White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-03-17
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| u A clever plot for the release Of the rebe
prisoners at Camp Chase. Columbus, Ohio. VI.
discovered a few days ago. Suspicion was az
cited BY the rebel General Basil Dukes With
drawal Of his parole, and his demand to b,
sent back to prison. He vas watched and ,
general search unmasked plan for overpow
eriug the guard By a genesaI rush and fight
The prisoners had armed themselves with sbor,
knives, with blades four or Eve inches long
sharpened on back and edge on the prison
stenes. A number had files and screw drivers
u Dalton, where IL ID thought that grea,
battle will take place, is the capital Of White.
field County, Georgia, and is situated on the
Western snd Atlantic Railroad. 1t is also the
southern terminus Of the East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad, leading to Knoxville, and
forming part of the direct route from the Eas-
tern States to those Of the South w est. The
population Of the town is about $500. The
distance from chatta nooga to Dalton Is nearly
thirty miles.
p Gen. Rosecrans has issued an order pro-
hibiting the sale of firearms or ammunition in
the Department Of Missouri, except upon per-
mits from the District commander. A list of
all persons permitted to engage in the sale, il
to be recorded in book kept for the purpose,
in which purchasers "will be required to sign
contract, binding themselves to keep the arms
they are permitted to purchase for their, own
defence and that of the Federal Union, and that
they will not dispose of them under any cir
cumstanees, until peace is restored throughout
the United States" .., 49,,
u TIE civil affairs of Idaho are in such an
unsettled state, that it is believed it will be
impossible to establish good government there
until the Territory is divided. The seat Of
government is 10 the extreme north west cor.
ner of Idaho, from which the eastern part of
the Territory is cut off by a mountain range,
placing it quite beyond the control of the au-
thorities while stationed so far away.
u The original draft of the first Emanci-
patton Proclamation of Ere sident Lincoln, da-
ted September %, 1862, has been presented to
the Army Relief Bazaar, Albany. 1t is in the
proper handwriting of Mr.. Lincoln, excepting
two interlinsations, in pencil, made by William
II. Seward, Secretary of State, and the formal
heading and ending Of the document, which
are in the hand writing Of the Chief Clerk in
the Office of Secretary of State. 1t is written
on one side Of four half sheets of foolscap pa
per. q ar -- ...
U- Smith, the razor. strop man," early vol
unteered in the 140th Illinois, at $l3 per
month, though he was making almost a months
pay in day. He participated in all the en-
ga-ements of the regiment, till the battle of
Gettysburg, where he was wounded in the leg,
which he came near losing by amputation. He
was taken TO a hospital, and finally discharged,
notwithstanding his protest and observation that
he had Zone more left of the same sort"
Since his return, he has been devoting himself
to procuring recruits gratuitously.
u DRAFT DoDGING CoPPERHEADs. - The
Memphis Bulletin says, it understands that
"some 200 Of our naturalized fellow citizens"
have obtained foreign protection papers, since
the occupation by the National forces, aud it
is thought these papers will be a considerable
relief to the Free State party of that city, by
deprivirg the Pro- Slavery party of that number
of votes.
II The ASrIETAn ArrLE-FrLp.-A bill
has been reported in the Maryland Senate. in
favor OF the purchase Of twenty acres of the
Antietam battle field, Jointly with the State of
Ne York, which agrees to pay half the ex
pense, to re-inter therein the remains of the
soldiers of the Union who fell in the battle.
They also propose the purchase of three acres
in South Mountain, upon which to erect mon
umcnt to Gen. Reno.
u The Legislature and leading citizens of
Colorado Territory have sent petitions in any
number to Maj Gen. Curtis, to retain Colonel
Chivington in command of that District, in
stead of Gen. Ewing, who had been assigned
there.
II The Ma hville Union, of the 9th ult.,
has the following: ave are requested BY the
highest authority, to announce that no more
passes will be granted to the wives and fami-
lies of officers, to the fir mt of any of the ar
mics in this theatre of operations. Northern
papers will save such persons much useless ex-
pense and trouble, by giving publicity to this
statement"
u Arthur Shirley, of Portland, the Oldest
printer in the State of Maine, publisher of the
Portland Gazette fifty years ago, died on
"Wednesday last, at the age Of 81. He had
been blind for many years.
u At a Union meeting at Baton Rouge,
La, the Union candidate for Governor, Hon.
Michael Hahn, said: al have done my best to
restore our State to the Union. and do not care
from whom the best plan comes-whether frsm
Lincoln, Banks. Durant or Flanders. aecep-
ted the nomination on the Free State ticket
for Governor; and. if elected, there shall not Be
slape lsf ,cithin the State" ~
u THE Cosr OF NEwsrArERs.-The Boston
Herald says: q The type.founders have issued
a circular to all printers, that they have raised
the price Of printing material twenty-five pei
cent. Paper makers have raised the price Of
paper one hundred per cent. The reader will
see that Publishers are not likely to become
miliionaires in hurry, in this state of affairs
" There have been between two and three
hundred illegal marriages in certain Counties
in West Virginia, since the war broke out, ow
! ing to the fact that the officers authorized t.
grant licenses had abandoned their positions
The young folks could not wait, and in som'
instances they obtained military permits u