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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07
An Interview with James Buchanan.

Au 4ubC1NACU wien ~oAAASS @-S--~------'
The President's Private Opinion Of the
Democratic Party-His indebtedness to
the Republicans Acknowledged.
[COr. of the Worcester. (MsSs.) SRy.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 90. 1859.
One day l had an interview with the
President. Mr.. Scott, Mr.. Collins. Of
Amoor river, and Mr.. Aspinwall. of Cal
ifornia, accompanied me. We found the
old gentleman dressed in his morning
gown and slippers, in his Office. Our re-
ception was very cordial. He is vener-
able old man-more so than the pictures
of him indicate-but he has the fire Of
youth in his faculties yet.
We were attended by Mr.. Scott, of our
State, who is a great favorite with the
President. And the conversation imme-
diately turned upon things important. as
chad any of us come overland % Yes,
then he must be informed of the journey.
He expressed himself strongly in favor Of
keeping open all the avenues to the Pa
cifc, because they develop resources, and
aid settlements, and are thus benefit to
the nation. But he said that there was
danger that these avenues might be closed
up, on account of the factious opposition
Of majority of Congress to any meas
ure he had proposed for the national good.
In fact, be said, there was danger of the
government becoming bankrupt, because
Congress seems determined to adjourn
without providing means to pay the de-
mands upon the treasury-and that he
will probably have to call an extra ses-
sion in August to meet the emergency
which will arise. He declared the Dem
ocratic party-the great party that elect
ell him-that built the Cincinnati plat
form, and from which they all seem to
have fallen of, except himself-to he dis
organized, split up into all sorts of fac
tions incapable of adhesion, or Of car
rying any measure as party his own
adherents are so few in numbers that with
ont the aid of the "Black Republicans. 1"
he could not possibly have carried through
any measure at the present session. To
them he was under obligations for unex-
peCIcu aooiotauCS Oh SO'eioi ONN"Si""S'
but said be, mot man of them has ev-
er called upon me-" lie said if he had a
Republican Congress, he could get along
better than he does with the factiouS, I'M
manageable Democrats who, the moment
he proposes measure for the honor and
glory of his country, raise embarrassing
questions-in tone that heaps oppro-
brium upon it, anil thus he is defeated,
continually, and his recommendations
pass for nothing. a Republican Con
greSs, he said, would feel some degree of
responsibility resting upon it, and would
act with reason.
We remained about half an hour, hav-
ing enjoyed very pleasant interview.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

FOOLISH, VERY.-A great deal of ex-
element has grown out of the movement
towards electing corporation officers, and
qusrrelling has been the order of the day,
ever since. In several instances, it near
ly came to 6sticuffs and hatred has been
engendered among neighbors. This is
the very height of foolishness. The cleo
ton did not come of, and consequently
nobody was elected, and nobody defeated;
and to growl and wrangle about it, is
worse than childish. For our part, we
have considered the matter in the light of
right good joke, that will do to have a
little fun over. Bnt the idea of breaking
offsocial or business relations with man,
or taking knock-down with him, be-
canse be differed with us in such trivial
matter, we should consider extremely ri
diculous. To add to the difficulty, there
are some busy-bOdies continually carrying
gossip between persons on unfriendly
terms with each other, thus doing all in
their power to raise a rumpus. They are
the meanest Of the whole lot; and if any
whipping is to be done, they are the ones
who deserve it.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

Prices OF LAND.-Wo arc frequently
asked what land can be bought at, in the
vicinity of White Cloud? We can only
answer by what it has been sold at. A
quarter section, adjoining the town tract,
a mile and half from the river landing,
was recently sold for $3.50 per acre.
Another quarter, two miles from the Ian
ding, was sold for 80 per acre. A piece
of land three miles from the river, was
recently sold for about IS per acre. All
the above land was unimproved prairie.
Improved lands, of course, would sell
much higher, but we believe mono of the
owners of such land will sell. Unimpro-
we'd lands, we have no doubt, can be had
from three to eight miles from town, at
much lower figures than the above; and
it would pay industrious men we'll to i'm
prove and farm them.
We have likewise had inquiries as to
whether there is land agent in this vi
cinity. By reference to our advertising
columns, it will be seen that Mr.. Mark
ham is still, as he has been for over q
year and half past, prepared to attend
to that kind of business, in all its forms.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

DEATH OF CHARLES PHILLIPS, THE IRISH
ORAToR.-Mr. Charles Phillips died sud-
denly at London on the 31st January, in
the I'D year of his age. He was a ma
tive of Sligo, Ireland. was barrister at
law, commissioner successfully of the
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Courts, and
an Irish forensic orator whose early
speeches attracted good deal of attention
in their day. he commenced his educs-
ton at private academy in his native
town, which he quilted in 1902, for the
University Of Dublin. Having taken a
degree of A. B., be entered the Middle
Temple in 1907, and was called to the
Irish bar in 1911. he there obtained a
considerable celebrity by style of orato-
~ which exhibited remarkable command
Of language. Mr.. Phillips was called to
the English bar in 1921. where he soon
acquired considerable reputation as a
criminal lawyer, and secured profitable
practice in that capacity. During Lord
Brougham's Chancellorship he was offer
ed silk gown and seat on the Judicial
Bench of Calcutta, but he declined both
honors. In 1S42 he was appointed by
Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst Commits
sioner of Bankruptcy at Liverpool, and
four years afterwards, by Sir James Ora
ham, Commissioner Of the Court of In
solvent Debtors, an office which he filed
up to the time of his death.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

re- Sensible COWS abound in this re-
gion. A few weeks since, a plentiful
supply of butter found its way to town,
and the prices were high. 1t came in so
fast, that the merchants considerably low
cred the price; when Immediately large
falling off in the supply was experienced;
and for week or more past, smell of
butter could not be had, any way it could
be fixed. The universal excuse of the
farmers is, that their COWS have gone dry
land this, when the grass is beginning
to spring up, and at season when COWS
usually give an abundance of milk. We
suggest TO our merchants the experiment
of raising the price of butter to 20 or Is
cents per pound, in order to ascertain
whether it would not have a marvellous
effect in inducing COWS to give down their
milk in abundance, with lots Of rich cream
on it
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Answers TO CoRREsPoxDExTs.-Oul

ANSWERS TO CoRREsPoNDENTs.-Our
letters. during the past week, have been
90 numerous, that we have not yet had
time to open them all but we are pre-
pared to answer few.
Brsdgd.-The "fiIlin" for custard pies,
consists principally of eggs and milk,
touched off with spice. Webster's Die
tionary does not give directions for max
ing pies.
HisIOrieHs.-Yo1r discovery is a Curl
Gus one-thst nearly all the great religious
reformers were named John. There were
John Calvin. John Wesley. John Knox,
and John Luther! Napoleon BOnaparte
was moi . religious reformer. and his name
wss Eohnl
The play of "Simon says wig
wagS vas invented by Gen. Washing
tO amuse his soldiers, while they were
encamped at Valley Forge. 1t does not
much resemble Chess, and is not played
with cards.
Veritqs.-You are correct. The battle
Of New Orleans was never fought, but
was only story gotten up to elect Gen.
jackson to the Presidency.
SylUaRHs Cob, 1--WE should like
very much to let you have the pleasure oil
writing for our paper; but from what we
can gather, you are engaged exclusively
for the New York Ledger; and if we
should grant your regrest, it would moi
be doing the clesn thing with it. Your
proposition to write under an assumed
name, does not help the matter. You are
are preacher. Sylvsnus, and your con.
science should teach you better.
Antiquarian Jefferson was
the author of Yankee Doodle"
Rattdrina.-We believe they use mel.
Their vinegar nor butter milk to give sour
krout its sour taste.
H-Such notices as yours, are required
to be published three weeks. By reference
to our fourth page, you will see that our
price is SO for notices of that description.
There is yet 81 due.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

1.-THE Work Co.'s BRAvELY Or
The good work of exposing the gold
humbug, still progresses and we every
week have some new Developments
When a man comes back and ventures to
tell the truth, there are editors sitting
nearly thousand miles from the diggings,
and have never been any nearer to them,
who coolly tell him that he lies, or knows
nothing about the mines. But this thing
is rapidly losing its effect.
The Holt County boys are struggling
back, one by one. and will soon all be
home. All bring the same gloomy tidings.
James Campbell, of Forest City, returned
last week. The story he brings. may be
judged, from the following extract from
the Holt County News. We have been
saying the same thing all along:
He 2ronounces Pixies Peak a great
humbug, and says that no diggings have
yet been discovered that will pay any
thing. He informs us that he prospected
the country thoroughly, and not only
went down to bed rock, but into it. From
the surface down to the depth of some two
or three feet he could find the color but
when lower than that, it was rare thing
that the color could be obtained. He
says that water is scarce, and that it is
with the greatest difficulty that enough
can be had to wash the dirt with. The
heaviest piece be saw and knows of being
taken out while there, was worth seven
teen cents.
Mr.. Campbell reports many of the
streams very high, and that he and his
party had to swim them, there being nc
ferry boats or bridges. They suffered in.
tensely from q storm on the 10th of March,
and were compelled to go twenty-four
hours without eating. Large numbers
travelling with hand carts were met,
bound for the mines.
There is one thing which we learn from
Mr.. Campbell, that seems to us to b.
most censurable. He says that the au-
thors of the hattering letters received here
are men who have never done any min.
ing, and consequently know not from
personal experience any thing about the
existence of gold.
Thus has an important prop fallen from
beneath the faith of the editor of the News
When Henry Sterrett came home, will
the same report, the News told him hC
didn't know anything sbout it. Wher
other people brought the same report, th'
News referred to James Campbell, whom
it knew, and could believe. He said h
thought gold could be found in abundance
and was bound to stay until he had pros
pected thoroughly. He has done so, ant
now returns, bringing the same mournfu
story. The only prop now left for thu
News, is Perry Pollock and he. we arr
informed, is engaged in town specula
ton. and is consequently interested il
sending home favorable reports. En-,
long he will be creeping back home, chop,
fallen. and then the faith Of the News will
have to collapse
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

LANESTABLE TRAGEDY on THE PLANS.
Intelligence reached this city Yesterday,
by a gentleman just in from the Plains,
that Mr.. John l.. Merrick, formerly Of the
Elwood Press, and whom we recently
mentioned as having omitted with
printing press and material for the goIl
mines, was recently killed while en- route
for Cherry Greek, near Fort Keaney.
1t is said he met with an old acquaintance
between whom there existed an old grulgs
when an alteration took place. resulting
in the instant death Of Mr.. Merrick. The
brother of the supposed deceased to whom
the intelligence was conveyed and wao
has arrived here but recently, has bat
little doubt that the intelligence is relia-
ble.-S. Joseph Journal.
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Ordinances in the Shell.

A stranger handed rs q crumpled.
pocket-worn sheet Of paper, a few days
ago, containing the matter to be found
below. He said he picked it up in a
log cabin on the river bank, at the lower
edge of town. He had no doubt STUN
bled into the "Flickers' Nest - and a
perusal Of the document, at once leads to
the conclusion that some ardent candi'
date, confident of being elected, had
drawn up set of Ordinances in advance,
and after carrying them in his pocket fol
several days, had taken them TO the eau
Gus, to show his confederates what he ia
tended to do when elected I! They arr
models in their way =
SEC. l. Be it foreordained by the Gener As
sembly and House Of Representatives Of the
City Counsel, That it shall be the dooty of thu
Mare to find people for cutting up in the streets
and be well paae for his serVises.
Sec. 2. It shall be the doOty Of the Counsel
men To counsel with each other, and pass laws
telling the people what they must do.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the dooty of the Treasurel
to take care of the money of the corporation
and pay the Counsel for their survises.
SEC. 4. Il shall be the dooty of the Marshel
to head all public possessions in the corporation
and arrest all persons for disturbing the peas.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the dooty Of the Assessurt
to find out the vallew Of all the lots in town
and levy a tax on the same, especially them lot
on the other side of the holler. He shall alsC
visit all the steamboats, landing at the wharf
and pass around his cap among the passengers
for collexions, as deeapitatioR tax; and h
may also occasionally assess land outside Of thu
corporation, if he can do it on the sly, and MAJ
keep half the proseeds for his trubbell.
SEC. 6. 1t shall be the dooty Of the Records
to keep account of all the proceedings of thu
Counsel, and assertane how much is dew tn,
Counsel for thare survases.
SEC. Z. If any person shall be elected Recor
der that can't rite, he shall have authority Il
apPint power of atturny to transact his bisnice
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

The Hartford Evening Press makes out
telling catalogue of difference of opin-
ion between Mr.. Buchanan and the peo-
pie, as to the merits of several distin-
guished individuals, thus:
"When Connecticut repudiated Isaac
Toucey, Mr.. Buchanan took him into the
Cabinet.
"When Michigan repudiated Mr. Cass,
Mr.. Buchanan took him into the Cabinet.
when old Berks repudiated Jehu
CLANCY Jones, Mr.. Buchanan rewarded
him with the mission to Austria.
"When Iowa repudiated Augustus
Cesar Dodge, he was made minister to
Spain.
when Indiana repudiated John Pet
tit, Mr.. Buchanan made him Chief JUS
tice Of Kansas.
"When the Pro-Slavery party failed
to establish Slavery in Oregon. Mr.. Bu-
chanan made its leader the United States
District Judge"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07
Ordancnt. Regulating Easter Eggs

SEC. l. Be it fOreordained, &C., That eggs
shall be plenty on Easter, and the citizens of
White Cloud shall cutler them the diffarent
cullers of the various cardenal pints of the
cumpiss.
SEC. Q. No person shall cat more than one
duzzen hard billed eggs at one time, except the
City ofisers, who shall eat two duzzen.
SEC. 3. Hens shall have full immunatys, rites
and privelages to lay eggs during Easter; and
it shall be the dooty of the Mare, Marshell and
Assessurc, to ade them in carrying out this wise
dispensashun: pervided, that nothing herein
contained shall conflict with the Organic AK Of
the Constitution of the United States.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

The editor of the Piqua Register says
that any man who is able to take a news
paper, and don't do it, deserves to have
'three- cent piece" passed on him fol
half dime. We concur, unanimously
.-Erehange.
Better come out here, and you would
get used to that inhiction. No one pre-
tends to give or receive three-cent piece
for less than half a dime. Indeed. if q
person were to purchase FIVE cents worth
of any article, and offer other than &
three-ccnt piece in payment, he would b'
looked upon with suspicion!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07
H We have received copr of Red.

~ We have received copy of Red
paths Rowing Editor Although we
are on terms Of personal friendship with
the author, yet we cannot advise any one
to purchase his book. as it abounds with
evil Its object is disunion, instruction
and bloOdshed-the author openly avows
that this is what he is laboring for, and
for this purpose he came to Kansas-that
this was the object of himself, and the
party with which he acted here, 1.-THE rad
ical wing Of the Free State party j and
that it only failed through the conserva-
tive influence of some of the Republican
leaders in the nation. When foreigners
come among us, with such an avowed
object, have they right to complain that
American citizens, who love their coun-
try. should unite in party. to put down
foreign influence ?
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

Posi- THE BOOKs.-Buchanan, Cobb &
Co. began business on the 4lh Of March,
1857. They then had in their hands, IN
surplus funds. S26, 100000. On the Both
of June. 1857, they had only sl7, 500
900. On the first of January, 1855, they
had only S000,000I!! On the 10Th Of
January. 1858. they borrowed s2O, OOO''
900; in August. 1858. $40, 900, OOOmOrs;
in January, 1859. s1O.OOo,OOO more
And now they want $4,000, 600. to
commence debt of $500, OOO, 600. As
sets Cd hand to meet these liabilities
100000. Buchanan. Cobb * 70. un-
derstand themselves, in doing business
of course they do--he who says different
ly, let him post the books.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

ANOTHER Loss TO REGRET--The last
Topeka Tribune comes to us with an ar
ticle strongly favoring the organization
of the Republican party. Thus hath gone
another of the allies of which the Herald
of Freedom boosted. 1t now has the
o-Slavery Leavenworth Ledger alone
to fall back upon. for the Wyandotte
Gazette will soon take tho shoot. No
doubt the Herald Of Freedom will event
ually veer around too, leaving the Ledg-
er alone in its glory. Or, if it should
not do so, perhaps it could secure the
LeaYenworth Herald and Journal, Le-
compton Democrat, Wyandotte Argus
and papers of that stripe, as allies. The
Kansas Democracy are sick OF then
name. and are seeking another, which has
not become "by-word and reproach"
in the mouths Of honest men. No doubt
they would be extremely eager to seize
upon the old Free State name, and claim
that they were the identical men who
were so oppressed and tramPled upon in
Kansas, for such long period of time
This they can the more readily do. as a
majority of the ssicklers for the preserva-
ton of the old Free State organization,
are leaders in the Democratic party.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

The President AND THE FREE IRA
DERs.-The following conversation oc-
Cured at the White House the other day:
Said Southern gentleman present
awe can't go for a revision Of the Tariff
its out Of the question" The Presi-
dent drew up fiercely, and replied very
Observation-Disclosures. Congress viii do
as it pleases about the Tariff, but some
provision mast be made for an increased
revenue. If this Congress will not make
that provision, / shall most certainly call
upon another next summer to do it. II
Democrats will not see to it, that we have
a change upon the revenue principle, then
l will take from the Republicans change
upon the protective principle p You can
rely upon the truth of this statement
Cor. Ball. San.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

ExAMPLEs.-There are at present, two
distinguished foreigners at Washington,
who have come to this country to watch
the working of our institutions, as
Congress and the men and women that
assemble in that city during the session
are called. These men are Richard Cob
den and Smith 0'Brien-one an English
man of note, and the other an IriShman
Of notoriety, if not, what the world calls,
of fame They were both in the Federal
City, last Sunday, when. just as the bells
were ringing for church in the afternoon,
an aduIterer, an officer in the United States
government. was shot by a member Of
Congress, whose wife he had dishonored.
This ''deed without name" is followed
by ten thousand comments, among which
the most common are, that the murderer
many times deserved to suffer, for similar
offences, what he inflicted on another, and
that the veil Of secrecy covers many an
instance in Washington like that which
Sicklcs has disclosed.
In addition to the above, Mr.. Golden
and his fellow visitor have heard the re
port of Messrs. Sherman and Richie on
the general corruption of officers from j.
B. down, and we'll substantiated charges
of corruption in every department of the
Government. Pray MIR. Cobden.. go
among the people of the country and not
to Washington, if you would find the
ueffnct of the ballot %
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

HARD TINES AT THE WEsT-Mr. S.
S. Keyes, of Jefferson County, Wis, has
written to the Hon. Charles Billinghurst,
a Republican member of Congress from
that State, requesting Mr.. B. to procure
for him an office-any Office in fact-un-
der the Buchanan Administration. AT
the same time Mr.. Reyes avows himself
a Republican, and says he is compelled
to resort to his course to support his fam
lily. The family of Mr.. Reyes have our
profoundest sympathy. Their prospects
of support must be small indeed.
1t is difficult to believe that in the pre-
sent state of politics, an opponent of the
Administration should expect an Office at
its hands. The time for such events has
gone by. And yet this Mr.. Reyes would
seem to be in earnest But whatever may
be thought of his verlancy, there can be
no doubt that this application is the most
convincing evidence yet presented of hard
times in the Western States. When Re-
publicans are driven to beg office of Bu-
chanan to sustain their families, things
must have touched bottom.-N y Times
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A Letter about piks,s PEAK.
NEBRASKA Cry, N. r.,
Feb. 22l. 1850.

~ ~---tB -COCH j
Nh. EDiToR: A gentleman by the name
of Wyatt has just arrived in this city.
direct from Cherry Creek. He reports
very unfavOrably of the mines, and says
that any person that can make fifty cents
per day here, had better remain where he
is. He hasa specimen of gold which he
took from two pans of dirt, and says it
is the best yield he got during two weeks
prospecting, and there is not over two
cents worth of the dust-valued at ten
cents in the mines.
Mr.. Wyatt left Cherry Creek on the
18th of January, and says the weather
was very pleasant at that date. He adj
vises all who are prepared to go and see
for themselves but has no notion of go
ing back himself He says there is gold
there, but not in sufficient quantities to
pay the miner.
Mr.. Wyatt came in company with
several others, and they had not been in
town half an hour before it was reported
that they had left nine hundred dollars in
the bank, which is false.
Yours, &c, JOHNSTON WHEELER.