White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-09-27
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We 6nd the following in that infam-
GUS sheet. the La Crosse Democrat. edi,
ted By the swess-seeated Brick" Pome-
roy: S
"a correspondent at White Cloud.
Kansss. sends us "a. making up list
Of eight suhsciibsrs from . town the
"blscksst Of the black" where. sceor-
ding to eur correspondent, "all . man
has to do to subs,sntiats his loyalty. ia
to show that be hiss stolen 9 horse in
jsyhawking tines" The system Of ter
rorism SO prevalent 1t that point has not
subsided. and many Democrats are afraid
to openly avow their principles, fearing
the ruffisnism Of the jsyhawkers."
The writer alluded to in the above ex.
tract. who managed to get out before his
statement came back from La Crosse
was sufficiently outspoken in his srsitor'
ous sentiments. and received no mulesss'
tion or annoyance farther than being
plainIy told in what e.timstion he wal
held here. But he found that the air o
Kansas was uucongepial to gentlemen o
his cloth, one evidence of which Was the
fact, that after the most persistent efforts
he could only 6nd three men besides
himself who wers lon, enough in the po
liticsl mire to subscribe for the La Cross,
Democrat. Consequently. be packed
his traps and travelled. So much fol
"Brick" Pomeroy's "sight" subscriber,
in White Cloud.
But the individual who gave him hi
inform alton about jayhawking, still re-
mains in Ksnsss. 1t is . pity he did no
post him on all the sharp practices on
here, that he might have given "Brick'
Pomeroy and his rebel readers the bens
fit Of it. For instance. he might bsv,
told him that On individual not far from
here. during jsyhavking times. hsrbored
more jayhswksrs and their stock thar
any other person in the country. and rs
csivsd pay for it: while at the same tint
be was in communication with Missour
rebels, informing them Of the stock ths
was on his premises, and receiving pay
from them for that service
We have heard Of other sharp tricks
During ,ha Winter season. Government
mules were kept about in different pla
ces -sometimss several hundred in on,
place. Whenever q mule died. the keep
ers were required TO cut out that portion
Of hide with the q. S. brand upon it
and send it to the Qnsrterm aster at For
Leavenworth. ss evidence that the mnl,
was dead. A certain worker in iror
Manufactured a branding iron in exsc
imitation of. the one on the mules: whel
a mule would die. they wonld brand hin
with this iron in q number Of differen
places, then cut ont the hide containin,
them all, and send the brands down a
proof thst so many mules had died. Th
extra mules they would run of and sell
and divide tho proceeds among them
selves. Thus. when ono mule died. the,
could FIJI his hide with brands. and 70
each one could run Of sound mule, Il
be accounted for as dead a..
These. and many other interesting
facts. might be transmitted to Brick
Poueroy. Inssmuch as bis valued cor
respondent hss been compelled to leave
in consequence OF the Embellishments
of the political atmosphere. could no
the person who supplied him with infor
nation, and who delights in talking o
the rascality, Of other people. continue t.
keep the immortal "Brick" sdvised o
things going on in this "blackest of tn
black" towns? -, J., ,5