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The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1861-05-22

Foe CONS weeti3s.t. various Stmors
have. een batting @hrough the 5untry
in regard 3 ned11asd a.t.slS5 the
Cherokee and Osage Indians. on the
white settlers Of Southern Kansas. bui
more particularly on those living on
what is known a. the ''Neutral Land %
We have never been able to trace these
rupors to any responsible source. and
have therefore paid no further attention
to them than 10 make inquiries on the
subject. Of those who were most likely
to be posted. During the lssti week.
quite a number Of emisrants from Ar
kansas and Texas have passed through,
this place. and We have seen and con.
versed with settlers on Lightning Creek
and Spring River. Their stories are
very conflicting. One. states that nc
danger whatever is 70 Be apprshsuded;
another says portiouof the Cherokses
would like 10 drive the settlers of The
Neutral Land. but that they are too
much divided among themselves to
make the attempt; and third asserts
that secret preparations are being made
for some warlike expedition, but where
or what it is 10 b.. no one can tell. .a
We believe, from. what we know OF
the Ch. rokees and their institutions,
that, as soon as Arkansas secedes, they
will unite their fortunes with those ol
the Southern Confederacy: in which
event.an effort will b. made 10 hold the
Neutral Land By force Of arms: knowing
that the United States Government will
never. thereafter. recognise their right
to the same. In this they will Be aided
and abeted BY the secessionis.s Of North.
western Arkansas. who wish to use
them as the ''ea's paw" 10 keep the
Free State Line back from their own
borders. is4 .gs .i gat
In view Of these circumstances. il
bel,ooves Kansas TO be ready, in any
emergency. 10 PROTECT her citizens.
This is not The time to discuss the right
Of those settlers 10 that land. They
ara on it and no foreign mob shall ever
be permitted to drive them of. A
thorough preparation to resist inv aston.
will be The most likely means Of pre-
venting il. II t~o regiments Of Kansas
troops are called fos. .ons, At least. sho'd
be stationed on the Southern frontier
u protect the settlers. and prevent in
roads from either side. .-Forf Sect
Democrat.
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SPURIOUS AND DIsuoxEs1 PATRIOTISM

SPURIOUS AND DlsuoxEs1 PArRlorlss
One by one. as the Southern States
secede. or get ready to seccde. n sslve
of big guns is let of in ,lss Legislative
Halls. The following is n specimen.
the immense rey~rbera,iens Of which
reached US TWO or three days ago.: q
"rhe Legislature las appropriated
Que million dollars Cor The defense Of
the State"
II is an undeniable fact. that the
State making this grand appropriation.
never had million dollars in its Trea-
sury: tina, it owes today twenty five
millions Of dollars: tha. il has paid its
interests only for several years pas. by
selling new bonds and getting deeper
in debt: and finally that j. has only
saved itself from pro,es, in New York.
on the first OF July coming. by forced
loan from It's bapks. ex,orted under =
fear Of losing their charters! Such
a Stats "aPpropria,iuy . million Of dol
lars for defence !" Defence against
what? Defence against the Govern
mens that gave ]. existence. protection
and wealth-a wealth well nigh spen.
by the p'ofligate herd Of traitors that
now direct Ler des,imies!
Ii Missouri woull be honest-for il
is Of Missouri We speat-let her send
The ''miliion Of dollars" here. 20 dip
The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1861-05-22
An Attack on Virginia to Be Hads Seol
e7 NEW YoRK, Nav l8.

o''es >~"'y so'
The New York papers generally
concur. .basing their opinions on reliable
Washington dispatches. tina, Govern
ment troops will soon make demon
stration on Virginia at all hazards.
The FIRST progress will probably BE-
made towards Richmond though battles
may occur at Fortress Monroe, Harper's s
Ferry and near Fredericksburg at the
same time. h
Government is concentrating an i'm
mense force al Fortress Monroe.
The Herald and other New York
papers have foreign correspondence
and articles from the leading London
papers strongly indicating ,ha, France
and England will not acknowledge the
Southern Confederacy.
Mr.. Lincoln's blockade is considered
by them As just snd 10 be conceded.
Ar. UnderhiIl. correspondent Of the
N. Y. Times. was arrested a. Harper's
Ferry as a spy.
The military movements in WASH
i"gton are daily growing more vigorous.
and the Government. is asserting its
supreme independence and firm deter.
mInatiOn to sustain the Constitution.
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FLORIDA RAIsrxo THE Wiad.-Flori.
da is already obliged to sell of her
land to provide rum and rations for the
few vagaboud troops that she keeps 10
the field to watch Fort Pickens. She
has just sold halt million acres Of
land to some New Orleans spectators.
at Two cents an. acre. At this rate the
sale of the whole territory will moi
keep her drunken ragamafiu army in
whisky more than six months.
What then? Her soldiers can d.
nothing when the grog stops.
Bring back Billy Bowlegs. with hall
. dozen warriors and the deIirium tire.
mems. and Florida will soon BE-. quiet as
lamb. aee>s! l5 r4
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WAsHINGrox. Nay l9.

W ~ osSS0 AONp 10y ASs
The Montgomery Advertiser say.
the Confederate Congress has decided
to move the Capital tn Richmond. e
The President has been absent from
home nearly all day. reconooi;ering the
vicinity Of Washington.
II is decided sha, no mere troops wil
be accepted by the Government undel
the last reQuisition either from New
York or elsewhere. Over $50. 900 are
now enlisted. s
Secretary Cameron has declined te
accept The four Maryland regiments Of
fered BY Governor Hicks simply fol
defense Of that State and of the Dis
trict The Governor has entirely mis-
appreheLded the tenor Of the Secreta
rvs explanation. and il the Maryland
ers eulist they must enter the genera
The forces detailed 10 take IIarpci'.
Ferry will probably be commanded BY
Brig. Gen. ReedAr.
Las, night three Zouaves strayed
from camp. and when arriving before
Col. Ellsworth this morning. one o
.hem unwouud from his body a seces
zion flag Is feet long. which they had
hauled down from . poIssat Alexan
dria. s.s -. .fi aoeu
The War Department con,empla,es
to establish shortly two large Canton
mcnis-one a. Gettysburg. Pennsylva-
mia. and the other in the neiyhborhood
Of New York.
The force collected in these camps
will be probably l5.O 900 to 20. 900 men.
They will be worked up by the best Of
fcers 10 the highest proficiency. and
kept in constant readiness for active
service.
The forcs at Gettysburg will. nc
doubt. be employed at the right mo-
n,ent for an inland movement that may
not be proper At this time to declare.
That at Staten Island is meant to be
directed against various points on the
sea board. sre - s
Orders are issued to get ready at the
earliest moment feet Of steam trans
ports. that will rendezvous in the aJ-
joining waters. - that in few hours,
when the word is given. the whole
force on the Atlantic eoss, can be en-.
barked. and proceed with all speed on
the service designated.
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[COmmunieased.]
Jefferson County Finances.

ED. IxnEPENDExr.-lf il would no
Be considered a. trespassing upon til,
columns of your paper. would like ,t
occupy small space in submitting .
few suggestions to our County and
Township officers. Allow me to say
that | am constrained to make the sug
gestions more from the repeated en-
quiries Of citizens than from any curios
ity Of my own.
Its now nearly four years since the
affairs Of the county have been in The
hands Of officers chosen by the free
suffrages Of the people and during oil
that time We have not had full exhibit
Of the finances Of the county or town.
ship. 1t is true thst during most Of
that time we had no paper printed in
the county. and this may suffice for an
excuse for nou.exhibit; but this objec.
tion has been obviated for nearly year
and still We arc none the wiser. Cii-
Gems sustain home papers IS much from
desire to find out how our affairs are
coudncted At home. ~ from any other
cause. and il they cannot learn these
facls. the result will be. that they will
discontinue their patronage TO home
papers. s--c9
There is also an anxiety 10 the minds
Of some Of our citizens 10 know whether
the fines assessed by Justices Of the
Peace go into the county. township. or
school fund. For instance. in this
Township there we're Eighty Dollars
fines assessed last week. Where does
i, 60! The people of the county de-
mana full exhibit of tho affairs Of the
county. 80 that they may know what
is doue with their money.
The citisens Of this township also
wish to tnow what hss become Of the
The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1861-05-22
Fighting soon to Commence.
NEw Yoax, May 20.

AV~~, AA~y &V-
The Iierald's special correspondence,
from Baltimore says the city Govern
ment las arrested three men concerned
in the attack ON the Massachuse,t,
troops, who have been indicted by the
Grand Jury. and are now on bail il
$500 each.
Ii is said the Government has meas
ures on foot which will result in brill
liant triumph Tor the United States a
HarPer's Ferry.
Torpedo and submarine bate rie,
have been sunk near Norfolk. 800
Lynchburg papers Of yesterday an
nounce the arrival Of large body o
troops from Arkansas and Louisiana.
Gen. Bsauregard is now in Charles
ton.
The He'ald's Washington dispatch
says the garrison Of Fort Monroe will
consist Of 5000 men. and the camp
outside of 90. 900 men under the com.
niand Of Gen. Butler.
II is understood that all the forces
tina, gill serve for three years will be
accepted. --4 s aia s-4-t4
The river Rsr'ahaanock has been
blockadsd. to prevent the entrance Of
supplies for viryiui..
A bss.sry hss bses discovered at
The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1861-05-22
Ordinance No. Z.

Ordinance No. Z.
An ordinance to open Madison Street be-
tween Deleware and Liberty Street
Be Il ordained By the Mayor and
board Of Trustees of the Village o.
Oskaloosa.
Sec. 1. That the Village Constable
Of said Village Of Oskal6osa be and is
hereby required to open Madison Street
between Delaware and Liberty Streets
and remove all Instructions in the same
at the expense Of those who have Oh
structed the same. unless those whe
have DISTRACTED the said street remove
all distractions within ten days after
the passage Of this ordinance or Eve
days after being notified by the Town
Constable Of the passage Of said ordi'
pance. g
Sect. 2. This ordinance to take effect
aud be in f-rce from and alter rs pas
sage.
Passed May Is. 1861.
Joux W. DAr. Mayor.
c. B. McCLELLAx. Clerk.
The following resolution was passed
by the Village Board Of Trustees May
Is. 1861.
Resolved, that committee Of one be
appointed to wait on Joseph Fitsimons
and request him to remove a certain
log cabin on Washington street. west oi
Union street, and if the same be not
removed within fifteen days, the same
TO be removed by the Village .Cons:a-
BILE, at the expense Of the said Joseph
Fitsimons.
L. B. Couwell was appointed said
committee.
JoHs w. DAY. Mayor.
C. B. MCCLELLAN. Clerk.
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: 6eueral @flrs.
THE LATEST NEWS
RECEIVED BY
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
War Items.
WASHINGTON. May Is.
70 the Daily Conservative and Daily Times.

The long bridge connecting the Vir-
ginia shore was guarded last night by
larger number Of effective troops
than heretofore. An armed vessel was
in the vicinity. The movements were
precautionary in view of reports Of q
design to injure the bridges by the Sc.
cessionisis.
The President summoned the Cabi.
net to day in great haste. and they
we're in session an hour.
Secretary Seward lef. the Whit,
House aud proceeded to the quarter.
Of Gen. Butler. and no. finding the lat
ter. dispatched one Of the General.
aids in pursuit Of him. The interview
lasted some lime
II is evident from appearances tina,
the Government intcuds dealing will
Misrouri in the same manner it ha.
with Maryland. As an evidence oI
this. the Government has concluded to
take charge Of the Hannibal and st
Joseph Railroad and employ it for Gov
ernmont purposes. II has determined
TO appoint Collectors for the diiieren,
Southern ports. and IS engaged in Sc.
lecting men Of energy to fulfil the i'm
portant functions coni1ed in them.
The duties will be collected on board
men of war. whatever may BE- the opin
ion Of legal autho.i.ies here or else
where on the subject.
Ex Senator Cooper. of Frederick
Nd. reports that hs will have q reyi.
meni ready 10 b. mustered into service
on Monday next.
The President has commissioned Mr..
Sickles TO raise a Division Of IJ.OOO
men to report ia sixteen days. Till
then he holds the rank Of Briyadier
General. and thereafter as Major Gen.
eral.
The country may not generally be
aware that there is At this moment an
agent Of the French Emperor travelling
IN the South by the name VI Baroche
He is instructed 10 say that he is simp
y collecting information for the Com
n,rrcial Bureau for the Minister Of pub
lie works. but this is an ar,Itice. lie j.
= political more than acommercial agent,
and his dispatches regularly forwarded
TO Paris necessarily exercise grea. in.
fluence over the mind Of the Emperor.
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A sUxDLE Of letters which came into
the Post Office yesterday from LAwsenes
had the following words vrittes uess
it: 1--WE have got Secessionist IN jeil
here to protect him from the mob which
wants to hang him. lis Thompsoh.
from Missouri I'VE kaows shre1 uDen,
in Missouri namsd Thoopeoa and. il.
asmuch - there are probably three OF
four other Thompsons ihere. We COO.
slider this one Of the most painfully IL.
definite items the war has YET giiyer
birth to. ea'm etiefaFo rsell .5,ef
LArER.-We learn iron Nr. Ckss,s
Tholen. just arrived iron Lavsssee.
,ha, Wash. Thompson. . bro.hsr Of JEFF
lis the man arrested. He was eonsp;e,.
ous in driving Union men from Ksasas
City. h'' T" 81, ~" afe
He was released yesterday md naSs
quick tracks for Missouri. - cossas-
tiue. .;.
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~ The Secession exci,eme in the
Southern States. is driving out thou.
sands Of their best citizens. Large
numbers are coming into Kansas in
search Of homes. Hundreds hare al.
ready passed through Fort Scott. and
their numbers are daily increasing
Many bring fine droves Of cattle which,
in Tins beautiful country will soon
make wealth for the owners.- Fort
Scott Democrat.
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A "SrRucx" VOLUNTEERS "A mem
Der Of the Cleveland Greys. writes
"All through Pennsylvania The ladies
treated US like brothers. This after.
noon. one Of The fair daughters "f Ian.
easter worked my i'ixas, IN my blank
ei, while ! stood by and--Alking about
the weather. etc. dom, know. but II
seems lo me ! never ielL toward any
person as ] do towards her.
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PANTY appropriated for sreasonaols
purposes. 10 New York. and invest il
in her own di-creditsd bonds al fstv
cents on the dollar. thus redueisg her
indebtedness tsso and . NY ss;l2ieas a
dollars. Her ''defencss" Isill b csr,a
for. as Of old. BY the Federal Goven.
ment without it, costing her peopls 4
eent.-fN. Y. Times.
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Tsrsig. and Domestic susas.

Hunts Merchants Magazine eoa-
(ains staiisiicsl table Of the a,noupl
Of foreign and domestic cane sugar
consumed 10 the United States each
yess since 1851 inclusive. The amosnt
Of iessien ssgar cods5nsd 7eFy greatly
excssde thss ef domestic every ysar
ssvs 1854. n which rear there was g..
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four or Eve hundred dollars taxes oi
the township.
The citizens srs willing TO pay for
these exhibits. The question is. shsil
We have them?
CIfIzHN.
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WAsuINGTex. May II.

vvAouaN0bVSp w O0Nv
A special dispatch 10 the Cincinnati
Commercial says:
l had long interview with disiin.
guished member Of tho administration
last evening. He expresses the hope
that the country will receive the accep-
lance OF the fourteen additional New
York regiments. ~ an earnest Of the
intention Of the government 10 re.es.
tablisl' its authority in all parts OF the
country. and authorised me to assure
your readers. that not only would the
Government vigorously endeavor to re.
possess ali Federal property. such A.
Custom .souses. Navy Yards. Arsenals.
and Forts in Virginia. as well As other
seeded States. but would secure to
Union men every where the full exer-
else Of their rights ~ American CHI.
Gems. -~i-
! asked him distinctly whether aud
when aggressive movements in Virgin.
ia were iniendsd.----~-
He replied:
The Government viii assert its au-
,hority ia Virginia as soou Is Gcu.
Scott 10 ready.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-03-21

A PHANTOM CARPENrER.-Certain odd
noises have perplexed the worshippers at
St. Johns Church in Detroit for some
time past. The Free Press tells the story
of the cause: These sounds were abundant
at night, and caused great perplexity
among our neighbors, who, through Won
der and other sentiments were unable 10
sleep. An investigating committee was
the consequence, which, after arduous SER
vice, principally expended in breakneck ex-
cursions, on the ridges of the roof, and
perilous slides down inclined planes and
scaffold poles discovered the cause. A loose
board in the roofing was the cause of it all.
It was very peculiar board. 1t hung
in such way that when the wind whistled
through the building at night it pounded
like hammer, and squeaked like saw,
and thus made very good phantom car
penter. Then it made eccentric sorties
this way and that, and produced other
sounds such as might have emanated from
from posse of stone masons in full blast,
and was even accused by some imagina-
tive people of having articulated in good
English the words "more mort" as though
the ghostly hod-carriers might have been
dilatory. In this and in ather ways, entirely
at variance with the proprieties of the
place, 1t managed to make good deal of
noise and create no little talk.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-03-21
GE-Tbe Richmond CORRESPONDENT of the

g-The Richmond correspondent of the
Weekly Star published at Morgantown,
Va, who presumes TO be well acquainted
with the people of the Northwest, says.
in recent letter, referring to the course of
Mr.. Hall of Wetzel.
"Judas Iscariot got bis name up for be-
traying has master, and has never been
forgotten since, and, in my opinion, if he
and L. S. Hall were to run for the same
office in Wetzel County tomorrow, Judas
would beat Hall more than two hundred
votes"
Information has been received at Wash
ington, that the Confederate States are Or
ganizing naval force of light draft steam
ers to be placed uuder the command of
Commodore Tatnall, late of the United
States Navy.
The Richmond Examiner has the fol-
lowing interesting statistics of the State of
Virginia:
There are now in this State negroes of
the estimated value of nearly 4OO, O,0OO,O
Upon an inside estimate they yield in
gross surplus produce, from the sales of
negroes to go South, 100000; tobacco,
ss,OOO,OOO; corn, cotton and other pro-
products, S2,O0O,00O-a total of $4,000,
900. Most of the negroes are in cismon-
tame Virginia, and that section pays in
taxation, on persons and personal property,
lands, and lots, and license, S1,75O,OOO,
against 81 100000 of transmontane Vir-
ginia, or three fourths more-though the
negroes in the valley are thrown in to help
the division 10 which it is assigned. By
the assessment of 1856, the transmontane
lands are worth sl66,OOO,OO0, the cismon-
tame $4,000, and pay one-fourth more
tax. The annual charge against the State
for its internal improvement investment is
one and four millions; just about
what cismontane Virginia contributes to
the common fund. From about 1915 to
ls45 emigration to the South was great
est. In that time Virginia emigrated some
45O,000,0OO slaves; in the middle decade
of the term 1sO,OOO,OOO; and notwith-
standing the low price at which, with one
short interval, slaves ruled in the three de-
cades, and the consequent encouragement
to home agriculture, cismontane lands went
down 1251 per cent in tho face of a trans
montane appreciation Of so per cent-a
comparative loss TO Eastern Virginia of
62a per cent.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-03-21
SAttentiOn, Young Men:1

We perceive, by the advertisement Of
Messrs. Horace L. Hegeman & Co., ol
New York, that the renowned "Stimula-
ting Onguent" invented by DR.. Bellingham
for healthy stimulation in the growth ol
beard or whiskers, has now had lis Amer.
lean market confded to their agency. The
high reputation of this article in London,
Paris, and other cities of Europe, seems to
have been fully justified by experience in
this country. We find that its praises are
re-echoed among all classes. A few weeks
are said to prove its almost magical intlu-
ences upon tho beard or whiskers. The
British volunteers have made such free use
of it as to attract the attention of The Lon
don Punch. See advertisement of Messrs.
Hegeman & Co., in another column.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-03-21

eB DOUGLAS makes speeches in the Senate
one day against coersion, and on the next in IA
vor of enforcing the laws of the land. This is
DOUGLAS like. Talk to a man whom you have
tied hand and foot that he must get up and walk
away, is just as consistant as to talk about en-
forcing the laws and crying out against coersion.
If you cannot enforce the laws peaceably it
must be done forcibly, and If this cannot be
done. your government is worth nothing. What
with large party ofsympathisers in the North
of the treason in the South, crying out "don't
use force" and in the next breath, advocating
the enforcement of the laws, is to become of
this country, God only knows. The worst des-
potism in Europe is to be preferred to Gov
eminent without power to enforce its laws.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-03-21
w Some of the fre-eate seem reall,

E Some of the fre-eaters seem really
to entertain the idea of an invasion of
the North. A Charleston correspondent
of the Richmond Dispatch writes:
The project which l limited at yesterday
OF an invading army, find is now the or
der of the day, and that tn e battle ground
will be changed from South Carolina to
another locality not ten thousand miles
from you, is In my judgment a fixed fact.
If 1 were to predict, that in sixty DAYS
the City of Washington would be raised
so that plow share should be.run over
the place where now Lincoln ucryouslv
rests, and that magnificent monument Of
former greatness, the Capitol, would be
blown sky-higb, 1 might not in such pre-
dic,ion be falae prophet. l, like many
Southern man, have few cents invest
ed in that other monument begun years
ago to the memory of George Washington,
which monument, if left to Black Repub-
lican keeping, l hope to see rent in twain
from top to bottom. Some of your sub
mission readers may call this vandalism. It
matters not with me what they call it;
that monument will never be allowed to
stand on Black Republican soil, and you
may take that as another prediction. If
you look to the Courier of the date of
the 9Th inst, you will see my invading
plot limited at there. "The Southern
heart is fired" now, and that fire will not
be easily euenched in blood.