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

thief, or band Of horse thieves jayhavking
horses, or . gang Of outlaws from Kansas
breaking open The Holt County Jail and releas-
ing and taking with them thief indicted By .
grand Jury and imprisoned there, that Sol. has
not at some time or other justified or advised"
Hart is slightly mistaken in one Of
these assertions. The greatest act Of vi
olence We know Of was the destruction Of
the skifs. BY local militia, who had no
authority under the sun for it get We
neither justified nor advised it. That
breaking open Of the Holt County Jail.
was about thus: A young man was caught
Jsyhswking. captured. and taken to st.
Joe, where he was released IN good faith.
upon his entering the service. He Joined
the Missouri 18Th. fought at Lexington.
was captured with the balance of that
gallant band. was psroled. and came home.
While still upon parole. be was compell-
cd to go to Tennessee. where be fought
in the desperate battle Of Shiloh. and
was wounded. He again came home. to
await exchange. While here. he attended
ball over the river. He had been in
dicted by . rebel Grand Jury in Holt.
for Jsyhswking and while attending
the ball, he was betrayed and kidnapped
BY pretended friends. who had invited
him over. and was taken to the Oregon
Jail, and placed in the same cell With .
rebel. Several weeks after, squad Of
Nebraska soldiers I've believe there was
not one of them from Kansas went over.
"correlled" the town. and brought the
prisoner back in triumph-which we
think was decidedly . good thing. We
do, however. "slightually" censure them.
for not waiting for "orders !" Asst the
other charge in the paragraph. we did.
and do still, justify the hanging Of two
wretches at Highland. who. by their own
confession, were hardened horse thieves
and rebels. We know this CRATES harsh
ly upon the tender feelings of Capt. Hart.
and other dear friends of the deceased.
for which we beg pardon. Hart now
comes down with heavy cap for the eli
max:
"Wht ther Miller himself wrote the article
referred to, or certain we'll known scrbbler
that he has over here wrote il for him, don't
know; but, repeat, that part referring to my
self is equally mean, ungcnerous, cowardly and
false"
There are two things by which q Holt
County rebel or Coppsrhead may be
invariably known. They are signs which
never fail. When you hear an individu-
al apply the epitbet "Jayhawker" to
a person who displeases him. or throw
out hints about q certain scribbler OF
Ours over there. Everybody hereabouts
knows whom he refers to. } who scarcely
ever writes anything for us. you may
safely bet that his heart is rotten with
treason. and encased in copper. "Mean,
ungenerous, cowsrdly. false" are fine
words. very easily used. but prove moth
ing. As to the matter of courage,
neither Hart nor ourself has been
called up to exercise it during this war.
and We are willing to call it an even
thing. with the exception that Hart is
well paid for his skill in concesling that
valuable attribute, while We are not.
In conclusion, we have three bits OF
advice to proffsr to Hart:
1st. Be sure Of your record. before you
enter upon such fierce defence of it.
ID. Spare the Kings English. If you
had been one-half as murderous upon the
Secesh as you haye been upon the English
language. in your hslf-column epistle to
the St. Joe Herald. there would not now
be q single traitor left in North West
Missouri.
Sd. If you desire to be of substantial
benefit to the country. throw mp your
commission at once, and either enlist as
9 private in some regiment that can be
called where there is fighting to do; or
return to the business of making saddles
and brides and things. and harness. and
cruppers to buckle under horses tails.
Then your children will call you blessed,
and you will be happy.
Hart
IF the St. Joe News is not ''sround