The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-05-12

At bauauet At Noble given II honor
of the Infamous Capt Semmes. that notable
vas nominated tor Probate Judge Of No
bile According to The description Of tbs
Mobile Times. the speech he made On the
occasion was received with great enthusi-
asm. Bat the cream of The affair was the
toasts- We fad IN the proceedings that The
FIRST regular toast was The Presideut of
the United States" This was received
with cheers Tns sss11i regular
toast vas Jefferson Davis and his speedy
liberation This caused the uiIdest excite
ment. Birds of feather flock together"
Gen Garcia has taken the position Of Mag
imiIiau's Secretary of War It's said =
general draft viii s1on be ordered By the
Emperor The Liberals have been defeated
At Hutzicario- The seige of MazAtiau con
tinues. The Liberal Gen. Meudez v as
shot by the French while In his bed Sew
eral influential citizens in the reighbor-
hood we're also shot
A riot occurred at Memphis on the LIST.
ID the southern pant of the city. between the
policemen and negro soldiers. grouiug out
of an attempt By the officers to arrest a
white msn whom he negroes wers deter
mined to protect lTsen,y or thirty police
men assembled and kept up Eight for two
hours with about $50 negro soldiers. One
policeman was killed. and four wounded
Eight or ten negroes were killed, and sever
al wounded Tbs 18th regiment of infant
" were finally called out. and at 10 O'Clock
p m. everything was quiet.
The President sent MESSAGE to the
House ca the LIST. enclosing letter from
Secretary Seward. giving the result of lis
examination Of various propositions from
British holders of the rebel debt, or cotton
loan, for an adjustment to the satisfaction
of the United States TIE Secretary says
that none of them are entitled to consider
alton.
1t appears that the notorious James NJ
ScOVei of New Jersey. has become the dis
| penser Of Federal patronage in the western
counties of that State This privilege is
bestowed upon him BIZ President johnson
by way of reward for service rendered in
preventing the election of Union Senator
in place of Mr. j. P Stockton.
In view of the hot and eickIy season in
the Capital, rooms are being fitted up for
the President and his family at the Inter
national Hotel. Long Branch. NJ. The
family will probably repair there early. Ieav-
ing the President to 0lIow on the adjourn
meut of Congress.
/ About $50. 900 was stolen from the
First National BsnL of Csdiz, Ohio, 25
miles from WhesEing, on the night of ths
2eth of April. By a half dozen thieves.
The robbers went about O'Clock in the
mo ming. to the residence Of the cashier,
called him up. seized aud gagged him, SO
that he could make no noise They then
went through the sans process with his
wife and compelled her to fork over the
keys Of the bank. THUS armed aud equip
ped they went to the bank '.bueked and gag
ged" the watcnman, and ''gobbIed'' the
above amount in ''seveu thirt;es" and green
backs They then Iocksd the Waterman in
the vault, scattered the gold aud silver over
the floor and ''scootsd'' by means of hand
car on the Pitlsburg. Cincinnati and Co
lumbus Railroad. having first cut the tele-
graph wire Il was q very bold affair.
They had been laying about Cadiz for sew
eraI days, and bad been watched as suspic-
ious locking characters
Z he Leavenworth Times, of the 9th inst.
the Democratic organ of Kansas. con
raius call for meeting of the Democratic
State Central Commute at Leavenworth,
on Saturday. the 26sh of May