The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-11-27
A RELIC OF OLD TINES.

with much interest, as twas the leading
paper of that day. 1t was printed in
Baltimore, and each number contains 16
pages of matter. 1t was furnished to
subscribers at So per year.
Its pages are principally devoted to an
earnest and bitter fight ON banks and
paper currency. From its depunciations
of those engaged in banking we are led
to believe there was as much If not more
swindling, corruption and rascality, in
proportion to the number of the inhab-
itants, than there is at present.
James MunFoe was President, and
from a paragraph in each successive
number announcing his reception at
different cities in the South, we con-
clude that he took saving around the
circle" John Quincy Adams was Sec
rotary of State; Calhoun, Secretary of
War; Marshall was Chef Justice Clay
was Speaker, and Webster was in Con-
gress.
In 1913, 4,233 persons visited Sarato-
ga Springs. That was considered big
thing.
Two wagon loads of specie were
shipped from the Chiiicothe (Ohio)
brancln of the United States bank, for
Philadelphia, on the 18th of May, being
hauled all the way in wagons.
A negro girl was hung in New York
for setting fire to building. ~ II !.
The name of the Arkansas river was
spelled ATkdns0aC, and that State isimen-
toned as Arkansas county, Missouri:
was being discussed. $3.50 81
Extended notices are given of an exg
petition up the Missouri from ST. Lou
is. Very little was Enown then of the
great Missouri Valley, and Kansas was
considered great barren desert.
From the February number we ex-
tract the following railroad item from
the proceedings OF Congress. The ide-
as of our grand fathers in regard to rail-
roads seem, from this, to have been
rather crude. What would they think
now if they could take trip from Kan
sas to Boston? q sa &. Es~.t -ta
THE following curious petition has
been presented, read and referred to the
committee of commerce and manuf;lc-
lures. 'sI ~ad
The memorial of Benjamin Dearborn,
of Boston, represents that he has devils
ed, i'll theory, mode of propelling
wheel carriages in manner probably
unknown III any country, and has per
tectly satisfied his own mind of the
practicabiiily of conveying mails and
passengers with such celebrity as has
never before been accomplished, and in
complete security from robberies on the
highway. @Ai -"t t}Ei =
For obtaining these results, he relies
on carriages propelled by steam OH lev
ell railroads; and contemplates furnish
ing them with accommodations for pas
sengers to take their meals and their
rest during the passage, as in packet,
that they be sufficiently high for persons
to walk in without STOPPING, and so Ca
paciOus, as to contain 20, 80, or more
passengers, and their baggage. 81 '">sa
The inequalities of the eartli's surface,
Will require levels of various elevations
in the railroad and Your memoriaIist
has devised means which he believes
will be completely effectual for lifting
the carriage by the Inherent power OF
its machinery from one level to another
as also for the passage OF carriages by
each other on the same road. and lie feels
confident that whenever such an estab-
lishmentis advanced to its most i'm prov
cd state, the carriage will move with Il
rapldlty at least equal to a mile in three
minutes.
Protection from assailants will be in
sured, not only by the celebrity of move
nent, but by weapons of defense be-
longing TO the carriage, and always kept
ready iii it, to be welded by the number
of passengers constantly travelling in
this spacious vehicle, in which they may
stand erect, and act in their own de-
| tense.
The particulars of a quarrel be-
tween Generals Jackson, Scott and
Governor De Witt Clinton. of New
York, are given. From the letters pub
lished we infer that Scott was in the
wrong. He accused Clinton of writing
anonymous letters to jackson. Thi.
Clinton Indignantly denies, and calls
Scott liar.
They had something of woman
rights in those days. A notice appear
of the performance of the part Of Ham
let by Mrs. Barnes, at New York, AM
u
spective theaters.
i The people were mostly poor, anC
manufactured their own clothing. Th
richest people wore home-manufacturet
goods, and few families, especially il
! the North, were without their loom
The people of that day believed in econ
omy and practiced it, and Niles' EegiS
ter says this was the real cause OF TIA
great rise of population and wealth il
the western and northern parts OF New
York" To show the extent to whicl
: house hold manufactures were carrie,
in that day we extract the followin;
from the November number OF the Reg
lister: 49,
J "At the late anniversary of the Onta
rio IN. W county Agricultural SoSie
ty, Iour premiums were awarded TO tn
families which had manufactured, in tlI
past wear. the greatest number ,Oi Use
fui articles. The following Is "A list q
the articles which reccived two OF tn
several premiums:
In the family OF Seth Jones, OF Bfis
: toll. 3l9 yards of linen cloth, % yards q
kersey Tor bags, A. yards Oh shirting, 3
yards of diaper, 81 yards OF cotton ant
linen, 1919 yards of WOODEN cloth, Il
yards OF kerscy for blankets, "a yard
of plain flannel for blankets. % yards o
cotton and wool, 35 yards of cotton, 2
yards of wOrsted, 80 pairs of socks,
pairs of stockings, pairs OF 'mitiens,