Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-08-01
OUR KANSAS CORRESP ONDENCE.

ArcusoN CITY, KANSAS, July 10, 1861.

hTClllSON CITI, NANSAS, July ~, 1901.
TO the Editor Of the HhoRir IF you will
not think me trcspassing too much on the col
umns of your excellent paper, will give you
letter now and then from the "lar west" and
try and keep your readers posted on Kansas
matters whenever anything of note occurs
Owing to the unsettled difficulties on the
Hannibal & st. Joseph and North Missouri II.
Roads, it is now almost an mpossibility to get
any mail matter over either of the above roads,
and have no idea when this will ever reach
you. The rebels are continually caring up the
track, burning the bridges and cars, and tam
perng with the mails in every manner possible.
Heretofore we have had daily mail, but we do
not receive more than one week and it is very
perplcxng to be way out here on the frontier
with no way Of getting news. The telegraph is
also down. The enterprsing managers Of the
line from here to St. Louis have spent hundreds
and thousands of dollars to keep the line up
and in vorking order, but all efforts thus far
have proved fruitless, and we are now COM
PEELED TO go without oar daily dispatches which
is rather annoying after having been in receipt
of news from all parts of the Union the same
day things actually transpired. How long we
are to be kept in this embarrassing situation
is matter of conjecture. At any rate the
Union men can stand it as long as the rebels,
and if anything can be deduced from the past,
things cannot move along in this way much
longer. The Federal government is fast gain
ing ground in Missouri and | am inclined to
the opinion that n wonderful change in po-
litica matters will be brought about in less than
month. In every battle so far in Missouri
the rebels have been completely routed with
large loss of men, while on our side the loss
has been but triile.
"rhe ID Dutch, AS the secessionists de-
light in calling the Union loving Germans of
Missouri, are doing grand thing in the south
wast portion of the State and under Col. Siegel
on the 9TH inst, at Carthage, won the grandest
victory of the campaign. In that battle the
rebels were several thousand in the ascendancy,
and from what can learn their loss was about
600, while that of the Government will not ex-
ceed twenty-five. There are thousands Of loyal
men in Missouri that will come out and show
their colors as soon as an opportunity presents
itself. They have been impressed under the
Infamous military bill lately passed by the now
defunct Legislature of that State, and as soon
as enough troops are sent into the State thou
sands will return to the old flag and fight un-
til the last moment for their country.
81. tb,on of ftnrs
have been getting rathor warm in this city.
This is the only town in Kansas that has any
sympathizers with the bogus confederacy of
JEFF. Davis, and now as nearly 200 of the Union
men have gone into our neighboring State to
fight for the glorious old stars and stripes, the
remaining portion of the town is now about
equally divided. 1t has been expected two or
three times that an attack would be made upon
the Union men; but as the Home Guards--a
company of seventv-are well armed, and are
all good Union men, | don't fear an attack from
the swcet-scented secessionists very soon. The
rebels are talking of getting up company OF
Union Home Guards (P) but all the arms they
get from this State will not do US any damage.
The Home Guards marched about half-past nine
from their armory, up on the hill in the north
part of the town to the residence of several
prominent secessionsts, and gave them a SER
cnade with the fife and drum, then three cheers
for the Union and constitution, and wound up
with three groans for the Southern confedracy,
They then marched to the Bulletin oftiCe--a
loose secession paper recently started here on
the ruins of the Lecompton Democrat-Nnd
after giving three cheers for the Union and three
for Col Sicgcl's victory in Missouri, they then
gave three groans for the editors Of the BWHe-
tin, and started IN all directions for home
There has been considerable talk of "wiping
out" the "contrahand" sheet but it is "left alone
it will not be long ere it will die ont. These
papers cannot long survive in this place these
hard times, and especially one that advocates
the Southern confedracy and talks of "Lincoln's
unholy war"
The Governor of Missouri and all the State
officers having fled for parts unknown, a State
| Convention is called to meet at Jefferson City
on Monday the 22d, to appoint new Governor
and all officers that have vanloused 1t is sale
all that are to be appointed are good Unior
men. If this be a fact, hostities in MisarJ
cannot last great while.
If we are cut off from all communication Will
the East they cannot starve us, for Kansas vii
raise everything needed this season. Our mar
ket is crowded with every kind of vegetable
Green corn, potatoes, &C., are now plenty.
The first overland mail coach from California
arrived in st. Joseph yesterday, and although
it was attended with thousands Of difficulties, i
came through in seventeen days, and is com
plete success
The Missouri river is very high but no steam
boat will be permitted to ascend or descend a
present, which makes business mighty dull jus
now.
Fortunes Steam Wagon, chrstened tn
"Great Western arrived here on the LIST from
st. Louis, and made grand trial trip the 4tli
carrying obo-t l50 passengers through the cit
into the country few miles, and returning
safely. She ran at the rate of about 10 or |.
miles an hour, and in due time will attempt T.
make trip from here to Pixies Peak, drawing
Il train Of loaded freight wagons.
A train of fifty wa ons, drawn by COO hea,