The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-22
EMPORIA NEWS.
Friday. April 90, iszO.
skEMs.I4Ems.

turner, the assassin of Bill Poole
IN New York, some years ago, went I,
ms reward from San Francisco hospi
tai last week.
-Ata Iocal'elecii6h in cairo. Illinois
on Monday, 1862 votes were cast by col
ored men, every one of them Rebublic.
p an and electing the entire Republican
Ticket go ~ 5
There is a movement ON foot in
pennsylvania TO make General Horace
Porter, the Presidents private secretary.
the next Republican candidate Cor Gov
ernor of that State.
Gen. Hooker is in New York.
with his mind as vigorous as OFer, but
!, bodily q sad aud melancholy wreck. He
is almost helpless from paralysis, and
requires the constant aid of an attend
ant.
3-Thefioa Lafayette S. Foster, who,
as President pro tenn OF the Senate, be-
came Vice-President OF the United
states on the death of Mr.. Lincoln, has
been elected to the Connecticut Iegisla-
ture as representative from Norwich, in
that State.
Most ofthe county clerks of caIifor-
MA who at first refused to register ne
gro voters, now make no objection.
The Clerk of San Francisco still refuses
to do so until certified copy of the 18th
amendment and proclamation shall
have been received.
Tho following most important dis
patch we transcibe, verbatim ct Htera-
tim: cat this hour, 10 p. NJ, of Mon
day, April IL, 1870, the fine healthy son
of VieePresident Colfax IS eight hours
ofage, and his mother is in an easy and |
comfortable condition."
Gen. Sherman has returned to
Washington. lie has received dis
patches from officers in Tennessee, stat
ing that everything quiet in that State,
people attending to their own business
and preparing for planting. He is OPP
posed to placing troops under the orders
of Gov. Senter, or any other civilian, as
tending to the decentralization of the
army.
= And now, after all the talk we have
heard about that Senatorial chair occu-
pied by Revels, it turns out that it is
not the actual piece of furniture once
used by Jefferson Davis. In April, 1871,
when the Sixth Massachusetts Regi-
ment-that had been attacked in Balti-
more just previously-wasg guarding the
Capitol, some of the soldiers ascertain
ed, by inquiry, which chair had been
occupied by the rebel chief, and broke
it to pieces.
The Judiciary Committee of the
House has agreed to report bill, pun
ishing by fine and imprisonment any
officer or other person who shall pre-
vent any colored citizen from voting,
under such municipal regulations, reg
istration, assessments, &C., as are now
in force for the regulation of the suf-
frage by white electors. All such of
fences to be triable in U. S. Courts, and
injured parties may also bring civil ac- !
tions.
Canada is considerably agitated
concerning the anticipated Fenian raid.
In addition to the regular troops on the
frontier, it has been decided to call out
four thousand active MALTA and con-
centrate them Mt Montreal. AS in 1866,
the raid is expected to take place, if at
all, at some point between st. Armaud i
and Friflingsburg. 1t is said that thet
Canadian government received inform
alton, on Thursday and Friday last, of
the time appointed for the raid.
A proposition was made some time
ago TO the telegraph men by Robt. b.
Hoovey, of Allegheny, Pa, to present =
Prof. Morse, the father of the telegraph,
with n testimonial upon his S0th birth
day. The response was general, and
the nucleus of a fund was Immediately
raised. 1t has since been found that
this fund will warrant the casting of It.
bust of the Professor, so the original
idea of making Prof. Morse birthday d
testimonial has been abandoned, and G.
national one viii take its place.
- The indianapolis Journal says of H.
Gen. Geo. II. Thomas that he was SO in
different to all ''pomp and circumstance
of war;" that, though made a Major
General on April %, 1862, he had no
stars until after the battle of Stone riv-
or, eight months afterward and they
were put on by the strategy of his SER /
want at the instigation of some men,
mer of the Generals staff He wore Of
his Coloners coat until tho moment of
his taking command at Mill Spring he
had been Brigadier-General six q
months. y
- Gen. Sheridan has received a COM
in form of apetition signed
by several hundred residents of the Wv
omins Territory relative to Indian diff
ilculties and outrages In that region. OF
They heartily approve of the Indian
policy pursued by the Lieut.. General,
and endorse the so-called massacre of
Piegans by Col. Baker. They also state
that the white settlers of Wyoming are
suffering depredations caus- 1
cd from the Indians; and they ask that
sufficient military force under Baker.
be stationed in Wind River Valley, to
protect the whites and punish the In
dams.
= The Mcfarland trial in New York
will bring out evidence from some par II
lies WIG, will not appear in court. Vice
President Coliax is one of these per-
sons. a commission was sent to Wash
ngton about "a month ago TO get his
testimony; and Potter, one of the New
York representatives, was deputized to
put him under oath, and take his ans
yer to n large number of questions
written out and forwarded by the dis
riot attorney and Netherlands council
4 is understood that this course was
pursued with reference to quite num-
Der of individuals whom it was not 5-I
or advisable TO put on the
tand.
= The colored people celebrated the 7
OF The Fifteenth Amend for
nent in many of the cities. In New
York they had procession 10000
trongs ON the Stl.- In the evening the
arge hall of Cooper Institute was fill Du
d with an enthusiastic crowd. A letter are