White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-02-16
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" KrnAaxAsLE FAcr.-Accounts on file
at the Department At Washington, show the
singular fact that, since the rebellion began,
forty thousand more Southern white. than
blacks have recsived assistance from the Gov.
eminent. We commend shis important fac. to
those who are forever growing th.. the free
negroes are an expense 70 the Government.
q EursoR GrS. smsI IrrsN-rhe Chicago
Post .(De neentic) says: " Richmond papers
announce that the poorest -whiske, now costs
Eve dollars . drink. in that city. We sre so,,y
for the distinguished Peace Commissioner,
from Illinois "
H, 1t i an unfailing rule Of national ,if e,
that the party that carries you through q war
always vacates Office when it Is ended, and the
other party comes in. In 1868 or 1872, the
Democracy are to preside at the Viii, . House.
f-Wnas3I PliaYs. .!s5
% In the beginning Of the month of Sep
tember last. Sheridan -.as simply Captain in
the Thirteenth Infantry. Twenty days later.
he became Brigadier; and in less than two
months tne. Major General IN, the regular
service.
p-Oyer six years ago, Williams H. Seward
said that the day had passed when man who
spelled negro With two g's. could be elected
President. If,he prophecies Of the great SEN
ator have not all been fulfilled, this one, at
least, seems to be true. ~
u Misses Matte and Mollie Z. Anderson,
sisters of the notorious murderer. Bill Ander-
son, were, . few days ago, sent South beyopd
the Federal lines, cia Gaines Laniine. Ar
kansas.
u The Springfield Republican knows of an
1rishman who cannot write his own name, and
has stored up s66 900 in gold and silver.
p A member of General Mesdeis Staff re-
Gently saw boy with an uncommonly large
mufaer about bis neck. He asked what was
the natter with Rim, and he replied tbak he
had got the itch. The officer investigated, and
found important dispatches to General Lee.
u Dick aa.rdson said, in the Senate, the
other day. that General Butler never 6ught a
battle. Old "Dick" fights one every day; that
Of the Big Black-bottle.-Peoris T,sase,ipt.
u THE DiFrEREScE.-The first election of
Mr.. Lincoln made the rebek all anxious to get
out Of the Union. The second election has
made them equally anxious to get back again
Thus time makes all things eren:s'
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1F Nj. Gen. Ord. Who succeeds Gen Butler
in the Army Of James, is a native Of Maryland, :,
Catholic, and gra iuatc Of West Point, where
he was classmate of Gen. Halleck His res
idenee is Carlisle. Pa. Previous to the war,
he resided in California, and is said to have
been ultra Pro-Slayery in his views.
u In 1860 the product Of labor for each
person in Massachusetts,. was So35; in Mary
l.nd, 500; in South C,rolina, $56 Thus, in
free and educated Massachusetts,, the reward
of labor is more than double that in MARYLAND,
and four times that in South Carolina.
IL Gov. Johnson. in a speech before the
Tennessee Convention, said: al have not
joined the rebellion, nor have run away from
it-only, about ihI ee yesrs aep, I did travel
with cons1ier erable speed to get out of sosebo-
dy's way.
T OF all the coast forts seized BY the reb-
els. and yhicb Mr.. Lincoln. in his inaugural,
declared it the duty # the Government to "re-
possess" the on<y one not now in our posses
sion is Fort Sumter.
p THE WAY THEY Do IT IN KrrUcKr.-
A guerrilla attacked the shop of a lonely wild
ow in Rawesville, Kentucky, the other night
He broke ne window and pushed his head in
when the widsw laid him out with . billet of
wood, call ed for an axe. and deliberately made
mince neat Of the body, leaving the pieces for
the swine to devour.
p Gen. Terry has a sister who is Q hospital
nurse in The Department Of the SDuth, and is
highly esteemed BY all who have known her in
that capacity. His cousin, Miss Rose TeIr..
is we'll knoEp to the reading pa6fr. As the
author Of Hsny popular magazine stories and
rerses.
u Thers r. Jew at Pittsburgh, Who is so
honest and patriotic, that he lately wens to the
Income Tax Assessor. and paid him $2.sOG tax
tn - his name uss not sn the Assessors
box oks. Not very many YANKEES would do
i better than MT.
p Hon. James Guthrie, Democrat. recently
elected Senator from Kentucky, in speech at
Frankfort, Ky, tie other Say, used the felsow-
ing language: Mr. Lincoln isa better man
than m.ny think, aud believe good viii come
of this Administrations" .-...
u Istakes three ,ourths osthe States, after
the recomm endation Of as amendment of she
Constitution ofthe United States bv iwo- fbirds
Of both Houses Of Congress, to adopt thas
amendment Therefore, as IL ID proposed to
. amend the Constitution. the question, =" What
constitutes Statsi" becomes very pertinent
sod practical one. The point 10, whether the
States Of the Sbushern Confederscy sre to be
!, counted, in ,sser.aibing how many States are
wanted to make up three-fourshs Of she Whole
pumber. ri-.. H-...
II II In his annual report, the supsrintendens
of Public Printing says that the cost Of print
ing and bneing for the year ending September
ao,h last. vas Il 400 900. Thst for tbs nszt
, wear will exceed Two millions. ne gf'I"
u The new Confederate conseript'on sos
erempts sns sdieor for each newspaper
I | : .s.s, n.d.. civ a the price OF oys-