The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-11-24
NEWS sUMHARY.

General Logan gOesto Congress back.
ed by larger minority than any other
member ever received. sylss...
LAST Saturday night abe thirly-nins
Fenian prisoners confined in the old iaifI
were released from custody. The dis. ?.
charge was conducted with great. secrecy,
and itlWaslonly about an hour before their,
being sentiaway that che prisoners them,
selves were made aware OF the Joyous Il
dipgs, They we're furnished jranspottta-
ton by Government to Suspension
Bridge; and a. special train waslprovided1
by sthe,gGreat Western railroads. Rhs.
train drew up in the, rear of the Jail ATTIC
o'clock. aud the men quietly lodged on
board in charge of twenty men. under.
Lieut.. Harrison, of the ITlEi regiment.
The prisoners received a good supper
at the station before starting, ard each
presented with FIVE dollar greenb4ck, on
reaching the Falls. The Fenians babe
good, bye to the escort, giving lhree
hearty cheers for the Sheriff, the Govern.
or and the j I'll Off ,ials.-r II is now about
certain that no executions of Fenians-
will take place in Canada. ~, as .rs,.o.a
Eight Thousand new buildings have
been erected in Chicago during the pres
yent seaso.,, i % estimated cost Of seven
millions Of dollars. i1Gr-.r, -a.a,- +,
"A Territorial mass meeting has been
called by The. Coppetheais TO meet in
Denver on the 24,h inst, to syslematize
opposition tothe admission of Colorado
as State when1COngress assemblies. 1r {.
The California papers say that cot
ton Of The finest quality has been raised
in that Stale this season on the Upper
Kings river. so ~ Isl z-.sd n.a ns.s
The coal fields Of America cover
over ,225, 900 square niles, an area equal
tQ5twentyaeight such States as Masssehu- :
setts One cubic mile will furnish seven
millions of tons annually for a thousand
years. At this rate our coal will last six.
~ thousand years. "a Ees5 aersr...i . 3
POSTMASTER General Randall has in !
limated that he is on the stool of repent
ance for POST changes he. has ordered,
and th4tz henceforlh Mr.. Johnson him :;
selfwill have all the dirty work to do.g :
Z -Sjldiers who have bounty due them
should remember that three months have
elapsed of the six months which owere
allowed them for filing their applications:
Those who have not presented their claims
should do 50 immediately. .. .'.,,..
|, n letter from Southern Colorado. pub,
Eelished in the Denver Gazette of the 9Th,
says the Ute Indians are upon the verge
of an outbreak, and that there is no
means of protecting settlers in case hos,
,tiIities commence. There is great alarm
in that portion of Colorado. l- a9ra.t. 81
I = Governor Ward, of New Jersey, has
appointed Frederick T. Frelingbugsen as
UuisedSt Senator pro tenn in place Of
Hon. Wn: Wright deceased. Tnis=neW
Senator is q young man. and Attorney
General Of the Safe. 80 - -, -.
--The1War sgaipst Secretary Stanton
by the leading johnson men is being car:
ried on as reIeniiessIy as ever, bat with
what success does not appear.
--Johu Morrisseyr makes $4,000 on
bets that Hoffman would carry New York
city by over 40 900 majority. This will
help him pay his election expenses.
| "A terrible. famine is prevailing ia
India. Thousands upon thousands Of
people are without food. A dispatch
Ifrom India to- the L6neoS Spectator re-
hports that one-balf the inhabitants o.
? Orissa, on the souIhw west coast of Bengal,
numbering two aud a haK millions have
died from starvation. O. The report is toe
5monstrOus to be believed, and is zdiscred'
kited BY the English journals. sa74 Sd. "a
/ The English, Government and PEG
I pie seem inclined to settle the Alabama
claims if demand is made by the United
\ States to that effect. $50 80 80. ~
II .Dslsq a Sermon from Satan @ gS9..;
! What are WeDcoming tot When .th'
{ Chicago Times of ell other papsTs on th'
faceaoH the earth glbreaks'oat 10 aadgosae5
ofextemeradical ideas, we begin 20 son
der whether the world is not I0sned up
side down. Has sixty odd thousand ms
ioisyzfor= logan driven the man ssclea1
. daft?" Has the tsFF ible beating Of las
Tuesday made him forget that DemocEa
# cy. and hatred of @the1 niggeF mean tht
same thing? We can 5imly fancy "a,
feelings of the old.fasbioHed hafdsheI
eopperheads of Illinois aud Indians upol
Il resdingih the Times that ssneeTo suffFag,
) is inevitable, aud that sit is always wis,
to accept the-inevitable when the inevita.
BILE comes" We can sesatheir eyes star
from their sockets az they rssd that ah,
Times advocates impartial suffrsge. Al
: is aoW the rule In lMassaebsetts!''T HoF
: riblel.- Shall We swallow Anything Aha
: suits Massachusetts,? Heageu forbid!'.