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Year: 1863

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Letters have been received in town from
Leavenworth, which state that the completion OF
the railroad to this poin. by next spring Is
certainty As the principal obstruction to l1eaS
enworth's obtaining the Santa Fe trade seems to
be the Kaw river, we would suggest that they
occupy the coming summer in bridging the
Republican, Solomon and Saline, and thereby
bring this trade over q shorter and better route.
which will shortly connect with the railroad.
This is the only way in which this trade can be
secured from Kansas City. 1t must be brought
in north Of the kaw, for south Of that river, no
matter if it be bridged, it will be just as conve-
nisnt for these traders to go to Kansas City as to
Leavenworth So that Leavenworth capital, in
vested in bridging the kaw, with view to
secure this trade, is just SO much thrown away.
The Kansas Stage Company are daily showing
up the superiority Of the Smoky Hill route, and
We are surprised that the enterprise, shrewdness,
and sagacity that have built Leavenworth
should point off the direct line of the railroad.


The Council Grove Press accuses Us Of work
ing exclusively for Junction. We havnt the
least idea that Leavenworth men will regard US
as wholly unsel6sh in the matter. We believe
in the Smoky Hill Route, and Leavenworth.
That is our creed. Yours is the reverse. to
routes. We will not concede to you immacu
lateness, but believe YOU to be flesh and blood
as the rest of us.


The business men Of Leavenworth seems deter
mined to build bridges. Their newspapers cay
that the defeat of the Bridge Bill last winter
will prove an annual loss Of 5000, 900 to their
city Suggestions from abroad would certainly
be acceptable, when 100000 year was to be
secured or sacrificed. Actuated then by cur
faith in the superior advantages of the Smoky
Hill Route, and an honest belief that it will
rebound more to the interests of Leavenworth,
We have made the suggestions regarding bridges
that We have. The fact is ncontrovertible 1t
is made patent to every mind by the hubbub
raised last fall by Kansas City paper over an
article from the UNION, on this same question.
The article in question was copied and com
mented upon extensively by the Leavenworth
papers, and the rage the Kansas City paper got
into over it, was sufficient to convince any one
that such would be the tendency of bridging the
streams of which we speak. Leavenworth is
much nearer, and affords good a market if
not better. than Kansas City.


We will wait a little while longer before NOV
ing the Kaw Valley down into Morris County
Properly bridge these streams and the Santa Fe
Road will "shoo up this way of its own accord
Nature plays out under the civilizing pick and
shovel; Art is the master. Nature has given
the Smoky Hill Route an abundance of water
which Art must cross. Art wont be similarly
troubled on the Santa Fe Route.
Year: 1863




Of the attack upon Charleston the New
York Times says:


"The exceedingly graphic letter of our
correspondent in the irou-cad squadron
will convince every reader that our attack
last Tuesday upon the strongest of the rebel
strougbolds, though uuavailing, was in no
sense disaster. 1t added to the glory Of
our navy, and involved no serious loss
either of life or of material. In the annals
of naval warfare, no instance can be found
of serious attack upon place hundredsh
part so formidable. Considering the tre
mendous calibre and scientific construction
of the guns, and the fact that three hun
dred of them simultaneously belched their
concentric fire upon the little fleet at the
distance of only few hundred yards, and
considering, too, the internal agents of de-
structon that lay beneath the water, as we'll
as the curbs and the snares and the traps,
all former attempts of the kind now seem
but mere child's play. Such Titanic job
was never before undertaken on the planet
1t is almost q miracle that it was carried so
far with so little harm. And We have
greater reason to rejoice over the escape
than to grieve over the failure"
Year: 1863

For the benefit of the taxpayers Of Davis
county we will give the figures showing the
cost of our courts from the first term, held
April. 1860. to the term held September,
1862 The first term OF the District Court cost
this county 81 lO7. and the December term Of
the same year cost Sl661, making q sum for
the year 1860 of S2714 The county tax for
1861 was S2204 and for 1862 was about 5000;
making, for these three years, eight thousand
-four hundred aud seren,y-eight doilars!'


The last term of Court cost Sl2G0, instead of
5000 as reported, and it is the opinion of some
of our officers that the next term will cost
$500, making the cost of courts for this year
$1,000 at an acreage tar on each legal roter Of Ten
dollars! besides State, School, Road and Reve-
nue. tax making tax Of from twelve TO fifteen
dollars each legal voter; and we are told
by Mr.. Callen in his late article in the Union.
in his peculiarly happy way of representing
things to suit him. that this is the best that can
be done. and that if there be n change from
two terms 10 one term year it will be the
worse for us. and TO benefit.


We have endeavored thus briefly TO show our
citizens the amount of this onerous load of tax
alton under which they are struggling and it
remains with them to find remedy We be-
lieve that our expenses can he reduced by a
term less of Court, and if such proves to be the
case let our voters demand the change, at our
next election That the expenses would be
less by having bat one term year even Mr..
Callen admits, and with his desire TO make the
difference appear as small as possible, he fg-
ures it UP at SlC0. He may consider this
small item-it may be; hut Franklin says,
"Take care of the pence and the pounds will
take care of themselves" Let us work on that
principle in Davis county; let us stopthe small
leaks as we find them, and by the practical
knowledge we shall in time obtain by them we
may be enabled to put plug in some of the
larger outlets to our Treasury.


Mr. Callen takes particular pains to inform
Ms that he writes in his private capacity as
a taxpayer and not as Sheriff. He forget..
however, TO informs us that he has been admit
ted to the bar, and that it is his intention TO
practice in this place, and the more litigation
that can be encouraged the better for him. BY
this he admits that the question is one between
the taxpayers and those directly interested In
receiving the costs made by the Court, and he
admits truth. 1t is a question between the
people and the ofice-holders, and we doubt not
but he'peorle will decide in their own favor
Year: 1863

the goth WIS. soldiers was picked up D,
the rebel scouts and robbed perfectly bare
Through the persuasion Of one Of thei
men who had once been in the Fedora
army, the rebels returned the Wisconsin
boy his blouse, drawers and boots, and ir
that incl. CANT disha1ills he came in to CAM
during merciless rain storm.


An interesting episode relieves the mo
notony Of camp life occasionally, and re
minds us that home is not entirely forgot
ton. Our boys get up dance among tn.
Missouri and Arkansas women whenever
an opportunity offers, and some rich scene,
are enacted, especially when little artifi
cial stimuli is brought into requisition.-
A dance came of last night under the
auspices Of Co. X. The boys came in this
morning looking little 'worsc for wear
so l conclude it must have been quite a
merry-making affair. A sergeant Of our
company generous, humane soul-wish
cd his favorite charger to participate in the
festivities Of the occasion, SO he rode him
into tlss asnciag hall and supper room,
going through all the "evolutions Of the
line" in the most approved style Of Cooks
tactics. Unfortunately for the sergeant, in
charging through an open door, he struck
his head against the do,r facing above and
cut hole which let out the claret rather
profusely. The girls in attendance were Of
the broad tread three rows Of pegs nail in
the-heel.stitched down order. but they
thought the Feds were 50 wild that they
didn't know how to take them.


Intelligence reaches us that is in no way
cheering to the soldier who is undergoing
the dangers and hardships of war. We
hear that tn North is becoming divided in
sentiment with reference to this unfortunate e
war which has called so many thousands
Of our loyal citizens to arms. 1t is quite
seldom that We ct papers from the north,
and those that We do get give us an inklinc
that we have no: only fire in the front,
but most destructive fire in the rear
Now this is all wrong The infrnal cop
pe,h"ads no doubt regard the admini>tra.
ton as sceaL. All the more necessity for
! sustaining it then A weak man needs
more support than strong one. have
but little respect for the man or his loyalty
who rails at the administration and higi
taxes, and is too cowardly to enlist in tht
cause of his country to assist in remedyn:
the evils Of which he complains Do thes,
grumblers realize that they have fearful
account to settle when our war.worn sol
dicrs return to their homes? At the pres
ent juncturc We need all the assistance 4
well as sympathy we can obtain from ever,
sou-cc. Were the North as we'll united


the South in the prosecution Of this wa,
it would require but short time to crusi


ont the rebellion and restore peace to ou


distracted country. Undoubtedly ther


will be change in popular sentiment a
the North in a short time. We only nee


one great victory to produce radio;


change. The cowardly poltroons Of tn


free states will "holler" for the winnin


side. 1t would be vel, for them to keep a
Gear a record as possible, for there ar
many, very many. soldiers who will surviv


this war! Yours, loyalty,
Year: 1863

H- The man who needs law to keep
him from abusing an inferior animal, needs
prison to prevent his violating the law.
1t ought to b. enough to deter any man
from cruelty that the Objects Of it canno,
speak for themselves. cannot bear witness
against him--are dumb.
Year: 1863

One day this week Federal soldier. re-
Gently discharged from the service fer dis
ability, stopped few minutes on business
at one of the Offices in town. While there
a starched Tory Of severe aspect who was
a stranger in these parts, stepped up to
the soldier, and made some insulting re-
marks concerning blue uniforms and Black
AbOlitiOniets. Fhe soldier kept SILENT ssnd
the Tory convinced that the subject of his
abuse had but little resistance in his COM
position. proceeded 70 touch on the themes
Of Abolition Fanaticlsm, CONSTITUTIONAL
Rights of the South, and concluded by
home thrust at the alleged frauds and for
geries in our Regimental election. At
this point the soldier, who had been pas
sive hearer Of this tirade, rose from his seat
and confronted the Tory. With eyes fash
ing fire, he said:


"You have said enough, Sirl 1t is
through such scOgndrels as you that the
war is still on our hands While thou
sands of our soldiers are laying down
their lives in defense Of a Government
which has protected you from your birth,
you and the rest of your villainous crew
are stopping in the North to labor in your
cowardIy way for the success of the Re-
belion.-Ite you here, Sir, that Iowa SOL
diers know how 20 read and vote. Their
votes for the Union against all such Tories
as yourself, are neither bought rcompelled.
When you want to look around for frauds,
villsinies, forgeries, robberies, murder and
treason, hunt up your own record and the
record Of your fellew seOundrels in Tory
ism There is a mark on your forehead
now which proclaims you coward and
rebelr


Here the soldier drew out little pocket
knife and openedit it. He then continued =


al have killed men a thousand times
better than you are, and"


The sentence was cut short by a rapid
movement of the Tory The gentleman,
aghast with terror and believing that the
knife which was not formidable enough to
abrade the nose Of pig, was already feel
ing for his heart, turned round on his heel,
ran frantioally to the door, opened it, rush
ed into the street, and made the fastest
time on record from the scene of danger,
the skirt of his coate1tending horizontally
in a rearward direction. Our private
opinion is that this Tory viii not be in a
hurry hereafter to grouse the lion in a
Federal soldier A horror of blue uni
forms and small knives, like water to a
rabid dog, will haunt him through the rest
Of his mortal pilgrimage.-Des NOines
Register.
Year: 1863

shall, were taken to the grave prepared
for them among the willows, on the sand
bar nearly in front of the town. They
were all deposited in one grave, thirty feet
in length BY twelve in width, and four feet
deep, being laid on the bottom in two rows,
with their feet together and their heads
to the outside. They were simply covered
with their blankets and the earth thrown
oVnr them
Year: 1863

farmers predilection for rye-chop as horse
food. We admit it may be the best food
for his laboring horses, but is it not very
expensive one?


There is one use TO be made Of rye which
we heartily commend, and that is for very
early spring pasturage, or for soiling be.
fore the clover comes into use. Two bush.
els of seed to the acre, upon . rich lot,
will give great deal Of early green food,
and still produce fair crop Of grain. II
is especially useful for milch cows, but
every animal from pig to horse will enjoy
il
Year: 1863

A GOOSE SUIT The Troy Times re-
ports suit brought by party in that city
for the recovery of 1925, the value of a
goose. A jury was empaneled, eminent
counsel employed on both sides and ten
or dozen witnesses sworn. The plain.
tiff won the suit upon its being proven
that the parties had originally agreed to
let the gosse decide who was her owner,
and when taken to the" red bridge" the
sagacious bird waddled towards tie domi
ell of the plaintiff The defendant mean
ly refused to abide by the decision of the
goose. and felonishiv seized and eat her.
Hence the suit.
Year: 1863

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT FOR 18S3
THE Members Of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
L Company are here notified that the following assess
nts have been made by the Directors all Notes i'll
Year: 1863

1t is curious to observe how
the most opposite effects are as
cribed, and seen really accord
ing to climate and temperament)
to be produced by tobacco. The
Turks and the Germans are great
smokers. But in the Turk it an
initiates thought; in the German
it stimulates and etherealizes it.
Again, in this country and in


America smoking is said to lead
Year: 1863

When you meet with one suspected
OF some secret deed or shame,
And for this by all rejected


As thing Of evil fame,
Guard thine every look and ction,
Speak no word of heartless blame,
For the slanderer's vile detraction


Yet may soil thy golden name.
When you meet with one pursuing
Ways the lost have entered in,
Working out his own undoing,


With his ecklessness and sin
Think, if placed in his condition,


Would a kind word be in vain ?
Or look of cold suspicion


Win the back to Truth again?
There are spots that bear no flowers,
Not because the soil is bad,
But the summers genial showers
Never make their bosoms glad;
Better have an act that's kindly


Treated something with disdain,
Than by judging others blindly,


Doom the innocent to pain.
Year: 1863

Seek to be patient in distress,


The weariest night at last must close;
Tears are akin to happiness,


The thoin is neighbored by the rose.
The love that keeps the buried flower


Safe from the winters stormy breath,
Can guard US through each evil hour,


And lead US safe to life through death.
Year: 1863

AT THE age of fourteen Wash
ington Irving had determined to
elope and go to sea. We may
smile at being told that the great
obstacle to carrying out his inten-
ton was his adherence to salt
pork. To overcome this he made
it a practice to eat the obnoxious
Wand at every opportunity; and
he prepared himself for the hard
ships of a sailors life by getting
out Of bed and lying upon the
bare floor. But the discomforts
of this regimen soon proved too
much for his perseverance with
every new trial the pork grew less
appetitious, and the hard floor
harder, until at length his falter-
ing resolution came to total
collapse.
Year: 1863

AN attractive, homelike appear
ance can, with the exercise Of a
little taste and industry, be given
to a very rude dwelling. A plain,
neat grass plot, with here and
there a tree, a shrub, or flower,
is inexpensive and is always
pleasant to the eye. A climbing
rose may give log cabin an air
of rural beauty superior to many
an expensive residence without
suitable surroundings.
Year: 1863

POPULAR DEMAND FOR A RECONSTRUCTION OF


THE ADMINISTRATION.


From the Albany Atlasl


The indignation of the people towards
the administration is overwhelming.
The Fredericksburg slauehter-the
murder of more more than ten thousand
brave men, and the manning for life IF
as many more-has aroused the whole
country to realizing sense of the i'm
becility, ignorance, wickedness and cru
city of the administration at Washing.
ton.


The administration must be chang
ed. or our government aoW be Over'
thro,0m. The people will stand no
more such sacrifices as were witnessed
at Fredericksburg week ago.


President Ltncoln must cut himself
loos from, the abolition gang a0ho haze
led him into the aoicked,scss and folly
he has perpetrated during The past
gear He must return to the support.
of the Constitution, or he and the coun-
try will be lost together, in storm Of
public wrath such as was never before
witnessed in the civilized world
THE LEACHEs, THE VAMPIRES THE THIEVES,


AND THE ABoLITIONIsTs MUST DE


STRICKEN OFF.


From the Phila. Journal


The indignation of the people of the
North is becoming matter which Mr..
Lincoln should not disregard.


Will he shake off the leeches, yam.
pires, hypocrites, humbugs and traitors
whom he has SO long allowed to control
him? Will he still cling to his EN-
ancipation delusion ? Will he contin-
ue to authorize outrages upon the rights
of the people, in the shape of unlawful
elections in the rebellious States, for
the purpose of packing Congress with
the advocates of public ruin ? The peo-
pie demand that he shall change his
policy, and we doubt whether they will
longer tolerate q persistence in the
course which has wrought the destruct-
ion and dessolation now so apparent on
every hand. As the servant of the
people, Mr.. Lincoln should not be deaf
to their earnest demands. If 50. the
North will give HIM as much trouble as
the South. The people of the North -
those who have not been sacrificed In
in the army-have suffered everything
but death, and they may not much long
er deem life worth preserving: under
existing circumstances. The fact that
they have so long endured outrage
should not be construed to mean that
they will always consent to suffer it; on
the contrary, the nature and force of
the probable reaction should be esti-
mated according to the nature and ex.
tent of the outrages that have so long
and so patiently been endured.


STUPIDITY AND 1NcAPAc1rY.


From the Seneca Falls Reveille


The blundering strategy and the in.
competent generalship that hurled our
force against the impregnable intrench
ments of the enemy should be character
lied and denounced as indiscriminate
murder and slaughter, and the authors
whoever they may be, execrated and
driven from the presence of God and
man. We have no patience to speak
IN milder terms. Too many Of the
noblest and bravest of the land have
already been slaughtered in this wicked
and unrighteous war; and too many,
alas, have perished through the COM
bined stupidity AID criminal incapacity
Of Abraham Lincoln, Henry w. Hslleek
and Edwin M. Stanton. They have
too long triaed with the very existence
Of tho nation.
Year: 1863

WELL PUT.=The Washington CORES
pOndent of the New York Tribuhe says that
the Administration has determined not to
retain any officer in the army whose views
on the war question are not in cons0nahce
with its own. The Plaeer7ille Democrat
pertinently asks, how about the soldiers
the rank and file Are they to be discharged,
too, if they don't agree with the Admins
tration? Are only those to be drafted
"whose views on the war question are in
consonance with" the Administration Red
Bluff Beacon


The above may explain why Rosecrans
was removed He denies that there is any
truth in the charges which were put in cir
culation against him, and there is bare
possibility that this "consonance" policy
has been adopted, though we are unwilling
to believe the Administration has carried
its partizan views to that length If it were
possible for the Administration to go thus
far to carry out such a peculiar General
policy, it would then be an easy matter to
account for the soldier "consonance" on the
principle that they are supposed to stand
for so many Sheep and when the leaders of
the flock are started in certan direction
the whole 'capoodle' will follow, or break
their necks trying. There are some very
good reasons which will go far to contradict
the speculatons that are just now rife in
the newspaper world that the removal of
prominent officers from the Federal armies
is 'political move;" and among these, can
be cited the fact that General Schofeld has
not been removed from his department, and
he is said to be conservative" and there
fore not in consonance with the speculation.
Another reason may be given, that published
reports of Rosecrans' views have been widely
circulated through the press, in which he
has been made to endorse all the principal
measures of the Administration, and among
these, the enlisting of negroes for the Fede-
raj army and the emancipation policy. Put
ting these things together, impartially, we
cannot infer that the Administration has
adopted policy to exclude and remove con
servatiyes from the army. As to Rosecrans,
who has had the confidence of the soldiers
under his command, and who has almost uni
versally been looked upon as an officer second
to none in the United States, he will undoubt-

edly be found ere long again in active service,
his reputation for good generalship sustained,
fighting the armed hosts of the rebellion and
having the confidence of the friends of the
Union. 4g.t tr