White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-12-07
Gbinpampjies.


"There is in our city a rumpr, to which we
confess that we attach some Importance, though
it does not come to Us from any source
authorized to give information. 1t is that a
most tremendous quantity of powder has accu.
mu!ated, and is still rapidly accommodating. at
Cairo, and that commissary, quartermaster's,
and medical stores are gathering there for a
hundred thousand men. The rumor we speak
Of says that the stores have been ordered
South, but that the powder, so far as is known,
remains for the present at Cairo
D The Freem,sons of Holland have al
dressed communication to the Holy Father.
in which they protest against the recent papai
allocution, remarking that Freemasonry scars
above all sects and creeds, inasmuch as 1t tends
to elevate and bene6t humanity. They add
that any religious denomination which attempts
to deviate from that great social mission. and
to assert its supernatural superiority over the
duties of practical Christianity, places itself
thereby outside of the pale of humanity.
T Our AT SEA.-The New York papers
speak of grand sight in the sailing of feet OF
merchantmen TO sea, q few days ago. They had
been weatherbound by dense fog of the pre-.
vious twenty -four hours, when all took their
departure together from the North and East
Rivers. Those two great channels of com,
merce we're white with sails-small and great;
some laden and some empty, and bound to al
most every port in the world. What a com.
merce we have! and tell the sea that the Stars
and Stripes can Aoat in pride and triumph.
p Cosr OF KILLING AN ISDrAs.-A very
novel statement has been presented to the Gov
ernment. Il is found upon close calculation
and reliable data, from the immense expendi
lures that have been made in the recent Indian
kill an Indian.
p The New York police magistrates are
ining persons for bringing calves and sheep to
market in the inhuman style which is often
witnessed in other localities besides New York.
The poor animals are thrown into carts in
heaps, With their legs tied together and thei.
heads lolling over the sides and grating against
the wheels, thus causing them great and unnec-
essary suffering.
T A gentleman requests the editor of the
Lewisburg (Pa.) Chronicle to announce that he
will furnish for thank sgiving dinner, a turkey
to every soldiers widow in Union County,
and to every widow who has lost in the war a
son upon whom she was dependent for support.
This is commendable, not as charity to the
living, bat more as thank offering to the noble
dead, whose struggles and tolls we're blessed in
the preservation Of our beloved land.
u The TRIAL OF WrNpER.-It is announced
that Winder and Duncan. now confined in the
Old Capitol Prison at Washington, are to be
tried for completely in the Andersonvile atroc-
tiles. The evidence must be Substantially the
same as in the case of Wirz, and it is to be
hoped that the trial will not be dragged out to
the dull length which wearied everybody with
that of the man who has just been hung. Let
everything be done fairly, but not stretched out
to an interminable length.
the old army who went South and joined the
rebellion at the outbreak, called upon the
President and asked for pardon. The President
informed bin that he had not yet pardoned an
officer who had gone over to the South and ia.
ken up arms against the North. He did not
know what he might do in the future, but for
the present he held their cases under advise
ment.
u President Johnson, as reward to two
Blackfeet Indians, who rescued two white wo-
men from the savages, has directed to be pre-
sented each of the rescuers q silver medal,
$50 in money, and an official document, with
their noble conduct.
U The Western Union Telegraph Company
has been in session during the past week at
Rochester. The capital of the company is sta
ted at twenty two millions. To retire its float
ing Indebtedness the company has decided to
issue three millions of eight per cent. stock,
which will soon come into the market.
B The Albany Journal says it is rumored
that Gen. Slocum is likely to receive an in
portant appointment on the New York Central
Railroad. This would be an act OF simple JUS
tice at the hands of Dean Richmond, whose
political plans involved his personal deshuc-
ton.
70 EauIvocAL.-The English papers inform
us that Mr.. Benjamin. has commenced the
practice Of his profession" in London. Wheth-
er that means that he has opened law ofire
or a faro bank, does not appear 1t is grim
satisfaction for US to know that he will be
match for anything that John Bull can prodace
in either line.
" CAN'r KILL PR NrER-The Blooming
ton Qll) Paragraph says that w. H. Law
renee. formerly q eomposit'r in that Office, fell
head first into well, about sixty feet deep, on
Friday evening, and was taken out but little
hurt.
" The Fenian Sisterhood gave great ball
in Buffalo, the other evening. and among the
decorations of the hall was the Irish Gag with |
the British cross turned downward, with the |
motto: "The Red Gross of England shall fall |
beneath the Eagle and the Harp"
u One of the best things of the season is |
that of Bishop Simpson, who has declared in
favor Of paying the rebel war debt when il be- |
comes due, viz: "after the independence of the |
Confederate States shall have been secnred."