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VOL. 3.
PLATTSMOUTU, NUBUASKA, VEDMDAV, JULY 17, ISG7,
NO. 15
THE HERALD
IS PUBLIC IJKl
OAILY AND WEEKLY
- WEEKLY EVUY V 1 1) N Ei DAY
BY
(I. D II ATI I AWAY,!
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
"Oaico corner Main street and Levee, seeond
Terms: Weekly, $2.50 per annum;
. -aily, $1 per month.
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mli .rt n.'t.c,-, anlia a style that wi.l ive sani
ty all in.
i MAW.KLL. SAM. M CIIATMAN
ATTORNEYS A T LAV,
-AM)
Solicitors in Chancery.
r t iTTSilfiVTH. - - - XEEKASKA.
nSc 1 er l-.U-.k, Eat t ry A C
Pru,; More.
R. II LIVINGSTON, M. D.
?hysician and Surgeon,
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V corn iv.
s-',.,.Mfi.-e in Fx! :k W'.U h a-'. eonoT.f
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T7ILLITT POTTEKGER
ATTOKNEY AT LAW,
VLATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA.
J. N. vMSrl.
weral Lift, Acr.iJ. nl, Tire, l-.lanJ a-. 1
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staining to a 0-e'u-ral Lad AB-ucy. 'Ites iuvt3-4-ted.
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4T. WHEELER, E. C. LBWH
I. Kl. Whcplrr & 'o.,
;.leal Estate Agents,
Commissioners of Deeds
AND
Tire and Life Ins, Ag'ts,
VLATTSMOUTII, -V. T.
'ttllecllous frnmptly at rnd-d u, and .ncoe is re
i ' ed at current rates of Kx liane. Taxes p.id in
,va loma aiid 'ebjatalor iuu reioe..t.-.
iov.'-ii.'ii ii. iloueyloam.il o:i lleai K.-ta:
9 tf-.ueb. Land Warrants I'-cite1.
CLAIM AGENTS.
i.-cH for collect:.. n of claim aii.ist (iivmnivn
boM ers. their a ii.iw and nn-inr l.t i's. A-;-i.t
l.lie l uich.e aud sale of Lands and City prltt
aji;i? of Tenement.
i:t:ri:iii:.cr:s:
H. n. ?. II. Klhert. II- nver Ciiy. ('. T.
Jle-srs K-ntilz- Ki-.. Ouiati.i, Nel.
" Mc-aiin M-tca'f. Nel..s City.
G. f. Ktdry. M. 1--.UIS, Mis-ourl.
tT. Pin Lewis. 15I..U, M i--:iehuella.
H v KitriHis. C':. :!". Illinois.
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cot e ilHiu a. riati-iii"' th N'.raka.
L II Ho h. Tt.r. e It, vers M.eL-in.
Hon V Ke'low I::n-n.n. i !. X. i-.- jiisin.
Hin T M M riU :i. Paii-iu .'iTii, Nebra-ki.
L Lrn, A:to n. at Law, lii.fTilo, Nevr Vorx.
Carisr. lRi-y St Carl, Ues Muiuw, loWa.
CLARKE, PORTER & ERY7TN,
ATTOlirSLYS AT LAW,
And Solicitors in Chancery,
JfAS ST.. OTI'OSITE TlIU CO I HI -UoCiS
FLATTSMOUTU, NEU.
slATLoaD . CtAkKX, KOUK-T PJilTIK,
XVM. w. LRvrtx.
REAL ESTATE A a ESC V.
JlD-t Wtf
IV m. Stadelmann &, Co.,
0n door utit of Dor.elan's Drug-store,
D.Vr la
Eeady-made Clothing,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
JZATS, CATS. BOOTS. SHOES,
TR CXKS, YA USES,
4 C'aeral atock of
OUTFITTING GOODS
For ta Fiaioa; also, a large lot cf
11 VBBllll CL 0 TIILYG. REVOLT.
ERS Jl.YD .YOTIO.YS.
W boueht low and will u!l chran for el ;h. Cat.
ftQd fldnuLl a ur BtAi'lr hfiir .0.1 kir u n
laniiL. ur atoek before ou buy any wh"r rli
iTl '65 Wni. I A Lk LMN- A CO
J. to Ulack. Buttery & Co.' for yoi:r L
I-tbnc aadtors.
'!" ' f- Lapt and 1 ,na Chinraa"
Uat 4 iTVLAC-r, BUTTERY A 90. '.8
KKfOXJlL'CTIOW
In tie Sennte on the Sth, Trutnbu!!
from tae judiciary csmmiitee, reported
a bill t give efTcct to the act of March
2d. After objection by Sumner, it
was read twice and ordered, printed.
The first secii )n declares it i$ the true
iritent and meaning of the act that mili
tary power is paramount to civil gov
ernment in the rebel Staret, and pro
liibits civil authorities to interfere with
the military power.
Section two declares district oom
trianders have poxver to remove, sub
ject to the approval of the General of
the army; supeud or remove any pr
o:i holding a civil or military office,
derived from any Slate or municipal
aj'.Lurity, whether by election, ap
pnir.tment or other authority, and t!.e
coir:rnander is etnpoxverod to provide
for the performance of the duties when
odlcers are removed by the detail of
some competent officer or toldier of the
army.
Thir l, that the General commanding
the army i iuves'.d vri'.h thts same
novier cf r.-mova! or ajpointmei.t.
Fourth, ppr.-ous, ucta, removals and
a r.pcii.tmen'.s inu.'t be confirmed.
IVh, Ijaids of rrgi -tra:iotj&l.!l ue
all uie-in in ih;-ir pjvver to ascertain
vvbtthor the p
regi.-tered are
rons applvitii' to fcp
enii'I-d io reijistrati
ii!. JT ttte reconstruction ac: of Marcii
2 J and :J lavt.
I he oath required bv taid actt ts
1
ih-l conclu.ive. Iirole testimony wiil
be taUen touching the ciua!ificatiuas of
auy person claiming reijib'.ratioa.
Thd tix'.h dejldre it is the tru in
tv nt an J mHLii;ig or the oata pro
scribed bv said acts, amone ether
things, tiidt no person Aho has bnen a
member of a Htate legislature, or has
held an exteutive or judicial office
any S:at, wht:hr he has taken
odih to support the Constitution of
in
an
the
Ufci'x'J Stales or not, OliJ ufi
tngiiced in rebell.on
mi civen aid and
comfort to the enemy, is entitled u
be
rcgistertd ; and tha ex"ct;!ivo
ci;t! office shall be construed to
al! civil offices created by law
or iudi
j
incluoe
for the
adi:ii.i--tr.
the Stvt?.
ition of the zouir& uiTairscf
.Ti:.it;::cY at lakasixu.
Mr. Jules EcuflVe, is a xvell known
rauctiiuan and trader near Fort La ra
mie, wiiere he has otit of the finest
rai.chea in the country. He is a Gov
t iri'iient centiactor, also, find probably
oi.e of the weal hirst men on the
Mains. On the 4:h Mr. EculTee ar
rived in llii city, and was mailing
heavy purchts of good., a has been
hu practice for years, when, on Moo
cay he began to receive telegrams
that a fearful tragedy occured at his
ranche on the 4th, which hastened his
return home by the Union Pacific
Railroad last evening.
As the tacts are stated by telegrams,
on the 4.h several officers and soldiers
of the Fort camo down to the ranche,
and after a little while one of the soldier-
aa'ted for whiskey, which was
refused. He went away and soon re
turned with other soldiers, and again
demanded whiskey. Being again re
fused, the party attacked tht niuu in
th store, and soon the fight became
fneral between the soldiers arid the
men a'tach-d to the ranch. The sol
diers formed a line in the road in front
of the fearer and fired into if The
men in the store returned the fire, and
ki kd one of thu soldiers,
diera then left, and psrt of
Thj s.il
tlte ranch-
men 'went to niiotner raaene aooui
four m.lkis below.
Soon the commandtir at the Fart, a-
o .n at hu heard of the affair, sent an
oiiitT witli 50 men to th raniiie, who
arrts'.ed all tlin men there wtfe there,
and a sergant with a fil of nu n
was sent to the runi'li bekw to arreb?
tli other. On hi return xvuh them, tfie
;!Jiers killed onu of the men named
Riptoe, and set fit to Mr. Eculfee
ranche, which, with all it, large stock
of troods, was burned. The safe wa
broken open and robbed of four or
rive thousand dol'a in money, and
nearly all the papers destroyed. A
court-martinl was convened at the Fort
to inx estimate the affair, but nothing ia
yet known of us .deliberations.
Mr. EculTe estimates his loss at
fully Stio.OOO. Mr. G. M. Roberts.
k.f the law firm of Pipp!eton & Rob
erts, accompanied Mr. Ecufieo home
to take depoions iu the matter and
otherwise ascertain facts in relation :o
it. Republican.
m m w
Daniel WeOter was right when
he remarked of the prs : mall is
the turn required io patronize a necs
paperjamply rewarded it patron, I care
not how humble and unpretending the
gazette he takes. It is nxt to im
possible to fill a printed sheet 'without
putting into it something thai -is worth
the subscription price. '
Richland, Neb., Ju'y 5.
At a meeting he'd in Rirh'Tt d pre
einct, Washington county, J . . with
out distinction of party, to into
couidration the action of our Senator
and Representatives in the Jate legis
lature, the following resolution was
adopted, viz :
lltsolve-I, That in the opinion of this
meeting, the course of our Senator and
members of the Hous6 of Reprsenta
tives in the recent session of the Legis
lature deserves the hearty approval of
every citizen of Washington county.
Resolved. That the Omaha Republican
and the Herald be requested to publish
the above.
A. J. WARNER, Pres
Simon Hammer, Sec'y.
THE c:tois.
As Nebraska is becoming pre-emi
nently a grain producing State, and a
larrje number of our readersare di-
9
rectly iutc-rested in the prispuct ir
crops throughont the different States
as th yield must, to a great exte
influence the prsods we cive he.oxvan
estimate from the coluins of the Ur.i
led Slates Economist. It rays :
We have exumiiied a mult'.Lide of
uccouii's from u.ilernt sections ur me
several Stutes. hi.d bv coinparii.c them
ii. . i
id. we think that the foiiowiii i i
fair estimate of present prospect.:
lrkamat The euc;ii is backward
out crcps look well, aiid are coming
forxaid rsj.id.y.
Alibama heat ana tern hrtvr-
been piai.ted largely, and promise an
abundantjield. Ilarveatinj has cjm
menced
Canada. Premises an extraordinary
crop of wbeat.
California Promises to exc
Al h-r
crop ot litet year
Much more land
, WliKU was large
has been cu'livulcd
than ever before.
Connecticut Will produce a good
deal of grain this year, and indications
are favorable for a gm.d fruit season
Delaware The present prospect for
peaches and othr fru t is Very flatter
nj.
Florida The farmers hve
Jrowii11! nui t.y tr-.t.lo ; hut a.
been
a v v r a
crops will surpt. previous years.
W heat harvesting has couunrr.ced.
(Jeorgia Has now cu;;wnencd bar
vetiiig a splendid crop of wheat. Rice
and cotton promise well.
loiva Will yield at least an aver
aije crop of wcit. Corn is backward.
b nut looks well.
Illinois Wheat is now gro.vmg
magnifllctntly, and pronfises more
than an average ;u.U' h more than Uou
nl quanlny has been soxvn. Corn i
backward; but the present fine weath
er will hntten it forward. Fruit looks
splendidly.
Indiana W heat was never moro
promising ; a large excess is anucipa-
d. I ruit never looked beter at this
season.
Kansas Promiaes an unusual quan
tity of wheat and corn.
Kentucky W heat looks tolerably well;
but tobacco and fruit were seiioualv
injured by frott. tta will be short.
Louisiana Ilsa-sutlered much on
o.v lands from floods, andferopa will
be short Peaches and plums have
been injured by frost. Oranges, grair&s
and figs are unharmed.
JIassachustlls Ten counties in
Mastachuett3 report seven per cent.
increase in acreage, and zsJ per cent.
in present condition over lat year.
Spring wheat 10 per cent more acre-
j and seven percent, better in con
dinon. Re six per e(nt. Oats, a
Jifiht increase of acreage, but about
ame average condition.
JWiine IIre, as all over
New
, and
been
England, evrything Io: Us wtl
more wheat than usually has
sown..
.VinitoJa Hardly promises to jequal
ier wheat crfr of list year, which
was lirgw. Corn is backward ; but
evervih.nl: now loos more promising
Michigan promises a bounteous
yielJ ot wheat. Fruit, too, promists an
iiburidtnce.
Mississippi The propcts of both
whet and corn are very ilatering.
Maryland Wheal look well, and-
r 11 m I
is coming iorxvara rpiaiy. i ne
peach crop will be good.
Missouri The grain crop promises
to be fh 'arceft ever kniwn. Peach
have suffered by frot.
.Ytbras!;a Will have the largest
crap of grain ever known '.here.
.Veto 'Jersey Grain promises well
and frui.s of-all kinds will vk-Io, a full
averase.
-Veu York Wrneat Itfoks finfrly.
and promises more Chan an average
rop Fruits will be abundant.
JS,W llamyshir Here, as in all
New England the high price of flour
has occasioned an unusual owin of
wheat. Crops look well. The hay
crop will be large all over New Eng
land.
Jorih Cro!ina Wi'nter wheat
looks well
Ohio Wheat is doing sp'endidly,
and fruit promises profusion.
Ptnns'ilnania Wheat never prom
ised a larger or better crop.
Rhode Island As well as New
England, promises we.l for grain nntf
fruit.
San Francisco, June 26 Account
concerning th wheat cri p con inue
favorable. The work of harvesting is
progressing in many ponions of the
Slate under flattering circumstances.
Invoices of the new crop are expected
freely within a week or ten days. The
nominal price for new is 81,60.
South Carolina A large crop of
wheat is anticipated, which is about
ready for harvest.
Tennessee There was never such a
growth of wheat seen here before.
Texas All crops are progressing
finely.
Virginia Wheat crops look splen
didly. In West Virginia less wa
soxvn than formerly. Corn, oat3 and
tobacco promise n fair average.
Vermont As all Jiew England has
an unusual amount of wheat, wh:ch
promises well.
3 1 .4 X I M 1 3 . L. IA . ' T E X H t U T ! O V
Additional devils have been re
ceived of the execution of Maxitiiillian.
Thouands of people witnessed his
death, and there was hardly a dry eye
among them all Maxiu.iilan wa
reif-possessed ntid gracefu1. II an1
v hen fir.-1 vi.skeU by the depu:ation
from Mexire coming with cr-deot'l-,
and offering him liie gui'i rnnu'nt, h
refused. &ut.se'juei.t!y th' proportion
wat renewed, and he replied: If con
vinced that a majority believed it to
iheir interest to rl.tc" him at th head
uf the government, he would consent.
Another derivation brought axlditional
tes:ifiioiua Is. ai.d up.n advic from li.o
Power- ot Euro-.iH, who told him there
xvas ti'. other chuVsh to pursue, he ac
c.-pteu the c.tli. lie uenieo: tue ri.'iit
vr I - i.i I.
the couii which trid hiiu; said ihe
nutions of the world hud pledged faiili
io him; that he would never hive come
unless convitrced that it xa for the
good of Mexico. In conclu.-iori. h
hoped his b!o d would stot)"lhe elfusicu
of blood in the country.
rUiran.on read Iroiti a paper. lie
T T
faiu ne wa no traitor, nut untax s i p
nstd Liberal pr.ncii.rrs; hail a. ways
been against duordei; that he should
ie as he had lived a conservative
1-aving Osteruy to judge his acts H-
conclud- d with the word. " ive la
loii-ctur: Vive !a Mexico!''
Mejni made no speech. He told
Erob'-do he died a poor man. never
liaviu tried to make mon-y; n'-n omy
txenbii cciiii-;ed in forty head ot cattle
in the mountain;', and he asked that rh-
inorchants of Maiamora, to whom he
oved considerable, would not pres hi
wife for tlie money left them by the
kitiJiiess or tiie r.inoeror.
An Important Decision
We are ind bled to the Omaha
Re
publican for the following important
decuion recently reuuered ly Juago
Lowe :
U. S. District Court July 4.
Court inel pur-uani to adjournment. In
the cae of Myers vs. Croft, continued
from yesterday, admitted in evidence
the deeds made by the parties convey
ing the lauds in controvcryy, both be
fore and after the receipt of the patent
by the preemptor. In his harge to
the jury the learned Judge, in an able
exposition of ihe law, gave a full and
clear interpretation of the statutes of
the United Slates, in regard to the
right f a pre' emptor to convey what
ever C0he title he postsed at thetune
of conveyance, whether ihe " same
enured to him at the time of pre emp
ion, or after the patent of the laud
conveyed was issued to him by the
Uuned States ; clemly deciding thai
the conveyance made by the pre-emptor,
before patent isued conveyed all
prio. and subsequent title by him ac
quired. The verdict of the jury for
the defendant fully indorsed the charge
of the court.
Thi virdict has s-uled a vexed .ques
tion, which hs exercis d this co u nu
niiy with great concern for several
month past, and set ai rest a question
of title to land to important to so great
a number, and will m future inspire
greater confidence at hoiue and abroad
in that security in investments of prop
erty uf this kind, that l so essential to
real prosperity m our young nnd grow
iijg State.
fiDA gentlemanly agent of a cer
tain city wa collecting fares trom the
passenger of a very full streetcar one
morning' All paid promptly except
one fat old lady, who sat next the door,
and who seemed to be reaching down
as if to gt somthing she had dropped
on the floor. When her time come to
pay, she raised her head and thus rd
dressed the blushing Jouth : "Ialler.
when I travels, carry my money in my
siockin", for you sees, nothing can get
thar, and I'd thank you, young mau.
jest to reacn ii for me, as 1 m &o jammed
in that I can, t git to it.'' The youth
loolred at the other passenrs. some pi
whom wern laughing at hi- pifvht; ..ne
or two young t idies among them blush
ed scarlet, and he bent a audden retreat
muttering something about nei chrg
ing old ladies, &c His cash was short
that inori.ing the fare of oue passen
ger. IKSIn the city of Savannah, Ga.,
1500 whites and 2,019 blacks have registered.
The Denver Aeus of the od seems
to tnirik- lnaians Lave renewea uepre
daiiofis on the Platte. It says:
'Ctur operators inform us that Ilines
the operator at Junction, went out yes
terday to repair the lice, and xvas chas
ed into Denver Creek this morning.
having been followed by the Indians
about four miles. Yesterday afternoon
the Indians attacked Macauley's ranche
and wounded one man, when the
coaches drove up. and the passengers
coing to ths assistance of the herders,
saved the stock. No further particu
lars can be obtained, as the line is
down east of . Junction.
Thoroughly Itecoustructeil.
The traitor, Toombs, has written a
letter to a secession newspaper in Cin-
ciunati, in which; among oiner ".oya.
expressions he gives utterance to the
following: 4 I regret nothing 'n the
past but the dead and the failure, and
am to day ready to use the best mean
I can command to establish the princi
pies .'or wh.ch 1 fought! lhut ex
pression savs the Council Bluffs Yon-
parti?,, embodies pure Democratic sen
lime: ts. and entitles Toombs to favor
able consideration at the hands of the
party. It th' Presideut don't immedi
aiely apj'omi him to a Governorship or
SotTturvchip we have no doubt be will
soon be put forward for somn responii
ble position, on the Democratic ticktt,
a- a t'eWAid for his fideity to principle.
Ho is just as much rebenow as he ever
was, and am t afraid or ashamed to say
he "le'-rets nothing in the pa.-t Out toe
deal and the; failure,' and i stnt
ready nnd willing to fight on and fight
ever tor the cherished principles of
he party sct-ision, rebellion and
treason. Toombs Ua Democrat in whom
i no guile, and we consider it a burn.
ing shame that a man of tuch pure
j.rinctplfs and noble courage should be
allowed to waste awav hi light under
u I Ufhe! tn a Georgia p'antiliou.- He
is en hied to an honorable position in
he Democratic party of the nation.
Ia:.lTII 01' GEX- MEAGHER.
Vihc.su City, M. T., July 5.
Gen. l nouns t rancaisO aMeagner,
Secr;tarv and actiug (iovenor of this
Territory f.-l! from ihe sieamer 'I'ohm
son, at Fort 13-nton, July 1 and was
drowned. He had been absent for
tiie p-i fortnight on publio .business,
and had su-xeeded in procuring arm
for the troops engaged in the defence
of th-i Territory, and transacting other
military business demanded by eur
present emergency. His death is
generally lamented, and public de
menstrfluorjs in honor of his dUtin-
guisneu cuarai ter ana services are reii.
At last account of his remains had not
been found, the darkness of night and
the ripidity of ihe current preventing
any rescue.
xVfSSThft Roman Catholic bishops
who for sone time have been flocking
io Rome from all parts of the globe.
in compliance with the invitation of ihe
Pope, on Thunday, 17th of June, at
tended the public consistory held by
Pope. In his allocution, ihe Pope
praised the zeal exhibited by the bish-
. i ! I e.
ops all over tne wono, anu aner re
fering to the special occasion for their
meeting, the canonization of a number
of martyrs, and the celebration of the
eighteenth centennial of the martyrdom
of ihe Apodtle Peier.he confirmed the
.. f. -...r nr..oA k
him m ihe Encyclica, and expressed a
desire to repair the evils which oppress
the Church. It is asserted that the
number of Rihops who have arrived
in Rome amount to 450, and that of
ihn piiesis to 30,000. Among them
were five American archbi-hops, and
txenty-tvvo bishops. The Ameri
can ilergy when received by the Pope
preo ited to him two hundred thous
and dol!ars in gold. ArchJ!:!.np
Spi'ildmg and Arcbbihop Purcell ot
CinC'iinati are on the committee to pre
psre a reply o th Pole's nllocution
It is exd-cted that the Council refered
to in the Pope's allocution will meet in
November N- Y. Tribune.
TIRE IUJIILIXg'to CltlDGE.
T.'iis bridgo xvill be owned and erect
ed by the Chicago, Burlington &. Qum
cy railroad, and is built to connect that
corporation with the Burlington and
Mi-souri River railroad. The cost is
not frilly ascertained, but it will take a
nice, hide pile of moiiey before the
bfid-e is nnished. The structure will
be Similar tc the one at Quincy, and
xvill be constructed with six spans of
250 feel each, a draw span of 3G0 feet,
wnh channelj each side of pier over
160 feet wide; tuen two spans, one cf
173. feet atH one of 125 feet, giving .a
total leng'h of 2,160 feet, or not half
ihe width of the river and Island at
Quincy.
JrSrGen.,. Sweitser; reports from
Fort Casper. 125 miles west, of Lara
mie, to headquarters in Omana, his
arrival there cn Tuesday. He saw no
signs of Indians, except, small parties.
Tho mail te new Fort Fetternian from
Laramie, was fired into on the 3d inst.,
and two ineii wounded, but there was no
other hostile demonstrations to cole in
that section of country.
The Missouri Itivcr Shortens
Itself Twenty Miles
The great bend in the Missouri
River above the Peru Landing has
been abolished. Oa Friday evening,
July 5th 1S67, the waters made a
grand rush through the narrow neck
of land that connected the peninsula
with the mainland. Immediately the
entire volume of the Missouri began
sweeping through the new channe
with the roar of many waters. The
"hoarse rough torrent" was distinctly
heard at a distance of some miles.
two steamers which nad come
around the Big Bend in the old chan
nl were, when they had arived oppo
site ihe mouth of the nexv cut ofT, drawn
into it by the forco of the current and
carried down through it. The Come
ia, under Capt. Charley Baker, "and
the Miner, were so sucked in taken
down and compelled to make the Bend
a second time. WTe shall tay more
hereafter. At present bt. Liouis is
twenty miles nearer Nebraska Ciiy
than it was five davs ago. Jews,
Indians Figntins Custer.
The following news of Indian attack
oa Gen. Custer, has been received at
the militia ry headquarters in this city
b orty-five Sioux warriors attacked
2.5 of Custer's nifn, under Cept. Hjiu
ilto.T, 7th U. S. Cavalry, near the fork?
of the Republican, on ih-? 2i'.h uit.
. , i i . i i i . i
ana were nancuoineiy tnrasiiou, zu
two braves killed and several xvour.ded
Captain Hamilton's loss was one horse
wounded.
On the 25. h a war party of Sioux
and Cheyenne combined, numbering
from 500 to 600 wani rs, attacked and
surrounded 4S of Custer's men, who.
under Lieuis. Robbin.i and Cook, 7th
Cavalry, were escorting supplies for
Custer. A'ler tiiiee hours hghtir
and deeperate efforts on the pari of the
Indians to capture the train, they were
drnen off wilh a less of five warriors
killed and several wounded, and one
horse captured. But two of Lieuten
ant Robins s men were hurt (slightly.)
Tf e Indians were led by Roman Nooe,
whose hor-e was shot.
At daylight on the 24th of June, a
trge band of Sioux surrounded Cus
ter B camp and endeavored to
t".mpede his animals. His men turn
ing out promptly, drove the savages off
without the loss of an animal. One
man was seriouly wounded by a gun
shot. Omaha Republican.
3f"The Brownsville Ranchero of.
the 4th publishes the proceedings of the
court martial that tried Maximiilian
Maxim llian was confined to his bud
when the case was called. a He was
ably defended by Lubilo Ortega, who
refu'ed the charges of usurpation and
cruelty, and said the law ot the third
of October tvas niaoe when Maximii
lian was cheated into the -belief that
Juarez had abandoned the territory,
that one article of that laxv was dictat
ed by the French oommander, and the
law was only intended as a terror, and
never had there been a petition for par
don that was not granted.
V atqnesa, another counsel, said he
was not uneasy about a coalition in Eu-
rope or the attitude or tne uniiea
States, but feared universal reproach
would fall on the country.
f.SF'The Frontier Index states that
Jack Morrow, Lsu,, called upon its
editor last Tuesday morning and in
tormea mm mat ne nau just returneu
I,. .1 i i i
trom .ueaicine creek, sixty mnes
south of the Platte, vther.e Lis hands are
getting out ties. He came in contact
with a band of hostile Sioux, who told
him they xvere on iheir way to Smoky
Hill for scalps and booty. They also
said large bands cf warriors were
operating along the southern branch of
the Pacific road, and that trains had
stopped running wel of Fort lltley cn
ticcount of Indian depredations. They
declare that war upefo. ihe whites is
heep a good !" Juit what they love.
"Puny nice like some kill heep; Sioux
tomahawk, war pipe; peace flag (?)
nint got any, biineby stay here, no nok
m :
t 1 1"
Lost his House. The following
notice is said to have been written by
a gentleman of Germany:
'Von night de oder day, ren I vas
been awake in my sleep, I hears some
thing vat I tink vas not right in my
barn, and I ut out shumps to bed, and
runs mtfcde barn out, and ven I vas der
coom I sees dat my big gray iron mare
he vas been tied Iue ane runs nut de
stable off, and evere one who rill him
back bring, I ustso much pay him as
vol bin customary-"
sF"The Leavenworth Conserva
tive says:
The excitement in Nebraska about
the location of ihe capital is nearly as
high as politics used to run out there
when Sterling Morton's Democracy
voted in a coffee pot in L'Eau qui Court
country, and carried the day by 300
majority, when thTe were not fifty
men, women and children in the county-
" I am like Balaam," said a dandy,
on meeting a pretty girl in a. nnrrow
passage; "stopped by nn angel." 'l
am'" returned she, "for I am accosted
by an ass."
INDIAN AFFAIIIS.
A resolution was adopted in the Sen
ate on the Sth calling on the Secreta
ries of War and Interior for informa
tion of the origin and extent of th
Indian difficulties.
a52"A Washiugton despatch say
Romero discredits the report of Santa
Anna's execution. He was at Cam
peachy, over one hundred miles dis
tant, the day before the alleged shoot
ting.
I?3F"The steamers Yellowstone and
Graham were burned at the St. Louis
levee on the 10th. They had just ar
rived from the Upper Missouri. Loss
over 850,000.
fSSRobert Way, of Pittsburgh,
an! Norman P. Borile, of New York.
jumped for S2.000 anditha champion
ship, at l'lttsburgh. J une. 12. when Way
won. jumping twelve feet five and one
half inches, at the second leap, while
his . opponent made only twelve feet
three inches, as the best of ten lenps.
Way in ten successive jumps, bpgining'
at a stand and ending with a ' flying
I'ap" of sixtnen feet. A year npo.
Hortlobent Way upon a score of 12
feet 5 inches.
Chicago, Jaly 10 The Times'
pecial says the reconstruction bill
passed the House yesterday, with luQ
amendments of Wrilson and Benjamin,
providi ig that the Presidential pardon
gives no right to register, and punish
ing the obstruction of the law with fins
and imprisonment.
Stevens, in the course of his speech,
said he did not know that he was in
favor of hanging nny one in this coun
try, tut he was glad that Junrez had
he heroic courage to hang pirates and
murderers.
Chicaco, 10. Piivate d.spatches
say the Indians attacked a company of
soldiers near r t Wallace, and killed
15. Two companies now occupy the
Fcrt tr prevent its capture.
Washington special says the Navy
Department ordered war steamer Sus-
juehrinha to proceed immediately to
Mexico, and demand the surender of
Santa Anna, dead ur alive, and sati
faction for the outrage on the Ameri
can flsg.
fSSrThe Salt Lake Vedette, of June
1-5, says: On Sunday afternoon Brig-
ham Yourg preached a lengthy ser
mon, to dly and openly announcing that
Am isa Lyman, Orson Hydj and Or
son l'ntt had apostatized and were,
cut tff from the chutch. Orson.
lyde had beer, chosen President by a
quorum of twelve Apostles la.t April.
rait is one of tne twelve ; Lyman
had been one of the Apostles also.
Young was severe on Hyde; but par-
ticuraly so on Pratf. He denounced
the latter as'an unbeliever.now in pos
session of the devil.
3Sr"A number of well-known gen
tlemen of Philadelphia, eminent in
science and works of morality and
kindness, had an act passed by the Leg
islature of Pennsylvania which was ap
proved on luarth 4 lbb7. It provides
for a home 'for inebriates. Drunken
ness is regarded by he gentlemen,
having the subject under consideration
as a disease that by proper remedies
can be cured. They are organized un
der the title of the "Citizens Associa
tion of Pennsylvania." They have
Alelro.e Glen, at Media, Delaware
ceunty, ir.d are ready to receive appli
cations for a limited number of patients. t
JZuF'A young lawyer of Kansa,
writing to his parents- in regard to
grassheppers, says:
"If you were to mu.uply every blaCe
of grass on yCur farm by twenty-five,
and put the amount at ten per cent,
interest an hour, compounded evry ten
minutes for a century, admg in your
onions and strawberries, the grand total
Awild not feed the grasshoppers on uiy
placfl for a minet and a quarter.
jrJeff Davis has accepted an in
vitation from the proprietor cf the
White Sulphur Springs in Catawba.
N. C, to visit that place on his return
from Canada, and he will be there
with his fumily in July or August.
tff. has also an inv:tationrom the
well k;ewn proprietor of another cel-
Uated su'pharops institution. His
acceptance is not formally announced.
but there can be little doubt that he.
will personally report in due season.
Nashvile, July S.; Brownlow has
issued a proclamation directing the
State and county officers to conduct the
election according to his const, uciion
of the franchise law and arresting any
one opposing its execution or attempting
to hold illegal elsstions.
C3"Ia a juryempaneled at Houston,
Texas, last month, fourteen out of
twenty-four were colored. In one
case" eleven of twelve were colored,
and one of these eleven was the only
man of the jury who could wrjte,
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