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Year: 1862

Captain Clarke has arrived at Fort Riley, with
full powers from General Sturgis to investigate
the destruction of the Frontier. We hope the
Captain will make full sweep of the whole
thing, for there are other things connected with
that transaction that must be investigated. We
do not allude to the treason preached by the
miserable thing, and its aiders and abettors,
since we have learned that talking treason is
so peculiar o kind as to constitute a virtue en-
titled to en- equal protection from the Govern
ment, but there have been grave charges made
atively demand be fully Investigated. With
tongues sharpened by envy, and chagrin at the
consequences to which all loyal citizens saw
their doubtful course was inevitably leading
them, the sympathizers with secession are charg-
ing all manner Of doings in connection there
with, upon citizens, whose loyalty has never


been questioned. One of these charges is, that
some of our citizens melted the soldiers to this
act; another is, that certain men paid the SOL


diers for doing it and another, that the pub


fishers of this paper hired them to do it that We
might thereby obtain the legal advertising and
that there has been plo. existing among certain
men for the last two years. having for its object
the destruction of the Democratic press of this
place. These are grave charges, for which reason
alone We demand a full and satisfactory exami-
nation, knowing such only to be the resort of
knaves and towards. If we, or any of the citi-
zens Of this place. are guilty af the charges, let
the facts be known; if not, that the public may
know what reliance to place on the lying asser-
tions of those, who, for their own hellish pur-
poses, have been circulating willful and delib-
crate lies against the best citizens Of our town
and vicinity.


That there is a God in Israel-that Right will
in the end be avenged of any wrong done her
that an unfinching devotion to ones Country
under all circumstances is virtue worthy of
cultivation-has been most remarkably and aptly
illustrated in Davis county. This time one year
ago, and It brings the crimson to our face to
admit it, men in our town were found who
openly and boldly sneered at noble old Company
B, as they went forth to do battle for their
Countrywide opposed the raising of an Ameri-
lean flag, asserting that it would cause trouble
and some of whom repeatedly cheered for jeff.
Davis in our streets-men who, We repeat,
exhibited all the evidences of traitorous hearts
Great God loyal men oppose the hosting of the
Stars and Stripes! These charges. and many
more such, can be substantiated. Yet these are
the men, and their sympathizers, who are now
claiming indemni6cation from the Government,
and punishment for the soldiers, for doing that
which the Government ought to have done long
ago.
Year: 1862

Prospects--Dangerous Illness of Mr. Conway.
WASHINGTON, April 4, 1862.
Editors ofthe Union-Will you permi


me to say word on the subject of th'


Kansas Valley Railroad, and its friends


through your columns? Before the Sena


torial election some gentlemen had theory


that General Pomeroy was opposed to


Railroad up tho Kansas Valley, and pro


phcsied accordingly, and now they appear


more anxious that their prediction should


be realized than that we should get the


Road. l take pleasure, however, in saying


that there never has been any truth in theil


theory; and I trust that their hopes, if any
in Western Kansas has such, will also fail


If the upper Kansas Valley shall succeed


in getting the Pacific Road located through


it to the Pacific, they will owe their GOOD


fortune more to the efforts of Senator Pom.
eroy than to those of any other man in
Congress, or out. As a member of the
Senate Pacific Railroad Committee he has


labored in season and out of season to
secure the adoption of the Kansas Valley
route as the one upon which the great
trunk road to the Pacific shall be built.
The bill now before the House, although
starting from Kansas City, is really de-
signed to ignore the Kansas route, by run
ming as directly as possible to the Platte
Valley. It seeks to do this by requiring
that the Pacific Road in Kansas sLall be
so located as to enable the Missouri and
Iowa roads to build into it at distances so
short as to require the road to be built in
northwest direction from Kansas City,
thereby missing almost entirely the Kansas
Valley, and all the old settlements, towns,
and cities of the State of Kansas. Pom
eroy's bill, in the Senate, is to be offered
as substitute, and which we hope to be
able to fight through, requires the location
of the Road in the Valley of the Kansas to
the western line of the State. This has
been his policy from the start, and adhered
to firmly, even when others were ready to
yield up this route for the sake of road
upon son'e route to the Pacific. This much
in justice to Senator Pomeroy, and for the
of some very ungenerous repos IS
to the contrary which I understand to be
a1oat in Western Kansas in regard to his
course,


The necessity Of the Pacific Road, in =
national view, is SO obvious to every Con-
gresham that I should have NO doubt Of
The passage Of bill for it's building, but
Tor the contests in regard to its location.
The Northern route has its advocates here
from every city from the Atlantic to Ne
braska. The friends Of the Central route
has its friends here, though in much fewer
from st. Louis to Kansas, and
sach is firmly convinced that their route is
he one upon which the Road should be
built, and most of them would prefer that
he building be postponed, at least for Al
ime, rather than that the other route should
Ie adopted. ] am sure it is not for the
Year: 1862

Onward progresses the glorious cause
Of our Country! Every days mail brings
US news of additional laurels wreathed
around the standard Of our Country by
the invincible hosts now in the field de-
Tending the Nations hcnor-striving to
transmit to posterity the glorious legacy
inherited by Us. That the God of Battles
has smiled approvingly on their efforts all
will admit as plain-that success eventually
attends the cause of Right, is another de-


mons:rated fact. Patriots no longer doubt


the issue, but with that simple faith in the


God of our Fathers, cheerfully and pa


tiently await the result.


That popular and somewhat ridiculous


fallacy, which has transformed numerous


class Of people into almost traitors, which


sought to establish as moral and physical
impossibility the reconstruction Of the


Union on the old basis, BY the means en-
ployed by the Administration, is being


rapidly dispelled by the victories attending


our arms. Time only serves to demon


strate the wisdom and patriotism of those
at the head Of our Government, and to
consign to eternal infamy those who, at the


beginning Of the struggle, disparaged every
effort put forth by the Government to
defend itself from the most treacherous
citizens any Nation ever had to deal with.
Nor do circumstances favor the idea that
the reconstruction of the Government will
be any halfway measure; on the contrary,
all things tend to prove that it will be a
Union in spirit as well as in fact. The
feelings Of the rebel prisoners now in the
hands of the Government remarkably illas-
trate this fact. We predict: then, that in
the future the haughty southron will have
higher estimation of Uncle Sam, and
less veneration for King Cotton, and a
lower estimate Of his power. The people
of the South have been made to feel terribly
the power Of the Government and they
cannot but love it as intensely as they
hated it before.


But to the glorious news now being con-
veyed to every patriot ear by the electric
current over the entire breadth of the land.
By one days mail came the news of sur
render Of Island no. 10, 19ether with 60O0
prisoners, one hundred seige guns, and a
great amount of other military stores. All
were awaiting impatiently the next mail
for full particulars. But by the next news
the victory at Island No. 10 was almost
swept into oblivion by the intelligence of
the terrific battle at Pistsburg, Tennessee
All accounts set it down as the most terrific
battle of modern times. The fighting lasted
two days, and resulted in the complete rout
of the rcbels-the grandest Bull Run the
world ever saw. The Federals we're COM
manded by Grant, and the rebels by Beau
regard and johnson. johnson was killed, |
md Beauregard had An arm shot of |
About 10000 men were engaged in
The battle, and the slaughter is reported |
Is dreadful. It will also be seen that the |
rebels have been repulsed in New Mexico
BY less than half their number.


But while exulting over the victories
perching on our banners, let rs also re-
member the anguish and desolation these
'ictories cost. Think of the many hearts
Tri.hing in agony over the fall Of . loved
Year: 1862




this section of country, that We copy it
entire


DAVIS COUNTY, KANSAS.


Editor State Journal The weather
this spring has been very favorable for
farm work, and notwithstanding the excite
ment attending this rebellion quite large
area is sown with small grain or being pre-
pared for corn. The many advantages of
this portion of our State are not blazoned
forth as some other localities have been.
Most of our people are poor, or in such
straitened circumstances that they fail to
give an earnest support to the press. The
consequence is that our local papers Ian
guish, and the great advantages of the
fairest portion of Kansas is overlooked by
emgrants. If the people here would unite
in the support of one good paper, it might
take its place among the leading journals of
the State, and be the exponent of the
interests and aspirations of Western Kan
SaS.


1t sometimes happens that, what at first
sight appears detrimental to the community,
ultimately Works to its advantage. The
complete destruction of the Frontier was
at first thought to be a calamity. Farther
consideration convinces me and most of nv
friends, that it will be a benefit to this
locality as well as TO the State. Treason is
at discount in this county now, and no one
is found SO mean as to do reverence to the
slavery propaganda" We hope that the
enterprlsing young publishers of the
Smoky Hill and Republican onion will
succeed in establishing their very neat and
readable paper on good paying basis, and
redeem the character of our people from all
taint of treason. While SO many of the
loyal citizens of Missouri are now compell-
cd to seek new homes, and are debating in
their own minds as to where they Shall
emigrate, it may not be out of place to call
attention to the quiet beauty and fertility
Of the valleys of the Republican,
Smoky Hill and their tributaries
Here is district of country unsurpassed
in beauty or fertility, watered by the cool
est springs, and rivers almost large enough
for navigation, and abounding in fish, and
only drive of day or two from the great
buffalo hunting ground. Prospects of Rail
road communication are exellent, and o
great deal of the land still lies open to
pre-emption, and some of it to private entry.
The land is as rich in the valleys as any in
the State, and the uplands are unsurpassed
in any portion of the globe for sheep farm
Year: 1862

Happiness Now let me tell you a
secret worth knowing. This looking for
ward for enjoyment don't pay. From
what | know of Il, would as soon chase
butterflies Tor living, or bottle up moon.
shine for cloudy nights. The only true
way to be hapy is to take drops oil hap


pness as God gives them TO us every
day Of our lives. Tho boy must learn
to be happy while he is plodding over his
lesson; the apprentice while he is learn
ing his trade; the merchant while be is
making his fortune. II he fails to learn
this AT, hs. will be- sure to miss The en-
joyment, when be gains what he sighs for
Year: 1862

LET YouR DOMESTIC ANIMALS HAVE
SALr.-Animals that are permitted to
roam in salt marshes are generally the
most healthy they consume a large
amount Of saline matter. The antiseptic
property of salt is too well known and
apprecia ed by mos. husbandmen, and
the farmer might as we'll think Of entire
ly dispensing with food as TO fail in sea-
sooiug food with salt, No animal can
long exist without salt IN the stomach
it operates favorably. and has a healthy
action,on the liver. 1t also prevents The
food from running into fermeutatiOu, and
is death on intestinal parasites.-H
Year: 1862

forces; and the columns Of Jackson, with the i'm.
mense prestige belonging to It, would have been
Withheld from the conflict.


Az these points, we believe, will DO fully set
forth in tho report of the Military Commission now
about to sppear, and embracing the testimony not
merely of the officers engaged in the transaction,
but also tho opinions Of many of the highest military
authorities, who have been consulted, to the effect
that Harper's Ferry both could and should have
been relieved.
Year: 1862

BY TELEGRAPH


TO THE
Portland Daily Press.
Demand for the Surrender of
Fredericksburg.
In case Of refusal the City 20 be


Shelled.
The Rebels to dispute the Occupancy of


the City.
Year: 1862

The Journal utterly fails, in over column
of wo-ds, to meet the points We made in our re-
port of the testimony in the treason case, and
the charge of Judge SwAYNE to the jury Our
only motive was to vndicate and uphold the con-
stitutonal rights of the people. These disre-
garded, all that makes onr form of government
desrabe-all that secures freedom to the citizen
under the cOnstitution-will have passed away.
In comparison with the preservation of constitu-
tionai liberty, Judge SwAYNE, the jury and the
prisoner sink into insigni6cance If the consti
tutiona barriers against the exercise of one man
power" are overridden, and in the beginning it is
generally insidiously done perhaps, under the
plea of military necessity, then despotism soon
follows. 1t was against these encroachments
upon popular rights that we desired to caution
the people.


The Journal makes two points, which, at the
present time, we will only briefly notice:


1t is the Journal, not we. that asserts "that
Judge SwAYNE guilty of infamous miscon
duct in charging the jury" The Judge did
charge the jury just as we stated, "that the jury
must accept one side of the evidence and reject
the other" So the jury understood it So the
counsel understood it. So numerous and intel
ligent attendants upon the Court understood it,
There is abundant proof upon this point. If the
Judge was guilty of infamous misconduct in thus
charging the jury, it is the Journals deduction,
not ours


We did not say 'the jury deliberately dsre
gardec the evidence" Upon the testimony, if
the Judge had given no instructions. the jury
would have acquitted the prisoner without leaving
the box. No candid and intelligent person who
heard the evidence, can honestly say the prisoner
should have been convicted of high treason under
it. Ii HUsrQN, under the testimony, is guilty of
treason, then the editor of the Journal is a
thousand times more so. The columns of that
print will furnish abundant evidence that it has
given 'aid and comfort to the enemy. The Jour
nails compelled to resort to an infamous misrepre-
sentation to base argument. and if glaringy
false in statement, it will misrepresent in ALL
We did not say the Jury we're divided according
to their partisan affinities" We said "there was
no knowledge on the part of the jury of the
political sentiments of each other;" nor do we
know what their partisan affinites. Malig-
nant indeed must the man be who is compelled
20 resort to misrepresentation to sustain his
cause and it is the best evidence of its weakness
We shall not handy eplthets with the Journal
There is no argument in them. 1t is only weak
men that resort to them. We may refer to some
points in the Journals article hereafter.
Year: 1862

of Congress- and the faint effort of the President
to stand by conservative measures gave but
momentary check TO the onward sweep of that
Abolition torrent, which has opened wide and
deep, the gulf between the two sections, until all
hope of a restoration of the government under
the auspices of the Republican party has van
ished, and il now remains 10 be seen whether
there Is vitality enough in the government 20 out
live that party if there is there is hope and il is
this hope that animates the Democratic party.


The recent elections viii go far to
keep alive the latent fire that shoulders
in the bosoms of the Union men of the
South, and as the ball rolls on their strength and
numbers will increase. They will recruit from
the ranks of those who are tired of this unnatu-
raj war, and who would be glad TO lay down their
arms If any reasonable pretext was offered or
promise held out, and in time restore the broken
bond But such a restoration can only take
place over the common grave of those twin
heresies, Northern sectionalism and Southern
secession"


In the meantime let us illustrate our devotion
to the Constitution and the Union by course Of
conduct that shall stop the mouth of the Sian
derer. Let us show that We are for the country
the whole country-and while we stand by and
support the Government in the future as in the
past, let US insist that all proper means
shall be employed, civil and military, in
the Cabinet and in the held. in Just measures
of adjustment as well as by the strong arm of
power to hasten the day when the constitutional
authority of the Government shall be recognized
and obeyed throughout the land. Let our motto
be "No scar for the sutjugatiOn Of States or the
emancipation of slaUes No peace thGG looks 10 a
dismeHberment Of the Republic" This broad
land was made for one people and one Govern
ment, and when the madness which has ruled the
hour shall have passed away, they will come
together again. Therefore, let all the ends we
aim at be our country ys-our God's-and truths"
and then let the result be what it will, we shall
have the proud consciousness .Of having per-
formed our duty WELL


After the close of Mr.. McDoNALD's address,
the Hon. SAMUEL H. BUsKIRK. who was present,
was called out, and he responded in few able
and patriotic remarks upon the present condition
of public affairs, and the duty of the Democracy
in the present crisis of the country.


The association adopted resolution request
ing Hon. THOMAS A. HENDRIcKs to deliver an
address at its regular meeting on Tuesday night
next, to which time the association then ad-
ourned
Year: 1862

The paper famine is said to be all owing to
shoddy. The rascally contractors have torn up
the rags to mix with their army cloths. Another
version is that the Lazzaroni OF Naples and
Southern Europe, from whom we used to get
81 ,O00. 600 worth of rags annually, refuse to ex
change them for Chase's greenbacksl To offset
this, and to make show of consistency in all
things, the radical fanatics claim that the rise in
paper is all owing to African slaveryl The form
ula by which they prove it is somewhat thus:
The rise in paper is owing to the scarcity of rags
which is owing to the rise in sterling, exchange;
which is owing to greenbacks; which are Oping to
shoddy army contractors; which owing to the
war; which is owing to the wrath of heaven which
is owing to the Oppression OF Gods poor" which
is owing to slavery-theretore. slavery is the
cago Post
Year: 1862

One year L OO
Ten copies and one the maker Of the club Is 90
Twenty COPIES and two to the maker Of the club 80 90


Additions be made Clubs atany time at the above
The will be printed on each paper, without
extra charge.
Year: 1862

NELSON CREEK, Sept. 80, 1861.


DIR. j.. YOUNG,-You will remember what
poor wretched creature was when last saw you
and the result has astonished me as well as my
friends Your invaluable prescription and excellent
advice have completely overcome ailments such as,
ii seems to me, never afflicted mortal before. new
wrote letter with greater satisfaction than pen
this shall remember you with gratitude as long
as live. That you may live long to alleviate the
suferings of others you have mine is my earnest
prayer Please accept my heartfelt thanks that you
have brought this almost hopeless case to so happy
a termination. Yours truly,
Year: 1862


Late Professor Of the University Of Pennsylvania,


CAN BE FOUND AT HIS
Private Medical Office and Hospital,


NO. ISL CLAY STREET,


Opposite the southwest corner Of the Plaza,


SAN FRANCISCO,
VxTHERE HE CAN BE CONSULTED
w privately. and with the utmost confidence by
the afflicted, at all hours daily, from A. M to BPM.
DIR. YOUNG addresses those who are suffering un-
der the aficton Of private disease whether ersing
from impure connection the terrible vice ot self
abuse DeyOting bis entire time to that particular
branch Of the medical profession, he feels warranted
In GUARANTEEING A CURE IN ALL CASES, whether
of long standing recently contracted, entirely re-
moving the dregs Of disease from the system and
making perfect and PERMANENT CURE.


lie would call the attention Of the afflicted to the
fact of his long standing and well earned reputation
furnishing sufficient assurance Of his skill and sue
cess .
Upwards Of five thousand cases have been dis
charged cured in the year ending July LIST, 1860,
showing a record SURPRISING any hospital In the
United States


CONSULTATION, by letter or otherwise, FREE.
Year: 1862

Coon HORSES ScARcE.-We were con-
versing with gentleman in this town
who has been engaged in buying and SELL
ing horses for some time, in different parts
of the State, and he gave it as the result
of his observation that really good horses
are very scarce all over the State. The
Government alone has over three thous-
and and these have been culled out by
shrewd agents. thoroughly competent and
good Judges of horses. Purchasers from
NV York have been passing through the
State recently on the lookout for horses
for that market. For the next year
sound young horses will command . hwA
figure in Maine, and our fasmers viii Be-
likely to realize handsome advance in
the price of horses generally for some
time to come, a. the result Of cavalry and
artillery organizations for the prescgt
Year: 1862

The Governors Message, deliverd d last
Friday. is plain, straight forward
business document, mainly about matters
which are caused by the war, and calls for
neither exp panatioa or comment from us at
this time. The financial business of the
State Is now heavy one for State like
ours 1t demands care and discretion as well
as patriotism from our legislators. They
must look everything squarely in the face
nothing which they ought to look INTO and
take the responsibility Of, must they shuttle
of on to the shoulders Of somebody who is
to come after them. At best, heavy debt
is upon Us which can not be entirely lifted
for many years to come. The credit OF the
State is good. entirely SO, now; and it can be
kept so only by providing by taxation the
means to pay the interest on the debt pune
tually, aud to reduce the principal somewhat
every year.
Year: 1862

The raviugs in rebeldom, because Of the
Presidents proclamation, are characteristic.
In the rebel Congress they propose to fight
under the black flg-that is, to give no
quarter, and III the Virginia Legislature,
they adopt jointresolution, to exempt from
all trial or imprisonment, any one who shall
Dive out Of the State, no matter by what
means, or even kiH, any one found aiding or
abetting, or in any way giving effect to what
they call 1.-THE llVless and fendish proclana-
ti0n Of President Lincoln to liberate the
slaves"


Who can deny that the direct tendency Of
slavery Is to make those who practise it bar
5lrilrs? OF course, these fsrocious propo-
slt.9ns are intended to frighten the Govern
ment from It's position and Union soldiers
from their duty. It is no new thing for pi.
rates to fight under black hag-the effect
being to make the civilized world so much
the more united and resolute to destroy them
from the face Of the earth.