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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
THE NoRTHWEsFERN TERRIroRY.

AS intelligence concerning our new
domain increases, there is q correspond
ing change tea more favorable opinion.
For month or so, the newspapers have
been ringing with ridicuIs. One sapient
editor decresd that this sorry region
should be appropriately called g Alas ka'',
after the peninsula of that name. The
N. z. Tribune styles it ''Walrussia.
Harper's Weekly has been Oveifowiug
with wouldbs witty illustrations of the
general wor thlessnsss Of the whole pur-
chase. It has been an unfailing mine Of
raw material to editors hard up for some
thing funny. Late arrivals from Europe
have changed all Of this. The Continent
al statesmen see great wisdom Ia the pur-
chase at whose folly all Yanksedom has
been snsering. Leading German papers
pronounce this region fully equal to Scan
dinavia, having cool, moist summers aud
mild winters, Astounding IN magnificent
pine forests, aud yielding large annual re-
turns of the most valuable furs. These
writer's also lay much emphasis upon the
fisheries, which they consider imlnsn ssly
valuable.
The Atlantic Monthly for June contains
an elaborate article on the subject. 1t is
here stated that the pine and spruce trees
of this region form forests of immense
size and extent, individual trees often be-
ing found 100 to $50 feet high, aud FIVE
to seven feet in diameter. The annual av
erage of temperature at Sitka is four de
grees warmer than at Portland, Maine,
and the harbor is never frozen. The va
rious crops of northern ATTITUDES ara raised
10 abundance. The salmon of the rivers
grow to a size uuknoWn on the Atlantic
coast, aud the cod aud halibut fisheries
are of no less importance than those off
Newfoundland. Iron, gold, copper, and
coal, are already mined. and are reported
to exist 10 immense abundance. The pro-
fusion of animal life is specially remarked
upon by explorers. After seventy years
of exterminating warfare. the supply of
fur bearing animals does not seem to have
diminished in the least. and the quautity
and variety of game is equally wonder
full. Robert Kennicott found many acres
covered with the eggs of the canvas back
duck, which, with numerous allied birds.
resorts to this region to feed upon the
wild fruits that abound here, principally
saspberries and cranberries. He reports
that these ducks, also geese and brant,
become wonderfully fat and delicious after
few weeks of this sort of fare, and so
unwieldy as to be killed by the Indians
with but little trouble, by myriads.
Biodgetl's Climatology estimates the
culLivable area of territory at 800. 900
square miles, and the soil seems to be very
fertile. Russian America is no Paradise,
but after careful examination of evidence,
we must conclude that Mr.. Seward has
made cool bargain. I D..
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
THE CROPS.

From al directions We have the most
gratifying reports as to the growing crops.
Notwithstanding the moist and late sea-
son. a very large area has been sown with
spring wheat, and both it and the winter
wheat are reported to be looking
unusually well. Returns from all the
eastern states ell the same story. Here
in Kansas, the grAsshOpper scare seems
to have completely abated. These insects
are now hard % iud. A large breadth
of corn has been and will be planted, and
though the recent cold storms are unfav.
orable, we have every prospect of sufi
cient supply of rain to ripen an abundant
crop. This state of affairs is especially
gratifying, in view Of the terrible dsstitu.
ton which prevails in some pats of the
country.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
THE TRUE PRINCIPLE.

The question before the people Of Kan
sas is not whether Miss A, Mrs. B. or the
Widow C. desires to be Invested with the
complete rights of citizenship. Neither
ought We to inquire whether this or that
negro wishes TO vote. There are white
male citizens SO careless Of their political
PrerogatiVes as almost never to be seen
at the polls; but this is not used az an ar.
gument against male suffrage. One
worthless negEo says Il don't want no
land; rs free now; rs gwiue tight wums,
an go afshin;" but does any sane man
use this as an argument against the
homestead Act? No; we all say that it is
right to let the people rule through the
o Alot-box, and TO give land to the land
lese. The industrious and publio-spirited
should not be punished for the sins of
these imProvident Esaus. Neither should
Fred Douglass, or Mrs. Stowe, or Mrs.
Wood or Miss Dickinson, be restrained
from exercising just and salutary influ-
ence upon public affairs. because Miss
F0plin and Mrs. Potiphar prefer Irritation
auu me Lsdy's Book to voting and read.
ing the Tribune. Let US do that which
Is the absolute right, assured tbst Coo. q
sney. sui'
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED.


Below We publish The form of the Pc
titiOn to be circulated in this county for
the submission of the question of voting
bonds to a ID the Union Pacific Southern
Branch Railroad.
A reading Of che conditions of this
petition win certainly satisfy all that there
IS no risk to run il voting these bonds.
We will never have the bonds to issue or
cent of the money to pay uBtil we get
tho road. and we presume there is not a
man in the county but what will cheerfully
engage to pay tie small amount required
of each one, if the road should be built
through the county.
Let every voter read and reflect over
this matter. ,.
PETITION.
To lie Honorable Board of COHnty Com.
1tiSsioHers Of Lyon County:
The undersigned, qualified electors oil
| said County. would respectfully petition
your honorable body to submit to The
electors of the ssid County, al
- I@AiJ - udJ IS pTdcLlchOIei
the question of taking stock in the
Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch
Company. to the amount OF Two HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, payable 10
thirty years seven per cent. bonds of til,
County, on substantially the following
condiuons, to-Rit.
Ist. That work shall be commenced on
said road at, or near Junction City, with
10 one year from the date of voting
bonds. F.s
81. That the road shall be completed
to Emporia within two years and bal
from the same time, and 10 the Golfer
| County line in six months thereafter.
! Sd. That the bonds shall not be issued
in case moneyed aid is hereafter received
by said road from the U. S. Govern
ment.
9TH. That one half The bonds shall b,
issued when it is completed to EmPoria
and the rem ainder when it is completed
to the Coffey County line.
oh. Reserving to the County the 'rigbt
to purchase said bonds at any time after
issue at market value. Provided, that on
ly the money raised as a sinking fuud foI
the redemption of the bonds shall be used
for this purpose.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
INTERESTING FROM MEXICO.

We have the gratifying intelligence
this week, from Mexico, that Maximillian
is taken prisoner, together with several oil
his leading generals. Queretaro fell into
the hands of the Liberals. This report is
confirmed by Gen. Reynolds at New Or
leans and the Mexican General Eseobado
1t is also reported that Juarez has ordered
Max. and his Generals 10 be shot, but
this is discrsdited.
Thus ends the "bsrrier which the Latin
race we're to intsrposs against the south
ward progress of the Anglo Saxons."
Qusretaro is city of about 80, 900 peo-
pie, situated on the Anahuac table land,
about lie miles northwest of the capital.
1t was fortified with great strength. and
here Macmillan made the fnal stand for
his empire. This city had previously a
place IN history; here the treaty between
the United States aud Mexico was made
in l848. 1t was important to Macmillan
only for strategical reasons; and now that
1t has fallen, there remains no barrier be-
tween the Liberals and the Capitol. We
can scarcely doubt that Juarez is ere this
installed in the-Halls of the Moptezumas.
What a sad and humiliatiug tableau to
follow the vain glorious threats of Louis
Napoleon! The Empress a maniac in Eu-
rope, the Emperor doomed prisoner in
the hands of those whom he sought 10
subjugate! Verify, Imperialism is a plant
hard to acclimate upon this western con-
tinent.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
TIE PAST MONTH.

We doubt whether the Oldest settler
can remember another such May. as We
have just passed through. The average
temperature for the month has been but
So degrees and minutes. Easterly
winds have prevailed 10 days out of 80.
There have been thirteen rainy days, and
an aggregate fall Of not less than eight
inches of water. Out of thirty days but
eight have been clear and suushiny. We
doubt whether the meteorological records
Of this state can furnish parallel.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
C. v. ESKRIDGE,
]. C. FRAKER,
R. B. HURST.
Committee.


An officer who left Fort Hays on the
e6th informs the Leavenworth Commercial
that on the day be left. Eve desertsrs
we're killed and sealpsd by the indians
near that fort, snd sixth escaped with
his life but with the marks Q { the scalping
knife upon bis head. We are unable 10
give further particulars concerning this
massacre. but the facts ss stated above
are reliable.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31

The New York papers are beginning TO
talk about Fenian scares again. We
thought the matter had played out so bad
ly that We should hear nothing more of it.
The New York Herald has sensational
paragraph which states that the Fenians
are making extensive preparations for war;
that arms and ammunition for one hundred
thousand men are being prepared; that
the iron boundary of McDormatt & Co..
18th street, since January 1867, has
made large numbers ofII and "a pound
ers, aud shells at the rate oftwo hundred
per day; also, three or four tons of grape
and canister shot have been manufactured
daily. The foundry has forty -fFs me-
constantly employed on Fenian war ma.
tsrial. The Fenians have several secret
arsenals in that city, all stored with this
material.
ST. Adams aud Buffalo dispatches say
there are mysterious moVemnts in that
quarter looking 70 an attack on Canada.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31

THE undersigned as received an addition
4 { 2 2, h is stOebs and can new supplyrsustOm.
Groceries g Queensware
at as reasonable prices as can be furnished A.
any store in EmPoria. ct his stors nsaIIv on
POsite the printing Office.
9ngoFis, H6y !. 1857. Is.a
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
NOTICE.
NOTICE


WILLIAM MsEOKLES & Hsyv A. Eekls.
Of the State Of PennsylTania ARE heFpby
Docnea t6nt Nat Ioa Eaton. the 18th Of Nay,
1867 Sled 10 the Office of .he CIerls of re ~
inst court for Lyon county, Kansas, her pstitio,
against said parties setting forth that said +.
VIM n. Eckles 2 xecnted and doiivessd e harz
Two prom issOry notes, each for G37 So bea -,
date 2lst FebruGTy. 1851 |! one due jan. "a.
le0Z, and the other Jan. lSts 1853, with inter- q
eet At per cent from ldatss sthas the said nar..
ties 10 secure the payment Of said aote.. -.
eDled and delivered 10 DE plaiutifi
gage deed conveying to her the vest battle
y, ,oe eor5n West quarter of section 8, sewnshib
10 Of range II, and asking iud9msbt ae-;nsIa.
SAID Defendants fOF the sum Of e475 90 vith
interest s at per cent. from the 2lst of Febru-
ed and the premises soId 20 sstiSfv ZS;d 49,.
and That said defendants must ansveg s.id-Dss
tltloh on Or before the 24sh day Il 5uIy. 1851
:. .a I'etloa viii be taken as trus and iudes
meat rendered accordingly. =.
.oa RUGGLES 8 BROWN,
FS<<S .sasz. la attorneys for PlsintiE :.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31

A letter from W. B. Godfrey, Of er..n,.
wood county, informs US that the gr.sa
h0pPers have almost entirely ..Rops mn.
spout They have done no damage SIM.
r me iA'e HesVy raiHs. Whea: never looked
ost'er' and people are Plantiug plenty Of
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
settles the question. "Whers is NorWoOd?'
with 2 note to Mr.. Bonner, who says:
"YOu srs right; Norwood is EOrthamp.
Ion."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
Take Notice

e pubic are hereby notified not 70 haul
tbrse miles above En1poria, without Ieaxs frolIa
myseH or Van R. HOLMES, Of Empofla. Per
cons can ssTe themselves trop5Ie bg o5esrVing
this notice. JOSHUA OLMSTEAp, -
AmerieuSs Nay, IS, ISL. y. zg95
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Call and See.

i. Z. HILL Of Americas,
Gene raj SnpeFiDtebdent- :
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-04
STEAMBOATS,
SHIPPERS TO THE CUMBERLAND
AND TENN EtSSEE RIXERS

SHIPPERS TO THE CUMBERLAND =
AND TENNESSEE RIVERS. 81
-- The Evansville and Cairo Packets are
authorized to give through Bills of Lading
to the following points. at the rates men
toned below Dycusburg, Sc; Eddy
vile, zoe; Canton, 70: ROckcastle, 75c. Lin
ton, 75c; Passport, and points below on
the Tennessee River, Sc; points above
the Shoals on Tennessee River, Soc. Sign
billt of lading, Privilege of reshipping at
Paducah.', We guarantee the above rates,
until further notice. Any overcharges that
may occur will be promptly corrected by
us. Merchants are requested to see that
the weights are placed in every bill of
Rding.. tse6 til FOWLER, LEE. & CO..
IMPORTANT. TO SHIPPERS TO THE
++9 CUMBERLAND. RIVER. 20 ga
The Evansville and Cairo packets are
authorized to give through Bills of Lading
to the following points, at the rates men,
toned below: To Dycusburg, 55c; Eddy
Vile, 75c; Canton, 75c; Rockcastle, 75c |;
Linton, 7sc. Bills of Lading should be
Smfthland. and the above rates Will be
guaranteed till further notice. AL over
charges and recIamations will be prom pity
and satisfactorily adjusted. Have goods
marked = Care of ScYSTER, ELLIS d Co.,
sept9-Gftf A"--' ASmfth1and. KY
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-04

For 0Ner Rfrer- Items See FIFTH Page.
STEAMBOATyPRINTING.

No printing establishment in the West
doing ne r
ment or Job Type, though very large and
complete, is constantly being added to, and
in the United States. We are prepared to
PaS1srs an 95 f ansy y s Naa H Tek
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
DC, &c. Orders left with either of the
wharf-boats will be promptly attended to-
ssNsa IA Weather and Water.
The water stall continues to recede, hav-
ing fallen about two inches during the
twentyfo four hours ending at noon yester-
4 day. The weather was cloudy and smoky
regular Indian Summer day, the atmos-
phere betoKe ming rain at noon.
--ll Arrivals and Departures. aA
The arrivals and departures consisted of
the Ollie Sullivan, greensboro to Evans
son and return; LeweIlan, Paducah, and
Mary Erwin, Cairo, " 49,
f5sITt fsaa miscellaneous. s-
Business was quite dall on the wharf
yesterday forenoon A large amount of
freight was expected by rail for reship-
ment at this point. =. ..,-% The Ollie Sullivan
arrived yesterday morning about IL O'Clock,
with a light trip OF. freight aud about
:. twenty people. She will leave on the re-
turn trip to-day at 10 O'Clock. The.
Lewellan left for Paducah, having a fair
trip. and the Mary Erwin for Cairo, with a
moderate trip. The Tahlequah is above
en- route for this. port, having left -Cincin-
natl on Tuesday night. She will probably
reach here tonight or to-tnorro ...... - The
Newsboy took a barge in tow yesterday
morning, laden with railroad iron for the
E, H. & Nashville r. R......-~The j. P.
Webb made her regular trip TO Hender-
son, and return yesterday. II yxeaTl 70
I. .-rafsat Boats leaving To-Day. al.
I FoR CAIRo.-The Fannie Brandeis win
be the Cairo packet to-day, leaving at four
p. M. Her officers will, be found clever,
agreeable and accommodating - afi
For OwENsBoRo.-The elegant passenger
steamer, Ollie Sullivan, win leave to-day
at ten o'clock for Owensboro, connecting
at that point with the Louisville packets
Through tickets are given ON the boat, and
through bills for freight signed.
ts FoR HENDERsON.-The Newsboy leaves
at eight O'Clock this morning for. Hender-
son. Let It be remembered that she makes
two trips each day duringthe Fair at that
city. i
The J. P. Webb viii also make two trips
to Henderson each day tilt the close of the
Fair. She leaves at eight and half A. NJ.
and oEeP. NJ ID - II ~ T. o.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-03-29
civilizations.
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FCLECTICM MAGAZINE.-LlTER-
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