFF
ard. the President. is charged thty-
amy and oppression.
Complaints are made Of Sharkey. the
Governor Of Mississippi
lie is said to be pro-slayery in his views.
nd as lending his aid 10 the old plan.
ers to use the negroes as slaves or the
ext thing to it. A planter shot ne
70 for saying he was told to plant cot.
on in q field instead OF corn. Some of
be planters viii have to be hung for
ach murders. II will be good for the
ubiic health. Sharkey is said to have
ct up Justices Of his own appointing.
nd To- have recognized the laws passed
y ihe rebel legislature. He should be
eposed a. once, if the half reported Of
80, ;c trua