White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-08-24
FROM RICHMOND!
GENERAL TURNER'S ORDER NO. 2.
How it was Received by the Amnestied.
Especial Cor. Philadelphia Inquirer. j

Especial Cor. Philadelphia Inquirer.l
RICHMOND. July 29-5 Am.
Yesterday afternoon a bomb she'll ex.
ploded among the politicians. in the shape
of the order of Gen. Turner.
e AT 5 o'clock in the afternoon the late
ly elected incumbents of the city offices
had assembled at City Hall, pursuant to
notice that the civil government would
be then and there inaugurated. There
are 6fty-one offices. and fifty-one gentle
men were present ready to step into them.
On so Interesting and important an occa-
sion in their lives not one of them could
be expected to be absent.
Just as the doors were opened, and the
crowd of would.be officials began enter
ing the room. sensation among the mag
mates was created by the appearance in
their midst of an American Captain.
This gentleman. Capt. Hagar. l4rh U.
s. Infantry. was unattended, and in an
unostentatious manner. proceeded to elec,
himself President OF the meeting. As
cending the rostrum. he drew a paper
from his pocke. and began reading. bu,
had got no further than I" Headquarters,
District Of Henrico." before there was a
visible shndder in his congregation
Placidly. however. he read the paper.
which was an order from Gen. Turner.
directing them to prevent certain persons.
styling themselves civil officers of Rich
mond. from attempting to assume the
said Offices. as they would not be permit
ted to exercise the functions thereof. The
order 72 was not read, but its purport
was explained to those present. The
Captain remarked that it would be use
less for them to be sworn into Office, and
Withdrew.
Then the meeting organized by elscting
q chairman. and Mr.. David j. Saunders.
Councilman elect, remarked that be did
not understand this thing at all. The
election had been legally held IN accord
ance with proclamation from the Gov
ernor. and he could see no right anywhere
to prevent the officers elect from qualify
ing. On bis motion, it was resolved that
this thing should be looked into. and
therefore committee was appointed to
wait on the Governor and talk about it,
report to the meeting at Ave o'clock this
afternoon, to which hour it adjourned
This done, the assembly dispersed. ssdder
and wiser men than when they came to
gether. for they had learned that king
reigns in Egypt who knows not Joseph.
This action of the authorities has. Of
course. created great sensation. The
Union men-msn who love the Union
more than they sigh for the departed glo,
ries of the Couiederacy-are jnbilant.
The secessionists; appear dunn bounded.
Said one venerable gentleman. i've
lived in Richmond sixty years. and never
heard Of snch thing before" Said nu-
merons other men. this is the work Of
the Republic. and we'll suppress it."
Said one important savage. {" It's about
time we begunto Kill of these damned
Yankees" Not one single man in all
these idiotic masses OF secessionists seems
to have the slightest knowledge of the
fact that the United States has been the
victor in the late contest. and that they
are snbiugated race. with no rights
whatever but snch as the clemency of the
conqneror accords them. s.g.....
Virginia must be hauled up close.
Gov. Pierpont must cease governing the
State in the interest of the rebels.
or he must abdicate his functions. The
editors who drove this State into revolt.
and who are again insidiously at their old
work, must be silenced. and if nothing
short of hanging will effectually stop
their talk about the /" chlvalry"' and
rights" Of the South, hnng they must
be. Every one Of the old leaders in the
revolt must be driven by the bayonet cut
of public life and kept out. "Tbs un-
thinking young men of no sense or expe-
rience. as Sherman aptly calls them.
must be made penitentisry convicts. IL
they will behave in no other capacity.
All this must be done before Virginia can
be considered loyal. ..-..--.-...
This is apparently harsh Language. bu'
the events of the last few days Justify it.
A few days more Of such progression as
we have had and no Yankees life would
have been safe a milo from our camps.
The hardship Of the case is tina. there
are thousands of good. true men, who
will share in ths general ruin that Vir-
ginia seems to have chosen for her por-
tion. but when did not the innocent suffer
with the guilty?a .ic.t..-,