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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-03-17
Gen. Pope,s Order.

Major General Pope has issued an order.
dated February 9Th, of incalcuable import
ance TO freightefs and travellers across the
plains. 1t is about the first instance ofcom
mon sense on the part of officials in the mat
ter of dealing with Indians. by reducing to
system the insurance Of life and property
among the savages. The substance of the
order is {: That Forts Ridgely and AEer.
crombie are points of rendezvous for travel
lers by the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone.
or the Black Hills and Powder river; Fort
kearney for trains going to Denver City or
Fort Laramie by the Platte River: and Fort
Riley for trains by the Smoky Hill or Ar
kansas River routes. A these posts the
trains are to be organized and equipped for
defence, and no trains of less than twenty
wagons and thirty armed men will be per
mitted to proceed. Like arrangements will
be required of trains returning.
The enforcement of this order is demand
ed for the safely of travel, and its advantage
to the Government. The immense traffic
of the coming season will afford plumber
tempting to Indians heretofore unequslled.
and it is impossible for government to afford
proper protection if freighters aud travellers
are 10 follow system of struggling. which
has principally been the cause of all disaster.
1t is made the imperative duty of military
commanders to arrest all persons found trav-
cling contrary to the rules established by
the order.
It's enforcement will greatly rejoice the
citizens of Junction, aud of the Smok Hill
Valley. The consequent addition to the
business of this neig hborhood will be i'm
mense. In anticipating the completion OF
the Union Pacific Railroad to this point the
coming season. and establishing Fort Riley
as point of rendezvous for the traveIsof ali
the southern routes. the General exhibits
excellent judgement It is but forerunner
of the inevitable. Next fall liberal crop of
hay can be gathered off Of the bed of the
''only naVigsble route .''-sJunetion City
Union.
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eminent At once, to prevent trouble and de-
mand decent respect for y. S. citizens and
the American flag. It may even now be
too late. but longer tarrying viii be crime,
A letter from Mszatlan says: "Ths con-
dition of affairs in this immediate neigh boF-
hood is deplorable. The Frenoh occupy
Mazatlan, thereby retaining a port; but
believe the whole State OF Sinaloa outside is
in possession of the Liberal forces. Coro-
na is II chief command, and hovers near
the city with foFcs Of /. 600 or 9. 600 men.
among whom are several Americans and
other foreigners recently enlisted. He has
made demonstrations outside the forti6ca--
tons within fortnight, which resulted 10
unimportaut scFimmages. The bitterest
imaginable feeling exists between the two
parties, particularly among the Mexicans
themselves, and hanging when prisoners
are taken is not rare. No merchandise or
provisions are permitted to leave the city
for the interior. aud Of course, trade is quite
ruined. Heavy importers in the coast cite
who have recently received large cargoes
from Europe, upon which t hey are Obliged
to pay enormous duties suffer very heavily
I
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to that point would secure every pound Of
Santa Fe and way trade to this city. The
map will prove this beyond question. Can
such q road be built? A company is
already organized. composed of men along
the line, together with such names as r. D.
Lathrop. of the firm of Lathrop. Ludington
& Co., of New York, Washington Libby
of Boston, and others. 1. s. Kallooh. Esq I.
of Ottawa. Is President of the company, aud
is now presenting Its claims to our leading
citizens, and generalinterest is being auak-
ened in the subject. The projected road
runs through one of the richest portions of
the West, touching HarFisonVille, county
seat of Cass county; Paola, county seat of
Miami county, Kansas; Ottawa, county
seat of Franklin; Emporia, county seat OF
Lyon; and then on by way of the county
seatof Chase. 1t is believed that 1900
600 in county bonds can be raised along the
line of the road from counties already well
settled and rapidly filling up Prominent
eastern capitalists are already looking to il
with interest as direct continuation of q
line pointing through New Mexico and Ari
iona to the Pacific, and If st. Louis does
her obvious duty in the premises. we see nc
reason why the road may not be speedily
built
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Arkansas.

On the 2Gth of Februsry Senator Lane.
OF this State, made an effort to have the
credentials of the Senators from Arkansas
taken from the files of the Senate and re
fsrred to the Judiciary committee, with 9
view of fastening the admission Of those
Senators. He claims that this State is one
that never had Provisional Governor The
Senator'S vera regularly elected by the Leg
islatuEe. p extarct the following para
graph from his speech on this occasion:
"Mr. President, there ara dark clouds in
the horizon of the great Union party OF
this country and of the country itself. Il
has been my pride and pleasure steadily
and sternly to vote with the representa- yes
of that party upon this floor since l have
had seat here. 1t will still be my pride
and pleasure to do so; but l desire to state
here to those Senators that in my judgment
unless they, without delay, admit the loyal
representatives, of the seeded States, they
make the. greatest mistake that has ever
been made by men. Hereafter, every res
olu,ion, every bill, every measure Of any
nature that in my judgement looks 10 a
postponement of tbs admission of those
Senator'S upon this floor, will meet with my
unfinohing opposition. I want the clouds
which now hang over US to be dissipated
and to disappear. They will be dissipated,
and they will disappear, if you admit up
on this floor without delay the loyal repre-
eentatives from these States, and am for
admitting none other.''
The credentials were taken from the files
of the Senate. and the motion to refer to
the Judiciary Committee was promptly ia
bled-yeas 90. nays IL. H.
Mr.. Lane then moved that the Senators
elect from Arkansas be admitted to seats
gn the floor of the Senate, which on mo-
non Of Mr.. Wade was also tabled by vote
of 81 year to ID nays.
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a
there will not be an Indian 10 Kansas living |
under tribal organization. This is GER
taiBly ga consumation devouIly 70 be wish
ence IN the settlement of Kansas and the
development of her resources"
At the election for The subscription Of
stock to the amount of 500. 600. by Linn
COUNTY. to be Kansas City and Fort Scott
Railroad on the 91st. the bonds were voted
BY the nice litile maj ority of $50.
We learn that the U. P. R. R. Co. has
de 6nitely determined to locate their machine
shops at this place. These will necessarily
be very extensive, being for the perfor-
nance of all repairing and car-building be-
tween Kansas City and Fort Riley. This
will give employment 10 hundreds of men,
and necessitate the erection of large i'm
provements, in the way of car houses, shops,
DC, sufficient to make quite little town of
itself.--LdaOrence ITi6une.
A man named Pepper. living in Frank
lin county. was robbed of $3.50 on Friday
last. He Was invited into saloon to drink
by an acquaintance, and il is supposed that
bic drink was drugged. The psrpetratcr
Of the crime is supposed TO have left the city
as he has not since been found. Pepper
has been very i'll since, but is now recover
ing--Lb.
A mao named Leach. ageL rs years. was
robbed at his residence pear Lecomptop. on
Saturday night last. The amount taken
was 81, 300 mostly in gold.-I6
Two gentlemen from New York. are now
| in opaEa Il.
immense coal beds lying west of, sud ad-
joining that city. Their Intention is to sup
ply the increased demand that there will be
for coal as the railroad is completed west.
The Atchison Free Press says: Late 10
evening of last Saturday, mad horse be
longing to Adam LeVsn. ran into the village
of Waihena. 10 Doniphsn county, causing
no little alarm. He ran on one man, stFik
ing him down with his forefeet, and kick
ing him in a terrible manner, iDjuring him
severely. He was finally caught aud con-
fined in a stable. and the next morning was
not considered dangerous.
By order of Governor Crawford the mill
tia of the Sd and 4th brigade districts of this
State are required to Immediately cause their
respective commands TO be thoroughly or
ganized. armed and equipped, so as to be in
readiness for active service at any time,
when occasion may require.
Late movements of Missouri Bushwhack-
ers seem to require this precautionary step
RED MEN ON THE WAR PATH.-Colonel
Dodd, who arrived at LeVenWoTt from Fort
Dodge day or to ago, writes to friend
in this city that it was reported that George
Bent IA half breed son of one of the Bents
of the mountains) had been elected War
Chief of the Cheyennes. Arrapahoes, and
other prairie tribes. aud that he was prepar-
ing to take the field against the whites
Notwithstanding his Anglo-Saxon blood.
Bent is said to be bitter enemy of the
whites; and as he is brave and daring. troub-
lie may be expected on the plaius-NissOsrl
Democrat.
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State and western Item,


The Times has information of the confir-
nation Of Mcdowell as Postmaster at Leav-
enwOrth. Uice Anthony, removed.
A stage recently made the trip from San
ia Fe to Kansas City in eleven days-the
fastest time ever made between these two
points.
The Overland Dispatch Company have
authorized six thousand telegraph poles to
be put up on the Smoky Hill route.
One million of dollars is reported to have
been placed to The credit of the Supsrintend
eut of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad,
by the Directors, with instructions to make
it first class road.
The Bugle states that several hundred
teams will be in Council Bluffs during the
coming summer. to carry the Mormon en-
igration to Salt Lake City. The Mormon
emigration from Europe next season is ex-
pected to be larger than ever before.
The Military Post known as Cottonwood
situated on Platte river, Nebraska Territory,
between Fort Kearney and Julesburg, has
been designated as Fort Mcpherson. in
memory of the late Major General James B.
Mcpherson, who fell in battle, before At
lanta, June &c. 1864.
In executive session, on the 25th of Feb
ruary, the following combinations were
made By the Kansas Senate Brig. Gems.
John A. Martin. Jas. NJ Harvey, John T.
Burris. and Harrison Kelly. Regents of
State University. E, NJ. Bartholow, VIM.
A. Starrett. J. L. Weaver; Directors Pen
itentiary, NJ. R. Dut;oD. s. s. Ludlum.
An order has been issued by order of the
President. as follows: The present mill
tary Department of Missouri will be divid-
ed into two parts,--One called the Depart
ment of Missouri, to be commanded by Mai.
Gen. Pope,-headquartsrs at Fort Leaven.
worth. Kansas; and the other 10 be called
the Department Of the Platte, to be com
mauded by Brig. Gen. P. st. George Cook.
O.. S. Army.-head quarters at Omaha.
Nebraska. Major General W. T. Sherman.
commanding the Division of the Mississippi,
viii designate the limits of the new depart
ments, ard report the same to the Adiutant
General of the Army:
The Washington correspondent of the
Conservative gives the following important
item (: e Hau
"COl. Murphy. atthe head Of the CentrsI
Indian Saperintendency. has succeeded in
cousumaling 3 treaty with The Shswnees by
which their lands will Be appraised and OF
fered at public sale at a price not less than
the appraised valuation. aud the Ihdians
removed from the State. The Colonel
thinks that in two years from shis time
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Mexican News.


The Mexican Times of the eth of Jan
uary. says that fresh foreign troops are daily
arriving in Mexico.
A San Francisco special says: ga cri.
els in Mexican affairs on the Pacific coast
Is imminent The French troops in the
northern and western Mexican States have
been driven ignomiuiouslv to the coast aud
are hemmed 10 in few port towns, whence
they are liable to be driven on board their
vessels Of war for safety.
- ''Mazailan is beseiged, and its streets
baFFicaded. The Liberals. under Corona.
are pressing close upon il in the rear. Fight
ing has occurred. IN which the Liberals.
aided by Americans recently enlisted, have
been victorious.
''The antipathy of the French and I'm
perial Mexic8ns to Americans is increasing.
There are instances of Americans having
been thrown carelessly into prieon. and all
are subjected to growing assaults. while
threats of sbs iudiscFimiEats slaughter OF
Americans are boldly made by the Mexican
Imperirl authorities ia certain towns. It is
time, and actually necessary, that var yes
sells BE- dispatched here By she u. 8. Gov
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Fenlan excitement.

The Feniau excitement RACES in the East
ern cities. Large meetings are held and the
Irish bonds are taken freely Canada is be
coming, frightened and has called out TO-,
900 militia to be ready for any emergency.
They are being drilled daily, and if we lived
in Canada We should really be afraid some
careless fellow would shoot at US. But at
this distance we smile complacently, and
don't care much if Mr.. Fenian does amuse
himself firing across at arrogant Johnny
Bull little. It's our turn to laugh, any how.
ATfew short months ago John was chuck
ling over the prospect of the overthrow of
our free institutions and no whe is whining
across at us to keep the terrible Feniaus
away from there. He is afraid he will have
to hurt some of them if we don't
But the coolest piece of impudence is
brought us by telegraph. The press OF
Canada has learned that there is a United
States Government left, notwithstanding
their many predictions to the contrary a
short time ago. The Toronto Globe calls
on President Johnson to interfere, and says
the people of Canada are abuudantly able to
give the rufians a warm reception, but it is
poor repayment to the Canadian Govern
ment for its action during the rebellion in
the Southern States to be now compelled to
spend money and blood in resisting out
RACES planned 10 States of the neighboring
Republic.
Poor repayment, is it?" Of course we
have all forgotten how friendly you were
to the ''neigbboring Republic" during her
struggle for life. o! how friendly! You
did not permit the worst cut,throats and
rebels in the Southern Confedracy to make
an asylum under your very noses, did you
You did not permit and emile upon the ef-
forts of old Jake Thompson, Vallandigham.
Saunders, Tucker aud Booth to plot against
the life of Abr aham Lincoln, did you
You did not permit these villains to plan
expeditions against the commerce of the
lakes, aud to burn our cities aud murder
our people, did you You did not deride
and spit upon our gTeenbacks, did you
Your sympathy for the rebels did not lead
you to lionizs the coWardly rebsl leaders
who took refuge in your cities. did it .? And
we might go on od minimum, but We have
already said enough to kiudle the sdmira-
ton of every American toward you. We
should not wonder if there should be per-
feet rush of armed loyal men from the Uni-
ted States to help you hnrl back the "ruf-
fans" just as repayment" for your sym
pothy (?) and to prevent you from spend
ing your valuable "blood and money"
The fact is we love you, and the memory of
your sympathy ~ for the North in her
dark days, makes US feel like bleeding for
you. But we NUT be "neu;raI" you
know.
We see that Secretary Sc ward has given
the British Minister proper assurances that
you shall not be hurt.
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Notice to Builders

GEALED PROPOSALS will be received up
- til the 10Th day of pril, 1866 for the cree
tion of the State Normal School Building on
the site belonging ID the Stats. adioioiny the
town of Emporia, Lyon county, Kansas. Said
building to be constructed ccorling to plan and
specifications In the hunds of @ V. Eskridge at
his store in EmpOria. Bids ara invittd separate.
ly for the stone work, (including excavation for
basement story plastering. carpenter work. and
painting; or for stone work, as above mentioned,
plastering and carpenter work; or for carpenter
work aud painting; or for the completion of the
building, the material in each and all cases in =
cluded. Ali bids will be directed to G. v. Es-
kridge Emporia, Kansas, with an endorsement
on the outside of the envelop showing the kind
of work to which the bid inelosed refers All
bids will be opened on the 10th day of April
ne KIT, at o'clock p. m, and bidders immedi ate
y notified of the acceptance or rejection of their
proposals, and persons whose propositions are
accepted, will be required, within 1--WE DAYS
thereafter, to execute contract and bond with two
good and sufficient securities, for the faithful
performance Of the work. General dimensions
of building, 4Ox60 feet, two stories aud base
meDt. The building committee reserve the
right to r'ject any all bids, aud to appointa
superintendent of Construction.
@. V. ESKRIDGE,
G. G. MORSE
JAMES ROGERS.
Building COMMITTEE.
Emporia, March 18TH 1866 9-l2-I5
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St. Louis & santa Fe railroad.

1t will be seen by reference 70 our adver
tisements that books will be open to receive
subscriptions of stock to the above road at
this point aud others along It's line, on the
10th of April. A new company was organ
lied a few weeks ago under the State law
passed 10 1865. That law provides 5000
per mile of stock shall be subscribed and
requires ten per cent of this stock to be tax
en- before q rmanent organization can be
effected. Our people seem to have great
deal of faithin this enterprise. which, if
successful, gives US direct communication
with St. Louis, and we expect to see them
promptly subscribe the req uisite amount of
stock. Nr. Kalloch, the President. is now
East and has been most of the winter, look
ing after the interests Of this road. No one
has SO good chance as he to know its
chances of success, and no one is so san
guine as be that it will be built.
We copy the following in regard to this
road from late number of the Missouri
Democrat:
The importance OF the Santa Re trade to
the city Of St. Louis cannot be over estima
ted. From the 2Oth Of May to the 99th of
November last, reliable data show that
freight enough was hauled over the rOsd in
wagons to I'll fifteen freight cars day.
And this, to say nothing of the immense in
crease of trade and travel which railroad IA
ciEities would produce. Immense exsrsiOus
are being made to secure this trade, and
roads starting from various points all run
IN this direction. But ST. Louis il the nat
ural point of connection. By extending
the Missouri Pacific road il due west line.
from the point where Il now turns north. il
will be made 10 suS in the desired direction.
Il ia one hundred and twenty five miles
iron this point to EmPOsis. A road built
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The Sonth.

While the President and his friends are
clamoring for the admission of the South
into Congress, tie loyal masses are anxi-
ously turning their eyes in that direction,
endeavoriug to discover some evidence of a
change in the feeling of the Southern peo-
pie oward them and the Government. In
vain have they watched, so far, for the
dawning of better day in that uufortu
nate country. Almost daily accounts reach
US of outrages committed on Union men,
and the facts show that were it not for the
presence of Union soldiers, no man who
loves liberty and adheres to the United
State Government could live in safety in the
greater portion of the South. The rebels
seem to be guided and controlled by the
same old hatred of resdom, and the sam e
spirit of intolerance toward the Govern
ment and the Union men which characteri-
zsd them before the war.
True, in spots, the South is loyal. In
cities where soldiers are stationed the taxes
are collected, and mails run, and now and
then we hear noble utterances from a few
of her leading men aud newspapers. Bat
We apprehend were the backs of the sol
diers turned, not even these feeble glimmers
Of Unionism would be waited to US.
The Congressional Reconstruction Com
mite of fifteen, have been steadily at work
ever since their appointment. at the begin
ming ofthe present Congress, to get syiden-
ces of the returning loyalty of the people
of the eleven rebsllous States. but so far as
We have read the testimony elected by
them, there is nothing cheering or hopeful.
On the contrary, such men as Maj. General
Yhomas, General Grierson, and General
Gustav. whose evidence has been taken be-
fore the committee. all testify that the feel
ing in Texas. Mississippi. Alabama, Geor-
gia and West Tennessee, towards the Union
people and the Government, is little better
than during the rebellion. They have a
kind of an idea that some day, not far dis
tant, they will make another strike for the
independence of the South. Aud, in fact,
II Is proven that secret organization now
exists in the South to carry out this object
General Thomis thinks there is no danger
from this organisation SO long as the Gov
eminent retains control Of the country. The
Southern people seem 10 hope for rupture
= between France aud the United States
about Mexican affairs. at which time they
will make another blow at the Government
Some Of the holder ones make this boast
These gentlemen also testify that tile Freed
mems Bureau has done much to keep in
subsection violence toward not only Union
men, but negroes, and had it not been for
the existence of the Beaurean the state o
affairs At the South would have been muol
worse than a. present. This. testimony /.
ell eOrrobOratsd BY letters from Union m.r
in the South travellers and uswspapsra
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Administrators Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that will offer for
i sale, at public auction, at the late residence
of Benjamin T. Cooper, deceased, three miles
east of Emporia, Neosho river, on Wednesd av
the 4'h day of April, 1866, commencing at /
o'clock a. M, the f'llowing described property,
belonging to the estate of said deceased: one
work horse, one mare colt, tw live cows, twenty
three head of yonng cattle, twenty-eigat head of
sheep. two-hOrse wagon, OK wagon, and 9th.
er farming implements not nee =sstry to mention.
Terms, cash. B.. F. MYERS,
o-l2-l4 Admin strator.
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The Tennesses Legislature practically
dissolved on the 9th. The Senate met, six
members being present, including the
Speaker. and adjourned over for want of
quorum. In the House twenty Rsprssen-
taliYes were present. James Mullins, at
whom Speaker HeiskelI SHE'D his gavel some
weeks ago. was elected Speaker pro tenn.
An adjournment then took pIacs until the
9Th. Both branches will hereafter adjourn
from day 10 day until the vacancies by rec.
ignatiOn are flIed by election. BY tacit
arrangement among The radicals. all bus
few members go home, exchanging places.
at intervals. with those Al the capital. THE
state of Affairs is expected to last Eve or six
weeks.