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x-tefffeViSWfeJJWU1! PI'' jW3 . . ,m mi in inm .. m: jl.lu Ljj.LommjMjXrmtTrtxl-LiyMM3S0r'Trt WlWIr! TJt?:r'- ffiJV 'Jl, . . sarttf-rc iffyex .a. rj-man Junction City, Kansai, SATXiRrArs', jlisr. 30, 1864. , - Lispow tiie Choice of , Kansas. President Lincoln has been nominated for? reflection by lie House of Itepresentativfs.f Xhe- vote a was seventy-one for, a.nd three dodged. -See resolu tions iu another column. -j- ' . . - j , ' 'THE -LEGISLATURE. . ,. .' v This body of men, 'gathered from all portions of the State, is perhaps quite equal in-talent to any of its predecessors. With commendable and general correct, good sense, they disposed, pi the Senatorial question, and enacted some whole some laws, rensoddled others, and have throvn from them resolutions that were not onlyhurtful but calculated to letard pipper legislation. , They have commenced a system of curtail ment of expenditure which is certainly commend able, and if they have the wkdom to perceive and tho decision to put forth their power, the people of Kansas will IiAve cause of gniteful remembrance. But e daro not hope thaj. a body composed mainly ,of young members will in oue session be able to either perceive the necessities of the people, or tho condition of the State, in reference to a change of County policy, demanded by more than four filtha of the Counties cj the State. " "While nil our new and sparely settled Counties arc feeling the weighty of a system of County -organization entirely unsuited to .the number of the people, and (ho amount of their taxable property, werdare not tiope for a radical change till this b jrdeh 'become acsolutclyin3up-portablc.- It is very rare that legislative bodies lively anticipate coming e'yils, and, prepare for th'ciu ; and especially bo when the change needed in legislation is one in which quite a portion ol the State have but liltle'interest. . To secure attention, the evil must be one of gigantic proportions. Indeed,' it cannot bo 4ex pected that new members will become a once so organized and skilled in legislation as to ho able to draft and press to a consummation questions of radical policy. Hence, the people musf con tinue to groan till sonic event occurs which nukes need of achange of policy apparent to 'all. It is' in' vain to curtail the' excesses of a'bad system. Some 'good may be done to retrench, but whilti tKe system remains evil must follow. A The recent report of the State Canvassers show thatT-in the 'thirty-three Counties 'ofthe State Here were cast at the late' election 12.945 votes', that 2028 of thcseWotes were cast in fifteen Counties, making an average' of 135 voters to wch County. That twelve ontof the remaining eighteen Counties gavo a Vote "of 4319, making an average of 3G0 voters to each. The aggregate rote of LeivenVGrth, Doniphan," Atchison, Doug las, Jefferson, and Shawnee, is 6598, being 251 Votes mora" than all the other Counties of the 8tntc put together. . ' ' . These figures cannot fail to convince the most careless observer thnt more that five-sixths of ths Counties of the State are but very Bparsely set tled. Hnlf the Counties have less than 15D voters, and all but six of the remaining half but 360 each . The figures show that in twenty-seven of the thirty-three Counties of the State the avenge votcis 235, and that thoo -voters have to sustain a complex County oiganizatiop, which requires pn ftn,acrage at least $4000 per annum. ho burden of this County tax:ha3 to be paid by a minority of the. voters in each County. Quite one-third of the people of a, County pay almost no tax, whilo on-third pay.,but a small sum, leaving the burden to f.xll mainly on the remain ing one third. Hence this $4000 County tax is paid liy.nboutTa, voters, mnkipg onan average over $50 to each person True, the amount wiii not quite reach this sum when the tax ,1s all col lected butlw.heu'wo-renteratyer tha$ in-quite half tho Counties of thejjtite thq actual number of voters, is under 1G9 the sum ,paid -will quite average.tlic amount set. ,And in maujr Counties it will exceed that sunn , t "' v Tlis- is tho result of the law creating, too many District Courts and too many County officers. .The system is entirely unsuited to the people. It requires too many officers and top. much ex penditure. In the six more populous.Countics it may do", but in a large portjpn of the remainder it is fast grinding tbo life out of tue people. The Constitution of the State places the entire qucstion(in the hands of jtha Legislature, and to them the people roust loos lor, a oeuer system. .Will the legislature, be equal to the necessity ? This is 4a legitimate subject for legislation, and ona that will 'reward the effort. We shall see the result. t'Oue of, two results piuit follow: Eitlicr radical change of tfie systemvastly cm tailing the County burden, must be secured, or else the people, of the State must prepare to pay one of tho, most burdensome taxes ever.im 'posed on a free people? We have not rbentioned cither baited States cr State tax, but these com bined roust vastly 'swell the sum, and increase uiu uoinauu ior pronipi ana careiunt-utsiunuu. tV. .r . - f BTATE ITSMS. - - r -The Governor has appointed and the Senate confirmeif ReT. R. Cordley: of 'Lawrence, as a Regent ' of ttfe ' State University, in place of 'G.W. Collambre, deceased."' AlsSW. Durilap "for Dirccfor of flie Tcuifcntiaxy. . ' ' The number ofj white males in , Kansas, be-, twjeen the agcsiof 18 and 4p is saifto be about 27,509. . , i t - -yn j"' ? "Already, according'to theistatemeat-ofthe Secretary of theJntcriorfcoae taillioA four.huh drcd-and -fifty-six thousands five hundred' and fourteen acres have been taken". up, under the provisionfffcrtbe Homestead law since "the first-of Januarr, 183rwhen it 'took1iktA ' v r ' ""it :sfrf 3t 'f' ' Jj XT The rcsQlution reoommendhig thePrssrajentj TtrappomtCol. Uloua brigadier yenral pass a "jjjy 9oa ttfO to 3J.t 'T.liisjs.anf.act'pff justice to 'one of the best Colonelsinjthe vrviee. f,t V.ifd Stites. t& jTmA.Q ..1 i - JK Ws2iN i. -n jw ' v 'MCjAcjat'ssr,,raSMMULJa' - "' ' ' ' &sa Maiacyirffgagg f 1 fir S r! '3 3 T Midkht Attaewbyjthe JlfiWf- ijfpn TSmI Waldkon, Ark Dec. 30, 1863. Mat. BeokeltT Thinking artrlef-account- vof ihe Prttaken by the;boysof tihgecofrjin the great straggle for national existence migni notproTe uninteresting to yoar readers, I send you a statement of a recent skirmish with, the L..BlwatwlAwLo ingof the20tht,Miyw; Gibson, C. S. A with aboul onelmndred men, attacked our out- post on the Fort Sm!thToaathree,,irnd V half T firVlaT4f".TrtlitifiamlltilM AflnmTTn purfy'R WT VKV- W. . t..... V Wfm-J -. , ' ThVfirtlntfniatiori'wc' hWof1 theVttack1, was the ffiring'of 'the guards Jin fronL'of the camp' followed by a charge o'f Gibson's 'whole force, shooting through the tents as the men rushed,out Tvith .their (arms;f They weref met Vithvollcys from our. carbines and jevplvers that sent thCjSouthern cbivalry.flyingback'in confusion. -Three; times -.pibson rallied his men, and tried to fir,9 the house, in thich a part of the men w,crer quartered: , each, timeithoy met w ijh showers of -lead that scn,t them back. On the last charge.Gibsonfeli,'apdhe,terrifipd chivalry, fled in confusion from Uie neiuv , fl .,' (Company I Ipst William. Walker, killfid. Cto. Ehad six wounded, jii: Marion, Harper, Ord erly Sergeant mortally vnunde4, aince died; A. M. Bratton,;John Curtis, Joba Cqmnngs and, Allen Chapman, sejerely? grounded ; and 9., J. IJcates" slightly wounded. The Iebs Jnst Major Vm liijbson,rJtiUea;, J.nomas OKaggs, moi tally wounded, since died,,. ThcnumberiOf lebls pounded- has not been ascertained.; One company of .thirty jnen had, sevea grounded, and 5t is ihought tkje other" lost as saany. ' .i - Capt. Gardiner deserves muchircdit forhis coglaess and bravery in repulsing-Jie enemy, over three' times big number, when'the fact is taken'ihto account of his being attacked while the whole camp were asleep except' the guard. The gallant? captain'ptesented quite a laughable appearance by moonlight, dressed in, Texas c6stume,vix? a Bhirtcollar and a pair of spursi with a'dragdonrevoivr in each kaMdr - " Major Gibson was"tfie leading' spirit as r well as'commander 'of thoguerrlliwier" S6tlrWest. em 'Arkansas!' ' His loss cannot fail lo'teftousi ly affect the rebel bushwb'ackerS'ili'tWB vltinii ty. Ho was to outh'westehi ATk4sas-What Livingston was to SouihWestern Missouri', f t 'Among thcttophies captured was' their Reb el Flag, which The'eompany" 'desire to 'present to you a's a Slight testimonial of theiF esteem for you for your 'fearjess'advoca'cy of the vig orous prosecution of'ihe Tar,'and the disinter, ested friendship you have'shown ''forlfturlRcgU ment,' while' summer frtends'fovf' dcse?fed ris " " j-iv Vt .1 ' f "' for eleventh hoar converts to the, vni6n cause. ' " ''" soldier;-' P. S. Later reports--bring us the news of throe more nebsrwhft.haw.diedcffom, the, effect of wounds receivcd.in.the skirmish. , S. The bestowal upon oW'humble-self of a' tes timohial of-regard by he' DraVe'boysTof the noble old Second, in the shape "ijf a trophy 'of war which was so dearly earne'd, and paid for with 'the blood of gallant and patriotic rmW, comes unexpected and we. are at loss for words to express our thanks. When we look uponits folds of treason, we shall "bere'minded' of the many noble hearts which have cased lo beat byJrcason of the crime of which it(is tho em blem, and Jinbiddep tears shalb start to .their memory ; for the safety o the defenders of,the Union and our liberties wo snaiit ever, nave a prayer, aud shall hopefully" Jopk to the God pf Battles for theafe and speedy return ofiour brave volunteers from a .South reclaimed the Unions Brave boys, accept?ouihapk3apd what ye do for y)u wj;Ubte limited oilyby our talents and our purscu jj, -,j t " ' ,?' , t ,. 7T t'H Awful Affair at Santiago. ' We have news of a fire-thatf occurred 'at San tiago, Chili, on the 8ih -of December, which exceeds everythinginthe taleot horror. Among the superstitious CdlhoTisof"that country this dayjis;jin holy .oae;. being considered tthelast day of the Moath ,bf Mary.andnaeekbratediia tbet most gorgeous imanner. i Three thousand people had assembled to hear the sermon, of their priest, UgorWwhOihad the Cathedral illnmiea.: tedijitli splendor,, exceeding any thing in Rome. The Btagej took, fire a panic followed, and the'crojwd .outaidci'notvknqwng the troubU witliin, attempted to force themselves' in.'Ahd thus the- door woaclosed I l,Thefire,pread.to the sides and ceilJDg of the building, the heat releasing-the light fatal the cyrniee.afeufld -the tf hole .building, which fell a living -blvw flame upon that mass of .pewpjelf Kojjhelpooold be afforded the struggling w.omenwbo composed almost entijrelyiUie congregation. ,Not porathaa fifty is said to.have escaped. .Men.ia attempting to rdease wie, tore arms from .them. wWhole families were burned up. ThegrejsdftjnumUeof the-aufferers had; bu "one eg left unburned An eye Vit'ness sthey'were" y calcined, hideous ,PfiNri.vA):i.v:DcyjpEi:HEADS.Thesa .oriee, aid4edv by the rebel Government have eompletejy blocked thfngsln their s'tete The Republicans haje a. majority of wie in xhe, State .SenaUbut one of eirnuraber. Harry White, is lnoarcerated in'Llbby Prison for his loyalty. His absence makes a tie 16 toTo-aria thus no organisation canrbeffecUd.- LrtoiyiseBrrtntJa.tbatSute to te.efiecitkati'TiheU,prifonr income ha.ad told the Government' at Washington that-.he epaldiget AeiMBged fcr.ilajor; WhiU. and' Jhey accordingly sent hintftoiohaoadnrHev thie,aadtwasiBfocoed.by the rebel authorities -(hit be had.no vote ia. thV Senate oftPeansyJya nia, but that Major White had, and.ia ordrjp djsorganise the Union.prtj. they, would,JreUin him. j Four, Copperheads took. theoathr under jd rotet, Jind their; vote dented ta-reapluUoB of thanks to Major General Grant.andhscldiera. We could not cppcejvejDf a mere justifiable job oCbfftgiffg ft TUaaa. PysoBalJBor hould prompt at least ome oi thsajto aaeordA organiratipn'to" those to whom, it nfh'lyTbf longs, but who hare lost their power unj,socb peculiar circumstances. miles from-this 'placfc. consisting of aDbm UnT; ty tnen0'frolnfcoinpanies'FaBTd .e'omniafiided -f.u- "- pass, loaii8ome to we sigui, "o"". be reaognixedr) W F publish an account 6 Ui is awful mnrderoY the superstitious priesthood Smmmmm mmmmm . w fc3 ! fc W M VJFjkT RiLJfeSiabstJai6 1864.V Editor Union : I ask the pririlege of a space in-your columns for the-purpcWfcfaMweriBg , card, wlich .appearedin the -Manhattan, Jsde lr onahe 2oh inslin regard thenA- dering and destroying of the property.of Mrs. Sarber. at Manhattan. Kansas, by company ktf'l ofJthVT5tKknsa &uMJbiW lWbT ttie MneKlmenCiiidVi'Te'My io' thete '"i i? I- rf"i -V flri .91 f7I? htfowrJijiifrv& ?? ?&&& &Pk terjs false, andjj denounped.Jjwaa lwi,i coward nd ejerything butagentlemajnerrn officer. nL,will f tate actsus t aa-tkyocurred, Uil'l defyt contradiqti8. Compani. G " and,aH,'.',l5th 'Regimen if ere. ordered away ff qnrFort Leavenworth,onj theiofaanuary, to report at Fort Riley, ,andin consequeueo'f Capl. O; F, Duslap, of company "Hi mofcnVe fg abhrtp ac'cempany the detachment, I, being nextiin ranlq f assumed thecm5nand,(accoaipa nied by 2d LieaOFrancisE: Smith,, of company ,UH.H. Everything passedjoff; quietly tmtihonr arrival at' Manhattan,' aboat 8 o'clockPrJLo the'15thiMt:,'when we halted fbr the nlgh. We dfdliot 'pitch our tents" ori'-any -persea'8 premises,' Mlire('&ai nd 'tents witti'ns; -We naueu on ine mnKs oi- tne xng ciue nvcrunu b'mUourampfiresTor the fcigfcp ' I did! not know it Uie fitne whose premises ire were en cifmned Jm. Our mennanJ slept 'out, oi wher ever tfiey ouldTund'shfeltel miheusesbrbarn'i Themen who firsif occupied the house for which I am' censured' for breaking openthe doorj and plundering anddestroyingth-e property there in, werp'soldiers or company H; and further more, by1 order of jEieut. F..-Smith, 'of that company, they" occupied theburfding. Thfs tooS place about onehour1aft8r our arrival at Manh'atlah. 'About sunset',1 wentcoTer" to'th'e camp. aridTupon'my arrival' there' found-1 the building occupiedby soldiers of both compa riic'sT immediately ordered' thfem! out, and tnlitbe UjatltlwM no.jphiceofori.thflmiiD quarter, as it wasjullof furniture, and other household goods. And,moteover,rIntojld them not io, molest anjthinglu orjabout the premi ses. If "there waanthjuj.tajsoD.gr destroyed attha nremises of: Mrs. Sarber.' it was 4QUe without-., my opsent op knowledge., And.jl wquldjadwill.yet, bring any soldier injinjr company o justice when. I.am , satisfied het is one of the pfirty who' helpedi to commit the depredations on the jpjcqperty ,of Mrs.Sarbcr, or of any other loyal person; ,,M t c. ,' ; And pnb,(word mor&I wish tft ayx and; that is in, regard to mybfing a Missouri butternut Lam-fromMissouri, -and proud ofotfar'thert isfsome just as good and loyal people -who live iai Missouri as in any other .Qtate. jThemajor- I ity ofqthclpeoplo.of Missouri jnay betebels and copperheads', but.Im asrgood.ayJnion man, and thetwenty-Sveimemlbrought fromiMis souri,as ever camefrom any) 'State ; nnddf I thought I had a rebel, or a m'an'in "my compa ny'Vho'was'notanunconditional Union man,' or:-one' who!lis not radical enough' to3 stink, I would 'take him out nnd shoot him! I have afways 'been a Union man and an uncondition al Union man,' 'and I fled fronvMissouri'to'save my life because I was such, and' I hope the day is not far distant when I will haVe"'lho pbfter to go tolissouri and avenge myself on some of the Paw-Paw Militia .who made me fleeTas fail'. This isfhe reason why I .had 'to1-leave Missouri, and fhamen'" who. followed me left for the same reason. 'I defy any man. to lell u h i ; ; u... J'i 'V ' J .i ,,- -- - .- vavv KaenaArTtiiiv - ' , - t w FRANCES 1. HAIL, , '-? ' lstiaeul.Com,g,Co,.G"J,15ih Kan. Cav. i -'f j ' i i."t" ffc'V Tvo "" lull trA house 4 in WashingibB; two : stories thigh worth . about $10,000, Ireiti "f his' seasoH r $1000, furniBhed,.' ? n 7T n thdi (i n A Coal operator atf Carbda, Pekhsylvknla: has tld''hiflJrleBSc"'on Bomecoal lands for S700I0b.-r " Afew'yeirs 'agothe'flamem'anSw as ankruVr ' '' 1 l ' 'l .'T 'The United States has onlySb eottojl fab'toj ries, employing, only lOl'OOOandbWthey. run 6,000,000, spindies1. and' 'use '426,719,d00 pounds of cotton yarly JAm exchange says cotton and caster oil have restored Jrost-bU'ten limbs rw hem am putatioi was thbhghtito be necessary to preserve life. " The Chicago Tribuneestfmates the population bfVhkc'ify at!a60,000-riiincTease'sincethe ccnsusrtBOO of71,000,'6r17760!a1yW. "We think' th estrmate is'ralherlarge'.f "' "'The health of 3foshuiOfddihgSlhe American Consul General to Canada' is'feb feeble lhat he has been obliged 'io retire tVnS'hbrne kl Ash tabula, Ohio. ' . , ", -, ThjAmerjcan fleeiron-cUds sayUe London Times, infpoint ef aumberajancoBpara blythe strongest .in f the .world, being nore numerous kthan euadrpnspfjiU othercotux tries pat,tofeUtr( fc n A " ' ' rula y The'JlepubUcaM of th Pennsylvania'" Lgis uture havefponunated- Abrahaai Iiaoolsfer the next Preslsteney. ' Ptheir.resolutiensv em. gteeeed Bh'sarchmeHtkave seen committed Simtm'ciUerihyke take to Waakiagtoa aad nWAeal'laUheTresideiit.i''iH od c J? oir . -i..rt r,.rkj .Jc-Tl" .!. r ii';ait-rc Btrenrth oVnurMSu BiyViiil.rgemllion-will'die-plto jj iff. -J cj if -a sn t-B.'i.' T On Wednesday night, says a Kicnmond p per of December 13 , ihe bodies of six deceased TaneVprisodef were.teposited dn.ti4ead hebs of fhe beipHal to awAiitaejJBaiiagof.the werteker mtS efim&rekter&y' mnrig Vne oPttt3'biee"'te-'geer5dpia4lk kfe-oSktrorff'tne nouse ;sS6wei;tt? Wwji'ti gSr wt.n.;Wiai $&yi& ana was'tal out aiiobg ', deUFkd7 gft up and run away wkem aobodytwillioklmiC tion commutea. xnese cnargeswerepreiercvu It c- man, I have but a Xewrremark8 to make, u ,1 thinkbimrbeaeath the notice of a eenUeman 7 ri'',i "ir.t.3 ,'u r.M A "i iclaiun or an omcer, . ,, (., me tnat 1 am any mine nut an unconuiuonai Union mari, or any .soldier Ihaye in mycontr .1 .. 'Li n i. ' "rlQDert Jriv axer says a great TeTorauonTn ntifenitVMoingWinghrha ii'regata'ie flft fialialenrth rtiurMsSvirlrmenHe TYRO J, THE LSOIStTDBir W rand Jones la of irCoantr onlAmani onBkrcaB- MtaorUl to Congttam to Eadow a Kailnad firoxn --JvacHaa. fhtrtrrf'rrmTrn nniTrTlM sMinsiI. cuy uonnij, Aajntam trcaenra usee, maa Sam IKR, W. iJmisaP DeajlVsios Bothilouses of ihe XegislaJ ture are now in complete working order, and tlnneSJiri" $efgj$ itk (heaVy 4Axes,'amd theiegklatarehasiery plaifeiy (naicated itsintennCUl iMaugiiriW rttvd)etheiTe,it-1s possible t?6? ill'fabolishirith- Jufy.-vJ graiia " ''bntfias1 p'assci (he House restricting' county taxes to five mills' on the dollar. It will no.aouDtpass tue isenaie. , xnis(is a move in the, right direction,. County Commissioriefs sboitld be limited in 'their assessments. 'arid as7 )h;eadyrpdefthat &e shilljnVt issue warrants lot a greateramounL unaw tx.Ieyied..(or,anyone yeay, the CjOunlies are bpundrto keepwUiin the;r "mcjjn. Compel county boards tojeconomize, auatney will s,ooi lopfofif unncccajary expenses., I m i The. much talked of ' Henderson. Amend; ment" has passed tho. House, audits. friends say it willpasa the Senate. It,, simply grants the right of waylto.the nannibal.&.St Joseph R. R. Co. to construct a' railroad Iest. from St. Josoph,-in accbrd'anceiwith tho.Facific Railr6ad BilL of. Congress. . Tr Lj j- v , i :s A bill approp'riating S3.50Q foria Geological Survey of the State has passed ithe iHodse aU most unanimously.' fA bill isnlso -.pending to establish an iEmigration Bureau,; vrifa I agents afcUew York and inEuroptf,-to'Cncourage.emi gralion. Thesclwo bills are of much, import ance to the'St'atejUndif. successfully inaugur ated 'will' develop the liiddcn resources- of our Slate and set the tide lofixEuropeauiemigration towur'd our fertile prairie. ""Jfili u ' . Ut'.i HA"iroposition to amend th'o Constitution so diatnin. the future apportionni5nt:,of the Ststp,1 two or mora of the (thirty sqtUedcountjes.mabe uniUdJnl9 a"siqg,leRepfefentatiedistnciI was dea'ted irt 'the' Senate1. '. The 'Constitutioir-nbyf nrovides'tliat eaelforganized' Couuty shall have afc,least one Representative; JThe moriug object pflic, ichange, is t tp deprive the thinly settled, parts ot tue state ot njust representation in tue p'opmr' branch' of 'the'Lcgislature'.' " n i 'A iillmbeT of resolution Diking Congress for a a rantof lsndsifor railroad-purposes are before tho Legislature, jhe, only qnetof unportancc.tp y,our City'fo CoVincil Groie,' there 'to'conriect with the Neosho JVallev 'Railroad, in 'tho'direction of Fort GibwmjandfialivestijnBayqiTlie construction of tuayvaa isemexjn imparlance to tuat.oi uie Kaw Vallevvroad.andViH no doubt"be"endowed by tJoHgress with alrne'ral' grant'of lands. Its connection-witli tho" Pacific Railroad at your place tvill .afford a outlet to '.tlie mouutains for all. Southern, and". Southwestern Kansts. and place ybu'iri direct communication with the Gulf of Mexico.- J-1 ' ' l " - The bill detaching the i Counties of Dickinson, Saline, and.Ottb.wa from Davis, arid establishing a Court at Sajiua. has been . defeated in .the riouse. inc. uiu ueiaciun iiuy cuuiuy, uuu n'ttaclnn itto xRiley, has1 been postponed till Wednesday, the 3d ofFebruiry. .' jl visiteuUhe Adjutant General's office .yester day, and, was surprised at the .amount of wprk which has.been accomplished in so short a tune. Wh'en' General Dudley Jook charge of the office the only records it contained, were two mmter in rolls one of a company in the First Regiment, and the-other of a oompany,in the Seventh Regi- uciik. J.u huculu uie icvuius vi uur uiu -yi" ments athat time'wbuiarenuire'n large nm'ount of work ind expense, but as the records were i i..i .. ...ii .. v..n.i.i:. and the friends of those who have'died or been" killed in the semce1, to procure Uie pronef In the semce1, to procure the propefevi- dencVupon which to' collect their dues from' the Government, the work' wjk I undertaken. It-is stillatifrQnfComplete, huifjthe Legislature. will make a liberal appronriation fir IJiis Vffice it can be fullv'cb'mplteu du'rintfHhe present year? 5 J Tne'irrepr'eSsible'S'im. Wood is makings Very aetveBnBasefolmenihertlii3 sessioni cHeis a good;(parliamentarian, andjis emphaticallyt the leader of, the. House. ' . . . , "Sot. k Qi Passage of the IdacSln Resohitisns, a j 1 1 uteS instituted' aria prosecuted by iifm, bal r 2d. "Tnat" we-conBrder his proclnncation of January isr, l quo, us tne potent instrument in'the'hand of' Providences will,:assurcdlf affect the regeneration of thd'Hepublic, and secure J its re-esta'blisbnient up6n the solid basis of-'Univeral Freedom; and'thafbis prodamatiSn' of Decenlber''8. 1861;' having eVery'To gOT'ernnient' hripartial liberty. rt 3m -That1 wo urge tbe" NationaFUnlon Convention, w.hichjs1 called toembld at CHicacd on the 'Fourth' of FuW xt,' to Kansas JwilPrallrW 1iis 6ppbrt with'- an enthusiasm jfTiat;' wilU defy'VwjpositidD, and with air'finanimfty uoparaTteifed in the-Bls'J wry ofthe electrV ffanchws. ji " u;st ' ,,4ibfSThaf UBfti Qo'venof "be aid be 'is heaTtibfeSiristed to forward- a5' cbpftf xuosc "resolutions io ine -jrreaiuww vi uc lOTkl iy t n a T.aVW: " ')7g 7,!) Tim.Imimftim:B9Mtt.. -., nV p Tke NewYwk'CotonWrialj8dy3tkit PTiwte-adviTOa'ftwVen-lifortteoeiiaiim jitro6e9ratepofitire3y'lbat tbergofcles Wi9ake1OTeSTi6Wi3 abouHo'ke UW 'pllvvla'tgrtemtmtee' GreatPoeTS, iwtiiehDeMitrkkas-iai ready agfMd-te'aoTieei:sKi',w4iih Ul bV'w"pod by--Aurt'aol ftvimip'o m;mici'QmnM- sHHsylf eft?, If fbra. !K H.di sjo?? res iti x??" K " S I - u niigplaMiii K iiMMnittra toB. AbWahaB.TB -fl UtfagMjkolagOkvJI 1" uJV lunauMpiiH vami With thia viewHlecAisealmissiW&Miieu'sIy oaerec(lher 'jadlciiryComrtt'ee'Hdipt' a timnabolishinthe GHnl'JufT.-11!!!! jury system' has been? yerj3 expensive 'to0Sani ssVandWWe'losea'aborishc s' JlaYonolrkJnre tHb; resolutiqni'n&mii natittfilf LttiqolnV wfiich 'feceivBd1 a'ubarqi , lalf, Tbatiro have'-tKe utnidafr" confidence intfie', ability;' integrity, and patriotism of AwabaW LinbolnJ'lresidcnt of the" United Sfatef, and'beartily' endorse the great measP ing for their object the suppression of the rebe11fotf,',thepdrpettiity of the Union, arid tbelastinff'trruniDh'orfreedotnt ' -' ' inr'viejrTbe re-ofganizatton-orthe Tebelliouij S(atcientitfesr'HinV tb tbe'lastihg gratrtade 6f?eVerv'ToTer of stable ffOvernaient'ana present io rae couniry. uc uhujo-ui uur present Chief Magistrate's a candidate for rielcction, laWhicfcr1 e?enl"tBe I'i&9fecof CTnhedtatesior-ich5ro'Po6r Senators and RcpVesentatrte id'bgWM, 'ibd to."tbe QbvcrmfifhVveTal'ldTkl States. ', - ,VMWth. Mtoif ArL Jfibojj jgjsio- rs occuran csawiHy W's?"' Hull-JRre HflroiTTfietre-titldrtg jpn the.corner.of Delawarand Fourth ats. ft brole'ouTTetween IT anil 12 oIock, hi$ ltTsld tbtatrorJtrVI Thtf.Jostrs are : JWm -Mitchel!r of Cincinnati, Stock- Lton's-HalLf w SIOJIOO, No insurance. ' 1K'l,-MnlkliAAar4T rl iAmrm alnm in . ,. i"nn V S nimMgrvwsifi , AMmflP George Ummetbunf.on&.6irourhest citizen was a paxtnet injtao Durness, and has lost -a2 A. neavuv. I'A'shtc fklueoW0,000-paVif-lh(Ppxflcanu.to(Jk, ve'doiasSrafiee;'. n h'I . K1TA'ddts,'r,afeMiJfixtttW9cmaee. obd story1 ; value $ 1000." No ionranoe: 1 c-Mr.cobter3 Saloop iame biitding. No ihsunfifce. 'I " - .- v" B. Eaing'; glass in building opposite,1 $1;500 : rtly insured.- i & t.im, .. G:6v'e5rnVtotally coosamed. ' - " J t 7 The building south of Stockton's Hall tfh;ollytfarned. Occutiicdby.Addi ind Traceyl fThadjOinin buildiag-iras prilled down. ,l'Occup?ed,byMr. 'Melntire, 31r. Neil and SJrj.;:Fey. ' - ''Tfie above buildingiooreTe.d the- burned disfrictZ The ftmriiurecWitfrnoatlyf remov ed from the houses. The building east of the Hall caughtfureseYerahtimes, but was saved. It iwas occupiedk by(LMrs.'Dgpb Kohu who, wilkMr. T. it. Jenkin,, next door, sustiitfcd losses in thojrcpoval, of goods." Utaera on uuiawaro auu jpourm streets-lost in the .sirae. wajr. T,At,ono .time there was great excitemont in the wholes i oinity.dnd everybody, prepared to move. Hud'.ihc .lumber yard caught 6ro a million dollars worth'of property would have gone, with-it. of ,. , a , TTho whple.Joss, ;as it .wa's- will xcacg abou S30.000. ;Coolidgef Gp.,Mand AsjjJ tpa.fc Co. were 'tue PjilciP4?3 1 our -citieens. ,' ,-j Mj) ;.sj P,( ,.. -'The firevis,'believcd toavo.- jjuli.neaij ihestago'tof ibs Theatre, , Tbis;i3 ,the,sec ond Theatre burned in Uis.city, and it will prqbabVj.be janj, niQUths kDeo,wo n.avc now. 7W, ,f J yJ std !; i -l i V S -, .On Ihc'whoJij the firciwaSjaJoltunate.ope considlerigghow deJtruVivpf, might have been,, and how; great ajarro JHft.aronjj time. 7 ,v y .j7, , ,. -b - ' i j i , The citizens turned put .en mass, and worked witlAbe greatest .energy., There, was the .usuad jfficiilty about geiting water. . Tho, fire has learhed,U3,nany imporiani lessonsj-yvbich thV' City 'Council ehold im mediately atteq4 i$,'Cocrvalive, 2fM., 7- . ' , m m ? , The following is a aynppsU.of,thp annuo, al vreport of ilr..vSpriggsJt Tqasurer o! Statet: jjt i a Al i ix- Ivl .There wasrepeied into ,tb$ Treasury during the year.tl8.G2, from Jaxesjassesscd in 18iI,iSlU,Ul!30. U'or taxes assessed for tho. year . 1802, including school, tax, 88,333.94." From, sale of bonds, and other sources, $81,408 C4, making. 11 Jotal of 8169,752 98., - , .3J, The disbursements for the year, -for the redemption of State warrants, war bonds., interest, coupons and school;, amount U S1G8.521 15, ileaving a Jotal amoun o' funds in.tho Treasury, December Ist, 18,63 311,231 78u..Of thiaum SS.82G 9,3i be louca lu.tu l On pa IU .iuu,geue W ei:uuc iuuu. ,-, January lst.,1861, tbera were outsf and ioij warrants .to tqQ.,aBlonnt oti coU,4i v-J .There hasboonjji y .leceivea 101, tenitorial taxeajdurin ibojyear, anj 5J2, 16 disbursed; -j , . j . t . j.tJnder, tbq.axt;passodiat thplast aession ofjthef Le'gilanre, proyiding or bonding the Territorial; iqdeb.tcdooss, 41,611 44. ol territoilal warrants jho been,, redeemed, alidjbond WW&n . 03 r' m "ill ,Tho outstanding .debt pf-tthoSjatq ; oon sUtsofoBeveij per. cent fconcLf $204,000; six per cen.t bopd.sr 44,3o0, $ nd Jfr0M$ teq-pr cent bondsmnking a total of S248 80O,ifor'wh7ch tbo -prediff.tbe State is pledged! - - -- v Oa.the 29th ,o' Octorjer,f0y8Dj3,lio qiti zehs of Lawrence paid into ,tbe treasury $15,000in compliance with; tho ,provisjops of the ja-iocatng' thoTjuniersityj-gt, the city of: Lawrence which remairjaon depqsif; .The Treasurer, reuomrnnds tha.tithc.Jtjme foronakingbe second of jMay 4aymenttbe changed to the ldthnofuoe, as7 it -comes aftbe same .time as thq salo, of; delinqueo) taxes, andj cither they are.com polled to viqr late the law or report before thejsalcj and tbua the State losestho .use ofj the money until Januarv followiocr. ."" , - .The-Treasurer J1as.jruT0ished.u8 further miormationfo.ina,,-eDeccliuafr aoous oou, 000 has been ipaid pin ,.siqce( January : 1st, andjjhat onef third )f, the. CQunties, Leaven- woJ-thvamoagjhe-number, have ,not made tbeirannuaj,8pttiamept yet, . v nepau tne counties sliall Isavpad in, .the amount re ceived! wilbbe about 5,000. ,: Three-fifths ofhiamouot .iajfor general revepue, and to be appropriated for Lthe, expenses of the States govern Bent; Co. 'Bulletin. L ,' iV . r Deatk of Hon. Lyman Scott, , , -?utelegrAni ta Mr., John G.iKerf, bank er of this cityfrojijeiejcq.) announces tbe sad4atellignce, that our dis tiiguThe' fallow citiseMr. JymacSeetf, depMteti kis?lrfe yesteriay, iaoth city! oi w,ck: ijcnjpla u: u r 3 t'i-jcsta Mrr Scott wjm mm'9 tbe 5ntaettlen: f O0r'&kitejanditookraii aetivo-pattjoa the idi of tlit pobptejindagainst-thQsejiwrio attefl(rti to pjad-.thei banefiiL' infitterices ofjslaterjiover'the ree oilsof Joar , terite. ry. He was a man alike' iKstiagabbedufbr bis benevolence and- huwanity- a kind and foffbearitfg rfMeirtpani'aa-wstuiabbj&tnd wirlby citkeaJHttoiass cwffl kjfc(deepl felt by his relatives aniriamiljrjgaBit ear citizens wilt aaom wm departure. Bulletin. ?"' : ill t M- ImltAm Til n?3 -- Gtneral Blunt !lrgtt Wyngte he onlvwnportjDflifiA 92.cA,8hTon.& X?o " liduoBtbVe an backing r !HP f The irkJ.Bcias a let! JrcacbknoitortterW in Jie rebel letter trom m rebel service. a friend here. He reports the arrivad of another agent of the French TfoyeroTf viaNassaur and his mysterious conferences. It is knowu fie says, that Jeff. Davis has promised to recognize the .Emperor: in Mexico, and promised France all the advantages of thi Soutbern Cnfedcrac,l if Napolcoa woufd recognize and support the Southern caijse. 'AfrOuT-nonctpai-men.- br saTSihtnk there- United States is bear at hand. The writer has nb ddubt that-the plan of making 'Lea diAtorVIiH bcctfcfpIWtbelwiTyCmcVis of counteracting the strengthjpf the North. IjcefcW Expressed a" willinsmess1 to "accept iur He and JelT, are'on bad terms. 'News from Charleston, the writer says, is discouraging," Beauregard has expressed the opinioa tbat:be:eould not bold the city much longer, as Gilmore's guns aro in a position to reduce the city to ashes in a few LouYs, if "he intends to do so. ,,0'nQ of the. South Carolina rerimcnts do ing duty there iutqnded 'to desert en masse, but were prevented by one of them j;iing information. Seventy, of the ringleaders were shot January 4th, and the regiment broken up. The Thirteenth Virginia was ordered to Alabama, but refused to go, aud were disbanded and used in filling up other regimentsV" ' Bread riots occur almost daily in tho South. The Southern people aro tired of the war. -- "-n" GfimorVa RrTcn Charleston. The Washington Star of Wcdnctday 97 ening says : The rebels ha e for some affected to be lieve that .the shelling' of Charleston by oJs Morris Island batteries would amount to simply a waste of powderion our side and no-ham wbateren to themselves. Now, however? tbeyhaue reason to ebangc their tone." The-infoinntion.wo Jiave'from tbero is to tho effi ct thnt block by block that city is. reducing .tooaslfcfland. by a procesi asLStea'dily'inexordbloJas that by which Gil m'oTc bumbled Pulaski 'and. Sonter. ' nThe rebels7 killed in attempting to retain .1 foothold oa tbo ruins of Sumter, amount in numbc-, we bear, to. the destruction of al least ad the entire-' rebch garrison once .in every ton days, and the position there is looked upon as so much of 'a forlorn bopo that it is with difficulty a small garrison can" be kept there. i-i , Bridgei. " Mr.' Jones; of Saline; introduced 'a bill toprovrdo'for'tbe building of bridges, by mortgaging the internal improvement Undo. It provides for the appointment of an In ternal Improvement Commissioner, who shall prepare roortgagos on- tbe lands in question, at $1.00 per acre. Whenever the people of any county, by a vote, shall cxpreB?a wish to,;borrow tbeso mortgages, tbo1 Commissioner shall issue tbetn to tbo County Boird. The county is .to 'receive 25,000: The county cannot 6ell them for less than their face the' proceeds ofio sale to be used in building- bridges Tlfcs ihortgigcs aro to fall duo in 1870, and counties piy the interest If the principal is not paid at the time, the mortgage 'to bo a deed and lose the title. ' ? This is an important bill--ona in ' which the whole State is interested, and it-fj hoped that tbo Legislature will givo it fair examination, Bulletin. Xite Frontier Nursery I u PATRONISE HOME INDUSTRY I- COMMKNCEAN 0ECHAED THI8 5BAS0IT f The proprietor of the above Nursery; si ctlj five miles from Port Riley, on the" situat- ctlj live miles trom rort Kilcv. on tho rort Kiley and Fort1 Kearney Koa'cl, six miles due west irom Ugaeff, now oners lor siie 80,000 Choice and Reliable Fruit ? . ' 1 '. i. Tfdes !' Consisting of 'Apples, .Pears, Peaches and Cherries; aiso'Cheatnuta and a large collec tioa of grape , vinos and small fruits black berries, strawberries, currants, gooseberries, and rhubarb and 'shrubbery; roses, .peonies, iulips,-snowballs,"lilftcsftfloweriBir quince- and honeysuckles i Lumber D"-poplar, maple and locust trees fallf ofr which I will sell at the following.rates, drrexcharige for young stock al far-prices':' ", - , Three year old Apples ten dollars per hun- dred, forty-sreh dolfarS for 500, ninety dol lar per 1103; Targe, for immediate bearing, fifteen dollars per100, seventy dollars per 5C0, oneTiundrctl and thirty-five dollars jper 10j)0. Peaches, , seedling, wo and three years olfr, i"our dollars' per 103, nineteen dollars per 500, thirty-five "dollars per 1C00; choice budded, ten dollars 100. Pears, Cherries and Chestnuts, 25 to 50 cents eacb.--Grapes : .Delaware, five years old, transplanted and root-pruned, $1.50; three, years, 1.-5; two years, 1; layers, 25 lo 50 cents; Concord, 25 cents tol.00; Cataw ba, Isabella, Clinton) Idon, 20 to 85 cts Frank lin, Diana, Northern Muscadine, Harford Pro lific 50'to'75 cents, Blackberries, Xaw ton, SI per dozen. Currants and Gooseberries 15 cents each. Strawberries from 25 to 40 cents a dozen. Rhubarb, from. 10 to 25 cents each. Everything else in proportion. Having for longtimebeen connected with tb'e .well known, nursery land extensive test orchard Cutter Sons, of Western Illinois, I was enabled to select .all tho best tested Western varieties, jnrhich fact' is 'worthy tb notice of all men.' "Communications promptly answered.' 'tampt for return "mail never re- ' ftaedrcA'ddreSs SAMUEL CUTTER, slxffi) ii 2 f FortKUey.Davia Co., Kansas nfc fJTiiitfa vrftt m ' " "' V3J-"1 " ' Dealer in -",-.. r '' Dry, Goods, Groceries, " SASJt. GL'ASSl BOOTS SHOES. and everything, found in a couniry sUrewhitfc I-willsell' - , - ' r ' P-CHEAPFOBCASHl-- ys i i -: ? 1' ', ' r IB REDEEMED tKe BANKING Md USE nt&atoa. OF.SqOTT, KEMMl& .Ch :r LEAVEEOMTM, . ,4-