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Can Make Their Marx.

When the Seventh Kansas was stationed
at Corinth With the Ninth Illinois Infantry,
guarding the railroad At that point, Major
Ia paymaster from the Army of the Po-
tomac-was there 'ransacting some business
in that district. During his stay he be-
come on intimate terms with the officers
aad men of the Seventh and Ninth. With
Col. Jesse Phillips, of the Ninth Illinois,
he was very familiar.
While engaged in conversation one day
with the Colonel, he remarked:
"Colouel, | have been, since my advent
here, a close observer of Western men
have observed their rude manners, disgust.
Ing and filthy customs, and more psrticu-
larly their ignorance. Well, sir, it is an
actual fact that not more than one-third of
the men can read and write; two-thirds of
them have to make their mark"
The Colonel drew his hand slowly across
his high and sunburnt forehead, eyed the
Major closely and said: Your statement,
sir, regarding Western n,en may be true in
many respects; but, sir, while you men in
the Army of the Potomac have been living
in luxury and making mastery Advances
on Washington. by Cd we Western men
have been making our marks
The Major smels mice, and was silent
on the merit and demerit of the men Of
the two sections of the country durirg the
remainder of his stay in that Department.
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Abraham Lincoln What the Rebels Think O
.. -.- His Re Election.

Abraham Lincoln-What the Rebels Think o.
His Re Election.
From the Chattanooga Daily Gazette.
MIR. EDIroR: A few days ago fell in
company with prominent rebel citizen Of
Chattanooga county, Georgia.
The conversation turned upon the proba.
bilitios of Lincoln's re election to the Pres.
idency of the United States; whereupon be
remarked, with considerable warmth:
elf Lincoln is re elected We may just as
we'll give up the game, for we can in tha,
case have no hope Of gaining our independ-
ence. We have been trying to keep up
appearances with the hope that the peace
men of the United States would be able to
carry the election. Our all is staked upon
the issue; for it is an absolute impossibili-
ty for US to hold out another four years.
God grant that our fears be not realized.
For my own part, l would rather see the
sun plucked from her orbit than to see old
Abe reelected. If we have to return to
the hated Union, would rather submit to
any other man than Lincoln"
Thus it appears that the rebels are await
ing the "issue" with faint hope that the
good people Of the United States will be
foolish enough to elect Copperhead to the
Presidency. SCoUT.
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Union Pacific Railroad.

The public has been made acquainted
with the fact, that some difficulties have
been interposed by speculative partie, in
carrying out the work on the Union Pacific
Railroad from Kansas City to Fort Riley
We arc grat'6ed in being able to state, that,
on the condition of affairs being made
known to twelve or fifteen public spirited
citizens of St. Louis, they at once stepped
forward and contributed by subscription,
the amount necessary to keep the road in
the hands, and subject to the control of the
St. Louis Directors. and that it will now be
pushed forward with all possible expedition.
This extension of oar road to the Pacific
as far as Fort Riley it is now settled will
be completed By the time the connection is
made at Kansas City-&. Louis Rep.
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lows: Length, 152 feet; breadth of besm,
. Mt; depth;o hold Il feet She is
kuilssof sixteen finch timber, and dis said to
hvs plating of sif inch siroa. AO'aers,
however, assert that her eoat>of mail Is i
rail, laid and fastened crosswise. Her en-
giue is low pressure, English built, with
two screws. She is pierced for six guns,
viz: one port hole at the stem and stern,
aud four on the ssarboard aud port sides.
Her armament consists of only two 20.
pouoder Whitworth sguus, revolving on a
swivel, which can be fred ont of three part
holes.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-05-07

r NEWSPAPER ON S1LK.-Iu Pekin, China,
newspaper Of extraordinary size is pub
.ilshed weekly on silk. It is said to have
been started more than a thousand year.
ago, somewhat earlier than the one under
The patronage Of the " Good Queen Bess"
An anecdote is related to the effect that in
: 1727, the editor cansed some false iptelli-
3 gssce to be published in this newspsper,
for which he asput to death. Wss THE
rule sdopted in Kansas, We fSaf that the
Fraudites would soon be without an organ
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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

It is said orders will soon be issued to COM
manders having colored troops under them, to
retaliate upon the rebels.
The President has approved Of the joint res.
olution temporarily increasing the duty on
imports fifty per cent 1t is therefore law
The woman who makes the best shirt for the
St. Louis Sanitary Fair is to have q prize Of
$500 in silver ware; also $50 in silver ware
for the second best.
The Governor of Colorado has issued his
form Constitution and State Government.
The election takes place on the first Monday in
June.
The New Orleans Era Of the 10th contains
late news from Banks. Preparations were be-
ing made for another advance of our army.
The Era adds: We have good reason to believe
Banks is again on his way to Shreveport
Jno. C. Heenan is still in London. He has
fits now and falls down in the street. He has
never been we'll since he was drugged for the
fight with King, by the friends of the latter;
It is thought he will never recover.
The Richmond Examiner of the 18th ult
expresses itself in this wise: "while it can.
not be expected that they (negroes) will ever
fight with the bravery and gallantry of our
own men, we are disposed to believe that they
will be, as soldiers, but little inferior to the
rifraff of Germany and Ireland which enters
50 largely into the composition Of the Northern
army" u,
Gov. Murphy, Of Arkansas, was inaugrated
at Little Rock on the 18th ult. There were
over 10000 citizens and soldiers present. The
Inauguration was preceded by grand process.
sion The calvacade passed through the prin.
cipal streets of the city with music, and stop
ped at the State House, where the Inauguration
took place amid the most enthusiastic cheering
At night the city was brilliantly illuminated
A special from Washington says Lee doe'
not intend falling back on Richmond, but j!
concentrating all his force at Orange Cour
House.
Six States which by law allowed their sol
diers to vote, showed an aggregate last fall O
1925 Union, to 7ll2 Democratic.
Mrs. Harriet D. Field, wife Of David Dudley
Field, of New York, died ON Friday morning
of bilious fever, produced by exhaustion from
excessive labor in behalf Of the Sanitary Fair
The death of Mrs. kirkland, the authoress, i!
attributed to the same cause.
The number Of National Banks now in ex
istence is three hundred and ninety-three.-
The aggregate amount Of capital invested il
these banks is sixty million dollars, with ~
aggregate Of stocks or bonds deposited viii
the Treasurer of the United States as q basi,
of collection, of thirty millions.
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PRRyERsIoN OF FACTS.

Resolued, 4tb, That the weak apology,
that it was necessary to vote for . United
States Senator in order to secure votes in
the Legislature for the local measures Of
Morris county, is perversion Of facts
which will not deceive the voters Of said
county" ,.
The 4th Resolution shows that the e per.
version of facts" is on their own side. We
never made any such apology.-Pess.
Guess you did, Sam. Last winter, when
the remonstrance against the election Of O
United States Senator Was being circulated
in Morris county, one or two who had
signed it were requested to take their names
of. The argument used to them was that
it would injure your influence in favqr Of
the Railroad and other interests Of the
county. And 1t the celebrated Friday
night meeting, when eleven out Of forty
endorsed you, Senator and All, I'VE dis
tiDctly reeollect, says one Who vas present,
that that was the burthen Of your t1o
hours speech, and if the sudience ooalds't I
see it, it was not your FAULT. 20 -
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Lead and iron ore have been found in large
quantities in Doniphan county. So ssys the
Troy Investigator - * - - 81 A
Considerable damage has been done in Dom
iphan county by prairie fires, caused by the
carelessnessor or wantoness Of idaho gold seekers.
The steamer Live Oak brought to wyandotte
the other day, about three hundred tons Of
iron for the U. P. Railway. Four more boats
are said to be on the way from Pittsburg, load
ed with iron s.s-s-1z
Counterfeit Treasury Notes Of 500 denom-
ination have made their appearance in our
State. Owen Vessels belonging to the 7th
Kansas Regiment, was committed in the U. 8.
District Court last week At Topeka, for passing
one of these bills, and sentenced by Judge
Delahay to five years imprisonment at hard
labor in the Joliet penitentiary of Illinois. A
vigorous and persistent defense was made for
Vessels by able counsel, District Attorney
Emery for the prosecution. $50 and S20 coun-
terfeits are also in circulation. Look out for
them.-LGwrence Tribune. -.-
On the 10Th ult. certified transcript Of q
list of lands containing 49s, 552 acres approved
to the State Of Kansas, under the 9th section
of the Act of Congress, Sept. 4, 1e4l. was
Transmitted to the Governor of Kansas.
At the District Court which closed yesterday
George Christ, living on Badger Greek, in this
county, was tried for setting out prairie fire
found guilty on two distinct charges, and on
one was fined $500 and ten days imprison.
ment, and on the other $500 and ten days
imprisonment.-Emporia News.
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Ferevarued-Foresrmed.

We referred yesterday to the movements
of the guerrillas, and sincs then We have
been kindly furnished, from Headquarters
at Fort Leavenwortb, with the following
dispatch received there from the intrepid
and watchful Col. Phillips. 1t reads:
INDIAN BRIGADE. FoRr GiBsos,
April o. 1864.
To Maj. Gen. Curtis, Cong Dept Kan:
SIR have already sent you two tele-
grams from Fort Smith, that Quantrell was
going to Kansas. He has gone up on
Grand River, and by night marches. l
sent several small columns. had only
infantry to meet him at day abreak, on
Prices Greek. 1t has rained hard ffSr two
days, and the rivers arc rising. Adair,
who had t:.ee hundred and twenty five
-nen, had been driven across Illinois River
above Tallaquah, and has gone east, seeing
himself about to be taken between the
rivers.
Quantrell crossed the Verdegris aud AR.
kansas by forced marches last night. The
rivers are up this morning. My scouts
were on bis trail at day6reak, twenty mile.
south vest, across the Arkansas river again.
l have force over there, under Captain
Kay haa. that may meet him. Suffering
hero for the train. Respectfully,
w. A. PHILLIPS,
Colonel Commanding.
FoRr ScoTr, April 81, 1864.
Seventy mer, supposed to be rebels, from
their dress, horses and accoutrements, pass
ed north, thirty miles east of this place
day Before yesterday, heading towards
Boonville, Mo. (Signed)
THcs. MckEAN, Brig. Gen.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April %.
lMdjor S. S. Curtis, A. d. d.:
Eighty guerriIlas crossed Grand river
near Dayton, Bates county, this morning al
3 o'clock, going towards Rose Hill.
E. L. BERTHoUD,
First Lieut.. and A. A. A. Gen.
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Foreign News.
New YORK, NJ

New YORK, May 2.
The City Of Washington from Liverpool
the Goth, arrived here this afternoon.
The Prussians assaulted and carried Dup
pei on the morning Of the 18th, capturing
SO cannon and from 1000 to 5000 prison
ers. The Prussian loss is stated at two
Generals, sixty officers and 6OO privntes.
The Danes are said to have lost between
80 and 100 officers, and 1000 men are re-
ported hors du combat
The victory was received with great re-
joicing in Berlin.
1t is reported that the Prussians occupied
Aslen, and that the occupation of the
whole Of Jutland is resolved upon.
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I@ Considerable amusement was .occa-
stoned lately in Cleveland by the discovery
of number of Mexican dollars in heap OF
dirt thrown out from a dredging machine
used in cleaning the river of mud. After
the rain Of the previou night, Saturday },
some boys saw exposed to view several
Mexican dollars. They Immediately set to
work turning over the mud and refuse, and
other Mexican dollars were brought to light.
The excitement became intense. Soon the
news got up town, aud the rush for the new
j" silver diggins" was immense. Copper
stocks aud Idaho mines were entirely
thrown into the shade BY rich "placer" of
the Cuyahega. Jew and Gentle were on
hand, and all striving to find or buy some
of the "dross." AS piece vas found,
> purchaser was standing ready with his
greeubacks, offering . high premium. Du-
ring the forenoon some three hundred Of
the precious 4" cartvbeels we're dug and
pocketed. Then commenced brisk brok-
erage business. Wherever dollar could
be heard Of, the owner was sought out, and
7greeubacks freely offered in exchange. 1t
6pally struck some Of the speculators that it
might be well to try their "new found
treasures, when horror Of horrors, it
wouldn't stand test-it vas bcgas. Then
!" there vas loud weeping in Israel" The
police we're sought out, and the case laid
before them, but they could do nothing
The coin is supposed to have been thrown
in the river years ago BY = band Of oountsr-
feiters who infested that locality
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-05-07
THE NEosHo VALLEY RAILROAD.

We are glad to see that bill has passed the
Senate of the United States extending this Road
with proper land grants to the Kansas Valley.
It is one Of the most important STEPS taken by
our earnest and untiring delegation at Washing
ton to develop Kansas. and to open up to the
Gulf Of Mexico n highway Of nations. To the
State of Kansas, in ultimate results, this Road is
OF more value than the one up the Kansas River
With the latter Road DETECTING through the
State up the most beautiful and fertile valley of
the Republican, forming one branch of its exten-
sion towards the gold fields of Idaho and Colo
rado, it cuts the State diagonally almost from
corner to corner, passing through the heart of
Agricultural Kansas. And while it brings the
pineries Of South western Missouri and Arkan
cas- to aid in beautifying Western Kansas, it at
the same time performs the triple work of Civ
ing to the South western States and Territories
Q direct outlet to the main trunk of the Pacific
Road, and the vast mineral fields of the Cont
nent beyond. 1t unites in one, and by more
than thousand miles shorter distance, the
tropics and the great central grain growing belt
Of the Continent, and linking these two with the
Inost valuable mineral resources that have yet
OSeu OpeHcu W III Ihe "V'bus III OHe
indissoluble band the interests of the whole
interior belt of the country west of the Missis-
sippi river. From the Gulf of Mexico to the
North western portion of Kansas this Road
posses through the Goshen of the United States,
while its pathway will be one almost con-
tinuous lerel bottom plain.
It lie no, chimerical to predict that the war
win so familiarize Northern skill with Southern
openings that within a very few years after its
close large proportion Of the manufactured
articles now supplied by New England alone.
will be finished on and along those lines of
trade which ore the shortest between the Tropics
and the mineral lands of the continent.
This portion of Kansas may we'll be considered
an enviable one, and the people may well be
proud Of their Senators and Representative. We
are glad to see them pursue and press these very
important State and National objects. and not
come down from their field of labor in Congress
till the session closes and their work 10 com.
pleted.
The people of Kansas are not only able to
vindicate their own rights, but {" judge correctly
who among public men will best in future press
these important measures to practical and
triumphant contamination.
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n@- The following are the names Of the
soldiers Of the Sixth Kansas who were mur-
dered with DR.. Fairchild, while on their
way to Rossvile:
Co. E-Corporal Fl. l. Barber, Corporal
J. Corvin; privates. Jas. Dunn, Burto H.
johnson, Terry Mullen, David Newton.
Co. L-Corporal Geo. Long; privates,
Lafayette Gowings, VIM. Anthony. Co.
John Sailing. Co. D-John Davis.
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The Commercials sFort MoeFoeI letter
|aJs. Gen Wesseps command. are ,t P.uls-
sesfy, lNestho Carolina or. roste 70 Rich
'@ssd.si; Also . that. the Irebsls. ey.cuated
Rlyaosth. and all eastern Nortb Carolina.
teaesen the sspks Of Lees army. !. Abo
tho 18th Corps entire asd .l9th Corps large
A4-s1emsuted, sse With Gen W. T. Smith.
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HPennsylvania takes its side By kaa.
sas, Califoruia, Gofossdos Indiana and Illi.
'rois in sending up its emitted legjoSs ia
unanimous phalsnxa TO- fe-uonisats ssd
support the matchless President of . re-
united Republic. All icyal lAodsnss rsn
the Rail Splitter.
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The Hundred Days Men.

CINCINNATI, May 3.
The National Guards of Ohio mustered
yesterday. in response to the Governors
call for 100 days men. Out of 4S6 com.
panies, all but 43 haye reported (35,
men) for active duty. The whole number
will reach nearly 10000 men, ready for
the field at moments notice.
The four Cincinnati regiments turned
out nearly 5000 men, armed and equipped.
n@- A refugee, who had just escaped
from Wilmington. N. c., says: 81 lived
within few doors Of Mr.. Mallory, .he
Confederate States Secretary of the Navy.
His wife. a Spanish lady, is most anxious
to reach the State of Massachusetts,, where
her sister is now living. The Secretary
and his lady are actually very poor, SO poor
that when guests were at their house they
usually had to borrow from US table equip
age, and that of the simplest. During .
temporary absence. made the Secretary
welcome to the milk of my solitary COW,
and he esteemed it, for his wife's sake, an
exceeding great kindness"
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EDITED By An Association of o9trzENs
OF COUNCIL GROVE.
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ROSTER OF co. "L,r nth KANSAS CAVALRY,

FoRr RILEY, KANSAS, May 2, 1864.
MEssRs. BLAKELY & MARTIN Below you
will find a full and complete Roster" of Co.
L, 1lth X. V. Cavalry, now organized and on
duty at this Post. Yours truly,
WM H. MCKINLEY
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9th &" T" Valentine Pfester.
Corporals-
Josiah T. Gem. George Shove
Lewis Latin. John W. Williams.
Lewis w. Emmons. John T. Kent
Thomas G. Ryan. James Oliver.
Company Clerk, VIM. H. Mckinley.
Farrier, Chauncey W. Finney
Buglers, Albert Copeland, William Sheppard
Privates-
Avery, Henry McDavid, Patrick
Baker, Israel McMininny, John A.
Beach, Simeon D. McMininny, Wm w.
Bland, Joseph McReynolds, Robert
Cameron, Thomas Moon, Elihu
Calkins. Peter Morse, George II.
Cloud, James R. O,Rourke, Patrick
Cotton, George Il. Overton, Arthur
Crane, Alexander Owen Joseph
Dean, William H. Palmer Edward
Donald, Samuel A. Pickett, Richard
Dodge, Theodore Prosser James E.
Ealey, David Register, James r.
Edwards, Francis Sandford, Cyrus L.
Findley. Samuel C. Sanders. Thomas
Finney, Franklin W. Scott, Theodore T.
Gam. Joshua E. Sewer, James NJ.
Harrison, John Simpson, James H.
Halstead. Andrew J. Smith, William
Harmon. George W. Smith, Charles p
Hemphill, John Smith, John
Hines George B. Spurrier, Rollin P
Hoar, John Stumbo, William
Hull, Lucius j. Sullivan, John
Kent Theodore 7. Thomas, George ".
Kelsey, Egbert A. Thomas Henry Z. Z
Tkuight, Michael Townsend, Lester
kress Wesley Vandegrift, Evans R.
Lack, William Walton, John 80
Langdon, William Whitman, Smith
4 Limerick. Thomas ]. Wilson, Charles L.
Mills, Robert b. Williams, Zachariah
Maui, Jacob Younkin, Alfred
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whici is The name tfr the febel;monster, is
-4litesa .foraidable eraft, bnilt1 on tbe plan
o(aAs Mergiua6, Capt. Ianss Spo0avoed
Cooke, ilate 4 uienteaslk b sfhe United
Stsles niiy, commands her, and 1asAlcrew
Of si1ty men. Her dimensions sFs - sol-
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rHE FORT PILLOW xAssAcaE n ENACTED

Ny Informant also acquainted me with
the fact that all the negroes found after the
susrepder we're stripped Of their clothing
and btut.llyp murdered in cold blood II
must b understood that General, Wessels
bad no eolored troops .s Plymouth. s.ve .
few recruits for. North Caroiina regiments,
and the poor, unfortunate blacks thus
butchsred we're merely laborers for ibe
Government The negroes we're formed
inta liae, ips nude state, aad fired q by
the brnl.l soldiery, purporting to represent
Southern chivslry. :sp.s1g tes s2i.au /
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are, beyond the slightest doubt, immensely
heavy, When j. is considered that every
fort around Plymouth was stofmed from
three to seven times, and each assault
repulsed With great slaughter, besides pour
log broadside after broadside into the rebel
ranks from the Miami and Soutt6eld, the
casualties among the rebel troops must have
been enormous.
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