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THE BIG BLUE UNION.
,JOHN Jp. .CONjC,
EDITOR.
" HAMXSVILLB, KANSAS:
Saturday, September , 1862.
WANTED,
MtbuesUt, iamtdiatejy, a good, reliable,
practical priater.
Call for a y.epublican Convention.
-The Repbl!B ef'tfie State of Kansas are
requested to elect seveaty-ave delegate, one
from eaofc Representative district, as apportion-
u by tbeJast Legislatwre, to meet in Conven-1
tioa at Tppeka, on Wednesday, the 17th of Sep
tember, 1862, at tweWe o'clock, m., for the pur
pose ef nominating a Member of Congress, an.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Gqv
ernof, a Lieutenant-Governor, a Secretary pf
State, an Auditor Treasurer, a Superintend
cataf Public Instruction, and an Attorney Gen
eral, .to, be supported at the coming Fall election.
All pciMna holding yith. us the fundamental
doctriaea of kuina freedom, in favor of a vig
ortvi prosecution of the war, the use of all the
jaeaas God has put into the hands of the nation
for the suppression of the' rebellion, a hearty
sspport p ifee.Governneat, and an honest ad
ministration of our local affairs, are invited to
aaite wi th us in action uader the above call.
'A. C Wilder, President, T. 1). Thacher, Sec
retary ; Ed. Russell, Loring Farnsworth, J. F.
JUwloa, M. W.'Delahay, (proxy for D. W. Hous-
tojj,) Republican 8tate Committee.
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"" "Th Convention.
We do not publish the proceedings of
:the 'Mass Nominating Convention held in
this placo last Saturday, for the reason that
the minutes were left in an unfinished state
and its action was anything but harmoni
ous. Bat we will sum np the whole in a
few words :and we intend to use but few
words by, way of comment upon the turn
of matters, unfortunate, at least, aB it was,
for We presnsac the least said the easiest
mended."
-To ahow the .grounds or basis of the
Conveation, we bere reproduce the call as
published in the Union for the two weeks
prericjuj;
JT0TIC5.
A convention of the citixens of Marshall
ounty will be held at Marysville on Saturday
the 30 tli inst. for the purpose of electing a del
egate to attend the Republican State Conves
tiem te be held at the State Capital on the 17th
ef September, 1862. By order ef 0. J. Lee
Chairmaa ef Couaty Ex. Committee, and Peter
Gft, Chairman of Co.UaicnEx. Committee.
According to that call the Convention
assembled and wai duly organized by
choosing Dr. W. S. Blackburn of Ver
million, chairman, and Dr. J. H. Mc
Dougallftkis city, secretary. A mo
tiojD aade jko proceed to elect a delegate to
.tbe Bepublican State Convention viva voce,
which motion was amended by agreeing to
elect by ballot instead of verbal vote.
D. C. Auld as delegate and Thos. M.
Bewen as proxy were put in nomination
and .also G. D. Swearingen as delegate and
A. . Lqvell as proxy. vUpon a ballot
Auld and Bowen received 5 votes and
Swearing en and Lovell 23 votes.
At this stage of the proceedings much
dissatisfaction was expressed on the part
of .two or three members who withdrew and
afterwards got up another convention,
where .they accomplished things to their
Jikingby getting themselves elected as
delegates. '
-Oomo'tiontio the regular convention,
J: D. "Brumbaugh was nominated and
unanimously elected to the Judicial Dis
trict convention. No further business
appearing the convention adjourned sine
In closing these proceedings we wish
imply to remark that we hope to see bo
jRort " meat" nominating conventions in
tint place j they are a nuisance. In the
frveD.iipns aid'ihereare a num
ber oa haid--whether they bo denomina
ted Union or Repablican let there be a
call for a delegate convention the appor
tioned -nMberjof delegates elected in the
various townships of the county and sent
ap, the only proper way. We presume
the committers will tee to this.
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We have received am anonymous com
aaicatioa (aeetry) entitled "Deceived."
Aa ft do not wish to be deceived oarself,
esaoeeibJy we might be if we made a
oreciioe of publishing anonymous efa-
SWlwehtveir? ' '
The Sigcl 2$QQ priswjir story, of
which we spoke h'4 Wek, is confirmee. r
it was oieely dene. Bally ! for- the
;: WW putchnaau, ' '
The Great Battle ia TirginlaTna Ifewa.
A series of terrific baltbs, comniencjng
Aug. 29, have been fought npon the old
Buli Rua ground, between Gainesville and
Centervilie, Va., under Gen. Pope's anc!
Bank's forces and those of the rebels .un
der Hill, Ewell, Jackson, resulting in
great slaughter on both sides ; besides a
Jarge amount of property destroyed by
our own forces to prevent its filling into
the hands of..te enemy, Dispatches to
tue iu maw uiaie ,iuai uur iuss ia iu,uuy piaue. xrum ri. xiliey we rnovea jure
or more men, and that of the rebels not lQlh,in a southeasterly direction over on
known, (once estimated at lbQOO, .but de- . to tbe head-waters , of the Neosho, and
nied by a later dispatch.) Several of our then down alonjj that far famed stream as
Generals are wounded and killed, and far as lola, a small town ten miles above
among the .latter are reported Gens. Kear- Humbolt which is also on the Neosho.
ney and .Stevens. The fate of the baitle We then moved directly east forty miles to
or battles was still undecided, but, as the Ft. Scqtt, thence south on the Military
Mo. Democrat says, in commenting upou Road, running from Ft. Scott to Ft. Gih
the situation, . with the concentration of , son, in .the Indian Territory, distance 170
Pope's forces, wlycji seems in a great ' miles. When we arrived near the junct
mcasure to have been consummated, and ' ion of Spiing river can d Neosho, about
the safety of Bank's diyision atGintervilIe, midway between the two Forts we received
and the advance of the reinforcements to ' an order to hah atid'pfotect the road.
the aid of exhusted columns, it is more . Here we were in a land of plpnty ; corn,
than probable the tide of battle will efc, I potatoes, melons, apples, peaches, &c , we
perhaps has already set in our favor." found in abundance. The housos and
A rebel raid has been made through farms were all deserted, and we .were
central Kentucky, and Frankfort, Lexing- 4 monarchs of nil we surveyed ;'x we
ton and Paris are held by them, from laughed and grew fat. Stock of all kinds
whence they are pushing on and threaten
ing Cincinnati, 20,000 stroag, having ar
rived within 39 miles of the city. Gen.
Lew. Wallace is in command of our forces
there, and he'll fight! it's in him.
The Leavenworth Conservative of the
2nd has postive news that there is a rebel ous to this, however, all of our forces,
force of 1,000 at Independence, Mo. ' except the Indian regiments, had retreat
The latest news from Col. Cloud, (25th ed from the vicinity of Ft. Gibson back to
Aug.) says that ho was reiuforced by 2,- , where we were camped conspquently throw
500 men and that he was chasing the rebs. ing open to the secosh force at Ft. Davis,
l like the devil," below tjie Qsagc river in five miles from Ft Gibson, all that section
Missouri, east of Ft. Scott. Gen. Blunt of the Indian Territory; and our expedi
has returned to the latter place and will tion down into that country with 300 men
co-operate with other forces upon the bor-j was considered exrumely hazardous, so
der to repell the invadeis ; and very prob" , much so, that after we had marched 40
ably he will soon project an expedition in. miles the cowardly and timid actipjr Bris;-
fn ArL-onRfiH tin tnnrl tn thfi rp'fifilfl th.rft.
Camp op Instruction. As will be
seen by reference to the order, elsewhere
published in this issue., of Cyrus Leland,
Commissioner for Recruiting in District
number Three, comprising Doniphan,
-D-- 13mUn ItTorcholl XVoohT,.fnr.
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counties, all recruits in the District are . . XT , , 0 .
. , . m Grand river (IN eosho and Sprmj' rivers
ordered to rendezvous at camp in Troy on, i. . . . . ' . .
i . - -ift .i.- r xi. i are know as Grand river below their junct
or before the 10th of this month, where . x , x . T . J
, ... ' . .' , x r i ion ) we came to the estate of Lewis Ross,
mmn. nvAsttma thav villi yanatrra tha ncfinir.. I '
ion necessary to make them good soldiers
and perfect them for active duty. This is
well ; and we d.oubt not the gallant officer?
and men at this post will gladly repair tp
the head-quarters with the determination
te excel in the soldier's discipline.
The Anniversary Of the Constitu
tion Let It be Commemorated.
Savs tbe Mo. Democrat : On the 17th I
day of September 1787, the Constitution
of the United States was adopted in tbe
Convention over which George Washing
ton presided, and of which such patriots
as Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Frank
lin, James Madison and the Pinckneys
were members. Seventy-five years are
about to close since that day, and the na-
tion that has lived under that Constitution .
in liberty and pepce is waging a mighty i
war with Americans inarms against the
glorious work of their fathers.
At such a time, and in the midst of such
scenes, the Anniversary of the Constitu-
tion should be remembered, honored and j
commemorated throughout the loyal I
States, and in the armies and navy of the
Union. We have few enough anniversa
ries of patriotism ; let us now add one, to
be observed as long as the Constitution
stands. What say (he people ? Shall it
not be done ?
Hs Unavrnt Tf la nnf lutcf ( VlO !
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alarmed about the temnorarv scarcitv of
specit. We ec thtt Hallett's commercial
circular for July 30th, expresses the opin
ion that in the natural course of business
the coin will soon be returning to us.
We have been able," it says, to keep
foreign exchange largely in our favor, ex
cent when &nother element has been thrown
in the return of eeormous amounts of
securities formerly held abroad. We are
daily becoming more and .more self-supporting
aad Earope less 'so, from the rapid
iBcreeee ef pepalatioa upon a circumscrib
ed arta." It seems quite certain, moreo
ver, that Europe wast draw very largely
upon the Ceited States for" grain and floor.
Rev. James Higue"wi!l preach in this
city ta-Horrow at the utial time and plaoa
AS SECOXTD.
.CfMf, EAE jFt1TS.C0TT, KAKgAS,
Angnst 16, 1S62.
Emtox op Ujoh : It is jome time
.since you have heard from . us And quite a
.Ictng jettej rnay not came amis3. .We ha ve
iust returned from Tabbqua, the capital of
j .the Cherokee Kaioa; and that ypu may be
able to understand me better, I may as
I well givo a synopsis of our movements
from Fort Riley down and back to this i
roamed in droves through the woods and
over the prairies, consequently we never
wanted for beef, veal, mutton, pork, tur
key, goose or chicken. On the 31st of
July at 10 o'clock P. M., our regiment
moed south, on a forced march. Previ-
ailir-frPn. Snlnmnn. tliin in .Tirnmmr1. .if
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the Indian Expedition, s'nt a :i order to
Col. CIcud to retreat immediately, but
" retreat" is not our Colonel's name j he
had started on a mission and was going to
! accomplish it.
Fifty miles from the junction of Neo-
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' sno and onnnor rivers, at the crossing or
the brother of John Ross, the beauty and
grandeur of which astonished us all. Tho
house cost $21,000, is built o brick and
finished in the highest style of architect
ure. The furniture consisted of the rich
est and most expensive. Five hundred
dollar mirrors and pianoes, b.ureaus, sofas,
chairs, tables, etc,, to correspond ; and
'twas bore we saw a little of the bavoc of
war ; the hpuse ha.d been abandoned and
some uncivilized Indians bad been let loose
on the plantation and through the hpuse
and all the furniture had been smashed
and bruised so as to render it worthless.
Near hero we passed the Salt Worjvs of
the Grand Saline ; the salt sprinsr throws
a stream nearly as large as a man's bo iy.
We conttnued our march to Tahhqua, .the
place of our destination. We r - then
18 miles east of Ft. Gibson, (at which
there were 7.000 secesh) 125 m;les from
Texas, and 19 miles from the j mciioa of
Grand and Arkansas rivers.
Tahlaquaisa town about the size of
Marysville, and contains several good brick
houses. Near the village is the residence
of John Ross, and just such a place as that.
of Lewis Ross ; alo two seminaries, the
largest I have seen west of the Missouri
river. These seminaries, one for males
and one for females, cost SS0,000 each, and
have been in successful operation for about
toot nf mil- miosinn tflllil M tfl SPfillTe
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the family and person of John Ross and
all tha records and Dttblic documents of
the Cherokee Nation. All these were
freely and gladly delivered over to us by
the Chief and joyfullv did he and his
family and his brothers and their families
all follow us North. They are now safety
on their way east where they will likely
remain untjl the trouble are settled.
At present cur camp is three miles west
of Fort Scott and a few men left in charge
ef it; bat our regiment with about 2500
more troope are in Missour in hot pursuit
of rebel forces, said to be 3500 strong.
All of our Marshall and Washington!
county boys are well and doing well ex
cept Joel B. Abbott, from Little Blue, and
Sam Humes, from WaenmgtoQ county
TWOM TMB
who are both in the hospital at Fort Scott,
Abbolt on -account of sore eyes and
Humes on account of ague. We alf send
our best respects to the " Home Guard?
and advisenhem to come with us if they
want any fun. A Soldier.
For The Union.
OARIBALDI AND THE LIBERATION
OP ITALY.
While we in America are-steeped to the
lips in the seething cauldron of war. it
may not be altogether time misspent to
cast a passing glance at the stirring events
w:ik h re now transpiring in other lands ;
aod l:i us see whether those proud auto
crats and self-,styled champions of civili
zation uud humanity, who are now so
straugely exercised about the troubles of
civil war among us, may not, ere long,
have cause for serious apprehension at
home.
The Emperor .of .the French appears to
have a. ptnehant for intervention. He it
was, who. while president (of a republic in
1849, intervened to crush tbe republican
go vernmeht set up by the -peopkfof Rome
FTeitwas, who drew upon Europe the
Russian war of 1855, and he it was who
provoked the quarrel with Austria in
1859, and when he bad accomplished his
own selfish designs, the military glory and
agrandizement of France, abandoned and
betrayed the cause of Italian independ
ence, which be bad espoused.
Europe is now moving in the .throes of
revolution and foremost in the vanguard
of Liberty, is the noble end heroic Gari
baldi, who at the Jast advices, .was march
ing upon Rome at the head of an enthusi
astic army of 50,000 volunteers ; this
movement necessarily involves a conflict
with the French army of occupation at
Rome, which added to the precarious situ
ation of the French trcops in Mexico,
may give Louis Napoleon too much work
upon bis hands to interfere in American
affairs.
Giuseppe Garibaldi, is identified with
the party of Progress and Liberty all
over the world ; he tva at one time admi
ral of tbe revolutionary forces during the
struggle with Spain for the independence
of South Araerica. Upon the oveithrow
of Napoleon the Great in lSlo, tbe crown
ed monarchs of Europe conspired in what
they tcrmo'I the " Holy Alliance' to crush
out evory spark of Freedom in Europe.
Thus was Poland and Italy dismembered,
and the peoples groaned under the weight
of intolerance and despotism. But when
tho hour of retribution came in 1848, the
outraged peoples tore the compacts and
protoools of tyrants to rags, and made one
bold, sharp stroke for nationality and Free
dom. The gallant people of Italy were most
steadfast in their efforts for the cause, but
wero finally compelled in 1849, to yield to
the voice of the crowned miscreants im
posed by the treachery of foreign foes.
Sad indeed was the day when t!se lion-li'ce
Garibaldi, with his toil-worn followers, re
tired from the crumbling walls of Rome on
one side wnile tbe mercenary soldiers of
the bogu3 French republic entered at the
o'her. French arms slaughtered Italian
Freedom in 1849, and drove again into
exile Mazzini and Garibaldi, men who. by
thirty years devotion to their country, the
purity of their principles, and their spot
less reputation, had endeared them with al
mot miraculous influence to the hearts of
their countrymen. But Freedom crush
ed to earth will rise agaiH. After taking
refuge for a while under the glorious stars
and stripe, Garibaldi again entered into
the service of his native land in the war
for the liberation of Piedmont from Aus
tria in 1859. Such had been the intolera
ble cruelty and oppression of Austrian
rule in Italy that the most conservative
men in other countries cried shame upon
the governing dynasty. Mr. Gladstone a
member of the Government and tory par
ty in 'England, records the evidences of the
mo?t atrocious acts of cruelty and oppress
ion exercised upon the Italian people wit
nessed daring his travels in that beautiful
but afflicted land. All are familliar with
the Italian campaign of 1S59 under Victor
Emanuel, Kiag of Sardinia. It is green
in the remembrance of our readers how
Garibaldi with bis brave " Hunters of the
Alps" were doing wonders for the cause,
when Louis Bonaparte checked the coarse
of emancipated Italy, by making a dis
graceful trace with Frsncis Joseph of
Austria, and withdrew from the support
of his Sardinian allies. But though Kings
and Empercrs proved recreant, Garibaldi
with a small band of red-shir ted 'followers
etme to the rescue in 1850. His pewsg
through the kingdom- of -the two Scicilies
was a complete ovation. !rhe people ral.
lied in thousands to thi standard of tb&
Liberator, and the"" powerful army of the
Neapolitan Tyrant was, at every point,
compelled to flyT"WitIT ITsTaglenindea
ncss of purpose,, that reminds us, of our
immortal Washington, Garibaldi' refused
every honor sought to. be. conferred upon
him, and perceivfng that annexation to his
Kingdom of Sardina was the most practi
cal means to accomplish the patriots' de
sire, the Union of Italy, he' threw his in
fluence into lhat measure,. and hence Vic
tor Emanuel was elected. King of Italy.
After resting for the past twa years ia the
bosom of his family; Garibaldi has again come
forth from his sea-girt rock of Caprera and
now announces that the object of this third ex
pedition is to liberate the Koman people- from
the temporal power of the Pope. Eighteen cen
turies of galling oppression, persecution, false
hood, and burning at tho stake have beea in
flicted upon the people of the Papal dominions!
but thank God, the day of deliverance is a:
hand ; tho noble people of Italy again Hock ia
legions t.o swell the advancing columns of the
lion-hearted Liberator, such is the intense en
thusiasm of tho people in ihe cause of the Inde
pealcncc and Union of tho whole peninsula of
Italy. May God speed" the Right! and miylle
hasten the day when " Falsehood's trade spall
be as hateful and unprofitable s that of Truth.
is now." Spaktaccs.
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From the St. Joseph iv Era.
?reeley and Lincoln-
The editor of the N. Y. Tribune has
written an open letter to the President of
j.he United States, in which he makes
many points richly worthy of the serious
consideration of all well-wishers of the
Republic. -The men who inaugurated the
present rebellion are terribly in earnest, a
fact which seems, in many cas.es. ,to have
been almost entirely lust sight of by those
highest in authority in this nation. The
traitors have not on any occasion scrupled
to use every means they could lay hands
on to subserve the ends they aimed at
Where negroes could aid their unholy
cause, by working on fortifications, acting
as cooks, teamsters, ifcc, they have been
called in, and even armed to shoot down
tbe soldiers of tho Uuion army, while
many of our Generals have exhibited a
softness, if not a sympathy, for pur ene
mies, which must forever stand without a
parallel in history. The heads oftls
government should awake to a full conr
prehension of the magnitude of this
mighty struggle for the preservation of Re
publican institutions. Every resource at
our command should at ence be put in
requisition, for the speedy termination of
the war. Half-way measures and chicken-hearted
tenderness have been tried for
more than a year, and the result is, we
arc as far, if not farther, from peace than
at the beginning. Let the President but
instruct his subordinates to strike wherev
er a traitor head is sepn, confiscate every
item of property, including slaves, tbat can
belaid hands on, and the great sacrifices
we arc now making will cease pur ar
mies will he subsisted on the enemy, and
the burden and penalty of treason wi'l
fill where it of right belongs. But to tho
letter of Mr. Greeley. His closjug words
we commend to every reader :
" I closo as I began with the statement
that what an immense majority pf tha
Loval Millions of vour countrymen re
quire of you is a frank, declared, unqunlN
ned, ungrudging execution or me laws m
the land,morc especially of the Confiscation
Act. That Act gives freedom to the slare3
of Rebels coming within our lines, or whom
those lines mav at any time inclose we
ask you to render it due obedience by pub
licly requiring all your subordinates to
recognize and obey it.
The Rebels are evenrwnere using inf
late anti-negro riots in the North, as they
have lone used vour officers' treatment of
negroes in the South, to convinco the
slaves that they have nothing to hope from
a Union success that we mean in that
case to sell them into a bitterer bondage
to defray the cost of the war. Let them
imnress this as a truth on the great mass
of 'their ignorant and credulous bondmen,
and the JJnion wjll never Be restored
never.
We' cannot conquer Ten Millions ef
people united in solid phalanx against us.
powerfully aided by Northern sympathiz
ers and European allies. )3Ce must bae
scouts, guides, spies, cooks, teamsters
di"ger3 and choppers from, the jBIacks- o
the'Soutb, whether we allow them to fight
for us or not, or we shall be baffled and rr
celled As one dr the millions wu,
1 1 -- j- i rJ-J il,e atrnrrorle at
would giaaiy naye avuiusu iu "-&o-- .
any sacrifice but that of principle and
honor, bat who now feel tbat tbe triumph
of tho Union is indispensable not pniy
the existence of our country but fo t&o
well-being of mankind, I entreat you to
render a hearty and unequivocal obedience
to the law ot the Janq,
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