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THE SMOKY HILL AND REPUBLICAN UNION.
"WE JOIN OURSELVES TO NO PARTY THAT DOES NOT CARRY THE FLAG, AND KEEP STEP TO THE MUSIC OF THE UNION."
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THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
Battle Ground at SiiAitrsnuuo, Sept. 13, 'G2.
The difficulty of describing a battle is
great. A commanding general, furnished
with the reports of his subordinates in re
gard to the movements and conduct of
troops under their command, may, to some
extent, do so, but to a civilian the work is
exceedingly difficult, especially where tho
number of men engaged is large and the
line extended, as is the case at the present
series of engagements near Sharpsburg.
I found Frederick last Monday morning
deserted by Our army, which had passed
through the day before, and a mile from
thenco reached the rear of tho baggage
wagons, which, together with the artillery
preceding it, covered the road for ten miles,
and, by constantly stopping, entirely block
ed the passage to other vehicles. Arriving
nt the head about dusk, eighteen miles from
Frederick, I took supper at a farm house,
where Col. Farnswortb of the 8th Illinois
Cavalry, was at the table, with several of
Ins officers, fresh from a brilliant dash that
day into the village of IJoonsborG, where
the 9th Virginia Confederate Cavalry We're
rapidly put to flight, with a loss of several
m ftilJed; wounded and prisoners. Tp
colonel and adjutant had each killed his
man by a shot through the body, nud, un
der the sunny influence of this performance,
were bland, couiteous and smiling in the
highest degree. They were delighted with
the supper, astonished at the cheapness,
and coaiplimcntcd the youug ladies highly
on thi'ir cuiiuary genius. I allud to this
' by way of illustration of the serenity under
'"which circumstances enable men to look
back upou the taking of life. Col. Farns
woith is a .splendid officer, and has already
made his mark before the country. He is
between forty and forty-five, tail and heavily
aiade, with dark hair and thick blaok beard.
On my way, I had passed the battle
ground of South Mountain. This fight
took place on Sunday, where Uurnside's
and Hooker s corps, including the 54th,
100th, 45th Pennsylvania, and regimonts
lo. 1 to 13 of the Pennsylvania Reserve
corps, had behaved very handsomely, in
company with several Ohio, Indiana, Wis
consin, Michigan and New York regiments.
After a hot action, they charged the enemy
with the bayonet into the woods of two
mountains. The dead yet lay on the field,
and exhibited a surprising disparity be
tween the Uuion soldiers and Confederates.
One cause of this was the disorder into
which Drayton's South Carolinia brigade
became plunged, and a temporary cessation
of their fire, which engendered a heavy
loss to the 23d regiment from that State.
At least 1,200 prisonera were taken,
mostly South Carolinians and Georgians.
Conspicuous among the dead were General
Garland, and a Colonel Strong, of the 19th
Virginia, whose name revealed itself on the
lining of his boot. He was a fine looking
man of 35, with a thick, sandy beard, and
Lad a wound in the, throat front a sabre
Jiayonet. A volume might bo filled with
'comments upon a battle-field of dead, de
scriptions of facial expressions, of posture,
and speculations upon their character and
past career. Ther were fair-haired mothers'
hopes of both parties: mature fathers of
families, torn by conscription from their
Southern homes; well-loved husbands, no
more to greet tho eyes of praying wives,
and noble youths, for whom, in silence,
will weep hearts wbosc sacred depths, yet
unrevcaled, will carry bitter grief through
future years. Many had been shot in the
face, and instantly killed, while firing be
hind stone walls. Blood invariably spirted
as the bullet struck, and suffused each
countenance with gore. Tho dead lay in
many positions ; upon the back, upon the
breast, and often on the side, with the head
upon the arm, and the knees drawn up
towards the body. Earth, mingled with
the blood, served to make their faces still
more painful to behold.
The solemnity to a beholder of men
marching to the scene of action was en
hanced by the darkness of night and the"
stillness around. One would imagine the
thoughts of men to be at such a moment
bent upon the coming ordeal. Not at all.
A. man wlio wears, tho livery of death views
p "liis fate with indifference, and gives it littlo
attention. Hfs chief thought is for some
thing to eat. On a march he carries rations
of crackers and meat for several days, and
eats them up, particularly the meatbefore
JUNCTION
the period has half expired. His mind
then dwells upon the possibility of stealing
chickens, 01 finding a farm-house where he
can buy food,
A halt finally occurred at a small collec
tion of houses called Frog Hollow, where
many camp fires were already lit, and in
the neighborhood of which, after eating
their suppers, the army slept upon the
ground, wrapped in their blankets.
Morning dawned, and revealed our army
hidden from the enemy behind tho brows
of a range of hills, back of which was a
majestic mountain of the Blue Ridge.
The line extended for seven miles. On the
right lay Hooker's and Sumner's corps, in
the centre was Syke's division, including
the 5th New York, and several regiments
of Regulars. On the left, Burnside's corps.
The rebels wore similarly posted behind
opposite hills. At eight o'clock the ball
was opened by a series of shells from the
enemy, which struck our centre. No reply
was made for an hour, until certain desired
positions were occupied by our forces. In
the meantime the different regiment3 were
lying quietly ou tho ground in line of bat
tle, silenjly awaiting the order to advance.
Little attention was given to the shells.
Their novelty was past. They would plunge
unheeded into the ground and burst, but
occasionally with fatal effect. I witnessed
a regular whose leg was broken completely
off at the thigh, in my neighborhood, and
several others who were badly hurt.
Gen. McClcllan, with his staff, und Gen.
Fitz John Porter, approached the spot
where I stood, dismounted, and ascended
the hill to reconnoitre. The enemy had
hitherto been shelling leisurely, but at sight
of a group of officers popped away at a
rnpid rate. Bang ! bang ! whiz z-z ! whir-r!
o-o-o-e-c-o-o ! The gates of hell were open
ed with thundering knocks, and yelling
demons filled the air. If ever there was a
born rascal, it is a shell, both for the uotsc
it makes and its malignant destruction.
The two generals quietly descended from
the hill, and hid themselves from view.
Our artillery finally commenced upon them
and a slow, but steady, shelling was kept
up by both parties uutil dusk, when it be-
caiae more rapid for an hour.
There was but littlo firing of musketry.
Hooker engaged a body of the enemy's
infantry toward evening, and drove them
a mile until dark, taking nearly 200 pris
oners. The 8 th Illinois and 3d Indiana
Cavalry chaiged that of Filz Hugh Lee,
taking fifty prisoners and two pieces of
artillery. The day was occupied in taking
positioufi, chiefly on the part of Buruside,
and night closed with everything in readi
ness, aud the impression upon all minds
that the coming day was to witness pcihaps
the greatest battle of the war. The camp
fires along the line were a moat magnificeut
sight, and would have befittingly celebrated
the Junction of all lands, into a universal
brotherhood, instead of being an accessory
to the iufernal work of human destruction.
As daylight appeared, on Wednesday, sev
eral divisions, from both Hooker's and
Sumner's corps, took advanced positions ou
the right, and, at half-past seven, a sharp
cannonading began, accompanied by the
musketry of at least one division, which
was increased till several divisions were
engaged. The enemy stood their ground
well for a couple of hours, but then gradu
ally fell back to the left, keeping up,
however, an incessant fire of artillery, with
a discharge of firearms at intervals, which
by was readily responded to our side.
A number of McUlellan's generals feared
that the bulk of the enemy's forces had
crossed the Potomac in tho night, but the
latter, whoso responsibility was greater and
whose reconnoitring had been more thorou'h,
was of a different opinion. He was right.
No force of ours, on the Virginia side, was
marching to impede their passage, and thoy
might easily iiavo done so. luey were
evidently determined on fighting.
Our advance consisted of the regular
horse batteries of Captain Tisball, Major
Robertson, Captain Gibson, and Lieutenant
Haines, supported by the 6th Regular Cav
alry, the 8th Illinois, Rush's Lancers, and
Child's Pennsylvania Cavalry. These were
engaged on tho left of Gen. Sumner's corps,
and drove back the enemy's infantry skir
mishers, losing several artillery and cavalry
horses, but few men, amoag whom was
Col. Childs. The whole" were under com
mand of General Plcasanton, and were
reinforced by Richardson's division from
Sumner's corps, and from Syke's regulars.
Towards noon, Burnside's corps opened
fire on the left, and General Sturgis was
ordered by him to take the stone bridge
across Antietam Creek, which was effectual
ly performed, though with heavy loss, and
three repulses. The 5th Connecticut here
took the advance. The object in gaining
this bridge was to attack the right of the
enemy, which was vigorously done, until,
Burnsidc obtained possession of Sharpsburg
Fearing here that the enemy would flank
his'left, he fell back, though stjll retaining
the heights behind that village. Night
here set-in and the carnage ceased.
No approximation to facts can be obtain
ed in regard to -our loss. Opinions vary
from 8000 to 12,000 in killed and wound
ed. That of the enemy is also very heavy.
In one cornfield they were literally as
numerous as tho hills, having suffered there
both, from cannon and musketry. We took
about six thousand prisoners.
. It is reported that Stonewall Jackson is
DA.VTS CO., KANSAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1862.
killed, and that General Lee has been again
wounded, as also Gen. Longstreet. Among
the casualties to our officers may be men
tioned those of eleven generals. General
Hooker was wounded in the foot ; General
Richardson in the right shoulder ; General
Sedgwick, Gen. Meagher, Gen. Hartsuff,
Gen. Dana, Gen. Durvea. Gen. Ricketts,
Gen. Max Weber, and Gen. Mansfield,
mortally; Col. Post, of the 2nd Sharp
shooters; Col. Nugent, of the 69th New
York, and his lieutenant colonel, are both
killed, as also Col. McNeil, of the Buck
tails, and Colonel Morrison, 14th Ct. The
lieutenant colonel of Baxter's Zouaves bad
a horso shot under him. The Bucktails
were at one time opposed to a whole bri- i
gade of Georgians and Mississippians, but
well maintained their ground. As I write,
the body of Lieut. Vandyke, acting adju
tant of the 81st Pennsylvania, is being
carried for burial on Phillip Pray's farm.
It is earnestly to be hoped that these
engagements now in progress will be a
finishing blow to the rebellion ; but it is
doubtful. "Tho South will never cease
fighting till the last man is killed," said a
rebel officer, who was taken prisoner.
" We have our negroes at home to work for
us, and we can afford to continue." There
in lies the secret of their obstinate resist
ance. The village of Sharpsburg, which will
doubtless give its name to the battle, was
set on fire, both yesterday and to-day, by
shells, and is partly burned, as are also
several collections of houses in the neigh
borhood. The new nine-months regiments, which
were in the action, behaved splendidly, and
sustained heavy losses. Among these, the
130th Pennsylvania lost largely in wounded.
Our soldiers praise highly the gallantry
and determined resistance of the rebels,
inany of whom met death without retreat
ing a foot.
To-day has been chiefly occupied in
burying those of the dead nearest our lines,
no fighting have been done, except by
skirmishers endeavoring to find the position
of the enemy. This has been accomplished
and by to-morrow a renewal is confidently
expected of this fearful scene.
The enemy endeavored yesterday to
induce an advance upon our part, and, with
his usual cunning, turned a quantity of
cows into fields in his front, to lead us to
suppose that ho had left, and that the
farmers had resumed their usual routine.
The idea was not bad.
We had a number of civilians viewing I
iuu ugut ui yusieiuay, among WUOni was a
lady of inquiring mind dressed in a Bloom
er costume. She was foreign to Maryland
soil, and doubtless came from New Eng
land. Cor. Phila. Press.
A GOOD STORY FROM PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
In connection with the President's Proc
lamation, a good story is told of u Uncle
Abraham" :
Sometime last winter, an old clergyman,
of Springfield, Illinois, a friend of the Pres
ident, came on here, and was tho guest of
Mr. Lincoln. Seizing a favorably oppor
tunity, the clergyman asked the President,
" What, sir, is your policy on the slavery
question?" The President was a little
dashed by the suddenness of the question,
but ho replied, good uaturedly, " Well,
your question is rather a cool one, but I
-
will answer it by telling you a story. You
know Father B., the old Methodist preach
er ? and you know Fox river, and its fresh
ets. Well, once in the presence of Father
B., a young Methodist minister, was wor
rying about Fox river, and expressing fears
that he should be prevented from fulfilling
some of his appointments by a freshet in
the river. Father B. checked him, in the
gravest manner, and gave him a bit of ad
vice. Said he, 'Young man, I have
always made it a rule in my life not to
cross Fox river till I get to it !' " And,"
said the President, " I am not going to
worry myself over the slavery question till
I get to it," But the other day, among the
deputation, there was a distinguished Meth
odist clergyman, who had heard the story
just told, and knew of the application made
of it by the President. When he was in
troduced to Mr. Lincoln, he simply remark
ed, "Mr. President, I Lave come to tell
you that I think we have got to Fox river."
Mr. Lincoln saw the wit of the remark in
an instant, and laughed very heartily over
it. Was there not good sense in it as well
as wit? Thank God ! we have now passed
Fox river.
GREAT TRUTHS,
Good works are not the cause, but the
fruit of righteousness. The tree maketh
the apple, but not the apple the tree.
The strength of pride is the strength of
the moment.
Vanity serves but to hide from ourselves
what we are and what we are not,
God has the same knowledge, inspection,
and care of every one, as if there was but
one.
Communion with. God is the great char
acteristic of new life in the souK
The more Reuses we pretend to make
before God, the more we condemn ourselves.
tRr- An Irish lawyer lately 'made a political
speech, in which ho alluded to Irish cour
age after the following style. Said he, "the
wicked flee when no man pursueth, but an
Irishman would turn at b3y and fight as
ooum'as lion.
ll) Vinton.
FROM THE KANSAS SECOND.
Casip Second Kans s Voluxteebs, )
Dar Wood, Sept 26. 1562. I
Enrroas TJxiox As many of the member of
the Second Kansas hail from the "Western Coun
ties, where your paper is largely circulated, and
as all your readers feel an interest in the welfare
of the Regiment, I will write you a few lines,
which, if you think worthy, please give space in
the columns of your paper.
We are at present camped on Dry Wood, about
twelve miles south-east of Fort Seott, and a few
miles from the memorable battle-ground, and on
the " sacred soil" of Missouri.
On the 19th inst, we were all made glad by
the arrival of companies A B C and D, com
manded by Major Fisk, who for the last six
months have been on the plains. They have
seen some pretty hard service, escorting trains,
pay-masters, tfcc, to and from Sew Mexico, but
they came into camp looking fine, with their
stock in good condition, and but few men on the
sick list which proves that their efficient com
mander, Major Fisk, with his early California
experience, well understands how to manage
things " in the wilderness." Both officers and
men speak in the highest terms of his ability,
gentlemanly conduct, and soldierly management,
and there is not a man in the Second Kansas
who does not " take stock" in the " little Major."
Detachments from our Regiment are on the
march daily, and as we are all mounted, we
have to do most of the escort dutyaud reconnoi
tering, which keeps us on the march most of the
time, and just suits us, as there i3 nothing so
tedious to the soldier as quiet camp life. On the
19th inst., a detachment of our Regiment, of
which I was a member, consisting of one hun
dred men, under command of Captain Russell,
and a section of artillery (mounted howitzers),
commanded by Lieutenant Stover, with a Lieu
tenant and forty men from the First Indian
Regimeut, the whole commanded by Colonel
Cloud, innrchcd in a Bouth east direction, the
object being to ascertain if the enemy waa in
force north and west of Springfield. On the
20th, we passed through the town of Lamar, and
camped for the night north of Carthage! Here
the inhabitants informed us that the enemy,
eight thousand Btrong, occupied Carthage, but
our scouts soon brought us word that the rumor
was without foundation, as thoy could hear
nothing from them. We rolled ourselves in our
blankets, aud slept soundly until daylight,
without being disturbed by friend or foe. We
entered Carthage on the morning of the 21st, and
I (itm1 tlm fotvii in n f.lA s r.-r.'.l.-,n-n..l n!nn
w a wror.ca RH uetwccn fiftcc.n hundred con-
federate troops and the Union Indians, com
manded by Colonel Ritchie, about fifteen miles
west of town. We learned that a young man,
belonging to the Confederate arm, had been in
town that morning, and informed his friends
that the dny before the' had engaged and com
pletely routed the Indians, capturing all their
transportation and stores, besides cutting them
up badly, and that Ritchie was retreating to
wards Fort Scott, hotly pursued by them.
Colonel Cloud halted his command for several
hours, and gave the people to understand that
he was the advance of six thousand, that were
camped a few miles north of town. He sent his
scouts in the direction of the reported fight; but
they could find nothing of the enemy, although
they found a man that had been taken prisoner
the day before by the rebels, and paroled for
twenty-four hours,at the expiration of which time
he was to report to them at Carthage. It seems
that they intended toengageand defeat Ritchie's
command, and be in Carthage the next day.
But for reasous which we afterwards fonnd to be
very good, they did not fullfil their engagement.
Colonel Cloud, wishing to render all possible
assistance to Colonel Richie, marched rapidly
across the' country in a westerly direction, so as
to intercept his trail, if he had marched towards
Fort Scott, and if followed by the enemy, to fall
upon hi3 rear, or if lie was still south, to march
immediately to his assistance. On the morniug
of the 23d, about four miles north of the crossing
of Cow Creek on the military road, we discovered
a mounted picket, and upon approaching it found
that it belonged to Colonel Ritchie's command,
who were camped two miles west, in the timber.
As we approached his camp, we found his whole
line placed to the best advantage to give us a
warm reception, supposing us to be enemies ;
but when they learned our true character they
seemed over-joyed, and yelled and hoc ted in
such a manner that our horses reared and plung
ed. . For several minutes their shouts were deaf
ening, and to one not accustomed to their mode
of rejoicing, truly frightfuL His whole effective
force. consisted of about five hundred Indians, of
different, tribes, although his camp numbered
two thousand or more, mostly women and chil
dren, refugees from tribes south of his encamp
ment From Colonel Ritchie we got an entirely dif
ferent verson of the engagement, for instead of
them defeating him, he had completely defeated
and routed them with considerable loss. Our
lots was thirty killed and wounded, and one
wagou captured that was several miles distant
fjom camp, after corn.
On the 20th, while in camp on Spring river,
three miles south of Medocit, the enemy, about
eight hundred strong, attacked his camp and
completely surprised him, by either capturing or
killing all his picket. When the firing com
menced, the Indians gave tho -war-whoop and
sprang into the brush in the direction of the
the enemy. Colonel Ritchie and fan officer
tried in vain tc form them, but it was contrary
to their mode of 'fighting, and they would not
remain in ranks, but with a yell rushed after
the enemy, in their own style. After six how's
fighting the enemy were completely routed."
la this engagement the Indians fought well;hnmdB privilege." .
and I believe, that, give them any where near an
efial force to contend with and as a general
thing they will acquit themselves honorablj, as
far as the fighting is concerned. Yet, taking all
things into consideration, I think it would be
much better if the Government was rid of them
altogether.
It is certainly much better to have them fight
ing for, than against us for fight they will on
one side or the other ; and it is the duty of our
Government to employ them, not so much for the
good they will do in the service, but tho harm
they would do out of it. They are a disgrace to
the service in one sense, but would cost us the
lives of many dear ones at home, avIio are with
out protection, if they were out of it : so between
two great evils I think that our Government has
chosen the least. I say that thoy are a disgrace
to the service because they commit crimes that
are too dishonorable and disgraceful fer a civil
ized nation to sanction. I have it froui 'their
own officers that they have in cool blood shot
several Union men, simply becausa they rode
good horses. And after tho Into fight, they
scalped and then mangled in a shocking manner,
all of the cnemv'a slain. When the fidit com
menced, they had six white prisoners, taken
from houses in close proximity to camp, not
because they were known to be secessionists, (for
the officers informed that the most of them were
Union men,) bat for fear they might in some
wa- convey information to the enemy. The'
were all shot and scalped by the guard. Com
ment is unnecessary. But what are we to do
with them ? If we discharge and turn them
loose, they will butcher our women and child
ren ; if we keen them m service thev may kill
more rebels than Union men. So, of the two, I
think it is policy to retain them. I do not think
their white officers arc to blame, for the Indians
are unmanageable. They are Indians, and it is
impossible to make any thing else of them
Government may olotlie, feed, arm, and try to
discipline them, but the' will be Indians until
they die, and then they will be dead Indians.
On the 23d, Colonel Cloud, with a detachment
of fifteen white men, and a few Indians, made a
rcconnoisance in the direction of Bertus Spring,
to see if tho enemy wa3 in force near that point.
Captain Russell, with twelve men, nccompained
by myself and two white scout (Ben Dickerson
and S. Langworthy), and a small party of In
diana, marched in an easterly direction for the
eame purpose. We crossed Spring river, passed
over the late battle-ground. and from inhabitants
living in tho vicinity learned that the rebels in
force had visited the ground the day before, and
buried some of their dead, which had been over
looked by Colonel, Ritchie's command, and
marched south again, but how far we could not'
learn. We had not been on the ground but a
few minutes when we discovered a party of
rebels making towards us, and soon learned that
it was the advance guard of a large force that
waa but a few rods in their rear. They soon
discovered us, and sent out " feelers " and skir
mishers in all directions to ascertain who and
what we were. Wc remained until they got a
good view of their column, and until they were
within a few hundred yards of us, when we
slipped off into the woods, and by a circuitous
route gained our camp about dark, and informed
Colonel Ritchie of the approaching enemy.
Here again the Indians proved themselves
grand humbugs, for out of twelve hundred fight
ing men, Colonel Ritchie could muster but four
hundred who were willing, or would fight under
any circumstances. Of the two companies of
Osages, that mustered over a hundred each, there
wa3 but four men for duty, the others being at
home, without leave, attending a scalp dance.
As Colonel Ritchie had a large train, and
other Government property, and so few men to
protect it, he very wisely concluded to fall back
on Dry Wood, which he did, arriving on the
morning of the 25th.
Nothing occurred on the march worthy of
note, except that when we arrived near camp,
we met a party of Indians going the other direc
tion, and some of Ritchie's soldiers, wishing to
go along, two hundred of them fell in without
leave or license, and marched back. They did
not regard in the least the orders of their Colonel,
who endeavored to get them to follow him
G.-eat soldiers, they 1
Colonel Cloud, with his detachment, arrived
on the following morning, having been as far
south as Baxter's Springs. On his return he fell
in with a large party of rebels, supposed to be
the same that we saw the day before. They sent
out a force to take the Colonel, but he was too
old a hand for them, and after drawing them
out so as to get a good view of their force, which
was about three thousand strong, he returned to
camp to make preparations to meet them with
sufficient force. We are confident that before
many days he will make them pay heavy tolls
for travelling over all road3 within one hundred
miles of Fort Scott. ju
At present, all is quiet around Fort Scott.
The First and SccondJJrigades are in the vicin
ity of Springfield. I shall not be surprised if
we all hare plenty to do in a few days, as the
rebels are in force, and advanoing, and say that
they are to take Springfield first, then Fort Scott,
and Kansas comes next. They may meet with
more opposition than they imagine. Time will
show. The health of the Regiment le very good ';
all are in good spirits, and anxious for the con
test. X.
A Wim: Satin'O. An English farmer recently
remarked that " he fed his land before it "was
hungry, rested it before it wa3 weary, and weed
ed it before it was foul." Wa have seldom, if
ever, seen -so much agricultural wisdom con
densed into a single sentence. .
ET-fiome one blamed 3Ir.JMarch for changing
his mind. " Well," said he, " that, is the differ,
ence between a maa and a jackasa ; the jackass
can't change his mind .and a- man ctn it's a
Vol. I.-:N"o. 51.
GENERAL ORDERS HO. 1.
IIeadqiurtets Xortoeex Division, Kansas
State Militia, Leavenworth. Sept. 24 '62.
1. By virtue of a commission fppni the Gov.
ernor and Ccrainander-in-Chief, dated Topeka,
September lltb, 1SG2; and Special Order No.
10, from Mxjor General Stone, the undersigned
hereby assumes eontrcl of the organization of
the Northern Division of the Kansas Stato
Militia.
2. Having in view solely tho welfare of the
State, its protection against enemies, foreign
and domestio, the defense of our heroes and
firesides against armed rebels on the East and
South, and Indian encroachments on the West,
the commanding General earnestly enjoins that
all white male citizens of the Northern Division
without further dolay. form themselves into
military companies as indicated by the law of
the State, take and subscribe the required oath,
elect oliicers, and report such organization with
a cop of the company roll to these Head
quarters in order that commissions may at
once be obtaiued, - preparatory to Battalion,
Regimental and Brigade organizations.
o. In accordance with the Proclamation of
the Governor, It is recommended th-tt Saturday
of each week be set apart for drill and ma.
ncuver in the respective branches of the service
to which compar.ies m.iy belong, and that they
thus prepare themselve for the use of such
arms as may be furnished by the military
authorities of the State.
1. The following staff officers are hereby
announced :
II. B. Dcnraan to be Division Quartermaster,
with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
James P. Roy to bo Assistant Engineer-in-Chief,
with the rank of Licutenaut Coloal-
R. A. Barker to bs AidHle Camp, with tho
rank of Major.
F. H. Drenning to bo Aid-dc camp, with tho
rank of Major.
George A. Eddy to be Division Inspector, and
Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of
Lioutcnant Colonel.
5. 1 heso Headquarters are hereby establish
ed at Leavenworth.
JOHN A5 II ALDER MAN,
Major General Northern Division Kansas Stata
Militia.
WHERE LOYALTY ABOUNDS.
Wc have been much interested, during
the past week, in looking over several ta-.
bles prepared by the Census Office, showing
the extent of popular education in each.
State of the Union, and also tho number
and circulation of newspaper and period U
cals of each State, It is has been proposed
to prepare a map of the United States,
which should indicate the loyal' States by
white ground, the various conditions of.
partial loyalty, conditional Union, etc., by
shading of different depths, according to
the preponderance of loyalty or disloyalty.
Such a map .could not indicate with moro
perfect acciiracy the condition of each Sttte.
than do the tables of which wc speak
Wherever there is a good system of com
mou schools, well sustained, the people am
loyal; where there are no common schooIs
or very few, and those stigmatized, as they
are in Virgiuia, as for " poor children,''
und every one who attends them, recorded.
as a pauper's child, disloyalty prevails
This comparison need not be made between,
the old States in New England and New
York and the old Southern States alone,
though the contrast theie is so strongly
marked as to astonish any one who was not
previously aware of it 5 but it is as striking
between the newer States of the North as
between the older.
Take, for example, Mississippi and Wis
consin, both possessing nearly tho same
population, and the former the older State ;
but of these, Wisconsin has more than tea
times as many in her schools, and expends
more than ten times as much for their ed
ucation as Mississippi. We need not spealc
of the results. lut this samo guage indi
cates the existence of partial loyal.
Alabama has a moderately successful
school organization in operation, and has
about four times as many children in
schools as Mississippi, and expends about
four times as much. The population of tho
State is probably about one-half lo)al. So
of North Carolina and South Carolina. Tho
old North State h&3 done (something for tha
education of the masses South Carolina,
nothing; the one is partially loyal, the
other wholly secession.
The newspaper statistics tell the samo
story. To say nothing of the greatly infe
rior character, both as to literature and
morals, of the Southern press, the number
of papers and their circulation are immeas
urable below those of the loyal States.
Henceforth, when, wo arc insulted by tho
secession prints with taunts of ignorance,
vulgarity, etc., it will be sufficient to tho
Educational Tables of the Censue, to show
where the intelligence of the masses is
found, and to show that intelligence and
loyalty go hand in hand. The population
of the Free States is, in round numbers,
about 22,000,000, to 6,000,000 in tho
Slave States ; but five-sixths of the children
in tho schools are in the schools of the Free
States, and mora than five-sixths of the
amount expended for popular education is
expended by the Free States. Examiner.
Courage- Mere physical insensibility
to danger does not constitute courage.
Nearly all brave men have .been finely
organized, and therefore of nervous tern
perament. Caesar waa nervous; so jwas
Bonaparte, and so was Nejsn. The Duke
of Wellington saw a man turn pale as ho
marched up to a battery. u That," aud he
is a brave man ; he knows his danger, bat
faces it."
a-If the rebels feared the Devil as
much as they do a gunboat theremignl bo
some hope of their turaior.Chr&tians.
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