White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-03-08
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o TIE PET Mk.suaE.eTbe ch;c.,o No..
i says Of the vetoed Freedmen's Bureau bin
This was the pet measure of the Radicals. 7
was their INST mcclure Of the session, and IN,
only one which has passed both house,, +
was the measure by which, more than bv an,
other, they designed to humble and annoy an;
e1asperate the South. Behold ito fate. and !,
its fate behold also the fate of every o,b.,
Radical measure Of the session.
A San Francisco paper say, ..n bo,..,
miner" from California, shouldered bis kuap
sack one day and struck out for Idaho. He an
rived there last spring and took up . ou.,t,
claim. A few days ago he sold his claim 70,
$sOo.ooO in gold. On being asked how he had
managed to scrape up SO much gold. he simply
replied. "Pd hoe,'
JEFFERSON DAvIs.-The editor Of the Louis.
vile Journal. Who has lately returned from
Washington, indites the following significant
paragraph: No matter, dear reader, what you
see in the papers. JEFF. Davis won't have .
military trial, and he won't be convicted. And
if he we're convicted, he would be pardored.
Though no card player, We speak BY the
card " '-s.-..
u Gen. Williams, the second husband of
Mrs. Douglas, was a staunch Douglasite 10 go.
Having supported the husband, it is quite
natural that he should wish to support the
widow.
" In Southern California, man Who has
built two story house has fastened it down
with twenty anchors, to guard against
earthquakes. q
70 In one parish in Louisiana sixty persons
are under arrest for killing negroes.
U Nine months ago Pithole City. Penu.yl.
vania, consisted Of two houses. Now it sup.
ports,a newspaper having circulation of three
thousand copies, receives fifty thousand letters
monthly, and sustains twelve hotels.
UA Biological Ae1icostationist is giving
entertainments in Norfolk. As he claims to be
the "only rival Of Heller, Hermann, Anderson
and the renowned Davenport Brothers," hi.
singular title probably means eonjurer.
&c In view Of the Presidents veto, the fol.
Owing explicit statement BY the extremely
conservative Washington correspondent of the
extremely conservative Cincinnati CONNER.
cial, becomes interesting: "The Bureau bill
Was originally prepared by Gen. Howard, and
revised in consultation with Senator Trumbull.
1t ,oas then submitted to the PRECEDENT, ,oho er.
amined it ,oish considerable care and approved
it eerdiaHy.' That is from letter dated
February 18th. seven days before the veto.
TA love sick ytuth named Metcalf "a
whole calf attempted to shoot himself on the
door step of his cruel fair ones residence, in
Milford, Mass, but the friend who loaded the
pistol was vice enough to leave the bullet out,
and powder-stained waist.coat was the most
serious result.
u Mr.. Buchanan has not yet written letter
in support of President Johnson's veto and his
speech to the rebel mob of Washington, but
one may soon be expected. Both these docu-
ments have his unconditional admiration.
u Thomas Peacock. in early life the friend
Of Shelley, and the auth"r of those fine satlr-
ical works "Headlong Hail." nightmare Alb
bey," and "Crotchet Castle" died in England,
a few weeks since, at the age ofsO years. Like |
Charles Lamb, he was a clerk in the India |
House, and was retired on a pension after a |
long and faithful service.
u SrRAws.-The character of those last !
night to serenade the President may be Judged |
BY the circumstance that three OF the promi. |
n MT taadoro IF the 4 Ill od 30 L.
Of Wizards Hotel, and with great parade |
drank the toast to three greatest Americans
Jefferson Davis, Andrew johnson and Robert |
E. Lee.-Wsshin9ton Telegraph.
IL A gentleman Of Washington, having
occasion to pass through Arlington at dusk on
Saturday, saw a lonely figure standing with
folded arms at the foot of tree. Struck with |
The sorrowful attitude of the person, he walked |
past him. and saw that it was Robert E. Lee |
standing in the street that passes through the
middle Of his old estate. Mrs. Lee has applied |
10 the President for restoration oGthis estate,
which has virtually become National sol |
dicrs' cemetery. The expectation is general
hat the President will order its restoration.
u A gentleman. writing from Washington
IN the Goth ult., to his friend in New York,
,ays: "We have a rumor here to-day that
Tea. Davis captured Washington yesterday.
i is said to be oficial-came from the White
House. Some say that the President only was
sobbled las was, attempted . year or more ago)
md paroled, as was NOT purposed then. The
long Bridge is broken away here; and that
nay save Congress or two-thirds oft"
" The authorship of the Presidents veto
Message is variously assigned. The opinion
1hich most generally obtains IN Congressional
ircles is that 1t is the hsndiwork of several
|octors, with the prescriptions good deal
mixed. Montgomery Blair is popularity assign
d an important post in its authorship.
U Two fellows recently crawled under the
|epot at Ne port. bored hole up through the
loor and into puncheon Of whiskey, drew OF
i1ty gallons, which they carried away with
hem, and let the rest of the fluid run to waste
the best use it could be put to.
u Three venerable ladies still survive, who
vere Of the choir Of young ladies that, dressed
n white, greeted Washington as he entered
Trenton in 1859. on his way to assume the
Presidency, and who strewed his pathway with
lowers. One vet lives in Trenton, another is
he mother of Hon. Mr.. Chestnut, formerly
Senator from South Carolina. and the third,
Yrs. Sarah Hand, who resides in Cape May
yountv. New Jersey.