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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31
Bitter Rsbuke Of Che Administratio

Bitter Rebuke Of the Administration.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette.l
BALTIMORE, March 5.
Col. Forney writes bitter letter to
the press from Washington. He says /:
Two years ago this day, James Buchanan
took his seat in the Presidential Chair,
the most popular of our Chief Magis-
trstes since the days of George Wash
ington. All parties stood willing to trust
him. His inaugural address was accept
ed by every section with unalloyed pleas
ure. His loag public life induced even
those who had refused to support him in
'56, to repoSe generous confidence in
his administration. He held in his hand
the destinies of happy country. He
was clothed with rare advantages, and,
had he been animated by conscientious
patriotism, he would have consolidated
the Democratic party in every State in
the Union, and paralyzed and Frustrated
all its adversaries.
Where does he stand to-day ? Utterly
bankrupt and broken-his administration
dishOnorsd before the world. The great
party which carried him into Office, after
infinite labor any expense, torn into frag-
ments. Corruption, like pestilence, so
pervading every department of govern
ment, that Democrats admit the fact with
pain and shame. and Republicans point
to it with exulting Indignation.
A withered financial policy, an inca
psble foreign policy, 8 Cabinet divided
upon principle, and united only by the
mercensry motive of self-preservation.
No advocates to hold up and strengthen
his hands. No intrepid statesman ready
to come forward, in the spirit of honest
sacrifice. to plead in his behalf, before an
outraged country. No high-minded Jour-
nslist, devoting himself to the vindica-
ton Of his conduct. Nothing but aver
sion and contempt.
The sentiment first uttered in this jour
nal eighteen months ago. which, when
uttered, startled so many honest meR,
namely: "that the way for the Democrat
ic party to recover lis strength. and main
tain an effective and powerful organizs-
ton. is to cut loose from the Admins
trAtiOn' sentiment is now every
where accepted as the only remedy by
which Democracy can ever reaseend in
the affections and confidence of the mas
ses.
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Answers TO OoRREsPoEDExTs.-Cor-
respondents interested, viii understand
the following answers to their communi.
cations:
J. R--It Is very easy to advise us what
TO DO; but we are now working for pay.
Just send along q couple ''ten strikers"
and we will follow your advice.
Capt. Heed.-It would by no means
insult Us, if you were to send the IS you
owe rs, for which we have dunned you
90 often. At least send MS few postage
stamps, to pay postage on our dunning
letters.
Gov. Medary.-Your argument is in
genious, to prove that Thompson is flu
gitiye slave from the North Carolina
sand-hills. We are not prepared to dis
Pute your assertiOns--yOu know better
than we do.
Horace Grceley.--Shenandoah County,
Va, is in the United States. They In
tsnd to vote for Thomas Jefferson, fol
Governor, in May.
J. P.-There must be some ingenuity
10 your machine for measuring faces.
Now would be favorable time to bring
it on. and try it.
8. F.--Your problem is easily answer
ed. ma mechanic exhausts 80 worth Of
material, and receives no pay for it, he
loses just 81. Therefore. if you want
the Chief send along 81.
Miner.--Pike's Peak is so called, be-
cause person named Pike first went there
to hunt gold and by the time be return
Cd home, he looked rather peaked. ~
So will those wo go there now.
Rollix.-The reason the Hannibal and
st. Joseph Railroad is so rough, is be-
cause, instead of laying the iron length
wise over the ties, they laid it crosswise,
after the manner Of the western corduroy
roads. 1t was mistake of the contrac-
tors. who had never seen any other kind
Of Q road.
Philip.-The inhabitants of White
Cloud are not all Mormons.
SpOnge.-The Office of Fool Killer has
long since been abolished. That accounts
for the large number of fools in the world
To this Circumstance you may attribute
your present existence.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

~ We have not received 9 copy Of
the "Highlsnder." for two weeks, and
learn that it's publication has been sus-
pended for the time being-how long it
win remain so. we know not When the
paper was FIRST started. we suggested. in
the baildest manner in the world. that its
conductors would not End the newspaper
business in Kansas such smooth work as
they seemed to anticipate. The editor
took this very unkindly. and INDUCED in
some iil-natured insinuations against US.
stiil we did not wish the paper any III
luck. as it was conducted with consider
able ability.
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The N. Y. Tribune has the ioll T
ing in regard to the election Of MI. I~
Eyck as U. s. Senator from New Jsf; J,
vice Wright, whose term Of serVice w.
expired ,;,,.oo.
t.John G. Ten Eyck, Of BuTilG s.a,..
was yesterday elected a United S1 IVA.
Senator Of New Jersey, in place o. We !,
liam Wright. from March g. loay, ~.
March 4, 1866. Mr.. Ten Eyck IS . ~. !,
yer Of ability and character ; be va n,r.
earnest supporter of Fremont and u 4,
ton, and is q thorough Republics, =
was nominated on Wednesday nlgD' 4, y
the Republican caucus at Trenton, ~ :
ninth ballot-Messrs. Browning, Grss
and Randolph being his eomPstItOnTs., Dab
the election he received the whole ny &.
liean vote, and was chosen on '1'
ballot. :, ant Of
Office in 1851, and Jacob W. Ali,s s..tIy
1858, New Jersey has been eOu fTrr
represented in the Senate BY men Q: 80
limited capacity as respects talent .,fssIf
a boundless and unsuitable genius =.
abasemsnt and servility."
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

SCENE IN TRoY.-Time. early in the
morning-Place, in front of whiskey
shop.-Proprietor, out Of humor, speak
eth :-"Cursc the cows 1 wish people
would keep them up. What a mess
they've made before my door again
Here. Jim ! Ito negro boy. get the sho.
vel, and clean away that pile of filth 7"
Darkey goes out with shovel, but
quickly comes running in. laughing
"Yahl yahl why, gor Almighty, massa.
dar's been no cows dar. OATS msssa
Thompson. of de printum offis-been
lsyin' dar all night, drunk Yah! yah!"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

TIE WGvERLY. NovELs.-Tbe we'll
known firm of T. B. Peterson & Brothers,
SOC Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are
now engaged in publishing remarkably
cheap edition of these unapproachable
works Of fiction. The first, 'Ivanhoe, I"
appeared on Saturday Of last week the
next, Guy Mannering." viii issue to-day,
Rob Roy" next, and so on, one novel
will be published regularlarly on each
and every coming Saturday. until the
whole number of volumes (twenty-six, }
is completed. The low price fixed by the
publishers for them is only 25 cents q
volume, or the whole twenty-six volumes
for five dollars. A complete set will be
forwarded, free Of postage, By mail, to any
part of the United States, to any one, by
the publishers, on receiving a remittance
Of Eve dollars for the twenty-six volumes;
or remittance Of three dollars will pay
for the FIRST twelve volumes; or remit
lance of one dollar will pay for the first
four volumes. The novels will be neatly
printed, and each volume will contain
about los pages, printed on fine white
paper, and neatly bound with paper cover.
The revised uniform Edinburgh edition,
from which this is reprinted, comprises
4S volumes, the cost of which is seventy
tDo dollors and this edition will con-
tain every word of the Edinburgh edition.
We commend the discrimination of this
enterprising Philadelphia firm, to furnish
tho works of an author like Walter Scott.
at price SO reasonable, that all persons
whItever, may possess full set, and d.
rect the especial attention of our readers
to the fact, and would advise them to
make remittance of Five Dollars ct
once. per first mail to the publishers, for
the entire set, who viii send them COM
plete to any one, free Of postage, on re.
ceipt of that sum.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

FoE THE Mrxrs.-On Wednesday oil
last week, while the e. NJ. Ryland was
at our wharf, We had the pleasure Of hold
ing a short confab with three old Ohio
acquaintapces-Charles Rohrer, David
MeCranor, and Theodore Ross-who' in
company with several Germans, were on
their way up the river. to start for the
mines. We did for them the best we
could-advised them to turn right back
and 60 home again. and thereby save
money. But they were full of hope and
confidence. and declared their determine
ton. as they had come thus far, to go on
through. We hope they may each make
a big pile :" but we fear that Charley,
"Santa'' and pete" viii realize the
truth Of the saying. that "Jordan is q
hard road to travel p
From the following Gard, which we
find in the St. Joseph Gazette. it will be
seen that the boys were rather "drawed
on" before they left St. Louis. 1t seems
to us that they might have perceived, at
that stage of their journey, that "hum-
bug" was the word, and that this is the
sole object of the gold excitement -
A CARD.
We, citizens Of Germantown, Mont
gomery County, Ohio. deem it due to
other emigrants to the gold mines to state
that we were informed in ST. Louis that
it would be necessary for Us to buy our
outfit there to save expenses. We did as
advised. and upon arriving at st. Joseph,
found that we could have saved seventy
five dollars, had we delayed our purchases
until we arrived at the last place named.
Wetherefore, caution all persons, who are
going to the gold mines. against the re-
ports circulated in st. Louis, and other
cities in the East, by hired agents of other
towns, against st. Joseph as a place to
buy outfits. We have fully Informed
ourselves upon the advantages Of all the
routes, and recommend st. Joseph as the
best point to buy outfits, and the best and
nearest starting point to the gold mines.
We make this statement voluntarily,
and not for the purpose of beneftting any
particular town, as we have no interests
in st. Joseph, or any other place, but for
the sole purpose of bene6tting other par
ties going to the mines.
DAVID McCRANOR,
C. s. R0HRER,
T. ROSS,
P. GILLER,
A. MAUI,
St. Joseph, Mo-, March 10, 1859.
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~ We have at length found out whal
business Bung Thompson, the exnseh,
was brought up to. and followed in Co.
lumbus. Ohio. 1t was seauengsri In
his last sheet, be talks much and learn
edly about localities in which scavsngers
"most do congregate." Ssmmedary
would never employ any other "noctur-
nal artist" as long as Bung remained in
Columbus
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

EE That n.sdieated sheet, the Troy
Bung, tells of skillful surgical opera
ticn, whereby several doctors removed q
mans knse-cap. We suggest to those
doctors an operation requiring far greater
skill. It is to remove the cap Of the
exnseEs skull. and put some brains in
his head, or q substitute tbereforl Ar
ticles that would answer him fully as
we'll as brains. can be gathered up in any
sheep- pasturel
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31
E We have received A conv If 1

re- We have received copy Of the
johnson County Standard, Democratic
paper. hailing from Olathe, johnson
County, Kansas-made up, body and
breaches, of the WyandOtte Argus. Upon
the same principle. every town in Kansas
could have paper-by taking the mat
ter of another paper, and placing head
over it, to suit the required locality. But
in this, the Standard comes square up to
the main plank of Democrscy-HuD'-
6sggery!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

H Godey's Lsdy's Book. for April.
is illustrated with Returned" playing
Soldiers" "April Fool" Fashion Plate,
number of other Fashions, Patterns,
and numerous other engrsvings, making
"a in all. It also contains a fine piece
of Music. and large quantity Of useful
aud entertaining reading. Upon the
whole. it is q superior number. Phils-
delphia-s3 . year.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

To BE- REGRETTED. = The Herald Of
Freedom, in IN article on the old Free
State party, regrets the loss Of the
Chiei." What are we to understand the
Herald to mean. BY the loss of the Chief ?
II it means its loss to the Free State
party. it is barking up the wrong tree ;
for we are as much in favor now as ever,
of making Kansas q Free State. We
suppose the Herald means that we favor
the disbandment of the Free State party,
and an organization of the Republican
party. If so. it is mistaken again. We
have never advocated a Republican or
ganization. Butws will repeat the sub
stance of what we did say. We said the
Free State party was full of traitors, who
are continually bowling for its preserva-
ton, and at the same time they are act.
ing with the Democracy, and using the
Free State cause to advance the interests
of that party. Let the Herald look
around, and it will see that this is true.
Nearly every candidate on the Free State
ticket Of the 4th Of January. 1858, is
now a Democratic leader. Where are
Goodin. Currier, Davis, Fl. Miles Moore,
and others without number, who were SO
anxious for the preservation Of the Free
State party? They are leading Democrats.
And the principal leaders of the Free
State party to-day are Democrats, who
will seize an opportunity to come out
openly such, whenever they have an OPP
portunity to carry the most strength with
them. We have never acted with the
Republican party, further than occasion.
ally to vote for some of their candidates
but we have said, and still say, that il il
becomes necessary to do so, to defeat the
Democratic party, we shall vote the Re.
publican ticket, no matter how rabid an
one it may be. The Democratic party is
the great evil of the country, and it is the
duty of every honest man to endeavor to
defeat tiff not in the way most desira-
bic to himself, then in the way in which
it can best be done. We hope we are
understood now.
The Herald of Freedom consoles itselI
by saying that it still expects the coop
Grafton of the Wyandotte Gazette, Leav-
enworth Ledger. Topeka Tribune, Paler-
mo Leader. Grasshopper Falls Crescent,
and Highlander. in its efforts to keep up
the hopeless Free State organization.
This is rather slim consolation, indeed.
The Crescent is defunct, the Highlander
has just suspended. the Leader recently
contained an editorial rather favoring q
Republican organization, and the Ledger,
whenever the test arises, throws its inAu.
ence in favor Of the Democracy. So that
the Herald has the Wyandotte Gazette
and the Topeka Tribune to depend upon.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

re- We recently got hold of stray
copy of the Mansfield (o.) Shield and
Banner, containing an article in reference
to the Republican party of Kansas. In
that article, it is stated that the Chief is
an out-and-out Republican paper. and its
editor one of the leading Republicans Of
Kansas. We respectfully deny the soft
impeachment. The Chief is not q Re-
publican paper, and its editor, so far from
being one of the leading Republicans Of
Kansas, has never belonged to that party.
We are not responsible for anything the
Republican party may do; and the Re-
publican party is responsible for nothing
that we. may do. We are simply what
the Pro-Slavery men call an Abolitionist
which means, in Kansas, one who is in
favor of making her Free State.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

TOWNSHIP ELECTION. -This election
passed of quietly. on Monday. The Su-
pervisOrs consented to establish precincts
at this place and Highland. Not having
having heard from Iowa Point and High
land, we cannot say how the vote stands.
At this Precinct, there was an unsightly
mass of scratched tickets. There were II
votes polled.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

E Bung Thompson, the Trojan. is
sOrely perplsxed to know who other peo-
PIES daddies are. Happily, he is not in
q like predicament touching his own sire.
Below win be found true likeness Of the
old fellow. which is preserved as an heir
loom in the Thompson family, all the
members of which resemble their dad /:
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

RlcH.-It is said that tho "Muleys"
contemplate sending an agent to Iowa
Point, to get the Board of Supervisors
and the Township Clerk to establish q
precinct and order Charter election in
White Cloud! 1.-THE people of this place
do not elect men of such extraordinary
intelligence to make laws for them, they
are blind to their own interests-that's
all
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

HONEST MEN."--At the "Muley"
pow-wow, on Saturday night, one of
the Moguls stated that they wanted
to nominate an opposition ticket. be-
cause they wanted to elect honest men,
and they wanted the funds of the corpo-
ration to be entrusted to the hands of
honest men ! Candidates on the other
ticket, how like you the ring Of that I?
In a secret midnight caucus, one who
has been weighed in the balance" &C.,
arises and denounces you as scoundrels
He receives a nomination, as one Of the
"hOnest" guardians of the money and in
terests of the Corporation of White
Cloud "And Satan came also p 7r
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31
~ The papers tell of man in Wis.

~ The papers tell of a man in Wis.
consin. who had his brains knocked out,
but kept on living without brains. That
is nothing singular-thsre is a eunaeA
down at Troy. who never had any brains.
and yet he is living in perfect bliss-sueh
bliss as the poet speaks Of, which renders
wisdom folly-i. e.. viz, namely, to wit,
ignorance!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

CoxuKDRUH.-Whst is the difference
between Bung Thompson and the above
picture?
The above is "dog cut" and Bung
is a-vics uersdi
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

THE 0RseoS SEKAroRs.-The term Of
one Of the Oregon Senators win expire
on the 4th Of March. Messrs. Lane and
Smith will draw lots, to see who will
have the long and who the short term.
Gen. Lane for long time 6gured in the
politics of Indiana, and distinguished
himself moderately in the Mexican War.
The Hon. Delszon Smith was educated
at 0berlin. and founded the Dayton
Empire newspaper.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

r. The Dayton CO., Empire speaks
dispsrsgingly Of the Atlantic Monthly,
because its tone appears to be Anti-Sls-
very. Are We to infer, from this, that
nothing meets tse Empires approval.
unless it fayors Slavery?
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

RI Kansas sufferers in this part Of the
Territory. are referred to the Gard of the
Claim Commissioners, stating when they
viii be at Atchison. They win not hold
any meeting farther up the river than that
city.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

M The freeze. on Monday night wss
death on the garden truck that had been
put in the ground early. This thing Of
making garden, before the ground is
thawed, is all fudge.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

FoR SALE.-A large batch Of corpora
ton tickets. best Forest City brand.
Win be sold for less than first cost. in
consequence Of large falling of in the
demand. For particulars. call upon the
Great Mogul or the Bottle-washsr of the
Midnight Fiickersi
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

% Bonner, Of the New York Ledger,
IL becoming so popular, that bis name
stuck to anything viii insure it heavy
run. Thsy have new fashionable hat
in New York. called the I" Bonner Hat %
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

We learned. last night, from Holton.
that three Of the pro-slavery men who
attacked the Republican meeting had
died. and the others LEFT the County.
Judge Anderson was still in Q critical
condition. A company Of Regulators
has been organized. 1sRes.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

UppxR TRADE.-Ws learn 'ns rur.
steamer John Burlington hss O =. frcu
chased and will form one Of t 1s. -. TssUs-
this city to Council Bluffs. I u, r rstura.
Ran viii enter the trade upon ne a. .s' iii
We bear. We are not advised T1 = y
Be the third boat Of this iins
seph Gazette.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

The Mobile Register suggests the name
Of Geo. d. Dallas as candidate for the
in 1850.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

"a Monday was genuine Kansas
election day-snow storm all dav.
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From the 81. Joseph Vest
PIXIES PEAK DEVELOPMENTS.
startling Disclosuresi Emigrants Be.
warell


Messrs. Likens & Boyd. Real Estate
Agents, st. Joseph, have placed in our
hands the following correspondence for
publication. The reliability and we'll
known business qualifications and char
acter Of this popular firm. have doubtless
superindnced the application to them for
aid in the transactions proposed. Let
everybody read the documents, and re-
member that both letters are in the same
handwriting, and are both mailed at
Iowa Point, K. T., March 9, 1859, Of
which place Reed is a citizen
LETTER Eo. ].
Iowa Point, K. T., March 8. 1859.
Mr.. LYKESs Sir: / suppose you
are still gobbling up some of the money
floating round St. Joseph. las McGarvey
says, and If so, have job for you to
work on. Last Fall / went out to the
gold diggings, and whilst there, helped
to organize the Auraria City Company,
being member myself One'hundred Of us
took one section of land, and laid off the
above named city, we divided it into
600 shares, appropriated 200 of them
to the city, and had remaining 400 for
the company, or 4 to the man each one
was compelled to have house built by
by the first Of next July. / at once hired
q man, who went out with us, and re-
NAMED to build my house, which 1 sup
pose viii be completed in time. / then
returned home during the winter and
now if you can gobble me mp man who
viii purchase my interest of me (say at
81, 900 per share, / will give You the
round sum of $1,000 for your ingenuity.
Auraria has now. according to the most
reliable accounts about 800 buildings,
which have gone up in the last four
months, and about 800 inhabitants, and
if things go on as they are now, she will
be city Of 10000 inhabitants in eight
months time. from now. Let me hear
from you soon, for as this is one of the
most plausible speculations now out, i
shall expect you to soon find purchaser.
In the meantime, Won viii receive letter
PRETENDING TO BE FROM PIKE's PEAK,
which will, no doubt, assist you some in
the trade.
Respectfully, yours. &C..
j. w. REED.
P. S. The shares have not been issued,
but will guarantee that all will be right,
or money refunded.
LETTER no. ..
Auraria City, Jan. %. 1859.
MEssRs. BoYD & LYKENs :-Sirs: Hav-
ing received your address from a miner
here, who also recommended you to me. l
wish to know what DR.. j. w. Reeds (of
Iowa Point, interest in this city could
be obtained for. Since he left, this place
and Denver City have united. and he may
think his chance is poor one. and would
probably sell out on good terms. When
you ask him his price, ask how much he
will take for the chance of his four shares;
if you find they can be had for 81, 1000
or 81. 500 per share, write to me imme-
diately at Fort Kearney. as expect to be
at that place, by that time. He may take
a great deal less, but the above is the
limit. Yours, &C., j. w. TODD.
Inclosed in this last, was a slip of pa
per containing the following:
This letter viii do very well to exhibit
to those who may wish to purchase.
j. w. r.