White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-02-26

followed me hOme-0ne OF them Was
policemsn-I an constitutionally ap
pointed to attend to that creature.
The next morning I saw the shots i
Mrs. Dexter's houss. made BY Mitchell
aud his drunken gang. Isay when tn
policemen and SHERIFF. deputies organiz'
themselves into . mob. il i time svery
good citizen united against them. W.
didn't clean the thing ont - "military
necessity" bat - city and State ,neces
sity.
The cleanins-out party was not an ir'
responsible mob-nins-tsnths of then
were property holders in this city.
went into the Office first hoping to find
engineer ct home. I asked for arms o.
the first man I took hold Of. He said
there wese none there.
But when began to run that eighteen
inch butcbsr knife Of mine under hi
"vsskit'' be cried out "you'll ind them
10 the next ROOM" and I did End Unitst
States mnskets in that rebel Office.
After the ''littls incident" the polic'
elimeut began to talk about "driving ont. .
McConkey was going to cut every Alb
olitionist's heart out. Mitchell said tber'
was an organized plan to clean out th'
Abolitionists. 20
This is the sams war that began in 81
I'VE have bsen lighting it ever since.
The Copperheads are organized in tnii
State. Csptsin Nelson runs lodge d
Wyandott. He swore . man in the 9th
er day, and when it was all done. behold
he was "Red Leg''-ons Of Hoyt's men
There is another lodge in Atchison, on,
in Esston, one on the Wakarusa.
We must put this thing down. Wher
ever you bear . man talk treason. shoo'
hin. Great Cheering. Let that b.
practiced . month and these hounds will
go to Missouri when they want to tall
treason. l think there are traitors on th'
police in this city.
Mr.. E. H. Marsh then reported thai
Mayor Denmsn was at Topeka. He had
been requested to remove the rebel police.
men, but no reply had been received.
Mr.. Repine had been seen. He asked
time to investigate before removing Mitch
ell.
Capt. James NJ. Dickson made smi'
lar statement.
Mr.. James R. O'Niel offered the follow.
ing resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted:
Rssolred. That loyal men should moi
pay or make good any losses sustained by
traitors, and that We regard any attempt
to compel or enforce such payment Is 9
participation in treason.
Resolued. That we regard sll those
who by word or deed dispsrage or attempt
to depreciste the currency Of the Govern
ment of the United States, or who deal
in Confederate scrip in any manner. as
siders and abettors of treason.
Captain Dickson.-Any Councilman
who will vote to pay Whisky Harris l
am prepared to kill Ibsve gone into this
thing for good. and l shall bold on until
the rebellion is put down. Long con-
tinued applause.
Capt. Geo. Hoyt said:
He was proud of being one who turned
the Inquirer Office inside out, the way
Crockett did the coon skin.
! will never quit these rebels until the
last accursed one of them is driven from
this State.
The Inquirer has been telling us loyal
men for the last six months to 60 to hell,
and last Tuesday morning we went there
we went to the Inquirer Office.
There are to-day traitorous. secret con-
claves, all over this State, and the object
is to commit Kansas to the dsstardly
policy Of Peace and Compromise.
1t is for you to say whether rebels in
Leavsnworth are stonger than loyal men.
I went into the Inquirer office for the
purpose of giving them Q chance to carry
into execution their threat that "Aboli.
tionists should be the first to stretch
hemp" lam candidate for their hemp.
And when they hang me. there are just
seven hundred more men of the Same sort
in this State they will have to hang.
McConkey las, night proposed to as
sassinste Col. Jennison. He with two
accomplices entered house for the pur-
pose of shooting him.
Capt. Hoyt concluded by offering the
following resolution:
Resolred, That this meeting demand
The immediate removal of John P. Mitch
eli, the Jsilor, and all toe Policemen ex.
rept John Schott; and that Mayor Den
man and Sheriff Repine be notified.
Mr.. Gus Repine said his father had just
from the the country. He had
not had time to investigate this matter.
He will do his duty. trust the removal
will not be '.dsm anded."
The resolutions were then passed by q
tumultuous "sye'' and no negative.
Col. Jennison moved that . committee
Of three be appointed to wait on the off,
GERS. He said: Il am here to demand
this IS q right. I look upon Mitchell as
\ rebel. and shall treat him as such. If
he is not removed we will remove him.
I meet McC Conkey on the streets.
McConkey or has to got to die. Ifthis
is not complied with. I am
ready to lead in its execution"
Colonel Jennison. Capt. Dickson and
Capt. Houston were made the COMMITTEES.
The meeting closed with stirring speech
Is from Major Champion Vaughan and
jas. r. O'Neill.
LATE ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND.
Desperate Condition Of the Rebel Cause.
New YoRK, Feb. 20.