White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-26

urss Charleston. il will bs the most mo-
nsnsoss week since shs Nsw jersey cleo
ion. Seward. who stood BY. immsdi-
l,ely prophesisd that within ten days
'omsthins woald suru up. I saw Sew
srd at . social ea.hsring. that same svs-
aing. and something Bad turned up. Il
vas the Jack Of Clubs F! S
A distinguished officer o. The Army Of
he Petomae came 10 Washington. few
days sincs. The rtssident ssksd him
bow the army farsdf
Generally WE'LL" WAS the reply.
''They havs plenty Of clothing. aud are
,sssr for 6shs. The only thing that
troubles them 10 their 'ha.d tack Ha!
b ha |" -
"Thst." said Old Abe. (" reminds mo
Of . little. story. A fellow from New
York once came to Illinsis. aad purchas-
ed piece Of land near Springfield, for
the purpose Of starting the dairy business.
He bought up number Of cows. employ
ed dairy maid. and opened on. 50 pro.
that he calculated in few days
70 have many 6rkins Of butter ready for
market But one night his cows al lay
down and died Of milk-sick. bis dairy
maid ran on and marisi . Universslis.
preacher. and the fellow got nary firkin.' ''
Well. proceed, ssid the officer. a.
the President paused. i,e
"My story j. finished. !" replied Abe.
"Bct I can't see the point" said the
officer. aifs sr$ l4l3tiis
"That." replied Abe. els just where
iu your remark reminded me of the
story ]" 2----'-
While taking . dish Of oysters with
Gidso, Welles, last evening. the convsr-
sstion turned upon the si.ge Of Charles
ton. The Secretary. laying down his
spoon. and gsssuring impreasively. said
&" My young frisnd. Charleston ia doom
ed. and will surely fell. Il may be that
your great. .srandehildsn will require the
aid Of specs to read the announcement ;
but mark ny words-Charleston will
surely fall r. There is comfort in this
You have doubtless read ,ths Presl-
dents anecdots Of "plowins around
them" That seems to BE- his favorite
manner Of blowing. IN matters concern
Ing the Missouri Union men. When the
rebel Government demanded the hanging
Of Gen. Mcneil. the President firmly 70.
fused to comply with the demand : but
he has "plowea sronnd.". BY placing
Mcneil at Scho6eld's mercy. who has or
dered him away down into the Rebel-In-
dian country. where. II they do no. catch
and hang him for themselves, !. will be
their own fault. S~s
In . private~onvsrsstion with .he Pre-
sident. recently. upon hisstr.nge Border
6tste policy. took OCCASION to ask him
why it was that he turned his hack upon
the straight-out Union mon Of the Bor-
der States. and bestowed all his favors
upon Conservatives and semi-rsbels,
Giving me significant wink. and q
punch in the RIBS. he replied: "Ah. yon
can't see As fer into these things as I can.
l shall probably bs . candidate for re-
election and. remember my prediction.
before the next Presidential election ar
rives. these same semi-rebels, as yon caIl
them. will be hanging yonr preseat
straight out Union men. for not being
radical enough !" And giving his leg .
peculiar hoist. be left the room. with .
hearty laugh. l left, too-the fact is.
there was an unpleasant olor psfvading
the atmosphere of Tire room. -as-:-
l me. Gen. Lane ct church, few Sab
baths since. He informed me that hs
had procured from the Sserstsry Of War
an order for enc hundred and twenty ad-
Provost Marshsls for Kansas,
and bad the blank commissions in his
pocket. signed and sealed. with the priv
ilegs Of inserting snch names as he saw
lt. He gave me to understand that he
meant to sppoint Sidney Clarke to twen-
ty Of the Marshalships. and the remain
ing hundred be would reserve for the
members Of the next Legislature. 81,
By the way. sm on the scent of Sid
nsy Clsrks's csrpet-sack. containing all
those irregular cIsims.. which wss stolen
from him on the wsy to Baltimore. An
Irish woman. with . baby. was on The
'sns tr,ip, sod had I. ssrpst,.ack con
lsiuins sundry articles Indispensable in
The nursery. Upon leaving t6s ssr.. she
hsppsasd to get hold Of Cfarks's sack.
and carried Il away. leaving hers behind.
She ssys she was in harry. and didn't
notice the mistake at the time. and the
'aek "shmslt jiss like msowa. insirsly."
The 2spsss shs. used for Gre kindling.
y they were "shpoiTed 81 bein' scrib-