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The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-04-16
Aqrifmltutal Golunlll.
The Experience Of One Who Has
Grown the White Willow.

A correspondent Of the Prairie
Farmer says:
notice a great deal is said about the
Willow in the papers of the day both
for and against it. l have had the
White Willow on my farm nine years
and I think | know something about it,,
as have set some every year since l
have had it.
| have 200 rods set in my fields,
some of it three years old, and have had
horses, cattle and sheep running in the
fields fall and winter, and, contrary to
nv expectations, never saw any dam
age done by them. Not even to browse
the willows. | have had no trouble to
make cuttings grow till last year. The
drouth was so severe they nearly all
died in this part of the country.
My plan for setting willows is, to
plow the ground deep, harrow it smooth
and then take line and tie pieces OF
Irvine, ten inches apart, one the line,
and stretch it with two stakes, where
you want the row, and stick the cuttings
deep in the ground, and press the dir,
firm around them. Cultivate well and
keep out the weeds two years, and new
er cut them back, and in four or five
years your trees will be three to five
inches in diameter. If you break :
root you need not be afraid, it vii
sprout. Sort the cuttings and get thu
large ones by themselves, as they ge
the start of the small ones.
The Willow is a white soft wood anc
splits as nicely as Chestnut, and will bt
very useful On the farm for many pur'
poses. 1t is pity that there is some
that will discourage farmers from set.
ting Willows. They are the best trees
that I know Of to set, considering the
ease with which they are set and theil
certainty to grow and make fences ane
timber belts for protection.
Cuttings, when received, should b
set on end in a trench, and dirt thrown
over them, and if dry wet them will
water and let them remain till wanted
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-04-16
NOTICE.,

Is hereby given, that a petition will be pre-
scented at the meeting of the Commissioners
for Davis county, Kansas, at the meeting in
April 1864, praying that County Road be
laid out commencing at the intersection Of the
Riley county road with the Davis county line,
near the residence of John Goodwin, and thence
running on the nearest practicable route to in
tersect with the Junction City and Council
Grove road, or in case said road is not legally
made out, then the terminus to be Junction
City. +. y. Robinson, ana others.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-04-16

PRESERVING GRAFTs.-Dr. Parker
said that the best way to preserve cions
is to dip every cut end in strong solu-
ton of gum arabic, as soon as taken
from the tree. Then wrap them in pa
per to send abroad, or put them in box
with sand, and bury in the Garth
This is better than in the cellar
There is no need of oiled silk to wrap
cions, sent by mail, if they are gummed.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-04-16
General Orders No. /.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT K. 8. NJ, |
COUNCIL GROVE. March 81. 1868. (

COUNCIL GROVE, March Il, 1868.
General Order No. l.
L. The following officers are announced as
my staff: ~
Capt Henry c. Aiken, Council Grove, Assis-
tant Adjutant General, Capt r. A. kandiett,
Topeka, Quartermaster. Amos D. Gralgue'
Topeka. Commissary. Lieut.. Levi Z. Wood
man, Manhattan. Lieut. Asa Bancroft. Empo-
ria. Lyon Co, Lieut.. G. T. Donaldson, Chelsea,
Butler Co.. Sc Aids"
II. Headquarters of the District are hereby
established at Council Grove, Morris Co.
III. The Quartermaster and Commissary Of-
fees will be kept at Topeka.
". All official communications should be
addressed to Capt H. C. Akin, Assistant Adju-
tant General, Council Grove, Kansas.
By order S. n. WOOD.
Brigadier General Commanding.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-04-16
The Frontier Nursery!
PATRONISE HOME INDUSTRY!
COMMENCE ORCHARD THIS SEASON

The proprietor of the above Nursery, situat-
ed five miles from Fort Riley. ON the Fort
Riley and Fort Kearncy Road, six miles due
west from Ogden, now offers for sale
80 900 Choice and Reliable Fruit
T.,es
Consisting of Apples, Pears, Peaches and
Cherries; also Chestnuts and a large collec-
ton of grape vines and small fruits-black-
berries, Strawberries, currants, gooseberries,
and rhubarb and shrubbery; roses, peonies,
tulips, snowballs, lilacs, towering ounce and
honeysuckles Lumber D. poplar, maple and
locust trees; all of which l will sell at the
following rates, or exchange for young stock
at fair prices:
Three year old Apples, ten dollars per hun
bred, forty seven dollars for 5OO ninety dol
lars per loo; large, for immediate bearing,
fifteen dollars per 100, seventy dollars per $50,
ons hundred and thirty-fve dollars per 1OOo-
Peaches. seeo,:::" two ana three y ysars old.
four dollars per 100, nineteen dollars per SEQ,
thirty-fve dollars per 1000; choice budded, ten
dollars 100 Pears, Cherries and Chestnuts,
% to so cents each. Grapes: Delaware, iva
years old, transplanted and root-pruned, $3.50;
three years, S1.25; two years, 81 layers, 70
to 80 cents; Concord. % cents to 100; Cataw.
ba, Isabella, Clinton, Idon, 20 to 35 cts; Frank
lin, Diana, Northern Muscadine. Hartford Pro-
life, so to IS cents, Blackberries, Lawton, 81
per dozen. Currants and Gooseberries 10
cents EACH Strawberries from % to 4O cents
Dozen Rhubarb from 10 to 25 cents each.
Everything else in proportion.
Having for o long time been connected with
the well known nursery and extensive test
orchard Of Cutter & Sons, Of Western Illinois.
/ was enabled to select all the best tested
Western varieties, which fact is worthy the
notice Of all men. Communications promptly
answered. Stamps for return mail never re-
fused Address SAMUEL CUTTER,
nlv3) Fort Riley, Davis Co., Kansas
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-04-16
CITY HOTEL,
Junction City, Kansas.
GEO. d. PURINTON, :

The undersigned having thoroughly renovat-
ed and refitted this commodious and popular
house. fatters himself that he can accommo-
date regular boarders and the travelling public
in a style unsurpassed west Of Leavenworth.
The coaches of the Kansas Stage company
leave this house for the East and West.
good livery and feed stable is attached to
this house. and horses and carriages can be
procured at any time.
n47-ly. GEO. II. PUhINIoN.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-04-16
u. i. JONES,
NotaryPubho

SALLNE COUNTY, KANSAS
ON HAND TO TRADE FOR STOCK OR
III Cash. several improved Claims in Saline
County; also house and lot in the town Of
Salina. Ibuy and sell LAND ana stock 1t iair
Commission, and assist emisrsnts IN making
The Homestead Bill has Passed,
And now Is the time for emigrants to get GOOD
HOMES. No land in this county has bean
offered at Public Sale, and viii all be held
under. he Homestead Act.
C all upon or address me at Salina, Saline
Co., Kansas. n36tf H. L.JONES.
DURNEIT'S COCAINE ron 1ux HAIR,
u For Sale by ~ HALL
II kAUK MORT0A0E9
- yOn oAx1 AT T1IooBYy0,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-01-22
PUBLISHED lDATLy) By
EDGAR SNOW DEN: JR.
- ~DEFICE-No 104 King street. over
s,ones. (formerly French's) Book Store

IT s. CozGREss. In the Senate yesterday,
Mr.. johnson. of Md, presented the petition
Of Samuel Chase Barney, praying that inquiry
be made into the cause Of his dismissal from
the navy, The bill allowing articles Of cloth
lug for soldiers to be conveyed through the
mails at the rate Of eight cents per four ounces,
was taken up and passed The bill to pro
mote enistments in the army, was debated,
and Dostponed until to-day. The resolution
for establishing a new rule OF the Secate, re-
oniring Senators to subscribe to certain oath,
was taken up and discussed at length by Sena
tor johnson, whose line Of argument indicated
that he did not approve the resolution. 4 re-
solution to refer the matter to the judiciary
committee was rejected By vote Of yeas L,
nays 26. Mr.. hoW51d then took the floor and
argued in favor Of the rule. When he conclu
ded, Mr.. Sauls} ury obtained the floor, and the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
In the House of Representatives, the con-
sderation of the amendatory bill to the Con-
fscation law was resumed DIr. Morris, of
New York, spoke In favor Of confacation in
its broadest sense. Mr.. Rogers, of New ,Jer-
sey, opposed the bill under consideration, ar
guing that by the terms Of the Constitution
estates could not he confscated beyond the
life of the offender. Without taking action
On the bill, the House resolved itself into Com
mittee Of the Whole and further considered
the amendatory Internal Revenue bill.
Mr.. Pendleton proposed TO SO amend as to
tax all cotton exem pied by previous law 2 cts
per lb. Agreed to.
Mr.. Brooks moved to strike out the draw
back of Gets per ID. in all cases .Whe,e salts
factory evidence is given that the duty lmpo-
posed by the act Oh cotton, for manufacturing
purposes, has been previously paid
A lively debate followed In the course Of
which Mr.. Wash burne, Of Illinois, said that
whatever complaints might be made IN Voor-
hees district against the operations of the law,
there was none in his loyal district.
Mr.. Voorhees,, regarded NIr. Washburne'
speech as too low for an honest mans con-
tempt
Mr.. Kelley, in reply to Mr.. Voorhees,, said
no man who upheld the rational flag and the
cause OF freedom would never be driven by
soldiers out OF a railroad car.
Mr. Voorhees said there was not word OF
truth In the insinuation just made. He should
not habe noticed it had it been confined alone
to Nlr. * S sanderous tongue
On motion of Mr.. Stevens, the committee
arose.
1t has already been mentioned that General
risk is breaking up the gambling establish
hents OF St. Louis. He has recovered So, 200
won from u S. Government officer, and Civ
en tne gamblers notice to leave town in forty
esnt hours, on penalty of being sent to Ben
0On barracks, ochop wood for the use of ne
B gro soldiers
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-01-22

.Ig. I4atrobe, the President Of The American
Colon'Zation Society, in the speech he made
before hat society," at the annual meeting.
held in Washington on "Wednesday night. ':ar-
gued that the o:t-reDcatad Claclara;;, N that
this wa, terminating as it might, would give
freedom to the negro an? 0 JYate The necessity
OF the CoIon;zation 5ocietvs Apors. was made
without full knowiaIgo Of the facss. and that
after the war there would he as ;nuch neccs<;
tv fer colonization societies as there WAS at
present. The race o,ull rs BE bef:erol in
this country, bn+ It was necessary 70 coon2e
te>o IN y country Of t.lair own. ,J'be negroes
were Da:5 AMI parcel Of ;he apoying classes ot
the country aad mlxal with them, and in Ibis
land they could NOT he eeveoad in the <ociaI
scale They would become in the slave States,
when once freed, what they wer9 in the free
States to day.
The defeat Of the 1iezicans by the French
IS fully confirmed. Juarez escaped in dill
gence, whilst ali the public Offices at bis head
quarters were kept OPEN as usual. The SEN
tnels were at their posts before his house. and
bat few knew he had left till he vas far on
his journey. He fed on lhe 18Th ultimo, the
day after the battle Of lIoreia The French
deem this defeat as the finishing blow to the
Mexican Cause.
Inthe Maryland House OF Delegates yesterday
a bill to provide for taking the sense of the
noonle in relation 70 the calling OF conVen
tion. 10 frame new constitution and form of
government for the State, and Tor the election
Of delcgates thereto, was rejected by vote
Of yeas 20 nays 81.
The n. G. Trowbrilge noticed as being pris.
oner al Fort Warren: and whose correspon'
dence with SIr. Charles Iafnar was recently
published, is citizen Of Georgia: instead Of
New York. He was arrested about year
ago BY the 3. 8 military authorities: but re-
leased upon condition that he would do moth
inc hostile % the Government.
Two negroes named Richard Simmons and
Nimrofl Hall, who had been hired by gentle
man in WASHINGTON to 80 to Maryland and
chop wood, were Kidnapped on Tuesday: IN
front Of the Office Of the provost marshal, while
their employer was inside, in the act OF procur-
ing pass from that officer. ihe persons
who seized them represented themselves as de
tectives, but the most diligeot inquiry fails to
connect them With either the officers OF the
civil or military authorities OF the District: opd
the affair IS envcloped in so much mystery that
Q reward IS offered for Information.
"a delegation from Arkansas are said to
he IN Washington pressing the claims Of the
State for reconstruction as a loyal State.
Through trains are running daily from Chat
4oaoona 70 Nashville. occurring nineteen hours
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-01-22

IA, VA, FRIDAY Il5.FII3N]T,>S5tG9, .JAN1l73z / (
GEN LEES S I7AMIIY.-'71e Richmond CO..
respondent Of the lIobiie Degister says
The introduction Of q resolution in the House
relative to the Communication oi officers Ge.idjng
in the city is Of some iinl ortance, when we con
slider that multitude OF little captains majors,
surgeons and assistant surgeons, snHgiy en-
sconsed here, farfron all danger and exposure
are getting from three to four, and even five
hundred dollars month, while szeneral Lee
constantly exposed to the casualties CT Gattle
and Ct camp life, gets only the gay OF . 1ilya-
dler, with the addition OF &lG0 lnontii as
commander Of a deD&rtment-no5 enough g
support his family, now living II two rented
rooms in the pialnest way, % say n2ta'Hg
OF himself, especially i, be keeps, as j >e5.>lEe
gard d;, at 7zanuasSas, a general free taole lSoE
everybody. How crelisabe 70 Lee, under
these circumstances, is the refusal oi house
rendered him by the city OF Richmond. / an
told hat as soon as he got WIND q the move
ment, he went to lIr Sanders, the president
of the common council, and told hin that his
family were living comfortably enough, 81!
that if the city had money to spare, 1t had
much better be given to the soldiers, or to
their widows and orphans.
AFFAIRS IN North CARol-ISA = dispatch
from Ntvbern n c., published IN the North
ern papers says: 'Dioloyal persons who are
coming into the Federal lines for the only
purpose Of obtaining possession Of their prop,
erty, and confess such to be the case, have
thus far failed Judge Heaton, who has en-
tire charge Of all abandoned property here
takes the ground that it is not the Intention
Of the government to encourage ol8loyaIty
that disloval persons desiring 20 obtain the
possession Of their property under the pre$l-
dent's proclamation, must first give conclusive
evidence Of their intention to keep IN good
faith the oath required OF them, and that they
have come into the Federal lines Tor the puE--
nose Of becoming loyal citizens to the united
States and aot tHor the sole purpose OF OBTAIN
ing their property. Many persons nave openly
confessed that they do not CONSIDER the re-
ouired oath binding ana" they did not lnteno
to resneot it after obtaining possession Or their
property. -z,z----
On Sunday night last the new Chestnut
Street Theatre, in Philadelphia, was entered
by robbers, and the fire proof blown open and
robbed Of ali the money it contained, beng
between three and four hundred dollars. On
Saturday night last the wholesale store OF
Gross & Kunkel, in Harrisburg, Pa, was en-
tered the safe blown open, and the sum OF
about $500 carried off, The warehouse q Ii:
NcCormck was entered the same night and
the safe blown open
The necessary preparations for taking the
araft in the Prince Georges, Nd, Congress
- lzo hann no,11natad. and it IS
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-12-08
Wiieheraft in Italy.

The Italian correspondent of the London
Post sends an account of one Of the most
extraordinary political devices which ever
entered the head of monk:
It appears that in the convent ef Angus
tinian nuns at Loretto, there was for merly
a pupil, daughter of one of the Supporters Of
Victor Emanuel This young lady left the
convent In April of the present year, and
Immediately afterward rumour was cir
culated that another pupil of the convent
had been bewitched by her. Pins and
needles were said tie have been vomited in
large quantities, and the usual nonsense Of
witchcraft largely drawn upon At last
the young lady was invited to visit the CON
vent, which she did, in company with two
If Ter near relations, frsm whom however
she was separated on some pretenoe.
The chaplain, the physician, and the lady
superior then confronted her charged her
with witchcraft, and demanded to be- inform
ed OF the incantations used, and the agree
ment entered into with the demon. The
girl, though naturally much terrified, of
course denied all knowledge of any such
proceedings, whereupon a most painful
scene ensued. Holy water was sprinkled
about literally, the priest twisted his stole
round her neck, shrieking his exoreisIns,
and finally, they proceedings wound upby
the two misereants, under the advice of the
nun, stripping the poor girl nearly naked,
the pretense of seeking for the compact with
Satan. Under all these distressing circum-
stances the girl naturally tainted, but upon
her recovery, was subjected to fresh indig-
nities-and showing her box of pins and
needles, said to have been vomited by the
victim Of the enchantment, and letter,
which was said to have been found on hel
containing the awful words" Death to the
Pope ",- 1Ge
| A similar scene was in course of enact
nent in another room, where a nun was
striving to get the girls mother to confess
TO her daughters guilt. At last she sue
ceeded in getting away from the conven
with her daughter and conveying her hom
-hysterical, sobbing and terrified Whel
this disgraceful story became known the in
habitants of Loretto turned out, aud rio
was imminent. The syndic however stop
Ipeditby arresting the physician and chaplain
for their illegal conduct In the meanwhile
it has been discovered that the girl said t.
have been bewitched is and has been per
fectly well, and that the whole thing ha
been planned to produces an impression O
the ignorant that the enemies Of tempors
lpower are friends of the devil, and that til
present revolution in Italy is the work {
demoniacal agency.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-12-08

SQUEEZING. While we are growing very
sensible, indeed, in matter of dress as far as
boots, Balmoral skirts, warm stockings, and
high necks, we are degeneratng in some
other matter quite as important. j he corset
is now necessary part of woman's ward
robe, and alas! when woman does begin
to wear corsets, she will wear them too
small, and will tug at the laces until her
breath becomes short, and she feels it nee
essary to refrain from any thing like com
Portable meal. We say nothing against a
well shaped corset worn loose, but there
lies the difficulty. A loose cravat Injuries the
appearance of the figure instead of improv-
ing it, and people wear corsets that they
may have small waists
All we can say is, don't squeeze, what
ever you do; yeu may have small waists,
but you are exposing yourself to dozen
misfortunes which are as bad as large
waist. First, you'll surely have the dys-
pepsia, and grow yellow, and cross and I'm
happy: secondly your hands will grow red;
thirdly, your nose; fourthly, you will be
unable to walk mile at once; filthy, din
ner will be misery; sixthly, your shoulder
blades will increase in size and altitude; sew
entity your eyes will grow weak; eighthly,
you will break at thirty or Whereabouts, and
he sickly old woman from that time forth.
If these truths do nor frIghten women from
tight eorsets perhaps the information that
gentleman generally do not admire what
dress-makers call pretty figure" 30
much az natural one, may have some in
huence.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-12-08

I
Il A PAR, OF SpAsMs. --Ons Of the spir
itual papers have lucidly declared :s
In the twelfth. hour of the glory of God
the life Of God, the Lord in God, the Hol,
Procedure shall crown the Triune Creator
with the disclosive illumination. Then
shall the creation, in its effulgence, above
the divine seraphine arise into the dis
closure, in one comprehensive revolving
galaxy of supreme created beatitude
An exchange learnedly adds:
Then shall blockheadism-the jackassical
dome of disclosive procedure-abov the all
fired great leather fungus of Peter Nipnim-
CO. the great gooseberry grinder, rise into
the dome disclosive until co-equal co ex-
tensive and conglomerated .lumaxes int
one grand comprehensive mux, shall assirn-
ilate into nothing, and revolve like a bob
tailed cat after the space where her tail
was. s- rrH gkbE8elEb
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auoIus y f "A ., Commissioners Of
WINFIELD SMITH, ~ - JANUS
Of F0rteated MOrtgaged Lands IN
iUua 't" casa t kenOsh1 COuutu
LAMBS CELEBRATE
suo7t PATENT SELF-ACTKNGoI
HAND LOOM

tbs wocderful invention ia practically adapted to
Tho family OF th eiaboring man, to be used In making
nI rhe heavy and substantial goods worn by them.
By the simple turning of an easy crank, tbs whole
rocess of weaving performed, parts all self
changing, requiring skill to weave, it lets on the
Warp from the warp beam, winds up cloth, throws tho
huttle and treads the treddles, all with one NOTION
When the warp is once drawn through the REED and
HARNESS of the Sefacting Loom, on the same warp and
sey. Single and Double plain CLOTH &C., can be made
and the changes from kind to another be made
in 0 We minutes. On all other looms the warp IL drawn
In differently for each kind of CLOTH. - 7ao s'h -
The Self acting loom is small neat and light onlyVc-
cupying the space of small breakfast table, The ma.
ehinery is simple and durable, thaanyone can tell
the why's and whereiores about it, and with but little
experience, use it successfully without the least liability
of getting it out of order, s3itlr D2Au > 9uS ~
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Internationally the best susta ned
wsrk Ofthe kind in the World"
HAkPER'S
NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

Critical Notices OF the Press
1t is the foremost Magaxine of the day The res ide
never had more delightful compan i'm, nor the mill.
on more enterprisipg friend, than Harper's Maya
zne.-Neth0dist Pr otsstInt (Bstimore)
The most popuil ar monthly in the word.-Nsso YoyA
Observer. ~. ~ tsss4ass
We must refer in terms Of euiogy to the high tone
ano varied exceilences of Harpers Magazines jour.
aa with monthly circulation of about 40 00e copies
in whose pages to be found some of the choices
ight and general reading of The day. We speak o.
tins work evidence Of the American peopls;-
aud the popularity it has acquired is merited. Each
Number contains fully l4@ pages of reading matter,
appropriately illustrated with good wood euts and ii
combines liz tsefthe raey monthly and the more phi
osophical quarterly, blended with the best
of the daily Journal 1t has great power in the dis
seIiination of love of pure observation-disclosures
Cutie to Anpericuao Literature, London.
The yo!umss bound constitute IF themselves libra
ry Of miscellaneous reading such be foul,c
in the same compa in any other publication tina
has come under our notice B0stun Courisr,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-12-08

ES8 man was arrested at st. ,Jobpgburv
under the vagrant act the other day. and
proved his identity by the editor of the
Catedonaan, who recognized him one who
formerly wrote poetry for that paper. The
Cagedoaiaa says:
The man was at once pronounced insane
and discharged '''-O