u7 mffn attempts to haul dtncn the American Flag, shoot him on the spot.77 John A. Dix.
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JLTTSMoL"HI, - - NEBRASKA.
National ;'Iaiiii ARency.
WASHINGTON D- C
F. M. DORRINGTON,
Si ll AlirNT:
I'r.ATTSMoUTII, - - NEBRASKA,
Ip'epi-l to pr.. nt :m 1 prc.-i-ii' cUinn b.f re
Vv'tJTr-, f'l'Kl i'f "l;iliM alMl tlie 1--pl lllilit-. Vn
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A pril 1 1, i.i.
F. M. DORRINGTON,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
TTSMOl Til, A:.,
TroTiipt ;tt" iitiori t.:ii-i t purt'j?- mi'l na!e of
Itpl K-,i.ile, am! p.. im iit of laxrs, and nil IiJ'IIij
j -'il iirni.g to a ru-T..! I..iu l Acm-y. 'I illt-S inves-
!! f r$ t i -rnii.aii-u to
!l- u. K S. l in,!. Ju'.I(.-,: '. J'l.li i.il lit . ViiU
fsty, Nlraka; Uir rilv. il liurt-ank. 'v m.irr
I . a A , l..iT.'nir.i Hi. K:m.i: lln J. II. IStirbai.k,
11 A.-i-.-i.r N-l'ia-kH, rKl! rity, Nl. ; Hon. T M.
M.ii i. ii-, I'l.ni-ni' iiili. -N I' . l ol It It. Livirifjion.
lt-oi N.'t rn-'-i.i l tVrt. V--N . . I'l .iH-mon' h . N-l.;
Al.j .r It. H. Wlu-. i r. I . In,li:in As.'nt. 1'awrice
Ac'iuy: Tin'- cit!.t No. Ill 1 i o;nh.iy, Nw
T mi k; I'rifv, lnricli A I'.n.u u Wf-lnii-toii, 1. f ;
Ti a . M an K. l o , ' Inoii);.', I .U ; K. O Fitch.
Itociirsl'T. N. V.. 1'iof. ll'niy A 1 1 ing :a!i, ' Harlf-i d
I'niTtr-ity," N . Y. "-j
PUMPS ! PUMPS'.
I .TiiP iiiiJrisicni-1 n prepaid! to fnrn'li tho peo
I i of I'lattruioulU aiiii surroumli'n! c'iinirT with
ANY DESCRIPTION
of r-ump tin" m:iv ilc-irc; eitticr Ft'lt'.'K. H'C
T1"N or t'!l AlN. ' fall at the oil fta ii "f J H.
HfiserAt o aud examine the diJ-Teut kind", and
ilii m.iU- Tour sclcftioii.
io-wi T. Cr-MMIX.
Will il lal'lllkC,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
ONE DOOR EAST OF POSTOITICK,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
tfic'.'7 tf
WILLIAM. S. THATCHER,
Oculist,
Warrants a cure or no par &3 Ofl'iaa at tbe
More of Howe i 1 i,tclier.
rLATTSMor rn.
K AK A.
Pept. li, 6S.
Hess & Finisher
Have jut opened and refi.ted their
Saloon and Restaurant
Lr jitr-et, aouih of Main. wbr thf t will furnisli
at ail times ilia best di.-iira the market atlorda.
tJ"Kreh Ojratert conataut'y on hand.
tRKK H S'rJJ every m .rmrg between 9 1-2
an. I 10 1 2. "i-jTVtiy KviirUers aceommodattd.
dc0 3ia
PLATTE VALLEY
. W. CROW,
PROP.
I am prewar-'! to furnish a'l who may favor me
with their patiunagu, with i.!f.'in,. single ni'ai or
bti;d W fr. U.W.tKOW.
l'.attni,iulh, Apr:! 1J, 1
MRS. L. GOLDING,
TBACTICAL
MID-WIFE,
U i practiced successfully for several yearn in Si.
I.euiK and iu Leavenworth city. Was educated, pro-f-.Monally.
:a t'oal m, a K.
Mrs. li..id;ni da perrujutntly located in this citj.
r.-:it iicr i:i the north-west part of tun.
J'l y 15 tf
Ii W
Shoe
Boot
Shop.
The nubscrilier would re'nectfnlly call the atten
tion of tbe citizens cl I'lutitmouih and thepuLi a at
artre to the fact th:it be Las located one d.-vr east of
ljne!:in'j lri: Store, where he intends keeping
hatTd and m tit p on the shorten notice, evt-iy-Ari'.clain
his line- His Mock ttin delected by hnu
w:f. and having spent the nio.st of Lis hie in the
1 us.ncn, i.e ft is conrident that be can give aatisfas
ton. GivebimacaU.
April 10 65. J. TUOCKMrTRTON.
WILLITT P0TTENQER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLATTSMOUTU - - NEBRASKA.
G- O L D
HAS
"'iVe are of ojinion that a l;gntt
grade on the embankment at the foot 0
Mam street would do more towards a rt
forinsition of the morals of the city tha.:
ari3' other one thing that could i though
of: and wo know that hundreds of poq
h jrses and oxen would than!; the city n
thorities for such an i uir.ro vcmnot if thej
could only express their gratitude.
stock of
GrROCBRISS
AND
He iirTer the very bet of bargains to customer,
anil requests a rail tr im those wliu want anything ia
hts lui"? t trl tlie ajvautag in prices with touga
o 1 oThr.
Kuitiuber tLa
BRICK CORNER,
aii'l o'iTe hi ra;l f ruU wijh to buy cheap.
S. BLOOM ,
Dealer in
READY MADE
Gents Furnishing Groods
i at,
Caps,
I5oots,
Shoes,
Trunks,
Valises,
&c, Sec, Sec.
Also a larrre lot of RUBBER GOODS
and REVOLVERS always on hand.
AND
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
will find it to their benefit to examine
my atock before purchasing elsewhere.
Cash paid for 11 ides Furs
aud Wool.
Plattsmouth, May 25, tf
KLErSEtt & WISE,
Dealers in
BOOKS & STATIONERY,
WALL PAPER,
WINDOW SHADES,
Confectioneries,
IVotioiiSj
Toys,
Coal Oil Lamps.
A:c, Ac.
We are also aper.ts for th Buchanan Woolen
Mills, of St Joseph, Mo., and bar now on hand a
Good assortment of
FAXCr CASSIJfERES,
CLOTHS, JPAA'S,
TLASXELS, tc,
which we lava received on commission, and r
prepared to exchange for
WOOL OR CASH,
at very reasonable agures. Giva u.i a call,
one door east of th Herald office, Plattsmouth,
lraka.
May 16, 1S65 tf
WM. S. WEST
It soliciting ord-m for APPLE TREES
and Dwarf Apples, Pear-trees and Dwarf I'eais,
Quinces 1'eacbes, Hums, Apricots, Nectarines, Cher
ries. Grapes, Gooseberries, Carrints, Blackberries,
White Blackberries. Raspberries, strawberries and
everything from B.s; Applea to Little Berries.
ALSO:
Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, Roses of all colors.
Honeysuckles, Lilacs, Snowballs, Flowering Almond,
and ail varieties of 'ursery plants desirable iu the
latitude of Piattsmouth, which will te r'-ady for d
l:very en the 1st of April, lf. sert9
CX)KItESPO.DENCE.
Browmville," Neb., Dec. 30, '65.
Friend Hathaway:
A friend has shown me a copy of
your parer of Dec. 27th, by which it
seetns that you ond others, who are res
idents of Cass county, regard the move
ment in favor of State organization as
a movement of the people of Omaha
to secure the Pacific Railroad.
There has been a great deal said and
written about this road, and my under
standing of it is this The main line is
to be built, commencing at the Missouri
river, opposite a certain point in the
Slate of Iowa, then to go west until it
strikes the Platte valley, then to follow
up the valley, &c.
A branch road, called the Kansas
Branch, is to start from Wyandot, at
the mouth of the Kansas river, follow
up the Kansas valley to the Republican,
then up the Republican an indefinite
distance, and connect with the main
line on the Platte near the 101 degree
of longitude.
1 do not think that the people of Kan
sas and Colorado want to prevent the
building of the road up the Platte, but
simply to change the location of the
Kansas Branch from the Republican to
the Smoky Hill R;ver. And their rea
sons are, that if the road is constructed
up the Smoky Hill river it will run in
Kansas the whole leEgth of the State,
and will run some two or three hundred
miles in Colorado before it connects
with the main line. Whereas, if it is
built where the Act of Congress at
present locates it, will run a less dis
tance in Kansas, in Colorado none at
a'l, but will enter Nebraska in Town 1,
Range G, west of the 6th principal
meridian, and connect with the main
line at or near Town 8, Range 21 , near
Plum creek, a distance of over 130
miles.
It certainly is not possible that the
road up the Platte will be interfered
with, but the Kansas Branch as at pres
ent located is in danger.
I do not believe with you "that our
railroad interests and those of North
Platte are diametrically opposed.'' I
believe that what benefits North Platte
benefits the whole of Nebraska. And
I also believe that the removal of the
Kansas Branch from the Republican
will be a great injury to the whole of
Nebraska. I hope the day is not dis
tant when there will be a railroad from
each of the principal towns tn Nebras
ka connecting with the Pacific road
either on the Platte or Republican.
I do not wish to discuss the question
of State Organizational presem I am
for it but I would like to have this
Pacific road question discussed, and all
the information that can be bad upon it
laid before the people.
I have been from the great bend of
the Republican, where it leaves Ne
braska, to where the branch road will
connect with the main line, and there
is no belter country in the world in
which lo construct a railroad. Level
land, plenty of timber and rock, and
very few curves.
At Plum Creek the rivers are only
20 miles apart, and heavily loaded army
wagons have been repeatedly hauled
from the Platte to the Republican almost
cn a straight line. 1 wer.t through last
summer with a party of surveyors, ard
for 15 miles we traveled on the town
ship line between Ranges 20 and 21,
the remaining twelve miles ihe wagons
were not at furthest 400 yards from
the township line.
The Republican valley is a beautiful
region, with plenty of timber and rock,
coal and chalk, and if this road is con
structed in it will soon have a dense
population. I therefore would wish that
we had Senators in CoDgress to look
after the interests of Nebraska.
I know the Omabomedans are very
sensitive about some things, and they
think that every man who does not be
lieve that Omaha is the center of the
universe is an enemy to ihem, and they
often say and print that which ought not
to have been said or printed; still, I
would be very sorry to have the road
on the north side of the Platte delayed
or interfered with. w. a. p.
Our correspondent W. A. P. will
find by referring to the Act of Congress,
that the Pacific Railroad, properly
so called, commences at the hundredth
meridian as a point of departure, and
that it can be built between the south
bank of the Republican river, and the
north bank of the Platte river. It does
not commence on the west bank of the
Missouri river, as our correspondent
supposes, but the north, middle and south
branches do; and the great question at
issue is whether the main, ortrunk line,
will be on the Republican or Platte riv
ers in other words, whether the south
branch running through Kansas, with
its influences, will succeed in having the
main track located on the Republican,
or whether the north branches can pro
cure its location on the Platte. Colorado
favors the location of the main line on
the Republican, because in that event
she will not be left 200 miles to one side
as the present line along Platte river
now leaves her but on the other hand,
should the road be built on the Repub
lican, it must of necessity pass through
Colorado. The. struggle between the
rival branches is a very natural one,
for what one loses the other gains, and
the results will be correspondingly felt
ia the towns of the Missouri river.
JCSS"" The Nebraska Republican, in
its issue of the 3d inst., contains the
following:
The Nebraska Herald, published at
Plattsmouth, in its issue of the 27th
ult., contains one of the most intensely
sectional articles that we have seen for
years. If the change in the line of the
Pacific Railroad which is referred to,
should take place, so far from promot
ing the interests of Plattsmouth, or of
the South Platte, nothing would be more
certain to insure their defeat and de
struction. We are astonished at the
temper and molding of this article.
Apart from the question under consid
eration, it is ungenerous and ill-timed.
As it is not characterized by any of the
magnanimity which usually marks the
productions of the editor, we fearsome
body has stolen his senses.
These remarks are part of a series
of criticisms on the spirit of the Terri
torial press, upon the question of State
Organization. Our worthy co-laborer
of the Republican, we trust, will not be
so illiberal as to throttle every one who
honestly differs from him on questions
of iutctcM to ills eiliaono of Tvlraclt.
We look for more enlarged views in a
sheet long acknowledged to be the
representative paper of the Territory,
than such as considering itself always
right, and all who differ from it wrong.
Our remarks, referred to by the Re
pablican, are pretty generally sustained
simply because they express the
views of a majority of the voters south
of Platte river. So far from insuring
our "defeat and destruction" we honest
ly believe that the location of the main
trunk of the Pacific Railroad up the
valley of the Republican river would
be immensely beneficial to us while
at the came lime, Omaha, which already
has a road started westward from it,
would not be the only town of import
ance on the Missouri, in Nebraska.
Railroad questions are productive of
local interests, and we would be recre
ant to our supporters, and to the wel
fare of the Sou:h Platte country if we
permitted the question of State Organ
ization to be carried by default, and
with the knowledge that its success at
this juncture, while tending to secure
the railroad interests north of us would
irretrievably damage our own.
We consider the question of State
GovernmPnt not a party question but
one in which every freeholder in the
Territory is deeply interested; aud to
us there is less generosity in springing
this question upon the people a couple
of weeks before the Legislature meetsf
than in frankly and fairly telling them
what are the real issues.
.Magnanimity and sectionalism, as
they stand in the above extract, look
very funny to us who have been so long
accustomed to read the puffing of the
town in which the Republican is print
ed by that sheet. Let our readers
judge.
-4 SW
Artemus Ward and wife died
in Wooster, Mass., on December 29th,
from inhaling coal gas.
j5tT It is reported that fifty-eight
sea-going crafts were loit or missing
during the month of December, six of
which were steamers.
geST'Quite a revival is in progress at
the Methodist church in Nebraska Ci".y.
JK55" The teachers of Baltimore
have determined to erect a monument
over tbe remains of Edgar A. Poe, and
will solicit aid of the members of their
profession ia Philadelphia, New York,
Richmond, and other localities, lo per
petuate his memory.
STATE OIU.A.MZATIO.V
In our last, we stated that we would
give our objections to the petition now
in circulatioa, calling upon the Legisla
ture to form a Constitution for the Slate
of Nebraska, and submit it to the peo
ple for ratification, in another number.
In the first place the Constitution of a
State is its Organic Law, underlying
all other, and should be carefully and
skillfully framed, and would require
more time for its proper construction
than our Legislature has to give it dur
ing their session.
Secondly, The proper subjects of leg
islation, which our Legislature were
elected to a:tend to, are numerous and
extended enough to occupy iheir lime
without making Constitutions.
Thirdly, Our Legislators were nol
elected by the people to frame a Con
stitution, and no petition, however nu
merously signed, can clothe them with
that authority; the ballot-box being the
proper place for lhe expression of the
wi! of the people.
Fourthly, The action recommended
by this peti'ion is contrary to all rrece
deiit except a late aud by no means sat
isfat tory one.
We are as.anxious as any one ought
to be for Ssate Organization, but cannot
humor polnicat aspirants and market
brokers in giving support lo a course
which might ruin a new state. Hurry
ruins every great undertaking and we
see no particular necessity for hurry in
lhe. present instance; let the Legislature
provide for a Constitutional Convention
according to law and precedent. South'
em JWbraskian.
Tuei't. We find the following in
tbe Jfebraska Register:
Mr. Zimmerman, of Arago, desiring
to send some money to St. Joseph, gave
SI, GOO to a neighbor who was visiting
his store one day last week, to take to
St. Joseph. A stranger standing by
and hearing the conversation, and no
tiring the transaction, made arrange
ments with Mr. Z's friend to- go down
with him. This friend living in the
country ar.d suspecing nothing, :it once
took the stranger out home with him
preparatory to an early start in the
morning. The stranger some time du
ring the night managed to get the mon
ey and decamp. The fact of his ab
sence and the loss of the money Was
Hirovered at an early hour and pursuit
made. There being snow on the ground
he was easily tracked lo a neighbor's
house, where he was endeavoring to
purchase :i pony. Perceiving the pur
suers he concealed himself in a closet,
but being detected in his place of con
cealment (which he had sought unknowli
to the gentleman of the house) he
"ha'iled" out the money from his side
pocket an 1 said he "was just going to
take il back."
rA Washington dispatch says the
President has pobably sent into Con
gress a message in reply to the resolu
tion of the House, 'slating lhe reasons
why Jeff Davis is not tried. It is be
lieved that as soon as the necessary leg
islation is completed by Congress for
ho'ding courts at Richmond, .the trial
will be immediately proceeded with.
Quantrell. The Topeka Record
says: The telegraphic dispatches forthe
last week have bad Quamrell in Wash
ington, asking pardon. On the 11th
ult., Gov. Crawford telegraphed to Gen
Lane to know if it was true. The an
swer came as follows:
"He is not here. I would kill him
on sight. J. II. Lane."
Mr. Bennet, of Lancaster, was iu
the city Wednesday, purchasing goods.
He reports the Salt Basins, and all Lnn
caster county, in a flourishing condition.
Settlers are coining in thick and fast,
and availing themselves of the liberal
provisions of the Homestead law. Mr. B.
informs us that the new seminary building
at Lancaster is progressing rapidly the
roof being completed and that vast im
provement are being made in the coun
try thereabouts. Lancaster is one of the
best, if not the best counties in the
Territory, and will make herseif known
to tho world before many years.
"With all the accession to our pop
ulation within the- last year, there is yet
a great scarcity of mechanics especially
in the building line. There is an im
mense cry going forth fro as this city for
brick! brick.'! brick!!! We know of at
least twenty person who are anxious to
erect brick buildings next summer, but
know not where to get the material.
We have one or two persons here engag
ed in tha business, but they are unable to
supply the demand. Will not some en
terprising man who wants to make a "good
thing," come in here and ga into the
business heavy? Now is tho time to make
preparation. Secure the wood, necessa.
ry for burning, while the river is spanned
by a bridge of ice, and get everything in
readiness for an early start in the 6pring.
Tha indications are that an imacenje
amount of buildiDg will be done here the
coming season if material and workmen
can be had, and we think it would well
repay our people to use a little extra ex
ertion to get tbcm and that in good season.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE DAILY HERALD.
New York, Jan. 4. The steamer
Vera Cruz, from Vera Cruz the 24ih
ult., has arrived.
The Herald's Vera Cruz correspon
dent on the 21th of December writes:
The Empress Charlotte reached here
on the20th,on her return from a visit
to Yucatan, which was pronounced to
be very satisfactory.
The Imperialists claim another vic
tory over the Republicans uuder Perfi
erro Diazbon, on the 4th ult.. near
Carmillifia, in which the famous leader
Thomas Sauchese was killed.
Maximillian has appointed Don Louis
Arrago Assistant Secretary of Foreign
Aff airs, and Don Emanuel B. Cairhel
Superintendent of the introduction of
Coolie labor inlo Mexico.
Gen. Quintainella and private secre
tary were assasinated November 27th,
on one of the highways, by their mili
tary escort, for ihe object of plunder.
The Republicans have taken posses
sion of the town of Lapaz, iu Lower
California.
Announcement is made of the final
prevalence of peace in the Department
of La Sierra and Huastrel.
Eight hundred French troops whose
term of service had expired, were to
leave Vera Cruz on lhe 21th. The ar
rival there of others, from Fiance, is
daily looked for.
It is reported that Maximillian's min
ister of Foreign Affairs recently stated
that the only hope of lhe Imperial Gov
ernment rested on ihe succes of its loan
in the London market.
Tho University of Mexico has been
suppressed, and a public Museum of
Natural History established in its stead
by Maximillian.
The Times' Washington special says
the resignation of Gen. Kilpatrick, as
Minister to Chili has been accepted.
The redezvous for returned soldiers
in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New
Hampshire have been broken up, all the
troops there having been mustered out
of the service.
The Herald's special says a letter
from Gen. Sully, dated Sioux City, to
the Indian Bureau, slates that he had
just arrived from Fort Rice, on the Mis
souri river. He reports large bands of
Indians gathered about the latter place;
they apparently desire to preserve
friendly feelings with the whiles, and
averred their tribes were to make im
mediate restitution of all property stol
en on recent expeditions, agreed to de
liver up certain Indians who were guilty
of shedding blood on recent thieving
forays.
Communications from the Superin
tendent of Indian Affairs in the Dis
trict of New Mexico, represents things
in a most unfavorable light. He reports
the Indian population of that country as
determined on out-break, and have al
ready begun to enter small towns and
settlements, and drive off cattle in broad
daylight. The cause of this mischief
is said lo arisa from the scantiness of
supplies from the Government during
the latt two years. The military force
has been decreased so much that the
Indians no longer fear it. An instance
is cited where eight thousand Navajo
Indians under guard of four hundred
soldiers begin to show a disposition to
turn the tables by becoming captors.
The following is an exhibit of the
Pension department for lhe year just
expired: number of applications admit
ted from invalid soldiers 18,300; r.um
of the same rejected 10.7J2; applications
admitted from widows, mothers and
orphans 2.9G2; same rejected 1,500;
cases ttill waiting to be disposed of S4,
009, of which 31,061 are from invalids,
the balance from mothers and orphans.
During one month of lhe year 32,970
letters and circulars relating to cases on
file in the olfive were mailed to parties
interested or their attornays.
New York, Jan. 4. The Herald's
telegram say: Inasmuch as the marine
corps has officers enough for a brigade
it is probable lhe regiment now consti
tuting the corps will be placed on a
footing with heavy artillery, and the
regiment incorporated in the regular
army. -
New Yobk, Jan. 4. Steamship
Hermann, from Southampton Decem
ber 20th, brings three dayslaters news
from Europe. The drain of gold from
Paris and Aleandria continues, with
almost total absence of arrivals. Con
suls heavy at S7 1-8 to S3 1-4. Cat
tle disease spreading. The number of
deaths are estimated at 4,000.
Saunders' News Letter says il ia
rumored that Mr. Marquis, Governor
of Richmond Bridewell, has been dis
charged by order of the Lord Lieuten
ant. New York, Jan. 4. Judge Hughes,
one of the piiate Semmes' counsel, yes
terday applied to the Secretary of the
Navy to fix the day for the trial of the
accused. The Secretary declined, for
the reason thai not a sufficient cumber
of officers of proper tank are now un
employed. Semmes is now confined in a room
in the Navy yard, and do one except his
counsel allowed to speak with him.
G. S. Little, of the Treasury De
partment, lately returned from the
south, reports that the Southerners have
an abundance of money, received from
Northern speculators in exchange for
southern staples aud landed pioperty.
Upwards of twenty clerks were dis
charged from the War Department on
the 31st.
It is reported that an order muster
ing out over sixty general officer, will
be issued before ih lo.h inst.
New York, Jan. 5. The Herald'
Washington special says the increase
and organization of the regular army
and the abolition of the pay department
will be considered. It is proposed that
captains of companies draw funds from
Commissaries or Quartermasters, and
pay their men monthly; the officers to
draw their pay from the Commissary
and pay accounts the same day.
The Tribune's Washington telegram
says the Secretary of War has ordered
collectors on the Rio Grande to admit
to entry, free of duty, such anti scorbu
tics as the subsistence department de
mands. The World's Washington special
says that last Evening's Republican says
it has seen in the hands of the proper
authorities a statement signed by over
thirty officers, under the command of a
General who distinguished himself as
a cavalry officer under Sheridan, lothe
effect that at a public meeting in Texas,
a Judge Hancock, an ex-rebel, made a
treasonable speech, and that the Major
General aforesaid was drunk, and fol
lowed, aud endorsed all that Hancock
said. The removal of this General is
earnestly demanded.
The Tax Commission is now in New
York, engaged upou iheir report; it
will not be ready, so ihey inform the
Secretary of the Treasury, to submit
to him for two weeks yet. The Secre
tary will have it under advisement for
at least two weeks, and it will not be
submitted to Congress before the 1st of
February. It will be a voluminous
document, covering several hundred
pages. The committee of Ways and
Means are very anxious to have this
peport.
New York, Jan. 5. The London
Shipping Gazette, of December ISth,
says that a curious theory had been in
vented by some person respecting Ste
phens, the Fenian leader it is suggest
ed that he has been a spy in the employ
of the Government, and that he was
apprehended by mistake; having been
taken however, it was absofuiely neces
sary to keep up appearances by sending
him to jail, since he was well known,
to have taken part with the party ir.
days gone by. When imprisoned, all
necessary facilities were given him,
and thus he made what is called his
mysterious escape. This is of course)
only a theory, but it is to some extent
supported by the fact that lhe Lord
Lieutenant has refused to appoint a
commission to inquire into the case.
On the other hauJ, the fact thai tlie
Governor of Richmond Bridewell has
been dismissed, tells somewhat ogainsi
the above theory, but its supporters al
lege that advantage was taken of those
events to modify the government of the
Bridewell; for the future it will be in
vested in the Viceroy instead of the
corporation.
New York, Jan. 5 The Herald's
Washington special says the Secretary
of the Treasury, in reply to the appli
cation of drovers buying cattle in Can
ada, informs them that the terms of the
Act of Congress prohibiting the impor
tation of cattle are very derided and
leave nothing to the disposition of tho
Secretary. He says, moreover, that the
Act of the lSih does not apply to cattle
transported from one part of the United
States to another, via Canada.
Now York, Jan. 5. Ex-President
Fillmore and lady sad to-day on steam
er Europe for Brest, intending to spend
the winter in Spain, on account of
Mrs. Fillmore's delicate health. Prior
to their departure, however, they en
gaged passage with Troscanian for the
grand Mediterranean expedition,
which is expected to leave this port on
the 12ih of May r.ext, and which they
hope to join somewhere in the Medi
terranean. New York, Jan. 5. Times Wash
ington special 6ays there is now de
posited in the U. S. Treasury to the
credit of the Navy Department,-hospital
funds for relief of disabled seamen,
nearly ten million dollars. The inter
est of this sum is almost sufficient to
defray the expenses of the hospitals
and asylums already established.
New York, Jan. 5. A chefs tour
nament is now in progress at the N.
Y. Chess Club University building.
Eighteen players have entered. Mc
Kenzie is matched again?t Stanley,
Thompson against Terrigo, Dr. Ben
nett against Worrell, and Johnson
against Belcher.
1 JCrestli.xe, Ohn. Jan. 5. A large
house belonging to the Bllefontaine
Railway at Galion was destroyed by
fire last night, with 12 locomotives. -Loss
heavy estimated at from 5300,
000 to S500.000.
TSktjT" It is rumored that within two
or three weeks the President will issn
a proclamation declaring the work ca
the restoration of ihe Lmon completed.
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