White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-21
Niger Troubles.

are decidedly free soilish, and who 10 IN.
dependent enough to say exactly what
he thinks. He is 8 huge thorn in the
flesh Of some remnants Of the first fam.
lies" who condescend to sojourn in that
neighborhood, and a serious barrier to
their peace Of mind. Some Of these wor.
thies, who came from land where they
have three niggers to one white man.
and where q man is mobbed from the
State. if it Is suspected that he does not
possess the faculty Of smelling runaway
niger FIVE miles Of, have for soms time
had their virtnous slumbers wofully dis
turbed By fears lest Clark Irvine should
steal away their niggsrs. if they are so
unfortunate as to own any; or if not.
that he might make mistake, and steal
their immaculate selves The beauty Of
it is, that most Ofthe busy ones are not
able to own niggers, but probably think
to do something to gain the approving
smiles Of those who are.
The FIRST grave offence of Irvine. (other
than speaking his sentiments. was the
getting up of large list of subscribers
for the St. Louis Democrat. For this
crime. the First families" seriously de-
bated the propriety Of giving him notice
to quit; but there not being enough
spuAky ones to carry ont what they all
had the grit to talk about, they concluded
to let him alone, and to submit to the
weekly visits Of that terrible sheet, the
St. Louis Democrat So matters went
on, until several darkies were recently
seen passing through the County, when a
patriotic individual arrested them, and
drove them to jail, before the yawning
pistols mouth" They claimed to be
free negroes. but had neglected to take
their papers with them. That dangerous
man, Irvine, undertook to see that they
should have q fair show, which again
aroused the virtuous Indignation of the
first families :" and they declared that
his mad career must be stopped. But, as
on the former occasion, the weather was
not favorable for spunk, and the takers
could not incite any to become doors.
Irvine went ahead, and the negroes have
been ascertained to be free. But right
upon the heels of this came another affair,
the worst of all. Some jealous patriots
in Nebraska caught three fugitive slaves.
among whom was the renowned Charles
Fisher, Esq, and lodged them in the
Oregon Jail. They had not been there
long, before the community was startled
by the intelligence that the horrible fel-
low, Irvine. had been in the Jail. and had
an interview with the fugitiyes. How he
got there, was mystery. He could not
have bribed the Sheriff, because that Off
Ger is above reproach. The only way in
which he possibly could have got in. was
to creep through the key hole, which he
might easily have done, as he weighs but
little over 200 pounds 1--WE do not
mean TO insinuste that his weight had
anything to do with keeping down said
spunk, hereinbefore referred to y But
such thing as man having an inter
view, in Jail, with fugitive slaves, was
never heard of in all the country lying
round about the Blue Ridge, and on the
head waters of the Rappahannock there
away But this was not all-the affair
was growing from bad to worse-worst
and more of it. 1t was ascertained thai
Irvine had deposited letters in the pos
Office, directed to parties in Lcavenworth
What couldtbat mean? Any one with
half an understanding could guess. HI
had written to some Of the outlaws dowr
there. who had aided in liberating Char
ley Fisher. to have them come up and
assist in freeing him again The frs
families" were furious They would tax,
the letters from the Office and open them
and then they would attend to Irvine'l
bacon. But the Postmaster informed
them of little circumstance of which
they had apparently been ignorant
namely, that the letters were in his care
and he thought be should forward then
as directed. They wisely concluded t.
keep hands off of the letters, and it 81
happened that the spunk came up r6issin,
again. So Irvine is still alive, and do
ing pretty much as lie pleases.
The result Of the whole affair is, tina
some persons have made simpletons o
themselves. Holt County is strongly fire.,
soil, but the people generally attend t.
their own business. They do not meddl'
with the niggers but we opine tina
those persons would have happy tim,
of it, who should attempt violence agains
, Q man for expressing free soil sentiments
or for endeavoring to have justice dom
to all. The latitude is too high for sucl
practices as compelling a man 10 sacri6e,