The Weekly News-Democrat from Emporia, Kansas • Page 2

EMPORIA, KANSAS. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1862. Postage stamps are made legal tender by a law just passed. They are to be made on thick paper, and without gum. Enlistments are going on rapidly in every loyal State, and there is no doubt that the 300,000 men called for will be promptly raised.

All the troops of the Indian Expedition have been ordered back to Fort Scott. For what reason, we don't know, unless it is for the defense of the border. The Kansas Zexiung, the leading German paper of Kansas, printed at Leavenworth, has come out for A. C. Wilder, of that city, for Representative to Congress.

Mr. Wilder is well known throughout the State, and has thousands of warm fiiends. Ethan Earle has advertised for recruits for a negro regiment in Kansas. We understand that General Blunt favors the idea. The Indians are getting very saucy on our Western border, and a negro regiment would be just the fellows to watch them.

The Leavenworth Conservative, speaking of the candidacy of Judge L. D. Bailey, says he "is known as a man of strict in tegrily, and so possessing those intellectual qualities as indispensable to a high judicial officer. Politically he is a stern and unyield ing Republican. Judge Bailey will un doubtedly be again nominated and elected' Gen.

Blunt has now had command of this Department longer than any General since the out, and seems to be growing in popular favor every The truth is. Gen. Blunt is a man of good hard sense and sound judgment, and has a well balanced mind. These qualities, combined with mil itary ability, and a freedom from pomposity and disgusting airs, make the people like him. We confess that we were prejudiced against him at first; but he has shown such excellent qualities since, that we are com pelled to admit that he is the right man in the right place.

A NEW POLICY. At last, it seems the Administration are about to take steps to try to suppress the Rebellion. They have come to the conclusion that they have been playing long enough The Rebels started out saying, "All we want is to be let alone;" and they have been let alone so completely, that the cry will soon be turned upon us, if they are allowed to proceed. The President seems willing to take another step nearer the people. The Confiscation bill has passed, and has received his signature, after a little stroke of the brush from the black paint-pot, labelled "afraid of hurting somebody's feelings," "conservative policy," and there is actual talk about "niggers," without visible signs of "shaking in the boots." He has come to the conclusion that negroes can dig trenches and do drudgery, and, in case of necessity, fight a little, if they don't get too close to the delicate smellers of some of our officers.

Heretofore, it has seemed to be the special duty of our "invading" armies to watch onion patches and niggers. If any of our "unfortunate African brethering," strayed into the Union camps, with what a gusto our brave Brigadiers have issued their proclamations, turning them out, and threatening annihilation to the inferior officers who permitted such unpardonable sins under their very noses! And woe be to the unfortunate private who was caught with a Rebel chicken, turnip or other edible. The Rebels have been guarded as tenderly, and their property protected as carefully, as though every mother's son of them did not deserve to be dangling between Heaven and earth at the end of a strong rope, and all their earthly possessions taken either for the benefit of the Government or wiped out from existence. A few weeks ago our troops look Memphis, and ever since the Rebels there have beeu swearing taking the oath to support the Government, which every Rebel heart prays, daily and Lightly, may go to atoms. And instead of shooting them down, our Government has been playing the disgusting farce of listening to them and letting them go.

It is and has been 60 at every captured point. The very next day after the perjured cut-throats took the oath, they would with alacrity strike down the hand that spared their lives, which were forfeited by all the laws in the world, governing such cases. At the coming of the next Rebel horde they will take their arms and "fall in" the fiercest blood -hounds in the pack. And yet the Government has spent millions of money, and thousands of lives have been sacrificed, in the past year, to treat these same men tenderly to save their feelings to coax them back into the Union, to which they would be a shame and a lasting disgrace if they were back. Now, all this damnable bosh is "played out;" in fact, it was never played in, so far as the people have had aught to say or do about things.

We are glad to see that the Administration begins to look at the Rebellion as though it had something of an undertaking to squelch it; and the indications are that the tender policy has had its day. The Border State politicians have ruled long enough. From every quarter of the country comes up to the ears of Mr. Lincoln a cry for a policy more earnest more terrible to the Rebels; and he has yielded. We have reason to believe the negroes will be armed, and every means in the power of the Government will be used to suppress the Rebellion.

Let our armies as they pass through a Rebel country make a clean sweep let them finish the job as they go. Let them desolate the land, and leave not so much as an ear of corn for the miserable spawn of hell to return to. What use can there be in marching an army through a Rebel country to put down the Rebellion, if, twenty-four hours afterwards, the Rebels raise upon 'their track and commence committing depredations, as has been the case two or three times in Missouri and portions of other States. We shall, in all probability, have the same work to do over this summer which we did two or three times last summer, in our neigh boring State of Missouri. We ought to know by this time that to treat a set of in furiated devils who have forfeited all claim to life, or the least degree of consideration or protection from civilized men, with ten derness, don't pay.

It costs too much money and too many lives. Treat them as they do us. Shoot them down drive them from the face of the country. Leave not one of them to tell the foolish tale of Re bellion against a Government that has given them life, liberty and happiness. Three months more of the tender policy would give them possession of America, and consign the Unionists to everlasting disgrace.

Nothing but the most rigid policy will ever close this Rebellion, and the sooner that policy is adopted, the better for the country and every single one of its citizens. MORE ABOUT LITTLE IIOVEY. Little Hovey Lowman, of the Lawrence Journal, has had another attack of the cac oethes scribendi, and the subject is The Emporia News. We are annihilated com pletely "chawed up and spit out." We confess we hardly expected such a fate from one whom we nave alwavs considered a friend. This is another evidence of the in humanity of an unscrupulous political scrib bier.

Hovey, you ought not to have done so to us. Hereafter, we claim immunity from your withering, sarcastic, bitter, elo quent and last, but not least, by any means your lying pen. Don't write about us, we pray you. Let us alone. Don't fill two columns of your paper, every week, in trying to make thi3 out a Lane paper, and in abusing us because you have no proof for your assertions.

In your first attack upon this paper, you made two charges one was that we were trying to beat Sleeper, and the other was that we had lately been seized with what you facetiously termed the "Lane-phobia." We denied these charges, and established the fact that they were merely the fancies of your own brain, and that you had no foundation for making such statements. In your last issue, you admit that your state -J ments were lies, by dropping them and completely dodging the question, and going off in another strain. The principal part of the Journal's last effort is an extremely severe grammatical analysis of one or two of our carelessly constructed sentences, in which little Hovey," by twisting, misconstruing and perverting our language, proves to bis own entire satisfaction that we are a "miserable pettifogger," a "toady," a "crawler," etc. Now, dear little if it is any gratification to you to think we are that kind of a character, we are the last person in the world that will interrupt your enjoyment, by trying to convince you that we are oth- erwise. Lowman sets himself up as an embodi ment of what a journalist should be in political honesty.

All his prate about purity of motives and freedom from demagogism, falls to the ground, however, when the truth is known in regard to his political action. We will state his case: His brother, Ed. Lowman than whom we don't know a better fellow in the State is a candidate for Supreme Judge that is, if he thinks there is a possibility of success. Little Hovey, of course, wants to help him, and don't scruple at the means to be used. Lyon county has three delegates in the State Convention.

Hovey wants 'em. He hears that Judge Bailey, of this county, has aspirations for the place he (Hovey) thinks his brother ought to have. He also hears that Mr. Sleeper is a candidate for Secretary of State. Hovey tries to get up sympathy for Sleeper, in order to beat Judge Bailey in this county, and thus get him out of his brother's way, and get Mr.

Sleeper's influence in the Slate Convention. It is all a happily conceived plan, and shows great sagacity. We should not wonder a bit, should the little ass promise Douglas county to Sleeper. Isn't that disinterested, self-sacrificing purity for you? Ain't you ashamed, Hovey, to compel us, by your brazen gabble about high-toned journalism, and about pettifogging, to publish this exemplification of your loud professions? Hovey, you ain't as sharp as you ought to be. You can't control big things.

Your forte is in obeying not planning. Let Rob. tell you what to do, and then you do it. If your brother has any strength in the State, for the position he he had better get you to quit, immediately, if he don't want to lose it. -e Hovey asks: "Was ever an honest, earnest, manly journalist one devoted to the higher aimsjof hi3 calling faithful always to Truth and Right guilty of such utterances as these and then quotes the following language from The News of two weeks ago: "It is true that we have been anti-Lane, but not so prejudiced against him that we would not even publish his speeches, or admit that tcilk the people he was probably the strongest man in the State." We always consider it honest and manly to tell the of telling our own prejudiced story, cases where we have prejudice.

We consider it more honorable, manly and truthful in a journalist in Kansas to acknowledge that Jim Lane is the strongest man in the State, before the people although he may be bitterly opposed to him than it is to be eternally saying that "Lane is played out," and has "no influence," as the Journal man has always done. It may be his idea of an honest journalist, to misrepresent. It'seems to be his practice, at least. Lowman extracts this sentence from-our paper, and comments very severely: "We are trying to publish a paper to salt people, and they like to read Jim Lane's speeches." News. "Friend Jacob, none other than a miserable pettifogger and toady would write and publish such stuff a3 that.

If you believe in Lane, the manly way is to say so, if the occasion require it." We suppose that the above is liable to the construction that we are trying to be everything to everybody; but no honorable man would make that use of it to our detriment. Of course, we were alluding to the miscellaneous department, when we said we were trying to suit the people. We endeavor to get something in there to suit all the different tastes of our readers, and we claim that it is the duty of the newspaper editor to give a variety in that department; and further, we are firmly of the opinion that we could not publish anything that would better suit the larger class of our readers, than Lane's speeches. Hovey, do you believe and indorse everything you publish in your paper If you do, all we have to say is that you are the most credulous man, as well as the biggest fool, we ever saw or heard of. Again, the Journal says: "If you do not believe in him, in what system of ethics do you find your justifica tion for giving the influence of your paper! to the augmentation of bi3 popularity and power?" We will answer the above question by asking you the same.

You published the most bitterly partisan speech that Lane ever made, in your paper last October. In what 6ystem of ethics do you find you justification for giving his Leavenworth speech the benefit of your circulation Baonsist-ent, Lowman. The crime was as heinous in your case as in ours. But here is the cap sheaf. If Honesty dwells anywhere in the region which Low4.

ktJH man inhahits. riniihlipaa fiho KliialioHv uiau luuauus, uuuuuess sue Diusnea: jlu: "io educate and elevate the pops? mind, and divert it into those channels of thought on political and governmental matters which lead to right and politic action, is our idea of the true mission of the political journalist expressed in brief." Yaw 1 You are our idea, also, of a "political journalist" expressed in brief being only about five feet four inches high, as near as we can judge. About as brief as they generally get. But the idea of your "educating and elevating the is what makes us smile. We are always glad to receive such refreshing draughts of im pudence on a warm day.

We don't know what kind of people your readers are. If they can be educated, elevated and lead by you, they certainly don't amount to much. We live in a very intelligent community. where the people think for themselves; and you, with all your eloquence and sarcasm, could not "educate," "elevate," and "lead" them to the Robinson altar. In the language of one of our politicians who must have originated in the same neighborhood that you hail from after vainly attempting to become a great man, "The people down this way don't lead worth a If you were to come down here and put on "leading" airs, you would soon get "elevated." They keep a machine here to "elevate" the unsophisticated.

Your idea of education consists in believinsr that Governor Robinson is the personification of all that is good. You can see no good in a man who would not follow you on the Robinson question, and laud an.d believe your un fair, dishonest and fulsome Robinson articles. We own our office, and can afford to be in dependent of both Lane and Robinson. We worship neither of them. We want to see the disgusting quarrel between these two men which has almost ruined, not only our politics but our State affairs generally left entirely out of the question.

We want to feel that the people can elect a ticket of men, this fall, who cannot be in the least control led by cither of them. That's what we want. But if such men as the editor of the Journal persists in forcing the issue of Lane or Robinson upon the people, he can have it settled to his satisfaction. We have never attached our fortunes, to a very great extent, to any of our "great" men always setting it down as a dangerous enterprise; and we have generally observed that it ruins editors to do ao. They often have to Tesort to all sorts of misrepre- seritation and trickery, to sustain themselves; and the people find out that they belong to the man "they worship so faithfully and have no use for them after they- learn they are mere tools.

Low-man seems be one of the unfortunate class who has a very dirty job on hand. We DitT vou. Adieu. Hovey. Do let us express our honest" convictions about Robinson, without getting mad at us won't you Good-bye, Hovey ITEMS BY JA ST NIGHT'S HAIL.

The papers by last sight's mail contained nothing of interest from any quarter. The report that Price was coming back to Missouri is not confirmed. It is represented that cotton spinning can no longer be continued in the manufacturing Eastern for want of material. New Orleans still remains healthy, and it is thought now that no epidemic will prevail there this season, We have news from England since they heard of our reverses before Richmond. There is no more talk of intervention than there was before.

Mr. Bull is still blustering, but seems willing to wait a little longer before buckling on his armor. In Indiana they are enlisting thirty-day troops, to protect the border against guerillas. ''j In St. Louis, on Monday, gold was selling at 8l.188l.20.

There is a corresponding rise in Eastern cities. The 81 Treasury notes authorized by the late act of Congress will be put in circulation in about two weeks. The Petersburg Express of Monday says that from fifteen to twenty thousand reinforcements have reached Gen. McCIellan, and that the James river is almost bridged with transports. A dispatch from Albany says that the Governor of New.

York has determined to take the responsibility of offering a State bounty of fifty dollars to each recruit, and provide a sum sufficient for that purpose, trueting to the next Legislature to indorse his action. The amount will be frcm tiro to two and a half millions. There is now a large force in. Kentucky, in pursuit of Morgan's guerillas, and if the latter get out of the Slate they will have to move as fast as their race horses can travel. As far as reported, the total loss in General Sumner's corps, General Couche's division, the Irish brigade, and General Griffin's brigade, in the late battles near Richmond, was as follows: Killed, 407; wounded, missing, 386.

The rebel papers publish Gen. Bragg's order, on succeeding Beauregard as commander of the army of the West. Judge Holt, of Kentucky, is dissatisfied with McCIellan as a leader. He says a mere engineer is not qualified for offensive war fare. j- en o.

i The division of Gen. Stevens has arrived ivom South Carolina, and reinforced Mc CIellan. The St. Louis Democrat thinks it time that the Missouri troops stopped guarding posts, and tells them to stick their posts in the ground and scour the country. Guerilla warfare must be put down by guerillas.

It is ordered that Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck be assigned to the command of the whole land forces of the United States, as General-in-Chief, and that he repair to this Capital as soon as he can with safety to the positions and operations within the Department now under his charge. (Signed) Abraham Lincoln.

A special dispatch to the New York Times, says information received from several States, shows that under the last call, upwards of 30,000 men have been enlisted. Only two or three full regiments, however, are ready. The majority being the nucleus of companies and regiments forming. It is not believed that a sufficient force for present emergencies will soon be in the field. Col.

William B. Stokes, a prominent Union man in Tennessee, ex-member of United States Congress, is raising a battalion of cavalry to operate against the rebel guerillas in that State. Jefferson Davis has issued an address to the rebels in which, of course, he claims a glorious victory over General McCIellan, and plainly intimates that the next service he will require of his troops will be to in vade the northern States. The final report of Joseph Holt andRobt. Dale Owen, Commissioners on Ordnance Contracts, states that they have effected a saving on contracts made prior to Secretary Stanton's taking his office, of 017 ,000,000.

A dispatch from Cairo, of the 18tb, announces that Gen. Price has re-crossed the Mississippi below Helena, Arkansas, with a force which it took over a day to cross, with a of flat-boats and ninety skiffs. His destiny is said to be Missouri. There seems to be considerable trouble among the officers of the Kansas Brigade, now in Tennessee. A short time since, Col.

Anthony, in command of the Jennison regiment, was arrested by order of Gen. Bob Mitchell, for allowing negroes the protection of his camp. The Colonel is now re leased, and Mitchell is under arrest, on a narge of incompetency. Congress. This body adjourned on the 17th.

It has not been possible for us, with our limited space, to givea synopsis of their proceedings, and we are almost as" ignorant as to what they have done, as if there no Congress. The following extract from a speech oLMr. Sumner, near the close of the session? will give a pretty fair idea what has been accomplished; "Sir," 6aid Mr. Sumner, in closing his recent eloquent plea for confiscation in the Senate, "the present Crngress has already done much beyond any other Congresarin our history, to entitle it to the gratitude of 1 1 1 the nation. Measures, wnico tor jong years seomed attainable only to the most sanguine hopes, have triumphed.

Emancipation in the Nation Capital; freedom in all the National Territories; the offer of ransom to help emancipation in the States; the recognition of Hayti and Liberia; the treaty with Great Britain- for. the suppression of the slave trade; the prohibition of the return of fugitive slaves by military officers; homesteads for actual settlers on the public lands; the Pacific railroad; endowments of agricultural colleges out of public kinds; and last and best of all the clowning measures of the session the bill for the suppression of rebellion, by punishing treason, freeing the slaves and confiscating the property of rebels. Such are some of the achievements by which the present Congress will be historic. Besides, we have raised an army, and made important additions to our navy, and have provided means for all our gigantic expenditures by a tax, which-is in itself an epoch." Gen. Pope's Address to his Army.

Washington, July 14. To the Officers and Soldiers of the Army of Virgiili By epecral assignment of the President of the United states, 1 have command of this army. I have spent two weeks in learning your whereabouts, your condi tion and your wants, in preparing you for active operations, and in placing you in po sitions from wbicb you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs ot our ene mies, from an army whose buisness has been to seek the adversary, and beat him when found; whose policy has been attack and not defense. In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our Western army in a defens ive attitude.

I presume I have been called here to lead you against the enemy. It is my puipose to do so, and that speedily. I am 6ure you long for an opportunity to win the distinc tion you are capable of achieving. That opportunity I shall endeavor to give you; meantime, 1 desire you to dismiss irom your minds certain phrases which 1 am sor ry to find much in vogue among you. hear constantly of taking 6trong positions and holding them; of lines of re neat, and of basis of supplies.

Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easilv advance against au enemy. Let us study the probable line of retieat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of itself. Let us look before, and not behind. Success and glory are in the advance, disaster and sbame lurk in the rear.

Let us act on this understanding, and it is safe to predict that your banners shall be in scribed with many a glorious deed, and that your names will be dear to your countrymen forever. John Pope, Maj. Gen. Cora'g. Doings of the last Session of Congress.

Washington, July 17. Congress, during its recent seesion, has appropriated about 8800.000,000, inc luding upwards of 560,000,000 for the arms, and somewhat less than 8100,000,000 for the navy. Among the most important tills postponed by the house, or remaining unacted upon, are the following: Providing for the admission of the State of Western Virginia; for the enlargement of tbe Illinois and Michigan Canal; providing for a uniform system of Bankruptcy; for the appointment of a commission to ascertain losses incurred by loyal citizens from the appropriation of their property by United btate troops. I he bank bill appropriating 8200,000,000 for Border Slave State Emancipation and for colon izinar purposes, the Senate took no definite action on. The House bills to to tally abolish the franking privilege, and to repeal all laws allowing mileage, including tbe present members of Congress, were also lost in the Senate.

Tbe House bill providing for the discharge or trial of State pris oners failed in the Senate. Among the last acts signed by tbe President was one authorizing tbe issue of postage and other government stamps, and prohibiting banks or other corporations from issuing notes below tbe denomination of odo dollar for circulation. A Brilliant A flair. St. Louis, July 18.

An expedition sent to Fayetteville, by Brig. Gen. Brown, commanding South west Missouri, consisting of one section of Davidson battery, two mountain howitzers, and detachments of the 10th 2d and 31 Mo. State Militia, numbering not over 600, under command of Maj. Miller, of the 2d Wisconsin cavalry, attacked the combined forces of Rains, Coffee, Hunter, Hawthorn and Tracy, numbering about sixteen hundred, about eight miles beyond Fayetteville, at sunrise, Friday defeating and routing them completely.

The enemy's camps were shelled, followed by cavalry charges, and their forces scattered io every direction, and the main body was pursued for twelve miles, and the pursuit was then given up, as the horses of our troops were then tired out. Major Miller made a march of 75 miles in 36 hours, marching during two nights, and biding in the woods in the day time, and completely surprised the rebels. No detailed report has reached Springfield. Tbe loss of the enemy was large and that of tbe United States forces small. The command of Major Miller returned to Fayetteville Friday night.

Col. Hall of the 14th Missouri State Militia, stationed at Mount Yernon, reports tbe capture of 1,200 lbs. of lead near Granby, and the killing ot two guerillas, within the past few day 8. He has not had a man of his command killed, but lost a few horses. Prom If ew Orleans.

KlW YOBK, July 20 The steamer Roanoke from New Ort. the 13th. arrived here last night! 8 Gen. Shipley baa received the an: meat of Military Governor of 4Reyerdy Johnson had arrived Two young ladies of New Orleans presented the Tenth Connecticu? with 1 United States flag. WKb a Arrivals had induced Gen.

Butler to reduce the price of flour to 824 ner harrli had reached 838 and 840. rreK II Geo CrippeU haying been recognized bv Lord Lyons as British Consul, to Gen. Butler for offensive exsS his letter of June 14th, and ffi 2 oSSsSnV a re 5 Arms, for five Louisiana regiments had arrived at New Orleans, and orlamza tion had commenced with a prospect of mc. A rebel camp at Amiti Bridge had been broken up and several prisoners taken The bombardment of Galveston had not commenced. Another Rebel Ram.

Philadelphia, July 20 A special dispatch to Forney's Frets, from Memphis, says the Grenada (late Memphis) Appeal of the 1.9th, reports that a rebel ram and iron-clad gunboat Arkansas, under command of Capt. S. N. Regan, came down from Yazoo river on the 15th, and ran by a portiou of our fleet which lies above Vicks-burg, successfully, and anchored under the batteries surrounding the city. Tbe Appeal says the ram ran down several Federal war vessels, and disabled many more.

One of our vessels was blown up. The Arkansas is a very formidable gunboat, being plated with 2 inch iron with plates and nails riveted. She has a very heavy armament, and is furnished with two propellers seven feet ia diameter; with four flanges each. The rebel loss is set down at ten killed and thirteen wounded. The Federal loss is not known, but is said to be very From Kentucky.

Cairo, July 19. Special to the Republican: Rebels in Kentucky are becoming bold and defiant. On Wednesday as the packet Gen. Anderson passed up from Cairo, ehe found almost the entire population of Henderson, Kentucky, waiting for conveyance to less dangerous quarters. She took them-on and proceeded to Evansville.

On Thursday as the New York came down a man was seen on the wharf boat making gestures to them to keep off, which they did. About 600 guerillas are reported there. The Gen. Anderson was due last night, but has not arrived, and fears are entertained that she has landed there and been captured. General Hatch at Gordonsville.

New York, July 18. The N. Y. Tribune's Washington dispatch states: We have advices from Warren-ton to day. The newsv has been received that Gen.

Hatch occupied Gordonsville. This has created great consternation among the leading rebels in Warrenton, who bad not the least idea that Gen. Pope would reach that point without a great battle. Index, many of them said, would be held at ail hazards, and that no Yankee army would ever be allowed to take it. General Banks, at Warrenton, reviewed his troops last evening, and was received with the greatest enthusiasm.

The camps blazed with lights from candles placed on the points of bayonets and from suddenly improvised bonfires and fireworks. Loud calls were made for a speech, and Gen. Batiks, in a few eloquent words, told the soldiers what they would soon be called upon to do. After nine deafening cheers tbey retired to their tents, eager to march when the order Halleck takes Command. Washington, July 20.

There is reason to believe that the President will soon issue one or more general orders to the United States, in which be will lay down certain rules for the conduct of tbe war; such rules as any one sincerely desirous of carrying out the principles of the Confiscation and Emancipation acts, would adept or enforce. It is now generally known that tbe President, under the advice of Gen. Scott, and with the acquiesenceof Gen. McCIellan, has called Maj. Gen.

Halleck to Washington to act as General-in-Chief of tbe armies of the United States. He will have control of the operations in the field, thus relieving Secretary Stanton of some of his official business. Mass Meeting at Chicago. Chicago, June 9. The war meeting to-nigbt was tne largeoj and most enthusiastic demonstration held here for years.

Tbe streets for a square adjoining the Court House, near which the meeting was held, were crowded until a late hour. Speeches were made by several gentlemen. Resolutions highly patriotic, endorsing the Administration, and approving the call for 300,000 men, were adopted. Resolutions were also adopted requesting the Supervisors of the county to a tax of 8700,000 to be used as a bounty to the first regiments, raised in the county Appointment. Washington, July 20.

Hon. John S. Phelps has been appointed Military Governor of Arkansas, with full powers. The purpose is to assist the loyal people to re-establish the Government there in accordance with tbe constitution. Hon.

H. S. Sleeper has received favorable ing for him the nomination of Secretary ot State. We join these papers in believing officer, ana shall not regret his nomination. Topeka Tribune, July 19A.

Mr. Sleeper assured us, positively, before leaving home, that be would not be a con- didate for any position on the State ticsei-Amonc th last acts siened by the Pr ident was one authorizing tbe issue of postage and other crovernment stamps as cur- 1 1 Crtf- rency ana proniDiung ur Wm porations from issuing notes below the denomination of one dollar for circulation..