The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-23
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Aleaer s.cayee eby sfre&aest from q.
Bapts. says he wiz seoh eemplte the org.si-
satisn Of tie State GtEsraneA of1ouisianA-
Over 5000 hogs have perished Of cold ON the
Hannibal & st. Joe r. B. within the past few
weeks: 9ddI 0Ik .DlII IIiT
The bill appropriating 100000 to pay the
Home Guards Of Missouri only awaits the
President's signature to besoms sisw, II
It is estimated that at least 100, 900 stran-
gers are temporarily residing in tho city Of
New York. E4Gy 4 ZF0BTIW Ekk 4
Is Among the novelties Of tho trade is the re-
csipt Of tobaeeo in the New Orleans market
from Connecticut. nsi,iTs v.dsT'niiE . .g,:'t
The National Republican Committee, at New
York City, Jannsfy l2th, 'unanimously voted
to hold the National Convention 1t Chicago,
Julv the Fourth. Vsi tIsT isa3 aeogIr~ /
The names Of Bishops Bailey, rTimon and
Mcciesky have been sent "a Rome. One. of
them will be appointed successor to Bishop
Hsghes. Isl .saot Z .'i'a = i, :,5i4I iaty 4
Over thirty-6ve hundred Southern refugees
arrived at Cairo On the 18th. They fied rebel
dom to escape conscription- and starvation.
They are are penniless.F ~ 81 70" -fif'
In st. Louis the average weekly earnings Of
the mechanics and artisans; are as. follows:
Printers, $50; moulders, $50; boiler-makers,
Sls; painters, $l6; tailors, sl7. .sIse, -, =
Ninety railroad trains leave Chicago daily, Of
which ffty-six are freight and thirty-four pas
sengef. The total number of cars to these
trains are l, ,432 freight and 1s5 passenger.
The North Carolina troops in the rebel army
have been sent back to Grange Court House
and are no longer permitted to do picket duty
on the Rapidan. -s'.a - t'es
Lord Lyon predicts that the rebellion will
close in three months from Dec. 5th. We be-
ieve that the veterans now re-enlisting,i will
be mustered out Of the service by the first OF
May. 1894 -. fsla.- 1, - 80. -,
Gen. Butler is to have all the rebel prisoners
under his charge, with full power to make OK
changes, or (if our men in rebel prisons are not
well treated) to adopt retslitory measures. a
Gov. Bramleth, Of Kentucky, has issued .
proclamation ordering military commandants,
where loyal citizens are taken of by guerril-
las, to arrest at least i've rebel sympathi.ers
in the vicinity Of the outrage. n iia-i'ai >
4,175 emigrants landed at New York, last
week, which makes the total number Of arriv--
ais since January 1st ISL, 800, against =, 1853
during the corresponding period Of 1863. This
is the report Of the Emigration Commissioners.
The Tribune says the receipts from Internal
Revenue from July LIST to Jan. l4th, amounts
TO Al, ,641 900 dollars, with the expected charges
in the excise law. The lowest estimate for the
second year are l43, SOC, 900 dollars, while the
highest estimate would add 25 or 30 million
thereto. 1.. ZIIia5is Ls51 rr.yL 1eo'l
There are rumors afloat Of the organization
and consolidation Of the Potomac army into
three separate corps. 1t is also rumored that
an Independent command of $4,000 men is to
be given to one Of the best fighting generals,
who will have the authority to take Richmond
in his own way. "a 'Fl t9i sfi'' i1h9i = p.
The conscription act, as it passed the SEN
ate, provides that q drafted man who pays four
hundred dollars is exempt till every other man
in his district is drafted, when he is again lia-
BILE. Both classes are consolidated, and ex-
emption Of the only son Of widow, father of
motherless children, Sc, are stricken out. The
bill is now acceptable to the House Military
Committee. ,;.-+f ; 1.. S,.- /, '.,.g
Authentic information to the Government
places Magruders force in Texas at not exceed
ing 1900, and Taylors and other forces in
Louisiana, at not half that number. They are
80 scattered, and transportation 50 scarce, that
they could not be consolidated in less than two
months. -
A dispatch from st. Paul. 17th, says: The
two Sioux chiefs, Sweeteorn and Standing Buf-
falo, have sent message to Major Hatch at
Pembina, expressing desire to make treaty
peace. General Sibley has appointed Father
Andrie the Catholic priest at St. Joseph, Com-
missioner on the part Of the United States to
confer with them. ''@ e2oa7os' 81
JEFF. Davis rebel Congress has just passed .
law compelling all their soldiers now in the field
to serve 6 during the existing war with the
United States" What think our Northern
conservative" Copperheads, Of their "dear
deluded brother" Jeff's mode Of keeping up an
army ,.g see I37sb aga 5ao yey. ::sts a
"A dispatch dated Washington, Jan. 5th, says;
Not less than twenty-five propositions to amend
the eenseription law were submitted to the
Senate to-day. The bin before the Military
Committee has the approvalof the Secretary Of
War and Provost Marshal General. It will re.
tain the $500 clause, snd requires that the con-
script shall Be responsible for his substitutes
services snd ftness. snsaE yaeaY stj q -.