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The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24

4 PINE ASSORTMENT OF COAL OIL
"A Lamps a. the CITY DRUG STORE.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24
AN ACT

To authorize the Business OF Banking.
BE 1t enacted ty the Legislature Of til
State of Kansas:
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1861-10-24


rites thus Withdrawn by deposits of said cirs
culatfhg notes, shall not reduce the amount of
stock securities remaining in the hands Of the
Auditor of State, to less than twenty Eve
thousand dollars.
SEC. 26. The securities to be deposited with
the Auditor Of State, in trust. by any associa-
tiOnor banker, shall be held b; him excIu-
sively for the redemption of the bills or notes
Of such bank, put in circulation as money,
until the same are paid and returned to the
Auditor Of State, as provided Ia this act; but
the Auditor Of State may assign said securities
to said association or banker transferring the
same, upon receiving therefor equivalent secu
rites, or an equivalent amount in circulating
notes issued by such bank, as provided in Sec
ton twenty Of this act
SEc.-27. All circulating notes Of banks or
banking associations, returned to the Auditor
Of Sta;e. shall be destroyed BY him in the
presence Of. the Governor and IN authori1ed
officer Of the bank. after he shall have made
record Of the same, which shall specify the
number Of each note, irs date. and BY whom
it was countersigned, in the books TO be kept
BY himself Tor registsring circulating notes.
SEC. o. IL shall be the duty Of the Auditor
Of STATE to receive mutilated circulating notes
ISIS aed BY him. and after making record Of
them, their denomination and amount, 70 de-
liver. in lieu thereof circulating notes to the
same amount. -1--ss5 -
SEC. 20. The bills q notes Of any bsak or
banking ascension shall Be, ct oil timss. re-
eeivsd b. the same in paynent Of III dsbts
I duel to such bank Or baking association.
Snc. 30. 1.-THE declared capital fany hank
ing assoeiat.ea shall b reduced for any pur.
pose whatever, while sny debts Of the associa-
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age aour troops, as she is said to be aS
high strung as a settin hen. Ef We get
her we shall most likely pick her pockets
and sxop her OFF for aour distressed
feIler citizen, Peter Libby, naow languish.
Gu in the furrin dungeons of the naughty
oppressor.
/ don't know but I've mentioned it be.
fore-however It'll bear repealip Let us
alone
Aour troops shot at a tin pedlar tother
day. but missin their aim they mort:lly
wounded the widder Peabody's caow in
some vital part, aud the pedlar escaped.
The commander of the detachment has
been promoted.
Finally, why in thunder can't you LET
US ALONE? ETHAN SPIKE.
Portland Trdaocript.
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The following extract contains mine
of truth, and may be truly suggestive to
many who look at human action and mo-
tives with dark suspicion
"The bee sucks its honey from the
same plant which the viper turns to ven
ON. In mortal, as in material vision, the
color of objects depends far more on the
ORGAN of vision and the intervening me.
dium than upon anything inherent in the
objects themselves. | have no sort of
respect fcr that species of talent which
bases its reputation entirely upon the
ability to find fault. To discover and
appreciate what is good, is far more diff
fcult task than to detect what is evil
The two states of und differ, as wisdom
differs from cunning. The one sees only
evil; the other both evil and good. The
man who would be thought 80 possess a
profound insight into human nature, be-
cause he can suggest base motive for
every appearance of goodness, draws not
only his premises from bad heart, but
his logic from a narrow head. The char.
ity which 'hopeth all things is not a
surer index of moral than of intellectual
greatness. In women especially, the dis
position to see only the dark shades of
the picture of human nature, is odious in
the extreme, and is ftly represented by
Speucer's persouiGcation of SANDER No.
thing IS all dark. There can not be a
picture without its bright spots; and the
steady contemplation of what is bright in
others has reflex influence upon the be-
holder. 1t reproduces what it reflects.
Nay, it seems to leave an impress upon
the countenance. The features, from
having dark and sinister aspect, become
open, serene, and sunny. The counte-
nance so impressed has neither the vacant
stare of an idiot, nor the crafty, penetra-
ting look of the basilisk, but the clear,
placid aspect of truth and goodness. The
woman who has such face is beautiful.
She has beauty which varies not with
the features, which changes not with
years. 1t is beauty Of expression. 1t is
the only kind of beauty which can be re-
lied on for permanent influence with
the other sex.
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Lawyers, doctors, and women are all
fee-males.
A dentist is not necessarily mad be-
cause he shows his teeth.
How does a cow become landed estate?
BY turning her into field.
If you employ your money in doing
good, you put it out at the best interest.
A punctual man can always find leisHre,
a negligent one never.
The French Emperor had completed
his ffty-third year on the Goth of April
}1ast.
A pleasant jest in time of misfortune
is courage to the heart, strength to the
arm, and digestion to the stomach.
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A Sketch OF GeIiera, lyon.

The following description of General
Nathaniel Lyon, the commander of the
Federal forces in Missouri, is from q let-
ter to the Dubuque [owa) Herald, writ.
ten by lieutenant in one of the Iowa reg
iments now on duty in Missouri
"General Lyon is just now the lion,
not merely here, but everywhere in tho
Union, so far as we can gather from oc.
casional stimpses Of outside doings. HIS
prompt action Id Missouri viii probably
save it from going out of the Union, and,
consequently, an immense amount of blood
letting. He is a man of thlrty-fve or for
ty years, some five feet eight inches high,
and weighs, perhaps, ope hundred and
forty to fifty pounds. He Is wify 10 build,
and tough. locking in appearance, His
hair is long and thick, his whiskers bushy
and heavy; both are indiscribably sandy
in h1e: His eyes are his most remarKa.
Bile feature-either blue or gray, at times,
perhaps, both scrt of stormy express
sion, which is heightened by the wave,like
wrinkles around them, dwe!l' constantly
in them, making him lock as if something
was Constantly going wrong, or different
from his wishes. His forehead Is high
and of even width, giving him, when nu-
covered, an appearance OF great intellect.
ual force, which is aided by the frm-cut
lines of his mouth.
GWEN be Erst looks at you that
stormy expression settles int5 his eyes
the feshy waves roll up beneath and
around his eyebrows, and you think he is
preparing to find serious fault. perhaps
to get mad as the - at what you have
to tell him. You fnish-the storm rolls
off. and with an absent air he answers.
The waves again roll up when you com:
menee TO reply lie smiles little or none;
is strict aisciplinatian has the full con.
fdeuce of his men among whom, or at
least among the regulars, lie is Known as
Daddy A lot of regulars will be scuf-
fling on their camps-somebody calls out
Daddy Is cor,iaey and id an Instant
everything is as quiet as meeting house.
He goes abseutly along, plucking his
beard carelessly with one hand, stopping
here and there to give an order or two,
or ask some question in harsh aathori-
tative voice, aud is the sort ofa man that
a man will stop to take look at as be
passes. dent think he has anything
ike physical fear--is all through soldier,
and will yet make his mark high in the
military world"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-08-07
The Crops.

Our exchanges throughout the State
give the most fatterins accounts Of the
crops All through Pennsylvania the
wheat crop is more than an average one,
and is being harvested in good condition.
The hay, although not heavy, is of an un-
usually good quality. The corn and po-
tatoes are somewhat backward, but they
look well, and the recent genial showers
will insure good product With the
exception of fruit, there will be in Penn
sylvania more than an average crop this
year.
The crops in Kansas are represented to
be in most fourishing condition. The
fall and spring wheat, and all the products
of the farm and garden, promise an abun-
dant yield. The earliest corn was in tas-
sci. When we recollect the great distress
which prevailed in that country only a
few months ago, the above news is most
gratifying.
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Peter Cartwright is known throughout
the Anclo-Saxon world as a veteran Meth
odist pioneer, and thoroughly character
lied example of Western life In le:-
ter to his fellow veteran, DR.. Elliot, edit
or of the Central AdUocate, he writes =
If your own money is dead, bury it, and
preach its funeral sermon, but do not
charge the expenses to me, but to the Sc
cessionists. l hope Gen. Lyon will catch
Tory Jackson, and hang bin on the first
tree Ae comes to. Union men ought to
arm themselves from head 10 heels, and
shoot down every traitor they come to.
II God will have mercy on me, / would
rather die than that this glorious govern
meut should be overthrown. If we are
to be destroyed, | hope the Lord will do
it, and not give US into the power of to-
ries. If the Union men of Missouri need
help to kill traitors call on Illinois. We
can send you twenty thousand good men
and true. Rivers OF blood will flow, but
this Union must stand though the heav-
ems fall" Uncle Peter" does not stand
for verbal qualifications. Some of these
phrases are too strong, but his meaning
is Ineligible, and as sound as it is pat
riotic.
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F2 ATTLE-
BY HORACE GREELEY.


That is a rash, narrow, fallacioas gen
erslization which stcmatizes War indis
crimiuately as wholesale Murder, discern
ING no moral difference betweea William
Tell and a Thug The esseRtial charae-
ter of an act is largely determined by the
motive which iLpels it. The pirate may
be brave, free handed, courteous in bear
ing aud reGned IN manners, yet at heart
as black a vfbain as ever trOd deck !;
the soldier may be coarse, illiterate. and
sinful, yet animated by a love of country
and kind which nerves him to court pri-
vatian and defy death with that self sacri-
fcing devotion which marks and dlgni6es
the hero. Nainly have George Fox and
William Penn preached adherence under
all circumstances the skedder of blood !;
the eoeD instinct Of mankind ,afrms that
Battle it still at tunes an awful necessity
of our moral State-th8t Joshua and Da-
vid, alike with Moses and Samuel, are
honored instruments of God will-that
the world is not yet prepared to surren-
der to greed and crime monopoly of the
employment of hurtful Force-that Law
must stand though Guilt should have to
fall. We have passed the middle of the
XlXth Century, yet We have not out
grown the need any more than the use of
Armstrong and.Dahl gren euns-of MIME
Euskets and Enfield rifles. For still the
moral of that first fable in our old Web.
ster's Spelling Book holds good-"If soft
words and gentle means will not prevail,
the wicked must be dealt with IN more
severe manner" "A las that it should have
devolved on our country to give a most
striking example OF this truth Heaven
grant that we never need another!
A great battle implies a great mistake
perhaps more than one. The war into
which the American Republic has been
forced by some of its own refractory mem
berS springs from two grave errors--the
first All assumption that the United States
are not one nation, but league of little
nations combined for external ends solely
such another gigantic anarchy as Vol
tairc forc,bly pronounced the Germanic
Empire. All the acts, the appeals, the
public documents, of the Southern Con-
federacy quietly assume the correctness
of this theory, treat their pretended Sc
cession as though it we're precisely like
the withdrawal of France Or Russia from
the Holy Alliance of lS15-2O, and affect
to wonder why Lincoln and his myrmi.
dons will not let them alone That the
little band of inveterate Nulli6ers should
talk in this way need not occasion sur
prise: they probably have some sort Of
half belief, founded in their thirty years
reiteration. that this is the true theory
of our Union but how can this excuse
lifelong Wings like Summers and Cog
gin of Virginia, Badger and Morshead OF
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Nj. Theirs, in his history of the con-
sulate, recites some very strange and pre-.
viously unknown particulars respecting
tie early life and penury of Napoleon
Bonaparte.
It appears that after he had obtained q.
subaltern's commission In the French SER
vice, by his skill and daring at Toulou.
he lived some time in Paris in obscure
lodgings, aud in such extreme poverty
that he was often without tls means cf
paying ten sous (ten cents) for his dinner.
and frequently went Without any at all.
He was under the necessity Of borrowing
small sums, and even worn out clothes,'
from his acquaiptances He and his
brother Louis, afterwards King Of McL
land, had at one time only coat between
them, so that he and the brother could,
only go out alternately, time and about.
At this crisis the chief benefactor of the
future Emperor and conqueror cat whose
mighty name the world grew pale" was
the actor Talma, who often gave aiui food
and money. Napoleon's face, afterwards
so famed for its classical mould. was dur.
ing that period of starvation. harsh and
angular in its liheaments, with projecting
check bones. His meagre fare brought
on an unpleasant and unsightly cutane.
Gus disease, of type so virplens ard pa-
lignap., that it took all et.e assiduity of
his accomplished physician Corvisart. to
expel it, after duration of more than ten
years.
The sqsalia seggar, then, the spleidid
Emperor afterwards-the threadbare ha.
bilimcnts and imperial mantle--the howell
and the palace-the meagre f6od and gor.
geous banquet-the friendship of poor
actor, the homage and terror or the world
-an exile and prisoner. Such are the
ups and downs of his thaHseable life, such
are the lights and shadows of the geas
and mighty.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-08-07

ARISToCRAoY.-One of the parvenue
ladies of our village, but would-be Won
derful aristocratic in ali her domestic
concerns, was visiting few days SINCE at
Major G--'s (all know the old Major,)
when after tea the following conversation
occurred between the Majors old-fash
ioned lady and the "top-not," in conse-
quence of the hired girl occupying seat
at the table.
"Why, Mrs. C., you do not allow
your hired girl to eat with you at the ia
BILE? It's horrible !''
"Most certainly Go. You know this
has ever been M custom. 1t was so
when you worked for me-don't you re-
colIect!"
This was cooler" to silk and satin
greatness; or as the boys call it, " cod
fish aristocracy." After coloring and
stammering, she answered in very low
voice." Yes l b-e-l.i-e.v-e 1T Was"
and sioped.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-08-07
A. TRUMPET BLAST.
BY j. G. WHITTIER.

[ The following lines, written eighteen yeal
o, sound like prophecy fulfilled at the pre-
ut crisis.
O, for God and duty stand,
Heart to heart and hand to hand,
Round the old graves of the land
Whose shrinks or falters now.
Whose to the yoke would bow;
Brand the craven on his brow
Freedoms soil has only place
For free and fearless race;
None for traitors false and base.
Perish party perish clan
Strike together, while we can,
Like the arm Of one strong mani
With one heart and with one mouth
Let the North unto the South
Speak the word beftting both:
What though Issachar be strong
Ye may load his back with wrong
Over much and over long.
Patience, with her cup o'errun,
With her weary thread outspun,
Murrurs that her work is done.
Boldly, or with treacherous art,
Strike our blood wrought chain apart!
Break the Unions mighty heart
Work the ruin, if ye will
Pluck upon your heads an i'll
Which shall grow and deepen still
With your bondmen's right arm bare,
With his heart of black despair,
Stand alone, if stand ye dare!
Onward with your fell design
Dig the gulf ard draw the line
Fire beneath your feet the mine
Deeply when the wide abyss
Yawns between your land and this,
Shall ye feel your helplpssness.
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Artemus Wards COurtfnG EX-
Derience.

Twas earn still mite in Joon, when
all natur was husht & nary Zefer dis
tributed the serene silence. | sot with
the objek of mi hart's afekshuns on the
fence of her daddy's pastur. had ex-
periunsed bankerin arter her fur sum
time, but darsunt proclame mi pashun.
Wall We sot thare on the fense swingiu
our feet & frow & blushing as red as
the Baldingville skule houce when it was
fist painted, & lookin very ciupul, I
make no dowt. Mi left arm was oku-
p,de in ballunsin miself on the fense,
while my rite arm vas wooud affekshun-
itely round Suzanner's waste.
Sez [, "Suzanner, thinks very much
of yu."
Sez she, " How you do run on"
SEE I, Il wish thar was winders tu mi
sole soz you Good see some of my feel
ins," & I side deaply.
pawsed here, but as she maid no re-
ply to it, | continded on in the follow
ing strane:
"Ar, Good yer know the sleeplis mites
I parse on yer account, how vittles has
seast to be attractive tu me q how mi
limbs is shrunk up ye woodent dowt me
not bv no means. Gaze on this wastin
form and these sunken ize," crlde jump
ing up.
I should have continered sum time
longer probly,. but unfortunately [ lost
my balance and fell over into the pastur
ker smash taring mi close and severely
damagin myself generally. Suzanner
sprang to mi assistance Il dragged me
4th in bubble quick time. Then draWin
herself up to her full hite sed,
81 won't listen to your noncents any
longer. Jest yu sa rite out what you
are drixin at. If you mean gitfiu hitcn1
ed, I'm jn."
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VOLUME XIII NUMBER SO.
TIE NORTHERN MOTHER.

They are all in the army,
Ny three brave, gallant boys;
They've changed the peace of home life
For martial pomp and joys.
I, tore my heart-strings sadly
To see thea march away.
But when their country called them,
could not say them nay.
There's one that grasps true sword,
Commissioned TO command;
There's one within the ranks found
With musket in his hand;
There's one, and he my youngest,
Whose stirring drum doth beat
The faullless, martial measure
For proudly-stepping feet.
Their father fought before them
On many bloody plain
At Erie and at Chippewa,
At York and Lundy's Lane.
~, may P'S St'ihlt LhChA
When in the battles brunt;
For should they fail, III know then
They bear their wounds in front.
God shield M three brave darlings
Throughout these crimson warsi
God help them in defending
Our good Ole Stripes and Stars!
God speed them on their mission
To quell the Rebel foel
With strength, that each arch-traitor
May need no second blow,
And when my Youngest boy beats
The loud lGng roll at night,
That tells of foes advancing,
And bids them arm for fight,
God give unto my other boys,
Amid the battles fame,
To one-a dashing soul to lead,
To one-unerng aim.
The list of slain and wounded
I'll read with trembling breath,
To see how many darling sons
Have met unlimely death.
And should mipe be among them,
AnG fell they there like braves,
would not wish them holier death,
Nor ask them prouder graves
Washington, July Is. W.W.CURT1S
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VALUE OF KNowLEpGE-One of the

VALUE OF Knowledge One of the
most agreeable consequences ofkuowledge
is the respect and importance which it
communicates to old age. Men rise in
character often as they increase in years /;
they are venerable from what they have
acquired, and pleasing from what they
can impart.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-08-07

Pennsylvanians will be glad to learn
that the Tariff bill, as passed by the House
of Representatives, leaves untouched the
duty on iron and steel.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-08-07

THE following lines, written eighteen years
ago, sound like prophecy fulfilled at the pre-
sent crisis.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-03-21
rsrs fr;ci "a - Fer the Republican.
4 THE CLERGY. AND SLAVERY D.

We frequently hear the remark. tina
clergymen should preach the Gospel anc
let Slavery alone. But what does I'll,
Gospel embrace in its full scope? Doe,
it not inculcate everything that is good
and condemn everything that is wrong?
A minister can therefore throw his in.
fiuence in favor OF the former. and agains.
the latter class Of actions. wherever they
may exist without oyersteping Gospel
bounds. - fafl sfl e gar la iios ,siaf.
American Slavery must be right or
wrong. and the most Of our ministerial
friends take the latter position. Believing
that the Institution is evil and that con-
tinually, they consider it their duty to op.
pose it. Is the privilege Of enjoying this
opinion to be allowed them or not? Are
they to preach according to their own con.
Iyictions of duty or according to the die
tation of A 3 9 end ID? s. go. e..
In conversing with the masses we will
find that many of them have singular
views concerning the Gospel. Some will
say that minister should not speak
against bribery. extortion. and dishonesty
in business matters, but simply preach the
Gospel. Others will say ths, they should
preach the Gospel. and not meddle with
drunkenness. / once heard Of minister
who during his sermon made some remarks
against the bad. and by no means unfre-
quent habit OF tatling. He had spoken
but few words. on this point. when an old
lady jumped up. went out of the house
with very angry manifestations, and slam
med the door after her with great fury
The burden OF her complaint was, that
the preacher ha,l left the Gospel. and med
died with their neighhorhood affairs. A
minister who yields to such ideas. and con-
forms his preaching to them. will be whit.
tied down to nothing or the next thing 10
it. -f.e - So -
l think that the question of right and
wrong. may he determined by "A simple
test. Suppose that the heart of every
human being was fully swsycd by tho
spirit of christianity. - sWould fighting,
would drunkenness, would the buying or
selling oroeven the holding Of humau be-
ings as property. then exist? Reason re-
volts at the flea. Well. Ithink itiis the
right and duty of ministers, to oppose cv-
erything which the universal prevalence of
CHRISTIAN principles will sweep away. ss
l admire independence everywhere and
among elergymen. Let,hem as
a body ascertain, what their dirty is. and
than m oseiferwsrd fearlessly. .0I b.