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SATXTItIXY, 1PTS33. SO, 1864.
Tbe Draft. The call for 300,000 men hns
been increicd by tlie Government to 500,000.
The necessities of the piing campaign, nnd the
final blow, have prompted the Administration
to this move. Thcje recruiled under the call
for 300,000 will be credited, ns -will nlso nil the
veterans re-en listing, which will go fur towards
obviating the diaft, which is set for tbe 10th of
March.
HoxoB and Digmtt. There is a sajing, gen
erally accepted as the truth, that a woman who
is continually prating of her virtue is a harlot.
The Legisl iturc now in session is applying the
rule most forcibly to our State. If the Governor
is contradicted, the honor of the State is assailed,
and forthwith the precious momenta of the Legis
lature aie Liken up in discussing resolutions con
cerning it. They are now occupying their atten
tion i3 discussing a scries of resolutions in which
they demand the dismissal of Col. John Ritchie.
It appears that the Colonel, at the-time of the
Joint Contention, supposing it adjourned, de
nounced tlie election a fraud and an outrage.
"When informed that the House had not adjourn
.ed, he apologized. BuMhis was not enough.
Tie had denounced their rascality, and must in
consequence Le buiied up, if remonstrances would
do if. The people fliould be on the nlert. Those
who have endcatored to preserve their right to a
voice in this :n itter will be subject to the insults
of the pensioned hirelings of the great usurper
The programme is, so far ns money and combi
nation can effect it. to be it down nnd override all
.all who oppose the'r damnable scheme. The
honor of the State, in their handB, is about like
a harlot's iitue.
MORRIS COUNTY AND THE FRAUD.
Sam Wood says that nine-tenths of the peo
ple of Morris county v 111 sustain him in his
vote on the Senatorial question. See Sam's
letter in last Council Grcvc rrest. Sam has
reckoned without his host this time. Niuc
tcntlis of the -voters of Morris county are op
posed to an election of a United States Senator
this winter In two days, without any exer
tion, some CO names were signed to a remon
strance, which was sent to the Senator from
that District, but it was too late, the fraud had
,been consumated.
" r Here is the last clause of that remonstrance,
it looks like sustaining him: "And finally
we, in signing this remonstrance, mutually
pledge ourselves to oppose and will vote against!
any person for oiuce, cither State or otherwise,
who supports this fraud upon the rights of the
people of Kansas."
S. X. Wood pledged himself against an elec
tion this winter, both publicly and privately.
When he denies it the proof will be forthcom
ing THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT.
What is it now ? Xot whether the black man
hall be a man or a chattel. That question is
by the good providence of God, pretty well dc
,cided. But though free, and no longer to be
sold Willi niuks ahd oen. he is still a "nigger!
And 6hull a nigger. ote? Tiue, for the pecu
liartiis of his complexion and condition he is
not cxictly responsible. The blme,,if blame
there be, lies somewhat farther back. It must
somehow ultimate rest with Him who took the
libert3" to paint oi.e butterfly brown nitd another
yellow, nnd to give to one man a red, another a
brown, another ntellow, or a white, and still
.another a black skin. Shall the red man -say,
What u1f these pnle f ices here ? Let them be
colonized bac'r to the countries from which l hey
came. They Lrinj, with them the fire water
which takes from oui" urare warriors their
strength, and from our old.i'ien their wisdom.
And they brine also diseases, tlujt swcep'.away
our wives and our children, ns the dry leaves
are swept before the wind." Yes. the reH man
may thus speak, and where he has the power,
net in accordance with his speech, if we uiaj"
drive the dark-skinned men back to Africa, or to
some colon where we may choose to locate him.
The blicktman was forced to come berv a0"
shall we also force him away? J cannot see
that we hae a light to do either. He is here :
and in some cases his ancestors were fighting the
bsUles of 76, while some of our ancestors were
beyoud the sea enduring the tyranny of the Old
World despots. To us it may be said, ns it was
Xo God's ancient people, ' Thou shaltnot oppress
the stranger, for e know the heart of a stranger
seeing je were strangers in the land of Egvpt."
What if the strancer be ignorant? Eudeaor
to enlighten him. And especi illy demand that
his children be instructed, and that (hey have
access to the great fountains tf knowledge and
truth. Perhaps, in his igr-orance he surrenders
li is judgment to some cunning Ggarte, or same
lying demagogue, who bus his otts with a
drink that beclouds his biain.or makes him a
feol, will 30U drive GinUyck. will you colonize
Jum, to improve him? Suppose, even, Unit he
lias a complexion that ou do not admire, and
that ho is-so ignorant of ph6iology that he does
-pot kuow the use of a bath tub? 'You need not
drive him out of the country it is very wide.
Give him employment, and he will soon secure
suitable changes of raiment, teaching him the
necessity of cleanliness, the value of frequent
ablutions, and he will learn what all fair-skinned
TiVa not. ret learned, .that a!1 dirts- neonle are
somewhat disagreeable, and that health and
longevity depend very much oa the abundant
sad skjllful use of water. It will be a great-deal
cheaper to furnish him schools and bathing tabs
than to five hiai.a territory, and force him. to
dwell there, if jou had the right to do so.
r, Ftcrbf pal aaay speak of his sosial statu is a
fatura.ijme.. tl . , .
t4ailr 5dlcr sill-Tor
Dixit.
a dollar apiece in
For the Union.
jzattors union ; it was with great surprise
that;I heard,4n last Friday, of tha, action of
Senator, who cannot take his seat until March,
1865. Not being a political man, I had not
kept myself posted on thesfe 'matters," and ''so
was taken by surprise when 1 saw the notice
for the meeting which was held in your city
on the evening of that day. But the -more I
reflect on this action of 'our Legislature, tire
more clearlyAdo I perceive that it-must fcaara-j
been ' conceived in-sin, and brought forth in
iniquity," and it is entirely anti-republican
and anti-democratic ; -and the more strongly
do I" feel that the people ought to ' understand
the whole Thatter. in order to protect themselves
against such vile impositions! Xet the electors
of Kansas look calmly al the" facts. ' -
The Legislature, wnich has perpetrated this
foul outrage upon the people's rights, was elect
ed without one thought of' its being, called to
perform, the important, duty of electing a Sen
ator in Congress. The members of the State
Senate were elected almost two years ago,
when other pressing and important matters
occupied the whole attention of the people -and
the Representatives were elected almost ,a
year ago, when no thought had been given to
this subject, because no one had any idea that
it would come' up during their term of office.
And the subject 'of a United Statce Senator not
having been discussed or agitated, these Leg
islators could not, and did not know the wishes
of their constituents in the premises. , In this
state of ignorance they have acted, without
regard to the-wishes of the people in this im
poitant malter, and, it would seem, in defiance
of the'm, and for the purpose of forestalling
and preventing the accomplishment of their
desires. At least this is the way the thing
looks to me. ,
And it must not be forgotten that .another
Legislature will be elected, both branches of
it, and will assemble two months before this
Senator, now so prematurely chosen, can take
his scat in Congress. The 'members of both
branches of that Legislature will be, elected
with the full knowledge in the minds of the
people that it will be a part of their im
portant duties to elect a Senator to the highest
branch of our National Congress.
Ilcncc the subject will be agitated, the peo
ple will express their views and wishes npon
it, and will Select those Legislates in view of it;
and thus they will know how' to act to' carry
out tlie dcsire3 of their constituents. Aad that
Legislature will meet in ample time to choose
a Senator and have him on hand at the open
ing of Congress. They will be prepared, hon
estly and understandingly, to carry out the
wishes of the people in this matter, which our
present Legislators were not prepared to do.
Another filing should beremembered. These
arc times of 'great anxiety" and rapid change.
The(state of, the nation is peculiar and critical,
and who knows what a year, or a month even,
may bring forth 7 Men are rapidly changing
their views, their positions and "their actions,
as new conditions andmeigencics arise. The
condition of men and things may be so changed
in a year from now,jthathe whom it might be
jiropcr and judicious to elect now, if, it. were
proper to elect any one, would not be the pro
per and right man then. In such times as. the
present, this is a matter of weighty considera
tion; and strongly shows tlie impropriety of
what our Legislature has done.
But this very consideration, I am told, is
presented as the only excuse to justify what
they have done. They say they feared that if
Gov. Carney was sot elected now, he could not
be next year. But this excuse or reason savors
so strongly of solf-conceit, of infidelity to the
trust reposed in 'them, of disregard of the
wishes of their constituents, nnd of even a
determination to thwart their wishes, and of
political intrigue nnd dishonesty, that T should
suppose no sensible man would -present it. It
is, as we have seen, the very reason why they
should not have taken this action now. In
deed, I cannot imagine any good reason or -excuse
for what they have -done. And I should
ttiinlL this premature, improper and unprece
dented, action would have a direct and sure
tendency to "kill politically him 'who is jtus
elected, and all who took part in the infamous
'deed. The people mustremember such things.
They must not forget that " Tlie price of Liber
ty is eternal vigilance." He who has proved
recreant once.to the trust reposed in him, and
to his duty to his country, from pecuniary, sel
fish, or any other motive, must never again -be
trusted. Let the .people see to this if they
would preserve their liberties and rights un
iaroi?lL jj r ,,
This action o.qur Legislature teaches one
sad and important lesson which alljshould pon
der -'This SwtcisPOtyct prepared, for jjeace
and prosperity.,. reflecting mind will doubt
that one great cause of o nrsent war, and
the sad state of our-Weedu:. country, .is the
corruption of our public men, n J le improp
er courses of action which they have JlttS De.eB
led to pursue.. This has beena-great,aad.'
ing evil all over the 'country, -and ane which
must be removed before we have any reason to
expect permanent peace .and prosperity .as a
Nation.. The Nation is made up of the Stateav
While the State remains corrupt' thematic
cannotremaitt sound And heal thy. This instance
of corruption" in our Legislature falnfally
shows that that body that this' State, is aa
sound and-jcorrupt. Its purification belongs to
the people. The sick man cannot heal himself-'
The physician must do it The enly phyateian
innhis ease is the people of the State, The
legitimate place and mode of applying the
remedy as. at the ballet box. Let the people
see that it is properly applied there hereafter;
that not only no cermet aaan,' but no .one whe.
can he corrupted, is elected te offiee, and thnar
do their share of the great work of purifying
the'Nation; or. let' them net-oetaplaiB if the
war, with all its atoadfirt evila .contianea,
the natieniB breoght Uetill-deeper diatcea
aadraial - . : M. A.WILCOX.
Gen! Sherman's ezpedidom agirnetMeafle;
is very formidable. His fore aimbera 70,000
sen, f" which 17000 areetrtopr- -
nwioLBumof.
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1 . .LL i .tf-" J. 43 .Si.3 . . . 2. .
1 u mcanton iaa siaipw ojparaaam 01 ansr
fSfce
ticoet flem Irftx 3cetrii a dattaU &
jDbere air eleveji hfidHd dtteriftt religions
in the world. No excuse for a man's not hav
ing any. ----- .
r .One of. Senator Snraeue's eoUoa-niUar the
Baltic) paid an excise tax "of '$4,000 Jo the
month of January,
The Herald's correspondent says Price Js.at
CamdU, kthl fie' has -beta strehgteaea by
5fiqQjnsgj&Jtfi&Q.&nia2TtpttwgStt 1
a moYe,ajninatIJtyleock. , ain r
Gen. Butler has commenced the .establish
men t of a common 'school system at Norfolk
and .Fort Monroe precisely, like -that in Massa,-
chusettav r-, , ,; ' rr j ..'n hi
On the -1th inst the Minnesota Legislature
re-nominated President Lincoln... .Thatmakes
thejfeleventh State that1 has; taken similar
action. Uj I -
. The Chicago Workingmen's Association.bavc
passed unanimously a resolution to expel from
their society all who . may have appealed for
and obtained exemption papers. t , L
. The Senate Judiciary, Committee havo agreed
to an,amendment to the Constitution forever
prohibiting slavery in the .United States. ...
The' Military Committee of the House have
agreed to a resolution that all'GeneralSwhoon
the"15th day of March next -shaTl'not iave
beenin active service for ine' previous three
months, shall be dismissed'. : ' " '
j-i. . s .. 1 U. - v. 4; .
San Francisco nowjninks as vthe third com
mercial port in the Union, New York being
the first and Boston the second. If San Fran
cisco keeps growing much longer, however, she
wilf change jdaces with! Boston. , .-
' According to the report, of; the City Inspec
tor of New York, no less than .eighteen thous
and people live, in collars 'and abasements ,in
that ctj, under conditions that are constantly
proTocatiyc of febrile and epidemic diseases.
'Illinois has filled her quota under the call
for three hundred thousand men, aad has a
balance of thousands to her credit'. ' This' gal
lant State has been -subject at jio-time to a
draft' ShYhas exceeded her quota under every
call. "" '-' - ' ' I . '
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STATS ITEM8. vnj.
-Lawrence has now four well armed and drill
ed companies. They go 'out frequently and
make a fine appearance.
The Kansas Stage Company propose,' about
the 1st of March, to'puton a daily line of four
Horse coaches between Council Grove and
Topeka. ' - -
The 6th Kansas negimentnoWmrfsters 1,111
men, and is' the largest Tegiment west ."of the
Mississippi. - . .
"Captain Mefford has: been commissioned' as
Third. Major of the Sixth Kansas..
Lawrence has been much excited since the
re-appearance of the guerrillas. 'Mr. Mb-Kln-hey
saw Dick-Yager on tfie'Santa Feroad, and
on his" report a big meeting was' held in Law
rence on' Monday Mr- Sutliff was appointed
to go'East and buy nine hundred dollars' worth
of rifles. , ,
" Sam. Wood said publicly " that if. Jim Lane
had gone into a .Senatorial election and been
successful, he (Wood) would have declared it
was a damned fraud. As it was, it was -all
right,"' Tribune. ' t - s
A Dutch member of the Kansas Assembly,
having -returned home from the session, was
asked by a-neighbor what had been done by
the Legislature. "I don't know what others
havo done," replied he, but I 'have cleared
one thousand dollars on the Senatorial question
for mine self." - :i
By a very unfortunate accident, the locomo
tive which was landed at Wyandot Tuesday,
was run into the river Wednesday. She had
been fired up, and was running backward and
forward on the track, on. the levee, Apretty
heavy head of steam'was on, and she was run-
j it --
ning rapidly down toward, ther river, when, the
attempt to "reverse", failed .and. she '.plunged,
head first, into the rijer.
Me8SW.-'Kitok II" had? thepleaiareTecently
44 visiting, tlie fine Headiagl.Qooea established at
Fort- Riley,' The- Enterprise seems to be a com
plete, success. Therooni was well-lighted tfife
tables covered . with newspaper and periodicals,
Amer'ieaa and British; and" nothing seemed
wanting to amuse or inuerest,oaf bra? -defenders
whauay find a temporary home in the garrison,
(except perhaps a few religious .'periodicals, of
which i did act. observe-any).- You-are aware
also tbat course-of lecture has -feeeB- HUagur
rated.j,One reeen,tly dejirered y the Rev. Mr.
HeaderspB, ClspUja of the Post,' en the antegor
nisuc pnncipies 01 iioerty aaa jaiavery, is pp
kerTof as-being, very able-aad iaterestiag. I did
not bear it; On Tuesday eveamg a. jleclure wat
givea by the, Hon. Mr. McBmtaeyiiof JoBction,
oa the Pjreaeat Aspect and Prospective Fatoreief
our. Country. Tbe view taken byjfr. McBreV
aey of the ."good-.time eomiag,"..waahighly
CBc;ouragBg to tiicao" trho have faith, haGod.and
'in tlie: fiuqaphsot the great principles of justice
aad ,'ieetlo. .When we -entered the roosjt wM
alreaayiluiifoC oWiew, sjngisg glorious '; Joha
Bniwn,,'rand u.'e" caj? trulb Aejand-and
noble'tho'ughts of the lecture iyei fin entire aon:
8onanee.rwith the prineipiu8 ch ndnced the
brav martyr to hirard -hU' Ji7-. H,hpwed
with irreaktible logic. .that thece Wtii foogbt.to
defend aad secure.our liberties jnt aeceaMnly
hnve the right U vela for their nrAiBtenanee.a'a
perpetuity TbaaUira right of ann,b;e, doe-.
trinesefith DeclaraUop of iBdependesae, and
the very language'of the good eM QoaaiUitioaj
franedjby Aur, Fathers to eateUish js4e(if nd
liberty! ftlike.jdeaad equal ;gh to anjd.ive
aal aufragf . The question is not, one -jo pop
ertjr, oomplexioB, or aoaial posia,;butuof huaaa
Dghta.xoofi, aa 1aoaatteufspi; a iraaoucspth
ken press, it most be gratifying r Jo ftad par
ablest public speakers th as faarieasly and frankly
detfcinf tek peHP onitha-aKU; of tbe-Iajfett
ad,fcct liberty j. r-,' tX tot arn
eeTO rWvxSeaakT-'Owwy.' tt We
lanjraace ef th:C4iiINin,-ii rrtttdHer ,pnke;
jatefced arylVnHh;',heamey7:M
&2S5ShkBBV will die'aSmSlSd'foJ
jTisto i
'ra rr, j c, iwj jut prmyer 1
One Wac Knows.
TC
T Bri&ier general QaSt. ofSrhwn.
in tk breaUi oat of tbiiwar. &4Deir
jcrc Oonafesamnn fioinhkt iuBa8
efit8red"tbe febet irmyTorwljich on accoun
of bis promiielit abilttiest.he. waa. made a
Brigndier 6eoeraI.r rHe was taken prisoner
hf tbe'UnWiAlVat, the"enptwe of -Isl
Iabd No. 10, in the Mississippi, and betni?
afferwardi exchanged, he continued io the
relrlmjjtilllasjL. iijniuierrwhen-'bee'ooa-'?
io'g'cdnviuced'or tfie'wTctc'dness, tfa welt
tira-ft0f8fjiesror-toe rebercausef B4efr
it, abu toolctfa.OBtb':orllegtaace to the
Goverqmeqef the Dnion. Since' ftcir he
has been actiye, b'oth.Vith.peech(an(l, pen,
io yreiog the people of hiaT native Sute,
'Arkansas, to returDtto,tu"e UaiODj., ,Qu.the
"Uth.hei spoke ia the Ji"all of,tb:Hou30.qf
epresenttfvfgiat.'IIarruburgt and in ha
.course .pi-1119 spcecu Be aecJared.-ttiat.wbcn
he was broujght North thrdaghjjhis 'State,
aa a rebel prisoner of war, after bis capture
at Island No. 10, certain prominent Demo
crats pf Pennsylvania, tlien conferred xcith
him, and assured him, that if the rehels
would hold oiiLaJittlc longer they tcould be
successful, or the Democrats of the &orth
,tcouldj arrest thenar by defeating the con
scriplioni and otherwise rendering the 'Ad
ministration powerless to' prosecute it, aud
be added, l can give you the names, if
what I say is disputed. A number of
Democratic -members of tbe Legislature
were pres3nt"but fhej ditaot dare to ques
tion the stalem 2D t, or call or the names.
He said the Democrats of the North nd vis
ed them to war, promised to ccme to their
assistance, and then left them alone in the
struggle, and confined themselves to cow
ardly, perndiou", stealthy assaults upon
their own 'Government. He said that io
stead of the Democrats of the North com
ing to their assistance, the soldiers .of the
Upton; came laroverwneiming iorcc, anu
brought government with' them, and res
cued, them from a tyranny more terrible
than death. What better evidence of the
essential dixlovalty of tbe leaders of tbe
Democratic Party, can any candid man ask ?
Here they approach one. at the time a rebel
prisoner, and endeavor, by promises of t as
sistance, by promise of treasonable opposi
tionto theLaws bf the Union, to encourage
him , to' continue in rebellion. "Jusbold
Qqt a'littfe longer, and. we Democrats of the
North' will help you; we .will eleet, such
men as, Wood ward, -Vallandigbam and Wc
jCJellan, and then you 'can have things ly our
6wo"way,,r.is their language.
o c . i&More 'Rebel Vessels.'
The Tribune says a letter from our Lon
don correspondent contains somc pieces, of
information on a pome 01 importance, wmen
has, as yet, attracted little or no. aUeption.
Tbo'news,' in afnnt sb'elT, is 'that at, this
present "moment there is a fleet of. six rebel
war vessels in; Chinese waters. These, ves
sels were fitted out in England, by Sherrard
Osborn, an'English faaval Captain, and we're
recruited among tbe officers and men of
her Brittannic Majesty's navy. They were
under contract to the Chinese government,
but when they Toadied China,a disagreement
arose be twe'en Osborn and tbe Chinese author
ities, nod the vessels were not delivered, but
thrown on tbe market and sold at aution
Osborn, officers, crews,' guns and all to Jef
ferson, Iavis. It is intimated that Osborn
had' some slight expectations of reaching
this result when he left 'England.
Escape of Prisoners from Richmond.
z' u Washington, Feb, 14. ,
A gentleman who' arrived to-night1 from
the' Army 6f " tbe Potomac, saw "before ' he
left' there," Richmondpaper of Thursday,
found npon the person of a deserted who
came into, our line's Tnwhich appeara an
arttcle'stating'that 109 officer's have escaped
from Libby "prison by digging a 'tunnel un
der the street for that purpose. ' It is
supposed the prisoners' had been engaged
upon that arduous task for over "a mouth.
They were missed at roll-call,' and forth
with troops were dispatched in various' df
rcctioos'to eapturVthem. Pbur were over
taken on 'the f Willirtms'btirg and Hanover
Codrt.House raijro&d It ia supposed, 'they
were scatteVed'in'ttie rJeighborhDc of Rich
mond! ' "" . "
The guards were arrested on the belief
that they were in collusion with tbe prison
ers, but were afterwards released, the sub
terranean mode of escape', having become
known. ' ' " : '; ' ' ft J"
The paper says feal Dow was not among
ihk runaways, but was probably waiting to
accompany, tbe next bitch. r ; " "":-
' -I he at?serterrabovec referred tc says "that
a large'nnmber of his regiment (the Tenth
-iTbe ; following r extract frqm- Gov.
llamiUon'a.jiddres to the people, of .Texas,,
is commended to nil who. are afraid. of free
negroes becoming thqif f qjuals.: . - t r
, "j.X0 positionvinspcictjr wilj -jreuaain
nnchanged,, that of .tjie . legro improved'
Let those who feel conscious jliat they can
not successfully compete t with tbe Negro
for thejprize;jof -npkapwledged .merit ,and
moral ? worth... chafe and complainj , Tb
mjinbaii.ponsfiioua of endowments, phy
ica jndjinental, superior tojtba, Negrpand
wbo intends t&cs3ploj.thnj.for,tbe.goodof
j.wttptryapd hialnce, seadjeel no; jeal:
owrr('tVegro,freedpni,; - , rjr - u r
Ge
men of ' Col.' Streieit'j'command bavebeen
releaaed frow cJ.QpnemQiUandtbeir,
-nTbc.rimaaiBilton.IleadletMr itaiM,!)
lic.eM:bldt.ytHOr snnJtdof.CMrler
ton had a cargo of iron plate anijPfjNKi
ssetal for the eonalsaaiioa of iron clads,
MidQsaffriMvfoiir gpns. Tk rfbelrave
kawMftleiMinave aay af tk tir,'i
tMmpmttt U toosUf't tira:fromJwr
.uuuisisubj nte uaicivuitru, IDU tuai meir
daily rations notJreortsisfc''bf "only a quarter
of d pound of;toeat and' burt one" pint of
A,pccinl"tQ the ,Tfi Knife W:' Through
hj BntWfi intervention tne' .officers and
gnof,
M
linhiar af the Steaatsr Flaaet.
r Jiue iuuowiug are aw.MLWKpi i uic
iiLr.; .AiSL 5. ..t-. "-- r.Li,u
kin of eaglnefe Mb fh?
W Mr- Mofee' hcr1 ? '
The ilUIaled steTmer PlanetTeft Uatro on
January 25tb,bouod for New Orleans,
with troops and Government stores on board
lit Missisipi iofaotrV CofM de Afriqae,
875 officers and privates, from St. Louis
on board, besides many passengers. Her
freigbtxcomprtsed a-largei amount of hay
an'd oats TO lead of 'cattle, 206 hogs, and
undw? cvc lj-
Nothing nHMttapi oceurred on the trip
.until -the steamer reached College point,
sixty one miieg nooye-ixew vrieans. yp
posite here' she struck the bank while run
uin'g "slowly, on account of darkness. This
OCOUrrcu reuruary. jisi, b u u tiut, jx. iu.
The -jar rec6ied "wall very 'slight. -'The
teamcr backed, out, easily, and proceeded
on h'er"way as before. '
.After she had gone three or four mile,
it was discovered the boat was leaking
Badly. The pumps were immediately put
to work, but the water gained rapidly on
them, and it was finally found necessary to
land, as tbe water was already above the
guards. There was no longer any prospect
of keeping the boat afloat. Planks were
put out, and debarkation immediately com
menced. This "operation was about half
completed when the prow "of tbe Planet
dropped suddenly downr almost perpendic
ularly producing a tremendous jar, and
careening the boat.
She sank at once to the boiler deck, when
another fearful crash was heard, and the
entire 'cabin and texas were precipitated to
the water's surface. At this lime Captain
Dubois, of the ISth Illinois infantry, jump
ed from the hurricane roof into the yawl,
breaking bis lee. By the coolness and
daring of Captain J. C. Burdenu and mate,
William Dwjer, the wreck was cleared of
the remaining troops, passengers and crew,
without loss of a single individual,' although
three or four pcions were quite severely
iniurrd by the filling in of the cabin..
The mules, cattle, and one half of the
hogo,. wcro also safely got on shore. Th
forage went down with the steamer, nnd is
a loiai joss. ioe cicrs ravea au tuo mon
cy, papers, letters, &o. -
North Carolina.
The RalcighYN. C.) Progress contains t
strong article against the new Confederate
enrollment act, and says if Qong'rqss is bent
on fastening military .despotism on Jhe peo
ple, they must submit quietly or resort to
the principle that resistance' to. tyrants is
uueuienco io uuu, ana me peupio oi norm
Carolina wont hesitate which course they
should pursue.
Pass tbe tyrannical bill reported by the
Military tiommittee, anu tne collision so
long talked of between North Carolina and
the Confederate States is noon us
Large Cities and Their Growth.
, Were njstranger to judge of the city, of
New xork by tbe self-complacent laudations
of tbe press of that city, he would be induced-to
believe that London, ;tbo largest
and richest, and greatest city in the world,
has been completely outstripped by the
"metropolis of tbe New World." The
following statement, derived from official
"ources, namely, t4e. census of the United
States for I860 and that of London for
1861, the full reports of neither of which
have yei been published, ie presented, Icav
tbe reader, to draw bis own conclusions:
In Ma,rcb, 1851, London contained a
population of 2,362,536 inhabitants and
305,996 bouses. In 1861, the population
had increased to 2,803,989 inhabitants, and
369,431 .houses, bhowiog,an-increase ia ten
years of 441,763 inhabitants, and of 53,488
houses. The number of houses erected in
the city of London, -in ten years was there
fore only 500 less than the .total number of
houses in New York in 1860 !
In ,1850 New 'York .contained a poonl&
tioq of 515.517 inhabitants, and 37,291
houses. In I860 the number of inhabitants
is set down at 805,7&Vaud the number of
houses at 53,971, showing nn increase of
290,104 inhabitants, and 16,680 houses.
Philadelphia contained in 1850 a dodu-
lation of 330,045 inhabitants, and df 53.974
houses. In 1860 the number of inhabitants
was'560,529,"ahd- the number of houses
89,532, showing an increase in ten years of
28,354 houses-, nnd 222,484 inhabitants.
Thus we find that London in ten vearp.
bad increased Tnpopulatioh 441;753 j New
York, 290,104 souls, or 56.73 per cent, an(
Philadelphia 2225484" inhabitants, or 65.43
per cent.-- The average-number of liontps
daring ten years in London was 5349 ; in
New -York, 1668 ? and in Philadelphia,
I862r London has been settled 2000"years,
New York'249 years and Philadelphia 178.'
-A'spethl to" the Mobile Register and
Advertiser-, (rebel) from Jackson, dated the
4th, says- tbe- eneaiy commenced crossing
Big Black yesterday. They threw over six
regiment's of infantry two of cavalry and
two Batteries, atT.Kaflroad Bridce. Thev
attempted to- cross- at -Messenger's, but
failed, and are now attemDtincr to cross at
Birdsong's. The city is full olf'Tumors.
and some excitement prevails, bat people
arejgenerally confident.
The Wdrld s'letter has a report that four
thousand troops have- landed ou James Is
land,' near Charleston, in the' iear of the
rebel batte'rfe"s.' ."-'' " '-,
The Post's Washington sptdal say there
aw.dver twenij-five millioDt of gold ia the
Treasury, and it is rumored that MrGbaae
wilUre tomk sll part of ii for aotea to an-
plj to the expenses of the war.
donrBltniiand Mall AndefaWaVe' here
gotting ready to leave for Fort Smith.' A
large Dumber of treofir will BDeedilr be
coMQtnfcrf at thai pott' Ges -Blunt will
up-i piig mupmgu' ner e xnosr
fitvoraUt u4pp, aad win bmW oar vie-
lorlonBvMtasiaso! Uf 1W Glf. Zear.'l y
Coniermtivc. "' IJ
The Tm3MQQL"
Thefroikt dwventioa"Wt nt 3 o'clock
T. M. Tuffldav a4 onsunated the FRAUD.
irherebVyiu aad 2 anjl every citixen of
Free rtanas were" swindled out of our
Elective Franchise j that glorious- righsa
dear to an American citizen. We do n)
iay this because Thomas Carney was elect
ed, nor yet, because General Lane was not
elected ; but in defence of Ike greatest
principle of freedom. -Oagg Chronicle,
m m m ' L J-
Duripgjhe past reek our streets- were
crowdedwith mod and teams outfitting for
the Baoiack mines and points in the' inter-
lor. ine roaus are-goou, ana everytnmg
indicates a lively spring business, and the
Knrt&snaxe.foKliraveB wort h i Times,
The Supreme Court at Washington oa
the 15th, refused application for a writ of
certiorari, in the case of Vallandigbnm, on
tne ground of want of jurisdiction.
JOHN H. KARNAN,
Tin-Smitn,
. and
DEALER in TIN-WARE,
J'-anction, City, Kan.
HAVING THE MOST COMPLETE
set of tools, whh all the late improve
ments, ofony Tin -Shop in Western. Kansas, I
am enabled' to turn out the neatest and most
durable work. Ererthing in my line on hand,
or furnished .upon short" notice. .Repairing at
tended to promptly. I will take, in exchange.
Brass, Copper, Lead and Rags.
December 2&,' 1863. n7yl .
J. D. BRUMBAUGH. J. W. BOLtlNOKK.
BRUMBAUGH & BOLLINGER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
Marysriile, Marshal Co., Kansas.
BgL, Prompt attention given to paying taxes.
Jan. 30, 1864.-nll-tf
WILLIAM S. SLAKELY,
iBEGrlST'HofDEEDS
FOR.
Davis & Clay County,
OFFICE IN STONE LAND OFFICE,
JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS
S. B. WHITE,
Attorney & Counsellor
JUNCTION, KANSAS.
7ILL PROMPTLY ATTEND TO ALL
" business entrusted to his care in West
ern Kansas. " nltf
The 'Frontier Nursery
PATRONISE HOME INDUSTRY l
COMMENCE AH ORCHARD THIS SEASON
The proprietoi1 of the ahoTe Nursery, situat
ed five miles from Fort Riley, on the Fort
Riley and Fort A'carncy Road, six miles due
west from Ogdcn, now offers for sale
80,000 Choice and Reliable Fruit
Traes !
Consisting of Apples, Pears, Peaches and
Cherries ; also Chestnuts and a large collec
tion of grape vines and small fruits black
berries', strawberries, currants, gooseberries.
and rhubarb and shrubbery; roses, peonies,
tulips, snowballs, lilacs, flowering quince and
honeysuckles ; .Lumber D' poplar, maple and
locust rees; all of which I will sell at the
following rates, or exchange for young stock
ai iair prices:
Three year old Apples, ten dollars per hun
dred, forty-seven dollars for 500. ninety dol
lars per 1103; large, for immediate bearing,
fifteen dollars per 100, seventy dollars per 500,
one hundred and thirty-five dollars per 1000.
Peaches, seedling, tro and three years old,
four dollars per 100, nineteen dollar per 500,
thirty-five dollars per 1000; choice budded, tea
dollars 10ft. Pears,, Cherries and Chestnuts,
zo io ov cets, each. Urajca i jyelaware, five
years, old,, transplanted and root-pruned, SI .50;
three 'yearSj'.ST.iui two years, 1 ; layers, 25
to 50 cents ; Concord, 25 cents to 1.00 ; Cataw
ba, Isabella, Clinton. Idon, 20 to 85cts : Frank
lin, Diana, Northern Muscadine, Harford Pro
lific,'50ta 75 cents, Blackberries, Lawton, SI
per dozen:- Currants--"and. Gooseberries 15
cents each. Strawberries from 25 to' 40 cent
a dozen. Rhubarb-from 10to 25 cents each.
Everything else in proportion. j
Having for a long-time been connected wftl
the .well kaown. -nursery and extensive teat
orchard(of Cutter & Sons, of Western Illinois,
I was enabled to select all the best test'td
Western varieties,' which' fact 'is worthy' th
notice of all men. Communications -promptly
aaswered. stamps for return mail never in
fused. Address SAMUEL CUTTEH,
nlvtf) ." Fort Riley, Davis Co , Kansas
R. D. MOBLEY.
District Clerk of Davis County
HEAL "ESTATE AND LAND A6ENT,
JUNCTION gitt:
WILL do business in, the a.iil Office, and
give strict atfentton to paying taxes for
non-residents. Office on Washingtoa street,
I aylor s Building, opposite the Eagle Hfttel.
BOtf , i
LEWIS KURTZ,
a . ,. Dealfrtn
Dry Goods, Groceries,
SIAS1BWAB& srsas
SASH, GLASS, 3QOTS g- SHOES.
and, everything found in acountry store, whiah
I will sefl ' , . ,
CltEAPFOR CASHl
sMJLr vrx-oixosr
T
IS REDEEMED ut tU BANKING ffn USE
OF SCOTT, KERR MUV.
LEAVENWORTH
i'fLAIffK 510RTCIAGRS
"' L tk aatit-AT THia bmea,
USTlCt' aULASKS m U ltimda
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