White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1862-01-09
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Creeks. Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes Of n.
Southwest, have: been all through our cam,
and forts. along the Potomac and have sssn
whole briesdes on reveiw. They have alan
examined the heavy artillery and small fra,
arms. and seem greatly astonished, ha,iD,
been made % believe By the secesh, Who ba,.
tried 70 operate upon their loyalty, that we h,r.
no army and no weapons. The chiefs r..
marked 70 McClsllan-"Big army; big gun.
Why no go and aghtf"
p PERsosAL.-Says Washington disua,cb
Sec. Cameron and Thad. Stevens, who havs
not been on speaking terms for years, buried
the hatehet publicly yesterday. On Mond.v
night Stevens, in alluding to the Secretary',re.
port, spoke of him in the highest terms. To.
day Cameron entered the House during the sen.
sion walked up to Stevens seat and extended
his hand. which was grasped warmly. ns
two Afterwards walked up the avenue together
p Five hundred and seventy six. instead o,
ifty. seven houses we're burned at the fire in
Charleston. The telegraphers accidental,
omitted . figure in transmitting their dispatch.
60.
u A correspondent asks for a definition of
Martial Lap. We believe the Duke of Wei.
lington-who ought to be good authority on this
point-de6ned it to be ''lhe will of the comman.
ding general" 1t is in other words, the suborii.
nation of legal forms and personal righ. to the
exigencies Of war.-Tribune.
p Hon. o. H. Baowsrxs-The Chicago
Journal learns con pretty good authority, that
President Lincoln has determined to appoint
Hon. o. H. Browning. nov United States Sen
ator from this State, to the Federal Supreme
Court, in place of Judge Mclean, deceased"
~ SIcsnIcANr.-The6 FIRE at Charleston de-
s,royed the building in which the last Demo.
cratic National Convention was held, and also
the building in which the first disloyal State
Convention was held.
p ANOTHER LIEUTENANT CENTRAL SPOKEN
or.-The special correspondent of the N. Y.
Times telegrsphs that "Those member, of Con-
gress who are dissatisfied with the Generals in
command of our armies are discussing the poll.
cy of reviving the rank of Lieutenant General,
with the view of having Wade, of Ohio, ap-
pointed"
U' The Louisville Journal asks: Cannot the
national Senate drive Senator Powell into exile
with his associate bosom friend and con6dant,
John C. Breckenridge f~and says such an edict
would be hailed with delight BY an overwhelm-
ing majority of our people.
IL The London Times says, in an article
since the war furry commenced, that although
the Federal navy scarcely presents a dozen
worthy antagonists, it would be imprudent in
the extreme to despise the power of the Amer
leans at sea. We have done this once, and
paid the cost of our thoughlessness. The
Americans will do little, but what little they do,
they will do we'll. They will give our heavy
squadrons wide berth and concentrate their eff.
forts on single ships.
u MARMAeK OF GRAND DAUGHTER OF DAs>
TEL BooSE.-Capt. Elmer Otis, of the U. S. A.,
and Miss Boone, daughter of Major, A. G.
Boone Indian Agent, and grand daughter Of
Daniel Boone. 'the celebrated back woodsman
Of Kentucky" as Byron calls him, were mar
ried at Fort Wise, Colorado Territory, recently.
-Hgnni6al Mcssenger
q Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas,
and New Mexico, have furnished more than
their quota of troops.
U When Missouri was put to bed-as our
grand mothers used to call it-Claib. Jackson
was called to accouch her, and Sterling Price
was the product with-a Major Generals com.
mission in his hand. He has proved to be
seven months child, and does not thrive well.
He will likely repine and die-a warmer eli
mate might be beneficial to him.
u Hon Jeremiah S. Black, formerly Attor.
ney General. and last Secretary Of State under
Buchanan, has been elected reporter for the
United States Court, in the place Of Benjamin
C. Howard, Secesb-
" If the Confederate Government has ad-
vanced any bonds on the cotton in the Beaufort
District, the Wholesale destruction of the sta
pie there BY the fleeing inhabitants will hardly
raise the value of the rebel securities in the
stock markets of Secessiondofn.
u The New York World is authorized to
state that the story told BY the purser of the
Trent, regarding the frantic eosdsct of Miss
Slidell. and the undign:fed exit Of her father
through the cabin window 10 upqssli6edly false
- also is the statement current IN some of the
English papers that one Of the officers was
slapped in the face BY the fair hand Of . female
Secessionist.
0 A Havana correspondent Of the New
York Herald, says that il is not improbable
that when the expedition arrives at Vera Cruz,
Il win see :be United States flag flying from
its walls, and from the old castle of San Juan
d'Ulloa.
q The secessionists are joyful at the pros
pect Of war with England, which they imag-
inc 70 be Aattering. Should such thing occur
several things will follow Of some consequence
10 them. In that event the sequestration Of
rebel property total and complete. viii be exc
'ated speedily, for one thing. To many In this
city. whose eountenanees brighten at the pros-
pecs. war with England win puve . costly
luxuu'-&. Lssis Dmserss.
q A wAeelsa CAsrAu-The ea.,siu of
The American ship Montnesesey, which VS.
'verhaulsd BY the sunsse ransoued his vessel
y giving . bosd Of $4,000 "payable TO the
President Of the Southern r.o.s.S...., ,h;,.v