White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1862-01-16
fEDITORLAL CORRESPONDENCE /
On the Way.
TepPRA .To,,'v I

e TofEKA. Jan'y. IL, 1862.
Wednesday night last was an extreme.
ly pleasant time to start on our journey,
in an open sleiS,. particularly to one who
had been for FIVE years shut up in warm
room. Bot the interests of the "desr peo-
Pile" dsmapded it; and eneasing our hoofs
in . pair of warm overshoes, and bund.
ling up head and ears in a blanket, we
slowed ourselves away in one of Joe
Ierry's, pungs-Hall pilot-the mercury
somewhere below that mythical place
called zero, and getting lower every min
ute. about midnight we were OF.
A run of some two hours and half
brought us, uia Iowa Point to Highland,
where, travelling having become exces-
sively uncomfortable. the driver propos.
ed to lay over for few hours, thaw ont.
and get warm breskfast-all of which
we graciously agreed to, and had no reas-
on to regret it afterward. Do the people
OF white Cloud and the upper country
know that the house at Highland kept
by Mr.. 5. F. Amsbury, is one of the best
in that section of country, and the land
lord is one Of the most accommodating.
He will get up at any hour in the coolest
night, build fire and prepare breakfast
for traveller. AS to charges. you will
be astoni1b bed to find how low they are.
Long before the break of dsy, VIC were
of again-passing' through Troy about
8 A. NJ, and reaching Doniphan a. IL.
Weather colder than ever. with a dfizz-
ling sleet blowing into our faces. We
had to felicitate ourself with the prospect
oftaking a good thaw at the latter place,
but were wofully Disappointed. Enter
ing the Post Office. which is kept in a tin
shop. we found the Postmaster working
away at his bench. in his shirt sleeves.
without particle of fire in his stove,
tho there were aperturcs in the side of the
house large enough to throw a yearline
calf through. we then inquired for a
hotel. but were told that they never kept
fire in the bar-room; and, in short, we
could hear of no public house where they
did keep fire. Consequently we had to
content our-self with the prospect of shiv-
ering until we reached Atchison, which
we had the pleasure of doing shortly af-
ter noon.
Atchison was the first real business
looking town we had seen in Kansas
With its large number of business houses.
streets filled with wagons and drays, we'll
supplied markets, and stocks of merchan
disc and groceries. it presented quite q
city aspect. The only business house we
visited was the grocery establishment of
E. Cheeseborough. who has a very large
supply Of all articles in his line, such as
sugar, coffee, molasses ETC., and -four On.
ough to supply a county-to say nothing
of large assortment of liquors. At the
same time he complained that. in conse-
quence of the difficulties on the railroad.
his supplies had been reduced very much.
But one fact we ascertained, which we
state for the benefit ofthe people in the
upper country: sugar and coffee of the
very best quality can be bought in Atchi-
son, in any quantity. as low, if not low.
er, than by wholesale in St. Joseph. We
make mention of this free gratis.
:. m.Atchison, we met with George j.
6tebbins. of the Champion. and Judge
Horton, whom We found to be whole
souled gentlemen. We had the pleasure
Of accompanying them upon q visit to
what they call the "Contrsband School,"
kept by a Mr.. jerks and lady. This
School is composed of a large number
Of negroes, mostly from Missouri. They
are of all ages and sexes, and some of
them very good looking. We noticed
one old woman the color of new sad.
die, who had pair of specs on her nose, |
and several quite small boys. Mr.. jerks
reports that they are making rapid i'm
provement. Some of them have advan-
ced IS far as grammar and Arithmetic. |
We are informed that there is a Coulra-
band School at Lawrence. Numbering
some seventy pupils.
OF course no one who visits Atchison,
should neglect stopping at the Massa-
soft House. one of the very best if
not the best house of Kansas. kept by |
hat Prince Of good fellows. Tom Murphy.
Friday morning. colder than ever. and |
We were aroused at six in the morn.
pg, for ride Of fifty-three miles. to To-
,eka. After partaking Of . hasty break
ast, our celtic friend. John Norman,
hrust into our over-coat pocket mysteri-
'us instrument, sometimes known - .
pocket pistol" We presume be thought
re should suffer SO severely from cold,