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The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02

They are in Q bad fx down in Dixie. II tn,
people are fed the army must starve, if III,
army starves what will become Of the people
On the other hand, if the army is fed, the peo
pie will starve; if the people starve what i.
the use Of the army? The best remedy viii
be for them all to repent and receive pardon
from Father Abraham.
1t is discovered that while the shoes of ouI
white soldiers range from No. to No. II in
size, those Of the negro regiments will range
from No. IL to No. Is. These are just the chaps
to tickle the rebellion and put their foot down
on it.
The new State of West Virginia has been
divided by her Legislature into townships, like
other free States and unlike the slave States,
which have no civil divisions below counties
She has also adopted comprehensive free
school system. They say West Virginia is un.
constitutional, but she don't act like it.
The New York Tribune Of the 1lth ult., says
The house of Representatives Is to have q
thoroughly anti-slavery chaplain in the person
Of Rev. VIM. H. Claiming, who was nominated
by Mr.. Wilder, of Kansas, and elected on the
first ballot over all competitors.
The Tribune's army dispatch states that oul
cavalry have returned to Bratton Station, hav.
ing made successful foray against the rebels
driving the guerrillas into the mountains, and
destroying, at Lurey, an extensive saddle and
harness factory and several tanneries; also
capturing number of prisoners, a rebel mail
and a quantity of medicines.
There are &c cavalry regiments in the Army
of the Potomac. To these regiments the Gov
ernment issued S5,07S horses during the six
months from May to October. Include in this
number the horses captured, and we have, at
least, two horses worn out in the army in q
year by each cavalry soldier.
When the New York members were taking the
oath of office in the House of Representatives
Ben Wood and James Brooks neglected to raise
their hands with the rest of their colleagues
They stood listening to Mr. Colfax as he read
the oath, as if they gave no assent. The oath.
exceedingly stringent against everything looking
like treason.
The colored people of Philadelphia are appli
cants before the War Department for a contract
for Quartermaster's supplies. Some Of their
number have lately had an interview with Sec
retary Stanton, and offered to engage to make
and deliver in thirty, sixty. and ninety days.
shirts, drawers, haversacks, and blouses. to the
extent of three hundred thousand Of either. They
received assurances that colored people should
be placed hereafter on the same footing with
whites. in the matter of contracts to do work for
the Government.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02

~. The man who pays the largest per-
sonal tax in New York city lives in the
same house in which he kept store for
some fifty years; he washes himself in .
tin pan in the back yard whenever he does
wash at At all !; takes basket and gees out
to buy little food, which woman in the
house prepares for him. He sells no goods
It present, but adds to his vast wealth
daily BY lending money on good security,
being Just as shrewe, keen and close asshs
ever vas, though be is much beyond ssv.
enty years ef sge. Alas for the poverty Of
riches. ssie xv ~ 1a9-as
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02

L
Mr.. Laue, of Kansas. offer the fol
lowing resolution
Whereas, 1t is publicly stated BY re
spectacle parties, returned prisoners from
the rebel States, that the volunteers from
the State Of Kansas taken prisoners BY the
rebels are and have been, since the com
mencemcnt of the rebellion, invariably put
to death, when recognized as such; there
fore.
Resolved, That the President of the
United States be requested to communicate
to Congress any information in his posses
sion on this subject.
l desire to state from my place here that
at the commencement of the sumner
The Vice President Does the Senator
ask for the present consideration Of the res
olution
Mr.. Lane. I do; and I wish to make q
statement.
The Vice President. A statement is not
in order now without the unanimous con-
sent of the Senate. The Senator asks the
unanimous consent of the Senate to consid-
er this resolution at the proper time. Is
there any objection? The chair hears none
The resolution is before the Senate.
Mr. Lane. At the commencement Of
the summer, Capt. Brown, of the gunboat
Oceola. who had been taken prisoner, came
to me in this city, and said that in one OF
the prisons in the rebel States he bad found
seven Kansas soldiers in irons; that they
told him to ind me and inform me that
they we're to be put to death. l imwedi-
ately communicated the information in wri,
ing to the Secretary Of War. He com
muuicatcd with the commissioner on the
exchange of prisoners but from the fact
that Capt. Brown did not locate the point
where they were held in prison, Mr.. 0uld
was unable to give him any information on
the subject. Recently, . chaplain or q
pby bysician-I forget which-has published
a communication in this city, which I have
seen in the papers, IN which be says that i,
is distinctly understood at Richmond and
elsewhere in rebeldcm that Kansas soldiers
are murdered wherever aud whenever cap
tured. 1t is within my own observation
that Col. Quantrell, who bears commission
from TIE Confederate government, murder.
ed all the soldiers that he captured in his
raid upon Lawrence. Kansas, and since, in
his raid upon Maj. Gen. Blunt, where be
captured some ninety soldiers and murdered
them all. So far as l know, the Kansas
soldiers, when captured by the rebels, have
been put to death. I am also cognizant Of
the fact that the troops of Kansas have cap
tured large numbers of rebel soldiers, and
that they have invariably treated them with
the utmost kindness and consideration.
The resolution was agreed to.-Congres-
sional Globe.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02

A correspondent of the New York Tri.
bune. writing from New Orleans, says:
The oolored troops, Of whom We have
nearly thirty regiments here, are being we'll
disciplined, and by Spring will take the
6eld. Gen. Andrews is in command. He
Is one Of the hardest working men in the
world, As Port Hudson can at present testi-
T.. Gen. Ullman commands . division.
He has succeeded we'll in the work for
which be Vas sent hare BY the President
and the conntry may b proud Of the re-
snlt These two generals arc sparing no
e&orts 70 make the Corps d &A6ique ono Of
the poblest srmies IN Auegios.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
The Exchange Of Prisoners.
WAsnINGroN, Dec. p.

WAsnINGroN, Dec. p.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 18th
inst, says our Government has abandoned
every point excepting the treatment Of ne
gro prisoners. Now the simple truth is our
Government has not abandoned any point.
1t is known that Maj. Gen. Butler who
has superseded Gen. Meredith has no such
intentions. The prisoners at Forts Norfolk
and McHenry and Point Lookout have been
placed under bis orders, and he is author.
ICED to conduct the exchange man for man
and officer for officer of equal rank with
those paroled and sent forward BY himself.
The object is to make an even exchange, as
far as the prisoners of the rebels will admit,
and governed by humane motives. The
effort will be made FIRST to procure the re-
lease of those who have been held the
longest as prisoners. Colored troops and
their officers, in conducting the exchange,
will be placed on an equality with all other
troops, and so Of colored men in civil en-
ployment. This is one Of the points here
after to be adjusted The honor and digni-
ty of the Government, in the protection Of
such negro persons and their officers, will
not be compromised. The recent visit of
Gen. Hitchcock to Fort Monroe was to con-
fer with Gen. Butler and to communicate
to him the orders of our Government on
this subject. The object is to secure the
exchange of an equal number Of prisoners
On each side; leaving all other questions for
fntnre determination. The excess ia larpelv
n our favor.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
Assistant Adjutant General


~ The War Department. has under
consideration important questions relating
to the draft, which will shortly be made
public. the quotas Of the several States be-
Ing arranged 20 - to avoid difficulty in the
future. Each State viii Be oaiciall INFORM
ed Of the number is is expected 70 raiss
and the time fixed for the iufoeee1est of
The draft. which will not b later than The
middle Of January. e Ssslsss
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02

E Among the curiosities on exhibition
at the Sanitary Fair in Boston are numer.
GUS relics of Washington-his cash, saddle,
epaulettes, cane, with numerous autographs
and letters; bronze jar from Shanghai, two
thousand years old sword of Miles Stand
ish lock of the gun which killed King
Phillip, Of Mount Hope, in 1876, and .
wooden bowl taken from Phillips wigwsm;
. Bible printed in Venice 10 147S, before
printing was introduced into England, and
numerous rare and genuine autographs and
letters. There are also exhibited the shoes
worn by the royal family of England, and
pair Of shoes purchased in Georgia by .
young lady Who arrived 10 Boston last Sun.
day. The shoes are coarser than any young
lady would wear here, and are laced With
white cord. Yet the lady paid forty dol
lars for them, and refused to sell them for
City.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
A Chapter on Gambling.

The history of gambling in the West
would form n curious chapter. We give
one. 1t made deepest and strongest head
after the Land. sales in 1856, in Miss;s-
sippi. for it is amid excitement, amid o
swelling prosperity, amid the clash of con-
flict, and the wild uproar Of war, that it
thrives mos. The gamblers bad possession
Of Vicksburg, Columbus, and other towns
in that commonwealth.
We were at Columbus the winter of
those years, ard We know that the citizens
dared not speak out their thoughts or act
out their wishes. The bowie knife was
suspended over them. Rifle and pistol we're
the emb!ems of unit gambling power
The early settlers of Mississippi were rude,
uncultivated; many of them belonged to
the overscer class; but rude and uncultiva-
ted as they were, they could not stand this
monstrous oppression, nor the glare of a
hated vice. They combined. Not here or
there, not in Columbus or Vicksburg, but
in every city and town in the State, and
when thus consolidated, they felt that they
had power which could crush the gamblers
as a class as easy as the hand dry leaf.
A warning was given to the gamblers
depart. They hurled back defiance. An
other warning came-depart. Insults as
we'll as defiance was the answer. Then
came the hurricane! The citizen class,
united, earnest, made throughout all the
State, an onslaught upon the gamblers, and
ere week had rolled round. over two hun.
dred of them were hung! Thus did
rude society avenge itself against damag-
ing vice, and those who so boldly and dar.
ingly practiced it. 1t was whirlwind
peeded to save and to purify society, and in
this respect did keep it safe and pure for
many years.-Ledr Times.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02

The following telegram has been received:

The following telegram has been received
WAsHINGroN, Dec. "a.
A Law has been passed to the effect that
no bounties except such as are now provid-
ed by Law shall be paid to any person en-
listed after the 6fth day of January next.
The only bounty provided by law is the
one hundred dollars authorized by section
Eve act Of July %, 1868, aod promulgated
in General Orders No. 49, of that year from
the Adjutant Generals Office. Secure all
enlistments of veteran volunteers possible
before January 9Th.
By order Of the Secretary of War.
+. D. TOWNSEND.
Assistant Adjutant General.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
| THE LEGISLATURE OF KANSAS,
FOR TIE YKAR 1854.

| Senate.
Doniphan County, Sol. Miller and A. G
Bennett.
Atcbisou, Casius G. Foster aud Joshu.
Wheeler.
Nemaha, Byron Sherry.
Marshall, Thomas Fl. Baker.
Davis, Samuel n. Stricken.
Shawnee, David Brockway.
CoAey, F. w. Potter.
Lyon, p b. Maxson.
Woodson, Orlin Thurston.
Frauklin, D. NJ. Valentine.
Douglas, W.F. Woodwork, R.G. Elliott.
johnson, w. II. NJ. Fishback.
Wyandotte, James McGrew.
Chase, M. R. Leonard.
Leavenworth, John Wilson, C.B. Pierce,
and F. P. Fi,zwilliams.
Jefferson, A. W. Spaulding.
jackson, Rufus Owsler.
Linn, D. p. Lowe.
Bourbon, Isaac Ford.
Miami, johnson G. Clark.
House Of Representatives.
Doniphan, j. p. Johnson w. J. Orem,
F. H. Drenu,ng, c. C. Camp, and j. w.
Forman.*
A,chisop, G. W. Glick,* Jacob Saqui,
Asa Barnes, Boaz Williams, j. G. Batsell.
Brown. Ira J, Lacock,* G. f. Irwin.
Nemaha. r. Bradley j. S. Hidden
Marshall, J. D. Brumbangh.
Washington, II G. Ilollenbersh.*
Pottawatomie. O.J. Grover.t
Jackson, J. ". Williams.
fferson, C. A. Buck, E. Hutchins, and
NJ. Barnes.
Lcavenwcr.h, WIN. Freelaud, Josiah
Kellogg. G. H. Moore, j. 3. Laing, j. w.
Craig, G. w. Houts, D. F. Walker F..
Frower, j. D. Twombley.
Wyandotte, NJ. W. Bottoms
johnson, G. H. Stratton,s D. G. Camp
bell,* H. Mcbride.
Douglas, T. j. Sternberg. j. s. Emery,
C. Reynolds, A. F. Thoman,* j. A. Wake
field, j. w. Draper.
Shawnee. J. F. Cummings, Henry Fox.
Miami, VIM. Chestnut, T. H. Ellis, w.
G. McCullock.
Linn, Samuel Ayres, John Snook, -
Belding, jefferson Fleming.
Bourbon, WIN. Stone. K. P. Stephens,
D. r. Cobb, and j. G.. Miller.
Allen, D. Rogers and J. NJ. Evans.
Anderson, H. Cavender, DR.. LINGO
Franklin, Josiah Pile and j. NJ. Smith.
Usage, James Rogers
Cofey, w. r. Saunders,* Job Tbrock.
morton and a. w. Pickering.
Lyon, c. V. Eskridge,*t A. K. Hawks,
and j. Frost.
Butler,
Chase, +. A. Afford
Morris, S. N. Wood
Wabaunsee, d. NJ. J"huson.*
Davis, P. z. Taylor,
Riley, B. +. Fullington."
Dickinson, T. F. Hersey.t
Saline, Fl. L. Jones +
Greenwood, james Kenner.
Those marked with \ were members Of
the last House. Those marked with +
e.l
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
Chaplain Of the Hsusa.

A Washington correspondent Of the In.
dianapolis Gazette, thus writes Of Rev. Mr.
Claiming, the newly elected Chaplais Of
the House. He Was nominated By Mr..
Wilder, of this State, and elected on the
irst ballot:
"We are learning lesson or two elSi
are pro6tiDg thereby. We exempli6sd' it
in electing no Conservative to any Office
in the new organization Of Congress, even
kicking out that old pro-slaveSy dosard,
Rev. Mr.. Stockton, from the Chaplaincy Of
the House, and substituting Rev, Mr. Chan.
ming, 4 more thorough and lifelong Aboli.
ZIONIST not living. He is . profound rss-
soner, possessing rare ora,orieal powers, and
is in truth, the most emphatic clerical ex.
ponent We could have found In this city, of
the true Republican or snti-slavery doctrines
of this epoch in American history
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
A Union Victory IN Missouri.
PlLoT KNOB, Dec. %, 1863.

RLoT KNOB, Dec. %, 1863.
To General Fisk:
Official dispatches from Maj. Wilson in.
form me that be attacked Reeves seventeen,
miles southwest of Doniphan, Ripley coun.
ty, Missouri, about three o'clock, Christmas
day !; killed and wounded IS Of the enemy
captured lis prisoners, including 13 com.
missioned officers, with oil their equipments.
ammunition, &c, and 125 horses; also re.
captured every man Of company 9, captured
at Centreville, with their arms, TO- Viii.
son says that the Sd behaved splendidly,
officers and men. r. G.. WooDsoN,
Colonel Commanding,
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02

q The Captains and Lieutenants for the llth q.
g. colosed infsoty. now being organised at Fort
Smith BY Major General tBluut. win Be taken
from the Kansas regiments.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02

Remember tbis-that one thickness Of
paper, placed between pair Of bed blank.
kets, is equal in warmth to thick comfort
er. So is . thickness of thin silk. Old
newspapers are cheap. and within the reach
of every one. In this land Of newspaper
there is no necessity fos suffering from eaa
in bed.
Merino sheep from Vermont have just
been shipped for Australia. They were
sent for BY sheep farmers in the !" "bush, ,"
as the best that could be found anywhere
"a compliment to the farmers Of tho Green
Mountains.
The widow Of Senator Douglas Is as pres
ent in Washington City, engaged BY Score
tary Chase as . clerk in the Treasury Do
partment. She is seldom seen in public.
The California volunteers have started
Union paper in Utah. Disloyalists, whssh-
er Mormon saints or gentle sisners, are to
be handled without gloves.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
FROM FORT SMITH.

From o correspondence Of the Conservative
dated Fort Smith, Arkansas, December llth, W,
learn that the Anniversary of the Battle of Prai
RE Grove was celebrated on the 7th by review
Of troops. The troops reviewed were the Sixth
Kansas Cavalry. commanded by Lieut.. Colonel
Campbell; the Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, com
manded by Colonel Moonlight; The Third Wis
consin Cavalry. Thirteenth Kansas Infantry,
Eighteenth Iowa Infantry, a battalion Of the
Twelfth Kansas; and Smiths Second and Adule's
Third Kansas Batteries Also, the Niger, be
gad,' and the Second " Iron-clads." The most
perfectly drilled regiment was the First Colored,
under command of Colonel Williams. The
Second Kansas is stationed at Waldon, about
forty miles below Fort Smith. They had just
returned to that place from an extensive raid of
about one hundred and sixty miles in the Red
River country. They encountered no enemy Of
any Importance. but captured some twenty bush
whackes. The First Colored is to be stationed
at Rosenville, sixty miles below on the Arkan-
sas river. The Sixth Kansas has gone to Little
Rock a. an escort to a large supply train.
dispatch in the Lawrence Tribune announ-
ces that Mr.. Hallett has consented to make Law
renee and Topeka points on the Pacific Railroad
The Washington correspondent of the Record
tells how it happened: "I saw to-day request
to Mr.. Hallett. the contractor on the Pacific
Railroad. to make Lawrence and Topeka points
on that road, signed by all but four Senators.
It is the intention Of Senator Lane, who drew up
the request and procured the signatures. to pre-
cent II To- norrovr t tho prasident and his Ca hi.
net for their signatures. tits supposed they will
sign it. With this paper before him. do not
zee how Mr.. Hallett can we'll refuse to 60 to the
north bank of the river at Lawrence and Topeka
with the road. Probably no Senator but one
from Kansas. could have procured 30 many sig
natures to such paper.
!. The Captaina and Lieuterantl for the llth U.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02

1Q. TIE Government, which bad not halt
million Of muskets in oil the armosies %
the commencement Of the rebellion, DOW
has, in addition to the million and . half
placed in the hands of the men Of our
armies, enough remaining to equip eight
hundred thousand men. There are aecou.
trements enongh for eighteen hundred thous-
and men. 1t is not likely that, o . nation,
We shall ever hereafter BE- caught uoprepsr.
ed for war, for our present o, cessities have
developed all the resources which are re-
quired to supply the materials Of war.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-10
TIE FIGHT Ar CARTBRS, TENN.

The Bristol Gaze t. Of Thursday, learns further par
ticuais Of Ito gallant ard hard fought battle which
cured LAST week CaT.es Depot by the noble lise
arny of Gen. A Z Jackson, now commanding the for
css below Bristol b. several participants in the affair.
Gen Jseksous force uumterd only eOms SOC mea-
about so Ct which EeFe Ct Tlry-no artillery bus no..
whsArdng this, he de' .smined 70 hght them to the
end. whish he did n mos gallant style. The snemys
force numbered soTs so 500 consisting ofsrtIsry,
cavalry and mounted ni try IsWAs the design Of the
enemy TO capture Jscl On and bis little fcrOe, ard
come on up to Bristol, nd they would probably have
done So but Prosderel, ever on ourside bad caused
= considerable rss 10 me WAtauga, which prevented
thsir crossing, thOugs Ge0srAl jackson has said be
could have whipped % n anyhow.
The enemy learning that Jackson had been reinforced
next day put out FOR Knoxville, Chattanooga, not
having been hard Of inca to stop long 6nOogh on
their nAch to bury zone eighteen twenty Of their
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-10

ROBBERY IN JAn.-JGmes Handey, notorious vag.
abond and thief was yesterday morning brought up
from the city jail to the Mayors court to be examined
for a larceny committed by him in Jail. I; appeared
that the occasion of james Buckley being COM
mtted to jail ten days ago. for strolling into the
Mayors court drunk, he robbed while still drunk,
of his hat boots, vest and coat Search made for
the stolen articles at the time, but they could nowhere
be found few days after the robbery Buckley, haV
Ing been set at liberty, visited tho Jail aud found Hand
ley wearing the stolen clothes. Toe Mayor sent the
accused on to DO heard before the Hastings court he
said be found the clothes lying around loose in the jail
and put them on.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-10

CHARGED WITH MURDER.-0n Sunday evening, Thos
Boyd, OF Frederick, Nd, member Of an imprCmp;r
company, while on guard on the Danvle bridge, sho
aud killed free negro who desired to pass him with
out exhibiting his pass. The case WIS examined yes
terIay by the Provost Marshal when learn, it ap-
peaed that the negro when shot not running
tempting to pass Boyd but standing STILL close to him
The Provost Marshal turned Boyd 10 the civil au-
thortss and he was committed to the Watchhouse for
examination before the Mayor this morning. II seems
that Boyd, though member of the MaryA company,
who were peketing the bridge, not properly on
guard, but had taken the place of one O. Singleton
for few moments. The negro was employee of the
DanVille road.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-10

BURGLARH.-We mentioned yesterday that Mr.. john
D. HArvey's house. on s.h street, between Clay and
Lsigh streets, had ben broken into on Saturday night
and robbed and that negro had been arrested one
Of the thieves, and white woman for receiving the
stolen goods The case was brOug before the Mayor
yesterday, when the white woman Mrs. Lsnora Stack
proving that the negro had f. the hamper containing
the stolen goods at her house Sunday morning. repro
ssnng that it was basket Of Clothes and that she
had never touched or looked into it ult it found
BY officer Moore. Sac discharged. The negro was
remanded for future examiratiOn-one of his accom-
llices in the burglary being still al larg-.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-10

GEN PIGRAM-0n Saturday evening BrgSder Gen.
John Pegram arrived in the city from the 'front.'" He
was struck by musket bail the inside Of the left
knee and was severely though not seriously wounded
The ball glanced around and over the leg, and came
out The bone was not fractured and the tendOns not
cut He has no fever, and is doing well. He is in no
danger of losing his leg or Of being permanently dis
abled, though his confinement may BE- tedious.