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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-12

THE OSwEGo REGIsTER.-This paper,
printed at the new and thriving town
of Oswego, Labette county. by our for
mer book and job printer, i. r. Trask
has reached our table, and as a produce
ton OF Southern Kansas brains we are
proud of if. 1t is neatly printed, free
from typographical errors, well gotten
up in every respect, and well filled with
local and other interesting reading mat
ter. Il will do more for the develop
ment and growth of that new town and
country than any half dozen invest
ments of the same amount that could
be made Mr.. Trask has been at con-
siderable expense in establishing the
paper, and now the people ought to
come to his support unanimously. That's
the only way paper can be sustained
in new community. We expect to see
the Register raise the war whoop on the
infamous Usage treaty. Trask, we wish
You and your Register long life and
prosperity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-12

Passenger arrivals from New York
by steamer, last month, in San Francis
co, We're six thousand, the largest mum
Der ever known in.the same tiEae.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-12

A dispatch from Charleston, South
Carolina, of Saturday last, says: In the
election here on Tuesday, the Demo-
Gratis carried the city by $50 majority.
There were two Republican tickets in
the field. The negroes all voted the
Radical ticket. The election passed off
quietly and without any disturbance
between the whites and blacks. Re-
ports from the interior of the State,
one and all, say that the election every
where was conducted by both sides
without bitterness of feeling manifest
ing itself. The Republicans seem to
have carried the greater portion of the
State, although the election was only
for county officers
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-12

For several days we have been re-
ceiving the Daily State Record. 1t is
a new thing in Topeka, and we hope the
citizens of the capital will extend to
Brother Baker liberal support. 1t is
well filed with the latest kilograms,
locals and editorials, and deserves
success
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-12
SHERIFEN 6ALE

~ Call and see us and we viii certainlv
do you good. g. w. FREDERICK s co.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-12
NOTICE

Sheriff of Morris coun
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
NEW RAILROAD PROJECT.

AS has already been announced, a
bill is before the Legislature authoriz-
ing the construction of Il railroad from
Brownsville to Green'burg, which is
intended to cross the Youghiogheny
river at or near Dawson's Station. The
Uniontown Standard says:
at is said the Pennsylvania Rail
road offers to contribute $4,000 per
mile towards its construction. While
that road had its foot on the Connclls-
vile road, nothing could be got out Of
it towards road in this region, but
now it is sanxious to injure and cripple
it. 1t is a huge monster, with its head
in Philadelphia, and stretches out its
claws in every place where it can gath
er prog for that city. In the mean
time the Connellsville road has au-
thority to make a road from this place
to Brownsville, and we are told that it
will make it. 1t seems to us our
Brownsville friends would be as well
served by this proposed road as that to
Greensburg. Their shortest and best
route to the seaboard is by the Con-
nellsville road to Baltimore. We hard
ly think the past hostility of the Penn
sylvania road to this section of the
State entities it to the confidence Of
our people.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01

First in order, whenever the mana
gers do proceed, will be the oath OF
Office, taken by Andrew johnson on
April 10Th, 1865, and certified by the
Chief Justice, to support and defend
the Constitution and laws next Presi-
dent Lincoln's nomination of Stanton
as Secretary of War, and the official
journal of the Senate's action thereon,
the injunction of secrecy having been
removed by the Senate that the mana
gers might obtain it then the tenure
of office law; next Johnson's Suspension
ofStanton under it; next the non-con-
currence of the Senate in the reasons
given by johnson, and to complete the
list under this head, his removal Of
Stanton and appointment of Thomas.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01

THE proceedings of the Court of
Impeachment on the 9th, were brief
and Of little interest. The Managers
Of the House presented their replica
ton to the Presidents answer, very
brief document, denying "e'ch and
every averment in said several answers
or either of them, which denies ol
traverses' the charges of the Article.
Of Impeachment. The question as t'
granting the ten days delay asked fol
the defense then came up, and after
two hours, deliberat,on in secret session
the Senate resolved to order the tria
10 proceed "with all dispatch" on
Monday last, March 30.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
EXTENSIVE FIRE.
Mcssrs. Gran, Bennet & Co.'S Nail Mill
and Factory yDestr0yed-Heayy Loss.


About five minutes before nine
o'clock last Saturday night a fire
broke out in the nail factory of Messrs
Graf, Bennett q Co., located in Mon
ongahela borough, nearly opposite the
foot of Market street. In the same
building with the factory was the
sheet and nail mill, and with such
rapidity did the fire spread that the
whole building was enveloped in
flames in a few moments. 1t was
frame, was 1870 by 80 feet, and sttocat.
ON the banks OF the Monongahela riv-
er. When the fire was first discovered
it was burning in the nail fctary near
the furnace. The alarm was immedi-
ately given, and the people on the
South Side at once flocked to the scene
of the fire. The flames completely
destroyed the factory, together with 200
kegs of nails, which were stored in the
building, and which it was impossible
to save. The machinery and the nail
machines, forty-three in number, are
so much damaged as to be of scarcely
any use. The bridge across the street
from the bar mill, over which coal in
cars were taken to supply the factory,
was also burned down. The roof of
the building was of sheet iron, and did
not fall in until every support was
burned from under it. This accounts
for the stacks still remaining standing.
Only y one fell and that one when the
roof went down.
The cause of the fire is at present a
mystery. Work was stopped in the
factory at noon on Saturday, and the
fire did not break out until lnine o'clock
that night. The loss will probably
reach $4,000, on which we believe
there is an insurance $4,000, divided
among the following companies: Eu-
reka, German and North American, of
Pittsburgh.
We are informed that this disaster
will throw about one hundred men out
Unemployment. In September, 1866
the works met with similar fate, but
were rebuilt and operations resumed in
n short time. Previous to the first of
January last the work had been idle
for about four months. Commercial
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01

The Wisconsin State Journal gives
the following exposure of the Bates
Flag March through the South:
The whole affair was arranged by
some Copperhcad politicians for a little
cheap buncombe. Sergeant Bates, for
some time before the beginning of his
"march," lived at Elgerton, II small
village ON the railroad about 25 miles
east of this city. A citizen Of Edger-
ton, who was in our office few days
ago, says the story that he laid a wa
ger with another citizen of that place
that he could carry a United States
flag through the Southern States has no
foundation. Bates is a young and
worthless fellow and a violent Demo-
crat. During the war he wasa mem
Der ofan artillery company stationed
at Washington but was never engaged
in any battle, and saw no service more
serious than drawing his rations and
spending his pay about the capital.
Last Fall he went to Milwaukee, and,
after an absence of some days, there
appeared on the Democratic side of
The Erening Wisconsin a long scnsa-
tional account of the tremendous
march which Sergt. Bates, in accor-
dance with a wager, was about to I'M
dcrtakc through the Southern States.
From time to time The Wisconsin gave
a column in the best sensational style
of one Of the Democratic editors, and
other Democratic papers and some Re
publican papers began to have para
graphs and longer articles about Sergt
Bates. When he left Edgcrton, it was
understood that he would be provided
with suit of black velvet and a FLAG
by his patrons on reaching Louisville
Kyy the dress being devised to impart
romantic look to the hag-bearcr
Meantime word was passed through
the South, and the progress of Sergt
Bates has been made the occasion for
demonstrations by the Scccsh element
of simulated enthusiasm over the ma
tional flg. The whole affair is very
cheap trick.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
Democratic Decency.

"Grant is a Methodist by trade, a
tyrant by instinct, a drunkard by
nature, and a bigoted Know Nothing
by descent; according tot he dwelling
account published by that dilapidated
patch of old boot leather the paternaI
Grant, the remote ancestors of Ulysses
were of the Mayflowcr convicts. U
S. Grant has left no stone unturned tc
secure his election to the Presidency
A a convicted liar, on the testimony O.
five members of the Cabinet and the
President of the United States; O
drunkard from the testimony Of all
army officers who knew him, from
Whisky Sheridan to Tccumseh Sher-
man; foul Puritan by the testimony
Of his emasculatel daddy, and the tenor
of his military orlers-his election
would be an outrage on decency fal
greater than the election Of the defilncI
clown who olung to the office like
grim death to a sick nigger, until the
breath left his angular carcass. ia
Crosse Democrat.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
THE REDUCTION OF TAXES.

Our cumbersome system of Inter-
nal Taxation, remarks the N. Y. o.
serrer, has been trial and vexation to
the people. Loud have been the COM
plants and urgent the appeals to
congress, requesting a revision of the
whole system. So great was the
pressure brought to bear upon Con-
gress when it first assembled last
December, that when appropriation
bills were introduced they were severe
ly pruned, and the people had reason
to rejoice that the era of extravaganza
and waste in public offices were about
to cease, and economy and a conse-
t qGent reduction Of the oppressive oppressive tax
,aa at!2Ga nov nov III force, were to be the re-
suits. The bill exempting manufac-
turers from taxation was therefore
highly commended, as it would re-
lieve the many branches of domestic
manufactures from the burdens which
were gradually destroying them. To
remove this tax from ereight thous-
and different articles, would, ofcourse,
diminish the revenue, and it was
reasonable to expect that the expenses
of the Government would be cores
pondingly reduced, but if we are to
Judge by the action of the Senate, there
is to be no further retrenchment.
The house may pass bills reducing
expenditures, but, as Senator Morrill,
truly said: at has been found, that
whenever a bill proposing increased
expenditures comes up here, enough
are always ready to pass it; and to
suppose that an appropriation bill from
the House will pass the Senate with
an addition of thirty to forty millions
of dollars, is the sublimity Of humbug-
gerry"
IfCongress thus persists, in following
out this plan, the country must neces-
sarily expect a large deficits at the close
of the next fiscal year.
Secretary Mccullough, in recent
letter to the Senate Finance Commit
tee on this measure, argues the pas
sage of the bill will not only result in
the loss to the Government of the rev.
enues heretofore derived from those
articles, but in a reduction of the GUS
tum receipts.
We hope that this tax will be re-
moved from all our manufacturing in
tercsts, even if our expenses are not
curtailed; but good part Of the ben
eft to be derived will be lost, if Il
large reduction in expenditures, which
is perfectly feasible is it not also
made
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
Che @agnesbttre
wAYNEsBuRa COLLEGE.

DR.. Miller, President of our Insti-
tuition, in the last issue of the Presby-
terian, speaks thus encouragingly and
pointedly concerning the interests and
condition of the school:
The last session of the College was
a very pleasant one, and prospects
indicate large increase of students
next term. Never were the general
prospects of the College better than at
this time. We do not know a single
element hostile to it, at home or abroad,
worthy of consideration. 1t seems to
enjoy the confidence and command the
respect, as it certainly recsiSs,.-pt.
notr,,ona scs-.-~,<> the
r.wsr-.e,cf generous public, with
out regard to political party or relig-
ious sect. While it is under the fos-
tering care of Synod of a particular
branch of the Church, we believe that
all acquainted with its internal affairs
will testify that it is conducted upon
such generous and unsectarian princi-
Piles as render its instructions and other
privileges equally available to all,
regardless of sect or party.
1t is the desire and intention of the
Board of Trust to collect all notes due
at the earliest possible period. Aside
from other advantages that will be
gained by having the endowment fund
collected, it is known to some of our
readers that the School Department
is looking to arrangements designed to
aid the colleges of the State, and one
condition on which such aid will be
granted is that the college receiving it
must have a certain amount of invested
funds. The bill recently prepared, and
to come before the legislature, proposes
to give each college that fills the
requisite conditions, frethousand dollars
a year. Should this bill pass, we shall,
for the present at least, not come within
its provisions, both because our endow-
ment fund is inadequate and also be-
cause much of what is pleged is not
collected. In this proposed measure
we have a motive for increasing our
fund as rapidly as possible and for
collecting all obligations now due. We
are sure no true friend of the College
will complain of being asked to lift a
note that he may have voluntarily
given and that may now be due
especially when 50 much depends upon
the prompt collection of the fund.
those acquainted with the opera
tions of the College during any part of
its history need not be told that it has
accomplished good work. 1t has
originated an influence that can never
die. Each year that influence widens
and deepcns. Already hundreds of
intelligent young men and young
women look to this centre of learning
with an interest that they feel in no
other. Here they will gather in
coming years to revive and cherish the
feelings of their school-lite, and to
bring their offerings of respect and
gratitude and gifts of hundreds and
thousands of dollars to their Alma
Mater.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
GILMORE TOWNSHIP.

Our friends will learn with pleasure
that the bill lately passed through the
House of Representatives, at Harris
burg, to allow Michael Roup and 9th
er citizens Of jackson township to cast
their votes in Gilmore, was killcdin the
Senate on the 9th inst. These Cop
perheads must import their votes in
the old fashion and not expect the
Legislature to legalize it. The Con-
stitution requires rcsidcaceilr the dis
trict where the voter offers his vote
ten days before the the election, and
so strict were the Cops in the construc
tion of this section of the law they
would not allow soldier to vote Of
vote for an amendment. They woult
do for agood Copperhead what they
would not do for a Soldier!
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
A Bioody Revenge.

A young man is now stopping at
the Key City House, by the name of
George W. Porter, whose parents,
brothers, sisters and relatives were all
murdered at Redwood, Mimi, in the
great Indian massacre of 1861. He
is the sole survivor, and was the only
one left to communicate the mournfnl
intelligence to the nearest settlement.
Bereft in one brief hour of all that he
held dear on earth, and with the vic
tins of savage ferocity extended in
death before him, he took a solemn
Wv OF vengeance. How well he has
performed that vow the reader may
Judge when we state that in six years
young Porter has, alone, and with the
assistance of nothing but his trusty ri
file sent to the happy hunting grounds
thesoulsofon hundred and eight Indi-
an braves
He carries with him a piece of cam
brake, about twelve inches in length
and whenever he killed an Indian he
would make notch on this. One
hundred and eight notches are to be
counted on the piece of cane alluded
to, the last one being on Christmas
1866. Surely young Porter has been
an avenging Nemesis on the footsteps
of those who have slaughtered his
kindred. The Indians killed en- brace
representatives from nearly every tribe
on the plains. BY night and by day
he followed them; through the track
less forests, over the desert wastes, by
the mountain-sides, and in the lonely
glen, has he pursued his victims, until
the crack of the rifle and the death
yell proclaimed that another rcdskin
had been sent to his final account, and
sated with blood the vengeance of his
pursuer. Porter has not passed
through these scenes unscathcl. His
body has been riddled by eleven bull
lets, and slashed in thirty-threc places
by the knife. But he has withstood
all, come out victorious, and now, ex-
hibts with pride the trophies of his
power. Truly, his parent and rela-
tives have been deeply, terribly aveng-
ed.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
As EXPECTED.


IEl1S(sc60hty is entitled to the
next Congressman, as advocated in
our last issue, meets with a hearty
AYE" from her Republican citizens.
In fact, it is the general understanding
that she comes in for the honors. I'm
pretending and at no time demonstra-
tive, they have always been trodden
upon by those more greedy and un-
scrupulous, without many words of
complaint. This time they are keen
ly alive to a sense of their rights, and
we are assured that throughout our
county the feeling of magnanimity,
hitherto predominant, is becoming
supplantcd by that of Indignation at
the thought of again being shclved by
our aspiring sister counties. We are
in need of some mcans by which
the growth of our own section may be
promoted. Long content that our
views politically should have correct
representation III national legislation,
it is nor that Greene County should
look to a representation Of her COM
mercial and financial interests. The
election ofone of her active influential
citizens to the next Congress, is strictly
great contribution to that end. We
must have hearing before the world,
and it will be no unreasonable request,
we opinc, if Greene county insist that
those indebted to her for like favors
should be called upon in this crisis to
extend a friendly hand. 1t is unne-
ccssary to rehearse the many reasons
why. There is only need of knowing
it is due us. IF left to battle alone,
the heavy vote polled against us must
crush out all hopes of ever attaining
that prosperity and advancement which
would make us the peer of any county
in the Commonwealth.
There are two potent reasons, then,
for granting the honor to our County.
First that it is in all fairness and equity,
our turn. Second, we are tired of be
ing "let alone r'
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01

HoY. DAVID WuMoTa well-known
Pennsylvania, died at his residence
in Towanda, on March l6, after an
illness of six days. He was born in
Bethany, Wayne county, in this State,
Januaay 20, 1914 was educated at
an academy in that town, and
subsequently read law. In 1914 he
was chosen to represent the then
Twelfth district in Congress was re-
elected in 1916, and again in 1913.
1t was during his second term that he
became distinguished as a champion
Of liberty, the celebrated "Proviso'
which bears his name.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
"EyEN SO :"

A penny pamphlet life of General
Grant is out, nominating him for
President, on the vigntte title page o
which is device representing the
Constitution Of the United States resting
upon a cannon.-N. Y. Express.
OF course, that is what we are conf
ing to, and why should we shirk the
illustration, when the fact is pressing
so closely upon us? The end of all
will be the total disappearance of the
Constitution, leaving the cannon be-
hind as the sole exponent and the ap-
propriate symbol of an usurping dig
archy. Backed by bayonets and ar
tilery, it will be comparatively easy
for the Radicals to crush out BY
"whiffs of grape shot" all opposition
to the new order Of things.-Batimore
Gazette.
What terrible climax The Ga
=ette is evidently unhappy, 1t has a
persistent troublesome nightmare, and
in all its dreams, waking and sleeping
sees General Butler back again on
Federal Hill, and his cannon point
ing toward Baltimore street. 1t should
remember, however, that its frieads of
the South were the first to place the Con-
stitution on cannon and backed it by
"whiiis of grapeshot." They contend
ed that the Constitution meant slavery
and secession, and went to war to
prove that they were right. They got
badly whipped, and since then have d
terrible repugnance both to General
Grant and to the caunon.-RaAimore
American.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
We spoke before of the aspersion

WE spoke before Of the aspersions
regarding our Congressman elect, by
correspondents of the Pittsburg press
in Beaver County. In advocating
the claims of that county they init
mate that Mr.. Lawrence has "used
the Office as his own" and contemplates
securing it for another term. In SC
far as the first charge is concerned we
have no words either way. Politica
wire working never affected lis mucf
and in this case we believe the connec
tion is entirely severed. As to thu
latter, we totally disclaim all belief il
its veracity. Mr.. Lawre ice has re
peatedly told it in our midst that thi
was his last term, that he wished "tt
retire from political strife" ,""his healtl
would not permit him to serve u
longer, etc." Why should be wheI
thus outspoken, be calumniated
Surely, he is not a believerin the NJ
Eass system Of office-holding?
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-01
FORrY-FIR3r CDyGIESy.
GREENE Co, Pa,
March ODD. 1868.

March 23d, 1868.
To the EGtor Of the Pits Commercial:
Permit constant reader Of your
valuable paper to suggest to your
Beaver correspondent that it is time
enough to discuss locality when the
right MN is selected to represent us in
the National Legislature. The Re-
publicans Of Greene county do some Of
The coting, and perhaps our neiyhbors
might possibly be generous enough to
remember us once in forty years. 1t
is harl work for US to fight NTH a
party forever, and do the hardest part
of the work at that, and always be left
out in the cold. Humm nature must
OF necessity give WY if left exposed
foreverto the bleaching storms.
ANDERs)NvILLE