White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-08

we LEFT the kouss, Secretary Stanton
psssed BY, aud Informed the PEes'dsns
that the whole country had gone tor him.
Upon the impulse Of the moment. oid
Ale kicked Cd one Of his boots. which
crashed through . milliasr's window on
the opposite side of the street. Tho nsxt
morning. be sent the millinsr . polite
note. begging her pardon. enclosing his
photograph on . tsn.dollar green back.
and telling her she might keep the mis-
chievous missile for boot.
A few evenings sftsrward. . pa'ty Of
gentlemen called upon the President, to
offsr their congratulations. Among them.
wH Rev. Mr.. Claiming. Chaplain Of the
House. In the course Of the interview,
be took occasion to inquire of the Presi.
dent ss to bis religious belief. He re-
piled that. naturally. be was not very
heavy on religion. but was strict Pres
byterian BY marriage. ''Then." remark
ed Mr.. Charming. Il presume thst you
regard YOURSELF ~ being one Of the elsct!"
"Ns," replied Old Abe, II am one Of
the re-elecs P'
The President has most accomplish
ed Private Secretary, named Hay-snd
be is not . man Of straw. 1t is his boast
that it requires but . single missive from
Hay, to silence the most importunste tor
mentor that presumes to molest him.
Whenever he receives . letter. making
some request that he don't like to COM
ply with. or referring him to some pledge
or inconsistency that he would like to
forget. he hands the note over to Hay.
with the remark. "Shut that fellow upl"
By the next mail. the unfortunate indi.
vidual receives cutting reply from Mr..
John j. Hsy-in plsbeian circles. it
would bs called blaekguarding. Then.
for fear the parties receiving these crush
srs should have . dslicscy in making
them public. Mr.. Hay Away, preserves
copies. and publishes them in the papers.
A widow who has lost husband and ten
sons in the army. has been writing . num-
ber of letters to the President. asking for
back pay and pensions. sinking be wss
the proper person to attend to it. He
haa become tired Of it. and Hay is now
engaged upon an answer to her, which he
is confident will put stop to that annoy
suce.
You have doubtless heard Of the unfor.
tunate sinking Of the Pirate Florida. since
her capture. There was . knotty ques-
tion involved, which Seward could not
we'll get over. He therefore wrote to the
officer who had the Florida in charge.
that it would be sad thing if she hap.
peued to be run into and sunk, or destroy.
ed in some other wsy; il would preven,
the settlement Of . complicated diplomatic
question. that might servo as precedent
to all coming generations. The officer
was quick at taking q hint. Shortly af.
terwsrd be hailed an iron.clad, and Of
fered to lay wager with her commander.
that if she would run full tilt into the side
Of the Florids, she could not injura the
latter. but on the contrary. that the re,
bound would send the iron-clad back in.
to Hampton Roads. in spite of wind and
steam. The wager was accepted, and the
iron-clad won't in-accidsntally. of course
but it required three accidental butts to
break the Florida in two and sink her.
The officer then manfully ackuowledg ged
that the Captain Of the iron. clad had won
the bet
Gen. Grant has lately been on ., visi,
to Philadelphia. He went in disguise.
and hoped to avoid any demonstration
But be was recognized BY the keeper Of ,
peanut stand. who raised the cry, and
Immediately the General was surrounded
BY An enthusiastic crowd. He rapidly
fed down street. the crowd in pursuit in.
eressing every moment. At length be
sought refuge BY climbing up . lamp
post. The crowd hooted for him to come
down, but he refused. A ladder was then
called for; but before it arrived. an Irish
draymsn brought him down with brick.
bat. At this juncturs he might have
been severely injured. bad not policeman
dragged him into an adjacent bakers
shop. A ruse was then resortei 10. ITO
elude the crowd. A person at the next
corner cried DOG eight I" when the crowd
instantly rushed to that LEGALITY. when
Grant was placed in . cracker barrel. and
rolled out the back way. Upon emerging
into the next street. be was again rscog-
nissd BY newsboy. and the crowd sgsin
started in pursuit. He lodged into the
telegraph ofios, where. ct the solicitation
Of the Mayor. the ssntlemanly operator
put . stamp on him. and transmitted him
to Wsshington over the wires. ct regular
rates. He coolly lits cigar - be went Of.
which the operator charged for as an sx-