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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08
NUMBER AS
HISTORY or A PRESS.

The ossawAtOmie Southern Herald inciden-
tally gives graphic history of its press. As fol.
lows .---. E. = e.
"How much depends on the voice Of the Kan
sas press. To forge the chains Of thraldop.
to bind the letters of the slave; to crush the
opening bud of civil liberty, you must first an
initiate the press Our own attests the fact;
and here let US intrude a vestgs - It's history:
On the saeking Of Ossawatomie, the type upon
which this paper is now printed, was concealed.
and the press hidden in pile Of rails; the frst
inquiry of the Ruians was for the printing press.
II was not to be found; but that mysterious pile
Of rails must be investigated. A few short pie
ces extracted from. the ends Of the pile, revealed
to the eager gaze Of the Rufians, the mighty
lever Of old Ben Franklin, improved by Taylor.
as he reposed in all his eclhsed majesty in .
rail Pile! Just at this moment, another gang
emerged from a neighbOring dwelling, several
of whom were bearing denijohns Of the ardent,
as trophies Of their devotion to the South
" Here is the press" awe have found it"'-
came in yels from the investigators as they vain
ly attempted to draw the attention Of the other
party, who we're evidently inspirited witHsOne.
thing. "D-n your presses"' ave have some
thing better than all your presses" and the
obeise portions Of several deB5ohns were waved
patronizingly at the other party, while they
made bee line for the woods. The other par
ty followed. Who ever knew a Rufian, who
does not love his Whiskeyl He loves his cause
of slavery much, but he loves his whiskeY more!
So the press was saved.
"At the burning Of 0ssawatomie, the press
was boxed up and concealed in the woods,
where il remained until it was resurrected to
print this paper. 1t will thus be seen that the
press is the enemy most dreaded BY the foes Of
freedom in Kansas"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

DEATH OF CAPT. ]. BLAIR SUNNoSs-This
venerable boatmen died in Cincinnati, on Sun
day, leaving property worth $4,000. The Com
mercial says .ts-rf L
"The deceased is widely known as pioneer
boatman on the Western waters. He was born
near the banks of the Allegheny, in Western
New York, sixty-6ve years since, and COM
menced his boating career on RATS, keel-boats,
fat boats and barges, before the Introduction Of
steam. In 1912, he assisted in conveying sup
plies in barges to Gen. Wayne's troops, quarter
ed in Leughery Creek, thirty miles below this
city. He was one of the pioneers, and Oldest
commanders in the Louisville mail line, in ac-
tive serYice-having remained in the trade since
ls26-thirty.tWo years. In hiSc career as a boat
man, he was very fortunate. He never met
with a serious accident to any boat while 10 his
charge. He commenced his career, poor, pen
niIess lad, in the capacity of deck band, and
steadily progressed, filing the stations Of mate
and pilot, and was commander of the proudest
steamer (ths Jucob Strader) that floats on the
Western water.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08
HENRY CLAY AND EDWARD EVERETT

The Ohio State Journal tells the following
striking anecdote:
When Gen. Harrison, in 1871, nominated Mr..
Everett, as Minister to England, the slave pow
er in the Senate sought to defeat him on the
ground that he was an Abolitionist." He had
written letter to a Freesoil committee, when a
candidate for Governor, saying that he was OPP
posed to the extension Of slavery, and in favor
of abolishing it in the District Of Columbia
VIM. R. King, Of Alabama, was chairman of
the committee on foreign relations, and report
ed against Mr.. Everett's confirmation, and made
a speech sustaining his report. In the course of
his speech he said " that If men entertaining the
sentiments of Mr.. Everett in his letter to the
Freesoil committee we're to be entrusted with
high official positions, and sent to represent our
country abroad, the Union will soon be at an
end"
Henry Clay. during the speech of Mr. King,
was walking in the rear Of theRresident's chair,
listening all the while to the speech, and, when
Mr.. King came to the part we have quoted as
above, he came round to his place, and taking
the words of Mr.. King, he drew himself up to
his full height, and pointed his long and skinny
forefnger at the Alabama Senator, his eyes
flashing fire, and his whole frame trembling with
excitement. he Numbered out, in the fulness Of
his magnificent voice, " and tell You sir, If you
reject the nomination of the distinguished citi-
zen of Massachusetts, for the reason you have
stated, the Union is dissolved already"
= No report of this scene in the United States
Senate was ever published. Mr.. MOrehead was
at the time colleague of Mr.. Clay, and was an
eyewitness of the whole of it. He said he new
er saw Mr.. Clay so great as upon that occasion.
The effect was electrifying, and when he sat
down the case was settled. Edward Everett
was confirmed.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08
rHr.REvUIs1oN AND rHE wrsT.

Horace Greeley, the ediforsiB- chief of the N
YaTrbune, is,nOw at the West 1leeturing il
Iowa and Illinois, and Re is writing some sensi
bic letters home, which contains a greater mod
icum Of truth than is usually found IN the cor
respohdence Of the Eastern press. Let his words
be ponderedg He says, under date Of Daven.
port, Iowa, among other thihgs;-- .fssfai lrl
MAxUTAcTuREs.-Sucht times as these exhibit
strikingly the n0ed Of Manufactures throag hout
this fertile and productive region Fixe.siIths
Of the Boots and Shoes worn by the farmers Of
the North West are made in New England by
workmen who are paying IS cents to 81 per
bushel for the corn which those farmers are sell
ling. for % to 30 cents per bushel. Owing to the
commercial arrangement, many sboemakers
cannot find shoes to make, and 50 are seantily
supplied with corn; while the farmers can hard
y sell their corn so as to he able to paw for the
shoes their children need. Were $4,000 shoe
makers transplanted this winter from New Eng
land to the tributaries of the Upper Mississippi,
there would be ample work here for the whole
of them, and they would be better rccompensed
than they can now be. Every pair of shoes that
now nets the maker but 10 bushels Of corn,
would command to bushels If the maker
were located in this land of plenty. Out Of ev-
ery 900 bushels of corn now sent to New Eng
land to pay for boots and shoes, 100 expended
in getting the residue to the railroad, and eco
more in conveying the balance toitsconsumers,
so that but 800 bushels actually reach the later,
who, if thev were located here, would receive
duct that now nets them 800. So with Iron,
Hardware, Cloths, Crockery, &c. The earnings
of Industry are derangcd by fictitious and
thriftless commerce. p" %"
rejoice in the belief that this waste cannot
continue, and that the present disruption is cal.
culated to hasten its end. believe the West
will hsnceforth import proportionally fewer
shoes and more Slfoemakers because of It, and
that thousands of mechanics, manufacturers and
artisans, whom " the pressure " has broken up
or thrown ont of gear in the East, will find work
and permanent homes in the West. OF course,
the season of transition will be trying one
Many will suffer in health from the change; some
will locate injudiciously; others will have diff
Guilty in finding work, and will have their turn
of home sickness; some viii 60 back, protest
ing that there is no chance in the West; but
nine-t will stay, and the West and they
will profit by their migration. Thus the Great
Revision, though depressing and disastrous in
its immediate influence, will ultimately strength
en- and 6ni!d up the West. By stopping the man
ufacture of prophetic cities, by reducing the
price of lands, the rent of buildings, and the
cost of food and stock, it will drive thousands
out of speculation, and draw tens Of thousands
hither to cultivate the earth, and cover it with
whatever conduces to the sustenance, enlighten-
ment and comfort of humankind. -tr
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

A letter from Hon. S. S. Coz, Of Ohio, was
received by the Columbus committee Of cores
pOndence for the Anti-LecOnpton meeting, held
there several weeks since. He says that he has
received the written salutations Of nearly every
prominent Democrat of his District, who nomi-
mated him and elected him to Congress, giving
him not oily their APPRECIATION for his course
thus far, but urging him to stand firm. He eio-
ses BY the remark that, "those who undertake
to read out Western Democrats who oppose Le-
compton, from the pale of the party, might a.
we'll try to read the hiekOTies suf Of the WestsrR
IroOds," -r-
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

CHEATING PRNrERs.-An exchange says that
q nan who would systematically and Wilfully
set about cheating printer, would commit high
way robbery on a crying baby, and rob IL OF its
gingerbread-ro6 church Of its counterfeit pen
nies-lick the butter of blind nigger's last
6 fitter"-pawn his grandmothes's specs fOr
a drink of Ehiskey-steal acorDs from blind
pig-and take clothes from a scarecroE, that he
may make respectable appearance in society
NOn-paying subscribers are thus talked to By
A Southern editor: "Wagons cannot run with
out uheels-boats without steam-buIl-frog'
jump without legs-Or newspapers be carried on
eYerlastingIy without money, no more than
dog can vag bis tail when he has none. ou'
subscribers are all good, but what good does
mans goodness do when it don't do yod any
eoodf We have no doubt every one thinks thai
all have paid him except him, and We are eieZ'
er fellow, and his is little matter, it will MAN
no difference."-DefrUt Dolly Ad0sTtise5. Z
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

The following incident of family history Is
told by the Baltimore Sun: The late William
BOdman, of this city, dictated will, beQueath-
ing over 100000. When the will was opened,
It was found that after providing for his imne,
date family to the extent OF $40, 900, the tesla
tor had LEFT the balance, 5000, to a nephew,
Mr.. Charles Bodman, of Cincinnati, inspector
of the tobacco inspection warehouses Of THAI
city. The slaves, Eve in number, he also be-
queathed to him, making him whole residuary
heir. The contents of the win being communi.
Gated to Mr. Bodman, he Immediately came to
Baltimore, and on Tuesday made over the whole
bequest to two female members Of the family,
who had been overlooked by the testator, reser-
wing only for himself Gano, the body servant Of
his uncle. Such acts of generous disinterestsd-
ness are seldom met with"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

An OLD CRU1sER.-The Victory, Nelson's old
ship, was lately pumped high and dry for the
purpose of examining leak, so says a recent
London paper. Her bottom presented most
singular appearance, being covered from stem
to stern with oysters, muscles, animalcula; up
wards of six hundred bushels Of the finest oys-
tiers were detached from the copper sheeting,
some of which measured Eve inches in dame
ter, and we're devoured with great relish by the
dock-yard workmen. The leak was found to
have arisen from portion Of the copper sheath
ing beiHg worn off; after which, no doubt, the
worms had it all their own way, for they had
positively eaten an average of three feet. The
inner part of some of the plankings was found
not thicker than piece Of orange peel. Any
shock given to the ship would have allowed the
pressure of the tide to have broken through in
BODY. and down would have gone Nelson's old
Victory. Her copper is generally in excellent
order, and she appears as though she would well
last another century.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08
THz DEMocRATIc HUsE.
sONG or THR BOX.


Let history BoAs Of her Ronals and spHstaAs, s -
And tell how they stood against tyranny,s shocks;
They aii we reckon, in my eye, Betty Martins,
: cOnpursdtO Calhoun and bis stszt esndiebOs. &c y
Ask where Livery nos has k,s ssa,i-oh, Il isaS sdi
By Delaware cfes.isgs o. on Hekspoot rOsks-'i 10
Like an imp in some cOnjururs bottle impisOna,
She's slyly shut up in Cahoun's eandle-box. -''
!, lInusl sg,s,e., ID %, slgSn. ST.
Blown this way md that. D. The 'populi vot!s'
To fold tho in fraud her isnoble PiniOus- 81. --..
Lie,unier the wOOd-Pile, in CalhOun's eandle-bOI.
1871 EfEI4 EftH. .sgF5 c.tt
Tine was, when pure votes the hebreah of Free
dom
So Freemsn once thought, meath opprsssiOn'i rnd'
But Democrats! mute! when to ambush We lead EN-;
For ''rnumS Is the word Of CaIhcnn's candls-box ~
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08
RECITATIYE OF THE BUCHANAN
- STRENGTHENERS. rF


Resolved-To stick TO every particle
ofLecompton creed, and every article;
Rejecting nought, or great or little,
Well staunchly stand by every title,
And scorn the swallow Of that soul
Which cannot boldly bolt the whole.
Resolved-That Douglas, Wise, Walker,
.a And Stanton, all extremely err,
In taking such freemen's view ..... -
OF what Democracy ough; to do.
Tia true, they make freedom their debtor,
~ Bet We Buck-Democrats know better; Gao. .
And, thinking Slavery viii better pay,
Balance the account tie other way. ' Hn-.
Resolved-Our thanks profoundly due are
O. To Journal and Herald. honest pairi ev r.--
Who prove, BY arguments clear aud strong, ~
The Right Of the Lecompton Wrong;
iaf And say that Kansas Wrong must take,
Aud then the Right from Wrong may make
This the true doctrine Democratic,
All else but Black Republican cratic.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08
The Cairo Delta tells the following story o

The Cairo Delta tells the following story oil
an enterprising feminine; @
A goo5-looking "newsbOy," apparently about
sixteen years old, has been for some time trav-
Cling upon the cars between Cairo and Contra
liza, vending literature very successfully. But
last week, at centralia, it was inadvertently
discovered that the good looking "neWsboy''
was girl Tor woman, Of some twenty odd years
Of age. Her disguise had never been suspect
ed. She had travelled with the "Osher boys
PLAYED billiards, smoked cigars, swore, and
drank whiskey, as easily and naturally a. a
newsboy might DO expected to do. The reason
Of her disguise We do not know. sni1,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

Mr.. Keits is very like King George the Third
In on. of that moRArch's crazy fits. it became
Necessary to knock him down, which jOo vas
done BY an employee Of the physicians Inc
King vas not 20 mad but that he knew what nAo
been done By him, and after his restoration %
health, he mentioned the circumstance % Loso
Eldon, adding-"when got up again, salo
nv foot had slipped, and sscsibed ny al .
that; Il wOula nOt do foRne 10 admit mat nc
King had been Knocked down BY any one"
TIE same royal taste belongs TO Mr.. Keiti. VINO
can stsord 70 admit that be fell, but not that nc
was knocked down By an! one"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

DAMON AND PYrmAs.-It is said that Messrs.
Gales Season, of the National Intelligeneer,
Washington, partners for forty FIVE years in the
publishing business, have never had differences
of opinion on political questions, and never jar
Of misunderstanding of any sort. They have
never known division Of interest; nom their
common Golfer each has always drawn whatever
he chose; and for thirty years past, there has
never been a settlement Of accounts between
them. =
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

sUrrossD AcrIoS or CALHoUN-The WASH
ington correspondent ofthe New York Courier
and Enquirer says it is commonly supposed thas
Calhoun has already issued certificates 10 Mar
shall, the PrO-slavery candidate for Gov ernOr Of
Kansas, to the other persons on the State ticket
with him, and to a majority Of the PfO-siaverJ
candidates for the Legislature.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08
NY EARLY LOVE.
BY a WIDEs GAnTH.@


was IN ardent boyish lovrs r 9-l
il'o Thst f.asd cut IS lss Efsss olis,i q =
My hear few-te her Ikea dove,
And lighted on her beauteOus sbouldrri -'
D. OrSipped the honey Of bsrlips, c1 l.t
! y, OF in her eyes found heavenly graees-
loved her TO her finger tips
~ III loved her Terv footprint traces. sr-
.-. SHsr fsasCrsA wore rapsurOus charm, .-..r
Her smile made al within me iu,isr;
In rounded beauty vas her arm.
Her little hand was fat a. butter. r...
No wonder that loved her so;
But she was false as she pretty,
And soon she sacked her little bean,
And took big one from the city.
caught him out one gloomy night
Twas OflOyeS EXTREMIST phases ..
aggravated him to fight,
Bot, oh, he laruPed me ike blaEes!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08
GBoiitt 4oetrgg...
A FESTIVE SONG.
Fo, the Celebration of WashinstOn's
Birthday. rr7af
nv DR.. FRANCIS LlEsER.

nv DR.. FRANCIS LIEBER-
When III. God who fosters freedom a
Saw this land was ripe and strong .r n
n. .mboldened men TO earn it, x =
Sing a grateful, fervtpt sons.
Glowing sag.s, untried soldiers
Wr.stIed, seOrnins dOsbt and nnh''
ArIent, their confding stioT d.
Leaned on him whose days we chant ,-a
All As years are eroEding iastef'
ye;Iing many Champion fams'
Wider shines, and still ascending rs
3D.. His unfadins, astral name.
he was great in perseverance,
Great above ambitions Inst;
Gaea, obsying, great orasining-
Steward Of uatsrnisbsd trast.
Never STOPPING, never touching DE-
Per,ecution's ready rod;
Great and calm that path pursuing,
Which but Oae before him trOd.'
Nations blessing is the lusirs --
OfA starry history - r-
Sound them thanks and shout your Pean
For our pole star ofthe free.
But the thanks Of men are idle L.,
Ornate vessels void Of wine,
Ready to receive and cover
Prids's disiastns, bitter brine
Iftbey fail to gender action,
Deeds in sterling duty done -
Deeds attest he loved his people:
That he Wanted, there are none.
Our devoted, struggling fathers .
Gained US freemen's ample right. rrr3
Let to future days be handed, H.
Brighter, all they left US bright;
That we lack not blessing ages,
Aswe now our fathers bless;
And that freedoms blooming garlen
Never turn to Wilderness -r
They were freemen, never freedmen
They held fast, perfected. reared;
And by works like t.eirs. by tOling,
They are ittingly revered. d. -
All the dwellers in this country, .r.
Lin as one your Joyous voice
Millions born to all her freedom;
Millions wedding her from choice.
E-f.. .aI 90 ed
VILLAIN the First, founder and martyr Of the Neither
, RspubHe-the FIRST Government tina, proclaimed the
rsisniy Of the people. ....-.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

aDoMEsrIc PEACE WILL NJ THE HAyTT Cos
sEaUEScE."-so said the President in his mes
sage, the other day, urging upon Congress. the
Lecompton Constitution. Wonder II the recent
"set to- in the House, was some Of the 40.
nestle peace." The President must be wag-
--Neo York Express. a3ii 81
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

Is the day of child's birth the anniversary
Of that EVENT. The papers say that Che I'd o.
February last was the one hundred and twenty.
sixth anniversary Of Washington's birth Is
was the one hundred and tEeEty-Hfsh anniTer-
sary-an event that occurred one hundred Aod
twenty six years since. o
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

A HGno Hr-PIain Tennessee johnson
struck bard blow in The Senate, tie ether Day.
when, in the debate On the army BIZ. be hoid h
fellows that there vas more polygamy, and Of
an infinitely verse sort, in New York City thas
in Salt Lake City.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

A"RoTAL" TTPo.-AecOrding 70 an ancieas
usage in Prussia. all the Princes Of the royal "A
miIy must learn trade. It Is stated that he
Prince Frederick William just married q de
Princess Royal of England, learned the trade q
= coupOsIsOr in the printing once Of Ar. Hanei'
at Berlin. aa o1'
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

JoHS BUSTAs's FLrTE-The Aute with which
John Bunyan beguiisd the tediOusness OF mis-
e.usive hours, is now in the possession Of Mr.
HoweIls, tailor. GainsborOugh. In appearances
Il does not look unlike the leg Of q stool--oui
of which Is is said that Bunyan, While in prison
manufactured it. When the turnkey, attracted
by the sound Of music, entsred bis cell 70 aseer'
tain, II possible, the eause Of the harmony, the
aute vas replaced in the stool, and BY this means
detection vas avoided.-LiueolashiTe EnSisndl
TImes.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

~sAn."-A Democratic exchange says: "Ev-
erybOdy knows tn.t Sam died in 1856" Wei!
everybody viii find out that Sam lives agAia N
1858, and that in the meantime his numerous
offspring have attained full age, and are entitled
70 -LsEiseiHe JsE1Hsi.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

The Republican papers relate that in Mr.
Beecher's church, Brooklyn, last Sunday, Mrs.
Jessie Fremont, having no money in her pOck-
ct when the infaJhble contribution box came
round, took OF her heavy gold ring and threw
Il into the box. The ring contains on the out
=; Ie an engraved bee" lin aIlusion to . beau
t;ful incident in Colonel Fremonfs passage oil
the Roxy M9untains.) and on the inside the
iuscristion. +" March 9Th, 1851, the day when
he sd not occupy the. White House II the
Nv Workers have any galIantry, they will re
seem the ring, and return Il TO Mrs Fremont
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

Major BaEord, Who took . eonspicuOus part IN
pOIitics IN Kansas, two years ago, Is nov resid-
inc at Eucala, AIabIma, prseecing Law.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

There never vas = aueatlcn upon EhieA ne
Democracy Of Pennsylvania we're % fully united
as IN fearless hostility 70 the rale Of ninctis =
Kansas, and HeSce 70 the I.eeOnpsOd CSnsasar
tion.-Fsraey's PhiIsdsipAia Pres. ssa
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

sHAnp.-Prentice, Of the louisville Journal
abuses Us for supporting the administrator
and ienounees US as seeundrel ofthe mrs
water" five had 10 return the compliment
We should call hiuiaz~ scoondrel Of the hfs'
brandy and xatsr.s--Nrp Ksrk Hgaid. s''uoS'
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

!. "SUcH PEorLE."-Mr. Toombs thinks there
ought to be no " such people,, as the reporters
allowed in Congress. Let all the reporters
agree that for the rest Of the session they win
not once name this lofty and csntemptuous Sc
nAtor, and be viii be very glad 70 recognize
. such people.' 1t is of"snch people" as him
that the reporters make great men. and some
times the very Indifferent quality Of the stock
requires great skin in the msnufacture.-Hexr
Sisknrg HeTe1. al i,f-i- mid
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

In the California list Of marriages by the Star
Of the West, Is the fOIIowing--"dn Sacranen-
n, Jan. 8, BY the Rev. MIR. shnck, Paw An
sung. Of sebassopol. to Wan chax, Of San
Francisco" ass-1sfA9