White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-12-26
Correspondence.
tFor the C5ief.l
Letter from Was1hanglo9.

(For the Chiefly
Letter from Washangao9.
WAsHISGros CRY, December II, 1861.
OLD FaiExD CHIks:-It is q pery long time
since have called aronnd;' and as your read
ers have doubtless won niered Il my absence, |
it Is due to them to explain. Since the war.
have been down South, part Of the tine en- J
ployed in the Freedmea's Bureau-thas is, dis |
tributing rations to the starving families Of
rebel soldiers-but latterly engaged in the
work of Reconstruction. I have lately been
dismissed from that service by the President,
who by some means learned that had never
received pardon, and vas not entitled to one,
having been loyal throughout the war. Being
thus excluded from all hope Of further posi-
tion, have returned to Washington, to watch
the progress of the coming political campaign,
and expect to be able to furnish your readers
with frequent reports from here. One thing
they may rely upon-I shall deal only in facts,
and everything state for the truth, will be
truth.
You have heard the resalt of the Impeach-
ment farce, but you have not heard the secret
Of that result. The reports Of the Committee
we're 80 conflicting, that many members really
did not know how to vote. Finally, Gen.
Sam. Carey, the new poadsscript member from
Ohio. proposed to the Radicals that they de-
eide the matter BY game of euchre-the Re-
publicans to se!ect two men, and the Demo-
Gratis two, to play the game. About one half
of the Republicans gladly agreed to this. One
of the Democratic selections was John Nor.
rissey; and in drawing for deal, he got it. OF
course, that settled the thing. He held all
the trumps, went it aljne, and won; and Andy
Johnson was safe.
You have no idea how many nervous mem
bers Of Congress there we're, during the pend
ency of this question. There seemed to be a
shaking epidemic prevailing, aud many a
member had taken to medicines for the cure
of nervous Disorders. The report of Wilson
and Woodbridge was q God-send to them
Judge Wilson's able homily on common law
had powerful effect. {. Why, sir" said one
eafhcss AsePuohcah w s'es suc Aa0sioeu'
cannot be impeacbei; be has not been indict.
ed by grand jury!'
But the best joke is on my friend, Gen. Tom
Ewing. He, like almost every one else, be.
lieved that the House would vote to inpeach
ant he had spent great deal of time and la.
Dor in getting up powerful speech syainst q
conviction, to be delivered on the final trial, BY
Senator from Kansas. OF course, his labor
was all for nothing. and the speech goes among
the Rubbish.
You are doubtless familiar with the story
more than twenty years ago, Of the member
who used to ensconce himself behind the Spea
ker's chair, and indulge in the luxury of bo
logna sausages. That was in the old Hall
but, Mr.. Editor, there are any number of bo
logna sausages in front Of the Speakers chair
to-day. wonder how many true Republicans
throughout the Uaion are aware that they ar.
represented in Congress by bologna sausages
The all-absorbins 'opis is the next Presi
dency. Grant stock rates high, and he viii
undoubtedly be the nominee of the Republica,
Convention, if be doe-'not exhibit too mucl
anxiety, by declaring 4ia opinions. am sorry
to learn n,-t many Republicans doubt him
Why, proofs ofhis sound Repubicanism abound
on every nand. feel constrained TO give
some Of them to the public, through the me
dium Of your paper.
A distinguished Illinois Congressman, whe
has just arrived, informs me that he has made
it his business, for the past month, to careful
ly trace up Grants politi,s, and il firmly con.
weed that he is reliable Republican. He
ascertained positively that Grants father vo.
ted for Lincoln in 1864, and was very indis.
nant when he heard Of the assassination. He
visited C!ermont County. Ohio. where Grant
was born. This was just h:iore the last Ohio
election; and he actually saw a pole with the
Republican flag floating from its top, in the
an-yard where Grant learned his trade-and
a negro was at work in the yard!
The foregoing proofs ought to be sufficient
to convince the most skeptical; but there are
more in reserve. Ny Congressional friend
further states, that just before leaving Galena,
he happened to meet an old lady who has liv-
ed within few miles Of that city for many
years. She was an enthusiastic admirer of
Grant, and talked about him constantly. She
related, among other things, an incident that
occurred some years ago, when Grant was in
the leather business. She took green hide
into his store to sell, and received q much
less price for it than she had expected to get.
Upon her remarking that one of her ncighbors
had sold hide there, a few months before,
for much better price. he replied: /" Madam,
since that time, VIC have made a radical re.
duction in the price Of green hides" She is
positive that he emphasized the word radical"
A gallant young officer, who served as an
Orderly to Grant. in the final campaign against
Lee, related to me an anecdote of the Gene
raj, the other day. which is significant. Dur.
ing the campaign aforesaid, group of officers
were one night seated in Grants tent, engaged
in an animated discussion Of the relative mer.
its of 'possum and coon meat. The d.spu-
tants we're about equally divided in numbers,
and finally one of them appealed to the Gene
raj for bis opinion. He replied: Gentlemen,
never having eaten Of either, am net quail
fed to decide. But we have thousands of ne
groes in camp. who know all about it. am
willing to submit the question to a vote of the
negroes. and to accept their decision as final"
Here, you see, is clear and distinct expires.
a;no in favor of a1Invin0 naoroao "a vota