White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-07-25
Waking the Snakes !-"No Shenani'
gan" This Time!

I
! ted it. The cattle scare had subsidized
and all the traitors had sneaked bach
home, when they were suddenly brought
to judgment. On Sunday afternoon. ths
Omaha left St. Joseph for up stream
having on board two companies Of troops
under command of Majors Peabody and
Croker. They landed at Forest City in
the night. and. pushing on to Oregon be-
fore daybresk, invested the town. Wher
the secessionists arose, each one. upon
going out to perform his FIRST morning
duty, found soldier or two standing al
his door, who ordered him to slide back
A Union man arose early. and started
out on rabbit hunt, but the first thing
be knew he was confronted by 8 bayonet,
and ordered back home. One secession.
list seemed to enjoy the surprise, and gave
the sentry at his door his breakfast and
something TO take.
Moss of the <trait<s were col !
coralled - but few. getting wifd O
what was up, managed to escape. jim
Hudgens scampered for a neighboring
corn-ield, making things crack as he
went. his red and streaming locks remin'
ding the beholder of the recent comet
l
He excuses himself by saying that ht
would have been held responsible for hi'
brother Princes conduct. Sam. Word
sprang from his virtuous couch, leapei
out at back window, and struck for an
other corn-6eld, in his shirt-tail =! A. B
Mullins got into the same field witt
Hudgens George Chadduck sought ref
uge in neighbor's roasting. ear patch
and Glass, the Atchison County Mogul
and Chevalier Buckley, also took to th'
corn! 1t is remarked. as singular phe'
nomenon, that the corn in the fields abou
Oregon has since exhibited an unprece
dented growth, as if the soil had sudden.
ly acquired wonderful fertilizing proper
ties /! Jim Foster. DR.. Peter, Sheriff
Emerson, "Drygripes" Robinson, young
man Biggers, Bloody Ben. Baxter, the
tremendous. mighty and sonorous Frank
Marsh, John Bear, Burnett. and a mum,
Der of others. were treed and captured
Such a quaking among the dry bones
was never before seen in Oregon. Foste,
was seen marching up the street, escorted
by two fat Dutch soldiers, the spectacle
forcibly suggesting the pertinent and en-
tirely original question: "When shall
we three meet again ?" "Drygripes''
was found asleep in bed, of course. 1t is
said that he began to cry, when arrested!
We believe it, for he is Just calf enough.
The man who "curses people blind" did
not make a single demonstration upon
the eyes Of his captors.: But every trem-
bling culprit of them declared that be
was good Union man!
The officers did nothing but give their
prisoners lecture, telling them they had
quit swearing people, and warning them
of the consequences if they rendered il
necessary for the troops to come again
They had determined to take Biggers
with them to St. Joseph. but ascertaining
that he was only q tool for others, they
let him off. 1t is said that the young
man was paler than the "lily white
with which he beauties his countenance.
The officer then told Foster tlat he, hav-
ing control Of the News establishment,
would be held responsible for the conduct
of tho paper, and if such outrageous arti-
cles again appeared in it as had hereto
fore. be should be hung! An Iowa Cap
tain gave his entire attention to Bloody
Ben, first reading the Methodist Disci-
pline to him, then administering sound
lecture upon his duty, and concluding by
giving him a scientific cursing!
Seriously speaking, we doubt whether
that visit will have any good effect. II
there was sufficient cause for the troops
to come at all, there was cause for them
to adopt more summary measures than
they did. The traitors all declare that
they would take the oath of allegiance,
but would have no conscientious scruples
against violating it the next minute.
The result of ths-visit will be to make
them believexhat Government means no.
thing. and..is only trying to frighten
them. They will become saucier than
ever, and carry on their outrsges more
openly. Their surprise visitors had
scarcely left before they were making vi
olent threats, and the news oiAthe affair at
Manassas iucreasss their insolenee. The
troops had either better stay away, or
administer liberal applications of hemp.
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