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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-22
Corresponding.
Interesting Correspondence,
January lst leg

January LIST, 1859
At the old mans. in Missouri, Wher. H.
have heaps Of wood and good eomfortabl. ,..,,
and plenty Of coed things for the inner man
FRrESD JoE:-When in the course Of bD-
events il becometh necessary for man -,
the fear of the Lord, the scarcity Of wood -
the cold winter before his eyes, to gather,
gether bis seanty habiliments, aad with ,b.h.,
ter part Of himself migrate to more copv.n;.
olimes, and leave the many things he h,,I
claim to behind him, Il then beeometh No..
sary that be should appoint or req=est SON.
man Of the law, or, better, an honest man |,
he have such one for friend. to look ,n,,
and attend to the property he leaveth b.bi,I
him. Fortunate am ], for have such fr;.rs
and to him ! win write, saying, my friend, looE
to the land upon which have pitched nv len,
and by virtue eff Which pitching I claim "a,
mine own according to the law of the land ana
the gospel Of st. Abraham, and If any evil
minded person approach said land with wicked
intentions Of taking il away from me, then ,b,h
thou my friend go unto him and say: this i, Ii.
land whercupon my friend hath pitched his tent,
leave il; thou shalt not dwell among US, for ,b0,
art not a righteous man; and then if the evil
minded person leave il not, but still cOntinue n
abide upon It, then shalt thou my friend, writ,
unto me saying, a wicked son Of an ungUdl,
father, seeketh to depose thee ofthy just claim,
and refuseth to leave at my gentle bidding
Hasten unto Us, and ehastise him for his wick.
edness. Then shall I leave the warm teni,,D
full pots Of this land, and hasten to the son u
the ungodly, and to him / shall say, one bon,
shalt thou have 70 take up thy tent and lear.
this land which do claim and hold accordio,
to law, and If at the end Of the hour, thOul.,r,
it not, then shall that hour be thy last, and Ii.
Devil, which is Satan, shall claim his own, "a,
shall send thee to the place prepared for the,
before the first cornerstone Of creation was cut.
And further, my friend, would ask thee
Go thou to the man that printeth and pubishsh
the Kansas Chief, and say unto him in this Use;
Oh, Chief! my friend and neighbsr has absquat.
ulated and gone to the land Of Border RuHan,,
he standeth in need Of thy paper; send it unto
him, and I will reward thee with the root Of al
evil. Amor, AmieitHr ct Veritas. Tx
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February LIST, ls5s
At home, in the Valley Of Sac, where aOvelh
milk and honey, corn and oil, and the flesh pots
arc full, but where wood is scarce.
FRIEND LEE K:-Your first epistle from the
land of Border Rufians came to the hand Of
your friend, and which delighteth Us to hear
from our friends who sojourneth in the far Of
land" and that they are enjoying the good things
for the inner man, and whose tents are comfort.
able for the winter.
Now it came to pass in the second month Of
thy absence from among Us, chat an ungodl
person went to thy tent, and broke open the win.
dows thereof. and took forth with hostile hand,
sundries Of thy goods, and thy Shattels tia.
thou hadst for thy heritanee, and fed beyOnd
the Valley Of Sac.
And moreover, it came to pass in the third
month of thy absence, that the cattle Of the
tribes who dwell in the land Of GeRtiles, came
and destroyed the provender that thou hads
provided for thy camels and thy asses, leaving
not 50 much rs handful thereof Then your
friend, grit my mantle about me, and went up
to the nount Of the seven hills, and which IS
nigh unto tht tent, in TIE Valley Of Sac, and
spoke in this wise to those who broke open Ii!
tent, and TO those whose cattle destroyed thr
provender. Repent ye, for my friend is nsar,!
hand, Tor he will ehastise ye with strong arm.
and smite ye to the earth, and ye shall know ny
friend liTeth, and he will lead ye forth captive
to the strong stone house built with hands; and
there shall ye weep, vail, and gnash teeth; then
| came down from the mountain, and obeying
thy second commandment, I saddled my strong
mule and journeyed 10 the far OF north, toward
the city of White Cloud, where the man liTsis
that printeth the newspaper. bowed myself
to the floor, at the shrsshhold, and said to The
man-even to him that pubIisheth the Kansas
Chief: Oh, Chief, send unto my friend WhOir-
eth in the land Of Border Ruifians, thy paper
even the Kansas Chief, that be may read there
of, and become wise, ofthe doings Of the tribss
Of the children Of thy chosen people, even The
Jews, who liveth in Kansas, which is toWardihs
setting sun, for Thy fame has gene abroad, even
unto the Border Rulians. then took from ny
pocket golden coin, and said unto the man Of
quilts, pay thyselffOr thy paper, to buy the good
things for thy little ones, and then the nan o.
quilts took therefron the amount required.
! then grit my mantle about me, and mounted
the strong animal, even the mule, and jOuneyed
towards my tent, which is nigh thine own, in The
Valley Of Sac.
No other commandments being from thee ny
friend, I took down my red marble pipe, i'o
smoked therefrom the smoke of tobacco.
Your friend in the bosom Of Abraham
JOE.
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Pooh On Beck l--Por old fellow J
He is really an unfortunate case. After
trying for years. he at length reached the
Presidency; and upon taking his seat.
fonnd both Houses of Congress strongly
Democratic. with apparently nothing to
prevent q prosperous reign, and complete
suceess in all his measures. But alas for
human hopesl his very FIRST important
measure, in regard to raising new regi-
Aients Of troops, was unceremoniously
laid on the shelf. That was CALLING in
deed but still worse was in store for
him. His greatest and most darling
measure of all, the Lecompton iniqull
was sent to Congress. He had put -
whole soul into the measure, and deter
mined that it thould he the test Of De-
mocracy. For it he had spent sleepless
nights, had violated his pledges, and had
outraged The rights of the people. That
measure must go tbs gh, at all hazards.
Alas! that, too. was trampled upon by
the Presidents own party. and he finds
himself in manner powerless among his
own friends. Weak and imbecile as was
franklin Pierce, he overcame large
majority OF disahected Democrats, with
far les trouble than Buchanan has be-
slowed upon a few, and TINS carried
through the Nebraska Bill. Buchanan,
powerful, sagacious, experienced, tried
the same process that had been adopted
BY Pierce, but with miserable success.
He influenced very few weak-minded
members. but the others laughed in his
face. Prescription, bribery, entreaties
and threats were employed, but without
avail-Lccompton was doomed, and the
President was discounted. He even
tried to come the General jackson pull
over them, but was plainly told that Gen.
jackson was dead, and that there were
none others like him living!
/ We now hear that Buchanan has writ
ten to Gov. Wise, one of the prescribed,
imploring him to use his influence to save
the Administration from ruin! We shall
expect next to hear of him being on his
knees to Douglas, eonfessing his sins to
Col. Forney, and offering high honors to
Walker and Stantonl Unfortunate man
Instead Of succeeding in bringing the re-
bells penitent to his feet, he has been COM
PEELED to humble himself in the dust be-
fore the rebels, and implore them to save
him from ruin! Sad spectacle!
1t is related that Qeeen Mary, of Eng,
land, when about dying. said that if her
heart were examined Rlais would be
found there. If BucI u should die, nc
doubt Lccompton could be found all
through his heart--in fact, if he should
die before he changes his policy and prin.
ciples again, his heart might be found to
be Lecompton itself, as perfectly as he
was transformed into the Cincinnati
Platform Poor old Buck
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Very funny stories are told Of the pro-
cess of serving q call of the U. S. Senate,
an hour or two after midnight. on Sen
ators who had gone home and to bed
The Sergeant-at-Arms, accompanied by
carriages, rode around the city and collec-
ted the deserters, peaceably IL ne could,
but forcibly if he must. Sam. Houston
was captured at the Kirkwood House,
taken from his bed, and carried grow
ling to the Capitol. When called upon
for an excuse for his absence, he gravely
requested the Senate to inform him what
excuse it had to offer for the outrage
it had committed upon his personal
rights, by dragging him from his bed at
that untimely ho0 He protested that
he would not be paciied until the Sen
ate apologized to him. Senator Clay oil
Alabama, kept his doors locked. and
defied the Sergeant al Arms-Aatly re.
fusing to obey the mandate. Generally.
however, the absentees surrendered them
selves with good grace. and a quorum
was obtained at 4 o'clock in the NOR
ming.
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southern A,.ailants Of Northern Labor

A correspondent of the New forA
Post gives the following Renaissance
concerning Senator Hammond, Of South
Carolina:
al knew his father, who was q true
Yankee from Massachusetts,. He then
resided in Lexington district. South Car
olina, and was the owner and manager
of a saw-nill. he had previously car
ried on the business Of butcher. at Co
lumbia. His chief pride seemed to be
centred in his son, james, whom ne
trained from childhood in oratoricai ex-
ercises. The mother Of James was,
think, the daughter of an Englishmsn,
named Fox. So the aristocratic Senator
is half Yankee, half Bull. His YANKEES
father grudged no sacrifice to make him
an orator, and fit him for public life. moi
expecting that he would distinguish him.
self chiefly in efforts against the land OF
his fathers"
I On the Boston and Worcester Railroad,
shortly after passing the Westboro' sta
ton, may be seen an old fashioned square
house, with cupola upon the top, but
otherwise of very unpretentious appear
ance. This house is occupied by two
families-brothers. One IS a wheel
wright, very worthy man and much re-
spected by his fellow-citizens. But be
is a Northern laborer, one who gets an
humble living by the sweat Of his brow,
and one of the class stigmatized by Sen
ator Hammond as slaves. This worthy
mechanic, however-this child of toll
this Northern slave as he would be term
ed by the degenerate son of New Eng
land sire-is the father of another South
ern representative. In that old house MIR.
Maynard, the representative Of the second
district in Tennessee, was born. Here
his father pursued his useful calling, and
his mother and sisters braided straw,
bound shoes, and taught school to aid
him through college. Here Mr.. Maynard
imbibed principles which should have
governed his career through life, but
which seem to have been lost sight Of in
the pursuit of the glittering prizes Of
ambition. The son of Massachusetts,
wheelwright-the " Yankee school teach
err" for such Mr.. Maynard was when he
first went to the South, is one of the most
jealous defenders Of the peculiar institu,
ton, and one of those who haughtily
spurn Northern labor. and who are ready
at all times to strike it down, whether by
atariff which encourages foreign manufac-
lures. or by more direct blow at indi-
vidual interests. 1t has been said, and
perhaps truly. that Yankees make the
hardest slave drivers. So New England
man, who has fairly turned his back on
the home of his childhood, and identified
himself with Southern interests, is too
often the most ready to attack the inter,
ests of the section to which he owes all
that he is.-Boston Journal.
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Leavenworth City. it is mid. has been
made Distributing Post Office for the
Territory. through the efforts Of N. j.
Parrott. our Delegate to Congress-
RGnsos NeUs. li.r
Yes. and Mr.. Parrott should make q
e more snch efforts" and resign his
The mails are irregular enough al
any time. but since this thing has been
consummated, they are confusion worse
COMPOUNDED" The whole Of Northern
Kansas is thrown out of their mail mat
ter. that Leavenworth, and Mr.. PARROTS
interest there may be accomplished and
advanced.-Atekison Champion.
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Go,xo Or HALy.CocKrD.-The Pro.

GorSe Or HALF- CocKED.-The Pro-
Slavery papers, especially those Of Mis-
souri,, who are in no wise concerned in
the matter. have raised a terrible hula
baloo over the Leayenworth Constitu-
ton, although it has not yet been pub
lished, and they are ignorant as to iti
provisions. They charge that it is niger
all over. and that niggers have a right to
vote upon its adoption. We have de
termined to wait until we know some
thing about it, before we praise or con-
denim it indiscriminately. From all &C
counts. great efforts ysFe made to get the
word white inserted somewhere in thu
instrument, but without effect. as ma
iority Of the Delegates seemed 10 have
sovereign contempt for the word; bu
that negroes are allowed to vote upon it
adoption. is positively false. The Con
vention had nothing to Go With prescri
bling the qualifications Of voters. Thu
Legislature, when it passed the act au
thorizing the Convention, provided thu
manner in which the Constitution SHOULD
be submitted to the people. and de6ueC
the qualifications for voters, which arr
the same upon the adoption of the Con
stitution as they were upon the election
for Delegates. The first Legislature is t.
submit the question of negro suffrage t.
a vote of the people, at the general cleo
ton in 1859. The Constitution may b
a very good one. or it may not be so gooC
but VIC don't believe in crying be:or
one is hurt.
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SHOOTING IN Baowx.-We learn from
the Iowa Point Enquirer, that man by
the name of Mcbride was shot in the
back of the neck by another person,
named Leavitt, near Plymouth. in Brown
County, few days since. The ball was
extracted by DR.. Beaumont, Of lows
Point, and Mcbride is not considered IN
danger. The difficulty was about claim
Strange as It may seem. Jim Lane Il
blamed with this difficulty. as usual, and
the Enquirer makes . clear case of it,
Jim Lane induced q man to permit him
to z pr town on his claim-somcbody
took claim close by. and sold it to an
other person-somebody else jumped it
and shot Observation-Disclosures, Jim Lan'
was the cause Of the fuss
The Pro- Slavery men Of Kansas hiatt
and fear Lane worse than they do the
devil himself, and we would not be sur
prised if. in a few years. they should ceas'
to acknowledge the existence of that an
Gent old chap. and adopt Jim Lane as
hObgoblin to frighten sinners and children
from their wicked ways
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Confessions OF LEcoNProN DELE
oATE.-The Vicksburg (Miss.) Wing
gives the following extract of letter,
dated Feb. "a, 1858, from one ofthe del
egates to the Lerompton Convention,
who finds that region too warm for him.
to resident Of Yirksburg. 1t speaks for
itself:
MY reason for leaving is, I think, a
good one, / cannot stay any longer. }
have been, as every one must be, ilenti-
fed with politics. ], unfortunately for
my future prospects in Kansas, have
taken an active aod rather prominent part.
And now, to confess the truth AMI shame
the devil, we the pro-slavery men, can
not expect any favors Of the Id AbOli-
tionistS for, altbou h we have been in
a minority ever since [ came to Kansas,
we have denied this, to prevent discoursg
ing emigration from the South. and have
bullied and swindled them in our elec,
tons. until even | admit they have a
right to feel outraged. To day they ont
number us at last four or five to one.
Disproportion is too great for ms to fight
any longer-the more so from the fact
that the ensuing springs emigration will
swell their majority to probably eight or
ten to one for our men are leaving daily,
and theirs are pouring in"
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A FAcT.-Did It ever arrest the atten-
ton of the people. that threats ofdissolu-
ton Of the Federal Union has even alone
proceeded from members Of the anti
Ameicsn Democratic party? Whether
or not, such is undoubtedly the fact,
Whether fromthe North, or the South, -
or Black Republicans at the North
the disunionists are anti-American Dem
ocrats. Never was Wing, or an Amer
icans ever heard or known to threaten. or
to speak, except in denunciation, Of the
dissolution Of the Union Of these States.
-SAel6y Ne,cs. as ~ 4sa.
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Rv We have been permitted to read

RE- We have been permitted to read
letter from gentleman in Michigan,
who states that forty families, embracing
mechanics of great variety of trades,
are preparing shortly to emigrate to Kan
sas in body. 1t is their desire to try
their fortunes in White Cloud and their
agent intends visiting our place. to ascer-
tain what arrangements he can make for
their settlement here The City Company
will have it in their power. by liberal
inducements, to secure the settlers here,
thereby producing great accession to
the population of the town. getting good
mechanics in our midst, drawing large
amount of trade here, and enhancing the
value of property.
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To House.. BUnDERs.-Attention is
called to the advertisement of Messrs.
Fraley d Huffman, Carpenters and Join
ers, who are prepared to undertake Job
on short notice. They are good mechan-
les, and can puP work that will look
and last. Also, Il any persons are in need
ola irst-rate wheelbarrow, Messrs. F.
& Fl. are manufacturing, or will manu-
facture to order, any number, at their
shop.
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BUILDING IN WHITE CLoUD.-Notwith-
standing hard times have not materially
softened, we hear of large number Of
buildings, mostly dwelling houses, being
put under contract. Many of these will
be of brick. We think there will be
considerably more building here this year
than last, and a majority of the houses
will be built by persons who have fami-
lies ready to go into them. There has
been a considerable accession to the pop
ulation of our place, within a month
past.
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He Cor Hrs REwARD.-When the
Douglas Democrats in Indiana bolted
from the Administrations Kansas policy,
a politician named John L. Robinson
said Of them" Let them go, and God
pardon their poor contemplate, pusfAan-
imous souls"
We remarked, at the time, that this
sentiment was worth fat Post Office,
but did not dream that Mr.. Robinson's
reward was so nigh at hand.
Last week he was confirmed as United
States Marshal for the Norhern District
Of Indiana.-I&. Louis Kews.
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CRY HorEL.-The MasOns commenced

CRY HorEL.-The Masons commenced
work on the City Hotel, towards the
latter part of last week. They had the
brick work about as high as mans
head. on Saturday, and this week they
have been rushing it up rapidly. 1t be,
gins to look considerably like house
When we say that Charley Scraford has
the thing in hand. it is the same as saying
the building will walk right up. When
ppleted. this house will be an impor-
tant addition to White Cloud.
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N The DEMOCRATIC writer's are su

~ The Democratic writers are sud-
denly discovering that Kansas has not
sufficient population to entitle her to a
State Government, and want her to wait
FIVE years longer. She had population
amply large enough to justify her ad'
mission~vith the Lecompton Constitu,
ton but since that is knocked sky high,
she viii probably not have the requisite
number of inhabitants for five years OF
course nobody can see through the mo-
tives of these patriots
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MILLTNER AND DREss- MAKER.-The
attention Of the Ladies is directed to the
Milliner and Dress Maker advertisement,
in another column. where they will learn
the place to get their Bonnets. Hats,
Flats, Dresses, Basques, etc., done up in
the latest styles. in the neatest and best
manner. and on reasonable terms. We
have some acquaintance with the lady
advertiser, and can assure the public that
work entrusted to her, will be done up
right.
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The BRrTIsH GovERSNEST AND The
MoRxoxs.-The London Post, in an ar
ticle upon the probability ofthe Mormons
taking refuge in British territory on this
continent. declaers that the people Of
England would regard their presence as
a great calamity. and that the British
Government Mould be required to put
down by force institutions which author
ize polygamy and treat every species Of
licentiousness as q virtue.
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E On our first page will be found a
letter from Col. Forney. 1t is about as
complete thing of the kind as we ever
read. and cannot fail to speak right to the
understanding Of every one. no matter to
what party he may belong. The Colonel
does not mince matters. but speaks rlain.
calm, and passionless. The merit of the
letter lies in its clearness and truthful
ness. 1888
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DIssoLUTroS.-What party is it that
are continually talking about diSsolu-
ton Of the Union, which can only be
prevented by them? The Democracy
of course. And when you find any per-
son or paper threatening dissolution. il
things do not go so and so. what do you
End its politics to be? Why, Demo
cratic. In nine hundred and Einety-Lint
cases out Of q thousand. you will find
This the case. The very persons who pratt
so much about dissolution Of the Union
are the very ones to threaten it, wher
things do net go to suit them.
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E A Kansas exchange advertises for
two printers, offering TO pay them IS
cents per 1000 ems for composition.
Matter to be set each week. amounts to
about 10000 ems, the cost of setting
which. at 35 cents, would be S3.50-oT
s1.75 for each hand Board viii cost,
we suppose, at least SO per week. Con-
sequently. each hand would clear s1.25
per week-out of pocket
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re- We learn that Galen Crow, She
riff of Holt County, Mo-, was badly in
jured by a fall from his horse, few days
since. 1t is supposed that while falling,
the animal kicked him.
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GE There are two localities in North
Western Missouri, which must have been
settled by good people. and the names Of
which serve to keep alive the memory Of
the glorious old days of yore. One Of
these localities is a settlement called
Wing Valley, in Holt County and the
other is the town Of Fillmore. in Andrew
County. Long may they flourish
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AGENTS.

lie. DgODEnooE, (snecessorto W. S. Swyn-
nsF.) North-west Corner Of Olive and Main
Streets, st. Louis, Is our Agent In that City, TO.
soliciting Subscriptions and Advertisements, anc
nkking collections for the Chief
IL. RrLxY, ESQ, Post Master, Oregon. No:
1T. MnLKR, West Alexandria, Preble Co., o
C. l. Dit, Germantown. Ohio.
OEvfLLx Roor, Esq, Padouia. Brown Co, X.
A. W. WILLIAAs, Esq, Sabetha,
Dan McFAALASD, ESQ.,. Carson,
J.w. WILIoIT. Esq Nj Roy ."
r. DaUxHosD. ESQ.,, Hiawatha,
n. L. sAuIS, Esq, SaWin's Store,
ToRHET 4 LARREx, Seneca, Nemaha Co.. Kan
Rev. c. GG4uAn, Highland, DOniphan Co.. K
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NOTICE..

NOTICE is hereby given, that the
regular snnual meeting of the White
Cloud City Company, viii be held at
the Company's Office, in the City OF
White Cloud, K. T., on the first Monday
(ths Sd day } OF May. A. D. 1858
w. j. GATLING, Secretary.