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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-12

Our foreign files and correspondence By the steam
ship ASIA received yesterday furnish additional details
Of European news
The of the Spanish government, IN Chle has met
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-12

urges tho necessity OF concang rather than offending
tina slaies or America All the indications
that SPAIN a already reported has supsadcd further
action against tho Chilean republic
The escape Of stephens. the supposed Fenisn Head
Centre Of Ireland proves to have been more mysterious
AFFAIR than was At first supposed and IL will be By
the letter Of our Dublin correspondent that important
results are expected from this event
A notable article had appeared In the Paris Ds6ots
condemning the French aggression in Mexico. and
putting the argsmentxm ad ho~ine in rather orcbis
light
The Engsh press continued TO dcnounce the severity
practised in the suppression OF the Jamaica revolt
When the Asia sailed only four hundred negroes
known in England TO have been executed Later ad-
received in this city make the number fully three
thousand
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28

SOMETHING WANTED.-Why does not
'sone one. who knows of any person who
would be willing to go into it. endeavor
to induce him to come here and establish
Barrel Manufactory? 1t would be a
paying business-and pay big. Oas of
our citizens. whe cannot work at his reg.
ular trade during Winter. employs that
season in the coopering business, and says
be could get enough transient work from
the surrounding country to employ three
or four hands. We have pork house
here. which every year uses avery large
number of lard and meat barrels, which
are principally shipped from other places.
We have grist mill, which would find
use for large number Of -four barrels, il
they could be had. Many of the neigh
boring farmers manufacture largely Of
Sorghum Syrup every Fall. and have
much difficulty in procuring casks. b.
sides. there are large demands for barrels,
casks, kegs. &c, constantly. from all di-
rectious. Timber aud oil material ueces-
sary for the manufacture m of these articles
are abundant in this country. and the
man who goes into the business on q
proper scale. will find that he has a good
thing on his hands.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28
SLAVERY DEAD.
Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amno- sa-
ment-Oficiai Announcement Dy 'IS.
retary Seward of its Ratihcat'on w
Twenty.Seyen States.
WASHINGTON. Dec. Is. '65.

WASHINGTON. Dec. Is. 'oo.
The following official document from
the State Department was issned to-aay
To AL to Whom these Presents Mty
Come. Greeting:
Know We, that. whereas. the Congress
of the United States, on the lst OF F'ebru-
ary last. passed resolution. which was
in the words following. namely: "a
resolution submitting to the Legislatures
of the several States proposition to
amend the Constitution Of the United
| States
Resolred, By the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled. two
thirds of both Houses concurring. that
the following article be proposed to the
Legislatures of the several States, which
when ratified BY three -fourtbs of said
Legislatures. shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as o part Of said Constitu.
ton, namely
Article 13-Seciion l. Neither slave
~ nor involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, shall ex-
ist within the United States or any place
subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 9 Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate Leg
islation.
! And whereas. it appears from official
documents on file in this Department that
the amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States proposed as aforesaid has
been ratified by the Legislatures of the
State of Illinois. Rhode Island. Michi-
gan. Maryland. New York. West Vir-
ginis, Maine. Kansas, Massachusetts,,
Pennsylvania Virginia. Ohio, Missouri.
Nevada, Indiana. Louisiana. Minnesota.
Wisconsin. Vermont, Tennessee. Ar
kansas, Connecticut. New Hampshire.
South Carolina, Alabama. North Caro-
lima and Georgia, in all twenty seven
| States:
And whereas. The whole number of
States in the United States is thirty six;
An whereas, The before specially nam
ed States, whose Legislatures have rati-
fed the said proposed amendment, con-
stitute three-fourts Of the whole number
of States in the United States;
Now. therefore. be it known, thst 1,
VIM. H. Seward. Secretary of State of the
United States, by virtue snd in pursuance
of the second section OF the act of Con-
gress. approved the 2O,h of April. 1918.
entitled "Au act to provide for the pub
lication of the laws of the United States.
and for other purposes" do hereby certi-
fy that the amendment aforesaid has be-
come valid to all intents and purposes as
a part of the Constitution of the United
| States.
IN testimony whereof. have hsreunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
Department Of State to be affixed.
| Done at the city Of Washington. this
18th dav OF December, in the year Of our
Lord. 1865. and of the Independence o!
the United States of America the Goth.
WIN. II. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28

Our YOUNG Folks. - The January
number Of this splendid little Magazine
has reached MS. and edmirably sustains
the character which it acquired during
the first year of its publication. Better
than 1t was last year, it is impossible for
it to be. The contents are: The Three
Lights The Two Christmas Evenings /;
The Inequalities of Fortune; The Tale Of
Two Knights; The Tiny Mahogany Box;
A Summer in Leslie Goldtwaite's Life ;
An Old Legend; The Hen that Hatched
Ducks Two Ways of Telling Story ;
An Adventure in the Vermilion Sea ;
Harriet Beecher Stowe, with Portrait j;
Ronnd the Evening Lamp; Our Letter.
Box. Published by Tieknor & Fields,
Boston, at 80 year for single subscri-
bers; 3 copies. S.. 5 copies, SO; 10 cop
les, SIS; 20 copies. $50. with an extra
to person sending club. We furnish it
for 81 SO year.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28

The SENSATION CONVENTION AT To.
PEKA.-On tho 18th Of next month meel
at Topeka, in Convention, all the editors
Of the Kansas press. Won't jollity and
good feeling lay around loose. though
Won't We produce Q change in the at.
mosphere and aspect of that burgh and
the wisescres who will be found there. as
usual. repssling laws, passing worse ones.
and getting drunk. ETC.. on three dollars
. day !? We will decide the question oil
how to run County paper without run
ming into debt, into the ground, or sky
high. Every member Of the Legislature
may then secure high-tonsd puff in q
leading Journal BY slipping VS. into opr
pockets. paying our board bills. or en-
mssse. getting Us up big supper. from
which they and their friends must keep
away. The several differences now ex-
ieting between certain editors. will then
and there be settled Ia editor COM bat.
us. A big display of "go from the
shoulder" will take place between the ed
itors Of The Bulletin and Conservative.
and the Free Press and the Champion.
City editors will form the ring and car
~ out the vsnquishsd. while country ed
itors will do the cheering. bstting and
holding bottles. Ordinary members Of
the Legislature will not be admitted at
any price. as smsll-fry politicians are not
to be trusted. No especial artists. cor
respondents. or reporters" allowed upon
tho ground.-Burlingaue Chronicle.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28
.IeE Davis.

Our Congressman, MIR. Clarke. assures
us. in letter. that the present Congress
is right on the great questions Of the day,
and that there will be no week kneed,
yielding. wsvering ones among the Radi-
cal majority. We are exceedingly re-
ioiced to hear it. and are inclined to be.
lieve the statement true. Then. we have
some hope that jeff. Davis will receive
his merited punishment, unless President
johnson, in total disregard of the voice
OF the Representatives Of the loyal people
who elected him. in.erposes the Executive
pardon to free the infamous traitor. On
the goth inst, in the House, Mr.. Law.
renee, of Ohio, introduced the following
resolutions. which look like going to
work in the right direction:
That public justice aud national security de.
mand that. as soon as it may be practicable,
jeff. Davis, a representative man of the refei-
lion, should have a fair and impartial trial in
the highest appropriate civil tribunal of the
country, for treason most fagrant in character
by him committed, in order that the Constitu-
tion and the laws may be fully vindicated, the
truth clearly established aud affirmed that trea
son is a crime, and that the offence may be
made infamous; and at the same time, that the
question may be judicially settled, finally and
forever, that 10 State, of its own will, has the
right to rencunce its place in the Union.
Resolped, That public justice and national
security demaGd that, in ease of the conviction
of said Jefferson Davis, the sentence of the
law should be carried into effect, in order that
the Constitution and laws may be fully vindica.
ted and faithfully executed, and the truth
clearly established that treason is a crime, and
that traitors should be punished.
Re:ol1ed, That, in like manner, and for like
reasons, such of the most Gu pable of the chiei
instigators and conspirators of the rebellion as
may be necessary to satisfy the demands oi
public justice, and furnish security for the fu'
ture, and those criminaliy responsible FOR the
urder and starvation of Union prisoners oI
war, should be tried and punished for the high
crime of which they have been guilty.
Resoloed, That justice should not fail of its
purpose, and that all who are guilty of or are
responsible for the assassination of the late
President, and the great offenders during the
recent rebellion, guilty of and responsible for
the murder and starvation of Union prisoners
of war, as well as those guilty of and response
BILE for other unparalleled violations of the
laws of warfare, are amenable to, and should
be tried, convicted, and punished by. military
tribunal authorized by law and sanctioned by
the common laws of war and the usages of civ
ilized nations, whenever and so far as may be
necessary to secure the ends of justice:
Resclued, That the Committee on the Judi
cary be instructed to inquire what legislation
if any, may be necessary, to provide juries fol-
trials for treason, for writs of error, and to car
ry into effect the purposes of the foregoing res
olutions, and that said Committee repor: by bill
or otherwise
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28
PeteTsOns' DetectOr and Bank
Note List.

The January number of this periodic.
al commences a new volume. and the oc
cssion is fitting one for reminding our
readers of the importance Of this publica.
tion as an Indispensable companion to
the counting house and the store counter
Even to the man whose money transac.
tions ere of the smallest character, the
cos. of a good counterfeit detector is al
most sure TO be saved in the course of a
year by protection from loss through
some one or other of the thousand frauds
that the ingenuity of vi'lainy is constant
ly dssising. Besides the solid value Of
lhe information furnished its readers con.
cerning counte.feits and frauds in bank
notes, the subscribers to Peterson's Coun-
terfeit Detector receive full returns for
their subscription in the carefully COM
piled tables Of stock sales, prices current
and general business intelligence furnish
ed IN every Issue.
Every storekeeper and person engaged
in business ought to become o regular
subscriber 10 Petersons' Detector. The
price is, for the Monthly, One Dollar and
Fifty Cents year. or Semi Monthly,
Three Dollars year.
The Semi-Monthly Number is the
most desirable, ss each subscriber has the
advantage OF getting descriptions of New
Counterfeit Notes 7wo Weeks in adranee
Of The monthly subscribers.
Subscription may commence with any
month. Terms alwys cash in advance.
All letters must be addressed to
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS.,
306 CHESTNUT ST.. PHILADELPHIA.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28

e A HINT.-We fear that many persons
are too apt to overlook the little sums
which they owe the printer. but out Of
which little sums be derives almost his
entire income. We sgain refer to the
fact that, with material at three times its
former price, the cost of labor doubled,
-four eight dollars per hundred. wood four
and FIVE dollars per cord, butter fifty
cents per pound. eggs twenty-five cents
per dozen, and so on. the price of the
Chisf has not been raised one cent. Ger
tainly, under these circu INST ances, every
one should make it special duty 10 keep
even with the printer. We owe debts,
and those whom we owe do not forget to
come for the last dollar. But how are
we to pay, with our dollars scattered for
miles throughout the country
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28

FoR CLERK.-John t. Morton, of To-
peka, is candidate for Clerk of the House,
at the approaching session Of the Legis.
lsture. We presume there is no doubt ol
his election. as q msjority OF the members
of the House are sensible men. and know
the importance of q good Clerk. Any
person who has ever been q member,
knows this; and those who are about to
serve their FIRST term. will permit us to
say to them. that in transacting Lagisla.
tive business smoothly. expsditiously, and
correctly. a good Clerk is far more neces'
sary than good Speaker. With both.
all will go we'll. From the number oI
able gentlemen spoken Of in connection
with the Speakership. we are satisfied a
good one will be chosen; and then. with
Morton for Clerk, the House will bs in
splendid running order.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
Thursday, /: December %, 1865.
Maine Law and Registry Law.

Maine Law and Registry Law.
Hsving succeeded, in great degree. in
corrupting Kansas politics by introducing
the systems practiesd in New York, the
next move is to enact New York laws TO
guard against csrtain social and political
evils. The editor of the Lsavenwcrth
Conservative. who is fresh from New
York. can see no good in anything that
is different from the way it was done in
that State. Perhaps he will not be sat.
isfed until Kansas has acquired all toe
rottenness of New York politics, ani en-
acted the entire New York code of laws.
The Maine Liquor Law and Registry
Law have both been tried in New York,
and he insists that the coming Legislature
should enact them in this State.
We regard the Maine Law as failure.
It has proven SO, wherever tried. In
fact, any law to force men from getting
drunk, can never succeed. If they can't
be persuaded or reasoned into decency. no
prohibitory law can accomplish the OBJ
jsct. There cen be no person more op.
posed to drunkenness than we are. who
have never in our life felt the influence Of
liquor; yet the enactment of the Maine
Law. or any other prohibitory law, while
it would not effect particle of good in
the direction desired, would be hut max
ing law to De system atically and contin-
uslly violated, and introducing ons more
element into politics for the use of dema-
gogues-for q political Issue it would
simply become. We do not believe that
any social evil can be cured by party
means.
A Registry Law is useful only in great
cities, such as New York, and other large
cities in that State; but it is wholly un-
suited to the rural Districts. Kansas has
had two such lsws-one passed by tie
Pro-Slavery Legislature of 1857. and
one by the Free State Legislature of 1859
and the people we're heartily sick of
both, on the first trial. We opine they
want no more Registry laws. Where
there are no large cities, and where the
people are thinly scattered over large
scope of country. Ragistry law is alto
gether unnecessary and impracticable.
Hundreds of men barely go to tbs polls
when election day arrives, and would
hardly take the pains to register their
names before that time. Such law
would simply exclude large number of
legal voters from the ballot box, every
year. and probably admit many who were
not legal voters. Kansas vents no Reg
istry Law.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28

ATLANTIC MoNTHLY.-The New Year
of the Atlantic opens up grandly. The
January number is received, filled with
admirable contributions. The table of
contents is as follows: Passages from
Hawthorne's Note Books; Castles in the
Air; Beauty and the Beast; The Wilder
ness; The Bells of Lynn; The High Tide
of December; Lucy's Letters: DR.. johns;
Wind the Clock; The Kingdom Coming;
The Chimney Corner for 1866; Griffith
Gaunt, or Jealousy; Reviews. etc. Pub
lished by Ticknor & Fields, Boston, at
81 year for single subscribers; 2 copies.
81; S copies. SIC; 10 copies. $50. We
furnish it to our subscribers at SO for
single subscriptions, which is the lowest
club rates for large clubs.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28
The Elective Franchise In the
District Of Columbia.

Senator Wade, of Ohio. on the 4,h in
slant, asked and by unanimous consent
obtained leave to bring in tbe following
bill, conferring the right OF Suffrage on
the colored people OF the District of Co
lumbia. The bill will doubtless become
law, and beginning will thus be made
in the revolution which is to endow the
negro with all the privileges Of citizen
ship.
a Bill to regulate the elective fran
chise in the District Of Columbia.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House
of Representatives. of the United States o,
America, in Congress assembled. That
from and after the passage of This act,
each and every male person of the age o'
twenty -onc years and upwards, who has
not been convictvd of any infamous
crime or offense. and who is citizen o
the United States. and who shall have re.
sidei in the District for the period of 81,
months previous to any election therein
shall be deemed an elector and entitled to
vote at any election in said District
without any distinction or discrimina'
ton on account of color. race or nation
ality.
SEC. 2. AndJe ii further enacted, Thai
if any person or persons shall willfully in
terrupt or disturb any such elector in the
exercise OF such franchise. he or they shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and
on conviction thereof. shall be fined ir
any sum not to exceed one Thousand
dollars. or be imprisoned in the cell oI
dungeon of the jail in said District. and
fed en- bread and water only, for period
not to exceed thirty days, or both, at the
discretion of the court:
SEC. 8. Aad be IL further. enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the several conrts
having criminal jurisdiction in said Dis
trict. to give this act in special charge to
the grand jury at the commencement o'
each term of the court.
SEC 4. And be 1t further enacted. That
all acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act, be ard the samo are here,
by repealed.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28

NEW PApERs.-Not least among the
results of returning pesce and prosperity.
is the appearance of large number Of
new and handsome papers in all parts of
the county. OF these, Kansas has her
full share.
We have received the 6rst and second
numbers of the Topeka Weekly Lead.
er," published by j. F. Cummings &
Co., and edited by Ward Burlingame, q
we'll known and talented newspaper wri'
ter. 1t is large. eight-column paper,
very handsomely gotten up. and already
bids fair to become leading journal in
the State.
The Western Home Journal" comes
to Us from Ottawa. Franklin County. Il
is decidedly the bsndsomest paper in the
State. containing six broad columns tc
the page. making it as large as an eight
column paper of the ordinary width. II
tis beautifully printed. and the FIRST number
indicates it to be truly what its name i'm.
plies-a Home Journal. Rev. /. 8. kal'
lock is its editor.
The miami County Free Press" has
Just been started at Paola. by Smythe d
Higgins. We think it is printed on the
Crusader material. 1t ia seven column
paper. independent in politics. (altbougt
some of the papers say it is intended fol
q Democratic organ, when the "sign is
right" well gotten up. and gives evi'
dence Of ability. The editors claim to
be Republicans, but not of the zone man
lower" sort There are more Of US so, u
as the old woman ssid to the COW.
We have received two numbers Of the
Reno Times, hsiling from Reno, Venan'
go County. Pennsylvania, in The heart o
the Oil Region. 1t is large. handsome,
and ably conducted paper, filled with
general and oil news. Those who desire
a paper from the oil country. had better
enclose SO to the Reno Times.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28
Gen. Schenck's Proposed Ann
endmcnt 10 siie National CGsfsei.


| The following is a verbatim copy oi
tho proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition Of the United States, introduced
into the House of Representatives,, De-
cember 9Th. by lion. r G. Schenck 1t
was read twice. referred to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary, and ordered to
be printed
Joint Resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, to apportioa Representatives ac-
cording to the number Of voters in the
several States.
Rssolyed, By the Senate and House oI
Representatives of the United States oil
America, in Congress assembled. two
thirds of each hou'e concurring.) That
the following be proposed to the Lagis
latures of the several States as an amend
ment OF the Constitution of the United
States, which, when ratified by three
fourths Of such Legisla' ures. shall become
part of said Consultation. in place oi
the third paragraph in the second section
of the FIRST article. to.wit:
Representatives shall be apportionei
among the several States which may be
included within this Union according to
the number of male citizens over twenty
one years of age, having the quslifics-
tions requisite for electors of the most
numerous branch OF the State Legislature.
The Congress, at their first session after
the ratification of this amendment by the
required number of States, shall provide
by law for the actual enumeration of such
voters; and such actual enumeration shall
be separately made in general census of
tile population of all the States within
overy subsequent term of ten years, in
such manner as the Congress may by law
direct. The number of Representatives
shall not exceed one for every hundred
Thousand of actual population. but each
State shall have at least one Representa-
| tive
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28

BIELA's CoMEr.-This beautiful comet
is now visible to the naked eye in the
neighborhood of the constellation Pegas-
Us. and close to the bright star Msrkabs,
one of the four bright luminaries which
form the well known square Of Pegasus.
1t is now pursuing southerly course.
and will cross the celestial square about
the middle of December. SinguIarly
enough. it then crosses the old path fol-
lowed in 1916. and near point where it
was then observed to separate into two
comets. It viii con,inue to approach the
earth until the end of February, when its
distance from us will be only eighteen
millions of miles. At that time it will.
however. have advanced far into the
southern heavens. aud disappeared from
here in higher latitude.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-28

HoLLowAy's Pills AND OINTMENT
FALLING OF THE WoMB.-During the ear.
ly stages of CESSATION, many young marri-
ed females are subject to a sinking Of the
womb, which causes them considerable
trepidation and uneasiness. The Oint-
ment will be found invaluable in these
emergencies. as it entirely dispsnses with
the necessity for pessaries or mechanical
agencies. The Pills will brsce the en-
fesbled organs. strengthen the system and
secure the invalid from o future relapse.
These medicines are valuable in all COM
plants incidental to the female sex.