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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

and to-day were paid $40. and dischar-
ged. Their testimony related to brick
contracts In the Engineers Department,
and the employment Of men.
Il is in evidence before the same Com
mittee that w. G. N. Swift, of New Bed
ford, Mass, paid Geo. Pitt. Treasurer oil
the Democratic State Committee Of Penn
sylvania in 1856, about $4,000 to aid
the election of Dir. Buchanan. That,
through the agency Of certain officials
high in power, Swift has since obtained
nearly all the contracts made for supply
ing government with live oak timber.
These contracts amount to about $780,
900.
The evidence shows that every usage
of the department in such matters has
been violated to reward this political
friend Of Mr.. Buchanan. The disclosures
win astound the country.
The House Commute Of Military Al
fairs have examined the Army Appropri-
ation bill to-day, and recommended a
reduction upon different items to the
amount of several hundred thousand dol
lars.
An attempt has been made to explain
away the discrepancy of 500. 900 discov-
cred by the Select Committee of Print
ing, referred to in my dispatch yesterday
The COMMITTEES of Ways and Means
had a meeting to-day but accomplished
nothing. They will meet again on Sat
urisy, and on Monday they will make
an effort to report one or more bills to the
House.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Press says:
Mr.. Phillips, of Pennsylvania, is max
ing strong effort to revive the tariff oil
1916, with good free list, and specifies
on certain articles. In this he will be
assisted by WhittIesy of Delaware. the
Connecticut Democrats, and other Dem
ocrats outside Of our delegation. Success
to him.
The spirit and determination of the
Democrats in Caucus, on Wednesday
night, has had very sensible effect in
all quarters, and will not be surprised
if something practical is done after all
with the tariff question, before the session
closes.
The rumor is revived tonight that Mr..
Dallas is to be recalled from Lonlon, and
that very extraordinary appointment to
Mexico, in place of Forsyth, resigned, is
contemplated.
Gen. Cass grows more and more feeble.
His family are greatly distressed by his
present condition. Happily. he is sur
rounded by those most dear to him-by
his daughter, his son-in-law Mr.. Ledyard.
and others. He has lived to great age.
and will die deeply regretted BY all good
men.
The President boasts daily of his ex-
cellent health and enormous appetite. 1t
is his evident ambition to live long enough
to do the most harm to the country.
Oregon will be admitted before the 4th
Of March, but Gen. Lane will not get the
six millions for the Washington and Or
egon war debt. This is luscious plum,
but it will not be plucked this session.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

Kennedy. the compiler Of the dead sta
tistics Of manufactures, has q modest
proposition before the Printing Commit
tee of the Senate to print that trash. and
after furnishing number Of copies to
Congress. to give him the stereotype
plates for personal use-and other clerks
were allowed thirty-6ve hundred dollars
for collecting these obsolete figures.
No recent change for worse has occur
red in Gen. Csss' illness, such as descri-
bed in the newspapers he attends to bis
department daily, and to his usual duties.
and appears as well as for years past.
though subject to occasional attacks.
VRRrrAs.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

E A certain editor, not ten thousand
miles from here, is always blowing about
his determination not to work for nothing
He expresses his determination not to
notice even improvements in his own
town, because those making them do moi
come and pay him for it. In the same
number Of his paper, he sets forth the
advantages of his town, as an Quitting
place for the mines, and takes occasion to
give gratuitous puff of the Iowa Point
Ferry Boat, although that boat has never
advertised in bis paper to the value of q
csnt He also well knows that White
Cloud is as near to his town as Iowa
Point, that the roads are fully as good,
that the Ferry Boat at this place has ad-
vartised literally in his paper, and is as
good boat as any on the river and that
emigrants, on arriving here. are at least
six miles nearer their place of destination
than they would be at Iowa Point, and
with Is good, if not better, road to travel
Cause of the milk in the cocoa-nut"-
lows Point now has no newspaper, and
be is fishing for their patronage. He
pulled Forest City, to the detriment o.
his own town, until the Forest people
started paper, and did all they could tc
kill him off, He viii be equally success
FIJI in his designs upon Iowa Point.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10
WASHINGTON. Feb. Is. p. NJ.

President making has been the only
business seriously pursued here this ses-
sion by the principal aspirants on both
sides. The last card is Stephens for
President, and Lane for Vice President,
that expectation inducing the former to
retire from Congress.
Dixon's bill, sbolishing the ranking
privilege entirely, and charging all matter
received and sent to each department,
paying for the same from the Treasury,
receives more fsvoSthan any yet presented
because it does not disturb present post
age. 1t ought to pass under the existing
spasm Of economy.
The position of parties now precludes
the probability Of the treasury notes being
granted without q modification Of the
tariff, and the expectation Of Phelps and
others to-day is that an extra session is
inevitable. Much indignation has been
excited here BY the refusal Of the Demo
cratic majority to allow Indiana hear.
ing before the Senate on her claim to q
legal representation. Bright manipulated
his party. and the merest pretsxt was as
sumed for this fragrant outrage on the
right of a sovereign State. VERITAs.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10
WAsmseros, Sunday Evening, Feb. L

WAsHISGToS, Sunday Evening, Feb. IL.
The admission of Oregon secures the
Senate to the Democracy through the
next Presidential term. A sufficient
number of Republicans voted Affirmative
" to have defeated the bill.
According to the official statement oil
the last fiscal quarter. the public sxpend-
lures exceed the receipts over seven and
half millions. exclusive of Treasury
Notes.
The Napier Ball is regarded as estab-
fishing bad precedent, since nothing in
his official intercourse has justified such
an unusual compliment.
Though news Of the ratification Of the
Cas- Yrisssri Treaty has reached here,
which was accomplished through Ouse-
ley's Intervention after British Interests
had been first protected. it is very doubt
ful If It will be confirmed by the Senate,
since it puts us in worse position than
before, and in fact surrenders everything
to England.
Another meeting Of the Committee Of
Ways and Means was held yesterday
morning. at which Phillips, Of PennSyl-
wanna, sndeavored to reeede from his re-
cent position by an artful dodge which
the COMMITTEES voted down. he is q
most efectual enemy of the modification
of the tariff by pretending to favor it.
The investigations now going on show .
worse condition Of things than was at 6rst
supposed to exist. 1t has been proved
positively that al contracts for engraving,
photography and the ike were assessed
BY per centage. part Of which went
70 Seaman. Superintedent Of Printing.
All their books show that while regu-
larry kept in other respects, in every &C
count with the government, interlinea-
tons, peacl memoranda, and erasures
occur.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

~A meeting of the Northern Town
ships of Doniphan County. was called to
assemble at Highland. on Saturday last,
to adopt measures to concentrate the vote
upon some point for the County Seat.
We have heard nothing of the proceed
ings. Such meetings are useless. AL
will vote to suit themselves. regardless Of
the decisions of public meetings; and
there are too many rival interests to allow
of any unanimity among the people. or
not until the contest is narrowed down to
two competitors.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10
AlgaAr AZ WAsHIsoros.-There be.

ARRAY AT WAsHINGroS.-There has
besn another C Congressional killing scraPe
Il Washington. Daniel E. Sickles, a
.Oongressman from New York City. sus-
pscssd an improper intimacy between his
wife and man named Key. He was
wntehful, and discovered enough to sat-
iufy him Of the correctness Of his suspi-
-sI0ea Seeing Key come out Of his
teickles' house. be requested a friend to
engage him in conversation, while be ran
up stairs to get his pistols. The friend
did 20, and Sickles, after getting his pis-
tolls, followed and overlook them. His
frst shot grazed Keys side. when the
lstter sprang behind q tree. and threw his
opera glass at him. The next shot en-
tered Keys body. Sickles fred several
more times, his friend standing by and
looking on. and placing the pistol to
Keys head, was about to shoot again,
when an officer arrested him. The shots
proved fatal to Key. We have moi
learned the result of Sickles' examination
but Il his suspicious were correct. the
verdict shonld be, "served him right
Key was son Of Francis S. Key, author
Of the song of Star Spangled Banner"
How comes it. that these Congressional
killers and street brawlers almost invsri-
ably belong to the law and order" De-
mocracy
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

FALsE REroRr.-We received letter
from Doniphan, few days since. stating
that our Ferry Boat had been purchased
for that place, and would soon be taken
down there. Since that, several personi
from Doniphan were here, to endesvor to
buy the boat. Guess they have found
out. by this time. that they won't get it
h-6ss not been sold, and will not be-ir
feet, Il is too busy here to take time to
run down to Doniphan; and it will do
three times the business here, that il
would do at Doniphan. 7E
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10


AN EXTRA SESSION OF CosGns,
The Washington correspondent q , =;
Louis Republican notices grave IN = !,
ty that would attend the eaIllDg ;Ssot
extra session Of Congress by the Z r'''
He says: cI.,.os sud
In the case Of MesSrs. GholsO' v.r
Claiborne, Of Mississippi, IN ~ ~ 8
1888, / believe it was decided ,s ~
Governor Of . State had no s1 L.IIni-
BY virtue of the Constitution o. '.toh
ted States, to order special eleci &C.,
held for the members Of new 81 = b
The time for the elections Is Hh cd 3
statutes Of the several States, anu ,nr .0uH
only by the authority Of sac 90, ts~ % y
a Governor ordsr . special slsss =. 4 y
held. This has been provided ~. 3. g:sa
State Of Mississippi. bat IN 10 80, ID
I believe. Hence an extra ses, - .s.TIyS
Congress Of the United State : 4. sIss
june would necessarily in p, y ~ :. LeSis
meeting Of nearly Ons-bsii o. 49,.
iaturss VOf the States Of he Un''0
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

.E Thompson, Of the Troy BUng,
again suspended publication for one
week, in order to get up the following
article, which is Of immense interest tc
the people of DOniphan County. Il
eyincea powerful intellect and great
depth of thought:
We take pleasure in announcing to the
citizens of Doniphan County, that Mr.
Brady's store-house is nearly completed,
and will very soon have all his goods
here from the cities of st. Louis and
Charleston.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10
THOMAS STEVENSON.

From ancient records preserved in the
archives of the nation, it is supposed thai
the above subject was born in New Jer.
sey, but came to the United States when
quite young. He emigrsted to Ohio al
an early day, and built q fort in the Msu.
NEE country, which he called, in honor
of himself Fort Stephenson. It wal
about being besieged BY the British and
Indians, when he deserted it, leaving
Major Croghan to defend it. The mex
beard Of him, was in Kansas, and it will
probably be the last. His star rose, cul'
minated, waned and set, during one short
session Of the Legislature. and hencefortt
his name will be recorded on the SAINT
psge with the "Iost Pleiad." We learn
from the papers, that be is the only mem
Der of the Legislature who can remember
what laws were passed BY that body
He win consequently, without doubt. b
soon overwhelmed with the letters o.
anxious inquirers, (including Governor
Medry and members Of Congress, seek,
ing information III regard to the acts o.
the Iegislaturei @
LUTHER DfcKERsoS.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

FIRsT Boar OF THE SEAsoN.-Our ears
have again been glsddened BY the sound
Of steamboats, whistle. On Sunday
afternoon boat was seen paffing her way
up the river, and, upon her near ap-
proach, was found to DO the Missouri
River favorite. the Omaha. She landed
Asmsill lot of freight at this place. and
che indefatigable Wilcox. her popular
Clark, handed us paper three days from
St. Louis. The Omaha viii be down
te-day, Thursday. Shippers and pas
Ssngsrs will find it greatly to their ad.
vantage to patronize this boat.
Navigation, this season, has common
cod about two weeks earlier than usual.
The e6rst boat up, last year. was the
Platte Valley, March 18th; and the first
the year before, was the st. Mary, on the
24th Of March.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

~ The Iowa Point Enquirer, the
publication of which was resumed in
January, has again suspended. Itlis
probable that the suspension viii now be
permanent. Mr.. Key, the proprietor, is
still in Alabama, and, we have been told,
intends remaining there. Thus has ano-
Their of the Lecompton usurpers gone from
among us. A few years hence. and the
Border Rufians, like the Indians and the
wolves, win have vanished from our
borders.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

~ There is not better road in any
portion of Doniphsn County, than from
Troy to White Cloud. There are nc
bsttsr Recommendations for horses in the
COunsy.-BERg.
That's so-there are excellent accom-
uhodasions for horses, on the road from
Troy TO White Cloud. When persons
.eo'from here to Troy on business, they
have to come several miles out on that
road, to end accommodations.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10
J. B. HovEY.

Mr.. Hovey is man who should be
known by all lovers of fruits. He il
from Massachusetts,, where he was extern.
sively engaged in horticultural pursuits,
and published a monthly periodical in
Boston. devoted to horticulture. Thu
manner in which he became q resident o.
Kansas, was amusing. Hearing that go
pliers abounded here. he imagined they
were species Of fruit, and came to OBJ
tain sprouts for his nurseries. Upon ar.
irving here. and learning his mistake, h
was so ashamed that he never returned to
Massachusetts,.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

ISFALLIBLE REMEDY FOR Piles. = A
daily application Of the Troy Bung to
the part affected ! We use it for that
purpose, and have almost relieved ourself
of the above painful disease.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

R The Ladies' American Magazine,
for March, is received. It contains a
beautiful steel engraving. fine colored
Fashion Plate, and other engravings.
The contents are of superior quality.
This Magazine is one of the best we re-
ceive. 1t is published by Henry White,
No. Z. Beekman Street, New York City,
at 90 a year. Will the publisher please
send rs the February number +?
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

/<% The store house of Easley l. She.
rer. in Rush Bottom. Holt County, Mo-,
was destroyed by fire. on the 22nd oil
February, while the proprietors were sew
eral miles distant, on business. House,
goods. books, accounts, &c, all destroy
ell. We have not learned the origin oil
the FIRE.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

o"We venture to say that there is no
place in the West, where, by the same
number Of people. more work is being
done. than in Troy."-Bun9.
If the people of Troy are in the habit
eff reading the BHag, we have no doubt
that they do vast amount of sOOrk-it
is such ,rorE as is induced by an active
physic!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

7 S There came near being an extern
sive FIRE in Oregon. on Thursday night Of
last week. A haystack beside the cabinet
shop of Kaucher & Jester was discovered
to be on fire, about ii o'clock. and it was
with difficulty that the citizens could save
the building and large quanty of lum-
Der. The fire is supposed to have been
tho work of an incendiary.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10
W. L. LEWIS.

That heavy-set man, whose whiskers
and hair are somewhat sprinkled with
gray, is w. L. Lewis, one of the most ef-
fcient working members of the House.
He was the companion of Clark, in the
celebrated expedition of Lewis and Clark
up the Missouri, in the year 1904. On
their return, he landed at the spot where
Elwood now stands, to chase a rabbit,
when tho boat pushed off and left him,
and he was obliged to remain. "Well."
said he, "let them go; will remain here
few years, and make good thing Of
it. Here will be big town some day
here will be the terminus Of the Hannibal
and st. Joseph Railroad and here will
be built Hotel, which will be one of the
largest buildings in the United States p
His prediction has been verified Mr..
Lewis is now a Republican in politics.
but was formerly Democrat, and sticks
to it that he voted for "Jim Pierce" for
President.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

~ A company viii start from here,
in few days. for the gold mines. A
number of emigrsnts have already cross
ed the river, at this place, for the same
destination.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

~ Upon consideration, we deem it
inadvisable to publish the communication
Of II. B. 1t would be ofno utility, would
not interest the generality of our readers,
and is too miserably long.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

= ~ We observe that some of the Ia
dies are endeavoring to fatten the eunuek
of the Troy Bung on currant pie
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

I BIGGER YEr.-Mr. VIM. H. Mauck
has laid a hens egg upon our table.
which takes the shine over any we have
yet seen. The circumference one way, is
9 inches the other way, 81 inches.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

8 ~ The District Court commenced
its session at Troy, on Monday. Sever
al persons from this place are in attend.
ance. as Grand Jurors. We learn that
there are = large number of cases on the
docket. s-qsa
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10
T. R. POINTS.

Mr.. Points is a Kentuckian, but the
northwest point of the compass proved
to have the strongest attraction for him.
His best points are supposed to be those
in which all Kentuckians are proficient
the Eve points of Euchre, and the sew
en- points of Old Sledgel He originally
came to Kansas on a snipe-hunting ex.
petition.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

+ re- A dance came off at the City Ho,
tel, on Friday night. They had quite a
lively time.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

e ~ On Friday afternoon the river
commenced rising. and within an hours
time it wss crammed with floating ice.
The river is now open above Sioux City.
II has risen considerably, and is in ad-
mirable boating stage The heavy rains
within a few days past. will doubtless
cause a still farther rise.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

+ R Congress adjourned, on Friday
last. The probability is. that an extra
session has been called.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

LIVELY TINES AHEAD IN kAysAs.I,
Both houses of the Kansas Territorlai
Legislature have passed bill for the Or
ganization Of a Stale government OG
the 18th of March the people are caiIe'
upon to 60 to the polls and vote for or
against the holding Of q Convention
After that question has been decided ~
irmstively, as without doubt il will o. :;
then, on the 18th Of June, the electors VIII
again go to the ballot boxes and cG ,9,
delegates to that Convention. A il'u'
border ruffianism may possibly be in u.
dueed at this stage Of the game. ZEE
delegates being chosen, the Co1VenHOl
will meet in Wyandotte city, IN Lea'su
worth County, on the 9Th Of July M
proceed to frame a State cOnstltnIl o.
The constitution will be submitted 70 ~
vote Of the people on the 4th Of Oct =, !.
and the State officers under It WEI
elected on the 9th of December Us.
is work sufficient to beeP up the A.
excitement throughout the present 4.
The following is . rscapitulstiOn o.
exciting events which have been "N'
out -
March 2s-Vote on Convention
June 7-EIection Of delegates
July 5-Meeting of CouVentlos'
Oct. 5-Vote on constitution:
Dec. 6-Election Of State oficen'
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

~ Attention is directed to the ad
vertisement of DR.. Young's Marriage
Guide"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

New YonE SfERcUEY.-This paper,
"a prospectus Of which will be found in
another column, J is now at the head rank
of American literary papers 1t is large
and neatly gotten up. and is filled with
the choicest original matter. Ned Bunt-
line. one of the greatest Of living roman
GERS. is constantly engaged upon the col
umns of the Mercury. and brilliant ro-
nance from his pen, has just been COM
msnced in the Mercury. A writer calling
himself "Georgs Albany" also constant
ly contributes to the columns OF the
Mercury. and we consider his writings
superior. in plot and interest. to those Of
Ned Buntline. Felix o. G. barley, the
prince Of Artists, has been engaged ex-
clusively by the publishers of the Mercury
to furnirh designs to illustrate the sPlen-
did romances published in the paper. The
publishers are constantly introducing new
features; and, without intending any dis.
arrangement, we assert their paper is equal
in every respect, if not superior. to the
Ledger. although not 1.-THE Of the ado
has been made over it; and it has. we
think, twice as much reading matter a
the Ledger. 1t is quietly. but surely,
working its way into public favor.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

Il A Bse LoAD.-The ferry business is
gstting brisk. One day last week. the
boat brought over at one time, two wag-
ols. six yoke of oxen, four horses and
mules. twenty-nine hssd Of loose cattle.
and a number Of persons
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

a% A steam Ferry Boat for st. Ste
phen, Nebraska. passed this place. on
Mondsy Afternoon.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

re- The Legislative communication
is crowded ont until next week.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10
GEORGE B. HOLMES.

George Buchanan Holmes is q lineal
descendant of George Buchanan, mem
Der of the household Of one of the Kings
of England. Who will not at once re-
cognize the name of the wittiest poet in
America Holmes is now a regular
contributor to the Atlantic Monthly
He is a native Of Massachusetts, but now
resides at Topeka. He is commonly
known among his intimate acquaintan'
ces, as the "Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table," because Of his crusty and impe'
rious manner during his morning meal.
But space again bids us hold on until
next week.