White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17
Corresponding.
CINCINNATI, OHIol
Friday, November q, 1857.

Friday, November n, 1851. (
EDrroR Kansas CHIEF:-For week past -.
have had quite foretaste of Winter. Gr.,,
overcoats and blazing coal fires have been, com.
pared With previous winters, rather prematurel,
called into recuisitiOn. Yesterday and TO-DAY
however, the weather has been more balny and
pleasant, and Appearances indicate that We NAV
yet have sprinkle of those languishing DAYS.
yclept Indian Summer" before the Winter
King usurps his icy throne, de JaetO.
Political matters are at low ebb, and even
the much-agitated question of "slarery or no
slavery in Kansas, fails to excite even interest
enought0 getupa conversation. The great 6nan.
cial panic, that has within the last few months
swept like a tornado over the country, shaking
the commercial interests Of the United States.
with crashing and uRrelenring violence, pros
tratng in its wild sweep the most substantial and
reliable business firms in the East and the West,
the North and the SOuth-this, is the all impor
tant and all-absorbing topic that is discussed on
Change and of 'Change-on the street and in
the counting -room-in the saloon over a spark.
ling bumper-and even in the Church over the
gilt-edged and golden-clasped prayer-book Mo.
y-money-money-is the lurid talisman that
swallows up every other consideration Of interest
and of good. Gold is the magnetic. shrine to
which men bow-the manly form of Youth
and the crouching shape of Age, with its locks
of silvered gray-all-aIl-do homage most de-
vout to the yellow god. Gold. thou shining
thing! what invaluable treasures are daily being
offered upon thy gilded SHRINE. On thy altar
mankind have
"Sscr6eed ease, peace,
Truth, faith integrity, good conscience, frisnds.
Love, charity, bensvolence, and all
The sweet and tender sympaihies Of life;
And to completes the horrd. mnrderous rite
And sigualize their folly, offered up
Their souls, and eternity Of bliss,
To gain them-whati hour Of dreaming Joy
feverish hour-that hasted to be done,
And ended in the bitterness of woe"
Both lectures and places Of amusement are
sparsely attended this season. Theaters are do
ing but little more at present than paying e1pen-
ses. The " National" during the past summer
has been enlarged and improved, in every re-
spect, and in point of beauty, architecture, and
superb and substantial finish exceeds any similar
building in the West. It is durable building
to the Queen City, and ranks among the fore
most amid the great number Of specimens Of
architectural building, that have arisen within
the last two years in this metropolis.
Last night, Park Benjamin read his new hu-
nOrous poem, entitled " Hard Times" before
select audience, at Smith and Nixon's Hall. It
is filed with keen and pungent satire, and its
piercing shafts Of wit few thick and fast, sti.
king deep in many places. His lecture is to be
repeated tomorrow evening. Quite number
of lecturers are announced for the coming WIN
ter-among them Shillibar, (next Tuesday eve.
ning,l editor of the Boston Post, ami the verita-
BILE Mrs Partington."
On Thanksgiving Day, Billy Birch, the re.
nowned Minstrel, who is here with his Troupe,
giving concerts at the Melodeon HaIl-announ-
ced in flaming posters-tbat he would distribute,
on that day, at ii O'Clock, A. NJ, one thousand
IOaves Of bread to the poor of Cincinnati, with
out money and without price," The isolated
act, of course, was a charitable one-but the
ihOuNe-PecuLiaTy gail hunOug wiz never
die. His bread, however, became somewhat Of
drug upon his hands-and it was with difficulty
that he could dispose Of it. The people of Gin
cinnati are not yet in a starving condition-they
have the means within themselves to relieve
their wants without the aid of Billy Birch, in his
peculiar, boasting, pOmpous style. But have
no doubt the trick viii win-for humbug has .
healthy growth. ..-
Yours, &c, OBLINGER.