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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

SMALL Pox.-The deck Of the Omahs,
on her upward trip, last week. was crow
ded with Mormons and we learned that
the small pox was among them to con-
siderable extent, and that several had died
after leaving St. Joseph. An attempt
was made to keep these facts dark, but
it did not succeed. a large number were
left at st. Joseph, with the disease. They
were kept in a camp. beyond the city
limits. Rather than run the risk Of de-
terring few persons from taking passage
on the boat, the officers would hide the
fact Of the small pOx being on board, and
thus endanger the lives of the hundreds oil
persons who flock to the steamboats, q;
every landing.
Here is proper place to put in a few
suggestions. Small pox is liable to be
introduced into any community, at any
time, and particularly in towns located
upon great public thoroughfare. When
ever boat touches our landing, a large
crowd of persons flock to it, and mingle
with the passengers. We venture to say
that great majority Of this crowd, espe-
cially the younger portion, have never
been vaccinated. There is danger of their
coming in contact with small pox any
day; and if the disease once breaks ont
here, the consequences may be fearful.
No one who values the safety of himself
or of the community. will hesitate anoth-
err day to be vaccinated. Drs. Shreve Il
Macy have recently procured supply Of
fresh vaccine matter, and are prepared to
perform the above very simple. harmless,
but vastly important operation, upon all
who may apply. We make this state
ment, not for the benefit of the doctors,
for it would be to their advantage, Pc
cuniarily, to permit the contsgion to
spread, but for the benefit of the whole
community.
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New volume-To Our Friends.

On the 10Th day Of July, the Chief will enter
upon its Fourth Volume; and we deem this q
fitting occasion 10 address a few words to our
friends and the public.
The Chief has now been published long
enough to satisfy the public that it is perma-
nently established institution. There are but
three older papers in the Territory-the Leav-
enEorth Herald, the Topeka Tribune, and the
Leavenworth Times. The Chief and the Law
renee Republican issued their first numbers in
the sane week. In the past three years, We
have failed in but few instances TO issue the pa
per regularly each week. During the same Pc
Rod, papers have started up and gone down in
evOry direction around US; and many which
were published and apparently AOurishing when
we started, have long since ceased to exist
Yet we have by no means become rich from
our labors, and have sometimes found it tight
squeezing to keep moving at all.
With the coming year, we would like to have
a large increase Of our subscription list. This
accession should come from threa classes Of
persons, for their own benefit and ours-lst. the
Eell-Wishers of White Cloud; ID, those inter
estsd in the prosperity of Doniphan County and
Of Northern Kansas; Sd, those on the right side
Of politics. One paper we'll supported, is of
more real service than dozen with barely suf-
6cient patronage to enable them to drag along,
for sooner or later they must all sink. A libe-
raj patronage encourages an editor to efforts to
make good paper, and enables him to do so.
There are hundreds of persons in the Coun.
ties of Donipbsn, Brown and Nemaha, who
should take the Chief, and could be induced TO
subscribe, by little exertion on the part of our
friends. Although s. year is sufficiently low
for the psper, yet, for the accommodation Of all,
and at the solicitation Of many persons, We re-
new our offer to Clubs, with the proviso that no
Club will be taken for shorter time than one
year, and ell must be accompanied by the cash:
For any number from 10 to 20, one year,
$50 each.
For Clubs Of 90 and over, 81 each.
Persons sending Clubs of Is and upwards,
will be entitled to copy one year, gratis.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

Tue HoNEsTEAD.-The Homestead Bill
has been vetoed by the President. We
are personally not sorry for it, because
the bill was not what it should have been
But Democratic Senate made it objec
tionable; and the President would have
vetoed it, had it been perfect. notwith'
standing the strong ground he took in
favor of free homesteads, in his inaugural
address-and he would have sacriIegious-
ly called upon tho Divine Being to wit
ness the honesty and consciousness Of
his motives.
One Of the most Objectionable features
Of the vetoed bill was. that it gave aliens
an advantage over American born citi-
Gems. ANY foreigner, married or single,
who had declared his intention to become
q citizen, was entitled to the benefits Of
the law; while native born citizen was
debarred from tho same benefits, unless
he were the head OF o family.
We are in favor of extending to for
eigners all necessary and proper rights
and privileges; but this thing of exalting
them above our own countrymen, merely
for the purpose Of securing their political
cooperation with this or that party. we
never did, and hope we never shall, be-
lieve in. 1t is proving the ruin Of our
politics. The persons so exalted and
psndered to. will insist upon a continu-
ance Of the honor, with gradual advances;
and If their demands are not complied
with to the fullest extent, they will turn
around and break down the party they
aided in building up. The zeal and en-
ergies Of our parties are fast centering
upon the single point Of striving which
can most successfully fatter and concili.
ate the foreigners.
These may be called Know Nothing
sentiments. II so, we have only to say
that occasional we'll regulated doses Of
Know Nothingism are as essential to the
health and well being of the body polite.
as doses of physic are to the body cor
poral.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

A correspondent suggests that the fol.
lowing extract from 9 well known speech
BY Mr.. Douglas ought to be read at al
Fourth Of July celebrations - a1 F.
"No man can vindicate the character
the motives. and the conduct of the sign.
srs Of the Declaration of Independence,
except upon the hypothesis that thsy 70.
ferred to the white race alone, and not "a
the African, when they declared all men
to have been created free and equal--thsi
they were speaking Of British subjects on
this continent being equal to British sub
jects born to the same inalienabIe rights,
and among them were enumerated life.
liberty. and the pursuit Of hsppiness.--
The Declaration of Independence wss
adopted merely for the purpose Of justi-
flying the colonists in the eyes Of the CIV
ilizeG world in Withdrawing thsir allegi-
snce from the British Crown. and dis
solving their connection with the mother
country" -74 g-i.7irs-r p
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Wns,r en- Hm-Tha leader, Of ana

Wok'T Go Hm.-The leaders Of the
Democratic party, both North and South,
are abandoning Douglas to the "cold
and beggarly elements Of the world"
Senators Green and Polk, of Missouri,
and Congressman Anderson and Wood
son, of the same State, are out for Brock
enridge. 1t is said that Phelps is about
deserving Douglas, and it is thought that
Claib. jackson. the candidate for Cover
nor, will give him TIN go by. Senator
Rice and ex-Oongressman Becker, Of
Minnesota, are for Breckenridge. Sena-
ators Bright and Fitch, and probably Bill
English, of Indiana, are with the Sece-
ders. Congressman Florence and proba-
bly, Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, and
Senator Thompson, of New Jersey, are
ditto. Daniel S. Dickinson, of New
York, is strongly for Breckenridge. Ex-
President Pierce is against Douglas, in
New Hampshire; as are Gushing and
Hallett, of Massachusetts, backed by the
Boston Post, the old Democratic organ
of New England. 1t is said that quite q
humber of leading Northern Democrats,
who, in the excitement of the moment,
pronounced in favor of Douglas have
taken time to consider, and will embrace
the first opportunity to renounce allegi-
ance to him. To cap the climax, Presi-
dent Buchanan is using the utmost power
of his Administration in favor of Breck-
enridge. To be sure, these office holders
may not be able to control the votes of a
majority of the party, but they WELD a
considerable influence; and when we con.
slider that Douglas case would have been
desperate in the North with united par
ty in his favor, it strikes US that he is
going to have an interesting run Of it.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

EE The editor of the Savannah Plain
Dealer, (who has lately been to Wash
ington. where he made the acquaintance
of all the distinguished Congressman. and
remained several days longer than he had
intended, purposely to accept an invita-
tation to Mrs. Douglas grand party y
is in high dudgeon because the Chief
presumed to say something about him
and Douglas! We have yet to learn
that either Of the worthy pair has become
so holy that it is sacrilege for common
man to mention his name. But if the
editor Of the Plain Dealer insists that it
is blackguardism for us to mention the
names of himself and Douglas. We won't
dispute his word, and are ready to make
all needful apologies. The only difficult
ty is, we don't know whom to apologize
to-whether TO the editor, 10 Douglas,
or to the public.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

"HAMBURG," ALIAS HuMBtG.-A cor.
respondent Of the Rockport (Mo.) Her
aid, signing himself Hamburg" a few
weeks ago wrote long article concerning
the fatal afray at Falls City. the object
of which appeared to be. to defend RulO
and give the Abolitionists FITS. From
that communication we make the follow
ing extract:
"There are Salem. Winnebago City,
Yancton. White Cloud, and other places,
whose inhabitants, with those Of the sur.
rounding country, are unfriendly to Falls
City"
Now, we are in no wise interested in
the County Seat question of Richardson
County. Nebraska, and take sides with
neither one of the aspirants ; and we take
it as sufficient evidence that " Hamburg"
is meddling in affairs which do not con-
Germ him, and Of which he knows moth
ing, when he even shows himself ignorant
Of the geography and the simplest affairs
of the County. We will inform him
that White Cloud is neither in Richard
son County. nor in Nebraska Territory,
but in Kansas and the people of White
Cloud are on the most friendly terms with
those of Falls City. Rulo, and every other
portion of Richardson County.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

~ Among our exchanges is embrac
ed the Washington Constitution, queer
solemn, grandmotherly old concern. tina
evidently regards President Buchanan Al
the Divine Power in which it lives
moves, and has its being. Its sole idei
seems to be the glory and honor of Blu.
chanan. Read any of its tediously long
and prosy editorials, no matter upon
what subject-Whethsr upon politics, in.
vestigating committees, conventions, re.
ligion, war, agriculture. or anything else
the summing up of the whole invaria-
bly, is, that James Buchanan is won
derful man q pure, patriotic and talen-
ted man q man who, despite detraction,
SANDER and persecution, will live in the
memory of future ages, rs one Of the
greatest and best men the world ever pro-
duced. An interesting old paper, is the
Washington Constitution.
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sersnads to Breckenridge and a..
WAsaTEoro,,

iNOIoN, June %
A large body Of men, aceonD,,;,,
band Of music, proceeded to.n;aS, ~
the residence Of Mr.. Breckeprisos 10
having serenaded him. in Response 81 = and
peated calls, he appeared, SAVING 10 re-
He felt deeply this manifests,;o,
friendly regard, and accepted Il Of
proval Of the proceeding at B.IsnO ap'
BY which the National Democrats G ~
vcntion presented his name, and ~ UoN. =.
his gallant and honored friend II. a' OF
for President and Vice Presiden, - lane n
United States. VI The
Senator Davis followed in an elo,.
strain, on the personal and publ;c y teO'
acter of Breckenridge and LaDs IA
Democracy was not the party which .. .Is
for spoils and rests itself on the cI.;r ."e~ :
men. When Van Buren, proved nn ms "
they cast him Of as a diseased ms ,,,ue'
and when at q more recent period ,no,l
er Democrat proved recresnt, il rpm.;".i
for the Democratic party, faithful n ;.
institutions, to separate him also fo.s
the body. He vindicated the convsD, tOn
that nominated Breckenridge. LetsDo;Is.
men go where inclination leads tbam
The Democracy honor Mr.. Breckenr;d,.
for all he has done, and cast the coTs
plants Of Office seekers to the VIM.
Laughter. He spoke of the CoDs,;,r
ton. State rights, justice and fraterni,v'
as the principles under which BrecIs1'
ridge and Lane will be elected. TAn.
plause. Up
Messrs. Toombs and IIallett follov,a
the latter insisting as the Trainer of n.
Cincinnati Platform. that there is pO,b;D~
therein which, IN the least, countep.DcsSs
SQuatter Sovereignty. The Wilmot nm
viso having been removed from COp0r,',
it was adopted with the view of keepiD9
slavery out Of the territories and to PAIN
votes under a spurious Democracy.
Mr.. Hogan, of Kentucky, made Soma
humorous remarks.
The procession proceeded to Browns
Hotel, where an immense crowd had pro.
viOusly gathered.
Gen. Lane. after the performance At an
air, appeared and rendered bis thanks 10
the assembly for the manifestations Of
their kindness. He was proud of the
nominee Of the Baltimore Conveutiop--
He was one whom he had long known
on the battle field and in the councils Of
the nation. and he felt deeply honored in
being placed on the same ticket with him.
He accepted the nomination Of the Ma.
tional Democracy assembled at Bal,i.
more. and with them believed in the
equality and rights Of the States under
the Constitution.
Mr.. Yancey followed, saying that the
country was in a crisis from which it is
the duty Of the Democracy to retrieve it.
He spoke at considerable length, and was
frequently applauded.
The demonstration continued beyond
midnight.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05
Douglas Denominations.

ADRIAN. Mich, June 25.-Ths De.
mocracy of this city fred thirtyAhrs
guns to-day, one for each State, in honor
Of the nomination Of Douglas.
PITTsRURG, June 25.-Unboundel en-
thusiasm prevails at the Douglas rstifca-
ton meeting. Two hundred guns were
fired. and patriotic speeches were made
by Samuel Harper and others.
ALBANY, June 25.-rhe friends Of
Breckenridge and Lane are having a ju-
bilee tonight. One hundred and five
guns were fred--one for each vote Breck-
enridge received in the Convention.
ST. LOUIS, June 25.-Ths Secsiers
are holding a grand ratification meeting
to hight. The Bulletin office is covered
with flags and transparencies.
Col. VIM. Preston, U. s. Minister to
Spain, will be serenadsd at the Planters
House tonight.
los guns are being 6Gsd in Lucas Park.
The enthusiasm is fully equal to that Of
the Douglasites.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

NJ On our first page, we print Gree
ley's famous letter to Seward, about which
so much has been said. No one can arise
from its psrussl, without better opinion
of Greeley and q poorer one Of Seward
than when be commenced it. A majority
Of those who have read the letter. inclu'
ding many ardent Sewarditss, have pro-
nouneed decision cmphaticslly in favor
of Greeley. Papers Of every shade Of
politics have done likewise. Seward and
his friends made bad speculation. when
they attempted to silence Greeley and kill
him Of. BY bringing up this private let
ter.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

IMPORTANT DIsoovERY.-The st. Louis
Republican has made an important dis
covery, IN the shape Of a resolution which
it says was passed by the Baltimore Con-
vention, and accepted by the friends oil
Douglas. The Republican thinks it re-
markedly strange that the resolution did
not find its way into any of the Conveu.
ton reports, but fails to inform the pub
lie how it was obtained at this late day.
Here it is:
ResolVed. That il is in accordance with
the Cincinnati platform, that during the
existence of Territorial Government, the
measure of restrictions. Whatever it NAV
be, imposed by the Federal Constitution
on the power Of the Territorial Legisla-
ture, over the subject of the domestic re-
lations, as the same has been or shall
hereafter be finally determined by the
Supreme Court. Of the United States,
should be respected by all good citizens,
and enforced with promptness and fdeli-
ty by every branch Of the General Gov.
eminent.
Now, is not this an ingenious " snake
gotten up by the Republican. to pscify
and reconcile to Douglas the Secession.
lists, who arc increasing to an alarming
extent, even in Missouri? If not, ther
the Convention aimed, and the Douglas
ties submitted to, a blow direct at Popu.
lar Sovereignty, for which Douglas ha.
been prOfessedly contending throughout
his entire struggle against the Admins.
tratiOn. What will Forney say to this
How will the hosts of Popular Sover.
eighty men in the North take it? AS to
Douglas himself, from his past actions,
there is no reason to doubt that he would
swallow anything. no matter how uauseou,
the dose. if he thought he could thereby
better his chances for the Presidency.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

QUESTION SETTLED.-The knotty points
of the campaign were not all settled, even
after Lincoln, over his own signature,
stated that his proper name was Abra'
ham. Doubts likewise arose regarding
Hamlin's proper name. whereupon Din.
gus addressed note to him, asking fol
information upon the subject, to which
he received the following reply -
WASHINGTON, June Is, 1860.
DEAR DINGUs Your favor has come
to hand, making inquiries concerning my
proper name, which l am very much
pleased to answer, for the information oil
yourself, and the public generally. Your
surmise that 1 sm son of old Hannah
Bull, whose boys used to follow lumber
ing and catching cells and things down'on
Passamaquoddy Bay, and that conse-
quently l was named Hannah Bull Ham
lin, is incorrect. My fathers name was
Hamlin, as was also my mothers, after
their marriage. They named me Hanni-
bal, in honor of the celebrated trained
war elephant, on whose back Bonaparte
crossed the Alps, on his way to the island
Of St. Helena. My full name. therefore,
is Hannibal Hamlin, and those papers
which have not yet published nv letter
of acceptance, are requested, when they
do so, to print my name as given above.
Very truly yours,
HANNIBAL, HAMLIN.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

USLUcKY.-The nomination of Doug
las. accomplished under such unpropi-
tious circumstances, seems to be attended,
from the start, with i'll luck. Fitzpat-
rick, the nominee for Vice President, re.
fuses to keep him company on the tick
ct. Herschel V. Johnson, of Georgia. has
been substituted. Fitzpatrick's sympa-
thies are no doubt with the Seceders, and
he will in all probability go that way
Douglas and Fitzpatrick were serenaded.
upon the night after the nomination.
Douglas made speech, and eagerly &C.
cepted the nomination; while Fitzpat-
rick preferred to remain in bed /; sending
Hardshell Cobb as a proxy, to return
thanks for the serenade, but "nary one"
for the nomination. On the other hand,
Breckenridge and Lane have both accep-
ted their nomination.
The secession has extended to the peo-
pie. In Chicago, the home of Douglas,
one hundred guns were fred in honor Of
the nomination of Breckenridge and
Lane. In Missouri, the Democracy are
in an uproar, notwithstanding the tre-
mendous efforts of the st. Louis Repub-
lican to create enthusiasm for Douglas.
and its entreaties to the Democracy to
meet in every County and come to some
understanding. whereby the State and
Legislative tickets may be saved. In
Virginia, the Richmond Enquirer, and
nearly every other Democratic paper. to-
gether with Gov. Wise, repudiate Doug
las. 1t will be the same way in every
other Southern State. In Pennsylvania,
the division is extensive, and apparently
irreconcilable, as is likewise the case in
New Jersey. In New York, most Of the
enthusiasm is for Breckenridge. Daniel
S. Dickinson goes with the Secessionists,
and a Breckenridge salute was fred at
Binghampton, Dickinson's home. In
Albany, tremendous ratification meet
ing was held. In Connecticut, the only
New England State where there was any
hope for Douglas, the detection is great.
In Ohio and Indiana, there are reports
of great dissatisfaction and division
Douglas is fat everywhere, and will so
remain.
In New YoIk and Pennsylvania, the
Douglasites are endesvoring to effect
with the Seceders, by which
it is proposed that both parties support
joint Electoral ticket, which shall be
pledged to cast the vote of the State for
the candidate that stands the best chance
of an election. The prospect is almost
hopeless for such an arrangement, the
Breckenridge men spurning all these over
lures. Even if the game was agreed up
on, it would not amount to much, as such
always fail of success. There
is no use talking about it-Douglas will
never be President. The prophecy Of
Col. Benton hangs to him like a curse
Z" his coat-tail is too near the ground"
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MIssoURr.-The Missouri Democracy
are becoming more hopelessly divided
every day. The division extends to every
County and noighborhood. There is no
prospect of reconciliation-not even so
much as to unite upon Legislative and
State tickets. The Bell party is daily
increasing in numbers and spirit; while
the Democrats are dishearted, and their
candidates for the Legislature are resign
ing in every direction, to escape certain
defeat. By anything like proper man
agement, the Bell party can elect a ma
jority of the Congressman, the State tick
ct, and. majority in the Legislature,
thus securing a United States Senator.
The Republicans also should be up and
doing, wherever one can be found. They
may not be able to carry the State, (al-
though it is not impossible but they
will thereby gain foothold. and acquire
a strength which will tell in future cleo
tions. They can elect quite 5 number of
members of the Legislature. and probably
hold the balance Of power, which will
enable them, if not to elect Senator, at
least to secure the election Of q man of
character, honor, and liberal views.
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HARD RuS.-A good estimate may be
formed Of the desperate condition of DOu-
glas' prospects. from the announcement
that he intends to stoop to a thing that
no other Presidential candidate has ever
been guilty of-tsks the stump in his
own behalf. He is to 60 South, and
make speeches in Georgia and elsewhere.
1t is not stated whether be will travel in
the usual way, or take it snake fashion
crawl on his belly. It would be a good
joke. if they would tar and feather him
down there. 1t would be just return
for his attempt to pass a SeditiOn law,
last Winter. to gag free speech in the
South, and for his trucking to the Slave
ocracy generally.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05

re- How circumstances do alter CO.
ses. For example: when a minister
gives Democracy and its practices a wipe.
in sermon, it is called BY the Demo
cratic press. an Abolition, fanatical. free
dom.shrieking harangue but when q
preacher takes occasion to let out against
the Republicans, it is called patriotic
and singing rebuke Of sestionalism. from
high source. The sermons of the learn
ed and refined Henry Ward Beecher, are
Sunday pulpit stump-speeches (; but the
rough, uncouth sayings of old Peter
Cartwright, who appears to be more eel
ebrsted as fighting bully than preach
er. are set down as decidedly good hits,
and words Of wisdom. .as s