White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-10-03
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p REsEIs NOT TO % SUrroRTED In IDLEsEs
notwithstanding former statements to Ii
contrary, it appears BY recent reports, that prii
oners in the hands Of the rebels are compelle
70 work every day for their Subsistence. Thi
being the fact. It is expected that the authosi
'tiesat Washington will order all rebel prise
nes taken BY D. 8. forces 70 be at once EN-
paoysd on our Notifications and other works
Npd receive rations like the contsabands. in
stead Of living at the public expense.
u The Kentucky Union papers. 70 rebu
the arguments Of the Secessionist, in referene,
to the direct tax Of the United Statss, which
Amounts for Kentucky 70 $500 900, call a.
tsntion to the direct tax for $l0O, 900 900. pass
ed BY the Southern Richmond Congress. 4
Kentucky was In that Confederscy her share
would be about $4,000. 900. This 10 turning
the tables on the taxatisn matter most edecta.
ally.
" MEMORABLE AHHIvKlsARY.-Thel 18th oil
september is the anniversary Of the adoption
Of the Constitution of the United States in 1857:
of the settlement of Boston in 1880; of the bat.
tie Of Fort Erie in 1914; of 3 great FIRE in Bos.
ten in 1850; of the opening of the 6rst theatre
in New York in 1883; of the taking Of Quebec
IN 1883; Of the breaking out of the controversy
between Lord Baltimore and William Penn in
1888.
q The chivalry Of Virginia and MARYLAND
have always kept at safe distance from their
enemies. When they undertook to defend
Washington city in 1914; (under Gen. Winder
and Others whose sons now head the rebel
hosts,) the official returns show that they had
upward Of eight thousand men. yet oaly ten
were killed and thirty wounded. They we're
routed BY Thornton's Light Brigade, not ex-
cssding fifteen hundred strong. Egrs
u RrsDra UNTO CAsAl, &c-Uutil the re-
cent brilliant capture Of Fort Hattsras, We al.
ways supposed the "Last of the Barons" had
been executed BY E. L. Bulwer But it now ap-
peass that our Governments has now . still Is
ter Barron on hand-the work, chiefly, of Com
modore Stringham, (ominous name,) and Gen.
Butler; We may add that it is our earnest desire
to see this Barron more eaectually executed than
his celebrated predecessors.
20 A heavy blow was yesterday dealt to the
traitors In Maryland BY the arrest of the ten
Baltimore Delegates 10 the Legislature. Mayor
Brown. Ross Winans, Henry May, and two ed
itors Of the Baltimore Exchange and the Bal
f;r,oro Soutk Tha.a ..-,.t. $3.50 >-5>..x L.
the authorities at Washington, and we're quiet
ly made, although great excitement prevailed
in the city.-Nec York Tribune. I4sk.
70 The remains of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon,
we're committed to their final resting place 10
his native town of Eastford, Conn.,, on the 5th
st. Not less than 10000 people witnessed
the ceremonies. Hon. Galusha A. Grow de-
livered the Grafton, and addresses were made
by Gov. Buckingham, ex Gov. Cleveland, Gov.
sprague, Judge Carpenter, Judge Colt, of Mis-
souri,, and other..
u Gen. Joseph Jones Reynolds who is com
manding at Cheat Mountain Gap, is native
of Kentucky, but has recently resided in Indi-
ana; he graduated at West Point in 1889 with
the highest honors. He was afterward profess
sor at West Point for several years. In 1857
he left the army, resuming his connection with
it when appointed Brigader Gen. raj in May
last
u PoIsrED.-The following correspondence
recently passed between q gentleman of Iowa
and his son who had left college to fight for his
-'B., Jr-If you enlist disinherit you.
= "B., ST."
"B.. sr.-without country want 70 inheri-
lance. have enlisted. ~
"B., Jr."
% The amount of Southern property seized |
in New York by the Marshal thus far is sup
posed to be not less than eight or ten millions |
of dollars.
q In the Greeley and Littlejohn libel suit at
Pulaski, Oswego County. N. Y, the jury failed
to agree and were discharged.
u Dissolution OF THE UNIoN.-A writer in !
the Cornhill Magazine, England, for August,
hits the question of the right of the Southern
States to secede from the Union by this happy
illustration: at is Is If wife, after henpeck-
ing her husband for twenty years, claimed
right ID divorce him.
q Gen. Mcclellan having asked one of the
soldiers at Washington If be remembered the
Sabbath day, the lad replied that he remem-
bered one at Bull Run very well, and thought he
should never fotget It. The General vent home
and wrote his Especial Order.''
p The Louisville Journal says the fery cross
Is spreading from hill to hill and from mountain
to mountain throughout Kentucky. Thousands
and tens of thousands, at the sight Of the bla-
ring signal, win rush to the defence of the
States and country's banner.
q Mn. Fanny Barows, aged 80, . native
Of Grotou. Connecticut, who was IL years old
1t The time Of the battle of Fort Grisvold, and
assisted in making garments for the Revelation.
ny soldeirs, is now knitting socks foe the Rhode
Island volunteers in Providence.
u Occasional" writes that even Mr.. Sew.
nd, who has treated Dr.. Russell and his mission
with Characteristic iberslity, and Who b the
'oul Of generosity and magnanimity towards po-
tical adversaries, is dissusted With the last let.
Ter Of the English peripasetic penny-a-liner.
10 Coon IprA-we notice that in some pla.
10 the loyal citizens are making out full and
complete lists Of the traitors. whose foul pres
snce pollutes their communities. Such List
viii Be highly interesting for future reference.
q W. F. Lynch, the commander of the
Dad Sea Exned;f;on he. ~. .,r.:.x.a q, ~. 1