The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume], May 07, 1864, Image 2

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FOR PRESIDENT:
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Abraham Lincoln.
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Junction City, Kansas,
BATURDAY, IMY 7, 1SQ-&.
THE NEOSHO VALLEY RAILROAD.
Wo arc glud to see that a bill has passed the
Senate of the United States extending this Road
with proper land grants to the Kansas Valley.
It is one of the most important steps taken by
onr earnest and untiring delegation at Washing
ton to develop Kansas, and to open up to the
Gulf of Mexico a highway of nations. To the
State of Kansas, in ultimate results, this Road is
of more value than the one up the Kansas River.
With the latter Road deflecting through the
State up the most beautiful nnd fertile valley of
the Republican, forming one branch of its exten
sion towards the gold fields of Idaho and Colo
rado, it cut? the State diagonally almost from
corner to corner, passing through the heart of
Agricultural Kansas. And while it brings the
pineries of South-weatern Missouri and Arkan
sas to aid in beautifying Western Kansas, it at
the same time performs the tripple work of giv
ing to the South-western States and Territories
direct outlet to the main trunk of the Pacific
Road, and the vast mineral fields of the Conti
nent bej'ond. It unites in one, and by more
than a thousand miles shorter distance, the
tropics nnd the great central grain growing belt
of the Continent, nnd linking these two with the
most valuable mineral resources that have yet
bjen opened up in the world, uniting in one
indissoluble band the interests of the whole
interior belt of the country west of the Missis
sippi river. From the Oulf of Mexico to the
North-western portion of Kansas this Road
passes through the Goshen of the United States,
while its pathway will be on one almost con
tinuous lerel bottom plain.
It is not chimerical to predict that the war
will so familiarize Xorthcrn skill with Southern
openings that within a very few years after, its
close a large proportion of the manufactured
articles now supplied by New England alone,
-will be finished on and along those lines of
trade which are the shortest between the Tropics
nd the mineral lands of the continent.
This portion of Kansas may well be considered
an enviable one, and the people may well be
proud of tluir Senators and Representative. We
ars glad to see them pursue and press these very
important State nnd National objects, and not
come down from their field of labor in Congress
till the session closes and their work is com
pleted. The people of Kansas are not only able to
vindicate their own rights, butt" judge correctly
ho nmong public men will best in future press
these important measures to a practical and
triumphant consummation.
ROSTEE OF CO. "L," 11XH KANSAS CAVALRY.
Fort Rilet, Kaxsas, May 2, 18G4.
Messrs. Blakely & Martin: Below yon
will find a full and complete "Roster"' of Co.
L, 11th K. V. Cavalry, now organized and on
duty at this Post. Yours truly,
Wm. H. McKixlet.
Captain, Henry Booth.
1st Lieut., Jacob VanAntwerp.
2d " William Booth.
Ord. Sergeant, Lawrence W. Crowl.
Q. M. Thomas Franklin.
Com. ' George Pickett,
lstDuty ' Edward TJ. Smyth.
2d " Ambrose F. Grow.
3d " " Moses Younkina.
4th " ' Amos W. Gregory.
6th " Valentine Pfester.
Corporals
Josiah T. Genn. George Shove
Lewis Laflin. John W. Williams.
Lewis W. Emmons. John T. Kent.
Thomas G. Ryau. James Oliver.
Company Clerk, Wm. H. McKinley.
Farrier, Chauncey W. Finnoy.
Buglers, Albert Copeland, William Sheppeard.
Privates
Avery, Henry
Baker, Israel
Beach, Simeon D.
,.Bland, Joseph
Cameron, Thomas
Calkins. Peter
Cloud, James R.
Cotton, George I.
Crane, Alexander
Dean, William II.
Donald, Samuel A.
Dodge, Theodore
Ealcy, David
Edwards, Francis
Findlcy, Samuel C.
Finney, Franklin W.
Gann, Joshua E.
Harrison, John
"Halstead. Andrew J.
Hannon, George W.
..Hemphill, John
Hines, George B.
HoarJohn
Hull, Lucius J.
'"Kent, Theodore Y.
JKelsey, Egbert A.
-.Knight, Michael
Ttress, Wesley
Lack, William
Langdon, William
-jMmerick.' Thomas J.
- Millis, Robert B.
Maul,, Jacob
McDavid, Patrick
McMininny, John A.
"McMininny, Wm. W.
McRcynolds, Robert
Moon, Elihu
Morse, George H.
0,Rourke, Patrick
Overton, Arthur
Owen, Joseph
Palmer, Edward
Tickctt, Richard
Prosser, James E.
Register, James R.
Sandfcrd, Cyrus L.
Sanders, Thomas
Scott, Theodore T.
Seever, James M.
Simpson, James II.
Smith, William
Smith, Charles P.
Smith, John
Spurrier, Rollin P.
Stumbo, William t
Sullivan, John:
Thomas, George W.
Thomas, Henry E. '
Towasend, Lester
Vandegrift, Evans R.
Walton, John
Whitman. Smith
Wilson, Charles L.'
Williams, Zachariah
Younkin, Alfred
rXE7srAPEtt on Silk. In'Pekin, Chins,
iiewspaper of extraordinary site is pub
lished weekly qa eiik. It js. said to have
i'beWttaftedmore than a thousand years
igoj somewhat earlier than the one under
fje-jjatrbnage of the "Good Queen Bess'
An Anecdote is related to the effect that in
sJ737, the edito&causcd sotneialse iptelli
JgMce to bo published in this .aewsjtaper,
"fcffwhich ie wirpnt' to destb." Wm this
rttlirsTdopted in' Kansas, ire. fear,1 that Ifae
Fraudileg would soon be without an organ.
STATZ HEWS. , cj
Lead and iron ore have been found isf ..large
quantities in Doijphan canty. Se? says the
Troy Itn estimator i . ' !,,.
Considerable damage has been done in Don
iphan county by prairie fires, caused by the
carelessness or wantoness of Idaho gold seekers.
The steamer Live Oak brought to Wyandotte
the other day, about three liundred tons of
iron for the U. P. Railway. Four more boat
are said to be on the way from Pittsburg, load
edVith iron. - -
Counterfeit Treasury Notes of $100 denom
ination have mnde their appearanee in our
State. Owen Wesscls belonging to the 7th
Kansas Regiment, was committed in the U. S.
District Conrt last week at Topeka, for passing
one of these bills, and sentenced by Judge
Dclahay to five years' imprisonment at hard
labor in the Jolict penitentiary of Illinois. A
vigorous and persistent defense was made for
Wessels by able counsel, District Attorney
Emery for the prosecution. $50 and S20 coun
terfeits arc also in circulation. Look out for
them. Lawrence Tribune.
On the 12th ult. a certified transcript of a
list of lands containing 495,552 acres approved
to the State of A'nnsas, under the 8th section
of the Act of Congress, Sept. 4, 1841. was
transmitted to the Governor of .Kansas.
At the District Court which closed yesterday,
George Christ, living on Badger Creek, in this
county, was tried for setting out prairie fire,
found guilty on two distinct charges, and on
one was fined S3C0 and ten days' imprison
ment, and on the other S309 and ten days'
imprisonment. Emporia Ncks.
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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
It is said orders will soon be issued to com
manders having colored troops under them, to
retaliate upon the rebels.
The President has approved of the joint res
olution temporarily increasing the duty on
imports fifty per cent. It is therefore a law.
The woman who makes the best shirt for the
St. Louis Sanitary Fair is to have a prize of
$300 in silver ware ; also $150 in silver ware
for the second best.
The Governor of Colorado has issued his
proclamation for an election of delegates to
form a Constitution and State Government.
The election takes place on the first Monday in
June.
The New Orleans Era of the 19th contains
late news from Banks. Preparations were be
ing made for another advance of our army.
The Era adds : We have good reason to believe
Banks is again on his way to Shrevcport.
Jno. C. Heenan is still in London. He has
fits now and falls down in the street. He has
never been well since he was drugged for the
fight with King, by the friends of the latter.
It is thought he will never recover.
The Richmond Examiner of the 13th' ult.
expresses itself in this wise: " While it can
not be expected that they (negroes) will ever
fight with the bravery and gallantry of our
own men, we are disposed to believe that they
will be, as soldiers, but little inferior to the
riffraff of Germany and Ireland which enters
so largely into the composition of the Northern
army." ,
Gov. Murphy, of Arkansas, was inaugrated
at Little Rock on the 17th ult. There were
over 10,000 citizens and soldiers present. The
inauguration was preceded by a grand proces
sion. The calvacade passed through the prin
cipal streets of the city with music, and stop
ped at the State House, where the inauguration
took place amid the most enthusiastic cheering.
At night the city was brilliantly illuminated.
' A special from Washington says Lee does
not intend falling back on Richmond, but is
concentrating all his force at Orange Court
House.
Six States which by law allowed their sol
diers to Tote, showed an aggregate last fall of
82,275 Union, to 7112 Democratic.
Mrs. Harriet D. Field,' wife of David Dudley
Field, of New York, died on Friday morning
of bilious fever, produced by exhaustion from
excessive labor in behalf of the Sanitary Fair.
The death of Mrs. Airkland, the authoress, is
attributed to the same cause.
The number of National Banks now in ex
istence is three liundred and ninety-three.
The aggregate amount of capital invested in
these banks is sixty million dollars, with an
aggregate of stocks or bonds deposited with
the Treasurer of the United States as a basis
of 'collection, of thirty millions.
H
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XDITEB-BT-r ASSOBIATIOlr C OChZEHS
OF UOUWCHi. GROVE.
J Considerable amusement was .occa
sioned lately in Cleveland by the discovery
of a number of Mexican dollars in a heap of
dirt thrown out from a dredging machine
used in cleaning the river of mud. After
the rain of tho previou night, (Saturday),
some boys saw exposed to view several
Mexican dollars They immediately set to
work turning over tho mud and refuse, and
other Mexican dollars were brought tonight.
The excitement became intense. Soon the
news got up town, and the rush for the new
' silver diggins" was immense. Copper
stocks and Idaho mines were entirely
throwu into the shade by rich "placer" of
the Cuyahoga. Jew and Gentile .were on
hand, and nil striving to 6nd or buy some
of the " dross' As a piece was found,
a purchaser was standing ready with his
greenbacks-offering a high premium. Du
ring the .forenoon some three hundred of
the precious.; "cartwheels ' were due and
pocketed. Then commenced a brisk brok
erage business. Wherevera dollar could
be heard of, the owner was sought1 outand
greenbacks" freely offered in exchange. It
finally struck some of the speculators that it
mighty be well to try tlleir "'new found
treasures," when horror of horrors, it
wouldn't stand test it was bokus. Then
-.w v. .www vwaatJ It iOIBVIt ,MV
police -weresought out, land, the jcaseTaid
before ' tbem, bul they '-cVuld'dV nothing. J
The coin is sujppoied lo'iiaveheeir'&rowa:
in the river years ago by a band of oounUr
feiters who infested that locality.
TO THE VOTERS OF MORRIS COUNTY.
You1 are cognizant of the fact that the
policy of the publisher of the Council
Grove Presses been to permit nothing to
bo published in that paper but laudatory
accoflntTH'Sam" WoodVachietOTrats n a
Legislator, fulsome praises of Got. Carney,
and articles denunciatory of Senator Lane
and all others who do not support the Sen
atorial Fraud of last winter, interlarded
with invectives against citizens of Morris
county who felt it to bo their duty and
privilege to oppose nnd condemn the action,
of the late Legislature, in the election of a
United States Senator, and whose only fault
(if that is a fault) is to dare to think and
act for themselves.
Not long 6incc, a worthy citizen of Mor
ris county, feeling aggrieved as the course
pursued by the Press, took an article which
was published in a Washington city paper,
on the Senatorial question, to the publisher
of the Press and requested that it should
be published, and, on refusal, offered to pay
advertising rates for its insertion ; but it
was not permitted to appear, although that
gentleman is a subscriber, and pays for fif
teen or twenty copies of the paper.
The delegate convention 7uich met here
on the 16th of last month, passed a resolu
tion that the proseedings of that convention
should bo furnished for publication in the
Council Grove Press and other papers.
The Secretary made out a copy of the pro
ceedings and sent it to the office about the
middle of the week, before the first side of
the paper was printed. In a few. hours the
manuscript was returned, with a note from
Mrs. Wood, who officiates as co-editor, with
the information that it was too late. The
next 'number of the Press says that the
officers failed to furnish a copy for publica
tion ; seeking by such a subterfuge to jus
tify the refusal to publish them in the
previous number.
In viow of these facts, we have made
arrangements with Messrs. Bartlett& Strict
ler, of the " Junction City Union," for a
column in that paper, which shall be devot
ed to the interests of this county. In tak
ing charge of the same, we wish to define
our position. We are in favor of the re
election of Abraham Lincoln. We are
opposed to and condemn the action of the
majority of the last Legislature in the elec
tion of a United States Senator. In the
language of the resolution adopted by the
Morris County Convention, ' We are ready
to unite with all citizens of this State to
condemn this usurpation of our rights,
without reference to individual preferences
for a United States Senator." We shall
ndvocate the local interests of .Morris coun
ty, and shall avoid personalities ; but when
we think it necessary shall expose the hoi
low pretensions of "some persons, who would
like to be looked upon as the great I AM
We shall endeavor to keep the voters of
Morris county posted on the political topics
of the day. This summer and fall will be
of momentous import. Superadded to the
exciting events of our National struggle, we
shall be called upon to choose our National
and State Executives. The entire Lcgisla
tive body is to be elected, and in that elec
tion tho voters of Kansas will decide
whether they shall have a voice in tho sc
lection of their United States Seuators, or
an accidental majority of a Legislature are
to foist upon them at will one who may
have money and appliances sufficient to
control and direct that body.
To citizens of Morris county this will be
b campaign paper, and will be furnished
for fifty ceuts until after the Presidential
election.
PERVERSION OF FACTS.
" Resolved, 4th, That the weak apology,
that it was necessary to vote for a United
States Senator in order to secure yoies in
the Legislature for the' Jocal measures of
morns county, is a perversion ,01 iacis
which will "not deceive the voter's 'of said
county."
The 4th "Resolution shows that the," per
version of facts" is on their own side. We
never mado any such apology. Press.
Guess you did, Sam. Last winter, when
the remonstrance against the election of a
United Stater Senator was being circulated
in Morris tsounty, one or Hwo who t had
signed it were requested to take their names
I off. The argument used to them was that
it would injure your influence j favor of
the Railroad and -other interests of the
county. - And 'at rthe celebrated Friday
night1, meeting, when 'eleven out "of forty
endorsed you, " Senator and "all'we, "dw
tiactly recollect, says one .who was present,
ibat that was the' hurt ha of your two
hours speech; and if the audience coalda t
see it, it was dot your , fault.-" ' ,
arPennsvlvania takes its side bjXaa
sas, California, -Gotomtorlndtaaa and Illi
wbiBiaseBdingp i'fe fwnifau tegwtfs ia
ahanimons nnaianr w Te-aoatiaaia
Kpport the maicblew' Pridut' -ofiVre-4
Mitea xvepuonc.1 aii loysu wwwi
the Bail Splitter.
THE.BATTLES OF PLYMOUTH.
;was(made oa tha fortifications 6f Plymouth,
"00 Jihe I7th ultt but repalse, afiaso. gi;
other made on Fort Gray. The momentary
repulse kept the enemy at bay and lasted
for nearly twenty-tour nours. Un luesday
morning the rebel ram " made her appear
ance, to co-operate with the land forces,
and succeeded not only in siuking the South-
field, but in killing Captain Flsscr. They
drove our naval vessels irom tue river, ana
consequently this support diIed"General
Weasels in the most trying nour ot ms
campaign.
ME SECOND ATTACK
was made by the enemy on all our forts
surrouuding the town almost simultaneously
and every assault he was driven back with
terriffic slaughter. But the rebels seemed
determined and renewed attacks were made
and checked, each. one still attended with
the most dreadful carnage from this time
until half past ten o'clock on Wednesday
inorninc, the fighting wa3 almost uninter
rupted. TOE EVACUATION OF TOllT WESSELS.
better known as the S5th regiment redoubt,
situated a short distance from Mill creek.
Captain Chapin, the commandant of the
fort, had been killed, and although the stock
of ammunition on'band was growing "small
by degrees and beautifully less," still the
heroic little band kept up an innnHSant
firing on the enemy, evert shot telling with
fearful effect. Upon the reception of the
ord?: the survivors of tha garrison awaited
the coming of night, and under its protect
ing shade silently withdrew to the town,
having first, however, disabled the guns of
the fort.
THE UXIOJJ FOnCES CONCENTRATED
on the evacuation of Fort Wessels, in Forts
Williams. Comfort, and a redoubt faciuji
the Roanoke river, below Mill Creek, and
kept up the fight incessantly. The forces
of General Wessels, thus being massed, and
being able to handle their artillery more
effectually, kept up a regular, steady, and
galling fire on the rebels. The enemy used
thirty-two pounder Parrot guns and other
artillery of about' similar canbrc.
IOET WILLIAMS STORMED.
At nine o'clock on the 20th instant, a
most impetuous assault was made by the
rebels on Fort Williams. Our brave boys
stood nobly by our guns and repulsed every
attempt of the enemy to enter their forti
fication. In splendid order did the rebel
column advance to the assault. General
Wessels allowed him time to come within
easy range of his guns, and then gave the
order to fire. Jiivery discharge mowed
down the rebel troops by platoons. Still
the gaps were instantly filled up and the
attack renewed. In this manner the ene
my received several severe shocks, and after
a last nnd still more impetuous charge,
which likewise resulted disastrously to him,
be withdrew, evidently to repair damage,
and make ready for another attack.
GENERAL WESSELS CAPITULATED
at half past ten on the morning of the 20th
ult., (Wednesday), an hour and a half after
tho repulse at Fort Williams. At the hour
above mentioned the Union flag was haulud
down on Forts William and Comfort, as
well as on Mill Creek redoubt. The rebels
bad been heavily reinforced during Tuesdjy
night, and the overwhelming forces hurled
against our weak and already shattered col
umn was too much to endure, and being
out of ammunition and cut off from a fur
ther supply, General Wessels could dono
less than surrender, or have all his com
mand annihilated. The garrison of Fort
Gray no doubt fought nobly to the last ;
but, being cut' off from' .the main command,
without hope of deliverance, had to suc
cumb also. We have no advices from this
post, but common sense teaches us that the
fort could not hold out very long.
THE REBEL COLUMN
consisted of no less than five brigades of
troops, each brigade numbering no less than
three thousand men. These were under
the chief command of Major General Hoke,
assisted by Generals Ransom and Barton.
The majority of these troops wcro from, tho
far South, as the North Carolinians are not
trusted ery far, while fighting on their
own soil.
OCR LOSSES.
aro estimated at about one hundred in killed
and wounded. Captain Cha'pin was killed
at Fort Wessls, and Captain Horace J.
Hodces. Denot Quartermaster, while in the
act of communicating with the gunboat
Miami, in a canoe which he carried in a
wagon from Plymouth to Conesby Creek,
in order to elude "the rebel iron clad, was
upset and drowned.
,r TBE KEBEL LOSSES
are, beyond the slightest doubt, immensely
neayy, Yvuen it is consiaereu inai every
Wb.cn j
fort, around Plymouth was stormed from
three to seven times, and each assault
repulsed with great slaughter, besides pour
ing 6roalside after broadside. into the rebel
ranks from the Miami and SoutEfield, the
casualties among' the rebel troops must have
been enormous. ' l "
TBE FORT XILLOW .MASSACRE SC EXACTED.
My informant .also ..acquainted me with
"the act that all the negroes found after the
surrender were,, stripped of their cjotliing
and brutay murdered 'ia.nCo(d blpdL. fit
jBust.be understood 7that Geuerail:WAssls
had .aq colored troops arv-moutb,tsave..a
few, recruits foVNogth Carolina.regiments,
and: .ihe noor unfortunate ..blacks thus
1 butchered '.were merely laborers" for "je
overflaaeotr j.li-o .aeoeawera formed
iatolua'iifa udflateflad fiiatjby
fbehrutal soldiery, purporting to reprteeat
S9Uthern:"cWvairj. , j.: ,? - " f jin
tut 7 J"? umtfMui , -j
.whseV'MTtheaaiMitfi.'tfce "rebel wnm tar, d
a4 tea .formidable exaftjibsaltiMiUtffilati
otf-ta Merriasae essafcaJaana Saotfswed
fieluvibta!jsSaKeteiMfci5fc jtaei.Uaiied
tale ntvy, eoaimands herad.la Aretw
of sixty men. Her dimeniaa- art at &1-
lows : Length, 152 feet ; breadth of beam,
IDfSet; depthfof holdal3ft;;She"is
sixteetffhch Usnbr,4anfM3;saia to
kuilt'of
Wt niniintff siriichviroa. -Dthers,
however, as3ert4hat-hercoatSof mail s T
rail, laid and fastened crosswise. Her en
gine is a Tow pressure, English built, with
two screws.. She is pierced for six guns,
viz : one port hole at the stem and stern,
and four on the starboard and port aidca.
Her armament consists of onlv two -U-
pounder wnitwortn'gnns, revolving on a
swivel, which .cau.be. fired jiut of three gort
holes.
Forewarned Forearmed.
We referred yesterday 10 the movements
of the guerrillas, and sinqs then wc have
been kindly furnished, from Headquarters
at Fort Leavenworth, with the following
dispatch received there from the intrepid
and watchful Col. Phillips. It reads :
Indian Brigade. Fort Gibson,
April 24, iS64. $
To Maj. Gen. Curtis, Com'g Depl Kan:
Sir I have already sent you two tele
grams from Fort Smith, that Qunntrell was
going to Kansas. He has gone up on
Graud River, and by night marches. I
sent several small columns. I had only
infantry to meet him at day brcak, on
Price's Creek. It has rained hard fcr two
days, and the rivers arc rising. Adair,
who had tTee hundred and twenty-fivo
aien, had been driven across Illinois River
above Tallaquah, nnd lias gone cast, seeing
himself about to be taken between the
rivers.
Quantrell crossed the Verdegris and Ar
kansas by forced marches last night. The
rivers are up this morning. My scouts
were on his trail at 'daybreak, twenty miles
southwest, across tho Arkansas river again.
I have a force over there, under Captain
Kaybaa. that may meet him. Suffering
hero for the train. Respectfully,
W. A. Phillips,
Colonel Commanding.
Fort Scott, April 27, 186.
Seventy men, supposed to be rebels, from
their dress, horses and accoutrements, pass
ed north, thirty miles east of this place,
day frcfore yesterday, heading towards
Boonville,.Mo. (Signed)
Tho8. McKean, Brig. Gen.
Kansas City, Mo., April 28.
Major S. S. Curtis, A. D. D.x
Eighty guerrillas crossed Grand river
near Dayton, Bates county, this morning at
3 o'clock, going towards Rose Hill.
. L. Bertuoud,
First Lieut, and A. A. A. Gen.
Abraham Lincoln. What the Rebels Think of
His .Re-Election.
From the Chattanooga Daily Gazette.
Mr. Editor : A few days ago I fell in
company with a prominent rebel citizen of
Chattanooga county, Georgia.
Tho conversation turned upon the proba
bilities of Lincoln's re-election to the Pres
idency of the United States; whereupon he
remarked, wihb considerable warmth :
" If Lincoln is re elected wc may just as
well give up the game, for we can in that
case have no hope of gaining our independ
ence. We hao been trjing to keep up
appearances with the hope that tho peace
men of the United States would be able to
carry the election. Our all is staked upon
the issue; for it is an absolute impossibili
ty for us to hold out another four years.
God grant that our fears bo not realized.
For my own part, I would rather sec the
sun plucked from her orbit than to see old
Abe re-elected. If we have to return to
the hated Union, I would rather submit to
any other man than Lincoln."
Thus it appears that the rebels are await
ing the "issue" with a faint hope that the
good people of the United States will be
foolish euough to elect a Copperhead to the
Presidency. Scout.
Union Pacific Railroad.
The public h:n been made acquainted
with the fact, that some -difficulties have
been interposed by speculative partie, in
carrying out the work on the Union Pacific
Railroad from Kansas City to Fort Riley.
TVe arc gralifiod in being able to state, that,
on the condition of affairs being made
known to twelve or fifteen public spirited
citizen of St. Louis, they at once stepped
forward and contributed by subscription,
the amount necessary to keep the road in
the hands, and tuliject to the control of the
St. Louis Directors, and that it will now be
pushed forward with all possible expedition.
This extension of our road to the Pacific
as far a3 Fort Riley it is now settled will
be'completed by the time the connection is
made at Kansas City. St. Louis Rep.
Can Hake Their Mark.
When the Seventh Kansas was stationed
at Corinth with theNfnth Illinois Infantry,
guarding the railroad.at that point, a Major
a paymaster from tire Arm-y of tho Po
tomac was there iransactingsomo bnsinest
in that district. During his "stay" ho be- f
come on intimate terms with the officers
i and men of the Seventh and Ninth. With
Col. Jesso Phillips, of the Ninth Illinois,
he was very familiar.
While engaged in conversation one daj
with the Colonel, he remarked;
Colonel, I have been, since my advent
here, a close obscrvof of Western men
have observed their rude manners, disgust
ing and filthy customs, and more particu
larly their ignorance. Well, sir, it is an
actual fact that not more than one-third of
the men can read and write j two-thirds of
them have to make their mark."
The Colonel drew his hand slowly serosa
his high and sunburnt forehead, eyed tha
Major closely, and said : " Your statement,
sir, regarding Western men may bo true in
many respects ; but, air, while you men in
the Army of the Potomac havo been living
in luxury and making masterly advances
on Washington, by G d we Western men
have been tnakiug'our marks. T'
Tho Major smelt a mice, and was silent
on the merit and demerit of the men of
the two sections of the country during thd
remainder of his btny in that Department.
Foreign News.
New York, Mny 2.
Tho City of Washington from Liverpool
the 20th, arrived here this afternoon
The Prussians assaulted and carried Dup
pel on the morning of the 17th, capturing
S3 cannon and from 2,000 to 3,000 prison
ers. The Prussian loss is stated at two
Generals, sixty officers and 600 privates.
The Danes are said to havo lost between1
80 and 100 officers, and 4,000 men are re
ported hors du combat.
The victory was received with great re
joicing in Berlin.
It is reported that the Prussians occupied
Aslen, nnd that the occupation of the
whole of Jutland is resolved upon.
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The Hundred Days' Men.
Cincinnati, May 3.
The National Guards of Ohio mustered
yesterday, in response to the Governor's
call for 100 days' men. Out of 486 com
panies, all but 43 haye reported (35,000
men) for active duty. The whole number
will reach nearly 40,000 men, ready for
the field at a moment's notice.
The four Cincinnati regiments turned
out nearly 3,000 men, armed and equipped.
B. A refugee, who had just escaped
from Wilmington, N. C., says : " I lived
within a few doors of Mr. Mallory, tho
Confederate States Secretary of the Navy.
His wife, a Spanish lady, is most anxious
to reach the State of Massachusetts, where
her sister is now living. The Secretary
and his lady arc actually very poor, so poor
that when guests were at their house they
usually had to borrow from us tablo equip
age, and that of the simplest. During a
temporary absence, I made the Secretary
welcome to tho milk of my solitary cow,
and be esteemed it, for his wife's sake, aa
exceeding great kindness."
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Bu The following arc the names of tho
soldiers of the Sixth Kansas who wero mur
dered with Dr. Fairchild, while on their
way to Rossville :
Co. E Corporal H. L Barber, Corporal
J. Corvin; privates, Jas. Dunn, Burto H.
Johnson, Terry Mullen, David Newton.
Co. L Corporal Geo. Long; privates,
Lafayette Gowings, Wm. Anthony. Co.
I John Sailing. Co. D John Davis.
Smolm pill anb gicpulnt Warn,
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The Indian War.
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Dispatches-just received from the Beaver
Creek junction state that rthere .have been
two brushes with the Indians in that neigh
borhood! A party went in pursuit of them
yesterday and returned to Beaver Creek
about noon to-day. They bad a fight yes
terday afte'rnoon which resulted' w the' loss
of twon killed. The Indians left three
umu ujjou uie neia, ana, carried ott a nam
ber.of wounded,, Tweutv-6ne head ofsto-
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len stock was recovered! -
Another man vao Irillajl
c...v;r;rj x "-"..
ten
miles this
He
npeioi'VenvetVreelc fast event njr. M
belonged to a train that was coin? east.
4fO COmnanies of soldiers were at the
station at "half-past two o'cljocar this"after
aopn, almost read? tdVtart."lt Was'exDect-
d ,ihat'"thQJ,'woold sooni. drive the Indians
to fne 3Rep"uMica'n:'. TheV'aTe- 8Unnoed to
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THE UNION FOREVER
I 5Sfc HnHfrAIIS 1
JOHN P. WILEY, or JUNCTION CI1.Y,
keeps at his old stand,
The Claim House3
a eobd, assortment of DRY GOODS & GRO
CERIES, aad PROVISIONS, as well as BOOTS
and feHOES ; and he flatters himself, as he has
n'o rent, cTerlt, or hauling to pay, that he is
able to'sell' a& cheap as can be bought at the
retail houses in Leaveaworth City.
Having traded in St. Z.ouis with Vorgaa &
JlcClang to over $50,000, and wua Heasley &
Russell,, of Leaven worth City, and now aelliag
tor Drominent firms in LeaTcnworth, I flatter
'myself that lam regarded as a prompt and
,well posted'man, prepared, h necessary to sell
goods -for others on commisaioa, on faurswd
reliable terms, as well as to be able ,to sell
quite as cneap as they cob be purchased via
'Western Kansas'. Tanners, bring oa 'year
' HIDES A2CD PRODUCE,
ki; Also n that. Aha. irehelm. .Bnoniin and exebanse with me, and buater. bria m .
PJmABtW -mnA all uti... 'arTil ri' LI:-.. " vonr FURS of all kin Js and r will Brav m
tt,tfif.MW-rf. ""n
the 18 th CqM.lr-W&lfc!! STUIT
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