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The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-04-17
Public Meeting in Morris County.

At q meeting of the citizens Of Morris county,
held in the Court House in Council Grove, We'd
nesday. April 9th. 1862, c. Columbia was called
to the Chair. and r. B. Lockwood was appointed
Secretary.
A Committee on Resolutions was appoi nte5
and after brief absence returned and reported
the following preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS. Two-thirds of the citizens of Morris
county reside upon the Kansas Trust Lands, and
consequently have no real estate to be assessed
and whereas, the law passed at the last session
OF the Legislature of the State of Kansas relative
to the assessment Of personal property, works q
greyious injury upon that portion Of the citizens
OF the county who own real estate, therefore,
Resolved, That we, the citizens Of Morris
county, are willing to have our property as
sessed and taxed, without claiming any exemp-
ton under the late law Of our Legislature relative
to the assessing and levying taxes for the year
1862.
Resolved, That the Board of County Commits
sioners be requested to have the assessment law
published in the newspaper having the largest
circulation in the county.
Resolved, That the County Assessor be re.
quested to return with his assessment roll the
names Of those living on the Trust Lands, who
claim their exemption under the law, and the
amount Of property thereby exempted.
H. b. LOCKWOOD Secretary
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son to congratulate themselves on their
selections.
The Indian Trust Lands here are to be
sold, commencing the 1st of May next
Sealed bids for these lands have to be made
to the Commissioners 1t is hoped that the
settler will be protected in his rights. The
Commissioner has the right to reject any
and all bids. Should the settlers have the
opportunity Of paying for their lands in
scrip which they will hold against the In
dians. allowed on claims against the tribe,
1t will be great act Of justice to both
parties. II is hoped it may be so arranged
with the Department and with the tribe
whose lands are about to be offered. The
Improvements Of the settlers have lono
since been appraised, and the spcculator
will not be likely TO interfere in such cases.
The Kaw Indians have been having
their lands sectionizcd, and they are to bo
assigned to their respective tracts. The
Government is engaged in building them
houses comfortable to live in, and since the
payment they wear look of satisfaction.
Major Farnsworth has, so far, shown him.
self a very capable and faithful agent,
giving more than usual satisfaction to I'll
parties. He is now absent on business.
T. F. Huffaker is his agent in his absence.
When the Trust Lands are sold, settlement
will take a new impetus, and the Neosho
Valley will be one of the most densely set
tied in the State.
The business and prospects of Council
Grove seem to be advancing, notwiths.and-
ing the hard times. A new Touring mill,
am Informed, is about to be commenced,
the present excellent one not being sufficient
to supply the present custom and Westeru
demand. Another store is opening in tho
new brick building opposite Hays & Co.,
by Mcssrs. Sharp and Lcdrick, the former
is the recently elected Justice of the Peace.
Success to the new firm. A protracted
meeting has lately been held in the vicinity
Of Council Grove, under the principal
auspices of Rev. Mr.. Bryan, of the Meth
dist Church, assisted by Refs, Foreman
and Duncan. Some twenty persons were
added to the church.
The farmers have begun their spring
work in earnest, in hopes of bountiful
harvest. Cotton, sorghum, tobacco and
other products formerly brought from
abroad, are receiving share of attention.
In Lyon county the former has been tried
the past year with success, and was worked
up by domestic industry. The war may pro-
duce the effect to increase the disposition to
keep the little means possessed by the peo-
pie, at home. SANFORD.
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MARX THEM.

Yes, mark them; that is the word. Let
those that have not been with US in the
struggle for the maintenance and honor oi
the Nation feel the iron weight Of q loyal
peoples contempt resting upon them.-
Read what the White Cloud Chief says Of
this class who, under the guise of Democ-
racy, seek to divide the North by prating
of an outraged" Constitution, the "de-
generacy of a once noble and bene6cent
Government" and BY raising the bugbear
howl of Abolitionist." The following is
what the Chief says:
Expelled 'Secessionists are beginning
to sneak back into Kansas, and those who
remained here, cowed into silence, are gain.
ing courage to snarl. There is . way by
which you may know them. Throw up trea.
son to them, and they will prate about the
Democratic party. They will tell you that
Democrats are in the army fighting for the
Union, and that the President has had to
call to his aid = Democratic Secretary of
War. And yet had these fellows been
allowed to carry out their true sentiments,
all those Democrats who are in the army
would have been assassinated long ago, and
there would have been no Government for
the Democrats to assist the President in
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ing or pasture. To persons desirous of
finding a home away from the strife and
turmoil of this war and the taxation attend
ing it, this locality offers great inducements.
Real estate here is only valued at its selling
price, and that is very low at present.
Consequently on taxation is comparatively
light. The proximity of Fort Riley and
the rapidly growing city of Junction, afford
us good market, and when the trade to
Colorado Territory is brought within the
limits of settled laws, we will have better
market than Eastern Kansas for pork, lard,
cheese, &C., &c. 1t is rather drawback
on this country that timber is SO scarce.
But its scarcity is greatly compensated for
by the abundance Of coal, which only needs
a little capital to be used to make it cheaper
than wood for fuel, and the operations of
the hog law" makes fencing come easy.
Notwithsta anding the hard times the prices
of farm produce compare favorably with
Eastern Kansas. Potatoes 40 cents per
bushel, corn 20 cents per bushel, butter Is
cents per pound, eggs 10 cents per dozen,
and other things in proportion. But l am
trespassing to much on your valuable space,
so l conclude. Yours truly,
MYLCHREST.
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WE DEMAND IT.

Captain Clarke has arrived at Fort Riley, with
full powers from General Sturgis to investigate
the destruction of the Frontier. We hope the
Captain will make full sweep of the whole
thing, for there are other things connected with
that transaction that must be investigated. We
do not allude to the treason preached by the
miserable thing, and its aiders and abettors,
since we have learned that talking treason is
so peculiar o kind as to constitute a virtue en-
titled to en- equal protection from the Govern
ment, but there have been grave charges made
atively demand be fully Investigated. With
tongues sharpened by envy, and chagrin at the
consequences to which all loyal citizens saw
their doubtful course was inevitably leading
them, the sympathizers with secession are charg-
ing all manner Of doings in connection there
with, upon citizens, whose loyalty has never
been questioned. One of these charges is, that
some of our citizens melted the soldiers to this
act; another is, that certain men paid the SOL
diers for doing it and another, that the pub
fishers of this paper hired them to do it that We
might thereby obtain the legal advertising and
that there has been plo. existing among certain
men for the last two years. having for its object
the destruction of the Democratic press of this
place. These are grave charges, for which reason
alone We demand a full and satisfactory exami-
nation, knowing such only to be the resort of
knaves and towards. If we, or any of the citi-
zens Of this place. are guilty af the charges, let
the facts be known; if not, that the public may
know what reliance to place on the lying asser-
tions of those, who, for their own hellish pur-
poses, have been circulating willful and delib-
crate lies against the best citizens Of our town
and vicinity.
That there is a God in Israel-that Right will
in the end be avenged of any wrong done her
that an unfinching devotion to ones Country
under all circumstances is virtue worthy of
cultivation-has been most remarkably and aptly
illustrated in Davis county. This time one year
ago, and It brings the crimson to our face to
admit it, men in our town were found who
openly and boldly sneered at noble old Company
B, as they went forth to do battle for their
Countrywide opposed the raising of an Ameri-
lean flag, asserting that it would cause trouble
and some of whom repeatedly cheered for jeff.
Davis in our streets-men who, We repeat,
exhibited all the evidences of traitorous hearts
Great God loyal men oppose the hosting of the
Stars and Stripes! These charges. and many
more such, can be substantiated. Yet these are
the men, and their sympathizers, who are now
claiming indemni6cation from the Government,
and punishment for the soldiers, for doing that
which the Government ought to have done long
ago.
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carrying on. Another cry of these traitors
is " Abolitionist J" While pretending to
be for the Union, they stigmatize those who
are fighting the battles and sustaining the
Government, as "Abolitionists." Ere long,
if their necks are not wrung. we may ex-
pect to see the whole herd of banished
traitors, crawling out of their dark, Shiny
holes, like snakes on warm morning, and
hiss out at those who are fighting the bat
ties Of the country. Abolitionists p
Yea, if they are encouraged, ere many
months we shall find them advocating their
favorite system of mobbing, :aring and
feathering the defenders of the Union, for
being Abolitionists /
"Just such party is now growing up
in Kansas, and is every day becoming
bolder, because, simply out Of contempt for
the poor, pusillanimous traitors, loyal peo-
pie permit them to exist. Their chief
organ is called the Leavenworth Inquirer
The Atchison Union is trying hard to keep
up with it. The Junction City Frontier
was of the "same run of shad ;" but, poor
thing, it "waxed out very suddenly, and
its two co-workers are sadly lamenting its
untincly end. The Inquirer has for one
of its publishers, man who urged the
mo6bing and hanging Of Free State men in
the dark days of Kansas, and who but .
year ago, supported city ticket in Atchi-
son, composed principally of men who are
now in the Secesh army. Another of the
publishers, after " winking out" at Lecomp-
ton, with the Buchanan Dynasty, published
a secession paper at Atchison, less than
year ago, but was compelled to suspend, in
of all its supporters being
for treason. The editor is man
who was gotten up expressly for traitor,
and be fills the bill exactly.
"Such are the creatures who are snivel.
ing about Democrats fighting for the
country, and assisting to carry on the Gov
and who are continually snarling
out the Ito them) opprobious epithet Of
" Abolitionist p at patriotic men. Mark
them for the time is coming when you
will be compelled to do something more
than mark 7"
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The District Court--Judge Ruggles-Trust Lands
K1w Indians-Improvements-Th Neosho Valley
REVIVAL, Etc.
COUNCIL GROVE, KAN, April 10, '62.
Editor Of the Union The court for
this county adjourned last evening. The
docket was not large one. Some of the
most important cases were continued. The
cases for selling liquor to the Indian, were
for hearing upon motion to quash the
indictments. Among other reasons was
one that the District Court has not jurisdic-
ton in these cases, the power to legislate
on the subject and to regulate the inter-
course with the Indian tribes being vested
in the Congress of the United States, and
the jurisdiction in the United States Dis
trict Court. Lilly, District Attorney, for
the State, and Sanford, Kenyon and Plumb,
for the defence. The motion to quash was
sustained. Mr.. Plumb, late Chairman of
Judiciary Committee in the House, and
resident of Emporia, though young law
yer. acquitted himself very creditably, and
is already one of the most promising law
yers of the State. He now has the appoint
ment to the Office Of reporter for the
Supreme Court
Mr.. Kenyon is now a resident of Coun-
Gil Grove, formerly Prosecuting Attorney,
and more recently Probate Judge of Breck
inridge county. He has many ardent
friends and admirers as an honest, straight
forward attorney, courteous and gentlemanly
in his department. He is an impor,an,
accession to the bar of this county, and the
citizens are glad to welcome him as a law
yer and citizen.
N. P. Case, of Topeka, was also present
part of the term, and was engaged in try
ing several causes. He is one of the
attornies for Col. Hall in the contest for the
Mail Station at Council Grove, covering
most Of the town site here. The case is an
important one, AID is still pending before
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. L. is
not definitely known how the case will vet
be decided. No doubt the party who has
the best legal right will obtain it.
Judge Ruggles is very careful and prompt
in his decision, and is one of the most tal
ented and capable of the FIVE Judges of the
District Courts of the State. ALTHOUGH
quite young man, his appearance upon
the bench is easy, digni6ed, unassumipg. |
and lmpresses every one that he is man
Of ability and good intentions. This is
said in no disparagement to the other
Judges. So far as l have the means Of
knowing, the several districts are fortunate
!n their selection Of Judges, and have rea-
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WASHINGTON. April 4. 1862

Prospects--Dangerous Illness of Mr. Conway.
WASHINGTON, April 4, 1862.
Editors ofthe Union-Will you permi
me to say word on the subject of th'
Kansas Valley Railroad, and its friends
through your columns? Before the Sena
torial election some gentlemen had theory
that General Pomeroy was opposed to
Railroad up tho Kansas Valley, and pro
phcsied accordingly, and now they appear
more anxious that their prediction should
be realized than that we should get the
Road. l take pleasure, however, in saying
that there never has been any truth in theil
theory; and I trust that their hopes, if any
in Western Kansas has such, will also fail
If the upper Kansas Valley shall succeed
in getting the Pacific Road located through
it to the Pacific, they will owe their GOOD
fortune more to the efforts of Senator Pom.
eroy than to those of any other man in
Congress, or out. As a member of the
Senate Pacific Railroad Committee he has
labored in season and out of season to
secure the adoption of the Kansas Valley
route as the one upon which the great
trunk road to the Pacific shall be built.
The bill now before the House, although
starting from Kansas City, is really de-
signed to ignore the Kansas route, by run
ming as directly as possible to the Platte
Valley. It seeks to do this by requiring
that the Pacific Road in Kansas sLall be
so located as to enable the Missouri and
Iowa roads to build into it at distances so
short as to require the road to be built in
northwest direction from Kansas City,
thereby missing almost entirely the Kansas
Valley, and all the old settlements, towns,
and cities of the State of Kansas. Pom
eroy's bill, in the Senate, is to be offered
as substitute, and which we hope to be
able to fight through, requires the location
of the Road in the Valley of the Kansas to
the western line of the State. This has
been his policy from the start, and adhered
to firmly, even when others were ready to
yield up this route for the sake of road
upon son'e route to the Pacific. This much
in justice to Senator Pomeroy, and for the
of some very ungenerous repos IS
to the contrary which I understand to be
a1oat in Western Kansas in regard to his
course,
The necessity Of the Pacific Road, in =
national view, is SO obvious to every Con-
gresham that I should have NO doubt Of
The passage Of bill for it's building, but
Tor the contests in regard to its location.
The Northern route has its advocates here
from every city from the Atlantic to Ne
braska. The friends Of the Central route
has its friends here, though in much fewer
from st. Louis to Kansas, and
sach is firmly convinced that their route is
he one upon which the Road should be
built, and most of them would prefer that
he building be postponed, at least for Al
ime, rather than that the other route should
Ie adopted. ] am sure it is not for the
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this section of country, that We copy it
entire
DAVIS COUNTY, KANSAS.
Editor State Journal The weather
this spring has been very favorable for
farm work, and notwithstanding the excite
ment attending this rebellion quite large
area is sown with small grain or being pre-
pared for corn. The many advantages of
this portion of our State are not blazoned
forth as some other localities have been.
Most of our people are poor, or in such
straitened circumstances that they fail to
give an earnest support to the press. The
consequence is that our local papers Ian
guish, and the great advantages of the
fairest portion of Kansas is overlooked by
emgrants. If the people here would unite
in the support of one good paper, it might
take its place among the leading journals of
the State, and be the exponent of the
interests and aspirations of Western Kan
SaS.
1t sometimes happens that, what at first
sight appears detrimental to the community,
ultimately Works to its advantage. The
complete destruction of the Frontier was
at first thought to be a calamity. Farther
consideration convinces me and most of nv
friends, that it will be a benefit to this
locality as well as TO the State. Treason is
at discount in this county now, and no one
is found SO mean as to do reverence to the
slavery propaganda" We hope that the
enterprlsing young publishers of the
Smoky Hill and Republican onion will
succeed in establishing their very neat and
readable paper on good paying basis, and
redeem the character of our people from all
taint of treason. While SO many of the
loyal citizens of Missouri are now compell-
cd to seek new homes, and are debating in
their own minds as to where they Shall
emigrate, it may not be out of place to call
attention to the quiet beauty and fertility
Of the valleys of the Republican,
Smoky Hill and their tributaries
Here is district of country unsurpassed
in beauty or fertility, watered by the cool
est springs, and rivers almost large enough
for navigation, and abounding in fish, and
only drive of day or two from the great
buffalo hunting ground. Prospects of Rail
road communication are exellent, and o
great deal of the land still lies open to
pre-emption, and some of it to private entry.
The land is as rich in the valleys as any in
the State, and the uplands are unsurpassed
in any portion of the globe for sheep farm
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Leayenworth City Election.

The following is the result of the election
held in Leavenuorth on the 7th inst. for
city officers. The whole Democratic ticket
is elected. The Times acted in concert with
that traitor sheet, the Inquirer. The Con-
ServotiUe was true to its principles:
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STILL LATER =!
BlAUREGARD CAPTURED :!
Evacuation Of yorktown
THI hRRRIMAG CODE DOVJ !
Mcclellan e Norfolk
A NEW COMMANDER FOR THE
DISTRICT OF KANSAS!

Through the kindness Of Captain
Clarke, we are enabled to lay before
our readers, the following news, re-
ceived by him in letter from General
Denver. It is to be hoped to-day's
mail will corroborate it:
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-04-17

The Conser0a'irc charges the perpetra-
ton Of gross frauds by the Democracy, and
neither Of its organs have refuted them.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-04-17
FROM WASHINGTON.

Our Railroad Interests--Senator Pomeroys Course
Contests of Rival Routes and Rival Towns.-T The
House Railroad Committee Senate our only
Hope -Unanimity of Representatives--The
Prospects--Dangerous Illness of Mr. Conway.
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Advantages of Western Kansas.

The following letter speaks SO we'll for
this section of country, that We copy it
nnf1ro
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-04-17
FORT LEAvENwoRTH,
April 1876 A. NJ.

Passengers arrived this morning, re-
port the capture Of Beauregard, and
twelve thousand men at Corinth !; the
evacuation Of Yorktown by the rebels ;
the sinking of the Merrimac by the
Monitor; and march Of Mcclellan on
Norfolk-all Of which seems to come
pretty we'll authenticated.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-04-17

We learn, by private letter from
Washington, received by last nights
mail, that General Davies will be sent
to Kansas to relieve General Sturgis
of the command. He is New Yorker
"a West Pointer Black Republican
"a cousin of Jim Lane'S-and is MT
afraid of hurting rebels. Bully for him.
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COUNCIL GROVE CORRESPONDENCE.

The District Court--Judge Ruggles-Trust Lands
Kaw Indians-Improvements-T Neosho Vail
REVIVAL, Etc.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-08-13
Cavalry SkirmIshIng In Virginia =
Narrow Escape OF GEN. BufOrd's
Brigade.

Cavalry skirmishinG in Virginia =
Narrow Escape OF GEN. BufOrd's
Brigade.
CULPEPPER, Va, August 1.-THE cavalry
brigade under Gen. Buford made o descent on
Madison C., H. on Tuesday last. They found
that the rebels had been there, but had left
They made reconnoissRnces in every direction, ,
and met the rebel pickets on every road.
On the 7th Inst. our piekets on the road to
SiandardsVille had sklrmisb, losing one killed
and three wounded.
On the 6th,,the West Maryland regiment had
another skirmish on Orange G. II. road, in which
they lost five killed, four wounded and about q
dozen prisoners They were then reinforced by
the lst Michigan, when the rebels we're driven
back to the Rapidan.
A strong reconnaissance was made the same
evening to the Rapidan, on the Orange road,
and a skirmish was going on without loss,
when orders came from Gen. Buford to return
to Madison G. H. The party got back ct 6
O'Clock on the morning Of the 9Th inst., and
found everything prepared for q retreat toward
Sperryville, as the rebels were approaching in
every direction.
The party reached Hoodsvlle in safety, and
there encaDped. Subsequently they pushed on
and arrived ct Culpepper on Monday night.
The escape OF this brigade is considered al
most miraculous, as they were surrounded on
almost every eide. Many gave it up as lost
Gen. BufoId deserves great praise for the very
able manner in which he extricated his com
mand from such perilous condition.