The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-05-16

Chi II n i o n.
Junction, Kansas, May Is, 1863.
d. The I'd Colorado, Col. LEAvESwoRTH, are
expected here daily, on their way East.
~ Fred. F. Marvin, has been appointed Dep
uty County Assessor. by Mr.. Maloney. Fred.
will do the task we'll.
AxrEIoPE.-We saw three of these things the
other day. within few miles of town. Those
English sportsmen ought to come up here and
make Junction their base of supplies.
T Captain Reed, of company, Ninth Regi-
ment, 10 now Commandant Of Fort Riley. We
learn him to be strict disciplinarian. and hope
to zee evidences of it.
TWe are devoting all our leisure moments
to getting up an obituary of PHIIos. We have
no tidings of him except an occasional Sunday
Dispatch.
RAIN.-Last Sunday night and all day Mon
day, this settlement was almost deluged, consid-
ering this dry ceunSry. The ground wont
hold any more water.
q Wiley is receiving and opening large
stock of summer goods of every description. His
goods are all from the noted houses Of Fairchild.
King & Co., and n McCracken.
|" So great was the excitement raised by the
reported capture of Richmond in this place. that
the awful tragedy of last Tuesday night scarcely
caused ripple upon the surface of things.
u"H" Company, of the Cd Infantry, U. s.
A., passed through town Friday morning. on
their way from Fort Larned to Leavenworth.
The soldierly manner in which they marched
through town, reflects much credit upon their
commander, Lieut.. WEsr.
MINERALS ON THE SMOKY HiLL.-Capt. Carpen-
ter has lately been on prospecting tour up this
valley as far as Cedar Bluffs. He says that no
country in the world compares with it in a min
eral point of view. He says he has found cop
per, tin, iron. and coal.
20 Santa Fe passengers for the East will bear
in mind that they strike the railroad one day
sooner at Leavenworth than at Kansas City
The way to safe this time is to leave the old
Santa Fe road at Fort Larned, and come via the
Smoky Hill valley. If the Kansas Stage Com
pany were to advertise this fact in Santa Fe, the
ontlay would return tenfold.
q An enlargement mania seems to have taken
hold of the Leavenworth dailies. The Times
now comes out large seven column paper. and
promises to add still another column. The
Times has been the slowest, but it seems it viii
be out ahead yet. Think of o seven column
and two eight column daies in a town oftwelve
or fifteen thousand. It is indicative of unprece
denied prosperity.
LEFT Us.-Company c, 9th Kansas, left Fort
Riley on Friday, the Sth inst, having garris-
oned that post for nearly year. We part
with many warm friends in this company, and
among them we may mention Orderly Sergeant
B. D. PALMER, who has filled his position will
credit and done much towards keeping his mel
s,sder proper discipline. We understand tina
no has been named for promotion.
MAIL RoBBEp-The coach on the old Santa F
Road was robbed at Black Jack, near the borde
of Missouri, on Saturday the 9th, by a party Q
OuAhWnackefS. L he Stage OOnPaby Iost severn
horses. and the passengers about four THOUSAND
dollars. 1t is preposterous to expect to trave
with safety through disloyal country. Their
is nothing on the Smoky Hill Route to jeopardiz
persons safety; the other route is infeste
with rebels and bushwhackers.
u Every farmer in Kansas should have tn
..Kansas Farmer" in his household. 1t is
monthly periodical, published by the State Ag
ricultural Society, for the triding sum of fft
cents year. 1t contains 80 pages of origins
matter, edited by F. G. Adams, and published q
Topeka 1t is valuable, inasmuch as it gather
together the experience Of our own farmers, forn
ing mass of instruction.
PRIsoNERs-A squad of ten prisoners wa
brought into Fort Riley last Sunday. suppose
to belong to the guerrilla bands that have bee
giving 90 much trouble of late They were cal
tured some distance west of Council Grove, b
the United States Marshal. They undoubtedl
belonged to the party that afterwards robbed u
mail and sacked Auburn. We have the stos
that Yeager and Anderson were in the crow
but owing to the strategy of one Of the Ma
shals piekets, were some distance of by da,
light A man rode up. the picket inquired VT
u L. I'll kIxoAl L.