The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-03-19
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Andy Johnson had . public $ 110F
- - .onlv enc g lals- at sl1a hand % tl
rebels 81 Balsii8 lore ne Fsbels IS Bait
mere nrst fred pa Jsnion tre1ps We vsssse
going to the reltef O the, couSEty sBif
Of . feather heek tosether.e
The President Continues to disregard
s1political slates.'' The two Indiana Sena-
tons had agreed on man named Holloway
for post master at Indianapolis, but Grant
appointed a gentleman named Fishback.
Well done. .S
Tho high honor Of having sober Re-
ception' on the evening Of the an or March
belongs 70 MAYOR Bowen. Of washington.
who utterly refused TO have anything TO do
with the affair il wine-guzzling was 10 pre-
vail. He very properly thought drunken
ness and rioting should be disceunteRaneed
on such an occasion.
One OF the most pleasing evidences Of
Grant s soundness is that the New York
World is fighting him with renewed vigor.
The Governor of Nebraska says that the
newly discovered coal fields in Pawnee
county Of that State, produce the best coal
in the woEsssy = ~ - e
Seventy aprO14i1iesat N14nsesaealls
have been suggested tor minister to Eng
Land. We suppose this is on the presump-
ton that anybody who can eat a good din
ner, get drunk. and fiater tie baiiky 0fthe
Englishmen, Ia Reverdy, will do.
The President 4as ofHciGiIS PnG6auIgated
the promotion of Lit. Gen. Sherman to the
Generalship Of the Army ,0aRd, Gen. = Sher-
man has issued an order assuming command
and announcing his STAFF.
The policy of the Treasury Department
is the subject of much comment in Wall
street. There have been heavy stock sales
Of gold and stocks on the theory Of early
sales of gold. There is considerable press
ure upon the new Secretary to sell gold,
noninally to increase his currency balance,
but really to make tight money market.
| Secretary McCulloch was the only officer
Of Johnson's cabinet present at the Recep-
ton. He and his accomplished daughter
were warmly greeted by numerous friends
The ex-Secretary seemed highly gratified at
the numerous compliments paid him for the
skill and good taste every where manifest in
| the new Treasury building. .Ta~ya
! One of the orders already issued by the
Secretary of the Navy, undid the dirty job
done by MIR. Welles at the Portsmouth navy
yard about a year ago, when he court-mar-
| tailed and dismissed Engineer Sawyer for
saying, in a discussion with other persons
that Andrew johnson had violated his pledg-
es to the people and ought to be impeached
Sawyer is restored to rank and gets all his
! back pay.
] > AT the Inauguration ball, Mrs. Governor
Morgan 8 diamonds were the finest in the
room; Mrs. John Morrissey wore the most
elegant toilette; Mrs. CoIfax wore pink sat
/ in, with tulle overskirt; Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe created sensation, as well as Madame
DR.. Walker, who appeared in her bloomer
dress. .-.. g--..
| Some New England politicians are great
1y troubled because the President has de-
termined to remove Second Assistant Post
master General Mcclellan and appoint Gen.
Giles Smith. of Illinois, in his place. and
they are trying hard to get the order for O
change revoked. They will, however, fail,
! as the President and Postmaster General
both think thorough cleaning out of the
department advisable. First Assistant Skin
ner will probably have TO give way to CTess-
Wells brother-in-law, and Third Assistant
Zevely to some one else.
Within two months United States Bonds
have gone up in Europe over ten per cent.
This is one of the results of repudiating the
regulators in the last election. The secu-
rifles of the United States arc the best IL
the world and ought to command the high
est prices.
Late Arizona intelligence says that In
dian depredations and murders are numer
Gus. The people are. becoming eXasperatet
and Il war of determination is suggested
commencing with the massacre of Indian
residing ON Government reservations.