The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-01-27


the sale and shipment of war material
to France.
The Connecticut Republicans state
convention was held at New Haven
Wednesday, and the whole ticket re-
nominated.
President has ordered the headquart-
ers of the department of the south to
be transferred from Atlanta, Georgia,
to Louisville, Ky.
1t is said that Judge Otta, assistant
Secretary of Interior, is to be removed,
in favor OF Major d. II. Novin, of PEN
sylYania, who is endorsed by Senators
Scott and Cameron.
The notorious "Reddy the blacksmith
of New York, shot and killed one JOS
eph Haggerty Wednesday. Reason
why-Haggerty had just shot, and miss
cd, Reddy three times.
1t is said that on Wednesday morn
ing President Grant ordered the imme-
diate stoppage of THE sale of arms and
war material. This badly interferes
with various New York contracts with
the French government.
1t is said that the reason why General
Schenck delays his trip to England is
that the British minister at Washington
has been authorized to settle the Ala
bama claims on terms satisfactory to
President Grant and Secretary Fish.
Whoop!
First thing we know, we won't know
anything about the war in France. A
branch of the Atlantic cable was broken
Tuesday. Happily, there is one cable
still intact, from the island of st. Pierre
to Brest, France, and the European
news comes over that.
Last week, at a point 81 miles from
Prescott, Arizona, 80 noble red men
surprised company of U. S. Cavalry,
wounded men and two officers, and
ran off with "a horses. Another COM
pany pursued the aborigines, and over
took and killed quite number.
Among new appointments by Grant,
are the following: j. E. Marsh, Survey
or of Customs, Kansas City, Mod S.
Batsford, Z. S. Attorney western dis
trict of Missouri, Gen1 L. Woods, of
Oregon, as Governor of Utah; Henry
p. Mather, postmaster at Harrisonville,
Missouri.
The rest of the discharged Fenians
not having arrived at New York, the
Tammany Hall committee and various
Irish societies chartered u steamboat
Wednesday and went down Long Is
land sound to search for their desired
guests. Pity if that committee got
drowned.
Secretary Boutwell, opposes the re-
peal of the income tax. He says the
tax will bring in about Sl4,000,000 OF
revenue, while the direct cost of its col
lection will not be over S50O,O00 He
also thinks that it is better to raise SI4-
100000 from rich mems incomes than
from poor mems tea and coffee.
The largest public meeting ever held
in Minnesota came Off at st. Paul last
Sunday. 1t was Catholic demonstra-
ton in the honor of the Pope. Special
trains ran on all the roads 1900 faithful
brigots were in the procession. The
weather, being protestant, "blew and
snew" fiercely all the while.
The new apportionm't law, relative to
members of Congress, will be passed in
time to affect the Presidential election
of 1872. The 43d Congress will also be
elected at the same time. So the elect
ion of 1872 will be an intensely interest
ting one, in which somebody and some
party will be badly laid out.
a Congressional committee has gone
to West Point, TO ascertain why three
white students were jerked out of their
beds at midnight and forced to leave
the Academy by threat of lynch laws.
A good many other things there might
be investigated with good result, while
the committee has its hand in
Winnie Ream's statue of President
Lincoln was unveiled in the capital ro-
tunda at Washington Wednesday night
with much ceremony and great applause
Grant, Sherman, Colfax, &C., were
present. Congratulatory speeches were
made by Senators Trumbull, Patterson
and Carpenter, and Representatives
Cullom, Banks snd Brooks. The statue
is said to be good one.
By order of the President, Red Clouds
Indians are to be fed this winter on gov
eminent rations, and 1000 head of cattle
are to be bought and sent to them. The
Indians at Fort Laramie are also to be
fed, and supplied with enough ammu-
milton to hunt all game except white
folks. If the Indians were only allow
cd their natural rights to scalp and rob
the whites, they would not be thus re-
duced to the deplorable necessity of ac-
cepting government beef and hard tack.
We look for q sympathetic editorial
from the New York Tribune.
In Louisville, jefferson Co., Georgia,
Saturday night, some democrats, in Ku
Klux costume, broke open the jail, and
took out nine negro prisoners, confined
on various charges. They then gave
each n terrible whipping, cut an ear
each off from seven, both ears of the
eighth, and shot the ninth dead. All
concerned then made tracks for private
life, convinced that the white race is
superior in wickedness and cruelty to
the black. The victims may feel will
ing to lose their cars and take q whip
ping to get ont of Jail, but the dead one
cannot very well be satisfied with his
treatment.
Our war news to-day is very import
ant. Paris offers to capitulate with the
honors of war, but the Germans de-
mand unconditional surrender and
cessation of the war. The Emperor
and Empress Napoleon have offered
these terms on condition that they be
restored to reign over what may he
left of France, and if the present gov
ernment does not come the same terms,
the Germans will try to reinstate the
Emperor. 1t is evident that "this cruel
war is nearly over" and that it will
leave the French the most thoroughly
whipped nation of modern Europe, and
the new Empire of Germany the lead
ING DOVUar n Tho old would