White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-02-07
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~ The N. 7. TINES speaks Of the South
CaroIinians - sour cousins gssmsa, since their
alienation :" E--s ~
u South Carolina thinks the garrison in Fort
Sumter an insult 10 her. But il seems the insult
10 not TO be withdrswu.-LouisuiHsJ Journal
~ Albert Rusk. . distinguished member Of
Congress from Arkansas, declares that the
South has less cause for disunion now, than at
any time during the last twenty years.
" An erroneous impression has prevailed
that the late officiating message Of the Cover
nor Of Pennsylvania, was that Of Gov. Curtin.
This is incorrect. The message was that OF
Gov. Packer. the retiring Executive.
u The Tribune Almanac for 1861, states
the popular vote for President as follows Lin.
coin ,ss7 ,6l0; Douglas SIG; Brsckin-
ridge s47.953; Bell ssO.63l. Lincoln over
Douglas 49l .s34. fT-. fssa
u Hon. Jers Clemnrs voted at last, IN the
Alabama Convention, In favor sfthe Ordinance
of Secession, but he announced at the same time
that he would vote against It if be did net know
its defeat TO be impossible.
u Ex-Governor John H. Steele Of New
Hampshire is now at Washington. Although
a native of North Carolina and veteran Dem
osrat, he declares his readiness 70 shoulder
musket to protect the Inauguration Of Lincoln,
if necessary.
~ A PATnorIc RAILRoAD.-The directors
Of the Hudson River Railroad have determined
not to transport arms or munitions of war to any
part of the disaffscted section. A considerable
quantity Of such freight lies at the depot at Troy,
which will not be forwarded.
u Several prominent members and ssna-
tors, Who have bssn in consultation with Mr..
Weed, now say that they have canvasssd the
entire ground, anu see no chance Of comprom'
iss which the South will accept, not dlsgraceiul
to the Republicans ana the Free States.
u The Cow ntion bill adcpted BY the Leg
islaturs of Arkansas provides for submitting TO
q vote of the people on the 4th Monday in jan
uary, the question "Conysntion or no Convsn-
ton" if the decision be in favor ofa C'nVsn-
ton, the aame shall be held on tbs I'd of Feb
ruary.
u The revelations Of the toryism and COW
ardice of the South Carolinians in the Rsvolu-
ton, which have recently been published. great
" annoy their descendants. and the Charleston
papers are filed with attempted explanations
and refutatious Of what every student Of history
knows to be true.
u The Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Courier says:
Mr.. Sumner 10 said to have demonstrated
Rspublcanism. Mr.. Seward replied to him. az
I am we'll informed, that it never was his good
fortune yet to make a speech that did not dis
please somebody; and nov i: might be that he
should have to displease Mr.. Sumner.
vallandisham voted against Mr.. Adrain's
resolution endorsing the course Of Major Ander-
son! lie and Tom Florence were the sole
Northern Representatives who gave 50 igno-
minious vots-a noble pair Of Disunion fun-
keys! PendIston lodged, and Allen, Cox,
Howard and Martin, the other Democrats from
this State. voted aye, as did every other North
sru man present and voting.
II South Carolina having now seeded, the
name Of the President Of the United States will
be struck from the prayers Of the Episcopal
clergy of that "nation," and that of the Presi-
dent of South Carolina substituted. That's all
right. The former is "past praying for" and
the latter will stand sadly in ne ed of all the aid
that prayer can afford him.-Hawkeys.
il GODDARD Bailey, the Clerk who has been
arrested for abstracting Indian bonds from the
safe in the Department to the amount Of $780,
OOn, is a native Of Charleston, South Carolina,
and son ola former Attorney General of that
State, though now a citizen Of Alabama. He
has been rampant secessionisI, and frequently
declared that he would not hold office under
Lincoln. We think he will not.
THE New FLAG OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
1t is red ground, with q marine blue cross, on
which are fifteen stars, the large one in the
centre; a white palmetto tree and q crescent on
the upper right hand corner, and the corner
spaces, including the ground on which the pal
metto and crescent are placed, to be red.
e Private letters from the best sources in
Charleston, dated on Saturday, says the Wash
ing,on correspondent of che New York Tribune.
express the sravest dis rust as to events. and
fear that bleod may flow at any moment. Many
of the families are removing from the city, IN
der these appreaensions. The most sagacious
leaders have lost their power, and are At the
mercy of an excited and cIacting populacs.
r TIE SPRINGFIELD ARsESAL.-The Spring.
field, Mass, Republican says "Whils l35 600
guns have been sent South from the Springfield
Armory, during the last year, something like
100, 600 still remain, and better description Of
weapon than those sent away. The guns Of
the latest model, with MAYNARD primers, are ia
ken up for the militia of the several States
North and South, a. fast As they can be made.
pA STATUTE MADE TO SrEAK.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune
saws:
The statute of Gen. Jackson, before the
Presidents House, was most curiously ornament
ed on Sunday morning. The old anti Secs
sisnist held in his hand the stars and stripes,
while the blue cockade was tied under the tail
of the horse. Great indignation is felt by the
seceders, and it il rsmored that they will request
the Commissioners to ask for a. explanation.
rAspREw JOHNSON. OF TEHNfssEE.-Res-
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