White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-11-21
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A 1uisaaee.
Csl. Suish. Of The Illinois 10th. in
command It st. Joseph. i sbeet - poor
. stick Of timber = can b fossa in tbs
army. II b ssusias thsss until the 6rst
Of January nsxt, b will have utterly ruin
ed The Union cause in North West Mis-
souri. TA complaint sgainss him IA
universal. Under his rule. 70 b traitor.
is to be in safety; to BE- loyal. is to b 10
danger. The filthy. sinking jail at St.
Joseph is constantly 6lled with Union
msa, who have been pat there bseaase
they wsrs distssieiai to traitor! Wo
- te The man who b accused Of interfer-
ing with traitor or bic properly! he 10
thrown into tho hos-pen used sss jail.
and even threatened to be shot! But il
q traitor 10 brought there. charged with
robbing or numbering . white man. the
worst punishmsnt inflicted upon him is
swearing him and letting him 60! Very
ffeqasady be u not evea sworn. and those
who bring him are reprim,nded for their
tsmsrity.
Quite number Of obnoxious characters
have bssu driven out of Ksnsas. and have
sought safety under the protecting wing
of Col. Smith. When citizens Of Ksnsss
happen in St. Joseph. against whom these
refugees have grudge. they straigbtway
enter complaint to Col. Smith. charging
the Ksnsans with being Jayhawkers. and
the latter 6nd themselves ensconced in
Jail. Not . week passes. but citizens Of
Kansas are thrown into that filthy hole.
because some traitor says they arc Jay
hawkers. or because Col. Smith has heard
that some old lady. who has no teeth.
and who is blind Of an eye. has suspected
them Of being Jay hswkers!
Union men are almost daily disarmed
and insultsd BY gangs Of secessioUists.
within three miles Of St. Joseph. The
facts are laid before Col. Smith. who
coolly informs the Union men that be can
do nothing for them. But wo unto the
Union man who is accused Of Jayhayk.
ing Col. Smith will send . whole
company to scour the country for miles
around in quest Of him. Why. even
Capt. Hooker. Of the Missouri State Mi
litis. was in the nasty jail. day or two
ago. and may still be there. He had
been energetic in arresting and disarming
traitors. and they accused him Of Jay
hswking. That was his crime!
The troops ct Lexington, after their
capture. had been abused and insulted by
certain secession officer. That officer
was afterwards captured and taken to St.
Joseph. where Col. Smith permitted him
to strut about the streets at pleasure. A
member of the Missouri 18th. who had
experienced his abuse. coolly stepped up
to him and cut the epaulettes from bis
shoulders. For this, Col. Smith threat
ened to shoot the soldier !!
We saw . secessionist at Col. Smiths
head quarters. the other day. Boosting to
his officers that he had been arrested for
treason. short time ago. and they sp-,
psared nightly tickled over it. Indeed.
it is strange that Col. Smith removed his
from the Pacific House, the
leading traitor den in the city. where he
for long time had his roost.
A number Of companies were formed
in this County. to protect its citizens
the coming Winter. from the
Of traitors who will cross
over while the river is frozen. These
companies aeked Col. Smith to send an
officer to muster them into service. He
because be had heard that the
men composing them were Jayhswkers !
Col. Smiths friends have boosted that
his administration has been SO beue6cent.
that even secessionists are unwilling be
should leave. and will petition for him to
remain. The milk in that eocoa-nut is
easily accounted for. 1t il not that the
traitors love Union rule. or that the troops
protect them from secession thieves. @
Smith would have the public believe; bat
Il is because be rules the loyal people
with . rod Of iron, protects traitors and
their property, and secures secession rule
more sffectual than if their own army
occupied the city.
May the Devil take al such unmitigst-
ed old excrescences as Col. Smith!
~ In Col. Anthony's fight near
K ansas City. Corporal r. r Eva. of this