White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-07-08
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we reproduce, as f,lloSs: 81 have another
an / brighter vision before my g,z,. 1t may be
vision, but will cherish it. see ous past
confederation stretching fran the frozen North in
unbroken Hss to the sioning South, and from
the billows Of the Atlantic westward to the
calmer waters of the Pacific main; and see one
people, and one language, and one faith. and
over all that vide continent the home of free
dom for the oppressed of every race and of
every cline"
TCalifornia luxuriates in peiches from June
to October; stra wberries from April till N,vem.
Der, and in fact every month in the year; grapes
Is till Christmas. The farmers commence har.
vesting in June; and continue until the rainy
season sets in. in October. New rot,toes are
selling in the principal markets there at one
cent pound; four at FIVE dollars a birrel;
fresh salmon, weighing twenty pounds, at thir-
ty-seven cents each, and strawberries and cher.
r,es from eight cents to ten ceuts pound.
r Mr.. Williams, attorney General for In
diana, has given an opirion that the Specific
Appropriation Bill. which passel the HDusc
of Representatives after the resignation of
forty-two Democratic members of that body,
was passed in accordance with the requirements
of the Indiana Constitutions; and /. valid act.
In other words, the Attorney General holds
that the members remaining after secession Of
the AZ Democrats constituted the House; and
that two-thirds of that House constituted a
Quorum for the Transaction of business. OF
course this opinion affirms with equal force the
validity OF the ratification Of the XVIII Amend
ment By the same House.
II TheCleveland Leader SAYS: "Ten years
ago Charles LaHgston, colored man of Ober-
lin, was tried before the United Srates Court
Of this city, upon prosecution instigated un-
der the Administration of James Buchanan,
for violation of the fugitive slave law, was
found guilty, and imprisoned in the County
Jail for twenty days. 1t was ten years last
Wednesday since the sentence was fulfilled.
Now, we find this convicted criminal offered
the position Of United States minister to Ii
IBERIA. This is curious Illustration of the
changes wrought y.time."
II Secretary Bore has ordered change in
the names Ct certain vessels, as follows: AL
gonna to Benicia, Ammonocsuc to Iowa. Can
andaigua to Detroit. Contoocook to Albany.
Kenosha to Plymouth. Kewayden to Pennsyl-
vania, Madawaska tn Tennessee, Msniiou to
Worcester, Minnctanka to California, Mo,holu
to Severn, Neshaminy tn Ariz ma. Omaha to
Astoria, Ontario to the New York. Pescataqua
to Delaware. Pompanoo.uc to Connecticut,
Pushmataha to Cambridge, and Wampanoag to
Florida.
u An Oswego woman has made complaint
against her husband. That individual seems
to take pleasure in irfcting on her a system
of tortures that reminds one of all the Inquisi-
torial horrors. A day or two since he broke
her right wrist close to her hand. by taking
holl of it with both hands and twisting it as
one would stick. About six months ago he
broke her thumb or the same hand. About
the same time he broke her left wrist in a
similar manner, and about eighteen months
ago he broke her leg below the knee.
U' Rip Van Wrinkle ia not dead, after all
He has only been ia king another nap. A lady
who has just returned from passing the winter
in Florida, informs the Chicago Advance that
planter made his appearance in town, from
the depths of the everglades, bringing with b i'm
two negroes for sale. He was &C ually igncr
ant that there had been a wai. "Imagine his
feelings" at the sudden depreciation Of his
moveable rrorcrfy.
UEr ucsTIoN IN EURorE.-A map giving the
rank of different countries in Europe, based
upon the relative efficiency and extent of the
education impaired in their primary schools,
has recent, been publisher. The several na-
tions rank as follows: Saxony, Switzerland,
small States of North Germany. Denmark,
Prussia, Sweden, B ,den, Wurtemburg, Hol-
land, Norway, Bavaria. France, Belgium, Eng
land. Italy Austria Greece, PApal States, Spain,
Portugal, WaldO-Wallschia. Russia, Turkey.
U ASrI- -MAsoyRY.-It is said that the
Catholics and Uuited Brethren are not the on
ly denominations that exclude members of
secret societies from church fellowship. The
Friends. Free Will Baptists, Free Mi. son Bap-
lists. United Prcshyteriahs, Free Meihodists
and Wesleyan Methodists exclude members of
secret societies. as do also portions oftbe Con-
gregaticnal church. Il is also said the Dunk
ards practice exclusion.-Memphis Ssa.
U In Newark. N. j.. the other day. at
meeting Of the Episcopal Board o. Missions :.
DR.. B gss was mourning over the empty seats
in his church on Sunday ard queryirg how
to fill them, when m irreverent brother sung
out. "I'll tell Won how, Bother Borgs; send
for young Steve Tying. He'll fill your church
for you."
u British soldier who fought against the
"rebe's" in our revolutionary war. i. now liv-
ing in England, at the age ofrO6 years.
G Syracuse. N. Y. has an ord finance that
prohibits boys under eighteen years of age from
going into saloon. and fuirg any saloon
keeper $40 who sells them liquor in his estab
lishment.
D The Anniversary ofthe B title of Bun
ker Hill was this year observed in the Boston
Coliseum BY a ccrus ten times as large as the
American forces engaged in that memorable
conflict.
u Mrs. Sprague has transferred her head
quarters from New York and, Washington to
Atlanta, Ga and is steadily working to secure
Southern votes for her father, Chief Justice
Chase, IN the next Presidential election.
u Ii is just twenty one miles and a omar
Ter from the dept Of the Missouri Pacific
in Leavenworth. to the depot grounds
In fhis citx Tha xxzad;..