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The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-26
NEWS GLRAN1Nas.

Congress is taking steps to abolish the S3CO
clause of the conscription act.
The conscription has raised the sum of o.
500, 900 dollars,
Toads in London market are worth one dol
lar and half per dozen. They are bought by
gardeners, and used as bug catchers.
A bill is before the West Virginia Legislature
to prohibit the manufacture and sale OF spirit,
uous liquors in that State.
The per centage of sick through the army is
said to be lower ut the present time than it has
been for the last two years.
General Banks has opened recruiting office
in Brownsville, Texas. Over one hundred Tex.
ans enlisted on the first day.
To obtain lot of land near Central Park,
New York, for hotel, $3.50. 600 has been offered
and refused.
Swiss landlords won't entertain Southerners
unless they pay in advance, and SHAREHOLDERS
are not received at oil.
There are $4,000 colored troops actually in
the field and log. 600 negroes in all employed in
the army.
There are 3s,ls3 houses of worship in the
United States, of which 1888, or about thirty
three per cent. are in Rebellion.
| Intelligence from Western Africa represents
Liberia to be rapidly developing the elements
which constitute free and prosperous nation.
We see by Philadelphia papers that John b
Cough, the mighty temperance champion, is
drawing the largest houses there ever before
known.
A bark was recently captured at the mouth
of the Rio Grande, with q cargo valued at ono
hundred thousand dollars.
122, ,eo5 live hogs were received in Chicago
in one week recently, enough the Tribune says
to make $500 miles of sausage.
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, has introduced
bill creating the Office Of Lieutenant General
"a position heretofore held by General Scott,
but now intended for General Grant.
On the 9th inst, Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, gave
notice of bills providing for the adjustment of
the accounts of the 5th and 9th Kansas regi-
ments, and for indcmnifying the citizens Of
Lawrence for Quantrelfs raid.
On Saturday last there were twenty thous-
and live hogs in the yards At Suspension
Bridge, awaiting shipment by way Of the Cen
trail Railroad to Albany, Boston and New York.
G. W. Hall, Government horse contractor. and
E. E. Smith. horse inspector. have been convicted
by q court martial in Cincinnati, and sentenced
TO imprisonment for five years, and fine Of
| so, 900 each for swindling.
c. G. Gunther has been elected Mayor of New
York, although opposed by majority Of its
press. and denounced by Mozart and Tammany
politicians. New Yorkers were surprised st the
result, and so. perhaps. was Gunther.
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Congressional.
WASHINGTON. Dec. l

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is.
Senator Wilson presented memorials ask
ing for an increase of pay for Paymaster' 5
clerks, hospital stewards and inspectors Of
customs in Boston.
Lane, of Kansas, on leave, introduced o
bill pS,viding that all traffic in gold. silver,
and foreign exchange, for speculative pur.
poses, or the purchase through broker, by
depositing less than the full amount Of the
purchase, or on what is known Us margin,
is expressly prohibited.
Section two prohibits the sale of gold,
silver or foreign exchange to any banker or
broker, directly or indirectly, at any place
except at the regular banking house OF
bankers Office. Section three prohibits the
sale of gold, silver or foreign exchange,
unless actually delivered and paid for on
delivery. Section four provides as the
penalty for violating any Of the provisions
Of the act, on conviction before the United
States District Court, in the district where
the offence is committed, sum of not less
than -, or more than ten thousand dol
lars, and Imprisonment for not less than one
or more than twelve months for each offense
Section gve gives the informer half the fine
Mr.. Foote introduced bill granting
public lands to the Peoples Pacific Rail
road and Telegraph Line, by the North
western route, and asked that the bill b
referred to a special committee.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-26

The humber of veterans 1hu will fc-enter the
service, ffcm the Army of the Potomac will be
upwards Of n. 600, and an equal. if not larger.
proportions of veterans in other armies will vol
unseef for three years or the war.
Schuyler Colfax was born in New York City
March %. 1923. received good common school
education. was bred printer. and settled in
Indiana in 1886. He has been the editor and
publisher Of the South Bend Register ever since
he became Of age.
John Morgan had crossed the Tennessee at
Gellespie's Landing, but was closely pursued.
Sixteen Of his escort were captured. Morgan
escaped on race horse presented to him in
Kentucky. ....,
Return prisoners from Richmond report at
Fortress Monroe, that our prisoners were COM
Portable and well fed, through provisions sent
them from the loyal States. A free negro, cap
tured at Gettysburg, was among them,
The Harrisburg Telegraph calls for monu-
ment to Jenny Wade, the heroine Of Gettys-
burg. She was making bread for our army
during the battle, having refused to leave her
house, which was within range of both armies,
and was shot through the heart
The Heralds special says Senator McDougal
will introduce joint resolution declaring the
French invasion of Mexico an unfriendly act
toward this country, and inquiring if it be not
the duty of the United States to declare war
against France.
From the report of the Secretary of War it
appears that the rebels hold as prisoners about
l3, 900 of our men, and we 10000 Of theirs.
Under such circumstances we are bound to in
sist upon a fair exchange, and the more speedy
the better.
| Grants victories in front of Chattanooga
have given us possession Of the Chickamauga
battle ground. It was discovered that our
brave men who fell on the field 10th and
Goth September) were unburied. Not only
that, but some Of their heads had been cut Of
and set up on stumps, and stuck on poles!
| A correspondent of the Boston Traveller on
board one of the iron clads at Charleston writes
that the monitors, after q seige of five months
are now in better and more efficient condition
in consequence of Improvements, than at the
commencement of active operations. The gen
eral testimony, however, is in favor of the eff.
cheney of the fngate Ironsides, and the opinion
is expressed that if several vessels Of this class
were at the disposal of Government less diff
Guilty would be experienced in obtaining posses.
sion of the city.
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STATE tTK1rS.

The Tenth Kansas Regiment, Colonel wset,
has been ordered to Alton, illinois.
A bridge is to be built across the Big Blue
at Maryssille, at cost of $4,000
Ferty-two car loads of railroad iron have
already left Chicago for the Pacific road.
Maj. Plumb has been ordered to Humboldt
with six companies of the l1th Kansas.
The 12th Kansas Col. Chas. W. Adams, has
gone to Fort Gibson to escort train.
A contract for 30 mules has been let at Fort
Leavenworth, to q gentleman from st. Jo, for
STA so each. A high figure.
The cotton recently stopped by military au-
thority at Leavenworth, Lawrence and Kansas
City, is said to be worth $4,000.
A farmer near Lawrence cleared this year
$1,000 on Sorghum. He made his own syrup
and sold it for SO cents per gallon.
We learn by . private telegram, that Joseph
Faber, with nine other men, were recently
frozen to death on the Platte.-Times.
Carney s Stevens rent one of their rooms in
their new store in Leavenworth for 81 200 per
annum.
Within a few months the time of nearly ten
Kansas regiments will have expired. They
will be " welcome home
United States Collector Speer deposited with
Scott, Kerr s. Co., on the 18th inst, $4,000,
and on the 10Th, $4,000, taxes collected in
this District.
The Times learns that the authorities of Shaw
nee county, aided by Mr.. Whiting, have succeed
ed in ferretting out the scamp who purloined
Marshal McDowell's pocket-book during trip
to Topeka. We hope lesson will be taught
him he will not like to learn.
Nathan Shalor, who has been keeping store
at Muscotal, Atchison county, has absconded
with seven thousand dollars in money belonging
to the Kickapoo Indians. Maj. G. B. Keith, the
agent of the Kickapoos, has followed Shalor as
far as Syracuse, N. Y, but has not yet recovered
the money.
A man named Picketts, member of Captain
Dunlap's company, 18th regiment, was walk
ing through street in Elwood, Doniphan coun-
ty. when some villain came up behind him
with an axe and split his head open, killing
him instantly. The murderer has not been
discovered.
The harness makers and saddlers Of Atchi-
son struck for higher wages on Monday of last
week, and refused to work unless their terms
were acceded to. OF course everybody was
compelled to submit, and now purchasers OF
bo-ro,, ond coddIoo u;11 havof IN fork over
more s greenbacks." Labor these days is king,
and not capital Champion.
PERsoNAL.-Col. W. F. Cloud, Of the Army
of the Frontier, arrived in our city on Tues
day last, and departed yesterday morning for
Leavenworth, en- rou:e for Washington, as we
are informed. His three years hard service in
the Army of the Lord has, to judge by his
appearance, but tended to enhance his health
and vigor. In the ranks of the heroes Of the
Army of the Frontier, Col. Cloud stands with
the foremost.oLa,crenee Tribune.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-26
"A BONE OF CONTENTION REMOVED.

The telegraph informs US that schofeld is to
be relieyed by Rosencrans, and General Ewing
will be superseded by Major General Curtis.
In the removal of Schofeld the Radicals OF
Missouri and Kansas have accomplished great
and complete victory over the rebel-loving Con-
,servatives, who have retar ded the wheels OF
progress in Missouri, and have kept on her gar.
ments the faint Of Slavery. We are glad the
President has yielded to their opportunities. for
he has thereby recognized his only true friends
and impelled onward the cause they have been
80 arduously laboring fer. We are too thankful
for this act of right and justice to make any
pressing inquiries as to why this man is the
recipient Of any favors at all of the Adminstra
tion. His uselessness and pro-slaveryism have
been apparent to every body, and his criminal
lienency towards bushwhackers and rebels has
set Missouri back at least twenty years. Under
the loyal, active Rosencrsns bushwhacking will
be stopped, and the cause Of Emancipation hur.
ried on just to the extent Of the mighty influence
Of his position, which will be transferred from
the Copperheads to it.
The removal Of General Ewing is of conse
quence only it gives place to the gallant and
able Curtis, and removes an unpleasant question
from our State politics. We have always re-
garded Ewing failure as a military man, and
this idea, together with his association with the
Scho6eld party of Missouri, have embittered q
greater portion Of our people against him. The
appointment Of Curtis will be i'll harmony with
the sentiments Of our people.
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Corn Bids.

There were but three bids for furDishin,
the one hundred and twenty thousand bush
els of corn advertised to be contracted TO
at the Fort on the 18th inst.
The lowest bid was 81 10 per bushel
the other two were 81 20. We understand
the contract was not awarded, the bids be
ing too high.
If these bids be any criterion, Our farm
ers will make handsomely this year. Here
tofors, produce has been low, but these bigh
bids for corn would lead one to think that
this staple article will be sold st high fig
ures.-Leoc. Times
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rbe European Congress.

Napoleon, the most astute OF hurope
monarchs, has by circular letter invited what
be chooses to designate the fifteen Prioc'pai
powers of Europe, to . conference or con-
gress. So far no favorable response has
come from any of the leading great nations.
England has positively declined to be con
cerned in this Wholesale swindlc. Russia
fatty refused until Poland is quiesceut
Austria is silent, and Prussia shows her
teeth. Spain, in the very face of the inyi
istion, is reported to have contracted an
alliance with the hereditary enemy of bis
throne, the heir and grand son Of Louis
Philippe, the Court de Paris. This, if
true. is an open bold defiance Of the power
of Napoleon.
Is the Napoleonic dynasty Of the nephew
of his uncle to meet with the same fate as
that of the first? Is the ambition Of the
nephew to result as did that Of the uncle
Both possessed of keen, astute, subtle. far
searching intellecis, the former did, acd the
latter will, overreaeh himself BY spreading
widely the meshes nf ambition. No ont
intellect can control and govern . world
| 1ue IutcICStS VA . WOltu oTC wv soSs ~u>
divergent for any Ole limited mind, how
ever tar beyond its eompeers in power, t
grapple, comprehend and govern.
Napoleon, infatuated with success. ha
been vain glorious enough, Notwithstanding
the failure Of the master mind Of his uncle
to believe that not by the military force o
the French nation alone, but by vast diplo
matte international combinations he coul,
affect and rule the great interests of civil
cation. Thus far his policy differs from
that of his uncle, and thus far it is wise
and cheaper. It costs France less bu
Europe more.
England is no longer stop to bis organ
Her immense naval power is no longer a
his service. He has provoked, both BY tn
Crimean war and by bis proposed interfer
enee in the Polish imbroglio, the eterna
hatred of the Romanoffs. All the legiti
mists of Europe, monarchs and all. dislik
the parrens Emperor They would rejoic
in his overthrow. He seems to be prepa'
ing the way for his downfall with fatuitou
blindness.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-26
ENLIST IN THE SIXTEENTH.

We have no means of knowing the number oi
men raised for the Fifteenth and Sixteenth regi-
ments, or whether the number thus raised will
be credited to the State On the number called for
by the proposed draft of the 5th of January.
1t would seem that every man Of the number
assigned to our State by the General Govern
ment is expected, as We have no assurance that
there viii be no draft only as We fill our quota.
No respect will be paid the circumstances of our
people. or the ten fold sufferings they have given
the cause. But the patriotism of the people of
Kansas will not permit of complaining while a
rebel hand 10 raised As onerous as has been
the portion assigned to her. we must bear it
through to preserve untarnished the glorious
reputation she now enjoys.
Rare inducements are offered men to enlist.
Recruiting officers are hard at work for the
Sixteenth. Aside from the pecuniary induce
ments held out, State and personal pride unite
in urging all forward to the maintenance Of our
credit. Not far in the distance can be seen Q
plain glimmer Of Peace its rays are enlarging
and Frightening every day. and We think that .
twelve-month will not elapse before its brilliancy
will cover the land as the sun ct noon-tide. A
man enlisting in the Sixteenth can safely do so
with the expectation Of being discharged before
half his term of service expires. The officers Of
the Sixteenth have splendid regulations, and the
policy Of the regiment will be radical in the
most radical sense. Enlist in the Sixteenth.
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Telegrams.
WASHINGTON, Dee. l.

WAsHINGroN, Dee. Ii.
A special to the times says that Lees
cavalry endeavored, on Sunday, to cut
Meade's communication with Washington
by destroying the bridge across Cedar Greek
near Catlett's Station. About sevea hun.
dred made dash on the guard posted at
the bridge, but were driven of after short
fight.
The line of railroad from the front to
Alcxaudria will be protected hereafter BY
both cavalry and infantry.
The President has yielded to the demand
made by the Loyal League representatives.
Gen. Scho6eld has been removed and order.
ed to report at Washington.
Letters have been received here from
prominent conservative members Of the
rebel Congress, from North Carolina, ask.
ing, unofhcially, upon what terms Southern
States would be permitted to return to the
Union.
The inundation Of the army with politi-
cal Brigadier Generals has received such
earnest protest from Generals Grant and
Hooker. that it is not only very cerssin that
the food will be stayed in future, but that
Congress will correct many past errors in
this respect.
The Clerk Of tn. Senase's Military Com
nittee, the House Librarian, and several
other minor officials at the Capitol, suspect
ed of sympathy With secessionists, were
to dag removed.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-26
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

The Army of the Potomac has occupied about
the same position throughout this war as the
fifth wheel to wagon-being o weight to the
great machine, but no use. True, it has jolted
the Nation occasionally, but that it couldn't
increasing every day, and during the past three
months has been decided tax upon the patience
of the people. At times the telegraph startles US
with bOmbastic threats of an advance, but it all
speedily dies away, else We are informed of q
retreat In our innocence of military matters, We
have always been at loss to know why two
hostile armies could lay in camp for months
within sight Of each other without collision
1t looks about as ridiculous as it would were .
militia force called out to disperss a mob and
should stand looking at the bold front of the
outlaws without making an effort to scatter them.
But the country generally is acquiescing in
the trihing of this Army. Whether it is deemed
only q defensive arm We are unable to say,
though it would SCENE SO from the quiet into
which the press has been lulled regarding its
inactivity. From rresentappearances one would
judge that the rebellion is to be suppressed and
civil government restored to all the States, leav-
ing hostile army at the gates of the Capital to
be annihilated before peace reigns supreme. 1t
is unpleasant to see any one part of the work lag
The Army OF the Potomac ought to finish up
its work with the other arms of the Government.
But owing to its proximity to the focus of the
political buzzards, and the scarcity of uncon-
taminated material to direct it, such will proba-
bly, he too much TO expect Of it. 1t is evident
that it lie doing no good now, which we think
calls for q change. Its present commander has
done nothing-the credit Of Gettysburg belongs
to Hooker, as we think the circumstances. and
his previous and subsequent success proves
We believe that U. S. GRANT could lead that
army to victory and We have but little conf.
dence in any one else He has been the only
truly successful man of the war.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-26

A New Orleans correspondent Of th'
Boston Traveller writes that the expedition
of Gen. Banks to Texas is . glorious sue
cess. The Union men are rallying under
under the standard of Gen. Banks in large
numbers. All the Texans required was q
force to back them up, and they have re.
peatedly said if suficieu: army was sent
to assist them, tbay would soon have Texas
all right; and they have already proved the
truth Of their statement, for Gen. Banks
has recruited two regiments since he has
been in that State, and the work is still
going on.
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Suffering on the Plains.

Freighters here estimate that there are
not less than one hundred trains on the
Plains between the river and the mountains.
Heavy SHOWS fell in the mines some three
weeks ago, and we have had many accounts
of men and cattle being frozen to death.
The heaviest snow storm known in Kansas
for years, has just visited us, and it is prob
able that the whole route from Leavenworth
to Denver is covered with snow. There is
no grass, and hay can only be bad At the
ranches. Cattle must be dying by hun
dreds from hunger and cold, and it will be
marvellous if We do not learn that many
persona have perished in this storm. A
severe winter IN at hand, and terrible suf.
eering must follow it.
Since the above was written, we learn
from Joseph c. Irwin, Esq, that the firm
Of Irwin, Jsckman & Co., government
freigbters, have lost over two thousand head
Of CATTLE.
NJ. NJ. Jewett, who freights between this
place and Denver, has lost eighty head Of
cattle.
Passengers who arrived last night from
Denver, state that oxen and mules are dying
by hundreds on that route.-Conservatire.