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The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13
From the Kansas First Regiment.

Frank NJ. Tracy, of the First Regiment,
Kansas Volunteers, writes to the Leaven-
worth Conservative, from Trenton, Tennes-
see, August 25th, as follows:
"By an order issued recently BY General
Quimby, commander of this District, We are
required to deliver up the negroes within
our lines who have been invited here with
all kinds of fair promises of liberty, pro-
lection and pay. We are to turn them
over to any person who may claim their
mortal existence. And the condition upon
which this sympathetic kindness may be
rendered to the vilest rebel in all the Dis
trict, only requires that he perjure himself
by taking the oath of allegiance to the Uni
TED States. And here I would ask, hcw
sincere is that loyalty which may be pur-
chased by the return of slave? We have
daily examples of the violation of this oath
of allegiance, and yet upon this poor evi
dencc of loyalty, they are permitted to
infest our camps, and officers and soldiers
of the army even, are required to aid them
in their unholy business, by driving beyond
the line Of our pickets these faithful friends
who have focked in at our invitation to
help the army, by performing those duties
for which they are fitted and who have
come to US many times with information of
the enemy which had perhaps saved US
from bloody defeats and given US victories.
"There is but little material in the First
Kansas to make it useful in the capacity Of
entrapping and returning fugitive slaves;
and the officers and soldiers of the regi
ment think they would be Of better service
if permitted to engage in defence of their
own State against the invading foe."
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13
ORGANIZE THE LAST REsERVR

As win be seen by this paper, Gov. Robinson
once more calls upon the able bodied men in
Kansas to organize themselves into companies
under the Militia Law of the State. that they
may be ready for any emergency that may arise.
His reasons for so doing he states fully anu
forcibly in his proclamation.
The need of our citizens being organized as
the Governor directs must be apparent 10 e'ef'
man who has AZ eye to the signs OF the times
Never was our prospect for the future so dark
ened with clouds as at present; never, to the
sober. thinking man. have our people been SO
menaced with danger. 1t may seem idle fancy
~ come but to the earnest searcher after facts
the danger appears in all its stern reality.
Long proximity to scenes Of warfare and strife.
with all the horrors and frightful rumors,
without actually incurring the resa!ts, msy
have put us off our guard. Let it not be so
look at The facts, and judge whether we are
prepared for the dangers that threaten US.
Upon cur Eastern border the guerrilla hordes
that have SO long infested Missouri, increasing
day by day in strength and in hatred to all
Kansans, await but the opportunity to strike
deadly blows at the peace and prosperity of
Kansas. Already the work has commenced
to-day you read of the sacking of Olathe by
Quantile. the property Of her citizens stolen
or destroyed, the records of the county scatter
ed to the winds, and her citizens brutally
murdered; and Quantrile swears that he
rests not until he has so served all Kansas.
Shall he be allowed to 10 it? H;ndman and
Price are collecting their hordes to invade us
from Arkansas, and the troops now in Kansas
will all be needed to drive back and destroy
them Then our citizens will have to defend
themselves from guerrillas, and it can only be
done Ly being organized.
Upon our Western border the danger is not
less imminent. To casual observer every.
thing seems quiet and peaceful; SO seemed
Northern Minnesota before the terrible out
break of the Siouxs. The Indians first proc.
nation of war is brandising the tomahawk and
scalping knife over the head of devoted inno-
cence. We have spoken before of the discomfort
prevailing among the Indian tribes of the West,
and its our policy to prepare for any trouble
that may arise. We can only meet them by
being fully organized.
Two thirds of the fighting men of Kansas are
already fighting the battles of the Union; to
those who remain they have confded the pro-
lection of their homes and families, let us not
prove recreant to the trust. Kansas now
stands in the van of the loyal States in the
number Of troops furnished to the General Gov
ernment, let her place herself beyond compete
by formir a Last Reserve embodying every
able-to oded man in the State.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13
RAISK FALL WHEAT.

There is one thing that this season has fully
concentrated to the satisfaction of our farm.
;aa community, that is, the extreme adsptibility
Of our soil and climate to the raising Of Fall
Wheat The past summer has been at best
. poor one for crops Of nearly every deserip-
ton-spring wheat on account of the drouth
turning out very poorly and corn will not be
more than half crop; but Fall Wheat, as il
has done every sease that it has been eown in
this section, turns out q most heavy yield, and
as fine looking wheat as We ever saw. We
have heard no estimate made as to the number
of bushels per acre, but should judge from
the fields that we have seen that the average
would be thirty bushels to the acre, dry as it
has been, which would warrant the belief that
in ordinary seasons We should have from forty
to fifty bushels to the acre.
If there we're any number of arguments
needed to prove this an agricultural country,
the one fact of our being able to raise Fall Wheat
abundantly and proftably would establish US
On that basis. And when this Is fully proven.
as it now is, we need no stronger inducement
to hold out to the home-seeklng emigrant. A
wheat-growing country is the Paradise Of the
farmer, and thitherwards he wsads his way.
We need not speak of the superiority Of Fall
Wheat -four to that Of spring wheat; every
housewife can speak on that score. In view Of
these facts-its sureness as a crop, its product
iveness and the superior bread which it makes,
we believe that every farmer should sow as
much wheat this fall as their land and the
amount Of labor they can command will allow
them. No fears need be entertained as to the
possibility Of having market for what may be
produced; there can be no doubt on that point
But few producers are left in Kansas, and if the
war continues until another harvest the troops
within our borders will more than consume
what we produce; if peace is proclaimed be-
fore that time, the immigration that will pour
into our midst will furnish most remunerative
home market. Sow largely, therefore, and you
may expect q bountiful return.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13
In and Around Washington.

The work of getting the army into a
good position has been accomplished with
entire success. So we'll conducted has been
the process of falling back from Centreville
to its present position of defence and perfect
security that not one army wagon was lost
on the route, and everything was carried
through in the most systematic manner.
Many of the'troops now occupy new posi-
tions short distance from the positions of
last fall and winter. The division of Major
General Fitz John Porter, composed of the
brigades of Gems. Morrell, Martindale, But
ter6eld and Griffin, have their tents pitched
near the camp grounds of last year. The
tents of the famous Griffin battery, now
commanded by Lieut., Hazlett, gallant
officer, who was with the battery at the
first battle of Bull Run, have their camp
upon the identical piece of ground occupied
by them last winter.
As is already known, the city and its
neighborhood were in a feverish state of
excitement and alarm, owing to the late
battles and the retrograde movements of
our troops, but at the same time feeling
VI SoCuIlty was S0heioiJ AoAs amooS oui
citizens that the capital was not within the
easy grasp of the enemy When the war
first assumed serious aspect many of our
citizens and sojourners left Washington in
alarm, but it is not known that any have
taken their departure under panic or serious
of danger by the rebel inva-
sions.
The chain bridge, the timbers of which
it is reported were removed several days
ago, was made use of for military purposes
thus facilitating intercourse between Vir-
ginia and Maryl land. 1t has been stated
that number of gunboats have approached
within view of Washington. The appear
ance of two of them in the vicinity of
Georgetown was indeed a wonder, such
craft never having appeared in that part of
The Potomac before. There are numerous
reports concerning the movements Of rebel
troops. 1t is difficult to verify them all,
but there seems to be no doubt that they
have passed to Dranesville, Leesburg, and
'urther up the valley.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13

q Next Wednesday the State Convention
meets in Topeka, to put in the field ticket for
the suffrages of the people The developments
Of last winter admitting the fact that the various
gentlemen brought before that body are sound
on the War, must be the only impulse governing
their selections. The people hold in their own
hands the power Of rescuing the honor of the
State, and it behooves them when in Convention
to act accordingly. Spurn you would the
Devil, that man who attempts to make use of
money in obtaining a position upon the ticket.
We have every confidence that the Convention
will so act.
We are in hopes that GEORGE A. CRAWFORD
may be the choice of that Convention for Gov
ernor. The slightest aspersion whatever has
never been cast against his integrity Of character
and Of all public men his motives have been the
least Questioned. He celsed to act with the
Democratic party, when Buchanan made that
party the subservient tool of Slavery.
The principal argument used against Mr.
CRAWFORD is, that when placed in power he will
sell out the Republican party. Well had We
supposed so We should not have taken him as
our choice; but a character which cannot be
assailed we are confident will not allow him to
entertain a thought of binding hand and foot
those who placed him in power. Did he possess
such treachery, he has been in public life long
enough to have exhibited it ere this. But
the argument would have more weight did i, not
come from those who seek the same position.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13
$500 xen Already Enlisted.

Three thousand three hundred men have
been raised in this State since August 7th.
Of these, the northern tier of counties,
including Atchison, have raised 1l3O men.
Wyandott, johnson, Miami, Linn, and
Bourbon, have raised 1000. The rest Of
the State contributes the remainder. And
mouth has not elapsed since the first
recruiting officer received his appointment.
Captain James D. Chestnut, 0f Wyandot,
has alone recruited two hundred and four
men. 1s So 30. ~
And this marvellous work was done after
Kansas had already sent 5000 men to the
war. . =; ri red :.
1t is needless to say that, until the war
is over, this State is going to be "run" by
the women and children. - Conservative.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13
Another Raid into Kansas-The Town Of Olathe
Sacked!

About one o'clock Sunday morning Quan-
trile, with two hundred aud thirty men,
dashed into and took possession of Olathe,
the county seat of johnson county. From
that time until he left, at an early hour in
the morning, he and his men were engaged
in the work of murder, plunder and devas-
tation.
The first places visited were the stores
kept by S. F. Hill, j. E. Clark aud Fred
erick Hoff. From Mr. Clark's store they
stole 5000, aud enough from the others to
make $1,000.
Capt. J. E. Hayes (absent in this city, }
hac about so recruits stationed at Olathe,
ali of whom were captured and their arms
taken. Mr.. Skinner and Mr.. Virgins,
both recruits, were killed for making resist
ance. M. Blanchard, of Spring Hill, was
also killed.
They took City horses and mules, attach
ed them to the best wagons they could find,
aud loaded them with goods seized from the
stores. Private houses we're entered, furni-
ture broken, blankets stolen and doors and
windows beaten down. The only citizens
protecteo were Juuge CampOcil ana Oid
Turpin-both Of these men were in favor
of "the Constitution as it is and the Union
as it was" 81. '@e
The printing Offices Of the Mirror and
the Herald we're entered and their contents
demolished. So -
The records of the County Clerks Office
were torn in pieces and scattered to the
winds. " iale
A Union flag suspended over the recruit
ing Office Of Capt. Hayes, was torn to shreds
ond trampled in the dust BY these mad
- 49,
Quantrile said when he left that he was
going to Paola, and that he should not rest
antil he had laid the border in ruin.-Con-
,erratice. A.F -
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13
THE SPIRIT.

To every rejecting loyal man the intents and
purposes of the Vslandigham Democracy have
been apparent. A mans outward acts, however
much he may endeavor to smother them, exhibit
the feelings of his heart. Nothing assumed can
hide the real. The heart is the great prompter.
and from it springs alike the good, bad, and
indifferent actions Of our lives.
But the following is so plainly indicative of
the sympathies Of the Democracy that we cannot
withhold it from our readers. And We are fur
ther induced to produce it, inasmuch as the
Leavenworth inquirer has, with considerable
gusto. published the proceeding of said meeting
We find it in the Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch:
A Democratic mass meeting was held last eve
ming in Independence Square, to maintain the
National Constitution, and to declare hostility
to the policy and measures Of all who seek to
prostitute the country to the purposes of Aboli-
tionism, and to express the intention of the Dem
ocratic party to do it has always hitherto
done-support the Federal Government in the
exercise OF Its constitutional power. and to de-
TEND 1t at whatever peril against the insidious
and reasonable teachings Of Abolitionism AS
WELL AS TO AID WITH ALL OUR PHYSICAL RESOURCES
IN SURPRISING THE EXISTING REBELLION NOW wAGEp
sY THE sEcrsIoSIsrs OF THE SOUTH"
hat portion In SMALL CARS was added within
u IL" OnN -.
There it is. added within few days."
Who now doubts the magic power of public
opinion! 1t is now engaged in making Union
men as rapidly as Federal bayonets. Added
within few days." means that it was not in
the original 1t is not voluntary, or it would
have appeared at first.
In all seriousness, can loyal men confide the
desnies Of their country in such terrible crisis
as the present. in the hands Of men exhibiting |
so plainly the absence Of the heart in the cause
What evidence exists that they will not betray I
our Government in the hands Of its enemies
There is no love Of country in their souls-on
the contrary devoted attachment to Slavery.
Patriots will beware. and not confide one iota Of
power to men whose henrts give SO plainly the
impress Of disloyal.y. t
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13
PROCLAMATION

FELLOW CIrzENs OF KANSAS :-The re-
bellion inaugarated for the overthrow of
the Government seems more formidable than
ever, the rebels have largely increased in
numbers and hostility, having after more
than years struggle returned to the Cap
ital of the Nation threatening its capture
or destruction. while foreign Intervention is
imminent and the cause of the war remains
intact. Under present circumstances it is
impossible to foretell the result either to
the Nation or our own State. - .''.''z- :
Oa our Northwestern. Western and
Southern borders are large numbers OF
Indians, said to be unusually restiye and
threatening, while on the East are numer-
ous bands of rebels liable at any time 10
invade our State. ~.
One-half of the enrolled Militia of the
State have entered the United States SER
vice, leaving their families to the protection
of those who remain. z
In view of these considerations it becomes
the duty of every citizen of Kansas able to
bear arms, to qualify himself for the duties
of soldier, and to be in a condition to de-
fend the National and State Governments
from foes of every description.
The large number of enlistments into
the service of the United States has de-
stroyed the organization Of the Volunteer
Militia effected one year ago, making a
re. re.organization necessary. Therefore all
the volunteer companies still retaining their
organization With forty men or over, will
report at once to the Adjutant General their
roll, witk the number and kind of arms, if
any. .4e.a -a
All able. bodied citizens not connected
with volunteer company, are requested to
organize themselves in accordance with the
Militia Law, and report their organizations
to the Adjutant General without delay, who
will forward commissions.
:. As soon as the organization Of the COM
panies shall have been completed throughout
the State, Regimetnal and Brigade re-
organization will be effected.
1t is recommended that each company
meet for drill on Saturday of each week.
Application will be made to the War
Department for arms, and if successful,
they will be furnished to the companies
complying with the provisions of the law.
According to advices from Washington,
no more volunteers have been called for,
and no drafting will be had in this State.
Our Government, State and National, is
in danger; Republican institutions for all
time and all lands are trembling in the bal
ance, and it becomes every citizen of Kansas
to be prepared to do his duty, and do it
we'll at moments warning.
Done at Topeka this 7th day Of Septem-
ber, A. D. 1862. G. ROBINSON.
BY the Governor. ge.-
S. r. SHEPHERD, Sec'y of State.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13
Latest From the Indian War.

Mr.. Marshall, of the st. Paul Pres,
arrived yesterday from Fort Rideley. hav.
ing accompanied detachment from Colonel
Sibley's command of 16O mounted men that
left ST. Peter Tuesday evening, and march.
ing all night, reached the Fort at daylight
Wednesday morning. They encountered
70 resistance on the way, aud found the
fort safe.
The gallant little garrison of the Fort
had repulsed most determined and for.
midable assault on Friday afternoon, which
was the last attack the Indians made
On Monday the Indians were seen from
the Fort to pass up the south side of the
river on their way from New Ulm, doubt
less to their rendezvous at Little Crows
village near Redwood. They we're apps.
rentlY about 400 strong, and had an i'm.
mense train Of plunder, consisting of horses.
cattle and loaded wagons. 1t is quite Ger.
tain that all the Indians have Withdrawn
from below the Fort and are at Little
Crows village, where they have collected
their spoils and captives. It is thought
that they have large number of csptives
by the people Of the Fort to
be two hundred in number-most women
and children. So far ss is known, no mas
saeres have been committed since last Sat-
urday. It is believed the Indians will not
again venture below the Fort, and that the
borders are now safe. a
Colonel Sibley will attack the Indians at
Grow Village. or wherever they can be
found. If the information that be gets as
to their numbers justi6es him in advancing
upon them with the force be now has. he.
will move forward at once. Otherwise waiss
Tor the reinforcements of the Seventh reei.
nent now on the way
There we're about three hundred refugees
q the Fort.
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The Union men of Wabaunsee. Davis, Dickin
son and Saline counties are requested to elect
delegates to meet in convention at Junction City.
Davis county, on Friday. the 26th day of Sep
tember, 1862, for the purpose of nominating a
Senator for the Twentieth District, to be sup
ported at the election in November next.
All person in favor Of vigorous prosecution
of the war, the use of all the means God has put
in the hands of the Nation for the suppression of
the rebellion, a hearty support of the Govern
ment, and an honest administration Of our local
affairs, are invited to unite in action under the
above call.
The appor;ionment for each county is one del
egate for each twenty five votes polled at the
last November election, which gives Wabaunsee
county delegates Davis county, ii Dickin-
son county, 4; Saline 2.
ID. MITCHELL, Chm Davis co. Com.
II. NJ. SELDEN, A." Wabaunsee q"
g Dickinson Z"
D. L. PHILLIPS" Saline "
GT The answers to letters sent to Dickinson
and Saline counties have not been received. As
soon rs they are the names of the Chairman will
be added to the call.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13

Assistant Surgeon Green, of the Nine
teeuth Indiana, returned from Gainesville.
where be had been since the late battle,
having remained to attend to our wounded.
Last Sunday, our wounded being in such
condition, DR.. Green started off to meet
ambulances, repairing to their assistance
under flag Of truce, and when within
hailing distance was met by Gen. A. =.
Hill at the head of his division, who or
dered him to return to Gainesville, where
he remained prisoner for three days.
After laying his case before Gen. Walker,
who came into the yard where the prisoners
were kept, he was unoonditionally released.
DR.. Green furnishes the fOllowingS 81
When the battle was at its height n
Friday, Jabkson being in command, tho
rebel army, heavily pressed by our troops,
began to wayer, and fell back, when the
rumbling of Lougstreet's artillery was heard
coming to their assistance, and instantly
shout went up. Owing to the circumstances
it infused new courage in the rebels, and
when this reinforcement arrived at noon
Friday, they made a fresh assault upon our
lines, dashing over the wounded ef the day
previous, who were lying upon the ground
without any shelter whatever, and many Of
whom were badly injured.
Dr. Green was informed by the Quarter
master of Roger A. Pryor's Brigade, the
report also being confirmed by other officers
with whom he conversed, that during the
engagement of Friday, Gen. Pryor was
captured by our forces, and given in charge
of guard of one man, the rank of Pryor
not being known, he being dressed like
private. He however escaped by shooting
the guard with Derringer pistol which
he had concealed on his person.
Dr. Green confirms numerous reports
relative to the boas'ing of the rebels, and
says they express confidence Of being able
to get $4,000 recruits in Maryland. He
also confirms the report of much destitution
among the enemy. but attributes the scar
city of food to the great difficulty Of trans
por.ation, their army being such great
distance from their base of supplies. This
is the account given by the rebels.
No one seems 20 know anything of the
whereabouts of General jackson, there
being studied silence in regard to him.
General Lee has removed his beadquar.
ters to position near Leesburg.
DR.. Green was informed by quarter
master that although many Of the rebel
soldiers appeared to be without shoes they
still bad sufficient on hand, but as a matter
IF economy they will not be issued until
the middle of this month. He says also
the feeling is general among the men that
the war will soon be ended, aud they say
they will die before they yield in their de-
termination to be what they deem an inde-
pendent nation. According to their own
of their numbers in the late en-
yagements they had cot less than l2O, 900
men, with forty batteries Of field pieces,
most of them being rifled cannon. He reports
he losses among the rebels as very large.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13

- Penusylvania is awake to her dan
ger. Gov. Curtin has messengers all along
the border. The rebel pickets are within
seven miles of Hagerstown. The rebels
say they are going to Baltimore.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-09-13

- s. R Shepherd, Esq, Of the Tope-
h Tribune, has been appointed Secretary
Of State, to fll vacancy. .sazzgc1f