White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-02

CORRECTION. - The Sumner Gazette
asks MS to correct the figures in regard to
the population of that place. 1t claims
1000. We make the correction with
pleasure. Sumner is thriving town,
and no doubt has over $50 inhabitants.
But we think the Gazette is little too
sanguine. One thousand people are a
great many for a new town, and we think
the Gazette would have to do some hard
squeezing before it could count that num-
Der in Sumner.
While we have cur hand in,. we may
as well finish. The last Leavenworth
Herald goes of "half cooked" over what
it calls mean trick of ours. We copied
an article from its columns, in regard to
the population of Kansas river towns.
The editor says he put the population Of
Iowa Point at 800, and that we catered
it, to suit our own purpose" and set the
figures at 800. We; would have made
the correction Just as quickly, had the
Herald reminded us of it in a more civil
manner. We did not set the article, and
do not know how the mistake occurred.
But we do say that we did not alter tie
Herald's figures. We cannot now lay
our hand upon the copy of the Herald in
question, but take the editors word for it,
that the number was 800. We also no.
tice that the number, as copied into our
paper, is 300. How the eompositor made
the mistake, we cannot tell. The figure
8 may have been in the 8 box or, when
the figure 8 is blurred, it looks somewhat
like an s; and when one side of an 8 is
defaced, it looks like $50 the mistake
may have been made in that way. How
ever, the mistake was there, we did not
notice it in proof, and the Herald makes
a great hullabaloo about it.
We have been thus particular in max
ing the correction, for various reasons.
Had it been in regard to any other town
than Iowa Point, we would not have
made much note of it, and perhaps the
Herald would not have done so either.
But in the present state of the "epigas-
truns" of the two places, we would never
be able to convince some people otherwise
than that we made the mistake purposely
to injure Iowa Point-to Try to kill it
The Enquirer will copy the Herald's ar
ticle. and the good people down there will
raise their hands and exclaim--"That
dirty sheet I! Wonder if it thinks it can
injure Iowa Point in that way p
We hope all hands will rest easy now.
We did not suppose the Herald had a
very exalted opinion Of us; neither did
we think it had such little opinion, as
to suppose we were so simple as to think
to injCre a town, if we had desired to, by
altering figure in the number of its
The Herald must have an
extensive idea of our purposes, indeed!
That paper says it don't now believe that
White Cloud has 600 inhabitants, because
we made mistake in the Iowa Point
figures. We are just like tive don't
believe so either but will the Herald
please state what effect it supposes any
thing we may say about it, will have
upon the population of either of the towns.
To satisfy the Herald farther. we will say
that the population of Iowa Point is
greater than that of White Cloud. We
will also say that White Cloud has not
600 inhabitants, and Iowa Point has not
200 more than White Cloud.
Now-we have done all in our power
to account for, explain and correct the
If that little figure still troubles
the editor of the Herald, let him say so /;
and we will call up the spirits of the dead,
employ mesmerism, electricity, anthro-
pology, the cube root, obstetrics-in fact,
anything and everything, in order to ease
his mind on the subject.