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specuIations ON Brine.


Numerous are the reasons assigned BY
eminent savans. for the fearful spectacle
in the Philadelphia Convention. when
the South Carolina and Massachusetts
Delegations entered srm-iu-arm. the effect
of which was even felt BY the J" humble
individual" 10 the White House. They
deserve to be recorded:
Muggins says it was salt water COM
pliment to the Goldfish aristocracy so nu.
nerously represented in the Convention.
squorkenbosh says it was a spontans.
ous tribute to old salt-boiler Ewing.
Piltucket thinks the Convention wa
eorned. and the brine was oozing out.
Squesbob suggests that. as they mel
to preserve the Union. they wanted to try
the efficacy of salt pickle.
HniRelefritz contends that it was .
movement to raise Q bread and butte
party. and that : majority of them pre-
fsrred "salt risin'."
Rinsbidls says they designed to have I
Convention Of the first water-snd ths
was the irst wster.
Sputentuyvel says it was called th
Doolittle Convention. and they were pre-
pared to do about a. little weeping o
anything else.
McCollopin says they wanted to max
favor with the Fenisns. and that this op
GRAFTON signified O'Brine.
skeesicks says majority went ther
to sell their principles. and undertook t.
cry them Of.
Noszlepin says it was tribute to th
memory of the great departed Of thsi
friends. who were in the regions Of weep
ing and wailing and gnsshing of teeth.
splurgin says that as the party
doomed to reap in sorrow. it was but it
ting that they should SOW in tears.
Tuckahoe says the crying was don
exclusively by Soutberners. who wep
because the scene reminded them Of th
bsppy times when they went North an
led back their fugitive slaves.
scallawag contends that it was don
by unsophistiosted Northern Delegates
who had heard the Chivslric Southerner
use the 6gorstive expression. "d-n m
eyes," and wanted to put their eyes in
condition to be damned. - r.
Doodlesock says there we're many i
the Convention whose tastes were not "
altogether depraved. and that the dis
was too nasty for them to swallow with
out salt.
Dingus says it was a Convention {
internal hypocrites. and that this was br
part Of their regular programme-sn
Dingus is generally right.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06
~ Mai. W, B. Kim informs m

@ Maj. W. B. Kipp informs Us
that Mr.. Briggs, who lives II miles
from White Cloud, in Doniphsn County,
raised this year on II acres of ground
$50 bushels of fall wheat, which be sold
for Sll00. That is forty bushels to the
acre, and q good crop for any country.
-Atchison Free Press.
There are others in this vicinity who
have done fully as well. and many have
done almost as well. Mr.. Briggs is one
Of our best farmers. who does things in
the right way. aud at the right time. 1t
= all mistake about Fall wheat being
zn uncertain crop in Northern Kansas.
It is the treatment that is uncertain. II
put in the ground at the right time, and
in the manner it should be. it will rarely
fail. 1t is as sure If not surer than Spring
wheat, and there is no comparison be.
tween the qualities of the two varieties.
Northern Kansas is good wheat ooun.
try. -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

To THE ST.. JOSEPH UNIoN.-The next
time we address our readers on that side
Of the river concerning their Congress
man, we will tell them that Parker and
his friends are demoralizing the Radical
party, and have probably paved the way
for q division which will defest it; that
the Union. instead Of being an organ OF
the party. and doing the vast good 1t
would have been capable of. has besome
the mouth-piecs Of an aspiring individu.
al. has gone wild on . personal issue.
and is using its influence to create dis
cord and that the Parker faction are 60
public in their threat that il they cannot
run the Radical party they will smash it.
that Copperhesd newspapers and CORES.
pondents are daily glorying over it. to
the intense delight Of the disfrsnchised
We would also tell them that certain lit
tie newspapers throughout the District
anxious to defeat the Radical party. bu
lacking the backbone to como out fatty
on the Copperhsad side. have esgerl,
embraced better opportunity, BY falling
into the Parker train. aud are loading
their columns with his Cards and Ad
dresses, and extracts from the 6t. Josepl
Union. And when We told them that
we would be telling them the truth. ant
nothing but the truth.
We care nothing for Loan. for tw'
years ago he stuck bis nose into Ksnsa
politics. for which we owe him grudge
but the issue over the river threatens t
damage the party more than individuals
and every Republican has an interest i
sverting such result. -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

District MEETING the District
meeting at lows Point. on Saturday. d.
N. Seaver. of Highland. presided. The
following Resolution was nnanim ously
adopted:
Resolved, That as the basis of this
Convention, we announce ourselves un-
conditionally with Congress. and oppos.
ed to the President in the issues now
made; and that this Convention is call
ed for the purpose, and only for the pur.
pose. of electing q loyal Delegate and
Alternate to the Loyal State Convention
to meet at Topeka. on the 5th inst; and
to that end. all unconditional Union men
Of this Representative District and none
othsrs) are invited to participate in our
deliberations.
Col. F. NJ. Keith was chosen Delegate
to the State Convention BY acclaim alton,
and without instructions. The Colonel
then made short and telling speech.
Assurances were given that the two
conflicting Central Committees of this
County had agreed to meet in conjunc-
tion. and issue q call for . County Con-
vsntion; therefore. no steps were taken
with reference to organization. It is to
be hoped that the Committees will do
this. and thus secure harmony. The peo-
pie demand it, and will not sustain any
members in their stubbornness. nor in
standing out on trifing points.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

~ NJ. John Guild, Of this vicinity,
has presented us with quantity of beau
tiful honey. In this article. Kansas is
not surpassed by any other section of the
Union.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

Since the deluge there has not been
such demnably moist time as occurred
at the Philadelphia Convention, when
Dsrious N. Couch. of Massachusetts, and
Governor Orr, of South Carolina, togeth-
er with General Pierce. the hero of Big
Bethel, ond Governor Perry. q recon-
structed rebel, entered the Convention
arm in arm. According to Reverdy
johnson. the whole Convention burst into
tears. Browning blubbered. Doolittle
blew his nose, Randall sniveled, Cowsn's
eyes liquored. and Bates melted, while
the lesser delegates walled tremendously.
The heavens above Joined in the univer-
sal weeping. and shed q copious drizzle
above the heads of the blubbering multi
tude. Even Moses at the White House
wept. He tells the other johnson. whose
prefix is Reverdy, that when the dis
patch informed me that in that vast body
Of men distinguished for intellect and
wisdom. every eye was suffused with tears
on beholding the scene, could not finish
reading the dispatch to one associated
with me in the office. for my own feelings
overcame me-"
Undoubtedly the Cabinet cried. Sew
ard wept ont Of one eye. and tears ran
down Welles' venerable beard as the oil
ran down Asron's. There was also
weeping in the South on the same day.
Pollard, Of the Richmond Wing, Gays /;
"When South Carolina and Massschu-
setts throw themselves into each others
arms. and pause q moment in the sweet
embrace. We cannot resist an inclination
to weep johnson weeps. the Conven-
weeps. the South weeps, Bates weeps.
and there is boo-hoo-ine all around
Henceforth Couch and Orr, with Saul
and Jonathan, Damon and Pythiss.
Nisus aud Euayalus, shall live in fearful
remembrance. ysf
Let us weep - Chicago Tribune.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

@ Andy johnson. Rsverdy John
son, and the balance Of the johnson par
ty, claim that they are carrying out Lin
coins policy: They srs carrying it ont
IN the cold, and intend to leave it there.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

T Joel Moody has purchased the
Mound City Sentinel Of j. D. Snoddy.
Moody is staunch Republican. and pro-
badly has fewer personal grievances than
Snoddy.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

~ For forty miles around Fort
Kesrney. the grasshoppsrs sre destroying
all kinds Of cultivated vegetation aad in
few days will have the crops swept
clean. p -sa
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

| The Fall term Of the Court in
this County. commences on Monday. the
10th. The Judge has ordered the sum-
moning Of a Grand Jury. The Pickett
trial will be the most important criminal
case OF the term.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

w The editor OF the Omaha (rebelD }
Herald. who recently called on President
johnson. expresses surprise that be found
him sober. He says the President point
ed to = drawer, snd said he had the
State of Nebraska there. :=trr. 4.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

DrsausTED.-Gen. Dix. who figured
as temporary Chairman Of the Pbiladsl.
phis Convention. 60. disgusted because
be was not made the permanent President
of that body. and went home 10 huff.
Doolittls had got down deeper in the
mire than Dix could. and as q conse.
quencs carried Of the honors Of the
"bresd and butter" affair. There were
many others in the Convention who
would have run if they could. and in q
short time will swear they were never in
sympathy with that crowd.--Psoria
IrDnserips.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

LIscoLN CoLLRaR.-The Fall term oi
this fourishing institution, located at
Topeka, will commence on Wednesday.
September 18th. The College is open
to both sexes. Free tuition 10 furnished
to soldiers and the children OF those fallen
in defence of their country. and also to
INDECENT and meritorious persons desirous
to prepare themselves for usefulness. A
boarding house is secured. BY which the
price of board will be reduced as nearly
as possible to sctual cost.
For further information, address Ira
b. Smith, Secretary of the Board oI
Trustees, Topeka.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

HoLLowAY's PILLs.-DEBrLITY AND
LANeUoR. remove the cause and pre-
vent the effects is the true theory on which
the treatment pursued by these medicines
is founded. Languor arises from debili-
ty, and debility, from the impoverish-
ment Of the blosd or arrangement Of the
digestive organs. II from the latter, the
Pills are the best tonic medicines in use.
and for their purifying and sanative
properties they stand unequaled. For
sick headache, nervous disorders, enerva-
ton. indigestion. and depression ofspir-
its, they are the only remedy.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06
yIi.,oauri Par,;... Lieerature.

ol a''san A.'.
IL Is amusing to read the farkerne pa
pers from over the river. Their one idea
is to boost MP Parker and push Loan
dovn and 70 hi. .,a .h., ,,rn al the
:, A.. 1910.
~'.' a' 'O"eS 70 manu.
OF Its nature. Here are few specimens
of their styls-the items are imaginary.
but thew serve to ;l,,.,,.,. The tnrns taken
r. -. n.,...;..:-
" ''' pp ;" qu''''on
A child was instantly killed, in Penn.
sylvsnis. last week. BY falling from .
steep emoankment on to the hard ground
'e,o"
Lei IL 90 oorne IN mind tnss Whl,s"
fo~ler' Iatner.'n-law Of Ben. Loan nae
s'esp emS:n.meot aS:a 10 'front.' & o. ms .es.
uenSe' in 'h'S c,ty, wnere our cniia!en .'e
.: ~ ~ TSs ~ sn.'0Su ~ .nu 's'o"n ;,I on " ~
saa - .,,a,d ~ S peIp.s sloo.a 'o"o W -.
IuI IuIs % :" ,t;. ~" .om.n'.ter ;, ''s p".lsv
"oAo ~ ~ '"'' arrogant 's"'iy.-4 a"''
0'yN
OUTRAGEOUS IA gentleman in this
SM!; .h nSa'. rITss ".e ..s !as' .seose.os .,.. u
"s s: o'o' ".n' - tne 'na' ~, o.0.
..,y,sIon y rae ~ pu.V.a.. a.a ~. ~. -.
- "I;.t ~ :. .o'' ,s wv ,oua1 "s.,".s '. I ~
inst been secn,sd hv ,ouno Fowler bro.
ther-in.lsw of BEN Losn We are in.
formed that Guthrie. another brothsr.in
| law, perpetratsd the ssme .c.ly trick, ia
Atchison, but few days before. Is i,
not high time to teach "our Congress
man that there are otner persons In th'
world beside himself ana mis- reiatiVes!-
organ. ....
A FIrND.-A negro in Pike County
attempted an Outrage upon . white girl
the other day. bat was shot BY . ma.
who happened to be passing with Q gun
-Ex.
w. l..,, that ths 6.nd .noksn n
above. formerly lived in this city. sns
constantly associated with negro ownet
BY Ben. Loan. Unless Loan Is repudla
ted by the people, no white girl is safe
Organ. r.. ....
asoroe Ps.bodv tbe B.nker has civ
o, .w.s hnndrsds Of thousands Of doIl.r
r. ch,,;,. hla ;nst;,nt;on, and colleges :
r. .
Ben, Loan has never been known to d,
such thing. Mr.. Parker has pledgsa
himself. If elected. to give s25. 600 of bi
SALARY every wear for Charitable and edu
c.tionsl purposes.-Oyoan.
M
bRAssY.-"e iear1 tnst pen; hos'
mas written 20 som1oouy ~ no't Coun.y
from this District, with bis consen,
There is assurance for you. Radicals Q
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

v The Mormon train which recently
started for Salt Lake. wss badly afflicted
with Cholera. There were about thirty
deaths between the Missouri River and
Fort Kesrney. and as many more cases
that were recovering.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

~ Seward. in his speech at New
York, said that he felt at home. Would
be not have felt equally at homs at New
Orleans or Memphis? Those cities have
had as disgrsceful rebel mobs as New
York could turn ont.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

ES The Northern branch OF the Pa
ci6c Railroad, running west from Oms-
ha. is now completed Eve miles beyond
Fort Kearney. From al accounts. the
work has been thrown together very
loosely. and the road will need to be re
built before It is completed. y Vi ri
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

~ President johnson has succeeded
in making "humbls individual term
Of derision. ss completely % Buchanan
did "public functionary." -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06
@ We met Hawkins Taylor at ths

1" we met Hawkins Iayior at the
meeting at Iowa Point, on Saturday.
He is stopping with bis son-in-lsw, al
Highland. We notice that some of the
papers are pitching into him ssvagely.
Considering that he is now engaged in
private business only. this is wholly un,
called for. When he again mixes 10
public affairs, be will be proper subjec'
for criticism bat ss private citizen. he
ought to be let alone" 'Ah ~
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

~ The dead johnson. on bis way
to insugurste monument to the dead
Douglas. was welcomed to Buffalo in .
speech BY the dead Fillmore. Fillmore's
monument (the Fugitive Slave Law was
cspsixed by the dead Lincoln.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

~ The friends Of Hiestsr Clymer
were foremost in kicking Vallsndigbsm
out of the Philadelphia Convention. and
now an attempt is being made to kick
Clymer of of the Gubernatorisl track in
Pennsylvania. These johnson Copper
beads are perfect set of Kickspoos. -r
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06
~ Tho Phil.dslpbi. Corn E,cb,,

~ The Philadelphia Corn Exchange
voted down . resolution to unite in Day.
ing honors to President johnson. The
Jourusymen Tsilors Joined in the well
come; and the President is deserving Of
fully % much honor from the corn ex-
change as from the tsilors.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

IMroRTANT.-Ths Rulo Register an
nounoes that it takes its stand upon the
Philadelphia Platform. Considering that
the Register supported Breckenridge in
1850, Mcclellan in 1854, and has always
taken the ultra Democratic side in cleo.
tion times, this announcement Is alto
gether superf1uous.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

~ A Labor Convention has been in
session in Baltimore. There WAS one al.
80 recently held in Philadelphia. which
lsbored and brought forth . very small
mouse.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

CAN'r RsMovE HIn.-A Washington
special to the Republican brings the dole
ful news to the missouri Delegation
that Mr.. Stanton cannot be removed
The writer rays: = - 1'7sa st' o.
There is reason to doubt whether SEQ.
rstsry Stanton will quit the Cabinet 1t
present, after hat hss been said and done.
The pressure on the President to make q
change in the War Department vIs;vsry
great. and difficult for him to resist. but
it is understood thst Secretary Seward
stands BY Stanton. and that influences
have been brought to bear upon the Pres
ident for the purpose Of sscursing his re-
tention at least until the next session of
Congress. 1t is surmised that the visit
of Weed and Raymond to the Capitol
has 10 view. among other things. the
postponement Of Stanton's dismissal. and
It is ssid BY his friends that be had suc-
ceedsd in once more riding over the break.
ara
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

@Tbs Topeka Record asks whether
the Chief will support the State ticket.
after it is nominated. We refer him to
the head Of our editorial columns.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
Thursday, 3: September 6, 1885,

Republican State Ticket
For Congress.
SIDNEY CLARKE,
OF Douglas.
For Governor,
SAMUEL J. CRAWFORD,
OF Anderson.
For Lieutenant Governor,
MAI. GREEN,
OF Riley.
For Secretary Of State.
r. A. BARKER,
OF Atchison.
For Auditor Of State,
J. r. SWALLOW,
Of Lyon.
For Treasurer of State,
MARTIN ANDERSON,
OF Jackson.
Fer State Superintendent of Public instruction
PETER MACvICAR,
Of Shawnee.
For Attorney General,
GEORGE III. HOYT,
OF Leavenworth.
For Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
SAMUEL A. KINGMAN,
OF Atchison.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

MoRTALlTY.-There seems to be great
deal OF Dysentery and Cholers Morbus
shout just now. and our list of deaths is
much larger than We are ususlly called
upon to record. Eating unripe or de.
cayed fruit seems to be the principal
cause.
= Cos's Dyspepsia Cure win be found
an Invaluable remedy for all such troub.
les, and should be kept in the house and
Immediately used at the first attack I,
Is also . sovereign cure for Dyspepsis. in
Its worst forms. Those who have tried
every thing else and failed, will rejoice
that an infallible rimedy has been found.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

JoxAH.-President Lincoln cast VAL
laudighsm overheard into the 6outhsrn
Coufsdsrscy. and the rebels have puked
him out at the Philadelphia Convention.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

,,@ We judge. from the tone oI
the speeches that the President is ped.
ding over the country, that he intends
henceforth to recognize the Philadelpbis
Convention as having been the Represent.
atives of the people. and to execute their
commands instead of the laws of Con.
grees.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

/, ~ Udolpho Wolf. the /" Schnapps"
man. was one Of the select guests at the
Presidential Banquet in New York
" Eternal fitness"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

T Some one in St. Joseph keeps
advertising for wet nurse. If they are
SO scarce. why don't they dip some into
the river and wet them?
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

@ 1t is said that Gen. G. w. Blair
has been appointed Postu astsrn 1t Fort
Scott. A big thing for Breves Briga-
dier General. II he can't be Governor.
or Congressman. or Senator. he'll be q
Postmaster. Hes bound to have some
thing. ~; aat
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

~ The Cholera is rapidly abating
in oil the cities. and the deaths are bot
few each day.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

~ Why is President johnson like
the tabled Argus? Because he has ma.
ny Ii.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-06

II "Day after day." says foreig gn CORES
pondent. "missing ofRcers and privates are ad-
vertised for in The columns Of the Berlin Press,
all persons having knowledge of them being
enfreated to communicate Nith their sorroW-
ing friends. Most of the missing are Austrians,
whose relations, living on the distant borders
of Turkey or in some lonely nook in the Alps,
employ the Berlin press to ascertain the fate Of
. son. brother, or, worst Of al lost husband,
and father. -l-- -. -.
II A VALUABLE Suoeksr1os-Ths New.
Haven Palladium says: I'VE saw man sell
ing wax fruit about town yesterday. Now's
your time il you want an Office. Lsonidas-An-
drew Moses has an aesthetic love for such pro-
ductions, and rewarded sloanaker With the col
lectorship of Philsdelphia In return for . basket
Of wax fruit. Who'll invest 7" -f4-i
p There is haunted house in Troy, NY.
The man who occupies it. says that while in
bed, the ghost, in the form Of o woEan, va liked
into his room and laid her hand upon his pillow.
This vas too much for him, and he has vacated
the premises. Another man 10 10 try the az
pertinent. -, ..se,, -.7-, ~. st
T "To rs" exclaims the Richmond Times.
"does not belong the credit of the experiment
of washing the Ethiope white" Very likely;
but to you does belong the credit Of the exper-
iment Of making the Ethiope yellow and you
tried il on very extensive scale.
p An exchange offers . reward Of Eve dol
lars for the name Of any good man in Indiana
who has acted in good faith with the Union
party, and turned to be .. johnson man without
being actuatcd BY hope Of Office. a safe offer.