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The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1863-02-28
Cotton Growing.

In an article last week, We did not
make quite enough allowance for seed.
From more definite information as to
practice. We learn that those who make
business of attending to such matters
will take one hundred grounds of gross
cotton, gin it and return twenty five
pounds of clean fiber. retaining what
they get over this amount as toll.
From Mr.. Hosford's communication
We are told that 800 Tbs can be raised
to the acre. This would give 900 TBS
net fiber ready for the factory. Cotton
is worth at least so cents per fb. Cos,
of raising and picking $40 per acre.
The footings will then stand as follows:
200 Tbs at 80 cts. per the $4,000
cost of cultiva:ipg 1000
Net profit per acre $1,000
Thus while our figures do not stand
exactly as they did last week. the result
is much the same.
With proper implements and free
labor, it need not cost over SIS or $50
per acre to cultivate cotton. On. man
can raise two-thirds as much in cotton
as in corn; and we put the cos; of corn
per acre at 81, so.
If, then, cotton should come down
to Is cents pound. it y i'll equal corn
IN profit. at the present yield. Blu, We
believe the amount raised to the acre
can easily be advanced to 1900 Tbs.
which will render the crop profitable at
10 cts. per tb-that is, it would be SIS
profit to the acre, which is more than
double that of wheat or corn.
A writer in the Prairie Farmer SAYS
an "icre should produce bals," AMI
that "a bale is worth $3.50 in New York
at this time" Our estimates are much
below this. and probably nearer the
reality.
If the producer does his own ginning,
he will have at least 95 per cent more
fiber. Any way the subject is looked
at the raising of cotton cannot fail to |
be lucrative while prices remain above
rs cents per fb, and good crop a, 10 |
cents per ID.
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~ We have no letter from the
Capital this week. because of The fail.
ure of the mail carriers to make time
and connections. 1t is high time we
had better arrangements for carrying
the mails, or a stricter enforcement Of
the law against contractors. who get
pay for what they don't perform.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF KANSAS,} ss
Jefferson County.


jesse Newell, Plaintiff,
vs..
Leroy Z. Curry, Defendant.
By virtue of m order OF sale 10 me directed
and delivered. issued out OF the First District
Court OF the State OF Kansas, sitting in and Tor
jefferson County, in said State, will, on
Thursday, March 18TH. 1SG3,
between the hours Of ten o'clock, A. NJ and
o'clock p. VI. of said day, at the Court House
Door in the Village of Oskaloosa. in the County
and State aforesaid, offer at public sale, TO the
highest iIder for cash in hand all the right, title
and interest OF the sbsve named defendant in
and to the following described property, to-wit:
Commencing in the south line of the southwest
quarter of section SO in township nine t9l Orange
nineteen 40 9.i6 chains west Of the southeast
corner OF said quarter, thence west along said line
377chains thence north TO- l6, thence east 81
chains. thence south 1916 claims to the place Of
beginning, said above described premises being
situated IN the County Of Jefferson and State OF
Kansas. Said property appraised at $50.
Sail property levied on and 10 De sold as the
property OF the abo0c named defe1lant.
N. w. TAYLOR Sheriff.
Sheriif's Office, Oskaloosa, Feb. 5th, 1853.
Sri.son 4 Ravens, Atty Tor fr6 l2S-5w.
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Cotton Growers Association.

l. has beer suggested that Cotton
COVERS Association be formed in this
county. We like the idea. Farmers
oiubs and all kinds of associations for
'ae development of Agricultural pur-
'a''s and the mutual aid of those who
s''e their attention to the cultivation Of
~ ground. are beneficial. Get up your
tubs, farmers. or Association or what
"er You please TO call them. They will
Par.
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eOfs - - - - - - .
5000 SACKS OF FLOUR!
200 Hogs'd n. q. Sugar,
2CO Bbls. Loaf, Crushed and
Powdered Sugar,
100 Bbis. fairfield sugar,
100 Boxes Havana Sugar;
300 Bis. :. II. & NO. Molasses.
100 Bis. Plantation do
800 Bags Rio Coffee.
100 Mats Java Coffee:
I,000 kcgs Assorted Nails:
100 Boxes Star Candles;
100 Boxes Mould do
100 !Pks. Mackerel 81 iierring;
30 Coils Cordage;
100 Half Bis. S. G. Soda,
100 BIS. Dabbu,'s Saiaratus:
800 BIS. Yeast Powders:
800 Boxes Raisins:
400 DO Manuf'd Tobacco;
800 Boxes soap:
100 Half Chests Tea:
1900 Bills. Wrapping Paper: |
$780, eco Segars.
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E See the professional card of Dr..
Wilson In another column.
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Since Leavenworih has become emphaticaily
THE CITY Or THE PLAINS and the only
natural point of supply for the entire region
stretching West to The Rocky Mountains, il will
be my purpose 20 meet this vast amoun, OF trade
with 4 stock commensurate to lis magnitude, and
Of dealers
All dealers and BUYERS are invited to examine
my stock OF III HARDWARE ut No. 81 Delaware
Street, LeavenwcFih, Kansas. where the former
popular employees of this establishment Messrs.
Root and .javeps, whose services have secured
can a all times be found Ia give them their al
tentiDn.
7. s. Ny Iosurance Agency Will hereafter be
ia No. 81 Delaware : rect.
LIZ II
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Asad the correspondence on End page.
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STOCK of HARDWARE
Lowest Possible Rates.

will a, all times be full AMI complete OF the most
desirable articles pertaining TO the trade, and at
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-01-15

.Bfidger, that the Indians had stolen
one hundred horses near there ,cand to
Ihurryaup TO Green River (260 miles Off
and intercept them. But it was too far
and OUT horses we're too muchiruh down
by hard marching and poor feed Ito at
tempt itsor ora 9u moi .souiri .
Since we came bsckn here they have
again attacked Upper Crossings, but we
have sufficient foreeanow to defend it,
and we hear Of them between this place
aud Platte Bridge They are Of the
Snake btTibe, and have not sufficient
knowledge Of tthe use of the telegraph
to,c cut the wire, as they have not mo.
Tested that as all The man they killed
was a Germanfby the name of Joseph
Good, and belonged to Capt. Hays
Company He was shotin the liver by
an arrow, and died in about half an
hour They think they killed three or
four Indians, but as the attack was
made in the night and they always car
ry off their dead bodies and secrete
them, it is impossible to tell. 9hi
! The weather is very cold here, but We
have not had great deal of snow up tc
the present time. beds.rgT
h More anon, gfepasJ s,1oL ~ p
,-.if Yours, i,ssr o, s., GLENN.
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MRTJ. L, BoARRDAMfAINSF',T7-Thc las

MR~J. IL. B0ARDMAN'--l nc .iasU
.s letter wrote you was from Laramie,
sometime in June, audHl have come to
The conclusion to write you nnother, to
let you knO@qthat we still live. We res
ceive your excellent paper semi occa
s.a, sionally, andn mOstwclcone visitor j. is,
assure you. / am sure it would do you
good to see tho oagerncss with which 1t
is read by all, as containing news from
"Home, sweet Homc;" for wayward and
wandering men that we are, we cling to
our homes, with feelings that none bat
these who lcad.th migratory and preca-
rious life of soldier can know or ap-
-s preciate, aud nothiuggiyes US SO much
pleasure as news from those homes from
which we have soIlong been wanderers
The news of the drdJt gave some of US a
good deal of pleasure, although it did
not fall in every instance ePactg where
We, would have visheds y MSB
sThis Battalion very much divided
now Capt Shipley's Co is ats Ft
Hapieek, on the new mail routeTo Capt.
NIaekey's at Ft. Larame, and Capts
Hays audjva6 Wipklesqrs divided into
small detachme nts and scattefed sfrom
LaromO %fojtho, South Pass Capt.
Hays, With aadetachment Of 20 men, is
stationed az Deer Greek, l25 miles west
Of LARAMIE; Capt. Van Wiqkle, with
about the same number at Platte
Bridge, 80 miles west Of Deer Creek
am stationed rt Sweetwater Bridge,
so miles west Of Platte, aud here is the
Hospital and Oommissary Department
Serg't Pettij John at Three Crossings, 36
miles west of here, and St. Vananda at
Upper Crossing, in the South Pass, 60
miles west of Three Crossings. We are
stationed here to guard the Pacific Tel
egraph line, and there is an office at
each station, so we get the war news
about as soon or sooner than you do in
the Slaves, W - gE B EE
The I.:A::44,a.ss laVe~5een peaceabe fora
long time, committing no depredations,
and we had almost come to the concIu'
sion that they would not mplest US this
winter, as the weather is getting very
cold here in the mountains, but about
ten o'clock on The night oftho 24th
Nov, we got telegram that large
body Of them bad attacked y Upper
Crossings and killed one man, and our
forces wanted assistance immediately,
as they only had nine men (the bal
ance were out at the mountains herd
ing horses) and could not hold out long.
Our horses were herdod at the noun.
tains, % miles off, but we sent for them
Immediately, and got off by the next day
atnoon, marched all the following night
although the mercury was below zero,
and the west wind in our faces cut like
aknifo, and arrived at Upper CN sings
alittle after noon the next day, having
marched one hundred miles in little
more. than "a houtss butswhen We ar
rived the Indians had left. Capt. Ya1
Winkle came up the next day, and we
spent two days ia hunting the Iudians,
but could Rnd none, so We started back,
but had got but little more than half
way whenaI got dispatch from Fb.
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IFOf lne NcMb'
Answer to sallie's cbarade Of January lst; "a
"A in Asia and Africa four times you see;
HappB isrNhat every one wishes to he; d" '' ''"
NelO Is something sought for by young folks and old
YearIs period in Which many alsehoods are told.
Now, salIie the hrst four wordi, Il Is clear, sst
Both you and wish for the Editor this year,
Jan. l, lsd3.i 'f.r iH .i rG"t t'u GIMME,
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.
One oE THE Color BEARERs.-Lt.
Col. Lull, of the y, II. 9Th regiment,
which was engaged with the rebels at
Labadieyille, La. thus writes of John
holland, a young Irishman, who was the
Color i -DeareeEF;. reeEF;.a a70 mst3 .7orb $3.50 4
,'Ho moved up, looking straight into
the epemy's cannon, as cool and steady
as Marshal Ney could have faced arbOt.
terry. Three of his color guard fell from
their wounds, still he moved on Mex
came a cannon shot, cutting his color
staff,in twojustf abovefhis head The
eolors fellaupou the ground; two or three
of his guard sprang for them; John
threw himself PROSTATE upon his face
aud in his out stretched arms ,gathere d
his colors, aud with theremark to those
who sought them, "No, you don't, z" he
scrambled up and moved forward, faun.
ting his stars and stripes where the
grape aud canister fell nearly as thick
as hail stones in northern storm"
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Correct answers to Enigma 81 Jau LIST received from
gMeta," "Grauyile, ,""Jim Hon." "Mag," and "Gin-
nle." kso correct answers 70 Oharade Of samo date
ircan "0rapylhe, Msga" and "Gihnic'
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For the News
Answer TO 'Spldier Dicks, Enigma Of Dec. sth'-
Southern Slope Of Cotton Mountain" GIMME.
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[The following capital Answer to "Ginnies' Charade
Of Dec 2St 1862 was received late to appear inis
proper department st week, but we now give 1t a
place in order thate writer may have the credit she
deserves for hor ingenuity Ed. News.l
BROoKLYS, Dec. 80, 1902.
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ANswEn no cuAnApE OF Dc, asrH.

ANSWER TO cHARApE OF DEC, 25TH.
"To settle hard cases. from cayIl or naw, s,s..E
We straightway appeal to tho power OF La'o,.
And the stlme'' in our riddle, so often "abusod,'hA
Is our daytime, aud woJ TO the mortal accused
Aud our ethrd," which we sometimes In cold wealth
er feel, tr4sg
Is numb-ness Of hand, or numb mess Of heel;
Thus tho medicine so costly, unless We are dumb
Is plainly the old anodyne, Lau-da;Huq.
Yours. ~. ,. .ar..iar KATE r. DODGE.
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Charade, .- ....aI Ir..s a. l
My first from age to age has stood, "' ''1.-
s,1r The fertile source Of every good -a
My second, happy is the race
Which never sees its dlreiul face, .7 .- ..r
Ny third is dismal, dark and drcar. EeHF
The SUMS glad ray ne'cr enters there
Where'er my beauteous first is seen,
a.T My whole is not far oil, ween. r.'' ..
Clear Creek, o. ..,.f .ta..r sfr .J.F' H. H.
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1sH1. sai % rii Rebus. .,,t
am bird, with eyes So, bright .srIs.I
That can tho best at night .I'-' .'''"
Cut off my head, put out one'eye,G
Aud then an adyerb you'li descry.
lf 0' 7h- What Is my nqme' .r,. ....,.
Come, ''sane," "Glnnie," "Soldier Dick
Or some one else, andanswer, quick,
tlrqff-sI Aud toll tho same tIiAN
Jan. I, 1863 To GRANVILLE
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Our pGOtrrspon0rntj

.51fcW s'1edhapohaenoc Of the News q,
O. From Col, Collins's Battalion, 9th
..sr -l $50 iar7 Ohio Cavalry. .'-.r r,
swEEFwAfER BRIDGE, NEBRASKA, !
PSI, gs rg WIS Dec, 3rd 1862. ?
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-07-01
COMMUNICATED.

Mr. EDrroR-My Dear Sir Not
withstanding the Eemergencies,' the
young ladies of Loretto have issued a
proclamation - to celebrate the 4th of
July at the :" Brothers Grove in be-
coming manner.
This celebration is intended to be a
general one, and all are invited to attend.
From the lght-hearted, rosy checked boy
and girl, down to the venerable citizen
who heard the last booming of the cannon
OF the revolution. Every person who has
sung Hail Columbia, ,''-whistled Cyan
kee Doodle" Or listened to the triumphant
strains of the 81 Star Spangled Banner"
can mingle in the scene of general re-
Joiclng, commemorative of the great day
which the lover of his country delighteth
to honor
The respect which the presence of la
dies always inspires is warrant that the
pleasures of this occasion will not be car
ried to an improper excess So ITllie
put us down for two tickets Y.
Ebensburg, July 1st, 1868.
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4 Raid from the North,

The Bedford Gazette of the 26th ult..
says that on Friday night last, when the
excitement over the expected visit of the
rebel cavalry, was at its highest pitch, Il
body of about 1900 militia men from
BLAIR and Cambria counties. were marched
INTO our quiet borough and took up their
quarters around the town and in the i'm
mediate neighborhood. The citizens of
this place did all that was in their power
to feed them and make them comfortable.
But what was the surprise of our people
when they found that instead of friends.
they were really harboring foes, For no
sooner had they arrived than they began
10 plunder the stores and to scatter abroad
through the country, stealing horses, shoot
ing cattle, and destroying property gcner-
ally. They seem TO be under no restraint
from their officers some of the latter, as
we are informed, encouraged the men in
their lawless conduct. True, there were
many weil-behaved and quiet men among
these militia, and we, of course, except such
in our animadversions upon the conduct of
their rowdy companions. A company from
Ebensburg was an honorable exception
and we make this mention so that inius-
hce may not be done them. Nor DO we
advert to this matter in anger or with any
desire to disparage the military. We speak
OF 1t IN sorrow and in shame, for how are
onr people better than the rebels. when
they rob and pillage and destroy, instead
OF defending and protecting the country +?
May heaven protect us from both rebel
and rabble raids,
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Where Pennsylvania Stands.

pennsylvania, though ranked as a SOY
erelgn State, not is altogether free from the
shackles Of law-despising and Consti-
tution-ignoring Administration. The oh
sunate determination of the Abolition poll
cy TO break down State Governments. and
convert the whole into a centralized povcr
so that Mr. Lincoln could manage it by
the touch of his bell, is now being brought
TO bear upon Pennsylvania With de-
lusive hue and cry about supporting the
Government and Saving the Union.
this policy seeks to deceive the pcopIe.
until they lose sight of the very hasis
upon which the Federal Union was made
These State Governments existed before
the Constitution, the great bond Of ,ho
Cmon was written; and each State in
adopting that Constitution, did it scpa-
rately, without yielding any of its woutcd
rights And 1t IS not TO the general
Government alone, but 10 this principle
OF States rights-to the State sovercion-
ties themselves, that we owe much of our
past greatness as n nation: and il is to
these State Governments. sovereign within
themselves, and having all their rights as
such, that We must yet look for hope in
this fearful calamity. If in our z.al 10
support the Government, we allow our
otate sovereiSnties to be upturned, we lose
those deares; rights Of the citizen. upon
"hich we place so much value. The
general Government was created TO benc-
f1t all the States alike, and to watch tbeir
interests and look over them as family
but not TO interfere with the reserved
rights of any of the members of that
family State Governments give us orr
local laws, land titles, and protect MS inn
mediately in our civil and rrIinious nr;,.;
leges. If it were not for these. tho Inn,
herman OF Pennsylvania would be subject
TO the same local laws that govern the |
mechanic of New England. Local laws
oenehciai to Massachusetts, would be in
Iur1ous to the Citizens of many of her sis |
Ter States; so that this centralizino the |
otates INTO one grand dynasty is q don-
serous experment--One which the peonle
should watch and guard against
contrast the standing of our two sister
a'e'es' New York and New Jersey with
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-07-01
Ratification NIeetfng

Alter the close of the Democratic State
Convention the mass in attendance as dele
gates and spectators resolved themselves
lntO ratification meeting Judge Hep
burn was called upon to preside. On
taking the chair he congratulated the Com
ventlon on the result of their action
Their candidate was unexceptionable.
morally and politically, and their platform
was unlmpeachably sound The times
demanded action. Never until this ad-
minlstratlon had the iron heel of the des-
pot been placed upon the neck of an
American citizen. On the coming con-
test might depend the stability of our
Government
Col Carr. of Venango, was called upon
for some remarks, and made a speech con-
graduating the Convention that they had
taken the first step in relieving Pennsylya-
ma from the oppression now put upon her
by an administration that seeks to estab-
llsh a despotIsm on the ruins of our. Re
public.
a committee having been previously
appointed to wait on Messrs Witte and
Clymer, and invite them to address the
Convention, Mr. W. II. Witte was now
introduced, and was received with mpch
enthusiasm. He said that he was olad
that the Convention had begun n worl
which would teach the powers at Wash
lnSton that there is point beyond which
they must not so +; that their is a sover-
elgnty here in this State, independent and
separate, which by the help of God. will
be maintained indestructibIe. The dav
is not far distant when we shall no Ionocr
have servile, trucking Executive, con-
tent to be the mere tool of the President
Of the United States.
referring to his failure to receive the
nomination, the speaker said that if. in
aspiring to the office of Governor. he had
no higher motive than his own ambition
he would have been unworthy the posi-
lon He thanked the friends who had
him, and also those who. in tho
'xercise of their undoubted right and their
news of duty, had supported others. He
'ould say that no one of his friends had
'een called upon to make amy explanation
# apology with regard to his fealty to the t
Democratic party. That feaIty nothing
ou!d shake. He referred feelingly and
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4 Bishops Chest.

Henry Burgwash, who became Bl,t'7
of Lincoln on the 2Sth of May, 1920, :
chiefly memorable on account Of 4 car
Gus ghost story recorded of him in c0nnsc-
ton with the manor of Fingest, III Bacas
Until the year 1915, BuckinghanlsL1
was in the diocese Of Lincoln, and form
erly the bishops Of that see poss rs>od ooa
siderable estates and two places o. Ms
dence in the county They had the palace
OF Woodburn, near MARROW, and a ma
norlal residence at EingeSt, small seci-'
ded village near Wycomb, Their mang,.
house of Fingest, the ruins of which ,iil
exist, stood near the church, and was b-'
plain mansion, of no great size or p'''
tensions. And why those princely lo,,
lates, who possessed three or four bsr1aia
palaces, and scores of manor-housC $.
perior to this, chose so often to reSG
here, is unknown. Perhaps II was %
account of its sheltered situation, or iT01
its suitableness for meditation, or beca1;5
the surrounding country was ihickly wo21
ed and well stocked with deer, for II u,
merry days of Old England, " bisho.'
thought no harm in heading hunting I'i
ty. BE this as it may, certain ii IS ill'
of the early prelates of Lincoln, althou5.
their places of Woodburn was near :.
hand, often preferred TO reside af ID'-
humble manor-house of Fingest op
of these was Henry Burgwash, who u,
left "reminiscences of his residence nav
more amusing to posterity than credlaU'
He was" said Fuller ns.
ther good for church nor state, so'ef{"
nor subjects but was covetous, any,
tious, rebellious, injurious. Yet he Wa
twice lord treasurer, once chancellor a. y.
once sent ambassador TO Bavaria :.
lied A. ID. 1884. Such as wish 10
merry" continues Fuller, ''may re'u =
pleasant story of his apparItion benz - ~.
lemned after death TO be uT'd'' Fa'''
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Senator TrunbuII Denouncea

Mr.. Trumbull, a Republican Senator.
tor recent speech, which we publish on
the first page, has incurred the wrath of
the whole tribe of negro worshippers .
and because he defended the Constitution
and would not spout Abolition treason he
has been sneering'y denounced. One of
The Niger papers of Chicago speaks of
him thus:
"Senator Trumbull takes his stand nv
the side of Vallandigham and Fernando
Wood! Freedom of speech to utter trea-
son and destroy the Union is now his
doctrine.
1t Is Just such conduct as that of
Mr' Mt lrumbuli in Chicago that will pu, a
Copperhead in the Presidential CHAIR Il
Is ms co"ten3'tibte, aaeakd,g co,cayy9;ce of
ieadin@ men, who should stand I'M f,r ,be
right, that makes the cause of the tra;,ore
strong. ''''o''
''Mr. Trumbull is recoq,a-ed os ,1s
champion Of C0RprAeadisaa j.: and be can
have the satisfaction of refiectinn thai ha
and his friends have done more ;n;urr -
the authority of the President in one Iour
nan tiny can erer remedy IN tie balance of-
Their ~orthiess AreS ~