White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-10-10

SOL. MILLER, 80. EDITOR.
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
thursday, :: October 10, 1851
Wild-Goose Chase After Jayhawkers
In consequence of representations sen
from Oregon, q detachment Of Missour
State troops, numbering something nes'
$50 men, came to the above place. from
St. Joseph, on Sunday last. on an exPedi'
ton against the Jayhawkers. Not being
able to find any in the County. they on
Monday tried rather lame plan to en-
trap the party that was encamped at thi'
place. They sent message over, to the
effect that they had come to Oregon fol
the purpose Of rescuing the Union mer
confined there in jail; but as they mum.
befed only twenty men. they were fearful
Of being overpowered, and requested the
Jayhawkers to 60 to their assistance
But the latter were not the sort of cattle
to be caught with mouldy corn. They
knew the troops had numbered over q
hundred the day before, and could moi
understand what had become of them SO
suddenly. They therefore despatched q
runner to Oregon, who returned with the
information that the main body of the
troops had left Oregon, for what destina-
tion no one knew. but were supposed to
have gone toward the river. The Jay.
bawkers "smelt rat" They suspected
that, as the mountain had refused to come
to Mahomet, Mahomet had determined to
60 to the mountain but the mountain
concluded to get out of Mahomet's way.
So. hastily collecting their stock and
traps" they gallopped ont Of town in
a hurry-and not any too soon; for about
eight O'Clock in the evening the soldiers
entered town, having crossed the river at
Iowa Point. At the same time. q body
Of troops came up on the opposite side of
the river. to prevent escape in that direc-
ton.
Finding the game had been too wary
for them, the troops determined to halt
for the night. The officers of one of the
companies, instead of looking out for
supper and quarters for their command,
went of to hunt whiskey for themselves.
leaving their men in the street. The lat
Ter broke ranks. took up their quarters in
a stable.yard, and "jayhawked" their
supper from hen-roosts. Our citizens
gave them their breakfast on the follow
ing morning, when they returned to Mis-
souri,, having accomplished nothing.
Our notions upon the above affair are
these: We are opposed to Jsyhawking,
as we have seen it carried on, and think
those engaged in it might be dong their
country service in the army. They are
gaining for our people the name of sym
psthizers in their deeds. a charge upon
which large majority of MS are innocent.
They are exciting the vengeance of trait.
ors against our town; and when the trou-
BILE comes. they will be of, and leave us
10 fight it out. Yet, notwithstanding
this, we do not want to see them captured
by traitors, nor by United States troops
It the instance or for the qualification of
:raitors. Bad as Jayhawkers are, were
hey ten times worse they would be ten
lines better than secessionists. Gov.
CANDLES State troops have no better
light to enter Kansas in hunt of Jayhawk-
srs, and to quarter themselves upon our
people. than the Jayhawkers nave to go
% Missouri and help themselves to seces-
zion property. The secessionists provok.
I'd jayhawing-they set the example, and
sre responsible for it. Missouri is full of
traitors, and Holt County has her full
share. Many of them are returning from
Lexington. their hands red with the bloed |
# Union men. They have robbed loyal
citizens of all they had to keep their fam
lies from starving, and have driven them |
rom their homes. They stalk abroad in
daylight, unmolested and unharmed; yet
Union troops cross over into Kansas to
arrest Jsyhswkers for taking little pro-
'erty from such men as these-property
which had been or would be used to aid
he cause of rebellion against the Gov
rnment. These are the men whom the
Union troops were so energetic to protect.
{ was to crafty traitors that the troops
anne here. They resorted to deception
nd falsehood to compass the arrest of
men Cor being obnoxious to traitors, and
ived on 1aion mems bread and meat
While out on fha expedition. So tender
vas their regard for traitors. that they
lid not even ask them to board them
While doing their work. AS for DAY,
Uncle Sam foots the bill. Traners were
n town on Sunday and Monday. spying
'round for intelligence to carry to the
roops, to enable them to succeed in their
'ndertaking-and. we are sorry to say,
be sneaks were permitted to depart with.