White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-12
Tbinpampjigs.

veteran of 1912, medlJohn J. Hicks
sssn visiting DoyIestown, Bucks County
D. from which he removed in 1913 70 I'M
ra he fought in the Black Hawk War il
wa " and when the late rebellion began, il
,SsI he joined three months regiment iron
i" -, and served a campaign in Missouri
Ta;. remarkable man is now in his s4th year
a.. undoubtedly the oldest man who carried
mu.ket in the great Union army.
r;,ErrLED.-J. L. Mcdowell, late U. s
y'rsbal has settled his official accounts will
=. Government, and received balance o.
,xo thousand dollars found to he his due
tn. suit commenced against him has beer
.;,bdrswn. We have always regarded Mr.
w.nouell as a thoroughly honorable business
nan and we are glad to know that his official
;o,sgrity has been fully vindicated.-F.et
Press.
THE Troy Reporter says there is much
.,c;tement in Doniphan County over the dis.
covery of petroleum, oil Peters Creek. The
,,ssk takes its name from Peter Cadue, a
Freucbman, who was interpreter for the Kick
ann indians. and who, when the Indians were
renoyed to their present reservation, had re-
ssrved to him section of land on the Nilsson
:; River. at the mouth of said creek. We
xoDder if that has anything to do with the Pc
noleuml
IT An Eastern exchange thus notices the
recent marriage of our distinguished Senator:
nTbe Hon. s. C. Pomeroy, U. s. Senator from
Kansas, was married in Boston, on Wednesday
of las. week, to Mrs. Martha S. Whiting, OF
Boston. This is the third marriage o. both
psrties. Mrs. Pomeroy is graduate Of Mount
Bolyoke female seminary, and her first hus-
hand graduate of Amherst C,llege, was kill
ed by steamboat explosion while a resident
of St. Louis, a short time after their marriage.
Her second husband "a Mr.. Whiting, of Boston,
swesltby banker, died of apople1y, four months
after their marriage"
H"TRAIroR SUFFsAGE."-One of the speak
ers at the Massachusetts, Convention made a
good bit in saying that the great question be-
fore the country was not Negro Suffrage but
Traitor Suffrage. Most true. The negio-
bsters, and the exceedingly nice people whose
pride is offended at the idea of "nisgers" vot-
ing, suffer their insane prejudices to hide the
fact that the real question is whether traitors
shall be allowed to vote to the exclusion of
loral men. The traitors of the South demand
that dey shall have the right to vote, and no
others
u Pro-Slavery journal actually admits
that "the Southern landholders have come to
the conclusion already that they must have
white labor to work their plantations properly"
And yet for forty years we have been told that
without the negro theirplautations would be-
come as so many desert lands. What charm
ing lessons experience teaches.
q Captain Moore, who superintendent the
burial of the Union prisoners at Andersonville,
in answer to numerous letters desiring to know
if remains can be recovered, wishes it stated
that full list of those buried there, together
with other information, will be published on
the first of October.
u The Alexandria (Va.) Journal, referring
to decision lately made in Virginia Court,
says that by the Bill of Rights the negro has
the right of suffrage.
u Col. John w. Forney is out in favor of a
new National Union party. His platform is
lst That the rebellion did not destroy the Re-
public, nor the States which compose it. ID.
That slavery is buried in the grave of the re
bellion. Sd. Four million of freedmen must
be elevated and protected from cruelty. 4th.
To pay the National debt. 9Th. That none of
the rebel debt should ever be recognized. 9Th.
That none of the authors or leaders of the re-
bellion should ever be admitted to places Of
trust or honor under the General Government
9Th. That The energies Of the people should
be directed to the development of the National
resources of the country.
U The Buffalo Express says that it has
beard Of but one Republican in the State who
proposes to support the Copperhead State tick
ct, and that is Gen. Slocum, who has deserted
bis military post in search of political Office.
On the other hind, it meets with Democrats al
most hourly who are outspoken in their disgust
Of the hybrid ticket, and say that if they are
to vote for Republicans, they prefer to support
the clean straight ticket and platform, "rather
than the mongrel thing started at Albany"
G AT the breaking of the ground for the
commencement of the Lynchburg and Tennes-
see Railroad, at Lynchburg, clergyman SOL
cmnly and slowly read manuscript prayer, at
the conclusion Of which an old negro man, who
bad been resting with one foot on his spade,
and his arms on the handle, looking intently in
the chap,ain's face, Strengthened himself up.
and remarked very audibly: swell, reckon
dals de fust time de Lords cher been writ to
On de subjec' of railroads.
T The play of the "Confederate's Daugh-
Ter is having great success in one of the Lon
con fheatres. Gen. Butler appears in it as
The Tyrant of New Orleans" makes love
improperly to the confederate's daughter, but
toied by faithful negro, who has a fight
With Butler, and beats him with broadsword
IN Square fight. Butler afterwards undertakes
hang thu lover of the said daughter, but the
swain is reprieved. Butler is removed from
command, and the Confederate's daughter tri-
'unphs. The play is highly exciting.
u ln'his speech at the reception Of the for