The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-05
NEWS GLEANINGS.

NEWS GLEANINGS.
srrom $500 $4,000 hogs al dailt shipped,
ger IL Hannilh s St. 10. R r. & g {
sThs sbankinesystem ofNea york wda re-
Gently discussed and defended in the Interna-
tional Social Science Congress At Ghent
Petroleum oil to the extent Of, twenty mil
lion gallons has been shipped from the Federal
States and Canada during the last eight months.
The bricklayers and hod carriers of Denver
have struck respectively for Sc and 81 per
day. The Ns~s thinks they viii not get it
The War Department has revived the old
rule to pays the wives of prisoner in the hands
of the Confederates the money due to their
husbands. ,a .l, 5. --., AR ~. /.
Broughs majority over vallandigham is 61,-
752 ON the home vote, and ssb7s on the soldier
vote, making his total majority 10O. .SsO.--
Something of a burial for the traitor Val. -ue
Last Saturday asoldief, under guard st st.
Joe, was detailed to dig grave. While dig
ging he got into quarrel with the guard, was
shot and fell dead into the grave he was dig
ging. g. - :
| Charles Dickens, in recent article, says
great pitched battle is seldom more deadly to
men than the gaiety of q London season is to
the pale army of girls who live by the most
wretched Hipperies of fashion, and fewer, per-
haps, die by the bayonet than by the needle.
A Maine regiment was the first to land on
Texas soil, in the recent expedition of General
Banks. Thus the extreme North has the honor
Of first planting the banner Of freedom upon
the soil Of the extreme South. The National
flag now floats proudly, defantly and perma-
nently upon the soil of every rebel State.
It is said that, upon the opening Of the next
session Of Congress, Western representative
win propose the following amendment to the
Constitution, viz:
"There shall be neither slavery nor invol-
untary servitude, except for the punishment Of
crime, in any portion of the United States"
The Lawrence bridge is $50 feetin length. and
will contain 200 900 feet of lumber, 1890 cubic
yards of masonry, 40 900 pounds of wrought and
Is, 900 pounds of cast iron. The piers twenty.
seven feet above low water mark. Workmen
are busy completing it. -a 1s 80. A
The payment for all branches Of the public
service for the fiscal year ending with the last
Of June, were 5000, ,OOO, 900, Of which amount
5000, 600, 600 were for the army, and S66, 900,
600 for the navy. A suficiency Of money has
been placed in the hands of all our paymasters
to pay our armies up to the first of the present
month. - ..-. t....t
The shoulder-hitters are becoming greatly
interested in the coming "mill u for $4,000
between Heenan and King, which is fixed fo,
the 22d of December. The betting in England
is eight to six in favor Of Heenan, and these
odds have thus far governed the wagers in this
country, to a great extent. bEcsiA q .5
La France says that the French ladies ore
going to start new fashion. The little tuft
says the writer, which starts from the roots Of
hair on the side, and which formerly formed
the little curl known as an aceroche-coeur, is
now to fall straight down the cheek in thick
mass, and be frizzed so as to look like whisk-
lers!
The Kansas Oty Journal says two citizens
were riding into town, on Wyandot street,
with the horses on full run. They were met
by man riding out Of town, also at rapid
pace. Neither party would give the road the
consequence was a collision, the force Of which
was so great as to instantly kill both of the
horses, and very seriously injure both riders
Asst ouartermaster Chapman gives notice
through the St. Louis papers that the Govern
ment will no longer pay extravagant prices for
hay. IF good article of baled hay does not
come forward at 1926 per ton, the Government
will seize it wherever found, send it to st.
Louis or Cairo, and deduct the transportation
from the above price.
Secretary Chase has granted the demands Of
the workmen on the Treasury extension in
Washington to be paid by the hour, instead of
working from an hour after sunrise to sunset,
with an intermission of an hour for dinner.
The Government bookbinders' strike for $18,
instead of SIG .. week still continues. The
printers intend to ask an advance of two dol
lars on the present pay of SlS a week. In the
meantime, workmen are coming in from the
North, and filing up the vacant places.
s.- Pacific Railroad Survey.
Two parties are making surveys from the
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