The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-04-17
The Emporia News.



EMPORIAs KANSAS.
Friday, ga: April II, 1865.
The Presidents defense goes on slow
ly. Nothing of particular interest has
transpired in the past week. The Pres
ident has had Gen. Sherman and other
prominent men on the stand as wit
nesses. a : l4 -
Gen. Sherman, in his testimony be-
fore the impeachment court, said the
President thought Stanton was cow
ard and would not disobey his order to
surrender the War Office. In this he
was slightly mistaken. Stanton exhib-
tied good deal more pluck than the
President and Gen. Thomas. rrif45r
The Republicans of Doniphan County
have just held a meeting to re-organize
the party and put it on war footing
for the coming campaign. tioI ."sei@e >
The Burlington Patriot says e Cattle
buyers are plentiful in this section just
now. The indications are that cattle
will command high figures this season.
During the last fiscal year the United
States sold seven millions of acres of
land, It has still four hundred and
sixty-fivc millions remaining, besides
three hundred and sixty-five millions
more in Alaska.
Twenty thousand Norwegians, Danes
and Swedles, are. to arrive in this coun-
try this spring, whose destination will
be chiefly to the West.
The Ellsworth 4lr0cGte says: ':We
learn that there are several droves of
Texas cattle now en- route for this point,
amounting to some $4,000 head.
The STATE FAIR.-The Leavenworth
Times says: On "Wednesday night, the
Sth inst, the Executive Committee of
the State Agricultural Society, in ses-
sion at Topeka, decided to hold the next
State Fair in This city. The use of the
fair grounds here Were rendered and
81 800 In money pledged to the society
before this was accomplished The
only other competing place was Topeka
That thriving city offered so acres of
land, valued at $1,000, but made a
condition that it should only be used
for fair purposes and revert to Shawnee
county if used for other purposes. '---
The Iowa Legislature has passed a
resolution in favor of removing the ma
tional capital to some point in the West.
An excellent bed of coal has been
discovered few miles below Denver,
on the projected line of the Denver Pa
cifc railroad. E'
The following communication has
been sent to q. S. Senator Cameron,
from Pennsylvania, signed by Govern
or Geary and all the Republican mem
and the State officers:
DEAR SIR: The undersigned, your
political friends, now at Harrisburg, the
seat OF government of Pennsylvania,
would respectfully say, that upon the
contingent succession of the Hon. Ben.
F. Wade to the Presidency of the Unit
ed States, and on the reorganization of
the Cabinet, that you recommend to the
President, on behalf of Pennsylvania,
the transfer of Hon. Edwin NJ. Stanton
from the Department of War to that of
the Treasury. Be pleased to say to Mr..
Stanton, on our behalf that the country
owe debt of gratitude for his services
during the war, that can never be adj
equately paid, and we feel that the de-
morallZed' condition Of the Treasury
department, resulting from the admin
istration of Andrew johnson, REQUIRES
for its publication. the same high char
actcr exhibited by Mr.. Stanton in the
suppression of the rebellion.
The curiosity of the people of Bur-
lington, says the Patriot, was arrested
yesterday morning, by the appearance
on the streets of tall individual who
sportcd on his person, besides his
clothing, a large haversack filled with
cooking utensils, a knapsack, blanket,
and several culinary implements
swinging from his knapsack. He car
ried walking stick in one hand and
huge musket in the other. His legs
and feet were encased in immense
military boots. He represented
unique appearance. 1t was ascertained
that he was a Prussian, and that he was
on his way to Texas, on foot. He
expects to extend his travels to Califor-
mia. He carries his own hotel with
him.