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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10
tcorrespOndence Of the N. Y. Tribune.)
Pixies Peak No Great Thing.
ADRIAN, Mich. Jan. Is,

ADRIAN, Mlcn.s Jan. 10, 1oOo.
1 see the papers teeming with fabulous
accounts of the richness of the South
Platte or Pixies Peak gold mines. Now
when l say that this is the greatest hum
bug of the day, speak advisedly. l
have made two successful trips to Califor-
MIA I first crossed the Plains in iS49,
and worked the mines nearly two years.
and returned to my house in Cleveland.
Ohio. ] retained again in 1897. and
worked nearly two years more N the
mines. So i think l am qualified g
Judge. from thorough prospecting. what
a man can make per day in the mines
Last September, /. in company with sew.
en- Others, started for the gold mines Of
South Platte. There were also two Other
California miners-J. d. Sprague AMI
James Fry-in our company.
We prospected the Platte, Cherry
Creek, Plum Creek. and many othe'
small streams. WefOand god bnt the
bare color was the fruit Of the most OF ouI
washing. We have found as much as
two cents to the pan of dirt but such
places we're few and far between and al
no place could we make dozen pans o.
dirt average one cent per pan. 1t is all
very fine, or wash gold. 1t is estimated
BY many that there will be $4,000 emi-
grants to the gold diggings next Spring
and, Judging from what | have seen on
my way down and on the frontiers.
think it will be large, unless the truth is
fairly stated. The border men may have
a great interest in publishing aattering
accounts.
Every one who goes to the diggings
with the expectation of making money
by digging gold is destined to a great
disappointment. There are those Oh the
borders who are now preparing to fit out
the dupeS Of their hattering accounts. that
will make great amount of money and
they alone will be greatly benefited 10y
this stupendous hnmbUg. write this,
hoping it may save some from the disap
poiatment which they must ultimately
feel if they expect to find a new Ell Do.
RADIO at Pixies Peak
L. c. HOPE. of Whiteforl. 0.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

Who ARE THE AGITAToRs ?-The AL
bany Evening Journal makes the follow.
ing happy response to this important in
terrogatory. 1t says:
1.-The Administration party have been
two years deploring the agitation of the
Slavery issue, and ever since last Spring
have insisted that the Slavery question
was finally and conclusively settled
There has been no new attempt at agita-
tion on the part of the Opposition. But
how is it with themselves
"The President sends in his message.
and two mortal columns of it are devoted
to tanning the flames Of Slavery agita-
ton.
Congress meets, and on the first day
of the session, Mr.. Mason, chairman Of
the Committee on Foreign Relations, act
ing in behalf of the Administration, takes
the earliest moment to revive the Slavery
agitation by calling up the claim of the
owners of the Amistad negroes.
The South Cad ha Legislature as
sembles, with conceded Administration
majority in both Houses. Its whole time
is taken mp with discussion of PROPOSE
ton to reopen the Slave Trade, and the
revival of agitation
\ "The Arkansas Legislature, also in
session, devotes its time to Pro-Slavery
Resolutions for the express purpose Of
keeping up agitation
THE North Carolina Legislature is
agitating the subject of reducing free ne
groes to slavery. The Alabama and Flor
ida Legislatures are asitating the Slave
Trade. The Mississippi politicians are
issuing manifeStOes, all to greater or less
extent agitAting the Slavery question.
All these are Democratic bodies
Who are the "Agitators 2"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

re- A person just from Lawrence, tells
us that a number of persons have returned
to that place from the mines. They all
say that gold abounds there, but none Of
them can show any of it. When asked
to account for this, they reply that they
had only been prospecting, but are certain
that gold is plenty. He saw one person
who had gone to the mines with 500,
and came back withholding! He had
been prospecting. and thinks gold is plen-
ty. You who have the gold fever, and
wish to make money after the above fash
ion, Just slide alongl
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

The PRESIDENT CoREERED.-A clerk
in one Of the Departments at Washington
was recently removed because he reused
to contribute money to influence the State
elections. He was employed under Prof.
Torrey, who refused to sanction the re-
mOval, and has appealed to the President,
who holds the case under advisement.
If he approves the removal, he condemns
his own letter written to the Fort Dn-
quesne Committee; il he condemns it.
he justi6es the clerks in refusing for the
future. to be taxed as they have been, to
carry on elections and what is the party
to do for want of the fund thus raised !
(Which way / turn il. woe"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10
ARREST OF A STATE SESAToD-Roc

ARREST OF A STATE SESAToE.-Rock-
ipgham, Va, Dec. 30.-The State Sena-
tor from this district, Mr.. George E. De-
neale, was arrested and lodged in jail on
Tuesday evening last, on charge OF swim
ding the bank at Stsunton out of several
thousand dollars, as well as several eiti-
zens of this County. Mr.. Deneale has
been dealing largely in cattle for the last
two OF three years, and not being able to
pay for all he bought, he resorted to
means which led him into this difficulty.
He gave a mortgage on all his property a
few days since, to pay his Indebtedness,
which, we understand, amounted to about
$4,000.
The affair has caused the greatest ex-
element throughout the County. He has
represented the district composed Of Rock
ingham and Pendleton Counties for the
last eight or ten years. and there was some
talk of running him for Congress. We
hear some talk that there will be other
developments made.-Cor of Richmond
Despatch.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

WHAT Ma. DOUGLAS DD.-Hs adj
dressed his constituents in 6fy-seven
counties. He met Mr.. Lincoln in debate
once in each Congressional District; made
ffty-nine set speeches Of from two to
three hours in length seventeen speech
Is Of from twenty minutes to forty.ive
minutes in length in response TO the COM
pliment of serenades and thirty seven
speeches of about equal length. in reply
to addresses Of welcome. OF these ono
hundred and twenty speeches all but two
were made in the open air, and seven
speeches were made or continued during
heavy rains. To do this. Dir. Douglas
crossed from end to end. every railroad
line in the State excepting three, besides
making long journeys BY means OF horse
conveyance and steamboat, the road traT-
Ell amounting to 5,227 miles. By boat
he made almost the entire western slds
of the State, and all that portion OF the
Illinois River which is nsvigaols oy
steamboats,.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

MORE TRoUBLE.-The Indians have
been somewhat troublesome, since the
murder of Hoota-wa. Several days since,
John Maize and several other Indians
crossed over to the establishment formerly
occupied by Old Pete, where man by
the name of Holmes now carries on the
honorable business of selling whiskey.
They set fire to the house, and one of the
Indians struck Holmes with his war-club.
They then came down and crossed over
to this place on the Ferry boat-Holmes
following in parsuit, but just in time to
see them landed ON this side.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

CONSISTENCY OF VIRGINIA Democracy.
The Richmond Wing has the following
pertinent and pointed comments on the
nomination of John Letcher, by the De-
mOcracy of Virginia:
In 1851 they solemnly affirmed that
George w. Snmmers-himself large
STAKEHOLDER, and from a large slavehold-
ing community-was unworthy Of trust,
simply because when very young man,
in 1882, he had, in company with r tchie,
Randolph. Faulkner, Mcdowell, and a
host of other Democrats. advocated pros
pectire emancipation
Now, in 1858, classifying all their for,
mer declarations, in convention assembled.
they solemnly affirm that, of all the pub
lie men of Virginia. John Letcher is the
most suitable to be placed at the helm Of
Sta.e. in this critical crisis Of the slavery
question; and this, too. with the full
knowledge that, in 1S47, Mr.. Letcher.
then a man Of mature age and experience.
endorsed the speech of Mr.. Rulfner. which
looked, not to prospective, but to immedi
ate emancipation of the slaves Of Western
Virginia
We express no opinion in regard to
the weight which should be given to this
objection, as applicable to either Of the
gentlemen. We believed the charge
against Mr.. Summers to be false and alb
su1l. and we shall not now dispute Mr..
Letcher's fidelity to the South. There is
no necessity for our doing so. But how
the Democracy can reconcile their conduct
noa0 with their conduct then. we are con-
strained to say, we cannot for our lives
conceive Self qualification or admitted
dishonesty and hypocrisy seem to be the
horns of the dilemma between which they
are bound to choose ~
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

SMALL.-Gov. Medary takes a small
way of showing his spite against Gen.
Lane. Although Lane has many enc
mics, yet no one disputes that the title Of
" General" belongs to him, and was ac-
quircd honorably. In the recent cores
pondence between the two, it will be OBJ
served that Medary was careful to address
Lane as flames II. Lane, ESQ.," On
the other hand, we have any number of
men in Kansas, with military handles to
their names. which they acquired by ex-
PLOTS In burning houses and murderihs
women and children. When the Cover
nor has occasion to address or speak of
one of these worthless, he will doubtless
be found sticking all the highfalutin mil
itary appendages to his name. The Go
vernon himself rejoiees in the title of
Colonel" which, if it Justly belongs to
him, was acquired only by service in the
Cornstalk Militia.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

EARLY FRUITs.-The fruits of abolish
ing Slavery in the Territory, are already
beginning 10 show themselves. A friend
tells us that. while standing in the streets
Of Iowa Point, one day last week, be saw
a man enter town from the country, hav-
ing a negro girl in a buggy. Some one
asked him where he was bound for, when
hereplied that the girl was his slave, but
that he wanted to get her out Of the Ter
ritory as quickly as possible. He then
pitched into the id Abolition Legisla-
turc without mercy and it did not add
anything towards putting him in a good
humor, when he was informed that there
was too much ice running for the ferry
boat to cross over on that day.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

re- The Legislature have passed bill
for taking census Of the Territory, and
holding Constitutional Convention
We have not seen the bill, but understand
that the censns is to be taken 10 June, and
if the population of the Territory is found
to be sufficient for member Of the U. S.
House of Representatives. an election for
Delegatesto Convention isl be imme-
diately held, and a Constitution framed
forthwith.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

PAINTING THE LAwS.-A bill was be-
fore the Legislature, providing for print
ing the general laws of the Territory in
al the newspapers, at the public expense,
that everybody might have a chance to
procure them for trihe. and at an carly
day; but it was defeated. The only two
papers in the Territory that opposed the
proposition, were the Herald of Freedom
and the Lecompton Democrat. Two
disinterested sheets-rery. We presume
that Brown and briggs expect to Ego
snacks" in printing the laws, as they did
last year-to take their time to it, anil
delay them till the near approach of the
next session of the Legislature, when
many of them will be changed or repeal
ed, without having been of any benefit to
the people-and to charge 81 for 81 or
90 worth of reading matter! The next
Legislature will fix that matter all right.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

re- There is no end to the enterprise
Of Bonner, of the New York Ledger His
latest move is the engaging as regular
contributors to his paper, of the editors
of the three leading papers of New York
Bennett, of the Herald, Greeley, of the
Tribune, and Raymond, of the Times
Bennett commences with poem Gree
ley. with advice to young men in the
country, in reference to seeking situations
in the city and Raymond, with an ac-
count of visit to some noted place in
Europe. Bonner occupies about half a
page of the Daily Tribune, once a week,
with an advertisement of the succeeding
issue of the Ledger, and an entire page
with notices of the press. concerning his
affairs. This alone costs him several
Thousand dollars every week and we
presume that he similarly patronizss a
number of other papers. He has already
made fortune by it.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

TIE President ON SoUATTER SovER-
EIeNY.-The Washington correspondent
of the Montgomery Advertiser and Ga
zette writes, on December 9th, as follows:
Several Of the Alabama delegation
visited the President on Friday last, with
other Southern members. The Vice
President was also present. A free and
easy conversation followed upon the gen
erSl topics Of the day. Old Buck looked
hale and hearty, and was not afraid can
didly to express his views. and without
reservation. And what think ye, South
ern men, James Buchanan had to say Of
Sguatter Sovereignty?
HE said 1t is q doctrine infinitely
worse than the Wilmot ProvisoI and il
the South conceded this point it sacrificed
what it had been contending for these
twenty years. -at @
Il have tried to give the precise Ian
guage" ~ 81 ser
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10
REpcBLIoAS Party OReAx1zED.-Som'

REPcBLIoAs PARTY eAN1zED.-Some
Of the Republican leaders took advantage
Of the recent kidnapping excitement at
Leavenworth, to meet and formally or
ganiEe Republican party in tho Terri
tory. Jim Lane was there in oil his glo-
~, and seemed to be the ruling spirit OF
the occasion. The Leavenworth Times
contains report Of the meeting, which
aBounds in fnlsome glorifcatiOn Of Lane.
such as we used to read in The papers,
when Lanes popularity was at is zenith.
We have opposed the formation of a
Republican party in Kansas. bat we can
not doubt that something must be done.
The old Free State organization will not
answer the purpose any longer. The
Democrats are fully organized. and when
we look around, we sec in their ruling
spirits, the very men who have been mo
clamorous for the preservation of the old
Free State organization; many of whom
have held Offices at the hands Of the par
ty; and some Of whom are still in Office.
and are using the influence Of their Offices
TO build up. the Democratic party. We
have never belonged to the Republican
party, but if it comes to the test, we will
vote their ticket, in preferences to that Of
the Democrats. But we think that the
fact of the Republican party having been
bsptised by Gen. Lane, will not do il
any good. That party will now have to
contend not only against the old preju-
6ice against it, but will have to bear up
on its shoulders the tremendous unpopr
larity of Lane. Besides, he is accused o.
a crime, of which the public contend thai
he has not been honorably acquitted by
an impartial jury Of his peers. The oc'
casion, too, was ill-chosen. 1t was no
a time for calm deliberation, but all was
excitement in reference to an act of which
even all Republicans do not fully ap'
prove. If it was determined TO organize
Republican party, different occasion
should have been chosen, and different
master Of ceremonies selected.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10
Tur fJypER. GnoUND RAILRoAD.-

HE UNDER GRouED hAILhOAD.-A
gentleman from Brown County informs
us that, on Monday of last week, COM
pany of thirty white men passed through
Sabetha, in Nemaha County, having IN
charge eleven negroes. The company was
commanded by old John Brown, in per-
son, and was accompanied BY a Mr.. Kagi,
the Kansas correspondent Of the New
York Tribune. They were teking the
negroes. BY way Of Nebraska iowa. &C..
to Canada. They were the mspsgFOes
that they had stolen IN Mi Bnf in the
neighborhood of Fort Scott. Phe slaves
were to have been sold within a short
time, when Brown heard-of them, and
went and took them. He also made their
masters prisoners, and compelled them
to travel with them for several days, in
order TO prevent them from giving the
alarm. He then liberated them and sent
them back home. We are told that this
is the third drove Of negroes taken thro'
Sabetha, within four months past and
that some 100000 worth of slaves
have been stolen from The vicinity Of Fort
Scott. within that time
There is one good thing connected
with this affair. Some Of the Pro-Sla-
very ties of Atchison heard that Browns
company were taking the negroes in the
direction of Nebraska, and they accordN
ingly raised company to head them of
and capture them. They came upon
Brown and his men. but the latter turned
upon them and whipped them, taking a
number of their horses, and capturing
three of their men. among whom were
DR.. Hereford and Bill Green, two ruffians
of some note in the Territory. Those
who escaped returned to Atchison, riding
double on the horses they saved. The
1prisoners have not since been heard from.
1t would be a good idea to hold them as
hostages for the safety of DR.. boy and
his son.
We learn that letter has been receiv-
ed in Lawrence from old John Brown,
stating that one of the negro women was
delivered of boy on the way, and that
they had named it John Brown! Quite
a compliment
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

HANNIBAL AND ST.. JosEPH RAILROAD.
BY an advertisement in another col
nmn. It will be seen that the above road
will be opened for travel, on and after the
2sth inst, throughout its entire length.
This viii be one of the greatest events of
the year. Emigrants from any part Of
the country, can now come to Kansas in
few hours tine. Persons desiring to
go to any part of Kansas. Nebraska.
Western Missouri and Iowa, can come
on this road to st. Joseph. where they
viii find regular packets running both mp
and down the Missouri River, and lines
Of stages branching out in every direc-
ton. This is the route to take
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

~ The Troy Democrat takes excep-
tions to our assertion that Democrat
cannot be q Free State man. 1t is even
so, nevertheless. 4 mans saying he is
in favor of Free States, does not make
him so. a person may believe in Free
State doctrine. and vote a Democratic
ticket but in so doing, he violates his
principles. Such a person cannot be
called a true Free State man. The De-
mocratic party. for n number of years
past, have almost invariably favored the
interests Of the South and Of Slavery, in
opposition to the North. They are do
ing SO now. And every person who
votes the Democratic ticket, while pro-
Tossing to favor Free State doctrines, in
dorscs the Democratic policy, and gives
the lie to his professions. 1t may be
said that Democrats have framed a num-
Der Of Free State Constitutions. True /;
but they were compelled to do so, by the
force of public opinion. Had they ina
gined that they could have carried a Pro-
Slavery Constitution by the popular vote,
they would not have hesitated a moment
in framing such an one. They well
knew that if they did such a thing, they
would be politically dead-and Demo
crat loves public plumber. above all
things else.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

@ The Legislature have removed
Sheriff Jameson. of this County. from
Office. in consequence of his having pro-
ven defaulter. A good removal. The
Governor has appointed Mr.. Randolph.
of the vicinity of Palermo. to fill the va
caney. We understand that he is an ex-
cellent man.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

THE BEsr STARTING PoINT.-We have
been amused at the efforts of the papers
of the respective towns along Che river
to prove that their places were the nearest
starting points for the gold regions. II
the object of emigrants be to start nom
the point on the Missouri River nearest
the mines. White Cloud is the place, for
she is farther west Than any river Town
in Kansas. The nap viii show tn to
be the case. We are bot few miles
from the Military Road. over which the
Salt Lake Mail and all the trains for that
direction pass. We have good roads
leading to that road and, in consequence
of there not being such vast travel on
them, the grass will be found better.
Besides this, in rainy weather they are
not SO muddy. AT such times. the road
leading from Leavenworth is the next
thing to impossible. We are but short
distance from the old California road
We do not know whether our merchants
intend to bring on stock of Quitting
goods or not; but most articles required
by Uiners can be readily obtained here
Bur advice is, DO not start for the mines
at all but if you are determined to go,
White Cloud is just as good point as
any other to start from. It is all gam
mon to suppose that there are but two OF
three points to start from. n
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

WHAT WILL DE OUR ANNUAL GoLD
CRoP with all this data in view
with the large emigration to Oregon,
Arizona, Washington and Pixies Peak
the ensuing year-with the fresh develop
ments of new mines by the active enter
prise and energy of our people-what will
be the annual gold crep of the United
States ? California gives us a million
per week. All the other fields, we can
safely say with what facts we already
have. will give us at least half as much.
Our gold crop is, therefore, likely to be
for years to come at the rate of a million
and half per week, or seventy-seven
millions of dollars per annum-equsl to
one half Of the value Of the cotton crop
of the country.-N Y. Herald.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

MAHoNEr AND DoUeLAs.-The noun
tain has come to Mahomet The Ad-
ministratiou has gone to Douglas. 1t is
to-day impossible to find an anti Douglas
Democrat on our streets. Even Office
holders who have Vague hopes for the
future are now Douglas men. Success
with them is the touchstons Of merit and
principle, and they now believe that Doug
las will be our next President. Douglas
has more political friends to-day than
any living man. The mountain of De-
mOeracy has gone over to the great Ma
homet Of Illinois.-Asm. Ledger.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

@ There is person living at Wy
andotte, named Robitaile. We presume
that it is French name, aud in English
signifies Bobtail
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-10

In addition to the new, Developments
noticed by Messrs. Walker and Stanton
in their recent scathing letter on the Kan
sas frauds, the correspondent of the Press
asserts that further discreditable disclo-
sures are on the eve Of being made. show
ing the completely Of the Administration
with these lorgeries.