White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-02-07

morning. upon ri.ing, the President
would toss his copper. without examin'
ing it, and Of course head would come
up. So his Union policy was kept up /;
but one day. happening to take the cop
per from his pocket. he discovered the
cheat. and threatened to procure one OF
the old sort again. If he should do 80.
it was almost certain that tail would win
part Of the time. at least and this was
why it was feared he would change his
policy again. But he has discarded the
corpsrs altogether. and adopted another
plan. Each morning he spits in the
palm Of his left hand. and strikes il sud-
denly and forcibly with the fore finger
of the right hand-if the spit flies to-
ward the North. he will favor Union
if toward the South. accession. Thus far.
fortune has favored Union but. under
the circumstances. no one can tell what
day no may change.
Since the commencement Of the 6s.
eessien troubles. Buchanan has altered
in looks amazingly. He appears to be
at least one hundred years old. and to
have been at least 6fty years . Mormon
priest. He does not swear nor pray Al
much a. formerly. but he has taken to
chewing tobacco terribly. He ehews il
night and day. and is frequently found
asleep with huge quid in his mouth
He squirts the juice over everything,
and has SO bespattsred the carpets and
furniture. that Congress has been com
psllcd to appropriate nearly $4,000 to
refurnish the White House for Mr. Lin.
coins reception.
By the way. this tobacco business re.
minds me Of the alleged cause of Sscrs-
tary Floyd's abrupt resignation. H.
had called upon the President. to remon.
strats against Major Anderson's occu-
pancy of Fort Sumter. He had made q
strong appeal. and the President. greatly
excited, and wishing to be emphaticslly
understood. exclaimed "Givs me your
eye. cir !" Floyd fixed his gaze upon the
Old Functionary. but the lstter. before
speaking, had to discharge huge mouth.
ful of tobacco juice. In his excitement.
he forgot to turn aside his head. but
squirted the entire load into Floyd's eyes.
almoat destroying bis sight. With q
howl Of pain. Floyd rushed from the
room. and Immediately sent in his resig
nation.
The Kansas bill Is signed. and Kan
sss is now a State. / am reliably in
formed that the President signed it. un-
der the express agreement that the peo.
pie of Kansas should pickle Gov. Bee.
be in liquor, and preserve him in the
State Geological Cabinet. The Pre,i
dent has yet half barrel of that old
Monongahela remaining. which Repre-.
sentative Montgomery presented him
with. and has offered that for the above
purpose. 1t has been accepted, and
Messrs. Parrott and Conway have obli-
gated themselves to see tho stipulation
fulfilled to the letter.
A few evenings since. while sitting in
my room, henr,l sudden step in the
hall. and voice struck up with Q song,
commencing
"oh what will ny neither ,ay to mo,
When 60 homs"-
Here the door was thrown open, and in
hustled nobody but Senator Douglas.
1t was the first time l had seen him. since
my return from the South. After pre-.
liminary remarks upon the weather. the
price Of niggsrs. and the state of his in.
testines. he exclaimed:
"I'll tell you what it is: this seces.
sion business has knocked my Great
Principle" as fat as pan cake. and here
l have had to stand with my 6sgsrs j.
my mouth. not knowing what to say or
do. But have besn watching tie pub.
lie pulse. and feel sure that the people
will soon demand . settlement Of diff.
culties. am watching closely and a.
soon as some one proposes plan which
will carry public sentiment. l mean to
pitch in heavy. do all the talking. claim
the plan Is my own. and ride into the
Presidency on the strength Of it. If L
don't. then r Idon't spellrye whiskeyl"
The President is almost continually
crying and blubbsring over the present
difficulties. He only "dries up" to eat,
and be cries in his sleep. A new paper
has bssn started. to advocate his policy !;
and l am assured that all the paper us-
cd BY it. il manufactured out Of hand.
kercbiefs worn out by the President in
his crying spells.
The danger Of an attack upon the Cap.
ital sssms to have somewhat absted. It il
rumored that the project is about abandon.
ID. and that another plan has been do.
visad To Oek rid of I.;u~ol. a. U: