Friday, September 30, 1864.

DEFEND YOUR HOMES!

     Yesterday was decidedly fallish, and fires were necessary to make one feel comfortable.  The fine rain on Wednesday night has settled the dust for some time.

     Our markets are well supplied now with farm products, but the prices are startling to buyers of slender means.  The substantials they are forced to have, but upon rarities they can only bestow a hungry glance.

     Maj. Pritchard, of the 2d Colorado, still remains in command of this station.

     BUSHWHACKERS AT BARRY. -- A private letter informs us that the mail-carrier from Parkville, Mo., yesterday morning, reports 500 bushwhackers at Barry, a few miles from Parkville.  The troops at Parkville moved out on the hill to defend the place.

     CROWDED. -- An indisputable evidence of the increase in the floating population of Kansas City, is the fullness of the hotels.

     Business continues lively -- increased somewhat by military movements.  The wholesale trade has opened well this fall, and the retail is steadily increasing.

     Companies A, B, and C of the E. M. M. are ordered to assemble to-day, Companies A and C at the Market House at 2 o'clock, and Company B in front of the Union Hotel at 4 o'clock.  Those failing to report will be arrested for disobedience of orders.

     The new sidewalks on Main street are going forward rapidly.  The same may be said of other city improvements.

     THE DRAFT. -- There will be no draft in the Fifth District, that section having fully filled its quota.

     BROOM CORN. -- Frank Kump informs us that this crop has been very fine this year -- double what it was last.

     The Governor of Kansas has called out the military of Douglas and Shawnee counties.  They are to report at Fort Scott.

     DEATH TO ALL GUERRILLAS. -- General Fisk having nearly cleaned the upper country of guerrillas, has recently been concentrating considerable bodies of troops in Adrian, Boone, Howard, Randolph and Monroe counties, with determination to drive the guerrillas out of that region.

Thursday, September 29, 1864.

DEFEND YOUR HOMES!

     By General Orders No. 9, it will be seen that citizens can now drink their fill.

     Gen. Brown has moved his headquarters from Warrensburg to Jefferson City.

     Business was good yesterday, and our streets were thronged.  The packet came down yesterday morning.  She was well loaded with passengers and freight.

     Price, we trust, is making his last invasion of Missouri.  It seems as though the old traitor should be caught or killed this time.

     The steamer Denver, that has been plying between St. Joe and Omaha, came down yesterday.  She received guards for her pilot house, preparatory to her trip down.

     Matt Foster has kindly laid the latest papers on our table.  He has just received a lot of new music, and guitar and piano instructions.

     BUSHWHACKERS IN CLAY. --A gentleman from Clay yesterday, informs us that Todd, with one hundred and fifty men, was prowling through that country.  The citizens of Liberty keep pickets out all the time.

     WILHITE'S MILL. -- We understand that this mill is to be rebuilt on the old site next spring.  This is an enterprise in which we all feel interested, especially in the farming community, and we shall be glad to see it running again.

     GUERRILLAS ON THE NORTH MISSOURI. -- On Tuesday the guerrillas stopped the train coming west on this road, and destroyed the cars and locomotive.  The mails and express matter were broken open, and the passengers robbed.  We have no particulars, but hear that some of them were killed.

     ATTENTION COMPANY A., STATION GUARDS. -- You are requested to  at teh Company 's Headquarters, Metropolitan Block, McGee's Addition, this evening, at 7 o'clock, as there is important business to be discussed.
By order of C. A. CARPENTER, Captain Commanding.

Wednesday, September 28, 1864.

DEFEND YOUR HOMES!

     Major Ransom is now at Paola, Kansas, acting as President of a Court Martial.

     Gen. A. J. Smith has been presented with a magnificent sabre, by his St. Louis friends.

     Business was lively yesterday.  A large number of Southern Kansas merchants were in town buying their fall stocks.

     We had a fine rain Monday night, which laid the dust, and made the atmosphere pleasant and cool.

     PARTY AT HICKMAN'S MILLS. -- Company A, 2d Colorado, gave a party at this place last Monday evening.  The Colorado string band was in attendance and discoursed most excellent music.  All were pleased, and the party passed off well.  The citizens of Hickman's Mills regret very much the departure of Company A.

     No eastern mail again yesterday.  The boat not coming down, we understand, was the cause.

     We understand that the 77th Regiment of the E. M. M. has been ordered to be in readiness for active service.

     FORT SMITH. -- The latest news we have from this point in Arkansas, is that the troops there are on half rations and likely to be reduced to quarter rations; forage is exhausted, nearly all the cavalry is without horses, and matters generally look gloomy.

     We regret to see in the Baldwin City (Kansas) Observer, the death of Mrs. Warren, wife of C. T. Warren, Esq.  Mr. Warren was for some months connected with the Quartermaster's Department in this city under Captain Lloyd.  Mrs. Warren was a most estimable Christian woman.

Tuesday, September 27, 1864.

DEFEND YOUR HOMES!

     G. W. Mahaffet, an old resident of this place , was buried yesterday.

     Yesterday was warm and dusty.  There was considerable activity on the street, and business generally opened well.

     ADVERTISE. -- We are receiving a fine lot of printers' stationary.  Now is the time for our merchants to advertise by cards and circulars.

     The Shreveport came up yesterday morning -- seven days from St. Louis.  She was heavily freighted for this place.

     The packet came down on Sunday, well loaded for this port.  Quite a number of our merchants received new goods.

     The Second Colorado Battery, stationed at Lawrence, under command of Captain McLain, was ordered to leave for the border last Thursday.

     A salute of one hundred guns was fired at Fort Leavenworth Saturday evening, in honor of Gen. Sheridan's victory.

     There was a great turnout of the people on muster-day in Wyandot.  Everyone seemed surprised there were so many able-bodied men in the county, after furnishing so many for the war.

     NEW DAILY. -- We have received No. 1 of the Lawrence Daily State Journal.  It is decidedly one of the neatest papers published in Kansas.

    An accident occurred on the Platte County Railroad last Tuesday, by which two cars were smashed, and twenty-five persons more or less injured.  The cause of the accident was the breaking of one of the wheels.

     OYSTERS. -- The Pacific Restaurant received a lot of fresh oysters by the packet.  We can bear palatic evidence to their freshness and fine flavor.  W. J. Hackett knows "how to keep hotel," and can dish up oysters in an incomparable manner.

     The widow of Samuel Hallett has been stopping a few days at Wyandot.  She will retain her connection with the Pacific Railway for the present, and aid in pushing forward the enterprise.

September 27, 1864.

 DEFEND YOUR HOMES!
U. S. Volunteers for Sixty Days!
Avoid the Draft!

     I am authorized by Maj. Gen. W. S. Rosecrans, commanding this Department, to raise a Regiment of U. S. Volunteers for

SIXTY DAYS!

     This gives every man an opportunity to defend his home, receive rations, pay, clothing and arms from the United States, and at the same time relieve us of the draft.  Every six men enlisting for sixty days counts a full man in the draft quota.  I want all the old soldiers I can get to raise companies and officer them.  Apply at once at the Court House.  -- R. T. Van Horn.

Sunday, September 25, 1864.

     Saturday is always brisk in Kansas City -- yesterday was unusually so.  Many country people were in, and both the retail and wholesale business was heavy.  Farmers are bringing in considerable country produce, which commands good prices.

     Capt. Austin, of the 8t Kansas, is one of the six hundred Union prisoners placed under fire at Charleston.

     Gen. Geitzler has ordered the militia of southern Kansas to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's notice.

     Rev. Mr. Fuller will preach the funeral sermon of Wm. H. Bromley this morning, at the Baptist Church.

     GUERRILLA FIGHT. -- Last week a small party of Ray county militia were surprised by about 125 bushwhackers and six of the militia were killed a a number wounded, and two taken prisoner, one of whom escaped.  The surprise took lace in the edge of the bottom between Richmond and Lexington.

     MUSIC LESSONS. -- A. Hamilton Ballagh will open a class for vocal music, on Tuesday evening, September 27, at Long's Hall.  The course of instructions will be Dr. Mason's mammoth exercises.

     R. H. Boughton, Es., lately of the Leavenworth Bulletin , has taken the local department of the Conservative.  He is a ready and graceful writer, and will do the locals of Leavenworth in a very acceptable manner.

     THE FIRST PARTY. -- We had the pleasure of attending the first party of the season last Friday night, at the spacious mansion of Col. Coates.  It was given in honor of some lady friends and largely attended by the elite of the city.  The Colonel knows how to entertain, and his many friends enjoyed his liberality exceedingly.

Saturday, September 24, 1864.

     The packet came down yesterday, with a good load for this place.  Business was quite good, and the weather fine.

     The Santa Fe coach went out with a good trip yesterday, Peter Kelley, messenger.

     L. R. Palmer, of Pottawatomie county, Kansas, has been appointed Indian Agent in the place of W. W. Ross.

     Elder R. Morton will preach in the Christian Church this evening at candlelight , and on Sunday at 10 1/2 o'clock.

     The Militia of Kansas is being placed in a state of efficiency, in case Price should attempt his long cherished plan of invading that State.

     WANTED. -- At the Westport mills, any quantity of good merchantable wheat, for which I will pay $2.25 per bushel on delivery.  -- J. C. MORRIS.

     General Brown telegraphs that there were reports of the presence of a few guerrillas in Cooper county, but as a number of companies of citizens had been organized under Order No. 107, their protection was pretty full assured.  General Brown advises all persons who have fled from their homes in his district to return and aid in protecting them.

     FLESH MONGERS. -- The latest intelligence from the seat of the draft, in this state, places the price of substitutes from $200 to $300.  Aliens and veterans appear to be plenty, and anxious for the pay.

     KICKAPOOS. -- Maj. Bennett, Agent for the Kickapoo Indians, has received a letter from those that went South, saying they were preparing for a grand hunt, and will be back this spring.  It was surmised that they had joined the hostile tribes.

     BUSHWHACKERS. -- On Thursday week last, General Douglas, with a part of the 1st Iowa, while scouting in Boone county, came upon a gang of rebels, and routed them.  A number of horses were captured and some killed.  Two rebels were severely wounded, one in the moth and one in the thigh.  No loss on our side.  Bill Anderson and a part of his band about a week ago made a raid upon Rocheport. 

Friday, September 23, 1864.

     The Ferryboat Ella passed up yesterday with portions of the wreck of the Emma.

     Our old townsman, Charley Vincent, announces himself to-day as candidate for Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.

     Yesterday was rather warm, but business was good.  Our merchants have fallen in the price of their goods, and this fact is bringing plenty of buyers.

     THE APPROACH OF PRICE.  -- A telegram has been received by the Leavenworth Conservative, which says that the rebel Gen. Price has crossed the Arkansas with Cavalry, Infantry, and Artillery.  One of the scouts who arrived at Springfield, (Mo.), estimates their strength at 26,000.

     KANSAS MILITIA CALLED OUT. -- The Governor of Kansas has issued orders to call out the militia of Douglas and Shawnee counties, to move in Fort Scott.

     IMPROVEMENTS. -- Several of our merchants are mending their ways -- on the East side of Main street.  The side-walk on both sides of the streets need re-organizing.

     THE DRAFT. -- We learn from parties just from Lexington, that no draft has yet been commenced in this district.  The successful recruiting of colored troops in this part of the district will fully fill our quota.

     RELEASED. -- Miss Sue M. Bryant and Miss Lou Mayfield, of Booneville, Mo., who were arrested and confined in Gratoit street female prison, St. Louis, for avowed secession and writing rebel letters, have been released.  They were sent back to their friends on taking the oath, and giving adequate security for future good behavior.  Their letters were published as a warning to all indiscreet parents, and silly secesh maidens.

Thursday, September 22, 1864.

     RECRUITING. -- Several companies of negro troops have of late been scouting through Pike county, recruiting.  Many of the negroes of that county are reported to have taken to the brush to avoid conscription.

     "How Are You, Conscripts?" -- The telegraph tells us that the draft is proceeding quietly thought extensive sections of the country, and will doubtless go on till completed.  In Missouri the commencement was made in the first Congressional district, as having the largest deficiency to supply.

     GUERRILLA DEFEAT. -- Last Saturday night, about four miles from Lexington, in the neighborhood of Richmond, Mo, an army of militia fell upon a band of bushwhackers, and a sharp fight ensued.  The rebels were defeated, with a loss of six or seven killed, and a few wounded.  The militia followed them up, and it is to be hoped they will capture the whole party.

     AUTUMN. -- The weather is now delightful.  The cool morning and evenings presage the coming frosts that will crimson the woods, and the winds that will rob the forests of their leafy robes.  Autumnal landscapes will soon greet the eye, emblematic in their dying beauty of the transitory things of earth.  Barren trees will afford no shelter to the rebel assassin and the bushwhackers like evil birds, will seek a more southern clime but not warmer than Federal fire has made their atmosphere the past summer.

     SALOON KEEPERS LOOK OUT! -- Capt. Hall, Assistant Provost Marshal, being asked what was meant by "malt liquors" in his s=circular permitting saloons to open for the sale of beer or malt liquors, replied, "Malt liquors are meant to include beer, and not wine, brandy or whiskey," and he added that the saloon keepers of this place had better look out or they would march under guard insets of fours to Independence, to be tried for disobedience of military orders.

Wednesday, September 21, 1864.

     The Kingston Banner says the guerrillas have dispersed, and quiet prevails in Caldwell county.

     PEACE. -- We learn that six soldiers were killed by bushwhackers in Ray county, day before yesterday.

     The new steamer Emma, owned by  Jas. Goodin, Jr., sunk twelve miles below this city on Sunday.  She was bound to Leavenworth, from Lexington, and had on board 3,000 bushels of coal.  The boat and cargo is a total loss.  No insurance.

     A comet is said to be plainly visible these nights.  It is located in the north-western horizon, and possesses a tail of great length and brilliancy.

     BUSHWHACKER TO BE HUNG. -- We learn that a bushwhacker, named H. A. Griffith, is to be hung at St. Joe next Friday.

     Among the six hundred Union prisoners under fire at Charleston are Lieut. S. S. Baker, 6th Missouri, Captain E. O'Brien, 29th Missouri, and Captain H. C. Austen, 8th Kansas.

     We notice that the militia of Wyandotte county are to meet for inspection on the 24th inst.  We understand that our neighbors over the line are thoroughly organized and armed.

     Dr. Hunting, of Manhattan, Kansas, has a sure cure for drunkenness, and those who have friends afflicted with this terrible disease are invited to correspond.  Dr. Hunting is the man who picked the eloquent John B. Gough out of the gutter.

     THE DANCE. -- The hop went off gaily last night.  Long's Hall was brilliant with light, beauty and gallantry, and the many participants had their fill of pleasure.  It was late when the party broke up, and it will be remembered among the list of pleasant bygones.

     Martin Ringo, Esq., formerly of Liberty, Mo., since of Gallatin, Mo., was accidentally killed a short time ago, by the accidental discharge of his gun, between Fort Laramie and Salt Lake, on his way to California.  The load entered his eye, and came out at the top of his head, scattering his brains in all directions.  His family, who were with him, continued their journey to California.

Tuesday, September 20, 1864.

     The weather continues very pleasant.  Business was good yesterday in the retail line.

     The Izetta came upon Sunday, heavily laden for this place.  She went down with a fair trip.  The packet came down on Sunday, and unloaded considerable freight for our merchants.  The Emilie is doing a heavy business this fall.

     The Lexington Journal says that Tom. Pollard, a stage driver between this place and Warrensburg, has been arrested and charged with robbing the mail.

     The Richmond papers announce that the rebel Gen. Price is about to invade Missouri again.  Great numbers of the peaceable citizens of the State are expected to rally to his standard.

     BRIDGE AND TURN TABLES ARRIVED. -- The superstructure of the Kansas River Railroad Bridge arrived in full on Sunday, and also three turn-tables.

     Gen. Curtis arrived at Leavenworth from Fort Kearney on Saturday.  He reports that he met no Indians.  All is quiet at present.

     The 11th Missouri regiment has lately been on action at Jose's Point, Arkansas, and lost nine killed and forty-two wounded.  Major Pace was among the latter.

     THE DANCE. -- Everybody who is in a dancing vain, must be at the ball to-night at Long's Hall.  It will be a pleasant affair, and we hope to see a goodly turn out.

     LOST. -- A large spotted Mexican dog, with a bobbed tail and ears cropped.  Had on when he left a leather strap with a ring on it.  An one leaving the above dog or information of his whereabouts at this office, will be liberally awarded.

     The St. Louis Union says a man was arrested in Indianapolis last Saturday night, on the supposition that he was the murderer Quantrell.  A few days afterwards a person from St. Louis called on the military authorities, and assured them that the prisoner was not Quantrell, as he (the St. Louis man) was ell acquainted with the bushwhacker  When the inquiry was made, "who are you?" he could not give a satisfactory account of himself, and was therefore locked up with his friend Quantrell.

Sunday, September 18, 1864.

     A fine shower of rain fell yesterday evening.  The weather continues cool, and business lively.  There were a good many people in from the country yesterday, and our streets and stores presented a full and busy appearance.

     Another train of eleven wagons came in yesterday from New Mexico.  They belonged to Eisberg & Amberg, and were loaded with 35,000 pounds of wool.

     NOT THE MAN. -- The m an who was sent from St. Louis to Indianapolis to identify Quantrell, says the prisoner is not the man.

     Apples sold yesterday on the levee at a dollar per bushel.  They have been bringing one and a half in market.

     During the past week the colored people of Quindaro have been holding a protracted meeting.  There was a large attendance, and much interest exhibited.

     The mails between here and Independence are now carried over the Pacific Railroad daily.  In consequence of htis the Leavenworth mail leaves about an hour earlier than heretofore.

     One man yesterday presented himself at the polls to vote.  When asked to take the oath of allegiance required of every voter in this State, he refused, and left the room.  No one present knew him.

     PACIFIC RAILROAD, E. D. -- This great work is being pushed forward.  Nearly all the material for the bridge across the Kansas river is on the ground.  Railroad iron is arriving every week, and the work men are busy laying down the track.  The necessary books, blanks and tickets are being received, and the road will soon be in running order for the public.  Next winter and spring, Kansas City may look for a heavy floating population.

     A proposition for a street railroad has been defeated by the City Council of Leavenworth.

Saturday, September 17, 1864.

     The packet got down late yesterday, with a good load for this place.

     The Santa Fe Coach went out yesterday evening, with a fair load for New Mexico.

     The heated term is over.  The atmosphere now has an autumnal coolness that is very acceptable.  Business is increasing and there is promise of a very heavy fall trade.

     Some festive gents in blue amused themselves, night before last, by rolling a hogshead of tobacco down Main street.  It would have gone into the river, had it not struck a sign post of the Coates's House and burst open.  This sort of fun is anything but creditable.  The hogshead was taken from the tobacco factory of Lachman, Tobener & Co.

     SEND YOUR HOME PAPER TO SOLDIERS. -- No one but a soldier or an exile knows how to value his home paper.  No one who has not stood at the battle's front, away from the quiet of home, can know the eagerness with which the familiar sheet is read and re-read, and  passed through the whole camp.  Home speaks to them from every column, and in the sweet perusal they forget the gory contest in the clear sky, the laughing brook, and the voices that gladden the old homestead.  Our boys in blue hunger after news form home, and need the "paper bullets" of the local paper to lighten those in the cartridge box.  Let every one send papers to the acquaintances in the army -- every regiment should receive at least fifty State papers each week.  It is but a little trouble to mail your old papers, and they will so gladden the eye  and the heart of the patriots hwo are now doing battle for our birth-right -- a free and undivided government.

     ST. LOUIS MILITARY PRISONS. -- Gratoit street prison now contains 441 prisoners, 100 of whom are in the hospital.  In the Myrtle street prison there are 113 prisoners.

Friday, September 16, 1864.

     Saloonkeepers and their numerous patrons will read the military circular with profound satisfaction.  The blockade has been raised.

     The weather was cool and pleasant yesterday.  A fair business was transacted in the principle kinds of produce and merchandise.  We are having delightful moonlight nights, and promenaders seem to enjoy them hugely.

     Lieut. George A. Daggett, of the 40th Missouri infantry, has been temporarily assigned to duty as Acting Aide de Camp to the Major General commanding the department.

     W. H. King, of Liberty, Clay county, Mo., has been released on parole, in St. Louis, and bond for $2,000 to appear for trial w hen called for.

     Be sure and get a ticket for the prize at Long's Hall, Tuesday night, a fine Gold Watch.  Adam's String Band will be in attendance for the Social Party.  Tickets for sale at the postoffice.

     CANVASS. -- The 138th Illinois Regiment is stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and numbers 809 men all told.  It was recently canvassed by companies with this result:  For Lincoln, 739, all others, 70.

     BEWARE OF MUSHROOMS.  -- A family in Ranson's Addition were poisoned a day or two since by eating Mushrooms.  Fortunately they took an over dose so that the poison acted as an emetic and no lives were lost.  Better discard Mushrooms altogether.

Thursday, September 15, 1964.

     The packet came down yesterday with a good load.  A number of our merchants received installments of fall goods. The Hattie May came up yesterday, with a good load of passengers. She unloaded considerable freight for this point.  The Missouri is very low -- three feet scant.  

     The weather yesterday was bracing, breezy and buoyant, increasing the activity of men and businesses.

     Gen. Blunt has left Fort Riley on an Indian expedition.

     "Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace!" at least so thinks Jas. A. Birch, who yesterday tried to talk peace to our citizens.  He felt that they are not a peace people.  This piece of intelligence we give gratis.

     Captain Adam's Great Historical Panoramic Views of the Wars will be exhibited at Long's Hall on Friday and Saturday evening, Sept. 16 and 17.  Truly, this is the finest piece of fine arts ever produced in the city of New York, and by far the best exhibition of the kind ever shown in this country.  Capt. Adams is an old soldier, having been in many of the battles that he will exhibit, and his statements in regard to them will be both instructive and interesting.  Doors open at 7 o'clock P. M.; performance at 7 1/2 o'clock.  Admission, 50 cents.  Children half price.

     PRESIDENTIAL VOTE. -- A train coming from Fort Gibson with which were sixty seven soldiers, a vote was taken for the Presidency, resulting thus:  Lincoln 61; McClellan 3; Fremont 1.  Two of the soldiers declined to vote.  The army of the frontier will go unanimous for the re-election of "Old Abe."

     THE QUOTA OF MISSOURI. -- Gen. John B. Gray, Adjutant General of Missouri, has gone to Washington to look after the interests of this State in procuring credits to Missouri residents enlisted in regiments of the States of Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, and the Territory of Nebraska.  These, it is thought, number about 2,500, which will, if credited, give us a considerable reduction in our quota.

Wednesday, September 14, 1864.

     We had a fine refreshing rain  yesterday evening, cooling the atmosphere and settling the dust.

     Business was quite lively yesterday.  There were a good many country  people in town, especially from Clay county.

     ELECTION. -- The 2d Colorado boys had a brisk time yesterday, voting for a State Constitution, delegate to Congress and other candidates.

     A train of twenty wagons, loaded with wool, came in from New Mexico on Monday.  The wool business in this city is heavy this year.

     OVERLAND LINE. -- The coaches have made an unsuccessful attempt to run from Fort Kearney westward.  The next trial will be with a military escort.

     Tents have been issued to the soldiers of the Second Colorado, and we understand that they are going into camp two miles out of town.

     ARREST OF QUANTRILL.  An Indianapolis Telegram announces the capture in that city of the notorious Quantrill.  He was recognized on the street by refugees.

     Our Eastern exchanges represent recruiting as being quite bris, and think that in most instances, the quotas will be filled without resort to draft.

     We had no Eastern mail again yesterday.  It is pleasant to know that we shall soon be independent of this semi-occasional incommodation.

Tuesday, September 13, 1864.

     WANTED. -- 1500 bushels cider apples; 500 fall apples and 600 winter apples, at the Fruit and Variety store.

     APPLES, APPLES. -- I will pay the highest market price, in cash, for fall, winter and cider apples at my cider and vinegar factory south of the post office. -- LOUIS DEANZER.

      BUSHWHACKER HUNG IN ST. JO. -- A bushwhacker, named A. J. Bowyer, of Linn county, was hung at St. Joseph on Friday.  He made a written confession of his crimes.  Justice is beginning to be dealt out to these fellows with a strong hand.

     The Leavenworth Times says:  "A band of bushwhackers stopped a freight train on the North Missouri Railroad, last Wednesday, and took from it sixty horses on their way to St. Louis for Government inspection."

     NEGRO RECRUITING. -- Capt. Hall, Assistant Provost Marshall, is doing a lively business in the forwarding of negro recruits to St. Louis.  The whole subject of negro recruiting in this State is now in the hands of Brig. Gen. Ewing, and he is pushing it forward with unusual energy.

     The Platte City Male and Female Academy will commence its fall session on Monday, the 12th inst., under the care of Prof. W. C. McKinnis and an able corps of assistants.

     THE LIQUOR ORDER. -- Our statement in a past issue of the Journal that Order No. 6 had been revoked or modified, was based upon a statement made to us on the street on Saturday evening by a military officer.  No official order to that effect had then been sent to us for publication.  It was sent to us  yesterday.  It has been revoked only so far as dealing with parties outside the district is concerned.

Sunday, September 11, 1864.

     Yesterday, business was lively, and the weather fine.

     Gen. Brown has resumed command of the district of Central Missouri.

     A young man, blessed with the name of Isaac, says that "if he is drafted, Abraham will be offering up Isaac as a sacrifice."

     ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. -- The Railroad Company now run a train from Independence on Sunday, for the accommodation of those desiring to take the packet for the East Monday morning.

     In the guerrilla raid on Tipton last week, two citizens, Jos. Fuller and a Mr. Gabriel, were killed in town, and Captain Davis, of the 4th Missouri Militia, was taken to Pilot Grove and shot with several others.

     GUERRILLAS AT ROCHEPORT. -- We learn that the steamer Mars, in ascending the Missouri, was attacked by guerrillas at Rocheport.  One of the bushwhackers was killed and another wounded, and the boat returned to Jefferson City for troops.

     PACIFIC R. R. -- We learn that the road is nearly finished to Pleasant Hill, which will then leave a gap of only twenty-five miles.  With change of horses every eight miles, the trip from this place to St. Louis can be made in one day.  Things are working.

      General Curtis telegraphs to Major Curtis that trains are passing through from Leavenworth to Kearney and down to Salt Lake.  Escorts are not needed.  He has explored up Beaver and Republican to a point on Cottonwood, and has seen no Buffaloes and very few Indians.  He is moving eastward.

     The Kansas City and Fort Scott stage line is doing a fine business -- an immense amount of travel daily passing over the road.  Great credit is due to the enterprising proprietor, Mr. Sanderson.  The route is the best stocked and has the best coaches of any line in the West.

Saturday, September 10, 1984.

     Yesterday the weather was warm, and business a little dull.

     ATTORNEY GENERAL. -- Lieut. Col. Thos. T. Crittenden, of the Sixth M. S. M., has been, by Gov. Hall, appointed Attorney General of Missouri.

     REVOKED. -- We understand that Order No. 6 has been "all taken back," and out liquor merchants will be again permitted to sell the "spiritual."  Saloons will also open.  this intelligence will quench the thirst of many a thirsty masculine.

     The packet came down early yesterday, loaded  as usual for this port.  The steamer Yellow Stone came up yesterday morning, and unloaded a large quantity of freight at our levee.  Col. Foster, our worthy postmaster, returned on the packet yesterday looking as "handsome' as ever.

     BOY SHOT. -- A boy about twelve years old, named David McKesson, shot himself on yesterday, with a pistol, tearing his left hand to pieces very badly and lodging the ball in his left leg.  Dr. Ridge dressed his wound.  Parents should take caution from this occurrence, not to let children have fire arms for play things.

      The Santa Fe Coach went out yesterday, well loaded for the Great Plains.

     The First Colorado battery has arrived at Lawrence.  It numbers about one hundred men and is under command of Lieut. Beach.

    The 43d and 44th regiments commanded by Colonels Harding and Bradshaw, are now full and ready for mustering into the service.

     Quite a scare existed at Baldwin City on Monday of last week, from a report that eight hundred bushwhackers were approaching the town.

Friday, September 9, 1864.

     Business was lively yesterday, especially among our dry goods merchants.

     Tomatoes, the most healthful of all vegetables, are now quite abundant and cheap in our market.

     There is very little doing now at the Recorder's office.  This speaks well for the morals of the city, if it does not fill the treasury.

     Major Bratton, known as the fighting parson of North Missouri, has enlisted as a private, and has been sworn into service, and hsi papers made out.

     We had no eastern mail yesterday, the boat failing to connect with the stage.  We are getting used to this sort of thing, but thanks to locomotives we shall soon have an eastern connection of our own.

     NEW YORK STORE. -- This establishment has just received a heavy stock of new goods, of the latest style and quality.   It is just from the New York markets, and comprises everything in the dry goods line.  Buyers must judge for themselves, and we advise all to pay it a visit.

     SICKNESS. -- The mortality among children in Paola during the past week has been very large.  In one day no less than six little ones was carried off.  The past season has been one of great fatality to children throughout the entire country.

     BUSHWHACKERS. -- The Leavenworth Conservative says that during last Sunday night a party of six bushwhackers visited the neighborhood of Martin's Mills, in Buchanan county, Mo., and robbed the homes of three Union men.  They entered the houses and demanded the money of the inmates, and having secured that, disappeared in the darkness.

     ORDER NO. 6. -- We trust this military order will soon be revoked.  It is having a most unfortunate effect on the business in this city.  It not only damages the liquor merchants, but it keeps away other buyers, and the reason for it has not yet been made known to the civilian whose interests it so vitally affects.  Our citizens feel it as a great injustice, and are loud in their complaints.

     POSTPONEMENT OF THE DRAFT. -- We understand from St. Louis that until the proper quotas are awarded to Missouri, and the credits given for volunteers, the draft will be postponed.  At any rate the number required is very small, and skedaddlers who have left for the land of sage brush and fandangos can now return and attend to their business.

Thursday, September 8, 1864.

     Yesterday the weather was delightfully cozy, and business lively.  We hope the heat is now over entirely, and we have the commencement of that pleasant fall weather for which Missouri is justly celebrated.

     The grading on Walnut and Second streets is going forward.  It will leave several residences high and dry, but they, with other elevated houses, will soon have to come down to the level of civilization.

     SALUTE. -- On the 5th inst., the President ordered one hundred guns fired in honor of our great victory at Atlanta.

     LAWRENCE is said to be so well fortified that it could easily be held by the citizens against a force of five thousand assailants.

     River business is getting dull, owing to the low stage of water.  The steamer Hattie May is the only one advertised for this port and Leavenworth.  The packet came down yesterday with a good deal of freight and passengers for this place.  Emigration to this part of Missouri is on the increase.

     RIGHT. -- Gen. Rosecrans has levied the sum of ten thousand dollars on the disloyal citizens of Rocheport, for the use of the widow and sisters of Thos. Waterman, who was murdered by bushwhackers.

     CURTAILMENT. -- We saw a carload of defunct dogs pass down the street yesterday.  The Marshal's orders are being promptly carried out, and bays and barks will no more make the night hideous.

     THE DRAFT. -- The much-dreaded draft, which was to have commenced on Monday morning, did not come off.  the enrolling officers had been notified that certain credits were to be apportioned among the several districts, and they have not time to prepare the papers.  We are aware, however, that the draft will take place in a short time -- unless, indeed, the enlistments render it unnecessary; no volunteering is going on at so lively a rate, that the quota may be filled in time to avoid the draft.  The capture of Atlanta drives another nail into the coffin of the rebellion, and the war perhaps, will be over in sixty days.  The man who volunteers now, and draws the large bounty offered, will make a good speculation.

     THE RECEPTION OF THE TENTH KANSAS. -- The gathering on the banks of the Kaw river, opposite Wyandot, to do honor to the Tenth Kansas and its Colonel, was quite large.  Colonel Weer addressed the meeting and paid a high compliment to the heroic soldiers of the Tenth Kansas, then entered upon a vindication of himself, and wound up his speech with the warm desire that peace would soon smile again upon this war-torn land.  After the Colonel had concluded, the company partook of a pic-nic dinner, which was freely relished under the shady boughs of the spreading trees.  Much good feeling prevailed, and the whole reception went off gaily.  We were not at the ball which came off in the evening at McAlpin's Hall, but suppose all had a good time.

Wednesday, September 7, 1864.

     The Thos. E. Tutt came up yesterday morning.  She takes the place of the Fannie Ogden, as gunboat.

     A pony belonging to the Virginia Hotel was "struck by lightning" Monday night.

     Capt. Case and family arrived here yesterday afternoon by coach only seven days from Warrensburg. This roundabout way of getting east and west will soon be over for Kansas City people.

     This vicinity is now enjoying peace -- the much coveted blessing of civilized nations.  No guerrilla troubles have disturbed us for some time, and we trust, like all evils, they have had their day.

     The travel on the Missouri Pacific Railroad is gradually increasing.  It looks very cityfied to see trains leaving and arriving within our own corporation.  The time is not far distant when we shall have a through railway connection with New York City.  We learn that the work is being rapidly pushed forward at the other, and each day lessens our anxiety and shortens the gap.

     A woman died fro the effects of sunstroke in Leavenworth last Friday.

     We are informed that Captain W. A. King , of Liberty, has been appointed Assistant Dep. Provost Marshal for Clay county.

     The Grand Reception to Col. Weer comes off to-day at Wyandotte.  We suppose that a large number of our citizens will be present.    

     J. H. Stuart, who was convicted of counterfeiting in 1859, and sentenced to the Missouri penitentiary for a period of five years, has just been pardoned out by the President.

     NO DRAFT. --  The St. Joe News say s that Governor Hall informed a gentleman in that city that there would be no draft in Missouri on the 5th, as our citizens have nobly responded to the call and furnished 24,000 men.

Tuesday, September 6, 1864.

     The steamers Tempest and Emporia went below on Sunday. The packet came down Sunday night with a fine load of passengers and freight.  The Jennie Lewis came up yesterday evening, and unloaded a large amount of freight at our levee.

     The rain of Sunday morning was very acceptable to our citizens, while the face of nature looks as clean again with its late washing.

     CENSUS OF LEAVENWORTH. -- According to the report of the census taken last June, Leavenworth had a total population of 15,332.

     SPANISH. -- For those desirous of learning the pure Castilian, a "Spanish School" will be starting soon.

     Sweet potatoes, of large size and fine quality, are to be found in our market every morning.  The price is high -- ten cents per pound.

     H. P. Grovenor, a prominent citizen of Lawrence, died in that city on the 28th.  He was an active member of the City Council.

     We learn from the Columbia Statesman that the guerrillas are still busily engaged in the outrageous practice of stealing horses, fire arms, &c., in Boone county.

     "Across the Line." -- Many of our thirsty citizens, influenced by the dryness of the atmosphere, "crossed the lien" on Sunday, and moistened their parched throats with bumpers of lager at an impromptu bar on the umbrageous Kaw bottom.

     We learn that General Brown has already resumed command of the district of Central Missouri.  He has been absent sometime on furlough for the benefit of his health.

     The citizens of Wyandot give a Grand Reception to-morrow in honor of Col. Weer and the 10th Kansas.  There will be a free pic-nic dinner, speeches, toasts and responses and a dance on the new bridge.  In the evening a ball will be given at McAlpin's Hall, to wind up the festivities.  The people of this vicinity are most cordially invited to attend.

Sunday, Septmeber 4, 1864.

     The Bart Able went down yesterday morning, with a fair load.  The Effie Deans passed up yesterday, with six companies of the First U. S. Regulars.  They are destined for the Plains.

     Yesterday was a lively day among business men.  An unusual number of country people were in town.

     The heat, the dust and the dryness continues unabated, and the plaints of our baked and thirsty denizens are getting more loud and emphatic.

     Provost-Marshal General Fry decides that deserters from the rebel army are not object to enrollment or draft.

     Ross & Truett's stall at the Market House is always crowded -- and evidence that their meats are of the first quality.

     It is reported that Col. John A. Martin, of the 8th Kansas, is confined in the officers' hospital at Lookout Mountain with intermittent fever and scurvy.

     Among the candidates who entered the Naval Academy as Midshipmen at the examinations from July 20 to 31st last was W. E. Delahay, from Kansas.

     SLEEPY. -- It is said that editors, reporters, printers and telegraph operators need not sleep at all.  Public opinion is averse to their being permitted to do so, and as this is a free country, they must act as public opinion requires.

Saturday, Septmeber 3, 1864.

     Heat, dirt, sweat and anathemas were the style yesterday.  Pedestrians were scarce, and the wind and the dust had it their own way.

     The steamers Yellow Stone, Kate Kinney, Mars and Jennie Lewis, are advertised for this port and Leavenworth.  Navigation is quite difficult, there being scant 3 1/2 feet of water.

     Our senior pro tem., Col. Van Horn, left on the packet for St. Louis yesterday, on business connected with the interests of this city.  This leaves ye local with the responsibility of the whole establishment upon his shoulders.  They ache at the idea.

     Our good-looking postmaster, Colonel Foster, left for St. Louis yesterday on the packet.  He will be absent a week; during which time, we trust he will conduct himself in a circumspect manner in the city of magnificent hotels.

     A disease called "the fever" is prevailing among the cattle in Kansas, and carrying many of them off.  One man living near Leavenworth lost four head in one day.

     As the fifth of September approaches, the draft is becoming a subject of very general interest.

     INSANE. --Mrs. Thompson, wife of the rebel Gen. Jeff. Thompson, is now a confirmed lunatic, and it is said she will shortly be sent to the Asylum at Fullerton.

     GUERRILLA FIGHT. -- The Leavenworth Times of the 1st, says a fight between guerrillas and a squad of the 15th Kansas, took place on the Maria des Cygnes, on the morning of the 22d, in which four or five prisoners, captured the day previous by the guerrillas, near Potosi, were liberated, five or six horses captured, and the band scattered.  A fight occurred with the guerrillas afterwards, near Papinsville, in which the lieutenant of the gang was killed, and two others seriously wounded.

Friday, September 2, 1864.

     The Post boy came down yesterday morning with a fair load for St. Louis.

     We shall be glad when our liquor merchants are again underway.  They are to ones that give spirit to trade.

     SICKNESS. -- All of our country exchanges speak of a good deal of sickness and many deaths from flux.

     DUST. -- This valuable article flew fast and furious yesterday, freely begriming the visages of the parboiled pedestrains.

     SQUIRREL RAID. -- We learn that in addition to the guerrilla raids, farmers in the interior of Missouri are suffering from a squirrel raid.  In Monroe county this nimble little animal is making sad "havoc" with the corn in the timbered neighborhoods.  In some localities whole fields have been nearly destroyed.

     TOBACCO IN THE ARMY. -- Our soldier boys have a great affection for the weed, and the fragrant effluvia of the smoking pipe.  This is evident from the large amounts of money they pay out of their wages for it.  To do without it has an indirect affect on their health and spirits.  Night marches have seemed as  long again for want of tobacco.  Picket duty has been more wearing and wearisome. In camp the hours have passed restlessly, discontentedly.  The first result is that your confined nicotian loses in spirit and then he loses it in health.  There are thousands who long for the "piping time of peace," not because they are times of peace, but because they are pipe-ing times.

Thursday, September 1, 1864.

      The Packet came down yesterday morning, well loaded.  The steamer Post Boy came up yesterday, and landed a large amount of freight at the levee.  The steamer Bart. Able came up last evening, with a good list of passengers and freight.  She put off a large amount of goods at this port.

     MELONS. -- The "melon-cholic days" are passing away.  Everybody has been surfeited, and melons are now among the things that have no attraction for the eyes or stomach.

     Lieut. Col. Burris of the Tenth Kansas regiment has been mustered out of the service, and returns to his home in Johnson county to resume the practice of the law.

     DEATH OF CLAIM. JACKSON, JR. -- We are informed that Claiborne F. Jackson, Jr., the third son of Governor Claib. Jackson, died a short time since at Matamoras, of small pox.

     FOUND. -- A sum of money was found on the 27th inst.  The owner can have the same by calling at Crandall & Hoyt's store, No. 7 east levee, by paying for this notice and proving property.

     THE INDIANS AND THE TELEGRAPH.-- It is a singular fact t hat while the plains for some hundreds of miles west of Atchison are now swept by hostile Indians, and all white men are driven away, the poles and wires of the Western Union Telegraph Company are not disturbed.  It is said that the Indians have a superstition which restrains them from disturbing the wires on which the "whispering spirit" travels.