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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

The MURDER OF KEY.-The n. Y.
Evening Post is very severe upon Sickles
for the murder Of Key in Washington.
It says-the character Of the husband too
often corrupts that of the wife, particu-
larry at the impossible period Of early
youth. Curses, it is said in the old pro-
verb, come home to roost, and so it may
be said with equal truth do sdulterers.
Sickles was excluded from decent society
in this city long ago, and it would be al
most miracle If in the school to which
he took his young wife, with her charae-
ter yet Uniformed, she should have pre-
served her innocence. There are states Of
social existence in which mutual tolera-
ton is the rule Of conduct; and Sickles,
in acquiring so perfectly the morals,
should also have acquired the philosophy
of the class to which he belonged. 1t i'll
became him who is so careless of his own
conduct, to set on foot investigations into
the morals Of others, and to avenge q
false step with death.
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The LATE PosT MASTER GENERAL
The Post Master Generals remains lay
in state, March 10th, in the East room Of
the Presidents house, and crowds throng-
ed thither. The services commenced at
noon.
The funeral address was delivered by
Rev. Mr.. Gransberry, Of the Southern
Methodist Church. The President, his
Cabinet, and distinguished gentlemen
connected with all branches Of the Gov
eminent, the relatives of the deceased
and Others, were present. together with
the Diplomatic Corps, who were In full
Court dress. ~ u go Isssz.l g
The procession was very long, being
formed of public and private carriages.
While the cortege was moving, the bells
were toIled, and minnie guns fred. The
pavements were filed with spectators.
The corpse was deposited in the CongTe-
gationaf Cemetery, to be hereafter remov-
ed to Tennessee.
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The Evils OF DExocRAcY.-In The
speech of John Minor Bolts. before the
Opposition Convention at Richmond,
Virginia, the other day, he said that he
had traced with an "unsparing hand, I"
as with pencil of light, SO that every
man could read it who could read the
Lords prayer, that the origin Of every
calamity, every evil and every i'll that
had befallen the country during the last
thirty years, originated with the DemOc-
racy. He adds :od sd .aaaE 'sssE
81 ought, perhaps, TO make an exeep-
ton of the smallpox. of the cholera, and
ofthe yellow fever. Laughter fought,
perhaps, to make an exception. Of these
for, whilst think it extremely ppobahls
they were all introduced by some Demo
crat into the country, have no historical
data upon which to base the fact-Iwould
not hazard the conjecture. " afs- y s-i--i
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Pixies Peak.


The N. Y. Tribune, in reply to iBqui-
ries for advice in relation to going to
Pixies Peak, says -
/. No doubt there is gold in the sell,
or Just above the bed rock beneath the
soil of Western Kansas. The intense
probability, based upon the undecided
and abundant production of the shining
metal on the opposite slope of the Same
great mountainous region, combines with
the direct, positive testimony of scores Of
living witnesses, to place this fact beyond
question.
II. Though the "Pike's Peak" region
has as yet been inadequately prospected,
we believe it will be found less prolific in
Gold than the Mining region Of Califor-
mia. We infer this from the geology and
topography of tho country. as also from
the fact that the average yield thus far,
has been meagre indeed.
III. Still, there is gold in Western
Kansas-probably a great deal Of tt
and tons of thousands will soon be in hoe
pursuit of it. Some of these will doubt
less come back with money in their peck
ets-thrice as many without a cent
while a good many will not return at all.
On the whole. we do not believe the en-
igrants to pixies Peak" in 1859, will
average a nett yield of fifty cents per day
over their expenses, from the time they
leave home, until they get back again.
We cannot doubt that nine tenths of them
might do decidedly better, and make
money easier, by hiring out for the best
wages they could command Just where
they are to-day, than they viii by going
to Pixies Peak. We say this, with no
hope or desire that any who have caught
the gold fever will be cured by anything
we can say. Like the daughter, whose
mother had seen the folly of dancing, and
wished her on that account to let it alone,
they will insist on seeing the folly too.
There are certain popular manias for
which experience is the only cure. Gold
digging is one of them. So, instead of
seeking to dissuade any, we urge the IN
fected, to go ahead. Those of them who
are good for anything will mainly return
cool, sober, reasonably wise, and convin-
ced that potato digging is much easier
and surer to wealth than gold digging.
The other sort viii, for the most part, not
return at all.
~. Of course, we do not think It cad
visable" for men who can find work on
this side of the Mississippi. to go rowing
after gold to Pixies Peak. We agree
with Western friend who drily obsery-
ed that he didn't want to 90 to Pixies
Peak after gold, as there was more of that
article in Michigan, than he could gee
hold Of Whoever has useful employ
ment that affords him a decent living.
may far better stick to it. But there are
thousands of inveterate idlers, loafers,
gamblers, tipplers, rowdies and other
ne'er-do-wells throughout the country,
whom we would gladly incite to strike
bee line for Pixies Peak at once. Not
being able there to live on other mems
they may be constrained to dig
> little gold, every ounce of which viii
be so much clean gain to mankind. Judge
Lynch will deal with some of them; their
OWN vices viii dispose Of others so that
\ good many Of them will never come
back. We wish they would al 90.
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A SUBJECT FOR New MOUNT VERNON
PAPEn.-Mr. John A. Washington pub
fishes in the Baltimore Sun, the following
advertisement, which might be used by
Mr.. Everett to good advantage, as a
text for his next contribution to the New
York Ledger:
$500 REwARD.-Run away from my
farm, near Salem, in Fauqaier County,
Virginia, my negro man, Joe. Joe is
about twenty-one years old, five feet ten
or eleven inches high. and very dark,
though not entirely black color. he has
. very plain deep scar on his throat, /
think on his right side. His address and
manners are polite. He was purchased
some time since of Mr.. Richardson,
near Berryville. Clark County. Virginia,
and will probably go in that direction, or
toward the Point of Rocks. One Hun
bred Dollars viii be paid for him if taken
in Virginia, the District of Columbia, or
on the Potomac river. Two Hundred
Dollars if taken in Maryland, and one
half of what be will sell for in Alsxan-
dris, if taken elsewhere. In any event,
to be secured and delivered to me, in the
County Jail of Alexandria, Va, before
the reward is paid. ,1sib.1s
JONI A. WAsHHGToS.
Mount Vernon, Va, Jan. IA, 1859.
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Billy Keene's peculiar boast was the
utter impOSsibility of being hOdred. or in
bus more expressive praseology, fooled
They can't fool me p was ever at his
tongues end, and so evident were his at
'snPtS to impress this fact upon all with
whom he had anything to do, that he not
unireluently made fool of kimself!
Billy always made point Of express
ing his disbelief of everything, however
plausible. that reached his ears, which,
Oy The way, were exceedingly easy of ac-
ceSs-nOt being more than five feet two
inches from the ground, when their owner
stood upon his feet.
Suspicion was always the 'one idea in
0s mind he suspected everybody oil
some abOrtive design to gull him-from
'1e most respectable friend, down to poor
old Isaac, who had no more idea of a
practical joke, than polar bear might
nave OF baby-jumper.
Dilly was not naturally hard-hearted,
ou' he was so suspicious, that he turned
twenty beggars from his door, where he
'eIleved the necessity of one. In vain
~S the imploring eye raised, and the
SS'ed hand extended for aims. The
~Ore pneouS the story, the more evidently
SS Ito him hoax. 1t all sounds very
p''ilOl' he would exclaim but I've seen
w %Och Of the world-PVe heard too
s suea Of such stuff-it's no use-you can't
wi ne : and the wretched mendicani
compelled to seek in other quarters
" :Iat charity which believeth all things,
winch thinketh no evil. =
Dnly was once married, bat it was a
SoVEf Hms ere he was fooled in the state Of
.csO O's IleSsedness, yet as he himself has
5,aa.nSo'EEledged, be often met with hsir.
boot1 escapes, before he was finally
dp,;0a We reeOllect his Boosting once,
TIA os, MS bachelorship, that Emma B.,
cI,U Ualy daughter of a neighboring mer-
iSlo ;. was endeavoring to ensnare him
nal; me matrimonial moose. He was
OfSoS Tue beast to his particular friend.
IN, ae !. people don't notice it, said he,
S;nLnn Is as plain as day to me. She
can, 9 l don't notice her, ha ha ! she
give 100 'OOl me Folks say her father will
L sbas ef cool ten thousand humbug
be ' got the spoons. why should she
6,ts. ANXIOUS to get into my good graces?
IA Tue question. She's rather nrettv.
that I Iuis' but l wonder if she thinks
aatD-.i Oelleye her complexion and teeth
50 Tsri Guess she'll find I amt quite
.he c,ua. as she thinks am. No, sir
dy D,iiy accompanied these words with 1,
10 I;t,1S OF peculiar expression, and gave
friend ,rh cause OF establishment to his
"n0' for reasons best known to
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COMPLIMENT TO AN EDrToR.-Mr. Ridge
way, Of the Richmond (Va.) Wing.
was recently presented by the Wings
Of Richmond, with q service of plate
worth $500, as testimonial Of their APP
probation of his efforts to revive the old
Wing party. Mr.. Ridgeway deserves the
confidence Of his Wing brethren of the
"Old Dominion" Heis an enthusiastic,
ardent and devoted Wing, under all cir
cumstances, and couldn't be anything but
a Wing. If every other man, woman
and child in the world should turn Dem
ocrat. or Know Nothing. or Republican.
Dir. Ridgeway would rally as one man.
round the standard. fling out the flag, and
swear that he could carry the next election.
st. LOris Neus.
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HoI FOR THE KANSAS PLAINS

HuzTa for the prairies wide and freei
Ho. for the Kansas plains,
Where men shall live In liberty,
Free from tyrants chains.
We viii ask no page in story, 81
ProudeT than the SpotlssS glory I'd.
Ola land that gives her might
~. To the battle of the right. -e
sTFF Hnzzs Cor the Prairies wids and free!
HO. for the Kansas plains,
Where men shah live in liberty,
Free from tyrants chains.
We spum the power and break the rod
Resking in guilt and crime;
We bow the knee to none but God,
Maker and King of Time,
And the brave will round rs rally,
From the mountain and the valley;
While the skies with Freedom ring,
And the world shall hear Us sing
Huzza for the prairies wide and free, sc.
o, sweet is the charm Of rock and tree,
Bright are the flowing rills,
Where we have roamed in youthful gloe,
Over the Eastern hills!
But We turn from all their beauty,
To the call of truth and duty;
And give our ehainless might
To the battle Of the right
Huz1a for the prairies wide and free, SC.
Tho far from the soil of Pilgrim fame,
On the Atlantic shore,
Here we viii build a noble name,
Proud as our fathers wore.
And the faT-ofT Rocky Mountains,
With their aashins lakes and fountains,
Shall behold our glory spring,
While the world shall hear sing
Huzza for the prairiss wide and fres,
Ho! for the Kansas plains,
Where men shall live in liberty,
Free from tyrants chains!
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Misteual,ssolrs.
MY FIRST LOVE.
BY ALARic WATTS.


We me, when hope and life were new,
~ When all we looked on smiled gr
Ahd Fancys wand aroabd Is threw
Enehantments sweet as wild.
Ours were the light and bounding hearts
The world had yet to wiring; eg fs
The bloom, that when il once departs,
Can know no second Spring. ..=4.
What thoosh our love was never told,
Or bresthed in signs alOnei i.
Dy signs that wOsld not be controlled,
It's growing strength was shown.
The touch, that thrilled US with delight,
The glance, by art untamed,
In one shOrt moon, as brief a. bright,
That tender truth proclaimed.
We parted, chilling looks among;
Ny Utmost soul was bowed;
And blessings died upon my tongue,
dared not breathe aloud
A pensve smile, serene and bland;
One thrilling glanee-hOw vain.
pressure Of thy yielding hand
We never met again!
Yet still spell was in thy name,
ofmagie power to me,
That babe me strive for wealth and fame,
To make me worthy thee;
And long, through many an AFTER year,
When bOyhood's dream had flown,
With nothing left to hope or fear,
loved, in silence, on!
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A LIBERAL OFFER.-In band Of gip-
sizes now encamped near Indianapolis, Is
a beautiful girl Of eighteen, whose father.
the chief Of the tribe, offers her hand and
SIC. 900 to any respectable man who viii
marry her, The old gentleman offers to
leave Of his yagabond ways. and live
with his children. Arare opportunity Is
thus presented TO any one wishing tose-
cure lovely wife, fortune and father
in-law.
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CoSNEcTIoUT OUTDoNE.-A .eorrespon-
dent of the Homestead, published at
Hartford, CT, and one Of the best papers
in the whole country, gives the following:
cit won't do to laugh at Connecticut
any longer for wooden nutmegs. New
Hampshire has beat her, and must bsthe
banner State for roguery. i see in the
newspapers that the Legislature Of that
State has been recently obliged TO repeal
the law offering bounty for the destrne-
tion Of crows, in consequences OF the prac-
tice which has prevailed Of procuring
crows eggs, and Matching them under
hens, and bringing forward the brood for
the bounty 20 .-.-..r. - 49,
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CBoite 4oetrg,
ao1vE ME THREE GRAINS OF
CORN, MOTHER"
NJ MRS. A. NJ. EDMOND.

-. ,L0,. words were the last request Of an Irish la
.her as he was dying from starvation, during tn
ofIsf7. she found three grains in conner Of hi
and gave them to him. 1t all she ha
=. .s.,. family were Perishing from famine-1
Civ. me three grains of corn, mother,
Oply three grains Of corn!
Evil keep the little life I have,
Till the coming Of the morn.
I'm dy,ny Of hunger and cold, mother,
I'm diving OF hunger and cold;
A,dbaIfthe agony of such death,
Nv Iips have never told.
II has .nawed like a wolf at NV heart, mother,
Like wolf that Is fierce for blood,
AIihe HveIong day, and the night beside
Guawins for lack Of food.
Id,e,med Of bread in INV sleep, gother,
And the sight was IIeavea 10 see;
And woke with an eager, furnishing lip,
But you had no bread for me.
How could cck 10 you, mother,
How could look to Won,
For I.read to give your starving boy,
When vOu were starving too!
For read the famine in your check,
And in vorr eye wild.
AnL felt it in your bony hand,
As vou liid it on your child.
The Queen has lands and =nld, mother,
The Queen has lands and gold,
While YOU sre forced TO your empty breast
A skeleton babe to hold
A babe that is dying Of want, mother,
AsI am dying now,
With chastity look in its suhken eye,
And famine upon its brow.
What has poor Ireland done, mother,
What has poor Ireland done,
That the world hooks on aAd sees her siarve,
Peri.bing one by onel
Do the men of England care not, mother,
Tie great men and the high,
For the suffering Of Erin's Isle,
Whether they live or diel
There, many hare heart here, mother,
Diving oewzni Ind cold,
While only across the Channel, mother,
Are many who roll in gold.
There are great and rich men tlnrre, mother,
With wOndrOus wealth to view,
And the bread they fling to their dogs, tonight,
Weuld give me hie, aud you.
Come nearer 10 my side, mother,
Come nearer to my side,
And held me fondIy, you held
NV father when he died.
Quick! for cannot see you, mother
Nv breath is almost sonei
Mother, dear mother. ere die,
Give me three grains of corn!
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TIM PREsIDEScY.-A Washington let
ter. speaking of Dir. Buchanan, says:
Again and again, on every possible
occasion, he disayows with contempt and
ridicule his supposed aspirations for .
second term of Office. 1.-Two old men,"
he says. myself and Lewis Cass, If We
live so long. will quit this city on the 9th
of March, 1861, with much lighter and
less burdened hearts than We bore with rs
on comeing here"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

SUFFERINGs on FRAzER's RIvER-CLI'
NATE OF THAT REGIoN.-The following i:
an extract from a private letter, written
on the oath of December, ult., by a resi-.
dent of Victoria, V. l., to friend in San
Francisco:
"The climate here is very changeable,
buE very English, 1t is extremely heal.
thy, aud were it not for the unwhole.
someness Of the Indian women and fertil.
ity of European women, doctors would
be at discount.
"The terrible accounts which you will
have read of the sufferings of the miners
coming down the river, are entirely true,
| believe; but l never heard of such rash
ness or stupidity going UNPUBLISHED. Fan
cy one party of nearly forty men, finding
themselves stopped by the ice in Frazer's
River, about six miles below Harrison
River, and three miles below the steamer
Maria, which was lying on a sand bank,
aground, and where there were plenty of
provisions; being so stopped, and know
ing, therefore, that there was cold wealth
err, and looking like snow-they made
one hearty meal of their food, landed on
the left lsouth) bank of the Frazer, de-
serted their canoes, and made for Lang
ley, which, they thought, being only
twenty-five miles off by water, was to be
reached in day.
"They had to camp out without shell
ter on the snow, and day after day, dizzy
with hunger and fatigue, kept plunging
on in a haze through the snow, wander
ing in circles, and with the fatigue of ten
hours making an effective progress of only
half as many miles.
els the weather to blame for this
The temperature was never nearly so low
as zero. They deliberately exposed them
selves to a snow-storm in a woods, with
out food, guide, or blankets. leaving shell
ter and provisions short three miles be-
hind them" t-.
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Startling Disclosures" concerning the
Atlantic Cable.

The following dispatch, dated Boston,
December 10th. is published in the Phil
adelphia Gazette:
A meeting of the merchants of this
city is to be held here tomorrow, al
which we learn that more astounding.
fraudulent representations of the working
Of the Atlantic Gable will be exposed,
and measures adopted to defeat the scheme
of grand telegraphic monopoly in the
United States, by the construction of a
new cable line to Nova Scotia, in pursu-
ance of Mr.. Gisborne's proposal, and of
new lines extending from New York
westwardly.
We learn that the most conclusive ev-
idence exists that the whole representation
made in the papers of this country, and
simultaneously in the London papers, on
the 18th of August last, respecting the
transmission of the alleged first message
of the directors, giving "Glory to God, !"
DC; and of the Queens message to the
President of the United States, was false,
and a fraud upon the public of the two
countries and that other, no less fraud
ulent representations of the working Of
the cable, are susceptible of proof and
exposure.
Congress will DO called on to invite
from the President information of the
time when the Queens message was first
informally, and subsequently an alleged
transmission of it over the cable, commu-
nicated to him.
This is of no small interest to the gov
ernments Of both the United States and
Great Britain and to the people of the
two countries rich developments are
forthcoming.
The money is all subscribed for Gis-
borne's line, and it will be completed to
Halifax early in the Spring.
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The PREsrDESr AND THE NAPIER BAL

The PREsIDEET AND THE NAPTER BALL.
"A Washington correspondent of the
Post says ''Mr. Buehanan's objection
to attending the Lord Napier ball. was
based'upon his hostility to Senator Sc
ward. whom he courted all last session.
Il is Characteristic that while the Presi-
dent now cuts Mr.. Seward, he lavishes
unbounded hospitality upon Senator John
P. Hale, Of New Hampshire, who is un-
questionsbly the most determined satirist
in Congress of the President and his pol
icy. There is no accounting for tastes 7
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selcct Galt.
"THEY CAN'T FOOL ME"

''Suspieion is heavy arfhoC, AID
With its Owa weight, imPedes Us more"
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Mexico had seven Presidents in the
month Of January. A'
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,Lo,. words were the las; request Of an Irish lad
N, Mother be was dying from '''rv'tion' during the
.u. OfIsG. she found three sraHs in corner oil his
AGED jacket. and gave them to him. It was al she had
=, rho,. family were Perishins from famine-1
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The N. Y. Tribune, in reply to iDqui-
ries for advice in relation to going to
Pixies Peak, says -
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The Toledo Blade has the following
Imaginable letter ostensibly from spikes
Peak" 1t will do to laugh over: