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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
The AvcnGcr of the President.

New York. FRIDAY. APRIL %.
Sergeant Corhett, who shot Booth, is
well known in this city. He was a con.
slant attendant of the Fulton Street Meet
ing, and greatly annoyed it by wha, was
considered his fanaticism. He took part
frequently, and in bis prayers was in the
habit of adding ser" to all bis words, as
40, Lord-er, bearer our prayer-er.' -
When anything pleased him, be would
shout "Amen," "Glory to God" in q
sharp. shrill voice. to the great horror Of
the Dutchman who controls the meeting.
All remonstrance was in vain, and lie
shouted to the very last. He enlisted in
the Twelfth Regiment, and made con-
science his guide there. He was perpet-
ually in hot water because he would fol.
low the order of his conscience rather
than the military order. He prayed in
the corner of his tent regularly night and
morning, nor could the taunts or jeers of
his associates turn him aside. l have
seen him often in the guard house, with
his knapsack full Of bricks as punish
ment, with his testament in bis hand, lift
ing up bis voice against swearing. preach
ing temperance, and calling upon his wild
companions to ''seek the Lord" One
day at dress parade in Frar kiln square,
Butter6eld cursed and damned the regi-
ment for something he did not like.
Corbett stepped out of the ranks and re-
proved the Colonel for breaking Gods
law. He was of course put under arrest.
He made mp his mind that the time for
which he enlisted. expired at II O'Clock
at night, on q certain day. He gave no.
tice that be should go home when his
time was out. He was put on picket du-
ty, and as the hour OF midnight was
sounded, he laid his gun down on the line
and marched of. He was tried By a
court-msrtial aud sentenced to be shot.
The order was not executed, but he was
drummed ont Of the regiment. Nothing
daunted. he enlisted again. He was in |
detachment of the New York Sixteenth, |
who were bemmed in by Mosby. near
Culpepper. All surrendered except Cor
bett. He stood ont manfulIy with bis
revolver and breech-loa1ipg rife. He
killed seven men before he surrendered.
He brought his man down every time he
fred. and as each rebel fell. shouted !
Amen! Glory to God!" just as be used
70 ct the Fulton street meeting. Mosby
liked his pluck, and ordered his men not
% shoot him. Boston Journal. l
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
Suspicious. Conduct.

We have bsen informed of an occur.
renee which looks suspicious. to say the
least. We make no concealment oi
names or localities for our informant is
willing to stand by his statement, and il
the matter can be satisfactorily explain
ed, those concerned may have an oppor-
tunity for clearing it up.
Last week. two young men who had
been repairing the telegraph line. on their
return from Brownville. stopped for the
night at Rulo. at hotel kept by o
Freedman. One Of the men placed his
valise in tho bar-room or Office, first lay
ing down an oil.cloth blanket, and draw
ing the corners over the .vslise, so as to
envelope it. The next morning. having
occasion to go to his vslise, he found
dne gold watch and chain placed be-
tween the blanket and valise, SO that, had
be lifted the bundle without opening it,
be would have carried the watch with it.
He took it ont, and called the attention
of person in the room to ths circum.
stance. who recognized it as belonging
to the landlady. 1t was taken to her,
when she admitted, with apparent confu-
sion, that she had put it there. but gave
no further explanation. Now, there is
but one thing suggests itself in conuec-
tion with this-snd so the young man
concerned regarded it. 1t looks as if the
watch had been placed there for the pur-
pose Of having the stranger carry it off.
At the proper time it would have been
missed, and search made. resulting, of
course. in finding the watch in the s,ran.
gers possession. Perhaps, by paying a
large sam of money. be would have been
permitted to 60 his way. But when we
remember that but few nights before, a
daring robbery had been committed in
Rulo. suppose the young man had limo.
Gently carried the watch away with him.
that pursuit had been given, and that in
the excitement he had been hanged or
shot down, without any opportunity for
investigation-who would have been the
real murderer
If such is the game played upon stran
gers st that hotel, it is unsafe to stop
thsre. If the proprietor or his wife can
give any satisfactory explanation, it will
be to their advantage to do so. They may
explain, but they need not attempt to de-
ny the foregoing statement. The person
concerned in it can be produced, and he
has more than one witness to substan-
tiate his statement.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
The Poisoning of Andrew johnson.

There can be but little douht LEFT in the
minds of those who attentively perussh
the details of the plot to assassina;e the
leaders of the Government. that Andrew
johnson, who has endured so much IN.
deserved obloquy for his singular abeus-
tion on the 4th OF March, was on that oc-
casion under the influence, not either offs
mere disturbing drug. intended only to
disfigure him. but OF deadly poison,
furtively insinua,ed in his drink with the
view to take his life. 1t is in proof that
the asssssiuations were to have been per
petrated on the 4th of March, and thst
Booth, the chief assassin, had posted him
self in position where MIR. Lincoln must
pass closely by, and it was dOub'lessly
expected that about the time when the
President should have psrisbed by the
pistol, the new Vice President would have
expired in the Capitol from the effects oil
the potion he had taken. Probably this
view Of the matter has never struck the
mind of Mr.. johnson and it is not to be
supposed that under the mystery OF that
strange occurrence. which must have Pu1'
zlsd him mere than any body else be
would care to allude to the affair win
any attempts at explanation that mig"
have been misunderstood. The diselos-
Ire Of the instructions distributed among
the assaEsins. that "tbey were at liSery
to use the blade. the pistol or the bowl;
but they must bear in mind the latter A0'
once failed" seems to be conclusive 90
this point, and will doubtless suggest
some important recol!eeiioas to the Ples'
dents mind. His powerful nature III,
umphel over the Internal drsught. anu
thus, in addition to en- invaluable he De-
ing saved 10 the nation, we are grS'lGe'
in the conviction that one who has ~
ways been sober. selfrespectins s's's'
man. is now provIdcntially relieved no"
even q passing cloud on his career
Wilkes Spirit.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

~ We learn that q shooting affair
took place near the Planters House, 10
Leavenworth. few days since. between
D. r. Anthony and Col Jennison. Jen-
nison said something to Anthony, when
the latter drew q revolver and fred at
him twice, woundipg him in the leg.
Jennison then drew revolver, when An
thony ran like quarter-horse. Jennison
popping away at him. but without doing
him any damage. What sad thing,
and loss to the country it would have
been. bad these two WORTHLESS killed each
other
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

THE DEATH THAT BooTH DIED .ln'
wound from tho effects OF which DOO'"
died, was Of the spinal cord. and us '~
mediate effect was complete paralysis =. :.
the arms. legs and lower portion o. .",
trunk, while respiration and tne nss
would continue, as the nerves when p.
coed to those organs pass off from loo IT,. 1'
Mum and not from the spinal cora.
mind was clear and undisturoed' '
from the shock of the wound and ps'.'
but the brain was unin;ured. 1t was vas.
living. active mind, with dead ne'p";
body, with the most excrutlailng' ssO
zing pain that human body can Dc 'uJ
ject too. Says q writer in the fIi'Sn IN
pbis Press: "From the moment 'ne I.
struck him he was dead. aud ee.P,'''
with q mind clear, in intense suferins,
living witness of bis own just pun'sn".,
for his atrocious deed. Was tnef'
the sveugiug hand of God upon nlm .., ..
the moment he exclaimed. upon the ,s,, ~" +.
of Ford's theatre, II sm svengea! =.
the leap upon the stage the hou's' Far %
small bone of the leg. was frsctnieL
Ten days and nights The forest and sW'.d nd
we're bis home. with pain, and dfeau' 90. -.
anguish. When discovered the oalI TIA
ired; before him sea Of fame res". .,,,lI n
.ngulf him; beyond the grave = ,s,t
greater fame awaiting him; ana a. s;s
instant be received his Pecullas,, s,s,r;.
wound. which We have ,:.s d'ssr s.,.
,ed. Gould the end Of such . ili' nors
,esn more painful. more dreadful. n The
Was there not .s 10 J. -
and Of an Overriding Providence
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

~ The Central Christian Advocate
of st. Louis. gives notice that, mas
much as . certain exchange makes nc
mention of the assassination of President
Lincoln, nor by single word informs it,
readers of such an event, it has no farthel
use for that paper, and therefore strikes
it from its exchange list. 1t. adds, tha,
such a sheet resembles newspaper abou,
as much as an Egyptian mummy doe.
Gen. Grant.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
Names Of the Assas.;n..~
accessories, Aheir

Names Of the Assas.;,.
accessories. Their
h-ll. 'd and gone 10
2. spsngler. the stage c,,D..
Ford's theatre. will proSabl, M.s sss;sr Of
extreme penalty of the law 'unsf The
3. "Sam" Arnold, of Baj,imo.
known as the author of a Is,,.. s' better
"sam," who understood the 'I, MI, s'snsi
agreed to it. and backed ont MT IL p,Is ,b. and
becanse of his failing COURAGE >" n;s .as eNd
suffer death. lie was a coos1; VIII also
not bold enough to be an assass;O O'' but
4. Capt. Willie Jet,, found ., D
ing Green, who took Booth bsbiDi pVSl' "!
on his horse, thus facilitating bis Da ssoa aln
will run close chance for bis No nal escape
either did or did no, recognize inn in R.it he
the assassin. an il SO. wo to him DOO'a
5. Azerotb. or Azerodt. hu,
name in his own ezecrable chirOsr,~aSSCo ~Soss :
have copied from the register ., Igay l
woods Hotel. as G. A. Abzeros, y chH n'fk'
County. Nd. l26 D, will be bnDe unatIeS
lively. He is a murderer by ;Di,'s'. pus',
and temperament. His face is a s,anIDs as
conviction. 'lns
6 Mrs: Suratt will suffer the fDIi ~.
atty attached to Eer crime. As Epe.t
was the master, so was she the m;y,r' ,o,u
couspirator. She is bold and crnaI S'sS ~
deserves to die. AOa
I. Mclaughlin, friend and coDf.s
ate of Booth, will die for conspirscr S,stI' r;.s
ont courage. ""1'
s. DR.. Mudd. residing near Brv,u,o,.
may suffer death for his timiii,y, II,
set Booths leg on Saturday morniD, ak m
never mentioned it until Sunday pisbt
He may not have recognized Booth .,I
may not. as he says, have hearl of II. H..
murder; he has been stern secs,s,or;,,
and a life insurance policy, at prs,rn,
would cost him the revenue of his Conn,.
9. .Iohn Lloyd will certainly die u.
kept Mrs. Surstt's hotel at Sura,syiIIs CO.
creted and furnished the two ass,ss;D,
with carbines, and although posi,ivsIr
aware of ths conspiracy before, and ii,
crime immediately after its execution bs
held his tongue.
10. Sam Coxer. or Capt. Sam Coxen
lives between Scylia and Charyblis II,
concealed and fed Booth, probably know.
ing his hands TO be stained with blood
He has already suffered execution in hi,
horrible forebodings.
ii. Young Harold. who stood with
Booth in the all-memorable barn, and
shared his flight, and was his guide and
servant. will die despite hundred plea,
of dementia or mania.
II. John Suratt, who. il caught at al,
will suffer death. lie shared the horrible
secret of meditated crime, and should,
with his mother, meet the reward Of mur
der.
13. Payne, or Wood, tho desperate
assassin of Mr.. Seward, who was taken
at Mrs. Surstt's house. and was a hired
eut-throat, will die. beyond peralvenure.
IA. Mr. and Mrs. Adams. Of Newport,
who, it is believed, knew Booth and as.
sisted him.
Is. Mr.. Wilson. OF Newport, who did
not assist justice, altogether eognizaui Of
the crime.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
~ We notice that the citizens {

~ We notice that the citizens o
many towns throughout Kansas, Nebras.
ka and Missouri, are taking active meas.
ures 20 improve their places, and pro-
mote their prosperity. They regard the
present as the time to strike. if ever, and
that any longer delay will frither away
the golden opportunity. By the way.
what is going to be done in our town ?
We suggest that measures be taken to
drive at least one.half our present popu-
lstion out of town, to make room for
newcomers. We see NO other possible
way of providing places for thoss who
want to come.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

r H We ore informed that o man was
met on the highway, near Powhatan,
Brown County, a few days since. by a
single individual, who, with drawn re-
volver. compelled him to stand and de-
liver. The booty amounted to $50. Is
there no way to put down this outlawry!
We know of nothing that will do It, ex-
cept applying the civil law to their cases,
or reading the Ten Commandments to
them
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

w al. r. Dutton, of Oskaloosa, sold
himself, body and breeches, to Lane, and,
it is even insinuated by malicious indi.
viduals, sold out his County on the
County line question, then made trip to
Washington, to receive his promised pay.
He got the position of Enrolling Com
missioner of the Northern District oil
Kansas: went to Leavenworth and was
sworn in, and was mustered out the same
day! That's the way it pays a man to
be pimp.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
A Government Scattered to the Four
Winds.


Were the Confederate Government re.
cognized Tomorrow. and were it possible
for that Government to resume its flnc-
tions in every department. il would be a
government without record, and would
speedily arrive at chaos. Documents be.
fore deemed of the highest importance,
are whirled abont the streets upon every
gust of wind like leaves Of antumn they
choke the cutters. Bundles Of records
are hacked about the streets, and sold in
the suffers stores for wrapping paper !;
old lcdgers and day books from the Treas
ury and Auditors Offices, half-Eliel are
made to perform another service in q
commercial way. in the shop and count
ing-room. Pay-rolls of the Confederate
army, paid and unpaid. half burned, are
bundled OF to ths paper mill to be con.
verted into virgin paper again. The
fiooding Of the world in the DAYS of Noah
did not more efectually drown out and
wash away the record Of the people living
then. than did the evacuation and burn.
ing of Richmond destroy the Confederate
claim to . government. The evacuation
must have come upon the Confederate
rulers as suddenly as did the food, else
more would have been saved and less pnt
ont OF existence. As it is. the great prob
lem OF separate Southern Confedsracy,
which JEFF. Davis and his clerks were
working out over innumerable reams of
fooiscap, has come to nsught. been dash.
ed by the sponge of fate, and nothing re-
mains, if ths problem is to be persisted
IN, bot to wipe out the slate and com.
nence anew. dating the Southern Con.
and its records from 9 new ers
and new birth. 1t is an old household
maxim that "tbree moves are as bad as
hre ;" but with the Confederate Govern
ment, one move and FIRE did the bust.
ness'-Riehmond Wig, 27M. :
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
H We learn that the 9Th Kansas.

re- We learn that the 9TH Kansas, at
Pilot Knob. Mo-, had captured some
prisoners. whom they were holding at the
time of the assassination of the President.
When the news of the sad event was re-
ceived, these prisoners shouted and ex-
pressed the greatest joy. They were i'm
mediately invited to take short walk.
from which they never returned. Some
body shot them-probably bushwhsckers!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

~ The rebels had their own fun over
the story that President Lincoln. when
be 6rst went to Washington. disguised
himself in Scotch cap and plaid. He
was never accused Of Disgusting himself
in pctticosts
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

~ A friend wonders whether JEFF
Davis will preside over the destiniss ol
the Southern Confsderacy any more. We
sincerely hope he will. The Confederacy
has reached its destiny. in the Internal re.
gions. and JEFF. ought, by all means, to
be sent to preside over it.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

I ~ The Rulo Register. speaking Of
the shooting of . horse, thief near this
place. says that it thinks such fellows
ought to be left to the civil law. We
assure him that We regret the necessity
for lynch-law as much As he possibly can.
and suggest that If the scoundrels who
recently committed the bold robbery in
Rulo are caught. the process of civil law
be tried upon them,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
The Providence Question.

The Providence Question.
Since it is so streruonsly insisted that
the assassination OF President Lincoln was
"dispensation of Providence. we have
come TO the conclusion that history here
tofore has not been what j: should have
been, and that henceforth the defec. mus,
be reme1ied. We want orthodox history
written by men who believe that the band
Of God is in great crimes, but that the
perpetrators thereof, being free moral
agents. must be punished for carrying
ont the will Of God, who is not account.
able for the crime! This subimely ri.
diculous doctrine should be represented
in history and we volunteer to furnish q
page for the future annalist, concerning
the death of the President, for the benefit
Of the orthodox reader, three or four hun.
dred years hence. It should read thus
abraham Lincoln. who presided over
the destinies of the United States, during
that monstrous and wicked rebellion,
was essentially a man of God. The Bi.
bic was his daily solace and guide. II
taught him to be pure and simple-mind.
ed, even as q child. and to forgive bis
enemies and those who despitefully used
him. These precepts he obeyed to the
letter. He was pure and simple-mindedi
and when the rebellion was crushed, thi:
Cody man was preparing a proclama a.
tion, forgiving all the public enemies,
and inviting them to return and live to.
ge.her as brothers. God saw that il
would never do for Abraham Lincoln to
follow Divine precepts in restoring peace;
therefore. He who had ,giAn unto the
world, through Moses, the command,
Thou shalt not KILL directed the hand
OF an assassin, named Booth, to slay the
President in public congregation.
Booth, having executed the will oi
Providence, and thereby horri6ed and as.
founded the civilized world, fed to the
wilderness for safety. A price was set
upon his head, and vengeance was hot
on his track. But there was no escape.
God directed the steps of the pursuers
after the wretch who had executed His
will, and caused him to fall into their
hands. and to be slain by them.
'"Andrew johnson succeeded to the
Presidency. and punished the rebel lead
ers with great severity. Then the people
saw that the hand of God had raised him
up to rule over the nation, because he
was not, like his predecessor, SO foolish
as to attempt to carry out the admoni-
tions of the Lord"
Such history would have q queer
sound, but to make it orthodox, it could
not be otherwise. The funeral sermons
upon the Presidents death, teach Us that
Providence causes men to bs murdered
for doing His will, and then causes the
executioner Of His judgment to be put
to death. We confess, that hitherto we
have had different idea of God, and do
not see fit to alter it to suit the doctrines
of those who assume to be His chief
spokesman and advisers, but who, by en-
deavoring to palm eff their own inconsis.
tencies as the wisdom of God, do oil
in their power to make Him appear ri
diculous.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

~ Next Saturday, the Goth. the mi
litia are ordered ont to drill. Now that
the war is about over, it is to be hoped
that this drill business will be done away
with. 1t is great bore. and in time of
peace, useless.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

A STRONG TEAM.-The papers are sl
ready runnins up Presidential tickets 70,
1868. Here is ours. We will guarantee
that if nominated, they will both accept,
and will not permit their modesty to
make them say they are not qualified to
fill the positions -
For President,
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN,
OF Immensity of Space.
For Vice. President,
GEORGE A. CRAWFORD,
OF Kansas.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

re- If Harper's Weekly don't give q
correct likeness of JEFF. Davis in petit
coats. just as he was captured. taken by
its special artist, on the spot. the public
ought to withdraw its patronage from
that paper.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

E The sentiment of the people is,
that JEFF. Davis should be taken to Wash.
ington in the precise garb in which be
was caught, and be subjected to the gaze
of the populace, as be passes along.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

, E Horse-stsaling continues unaba-
ted Within the past few days. about q
dozen horses and mules have been stolen
in Holt County. and number on this
side of the river.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

: ES As JEFF. Davis, the last remnant
of the rebel Government, was captured in
his wife's apparel. it has been suggested
that the Confederacy was reduced to a
petticoat Government
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

w The junction City Uuion, after q
long absence, comes to US again, under
control Of G.. w. Martin. The Courier,
which was to have succeeded the Union,
last Fall, appears to have "died born
in'!'
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

D 1@ 1t is announced that Ex-President
franklin Pierce is soon to be married to
8 Boston lady. He undoubtedly could
have suited himself better, by going
South and marrying one of the rebel she
cats so numerous there. and whose polit-
ical views would have accorded with his
own.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
~ E. P Baker has been

~ F. P. Baker has been mustered
cut as Enrolling Commissioner for the
District of Southern Kansas. 1t has been
some weeks since the Record has read q
homily upon keeping all the fat offices
in our party. Good-by. $1,000 year.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

~ We learn that on last Saturday
night, party Of men went to the house
Of j. G. Leavitt, near Padonia, Brown
County. and compelled him to deliver
mp his money, amounting to about $500.
One of the men wore false face, and the
others were strangers. The fact of one
being in disguise. indicates that he must
have been a person who was known to
Mr.. Leavitt, and had led the party to his
house, knowing him to have the money.
The robbers have been pursued, and il
caught. will probably be handed over to
the civil law
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

~ The river has been very low, and
in bad boating order, but is now rising
rapidly. The T. L. MoGill. which had
been lying on q bar between here and
Forest City, for about two weeks, got of
and passed on up, Sunday morning.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

: @ What a Spring! Thursday
morning. there was a heavy frost. and
plenty Of ice. This Spring reduces to a
reality tho line of the old hymn
"December's as pleasant as May"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18

w It may be truly said that Presi'
dent Lincoln triumphed in death. His
last journey from Washington to Illinois.
was more like triumphal march than q
funeral procession.