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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA;
S3TEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1SC7
CASS COUNTY REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE.
Th members of th Republican
County Central Committee for Cais
Ceunty are requested to meet at the
office ef Maxwell & Chapman, in the
ity ef riaiumouth, at 2 o'clock r. m..
Saturday, August 24th. The following
is the list ef member, as elected aubo
last County Coarention:
riattsmau'h H D Hathaway;
Rock I3iufls Geo L Siebold;
Liberty N O Douge;
Aroca Amos TefFt;
Weepinj Water E L Rsed;
Mt. Pleajant S M Kirkpatrick;
Eight Mile Grore--S Richardson;
Louisrilie J T A Hooter;
South Bend Daniel Sweeney;
Salt Creek C Seeffer.
It is deu'rablo that erery membsr of
the Committee he present, as matters
of importance will come up for consid
eration. H. D. HATHAWAY,
Chairman.
THE INDIAN Wia.
PORTER'S TRAIN ATTACKED.
A dispatch from Fort Fr Herman an
nounces that J. R. Porter, of this city,
who has a wood contract at Fl. Phil
Kearney, had arrired there with intel
ligence thai Li3 train ef thirty wagons,
accompanied by about fifiy citizens and
an escort of fifty Boldiera under com
mand of Major Powell and Lieutenant
Jennets, had been attacked on the 2d
of August about fire miles from the
Fort by a large band of Indiana, who
came up from the east. L'eut. Jenness
and lire men of his command w?re
killed and two others wounded. The
Indi lcs succeeded io stealing the cattle
of the train, when a corral was made
of the wagon boxes and ox yckss, and
the party took their position inside,
where they fought the sarages for three
hours, killing many and wounding
more. Tae killed and wounded among
the Indians were immediately carried
from the flrlJ. Tho fight was contin
ued with unabated rigor until the arrir-
1 on the field of Major Smith with
ivro companies of soldiers and a howit
zer, who had eome from the Fort to the
rescue. Upon the arrirsl cf Major
Smith the Indians instantly retreated,
tearing Cro bodies on the field, and
taking a ncrtheastern direction. Maj.
Powell reports that the total loss of tho
Indians in killed was about sixty, and
the wounded will probably greatly ex
ceed tin's cumber.
FROM BEATRICE.
Ger. 3utler arrired at Nebraska
City freoa the Blue en Monday morn
ing. He reports eleven persons killed
during the recent Indian outbreak in
that risicity, twenty-four head of horses
stolen, twenty-four farms deserted, and
the whole country thoroughly alarmed.
He thinks it will be necessary to call
out the militia.
Tlie Law Jn tlie Case.
The people bare been watching the
difficulty between President Johnson
and Secretary Stanton for some lime,
and wondering where it would termi
nate. It has finally terminated in Mr.
Johnson assuming the responsibility, in
defiance of direct and positive law, of
refusing to recognize Mr. Stanton as
Secretary of War, and appointing Gen.
Grant to fill the position. Gen. Grant
aocepts the duties of the office on the
ground that be riews his appointment
as en order from tho Prosident which
he has no right to refuse to obey. Mr.
Stanton submits, because to combat the
President in this matter brings him in
direct controversy with Gen. Grant.
In order that our readers may know
exactly how much authority the Presi
dent haa for this removal, end how
much he has assumed, we append that
portion of the law relating thereto,
passed fcy Congress at the last spring
session:
That every person holding any civil
office to which he has been appointed
by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, and every person who
shall hereafter be appointed to any such
office, and shall bseome duly qualified
to act therein, is. and shall be, entitled
to hold such office until a successor
shall havo ben in like manner appoint
ed and duly qualified, except as herein
and otherwise provided: JVoriiVrf.That
the Secretaries of State, of the Treaa
ury, of War, cf the Navy, and of the
Interior, the Postmaster General, and
the Attorney General, shall hold iheir
offices rupedivcly for and during the
term of the President by u-honi they may
have Been appointed, and for out monik
ihtreafler, subject to removal by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate."
CROP REPORT FOR JULY.
From the July circular, issued from
the Agricultural Bureau in Washing
ton, we condense the following inter
esting and valuable statstics of the
crop returns frem the different States,
as officially reported. The season was
so far advanced for the cereal grains
at the date of this report, that thj eta-
sistics may be regarded as conclusive
evidence that the crop of the present
year is greatly in excess of the product
of 1S6G.
Wheat. The statistical returns for
July show an improvement in the con
dition ef winter wheat over Ifcst year in
every State but Texas, Nebraska and
Minnesota, the diminution in the latter
being but four per cent. The highest
improvement is in Ohio, 160 per cent;
West Virginia, 9S ; Georgia, 96;
Tennessee, 75; Indiana, 54 ; Kentuc
ky, 53 ; Michigan 35 ; Vermont, 35 ;
New Jersey, 25; rew York, 17.
Spring wheat was a far less valuable
product than last year, consequently
thflre is less variation in the figures
used in the present comparison. All
the States, however, except Vermont,
New York and Pennsylvania, show an
increase cn lastyaara 1
C.nnn The avera"' "PTn l
usually large, every State showing a
material increase exaept Maine, New
Hampshire, New York and South Car
olina. In tho Southern States the in
crease ranges upward to 102 per cent,
as in Arkansas. The condition as re
ported ,is a little deficient in the North
ern and Western States on account of the
latneess of the spring. With the con
tinuance of the present weather there is
ample opportunity to make up the en
tire deficiency, in which case the yield
will be unprecedented.
Barley. The condition of this
grain promises an increase of from ten
to twenty per cent in Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jer
sey, West Virginia, Kentucky and
Indiana, and forty-four per cent in
Ohio. Most of the oiher States show
some increase.
Oats. The condition of oats point
to a full average in the West, particu
larly in Wisconsin and Minesota ; also,
Massachusetts, Rhode Inland, Connec
ticut, New Jersey and tho South;
slightly lesa than last year in Mains,
Vermont, New York and Kentucky.
Pastures akd Hay. These crops
are almost univer?ally large, from an
average up to 15, 20 and even 30 per
cent.
Potatoes The report of acreage
potatoes indicates a larger area planted,
in every State except Maine and New
York. The condition is also above an
average with a few exception, among
which are New York, Ohio and Indi
ana. Wool. An examination of this
item of the tables show that losses of
sheep, unthrifty condition, and a wet
spring havft had an influence both up
on number and weight of fleece, and
will lead to the conclusion that our
wool clip of the present year is not ma
terially larger than that of lost year.
ZZOKC AUTHORITY.
In Smith's Commentaries on Consti
tutional Conitruction?, page 7S2, we
find the following principle stated:
"When a Statute directs a person to
do a thing in a certain time, without
any negative words restraining him
from doing it afterwards, the naming
of the lime will bo considered as direc
tory to him, and not a limitation of his
authority. In case where ihe Aes
sors of a school district were directed
to assess a achoal district tax within
thirty days after the district olerk had
certified the vote for raising it, it was
held that although the Assessors were
directed to assess the tax within thirty
days after the certificate; yet as there
nere no negative words restraining
them from making the assessment af
terwards, and accidents might happen
which would defeat the authority, if it
oould not be exercised after the expira
tion of thirty days; that the naming of
the time must therefore be considered
as directory to the Assetjcn, and not
as a limitation of their authority:''
The author then cites numerous cases
in support of tho principles stated.
Again, in "Sedgwick on Statutory
and Constitutional Law," we find the
following:
When Statutes direct certain pro
eeedinga to be done in a certain way or
at a certain lime, and a strict compli
ance with these provisions ef time and
form does not appear essential to the
judicial mind, the proceedings are held
valid, though the sommacd ef the Stat
ute is disregarded or disobeyed.
Does anybody in Omaha want to
wager 6100 against 850 on the result
of the Bond question ?
m m m
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
A ditpalch announces that about a
dozen preminent citizens of St. Joseph,
Missouri, have been arrested on the
charge of burniog a bridge on the
Hannibal & St. Joseph U. R. in 1S61,
with a design t destroy a train loaded
with Federal troops. The train went
through the bridge and twelve persons
were killed. It is said writs are out
for forty other citixens. This opens up
the whule question of bushwhacking
warfare, and the decision will be looked
to with intersit by all parties. If a de
cision ia obtained adverse to the bush
whackers, look out for lively limes in
the Missouri courts for the next few
years. If rebels cannot be punUhed
in any other manner, large numbers of
them may yet be made to pay the pen
alty of the law for deliberate murder,
even if the subjects were Federal
soldiers.
COUNTY FAIR.
Can any farmer in Cass eounty tell
why it is that we de not have annual
fairs here, where cattle, horses, hogs,
sheep, the products of the soil, speci
mens of mechanical skill, etc., could be
exhibited and compete for premiums?
It is not, certainly, because we have
such poor articles that we fear to have
a comparison with others. If it is, the
fairs should certainly be held for the
purpose of promoting a pride that would
do away with poor articles and induee
a better grade. We would be pleased
to hear from some of our farmers upon
this subject, and not only htar from
them, but see them take some action in
the matter. If there are any good
reasons why fairs should not be held in
this county, we should take it as an
especial favor for some one to tell us
what they are.
2SESOUKCES OF NBDKASKA.
We had the pleasure last week of
listening to an interesting irid instruc
tive lecture upon this subjeJ, by Prof.
Hayden, State Geo!opist5,d with
very farmer in lNep- XJjp-
noarn if. it mi n n i iTTii"n ,iiirTp es
pecially for the benefit of that class.
While the Prcf. concludes, after a crit
ical examination, that our chances for
ccal. are exceedingly poor, he thinks
we have considerable quantities of peat'
na article which stands next to ccal as
fuel. This article may prove of im
mense value to Nebraska if her people
only turn their attention to its develop
ment. Get books upon the sulject, and
learn where and how to find it, and
how to prepare it for use. While it
may seem lo many as a great disadvan
tage to our State that we hare no coal,
yet it will be borne in mind that the
great State of New York has not a sin
gle coal bed within its limits; and that
we have here that which the State of
New York has not an inexhaustible
mine of wealth in our roil. Professor
Hayden had no hesitancy ia saying that
the soil of Nebraska surpassed any
he had ever seen, and gave ii'as his
firm conviction that ten years hence
Nebraska would be known throughout
the world as the garden of America
These opinions, coming as they do, from
a man so eminently qualified to judge,
and one who can hare no object in giv
ing them except that truth may be
known, should in a great measure com
pensate and satisfy our peeple for the
apparent disadvantage of not having
coal. The Professor touched upon
many points of vital intsrest to Nebras
ka, which her punpln vreuM do well to
consider; prominent arrong which waa
the subject of planting firest trees upon
every farm. Ho showed conclusively
that th'3 would not only prove a vatly
profitable business to every one who
engaged in it, but that the influence of
their grewth upon the climate and pro
ductivenoss of the soil would cf itself
handsomely repay the expenditure.-
After epeaking at ler.g:h upon th8 ma
terial interests of the S.n'.o, he gate a
short time to the scientific portion of the
subject, showing the giological forma
tions in the Stats, and giving the scien
tific reasoning for the conclusions he
had arrived at. He will probably
speak here again before leaving the
State, and in that event we hope every
farmer ia Cass county will be present.
STAGE TO LINCOLN.
The enterprising contractors, Messrs.
Parker & Parmele, now have com
modious coaches running through to
Lincoln City three times a week,
They carry mails and passengers
through from this city to Lincoln in
twelve hours. It is the only line to
the capitol, and persons desiring to vis
it that looality with a view to purchas
ing lots in the new city or selecting
lands in that rich agricultural country,
can travel by stage for lets than one
half what il would cost them with a
private conveyance. This line is gain
ing great notoriety, as will be seen by
the following notinoo yW irom tbo
Nebraska City wVcu-s: "
Mr. McConiga, Register of the U.
S. Land Office of this city, informs us
this evening, that a gentleman from
Omaha visited his ofiiee yesterday with
a view to entering some lands. After
selecting the land he wished to matte a
visit to Lincoln, and ai'keJ at what
lime the stage left for Lincoln? He
waa told we had no stage running west
from this city. He left the city this
evening for Plattstnouth, where a stage
leaves thrtetimes a week.
TlATTSMOUTH EsTIHPRIJt- Our
neighbors of, Plattstnouih s;arted on
Monday a tri-weekly coach from that
town to Lincoln. The vehicle is crowd
ed daily with passengers and leaves
Plattstnouih at 6 a. m. and arrives at
Lincoln at G p. m. Fare S6. A
stage coach in this very fast town
would not do ; nothing short'of a rail
road will answer our people While
we have been "gassing" and "shooting
off our mouths" abcui the raoet feasible
and praetible route for a railroad to
Lincoln , Plattsnsojth has put on a
tugs line. Stage lines are the fore
runners of telegraphs and telegraphs
the forerunners of railroads. Ia there
a citizen of ibis city to-day who w.ll
favor the project of putting ea a line
of stages from this point to Lincoln ?
Shooting Affray.
Another shooting affray occurred in
this city last Monday neon, which re
sulted in the serious wounding of one
of the parties. There are almost a
thousand and one different reports in
regsrd to the affair, but we purpose
to state only a few of the preminent
and well authenticated points connected
with it, for the reason that the whole
matter will undergo a legal examination
at the next term of court. The parties
to the affray wsre R. J. Palmer and
H. L. Kellegg, both residents of this
county. Kellogg is a single man, and
owns a farm about seven miles south
west ef this city, which he rented to
Palmer. Kellogg bcntJcd with Palmer
until about a month ao, when, Palmer
suspesting too grsa an antimacy be
tween his wife and Kellogg, told the
latter be must find some other place
to board. This caused a rupture
between Palmer and his wife, she
leaving him and going te Missouri,
where she bow is. Since that time -various
stories havo been in circulation,
and on Thursday or Ffijjjf last
week Palmer and Kellogg met on the
prairie and had an altercation, Palmer
using a horsewhip upon Kellogg with
considerable energy. On Monday latt
they again met in this eity, at the well
in front of Throckmorton's shoe shop.
The first heard of the difilcuty, as near
as we can ascertain, waa Pa'mer talk
ing In an excited manner to Kellogg.
Palmer was standing at this time upon
the wat8r tank, and a team of horses
between him and Kellogg. About ibis
time Kellogg fired, the ball taking effect
in the abdomon cf Palmer. Palmer
started to run, when Kellog fired a
second time, the ball missing Palmer
and penetrating the door of Mathis &.
Son's bakery. Palmer then ran across
the street, with a revolver in his hand,
crying, "I am shot." Palmer is report
ed to havo snapped his revolver some
.ime during the melee, but when, or
whether at all, we leave to be ascer
tained cn trial.
Kellegg was immediately taken in
charge by Marshal Murphy, and lodg
ed in jail. Palmer waa taken to the
Platte Valley House, where he lies at
the present writing (Tuesday morning),
not expected to live. The ball entered
a little above and to the right cf the
navel, and lodged somewhere in the
body; but the woucd being of such a
character that it cannot be probed, the
surgeons Drs. Livingston and John
Black are unable to tell where it is or
the exact extent of iU wuuud. Puliiier
has four children, who are uow on the
farm near Eight Milo Grove.
We know the publio are anxious to
hear all the particulars and reports in
connection with an affair of this kind,
but it will be only a short time before
the whole affair will enme up for a legal
investigation. This, affair differs from
mcst cf the kind in the fact that, as we
are informed, both parties were sober,
moral men, and whskey had no part in
the affair.
Wednesday, 2 p. m. Palmer is
alive yet, but the physicians give no
hope of his recovery.
COMaj. Frank North's Pawnee
"Scouts" and a Land of about 100
Cheyenne warriors had a fight at Plum
Creek on the 17th. Fifteen or twenty
of the Cheyenues were killed, acd two
taken prisoners. A large amount of
stock was taken from them, The
"Scouts' come cut without a scratch.
THE PEACE CO 31 MISSION.
The Teace Commissioners appointed
to confer with the chiefs of hostile tribes
arrived nt Omaha last week, and have
gene up the Misssuri to look for suit
able lane's for a reservation. The fol
lowing orcier from Gen. Sherman would
indicate that no aggrestivo wnrfare is
te be waged against the savagca until
after the conference, and rothing is to
be done except protect the lines of
travel :
H'd Q'rs Military Division of
the Missouri,
St. Locis, Mo., Aug. 17, 1SG7
Commander Department of the Platte,
Omiha :
The Committee appointed to adjust
Indian affairs hare resolved to meet the
Northern Indians at or near Fort Lar
amie at the full moos cf September,
riz: the 13th; and the Southern Indians
about October 13th, at Fort Larned.
You may notify all commanding officers
of Posta cf this fact, and may send
runners out to the Crows as well as
Sioux, and facilitate their coming to
gether, and the Commissioners at Lar
amie should be prepared te feed all
Indians as they assemble at Fort Lar
amie. There is no necessity for Spotted
Tail going to the Council, as wo can
see him en route and take him along
with a few cf his chiefs. We want, if
possible, to confer with the Indians who
hare been or are likely to become hos
tile, and at the time appointed. In the
meantime you may confine your mili
tary operations, to the defence of the
great routea and the settlement already
established. We will come to Omaha
by next Tuesday or Wednesday, and
would like to meet you there.
W. T. SHERMAN.
THE CAPITAL CITY.
We learn from parties who earns in
en the stage, that A. B. Smith of this
city, is engaged in the survey cf Lin
coln City, and that the werk is being
pushed through rapidly. Parties are
now engaged in quairyiDg rock and
making the necessary preparations fcr
rushing up buildings immediately after
the sale of lots, which will commence
on the 17th of September, according to
the official announcement of the Com
missioners, to be seen in this issue of
the Herald. There aremany persons
throughout the country awaiting ihe
commencement of this sale, and we ad
vise those who want choice lots to be on
hand at the opening of the sale, for
they will go off "like hot cakes." Per
sons wishing to be at Lincoln during
the sale will find good coaches running
from this city, and they can get excel
lent accommodations with Mr. Dunavan
when they arrive there.
LAND SURVEYS IN NEItRAi Ii.A.
We find the following in a late num
ber of the Washington Chronicle:
"Commissioner Wilson, of the Gen
eral Land Office, has just received re
turns from the Survryor General at
Plattstnouih, Nebraska, showing that
that officer had closed a contract for the
survey of lands in Hall and Buffalo
counties, Nebraska, in the vicinity o
the Fort Kearney military reservation
The Commissioner has directed tho
Surveyor-General to respct the reser-
rationby causing the lines of the publio
surveys ta be closed upon tho limits o
the samo as surveyed by order of the
War Department in 1S59, embracing
an area of ton square miles, and the
islands i the P!atte river for fifteen
miles above and below the fert."
JCSPMrs. Swisshelm is a tart writer
and says some things that go right to
the point. In referring to Gree'ey's
claim to "magnanimity" in his conduct
towards Jeff. Davis, she puts it in this
light:
"Mr. Greeley may afford to be mig
nanimous. He lost no husband, or
brother, or father, or son in the war
He lost no limbs and carries no bullets,
or the scar of them in his bsdy. Neither
he nor his shivered on Belle Isle, or
praf ed for death at Anderaonville. It
is easy to forgive injuries committed
against other folks. The tax the war
imposes on bim is a mere pittance in
the addition it made to his business. Of
the S100.C00 ho made by writing a
record of the rebellion, he can afford
to give S5.000 to the head of tne rebel
lion, for furnishing material", and still
make a profit. But every one was not
an f nrrtinn e
Murder by Pawuee Indians,
Grand Island, Aug. 16.
Editor Omaha Rrpifolican:
Allow me to call your attention to
the murder of Henry Dorsey, of this
place, by a band of Pawnees, thus
showing that even friendly Indians can
not bo trusted. On the 26th of July
Mr. Dorsey bought n new hat, pan's.
ve?t and ncktie at our store, and left
here with a twehorso team to cross the
Platte river right opposite this place, to
attend to some interest he has in a farm
on the eouth bank cf Platte river. Not
hearing anything from him, a friend cf
D.'s started from here on a hunt for
bim. They found bis wagon standing
on this side of the river, his horses run
ning loose on Grand Island with part of
their harness on. The man himself
has not been found. Dorsey always
crossed the river, partly swimming, (he
being a good swimmer,) and le bis
horses on this tiao.
At the time he was lost a band of
Pawnees ware camping on the south
side. His vest was found on the south
side, looking as if it had been under a
saddle. A few days ego some Pawnees
called on Mr. Martin, a ci'ison on ihe
south side of the river, offering to trade
Dorsey's hat; another bad bis coat and
pants on.
Mr. Martin is the same man whose
two children wre shot at and wounded
with arrows by Indians in 1SG 1, and be
always said that the Indians were Paw
nees. These Pawnees have always
been treated by all ihe settlers as friends,
they have been fed and clothed, and
this is their gratitude for it. The above
statement can bo testified to by Mr.
Evans, our County Clerk, Messrs.Hay
wood, Martin, and other citizens of
South Platte. Most of the citizens
there have fled, leaving behind all their
summer's werk, vtz: SpleLdid wheat
and cornfields, amounting to a value of
at least 625,000. F. A. Wiebe.
The Vi iws or Grakt. The Wash
ington correspondent cf the Boston
Post says he can state the views of
Gen. Grant upon the Presidency briefly
and positively, and he does so as fel
lows: He makes no pretence of being
"bullet proof" against those feelings of
ambition which caturally possess all
men. He will accept a Presidential
nomination if it is tendered to him with
a platform of principles that he ean
indorse, and he will not .anticipate that
event by preparing a platform of bis
own. If he ia nominated il must be
without any effort or solicitation of his
own.''
CSg-The Hon. T." Cave, of England,
and bis party, while out at Julesburgh
lasl week, went out on the prairie af
ter some Antelope, and a lot of "they
wen'l hurt us," red skins went for
them. They were glad lo "scallie
hoot" back into town to save their
scalps Columbus Journal.
BEES IT.
A correspondent of the Hamburg
Times says:
I have always been a Democrat, but
during the war was identified wi'h that
branch known as War Democrat.
Since the war I have affiliated and
voted with the Democratic party, be
lieving they would carry out ihe true
principles of Democracy. Sonr time
since I subscribed for tho Iowa Demo
crat, published at Fairfield, which claims
to advecate ibo principles of the De
mocracy of our State. In the last issue
of that papor, speaking cf the sale ef
Stonewall Jackson's war horse, calls
Jackson "our fallen hero." Now, all
I have to tay is this: If we, as a party
have to be identified with the Rebels ef
the South, and claim Rebel Generala
as our heroes, I cannot and will not any
longer be identified with that party.
Fight at Shanghai.
Advices from Shanghai say that the
United States authorities not receiving
satisfaction or apology fcr the murder
cf the crew of the bark Hover, the U.
S. war vessels Hnrifcrd end Wyoming
were ordered forward. On arriving
off tho shore they demanded the sur
render of the murderers, but the de
mand was not comrliJ with. It was
apparent that the natives had been pre
paring to fightjvhyssfcls being ahell
ed from 'the Yucrw. Subsequently
several boatloads of sailors and marines
effected a hnding. A eharp fight en
sued, lasting four hours. The heat
waa interne; fifteen men are reported
sunstruck. Sliddell Mackenzie was
killed. At night the fighting party
was removed. The bombardment was
resumed next day till the party disap
peared. Th? vessels then returned to
Shanghai to report,
fyOThere was a terrible earth
quake in Java, June IS li. The eugar
crop was totally lost. A large number
of private houses, manufactories, end
military establisments weie destroyed.
It is estimated that about thruo hun
dred of the natives perished.
The Post master General has direct
ed the Post matter of San Francasco to
forward the mails of San Francisco to
Sitka, Wnlrussla, at the rate of fifty
dollars for the round trip, Service not
to exceed once a week. Tho ord-r
will remain in force till the meeting of
Congress, when a regular postal routo
will be established.
The Time's special says that Gen.
Grant looks upon the assignment of the
war department as an order which he
has no right lo decline obeying. The
position will not be accepted, as an indi
cation of a change cf views regarding
reconstruc'ion.
fSTMany of the planters of Tenn
essee, acting upon the advice of The
Memphis Avalanche, threatened the
colored people whom they employ with
dismissal unless they vote the Conser
vative ticket. This injustice is the
greater as in numerous cases the col
ored men have been working for a
nara in ino rrp Tha mnr wn
brought before Gen. Carlin, who di
rects the Sub Commissioners to instruct
he freedmen to vote aa ihey please,
and to keep exact record of all ca&es
of dismisal.
"Prominent Southern Republi
cans are preparing a bill to enforce the
present confiscation laws, and eaus
tho entire s?ceded Statss to be re-iur-veyed
in the same manner as territories.
pre-emption rights given lo freedmen
and soldiers, and three hundred million
of dollars to be uec-d reimbursing loyal
men s property confiscated or destroyed.
The balance will be devoted to the
payment of pensions.
jZy"A correspondent alluding to the
Surratt case says: "I do not know which
is the mt sickening in this trial, the
development of the low gang of conspi
rators, who murdered the noble Lin
coln, or the brazen audacity and malig
nity ef these who, though a little higher
in the social scale, sink to cover up the
crime and ths criminals."
ST" .At Junction City, Kansas, the
Republican and Smcky Hill Riversrun
parallel and within a mile of each oth
er, witn a ditlsrence in elevation cl
12 1 2 feet. A joint stock company
with S100.000 capital has been formed
to improve this natural water power,
and a race 16 feot wide will be cut
frem one river to the other.
EST'Bv" a comnariaon of the mer
chant fleets of the nations it seem that
North Germany stands third on the list.
Great Britain, with her colonies, has
about 7.000.000 tons: the United States
6,000.000 tons, and North Germsny
1,310.000 toas. France has y-j.UOO
tons: Italv G66.000: Netherlands 5l0.
000; Norway 176,000, and Denmark
14.UUU.
S5"A sailor at Belfast, Me., I as
just received a letter written nine yeara
ago and whieh has followed bim all
over the world. It was finally retain
ed to its starting point, from the Dead
Letter Office at Washington.
tl3Jones complained of a bad smell
about the post office, and asked Brown
what it could be. Brown didn't knew,
but suggested that it might be caused
by the "dead letters."
ESGen Pope has issued an crdr
that all official advertisements, wheth
er State or municipal, shall be rivrn
only lo papers lhat sustain the recon
struction meusures ef Congress.
ESfThe Chicago Times solemnly
advises President Johntcn to resign. It
says that under existing laws and exis'-
ig facts be can do nothing as Presi
dent but "minister to his own shame. '
BURNS & CO.
Dealer in
DRYGOODS, GROCERIES
AGMCCLTVRAL JJtPlEJfSSTS,
And a general aasortmect of ooJe ntual J k-pt la a
tit tiasa country store.
Avoca, Cass Co., - - Nsr.
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