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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-06-21
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS.

In our article of last week on the econ
omy of Railroad Bonds We failed to men
ton two very important considerations
proper to be taken into account in ssti- |
mating the net liability Of the County in
case the bonds are voted.
We then aimed to show that the bur-
den of taxation could be reduced BY issu-
ing bends to build railroad, or the 6ds's
of increased taxable property. at the time
the road sOas 6uiH This showing was
sufficiently favorable. but no account was
made Of the fact that the amount to be
raised would be decreased each year.
Tie interest, which the first year is SI4,-
600, the next year would be nearly $500
less, and so on each year until the whole
is paid. We estimated that with the ad-
dition of the road itself, and the railroad
and Indian lands to the tax list, with an
increase of one dollar per acre on the and
10 the county the taxable valuation of the
county would be doubled by the time the
road was completed. But the next and
each successive year, after the completion
of the road would witness still further in
crease; 80 that while, on the completion
of the road, We shall have q tax list of
80, 100000 with, perhaps. tax Of two
per cent. for all purposes, in three years
more We should have not less than So
600. 900 taxable property. when tie re-
maining interest and sinking fund would
be mere bsgatelle. If this railroad is
built in the next three years, within FIVE
years from this time Lyon County can
raise an annual tar of enough to pay the
whole $500 900 with far more ease than
We now raise the $4,000 with which to
run our State and local machinery.
Another important consideration is
that we shall get part of the benefit of the
road long before being required to pay a
dollar. By the terms of the submission
the road is to be commenced 10 one year.
So soon as the road is commenced We
shall feel is quickening influence along
the whole Valley. Capitalists will at
once be seeking investment here in anlici-
patton of the rise of property soon to take
place. Emigration will come in as never
before. the assurance of a railroad at an
early day being such an inducement as
we have never had to offer. There will
of course be large additions to taxable
personal property and considerable in,
crease on the real estate; so that the
certain prospect Of the road will contrib
ute largely to increase our revenue. and
that too before we have spent one dollar for
the road. When the road comes 10
be built, there will necessarily be large
Outlays in the county for ties, and Provis-
ions for tie laborers at work on the road,
which will materially benefit all classes.
and pay in advance to the farmers, labor
ers and mechanics, all their increased tax
of the first two years on account of the
road.
The more fully We reflect upon this
matter the more favorable it seems, and
We can only reiteraLe our exhortatioD Of
last week to 'Vots the bonds as measure
to reduce tGzes."
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GOLD IN LINN CoUE1Y On Tuesday
last We we're shown ine specimens of gold
bearing quartz taken from the farm OF DR.
Robinson, living on Big Sugar, about
twelve miles northeast of Mound City.
About Two pounds Of this quartz DR..
Smith, of Twin Springs, reduced by
crushing and action of acid, exuaoling 9
paying quantity of gold iherefrom.
The vein is from two to four feet wide,
lesdiog northwest and southeast. They
have traced it for three miles, By its
cropping out in places. Ths ys enters
the earth perpendicular, leaving here the
quarz Is cug out, q smooth wall oil
granite.
Cd miners who have examined the
specimens say there ia no doubt about the
&C uality of the vein; the richness is to be
tested. A company is already being
formed for that purpose. There lie no
doubt about the gold being found; the
question is-WiIl it pay?-Border ISsnt:>
nell
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IMPORTANT TO STOCK RA1sERs.

The following circular from Hoo. Sid
ney Clarke sufficiently explains itself.
We hope to see him carry out the inteu
tons expressed below. L is the duty Of
our stock raisers to furnish him all the
aid in their power:
LAWRENCE, KAs.. June 10. 1867.
DEAR SIR: il is my intention to intro
duce into.Ibe House Of Representatives
at the Iext session Of Congress, joint
resolution for the appointment of scieu
the comm ssion TO investigate the causes
and extent OF what is commonly known
AZ Spanish fever, or Texas cattle disease.
It is Of the highest Importance to the
people Of Kansas aud Of tbs Western and
Southwestern States that this subject
shoald Be Investigated. with the view Of
checking the sprsad OF The disease. and,
If possibIe, fed ours fer the came. To
sid IN secusiag this result, have the
honor 60 request thai you will answer, or
request seine enc 20 answer the following
Questions. aBd also commuHicats any 10.
formation Fslsting 70 this subject you may
desu proper:
!. Have any of your cattle ever died
ot The disease known as Spanish fever?
3. Where: and how many2
3 How soon aftsg the Texas cattle We.e
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REFORM IN ENGLAND,

The spirit of universal democracy is
still marching on gloriously in England.
One Of the greatest concessions yet ex
tOrted from the Tory ministry is the total
abolition of the ''rOtten boroughs."
1t is well known that parliamen tary
representation in England is not based
upon population. The creation of rep
ressntative borougbs vas royal preroga
tive, often exercised ia the most caprieious
manner. Down to a very recent date,
there we're many bOroughs sending each
one or two members to Parliament, which
did not contsin, on the average, a dozen
voters. The great city of London has
but two representatives..
This inequality is excused by Balck-
stone on the ground that each represent
alive is expected to labor for the interests
of the whole kingdom. instead of advo
eating those of his own particular loeali
'y. This is certainly a PLAUSIBLE and
sPsciOus theory. but one which has la
mentally failed 10 practice. The liberal
party of England has Isvslsd all its bat
teFiss at this gigantic abuse, and by one
reform bill after another, these members
without constituents have been driven
from the House of Commons. By che
clause recently added to the ministerial
reform bill, no borough shall be entitled
to representative, unless It has q popu.
iatiOn of 10000 or more people.
Meanwhile, the discussion of Female
Suffrage continues. John Stuart Mill
certainly holds the Tories on the two
horns of a dilemma. "If il IA me,
who TOts. Why do you not extend the
franchise to all men? II it is mere iron.
srty, why is not property ia the posses.
sion Of women equally entitled to b.
rePressntsd?" This is his argument IN
a nutshell. and the questions are provok.
ingly hard to answer.
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STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

The Kansas State Teachers Association
will hold its annual meeting at Topeka,
commencing luesday July Cd, at Pm.
and closing Thursday evening, July 4th .
The opening address will be delivered on
Tuesday evening by the President of the
Association, Hon. P. McVicar. The
Pacific Railway, E. D., will return per-
sons in attendance on the Association.
free. The meeting this year is anlicipa-
ted as one of great interest. Let the
friends of education throughout the State
eudsavor 10 be present. Teachers need
the benefit of such Convention. Enter
taiDments will be provided, free, for all
who come. Those purposiug to be pres.
ent, will confer q favor by forwarding
their names at once, to Prof. Cbas. H.
Haynes, Chairman OF the Committee of
Arrangements, Topeka.
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THE CONNECTIONS OF THE VALLEY
ROAD.

The connections of the Union Pacific
Railroad, Southern Branch, are Of the
most important character, aud such as to
insure its being profitable enterprise.
LIST, 1t connects at Junction City with
the Union Pacific, which is pushing to
the Mountains as fast as men, money and
machinery can do it. This puts US 10
direct connection not only with the min
ing regions of the Rocky Mountains but
also with the whole Pacific coast. With
this connection We shall be but FIVE bun
dred miles from a market equal to that Of
New York or any of the sea coast cities.
Cd. 1t connects at or near Humboldt
with the LesvenworLb, Lawrence & Gal
weston Railroad, and also with the exten
sion of the Ft. Scott & Ssdalia Railroad.
By means of this connection We shall get
to St. Louis and the East speedily and
cheaPIy, and nearer than by any proposed
route except that by way of Pleasant
Hill.
Sd, 1t connects in the neighborhood of
Baxter Springs with the Atlantic & Paci-
fic Railroad, l32 miles of which is now
completed from Rolla, and the whole of
which is to be finished to the west
boundary of Missouri in eighteen months.
By means of this connection we reach the
Lead Mines of w esteru Missouri and the
Iron Regions of Central Missouri, and
another outlet to st. Louis and the East.
At this point of junction We also strike
the vast coal beds of the Lower Nsosbo.
Alb, It connects at Fl. Gibson with the
Memphis, Little Rock & Fit. Smith road,
now in process of rapid construction.
Through this latter road we reach, via
Fort Smith, the road being built from
Cairo to Fulton on Red River;connect wi, b
the Lower Mississippi, and at Memphis
with the whole Southern system of rail
roads; also by way of Fl Gibson to the Gnlf
at Galveston. In a word, when the road
reaches Gibson, on the Arkausas river. !,
Connects with the whole S,uth and South.
west.
Fifty miles below the State line The
road will reach the pinsries of the Chsro-
kse Country, and The whole distance of the
Valley from Usage Mission to Fl. Gibson
the road will traverse the finest timbered
region of the West, from which ell the
lumber needed TO fspca ali onr rrs;-;., -
be had certainly aud Oheaply.
Next to the Western Market in value to
US, is that of the Lower Mississippi, New
Orleans and the Gulf. All the produc,s
OF Kansas will Cad ready sale there. IN
all the vas! cotton sad sugar producing
regions OF tbs south no wheat is raised
and but little corn.
BY means ofthe Southern Branch road
the NsOshO Valley viii become the great
highway, over which win pass the travel.
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LUCY STONE.

The following is from an article in last
weeks issue of the Burlington Patriot:
Lucy Stone is as legally married as any
wife 10 Kansas. She aud her husband
Mr.. Blackwell, were married under the
statutes of the State of New York, and
these statutes bind the marriage relation
as firmly as it can be done. True, they
protested against certain statute that
discIiminates in favor Of the husband in
holding property, and this ''protsst" has
given rise to the Islander that has been re-
tailed by the enemies 10 Kansas of Female
Suffrage. Here is the protest in full.
THAT We regard marriage as a noble
and permanent partnership of equals, With
reciprocal rights aud duties. But the
laws, which "a every State take away all
right of the wife to her personal property,
to her earnings. to the use of her real es
tate, and to her children, are disgrace to
the civilization Of the age, and this legal
marriage of ours in no sense implies sp
prevail of such laws"
The reverend editor of the Oskaloosa
Independent, the. most bitter aud persist
ent enemy of Womanhood Suffrage in the
State, gave currency to the SANDER. but
subsequently, took ii back and Apologizsd
for circulating it.
Mr.. Prouty also speaks of H B. Black
we'll as a man of wealth, influence, and
high moral character; the Secretary Of
the National AntiSlavery Society. OF
which Garrison. Phillips. Douglass, Til
ton, and many other noble and distin>
guished men, are members. I
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BEAR IN MIND.

That the additional property which will
be placed on the tax roll between the Vo-
ting Of the bonds and the construction OF
the road, will be sufficient to raise every
cent We will have to pay for it at the pres
eut rate of taxation, or in other words. by
the time the road is built. our taxable prop
slry will have increased to such an amount,
by the enhanced value which the road
will give everything, that our present rate
of taxation about three per csnt-will
rsiss enough money to run the county and
pay the interest on the bonds.
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in your vicinity did the disease manifest
itself?
4. Did any of the Texas cattle die of
the same disease?
5. Give the names of any of your
neighbors who lost cattle from the came
cause. the time vixen, and the number
lost.
State any other facts within your
knowledge.
The newspapers Of Kansas Missouri,
Illinois, Iowa, Arkansas and Texas are
requested to publish this circular, aud all
persons having any information directly
connected with this subject will confer :
favor By communicating the same to me
Very respectfully
Your Obedient servant.
SIDNEY CLARKE, N. G.
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trade. and commerce Of New orlssus. and
the Gulf, of the South and Southwest
with tie mines and the Pacific Coast.
Two thirds of the whole Country viii
clasp hands over this most important link
in the great railroad system which is to
connect the great and growing West with
the Gulf of Mexico. Such & road cannot
fail to build up aud develop the Who'll,
Valley with marvellous rapidity.
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THE QUESTION.

The main question to be determined by
the result of the vote on the Bond CUES
ton is the amount of faith the people have
in Kansas. If men have faith 10 the fu
turs of the State, in its capa city for
growth and improvement, they will vote
for bonds to build Railroads. If they
have no faith they will vote against bonds
Let the true men of Lyon County who
have worked to make it what it now is,
and who are full of faith in the future,
SHOW THEIR FAITH IN THE FUTURE OF THE
COUNTRr By THEIR vorEs. VorE FOR
TBE RAILROAD BoNDs.
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The Leavenworth Bu letin favors the
election OF General Grant. The LeaVen-
worth Conservative laVOrs nobody; pre-
fers TO wait and watch awhile on the Dor.
Ger. The LeavenWortb Times, il is be-
lieved, prefers Bismarck or Louis Napo-
leon. in which case Colonel Vaughan is
to be Secretary oftbe Foreign Legation.
which will afford him ample and elegant
leisure TO finish the life of Louis Napo-
leon The Leavenworth Commercial pre- i.
ters Andrew Jackson. If CaIIshau had
remained in the paper, it would doubtless
HAYES hung out for Artemus Ward o.
Mark Twain. The CommerciaI likes
Grants polilics first rate, but he would
10 Eumor to suit Callahan and
baviog arisen since tie food, is too new
3 man to suit the CJmmsreial generally.
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TIE BKsF Wool The Burlington
Patriot says: ''Mr. S;udebaksr, Of the
L.wrence Manufacturing Company, has
sent to Mr.. Upton. of this place, Z sam.
pie of some yarn that was manufactured =.
that establishment from Mr.. Tipt6n's
WOOL. Mr.. Studebaker says the wool was
of the best 4uaiity be ever manufactured
from. This is decided testimony, and
valuable. considering It's source. Articles
from THE WOOL are to be
exhibited ct the next State Fsir. Mr..
Upton has upward Of two hundred head
OF ohssp that produces THE quality Of
wool.
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ZEE PRosPEoT I'M TIE Valley.

Accounts from all the counties in the
Valley represent great uuanimity in re-
gard to bonds for the Valley Road. Mr..
P. q. Taylor, one of the Directors of the
Company, writes from Junction City, as
follows: "Davis county will vote the
bonds; this is sure thing, admitted by
all. The business men and men of cap,
ital among US are alive to the importance
of this great enterprise, and nothing will
be lacking on our part towards push
ing the road to speedy completion.
Work must be commenced this fall"
Judge Akin writes from Council Grove
that Morris county will vote for the bonds
by large majority.
S. s. Prouty writes that there is no op-
position in COffey county.
The Valley will be unanimous in re-
gard to this important project. This
unanimity is the very best guarantee of
success. The old settlers and farmers gen
orally. merchants, mechanics and labor
ers, see in it the harbinger of good times,
the daWnipg of an era of prosperity
which will favorably affect all classes.
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providence helps those who help
themselves" For years the people of the
Nsosho Valley have been depending upon
the Ksw Valley for Railroad commuuica-
ton. We have paid heavy tribute to
Leavsnworth, Lawrence, and Topeka,
that has enriched and built them up
We have sought connection with them by
rail, and have been made the victims of
dslusiVe hopes, and promises made to be
broken. Two years ago, at the instance
OF LeavenWorth aud Lawrence, Lyon
County voted bonds to aid in building
road to Lawrence; and while we were wait
ing in the faith that the road would be built
Douglas County very cOolly withdrew its
subscription from the road. and devoted
1t to another enterprise. Shawnee Coun.
ty has just voted down proposition to
aid In building a road from Topeka here,
and while il has been re-submitted it is
proposed to give the Com pany five years
TO build their road to the south boundary
OF Shawnee County. At this rate Empo->
ria would see the road about 1877. All
OF which make US think Of the bats
WhsrsWith gudgeons are caught. Lyon
County is to be tempted to drop all other
railroad enterprises. and wait the leisure
motions of the Topeka Company
Is it not about time We were help;no
ourselves? Do not sslf-respect and self
interest both demand that We shall cease
the policy of dependence upon those who
have no interest in common With US!
Men and brethren; Let us build our
selves up by building the Valley Road,
and Wsshall see Chicsg,, st. Louis. Leav-
SuWOFth, LaWrsuce and Topeka and all
The outside world that want 70 sell MS
goods, stirring their SIumps for railroad
connection with Us. The Valley Road
will help ne to build all The other roads We
need or want. Until We do this We shall
continue in our present condition Of NM
certainty. We havsif in our power to
help ourselves. Shall We do il? Let the
vote on the Bond proposition a week from
tomorrow be the answer,
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FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

Almost twenty years ago. whsa Spirit
uslisEn. or the Rochester RapDinDs. - -
it Is well kooWa ths mystsriouS taps wsgs
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NEOSHO VALLEY
PASSENGER & EXPRESS LINE.
TRI-WEEKLY
FROM wAKEGO TO FORT SCOTT.

| TNHIS route commences at Wame9o, 80 miles
L above Topeka a, on the Union Pacific Rail-
road, Z. D., and runs down the Eeosho Val
ley via Council Grove, Americas, Emporia .
Forest Hill, NeOshO Rapids, Hartford, Ottum-
wa. Burlington. Leroy, NeOsho Falls, Hum.
bOldt, Turkey Creek and MArmitOn to Fort
Scott
Hacks lea We Emporia for Fort Scott Mon
days. Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 o'clock
a. m. Leave EmpOriG going TO WamegO Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays at - N. ~
People wishing to travel through the Neo-
shO Ealley will no longer be under the nsces.
sity of having private conveyanccs, as they
can reach any or all Of the above points by
this line.
Connects Council Grove with tri.weekl "
line of stages for Topeka, aud st EnPoria,
Burlington and Humboldt with daYil lines for
Topeka, Lawrence, Leave nwOrth, Kansas City,
Pleasant Hill and other points North and
East.
Express Line.
We have established an express l:ne over
the above route, and viii ct all times be pre-.
pared TO carry packages from Wamego 10
Fort Scott, or between any Of the intermediate
points, a. reasonable rates.
Leave Wamego Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at o'clock q. IN. Leave Fort Scott
Mondays, Wednesday,, and Fridays at
q. m.
NECsHO VALLEY STAGE co.
T. G. HILL, Of Americas,
General Superintendent -
@. Y. ESKRIDGE, Agent q { EmpOria.
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The CROPS.

Tho rain in juno kept tho corn land
from being properly worked, and the corn
j. therefore ,cry much in the grass. II
will be hard work to clean it up, and much
will probably be abandoned. The wheat
crop has been generally harvested, and
turns out very we'll, save in some sections,
whero from ny aud other enemies inc
quality Is defective. This is especially
tho case, $40 learn, in the region OF "hich
this city is the centre.
The planting season for tobacco was one
of the finest over known but that crop,
700. is suffering for want Of work and from
,ror,u,. The rains were unfa"orable to the
proper working Of the crops; but there
were other serious causes that were not
less effective. The process Of registration
has taken up much time Of laborcrs ct
critical period, while the party agitations
ard speech making have very much unset
tied the black race, so entirely unused TO
arch proceedings. 1t is TO be hoped that
Us much rnay be done as possible to rcmcay
lie iriurv from these evils. A better con
dtion of things may be expected to follow
some abatement of the present excite
mput,
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&ithmond nispatrk.
FRIDAY .......,.............JULY S, 1867.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The telegraph gave very fair report OF
Mr.. Wilson'S bill yesterday. There arc
10 many competing schemes before Con-
gress that VIC do not choose to confuse our
readers minds by republishing them.
Whenever one Of them shall be adopted
We shall give its provisions in full.
Among the features Of the bills proposed
on Wednesday were the following In Mr..
DRAEE's:
.'SEcr,ox prohibits the commanding gene
ral from ever appointing any person 10 any
Office In said States who has ever been en-
Gagged In rebellion against the lnited oth'es;
or given aid or comfort 10 the enemies, any
who cannot take the oath required y. 90
officers OF the United States. 49,.
''SrcrIuS l2 provides that preccae". ~ ~.
admission Of any rebel State, It's 'o
shall proyide that al elections shan forever
be by ballot, and II shall ever remain y min
Der o! the American Union p; that er'.! St...n
owes paramount allegiance 10 nv ,n''.u
States. and that no Law In con sn ION =.
any law of the United States shan nave any
binding force"
These arc important only as showing
what Congress maydo.
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CoxrIsCATIoN-Int the Senate, Wcdnes-
day. Mr. Sumner submitted the following,
and asked thu, il lie on the table for the
present:
ReSolcca That the reconstruction of the
rebel States would be fastened, and inc
best interests of tho country promoted II
the President OF the United States, IN the
exercise of the pardoning power, would re-
ouirc that every Landed proprietor VIII"
has been engaged in the rebellion, before
receiving his pardon, therefor should con-
y.y 70 tho freedmen, his former slaves, a
certain portion of the land on which they
HAY. worked, so that they may have
homestead in which their own LABOR mas
mingled, and that the disloyal master :',c may nay
NOT Continue to appropriate TO himself the
the fruits of their toll.
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Inpeachmeat-

The New York 1ribune gives crcdence
to report that the Judiciary Committee
will submit report upon tho impeach-
,nent of the President and articles based
thereon: "not with the intent to press q
"trial this weather, and with Washington
q 80 notoriously unhealthy; but in prospect
"of an adjonrpmentlo October, and OF pro-
"cceding with the trial at that time.
Tho Tribune adds that the impeachment
par,v "havc a right to move at their own
discretion -; but il does not believe
Congress prepared at this time to "sccohd
cor conn,cuancc their efforts"