White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-07-02

can end pretext for the wholesale de-
of Union mems property, hisl
blood-wsding proclivities 90 overcome
him. that he forgets al about orders.
Just hear the fellow:
"It i'll becomes men Of such retiring disposi-
tons, and lovers of private life, - SOL Miller,
when the subject of volunteering for our coun-
try's service is up, to stigmatize me q rebel
It 10 easy for them to roast their shins' by the
Winter FIRE, or cool their bloated abdomens
With delicio-s Summer jaleps, while heaping
the terms rebel. Copperhead and sympathi1er.
upon those who arc willing. in the hour Of their
country's need, to leave their families and
friends, and 60 forth to do service"
Cooling their bloatsd sbdomeus with
delicious Summer juleps." is the sublim-
ity Of originality. and is - rich as the
juleps themselves. Roasting shins" is
not quite 80 original. but is we'll put in.
In fact, Hart is heavy on bloated abdo-
mems. and ono is naturally led into the
belief that be must ct some period Of bis
life have been around where they had 'em.
From all accounts. officers Of his calibre
are better at cooling their abdomsus with
juleps than at anything else. But we
will modestly suggest that. no matter
how often We have &c roasted our shins"
and "cooled our blostsd abdomen" it
has not cost the Government . cent.
which is just that much in our favor: for
Hart is skinning the nation out Of be-
tween one and two thousand dollars land
stealings) yearly. in payment for his be-
ing nuisance. To raise that amount,
we. with our roasted shins and cool ab-
domen. and our twelve or thirteen sub
scribers in Holt. and half . dozen lying
around loose, must pay our proportion Of
taxes. We agree with the closing part
of the foregoing extract. Whenever
Hart enters the Union service, he leaves
his " friends" He seems to be impress
ed with the idea, that if man enters the
service. he may perform all sorts Of dirty
tricks, or perform nothing at all. and
those who are not in the service have no
right to express an opinion about it.
We despise traitor. or a mean act. and
generally say about what we think Of
them. 1t may all be owing to the way
we were raised, but We can't help it.
Hart branches ont into "reminiscences
"Sol. Miller, when boy but seventeen years
of age, left my home and friends, and enlist
ed in the service of my country, and went
through long and weary march of nearly three
thousand miles, bare-footed and nearly naked
three days at time without food or drink"
Thereby hangs tale-a sbirt-tsil. we
mean. Hart don't give the particulars
of that "bare-footed" march. We will.
During the Mexican war. there was rails
ed what was called the mormon Brig
ade. in the vicinity OF Council Bluffs,
Iowa, which was then q Mormon settle
ment. They were pretty "hsrd up." and
wanted to go to Salt Lake. which had
but recently been pitched upon as the
Holy Land but their condition. and the
state of the country, rendered it difficult
and unsafe journey. The Mormon Brig
ade was raised for service in New Mexico
and Chihuahus, with the agreement that
when their time was out. they should be
there mustered out, and permitted to
go to Salt Lske. By this means. they
would get decent clothes, earn a little
spare change. and have safe escort to
the land Of promise. On their way from
Council Bluffs to Fort Leavenwortb.
where they were to receive their arms aud
clothing. they marched through Oregon.
A person who was there, says be never be-
fore nor since saw such doleful look.
ing crowd. Falstaff's regiment was no
patching" to it. They were ragged and
"bars-footed," and frequently one could be
seen with . Asg Of truce in his rear.
In this brigade" was the youth Of
seventeen. Jsmes 8. Hart, on his march
Of nearly three thousand miles. When
bis term Of service was ont. we pre-
sumo he had changed from Mormon
to white man. with ss great facility ss he
did from blood-wsding Secesh to Aboli-
tionist-(we hardly believe the story that
be was expelled for incompetence to do
bis principal duty as . Mormon )-and
having taken fancy to the town of Or
egon. be made his way thither, where be
lived in peace and quiet until his coun-
try's danger and gresn.backs called him
to arms again. He got some good
clothes and shoes by the operation. any
how! II We arc not mistaken. Stone
wall jackson. and many other notorious
rebels fought gallantly in that same Mex
ican War. Will Hart inform us bow that
proves their loyalty now! But here
comes the touching:
"Sol., have seen men on that march lying
BY the roadside PRAYING God 10 deliver them
from their suffering"
We are certainly too dull to compre-
hand vhak that has IN do With the unafter