The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-11-21


Plete success. II Leavenworth Conservative.
NEWS GLRANINGs.
Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott voted the stra;yht
UaioR ticket, at the recent New York election.
The resignation Of Gen. Burnside has been
accepted, and Gen. Foster has been appointed
as his successor.
The cares Of Office are said to be wearing
heavily upon the constitution of Secretary
Seward.
Within seven months the people of the North
have subscribed and paid for at par over 1888,
100000 of six per cent. bonds.
The 100 900 bales of Confederate cotton re-
Gently seized near Natchez. are worth $26, 900,
600. This will help to foot the war bill.
The Richmond Enquirer of the llth says
Meade has inflicted terrible blow on Lee in
Virginia.
About forty vessels are now in the Navy Yard
at Brooklyn. preparing for sea. This looks like
business
J. X. Grant, the venerable father of the
great soldier, Major General u s. Grant, was
in Galena, ILL.,, few days since. He is an old
man, but enjoys good health.
The enlistment of negroes in Maryland alone
is at the rate Of two regiments a week, When
full, these regiments will number in officers
aad men l,01O each.
A great Union mass meeting was held in
Knoxville, Tennessee, on the Oath ult. The
weather was exceeding inclement, but the at
tendence numbered naerly 10000, some of the
Tennesseans travelling forty miles to be present.
President Lincoln has sent laconic dispatch
to Gen. Meade, saying. in substance, have re-
ceived your congratulatory orders to the 9Th
corps. have to say in reference to their gallant
exploit at Rappahannock Station, we'll done.
Seven prizes have been captured near Will
mington within the last six weeks. Large num-
bers of valuable papers Of the rebel government,
on board one vessel, were thrown overheard dur
ing the chase, but recovered, and are now in the
hands Of the Secretary Of the Navy.
1t is supposed that individuals connected with
the rebel plot to burn Buffalo, and commit dep
relations generally on the Northern Lakes, have
actually got possession of two steamers, and are
now out upon the execution Of that part of the
scheme which contemplates the release Of the
prisoners on Morris Island.
The brigand, Espinosa, with his nephew,
who were the terror of Southern Colorado.
have been killed, and their heads carried into
Fort Garland. Upon Espinosa was found q
paper stating that he had killed twenty-five
Americans.
The New York Senate after the recent elec-
tion stands % Union to 10 Copperheads, and
the House 81 Union to A Copperheads. This
is more than two-thirds in the one body, and
lacks but two Of being two-ihirds in the other
Railroad men consider the trip Of the Rus
SLAMS from Albany to Niagara Falls the great
est achievement known in American railroad
ing. They were drawn the entire distance.
SOC miles, in nine hours and twenty minutes,
at least one hour of that time being expended
in stops.
An experimental suit against the Hon. ST.
mon Cameron, for alleged illegal arrest and
Imprisonment At Fort Lafayette, while he ~as
Secretary of War, will come on for trial, at
Baltimore. Immediately
London in ten years. has increased its pop |
ulation AL, ,.o3; New York 29O,lOl souls, or
56.S1 per cent; and Philadelphia o.a DID 4S4 in
habitants. or 65.43 per cent The average |
number Of houses, during ten years. built in |
London, was 5,3i9; in New York. 1869;
and in Philadelphia, 2,so5. London has been |
settled two thousand years, New York, two
hundred and forty-nine years, and Philadel-
phia one hundred and seventy-eight.
A number Of very valuable statistical tables |
viii be appended to the report of the Secretary
of the Treasury this year, upon some of which
months of preparation have been expended.
One will contain the prices Of sixty different
articles in each Of the last thirty years. An
other will be the first attempt to show in .
State paper the amount Of our internal trade
and commerce in different articles. Another |
will from such data as can be obtained, under
take to give an idea Of the prospective trade |
and commerce of our territories. And still |
another will indicate the amount Of that car.
ried on over our lakes aud rivers including |
those between US aud Canada.