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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10
The Appointment.

This is another scheme. of the border rufian
party 70 rob the people Of their freedom We
have read Of the villainy of partisans in the
States Who have made appOrtionment to sub
serve party ends In Pennsylvania but few
years ago, it will be remembered. by many, that
the Democratic party, then in their ascendancy
in the State, so. gerrymandered it, as to secure
to themselves, as they supposed, the election Of
every Representative tOEongress. The result
was, that instead Of atinrhph the wings elect
ed nearly ali the members, and that with major
tiles usually of but few hundred.
In this apportionment,- it is evident those who
made it designed to control the elections by i'm
porting votes from Missouri. or the Council
Districts all but one are bounded on Missouri,
and that one is but very little rem6te from the
border. These districts are not even made up
of contiguous territory, but in some instances is
more than fifty miles separated from each other
The reader can only get good idea ofthe poll
cy by reference TO a mapwith the Counties in
diGated on it. Rev. Thomas Johnson, the Pres
ident of the Council, is the arch scoundrel in
this transaction, and if a man ever deserved
death for political transaction, it is he, for this
gross outrage upon the right of the people.
Gov. Walker promised us a " fair and impair
tial election" In the name of justice we ask
him how he expects we can get it with such a
damnable apportiOnment staring US in the facet
If the Governor will examine the law under
which that superintendent is made, he will OBJ
serve that several provisions in it have been
grossly violated. He must feel that he owes it
to himself as aman Of truth to treat that APP
portionment as a nullity, and proceed to make
another. We have consented to go into the cleo
tionin October, as has the great mass of the
Free State party, in view of Gov. Walkers pro-
mise to see that justice is done US. We are con-
scious that fair apportionment cannot be made,
because of the villainy which characterized the
taking of the census; but 1t is not necessary
that twenty Counties should be huddled togeth-
err to make eight representatives; neither is it
necessary that pains should be taken to bound
all the districts on Missouri, or make it easily
accessible to voters from that State.
Governor Walker, if he designs to retain his
position FOR fairness in this Territory, win not, as
he loves his own good fame, allow this outrage
upon US who have been placing confidence in his
promises, to pass without redress. He should
review that superintendent, and in proclama-
ton to the people shoW up the fraud. and make
a new one which will have some show of justice
about it. Until we are satisfied he will not do
so, we shall make no further comments ON the
case-HeTald Of Freedom.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The TROUBLE IN MINNEsoTA.-Two Constitu-
tional Conventions were in session in Minnesota,
at our last dates. For long time the political
complexion of the delegates was doubtful, and
contradictory reports were circulated from day
to day. At last, however, it was pretty general;
ly established that the Republicans had the ma.
jority. The number of that party claiming seats,
was fifty nine, including four Democratic contes-
tants. The Republican delegates received the
official certificate, but soon after, Gov. Medary
some way then also secured QUASI official rec
oenition. The regular Democratic strength is
forty-three, and if the four contestants are ad-
ded, forty-seven. Six Democrats were also eloc-
ted from the Pambina District, whose right to
sit in Convention the Republicans denied be-
cause that district was not included by Congress
in the State limits. Admitting that,the Demo
Gratis were entitled to all they claimed, the state
of parties would have been Democrats, fifty
three, Republicans, fifty-6ve. When the day Of
meeting arrived, as no hour had been fixed by
the act of Congress, the two parties appear to
have fought shy" each respectively being anx-
ious to secure the organization. The ffty-nine
Republicans took possession of the Legislative
Hall, and at twelve O'Clock organized, and pro-
ceeded to business. The Democrats refused to
recognize them as the Convention, but designa-
ting them as meeting of citizens, proceeded
to the Council Chamber and opened their Con-
-vOntion there. The result will be the prepare
ton of two Constitutions for submission to the
people. And thus, it will be seen, we are likely
to have a serious difficulty with Minnesota
Baltimore american.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

ANEcDoTE OF THE PREsIDEST.-A letter from
Washington to the New Hampshire Patriot con-
tains the following:
The President has removed to his summer
residence, near the Sailors Home, about two
and half miles from the White House. He
comes in daily to the executive mansion, about
ten O'Clock, and after staying long enough to
discharge such business as requires his personal
presence, returns. The place where he is tenn
pOrariy sojourning, is the prettest rural district
about the city. Speaking of the President, re-
minds me of an endorsement saw upon COM
mission which, though bunglingly made out, had
been presented for his signature. 1t may serve
as warning to all having business with the ex-
ecutivs, and show them the necessity of prepa-
ring their business in proper manner before
presenting t. At all events, it shows love of
neatness and precision, which believe are
characteristic of Mr.. Buchanan. 1t was as fol-
lows:-
This commission is so incorrectly prepared,
that refuse to signit. The name of the ap-
pOintee is written differently at two different pa-
ces, and in other respects it is not written in a
clerkly manner.
(Signed.) JANIS BUCHANAN.
That is pretty pointed, and concluded, on
looking over the commission, was well deserved
by whoever wrote it"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

DEATH OF JUDGE McLEoD-The Hon. r. D.
Mcleod, fer many years past Chief Justice Of
Bexar County, Texas, died on the night Of he
2lst of July, at his residence in San Antonioi Of
apoplexy. The Texan says:
"Judge Mcleod was one Of the pioneers Of
Texas, and if we mistake not, cana to this
State in 1885, with the noble band of"New Or
leans 6reys." He was at the seige of San An
tonic when twas taken from the Mexican army,
under Gen. Cos, during which the noble Milan
fell. He participated also in the battle Of San
Jacinto, and was in many of the early struggles
for that liberty our State now enjoys"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The Louisville Journal says there is to be a
grand Sag-N barbecue at Ashland, in few
days, to celebrate the triumph Of the lifelong
enemies and hsters of Henry Clay, and one Of
his sons viii be the master-spirit Of the satur-
malta upon that occasion. The sounds Of rejOic-
ing that win go up from the groves which once
echoed the tread of; Kentucky's great patriot,
will be uttered from threats that have been
hoarse with curses and blasphemies against him.
In 1874, the Democrats of Lexington went out
to the gates of his house, and With drums and
cannons, and shouts of triumph, insulted him
with the noise of their rejoicing over his defeat
They will 60 out there again, on the 18th Of
August, to insult his memsry with their rejoicing
over the election Of his spostate son.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

RArHER FEEE WITH CHEAT MES-In dense
fhrOng at the Presidents gardens recently, the
States Reporter Of items. had occasion to apol-
ogize to Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the
Treasury, for having, in ignorance, made desk
of that gentIeman's back, in writing minute
Of some passing event Mr.. Cobb, perceiVing
that his friends around him we're amused at the
Iudiesus incident, replied Iaughingiy, that no
harm had been done; that man who Was back
ed up BY twenty millions could scarcely be ex-
peeted TO feel the pressure Of crisis Ike this.
-Louisuiue Courier.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The Richmond Enquirer, in commenting upon
the Presidents instructions 10 Gov. Walker, and
the tone of the Southern press in regard to Gov.
Walkers policy here, contains the following sig
nifcant paragraph:
" But the opponents of the National DemOc-
tacy in the Southern States, those who refuse to
believe in the integrity of the Northern Democ-
raey, in spite of their thousand sacrifices in our
behalf, charge that the proposition to submit the
Constitution to the people of Kansas, coneeals
design on the part of Walker to make Kansas
a free State. The prO-slavery party of Kansas,
however, who have heretofore watched their
Governors with lynx eyed vigilance, repudiGts
this charge, and endorse Walker and the Admin
istrGtiOn.'' ~
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

BITTEN BY A RATTLEsSAKE.-The Connells-
vile (Pa.) Enterprise says that Mr.. G. W. Shaw,
Of that place, was bitten in the hand by large
rattlesnaks, whereupon he Immediately put bis
hand to his mouth, and succeeded, by sucking,
in extracting the greater portion Of the poison
from the wound. His arm was swollen cousid-
erably, but he is now out Of danger. This is a
simple remedy, and should be borne in mind
when others are not at hand.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The Chicago correspondent of the Boston
Journal, draws the following picture Of the pres
ent Mayor of Chicago:
"Did you ever see John Wentworth ! No
Well, come with me to the street corner. Marx
that numbering looking man. with light com
plexion and good humored face, taking short
strides this way. He stands six feet five in bis
stockings. Old straw hat turned down all round
like cotton umbrella-no neck cloth--short
bad fitting linen coat-loose unmentionables
which look as if he had jumped too far into
them, and hadn't time to getback-unbhcked
united shoes, three sizes too large-and slight
stoop to the tall figure, and the picture IS com
plete. You see him. Well, sir, that shabby
0lephantine individual. who looks as II be bad
not cent in the world, is Johannes Elongatus,
Mayor Of Chicago, and he is worth Eve hundred
thousand dollars. m
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10
Gbpite Rottrp.
THE TURNPIKE GATE-KEEPER
BY EDWARDS. GOODWIN.

BY EDWARD-c. GOODWIN.
BeyOua the bridge, on III. old post road,
The keepers cottage stood,
= On q little mound ofrising ground,
Fronting chestnut wood
Bun haIfchoksd well, and broken bOagh,
Are al that remain for the cottage now.
She was very poor, and with frugal care
Gathered Der small supply;
And ffsn early dawn 70 evening gray,
Served with steadfass eye;
And travsIlsrs passing late at aight,
Behels her there with a single light.
She vas an Hlons, and sought no friends;
And, save on the sabbaih day,
WAS seldom seen on the village green,
Or near TO the dusty way, 5000
Except BY the open gate to stand,
And take the fare from the travellers hand.
Some Summer fruits from the nsighbOring fields,
By The shattered curb she laid,
And ever there, in the Summer air,
The mossy bucket swayed;
And the thirsty steed Al neon came near,
Ana strangers paused for the simple cheer.
The chestnut wood of my scbOOl-boy days,
With its rSof of varied hue,
Where dark between the weOf of green,
Was tangled the warp Of blue,
Where winds sighed low, like a minstrel rude,
Chanting the lays Of the solitude.
Ard sometimes here, when the sun was gene,
And the dew dripped of the leaves,
A boy stood in the whispering wood,
And gszed on the garnsred sheaves
That were scattered about the twilight's span,
Like the the silent tents Of a caravan.
And when again my wandering feet
To her lonely door drew nigh,
She would sit alone on the Threshold stone,
With her face on the distant sky,
As IL she communed with them that kept
Their watch when the babe of Bethlehem slept.
But years are past, and my hairs are gray,
And the widows grave has long been made;
And the chestnut wood, where the cottage stood,
Gives place to the cleaning glade;
And half-choksd well and broken bough,
Are an that remain for nv childhood nsw.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

SMALL-Pox AMONG THE KIcKAPoos AND PoT-
TAwAToMIEs IN KASsAs.-The Indian Bureau at
Washington, on Tuesday morning, received adj
vices of July 80, from the Superintendent of In
dian affairs at st. Louis. A letter from the In
dian agent at st. Joseph, Missouri, dated July
25, states on the 9Th inst, the smallpox had
broken out among the Indians of that section,
and that eight deaths had already occurred
The Indians were greatly alarmed, and had be-
gun to leave that reservation for safer regions.
Many were sick at the date Of writing.
As soon as the agent heard Of the breaking
out of the disease, he sent to st. Joseph and
procured competent physicians, who in few
days, vaccinated all who had not yet been seiz-
ed. The Indians number about 60O-35O Kick
apOcs and $50 Pottawatomies. The cost of at
tendance upon the sick, and vaccinating the well,
was upwards of $500.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

WISCONSIN IS FKEE AND WooLLT.-The late
Convention of the Republican party of Wiscsn.
sin passed the following resolutions:
"That, whoever treadk the soil of Wisconsin
isFR EE, and whoever undertakes to enslave any
of her inhabitants, shall be visited with the Sc
yerest penalties"
2" That the proper Office and duty of govern
ment is to protect mems rights, not to subvert
them; to expose and punish crime, and not to
uphold it; and that as slavery is crime against
humanity of the deepest dye, it can no more be
CONTEMPORARIES or LEsALIzED than theft, rob-
berry or murder
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

journal of Tennessee, says: an
"We again repeat, that while we heartily ap-
prove the instructions Of the Executive, as we
understand them, and as stated by Gov. Walk.
err, in the extract above quoted, and while we
also cordially approve and endorse the expOsi-
ton of Mr.. Buchanan's views, as aut1oritatiVely
announced by the Washington Union, we deeply
regret the course, and repudiate, without quaIif-
cation, the policy Gov Walker has thought pro-
per to inaugurate.'' .-.. = 1ai 81 c..Osq
We might 60 on and fill column after column
with articles and speeches dsnunciatory of Cor.
Walker, and occasionally bearing hard upon
President Buchanan. We have not noticed at
all the unwearied attacks made upon the Ad-
ministration by the Richmond South, the Char
leston Mercury, and the New Orleans Delta, as
their opposition is perfectly well known-but the
almost unanimous voice of the Southern press,
SO far as respects Walkers course in Kansas,
leads US to believe that the Administration can
BY no means count safely upon reliable Dem
ocratic majority in the next session of Congress,
and may very possibly find the greater portion
of the Southern members standing aloof in a
body. We doubt exceedingly whether the com
edy of "The Happy Family" can be successful
ly played out eten for few months longer.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The New Orleans Times represents that city
as being even more desolate than the Desert
ed Village . sung Of by Goldsmith Theeditor
says:
We can look out Of our window at MONDAY,
on the once busting Camp street. and see no one.
Who opens the stores We know nOt-but We ex-
pect it is done BY machinery, as we never Hna
any person in them It Is our intention to count
the persons in town, and give their names and
addresses in short paragraph. Money is said
to be 50 awfuIy scarce, that the man of bust
ness remaining here, thinks Of Diminishing his
collector and hiring burglar in his place. We
are the only editor left in charge Of the city in
terests, and we have serious thoughts Of letting
out the streets as fine pasture grounds for sheep
Anybody in want Of grass win please apply,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10
THE MEADOW GATE.

The blns-bell peeps beneath the fern,
Tie moor its puris blossom yields;
lis worth fuH sir days WORK, to earn
A f4pible mid the woods and fields.
There Is an hour to Eilencs dear, - fa
Z. An hour for which = King might waiti
!. ,his To meet, when no ones near,
My May By ths meadow gate. ' q
When love inspires the IinnetS breast,
How swim he speed from sPsay 70 sPrayi
His song is Of his woodland nest,
sTfaddsa from tho peep Of day.
wOald S1eh = nest were my sweet lot!
wo1ld might be some dear ones mate.
, I'd ash, to share my lOwly cot,
My Mary BY The meadow gate.
There is a tide the sireamlet seeks,
A fun mile from is course il veers,
And into silveFy music breaks
When from the vale the ssa appears.
Oh! twenty miles my eager feet
Would wander loag, and hnger late,
One happy mOmsnt but TO meet
Ny Mary BY the meadow gate.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

AN INTERESTING Masonic BIBLE.-The Free
Masons Of the 18th British regiment, nov sta
toned at Windsor, England, have in their pos
session the original Bible belonging to Lodge
No. 227 of the Irish constitution, once in exis
tence in that corps, upon which Geo. Washing
ton-snerwards commAnder-ih-chiefof the army
of the United States-was initiated into the
rites of Free Masonry. This book was taken
in battle in l777, during the American war, BY
our troops, and hOhorabIy restored 10 the Lodge
of the 18th, with military escort as guard Of
honor.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

SALE OF DELAWARE LASDs.-The sale of the
Delaware lands in Kansas, has been concluded.
It produced S5s7 900, and on the iethinat., Mr..
woodson, Receiver of public moneys, deposited
in the sub-treasury at St. Louis, tlJO,0 Oo-the
remainder of the payments have been made in
U. S. Treasury warrants. The whole amount
goes to the Indians.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The following is complete list of the signer:
of the Declaration of Independence, with the
places of nativity and profession. The profes
sions of the signers of the.DeclaratiOn Of hide
pendence, were as follows:
Printers, l.; lawyers, %; physicians, 5; farm
ers, G.; merchants, 6; shoemakers, 1 /; gentlemen
Z; sailors, 1; ministers, l; surveyors, l; sold
iers, /.
The place of nativity of the signers, was a:
follows:
Massachusetts, IL; Virginia, 9; Pennsylvania
8; Maryland, 5; Rhode Island, .; Maine, l.
Connecticut, A; New York, 8; New Jersey, 4
Scotland, .; South Wales, 1; South Carolina
4; Delaware, Q; Ireland, 3.
Benjamin Franklin, aged IL, was the oldest
and Elbridge Gerry, aged 80, the youngest Of
the signers. Stephen Hopkins, aged 60, was the
next oldest, and Thomas Jefferson, aged 80, the
next youngest.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

TIN WIG Party IN MGssAcHUsErTs-It i
stated that the members Of the Massachusetts,
Wing Central Committee have voted not TO call
separate State Convention Of the party, this
year. The feeling Of the members OF this Com
mittee is said to be in favor Of Mr.. Gardner,
should he be again put up for reelection to the
Office of Governor.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

GENET SMTH's NEGRoEs-In letter 70 the
New York Herald, Geret Smith writes as
follows:
OF the three thousand eOlOrsd men to whom
gave land, probably less than fifty have taken
and continue to hold possession Of their grants.
What is worse half the three thousand, asI
Judge, have either sold their land, or been 30
careless as to aIlsW Il to be sold for taxes.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

WORTHY OF NorE.-Dsniel Fenshaw, an old
and much esteemed New York printer, recent
ly presented the typographical Society Of that
city, with two volumes Of Pitts English Atlas,
printed in London in l6s3-l74 years ago--Eith
statement to the effect that the original cost
price Of the same, and interest added to the
present time, would amount to more than tkits
millions Of dollare,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

PE-ricE's LAsTy-Prentiee, Of the Louisville
Journal, got on the following good one lately:
The Port Gibson Herald wants to know
"what the poor Indians win do when the buffh-
loes are extinct" Indeed We can't ten. We
are afraid they win have 70 bear It.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

TnE REPRESENTATIVE FAOH oErooS.-General
Joseph Lane has just been elected for he fourth
time Delegate 70 Congestion Oregon Ter
ritory- He was first elected in 81, second in
So, third in IS, and fourth in 80.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

A ToLERABLY Fam HIr.-The Frankfort
(Ky.) Yeoman Of a recent date says:
"The Know Nothing platform of 1857, was
published at length in the Journal Of yesterday
morning. Wehaye not examined it critically,
but observe that delectable party stil recognizes
the existence Of sSupreme Being This is
very magnaminous, particularly 50 as the feeos-
milton is notin the slightestdegroe recippocatsd.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

One Of the most prominent citizens Of Mis-
ssuri--the owner Of twenty-One grown up9sves,
besides their prOgeny-has offered to enamel
pate all, provided gensrAl emancipation could
be secured. He knows and says that the rise n
real estate, consequent upon the abolition Of
slareryin Missouri, would four-SOId pay scr the
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

Eight years ago, the only railroad track laid
down in Illinois. ran from Naples, on the Illinois
River, to Jacksonville, . distance oftEentytwo
miles. New there is scarcely = County in the
State, which |, not either traversed BY, Or within
a short distance Of, railroad.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The Car Is STILL d" THEY CoxE"-Emigrants
come rolling in upon US at rapid rate. Droves
are going to Kansas. Mr.. C. N. Pratt, the gen
tlemanly agent of the Pacific Railroad, which
runs in connection with the st. Louis, Alton and
Chicago Railroad, informs US that one party Of
about 800 families are about making their exc
dus from Maine to Kansas, the present season.
They go out under the agency Of Moses Emory,
Esq, who has come out to make arrangements
for the location of the company. A point on
the Big Blue, near the Nebraska line, has been
selected for the estAblishment-Chieago paper.
The new Constitution of Iowa, is adopted by
-. \ noo ...:o-:..
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The poppy, which produces opium, Is cnltiyst-
tedin India, where more than 100, 700 acres are
occupied for this purpose.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

"GIory be to God on high, and on earth peace
and good viii towards men," These words are
to be the first message transmitted over the At
lantic telegraph.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The 9Th Of September was ths one hundred.h
anniversary Of the birthday Of Lafayette.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The LAST WnLIsIsn.-N. P. Willis describes
sheet OfblOtsing paper from Washington Ir-
Wings desk, As The door.nat on which the
thoughts Of Irving's last book had wiped their
sandals IS they went in"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

The new Constitution of Iowa, is adopted by
about 900 majority.