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th.!r yoliiion only. This rule OF vo!Hntar,
& n,socialion. which cannot i;,;l 10 bc coi!s"rva
tive, by securing jns! AID impartial govern
men; ut ,lnc, Goes not diminish the S@curi'
OF lie Obligations :,y which tie Conlrdera.t e
States may he bound to foreign nations, In
proof of this it is to DC rcn.cnjc:cd that NJ
the first moment Of asserting llicir right o
secession, these States i'rolosed a settlement
na y },;.sis or a common liability i"i the OH
il. :; If Tie iic"c.~ ! Cox. .nmcnt.
reilow-Ci,ixeus After l;.'. strugs'cs q
a.cs had c,aSacratel the right ol tie Eng
lismaa 10 Constitutional Representative Cay
c.nrlcnt, our colonial ancestors we're forced tc
vslicatc that birl'lrigi.l by appeal 10 ;.:lns
s,.yrc.s croE;.:,l their cI;ogis and t:iey f:o-
sidcd for their nstcrl'y peaceful r,nI.'''
against future ;gg:rssiol
The tyranny of ~ Nnhri'l'e'i n'aiori:y III"
mos; otious, ard least responsible i'rm .
despoliSm, has denied us both the rish and
the remedy. Thcrc!'re We are III "nnS ie
renew such sacrifices rs our fathers n#'lc "a
the holy cause of constitutional liberty. ~
tho darkest hour Of our struggle The Fror-
iona gives place to the Permanent Govern
mcnt. After series Of Successes anG vlc;o-
ries, which covered cur arrs with glory, W.
have recently met with serious disasters. But
in the heart of people resolved to bc ice,
. these disasters tend bul to stimulate tu in
creased resistance.
TO show ourselves worthy Of the inhcri-
lance beGmcatiled io Us BY Tie patriots Of the
Revolution, We must emulate that heroic d.
yution which nale-rcvcrse 10 theln but the
crucib!c in vl.ch their patriotism was refined
fApplausc.)
With confidence in The wisdom ana virtue
Of THESE who will share with me the rcspo.l-
sibiIi,y, and aid me in the cul,inct If public
Affairs, securely relying on the patriotism and
courage Of the people, Of which the !r.Scnt
var has furnished SO many examples, | deep
Is feel the weight Of thc responsibilities |
nov, with unaffected dill:dencc, am about to
assume and fully realizing the inadequacy OF
human rover to guide and 10 SUSTAIN, M
hope is rcverently fixed on Him whose favor
is ever vouchsa!rd TO the callsc which is just.
With lumble gratitude and alteration, ac-
lnowlcdsins the Providence which has so
visib!y protected the Conicdcracy during itB
brief, but cvrntiul career, TO Thee, oh God
trus,ingiy Commit myself, and rraycrfully
invoke Thy blessing on m; country and It's
cause.
Confined and enthusiastic cheer y
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prayers
I sat by the dying fire and thought
OF the dear dead woman up stairs.
Nobody with me my watch to keep,
But the friend of my bosom. the man love:
And grief had sent him fast to sleep
In the chamber up above.
Nobody else in the country plnce
All round, that knew Of my loss beside,
But the good young priest with the Raphael face
Who confessed her when she died
81
On her cold dead bosom my portrait lies,
Which next to her heart she used to w=ir,
Hunting it Ger with her tcnder eyes,
When my own face was not there
= II
And I said, "The thing is precious 10 me-
They will bury her soon in tho ehurehyard clay
II do not take it away
As stretched my hand held my breath >:
turned as drew the curtain apart,
T dared not look at her face of death
knew where to find her heart.
7 thought at first, rs mr. touch fell there,
r. bad wsrmed that heart to life with love,
For the thing touched was warm, swear
And could feel it move
Twas the hand of q r1ln. that was moving SLOW
Der the heart of the dca:.-iIe'n the o:her sue
And Mt once the sSea; broke DER my o:ow
"Who is robbips the corpse cried.
onposite me, by the tapcr's light,
The friend of my bosom, the man loved,
Stood over the corpse, and all us white'
And neither Of Us moved.
"What do you here, my frisnd 2 The man
Lovked first OF NE and then at the dcad'
"There is a portrai, here" he began
"Therc is-it is mine" said.
Said the friend of iuy bosom: +" Yours, no doubt
The portrait was, till u month ago,
When this suffering angel took that out
And placed miuo there, know"
"This woman, she lovc,l me well" said l.
"a month ago." said my friend t? me-
"Aud in your threat" sr"ancd, you lie
Ho answered, {" Let US scc."
We found the portrait there in the place;
We o.,enei it lay tho :s.rer'S shine;
The gems were all unchangel-shs face
Was neither his nor mine.
conc nail drives out another, ut least
The face Of the portrait there cried,
<Is our friends, the Raphael faced young rrioa'
Who confessed her when she died
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100 ycar;. yet lever ue":i''H' :: ""' r".~'''"'.
in secret session: nor bad E%ga', dome Sn.
Tie practice Of discussing all STATE r!n:>iioi':
w,h closed d,ors, ,r::s. he bciicYc'l, peculiar
to Mexico however. lie Wa.; no; afraid I, do
his da;y here 50 long -, HI. Conscience &n%.
taineli.in. n concluding, Mr.. Frosc moved
that tie resolution lay upon the liable for III
ture and more careful consideration. Atiop.
ted.
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Well.

TThc following poem by BrLwgE-a bitter sa-
tire on fckeness-is supposed to paint his own
experience.
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Midnight past? Net sound of ausht
Through that silent house but the wind ut his
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Ro.!Ay F',a.grr;.E.-'Ei.e Washington x.
c. Dispn!c!: ol insslay Contains The loo%-


t'qr months Ia;; tie cnly daughter oi Co.
no.,;rt .yyiici!iiian. c"m::,an'er oi this posi-, q;
Iosvly, intelligent yo''n:ss lady o! Sa'::c $ years
has Daen .'uw!y si'iAr5 under la. i.isidioi!s:
f,t.' disease consumption. But, R,n:!n Ike
he remaiac,i ut his post. Messages can:e
.,a; ss @;,f sinking, and tilou::h ne c.!t Al!
va iao@e,l IS tie fill ti!c oi fathers aiirc.
tion. he w.ni.i not cave the post Of trust ana
danger "a Il:s;c him Ii,9 Il day CT two to her
;lving .y,i::.r u Cheer lie: sart il. It's descent
to the tomb, and assure her cf.1. rcuaicn in
'tha. sun bright climc.'
\ few mornings ago w stepped into h;' Of
fee % l!aal O. a,'y dcSpa.hcs Received .! the
Euri:si:la expedition, ";il he silently. as Il
tear gathered in Ills e.. a"'ic.i Us aHo:e iasf
received iro:a lis c2mGanon, anaoHaeii;s !i''i
their t:car f..rna,; WIS Ge;;!. We c,.:.e rom
his Office dna6!y impressed with lis Christian
.or,itudc ara his pa,riptic de7ni q: % Ii.
eo,nry. s.tcil men may be destroyed, ia.
never conIucrci. lie has on" sym:e,;i.ics,
anl W. feel sure the symp!,hcs Of thi; coal-
n,upitv fnr whose ,lclcn5a he has l,tborel "nd
watched lur months, while his dear dauehtc'
was dying in his distant hone in Georgia.
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prayers;
sat by the dying fire and thought
OF the dear dead woman up stairs
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(Conlincd and enthusiastic chceri y
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t"rcsts ard
fully 10 q lca
ietlerate STATE
productions /
foreign com,
Wnr Of .onq
the Cors.itut
Of no co2rced
cannot be bet
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
agricultural Goll}ll,lr.


Farmers Of Western Kansas, If you
wish to raise good Spring Wheat, hun'
up your seed now. Select some good,
plump berry, the Mediterranean, or a
better kind If to be found. Get that
free of oats and smut. If not clean,
take it to a gentle running creek OF
branch, spread in the bottom of the
branch, On a rifle, a sheet, fastened
down at the corners, then pour slowly
down on this sheet your wheat. The
good wheat will 60 to the bottom,
on the sheet, and the oats and other i'm
purities will float down the stream.
Then take and dry your seed a little
so that it viii scatter well in sowing.
Take sod ground, broken last year, be-
fore July if you have it, put on a good
iron-tooth harrow, and go once well
over the ground before sowing. Then
put on your seed, not less than one and
half bushels to the acre, harrow
well both ways after the sowing. If
you have a roller, roll the land well when
done narrowing. Make it as compact
as possible on the surface. The
ground, if sod, should not be plowed
before sowing. It makes it too porous
and light, and the wheat will not grow
thrifty. And if the ground is second
year land, clear Of weeds and loose on
the top, don't plough before sowing,
but harrow the wheat in; but if the
land is either weedy or old, be sure to
plough aceH before so,oing.
Sow early in March. The right time
to SOW is just as the ground begins to
get dry and Warm enough to terminate,
the first time in the spring. Spring
Wheat thus sown gets all the spring
rains, and heads out before the weather
becomes so warm as to blast and shriyel
the berry. Try it and you will see that
you have gained enough to pay the SUBJ
scription price Of the UNION, one year.
FARMER.
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ment, and the object was not to see how
much could be raised to the acre, but tt
raise what we wanted with the least at.
tention.
In 1924 I moved to Morgan county.
now Scott, about 16 miles west OF
Jacksonville the year l moved up
turned over three fourths Of an acre of
fresh prairie, on which l planted cotton
seed in drills, as before stated, except
it was not ridged. This patch | did
nothing to except plant and pick the
cotton-it was not cultivated at all, and
therefore produced only small crop
the product of this crop / remember was
ninety pounds ginned cotton after the
toll was taken out. We continued to
cultivate it in Scott county, until the
establishment Of cotton factories brought
their fabrics into competition with
homemade goods, and the price became
so much reduced that the cultivation
was abandoned. With proper cultiva-
ton. cotton can be raised on most
Illinois land and be made profitable.
There is one woman in Scott county, a
North Carolinian, who cultiyates it every
year to this day, a small patch for her
own use, and always succeeds. The
same kind Of land that will produce
good water-melons or sweet potatoes,
viii produce good cotton. The greatest
drawback in raising cotton in this State
is the shortness Of the seasons. With a
fall season, more cotton could be raised
in Illinois than in the Southern States,
on an equal area.
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A WAR JOURNAL.

The Proprietor of the +" New York Pathfnd
er," desiring to manifest his zeal in the defenct
Of his country, the honor of the Stars and
STRIPES, and the supremacy OF the Constitution,
proposes to establish weekly Journal, devot'
ed to the progress OF the war, by land and sea,
the entire profits to be devoted to the patriotic
fund, for the support of the Volunteers and
their families It will be entitled
THE NEW YORK NAVAL AND
MILITARY PATHFINDER.
A large four page paper, and will contain .
full and reliable account Of the movements of
the United States forces; the doings Of the
rebel army, and every item of news Of the
least interest connected with the Great Snug-
gle. AS the publisher will reap no advantage
from this undertaking, it is hoped that they
will be patronized becomes = people deter
mined to support the Union, and succor and
maintain its brave defenders and their wives
and families.
The NAVAL AND Military PATH FINDER will
be published on Monday next, the 10Th Of
April. and every succeeding Monday. Price.
i've cents per copy.
Yearly subscriptions, $500
Shorter periods in proportion. A limited
number Of Advertisements received. All or
ders, communications, &C., to be addressed to
the
g Editor Of the Naval and Military Path-Find.
er, 90 John Street, New York (n9n
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Eeaal advertisements.
Legal Notice.
William Life, Plaintiff,


John Rowland, Defendant.
IUHN ROWLAND, of the State of Ohio, will
j take notice that William Life, of the county
of Marshall, and State of Kansas, did on the
9TH day of October. 1861, file his petition in the
District Court in the Second Judicial District OF
the State of Kansas sitting within and for the
county of Marshall, and others attached for
judicial purposes in said State, setting forth
that the said John Rowland did on the 18th
day of September, A.D 1860, make and deliver
his certain promissory note In writing Of that
date, which he promised to pay to the said
William Life one year after date, one hundred
and sixty dollars, with interest thereon at the
rate of twenty per cent Per annum, until paid,
and the object and prayer of said petition is to
recover Judgment in favor of said William
Life, and against the said John Rowland, for
the amount Of the principal of said note, and
interest thereon from the 18th day Of Septem-
Der, in the year of our LOrd 1860, at the rate of
twenty per cent per annum, and the said John
Rowland is notified that an order of attachment
has been issued against his goods and chattles,
land and tenements, in this action, and that by
order of said attachment, the Sheriff Of Mar
shall county aforesaid has attached the follow
ing lands and tenements, to wit: the southwest
quarter of section seventeen az in township
numt er four a of range number nine g.. cons
tanning one hundred and sixty acres of land,
and that John Rowland is notified that he Is
required to appear and answer said petition
within twenty days after the Sd day Of April,
in the year of our Lord 1862
WILLIAM LIFE.
By j. D. BRUMBAUGH, his atty
Attest: SAMUEL RAINS, Clerk,
Feb. IS, nls6t By R. S. Newell, Deputy.
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Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
IN was appointed by John E. Ross, Probate
Judge of Davis County. Kansas, Administrator
of the estate of Joseph Rulo, deceased, dated
January 10th. 1862. All persons indebted to
the said estate are requested to make immc-
date settlement of the same; and all persons
having claims against said estate, are required
to exhibit them to the Administrator 10 be
allowed within one year after the date of the
letters. or they may be precuded from any
benefit of said estate; and if such claims are
not exhibited within three years from the date
of these letters, they will be forever debarred
FRED F. MARVIN,
Administrator of the estate of Joseph Rulo,
deceased. nl53t
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State Of Kansas, Second Judicial District
rs Court for
John Hughes Marshall County.

OoA'n - U.s. Y 1"ASn"ii OoohtJ'
TsIIE ABOVE NAMED JOHN HUGHES
4 will take notice that the plaintiff above
named. james Streeter, Oh the Goth day Of
February, 1862, filed his petition in this action.
the object and prayer Of which is to recover a
judgment against said defendant for the sum CT
two hundred dollars, due on certain promis
sorry note, dated July %, 1860, together with
interest on said amount at tho rate of twenty
per cent per annum from the 2Sth day Of July
1860, and further to foreclose certain deed Of
mortgage, executed by said defendant to this
plaintiff, dated July 2S 1860, conveying to said
plaintiff the following described land, lying and
situate in the county of Marshall, and State Of
Kansas, to wit: the south east quarter of sec
ton twenty, in township four, south Of range
six, east Of the sixth principal meridian in
Kansas; said lands having been so conveyed
to secure the payment of said note, and said
petition further rrays that said lands be sold to
pay said note; and said defendant is further
notified that unless he demur or answer said
petition on or before the 10th day of April in
the year of our Lord 1862, said petition will be
taken as true and Judgment and decree rem
dered accordingly.
j. d. BRUMBAUGH, Ppff's Atty.
February 20, 1862 nlSGt.
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State of Kansas, Second Judicial District
James s'reeter' In the Second District
Emil c. Hoofer. Marshall County.

VEVIE ABOVE NAMED EMIL C. HOOPER
l. will take notice that the plaintiff above
named, James Streeter, on the Goth of Febru-
airy, in the year of our Lord, 1862. filed his
petition in this action, the object and prayer of
which is to recover a judgment against said
defendant for the sum of two hundred dollars,
due on certain promissory note, dated July
23d, 1860, together with interest on said amount
at the rate of twenty per cent per annum from
the 23d day of July, 1860. and further to fore-
close n certain deed of mortgage, executed by
said defendant to this plaintiff, dated July 23,
1860. conveying to said plaintiff, the following
described land, lying and situate in the county
of Marshall, and State of Kansas, to wit: the
south east quarter of section twelve, in town
ship two, south of range six. east of the sixth
principal meridian in Kansas said lands hav-
ing been conveyed to secure the payment OF said
note, and said petition further prays that said
lands be sold to pay said note, and said defen-
dant is further notified that unless he
demur or answer said petition on or before the
10th day of April in the year of our Lord
1862, said petition will be taken as true, and
judgement and decree rendered accordingly
j. d. BRUMBAUGH, Prff's Atty.
February Goth. 1862 n1S6t.
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James Streeter,
vs..
Robert Henry,
Susan Henry,
Carolina Woto.So CON
State Of Kansas,
Second Judicial Distric:
, In the Second judicial
District for Marshall

SuSau neGrY, District for hall
Caroline Wato.sou. County.
T,HE above named Robert Henry and Susan
/ Henry will take notice that the plaintiff
above named, James Streeter, on the 18th day
of February, A. D. 1862, filed his petition in
this action, the object and prayer of which is
to recover judgment against said defendants
for the sum of one hundred dollars due on
certain prom sorry note, dated July Oath, 1860,
together with interest on said amount at the
rate Of twenty per cent per annum from the
oath day of July, 1860; and further, to fore
close a certain deed of mortgage, executed by
said defendants to this plaintiff, dated July
oath, 1860, conveying to said plaintiff the fol.
lowing described land: Lying and situate in
the County Of Marshall, and State Of Kansas,
to-wit: the south half of the Southwest quar-
ter OF section thirty-one (sD il township num-
Der three (3) south Of range number seven ca
east 0; the sixth principal meridian in Kansas.
SAID lands having been so conveyed to secure
the payment Of said note. Ard said petition
further prays that said lands be sold to pay
said note; and the interest of said Caroline
Waterson, defendant, be forever barred in said
lands; and said defendants are further notified
that unless they demur or answer said netition
on or before the 10th day Of April, 1862. said
petition viii be taken as true. and iudcmept
and decree rendered accordingly
j. d. BRUMBAUGH, Pphrs Atry
February Is, 1862. nlS6t
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State of Kansas, Second Judicial District.
James Streeter, In the secoud
as District Court for
Lorenzo Dow Rich. Marshall County.

Lorenzo Dow Rich. Marshall County.
VEVHE above named Lorenzo Dow Rich will
Il take notice that the above named plain
tiff, James Streeter, on the Goth dsy of Febru.
airy, in the year of our Lord. 1862, filed his
petition in this action, the object and prayer of
which is to recover q judgment against said
defendant for the sum of two hundred dollars,
due on certain promissory note, dated July
oath, 1860, together with interest on said
amount at the rate of twenty per cent per
annum from the oath day of July, 1860, and
farther to foreclose a certain deed of mortgage,
executed by said defendant TO this plaintiff,
dated July 24th, 1860, converting to said plain.
tiff the following described land, lying and
situate in the county of Marshall, State of
Kansas, to wit: the south half of the north
east quarter, end north half of the south
east quarter of section four az in town
ship two (2] south of range six (6) east of
the sixth principal meridian in Kansas, said
lands having been so conveyed to secure the
payment Of said note; and said petition further
prays that said lands be sold to pay said note,
and said defendant are farther notified that
unless he demur or answer said petition on
or before the 10th day of April, in the year OF
our Lord, 1862, said petition viii be taken rs
rue and judgment and decree rendered accord
ingiy.
j. D. BRUMBAUGH, PITS Atty.
February 20, l862nlS6t.
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COTTON ENkLLINOIS.

The following is taken from the Chi
cago Tribune. We have room for only
one Of the statements presented by the
correspondent, Mr.. N. NJ. Knapp:
AS observe that your energetic and
wide-awake sheet has become to great
extent the medium Of ideas and facts
concerning cotton culture in our State,
l have thought to write you COM
munication upon the subject, if perad-
venture l might add modicum to the
accommodating information. 1 know
nothing to the point myself, but it hap
pened on yesterday, that two old settlers
both reliable and respectable - men,
came into my Office, and l introduced
the subject, and elected from them facts
which were Of interest to me, and may
be to your readers. l will therefore
communicate them in substantially their
own words. Mr.. Lorenzo Edwards
says: | moved to Madison county, Hi
nois, 1917, where I lived till 1924 ;
during all those years I and my neigh
borS raised cotton, which we manufac-
tured by hand for clothing for our
families. The cotton was a surer crop
than wheat is now. Common brown
domestic was then worth seventy-fye
cents per yard, and it was an object to
make our own cotton goods. Weplant-
ed our cotton as early as possible for
the frost, in drills, four feet apart, and
thlnned the plants to foot apart when
well started; we threw two burrows to-
gether, commonly, to form dry ridge,
as too much wet injured the plant we
cultivated it with the hoe mostly, though
the pillow and hoe both were used in the
larger patches. When it grew too rank
we topped it to check the growth and
send the growth of the plant into the
lower bplls. We found new land the
best, because more free from weeds and
easiest cultivated. The bolls began to
open in July, and continued to open till
frost, and even after frost many would
open, and the cotton made good cloth,
just as strong as any, but yellow. As
to the quantity per acre, l never took
particular notice, for the principal idea
was to raise enough to do us, and when
that end was fairly in prospect, we were
not very particular about the cultivation
nor the picking. 1t was not an object
to raise much more than we could work
up, because there was no market excent
South, which was like ss carving Goals
to Newcastle" We found the drv sea-
sons the best !; and we also found sandy
land, or land with good deal of vege-
table matter in it, the best. The sand
ridges and the river bottoms produced
well.
It was not considered more difficult or
uncertain to raise crop of cotton than
q crop Of wheat or corn. There were
plenty of gins in the neighborhood which
ginned it for fixed toll. The capacity
Of the soil was never fairly tested with
cotton, for it was a sort of side employ