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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

A compilation from the official rec
ord, regarding Indian wars for the past
forty years, to have been as follows:
Black Hawk war, 400 lives and So
100000; Seminole war, 1,5OO lives and
$lOO, O00, 600, only l,500 Indians being
warriors; a war with the Creeks and
Cherokees, about the same time. cost
81 100000: Sioux war of 1852. 800 lives
and S40,000000; war of 1862. 900 lives
and about S6O,000,G20; Cheyenne, 1867
800 lives and about S200,0O0,0O0; Indi-
an troHble on Pacific slope for the last
twenty years, about 1901, 100000; three
campaigns against the Navajoes, $50 900,
600; the whole troubles in New Next
co, of which the last item forms part,
$50 100000.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

WHERE GENUINE" LIQUORS COME
FRoM.-One is impressed to seek a rea-
son for the numbers of murders and
Sudden deaths which are now so fire.
quently reported, and in doing so there
is one frightful source to which to trace
the cause of the evil, aid that ia the
amount of made-up and poisoned iiq-
uors now sold to the public as bever-
age. In very large ma ority of the
cases OF murder reported, the murderer
has been found to be laboriug under
species of insanity, produced by the
firery poison of a made-up stuff called
liqour. The high cost of distilling or
importing liquors is largely the excuse
for this, and the number OF manufac-
turers of imitation liquors in this city
is now quite as Urge as that of the i'm
porters. AT any corner you may find
compounder of poison, and it is too
tempting business to be easily pre-
vented. Ten dollars worth of strych-
nine or other poisonous drugs will i'm
part to a barrel of beer double the
strength of that value Of hops, and with
the presedt skill in chemical pFepsra-
tons, hardly gallon of pure liQour is
necessary to producer thousands of gall
Ions. Thus the city is flooded with
these poisons calling them by all sorts
of names. The best bands of cham
pagnes are wholly produced in this
country in such pefect limitations, that
the genuine cannot be detected, if per-
chance bottle should be mixed with it.
The California wines offered for sale are
very largely made up by manufactures
of certain establishments in this city.
So with other wines and HCours. Nor
are these exaggerated statements, they
can be verified any day by the assessors
OF internal revenue, and the examina-
tion of the liquor. But can nothing be
done to stop this wholesale poisoning
OF the community? Must every man
who takes a glass of wine become q
possible murderer an insane homicide?
The evil is one which cannot be over
Iooked.-M. y. Commonwealth.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01
THE OLDEST CITY In THE WORLD.

Damascus is the oldest city in the
world. Tyre and Sidon have crumbled
on the shore Baalbec is ruin Palmy-
IA is buried in a desert; Nineveh and
Babylon have disappeared from the Ii
girls and Euphrates, Damascus remains
what it was before the days of Abraham
"a centre of trade and travel-an is
land of verdure in the desert-'Ea pres
idential capital" with martial and sa-
cred associations extending through
thirty centuries. 1t was near Damas-
Gus that Saul of Tarsus saw the light
above the brightness of the sun the
street which is called Strait, in which it
was said che prayed" still runs through
the city. The caravan comes and goes
as it did a thousand years ago; there is
still the sheik, the ass, and the water
wheel the merchants of the Euphrates
and the Mediterranean still occupy"
these with the multitude of wares"
The city which Mahomet surveyed from
a neighboring height, and was afraid to
enter because it was given to man to
have but one paradise, and for his part,
he was resolved not to have it in this
world, is to this day what Julian called
the ''eye of the East" as it was in the
time of Isaiah ''the head of Syria"
From Damascus came the damson, our
blue plums, and the delicious apricot of
Portugal, called damasco, damask, our
beautiful fabric of cotton and silk, with
vines and flowers raised upon smooth,
bright ground the damask rose, intro
duced into England in the time of Hem
ry VIII, the Damascus blade, so famous
the world over for its keen edge and
wonderful elasticity the secret of whose
manufacture was lost when Tamerlane
carried off the artist into Persia; and
that beautiful art of inlaying wood and
steel with silver and gold, kind of mo-
sale engraving and sculptural united
called damaskening-with which boxes,
bureaus, swords and guns are ornament
ed. 1t is still city of flowers and
bright waters the streams of Lebanon
and the ''river ofgold" still murTnur and
sparkle in the wilderness of Syrian gar
dens.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

A correspondent of western paper
says that cows can be cured of the habit
of Withholding milk if they will drink
sour milk. After drinking, and as soon
as they begin to lick the pail, they will
give down freely. He has tried it with
COWS that would give about two-thirds
the proper quantity, retaining the other
portion. Then he gives them milk to
drink, and waits until they begin to
lick the pail, when he has no trouble In
getting the remainder. He has tried
meal, salt, and various things, but found
nothing-to produce so good an effect az
sour milk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

PETRoLEUM.-The late extraordinary
advance in the price of petroleum rem
ders states of the article more than usu-
ally interesting, and we accordingly
compile, from the recognized authori-
ties in the oil regions, facts and figures
in relation to production, &c. The re-
turns of the whole oil region of Penn
sylvania shows product for October
of 340,Sl8 barrels. From the Ist of jan
uary to the 1st of November, 1868, the
aggregate yield was 100000 barrels,
with nearly double the amount of new
wells, an increase of only about 10 per
cent. upon last years product. Daring
this period of ten months the shipments
to foreign countries have increased so
per cent. upon last years outgo, while
the stock Ola hand in Europe aggregates
no more, showing greatly increased con-
sumption there. Meanwhile, the stock
on hand in this country is much below
that of the corresponding period last
year. The price of crude averages 81
per barrel, against 50 30 last year. The
number OF new wells being drilled is
435, against 20 the same time q year
ago, and of these 2l3 are at Pleasant
Vile where there are already about 100
producing wells-the whole Welding
daily about L,00O wells in operation on
~ In the hole oil region averaging 10
to Il barrels eachper day.--B0st0sl Conn
Heerci0s BaEgLetSa.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

A Portland (Me.) lady attempted 20
kill rat in her parlor, when the virmin
retreated up her clothing upon her back.
The woman fed shrieking from the
room, and fell down stairs IN doing
which she turned q complete sumer-
sanlt and landed on her back killing the
rat by the conclusion.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01
WANTED.

Among the wants we find the follow
ing, which is susceptible of unlimited
variation as different phases of fashion
able folly are suggested to the mind:
WANTED.-A few more females of
weak minds to appear next season in
some new absurdity at Saratoga. The
medical faculty return their thanks for
enormous increase of business in neu-
ralgic and catarrhal complaints, brought
about by the present style of bonnets.
and assure those who are hesitating in
the adoption of the Grecian Bend, that
hospitals for spine complaints and chest
contractiOns shall at once be established.
Manufacturers of high heeied boots
will bring forward the heels from the
middle of the foot to the toe, next seas
on. and that portion of the faculty who
give their attention to swellings of the
joints will govern themselves accord
ingly.
Also few more mothers wanted to
dress young children in short dresses,
bare legs and linen drawers Zone pair
only all winter. 1t looks pretty to see
them thus, and encourages physicians
engaged in that branch of practice
known as children's diseases. Also
mothers who will continue to leave
children with Irish nurses, TO whom
gin and Soothing syrup
will be supplied at reduced prices.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

The population of the United States
is nearly 100000. If it increases in
the same ratio as it has in preceding PEE
RODS, il will be 100000 in 1870 and
I10, O0O, 900 in 1900.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

The crops of Utah the pest season are
estimated-Wheat, $50 900 bushels corn
115,OOO; potatoes, 10000 bushels and
sorghum, lS8, 600 gallons. The grAss-
hoppers swept OF the entire crop Of
several counties.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

The Postmaster General now uses
thirty-six thousand miles of railway in
the transmission of the mails in this
country.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

The wife of Col. Darlington, of. the
18th infantry, has written quite an in
teresting book, which she gives the
names of Abraska, ''the home of the
Crows and contends that that ought to
have been its name. The CHEYENNE
argus agrees with her as TO the propri-
ETY. OF the name. Mrs. G. has had ma
nv years experience in that country. the
Colonel having been military command
er there during some of the most inter-
esting and tragical portions of its histo-
ry, and had the material to make her
book valuable Is well as intering.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

Lorenzo Dow defined death bed re-
pentance to be burning out the condle
of life in the service of the devil, and
blowing the snuff in the face of heaven.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE CON-
MITTEE.
To the Board Of Directors:
GENTLEMEN Your Executive Com
mittee respectfully submit the follow
ing report of the State Normal School
for the year 1868.
Your attention is first called to the
receipts and expenditures as shown in
the financial exhibit here given.
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

Don't wear red near the The
London LDneeE edited By csfe of the
ablsst surgeons, segs i Is iHjalioue and
PeiseReas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01
State Normal School.
OFFICIAL REPORTS FOR 1858.

Its Success, Condition, Usefalness-Finan-
cial Estimates for the Com
ing Year.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01
REPORT OF THE BOARD Wis
JTORS

By appointment we visited the State
Normal School, at Emporia, and in pur-
suance of the act of the Legislature I'M
der which the Institution was organized,
and which requires the Visiting Com
mittee to present their views with ref
erence to '.its condition, success, and
usefulness" respectfully submit the fol-
lowing.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

This year the Us boys in the Mich
igan Reform School have caned the
seats Of 1900 chairs and the backs of
800 4 little colorsd boy is the quick
81 &c the Job.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01
REPORT: IT'S CONDITION.

REPORT ITS CONDITION.
Part of the Committee has attended
all the examinations during the year.
During the term ending Dec. 18th, 1868,
there have been enrolled ninety-eight
pupils, and during the year one hun
dred and fifty three.
During the last term, all the pupils
enrolled in the Normal Department ex-
cept three, took the pledge to teach q
specified time in the State.
In the Preparatory Department and
Model School, we found twenty-seven
pupils.
The Instructors during the year have
been, L. B. Kellogg, Principal; FL. B.
Norton, Associate Principal; Mrs. J..
II. Gorham, and the first two graduates
of the Institution, Miss Ellen Plumb
and Miss NJ. J. Watson.
Instruction during the year has been
given in Arithmetic, Reading, Writing,
Geography, Grammar and Analysis,
Rhetoric, Algebra, Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Astronomy, Natural Philoso-
ply, Chemistry, Botany, Geology and
Zoology, United States and State Con-
situations, Ancient and Modern Histo-
ry, Theory and Art of Teaching, Book
Keeping, Vocal Music, Drawing, and
Gymnastics.
There appeared to be nothing for
Sh0I1 In the examinations. The remark
of the Principal to visitor very pithily
expresses the manner in which the
school is conducted. He said, 'tcome
when you please you will find the
school in its working clothes"
So we found it; and these examina-
tions disclosed an acquaintance and ia
miliarity with the studies under consid-
Grafton, worthy of the pupils and teach
ers, and very gratifying to the friends
of the school.
THE SUCCESS
of the school is proudly assured by the
increased interest taken in it by those
who become acquainted with it; and
also by the increasing. number of pu-
pills, many of whom come from places
not heretofore represented in the insti-
tuition.
The pupils enrolled during the year
represent IS different counties in the
State.
There are about one hundred and fifty
young men and women now teaching
who have received instruction here,
some of whom are filing situations in
prominent schools.
THE UsEFULNEEs
Of the school is shown by the improved
Classification in many of the common
schools in which teachers have been en-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01
oExERAL CONDITION AND NEEDS OF
THE SCHOOL.

It is truly gratifying to rs TO witness
and be able TO record the present health
fal and growing condition Of the Institu-
ton. The record for the past wear
shows an aggregate attendance of one
hundred and fifty three pupils. TIE
order and working efficiency of the
school are now, as heretofore, All that We
could expect or desire. The Teachers,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01
THE UsEFuLNEss

Of the school is shown by the improved
schools in which teachers have been en-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01

All of which is submitted for your
consideration and approved.
G. v. ESKRIDGE,
REV. G. G.. MORSE,
Executive Com. State Normal School.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-01
CITY & SANTA FE RAILROAD.

Emporia, Kansas, Dec. 16, 1868.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25

have No hasiMtiou ln saying Tat
Congress possesses full power to
re-eataF The late rebel States and
reconstruct them again, aud 90 Of.
ten asthe Constitution is tFampled
under foot and the laws of Con-
gress are set at nOught. What Con-
grass will do / am unable 10 say at
this timej bat one thing Is certain,
an investigation will be had con-
corning the frauds and violations
Of the constitution Of the State.
Congress cannot refuse to investi-
gate, as this is a national question,
which saps the foundation Of re-
publican government. II l we're
Of home | would not go near the
polls on the day oil the election. In
a word, l would treat the whole
thing as revolutionary and in VIC
lation of the constitution and laws
Of the State and the r~econstruc-
ton acts Of Congress-. l am
truly sorry that our friends are
running candidates and thereby
seemingly making themselves n
party to this outrage. They
should have stood aloof and took
no part, and then those who claim
to have control of the State gov
eminent could not have complain
ed. 4
| am truly yours,
w. D. STOKES.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25
, nnEvITIEs.

George Sand has been offered the
position Of editress-in-chief Of the
Paris daily Temps.
Wisconsin, which has now six
Congrcssmeu, expects to have nine
under the new apportionmcnt'
"Ladies, without regard to SEX
are invited TO attend a womGn's
rights meeting in q Western town
The Christian Union raises the
dreadful question whether Methu.
selah was not drowned in the flood.
An Englishman proposes to pre-
serve fresh meat for expectation
by dippiugit In fluid India rubber
The Eternal Truth is published
weekly in an Iowa village, for two
dollars a year, positively in adj
vance"
Gen. Fremont and wife have
taken apartments for the winter in
Washington, where the General
expects to reside, in order to super
Intent the passage through the
Senate OF his Memphis and Fl PasO
Railroad bill.
Fields, the Pennsylvania muir
derer, took a dose of vinegar and
molasses to cure q sore throat half
an hour before he was hanged.
The Esquimaux says: "a man
who has three wives in this world
is sure of heaven in the next" He
ought to find peace somewhere.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25
REPRESENTATIVES,.

Warren-CharlOs p Head, Chas
A Foster, Cassius d Landon, Peter
Barrow, Albert Johnson.
Ilinds-Chas w LOOMS, W S
Cabell, Henry Mayson, G f. Norris.
Lowndes-L A Munson, IL w
Lewis, II d Gegan, J F Bolden.
Adams John Il Lynch, . G
French, II p Jacobs.
Carroll-W l. Hemingway, g
ScKinzic, Henry Pitman.
Decentralization Campbell, j V
Walker, Gilbert p Darlington.
llolmes-Wm b Williams, Ed
ward Scarborough, Cicero Mitchell
Madison-W Ben Cunningham,
lessee NJ Stone, JamesJ Spelman,
Marshall-Eli buchanan, W L
Jones, L p Hatch.
Monroc--Wm Hodges, William
Holmes, James L Herbert.
Noxubec-J Stewart, j X Davis,
NJ McNees.
Washington - Chas w Clark,
Doctor Sites, John Morgan.
Yazoo-F L Franklin, A s Wood
VIM II Foote.
Attala-Rasselas Boyd, Jason
Niles.
Observation-Disclosures Henderson
B G Underwood.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25

no on
On the 18th the President made
the following nominations to the
Senate:
3. r. Hoar, Of Massachusetts,
TO be Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court Of the United
States.
L. D. Latimer, to be United
States Attorney for the district OF
California.
James w, PurvIance, to be At
torney for the Western district of
Tennessee.
David W. Houston, to be Mar.
shall for Kansas.
Edgar W. Hillyer, to be Judge
of the United States District
Court of Nevada.
Jason NJ. johnson, to be Col.
lector of Internal Revenue for the
Ninth district ofNew York.
James A. Allaben, to be Asses
sor for the Second district of New
York.
Richard Beardsloy, Of Indiana,
Consul at Jerusalem.
Henry C. Rogers, to be Pension
Agent at st Paul, MINI.
Richard f. Way, to be Receiver
of Public Moneys for the Helena
distri Il Montana.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25
OFFICIAL ORDER ANNOUNCING
RESULT OF ELECTION.
LosIslaturo to meet on ,lth Jan,

~ ~ hhGSA OA hhsAA %@HAa
HEADQUARTERS 4TH MIL. DIST.
DEPARTMENT OF MISSY
JACKSON, Miss, Dec. 20, 1869.
GEN. oRDERs,l
No. GO.
WHEREAS, by authority Of an act
Of Congress, approved April 10th,
1860, entitled, Gan Act authorizing
the submission Of constitutions OF
Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, to
a vote Of the people, and author.
izihg the election of State officers
provided by the said constitutions,
and members Of Congress, and Of a,
proclamation by the President Of
the United States, dated Jnly 18th,
1869, and Of order Of the President,
dated September oath, 1869, an
election was held in this state on
the 3Oth of November and LIST Of
December, 1860.
AND WHEREAS the Reconstruc-
ton acts Of Congress require that
proclamation Of the results Of said
election shall be made, it Is hereby
declared
FIRST. That the constitution
adopted on the 10Th day Of May,
1868, by the convention which met
in Jackson, Mississippi, Excluding
those portions Of said constitution
which were submitted TO a separate
vote, and also excluding Sections,
4, 3, 6,7, SO, 10, IL, II, 10, "A aHd
Is, of Article ID, under the head oil
Ordinance) has been ratified by q
minority of the votes actually cast
by the qualified electors at slid
election.
SECOND. OF those provisions oil
said constitution which were sub
mitted to a separate vote, Section s.
Article II, has been ratified and the
remaining provisions have been re-
jccted.
THIRD. The following named
persons have received u majority o.
the votes cast by the qualified elec
tors at said election for the officer
herein indicated, and are duly elect
edthcreto:
JAMES l.. ALcoRN, Governor.
RIDGLEY Z. POWER, Lieutenan
Governor.
JAMES LYNCH, Secretary Of State
WILLIAM II. VAssER, Treasurer
HENRY MUsGROvE, Auditor o
Public Accounts.
JOSHUA S. MORRIS, Attorney Gen
eral.
HENRY r. PgAsE, Superintendent
of Public Education.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25

The New York Herald says
"By cable telegram we learn that
the Council which met at Rome
on the 9th of this month has adj
journed until after Epiphany, or
until after the 9th day of January.
II is added that much opposition
is expected when the Council re-
sumes its sittings. This oppOsi-
ton is no longer a mere rumor it
ls q fact, France has taken de-
Cided grounds; and tho example
of France is approved and adopt
ed by all the Catholic govern
ments. The French government
has notified the Council that the
declaration Of the i~nfallibility Of
the Pope is religiously inoppor,
tune, and that politically it multi
fies the Concorda and releases
France from her obligations to
the Holy See. This is a heavy
blow. This, however, is not all.
The majority of the French bish-
ops are opposed to the iniallibil'
ity dogma. So, tits certain, are
all the liberal bishops Of Germa,
ny. We do not wonder that it has
been found necessary to adjourn
the Council. The Pope, it is said
is somewhat alarmed; but he
counts with confidence on the sup
port OF the American bishops
When we remember that the Coun
Gil of Trent sat at irregular inter
walls, from 1915 to 1868, q period
of eighteen years, and during
which the chair Of ST. Peter hat
five successive occupants--Pau
Ill, Julius Ill, Marcellus IL.
Paul ". and Plus IV.-we canno
help attaching some importance
to this first adjournment. Thu
end of the Council may be near
but it may be aiar off and no ont
can foresee Its history
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25

~Ca0siaW=WHl1m Bart,
.Thamaa p Conner
Claiborne "a Stiles, Mt New
som.
COPiah-W J Willing, u, Eman-
uel Handy.
Observation-Disclosures Baleh, Msr-
Flman Howard.
LAfayette-W g Vaughn, SVW
Whiting.
Lauderdale -Wm B snOwden, J
Pontotoc-C B Mitchell, S H
Wood.
Oktibbeha-Geo II Holland, David
Higgins.
Fanola-C A Yancy, J H Piles.
Tippah-E Newton Hunt, Hart
well + Wells.
Wukinson-Geo W White, Hugh
NJ Foley.
Yalobusha-M X Mister, Row
land w Jones.
TlShOmingo-Hugh N Street
Reuben A Johns.
Rankin-ThOs S Maxey, George
n LangIord.'
Amilc-A Parker.
Bolivar-C III BOwles.
Calhoun-Archibald 5 Roaue.
Clarke-Green G Chandler.
Franklin-Joseph + Sessions.
Issaducua-Richard Griggs.
Itawamba Eli Phillips.
Jasper-Elisha Dansby.
Kemper -JamesS Hndnal!,
Law reuce-Geo Clarke.
Leake-H w Warren.
L~ee-James Il Nabers.
Pike-W II Rome.
SupAower-D n Quinn.
Scott GOwen.
Tallahatchie-J SB Coggeshall'
Winston-William B Uwings.
Simpson L X Gowan.
Coahoma-B Harrington,
Tunica-M j Manning.
Newton-J Bolton.
Neshoba-lfenFy q Greer.
Covington-John ellis.
Wayne-Wm Yoeman.
Davis-V A Collins.
Smith-Edward Carrie.
Green-J X Mcleod.
Jackson-l " Osborn.
Hancock-John II Nicholson.
Marion-Michael Wilson.
Harrison-Hamilton Taylor.
Perry-GcOrge d fairfield
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Lit District-George E Harris
I'd District L Morphis.
Sd District-Henry W Barry.
4th Dislrict-GeOrge Q Mckee.
9th Dlstrict-Legrand W Perce
FOURTH. In accordance with Sec
ton 5, OF said act Of April ION
1869, the Legislature Of this stat.
will meet at Jackson, Mississippi
the llth day of January, 1870.
An official copy Of this order VII
be considered q certificate of cleo
ton.
BY Command of Brevet MGjo
Gen. AMEs:
WILLIAM ATWOOD.
h Aide-de.C CAM
Acting Assistant Adjutant Gen